<|endoftext|>ally decent. It also happens to have the single worst card in the set in Shadow Rager. It might have gotten a pair of Miracle tools in Counterfeit Coin and Gadgetzan Ferryman, but even that might not make it into many lists considering how tight space is in that particular archetype. Shadow Sensei is also pretty bad, just to top it all off.
Warlocks in Gadgetzan have their own set of problems.
Demon decks haven��t exactly been the most powerful of tribe-based lists, and yet Krul the Unshackled is Warlock��s Legendary. One might think that, as a result, we��d get some good Demons in the set, but nope, we��re stuck with Unlicensed Apothecary, one of the worst suicide-style cards in the game. Abyssal Enforcer is a strong Demon, but it��s hard to imagine more than one making it into many decks. Even the neutral cards in the set are no help, as the godawful Street Trickster is the only other Demon around.
Bloodfury Potion isn��t much help, Crystalweaver won��t buff anyone enough to make Demons worth it, and Kabal Trafficker comes out way too late, and then will be picked off as soon as she��s played. And don��t even start with Seadevil Stinger, a Murloc in a class without anyone else in his tribe. At least Blastcrystal Potion seems decent, right?
Priest decks will finally be viable at the highest levels in Gadgetzan (Blizzard)
The winner of Gadgetzan – PRIEST
Congratulations, Priests. You��ve won Gadgetzan.
For ages, it��s been tough for Priests to find their way into the mid game with strong pressure on the board. No longer! Thanks to the likes of Mana Geode and Kabal Talonpriest, they officially have strong options on turns two and three. Kabal Songstealer and Drakonid Operative fill the five mana slot, a traditionally difficult place for Priests. If they need any more help, Potion of Madness is perfectly capable of creating two-for-one trades with your opponent��s own minions.
For the Dragon set, there��s the aforementioned Drakonid Operative and the immensely powerful AOE removal spell Dragonfire Potion. Dragon Priest has always been on the verge of becoming an S-tier deck (thanks, Brian Kibler!), and these two might be just the cards to push it over the top.
It��s crazy to think that Greater Healing Potion is probably the worst card in the Priest��s new set of cards. It��s not even that awful, and will certainly save more than a few people from certain death.
It��s finally time for Priests to have their day of glory.
While his faith has been shaken, Taylor Cocke won��t be giving up the Warlock dream any time soon. Follow him on Twitter @taylorcocke.<|endoftext|>Abstract A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011, followed by several long and intense aftershocks. Laboratory mice housed in the Tokyo, located approximately 330 km south of this earthquake��s epicenter, displayed remarkable changes in a variety of behaviors and physiological measures. Although unusual pre-earthquake behaviors have been previously reported in laboratory animals, little is known about behavioral and physiological changes that occur after a great earthquake. In the present study, the effects of Tohoku earthquake on mice behavior were investigated. ��Earthquake-experienced�� mice displayed a marked increase in food consumption without gaining body weight in response to the earthquake. They also displayed enhanced anxiety, and in a formal fear memory task, showed significantly greater tone- and context-dependent conditioned freezing. Water maze performance of earthquake-experienced mice showed the quicker acquisition of the task, faster swim speed and longer swim distance than the naive mice. Serum corticosterone levels were elevated compared to the naive mice, indicating that the earthquake and aftershocks were stressful for the mice. These results demonstrate that great earthquakes strongly affect mouse behaviors and physiology. Although the effects of a variety of experimental manipulations on mouse behaviors in disease models or in models of higher cognitive functions have been extensively examined, researchers need to be aware how natural phenomena, such as earthquakes and perhaps other natural environmental factors, influence laboratory animal behaviors and physiology.
Citation: Yanai S, Semba Y, Endo S (2012) Remarkable Changes in Behavior and Physiology of Laboratory Mice after the Massive 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044475 Editor: Gregg Roman, University of Houston, United States