If you look at Fiora's L2 full artwork, you see an awards ceremony.  I get that the 2nd place guy is the Laurent Chevalier punk, comically sulking because he lost to Fiora--but who is that 3rd place guy?  I would have expected it to be Laurent Protege or Laurent Duelist, but they're both blondes and this guy is distinctly brunette hair.  Is he unique to this artwork?

This has been bugging me a lot lately.  :-(

 https://cdn1.sixmorevodka.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15153710/FIORA-L02.jpg?webp=0

For last few years Blizzard made the next year announcement in last week of February, Tuesday or Thursday.

So, I’m predicting that tomorrow, latest this Thursday big news will arrive.

What do you expect to come?

this is my budget embiggen druid deck (despite this archetype tanking faster than the titanic) if you all have any susgestions on to how to make this deck better let me know

My embiggen deck

Wild · Embiggen Druid · by DescentOfDragonsOp · 6 years, 3 months ago

• 0 Embiggen x 1
• 0 Innervate x 2
• 1 Acornbearer x 2
• 1 Strength in Numbers x 2
• 2 Breath of Dreams x 2
• 2 Dragon Breeder x 1
• 2 Faerie Dragon x 2
• 2 Wild Growth x 2
• 3 Imprisoned Satyr x 1
• 3 Ironfur Grizzly x 1
• 3 Scalerider x 2
• 4 Dragonmaw Poacher x 1
• 4 Evasive Feywing x 2
• 5 Big Ol' Whelp x 1
• 5 Cobalt Spellkin x 1
• 5 Oasis Surger x 2
• 6 Emerald Explorer x 2
• 6 Evasive Wyrm x 2
• 9 Ysera, Unleashed x 1

3,220 Dust 1,019 0 Copy Deck Code

Any unit that has a "when you survive damage" effect will trigger when it has barrier. While that kind of effect is not hugely problematic today, it seems generally unintuitive to me, as the unit hasn't actually taken any damage. Other effects (like the "drain" from Grasp of the Undying) don't treat that as damage.

Has anyone else been surprised by this?

Or, if nothing else? Print an equivalent of him as a replacement for one of the Legendary cards, if Edwin or Leeroy actually do get HOF'd. Look, it would be better than nothing.

I'm not a budget player, I'm a collector. I own every card in the game and I don't see myself slowing down on that pace anytime soon. So don't anyone make the argument that I have a personal bias here, as this change would not affect me in the slightest. But I do understand that a card like Whizbang as a permanent addition to Standard makes the game a lot more accessible for people, especially considering how much more expensive Hearthstone gets with every new set.

There's been some talks of it around the forums here and there, but never anything serious. With rotation season growing closer and closer, I think we as a community really need to make a big push to Blizzard about this and see where it gets us. Now or never, you know?

#WhizbangIsWonderful

Hi Hunters,

I've been looking to freshen up my Rexxar gameplay lately and was wondering what off-meta builds folks have been experimenting with in Standard these days? 

My main goal is to use under-played cards/synergies to generate novel problem solving opportunities for myself (and hopefully my opponent) in Casual mode (i.e. winrate <=50% is OK/expected).  Below are a few examples of what I've been tinkering with for the last couple weeks.  I'd love to see what people have theorycrafted for these type of archetypes as well as any other of your own crazy conctions!

• Beast Highlander - Gives an excuse to play cards like Octosari as well as a super long-shot combo where Scarlet Webweaver hits King Krush and then you use Escaped Manasaber to play the discounted Krush + Dinotamer Brann on the same turn
       
• Off-meta Unseal the Vault Hunters - I wish Licensed Adventurer enabled more combos for Quest Hunter in the late game, but so far I've really only built around Onyxia as a new threat with the coin.  However, being able to play 3x SN1P-SN4P + Hero Power on Turn 10 is also a nice change of pace.
  • Highlander Vault is pretty fun but Deathrattle Vault with Nine Lives and Deathwing is my pick at the moment.
  • Has anyone tried a Mech Vault build?  I could see one with Chopshop Copter having a little spice to it.
          
