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Twisting Nether, Brawl, and Lunar Eclipse are the spells I’ve had oh my yogg cover my face with a bug from the spell. 

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I agree with op insofar as I really enjoy Hearthstone when I play my own decks, and I have a weird syndrome that makes me play whatever is the dumpster class of the moment, unable to ever take any satisfaction in winning with busted decks and overpowered cards.

I also can't help but rage at times at my netdecking opponents doing unfair shit turn after turn, and can't help but to have a sense of integrity using fair cards and having my shaman draw engine have me draw almost as many cards as x2 Refreshing Spring water and x2 Cram session.

However, I don't think that my enjoyment comes from the sense of integrity I get. That sense of integrity is bullshit. I like winning like anyone else. The truth is I just like being the underdog. And the satisfaction I get of winning 1 out of 3 games against meta decks is far superior to the satisfaction I would get from 2 out 3 wins with tier 1 lists.

Because of this, I personally want to play against meta decks because the kick I get is taking down with my own off-meta creation. And I want to know how good my home-brew deck is against the field, against the best decks in the field, not against some idiot like me playing weak decks.

I maybe wrong, but I suspect that op might actually want other players to play meta decks. Maybe to feel morally superior - which would be dumb, but some are like that, I know I tend to be. But maybe to actually know how good your own deck is, and to sometimes win as the underdog - which isn't dumb but should make you stop from criticizing other players from playing the best decks.

TLDR : "Where is the challenge in playing decks that are supposed to win ?" Indeed, but where is the challenge playing against decks that aren't supposed to win ?

 Well said!!  I am with you 100% on the satisfaction of winning that 1 game of 3 with my own creation!! over winning with some net deck. 

The integrity aspect for myself is just built into always routing for the underdog, and I too take that role willingly. I was preaching , but with good intentions, trying to maybe get someone to think about it a little bit. 

Any system of control/rules, like a game, requires the participants to willingly play by the rules. So if nobody played a broken deck, Blizzard would notice that as well. I also know that will never happen. LOL   But maybe 1 or 2 people might just cue up something else besides Mage after reading this. 

 Danton I’m the same way. I loved deck of Lunacy (before the barrens set) but now everyone plays it so I challenge myself to find the non popular classes or lowest win rate classes and see what I can create to win with as the underdog. 

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My dark horse anticipatory nerf: Celestial Alignment. I don't think anybody else is running enough big stuff to hang with Druid once it's played. Guardian Animals package is still one of the most powerful swing turns in the game. It doesn't play small minions, so anti-aggro decks are going to have a wasted hand full of cheap removal. It's gonna take finely tuned face decks to beat it, I think, and those may not be all that common post-nerf.

 That deck can go crazy currently if the right cards are in hand. It turns into infinite draw and huge boards. 

Fair it is clearly in this article. However I do not recall Blizzard or any other Hearthstone news about the book of Mercenaries coming out just mercenaries coming out. Blizzards maps of the year did not mention this nor any other article in Hearthpwn mention it. Hence a curve ball for many of us. 

I’ve played a hunter deck with watch posts and the big elemental that summons a minion. It has lost only once to mage and that was on me from a misplay. It’s currently 22 and 1 vs any mage and has done fantastic against most other decks. 

This feels like book of hero’s not mercenaries. Am I missing something here. I feel let down huge from the new game mode. 

Ran into a new oh my yogg bugg today. After the second oh my yogg went off. I was only permitted to hit hero power and end turn. I was no longer permitted to play cards. 

Playing no core cards or barrens cards I also got bugged. 

I was playing against death wing who had a mama bear with the rats. The rats spawned with the death wing buff of 3 attack and one health. Then the mama bear started buffing and all rats went to 5 attack and 5 health.  This person lost their death wing buff. 

I only drop it in Aggro matches or super late incontrol matches. The goal is to use it on my splitergraft card. It’s only happened twice. The great thing about Aviana is she pulls removal on her and she is not a part of the strategy to win. 

I run a mill defense Druid build with Dusfallen Ariana, Splintergraft, and Forrest Guides. Everyone I play never expects those cards to be played. The deck is not great but it pulls out wins and I enjoy playing it. Currently 20 wins with 22 losses