From the Shadows - Patch #107
This week we’re focused on addressing some balance concerns in the current metagame, and we’ve also taken some steps to future-proof a few cards that have been recurring issues within the Skyweaver metagame for some time, adjusting their designs to be less volatile. There's also a special message.
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New Features ⭐
- Added USDC payment support for the Skypass!
Improvements 🦾
- Updated the Conquest page image to be cooler.
- Players with the longest wait times in queue are now prioritized when finding matches.
- Added the Slay icon on tooltips in the deckbuilder, card library, and market.
- Added an "own multiple copies" filter to the deckbuilder, card library, and market.
- Card backs in your opponent's hand are now more easily visible.
- Player’s Mana Crystals will now be visible at all times, even when the deck and graveyard sidebars are open.
- Merged the deck and grave sidebars on mobile.
- Added global effect boxes to the long press-inspection of the Hero on mobile.
- Improved the Ticket purchase flow so players automatically buy and burn the cheapest Silvers on the Market if they're below the default price of 1.5 USDC.
Changes ⚙️
- Hovering cards in your hand now opens the popup instantly.
- Clicking on cards in the action history now opens them full-screen.
- Storm Echo now cleans up dead Units between Spell casts.
Bugfixes 🐛
- Fixed layout issues on the Create Account page.
- Fixed a bug where clicking an old Spectate mode link would prevent you from watching that player's new matches.
- Fixed a bug where if your opponent declined queue it could prevent you from finding subsequent matches.
- Fixed a bug that showed incorrect values in the Master/Grandweaver rank bars.
- Fixed a bug that caused cards that play spells for you to always send them to the graveyard, breaking spells like Samya's Speed and On The Hunt.
- Fixed some missing text on the main Skyweaver screen in Firefox.
- Fixed the level number in the end-of-game screen.
- Fixed a crash when inspecting the card back on a Hero.
- Fixed various crashes caused by casting Spellbreaker.
- Fixed a bug where cards that kill a unit and then summon one (Mulch, Drone surge, Croakus Pocus, Elderfall, Spellbreaker) would fail to summon if the field was full.
- Fixed reward feed to show correct Stickers and Card backs.
Welcome to patch #107! This week we’re focused on addressing some balance concerns in the current metagame, and we’ve also taken some steps to future-proof a few cards that have been recurring issues within the Skyweaver metagame for some time, adjusting their designs to be less volatile. Our aim with these changes is to foster a more balanced and interactive metagame for our players, and a more enjoyable experience.
Only cards with modified discovery odds are shown here, but the CSV contains all cards.
| ID | Name | Prism | Discovery Rate | Discovery Rate Change | Conquest Discovery Winrate | Ranked Discovery Winrate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1072 | Air Rune | agy | 1.088% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 47.54% |
| 1050 | Backstab | agy | 0.622% | -0.311% | 0.00% | 49.12% |
| 1112 | Fair Ticket | agy | 0.622% | -0.311% | 0.00% | 49.55% |
| 1081 | Fire Rune | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.62% |
| 1066 | Grim Reprisal | agy | 1.010% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.59% |
| 1004 | Kook Book | agy | 1.010% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.49% |
| 1041 | Coffin Moth | agy | 0.932% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.83% |
| 1109 | Lightboarder | agy | 0.544% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 49.93% |
| 1021 | Lightning Vial | agy | 1.010% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.30% |
| 1025 | Noctourna | agy | 0.622% | -0.311% | 0.00% | 49.35% |
| 1064 | Pistol Shrimp | agy | 0.544% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 49.84% |
| 1036 | Rite Knight | agy | 0.932% | +0.389% | 0.00% | 48.68% |
| 1080 | Shredder | agy | 0.544% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 49.85% |
| 1090 | Sky Keeper | agy | 1.010% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.52% |
| 1079 | Slash | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.03% |
| 1052 | Snap Trap | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 50.64% |
| 1045 | Supersonic | agy | 1.010% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.38% |
| 1000 | Wane Blade | agy | 0.622% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 49.60% |
| 1031 | Bolt | agy | 0.544% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 50.05% |
| 1006 | Champ | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 48.97% |
| 1106 | Cyber Sniper | agy | 0.622% | -0.311% | 0.00% | 49.34% |
| 1027 | Dawn Blade | agy | 0.622% | -0.311% | 0.00% | 49.11% |
| 1011 | Fan of Knives | agy | 0.622% | -0.389% | 0.00% | 49.58% |
| 1077 | Honk | agy | 1.010% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.53% |
