TOP 10 BEST DESIGNED CARDS EVER! - Hearthstone 

*MY WEAKER SHELL FROM THE OLD TIME LINE? I SUPPOSE IT HAS SOME MERIT - IT IS A SIMPLER POWER TO WIELD, GRANTED.*

Was waiting for doomsayer. I love how he can provide difficult decisions for both players and change the flow of the game. He pops up in a lot of slower decks all the time and always feels like a solid pick but he never feels oppressive or unhealthy. One of the most unique and well-balanced cards ever.

Best designed card for Hearthstone : the credit card.

4/5 Yeti is the best designed card

Now do a top 10 worst designed cards :)

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dude, really, whispers of the old gods was by far the best expansion for constructed play, blizzard activision could learn well from this :)

On the face of Reno Jackson

I think dead mans hand deserved to be on this list such an interesting card that allows for so many fun decks

MY FAVOURITE WAS PURIFY UNICORNS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

That's a great frog in the bottom left corner :)

Me!

Whizbang! It grants new players fairly playable diverse decks, that helps them get acquainted with several win conditions and deck types. And it enables them to grind dust and learn without having to play whack decks and get rekt all the time. The RNG element of it makes it harder to grind the daily quests that ask for certain classes, so there is still reason to dabble in deck building..

Reno Krippson "We're gonna be salty!"

I miss control c'thun warrior :(

On the faces of the gnomes in the Echo of Medivh card

Honorable Mentions (1:13) Reno Jackson (1:54) Echo of Medivh Top 10 (no particular order*) (2:43) Astral Communion (4:13) Auchenai Soulpriest (5:31) Defile (6:50) Lord Jaraxxus (8:27) Frothing Berserker (9:32) Supercollider (11:06) Coldlight Oracle (12:03) Deathlord (13:01) Azalina Soulthief (14:24) C'Thun

giants mage used echo of medivh

I feel that wizzbang would've been a good addition to the list just because it really helps out the new player experience and it's a very good meme card.

What's this game 'Herthstone' that Kripp is always talking about? I'd love to check it out but I can't seem to find it anywhere. :P

How is Sylvanas Windrunner not on that list? Also Tazdingo.

It is so good to see and have some C'thun appreciation as he is cast aside nand forgotten nowadays so much. But I love the card to my very core it was always gratifying and fun to see someone else use the old god and push it's limits beyond what was thought possible and make a very inexpensive deck with that. It just shows off my love for hearthstone and why I started playing it back when the old gods were still in standard- a C'thun fanatic

Remember when everyone said Supercollider sucks?

The C'Thun comment was spot on. I was just starting out at that time and it was great getting a legendary. But it also felt like you got a legendary that would compete with anyone else. Ok as it got refined it had limitations but it opened up so much play. This card should be the sort of thing that Blizzard aims for each expansion - lots of use, powerful, but becomes more niche as people refine it.

Hmmm..... You forgot to mension THE ULTIMATE FOUR MANA SEVEN SEVEN! and weasel tunneler.

To be fair: Echo of Medivh has had use as a pure value tool rather than just an Exodia enabler. It was a pretty solid card alongside Duplicate back in the days of Mountain/Molten Giant Grinder Mage decks.

C'thuun was such a fun time, all the cards that revolved around C'thuun the power level of all those cards, and the just general monster building to finally beat your opponent. Or make a math puzzle for the opposer that was playing the Cthun deck.

All the things you said about Reno cards also apply to astral communion. Both are dependant about drawing the right card at the right time (Reno decks being more consistant at it, both force you to play with a more varied card-pool, for both the opponent's option is to just not play around anything. Also no Loatheb?

Aucheni Soulpriest was the card that really got me into hearthstone. I was super casual about the game and only rarely played a game or two a week, but when i saw aucheni i knew i had to get a set of them so i played a ton more of the game so i could get the packs and get dust to get them.

Nice video, as always, your perspective is valuable) I would also like your top list of the worst cards or the most destructive cards for HS meta)

Love your top pick. I keep a C'thun deck for each class in my deck pool constantly tweak them.

I'm surprised Sir Finley didn't make it to the list

My favourite cards: Time warp, Ice block, Archmage Antonidas, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Molten reflection, Frost nova. I really did love that deck. Ungoro Discover mage after that, Medivh was great.

