Now that we're a few expansions in, I'm curious whether you think the HOF decisions are justified. Obviously we have wild to give us an idea of how these cards are faring these days, but I'd like to consider them in the context of standard.
The one that stands out to me on this list is Ice Lance. Paired with the card draw engine that Aluneth brings tempo Mage, I can safely say that I'm not lamenting the archetype missing out on 8 cheap burn damage.
Sylvanas was a great card back in the day, but midrange is in a bit of a rut right now. Even with a card like Spiritsinger Umbra in play, I'm not entirely convinced it would be an oppressive card. Looking at decks like dude/murloc/aggro Paladin, tempo mage, and zoo lock, there just aren't a lot of high value targets out there. It would make for an interesting tech choice against control warlock, though, giving you the ability to steal a demon and take it out of the resurrect pool.
Thoughts? Do you think any of these cards would push current meta decks into god tier? Do you think the meta would be more or less interesting if they were still playable?
Zoo would include Power Overwhelming as back then. Azure Drake would be of the best 5 drops, if not the best and Sylvanas Windrunner would be a staple in control lists. Ragnaros the Firelord would get played in Big Priest and some other decks as a finisher or just as a solid control minion. Other than that, he could get summoned from Spiteful Summoner and Miracle Rogue would get a boost from getting Azure Drake and Conceal back.
Now that we're a few expansions in, I'm curious whether you think the HOF decisions are justified. Obviously we have wild to give us an idea of how these cards are faring these days, but I'd like to consider them in the context of standard.
Just looking at the most recent rotation, we had Conceal, Ice Lance, Power Overwhelming, Azure Drake, Ragnaros the Firelord, and Sylvanas Windrunner rotate out.
The one that stands out to me on this list is Ice Lance. Paired with the card draw engine that Aluneth brings tempo Mage, I can safely say that I'm not lamenting the archetype missing out on 8 cheap burn damage.
Sylvanas was a great card back in the day, but midrange is in a bit of a rut right now. Even with a card like Spiritsinger Umbra in play, I'm not entirely convinced it would be an oppressive card. Looking at decks like dude/murloc/aggro Paladin, tempo mage, and zoo lock, there just aren't a lot of high value targets out there. It would make for an interesting tech choice against control warlock, though, giving you the ability to steal a demon and take it out of the resurrect pool.
Thoughts? Do you think any of these cards would push current meta decks into god tier? Do you think the meta would be more or less interesting if they were still playable?
Zoo would include Power Overwhelming as back then. Azure Drake would be of the best 5 drops, if not the best and Sylvanas Windrunner would be a staple in control lists. Ragnaros the Firelord would get played in Big Priest and some other decks as a finisher or just as a solid control minion. Other than that, he could get summoned from Spiteful Summoner and Miracle Rogue would get a boost from getting Azure Drake and Conceal back.
I can't imagine mages dicovering [Ice Lance] from [primordial glyph]
FOR THE HORDE!