| 1093 | Lau Sensei | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 49.05% |
| 1089 | Righteous | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.44% |
| 1092 | Run Wild | agy | 1.088% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.01% |
| 1104 | Swarmsinger | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 48.85% |
| 1035 | Clapback | agy | 1.088% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.18% |
| 1095 | Crusher | agy | 1.010% | +0.389% | 0.00% | 48.55% |
| 1069 | Flank Rider | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 48.94% |
| 1038 | Hail of Arrows | agy | 0.622% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 49.33% |
| 1014 | Head in the Clouds | agy | 0.622% | -0.389% | 0.00% | 49.50% |
| 1057 | Riptide | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 48.80% |
| 1075 | Strige Strike | agy | 1.010% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.49% |
| 1018 | Uppercut | agy | 0.932% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.87% |
| 1096 | Dead Beats | agy | 1.010% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.56% |
| 1060 | Epic Eagle | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 51.37% |
| 1078 | Flame Volley | agy | 1.010% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 48.45% |
| 1030 | Flock | agy | 0.932% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 48.77% |
| 1034 | King Slay | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.46% |
| 1012 | Plane Ranger | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 50.93% |
| 1020 | Vlad | agy | 0.622% | -0.389% | 0.00% | 49.21% |
| 1110 | Wildland Biker | agy | 1.088% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 47.85% |
| 1003 | Hurricane | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 50.93% |
| 1023 | Mighty Steed | agy | 0.622% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 49.54% |
| 1024 | Scythe Mantis | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.44% |
| 1002 | Trydra | agy | 0.544% | +0.078% | 0.00% | 50.17% |
| 1074 | Mountain Lion | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 50.75% |
| 1117 | Wu-Kin Scrapper | agy | 0.466% | -0.078% | 0.00% | 51.32% |
| 1061 | Norsudovest | agy | 0.932% | +0.311% | 0.00% | 49.01% |
| 3018 | Avatar of Light | hrt | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.06% |
| 3025 | Bad Dreams | hrt | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.82% |
| 3051 | Crypto | hrt | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.45% |
| 3065 | Grubbs | hrt | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.90% |
| 3107 | Mechshroom | hrt | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.18% |
| 3084 | Shade | hrt | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.75% |
| 3112 | Tireless Iteration | hrt | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.65% |
| 3069 | Toil & Trouble | hrt | 0.846% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 51.48% |
| 3085 | Burning Blade | hrt | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.69% |
| 3083 | Carrion Crow | hrt | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.08% |
| 3082 | Glacia | hrt | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.08% |
| 3020 | Identity Crisis | hrt | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.31% |
| 3078 | Molten Heart | hrt | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.00% |
| 3067 | Shoal Siren | hrt | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.65% |
| 3044 | Sick Burn | hrt | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.93% |
| 3104 | Strige Swarm | hrt | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.32% |
| 3046 | Teenage Witch | hrt | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.99% |
| 3101 | Bouran's Ethos | hrt | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.53% |
| 3087 | Chill | hrt | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.57% |
| 3060 | Dead Weight | hrt | 0.808% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 51.12% |
| 3075 | Evermore | hrt | 0.846% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 51.85% |
| 3026 | Funeral Moon | hrt | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.17% |
| 3004 | Grimlord | hrt | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.60% |
| 3056 | Spore Blast | hrt | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.71% |
| 3053 | Temple Watch | hrt | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.81% |
| 3068 | Trident True | hrt | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.91% |
| 3041 | Twisted Metal | hrt | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.60% |
| 3066 | Vishiva | hrt | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.77% |
| 3042 | Angelo | hrt | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.11% |
| 3047 | Cleo | hrt | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.27% |
| 3028 | Dirge | hrt | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.94% |
| 3003 | Flame Phoenix | hrt | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.08% |
| 3113 | Rise From Scrap | hrt | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.23% |
