[Hearthstone] Whispers of the Old Gods Review 6 

Here's a list of the cards 0:30 Addled Grizzly 1:26 Fandral Staghelm 2:55 Feral Rage 4:25 Forbidden Ancient 4:59 Carrion Grub 5:50 Fiery Bat 6:46 Infested Wolf 7:32 On the Hunt 8:03 Anomalus 8:58 Cult Sorcerer 9:18 Shatter 10:12 A Light in the Darkness 11:03 Divine Strength 11:58 Rallying Blade 12:55 Selfless Hero 13:56 Darkshire Alchemist 14:50 Hooded Alcolyte 15:36 Power Word: Tentacles 16:55 Twilight Darkmender 17:24 Bladed Cultist 18:03 Blade of C'Thun 19:35 Journey Below 20:23 Shadow Strike 21:07 Southsea Squidface 21:58 Eternal Sentinel 23:09 Evolve 24:10 Flamewreathed Faceless 25:20 Primal Fusion 26:18 Stormcrack 27:07 Darkshire Councilman 28:16 Darkshire Librarian 28:32 Forbidden Ritual 29:32 Usher of Souls 29:52 Blood To Ichor 31:08 Bloodhoof Brave 32:23 Bloodsail Cultist 33:12 Malkorok 34:19 Aberrant Berserker 34:42 Am'gam Rager 34:49 Bilefin Tidehunter 35:54 Blackwater Pirate 36:40 Bog Creeper 37:37 Corrupted Seer 38:38 Crazed Worshipper 38:58 Cyclopian Horror 40:02 Darkspeaker 40:48 Disciple of C'Thun 41:20 Doomcaller 42:02 Duskboar 42:10 Eldritch Horror 42:24 Evolved Kobold 42:57 Faceless Behemoth 43:01 Grotesque Dragonhawk 43:36 Midnight Drake 43:50 Nat, the Darkfisher 44:20 Nerubian Prophet 45:15 Psych-O-Tron 45:45 Silithid Swarmer 46:11 Squirming Tentacle 46:25 Twilight Geomancer 46:56 Twin Emperor Vek'lor 47:05 Twin Emperor Vek'nilash 47:10 Twisted Worgen 47:32 Zealous Initiate 48:10 Dark Arakkoa 48:50 Princess Huhuran 50:23 Shifter Zerus

Please kripp slow down the fucking pace! JUST CHILL , we can, and want to watch a 2 hour video!

who was at the stream watching him edit this video? FeelsGoodMan

Spent 53 minutes watching this and I don't even play hearthstone.

53:07

Finally, I can build a 30 murloc deck !!

so basically, nothing will see constructed play

Who else went "wtf" seeing Power Word: Tentacles

God bless 1.5 speed.

What about my new enemy Am'gam "Powercreeped" Rager ?!

It was confirmed in the livestream Kripp as an FYI that with Fandral Staghelm Druid of the claw and flame will be a 4/6 taunt with charge and a 5/5 respectively. They made separate art for those cards too which should be cool!

