Card predictions: Overhyped and Underdogs

#177 Apr 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Since it's a Miracle list it could totally be the amount of Aggro, it's definitely a killer card in slow matchups though. Like Anub'urak, but legitimately playable. ;)

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So I think that plant rogue is currently doing really well in lower and higher rank.

in there news people overhype's mage and shaman elemental decks, priest and paladin are where it is at. Priest with Lyra value fiesta, and paladin with hand buff elemental.

i think that fire fly is also the coolest one drop they have ever realeased. It is bad in the shaman and mage elemental decks, but it comes back round and is super useful in non elemental decks and twists on them with elemental synergy. Like paladin elemental hand buff.

i did not see this thread before patch released but I was one of few who saw rogue quest working, I also predicted hand buff would be Good but had a different deck in mind. The meta should be fun in my opinion.

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Just fill your deck with one drops, that is creative deck design, right?
#179 Apr 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Quote from Tze >>

Since it's a Miracle list it could totally be the amount of Aggro, it's definitely a killer card in slow matchups though. Like Anub'urak, but legitimately playable. ;)

That's a testament to the fact that the most interesting legendaries that manage to see play are always >5 mana, or else they're too slow or too low impact. I rated Sherazin low because I expected aggro to be just as strong as it was prior to the shift. I was hyped for Anub'arak before TGT but I didn't expect it to be garbage anyway.

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Underrated: Sunkeeper Tarim

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#181 Apr 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Alright time for a massive textwall, I'll do neutrals first:

Overrated:

Servant of Kalimos <snip> Gluttonous Ooze <snip> Spiritsinger Umbra <snip>

Underrated

Fire Fly <snip> Rockpool Hunter <snip> Fire Plume Phoenix <snip> Vicious Fledgling <snip> Elise the Trailblazer <snip>

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Now for Class Cards:

Overrated:

The Marsh Queen <snip> Mana Bind <snip> Pyros <snip> Corrupting Mist <snip>

Underrated:

Primordial Glyph <snip> Radiant Elemental <snip> Shadow Visions <snip> Razorpetal Lasher <snip> Sherazin, Corpse Flower <snip> Unite the Murlocs: <snip>

Well, now that expansion has been out for a week, it's time to take a look at my giant textwalls.

Servant of Kalimos: Evaluated it perfectly: strong card that warrants consideration in all elemental decks, but as draw power, not as a curvestone 5 drop.

Gluttonous Ooze: Seeing some play but not very popular as I expected, the tradeoff for the stronger effect is 1 mana, making the card more difficult to weave into a turn than Acidic Swamp Ooze.

Spiritsinger Umbra: Evaluated it perfectly again. Opens up some new ways to deckbuild, but not the Earth rending meta shaper people were hyping it up to be.

Fire Fly: I got it being underrated correct, but turns out it was even more underrated than I originally thought, which was an enabler for Elemental Shaman/Quest Rogue. Turns out 2 mana for 2/4 split over 2 bodies is good enough for Zoo straight up.

Rockpool Hunter: Super strong role player in Murloc Shaman and Murloc Paladin just as I predicted.

Fire Plume Phoenix: I failed here. The card is just not powerful enough. Turns out Elemental Shaman just doesn't care about the 4 drop and prefers to break the elemental chain with Tol'vir Stoneshaper on 4, then restart the curve on 6 with Fire Elemental.

Vicious Fledgling: Jury's still out on this card, but it's seeing experimentation in decks like Midrange Hunter and Zoo.

Elise the Trailblazer: Looks like I overrated this card, calling it one of the strongest control vs control cards ever. But I'm still right about it being strong, as it sees play in Control Paladin and Control Priest, the latter which can do some absolutely dirty stuff thanks to Shadow Visions.

The Marsh Queen: Absolutely nailed this prediction to the exact word. It was too awkward for deckbuilding just as I predicted and it's going to be a very long time, if ever, before Blizzard releases enough support to allow us to make a refined decklist.

Mana Bind: Again as expected, the card just doesn't do enough to warrant play, especially since you'd rather just play good cards like Primordial Glyph and Cabalist's Tome.

Pyros: Although there was only a select minority of people hyping up the card, it's still a correct prediction. One of the worst legendaries in the game (at least it's good in Arena though).

Corrupting Mist: Evaluated it perfectly as well, just worse than Doomsayer in pretty much every way and hurts you more than your opponent a lot of the time.

Primordial Glyph: Yup, I predicted a card that was universally agreed was good as underrated and ended up being right. It's one of the strongest cards ever printed. Flexibly finding what you need for no extra cost, or the ability to cheat the cost of power spells is just ridiculous.

Radiant Elemental: Got this correct as well. And by extension, got the fact that this card enabled Lyra the Sunshard to be strong correct as well.

Shadow Visions: I overhyped it a bit in my description, but still got it right about this card being good.

Razorpetal Lasher: Nailed this prediction as well, super valuable role player in Miracle Rogue.

Sherazin, Corpse Flower: Absolutely perfect evaluation and basically predicted it's role in the deck, mathematical impact, and even how it's being played and revived in game turn for turn, word for word. This is what happens when you actually play Miracle Rogue at a high level and are not some mouth breathing retard who played Miracle Rogue once, failed epically, dismisses every potentially powerful effect, and calls Shaku the Collector "a filler legendary" (yes this is aimed at you BeyondtheVeil).

Unite the Murlocs: I probably overrated how good Murloc Shaman was going to be, but the fact that the card still ended up being strong and underrated by the general community is still fine.

Overall, out of 18 predictions I only made 2 mistakes: Fire Plume Phoenix and Elise the Trailblazer. In return though, I hit it out of the park on a number of very controversial predictions including the Marsh Queen, Corrupting Mist, Radiant Elemental/Lyra the Sunshard, and Sherazin, Corpse Flower.

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