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This deck is very simple. The best decks seem to play them selves to great efficiency. This deck does the same.

Massive Swarm Druid

Wild · Big Druid · by Millergram · 6 years, 3 months ago

• 0 Embiggen x 2
• 1 Biology Project x 2
• 1 Untapped Potential x 1
• 1 Worthy Expedition x 2
• 2 Bloodmage Thalnos x 1
• 2 Crystal Merchant x 2
• 2 Sunfury Protector x 1
• 2 Wrath x 2
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Ferocious Howl x 2
• 3 Swipe x 2
• 5 Nourish x 1
• 5 Oasis Surger x 2
• 5 Starfall x 2
• 5 Zilliax x 1
• 6 Hidden Oasis x 2
• 7 Chef Nomi x 1
• 8 Batterhead x 1
• 9 Dragonqueen Alexstrasza x 1
• 9 Ysera, Unleashed x 1

14,200 Dust 768 0 Copy Deck Code

It is actually a massive swarm of big minions after turn 6, and it happens essentially 60% of the time.

I'm preparing myself to play in Standard mode next rotation, hence I focused a bit on getting pieces for future Galakrond decks. Now, pretty much all of them have Kronx Dragonhoof in them in Standard. Should I disenchant some useless Wild cards to get him now or should I wait to gather more dust and maybe get him from the pack?

Hi everyone,

I'm Darkseeker, and I love playing wild mode (mostly), often showcasing different off-meta decks. I have been playing since 2014.

I try to publish videos at least once per week.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Darkseekerhearthstone 

So I'm trying to clear this before the next adventure comes out, but Tekhan seems impossible. Anyone have tips for success?

Priest players, can you inform me how you beat Quest decks?

I'm a reasonable new player, but I managed to get rank 13 last season (second season of play). I face multiple tier 1 decks, and I know how to play against them, but Priest is always a problem (I'm currently 3-25 against the control variants with Quest and resurrect shenannigans). I can't seem to beat them by SMOrcing, but outvalueing the late-game is also not possible. These are the decks I have available (standard versions unless mentioned):

- Quest Paladin

- Galakrond ZooLock (without Sea Giants)

- Combo Priest, the Amet Inner Fire version

- SMOrc Hunter

- Quest Malygos Druid (with some cheap replacements like Novice Engineer > Crystal Merchant)

- Budget Galakrond Tempo Rogue (no Flik Skyshiv)

What is a way to beat Priest?

OK so here's my unpopular opinion question for January. I've been on the good and bad side of milling whilst playing Hearthstone. I understand its weakness and strengths and  that it can feel bad to play against. But what i dont see  is that it's any underhand than any of the shenanigans going on right now. There is some support fot it at the moment mainly in druid and some neutrals but I feel like it's kinda missing from the standard meta game, even though it would get thrashed by aggro

I think that when you are playing against a mill deck and you are not aggro there is this psychological pressure that you must maintain your hand size and play your outs as quickly as possible and that adds another layer to the game that's not there at the moment. 

I don't think the developers would do this and I realise I could just play wild to play this strategy but my post is more about standard. I think a 4 cost coldlight type  neutral card would be fair.

What are your thoughts? 

How much longer until hearthstone works again?

Yesterday in wild casual I faced a warlock deck I'd never seen before but it was quite interesting and semi-unbelievable imo. It seemed like an almost zoolock like shell that revolved around tapping into Expired Merchant and having no other cards higher than 5 mana except for Cruel Dinomancer so that it is always the guaranteed draw. What happens is that unless you are running a silence or transform effect you will eventually face up to 4 Dinomancers that can't be removed since they instantly rez each other upon death.

I've watched a couple streamers play it briefly but it honestly doesn't look like my thing (granted I have yet to give it an honest first chance yet), but as far as merely being a spectator of HS BGs vs mainstream HS the former looks a lot less interesting to watch. It seems so overly repetitive.

Again this could be due to me not having given it a first try. I don't even know how to play yet (which may be part of the problem?)

Does anyone else still feel this way?

