The summon component to it is a bad design choice. If they chose a random 3-mana minion, it'd be good. Even if they upped the cost by 1, it'd still be decent. But having a buff spell that has a chance to summon Doomsayer, Pyromancer or Cho can instantly fuck up it's intended effect, making it worthless in constructed. I doubt it'll get much arena use either.
In all fairness, it's only been expansions that have had ragers. TGT and Whispers both brought them. so expect one in the next expansion, but not an adventure.
well still 5 cards from lock and load that you actually play (they are not just stuck in your hand) wins you the game most of the time.. have you heard of mysterious challenger? it is the same but for less mana
Same as Mysterious Challenger except that you actually need Cloaked Hunter + Lock and Load + all the secrets from your deck in your hand so, pretty far from "the same but for less mana"
I think it is. Medivh is fun but on the whole I'm just seeing the same deck types made stronger thus more boring and potentially annoying ones like trap hunter starting
Moat lurker doesn't say enemy minion. So for example if you use it to kill your own Sylvanas you get the mindcontrol and a new sylvanas when lurker dies, amirite? Amiwrong?
I put some thought into it and here is how I think this card might work: It gains it's deathrattle as part of it's battlecry. For example, it kills your own Sylvanas and gains Deathrattle: summon Sylvanas on your side of the board. I'm expecting a Lurker that is summoned, not played, to not have a deathrattle at all, even if the text says so. Probably won't even have the deathrattle icon on the bottom, but thats just speculation on my part.
That was my first thought when I saw it. I already play Lock & Load, (albeit with very few minions and not that many secrets) this card is going to make it pretty nuts.
You can prevent taking damage from hero power and from flame imp. That's all. And a Zoolock doesn't want to play healing, it doesn't care about its life, it cares about opponent's life, that's why it's an aggro deck.
Moat lurker can be INSANE in N'Zoth decks if you target your own deathrattle minion, as the minion you target will trigger the deathratle twice, will revive twice, and this minion will revive as well. I'm uncertain if when brought back and re-killed will summon the minion again, but even if it doesn't, it will still be amazing instead of simply broken. I guess we'll have to see.
Samuel Jackson Oh shit man. I wish they allowed you to ban a class or two before you queue up for a game. I can't even imagine how salty I'll be every single time I a priest drops the insane Ancient Watcher + Purify Combo on me or takes my minion with Shadow Madness and then purifies it to keep it!
Hmmm very interesting way to think about it, but i would guess not. Since the text is written like it is, i dont think it is coded as "Resummon for your opponent" i think its rather "Resummon for its original owner". But if it is like you asked, it would be an awesome counter to sylvanas
First time we see direct power creep over a class card? What? It's happened a bunch of times before, for example: Holy Smite -> Living Roots Mark of the Wild -> Mark of Y'Shaarj
+Laurence Gill I think he means the consistency that you'd be able to proc it. Since ice block is up for basically the whole game. Not Op but a fair point.
Um Kripp? Have you thought about the rotation AT ALL? Aggro Shaman will be DEAD after BRM, TGT, and LOE rotate out. Shaman will have to figure out how to use these slower cards just to survive. Try looking a bit further ahead in your next review.
w1q2e3r4t5 and if they really do believe in their "musical chairs" style of balancing Shaman won't be getting that many great cards. And I seriously doubt even Blizzard would be stupid enough to print a better card for zoo than Imp Gang Boss.
Why would he base his current review of these cards off of what will happen in 4 months? That's like saying "well we can't REALLY judge any of these cards until we see the following expansion"
BRM and TGT will go wild next April, and LOE with WOTG will go wild April 2018, so in a loooong time, in April 2019 its ONK (one night in Kara) and the future expansion which will go wild
Swashburgler being a battle cry is also good for a deathrattle + steal class cards deck. Because Huckster is a deathrattle on a 2/2, you're happy to pull it with nzoth, but a 1/1 you wouldn't want to pull (since your deck should be saturated enough with high-value deathrattle minions)
No. It doesn't. If the strictly better card is also bad and sees little to no play, then it doesn't increase the overall power level of currently viable decks. THAT is the definition of power creep.
Genuinely curious, why the negativity of Nightbane templar, I mean it adds more minions to the board follows the paladin's curve on four and you get 4/5 for three mana. It allows paladin to confidently flood the board which they never could do after standard's rotation. It significantly helps out dragon paladin.
