Spore. It's a really, really great concept. And done mostly well. I definitely recommend picking up this game for this price.

I was one who bought into the hype for this. I bought the Creature Creator before the game came out (which was pretty fun in itself. Just building creatures that would then populate the game server), and then the game itself right when it came out. Initially, I had a BLAST playing Spore (looking back, I'm surprised I've never wrote about Spore before). The Cellular level is probably my favorite. If you've played Agar.io or Solar 2, it's very similar. You start out in a tidepool, eating either plants or other microscopic beings, guiding your evolution along the way. Sometimes I'll simply play that part of the game and then turn it off :)

Overall, the game got old quickly, but I never bought any of the expansions. I'd say this is almost a must buy for $12. It's a great game that can have a lot of replayability. I got tired of the game myself, but I still recommend playing it through at least once :)

huh, I didn't know about this lol.

Sweet pulls for you! I've used King Krush in a hunter deck and he's still powerful as a finisher. He's not Tier 1, but flavor wise he's awesome and he can pack the punch.

I also pulled two leggies in my 10 packs oddly (not a gold tho)

http://imgur.com/a/ICjgS

And classic are still the best packs to open. Since they don't rotate, it's the best place to get all the legendaries and if they nerf cards, it will likely be from classic (as the wilds rotate and are less impacting), so you can get bonus gold for dusting nerfed cards (you get the full craft value.

I had a golden epic that got nerfed... was nice collecting that 1600 dust, so you never know. Classic has best value and longest returns imo.

Ysera was my first crafted as I played control priest pretty exclusively the first year of the game.

I'm pretty addicted to gold cards lol. I justify spending the money I do by saying I'm not playing magic anymore and I was spending $120/ month on magic on average. Every 3 months a new set comes out, I'd spend $210 on boxes of packs, plus $50 for pretelease events, and then likely another $100 on singles or a new play mat, etc.

So, hearthstone can eat some of that and I'm ok. Having all the cool cards makes it harder for me to stick to a deck tho and not play all the fun ones.

Like you caught me yesterday grinding beast Hunter. I really want to try to get legendary. My best is rank 5 with 5 stars (they take away win streak bonus at rank 5 it seems, btw). My matches are 70% shaman, 20% hunter, 5% druid, 5% warlock, .01% mage. So I'm SICK of shamans right now.

I also find I get rematches more often now, so that's funny.

I'm about 20 wins from 500 on Hunter. Might switch decks after to focus another class.

Also, OH MY GAED, I want that new priest!!! It better not be another device specific one. I'll be making a trip to Sprint if it is lol

Got there, finally!

http://imgur.com/a/CqZSR

So now I have Priest, Mage, Hunter at gold. Think I might try druid next, at around 400 and been playing against a portal/yogg/N'Zoth druid deck that looks fun, so trying that.

Face hunter can be a fun change of pace for a bit. It's funny to me that I got it to 500 actually (I did play Dragon Hunter for a long time too tho).

Your list looks solid. I'd consider swapping out the Argent Riders for Toads maybe. a 2 drop 3/2 beast with a deathrattle vs a 2/1 charge/shield for 3 mana. Kinda depends, but in my experience, getting a minion out on T1 or T2 is key. You currently run 12 3-mana cards and only 7 2-mana cards.

Plus, 2 more beasts give you synergy with Kill Command and Hound Master. And with coin, the Toad is a great T1 play against any deck.

Thanks. kinda bummed now, I tried druid out a bunch and went from rank 4-5 to 8. Cannot find a good enough druid deck to play.

Priest of the Feast, Onyx Bishop, and Barnes have made a huge new priest resurrect deck. It can be a pain to play around. T2 coin-injured blademaster. Then either Circle of Healing it or they typically just want it to die. Then resurrect a 4/7 next turn. Or, I've seen T3 coin out Barnes, get Ysera or Sylvannas. You kill the 1/1 then T4 they double resurrect.

Best thing to do against this deck is polymorph something and kill a sheep on their side (or hex). Kill as many as the weak enemies as possible. The Loot Hoarders they sometimes run or Barnes himself.

The new warlock discard deck looks fun, excited to try that one at some point. It's really inconsistent though. I played it before the Imp was released and I had 4 cards in hand, 2 were free spells if discarded, 2 were discard when play. I played one (Soulfire) and discarded the other discard enabler, making me then lose a card plus have to pay mana for the other 2. Where as I could have basically got 4 cards played for only paying for 2 (plus getting +1/+1 on the one guy and drawing cards if Imp is out). So, it relies on praying to RNGesus.

Firelands Portal and Babbling Book are both great for Mage. I crafted golds of each (I love cards that produce other cards, so I tend to try to get gold versions because it then generates gold rando cards for you). Both were ok in Tempo Mage, the Babbling Book with Brann is great, and Brann isn't bad in Tempo Mage anyways.

Medivh is one I'm testing in reno-pally. It's pretty solid. 8 mana for a 7/7 is only 1 more than a war golem, plus you get that awesome weapon.

Yup, I'm fully with you there. I hate the aggro decks. Magic and Hearthstone both suffer from this problem. I tend to aim for the fun decks while trying to still be competitive, but it's a hard line to walk.

Yeah, I always dreamt that magic would slow down. Every time the format changed it was only a matter of time until someone found a combo that could be a T3 win. I like winning, but I like interacting with the board and player more than just stomping damage in for the fastest win.

I am playing the discolock deck right now, tho. It's fun!

http://hss.io/d/13884440

See if that links properly. I net decked it. I used to be completely against netdecking as I love designing my own decks. My tempo mage for instance is my own design and it's 60-70% win rate.

This warlock deck is crazy fun though.

Oh, here's a screenshot of the list: http://i.imgur.com/07mXmRq.png

I've had this happen:

2 Malchezaar Imps in play. Hand is Doomguard and 2 Silverware Golems. The dream, right? 5 mana to get a 5/7 charge, 2 3/3s and draw 4 cards? So good haha

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The exploration of the game is fun, very fun. And it's breathtaking in places. Every planet I saw was something new, created by the algorithms just for me (generally). But once you see enough planets, you see the same things repeated. You see the same weird bear face on 100 different creatures on planets spread throughout the galaxy. Each planet has the same buildings, with aliens that ask you the same questions. It's a new configuration of very familiar elements, and when you have literally no goals other than collect plutonium and titanium to charge things up, the sightseeing doesn't carry the game. I mentioned in the last Roundtable that I was afraid of this happening, that the content would run out too soon, and that's what happened.
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That's where I am and I don't even have maxed out anything. I like the game, but I can't deny I yawn a lot while playing and I really can't do too much at a time. It just doesn't feel "alive." Maybe if the UI or factions were more interactive, but for me, the only things that truly interact are the endless sentinels and those are just pesky.