Great job blizz, way to kick a class while it is down. Its embarassing that it has to take a full year of new expansions for priest to have a coherent collection of decent cards until the next rotation when they are back to square one
They've chosen a bad time to release such a card. Powerlevel-wise it's worse than Purify and the class sees just as little play now as it did then. At least it fits Priest thematically. Oh, well...
Worst priest card ever printed, even Purify helped you cycle through the deck. Cant target minions or enemy hero, so no Auchenai sinergy. 1 card slot for 5 heal to face how is that even supposed to help you? If for Auctioner shenanigans would rather play Regenerate or any of the way better versions of this card in wild. I would even call it a nerf for Lyra.
I'd vote "Dust it" but you can't dust basic cards. It remains a mystery to me why they insist on making priest's evergreen set so unplayable. Maybe that's part of its "class identity."
This is literally a Basic card, so it's not supposed to be good.
hmm, then by that flawed logic they should be replacing Frostbolt, Fireball, Tundra Rhino, Animal Companion all with "not suppose to be good cards" as well.
This is literally a Basic card, so it's not supposed to be good.
hmm, then by that flawed logic they should be replacing Frostbolt, Fireball, Tundra Rhino, Animal Companion all with "not suppose to be good cards" as well.
It's not flawed logic. It's not logic at all. I did not deduce this from any given premise.
It is literally exactly what the developers have said on many occasions.
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"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
To make this card not embarrassingly bad, they need to print a Priest minion that reverses heals to hero, then use some kind of Shadowform shenanigans. Fucking shame the way the classic set is continually being cut to ribbons.
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If you thought you knew what you think I know, then you'd know I knew you knew I know.
How big a troll do you have to be; how hard do you have to try to make a strictly inferior version not only of one but TWO older cards?! Was there a meeting? Did the folks from the design team sit in a room and said "let's try to come up with a REALLY bad card", and kept debating because the ideas were still too good, until one guy suggested that you could make a card that is much worse than both Flash Heal AND Binding Heal? Was he like "maybe restore 5 Health to a friendly character", and then someone said, "nah, still too good, but what if you could ONLY heal your hero with it?"
I want to say "Dust it", but I can't even dust it!!!
And to the people saying "It's basic, it's not meant to be competitive": You know, let's say I agree with you and I ignore the many good basic cards that still exist and are competitively relevant. I don't, but let's pretend you have a point there.
Basic cards should still AT LEAST be decent for new players, like introducing them to core concepts of the class, giving them starting tools to learn the game and get by in the 50-25 ladder. There are other terrible basic cards, yes, but even among the likes of Totemic Might, Warsong Commander and Charge, this is one of the worst. It does NOTHING aside from telling players "Guess what, Priests can heal themselves!". It is almost worse than the friggin' hero power that at least challenges you to notice that you can heal minions too!
No, you can't say it's basic and thus should be bad. There is a limit to how bad basic cards are allowed to be. I'd agree that Team5 has crossed that line before, but that's hardly an excuse to do it again, like "We messed up before - can't be mad at us".
All the changes the devs have made to basic cards over the years really is just a middle finger to anyone who ever cared about introducing new players to the game, like Trump's video series "Basic Teachings", and a middle finger to anyone who will pick this game up in the future. And this is NOT what Hearthstone is supposed to be. This is not what the original Team5 had in mind, and not what millions of people around the world fell in love with!
Again, this is not the very worst of them, and you would have a point in saying that Mind Blast was just as useless for new players, but it's another insult in a way too long series of insults to new players and veterans alike. There is NO excuse for this. So don't give me the "it's a basic card" bullshit, trying to justify what does not deserve justification! If you have fun playing devil's advocate, at least have the decency to admit that you are deliberately trolling!
This card is utter trash, and I don't care that it's supposed to be a Basic card. The point of Priest is to heal. They are supposed to be the best class at it. This does absolutely nothing in the early game and has no real benefit in the late game because if I drew this card rather than a board clear or minion, I lose.
To make this card playable, it needed a card draw attached to it. Even if it was conditional. Card text: Heal your hero 5 health. If you restored 3 or more health this turn, draw a card.
There are at least 3 classes that heal better than Priest. How is this a Strength for the class again?
This is disgustingly lazy design. Deal 5 to the opponent shouldn't be a thing because priest doesn't go face? Let's make it heal and target your own face instead!
This card will replace Mindblast in the Basic set.
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Good for gadgetzan autioneer, maybe in Nomi Priest
This is literally a worse version of Flash Heal and Binding Heal
Great job blizz, way to kick a class while it is down. Its embarassing that it has to take a full year of new expansions for priest to have a coherent collection of decent cards until the next rotation when they are back to square one
They've chosen a bad time to release such a card. Powerlevel-wise it's worse than Purify and the class sees just as little play now as it did then. At least it fits Priest thematically. Oh, well...
