[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw & Disorder | Day 1 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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998s	hello everyone and welcome to Masters
1001s	Tour more and disorder I'm Raven and
1004s	joining me to kick off the show is Geo
1007s	welcome Gia how's it going uh a slightly
1009s	new background I see and um are you
1012s	ready to cast some Masters tall that's a
1014s	lot of questions Raven yeah I am doing
1017s	very very well happy to be back it's
1019s	been a while since I've cast a master's
1021s	tour and now in a very different
1022s	capacity it's not just this immediate
1025s	background but the entire country
1026s	surrounding me is very different I moved
1029s	to the wrong time zone for this Master's
1032s	tour but still very very happy to be
1033s	here we've got a lot of action coming up
1036s	over the course of the weekend and not
1037s	only is it the player's final chance to
1040s	qualify for the fall Championship to
1041s	then maybe get into Worlds but also
1044s	we've had a mini set the meta is still
1046s	changing we've had some recent Nerfs as
1048s	well so a lot all up in the air for
1051s	these players as they get ready to kick
1052s	off their weekend just over 300 players
1055s	are gonna be battling it out across
1057s	eight rounds of wish to then try and cut
1059s	into that top 16 elimination bracket and
1062s	there's a lot on the line here GM the
1064s	qualification for the fall Championship
1066s	really uh being decided by the total
1070s	number of wins for the last three
1071s	Masters tours yes it is the very last
1074s	chance to get points towards that and in
1076s	the fall Championship consequently it's
1078s	the last chance to make it to the World
1080s	Championship we already have I believe
1083s	eight of the 16 slots locked up from uh
1087s	previous events throughout the year
1089s	there's also quite a few qualifiers from
1091s	China as well so really there's only
1094s	four left to be gained here and this
1096s	final Master story of the year is the
1098s	best chance to make it through we of
1100s	course have our three days of play we're
1103s	on Friday on Saturday we each have four
1105s	rounds of Swiss and then we see that
1108s	crucial top 16 all the way through to
1110s	the finals on Sunday
1112s	yeah it's a huge deal as well because of
1114s	course the total wins across three
1116s	Masters tours is something we talk about
1118s	a lot but the winner of this Master's
1120s	tour will automatically go through as
1123s	well so again just through pretty much
1125s	every single stage of the next three
1127s	days and there's something for these
1129s	players to be fighting for as well as a
1131s	good chunk of prize money Gina because
1134s	there's still of course that prize money
1136s	and then those points adding to
1137s	potentially more prize money if they
1140s	qualify to the uh to the fall
1142s	Championship so yeah definitely a lot to
1144s	keep an eye on as well and we will keep
1146s	you up to date with web you know where
1149s	players are landing on those tables
1150s	because
1151s	um even just looking at it overall like
1153s	glory for example Gia being in a
1156s	fantastic spot to get into that fall
1158s	Championship I think unless something
1160s	miraculous happens he's going to be
1163s	feeling quite comfortable as long as he
1164s	doesn't have a disastrous weekend but
1166s	outside of that there are still plenty
1168s	of other players there having those
1170s	spots up for grabs yeah that's right so
1172s	many players tied around that 10 11 wins
1175s	mark and it really makes such a huge
1177s	difference if you're able to get to the
1179s	top 16 because that's where you start to
1180s	put in the big gaps and leave the other
1183s	players behind you and the format that
1185s	you will have to go through to get each
1187s	and every one of these wins is of course
1189s	Conquest one that we are very used to
1191s	seeing we know it very well by now for
1193s	decks for Unique classes one band and
1196s	you gotta win with all your remaining
1198s	decks but the nature of Conquest even
1200s	though we talk about targeting and
1203s	what's the weakest deck in Nevada can
1205s	you get through it recently I feel Raven
1207s	it's not had a clear answer and we've
1209s	seen so many so many different
1210s	approaches to Conquest we have lots of
1214s	people going for what they feel are
1215s	there for con for Comfort decks but also
1218s	I think in this meta in particular it's
1222s	very very viable to go for a suite of
1224s	four decks that fall within the aggro
1226s	category or the control category yeah
1228s	100 when I was looking at what I thought
1231s	the popular the lineups are the winning
1232s	lineups would be I know if I was playing
1235s	I'd definitely submit just for aggro and
1238s	you know maybe ban out one of them or
1239s	awkward control decks uh if you run into
1241s	it and then go from there because I also
1244s	think the meta game right now and maybe
1246s	you know for the past couple of months
1247s	or so has been in a spot where you can
1250s	play almost anything like no class feels
1253s	truly unplayable I know there are a few
1255s	Rogue Specialists out there that might
1257s	disagree with me on that one but overall
1259s	each class feels quite strong and also
1262s	has a multiple different archetypes they
1265s	can play generally speaking and
1267s	especially when we take a look at some
1269s	of the decks our first two players are
1271s	bringing and when we look at Mage uh
1273s	Hunter to a lesser extent but especially
1275s	like Druid Warlock and even Paladin gear
1278s	there's a fair few different archetypes
1280s	of Paladin knocking around at the moment
1281s	yeah Paladin really rejuvenated by some
1284s	of the new cards from the mini set a
1286s	version with the Jailer knocking around
1289s	in there some that are going just
1290s	straight up for the control and even
1292s	bringing back Mr Smite at the top and
1294s	because of ordering the court as a huge
1297s	inclusion in the deck that makes you get
1299s	carial very very consistently you get to
1301s	Mr Smite etc etc but that first match of
1304s	course Raven what a headline we have
1306s	aoju versus Tice on the left we had
1309s	aojiru who is a man after my own heart a
1312s	Caster who also competes occasionally
1315s	competes way more often than me because
1318s	he is a very very good player and he has
1320s	a very spicy control lineup and of
1323s	course going up against one of the
1325s	titans of the Hearthstone scene
1327s	throughout it its entire history entice
1330s	yeah twice as well are looking great I
1333s	know he's been playing a lot I mean Ty's
1335s	plays the game a lot if you noticed he
1337s	streams to just a few viewers and pretty
1339s	much every single day and but he's also
1340s	been doing very well hitting very very
1342s	high Legend on ladder and I'm guessing
1344s	going into this Masters talk feeling
1346s	quite confident based on his prep over
1348s	the last week or so but we're looking at
1350s	Algeria overall here a pretty solid
1353s	Masters Tour I think very strong
1355s	performance when you add on as you said
1357s	to the fact that he is a Caster I mean
1359s	you're like oh well you know he competes
1361s	more than me and you're like yeah you
1362s	know eyecasting
1364s	thanks Gia wait to make me feel bad at
1366s	the start of the day I only cast my
1369s	competing days are long gone in the past
1371s	as I'm uh too old for that now he's
1373s	going to be the excuse I run with and
1375s	but yeah pretty cool lineup overall and
1378s	uh algeria's lineup really goes to what
1381s	I was saying where yep Beast Hunter is
1382s	pretty much top of the meta right now
1384s	the sort of leader of the pack uh spooky
1386s	Mage does have a few different
1387s	archetypes but then this Jayla Paladin
1390s	and the the sort of control shaming and
1393s	even with the nerves it had it's still
1395s	looking to be good enough because I'll
1398s	do is not the only player bringing this
1400s	shame in a fair few strong players have
1401s	brought it just from sort of glancing at
1403s	some of the lineups I've seen and I'm
1405s	excited to see what a lineup like this
1407s	can do because it's definitely not what
1409s	I would have brought because it does
1411s	feel like a a bit of a mixed bag when
1413s	we're talking about you know aggro
1415s	control combo sort of General archetypes
1417s	yeah there is a lot to post here first
1420s	of all going through our Jewish tweet of
1422s	his own lineup he did brand this as a
1425s	control lineup which is somewhat funny
1427s	to say because people also include Beast
1429s	Hunter in their aggro lineups just
1431s	because it can curve out really well and
1432s	that's why it's sort of become the
1434s	centerpiece of the meadow one of the
1436s	most if not the most broad archetype
1438s	here and then out here also mentioned
1440s	that he had a practice partner who
1443s	helped him build this Paladin and kept
1445s	its secret the Jailer Secret Sauce in
1447s	there and there's a couple tech cards
1449s	that you're not seeing from other Jailer
1450s	pal it's very very excited to see that
1452s	and then you brought up the shaman which
1454s	as you said has taken very very heavy
1457s	Nerfs but is still knocking around in
1458s	the meta personally in my opinion
1460s	because it's one of the Decks that can
1462s	still get repeated use out of dinathrios
1464s	even with the kalethos Nerf because of
1467s	that brilliant macaw the other class
1469s	able to do that being Druid because
1470s	they're they can still get above 10 Mana
1473s	but it's just not a combo that's
1475s	available to most classes anymore ever
1478s	since chaos went up to eight so Shaman
1480s	definitely still has a lot to watch out
1482s	for yeah I think it shows its overall
1485s	power when even with the you know the
1487s	sort of uh the freeze nerve to it
1490s	basically and it's still more than
1491s	strong enough because it still has that
1493s	super strong murloc package with
1495s	mutinous of course being able to snipe
1497s	uh sort of the combo pieces or just key
1500s	pieces from hand sort of what we've been
1502s	seeing from the theater and a few
1504s	complaints here and there about theater
1506s	everyone's had it where it just yoinks
1508s	the key card you would really not like
1510s	it Steel and music kind of does the same
1512s	job but for now we are going to check
1514s	out his opponent Tyson almost needs no
1516s	introduction if I'm honest uh this to
1519s	Media looks like
1521s	it's very early but what I feel would
1524s	call it a sort of standard bring to this
1526s	tournament this sort of these soft four
1528s	decks is what I was really expecting to
1530s	see the most from and once we get the
1532s	whole lineup breakdown a little bit
1534s	later on and we'll see if that's true or
1536s	not but Beast Hunter the Imp warlock
1538s	ramp Druid and the Spooky Mage it
1541s	definitely feel like a very solid core
1543s	for Dex to just bring and say you know
1545s	what I'm just gonna win games with good
1547s	decks no fancy Shenanigans going on here
1550s	to write not featuring Too Many new
1553s	cards outside of Sylvanas but the
1555s	important distinction here is that M4
1556s	lock is imp curse so it's not just going
1559s	to be a straight up easy deck for audio
1561s	to prey on with his control lineup I
1565s	don't think he has necessarily hit any
1567s	of his targets here outside of maybe the
1570s	Beast Hunter if you are going to say
1572s	that this deck can gas out in the late
1575s	game if it doesn't hit any of the summon
1578s	package then maybe one of the control
1580s	desks can get through but we can also
1582s	just see this go to the very late game
1584s	because all of the eight decks available
1586s	to our players have some decent early
1588s	curve and the capability of duking it
1591s	out in the late game but out here is
1594s	going to lead with his Jailer Paladin
1596s	very very fun deck that you can get the
1599s	Jailer down uh right on time almost as
1602s	soon as you want it because of that
1604s	Order in the Court putting it at the top
1606s	and then he also has a couple
1607s	interesting tech cards in here like the
1609s	bunker sergeant
1611s	yeah it's definitely I'm excited that
1613s	we're starting with this because it's
1614s	the deck I really want to see you know
1616s	get a lot of games on stream under its
1618s	belt and see how it performs in a
1620s	setting like this because even though
1621s	hitting super high Legend with certain
1623s	decks is impressive it's not the same as
1626s	putting it through its Paces in a
1628s	Masters Tour like we have now so very
1630s	excited to see how that one turns out
1632s	this as you mentioned of course is the
1634s	implicus Warlock from ties and this is
1636s	the build I like the most I like this a
1638s	lot more than just the imps and this is
1640s	going to sound negative but it does just
1642s	have that ability where when you play
1644s	imps you get pushed off the board it's
1647s	very difficult to come back whereas this
1649s	deck does not rely on imps it's just
1652s	there for you know a little bit of a
1653s	strong opening of course and it just
1655s	goes uh flows well into some of the key
1658s	cards in the deck to help out with card
1660s	draw to make the odd big minion but also
1662s	as you said have that secondary plan
1664s	against some of the more control style
1666s	decks and which I think people are
1669s	expecting to see along the lines of you
1670s	know this Paladin even drew it to an
1672s	extent as well so excited to see what
1674s	this one could do
1675s	yeah I am also very much looking forward
1678s	to the interplay of the end game the
1680s	timing of the Jailer can get very very
1682s	tricky here because yes you do have an
1685s	extremely powerful effect which
1686s	effectively makes your board Untouchable
1688s	because Tice is not running twisting
1690s	nether you know there's none of these
1692s	huge board wipe effects available to
1695s	this warlock list so if our jiru can
1697s	consolidate his board and just protect
1699s	it with the Jailer you can straight up
1700s	get lethal but will he have the time is
1702s	there ever going to be a turn where he
1704s	can spend on that turn essentially 10
1706s	Mana do nothing and also destroy your
1709s	own deck and start taking fatigue that
1710s	can get super scary with the curses
1712s	stocking up as well so it'll be in my
1715s	opinion of all about how our jiru
1717s	manages the early game here and there is
1720s	still quite a lot that Paladin has up
1723s	its sleeve from this list I'm not seeing
1726s	the sinful sous chef but which I've seen
1728s	a lot of people include just alongside
1731s	Alliance Bannerman giving you a lot of
1733s	options to fill out the board and kind
1735s	of annoy your opinion in the early game
1736s	but that bunker Sergeant could be very
1738s	very interesting because that deal won
1741s	damage to all enemy minions is a very
1743s	good counter to fiendish Circle yeah 100
1746s	and it's going to be interesting as well
1748s	or maybe not as interesting as the
1750s	release of Jayla because I think a lot
1753s	of players maybe not the pros of course
1755s	that did not realize that taunt doesn't
1757s	exist when that taunt minion is immune I
1760s	think there are a lot of people who were
1761s	just insta-conceived in thinking how do
1764s	I win versus the immune taunt minion if
1766s	I have no burnt spells but yeah that
1768s	doesn't exist so I think Jayla is a very
1771s	interesting card in the the timing of it
1773s	you still have to set it up right you
1775s	start to be conscious of board space
1777s	I've seen even top level players play
1779s	jail and then go oh wait now I don't
1782s	have space for you know let's say
1783s	dinathrius right because that is a key
1785s	piece because it stars lifesteal and
1788s	that's something you can use to offset
1789s	the um the the damage from fatigue so
1793s	it's those tricky things hopefully we
1795s	don't see any blunders but a small part
1797s	of me hopes we do as well and these
1799s	players are just getting ready overall
1800s	just to get into the game number one but
1803s	just looking at the lineups here with
1805s	the bands as well who do you think's got
1808s	the edge here just on the surface
1811s	really tough to say
1813s	um I some would think that aojiru is in
1816s	the lead I don't think you bring a
1818s	lineup like this and leave up Hunter
1819s	thinking that that would be a mad a bad
1821s	matchup for you it's just something that
1823s	you should expect and if I would do is
1825s	batting away the Druid instead I feel
1827s	like he at least feels confident that he
1830s	can get several wins on that but right
1832s	away we are seeing the interplay we
1834s	talked about with that bunker Sergeant
1836s	one of In Our jiru's Deck but it's just
1838s	the perfect counter to fiendish Circle
1840s	which ties has kept and is on the coin
1842s	very likely to coin that out
1844s	yeah and realistically in this matchup
1847s	yeah I was I was going to ask you but I
1849s	assume so there's no way you play bunker
1851s	sergeant in your deck and not keep it in
1853s	your Mulligan right even off coin or
1855s	anything you see Algeria just giving us
1857s	away you can tell he's a Caster you
1859s	could tell he's a Caster he knows
1861s	there's a camera there and he utilizes
1863s	that fact I love it and
1865s	um I don't know if a lot of people
1867s	outside of the Japanese Community know
1869s	this but I'm just gonna put this out
1871s	there aojiru's wardrobe Rivals bro dance
1873s	oh yeah yeah you can tell that from a
1876s	second one when we saw the photo earlier
1879s	on a rock in the nice jacket of course
1881s	but so far Tice does have Library as a
1884s	pickup could choose to coin out the
1886s	fiendish circle instead to just go wide
1890s	straight away then follow up with the
1892s	library slightly off curve and a little
1894s	bit messy but it could just be a little
1897s	bit more valuable just go full aggro and
1899s	give your opponent the least possible
1901s	time to get some kind of answer
1903s	yeah it's definitely heavily rewarded if
1906s	they don't have exactly bunker Sergeant
1908s	or I guess pyro one cause fell and it's
1911s	kind of tough to put put them on having
1912s	that this early but I don't see much
1914s	downside to just waiting a little bit
1917s	more playing the library outstanding the
1919s	Mana cleanly and saving the coin but
1921s	Tice says he wants the damage with the
1924s	librarian as soon as possible in our
1926s	Drew with a big smile here sees that
1929s	he's going to get that amazing Tech card
1931s	value yeah just the snap play you know
1934s	that's exactly what he wanted to start
1935s	off the day with and suddenly even just
1938s	the factors are too far as well is going
1941s	to be a bit of a problem for ties to be
1943s	able to actually just deal with he does
1945s	have a touch he could you know
1948s	take this apart over the course of a
1950s	turn or two but it is just a little bit
1952s	difficult because this this too far is
1954s	just going to secure the board and
1956s	that's exactly what you want this
1957s	Paladin right you want the board to not
1959s	run away too early because there are
1961s	times you don't have access to Reliable
1963s	board clears and if Algeria can actually
1966s	get ahead here Tice has to almost
1968s	instantly fall back on the curse plan
1971s	which is fine but there's carry all
1974s	there's heels in the Paladin like this
1976s	is where it starts to slip away honestly
1978s	that's right the one thing going for
1980s	ties though is that because his amps
1983s	died straight away it's a very easy
1984s	Infuse on the impking reform but can he
1987s	get in a position where that's going to
1988s	be effective enough we even saw ties
1990s	preemptively using the touch of the
1992s	naturism even though he could have
1993s	gotten a value trade with his librarian
1995s	on the 1-1 uh not a big difference
1998s	except that he creates a bit more hand
2000s	space which I think he is hoping to get
2003s	a good impending catastrophe with
2006s	and we saw algero actually go for the
2008s	first pump when equality was drawn
2010s	because again it's something as Paladin
2013s	you just need against a deck like this
2015s	he knows that if we're a farm is in hand
2017s	for ties he's looking at a scary bond in
2020s	the near future right but the fact that
2022s	now he's got equality and pyromancer
2024s	great make you a farm board it gets
2027s	absolutely deleted with little effort
2029s	now and then Algeria can just take that
2031s	you know sort of threat card off the
2033s	list and then start to just plan for the
2035s	curse push later on so a really good
2038s	pickup again there for algeru Tice
2040s	don't do what he can to clear up this
2042s	board let's get the job done so it's a
2044s	good turn payment as well but Azure I
2047s	think he's just in such a good position
2049s	you can almost take a turn off if he
2050s	really wants and uh just uh sort of take
2053s	stock of what's going on and then get
2055s	ready for that AOE clue that's right on
2058s	this turn just building up a little bit
2059s	of value he knows he can clear any board
2061s	that ties puts together the next turn
2063s	with pyro equality on the worst case and
2066s	then follow that up with kariel it's
2068s	just a very very powerful curve it
2070s	Tyson's but in barely any damaged face
2072s	here but he can go for the M King reform
2075s	now infused if he wants to go for that
2077s	big push and just ask the question do
2080s	you have the clear out you
2082s	boiler he does yeah I even think Alger
2085s	you can tell right he's just waiting for
2087s	it because the the sort of mindset for
2090s	this where he's just sat saying okay
2092s	does he have it is because he has the
2094s	clay he I think he almost wants him to
2097s	have the very far more the few times you
2099s	want your opponent to play an infuser a
2100s	farm on curve uh because you can answer
2102s	it because he's just set up for this he
2105s	feels like he's coming he knows it is
2107s	there's the thumbs up and he's like
2108s	perfect we're a farm just can just
2111s	forget about it now once he clears it up
2113s	so looking really really good Friday
2116s	exactly what he wanted to see I can't
2118s	help but think that between him tweeting
2121s	specifically about the Paladin and the
2122s	lineup and his outfit that he is full
2125s	role playing here yeah golden Blazer
2129s	here
2130s	who's that incarnate
2133s	and now here's the point where you ask
2135s	I'm winning so much is there a way that
2137s	I don't even have to use the Pyro
2139s	equality
2143s	and um
2146s	there was the option to retain the Pyro
2148s	on board by going equality then pyro
2150s	then Maki roll but I do prefer this
2152s	option of going for the scorpid that
2155s	Maki roll can get more mileage out of
2158s	the second pyro if John later and be
2160s	heal if necessary and just setting up
2162s	that poisonous means that even if Tice
2164s	were to put together a decent amount of
2166s	imps and get that Library buff it can
2168s	immediately be destroyed
2171s	yeah that's what's tricky there wasn't
2172s	it I mean I was looking at what maximum
2175s	greed looks like there from algero but
2178s	the library coming off cooldown is is
2179s	too big right you just don't want to get
2181s	hit for a million if you just don't have
2183s	to so ties now
2186s	draw a plan
2187s	but again this is one of the the weird
2189s	problems that uh warlock finds itself in
2192s	is it's looking good it's looking good
2194s	you glance at your health and go oh wait
2197s	I'm nearly dead like I need some big
2199s	heels here to come down but Alger are
2202s	just loving life right now and can you
2204s	blame him this feels like the perfect
2206s	opening right like this is exactly what
2209s	he's wanted when he needed it so
2214s	yeah I don't even think he needs the
2216s	Jailer to win this game I mean he could
2218s	play it to close it out sooner but
2220s	between just carry all this turn or even
2222s	just Leviathan honestly I kind of like
2224s	the Leviathan for getting more pressure
2226s	on board and potentially just hitting
2229s	ties for lethal rather than grinding the
2231s	game out a bit longer I'm just curious
2234s	what beat he was snapping to
2238s	I really hope it's
2241s	nothing like what we would expect
2247s	all right
2249s	he's a jamming to the beat of his own
2252s	game all right there you go
2254s	or is just the Hearthstone soundtrack
2257s	it's game sound
2260s	all right choosing to preserve the
2262s	Divine shield on the main body of
2264s	Leviathan rather than his 1-3 scorpid I
2266s	think is pretty clever here
2269s	um leaving it up without any protection
2271s	does have potential for dying to
2274s	combinations of drug below with tamzin
2276s	for example or maybe uh dreadlich tamzin
2279s	plus some cards
2281s	it's the way I'm going to come down now
2283s	clear up one but not the other
2286s	you said that Divine Shield helping out
2288s	don't think Ajira is going to be too
2289s	bothered about these curses for now
2294s	a huge amount of lifesteal as well with
2297s	all the line
2300s	true it is kind of tempting to go for
2302s	that except that he didn't really have
2304s	much pressure to put alongside it so
2306s	it's just gonna take the turn to get
2309s	that carry all set up uh stem the
2311s	bleeding from the curses a little bit
2313s	and kind of force Ties on
2317s	I don't even know what the answer is
2319s	because the zakul also just gets less
2320s	lifesteal
2326s	yeah I don't think
2328s	without sounding too negative I just
2330s	don't think there is an answer like I
2331s	said ties you know blinked and suddenly
2333s	he's on Seven health facing down carrier
2335s	a six seven that he can't even really
2337s	deal with
2339s	it's just all gone wrong but this is
2342s	what happens right if you play Tech
2343s	cards for certain matchups you draw them
2345s	on curve yeah the matchup goes well
2350s	guys does have the answer for the board
2352s	but it's so inconvenient because he uh
2356s	algeru didn't even have the hand space
2357s	to get that other curse and tice is
2360s	slowly but surely dying to just swings
2362s	of the immovable object here aojiru if
2365s	he wants can choose to stay on 10 cards
2368s	and make sure that no additional curses
2371s	can be added to hand immediately he
2373s	could commit the Jailer that's also
2375s	winning line in my opinion yeah I mean
2378s	he has equality and blade Master right
2381s	so even if there's taunts put down
2384s	somehow the equality blade Master clears
2387s	things and then the Jailer just smacks
2389s	him in the face oh wait the blade Master
2391s	wouldn't clear things right necessarily
2392s	all right we'll clear one thing with
2395s	equality gotta remember about the
2398s	immunity of course they're needing it to
2399s	be frenzied but still Jayla does feel
2402s	like the let's just end game one now
2404s	play
2406s	absolutely has no way of clearing them
2412s	such a it's such an odd card
2416s	wow that is what I like to see that is
2419s	enthusiasm and um
2422s	popping off like it won the whole
2424s	tournament and it's only game number one
2426s	that's when you know someone's taking
2427s	things seriously but um it's one weird
2430s	thing about the Jailer It Feels So
2432s	unbeatable it feels like the most unfair
2434s	card in the world but that would have
2437s	looked very very different if Tice had
2440s	gotten control of the board early on
2441s	right and didn't get pushed off because
2443s	Algeria wouldn't have been able to
2445s	effectively go 10 Mana pass take fatigue
2448s	next turn and then get hit right you
2450s	can't always just play the Jailer and
2452s	say oh I'll be safe next turn and that
2454s	is really the role of the opponent to
2457s	put um to put a in that position to
2459s	actually not be able to safely play
2461s	Jailer but every turn of that game from
2463s	the piled inside was nearly perfect
2466s	right it was almost just the perfect
2468s	game and uh yeah algeru goes up to a
2470s	very quick one zero victory over ties
2473s	yeah I really like that you emphasize
2476s	the point about how the game could have
2478s	looked super different if say there just
2480s	wasn't that bunker Sergeant at the
2481s	beginning that means Tyson snowball and
2483s	suddenly all of the top end cards from
2485s	aojiru are a lot less effective but one
2488s	thing's for sure Paladin is so popular
2490s	because if they do get to that end game
2492s	safely they can so solidly win it
2494s	because it's so consistent we never saw
2496s	the Order in the Court drawn but it
2498s	effectively Drew everything that our Jew
2500s	would have wanted out of it right the
2501s	Jailer and the carrier and they are able
2504s	to get that more games than not but we
2507s	shall see if aojiru can continue the win
2510s	streak moving on to the spooky Mage now
2513s	saving that Hunter for last oh sorry the
2516s	hunter got banned away from him yeah
2519s	yeah it's the uh the shaman that's left
2521s	right is the last one I think but yeah
2523s	the the spooky Mage there's still as
2526s	usual a lot of different versions of
2528s	Mage even being brought to this
2529s	tournament they all kind of have the
2531s	same shell anyway I didn't see any
2533s	secret Mages even though I have been
2535s	dumpstered by the man ladder uh since
2538s	the mini set came out I think there is
2539s	something there maybe needs one more
2541s	push we'll see uh but for now yeah it's
2543s	just gonna be the spooky me the sort of
2545s	um the the almost end result of that
2548s	deck that we found to be more popular
2550s	like top before the mini set where there
2552s	was still Rune of the archmage in there
2554s	but it wasn't really running the whole
2556s	sort of big spell Mage package it's just
2559s	there it's just a well this card does
2561s	the job very similar to the cards I've
2563s	seen in the past where you can say okay
2565s	well it probably clears the board and
2567s	draws some cards so that's enough so
2570s	we'll see if it pays off and it looks
2572s	like Tice is going to be sticking to the
2573s	Warlock it might have a slightly better
2576s	go of it here as Mage doesn't feel like
2580s	it has as many strong answers in that
2582s	early game
2588s	every win
2590s	the case I need to confirm things
2595s	hopefully this Stacks throughout the
2597s	whole tournament and if that's the case
2599s	I want algero to win this tournament
2601s	because I want to see how many things he
2604s	can wear if he's in the finals and he's
2606s	been stacking them since round one
2607s	that's what I want
2609s	I mean there's that made outfit hanging
2612s	in the background that looks like a sub
2614s	goal maybe I didn't even notice that
2618s	well all right game two another one of
2621s	our Jews signature gestures a lot of
2624s	them coming one after the other but I
2627s	will say his opening hand is a lot less
2629s	powerful than it was last game uh the
2633s	nightclub sanctum of course being pretty
2635s	good to tide the aggression from Tice
2639s	but other than that he is far from
2642s	hitting any of the Heavy Hitters
2644s	yeah this is one of the games where ties
2646s	can definitely run away with it and
2648s	Prince renithal gonna come down here
2650s	again not the best option uh but good
2653s	enough for now I suppose
2656s	well there is the Magister Don grasp
2659s	John for our Euro so already there's
2660s	sort of a turning point that he just
2663s	needs to look to surviving up to ties
2666s	with the double mischievous imps and
2668s	hand certainly has the refill even if
2671s	our zero were to say draw The Reckless
2673s	Apprentice this turn
2675s	um not run so that is sort of a relief
2678s	for a Tice but it also means now he has
2680s	to think about whether he wants to play
2682s	one of these uninfused I think it's
2683s	worth it
2686s	yeah I think with this you just want to
2688s	just put as much on board as possible
2690s	and Algeria does have a solid selection
2693s	of free spells where if he can get to
2696s	Dawn grasp whichever one of the three
2699s	the Don graspberry plays is fine
2702s	obviously there are some you can argue
2703s	way better than others but you know
2705s	whether it's flurry solid Alibi or
2707s	blizzard I think you should be very
2709s	happy at the outcome no matter what so
2710s	the defensive setups are there for turn
2713s	seven
2714s	Ty's choosing to take the trades to
2716s	infuse his mischievous imp misses a
2719s	little damaged face but probably worth
2721s	it to get the extra body on board and be
2723s	less week to Reckless Apprentice the
2726s	Cold Case drawn for aojiru also helps
2729s	um sort of bridge the gap to turn six
2731s	and then turn seven with that Dawn grasp
2734s	but it's interesting whether he wants to
2736s	put a different Frost spell in the pool
2738s	or if he wants to curate it so that Don
2740s	grasp will always replay blizzard and
2743s	that might be why he's playing the
2745s	minion right
2747s	yeah good afternoon freeze as opposed to
2750s	the spell version double back to back
2752s	blizzard gonna be very very strong
2754s	indeed and not shut down for the whole
2756s	game but at least shut down the uh the
2759s	minion based aggro for the foreseeable
2760s	future at least
2763s	in a somewhat awkward position where it
2767s	feels like it should be a Time's intern
2769s	but it blows up his own board more than
2771s	it does our Juris so he could double
2773s	down and stack some more mischievous
2775s	imps here there isn't the board space
2777s	though after that to play the library
2780s	um this board also if he gets hit by a
2783s	blizzard is just saying that he can do
2785s	nothing on board on the next turn
2788s	actually wonder if we see him we almost
2790s	certainly will see this blizzard come
2792s	down from algeru I honestly wonder if
2794s	Ty's will press the button on the
2797s	treadlich tams in because it just feels
2799s	like I don't know if
2801s	you draw a card pass is realistically
2805s	going to be good enough I guess he could
2808s	um touch his own one of his imps
2811s	and then library after that but it feels
2814s	like a lot of faffing around him because
2816s	it's not pure implog it does have the
2818s	curses I I think there's a very strong
2821s	Merit to actually just playing tams in
2823s	against all these uh even though kill
2824s	all these three ones yeah I think you
2826s	make a very good point especially since
2828s	algero considering playing the second
2830s	charge of sanctum here has eight damage
2832s	on board and that Tutu could potentially
2835s	death rattle go face Tice is only at 19
