Hearthstone 23: The Evil League of EVIL

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Galakrond(all varieties)
i thought he said it was like C`Thun and happened wherever your Galakrand was?
--just went and watched(a different video) but the lady talking said Galakrond gets to upgrade whether or not he is in your hand

Don't know what video you're talking about or who you're referring to. I've only looked at the set's announcement article on their website, the card gallery, and a couple of Trump's videos.

--edit-- fully upgraded battlecry is "destroy 4 random enemy minions. equip a 5/2 claw." --edit--
so seems like all of them are "lvl 1..doubled..doubled again + equip a 5/2 weapon"
and yes..any card like Galakrond (or quests) SHOULD show you in the gallery just what the bleep they give you

The Quests do show what they give you in the gallery. It's only the Galakrond upgrades and the "upgraded Mage spell" from the new Malygos that are missing.

But okay, if they all quadruple and get that weapon fully upgraded, that is pretty potent. The Priest one becomes a board wipe against most boards plus a weapon, the Warlock one builds a probably-strong board plus gets the weapon, and the Rogue one is a sprint worth of 0-mana cards plus the weapon. All very strong, and if they upgrade in your deck, seems good to me.

sharpshooter/dragonbane
the thought of these 2 together vs an empty board is scary
insta kill anything up to 7health w/o divine or up to 5 health with divine
thankfully that should be pretty rare

If you're a deck that isn't token-based and can't remove them, sure. Most Control decks can probably do the latter, though, and more aggressive decks are more tokeny and less good for Dragonbane, however.

waxadred
meh..we have already seen recycle rogue be pretty popular..this may bring it back

"Recycle Rogue?" What are you talking about?

other comment
you agreed with my point(certainly regarding the 4 cost) and then offered an example that power creep wasnt really that bad

and that example was from 2 expansions ago..out of, what..20?

I did not agree with your point, I was pointing out that the things you're comparing them for some kind of power level baseline have not been what we need to compare cards to for that for a very long time now, and in the case of the 6 drops never were.

Sathrovarr, the neutral legendary everyone gets for free, and that blizzcon attendees will get in golden

9 Mana 5/5 demon, Battlecry: choose a friendly minion, add a copy to your board, deck, and hand.

Huh. Seems... odd and iffy to me. Not even sure Holy Wrath Paladin wants it, honestly, seems like it would just dilute the deck, being neither draw, removal, nor part of their combo. To them it would be just what, a way to use Shirvalla before the combo while still putting him back in your deck? I get why they might want that, but this would only work on turn 9+, and after he's already been reduced to cost 0 (or 1 at most), so you're already in the very late game by then. I don't know, it's certainly a big value card, but feels too conditional to me.

For those evaluating Invoke, it's worth noting that not only makes Galakrond stronger it activates his Hero Power for free too.

1 Mana give a minion +1 attack sucks...but it ALSO draws a card that costs 0.

Can you trigger the battle cry via invoke if you haven't played him yet?

As Stevesciguy pointed out, it triggers the hero power, not the battlecry. So far, those are:

Rogue: Add a lackey to your hand.
Warlock: Summon two 1/1 Imps.
Priest: Add a random Priest minion to your hand.