About Defile, I think the idea of the card is great, but I think it's a tad too efficient at what it does. It should be a bit more expensive, as it likely could compete with Hellfire at 4 mana. Not saying it should be increased that much right now, though. For personal card designs, I really liked Quartermaster as the OG recruit synergy card. Recruit Paladin is just a playstyle that feels right in the class and appealed to me as a mid range player and token player. GvG Mid Range Paladin is still among my favourite gaming experiences. Dreadsteed was an insanely fun card. I crafted two of those horseys and Mal'Ganis after Kripp made his video about the card and how it made Sacrifical Pact see play and I played so many different versions of Dreadsteed decks from that point on. I did most (more than 400) of my ranked wins for golden Warlock with Dreadsteed decks and I hold some grudge against Defile for killing the card, at least for the zoo-ish kind of decks. Grim Patron is also a cool card, but I only started playing Patron Warrior, after the Warsong nerf. Mid Range Patron is my most played warrior archetype now, as I am one of the few people still playing the deck in wild. It's a bit of a shame that those rowdy dwarfs couldn't really find a home in other classes, though. I tried a bit of Tempo Priest with Patrons, Holy Champion and Gurubashis and, while fun, it wasn't that viable.

i really love Glinda Crowskin, somehow i always make a place in deck to fit her in, especially love the glinda + baleful banker infinite card combo in control warlock.

Very happy to see Supercollider and Azalina on the list. Odd Control Warrior is my favorite deck right now. I remember when reviewers including Kripp were extremely skeptical of Supercollider pre-release because it didn't have the flexability to go face. I tried Odd Control Warrior with a Fiery War Axe and Gorehowl (3+7=5+5, right?) before breaking down and crafting Supercollider. The difference was amazing, and it's been fun to figure out when you need to use the Supercollider to ping a single minoin vs. saving the charge to stop your opponent from playing more minions. If you never do the former you're probably being too greedy and missing out on wins. I've played Togwaggle, and it's so-so, but I love Azalina in Odd Control Warrior. Just this morning I played a Warrior mirror with my opponent playing Odd QUEST Warrior. He was being greedy holding off on playing Sulfuras to keep armoring up and using othe removal on my minions. H only had 5 cards in his hand to my 9, but I went for it, copied his hand, and started throwing fireballs. Getting that initiative turned out to be critical to the win. There's other games where I have Azalina in hand, have to spend time considering it, and never play it for the whole game. The decisions between my hand-value and my opponents hand-value are super interesting, and much more entertaining than simply using Azalina as a combo piece. I wish the card fit into more control archtypes. Disappointed to see Coldlight Oracle on this list. I liked mill decks to a degree since they're very unique, but the card absolutely limits design space in a terrible way. It's not a FAIR draw two for each deck because it's way too easy for the controlling player to abuse the ability. It was good for milling combo decks, but I never liked how it punished control decks. It was not a fun card to play against. I would remove Coldlight from the list and put Reno Jackson up there. Unlike Kazakus, his ability was consistent enough to make the highlander requirement worth it. Kazakus is often a dead-draw because it's an anti-tempo value card. Whereas you could do tricks with Jackson and other cards in every class to play multiple copies. It was anti-aggro, could take you out of lethal range for combo decks, or just be a solid 4/6 on board when you needed it. Truly versatile. And there's plenty of skill to choosing cards in a highlander deck, and finding the absolute best recipe for consistency with the rest of your cards. Which also led to some good Tier 2 cards being played more.

Echo of Medivh was also in Reno mage to duplicate the molten giants, Reno and also Sludge Belchers. It's recently only been in Exodia Mage, but wasn't always.

Deathstalker Rexxar is probably my favourite. Nothing more fun than making a Zombeast

Thank you Kripp, now I finally understand why warlock and warrior are actually my favourite classes since I've started to play hs four years ago.

I think *Academic Espionage* is worth considering in the top 10 as well. It's so much fun to play with it.

Rin was a really unique card, sad it didn't get into the list

My personal favorite card of all time was Shrinkmeister. It just had so much utility, you could use it to help your minions trade better, you could combo it with SWP for 4 mana removal, or you could even do cheesy things with cabal shadow priest and mind control your enemy's big minion. It had great uses at all stages of the game and was just really fun to play with until it got power creeped out of existence.

