Pfft! I love how you say how your opinions are “facts” and my facts are “opinions”, that’s rich. I look at data and, well, reality. You look at feelings. Facts don’t care about your feelings. And even if everything you said was true in Wild, well, good for you I suppose. I don’t care. Because I was talking about Standard. Two entirely different things.
That’s one long post and I am not going to go through every point, so I make this short; no matter how many good Shaman cards you point out the fact of the matter is that Shaman has been one of the least played cards in STANDARD. That is a fact. Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Mage, Druid, even Warlock was more popular for a very long time before and after Rise of Shadows expansion. It wasn’t until the Rogue card nerfs when Murloc Shaman rose to tier 1.
Corrupt the Waters:
Why are you telling me how powerful this card can be? I already said it looks scary and I can’t see how this card wouldn’t see play. And it’s not even going to be out for a month! So, we’re not really disagreeing with anything here.
Shudderwock:
According to win rates of the decks he’s played in; nope. Not OP enough.
Hagatha the Witch:
But in the terms of overall power level, nope. Bloodreaver Gul’dan, even Frostlich Jaina, were more powerful because they didn’t generate bunch of random stuff that may or may not have been useful to you. Hagatha is a good card. But she is very tamed compared to the death knights.
Hagatha’s Scheme:
Yes, that is a very good card. No one can deny it. But they got it in this expansion when Shamans got other good stuff and became relevant again,
The Storm Bringer:
Whether I think this ‘belongs’ in Standard is irrelevant. It’s there until next rotation. I consider this more as a ‘fun’ card than a powerful win condition for Shaman. Hell, even most Murloc Shaman decks, where you would think this makes the most sense, don’t run it. Plus it’s more RNG. Something Shamans seem to have a lot and which I don’t like.
Underbelly Angler:
I would say that if there is one card that is enabling Murloc Shaman to be as good as it is now it would be this card, yes. And of course the deck is consistent. Name one tier 1-2 deck that is not consistent. You can’t. Because that’s how they’re built: to be consistent.
You can keep listing good Shaman cards all day but the fact still remains that they have been crap, or one of the least played class, in the game for a very long time until just RECENTLY in this expansion. Two of the cards you linked being from Rise of Shadows.
I also love how you asked “What did Warriors get in Rise of Shadows? And no I’m not talking about Bomb Warrior!” Why is Control Warrior suddenly the only deck that matters? How about we DON’T look at only one archetype that fits your narrative and instead all the classes as a whole, m’kay? As for what Control Warriors got in this expansion; Omega Devastator is a pretty sick card, SN1P-SN4P, which came from an event but still, and they got Elysiana. Which is a neutral card, yes, but has been played by Control Warriors almost exclusively. It even had to be nerfed.
And what I love even more is that you dismiss Conjurer’s Calling, and Khadgar but the former is more important, as if its nothing because it’s not as big of a deal in Wild or as powerful as some of the LEGENDARIES from the past (very fair to compare a RARE card to them, by the way). Which is very dishonest thing to say because it IS very powerful currently in Standard that the great majority plays. I doubt that they care how powerful, or weak, it is in Wild. I and they don’t care what you face or don’t face in Wild. Conjurer’s Calling is easily one of the most hated cards currently in Standard. Although personally I think the main problem is Mountain Giant.
This became longer than I intended it to be but there you go. What you said earlier:
Is STILL factually wrong.
Overall, if you’re worried about Wild only then sure. Fair enough. I don’t play it so I don’t know. Everything what I’ve said was with Standard in mind alone. And what you’ve said does not reflect the reality and facts of Standard. That is ultimately my point. I just wish that next time you type a post saying how worried you’re about a card, in order to avoid this:
say that you’re thinking about Wild only, so I know not to argue with you with Standard in mind. Because that’s where our problem lie; we both talk about entirely different modes with their own metas.