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My personal progression

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So this was from my post dated 5/15/15:

Mage-60
Shaman-42
Druid-60
Paladin-42
Warlock-39
Hunter-44
Warrior-44
Rogue-37
Priest-60

and 5/21/15:

Here's my wins on each hero currently for ranked

Priest 500+
Druid 230
Mage 142
Warrior 136
Shaman 74
Paladin 66
Hunter 53
Warlock 46
Rogue 44

That totals 1291. It says I have 1616 Play Mode Wins though. Also, it says My best arena key is 911, but I don't know what that means lol. Ok, I used google. That's my total wins in the arena, my best run is 10 wins.

Let's say for the sake of averages, I have a 50/50 win ratio. Meaning, I've won 1616 games in ranked and lost 1616 games in ranked. For Arena, let's say I average 4 wins with 3 losses. That means... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/23/2015 at 10:35pm

This makes me wonder how many times I've lost to you lol

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/24/2015 at 05:38pm

549 total wins and I just hit my highest ladder rank of 17!

My highest ranked wins are for Hunger at 33. I have been playing more ranked lately as its a good way to get wins compared to where you are at.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 11/24/2015 at 08:32pm

Nice! You also get rewarded at end of the month for your ladder progress (it marks your best spot, not current at end of month). Ladder is weird because it can be challenging at all points of it. Since someone can be legendary rank and then get pushed backwards at end of month, maybe then they don't play for a few weeks after... I've certainly lost at rank 20. There's also different deck styles that settle at different parts of the ladder. For instance, face-hunter or other aggro deck is best for getting through 20-10 I think.

I think my best is 6 or 7, I have a hard time getting under 10. When I play a consistent deck, I have the best results. Like I went from 15-10 in one day of druid play, but soon as I start switching to warrior and priest, I just fall off. Not to say those decks are bad, but I think you gotta be in the groove lol

Travis Admin wrote on 11/24/2015 at 08:32pm

FYI, your first line that you're trying to bold, use strong in these <> instead of [b].

JaBo Post Author wrote on 11/24/2015 at 08:39pm

Also, there's definitely the meta to build around. There's a LOT of secret paladin, mech mage, flamewaker mage, freeze mage, dragon priest, control warrior, hand-lock (warlock), oil rogue, totem shammy, and some others... there's always going to be FOTM (flavor of the month) decks to make sure you are ready for.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 11/25/2015 at 07:12am

Thanks.

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Cheerful Ghost Video Mini - Hearthstone Pack Opening Deuce

About a month back I decided to save up my gold to open packs with one of my friends Dan. Since I only have a couple Goblins VS Gnomes cards I decided that would be what I opened and Dan wanted to focus on classic. Join us as I open 19 GvG and 1 TGT pack(oops) and Dan opens 27 classic packs. Even though I took the unlucky first spot I was happy with what we both pulled.

After this round of pack opens I plan to turn my gold attention to unlocking the new League of Explorers Adventure. So far i've seen many of the new cards in my match ups and can't wait to unlock them for myself!

League of Explorers Announced!

#Hearthstone’s third adventure, the League of Explorers, has just been announced at #BlizzCon!

I really hope there's some cooperative play built into this adventure! This week's Tavern Brawl has been a lot of fun.j

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/06/2015 at 08:02pm

OMG GET HYPE!

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 11/06/2015 at 08:07pm

A new keyword: "Discover"
Looks like it'll be similar to the Hunter's Tracking spell?

More info at http://www.theleagueofexplorers.com/

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/07/2015 at 12:41am

All of the League of Explorers cards are on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Hearthstone/photos/ms.c.eJxNkdmNBTEIBDNacWPnn9gOMEM~;yV8lV3MxkTmp~_PUrZvLHLwi54pkOEM8npgMwCi~;IUewFz3uUc88PKEU5F3Ap4QQwP2KB9A~_7L~;Dq7AklAShF1BdoKR4HYBQGGOVrLKgVuweglKMMUAoHFBslAUb5ZgntBTEytBdkyNAsJZGhOQoyzij6gehpmXzBtK4HoEOTAUbZsjGt61c2qXeaKgClUPiCrqK7oJwF5Q6XsyDa4dL62CRbxfrYGgRQGXEVYJRY0NdX~;66f0UuOJIBWaDPCW9EAaCWQ4aPstLcOxTf5H3UsnEc~-.bps.a.1004494409593327.1073741880.498467596862680/1004503259592442/?type=3&theater

JaBo wrote on 11/13/2015 at 12:45am

It's live, gogogo

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/13/2015 at 01:11am

Did you pick it up? I have some guesses as to what cards will be used more.

