Upcoming Hearthstone Balance Changes - Giggling Inventor, Mana Wyrm, Aviana
Three card changes are coming to Hearthstone later this week on October 18th and one of them is purely for Wild!
- [Discuss this Change] Giggling Inventor now costs 7, up from 5.
- [Discuss this Change] Mana Wyrm now costs 2, up from 1.
- [Discuss this Change] Aviana now costs 10, up from 9.
Check out Blizzard's post below for more information on each of the changes.
Quote from BlizzardIn an update that is scheduled to arrive October 18 PDT, the following cards will be changed.
Giggling Inventor – Will cost 7 mana. (Up from 5)
Giggling Inventor is one of the most powerful and popular cards we’ve ever created. There’s virtually no downside to including it in a deck, and because it’s neutral, it’s played in almost every deck. We think it’s important to take risks when making powerful cards, especially when it comes to neutral taunts, given the role they can play in encouraging minion interactions and making games more interesting. However, Giggling Inventor has stepped beyond its intended role, and we don’t feel that it should be as effective as it currently is.
We initially tested this card at (6) mana in both the current Standard format as well as with cards that will be released in the future. Ultimately, we felt that its power level was still higher than is appropriate for a Neutral card with no build-around requirements. At (7) mana, we expect Giggling Inventor will find its way into fewer decks in general—and be much less effective in Quest Rogue—while it might remain situationally playable within specific deck archetypes, such as Evolve Shaman.
Mana Wyrm – Will cost 2 mana. (Up from 1)
Over time, we’ve been moving away from powerful, early-game 1-drops like Mana Wyrm. It can often feel like the outcome of a game is decided by whether Mana Wyrm was played on turn one, and if it could be removed quickly by an opponent. Mana Wyrm has also steered us away from making powerful low-cost Mage spells. We’d like Mana Wyrm to remain an option for decks it synergizes with, while preventing it from being a huge turn one threat.
At (2) mana, it will be easier to deal with Mana Wyrm the turn it’s played, and it will be harder to buff it with cheap spells early in the match. We still expect it to remain an option in decks that have a heavy focus on cheap spells, but it should be a less appealing option in decks that aren’t built with that focus in mind.
Aviana – Will cost 10 mana. (Up from 9)
Changing Aviana to (10) mana means it will no longer be possible to play Aviana and Kun the Forgotten King on the same turn without some additional help from cards like Innervate or The Coin. It also means Juicy Psychmelon will no longer draw both Aviana and Kun. This should make the combos Aviana and Kun produce less consistent, while still allowing decks that use the combos to exist for the players that enjoy playing them.
Aviana + biology won't work
Aviana nerf means nothing are you crazy? Aviana nerf means they can't draw the whole combo with the melon anymore! Huge impact in the consistency of their combo.
True, true. Missed that!
Might not be that bad of a Nerf. Still expected more tho.
We still have the 4/4 that reduces costs, weapon and innervate so the combos are still pretty good tho.
How would Biology Project help in dropping Aviana and Kun in the same turn after the nerfs?
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Stop destroing cards! Don't like mana wyrm? Its ok move it to all of fame, don't remove it from the game...
Not sure why you got downvoted, but guess I will as well for agreeing with you.
The card has been out since the beginning. If it were as Blizzard states "Design Limiting", then it should be HOF'ed as they did with cards in the past. This does essentially just kill the card, in my opinion at least.
Oh, I really like the "nerf" concerning Aviana. I was afraid my all time favorite card would be nerfed to oblivion. Oh, and rip Giggling. Never gonna see play again. Also Evolve shaman takes yet another big hit to the groin.
On the contrary, evolving your Giggling now immediately turns the Inventor into an 8-drop ;)
HaHAHa, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye.
They could have simply removed Giggling from the game and refunded us full dust.
If you're still going to be annoyed by it, even with it costing 7 Mana, then I think that's the intention of a card that summons two ANNOY-O-TRONS. At least it won't dominate the meta anymore, and we'll get full Dust for disenchanting it.
Well hopefully they make use of the Mana Wyrm nerf to actually make some of those powerful low-cost Mage spells they are talking about.
It took years for rogue to get Kingsbane after the Blade Flurry nerf, so I wouldn't hold your breath.
That new 1-mana classic spell is looking more OP by the day :P.
But seriously, it does mean room for a 1-mana spell that summons something like a 1/2, or a 2/1 scaling with spell power.
THAT'S IT???
Yeah, and it is a lot!
Not enough, ok... but this will have a hugh impact on the meta.
If I buy Aviana now Blizzard will refund the dust when the nerf comes?
Yes, so there's not much sense in crafting Aviana (if that's what you meant). If you open packs and get her, or you already have her, you'll get 1,600 (or 3,200 if you get the Golden version) Dust from disenchanting her when she's nerfed.
no, you need to shard her when nerf comes if you want full refund