New spoiler from Scarlatch on Discord!

Here are the results for the latest Gauntlet event in TESL (yes, there are still players showing up).

Congratulations to the top 100 players from this weekend's Allegiance Gauntlet!

1	EveKaufman	27	1
2	Macmilanov	27	2
3	milkSensha	27	3
4	MattOblivium	27	3
5	Wargamer_DE	27	3
6	DeuceCaboose	27	3
7	guyaverage	27	3
8	Risinhigh	27	3
9	Shinobuu	27	3
10	RegurKenaid	27	4
11	Risinhigher	27	4
12	xXTheBigOneXx	27	4
13	iDarkImmortal	27	4
14	SHADOWSandSILENCE	27	5
15	Laffigata	27	5
16	Brutuus	27	5
17	eyenie	27	6
18	Borshik	27	6
19	ElAlumbrao	27	6
20	New_Orlean	26	5
21	abybob	26	5
22	Nick_Shadow	26	5
23	citoplazma	26	7
24	Grefven	25	4
25	sergei2326	25	4
26	Brianr529	25	5
27	CalmSassarShow	25	5
28	Flash_86	25	5
29	vekstr	25	6
30	GusTheSafetyBus	25	6
31	Germanas	25	7
32	Panazee33	25	7
33	Renaldo876	25	7
34	Geldis_Sadri	25	7
35	Jimbo28	25	7
36	CasualSamurai	25	8
37	gumchoo	24	4
38	iCarnag3	24	5
39	Leshelm	24	6
40	elderscrollsandrei	24	6
41	MikeHuntJR	24	6
42	GeorgeBJJ	24	6
43	Elendar27	24	6
44	riman2012	24	7
45	qwimby	24	7
46	TOP7781	24	7
47	TheBobBilly	24	7
48	GoodJob	24	7
49	Emrysthemage	24	9
50	gyrocptn	23	3
51	Tradingwok	23	4
52	MysteriousMoss	23	4
53	Máni	23	5
54	Ikarus.	23	5
55	FireSoul1991	23	5
56	realdju	23	6
57	Keisha230	23	6
58	Charmeon	23	6
59	AinzOoalGawn	23	6
60	MaximusZH	23	6
61	Nitrochaos	23	7
62	inveson13	23	7
63	SergioLetsLive	23	7
64	earstring	23	7
65	MaxLees	23	7
66	restartedretard	23	7
67	ll_phoenix	23	7
68	Edvard18	23	8
69	IronPegasus_	22	3
70	simetra24	22	5
71	Sartrixa	22	5
72	tmo306	22	5
73	Avhust	22	5
74	Xer_20	22	5
75	noorcstoday	22	6
76	Grelor	22	6
77	Swictor	22	6
78	Akrot_NS	22	7
79	GrandTorpedowski	22	7
80	Ethosnet	22	7
81	tobeedog	22	7
82	KorbenDalas	22	7
83	BaronThane	22	7
84	Spurlos	22	7
85	Mandanga	22	7
86	ShortySA	22	7
87	Nijjaro-AZZ	22	8
88	daus_switch	22	8
89	Raccoonrider	22	8
90	eotinb	22	8
91	Yourockcancelthat	22	8
92	fenir	22	8
93	Zeyphyr	22	9
94	CygnusTerminal	21	4
95	Elboy	21	4
96	siralexsey32167	21	5
97	Propagandastyle87	21	5
98	ZAK77RU	21	5
99	G3RMANATOR	21	5
100	BamboGT	21	6

Wizards of the Coast just published a cool article that gives us some background on the characters we'll be seeing in Theros: Beyond Death.

The story of Theros is a tale for the ages, and one not to be missed. So, as we move through Theros Beyond Death previews, certain cards will come with a bit of flavor, worldbuilding, or important story moments. We'll collect those story moments right here. 

Note that for Theros Beyond Death, there are currently no plans for an ebook, so make sure to check out this page throughout preview season.

PREVIOUSLY, ON THEROS . . .

