Hearthpwn

Zephyros is one of the most unique, fascinatingly programmed, and all around useful cards Hearthstone has printed in years, and it practically revitalizes the highlander genre, with the help of some other highlander support cards in certain classes.

So why, why, WHY did they give one of the most obnoxious voice lines in the game?! 

Reno Jackson: "We're gonna be rich!" (confident, inspiring, hopeful)

Kazakus: "Behold the power of the Kabal..." (Intimidating, mysterious, threatening)

Zephyros: "Your wish is my command, duuude!" (Annoying callifornia surfer dude voice)

Like, seriously? You couldn't give him some mystical, epic egyptian accent? I know, I know, hearthstone isn't a serious game, but if I'm going to be hearing this voice line for the next two years as he's put into every other deck, you could at least make it appealing.

You people aren't seeing the big picture! This may not be as value oriented as pain or death, but it's SO FUCKING FLEXIBLE. No matter what stage of the game, if you draw this, you can use it. It's SO FUCKING GOOD.

Okay, so I know what you're thinking - this card is kinda bad. And yeah, it is. I mean, the legendaries are random. However, it's probably the most fun card I've ever seen in the game - just flat out, no conditions, change your deck. I'm sorry, but I LOVE this, and will be memeing it into all my warlock decks no matter what you people say. It's a last resort card. I love it.

So the new rhastakan shaman portrait was... ruined, for lack of a better word. I know this is phenomenally petty, but it used to be fine, and now there's a big, obnoxious, flashing green glare over it which obscures the cool art half of the time. It really just makes it a lot worse. I hate it. Does anyone else notice that?

WHAT. THE ACTUAL. FUCK.

I just bought 25 rhastakan packs for christmas.

out of 12 packs, I got THREE LEGENDARIES.

TWO OF THEM WERE GOLDEN.

Like, I can't make this shit up.

Okay, I know everyone loves to hate on this game for some reason, but I gotta say.... I fucking LOVE rumble run. It's easily my favorite of the single-player-adventures so far.

For starters, for the first time since freaking NAXRAAMAS (arguably kharazaan), We actually got enemies who respond to our emotes appropriately. And not just one boss with responses to the emotes - ALL NINE OF THEM HAVE PROPER RESPONSES. It's like fucking christmas for flavor. 

In addition, there are all sorts of little touches which make it so much more enjoyable. When you have lethal, there's actually a chance for an audio clue from your character - even if it's something you wouldn't otherwise expect. My guy said I had lethal when all I had was a Hallucination in hand - I hallucinated a Blessed Champion, which gave me enough for lethal. Or, when the enemy takes out their shrine, they acknowledge not only it, but also YOUR CLASS. Like, if they kill the frog shrine, Jeklik says "ready to croak?" or something like that. There's multiple responses like that. It's so freaking cool, such a great touch. I'm sorry but I can't emphasize this enough - Hearthstone has been lacking in flavor quite a bit, even with the single player adventures, and this really helps make you feel like you're part of the world.

And then there's the shrines - they give you three distinct ways to play for each class, so there's basically 27 highly supported archetypes in the format. I kind of hope they make a tavern brawl with these things.

And despite the shrines, it's still balanced! I mean, yeah, the opponent gets a shrine too, but even then, this is a legitimately tough mode, despite how broken your build can get. It may just be me being bad, but still, I really do think that this mode is pretty tough.

I don't know why, but I'm having more fun with this mode than I've had with Hearthstone in a LONG time. What do you guys think?

NO

“We want a combo counter!”

”Here’s a niche counter card.”

”This makes us angrier for some reason!”

Im not angry about it - i'm freaking ecstatic that they gave us a combo counter and a bunch of Thanos memes. I'm just confused as hell.

Blizzard: "We don't want to give players the ability to discard opponent's cards, because that might take away the fun of the game."

Also Blizzard: (Makes spell which literally destroys half of opponent's deck)

I mean, did their design philosophy change when I wasn't looking? What is this?

(2 champions playing, one about to draw his shudderwock combo on turn 9)

Warlock: "...You should have gone for the face."

Shaman: "NO!"

(Warlock snaps, drops Void Contract, half both decks dissolve)

Shudderwock: "Mr. Thrall? I don't feel so good..."

Barnes isn't the problem. Never was. Big Priest is more effective without Barnes. No one wants Barnes to resurrect later in the game. He takes up a spot on the board that can be used for truly effective minions coming back again and again.

Of course the ones who think they know the game go after Barnes cause he is the popular card to hate right now and totally miss the true strategy of Big Priest. 

Someone posted an interesting highlander mogu Druid deck that I wanted to try eventually. Basically you run 2x mogu and a ton of draw to set up your combo. When you have both mogu, new Elise and Floop, you play Elise (now 4x mogu +2x floop) play Floop (as Elise) to double your hand again. Now you have 8x mogu and 2x Floop in hand. Next turn you summon the all powerful Ra. 

(Sorry was too lazy to hyperlink the card names)

Glinda Crowskin + Mogu Cultist looks fun.. I dont have a deck but its easy to build

So Plot Twist decks may finally work for real? That's terrifying.

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Quote from asteroidm >>

Flexibility folks.  That is what makes this card good.  Flexibility on this is amazing.  

Not really, flexibility is cards like Branching Paths or Shadow Visions.
These provide truly different options to adjust to your opponent's plays.

This card is more of a Shadow Word: Maybe?
For low-attack minions, Shadow Word: Pain is more flexible to play because you don't use up all your mana first.
For high-attack minions, Shadow Word: Death is more cost effective.
For anything else that is worth spending a ton of mana on, there is Mind Control.

Say an Alexstrasza gets played. Why would I put this card in my deck and spend 8 mana just to kill that instead of putting a Mind Control in my deck and steal it completely for 2 more mana? Or just kill it for 3 mana with Shadow Word: Death?
Flexibility would be if this card could do something other than just destroying a minion, which it can't.

Sure, it has a bit more flexibility in destroying minions but not enough to justify being put into a deck.
Yes, it gives you a way to deal with 4 attack minions. But unless you end up with exactly 4 mana left, you're paying a high price for removing it. And there will be many cases where you effectively can't use this card because it will deplete all your mana and ruin your turn. You'd rather just have something else to play.

Early game it might be a little better because it could be a 3 mana Shadow Word: Pain when you need an additional low-cost removal card but other than that I can't really see a use good enough for this card to be put into a deck.

Maybe some decks will run 1 copy of this so they have a way to ensure a removal spell against everything but I'd still consider Mind Control myself.

Can Mind Control "kill" a minion on turns 1-9? It is a dead card until you are at 10 mana, this card is not. That is flexibility, it can be decent against any matchup, Mind Control is only good against pure greed.

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Almost never a tempo gain.  Kinda odd for removal.  Could be fun with Marin the Fox in Wild.

 That's okay though, this is clearly geared towards a controlling style of deck.   It's an answer on curve to a T4 4/10 Twilight Drake, which Priest never had a good answer for. 

Very cool to see the forbidden mechanic return. I liked that concept.