2838s	now and he's at a very real risk of just
2840s	dying to a couple pings if he doesn't
2843s	immediately clear this off
2846s	okay but that's catastrophe now that
2848s	potentially gives him other options if
2850s	he can draw into grammar of sacrifice
2852s	that could be huge
2855s	it's just going to get touched down
2857s	straight away see what happens which I
2859s	do like uh just to see where where the
2861s	damage goes if that opens up any space
2864s	for vile Library which it does does have
2867s	a drag below and
2870s	surely that takes priority now over the
2874s	the library do you think just drag below
2876s	the uh don't grasp maybe and then just
2879s	passed
2883s	away yeah
2889s	oh it's honestly really close
2893s	if you are expecting the worst case of
2895s	Magister Don grasp replaying the
2897s	blizzard then of course it does make
2899s	more sense to remove one more minion but
2902s	outside of another Mass freeze getting
2905s	that buff while you have amps does seem
2908s	beneficial but he is going to get the
2911s	bad news
2914s	and as you said so much damage being
2916s	pushed right don't grasp into blizzard
2919s	once again
2921s	there's still a flurry there's still a
2924s	solid Alibi in hand
2926s	and again even though the hero Dawn
2928s	grasp did receive a Nerf it's still very
2931s	strong there's a reason a lot of people
2932s	have still brought Mage to this
2934s	tournament and so even though it doesn't
2936s	quite stack as quickly they're just
2937s	relentlessness of the damage is there
2940s	and algeru wants again in this series
2943s	looking to be in a very very good spot
2945s	to a really pressure ties out of this
2947s	one
2949s	there's a big turn though it gets the
2951s	replay Touch of naturalism get some
2954s	healing and copy his drag below for
2956s	later uh ending on drug below just in
2959s	case he wants that in the lady dark vein
2961s	which does you know start to stack
2963s	curses very heavily
2965s	um aojiru does have another charge of
2968s	blizzard in the gray Sage parrot
2972s	but currently doesn't have big damage to
2975s	Tyson's face
2977s	awesome but there's Reckless
2981s	foreign
2983s	interesting dilemma right because the
2985s	pirate can play blizzard which lets him
2987s	get honorable kill on the 8-4 but that
2989s	would mean leaving the tams in Rome up
2991s	which does not feel legal at this point
2994s	yeah so instead going to go for Ping and
2996s	then Reckless which will then upgrade uh
2999s	before hitting Tamsin because it was on
3001s	board first and kill it off yeah this is
3003s	nice just get those upgrades in this
3005s	very very clean play and again something
3008s	we've seen from Azure so far this series
3010s	he helped Along by the fact that his
3012s	drawers have been strong you know his
3014s	decks have been doing what he wants them
3015s	to do but yeah all the different choices
3018s	he could have made he's made the right
3019s	ones as far as I'm concerned
3022s	now the cases where the Nerf the Don
3024s	grass feels good because now you got the
3025s	honorable kill on three Health yeah yep
3030s	well uh Ty's here certainly in a
3033s	position where he has somewhat
3035s	stabilized but really needs that zakul I
3038s	would say to feel like he's safe against
3041s	other rounds of things coming up I'm not
3043s	sure where the more Josh count is at
3045s	probably just a little bit shy of being
3048s	active
3053s	yeah I think it's on like six or seven
3055s	maybe you know something like that like
3057s	close enough like one ping away
3058s	basically is my rough estimate
3062s	because of that I think Tice is fine not
3065s	to play dread Village times in for the
3067s	armor here just stocking up curses has
3069s	that lady dark vein for another two this
3073s	is three then four
3075s	and then the other two will deal five
3077s	and six and if r0 doesn't replay first
3080s	two he takes another three and four oh
3084s	I I love this about Mage you have a plan
3087s	things are looking up right you know
3088s	there's options Cold Case solid alabi
3090s	ping face stop pushing damage and then
3093s	you draw Rune of the arc Mage and you're
3095s	like but what if and then you do have to
3098s	at least just sit and think about
3100s	whether you just want to slam that on
3102s	curve and hope for the best but it looks
3104s	like Azure is at least gonna try and
3106s	reduce some of this damage down and he
3109s	played one of the curses I imagine the
3110s	higher cost one a high damage one gonna
3113s	be cold case get some skellies on board
3114s	and hear a power of the face as well so
3116s	again just having a nothing too shiny of
3119s	a turn but a solid turn at that since
3121s	these skeletons could easily translate
3123s	to full damage right I like that he
3125s	found the window to try and push a bit
3127s	more damage while ties didn't have much
3129s	on board I also like the flurry commit a
3131s	lot because even though our gear is at
3133s	34 that um librarian could translate to
3137s	a two-term lethal setup between the
3138s	curses because solid Alibi doesn't
3141s	actually interact very well with curses
3142s	it doesn't protect you because all the
3144s	damage happens on your next turn after
3146s	The Alibi has expired
3154s	adding algeru to the list of players I
3156s	could actually just watch their camera
3157s	and be entertained
3161s	all right this is gonna go for the five
3164s	damage curse then six damage right oh
3166s	one to face okay yes it is yeah
3174s	and there's one that deals three in hand
3177s	so 14 damage coming our jury's way on
3180s	the upcoming turn
3182s	eight staring him down on board but Tice
3185s	is not far off from dying
3190s	oh I could get armor but it could also
3193s	get Wildfire yeah I'm just trying to
3196s	work this out whether like one curse
3203s	you know that one curse Alibi deep water
3206s	ping that you know because I think Azure
3209s	wants to Ping gray every turn because
3211s	he's so close to ending the game
3213s	mm-hmm
3215s	things dealing for now though which is
3218s	just a little bit short of setting off
3219s	that two turn lethal what room are the
3222s	arc Mages for to finish the job to deal
3225s	the wand
3226s	well if it is going to be ruin perhaps
3230s	doesn't need to go for
3232s	um the evoker this turn
3236s	because if he plays a voker he has to
3238s	choose between Alibi and ping oh it's
3239s	going to be right instead
3242s	oh
3245s	Bill gets blizzard right It's Cold Case
3248s	isn't it didn't it cast okay it's the
3251s	last turn
3252s	it's five sorry sorry five some reason I
3255s	thought Cold Case was five yeah you're
3257s	right it's still Buzzard yeah I'm still
3258s	waking up I apologize you want more
3261s	nerves to me
3262s	they need it
3265s	um right below again here for ties these
3268s	curse is really starting to stack but
3269s	the problem is
3271s	is what like tamzing gone
3274s	the um the shades gone as well there's
3276s	no great way to really pop off with
3279s	curses that don't involve bran and
3281s	obviously Brand Plus minion not spell
3283s	right
3284s	getting to a real tense Point here Raven
3287s	neither player with enough damage to
3290s	close out the game but next turn
3293s	Tice has another two curses minimum and
3296s	certain he'll play either drag below or
3299s	zero cast with grim or this turn you
3301s	just cannot afford to take that four
3302s	from the pirate yeah
3305s	it's gonna be right below right kill the
3307s	pirate and also just give yourself more
3308s	brand options
3311s	oh jeru is in a tough spot again could
3315s	just snap the Rune and hope for good
3316s	things to happen still has solid Alibi
3318s	to at least not take the minion damage
3321s	that might make the difference obviously
3323s	we can see that it would not but still
3329s	yeah I think our Giro also will realize
3332s	that the break point of saving to health
3334s	effectively from solid Alibi is really
3336s	not worth it he's still dead to two
3338s	curses either way assuming he of course
3340s	plays the one in hand uh so the next
3344s	question is is a deep water evoker break
3347s	point relevant gaining 10 armor if he
3349s	gets the good sorry what's the best you
3351s	can get here I think yeah no it's a rune
3353s	right yeah that is a relevant break
3356s	point
3357s	but at that point if you're risking
3360s	going for the nine when you could get a
3361s	wildfire do you just ruin yourself
3368s	oh I like this I think I do agree it's
3371s	desperate enough to just have to press
3373s	Rune and Hope
3375s	there was the brand new voker which
3377s	looked kind of interesting but okay a
3380s	lot of Mana remaining oh my God he still
3382s	has 13 to spend
3385s	cold okay
3387s	uh that's armor that's something
3393s	that doesn't matter
3399s	damage
3402s	okay
3404s	um we're at
3406s	curse eight and nine is it if it's eight
3408s	and nine then that is lethal but Tyson
3410s	is concerned about objection
3413s	[Laughter]
3416s	I mean you can play flame yeah yeah he
3419s	heals from zakul from the curses anyway
3421s	right so this is always
3424s	should have played the flame in first
3426s	though right I think so I think I think
3429s	he could have just
3430s	lost wonkers wouldn't have been enough
3433s	to objection right yeah oh it's seven
3436s	then eight oh that's my bad I thought it
3439s	was eight and nine
3442s	oh wait I don't even know what I saw
3444s	there wait did he have oh did he still
3447s	have a curse in hand yeah he saw the
3449s	curse from the previous turn right
3450s	because it was it was right he took the
3452s	seven first from the previous one
3454s	because he played Rune which meant he
3456s	couldn't get rid of the curse right so
3458s	yeah
3459s	um really good job there from Thai sir
3461s	algeru looked strong early on you know
3464s	pushing their ties off board time and
3465s	time again but again it's the reason I
3468s	talked about right at the start of the
3469s	show saying that the curse version just
3472s	feels better because the imps feel more
3474s	like a nice bonus to your plan that
3477s	sometimes wins games on its own and you
3479s	still have that solid end game state of
3482s	just stacking these curses over and over
3484s	again so Ty's did a really good job to
3486s	hold on there he was in some tough spots
3488s	throughout that game
3490s	very very tense in the middle there
3493s	where aojiru had that really offensive
3495s	push but just couldn't quite find that
3498s	last bit of damage usually relying on
3500s	some combination of brand Reckless
3502s	Apprentice or finding more dress he
3505s	didn't quite hit wildfire in the early
3506s	game and that's where you really see how
3509s	much the Nerf to Magister Don grass
3511s	comes into play there but good on ties
3513s	for recognizing the break points there
3516s	and playing to his outs it doesn't mean
3519s	that both our players have a win on the
3522s	board now and both players have Mage
3523s	available so we could potentially see
3525s	this mirror where the lists are slightly
3529s	different because Tice is not a rune
3531s	gamer
3532s	yeah I'm just looking at the list now it
3534s	is going to be the Mage Bearer I believe
3536s	uh but yeah you are right it's going to
3538s	be the mode rash kel'thuzad at the top
3540s	along with the muldrash of course uh but
3543s	overall both players have the same plan
3545s	going into this but as you said there
3548s	isn't so much as the uh get out of jail
3550s	free card that Algeria is running in the
3552s	form of that Rune of the archmage so a
3555s	very interested to see how this one will
3556s	pan out and again a a match up that now
3559s	has a little bit more wiggle room
3561s	because previously before the Nerf to
3564s	Dawn grasp if someone got Dawn grasp
3567s	early they won what nine times out of
3569s	ten because the damage would just start
3571s	getting ridiculous and because that
3573s	isn't necessarily the case anymore there
3575s	is more time to recover so it's
3577s	something I do like about the Nerf even
3579s	though I like Don gasp as a card and I
3582s	do like that um the
3584s	uh it gives your opponent a little bit
3587s	more time to react as opposed to saying
3589s	well I got Don grass first in the mirror
3591s	haha I win
3593s	the shades have come off
3595s	disappointing maybe maybe yeah he takes
3598s	things up for losses yeah yeah
3601s	what I want to know is from cam only
3605s	and someone by the end of the weekend
3608s	calculate his win rate you need to know
3612s	very difficult because if you can lose
3614s	win lose you go back to neutral yeah
3617s	well that someone has to worry that out
3619s	that's the challenge I'm saying there
3620s	someone in chat to try and this is
3622s	assuming we're gonna have our Drew run
3623s	every round which I would be okay with
3625s	but I'm just not sure that's how we're
3627s	allowed to work so we'll see how it goes
3629s	beginning to the Game Gear and one
3631s	player definitely having the better end
3633s	of the stick than the other one so far
3635s	I mean dice did hit one drop and
3638s	Wildfire but based on his expression the
3640s	suspicious Alchemist outcomes don't seem
3643s	to be that good I don't know we didn't
3645s	see fixed deathborn here
3648s	which is it went great were they yeah
3650s	it's invariably the best card but now
3652s	here's the mind game for Audi would Tice
3654s	pick the best card would Tice be okay
3656s	without Drew potentially gutting a
3658s	deathborn
3660s	my take is that the other two are so
3662s	useless that like they might just clog
3664s	up hand space like firetail is a
3665s	tradable so maybe you could say that's
3667s	pickable but
3673s	oh this is so clown you know the
3675s	deathborne tennis one just leaves like a
3679s	couple tutus on board and they just go
3681s	back and forth back and forth that's so
3683s	much damage yeah I mean this goes back
3686s	to where almost expansion release day
3688s	right when everyone was playing
3690s	skeletons like full skeleton Mage and it
3692s	really was just the death bomb back and
3694s	forth dealing like you know 14 damage or
3697s	something each like it was so crazy
3699s	and now you're reacting like drawing and
3702s	not Frost spell was missing lethal
3705s	there's not a big deal he still has so
3708s	much value in hand I will say losing the
3711s	one ones on board can be relevant as
3713s	trading tools especially if you're
3715s	getting in a position where it is going
3717s	to be back and forth death importance
3718s	they sometimes represent more tokens
3720s	later on but he has the cards to stun
3724s	the bleeding for a little bit of time
3730s	and one of the big differences between
3733s	the two decks is Tice is running double
3735s	Frozen touch which is something I'm a
3738s	huge fan of I love that card and the
3740s	amount of damage you can pump out is
3742s	pretty ridiculous and since you can
3744s	obviously cast the infused one and then
3746s	just recast it in the same turn for six
3749s	so um I really like the potential damage
3751s	push that ties has available later in
3753s	the game especially since you know
3755s	infusing it is never really that
3757s	difficult especially in the mirror match
3758s	we'll see how that one pays off but
3760s	Azure as you who got his Elementals that
3764s	is game over to you it must be from that
3766s	reaction he's just one he knows it seen
3769s	into the future
3771s	okay
3772s	um I like your point about Frozen touch
3774s	I agree it's really good especially in
3776s	the mirror to have any bit of extra
3778s	reach that you can get your hands on
3780s	sometimes it gets to the point in the
3782s	late game where the board is not where
3785s	your focus lies so it can be tough to
3787s	infuse it later on but even if you just
3788s	get like two cycles of this right and
3791s	the base body it represents nine damage
3793s	and because there's damage permanence in
3796s	Mage mirrors they don't have access to
3797s	Healing outside of evokers and
3800s	dinathrias getting that uh additional
3803s	Bit Of Reach can be very relevant yeah
3806s	so really good that because of the way
3808s	the Infuse works it can be re-infused
3810s	but it also means that it's a really
3812s	good filler for some of your turns where
3815s	a lot of the time it's better than
3816s	pinging something right and you just
3818s	play out deal three either kill a
3819s	mineral push damage and you know you've
3822s	got time to reinfuse it again so yeah
3824s	really good card there overall but ajiru
3826s	is sitting on
3828s	what seems to be endless value in his
3830s	hand
3831s	it's going to work out how to actually
3833s	get to it all in a safe manner
3836s	I think signaling the number nine here
3838s	which is the number of
3840s	armor you get from the evoker at best
3844s	it's also the amount of cards he can
3846s	Shuffle back in his deck if he wants and
3848s	reroll with Finley to have a very good
3850s	shot at finding Magister Don grass the
3853s	of course downside of that is he'd be
3855s	putting back two deathborns and
3856s	denaturius to the bottom of the deck and
3859s	then active azshara which may be too
3862s	high of a cost I'm actually thinking
3864s	with these death bonds and that we can
3866s	see there's going to be a lot of tennis
3867s	going on uh skeletons playing tennis not
3871s	something I thought I'd ever see but
3873s	with the denaturis in hand for ajiru
3875s	like I think that's just the win better
3878s	than Don grasp is at this point because
3880s	that is so many infuses gonna be
3882s	happening over the course of this game
3884s	it's like I am very ready for it he also
3887s	if if he loses the match of tennis so
3890s	basically Tice ends with all the
3893s	skeletons and aziro doesn't have the uh
3895s	the clear he does have the mass
3896s	polymorph to sort of switch off all that
3899s	damage if he needs it as well so I'm
3901s	actually liking this a lot and I think
3902s	ajiro is too because he's getting these
3904s	thumbs up here and there here we go to
3907s	you
3908s	Ty's of course doing this knowing that
3911s	aojiru has one deathborn in hand doesn't
3913s	know about the second and he's taking
3914s	the risk that Ty sees he has his own
3917s	second one so sometimes he just gets to
3920s	end the back and forth with the board
3923s	intact but currently our hero is gonna
3926s	come out on top of this not before
3927s	taking 10 damage to face though
3930s	yeah it is very funny I don't know why
3933s	this makes me laugh so much but it is
3935s	it's like HearthStone for
3939s	by even more childlike children than
3941s	already play it it's just like you go
3944s	okay that was fun now my turn okay now
3946s	your turn and it just never seems to end
3949s	well Enzo and one players just takes too
3951s	much damage but it is very very funny
3952s	indeed and tice does have solid Alibi
3956s	now so he can I don't want to say ignore
3958s	these skeletons but take a good chunk of
3960s	reduced damage you should start with the
3963s	teacher
3964s	I'm really curious about where his
3966s	azshara is at because I'm looking at
3968s	this Frozen touch infused if you play
3970s	that and then have Azure active that's
3973s	you know each the copy you get back
3975s	represents six damage our gears at 14.
3978s	uh but ties using that last slot on
3981s	azshara's
3983s	um spell regeneration on the solid Alibi
3985s	looking to preserve his health a bit
3986s	more which leads me to think he has an
3989s	Avenue to lethal even without copying
3991s	the Frozen touch with the upgraded ping
3994s	that does seem pretty reasonable also
3995s	just getting back a more deathboards
3997s	looking good
4000s	I'd actually love to see a pink face
4002s	here you know or maybe even a frozen
4004s	touch face and um what was this Pinger
4006s	now is it two yeah okay
4010s	definitely like this
4012s	um he can just do some pretty clean math
4014s	right six damage from two frozen touches
4017s	minimum
4019s	um and then
4020s	a couple things and he is looking golden
4024s	with the solid Alibi he does have a bit
4027s	more time I'm pretty sure a dustbourne
4030s	is going to be woven in at some point
4032s	but just in case our Giro blows up his
4035s	own board somehow uh knowing that the
4038s	death barns are in hand for ties he has
4040s	other options as well with the school
4042s	teacher over on our Junior's side we do
4045s	have the solid Alibis for him also yeah
4048s	I think what Tice has to do or at least
4050s	you know maybe I overthink this when I
4052s	play but when I've been in this
4053s	situation before and I always try and
4056s	ensure I have a solid Alibi especially
4058s	if we're entices spot right where he is
4060s	very close to winning in his mind right
4062s	he's only a few bits of damage away from
4064s	winning the game he wants to solid Alibi
4067s	going into turn 10 if there is a turn 10
4070s	because one of the if not the only big
4073s	problem this game could say for ties is
4076s	if dinathrius has been in hand all game
4078s	and he's gonna heal for an absolute
4080s	absurd amount and he really wants solid
4083s	Alibi down for that because as long as
4085s	tires doesn't have a board full of
4087s	minions then athletes just doesn't
4088s	really work
4092s	I liked the proactive parrot from our
4095s	juru here essentially blowing up his own
4097s	board just to get the death rattled
4098s	pings still a lot of damage even through
4100s	an alibi here uh is going to commit the
4105s	second one and then play his own
4108s	deathborn
4109s	doesn't get any immediate damage from
4112s	this but will take was it four or five
4115s	yeah
4117s	but the crucial part is he's not able to
4119s	weave in a ping here
4125s	considering whether it's worth it to
4127s	flurry to Stave off all of One damage uh
4131s	probably not
4137s	probably not I think I'm with you on
4139s	that
4142s	very tricky this is so close with
4145s	another solid Alibi for ajiru and just
4149s	get there right with denaturis or at
4152s	least not die it's probably something
4154s	slightly more accurate
4157s	it's tough because you could look at
4159s	these skeletons as
4161s	still dealing full damage through an
4163s	alibi if they also get all their death
4165s	rattles face
4167s	um
4168s	so if they all attack for one damage
4171s	each and all go face for one damage each
4174s	Tice only needs two sources of damage
4176s	and I think our jira knows about the
4178s	Frozen touch or did he see the first
4180s	half of it played I don't know but
4181s	things definitely still scary
4184s	and just sold Alibi blizzard here though
4186s	right
4187s	which would
4189s	do enough of a job right
4192s	make him almost certainly not die and
4195s	then and then he just placed an athletes
4196s	next to him
4205s	yeah
4206s	I don't know if
4207s	okay the blizzard probably was safer
4210s	than this I agree because this play I
4213s	think there's still a chance that he
4214s	dies okay but that death rattle going on
4216s	the savara is a big deal
4222s	that's the one he needed like I said he
4226s	so if he
4228s	ah let me think
4231s	does he do this
4235s	it's so weird because removing your own
4237s	board here saves damage against exactly
4240s	the nazia Saves by Steel I should say
4244s	push three death Pawn to push a
4248s	minimum of two oh no sorry three yeah of
4252s	course it'll kill the thing yeah
4253s	um
4254s	and then pink Alibi right
4258s	yeah I don't know right because it feels
4260s	like Tice doesn't have denatures on his
4262s	mind because I don't think he would
4263s	Death porn there if you're playing
4264s	around in atheist because rebuilding
4266s	your board even bigger means that our
4268s	jira gets more lifesteals uh potentially
4272s	though right because doesn't in atherius
4275s	like still put x amount of damage into
4278s	the Mage is that how that works because
4280s	I know it does it with immune right
4283s	I think it can anyway I think Tice is
4286s	still just setting up Max here comes the
4288s	nazarus for a smooth 27 on his side but
4291s	he's only going to gain 12 and take uh
4294s	what was that six
4296s	yeah
4297s	the Tice is a little bit short of lethal
4301s	here you can freeze the nanathrios which
4302s	is a big deal but he's out of his own
4304s	Alibis does have a cold case
4307s	yeah I'm just looking can school teach a
4310s	game something that would be lethal yes
4312s	siphon Mana Frozen touch Frozen touch
4315s	yeah I mean I just don't think the Mana
4318s	is there
4320s	but we'll see anybody doesn't of course
4323s	have to play both Frozen touches this
4325s	turn oh he still can't see the outcome
4329s	over that noggling Tice
4337s	we'll never know you can see it no
4341s	I would instantly message toys yeah
4345s	flurry Cold Case ping unless the
4347s	nagaling does something amazing
4352s	that not yeah like you said if that
4354s	naggling doesn't blow your mind then yes
4357s	this is just a play right
4364s	still not gonna oh sorry didn't have the
4366s	Mana yeah
4372s	it's still a lot
4374s	yeah so you would get 10 Brock's face I
4378s	mean so 10 procs not all of them face
4380s	necessarily
4382s	but if they did go I'll face that's
4385s	lethal but what if
4389s	I mean it's funny right because if the
4392s	other procs go on Tyson skeletons that
4394s	could blow up some of the skeletons that
4396s	our jiru has on board which could then
4398s	go face after that there is of course
4401s	the school teacher which absorbs some
4403s	damage but there's still the Ping for
4405s	our Giroud to think about so this I
4407s	think I could not give you the odds off
4410s	of my head but they can't be bad here
4411s	the circle of life Theory sounds great
4414s	it's like well I'll meet you skeletons
4416s	they'll die the pings could hit those
4418s	skeletons which then could it my
4419s	skeletons which then could hit face yes
4422s	here we go perfect sense I'm not
4425s	disagreeing
4427s	oh my God okay I thought the school
4429s	teacher was just completely dodging
4432s	okay not lethal which means Tice has it
4435s	double Frozen touch siphon mana and ping
4438s	that was insanely close oh wow Reckless
4441s	as well just to throw it in there but
4442s	yeah plenty of damage the Frozen touch
4445s	uh not really used all game we didn't
4448s	see those constant recycles of the
4450s	infused but didn't need to it does its
4452s	job in the end getting that extra reach
4454s	which is what we were talking about all
4456s	the way back at the start of the game
4458s	entice moves up to a 2-1 lead now uh
4462s	looking pretty good but uh those match
4465s	up or at least that specific match got
4467s	kind of crazy those skeletons going off
4469s	the solid Alibis and again the solid
4471s	Alibi coming down or being drawn at the
4474s	perfect time for ties I was worried when
4476s	he used it to turn I'll say a turn early
4479s	you know what I mean
4480s	um before the dinathary is because again
4482s	when you're in that spot I felt like
4484s	Tice was uh could only be thinking like
4486s	well the only thing you lose to here is
4489s	a huge heal uh but yeah that you got the
4491s	second one in Diamond managed to defend
4493s	so huge huge win there for ties because
4495s	Gia means he only has his Hunter to take
4497s	a win with and if there's a deck in this
4500s	tournament you're going to be confident
4501s	getting wins with it's probably Hunter
4505s	um yeah I would agree with that in a
4507s	vacuum just because Hunter has been so
4510s	ubiquitous on ladder for a reason it's
4512s	just such a well-rounded deck has decent
4514s	stats across the board but because it's
4516s	in that position in the meta where it's
4518s	the most expected to be brought there's
4520s	also going to be a handful of people
4521s	that are trying to Target it more likely
4524s	soft target because again it's not a
4526s	straight up aggro deck and I feel like
4529s	in theory that's what our giro's lineup
4531s	is trying to do I think you don't bring
4533s	a full control lineup and leave Hunter
4536s	up without having a very very solid plan
4538s	for it but uh in my opinion I don't feel
4541s	like Mages heavily in the lead against
4543s	their under and the shaman matchup into
4545s	Hunter is also a 50 50 so I am not
4549s	really liking our Jews chances here
4551s	let's take a look at the list from Tice
4554s	here not too many new cards featured not
4556s	going for the um New infused piece that
4560s	gets rushed and Buffs other beasts uh
4562s	sorry I forgot the name of it Sylvanas
4565s	is here yeah yeah
4567s	um yeah this deck I would say this is
4570s	probably the most standard list you will
4573s	see this is the list you probably see
4574s	the most if you're just queuing on
4576s	ladder and running to Hunter but it's
4578s	the standard list for the reason it kind
4579s	of just does everything right there's
4581s	nowhere dinathrius in there for super
4584s	late game Shenanigans but the there's
4587s	basically the steady curve in there
4589s	Sylvanas does make an appearance again a
4591s	card I really like and Hunter especially
4593s	because you are going to naturally
4595s	Infuse things if things aren't being
4597s	infused you're probably losing because
4599s	you've not curved out uh speaking of
4601s	curfew ties already getting to the point
4604s	to have exactly what he needs to open up
4606s	this game algerio does have wildfire and
4609s	the um the snow flurry but look at the
4612s	opening from ties all you want in Hunter
4614s	is a one drop or two dropper three drop
4617s	a four drop and just carry on like that
4619s	because as long as you do that one you
4622s	will naturally get to your late game or
4623s	maybe even get there early with the
4625s	helps of a Harpoon Gun but also you just
4628s	keep the pressure on make your opponent
4631s	have to work on removal and then you hit
4634s	them hard later on and basically
4635s	overwhelm your opponent
4638s	coin poacher I was honestly looking at
4640s	coin double peasant here because how do
4642s	you can only pick one of them in a turn
4646s	yeah I've actually found myself doing
4648s	this play a lot and when I have poacher
4651s	and one drops with the coin just because
4654s	it gets um the the uh the Wild Spirit
4659s	earlier right if it's the the fox then
4662s	this two three would now be dead and you
4664s	play two peasants uh if it's the bear
4666s	well yeah you just get a lot of stats
4668s	out early same with the weapon all the
4670s	big stats just come that bit earlier and
4673s	I feel like a lot of the time you don't
4675s	lose too much it's not gonna pay off
4677s	this time for ties because his want
4678s	drops were um of course those peasants
4681s	are gonna get cleaned up very nicely by
4683s	the snow flurry but I do like the
4685s	overall plan
4688s	it was certainly risky without
4691s	additional card drawings not guaranteed
4693s	to have a turn three or less likely I
4696s	should say but the tracking helps
4697s	alleviate that a little bit
4699s	is upon us
4702s	uh
4703s	I mean it's tavish right that just gives
4706s	you four five six seven you accept you
4707s	have a slow turn three but the curve is
4709s	there from this point onward
4713s	yes
4718s	yeah okay I thought it was close because
4720s	again like although tavish is very very
4723s	good I was just looking at what's some
4727s	of the other cards did even okanie just
4729s	to cause some trouble but I think the
4730s	problem with the okanie choice is at
4732s	this stage of the game Tice cannot
4734s	guarantee he'll be ahead on board enough
4736s	to play okani and if Phil Jerry gets to
4739s	just trade it away with minions well
4741s	that was a waste of time right so yeah I
4743s	think I do fall on tavish at the very
4745s	end there but o'conni feels like a
4747s	nightmare in this matter just like the
4748s	one before and if it's played whilst
4751s	ahead it's I feel like a lot of decks
4753s	right now are so predictable in what
4756s	they're going to do like if you just
4758s	play me if you go akani minion against
4760s	Hunter
4761s	they really need a one dropping hand
4763s	right because otherwise you you your
4765s	whole point is to curve out you spend
4767s	all of the amount of passing a turn like
4769s	it's a nightmare
4771s	and Hunter doesn't run spell-based
4773s	removal at least right
4777s	okay
4779s	then quite get to see what choice he
4782s	picked again but looked pretty
4785s	interesting it did I was actually
4787s	looking at snake trap
4789s	um
4789s	maybe that's because I've been playing a
4791s	shaytown version and snaked just in that
4794s	deck uh but I do think again with the
4796s	Rat King in hand coming out on curve uh
4800s	that there is an argument for just snake
4802s	trap in general it's a little little
4804s	dudes a little snakes dealt with some of
4806s	the Infuse and just gonna be difficult
4808s	to squeeze that in at any point is the
4810s	uh the problem I guess
4813s	if it is revive pet though that nuggling
4816s	might not come down till much later
4818s	because Tice has good ways to fill out
4820s	his curve until then and get better
4821s	beasts in the pool
4824s	uh this turn for aojiru still gets to
4827s	spend Mana cleanly but no good trades
4830s	into the school teacher it looks like he
4832s	is just going to give Tice uh two clean
4835s	trades
4836s	make sure that there's no target for
4839s	doggy biscuit and the like on board
4843s	thank you
4844s	oh that's better than the right King in
4847s	this matchup any most match-ups actually
4849s	I think it's fair to say
4852s	now it's a big deal that our jiru of
4855s	course Drew Mass Polly because that's
4857s	insane against all these death rattles
4859s	from Thais and tice also knows that
4862s	there's a mass poly in hand because of
4864s	the exactly seven armor game there's no
4866s	other seven cost spell that our Jew runs
4871s	thank you
4874s	you know if taste is running the
4876s	shadehound version that's a direct
4878s	counter to mass poly because all those
4880s	are sheep and they get buffed from
4881s	straight down trades so that's true
4884s	you've got to think outside the box in
4886s	this one
4887s	there's no rush Target though
4892s	don't question me
4894s	we always buff the Sheep
4897s	um improved ice trap always want to look
4900s	out against Mage it's a very minion
4902s	heavy deck I love motion denied it's so
4905s	much damage on the improved one uh and
4908s	honestly
4909s	it feels better than freezing explosive
4912s	against this matchup right so I like
4914s	this pick up here from ties nine damage
4917s	is huge
4919s	imagine if
4921s	I was gonna say the freeze yeah it does
4923s	seem pretty unlikely to get big value
4925s	and the exclusive but I actually don't
4928s	know if Algeria is going to be playing
4929s	three cards in a turn for a while
4932s	yeah you know you will at some point
4934s	know right I think that's a decent
4936s	assumption to know that it it will
4938s	happen if you can just survive and both
4940s	players still sitting above 40.
