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With the player bans, this seems much more interesting.  Sad to see Fandral go.  Banning him is waaaaaay overkill, if banning innervate already wasn't enough to wipe druids out.

I love it.  The tourney scene is so ResidentSleeper right now.

Another idea for a future BatStone tourney would be for the community to select certain neutrals that must be included in decks.  I love the idea of pros having to play cards like Mukla's Champion and see what they come up with.

I believe Face Hunter could make a comeback with those bans.

All the early game is still there and the other decks will have weaker comeback mechanics without Yogg, fandral, innervete, prep etc 

wtf 2 kolentos PogChamp 

u must be Confused: 1st one is kolento, 4th one is thijs Kappa

Great decision Chakki, Ice Block is cheat 

I'm rooting for StrifeCro and Chakki.  Should be a fun tournament to watch. 

That should be entertaining to watch.

Banstone! But idea is good and hope to see some new decks which could be viable in standard. 

With the additional card bans from the players, this should be really interesting.

Firebat announced on his Twitter that the players have an additional card ban on top of the community voted bans.

Pic here and tweet here.

As I read it, it means that every player picked one card that's banned for all. So the following cards are banned on top of the original 5:

Doomhammer (picked by ThijsNL)

Darkshire Councilman (picked by StrifeCro)

Ice Block (picked by Chakki)

Innervate (picked by SuperJJ)

Fandral Staghelm (picked by Kolento)

Ragnaros the Firelord (picked by Ostkaka)

Doomguard (picked by TidesofTime)

Preparation (picked by Ness).

If I read it wrong, please correct me, but this is how I understood it.

Looks like tempo mage should be awesome, only lost Yogg. Given all the bans, I also think resurrect priest will be good, could even have been the best deck if Barnes was not banned. Renolock remains quite playable and will likely belong to tier 1 as well.

Even with the loss of Prep, I think Deathrattle/Thief rogue may still be viable and I will not be surprised if SuperJJ brings Rogue, perhaps even Maly Rogue?

Looks like a hunter midrange / dragon warrior meta.

Will update original post, but no hunter midrange for sure. Dragon warrior I'm unsure, could be.

Original cards that are banned are Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, Tuskarr Totemic, Fiery War Axe, Barnes and Call of the Wild.

Edit: can't edit post anymore.

I would have liked to see lifecouch but I guess we have to settle for Thijs. 

Hope he wins. His stream is one of the most entertaining to watch. 

Good on ya Firebat for making a new event! Always fun to see Deckbuilding put to the forefront over boring netdecks all day.

Good luck everyone. ^^

Sounds like fun. I'm sure you can make it so even without Yogg-Saron, our lord and savior (though I like this big fella, but maybe not in tournaments).