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Quote from robert_fanr >>

Sorry to say but Trump "inventions" are often just bad !

Also the math is just wrong.

It's not worth to unnecessary take a 30 percent risk of your most powerful cards in the deck not working for 1 single card, regardless of the power level of said card, unless you except all you games to go to late game, which usually does not happen on ladder.

 There will be more games where you are able to play one Hyena (if you include two in the deck) than games where Brann is a dead card for several turns. Given that Hyena is a far stronger card than Brann, especially given your accurate assumption that matches are mostly decided in the early game, it's plausible to value a second Hyena as highly as Trump does. The reasoning is similar in Keleseth decks, where you would often miss your 2-drops but would increase your overall win-rate with Keleseth. Personally, I'm building my deck with only one Hyena, but that's only because I don't enjoy the high-roll playstyle as much. 

Quote from kebabaltair >>

If blizzard nerfs rogue they actually nerf warrior too :)

 Not necessarily. Rogue is currently pushing most of the Warrior counters out of the meta, so a nerf to Rogue would most likely balance Warrior indirectly. Nerfing Rogue and waiting to see what happens to Warrior should definitely be the first step.

Quote from Oroveso >>

I agree. Edwin isn't the problem.  Look what happened when Druid started to dominate due to cards like Ultimate Infestation.  They decided "gee our new cards are perfectly balanced, it's these old cards that are the problem."  Now that Innervate, Wild Growth, and Nourish are nerfed, Druid can't ramp effectively, so aggro is the only viable option for them.  I think they should look at nerfing newer cards before the classics that the class is based on.

 This perfectly demonstrates what I said in my previous post. Nerfing the support for a strong card (see: Druid ramp and UI) tends to decimate the entire class, whereas nerfing specific strong cards (see: Spreading Plague) or rotating them to wild (see: Ice Block) tends to allow the same deck archetypes to see play while ensuring that they don't completely dominate.

I agree that nerfing Rogue in general (see: Prep, Raiding Party, Waggle Pick, Miscreant) would push Edwin out of the meta.  However, that approach might eliminate Rogue from the meta altogether, while simply rotating Edwin to wild (and I say this as an experienced tempo/miracle Rogue player) wouldn't be likely to fundamentally change the Rogue class.

It's still an option to rotate Dr. Boom, Mad Genius to wild. Lack of other Hero Cards to balance the value he provides to Warrior is a serious problem.

Except that when a group of strong cards remain in the rotation for several years, they eventually restrict design. The meta has improved after every set of nerfs for the last few years, I don't think it's fair to blame the developers for creating new cards.

Nvm, he said you can keep the Bolster.

Hey Malfurion, Garrosh just called. He wants his Bolster and Bash back.

Generally I think this just adds to the random card generation pool, which I'm not actually happy with because if you get it from devolve or evolve it's just such an absurd tempo swing from pure rng. However, there may yet be some interesting applications for this card.

For example, imagine giving this "Lifesteal."

When you compare the card art for Deathstalker Rexxar to the art in the reveal trailer, the two are identical.  However, when you compare the art for Jaina, Frost Lich to the art in the trailer, they are incredibly inconsistent.  Based on the card art alone, I'm certain that this "leak" is a fake.  If this is the actual art for the card (forget about the effect/name), I will be extremely disappointed with Blizzard.

I forget, were any previous pre-purchase offers available in the in-game store? I want to use my amazon coins if possible.