• Chef Nomi / Mecha'thun  Hunters - I like to try cycling with Arcane Fletcher each season and I think it might be in its best spot ever as the 1-drops aren't terrible at the moment (e.g. Dwarven Sharpshooter, Secretkeeper, and Springpaw).
  • Add in a few other deck thinning options like Tracking, Phase Stalker, and Diving Gryphon and you're well on your way to Nomi or Mecha'thun!
  • I also like to include a sidequest or two so I can run 1 copy of Licensed Adventurer and use that coin to play Archivist Elysiana + Baleful Banker on Turn 10 to experience the good ol' days :D
          
• Token Beast Hunter - A token deck without Quests so I don't feel pressured to play all the quest cards.  Instead we pump up our tokens with Spirit of the Lynx, generate value from them with Witch's Cauldron (replaying the spells via Zul'jin later), and draw from them with Cult Master. 
  • Fresh Scent and Veranus spice up the list a little from past seasons
         
• Midrange Weapon Hunter - This archetype has been awful for me, but I always try to include Bloodscalp Strategist in a build each season. 
  • To mix things up I've tried using Skydiving Instructor to thin out weak draws like Dwarven Sharpshooter and Shimmerfly in the midgame and then use Mojomaster Zihi to keep things in the midgame.
         
• Bad Luck Albatross Stuffer - After feeling the salt from a series of Embiggen Druid match-ups, I made something that has no intention of winning...you just stall and hope to frustrate their draws with as many 1/1s as possible.  Naturally, this invovles removal cards + Albatross, Nine Lives, Ramkahen Wildtamer, Dire Frenzy, Revenge of the Wild, and Zul'jin.
  • This deck also gave me the opportunity to play Tentacled Menace in the hopes of discounting two of my cards to 1-mana.  As a result, I throw in a Colossus of the Moon for the super rare high roll.  

Other builds I know I'll be experimenting with until the next expansion:

• Typically try a couple Flark's Boom-Zooka decks - one with big beasts and revenge of the wild and another with deathrattle minions and Deathwing
      
• I also really like the memes that Blatant Decoy enables with little-used cards like Colossus of the Moon, Big Bad Archmage, and Ysera. 
  • Unfortunately, when you combine the Decoy with Nine Lives it doesn't pull another minion from your hand.  Instead, it gives you another copy of Blatant Decoy and then pulls that new copy into play.  However, I've been meaning to try Nine Lives + Necromechanic to see if it will play the new Decoy and then pull a big minion from my hand.
        
• And when I'm really burnt out I'll make a full Casino build featuring Drakkari Trickster, Mischief Maker, Transmogrifier, Wyrmrest Purifier, etc. 

It's kind of crazy that, although I've listed a bunch of under-used cards, there are still a number of fun-looking ones I haven't touched this season like Dread Raven, Chromatic Egg, Body Wrapper, etc.

Please share any crazy Hunter theorycrafts you've been testing below!!

"I hunt [memes] alone on Out of Cards!"
- Rexxar

With the way you guys rigged the shuffler Algorithm people can run 3-6 champions and maybe like 3-6 followers and 28+ spells.  This isnt MTG, stop thinking it is.  Control decks in MTG require multiple colors of mana, as well as the cards to deal with the board.  A mentally handicapped child with no eyes and 33 IQ could play your version of a "Control" deck,  please stop sipping off the special ed juice can and balance your fucking game holy shit.  The fact you actually paid someone for the last set of balance changes, and then an even more special ed in the mind person was like "OH MAN THESE CHANGES LOOK GOOD I APPROVE".  If the world was run by Riot we would be worse off than the stone age.  How much do you require people to spend on the game to change the shuffler algorithm?

I'm getting beaten pretty badly at (bronze?) rank 3 while playing the Yasuo deck on the front page.  Perhaps I'm playing it wrong or this just isn't a good deck for this level?  Should I switch to an aggro deck?

Deck Code: Deck:CEAQ2AIFAEHBAFAWEIRSOKBKGE2TQAABAEAQKII

Primarly focus on board control and hopefully getting hecarim to place at roung 6/7. 