4942s	I mean will it though like our Drew I
4945s	think concert get away with playing just
4947s	one to two cards per turn
4949s	um
4950s	in his mind though he's probably
4952s	thinking uh ice trap and uh
4956s	uh emergency Maneuvers is the scariest
4960s	combination here at least I would think
4963s	that's the most annoying
4970s	also um if Alger is really worried about
4973s	it he can actually just defend against
4976s	it right because he could just proc it
4977s	with Alibi as his third card
4981s	no that's true that's very cute
4985s	because it's cheap enough right you can
4986s	often fit it into a three-card turn
4988s	right it's only a two cost here though
4990s	Tice is stacking up a ton of damage ton
4993s	of beasts as well oh
4996s	not doing a great job of actually
4998s	pushing damage so far in this game ajiru
5000s	with the help of that nine armor looking
5002s	very very comfortable this Reckless is
5005s	gonna do a ton of work although what's
5007s	The Kill Order actually
5009s	it's oh
5012s	actually pretty good the right key well
5014s	yeah because of the oh they're right
5017s	um but that came down last right
5019s	so The Kill Order is actually perfect
5021s	like kill everything with Reckless and
5023s	then the rat dies
5027s	how'd you just slowly narrowing down the
5030s	secrets in his head I think he knows
5032s	very likely that there is ice trap and
5035s	so at some point the solid Alibi could
5038s	be committed just to like proc the eye
5041s	strap and let yourself get a safe Mass
5043s	probably in the future
5050s	yeah I think I I'm not 100 what algeru
5055s	knows he's tested for at this moment in
5057s	time but if he has the knowledge that
5059s	it's ice trap it's probably worth
5060s	playing The Alibi the only frustration
5062s	is if he thinks it could be any other
5064s	two Secrets he's just playing Alibi on a
5068s	turn that he's just cleared the board
5069s	right so it feels kind of terrible
5072s	I think he's tested for everything
5073s	except ice trap uh the deal nine and
5077s	explosive and so he can't put it yet on
5081s	being a hundred percent eye strap so
5083s	doesn't want to waste the solid Alibi
5086s	there is the revive pets for a pretty
5089s	good outcome here in the rad King and
5092s	tice is getting to the point where the
5094s	boards just keep coming how much can
5096s	aojiru actually Stave off because he's
5098s	nowhere near the damage game plan we're
5101s	seeing the power of tavish to really
5103s	move the deck from an aggro game plan
5106s	more to the mid-range and value type of
5109s	play
5111s	kind of interesting as well because of
5113s	the way the Rat Kings have sort of
5115s	worked out this polymorph doesn't feel
5119s	as good because he's gonna polymorph
5121s	kill off the four sheep and then summon
5124s	the rat I think I would have loved to
5126s	have like summoned the other rat first
5128s	somehow and then done the polymorph but
5130s	simply does not have the Mana uh no time
5135s	it's awkward though isn't it
5137s	I still think he has to go Mass poly
5140s	here at least like if the other Rock
5142s	King comes back he can replay Paulie
5145s	with the Grays age pirate
5147s	but how do you disagrees looks like he
5150s	is gonna go for the three cards in a
5152s	turn was wait actually if you get ice
5155s	trapped on one does that count as a card
5157s	blade
5159s	I don't know
5161s	um I've not done it I would assume it
5164s	does because you did play it it's not
5166s	counted or anything right it's not like
5168s	oh carnid or anything it is played it's
5171s	just back at four okay we're about to
5174s	find out that's the case then this is a
5176s	very good Alibi because it should
5177s	probably yeah there we go
5179s	at dice's response
5183s	oh his face was not impressed
5189s	okay clever line with this outcome
5192s	because if Tice takes enough trades and
5195s	gets that rat king revived then audio
5198s	can get that full value Mass poly
5203s	at this point
5205s	probably the mountain bear yeah
5208s	something else is so low impact
5211s	well Tyson needs to do now is get
5213s	through that polymorph and then just
5216s	keep dropping minions right one after
5218s	the other uh he still does have uh some
5222s	pretty chunky stuff left over still has
5224s	Huntsman out tomorrow obviously it'll
5226s	take a while for that to be infused but
5228s	it does have King crush and their wing
5230s	Commander as well although the power of
5233s	wing Commander has gone uh kind of down
5236s	the pan since they're just aren't really
5237s	that many great cards for it to pull
5240s	foreign
5242s	leaving his two Rod Kings in dormant
5245s	because he knows about his Mass Folly in
5246s	hand like it a lot
5251s	and we are entering a sort of limbo in
5254s	the match-up right where aojiru has
5256s	answers for boards and stall for quite
5259s	some time and ties has you know a little
5262s	bit of refill but neither player has
5264s	huge damage able to go face
5270s	it's kind of interesting he could
5275s	uh
5280s	I am looking at hydrolodon simply
5282s	because it has clear potential for our
5284s	Giro as well
5292s	you give some pardon unless he wants to
5295s	Warden this turn so then maybe gray Sage
5300s	oh but the gray stage with the mass fall
5302s	you felt pretty good I actually feel
5304s	like Audrey wanted to give his calculate
5306s	because it's yeah at the moment yeah
5309s	yeah
5310s	here all I know is it's not polymorph
5313s	that was the one that wasn't happening
5321s	it has the least utility for ties at
5323s	least so
5325s	um vardan used for now to stem some
5328s	bleeding it doesn't really solve the
5329s	issue of putting ties in a position
5331s	where he inadvertently revives his Rat
5334s	Kings though
5336s	which means that the poly is still going
5338s	to be awkward
5339s	and I'm interested as well
5341s	um
5342s	let ties keep Hydra because of the Rat
5347s	Kings right because although you could
5349s	say oh well the head's just summon the
5351s	rats it's like right but the rats never
5353s	go away unless he polymorphs them which
5355s	means there's so much less space for
5357s	hydralidan to do anything with
5365s	foreign
5368s	has to bite the bullet now with the mass
5371s	poly
5377s	wait a minute what's his Reckless do he
5379s	has Reckless and the freeze this turn
5382s	Wildfire Reckless
5385s	it's a lot of damage
5387s	I start to wonder though like how much
5389s	overall damage does audio have available
5392s	to him like he hasn't had denatures in
5394s	hand since early so that might not be
5396s	getting too Juiced and playing The
5398s	Reckless before being a Magister Don
5401s	grasp really hurts your reach potential
5403s	in the late game
5405s	late late game I should say we've long
5407s	been in the late game already
5422s	there could be a world where he just
5424s	greets yeah okay
5428s	and it does get traded Away by the board
5430s	but I think Audrey was trying to set up
5432s	a position where it trades on board
5434s	revived the Rat Kings
5436s	and then you get a better Mass poly
5439s	yeah because the rackings can't be used
5442s	to trade into the bear now and then if
5445s	the ratings get summoned it'll be going
5447s	into the excuse me the the cups which
5451s	then obviously won't kill them up
5455s	ties as well now where the board space
5457s	becomes an issue because you can see
5459s	he's trying to eek every last bit of
5463s	value out of the Rat Kings by protecting
5464s	them from Mass poly but every turn
5466s	they've been on board taking up space
5468s	but not doing anything is like an animal
5470s	companion missed from the hero power one
5474s	less offer laughs
5482s	it gonna dredge out the sunken saber
5486s	and there's so few beasts left in the
5487s	deck red I feel like King crush is a
5491s	very real possibility yeah I think
5494s	there's one mountain bear one king Crush
5497s	and the list is over
5502s	all right Ty's going for
5506s	I mean I was gonna say Middle Ground by
5508s	only Reviving one rod King but aujiru
5510s	with the minions left on board can kill
5512s	off something from Tyson because that
5514s	other rat king is on four out of five
5516s	revive everything and then sweep them
5519s	away with the mass poly
5531s	all right
5538s	Drew
5539s	been a long time but he's found a way to
5541s	finally exterminate the rats
5544s	yeah it's a long drawn out setup
5548s	somehow
5550s	beep beep rats
5553s	yes that's how that works
5557s	but the rest of the Mana between
5559s	Wildfire ping or just dungeoneer and I
5562s	do favor the draw here he needs to find
5564s	his Dawn grasp sooner rather than later
5569s	death born very interesting oh that is
5573s	nuts a leock
5581s	tricky as well because Algeria now has
5584s	right close
5586s	this one probably at least half decent
5588s	death Pawn available like damage is
5590s	gonna start stacking up I think the
5592s	stall parts of the game are long gone
5593s	now both players finally reach in the
5595s	air a huge total of 30 health
5600s	yeah it depends though how many sheep go
5602s	oh he's not trading the Sheep the
5604s	deathborn is going to get lots of
5607s	mileage
5608s	I didn't even see
5611s	ping first well one of them's Commander
5613s	right so I think he can
5616s	with saber with saber trade Commander he
5621s	can guarantee King Crush like one way or
5624s	the other right you'll get bear Crush
5627s	okay Don grasp arriving on a somewhat
5630s	awkward turn where algeru would rather
5632s	deathborn but that's okay he can delete
5635s	on grasp
5644s	I like weaving in the Sorceress since he
5646s	had the Mana for it that wouldn't have
5648s	discounted anything else anyway so might
5650s	as well cash it in for a skeleton
5658s	come on
5662s	it's been such a weird mid game where
5664s	Tice had all these threats that were
5668s	sitting in hand because he locked the
5669s	board space yeah
5672s	yeah the two rats really saw it was good
5675s	because it put a lot of pressure on
5676s	algeru to deal with them and and play
5679s	around them but it also kind of did the
5682s	same thing to tags it was like a neutral
5683s	outcome for both players right yeah
5686s	that's the king Crush which means I
5688s	think there is only a mountain bear
5691s	beastwise
5693s	dice has not gotten a single Huffer a
5696s	true Hunter player
5698s	and even Leo would have pushed marginal
5701s	damage this turn and a lot on the
5703s	previous turn
5707s	second attack either right yeah that
5710s	throttle killed the other head
5715s	it's good he has built quite a lot of
5718s	pressure that the Don grasp is not
5720s	guaranteed to alleviate
5723s	has but this could SP if ajiru can clear
5726s	this or at least you know freeze
5728s	stabilize whatever
5730s	um
5731s	ice is in trouble because Tice doesn't
5734s	really have anything else apart from
5737s	rolling huffers and we've seen he's not
5739s	good at it
5741s	and that Cold Case draw is amazing it
5743s	lets out you fill out the last of his
5746s	Mana this turn because it was guaranteed
5748s	to be this Reckless clear yeah and
5750s	continue juicing like uh kel'thuzad
5756s	foreign
5763s	right now
5765s	any pigs and a dream nope
5770s	oh apologies actually I actually think I
5773s	could well be wrong and the mountain
5774s	bears are gone the tracker didn't update
5776s	so yeah there was only the king Crush
5781s	explains why he didn't judge the
5783s	Eichmann yeah yeah yeah 100 percent
5787s	and this is one of the drawbacks as well
5789s	right like Hunter is very very strong
5792s	but Pace didn't really cheat anything
5795s	this game right I think Ty's played a
5798s	fairly Honest Game and there was no pet
5800s	collector there was no um early saber
5803s	the
5805s	the Harpoon Gun there was none of that
5807s	on curve into like a hydros or a bear
5810s	right I think everything was played
5812s	fairly honestly and you know this is the
5815s	problem with Hunter right if it has to
5816s	play too honest it does fall behind yeah
5823s	not having reach anymore oh and the
5827s	ultimate were drawn so late and I'll
5829s	have her arriving when it doesn't matter
5831s	anymore to add insult to injury
5836s	it is a tough one yeah that's just late
5838s	so no matter which way you slice it and
5840s	uh how's your room
5842s	the sunglasses back on he's won a game
5845s	he deserves to wear them once again he's
5847s	gonna even up versus Tice and yeah
5849s	coming all the way down to game number
5851s	five in the first series of the day
5853s	Shaman versus Hunter and again that
5856s	looked like it was a sort of weird mid
5859s	game as you mentioned here but I think
5861s	that overall this is how I expect it to
5864s	pan out if Hunter doesn't get to do the
5867s	cheaty things then Hunter isn't that
5870s	good right the deck is not that strong
5872s	if it's just playing Fair Minions on
5875s	curve uh whereas Mage gets to do a lot
5878s	of shenanigans I'll say how do you feel
5880s	with Hunter going up against their the
5882s	sort of newer versions of Shaman now
5885s	I feel it's very close I I in my
5889s	experience 50 50.
5892s	um I do think the play out uh compared
5895s	to the Mage matchup is quite different
5897s	though where there is a lot more
5898s	struggle for the board in the mid game
5900s	Shaman has less access to actually
5903s	answering boards especially since
5904s	they're not even running Mass freeze
5907s	anymore just cutting the snowfall
5908s	Guardian but they do have a lot more
5910s	access to card draw which means on
5912s	average they're gonna find their
5913s	denatures more often of the time which
5916s	means that the hunter has more of a
5918s	clock on them and it's less of a wet
5920s	noodle fight towards the end
5921s	Shaman has a lot more um to make up for
5925s	in the early game though they can fall
5927s	behind if they don't hit schooling don't
5929s	hit uh the null into evolve don't hit
5932s	the murloc package they can easily get
5934s	run over
5935s	yeah and just look at this as well the
5937s	primordial wave can be huge not only to
5940s	evolve the shaman targets but to
5943s	actually sort of devolve any you know
5945s	bare Bots Even Rats like we saw from
5947s	previous uh from the previous game and
5950s	things like that so it's not the beyond
5951s	all of the game but it is something to
5953s	keep an eye on if ojiru does have any
5955s	great chances at just devolving ties
5957s	this board and really ruining the game
5959s	plan right because it's even it's less
5963s	about the stats of the minion because
5965s	the mounting bear isn't the biggest
5967s	seven drop in the world but more about
5968s	what the minion is so any devolves are
5971s	absolutely huge
5973s	uh you're just summoning the schooling
5975s	here he has no Muk pools and he's on
5978s	coin that can be a turn to evolve Noah
5980s	if he finds the schooling
5983s	nice
5985s	wish him for one drop
5987s	since he's off coin we do as his choice
5990s	of two drop oh he gets fatty as well
5992s	huge okay yeah that is very good
5997s	um more than likely going to land a safe
5999s	ramming Mount Target and that's actually
6000s	pretty tough for Shaman to deal with
6005s	so are you choosing to spray out muck
6008s	pools here it's not an insta playwright
6010s	when you have Nolan hands sometimes
6012s	you'd rather just keep the card but I
6014s	think the window has maybe closed to try
6016s	and turbo out the null maybe he's just
6018s	going for coin three into three and
6019s	wants to evolve his clown fish instead
6021s	yeah I think against Hunter uh because
6026s	you have to go into the game assuming
6027s	they're gonna curve oh wow okay
6030s	um I think against Hunter you roll the
6033s	dice in your Mulligan see if you hit the
6035s	schooling and if you don't you just play
6037s	the game because I think if you mess
6039s	around too much suddenly Hunter's got
6041s	five Minions on board and hitting you
6043s	and then you've got nothing because you
6044s	waited so I do like the overall planner
6047s	although ajiru did decide to save coin
6049s	actually and looks like he's gonna go
6052s	for a null next turn
6054s	oh with the flurgle this
6057s	makes things very tempting I mean he
6061s	could just play three murlocs
6063s	this turn you'd only get one proc of the
6065s	AOE if he did choose to go clown fish
6068s	flergal coin cookie
6070s	um so I wonder if there's a way to greet
6073s	this out a little bit more
6075s	yeah wifey if he just plays cookie
6078s	and then goes null evolved next turn
6082s	or just clownfish whatever like just one
6085s	and then null evolve I think I like that
6086s	a lot because that could like Hunter
6088s	doesn't have a way to answer that many
6090s	minions right it doesn't as you said
6092s	didn't we have a removal anymore so
6095s	if you can actually just drop massive
6097s	stats on Turn 4 that can be difficult
6101s	big deal though that the ramming Mount
6103s	gets a good value trade here uh means
6106s	that the null will trade over the Baddie
6109s	guest but it does pop out
6112s	um
6114s	an extra token and if this is your
6117s	average 10 drop which is about eight
6119s	eight I think are most of the outcomes
6121s	it's actually done on board
6124s	yeah I wonder if Algeria will take that
6126s	though you know even if it's dead on
6128s	board it requires all the trades and
6130s	we'll buy them a lot of time and of
6132s	course the battery does have the ramming
6134s	Mount so that wouldn't die oh good job
6136s	to you exactly right I get that one so
6139s	often in Sea giant
6141s	anecdotal evidence for you
6144s	yeah and now there's the saber that can
6147s	clear this off it's just a bit awkward
6148s	that the immune when attacking minion is
6151s	the one with three attacks so it makes
6153s	the breakpoints a little bit icky
6155s	I think you face tank this every day of
6158s	the week with the three three you three
6160s	three and then face time with the bow
6161s	and then put the saber in
6163s	the damage does not matter you're a
6166s	hunter you weren't meant to have health
6167s	so let's bring it back down to 30 where
6169s	it should be at
6176s	be the same but right
6178s	uh this is a frenzy get infused fully by
6182s	this no it doesn't oh but Tice just
6185s	wants the saber on board as a body
6187s	playing around flurgal a little bit more
6189s	I can only assume
6193s	yes this is just a solid devolve though
6195s	isn't it it's there
6198s	I think getting the um because getting
6200s	the
6202s	and the saber back into the deck is more
6205s	than just to say but right it unlocks
6207s	the weapon it unlocks pet collector like
6210s	that there are more cards you can draw
6212s	that actually massively help you game
6213s	plan whereas holding the saber things
6216s	can go wrong it could just get Frozen
6217s	right and then which delays the game
6219s	plan as well and tice really needs
6222s	something to happen soon because he will
6224s	start to slip away now that he doesn't
6225s	really have a strong turn six play
6229s	very clever use of Boulder here for
6231s	aojiru because if he hadn't gone for
6233s	that in the turn the maximum amount of
6235s	murlocs he could have played post
6237s	flurgal is three so it wouldn't have
6240s	cleared the entire board I think there
6241s	might be some outcomes here if he gets
6243s	Giga cheap murlocs on every outcome or
6246s	especially a clownfish that he gets to
6248s	play more than that and get the full
6249s	board clear doesn't uh get that option
6253s	though so gonna go cooking probably coin
6255s	thinly just to hear the three Health
6257s	minions
6259s	just redraw the hand right I think you'd
6261s	be happy with three different cards than
6263s	these three right now although as I said
6265s	I do think okani is good versus Santa
6267s	because you just always pick minion and
6269s	know it's gonna work
6271s	foreign
6274s	okay these are some pretty good cards
6277s	local are from the boulder amalgam
6280s	effect is not too bad either
6283s	like it's not unrealistic that Tice puts
6285s	our jira down to 15.