Every card in this video. DRUID- Addled Grizzly 0:30 Fandral Staghelm 1:26 Feral Rage 2:55 Forbidden Ancient 4:26 Dark Arakkoa 48:09 HUNTER- Carrion Grub 5:00 Fiery Bat 5:50 Infested Wolf 6:47 On the Hunt 7:34 Princess Huhuran 48:50 MAGE- Anomalus 8:05 Cult Sorcerer 8:59 Shatter 9:18 PALADIN- A Light in the Darkness 10:12 Divine Strength 11:04 Rallying Blade 11:58 Selfless Hero 12:57 PRIEST- Darkshire Alchemist 13:57 Hooded Acolyte 14:50 Power Word: Tentacles 15:35 Twilight Darkmender 16:56 ROGUE- Bladed Cultist 17:25 Blade of C'Thun 18:04 Journey Below 19:35 Shadow Strike 20:24 Southsea Squidface 20:59 SHAMAN- Eternal Sentinel 21:58 Evolve 23:10 Flamewreathed Faceless 24:10 Primal Fusion 25:20 Stormcrack 26:19 WARLOCK- Darkshire Councilman 27:07 Darkshire Libraian 28:17 Forbidden Ritual 28:33 Usher of Souls 29:33 WARRIOR- Blood To Ichor 29:53 Bloodhoof Brave 31:09 Bloodsail Cultist 32:24 Malkorok 33:13 NEUTRAL- Aberrant Berserker 34:20 Am'gam Rager (LOL) 34:45 Bilefin Tidehunter 34:51 Blackwater Priate 35:55 Bog Creeper 36:40 Corrupted Seer 37:38 Crazed Worshipper 38:38 Cyclopian Horror 39:00 Dark Speaker 40:03 Disciple of C'Thun 40:49 Doomcaller 41:20 Duskboar 42:02 Eldritch Horror 42:10 Evolved Kobold 42:25 Faceless Behemoth 42:58 Grotesque Dragonhawk 43:03 Midnight Drake 43:36 Nat, the Darkfisher 43:51 Nerubian Prophet 44:20 Psych-o-Tron 45:15 Silithid Swarmer 45:45 Squirming Tentacle 46:12 Twilight Geomancer 46:25 Twin Emperor Vek'lor & Vek'nilash 46:56 Twisted Worgen 47:11 Zealous Initiate 47:32 Shifter Zerus 50:24

I want to see an Am'gam Ragerino but he has to be as dedicated and awesome as Magma Ragerino.

Just for clarification: Unlike what the Kripp says in the video, Forbidden Ancient has no synergy with Brann. Brann would just run the battlecry again, which would spend all your 0 mana and make it gain an additional +0/+0. Even Kripp The Great can make mistakes.

They clarified the double choose one effect, they created a third minion with both stats, its in the WoTG stream around 59 minutes

Regarding Fandral's Choose one effects with transformed minions, Ben Brode stated in a livestream that there is now a 3rd transformation that combines the effects/stats of both transformed minions. E.G. Druid of the claw turns into a 4/6 taunt with charge, Druid of the flame turns into a 5/5 etc.

There's so many good C'Thun sinergy cards, that you could build Reno decks around it.

as they said the transfrom card will have a new, third, form so yes druid of the flame is 5/5, druid of the claw will be 4/6 taunt and charge, acient of war will be 10/10 taunt etc... basically you get all the best aspects of each transformation

There's a reason I usually mainly stick with Kripp evaluating the cards over anyone else. He really truly analyzes the cards not only situationally but with its interactions with other cards, both with mechanics I never thought of myself. There's been countless cards with this set that I initially though we're underwhelming until Kripp brings up situations and reasons why in fact a lot of these are strong. Good Stuff Kripp

please make a tavern brawl where it's just shifter zerus's... that'd be so sick.

