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Are there any general strategies for making best use of lackeys? Such as board states to look for to decide which minion to add taunt? What spells can you get and should you look for? 

Are there just too many options, or are there some patterns that you can look for an achieve fairly regularly?

My path to legend was quite simple : tempo DH to get to diamond fast then egg warrior, it seemed all simple until d3 but at this point I faced a TON of secret galakrond rogue which seemed to counter me pretty hard.

Then I remembered Odemian (French pro player from Solary) had a bomb warrior list, so I gave it a try. It worked wonder, I got 9-4  to get legend, including a 7-0 against rogue (yeah it was that many rogues!)

I also managed to win against priest, which was litterally impossible with egg warrior.

So here's the deck, don't hesitate if you face lots of rogues and DH.

Competition Theme: Classically Trained

This week we're recruiting people to our favourite classes!

• You must create a Legendary Class minion or Hero card.
• Your Legendary must be a character who already has a Neutral Legendary card (but not a Class card)
  • For example, you cannot submit a Deathwing card, as there is a Warrior Deathwing already
• Your character can take any canon form, even if they haven't appeared as such in Hearthstone
  • For example, any Dragon may appear in their human form (assuming they have one)
  • We will also accept characters who stray outside of canon, but make sense in the context of an expansion - for example, Ragnaros, Lightlord

This week linkblade91 wants us to imagine what some Legendaries would be like if they were a little less Neutral.

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, May 4 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sat, May 9 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, May 9 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sun, May 10 16:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, May 10 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Mon, May 11 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

Discussion Thread Rules

No thread rules were added to this season. Please populate and manually edit this thread with them.

So, it is a month since the release. Do we know anything about the single player content yet??

Hello again people! You guys seemed to like my previous WCDC spotlight, so I am doing it again. I am going to be trying to crunch these in before the end of the season. I decided to skip the treasure for now because I have no experience in those. Sorry for that, but I don't have any ideas how to review them. Instead, you get to see some copying cards. I chose this comp, so I really want to share some cards that fell under the radar that I thought deserved attention. Into the shadows!

Like last time, if you want to see more cards or check out the scores that these cards got, here is the link.

Long Shadows by Elvaeyn

Quite literal! I love the "add a 1/1 copy of a minion" cards. They feel nice to play for me. This one is no exception! Cheap, you can set up a combo with Malygos or Edwin VanCleef. Or add two more copies of Legendary you got from another class to your hand. One of my favorite cards of this comp.

Snareweed Golem By ShadowsOfSense

A less-controlled Splintergraft that adds a much cheaper and weaker copy of an enemy minion to your hand. It is an good card to play though, adding it when it dies at a later turn when the copy is playable versus add a huge copy to your hand, but let the bark rot for a turn. As someone who tried to make Gloop Sprayer work, I applaud you.

Senseless Potion By JFK

 Cheap and the additional effect adds a vanilla minion to your hand. That is a great effect for Silence Priest. You can silence one of your "can't attack." minions, then adds an already silenced minion to your hand. Value!

Allidar By RenoLord

Wow, another Priest card. Actually, there were 11 Priest cards made in this comp. I know that is their thing, but come on. That is 1/4 of the cards submitted. This one is the coolest one I have seen. Allidar adds a minion to your hand, and then if you are a totally big dragon (with a claw with the same durability than KNUCKLES MADE FROM TENTACLES and even less than a freaking STICK) you also get a copy on board. Even better if you get a big minion. I feel like this is a pretty good card and feels like Priest.

Ritual of Rejuvenation By KANSAS

 This card has some great Untapped Potential. (yes, I said it) For 2 mana, you can get a spell you played AND heal your face. Spell Druid could use this at anytime. How in Yogg's holy name did this get barely a 3 though?

Honorable Mentions:

      By Demonxz95            By MenacingBagel            By  Toble         By  Superkowboj1

OVERVIEW:

 Thank you guys for reading this. I will try to do 7 next time to show more. Tell me which comp to do next! Suggestions, comments, questions and concerns are always welcome. I'm a one-man band, so that will help me cater to you guys more. If you guys can share this to other people, that would be great! Happy voting for the finalists today. See you back in the shadows. Until next time, palaam ulit!

I’m feeling sorry for Std players, as the new class has been a problem since day 1. Even after the 2nd round of nerfs it’s still busted and polarizes opinions.

In Wild it not only survived the nerfs, but Odd DH still sits comfortably in Tier 2, playing similarly to good ol’ Odd Rogue. Great early, mid and late game. Good matchup spreadsheet, beats Quest Mage 50% (or more, with techs). What’s not to love?

