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Whenever they remove a card/hero, it acts like a temporary patch up. Putricide has had a few incarnations, and I'd bet other removed heroes like Gallywix, Brann and Rag are getting reworks in the backgrounds while retired. Patches, Sir Finley and Lich Baz'hial are all heroes who've been temporarily retired but have/will returned, so have faith that some of the removed heroes will return!

In terms of Mackerel, that card was by far the best Battlegrounds card ever printed. Its big problem was that it didn't even fit into Murloc builds, unless you had a dedicated Divine Shield Minion for it or you gave all your Minions Divine Shield with Megasaur. Two Mackerels with Poisonous counted as a Divine Shield build, something Unstable Ghoul was supposed to hard counter.

Imo, Murlocs need a complete overhaul. They aren't consistent at all and making them somewhat consistent would break the game. Megasaur and Toxfin need to go. Then cards like Scalelord can more comfortably come into the fray.

They're all in you're encounter with him in the Hall of Explorers in the League of Explorers adventure. You could turn down music and record them yourself or find them somewhere on YouTube

I remember when Caverns was the first card post Beta to receive two individual nerfs... and it was still played after both nerfs.

Alot of those are newer cards. If you go to old Frozen Throne decks, you'll probably find some good replacements/lists.

The 12/12 can be easily removed by any single target removal, including the new Shadow Word Death, Polymorph, Siphon Soul, Time Rip or even BGH. It also is a Demon, meaning Sac Pact is suberb (On a side note, Sac Pact is going to be incredible next Expansion and as long as Demon Hunter is semi viable). Zephrys also offers an array of options against it. I seriously doubt the competitive viability of this card

Cool card, but too situational. If your opponent has 5 minions, it's dormant forever. If your opponent bounces a warden to their hand, it fails. If you can't destroy the wardens, it blocks up your board.

It's not the best idea to play with other minions because it clears ALL minions, meaning your opponent can purposely kill the wardens, clear the board, and single target down Magtheridon. Maeiv is incredible against it because the wardens don't come back.

Its like a worse Darkness, except at least the Candles blocked non Duplicate cards from working.

You're too nice lol, I wish I was that good to be a developer.

As a long time Priest player, I couldn't be happier with the changes. Priest finally feels like it's going to be a proper class and not some gimmick that relied on dumb combos. Shadowform is one of my all-time favourite cards, but I'm delighted to see it gone. It never had a place and clogged up Priest with the "Shadow" theme. Same with Auchenai and Velen. It was doomed to fail from the start and shoved Priest in awkward directions.

The new cards place a heavy influence on Healing, Buffing Minions and controlling the board - themes I never thought would be emphasized enough.

Even if Priest isn't as powerful as before, I can't stress enough how much better off Priest as a whole is going to be.

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That's 5 mana removal that requires 2 cards.

 Plague of Wrath and Execute are cards that require setup mana to be played, yet are staples in Warrior Control decks. I wouldn't be surprised if this card + Shout replaced Execute. It's way too flexible

You mean a Priest minion is going to be problematic with a Druid minion?

I thought the hero was bugged but no, you're just seeing the average number of Murlocs. You shouldn't try to force Murlocs, they're fun and powerful but wildly inconsistent.

It's hilarious to me that now Paladin has no class identity. A few years ago, Priest had nothing. Paladin healed better, Warlock had better combos, Rogue stole better, Mage had better spells and Paladin also had better buffs.

Paladins are supposed to be holy knights who smite down evil. To do so, they bring "Equality" to all and "Consecrate" wrong-doers. They create an even playing field and fight fair.

Paladins are also all about buffing allies and helping each other out, which is why Blessing of Kings, Might and Wisdom exist. They have a small sub theme of Holy Weapons and Blessed Allies which is where Truesilver Champion, Ashbringer and Paladin Murlocs come into play. Classes adopt additional themes over time, and Paladin just so happened to get Holy Murlocs.

Mechanically, though the reason Paladin has secrets is because there's no clean way to have an effect trigger on your opponent's turn. While Avenge doesn't make sense as a secret, it is thematically sound since your minion(s) have witnessed an ally fall and work to avenge their ally. They each make sense when explained, but it's difficult to surmise when they share the "Secret" keyword.

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Equality dude. Same effect without the body.

 Damn, beat me to it

Leeroy Jenkins is one of the most powerful cards ever printed! A 5 mana fireball attached to a minion you can buff is really good. Classes are purposely designed in specific ways, like how Warlock is supposed to have little burst damage (which is why Doomguard was moved to HoF). Leeroy breaks that pattern and gives classes access to burn damage they shouldn't have. He's a finisher that can fit in almost every Aggro deck or Midrange deck. For reference, he used to cost 4 mana, but was nerfed, and is still sooooo good. Don't sleep on Leeroy

I love Priest. It's been my main class since the beginning. Priests best meta was Raza Priest, and that has been the 1 and only time Priest has been overpowered and warranted an adjustment. Priest could rarely contend with dedicated Control decks such as Control Warrior, and was too slow to not be Combo deck food.

Priest is especially designed to deal with Aggro and Midrange style decks. They have plentiful removal and AoE in order to combat board centric decks. It sounds to me like these are the kind of decks you are interested in if you feel this strongly against Priest. Apart from simply saying "Adapt", my best advice is to space your threats, as to play around AoE. Often times 3 minions is all you need to develop at a time. Play too many and Hysteria lines up very well. Run silence to counteract taunts. Don't play into Northshire Cleric or Wild Pyromancer.

Priest doesn't have a massive later game threat like N'zoth or Dr. Boom. Mass Ressurection can be frustrating, which is why you try to pressure face and make it awkward to play. The key is to develop/extend when they extend. This'll make playing board clears more difficult.

Hopefully these tips will make playing against Priest easier and less frustrating. But please, don't result to insults. There's just no need. At the end of the day, it's a game, and you shouldn't feel petty enough to insult others over this game.

Have a lovely day :)