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Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
It was one of the biggest nerfs Hearthstone ever experienced, not counting total remakes. Usually cards gets +1 Mana or let’s say -1 Health, but in this case it was -3 Attack. Changing a 5/5 to 2/5 basically makes it nearly unplayable.
The only deck it still can see play in is basically Evolve Shaman, because if you Evolve it, it still turns into a random 8-drop.
Hearthstone's Best Hero Class Tier List (Boomsday Project) - The Current Best Standard Classes in Hearthstone 2018
According to the tier lists, it’s one of the best decks on the ladder.
And it’s all over the higher ranks. When I was grinding Legend a few days ago, 30-40% of my matchups were Silver Hand Paladins.
Hearthstone's Best Hero Class Tier List (Boomsday Project) - The Current Best Standard Classes in Hearthstone 2018
The list was a bit outdated, but it just got an update ๐
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
You’re still missing my point. I don’t recommend it because it might get played after the rotation. That’s just one of the reasons.
Barnes + Y’Shaarj combo is 1400 Gold (or $14) + 1600 Dust. 2x To My Side! is 800 Dust. That’s a massive difference.
Barnes + Y’Shaarj has exactly 0% chance of seeing play in 1.5 months, because it will rotate out. Even if you don’t think that To my Side will see play, it still can, unlike those two.
I haven’t even once said that To My Side are better in the deck than Barnes + Y’Shaarj. But if you’re a more new/casual player and you absolutely want to play the deck right now, you can do it for a much lower investment by crafting To my Side + it will still be playable after the rotation.
The card is on the list for the reasons I’ve already explained (not only in the comments, but next to the card itself too). People have their own brains and can decide whether they want to craft it or not after I explicitly said that it’s NOT the best-in-slot, but the best-in-slot combo of Barnes + Y’Shaarj is expensive and rotating out very soon. If you want to play the deck, you need to have either one or the other, and if I was a new/budget player who wants to play the deck, I’d definitely want to save 800 Dust and 1400 Gold.
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
If you think about a full Dust refund, then sadly no, nothing like that happens. The cards will still be usable in the Wild and this is just a normal rotation.
They only fully refund cards if they rotate them “out of schedule” to Hall of Fame. Since they’ve promised that the Classic cards will be available forever in Standard, when rotating some of them out they’ve “broken” that promise and refunded players with full dust (while leaving the card in their collection).
We will probably get more announcements regarding this year’s Hall of Fame rotation soon, if it will happen at all (but I do think it will).
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
The hard part about making lists like this is that you need to balance out cards that “see a lot of play right now” and cards that are just generally “solid crafts”. Given that Faceless is a Classic Neutral, and it has seen play in multiple decks ever since the Classic, I feel like it just belongs to the second category.
It’s not only Warlock decks that used to play it. While it was most common (and amazing) in decks like RenoLock and Handlock, decks like Control Shaman, Worgen Warrior (and other Combo Warrior decks like Giants Warrior) or Ramp Druid also played it. If we go even further back, it was actually a common card in Miracle Rogue (Deckhand / Cold Blood combo).
Even right now it’s played in Malygos Druid, even though that’s an off-meta deck.
So my reasoning was that the card was never “must-craft” at any point, but it overall a good craft given how many times it has seen play in the past, and the fact that it’s commonly seen in the arguably most poweful meta deck right now.
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
Like I’ve said, it only speaks about the fact that Y’Shaarj version is just better. If not for Y’Shaarj, every Spell Hunter would run it. Two Animal Companions on Turn 6 is not bad at all, especially since it fits right after the Spellstone (if Wolves survive, rolling Leokk makes them so much better and if they die, it’s a board refill). But you just can’t run those two cards together, that’s the deck’s restriction.
Let me give you another example – Northshire Cleric is a great card, yet Highlander (Razakus) Priest only used one copy. Does it mean that the card is not good enough to play two copies? No, it just means that if you want to run other, better cards, you need to restrict your deck building.
I am 100% sure that the card will see play in Spell Hunter after the rotation, unless another amazing incentive to play minions arises (like the Barnes/Y’shaarj in this case), but I don’t think that they would do that considering how people hate Barnes now.
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
I thought that I explained it well enough in the post itself. Y’Shaarj is a really bad craft right now, because it rotates out in just about 1.5 months. Not to mention that a lot of players don’t have Karazhan. While I acknowledge that the Y’Shaarj version is better, this is the second best option and it’s more future-proof.
To My Side! is not a bad card at all. It works very well in the Spell Hunter. It’s just that you simply CAN’T run both Barnes/Y’Shaarj combo and To My Side! (because it would be too inconsistent, it still works with Rhok’delar, but that’s 1 card and not 3 in total). If not for that, the card would be played, and it’s the second best option if you don’t have the Barnes/Y’Shaarj. And while Y’Shaarj will no longer be played in Spell Hunter after the rotation, I’m quite certain that To My Side! will.
