I did not like this expansion when it first dropped and struggled to find what I wanted to do with it after losing countless games with the deck that carried me to gold last season, I nearly quit. Then I built a deck specifically to deal with star spring bullshit and I’ve won 70% of the games against star spring since then. I feel comfortable against every deck if I draw the right cards I can beat every match up. Most loses are still to aggro but there are less of them. I have howling abyss in my deck I didn’t think much of it at first but the free extra card per turn just pushing me over the top my goal is to stall my opponent and then grind them down. Had to add some aggression to my deck after getting 3 +20 round games but now I am able to knock down deep and Sol decks and live long enough to mostly stall aggro. I built to fight star spring didn’t think I would enjoy that but i am.
very thankful for the Hush and Bastion nerf.
Landmarks feel very powerful to me. But with star spring reducing the appearance of aggro decks I guess I’m ok with it
There were some of you that were refresh spamming to earn your treats, but really, you should have been receiving tricks!
An update has gone out that reduces the ability to do this somewhat - go browse the site naturally and engage in conversation or maybe find a deck a fellow community member has created and give it an upvote that it deserves.
I won't go into exactly how it works for obvious reasons, but you definitely can't sit here and F5 anymore.
We'll see how it goes for the rest of the day. It's really easy for us to tune the numbers on everything so if it isn't working, we'll scale it back a bit.
Also, on Halloween everyone is going to get a bucket of candy, so look forward to that!
While I'm happy for Dave and his new venture I'm personally a little disappointed. Is there anyone up to Dave or Brode's calibre for future announcement streams?
Also, are there any of the OG crowd still around anymore? Is it just Iksar?
sad, he was one of the few ppl from the dev team that could actually perform in those announcement videos with his goofy act. but i guess new blood is always required in this projects plus he seems to be going on one of his own. good luck
Got quite a few ideas for this comp, the last of which I'll also use for the regular competition. Linkblade pointed out that the first version of Arcane Evolution would leave you without Spell Damage minions, so I made another one.
Feedback on this page:
Show Spoiler
CursedParrot: The idea is good, but sadly Priest/Rogue isn't a Scholomance combo. Either use a custom expansion set, or limit it to one of the classes.
R: Card looks interesting, but if you change it's flavour, I might wait for that version to come out.
BloodMefist: This is really crazy in Demon Warlock. Any sort of board clear can be negated with it. I'm not sure Iike it.
AnAngryBadger: I'd say it counts, and the effect is pretty interesting. The problem is going to be stitching together 2 Zombeasts, lol. I assume this adds the card to your hand?
DavnanKillder: Treant'r Treat (I think there's a typo in there) is pretty interesting, not sure about the balance. I'd make it cost 3 and restore 5 Heatlh. I don't like Impersonator.
Wailor: Horrifying Scream is too strong, especially with [Hearthstone Card (Radiant Elemntal) Not Found] (which I think was still standard when Witchwood launched). Chromie is probaly my favourite, but I see no reason for her to be a 5 mana 5/5. It's Alive! has the same problems as AnAgryBadger's card, except yours has the potential to summon a really powerful beast.
All the best for the future, Dave. I loved watching you in all of the announcement videos, you brought such fun and life to Hearthstone and I hope you continue to do the same in your new career
Interesting concept of a new hero. There's just so much stuff you can do, and so much different synergies.
- The hero power is unique and interesting, but ultimately sucks. Obviously the idea is that discarding cards aren't always in your favor but can sometimes flip the board. And that's where the issue lies. Its too specific. Can anyone build a deck without also including those cards that actively do something even when discarded? Hero powers are supposed to underline the hero's core, but be general enough to do something useful even when there's no synergies. Also, since this class obviously don't suffer from card draw, why would the hp be used instead of just playing for card draw?
- Decay's effect is not a healthy concept, in my opinion. In some cases, it may well just be 'freeze a minion forever', and takes up a board slot. In there were ever a way to duplicate the spell you can genuinely just deny your opponent a board to play with.
- Poetry professor is a real unique card. But phone users will absolutely hate it. And its basically a tutor card for anything in your deck. I would assume if you spell it wrong, then its just a 4 mana 3/3 for nothing.
- spoil the ending is weird. Does it do anything when played?
- hourglass of purity is basically broken as hell. Its a free twisting nether, but only playable on 10. So this class gets a free board swing and can do it twice. If this has to exist, then it has to be a legendary card, or come with some real drawbacks, like costing some life, or maybe increase the cost of cards in hand. Either way, it cant be a free board swing for it to be healthy
Greetings here! I'm here to present you my version of how I would change Priest's Core Set... new class. I've taken a break from my core set plans and created something a bit different.
