If you have seen any of the preview streams for the release, it's pretty clear that the top decks will be Demon Hunter, which can regularly kill you on turn 6-7, and any deck able to stop Demon Hunter through heavy control and tempo.
I think OTK Hunter and OTK Demon Hunter might be a problem. Demon Hunter is just such a versatile class. Lots of card draw, great tempo, it even has healing.
But I have a feeling about a lot of decks from pretty much every class.
Do you think they will nerf some of the DH cards?
Almost for sure there will be some rebalancing. It's pretty typical for them to do that after a set comes out.
I think OTK Hunter and OTK Demon Hunter might be a problem. Demon Hunter is just such a versatile class. Lots of card draw, great tempo, it even has healing.
But I have a feeling about a lot of decks from pretty much every class.
Some of these are because I think they still have potential (like Jek'lik) some are because I thought they tied certain decks together nicely, and some are because I just thought they made a mechanic work really well (like Thunderhead + Zap).
You generate spells with Sethekk Veilweaver (which is a miracle priest deck), or you generate minions with Galakrond. After AoO launches, both pools will be pretty damn good.
Otherwise... I mean most Priest archetypes aren't super reliant on drawing outside of Nomi priest. Priest has a lot high value cards, and with all the new classic cards actually has a lot of tempo potential too.
Honestly it's the prime I'm having a hard time justifying. 7 mana 6/8 Taunt Lifesteal that can only be targeted by you is obviously strong, but 7 mana is a lot of investment for a minion that has no immediate impact.
Well. It has taunt. I kinda wish it had some sort of deathrattle itself (ala Obsidian Statue) but I think in a deck that is trying to maintain board presence it can be good. Priest has so much targeted removal and removal that only destroys the opponent's side of the board now. And a lot of classes don't have easy ways to remove it without blowing an AoE wipe.
I'm not super sold on it either, but I think the initial form is pretty good.
I dunno if it's the best prime (I think all the primes are pretty good), but it gives priest one of the best one drops in the game. Especially when you consider all the early game, high tempo buffs priest gets now. But I think if you're not running significant buffs, or in some sort of silence priest deck or something then it's not really worth running.
In that context, though, I wouldn't say it's mediocre. 1/3s for 1 are just good.
I think some of these analysis are very meta based, which is probably a mistake since the meta is going to be thrown on it's head by the set rotation. I also think some of your analysis are a bit misguided -- Renew is definitely not a one star card, the only really comparable card is the Druid card which discovers a choose one card, which only doesn't see play usually just because there's no room for it in Quest Druid and it doesn't fit any current druid archetypes (it'd fit nicely into a Malygos style druid deck, but that's not popular atm).
Turn 3, using it to heal yourself a bit and add some sort of AoE (Soul Mirror, Holy Nova, Shadow Word Ruin, even something like Radiance or Shadow Word: Pain) will be very strong against aggro decks. And the card is great in any miracle priest deck.
I think your analysis of Sethekk Veilweaver is also off that card is an insane value generator and works like a super cheap Lyra/Gadgetzan Auctioneer, but I think you might be under the impression it only works on friendly buffs, when it also works on removal spells like Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death, or Shadow Madness. Correct me if I'm wrong. It's also worth mentioning that especially with the classic set changes the spell pool for priest is astronomically better than it was in Year of the Kraken or Year of the Mammoth. The pool is also much cheaper overall. And even the fact that it only works on targeted spells means that you're not going to have to worry about clogging your hand too much. I honestly think Sethekk has a TON of advantages over Lyra, and Lyra was practically a staple.
I think that Libram of Wisdom and Libram of Hope/Justice don't really go in the same deck unless it's a DEDICATED midrange deck. One wants to be in a faster deck where you're swarming with lots of tokens and trading a lot. The other set is for a much more control-focused deck. And even in the midrange deck I'd only run 1 copy of Wisdom.
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There's so many good priest minion-based decks that are going to exist after the rotation. I think Amet will definitely find a place.
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Almost for sure there will be some rebalancing. It's pretty typical for them to do that after a set comes out.
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I think OTK Hunter and OTK Demon Hunter might be a problem. Demon Hunter is just such a versatile class. Lots of card draw, great tempo, it even has healing.
But I have a feeling about a lot of decks from pretty much every class.
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Soul Mirror, Metamorphosis, Astromancer Solarian, Maiev Shadowsong, Lady Liadrin, Akama, Lady Vashj, Keli'dan the Breaker, Magtheridon.
So um... yeah, a lot. Though most of these are for flavour/lore reasons.