I think Violet Illusionist is why they nerfed Master of Disguise. Imagine how insane that'd be in rogue. You'd have 1 damage gladiator's longbow every turn and ignore fatigue damage.
Moat lurker has interesting applications. Can save your important minions from board clears/removal. Or can save your whole (probably frozen) board from a freeze mage doomsayer.
People always seem to underestimate cards that draw you cards. It makes your deck much more consistent and lets you cycle to what you want. I think the Runic Egg is very good in something like Warrior. If the enemy removes it, you get a 1 mana cycle. If he doesn't, the egg is a threat in terms of Battle Rage value. I think it's one of the more underrated cards in the set.
I feel that Violet Illusionist will see some good play with Weapon Warrior, Fatigue Warrior, and some Warlock decks. Also, Moat Lurker could have some fun (e.g. Protecting a special minion)
What if blizzard is telling us something. What if unicorn priest is shadow-priest with murlocs, beasts and dragons? What if they created *Moat lurker* so you would get *8 mana 3/3- "destroy a minion, draw a card"*? What if *Violet illusionist* is for *spawn of shadows*? What if they gave us* priest of the feast* so shadow-priest can survive?
14:20 "First time we see direct power creep over class cards." How about Frostbolt/Quick Shot to Darkbomb? And Living Roots to Arcane Shot/Holy smite? There's already a few power creeps over class cards
Kripp didn't say it, but here is what I thought based on several cards in this set. Eater of Secrets and Flare will become playable and probably needed once this expansion comes out.
Kripp :"It is the first time in Hearthstone, that there is a power creep over a classcard." Entomb : shuffle an enemy minion into YOUR deck. Recycle : shuffle an enemy minion into YOUR OPPONENT's deck.
Different effect. Not power creep. You could say similar, and that entomb is better, but they are not the same. The exact same text is used on maelstrom portal and arcane explosion, except maelstrom also gets a free 1 drop.
Kripp the shaman portal is not the first power creep on a class card, Quick Shot creeped over dark bomb and there are several in just the basic set such as fireball and mortal strike
THIS IS HOW PURIFY COULD WORK IN THE UNICORN PRIEST DECK Turn 7: Arcanosmith, purify on the 0/5, opponent emotes you and doesn't attack it Turn 8: Divine spirit; divine spirit, inner fire, shield master, you now have a 20/20 with taunt
Actually, frostbolt and quickshot are powercreeps of dark bomb, even if darkbomb was after frostbolt. My point: it's not the first time that we see powercreeps in class cards
I think Medivh's valet is specifically for the chinese players that like using ice block in tempo mage. I think nightbane templar will be amazing for dragon decks when they finally wise up and make cards that boost dragons once they are in play. No, not the menagerie ones.
nightbane templar is 3 mana for 4/5 distributed over multiple minions, I think it's pretty good lol. This is a game that was dominated for months by muster for battle and this card is essentially muster but it trades the light's justice for divine strength.
Step 1: Turn one Spirit Claws Step 2: Turn two Kobold Geomancer Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit Edit: See also Step 1: Moat Lurker Step 2: Use best card in this set (Purify) Step 3: ?? Step 4: Profit
I think Arcane Anomaly (15:27) might actually kind of sort of a little work in Priest in Arena. If you happen to go second and play this, Coin and PW:Shield, you'll have a 2/5 on turn 1 with the potential to get even bigger. Then again, Priest got Purify...
Perhaps arcane giant could earn a slot in tempo mage? The deck is already very spell-heavy, and sometimes it lacks the final punch, especially if yogg isn't drawn or doesn't deliver.
To be honest. Maelstrom Portal might enable Midrange/Control Shaman. Shaman boardclears are usually too expensive to Combo with Halazeal. and this one could maybe do some serious work with Azure Drakes and a spell dmg totem here and there
you can actually use moat lurker in some VERY interesting ways , you couldhave it destroy stuff and then bring it back to your hand with shadowstep , since it didn't die your oppnent wont get their minion back , you can also use it on your own minions like sylvanas or maybe rhonin ... whatever deathrattle effects the kids are in these days maybe have the thing that give you 1/1 copies of the card use it on lurker so you have a lot of (short lasting) removal ... kind of like a freeze
Priest of the Feast seems like a great card to me, same stats as water elemental and that is a really good card. And think about how many spells the average priest deck runs, its a lot, so you have potential for great value with the heals.
