Old Guardian's Articles
Rastakhan’s Rumble Dragon Warrior: The Past and Future of the Archetype
In Rastakhan’s Rumble, Blizzard is clearly pushing for Dragon Warrior as one of the new archetypes. It may be new for some people, but Dragon Warrior actually already existed in Hearthstone a long ago. Year 2016 was the year of the Dragon Warrior, the archetype saw a lot of play on ladder and in tournaments […]
Rastakhan’s Rumble Odd Mage: The Past, Present, and Future of the Archetype
The reveal season for Rastakhan’s Rumble, Hearthstone’s upcoming expansion, is at full speed and new cards are being revealed daily. In Blizzard’s own reveal stream, we got to see some Rastakhan action in the form of a Mage deck that relied on Hero Power synergy cards. While that deck was a regular Mage deck, viewers […]
What Would it Take for Hand Buff and Deck Buff to Succeed in Rastakhan’s Rumble?
With the upcoming Rastakhan’s Rumble expansion, new hand buff and deck buff cards will be added to Hearthstone yet again. These two mechanics have seen support over multiple expansions starting from the deck buff from The Mistcaller in The Grand Tournament and peaking in hand buff being the major mechanic of the entire Grimy […]
Did the Boomsday Balance Patch Change the Hearthstone Meta?
For a long time, it looked like we would not get the mid-expansion balance patch in The Boomsday Project. Blizzard was adamant that the meta is perfectly fine and no balance patch is needed this time. Suddenly, they had a change of heart and a balance patch was announced out of the blue on October […]
Rattling the Quest Cage: Decks for Laddering with Rogue in the Boomsday meta
Rogue has been one of the winners of The Boomsday Project. Giggling Inventor rejuvenated Quest Rogue to rise strong once again and the card also slipped into Odd Rogue as a tool of aggression and a potent Fungalmancer target. These two archetypes have been highly successful and have dominated the public perception of Rogue in […]