Good against most decks only decks that give me trouble are: Heim/Ez decks

Control decks are kinda annoying but as long as you can get board control early on and doge avalanche you will be fine. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6-ktCOJec0

So what's everyone think about the nerfs/buffs so far!? I'm honestly curious to see what everyone thinks about the fact that Lux has been buffed for a THIRD time now, which seems odd. I can't think of too many times in card games where cards were buffed multiple times. Plenty that were nerfed multiple times....=(

Also, from what I've seen so far on the ladder it seems like control isn't taking over after these nerfs which I think is AMAZING! I think it shows that there will be a very healthy metagame moving forward. I've seen plenty of Noxus/P&Z aggro decks that do just fine racing some control matchup's, etc. 

SOOOOO happy with the nerfs to Fearsome & Elusive's as well - they managed to significantly reduce their power while still ensuring that each card is 100% playable. Whatcha all think!?

If anyone's interested, I made a video reviewing all of the nerfs/buffs as well! You can check it out here. 

Changes

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Hearthstone

• Removed Tavern Brawl & Deck Discussion from the site homepage.
  
  • These are still on the Hearthstone portal. In our efforts to better cover multiple games, we're finally finishing the clearing-up of Hearthstone content on the main homepage.
• Added a Pack Opener Leaderboard widget to the Hearthstone portal.
  • We'll change the featured pack occasionally to spice things up!

Bug Fixes

Hearthstone

• Fixed an issue with Galakrond's Awakening cards missing their golden images.
• Rendered and uploaded fresh cards for the January card nerfs. Oops

Hello everyone, I'm back again with another concept. This one will not be as long as all of my other ones and should make for a quick read.
This one is pretty straight forward and again, if there is anything that you'd like to add or are confused about, please don't hesitate to leave a comment.

If you've played physical Magic: The Gathering, then you probably know exactly where I'm going with this.
Magic: The Gathering has something that fans like to call "Full art cards".
And I thought why not try not to find a way to introduce it into hearthstone?

Please forgive the fact that the cards don't have an Attack or Health indicator, Hearthcards.net can only do so much.

So now we must ask the question, how are these obtainable?

I suggest for free, but not without effort!
But before we get into how we obtain these, let me just clear a few things up real quick.

In the collection manager these cards will stand out on their own after their "Vanilla" copies.
These are intended to be a long term investment, similar to the 500 and 1000 win portraits.
Each Full Art card will have it's own unique or semi-unique requirement in order to obtain it.

These cannot be opened in packs nor can they be crafted or disenchanted, please ignore said buttons pictured.

In order to obtain these cards you must complete the card's requirement
As above states, draw 1000 cards with Acolyte of Pain's ability and you will obtain both copies of the full art version.
Some requirements SHOULD be harder than others.
There will also be Golden versions that require more of the same requirement.

Not every card deserves a full art version, I think doing it for more notable cards would be best.
Here's a few examples of some Full Art Cards.

Embiggen: Play 1000 minions affected by this spell.
Ysera Unleashed: Draw 1000 Dragons Portals.

Archmage Antonidas: Cast 1000 Fireballs created by this minion.
Khadgar: Summon 1000 extra copies of minions with this minion's ability.

Shirvalla, the Tiger: Play this minion for 0 mana 1000 times.

Activate the Obelisk: Win 500 games after you've completed this quest.
Northshire Cleric; Draw 500 cards with this minion's ability.

Edwin VanCleef: Play this minion with it's combo activated 1000 times.
Pogo-Hopper: Trigger this minion’s battlecry enough to obtain +1000/+1000 in total.

Hagatha the Witch: Play 1000 cards generated from this card's Hero Power.

Armorsmith: Gain 1000 armor from this minion's ability.
Clockwork Goblin: Force your opponent to draw 500 bombs from this minion's Battlecry.
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: Use this cards hero power 1000 times.

Hellfire: Deal 1000 damage with this spell.
Twisting Nether: Destroy 1000 minions with this spell.

Hakkar, the Soulflayer: Force your opponent to draw 1000 Corrupted Bloods.
Genn Greymane: Win 1000 games with this minions ability active.
Sylvanas Windrunner: Steal 1000 enemy minions with this minion's Deathrattle.

Some of those numbers seem high and I'm sure some of them are and maybe some of them aren't high enough.
The point was to illustrate what kind of requirements cards could have.

