Hi guys, 

does anybody know, what happened to my hearthstone? :D

Am I the chosen one? 

GrappLr posted a weirdly self-contradictory YouTube rant today that, to me, summarizes a lot of grumblings about the expansion I've noticed from certain streamers. His two main points were:

1. None of the top-tier decks use Targon. In fact, they are all archetypes that existed before Call of the Mountain.
2. Hush is a "fun police" card that stifles creativity.

Do you see the contradiction? If none of the best decks are in Targon, they are not running Hush. Therefore, Hush cannot be a big enough presence in competitive play to keep a significant number of new decks from succeeding.

Of course, I must also point out that most of the top decks on the meta stats list have pretty low play rates. In fact, you don't see a play rate above 10% until you get down to ... wait for it ... Trundle + ASol. That's right, an all-new Call of the Mountain archetype. A meta with a lot of low play rates means greater diversity and excellent balance. When more people are choosing to play a new deck because it's fun, even though it doesn't perform quite as well as a lot of the older ones, that is a very good thing. (Another point -- I don't believe mobalytics tier lists are the most accurate representation of the actual meta. They get results from a fairly thin slice of the overall LoR user base, and I'm not at all convinced that the sample size is sufficient.)

GrappLr is upset because -- and he states this explicitly -- there's not enough power creep. He says he wants the first few weeks of a new expansion to be full of people saying, "OMG all these new cards need to be nerfed." Words cannot express how strongly I disagree with that sentiment. I say the fact that the new cards do NOT need a nerf is a sign that Riot did an amazing job with the balance. On the contrary, this is a great opportunity for Riot to appreciate how badly some of the old archetypes need to be taken down a notch.

So I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Riot on a job well done, and I hope they don't take this negativity to heart. Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to those nerfs of last season's cards.

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Do you think we'll get more celestial cards in the upcoming call of the mountain mini-expansions?

I personally think they shouldn't touch the celestial package anymore, it's in a good spot and plenty of people seem to hate it already. The only thing they could maybe do with future Targon cards is making them target invoke certain celestials.

Just wondering what are your standards for voting here? 

Or is there an agreed upon standard?

For example, my current standards are:

• 1 - Pretty bad. Needs a lot more work.
• 2 - Not too bad, but still lacks in certain areas. Also generally boring.
• 3 - Average. Not bad but nothing spectacular.
• 4 - Stands out above the rest. Interesting concept.
• 5 - Head and shoulders above everyone else. Clear cut winner.

Competition Theme: Branching Out

We've seen what Scholomance Academy can offer, but perhaps you're looking for a different area of study? We've got you covered this week.

• You must create a Dual Class card using a non-Scholomance combination of classes
  • Your card can be any combination of two classes, so long as it isn't one of the 10 options covered in the Scholomance Academy expansion. This means you have a total of 35 different class combinations to choose from!

Hordaki asks us this week to imagine what some other dual class combinations might bring to the game.

As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.

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So back in the day I enjoyed Toast's content before he started losing interest in HS and was only doing it for a source of income. However, I just saw a Toast video pop up in my YT about toast being on some dating show and thought it was pretty random. So for any Toast fans out there, what does he even do nowadays on YT?

In this discussion I’d like to avoid all talks of Aurelion Sol, because that’s not what I’m talking about. 

I’m curious what are your guys thoughts on the dragon cards? I had been a huge super frustrating losing streak, and then built a Demacia / Targon deck focused on Dragons, Striking opponents, and Rally. I have had a lot more wins against decks that had been destroying me. So I give them a thumbs up but I’m curious on your guys thoughts?

guys, which office chair better to buy for home or better to buy gaming recliner?

This is the third deck i am about to push into the meta: Heimerdinger / Ezreal / OTK

The deck focus on keeping Heimerdinger alive with Bastion, then Turret Spam. 
It mostly wins because the opponent can't keep up with turrets, but the main focus is to buy time until Ezreal levels up.
In very long games, Shards of the Mountain generates enough Gem cards for an OTK.
Hush works very well alongside both champions.

I am experimenting a great deal of sucess in my ranked games, so I think the deck is very well optimized already, but maybe someone could catch some improvement. 

The flex slots are:
3x Jury-Rig
3x Solari Soldier
3x Guiding Touch
1x Hush

I don't think anything else is replaceable.

