so first of all we see in the top end scenario paladin ends up falling average and short of mage (just as I mentioned above when I first brought the issue up). as for rallying blade in particular it had just as much of a synergy pool occurance bonus as any of the following cards
nightbane templar (21) <- Bad howling commander (41) <- Bad rallying blade (85) <- Good steward of darkshire (69) <- Good
Average: 54
basically completely average. so top end scenario paladin results are average. common/rare scenario the paladin results are average. they definitely do not benefit more from the synergy pool than mages do. they are completely average. but even worse it's a case where good cards and bad cards cancel each other out to give a net average result. this means you may get lucky and draft good cards but you may get unlucky and draft bad cards. as opposed to mage where you're just straight up more likely to draft good cards as a result of the synergy pool bonuses.
Nighbane Templar is a common, which makes it significantly less likely. More importantly, you aren't approaching this question the right way; namely, is Mage better or worse with Jaina removed from the pool? The answer, quite simply, is that it is better.
also Gul'dan is significantly better than Jaina what are you smoking.
bng_mmmk posted...
Man speaking of Arena legendaries.
Last night I mind controlled Sindragosa. Next turn he played Antonidas and got two fireballs in hand. Luckily, I drew shadow word death and removed it. A few turns later when the board had evened out, he played a second Antonidas.
Wtf.
I'm just realizing it was probably from the Sindragosa thing. Do those say "created by frozen champion" or something similar?
You can draft the same legendary multiple times, similarly to how, in Magic, you can have a limited deck with more than four copies of a card (why hallo there Squadron Hawk #11 don't mind if I do).
i'm just more confused as to the Sindragosa, since we have confirmation Blizzard screwed up and didn't put it in the Arena. ---
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius