What's needed from Souls of Vengeance?

There is a lot of chatter about will or won't Souls of Vengeance be out and playable by Worlds. Me personally, I don't think so. Looking at it from a business aspect, it would greatly shift the meta if released even 1 month before Worlds. Plus, given the way the NACC ended, I think UDE would like to not have any storm clouds hanging around. By that, I don't mean UDE had anything to do with the ending of NACC, but I can honestly say, I don't think anyone wanted to see Mike v Mike end the way it did. I know that can't be changed, but the effect of adding a new set, potentially 2 to 4 week right ahead of worlds could be drastic.

Remember Realms? Remember Spoils came out like 2.5 weeks ahead of Realms and it was going to be legal? Remember that gigantic Velen thread when it was finally released that his effect didn't trigger with totems? Several people hedged their bets, right or wrong, on Velen for Realms, and even though he IS still powerful, the teams were originally designed to work another way, and then right before Realms, it gets an errata, or clarification of the text.

If that happened again right before Worlds, it wouldn't be fun for anyone. And honestly, some of the cards need clarification when a new set comes out, so again, releasing right before the biggest championship of them all wouldn't be prudent.

So, for the moment, we are in limbo. There are sites that show September 1st as the date, and sites that show November 1st as the date. Probably neither are right, but the time frames very well may be.

If I was doing things, I would release it AT Worlds! Just like DMF Charlotte has a sneak peek of Spoils, so could Worlds have the first sneak peek of Souls!

This all got me to thinking, what do I want to see out of the new set? Well, if I could have anything, it would be one of two, if not both, things.


1.) A Paladin Monster. Since Monsters are effectively NPCs in the game, it would be nice to see, oh, I don't know, something like this guy here. Now, I'm not claiming to be the best designer, and the things I will toss up on this site like this are really more for debate than anything else, but in the end, having a Paladin Monster would boost their viability, outside Vashj, in my opinion.


2.) Warrior Love. As most of you know, I really want to see Warriors get better. The Tarren "Rumor" Mill's recent decrees that Priests and Rogues will get the love is still int he mix though. And yes kids, odds still are that Illidan is a Rogue. Still, Warriors need some love. So, something like this could effectively increase the value of everyone that can use it, and still have a high cost to utilizing it. However, Parvink or Wilton or an Etherial Crypt Raider could definitely see a bonus as well.

So what do you want from Souls? Other than for it to come out of course! :-)