Thoughts?

Which one you guys think we'll get next?

I'd personally prefer the void with Cho'gath being one of the first champions available. But maybe with Targon being such a great expansion maybe they'll give us something less cool for the next region like Shurima before adding the Void.

The Gadgetzan Gazette

By: Chief Investigative Reporter Dora R

Once again, we have combined community polls from Hearthstonetopdecks and OutOfCards into one list. Based on this data, we have determined the estimated power factor for each card. After that, we divided all the cards into different categories according to a five-star rating. To complement this data, we have added the assessment of TrumpSC, a Hearthstone expert.

VIDEO VERSION

TOP 30 CARDS

1 Secret Passage - 92%, (5 Stars) Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

2 Ace Hunter Kreen - 90%, (5 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

3 Lord Barov - 90%, (5 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

4 Twilight Runner - 89%, (5 Stars) Druid, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

5 Voracious Reader - 89%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

5 Forest Warden Omu - 89%, (5 Stars) Druid, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

5 Spirit Jailer - 89%, (5 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

8 Lab Partner - 89%, (5 Stars) Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

9 Coerce - 88%, (5 Stars) Warrior/Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

10 Devout Pupil - 87%, (5 Stars) Priest/Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

11 Nature Studies - 87%, (5 Stars) Druid, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

12 Demon Companion - 87%, (5 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

12 Brittlebone Destroyer - 87%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

12 Disciplinarian Gandling - 87%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

15 Soulshard Lapidary - 87%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

16 Argent Braggart - 87%, (5 Stars) Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

16 Lightning Bloom - 87%, (5 Stars) Druid/Shaman, Spell, -. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

18 Lorekeeper Polkelt - 85%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

19 Vectus - 85%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

19 Shield of Honor - 85%, (5 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

21 Soul Shear - 85%, (5 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

22 Diligent Notetaker - 84%, (5 Stars) Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

23 Krolusk Barkstripper - 84%, (5 Stars) Hunter, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

24 Double Jump - 84%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

25 Glide - 83%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

25 Wand Thief - 83%, (5 Stars) Rogue/Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

27 Headmaster Kel'Thuzad - 83%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

28 Sphere of Sapience - 83%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

28 Void Drinker - 83%, (5 Stars) Warlock, Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

30 Raise Dead - 82%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars.

THE BEST LEGENDARY CARDS

1 Ace Hunter Kreen - 90%, (5 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

2 Lord Barov - 90%, (5 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

3 Forest Warden Omu - 89%, (5 Stars) Druid, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

4 Disciplinarian Gandling - 87%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

5 Lorekeeper Polkelt - 85%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

6 Vectus - 85%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

7 Headmaster Kel'Thuzad - 83%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

8 Sphere of Sapience - 83%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

9 Instructor Fireheart - 82%, (5 Stars) Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

10 Ras Frostwhisper - 81%, (5 Stars) Mage/Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

11 Mindrender Illucia - 80%, (4 Stars) Priest, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

12 Shan'do Wildclaw - 79%, (4 Stars) Hunter/Druid, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

12 Professor Slate - 79%, (4 Stars) Hunter, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

14 Speaker Gidra - 78%, (4 Stars) Druid/Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

15 Soulciologist Malicia - 77%, (4 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

16 Keymaster Alabaster - 77%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

17 Doctor Krastinov - 75%, (4 Stars) Warrior/Rogue, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

18 High Abbess Alura - 72%, (4 Stars) Priest/Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

19 Jandice Barov - 67%, (4 Stars) Rogue/Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

20 Archwitch Willow - 66%, (4 Stars) Warlock, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

20 Star Student Stelina - 66%, (4 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

22 Turalyon, the Tenured - 65%, (4 Stars) Paladin, Minion, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

23 Rattlegore - 63%, (4 Stars) Warrior, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

24 Mozaki, Master Duelist - 63%, (4 Stars) Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

25 Infiltrator Lilian - 60%, (4 Stars) Rogue, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars.

THE BEST EPIC CARDS

1 Secret Passage - 92%, (5 Stars) Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

2 Devout Pupil - 87%, (5 Stars) Priest/Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

3 Argent Braggart - 87%, (5 Stars) Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

4 Krolusk Barkstripper - 84%, (5 Stars) Hunter, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

5 Void Drinker - 83%, (5 Stars) Warlock, Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

6 Potion of Illusion - 80%, (4 Stars) Rogue/Mage, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

7 Flesh Giant - 79%, (4 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

7 Devolving Missiles - 79%, (4 Stars) Mage/Shaman, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

9 Combustion - 78%, (4 Stars) Mage, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

10 Playmaker - 78%, (4 Stars) Warrior, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

11 Trueaim Crescent - 75%, (4 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Weapon, -. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