I personally love Rhok'Delar because it enables a very interesting type of hunter decks that werem't really a thing before (Except Yogg'n'load obviously) which should've encouraged making the most of your spells, except it was ruined by Emerald Spellstone which just let you smack 15/15 worth of stats on the board without much thought.

Of course C'thun is the best card. He played the biggest C'thun in the HS history back then. ( Spoiler , it was 60 dmg C'thun )

I began Heartstone a few months before Whisper of the Old God and i think the reason why i enjoyed the game that much as a new player is that i had the free C'thun that allowed me to go on ranked and learn the game without being instantly wreck for not having the cards. I love u too C'thun

Glad to see some C'thun love. Really loved the old gods expansion. Though, my favourite card is Jaraxxus. Hopefully the death knights rotating out next year means that we get to see the Eredar Lord of the Burning Legion rule once again.

Blood Razor is sweet.

Sir Finley mrrrglton was a great Card Design imo. It gave a boost to Deck Archetypes that didnt match their classes hero Power and still does so in Wild (for example Kingsbane Rogue). Also playing Finley is a lot of fun, since its no easy decission if and when to flip your hero Power and which of the 3 Choices to pick is highly depended on game state, your oppenents deck and your gameplan.

I like Kripp's face. Such a nice time of the day when I get to hear him talk about random shit :D

Surprised there was no mention of Emperor from back in its heyday. The sheer amount of combos that it enabled with its cost reduction, making sure it hit the right cards in hand, had some feelgood moments. Favorite deck using this would probably be the old Rampage-Worgen OTK.

When I first started playing Hearthstone, whispers of the old gods came out a few weeks after my start. I didn't realize how cool the c'thun meta was until it left. It seemed everyone played their own variation of c'thun decks, now it's all just OTK combo boringness...

No idea about best designed, but i've had one deck in my client since the first xpac, Deathrattle Shaman. Using all the OG cards, using things like ancestral spirit+Reincarnate to get multiple copies of legendaries and making infinite chains of my personal favourite card....Kel'thuzad. His intro, is amazing, his ability is really cool, allowing for trades and value out of minions and he makes deathrattle decks amazingly fun.

Completely agree on C'thun and Coldlight Oracle, but also love Kingslayer. I'd love Blizzard to grant exceptionally cool cards a special Status that makes them perma-Standard even after their set rotates out. For me, it would be Deck-enablers that don't limit design, such as Kingslayer.

I personally love dirty rat. So much counterplay involved with that card and it was by no means overpowered. It could win you an unwinnable matchup or lose you the game on the spot. Loved it.

2:10 i made it to top 100 eu back in the days with grinder mage using echo so it wasnt only used in exodia

Great video, love it!

l'd have to say that Cho is also a very well designed card, seeing as how it gives you pause to actually think about what you play or not and literally need to plan out your playing order. It takes a skilled player to wield it correctly, for yes, you can clunk up your opponent's hand, but you are basically generating cards for your oppopnent as well, which makes it so interesting. It makes the battle very different in a way where you can control what your opponent is going to play in addition to a nice way to really drag out games away from fatigue. l LOVE the card

Echo of medivh was amazing with molten giant etc. deck

I take issue with frothing berserker. While the card does have the positive attributes you described, it is also a very powerful win-more card that, if you do not kill it the moment your opponent plays it, will often just decide the game by itself. I would go so far as to compare it to tunnel trogg.

sometimes i search for a card in crafting and it says card found in wild what does that mean?

Echo of medivh was sweet value in gvg era mechmage, and i really enjoy echoing molten giants in another brew

The murlock tried to eat krip

Kazakus is way too cool a card not to have in this list.

My favorite has to be Recombobulator. I also really like Toki, the Time Tinker, but the her power level is quite low

C'Thun is my favourite card in HS and favourite synergy/mechanic too! Kripp, PLEASE, can we see you play wild with the True HS God?

