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If it had taunt, it would be fantastic.

Taunt or even charge would have been a huge improvement.

Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on July 27, 2015, 06:09:45 PM

If it had taunt, it would be fantastic.

Taunt or even charge would have been a huge improvement.

The manager would be hilariously overpowered with charge - just compare it to Stormwind Knight.

I am optimistic about the manager. A generic 3 mana 2/5 doesn't exist yet, but it's generally accepted that such a card would cost 3 mana. This is that card but with an additional mechanic that is sometimes good and sometimes bad, depending on how you play with it.

A return to hand ability is good on a card that has high health for its cost, especially when you can control when it occurs (which you sort of can), but the fact that you cannot use your hero ability until you want to return the manager to your hand CAN be a detriment. However, how often do you want to use your hero ability on turn 4 anyway? and even when you do use your hero ability, how often does your opponent have NOTHING for you to attack with the manager first (a move which will basically make him a reusable 3 mana deal 2 damage and will often kill whatever 2 or 3 mana minion your opponent plays)?

I can say with almost absolute certainty that the manager will be a top-tier arena card. I don't expect it to see much play in constructed, but it won't be absent there either.


As for Tournament Medic, I like that card a lot. It's a multi-purpose anti-aggro card which can also be good in an Inner Fire deck. Anything that hurts aggro decks and enables Priest combos is good in my book.

So I accidentally this today. First 11 run ever.



My last game was against a paladin that had 4 minions out before turn 4, 3 of which with divine shield, and I never drew my 1 Flamestrike. So close and yet so far.

Imagine a hunter pulling Savage Combatant from a webspinner.

Well I think the "Barista" will be good to average in arena but poor to unplayed in constructed.

Imagine a hunter pulling Savage Combatant from a webspinner.

This is too slow and weak to be very good in most games, even as a control Hunter (a type of deck I hope will see some bolstering in this expansion). It's probably on the higher end of the random beasts you could get (it's at least better than Lost Tallstrider), but there are plenty of better ones - this one is not particularly exciting.

Clockwork Knight opens up a new world of control-oriented mech decks, which I am very excited to see/try.

As we learned with good old Drakonkin Sorcerer, there aren't that many commonly used minion-targeting spells. However, a 3 mana 3/4 is already good, and giving it divine shield even once could be insane (especially if the spell you target it with is a buff, which it usually will be), as could dealing 3 damage to a random enemy, so the Banes will definitely see some play, usually in the same deck (and hopefully with Dragonkin Sorcerer). I'm thinking Druid, Priest, and Paladin will all have different kinds of decks using these guys.

Not really sure what purpose this card serves...

To be an annoying card to get rid of.

Why are they revealing all the terrible cards first?

It's uhh.... a worse demonfire?

If argent watcher cost 1 mana, it would make more sense.

You play it turn 1, turn 2 you hero power and hit something with it.

Half an Argent Commander for half the cost? Not as good as Argent Commander, but not the worst card. 1 health means a hero ability can take it out, but if that's the case, then the mana offset basically makes this a 1 mana deal 2 damage, which is an above average ability. Of course, it's a bit better if you can get it to deal damage twice.

In arena this will be good - better than 3 mana 3/3's most of the time, as it can kill 2 mana 3/2's (instantly) and survive. In constructed I doubt this will see play.

Because mage needed more removal.

Spellslinger is very exciting - a portal but for spells (and for both players - even more fun). It's a symmetrical effect, so I doubt this will be played by too many competitive decks, but I am definitely trying it.

I'm actually pretty psyched for Spellslinger as a competitive card.  Spells are simply better in tempo mage than they are in any other deck, so a symmetrical effect giving spells is an advantage for the tempo mage, and its sitting a the 3 slot, which only really has flamewaker for tempo mage.

I can definitely see this card getting competitive play.