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So this is where all the interesting cards went. I was wondering why Rhastakan cards seemed a bit lackluster.

What I hate are players complaining about deck archetypes that will always exist in a CCG.

Yeah, I guess at least power creep won't be a problem with this set. I just feel like there aren't any new "build-around-me" cards that push exciting new archetypes. Stuff like Reno (build your deck with only singletons), Even and Odd with Baku and Genn.

Maybe they pushed the power level a bit too high with those sets, and are scaling it back down.

I just hope that new archetypes will emerge to shake up the meta, and not just "Odd [insert class here] with 2 Rastakhan's Rumble cards splashed in.

So now that the whole set has been spoiled, anyone else feeling underwhelmed by the new legendaries?
It seems like Blizzard tuned down the power level of cards in this set.

Having played MTG since Mirage, I agree with your assessments.
It's the best online MTG experience they have ever made, but they can't get around the core game mechanic issues that Hearthstone has definitely improved upon. Mana screw is still a thing. Even with 28 lands in your deck, you can still get mana screwed.

People keep complaining all the time about RNG in Hearthstone, but they forget about the fact that you hit your land drops 100% of the time in Hearthstone. Whereas in MTG, you will lose a lot of games because of the RNG involved in drawing the lands you need, in the colors that you need.

The new player experience is going to be very rough in MTGA, even for seasoned players because of how stingy the economy is. Be prepared to grind for weeks just to be able to complete a Tier 1 deck. Unless you drop $150 to $200 in cash you will be bottlenecked by rare wild cards, most of which you will spend just to get the equivalent of mana crystals in Hearthstone.

That said, one thing MTGA pulled off perfectly with gameplay is: being able to interact with your opponent during his turn. You need to enable full control with shift+ctrl to fully unlock this, because the game will skip over important steps otherwise.

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The stats alone make this pretty good. Dunno if it'll be enough to bring Tempo Mage back, but I think this will see play somewhere.

 Forget Tempo Mage. This is going into Odd Control Mage with DK Jaina as finisher.

Hearthstone is facing lots of good competition. My wallet is a lot lighter with  my recent MTG Arena and Gwent: Thronebreaker purchases, so Blizzard will have to sweeten the deal before I drop more cash.

How much value are we talking about?

Would be nice if they released expansions like Naxxramas again, where you get all cards from the set with a single purchase. That kind of value. Until then, I'm voting with my wallet for better value for all of us players.

Don't worry. When they run out of WoW characters, an interdimensional rift will open and you can play new cards inspired by characters from

Hearthstone: Heroes of the Storm

I have one. I dust all golden copies of cards to craft deck components.

Except for Whizbang, which is worth crafting a golden copy of.

Read my signature.

Stupid nerfs as usual.

And I don't even play rogue or warrior so I should be happy since rogue was killing my priest but still I really hate the nerfs.

And especially I hate that they are on a mission to destroy classic set that was supposed to be ever green.

But I guess the only thing that matters is for them to sell new packs every expansion.

And just change for the sake of change.

this card dies, res this pull more copies of this LUL 

or what if i put it like this: it's a  y'shaarj for minons that died this game LUL

a) this and Kel'Thuzad are very different cards. Many explained it already, so I won't repeat. If you think they are almost the same, read through this thread

b) If you think this an outright buff/boost to big priest in wild - did you *also* think of which card to remove from the big priest lists to include this? So .... any of the minions? The only minion I would consider cutting for Catrina is LK. And LK has taunt....
Cut a spell? And how do you survive against aggro/midrange decks then? So you don't draw Barnes and on turn 6 you finally get a 5/5 minion, but it's Catrina and your opponent goes for lethal.

Not saying this card doesn't have merit. It definitely fits into big priest. But it's too early to say that it will boost big priest - because for a very long time, aggro's been very strong in wild. If big priest wants to beat aggro in wild, it needs those early game survival tools, not another 8 cost super-minion. If we get a powerful 4-mana AOE *spell* like hellfire for priest - *that's* when you can shout about how big priest is being too strong already.

If they ban Cornered Sentry then Stolen Goods is a dead card, no?

Sounds pretty weak. I mean, you just get banned your VanCleef, and it's pretty much auto-concede, much too weak. You needs to build a 4-card deck that doesn't rely on a single card to work.

feel they got off too easy, they should be banned from all events for 1 year , 

Why would that be terrible? It seems like the perfect time, at the very least to make sure Rogue still has a few in Standard.

Bit disappointed by Rafaam tbh. The same effect has appeared before (on the Golden Monkey ) and it's just meme fodder. Rafaam could have been so much more interesting.

These are the best in game at the moment in my opinion (read more in the guide):

The Combo:

Drakkari Enchanter , Dragonhatcher , Voidlord .

Dragons:

So after you have these minions on the battlefield the Drakkari Enchanter  will make the Dragonhatcher trigger twice to put 1 of the 5  dragons on the board, which are: Cobalt Scalebane x2,  Deathwing, Dragonlord × 1 , Deathwing × 1 and Ysera × 1  (which also benefits from the Drakkari Enchanter.)