Why is "the coin" considered a spell?
I've never seen this talked about from my daily browsing. So I would like to ask the question. Why is "the coin" considered a spell? I can see how the extra mana is a good extra benefit from going second. But it seems a bit too strong when taking into consideration other card combos. For example: Rouge combos, Questing Adventurer, Gadgetzan Auctioneer.
For me I love getting the coin for these reason alone. But I think its unfair. What does everyone else think of this subject?
Posted May 6, 2014, 6:12 PM UTC
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I believe 'The Coin' is considered a spell due to Team 5/Blizzard designing/programming it that way.
Also, it is not too strong. Going first still statistically has the advantage to win around 53-55% of the time.
The same source that said that also said that mages and rogues win more often when going second. I wish people would stop citing this without actually having read it.
Also, the source was from a Blizzard forums thread from several months ago, and was deleted over a month ago.
Going first is definitely an advantage in games. But most games treat it with just an extra card and call it fair. For example I also play magic and just that extra card seems fair. But with hearthstone they treated it with a extra incentive of a extra mana advantage for 1 turn. I really like how they did this but making that extra mana into combo moves seems kinda cheap.