Randomness in Hearthstone - Extra Credits FTW

Last time I mentioned that Ram Wrangler was one of my least favourite cards. The reason that I gave at the time is I didn't like the amount of variance in the card. It can summon anything from a 1 mana to a 9 mana card directly onto the battlefield. To me, as a designer this feels not very good, but I couldn't put my finger on exactly why that was until I watched this new Extra Credits video:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5eq4IQ6Go

Go watch it. I'll wait...

Design Breakdown - Discover

Hot off the presses from BlizzCon our good friends at Team 5 have a new Hearthstone expansion coming out _this_ Thursday! I'm excited for the design of a bunch of the cards they've released (which have all been revealed), but I thought I'd waste some ink here on the mechanic that they've added with this expansion:

Discover 

According to the powers that be "each time you play a card with the new Discover key word, you'll get to choose between three random cards that can be used by your class."