Hearthstone’s The Witchwood expansion reveals continue and today we got to see Darius Crowley, the new Warrior Legendary minion.
In this post, I take an in-depth look at Darius and how these new cards may revive Tempo Warrior.
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Hagatha the Witch (Hearthstone The Witchwood card preview)
Hearthstone’s The Witchwood expansion reveal stream took place yesterday and revealed ten new cards. The most anticipated one was Hagatha the Witch, a legendary Shaman Hero card, and the only Hero card in the entire expansion.
In this post, I take an in-depth look at Hagatha and her effect.
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Guide to the Echo mechanic (Hearthstone The Witchwood)
Hearthstone’s The Witchwood expansion brings two new mechanics into the game. The first one is Rush, a Charge that cannot hit face. The second one, Echo, is more interesting: cards with Echo return to your hand as ghostly copies when played and can be played again during the same turn. At the end of the turn, the ghostly copies disappear from hand.
There is actually already a card in the game that functions exactly like Echo: Unstable Evolution. If you’ve played some Shaman recently – and not many people have – you may already have experience with how the mechanic works.
With more similar cards coming out, there will be more interesting situations with the mechanic, so let’s go through what we know about the mechanic and what synergies there may be.
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In-depth look at Genn Greymane
My article on Genn Greymane and Even-Cost decks is now available at Hearthstone Top Decks: Genn Greymane – Can Even-Cost Decks Be Viable? http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/genn-greymane-can-even-cost-decks-be-viable/
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In-depth look at Baku the Mooneater
I’ve occasionally done in-depth reviews of upcoming cards. This time, it’s time to look at Baku the Mooneater, and my article on that is available on Hearthstone Top Decks: http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/baku-the-mooneater-the-new-justicar-trueheart/
Spiteful Summoner does not rule the post-nerfs meta after all
In my new article for Hearthstone Top Decks, I take a deep look at Spiteful Summoner, and why it did not take over the Hearthstone meta after the nerfs: What happened to Spiteful Summoner?
In-depth look at the Hearthstone Hall of Fame card rotation for 2018
The announcement is here! Three Classic cards will depart the Standard format when the next Hearthstone expansion arrives in spring: Ice Block, Coldlight Oracle, and Molten Giant.
The expansion also triggers the annual set rotation, where Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will rotate out into Wild.
In this post, I take a look at the Hall of Fame cards and what their departure means for the meta. Of course, the new expansion will bring along new cards, so any predictions are not final.
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The Fiery War Axe controversy: why the change is unoptimal and players are upset
Blizzard recently announced a number of upcoming nerfs to Hearthstone cards. Nerfs in general were expected, because after the release of the latest expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, the Druid class had risen to unprecedented dominance in terms of play rates on ladder and representation and ban rates in tournaments – reaching as high as 100% representation and 100% ban rate, thus effectively rendering best-of-five with one ban format into a best-of-five, no Druid format.
However, Blizzard did not only touch Druid, they also added a number of changes (nerfs) to other cards as part of a long-term plan for the game: they want to reduce the number of evergreen cards that see play in the rotating Standard format.
One of the changes has raised a significant controversy, that of Fiery War Axe. Let’s take a deeper look!
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Bearshark, the savior of Hunter in Knights of the Frozen Throne
Bearshark is an inconspicuous card. It’s just a mid-cost common card from Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, and it does not have a lot of fancy effects. This is why it is easily overlooked. However, when looking at the current meta and the state of Hunter, Bearshark is actually one of the best cards in the entire class.
Let’s take a deeper look!
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Deathstalker Rexxar is an anti-aggro card, not an anti-control one
Deathstalker Rexxar was the first Hero card revealed from Hearthstone’s Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion. Early interpretation of the card placed it as an anti-control tool, giving Hunter infinite minions to run any control deck out of resources. However, in actual gameplay, Deathstalker Rexxar is a better tool against aggro than it is against control.
Let’s explore this in a bit more detail!
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