I thought I would share with everyone the crazy topdeck a guy just had in Arena against me. Mage vs Mage, my opponent had board control for the first half of the game but I had managed to take it from him... until he topdecks Deathwing (which I could deal with) and next turn topdecks Ysera (which I couldn't deal with right after Deathwing).
The luck involved in this is insane, he managed to draft at least 2 of the best arena legendaries AND topdeck them turn 10+ one after another in the right order. When it happened I actually stared at the screen with my mouth open in awe for some 20 seconds before hitting the concede button. Does anyone know of a more extraordinary series of events than this?
Happens all the time. I was at 10 life vs warlock in arena with 11-2 record (he basically drafted a perfect zoo deck), he starts his turn with no cards in hand and I had lethal on board + 5 extra vs his empty board. He draws mortal coil and hits my 1 hp minion and draws, taps then plays leeroy + power overwhelming for the win. There are tons of "bad beat" stories created every minute.
Happens all the time. I was at 10 life vs warlock in arena with 11-2 record (he basically drafted a perfect zoo deck), he starts his turn with no cards in hand and I had lethal on board + 5 extra vs his empty board. He draws mortal coil and hits my 1 hp minion and draws, taps then plays leeroy + power overwhelming for the win. There are tons of "bad beat" stories created every minute.
Wow, really impressive as well, but he could have just drawn Power Overwhelming + Lifetap Leeroy Jenkins, the other way around, Leeroy Jenkins + Soulfire, etc. Drafting Deathwing and Ysera in Arena is pretty crazy by itself but then actually making use of both of them in 2 consecutive turns in the ONLY combination that works is what makes this insane to me. Maybe it's not as crazy as I first thought though.
How fun is it to win though like that? At the end of the day, if all is lost, play to that one possible out!
I don't know man, if I managed to pull such a play I would probably have a huge grin on my face while I wait for the opponent to concede.
I could have played it out in the hope of a Polymorph but I was already down to about half HP and the odds of me actually making a comeback were pretty slim. I lost my board to Deathwing + Blood Knight + Defender of Argus + Fireball to get rid of it, and that was my entire hand. My topdeck after Ysera was Wild Pyromancer, I don`t see a comeback after this, even if I drew Polymorph the turn after.
Play a couple hundred thousand hands of online poker (especially PLO) and you will never question RNG again. I think chances of having 2 legendary picks in arena is ~5% so not that rare that someone has two...drawing them back to back at the right stage in the game is more rare but no more rare than any other two card combo which happens all the time. If there were 10 cards left the chances of drawing them back to back is about 2.25%. It's important to keep in mind that he probably had several other two card combinations that could have killed you. So while you may have died to one "unlucky" draw, there were a lot of scenarios that could have played out. Ex Pyro, fireball or charge + fireball etc. All these different combinations on their own are rare but together make up a large percentage of possible outcomes.
I have been on both ends of this. Fun when you get the combo, not when it happens to you. As for arena, I didn't know you could get more than one legendary lol. I have only gotten one, getting two is insane.
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Play a couple hundred thousand hands of online poker (especially PLO) and you will never question RNG again. I think chances of having 2 legendary picks in arena is ~5% so not that rare that someone has two...drawing them back to back at the right stage in the game is more rare but no more rare than any other two card combo which happens all the time. If there were 10 cards left the chances of drawing them back to back is about 2.25%. It's important to keep in mind that he probably had several other two card combinations that could have killed you. So while you may have died to one "unlucky" draw, there were a lot of scenarios that could have played out. Ex Pyro, fireball or charge + fireball etc. All these different combinations on their own are rare but together make up a large percentage of possible outcomes.
I think you misread me and this post "It's important to keep in mind that he probably had several other two card combinations that could have killed you. So while you may have died to one "unlucky" draw, there were a lot of scenarios that could have played out.", at no point did I say "Omg, I can't believe this! I just got beaten by a total noob that lucked out on his topdeck.", this is what I actually said "I thought I would share with everyone the crazy topdeck a guy just had in Arena against me.". I'm not questioning RNG, I'm praising RNJesus.
He definitely would have killed me with Fireball + Pyroblast but besides being only a common and an epic it's not nearly as shocking and interesting as Deathwing into Ysera. I would say that the game was in his favor regardless simply because the deck I had lacked strong late game.
