The Happy Hearthstone

Episode 104 of The Happy Hearthstone is brought to you by... Listeners just like you! Become a Patron to support The Happy Hearthstone and receive exclusive perks and rewards. Check it out at http://patreon.com/thehappyhearthstone And by Square Frog! Some great gifts and accessories for the best gamers at pretty insane prices. Not to mention free shipping on every order! Check it out at http://squarefrog.grsm.io/thehappyhearthstone, and any purchases you make support The Happy Hearthstone! News Chat Kobolds and Catacombs LIKELY to release December 7! Review shows coming up next! Get ready! :D   Sponsor Break Some great gifts and accessories for the best gamers at pretty insane prices. Not to mention free shipping on every order! Check it out at http://squarefrog.grsm.io/thehappyhearthstone, and any purchases you make support The Happy Hearthstone!   Main Topic - How To Find Your Perfect Deck Why is it important to play decks you like and enjoy. What are our current “perfect deck(s)” (craig’s - otk rogue, big druid and demon zoo in wild) No mattter the meta, there is a perfect deck for you Tech Cards! Add a couple cards you enjoy playing with (some exceptions) Resources Hearthstone Top Decks Hearthpwn Podcasts (ALL of them! :D) Youtube Discord Twitter BlisterGuy Community Question Use the hashtag #fortheshow on Twitter or Google+ to ask a question for future shows! Or email us at thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com   Card of the Week Aya Blackpaw Closer You are The Happy Hearthstone Everyone who joins our Patreon during November 2017 gets a special gift in the mail! There's still a few days left to get in! AND we're now closer than ever to our fifth goal of WEEKLY episodes!! Join in to get us closer to a mega milestone. http://patreon.com/thehappyhearthstone This episode's thanks go out to: Adrian and Alejandro Special thanks to our official Producers of The Happy Hearthstone: DrunknMonk and Jordan L    Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone: https://plus.google.com/communities/103092101962821009470 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpA1Unj8r1SWDW86-qK5cw Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Also, we have a Happy Hearthstone group! Come join, find people to play with, and share decks! Link is in our show notes (https://blizzard.com/invite/ZKej3hOG) Guest Plugs http://twitter.com/craig_rkr I'm the producer of a podcast called My Black Friend And check out Jim and Them, it’s a comedy show  

 Episode 103 of The Happy Hearthstone is brought to you by... Listeners just like you! Become a Patron to support The Happy Hearthstone and receive exclusive perks and rewards. Check it out at http://patreon.com/thehappyhearthstone And by Dropleaf! Get unlimited access to a growing library of great indie games! Go to http://dropleaf.grsm.io/thehappyhearthstone to check out their 14 day free trial and support The Happy Hearthstone in the process!   News Chat Kobolds & Catacombs set comes out in December. More reveals on November 20 Gather Your Party - Warrior rare spell: 6 cost, Recruit a minion Dragon Soul - Legendary Priest weapon: 0 attack, 3 durability: After you cast 3 spells in a turn, summon a 5/5 Dragon Marin the Fox has been added to everyone's collection Everyone with a Virtual Ticket gets a golden copy as well. 14 new cards have been revealed out of the 135. New keyword: Recruit. Pull a minion out of your deck and into the battlefield. All nine classes will be getting a Legendary weapons. All players get one free at launch. The set is available to preorder at 50 packs for $49.99 in the US and comes with the For the Hoard cardback.7 New single-player mode call The Dungeon Run where you'll defeat bosses, collect loot, and earn rewards. Each boss you defeat, you'll earn new cards for that deck’s run. Lose and you'll have to throw your deck away and start over. Brode says it's the most replayable single-player content they've ever released. 48 unique bosses It’s completely free! You don’t even need any cards to play it!   Sponsor Break  Thanks again to Dropleaf for sponsoring this episode! Go to http://dropleaf.grsm.io/thehappyhearthstone to check out their free trial and support The Happy Hearthstone in the process!   Main Topic Dreamhack Denver Survival Guide: MOST IMPORTANTLY: If you ever plan on going to an event like this, especially a Dreamhack, remember to go back and listen to this episode the month before or the week of. I made this mistake with the Hero Power guys breaking down Dreamhack Atlanta. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. You will not be able to do everything. There’s just no way. So think through, “What are the things I would be really sad to miss out on?” Hearthstone tournament took all of Friday night and Saturday until early afternoon. Side event then took the rest of that night and Sunday morning. Pick your battles Lots of fun to watch the matches live with all the fans and a lot of pros there. Hearthstone Area Tips Check if there’s wifi. Surprisingly, there wasn’t. Watch out for swag and giveaways! They’re sneaky sometimes. Monster is amazing Board games, card games, arcade, VR… Even a BYOC for people who didn’t BYOC Bring snacks… Or full meals.   Is Coaching and playing with other players useful? Does it speed up development?   Community Question None this week.   iTunes Review None this week   The Dust Bowl is Back! Andrew’s to keep: Golden Grim Necromancer DM’s to keep: Golden Bearshark Andrew’s to dust: Blackguard DM’s to dust: ALL the Scalebanes Congrats to Navillus for winning this month's Patreon Dust Bowl Giveaway!   Card of the Week   Ice Block   Closer You are The Happy Hearthstone This podcast exists for you and is sustained by you! There are SO many great ways to support what we’re doing, and I want to ask you if this is one of your favorites, or you listen every episode to consider how you can support the show. Go check it out at patreon.com/thehappyhearthstone THANK you to everyone who has joined the Patreon so far! Forrest, Matthew, Avanties, Trey, James, Gainsdalf, Botticus, Navillus, MrJones, and Dust and Divine, thank you so much SPECIAL thanks to our official Producers of the show DrunkenMonk and Jordan! Special gift for everyone who joins this month, so jump in today! :D You can also leave a review on iTunes, which helps us a lot when people are looking for a Hearthstone podcast! Only takes a few minutes, and if you need help with it, just let me know.   Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone: https://plus.google.com/communities/103092101962821009470 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpA1Unj8r1SWDW86-qK5cw Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Also, we have a Happy Hearthstone group! Come join, find people to play with, and share decks! Link is in our show notes (https://blizzard.com/invite/ZKej3hOG) 12 HOUR STREAM - Saturady, 11/18 from 11:59am-11:59pm at twitch.tv/andrewisliving Guest Plugs Twitch.tv/DrunkenMonkC38 @DrunkenMonk_c38 The Voice of C38

