Hearthstone Arena Drafting!

[GAAD]

Let's make an Arena run. The first pick has already been made by CarpeGuitarrem.

Class: Druid

Spoiler: Draft: High on Mechs

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1:Imp Master/Mech-Bear-Cat/Volcanic Lumberer - CarpeGuitarrem: Mech-Bear Cat for solid value+upside
2:Wisp/Andonized Robo Cub/Frostwolf Warlord - Gandariel: Andonized Robo Cub over garbage
3:Mark of Nature/Cult Master/Dread Corsair - Jormengand: Mark of Nature for useful buff
4:Leper Gnome/Mechanical Yeti/Shattered Sun Cleric - The Glyphstone: Mechanical Yeti for Value
5:Core Hound/War Golem/Mogu'shan Warden - Mando Knight: War Golem over garbage
6:Mark of Nature#2/Tinkertown Technician/Bloodsail Raider - Jormengand: Tinkertown Technician for Synergy
7:Dragonkin Sorcerer/Youthful Brewmaster/Druid of the Fang - Gandariel: Youthful Brewmaster for Value
8:Mad Bomber/Sen'jin Shieldmasta/Lost Tallstrider - Jormengand: Sen'Jin Shieldmasta for Value
9:Tinkertown Technician/Mark of the Wild/Clockwork Gnome - Jormengand: Clockwork Gnome for Curve
10:Argent Commander/Injured Blademaster/Arcane Golem - Kish: Argent Commander over garbage
11:Sen'jin Shieldmasta#2/Venture Co Mercenary/Mark of Nature#2 - Thirsting: Venture Co Mercenary for Value
12:Blackwing Technician/Zombie Chow/Voodoo Doctor - Jormengand: Zombie Chow over meh
13:Dragon Egg/Savagery/Mana Wraith - Jormengand: Dragon Egg over garbage
14:Darkscale Healer/Voodoo Doctor/Spider Tank - The Glyphstone: Spider Tank for Synergy AND Value
15:Clockwork Gnome#2/Savage Roar/Reckless Rocketeer - The Glyphstone: Savage Roar for Combo
16:Force Tank MAX/Druid of the Flame/Stormwind Champion - Mando Knight: Druid of the Flame for Curve
17:Soul of the Forest/Mechanical Yeti#2/Ironbark Protector - The Glyphstone: Ironbark Protector for Value
18:Mark of Nature#2/Stonetusk Boar/Novice Engineer - The Glyphstone: Novice Engineer over garbage
19:Dancing Swords/Cult Master/Ironfur Grizzly - Fleeing Coward: Cult Master for Value
20:Hungry Crab/Mini Mage/Big Game Hunter - MacGiolla: Big Game Hunter over garbage
21:Oasis Snapjaw/Shattered Sun Cleric/Starfire - The Glyphstone: Starfire for burst
22:Novice Engineer#2/Savage Roar#2/Innervate - The Glyphstone: Innervate for Value
23:Stonetusk Boar/Stranglethorn Tiger/Bloodfen Raptor - Zevox: Bloodfen Raptor for Curve
24:Abusive Sergeant/Flesheating Ghoul/Clockwork Gnome#2 - The Glyphstone: Flesheating Ghoul for Curve
25:Gilblin Stalker/Druid of the Flame#2/Southsea Deckhand - Zevox: Gilblin Stalker for Curve
26:Tinkertown Technician#2/Flying Machine/Archmage - Divayth Fyr: Tinkertown Technician#2 for Synergy
27:Emperor Cobra/Azure Drake/Crazed Alchemist - The Glyphstone: Azure Drake for Value
28:Mechanical Yeti#2/Druid of the Fang/Burly Rockjaw Trogg - Zevox: Mechanical Yeti#2 for Value AND Synergy
29:Magma Rager/Cult Master#2/Spider Tank#2 - Kish: Spider Tank#2 for Synergy
30:Tree of Life/Hobgoblin/Junkbot - Kish: Junkbot for Synergy and over Even Worse Garbage

Spoiler: Decklist: High on Mechs

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Innervate
Clockwork Gnome
Dragon Egg
Zombie Chow

Andonized Robo Cub
Bloodfen Raptor
Gilblin Stalker
Novice Engineer
Youthful Brewmaster

Mark of Nature
Savage Roar
Big Game Hunter
Druid of the Flame
Flesheating Ghoul
2x Spider Tank
2x Tinkertown Technician

Cult Master
2x Mechanical Yeti
Sen'Jin Shieldmasta

Azure Drake
Junkbot
Venture Co. Mercenary

Starfire
Argent Commander
Mech-Bear-Cat

War Golem

Ironbark Protector

[Gandariel]

Cub Is not really amazing and his effect rarely matters, but Frostwolf doesn't particularly shine in Druid. Go with the mech.