You can't say it's powercreep if a different class gets the same spell but better. Mages can do 1 dmg with their heropower; that's why this spell in mage would be too strong but in shaman its fine(i hope).
About your purify; I think Blizzard has got a plan. You're seeing it in some other cards they released. Look at the Moat Lurker. If you combine it with the silence effect from the purify card, you're getting a very valuable combo that you can pull off with the only prerequisite being having both cards in your hands. Considering Assassinate costs 5 mana, this card combo becomes Assassinate + 3 mana 3/3 battlecry draw a card. Compared to the gnomish inventor's 4 mana 2/4 battlecry draw a card, it's slightly stronger. This also has a tendency to trade better into other 3 drops, unlike Gnomish which will die to 4/3 s. It seems like they're trying to push a self-silence meta for priest. Maybe we'll see a return of wailing soul in wild. We've actually seen self-silence decks in the past, although they didn't really take off.
Maelstrom Portal isn't the first powercreep found in class cards, unless you literally mean its "power". Fireball is a better Mortal Strike. While not "stronger", it is more consistent.
I just thought of the weirdest yet possibly best plays for Violet Illusionist. You have to be a priest or druid and either as a priest steal a copy of tree of life from a druid or as druid copy an Auchenai Soulpriest either way, play Auchenai and Violet then drop tree of life you are immune and they die to instant 30 damage.
I think you undersold violet illusionist, seeing as the meta is dominated by aggro, weapon decks that run this will be much more favored vs aggro, because not only can you facetank a high attack minion, but then aggro has to spend damage killing a minion instead of you. I think this is an important card to look at with regards to control warrior vs any aggro, and even more important to look at the viability of control rogue increasing because of this card.
I like how even though they power creeped over arcane explosion, they actually got the rarities right with it. Arcane explosion is a common, and maelstrom portal is a rare. Too bad they had to screw up more rarities than they got right...
This is NOT the first time we see power creep over class cards... We also have Darkbomb to Quick Shot... (Kripp already made a video about that during the BRM era)
first time for power creep in class cards..... Yo Quick Shot for hunters (2mana,3dmg, draw a card if no hand) was a power creep on Darkbomb for warlock (2mana, 3dmg)
i think wicked witch doctor might be enought to make totem shasman a thing. we already have toten synergy cards that are insanely powerful just on their own (thunderbluff, tuskar, thing from the deep, ect.), and playing totems will just reinforce their value.
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Silvermoon Portal? I'm sorry but that is simply a pathetic excuse for a card. There is one specific alternative if you're looking for +2/+2...
MENAGERIE MAGICIAN!
But do you spawn a random 2 mana minion? #EXPOSED
BUT CAN IT SUMMON DOOMSAYER OR CHO?
The summon component to it is a bad design choice. If they chose a random 3-mana minion, it'd be good. Even if they upped the cost by 1, it'd still be decent. But having a buff spell that has a chance to summon Doomsayer, Pyromancer or Cho can instantly fuck up it's intended effect, making it worthless in constructed. I doubt it'll get much arena use either.
But then we would have less material for salty arena players and trolden videos
Timestamps:
0:24 Menagerie Warden
1:60 Cloaked Huntress
3:07 Cat Trick
4:26 Medivh's Valet
5:45 Nightbane Templar
6:30 Silvermoon Portal
7:11 Purify
7:39 Priest of the Feast
8:58 Onyx Bishop
10:03 Swashburglar
10:54 Deadly Fork
11:46 Spirit Claws
12:44 Wicked Witchdoctor
13:25 Maelstrom Portal
14:36 Ironforge Portal
15:28 Arcane Anomaly
16:02 Arcanosmith
16:40 Runic Egg
16:59 Violet Illusionist
18:08 Pantry Spider
18:26 Menagerie Magician
19:12 Avian Watcher
19:57 Moat Lurker
20:40 Arcane Giant
I'm going to play Purify Priest.
Works with Moat Lurker, I suppose lol
nah, gotta use the djinni kappa
+slycoop1997 lolol the combos!
+Zappahcracker moat lurker is pretty good with minions that have good deathrattle effects
+Zappahcracker moat lurker into evolve is decent
Christmas Tree Hunter is coming.
It's not nearly as bad as secret paladin was as cloaked huntress doesn't draw secrets..
Yeah, I know that was super strong in paladin. But hunter secrets are also on average better than paladin ones.