6287s	all right
6290s	a huge with with wing Commander
6293s	yeah
6295s	it's not looking good
6297s	and no real value trades available
6300s	either best you can do is Infuse the
6303s	frenzied fangs put a couple three threes
6305s	on board and
6306s	I think he is forced to trade he just
6309s	cannot leave the boner up right right
6312s	there's no real path to racing I would
6315s	you either because there's a cookie and
6317s	if you kill the cookie he's gonna get
6318s	the lifesteal weapon so it's only a
6321s	board-based game plan and hope somehow
6323s	that our jira's hand is less playable
6325s	than Tyson's but my gosh it is not
6328s	looking good for ties yeah just the
6330s	command of the neptulon I would argue
6332s	he's good enough to win this game at
6334s	this point right like the fact it just
6336s	gets those value trades instantly and um
6339s	and Algeria can still push he's huge but
6341s	it just has the backup as well anything
6343s	that survives with that primordial wave
6345s	and then after he is just sitting ready
6347s	and waiting
6353s	I'm gonna push five which is effectively
6355s	pushing three this turn
6360s	oh
6362s	dueling actually better
6366s	okay still gonna go command I was
6368s	wondering if he was going to do
6370s	something Fancy with Fish And evolving
6372s	fish right right
6375s	yeah but I do think this is better on
6377s	average you got the full board clear
6384s	and for Tice
6387s	uh
6390s	uh best top decks
6392s	not that way we can get saber now right
6394s	next turn at least
6398s	the frustration here though as well is
6400s	if you saber into Hydra
6404s	I just Battle Cry doesn't go off so they
6407s	don't actually the heads don't get
6408s	rushed and that honestly you'd almost
6410s	rather get any other minion in the game
6413s	than a Hydra without the heads are in
6415s	rush so although this is the right pick
6417s	it's the only thing ties can
6418s	realistically do it is awkward if he
6421s	gets like the one card weirdly he needs
6425s	and audio knowing most likely that the
6428s	dredge minion is coming up can just take
6430s	this turn to go full pressure
6434s	oh frostbite
6440s	I guess spells aren't super relevant
6442s	yeah
6443s	but neither title search right
6448s	um
6449s	just in the case that it does more
6452s	damage it sounds silly but if a Hydra is
6455s	drawn or you know if whatever is pulled
6458s	out from this um from the saber next
6461s	turn the tidal surge plus the Piranhas
6465s	can clear things right so
6468s	I was just gonna use it now okay
6470s	I was honestly wondering if it's frosted
6472s	by just to save it for face damage oh
6474s	true yay
6476s	because he still could have cleared the
6477s	two three with two piranhas played and
6479s	hold the nagaling back but a piranha
6482s	committed on board here could mean plus
6485s	three damage next turn so this probably
6487s	ends up better
6492s	okay well it's all down to this and it
6495s	pretty much has to be bare I think
6497s	to survive
6499s	no it's not oh I told you it's the worst
6502s	one it does nothing oh and your opponent
6506s	either lethals you or kills the Hydra
6509s	anyway so it really does do oh still
6512s	they can Crush
6514s	I mean he's just triple counting all you
6516s	need to do is play one piranha and then
6518s	it's lethal but RG is making sure
6521s	and then steal the crush that is the
6523s	correct play
6525s	yeah that looks like it's game to me
6527s	unless I really cannot do maths
6535s	looked like everything was going super
6537s	well Ty's fought back looked strong in
6540s	some tough matchups but ojiru finally
6543s	got there and again like I said when
6545s	Hunter has to play a fair game it
6548s	doesn't look so good anymore right again
6550s	there was no Harpoon Gun into a really
6553s	great early drop like mountain bear
6555s	Hydra and and nothing really went well
6557s	he had a couple of turns of basically
6559s	not doing anything and that is not what
6561s	you need to do as unto and then yeah
6563s	this lineup from ajiru it was 3-2 so it
6567s	wasn't a stomping by any means but it
6569s	didn't look bad at all did it on a sort
6571s	of deck by deck basis for sure all of
6574s	them have decent match-up spreads as a
6577s	control lineup I wasn't necessarily sure
6579s	if it had the hardest Target on Hunter
6580s	but the hunter did get swapped for ties
6583s	or partially so it is looking good for
6585s	our Giro because Hunter is a big
6588s	contender in The Meta right now I am
6590s	looking forward to The Saga of whether
6593s	there are more props than just the
6595s	sunglasses coming up later on who knows
6597s	it is only round one yeah there's only
6599s	one way to find out and that's by
6601s	watching every single minute of
6603s	hearthstone this weekend uh we are going
6605s	to go to a very quick break while we set
6607s	up more matches from round number one
6609s	don't go anywhere we'll be right back
6611s	[Music]
6627s	[Music]
6630s	Fair Witness
6633s	[Music]
6637s	bad for your life
6645s	you must acquit the dark lady did not
6650s	commit this unspeakable lies
6655s	your cell awaits
6659s	your confession will save us all the
6662s	time
6665s	[Music]
6683s	[Music]
6689s	[Music]
6704s	thank you
6705s	[Music]
6723s	foreign
6727s	[Music]
6742s	thank you
6744s	[Music]
6767s	foreign
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6812s	hello everybody and welcome back to
6814s	Masters Tour Ma and disorder my name is
6817s	TJ I'm joined by Derek Brown
6820s	it's Flamingo Friday here at the master
6822s	store Round One Flamingo Friday how you
6824s	doing Derek good uh excited to get back
6827s	into the Masters Tour system the last
6829s	one of the year uh somewhat emotionally
6831s	uh but a very exciting one because of it
6833s	because we're going to get to find out
6834s	who's going through to the full Champs
6836s	and uh who is just the winner of the
6839s	last Masters Tour of the year which is
6840s	worth a lot in terms of with prize money
6842s	and of course Pride for all of our
6845s	players and I believe for our match TJ
6847s	we have a previous Mt winner that we're
6850s	going to be casting in round one
6852s	that's right and uh should be a good
6855s	matchup we're actually going to start
6856s	this match up uh from the very beginning
6858s	uh we're gonna broadcast this entire
6861s	match up even though you know this is
6863s	our continued coverage I believe that's
6865s	what we refer to it as continued
6867s	coverage this is round one continued
6869s	coverage later we're gonna have some
6870s	more continued coverage uh but for right
6872s	now this is what's going to be Derek our
6875s	continued
6877s	coverage uh yeah abu-gabu
6880s	um coming off some some impressive
6882s	performances over the past few months uh
6885s	definitely a player that uh on
6886s	everybody's radar they're paying
6888s	attention uh to competitive Hearthstone
6890s	he's got him going up against baby bear
6892s	uh who's bringing's kind of an
6894s	aggressive lineup which we'll talk about
6895s	in a moment but for now 14 Master tour
6898s	appearances the 2022 summer champion
6902s	and a pretty pretty good pretty good
6906s	record
6906s	in master stores this year I wonder what
6909s	his record is in continued coverage
6910s	though not sure I have to get them right
6912s	now
6913s	I mean I like the phrase continued
6915s	coverage but I think the probably the
6917s	more accurate term is uh excessively
6919s	long fill because Bank Yugi is bringing
6922s	control which means that the whole round
6924s	is going to take at least three hours to
6926s	get through every single time uh but
6928s	like I say Abu Gabba has been an
6929s	absolute Rampage recently just one of
6932s	the continual best players which is
6935s	honestly like his secondary Accolade as
6937s	the premier deck builder in Hearthstone
6939s	right now he just continually comes up
6941s	with either spicy New Creations uh or
6944s	breathing new life into quite stale
6947s	archetypes that need a little bit of
6948s	extra juice to bring them into tier one
6951s	uh if you needed an example for that
6953s	matter I think he pretty conclusively or
6957s	in my opinion at least perfected the
6959s	build of Paladin got rank one with it
6961s	and then didn't bring it he just had
6964s	four decks better than the list that he
6966s	got rank one with on Legend just before
6968s	this Masters Tour which is kind of
6969s	hilarious and even though Paladin is
6971s	kind of seen as the only deck that you
6973s	can bring the Jailer in for most people
6975s	because of ordering the court in order
6977s	to tutor out when necessary Habu
6979s	disagrees he's a druid Jailer gamer
6982s	which is exactly what we want to see
6984s	from our spicy competitor
6987s	yeah was it habugabu who's the one who
6990s	just like posted the uh This months ago
6993s	the the Big D big DH
6997s	uh I think all yeah the the topple DH
7001s	before like yeah you know people would
7003s	refined it he's like here you go break
7005s	one and then it was nobody was playing
7007s	it but it was like an actual deck in
7009s	Nature's replay like a 44 win rate yeah
7011s	like a month uh yeah
7015s	um maybe the the old beaten switch with
7018s	the Paladin but uh you gotta look at uh
7020s	baby bear there uh bringing we're gonna
7023s	call it aggressive lineup right pretty
7025s	much every lineup or most lineups is
7028s	going to be bringing some variation of a
7030s	slower Mage and Beast Hunter right just
7033s	kind of fits into everything it's what
7034s	you do with the four the third and the
7035s	fourth deck and Bayberry said to go in
7037s	warlock it's not in curse warlock it is
7040s	just good old imps
7043s	um and the aggregate uh which you know
7046s	is is just kind of been sneaking around
7048s	as a little bit of a meta breaker right
7050s	uh yeah for quite a while now
7052s	yeah I think high pressure is actually
7053s	in a really good spot uh some of the
7055s	people we've been talking to during
7056s	testing uh have been saying that aggro
7058s	Druid has been their best performing
7060s	deck uh the uh the pony Dojo as one of
7063s	the other Premier practice groups I
7064s	think has been uh espousing that aggro
7067s	is like as good as it's ever been uh in
7070s	competitive Hearthstone which is a very
7072s	bold statement to make but you can see
7074s	the Merit when you start to run through
7076s	the deck lists a lot of these archetypes
7078s	are very weak to a strong board-based
7081s	aggressive deck rather than a burst
7083s	based aggressive deck which is uh I
7086s	think maybe the Difference Maker that
7087s	people have been missing out on because
7089s	renithal being such a key factor in this
7093s	tournament I haven't seen any players
7094s	who have a 120 card lineup almost
7096s	everyone I think has at least
7099s	burst is quite weak because 40 health is
7102s	very damaged very difficult to deal but
7105s	board is very strong because of that
7106s	because renithal decreases the
7108s	consistency of their defensive
7109s	capabilities and so I think baby bear
7111s	really has a uh a strong strategy here
7114s	and we'll see if it can pay off in
7116s	practice
7117s	Yeah just in the side I I think uh
7120s	funnily enough uh playing a little bit
7123s	of super mange just to try and you know
7124s	test the waters a little bit I feel like
7126s	something's there but at the same time
7128s	no yeah fireball's never been worse
7132s	okay you know that just to go on to the
7135s	point of like you know burn based
7137s	strategies just don't work because so
7138s	many players are uh bringing renithal in
7141s	multiple decks
7142s	um at the very least one but it just
7146s	feels like you know Fireball wants
7148s	Premier burn card now
7150s	it it kills a mountain bear
7154s	but not even the Cubs Cubs just keep on
7158s	coming
7160s	well starting things off here baby bear
7163s	with uh you know some decent decent
7165s	starter here spending all her Mana uh
7167s	getting an infused simp is a nice way to
7170s	start things off uh but none of the real
7172s	power Spike cards that we're looking to
7174s	see in the location or a infused reform
7177s	to double down in the mid game uh so
7180s	definitely relying on that impending
7181s	catastrophe to fill in those missing
7183s	puzzle pieces next turn
7189s	give me a lot of draw
7193s	um I'm gonna be able to clear up a
7195s	couple of these to keep it in check a
7197s	little bit but
7198s	Uber is going to have
7201s	all the cards necessary to uh work
7203s	through this Cyrus and atheros is going
7205s	to start to get quite large
7206s	uh in hand with that infused so but you
7211s	know Abu Goblin's got the uh the ramp
7213s	it's got the Aquatic form try and uh
7215s	find something specific
7217s	deal with the board so I'm not hating
7219s	this uh this Druid start either for
7222s	habugabu
7224s	um but maybe we're gonna try and put on
7226s	some aggression here and with the M4
7228s	lock versus cursed warlock you do have
7230s	of course that consistency all the good
7234s	stuff
7235s	just Spam the board on uh
7237s	hey any turn Mission should be uh
7240s	infused then after that in King reforms
7243s	not uh long after and then the murlocula
7247s	oh yeah
7252s	if at that point you don't like your
7254s	board just get rid of it we'll try the
7256s	stampson that's true you saw again yeah
7258s	I don't like this I want to do over
7262s	yeah the catastrophe for you very much
7264s	going from impending to impotent very
7267s	quickly
7271s	works
7275s	great one
7279s	I love jokes
7283s	all right how do you even spend this
7285s	manner as effectively as possible I
7287s	guess even with all these options a uh a
7290s	Juiced up mischievous imp is just wrong
7292s	right
7294s	I wonder or flustered librarian it does
7298s	get so much attack
7306s	or stats
7311s	well Habu Gabba has all the manner in
7314s	the world but now needs to find
7315s	something to do with it ends up with two
7317s	10 costs off of The Dredge which really
7320s	does hurt and totally but there's also
7322s	topiar I don't know that's oh it's so
7325s	slow though right you can't play that on
7327s	this turn you could Miracle growth this
7330s	turn and then okay hopefully you pick up
7332s	some cheap nature spells
7334s	uh for topir to to follow up going into
7338s	the next turn
7344s	yeah I think you have to if you go topio
7345s	this turn and then Miracle growth next
7347s	turn it's just wait
7350s	oh and nice little uh Druid of the reef
7354s	I'm gonna take this power off but
7357s	this ain't stopping
7359s	um oh no
7361s	one problem though is that no vile
7365s	library has been picked up yet so
7369s	um not a good way to kind of juice up
7371s	these stats if you look at the Mana
7373s	expenditure that baby bear can do this
7375s	turn it's really not that great nothing
7376s	lines up like super cleanly
7378s	to be able to develop a ton of power and
7381s	then also push a ton of damage face
7383s	right the vowel yeah our vial Library
7385s	would have done a lot in
7387s	um in allowing that to happen but
7391s	a still strong place
7393s	I mean again I think you just keep it
7395s	simple stupid right you play double
7398s	blood bound sorry you triple trade in
7400s	double blood bound him and then
7402s	flustered librarian plus the molecular
7404s	to fill up the board but by trading and
7407s	hitting exactly the location uh baby
7410s	that does get a decidedly better
7412s	situation I will admit
7418s	foreign
7426s	big truck
7427s	but what can we get off the planted
7430s	evidence that could be helping habugabu
7432s	here
7434s	have natural causes would be really good
7437s	here
7438s	a little bit of Mana to work with
7441s	up to a Four Mile spell could be played
7443s	there's not much on four though is the
7445s	the
7447s	really helps wipe anymore sadly
7463s	good silence obviously with attorney at
7466s	Moore to massively lower the attack on
7470s	the 9-2 and then
7472s	the uh
7474s	tree uh sorry the welps into other
7477s	places I suppose yeah it's not a great
7480s	use of it
7481s	I'm so short
7484s	okay there we go
7486s	[Applause]
7489s	pretty good that's pretty good
7494s	I guess you just go for immunity
7499s	I think you hear a power and just try
7501s	and
7502s	okay on the board a little bit this is
7505s	taking a lot of power off yeah I guess
7507s	we'll get the uh in King reform
7511s	nice and Juiced however
7513s	uh which is a problem
7516s	a little too juicy
7521s	absolutely no such thing
7526s	yeah I think I'd rather just play it and
7527s	get the immediate buff right even if you
7529s	lose out on one imp like sacrificing the
7531s	way the one one really doesn't do
7534s	much it allows you I suppose to trade in
7537s	the blood bound imp into the boat deal
7539s	if you're thinking about trading but I'm
7542s	kind of thinking about Ghostface
7547s	oh that's the juice
7560s	oh
7562s	Sensational devour clears up a lot here
7564s	and it also is a ton of damage
7570s	kind of just lethal yeah kind of
7575s	close
7577s	um you could get push it over the edge
7579s	yeah and this is the like I've mentioned
7583s	multiple times here in the continued
7586s	coverage of round one uh baby bear's
7589s	playing in warlock not in curse warlock
7590s	so the reach is not there it's it's all
7593s	board based well the reach is there with
7595s	siren after us but we're still three
7596s	turns away and this 2020
7599s	it ain't going anywhere
7602s	so
7605s	so I think your win condition is to not
7607s	play times in and just hope that you
7609s	survive at one right uh like it's
7613s	unlikely to work but you know you're
7616s	unlikely to win this game you need to
7617s	take a risk somewhere and I think the
7619s	risk comes in the form of just shipping
7621s	this whole face yeah
7626s	freeze
7631s	still follow this up with uh
7635s	power right with um murlocular plus a
7638s	librarian you can also get amps from the
7640s	actual draw uh from the strips and
7644s	um but just trying to play around a
7645s	little bit of damage at the expense of
7648s	uh not putting quite as much power on
7650s	the board though like bloodbound dip
7653s	can't can't attack right you don't want
7656s	there's not really much sense in playing
7657s	that in gang boss not really high attack
7660s	so there was really wasn't that much
7663s	more power
7664s	uh that uh baby bear could have put on
7666s	the board
7668s	um so dreadlich Thompson uh makes sense
7671s	oh dimash
7675s	that is dimash
7680s	that's an Arcane not a nature spell so
7682s	you're not going to be getting another
7683s	whelp uh but it's still just a pretty
7686s	efficient card
7692s	no again however that if you clear off
7695s	the board you're not dead right there's
7697s	basically no way for baby bear to deal
7699s	damage from hand unless you're at turn
7700s	10 inside a denaturis is available uh
7703s	the big concern I suppose for habogaboo
7706s	is Finn that he needs to be concerned
7709s	about and of course just development uh
7711s	on the following turn uh so you could
7714s	argue that it's a theater enter the turn
7716s	to try and snipe out that gigafin so
7718s	that this board can't be cleared up
7731s	ah but I mean
7736s	and funnily enough the uh
7739s	the fact that if gigafin were to come
7741s	down it would Infuse the Devourer is
7743s	like kind of bad for Abu gabu because he
7746s	wants his minions back at the same time
7748s	you know I I mean that but it'd probably
7750s	just be probably doesn't matter yeah
7752s	yeah
7755s	yeah and uh again 13 life is a lot
7759s	considering there's no damn for him
7761s	except for the sir tenathrius which is
7763s	massive right now
7766s	but even then I think if this was like
7768s	turn 10
7770s	avocado might still be uh in a good spot
7774s	because what Saturday night race is
7776s	probably at like 20. yeah there's a 2017
7779s	on board
7781s	and obviously the late game is uh very
7784s	much so it was the longer this goes on
7791s	amazing yep it's just basically the Last
7794s	Stand Here for Vape it actually needs to
7795s	survive until she can get downside in
7797s	Africa first time I don't see how she
7801s	does that right now uh uh unless I guess
7804s	making minions so threatening to have
7805s	who is forced to trade into them every
7807s	single turn is the best hope that she
7809s	has uh but how about as we can see has
7812s	multiple ways of just uh ignoring these
7815s	minions with the Devourer itself and
7817s	Sylvanas Devourer from hand whatever to
7821s	clean up the rest of it yeah
7834s	and I think once again with you know
7836s	leaving a 1-1 on board if both locations
7839s	were still available then maybe you
7841s	would be afraid of dying by some
7842s	ridiculous burst with summoning circle
7844s	plus double location uh but with one of
7847s	them already having been used I would
7848s	not be afraid of anything until 2010
7857s	but I think in the end before going the
7859s	wild growth settling on guitar I would
7862s	imagine
7864s	the most sense to try and snipe out that
7866s	dinaris
7868s	those Miss
7873s	surprisingly enough
7875s	a bear still has the tall task of
7877s	actually dealing with this devour or
7880s	putting
7881s	enough stuff in the way which which is
7885s	trade gigafin this is the out has to be
7889s	gigafin right here
7892s	that's a Miss no more manner
7897s	oh void Walker there you go
7901s	into a second void Walker
7909s	uh
7910s	I liked where your head was at
7912s	and still obviously be extremely dead
7915s	but you know at least uh
7918s	okay Abu gabu takes game one I feel like
7922s	uh maybe I was in a pretty good spot in
7925s	the opening um yeah
7927s	got the the really big impactful uh
7930s	infused cards the mischievous imp and
7932s	the M King reform uh down on curve which
7936s	is you know what you want to see in that
7938s	deck got a vile library on a turn where
7940s	it was
7942s	as good as it's going to get right full
7944s	Board of imps
7946s	um just kind of stalled out habogabu hit
7948s	enough ramp got topior Miracle growth
7951s	uh and enough stuff to clean up the
7954s	board to keep it in check uh long enough
7956s	for the insatiable Devourer to just end
7958s	the game on its own
7962s	yeah it was an interesting game as well
7964s	I think Habu had a pretty easy run of it
7966s	for the most part you just ramp up and
7968s	spend your manner in the most efficient
7969s	way possible to stabilize which you know
7971s	kind of did for the most part uh baby
7974s	bear I think I might have tried to play
7976s	a little bit more face oriented than
7978s	trading quite that much even though I
7980s	was just you know saying that uh board
7982s	based is the way to win these matchups
7984s	with agradex right now I think in that
7985s	instance I would have played it a little
7987s	bit more aggressively to the face but I
7989s	doubt it would have made much of a
7990s	difference once the uh the stabilization
7992s	was it from Abu gabu so
7994s	not going to harp on about it too much
7997s	as habogabo now goes over to the control
7999s	Shaman a deck which historically he has
8002s	been a pretty big fan of I think if I'm
8005s	remembering correctly one of the first
8007s	adopters of 40 card Shaman uh which was
8011s	a pretty big point of contention it
8013s	seems ridiculous now to think about it
8014s	when control 40 card Shaman is so
8017s	ubiquitous but back when 30 card Sharma
8021s	was dominating The Meters one of the
8023s	Premier archetypes and then you know the
8025s	Nerfs rolled around the core of the deck
8028s	changed a little bit uh when the
8030s	guardian uh sorry the snowfall Guardian
8032s	got nerfed and it did just kind of
8034s	slowly warp into a much slower variant
8036s	of the deck which now seems like the
8039s	only way to play it and abu-gabu is one
8042s	of the first players to realize that I
8044s	think
8045s	yeah one of the uh bigger weaknesses of
8048s	the deck is that
8050s	there's just no removal right outside of
8053s	schooling in the early game there's no
8057s	removal spells there's not really
8059s	anything you can do to interact with the
8060s	board outside of just playing minions
8063s	and then using minion combat
8067s	um
8067s	uh obviously you know you can get things
8069s	with school teacher but that's later on
8072s	the game right it's minimum 25 before
8075s	you can even play that and that's
8077s	assuming that you even get a removal
8078s	spell from it
8080s	uh so you can get these uh pretty clunky
8083s	hands with the deck that can much get
8085s	steamrolled uh buy some things with a
8088s	little bit more aggression
8089s	uh but if you do hit that mint game you
8093s	have plenty of you know super powerful
8095s	options just wild paw Caverns by itself
8097s	a lot of times can oh yeah um can uh
8101s	stifle the aggression
8103s	um clown fish and then you go super wide
8105s	with murlocs specifically if you can get
8108s	uh fireman's or flurgle
8110s	in there along the way
8112s	um and you have those little combat
8115s	tricks with muck pools that allow you to
8120s	you know gorlock ravager draw a bunch of
8123s	murlocs and then Beef It Up uh the the
8126s	most classic is you know you schooling
8128s	early fill up your hand Knoll plus muck
8131s	pools and get a 10 drop really early on
8133s	in the game that's the bread and butter
8142s	oh baby bear obviously with the
8143s	knowledge that there's two wind chills
8145s	in hand right now which de-incentivizes
8148s	her from going for one
8150s	important minion like the flustered
8152s	librarian which would be the majority of
8154s	her attack power were she to play it it
8156s	could be then just Frozen and it was
8158s	traded away one by one uh so I was
8160s	probably leaning towards Wicked shipment
8163s	I think at the end there just to go as
8164s	wide as humanly possible uh but the
8167s	Flaming
8175s	oh
8181s	it does feel bad to use second macaw so
8184s	early doesn't it
8186s	older
8191s	oh no wind chill or just bullet trade
8196s	probably just boner
8198s	in trade
8200s	uh
8204s	because I kind of got a respect boner
8208s	dude the thing is though that habug is a
8211s	clownfish away from a really good time
8213s	with Boner and amalgament man sure yeah
8216s	okay I do think I would hold on to it
8219s	with that potential that feels a little
8221s	bit more valuable to me than the para in
8224s	hand
8224s	okay
8227s	like he's got a lot of power Spike
8229s	drawers there's this clownfish there's
8231s	muck pools obviously uh there's command
8234s	of neptulon wild poor Cavern would not
8236s	be terrible either uh gorlock ravager
8239s	would be fantastic again like there's a
8240s	lot of cards that put Abu Dhabi very far
8243s	in the lead here I think
8249s	but right now he hasn't found which
8251s	quite clearly puts baby bear in the
8253s	driving scene
8258s	a lot of power being represented on
8260s	board even more potentially at least
8262s	from Papa gaba's perspective
8265s	okay so schooling picked up
8268s	this allows for null to come down for
8270s	pretty cheap and all three swarmers to
8273s	be able to be played which can clear up
8276s	nearly everything
8278s	just leaving two one ones uh on the
8282s	other side but you know this is
8285s	perfectly fine like if Abu gabu can kind
8288s	of keep this board
8290s	um even like going into turn seven right
8294s	uh for glug
8297s	uh Gluck is a very difficult card for
8300s	warlock to do with uh in its entirety
8303s	you can't really bypass
8305s	uh the taunts it's gonna be big
8309s	very true but then on the other side you
8311s	know baby bear has her own power Spike
8313s	one turn earlier in the form of M King
8315s	reform so it's
8317s	like you say Obviously time is in the
8319s	advantage of habugabu the longer this
8321s	drags out whether or not it will get
8323s	there is not necessarily so clear this
8326s	reform plus molecular is a very powerful
8329s	Gambit
8334s	cool okay
8349s	[Music]
8352s	it gets the bad ones most
8364s	yeah blood bound imp foreign
8369s	oh yeah of course I always
8372s	apologies
8375s	it should be it's so imp like in its job
8379s	yeah it's a it's a cheap warlock minion
8382s	yeah it's a demon
8389s	all imps are demons but all demons
8395s	are wise beyond your year
8401s	on why are we sat here thinking like
8403s	trumps
8404s	it's it's glow time it's Glock time
8420s	oh none of his tail has even died and
8423s	he's already so big
8432s	how does it work
8434s	like
8437s	destroy his tail and his head gets
8439s	bigger that's true yeah it doesn't quite
8441s	make sense that you chop it off and he
8443s	just eats it or
8445s	he like he is it his tail isn't actually
8447s	dying he's just shrinking up more and
8449s	more
8453s	consolidating his power yeah exactly
8455s	like coiling up
8458s	I know it's his brain
8462s	his brain's getting bigger uh
8465s	learning from you attacking his tail
8470s	and so this 11 attack is not his size
8472s	it's his intelligence
8474s	uh
8477s	well I mean what would you expect from a
8479s	creature called glug
8483s	sharp wit
8487s	okay what have we got with null
8491s	legal
8494s	plus the amalgam I guess you've won AOE
8497s	it's not great could just take the
8499s	gamble on flurgle Plus amalga
8502s	or you could Rook on
8505s	yeah okay
8507s	plus uh talks makes sense protect your
8512s	Glock yet further
8513s	a little cleaner I was looking for a way
8515s	you could maybe get a little bit bored
8516s	out of it then more bored uh but the
8520s	taunt is probably valuable
8533s	was about to trade over the M king or
8536s	bomb first
8538s	that would have left one additional
8539s	board space up which could make a
8541s	difference right
8543s	um
8549s	and it always feels terrible eating up a
8551s	colossal minion with a gigafin but I
8554s	think it's what you have to do here in
8556s	order to send this damage face you're
8558s	losing this board really really quickly
8560s	yeah
8563s	[Music]
8572s	down to eight
8576s	and back we go
8584s	so sick oh poor baby bear like she knew
8587s	this was the card that she just loses to
8589s	but it was the only part available to
8591s	her yeah
8592s	no other options
8596s	slug Libs
8598s	yeah exactly uh 23 though it's I mean
8601s	it's the same game again it's still
8603s	Tilton athrus well there's a giant
8605s	Devourer on the other side of the board
8609s	foreign
8619s	or else you die like
8623s	red lipstampson
8625s	dead
8627s	I give 10 attacks
8630s	you can dreadlish Thompson and then
8632s	attack face and you're alive
8636s	at oh well you're alive at like seven
8640s	because the armor yeah it's it's still
8643s	not great
8646s	okay
8653s	yeah you're like just alive here
8656s	oh yeah it's 31. yeah yeah I was just
8660s	thinking it was just gonna be uh I
8662s	always forget to add the actual base
8664s	three attack from the glove his base
8668s	intelligence okay don't be turning your
8671s	nose up at that Baseline free IQ yeah I
8675s	mean there was a potential lethal there
8676s	for for Baby Bear right it would have
8678s	had to have been all all three imps off
8681s	the top oh okay and then a wicked
8684s	shipment vile Library
8687s	or exact yeah but it that's a massive
8692s	sequence to hit right it so unlikely
8695s	because there would have only been you
8697s	would have to have had to draw all three
8699s	of the dreadlich Thompson imps from the
8702s	Battle Cry and then on the draws hit
8705s	exactly the one Wicked shipment left in
8708s	the deck plus one of the vile libraries
8709s	very unlikely but it was a possibility
8714s	so we need a way to play goldshire Knoll
8718s	rush in and have it die or play the
8721s	command of neptulon Russia and have it
8722s	die
8723s	uh so the glug can gain its stats and
8726s	get lethal but it's currently not
8728s	possible this taunt is really annoying
8731s	and none of these imps are quite big
8732s	enough very annoying
8735s	um yeah
8736s	um though Hubble gobble can just play
8738s	clean up here and you know the hero
8740s	power is that he also can get out of
8742s	range of uh of a lot of stuff clear off
8744s	the entire board so by a library can't
8746s	really do anything
8752s	a little bit
8754s	exactly yeah I mean it should well I
8758s	don't know like it's like about I think
8760s	it's like 25 to 30 damage somewhere in
8762s	that range divided between six targets
8765s	some of which which will die before they
8767s	take the max damage but it's just 44
8770s	likes in minions
8772s	oh
8774s	close
8776s	yeah and no chance here yeah it was very
8778s	unlikely to hit 10 damage to face with
8781s	that much of Indian Health
8784s	on the board so cobbagava goes up to
8787s	zero
8788s	uh in the series and
8792s	um
8792s	posts have trouble on these continued
8796s	coverage matches
8798s	beating the bands but I think its Mage
8801s	was banned yeah okay Mage was banned
8804s	which means that Hunter the final deck
8807s	remaining
8809s	for Abu gabu
8812s	yes Hunter the last one I believe that
8814s	makes sense uh the deck that I think was
8817s	the most of all right I haven't actually
8818s	seen the breakdown of class
8820s	representation but just having a pretty
8821s	good look along uh social media at the
8824s	Players deck list being posted it's just
8825s	absolutely everywhere right in ladder in
8828s	tournaments uh and it's an interesting
8832s	debate to have because I personally