12 Educated Elekk - 74%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

13 Felosophy - 72%, (4 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

14 Runic Carvings - 72%, (4 Stars) Druid/Shaman, Spell, -. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

15 Cabal Acolyte - 71%, (4 Stars) Priest, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

16 Totem Goliath - 68%, (4 Stars) Shaman, Minion, Totem. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

17 Transfer Student - 68%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

18 Survival of the Fittest - 68%, (4 Stars) Druid, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

19 Ceremonial Maul - 63%, (4 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

20 Steeldancer - 62%, (4 Stars) Warrior/Rogue, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

21 Ancient Void Hound - 61%, (4 Stars) Demon H., Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

22 Guardian Animals - 52%, (3 Stars) Hunter/Druid, Spell, -. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

23 Enchanted Cauldron - 46%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars.

THE BEST RARE CARDS

1 Twilight Runner - 89%, (5 Stars) Druid, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

2 Voracious Reader - 89%, (5 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

3 Coerce - 88%, (5 Stars) Warrior/Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

4 Demon Companion - 87%, (5 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

4 Brittlebone Destroyer - 87%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

6 Soul Shear - 85%, (5 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

7 Diligent Notetaker - 84%, (5 Stars) Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

8 Glide - 83%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

9 Reaper's Scythe - 82%, (5 Stars) Warrior, Weapon, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

10 Shadowlight Scholar - 80%, (5 Stars) Warlock, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

11 Shardshatter Mystic - 79%, (4 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

12 Robes of Protection - 79%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

13 Troublemaker - 78%, (4 Stars) Warrior, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

14 Groundskeeper - 78%, (4 Stars) Druid/Shaman, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

15 Power Word: Feast - 78%, (4 Stars) Priest, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

16 Brain Freeze - 76%, (4 Stars) Rogue/Mage, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

17 Cram Session - 76%, (4 Stars) Mage, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

18 Gift of Luminance - 73%, (4 Stars) Priest/Paladin, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

19 Teacher's Pet - 73%, (4 Stars) Hunter/Druid, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

19 Blessing of Authority - 73%, (4 Stars) Paladin, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

21 Overwhelm - 73%, (4 Stars) Hunter, Spell, -. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

22 Goody Two-Shields - 72%, (4 Stars) Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

23 Boneweb Egg - 71%, (4 Stars) Warlock, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

24 Partner Assignment - 69%, (4 Stars) Druid, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

25 Magehunter - 69%, (4 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

26 Trick Totem - 67%, (4 Stars) Mage/Shaman, Minion, Totem. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

26 Bloated Python - 67%, (4 Stars) Hunter, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

28 Self-Sharpening Sword - 65%, (4 Stars) Rogue, Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

29 Molten Blast - 65%, (4 Stars) Shaman, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

30 Wyrm Weaver - 64%, (4 Stars) Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

31 Cycle of Hatred - 57%, (3 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

32 Shifty Sophomore - 57%, (3 Stars) Rogue, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

33 Cult Neophyte - 55%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

34 Initiation - 54%, (3 Stars) Priest, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

35 Commencement - 49%, (3 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars.

THE BEST COMMON CARDS

1 Spirit Jailer - 89%, (5 Stars) Demon H./Warlock , Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

2 Lab Partner - 89%, (5 Stars) Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

3 Nature Studies - 87%, (5 Stars) Druid, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

4 Soulshard Lapidary - 87%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

5 Lightning Bloom - 87%, (5 Stars) Druid/Shaman, Spell, -. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

6 Shield of Honor - 85%, (5 Stars) Paladin/Warrior , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

7 Double Jump - 84%, (5 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

8 Wand Thief - 83%, (5 Stars) Rogue/Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

9 Raise Dead - 82%, (5 Stars) Warlock/Priest , Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

10 Wolpertinger - 81%, (5 Stars) Hunter, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

11 School Spirits - 81%, (5 Stars) Warlock, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

12 Marrowslicer - 80%, (4 Stars) Demon H., Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 5 Stars. 

13 Plagiarize - 79%, (4 Stars) Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

14 Draconic Studies - 77%, (4 Stars) Priest, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