Episode 102 of The Happy Hearthstone is brought to you by... Listeners just like you! Become a Patron to support The Happy Hearthstone and receive exclusive perks and rewards. Check it out at http://patreon.com/thehappyhearthstone   News Chat Hallow’s End has taken over Hearthstone! (More info here) For the 2 weeks of this event, they’ve made arena very different by offering Dual Classes You’ll first choose a hero portrait, then you’ll choose from 3 hero powers from other classes As you’re drafting your deck, you’ll have neutral options as usual, but class cards will be offered from the classes of your portrait and your hero power! Discussion First week is over, but if you login between Oct 31 and Nov 6, you’ll get a free Arena run AND two free Frozen Throne packs. Blizzcon is THIS WEEK, which means that we’ll very soon know what the last expansion for the year is. The four team names are… Grimestreet Grifters - Mean Streets Jungle Giants - Un’Goro Chillblade Crusaders - Frozen Throne Big-Time Buccaneers - ???? Blizzcon Virtual Ticket we mentioned last time -- They’ve revealed what the Golden Legendary is -- Marion the Fox. And he’s definitely a pirate They also announced a tournament called The Inn-vitational. Very similar to Oktoberbrawl, where they’re bringing together some big Hearthstone personalities for a lighthearted, fun competition. It looks like pirate/Booty Bay/treasure is what’s coming our way Friday 1:45 PST   Main Topic   Dreamhack Denver Grand Prix Recap: Let’s first talk about the highlights that don’t involve me: MTGKid - 12 years old - NEVER judge your opponent at any point through the match Ike - Never lost a match. It is possible to play flawlessly and be rewarded for it. All the other pros - It’s possible to get shaken, thrown, or choose poorly. I’m so glad I’m not a pro player.   As for me…. :D The way the Grand Prix goes is that it’s 9 rounds where each round you’re matched up against someone with the same record as you After those 9 rounds, they take the top 16 players, and put them in a single elimination bracket. I ended up going 6 and 3, putting me 1 win away from making it into the top 16. And I’ll talk about these losses later, but I’m really proud of where I got overall. The matches were played Last Hero Standing format, which is different from the typically Conquest format. In LHS, when you lose with a deck, you cannot use that deck any more in that match. It lends itself to making you want to play decks that really snowball and win a lot of different matchups. You brought 4 decks, and in each matchup, your opponent would choose 1 of your classes to ban, usually not knowing the exact decklists that you brought. So I decided to bring 3 decks that are really good (Tempo Rogue, Razakus Priest, and Jade Druid), and a 4th that I know really well which counters Druid (Murloc Paladin). The strategy was to ban Rogue because that deck has a very high winrate against most decks. My 3 losses were to some names that most of you don’t know (I didn’t know them going into the weekend), but they are quite accomplished. My first two matches were to Squid and ESOGlokta -- both qualified for the summer championship of HCT. Crazy. Nicest thing I heard all weekend was Glokta at the end of our 3-2 match saying, “I was really hoping this match was going to be easier than that.” The third loss was to a guy named Insom who was in the top 4 of Dreamhack Montreal. Yeah. Pretty good. But I was crazy encouraged, because none of these were runover matches. I won a game against Squid then got rolled by his Aggro Druid deck (really smart choice). And the games with Glokta and Insom went all the way down to the 5th game. And I know I made some mistakes in each of those matches, so had I been better prepared, I think I could’ve even done better. Definitely was encouraged to hold my own against each of them, and learned a ton from each match. All 3 guys were really nice and eager to talk through the match and help me think through how I could’ve played better.   IN DEPTH LOOK AT LOSSES Squid - HCT Summer Americas Finalist, full time college student (ended DH at 6-3) He brought Druid, Priest, Rogue, and Warlock I banned his Rogue, he banned my Priest First match was his Warlock Zoo vs my Tempo Rogue I was ahead for most of the match. He had to risk playing a Doomguard, and from it, he discarded Bloodreaver Gul’Dan--Writing was kind of on the wall at that point He brought his Aggro Druid after that and swept against my Tempo Rogue, Jade Druid, and Murloc Paladin Big bummer was that in that last matchup, he had Hungry Crab in his opening hand. That game was unfortunately decided early from that draw. I learned from this that Murloc Paladin is a fairly decent matchup against Aggro Druid. I should’ve queued that before my own Druid. His draws were just really good, and I struggled to keep up with him.   ESOGlokta - HCT Summer Americas Finalist, F2P player, this was his first Dreamhack, later played JustSaiyan on stream and lost (ended DH at 6-3) He brought Druid, Priest, Shaman, and Rogue I banned his Rogue, he banned my Druid He started with his Jade Druid and crushed my Tempo Rogue and Razakus Priest. He drew all his ramp, and I realized that I wasn’t thinking about how to beat Jade Druid, I was only thinking about what my deck wanted to do. I also wasn’t drawing what I needed for the Priest game. I brought it back with Murloc Paladin beating his Jade Druid and Token Shaman. It all came down to his Razakus Priest against my Murloc Paladin This match came to a really tough decision. I had an Ashbringer in hand, he had Lyra at 3/10. I had him down to 6 health and had 5 minions on board. I thought I could close it out the next turn if I just got aggressive and hoped that he just wouldn’t draw too many cards off Lyra. He ended up getting 20 cards or so off her. I really should’ve stopped that Lyra and then tried to establish myself for the win.   Insom - Top 4 at Dreamhack Montreal (ended DH at 6-3) He brought Paladin, Druid, Mage, and Warlock I banned his Warlock, he banned my Rogue His Big Druid beat my Jade Druid right off the top I finally learned to queue Murloc Paladin and beat him quickly :) He came back with a Corpsetaker/Stormwatcher Murloc Paladin that swept my Paladin and Priest. I remember feeling pretty fatigued since this was match 6 of the day and pretty late. I feel like I could’ve played this one better and certainly wasn’t thinking much about this kind of deck being in play at the tournament. Those Corpsetakers are brutal if you don’t have a way to stop them. Along with building an army of Murlocs, it’s definitely a strong deck. Tsukaime’s Tricks and Treats Life is a resource, not every minion has to be removed right away. Take your time to decide what to do, you have 70 seconds per turn for a reason! Always count how much damage you have for each turn, a lot of times you can setup lethal earlier to reduce the chances of a comeback.     Card of the Week Spirit Lash   Closer You are The Happy Hearthstone This podcast exists for you and is sustained by you! There are SO many great ways to support what we’re doing, and I want to ask you if this is one of your favorites, or you listen every episode to consider how you can support the show. One of the biggest ways right now is to jump on our Patreon! Starting at just $1/month, you can help support the show and allow us to do even more! There are some cool, exclusive rewards too like shoutouts, early access to episodes, Hearthstone coaching sessions, and more! And I’ve added in some goals that as we all chip in will allow the show to grow in ways you guys have been asking about for a LONG time INCLUDING weekly episodes! So please go check it out and consider how you can be a part of what we’re doing. You can also leave a review on iTunes, which helps us a lot when people are looking for a Hearthstone podcast! Only takes a few minutes, and if you need help with it, just let me know.   Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Also, Blizzard just added Groups, and we have a Happy Hearthstone group! Come join, find people to play with, and share decks! https://blizzard.com/invite/ZKej3hOG   Guest Plugs Twitter: @Hscoached Question to the audience -> What is your favorite deck of all time? Let us know on twitter!

