History GameBreaker / HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Lab_Constructor Lab Constructor]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Yogg-Saron,_Hope%27s_End Yogg-Saron, Hope's End]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Odyn,_Prime_Designate Odyn, Prime Designate]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Awakening_Tremors Awakening Tremors]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Flash_of_Lightning Flash of Lightning]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Forge_of_Wills Forge of Wills]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Imprisoned_Horror Imprisoned Horror]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Sickly_Grimewalker Sickly Grimewalker]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Sanitize Sanitize]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Trial_by_Fire Trial by Fire]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Crash_of_Thunder Crash of Thunder]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

Also see [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Open_the_Waygate Open the Waygate]], [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Bloodbloom Bloodbloom]], and [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Earthen_Scales Earthen Scales]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

Also see [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Giggling_Inventor Giggling Inventor]], [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Luna%27s_Pocket_Galaxy Luna's Pocket Galaxy]], and [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Extra_Arms Extra Arms]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

Also see [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Snowfall_Guardian Snowfall Guardian]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Irondeep_Trogg Irondeep Trogg]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Shadowcrafter_Scabbs Shadowcrafter Scabbs]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Kazakusan Kazakusan]] (twice), [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Drek%27Thar Drek'Thar]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Dragonbane_Shot Dragonbane Shot]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Wildpaw_Gnoll Wildpaw Gnoll]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Lightforged_Cariel Lightforged Cariel]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Caria_Felsoul Caria Felsoul]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Magister_Dawngrasp Magister Dawngrasp]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Wildheart_Guff Wildheart Guff]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Sketchy_Information Sketchy Information]], and [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Forsaken_Lieutenant Forsaken Lieutenant]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Lab_Constructor Lab Constructor]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Yogg-Saron,_Hope%27s_End Yogg-Saron, Hope's End]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Odyn,_Prime_Designate Odyn, Prime Designate]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Awakening_Tremors Awakening Tremors]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

* [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Flash_of_Lightning Flash of Lightning]] is a 2-mana Shaman spell that draws you a card and reduces the cost of your Nature spells by 1 on your next turn. Anyone familiar with the shenanigans enabled by Radiant Elemental and Sorcerer's Apprentice will likely not be surprised to hear that Flash of Lightning enabled some pretty degenerate things and became the centerpiece of the notorious Nature Shaman. [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Lightning_Bolt Lightning Bolt]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Lightning_Reflexes Lightning Reflexes]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Pop-Up_Book Pop-Up Book]] all became free (and Lightning Reflexes' extra Discover became much easier to trigger), Bioluminescence came down for 1 mana cheaper so you could fling more burn at your opponent, and the cost reduction not only benefited [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Crash_of_Thunder Crash of Thunder]] directly but also let you easily string together enough spells to get it down to 0 cost. Shamans were burning people to death ''on turn 5'' at some points because of how much mana this card could cheat, thus allowing them to stack a crapton of Spell Damage on the same turn. This card ended up getting Thrall's Gift and Bioluminescence both nerfed due to the degenerate burn combos, and even outside of those decks, it just gave too much value for Shamans to pass up.

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Azerite_Snake The Azerite Snake]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Blindeye_Sharpshooter Blindeye Sharpshooter]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Waste_Remover Waste Remover]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Sludge_on_Wheels Sludge on Wheels]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Chaos_Creation Chaos Creation]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Aftershocks Aftershocks]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Deputization_Aura Deputization Aura]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Shroomscavate Shroomscavate]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

* [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Reno,_Lone_Ranger Reno, Lone Ranger]] is the first ever Neutral hero card and, as befitting a depiction of Reno, has an insane Highlander effect: if your deck has no duplicates, he ''removes your opponent's entire board from the game'' (including minions, locations, and even Permanents) and shrinks their board to just 1 space on their next turn. This is quite possibly the strongest Battlecry ever printed on a Hero Card and the strongest board wipe effect in the game, single-handedly obliterating the opponent's board presence and killing their tempo recovery to make up for the tempo loss of spending 8 mana to change your hero. To give you an idea of how strong this is, a lot of non-Highlander decks with decent draw power opted to run Reno as a late-game panic button, and the fact that he's Neutral means any deck that doesn't mind the game going late could potentially bring him out and flip the table on their opponent, thus forcing players to tiptoe around him starting from turn 8 to avoid getting blown out and losing on the spot.

