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Congratulations to Plushie! :)
Also, i need to shorten my reviews - took me almost 2 hours. I guess i took 'last minute' quite seriously.. D:
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Alright, let's give some last-minute-thoughts on these cards to piss everybody off and make them whish, i'd go inactive again. <3
Treason, Then: I still don't see why people keep asking for things like spot-removal in Paladin or this - aoe-clears for Rogue, as different strengths and weaknesses create the identity of each class. Not that big of a fan..
Explore Zangarmarsh: As Explore Un'Goro was poorly executed flavor-wise (why wouldn't you make it discover only Un'Goro cards?), this card actually smoothly improves on that. So i'm inclined to rather call it a reboot than a rip-off. It's likely still weak in terms of competitiveness but the flavor is quite tasty.
Antonidas' Servant: I wasn't fit enough in WoW lore to spot that timeline incoherency myself, so i'll let that slide :D However it feels to me like this is more likely to brick your Antonidas than to improve it. There seem to be a few jackpots (like Frostbolt and maybe Primordial Glyph or even Pyroblast) but building your deck around a certain central mechanic (Antonidas) and then have that mechanic not be realiable seems unwise to me.
Idol Worship: Somehow this looks to me like trying to rip off Explore Un'Goro without making it look like your ripping off Explore Un'Goro :D I'm also not sure if the 'draw 3 cards'-aspect necessarily improves the principle on a competitive level, but i'm tending to say no - and in terms of flavor, i like Explore Zangarmarsh more.
Ambassador Gallywix: Flavor-wise a funny idea to have a character that has ties to each of the three Gadgetzan factions. Not one that's really blowing me away with awesomeness but neat. It does kinda defy the purpose of the tri-class-system though. Also its usefulness is probably as limited as that of the cards it discovers, which are only borderline useful and mostly ever seen in Kabal Highlander decks.
Farseer Nobundo: This tech-card is actually defying the purpose of a tech-card - which i really don't like. The deal is, you weaken your deck a little by sacrificing a slot for a card that might be weak often times, but make up for it by potentially covering a certain weakness or countering a certain deck/archetype. Tech-cards are one of the more intriguing aspects of HS-deckbuilding and they shouldn't be made obsolete by an all-in-one-toolkit.
Plated Ferrosaur: I guess, flavor-wise it makes sense that the current-turn player gets to keep the scales he chops from this dino - but i agree, that makes the card really weak. This might've actually been an interesting way to justify the minion having superior stats - so maybe some potential was lost here.
Blast from the Past: "It's just a Ragnaros the Firelord". Exactly. To be precise it would bring Rag back to Standard for a while. Also 'Elemental last turn', 'Blast from the Past', past turn... - yeah, no. This isn't exactly comedic gold or any gold for that matter and i won't try to justify it. Really living up to my name this week. x)
Gorilla Goon: While the reference is obvious - basically, if you already have a way to deal 4 damage, you get the opportunity to invest that damage to be awarded with 4 damage. Huh. The biggest/ only upside here is that it's cheap Beast synergy but other than that it feels... unnecessary. Balancing a cheap charge minion by making it bad on its own though is at least interesting, i guess.
Crystal, Mana's Jewel: My biggest complaint here is that the godfater of Mana Geodes really deserves a better name. My biggest shame is that i can't think of one right now. Other than that i think a Troggzor for Mana Geodes is a neat idea and a board-centric (tempo-?)Priest archetype that is not dragons might be nice for a change.
Cuteness Overload: That Overload 'wordplay' was pretty smooth, i can appreciate that :D although other than that its flavor is lacking (especially in shaman - Murloc Tinyfin is crying somwhere ;-;) and it is basically a bigger Call in the Finishers that disables the curve-play into Bloodlust, so i also doubt that it would be of much use.
Get Him, Boy!: I kinda whish for Secret Hunter with Professor Putricide to be a thing and this might be pretty useful for that - plus it's even in the spirit of the class - being strong while it has control over the board. Only the story this card tells doesn't really feel all that secretive to me - if i attacked a hunter, i certainly wouldn't be surprised by him sending his pet to attack me. Also - did you just misgender that wolf? :D
High General Turalyon: Speaking of non-secretive secrets - if you're blatantly telling your opponent, which 'secret' he has to play around, the only situation where this is useful, is if you have an empty board and he literlly can't play around it. If you manage that though, Turalyon is pretty tough, being able to tank four hits on his own and curving extremely well into Spikeridged Steed. I just don't really like the way how that is achieved.
Crusty Cook: Eh. I know Golakka Crawler is a pretty good tech-card, but a tech-card for a tech-card is not something i would ever want to put in my deck. This will by definition almost never find use as it counters only one of the 30 cards in your opponent's deck (maybe two, maybe not even one) upon which it doesn't rely anyway.