This is what it would look like with these cards in game.
You've played them enough to know what they do so they will be textless in hand.
When on the battlefield, your opponent will see the "Vanilla" version of it to prevent confusion.

That's really it for this post.
I'm sure other people have thought of this as well I just wanted to put my interpretation out there.
Anyway if you have questions feel free to ask.

Thank you for reading,
-Grif

You need to cut the bullshit out with the shuffler algorithm.  Every single card game is dogshit now because you guys all rig the shuffler algorithm and think you're doing a good thing by auto organizing starting hand as well.  If you were to make a Runeterra trading card game, there isnt going to be someone organizing your hand and rigging the shuffler algorithm for you.  If you dont want your card game to be on the level of dogshit that MTG Arena and Hearthstone have fallen to, avoid the special ed approach. 

I just lost a match after my Yasuo didn't level up when I expected him to. I've always been under the impression that you can mix and match stuns and recalls to achieve his level-up requirement (e.g. recall 3 allies and stun 2 enemies).

However, this match points to the contrary. My deck had a lot of recalls and a few stuns. When my opponent attacked, my Yasuo was at 4/5. I set him to block and then queued the "Stun an attacking unit" spell. However, when battle commenced, my stun spell resolved properly (and Yasuo struck the enemy as he should), but Yasuo didn't level up (and consequently died). The next round, I played another recall effect, and suddenly Yasuo jumped to 5/5 (as I could tell by clicking on my deck).

So I'm wondering: Is it intentional that you have to apply either 5 recalls or 5 stuns? Or was my stun spell not being counted a bug that I should report?

In my opinion yes if I were in charge I would make every disenchant cost equal to its crafting cost becase 400 dust for a legendary when it costs 1600 dust to craft ? No Thanks! 

it should be that if you disenchant a legendary you can craft a legendary (ect. ect.)

thats all i have thanks for coming to my ted talk.

This weekend starts a new Gauntlet event for TESL.

We’re shaking the Field Lane up once again in The Elder Scrolls: Legends’ latest event! Get ready for the Mage Tower Gauntlet!

Mage Tower Gauntlet: February 21 – February 24

For this event, the standard Field Lane has been transformed into the Mage Tower Lane! Whenever you play an action, a random creature of the same cost will be summoned into the Mage Tower Lane. What sort of allies will you summon? Only one way to find out!

Each time players complete a run of this weekend’s event, they will also receive a premium alternate copy of Imperial Reinforcements!

Each run through the Mage Tower Gauntlet costs three Event Tickets or 500 Gold for each run, up to three maximum runs allowed. Players will also rank up on the leaderboards with each run - if you wind up a top-ranking player, you could receive bonus rewards!

The Mage Tower Gauntlet begins Friday, February 21 at 12pm ET and closes at 12pm ET on Monday, February 24. Events in The Elder Scrolls: Legends change regularly, so check in often to see what new challenges await!

Don't forget there's another ECQ this weekend!

[This] weekend the fourth Eternal® Championship Qualifier: Echoes of Eternity will qualify another top player for the Eternal World Championship!

ECQ: Echoes of Eternity will be our first look at how the new set shakes up the Throne format! Join in February 21 – 23, and you’ll also get the new alt-art Teething Whelp and premium card back!

ECQ: Echoes of Eternity consists of two stages: Qualifiers that are open to all players on Steam, iOS, Android, and Xbox, and the Finals that will feature the Top 64 players from the Qualifiers.

Participating in the ECQ requires a registered and validated account and email address. This can be done through the Options menu in-game. We strongly encourage players to register and validate their email addresses in advance of attempting to enter the tournament.

Drop us a line at [email protected] if you need help validating.

• ECQ: Echoes of Eternity will use the Throne format.
• All players on Steam, Xbox, and iOS or Android phones & tablets can participate in ECQ: Echoes of Eternity.
• The Qualifiers begin on Friday, February 21 at 10 am MST (17:00 UTC) and will close sharply on Saturday, January 22 at 4 pm MST (23:00 UTC).
  • No one may enter the tournament or start a new game after 16:00 pm MST (23:00 UTC).
  • Games in progress may be completed until 4:30 pm MST (23:30 UTC), at which time all scores will become final.
• Players can complete their games at any time during the Qualifiers; there is no benefit or penalty for playing early, late, or throughout.
• Bring your best Throne deck for 28 games, win-or-lose, in a battle to make the Top 64.
• You may only enter once, and you may not switch decks between games.
• The Top 64 players from the Qualifiers will progress forward to the Finals.
• ECQ: Echoes of Eternity costs 1,800 Gems or 35,000 Gold to enter.