* See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Tigress_Plushy Tigress Plushy]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Zilliax_Deluxe_3000 Zilliax Deluxe 3000]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Umpire%27s_Grasp Umpire's Grasp]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Azerite_Snake The Azerite Snake]] and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Blindeye_Sharpshooter Blindeye Sharpshooter]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Waste_Remover Waste Remover]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Sludge_on_Wheels Sludge on Wheels]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Chaos_Creation Chaos Creation]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Aftershocks Aftershocks]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Deputization_Aura Deputization Aura]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Shroomscavate Shroomscavate]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

* See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Tigress_Plushy Tigress Plushy]] and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Zilliax_Deluxe_3000 Zilliax Deluxe 3000]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

* [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Window_Shopper Window Shopper]] is a 5 mana 6/5 Demon Hunter Demon with Miniaturize that Discovers a Demon and sets its cost and stats to whatever Window Shopper's are. On her own, Window Shopper is... alright. Besides her fairly hefty cost, only a few of her 10 possible Demons are compelling Discovers (in particular [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Magtheridon,_Unreleased Magtheridon, Unreleased]]), and besides, it's really the Mini you want. The problem is that Window Shopper ''didn't'' just come out on her own, because also added with ''Whizbang's Workshop'' was [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Umpire%27s_Grasp Umpire's Grasp]], a 3 mana 3/2 weapon that draws a Demon and discounts it by 2 upon being destroyed. At her new cost of 3 mana, Window Shopper becomes ''incredibly'' powerful, letting you put a 6/5 on the board early into the game, get ''another'' 3 mana 6/5 Demon to put down the following turn, and also get a Mini version of Window Shopper to get ''another'' Discover. Thus, the strategy becomes having Window Shopper be ''the only Demon in your deck'' to guarantee Grasp pulls her, paired with [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Instrument_Tech Instrument Tech]] to tutor Grasp out just in time to play it. From there, the deck is filled with what can only realistically be described as "filler" cards that help either push advantage or stall -- and we really do mean "filler"; enough people realized that Shopper and Grasp were the only cards that realistically mattered that Highlander decks that ran both as two-ofs began appearing. ''And they actually WORKED''. Worst of all, despite Shopper Demon Hunter being a known problem among the community ahead of the expansion's first balance patch, neither card recieved changes while the deck's strongest opponents (Paladin and Warrior) recieved ''huge'' nerfs, further allowing Demon Hunter to dominate the ladder. Thankfully, the class is recieving targetted nerfs in an upcoming patch, which should hopefully tone down (if not outright kill) Shopper Demon Hunter.

Also see [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Spreading_Plague Spreading Plague]] and [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Leeching_Poison Leeching Poison]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Lab_Constructor Lab Constructor]], [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Odyn,_Prime_Designate Odyn, Prime Designate]], and [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Awakening_Tremors Awakening Tremors]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

** Land Lubber was a Tier 2 3/4 pirate-elemental minion with the simple effect of adding another tavern spell[[labelnote:explanation]]A new mechanic that adds spells to the battleground tavern[[/labelnote]] to your tavern each time you refresh. What was a fairly simple effect ended up being one of the most impactful additions to the battlegrounds: Many Tavern spells have strong synergy with tier 2-3 minions(Bejeweled Duelist, a minion that gains +1 health each time you refresh, for example, has synergy with Leaf Through the Pages, a spell that costs 2 gold and gives you 3 free tavern refreshes. The Glad-iator has divine shield and gains +1 attack each time you cast a spell), meaning the players had ''no reason'' to actually upgrade past tier 2 or 3. In the span of a few turns, players could amass over ''forty'' gold in a consistent fashion and create fat boards that allowed them to at very least hit top 4 without needing anything beyond tier 2-3. The end result was Land Lubber being banned from Battlegrounds only a few weeks after it debuted, and the devs only returned the minion later after it was bumped to tier 3 and several of the aforementioned spells(such as Leaf Through the Pages) were either removed or bumped to a higher tavern tier.

** Cloning Conch used to be a tier 5 spell that costed 5 gold and copied a random murloc in your hand. Nothing too impressive, until you realize it wasn't limited to any murloc, golden or not. With the recent buff to Blazing Skyfin [[note]]Tier 2 1/3 murloc-dragon minion that gains +1/+1 (+2/+2 if golden) when you trigger a battlecry[[/note]] and the reverted nerf to Young Murk-eye, late-game murlocs suddenly had access to a tool that allowed them to copy golden versions of several murloc staples, meaning all you needed is brann to discover and secure golden copies of whatever murloc you wanted to copy and you were good to go, and thats not even getting into the free discovery of a tier 6 minion you got with each golden murloc you played. Cloning Conch was nerfed about a week after it debuted by changing it to a tier 4 spell but making it so the murloc must be non-golden to be eligible for copy.

See [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Shockspitter Shockspitter]], [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Unleash_Fel Unleash Fel]], and [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Anub%27Rekhan Anub'Rekhan]] in the Nerfed Cards section.

See [[https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Tony,_King_of_Piracy Tony, King of Piracy]] in the Banned Cards section.