This time, it's an entirely new class. In my interview about Hunter and Demon Hunter Core Set Changes, I did say making one for Demon Hunter was close to creating a new class, but Archivist was one true new class, because I had to make everything from sratch instead of having ready pieces like I had with DH. It's been at least a year since I attempted to make a new class - my latest one beforehand was Monk, and before Monk - Witch Doctor, which was actually one of the first ever classes released to Hearthcards Class Creator. But without further adieu, let's move on to Archivist!
For your information, you can also check the class in Hearthcards Class Creator.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Show Spoiler
Strengths
Card Draw and Generation - Archivists must quickly move through pages to find exact information.
Discard - Informations may sometimes be lost, but that can also clean up the text if an error occurs.
Buffs - Poets can take inspiration from books they read.
Removal - In a library, you must remain silent. Obey this rule or else get expeled!
Cost Reduction - Digging in books faster at a cheap price? Count them in!
Limitations
Agression - To read and find inromation fast, you need to BE fast.
Survivability - Some medicine can't hurt if it means to find information more precisely.
Mill - Your opponent is also encouraged to read on a regular basis.
Weaknesses
Spell Damage - While interrupting silence will get you kicked, you won't get vanquished. Yes, they don't have any form of damage to heroes and even minions (!).
RNG - Archivists must be precise. They musn't allow mistakes to happen. They happen, but they should be quickly eliminated.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
There’s only Dean Ayala left now.. it’s crazy to think that everyone I knew 5 years ago has left the team by now.
What do you think about the Monuments of power expansion?
I did not like this expansion when it first dropped and struggled to find what I wanted to do with it after losing countless games with the deck that carried me to gold last season, I nearly quit. Then I built a deck specifically to deal with star spring bullshit and I’ve won 70% of the games against star spring since then. I feel comfortable against every deck if I draw the right cards I can beat every match up. Most loses are still to aggro but there are less of them.
I have howling abyss in my deck I didn’t think much of it at first but the free extra card per turn just pushing me over the top my goal is to stall my opponent and then grind them down. Had to add some aggression to my deck after getting 3 +20 round games but now I am able to knock down deep and Sol decks and live long enough to mostly stall aggro. I built to fight star spring didn’t think I would enjoy that but i am.
very thankful for the Hush and Bastion nerf.
Landmarks feel very powerful to me. But with star spring reducing the appearance of aggro decks I guess I’m ok with it
Oozefest
There were some of you that were refresh spamming to earn your treats, but really, you should have been receiving tricks!
An update has gone out that reduces the ability to do this somewhat - go browse the site naturally and engage in conversation or maybe find a deck a fellow community member has created and give it an upvote that it deserves.
I won't go into exactly how it works for obvious reasons, but you definitely can't sit here and F5 anymore.
We'll see how it goes for the rest of the day. It's really easy for us to tune the numbers on everything so if it isn't working, we'll scale it back a bit.
Also, on Halloween everyone is going to get a bucket of candy, so look forward to that!
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
While I'm happy for Dave and his new venture I'm personally a little disappointed. Is there anyone up to Dave or Brode's calibre for future announcement streams?
Also, are there any of the OG crowd still around anymore? Is it just Iksar?
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
sad, he was one of the few ppl from the dev team that could actually perform in those announcement videos with his goofy act. but i guess new blood is always required in this projects plus he seems to be going on one of his own. good luck
New Druid Spell - Solar Eclipse
Turn 10 kaelthas + 0 Mana spell + this + double survival of the fittest, maximum greed.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Those are some big shoes to fill, especially for the announcement videos. Good luck with your future endeavors, Dave!
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
whispers... "at the Dark Moon Faire"
:D
Hearthstone Masters Tour Online: Madrid - Decklists, Results & Promotions
Couldn't agree more. It's unbelievable how many times DeadDraw has gotten so close but not quite there due to Blizzard's rules.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Madness..
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
... at the Darkmoon Faire
Trick And Treat - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Got quite a few ideas for this comp, the last of which I'll also use for the regular competition. Linkblade pointed out that the first version of Arcane Evolution would leave you without Spell Damage minions, so I made another one.
Feedback on this page:
CursedParrot: The idea is good, but sadly Priest/Rogue isn't a Scholomance combo. Either use a custom expansion set, or limit it to one of the classes.