Well, since they decided to make the old adventures available in the in game shop now, I went and bought League of Explorers. Went through on normal difficulty fairly easily. Only really had issues toward the end, and they weren't too hard. Now I'm working on Heroic. This has been a bit of a struggle. I started playing after the Boomsday expansion, so I don't have a lot of wild cards. Mostly just from Ungoro, Frozen Throne, and Kobolds. I'm currently stuck on Skelesaurus Hex. I've tried some of the top meta decks available, including Galakrond Shaman, but the value from his hero power is just too much most of the time. I've got a full collection in the standard format and I'm looking for any advice on how to get past this one. Any help is appreciated.

hey everyone, i was running an handlock style deck back in uldum, and it felt pretty good but it was lacking a little bit of oomph, now with the new handsize support it might just be viable. I've tried to make it work for a while, but now I dont have all the cards to try it, so if any of you has them and want to try it out here is the list. 

DOD Plot twist lock

Wild · Plot Twist Warlock · by Fierytear · 6 years, 3 months ago

• 1 Mortal Coil x 2
• 2 Plot Twist x 2
• 2 Transmogrifier x 1
• 3 Augmented Elekk x 2
• 3 Dark Skies x 2
• 3 Faceless Rager x 2
• 3 Hellfire x 2
• 3 Sense Demons x 2
• 4 Defender of Argus x 2
• 4 Siphon Soul x 1
• 4 Twilight Drake x 2
• 6 Abyssal Summoner x 2
• 6 Aranasi Broodmother x 2
• 7 Valdris Felgorge x 1
• 8 Twisting Nether x 2
• 8 Zzeraku the Warped x 1
• 12 Mountain Giant x 2

7,820 Dust 779 0 Copy Deck Code

the main concept is that you want to cycle and multiply your aarnasi broodmothers, in that deck sense demons is pretty strong as it is a draw 2 and heal 8. Also you got very decent removals and giants. Transmogrifier seems like a very decent late game tool and the old broodmother shell i was running always felt super good. 

tell me what you think about it

I've been working on this for a few weeks. I've been thinking of how this can be implemented into the game, how it rewards players, how it can pay for itself in the long run, and mainly how it can be fun. As we go through this, if you spot anything that I didn't cover, stuff that would be un-fun, or things that need improvement, let me know. If the player base stays vocal on this topic (maybe this thread) we might be able to make things work and bring some new fun to our favorite game.

The Basics:

The way the mode will be implemented will be similar to that of Tavern Brawl. It will be live for an entire week before maintenance/reset.

Cards/sets will be rotated in and out. This will give us use of older cards and while also taking away staple Classic and Basic cards. This is to prevent a stale meta. this is why Battlegrounds is a hit. Team 5 have been very vigilant and hands on when it has come to balance Battlegrounds, if they could use this philosophy with Tournament Mode (The one I'm describing) then it will last.

Rule sets can be used to limit deck construction even more. Rule Sets such as;
- Pauper: No Epic or Legendary Cards
- Stay Dead: No Deathrattle Cards
- Be Quiet: No Battlecry Cards
- This is My Main: Only Class Cards are used

Tournament mode can also use the Standard format, to make things more interesting since the Standard format Meta is more often than not figured out.

There are 3 different levels of entry to this mode, I will go over the rewards after I lay these out.
1 - Free: Everyone will get one FREE entry into the mode each week. After you have use your Free play, you'll have to play in the other levels. This free entry will also give you access to ALL of the available cards whereas the next two levels come straight from your collection. This mode will not affect your rating.
2 - Casual: The cost of entry will be 150g or your local currency. This is for people to practice in while still obtaining rewards. This mode will affect your rating.
3 - Competitive: The cost of entry will be 500g or your local currency, this is where the big boys go to play. Go hard, or go home. This mode will affect your rating.

With the introduction of Battlegrounds, Team 5 has shown us that Hearthstone can hold 8 people together enough to get through a game. So Tournament mode will be using an Eight Player Bracket. You will see your opponents Tournament Portraits and their rating and they can see yours as well.