8833s	don't believe the deck is that
8835s	oppressively powerful I think it's just
8838s	very arguably the best deck but not a
8841s	massive outlier at all it's just very
8843s	popular on ladder because it's a fairly
8846s	easy deck to play in terms of the
8848s	overall power stealing whoa
8851s	comparative Oh Derek
8854s	comparatively we're talking about master
8856s	Souls where people are winning with bore
8858s	priest and mind lock right like these
8859s	are complicated combo decks throwing
8861s	shaded thousands of players
8865s	hey I'm I'm doing it as well I am
8869s	climbing to the lofty Heights of almost
8871s	uh out of dumpster uh Legend uh with
8875s	this deck but you know it's it's a curve
8877s	deck right it's
8879s	I don't know whoa am I that out of
8882s	pocket no you're right
8886s	but there is there are tricks incredibly
8889s	whoa
8894s	got a load of this guy
8901s	uh yeah I mean the the thing to like uh
8904s	be keeping your eye on with this deck
8905s	the difficult part is which part of the
8908s	deck do you want to go for is it
8911s	spending all your Mana every turn
8912s	curving out which is pretty strong
8915s	pretty valid there are a lot of very
8917s	powerful Hunter cars uh in terms of just
8919s	curving out especially with the wild
8921s	seeds uh put into the mix or do you go
8924s	for the power Spike Mana cheat curves
8927s	where you get down pet collector the
8930s	Azar and saber pull it out pull out the
8932s	sunken saber as well and the Harpoon Gun
8934s	uh in order to cheat out some massive
8937s	Beasts for cheaper uh and a lot of the
8940s	time it's you know just what the hand
8941s	offers you but in the Mulligan you can
8943s	make a pretty asserted effort to try and
8946s	hit one or the other yes
8950s	and oh this is actually oh fantastic
8953s	pretty good hand
8955s	um if you ignore like the naturalist
8958s	right which actually may not be a
8961s	terrible ah no it's not like anything
8963s	else but just poacher into wild Spirits
8965s	is fantastic uh to try and uh get the uh
8969s	early board presence so
8975s	I can't wait to have that Mouse over the
8977s	flustered librarian for the whole game
8981s	I I instinctively took my mouse
8984s	tried to get rid of it
8990s	oh there we go the mouse isn't working
8992s	now we get flame it
8994s	all right now we need to see if that
8997s	impending catastrophe that is the card
8999s	that turns this all around for baby bear
9004s	uh okay okay five million is or less
9007s	please baby bear yeah yeah yeah keep in
9011s	mind
9012s	viewers oh this is continued coverage
9017s	um which is our way of saying recorded
9022s	I don't think we're allowed to say that
9023s	but it's the last match tour of the year
9025s	come on now let's part of the command
9027s	all day yeah so uh that mouse
9031s	was there 20 minutes ago so uh we can't
9037s	move it
9039s	we just have to hope that whoever was in
9041s	the past controlling this caught me bad
9044s	at the production team for being asleep
9045s	in the past come on
9052s	all right well obviously the beat down
9055s	continues but for Abu gabu this is where
9058s	this particular deck can start to come
9060s	into its own because he has access to of
9064s	course uh the Tarantulas which is a
9067s	pretty spicy choice in its own right and
9069s	then of course uh defense attorney
9071s	nathaniels which were it to come into
9073s	hand at this point in the game is an
9076s	absolute Monster uh to get back the
9079s	death rattle of the spider it can clear
9081s	essentially any board the turn it comes
9083s	down
9088s	and I mean at this point baby bear also
9091s	just has to worry about life total
9093s	like blood bound dimp plus life Taps
9096s	like power on board the the possibility
9099s	of you know some damage from pan right
9101s	there's a ramming mount
9103s	um like if you just kind of ignore
9105s	everything go face how about God we
9107s	might win that race
9112s	yeah I think pretty convincingly right
9114s	now
9118s	Roars is there a way that she can Infuse
9121s	you have to trade in so much
9132s	this does it actually right that's the
9134s	tour form dying so both of them will uh
9136s	be able to be played okay that's a
9137s	pretty big swing
9139s	yeah the second one was picked up off
9142s	the light tab so it was a turn left so
9144s	it was a wonderful but this this is fine
9146s	puts a lot of power on board
9149s	um and you know like we said it's
9151s	impossible to win the race
9154s	if you just go all face there problem
9156s	for repair empty hand file Library not
9158s	going to be active next turn gonna have
9160s	to go for a live tabugabu
9162s	guess that 88 is threatening
9166s	but you can clean up a lot here with uh
9168s	like just
9170s	framing Mount plus the rush though and I
9176s	draw it on next turn exactly I do think
9178s	Abu gabu is going about it the right way
9181s	of clearing off the a tape rather than
9183s	the two three fours uh because it's less
9185s	attack going phase and even though these
9187s	content sorry can continually trade in
9190s	and get lifesteal whereas the rammy man
9191s	would of course denied the initial
9193s	lifesteal because they don't deal any
9194s	damage uh I think saving his own health
9197s	rather than trying to go for the race is
9200s	much more important here for Habu
9201s	because he will win the board if he just
9204s	carries on for long yeah
9211s	[Music]
9218s	lightly awkward with the hydralodon here
9220s	in terms of board space
9224s	because you obviously want to send one
9227s	of the the three one rushes in Boyd
9229s	Walker but then there's no room for it
9231s	to duplicate uh
9233s	on the death rattle
9239s	but my end up as Huntsman Ultimo I'm not
9241s	sure if he can get it fully infused on
9243s	it
9258s	death battle
9262s	s
9269s	all right perfectly reasonable yeah just
9272s	praying that one card is not there and
9274s	that one card is exactly what baby bear
9276s	has this is her chance now to take this
9279s	game
9283s	foreign
9286s	always forget about the ram
9290s	they'll be sleeping on that run
9297s	still far from over because even with
9299s	the death rattle deleted the gigafin on
9301s	its own not gonna be getting the job
9303s	done and there is 11 damage on the other
9307s	side
9308s	which means hey a king Crush off the top
9311s	or in hand for all baby bear knows could
9313s	close this one out
9318s	sorry we don't have anything
9327s	not the happy dog car
9338s	yeah so currently this is lethal with a
9341s	Harpoon Gun because there's 11 on board
9343s	hero power Harpoon Gun though baby bear
9347s	you know quite obviously if you use
9349s	grimoire's sacrifice you open up or
9351s	sorry you take away a lot of break
9353s	points from them but you lessen your own
9355s	chances of hitting lethal on the
9357s	following turn it's just honestly it's
9359s	like an estimation at this point it's a
9361s	guess either way whether they have it or
9363s	not she makes the correct call in this
9365s	particular instance to survive the turn
9367s	uh but that doggy biscuit I think seals
9371s	up
9374s	one of them
9376s	but I mean Abu gabu can here can just
9379s	you know clean up the board and
9383s	foreign
9388s	yeah if you kill every minion right
9391s	there's just no there's no way baby bear
9393s	can win
9395s	not a single car in the deck right
9398s	uh sorry to not throw yourself the top
9400s	actually no no if you play frenzy fangs
9402s	then it wouldn't be a win
9404s	okay found the Lost condition
9411s	yeah play any minion
9413s	and actually just gonna you know trade
9415s	away the doctors to give these rushes
9418s	very smart gonna have beans on board
9421s	uh very nice one from habagabu Full Mana
9425s	utilization as well
9428s	clean yeah
9431s	and
9432s	a pretty good demonstration from baby
9434s	bear as to why players have been moving
9436s	away from this traditional version of
9438s	warlock I was saying coming into the the
9441s	series at the start though I actually
9442s	thought that the full-on in warlock was
9445s	a pretty smart way to go about things
9447s	because there are a lot of players going
9448s	for Druid if you have the capability to
9450s	just dominate the board in these
9452s	starting turns then you can capitalize
9454s	on that into a win quite quickly but
9457s	with three losses in a row just getting
9459s	clean swept on the Warlock uh for baby
9462s	bear there we can see the theory does
9464s	not quite translate into practice
9465s	because even with some decent hands it's
9468s	got to be said you know she was hitting
9470s	uh imps spending all her Mana in the
9473s	starting turns a lot of big impending
9475s	catastrophes hitting the locations
9477s	getting reform on curve it still just
9479s	wasn't enough against all of these
9481s	standard meta decks of Druid Shaman and
9483s	Hunter they all just had these mid-game
9485s	tricks ramping up into devourers and the
9487s	Warlock just can't close out the game
9489s	quick enough
9490s	yeah he was uh pretty tough and you can
9495s	see why players like gravitate towards
9497s	the M curse warlock obviously you
9500s	sacrifice some of the consistency of
9502s	just early game boards but
9504s	um being able to have that which against
9506s	Decks that are going to close things out
9508s	against you
9510s	uh does wonders in in some matchups
9513s	um but I also in the same boat as you
9515s	like if I if I was submitting an aggro
9518s	deck Agri alignment to this tournament I
9520s	would have omitted the curses and just
9522s	straight imp yeah oh uh just didn't work
9525s	against Abu gabu
9527s	um but Derek our continued coverage
9531s	has come to an end at least for round
9533s	number one don't worry if you're a big
9534s	fan of continued coverage like Derek and
9536s	I are there'll be plenty of more
9538s	throughout the day but for now we're
9541s	gonna go to a break when we come back
9542s	we're going to continue on uh with
9544s	Master's tour Mal and disorder with
9546s	round number two so don't go anywhere
9548s	we'll be right back
9550s	[Music]
9558s	no no no
9566s	[Music]
9569s	their Witness
9572s	[Music]
9577s	beg for your life
9582s	but you were
9584s	you must acquit
9587s	the dark lady did not commit this
9590s	unspeakable life
9594s	your cell awaits
9598s	your confession will save us all the
9601s	time
9604s	[Music]
9609s	[Music]
9622s	[Music]
9626s	[Applause]
9628s	[Music]
9631s	thank you
9634s	[Music]
9645s	thank you
9646s	[Music]
9656s	[Music]
9660s	thank you
9661s	[Music]
9663s	foreign
9672s	[Music]
9700s	foreign
9701s	[Music]
9725s	[Music]
9750s	no no no
9754s	everyone and welcome back to Masters
9757s	Tour I'm Raven back again joined by my
9759s	long lost casting partner subtle how's
9762s	it going mate I've not cast with you for
9764s	years it feels like I know yeah all the
9766s	better to be to be back home Raven
9769s	alongside my my casting partner and
9772s	partner in crime although if anyone from
9774s	disorder is on the lookout that is
9776s	metaphorical crime and not real crime uh
9779s	yeah we may allegedly in front of him
9782s	allegedly is the magic word you can say
9784s	whatever you want if you just say
9785s	allegedly at the end uh yeah I mean with
9788s	grand Masters coming to an end obviously
9790s	much more rotation going into the the
9791s	casting pairs it does feel like it's
9794s	been a while but Battlegrounds breaking
9795s	things up as well where we haven't
9796s	really cast with each other for a while
9798s	so yeah it's it's good to see you Raven
9800s	how are you doing how's your family we
9803s	we definitely don't talk outside of work
9805s	we only talk when we're on the casting
9807s	desk which is why a lot of the time we
9809s	talk about absolute rubbish but we do
9811s	have our next match coming up in round
9813s	two so we kick this one off it's going
9815s	to be language hacker versus Django and
9817s	an interesting lineup Soul especially
9820s	when you pair them with the bands so far
9822s	on stream we've not seen Hunter really
9824s	blowing anyone away right we've not seen
9826s	it really be the dominant Force everyone
9829s	believes it to be at least on ladder and
9831s	we are seeing different bands here as
9833s	well priests going out the window for
9834s	language hacker and warlock going out
9837s	the window for Django so what do you
9838s	make of just the lineups the players
9840s	overall here well I'll touch on Hunter
9843s	first I think coming into this one this
9846s	is largely what I expected you quite
9849s	often see this and you know Derek was
9850s	right in his analysis as we were just
9852s	leading into this Hunter's a great deck
9854s	for ladder it's a deck that you can jam
9856s	hundreds of games in not mentally
9858s	exhaust yourself it's a good deck with a
9861s	good curve good quality cards it win
9863s	games wins games on ladder that's good
9866s	enough to be a bringable deck a
9868s	competitive level it's not normally good
9870s	enough to be the best deck at a
9872s	competitive level and I think that is
9873s	kind of what we're seeing there's a few
9875s	other decks with higher skill caps which
9877s	are putting up better numbers and more
9880s	uh aggressive Decks that are doing very
9882s	very well indeed in a lot of players
9885s	practice I believe you know things like
9887s	aggro Druid the Naga priest or bless
9889s	priests which have a various variation
9891s	you want to go with so some both of
9893s	these players are going with that bless
9895s	priest for example or some variation of
9898s	the the buffing nagas package so it is
9901s	you know interesting to see that both of
9903s	these players do are playing something
9904s	just a little bit different from what
9906s	we've seen from most of our coverage in
9907s	round one so far and kicking off our
9909s	first match we do have language hacker
9911s	on this Mage versus Django on the Druid
9914s	now this is a match up in not too uh
9916s	distant history and we've seen time and
9919s	time and time again but it has since at
9922s	least you know in more recent weeks it
9924s	has been nerfed and both of them have
9926s	been nerfed right Dawn grass bear has
9928s	been reduced in damage with a couple of
9930s	other Nerfs to Mage and then during I
9932s	think mainly has lost a certain amount
9935s	of power on Golf and with taking those
9937s	into consideration who do you think as
9940s	the matchup changed because I always
9941s	felt it was fairly even has that change
9944s	have the Nerfs kept things even just at
9946s	a slightly lower power level
9948s	well so with the exact way that you
9951s	phrased it it's a difficult question to
9953s	answer concisely no I don't think it has
9955s	changed that much but I think it remains
9958s	Druid favored as it pretty much always
9960s	has in the past
9961s	um I I think this is fairly
9963s	significantly Druid favored now after
9965s	the Nerfs are settled down but I don't
9967s	think it has moved that much from where
9970s	it was but I guess the big difference is
9973s	that the games where the Mage would win
9975s	it did generally come off the back of
9978s	just that early Dawn grasp and just
9980s	massive ramping on the hero power very
9982s	very quickly to be able to pressure the
9985s	Druid down before they're able to get
9986s	anything done and then you have those
9987s	big clears available with the Reckless
9989s	Apprentice as well obviously there's
9990s	things you can throw out there with root
9992s	of the art major whatever to scam
9994s	various games but yeah I think this is
9996s	the kind of uh match up The Druids
9998s	always want to see right Dex that build
10001s	up slowly to a critical mass that's what
10005s	Druid is very good at because they can
10006s	just skip the mid game and just start
10009s	absolutely bombing you way before you've
10012s	ramped up through that mid game period
10014s	that you really want to do as mage
10016s	yeah it can be difficult right for
10017s	amazing and honestly a lot of to keep up
10019s	with this which is why we've seen some
10021s	of the more like hard aggro Decks that
10023s	you would talk about earlier such as
10024s	pre-star grow Druid and so on because
10026s	even though the Mana crystals gained
10029s	from Gulf are empty you still have time
10032s	in a lot of these matchups right and as
10034s	long as you have time then you're still
10036s	drawing cars when you play it you still
10038s	gaining the empty empty sorry Mana
10041s	Crystal you still heavily ramping and
10043s	you are quite right like Mage especially
10045s	in most of the forms we've seen in this
10048s	Masters Tour so far aren't even going
10051s	for you know like I would say like raw
10053s	pink Mage right they're still playing
10055s	you know cards like death bond that we
10058s	saw and a lot of the slightly slower
10059s	later game tools so it's not as if they
10061s	can get after a lot of those sort of
10063s	Minion aggro starts that certain
10066s	versions have made you uh used to be
10068s	able to do but let's just get into it
10070s	game number one is round two of the
10072s	Swiss of course both players winning
10074s	their previous round so let's see how
10077s	this one goes golf in hand for Django
10079s	already
10080s	a language hacker not really having the
10083s	best follow-up here
10085s	yeah Django one kept the Guff on the far
10087s	left of the hand no great surprise
10089s	nothing really has changed card is
10091s	weaker yes card is still one of the best
10094s	cards in the deck and to keep in a vast
10096s	majority of match-ups on language hacker
10099s	side I would imagine just slightly
10102s	pleased to see at least a spell come
10105s	into the hand on the post Mulligan draw
10107s	uh just so the one drop on one was
10109s	actually uh vaguely effective but not
10112s	the most attractive looking hand but it
10114s	does have potential if the deck is kind
10116s	for the next uh one or two draws and
10119s	that's a reasonably Good Start then the
10121s	combination of Cold Case and then savara
10124s	to be able to repeat some high value
10125s	spells later it might just be able to do
10127s	something
10128s	yeah I do think this is a good display
10130s	of what you were saying though like look
10132s	at the hand for language hacker it it's
10135s	fine it's oh you know it's absolutely
10137s	fine but it's not doing anything yet is
10140s	it and then suddenly you look at Django
10141s	oh now there's the nourish options
10143s	there's an innovate in there and coin to
10145s	help him get there there is of course
10147s	gov that he could choose to go into now
10149s	and personally like I am a fan of just
10152s	play golf early especially in a matchup
10154s	like this where your opponent's not
10155s	really uh kicked off too far but of
10158s	course could go for the nourish instead
10160s	if you just wanted the like constant
10162s	manner to be available but the follow-up
10165s	wouldn't be that strong with those two
10166s	extra Mana crystals
10171s	a little furrowing of the brow or
10173s	narrowing of the eyes from language
10175s	hacker probably I think sort of going
10177s	through the same internal dialogue as
10179s	you did where you know he knows that
10180s	there is the nourish option in hand
10183s	um so Django choosing to go for the Guff
10185s	there which is a little bit slower as
10186s	mentioned these days than nourish but
10188s	getting that investment in the Guff
10190s	doesn't mean that you have the long-term
10191s	payoff over time of course
10196s	either language hacker does have access
10198s	to that Arcane intellect if he was going
10200s	to play night cloak again it's fine to
10202s	lock it in but another card that did
10204s	take a Nerf was that location so it
10207s	would have been a little bit slow
10208s	because again I think with language
10210s	knowing as you said that the nourishes
10212s	are in hand it's so unlikely that Django
10215s	is going to play a minion this turn
10217s	right yeah or at least a minion that's
10218s	freezable as we look at kelp Keeper in
10221s	the hand and everyone starts laughing at
10222s	me or something but um yes so unlikely
10224s	nourish is going to come down suddenly
10226s	Django is going into nine mana and those
10229s	options are really starting to stack up
10231s	now especially with the um Topia just
10235s	ready to go this is what I was referring
10238s	to earlier about the potential of the
10239s	hand at least with the savara his deck
10241s	was kind giving him wildfire and Arcane
10243s	intellect in fast order and that means
10246s	he's now been able to curve out with the
10248s	savara uh he's already played the second
10250s	Wildfire now has a third wildfire in
10253s	hand as well this can start to represent
10255s	an amount of pressure and that is at
10258s	least step one I do really think this is
10260s	one of the most pressure based meta
10262s	games I can remember in Hearthstone for
10264s	a long time and I say pressure like
10267s	pressure comes in a number of forms but
10269s	you have to be putting a clock on your
10271s	opponent either with that that being
10272s	damaged on board and Minions that are
10274s	going to go face or just being like a
10276s	fast combo like ball priest right is
10277s	putting pressure on the opponent because
10280s	you have to do something before they get
10281s	to the end of their deck because if you
10283s	don't pressure your opponent they're
10285s	just gonna sit there ramp up get to
10287s	their win condition or if they're A
10288s	disruption deck they're just going to
10289s	spend their turns playing theater or
10291s	mutinous and whatever else like pressure
10293s	is the solution to both of those
10295s	problems language hacker doing is best
10297s	to pressure the Druid here it's not
10299s	great but the fact that that savara has
10301s	filled up with some good options has at
10303s	least given him some hope yeah stacking
10305s	wildfires is never that big of a problem
10307s	sounds like a good plan to me but Django
10310s	now has Topia down and that means that a
10314s	lot of the damage from this deck from
10316s	those skeletons can be at least
10318s	partially negated right because it feels
10321s	so easy for the Druid to just stack
10323s	three threes on board and even trade if
10325s	they want to there's so much of that
10328s	death rattle damage is going to hit
10330s	other minions we saw Django actually
10332s	pick up the miracle growth as well so
10334s	that's going to be even more value in
10336s	hand as well there's a ton of Health on
10338s	board
10339s	yeah it's such a big deal in this
10341s	scenario just kind of how inefficiently
10344s	the skeletons deal damage yeah Tokyo
10346s	boards it's such a it's a great two for
10349s	one because not only are you dealing
10350s	with the board State obviously the
10352s	repeated 2-2 bodies of the skeletons
10354s	themselves can be a little bit
10355s	undervalued in some situations not only
10358s	are you clearing up that problem but
10360s	yeah as you say every three three that
10362s	goes into a 2-2 then leaves a one Health
10364s	body to potentially absorb a skeleton
10366s	death rattle as well
10368s	options here now for Django
10372s	and see the Nerf coming into play right
10374s	if he did go for the uh the ramp hero
10377s	power back in the day would have still
10378s	been able to say play raid boss in nixia
10380s	but uh not gonna be the case anymore
10382s	yeah it's interesting going back to that
10384s	initial debate of Django choosing to go
10387s	into nourish for crystals plus hero
10389s	power there was situations where that
10392s	sometimes felt a bit weird with old Guff
10394s	because as it happens Django did draw
10396s	kelp Keeper in the middle so he would
10398s	have with old Guff he would have been
10400s	able to go nourish for Crystal's hero
10402s	power than spend the one Mana that yeah
10403s	at the end but if you don't have that
10405s	option you kind of feel weird that
10407s	you're floating that one manner so I
10409s	don't know whether that influences
10410s	People's Choice on the curb options of
10412s	whether to go golf or nourish first in
10414s	that spot but the fact you don't have to
10416s	find something to spend that last one
10418s	manner on with the empty does make a
10420s	difference to those early game curves
10421s	and to late game situations as Raven was
10423s	just pointing out
10425s	yeah language hacker I would imagine is
10428s	already feeling uh under pressure as you
10431s	were talking about earlier because
10434s	he has good cards but are they cards
10437s	that are going to win in the game
10438s	against this Druid Django not only
10440s	winning on board but has you know
10442s	roughly equal resources in hand both
10445s	players have the nathrius as well but
10448s	the problem is like Joey can just throw
10450s	out threat after threat after threat
10452s	even if that is just a board of two ones
10455s	right it does need some level of answer
10457s	but here Django can do whatever he wants
10460s	to follow up with keep on ramping and
10463s	keep on just piling the pressure on
10465s	board and all he really needs is an
10468s	earth and scales that he was offered
10469s	earlier but didn't take chose the
10471s	miracle growth instead but if he has an
10473s	Earthen scales or any real point that is
10476s	when things get scary for for the Mage
10479s	because it's so much extra damage you
10481s	have to deal to catch up
10489s	Bill options are plenty for Django
10494s	identity is on the left hand side has
10496s	got all the world of options here with
10499s	the scale of inyxia raid boss everything
10501s	being able to juice that as hard as
10503s	possible but really it just goes back to
10506s	Django's ability to pressure here he can
10508s	just continue just Jam big threats on
10510s	the board and really limit what language
10512s	hacker can do in terms of trying to set
10514s	up a race going the other way the Varden
10516s	Dawn grass pickup from language hacker
10517s	might give him some options
10519s	uh but Django looking pretty comfortable
10522s	in this
10523s	yeah and then scales picked up there
10525s	like I said what the probably the piece
10527s	of the puzzle that you just want to
10529s	finish off this hand honestly because
10531s	you just don't want any Shenanigans to
10533s	happen right you don't want your Mo
10535s	dress or any big players to come out and
10537s	then denatures to just wipe you out of
10539s	nowhere I think Django now just needs to
10541s	safely secure this game
10544s	she got dropped in athletes then I was
10546s	like well you fine don't worry it's okay
10548s	you've got time
10552s	I like this just doing everything you
10554s	need to do right this will naturally
10555s	continue to stack the dinathrias and the
10558s	Sylvanas that's in hand as well so it's
10561s	all looking good here for Django
10562s	language hackers got his work cut out
10564s	for him especially with no Dawn grasp in
10566s	hand yet or at least the hero form and
10569s	that deathborn pickup this was the one
10570s	thing that was making Django's turn just
10573s	a little bit awkward I was talking about
10575s	all these great options that Django had
10577s	available loads of ways to get tokens
10579s	into play that would reduce the Sylvanas
10581s	and the dinathrius but they didn't
10583s	immediately trade into things which
10585s	means they're left hanging around on
10587s	board and if they're left hanging around
10588s	on board then suddenly the the AOE can
10592s	sweep them up and replace them with
10593s	skeletons on the other side so that is a
10596s	beautiful top deck now for language yeah
10599s	but was it really just part of the plan
10601s	because now the board's full of things
10603s	he can trade the scale yeah yeah true
10605s	and it's just gonna juice even more
10609s	yeah you are right of course language
10611s	hacker would need or would have been
10613s	very happy with that death Barn to just
10616s	alleviate some of this pressure from
10617s	Django
10619s	only pick up as well
10624s	this must be the way
10630s	not the best
10632s	[Music]
10634s	yeah I'm suspecting it probably is a
10637s	Devourer
10639s	almost certainly going to be immediately
10642s	infused on this turn
10650s	yeah what the hell Tango does this like
10652s	does he ever drop his attorney as well
10654s	[Music]
10655s	not initially of course but
10657s	after a trade yeah you could also
10660s	silence one and just say you know what
10662s	I'm guaranteeing some more trades right
10664s	it's also the question like whether to
10665s	get the Drury to The Reef in play
10667s	perhaps even as a three one to maybe
10669s	soak so that your Rush minions can
10671s	attack better
10672s	uh yeah language hacker I would imagine
10674s	happy with that outcome as many hitting
10677s	minions as uh really could possible in
10679s	that situation
10681s	those type your effects it's going to
10683s	allow Django to keep clearing this up oh
10685s	it's what it's so annoying that it's a
10687s	wealth isn't it you know it's like oh
10689s	wait okay the the annexee might take
10691s	some damage oh never mind there's a uh
10693s	Garden dragon on the board which means
10696s	that it's immune once again
10701s	which I could just
10703s	what he can can't quite squeeze the Ping
10706s	in this turn as well to help out with
10707s	that murderer so I have to drop the KT
10710s	what was that 11 total yep oh the soak
10714s	oh so strong yeah the onyxia took a real
10717s	pounding there
10719s	like I said the outcome on the previous
10721s	turn with the uh the way the whelps
10723s	traded and rushed into the skeletons on
10725s	the previous turn I think landed in
10727s	language hackers favor I'd say that's
10729s	probably a slightly more important
10731s	outcome from language hackers
10733s	perspective
10734s	uh but still Django really not sure of
10737s	options to be able to deal with this
10739s	boards
10743s	as well at least where Django is in the
10745s	game uh gonna change my questions
10747s	slightly now I've seen the draws but how
10751s	uh is there a world where Django plays
10754s	dinathrius and it doesn't strictly just
10756s	win him the game on the spot or do you
10759s	think Django is in such a good spot that
10761s	he can just sit there and just wait and
10763s	wait until the denatures does you know
10765s	let's just pretend 50 damage and
10767s	guarantees lethal I think there would be
10770s	a scenario if we had seen
10774s	um a hero card come down already from
10776s	language hacker oh wait then is it
10778s	lethal then you would be afraid oh I
10780s	didn't even I hadn't paid attention to
10781s	them yeah yeah wait I was gonna say hang
10782s	on a minute did I know 24 48 so no I
10786s	don't believe it will be I know he's
10788s	exact very very nice calculation yeah
10790s	Django my apologies I had not paid
10793s	attention to the possibility of the
10795s	brand being picked up which did end up
10797s	being lethal so in fact the very simple
10800s	and direct answer to your question Raven
10802s	is no there's no world that the
10804s	dinathrius comes down without ending the
10806s	game easy yeah that was kind of crazy
10808s	wasn't it like as soon as the brand when
10809s	I sort of just looked at it and went
10811s	hang on minute you always have to count
10813s	this but that's the difference as well
10815s	that both players not having um theater
10818s	come down right being able to steal
10819s	those or at least look at the hands and
10821s	both players have in the denaturius but
10823s	druid's ability to just sort of juice
10826s	Infuse minions is ridiculous because of
10830s	the scales of a next year the raid boss
10831s	annexia as well like those three cards
10834s	total in the deck alone can Infuse
10837s	whatever you want when you want and
10839s	again why Sylvanas uh pretty much should
10842s	always make the cut in Druid as well
10844s	because it's so strong and so easy to
10846s	infuse even at that level
10848s	yeah Nick it's really speaks to one of
10851s	my problems with the spooky Mage as a
10853s	deck I'm fine with it as a bring for
10856s	this tournament in certain situations it
10859s	does have a debatably good matchup
10861s	against Hunter for example so if you're
10863s	trying to let's not say Hard Target
10865s	Hunter but if you're trying to lean your
10867s	line up in a way where you can leave
10868s	Hunter up and not worry about it then
10871s	the Mage makes sense as a deck that
10872s	comes in but I think there are a lot of
10874s	matchups in the game as I was talking
10876s	about pressure earlier where the Mage
10878s	just fails to pressure and then they can
10881s	get messed up by a theater by a mutinous
10883s	against Shaman or just out pressured out
10886s	of the game themselves because other
10888s	decks you know bless priests can just
10890s	save up a big greedy push and just go
10892s	out on the board in the right time Druid
10893s	can just spend all that time in the mid
10895s	game ramping and explode onto the board
10897s	because you saw from language hacker
10899s	that was about as good as it got in
10901s	terms of consistent pressure right a
10903s	little bit slow in the beginning but one
10904s	drop on one into Cold Case survara more
10907s	Cold Case multiple hero power ramps
