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Reno decks will probably become more prevalent in Standard, which isn't necessarily a bad thing to me, I love Reno.
For the current meta, seems like Dragon Priest, Murloc Paladin and Renolock will be really strong since they are currently strong decks without requiring too many old cards.
Secret Paladin will probably die... in fact a lot of Paladin decks will suffer with the loss of muster/minibot/boom, but they still have good shit, and OP shit: Uldaman/Tirion
Golden Monkey decks could make a surge.
Freeze mage only loses Mad Scientist, which will hurt a lot. Probably stays viable though.
Biggest winner is combo druid unless they make changes to Force+Roar.
For the current meta, seems like Dragon Priest, Murloc Paladin and Renolock will be really strong since they are currently strong decks without requiring too many old cards.
Secret Paladin will probably die... in fact a lot of Paladin decks will suffer with the loss of muster/minibot/boom, but they still have good shit, and OP shit: Uldaman/Tirion
Golden Monkey decks could make a surge.
Freeze mage only loses Mad Scientist, which will hurt a lot. Probably stays viable though.
Biggest winner is combo druid unless they make changes to Force+Roar.
Yes, they reprint cards all the time - or very close functional reprints. You can even use your old versions of the cards without needing to buy/trade for the new version.
ex-genj
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Their upcoming balance change certainly kills that and almost certainly happens same time standard is released.
Gavinmad
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Uh, Dragon Priest is DOA without Corrupter.
As for mage in standard, without broken as hell cards like mad scientist to prop weak classes up, they'll presumably have to address those things in the new expansions and adventures. It does seem likely that certain classes will end up almost unplayable for extended periods of time in standard when Blizzard whiffs on balance, but this happens in Magic too.
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As for combo druid, yeah the core of the deck is all basic/classic, but a lot of cards that really put combo druid on roids will be gone. No Boom, no Emperor, no Shades, no Shredders. There are weaker replacements for Shredder and Shade, but nothing will ever replace Emperor or Boom.
Amusingly enough, I think the lack of Zombie Chow will have one of the biggest impacts on the Standard meta.
As for mage in standard, without broken as hell cards like mad scientist to prop weak classes up, they'll presumably have to address those things in the new expansions and adventures. It does seem likely that certain classes will end up almost unplayable for extended periods of time in standard when Blizzard whiffs on balance, but this happens in Magic too.
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As for combo druid, yeah the core of the deck is all basic/classic, but a lot of cards that really put combo druid on roids will be gone. No Boom, no Emperor, no Shades, no Shredders. There are weaker replacements for Shredder and Shade, but nothing will ever replace Emperor or Boom.
Amusingly enough, I think the lack of Zombie Chow will have one of the biggest impacts on the Standard meta.
Famm
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BRM is still part of standard for this round. Only things going away right now will be GvG and Naxx.
Yep. Blue in standard sucked for like a 2 year period after the Jace the Mindsculptor/Cawblade shenanigans.
They do lose shade/shredder/Loatheb/Boom though. There are replacements for them, but the total loss is not insignificant.
Rogue is actually buffed, they basically only lose oil and they don't have to face Loatheb ever again.
Famm
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Losing oil seems massive. And how bad will the deathrattle raptor template be now? Not that it was that good.
I was just going to make a post last night about how they need to shake this game up and have more regular balance patches and change things because this game is stale as shit. I can't play more than a few matches without yawning and doing something else. Pretty funny that I woke up to this news.
I guess I can stop spending gold on gvg packs now.
It's really going to have an impact though. Paladin was shit before the cards they got in gvg.
I guess I can stop spending gold on gvg packs now.
It's really going to have an impact though. Paladin was shit before the cards they got in gvg.
This is definitely going to make me think twice about spending money on the game though now knowing it's not a life of the game investment.
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My picks for cards to nerf:
Class Cards:
Savage Roar (maybe) - Either this card or Force of Nature, but not both. I think this card survives... meaning Token Druid still ok.
Force of Nature (likely) - Probably loses charge, since charge is always problematic, to compensate maybe minions stay on board, but would need to be cheaper or stronger minions.
Can't picture too many other class cards getting changed, but *maybe* warrior gets hit on Execute or Shield Slam, even like +1 mana cost or something. Having 4 cards that cost 1 and can remove basically anything (with easy to obtain conditions) is stupidly powerful.
Neutrals:
Big Game Hunter (likely) - I have no good suggestions, but this guy has to be dealt with. Maybe he does 8 damage to minions with 7+ attack instead, so still works on almost all the same shit except Divine Shields and health buffs would stop him. Also Deathwing lives.
Knife Juggler (maybe) - Such an OP 2-drop. Should be looked at.
Alexstrasza (doubtful) - Enables so many combo decks, would be nice if they nerf it, but I don't see it happening. (Added it since it was mentioned above and seemed like a decent idea to me).
Arcane Golem (doubtful) - Just a very annoying addition to the aggro decks. There's plenty of charge minions to target, but this one would be most likely to see a change imo. I still doubt it happens. There's still Wolfrider/Bluegill/Leeroy as neutral charge minions, but Arcane Golem is the best bang for the buck. You can see it in face hunter, aggro druid, aggro shaman and Warlock (with PO+Faceless).
Abusive Sergeant (doubtful) - Such a versatile 1 drop but it only sees play in aggro and some warlock. Probably doesn't get nerfed, but I wouldnt be surprised if it sees a small change.
So that's my list & reasoning. It's only like 9 cards, and most I don't want changed too much.
Class Cards:
Savage Roar (maybe) - Either this card or Force of Nature, but not both. I think this card survives... meaning Token Druid still ok.
Force of Nature (likely) - Probably loses charge, since charge is always problematic, to compensate maybe minions stay on board, but would need to be cheaper or stronger minions.
Can't picture too many other class cards getting changed, but *maybe* warrior gets hit on Execute or Shield Slam, even like +1 mana cost or something. Having 4 cards that cost 1 and can remove basically anything (with easy to obtain conditions) is stupidly powerful.
Neutrals:
Big Game Hunter (likely) - I have no good suggestions, but this guy has to be dealt with. Maybe he does 8 damage to minions with 7+ attack instead, so still works on almost all the same shit except Divine Shields and health buffs would stop him. Also Deathwing lives.
Knife Juggler (maybe) - Such an OP 2-drop. Should be looked at.
Alexstrasza (doubtful) - Enables so many combo decks, would be nice if they nerf it, but I don't see it happening. (Added it since it was mentioned above and seemed like a decent idea to me).
Arcane Golem (doubtful) - Just a very annoying addition to the aggro decks. There's plenty of charge minions to target, but this one would be most likely to see a change imo. I still doubt it happens. There's still Wolfrider/Bluegill/Leeroy as neutral charge minions, but Arcane Golem is the best bang for the buck. You can see it in face hunter, aggro druid, aggro shaman and Warlock (with PO+Faceless).
Abusive Sergeant (doubtful) - Such a versatile 1 drop but it only sees play in aggro and some warlock. Probably doesn't get nerfed, but I wouldnt be surprised if it sees a small change.
So that's my list & reasoning. It's only like 9 cards, and most I don't want changed too much.