Hearthstone Arena Drafting!

[GAAD]

12: Jormengand: Zombie Chow over meh
13:Dragon Egg/Savagery/Mana Wraith

My thoughts - Mana Wraith could have some use - after all, it's a negative wild growth, but applied to both players.
Savagery is garbage - I have no bite/claw/BlingTron, after all.
Dragon Egg could be useful as an AoE detterent, or as a target for MoN.

[Jormengand]

Egg; you have too many minions for wraith to be a good idea.

[GAAD]

13: Jormengand: Dragon Egg over garbage
14:Darkscale Healer/Voodoo Doctor/Spider Tank

[The Glyphstone]

Spider tank. Draft ALL THE MECHS.

Also because it's a good 3-drop in its own right.

[GAAD]

14: The Glyphstone: Spider Tank for Synergy AND Value
15:Clockwork Gnome#2/Savage Roar/Reckless Rocketeer

[The Glyphstone]

Ooh. Tough one. Gnome is even more synergy, but Savage Roar is combo-tastic and you are minion heavy.

Go with Roar.

[Jormengand]

Seconding roar.

[GAAD]

15: The Glyphstone: Savage Roar for Combo
16:Force Tank MAX/Druid of the Flame/Stormwind Champion

[Jormengand]

I'd take MAX. Because it's worth on its own, and it's a tank.

[Gandariel]

A few more comments from the picks i missed:

9:Tinkertown Technician/Mark of the Wild/Clockwork Gnome - Jormengand: Clockwork Gnome for Curve

I would have said Tinkertown > Mark of the Wild > Clockwork Gnome. Seriously. one health stuff is BAD in arena. and not needed in curve

12:Blackwing Technician/Zombie Chow/Voodoo Doctor - Jormengand: Zombie Chow over meh
Voodoo doctor is not meh, it's absolute garbage. agree with the pick obviously

13:Dragon Egg/Savagery/Mana Wraith - Jormengand: Dragon Egg over garbage
Mana Wraith > Savagery >>>>> Dragon Egg. That thing needs an activator or it's just useless. Savagery is a Moonfire for one, and Mana wraith is baaarely passable, but still a CARD

As for the current pick, i'd go Druid of the flame for stats.

[GAAD]

Oh no, we need a tiebreaker! Especially since my gut was going Stormwind. But yeah, DotF is pretty good; either way it's better than a vanilla 3-drop.

[Mando Knight]

As for the current pick, i'd go Druid of the flame for stats.

Agreed. Druid of the Flame is a solid 2/5 most of the time, and a 5/2 for 3 also has its uses. Force-Tank is fine, but you don't want too many big late-game cards.

[Kish]

Force Tank MAX, absolutely.

[GAAD]

Well, let's look at our curve.
We have 4 3-mana cost cards, 1 of which is a buff, one of which is a combo, which leaves 2 cards to play on turn 3, a 3/3 potentially a 4/4, and a 3/4.
Our late game has a 4/2 charge divine shield, a 7/6 spare part generator, and a 7/7, 3 cards to play late-game.

Considering the quality of our respective drops, I'm inclined to pick the Druid of the Flame and hope we don't get it off a Deathlord.

16: Mando Knight: Druid of the Flame for Curve
17:Soul of the Forest/Mechanical Yeti#2/Ironbark Protector

[Jormengand]

I'd take the other Mechyeti but I dunno.

[The Glyphstone]

Ironbark. Commander is a 6-drop, but only 4 Attack means he can't trade with other heavy-weight cards. Nothing short of a Legendary can go toe-to-toe with an Ironbark, so either it eats unconditional removal or goes almost guaranteed 2-for-1 (and he devastates topdeck wars if you end up in one). So you really only have 2 endgame cards.

Should probably be your last 6+ card unless something amazing comes up, but Arenas usually go long, so not stalling out there is crucial.

[GAAD]

17: The Glyphstone: Ironbark Protector for Value
18:Mark of Nature#2/Stonetusk Boar/Novice Engineer

I'm thinking Novice, because it's card draw and ANY 2-drop. Except that the card kinda sucks.

[The Glyphstone]

Eh, I guess. It sucks, but it also cycles, letting you draw into your beef faster.

[GAAD]

18: The Glyphstone: Novice Engineer over garbage
19:Dancing Swords/Cult Master/Ironfur Grizzly

Considering how many minions I have, is Cult Master a good idea here?

[Jormengand]

I'd take Ironfury for being a decent taunt.

Why are you listening to my opinions again?

[Kish]

Eh...Ironfur Grizzly.

[Fleeing Coward]

Cult Master is a no brainer in my opinion. It's the best card there by a big margin.

[GAAD]

Plus we need a 4-drop.

19: Fleeing Coward - Cult Master for Value
20:Hungry Crab/Mini Mage/Big Game Hunter

I think this is easy bgh right?

[MacGiolla]

Yep bgh is the pick

[Mando Knight]

Definitely easy BGH here.

Mini Mage is like a weird, more vulnerable Jungle Panther most of the time, and you have yet to draw any use for the Spell Power (other than the Savagery that was passed up), and Hungry Crab will likely see much less value than the BGH, even if Puddlestomper is a decent Arena card. BGH kills the big stuff that is run because they aren't expecting it to be drafted, and even if you never see a 7+ attack minion, it's got the best body out of the three.

[Anxe]

BGH will usually kill something in an Arena match. So will Hungry Crab. But BGH kills something much more significant.

[GAAD]

20: MacGiolla: Big Game Hunter over garbage
21:Oasis Snapjaw/Shattered Sun Cleric/Starfire

I think we're good on 3 drops, so the question is cycle and removal or a mediocre 4-drop?

[The Glyphstone]

Starfire - cycle and removal is good, particularly at 5 damage. And it can hit face for a surprise burst if you really need to.

[GAAD]

21: The Glyphstone: Starfire for burst
22:Novice Engineer#2/Savage Roar#2/Innervate

[The Glyphstone]

Innervate. Druid Star card, especially this late. Faster beef is better beef.