You've heard about them. You've crafted them. You've thrown one or several into your deck at a time. But what the heck is up with tech cards? Scott (StrayDogHS) joins us on episode 101 to talk all about tech cards: What they are, how to determine if you need them or not, and... Oh THAT's what a tech card is. Now this game makes a whole lot more sense. :) News Chat Summer Hearthstone Championship just closed up shop! Hope you picked a good winner to get max packs. :D Mad respect to Surrender! Orange, Purple, and JasonZhou also qualified Blizzcon Digital Ticket goodies have been announced! $40, full access to all panels/announcements/Muse concert at end. Hearthstone goodie is a mysterious golden legendary Could be promotional like ETC Could be something for the new set! (Since that will be announced at Blizzcon) (Nov 3rd, 1:45pm PST is the announcement) Nemsy Necrofizzle! The Gnome Warlock is the latest alternate hero, and this one is going to make you get out into the sun. NOOOOOO!! Go to a Fireside Gathering, and you'll have your very own Nemsy portrait! Go to http://firesidegatherings.com to find one near you! Main Topic What is a Tech card?             Does something specific narrow target             No target no value             High cost – takes up a slot, dilutes deck, Requires the target.             Reactive in nature Andrew, agree? Thoughts? What do you think about cards like Harrison J? good stats How about Loatheb or kabla song stealer? Types: Silence – Ironbeak Owl (talk about why it was nerfed), Spellbreaker, Kabal Songstealer… What about Wailing Souls?? Minion removal - Golakka Crawler, Hungry Crab Weapon removal - Acidic Swamp Ooze, Toxic Sewer Ooze, Harrison Jones Secret removal – Flare, Kezan Mystic, Eater of Secrets card removal -  Hemet, Gnomefuratu, skulking Giest, Death Grip. Fel Reaver, Do you think it's lazy from a design perspective? Do you remember much about the earlier tech cards? Any other thoughts? Andrew what is your Favorite card from the frozen thrones release? Community Question Shoutout people who emailed in   iTunes Review Name As Described by Bemak2753 from USA on October 5, 2017 Stopper listening to one of the other HS podcast because they are kind of salty and negative, this one definitely lived up to its name and I really enjoyed the happy and positive feedback from Andrew Perfect! by Spinalrabbit from USA on September 11, 2017 Finally, a Hearthstone podcast that talks about...Heartstone. Andrew spends most of the his podcast talking about cards, decks, the meta, etc...you know, things you want to hear about in a Hearthstone podcast. Well done sir!   Card of the Week The Black Knight!   Closer You are The Happy Hearthstone   A big change has come in our host site MMO Reporter deciding to close up shop. Chris and his team over there have been phenomenal, and I’ve decided to release a small update for you guys outside of this episode so that I can fill you in on everything going down. The great news is The Happy Hearthstone will continue, and we’ll actually have some opportunities that we haven’t had before, so stay tuned to my Twitter feed or our Google+ community for that update coming soon. Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone (https://plus.google.com/communities/103092101962821009470) Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Guest Plugs Instagram  Stray__dog Twitter @straydogHS Battle Tag straydog#1963 Started youtube channel - still learning everything HS intro guide For players with no card game experience https://www.youtube.com/user/ducetripleduce Prizes CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS! :D Check out our sponsors of the prizes: Blizzard store: https://gear.blizzard.com/us/game/hearthstone Lydia Jean Art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lydiajeanart?ref=pr_shop_more&section_id=21886532 Use code HAPPY15 to get 15% off your order of $10 or more between now and November 30! @HSCoached: https://www.reddit.com/r/HSCoaching/comments/75s404/finished_rank_19_legend_prices_cut_to_less_than/  

The longest running Hearthstone podcast has finally crossed over into triple digits! And we wanted to do this in style

The longest running Hearthstone podcast has finally crossed over into triple digits! And we wanted to do this in style with some great interviews and a massive giveaway! Listen in for Lead Game Producer of Hearthstone Yong Woo and the Happy Hearthstone’s Founder Josh Augustine for stories, lessons learned, and a lot of fun.      Yong Woo’s Contact: @ywoo_dev Josh Augustine’s Contact: @jaugustine http://gamediplomat.com   Follow Andrew at: @andrewisliving Email the show at: thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com

News Chat   Choose a champion - Global Games - https://battle.net/hearthstone/en/esports/tournament/hgg-finals-2017/choose-your-champion Arena kerfuffle - http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/3270-server-patch-this-week-for-missing-cards-in-arena Iksar comments on state of Druid - TLDR, it’s not as bad as you think, but they’re watching it. https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6uxh0d/new_record_druid_surpasses_in_popularity_the/dlwf5my/     REVIEW TIME Cards: http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/knights-frozen-throne-expansion-guide-release-date-card-spoilers-list/#knightcards http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/j4ckiechans-kft-mill-druid-august-2017-season-41/ Druid   Malfurion the Pestilent - 5/5 Hadronox - 3/1 Fatespinner  - 2/3 Ultimate Infestation - 5/5 Druid of the Swarm - 3/3 Spreading Plague - 5/5 Strongshell Scavenger - 4/2 Crypt Lord - 4/3 Gnash - 2/4 Webweave - 1/3     Paladin   Uther of the Ebon Blade - 5/5 Bolvar, Fireblood - 2/2 Blackguard - 3/2 Light’s Sorrow - 1/1 Desperate Stand - 2/3 Arrogant Crusader - 1/3 Howling Commander - 3/2 Chillblade Champion - 4/4 Dark Conviction - 2/4 Righteous Protector - 5/5     Warlock   Bloodreaver Gul’Dan - 5/5 Blood Queen Lana’thel - 3/3 Gnomeferatu - 2/3 Treachery - 2/0 Despicable Dreadlord - 4/5 Unwilling Sacrifice - 3/3 Sanguine Reveler - 3/3 Drain Soul - 3/4 Howlfiend - 3/3     Warrior   Scourgelord Garrosh - 3/3 Rotface - 3/3 Bring It On! - 2/2 Dead Man’s Hand - 5/1 Mountainfire Armor - 4/4 Val’kyr Soulclaimer - 2/2 Death Revenant - 1/1 Animated Berserker - 2/2 Blood Razor - 5/5 Forge of Souls - 4/4     Neutral Legendary   The Lich King - 4/5 Arfus - 2/4     Neutral Epic   Deathaxe Punisher - 2/1 Drakkari Enchanter - 2/1 Furnacefire Colossus - 1/3 Rattling Rascal - 4/3     Neutral Rare:   Bone Drake - 4/5 Happy Ghoul - 4/4 Keening Banshee - 1/3 Saronite Chain Gang - 4/4   Neutral Common:   Acherus Veteran - 3/5 Bloodworm - 1/4 Deadscale Knight - 1/2 Grave Shambler - 1/3 Hyldnir Frostrider - 1/4 Necrotic Geist - 1/4 Night Howler - 1/3 Skelemancer - 4/3 Spellweaver - 1/1 Tainted Zealot - 4/3 Tuskarr Fisherman - 1/3 Venomancer - 1/4 Vryghoul - 1/3 Wicked Skeleton - 1/1 Wretched Tiller - 2/3 Grim Necromancer - 4/5     Card of the Week:   Defile - 5/5     iTunes Review: Can't Wait To Listen Each Week by Garrfreakinett - 5 stars I look forward to this podcast each week. It's very informative and helpful! Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Guest Plugs http://offcurve.com http://relay.fm/disruption http://twitter.com/wickedgood http://twitch.tv/wickedgoodfm