Love how Kripp starts the list with how unfun playing against Reno and Kazakus is, but then puts Coldlight Oracle so high, the card that single handedly enables THE single most unfun deck archetype to play against.

thanks for reminding me cards like astral communion exists! time to play it with cards like bio project and UI

Argent Commander is a well designed legacy card that still stands strong even though it lost 1 health due to nerf. It's like a crappy version of Leroy. Sacrifice 2 attack for a divine shield and it's fun when you cube + necrium vial for an instant 16 damage.

Love the camouflaged Dex !

Defile has made me a good player. When I have it in hand, I start looking at the board. What can I do do either play a minion or damage a current minion in such a way as to fill that open spot in health to wipe the board. Alot of times a board that can't be wiped by Defile can be manipulated in such a way that it can.

i remember when i was playing n'ztoh priest in the old gods expansion, auchenai carried me into a 11-0 win streak when there was a lot of aggro in the meta and priest wasnt top tier at all

What about BOTH Elise cards and any good come back mechanics?

5.58 he were totally right about the fact that there are 2 types of hearthstone players. The good ones and the poor ones

I really like deathstalker Rexxar, Lich King and Lord Godfrey

Molten giant definitely. Its super powerful but super high risk. I also really like the hemet that blows away all the cheap cards in your deck And finally, malygos is awesome.

I never been a big aggro player fan but I always found patches to be hilariously adorable. I never played pirate warrior or tempo pirate rogue but patches has always been hilarious espicially when ganged up.

Acolyte of Pain and Knife Juggler are my favorites.

I realize the highlander cards got an honorable mention but I honestly think Kazakus should have made the list. It was such a truly unique design that was just a ton of fun to play.

As someone who joined HS during Mean Streets, C'Thun was probably the best type of deck a f2p could ever build and have fun with even without that many good cards. I have fond memories of my C'Thun priest in those days. Truly deserving of a spot in this list.

What about echo giants mage?

As someone who played C'Thun Druid in standard (and a little in wild when I rarely play wild), C'Thun is indeed fun to play with and is fair to play against.

I am really loving lorewalker cho. I think the design is pretty cool

Chillwind Yeti IMO is one of the best cards. Basic but to the point. What other no text card made you smile and auto pick in Arena? Honestly one of the titans of its day.

I would also say that C´thun was the best card. Everyone had it, it wasnt overpowered, you told your opponent what you were doing from the get go (by playing C´thun boosting cards) and it gave you a win condition within 7-10 cards so you could fit it in with everything not rush face. Awesome. (The most fun version was Rogue, which also happens to be the ONLY rogue I´ve ever liked playing)

I think that Tess Greymane can lead to some incredibly fun moments, for both you and the opponent. My opinion.

Just a few legendaries I personally like and think have really good design. Chillmaw (good bluff!) Hallazeal Hemet, Jungle Hunter Icehowl King Mukla Rend Blackhand Malygos (been terrible and great, fun to play and not too hard to play against... sometimes) Swamp King Dred (weird pick here) Darkness (had tons of fun countering reno decks with it) Vol'jin (fun to play and easy to counter) Zola Ysera (play around the cards after you play it) Grumble Feel free to ask about any of them! Got too lazy to type the rest.

combo Reno + Hemet and you can have same duplicates at least those costing less than 4, but of course only in the burning cards decks

Missing Shadowcaster in that list Imo really great card with a ton of potential for combodecks

Noticed the dog at 5:21

Will you be doing that “most op card ever” bracket thing again (inspired by Twitter)? Might be fun to periodically revisit

This card which gives you a deck is the best, actually. It make me able to play a game, instead of watch two times on all this empty places in my collection of cards and forget about hearthstone for year and a half again.

Could you rank/rate the Hearthstone solo experiences? That would be interesting.

i remember your op zoocthun deck XD i think lyra should be in the list

Lord Jaraxxus is the only hero card that is a minion. Warlock's portal can reduce it's cost unlike other hero cards! It also works with the newer warlock hero to revive all the 6/6 minions from your hero power! Best comeback combo

I'm so glad my favorite card is on here! Supercollider doesn't get enough love.

Fandral Staghelm was my fav

Faceless Manipulator will always be my favorite card just because it allowed you to punish p2w decks (back when adventures had to be bought)... that's a nice Brann you got there, friend :>

Suprised to not see ultimate infestation here. I feel like ui is just a perfectly designed card