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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
- Thread starter ZealousD
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Zombie Chow's new effect: "Battlecry: After you play this card,you win the game" really needs to be nerfed.
A hunter conceded after I played a zombie chow on my first turn
this is new
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I can't believe this warlock thought he had a chance after he tapped himself out of cards and then even bothered to mortal coil me to further accelerate his fatigue death. Walked into an easy equality consecration win.
It looks like Magic: The Gathering style Enchantments are coming to Hearthstone, at least for Brawl: http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/1096-hearthstone-patch-4-0-the-league-of-explorers
New Brawl Cards
Fate 1 - All minions have Taunt and Charge.
Fate 10 - Battlecry minions get +1/+1
Fate 11 - Each turn, you get a 1/1 Murloc
Fate 2 - When a minion dies, its owner gets a (1) mana Banana.
Fate 3 - All minions have Windfury.
Fate 4 - All minions get +1 Attack.
Fate 5 - Spells cost (1) less.
Fate 6 - Shuffle 10 Unstable Portals into your deck.
Fate 7 - When a minion dies, its owner gets a Coin.
Fate 8 - Whenever a spell is played, its caster gains 3 armor.
Fate 9 - Deathrattle minions get +1/+1
Stolen Winter's Veil Gift - Find a random Treasure.
Cheap Gift - This card's costs is reduced by (4)
New Brawl Cards
Fate 1 - All minions have Taunt and Charge.
Fate 10 - Battlecry minions get +1/+1
Fate 11 - Each turn, you get a 1/1 Murloc
Fate 2 - When a minion dies, its owner gets a (1) mana Banana.
Fate 3 - All minions have Windfury.
Fate 4 - All minions get +1 Attack.
Fate 5 - Spells cost (1) less.
Fate 6 - Shuffle 10 Unstable Portals into your deck.
Fate 7 - When a minion dies, its owner gets a Coin.
Fate 8 - Whenever a spell is played, its caster gains 3 armor.
Fate 9 - Deathrattle minions get +1/+1
Stolen Winter's Veil Gift - Find a random Treasure.
Cheap Gift - This card's costs is reduced by (4)
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
They really should be using Brawl to test new things out.
They seem to finally be doing so. Summon Stone came from Brawl, and we were supposed to have a Brawl that tried the Discovery concept before it went live.
Enchantments though would add an interesting layer to Hearthstone, certainly. If you put one in that helped counter Deathrattles for example, it'd make a lot of other cards more viable.
Those could also feasibly be Ascension style event cards looking at them again.
Edit:
This is also the other unexpected thing present so far:
"Tavern Brawl Updates
A few new strings have appeared which point towards Tavern Brawl Deckbuilding. Building your team as you play?
TB_DECKBUILDING_FIRSTPICKTHREE Pick a new card for your hand.
TB_DECKBUILDING_FIRSTCARDPLAYED When you play a card, shuffle a copy into your deck.
TB_DECKBUILDING_FIRSTENDTURN Now return your hand to your deck and redraw.
TB_DECKBUILDING_STARTOFGAME Build your team as you play! Good luck!
TB_DECKBUILDING_STARTOFGAME_START Start!"
Finally ,new Flavor texts:
Dark Peddler : I'm offering you a bargain here! This amazing vacuum cleaner for your soul!
Eerie Statue : Don't blink! Don't turn your back, don't look away, and DON'T BLINK.
Explorer's Hat : Harrison Jones was disappointed that he didn't get to be part of the League of Explorers, but his hat did.
Summoning Stone : Sometimes it feels like it's always the same slackers that are waiting for a summon.
Dark Peddler : I'm offering you a bargain here! This amazing vacuum cleaner for your soul!
Eerie Statue : Don't blink! Don't turn your back, don't look away, and DON'T BLINK.
Explorer's Hat : Harrison Jones was disappointed that he didn't get to be part of the League of Explorers, but his hat did.
Summoning Stone : Sometimes it feels like it's always the same slackers that are waiting for a summon.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
This is the truest flavor text since the Resurrect one
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Guys did i miss something or is LOE out
WTF!?
Edit: Ah new patch just came out had to restart the game.
WTF!?
Edit: Ah new patch just came out had to restart the game.
Guys did i miss something or is LOE out
WTF!?
Buying the adventure in the Shop gets you the Torch and Hat cards.
It should be nice in fatigue mage too. The hat is a joke card.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Really? That is pretty lame. They could have at least put some interesting cards into the pre-order.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Bought, cba farming gold in this meta.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Do you only get them from that?