What are you finding works well from this adventure?

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 11/13/2015 at 02:58pm

Finally beat Blackrock last night. Now I'm just a couple hundred gold away from League of Explorers :)

It seems like this came really quickly, from announcement to launch, compared to the Tournament cards.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/13/2015 at 07:01pm

It did. I wonder if we should expect two expansions a year from now on?

JaBo wrote on 11/16/2015 at 10:26pm

I did pick it up. Waiting for week 2 content! So far the scarab is better than I expected. a 2 mana 1/1 that gets you a random 3-cost card.. I thought eh, a Novice Engineer is probably better as it gets you a card from your own deck at least. But I like the scarab a lot and lets you choose a card to fit the situation.

Summoning stone is super fun :D https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208365040542948&set=gm.1715695421996195&type=3&theater

Reno Jackson is fun when you're at less than 5 hp and heal to full. I don't particularly like being forced to singleton cards though. Mage is abusing Reno by using the duplicate secret and the copy all creatures card. I had 4 copies in my hand one game lol, but still lost to not having a good closer.

I like Explorer's Hat, works well in the lock and load hunters deck I made to keep me up with spells to cast.

I haven't abused Djinn of Zephyrs too much yet, but I can the see value, and a 4/6 for 5 isn't the worst if it comes with free potential spells. Was awkward once when I cast control magic on enemies creature and it copied the spell to my Djinn...which then made it not able to attack that turn (treated it as just coming under my control).

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 11/16/2015 at 11:10pm

I've attempted to use Djinn in both a Druid and a Shaman deck. I've not found it very useful yet, but I'm still experimenting.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/17/2015 at 01:47am

I was rocked during one battle by a summoning stone. It was awesome to see.

The scarab looked like one of the more useful cards from the set. Small cards that do useful/unique things are always in style.

JaBo wrote on 12/03/2015 at 09:53pm

So I got the new Entomb card today.... so happy for it.

I used it on enemy Sylvanas today that had taunt on it... oh the joy!

Entomb: http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/272/406/27238.png
Sylvanas: http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/147/823/33.png

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/04/2015 at 04:28am

So am I right in reading that card in that it's a form of removal that puts it in your deck? If so... I need to pull out my best Bill and Ted voice for a "Whoa" because that's seriously cool.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pwNrOPFFNjU

JaBo wrote on 12/04/2015 at 05:59am

haha, I made a Bill and Ted reference the other day with my co-worker because her significant other's name is Bill and our IT guy's name is Ted... she didn't get it =[

And yes, the card removes it from the board and shuffles it in... I mean, best removal card ever!

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/04/2015 at 06:31am

It costs 6, which is a lot but the effect is incredible.

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Warsong Commander Getting The Nerf Bat - What Do You Think?

A couple days ago Blizzard announced that Warsong Commander was getting a nerf and we've talked about it a bit already. I think all Hearthstone players wanted to see the Grim Patron Warrior deck get a nerf but after Blizzard talked about Warsong Commanders changes some people voiced some displeasure. No nerf is going to make everyone happy but is changing Warsong Commanders ability that big a problem?

For folks not in the know Blizzard is changing Warsong Commanders ability from:

"Whenever you summon a minion with 3 or less Attack, give it Charge."

TO

"Your Charge minions have +1 Attack. "

But some people feel this nerf is bad for Hearthstone in general as seen in a recent... Read All

My Current Hearthstone Decks

Rarely a day goes by where I don't play a few matches of Hearthstone. It's a great game and I still find the matches engaging and fun. I recently just got to a point where I have 4 decks that net me consistent wins in Casual and I felt they were worth sharing. Feel free to share your decks too, i'd love to see what people are playing with.

First things first, I am a free to play pleb that's only been seriously playing since the game dropped on mobile. Also these decks are not put together to be competitive on ranked. I play enough ranked to get the new card back but I am not good enough to do well there. Someday perhaps, but not right now.

