Hearthpwn

I never thought they'd print something so good. All I can say is: (hopefully) great job Blizz. Reminds me almost of Loatheb in that it is still valuable due to its body and also works against CW, Purify Priest, Lyra Priest, Earthen Scales in general, and while there are not many more current examples: people want to run 1-mana spells when they can so this card feels like it is always a say 1-of if you just really HATE Jade like I do :)

Quote from Aegis24 >>

but this outright destroys Jade Druid which honestly was necessary for setting parameters in the meta.  

Nice counter to Explore Un'Goro warrior.

What I like about this is that we will most certainly more control diversity in the meta as well as less pirate warriors, since they feed on jades.

Also mindgames: less jades = less geists = more jades = more geist. 

Actually I love the design. 

This is of course meta defining countering hard many meta decks, specially Jade Idol

Also I think should be a great card fo paladin buff in order to erase your small spells from your deck when your quest is done.

Some Jade druids maybe will add Nerubian Unraveler in order to counter this cards

Many people voted meta-defining, but actually I find this card difficult to rate. Meaning: OK, it's great against jade druid, and can be good against a few other archetypes, but also will be bad against all the rest.

IMHO how much this will be played will depend on the shape the meta takes, i.e. how frequent will be the decks it's good against. On the other hand, this card's mere existence will contribute to shape the meta, so in that sense yes, it'll be meta-defining but not because it's OP or it'll be auto-include in every deck for months.

Guess we'll see some sort of hide-and-seek between decks including this and decks countered by this, at least for the first few weeks, or until an equilibrium is reached.

@pihp

read it again.

Quote from pihp >>

Will we get dust refund for the hunter quest?

dust it and burn it with fire

Quote from ArtanisTK >>

This is of course meta defining countering hard many meta decks, specially Jade Idol

Also I think should be a great card fo paladin buff in order to erase your small spells from your deck when your quest is done.

Some Jade druids maybe will add Nerubian Unraveler in order to counter this cards

Quote from Kla_guy >>

Many people voted meta-defining, but actually I find this card difficult to rate. Meaning: OK, it's great against jade druid, and can be good against a few other archetypes, but also will be bad against all the rest.

IMHO how much this will be played will depend on the shape the meta takes, i.e. how frequent will be the decks it's good against. On the other hand, this card's mere existence will contribute to shape the meta, so in that sense yes, it'll be meta-defining but not because it's OP or it'll be auto-include in every deck for months.

Guess we'll see some sort of hide-and-seek between decks including this and decks countered by this, at least for the first few weeks, or until an equilibrium is reached.

Just the existence of the card makes a difference. This card might also act as a deck thining card for control decks that rely on tempo instead of fatigue, like handlock or dragon priest, although handlock doesnt really need a counter to jade druid, it fairs really well against jades. Good tech card for certain decks.

Don't kid yourselves. Jade druid will survive this. They can still summon at least as many golems as jade shaman, and if it wasn't for rogues copy and bounce shenanigans, two more than rogue.

This is still a strong card however. MUCH stronger than Gnomeferatu, since you actually destroy more than one card with it against many decks, if you are willing to sacrifice some one drops yourself. Not to mention it is directed and not RNG.

With the new rogue hero that seems best with jades and the elemental tag on jade spirit being more useful for jade than shaman, I feel like rogue might become top dog when pure jades are concerned. And that excites me A LOT, since I find that deck to be actually fun to play.

I hate that this card is meant to punish Jade Druids but is hurting Miracle Rogue as well. :(

Quote from Aegis24 >>

I main Control mage so this cards really doesn't effect me, but this card is so very wrong.  Way too broken and basically ruins a lot of archetypes.  I'm sure there's some interesting mechanics that you can play into with your own deck, but this outright destroys Jade Druid which honestly was necessary for setting parameters in the meta.  It also kills a lot of priest cards as well as evolve shaman.  One of the most broken cards ever introduced...

I welcome the idea of countering jade idol, but this feels more like an axe rather than a scalpel

Note you do not play this in every single deck. You play it only in slow mid-range & control decks that auto lost to Jade druid.

Quote from BuckyCZ >>

I hate that this card is meant to punish Jade Druids but is hurting Miracle Rogue as well. :(

Quote from OneTrickPony >>

What I like about this is that we will most certainly more control diversity in the meta as well as less pirate warriors, since they feed on jades.

Also mindgames: less jades = less geists = more jades = more geist. 

Actually I love the design. 

Quote from ntad29 >>

Meta defining for sure, but in a way I think is sort of terrible for the game. It defines the meta by effectively being a one-card counter to a few specific strategies. Trying for Inner Fire shennanigens? Too bad, you queued into the wrong deck. Leroy Miracle? Nope, Cold Bloods don't exist anymore. Leroy, Power Overwhelming, Faceless combo? Nope, out of the Hall of Fame and into the fire with you. Jade Druid is actually a lot less damaged by this, as it doesn't leave them completely bereft of options even if it takes away their ability to go infinite (which was always more an Auctioneer problem that an Idol problem in my book).

The card just feels like the most hamfisted and crude nerf to a card type that, admittedly, has sometimes felt a bit out of balance, but the fact that it can completely invalidate whole strategies on it's own feels awful, especially if you're in the game for wacky combos and the like. No one will feel anything but completely disheartened when they're on the receiving end of this, because there's literally nothing you can do other than not play the deck you're playing, and that doesn't feel like the sort of design I think benefits Hearthstone as a whole. I just don't think tech cards should have such a capacity to completely ruin another player's gameplan (I'm not against some level of interference, but this is a step too far I feel).

TL;DR, this is no clever, artful tech, no Loatheb. I think I hate it.