But Lock and Load does!
:P
I await the trolden clips.
They went crazy with that card, but it was a controlled sort of crazy.
Say hello to Eater of Christmas 😂😂
No brother for me... I'm not even mad, I'm just disappointed...
This expansion has enough shitty cards as it is!
hahahah well said
In all fairness, it's only been expansions that have had ragers. TGT and Whispers both brought them. so expect one in the next expansion, but not an adventure.
How does it feel to be at the bottom of your meta while I'm at the top of mine?
They need to make 10/2 minion. I'm pretty sure that it will be as much powerful as you.
cloaked hunter->lock and load-> 3424234234 secrets gg wp
edit: nice shirt kripp
you can only have 5 at a time
well still 5 cards from lock and load that you actually play (they are not just stuck in your hand) wins you the game most of the time.. have you heard of mysterious challenger? it is the same but for less mana
And you can't play duplicates of secrets you already have in play
Same as Mysterious Challenger except that you actually need Cloaked Hunter + Lock and Load + all the secrets from your deck in your hand so, pretty far from "the same but for less mana"
You can only have 5 but you can have more in hand for the templar if the opponent procs a secret and your templar survives
First Direct powercreep over class card? WRONG. Let me prove that to you:
Druid's Recycle
There is also Warrior's Bash >> Warlock's Drain Life
+Adventurer ! not the same cost ! Drain life is 2mana
Drain life is 3
+Bæson _ my bad then ;)
There's also Frostbolt over Darkbomb
THERE'S ONLY ONE SECRET IN THE ENTIRE SET HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FEED MY FAMILY?
Hahaha Just eat KRIPP
I think that this expansion might be the worst ever made
Agreed
I think it is. Medivh is fun but on the whole I'm just seeing the same deck types made stronger thus more boring and potentially annoying ones like trap hunter starting
I agree
Nah, it's nowhere near as bad as Fallen Empires was.
I'd say that Homelands was worse than Fallen Empires
Guys,i lost to priest today :(
my soul is crushed
lol noob,losing to priest in 2016
The only class I use is priest and I win most times.... am I breaking the rules here
liar
me too 2 months ago, i lost to the very lucky priest deck that is so WIDLY POPULAR
+Josh Walton rank 20+ doesn't count
Moat lurker doesn't say enemy minion. So for example if you use it to kill your own Sylvanas you get the mindcontrol and a new sylvanas when lurker dies, amirite? Amiwrong?
Also, when you kill the lurker that killed sylvanas with another lurker, will the resummoned lurker resummon another sylvanas?
You are correct
Yup, that's something to look into
+WannaComment2 also, if its resummoned by nzoth, what does the deathrattle do?
I put some thought into it and here is how I think this card might work:
It gains it's deathrattle as part of it's battlecry. For example, it kills your own Sylvanas and gains Deathrattle: summon Sylvanas on your side of the board. I'm expecting a Lurker that is summoned, not played, to not have a deathrattle at all, even if the text says so. Probably won't even have the deathrattle icon on the bottom, but thats just speculation on my part.
I am gonna be triggered if they don't nerf Purify
Yea, you shouldnt need to silence one of your minions, so you draw a card for 2 mana, which is better than Warlock hero power.. Right?
Just use it with ancient watcher or something.
2 cards for a 4/5. if I wanted that, I would play yeti and save a card slot.
we already have silence and its not even used for that on 0 mana. 4 mana for a 4/5 lol
2 cards for 4 mana 4/5 on turn 4 is bad,
but turn 1 coin watcher, turn 2 purify is reelz gewd
cloaked huntress will make lock and load insane
And cat trick
That was my first thought when I saw it. I already play Lock & Load, (albeit with very few minions and not that many secrets) this card is going to make it pretty nuts.
Cloaked Huntress + Lock and Load >>> Vomit your whole hand of secrets and get a shitload of cards. I know what I'll be trying when this set drops.
One secret in hand + Cloaked Huntress + Lock and Load = Chain spawn secrets trollden material
might want to include arcane giant in lock and load as well
I get it... I'm so meta breaking I need my own video :')
Purify me daddy
Arcane Giant in Yogg decks PogChamp
Kreygasm
well what are u going to replace it with. thing about giants is that if you don't give them taunt they suck
unless they are Sea giants in a Zoo lock
YoggChamp
+kevin cork A 0 mana 8/8 on a board just completely cleared doesn't really need taunt
Priest Card: 3 mana 5/5 Heal all enemy characters by 3.
