Yesterday, I was playing Priest vs Paladin. Opponent had an Acolyte of Pain and it was getting close to late game with each dead having around 10 cards left. I opted to do something stupid such as attempting to mill him through his Acolyte to fatigue by using a combination of spells, Wild Pyromancer and healing. I did get to mill him but he ended up with a full hand to deal with the board efficiently so the fatigue didn't matter in the end. Would've been a cool trick if it worked.
I want to know the probability of opening Illidan Stormrage, Tinkmaster Overspark and two Nat Pagles out of 32 packs. That's a whole lot of useless legendaries right thurr. At least I turned them all into a TBK.
The term for what Arcane Intellect does is Card Advantage. In CCGs, cards give you options and the ability to win the game. Since, it increases your card advantage by one over the opponent, you therefore have more options to play on your turns, leading to more efficient trades and eventually winning the game.
The other term that it does is Deck Thinning. By drawing more cards, your deck becomes thinner and the probability of drawing into your best cards are increased over the course of the game. This also co-relates with digging for answers for the opponents threats which is why there is a rule of thumb of "if you have the opportunity to draw cards before responding to the board, draw first and maybe you'll draw a more efficient answer".
Over the course of seasons, I've noticed that the term Tempo Rogue has began to be used for Aggro instead. From my experience, Tempo was always a midrange style Rogue that focused on two-for-ones, thus gaining "tempo" with Chillwind Yetis and Argent Commanders. What you faced was probably just a Deathrattle-centric version of midrange Rogue.
If you're going to craft Cairne Bloodhoof and Tirion Fordring for your control decks, might as well craft Ragnaros the Firelord as well since he fits perfectly into Control Paladin and Ramp Druid instead of Ysera.
If tech cards are what you're after, the best at the moment are The Black Knight for dealing with all the taunts that attempt to counter Zoo and Harrison Jones to counter other Warriors, Paladins, Shamans, and most notably the new Trap Hunter.
As a MTG player experienced with competing, you should know that a "poor-man's" netdeck is not worth playing because it will always be less optimal than the original list. I'm not saying you should stop netdecking, I'm just saying there are cheap ones that are just as efficient as expensive ones. Control Warrior and Freeze Mage are quite expensive to run optimally because they require some amount of legendaries.
If I were to give an explanation, I'd guess the casuals are probably saving all their gold to buy Naxx wings. Also, we're in the middle of a transitioning meta towards Naxx. The full value of Naxx cards in drafts haven't been as explored as our old cards. They're new, tricky to deal with and evaluate in arena at the moment.
Baron Rivendare is certainly not OP. Outside of gimmicky Deathrattle combo decks like Shaman, its just a glorified Mogu'shan Warden. Some people may find it OP because they only think of the dream scenarios like filling the board using Cairne Bloodhoof.
Loatheb on the other hand is questionable to say at the moment. True enough though, it can decide games based on timing of placement. Its already seeing play in almost every single deck, no matter the archetype. As past has dictated with pre-nerfed Novice Engineer, Tinkmaster Overspark, Nat Pagle, and Sylvanas Windrunner, this is a sign of a card that could get nerfed over time. Blizzard stated that it was only designed as a tech card like Harrison Jones but since its becoming a staple in any competitive deck, it may become problematic.
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Yes because I keep a folder of all the screenshots of players raging at me. They're fun to look back on.
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Yesterday, I was playing Priest vs Paladin. Opponent had an Acolyte of Pain and it was getting close to late game with each dead having around 10 cards left. I opted to do something stupid such as attempting to mill him through his Acolyte to fatigue by using a combination of spells, Wild Pyromancer and healing. I did get to mill him but he ended up with a full hand to deal with the board efficiently so the fatigue didn't matter in the end. Would've been a cool trick if it worked.
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I disagree on Leeroy's nerf for the sole reason that I just dusted my extra one days ago.. BibleThump
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There is a saying we have in MTG and it also happens to be my signature. Life is but a resource and comebacks can always be made.
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I want to know the probability of opening Illidan Stormrage, Tinkmaster Overspark and two Nat Pagles out of 32 packs. That's a whole lot of useless legendaries right thurr. At least I turned them all into a TBK.
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The term for what Arcane Intellect does is Card Advantage. In CCGs, cards give you options and the ability to win the game. Since, it increases your card advantage by one over the opponent, you therefore have more options to play on your turns, leading to more efficient trades and eventually winning the game.
The other term that it does is Deck Thinning. By drawing more cards, your deck becomes thinner and the probability of drawing into your best cards are increased over the course of the game. This also co-relates with digging for answers for the opponents threats which is why there is a rule of thumb of "if you have the opportunity to draw cards before responding to the board, draw first and maybe you'll draw a more efficient answer".
Third, it has the Twilight Drake and Mountain Giant synergy.
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MTG Hall of Famer and also lead designer of the WoW TCG. Since Hearthstone's based from that, you could say the game's nothing new to him.
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Over the course of seasons, I've noticed that the term Tempo Rogue has began to be used for Aggro instead. From my experience, Tempo was always a midrange style Rogue that focused on two-for-ones, thus gaining "tempo" with Chillwind Yetis and Argent Commanders. What you faced was probably just a Deathrattle-centric version of midrange Rogue.
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If you're going to craft Cairne Bloodhoof and Tirion Fordring for your control decks, might as well craft Ragnaros the Firelord as well since he fits perfectly into Control Paladin and Ramp Druid instead of Ysera.
If tech cards are what you're after, the best at the moment are The Black Knight for dealing with all the taunts that attempt to counter Zoo and Harrison Jones to counter other Warriors, Paladins, Shamans, and most notably the new Trap Hunter.
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As a MTG player experienced with competing, you should know that a "poor-man's" netdeck is not worth playing because it will always be less optimal than the original list. I'm not saying you should stop netdecking, I'm just saying there are cheap ones that are just as efficient as expensive ones. Control Warrior and Freeze Mage are quite expensive to run optimally because they require some amount of legendaries.
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Control Warrior won't die because its traditionally had a good matchup against Zoo, the most dominant aggro deck in the post-Naxx meta.
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If I were to give an explanation, I'd guess the casuals are probably saving all their gold to buy Naxx wings. Also, we're in the middle of a transitioning meta towards Naxx. The full value of Naxx cards in drafts haven't been as explored as our old cards. They're new, tricky to deal with and evaluate in arena at the moment.
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Baron Rivendare is certainly not OP. Outside of gimmicky Deathrattle combo decks like Shaman, its just a glorified Mogu'shan Warden. Some people may find it OP because they only think of the dream scenarios like filling the board using Cairne Bloodhoof.
Loatheb on the other hand is questionable to say at the moment. True enough though, it can decide games based on timing of placement. Its already seeing play in almost every single deck, no matter the archetype. As past has dictated with pre-nerfed Novice Engineer, Tinkmaster Overspark, Nat Pagle, and Sylvanas Windrunner, this is a sign of a card that could get nerfed over time. Blizzard stated that it was only designed as a tech card like Harrison Jones but since its becoming a staple in any competitive deck, it may become problematic.
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Yes, because I saved up all the gold I needed weeks before even the first wing released.