Hearthpwn

Brilliant this release schedule places  the final stream and card dump perfectly on top of Artifact's launch date. 

4 or less health 

They could have simply removed Giggling from the game and refunded us full dust.

For everyone who things that a card back and 10 card packs is too little ... here is what we got every year with the virtual ticket for Hearthstone... I would consider this year to be at least $10 better because of the packs. 

2018 
- "BlizzCon 2018" Card Back.
- 10 Hearthstone Packs - 2 each of Classic, Un'Goro, Frozen Throne, Kobolds, and Witchwood

2017
- Mystery Goodie (Golden Legendary - Marin the Fox)

2016 
- "Welcome Inn" Card Back 

2015 
- "Blizzard 2015" Card Back  

2014
- Blizzard 2014 Card Back

2013
- Mystery Card "Elite Tauren Chieftan"

So far the virtual ticket gets me the following... ...  and since this is Blizzcon not Hearthcon or WoWcon I'm ok with it. 

BLIZZCON
- access to blizzcon opening ceremony
- access to blizzcon pannels
- access to additional blizzcon videos
- early access to blizzcon online store
- $10 discount when you order the BlizzCon 2018 goody bag
- maybe a closing act of some 90's metal band (why hasn't this been announced yet?)

HEARTHSTONE
- Announcement of next expansion?
- One BlizzCon 2018 Card Back.
- 10 Hearthstone Packs - 2 each of Classic, Un'Goro, Frozen Throne, Kobolds, and Witchwood

WORLD OF WARCRAFT
- whats coming in patch 8.1.5 and 8.2? 
- faction based in game banners
- faction based in game cloaks
- access to the Classic Wow demo for 7 days

HEROES OF THE STORM
- nexus razorgrin mount
- razorgrin spray
- Blizzcon 2018 banner & portrait 

OVERWATCH
- sombra demon hunter skin

DIABLO
- TBD (some big announcement for sure) 

STARCRAFT II
- I don't expect anything really

Well the next expansion teaser seems to allude to a Troll theme. So maybe a Troll Priest like Sen'jin another thought would be the Hunter class and Vol'jin as he is a shadow Hunter.  

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Utter garbage for this weeks brawl... This is just another example of team 5 failing to use the brawl to hype/promote the latest expansion... we should be playing brawls with new cards all month. Although maybe the marketing team was turned into chickens like Peter Whalen. 

Quote from Dingding123 >>

You know the zombeasts from Rexxar?  I'm pretty sure they'll act like that - a single entity of two minions staped together that silence won't affect, other effects aside.  I don't think magnetic will = Blessing of Kings.

 Nope...

Magnetic Keyword

While Magnetic is a new mechanic, it actually works very similarly to buffs. Cards with Magnetic can “fuse” with another Mech you already have on the battlefield. For example, fusing the new Spider Bombwith Mechwarper would end up creating a 4/5 Mech with “Your Mechs cost (1) less. Deathrattle: Destroy a random enemy minion.” Mechs with Magnetic can work on their own, or they can be used as a way to buff a Mech! Here’s what we know about the mechanic so far:

• Cards with Magnetic can be played like a normal card too, ignoring the keyword.
• In order to fuse, play Magnetic card to the LEFT of a Mech. If you play it to the right, nothing happens.
• Fusing counts as a buff. The resulting Mech will have combined stats of both minions, as well as effects of both.
• If the card gets Silenced, the extra stats and all of the effects disappear. You just get the base, Silenced Mech. It works exactly like you would Silence a regular buff, such as Spikeridged Steed.
• You can fuse a Magnetic card into any Mech – it doesn’t have to be Magnetic too.
• If a Mech on the board can attack, fusing a Mech into it won’t change that (it will still be able to attack). It doesn’t create a new minion, but rather buffs the existing one.

https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/guides/magnetic-keyword-guide-new-mechanic-from-the-boomsday-project/

Standard cards with silence...

• Earth Shock (Shaman)
• Silence (Priest)
• Mass Dispel (Priest)
• Keeper of the Grove (Druid)
• Ironbeak Owl
• Spellbreaker

Also going to be interesting

• Polymorph (Mage)
• Hex (Shaman)
• Tinkmaster Overspark

 Mech Warrior ... Mechwarrior ... I see what they did there ;) 

Quote from Boarman1920 >>

Then I found $20!

 Best story EVAR!

Quote from Chantry >>

To me, this change points to some 'tribes matter' cards in the next set. Very likely we'll  have Undead as a minion type too!

Maybe a 3 Mana 3/4 Magma Crawler that destroys an Elemental and gains +2/+2 ... but ... I doubt we will see "Undead" as they are a faction in WoW otherwise we would also need Humans, Tauren, Dwarves, Trolls, Blood Elf, Knight Elf, Pandaren, Demon Hunters, Worgen, Gnomes, Goblin, Orcs,  (and the allied races) .  They brought in Death Knights as Heroes so there was that at least.

And as a reminder you need to make a post-it for the code guys to add all appropriate Beasts to his pool from future expansions at least until he rotates to Wild.

I was playing the Big/Recruit Hunter last week and it was so much fun right up until running into 15 aggro  Paladin/Druid/Warlock/Mage decks on Saturday (all of the ones above) which simply overwhelmed me before I could even get to my end game. I went 6-2 Thursday, 8-0 Friday, and 0-15 Saturday with it before shifting to Spell Hunter and going 7-5 on Sunday.  

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This deck was so much fun right up until running into 15 aggro  Paladin/Druid/Warlock/Mage decks which simply killed me before I could even get to my end game. I went 8-0 Friday and 0-15 Saturday with it before shifting to Spell Hunter and going 7-5 on Sunday.  I think the meta is shifting more towards aggro again this week.     

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