I wonder which player has advantage in the modern age of HS: the one going first or the one getting a coin and an additional card. Long ago Ben Brode said that first player has slight advantage on average, and I'm curious if it is still true today.
Personally I feel that it is easier for me to play with one more card, but I'm a bad example, 'cause my skill is pretty poor. Common sense tells me that for combo decks and probably for control decks having additional cards should be very helpful, so only aggro has clear advantage in going first.
I don't think that the system should be changed, I feel that it is more or less balanced, but I have a feeling that now second player has slight advantage contrary to what was the case in early years.
What do you think? Maybe you've seen some recent statistics from devs?
I'm at level 259 which is exactly the same level that I ended up with on Stormwind track funnily. I still might play a few more games and hit 260 though.
On the next track it will be lower because I won't be able to buy battle pass this time.
After almost 4 years and 237 defeated bosses I finally beat Monster Hunt as Toki. Now I can beat Hagatha at last and then I'll be sporting this cool cardback with bullets for the next few months.
Disregard that. As FortyDust mentioned on the other page, devs commented on Twitter:
The first curse starts at 1 damage (it counts itself and immediately ticks up from 0 to 1). Each curse will disappear on its own after 2 turns, or you can "cast" it for 2 mana to get rid of it early. Every additional curse deals 1 more ongoing damage than the last.
Were there any comments from devs on how the Abyssal Curse work? I suspect that it won't be like Cursed!, but instead will persist for two turns objective-like dealing more damage each turn.
Rise of Shadows, Khadgar-Dragon Mage. Was it really a thing? I don't remember such deck at all. I mean, I remember Khadgar + Conjurer's Calling or Power of Creation, but what about dragons? I guess Kalecgos alone isn't enough to call it Dragon deck.
Also I could swear that Control warrior was much more prevalent during Boomsday with Baku and Doctor Doom.
I have a question about Bolner-Macaw interaction. Suppose we play Brilliant Macaw with Bolner Hammerbeak on board. Macaw will play a battlecry from last turn (twice). Then we play another battlecry minion. Which battlecry will be repeated by Bolner parroting Macaw: from last turn, or newly played?
I did a quick search to see if Kulzon is an existing character from Warcraft lore. Well, I didn't found Kulzon, but there is a character with very similar name Kurzon the False. Apparently, he only exists in Warcraft TCG, and he shares his artwork with our favorite Lord Jaraxxus.
I wonder which player has advantage in the modern age of HS: the one going first or the one getting a coin and an additional card. Long ago Ben Brode said that first player has slight advantage on average, and I'm curious if it is still true today.
Personally I feel that it is easier for me to play with one more card, but I'm a bad example, 'cause my skill is pretty poor. Common sense tells me that for combo decks and probably for control decks having additional cards should be very helpful, so only aggro has clear advantage in going first.
I don't think that the system should be changed, I feel that it is more or less balanced, but I have a feeling that now second player has slight advantage contrary to what was the case in early years.
What do you think? Maybe you've seen some recent statistics from devs?
I'm at level 259 which is exactly the same level that I ended up with on Stormwind track funnily. I still might play a few more games and hit 260 though.
On the next track it will be lower because I won't be able to buy battle pass this time.
After almost 4 years and 237 defeated bosses I finally beat Monster Hunt as Toki. Now I can beat Hagatha at last and then I'll be sporting this cool cardback with bullets for the next few months.
I had Double Time and Open the Waygate, and I also managed to steal Time Warp from future Toki with Madame Lazul I got from Unstable Portal. So I had 5 turns in a row to deal with this pesky gnome.
It should have been called "Annoyanator".
Disregard that. As FortyDust mentioned on the other page, devs commented on Twitter:
The first curse starts at 1 damage (it counts itself and immediately ticks up from 0 to 1). Each curse will disappear on its own after 2 turns, or you can "cast" it for 2 mana to get rid of it early. Every additional curse deals 1 more ongoing damage than the last.
Were there any comments from devs on how the Abyssal Curse work? I suspect that it won't be like Cursed!, but instead will persist for two turns objective-like dealing more damage each turn.
I guess it will work similar to objective spells, not like Curse of Rafaam. And will deal more damage with each turn.
It should be "Give a minion deathrattle: deal 3 damage to all minions".
Just wonder if there'a a reason you didn't include Necrium Apothecary?
I think it would be better to switch Tyrande and Malfurion so they would look at each other. And the same for Jaina and Arthas.
Rise of Shadows, Khadgar-Dragon Mage. Was it really a thing? I don't remember such deck at all. I mean, I remember Khadgar + Conjurer's Calling or Power of Creation, but what about dragons? I guess Kalecgos alone isn't enough to call it Dragon deck.
Also I could swear that Control warrior was much more prevalent during Boomsday with Baku and Doctor Doom.
I think that poor Sorcerer's Apprentice deserves some stat buff. With 4 mana it could be 3/3, or maybe even 2/4.
Mini-sets for Darkmoon Faire and Barrens were released 9 weeks after expansion, and for Stormwind it was crazy 13 weeks after main expansion.
Alterac went live on December 7, so it is only week 6. Too early for mini-set I think.
At first glance I thought that it was some tentacles on Xyrella skin, and was confused why she's affiliated with old gods.
Wow, I'm surprised that hsreplay records more than a quarter of games. Very impressive.
Such a pity they had to kill deck tracker for android 😭
I have a question about Bolner-Macaw interaction. Suppose we play Brilliant Macaw with Bolner Hammerbeak on board. Macaw will play a battlecry from last turn (twice). Then we play another battlecry minion. Which battlecry will be repeated by Bolner parroting Macaw: from last turn, or newly played?
I did a quick search to see if Kulzon is an existing character from Warcraft lore. Well, I didn't found Kulzon, but there is a character with very similar name Kurzon the False. Apparently, he only exists in Warcraft TCG, and he shares his artwork with our favorite Lord Jaraxxus.
Probably a typo: achievements can be completed in Ranked Standard, Ranked Wild, Arena, Casual, Heroic Duels and Classic
>Notably, the Finley & Metzen image is a reference to Chris Metzen
Didn't they say that they are not doing vanity cards anymore?
Hand of Guldan is a Shadow spell, and Felwalker casts Fel spells.