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Your best bet would be to probably swap something out for Skull of Gul'dan and/or Spectral Sight. You could play around with the Fel package to see if something works better in terms of draw, but it is a pretty defensive kit that allows you to have some staying power up until the big turns so I wouldn't favor cutting the entire package out.
Someone else mentioned that the deck might need more card draw, maybe swap her out for Skull of Gul'dan and/or Spectral Sight? In terms of other big Demons, there aren't really that many crazy ones. The best next options would probably be between a Priestess of Fury or Ancient Void Hound. The rest either aren't impactful or defensive enough to warrant running.
I think that a major factor of this is mainly them adding Spell Schools to the game. This is the first expansion that the team has had available to test and try out Spell School based cards, so they are pushing them heavily since they both can and possibly to see how they work out. To me it seems like they went pretty overboard with the Spell School integration into Forged in the Barrens, I see these types of cards falling off and not being made as often after this expansion/miniset. Especially when one of the Spell School Legendaries they expect to pop off turns out flopping or being mediocre (currently my bets are on Tamsin Roame flopping, she's going to need some really strong and impactful high cost Shadow spells to make a meaningful splash).
One the other hand, I think that a lot of the Legendaries you mentioned just don't make much sense for what you're alluding to with this post:
Tavish Stormpike is just another Beast archetype Legendary which Hunters have historically received
Varden Dawngrasp in my opinion can just slot into lists on its own. Obviously the AoE effect is much better to get off, but Mage decks have run Frost Nova in the past just to stall out before combos, and this card comes with a body for just 1 more mana. The card doesn't require Freeze spells to be run for it to be viable, and it will just get better as more Freeze cards get printed over time
Cannonmaster Smythe is yet another take on the Secret Paladin archetype. We saw this at the beginning of Year of the Dragon with Commander Rhyssa, and now the cycle of Paladin archetypes continues
Xyrella won't be as demanding as you think in the longterm. Priests always find ways to do things efficiently, chances are they'll get a card that heals effectively, or they'll just generate the bad ones you're alluding to needing to be run (Desperate Prayer or Flash Heal) via Sethekk Veilweaver or some other card
Firemancer Flurgl is just what seems to be what the team is pushing Shaman's flavor as this expansion. Happened at the beginning of Year of the Dragon as well with Scargil
Overlord Saurfang is just this expansion's build-around Keyword Legendary. Every expansion has one of those, Y'Shaarj, the Defiler is Madness at the Darkmoon Faire's example of it in recent card releases
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The final part of my theorycraft mini-series for Murder at Castle Nathria is up! If you missed a video or are looking for a specific class's theorycrafts, the full playlist is linked below!
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There is a confirmed Infuse Totem coming this set (from the art leak) so this card seems pretty promising even just on its own.
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Your best bet would be to probably swap something out for Skull of Gul'dan and/or Spectral Sight. You could play around with the Fel package to see if something works better in terms of draw, but it is a pretty defensive kit that allows you to have some staying power up until the big turns so I wouldn't favor cutting the entire package out.
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Someone else mentioned that the deck might need more card draw, maybe swap her out for Skull of Gul'dan and/or Spectral Sight? In terms of other big Demons, there aren't really that many crazy ones. The best next options would probably be between a Priestess of Fury or Ancient Void Hound. The rest either aren't impactful or defensive enough to warrant running.
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I think that a major factor of this is mainly them adding Spell Schools to the game. This is the first expansion that the team has had available to test and try out Spell School based cards, so they are pushing them heavily since they both can and possibly to see how they work out. To me it seems like they went pretty overboard with the Spell School integration into Forged in the Barrens, I see these types of cards falling off and not being made as often after this expansion/miniset. Especially when one of the Spell School Legendaries they expect to pop off turns out flopping or being mediocre (currently my bets are on Tamsin Roame flopping, she's going to need some really strong and impactful high cost Shadow spells to make a meaningful splash).
One the other hand, I think that a lot of the Legendaries you mentioned just don't make much sense for what you're alluding to with this post:
Death Speaker Blackthorn is just another take on a Deathrattle archetype minion which we've seen in the past (N'Zoth, the Corruptor)
Plaguemaw the Rotting is another take on the Taunt Druid archetype that existed in the past with Hadronox
Tavish Stormpike is just another Beast archetype Legendary which Hunters have historically received
Varden Dawngrasp in my opinion can just slot into lists on its own. Obviously the AoE effect is much better to get off, but Mage decks have run Frost Nova in the past just to stall out before combos, and this card comes with a body for just 1 more mana. The card doesn't require Freeze spells to be run for it to be viable, and it will just get better as more Freeze cards get printed over time
Cannonmaster Smythe is yet another take on the Secret Paladin archetype. We saw this at the beginning of Year of the Dragon with Commander Rhyssa, and now the cycle of Paladin archetypes continues
Xyrella won't be as demanding as you think in the longterm. Priests always find ways to do things efficiently, chances are they'll get a card that heals effectively, or they'll just generate the bad ones you're alluding to needing to be run (Desperate Prayer or Flash Heal) via Sethekk Veilweaver or some other card
Firemancer Flurgl is just what seems to be what the team is pushing Shaman's flavor as this expansion. Happened at the beginning of Year of the Dragon as well with Scargil
Overlord Saurfang is just this expansion's build-around Keyword Legendary. Every expansion has one of those, Y'Shaarj, the Defiler is Madness at the Darkmoon Faire's example of it in recent card releases
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