nickus89's Comments
Mindflayer Kaahrj
After giving it a tought, I really don’t see why players see this card as bad. It is obviously very good and versatile midrange/tempo card when copying anything with at least 2/2 stats. The only question is what kind of deck will want to use this. My guess would be some kind of midrange deathrattle based deck, perheaps with a dragon package since dragons have always been more tempo oriented.
I had quite some success with tempo deathrattle deck in pre-wild event meta, when the deck was very underrated in my opinion.
Platebreaker
Imagine playing Thekal on 3, just so your opponent coins this out on 4 😀
On more serious note, interesting tech card which will probably mostly hurt warrior and partially druid.
Bronze Explorer
Solid explorer, not to mention it is really cute. Probably a worthy inclusion in any midrange or control paladin deck.
Chronobreaker
Unfortunately I agree with you. There are some options with wretched reclaimer, but those are quite inconsistent and rather slow.
Nevertheless, I will try to make it work somehow for the art alone.
Chronobreaker
Damn, pardon me.. I read to fast and thought it was a battlecry.. Being a deathrattle makes it much slower.
Chronobreaker
That’s one hell of a sick card art.
Not much to say about it: bigger and better duskbreaker, arguably even better than netherwing for warlock.
Stormhammer
Flavorwise, it is kinda weird to see hunter getting a hammer as a weapon. Those were usually reserved for paladin and shaman. The name is also suggesting that it should be wielded by shamans since they were always related to storms and lightning.
Powerwise, it is strong for any dragon based decks, even highlander.
Descent of Dragons Card Review #5 - Ancharr, Kobold Stickyfinger, Cumulo-Maximus, Zzeraku, Nithogg, Bandersmosh, Frizz Kindleroost and more!
Typo: not necessarily all.
Descent of Dragons Card Review #5 - Ancharr, Kobold Stickyfinger, Cumulo-Maximus, Zzeraku, Nithogg, Bandersmosh, Frizz Kindleroost and more!
It will be as usual. Last marked card reveal is actually reveal stream on official hs channel, where they reveal few of the cards by playing with them. After the stream, they reveal all the remaining cards via social media and whatnot. Majority of those dumped cards are pack fillers, but necessary all.
Frizz Kindleroost
There is no reason not to run this card with even a handful of dragons. Heck, it even has vanilla stats (arguably 4/5 is better) so it doesn’t cost you tempo. It seems to me that card is on the same power level as Prince Keleseth, where you will often mulligan for it when playing a midrange or even control dragon deck.
It will probably single handedly carry all sorts of dragon decks. We might have to re-evaluate revealed dragons in regards to this one.
Zzeraku the Warped
That is exactly what I said in my first comment, that slower warlock needs a more reliable win condition.
It is also true that if you survive against aggro against turn 8, you have probably already won.
However, midrange decks are a thing and against those in particular, this can be a strong card since they usually don’t run that much hard removal.
As for control, they will always have problems against midrange decks that can generate way too many treats for all the removal. That’s why highlander hunter, highlander mage and highlander paladin are favourites against control warrior. Hence, if some kind of midrange dragon handlock emerges, it might be quite good against control decks.
Telling what the meta will look like and what decks will be great is of course too soon and only time will tell.
Zzeraku the Warped
Being a c++ developer I would have written
bool has_taunt = opponent_has_lethal ? false : true;
Zzeraku the Warped
Well, if midrange or even aggro player decides to ignore it and go face, you just say thank you for free 6/6s and win on backswing. The only problem is that it costs 8, which might be too late sometimes.
As for control matchups, Expired Merchant exists, which can result in multiple boards.
Zzeraku the Warped
If translation is correct, this is “must remove” target that can be protected by taunts. Unlike other similar cards that are triggering self-damage effects on your turn only, this one triggers on your opponents turn as well, punishing any player who dares to attack face.
Flavourful and strong, but slower warlock still needs more reliable win condition.
Kobold Stickyfinger
By taking their Kingsbane, you take the win condition. You don’t need to buff it or even use it. So it will work for all classes.
Kobold Stickyfinger
If your opponent is smart, he will take it and immediately break it so that you can’t take it back.
Breath of the Infinite
Cheap removal against early boards or tokens. Definitely more useful than Holy Nova that has similar effect. Nothing special, but a solid card overall.
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
It’s neutral and thus available to all classes. What Tuscarora87 ment was that explorer classes have extra synergies with highlander decks due to all 4 explorers in SoU. Thus, in theory this card should push those 4 explorer classes. In practice however, we have seen highlander warrior and warlock have quite some success and those are EVIL classes.
This reminds me of Surrender to Madnes for priest, except it costs 3 less and essentially only punishes you for 1 mana. This is obviously much better, especially in some kind of tempo or zoo decks. Heck, even some kind of dragon druid would be happy to use it.