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Dreadsteed trades into Twilight Drake (from a Golem) and ends up back on the field, so Steed is a better 4-drop.

Kidding aside, I don't feel qualified to state "the worst" but Dreadsteed will be one of the bad ones to get.

The vote-to-reveal thing is showing Ronan as a mage legendary and Varian as a warrior legendary so I'm interested to see both of those.

Icehowl is obviously a good removal card, but how much it is played will depend on how late-game-heavy decks become. It's a pretty good way to deal with Dr. Boom, Ragnaros, giants, dragons, etc.

WOW, Shaman is getting so much love.

Interesting read:

http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9130779/superdata-hearthstone-pulls-in-20-million-a-month-as-it-disrupts-the

Interesting read:

http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9130779/superdata-hearthstone-pulls-in-20-million-a-month-as-it-disrupts-the

I read that and was disappointed to find that it didn't actually say anything about how HS supposedly is disrupting the card game industry.

I don't think Sea Plunderer will be very good because you need to be able to control your whirlwind effects. A 6 mana 6/7 is acceptable though, unlike a 7 mana 7/7, so there might be one here or there.

I find Healing Wave pretty unexciting. Healing Touch is virtually never played, and this is on average only slightly better (maybe 10 health unless you have a very odd Shaman deck). You almost never get the full benefit from it if you are using it on a minion, so I say just use Healbot.

Healing Wave is an incredible tool for slower shaman decks to combat aggro.

Your average face hunter deck caps out at 3 mana. If your average minion in a shaman deck is 4 mana, you will win almost every single joust, and you essentially negate everything they have done in the first few turns. From there, you begin playing your bigger things and win the game.

Holy Knight - Battlecry: Silence a Demon.


The counter to dreadsteed everybody asked for. kappa

It'll probably be run as a one-of in slower shaman decks, unless the meta becomes hyper aggro.

Varian could be crazy and I think Rhonin is gonna go into my spell mage deck (if I get him, or if I can craft him) unless he ends up being bad.

Ram Wrangler is funny but idk how much he'll be used. Face hunter is more popular/used than beast hunter.

Another comparison I would like to make for Healing Wave is to Vitality Totem. If you want something to counter aggro, that card is usually going to be better, because it only costs 2, it has an immediate healing power of 7 (technically 4, but your opponent will almost always want to kill it, absorbing 3 more damage), and it has the potential to heal even more over time. Plus, it's a totem, which can be helpful. However, Vitality Totem, like Healing Touch, is never played.

Holy Knight is not going to be seen in many constructed decks unless Warlock decks become completely rampant. Even then, it's hard to imagine this being better than Spellbreaker, which is rarely played. But it's a solid enough Arena card.

Varian Wrynn is obviously insane. The only downside I can really think of is that if you make it to turn 10 as a Warrior, there is a fairly good chance you are going into fatigue, in which case you don't want to cycle through too many cards. Also, spending your whole turn on this card could mean you die sometimes. But that's usually a risk you are willing to take.

Rhonin is also pretty good, particularly in spell Mage decks, which have gotten a bit more love than they needed.

Ram Wrangler is pretty exciting for me. I have always wanted to make a good Hunter Beast deck, and this is a very solid card to include. I really hope Hunter Control becomes viable.

I just want a golden one because the artwork is sick.