10910s	kel'thazard for 11 skeletons and then
10913s	mordresch thrown in as well pretty good
10915s	to follow that up which is a pretty
10917s	solid curve in terms of pressure but
10919s	just not nearly enough to deal with what
10921s	was admittedly a very very good jury
10924s	draw on the other side okay well jumping
10926s	into game two uh we have one of the sort
10929s	of Talks Of The Meta right now which is
10931s	this priest from Django
10934s	um I'll be honest Sol this is not my
10936s	preferred priest I normally play the uh
10939s	the more Naga heavy one like original
10941s	wig priests so to speak and this is
10943s	definitely the more offspring song isn't
10945s	it original
10947s	oh probably at this point I don't know
10950s	um but this one with the switcheroo and
10953s	the extreme lack of minions is
10957s	definitely a weird deck to wrap your
10959s	head around what do you think about it
10963s	uh for me this is one of the strongest
10967s	decks in The Meta game and might just
10970s	continue to be so because
10972s	it's a it's a deck where it's it's one
10974s	of those decks where everyone will
10975s	debate forever because the stats will
10977s	never really represent it wildly as the
10981s	best deck in the game but I think in the
10983s	hands of very very accomplished players
10985s	both this and you know your preference
10988s	of original wig priest do have a lot of
10990s	Merit but I do think if you really
10992s	really understand the relevant path
10994s	through the game when exactly to time
10997s	you're all in there's so many decks in
10999s	the game that just can't handle the all
11002s	in when it happens and they just kind of
11003s	lose uh Mage isn't necessarily one of
11007s	them because of all the abilities to
11009s	freeze and so on that they have later in
11011s	the game if they're playing roon of the
11012s	archmage and they can get to that point
11013s	by just stabilizing the board with
11016s	freeze effects then obviously broon
11017s	makes anything possible and you can get
11019s	some massive juicy hero powers to be
11021s	able to clear things up in the late game
11023s	as well so this is a one of the trickier
11026s	matchups I would say I think it's fine
11027s	maybe 52 over to the Mage overall but I
11031s	think match-up spread against the Decks
11033s	that we see right now the pop-off turns
11036s	this deck has are nion unbeatable for
11039s	quite a few decks in The Meta game so
11040s	I'm a big fan of it being brought to
11042s	this tournament would you 52 change if I
11045s	told you that language hacker doesn't
11046s	run ruin of the archimage it would
11048s	change yeah I don't know how
11050s	significantly so but I do think that has
11052s	some of the success I've seen in this
11054s	matchup is the fact that the Mage can
11056s	freeze
11057s	but can they win the game or kill the
11060s	minion right because I think that's
11062s	gonna be where they struggle right where
11064s	the actual and without ruin of the
11066s	archmage or mass polymorph that we've
11067s	seen some other decks
11069s	[Music]
11074s	I will not tell them it's fine
11078s	oh nothing
11082s	wonder what he picked up from the other
11084s	one as well because he had the um
11088s	oh I can't remember the name the secret
11090s	that uh copies a minion when it hits you
11092s	in the face and hits your opponent in
11094s	the face that's definitely an
11096s	interesting is it vengeful spirit
11098s	sounds right yeah he had that offer to
11100s	him on his first one
11103s	yeah I mean perfectly Illustrated as I
11106s	was about to counter is that you know
11107s	Rune of the art major is the go-to uh
11110s	but basically whichever version of made
11112s	you play there's some form of random
11114s	generation thrown in there right and
11116s	even though you don't play them the
11118s	ability to find Jelly Mass polymorph
11122s	various
11123s	[Laughter]
11124s	full Visage there you go absolutely and
11127s	for Spirit close enough
11132s	oh using his school teachers instead
11135s	just to look for those random solutions
11137s	that he does need to the problem as you
11138s	were saying because the problem that
11140s	does need solving is definitely that
11142s	final kill on the minion and shattering
11144s	blast is just absolutely absurd to go
11147s	alongside the freeze effect oh didn't go
11150s	for the snow flurry
11152s	foreign
11169s	language Hacker's hand now he does have
11172s	a lot of on-demand freeze as well as
11176s	obviously that insta kill option with
11178s	the second naggling yes it's gonna be
11181s	fine for a while and he is parted on a
11182s	bit of pressure on Django but I will say
11185s	that you know I hope you agree that this
11187s	priest is deceptive right it looks like
11189s	it does nothing for a while and then it
11192s	pounces and then you think how am I
11194s	supposed to win this game of hearthstone
11196s	so although Django looks like he's
11198s	effectively passing every turn the plan
11201s	is to do a pop-off he's just got to time
11204s	it right and I think as you mentioned
11206s	earlier that's by far the hardest part
11208s	of this deck to learn yeah it's only
11210s	when you play against good less priest
11213s	players you you have various levels of
11216s	hubris essentially defeated over time
11218s	where they're doing so little for so
11220s	long in the early game like if you're
11222s	playing a ball based deck you get so far
11224s	ahead you're like okay this time there
11227s	is no way even with their nine card hand
11230s	and their seven Mana there's no way they
11233s	can stabilize in this position and then
11235s	you know next thing you know half your
11236s	board's been cleared there's like two 40
11239s	40 talks okay
11244s	like hydraulic go oh wait that's not
11247s	enough never mind
11260s	anger not paying to be too happy here
11262s	even this bit of a board you can't
11265s	uh clear up by himself here he does need
11268s	something extra or to make the big
11270s	minions soon of course but
11273s	gonna be just a little bit scared here
11277s	because there's also the worry that if
11279s	language hacker gets him low enough he
11282s	knows that what that secret is so he'll
11284s	either have to be healthy enough to hit
11287s	and not die himself or be um
11291s	have a smaller minion to hit with which
11294s	again feels unlikely against Mage yeah
11297s	he also I believe saw the kel'thazard on
11300s	the identity theft so he knows if
11302s	skeletons start appearing that that
11304s	finisher is going to be there available
11305s	in hand so it won't have all the time in
11308s	the world oh did he notice did he there
11310s	he picked very very quickly there
11312s	because he was roping I wonder whether
11314s	his eyes had the chance to to uh to
11316s	acknowledge that noggling on the
11318s	left-hand side I'm choosing to believe
11320s	yes you cannot see a Naga link and not
11322s	look right you know it must be a natural
11325s	reaction agreed yeah
11330s	solid Alibi really nice pickup as well
11340s	this is the other I would say skill cap
11343s	of the deck as well is that you you do
11345s	sort of play that smattering of thief
11347s	priest as well where sometimes you just
11349s	have to find Creative Solutions to
11351s	problems that your deck doesn't really
11352s	deal with the deck is more flexible than
11355s	it appears but it is still quite linear
11358s	in game plans apart from those box
11361s	effects right and the steel effects and
11362s	the thief priest effects that you have
11364s	going on so you can see Django just kind
11366s	of building up a little supply of cards
11368s	that might be useful
11370s	um deathborn for the skeleton tennis
11371s	obviously solid Alibi as well just be
11373s	able to to buy time against all this
11375s	pressure that's coming down those are
11377s	Creative Solutions to problems that he's
11379s	going to face over the course of the
11381s	game here
11382s	yeah it was language hackers just trying
11383s	to work out
11385s	how much to push how much to commit I
11389s	know has he got set ups to kill minions
11392s	because again one of it's not as much of
11395s	a problem with the board language Tech
11396s	has at this moment in time but what he
11399s	has to be fearful of is
11401s	if Django ever just plays a Minion out
11405s	and clears the board can language like a
11407s	kill it even if it's got no Buffs on
11409s	right because again it's that issue
11410s	where where you have to kill every
11412s	priest minion you can't just leave it up
11414s	because even if small one can grow
11416s	dramatically so you just have to make
11418s	sure that he has that uh the insta kill
11421s	of the the blast just locked and loaded
11423s	for anything big but he still needs ways
11425s	to clear out the smaller minions
11430s	a dawn grasp on curve which is going to
11433s	be pretty nice even with the the nerfed
11436s	hero power it's still going to start
11437s	stacking damage
11442s	I think good recognition as well even
11444s	with the dawn grasp in hand for language
11446s	hacker to just throw the Reckless
11448s	Apprentice out on board did help with
11450s	the clear a little bit but also just
11452s	represents a significant amount of
11454s	pressure right it's making Django have
11456s	to react it gets that solid Alibi out of
11458s	hand on this occasion so even though the
11460s	dawn graspy is there and would start
11462s	juicing uh language hacker recognizing
11464s	pressure now better than uh additional
11466s	AOE later
11479s	thank you
11481s	interesting
11483s	language hacker could go for the big
11486s	brain play The Alchemist and pick this
11489s	stupidest card offered and then Django
11492s	will assume he wants to miss
11495s	so he doesn't overdraw
11497s	and then pick the card
11500s	that's the bigger brain
11505s	uh it's it's
11508s	so directly opposed to the conversation
11511s	I had with Derek well I think you were
11513s	casting I think it was I think it was
11515s	when you and jiah were casting and so
11517s	there was a there was a suspicious
11519s	Alchemist situation and we both have
11521s	just sat there like I hate I hate these
11523s	Mind Games I think both players are just
11525s	supposed to pick the best card every
11527s	time yep yep both agree yep as soon as I
11531s	get on the cast of Raven Ranger right
11532s	hear me out yeah
11536s	everyone Tunes in for let's be honest
11539s	now I think I would have picked Arcane
11541s	overflow yes
11545s	yes okay oh okay I have made it
11550s	it's called Draw for card draw fine yeah
11552s	fine yep absolutely fine then go
11554s	realizing he needs to do something it's
11557s	he's ran out of time
11560s	all right picks up the other handmade in
11561s	here as well does have Priestess
11563s	alongside all of this the wigs in hand
11566s	picking up the handmaiden crucial both
11568s	as a Naga
11575s	foreign
11584s	comes down Priestess I think the only
11586s	question here as to whether you may be
11587s	committed one week for two Mana before
11590s	doing this but choosing not to goes all
11592s	the way back up to eight and important
11594s	juice handmaiden as well importantly as
11597s	well he's gonna have more than two
11598s	minions right so won't necessarily
11600s	guarantee an easy uh uh Freeze from like
11603s	flurry into that shattering blast
11609s	it's disgusting isn't it
11614s	hell Ravens are really really big fan of
11617s	this deck I mean I kinda I appreciate it
11620s	like I say I do play you know a slightly
11622s	different version I don't play the big
11624s	pop-off version but you can still do
11625s	turns like this
11629s	oh
11631s	nothing right wait wait wait
11638s	please don't grasp again to repeat the
11641s	flurry theoretically
11644s	stay where you are there it is
11648s	both of the big minions are now Frozen
11650s	and now hello
11652s	[Music]
11654s	yeah fair enough yeah wow language
11657s	hacker takes the victory with the help
11659s	of a shattering a blasting again uh
11662s	creative outcome to a big big problem
11664s	because as you could see there if there
11666s	wasn't a way to kill those minions
11669s	what is what is he supposed to do right
11671s	if he doesn't have a way to get rid of
11673s	those they're only realistically going
11675s	to get bigger or they're just going to
11676s	sit there and not die and then the game
11678s	will end at some point so yeah tough one
11680s	there but I wish I could takes the win
11682s	gets the Mage over the line but he still
11685s	knows that priest is still lurking
11686s	around of course this is Conquest so
11688s	once you win with the deck you're gonna
11690s	lose it and it does mean that Django is
11693s	going to be able to play this priest
11694s	once more so it's not over yet and it is
11697s	the type of deck soul that if I was
11699s	against someone and they had this priest
11700s	I'd almost want it to win just so I
11703s	won't have to think about it anymore you
11705s	know just get it out of the way I'll
11706s	play against some more regular decks of
11708s	hearthstone and worry about that instead
11710s	yeah my only question at the ending of
11711s	that game is he got very deep into the
11715s	Rope while trying to make all of his
11717s	last actions raiding Elemental who did
11719s	hit the board at the end
11721s	um I confess I didn't count it
11723s	specifically with the Rope burning and
11724s	all the cards flying over my point of
11726s	view but I don't know if there's a way
11727s	to get another copy potentially down on
11729s	on the the same term with the radiant
11731s	Elemental because it did end up being
11732s	played last which you know kind of makes
11734s	sense as a lot as a final minion to play
11736s	around things like flurry but I don't
11738s	know if there's a way to do more cheap
11740s	more Mana if that radiant Elemental
11741s	could have come down earlier but anyway
11743s	regardless the uh that shattering Blast
11747s	from the naggling would have been hard
11748s	to beat as you could ascertain from
11751s	language Hacker's reaction immediately
11753s	as it was uh shown on the screen to him
11755s	off the Discover all the way back in the
11757s	early game it's the one it's the great
11759s	thing about this type of deck right and
11761s	it's uh you know you could talk about
11762s	this bore priests a lot of them do seem
11764s	to be priests that do silly silly things
11767s	but I think players love discussing them
11769s	because there are options right they're
11771s	like could you've done anything a turn
11772s	earlier could he have done this again
11774s	this is kind of forgetting about the
11775s	shattering blast just for a second but
11777s	you have so many options on you know at
11781s	most turns of the game I think working
11783s	out or players arguing over what's
11785s	optimal is very entertaining at least
11787s	for me so I look forward to seeing that
11789s	a little bit later on as the weekend
11790s	continues but for now going to be priest
11793s	again for Django and language hacker
11795s	jumping over to his ramp druid
11798s	and by ramp I mean wow our ramp over
11801s	that hand is even the emote from
11803s	language hacker
11810s	reasonable hand for Django as well uh
11813s	card drawer is really just about all
11815s	you're looking for in these early turns
11817s	particularly against a deck where you're
11820s	not going to have to deal with early
11821s	board States
11822s	so having Thrive into switch a route as
11825s	potential is very promising indeed
11828s	and this has been so a theme for a long
11831s	time against Druid you know make a big
11833s	minion early and hit them hard but how
11836s	early can this priest deck realistically
11839s	go you know obviously it won't be as big
11841s	as if you wait and really pop off but
11843s	you know are we looking at turn five
11845s	potential here turn six or does it have
11848s	to wait a little bit longer it can
11850s	certainly be done yes particularly it
11853s	depends on the deck match up and start
11856s	that your opponent is playing and has
11859s	respectively like against a druid with a
11861s	slow star that hasn't played a bunch of
11862s	minions and doesn't have scale of inexia
11865s	Mana available yet you can actually you
11868s	know do a sort of mini pop-off and just
11869s	get a couple of mid-ranging Minions on
11871s	board and then just build on that over
11873s	time right like just drop a radiant
11875s	Elemental put some fortitudes or
11876s	whatever on it leave it there because
11878s	it's not going to get dealt with and
11879s	then just sort of scale your pop-off
11880s	over turns against this kind of start
11882s	from your opponent you're gonna have to
11884s	have something a little bit extra but
11886s	Django does already have something a
11888s	little bit bit extra here with double
11889s	radiant Elemental already so this can be
11892s	absolutely disgusting zero Mana
11896s	everything and the Priestess Village all
11898s	still available here with the handmaiden
11900s	getting Juiced as well this could be a
11904s	lightning quick 2-1 Victory here for
11907s	Django yeah the handmaiden is huge right
11910s	because of the actual card draw going
11911s	into the uh the Buffs you can
11913s	potentially get
11917s	okay
11919s	each comes down for four can now
11922s	get the wig and Maiden is Juiced
11926s	and should probably have the manner to
11928s	play everything that comes off the top
11930s	yeah
11933s	at least a bless right would you commit
11936s	a blessing
11939s	I think there's no real harm
11948s	the language hackers
11950s	a little bit of trouble doesn't have a
11953s	scale of a Nick even kill off some of
11957s	the minions
11959s	remind the 1717 on board very Jenga is
11963s	just self-satisfied smile after that
11965s	turn it's just tickled me enormously
11968s	that because it was something you would
11970s	do
11971s	I mean probably yeah
11973s	involuntarily yes but yeah it was the
11976s	exact kind of look that would pull off a
11978s	big turn and then you just see smug
11980s	little smile like oh God
11985s	you know you're in trouble when you're a
11986s	bad winner and a bad loser right like
11988s	you should be able to do one of them
11990s	yeah with some Grace but no I can't
12002s	funnily enough it's a Grace that's
12004s	usually the victim of it when we're
12005s	playing board games but there you go
12009s	language hacker has to do
12012s	a lot more sort of deep thinking and
12014s	creative thinking here because although
12018s	cards such as scale of an extra raid
12020s	butter next to you as strong up to a
12023s	point they are but once minions get to a
12025s	certain size it's still not good enough
12027s	and Jared has access to way less you
12030s	know hard counter options than Mage does
12033s	in itself generation pool
12035s	yes however
12039s	enough ramp has been found from language
12041s	hacker
12043s	I mean that uh Devourer is now a threat
12046s	that Django has to at least be thinking
12047s	about on every turn from now on right
12063s	actually Arguments for all three of
12065s	these
12072s	weirdly enough I'm I'm looking at The
12074s	Shard of the narrow just to cycle it
12077s	honestly
12085s	yeah sorry for the relative silence I'm
12088s	just trying to work out situations where
12090s	you know if Devourer were to come down
12092s	here and eat your biggest minion whether
12094s	you could have wait what if you could uh
12097s	have a situation where
12099s	um you threatened a two-ton lethal just
12102s	with enough Buffs with powered fortitude
12103s	or whatever else but it just really
12105s	really wasn't available and now I think
12107s	you are just gonna see the uh the
12109s	potential power I'd actually just raid
12110s	Bossa nixia is looking like what
12112s	language hack is going to go for here
12115s	I suppose at 22 yeah this is still going
12119s	to be enough clearing power right
12123s	yeah I think so
12126s	and I think that's why language hacker
12127s	looked very happy when there was no
12129s	actual Buffs being played on the
12131s	elemental and then that's huge threat
12134s	number one dealt with still a 7-7 on
12137s	board so that is something but again
12139s	just effectively one card in hand for
12142s	language uh for Django sorry it means
12144s	that he's uh I'm gonna be able to get
12146s	too much done Burger giant is a very
12149s	amusing discover to be offered as priest
12151s	when every spell you've played the
12152s	entire game cost you absolutely zero
12155s	Mana
12156s	oh double Miracle growth level Miracle
12159s	growth sure yeah going back to that
12161s	previous turn though it was potentially
12164s	a little bit messy from Django but also
12166s	it was kind of a rock and a hard place
12168s	situation because by not putting Buffs
12170s	on the radio Elementals he allowed the
12172s	big clear from the ray boss annexia but
12175s	obviously likewise if you just go all in
12176s	on that radiant Elemental even an
12179s	unenfused Devourer just deletes you at
12182s	that point right because you are just
12183s	all in on this one minion so really
12186s	tough situation I think for Django to
12188s	navigate through
12189s	yeah it's really true and like if you
12191s	wait and say okay well I'll wait for
12193s	Boone wait for all the perfect cards
12195s	it's like well it's Druid you'll die if
12198s	you'd wait too long so it's definitely
12200s	tricky overall identity theft number two
12203s	is in hand for him so you can maybe fish
12206s	some extra things out with that Miracle
12208s	growth
12209s	I think it's at the point now where it's
12210s	going to be a very very big ask indeed
12214s	agreed yes
12216s	don't go choosing to double trade here
12218s	obviously would have wanted to have been
12220s	aggressive but he would still get
12222s	deleted by a Devourer that was in hand I
12224s	think Django's committed to playing
12226s	around Devourer here if there was an
12228s	uninfused Devourer on the previous turn
12229s	it is now certainly in as we can see on
12233s	the left-hand side of Hacker's hand so
12234s	Django just choosing to take the trades
12236s	but really
12237s	does that just concede the game to any
12240s	Druid card you know like even now
12244s	language hack has gone with Miracle
12246s	growth but I think he could even just
12247s	gone like Oracle ivis right and just
12250s	been like well here's two awkward things
12252s	to deal with outside of Silence
12255s	I'll wait until you commit something and
12259s	then devour it and then it's game anyway
12261s	so yeah I think you're right there's
12263s	just nothing much to do now with that
12265s	push from Django dude fail
12267s	I
12268s	I thank you Reef scales into this before
12271s	rain
12275s	just to get the armor
12277s	well just to take the 4-4 off the board
12279s	right because okay choose to go oh the
12282s	other way sorry with Rush sorry I
12284s	thought you're saying scales on the 10
12285s	10. apologies
12287s	so my thinking there would be you know
12288s	this is the last turn where Django will
12291s	probably ever get to attack with a
12293s	minion so if you remove that attack from
12295s	this minion you're basically never going
12297s	to be in a situation where the game is
12299s	losable identity theft finding the uh
12302s	the infused Devourer is a big deal
12305s	indeed
12306s	but even ramp to it
12309s	true yeah
12311s	I mean look at the options is it that
12313s	bad of a plan give let yourself be able
12315s	to cast it next turn he does have
12317s	Miracle growth number two of course but
12319s	still
12320s	problem is he doesn't want to go first
12322s	right he can't he cannot go first all
12325s	right
12326s	so he needs a way to deal with this 1010
12329s	that language hacker has while making
12330s	big minions of his own Force the
12333s	Devourer from language hacker and then
12334s	play his own Devourer that's a pipe
12337s	dream it's never going to happen because
12339s	language hacker has Oracle Ivor scale of
12342s	enixia all of these various other ways
12344s	uh that he can use to clear that up but
12346s	I think the one thing that is almost
12348s	certain here is that if Django plays
12350s	this Devourer first he's just probably
12352s	not winning the game from that position
12354s	yeah he needed to find golf go over 10
12357s	mana and go devour Boone and then they'd
12360s	still be horrible yes but then you can't
12363s	go yeah I know well dude look placement
12365s	it depends on play you could just put it
12367s	to one side hope for the best yeah true
12378s	fry I think there was some form of a
12381s	plan if Django could Miracle growth into
12383s	an empty board
12385s	maybe it lives then play the Boon on
12388s	that maybe it gets devoured then you can
12391s	devour but again I think you are right
12393s	in saying that there's just so many
12394s	other tools the language hacker could
12396s	use to clean that board that you almost
12398s	will never have to play Devourer anyway
12400s	so yeah uphill climb doesn't quite do it
12403s	just to say it for Django and he'll know
12405s	he's a smart boy like identity theft you
12409s	you are hardwired to think about this
12411s	when you play against this priest right
12412s	you've pretty much defeated the plan a
12416s	at this point but you will also know
12418s	from experience that just because their
12419s	plan a is defeated does not mean that
12421s	you've won the game because they're very
12423s	very good at finding these weird plan
12424s	B's with identity theft and various
12427s	other random cards but I think language
12429s	hacker positioning his minions very
12431s	nicely with the uh the crushing walls
12434s	position big or the anti-crushing walls
12436s	position I suppose are the big Minions
12438s	on the extremes uh Django saying all
12441s	right fair enough if anything that
12443s	proves to me as Django that you're going
12446s	to play around this Devourer for the
12448s	rest of the game and if you do that I
12450s	can't win therefore let's give it up and
12452s	move on to the next game it does mean
12454s	now that language hackers only got
12456s	warlock left to get a victory with if he
12458s	wants to take a very Swift victory in a
12461s	Swift step to that 2-0 skull in this way
12463s	so then um are you aware are you with me
12466s	on this subtle where curse warlock seems
12468s	a lot better than raw imps or are you uh
12471s	are you on the in the train
12474s	on the hybrid deck a little bit more
12477s	these days which is weird and it's a
12480s	fairly drastic culture shift for me
12482s	because historically you know we
12484s	generally do see this like hybridization
12486s	of decks throughout Hearthstone history
12488s	where you know you had aggro Hunter and
12489s	mid-range Hunter and then hybrid Hunter
12491s	appeared all these things and like
12493s	generally throughout history I've been
12495s	one of the people that have been like no
12497s	like aggro Hunter does a job mid-range
12499s	Hunter does a job like one of those two
12501s	things is better and will be more
12503s	targeted for tournaments in particular
12505s	right these hybrid style decks do seem
12508s	to make more sense on ladder where
12509s	you're playing against a wide spread you
12510s	have less control of which individual
12512s	matchups you're playing against but this
12514s	deck once the curses came in to me it
12517s	just seems so transformative to the deck
12520s	as a whole that I've never really looked
12522s	back to the pure Zoo version of the deck
12525s	overall I think having the curses
12527s	available just gives you so many more
12529s	plan B's as I was just talking about
12531s	with the priest deck on the other side
12533s	that I think it continues to be the
12535s	choice for me in this particular meta
12537s	game but of course there are always uh
12539s	lineup and construction concerns when
12541s	you go into tournament play but yeah I'd
12544s	be on the curse train for sure well
12546s	let's see how it goes Django I'm going
12548s	to continue on with the priests and to
12550s	even get it over the line and hopefully
12551s	for him the rest of the series would go
12553s	well a language hacker looking good so
12556s	far does have a great start with the
12558s	Warlock 2 and again it's another matchup
12561s	where language hacker can put some
12564s	pressure on Django health-wise and maybe
12566s	force out a bit of an earlier play than
12569s	Jenga would want to now this deck does
12571s	run some level of removal so there are a
12573s	couple of options here especially when
12575s	we're talking about one Health imps and
12577s	a deck that can run Shadowood devour but
12580s	there are other tools as well and that's
12582s	why I really like this play from
12583s	language hacker just play a spider tank
12585s	make him deal with it because they
12587s	probably can't and then you have a
12589s	spider tank
12595s	foreign
12598s	wants to hit the leash I'm sure does hit
12601s	the village and now I would say Django
12603s	is in a fantastic position overall uh
12607s	having answered the general question
12608s	about the various iterations of warlock
12611s	uh yes I'm in favor of the curse warlock
12613s	overall yes I think even in this matchup
12615s	I would probably prefer to be the curse
12618s	warlock overall but as a more General
12620s	point I don't want to be playing warlock
12623s	in this match it it just seems so
12626s	miserable you yes this looks great for
12629s	language hacker so far but the swing
12630s	turn is just so effective when it comes
12632s	down for Django
12634s	um with the the light and the devour can
12637s	take care of the majority of this board
12639s	straight away uh having now found that
12641s	for leash as well I think Django will be
12643s	able to do more than enough to counter
12645s	swing again
12646s	yeah I think
12648s	a language hacker
12651s	it would have to almost be like
12654s	dragged below with this tamzin alive
12657s	into I don't know another dragged below
12661s	with the times in a lot you know I mean
12662s	like that kind of now he would have to
12664s	just chain pump out curses which is
12667s	difficult to do depending on how much
12669s	Django pops off because obviously hand
12670s	space is a consideration so things would
12673s	have to go very very well if Django pops
12676s	off now for language hacker to win this
12678s	one
12680s	foreign
12684s	[Music]
12689s	it's to choose the right card because
12691s	gift of the narrow is going to draw
12693s	anyway didn't even see what it was
12694s	assumed it was a wig from the speed at
12696s	which it was taken and there it is
12702s	ends it heal up clear the board
12708s	and that's about all you need to do
12710s	there's enough healing the deck isn't
12713s	you know super heel heavy so there's
12715s	enough in it uh you know with the help
12717s	of maybe a hero power or two here and
12719s	there as well that like it's enough to
12721s	just stabilize because you often need
12723s	stabilize for one turn right because
12725s	you're hitting your opponent so hard the
12727s	turn after that it's normally enough
12732s	yeah this matchup is just miserable I
12735s	haven't looked at it but I imagine if
12736s	you you know filter for high ranks this
12738s	is in the 70s for priest you know it's
12741s	such a strong match-up
12750s	and there we go
12753s	lovely
12761s	end up leaving the tams in alive which
12763s	could be the only alarm Bell in the
12765s	situation but no language hacker is not
12767s	going to listen for the sweet chime of
12768s	any alarm Bells he's going to get out of
12770s	this game and play the next one instead
12773s	to tell you something subtle I'm gonna
12774s	choose to believe
12776s	that you because I think you could or
12779s	you would you look this up before you
12781s	said those words do you want to know the
12782s	percent of this matchup Diamond through
12784s	Legend go ahead yeah what is it 73.6
12787s	yeah no I mean that does not say at all
12791s	um only 200 odd games but again it's
12793s	just a small sample size or whatever so
12796s	now you have to be honest did you go and
12798s	look that up because you didn't you
12799s	didn't believe me and you wanted to
12800s	argue I was interested well I'm not
12803s	gonna lie I would have loved it if you
12804s	were wrong
12805s	so uh it's a win-win for me I learned
12808s	something and I have the chance to prove
12810s	you wrong but wasn't my day-to-day uh
12813s	very used to that as an outcome
12814s	unfortunately yeah Django though gonna
12817s	be jumping over to the base Center and
12819s	we are going to another game five that's
12821s	two for two for the initial matches of
12823s	each round so far uh warlock versus
12826s	Hunter
12827s	this is a tricky matchup because both
12830s	decks want to do the same thing and by
12832s	that I mean sort of curve out very very
12834s	early and have their payoff cards later
12837s	on
12838s	um but both decks don't always get to do
12840s	the same thing I do think that the
12843s	hunter opening can get punished more
12846s	than the Warlock one because warlock
12848s	does run AOE to actually catch up but if
12851s	warlock opens with imps and Hunter
12853s	misses a turn also then it's really hard