News Chat Comes out August 10th--Released in weeks   Arthas rap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KU-_-CtJw) PSA: Make sure you open your packs before you play the prologue   REVIEW TIME Cards: http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/knights-frozen-throne-expansion-guide-release-date-card-spoilers-list/#knightcards Off Curve Crafting Episode: http://www.multiball.net/off-curve/2017/8/2/6-arts-of-crafts   Priest   Shadowreaper Anduin - 5/5 Archbishop Benedictus - 1/1 Obsidian Statue - 5/5 Embrace Darkness - 2/3 Devour Mind - 3/4 Eternal Servitude - 5/4 Shadow Essence - 4/4 Acolyte of Agony - 3/4 Shadow Ascendent - 2/5 Spirit Lash - 3/4   Mage   Frost Lich Jaina - 4/4 Sindragosa - 3/4 Glacial Mysteries - 1/0 Simulacrum - 4/3 Doomed Apprentice - 3/2 Ice Walker - 1/1 Ghastly Conjurer - 2/3 Breath of Sindragosa - 4/4 Coldwraith - 3/3 Frozen Clone - 2/2     Hunter   Deathstalker Rexxar - 3/5 Professor Putricide - 4/4 Abominable Bowman - 4/3 Toxic Arrow - 4/4 Corpse Widow - 4/3 Exploding Bloatbat - 2/4 Venomstrike Trap - 3/4 Play Dead - 1/1 Stitched Tracker - 5/4     Rogue   Valeera the Hollow - 4/5 Lilian Voss - 4/3 Doomerang - 4/2 Spectral Pillager - 3/3 Roll the Bones - 2/1 Runeforge Haunter - 3/3 Shadowblade - 5/5 Plague Scientist - 1/4 Bone Baron - 2/4 Leeching Poison - 2/2     Shaman     Thrall, Deathseer - 5/5 Moorabi - 3/1 Cryostasis - 2/2 Snowfury Giant - 2/1 Ice Breaker - 2/1 Voodoo Hexxer - 5/5 Avalanche - 2/4 Brrloc - 3/3 Drakkari Defender - 1/1 Ice Fishing - 2/1     Neutrals   Prince Keleseth - 1/1 Prince Talderam - 1/1 Prince Valanar - 1/1 Nerubian Unraveler - 3/2 Meat Wagon - 1/1 Corpsetaker - 4/2 Tomb Lurker - 3/2 Skulking Geist - 3/1 Shallow Gravedigger - 2/4 Ticking Abomination - 1/1 Phantom Freebooter - 2/1 Mindbreaker - 2/3 Corpse Raiser - 3/2 Snowflipper Penguin - 1/1 Bonemare - 2/5 Necrotic Geist - 1/1 Cobalt Scalebane - 3/4 Sunborne Val’kyr - 2/4 Deathspeaker - 2/3 Fallen Sun Cleric - 2/5     Card of the Week: Bearshark! - 4/5 Feedback As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes. Google+ Happy Hearthstone Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com Guest Plugs http://relay.fm/disruption http://multiball.net http://twitter.com/wickedgood http://twitch.tv/wickedgoodfm

News Chat Frost FestivalFree Arena run each week Start with a win Reward Frozen Knight pack for 3 games Ice Cream CitadelSpecial merch ‘Villain-illa’ and ‘Scourgeberry Sorbet.’   Arena Tips Know your classes!Not always best to go with your “favorite” as some classes are just better than others in arena Mage and Paladin are always solid choices Know the cards that are just good in arena ( I suggest http://thelightforge.com/TierList)Daring Reporter Stormwind Champion Know the tricky cards to play aroundAgainst Paladin - Any buff cards, those 1/1’s are not to be treated lightly Against Priest - Mind Control (Can tell my story of losing a Daring Reporter buffed by Spikeridged Steed   How to Win in Arena 2017 Watch out for AOEs - Mages (Volanic Potion, Meteor, Blizzard), Paladin (Consecration, Equality), Priest (Dragonfire, Holy Nova), Shaman (Volcano, Maelstrom, Lightning). They will have them - and likely more of them than you think.    Weapon Remove is really good to have. Weapons generate so much value for mana cost. Getting oozes helps - weapon offering rates was boosted in June/early July. Staying “on the board” is important. Arena is more about pushing minions to face to win than constructed can be. Having minions on the board gives you options. Curving out is important, so is card draw/cycling. When comparing cards in draft, first ignore card text. If the card’s still good it’s worth drafting. Discover Cards are VERY powerful. Getting to add a card to your hand that you choose during the game can often setup or just win you a game. Though saving discovers until deeper in the game if possible - more information about matchup and what you need the better   Community Question None   iTunes Review None Card of the Week Charged Devilsaur  Guest Plugs Twitch.tv/mageadeath - Stream Mon-Wed-Fri 8 pm CT @mage-a-death - talking mostly hearthstone and other stuff

News Chat Midsummer Fire Festival is going on! If you haven’t logged in, you have more reason to grind out your quests than ever before. Double gold on all quests. No strings. How great is that! And it’ll last one more week, I believe. Also if you played last week’s brawl, you have some fun fireworks for your Wow emote and a Midsummer Fire Festival greeting! Fun to see them do things like this. Knights of the Frozen Throne!!! - New expansion has been announced and is, as predicted, all about the Lich King and his cronies with a twist: What if everyone was dead?? Deathstalker Rexxar (6 mana) - Adds 5 armor to your hero, Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions You will discover twice from 3 random beasts. Your two choices will be combined - mana cost, attack, health, and effects - and be added as 1 horrific additional minion to your hand Dream scenarios??Bittertide Hydra + Stranglethorn Tiger Charged Devilsaur (or King Krush) + Angry Chicken Jungle Panther + Dispatch Kodo New hero power: Build-a-Beast - 2 mana - Craft a custom Zombeast They did confirm that alternate heroes will still transform into whomever the card is for (ie. Alleria will be Deathstalker Rexxar, not her own Death Knight version) :’( Spirit Lash: common Priest spell. 2 mana, Lifesteal, Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions Chillblade Champion: common Paladin minion. 