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I haven't seen one of these yet, if it exists please point me to it. I rushed to diamond 5 before the expansion and now I'm trying to use this initial week or so to grind out some achievements before continuing my attempt at ladder climbing. While I don't expect achievement centered decks to be super competitive I do want to at least present a challenge while completing them. I'm not a great deck builder myself and have just been throwing a few pieces of class and neutral achievements into various 'good' decks and going from there. It has been a bit slower than I really wanted it to be and I'm hoping to find better ways to do this. Who is willing to share the decks they are using to get that bonus XP?

Greetings everyone, and welcome to the submission thread of fifth challenge of Master Duelist!

General Information

This challenge will begin today, December 10th, and will end on December 31st. During this window of time, you'll have to start a Duels run with a starting deck including at least 6 Fractured in Alterac Valley cards: both class and neutral cards are good!

Everyone who'll post proof of a 7+ wins run in this article's comment section will be awarded with a different amount of gold, an in-site currency you'll be able to earn from different activities and that will be used to purchase cosmetics in our in-site shop.

Submission Rules

In order for your run to count towards the challenge, you'll have to provide an appropriate proof of your feat; otherwise, your result won't count. To be precise, you will have to reply to this forum thread including:

• a picture of how your run ended;
• a picture of your starting deck;
• a picture(s) of your final deck.
• any other information you want: even though it's not necessary, it may help other players or generate a discussion!
  • you can submit as many runs as you want: we'll always pick the best one. Don't be afraid to show what you experimented with: let's start a discussion here!

Remember that we have to make sure you actually played following the rules, so please help us in doing so - disqualifying players feels bad, and we'd want to avoid it if possible! No exceptions will be made.

Challenge Rewards

Here's a quick breakdown explaining the rewards you'll receive based on your performances:

Time Criteria

Those which follow are the time criteria we'll use to determine the winner in case of identical scores:

• An Heroic run will be considered more difficult than a Casual one, therefore Heroic players will have the priority.
  • If you get the best score overall with a 10-wins run in Casual and somebody else gets a 10-wins run in Heroic, the latter will be the winner of the challenge.
• In case of more people getting the same score, the winner will be decided by the submission time.
  • If more players will get to 12 wins, losses will count as well: a 12-0 will be considered better than a 12-2 or a 12-1. 
  • You could get the highest score on the first day as well as on the last day of the challenge, but if someone submits the same score before you do, then they'll be the winner.

Closing Information

If you want to learn more about this challenge, make sure to visit our guide page, where you'll be able to find a couple of starting decks provided by ourselves in order for you to take inspiration for your runs.

Moreover, don't forged to share your own creations with the community by adding them to our deck database via our deckbuilder.

I enjoy laughing at all the kids who cried for the last 4 months about quests are now crying about wombo combos and minion based interactions.  You gotta love the absolute self-hate these people exude.

Personally when I looked at the card lists I knew it was going to be an rng clown fest of high rolls and destroyed keyboards and mice. People will never be happy. This cycle has repeated itself since I started playing back in closed beta of 2014.  I’m done with the 7200 honor I’m level 30 on the RT and I’m just knocking down achievements. 

People really need to get over winning and losing because the game doesn’t track losses so  it’s all just meaningless grinding. The whole point of the game is to enjoy card based WoW and have some laughs.

I for one love the artwork and voice lines. The art in this expansion , I think, is the best yet.  

Casino mage is really crazy this time around and I already made my personal list solid gold for maximum effect. 

How is everyone dealing with the day 1 clown fest?

Blizzard have halved the XP gained from PVE for the Rewards Track. Before the new expansion we can gain 168 xp in 30 minutes (without the Pass), now it's 84 xp.
This stealth nerf is so bad that people need to know...

Bugs are back for all legendaries chain reward completion and I’m getting the same bug with neutral cards. I have every card in the set and multiple duplicate legendaries after opening 355 packs. Progress says 24 of 25 legendaries and 33 of 34 neutral cards collected. Also I am stick on 2/3 for games played with shaman, mage or demo hunter even though I’ve played 5 games. 

im sure they will fix these soon. Anyone else can confirm?

Do you? :)

So...what'd you get? I'm at work on lunch so I won't be opening my packs until later (to keep track of pity timers), but I did see that my two free golden Legendaries were Bru'kan of the Elements and Bearon Gla'shear. The game must've known I did the Shaman review and rewarded me thusly 😁

Competition Theme: Honourable Mentions

We're all about honour this week - or I am, anyway, and you're all going to have to deal with it being spelt that way.

• You must create a card which utilises the new Honorable Kill mechanic
  • Whether by using the Keyword itself or interacting with cards that have it, we just want you to uphold your honour!

Wailor has asked that we have a clean and honest game this week, so make sure your cards are upholding their honour!

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 6 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sat, Dec 11 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Dec 11 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sun, Dec 12 16:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Dec 12 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Mon, Dec 13 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

Discussion Thread Rules

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Last night I was trying a DemonHunter run out got the new Fel treasure; the one that shuffle 2 fel rifts in. Each time I did this and drew either that turn or the next, each draw for 2 draws (if 1 fel spell) was 2 imps being summoned. 

Hi guys - I completed this thing some time ago, and the Illidan Book of Heroes, but I don't seem to have the achievements, though I do have the little crown thing over their heads. Is there a quick way to get the achievement credit, or will i just have to do them again?

Hello there! As everyone knows, 'Fractured in Alterac Valley' is approaching us with brand new cards, archetypes, and meta!
Meta handshake is expected in Standard, Wild, and... Duels! Sorry Classic 😦

Twitch streamer Nosferatu_old_one (also available here as Nosferatu) announced a competition for duelists and just all
who like theorycrafting and creativity!