| 3108 | Shady Dealer | hrt | 0.808% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.31% |
| 3117 | Festival Cannon | hrt | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.77% |
| 3013 | Forest Hart | hrt | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.20% |
| 3077 | Three Lashes | hrt | 0.692% | -0.115% | 0.00% | 50.44% |
| 3034 | Bard Rock | hrt | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.30% |
| 3059 | Glacial Hulk | hrt | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.33% |
| 3115 | Self Destruct | hrt | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.24% |
| 3022 | Wall of Dead | hrt | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.80% |
| 3002 | Allbane | hrt | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.47% |
| 3063 | Ancients Rise | hrt | 0.808% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.35% |
| 3111 | Harbinger | hrt | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.92% |
| 3045 | Hydrex | hrt | 0.731% | -0.115% | 0.00% | 50.63% |
| 3100 | Pharonis | hrt | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.28% |
| 3014 | Smite | hrt | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.26% |
| 4095 | Eye Spy | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.70% |
| 4073 | Glitter | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.51% |
| 4046 | Mulch | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.91% |
| 4112 | Ooh! Shiny! | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.27% |
| 4031 | Water Rune | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.97% |
| 4067 | Bubbles | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 49.29% |
| 4037 | Cross Reference | int | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 47.37% |
| 4098 | Jackrabbit | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 49.17% |
| 4076 | Mad Hat | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 48.95% |
| 4058 | Mutate | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 49.08% |
| 4093 | Professor | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.75% |
| 4099 | Subjugate | int | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 47.39% |
| 4000 | Blow Away | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 49.04% |
| 4033 | Electric Eel | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.95% |
| 4090 | Leonitus | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.46% |
| 4035 | Shrink Ray | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 48.95% |
| 4002 | Trapper Keeper | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.67% |
| 4001 | Wicked Twister | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.52% |
| 4065 | Curious | int | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 48.60% |
| 4102 | Encantadora | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 48.92% |
| 4043 | Gear Grind | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.15% |
| 4089 | Nakamoto | int | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 47.83% |
| 4051 | Necrosiss | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 48.94% |
| 4048 | Octomage | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.69% |
| 4047 | School of Fish | int | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 47.68% |
| 4108 | Torques | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.32% |
| 4004 | Frigid Blizzard | int | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 47.87% |
| 4100 | Mercurial Mimic | int | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 47.77% |
| 4092 | Puppet Master | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.45% |
| 4023 | Sapphire | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.45% |
| 4069 | Timber | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.39% |
| 4117 | Bit Shifter | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.32% |
| 4040 | Extinction Event | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 49.02% |
| 4032 | Orion | int | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 48.85% |
| 4118 | Overdrive! | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.72% |
| 4083 | Magnanimous | int | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.48% |
| 4018 | Zam | int | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 48.09% |
| 4115 | Glitchbreak | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.71% |
| 4012 | Cryogen | int | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 48.35% |
| 4019 | Cast in Chrome | int | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 49.23% |
| 33 | Axolotl | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.63% |
| 86 | Earth Rune | str | 0.808% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 50.88% |
| 71 | Getum Gang | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.62% |
| 100 | Icy Touch | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.54% |
| 65 | On the Hunt | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.45% |
| 16 | Stone Fist | str | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.15% |
