[PC Game] Hearthstone (Practically Beta)

[Dei]

I am a jerk.

 

[Ravenpoe]

This specific interaction looks like it could be seriously abused by Duplicate, Echo of Medivh, etc.


--Patrick

Yeah, but wild is where all the crazy stuff happens.

 

[Dei]

I really like the bubble paladin deck. I don't know how far I can go with it, but it makes me happy.

 

[figmentPez]

Sadly, this bug has already been patched.

 

[PatrThom]

Hee. I wanted to post that, but figured I'd already posted enough.
Soooo many interactions to test, I look forward to discovering even more.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

The worst part of Yogg is when you think you got a reasonably good Yogg...



(Though that Domo did win me the game)

 

[Ravenpoe]

 

[PatrThom]

Hah! 'Nubes.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

 

[figmentPez]

I just got to play Yogg-Saron in this week's Brawl, and it was glorioius! I don't remember the exact sequence, but Doom! killing off 6 minions led into Dark Wispers, and a bunch of other stuff, leaving me with an over-full hand, and a bunch of tiny minions facing an empty board. I was already winning, and Yogg managed to not screw it up.

 

[Dei]

The sadness of never finding your C'Thun.

 

[figmentPez]

I think I'm going to enjoy my Murloc Krakaladin deck:

 

[PatrThom]

Got the "watch and learn" quest last week.
Finally finished my 0/2=get 5 packs quest, also.
That's 6 packs.
Got 3 legendaries, 3 epics.
Things are looking up.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

<3 the current iteration of zoolock.

 

[Ravenpoe]

<3 the current iteration of zoolock.

You are the worst

 

[Dei]

You are the worst

Pffft, I know the things you have done.

 

[PatrThom]

I know I've said it before, but it's the Shadowcaster that interests me.
Casting a second to copy the first would result in an endless zoo of 1/1 critters.

There are some Brann shennanigans that could help out with that, but that just makes the combo even harder to pull off. I've no doubt that some hilarious videos will result, but I'm not sure it's a competitive strategy.

Someone pulled it off!

[Deathwing, Dragonlord]'s a really slow card, but potentially very powerful.

You ain't lyin', boyo.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

I am very tempted to put Vilefin Inquisitor in every paladin deck I make, whether it's good or not, just because I can't stand Liadrin having Silver Hand Recruits.

 

[figmentPez]

I am very tempted to put Vilefin Inquisitor in every paladin deck I make, whether it's good or not, just because I can't stand Liadrin having Silver Hand Recruits.

I'd do it just because the Silver Hand Murlocs are adorable.

 

[Dei]

I really want someone to make a plushy one.

 

[figmentPez]

I was about to be happy that TotalBiscuit has done another Legendary deck video, but he's just being a whiny grump. "Zoolock is boring and takes no intelligence to play", "C'Thun decks are easy to build and boring". Holy shit, dude. Stop complaining about a control deck meta.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I was about to be happy that TotalBiscuit has done another Legendary deck video, but he's just being a whiny grump. "Zoolock is boring and takes no intelligence to play", "C'Thun decks are easy to build and boring". Holy shit, dude. Stop complaining about a control deck meta.

Actually, aggro shaman is so good right now because it punishes slower control decks. I've seen far more of that on ladder than anything else.

 

[Dei]

Those shaman decks are brutal. My issue with C'Thun decks can be demonstrated above, where my C'Thun was at 49 and I never drew him. I really want to come up with a viable midrange pally deck, or magically get enough dust to get all the legendary deathrattle minions I never got before.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Those shaman decks are brutal. My issue with C'Thun decks can be demonstrated above, where my C'Thun was at 49 and I never drew him. I really want to come up with a viable midrange pally deck, or magically get enough dust to get all the legendary deathrattle minions I never got before.

A 49/49 c'thun is great and all, but you can't have your win condition be drawing a single card, unless you include some sort of major draw engine like miracle rogue. I think the key to a consistent c'thun deck is to not go full c'thun. My control rogue has a pretty high win rate so far (and destroys aggro shamans) but she rarely gets her c'thun above a 10/10 or a 12/12. Just enough to trigger key cards like Twin Emperor. And even a 12/12 dropped doing 12 damage to the board is an incredibly powerful play, you don't have to go for full old god doom.

 

[Dei]

Well it got that high because it was very late game and I had thistle tea'd my blade and assassinated all his big shit. I had board control for most of the game, but lost it with 2 cards left.

See also, trying to go long haul with aggro shaman.

 

[PatrThom]

A 49/49 c'thun is great and all, but you can't have your win condition be drawing a single card, unless you include some sort of major draw engine like miracle rogue.

I thought that was the point behind Ancient Harbinger and Doomcaller? The AH is like having your C'thun be in 3 different places in your deck, and since it has 4 attack it is immune to the Shadow Word spells. The Doomcaller means you can call him early, then call him again later.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

If you aren't going to win after playing C'Thun once, you've probably already lost.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Doomcaller also doesn't work if your C'Thun isn't in the graveyard. Meaning if it gets entombed, polymorphed, or hexed, it will be unable to reshuffle c'thun back into your deck.

 

[PatrThom]

If you aren't going to win after playing C'Thun once, you've probably already lost.

Yeah, that was more directed toward Warlocks and Druids, I guess.

Doomcaller also doesn't work if your C'Thun isn't in the graveyard. Meaning if it gets entombed, polymorphed, or hexed, it will be unable to reshuffle c'thun back into your deck.

I want to see what happens if it gets milled.

--Patrick

 

[Ravenpoe]

Yeah, that was more directed toward Warlocks and Druids, I guess.

I want to see what happens if it gets milled.

--Patrick

If it's milled, by drawing it when you have a full hand, it does not go into the graveyard. If it gets returned to your hand from the board while your hand is full, it is instead destroyed, and then -does- go into the graveyard.

 

[Dei]

My husband doesn't have a lot of great cards, and almost no legendaries, but while I was messing around on his account, I made this beast/C'thun druid deck that is doing pretty well. It's pretty midrange, which is my preferred deck, but I've gotten a lot of fast wins with it, admittedly at low teens rankings.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Tonight I learned that if your C'Thun is dead, and you add it to your deck with a doomcaller, you do not have to wait for it to die again to add another with a second doomcaller.

 

[PatrThom]

Tonight I learned that if your C'Thun is dead, and you add it to your deck with a doomcaller, you do not have to wait for it to die again to add another with a second doomcaller.

Online card listings have two apparently identical listings for C'thun, so I assume one of those is the "copied" C'thun you get from Doomcaller.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

Well, I also learned yesterday that if you use a peacekeeper on C'thun, it still counts as having more than 10 attack for cards that trigger off that, so the second card is actually probably the one used to "keep count".

 

[PatrThom]

Well, I also learned yesterday that if you use a peacekeeper on C'thun, it still counts as having more than 10 attack for cards that trigger off that, so the second card is actually probably the one used to "keep count".

I wonder if that's true of a silenced C'thun? My guess is that "still triggers > 10 after Peacekeeper" is actually a bug, and that it should not trigger.

--Patrick