4 mana, 3 attack, 2 health, Charge, Lifesteal The premise is around everyone becoming a death knight, so with that, there’s a new card type: Hero cards! Similar to Quests, this is another legendary for each class that will come with the next expansion. And they function similarly to Lord Jaraxxus when he’s played. They will replace your hero portrait, hero power, and do some other helpful things. New mechanic: Lifesteal! We’ve seen this before in cards like Mistress of Pain and Wickerflame Burnbristle, but now it will be just a single word on the card. Whatever amount of damage is done is also restored to your hero. Also, MISSIONS! You’ll fight your way to the top of Icecrown Citadel against many bosses you remember from that part of WoW. Best part is that these missions are completely free to everyone!There are 3 wings, followed by a fight against the Lich King You’ll earn 1 pack for each wing completed There will also be a prologue mission that rewards you a legendary card (some report it will be a random hero card!) Preorder is available now: $49.99 in US for 50 packs and a icy cardback Andrew noticed… 4 mana 5/1 Warlock minion.. Aaaaand Shark Bear.   Topic Deck battle!   What are Deck Battles? We do these Deck battle episodes once a month. Guest hosts bring on their favorite deck onto the show, and break it down for you.What cards, how it works, and why they like playing it. Best of 3 battle against me, live on the show. Twist: I always use the current Reigning Champion Deck of the showThe last deck a guest host brought onto this show and won with.   The Happy Hearthstone Hall of Fame! Decks that have beaten 3 challengers in a row! Dan Patriss' Beastmaster Hunter Deck (Mar 2014) My Very Own Warlock Demon Zoo Deck (Mar 2016) Craig's Dragon Priest (Sep 2016)   Defending Champion Deck Ben’s Super Heavy Naga Druid Episode 89 Copy this code to build the deck in Hearthstone: AAEBAZICCiT2AqIJhRDoFewVlBeprQLPsQLguwIKQF/EBuQI6xHeFr6uAsu8Aqm9At7EAgA=   Full Guide 1x Smuggler's Run - A nice turn one buff or a nice way to round out your mana on a later turn. 1x Dirty Rat - A tech card that helps with quest rogue or exodia mage. Also a strong early game taunt against aggro decks. 1x Equality - A combo card to clear the board with your Primordial Drake. 2x Faerie Dragon - A dragon activator for Historian or Book Wyrm. A strong early game card against mage or rogue. 2x Grimestreet Outfitter - This card also helps you round out your mana on later turns and give those minions in your hand a quick buff before playing them. 2x Hydrologist - Discovering a paladin secret can do wonders for you in the late game. Picking a getaway kodo will allow you to bounce all those value cards back and use them again. 2x Netherspite Historian - Discover a dragon. Use this to pick up those end game minions and seal the game. 2x Aldor Peacekeeper - All around a great card for Paladin. Can combo with Book Wyrm on turn 9 for instant removal and board development. 2x Stonehill Defender - You always need 2 of these the taunt minions in Paladin are just too strong. Having 2 or 3 Tirion Fordring’s will almost always win you the game. 1x Wickerflame Burnbristle - Works great with the buff mechanic as he will heal more the more damage he deals. Also a strong card to absorb removal early so late game cards will stick longer. 2x Truesilver Champion - Best Paladin weapon hands down. Use this to gain back tempo and clear some of those midgame minions. 1x Twilight Drake - A 4 mana slot dragon. Not 100% needed in the deck but with the lack of 4 mana cards an extra dragon is nice to have. 2x Grimestreet Enforcer - Another buff card as well as a great tool to absorb more removal because if he stays on the board the opponent is going to regret it. 2x Book Wyrm - Great for dealing with taunt warriors since most of their minions have low attack. As well as a combo card with Aldor. 2x Ivory Knight - Your sustain. This card will not only heal you but give you some options of paladin spells that you are missing in this deck. 1x The Black Knight - A tech card that I love to have but can easily be swapped out for something else depending on what you are running into on ladder. Ex. Harrison Jones or Hungry Crab 1x Lay on Hands - Late game card draw and a nice heal. Can be swapped out if but I find the healing very good to have in a pinch. 2x Primordial Drake - Your only AoE as well as another activator for your dragon cards. 1x Tirion Fordring - Because it’s Tirion fricken Fordring! AAECAYsWCNIE9AX6Bo0I+AyzuwK8vQLfxAIL4QTPBo8JqrICj7QCgrUClbwC97wCs8ECm8ICyccCAA== To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone The Challenger's Deck The Theme   Shopping with Dragons   How It Wins Getting a ton of value off discover cards and buffing minions to force trades with strong taunts.   The Key Cards Stonehill Defender, Netherspite Historian, Murloc Hydrologist   The Duel   Reminder of the defending deck Trash talk   Best of 3 seriesWatch on MMOReporter.com We'll be right back.   The Aftermath Who won How close was it? What were important moments?Deathwing in the first game Ragnaros in the second game What went wrong/right for the challenger deck? Was this a good representation of the challenger deck's strengths? Congratulate the winner Community Question No questions :’(   iTunes Review 5 stars from Odium_InfinitusThe best Hearthstone podcastI started listening to this podcast during the Hearthstone Beta. Josh was so nice to listen to. He was friendly and positive about having fun with the game. I took a break from Hearthstone but when I came back the first thing I did was download this podcast. While not as hardcore as other Hearthstone podcasts this one is my favorite. The guests are great and Andrew has done a wonderful job in taking over from Josh. Card of the Week Wickerflame Burnbristle Guest Plugs Icedgecko#1977 on Battle.net