Worst priest card ever printed, even Purify helped you cycle through the deck.
Cant target minions or enemy hero, so no Auchenai sinergy.
1 card slot for 5 heal to face how is that even supposed to help you? If for Auctioner shenanigans would rather play Regenerate or any of the way better versions of this card in wild.
I would even call it a nerf for Lyra.
I'd vote "Dust it" but you can't dust basic cards.
It remains a mystery to me why they insist on making priest's evergreen set so unplayable.
Maybe that's part of its "class identity."
Wow! I like this replacement. So creative! Good job on this one.
No, Really? Restore 5 health? What's up with hero being the only target?
Can priest do better than this?
“Dust it” Lol it’s basic so that isn’t an option
This is literally a Basic card, so it's not supposed to be good.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
hmm, then by that flawed logic they should be replacing Frostbolt, Fireball, Tundra Rhino, Animal Companion all with "not suppose to be good cards" as well.
Laughable card. But will probably see play in card cycle combo or Mecha'thun type decks.
Why not Flash Heal? Give the card some sinergy to other cards, don't will break the game or anything...
The rogue spell looks trash in comparison with Hallucination but even that card have some use.
Trash tier card. Though idc about spells, would like to see a minion instead of this garbage.
Guys, it's not supposed to be a great card… it's a Basic card.
It's not flawed logic. It's not logic at all. I did not deduce this from any given premise.
It is literally exactly what the developers have said on many occasions.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
To make this card not embarrassingly bad, they need to print a Priest minion that reverses heals to hero, then use some kind of Shadowform shenanigans. Fucking shame the way the classic set is continually being cut to ribbons.
If you thought you knew what you think I know, then you'd know I knew you knew I know.
How big a troll do you have to be; how hard do you have to try to make a strictly inferior version not only of one but TWO older cards?! Was there a meeting? Did the folks from the design team sit in a room and said "let's try to come up with a REALLY bad card", and kept debating because the ideas were still too good, until one guy suggested that you could make a card that is much worse than both Flash Heal AND Binding Heal? Was he like "maybe restore 5 Health to a friendly character", and then someone said, "nah, still too good, but what if you could ONLY heal your hero with it?"
I want to say "Dust it", but I can't even dust it!!!
And to the people saying "It's basic, it's not meant to be competitive": You know, let's say I agree with you and I ignore the many good basic cards that still exist and are competitively relevant. I don't, but let's pretend you have a point there.
Basic cards should still AT LEAST be decent for new players, like introducing them to core concepts of the class, giving them starting tools to learn the game and get by in the 50-25 ladder. There are other terrible basic cards, yes, but even among the likes of Totemic Might, Warsong Commander and Charge, this is one of the worst. It does NOTHING aside from telling players "Guess what, Priests can heal themselves!". It is almost worse than the friggin' hero power that at least challenges you to notice that you can heal minions too!
No, you can't say it's basic and thus should be bad. There is a limit to how bad basic cards are allowed to be. I'd agree that Team5 has crossed that line before, but that's hardly an excuse to do it again, like "We messed up before - can't be mad at us".
All the changes the devs have made to basic cards over the years really is just a middle finger to anyone who ever cared about introducing new players to the game, like Trump's video series "Basic Teachings", and a middle finger to anyone who will pick this game up in the future. And this is NOT what Hearthstone is supposed to be. This is not what the original Team5 had in mind, and not what millions of people around the world fell in love with!
Again, this is not the very worst of them, and you would have a point in saying that Mind Blast was just as useless for new players, but it's another insult in a way too long series of insults to new players and veterans alike. There is NO excuse for this. So don't give me the "it's a basic card" bullshit, trying to justify what does not deserve justification! If you have fun playing devil's advocate, at least have the decency to admit that you are deliberately trolling!
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So yeah, I don't like.
This card is utter trash, and I don't care that it's supposed to be a Basic card. The point of Priest is to heal. They are supposed to be the best class at it. This does absolutely nothing in the early game and has no real benefit in the late game because if I drew this card rather than a board clear or minion, I lose.
To make this card playable, it needed a card draw attached to it. Even if it was conditional. Card text: Heal your hero 5 health. If you restored 3 or more health this turn, draw a card.
There are at least 3 classes that heal better than Priest. How is this a Strength for the class again?
This is disgustingly lazy design. Deal 5 to the opponent shouldn't be a thing because priest doesn't go face? Let's make it heal and target your own face instead!
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