That would be a good justification for purify if it were a deathrattle.
+Grant Miller nothing is a justification for purify, just use a 0 mana silence
+heinzmonster You are right, but silence synergy would be an interesting archtype.
+heinzmonster How about: Whenever you play purify, you win the game.
+Emmett Chan still costs too much
I'm calling it now, the card Kripp is most wrong about is Violet Illusionist. That things going to be enormous. Especially in Warlock.
You can prevent taking damage from hero power and from flame imp.
That's all. And a Zoolock doesn't want to play healing, it doesn't care about its life, it cares about opponent's life, that's why it's an aggro deck.
Cho gall has potential as well.
Similar to warrior and shaman with doomhammer and fool's bane.
Violet Illusionist + Fools Bane
+Lemondude617 Yup, was also thinking about that combo, another good addition to warrior.
did you say enormous?
Moat lurker can be INSANE in N'Zoth decks if you target your own deathrattle minion, as the minion you target will trigger the deathratle twice, will revive twice, and this minion will revive as well. I'm uncertain if when brought back and re-killed will summon the minion again, but even if it doesn't, it will still be amazing instead of simply broken. I guess we'll have to see.
god, i cant wait for EVEN MORE priest memes!!
Yeah man, priest is overpowered now, since they even get to draw a card with the silence!!!
Santa Claus i swear, fell reaver and ancient watcher will dominate this upcoming meta!
Samuel Jackson Oh shit man. I wish they allowed you to ban a class or two before you queue up for a game. I can't even imagine how salty I'll be every single time I a priest drops the insane Ancient Watcher + Purify Combo on me or takes my minion with Shadow Madness and then purifies it to keep it!
4 mana 7/7 Eerie Statue will be the next op card with Purify, i.e. 2 mana "overload"
BCGpp But it draws you a card man! Think about it! Poor Shaman doesn't even get that! How can you justify a card so broken? It beats me.
I can smell the yogg and violet illusionist combo.
TastesGoodMan
yeah, cause it will definitely not kill illusionist kappa
The illusionist is dead in 1 second...
And then she dies to a random board clear so Yogg can lose the game like he´s supposed to :O
Don't worry. Yogg won't kill her. He will just use his new toy: Purify on her.
I think I will creat a yogg shaman with bloodmage thalno and malygos... hope it will work :D
Yeah i was thinking this adventure was helping spell damage shaman.
On the topic of Arcane Explosion, Kobolt Geomancer and Arcane Explosion was an amazing combo in the Two-Card Tavern Brawl.
Does Violet Illusionist and that weapon that has unlimied attacks work?
sure it does. however it does not have unlimited attacks. it has 4.
+ToraAnbu but if you were to play a certain pirate... :)
If you happen to have a certain legendary explorer out while you play a certain pirate ;)
First power creep of class cards was Quick Shot over Dark Bomb.
Moat Lurker Sylvanas. Sylvanas steals it now when you kill it do you get the Sylvanas?
idk, good question
Why would you?
sure
Hmmm very interesting way to think about it, but i would guess not. Since the text is written like it is, i dont think it is coded as "Resummon for your opponent" i think its rather "Resummon for its original owner". But if it is like you asked, it would be an awesome counter to sylvanas
Ofcourse not. . .Why would you think that`s how it would work?
Regarding Maelstrom portal, it's not the first time there's a powercreep between two classes, Recycle for Druid and Entomb for Priest.
First time we see direct power creep over a class card? What? It's happened a bunch of times before, for example:
Holy Smite -> Living Roots
Mark of the Wild -> Mark of Y'Shaarj
Mark of the Wild gives taunt, Mark of Y'Shaarj draws a card. They're different.
Oh sorry, i totally forgot. The other one though :)
emilemil1 | Nightcore yes, also recycle and entomb
Maybe not if you are forced to entomb something bad :)
Recycle sucks no matter what you hit. Restock a good minion for your opponent or use expensive hard removal on small shit.
avian watcher is bonkers with ice block
or effigie ! You play effigie turn 4, then you play Avian Watcher turn 5, and you get your 4/7 taunt with deathrattle: summon a random 5 cost minion.
And then: Hex
Why? Its a battlecry
+Laurence Gill I think he means the consistency that you'd be able to proc it. Since ice block is up for basically the whole game. Not Op but a fair point.
