Journey to Un’Goro: Adapt mechanic review

Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion card reveal season is underway, and a couple of cards featuring the new mechanic, Adapt, have already been revealed. What is Adapt all about and is it any good?

Let’s take a closer look!

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Journey to Un’Goro: An early look at Swarm Hunter

Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion card reveal season is underway, and one of the revealed cards is the new Hunter legendary quest, The Marsh Queen. It is a card that can single-handedly create a new archetype, so it’s pretty exciting!

Let’s take a closer look!

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Journey to Un’Goro: Kalimos, Primal Lord

Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion card reveal season is underway, and one of the revealed cards is the new Shaman class legendary minion, Kalimos, Primal Lord. It is truly a sight to behold.

Let’s take a closer look!

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An early look at Discardlock in Journey to Un’Goro

The upcoming Warlock legendary cards for Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion, Lakkari Sacrifice quest and Clutchmother Zavas minion, were revealed recently, and speculation on what kind of a form a discard-heavy Warlock might take has started immediately.

While there are still more cards to come, I will examine what we currently know and what seems possible in the future.

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Elise the Trailblazer will be a control deck staple

Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion card reveal season started yesterday with a bang as 11 new cards were revealed. Amongst them was one of the highly-anticipated legendary cards, Elise the Trailblazer, a spiritual successor to the immensely popular Elise Starseeker.

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How expensive is it to keep up with Hearthstone in 2017?

The Year of the Mammoth will soon be upon us, and Blizzard has announced new changes to the way cards are released to Hearthstone. This year, there will be no stand-alone adventures, only three around 130-card pack-based expansions and single-player mission related to them.

This move adds more cards to the card pool, but what does it mean cost-wise?

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A deeper look at the Hearthstone Americas Winter Playoffs 2017 tiebreakers

The Swiss portion of Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) 2017 Americas Winter Playoffs was played yesterday, and the drama in the Hearthstone community over the Swiss format continues. Let’s take a deeper look at the tiebreakers and how different formats can change the results.

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What is the most fair and exciting Swiss format for Hearthstone?

For the 2017 season, the Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) switched to Swiss format. While this change was requested by many players during the previous seasons, the implementation elicited a bunch of criticism. To be honest, I do not think it was as bad as the loudest critics said, but I think a proper examination into a fair and exciting Swiss tournament format for Hearthstone is warranted.

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