R: Card looks interesting, but if you change it's flavour, I might wait for that version to come out.
BloodMefist: This is really crazy in Demon Warlock. Any sort of board clear can be negated with it. I'm not sure Iike it.
AnAngryBadger: I'd say it counts, and the effect is pretty interesting. The problem is going to be stitching together 2 Zombeasts, lol. I assume this adds the card to your hand?
DavnanKillder: Treant'r Treat (I think there's a typo in there) is pretty interesting, not sure about the balance. I'd make it cost 3 and restore 5 Heatlh. I don't like Impersonator.
Wailor: Horrifying Scream is too strong, especially with [Hearthstone Card (Radiant Elemntal) Not Found] (which I think was still standard when Witchwood launched). Chromie is probaly my favourite, but I see no reason for her to be a 5 mana 5/5. It's Alive! has the same problems as AnAgryBadger's card, except yours has the potential to summon a really powerful beast.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
AT THE DARKMOON FAIR! *sobs quietly*
Oozefest
Finally finished the HS section! Great fun :D
Thought I'd give one hint to the last one that was sneaky:
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
All the best for the future, Dave. I loved watching you in all of the announcement videos, you brought such fun and life to Hearthstone and I hope you continue to do the same in your new career
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Well, looks like many from the old blizz are going off. Then again he has been there for 12 years so I guess its time to go?
I always kinda assumed he was the face of hearthstone after Ben Brode left the team. So who's going to be the new face now?
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Madness? NO, THIS IS SPARTA!!!
[New Class] Archivist
Interesting concept of a new hero. There's just so much stuff you can do, and so much different synergies.
- The hero power is unique and interesting, but ultimately sucks. Obviously the idea is that discarding cards aren't always in your favor but can sometimes flip the board. And that's where the issue lies. Its too specific. Can anyone build a deck without also including those cards that actively do something even when discarded? Hero powers are supposed to underline the hero's core, but be general enough to do something useful even when there's no synergies. Also, since this class obviously don't suffer from card draw, why would the hp be used instead of just playing for card draw?
- Decay's effect is not a healthy concept, in my opinion. In some cases, it may well just be 'freeze a minion forever', and takes up a board slot. In there were ever a way to duplicate the spell you can genuinely just deny your opponent a board to play with.
- Poetry professor is a real unique card. But phone users will absolutely hate it. And its basically a tutor card for anything in your deck. I would assume if you spell it wrong, then its just a 4 mana 3/3 for nothing.
- spoil the ending is weird. Does it do anything when played?
- hourglass of purity is basically broken as hell. Its a free twisting nether, but only playable on 10. So this class gets a free board swing and can do it twice. If this has to exist, then it has to be a legendary card, or come with some real drawbacks, like costing some life, or maybe increase the cost of cards in hand. Either way, it cant be a free board swing for it to be healthy
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
He will be missed! I really enjoyed watching the Boomsday video because of his hammy acting.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
How long can this go on?
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
It's a madness... :(
N'zoth Highlander Hunter
Thanks for the tip! I indeed missed that one. I replaced it with Trueaim Crescent, and because of what @OmarComing said I replaced Faceless Corruptor with Safeguard, because the former doesn't seem worth it without Diving Gryphon or Desert Spear and it increases the chance of getting a taunt from N'Zoth, God of the Deep. It doesn't matter that much that we might miss Dragonbane, because we can't hero power with N'Zoth, God of the Deep anyway. Another consideration would be Dread Corsair, but I don't think that's worth it with only 2 weapons.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Fair guess, but it's not from the Darkmoon expansion.
[New Class] Archivist
Greetings here! I'm here to present you my version of how I would change Priest's Core Set... new class. I've taken a break from my core set plans and created something a bit different.
This time, it's an entirely new class. In my interview about Hunter and Demon Hunter Core Set Changes, I did say making one for Demon Hunter was close to creating a new class, but Archivist was one true new class, because I had to make everything from sratch instead of having ready pieces like I had with DH. It's been at least a year since I attempted to make a new class - my latest one beforehand was Monk, and before Monk - Witch Doctor, which was actually one of the first ever classes released to Hearthcards Class Creator. But without further adieu, let's move on to Archivist!
For your information, you can also check the class in Hearthcards Class Creator.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Heroes and Cards
Hero and Hero Power
Basic Set
Initiate Set
Tokens
Oozefest
i already bought myself some goodies thank you all so much for this event OoC-team