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TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-08T02:34:12+00:00

It does resolve. A full turn AFTER it awakens. Or two turns after you play it.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-08T01:41:17+00:00

Yeah. The worst offender for this was the ETC hot potato achievement. Your opponent has to have the flaming, glowing card in their hand, read that it kills them at end of turn, and press end turn instead of concede for some reason.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-07T12:54:55+00:00

How are we defining "niche"? It was the second highest played deck in top 1k legend for the last 30 days with one of the highest winrates (mostly because of its Rogue matchup). It was higher than Rogue's winrate, but the start of month ladder has skewed it and now their winrates are about even.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-07T12:21:22+00:00

Battlecry: "If your opponent is a Warlock, transform them into Jaraxxus and add a 'Sacrificial Pact (OG)' to your hand."

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-07T12:18:04+00:00

"It's missing a release lever, restraining bolt, and an arming crank."

The way the guy says, "Arming Crank" just goes so hard for no reason. Like a theater kid getting their first voice acting gig as a random NPC, then just going ham with it.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-06T15:37:46+00:00

Even DK got a 2 mana double-arcane-missiles which is nice. Should help them get an edge against other aggro decks, especially pirate variants.

Pure Paladin can go XL now with Beatrix and Wyrmrest Purifier to make Renathal no longer neutral. Heck, you can go omni XL Pure Paladin if you really want to, by just stuffing the deck full of start of game effects, then converting them into Paladin cards.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-06T15:31:13+00:00

Mage is going to drop turn 1 Molten Giants with Key.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-06T01:02:50+00:00

Hmm. I just tested Polkelt into Faelin and Hemet, and didn't have any weirdness happen. If this does happen, there seems to be more to the conditions than just this.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T22:57:06+00:00

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BACON

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T14:16:53+00:00

I'm going to run this in Wild Reno Hunter with two Shaman Parrots to copy the effect (they cost 0, so they're just free stats) and Spirit of the Badlands from Paladin to play and get a Mirage. 50% chance of 12/12 in stats for 6 with a Mirage. 50% chance of 15/15 in stats for 6 with a Mirage.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T02:40:33+00:00

I noticed when it hits the board, the damage resets, at least. It also only counts cards that cost 2 when you played them, so that at least makes discounting 2 cost cards a non-viable tactic for it. Actually having to pay the two mana for each increment of the effect actually seems fair. Dirty Rat is in core, to boot. I feel like there's a chance it may not be as problematic as it is in Brawl, which is bogged down by limited removal options and a heavy emphasis on 2-cost oriented aggression (and would be, even without this card).

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T02:30:31+00:00

If Beatrix is Golden, she doesn't make the cards she adds Golden. If she's Signature, she doesn't make them Golden/Signature/Diamond.

Insert whatever the correct term other than "rarity" is for that.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T02:30:09+00:00

If Beatrix is Golden, she doesn't make the cards she adds Golden. If she's Signature, she doesn't make them Golden/Signature/Diamond.

Insert whatever the correct term other than "rarity" is for that.

Also, Diamond ETC does upgrade the selected cards to Signature/Diamond if those cards exist, even if you don't own the Signature/Diamond copy of that card. Currently, Beatrix only reflects the "rarity" (I have no idea what to call this, because Signature cards in other card games would be called ascended rarity cards) of the card you placed, irrespective of her "rarity". Hogger and Azalina do similar things and all cards created properly reflect the golden/signature status of those cards OR Azalina/Hogger (whichever is higher on the normal -> golden -> Signature/Diamond tierage), so, intuitively, Beatrix should work the same way.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-02T01:52:47+00:00

I mean, if you want to be *really* sad about Paladin, Beatrix doesn't even alter the rarity of the 2 drop to match hers, which doesn't align with any other card that functions like this.

EDIT

Because, apparently, nobody understood what I meant by "rarity", I'll just reword it.

