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Just wanted to share some of the experiments I've been running with Prismatic Lens. Since announce I've found this card fascinating and this brawl seems like the perfect playground to really put the power of the lens...in focus ;)

First I tried Dinosizewith divine shield minions using these cards. I quickly learned I needed lifesteal so i put in Vicious Scalehide ( (2) 1/3 Lifesteal, Rush). I think i tried redemption first in hopes of extracting maximum value from the divine shield minions and knowing that sticky minions are going to make the eventual Dinosize more reliable. Also I found that its not the worst to swap costs between the spell and the minions, as the lens is just nice card draw. However it didnt seem that powerful. This is the list:

Righteous Protector, Annoy-o-Tron, Shielded Minibot,  Prismatic Lens, Dinosize was the backbone. for the 6th card I settled on Vicious Scalehide.

For the 6th card, I also tried Redemption, Forbidden Healing, Giggling Inventor, Wax Elemental, and Blood Knight. Giggling was probably the best sub. Forbidden healing was interesting too as 0 cost minions can be helpful. Bloodknight was not the best alt win condition.

I realized as I wrote this that I forgot to try Wickerflame Burnbristle. With the two defensive minions being taunt and divine shield, redemption seemed warranted. So I tested out the following deck: Righteous Protector, Vicious Scalehide, Wickerflame, Redemption, Prismatic Lens, Dinosize. Notes: seems too slow with 3 mana minion (dinosize is best costing 2 and below) and didnt perform well.

Then I realized prismatic lens would combo great with a favorite wild card of mine, anyfin can happen. Heres the deck I settled on:

Righteous Protector, Bluegill Warrior, Murloc Warleader, Old Murk-Eye, Prismatic Lens, Anyfin Can Happen

This seems pretty powerful and can win about half the time at least. Killing sorcerers apprentices, mirror images etc with bluegills was quite common and helped out the WR vs mages. Truesilver Champion seemed helpful for controlling the board in the heal deck (below) so I wonder if it could be nice here. (Update: tried swapping Righteous Protector for Truesilver Champion and felt like it performed very well helping smooth out the bumps that happen when you draw the anyfin before your deck replenishes to 6 cards again.)

My final and perhaps most successful experiment was a healing pally using the following cards:

Forbidden Healing, The Glass Knight, Blackguard, Ragnaros, Lightlord, Truesilver Champion, Prismatic Lens

Forbidden healing makes your minions cost 0 when swapped turns out a 0 mana 8/8 can be really good. or the blackguard doing additional 2 dmg to a minion when you swing your truesilver, helping clear up the board.

Prismatic Lens is a card which is so draw dependent it can be frustrating. If you draw the large spell first, you have to wait a few turns for your deck to refill, except against mill decks which can work in your favor a bit. Tracking your draws is essential so your Prismatic doesn't fizzle. You only want to cast it if you know it will hit the targets OR if you have no better play. Reducing the cost of your next prismatic lens can be pretty important however, so if you are ahead on the board it might be a good idea to swap lens to 2 or 3 mana cost. This helps you cast multiple lenses in a turn to ensure you can get to the discounted anyfin. Often you want to hero power to help control the board though!

Hope you guys enjoy my exploration of prismatic lens. Cheers!

I think there has been some confusion surrounding this caveat from the original announcement:

"*The Play a Friend quest will be disabled for the course of the event, but will return after it’s over."

I think what this is saying, is that the Play a Friend quest will not available as a NEW quest during the event. So if you had one already in your quest log, then it works, as these fine folks have let us know. But don't expect to see this quest offered from re-roll or as your new daily until after the new years event.

Quote from Exitium >>

I have a really novel fix for the Brawls that I don't like.... I collect my pack and don't play it again.

Downvotes Inc!

Yes it will stop--after X number of cycles. Even if your opponent dies in the middle of the animation-series, this will not interrupt it. It will continue until it has resolved (forget the #, you'll have to look it up) and THEN your opponent's face explodes.

-Cheers

 I recommend it...its both fun and effective. On my first match, the opponent conceded on T3 ^~^ Second match, same deal. T3, opponent concedes.

Now this could be because its a wallet deck in brawl and F2p players can't hang--I'm sure its a factor. But the deck definitely lives up to its moniker of buffing everything and making a very scary board, very fast.

BTW, I subbed the 2 legs I don't have (Ysera & Don Hancho) for Ragnaros & Loatheb.