| 41 | Unikron | str | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.84% |
| 17 | Breaker Crab | str | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.47% |
| 19 | Brimstone | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.62% |
| 53 | Earth Spike | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.79% |
| 78 | Fan Dancer | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.44% |
| 4 | Firesight | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.02% |
| 68 | Goblet of Armis | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.21% |
| 24 | Grimstone | str | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.66% |
| 76 | Grunk | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.09% |
| 13 | Halcyon | str | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.63% |
| 14 | Hyper Beam | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.80% |
| 21 | Psyche | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.71% |
| 80 | Shogun | str | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.88% |
| 54 | Sidekick | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.09% |
| 6 | Stomp | str | 0.808% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 51.15% |
| 95 | Suit Up | str | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.02% |
| 91 | Sunder | str | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.67% |
| 102 | Ada's Valor | str | 0.731% | -0.115% | 0.00% | 51.67% |
| 82 | Aqua Sword | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.19% |
| 28 | Browl | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.37% |
| 99 | Claw Swipe | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.30% |
| 26 | Gladiator | str | 0.846% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 50.33% |
| 40 | Glorious Mane | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.19% |
| 62 | Griff Scout | str | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.99% |
| 83 | Howl Geist | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.59% |
| 92 | Ironshell | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.03% |
| 105 | Jungle Guide | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.62% |
| 25 | Olifant | str | 0.654% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 52.28% |
| 44 | Rubble Devil | str | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.50% |
| 108 | Sonic Jammer | str | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.34% |
| 75 | Squiddy | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.83% |
| 9 | Tatt | str | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.24% |
| 30 | Archeloth | str | 0.808% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.30% |
| 73 | Beatle | str | 0.654% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 52.57% |
| 93 | Cloud Guard | str | 0.885% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 50.17% |
| 1 | Foul Stench | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.73% |
| 7 | Ifrit | str | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.20% |
| 98 | Mortal Blow | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.42% |
| 63 | Nightmare | str | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 52.24% |
| 67 | Puddo | str | 0.692% | -0.115% | 0.00% | 52.12% |
| 49 | Rodent Problem | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 49.45% |
| 50 | Volcanic Blast | str | 0.885% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.11% |
| 88 | Aegis of Light | str | 0.846% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 50.79% |
| 18 | Band Together | str | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 50.85% |
| 58 | Chomp | str | 0.731% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.65% |
| 29 | Frank | str | 0.808% | +0.077% | 0.00% | 51.06% |
| 84 | Hammerhead | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.94% |
| 36 | Mushka | str | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.92% |
| 117 | Blood of Yxxath | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.52% |
| 11 | Burninate | str | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.81% |
| 3 | Geod | str | 0.808% | +0.115% | 0.00% | 51.27% |
| 15 | Gift of Swords | str | 0.692% | +0.038% | 0.00% | 51.95% |
| 120 | Hugeify | str | 0.731% | -0.077% | 0.00% | 51.47% |
| 116 | Dracoimpact | str | 0.846% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.34% |
| 46 | El Monstruo | str | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.94% |
| 12 | Weighted Die | str | 0.808% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 50.88% |
| 23 | Tiamat | str | 0.692% | -0.038% | 0.00% | 51.84% |
Buster, Squire (110)
Power:
1
→
2
Health:
3
→
1
We are making a few adjustments to some of the strongest Strength cards to adjust their dominance in the metagame slightly. Buster in particular is a card a number of players have noted as particularly frustrating, so we’ve significantly reduced its health to make it easier to combat and answer, while providing a small power buff to compensate.
Reinforce (2)
Cost:
4
→
5
Text:
Summon two Armis Guard. Give ally units with guard +1/+1.
↓
Summon two Armis Guard. Give ally units +1/+1.