Argent Recruiter: This is a neat idea but it feels really strong and right now i'm not sure if it is balanced enough. After all Paladin has a pretty wide array of buffs to drastically benefit from its minions having divine shield. Also, if i'm summoning Argent Squires with my hero Power, i really want a Tirion Hero Portrait! Pretty Please, Blizz? x)
Stormwind Librarian: I saw a card in one of the previous competitions that played on that silence-in-libraries-flavor in a similar fashion, and i loved it as much as i love this one. Maybe i have a thing for libraries? Or librarians? Who knows. Also i'm almost certain that this could be included in some Razakus Priest lists as a cheaper Lyra-fuel and ammo generator than Burgly Bully.
Dullahan the Headless: An interesting attempt to capitalize on heavy usage of a pretty clunky card. The Lifesteal feels like it's to much though. It is likely not needed if you actually manage to go to town with Headcracks and bring down this nuke. Also it warrants an 'overbalancing' of this card which makes Dullahan almost as clunky as the card he tries to benefit from. I think this could've been a little more polished.
Throat Slitter: Maybe it's my failing, but i just don't get this card. Also this card doesn't really get me. It seems to contradict itself both mechanically and flavor-wise. 'I'll slit your throat so i can stab you in the back!' sounds quite redundant to me.
Grem Hackhart: I don't think potentially having pre-nerf War Axes is worth the inclusion of this 2/1. But this feels more like a statement than an actual card. And even though i'm not completely on board with wanting to revert the War Axe nerf, i would actually like to see - if only for an experiment - a play mode that allows you to play with pre-nerf versions of cards.
Manboarpig: I also don't think that the main problem with Hunter at the moment is a certain lack of Huffers. Manbearpig or Manwyvernpig on the other hand might've even been interesting though :D
My Top Three (i.e. the cards i'm voting for): Explore Zangarmarsh, Get Him Boy! and Stormwind Librarian.
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Please excuse my lack of creativity this week though, like many of these last weeks, i had little time and this was a joke i had been sitting on since Un'goro - i'm actually surprised to even see it here.. :D
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There's always that one designer who only reheats old content.
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Jokes about split personality always crack him up a little.
As Bonemare is obviously the cover-model for this week, this guy is something like it's counterpart. Instead of performing a big temposwing while you have the board, this sacrifices a significant amount of tempo to possibly generate a bunch of fresh board presence over time.
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This is what warlocks call "Living Mana".
What could make the discard archetype more viable is just a little pinch of control over those shaky discards. Warlock's Living Mana still comes with a risk of never finding the optimal moment to play it, but set this one up right and it can create a chunky amount of tempo.
Just don't get too greedy. You can't create Mana Crystals forever after all.
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"You need a knife?" - "You need another one?" - "Maybe one more?"
Free weapons for everyone! If you really heavily desire that occasional extra burst from a fresh weapon, this overly enthusiastic lad has got you covered with his endless, fast and unconditional supply of sharp blades.
And unconditional it is! You better not get too attached to your favourite weapon as it might likely be ripped from your hand and replaced with another in just the blink of an eye.
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"Sir, i know we're in a tavern - but where did all those Swashburglars come from?"
It's like Dirty Rat and Alarm-o-Bot had a really weird cyborg baby. And just imagine exchanging a mere Swashburglar for The Lich King! - Yeah, or imagine exchanging it for a Fire Fly, i guess... - or a Doomsayer.
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"Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive"
Use this singing sweetie to harness the unending power of C'Thun and - basically not die. The mighty old god surely won't be phazed by your mere Life Taps and his most amazing asset are his pesky punching tentacles anyways.
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"In my other pants - there's a secret..."
Seeing as Hunter might be able to make good use of some cheap secrets with the upcoming expansion, so does this clumsy fella - If only he had brought it with him.
Better make sure you've got some carddraw - you probably don't necessarily want that free Snake Trap when you're in topdeck-mode.
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Also the Jaraxxus interaction depends on whether Hero-Jaraxxus also still counts as a minion or not - but since Sacrificial Pact does work on him, i'd like to imagine he (aka you) would still be killed by Army of the dead, too.
What i really like about the card is that "high-risk-high-reward" style of play it supports and it also involves your opponent to some degree - which can also be nice to have balance-wise. What's dangerous and possibly very frustrating about it is the wide range of possible outcomes it offers - which ranges from outright horrible to batshit broken tempo swing. I somehow always keep banging on about that concept of "Delta of Randomness" and i think your card borders on dangerous territory regarding that - but overall i like it.