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I opened a little over 20 packs, and I got either 1 or 2 legendaries. Anyway, whatever, I'm going to play some Arena today.

Well, judging by the statistics, the probability of getting a legendary in this expansion is about 10%.

When I was looking at the card announcements, it never occurred to me to combine Arietta with Evo Uric; for some reason, I always paired him with Zella. And this turned out to be another move worthy of a collection of ramp shots. Also, there was a game against a mid-range Tech player with Ishtar, Prince of Catacombs, Zombie Pack, and all sorts of other fun toys, and in that game, I managed to pull off the dumbest three-turn combo on two hits – Bash + Blast + Blast. I thought you could only play like that in a vacuum because dragons are always killed, but apparently, nothing worked out for the guy, or he wasted removal cards from his deck for no reason. Besides, the dragon now heals almost as much as Les or Elanaprist.

But the Grove doesn't heal very well.

Um, well, maybe at the beginning of the game, but from the sixth round onwards, it's all about feel-good plays...

And that’s it. They also added Eyrien and the Fairy Queen. Oh, and of course, a healer, which no one plays. Quite a few, actually. Only the Knight has fewer.

Well, the dragon still doesn't have anything besides Ferrow, and it only heals for three, and doesn't put anything on the battlefield (a beast heals for 6-8 easily, better than any Haven card). Rune only recently got a healing buff, it's decent, but I'm not sure if it will be popular. Blood and Haven, yes, they know how to heal. Dungeon has Orkhus, who consumes shadows, and Flylord (if you're lucky enough to draw Drain, but the chances are slim). Considering that a couple of beasts from Fortress can almost fully heal, I still disagree; the Forest is quite good in this regard. It only got better after the expansion.

The Earth faction had a Mud Alchemist, healing for 5. The Dungeon faction has Khavy, who can easily heal for 13-15 if he's lucky.

lol

The Rune faction had a Mud Alchemist, healing for 5. The Dungeon faction has Khavy, who can easily heal for 13-15 if he's lucky.

It's clear that you haven't played with these cards much.

I'm writing precisely because some smart aleck sicced a "bahich" on my Khavy. Oh, I was laughing so hard.

The Rune faction had a Mud Alchemist, healing for 5.

Well, that's true. But it's a Mud Alchemist, it's generally for defense, and it's not like this heal could compete with the beast, I'd say.

The Dungeon faction has Khavy, who can easily heal for 13-15 if he's lucky.

Yes, if he's lucky. Often, Khavy can be neutralized before he has a chance to heal, or he can be dealt a minimum amount of damage, 2-3 HP, which isn't very significant (though, combined with a Ward and a Destroyer, it becomes quite effective). And now, the Dragon has a new ban...

It is enough to either eliminate him with the Oil Elemental or to kill him with a damage-dealing unit in the same turn.

Anime and card games for adults.

Pakichi-pakislavy. It's been a while since there were such good ones. Besides that, I got Sibyl and a decent amount of various goldens. 4 legendaries from 22 packs, L - lucky.





After the packs, I went to the arena, assembled a dragon and... pulled my third 5-0. It seems Raven has leveled up not only in the ladder. Sibyl is top-tier, Arietta is top-tier. I took the frozen mammoth as a choice between two evils, but he turned out to be quite good - played in almost every match, although there were three seventh drops and no 8+ at all. A good Dryad helped a lot thanks to pyroxene dragons. And there was Zel, but I never managed to ramp him up - he either came out on the 2nd turn for tempo or arrived too late. To top it all off, I pulled Gabriel from the pack for the take-touch achievement. All in all, a pretty solid start in SW.

It’s enough to either take him out with a “Necromancer” or kill him with a “Death Knight” in the same turn.

Not a very rational way, and it also depends on luck.
No, I agree that most factions, if they have healers, can often apply something else to them in parallel, but forest creatures don’t have any additional effects (except for controlling the board). But still, from the point of view of a pure healer, I can’t see the Sylvan faction as an underdog...