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I really don't see why there is so much negative response to Blizzard offering this bundle. There are some of us who rather enjoy playing wild (Beta testers anyone?) and this bundle is targeted at them; not the standard players. After countless standard bundles it's nice to finally see a wild one. 

It's a good value and a nice way to help both newer players who want to explore wild and vets who just want another shot at getting something they missed (since everyone wants a Dr Balance). Since the pity timers for a lot of these sets weren't a thing it's probably going to be at least 3 legionaries a pop.

For the ones who don't like it; no one is forcing you to buy it. If you don't want it then instead of bitching just don't buy it. For those who do want it; good luck on your packs!

Fun...if you can build it :)

I didn't know you could see the breakdown either; learn something new every day.

Considering the time and effort this Pupdate (didn't) take (compared to a game feature) I highly doubt the time spent on the Pupdate affected Hearthstone development in any serious or even noticable way. It probably took the pet owners 10 seconds each (which is less time then people spent bitching about the post) to text a picture to the one making the Pupdate.

If the border template was already made by Art then the entire thing could have easily been done during a lunch break. Even if it was done on clock "so what?"   The Pupdate makes a lot of people - including the developers - happy; so again what is the harm in it? Workplace moral is important; since happy developers are productive developers.

I personally love the idea; and wouldn't mind if the Pupdates became a regular thing. Sadly though people are just using this as an excuse to complain about the developers and how they spend their time. Maybe instead you guys should be thankful that we have Hearthstone and that Blizzard is nice enough to make it F2P accessible to those who can't afford pay to win, that they release more then one expansion a year, and that they are light hearted enough to be concerned with something that doesn't make them any money?

Just my 2 cents.

I got a nice chuckle reading this. Well played.

It was close for me between Atreides, the Sandworm (awesome Dune reference) and Master Michelo (awesome concept). There is a lot of good and original cards here though; so good luck everyone!

Seems completely legit. ;)

The (under)hype is real.

I'm not the least bit surprised that Zilliax or Giggling Inventor are doing well. Anyone who played when GvG was a thing remembers how annoying Annoy-o-Tron was; making two at once (which can now easily be buffed with magnetic) is bound to be a hit. The fact that Zilliax gives more then 2 keywords makes him an auto include in any deck with any amount of mechs.

Like everyone else I'm surprised as well on not seeing Supercollider; stat wise it looks horrible; but once you use it you will fall in love. It's so satisfying to watch two enemy minions kill each other.

Anyone else notice that the Boomsday cards were in both those? =D

Winning your first Banana Brawl of the week will now reward you with a pack from The Grand Tournament instead of a Classic pack.

I'm OK with this. I know it's an April Fools joke; but free - or any - TGT packs would be cool.

I love some of the references snuck into the flavor text.t. The 8-bit theater one (Kobold Apprentice) and the D&D one (Void Ripper) both made me chuckle

Only 5 classes will have 3 legendaries, and we all get the legendary hero cards for free, which means that you'll only need to open 2 legendaries from those classes, as usual. Blizzard is being exactly as greedy as they've always been.

Hell, if I hadn't watched the announcement and had just been told about the hero cards, I would've assumed we'd just get one of the hero cards at random. This is actually pretty nice. Between the Galakronds, Sathrovarr, and free legendary dragon, we'll be starting this expansion with 7/28 legendaries, which is far better than the usual 1/23.

Since I hated previous adventure I'll probably pass on this. (at least the final wing, with that 12 boss in a row thing, where 8 was already too long imho. too bad, that barman in the middle to change your deck was a  good idea though),

Warrior is not broken and Boom does not need a nerf.

I think we've become accustomed to aggro ruling the ladder, to control always getting shoved out of tier 1 by hyper aggro and combo/OTK decks that nullify control's whole archetype as effective. Now that control has solid tools in the warrior class to effectively counter aggro (and OTK isn't so easy anymore), the community is crying wolf over the "broken" Dr. Boom, Mad Genius. Comparisons to the original Death Knight cards are fairly common (and misguided imo, since the Frozen Throne hero cards were outrageously broken and designed without regard to how they'd age as standard progressed over two years). People often say he has 5 awesome hero powers (he has one great one, one good one, and 3 highly situational ones regarding their value and effectiveness).

I beat warriors all the time, both with and without their playing Dr. 7 hero card. It depends far more on the ability of the player, and Boom rng only really comes into play in mirror matches or specific situations, not as a general rule. I've gotten plenty of salt adds with people weeping about how lucky I was that their hero power wasn't armor for 3 turns in a row, not how badly they wasted their resources on boards of tokens while I built up a hand to kill them with regardless of the 21 armor they thought would save them. I've lost to lucky hero power rolls, sure, that's part of the Hearthstone experience, but that mechanic isn't broken, it's just effective. it's a control card and it controls very well.

This is how strong cards work: they perform their task well within the archetype they fit for that class. Overpowered cards like Conjurer's Calling and Luna's Pocket Galaxy offer a power spike much earlier or with a much greater force than other classes can attain. Turn 5 of any match is often either 2-4 Mountain Giants or mage reducing every minion in their deck to 1-mana with no additional debuff like Jepetto enforces (making them 1/1's as well), for example.

Control inherently plays against many players who don't appreciate or utilize the archetype because it doesn't feel good and isn't meant to. It's supposed to slow you down, to stop you, to nullify your aggro. They exist to stop you from reaching your goal of turn 5 lethal (or whatever your deck's goal is for lethal). It's slow, it's frustrating, and it's part of how the game balances out. Without slower, controlling decks, we would all simply face race each other or build hyper-streamlined combo deck with heavy reliance on draw mechanics. Matches would have no interaction - a common complaint against some of the most toxic decks in Hearthstone's history - and that is all control is about. Control exists because it has to interact with your cards. Everything it does loses value if it's played outside of the removal or disruption of your cards and gameplan. It's what makes control matches such lumbering, sloth-like grinds: both sides are trying to hoard resources for the most opportune moment in the match. First one to waste a card takes the biggest step toward defeat.

Warrior is a very strong control deck and powerful archetype right now, but it's not our biggest problem, let alone much of one at all. It's a class that has the tools and can use them effectively. Mage is broken. Hunter has multiple top tier decks, one of which is entirely unchanged from Rise of Shadows. Paladin currently board floods on turn 5 with murlocs and God help you if you don't have a lot of AoE.

We need to get over our piss baby crying about Dr. Boom and take a look at actual problems in Hearthstone.

Ok, send in the condescension and vitriol, people! Or if you have something constructive to say, I'd like that, too.

the trailer promised me a giant worm in this expansion, and there's no giant worm! false advertising!

Paladin cards are laughably bad. Guess a singleton deck might rise up. Shirvalla OTK deck would still be around with Salhet's Pride fetching loot hoarder and novice engineers. I don’t think the quest is worth finishing off  

This list of mine worked really really well. Da Undatakah wa smore a meme card and i would prolly replace for Houndmaster Shaw.

I also played a similar deck (like yours), but in the end i found the secrets not strong enough.

Titanic is his name
and he looks strong
dont let other minions know
his stats are 1/1

Secret: after your opponent casts conjur on a giant, destroy random mirror image.