After all, this card demands a specific cheap-buff (usually less-than-4-cost) deck. This makes your lategame topdecs relatively bad and makes Galvadon your only win condition, that gets swept away by Twisting Nether, DOOM! and Devolve.
The quest is very hard (I really hoped for 8 silverhands or something), but anyway Galvadon is just too much flexible inpact on the board. The only counter I can think about are DOOM! and Twisting Nether bros. Maybe the "Vary Good" is better, as it still isn't the hunter quest, but time will reveal the truth.
So far so bad. The problem is that, unless this expansion brings some new, we do not have much cheap buff spells.
Six is still less than seven, but other quests seem far easier to complate. Also having 6 cheap spells (of which not all are competetive) each 2x means that we will need expectedly half-of-our-deck to do it.
By the way, Galvadon is the best legendary and will make PALADIN great even when obtainable only lategame.
Quartermaster had twice that effect (+2/+2 compared to Volcanic Might) and loose 4 base stats to vanilla (6/5 or 5/6). Also this hast lost of 2 base stats (5/4 or 4/5).
Now lets do some math: Value = effect/cost * units affected Value(Lightfused Stegodon) = Value(Quartermaster) <=> effect/2 * units(LS) = 2effect/4 * units(Q) As the derivative (d effect / d cost) of both terms is equal effect/2 (as 2/4 = 1/2) both cards grant something comparable to +1/+1 for 2, which is complately fair as 1+1=2 for 1 Silver Hand Recruit, for more it is just value.
Conclusion:
Quartermaster +2/+2 for 4 stats bigger impact can go berserk
Lightfused Stegodon Adapt (approximately +1/+1) for 2 stats Cheaper Better for combos Can go berserk with Flaming Claws Can go rouge with Shrouding Mist Can go 10/10 windfury with Dinosize Beast Paladin confirmed overall better, numbers don't lie
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Galvadon quest anyone?
nah
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MAN! With this card no one is gonna miss the old Conceal! This card is great, you can give your minions stealth just for 4 mana.
kappa
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After all, this card demands a specific cheap-buff (usually less-than-4-cost) deck. This makes your lategame topdecs relatively bad and makes Galvadon your only win condition, that gets swept away by Twisting Nether, DOOM! and Devolve.
And now think about it with Hemet, Jungle Hunter
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"Meta Defining" br0 ;)
The quest is very hard (I really hoped for 8 silverhands or something), but anyway Galvadon is just too much flexible inpact on the board. The only counter I can think about are DOOM! and Twisting Nether bros. Maybe the "Vary Good" is better, as it still isn't the hunter quest, but time will reveal the truth.
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nope
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So far so bad. The problem is that, unless this expansion brings some new, we do not have much cheap buff spells.
Six is still less than seven, but other quests seem far easier to complate. Also having 6 cheap spells (of which not all are competetive) each 2x means that we will need expectedly half-of-our-deck to do it.
By the way, Galvadon is the best legendary and will make PALADIN great even when obtainable only lategame.
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pterro's egg?
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Sadly not all of them are aviable in standard. Actually only 2 (3 including this release) are.
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Quartermaster had twice that effect (+2/+2 compared to Volcanic Might) and loose 4 base stats to vanilla (6/5 or 5/6). Also this hast lost of 2 base stats (5/4 or 4/5).
Now lets do some math:
Value = effect/cost * units affected
Value(Lightfused Stegodon) = Value(Quartermaster) <=> effect/2 * units(LS) = 2effect/4 * units(Q)
As the derivative (d effect / d cost) of both terms is equal effect/2 (as 2/4 = 1/2) both cards grant something comparable to +1/+1 for 2, which is complately fair as 1+1=2 for 1 Silver Hand Recruit, for more it is just value.
Conclusion:
Quartermaster
+2/+2 for 4 stats
bigger impact
can go berserk
Lightfused Stegodon
Adapt (approximately +1/+1) for 2 stats
Cheaper
Better for combos
Can go berserk with Flaming Claws
Can go rouge with Shrouding Mist
Can go 10/10 windfury with Dinosize
Beast Paladin confirmed
overall better, numbers don't lie
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5+5 = 10
Tundra Rhino
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Or Tundra Rhino has stealth
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Rocky Carapace + Angry Chicken
14
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Murloc Priest confirmed?
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Shatter