I think he thinks it gets +1+1 every turn while secret is up like that one minion.
Um Kripp? Have you thought about the rotation AT ALL?
Aggro Shaman will be DEAD after BRM, TGT, and LOE rotate out.
Shaman will have to figure out how to use these slower cards just to survive.
Try looking a bit further ahead in your next review.
that's gonna be awhile and new cards will probably replace them by that time
Maybe, though trogg is what makes aggro shaman playable, so we need something on that level.
w1q2e3r4t5 and if they really do believe in their "musical chairs" style of balancing Shaman won't be getting that many great cards.
And I seriously doubt even Blizzard would be stupid enough to print a better card for zoo than Imp Gang Boss.
Why would he base his current review of these cards off of what will happen in 4 months? That's like saying "well we can't REALLY judge any of these cards until we see the following expansion"
BRM and TGT will go wild next April, and LOE with WOTG will go wild April 2018, so in a loooong time, in April 2019 its ONK (one night in Kara) and the future expansion which will go wild
When you said "this is the first time we've seen direct power creep over a class card" ...did you forget about Dark Bomb -> Quick Shot, Kripp? :)
tldr: One Night In Karazhan cards basically all suck. Don't use real money to buy.
Just grind them, jst like every other expansion
Why should you spend money in expansions
Maelstrom Portal isn't the first time seeing power creed over other class cards! Quickshot is strictly better than dark bomb.
Dark bomb is a worse version of frost bolt. Frost bolt came out first so it's not power creep.
And darkbomb wasn't a class card FailFIsh
Whole thread is full of idiots.
Hey I'm pretty fast today
+Stefan Stanev wtf
OfficiallyLostFaithInHumanity 69 iDubbbz reference.
Mildly adequate at best
+Stefan Stanev Heeeyyyyyyyy, that was prttygoooood
Swashburgler being a battle cry is also good for a deathrattle + steal class cards deck. Because Huckster is a deathrattle on a 2/2, you're happy to pull it with nzoth, but a 1/1 you wouldn't want to pull (since your deck should be saturated enough with high-value deathrattle minions)
No new trigger word = not exciting :/
triggered
Purify
Blizzard said that they won't introduce any new trigger to the game
Regarding the Maelstrom Portal power creep, we sort of saw this in reverse with Dark Bomb and Frost Bolt.
Strictly better does not equal power creep.
yes it does
What the two before me said. It absolutely does equal power creep.
No. It doesn't. If the strictly better card is also bad and sees little to no play, then it doesn't increase the overall power level of currently viable decks. THAT is the definition of power creep.
+zap813 You're wrong.
+zap813 Basically all of the cards will see play in arena, to this doesn't really apply to Hearthstone
I love how I can rely on you to put out vids at noon most days. It's something I look forward to with lunch 😄
Genuinely curious, why the negativity of Nightbane templar, I mean it adds more minions to the board follows the paladin's curve on four and you get 4/5 for three mana. It allows paladin to confidently flood the board which they never could do after standard's rotation. It significantly helps out dragon paladin.
I think Violet Illusionist is why they nerfed Master of Disguise. Imagine how insane that'd be in rogue. You'd have 1 damage gladiator's longbow every turn and ignore fatigue damage.
Moat lurker has interesting applications. Can save your important minions from board clears/removal. Or can save your whole (probably frozen) board from a freeze mage doomsayer.
People always seem to underestimate cards that draw you cards. It makes your deck much more consistent and lets you cycle to what you want. I think the Runic Egg is very good in something like Warrior. If the enemy removes it, you get a 1 mana cycle. If he doesn't, the egg is a threat in terms of Battle Rage value. I think it's one of the more underrated cards in the set.
I feel that Violet Illusionist will see some good play with Weapon Warrior, Fatigue Warrior, and some Warlock decks.
Also, Moat Lurker could have some fun (e.g. Protecting a special minion)
What if blizzard is telling us something. What if unicorn priest is shadow-priest with murlocs, beasts and dragons? What if they created *Moat lurker* so you would get *8 mana 3/3- "destroy a minion, draw a card"*? What if *Violet illusionist* is for *spawn of shadows*? What if they gave us* priest of the feast* so shadow-priest can survive?
the minion Pantry Spider summons is also a 3 mana cost minion, so it could possibly give evolve shaman a boost
I have a feeling Blizzard is trying to make Secret Eater Valid.