• The Finals begin promptly at 11 am MST (18:00 UTC) on Sunday, February 23.
  • Qualifying players must be online and ready to play when the Finals begin.
  • You will receive an in-game prompt to join your first game when the Finals begin.
• The Finals are open to only the top 64 players from the Qualifiers.
• Finals matches are best-of-3 games, single-elimination, played with the same constructed deck used in the Qualifiers.
• There will be a short delay between the last active game in a round and the start of the next round.
• All games must finish before the next round can start, so watch the Bracket View.
• When it is time to play, you will receive an invitation to join your next game.

All Finalists’ decklists will be published prior to the Finals beginning.

• Prizes will be delivered upon conclusion of the Finals. All packs are from Echoes of Eternity.
• All players will receive four alternate-art copies of Teething Whelp, and a special Teething Whelp premium card back, just for playing!

• All players will receive prizes based upon their number of wins in Qualifiers:

Wins	Qualifiers Prizes
15+	40 Packs
11-14	34 Packs
6-10	30 Packs
2-5	26 Packs
0-1	22 Packs

• Additionally, players in the Finals will receive prizes based on Leaderboard standings, as follows:

Finish	Finals Prizes
1st	$1,000 & 32 Packs
2nd	$600 & 25 Packs
3rd-4th	$300 & 20 Packs
5th-8th	$200 & 16 Packs
9th-16th	12 Packs
17th-32nd	8 Packs
33rd-64th	4 Packs

 

Join us for broadcast coverage of the Finals on Sunday, February 23 at 11 am MST (18:00 UTC), live on Twitch!

Special Twitch Drops will be enabled exclusively on the DWD channel during the broadcast — so if you’re not playing in the Finals, make sure to tune in to claim your share of the loot!

Get ready for the latest set to shake up competitive play in ECQ: Echoes of Eternity!

 i almost reaching 10 tousand shards sould i spend some to not hit the cap? how much is the cap anyway? thanks in advance.

Inspired by Riot's stated philosophy that every single card should have a home, I thought it might be fun and useful to look at some of the cards we rarely see in the meta, and maybe help them find their way.

Chosen completely arbitrarily, my first pick is Emerald Awakener!

I don't believe I have seen this one at all in constructed, apart from one intrepid deckbuilder who seemed to be leaning heavily into heals. (Turns out he didn't have enough offense to actually be any kind of threat.) In Expeditions, I've never selected it, and it always seems a little sad when my opponent has to play it.

A 3-mana 2/2 with Lifesteal isn't terrible, but it's definitely not good. A 3-mana 6/6 with Lifesteal is decent, but it doesn't seem like the kind of play you want to be making in the late game -- unless you can drop it with a few other big units for a massive push.

Would you say this is meant for a Karma deck? That would explain its scarcity, as we seldom see Karma, either. Would one or both of these cards need a buff before that archetype is viable? Is there some other Ionia control deck that maintains a big hand size where this would be a good fit?

If you've experimented with this card, please describe the deck(s) you used it in and how things turned out.

i know that might sound weird to many of you but since the nerfs to elusives and SI in general we got to a point where aggro decks hardly ever win a game against Ezreal/heimerdinger control decks that are using frostbite.

Right now the whole ladder that i experience consists of ezreal decks and its not likely to change anytime soon. 

The fact that frostbite makes it way too easy to shut down the board while a transformed ezreal is basically a game over if you aren't out of cards -what is not likely at all- breaks the philosophy of legends of runeterra that the board matters and that creatures are the way to go to win. 

What can we do to fix that problem? I think the best way is to change the frostbite mechanic.

My version would be: frostbitten units deal their damage after the enemies fighting with them ( basically give them slow attack) and lose elusive until the end of the turn instead of reducing the current attack to 0. 

