For those of you who are starting to doubt TTDP

EDIT:I POSTED THAT THERE IS AN UNTARGETABLE 6/4 ALLY THAT COSTS 4. THE COST ON THIS ALLY IS ACTUALLY 6. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION THIS CAUSED OR ANY PREMATURE EXCITEMENT ABOUT HOW RIDICULOUS THAT CARD WOULD HAVE BEEN.


I finally got to play in a Regionals yesterday. For anyone who doesn't know the story, in January I couldn't get to Regionals because of a brutal ice storm. This weekend was the first Regionals within 10 hours of me. I played Grennan rush and went 5-1 in the Swiss. I beat two Dizzy decks, 2 Elendril decks and 1 Gorebelly. I lost to a Sen'Zir deck in a very close 3 game match because of a play error on my part in game one. I then managed to beat a very good Dizdemona deck in the top 8 thanks to Karkas Deathhhowl and secured my spot at Nationals. But the possibly more important development of the day was our great TO was kind enough to open 2 packs of Through the Dark Portal cards so that we could get our first look. The two packs were incredible. Here's a quick list of some of the highlights.

Grennan's flip ability is now a 4-cost Shaman instant ability called Shock & Soothe, Druid has got an ability that deals 3 damage for 2 resources, Shamans also got an ability with cost X+2 that deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of allies, there's a Feral Druid whose flip ability readies himself in Cat Form, a Priest ability that deals 3 damage to a target for 2 resources, but if it doesn't kill it you take 3 too, untargetable is a new key word, there were alliance allies that were a 2/1 for 1 and a 6/4 for 4 that were untargetable, there was a 5/5 for 6 with Stealth and Protector, a 3-cost instant ability destroy target attacking ally, a 3-cost Warlock ability remove target ally from the game, a 3-cost warrior ability that was Cleave for 1 target, the field repair bot is a 0/2 that let's friendly heroes exhaust to return equipment from your graveyard to your hand, an Owl pet for Hunters that's a 2/2 for 2 with Demoralizing Shout built in, a 3/2 for 3 that says your opponent cannot complete quests, and a 3/2 for three that when it dies you destroy target ally.

Overall, I was very impressed with the two packs. They were far better than the cards we've actually seen previewed. I knew this set still had a lot of potential and this really restored some of my faith in it. I'll have more in the next couple days, just wanted to put some of these cards up.