I can't see how you can complain about killing 2/3 of the class when that class was killing 2/3 of the game. What exactly did you find appealing about the previous meta? Just aggro, aggro and more aggro.
I'm not saying elementals don't need some help, but giving them plenty of early draw was not it. IMHO, revising the discard mechanic nerfs would be a whole lot better solution.
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