No, you only got to see the classes. Actual deck contents were unknown. This is true for all major tournaments currently. However most classes only have 1 viable option, so you can guess a deck just by knowing the class. This will get shaken up with GvG which is exciting.
I keep going back and forth on how I feel with Bolvar.
First I think itās bad.
Then I think it has potential.
Then I think the potential isnāt worth it.
Then I remember Muster for Battle.
Idkā¦I think the tipping point is it not only being able to be silenced but the fact that itās a Legendary. You need to draw it really early and even with a mulligan thereās no guarantee. There is the dream though of Turn 2 minion, Turn 3 SoJ, Turn 4 Muster, Turn 5 Bolvar. Idk how amazing that would be though.
Atleast Bolvar current impression matches his current state now
This will be me when i run bolvar and top deck him in the late game
Bonus
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In the end, though, Minions that are 5 Mana and above should be doing something the turn they hit the board, or affect it in some way.
Bolvar does not. And you have to draw him early which takes up a hand slot on a Mulligan which could go to more relevant things, and heās able to be silenced, and heās a Legendary making it even less likely to draw him earlyā¦
Yeah, I think Iām ending on ābad cardā.
Bad to Meh card until all the cards are released for me. The rest of paladinās cards have to be absolutely insane to make bolvar good.
Bolvar should be unsilencable, and grow regardless of weather he is in the deck or in hand. There are all these cool legendaries like ysera where I dream of the possibilities should I ever get one, wonder if anyone is fantasizing about Bolvar possibilities.
Bolvar is fine. He isnāt too good or too bad. People talking about him getting silenced and stolen as if thats at all important to whether you should play him or not. If you think about it he is an on curve 4/7 alot of the time for Paladin or basically a Fuegen, not amazing not bad and has significant upside. As long as Silence isnāt super prevalent, it will still get plenty of play, just sucks against Priest.
That would be too crazy the other way. Everyone would be forced to hold BGH in hand against Paladin until Bolvar is dropped (or be Priest/Rogue). Either one way or the other. Iād rather have him be unsilenceable and thatās it. Making him unable to be silenced and growing in the deck would be obscene, especially in Paladin. āOh look, I top deck a 12/7 that you canāt silence down, hope you kept that BGHā.
The problem is that heās slow and unwieldy. He doesnāt make an impact on the board when dropped and every constructed deck is running at least one Ironbeak Owl (unless youāre Priest) because having Silence is already important. If you draw him early he takes up a hand slot that could be used for other things. If you draw him late, heās bad.
Just too much going against him right now. Again, make his thing a Transform or something that avoids a Silence and then he might be worth play.
Bolvar doesnāt seem good at all unless a way to maximize his value is developed a la Van Cleef. Otherwise, youāre not particularly better off than you would be playing Feugen.
If Bolvarās +1 bonus extended to minions on the board after he was played, like Ghoul, heād be fine.
People donāt run that much silence, and using one silence on a 4/7 5 drop doesnāt really make sense all the time, depending on what you expect to face. Sure if he comes out as a 6/7 for 5 maybe Iāll silence it or whatever its just not going to be always a Silence target unless you are running alot of Silence, which maybe people will, mass dispel is back baby! He just is completely average as it goes which kinda sucks for a class legendary I guess. But hey he could be King Krush.
The main problem is that you want to get him as a 4/7 5 drop or better, heāll HAVE to be in your opening hand.
If he comes any later his value gets reduced the longer he sits in your deck. You could potentially get value or āredeemā value with tokens but i feel itās far too inconsistent if heās silence able.
Another problem is that if you dont have him in your hand, youāll have to draw him as a dead card that slowly redeems value as the game goes on.
Itās a card for a reallyā¦ REALLY slow meta at best until more cards are released that might somehow redeem him.
Thats true. He is much worse if not in opening hand against super aggressive meta. Though Paladin is one of the classes that can drag shit out if they choose to with deck construction, whether that draggin will win or not is the problem, most of the time right now it would seem to be no, against other control decks.
That is one of Paladinās big issues. Paladin is designed from the ground up to be a control focused class, but it looses to other control decks! Itās very frustrating.
I had my best run with Paladin pre-Naxx with the Divine Favour rush deck. Partly because if you focus on Control Paladin, laddering takes forever.
Sitting on 4000 gold, but Iāll probably just keep grinding arenas even after the new cards are out.
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Well there is little point to spend gold on new card packs, since arena rewards will be goblins & gnomes only. However that means that the only way to get older cards is to craft or use gold to buy packs.
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Yeah my suggestion was over the top, hey I feel for paladin. I think unsilencable would be enough. Think of it as isā¦only useful if you get it in the beginning, and what best case it grows to 6/7 or something by turn 5? Ur minions actually have to die, meaning u have put out minions (as do you)ā¦and they have to be killed. In a typical game by turn 5 I donāt even know if it grows to 4/7. What if u donāt draw muster of battle? I canāt see any real reason this would be chosen over other 5 drops. Fuegen at least has a possibly beneficial deathrattle, and if u silence it still keeps its respectable stats. U silence this cardā¦it goes to a useless 1/7. Still we donāt know the full expansion yet, maybe there are other cards that will help this one.
I donāt think rarity should necessarily mean a card is better, however I donāt think legendaries should be useless. Has to be so disappointing for those that open one up in a pack. What are those odds againā¦1/20 packs? so 1 out of a 100 cardsā¦1%.
Whatās worse is when I see an epic, and get high hopes for brawl or prep or doomhammer, and instead get my 5th twisting nether
Also I donāt really think of bolvar as a regular 5 drop, more as a game closer. If all works out you can use a strong 5 drop, but otherwise Iāll be running him in control and using him as a finisher. If I actually get him. No way Iām crafting him lol
Id like to host a tournament shortly after GvG goes live, using the new spectator system. Should be fun. Hopefully we can get 8+ people to sign up.
Hoping they patch in the cards during this huge downtime
Time constraints are an issue for me, but Iām interested.
New cards up on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.810275045681932.1073741864.498467596862680&type=3
some highlights
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Pally White Weenie Deck Go!
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Reminds me of the old M:TG affinity keyword
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Mill deck go!
Pirate viable?
Synergy!
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Value Pally minions!
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Shammy Healing!
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And the card everyone has been waiting for:
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oh shit I think I called this a page back lol