Paladin Control Deck

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The Craziest Grim Patron Turn I've Seen Yet

This may very well be the craziest Hearthstone turn i've seen. Basically it features two Grim Patron decks with multiple cards working together. An armor smith card is granting the defender mad armor while the attacker drops two berserkers that gain attack for damage done to all characters. I've gone lethal on someone with about 18 damage dealt in one blow, but 32 for two berserkers is pretty neat.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/22/2015 at 06:13pm

That was so rad!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/23/2015 at 03:04am

It was a good match. If you're gonna lose. Lose to that.

JaBo wrote on 09/29/2015 at 06:24pm

I've played the Grim Patron deck and it got boring, they do need to nerf the warsong commaner though to not give charge to summoned minions off other minions again. It's too strong. If I had a way to charge to a minion in priest I'd have this style deck with the heal trigger guys. As is, I've hit someone for 30+ in one swing on T5 with it.

They need to nerf warsong, and add a new neutral minion that gives charge to adjacent minions or can give 1 minion charge. Maybe deathrattle, give your minions charge...something to allow other than warrior to make some fun burst down decks.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/29/2015 at 07:41pm

Grim Patron is a great deck and Blizzard hasn't said they are going to nerf anything associated with it. I don't see it a ton in casual, is it all over ranked?

JaBo wrote on 10/01/2015 at 06:43pm

It's a pretty standard deck. If I play against warrior, it's either Grim Patron, or a control deck which I have started playing (and others it seems) with the new warrior legendary. http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/hearthstone.gamepedia.com/e/e5/Varian_Wrynn%2822342%29.png?version=aa0d3c558d40f77cc6396c1a4844327f

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12049211_10208050839408116_7237592726228030483_n.jpg?oh=3b5fb1a2b91d63a4e49eccc0fcb3ac88&oe=568C5ABC

and

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Yup

JaBo wrote on 10/01/2015 at 06:53pm

I it is a combo deck though, so it's not 100% reliable, I'm pretty strong against it as a control warrior deck because my health stays around 20-30 while my armor can shoot up to another 20-30 and they can't burst me down in 1 turn. But as control priest, I have been burst down from 25+ life to 0 in 1 turn with them having nothing on the board

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/02/2015 at 03:01am

Crazy. I've seen new decks that focus on TONS of card draw and armor for Warrior. It's an interesting deck but I beat it that one time I played it. Your deck, I haven't quite seen that one in casual.

JaBo wrote on 10/02/2015 at 09:26pm

I keep card draw out of my control decks as much as I can for 2 reasons. One, Fatigue Rogue is brutal against control. (Just google that, it's basically flooding your opponent with card draws using Coldlight Oracle and making their draws be burned out and killing them with damage for drawing from an empty deck). I have that deck made right now and it can do well pretty consistently.

The other reason is in a mirror match, it often can go down to who has cards left in their deck and who starts taking draw-damage first. So when I play other control priest decks, they will sometimes (often) include those Northshire Clerics and Power Word: Shields. I do not.

Btw, I shouldn't have jinxed myself. I got hit yesterday for about 60 in a turn by that damn warrior combo. He had 0 creatures on the field and I had like 50+ health/armor. It was pretty annoying. I had 2 creatures on the board and those helped him by increasing the dmg triggers for berserker guy.

My Control Warrior deck has been really fun lately, I am bouncing between that and my Secret Face-Hunter deck.

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Watch Adam And I Open 55 Grand Tournament Packs - Spoiler Alert One Of Us Gets Justicar Trueheart

When Adam and I heard there was a new Hearthstone release we started hoarding our daily quest gold. When the Grand Tournament launched today I had enough gold saved for 28 packs and he had 27. Adam had the idea that we stream our opening of our packs and the video linked above turned out way better than I expected.

We start the stream talking about some of the more interesting Grand Tournament cards then proceed to the main event, opening packs. I'd say Adam drew a much larger spread of cards than I did but I ended up pulling Justicar Trueheart. He also pulled two balls of spiders to which I pulled none.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/22276-justicar-trueheart

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/25/2015 at 04:55am

Adam is no longer talking to Jon

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/25/2015 at 04:56am

Just kidding. It was actually a great time. I'll start rebuilding decks tomorrow and see what happens!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2015 at 04:58am

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 08/25/2015 at 12:20pm

I see a typo in your post, you put "Grant" instead of "Grand".

