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Quote from fabjx71 >>

Wild format

Mill druid

Literally - no jokes - plays the whole 30 card deck in one turn.

Please do not tell me this is normal and that it is within the human capabilities.

Do not tell me they are not using any sort of hack  

 To be honest, this has always been possible. You can streamline through the animation times of cards by clicking the board - this isn't a bug or an exploit, it's how the game was programmed to work. 

Quote from Toribasher >>

Twist - What a shame ...

If you like playing against Questline Demon Hunter and Questline Druid, you'll love Twist.

Do you like your opponent getting tons of draw and discounts for free, while Mana Burning you and Gliding away your hand and then playing lots of 0 mana minions ... you'll love twist!

Did you ever wish wild had only 2 viable decks and no counter play?  Twist has got you covered!

If you don't queue into Demon Hunter, watch the Druid increase his hero power attack every turn and start whacking you for 8 damage every turn while playing 0 mana taunt minions!  Twist has you covered!

 It's perhaps a little early to start lambasting a new mode before it has even been properly released yet. 
As with most new modes and expansions etc, there are always plenty of knee-jerk predictions about how things will happen (see the Doom threads that originally appeared about Patchwerk or Mograinne for example. 
You might be right, or you might not - but as always with Hearthstone, a meta will begin to settle and then Blizzard will act upon this accordingly with appropriate changes.

Quote from InfinityRocketPlastics >>

While not a hard-fast rule, you should try and avoid dusting cards that you don't have backups of because the return value is so low, but also because those cards might now come back into rotation with the ever-changing Standard core set, and the upcoming Twist mode.

This bit's not right, when a card comes back into rotation as a Core card you get free uncraftable copies. 

 That's true. I still would avoid disenchanting non-duplicates though.
Thanks for the correction

As a rule of thumb, dusting duplicates (where you already have at least two of - or 1 if a legendary) is generally fine if you need the dust to fill out your collection.

While not a hard-fast rule, you should try and avoid dusting cards that you don't have backups of because the return value is so low, but also because those cards might now come back into rotation with the ever-changing Standard core set, and the upcoming Twist mode.

There is really no need to resurrect a thread that is almost 9 years old like this. 
If there is no recent thread on the topic you want to discuss, please make a new one.

Thanks
Scorp.

Quote from CryB >>

Are there some cards/situations that are clearly better than the 5 damage? Any tips appreciated, thanks!

 This is not strictly a yes/no question, mainly because as with all games of Hearthstone, situation dictates choice.
As a basic rule of thumb, though, Shadow Priest is a 1-trick pony in that going face damage as much as possible is it's primary (and usually only) goal. 
So therefore, yes, you would normally want to look for things that will deal damage directly to the opponent. 

The times when this is less likely are if you are likely to lose board control and need a stabilise, or you wont have the damage and resources to keep up the pressure and need another option, etc.

But as I say, you need to read the board and your position. And ALWAYS be counting your damage outputs for the next 2-3 turns based on what cards you have. If you know you can kill them in 2 turns if you make a sub optimal play, that can often be worth the risk.

I have found the Blizzard official forums to have somewhat stricter moderation than other sites. It is what it is, really.

Quote from DarkJak >>

Quote from KingCarnage >>

It's aggro card with no useful synergies.

 There was a archetype called zoo where sticking minions to the board actually won games

 Heresy! XD

Quote from AndreiLux >>

There is no trick except for overdraw situations which are rare, you just play it normally and more willing to trade it after. The tricky part of this card is not for you, but for your opponent to decide whether they prefer to fall behind in tempo by playing horrible cards or give you extra tempo eventually. It feels worse than it is because this card is made to cause your opponent problems you mostly will not see

This ^^
I have a much bigger problem with seeing my opponent play this card at any moment, than I do wondering when to play it myself.

Unpopular opinion incoming :
Hands down, the worst and most uninspiring card ever made has to be the original C'Thun when it first came out. 
Was the most boring and overused finisher for me - forced the meta at the time to be 100% C'thun decks with little variation and almost ended my enjoyment of Hearthstone right there. 
Fortunately it was saved by the arrival of the next expansion (G&G I think it might have been)

The only 2 real best times to play him (that I can justify), are:

1. On Turn 4 (3 with coin), when the opponent does not have the mana to get both the bots out in response. You are either guaranteed a good threat on board that causes problems, or at least a good trade with a follow up.

2. When you have enough other threats out on board to pair with him that the opponent has no good options for how to deal with it (playing the bots being a huge mana disruption)

There's a much easier way to spot a Blizzard-created bot.

1. They are usually named something with an Adjective-Noun, so for example "ShinyHero", "ShadowCat", "CrazyHorse", things like that. 
Though some of them are also in languages other than English (Chinese, Russian, etc)

2. But more obviously - the account isn't an interactive one; by this I mean you can't add the account as a friend. Open up the Social tab in game and you will see that they do not appear as a "Current Opponent" when playing, nor as a "Last Opponent" after the match, so no way to add them as a friend. 

You can then verify this by the way it plays - casting random spells on the wrong minions, bizarre plays, etc.
If you see an account like this, you will know that it's a bot and you can report it if you like - though I doubt Blizzard will remove their own bots. Heh!

Quote from AndreiLux >>

 Matching bots against really bad or completely new players makes more sense, and that's what Blizzard said they are doing with their bots. 

 Is that Blizzard trolling us by implying we must be really bad players if we match up against a bot? lol

But seriously, it's more to do with the rank you play at. For example, at the start of the season, when in ranks bronze and silver at the start of the season climb, I notice I get a bot or two at that point. But as soon as I reach Platinum / Diamond etc I dont see another bot again.
So unless MMR resets every season (which I don't believe it does?), then it would suggest that MMR is not the basis for matching against bots.

How did you manage to miss out Kibler, the King of Hearthstone Streamers? :-P

Kibler, Trump and Savjz were always the top three in my opinion. And the bonus is that all three are still going! :-) 

Quote from MagicAmy69 >>

 

btw: @Scorpyon Noone likes Mods :) , do you know about Godwin's law?

 We're not here to be liked, merely to keep the peace. ;-)