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Patches is mean streets too...

 Right you are - I guess he was just in my mind when I was writing up about the First Mate! Heh!

Dragonfire Potion

Out of legendaries like medivh and so... i will miss a lot filler cards. No the stars of the decks but the bones of some:

-Dragonfire Potion

Kabal Crystal Runner, Medivh's Valet, Firelands Portal, Babbling Book, 

Burgly Bully

Arcane Giant

Southsea Squidface,  Counterfeit Coin

And of course if finally leaves us one of my first epics draw... Ice Block

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After the rotation shaman will need a big present from Blizzard.

Jade package will be no more.
Evolve archetype will say goodbye to Doppelgangster and Evolve.
Hallazeal the Ascended won't heal anymore.
Early boards will be a struggle without Maelstrom Portal.
Quest shaman loses Call in the Finishers and Finja, the Flying Star, not sure how it will complete the quest.
Lastly, overload shaman, something that came up pretty recently, will lose Eternal Sentinel.

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Yogg-Saron, Hope's End - Noooooo! Not Yogg! :-P It's so weird. I hated Yogg with a passion when he first came out. But since he got nerfed, I've fallen in love with this card. It's one of the most sad-to-see-go cards of this set for me. Which is weird, because it epitomises everything I hate about Hearthstone in terms of it's sheer gut-busting RnG board swinging and back-stabbing. But at the same time it's been the core of some of the most wild and enjoyable games of Hearthstone I have ever played.

 

 Could it be because initial reactions are often purely emotional, having little to do with a complex card's true impact?

Could it be that you've finally realized that "Luck" is not a sentient entity that will work against you whenever a card with RNG enables it?

Could it be that players finally understand that managing random effects (and the statistics behind them) is a valid and necessary skill in Hearthstone?

Probably not. Unseasoned players love an easy scapegoat, and "luck" is one of the easiest.

I'm not entirely sure what your point is here. Which unseasoned player/s are you referring to? 

I've been playing RnG-based games long enough to understand the value of "luck" in any game and how to leverage it to my own advantage where possible. 
Yogg is something different. It's not just "Roll a dice and see if you win". It's much more complex than that - and you have opportunities to swing the effects in your favour by board management, etc. 

The loss of the old God's will hurt the N'zoth archetype decks (and to some extent spell heavy decks that use Yogg [IN YOGG WE TRUST]) but spiteful summoner will get way better in decks that have useful 10-mana spells as getting an old God atm with spiteful feels so bad because of there atrocious stat distribution (I know they are understated because of the battlecry effects).

No more jades!!! I will throw an extravagant party once we are free of that demon.

Shaman is losing...
Thing from Below
Evolve
Flamewreathed Faceless
Maelstrom Portal
Aya Blackpaw, Jade Spirit, Jade Lightning, Jade Claws
Devolve
Jinyu Waterspeaker

That's not counting the neutral cards that are played in Shaman like Doppelgangster & Nerubian Prophet
Combine that with the fact that the cards they've received in the last few sets are not great, and their classic/basic cards are among the worst in the game, Shaman will probably be down for most of 2018.

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Shaman is losing...
Thing from Below
Evolve
Flamewreathed Faceless
Maelstrom Portal
Aya Blackpaw, Jade Spirit, Jade Lightning, Jade Claws
Devolve
Jinyu Waterspeaker

That's not counting the neutral cards that are played in Shaman like Doppelgangster & Nerubian Prophet
Combine that with the fact that the cards they've received in the last few sets are not great, and their classic/basic cards are among the worst in the game, Shaman will probably be down for most of 2018.

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Yep it looks that Warlock will be real madness, the new expansion has to catch-up all loss... It means, that new cards for warlock will suck :/ hmmm long-short story

I'm gonna miss Arcane Giant and Firelands Portal  

It seems like a lot of classes, decks, and archetypes are going to be thoroughly gutted with this rotation.

