So simple story really I had a great board in battlegrounds today but I was cheated out of first place not by cheesy divine poison or anything but by the game literally not letting me even fight for first.

For context I had (69/72) cave hydra, (48/44) scallywag, two gold mini rags (54/55) and (34/37) accordingly, (6/10) amalgam on, (59/61) amalgamate I stole from the curator at the start and a (46/127) rock guy.

So I was Rafaam with this strong board with 2 foes left I beat one guy and then the game ended with Al'akir still alive. The game did go on for some time so maybe we just hit the turn cap or something because it lasted long enough for me to get two tier six prizes (all that glitters which was used on mini rag and throw the bone which was used on hydra).

So I'm just trying to wrap my head around why I didn't get a final fight for first with Al'akir anyone have any ideas?

I may just be a negative nancy here but the balance changes seem to not do anything to the mode other than remove some high rolls (and kill rogue for some reason). Demon Hunter in Duels wasn't overpowered because of the treasures (although they did contribute) but rather because the Outlander Heropower is just plain overpowered and abusable in that class. In general it feels like every class has one good deck and that is the deck you will face, few exceptions apply. You run into Hunter, it will be Deathrattle. You run into warlock, it will be discard with C'thun and killmox (yeah I know kilmox will be nerfed but it will be run nontheless). The hero powers just kind of decide how you play the game and there is very little you can do to change it due to the limited card pool.

Not to mention how far apart the power level of treasures are. There are the ones that actively reduce the cost of your cards or give them rush while others barely do a thing (how is "make your weapons cost 1 less" a treasure?).

And then there is the whole issue of chain-queuing into the same person multiple times.

I don't know, I love the mode but after a few games it feels extremly same-y where even standart feels more versatile. Maybe that will change once all the hero powers and treasures are revealed but so far it just plays like an elaborate tavern brawl.

First off, let's be clear: I'm not here to cry and complain "boo hoo some anonymous person on the internet doesn't like me" etc. But I've been noticing a lot of downvotes recently that don't make sense.

Example #1: I posted a deck a few weeks ago, and upvoted myself. Someone else came along and downvoted it. No comment or anything. What's the point? If you don't like the deck, offer some constructive criticism. Why was it worth someone's time to just randomly downvote a deck?

Example #2: During the card reveal season leading up to Darkmoon Faire, I went around voting on and commenting on every card, like most of you did. Every now and then someone would make an inflammatory statement and get a bunch of downvotes, or get lots of upvotes for a really funny one. Makes sense. But I saw lots of downvoted comments (mine and other people's) where there was nothing to like or dislike.

It looks to me like some folks (or maybe just one really antisocial dweeb) are just going around downvoting everything they see. Does this bother anyone else? if we're all here to discuss the game, share decks and thoughts, and even disagree with each other, doesn't this type of behavior cheapen the legitimate use of the downvote?

I welcome your thoughts.

Competition Theme: Original Character, Do Not Steal

It's time to revisit some old favourites that have rotated to Wild and give them a brand new twist!

• You must create a Legendary minion for a Hearthstone Original Character not in Standard
  • Any character that started in Hearthstone counts, including those that eventually made their way into WoW
  • Your character must have been in Standard at some point - adventure characters don't count!

Sothis wants us to celebrate some of the creative new characters introduced in previous Hearthstone expansions - let's get Wild!

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

Competition Phases

Here are the phases of this card design competition

• Submission Phase: Starts on Mon, Dec 14 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sat, Dec 19 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Dec 19 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sun, Dec 20 16:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Dec 20 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Mon, Dec 21 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

Discussion Thread Rules

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The once decaying region of Westfall is now flooded with people of all sorts and a large stream of stagecoaches that travels busily around the land. The reason? Gold, of course!

This sudden gold rush has attracted a lot of greedy visitors, including some gun-wielding outlaws. This is something the authorities of Stormwind cannot tolerate, so they have sent their fastest gunslingers to serve as sheriffs and deputies. Introducing the new keyword...

This keyword is a combination of MtG's First Strike and Ranged, which I translated into Hearthstone the best I could. The expansion itself is largely inspired by the board game Bang!, combined with Mean Streets of Gatgetzan's motto of taking a WoW location and combining it with a theme that wouldn't fit Azeroth at first glance.

Demon Hunter (4/10)

Druid (2/10)

Hunter (3/10)

Mage (2/10)

Paladin (3/10)

Tokens

Priest (3/10)

Tokens

Rogue (5/10)

Alternate versions

Shaman (4/10)

Warlock (4/10)

Tokens

Warrior (3/10)

Neutral (9/?)

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My name is Rog and I'm a content creator currently playing a lot of Hearthstone! I'm currently enjoying Standard ranked but also love the new duels mode.

I try to stream every night from 8pm GMT (I'm based in Dublin, Ireland) on Twitch. I'm also currently trying to produce 2 edited deck highlight vids a week on Youtube (live at 6pm GMT)

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Wow, just wow. This deck is unbelievably good. It has it all, silences, board clears, burst damage, targeted removal, healing. I actually did a 30 damage OTK w/Il'gynoth. Most difficult match ups were Libram Paladin and Control Warrior everything else seemed easy. 

Edit: Forgot to mention, I played this deck from Diamond 10 (no stars) to legend.

### Tempo DH
# Class: Demonhunter
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
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# 2x (1) Consume Magic
# 2x (1) Spirit Jailer
# 2x (1) Twin Slice
# 2x (2) Blade Dance
# 2x (2) Chaos Strike
# 2x (2) Manafeeder Panthara
# 2x (2) Soul Shear
# 2x (3) Aldrachi Warblades
# 1x (3) Relentless Pursuit
# 2x (3) Shardshatter Mystic
# 1x (4) Il'gynoth
# 1x (4) Kayn Sunfury
# 2x (4) Marrowslicer
# 2x (5) Soulshard Lapidary
# 2x (6) Bladed Lady
# 2x (6) Skull of Gul'dan
# 1x (7) Soulciologist Malicia
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# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

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Hey, just today I´ve noticed that my Samsung Galaxy cardback from logging to Samsung device is missing. I though it´s bug on my side, but I´ve tried to check my alt account and it´s gone from there too. Restarting game doesn´t work. Is anyone else having this issue? Is it a known bug or should I contact support?

P.S. I know it´s not a big deal, I don´t use it that much, but I hate having my earned cardbacks vanish from my collection for no reason :/

While we're at it complaining about all the stuff Blizzard has messed up over the years, I'd like to add my own little piece to the pile: Hero Power borders.

It really is beyond me how they can offer new Hero skins on a regular basis without giving us a platinum / diamond / whatever Hero Power border for 1.000 wins.

Lots of players have invested incredible amounts of time to reach that mark and thus by all means earned their bragging rights. So why is it so hard to do the same effing thing as they do at 500 wins and give us a new Hero Power border on top of the in some cases horrible portrait? I am very proud of my 1.000 Hunter wins, but I'd very much prefer to play with Sylvanas than dumb face Rexxar.

So yeah, this is a minor issue for most players, but I'd really like to have a 1.000 wins Hero Power border.

Hi!

Any ideas on why I get the Runeterra Cosmic Creation banner when on the Hearthstone siTe of things on mobile? And the awful space separating the banners and the first news box, ugh 😉

mobile layout

Hi guys, i want to play more runeterra. Can you guys plz tell me the best (and cheap) decks to make?

I Really like Demacia and Freljord. And my fav champs are Garen and Braum.

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