Got Diamond 3 last month. Already Diamond 9 now and perfectly viable for legend. Other archetypes could even be playable (Reno, combo, hyper aggro) but I’m simply in love with Odd right now. RIP Albatross though...

Any other Wild DH fans out there?

So we all have those decks that everyone seem to hate, Face Hunter, Pirate Warrior, Secret Mage, Big Priest, Control warrior.. but what is your most unreasonable dislike of a deck. Think of deck that other people seem to love, but you can't stand. 

For me, it's Burglar Rogue, thief rogue call it whatever you want, but no deck in the game frustrates me as much as this one. Maybe it is the weapon? Or maybe it's the asspulling of answers that annoys me, who knows.. 

As in the title. Is it worth to craft even shaman in this meta? I wanted to grind to legend for the first time ever this month, the only cards i'm missing are Vessina and [Hearthstone Card (Storm Bringer) Not Found]

When you are the only class legendary from classic that always sees play you know there's something wrong. I just played a 24/24 Edwin for the usual 3 mana, but often it's just an 8/8. This card really needs to be a 2/1 so that it can be dealt with more orderly. It's already a free monstrosity if your opponent dare thinks they can afford not having a good removal in hand. Let's make this happen. #makeedwinatwoone2020

Divine Shield: Water

Taunt: Earth

Charge: Fire

Windfury: Air

Long ago, the four keywords lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Charge keyword attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four keywords, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an windfurybender named Al'Akir, and although his windfury skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Al'Akir can save the current state of Hearthstone.

Hello y'all,

I really like to play rogue, and I really like value and control(which doesn't really fit, I know). Sadly I didn't open any  legendaries or epics for rogue this expansion, but after playing against Secret Rogue a few times, I really want to craft a deck with the secret packages. Any recomendations or decklists?

Do I need 2 Bamboozle?  I do have 3600 Dust and as classlegendaries: Flik Skyshiv, Waxadred and Bazaar Burglary, as well as full common and rare for standard.

Now it is a fair card - and not a "2 mana: generate 5-7 mana this turn" nonsense we have today.

So i just got 4 AoU packs as my season reward for reaching Diamond 6....

Am i missing something or is it bugged ?

I just had a game in wild where I was playing a rough battlecry shamen deck (not full meme) and I played a secret mage.  I lost mainly due to not drawing my heals and being stuck with Yogg in my hand.  Basically at the end I really wanted my final comment to be 'boring'.  This is a salty response so we don't want to encourage it but we can allow it within boundaries. 

So I guess the questions are, would we want this response to be available and how much would we be willing to pay for it.  If Blizzard sold me that emote for £2 at the end of that game, yeah I might have been in.  Do you have games where you'd pay more?  Is this silly or is monetizing our salt a viable strategy?

Is it normal to scream so loud and jump around when you first hit legend? I hope it does.

Just want to say thank you and share my happiness in my beloved tavern (here). I finally reach Legend with Eggro Warrior by the genius NoHandsGamer (check him out guys). Man my head hurts every couple of games piloting this deck, with multiple considerations and decision making on every turn. But i wouldn't have it any other way.

The list is already posted here on the latest weekly Standard Meta Report #31 (delicious food for thought, thx sir targus).

So thank you my fellow OoC-ians (i don't know what we are called, lol) for encouraging me to take the grind this month. I'll be sure to enjoying my new Archmage Antonidas in the future. Thanks for reading and good luck out there!

#StaySafe

Sorry for the brag-thread. But i'm quite happy now. 

Made it to legend the first time in all this year (most probably due to the smaller grind, thanks to the new system) with zoolock. 

Here's the list. Faced mostly demon hunters and rogues, where the deck does well. Got a overall winrate of 64% from diamont five to legend. Took me only 56 games (lol!) and now i'm sitting quite comoftable at legend rank 45788 (lol again :D).

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# Class: Warlock
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
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# 2x (1) Argent Squire
# 2x (1) Beaming Sidekick
# 2x (1) Blazing Battlemage
# 2x (1) Fiendish Servant
# 2x (1) Shieldbearer
# 2x (1) Soulfire
# 2x (1) Voidwalker
# 2x (2) EVIL Genius
# 2x (2) Expired Merchant
# 2x (2) Imprisoned Scrap Imp
# 1x (2) Kanrethad Ebonlocke
# 2x (2) Serpent Egg
# 2x (3) Magic Carpet
# 1x (3) Teron Gorefiend
# 2x (4) Nightshade Matron
# 2x (6) Hand of Gul'dan
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Thanks for listening. :)

Very fun and very effective. Hunter can take you out if you get a wretched draw but that's about it.

