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Anybody else think Jade Druid will be even better after the nerfs? With Pirate Warrior and Muloc Paladin being nerfed as well I don't even see a need for Innervate and Spreading Plague when the average TTK is slower than before and we have a lot of other make shift defense tools in the 5 drop slot like Druid of the Claw and Starfire.

Jade Druid wasn't popular last expansion because Quest Rogue was, the meta didn't need a worse Quest Rogue to oppress control but after Quest Rogue was nerfed and Druid gained gained ridiculous board control and card advantage tools the deck went nuts.

Eh, I'm not on board with this change, the Frog having Taunt makes Hex quite a bit worse than Polymorph because you have to invest resources into the token.

It's not a bad card, it's just that control is unplayable in Jadestone

It's laughable reasoning that the only explanation for why there aren't two loot boxes for two formats at the end of one season is that it "forces" people to play both formats for all of the rewards, they just don't want to promote Wild or give out more rewards so everyone has to suffer their miopic and imbalanced Druidstone. The fundamental problem of not getting "all" the rewards still exists on ladder for all of those people who don't even reach rank 5 in one format in a season, and that's like 98% of players ... so please stop with the BS excuses.

People still talking about Secret Paladin and Face Hunter in Wild? WTF year are you in?

Ragnaros Lightlord is a BAD craft in Paladin now, Paladin has so much healing from Wickerflame Burnbristle, Corpsetaker, Uther Ebonblade,  and  either Chillblade Champion or Bloodworm that all Ragnaros Lightlord does is crowd your 8 drop slot and overheal you when you should be playing a better minion.

Here is the list I took from 5 to legend on Standard ladder,

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/912783-midrange-paladin-best-practical-list

Blackguard is garbage, if you want a non conditional 6 drop then play Ivory Knight. 

Edit: Wickerflame Burnbristle isn't actually necessary for Life Steal but for Divine Shield fwiw, you could get away with playing a Sunwalker etc. instead

Dr. Boom and Piloted Shredder aren't a thing anymore, other than in Reno Jackson decks that need their death rattles to give them N'zoth value, every midrange deck is better off playing Bonemare or their class specific/anti aggro 4 drops because of class synergy and Pirate Warrior.

You won't regret Wild, it just makes Standard look like the dog shit of a format it is.

No it's not, I just finished taking Jade Druid from R5->Legend  without Ultimate Infestation, all the card does is replace a Yogg Saaron and a Gadetzan Auctioneer and isn't even necessarily better than either of them. Skulking Geist isn't very good, I've had Skulking Geist played against me a couple of times and I still won by out valuing the opponent with the rest of the deck, the Druid DK closes out a lot of games by itself and makes the deck less reliant on Jade Idol.