News Chat Packs!No more duplicate Legendary cards. Once you've crafted or obtained a certain card (gold or normal), it isn't possible to obtain again until you've earned all the legendaries from a set. You will get a guaranteed Legendary within the first 10 card packs of a new set. It will not longer be possible to open more than 2 of a Common, Rare, or Epic card out of a single card pack. You can still obtain dupes in other packs of course. Additionally, a special promotion is going to be run starting soon which will increase the number of packs you will receive when purchasing Un'Goro Packs. Original Pack Bundles Special Pack Bundles 7 packs +2 packs = 9 packs total 15 packs +5 packs = 20 packs total 40 packs +12 packs = 52 packs total 60 packs* +18 packs = 78 packs Twitch Prime DealAs the first part of this landmark license deal, Blizzard is licensing third-party streaming-platform rights to Twitch for a range of Hearthstone®, Heroes of the Storm®, World of Warcraft®, StarCraft® II, and Overwatch® esports content.   Starting on June 20 and running through August 10, current and new Twitch Prime members will receive a Golden Loot Box for Overwatch, containing a guaranteed legendary item for one of the game’s heroes along with three additional in-game items, such as emotes, voice lines, or character skins. Over the coming months, Twitch Prime members will receive 10 additional Overwatch loot boxes containing more in-game content. Overwatch players can learn more at https://twitch.amazon.com/overwatch. Similar promotions will begin later this year for Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone players.     Potluck! Quest Ideas - There are different gold amounts depending on the quest you complete it ranges from 40 gold to 100 gold or even a card pack. One tip would be if you get a 40 gold quest to hit the X on it and it will reroll the quest and possibly give you a quest that is worth more gold. 2nd tip on quests to complete them the quickest you could try making a deck of all battlecry minions if you get the play 20 battlecry minions or 75 battlecry minions if you believe the deck will not win many game you could play it in casual mode or tavern brawl or even standard or wild depending if you're trying to achieve a certain rank that current month I am one of those Timmy/Johnny type players in other words I want to gather every card in the game and make my own decks. So I enjoy when I am playing against someone if I see a cool card that they play and maybe I have the card maybe I don’t but an idea jumps into my head of how to abuse the card in a combo or just in a certain type of deck. So if you would like to also try doing this and you don’t want to lose rank try it in casual mode.I would also suggest swapping over to Wild or Standard (whichever you don’t play typically) and getting quests done there! The benefit is that you can still work towards your 500 ranked wins for a hero. And if you lose, you won’t be upset about losing towards your rank. Tavern Brawl - When there is the type of tavern brawl that causes you to make a deck it give you the opportunity to try any hair brained idea you might have depending on the tavern brawl rules. For example “Gift Exchange” was a tavern brawl where there was gifts that spawned on your opponent's side and your side I made a warlock deck that I focused on killing both the gifts on my side and my opponent’s side and with the gifts they gave you amazing cards. My point was all you need to do is win one game to get your pack so try your idea even if it might be terrible. Filters - On the pc there will be a book in the bottom left corner of your collection it will show standard cards or all cards or any set you click on. There will also be a filter that you can use for the specific mana cost that you want to filter 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7+ Interface - I wanted to start with talking about card backs. You can set a different card back to each deck you have in your collection to do that on the pc you goto my collection open one of your decks or start a new deck and there will be a tab you click on with your mouse that looks like a card it will open your card backs you have unlocked left click on the card back you want to use and it will change the one that specific deck uses. There is also another tab that looks like a human it will show your Heroes you have unlocked by purchasing them or unlocking them thru an achievements if you're currently editing a deck it will only show the heroes of your deck type if you're not editing a deck under your collection then it will show all the heroes you have. Searching - You can type the specific name of a card if you remember it and it will take you straight to that card or you can use keywords for example deathrattle, battlecry, heal using the keywords will either filter out the cards with the keyword in their name or their abilities.   Community Question None this week   iTunes Review None this week Card of the Week Lightwell Guest Plugs http://www.hearthhead.com/guides/hearthstone-guide-earning-gold-through-quests banobean@gmail.com

News Chat Quality of life patchDeck sharing Quests with friends Gold stacking!!!!!!!!!!! One nation of gamers closed down :(https://twitter.com/DericOmarOrtiz/status/872839539500253184 - 3 days ago Big tournament organizer/host Next expansion? https://eusgamer.blogspot.com/2017/06/next-hearthstone-expansion-might-be.html?m=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6gei2d/three_reasons_why_the_next_expansion_is_most/ Topic How to get to Legend   Overview: This guide is going to mostly be geared towards the player who hasn’t cracked into legend yet. Many things will be transferrable to every player (such as mindset and patterns to playing), but it does take more time and effort for the “everyman.” Getting to legend is hard. It takes time. It takes practice. It takes intentionality. You will probably not get there by accident, especially if you’ve been playing for a while. Thomas Jefferson said, “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” If you want to get there, you need to do something different. So pay attention as we go through these tips to things you’ve never thought of or (much more dangerous…) the things you think don’t apply to you. Tread lightly when going down that road. Steve and I fought there, but Hat REALLY knows what he’s talking about in this realm. If you haven’t gotten there yet, be willing to try anything we say. We want you to win at this game and get that elusive cardback. It’s worth it.   