A warm thanks to Blizzard

Hi everyone. It's been a while since my last post. In the last weeks I have finished my master-thesis and I'm now waiting to hear the results (very exciting! :D). Today should be the day I get my feedback, so while waiting I wanted to make an update on the blog:

Ive been looking at the newest spoilers and wanted to thank Blizzard because I really like the new cards that were revealed for the upcoming adventure! Every single card is awesome and adds so much to the variety to what is currently in the game. Some of these cards have been on my wish list for a while. So, with me waiting for results and most other gamers waiting for the League of Explorers adventure; let me talk about the cards I have been waiting for:

One of the first cards I wanted to see was the Baby Bluegill. I don't think I ever wrote a post about it on the blog, but she has been sitting in my brainstorm-box for almost two years. The version Blizzard has made (Murloc Tinyfin) is a little bit different from my concept (it has no charge and is a 1/1 instead of a 0/0), but I am overjoyed to see a little baby Murloc in the game. This little Murloc can grow up to be deadly when parented by a proper War Leader.

From one of my oldest wants, we jump to one of the newer. In May this year I uploaded the Savage Raptor concept. This concept showed a two drop Raptor that would get stronger with allies. Blizzard did give me my raptor (Mounted Raptor), but made him more expensive to cast and gave him the Pilot Shredder ability. A bit disappointing flavor wise, but at least I can now make my Troll and Raptor deck!

Then there is the Scarab Hatchling I've been wanting to see. Okay, this one doesn't feature anything near the idea I had, but it is a Jeweled Scarab. Finally! I love Blizzard so much for adding a small scarab and for adding Anub' Arak in the previous expansion. I can now finally make a deck that has any resemblance to the first 'tribe' I ever made for this blog.

In the previous expansion Blizzard gave me my wishes as well. A long time ago, I had come up with this Summon portal idea, which was meant to shuffle one minion back into your deck and get another random minion in return. This card looked very similar to the Unstable portal that currently resides in the game. The version wanted was a bit more of a gamble and was a lot more expensive to cast. So, I did get the random minion part, the correct artwork and the right class, but in the end it they gave me my portal on steroids! :). 

So in the end, I just wanted to show Blizzard how thankful I am from them to add the cards I always wanted to see. This post also shows how you guys how horrible I am at giving cards the correct stats (Lol :D). Anyway, thanks for the new adventure Blizzard. I am looking forward to your next expansions!