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Mass Hysteria... that sounds like some amazing fodder for highlights videos. The new Priest AoE, gentlemen. Sort of like Brawl but we get to see who kills whom, and there can be multiple survivors. Also, this is going to trigger effects like Lifesteal and Poisonous, plus at 5 mana it's something that can be used earlier against big board decks.

I know it never works, but I swear I am going to try a Chaos Priest this expansion just for the memes.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 27th 2018 at 2:36:03 PM

The Zul'jin reveal video has the best Anduin cameo ever.

"Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." SMASH

• Scorch - Rare Mage Spell; 4 mana; Deal 4 damage to a minion. If you played an Elemental last turn, this costs (1).
• Treespeaker - Epic Druig Minion; 5 mana 4/4; Battlecry: Transform your Treants into 5/5 Ancients.
• Krag'wa, the Toad - Legendary Shaman Minion; 6 mana 4/6 Beast; Battlecry: Return all spells you played last turn to your hand.

I have a deck where Treespeaker would fit right in...

Final stream a go. This post will grow.

• Ornery Tortoise - Neutral Common Minion; 3 mana 3/5 Beast; Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to your hero.
• Demonbolt - Warlock Common Spell; 8 mana; Destroy a minion. Costs (1) less for each minion you control.
• Flash of Light - Paladin Common Spell; 2 mana; Restore 4 Health. Draw a card.
• Blood Troll Sapper - Warlock Common Minion; 7 mana 5/8; After a friendly minion dies, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
• Bloodclaw - Paladin Common Warrior; 1 mana 2/2; Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to the enemy hero.
• Cheaty Anklebiter - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 2/1; Lifesteal; Battlecry: Deal 1 damage.
• Banana Buffoon - Neutral Common Minion; 3 mana 2/2; Battlecry: Add two Bananas to your hand.
  • Not a Beast, curiously.
    • Banana - 1 mana; Give a minion +1/+1.
• Serrated Tooth - Rogue Common Weapon; 1 mana 1/3; Deathrattle: Give your minions Rush.
• Pounce - Druid Common Spell; 0 mana; Give your hero +2 Attack this turn.
• Half-Time Scavenger - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/5; Stealth; Overkill: Gain 3 Armor.
• Mosh'ogg Enforcer - Neutral Common Minion; 8 mana 2/14; Taunt; Divine Shield
• Headhunter's Hatchet - Hunter Common Weapon; 2 mana 2/2; Battlecry: If you control a Beast, gain +1 Durability.
• Spirit of the Lynx - Hunter Rare Minion; 3 mana 0/3; Stealth for 1 turn. Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +1/+1.
• Dragonmaw Scorcher - Neutral Common Minion; 5 mana 3/6 Dragon; Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to all other minions.
• Arena Fanatic - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 2/3; Battlecry: Give all minions in your hand +1/+1.
• Halazzi, the Lynx - Hunter Legendary Minion; 5 mana 3/2 Beast; Battlecry: Fill your hand with 1/1 Lynxes that have Rush.
• Dragon Roar - Warrior Common Spell; 2 mana; Add 2 random Dragons to your hand.
• Devastate - Warrior Common Spell; 1 mana; Deal 4 damage to a damaged minion.
• Auchenai Phantasm - Priest Epic Minion; 2 mana 3/2; Battlecry: This turn, your healing effects deal damage instead.
• Drakkari Trickster - Neutral Epic Minion; 3 mana 3/4; Battlecry: Give each player a copy of a random card from their opponent's deck.
• Former Champ - Neutral Common Minion; 5 mana 1/1; Battlecry: Summon a 5/5 Hotshot.
• Wartbringer - Shaman Common Minion; 1 mana 2/1; Battlecry: If you played 2 spells this turn, deal 2 damage.
• Helpless Hatchling - Neutral Common Minion; 1 mana 1/1 Beast; Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of a Beast in your hand by (1).
• Spellzerker - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 2/3; Has Spell Damage +1 when damaged.
• Shieldbreaker Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 2/1; Battlecry: Silence an enemy minion with Taunt.
• Serpent Ward - Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 0/2 Totem; At the end of your turn, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
• Scarab Egg - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 0/2; Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Scarabs.
• Rumbletusk Shaker - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/2; Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Rumbletusk Breaker.
• Regeneratin' Thug - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/5; At the start of your turn, restore 2 Health to this minion.
• Ice Cream Peddler - Neutral Epic Minion; 4 mana 3/5; Battlecry: If you control a Frozen minion, gain 8 Armor.
• Gurubashi Offering - Neutral Epic Minion; 1 mana 0/2; At the start of your turn destroy this and gain 8 Armor.
• Dozing Marksman - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 0/4; Has +4 Attack when damaged.
• Booty Bay Bookie - Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 3/3; Battlecry: Give your opponent a Coin.
• Arena Treasure Chest - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 0/4; Deathrattle: Draw 2 cards.
• Arena Patron - Neutral Rare Minion; 5 mana 3/3; Overkill: Summon another Arena Patron.
  • EVERYONE GET IN HERE
• Stolen Steel - Rogue Common Spell; 2 mana; Discover a Weapon (from another class)

Edited by FergardStratoavis on Nov 28th 2018 at 8:50:54 PM

Banana Buffoon is a Hozen, not a monkey.