The things you need… Time A deck you know A deck that performs well Mulligan skill Game skill A bit of luck A good mindset! (We’ll talk about this a lot)   Getting to rank 15 - Making better in-game decisions Draw first! Trigger random effects first to maximize information Trade before random damage effects (arcane missiles, c’thun, etc) to not waste damage/minimize number of targets Hex, Consecration, Flamestrike, Shadow Word Pain/Death, etc. http://www.icy-veins.com/hearthstone/why-am-i-losing-in-hearthstone http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/fundamentals/3692_Whos_The_Beatdown.html Take your time and consider all your possible plays Mulligans Try to figure out everything you’re going to play on this turn and want you want to be able to play on your next turn before playing any cards Check for lethal! Minion positioning Maximize the odds of random effects Figure out the most powerful comeback card your opponent’s class usually has with available mana and try to play with that in mind Getting to rank 10 - Choosing the right deck to ladder withLadder lists vs tournament lists Hearthpwn, hearthstonetopdecks, competetiveHS subreddit, VS data reaper, HSReplay Picking the right deck for the meta you’re facing Should you play the best deck if you don’t like playing the best deck? Getting to rank 5 - Know what you’re playing against VS Data Reaper VS Live Meta Report TempoStorm Metastats Tournaments HCT Global Games StreamersKibler Thijs Firebat (when he’s tryharding, which is less lately) VLPS ADWCTA/Merps/Grinninggoat (for Arena) Hafu (Arena) Think, “what would I play here if I was playing this deck?” Meta reports Watching streams Play all the meta decks, even in casual Check for your own lethal as well as your opponent’s Getting to Legend Dealing with ladder anxiety!It will be easy to overvalue every star - Blizzard’s grasp of addiction mechanics is second to none and the first time you hit a new ranked high, you’ll want to hoard your stars like a lil dragon But you can’t win if you don’t press play. And losing a star is not a big deal if you expect to get it back The volume of games you will need is substantial (as mentioned below) but you have to keep pressing play until you turn orange Dealing with losing streaks How a >50% win rate feels a lot of the time (lousy) Knowing when to take a breakIf you’re not enjoying hearthstone because of your drive towards a singular goal, maybe it’s the wrong goal for you Don’t burn yourself out - it’s not worth it having a cardback in a game you don’t want to play any more http://www.pcgame.com/how-to-reframe-negative-hearthstone-experiences-and-win-more-as-a-result/ Dealing with RNG/”broken” cards or decks Tech for it Review your replays to play the matchup differently If all else fails, change decks These cards and decks are part of the game for better or worse and everyone is dealing with them; it’s your job as a competitor to figure out how to beat them Just because you lost to Yogg nonsense doesn't mean you didn't make a decision early in the game that let your opponent live long enough to play Yogg Yes, cards and decks are broken at times. Complaining won't fix it. Accept that some matchups are just bad If your stats show you that you're seeing a bad matchup a lot: Complaining won't fix it; it will just lead to tilt Some games may legit be due to bad beats, but you wont know that for sure without reviewing your losses What it is How to recognize it How to prevent it If you have a family, friends, or a significant other of any commitment, say “goodbye” to them. Just kidding… Kind of. The truth is that a lot of your life needs to shift and prioritize this goal. Assuming you have a 40 hour week job or are going to school full time, you don’t have unending free time or days to commit to this game. So the free time you do have in the evenings and weekends need to count.Even better, if you have a couple weeks away from the kids or have a winter break or something, leverage those times. You’ll do much better when you can throw yourself at this game frequently and for long periods of time. Rank 5 is halfway there Plan to be at rank 15 by the 1st, 10 by the 7th, and 5 by the 15th It takes 227 games (on average) with a 55% win rate to get from 5 to Legend:https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/69qzdr/analysis_does_the_rank_5_floor_significantly/ Pirate Warrior, at around 5 mins/game, takes 18 hours from 5-legend Burn Mage, at around 8 mins/game, takes 30 hours from 5 to legend Take your time; a single misplay can cost you an hourhttps://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHS/comments/4lus9f/10_to_legend_lessons_from_a_firsttime_legend/ Managing the mental game Tilt Playing percentages and knowing your outs Understanding the time commitment Track your progressTrack-o-bot Hearthstone Deck Tracker Record your games/HSReplay OBS/record vids of your games Celebrate your accomplishments even if you don’t hit legendThe top 0.25% of players end up at Legend out of 70+ million Rank 5 - 2% Rank 10 - 8% Rank 15 - 25% If you can hit rank 15, you’re still better than ¾ of all players; don’t be ashamed of that! Community Question Ellak Roach - Is Wild Legend easier than Standard Legend, and if so, why?   YellowDart3 - So now that you hit Legend do you feel driven to keep hitting it or can you relax finally?   James Waddell III (Google+) - What deck or decks would be best in the current meta to get from 15-10 ?   iTunes Review 5 stars - Isabella Chapman - Simply the bestjust a great show in general straydog#1963

News Chat Free card! If you logged in on May 20, you got a free Fight Promoter. The reaction from the community was pretty interesting. A lot of people asked why they decided to do this, and Ben Brode said he was inspired by Free Comic Book Day. Just wanted to give something random away to inspire interaction and have fun. Wild Tournament Weirdness - Big uproar from some people who wanted to participate, specifically in Australia and surrounding regions. They had gotten to legend on Asia servers, and Blizzard announced that you had to have been playing on your country’s region, and Australia was considered Asia. This is odd because Australian players’ accounts default to the Americas server. But Blizzard was great and changed it for those players affected with some complicated rules that basically change which server is “home” to make more sense. Seems like this Wild Tournament is just being oddly announced and oddly implemented, which is a shame, cause it’s such a great idea! Yong Woo made it to legend with his Divine Fire Dragon deck this month. Check out his twitter feed for the deck. (https://twitter.com/ywoo_dev/status/867094183990841344)   Dragon Priest   We saw the first Dragons, outside of the classic ones (Faerie Dragon, Twilight Drake, Azure Drake, Ysera, Malygos, Alexstrasza, Nozdormu, Onyxia and Deathwing), in the Blackrock Mountain expansion. It seemed like the Hearthstone team was trying to make dragon decks a thing but each individual card wasn’t powerful enough and didn’t synergize well enough with each other to make a reliable deck so Dragon decks didn’t really impact the