To fight the sun god Heliod, the forge god Purphoros created a sword capable of damaging the divine. The two gods battled, disrupting the celestial resting place of an ancient and powerful hydra: Polukranos, World Eater. Enraged, the hydra stormed through the mortal realm of Theros until it was sealed by Heliod and the hunt god Nylea.

The Planeswalker Elspeth arrived in Theros during the climax of Heliod and Purphoros's battle. She saw Purphoros' sword flung from his hands, and planeswalked away with it. She returned to Theros fifteen years later and faced an angry Heliod. But the god regained his bearings and realized Elspeth could help him, so he reforged the sword into the spear Godsend. Wielding this weapon, Elspeth was able to defeat the newly awakened Polukranos.

Meanwhlie, the satyr Planeswalker Xenagos had hatched a plan to ascend to godhood. By cultivating belief and devotion among his followers, he was able to transcend mortality and join the other gods in their home of Nyx. Xenagos planned to use his new status for ill, so Elspeth vowed to stop him. She journeyed to Nyx and stabbed Xenagos with Godsend, destroying him once and for all.

Fearful of her power and knowledge of the multiverse, Heliod stabbed Elspeth with her very own weapon, which shattered afterwards. Dying, Elspeth's soul became trapped in the Underworld of Erebos where it remains . . . for now.

NOW, WE RETURN TO THEROS . . .

New Eternal event starting Friday 12/20!

The giant Ixtol was the ancient Champion of Grodov, and built the arena that still stands in Xulta today. Prove your skill in single combat during this special event!

Bring a 75-card deck and prepare to battle with this special boss rule:

Your deck can only contain a single copy of all non-power cards! Each player starts with +3 Max Power.

Here’s what you need to know:

• This event uses the Throne format.
• You must select your deck when you join, and you cannot change decks between games in a run.
• The event costs 2,500 Gold or 200 Gems to enter.
• Each run is 7 games, win or lose.
• You may enter as many times as you like.
• There is no leaderboard.
• The Ixtol’s Challengers Event will run from Friday 12/20 at 10:00 AM MST (17:00 UTC) to Monday 12/23 at 4:00 PM MST (23:00 UTC)
• Note: This event does not grant QCP.

Run Rewards

Wins	Prizes
7	5 packs, 1 Silver Chest, 1 premium Rare
6	4 packs, 1 Silver Chest, 1 premium Rare
5	4 packs, 1 Bronze Chest, 1 premium Rare
4	4 packs, 1 Bronze Chest, 1 Rare
3	3 packs, 1 Bronze Chest, 1 Rare
2	3 packs, 1 Bronze Chest
1	2 packs, 1 Bronze Chest
0	2 packs of The Flame of Xulta

Take on the challenge starting this Friday!

Team Rankstar just released a new article by Bearsman6 that includes four new puzzles. In case you didn't realize, Mythgard has an amazing feature that allows users to import their OWN puzzles they created! It's pretty cool and will allow you to share challenging scenarios with other players.

Some personal background here: “Find Lethal” puzzles have always been one of my favorite aspects of card games, and it was initially one of the things I missed most when I pivoted away from Magic: the Gathering. There are already a few cool ones in Mythgard – with the most recent addition from Navy Seagull being particularly devilish!

Be sure and check out the entire article and his Mythgard puzzles HERE.

Here's a new video from MTG that explains the Escape mechanic appearing in Theros: Beyond Death.

They also had one a few days ago for a returning mechanic, Devotion.

And last week they had one explaining Enchantments, in case you missed it.

A new Rare Neutral Minion, Faceless Corruptor, has been revealed!

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Good or bad and why?

I guess the title says it all: when I use the deckbuilder most of the times it's just theorycrafting or building up ideas before I get to implement them into the game. For that reason, most of the times I prefer to keep the decks to myself, to just have a private list of decks I'm working on. I remember on the HPwn site there was the possibility to turn the "Unlisted" option on. Is it possible to have it here in the near future as well? Because I really find this site much snappier and mobile friendly, but I really can't save wip decks like this.

Thanks for the consideration, and a really good job for the site, I find it has a really big potential!

