Hearthpwn

Someone needs their lunch money taken away for that one.  I mean, WTF?

Shudder isn't inherently broken, it's the interaction between it, Gala, and to a lesser extent, the invoke cards.  Regardless of the source of the problem, something needs to be done and I hope it's impactful enough to get me interested in ladder because right now it's all battlegrounds for me.

Considering how much value I got out of Rise of Shadow's content (I finally beat the last heroic just this past week), I'm very excited for this.  The formula works for me!

Don't see an official post for it yet, so go crazy.  Link is to Blizzard's page on the latest nerfs.

Blizzard post.

Some sad (but understandable) news today - Willie "Dills" Gregory is leaving The Angry Chicken, one of the finest and angriest Hearthstone podcasts available.  Dills has been entertaining us for years as one of the three hosts of the weekly podcast in addition to his time as a fairly regular streamer.  I've always really enjoyed listening to his brand of analysis on the show and he's been a solid guy to follow on social media, too.

Dills made the announcement that he's leaving the show to focus on his own personal well-being as he, like many other streamers and over-stressed content creators, are finding it tougher and tougher to keep any kind of balance in their lives and are increasingly fighting depression and other mental challenges.  Folks, I sincerely hope you all take his struggles to heart and send him nothing but well-wishes and love.  I'm real happy to see him making a positive change for himself and hope it works out.  

The final Dills episode of The Angry Chicken.

It will likely take me months to stop reflexively typing 'HEA-' into my url bar.  Hearthpwn has been a daily visit for me (usually multiple times) for years.  

Thanks for all of the hard work.  You guys did a tremendous job!  

Favorite memory - keeping the MILFHunter deck at 69 likes for several straight weeks.  That was the tightest I've ever seen this community.  

We're going to see a lot of murlocs this brawl...  a lot of murlocs.  

I'm sure this will get a post soon...

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/22990356?linkId=100000006326892&fbclid=IwAR2sDfN5mkPlJHyuSNvBA8ac0_BDb_O3gUqstLeh9wNFgVSIO3BTQRBHvn0

Some of this looks really cool - I just wish it would launch already!

Actually, I think you nailed it...  I haven't checked out Wild in a while and that's likely my best spot for something refreshing!

Any fun and exciting Druid decks (that are not Token or Lucent) worth playing these days?

I really think a good achievement system, that's built around helping newer users understand game mechanics and potentially unlock critical standard cards, would be a huge improvement to the game.  'Finish off an opponent X number of times with a charge minion' to earn Leeroy Jenkins, for example.  

9 lives is absolutely amazing in that deck.  It's basically an on-demand spider bomb, heal, or taunt depending on what you're running.  

1) Do your dailies - they are worth a minimum of 180 packs per year (60 per expansion is a solid foundation)
2) Do the weekly tavern brawls - they're also netting you ~50 classic packs per year which is critical if you don't have a foundation there; if you do, it's a good source of spare dust
3) Set reasonable goals - you aren't going to rule the ladder and unless you are really good at the game, hitting legendary is going to be tough (it can absolutely be done and there are guides on doing it fully as a F2P, but it might not be the experience you are looking for)
4) Have fun!  Unless you are super-competitive and need to feel like you're maintaining a high level of play (in which case F2P likely isn't for you), there are tons of ways to have fun with this game with a limited card base.  It's all about setting the right kinds of goals and working within that framework. 

From what I've seen, this card fucks.  I'm seriously considering crafting it, too.