Mage - I definitely see Odd mage being a high tier deck. It will be an aggressive mid-range one with Ragnaros as a finisher. Elemental mage got some support, but I don't think it will be that competitive. If for some reason BSM needs more value, they can add Blast Wave into their decks, but they also have to add some minions with spell damage - so not sure about it.
Paladin - control and combo decks received a stalling ability (Time Out!). Buffadin and Healadin got some major buffs.
Priest - I was thinking about including this class to the "meh" category, but I will add it here. Miracle Lyra priest got some nice support, there might be a combo deck with the Princess and the Seance spells. Regenerate and Auchenai Phantasm have synergy with one another, so a combo burn priest got some support as well. Like someone said, the outcome of Mass Hysteria can range between 0/10 and 10/10 - for me this will do for now, since this is still better than Holy Nova.
Shaman - busted weapon, nice 1-mana spell Totemic Smash (this might make Malygos shaman viable and it's a good early-game spell in general). Control decks got Zentimo and they will maybe include the spirit and the loa as well? A burn deck could also make use of the Spirit, but it needs to be seen.
Warrior - Dragon warrior will be a thing. Wild pirate warrior got a nice weapon; maybe tempo rush warrior will make a comeback.
Meh:
Hunter - The cards, which will most likely be popular, are Master's Call, Springpaw, Headhunter's Hatchet and +/- Bloodscalp Strategist. Zul'jin is too weak compared to Rexxar; the Loa and the spirit are a buff to the quest deck, but for me this is still a meme.
Rogue - I was thinking about puting it in the "losers" category, but this is the class, which is always difficult to analyze before an expansion launches. Raiding Party is a really powerful spell for aggressive rogue decks. Stolen Steel is good in miracle rogue. Spirit of the Shark has some potential in a minion heavy deck. Honestly I had a lot of expectations for Pirate Rogue, but I was disappointed by yesterday's reveal - the rest of the cards didn't include any pirates.
Warlock - Zoolocks got Grim Rally (they will most likely start running eggs); control warlocks will use Shriek after the rotation. If the next meta consists of too many control decks, then the meme quest deck will become competitive. If the meta consists of too many combo decks, then warlocks might use Void Contract.
Losers:
Druid (the only card I see being played would be the Treespeaker. Wardruid Loti has a lot of potential, but after the rotation. Hero Power Druid needs something pretty busted - if they just hit minions with their HP a bunch of times, this archtype won't be viable).
Best: Overkill ... fingers crossed it trounces Zoo/Aggro/Token strategies.
Worst: Druid ... only because their cards are dull. I think they’ll be fine because existing cards (especially Classics like Naturalize, Swipe, and Nourish) are so strong, ensuring control strategies will be just fine.
With a 5 mana Brawl MKII and new 7 mana dragon, Control Dragon Priest surely at least playable. The deck have rooms for further improvement aswell.
Control Dragon Warrior goes control midrange road now. It a shame the deck still do not have any good 6 mana drop, Bonedraie seems acceptable . There will be 2 version. With Keleseth and without
I think we’re jumping the gun here with Druid, you never know until these things play out. Witchwood gave paladin Pince Liam, The Glass Knight and mostly unused cards but Even and Odd pally were top decks. I know not apples to apples but let’s wait and see.
Got to be hunter as the winner, I think midrange beast hunter will be really strong.
Loser got to be warlock.The whole discard thing is garbage. No new demons, weak spells.
Seriusly? This is now a good mechanic at all, and might actually work. Also wasn't a big surprise, discard is in the basic set too.
Druid is much worse than lock and shaman has many wtf cards, I mean shaman could be good and bad too, these cards are just idk...
Lock has quite good new cards, the reason you said that is you just hate the mechanic...
Druid got Stampeding Roar, that card is better than anything warlock got this expansion, potentially broken card in combination with some beasts. Wardruid Loti should be a staple in druid decks after rotation, people underrating versatility once again.