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Zap!, Thunderhead, Dire Frenzy, Carrion Drake, Toxmonger, Emeriss, Houndmaster Shaw, Book of Specters, Archmage Arugal, Divine Hymn, Hagatha the Witch, Lord Godfrey, Darius Crowley, Vicious Scalehide, Scaleworm, Witchwood Grizzly, Flobbidinous Floop, Stargazer Luna, Zerek's Cloning Gallery, Academic Espionage, Elementary Reaction, Voltaic Burst, Electra Stormsurge, The Soularium, Dr. Morrigan, Zilliax, Pounce, Wardruid Loti, Predatory Instincts, Springpaw, Zul'jin, Baited Arrow, Elemental Evocation, Daring Fire-Eater, Spirit of the Dragonhawk, Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk, Spirit of the Dead, Bwonsamdi, the Dead, Seance, Spirit of the Shark, Gral, the Shark, Haunting Visions, High Priestess Jeklik, Spirit of the Bat, Hir'eek, the Bat, Overlord's Whip, Firetree Witchdoctor, Dragonmaw Scorcher, Crowd Roaster, Hakkar, the Soulflayer, Oondasta.
Some of these are because I think they still have potential (like Jek'lik) some are because I thought they tied certain decks together nicely, and some are because I just thought they made a mechanic work really well (like Thunderhead + Zap).
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You generate spells with Sethekk Veilweaver (which is a miracle priest deck), or you generate minions with Galakrond. After AoO launches, both pools will be pretty damn good.
Otherwise... I mean most Priest archetypes aren't super reliant on drawing outside of Nomi priest. Priest has a lot high value cards, and with all the new classic cards actually has a lot of tempo potential too.
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Well. It has taunt. I kinda wish it had some sort of deathrattle itself (ala Obsidian Statue) but I think in a deck that is trying to maintain board presence it can be good. Priest has so much targeted removal and removal that only destroys the opponent's side of the board now. And a lot of classes don't have easy ways to remove it without blowing an AoE wipe.
I'm not super sold on it either, but I think the initial form is pretty good.
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I dunno if it's the best prime (I think all the primes are pretty good), but it gives priest one of the best one drops in the game. Especially when you consider all the early game, high tempo buffs priest gets now. But I think if you're not running significant buffs, or in some sort of silence priest deck or something then it's not really worth running.
In that context, though, I wouldn't say it's mediocre. 1/3s for 1 are just good.
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This was just an example for a token deck that might run Libram of Wisdom. It's not a refined list.
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I think some of these analysis are very meta based, which is probably a mistake since the meta is going to be thrown on it's head by the set rotation. I also think some of your analysis are a bit misguided -- Renew is definitely not a one star card, the only really comparable card is the Druid card which discovers a choose one card, which only doesn't see play usually just because there's no room for it in Quest Druid and it doesn't fit any current druid archetypes (it'd fit nicely into a Malygos style druid deck, but that's not popular atm).
Turn 3, using it to heal yourself a bit and add some sort of AoE (Soul Mirror, Holy Nova, Shadow Word Ruin, even something like Radiance or Shadow Word: Pain) will be very strong against aggro decks. And the card is great in any miracle priest deck.
I think your analysis of Sethekk Veilweaver is also off that card is an insane value generator and works like a super cheap Lyra/Gadgetzan Auctioneer, but I think you might be under the impression it only works on friendly buffs, when it also works on removal spells like Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death, or Shadow Madness. Correct me if I'm wrong. It's also worth mentioning that especially with the classic set changes the spell pool for priest is astronomically better than it was in Year of the Kraken or Year of the Mammoth. The pool is also much cheaper overall. And even the fact that it only works on targeted spells means that you're not going to have to worry about clogging your hand too much. I honestly think Sethekk has a TON of advantages over Lyra, and Lyra was practically a staple.
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I think that Libram of Wisdom and Libram of Hope/Justice don't really go in the same deck unless it's a DEDICATED midrange deck. One wants to be in a faster deck where you're swarming with lots of tokens and trading a lot. The other set is for a much more control-focused deck. And even in the midrange deck I'd only run 1 copy of Wisdom.
Something like this:
Though you probably wanna focus more on mechs or murlocs, not both.
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I think they thought it didn't really fit rogue. Shaman? I guess there just wasn't really room.
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The new zoo warlock, control priest, spell shaman, tempo mage, and stealth rogue are all really intriguing. There's loads of decks I'm excited to try.
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I think these are amazing changes.
Priest has literally no card draw anymore, but between Sethekk and Galakrond has tons and tons of card generation. So they won't lack resources.
Scarlet Subjugator is amazing, Shadow Madness is amazing, Holy Smite is amazing, Shadow Word Ruin & Death are amazing, Holy Nova looks pretty good.
They also have what I think will be a viable early game. So we might see some slightly more aggressive zoo-focused priest decks.
10/10 IMO
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I don't think any of these reversions even break standard at this point. Reckless Experimenter got buffed from Boomsday launch, though, so that's fun.