Let me start off by stating the following fact that becomes very apparent with this card:
COOL =/= FUN
I must agree that this is one of the coolest cards ever designed, and the developers must have had lots of fun developing this, and possibly constantly updating it. I bet there is a person or a team that is constantly working on user stories on their boards related to this damn card. But here is what makes this the worst card ever in this game: it is NEVER fun to play against. This is, by far, the most unfair card ever, as it is practically impossible to play around. Sure you could just not over-extend, but that is the equivalent of intentionally being in 2nd place in Mario Kart until the last moment to play around blue shells. This is a card that literally PUNISHES the player in control of the game (similar to the blue shell in mario kart). I bet by now you know im not a fan of the blue shell either, but there are other design implications on the blue shell which make it less of an offender than this card. Its activation is another thing that is not really counter-able. Sure you can shuffle things into the opponent's deck all you want, but eventually they will be drawn. I guess it is easier if I list the reasons why cards like these have no place in games of competitive nature:
It is never, ever fun to play against this card.
It is not really possible to play around it (meaning it will always provide a large amount of value).
It punishes good play (mario kart blue shell)
It forces decks to be built around a gimmick (looks like they learned nothing from even/odd stuff)
Expanding on the point above, this card later becomes a balance problem to the game and requires (possibly) hundreds of man hours to update/balance/create this card that could be spent on ACTUAL fun mechanics or other issues with the game (such as actually spending time to correctly balance the DH class).
When certain cards/combos become really powerful, the meta tends to shift towards countering these combos, slowly reducing their power over time. This is not the case with this card. The only "fair" match up against this card is this card. I honestly almost feel obligated to run highlander to reduce the anger and frustration games vs this card create.
In conclusion, the title may have been a little dramatic, but I strongly feel that cards like these make this game unfair competitively. This card is the equivalent of being able to transform any one of your chess pieces into any piece once a game (imagine how much of a joke competitive chess would be if there was an unpredictable mechanic like that). Maybe no one will even read this, maybe the few who do will disagree, but putting this in writing has helped me realize that I really do not like the state of the game Hearthstone is currently in, and probably won't play anymore until this card has been cycled out either by rotation, or by a Blizzard miracle where this gets hall of famed.
What do you guys think?
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Let me start off by stating the following fact that becomes very apparent with this card:
COOL =/= FUN
I must agree that this is one of the coolest cards ever designed, and the developers must have had lots of fun developing this, and possibly constantly updating it. I bet there is a person or a team that is constantly working on user stories on their boards related to this damn card. But here is what makes this the worst card ever in this game: it is NEVER fun to play against. This is, by far, the most unfair card ever, as it is practically impossible to play around. Sure you could just not over-extend, but that is the equivalent of intentionally being in 2nd place in Mario Kart until the last moment to play around blue shells. This is a card that literally PUNISHES the player in control of the game (similar to the blue shell in mario kart). I bet by now you know im not a fan of the blue shell either, but there are other design implications on the blue shell which make it less of an offender than this card. Its activation is another thing that is not really counter-able. Sure you can shuffle things into the opponent's deck all you want, but eventually they will be drawn. I guess it is easier if I list the reasons why cards like these have no place in games of competitive nature:
In conclusion, the title may have been a little dramatic, but I strongly feel that cards like these make this game unfair competitively. This card is the equivalent of being able to transform any one of your chess pieces into any piece once a game (imagine how much of a joke competitive chess would be if there was an unpredictable mechanic like that). Maybe no one will even read this, maybe the few who do will disagree, but putting this in writing has helped me realize that I really do not like the state of the game Hearthstone is currently in, and probably won't play anymore until this card has been cycled out either by rotation, or by a Blizzard miracle where this gets hall of famed.
What do you guys think?