It might not look like a big deal but it forces frostbite decks to run more creatures and not play 20 frostbite cards + 6 winconditons and removal for the rest. 

Maybe you have a different point of view but thats what i experience on high diamond right now

A small update has gone out that fixes a couple of competition issues and site nav.

Changes

Magic

• Added a header banner (finally).
• Added navigation links that take you to the Magic Arena Portal.

Hearthstone

• Fan Creations Nav item now has a dropdown.
• Added an additional reminder to use Hearthcards.net on the submission page for card competitions.

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue where spoiler markup would fail to render.
• Cookies that keep track of the last part of the site you were on (for browser-side cosmetics) no longer expire when you close your browser, retaining theme.

Hearthstone

• Fixed debug info showing up in Fan Creations "my votes" section.
• Fixed a typo causing a server-side error when visiting the competition list. (This was hotfixed on Feb 18 after the first error was triggered)

Dev Notes

We're paying attention to all the feedback that has been brought forth for the new Fan Creations Card Design Competition system. We won't be making any major changes for the first competition but we are currently considering exactly what we'll change. So far we're happy with the positive response we've seen from the launch of the system and we're looking forward to a healthy competitive environment for Hearthstone card design that simply isn't being offered elsewhere.

Hello Guys

Well that might be kinda ranting but not too much ...

I got the update today and since then im having problems with the game.

it just shuts down during playing and that is a real issue because it just happens that the game doesnt even disconect, no it just crashes

So i had a REALLY strong Ashe tryn Deck wich destroyed everything so far with the exeption of a good drawing elusive deck which was sad but fine

so im on my "wildcard" and when i got back to the in the game ofc. i lost.

So then the game crashes again and now it just checks for updates ...

anyone else got something like that? (the crashing part not the lost game part)

thx xoxo

Hi everyone!

I recently came up with an idea for a Rogue deck that revolves around getting 0-mana copies of kronx and then decimating my enemies. 

It works pretty well all in all, but it is kind of streaky, sometimes the key cards are just burried in the bottom. 

I was hoping that maybe some of you have some suggestions how to make it a little more consistent. 

Thanks! 

Copy Rogue (mediocre)

Wild · Shuffle Rogue · by Teuton · 6 years, 5 months ago

• 0 Backstab x 2
• 0 Shadowstep x 2
• 1 Praise Galakrond! x 2
• 1 Togwaggle's Scheme x 2
• 2 Bloodmage Thalnos x 1
• 2 Doomsayer x 1
• 2 Eviscerate x 2
• 2 Fan of Knives x 2
• 2 Lab Recruiter x 2
• 2 Sap x 2
• 3 Edwin VanCleef x 1
• 3 Seal Fate x 2
• 4 Devoted Maniac x 2
• 5 Shield of Galakrond x 2
• 5 Zilliax x 1
• 6 Flik Skyshiv x 1
• 6 Heistbaron Togwaggle x 1
• 6 Kronx Dragonhoof x 1
• 7 Galakrond, the Nightmare x 1

12,480 Dust 1,852 0 Copy Deck Code

I played expedition mode this week and I tried a new archtype I forgot existed in the game: yetis I didn't do too well in the expedition (got 3 wins) but I got inspired to try and make a working deck for yetis, at first I tried a mono freljord deck but then I realized I should try to include another region.

I tried noxus, also removed some yeti cards which seemed too slow and ended up with 8 yeti cards in the deck in the end.. added elnuks cause elnuks are strong and also fit the theme and the draw engine of the deck (the Trifarian Assessor) with only one buff elnuks will have 5 attack.

Played 2 games.. it felt strong but it might need more tweaking to be truly competitive.. here is what I have so far:

And I am aware nunu is not yet in the game, can we safetly assume he will be added soon though? since there are already many synergies for him (nunu will definitely have the yeti tag)

So I finally gave battle scars a go, and I've been EXTREMELY surprised how successful it is.  And my deck list is not even refined...   Maybe I've just gotten lucky; maybe the archetype is so alien to everyone that their misplaying.  Regardless, I thought I'd share.

How's everyone else doing post-patch?  Any off-meta decks you've been pleasantly surprised by?