This is a rough draft of what it will look like, match- ups are not set in stone:

With each game you'll have your rating changed according to how well you did, similar to Battlegrounds.
For example: 

Obviously it will go higher than 999 but Hearthcards can only do so much. Do not worry about the portraits at this moment, I'll get to that soon.

The Rules:

As stated earlier, there will be sets/cards rotating in and out each week to keep the game mode feeling fresh each week. This also keeps people from developing unbeatable strategies for too long.

All eight players will be matched together, you will all be shown what sets are in use, followed by being sent to the a collection manager inside the mode and everyone will have 40 minutes to craft 4 decks.

The matches will be best of 5.

You will be able to ban an opponents deck.

Once a deck wins, you cannot use it anymore in that game until the next match.

There is 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and 4th Place.
- 1st place is the winner.
- 2nd Place belongs to the person who lost to the winner,
- 3rd place will be decided in a match between the two players who didn't make it to the final match-up.
- 4th Place belongs to the player who lost the decider match for 3rd Place.
- All other players will not get a placement.

There will be spectating in place for those who lose, but no cards from either players hands can be seen.
-The only match they can watch is the grand final of the tournament, this prevents sniping.

Once you have won your match-up you will sit in the bracket screen until a match-up ends, then you will be matched with the winner of that match-up. There will be  a two minute pause before the match begins to let the winner take a small break.
- This is your time to do what you need to do before the next match.

Rewards:

Competitive will grant the largest amount of rewards.

Casual and Free will grant the same amount of rewards.

These rewards should be;
-Gold
-Dust
-Pack Tokens for YOU to DECIDE which pack you want.

Rewards for placements will be;
- Players in 1st place will receive a pack token, some dust, and more gold than what 2nd place got.
- Players in 2nd place will receive a pack token, some dust, and some gold.
- Players in 3rd place will receive a pack token and some dust.
- Players in 4th place will receive some dust.
- Players below 4th place will not receive anything.

These rewards will scale based on if they are played in competitive or casual.
-It should be noted that Arena tickets should be given out in competitive.

Progression:

Progression comes in the form of Tournament Mode exclusive Hero Portraits.
-These will be rewarded based on how many games you have won with a particular class inside Tournament Mode.

Hero portraits will not be represented in the match-up themselves. If you play Shaman, you will be whatever Shaman you chose for your deck during deck construction or be defaulted to your favorite.

This is a great opportunity to use some old art, here are some examples;
Druid - 500, 1000, 1500

Mage - 500, 1000, 1500

Warrior - 500, 1000, 1500

So on and so forth for each class. Also, ignore the health for these portraits, I couldn't find any without health indicators.

These portraits aren't set in stone but it's a good motivator to work towards something.

Friendly Matches:

Friendly matches should be available within this mode.

A host should be able to make their own rule sets and decide what's banned and what isn't.

Friendly matches are free, and thus no rewards are given.

Things to Consider:

Deck boxes.
-While this mode exists people will want to keep decks they know work for next time around. There needs to be a feature implemented that way players who don't use 3rd party sites to save their decks (Like outof.cards) can, well save their decks.
-If cards in those decks are now illegal, they can copy/paste the deck code within Hearthstone to make a clone and edit it.

Splitting the player base:
-Some of you will have fears that this will split the player base and I totally agree. I'm not a Legend Wild player but I've heard it's slim pickins up in the higher ranks. My philosophy on this is the same from when I played WoW wishing for something like WoW Classic: "It's better to have a split player base than no player base at all." Agree with that statement or not, that's just how I see it.

How long will a round of Tournament Mode Take?
-This is probably the most concerning, and may very well be the reason as to why it hasn't came to fruition yet. Doing a round in tournament mode is and SHOULD be a commitment, it shouldn't be a throw away game because you're at 1 HP and think you've lost.
-It will take well over two hours four one full Tournament. Simply because players need ample time to look through what's available and decide what the best route is.

Is it worth anything in the competitive scene of Standard Hearthstone Tournaments?
-No, this is something entirely separate from official events.

