Nah it's always been 2 golden commons for whatever reason. Still better than arena rewards
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Hearthstone |OT4| The warsong has ended, please patron other decks
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Pretty much the same as my experience. I don't find it strange that rank 4 is (according to blizzard) top 1% yet it's not particularly hard to get there.
TheChewyWaffles
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Wow that's crap - not only was I not able to DE my extra gold reward cards from ranked play, but now they are completely gone 
Wafflecakes
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When shaman lucks into spellpower totem, then proceeds to unleash a lighting storm that RNG's for 4 damage on all 5 of my minions...
toddhunter
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If you had 5 minions you are probably playing a deck that deserved it.
Wafflecakes
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Naw. Was experimenting with dragon priest.
All of my early game survived to that point, and I had one mid-game dragon out.
The number of "pro" players I watch rope themselves and remain surprised at animations taking a while is absurd now, they always act shocked, games been out years and you wait til the last 10 seconds to start your auctioneer combo savjz then complain that you missed attacks and lose the game.
Is there a more lopsided match-up in the game than Freeze Mage vs. Control Warrior? Especially with Justicar now. A guy just got 5 fireballs immediately off his Antonidas and conceded before I even showed that I had removal for it.
With Emperor that matchup is less lopsided than it was before, actually. I imagine Justicar helps the warrior, but not all warriors run Justicar.
Servbot #42
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Here's what i got at rank legend:
Pretty cool but i'm definitely gonna dust demonheart for 400 dust, i have 900 dust so soon i'll be able to craft another legendary. Also i just realized if i make to rank 5 each month it's 400 dust guaranteed
Pretty cool but i'm definitely gonna dust demonheart for 400 dust, i have 900 dust so soon i'll be able to craft another legendary. Also i just realized if i make to rank 5 each month it's 400 dust guaranteed
Vanillalite
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Blizz needs to do something about the Joust mechanic, because a push basically equaling a loss means the odds play out that the cards aren't worthwhile.
It should go like this.
You both draw. If you win or lose so be it. If it's = then you draw a second round. Then you win or lose with = being loss this time.
It should go like this.
You both draw. If you win or lose so be it. If it's = then you draw a second round. Then you win or lose with = being loss this time.
I always tense up a little bit when I see how damn far some people let the rope go before they even start their play.
I agree, another joust on a draw would make the mechanic way better.
It's mostly just Lifecoach and Trump, and it's a huge weakness because they take too long to play out the RNG factor of the turn before making the rest of their play decisions.
FiveSix4Three
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Opened a golden lay on hands in my ranked rewards.
Not too shabby.
Not too shabby.
Yes. It would be the same as playing a golden Jaraxxus.
Edit: looks like this http://i.imgur.com/3qLzAkv.jpg
Vanillalite
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Here is the other problem with Joust.
If it's Joust on a 5 mana on up card that means in theory you've both already played a lot of your 1-4 mana cards. So it makes the probable range on the Joust card draws that much smaller.
If it's Joust on a 5 mana on up card that means in theory you've both already played a lot of your 1-4 mana cards. So it makes the probable range on the Joust card draws that much smaller.
BenjaminBirdie
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Holy crap, your season rank is based on your highest rank, not where you land on the 31st????
HEARTHSTONE DA GOD
HEARTHSTONE DA GOD
For my final push last night I rocked out a Tempo mage in hopes that it would smash the surge of paladins. Well the Paladins weren't as common, but I had a lot of success and gained a few stars before the end of the season. Here is the final deck and it's been pretty good.
2 Mana Wyrm
2 Arcane Blast (combo w/ Azure Drake for 1 mana 4 damage)
1 Flamecannon
2 Frost Bolt (must have for that new Druid 2 drop that gives them a mana if left alive)
2 Sorcerer Apprentice
2 Mad Scientist
2 Unstable Portal
2 Arcane Intellect
2 Flamewaker
1 Mirror Entity
1 Counter Spell (Could easily be swapped for Effigy or Mirror Entity if you want more board, but I was finding success with by keeping the enemy guessing)
1 Effigy (Try to only have 3+ cost minions on the board when this secret is up, trade away anything lower on your turn)
1 Polymorph Boar (A pretty clutch spell, polymorph giants, and it lets you reach for lethal when you need 4 more damage)
2 Violet Teacher (The token generation is very useful against all of the divine shields in paladin decks)
1 Fireball (I never thought I would cut a fireball, but it's often overkill, and I want cheaper spells to combo with)
2 Azure Drake (It now also combos with a spell, just like every other minion in the deck, the spell damage bonus to Arcane Blast can swing the board hard and fast)
1 Toshley (Great body and spare parts combo w/ Mana Wyrm, Violet Teacher, & Archmage)
1 Dr. Boom (Massive board presence)
1 Archmage Antonidas (Wins close games)
1 Rhonin (Good body and almost demands a silence because the 3 arcane missles can go on to win the game)
Substitutes:
Violet Teacher - Mech Yeti, instead of combing with spells mech yeti gives you spells to combo. Mech Yeti hurts you in the mirror match, and you need to make sure you balance the cards that generate spells w/ cards that benefit from them.
Toshley - He is a strong body that grants a spell. I would swap him out for the second Fireball, which removes a large body and is a spell.
Dr. Boom - You need a big body in the deck, Sylvanus or any other late game legendary will do, perhaps even a Boulderfist Ogre would fill the roll if you only have basic cards.