One Reddit user, MysteryMTR, commented on how slow Riot has been with any information about the dates for closed beta for LoR and a couple of Devs popped up to comment. They don't give us anything definite, but at least we know they're working hard on getting it ready as soon as possible! [source]

This is a good point, and from the outside I can imagine this being confusing or frustrating.

Underlying everything we communicate is the principle that we don't want to promise anything that we won't be able to deliver on. I think we've all experienced that as players, and Riot also has had to learn that lesson as developers.

As we're finishing our core game features for Launch, we also have to develop the capabilities to release those at quality, at scale, reliably and consistently. As more of the game is complete, we'll be able to more confidently predict when we'll have releases ready for players. But until then we're mostly just comfortable with the types of broad strokes that you've seen in our roadmap.

Exact dates WILL come, but we're not quite ready to announce anything yet.

I'm not going to confirm dates for you but I will say we are here, watching, reading, and working hard to make sure you can play your hearts out. We get happy every time we see players asking to play more. There's a lot of work to do to make sure we do well for even more players. Alas I will leave you with a "Soon ™"!

Make sure you participate in the Game Awards event featuring Ashiok and Elspeth in MTG Arena. It's available through 12/16 and you can earn 1 pack of Theros: Beyond Death (to open upon release) for each win, up to 3 packs. You also get to play with some cards that are normally unavailable, most notably a few of the legendary "Power Nine".

There are also a few honorable mentions in the pre-constructed decks too.

I tried both decks and they seemed pretty evenly matched. I had some trouble getting started, because multiple times it just seemed like I was outmatched by an opponent who had perfect answers. I switched decks and instead of astounding starts and ridiculous curves I continued to draw absolute garbage. After a little bit of persistence everything came out okay in the end and I walked away with 3 Theros: Beyond Death packs to put in my virtual stocking.

Don't be surprised if you face Ashiok decks that draw loads of additional cards or use removal on every single unit you put on the board, or you could find yourself up against the wall with white weenie tokens wildly swinging equipment in your face by your second turn. I'd love to see more events like this, which allow you to use unavailable cards in updated scenarios. Which deck turned out to be your favorite?

Taken directly from the official hs twitter:

https://twitter.com/PlayHearthstone/status/1205318038444077058

While it blows my mind that they thought that the expansion could launch in its current state, hopefully the action will be brutal and decisive. I've found it hard to even log in during the last few days which is pretty depressing given that this is typically the most fun part of the cycle. Fingers crossed that this puts things right.

Hi,

First things first, I am _not_ complaining about the existence (or of even the amount of) ads!

Recently whilst browsing through your website, I noticed a weird trend in the ads that got displayed to me, as a lot of them were advertising books from a certain publisher in Germany ("Kopp Verlag") that has a.... Not so nice reputation.

I'm not going into my issues with this publisher any further as this might (sadly enough) start some political discussions which (in my humble opinion) do not need to take place in the forum's for a card game. 

I assume that you do not have much of a decision on what your ad provider displays to me personally, but it puts your website, with good content which I like to visit regularly since it started in a sort of bad light... So... I don't know just wanted to let you guys know and maybe you can talk to your ad Provider to stop advertising right wing literature on you website? ^^"

PS.: So far it actually only happens on this site...

So I got tired to reading all the hate that people have had about Galakrond Shaman and decided to try playing it and ... WOW... that hate is pretty well deserved.  

I went into the deck completely blind and missing one Dragon's Pack, and I went on a 7 game winning streak.  I know that typically, the initial hate for a class goes to Hunter.  As a person that is adamantly against Hunter, I'm always up for Hunter being nerfed to the point where the class is eliminated.  But that is me.  

I honestly wanted to take the stance of, "This is just the initial release and there is always hate against the more aggro decks because combo and control has yet to be established." But man, that deck has a lot of synergy and flows really well.  

That being said, I honestly don't think that any one particular card would hinder the way that the deck functions.  I have read a number of threads where people are putting all the hate on 1-3 cards.  But really, the fact that you can summon a few 2/1 rush minions to help control the board, along with all the stuff that thunderhead can produce is kind of sickening.  

I just had to throw my astonishment out there to let those that hate the initial deck have valid concerns..  That's all

The deck is fairly tricky to play well. There have been decks out there with similar styles, however they usually don’t have Zerek and do add a Galakrond package. I found this version to be more consistent. 

