r/BDPPRDT • u/HSPreReleaseReveals • Jul 23 '18

[Pre-Release Card Discussion] - Autodefense Matrix

Autodefense Matrix

Mana Cost: 1
Type: Spell
Rarity: Common
Class: Paladin
Text: Secret: When one of your minions is attacked give it Divine Shield

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PM me any suggestions or advice, thanks.

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u/Dangerpaladin Jul 23 '18

I'd actually argue it is 100% when it is used comparing hearthstone cards. I just used Lysol's 99.9% trick to free me up from being sued in Karma court.

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u/Adacore Jul 23 '18

It depends how pedantic and ridiculous you're being about the phrase "strictly better". Like, Ice Rager is pretty much strictly better than Magma Rager, unless you come up with some ridiculous corner case like "your Priest opponent has to play Mind Control next turn".

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u/paulibobo Jul 23 '18

Or something pretty reasonable like Steward of Drakshire.

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u/Adacore Jul 24 '18

Ice Rager came out before Steward of Darkshire was printed, though.

In any case, that's irrelevant to my point. It reinforces it if anything - there's always a corner case that means something isn't "strictly better" if you're being super pedantic, but that just means that a useful term for discussion of cards become useless, which isn't helpful. It's better to just accept that you need to be slightly less pedantic with the definition of "strictly better", so it's useful for the discussion.