Not to mention that this list isn’t aimed at the pro players – they already know what to craft. If you’re a less experienced player, you can just as well play the slightly worse version at the lower ranks. In terms of fun, it should be even better – Barnes version is really unfun in a way that you so often need to high-roll your way to victory and drawing Y’Shaarj is a terrible feeling.
Hearthstone Epic Crafting Guide (Standard) - Scholomance Academy - September 2020
My god, sorry. I wanted to split them between Class & Neutrals first and then merged them together (because the split seemed a bit needless). Voidlord had to disappear somewhere along the way. Adding it now.
Best Post-Nerf Hearthstone Decks for Balance Patch 10.2 - A Week Later
Right? Blizzard seems to force Warriors into Control role (after constantly nerfing their combo archetypes like Patron Warrior, Worgen Warrior etc. and Aggro like Pirate Warrior), but they just don’t give them the right tools to do the job. Warriors can survive, but they have really hard time actually turning that into a win.
I hope that they plan something good for the class this year. Because honestly, Kobolds & Catacombs was a solid expansion for Warrior, but it just wasn’t enough.
Best Post-Nerf Hearthstone Decks for Balance Patch 10.2 - A Week Later
I’m glad that you liked it!
Best Post-Nerf Hearthstone Decks for Balance Patch 10.2 - A Week Later
Of course you are right, thanks! I didn’t even catch it after reading it the second time, hahah.
Fixed it ๐
The Current Arena Rules in Hearthstone - Arena Exclusive Cards, Banned Cards List, Card Appearance Rates
What do you mean a whole expansion? Whispers of the Old Gods?
Cards are banned only in the Arena, they’re available in the other formats, so it’s obviously not the same as completely removing them.
And it’s only about 10% of the expansion, 90% of the cards is still there.
I don’t necessarily agree with removing all of the C’Thun-related cards (because honestly, most of them would be good in Arena even without C’Thun), but it makes sense.
Tempo Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
Against Aggro, Volcanic Potion would probably be a better tech card, actually! Most of the time, you lose games against Aggro if you fall behind in the early game, Turn 7 is often too late to come back even if you AoE down the board. And that 2 damage early AoE damage can work wonders against some of the faster decks.
And I think that you should replace Pyroblast instead of Firelands Portal while we’re at it.
Combo Priest Deck List Guide - Witchwood - July 2018
There is a card substitutions section at the bottom of the guide.
Best Post-Nerf Hearthstone Decks for Balance Patch 10.2 - Day 1
The deck is neither good or popular, even after the nerfs. It loses hard to any fast/aggressive deck. Yes, it has some good matchups (Control/Cube Warlock, Big Priest), but the bad ones far outweigh the good ones. You can check some stats here: https://hsreplay.net/archetypes/151/mill-rogue#tab=matchups
Most notably, Aggro and Murloc Paladin are at about 10% win rate… That’s why it’s not on the list under the best decks.
I could put it under the interesting/off-meta decks, but I didn’t see any list from a pro player (I generally prefer to put decks tested by the best players to give them more credibility). But I might put it in the next compilation if I stumble upon one!
The Current Arena Rules in Hearthstone - Arena Exclusive Cards, Banned Cards List, Card Appearance Rates
I’m afraid that Blizzard didn’t provide any official list for the “slight adjustments”, and since they seem to adjust the cards quite often, unofficial list would be incredibly hard to make. For the most part, it was just guessing made based on what cards people pick at what rate. For example, Hunter’s Flanking Strike and Wandering Monster probably show less often than they should.
Here’s a source thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/7muauz/lets_talk_about_micro_adjustments_in_arena_and/
Tempo Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
It will no longer be playable in the current form. But it’s actually a third iteration of Tempo Mage (first one was pre-BRM, second one created after BRM and third one shaped out after Un’Goro), so I believe that it will eventually find its way to get back into the meta.
The deck has a strong classic shell – cards like Mana Wyrm, Frostbolt, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Arcane Intellect, Kirin Tor Mage or Fireball will still be there. Not to mention that a lot of the good cards from 2017 are still staying (e.g. Arcanologist, Primordial Glyph, Aluneth).
At this point, it really depends on what Blizzard decides to print for Mage in the first expansion of 2018.
Ice Block, Alexstrasza, Gadgetzan Auctioneer, Wild Growth, Doomguard and Preparation are some of the predictions.
But those are only guesses – no one really knows what cards will rotate out (if any). Given that the rotation will happen with the first expansion of 2018, somewhere early-mid April, they should make an announcement soon if anything.
But to answer your second question, no, there is no need to keep extra copies. You are getting a refund only for the amount of cards you can put into your deck – so 2 in case of Common/Rare/Epic and 1 in case of Legendary. However, there is a certain cool trick to gain more Dust if you don’t own a certain Legendary, for example.
Refund for a Golden Legendary is 3200 Dust. So if you don’t own one, you can actually craft it before it rotates out, gain the full Dust refund (3200), and then Disenchant it for 1600 (normal value) to gain +1600 Dust. It only works if you don’t own a copy of that certain card. But don’t sweat about it yet, we will definitely explain it on the site if they announce Hall of Fame rotation ๐