Does awakening from dormancy trigger battlecry?

You may be right.

Is that match really a coin flip on the first to draw the big cards?

My experience with mirror matches with other decks is that there is some skill involved.

a) There are THREE luck ramp factors: Embiggen (1 and 2) -Quest and Breath of Dreams (1 and 2).

Someone who wins the trifecta will have a huge advantage – but more typically the advantages split.

b) I am a level 7 player who plays more like level 10.

I suspect if I played Thijs in a rigged match where I would open every game with an Embiggen in my hand – that he would still win a lot of those matchups.

I suspect if he saw me play Embiggen on turn 1 – he would make changes to adjust for that – although I am not sure what they are.

Maybe I am wrong.

A fine and sensible analysis – which is always good to see.

Let us not forget that the “endless innovation is possible” which is what makes the game interesting – has been fomented by Blizzard’s recent policy of intentional chaos.

Adding nerfs and new cards constantly allows this to happen.

p.s. Since embiggen druid is now so popular – could someone write an article on the embiggen-embiggen mirror match?