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Running amazing. 70% win rate - struggling with a couple lucky druids. May switch blessing of wisdom for solemn vigil

At the conclusion of a season, all players are reset but receive bonus stars based upon last season's achieved rank. Now, as we ascend back up the ladder, one must deal with the vast population of lower level players. While a lot of these players remain low because of widely inconsistent "cheese" decks, it's always disappointing to lose win streaks when these decks result in lucky mulligans and draws.

What I've experienced this season:

Mill Rogue: using Gang Up on Coldlight Oracle.

Freeze Mage: Resulted in Alexstrazia to Frostbolt, Ice Lance, Ice Lance, Fireball.

??? Shaman: Crap deck with finisher of Magylos, Crackle, Crackle, Lava Burst.

Druid: Ramp to OTK with Savage Roar with Force of Nature, but always classically OP.

Bloodlust Shaman: well i run a control shaman, but i do run Bloodlust cause it typically results in OTK. and i just did 40 damage in one turn to a warrior!!!

Just getting worried that Hearthstone may move into Yu-gi-oh territory with massive amounts of autopilot decks.

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It's funny that in every hunter topic some people come whining about hunter doesn't require any skill. It's one of the most stupid comments I've seen on hearthpwn.

Yes there are decks that are more difficult to play but a lot of the decks played basically do the same thing all the time.

Hunter is way more difficult than people think (at least if you want to get legend), because you play an aggro deck the room for error is marginal and because a lot of players play it, you've to outskill them in mirror matches. Also people will tech against your deck a lot.

This is wrong and this post should be removed. As a Hunter you make less decisions on smart trading since your going face. Similar to a Mech Mage. In another words, its an ALL offensive deck. While you are correct is stating that there is little room for error, there is also MUCH less chance of error since the class does not have any well developed defensive strategies, decks and play. Much less decision making is required.

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bouncing blade is going to be god-tier with grim patron and axe flinger

yes! forgot about axe flinger. I think the combination of both of these cards will really give warrior the board clear and control it needs.

Just very disappointed. wanted to see better use of heal mechanic.

I've seen the hype for Twilight Whelp and people were going nuts over Resurrect. My main was Priest/Shaman and after I saw the BRM release I officially have given up on Priest. Twilight Whelp is a crap Zombie Chow because you need a card for the +1 and zombie chow has the potential to deal dmg to the enemy if you have soulpriest. Lastly, Resurrect will be crap. It should be a 5 mana card were you can can CHOOSE the minion from the graveyard. Having it be random creates WAYYYY too much inconsistency and luck. I do not know what Blizzard was thinking.

IMO of BRM.. RIP. Priest + Warrior. Blizzard just doesnt seem like they know where to take these classes =(.

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Yeah, spell damage only affects any damage amount that is given on spells, not on minion effects. However, you could see Flamewaker itself as a +2 spell damage minion in some situations (if you play Arcane Missiles or if you Fireball the opponents face while your opponent has no minions it deals 8 damage). For a 3 mana minion that also has good stats, that is just insane imo

I see value if you can cast AT least two spells. So it will probably work best in a Mech deck, but then thats nearly the same thing as a goblin blastmage.

I think that Flamewaker will do fine in a mech deck, but mech mage already has so many 3-drops to pick from. I think the deck i linked will get possibly even better value off of the Flamewaker since the Sorcerer's Apprentices make all the 1 mana spells cost 0.

Good point!, how do you think having a ton of low cost card will work mid and late game? or the draw strength to have a hand of the low cost cards?

Buffing cards is a lot harder to do than nerfing them, so there's that. With nerfs you can nerf something into the ground and while that sucks then it just doesn't see play and oh well. Buffing requires a much more careful approach. You have to decide how good you want it to be first. Should this card be a good arena pick? Good in some situations in constructed? An auto-include in some deck? In many decks? Good enough to create a new archetype? Figuring out where you want the card to be is the first complicated step, and from there you actually have to figure out how to do it. Go overboard and the card is broken and everyone will rage at the buff. Don't go far enough though and everyone will call you stupid and ask why you even bothered buffing in the first place. 

Honestly, it just seems like a Pandora's Box that's better kept closed. There isn't that much of a benefit to trying to buff cards, so I don't see why they'd do it. 

Something like this

Card Name

I think Mage can do some magical things with Grim Patron, but in the end, it's too slow (7 mana for Grim Patron + ping). It can be great against midrange decks if you have board control, since it's a threat that just keeps spiraling. The only issue is the number of counters to it:

Equality, Blade Flurry, Hellfire, Shadowflame, Flamestrike, Brawl, Revenge (kinda).

Also, it's absolutely horrible if you don't have board control. If you have board control against an aggro/face deck, then you're already winning and don't need Grim Patron. If you're temporarily ahead against midrange or tempo, this could give you a needed advantage (though it is a slow play). My verdict is that this card won't be used much in mage. You don't even see Gurubashi Berserker in constructed, despite the fact that it works pretty well with the Mage hero power. It's just too slow IMO.

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Ahh thanks. I've see "Blue Post" moderators post on the forums looking into bugs so this was my expectation. I won the game so there is and was never any "salt". I posted to see if any "Blue Post" moderator would post and if anyone else has observed this bug.

Nah, Blizzard employees do not post to this forum, they keep to their own forum over at http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/

Hearthpwn is just a fan site. We have no connection to Blizzard in any way. 

Oh, did I mention that card draw is a major issue for mages, meaning that each card needs to be as effective as possible? Mages tend to resort to neutral cards for their draw, as Arcane Intellect is not enough, and is not that good compared to what other classes have.

No matter how you look at it, this is 4-damage for 1 card. I would be very surprised if this ever sees play.

Imagine if Ice Lance was released now! With all the combos, we would assume it would be the most OP card ever, which would break the game and be in every magedeck. We know now that even that is too situational, except in freeze mage and some aggro builds.

Stop crying. May be useless now, but in the future it may be a useful card.

how about combo with crazed alchemist?

New Magma Rager?

Hopefully they make up for this Rend guy by giving the final legendary an insane gimmick, a la Kel Thuzad. 

Thing is, how do you make a KT-level gimmick without it being overpowered?