I hope you remember Hal Reese Hadzeriga who provided several pieces of original art for our Mists of Pandaria set. The very fun Trousers of Cultivation has made its way into the largest number of my decks. He also illustrated the soothingly pastel but fierce mantid on Flying Serpent Kick. Which is still our front page banner.

The brief for Lily was simple, a baby murloc, with the archetypal eye coverings, fel glow, and horns of a demonhunter. Reese added so much more character though. The shoreline at sunset with its warm lighting, and the sledding on a warglaive idea, truly highlight the playfulness of the subject. The original oil painting used as the base of the final image gives a depth and texture that sometimes is missing from modern card art. While not a style for everyone, I’m glad it is a part of the holistic package we’ve assembled for you in Legion Lost.

Lily here asks if you could spend all game just playing 2 and 3 drops at a superior rate. That’s an option for certain, but on our testing the superior one seemed consistently to be relying on the overall pushed package. You play a couple of early allies at the low end, get to your Assault, and coast on your free tempo for the rest of the game. Because he flips and is nigh-guaranteed to stay flipped, there was no way practicable way to give Lil’idan any static attack like the Horde and Alliance Demhuns, but Assault 1 still feels pretty damned good.

I hope you are all looking forward to our release tomorrow. The plan is now to drop in the evening, as I’ll be preparing a primer article, and my flood fight duties continue to constrain my time.

Thanks again. Be prepared.