You get them from unlocking the first wing of the adventure. The only way to do that at the moment is by purchasing the Adventure with real world money via the Shop, so that's how people are getting them early.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Funny how I switch to rogue and queue into 3 tempo mages in a row...
"No, watch your back"
"No, you!"
- Better emotes
"No, watch your back"
"No, you!"
- Better emotes
I imagine they finally got everyone back in the booth between Heroes of the Storm and Legion.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
What? Did they really?
I think most would rate him at #2 after Ostkaka given his Blizzcon performance, though even that was the closest match set possible.
Is it possible it could be good in a deck that has lots of stuff that triggers off of spells being cast?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Just in the intro in mirror matches in the introduction emotes it seems. So valeera goes "watch your back", valeera 2 goes "I always do"
It's meant to combo with a Lock & Load Control Hunter, but even with all the added cards, it's not clear that this is going to be viable.
irfaanator
Banned
somebody said it can be used as an alternative to hero power in a sorta midrange/control version of hunter. can help w/ minion clearing
Thijs is also a big fan of Reno Jackson in Freeze Mage.
Yeah, I think that was just a pull out of WoW, and now they're actually responses.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I've already seen the torch card in freeze mage. He even played two of them. And it was like... the lowest possible impact card he could have put in the deck I think. I mean, it depends on what he cut but all he did was remove single targets whereas I could put out multiple threats and since he didn't have an AOE, he was demolished by loatheb. I might have even missed lethal at one point but he was at 1 hp for the rest of the game despite 2 ice blocks.
So potentially compromise your account to get 2 cards early? I'll pass
So potentially compromise your account to get 2 cards early? I'll pass
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Thijs says freezemage is getting a huge buff with the set, I've been telling you guys that
vomit
I've already seen the torch card in freeze mage. He even played two of them. And it was like... the lowest possible impact card he could have put in the deck I think. I mean, it depends on what he cut but all he did was remove single targets whereas I could put out multiple threats and since he didn't have an AOE, he was demolished by loatheb. I might have even missed lethal at one point but he was at 1 hp for the rest of the game despite 2 ice blocks.
So potentially compromise your account to get 2 cards early? I'll pass
I've done this to pre-purchase expansions early with gold for every expansion since Naxx without getting banned.
Kotetsu534
Member
Fully heal your hero is a big deal when you just need one free turn to kill your opponent. For Freeze Mage it will normally represent 29 points of healing since opponents will take them to 1 before popping Ice Block. Sure, a large board could deal 20+ of damage easily, but large boards are the thing Freeze Mage is superb at stopping in their tracks.
Super Nothing
Member
It's worse than hero power because it uses up a card. It can also be lost to silence effects and/or Counter Spell/Spell Bender or Polymorph/Hex or Sap/Freezing Trap or temporarily blocked with Loatheb. It also isn't as reliable since you have to draw it out of your deck before you can use it. And because it keeps coming back, you would never want to run two of them, making it a less reliable draw.
WesternHeretic
Member
Pretty impossible to build a competitive deck without naxx cards. That's why when i first started i chose eboladin because literally only deck in could find without needing naxx.
Even face hunter you want mad scientist who's the last fucking wing.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I'd never risk it for such a small short term benefit. You never really know if people get in trouble for this based on how they react in the past. One day they might just decide you're breaking the rules and get a suspension. There really is very little to nothing to stop them from doing that, even if it seems like they'd never do that it just isn't worth the risk.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I had a warrior friend me afterwards and he said he couldn't attack with grommash. Maybe the patch broke something.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
You answered your own question.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Now that people have this torch card... I kind of want it. I'd make a control mage deck running it, I think. I've always wanted to try control mage but never felt like it had enough of a hook to make me want to play it over control paladin. Now there seems to be 2, duplicate and torch.
Maybe it is but every aggro paladin I've come across is pretty easy. Lots of decks are geared with a set of anti-aggro + BC tools to the point that aggro paladin can't take advantage of their quick starts as much as they would like to.
Aggro paladin is stronger in a combo heavier meta and with decks that fight more for hand value rather than board value, if this makes sense. The quicker the meta the weaker aggro paladin tends to be due to weaker divine favor, weaker minions, and no ability to play a value match at all.
Maybe it is but every aggro paladin I've come across is pretty easy. Lots of decks are geared with a set of anti-aggro + BC tools to the point that aggro paladin can't take advantage of their quick starts as much as they would like to.
Aggro paladin is stronger in a combo heavier meta and with decks that fight more for hand value rather than board value, if this makes sense. The quicker the meta the weaker aggro paladin tends to be due to weaker divine favor, weaker minions, and no ability to play a value match at all.
Isn't aggro secretdin better at aggro than eboladin?