Oh I hate discard mechanic, cause in all HS histrory it worked only 1 time and how many discard related cards warlock got? How many of crap discard cards we got that never saw play? This expansion is absolutely filled with them. On paper they seem kinda strong cause you have more control over what you will discard, but none of them are even that strong. You think discard control warlock will be better than general control warlock, who is already useless and loses to everything not named aggro? Cause those are control discard cards.
High Priestess Jeklik will be added to Zoolock, that is pretty much everything what is gonna happen with warlock this expansion.
Warrior, Priest, and Shaman gets special mentions for having some interesting and powerful cards but Hunter and Mage got a lot more powerful tools now.
The only issue is if any of these new tools will be able to shake up the meta. My predictions is probably not. It will be the same as the Boomsday Meta with a few of cards here and there.
Winners:
Meh:
Losers:
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Neutrals
Best: Overkill ... fingers crossed it trounces Zoo/Aggro/Token strategies.
Worst: Druid ... only because their cards are dull. I think they’ll be fine because existing cards (especially Classics like Naturalize, Swipe, and Nourish) are so strong, ensuring control strategies will be just fine.
Winners: Paladin, Warrior, Hunter
Priest will never see play.
With a 5 mana Brawl MKII and new 7 mana dragon, Control Dragon Priest surely at least playable. The deck have rooms for further improvement aswell.
Control Dragon Warrior goes control midrange road now. It a shame the deck still do not have any good 6 mana drop, Bonedraie seems acceptable . There will be 2 version. With Keleseth and without
I think we’re jumping the gun here with Druid, you never know until these things play out. Witchwood gave paladin Pince Liam, The Glass Knight and mostly unused cards but Even and Odd pally were top decks. I know not apples to apples but let’s wait and see.
Druids are obvious losers while Warlocks are sleeping losers. Again they are giving us bullshiet discards and even more pathetic spirit/loa.
Im happy for shamans and paladins, surely dragon warr will be a thing, tho i wish it were more midrange then control.
Winners: Hunter, Rogue, Paladin
Losers: Druid, Priest, Mage
Discard Warlock has a chance to work but it may fail like all other attempts of making the archetype viable.
Druid got Stampeding Roar, that card is better than anything warlock got this expansion, potentially broken card in combination with some beasts. Wardruid Loti should be a staple in druid decks after rotation, people underrating versatility once again.
Oh I hate discard mechanic, cause in all HS histrory it worked only 1 time and how many discard related cards warlock got? How many of crap discard cards we got that never saw play? This expansion is absolutely filled with them. On paper they seem kinda strong cause you have more control over what you will discard, but none of them are even that strong. You think discard control warlock will be better than general control warlock, who is already useless and loses to everything not named aggro? Cause those are control discard cards.
High Priestess Jeklik will be added to Zoolock, that is pretty much everything what is gonna happen with warlock this expansion.
Winners: Hunter, Mage, and Paladin
Losers: Rogue, Druid (and maybe Warlock)
Warrior, Priest, and Shaman gets special mentions for having some interesting and powerful cards but Hunter and Mage got a lot more powerful tools now.
The only issue is if any of these new tools will be able to shake up the meta. My predictions is probably not. It will be the same as the Boomsday Meta with a few of cards here and there.
Winner: Everybody! Why? So much anti-odd paladin tech. A lot of it isn’t even tech, they are just solid cards that happen to screw over odd paladin.
Losers: Odd paladin.
I’m fine with this. That deck has been the bane of all the decks I really have fun playing after the Giggling inventor nerf.
You mean silence right? That is the anti deathrattle tech and the only one we need....
Winners:
Paladin, Warlock (big hopes on new discard cards)
Losers:
Rogue, Priest, Druid
Winners: Hunter, Paladin and Mage
Ok: Shaman, Warrior and Warlock
Losers: Priest, Rogue and Druid
I dream and the world trembles!
Warrior and Paladin were big winners
Druid is the biggest loser
I think Mage and Hunter got some interesting cards that will take some time to figure out.