12857s	to kill those imps afterwards right
12859s	there's just too many of them
12861s	yeah it is and I think you know gone are
12863s	the days where Hunter played damage that
12867s	double Dapper's removal that's kind of
12869s	always been the case with these
12871s	mid-rangey aggressive Hunter decks where
12873s	you know your quick shot or your aim
12875s	shot or whatever could be fired an
12877s	opinion in an emergency let's talk about
12878s	hybrid hunter or a few minutes ago like
12881s	your Argent horse rider could be used to
12883s	to trade two for one into things you
12885s	know in certain situations
12887s	um this deck really struggles to deal
12890s	with board States if it falls behind I
12892s	would say a lot more than uh some Hunter
12894s	decks in the past have done obviously
12896s	there are options uh hydralodon and the
12898s	like can be able to deal with it and uh
12901s	hero tavish can really flip any game
12904s	State on its head talk about these plan
12906s	B's it's a very common trait in The Meta
12908s	game right now the decks have to have a
12910s	very solid plan B because it's almost an
12913s	arms race in some ways right where as
12915s	soon as one deck starts to build itself
12917s	to be more Swiss army knife and more
12919s	Jack of all trades suddenly other decks
12921s	have to be prepared to deal with those
12922s	scenarios as well if they can't just
12924s	blast all the way underneath them so you
12928s	know having these hero cards in
12929s	particular which I think do function as
12931s	such effective players in a lot of spots
12933s	is uh is really adding an extra a level
12936s	of variation to a lot of matchups in The
12938s	Meta game I'd say and that applies to
12940s	the game itself like in-game if that
12942s	makes sense where both players will want
12944s	to get the board early with their you
12946s	know imps obese or whatever but the
12949s	second one of them falls behind
12951s	if they don't have that backup plan they
12954s	just lose right like that's just it the
12956s	game just ends so we'll have to see how
12958s	this one goes this is for a round to win
12961s	one of these players will be ending on a
12964s	2-0 score and be looking good for the
12966s	rest of the tournament so far
12969s	I've got to be a coin spirit
12972s	coach I imagine from Django might go for
12976s	the bats as well because there isn't
12978s	really too much that can interact but I
12980s	would be a little bit worried that there
12981s	is something that can interact with the
12983s	other two one
12985s	in the form of touch or something like
12987s	that
13001s	hence what's he gonna pick
13005s	oh yeah okay this I think that's how
13009s	close it was though I think you know you
13011s	can play the bats there and it's fine it
13013s	gives you more guaranteed options but I
13017s	personally maybe wrongly always lean
13020s	towards Spirit poetry in almost every
13022s	scenario like this
13024s	yeah I do think it was Thai I think
13026s	obviously the vanilla argument here is
13029s	sight unseen with no further development
13031s	from the opponent this is the card that
13034s	one for ones what could be a very
13035s	problematic card on the other side
13037s	whereas Spirit poacher does not
13039s	immediately you're kind of a little bit
13040s	more reliant on the the wild Steed
13042s	outcomes
13043s	but
13045s	obviously you are missing out then on a
13047s	potential uh Spike turn with the bats in
13050s	future but still I think curving into
13053s	Harpoon Gun here I don't mind the way
13055s	that Django's gone about it because he
13057s	has a very strong alternate game plan
13061s	or a bit of a whiff
13067s	I was just going to work out the turns
13069s	there's even a chance here that like
13071s	lateral damage is picked I know that
13074s	sounds stupid but next turn the saber
13077s	the turn after you would assume you've
13080s	drawn you know four drop five drop even
13082s	three drop or something and then you
13084s	know you would assume to curve out so
13087s	out of these I think Wing Commander's
13090s	too slow collateral damage could just
13093s	snipe you the game out of nowhere but
13095s	k9otron is just
13097s	a little bit lackluster
13100s	um although we I guess
13103s	he knows
13105s	you can take another look at what's at
13107s	the bottom of the deck with the weapon
13109s	but he already knows okay now Trump
13110s	won't initially draw something or
13112s	something exactly uh you'd be taking K9
13114s	a Tron to hit a dredge that you already
13116s	know doesn't work apart from the one
13118s	card that replaces it so it just seems a
13120s	little bit awkward overall I think the
13121s	damage finisher does make the most sense
13123s	the curve that's available in hand is
13125s	not the end of the world right now if
13127s	Django has to play this particular hand
13129s	and he does still have a couple more
13131s	dredge options available
13134s	yeah I mean yeah it's the best option
13135s	now right because he saved us into an
13137s	imp and then swings the weapon and then
13139s	just guarantees the uh The Dredge saber
13142s	and then Anakin's can happen yes or
13145s	there's a mountain bearing hand though
13146s	which is a little bit unfortunate it's
13148s	true but yeah I'm surprised that the uh
13151s	the canine Tron did end up being the
13153s	pick here I guess just
13155s	guaranteeing some kind of play at the
13157s	very least uh for perhaps turn six ish
13160s	when it comes down but it seemed like he
13162s	has a lot of Mana allocated up until
13165s	that collateral damage potential later
13167s	in the game yeah and and the weird thing
13169s	for me is it comes down on turn six ish
13172s	the turn where multiple aoes will kill
13175s	it it's like
13177s	yeah I'm not sure how good that is I
13179s	wonder if our hero power would actually
13180s	just be you know overall do more damage
13182s	but we'll see how it pans out
13190s	language hackers got to decide whether
13192s	he wants to or or how he wants to play
13195s	some curses
13197s	like he's gonna go for a spell it's
13199s	always a tricky Choice a pointless
13200s	because he has he doesn't have bran all
13203s	times in so it's like which ones do I
13206s	use up here like yeah you know like do I
13208s	commit the Spells do I just want another
13210s	Minion on board sometimes minion on
13213s	board versus Hunter actually isn't good
13215s	because you give Rush targets for cards
13218s	such as hydraulic
13222s	using to go with really the slowest
13226s	variation of that turn available uh
13229s	using spell instead of Minion as you
13230s	said trading the minion as well as
13232s	opposed to using the touch and that way
13235s	getting the location into place so
13237s	slowest turn initially but obviously the
13239s	turn that offers the most fruitful
13241s	bounties as we move forward and also
13244s	absolute maximum dodging of the saber he
13247s	knows will be in hand this turn right so
13250s	he doesn't want anything for it to rush
13252s	into and so many King crush on his face
13254s	or anything like that so
13260s	ported tarantula option here as well
13263s	Django doesn't have to go for it but
13264s	it's a tech I've seen a lot of players
13266s	play when they're uh worry about
13267s	worrying about decks such as priests
13269s	funnily enough
13273s	especially when um Django plays uh
13276s	Nathaniel right
13281s	I am unsure oh he doesn't
13286s	nope
13295s	what a delicious
13297s	it's another good reason to play the new
13299s	legendary just because that will summon
13301s	the spiders right and then you get like
13303s	waves of poisonous rushing spiders which
13306s	you know by the sounds of it it's pretty
13307s	strong
13311s	solid hands in however but obviously uh
13314s	plenty of layers of threats here from
13318s	Django board state will be replaced
13326s	well that's just a lot of imps from
13328s	language package
13329s	okay
13331s	to imps on board for imp drawers
13334s	all right oh ranking's not the one
13337s	either oh horrible outcome for Django
13340s	overall there
13342s	not only with a massive amount of
13344s	pressure the language hacker found out
13345s	nowhere with the the two imps being
13347s	summoned immediately from the dreadlich
13349s	times in but uh just an underwhelming
13351s	pull from the saber
13355s	foreign
13370s	absolutely fine with seeing the
13372s	tarantula which is not a normal reaction
13376s	for most human beings I would presume
13378s	but okay
13379s	yeah I mean he has the option of
13381s	actually using Library
13383s	trading the tarantula
13385s	putting the other rimp into the rat and
13388s	then just using a Bissell wave
13391s	you ever stop and listen to the words
13393s	you're saying well doing this job and
13395s	then just wondering oh yeah all the time
13397s	I'm saying weird things
13401s	put the Imp into the rat no like call
13404s	the animal authorities immediately what
13406s	is this person doing sorry you're right
13408s	right you put the right into the Imp
13409s	yeah oh yeah that makes sense yeah
13416s	I mean anyone that knows me well would
13419s	know I would not be talking about doing
13421s	anything with a tarantula because
13422s	spiders hurt me
13427s	I wonder like with the the the work your
13430s	parents have always done with animals
13432s	that you didn't get like a desensitized
13435s	is not the word but I imagine like
13436s	people who care for Animals particularly
13438s	exotic animals would sort of train their
13441s	kids to be like well none of these
13442s	animals are actually scary they're not
13443s	going to hurt but they were though
13445s	what's the problem they were
13447s	legitimately dangerous animals
13451s	so I got sent the other way
13454s	ah it was like you can't come into the
13456s	room because these could kill you so
13460s	yeah I got went all the opposite
13462s	direction
13463s	no uh Peppa Pig
13466s	uh not personally but yeah I know of
13468s	them yeah yeah yeah our good friend
13470s	Peppa Pig there was a there's an episode
13473s	of that show that uh talks about how
13475s	like insects and and spiders are your
13477s	friend right like that's the message
13479s	like Daddy Pig telling Peppa Pig like oh
13481s	you know as you see like insects of your
13482s	friend and they've had to like ban that
13484s	episode in Australia because I've been
13486s	giving that advice to children would
13489s	actually kill them
13492s	tell you honestly
13494s	yeah put it this way we had some animals
13496s	that originate from Australia if that
13499s	helps describe some of the danger
13502s	no one should live in Australia it's two
13504s	feet from the Sun and if you go outside
13506s	any animal you see will murder you it's
13508s	just not a habitable place
13513s	go here working out what you can even do
13516s	he does have the tarantula to trade off
13519s	well it's not a pretty trade is it
13521s	because you trade into something you
13523s	want to poison anyway
13536s	this is one of the issues Hunter can run
13539s	into again very strong deck but it's um
13544s	brilliant it's it's very clunky right
13547s	like
13548s	that turn was either he plays altamore
13552s	or he plays the best right
13556s	your language hacker personally insulted
13559s	by the fact that Django would go face in
13561s	that position
13563s	I mean he's playing Hunter yeah but
13565s	honestly like there is a lot of fear
13568s	equity in making attacks like that it's
13570s	something I actually do believe in in
13571s	Hearthstone it's where not if like going
13573s	face sometimes even if it isn't the best
13576s	play is the best play because it makes
13578s	your opponent play badly it scares them
13580s	it makes them think about well how much
13582s	damage do they have in their hand if
13584s	they're going face in this position
13585s	right and I think you see language
13587s	hacker there after the original uh shock
13589s	and incredulity it's like okay well
13591s	let's start counting collateral damage
13594s	right and let's start thinking about
13595s	everything that could possibly be done
13597s	to me
13598s	um just makes you play a little bit
13599s	timid a little bit scared and I think
13601s	particularly when you're on Hunter
13603s	love it when your opponent starts
13605s	playing timid and scared oh 100
13609s	um language hacker could if he's
13611s	actually specifically worried about uh
13614s	collateral damage make some trades
13618s	uh is this enough with the double curses
13621s	going through yeah there's the other
13622s	drag below to go through Tango's face
13625s	two three four yeah plenty oh just like
13629s	that and again
13630s	it's very easy to say at this point but
13633s	wouldn't it have been possible if you
13635s	were just playing the imps right that
13636s	kind of reach doesn't exist uh he still
13639s	had the minion board but yeah language I
13641s	could take in the victory there uh
13643s	Django struggling to get it done with
13645s	Hunter but again I do think that's a
13647s	very close and tricky matchup I do like
13650s	the face attack because again like you
13652s	said if you went for a clear instead
13654s	then suddenly well the game goes on and
13657s	then you still just two hits away from
13659s	winning the series as Hunter so good job
13662s	there I think for Django overall as it
13664s	happens going face there lost him the
13666s	game and the series immediately but I do
13668s	still that stand by it I I respect it I
13671s	think it's a a smart gimmick to take in
13674s	that situation is just to try and trick
13676s	your opponent into actually believing
13678s	you're the aggressor in that position
13680s	right absolutely did not work out and if
13682s	nothing else it got us that facial
13684s	expression from Lancaster which was
13685s	worth the price of admission alone yeah
13688s	good win there for language hacker
13690s	though off to a great start going 2-0
13693s	first two rounds it's also maybe not the
13697s	best time zone for some of the America's
13698s	players to play into as well so at least
13700s	on to offset some of that uh first two
13703s	rounds of Victory is probably feeling
13705s	pretty good about the tournament so far
13707s	but that is just the first match from
13710s	round two we've got plenty more coming
13711s	up don't go anywhere and we'll be right
13713s	back with some more Masters top
13722s	no no no
13730s	[Music]
13734s	Fair Witness
13737s	shall rise
13741s	bad for your life
13749s	you must acquit the dark lady did not
13753s	commit this unspeakable lies
13759s	your cell awaits
13762s	your confession will save us all the
13766s	time
13769s	[Music]
13787s	foreign
13792s	[Music]
13798s	foreign
13805s	[Music]
13830s	foreign
13832s	[Music]
13845s	[Music]
13860s	[Music]
13872s	thank you
13875s	[Music]
13887s	[Music]
13898s	[Music]
13902s	foreign
13905s	[Music]
13913s	welcome everyone once again to
13916s	Hearthstone Masters Tour more and
13918s	disorder where she and I are bringing
13919s	you some more of the continued coverage
13922s	as TJ so eloquently put it and Gia we're
13926s	back in Action once again how you doing
13927s	being here on the casting desk from your
13929s	new setup yeah doing well missing all of
13933s	you guys and very much appreciating the
13936s	the concerted effort to say mo and
13939s	disorder instead of disorder said
13942s	the word more later on and I would have
13945s	gotten lost so thank you very much uh we
13947s	have a very exciting continued coverage
13950s	match right here between pasca and the
13954s	draw two members of The mtog Practice
13957s	Group and two of the players that have
13960s	some of the most storied pasts in the
13962s	Hearthstone competitive history another
13965s	storied past and potentially some of the
13967s	most storied Futures as this could be a
13970s	a world championship match that we are
13972s	seeing a little bit beforehand because
13974s	both Pasqua and Dedra have already
13976s	qualified through to the world
13977s	championship later on this year whether
13980s	or not they make it through to the full
13981s	Championship already and so it's going
13984s	to be very exciting to see them both
13985s	fight it out with pascular being the
13988s	only America's representative currently
13990s	at the world championship and dead draw
13993s	being the only UK representative of the
13995s	world championship two regions I think
13997s	completely comparable in terms of scope
13999s	and skill in Hearthstone uh but for
14001s	Pasco over the last uh couple of years
14004s	it really has been a big turnaround for
14007s	him in terms of his play and I think a
14010s	big part of that is a turn up in his
14013s	self-confidence he's talked a lot about
14016s	his own mental health while competing in
14019s	Hearthstone and his journey to really
14021s	start believing in his own play which
14023s	quite clearly we can see now is very
14025s	much Justified with these results to
14027s	back it up
14029s	very much so and we have of course the
14032s	most important addition to the pantheon
14034s	god of the sun goddess of wisdom god of
14038s	the ocean and God of spreadsheets which
14041s	I don't know how Pascual was awarded
14044s	that title but he is I think in charge
14045s	of stats for mtog so it must be that and
14050s	if the stats are backing up Relic Demon
14053s	Hunter then it could be quite one of the
14056s	brings of the tournament because I don't
14058s	think this is a particularly popular
14060s	deck going into this weekend it was very
14065s	very strong after that first round of
14067s	Nerfs to Demon Hunter but kind of fell
14069s	off a little bit but it has a little bit
14072s	of injection of new cards here with that
14075s	prosecutor meltronics being one of the
14078s	most high impact ones I think when I
14081s	first saw this card I was like wait does
14083s	that work how I think it does that you
14084s	can only do cards in a turn but it does
14087s	actually move the effect over if you can
14089s	keep playing the outermost cards in your
14091s	hand
14092s	yeah it's a cult that I think maybe fell
14095s	a little bit short of players
14096s	expectations I saw a lot of players
14098s	calling it the card of the mini Set uh
14101s	whereas and you know saying it's
14103s	basically just lothip in terms of how
14105s	much it locks out your opponent on the
14106s	following turn I don't think that's
14108s	quite true and the fact that it's a four
14109s	Mana card with only two attack is pretty
14112s	slow in terms of your immediate
14113s	development but I do feel really great
14115s	that it has earned its spot in The Relic
14119s	Demon Hunter the question really just
14121s	being now whether or not The Relic Demon
14123s	Hunter can get going quickly enough to
14126s	fight back against the ruid which for
14129s	dead draw is not the alignment version
14131s	it's not the more nature spell based
14134s	version in the early game uh it's the
14137s	giant variant that we have seen for by
14139s	the wayside a little bit but when you
14141s	think about it without much
14142s	justification like nothing's really
14144s	changed to make this deck not still the
14146s	tier one version of Druid and so I fully
14148s	support going for this build
14150s	right
14152s	um if anything there's I think a bit
14155s	more difficulty with single Target
14157s	removal and so having the Giants hit the
14160s	board early can be a great way of
14162s	pushing back there's no Battlegrounds
14163s	Battle Master here to really double down
14165s	on that but the Oracle of elune still
14168s	exists to have a bit more Synergy with
14169s	big minions and uh Relic pH is a matchup
14174s	where Druid can certainly get run over
14176s	but I feel it kind of depends on which
14178s	relics that Pasqua is able to hit the
14180s	doubles up on uh because the summon one
14183s	relic of phantasms if you can get that
14185s	up to the Realms of 6677 that's just not
14189s	answerable for Druid outside of exactly
14192s	insatiable Devourer
14195s	this is a pretty interesting planted
14197s	evidence because my instinct is usually
14199s	not to play it on turn one unless you're
14201s	against a super aggro deck and you need
14203s	some kind of an instant answer but his
14205s	Mana is spoken for for like the next
14207s	four turns because he can just go Jerry
14210s	wild growth ramp with nourish Miracle
14212s	growth and then he'll probably have
14213s	other better stuff to do on the turns
14215s	thereafter so I was kind of tempted to
14217s	go for the planted evidence to hit so
14220s	the soil or natural causes just some way
14223s	to basically get a 2-2 on the board and
14225s	start chipping face
14227s	yeah it's I completely get your point I
14230s	just kind of wonder how much use the
14232s	chipping face is in this matchup I don't
14235s	think dead draw can expect to really win
14237s	off of incremental damage I feel like he
14240s	needs to get to his managerians and try
14243s	and have significant damage output
14246s	before relics can start to build up
14250s	smaller minions just kind of provide
14253s	fodder for relic of Extinction that's
14255s	true
14258s	in that awkward spot where he's got the
14261s	two Relic vaults
14263s	um and is just kind of waiting for a
14265s	train Force so he can coin out that
14267s	relic of Dimensions going to go for the
14269s	tempo ladies tunnel here pushing a
14272s	little bit of damage face and attempting
14275s	to punish that draw for the expected
14277s	just nourish play that doesn't clear the
14279s	Sano
14284s	but for uh deadro here there are a few
14286s	cards that allow him to actually kill
14288s	off this thano alongside the uh ramp
14291s	from the nourish in the form of what
14294s	kelp strike is that what that's called
14295s	he reads stroke I think he would strikes
14298s	Barrel Ridge yeah exactly
14302s	because of that I do think it's worth it
14304s	I don't think he's in any rush to draw
14307s	and split the second nourish because he
14309s	has Miracle growth anyway
14312s	you gotta be Scrappy with scraps
14315s	that's a close one
14321s	right
14325s	so are we doubling up on relic of
14328s	Dimensions that does seem like the most
14331s	powerful thing to do here even gets two
14334s	spells played uh for ladies tunnel
14339s	yeah really just looking for relative
14341s	phantasms here too
14342s	get some extra static on the board next
14346s	turn before the curtress hero card comes
14348s	online and all in all you know pretty
14351s	good discounts actually these score pits
14352s	can be very annoying uh for the Druid
14355s	when they wanted to slam down Miracle
14357s	growth
14358s	um and uh the Giants as well
14361s	yeah and then being discounted means
14363s	Pascal on turn six could potentially
14365s	brand double scorp it and have a lot of
14367s	value not that he is running out of
14370s	value uh perhaps the brand is better
14372s	safe for something higher impact later
14374s	on but overall it's nice that he has
14378s	gotten you know no over discounts on
14380s	some of the cards which is something
14382s	that you often have happen with the
14385s	relic of dimensions
14391s	from your passion shall rise
14401s	yeah this is the potential one weakness
14403s	of this Relic Demon Hunter a single
14405s	Target removal is a little lacking as
14407s	they do need to get ahead preemptively
14410s	with the scorpids if they want to be
14411s	able to clear things off so this kind of
14414s	play from dead draw makes a lot of sense
14415s	just swing the board back in your favor
14417s	we want to see Beaty plays uh turn after
14419s	turn with the Devourer the Ivers the
14422s	miracle growth this is where DH can
14424s	really struggle
14425s	you want to see meaty plays I'm sure he
14427s	streams pretty often dark
14431s	ironically enough that's where you get
14433s	bad plays this is
14436s	all right so double up on relic of
14439s	phantasms here really putting together
14442s	the type of board that Druid starts to
14445s	struggle
14447s	dealing with
14449s	a pretty nice pickup in the Druid of the
14451s	wreath to just pick off that Scorpion
14454s	and allow the eye of us to go face we're
14457s	getting to the territory where the Naga
14459s	Giants are pretty much free for dead
14461s	draw
14463s	foreign
14467s	he's managed to just about avoid one of
14471s	those awkward Druid hands that doesn't
14472s	actually apply much pressure uh because
14475s	even though he doesn't have any of those
14476s	individually big threats like the the
14478s	giant you were talking about and nixia
14480s	uh dinathrius uh he's got enough the
14482s	insatiable Devourer with an infused on
14484s	either the root of the reef or the scale
14487s	will be able to quickly Infuse and then
14489s	swing the board back once again and even
14491s	just scale of annexia if it goes
14492s	alongside these minions already on board
14494s	to just clear the runway for them to go
14496s	face uh it's still very powerful
14499s	back-to-back turns for dead draw
14504s	aren't particularly large I don't think
14507s	so he could go topple the idol after
14510s	taking some preemptive trades maybe to a
14512s	break point of at least six Health on
14515s	either minion
14516s	but he is going for the Scorpion instead
14519s	field of strife is interesting how bad
14523s	is it
14527s	um with the remaining Mana he can fit
14529s	and sigil and fury although face tanking
14533s	even nine seems like a very iffy
14535s	Prospect at the moment
14537s	yeah you probably just toss in the fell
14539s	barrage I think yeah
14542s	agreed even the hero power and he does
14545s	lose a lot of temp oh is he tanking the
14548s	nine it's a disaster he messed up yeah
14551s	yeah the order meant that he could have
14554s	you know
14555s	I guess dealt one less damage face but
14558s	not taken nine to his face
14563s	yeah and he could have done it so that
14565s	the fell barrage hit both the taunt
14566s	minions and then he gets to Center at
14568s	least I think or yeah like you say he
14570s	does not have to tank the damage as he
14572s	uh salvages it as best as possible but
14574s	now he is quite clearly in pretty Dire
14577s	Straits
14579s	right
14581s	um
14583s	I think of living a seed draws anything
14585s	yeah I don't know any
14591s	as a kelp is oh sorry true to the reef
14593s	knocked
14594s	yet to be a beast and also
14602s	and space issues kind of deter me from
14605s	looking at Miracle growth here
14608s	oh it's all close to being good like
14611s	soul of the forest one manner away from
14613s	going with the scale natural causes does
14615s	just go face though which already at
14617s	this point is starting to be pretty
14619s	tempting to me yeah it's quite valuable
14621s	especially if dead draw can pick up more
14624s	damage from theater right
14628s	we have time to get it in
14631s	would be all right yeah okay
14636s	that seems good just going for the mass
14638s	board buff with that scale of inyxia and
14642s	the natural causes going wide like this
14644s	is actually quite strong against the
14646s	relic of Extinction means that pascala
14650s	almost certainly needed toppled idle to
14652s	clear this board
14655s	yeah it does more or less just force him
14657s	to have it as a hard check at this point
14660s	in the game which he does so the game
14662s	can continue dead draw unable to close
14664s	out quite yet but nothing to really do
14667s	alongside that is just going to be a
14668s	chaos strike or a hero power to get a
14671s	little bit of Chip damage face but that
14673s	gives full uh Liberty for dead raw to
14676s	capitalize on that empty board if he can
14679s	do so in his own right
14683s	yeah and with the Giants version of the
14685s	Druid there's certainly more ways to
14687s	rebuild a board that was lost by druid
14694s	hmm
14696s	well all of these would clear the board
14698s	so which is the best immediate dredge my
14701s	mind goes to school teacher because he
14703s	has bran in hand
14705s	I agree you don't have a board to make
14709s	use of meltronics
14712s	yeah it's not really protecting anything
14714s	is it
14721s	also school teacher Pascua would be
14723s	going into eight Nana allowing him to
14726s	also play one of the nagalings he gets
14728s	and if that is some form of lifesteal
14731s	that could be huge to just let him
14733s	stabilize
14737s	okay moonlit grew uh sorry uh moonlit
14740s	guidance does give you access to
14742s	a couple of other plays you wouldn't be
14744s	able to get otherwise mainly top you're
14746s	in Miracle growth
14749s	not tempting for sure so probably start
14752s	with guidance and then
14754s	Irish to draw after
14757s	I'm sure he's relieved by the turn not
14760s	immediately starting with dinathrios
14763s	true
14772s	I'm guessing Earthen scales
14776s	okay fair enough
14778s	honestly kind of just the cycle the deck
14781s	by getting the drawn copy after playing
14783s	it
14787s	um the fury upgrade if you take it
14792s	at this point it does yeah okay
14795s	I think so
14800s	uh I don't really want to give any of
14802s	these yeah you want all of them
14805s	but I guess he doesn't need two enriches
14807s	oh Extinction okay
14812s	I guess it's by far the best clear that
14814s	Pasco has right more to protect that
14817s	draws on board especially since could
14820s	have doubled up on one of those
14828s	well kurtius is the obvious first
14830s	thought here just to tear up the board a
14832s	little bit get some damage face
14834s	alongside it as well but maybe Pascal
14836s	was thinking that taking a turn not
14838s	drawing here is a little bit too slow
14840s	because if he's gonna have a chance
14842s	[Music]
14843s	relic of uh
14846s	uh dimensions
14849s	I'm the zymox now
14853s	is it too slow
14859s	the big deal that the bats get value
14861s	trades because yeah
14863s	that draw has to allocate
14865s	I mean outside of the relic of
14867s	extensions I should say he would have
14869s	had to allocate quite a lot of Mana to
14871s	deal with these but extension does put
14873s	in quite a lot of work here
14875s	a giant the first has been found
14878s	foreign
14883s	of monarchs yeah
14891s	the time has come
14893s	our former master and again that's an
14897s	actual Monarch it's a prince
14902s	and I'll follow the second
14908s	all right let's look at the Demon Hunter
14910s	cards we've got access to here
14912s	chaos leech oh there it is okay
14917s	that's the big one oh phantasms
14923s	the thing is the leech doesn't kill the
14926s	giant
14930s	if you if predation it can
14933s	that's true
14936s	I'm wondering if multi-strike is ever
14938s	worth it to fully clear the board but
14941s	surely it's The Relic
14944s	yeah I think even though you're probably
14946s	not going to get max value from it
14947s	because you're not going to have board
14949s	space to double Battle Cry it
14951s	it's just another Phantasm you're
14953s	playing uh another Relic story
14963s	it's so weird you could make room by
14965s	activating A Relic even though yeah
14967s	that's true it's not actually double
14969s	casting it because you're not casting it
14972s	as the nogling
14974s	okay now we're talking over Pascal he's
14977s	clearing up the board healing up a
14978s	little bit Staying Alive relic of
14980s	dimensions in hand with the location
14982s	still in play this is salvageable
14985s	looking forward
14987s	appointments did he actually end up
14989s	taking off his foot uh no he picked
14992s	chaos
14993s	okay Australia okay yeah for this cycle
14998s	deadline now consolidating the board
15001s	with anixia
15009s	that means
15011s	might want to commit even just one Mana
15014s	to clear a well to make
15016s	the zymox relic of Extinction hit enixia
15023s	you're not gonna be zymox though
15029s	oh
15034s	wow okay oh my goodness goodness you can
15038s	play both the furies and then Jace
15041s	like 8 16. that's a lot of damage
15044s	is it lethal I'm not sure it feels close
15047s	doesn't it
15051s	there was a fell barrage played yeah
15054s	probably not going to go where you want
15056s	to stay
15058s	right we're gonna find out oh he's going
15060s	for it okay come on this is the spicy
15062s	play no matter what
15069s	oh I forgot about that give them hell
15077s	yeah that's just feels like lethal power
15079s	yeah
15082s	easy lethal look at that
15087s	well beyond
15092s	ah that fella just kind of came out of
15094s	nowhere that lethal there for the the
15096s	Demon Hunter you like you know the power
15097s	of the deck in terms of the relics
15099s	themselves just juicing up further and
15100s	further the Phantasm is getting bigger
15102s	and bigger but you forget the power of
15104s	Jace especially with the level three
15106s	Furies that is just disgusting
15112s	radiations and Chaos strikes have been
15114s	played but even through an onyxia board
15116s	I don't think there was any combination
15118s	that didn't end up becoming lethal for
15120s	Pascal all the orders seem
15123s	um relevant enough that he gets enough
15124s	attack and with the amount of predations
15127s	and the fell barrages I feel like he
15130s	always gets there so very nicely
15131s	calculated to go for that relic of
15134s	dimensions and hit that Jace out instead
15138s	of going for a rather finicky zymox so
15141s	that means that pescua ties it up with
