They have the graphic image in there of the cards rotating in/out and getting changes.
Some really interesting choices…
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Okay. We got some changes to pretend the coreset changed.
They really did not need to bring tony back but i guess that trade a useless legendary for another is a sum 0 so nothing to really get bad about.
Somewhat sad for not getting atleast a fan favorite legendary like evocation in place of stargazer luna but not gonna die on that hill.
Those are some seriously WEAK changes they made. Half of that is easily just unplayable junk.
Including Steamcleaner into the new set is a straight up troll of most players from the past year.
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Well…
I would not mind a playable core but let’s be fair.
If they did bring a playable core i would be nervous on thinking about how much powercreep they would be planning.
Still since they are putting unplayble junk in the core i would rather have actually fun unplayable junk in the core so they atleast appear sometimes and no. Tony isn’t fun because we all know that blizzard will not enable what tony needs to work while it is in standard.
If they are going to rotate only a few cards from each class they should be some real defining cards that are now put into a meta that they never existed in. Certainly you could bump them a tad in power but really if the goal was to bring the games overall power down then they should be perfectly fine.
I can count on one hand the number of impactful and interesting cards going into the core set. Disappointing IMO.
What am I missing. I don’t see Tony on the list?
As per the core set. Doesn’t seem very exciting. As always, happy they didn’t give in to the whiners when it comes to shadowstep. And I am so happy to see Foxy Fraud.
I am NOT happy to see Bullwark in there though. Or Anachronos.
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I was waiting for this comment lol
Yeah lots of stuff looks weak or unplayable. I wonder if some selections are hinting at some direction they are going.
I would say that they aren’t trying to troll players but are just straight up that clueless about it.
They did see people asking and then decided to put without consider context.
I could literally gamble above 1k on that.
Because all that talking about changing more the core during was really only talking.
Druid takes the crown for most based core set imo. That’s a juicy selection of cards for sure.
That squirrel brings back fond memories.
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Yes, tony is on the core taking the stargazer luna trash legendary place.
I realized after how many years that terrorscale stalker is actually a better princess huhuran. Still if they’re going to put in a poor mans deathrattle hunter package why rotate out savannah for mountain bear… leave both in.
They always seem to half measure these things… like last year they added muck pools to core after rotating out all the evolve stuff and leaving it a dead archetype.
So now there will be a lot of dead archetypes for a lot of classes (secrets for mages of course)… which makes it all seem like a bunch of pointless half thought out changes.
I was looking specifically at this card and I think it sees play because Yodeler rotates. It will be used in Zerg, but also in Starship Hunter which has disappeared under the radar currently.
And if there is any more deathrattle support coming for Hunter, you can bet both of those decks take off.
Remember its hunter only though… so unless theres some sort of cross over deathrattle/zerg package the only way for hunter to get infestor is off of the larva which would be inconsistent at best.
I think priest kind of got the best end of it lightshower / spirit guide saw some heavy play back in the day and if they still havent been powercrept out of existence come the rotation they probably see play… Not sure what overheal stuff is left but restore 8 to everything could be interesting.
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These are unplayable in this meta. The meta we remember where these were good is far gone.
6 mana heal 8 which often only really healed you for like 6 on average because overhealing yourself does nothing.
Why play this when you can play a 4 mana neutral mana with taunt that gains 6 armor instead?
So you aren’t playing the Lightshower for the self heal, you’re playing it for the overheal of all friendly characters now. And guess how good overheal is right now? It’s not.
Furthermore, you have to have this survive for a turn for you to actually get overheal use out of it. You need to control the overheal timing, and you can’t with the deathrattle.
So, unless Priest is getting a major overheal package, it’s unplayable.
Well that will make a number of things unplayable.
Ya I have a heard time visualizing post rotation card lists so you’re probably right… but if theres any sort of ‘res taunt’ card that gets put in the game as part of the expansion… between that 4 mana taunt and lightshower… you could have quite an interesting stall priest deck… harken back to the old reborn taunt/heal priest deck from years ago, although that gets harder with the spellstone rotating out.
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Indeed, I can’t imagine queuing up as an Asteroid deck just to run the risk of a “lol no” tech card instaloss.
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One of my favorite decks ever, but I believe the dev team has completely abandoned all of the Priest/Rez mechanics as a complete shell. You get the occasional animate dead thing and that’s it. Catrina Muerte was brought back and got literally zero support.
All of the deathrattle/ressumon/reborn has been abandoned in Priest and gifted to DK and partially Hunter.
Priest has gotten zero reborn support and it’s heavily engrained into DK now. The Resurrect mechanic has been almost fully abandoned in Priest. We haven’t had a new resurrect mechanic in Priest this entire year and resurrect used to be a staple in Priest.
I think the direction has been to shy away from reborn/resurrect in Priest, give it to DK, and then put in the overheal mechanic in its stead.
I guess what I am saying is, this direction basically makes the Lightshower essentially dead on arrival. It’s there for some overheal support, clearly, and not to support any resurrect or reborn mechanic.
Think of this card as being similar to Drak Op. Brought back into core for nostalgia to never see any serious play. Its time is long gone in terms of power.
tony
archivist rafaam
plagues
are rotating out i think that only leaves asteroids but since oracle nerfs i barely saw any decks
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As a wild player, all I can say is good!
I have seen more than my fill of Big Priest over the years, I dont want any more support for it printed. EVER!!!
Obviously a biased comment.
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