Ben Brode Discusses the Warsong Commander Nerf

A new Designer Insights vlog from Ben Brode discussing Warsong Commander has made it to PlayHearthstone's YouTube channel. We've recapped and embedded the video below.

Warsong Commander now reads (in the next patch): Your Charge minions have +1 Attack.

Quote from Ben Brode Warriors are already pretty low on the Arena tier list, and this change does take them down further. This will have to be addressed in future sets.

Charge and Direct Damage are two of the least fun things in Hearthstone. You can't react to them, you must be proactive.

They wanted to make the card less complicated because it is in the basic set.

Warsong Commander was nerfed instead of Grim Patron or Frothing Berserker because the biggest issue now, and going forward, was Warsong.

It was important to keep the identity of the card intact as much as possible.

They tried 30 or 40 different designs to see which ones felt the best for the card.

Dreadsteed was originally going to be released in Naxxramas as a Neutral Minion. Warsong Commander prevented that due to their interaction.

Neutral Spells - Card Design Competition Finalist Voting

For this week's Card Design competition, contestants ventured into contested territory as they were tasked with introducing Neutral Spells to the game... Okay, so creating a cute, punny ad for this competition theme is pretty difficult, but thankfully all of our finalists are more creative than I am, so come visit us over at the Finalist Poll Topic and vote for your favorite submissions!