Rhonin - He is a spell generator. Mech Yeti, Toshley, and Clockwork Gnome all fill a similar roll. Rhonin is the best at it and combos well with Effigy.
Archmage Antonidas - No substitution. He fills a very niche roll that can win games. Drop the 1600 dust to craft him and you'll use him in almost every mage deck from Control to Aggro.
2 Mana Wyrm
2 Arcane Blast (combo w/ Azure Drake for 1 mana 4 damage)
1 Flamecannon
2 Frost Bolt (must have for that new Druid 2 drop that gives them a mana if left alive)
2 Sorcerer Apprentice
2 Mad Scientist
2 Unstable Portal
2 Arcane Intellect
2 Flamewaker
1 Mirror Entity
1 Counter Spell (Could easily be swapped for Effigy or Mirror Entity if you want more board, but I was finding success with by keeping the enemy guessing)
1 Effigy (Try to only have 3+ cost minions on the board when this secret is up, trade away anything lower on your turn)
1 Polymorph Boar (A pretty clutch spell, polymorph giants, and it lets you reach for lethal when you need 4 more damage)
2 Violet Teacher (The token generation is very useful against all of the divine shields in paladin decks)
1 Fireball (I never thought I would cut a fireball, but it's often overkill, and I want cheaper spells to combo with)
2 Azure Drake (It now also combos with a spell, just like every other minion in the deck, the spell damage bonus to Arcane Blast can swing the board hard and fast)
1 Toshley (Great body and spare parts combo w/ Mana Wyrm, Violet Teacher, & Archmage)
1 Dr. Boom (Massive board presence)
1 Archmage Antonidas (Wins close games)
1 Rhonin (Good body and almost demands a silence because the 3 arcane missles can go on to win the game)
Substitutes:
Violet Teacher - Mech Yeti, instead of combing with spells mech yeti gives you spells to combo. Mech Yeti hurts you in the mirror match, and you need to make sure you balance the cards that generate spells w/ cards that benefit from them.
Toshley - He is a strong body that grants a spell. I would swap him out for the second Fireball, which removes a large body and is a spell.
Dr. Boom - You need a big body in the deck, Sylvanus or any other late game legendary will do, perhaps even a Boulderfist Ogre would fill the roll if you only have basic cards.
Rhonin - He is a spell generator. Mech Yeti, Toshley, and Clockwork Gnome all fill a similar roll. Rhonin is the best at it and combos well with Effigy.
Archmage Antonidas - No substitution. He fills a very niche roll that can win games. Drop the 1600 dust to craft him and you'll use him in almost every mage deck from Control to Aggro.
Onion_Relish
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I pushed hard for rank 10 but ended at 11. Pretty happy with the golden darnassus aspirant though. I think this season in going for legend. Wish i had more legends to make decks with though :*(
I would advise playing patron warrior, if you have BRM and Naxx. You don't need Harrison for the deck to work.
TheChewyWaffles
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Anyone lose their extra golden cards from their reward chest? My problem is that the goldens I got were the third for each of them and they apparently disappeared
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Woah what you get TWO OF EACH for the goldens? Is that just a glitch?
You only get 1, if it shows 2 it's a glitch.
It was just a glitch. I tried to disenchant all of my copies and I got an error message when I tried.
Once I relogged, the extra copies were gone, without me getting extra dust.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Damn thought I could capitalize on some extra dust since who the hell wants two golden king's defenders anyway
Haunted
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Played Varian 4 times in 4 games just now - once he didn't net me any minions and I narrowly lost the game (but was on my way out anyway) - but 3 times he caused the opponent to concede immediately.
Which is a bummer since I would've liked to continue those games, but I can understand someone giving up when Varian puts out a Sylvanas and Ragnaros. Or two shieldmaidens and a Thaurissan.
20+ mana value
Which is a bummer since I would've liked to continue those games, but I can understand someone giving up when Varian puts out a Sylvanas and Ragnaros. Or two shieldmaidens and a Thaurissan.
20+ mana value
The Wizard
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Golden cards are certainly a nice bonus for relatively new players! Speaking of could use more EU friends, add away! DeadPixel#2958
x deck on a good draw will beat y deck on a bad draw. Every. Time.
Professor Lich
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For what it's worth though, each chest is only named after the rank's threshold. For example, once you hit 15 it's always Guardian's Chest until you hit 10 and it's replaced by whatever rank 10 is.
Mobius and pet octopus
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My epic was tree of life, so I ended up just getting a 520 dust pack, which isn't bad since i just spent like 3500 dust on a paladin tgt deck.
Onion_Relish
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Worse than Hemet Nesingwary or that new "Silence a Demon" Card? I don't know bruh...
the card text might as well be 'your opponent uses hero power next turn, you can't play anything next turn', easily worse.
and then there is zap-o-matic power creep!
STOP ASKING QUESTIONS
They're super situational but not really bad. The Silence a demon card is at least a 3 mana 4/3, way better than even Ice Rager. Hemet would find a place in a super Hunter/Druid meta.
poppedcollar69
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you know, the fact that bliz refuse to nerf dr boom has made me feel more comfortable dusting my dupes
cause if they arent going to change him, then theres no way theyre ever going to change.... violet teacher for instance
dusting the vast majority of my classic set non epic non legendary dupes nets me about..... 2500 dust. time to craft boom.
cause if they arent going to change him, then theres no way theyre ever going to change.... violet teacher for instance
dusting the vast majority of my classic set non epic non legendary dupes nets me about..... 2500 dust. time to craft boom.
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