Violet illusionist and the new warrior weapon that lets you attack unlimited times/turn seems like a pretty powerful combo
14:20 "First time we see direct power creep over class cards." How about Frostbolt/Quick Shot to Darkbomb? And Living Roots to Arcane Shot/Holy smite? There's already a few power creeps over class cards
The powercreep over a classcard i totally wrong - Revenge from Warrior was released earlier and is also obviously stonger than arcane explosion aswell
The interesting thing about Moat Lurker is that it gets rid of all buffs on the minion it destroys. Kind of like a delayed silence.
When he talked about power creep relative to class spells, just wanted to point this out: (Frostbolt != Quick Shot) >> Darkbomb
Kripp didn't say it, but here is what I thought based on several cards in this set. Eater of Secrets and Flare will become playable and probably needed once this expansion comes out.
Kripp :"It is the first time in Hearthstone, that there is a power creep over a classcard."
Entomb : shuffle an enemy minion into YOUR deck.
Recycle : shuffle an enemy minion into YOUR OPPONENT's deck.
Different effect. Not power creep. You could say similar, and that entomb is better, but they are not the same. The exact same text is used on maelstrom portal and arcane explosion, except maelstrom also gets a free 1 drop.
Quick Shot was a direct power creep over an already used and almost auto include card. Arcane Explosion was rarely used anyway.
Kripp the shaman portal is not the first power creep on a class card, Quick Shot creeped over dark bomb and there are several in just the basic set such as fireball and mortal strike
Totally making a Yogg-Control-Secret-Hunter with Cloaked Huntress, Avian Watcher and Arcane Giants.
THIS IS HOW PURIFY COULD WORK IN THE UNICORN PRIEST DECK
Turn 7: Arcanosmith, purify on the 0/5, opponent emotes you and doesn't attack it
Turn 8: Divine spirit; divine spirit, inner fire, shield master, you now have a 20/20 with taunt
Actually, frostbolt and quickshot are powercreeps of dark bomb, even if darkbomb was after frostbolt. My point: it's not the first time that we see powercreeps in class cards
I think Medivh's valet is specifically for the chinese players that like using ice block in tempo mage.
I think nightbane templar will be amazing for dragon decks when they finally wise up and make cards that boost dragons once they are in play. No, not the menagerie ones.
nightbane templar is 3 mana for 4/5 distributed over multiple minions, I think it's pretty good lol. This is a game that was dominated for months by muster for battle and this card is essentially muster but it trades the light's justice for divine strength.
Step 1: Turn one Spirit Claws
Step 2: Turn two Kobold Geomancer
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
Edit: See also
Step 1: Moat Lurker
Step 2: Use best card in this set (Purify)
Step 3: ??
Step 4: Profit
I think Arcane Anomaly (15:27) might actually kind of sort of a little work in Priest in Arena. If you happen to go second and play this, Coin and PW:Shield, you'll have a 2/5 on turn 1 with the potential to get even bigger.
Then again, Priest got Purify...
Eater of Secrets might see some play after the expansion.
17:22 great synergy with 3/4 for 5 mana warrior weapon
Perhaps arcane giant could earn a slot in tempo mage? The deck is already very spell-heavy, and sometimes it lacks the final punch, especially if yogg isn't drawn or doesn't deliver.
To be honest. Maelstrom Portal might enable Midrange/Control Shaman. Shaman boardclears are usually too expensive to Combo with Halazeal. and this one could maybe do some serious work with Azure Drakes and a spell dmg totem here and there
We've seen also a anti-powercreep before though! Frostbolt ---> Darkbomb
Power creep over a class card has happened even in classic: Mortal Strike is an inferior Fireball.
you can actually use moat lurker in some VERY interesting ways , you couldhave it destroy stuff and then bring it back to your hand with shadowstep , since it didn't die your oppnent wont get their minion back , you can also use it on your own minions like sylvanas or maybe rhonin ... whatever deathrattle effects the kids are in these days
maybe have the thing that give you 1/1 copies of the card use it on lurker so you have a lot of (short lasting) removal ... kind of like a freeze
The good thing about Priest of the Feast is that aggro really cant ignore something like that, especially shaman.
Priest of the Feast seems like a great card to me, same stats as water elemental and that is a really good card. And think about how many spells the average priest deck runs, its a lot, so you have potential for great value with the heals.