15 Firebrand - 76%, (4 Stars) Mage, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

16 Manafeeder Panthara - 76%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

17 Adorable Infestation - 76%, (4 Stars) Hunter/Druid, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

18 Frazzled Freshman - 75%, (4 Stars) Priest, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

19 Primordial Studies - 75%, (4 Stars) Mage/Shaman, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

20 Athletic Studies - 75%, (4 Stars) Warrior, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

21 Wave of Apathy - 74%, (4 Stars) Priest/Paladin, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

22 Tidal Wave - 73%, (4 Stars) Shaman, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

23 Tour Guide - 72%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

24 Vulpera Toxinblade - 72%, (4 Stars) Rogue, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

25 Cutting Class - 72%, (4 Stars) Warrior/Rogue, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

26 First Day of School - 71%, (4 Stars) Paladin, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

27 Rune Dagger - 69%, (4 Stars) Shaman, Weapon, . TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

28 Sorcerous Substitute - 68%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

29 Animated Broomstick - 66%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

30 Intrepid Initiate - 65%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

30 Carrion Studies - 65%, (4 Stars) Hunter, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

30 Demonic Studies - 65%, (4 Stars) Warlock, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

33 Wandmaker - 64%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

34 Onyx Magescribe - 61%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Dragon. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

34 Wretched Tutor - 61%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

36 Steward of Scrolls - 61%, (4 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Elemental. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

37 Plagued Protodrake - 60%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Dragon. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

38 Crimson Hothead - 58%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Dragon. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

39 Lake Thresher - 55%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Beast. TRUMP Rating - 2 Stars. 

40 Sneaky Delinquent - 54%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

41 Vilefiend Trainer - 53%, (3 Stars) Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

42 Pen Flinger - 51%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

43 In Formation! - 50%, (3 Stars) Warrior, Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

44 Fel Guardians - 50%, (3 Stars) Demon H., Spell, . TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

45 Gibberling - 49%, (3 Stars) Druid, Minion, . TRUMP Rating - 4 Stars. 

46 Judicious Junior - 47%, (3 Stars) Paladin, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 3 Stars. 

47 Smug Senior - 45%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

48 Desk Imp - 45%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Demon. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

49 Ogremancer - 44%, (3 Stars) Neutral, Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

50 Blood Herald - 43%, (3 Stars) Hunter/Demon H., Minion, General. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

51 Divine Rager - 39%, (2 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Elemental. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars. 

52 Fishy Flyer - 31%, (2 Stars) Neutral, Minion, Murloc. TRUMP Rating - 1 Stars.

So I just wanted to make a thread asking about what you guys throughout about the newest solo adventure. Personally I loved the story but felt some bosses were stronger than others and some were absolute pushovers. Also, the rhyming got annoying fast.

Spoilers about the later levels.

It seems Aurelion Sol became a hot topic of discussion, so i am going to try my best to break down this card being as impartial as possible.
Take your own conclusions if the card looks fair or not at the end.

Lore: Aurelion Sol is one of the Gods who created the Runeterra universe.

Since Aurelion Sol is suposed to be the strongest champion of them all, from a design perspective, is very fitting that his mana cost is set at the highest price possible: 10 mana. 

But for a 10 mana cost to see play in any card game, it also requires to have an extremely strong effect.
Here goes a list with a few examples of traits hight costs cards own in other games:
1- Deals high ammounts of direct damage; -> King Crush (Hearthstone)
2- Affetcs the board on the same turn its played -> Shadow Reaper Anduim (Hearthstone)
3- Setup an One Turn Kill combo; -> Antonidas (Hearthstone)
4- Very hard to remove; -> Ultimate Falcon (Yu-gi-Oh!)
5- Generate infinite resource overtime; -> Deathstalker Rexxar (Hearthstone)
6- Snowball overtime (wins by himself if left unchecked); -> Ragnaros(Hearthstone)
7- Denny oponnents resources; -> Jynzo (Yu-gi-Oh!)
8- Protect the player from loss/taking damage/heal; -> Malganis (Hearthstone)

Aurelion Sol is a Boss card, and as such, given he has the highest mana cost price possible for a unit, he is supossed to pack the ultimate bomb effect to win games. He needs to have an even stronger effect then Commander Ledros as he costs more mana and uses a champion slot.
But is Aurelion Sol unfair? To answer that, we need to look at how other Late game decks are doing.