Evolve Shaman is getting gutted with the loss of key cards like Evolve and Doppelgangster. I'm not particularly upset about this, as I never really liked the addition of the Evolve archetype.

Shaman is also losing access to Flamewreathed Faceless, White Eyes, Devolve, and Maelstrom Portal, which have been fairly popular as well, the former two being fairly important to a deck in combination with things like  Ancestral Spirit and Sapphire Spellstone. Not really sure what will be left for Shaman after this, they will need some new archetypes with the next expansion, it seems.

No more C'Thun, or Jade of any kind. N'Zoth, the Corruptor is gone.

Priest is getting totally gutted as far as I can tell with significant losses like Raza the Chained, Priest of the Feast, Dragonfire Potion, Drakonid Operative, Kazakus, Potion of Madness, Pint-Size Potion, Kabal Talonpriest, Shadow Word: Horror, and even Netherspite Historian and Book Wyrm for Dragon synergy.

Warlock is losing Malchezaar's Imp and Silverware Golem which are pretty key components of Discard decks. Darkshire Councilman is a popular loss as well. The loss of Abyssal Enforcer also will not go unnoticed. But given Warlock's current strengths seem to rely much more on more recent sets, they'll be more than fine, regardless.

Warrior loses N'Zoth's First Mate, which, along with the loss of Patches the Pirate deals a heavy blow to Pirate Warrior. They also lose a couple of taunts that Quest Warrior tends to like, such as Alley Armorsmith and Bloodhoof Brave. Sleep with the Fishes and Ravaging Ghoul will also no longer be available.

Rogue is also losing it's fair share of Pirates, including Swashburglar, and Southsea Squidface, which, along with the loss of Naga Corsair, doesn't do any favors to the newer Kingsbane decks. Shadow Strike will be taken as well.

Handbuff and Murlocadin look like they'll be taking some heavy hits with losses like Grimestreet Smuggler, Grimestreet Enforcer, Grimestreet Outfitter, Grimscale Chum, Smuggler's Run, Vilefin Inquisitor. Also losing some fairly popular legendaries in Wickerflame Burnbristle and Ragnaros, Lightlord. Can't help but mention some loss of Divine Shield synergies with such cards as Steward of Darkshire, Rallying Blade, Selfless Hero, and even Grimestreet Protector.

Mage is another class that will seemingly be taking some  hits in the form of Firelands Portal, Babbling Book, Volcanic Potion, Faceless Summoner,and Cabalist's Tome. They're losing a number of Secret synergies too, like Medivh's Valet, Potion of Polymorph, Kabal Crystal Runner, and Kabal Lackey.

Hunter is also going to be losing some important Secret synergies such as Cloaked Huntress and Cat Trick. Alleycat, Kindly Grandmother, Dispatch Kodo, and Rat Pack are particularly significant losses, as well.

I'm not even sure what will be left for Druid after this rotation, it seems they will be one of the classes in need of some particular attention with the next expansion. It seems like key components of every deck they're currently using are being lost. All the Jade stuff will be gone, including Jade Blossom, which, along with the loss of Mire Keeper means they'll be losing at lot of their ability to rapidly and reliably ramp up their mana. Mark of the Lotus will be a particularly big loss for aggro Druid. The loss of key legendaries in Kun the Forgotten King and Fandral Staghelm are fairly big losses. Worth mentioning are the losses of Feral Rage, Moonglade Portal, and Mark of Y'Shaarj as well.

Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound, Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, Deathwing, Dragonlord, Corrupted Seer, Eater of Secrets, Bilefin Tidehunter, Infested Tauren, Finja, the Flying Star, Dirty Rat, Mistress of Mixtures, Arcane Giant, Medivh, the Guardian, The Curator, and Barnes are also some important losses, as well.

Safe to say the impact of this rotation will be much more than the prior rotation (where we lost Blackrock, LOE and TGT). Losing 2 expansions and 1 adventure means a lot more cards are going fullstopa, and TGT was a pretty duff set of cards, compared with old Gods and especially Mean Streets.