Hearthpwn

Like the title says, I find Syndragosa this patch to be pretty decent! Her Hero Power now buffed this patch helps you just coast through the early game while you just consistently level up. The strategy is to freeze Bob's tavern every turn until you reach tavern 5-6. Then you can decide what comp to go for based on the minions you find on these high tiers. Plus, this style of reaching said high tiers as consistently and fast as possible (other heroes such as Omu and Maiev probably faster still) fits the current meta of Battlegrounds.

Just give her a try if you aren't offered any op heroes along with her, as she can definitely surprise you with her consistency.

With this patch slightly slowing down the pace of the game (1-2 rounds do count) and with other heroes getting nerfed, I think Alexstraza is a sleeper op hero. Assuming you play her properly, and not always rush to Tavern 5 and take a ton of damage in the process, you stand a good chance at picking up really, really, good dragons like Kalecgos, Razorgore, Amalgadon or immediate dragon triples. Obviously I am not saying that she is better than Eudora, but I do suggest trying her out for a spin. What do you guys think? Do you agree with me, or am I overrating her?

True I suppose I succumbed to the evil.....

Another way to beat late-game murlocs is by out-divine shield poisoning them. Chadamalgam at his best!

While I do agree that pirates aren't late game option (unless you have like 4 Hoggers), the problem with pirates is that they can cause so much damage to other players in the mid game. Toppled with the cannons in the early game, this patch is all about safely maneuvering into a late game build (murlocs or beast) without being one of the few unlucky players getting toppled by 15+ dmg. Playing at 7k+ mmr so not sure about how it is higher up.

LOL I had to taunt it cause there are so few beasts with no deathrattle, since I had to make Goldrinn the only deathrattle on my board.
But poor cat :(

100% agree with you, pirates dominate early and mid game. Though imo the worst offender is the parrot, since its  broken without making you locked into a pirate only comp (basically a baron on your most important deathrattle).

Sad to see how dragons are only top tier when you have two Holy Mackerels..... 
Glad to see Holy Mackerel getting removed next patch though!

Nah I think mine is a strong contender!

Does Nomi work in this deck? I'm asking this considering there is a ton of card draw, and you are running Highlander cards on this premise.