Alright, now on to the more interesting stuff starting with the new Mage minion, Arcanologist. This card has good stats for a 2 mana minon at 2/3 but its Battlecry is where it becomes something more. Drawing a secret from your deck sounds at first pretty bonkers, it gives you an on curve play if played on turn 2, it can be easily manipulated to get a specific secret and enables consistency for an up and coming secret based Mage deck. This card is good, but it is not as overpowered as some seem to think it is. That being said, it is still a staple in any Mage deck that runs secrets so expect to run into this card a lot after the expansion releases. However, I expect it to fall off in usage after time goes by.

Sunkeeper Tarim is a Paladin Legendary comparable to Eadric the Pure. As a 6 mana 3/7 he has some odd stats, as did Eadric, but his effect more than makes up for it; the card gains Taunt and sets every other minions attack and health to 3 when it’s played. Straight away Tarim comes across as a counter to Jade decks, which create large minions with ease, by cutting them down to a manageable size which is nice. But what makes Tarim shine is that it is a flexible card which can be played from behind or while you are wining to control the board state even further. Even better is that Paladin is losing a few cards with the sets rotation and the 6 mana place in their decks is nice and open to slot this card in.

Crystalline Oracle from a first glance may seem a bit underwhelming for a Priest minion. As a 1 mana 1/1 it has little going for it stat wise but, again, it’s all in its effect. The Deathrattle tag adds synergy with the Awaken the Makers quest card and copying a card from your opponents deck is a strong ability, as we can assume that player will only be putting good cards in their decks. At worst, Crystalline Oracle is a 1 cost card that replaces itself and adds one tick to your quest total which, considering just how good this quest can be if completed, is a pretty good place to be. It’s not the best 1 drop Priest could have gotten, but it will do for now.

Oh boy now we are playing with some dangerous cards as the new Legendary quest spell for Warlock has been revealed; Lakkari Sarifice. In order to complete it, the player must discard a total of 6 cards from their hand. Discard Warlock has been a deck which has been on the edge of becoming a viable deck and this card will help push that deck to greater heights. When you complete this quest, you add a “Nether Portal” card to your hand, a 5 mana spell which when played creates an unkillable portal on the board that generates two 3/2 imps every one of your turns (Note, these imps are Demons as well). In any match up, having a semi-permanent 6/4 worth of stats on your field is quite strong and will make up for the constant discarding. This card is really good and it is helped even further with the next Warlock card.

Discard Warlock, or Discolock, now has the card it needed in the form of Clutchmother Zavas, a Warlock Legendary Beast minion costing 2 mana with 2/2 in stats. Whenever this card is discarded, it returns to the players had and increases its stats by +2/+2; I don’t think I need to explain the synergy here. This card is going to be the one that Warlocks hard mulligan for, after just 1 discard you have a 2 mana 4/4 which is awesome and it only gets better from there. Whether in an aggro matchup or a control one, this card can be flexible for either and will be an auto include in any Warlock deck that uses the new quest card and considering how good that quest line is, you can expect to see this card a lot. However, it is worth noting that this card needs to be discarded at least once to be good, so drawing this card late or at the wrong time makes it a fair bit worse.

Elise is back but now she is now a Elise the Trailblazer, a neutral Legendary 5 mana 5/5 minion. Her effect is just as unique as her previous card as well; this time she shuffles a sealed Un’Goro pack into your deck (and no, you don’t get the cards after the game is over sadly). The pack becomes a 2 mana spell that when played adds 5 random Journey to Un’Goro cards to your hand. 2 mana draw 5? Seems good, and it is! With cards like Azure Drake leaving the game, Elise can more than easily fill this slot and be the perfect card for a control matchup and even for some mid-range decks. This is really cut and dry, the stats are OK, the effect is great and the extra cards are always helpful. Her only downside is that against aggressive decks, Elise is way too slow. Overall though, decks that can fit this card in will most likely be using it, but expect it to be cut if the meta stays aggro heavy.

Tar Creeper is an important card. It is a neutral 3 mana 1/5 Elemental minion with Taunt which gains +2 attack during your opponents turn. This is comparable to Sen’jin Shieldmasta who is a 4 mana 3/5 with Taunt, so right away Tar Creeper is better than Sen’jin who saw play in some meta decks. What makes Tar Creeper so important is the reduction in cost; playing this card on turn 3 against aggressive decks is so strong but remains fair due to its downside. This is a well-designed card and could be the beginnings of a mid-range/control meta and decks that can fit this card in will run it 100% of the time.

From really good to quite bad, the Rogue Legendary quest spell, The Caverns Below, is not great. To complete this quest you have to play four minions with the same name and after you do, the 5 mana spell “Crystal Core” is added to your hand. Like Nether Portal, when played this card becomes an unkillable minion which makes all minions you play become 5/5. Do you feel underwhelmed? Because that’s what this card is. It certainly is interesting, but good lord it has such a niche use that it is hard to see this being played in anything other than a deck based around it. Now, if that deck is good then this card may see a fair bit of play but outside of this? I doubt it, and that is a shame.

In comparison, the Shaman Legendary quest spell is a bit more fun. Unite the Murlocs requires the player to Summon (not play, bear this in mind) ten Murlocs, after which you receive what the card calls “Megafin”. First off this is a versatile quest thanks to the water engine (Bluegill, Warleader and Finja) and Call in the Finishers. This eight card engine is something I feel could have a deck built around it or could be put into decks that can fit it. It goes without saying that this quest is easy to do in a dedicated Murloc deck and with the right cards you could get your Megafin by turn 4. So what is this card? Megafin is a 5 mana 8/8 Murloc which when played FILLS your hand with Murloc cards. Basically, this card has amazing stats and can draw you up to 10 cards which have synergy with each other… it’s fantastic! This quest reward alone is worth trying to fit it into any deck that you can but, as with a lot of other cards, this will be a stretch. At least the reward is worth it! (Note: this card BARELY gets a 4 star rank, I just have a gut feeling that it is better than a lot of players think it is)

Carrying on the Murloc hype train, Paladin has got a new Murloc as well. Hydrologist is a 2 mana 2/2 Murloc which when played allows you to Discover a secret. Right off the bat, its stats are great along with the Murloc tag  giving it a lot of synergy. Its effect is also interesting as well and is directly comparable to Arcanologist; it loses 1 heath to gain the Murloc tag and can get you secrets from outside your class, which is debatably better, as they can mess with your opponent mentally as well as in-game which is a bonus. Hydrologist is just a solid card which should see a bit of play in decks that can fit it but, apart from the Murloc decks, will most likely fall out of use over time. Artwork is super sweet as well.