Yeah, that whole message looks rather sketchy.

For some reason, my brain interpreted it as 10 AM PT.

But then it doesn’t make sense because it wouldn’t give you the day.

I hope that the expansion has more QA than this teaser 😀

The first sort of win con is 2x Everything Must Go (you can guarantee drawing both copies with Robocaller when he’s still at default 8-8-8). 4x 4-drop plus some other stuff you played that turn can be enough to overwhelm your opponent in some matchups. But that’s usually more of a stopgap.

Against Aggro you can also win with Zilliax shenanigans. The math can be a bit difficult but it’s possible to summon multiple copies of 4/5 with Divine Shield, Rush and Lifesteal in a single turn. You need to utilize mana discounts and control the number of minions you have to play Zilliax at 1 mana while having Sonya on board (then you can for example bounce him back with Breakdance, sacrifice one of your other minions and then play it again at 1 mana to get another 0 mana copy).

But the “main” win condtition is Sonya + Valeera’s Gift shenanigans. If you have the 1 mana version of Sandbox Scoundrel, you can play Sonya, Scoundrel, Cover Artist on Sonya (for 1 mana) and you will get another copy of Cover Artist . Now you get extra copies of Valeera’s Gift and then each Deadly Poison you play also gives you extra copies of Deadly Poison. So you buff your weapon to 30+ attack and boink your opponent in the face.

I agree, I would never spend so much money on a single cosmetic item.

But then again, if they keep adding more F2P stuff to the game, I don’t mind. If those expensive cosmetics will keep the game going, that’s fine.

The problem starts when they do those expensive, whale cosmetics and pay less attention to the majority of their playerbase at the same time (like, you know, getting rid of free game boards).

Mechanically they should work exactly the same, it’s just a difference in flavor.

I agree. It’s rightly classified as a buff when we only look at Standard format. But it’s a clear nerf in Wild format. Even if they didn’t plan for it specifically, a relatively popular deck became much worse.

I think in cases like that (when a change is both a buff and a nerf at the same time), they should give out full Dust refunds.

I think the whole idea of more dynamic boards that players can customize is great as long as you will be able to earn pieces by playing (like from the in-game events) or with Gold.

But it’s something they should absolutely say in the blog post instead of leaving us in the dark. Most players will just assume the worst.

Replicator is basically there only to combo with Hodir, it’s pretty insane late game combo. It’s used for slower matchups, you can pretty much ignore the card against Aggro.

It can be used to OTK enemy with Huffer from Patchwork Pals. You play Hodir one turn, then next turn you play 5 mana Replicator (turns into 8/8 because of Hodir), 1 mana Replicator (turns into 8/8 and summons a copy of itself) and Huffer (turns into 8/8 and summons three copies). You end up with four 8/8 Huffers this way (32 damage). Also works with King Plush if you get it from Mystery Egg. Or any other 4 or less mana minion, but if they don’t have Charge it’s obviously not OTK.

But I would personally cut it (and I won’t make a dick joke in this case).

Yeah, I’ve seen them, but I’m only posting what’s currently available in the shop in those updates 🙂

I mean yeah, they made some seriously stupid decisions in the past (including very recent past), but I don’t think they ever doubled-down like that after a massive community outrage.

No way, that would be a PR suicide.

The archetype has existed ever since TITANS… You win with Sif + cheap burn.

Whizbang’s Workshop Bundle had a higher than usual value, now we’re back to normal.

I wish 20 packs + 2 Legendaries became the new normal, though 🙂

If you’re having fun, that’s definitely how Hearthstone is supposed to work… for you 😀

I’m also wondering. Blightfang and Construct Quarter were buffed from even (4) to odd (3) but neither was played in Even DK in Wild, they were just too weak.

Both “undead” and “undeads” are grammatically correct plural forms of “undead”. In fact, when it comes to fantasy settings, you more commonly see “undead” as a plural. E.g. you can say “I see many undead”.

So it means give +2/+2 to all Undead minions in your hand.

I think they should just write “Undead minions” or “all Undead” to be more clear.

“Is Wild Saved?”

Lol

Mind Control generated by Anduin’s Gift will cost 9 mana.

You’re right, it’s missing from the official image. I’ll add it to the list 🙂

There’s nothing “woke” about that statement, it literally happened, although it’s a bit more complex.

Both Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra were promoted to co-lead Blizzard from different positions. But she was paid less than him because the position she was promoted from was paid less. They both asked to get the same payment multiple times and were denied.

She was only offered equal pay AFTER resigning (they probably realized what big of a PR nightmare that would be if she spoke about it publicly), but she decided to quit anyway.

It was one of the most idiotic things Blizzard could do. I mean, they specifically hired those two for “equality” after all of the sexual harassment, discrimination etc. cases came to life. And they didn’t think that paying both of them the same would be a good idea.

I agree that Velarok needs a balance pass, but I think that 2 cards would be a nice compromise between what it was before the buff and the current situation.

Or make it 3 but count cards played while he’s in the deck too. That would reduce his early-game power dramatically (that is the biggest issue) but later you would just draw him and he would be active.