Quote from same_midaisun >>I think it was done with The Dark Portal and 2x Felosophy after that with the Tickatus being the only minion in the deck.
Yeah, basically this.
I tried a similar thing a while back and honestly I think it can be considered a meme deck. You need to manage your hand really well to get The Dark Portal discount reliably, and if you draw Tickatus early then the plan fails.
I see some other decks running Tickatus again to break combos, so maybe they had more minions and another win-con and just got lucky with the pull/discount.
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there are a couple alternative websites which i don’t think i can reference by name but just from going over their posts it seems like Hearthpwn may be outpacing them in terms of traffic. For example, 87 replies on a recent post about Duels is pretty good considering how unpopular the mode is to begin with. To me it seems like the aftermath of United in Stormwind sucked the life out of the community. A lot of people and popular streamers legitimately quit the game in response to the state of the meta and it doesn’t seem like the new set has done enough to reverse the damage. And don’t even get me started on Mercenaries…
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I don’t understand the logic behind saying players “have to collect” these rotating cards. If you FEEL like you have to collect them that’s your prerogative but we are not required to acquire them all in any way, even in Wild. There’s no reason to craft any of them unless you want to experiment with them or they become relevant in the meta, which shouldn’t be breaking anyone’s bank or dust reserves.
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Just looked over the current free decks for Mage, Shaman, and Paladin. The free one for Mage is just the quest, which is both unfun to play with and play against. It’s also not doing well right now so I would skip that one outright. They also have a free Quest Shaman deck, which isn’t doing too badly right now as i’ve seen people playing it in Diamond and Legend. however, i think the better Shaman lists run the freeze package and maybe the hero card, which this does not include. When it comes to the paladin deck, it's a decent handbuff list with four legendaries, two of them being really useful neutrals (Mr. Smite and Samuro). The fact that it has the most free legendaries out of all these lists and that half of them can be used with other classes is a big deal. In fact, the Mage Quest and the Shaman Quest can't even be used in other archetypes within the same class, so i'd stay away from those if i was you.
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This sort of extreme unlikely scenario is irrelevant. Might as well bring up multiple scenarios where the gnolls are stick at the bottom of your deck. Not to say that it couldn’t be changed to cost 6 or be adjusted into a 4/4 and still be fair
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You don’t need a degree in computer science to realize Pirate Warrior got out of control (in standard) once Defias Cannoneer and Mr. Smite were printed. It’s just cause and effect. The devs have also shown on multiple occassions that they actually don’t know what the hell they’re doing, this is just another example of it. The Mage Quest, Warlock Quest, Garrote, Owl combo, Hunter Quest and Darkglare in wild, etc. You could do a top 10 of awful designs this year if you wanted to and it would be a stacked list.
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They should probably just be removed from the game at some point since they’re a bigger problem in Wild than they are in standard.
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If you’re saying that one would have to create whole a new account to play at below bronze level in order to compete with a control deck, you might as well admit that strategy is dead for all intents and purposes.
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You should take more notes for the games that you lose. For example, on which turn did you start losing in tempo? Did you make any mistakes? On What turn did you have to make a serious decision and what did you pick? Would your second choice have prevented you from losing? etc. When i first grinded for legend i would write (brief) notes of all my turns and highlight when i lost or gained the upper hand. I learned a lot by reviewing my playstyle like that.
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I personally hate the Warlock Quest more than Quest Warrior as well, even though Defias Cannonneer is a ridiculous card as of right now and needs a nerf (which i think would end up taking care of the problem). With Quest Warlocks i don’t even care if their overall winrate is 33% or something, i just want their whole decklist wiped from the earth. There’s so many giants that cost no mana, free 6/6 taunts, free 5/4 rush minions that get resurrected by Raise Dead. And on top of it all they go through their whole deck and then burn you with their own fatigue. No wonder people only want to play dumb aggro decks with that sort of garbage around
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I’m probably in the minority but I think all these skins and more should be available in the shop for purchase. It would be even better if you could search a class or character and be able to buy any available skins for something like $5 each. The only problem i have is with the limited time exclusivity. They should just let people customize their heroes as much as they want and offer as much variety as possible.