Quest Hunter got a super-boost. Paladin stole healing cards from Priest again. The reveal stream Warlock deck needed the Quest in it.

• Ornery Tortoise - Neutral Common Minion; 3 mana 3/5 Beast; Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to your hero.
• Demonbolt - Warlock Common Spell; 8 mana; Destroy a minion. Costs (1) less for each minion you control.
• Flash of Light - Paladin Common Spell; 2 mana; Restore 4 Health. Draw a card.
• Blood Troll Sapper - Warlock Common Minion; 7 mana 5/8; After a friendly minion dies, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
• Bloodclaw - Paladin Common Warrior; 1 mana 2/2; Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to the enemy hero.
• Cheaty Anklebiter - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 2/1; Lifesteal; Battlecry: Deal 1 damage.
• Banana Buffoon - Neutral Common Minion; 3 mana 2/2; Battlecry: Add two Bananas to your hand.
  • Banana - 1 mana; Give a minion +1/+1.
• Serrated Tooth - Rogue Common Weapon; 1 mana 1/3; Deathrattle: Give your minions Rush.
• Pounce - Druid Common Spell; 0 mana; Give your hero +2 Attack this turn.
• Half-Time Scavenger - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/5; Stealth; Overkill: Gain 3 Armor.
• Mosh'ogg Enforcer - Neutral Common Minion; 8 mana 2/14; Taunt; Divine Shield
• Headhunter's Hatchet - Hunter Common Weapon; 2 mana 2/2; Battlecry: If you control a Beast, gain +1 Durability.
• Spirit of the Lynx - Hunter Rare Minion; 3 mana 0/3; Stealth for 1 turn. Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +1/+1.
• Dragonmaw Scorcher - Neutral Common Minion; 5 mana 3/6 Dragon; Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to all other minions.
• Arena Fanatic - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 2/3; Battlecry: Give all minions in your hand +1/+1.
• Halazzi, the Lynx - Hunter Legendary Minion; 5 mana 3/2 Beast; Battlecry: Fill your hand with 1/1 Lynxes that have Rush.
• Dragon Roar - Warrior Common Spell; 2 mana; Add 2 random Dragons to your hand.
• Devastate - Warrior Common Spell; 1 mana; Deal 4 damage to a damaged minion.
• Auchenai Phantasm - Priest Epic Minion; 2 mana 3/2; Battlecry: This turn, your healing effects deal damage instead.
• Drakkari Trickster - Neutral Epic Minion; 3 mana 3/4; Battlecry: Give each player a copy of a random card from their opponent's deck.
• Former Champ - Neutral Common Minion; 5 mana 1/1; Battlecry: Summon a 5/5 Hotshot.
• Wartbringer - Shaman Common Minion; 1 mana 2/1; Battlecry: If you played 2 spells this turn, deal 2 damage.
• Helpless Hatchling - Neutral Common Minion; 1 mana 1/1 Beast; Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of a Beast in your hand by (1).
• Spellzerker - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 2/3; Has Spell Damage +2 when damaged.
• Shieldbreaker Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 2/1; Battlecry: Silence an enemy minion with Taunt.
• Serpent Ward - Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 0/2 Totem; At the end of your turn, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
• Scarab Egg - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 0/2; Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Scarabs.
• Rumbletusk Shaker - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/2; Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Rumbletusk Breaker.
• Regeneratin' Thug - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 3/5; At the start of your turn, restore 2 Health to this minion.
• Ice Cream Peddler - Neutral Epic Minion; 4 mana 3/5; Battlecry: If you control a Frozen minion, gain 8 Armor.
• Gurubashi Offering - Neutral Epic Minion; 1 mana 0/2; At the start of your turn destroy this and gain 8 Armor.
• Dozing Marksman - Neutral Common Minion; 2 mana 0/4; Has +4 Attack when damaged.
• Booty Bay Bookie - Neutral Rare Minion; 2 mana 3/3; Battlecry: Give your opponent a Coin.
• Arena Treasure Chest - Neutral Common Minion; 4 mana 0/4; Deathrattle: Draw 2 cards.
• Arena Patron - Neutral Rare Minion; 5 mana 3/3; Overkill: Summon another Arena Patron.
  • EVERYONE GET IN HERE
• Stolen Steel - Rogue Common Spell; 2 mana; Discover a Weapon (from another class)

And that's all she wrote.