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2015 at 01:39pm

Fixed.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 08/25/2015 at 08:19pm

It's still in the URL. LOL

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 09:50pm

Let me know when you have a verdict on on Ball of Spiders. I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2015 at 05:19am

I didn't pull a Ball of Spiders so I can't comment on it. What I can so far is that i've been mostly playing Shaman and the new cards are a mixed bag so far. I am still tweaking, but so far they are not a slam dunk or anything. I've had some really fun games but few wins.

My Hunter deck is way more versatile but that needs some more tweaking to get it tuned right.

I can't wait to put together a new Paladin deck.

JaBo wrote on 08/26/2015 at 04:29pm

I did like 40-50 of the mage v. hunter brawl to play with the new cards, and I have been doing arena's now (since I had 1400 gold saved up) and I should be able to just do arenas for quite a long time (for instance, spent 150 to enter arena, got to 8 wins and won back 250 gold plus a pack). It's a fun way to play with the new cards too. There's some that are just really good!

Mukala's Champion, really great guy. I had 2 out at once and just was overpowering. https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shacknews/assets/editorial/2015/08/Hearthstone_MuklasChampion.jpg

Lock and Load hunter card was great, I'm def feeling some more powerful burst hunter deck coming

Almost all the new priest cards I love! Those dmg to self and heal ones are great for my heal trigger combo deck. And the legendary is a fun late game card.

This card is bonkers: https://i.imgur.com/Rls4NIJ.jpg I got it an arena match and just cast it ASAP! Boom, whole deck/hand +1/+1.

Boy, so refreshing! Warlock, Shaman, even Rogue looks fun now!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/26/2015 at 05:37pm

I'm enjoying the Tournament Medic in my Warlock deck. Especially when paired with Floating Watcher
http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/07/Tournament-Medic.png
http://wow.zamimg.com/images/hearthstone/cards/enus/animated/GVG_100_premium.gif?9786

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2015 at 04:41am

I played the Mistcaller in a Brawl match and i'll agree, it is a bonkers card.

I didn't pull a Mukala's Champ but I am seriously considering crafting it.

JaBo wrote on 08/28/2015 at 08:01pm

I'm at 9 original packs, 6 GvG, 4 arena packs and 735 coins to still do more arena with. I'll keep playing until I'm spent then finally bust open packs. I like waiting til there's 10+ as I feel good that I'll at least get 1 card I'm interested in lol

Travis Admin wrote on 08/30/2015 at 06:08pm

So is this expansion only adds new cards, like Goblins vs. Gnomes, right? And expansions are separate from adventures, like Naxxaramas and Blackrock?

I'm getting back into it a little for the first time since right after release. Just unlocked all the different decks, and wow I suck.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/30/2015 at 09:45pm

Hahaha yeah, sucking at start is perfectly normal. I had a post for new players a bit back. Check that out.

The Grand Tournament is a new expansion and not an adventure.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/31/2015 at 12:35am

I'm not entirely sure what adventures are yet, but I definitely know what an expansion is from my time in Magic the Gathering.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/31/2015 at 04:56am

Adventures contain 5 tiers of boss fights where you can unlock specific cards. So far there are just two adventures, Naxxramas and Blackrock Mountain. You can pay $25 for each adventure or unlock each tier 700 gold at a time.

JaBo wrote on 08/31/2015 at 06:01pm

I opened my 27 packs that I accumulated and got 3 legendaries and enough dust to craft another legendary. I then bought 30 packs and got 1 more legendary. So, back to ladder now that I got some of the good new cards. I only have 2 legendary GT cards. The Justicar I pulled (and I like using) and I crafted the priest chick for funs. http://i.imgur.com/vnHeEty.jpg

Was torn between her and this one http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/252/298/22264.png

A neutral legendary is always nicer, but Priest is my fav so I went there.

9 mana gets me her plus a random legendary. I never play her without mana to heal same turn.

JaBo wrote on 08/31/2015 at 06:02pm

Oh also, Murloc Knight is best new card... get 2 and use asap

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/31/2015 at 08:39pm

I've heard that about the Knight and I agree. I pulled one and will craft the other. Murladdin is a very cool new deck type.

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Hearthstone The Grand Tournament Out Now - Inspired Minions Rejoce

I've been spending the last month plus saving up my gold to open Grand Tournament packs and I can't wait for tonight to open them. One of my friends is coming over and we plan to open the packs together and stream it for anyone interested. Please let me know in the comments what cards you've pulled and any new decks you are playing with.