[Mando Knight]

Cub Is not really amazing and his effect rarely matters, but Frostwolf doesn't particularly shine in Druid. Go with the mech.

Agreed. Robo-Cub isn't amazing, but it's a pretty standard 2-drop no matter which way you summon it.

[GAAD]

2:Gandariel - Andonized Robo Cub over garbage
3:Mark of Nature/Cult Master/Dread Corsair

[Mando Knight]

Corsair is useless in a no-weapons class, so that's right out. Mark of Nature is useful, though I don't know how it stacks up to Cult Master this early in the draft.

[Jormengand]

I'd go Mark of Nature - it allows you to trade bigger, and save your face if you're about to get killed, or hide something like the aforementioned cult master behind it.

[GAAD]

3:Jormengand - Mark of Nature for Useful Buff
4:Leper Gnome/Mechanical Yeti/Shattered Sun Cleric

[The Glyphstone]

Yeti is solid value, with more Spare Parts.

[GAAD]

4: The Glyphstone: Mechanical Yeti for Value
5:Core Hound/War Golem/Mogu'shan Warden

[Mando Knight]

Golem. All three are bad, but I feel that the Golem is the least bad.

[The Glyphstone]

Agreed. Golem is solid vanilla, and we'll be happy for him now if we don't get an Ironbark later.

[GAAD]

5: Mando Knight: War Golem over garbage
6:Mark of Nature#2/Tinkertown Technician/Bloodsail Raider

[Jormengand]

Tinker, given the mechs you have.

[GAAD]

6: Jormengand: Tinkertown Technician for Synergy
7:Dragonkin Sorcerer/Youthful Brewmaster/Druid of the Fang

[Gandariel]

Youthful brewmaster because generic 2-drop with potential upside.

Also, pick 3 was IMO wrong. Mark of nature Is bad (Mark of the Wild is decent) and cult master is at least OK

[Jormengand]

I would say dragonkin because you have spells that target your own d00ds and have no beasts yet, nor do you really have anything you really want to return to hand but I'd see what someone else says.

EDIT: Yeah, I was thinking of the wrong mark. Still, potential for a better trade so ehh.

[GAAD]

7: Gandariel: Youthful Brewmaster for Value
8:Mad Bomber/Sen'jin Shieldmasta/Lost Tallstrider

Hey, I consider Mark of Nature to be fine. Put a 2-drop on, then turn 3 taunt it up and trade 2 for 1 at least. Played on my Brewmaster, I have a turn 3 Fen Creeper, which is nothing to scoff at.

[Jormengand]

I don't really know what to take but I'd say shieldmasta? I don't know, don't trust me on this pick.

[Gandariel]

Trust him. Tas dingo is always good and we aren't desperate for a 2 drop now. (Although bomber IS a great card)

[GAAD]

8: Jormengand: Sen'Jin Shieldmasta for Value
9:Tinkertown Technician/Mark of the Wild/Clockwork Gnome

Wow, this Arena REALLY wants to be a mech.dec

[Jormengand]

Decent 1-drop is decent.

[GAAD]

9: Jormengand: Clockwork Gnome for Curve
10:Argent Commander/Injured Blademaster/Arcane Golem

[Kish]

Argent Commander is better than the other two.

[Jormengand]

What can I say, I like curves.

Anyway, what do we have, three mana up against a divine shield and not giving your opponent a wild growth for nothing?

I would take Argent, but that's only because arcane just annoys me conceptually. I don't really have an idea.

[The Glyphstone]

If we had anything that could heal so far, I'd go blademaster, but I'm in favor of the Commander as well.

[GAAD]

10: Kish: Argent Commander over garbage
11:Sen'jin Shieldmasta#2/Venture Co Mercenary/Mark of Nature#2

[thirsting]

Venture Co. to catch all the fireballs.

[Anxe]

Yeah, definitely Venture Co.

[GAAD]

11: Thirsting: Venture Co Mercenary for Value
12:Blackwing Technician/Zombie Chow/Voodoo Doctor

I dunno, I think maybe Zombie Chow over garbage?

[Jormengand]

Zmobie. Zmobie over meh. Less over garbage (voodoc's not bad in his own way), but over meh.