### Brawl Deck
# Class: Priest
# Format: Wild
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# 1x (1) Disciple of Galakrond
# 1x (1) Twilight Whelp
# 1x (1) Zombie Chow
# 1x (2) Netherspite Historian
# 1x (3) Blackwing Technician
# 1x (3) Breath of the Infinite
# 1x (3) Dark Prophecy
# 1x (3) Deathlord
# 1x (3) Mindflayer Kaahrj
# 1x (3) Scalerider
# 1x (4) Dragonmaw Poacher
# 1x (4) Escaped Manasaber
# 1x (4) Evasive Feywing
# 1x (4) Fate Weaver
# 1x (4) Frizz Kindleroost
# 1x (5) Big Ol' Whelp
# 1x (5) Blackwing Corruptor
# 1x (5) Chronobreaker
# 1x (5) Shield of Galakrond
# 1x (5) Time Rip
# 1x (6) Aeon Reaver
# 1x (6) Emperor Thaurissan
# 1x (6) Evasive Wyrm
# 1x (6) Kronx Dragonhoof
# 1x (6) Reno Jackson
# 1x (7) Evasive Drakonid
# 1x (7) Galakrond, the Unspeakable
# 1x (8) Murozond the Infinite
# 1x (8) Twin Tyrant
# 1x (9) Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
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      Hello, everybody! I know I'm a lot late of doing this - this comp was back in February! But it hit me on the head a few days ago. No one else is doing this, so I decided to start it off! There is a rule I have in place - I will pick from strictly non-finalists. I just want to highlight good cards that people either voted low on or and give them credit for it. Sorry if I don't included your card. I just chose one that are interesting and/or neat.

By the off chance you want to look at some cards I didn't show here, here is the link.

THE RESTRICTIONS:

                                                    Number 1:  One Man's Trash... by sinti                                                      

 

 

Sinti made this great sidequest that settled at a score of 2.96. I don't really don't know why was not higher. Fit some Big Ol' Whelps or a Faerie Dragon or two and BOOM. A free weapon. As for the weapon selection, it is great during AoO era (Demon Hunter improved that by a lot). Arcanite Reaper, Assassin's Blade, and the Wrenchcalibur would be good equips for this. Any DH weapon as well, they are pretty good. Even if you get a 1-attack, it gets buffed anyway. 

 

Number 2: EVIL Mummy by Superkowboj1

 

An improved EVIL Conscripter? This can add up to 4 LACKEYS to your hand. Fantastic in Rez Priest (which I hate with a burning passion) as a legitimate target for a Psychopomp. That means lots of Lackeys. Just what Priest needs. 

 

 

 

Number 3: Moorabi's Scheme by CableKnight

 

 

After being utter trash in KotFT, Moorabi walked home, dusted off a old notebook and opened it up. This is the result of that thinking. "If I freeze everyone and make sculptures of them, they will learn to respect me!"  Powerful and just good in general, I might as well. An advantage this card has over Moorabi is that IT IS ACTUALLY GOOD. You don't have to waste a freeze, this card does it for you. Plus, you get lots of value at a later turn when all the big minions are played. A fantastic card in my opinion.

 

 

Number 4: Unshakeable Roots by  Phoenix

 

 Ahh, Druid. How I hate all of your stupid trees and lightning bugs. And to think, I used to be one of you. Anyway, this is good. A little more expensive  Treenforcements, but can be cast twice. Reborn acts kind of Soul of the Forest with a cheaper cost. Solid card to support Token Druid.

 

 

Number 5: Obsidian Explorer by Horus

 

An explorer for a class without any. Huh, seems kinda of good. Priest currently has 5 class Dragons to play with. A great nab would be Skeletal Dragon, which can generate some more. They recently got a Dragon support card in AoO and this will fit quite nicely with it.

 

 

Overall:

 

And... done. I really hope you enjoyed looking these. Just wanted to share some lesser-seen cards that are good to the Fan Creation Community. If you guys really like this, I might do one for 1.02 at a later date. Treasure! And yes, I purposely picked a card that showcased each mechanic except Plagues and Invoke. Graggle was too OP for my tastes (sorry thepowrofcheese). Paalam at magkaroon ng isang kamangha-manghang araw!

It's a weird meta right now. So many decks with mulligan specific win scenarios. It is almost pointless taking part. There should be a button where the people with those decks can just have imaginary opponents. Especially murlocs and treants - they empty their hands by turn 3 having successfully randomly drawn their combo, and then draw into the next. My side of the board is pointless/meaningless.

Hello everyone,

Since the latest patch I can't play Hearthstone caused by Playful Sprites. I did all the tips Blizzard posted on their forum, but after a long search I found out that there is a certificateproblem with my Samsung A70( other users have it as well). Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

I am not a developer but this issue takes more than a month, is this common with certificate problems?