This is a picture of my meme Purssuit deck.
It usually finish games in a single big hit by T9-T12.

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Maokai decks can pull their win condition by T7-T8. That means the oponnent gets 4 more turns as most players can't refill their deck.
It usually finish games by T11-T12.

Ezreal / Karma is an OTK deck. It requires Karma to be enlightned to pull off the combo, followed by Ezreal + spells on the next turn.
It usually finish games by T11-T12.

Anivia needs to be enlightned to proc her egg and level up, plus an additional turn to generate more Anivia copies.
It usually finish games by T11-T12.

Commander Ledros is played on T9 and Atrocity on T10. If Ledros is killed the combo takes longer.
It usually finish games by T10-T12.

Are we seeing a pattern here? Most control decks usually end games around T10-T12. Now lets examinate Aurelion Sol:

Aurelion Sol is played on T10 and if his conditions are met, he levels up after THE END OF THE TURN. So best case possible, the player may only play Celestials cards for free on T11 forward. It usually finish games by T11-T12.

Conclusion: I hope my work here can provide a better insight about Aurelion Sol's design for future reference.
I personally think Aurelion Sol is fair and on par with other control decks that see play on the current meta.

Little extra -> How to play around Aurelion Sol:
Play cheap spells on him to pop his spell shield and follow with a major removal, both with fast speed if possible to prevent counter plays. Another way is to ignore Aurelion Sol completely and focus to kill other units to deny his Level up in the end of the turn. Aurelion Sol by himself is "only" a 10/10 body do nothing with Fury which isn't worth its cost.

Got a full playset of Trundle and Diana now and have been playing around with them in various lists.

Noticing that Trundle Tyndamere lists are starting to pick up in popularity thanks to their synergy with warmothers call

Dianna seems to like frostbite quite a bit if you want to try here in something other than day and night, or Nocturne aggro.

Next champions I will be taking on are Leonna and Taric so look forward to that.

Take care

When seeing Tip the Scales i had to make a theme deck.

So lets open a fish retaurant.

So what do you need. Well a lot of fish and if that fish runs out the chef will get realy angry.

Nomi is the chef here and he has two cook apprentices, siver knives and a cat that loves fish and will bring more.

How do you use it ? Well serve fish till you opponent overeats and if that´s not enough nomi will roast him.

Straight forward deck flood the board, trade and roll over your opponent. Maybe it works due to being so "braindead"

Fish Restaurant

Wild · Murloc Paladin · by W0lfr1c · 6 years, 7 months ago

• 1 Grimscale Oracle x 2
• 1 Murloc Tidecaller x 2
• 1 Murmy x 2
• 1 Toxfin x 2
• 2 Bluegill Warrior x 2
• 2 Fishflinger x 2
• 2 Sir Finley of the Sands x 1
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Coldlight Seer x 2
• 3 Murloc Warleader x 2
• 3 Nightmare Amalgam x 2
• 4 Murloc Tastyfin x 2
• 4 Prismatic Lens x 2
• 4 Truesilver Champion x 2
• 5 Leeroy Jenkins x 1
• 7 Chef Nomi x 1
• 8 Tip the Scales x 2

10,440 Dust 856 0 Copy Deck Code

I thought to put in a board buff but there is no realy good one. The silver sword would be but it´s eight mana.

This deck has a huge advantage. It does not need much from the new expansion. So it might be one of the wait a bit to craft decks that run over all decks trying to build nice combos. It overal one of the cheaper decks with only Nomi as legend.