Lock and Load Hunter is going to be insane in the membrane.
Moat Lurker + Shadow caster combo = fun times
You can't say it's powercreep if a different class gets the same spell but better. Mages can do 1 dmg with their heropower; that's why this spell in mage would be too strong but in shaman its fine(i hope).
About your purify; I think Blizzard has got a plan. You're seeing it in some other cards they released. Look at the Moat Lurker. If you combine it with the silence effect from the purify card, you're getting a very valuable combo that you can pull off with the only prerequisite being having both cards in your hands. Considering Assassinate costs 5 mana, this card combo becomes Assassinate + 3 mana 3/3 battlecry draw a card. Compared to the gnomish inventor's 4 mana 2/4 battlecry draw a card, it's slightly stronger. This also has a tendency to trade better into other 3 drops, unlike Gnomish which will die to 4/3 s. It seems like they're trying to push a self-silence meta for priest. Maybe we'll see a return of wailing soul in wild. We've actually seen self-silence decks in the past, although they didn't really take off.
Spirit Claws eh? I've been wanting to make a Master of Ceremonies deck forever. Maybe now's the chance?
3:37 Officially my favourite card art in hearthstone
Quick Shot was a direct Power Creep over Dark Bomb. It's not the first time
Violet illusionist+Spawn of Shadows makes certain priest decks that use spells to deal damage to heroes more appealing.
Maelstrom Portal isn't the first powercreep found in class cards, unless you literally mean its "power". Fireball is a better Mortal Strike. While not "stronger", it is more consistent.
14:01 Dark Bomb vs. Quick Shot, Holy Smite vs. Living Roots
I just thought of the weirdest yet possibly best plays for Violet Illusionist. You have to be a priest or druid and either as a priest steal a copy of tree of life from a druid or as druid copy an Auchenai Soulpriest either way, play Auchenai and Violet then drop tree of life you are immune and they die to instant 30 damage.
I would love to see a secret mage deck come about. I think they might actually have a chance.
How can it be power creep when Shaman can't play Arcane Explosion? You can't compare cards from different classes like that.
I think you undersold violet illusionist, seeing as the meta is dominated by aggro, weapon decks that run this will be much more favored vs aggro, because not only can you facetank a high attack minion, but then aggro has to spend damage killing a minion instead of you. I think this is an important card to look at with regards to control warrior vs any aggro, and even more important to look at the viability of control rogue increasing because of this card.
Cloaked Huntress: "Batshit crazy, will spawn new hunter archetype"
See you in three months on a highlight reel Kripp.
Iron forge portal is better in fatigue warrior because you don't want to fatigue faster than your opponent, even with armor.
Fireball is power creep to Mortal Strike if you ignore that they came out at the same time.
Turn 5: Cloaked Huntress. Lock and Load. 5 Hunter Secrets.
Super value, guys.
I like how even though they power creeped over arcane explosion, they actually got the rarities right with it. Arcane explosion is a common, and maelstrom portal is a rare. Too bad they had to screw up more rarities than they got right...
14:02 First Time? Isn't Living Roots straight up better than Holy Smite and Arcane Shot?
I am most excited for Violet Illusionist. The art is awesome, and the effect is gonna help my rogue? Possibly
This is NOT the first time we see power creep over class cards... We also have Darkbomb to Quick Shot... (Kripp already made a video about that during the BRM era)
first time for power creep in class cards..... Yo Quick Shot for hunters (2mana,3dmg, draw a card if no hand) was a power creep on Darkbomb for warlock (2mana, 3dmg)
Quick Shot is a direct power creep over Dark Bomb, so Maelstrom portal isn't the first class card power creep
Fool's Bane and violet illusionist combo is sick! gonna try make this deck
Medihv's valet is pretty good with ice block
Violet Illusionist is why Master of Disguise got changed.
i think wicked witch doctor might be enought to make totem shasman a thing. we already have toten synergy cards that are insanely powerful just on their own (thunderbluff, tuskar, thing from the deep, ect.), and playing totems will just reinforce their value.
Menagerie + Malorne in a fatigue deck.
May not work in practice, amusing in concept.
First time we've seen power creep over class cards? Ring ring, Bash called, he can't stop laughing at Drain Life.
violet illusionist works very well with multi-hit weapons (shaman) and also the new karazan multi-hit warrior weapon