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Emeraldegg posted...

Yeah I just recently got back into it and the first thing I told MSG when I saw it was "wtf why did they print a 1 mana 2/2 neutral"

I will say though, a 1 mana 2/2 neutral has always been something they could print. It was never a question of "if" but "when".

Like...Mistress of Mixtures is a 1 mana 2/2 neutral with deathrattle heal both players for 4. And that was printed what...three to four years ago? If wild is any indication, not only is Mistress of Mixtures a better card than the new 2/2 (due to fitting into any slow warlock deck), a lot of old aggro 1 drops are also better than the new 2/2, all three of Glacial Shard and Fire Fly and Southsea Deckhand are seeing more play than the new 2/2.

Of course wild can be a little weird sometimes (Runic Egg and Skaterbot and Violet Spellwing are seeing play due to extreme synergy). But the point is...the 1 mana 2/2 doesn't really stand out and is basically not meta at all.

Even in Standard where it is meta, Technically on HSReplay it's only the 4th most included 1-drop right now (behind Praise Galakrond, Pharaoh Cat, and Dwarven Sharpshooter). Though sure, if we ignore class cards it's the best neutral 1 drop in standard (with #2 being fairly far behind; Mecharoo and Hot Air Baloon basically tied for #2-#3 cause they go into all the same mech decks, followed by Beaming Sidekick in 4th). Basically all the other good 1 drops rotated out a year ago.

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