Conclusion:

I think I've laid out a pretty good foundation on what Team 5 could do with Tournament mode. Is it perfect? I don't know the answer to that question. What I do know is, that I'm trying to help and I'm trying to get you, the players, behind this idea that we've all been asking for, for years.

Thank you for reading.
-Grif.

Hello Hunters!

I just wanted to see how folks have been building around Malygos this expansion.

I've gone down the Highlander path (attached) because it was working last expansion, but I'm wondering if going spell/secret heavy and combo'n with Vereesa Windrunner is working better for anyone.

Even within the Highlander build I'm curious what techs folks have been having success with, e.g. I've been tempted to throw in a Zilliax, Bone Wraith, or Khartut Defender to survive all the aggro but have held off so far in favor of a more consistent Jepetto pool.  Face Hunter is a particular problem and I considered Flare for a bit, but currently run Snipe instead as it has more universal use and can counter a Phase Stalker if you drop it going into their Turn 4 (or 3 if they have coin).

And to preempt any salt, yes, I know I could test out all these things myself.  However, there are a lot of people more skilled than I on these forums (so I may not think of every change and my experience piloting them may not be indicative of their true power) and my time is limited these days so I tend to stick with safer builds.

Thanks as always fellow Hunters!

Malylander

Wild · Highlander Hunter · by RangDipkin · 6 years, 4 months ago

• 1 Arcane Shot x 1
• 1 Hunter's Mark x 1
• 1 Secret Plan x 1
• 1 Tracking x 1
• 2 Bomb Toss x 1
• 2 Corrosive Breath x 1
• 2 Explosive Trap x 1
• 2 Freezing Trap x 1
• 2 Pressure Plate x 1
• 2 Rapid Fire x 1
• 2 Snipe x 1
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Animal Companion x 1
• 3 Deadly Shot x 1
• 3 Desert Spear x 1
• 3 Eaglehorn Bow x 1
• 3 Kill Command x 1
• 3 Master's Call x 1
• 3 Unleash the Hounds x 1
• 4 Marked Shot x 1
• 4 Multi-Shot x 1
• 5 Baited Arrow x 1
• 5 Faceless Manipulator x 1
• 6 Swarm of Locusts x 1
• 6 Unleash the Beast x 1
• 7 Dinotamer Brann x 1
• 8 Jepetto Joybuzz x 1
• 9 Dragonqueen Alexstrasza x 1
• 9 Malygos x 1
• 9 Sathrovarr x 1

11,220 Dust 2,012 3 Copy Deck Code

Hey, you! Did you just unpacked Nozdormu the Timeless and now suddenly feeling a creepling depression and crushing saddness? Worry not! Just throw in 20 k+ worth of legendaries, and you now can play a semi-competetive deck while showing of your shiny dragon and generally being a hipster. Enjoy!

[Wild] Reno OTK Pally ( Ft. Nozdormu the Timeless )

Wild · Highlander Paladin · by Stock · 6 years, 9 months ago

• 1 Crystology x 1
• 1 Sir Finley Mrrgglton x 1
• 2 Baleful Banker x 1
• 2 Crystalsmith Kangor x 1
• 2 Dirty Rat x 1
• 2 Equality x 1
• 2 Flash of Light x 1
• 2 Garrison Commander x 1
• 2 Sanctuary x 1
• 2 Sir Finley of the Sands x 1
• 2 Subdue x 1
• 2 Wild Pyromancer x 1
• 2 Youthful Brewmaster x 1
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Consecration x 1
• 3 Enter the Coliseum x 1
• 3 High Priest Thekal x 1
• 3 Muster for Battle x 1
• 3 Time Out! x 1
• 3 Zola the Gorgon x 1
• 4 Nozdormu the Timeless x 1
• 4 Prismatic Lens x 1
• 4 Truesilver Champion x 1
• 5 Amber Watcher x 1
• 5 Shrink Ray x 1
• 5 Solemn Vigil x 1
• 6 Avenging Wrath x 1
• 6 Reno Jackson x 1
• 9 Uther of the Ebon Blade x 1
• 25 Shirvallah, the Tiger x 1

19,540 Dust 5,197 3 Copy Deck Code

I like the solo adventures, but have never been able to make a dent in the Frozen Throne. If you haven't played it, the computer hero heals back to full every turn, so you need to deal 30 damage in one go. Holding off some rather large minions whilst trying to build up 30 damage on board is difficult without expensive OP cards.