meta in a significant way back then. BRM did give us Dragon Egg, Blackwing Technician, Dragonkin Sorcerer, Hungry Dragon, Blackwing Corruptor, Drakonid Crusher, Volcanic Drake, Nefarian, Chromaggus, Dragon Consort for Paladin and Twilight Whelp for Priest so you can see the bones of the later priest deck but we didn’t quite have enough dragons yet. The Grand Tournament gave us very important tools in Twilight Guardian and Chillmaw but priests’ overall weakness against the other very prominent decks of the day prevented it from coalescing just yet. Priest got Wyrmrest Agent and Warrior got another tool in their aggro belt; Alexstrasza's Champion. They kept adding dragons in Old Gods with Midnight Drake, Scaled Nightmare and Deathwing Dragonlord, none of which really hit the mark but this is when I really started to try and make the deck work. I liked the idea of a huge end combo with Deathwing Dragonlord drawing a bunch of huge bodies out after his death and I put Classic Deathwing, Ysera, Chillmaw and every dragon I owned into a deck with priests’ hard removal and aoe to live long enough to see it happen. And I was able to pull it off quite often. Mostly I think people were surprised someone was playing priest and they didn’t know how to defend against it but I did hit 10 pretty quickly that month. Karazhan gave us Netherspite Historian which turned out to be huge. Discover is such a powerful mechanic and with the limited number of Dragons narrowing down the pool of cards you are drawing from and most dragon cards quite powerful it was an auto include. Bookworm also made it into a lot of decks for easy removal of annoying 3 or lower power cards, something priest was already good at. And then we come to Gadgetzan and two cards that sealed the deal, Drakonid Operative and Dragonfire Potion. The Hearthstone team realized that all the dragons they had first introduced in BRM were about to cycle out in the next standard year along with TGT dragons and their dream of a synergistic dragon deck breaking through the meta was fast disappearing so they admit they made a very powerful card for priest that wasn’t going to last long. This was their last shot and it worked. We joke that Priest doesn’t have great cards of their own so the best decks they have involve stealing their opponents cards, it often works. This was the most fun I had ever had in Hearthstone. I love tempo decks where you play something strong and valuable every turn on curve and that was Dragon priest. Netherspite Historian was a fun way to start every game if you could get it but it was even more powerful if you could discover two dragons with Brann. Brann made almost every dragon in the deck more powerful in fact, Discovering two cards with Drakonid Operative, getting double the health with Kabal Talonpriest and many more. Most of the dragon cards had Battlecries. Dragon priest had tons of early taunt to deal with aggro, lots of value minions to stand up to mid-range and tempo decks, hard removal, huge aoe and powerful endgame. It seemed to have tools that could beat every deck, and especially with the pros, it did very well. And it was fun, who doesn’t like dragons? The final incarnation of Dragon priest was about putting powerful, hard to remove minions down every turn, getting extra dragons that could answer your opponents off of Netherspite Historian, stealing their best cards with Drakonid Operative, removing their board without touching your own with Dragonfire Potion, lots of end game threats and card draw as well as priests’ ability to heal and keep themselves and their minions alive. Sounds pretty unbeatable right? I gotta admit my biggest challenge was the mirror match. I reached rank 5 that month and eventually Golden Priest. Community The Dust Bowl To keep: Awaken the Makers - Andrew Gluttonous Ooze   To dust: Sudden Genesis - Andrew Frozen Crusher (golden)   Question Decklist from listener Scott B. http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/823657-funnest-deck-ever-pay2win-priest   On the ladder I have been playing kiblers http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/823657-funnest-deck-ever-pay2win-priest I swapped out one of the cabal shadow priests for madam goya. I have been floating between rank 12 and 15. I need to change it to deal with pirate warrior but I don’t understand the meta enough to make the change.   iTunes Review None. :’( Swing by and leave one this week! :D Card of the Week Deathwing

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News Chat Hearthstone is celebrating 70 million unique players by giving everyone 3 free packs! All you need to do is login to your account, and you’ll be awarded those packs. A lot of people are reporting a high level of rarity in these packs, so you definitely want to grab em! :) I got Ozruk, golden Primalfin Champion, and another epic! It seems to be the month of the Wild in Hearthstone! Makes sense, the shiny new paint of Un’Goro has faded a bit, and it seems like a great time to start rolling out “Hey don’t forget about Wild, too” initiatives We just had Heroic Tavern Brawl Wild style, and that was a lot of fun to watch. I didn’t participate, but did you, Mark? Also, the top 64 ranks in legend in Wild will qualify for a special Wild tournament that Blizzard is hosting. Those are all the details we have, but if you see the pros playing Wild, that’s probably why. Heroes cardback rules have changed If you don’t pay attention to Heroes of the Storm, they just had a massive overhaul in just about every area of the game. And even if you’re not sure if you’ll ever play it, it’s worth downloading and jumping on briefly because they’re giving away 20 heroes to every player. Which is a TON of value. But the pretty Heroes cardback now requires you to get your level to 15 which means that you’ll have to gain 15 levels across all your different heroes. It sounds a little intimidating, but really isn’t that bad. And you could play all your matches against AI opponents if you want. Definitely worth checking out!   Topic - The New Player Experience 2 Months Before Mammoth After Mammoth Favorite Classes Tricky Things Ideas for the Future   Community Question No questions this week! Email us at thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com to be featured in the next episode!   iTunes Review None :( Go check out our page and leave a quick review to let others know that you like the show! Card of the Week Servant of Kalimos   Guest Plugs twitch.tv/vengadragon