Fantastic review! Finally someone that thinks most of the Studies are amazing which they are! The legendary reviews are spot-on as well.
Stelina will get cast for its Outcast value often in fast decks and can remove win cons, combo cards and board clears so of course it's good. Fireheart will only see play in decks that are very geared toward her as the turn after playing a bunch of Shaman spells will likely be gimped by overload, which by turn 7+ is backbreaking. Polkelt is a 4 mana 4/5 that ensures players they won't draw Zephrys and most classes that they won't draw removal for the rest of the game, which is extremely bad in slower decks. Kreen - while insane with a huge board - only really shines in that scenario; if nothing else it's very flexible as it can help DH save health while attacking big minions.
- Carrion Studies(your rank, 1 star). It is a 5 stars card. I know that are many bad deathrattle. The card is very good because it allows deathrattle hunter to have a turn 1 (which doesn't have it) and to discount the next card. So, you can play for example Bloated Pythonin turn 2. It is a 5 stars combo. It helps deathrattle hunter to be faster.
- Speaker Gidra(your rank, 3 stars). It is another 5 stars. Strong tempo card
- Cram Session(your rank, 1 star). It is a 3 or 4 stars card. It is a good card.
- Lab Partner(your rank, 3 stars). Easy 5 stars, it is 1 mana 1/3 with spell damage.
- Troublemaker(your rank, 3 stars) Another easy 5 stars. It is a snowball and sometimes a better Ragnaros the Firelord in double copy.
- Playmaker(your rank, 5 stars). It is a mediocre card, it is a 3 stars max.
- Trueaim Crescent(your rank, 3 stars). 5 stars easy. It is a 4 damages for 1 mana in the worst situation. In other situations is broken, when you use it to proc deathrattles.
- Brittlebone Destroyer(your rank, 3 stars). Strong tempo card, it is a 5 stars in warlock.
Carrion studies and devolving missiles are not 5 star cards. There are a lot of good minions you can devolve into and missiles is more random than the original devolve and Carrion studies would only be good in a deathrattle hunter and even in that you probably wouldn't run it.
- Carrion Studies(your rank, 1 star). It is a 5 stars card. I know that are many bad deathrattle. The card is very good because it allows deathrattle hunter to have a turn 1 (which doesn't have it) and to discount the next card. So, you can play for example Bloated Pythonin turn 2. It is a 5 stars combo. It helps deathrattle hunter to be faster.
- Speaker Gidra(your rank, 3 stars). It is another 5 stars. Strong tempo card
- Cram Session(your rank, 1 star). It is a 3 or 4 stars card. It is a good card.
- Lab Partner(your rank, 3 stars). Easy 5 stars, it is 1 mana 1/3 with spell damage.
- Troublemaker(your rank, 3 stars) Another easy 5 stars. It is a snowball and sometimes a better Ragnaros the Firelord in double copy.
- Playmaker(your rank, 5 stars). It is a mediocre card, it is a 3 stars max.
- Trueaim Crescent(your rank, 3 stars). 5 stars easy. It is a 4 damages for 1 mana in the worst situation. In other situations is broken, when you use it to proc deathrattles.
- Brittlebone Destroyer(your rank, 3 stars). Strong tempo card, it is a 5 stars in warlock.
Stopped reading when Blood Herald was ranked as 3-stars.
Yeah that's defintely a 1 star
Most people seem to think so, but I disagree. It's comparable to Corridor Creeper in that you only need to buff it 6+ times in order for it to be "worth it", which is very very easy to do in Token DH when you have cards which can summon absurd numbers of minions per turn.
Will not get into all of them, many seem accurate but most strongly disagree with the following:
-Twilight Runner probably more like 4 stars, nearly any Druid deck that cares about minions will run this
-multiple spell damage/burn mage cards, since I believe this will be a vialble archetype because of all the card draw and synergy from earlier sets as well: Lab Partner easy 5, Cram Session 3-4 stars, agree with posts above which have already pointed this out
-Frazzled Freshman and Power Word: Feast: Tempo/buff priest with a lower curve might be more vialble than you think since Voracious Reader is a hell of a card. Combined with Devout Pupil, all the buffs and Flesh Giant, it could see play. Mindrender Illucia fits perfectly in such a deck to take away your opponent's board clear options before a lethal push
-a more face-oriented Weapon/Stealth rogue may also be quite decent, since Secret Passage (easy 5 stars, not 4) is easily one of the most broken cards in HS history, and it also works better with a lower curve
-Instructor Fireheart is an auto-include in any Shaman deck, 5 stars, Blood Herald may have been playable if it could be buffed in your deck as well, only in hand is utter garbage
-Adorable Infestation just does a lot for 1 mana: burst damage, board development, and card generation, definitely better than 2 stars, did you just misread the description? (since you compared it to a hand buff card)
-I suspect Pen Flinger could be sleeper OP in decks with cheap spell generation/draw as a near-infinite 1 mana ping, but not entirely sure on this one
All in all, I got the impression that you have a tendency to sometimes underestimate more aggressive tempo-damage cards and archetypes
alone that he argues over and over again at the start with dh that only aggro is viable and therefore cards who dont fit in aggro are shit. jeez, whats wrong with you dude? These cards, even if they suck now, can still be strong later if they get support. so you rate them now 1 stars and later they are broken right? and you only rate them for standard... theres wild too dude. I cant agreee with anything you said here... maybe you better start watching some guys who know what they say... so you learn from them. you havent seen any sleeper which will pop up... mark my words!
Stelina is ridiculous. 4 mana to remove what is usually the best card in your opponent's hand and look at two of the others? Sign me up any day.