Well, here comes the infamous:

Galakrond Battlecry Shaman Day 1 - 69% WR HSReplay

Wild · Galakrond Shaman · by Fluxflashor · 6 years, 4 months ago

• 0 Mutate x 2
• 1 Invocation of Frost x 2
• 1 Sludge Slurper x 2
• 2 EVIL Totem x 2
• 3 Far Sight x 2
• 3 Mana Tide Totem x 2
• 4 Devoted Maniac x 2
• 4 Lifedrinker x 2
• 5 Barista Lynchen x 1
• 5 Corrupt Elementalist x 2
• 5 Dragon's Pack x 2
• 5 Faceless Corruptor x 2
• 5 Shield of Galakrond x 2
• 6 Kronx Dragonhoof x 1
• 7 Galakrond, the Tempest x 1
• 9 Mogu Fleshshaper x 2
• 9 Shudderwock x 1

9,600 Dust 5,860 4 Copy Deck Code

Simply invoke and trade until you have Galakrond, the Tempest and Kronx Dragonhoof in hand. This means that on the turn after playing your Galakrond, you will have 2x 8/8s, a 5/2 weapon and 5 direct from Kronx - which is 26 damage. If you've managed to keep a taunt from Shield of Galakrond or Dragon's Pack, then you're good to go!

Use the Invocation of Frost and Faceless Corruptor to slow things down and keep the board clear.

You don't need Barista Lynchen or Shudderwock. If you don't have them, swap them out for invokes or taunts to slow things down.

So i would like to have more friends in hearthstone so i decided to make a thread simply looking for friends.

here is some of my info and if you are also looking for friends you can post it here too.

Also happy holidays everyone

BATTLETAG: murlocleader#21916

SERVER: eu

PLAYTIME: random

LVL of EXPERIENCE: been playing for 5 years however on this account i've played for 2 years. I never tried to properly rank up so i'm between rank 25-20

LOOKING FRIENDS FOR: i would like to have more friends to talk to if you're a new player you can add me too 

Murozond the Infinite has some pretty weird interactions with transformation type effects.

My opponent was a shaman. He played Sea Giant and Knife Juggler, then 2 Devolve. I played Murozond the Infinite on my turn right after. Murozond, like other "replay" and "recast" effects, acts in a random order. So what happened was this.

1. He devolved sea giant into Mal'ganis and juggler into Flame Imp.
2. He "replayed"....Mal'ganis.
3. He devolved again, making enemy Mal'Ganis into Batterhead and imp into Whisp.
4. He summoned the Whisp.

Weird right? Can anyone replicate this?

This year's coming to an end and I'm pretty surprised I went through the Aggro dominance (be it Mech hunters, hand buff paladins, evolve shamans, Galakrond shaman, murloc shamans, even shamans and more) and haven't uninstalled Hearthstones yet.

This is mostly thanks to you guys who helped me keep my love of deckbuilding alive, providing card suggestions that made my meme decks at least 40% viable instead complete flops and even got one or two of them featured in the Wild Weekend Deck series of articles (which I absolutely love- the ideas are delightful). 

The nice community and pretty much flawless site made Hearthstones so much more enjoyable and God knows I've needed an easy after-work stress relief this year.

Fellow builders- keep helping each other and happy holidays!

missing gold was already a thread...

additionally i have decks in the deck manager, that say, they are one card short, even if they are at full 30 cards.

i have decks i can't play, because the game tells me, that this deck is not for this mode (wtf?)

and so on...

what's wrong with our favourite indie company?

and marry christmas to everyone :) (so this thread is not only complaint)

Has anyone else's gold counter in hearthstone dropped to zero? wondering if its just a graphics bug or whether i've just lost 1000 gold from my account