Who watched kripp edit this shit for 3 hours

New combo;Addled Grizzly + Force of Nature

This was requested and i had time to waste 0:29 Addled Grizzly 1:26 Fandral Staghelm 2:55 Feral Rage 4:26 Forbidden Ancient 5:00 Carrion Grub 5:51 Fiery Bat 6:47 Infested Wolf 7:33 On the Hunt 8:04 Anomalus 8:59 Cult Sorcerer 9:18 Shatter 10:12 A Light in the Darkness 11:04 Divine Strength 11:58 Rallying Blade 12:56 Selfless Hero 13:57 Darkshire Alchemist 14:50 Hooded Acolyte 15:36 Power Word: Tentacles 16:56 TwilightDarkmender 17:25 Bladed Cultist 18:04 Blade of C'Thun 19:35 Journey Below 20:24 Shadow Strike 21:07 Southsea Squidface 21:58 Eternal Sentinel 23:09 Evolve 24:11 Flamewreathed Faceless 25:20 Primal Fusion 26:18 Stormcrack 27:07 Darkshire Councilman 28:17 Darkshire Librarian 28:33 Forbidden Ritual 29:33 Usher of Souls 29:53 Blood To Ichor 31:08 Bloodhoof Brave 32:24 Bloodsail Cultist 33:13 Malkorok 34:20 Aberrant Berserker 34:44 Am'gam Rager 34:51 Bilefin Tidehunter 35:55 Blackwater Pirate 36:40 Bog Creeper 37:39 Corrupted Seer 38:39 Crazed Worshipper 38:59 Cyclopian Horror 40:03 Darkspeaker 40:49 Disciple of C'Thun 41:20 Doomcaller 42:02 Duskboar 42:11 Eldritch Horror 42:25 Evolved Kobold 42:58 Faceless Behemoth 43:03 Grotesque Dragonhawk 43:36 Midnight Drake 43:51 Nat, the Darkfisher 44:21 Nerubian Prophet 45:15 Psych-o-Tron 45:46 Silithid Swarmer 46:12 Squirming Tentacle 46:25 Twilight Geomancer 46:57 Twin Emperor Vek'lor 47:11 Twisted Worgen 47:33 Zealous Initiate 48:09 Dark Arakkoa 48:51 Princess Huhuran 50:24 Shifter Zerus ....Never again.

I'm so excited for my favorite class to get these great cards. Shamans get some good good lovin!!

Dang i thought this video was on 1.25x speed. nope just kripp spitting bars faster than Eminem

Shadow Strike 3 mana deal 5 damage to Jaraxxus.

34:42 BEST card breakdown of all time. Incredible work!

A headsup for those that didn't watch the reveal stream. Fandral Staghelm transform the choose one minions into a third form with special name and art. For example, Druid of the claw becomes a 4/6 taunt with charge. The effects happens in the order they are written so the left option happens first and then the right one.

I feel like after dr boom/challenger people are so scared to call a card straight up bad

just lil sometin on druid legendary staghelm , they actualy made a third form for all transform minions so yeah druids of the flame will be 5/5 for 3

For Staghelm it was clarified on stream that the transform minions will each be given a new third form to transform into that combines the best effects of both choices. For example, Druid of the Claw will be a 4/6 minion with both charge and taunt, Druid of the Saber will be a 3/2 minion with both charge and stealth, and Druid of the Flame will be a 5/5 minion.

28:17 I misread "Discard" as "Discover" and I was seriously questioning my existence when Kripp said it was bad.

Yes, having Fandral on board and playing a Choose One card like Druid of the Flame will give you combined stats (in this case a 5/5). Ben Brode mentioned on the stream that they made a third variant card for every one of these to reflect the new forms.

In arena last week, I used Black Knight on a silverback patriarch. Which is maybe the worst target for him in the game, but I won :)

If you had seen the reveal video, Ben Brode explains exactly how Fandral Staghelm works with transform minions. They have made a 3rd form that will have the advantages from both forms. 4/6 taunt "bear cat" and so on.

About transform effects with the Fandral. Ben Brode said that BOTH effect will take place, and actually that there are a bunch of NEW ARTS and NEW SOUNDS for the combined effect. ALL Choose One - transform will basically now have a THIRD option that they will transform to only if Fandral is in the board. Frecking cool.

46:11 Kripparian forgets that there is class that is called a "druid"....

