A Less Friendly Game of Chess

Things have gotten a little underhanded at Medivh's Magical Chessboard. Bring 6 unique cards and hide them under the table, they could swing the match in your favor!


How It Works

  • Select a class and build a 6 card deck; 15 auto-attacking chess piece cards (first introduced in One Night in Karazhan solo content) will be added to it.
    • The starting deck will have 8 Pawns, 2 Bishops, 2 Rooks, 2 Knights, and 1 Queen.
  • You'll start from 20 Health, and play as White King or Black King. Your Hero Power is Castle.
  • Hero Cards, as well as Whizbang and Zayle are banned.

Castle Card ImageWhite Pawn Card ImageWhite Bishop Card Image

White Rook Card ImageWhite Knight Card ImageWhite Queen Card Image


Hot Decks for A Less Friendly Game of Chess


When We've Seen A Less Friendly Game of Chess

Week Started Ended Reward
Week #159 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Saturday, June 30, 2018 1x Classic Pack
Week #216 Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Wednesday, August 07, 2019 1x Classic Pack
Week #292 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1x Classic Pack
Week #375 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1x Standard Pack
Week #349 Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 1x Year of the Phoenix Pack

Comments

  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2005 1368 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 9 months ago

    The player who starts usually wins this brawl.

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  • Zelgadis's Avatar
    Wizard 1010 788 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

    I tried Steamcleaner, but both the chess cards and the 6 added cards are considered to have started in the deck, so that didn't do anything spectacular. My opponent happened to play Ambassador Faelin though, so it was still useful.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    2125 1813 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

    Evolve Shaman for the win here!

    1
    • Nona's Avatar
      Child of the Night 920 257 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
      Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

      it works, but Evolve itself, is Banned, so is Devolve. But you can still build a deck that works.

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Global Moderator Serra Angel 1680 2548 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

    Thank fuck they had the wherewithal to ban Prince Renathal. I could see it being forgotten :/

    0
  • HolyWater's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 375 156 Posts Joined 03/15/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    i really hate this brawl...

    5
  • Loknax's Avatar
    Enjoys Cake 550 31 Posts Joined 07/25/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    Have fun

    A less friendly game of chess
    A Dragon Druid Deck created by Loknax. Last updated 1 year, 7 months ago
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    • Mountaineer's Avatar
      Bronze Supporter 210 28 Posts Joined 02/21/2022
      Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

      I won with this team, but Kazakusan was late & Lady Prestor was dead last.

      I had to replace Biology Project & Overgrowth.

       

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    • coriolis's Avatar
      380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
      Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

      A good idea, but I prefer a little bit more consistency:

      ---------------------

      Prestor Chess
      Class: Druid

      (0) Innervate
      (2) Capture Coldtooth Mine
      (2) Jerry Rig Carpenter
      (3) Wild Growth
      (4) Overgrowth
      (6) Lady Prestor

      AAEBAaTABAbougPW+QOwgASJnwSunwSwpQQAAA==

      ---------------------

      Side note: During this Brawl, if you Discover spells from your class or the opponent's class, your only option will be the Coin.

      1
  • Zelgadis's Avatar
    Wizard 1010 788 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    I tried Drakkari Enchanter, but apparently the auto-attacks are not considered to be end-of-turn effects.

    What did work though was using Darkbishop Benedictus:

    Shadow Chess
    A Shadow Priest Deck created by Zelgadis. Last updated 1 year, 7 months ago
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    • coriolis's Avatar
      380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
      Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

      If you read downthread, you'll see that other people had the same idea regarding Drakkari Enchanter during previous editions, and it didn't work back then either.

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      • Zelgadis's Avatar
        Wizard 1010 788 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
        Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

        I did a quick check before posting that, but too quick, since I didn't see there was a page 2 of comments.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5292 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    At this point Im having to come to OoC just to see what the tavern brawl is this week.

    Rogue -> Plaguebringer + shadowstep + draw options -> easy win

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  • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_800_HS 1160 846 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    Another one of my favourite brawls.

    Unfortunately, Jaraxxus is now banned, so no fun that way. However, Libram of Justice plus City Tax is pretty broken.

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    • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
      Protector of Elwynn 1470 596 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
      Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

      Thanks for the tip!

      In addition I'd like to add Lord Barov and Bunker Sergeant.

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      • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
        COMMENT_COUNT_800_HS 1160 846 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
        Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

        Thanks for the suggestion. There's not a chance I would've remembered that card existed on my own.

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Global Moderator Chocolate Cake 2060 2761 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    I dont like this one :/

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  • coriolis's Avatar
    380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

    There might be a bug in this edition (February 2022). Opponent conceded on turn 7 and I got my pack, but my daily and weekly quests weren't credited (play mage; win 5 arenas/battlegrounds/brawls)!

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    • coriolis's Avatar
      380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
      Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

      A few more details:

      • The class you select is ignored for quests and any other effects that refer to class (one opponent used Guidance to get a Greater Healing Potion and Feral Spirits)
      • If you go second (Black King), the Coin will automatically be shuffled in your deck and replaced by a card on turn 1.
      • Further wins were credited to my "Play Arena/BG/Brawl" weekly quest, so I suspect the missing win was caused by the opponent conceding too early.
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  • Pezman's Avatar
    2125 1813 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Why have they banned some evolve effects, but not all? I had a quick, easy win yesterday with Explosive Evolution and Bogstrok Clacker, among other things.

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