Hearthpwn

Hopefully they don't put chemicals in the water.....

Amazing Midrange/control card. Extra resources while putting out decent to great minions.

This gives Shaman "Draw" without breaking aggro.

Late game bomb in Naga Giantlock. Save a giant or two and then BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Master Oakheart

Card game players have got to be some of the most short sighted people I've ever seen, I would fucking HATE to be in Brode and Co.'s shoes.

"Guys, I can't believe they nerfed Patron Warrior, there was no deck like it and it was a really cool interaction..."

"NERF NAGA GIANTS NOW, IT'S USING A STUPID INTERACTION AND THERE'S NO OTHER DECK LIKE IT!"

If T5 created some cards that specifically took care of multiple giant creatures (Anduin's battlecry, for instance), then boom, Naga Giants is balanced. Anyone who vomits their hand and fills their board with 4-6 giants is doing something called Overextending, and deserves to get punished for being wrecked by a single AoE.

Quote from Dalinos >>

Personally I think this is a bad idea. Allow me to elaborate.

Windfury is a very, very strong ability. In most games, an unanswered Windfury minion just outright wins the game on its own. There was a time Whirling Zapomatic was legal along with Powermace and Flametongue totem. I've won games on turn 4 with that deck, with near 100% consistency, IF (and this is a big if) a turn 1/turn 2 Zappomatic stays unanswered for 2 turns. They are very polarizing, and the swings they cause are very big and often devastating.

I am personally not a fan of games decided on turns 1-2-3 by IF my opponent has his OP windfury minion and IF I have my removal or not.

Lastly, the minion you created is ridiculously OP, it would have to be a legendary with overload 1, to balance out that PREMIUM statline (2+5=7, 7/3=2.333 so more than 2 stat points per mana cost) and that effect which costs 1 mana on its own (Blessing of Wisdom)

 

I've been testing a Tempo Shaman list lately, which plays big minions for their cost and then gives them Windfury. It's kinda bad, but with a perfect draw it works pretty well.

And then I added Genzo, the Shark to it.

To say he warped the deck is a bit of an understatement. I know he doesn't *look* impressive, but being able to attack, draw three, cast three burn spells, attack, and draw three is BEAUTIFUL. Due to Overload, it's not that hard to be able to cast all the spells you draw that turn decimating the opponent's board or just straight up burning them for 20 damage out of nowhere. Genzo is quickly becoming my favorite Shaman legendary, even if this deck is still too inconsistent to be playable in ladder.

But it got me thinking; why didn't they go this route with Shaman? More Windfury cards, "Whenever this attacks" cards, and similar. It's a unique ability that would strengthen the Windfury theme in the class, without having to worry about balacing every minion around Windfury being added on.

Honestly, I've been testing Genzo, the Shark in a Tempo Shaman list, and I want another Ophidian.

The ability to Swing with Genzo to draw Windfury, Lightning Bolt, and Crackle (Yes, wild), cast them, swing with Genzo again and draw 1-3 more burn spells has been RIDICULOUS when I can pull it off. It's just..... really inconsistent since the only other "Draw on Attack" card we have access to is Wind-up Burglebot....

She's no where near comparable to Divine Favor......

Quote from Vernula >>

 Can our card be based around a mechanic, but not use said mechanic? Say.... "Battlecry: Cards in your had with Recruit recruit an additional minion"?

Not that that's what I want to run with, but just wondering if that type of effect is ok.

Not exactly a copy, I mean, they actually designed it to pitch as a Warhammer Fantasy game.

My issue is that the current buy packs / dust things you don't want is based around having somewhat of a complete collection if you want everything. If you only have a few classes you want to focus on or a few specific decks you want it costs a ton of gold / money / dust to build things. 

I have played Magic the Gathering for the last 15+ years and in the last probably 5 years I essentially don't buy any packs (everything is secondary market purchases). You buy packs to have lotto fun or to try to have a complete collection where as you should buy singles if you just want to have a deck or two. The difference is more of if you want to be able to play everything you buy packs and trade where if you want to just play a deck or two you buy singles. 

I have looked at how I play hearthstone and I kind of don't play 70% of the classes (regardless of what my quests are I just don't play them). I play this game to play the decks and classes I like.

Quote from bigbrotherandsister >>

what sets the pros apart: they accept the game the way it is and enjoy its features without complaining like little bitches.

Interesting ideas. Seem a little too complex for blizzard’s “basic” class however. Also, playing an entire deck without minions or the ability to summon minions, you better be pressing that hero power a LOT and gotta give hunter a lot more damage spell options. 

dude trust me and don't disenchant your wild cards. Many people regret not being able to play wild because they disenchented their wild collection. Besides wild is cheaper on the long run. 

Hexproof :)

This plus Volcanosaur is basically a Galvadon for Shaman right?

There is a feeling that they do not know what cards to give to him not to make imbalanced. It is very a pity that the hunter continues to suck. I'm using an translater, sorry.