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We will see some old mechanics return!

Please please please don't let it be Joust 

We already saw Joust return. Raven Familiar. Joust can be good, depending on how its printed. Hell, even King's Elekk was a great card. It's just that a lot of TGT was the result of Blizzard playing it way too safe.

Good points.  I just still have PTSD from Healing Wave

Players do not want the game to be ever dominated by a years worth of broken OP expansions. DK although a cool idea were simply way to powerful and should really never have existed. At least they learned that lesson and we now have hero cards that are better balanced and not auto plays.

These are only 8 of the 120 total cards. There's no need to start crying until we know what the other 112 cards are

Ehh... none of the DKs were OP. Just really class-defining and kinda standard if you were playing a slower deck. I mean maybe Rexxar's been OP at certain points but that has more to do with the beast pool. Rexxar wasn't even remotely overpowered when he came out. I think generally the DKs were all extraordinarily balanced outside of the Raza-Anduin combo.

I've been playing since Nax... I feel the same 100%. Don't care what all these fanboys think. One day they'll evolve and realize how they are being taken for a ride. This expansion looks like it'll be just as boring and unimpactful as the past few expansions. Sure there will be a card here & there that will be playable, but that doesn't make a great expansion. Sad to say that Blizzard started their downward spiral after Grand Tournament. They had a few wins in Old Gods & Frozen Thrown (barely). Boomsday was the biggest joke ever, trying to push the mech theme - no one wants forces architects. STOP DOING THAT SHIT! Make something new! Keep us engaged again. STOP TRYING TO TAKE OUR MONEY WITH GARBAGE!

We know how this will Pan out, we've been playing HS long enough to figure it out. The rest will be power creep versions of current cards. There will be nothing new or interesting... maybe one or 2 legendaries worth anything. One class will be favored over the others and that will be the new meta until the next expansion comes out. Broken cards in coming. "New mechanics" using old ideas just worded differently. WOW! Great design!

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They already mentioned no new hero cards for this expansion, so yeah.

This article here:

No new hero is coming out with Year of the Dragon. We'll see some this year though.

 For the 1000th time: no new hero SKIN. Is it so difficult for people to read the whole sentence and not just some words?

 But they already announced a new hero skin.

 Pretty sure they meant they won’t be adding one of those that you need to win x games in standard to get. Like they had with Lunara and Maiev.

Quick thoughts:

1) I mean this in the nicest way: Dave Kozak has improved a lot. This reveal was genuinely entertaining. I think it helped that he was sitting. Emotive face. Excellent line delivery. Camp calibrated very, very well. Kudos to the entire Brodeless team.
2) A single story across the entire year opens up room for more interesting events during those low points of an expansions' cycle. I hope they take full advantage of that. Weekly Tavern Brawls that advance the story. An epic 6th wing epilogue in February when we least expect it. 
3) I like the revealed cards and themes, but think Twinspell is a lame mechanic. It has similar power-cap restrictions as Echo cards, and the mechanic itself doesn't require any thought. Fortunately there will probably only be 5-8 of these in total.
4) I greatly appreciate the 1st week bundle. Generally, they need more affordable pre-release bundles under $50.
5) It's too hard to know before release which late-game cards will make the meta, but Kalecgos sure is pretty. What an excellent card. I predict Rafaam will almost certainly make the cut. Chef Nomi will have plenty of salt for his dishes in the forums on pack-opening day.

6) Overall, with the recent nerfs and changes, I feel like Blizzard/Team 5 is becoming the kind of nimble and responsive company people have been asking for since the beginning. My number one ask would be Tavern Brawl design and rewards given more thought, and to find a way to only take them offline for 6-12 hours instead of 48. It's the one game mode that has never quite lived up to its promise.

I undestood that twinspell is a defense of Dalaran and there are only four classes for them so there should be only 4 twinspells for now (unless each class gets two).

Bit disappointed by Rafaam tbh. The same effect has appeared before (on the Golden Monkey ) and it's just meme fodder. Rafaam could have been so much more interesting.

I feel the same way

Far more than meme fodder, replacing unplayable cards in the late game such as Mortal Coil with random legendaries, is incredibly good. Plus you don't have to do any hoop jumping to get the effect, it's just there.

It's facts people, can't wait to see you all be wrong.

It fits both because the Golden Monkey was from LoE, but his role in this story was gathering some Legendary villains (and a Fortune Teller) to form the League of Evil.  When played he again gathers Legendary minions to replace the remaining cards in your hand and deck.

Might not be meta defining, but could make for some fun moments.