Looking at the recent buffs, it seems like we will finally have less cards that are bad and could be better with a slight (or large looking at you Dr. Morrigan/Luna's Pocket Galaxy) buff to cards so I think it would be fun to think about cards that might be buffed on the future on similar fashion, nerfs disscussions are almost always about being mad about losing to stuff but discussing buffs is always fun and exciting(at least for me)
So suggest some buffs to cards in similar fashion (-1 mana, +1 hp,+1 attack or -2 mana if it's really underpowered) to make an underused/almost viable/meme card a consideration or even a build around card.
I will start with rastakan's rumble this expansion had a lot of really underpowered cards printed I will do the 18 buff treatment, you could take any expansion, a single class just throwing ideas.
put under spoiler so people don't need to scroll though it every time they try to comment here.. (if this thread even becomes popular)
Druid:
Predatory Instincts 4 mana-> 3 mana, this card is overcosted, and druid has worse ramp right now.
Stampeding Roar 6 mana-> 5 mana, this card is overcosted, and druid has worse ramp right now.
Hunter: (hunter got really powerful RR cards so I am bffing the lynx ones that are almost good)
Spirit of the Lynx 3 mana-> 2 mana this card is currently too unerpowered and hard to combo with cards, it won't make the card good but at least playable.
Spirit of the Dragonhawk 2 mana-> 1 mana, it was made with baku in mind now that baku is at wild this card could use a buff + wild will manage, there are more powerful stuff there.
Bwonsamdi, the Dead 7 mana-> 6 mana (we had a 6 mana 7/7 before the game can manage that, this card deserves a buff anyway).
consideration:Surrender to Madness don't think we want this card being buffed it's like keleseth, having it's mana cost lower is just unfun, good thing this card sucks.
Overlord's Whip 3 mana-> 2 mana , 2/4->2/3(too expensive to combo with anything.. it at least leads to both berserker and acolyte on curve, 2/4 weapon for 2 might be too much with weapon buffs so I think lower durability could help it, it goes against the rules I set but I mean.. you can't really buff it without taking durability off it).
I am suggesting to buff expansion cards rather than classic/basic cards since those just make the game stale if they are good compared to expansion cards that rotate.
I dunno seems likely, who's to say in a couple months they won't do a fucking "celebrate trolls" event and give Rastakhan cards buffs; let's face it the set is mostly crapola it needs some help or go down as among the least impactful expansions. Pretty good nerf ideas OP, none of the cards see much play, some variety would be nice every now and then.
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Well the other option is Big Bad Voodoo to 1 mana which seemed good to me actually, BUT it might be a "nerf" to Spirit of the Frog, so I tried to avoid nerfing existing interaction (should put it as a "consideration"), by a nerf I mean that big shaman/control shaman doesn't have many 2 cost spells to play, removing one might impact that deck. that being said if anythign I would like that card be buffed as well.
Zentimo has premium 1 mana card stats, the change I suggest to his attack doesn't change much in his niche (if Blizzard really wanted to push the card I would suggest to move it to 2 mana), it would just make it less bad to play it for tempo losing 1 mana of tempo compared to 2 (a 2/3 body is played for 2 commonly).
Zentimo is at a similar spot to thunderhead, it's good.. just not good enough a small push could increase his viability a bit, like most boomsday cards buffed he is a really cool card just a bit underpowered.
Well the other option is Big Bad Voodoo to 1 mana which seemed good to me actually, BUT it might be a "nerf" to Spirit of the Frog, so I tried to avoid nerfing existing interaction (should put it as a "consideration"), by a nerf I mean that big shaman/control shaman doesn't have many 2 cost spells to play, removing one might impact that deck. that being said if anythign I would like that card be buffed as well.
Why not Wartbringer ?
Zentimo is at a similar spot to thunderhead, it's good.. just not good enough a small push could increase his viability a bit, like most boomsday cards buffed he is a really cool card just a bit underpowered.
Zentimo is not played much till now because Control Shaman hasn't saw much play. Now that Rogues are gone and Thunderhead is getting super buffed, Control Shaman and Zentimo should be really good.
Well the other option is Big Bad Voodoo to 1 mana which seemed good to me actually, BUT it might be a "nerf" to Spirit of the Frog, so I tried to avoid nerfing existing interaction (should put it as a "consideration"), by a nerf I mean that big shaman/control shaman doesn't have many 2 cost spells to play, removing one might impact that deck. that being said if anythign I would like that card be buffed as well.
Why not Wartbringer ?
Zentimo is at a similar spot to thunderhead, it's good.. just not good enough a small push could increase his viability a bit, like most boomsday cards buffed he is a really cool card just a bit underpowered.
Zentimo is not played much till now because Control Shaman hasn't saw much play. Now that Rogues are gone and Thunderhead is getting super buffed, Control Shaman and Zentimo should be really good.
Wartbringer can't be buffed in Blizzard's way the only way to buff this minion is to change his text to either require 1 spell, or to deal 3 damage, reducing it to 0 is too much tempo for a tempo deck, adding 1 attack or hp is also something Blizzard trying to avoid on 1 drops.. the change to it's text would make the card slightly more viable.
I tried to make the suggestion realistic cause Blizzard might do it, might look at this kind of threads maybe for inspiration (Who knows.. maybe they do have someone lurking the forums).
Zentimo just looked like the only candidate there to buff he is either -1 mana which is REALLY pushing him since he is already good, and again I don't think Blizzard wants to make cards auto-include in decks or increase his stats I gone with the lesser buff since he is already good.