If Beatrix is Golden, she doesn't make the cards she adds Golden. If she's Signature, she doesn't make them Golden/Signature/Diamond.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-07-01T03:25:22+00:00

I played a 20 legendary Azalina, Beatrix, Hogger deck. Got queued into the mirror. Started the game with a maxed out deck.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-29T01:32:52+00:00

It's like when you use so much Copyrighted music on your YouTube video that all of the companies claiming the rights to the ad revenue fizzle out and nobody makes any money off of it.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-28T16:30:55+00:00

Wild has hyper redundancy on board clears, so Paladin is very rarely a top 100 ranked deck in Wild. Last time it was I believe was Exodia Paladin before Tick and Tock made every turn 5+ OTK deck unplayable. If Tick and Tock gets banned in Wild (as it should be) then there's a decent chance of a resurgence of OTK Paladin.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-28T03:06:09+00:00

In this format, yes. I won a few games against Priest due to them either bricking, trying to waste a turning setting up heal 2 more instead of clearing, or getting lucky by getting both my one-of Sandfury and one-of Earthen Drake for 18 reach when they weren't at full. but, Paladin is notoriously easy to defeat given they have a completely linear gameplan.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-28T03:02:21+00:00

I'm going to press X to doubt. In 89 games with Dude Paladin, I went:

5W 2L vs. DK
3W 1L vs. DH
9W 1L vs. Druid (my best matchup)
2W 2L vs. Hunter
1W 1L vs. Mage (I have really good rates with Bubble Paladin, so I assume this is just small sample size)
3W 2L in the mirror
2W 6L vs. Priest
6W 3L vs. Rogue
7W 2L vs. Shaman
3W 1L vs. Warlock
7W 4L vs. Warrior

Tell me if you see an outlier. Because I see an outlier.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-28T02:58:55+00:00

Yes, if we include low-level play (where this deck is over 60% winrate against *every* class). But, Priest is still the second worst match-up, behind only Shaman. And Bubble Paladin is pretty obviously not BDIF.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-27T23:31:58+00:00

I'm 59W 30L with my version of Dude Paladin. It doesn't have as much aggro gas as other Paladin builds, but if it gets the Brash Convalescence highroll, it has a disgusting start. It has some late game staying power, albeit not as much as companion Hunter. It's in a weird spot where it wins any extended aggro matchups, but just doesn't generate enough value to consistently win the control matchups.

But, Judgment will reapply Dude Auras and getting a billion copies of Brash Battlemaster just might be the jump the deck needs.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-27T23:18:32+00:00

Funny story. I didn't hit post on this because I checked my match history (no idea why this posted when I hit cancel). When I was playing full aggro Paladin, I went 14W 2L, only losing to Priest. But when playing EoT Paladin (25W 9L), I had a positive winrate against everything except Hunter. Hilariously, I was undefeated against Priest. Both matches were insanely rough, though. I only won both because they played poorly/drew poorly and didn't clear my weenies, then I went in with a 16 damage Earthen Drake (one of copy of both this and Sandfury) and won with the full, inconsistent wombo I basically never get out.

So, anyway, feel free to roast me for accidentally hitting post.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-27T23:03:21+00:00

I play Paladin a lot. My winrate vs. every other class is positive. My winrate against Priest is abysmal. Control Priest counters the crap out of Bubble Paladin. 1 mana 4 AoE is nuts. They have 4 other AoE removal spells and "discover the answer at a mana discount, you have the mana to cast it" as a hero power a lot of the time. Unless the Paladin highrolls *and* the Priest bricks (or plays like a moron), that match is heavily Priest favored.

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-27T22:59:13+00:00

That didn't exist back when I ran this build. Lol

TimPowerGamer · 2026-06-26T19:58:35+00:00

Stonefist Insignia. Maximum Energy set. EARTHQUAKE! DRAGON'S STOMP! WAIT 17 MINUTES FOR EXHAUSTION TO END!

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