I once met a warlock in arena, once I was at something like 7-2, that was playing an absolutely suicidal draft, with three or four soulfires, hellfires and other insane creatures, but I had a good draft so I got rid of them quitte easily and he had something like 5 HP whereas I had around 25. He had a lot of cards that made him discard, so he taped a lot, and had maybe four or five cards remaining. I had total board control and was about to kill him on next turn when he played Deathwing. I put all remaining creatures that I had in my hand on the board, expecting that he could do nothing to kill them all, but then he played Jaraxxus. I went like WHAT THE HELL BRO, never have I ever been so mad in arena
That seems like the warlock variation of what just happened to me plus the soulfires, etc. That's a pretty interesting match, probably even more so than mine considering mine was pretty normal up until Deathwing + Ysera. I presume you lost? Though him being at 15 HP and you at 25 and having probably 3+? creatures on the board means that you have a decent chance unless he starts clearing your board and taunting up while Deathwing wrecks your face, wasting Deathwing on board clearing duty seems so wasteful.
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I thought I would share with everyone the crazy topdeck a guy just had in Arena against me. Mage vs Mage, my opponent had board control for the first half of the game but I had managed to take it from him... until he topdecks Deathwing (which I could deal with) and next turn topdecks Ysera (which I couldn't deal with right after Deathwing).
The luck involved in this is insane, he managed to draft at least 2 of the best arena legendaries AND topdeck them turn 10+ one after another in the right order. When it happened I actually stared at the screen with my mouth open in awe for some 20 seconds before hitting the concede button. Does anyone know of a more extraordinary series of events than this?
Happens all the time. I was at 10 life vs warlock in arena with 11-2 record (he basically drafted a perfect zoo deck), he starts his turn with no cards in hand and I had lethal on board + 5 extra vs his empty board. He draws mortal coil and hits my 1 hp minion and draws, taps then plays leeroy + power overwhelming for the win. There are tons of "bad beat" stories created every minute.
How fun is it to win though like that? At the end of the day, if all is lost, play to that one possible out!
Topdeck Rag and got sniped over 3 mobs :X
Wow, really impressive as well, but he could have just drawn Power Overwhelming + Lifetap Leeroy Jenkins, the other way around, Leeroy Jenkins + Soulfire, etc. Drafting Deathwing and Ysera in Arena is pretty crazy by itself but then actually making use of both of them in 2 consecutive turns in the ONLY combination that works is what makes this insane to me. Maybe it's not as crazy as I first thought though.
I don't know man, if I managed to pull such a play I would probably have a huge grin on my face while I wait for the opponent to concede.
I could have played it out in the hope of a Polymorph but I was already down to about half HP and the odds of me actually making a comeback were pretty slim. I lost my board to Deathwing + Blood Knight + Defender of Argus + Fireball to get rid of it, and that was my entire hand. My topdeck after Ysera was Wild Pyromancer, I don`t see a comeback after this, even if I drew Polymorph the turn after.
Play a couple hundred thousand hands of online poker (especially PLO) and you will never question RNG again. I think chances of having 2 legendary picks in arena is ~5% so not that rare that someone has two...drawing them back to back at the right stage in the game is more rare but no more rare than any other two card combo which happens all the time. If there were 10 cards left the chances of drawing them back to back is about 2.25%. It's important to keep in mind that he probably had several other two card combinations that could have killed you. So while you may have died to one "unlucky" draw, there were a lot of scenarios that could have played out. Ex Pyro, fireball or charge + fireball etc. All these different combinations on their own are rare but together make up a large percentage of possible outcomes.
I have been on both ends of this. Fun when you get the combo, not when it happens to you. As for arena, I didn't know you could get more than one legendary lol. I have only gotten one, getting two is insane.
"Blizzard is just a small indie game company" -Mathmachine
I think you misread me and this post "It's important to keep in mind that he probably had several other two card combinations that could have killed you. So while you may have died to one "unlucky" draw, there were a lot of scenarios that could have played out.", at no point did I say "Omg, I can't believe this! I just got beaten by a total noob that lucked out on his topdeck.", this is what I actually said "I thought I would share with everyone the crazy topdeck a guy just had in Arena against me.". I'm not questioning RNG, I'm praising RNJesus.
He definitely would have killed me with Fireball + Pyroblast but besides being only a common and an epic it's not nearly as shocking and interesting as Deathwing into Ysera. I would say that the game was in his favor regardless simply because the deck I had lacked strong late game.
That seems like the warlock variation of what just happened to me plus the soulfires, etc. That's a pretty interesting match, probably even more so than mine considering mine was pretty normal up until Deathwing + Ysera. I presume you lost? Though him being at 15 HP and you at 25 and having probably 3+? creatures on the board means that you have a decent chance unless he starts clearing your board and taunting up while Deathwing wrecks your face, wasting Deathwing on board clearing duty seems so wasteful.