"Joyous fanfare fills the air of taverns everywhere today, which can only mean one thing—Hearthstone’s second expansion, The Grand Tournament, has arrived! Experience all The Grand Tournament has to offer: 132 new cards add a cavalry of noble knights, powerful steeds, potent spells, and more to your collection. A new keyword, Inspire,... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/24/2015 at 08:07pm

I'm looking forward to getting some interesting cards! I've played one battle against someone with an Inspire card, but they didn't get a chance to use it (they played it the turn before I won). I think this next week is going to be really interesting as everyone is going to be experimenting with new deck combos!

Bina wrote on 08/24/2015 at 10:40pm

Take a look:
http://2p.com/35698954_1/All-Remaining-TGT-Cards-Revealed---See-54-Brand-New-Cards-by-Corey_T.htm

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/24/2015 at 11:16pm

That's going to be a super helpful link! I want to be surprised tonight when I open my packs, but I'll be coming back to that link to check what I still need!

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 01:28am

I'm still trying to unlock all of nexxramas, so I'm saving my gold for that. I did, however, allow myself to use my gold to purchase one GT pack. Here's what I opened:
Spellslinger x2 (mage class)
Murloc Knight (paladin class)
Bolster (warrior class)
Armored Warhorse (neutral)

I don't think any of these cards fit with my current builds. Next month when I start opening more GT packs, we'll see how they work out.

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 01:41am

Justicar Trueheart- Play with mage class. As we saw with the GT brawl prerelease, doing two damage per turn never gets old. And combo with some of the other mage class cards, this ability gets insane.

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 01:52am

Tournament Medic may be broken when added to Warlock deck. Starting turn 5 draw an extra card without losing health!

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 02:03am

Spawn of Shadows paired with Greater Heal. You deal 4 damage to both heros then heal yourself for 4.
Fallen Hero!! Money. All the way.
Ball of Spiders. It might not be the best, but it's really fun. It's essentially deal three damage and draw three beast cards for six.

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 02:24am

Powershot is crazy useful. Similar to Betrayal.
Sparing Partner is great. Great cost for what it does.
Ancestral Knowledge is only good if you benefit from overload. Otherwise terrible.
My priest deck is going to love Holy Champion.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/25/2015 at 03:26am

Opened 27 packs tonight! I'm going to have to go through these more before I can really comment, but it was a lot of fun seeing all the new stuff!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2015 at 04:56am

Yeah, i'm not in love with ancestral knowledge either. But it's at least some kind of card ramp I suppose?

I agree about Fallen Hero, when wouldn't that be a good card to put in a Mage deck?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2015 at 04:57am

I am thinking the Murloc Knight might be a good card to put into a Paladin Deck. I have a few Murloc cards so it might be worth experimenting with.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/25/2015 at 05:04am

We have to think up cool deck names before others (like zoolock).

I suggest Murladin!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2015 at 02:02pm

Here is a video of someone going lethal with a refreshment vendor because they have the card that makes healing cause damage.

http://gfycat.com/AmbitiousSparklingBison#

Bina wrote on 08/25/2015 at 09:48pm

@jdod That video is too much fun. I watched it on loop about 3 times.

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The New Hearthstone Brawl Teases New Grand Tournament Expansion

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Blizzard is keeping the hype train real as the days march closer to to it's August release of The Grand Tournament Expansion. After a large game patch tomorrow that will knock the game out of commission for a couple hours we will be getting an all new Tavern Brawl highlighting some new cards in the upcoming expansion allowing us to try them out pre-expansion launch.

"Wednesday’s Grand Tournament Match features a thrilling Brawl between two potent forces. One, led by that mysterious master of magic, Medivh, will be packed with minions eager to heed your call to battle and power up with Inspire. Standing against them will be the mistress of the hunt, Alleria, along with... Read All

It's Official. Blizzard Has Money Fights With Gold Bars Over Success Of Hearthstone

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According to SuperData Research Hearthstone is doing so well it is leading the pack in sales to the tune of $20 million per month! That's an impressive number considering Hearthstone started out on a small team at Blizzard. Hat tip to them though, the game is incredible and I love opening those free packs and grinding quests for gold. I've known Hearthstone has been successful for Blizzard but we've never known how successful till now.

With Bethesda and EA getting into the digital collectable card game genre it's a good time for people that want to try out different approaches to the genre.

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