HSReplay isn't very clear, but what version of Libram Paladin do you guys think is better. A pure version or this one:

Libram Paladin (best version theorycraft)

Wild · Unknown Paladin · by troY · 5 years, 9 months ago

• 1 Aldor Attendant x 2
• 2 Hand of A'dal x 2
• 2 Libram of Wisdom x 2
• 2 Loot Hoarder x 2
• 2 Murgur Murgurgle x 1
• 2 Novice Engineer x 2
• 2 Wild Pyromancer x 2
• 3 Consecration x 2
• 3 Salhet's Pride x 2
• 4 Truesilver Champion x 2
• 5 Aldor Truthseeker x 2
• 5 Amber Watcher x 2
• 5 Libram of Justice x 2
• 7 Exotic Mountseller x 2
• 7 Lady Liadrin x 1
• 9 Libram of Hope x 2

5,400 Dust 774 0 Copy Deck Code

The expansion date has officially been revealed via this trailer:

Zephrys the Great has been so incompetent to me lately. I'm trying to get to 1k wins with priest so ofc I'm playing raza priest in wild. Now this little wanker didn't give me any form secret removal of any sort when i had about 22 damage on board and lethal but opponent has iceblock. Instead he offers me high mana minions that deal only one damage and things like that. Can't he fucking see I've got so much damage, why do I need more?? I've lost exactly 4 games so far against quest mage because of this bs.  

In 2 other cases he offers me 5 mana Brawl, a 2 mana Shadow Word: Death and a 7 mana minion when I got only 3 mana left and opponent has 7 minions on board. Logically he should offer me Frost Nova because I'm dead next turn lad, there is over 30 damage on opponent's side of the board. But nope, i'm forced to take the Death and lose another 2 games.

More like Zephrys the bugged...

I just had a bomb dropped on me. There needs to be a way to read the celestial cards or they need to fucking show up in the list to see what the hell happened. I thought there was a deal 15 damage to all units spell about to go off. So I wasted two spells knocking off his spell shield and then used barrier on my buffed Garen. Then that shit went off and it only damaged my units. Is this really the spell? Because that is light years better than the Ruination feels super balanced. RNG wins ................... impressive this game killed the aspect that made it a fast paced strategy game and replaced it with luck draws. 

Competition Theme: First Day Of School

It's the first day of school! You're going to need to get to grips with the absolute basics of your class, so let's start with a simple assignment.

• You must create a 1-Cost Common Class minion
  
  • To be clear: You must create a minion that costs (1), is Common, and is a Class card (not Neutral)
• Your card cannot be a Dual Class card
  • It's the first day of school, that's way too advanced! Maybe wait a week.

Welcome back everyone! We're easing in slowly with a nice simple competition this time - but even the simplest prompts can be tricky to master.

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Just got 7 wins with the following deck:

Proof:

The best part of the deck was using the many Zenith Blades, along with burst spells to essentially negate my opponents removal.  Zenith blades made my Fizz stick to the board better and be a bigger threat on chip damage, and burst spells helped prevent any sort of removal used against him.  It was honestly a huge surprise to see this deck do so well.  And made me consider how viable a fizz/targon deck might be.

So anyhow lucky draws aside, I did have a question about expeditions...

Since I got 7 wins on my first trial, I got the 1600 bonus exp for the 7 wins.  However, In the past when I've gotten 6 or 7 wins.  I would go on to play a 2nd trial (just for fun).  However, when I open my rewards at the end of my usually worse 2nd trial...my rewards have felt like they were extremely sub par for 6 or 7 wins.

If I go 7 wins in the first trial, but then like 2 or 3 wins in the 2nd trial....does it take my 2nd trials results over my 1st trials for the rewards (regarding cards/capsules/shards?).  

If Ihave a Solari Priestess in play and cast Morning Light with Daybreak. The priestess' Daybreak doesn't trigger.

I'd had it not trigger other daybreak  effects either. Am I missing something?

Why are these apostrophes in card descriptions different? Is this the Blizzard's fault?

Just open the links and see the search results:

1 - https://outof.cards/hearthstone/cards/?text=Can%27t+attack&collectible=yes

2 - https://outof.cards/hearthstone/cards/?text=Can’t+attack&collectible=yes

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/stats/regions

There are some pretty astounding conclusions to be drawn from the statistics that I will detail down below

1. They who endure, LuLu, Tf Swain, Scouts, Leona account for about 25 percent of the decks played at high level

2. Targon's highest win rate is 51 percent, due to the certain weaknesses and a reliance on high rolling invokes

3. No deck is played over 6 percent of the player base illustrating a lack of confidence in any one strategy

4.  Those who succeed likely rotate lists frequently to suit what they are playing against

5. combo oriented champs are disfavored against champs that offer immediate value