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I had a lovely mini miracle with backspace rogue yesterday. my opponent (seemingly a handlock with a bad mulligan, no board development except a single ooze by turn 4) had pinged my Leper Gnome the turn before leaving him at 15hp on turn 5.  2x Shadowstep on a pre-developed 2/1 Southsea Deckhand + a Cold Blood. for 10, the combo minion left by Defias Ringleader for 2, and a Deadly Poison on my predeveloped 1-stock dagger (which had to be used last to maintain the deckhand charge) for the final 3. felt real good.

Nerub'ar Weblord also generates zero tempo, gets wrecked by whatever zoo played those first 2 turns or whatever they already have out when you draw it. not a reliable counter

Sinister strike is 3 damage to the face, 4 or more with spell power on board. You could argue that one is easier to play then the other in some situations. Different strokes is what it comes down to if you ask me

More 1/1s to pop a hex never hurt anyone. I'd probably only run teacher if I had bloodlust, but it's great for removal with flame tongue as you can line them up to the left of flame tongue and as you pop one, the next gains the buff

reasonably it's only good within token strategies. I'd almost rather stock an auctioner for better cycle into finishers

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dorks =/= jocks

Tell that to every guy who runs fantasy baseball leagues

woah Kel'Thuzad for that deathrattle synergy. wonder what Thaddius looks like

keep in mind priest gets Injured Blademaster + Circle of Healing on turn 3 for a 4/7. the big (important!) difference is the charge, and that doom can "combo" off of any card (or no card with an empty hand). I wonder if they changed the wording to make doom and soulfire burn off of the top of your deck instead of your hand if it would change things at all. at least then there's always a risk.

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i hack so i just throw 0 cost pyro every turn.  got up to rank 18 last season rollin bitches

If free Pyro hack only gets you to rank 18, I'd hate to see the hacks other people are using :(

still loses to zoo (somehow)

also I'm upset I wasn't able to make a tin foil hat reference first. my advice to OP is to build a deck where every card is good, that way you get perfect draws no matter what!

Normally I harp on this kind of thread because "Nerf X" is possibly the deadest horse you can beat, but I share sympathy against this "2x ice block freeze freeze empty pyro" crap. It feels particularly bad because its like miracle but its one card at a time, and you cant kill the draw.

for people who are just like "oh just rush them down" not everyone is running Zoo on ladder - you can hope for good rushdown on a midrange deck but it's not guaranteed. also I were we not shaming the aggro-driven meta just a second ago?

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I absolutely despise this season.  I wish I had played in one of the other seasons where well thought out decks that actually took some skill to play reigned.

I'd love to play a control paladin, it's my favorite deck...but I hover around 15-17 with it and can't seem to move up so I'm basically forced to play something else if I want to rank up.  I don't have all the proper cards for Shockadin and without them it doesn't seem to work for me, and I'd love to try token or ramp druid but don't have the cards for that either.

I'm feeling like I'm forced to play zoo lock if I want to rank and it makes me feel incredibly cheap. :(

Also, I despise miracle rogues with a passion.  I strongly feel something in their deck needs to be nerfed so that they can't synergize their crap as well as they do.

Pretty much the only positive to this season is that with so many rush decks around, matches are fast, win or lose.  Every time I run into a control deck who takes forever to make each move, I wish I could reach through the computer monitor and claw their eyes out.

Starting to feel much more like the game is punishing those who don't like arena and don't drop cash for cards, and would rather just play casually and still do well.

so you hate rush, and control. must enjoy the occasional midrange mirror then

as a fledgling i've had a good experience for the most part. I have more concern with people that make an account and their first post is "nerf zoo/miracle" than i do with people who debate that initial point. I think it's healthy for discussion to have debate and debunk strategies. thinking of developing meta as a scientific theory - someone poses a theory, someone else attempts to disprove it (this wont work because ________ ), someone provides evidence to support it.

the L2P response is sometimes justified, but better used with some more directed advice. 

Think of it as a Mortal Kombat style fatality; he's having fun and you lost, why ruin his fun?

its different when a dude stalls the turn out for ages only to poke with a 1/1 to death or whatever but if my opponent wrecks me then proceeds to inner fire some 48/48 ysera nonsense, I cant get mad

the best advice I can give for playing against "the meta" is pack a board wipe. flamestrike is far too slow - if you dont have board control by turn 7 this wont help against zoo. Wild Pyromancer and Arcane Explosion should do the trick

otherwise, everyone has one. When I play shaman I'm mulliganning for lightning storm against lock. if its hand I have time to set up but you need to prepare for zoo in case zoo happens.

I would say that the card is underappreciated, but not necessarily good. druids have a slightly better play with coin + Innervate into yeti, though innervate is a very specific discard, so to speak.

it has some potential in the opening hand as an early tempo lead but late game you start rolling the dice on accidentally discarding win conditions

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Well, I see Thalnos in every deck and i think its a pretty good legendary!!I'm in a dillima and i want to craft Leeroy Jenkins or Bloodmage Thalnos!I see both of these Legendaries in all decks but i don't know what to craft :P Help me please!!!

I was in the same boat and I opted for leeroy - my argument (to myself) was that as a finisher, leeroy served his purpose on a higher priority than a cycle or a spell combo. doubling shiv's damage is great, but leeroy is more often going to be the defining factor in winning or losing a game. that being said, thalnos is very much a priority of mine for future dust expenditure