12:50 "In arena, you can't go wrong with weapons" -Kripp 2016 How good is cursed blade ? (December 27 2015) "Cursed blade is this awful AWFUL card..." - Kripp 2015 Seems like you forgot somthing there Kripp, Kappa

I really liked the deep analysis of the Am`gam Rager! 34:42

it was nice seeing you edit it! (I came here to see the cards you forgot to record lol)

SHAMANS ARE GOING TO BE SOOOOOOO OP - Said everyone before TGT released EleGiggle

hey kripp. nice shirt

1:54 the transform effects do make Druid of the flame, for example, a 5/5 and they actually made a new 'form' with its own art for each of these

For Staghelm they already said on stream that if the choose one card has a transform effect that they have made a third form which combines the two. They gave Flame as an example, as it DOES become a 5/5

Ben Brode has confirmed that Fandral Staghelm on minions will cause them to combine. Druid of the Flame becomes a 5/5 for example

“Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” ― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa

This is why i prefer Kripps card reviews over any other streamer. He gives you the most thorough incite on each card without any biased opinions. Cough* ....Amaz .....Cough*

I haven't scrolled through the comments, so someone may have already said this, but Ben Brode on twitter (possibly on the stream) said that there is now an added 3rd transform that is a combination of the choose one cards. So DotC becomes a 4/6 charge with taunt, AoW becomes a 10/10 taunt and the 3 mana DotF becomes a 5/5. It also applies to your choose one spells as well allowing for some interesting effects with Raven Idol or the new choose one spell.

Blizzards Balance Team: "Lets nerf Blade Flurry, as this will allow the design team to make some cool rogue weapons and weapon buffs". Blizzards Design Team: "Lets not give rogue any weapons or direct buffs this expansion, because Blade Flurry would make these over powered". Meanwhile, there was no communication between these teams.

Did RU-vid change it's video player U.I. again?

I'm sure lots of other people have posted this but just in case it was missed - Ben Brode said on stream that there are new druid forms for the cards where you 'Choose One' into a specific create. Druid of the Flame becomes a 5/5 and druid of the claw is a 4/6 with charge and taunt

1:27 On the reveal live stream they said about the Fandral Staghelm, that they have made a 3rd version of those "choose one" minions just because of that card :D

divine shield paladins? time craft some bloodknights

Cyclopian Horror really reminds me of Celia from Monsters Inc.

Darkshire Councilman is an artpiece spraypainted on a wall in Paris which is near a canal. Deja Vu. Was only there a few weeks ago lol.

With Fandral Staghelm the minions that transform get the stats that are best over all so Druid of the flame will be 5/5 minion, Druid of the claw will be a 4/6 with taunt, and charge and so on. This was confirmed by Ben Brode in the stream which was on 21st of April, he also said that they made new card art for when these minions get both options.

Definitely not giving Fendral enough credit. Even Raven Idol turns into draw 2. I hope Kripp gives us a more extensive review on these cards based on class and neutrals. He just misses a lot of interactions.

17:40

Ben Brode said on the stream that with Fandral Staghelm, a third minion is created for choose one transform effects(i.e. Druid of the flame and Druid of the Claw). So you will get a 5/5 or a 4/6 taunt charge.

About that Druid Legendary... They said on stream that they have special "third" option for Choose one cards, which this card utilizes. So basically Druid of the Claw is a new 4/6 Taunt minion with charge.

They said on stream that Fandral Staghelm with for example druid of the flame will get a third transformation. So a 3 mana 5/5

Coin, Bladed Cultist, Bladed Cultist. Win.

What they said on the Stream about Fandral is that transforming cards have a 3rd form which is both effects in one

It'll be interesting to see "choose one" decks built around Fandral Staghelm. The dream of turn 4 Fandral, turn 5 Druid of the Claw, turn 7 Ancient of War, and starfalls for board clear. Not sure how competitive, but it'll be fun to watch the highlight clips.

