I noticed something new today too. I was playing the Dungeon Run mode that was introduced for The Witchwood, and I had Learn Draconic in the field as Toki. I completed it, then reset my turn with my Hero Power, then my game crashed because the quest disappeared.
Odd Demon Hunter. A 1-mana Hero Power that gives your Hero +2 Attack is insane in my opinion. There are also a lot of good Odd cards in Demon Hunter. While I can't tell whether or not it'll be any good, I am super excited to see.
The only benefit of this card I can see right away, is it replaces Aviana as a 9-cost that can be grabbed by Juicy Psychmelon. I imagine you would also want to run Malygos also though, which could be a bit of a problem in itself. The combo I am seeing right away is:
There isn't much incentive to play this over a normal Malygos combo however, seeing as this would be a 9 card combo.
Another combo I can see this introducing is maybe using Stampeding Roar to get Giant Anaconda to cheat this out of your hand for 6 mana. However, even if you get to use 4 big spells afterwards, I do still think Kael'thas Sunstrider is strictly more valuable.
Something I have noticed while playing this deck is other classes have so many more early options than they used to I believe. If you don't get Raza within the first 5 turns of the game, it's hard to win. Back when this deck really shined, Kobolds and Catacombs was the most recent expansion. Think about it. Since then, 6 new expansions and an adventure have been released. The card pool is so diverse that there are way more answers to this deck than there used to be. I think the power level is fine right now. If they nerf Raza again, I think moving it to 7-mana would be better than gutting it again.
I don't think they want to buff anything in the Classic or Basic sets, and they wanted to make more room for a new archetype, so I think Shadowform is completely valid. That card has never seen play, and will continue to not see play in Wild. Other than sentimentality, no one will miss Shadowform in Standard. I do however disagree with the choice of Auchenai Soulpriest and Northshire Cleric. Those cards were core cards, and effectively causes Circle of Healing, like you said, to be useless unless they release another healing to damage card. Also, while it wasn't great, I don't really see a reason why they HoF'd Holy Fire. They should have at least reduced its mana by 1 and made it similar to Tidal Surge.
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I noticed something new today too. I was playing the Dungeon Run mode that was introduced for The Witchwood, and I had Learn Draconic in the field as Toki. I completed it, then reset my turn with my Hero Power, then my game crashed because the quest disappeared.
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Nice Golden Chillmaw
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Genn will do nothing and Baku will make it +2 damage.
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Odd Demon Hunter. A 1-mana Hero Power that gives your Hero +2 Attack is insane in my opinion. There are also a lot of good Odd cards in Demon Hunter. While I can't tell whether or not it'll be any good, I am super excited to see.
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Especially with some of the new revealed cards, I will be making an update.
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The only benefit of this card I can see right away, is it replaces Aviana as a 9-cost that can be grabbed by Juicy Psychmelon. I imagine you would also want to run Malygos also though, which could be a bit of a problem in itself. The combo I am seeing right away is:
Aviana + Innervate + Kun the Forgotten King + Malygos + Ysiel Windsinger + 2x Swipe + 2x Starfire?
There isn't much incentive to play this over a normal Malygos combo however, seeing as this would be a 9 card combo.
Another combo I can see this introducing is maybe using Stampeding Roar to get Giant Anaconda to cheat this out of your hand for 6 mana. However, even if you get to use 4 big spells afterwards, I do still think Kael'thas Sunstrider is strictly more valuable.
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More combo potential with Tundra Rhino, Timber Wolf, Gahz'rilla, and Rapid Fire. Potential 32 Damage combo
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Imagine playing Emeriss before that
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Something I have noticed while playing this deck is other classes have so many more early options than they used to I believe. If you don't get Raza within the first 5 turns of the game, it's hard to win. Back when this deck really shined, Kobolds and Catacombs was the most recent expansion. Think about it. Since then, 6 new expansions and an adventure have been released. The card pool is so diverse that there are way more answers to this deck than there used to be. I think the power level is fine right now. If they nerf Raza again, I think moving it to 7-mana would be better than gutting it again.
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I don't think they want to buff anything in the Classic or Basic sets, and they wanted to make more room for a new archetype, so I think Shadowform is completely valid. That card has never seen play, and will continue to not see play in Wild. Other than sentimentality, no one will miss Shadowform in Standard. I do however disagree with the choice of Auchenai Soulpriest and Northshire Cleric. Those cards were core cards, and effectively causes Circle of Healing, like you said, to be useless unless they release another healing to damage card. Also, while it wasn't great, I don't really see a reason why they HoF'd Holy Fire. They should have at least reduced its mana by 1 and made it similar to Tidal Surge.
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Edit: Did my math completely wrong
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Probably not too important. If you have Cairne Bloodhoof, it's probably a good replacement. I don't know how good this deck is now, but it was fun
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In your opinion, what is a card that looks like it should be good, even great, but has never truly had a chance to shine?
Haunting Visions is my choice off the top of my head. It is essentially a mix of Primordial Glyph and prenerf Preparation. I do see it occasionally, but not nearly as much as I saw/see Primordial Glyph.
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Saw it coming but still made me chuckle