I just won a game of tavern brawl thanks to this little dude Nerub'ar Weblord.
I picked him on turn 2, he was good against my opponents chickens and maybe it will cause my opponent some trouble with the effect (even if I couldn't play the loatheb easily for awhile). He was good enough at the start and my opponent ignored him for awhile. Being able to play a couple of decent cards himself and dealing with my "scary" whirling zapomatic. But when I redrew another weblord and played it I started to notice my opponent only playing chickens and floating a fair amount of mana and not playing cards. The effect of these two weblords was so oppressive to my opponent that when I made the call to play a 6 mana sunfury protector on my two weblords my opponent could only play one depressed chicken and not even use his hero power (rogue) on my own 1/1s. It truly was the perfect web for this little card.
First observation: I love it when things like tavern brawl contrive really unique situations when an otherwise terrible card can be so crushing.
Second observation: My excitement for standard has only increased by this experience. Removing naxx and gvg is going to make room for some underutilised cards from classic and (especially) tgt, brm and loe. Unseen cards like Nerub'ar Weblord might actually see competitive play. Ok the nerubar weblord meta is probably still a while off, but what old cards are you excited to give a chance when standard comes around.
I just won a game of tavern brawl thanks to this little dude Nerub'ar Weblord.
I picked him on turn 2, he was good against my opponents chickens and maybe it will cause my opponent some trouble with the effect (even if I couldn't play the loatheb easily for awhile). He was good enough at the start and my opponent ignored him for awhile. Being able to play a couple of decent cards himself and dealing with my "scary" whirling zapomatic. But when I redrew another weblord and played it I started to notice my opponent only playing chickens and floating a fair amount of mana and not playing cards. The effect of these two weblords was so oppressive to my opponent that when I made the call to play a 6 mana sunfury protector on my two weblords my opponent could only play one depressed chicken and not even use his hero power (rogue) on my own 1/1s. It truly was the perfect web for this little card.
First observation: I love it when things like tavern brawl contrive really unique situations when an otherwise terrible card can be so crushing.
Second observation: My excitement for standard has only increased by this experience. Removing naxx and gvg is going to make room for some underutilised cards from classic and (especially) tgt, brm and loe. Unseen cards like Nerub'ar Weblord might actually see competitive play. Ok the nerubar weblord meta is probably still a while off, but what old cards are you excited to give a chance when standard comes around.
Kezan Tinkerer - http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/45270-weekly-design-competition-19-submission-thread?comment=333
one problem, Nerub'ar Weblord is from Naxx...
But yes, I'm also super excited for a new meta that gives previously underused cards a time to shine
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