!Important! Nosferatu didn't ask me to translate announcement and not affiliated with me!
I made this for my own will.

From 5th to 12th Dec Duels competition will be conducted with theorycrafted decks! However, don't be intimidated
as its appliance rules are easy, and Duels starting deck consists of 15 cards and 1 Treasure.

Video on Youtube (Russian)

To participate, follow these steps:

• create a deck;
• send it to Nosferatu or any moderator from Discord server (link below);
  if it conforms to requirements, your deck appears in a special channel in Discord;
• Once decks submission's window is closed, all decks will be published in a special channel;
• Everyone can vote for any number of decks just sending a smile under the post with deck;
• Three decks that received the most likes will be selected for competition regardless of deck
  power or how it suits the current meta! Nosferatu will play each deck three times, and the winner
  will be determined by an average number of wins.

Now in more details:

• Deck must contain at least 3 cards from the 'Fractured in Alterac Valley';
• No changes to a deck or Hero Power/starting Treasure are allowed once the deck is submitted;
• Decks are accepted till the end of Dec 8th;
• Discord members vote on decks from 8th to 10th Dec;
  From Dec 10th, Nosferatu will play each deck with rotating a deck after Duels run to bring randomness in total deck's results;
• For each deck, an average number of wins is calculated, and this will be a deck score;
  There must be at least 0.5 difference between deck scores to pick a winner. For example, the shaman deck
  has avg 7.7 and the mage one 7.4, so the difference is 0.4. In such case, Nosferatu play with both decks
  one more time, and new deck scores will be calculated, and the winner will be chosen based on the new
  scores without re-runs even when if the difference is still <0.5;

Competitors will challenge for money equal to Hearthstone goods - the cost of 40/15/7 packs for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places, respectively.
Please note that Nosferatu is from the RU region (from Hearthstone perspective), and money prizes are 2799, 1099, and 599 RUB sent
to winners' Battle.net Balance. So EU and US players, be aware of the price difference!

Discord invite - https://discord.gg/Yqu7rrA8
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcAkcADhfNFme_nxdd49-w
Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nosferatu_old_one

Good luck!

Has there been any mention of removing Diablo from Duels similar to how Diablo was removed from BG's in the recent patch?

Honestly he would be a perfectly balanced and interesting hero if it weren't for the existance of the Demon Seed.  Considering it's duels I doubt we'll see Demon Seed removed/banned from that mode, so my only other hope is that he is removed.

Diablo w/ Demon Seed quest is about as annoying as facing a Mind Tether Priest with Fire Shaping.  It's just an overall 'unfun' experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

So... Yesterday I got 1000 honor and today I appear as a Grunt. 

Does the old 1000 count towards unlocks?

winning a game I have now this info

What is the meaning of HK Private? Tks

Competition Theme: Fight The Power

We're all about keeping our opponent's Power in check this time - stay on target!

• You must create a card which refers to your opponent's Hero Power
  • While most cards will likely hinder your opponent, you could help them if you were feeling generous
• Your card cannot have a symmetrical effect
  
  • Cards like Grizzled Wizard do not count - stick to one Power at a time!

Jhamel said they were struggling for a theme, as they were feeling pretty... uninspired. The pun was all they needed.

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, Nov 29 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sat, Dec 4 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Dec 4 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sun, Dec 5 16:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Dec 5 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Mon, Dec 6 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

Discussion Thread Rules

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There's a lot of disruption/removal so spending all your mana on 1 huge minion seems like it still won't be very good in this meta.

There's a lot of new control cards so it looks like aggro may not be as good this expansion

This makes me think the meta will be Control, Tempo, Midrange, and just slowly bursting down your opponent while you stall them with control cards.

Control may still be too slow though.

Shadow Priest, Burst down freeze Shaman decks, Quest mage, tempo rogues. Any decks that can kill by turn 6 I think will be meta if not you will just lose to the control.

Just curious to hear some opinions. Mine are:

Token DH will not be good. Instead, a token package will be run in DH similar to the "discard" package Warlock is running now in standard.

Pirate Warrior will stay meta.

Mage and Shaman will not have a place in the meta.

Now we've seen all the cards, what are you hoping for in your packs? What will be your day 1 crafts?

I've evolved backwards (?) to F2P again and am mainly playing Wild. Here's my wishlist:

Caria Felsoul - One day, Big Demon Hunter will be a thing and this card will probably be a part of it.

Ice Trap - This will be a staple in all Hunter decks that aren't aggro.

Mass Polymorph - I don't know in which deck I can play this yet, but it will be super fun to mess with Priests and Warlocks in Wild!

Lightforged Cariel - Handbuff Paladin was very strong and fun to play a few months ago. Maybe it can make a comeback?

Xyrella, the Devout - I'm a sucker for Deathrattles so this is a top priority card for me. I'll probably just put it into a Boar Priest deck and replace the boars with Leper Gnomes. Then again, Priest also has lots of other strong Deathrattles which can be combined with Awaken the Makers and resurrection shenanigans.

Shadowcrafter Scabbs - Bounce shenanigans are fun, Mana cheat OP.

Bru'kan of the Elements - Might find a home in Shudderwock lists.

Tamsin's Phylactery - Insert my reasoning for Xyrella here. Might be harder to make this work though.

Abominable Lieutenant - Soft Taunt due to the snowball potential. Might find a home in some big decks.

Those are the most interesting cards for me. Depending on my pack luck, I'd most of all try to toy around with Deathrattle Priest on day 1. What are your wishes and your plans?

A new Common Warlock Minion, Felwalker, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Fractured in Alterac Valley

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Fractured in Alterac Valley!

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A new Common Rogue Minion, Double Agent, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Fractured in Alterac Valley

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Fractured in Alterac Valley!

Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.