4:28 I don't think it is going to work with brann, he will activate the battlecry use ur 9 crystal and become a 10-10 then he will activate the battlecry again but u have already spent all your mana and will add 0-0

kripp I watched the entire wotg stream and ben said transform cards will have a third form and druid of the flame will be a 5 5

thank you kripp for sharing your thoughts about the cards with us

Kripp, Ben Brode explained on the Whispers of the old gods stream that all of the transforming minions have a third form now just for Fandral Staghelm. For example a 5/5 for druid of the flame and 4/6 taunt and charge for Druid of the claw

omg watch this on 0.5 he looks sooo fucking high rolforlfolrofl

54 CARDS?! *gets popcorn*

+Kripparrian 1:26 Ben Brode confirmed on stream that they designed Third Forms for minions with choose one / transform effects like Druid of the Flame 13:22 Turn 1: Selfless Hero // Turn 2: Coin + Steward of Darkshire + Trade SH // Turn 3: Magma Rager // Turn 4: Double "Duskboar" and snow ball....

I really liked the deep analysis of the Am`gam Rager!

"One full mana crystal less!" As opposed to one half mana crystal?

"You play Evolve" Silly kripp, no one plays Evolve anymore

for those wondering, the new druid legendary spawns a new minion, the flame druid does become a 5/5, druid of the claw becomes a 4/6 taunt with charge, etc.

Ben Brode stated that transform minions now have a third hybrid form of their transformations, having both stats and keywords. taunt and charge, with bonus health. stealth 3/2 with charge. Or a flat 5/5. And the choose effects go in order that they are printed on the card, dealing 5 damage, then doing 2 to all. He said it during the live stream card reveal.

Hey why'd you skip over Am'gam rager :(

Have you even watched the LIVESTREAM Kripp my god you are so wrong on so many cards.

cant wait to see your ingame footage!

just wanted to say your the reason why i keep coming back to hearthstone. Your vids are to the point, interesting and entertaining in its own way. Keep it up, best HS YT content, much love. #NoHomo

I really like the fact that you went quickly most people have played enough, or watched enough, hearthstone to know if the cards are good or not. Going quickly definitely a good idea.

After watching the video normally I had to find out what replaying it at 1.25 speed or 1.5 speed would be like, and I think is preeeeetty entertaining xD

Hey Kripp, as far as Fandral Staghelm (the new druid legendary) works out, Ben Brode said on stream that minions such as Druid of the Flame would have both of the "beneficial" versions combined and they would actually turn into a completely NEW, THIRD minion not otherwise selectable. So Druid of the Flame would have a new form where it is a 5/5 for 3 mana. Preeetty good!

34:40 when he skipped the rager card, I started laughing so hard.

About 1:48, Blizzard confirmed in their reveal stream that the minions with transfrom effects will get a 3rd form for that case which combines both stat buffs, so that druid of the claw becomes a 4/6 Taunt with charge.

Brode said on stream that Fandral's effect on transform minions, produces a 3rd form that has stats combined.

They made cards specifically for the choose one effect on minions where it gets effects or stats combined.

~4:50 I think Brann will not work as you said. It will spend all your mana again, but at this point there is no more mana to spend ;)

They made an entire new set of versions (edit: I think they qualify as tokens) for "choose one" cards for when you get combined effects (with Fandral). At least that's what I understood from the stream.

Looking at cyclopian horror's eye for too long gives me goosebumps. Great card art.

Oh man, an hour of the Kripp? I think I'm gettin a case of the vapors.

I can't wait for the highlights!

@Kripparian: Fandrak Staghelm give minions with a choose effect a third form. Which is basically both normal formes combined. Ben Brode mentioned it in the stream. Cant wait for the 7 mana 10/10 taunt :D

for staghelm brode said that the transform cards got a 3rd form where the other 2 forms are combined

I was just waiting for this video and it's uploaded before 5 mins lol

I love the bloodhoof brave, its just so good on turn 4

34:43 that one killed me :D

on the aggro pally part with selfless hero if you play flame jug with it you've dealt atleast one dmg you get a d shield and turn three you can play rallying blade giving you a 3/4 with shield and a weapon

The reaction to Am'gam Rager was priceless! :D

Ben mentioned Fandral will actually MIX both transformations in a new card adding both stats.