Edited by FergardStratoavis on Nov 28th 2018 at 9:06:06 PM

You just kinda copied your previous post.

@Fergard Stratoavis I gotta say, I do appreciate you posting the cards here. I barely keep up with HS news as is and I'd never go out of my way to look for the information, so it's nice that someone compiles the stuff somewhere familiar.

Thanks

Auchenai Phantasm: In some ways this is better than Auchenai Soulpriest as it's cheaper and the effect survives its death. I'm kind of excited by it, actually. Generally if you're playing reversed healing, you're doing it for a board clear or an OTK and you don't actually benefit by having it stick around for multiple turns.

I figured that I should do this in case someone would miss some cards.

I'm happy to help. I don't even play Hearthstone anymore, but I always find new card releases curious enough to examine. c:

Jeez, this Mechazod Brawl is terrible. I don't know if it's because of the mechanics or because nearly everyone I've played with has been balls-out terrible.

Druid players: DO NOT MILLHOUSE ON 2. Seriously, fuck you.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 29th 2018 at 7:59:59 AM

So, Rastakhan's Rumble is live as of now. At least the card part is, the Arena Run (or whatever the new game mode is called) was not available yet.

I got myself the Frog totem and the matching Loa, so if you chose a team earlier on the Hearthstone campaign it apparently affects nothing (I voted Dragonhawk). I also have 21 card packs to open but it's late and I'm tired so I will open them tomorrow.

I got the warlock spirits and loa. They seem pretty shit.

I also opened Hakkar in my very first pack. Probably also shit.

Voted Zombies, got Bwonsamdi. Opened 66 packs, got Griftah, Zentimo, Talanji and Zul'Jin.

I've heard some streamers think Hakkar has potential. At the very least he's potential deck disruption in neutral.

Can counter Mecha'thun, not that that is seeing a lot of play.

Congrats on pulling Yogg'Hunter

Edited by Saiga on Dec 4th 2018 at 9:55:59 PM

Got the Druid Loa myself, and put it in and Odd deck. Probably not actually good, but it's fun at least.

Also got Thekal from the packs, but I haven't tried anything with them yet.

Okay, my Steal Priest is actually working kind of okay. Mass Hysteria is amazing as a board clearing tool. I ended up dropping the Lyra/Radiant combo because it just doesn't deliver enough value. Similarly, the Cabal Shadow Priests are too slow and unreliable without dragon support.

Edited by Fighteer on Dec 5th 2018 at 12:07:10 PM

How does Mass Hysteria work? Do the minions attack in a random order until each has had a chance, minions dying as it goes, or can the minions go to negative hp from multiple hits due to all the attacks happening at the "same time"?

Mechanically, it seems to work as follows:

1. Pick a random minion that has not attacked yet. Have it attack a random minion other than itself that is not dead. Each deals damage to the other.
2. Repeat until there are no more minions that haven't attacked.

Note that minions that die during this process still get their chance to attack. I think. I'll have to play it a few more times to be certain I have it right.

Notably, any minion that survives can still use its attack for the turn, but since that's a relatively low probability, you'll want to use your attacks first if possible. You can also game the system by killing off low-attack minions first, ensuring that big minions attack each other. Or you can pop divine shields or whatever else you need to do.

Edited by Fighteer on Dec 5th 2018 at 2:17:37 PM

Dire Frenzy + all the Beast Loa that are being played make some interesting reactions from opponents that didn't know you can use that on any beast. I wish I had more time to experiment. 3 essay submissions inbound, I do just the quests.

The Rumble Run is up. Beat it on third try with Warlock discard shrine. I went full Disco: 4 cataclysms and the quest. It was clown fiesta from first game... Talanji was the last boss. She defeated herself by overdrawing and playing stolen Cataclysms.

Edited by googlebot on Dec 13th 2018 at 7:23:27 PM

Massive nerfs tomorrow...

• Wild Growth – Will cost 3 mana. (Up from 2)
• Nourish – Will cost 6 mana. (Up from 5)
• Level Up! – Will cost 6 mana. (Up from 5)
• Saronite Chain Gang – Now reads: Taunt. Battlecry: Summon another Saronite Chain Gang.
• Leeching Poison – Will cost 1 mana. (Down from 2). Now reads: Give your weapon Lifesteal this turn.

RIP druid, holy crap. I mean seriously wtf I have a serious problem with this. Just might as well remove the class and class identity from the game.

Also RIP Odd Paladin All Hail Even Paladin.

Edited by Memers on Dec 18th 2018 at 11:30:23 AM