(April 22nd, 2016, 12:57)picklepikkl Wrote: It seems like they're pushing deathrattle rogue as a thing; I feel like the idea is that rogue is supposed to be the new Zoo, and Zoo maintained board control with value trades and single-target rather than AOE.
Sure, druid got hit hard with the Nerf-rolled-up-newspaper, but I'm incredibly excited about Fandral Staghelm coupled with druid spells. Wrath is 2 mana 4-damage draw 1! Raven Idol is discover a spell and a minion! Starfall is a giant middle finger! And Fandral's mana cost means you can reasonably drop him and a powered-up spell in the same turn. Sure, there's the Fandral->Innervate->10/10 taunt Ancient of War dream, but if I'm excited about pairing Fandral with any creature, it's Druid of the Flame. The nice thing is that these cards are mostly good on their own; they just get upgraded to "stupid" when paired with Fandral.
I was just starting to play Hearthstone for the first time since Naxx when they go and change everything. I've doubled down on the druid by dusting the ancients of lore and force of nature and putting them into Fandral. Of course I don't have raven idol or druid of the flame and probably never will (the gold cost of expansions pretty much drove me to quit the game in the first place and I wouldn't pay for cards on principle). But at worst, Fandral is a 3/5 soft taunt for 4 mana. I'm experimenting with token druid, and Fandral is basically like a more dangerous violet teacher. At worst a reasonable 4 drop and at best something crazy happens that probably wins you the game. If people start running anti-zoo decks, it may kill my token druid but either way this should be a good value card.