For years I didn't mind Ice Block, maybe because I used to play it. Now all I see is constant mages and the frustration that occurs. Yes, I could tech Eater of secrets, but usually once I do that, I won't see any more mages.
Nothing like playing against a priest who just fishes out what ever they need. Need a quick Shadow Word Death? SURE. How about Dragonfire Potion, COVERED.
Priest in general because of turn 2 radiant elemental+power word shield+potion of madness. I really like playing hunter which can do ok vs priest but I hate that feeling when they just draw the perfect hand and it's like cool turn 1 and I already lost this game.... feels really bad.
Ice Block since it pretty much is 3 mana "take another turn"
Frothing Beserker because either it dies or you die and is just not fun to play against
Gadgetzan Auctioneer becuase the decks that use this can pull out wins that wouldn't happen in any other case (jade druid and rogue are my main issues)
Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Jade Idol are good choices, too. Every time the Auctioneer hits the board it's immediate eyeroll while your opp starts cycle-bating. Idol is just an idiotic mechanic that shouldn't exist in it's current state. Terrible card, but not as triggering as others.
Yeah, I'd go with Auctioneer. I was pretty happy to hear Ben Brode suggest that it might be retired in the near future. It's the ultimate in non-interactive cards; you just sit there and hope that your opponent doesn't draw innervates on his turn or it's going to take a full rope and you're going to be staring down a hand with nigh infinite resources.
In addition to the obvious I'M IN CHARGE NOW!, a personal hate-card of mine is Aldor Peacekeeper. Half the reason why I hate him is his voice line when played; "Follow the rules". It just always annoys me that since Hearthstone has no rules against minions having high attack, why does he have the permission to lower that stat? :D
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Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Jade Idol are good choices, too. Every time the Auctioneer hits the board it's immediate eyeroll while your opp starts cycle-bating. Idol is just an idiotic mechanic that shouldn't exist in it's current state. Terrible card, but not as triggering as others.
I'm curious if Jade Idol would still be idiotic if there was no Gadgetzan Auctioneer. I hate both cards, but the one that really makes my eyes roll out is hand down Primordial Glyph.
I wouldn't mind if it had no discount and if it would be on pair with other discover cards. I know it's not really "Free" due to the fact you need to have 2 mana to be able to play it, but it's basically draw an answer for anything and make it so it doesn't matter that you had to discover it.
I mostly play arena, so my view is a little narrow. I am glad that some classes (ie Shaman) got a bit of a boost in from this card in constructed. Although more free Things from Below is annoying, its is manageable. Other classes that are strong (mage and rogue) don't seem to get anything crazy from this card. What I hate is facing Tirion in arena, sometimes twice. And then their is Tarim. I even had a deck with Tarim, and I pulled two more from stonehills. Its a win that feels bad man.
@laadeedaa You said it. Like all the other cards on the list, your roll your eyes and start preparing for the worst. If you are a priest, you can save a mind control or death. But most other classes are going to get 15 to face.
Servant of Kalimos does the same thing for Shaman and Mage. Its always Pyros. But this card isn't nearly as bad. Sometimes when they chain Servant of Kalimos a few times in a row it can be frustrating. But not enough for this list.
@kenshin613, when I played Arena and I faced a player who got lucky and picked Tirion Fordring, that was bad enough. But to see one gained from a Stonehill Defender.... Gross...
For years I didn't mind Ice Block, maybe because I used to play it. Now all I see is constant mages and the frustration that occurs. Yes, I could tech Eater of secrets, but usually once I do that, I won't see any more mages.
Also recently, Shadow Visions
Nothing like playing against a priest who just fishes out what ever they need. Need a quick Shadow Word Death? SURE. How about Dragonfire Potion, COVERED.
How do you guys play around this card?
Priest in general because of turn 2 radiant elemental+power word shield+potion of madness. I really like playing hunter which can do ok vs priest but I hate that feeling when they just draw the perfect hand and it's like cool turn 1 and I already lost this game.... feels really bad.
Frothing Berserker
Good/broken RNG Yogg-Saron, Hope's End
I will crush you!
Caverns Below.
Ice Block since it pretty much is 3 mana "take another turn"
Frothing Beserker because either it dies or you die and is just not fun to play against
Gadgetzan Auctioneer becuase the decks that use this can pull out wins that wouldn't happen in any other case (jade druid and rogue are my main issues)
Nobody mentioned Jade Idol, that's weird. Also other that are close to it: Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, Primordial Glyph ofc, Ice Block, Gadgetzan Auctioneer, any cards that steal something from your deck, especially SECRET AGENT COMIN THROUGH, Frothing Berserker, Mana Wyrm and basically whatever snowballs.
FOR THE HORDE!
All Hail Yogg, our lord and savior.
Drakonid Operative, because I like to have killed off Tirion trice before I even drew him...
Ice block, primordial glyph, shadow visions
In addition to the obvious I'M IN CHARGE NOW!, a personal hate-card of mine is Aldor Peacekeeper. Half the reason why I hate him is his voice line when played; "Follow the rules". It just always annoys me that since Hearthstone has no rules against minions having high attack, why does he have the permission to lower that stat? :D
On the third day before Witchwood, Blizzard gave to me,
three Handlock decks,
two Molten Giants
and a winstreak to Legend Rank #3
Disclaimer: This is a fictional poem and this didn't actually happen to me.
Vicious Fledgling is just obnoxious. You also have to deal with the "thanks" emote after an Innervate turn 1 into Windfury..... Uhhgg....
Stonehill Defender
I mostly play arena, so my view is a little narrow. I am glad that some classes (ie Shaman) got a bit of a boost in from this card in constructed. Although more free Things from Below is annoying, its is manageable. Other classes that are strong (mage and rogue) don't seem to get anything crazy from this card. What I hate is facing Tirion in arena, sometimes twice. And then their is Tarim. I even had a deck with Tarim, and I pulled two more from stonehills. Its a win that feels bad man.
@kenshin613, ouch... I didn't even think about Stonehill Defender in Arena. That must be just hell if you're facing a Paladin deck with it...
Fireball.
I never have any fun when Fireball is involved.
@laadeedaa You said it. Like all the other cards on the list, your roll your eyes and start preparing for the worst. If you are a priest, you can save a mind control or death. But most other classes are going to get 15 to face.
Servant of Kalimos does the same thing for Shaman and Mage. Its always Pyros. But this card isn't nearly as bad. Sometimes when they chain Servant of Kalimos a few times in a row it can be frustrating. But not enough for this list.
@kenshin613, when I played Arena and I faced a player who got lucky and picked Tirion Fordring, that was bad enough. But to see one gained from a Stonehill Defender.... Gross...
Spellbender cus paladin
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