Her effect ONLY goes off when its on the right or left most side, even then Glide is vastly superior.
Card wont ever see play in Tempo DH, you can quote me again in a week.
Sure, Stelina is worse than Glide. Want to know what other Scholomance cards are worse than Glide? Almost all of them. Outcast isn't much of a problem considering how low the curve is in Tempo DH, and the effect is great. She'll see play.
Instructor Fireheart is a great legendary. Not the card's fault that nobody plays Shaman because the few good Shaman decks are hard to pilot (such as Highlander Spell Shaman)
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Fantastic review! Finally someone that thinks most of the Studies are amazing which they are! The legendary reviews are spot-on as well.
Stelina will get cast for its Outcast value often in fast decks and can remove win cons, combo cards and board clears so of course it's good. Fireheart will only see play in decks that are very geared toward her as the turn after playing a bunch of Shaman spells will likely be gimped by overload, which by turn 7+ is backbreaking. Polkelt is a 4 mana 4/5 that ensures players they won't draw Zephrys and most classes that they won't draw removal for the rest of the game, which is extremely bad in slower decks. Kreen - while insane with a huge board - only really shines in that scenario; if nothing else it's very flexible as it can help DH save health while attacking big minions.
I agree with most of your review. Except from:
- Mindrender Illucia (your rank, 1 star) no doubt. It is a 5 stars card. One of the best in the expansion. Good against all decks.
- Twilight Runner (your rank, 2 stars). It is a 4 stars cards. It will be played.
- Ancient Void Hound (your rank, 1 star). It is a 4 stars. It is strong.
- Carrion Studies (your rank, 1 star). It is a 5 stars card. I know that are many bad deathrattle. The card is very good because it allows deathrattle hunter to have a turn 1 (which doesn't have it) and to discount the next card. So, you can play for example Bloated Python in turn 2. It is a 5 stars combo. It helps deathrattle hunter to be faster.
- Speaker Gidra (your rank, 3 stars). It is another 5 stars. Strong tempo card
- Cram Session (your rank, 1 star). It is a 3 or 4 stars card. It is a good card.
- Lab Partner (your rank, 3 stars). Easy 5 stars, it is 1 mana 1/3 with spell damage.
- Troublemaker (your rank, 3 stars) Another easy 5 stars. It is a snowball and sometimes a better Ragnaros the Firelord in double copy.
- Playmaker (your rank, 5 stars). It is a mediocre card, it is a 3 stars max.
- Trueaim Crescent (your rank, 3 stars). 5 stars easy. It is a 4 damages for 1 mana in the worst situation. In other situations is broken, when you use it to proc deathrattles.
- Brittlebone Destroyer (your rank, 3 stars). Strong tempo card, it is a 5 stars in warlock.
- Devolving Missiles (your rank 1 star). Well, Devolve is a 5 stars card, so this.
- Lorekeeper Polkelt (your rank 2 star). It is a 5 stars card. He needs only a combo.
Carrion studies and devolving missiles are not 5 star cards. There are a lot of good minions you can devolve into and missiles is more random than the original devolve and Carrion studies would only be good in a deathrattle hunter and even in that you probably wouldn't run it.
Keymaster Alabaster come faster
Meant to quote you
Keymaster Alabaster come faster
Yeah that's defintely a 1 star
Keymaster Alabaster come faster
Most people seem to think so, but I disagree. It's comparable to Corridor Creeper in that you only need to buff it 6+ times in order for it to be "worth it", which is very very easy to do in Token DH when you have cards which can summon absurd numbers of minions per turn.
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Will not get into all of them, many seem accurate but most strongly disagree with the following:
-Twilight Runner probably more like 4 stars, nearly any Druid deck that cares about minions will run this
-multiple spell damage/burn mage cards, since I believe this will be a vialble archetype because of all the card draw and synergy from earlier sets as well: Lab Partner easy 5, Cram Session 3-4 stars, agree with posts above which have already pointed this out
-Frazzled Freshman and Power Word: Feast: Tempo/buff priest with a lower curve might be more vialble than you think since Voracious Reader is a hell of a card. Combined with Devout Pupil, all the buffs and Flesh Giant, it could see play. Mindrender Illucia fits perfectly in such a deck to take away your opponent's board clear options before a lethal push
-a more face-oriented Weapon/Stealth rogue may also be quite decent, since Secret Passage (easy 5 stars, not 4) is easily one of the most broken cards in HS history, and it also works better with a lower curve
-Instructor Fireheart is an auto-include in any Shaman deck, 5 stars, Blood Herald may have been playable if it could be buffed in your deck as well, only in hand is utter garbage
-Adorable Infestation just does a lot for 1 mana: burst damage, board development, and card generation, definitely better than 2 stars, did you just misread the description? (since you compared it to a hand buff card)
-I suspect Pen Flinger could be sleeper OP in decks with cheap spell generation/draw as a near-infinite 1 mana ping, but not entirely sure on this one
All in all, I got the impression that you have a tendency to sometimes underestimate more aggressive tempo-damage cards and archetypes
alone that he argues over and over again at the start with dh that only aggro is viable and therefore cards who dont fit in aggro are shit. jeez, whats wrong with you dude? These cards, even if they suck now, can still be strong later if they get support. so you rate them now 1 stars and later they are broken right? and you only rate them for standard... theres wild too dude. I cant agreee with anything you said here... maybe you better start watching some guys who know what they say... so you learn from them. you havent seen any sleeper which will pop up... mark my words!
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How well did Instructor Fireheart turn out? Which of us was right about her?
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Instructor Fireheart is a great legendary. Not the card's fault that nobody plays Shaman because the few good Shaman decks are hard to pilot (such as Highlander Spell Shaman)