A new Epic Warlock Spell, Dark Skies, has been revealed!

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Hey everyone,

I have a feeling Dragon Mage will be a viable deck post-Shaman nerfs. The most likely variant is probably going to Highlander due to Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Reno the Relicologist and Zephrys the Great being phenomenal cards. However, just to test the waters, I'm going with a good old Conjuror Dragon Mage. Here is my version:

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Feel free to post your Dragon Mage decks, I'm looking forward to some nifty versions. Like a spell-heavy version with Dragoncasters, or strong Highlanders.

A new Epic Paladin Minion, Lightforged Crusader, has been revealed!

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Twin Tyrant, has been revealed!

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There's a cool tribute video on Reddit for TESL. It made me all warm and happy inside. =) [source]

Omnislash has been around for several years creating content for Hearthstone with streamers like Kibler, Firebat, and Zalae, among others, but they've decided to shift gears.

To better focus our efforts, we are transitioning away from content creation and streamer representation, and will be committing all of our efforts to a data platform for players of all types.

For now they are going to be focusing on data tools for gamers/streamers. It's sad to see them go, but I'm interested to see what they create for us.

We have things like Amalgamation that are all tribes in one, but do you think we will ever see dual- or mult-tribe cards. Like an Elemental-Dragon, or a Pirate-Murloc ? I think it would be cool thematically.

It's a good time to take a look back at the Roadmap for Mythgard cause there's a lot of stuff in store for us in the coming year.

Mythgard Development Roadmap

Disclaimer: All dates are estimates. Intermediate patches, including possible minor balance tuning, are not listed

Calendar

2019 Nov	Mid-season balance patch (mid-November) Crowd-localization platform
Dec	End of Beta 1 season In-client Tournaments (First Iteration)
2020 Jan	Start of Beta 2 season
Feb	Mid-season balance patch
Mar	End of Beta 2 season
Apr	Expansion One (late Mar/early Apr) Release? (TBD)
Aug	Single-player replayable campaign
Sep	Expansion Two

Major Features

Localization

Crowd localization platform

ETA: Nov 2019, with specific language localizations to follow

Tournaments

First iteration of in-client, some possible proposed features include:

• Both official and user-initiated tournaments
• Invitational / Open / Mixed
• 1v1 and 2v2
• Constructed, synchronous draft, and sealed deck
• Deck restrictions: essence cap, rarity limits, ban lists
• Swiss, single- and double- elimination, melee, top cuts
• Bo1/3
• Conquest, Last Hero Standing
• Open vs closed lists, other organizer options
• Entry fee, prizes

ETA: End 2019 (first iteration)

Expansion One

~130 card expansion

New path & power

Story Chapter 2

ETA: Mar/Apr 2020

Guilds

Exact functionality TBD

ETA: May 2020

Single-Player Campaign

Replayable single-player game mode drawing inspiration from 4X games, Shandalar, and rogue-like CCGs like DreamQuest and Slay the Spire

ETA: Aug 2020

Expansion Two

Contents TBD

ETA: Sep 2020

 

Minor Features

(in no particular order and by no means exhaustive)

• Overall UI polish
• Various special events
• Deck overview in editor
• Deck editor “views”
• Additional game boards & other cosmetics
• Alternate path art
• Game board & path interaction (cosmetic animations on click)
• More voice-overs including attack/death
• Start of match visual polish (coin flip, etc)
• Pack opening visual polish, label new cards
• Additional turn timer warning visual cues
• Change of turn visual effects
• Additional Gauntlet / Arena draft functionality
• 2v2 / Arena leaderboards
• 2v2 rules rework
• 2v2 UI update
• 2v2 communication
• Deck lending
• Emote customization
• Ability to hide card wheel (when making a Divination choice, etc)
• Key config
• More Twitch overlay support
• Game data API

because this game is designed by idiots

We have a couple of new spoilers for the new Eternal expansion, Promises by Firelight. One from late last night and the other from just a few minutes ago. Both revealed by Scarlatch via Discord.