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I wish it was made WORSE against 7+ attack minions, which was the problem with the card -- not it's tempo versus aggro.
GOOD nerf: Making it worse against 7+ attack minions
BAD nerf: Making it worse against dekcs NOT running any 7+ attack minions.
I don't want people to stop running BGH because it sucks against decks that do not have 7+ attack minions...
I want to run 7+ attack minions knowing that I'm not completely at the mercy of my opponent not running a card that gives him a 9.5 mana board advantage if I play a 7+ attack minion.
This nerf is like a sex offender ordered by the court, not to stop harassing his victim, but staying 1 mile away from the beach where he raped her -- completely disregarding the actual problem being the interaction between him and his target.
Problem: It kills 7 cost attack minions.
That was, is and always was the literal problem with this card.
Not that it killed 7+ attack minions, but that the tempo advantage was 11 mana for killing a 7 cost minion.
Well. 9 mana board advantage is still gamebreaking, and the solution for any deck that doesn't run cards that generate obscene tempo advantage is STILL to never run any BGH targets.
Ironically, if BGH no longer sees play, it's not because it's not good enough, it's that 7+ attack minions aren't played enough to warrant his use -- which STILL is a loss for 7+ attack minions and people who like playing high cost cards and the control game.
I just opened a Golden BGH XD
Seriously though, if its Battlecry can be used then it will be worth playing.
As dumb as it sounds, I usually run BGH in joust decks making it a buff for that style of deck. Joust paladins and shaman rejoice. Other wise great nerfs for all purpose decks.
VS
Card Advantage + Tempo Advantage
BGH is 1+ card advantage bundled with tempo advantage.
IF used on a card your opponent blessed with Blessing of Kings or another buff, it's 2 card advantage.
IF used on a card with a total value, base value or base value + buff value, of 7 mana:
-7 mana worth of bodies for the opponent, body worth 2.5 mana on your side, paid with 5 mana: 4.5 tempo advantage for killing the enemy minion worth 7 mana.
In control decks with decent enough draw, you never HAVE to play him, and as a 1 of...
that's a 2 mana opportunity cost of having him among your drawn cards in games where you never play him AND paid for card draw to get cards you needed because you had BGH in your hand but didn't need him.
IF you value BGH's body at 3 mana, or 2.5 mana, playing Blessing of Kings on an enemy 7 cost minion to take it to 7 attack and killing it with BGH is STILL cost efficient;
It's a 7 mana for 7 mana, 1 for 1, trade:
Your blessing of kings for his 7+ value minion.
You pay 9 mana for BGH and taking out his 7 cost minion, and keep BGH's 2.5-3 mana body.
You profited 0.5 to 1 mana depending on how you value BGH's body.
Even if you only value BGH's body as a 2 cost, Blessing of Kings + BGH on an enemy 7 cost minion is still neutral.
It's not a combo, and there's better ways to make a minion a BGH target, but... the fact that it's actually cost NEUTRAL to cast Blessing of Kings and then BGH-ing it -- AFTER the nerf...
He still got the fun in his sights, and the only way he's not going to see play is if continued existence bullies 7+ attack minions to never go outside in the first place;
Which is why I said;
Nothing has changed.
He's still a testament to Blizzard's questionable balancing, which seriously contradicts their initial game philosophy for Hearthstone as a game where players trade minions ON THE BOARD for board advantage.
Which was exactly what I wanted from the game, and the reason why non-combo Druid is my favorite class.
I still think we should have a card like bgh in the game, because sometimes you have no way to come back if they put down a 7 attack minion. This nerf makes it a lot more balanced, the situations where a gready deck is punished for playing so little... this card is there. In the future I hope we get more class specific removal so we can move away from this neutral minion.
Lawl, I have 2 BGH, Not DE either, Still Is excellent and as soon as WotOG comes out i'll probably be running 2 of them :)
I like to make cards and discuss game balance.
I enjoy when "No similar decks were found."
My latest deck: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1366184-scholomance-charge-rez-priest-wild
Vanilla BGH: You kill a 7+ attack minion for 5 mana, and get a 4/2 body: Tempo and card advantage, preventing 7+ points of damage being dealt to your board
BGH + Abusive: You kill a 5+ attack minion for 6 mana, and get a 4/2 and 2/1 body, preventing 5+ points of damage being dealt to your board: Tempo advantage and preventing 5+ damage from being dealt to your board
BGH + Comboed Cold Blood: You kill a 3+ attack minion for 6 mana, and get a 4/2 body: Still better than Assassinate, regardless of the value of the enemy minion.
Would they not..?
What cards in those classes deals with Ragnaros, Baron Geddon or C'thun BETTER than BGH..?
And... tempo... and card advantage.
What else is there to desire from a card, in a control deck..? Like; Seriously?
The only other possible desire you could have from a card is early defensive capability versus small minions or spells, OR early tempo advantage on an empty board.
Your poll needs a third option like it's fine or you don't care. I'm sure most people don't love/hate it.
They would benefit vs Shaman...
They would benefit vs Control Warrior...
That's almost 50% of the current ladder..!
In any case, unless you want to claim that BGH is still extremely popular then this conversation is over since my original assertion was that the nerf was big enough to make people rethink their decision to play BGH, and by all accounts it looks like it has.