Looking at the recent buffs, it seems like we will finally have less cards that are bad and could be better with a slight (or large looking at you Dr. Morrigan/Luna's Pocket Galaxy) buff to cards so I think it would be fun to think about cards that might be buffed on the future on similar fashion, nerfs disscussions are almost always about being mad about losing to stuff but discussing buffs is always fun and exciting(at least for me)
So suggest some buffs to cards in similar fashion (-1 mana, +1 hp,+1 attack or -2 mana if it's really underpowered) to make an underused/almost viable/meme card a consideration or even a build around card.
I will start with rastakan's rumble this expansion had a lot of really underpowered cards printed I will do the 18 buff treatment, you could take any expansion, a single class just throwing ideas.
put under spoiler so people don't need to scroll though it every time they try to comment here.. (if this thread even becomes popular)
Druid:
Predatory Instincts 4 mana-> 3 mana, this card is overcosted, and druid has worse ramp right now.
Stampeding Roar 6 mana-> 5 mana, this card is overcosted, and druid has worse ramp right now.
Hunter: (hunter got really powerful RR cards so I am bffing the lynx ones that are almost good)
Spirit of the Lynx 3 mana-> 2 mana this card is currently too unerpowered and hard to combo with cards, it won't make the card good but at least playable.
Halazzi, the Lynx 3/2->3/3 (really bad statline for a 5 drop).
Mage:
Spirit of the Dragonhawk 2 mana-> 1 mana, it was made with baku in mind now that baku is at wild this card could use a buff + wild will manage, there are more powerful stuff there.
Hex Lord Malacrass 8 mana-> 7 mana.
Paladin:
Farraki Battleaxe 5 mana->4 mana (still MEH but at least considered)
Spirit of the Tiger 4 mana-> 3 mana (think this MIGHT be too strong.. but probably ok after the equality nerfs).
Priest:
Sand Drudge 3/3->3/4
Bwonsamdi, the Dead 7 mana-> 6 mana (we had a 6 mana 7/7 before the game can manage that, this card deserves a buff anyway).
consideration:Surrender to Madness don't think we want this card being buffed it's like keleseth, having it's mana cost lower is just unfun, good thing this card sucks.
Rogue(this is easy, prep got nerfed)
Cannon Barrage 6 mana-> 5 mana (or even 4)
Stolen Steel 2 mana -> 1 mana (discover cards should always cost 1)
Shaman (not too much to buff here)
Zentimo 1/3 -> 2/3
Bog Slosher 3/3->3/4
Warlock
Hir'eek, the Bat 8 mana-> 6 mana this card is so bad! poor archmage though.
Spirit of the Bat 2 mana-> 1 mana at least a consideration in zoo.
Warrior
Overlord's Whip 3 mana-> 2 mana , 2/4->2/3(too expensive to combo with anything.. it at least leads to both berserker and acolyte on curve, 2/4 weapon for 2 might be too much with weapon buffs so I think lower durability could help it, it goes against the rules I set but I mean.. you can't really buff it without taking durability off it).
War Master Voone 4/3-> 4/4 could use a slight buff.
consideration:Heavy Metal! can't be buffed cause warrior can generate armor too easily + odd warrior, this card is not fun anyway.
Warsong Commander Your Rush minions have Charge instead?
or is this too much what u guys think??
No that would just kill the game, sorry. Do you realise the ridiculous combos you could pull off with that?
It's too much and blizzard will never do that.
I am suggesting to buff expansion cards rather than classic/basic cards since those just make the game stale if they are good compared to expansion cards that rotate.
Good ideas but i think blizzard will not do it :(
yea probably true but it would be a cool ability just maybe fix up the stats and cost to like 5 mana 2/3 idk just an idea to make the card not dead
Ha! Do you guys even know the history of Warsong Commander? Look it up...
4/3/19 RIP Keith Flint. 😔
I dunno seems likely, who's to say in a couple months they won't do a fucking "celebrate trolls" event and give Rastakhan cards buffs; let's face it the set is mostly crapola it needs some help or go down as among the least impactful expansions. Pretty good nerf ideas OP, none of the cards see much play, some variety would be nice every now and then.
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No need to buff Zentimo, it is NOT a bad card.
Well the other option is Big Bad Voodoo to 1 mana which seemed good to me actually, BUT it might be a "nerf" to Spirit of the Frog, so I tried to avoid nerfing existing interaction (should put it as a "consideration"), by a nerf I mean that big shaman/control shaman doesn't have many 2 cost spells to play, removing one might impact that deck. that being said if anythign I would like that card be buffed as well.
Zentimo has premium 1 mana card stats, the change I suggest to his attack doesn't change much in his niche (if Blizzard really wanted to push the card I would suggest to move it to 2 mana), it would just make it less bad to play it for tempo losing 1 mana of tempo compared to 2 (a 2/3 body is played for 2 commonly).
Zentimo is at a similar spot to thunderhead, it's good.. just not good enough a small push could increase his viability a bit, like most boomsday cards buffed he is a really cool card just a bit underpowered.
@Dendroid, I think you meant buffs
Why not Wartbringer ?
Zentimo is not played much till now because Control Shaman hasn't saw much play. Now that Rogues are gone and Thunderhead is getting super buffed, Control Shaman and Zentimo should be really good.
Wartbringer can't be buffed in Blizzard's way the only way to buff this minion is to change his text to either require 1 spell, or to deal 3 damage, reducing it to 0 is too much tempo for a tempo deck, adding 1 attack or hp is also something Blizzard trying to avoid on 1 drops.. the change to it's text would make the card slightly more viable.
I tried to make the suggestion realistic cause Blizzard might do it, might look at this kind of threads maybe for inspiration (Who knows.. maybe they do have someone lurking the forums).
Zentimo just looked like the only candidate there to buff he is either -1 mana which is REALLY pushing him since he is already good, and again I don't think Blizzard wants to make cards auto-include in decks or increase his stats I gone with the lesser buff since he is already good.