Another adjustment to a Strength over-perfomer, returning Reinforce to 5 cost and allowing it to buff all units rather than simply those with Guard. We were concerned about its playability in the face of the Armis Guard nerf, but since it synergizes with Armis Guards, that served as its own form of buff. We are confident that Reinforce should remain a solid choice in the face of this change.
Shogun (80)
Power:
2
→
3
Health:
4
→
3
A bit of an over-performer, but we like Strength having powerful units to help establish a board early and mid-game. In keeping with this, we are moving one of Shogun's health points to power in an effort to make it a bit easier to remove without impacting its viability too harshly.
Burn Out (1007)
Text:
Draw four cards. Dust your deck.
↓
Draw four cards. Dust ten cards from your deck.
A "Buff" to a card that generally underperforms. Burn Out now only dusts 10 cards from your deck, making for a less steep cost when played, while also limiting its ability to instantly delete its user's entire deck in one fell swoop. This makes it less effective at enabling strategies revolving around deleting one's entire deck.
Pandora (1010)
Health:
2
→
3
Spell:
Brainstorm
→
Barrier
A future-proof driven change/buff to a generally underperforming card. Pandora's attached Brainstorm was a bit of a recurring balance concern. Brainstorm Often served to power combo decks that abused its power to win the game extremely early without really contributing to the design of Pandora as a whole. We felt Brainstorm was too unstable, so we have removed it from Pandora, but given her +1 health and Barrier to allow her to stick on board more reliably.
Mechshroom (3107)
Text:
Death: Return this unit to deck. It gains +2/+2 for the rest of this
game.
↓
Death: Return this unit to deck. It gains +1/+1 for the rest of this
game.
Health:
2
→
3
A nerf to a card that was creating frustrating experiences for newer users. Mechshroom now starts with 1 additional health, making it a more viable early-game play, but now scales by only +1/+1 per death, making its growth rate in the early game far slower and giving less experienced users more time to play around it. Generally we don't like nerfing cards that aren't doing well in the metagame, but we do make exceptions for those that are creating frustrating or unenjoyable player experiences.
Nakamoto (4089)
Text:
Summon: Dust spells in your deck. Give your hero +1 health for
each.
↓
Summon: Dust ten spells from your deck. Give your hero +1 health for
each dusted.
Traits:
stealth
→
None
A similar change to Burn Out, Nakamoto will now only dust up to 10 of its user's spells when summoned, making it much less effective at deleting its user's whole deck. While these kinds of strategies were interesting, and we tried to preserve them for some time, they led to frustrating experiences for players and fostered a gameplay style that added RNG to the game. Additionally, the existence of cards capable of deleting their user’s entire deck limits our ability to design changes to the Conjure/Fatigue system in the future, as such cards would be over-impacted by any changes to that system.
Mass Confuse (4007)
Cost:
6
→
7
A +1 cost nerf to a card that has been ubiquitous in intellect decks. Mass Confuse is a mass removal tool that’s successful in two avenues: unit destruction and disruption. It is also one-sided, only damaging enemy units. This combination of damage that can kill almost any unit and the application of Dazed resulted in a really robust tool that was just too consistent for its cost.
Extinction Event (4040)
Cost:
7
→
6
Traits:
wither
→
None
Extinction Event is swapping its spot on the curve with Mass Confuse and losing Wither. Extinction Event has underperformed for a long time, as its competition is pretty steep. We feel this new version is less consistent due to the loss of Wither, but more efficient, giving Intellect some compensation for the Mass Confuse nerf.
Iron Mask (4070)
Text:
Is 0 cost if your deck is empty. Give your hero armor and banner.
↓
Is 3 cost if your deck has no units. Give your hero armor and
banner.
A change to compensate for the change to Nakamoto; Iron Mask now costs 3 mana if your deck contains no Units, rather than if your deck contains no cards at all. This should open up some new space for Intellect decks, which are already traditionally spell heavy, providing them a powerful incentive to limit or exclude units from their deck. We hope this will open up new deck design space.
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