I don't agree with your evaluation of the Hunter or Mage class cards and I think there might be a deck that makes the paladin cards seem more appealing although I agree that in a vaccuum they are mostly underwhelming.
You did recognize trap cards like Gnomeferatu for what they were which is good. I do think you missed synergy bad cards like dead man's hand, meat wagon, and spreading plague. They aren't great on their own merits, but they can help very specific decks in significant ways. While I don't think any of these cards will see significant play, labeling them as bad likely betrays their merits as combo cards/deck hole fillers.
I also think you overrated spirit lash. The card might see some play, but it is still relatively niche in application. Bring it on also seems a bit overrated, but it is a great noob trap so maybe.
Another card to keep an eye on is mindbreaker. If hero cards or hunter become strong in the meta, it can be a reasonable card to include in your deck as the stats are pretty solid.
All and all though, solid analysis. Way to put yourself out there.
I changed Spreading Plague to SB at your recommendation . I stand by my rating for the others . Spirit lash fixes a big priest weakness : deals with 1 health things - very good vs aggro . MindBreaker - stats are not solid imo .
Imo it's too soon to tell if Shaman freeze cards are good or bad, all we know so far is that they are pushing this new archetype quite extensively.
I would switch all your hunter ratings.
And Dead Man's Hand has a niche. A STRONG niche imo. N'zoth warrior ;). I'm going a little crazy with the theorycraft right now with multiple 10 drops and jungle Hemet but i'm sure a more refined version will happen sooner or later. It could also revive C'thun warrior as you could get multiple C'Thuns for 2 mana instead of paying 8 mana for Doomcaller.
Oh true. I always forget N'zoth warrior is a thing. In wild, dead man's hand is actually pretty solid. It's been a while since I've seen a true control warrior, so I don't always remember how strong they can be.
I think you are seriously off on a lot of cards. I exlect the meta to change more than we think. Apparently control is getting a hard counter to jade on wednesday and with lifeseal, aggro will take a hit. So I feel it is truly pointless to rate cards like Frost Lich Jaina. Some cards are obviously good, Shadowblade for example. Others are obviously bad like Shallow Grave Digger. At this point though, Archbishop Benedictus could be a meta definig card for all we know.
Hmm, people always think the next meta is gonna be control , but let me tell you meta has never been control in the history of hearthstone .
That's why cards like 2 mana do nothing (dead man's hand) or 7 mana 4 6 do nothing (priest legendary) are just bad .
Jade idol does a similar thing but it's not bad because you can choose to let go the infinite value for a small body if you really need to .
Frost jaina is bad at this time for multiple reasons . It's too slow (9 mana for 4.5 - 5 mana imidiade value) and promotes a direction mage as a class is not good at : minion combat . Mediv is just better imo .
About bear shark : I am sick of how many times jaina or malfurion or Valera kills my early minions with a cheap spell . Bear shark will require them to actually put something on the board first . It's basically ferry dragon and that was good card in tempo dragon decks .
About the profesor I read it as a 4 mana 5 4 .
It's gonna be hard to get value out of him unless your opponent does not have any early removal or you wait until the late game and than the secrets won't be as impactful .
I created a short list of every card revealed so far and gave it a rating (good, synergy good, synergy bad or bad)
If you are curios you can take a look at my spreadsheet and tell me what you think . Do you agree, do you have a list of your own and anything else .
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qvReGjH-VGKs4R9UVIxGf8-nNGYikHeBS6xAeuhExIY/edit?usp=sharing .
Ps: Not sure I am allowed to post links here so mods feel free to delete this . If I broke any rule sorry.
I don't agree with your evaluation of the Hunter or Mage class cards and I think there might be a deck that makes the paladin cards seem more appealing although I agree that in a vaccuum they are mostly underwhelming.
You did recognize trap cards like Gnomeferatu for what they were which is good. I do think you missed synergy bad cards like dead man's hand, meat wagon, and spreading plague. They aren't great on their own merits, but they can help very specific decks in significant ways. While I don't think any of these cards will see significant play, labeling them as bad likely betrays their merits as combo cards/deck hole fillers.
I also think you overrated spirit lash. The card might see some play, but it is still relatively niche in application. Bring it on also seems a bit overrated, but it is a great noob trap so maybe.
Another card to keep an eye on is mindbreaker. If hero cards or hunter become strong in the meta, it can be a reasonable card to include in your deck as the stats are pretty solid.
All and all though, solid analysis. Way to put yourself out there.
Imo:
Spreading Plague - SG
Bearshark - SB
Sindragosa - B
Spirit Lash - B
Bring It On - B
Mountain Fire Armor - SG (In tempo Nzoth deck)
But almost everything else is spot on imo.
Thanks for the input .
I changed Spreading Plague to SB at your recommendation . I stand by my rating for the others . Spirit lash fixes a big priest weakness : deals with 1 health things - very good vs aggro . MindBreaker - stats are not solid imo .
I think you are seriously off on a lot of cards. I exlect the meta to change more than we think. Apparently control is getting a hard counter to jade on wednesday and with lifeseal, aggro will take a hit. So I feel it is truly pointless to rate cards like Frost Lich Jaina. Some cards are obviously good, Shadowblade for example. Others are obviously bad like Shallow Grave Digger. At this point though, Archbishop Benedictus could be a meta definig card for all we know.
I can say this, you are overrating Bearshark.
I really disagree with how you rated Professor Putricide.
Hmm, people always think the next meta is gonna be control , but let me tell you meta has never been control in the history of hearthstone .
That's why cards like 2 mana do nothing (dead man's hand) or 7 mana 4 6 do nothing (priest legendary) are just bad .
Jade idol does a similar thing but it's not bad because you can choose to let go the infinite value for a small body if you really need to .
Frost jaina is bad at this time for multiple reasons . It's too slow (9 mana for 4.5 - 5 mana imidiade value) and promotes a direction mage as a class is not good at : minion combat . Mediv is just better imo .
About bear shark : I am sick of how many times jaina or malfurion or Valera kills my early minions with a cheap spell . Bear shark will require them to actually put something on the board first . It's basically ferry dragon and that was good card in tempo dragon decks .
About the profesor I read it as a 4 mana 5 4 .
It's gonna be hard to get value out of him unless your opponent does not have any early removal or you wait until the late game and than the secrets won't be as impactful .