15145s	dead draw here both players but their
15146s	Druids still available but differences
15149s	in the other remaining decks
15153s	indeed yeah the well just in terms of
15155s	the Druid in its own right already
15157s	difference in terms of no Giants here
15159s	going with a slightly more anti-aggro
15161s	package I see a second kelp keeper I see
15163s	spammy arcanists thrown in there as well
15165s	double the turning it more to which also
15168s	gives you a little bit of extra
15169s	antiagara capability uh which does mean
15171s	in terms of the uh the mirror the head's
15173s	head I would give the advantage to dead
15176s	draw were it to come around uh but I
15179s	think we are going to be seeing reverse
15181s	priest first of all here which for dead
15183s	draw is the ball priest a deck that we
15186s	haven't seen in a little while it feels
15188s	like despite winning uh the last but one
15191s	uh Masters Tour last plus one the master
15194s	saw four uh for pocket train would be
15197s	the easier way of saying it uh
15198s	definitely feels like it's Fallen by the
15200s	wayside since the introduction of
15203s	theater I think was really the big
15205s	turning point for the deck in terms of
15207s	players perception but having said that
15209s	I've actually had quite a lot of people
15211s	say that theater is not quite so bad bad
15213s	for the deck as you would expect
15216s	yeah I think the timing of when to play
15218s	it is actually really really difficult
15220s	because poor priest tends to have a lot
15223s	of cards in their hand they can make the
15225s	call that if they are playing against
15227s	the deck with you it's our they play
15229s	their boards immediately and trade
15231s	amulets immediately so nothing of
15234s	crucial importance to the combo stays in
15237s	hand that being said though theatar the
15241s	player playing theater doesn't
15243s	necessarily like wait till the end of
15245s	the game and try to trip up the boar
15247s	priest if they know that the Borah
15249s	priest player is skilled they can try
15250s	instead to time theater right after they
15253s	see a Switcheroo for example because
15255s	there's a high chance that there's a
15257s	boar drawn from that or if there's a
15260s	turn where it felt like the Mana was
15262s	really really tight maybe they did have
15263s	the chance to trade away that amulet
15266s	then that could also be the signal for
15269s	the theater all this to say it's not one
15272s	of those matchups where you wait for
15274s	them to have all their combo pieces and
15276s	and for as long as possible and wait for
15279s	the last opportune moment because it's
15280s	the highest odds that they have
15282s	something important in hand it's very
15283s	different against four priests because
15285s	they can shuffle them back
15287s	that's where things get really really
15288s	complicated but here for pasquer this
15292s	hand is looking mighty juice
15294s	uh the the Guff Nerf I will say is going
15298s	to be hitting pretty hard in this
15299s	instance because like with a coin and
15301s	innovate available we're missing out on
15303s	like multiple hero Powers over the
15305s	course of this uh this rum but even
15307s	having said that just coin Bloom uh
15309s	sorry seedsman intergov into Miracle
15312s	growth and just having a dinner is ready
15314s	to go quite quickly uh is a real threat
15317s	because just slamming a 10-10 is awkward
15319s	for the bore priest a lot of the time
15321s	when you know completing the quest does
15324s	or sorry completing the uh the objective
15327s	the combo and getting the sword online
15329s	does not necessarily equal winning the
15331s	game
15332s	yeah very very true and with that pickup
15336s	of innervate from the moonlit guidance
15337s	it alleviates some of the awkwardness of
15340s	the curve for Pasqua because on turn
15342s	three you can go straight away into Guff
15344s	and then follow up with the room
15345s	seedsman and uh with the next seedsman
15349s	if he likes
15350s	um if he had picked up another ramp
15352s	spell maybe he can go for an early
15355s	Miracle growth and the Jerry rig
15357s	represents the nourish as well options
15360s	options all available to Pasquale but he
15363s	is going to start with the Widow Bloom
15365s	here instead
15368s	and if you really wanted to it could be
15370s	like goth next turn and then
15374s	either Bloom Miracle growth which is
15377s	probably the outcome or like Jerry bait
15380s	uh nourish for ramp and then hero power
15383s	as well that you can fit in a lot of uh
15384s	extra Mana cheat uh if you wanted to but
15388s	I think for Pasco he needs to be not too
15390s	greedy with gaining as much Mana as
15392s	possible and start converting this
15393s	gained Mana as quickly as he can into
15396s	stats on the board turning this game
15398s	around and putting on some pressure
15400s	especially now that he's seen uh the
15402s	light it burns to answer one of his big
15405s	threats
15407s	yeah agreed it's a very delicate balance
15409s	that he needs to tread because all the
15411s	ramp in the world is useless if you get
15413s	hit with a Thor a sort of a thousand
15416s	truths to the face later on but it's
15418s	also a bit of an awkward spot for dead
15421s	draw because currently his card draw
15423s	engine package is all there but it
15425s	depends on Pascal having a couple more
15427s	minions higher than one Health committed
15429s	to the board so he can get real big
15431s	value out of the gift of the naru
15433s	[Music]
15438s	and Maiden at one left like he can
15440s	choose to commit a gift for no value
15442s	just to activate the handmaiden and
15445s	because there is not infinite time in
15447s	the matchup I think it is worth it to do
15449s	so but painful for sure
15451s	absolutely yeah you'd much rather have
15453s	thrown away any of these cards that you
15456s	just drew for that matter uh instead of
15457s	the gift of the narrow uh but like you
15460s	say the combo is still active the game's
15462s	still very much alive for dead draw
15469s	yeah so if Pasco wants to go down the
15472s	full ramp Route there is of course Jerry
15475s	rig into nourish ramp into hero power
15478s	for further ramp
15482s	which means he would have 11 Mana next
15485s	turn
15486s	and once you get to the the heights
15489s	where denatures and bran is available
15492s	then right and very very scary for the
15494s	priest the nothing is not especially
15496s	Juiced though because pasco's hardly
15498s	played minions
15501s	I'll say I think I would have ended on
15505s	bait into the miracle growth there like
15507s	I appreciate that by doing so your next
15509s	turn is probably not that powerful
15512s	comparatively
15513s	um then like you said being able to ramp
15515s	up into the
15518s	Brand Plus denatures combos a little bit
15520s	sooner but you've just seen her the
15523s	light it burns from your opponent yes
15524s	there's a decent chance they have the
15526s	second one but I kind of want to force
15528s	them to have it and if they don't really
15529s	start hitting them quite hard and then
15531s	ramp up more on the next turn instead
15536s	definitely a close call Dad draw here
15539s	with the Eternal bar priest dilemma of
15542s	how to manage hand space here because he
15545s	can get three draws off of pyroclaric
15548s	gift if he wants to just playing one
15551s	activating spell before that and that is
15553s	going to be the desperate prayer
15558s	foreign
15564s	so from this point forward it's tough to
15567s	get tons of value off of the cleric
15571s	there's a board now
15572s	pretty nice
15574s	I think just play that right away don't
15577s	leave your yourself any chance of
15579s	getting theotard
15580s	yeah you're not gonna get suvarna
15587s	everybody
15593s	oh okay it's a nice big threat activates
15596s	the denatures quite like
15598s	that can fit in ramp with the hero power
15601s	uh by using innervate as well if you
15604s	want
15609s	I guess the question really is just how
15612s	much do we want to focus on pure stats
15614s	in getting as much onto on board every
15617s	turn as you can uh versus trying to find
15620s	specifically theater at this point in
15622s	the game in order to get some disruption
15624s	against your opponent because even if
15626s	you don't get the amulet or the ball
15628s	getting a wild pyro getting the
15630s	Priestess Village a lot of these cards
15632s	make it a lot more difficult for your
15634s	opponent to actually win the game okay
15636s	specifically pyro if your board push is
15640s	mainly welped from anixia uh it's huge
15642s	that he has already seen one
15647s	there's one amulet
15649s	which he can immediately trade into and
15651s	trade back using shard
15658s	but the welds represent a lot of
15660s	awkwardness because they are protecting
15662s	anixia and because this is the last pyro
15665s	that draw wants to hold on to it to
15667s	actually proc his Boris later on
15671s	there's a Devourer
15674s	big deal
15678s	and with Pyro
15680s	egg thrive
15686s	I don't think you would pyro and thrive
15689s	on this board
15692s	okay
15693s	I'm just figuring out if it's a velish
15696s	turn as well not sure if there's gonna
15698s	be another turn than this one where you
15699s	place too many spells
15704s	the question is really whether he can
15705s	win the game next turn now which it
15708s	doesn't look like it would have to be
15710s	very unlikely drawers were here to do
15714s	it's like gonna end here
15718s	um
15718s	clearing off the whelps not a huge
15721s	priority if he doesn't also clear off
15723s	the onyxia in the same turn
15726s	uh mousing over the Nazis but I can't
15728s	see how infused it is feels like that's
15730s	been enhanced since the beginning of the
15732s	game and there is 18 damage on board
15736s	here
15738s	just start with planted evidence because
15740s	there's you know a few reasonable
15743s	outcomes of so the soil
15746s	Pride's Fury
15748s	yeah part of the world plenty
15751s	all of them
15752s	representing six more damage
15756s	[Laughter]
15761s	and every time I play that it goes wrong
15763s	it's just I have a full board I play
15765s	convoke insta double composting without
15768s	even blinking
15769s	yeah insta align yourself that's my
15772s	experience
15774s	oh my God he took it though
15789s	I think again it comes down before the
15793s	sword comes online and even if they get
15795s	it at this point they're probably still
15797s	just dead the turn after because they're
15799s	gonna have to swing the sword three
15800s	maybe four times before they're actually
15803s	even gonna kill you
15805s	in terms of board clear potential though
15807s	there is the zirella only desperate
15810s	prayer here he needs a little bit more
15812s	than that to actually get rid of
15815s	denatures
15816s	I wonder
15821s	I don't recall if there's still a flash
15823s	heel in the deck this is the last
15824s	desperate prayer though and Gift of the
15826s	narrow both used as well correct yeah
15832s	I'm currently not seeing it
15836s	I must consider
15842s	I mean I guess there is a clear right
15845s	just
15849s	someone injured
15852s	yeah the village will
15855s	let this turn resolve favorably
15860s	well actually it wouldn't have eaten
15863s	being a clear yeah like say you have to
15865s	use the police
15878s	wait this is one chart of killing the
15881s	nothing
15883s	oh
15885s	my bad yeah
15888s	pretty sick turn all in all it's got to
15890s	be said I don't think I would have found
15891s	that
15895s	yeah and importantly left a Devourer in
15897s	hand to proc second amulet in case this
15900s	board gets cleared
15905s	and the board doesn't all immediately
15908s	blow up to spammy which is a lot of
15911s	things to consider
15912s	in a turn that complicated
15916s	as well and there's no way to activate
15918s	it
15920s	immediately available to Pasqua uh
15924s	if we were to just see
15927s	moonlit guidance into theater I think
15930s	would probably still win you the game
15932s	because you could just take this must be
15934s	nice and they don't have enough swings
15936s	then yeah
15939s	oh there it is that rope's burning again
15943s	we've got to get moving though that rope
15946s	is burning God too true yeah
15948s	but just theater spammy right there's
15951s	the three Health minion you needed
15953s	there's the clear and after you take
15954s	zirella
15957s	give them
15959s	that draw would have to stick bored and
15961s	that's just never happening yep the
15964s	spammy does create that perfect clear
15967s	and that's just it all the damage that
15971s	dead draw can get
15973s	is
15974s	not enough
15975s	yeah gorgeous turn from dead uh from
15978s	Pasqua all in all very very nicely
15980s	played
15981s	I don't know if he's seeing something
15983s	that could potentially go wrong that
15985s	we're not but he's above 45 Health right
15987s	his opponent's literally just gonna
15989s	fatigue
15996s	sticking the seasoned on board yeah is
16000s	that thing I don't know
16004s	yeah I don't see it
16008s	and honestly this is the type of
16010s	approach to a boar priest game that a
16013s	less experienced player would not have
16016s	taken I would say there's a lot of
16018s	points where you get trapped into
16019s	thinking you've got to save the
16021s	denasters for the brown for the one turn
16023s	kill but just recognizing the pivotal
16026s	points when boar priest goes for very
16029s	predictable lines and how to abuse that
16032s	force them onto using their crucial
16034s	resources and in this case for Pasqua
16037s	looking for that theater when he knew
16039s	that Joe's hand was trimmed down to the
16041s	point where if there was a zairaland
16043s	hand he could always hit it it is very
16046s	very clever
16047s	very nicely done Pascal obviously
16049s	loading up on stats as much as possible
16050s	this turns out and no matter what he
16052s	will be coming away to Victor as a 1-0
16056s	start to deadro at the start of this
16058s	series The One game we did not get to
16059s	see is a very rapidly eroding with
16062s	pascular taking some really nice games
16064s	back to back I think uh you know a bit
16066s	of a mess up as we saw in the the first
16068s	game of the day where he just didn't
16071s	really think through the fell barrage
16073s	positioning in order to get that one
16075s	done but apart from that very very
16077s	nicely done and now left with only one
16079s	deck remaining which is his warlock I
16084s	believe right to close things out if he
16086s	wants to take the win here which is yeah
16088s	the hybrid version which the debate
16090s	rages on as to which version is the
16093s	superior deck but based on our sample
16095s	size today it's definitely looking like
16097s	the curse hybrid version is performing
16100s	far better that's right the debate rages
16103s	on you say but I don't know I feel like
16104s	I've seen way more cursive influence
16106s	straight up today and there's actually
16109s	even one more warlock floating around in
16111s	the mine locks some people still
16113s	standing behind that uh a deck that has
16117s	its merits against all of these 40
16119s	Health slow mid-rangey decks but again
16122s	Falls prey to see it are pretty heavily
16125s	which is why people I think are moving
16128s	more towards the curse lock which
16129s	doesn't have as many glaring weaknesses
16131s	as either of the two decks on uh the
16135s	Warlock Spectrum we do have dead draw
16140s	given it another go on Druid
16145s	and with the Naga giant version I'm not
16149s	actually sure if this helps him more on
16152s	average against warlock because even
16154s	eight health is not that tough for
16156s	kerstock to deal with
16158s	um if they have tamzin it's just too uh
16163s	I of either the drug below or a Bissell
16166s	wave to deal with
16167s	yeah I do want to say this hurts their
16169s	draw because like just as direct
16171s	comparisons there's one spammy instead
16173s	of two it's one dozen kelp keeper
16175s	instead of two it's just all these extra
16177s	little cards no uh attorney at more in
16180s	order to get a bit of Silence to deal
16182s	with maybe a low minion that's been hit
16184s	by the location all of these things just
16186s	come in together to give you a slightly
16188s	greedier build that on average is gonna
16191s	struggle especially against an opponent
16193s	that's drawing librarian double flaming
16196s	right out the gate
16198s	an insane opening hand for turn one turn
16201s	two there is a slight question of
16203s	whether it's a blue flame imp or
16204s	librarian on turn one but because of the
16208s	fact that if even if you play librarian
16210s	turn one and turn two you follow with
16211s	two flame mips you still only got three
16213s	damage uh I think it makes more sense to
16216s	start with flame it because the best
16217s	answer from dead draw is Druid of the
16220s	reef which technically you got some more
16223s	value killing a three Health minion if
16224s	it were in hand
16227s	be terrible outcomes for Deadpool though
16229s	with no living Roots no natural causes
16233s	no seaweed strike any of these key
16236s	removal options at the start of the game
16237s	uh just not presenting themselves
16241s	a better late than never for Druid of
16244s	the reef pretty clear uh game plan for
16247s	dead draw which is survive till he can
16249s	get the topiar and that's really the
16251s	turning point where Druid can stabilize
16253s	and continue to deal with waves of
16256s	boards because oftentimes Druid can you
16258s	know spend their entire turn removing
16260s	things but if the Warlock has in King
16263s	reform to follow up or any sort of even
16265s	mid-level board Redevelopment then Druid
16268s	just takes so much incremental damage
16270s	but with topir you can take value trades
16272s	you can set up for dealing with not only
16274s	the board on the turnits plate but
16276s	follow-up words
16279s	all right what's coming off the end of
16280s	this impending catastrophe some slightly
16283s	awkward cards oh I take it back of a
16286s	pascal with the vile Library coming off
16288s	as the last card outside of that it was
16290s	a bit Grim with the double grimoire uh
16292s	in hand alongside the Tamsin but now oh
16294s	my goodness this is just damage damage
16297s	damage to the point where even coin
16299s	Vapes topio to get it down on turn four
16302s	uh is looking to be too slow
16304s	yeah
16306s	questions of what to Target I actually
16309s	do prefer buffing a one one into a five
16311s	five rather than a three two into a
16313s	seven six because of the scale of
16316s	annexia and I guess to a certain extent
16318s	topir as well where the sixth health is
16321s	a cleaner break point for dead draw
16323s	against both the three three tokens and
16325s	the two one tokens
16331s	foreign
16351s	you only have one play
16354s	top and Hope
16356s	fully
16357s	foreign
16361s	skills which there's not likely to be a
16365s	good Target for them next turn
16367s	but he had to do something
16372s	right so just clearing this off is a
16374s	pretty high priority I would say you
16376s	want to deny targets for urban scales
16379s	just trades of their own so spending
16381s	your mana on
16382s	uh
16385s	three Mana uh to put a cursing as well
16388s	it's not terrible drag below
16392s	yeah the thing with drug Billow is it's
16394s	so tempting to save it alongside Tamsin
16396s	so you can double it up next turn times
16398s	it doesn't have good double up effects
16401s	other than that uh
16404s	is that cool for Tempo and just saying
16407s	you can have your topiar so that means
16409s	that draw gets six plus seven armor
16413s	and a couple rushing three threes is
16416s	that enough to save him
16420s	play that plus one
16422s	Urban scales were he to ramp obviously
16424s	instead of draw yeah and that's not
16427s	enough to survive I don't think
16432s	I mean on board it is
16438s	and the ramp does give him much better
16441s	prospects for the following turn
16449s	you would gain six health and be able to
16452s	remove nine damage from the board
16455s	I guess he's not really that alive
16457s	because of the library so he does have
16459s	to go for the double scales yeah not
16461s	really
16463s	[Applause]
16474s	it's a pretty good play take all the
16477s	imps off the board make it at least a
16479s	little bit more difficult to just give
16480s	straight away
16485s	but oh my Lord
16487s	it never stops it's perfect
16489s	yeah Wicked shipment and yeah
16500s	and even if this board were to be swept
16503s	up Pascal then has many curses from hand
16505s	for reach
16508s	and that looks like it is going to be
16510s	the end of the series for dead draw not
16512s	even gonna see what his next card was
16515s	knows that he had no outs whatsoever and
16517s	that's Pascal going up 2-0 in the Swiss
16520s	and as I said a great turnaround for the
16524s	Americas as it's looking pretty dire
16526s	overall in terms of their representation
16528s	they have one player through to the
16530s	world championship which is the one
16532s	player they were guaranteed to get
16534s	through the last season uh of uh
16537s	America's Grand Masters before that
16538s	turned into last call uh for one extra
16541s	player to go through uh and they
16544s	currently have a few players towards the
16546s	top of the point scores in order to
16548s	qualify through to the fourth
16549s	championship so Pasqua definitely The
16551s	Last Hope or the the main hope of the
16553s	Americas at the moment over dead raw who
16555s	is also going to be appearing at the
16557s	world championship so even though I
16559s	would imagine that's one of the easier
16560s	losses to swallow for dead tour overall
16562s	given against is against such a strong
16565s	opponent and he's already got that spot
16566s	spot locked in at Worlds uh it still
16569s	hurts as we know he wants to do well and
16571s	take down one of these Masters tours
16573s	I feel like I'm somewhat obligated to
16576s	make a America's cheering for America's
16578s	joke now but maybe I will I will save
16580s	that for when I'm casting with either TJ
16583s	or Lorinda but yes very big
16585s	congratulations to Pasqua and for dead
16589s	draw we will still be seeing him in
16590s	Worlds and potentially later on in the
16592s	tournament it's just round two uh anyone
16595s	that has taken their first loss here can
16597s	still easily turn this around I say
16599s	easily as if they're
16601s	habugs taking every single win after
16603s	your first loss we shall see the Knight
16606s	is Young and so is the tournament
16609s	that's right yeah I guess it is over in
16611s	uh America's still technically still
16613s	just the middle of the night uh but
16615s	thank you so much for joining us for uh
16617s	the tournament thus far still plenty
16618s	more to come as you said so when we come
16620s	back from this break we're going to be
16622s	starting with round three here at
16624s	Masters Tour more anti sword
16629s	[Music]
16641s	[Music]
16647s	and shall rise and soon
16652s	beg for your life
16658s	[Music]
16659s	you must acquit the dark lady did not
16664s	commit this unspeakable life
16670s	your cell awaits
16673s	your confession will save us all the
16676s	time
16679s	[Music]
16685s	foreign
16696s	[Music]
16700s	[Applause]
16702s	[Music]
16717s	foreign
16721s	[Music]
16730s	[Music]
16761s	foreign
16764s	[Music]
16795s	foreign
16799s	[Music]
16814s	[Music]
16824s	welcome back everyone Hearthstone
16827s	Masters Tour more in disorder my name is
16830s	subtle and I am joined by former
16832s	professional Hearthstone Caster geo geo
16834s	how are you doing
16835s	I'm feeling very not former what am I
16838s	doing here
16839s	come on
16841s	I mean you just saw in your you're like
16844s	you look like a guest Caster right now
16845s	where's your green screen where's your
16847s	lighting set up like come on you guys
16849s	gotta try harder than this surely then
16851s	fit in my luggage I'm so sorry
16855s	well moving on we do have a Whopper of a
16858s	series to kick off round number three it
16860s	is featuring one of my absolute favorite
16864s	players to watch and to cover a player
16867s	who is an absolute force to be reckoned
16869s	with in the China circuit and has very
16872s	quickly over the last four to five years
16875s	established himself as one of the
16877s	overall best players in the world Zhao T
16880s	is going to be kicking off round number
16881s	three for his gym
16883s	I am so glad I finally been illuminated
16885s	as to what that number one pose means it
16888s	means he is one of soddle's favorite
16891s	players to watch and to cast and I have
16894s	to admit he's one of my favorites too
16896s	had the privilege of interviewing him
16898s	after his master's tour when previously
16902s	and he's always remained on top of his
16905s	game for years and years now one of
16907s	these players that just never seems to
16910s	fall off I mean I will never ever say
16912s	shouty is washed because he's always
16914s	coming up with good results here not
16916s	afraid to go for strange deck lists too
16919s	and it has worked to his favor before
16921s	but this time we're not quite
16924s	understanding it feels like what's going
16927s	on with these middle two decks yeah then
16930s	suddenly the control priest with
16932s	something called throwing in there as
16934s	well and the thief Rogue as well the
16937s	jackpot Rogue those are two decks I have
16940s	seen jlt playing on ladder specifically
16943s	can I tell you what they are doing in
16945s	this particular lineup sandwich between
16947s	two of the most common Decks that we're
16949s	seeing in the tournament the Beast Druid
16950s	and sorry the Beast Hunter and the ramp
16953s	Druid uh no I cannot but I am sat in the
16956s	host chair for this series Gia so I
16958s	don't have to think over to you
16961s	yeah I kind of feel like these are just
16964s	meant to outgrind some of the other
16967s	Midway control decks like say Shaman
16969s	where
16971s	um if they're not hitting the super
16973s	early dinathus macaw don't actually have
16975s	a very quick win condition and the thief
16979s	Rogue and the priest can just keep
16980s	putting together board after board slash
16983s	board clear after board clear and
16985s	eventually not end up with the most
16987s	value in the sense that they fatigue
16990s	their opponent but they probably have
16991s	more cards in hand and their opponent
16994s	might run out of stuff to do in the
16996s	immediate there's also the upside of
16998s	control priest being able to run
17000s	Whirlpool which is one of the very few
17002s	answers in The Meta right now to the
17004s	Jailer if shouty was expecting to see
17007s	some of that
17008s	yeah so going over to cled now it's a
17012s	lineup which I would imagine at the very
17014s	least and admittedly we're flying by the
17017s	seat of our pants a little bit here in
17018s	terms of dealing with the priest and the
17020s	Rogue matchups
17021s	um but I would imagine this lineup is
17023s	something that pre-specifically would
17025s	struggle against a little bit just the
17028s	um you know Mages capable of going as
17030s	late as you like with just about any
17032s	deck in the game if it gets to that
17033s	point and Hunter and Druid specifically
17036s	just kind of have that sort of mid
17038s	mid-range mid game pressure that ends up
17041s	exhausting the priest of control tools
17043s	more often than not in my opinion so I
17046s	think this could be an uphill one for
17048s	jlt but we will wait and see I'm very
17051s	willing to be surprised by what this
17053s	priest and Rogue is capable of yeah
17055s	absolutely that alignment Druid also
17058s	looking pretty scary wouldn't be
17059s	surprised if xiaote banned that away but
17063s	cialid is going to lead with perhaps his
17066s	most generic deck of the line up with
17069s	that Beast Hunter in there one of Castle
17072s	kennels tucked in I feel like I'm on the
17074s	side of not really liking this card
17076s	being in the list but certainly can help
17079s	if you are falling behind on board it
17082s	synergizes really nicely with any death
17084s	throttles you can get to immediately
17085s	give those Rush
17088s	other than that the list looking pretty
17092s	standard
17093s	yeah what do you make of Hunter in
17096s	general terms because obviously it was
17097s	the Talk of the Town coming into this
17099s	it's the dominant ladder deck so it's
17101s	the one that is the debate is rumbling
17103s	on like should this get nerfed shouldn't
17105s	it get nerfed what's the play rate
17106s	what's the win rate all of these things
17107s	being thrown around
17109s	hasn't looked like the dominant force
17112s	that maybe some players might expect it
17114s	to have been coming into this tournament
17115s	so far yeah I'd agree I think it's a
17118s	very fourth deck type of ring where
17121s	it because it's such a weird deck where
17124s	it can play Early curve but doesn't have
17126s	that consistent reach
17128s	um that the old face Hunter you saw
17130s	you're basically taking the front half
17132s	of facehunter and then the mid to late
17134s	game half of B Center and shoving those
17136s	together and it doesn't feel like you
17138s	have that much of a linear game plan you
17141s	can be a lot more flexible which is an
17143s	upside but also means you don't have any
17145s	real polarized matchups so I feel like
17148s	if you're bringing Hunter you just
17149s	didn't really necessarily land on a
17151s	lineup that's hard targeting something
17153s	where I think in this meta there is
17155s	opportunity to be a bit more heavily
17158s	targeting not necessarily one deck but
17160s	an archetype because you can build four
17163s	very cohesive aggro decks you can build
17165s	for control decks so uh Hunter I don't
17169s	think it will end up as one of the
17170s	highest win rate decks but I won't clock
17172s	anyone for bringing it too because
17174s	sometimes it's hard to go for a full
17176s	Target strategy
17178s	we are absolute disaster cled has that
17182s	unfortunate lighting position where it's
17184s	not just going to be hidden all the time
17185s	nor is it just going to be shining in
17187s	your face all the time every time he
17189s	moves his head you're just going to get
17191s	the glare of his ceiling light unlucky
17196s	well uh
17197s	a camera I'm not gonna spend much time
17199s	looking at compared to our Jew I guess
17205s	double psychicandra and The Peasants now
17207s	curved out here for gel tea getting him
17210s	comfortably ahead on board on the early
17211s	in the early game which is really nice
17212s	because it at least allows him to
17214s	potentially deal with some of this uh
17217s	wild seed presence in the immediacy
17220s	yeah luckily gets the rush here which is
17222s	a big deal to stop some of the value for
17226s	Xiao tea he can use yalad's own ramming
17229s	Mount against him though but I don't
17232s	necessarily think that's better than
17234s	identity theft here I feel like ramming
17236s	Mount is really nice to get a value
17238s	trade on board and using it preemptively
17241s	for damage it doesn't really feel worth
17242s	it just for plus two plus two
17248s	yeah it's incoming climb to agree with
17251s	you it's just how much xiaoti really
17253s	values getting significantly ahead on
17256s	board here and putting the hunter Under
17257s	Pressure which I would imagine is not
17259s	that much
17261s	oh
17267s	uh yeah between saber and King Crush
17271s	it feels weird because I don't think
17274s	that the king like like actual damage is
17277s	the
17278s	usual wincon for the priest here it's
17280s	more kind of just grinding out all of
17283s	the resources from Seattle but still
17284s	somehow King Crush also represented the
17287s	most value
17289s	yeah I think it's one of the again
17291s	another reason why this matchup is not
17294s	fantastic from the pre-side we see this
17296s	as an argument from some players as to
17300s	cutting theater from some decks in the
17302s	current meta game as well that it's not
17303s	particularly good against Hunter because
17305s	stealing cards from them most of their
17307s	cards require synergies in order to be
17310s	at all effective
17312s	um so you know having a king Crush in
17313s	your hand having an ajar and saber like
17315s	without access to all the same tools
17317s	that that means for the hunter those can
17319s	be some particularly weak cards yeah the
17323s	saber does have Synergy with some of
17325s	shouti's Base deck like the Blackwater
17327s	Behemoth being the big one to pull but
17329s	the problem is how are you gonna dredge
17331s	the sunken saber
17333s	um
17334s	maybe steal something to dredge that
17337s	remains to be seen uh anyway on this
17340s	turn it does represent a pretty clean
17343s	trade against that renithal unless
17345s	xiaote would rather commit ramming Mount
17347s	and get one immune trade and one trade
17351s	away on the one one but that represents
17353s	a minion that's just dead to the weapon
17355s	waking up next turn
17364s	Realty very much taking his time with
17367s	these early game turns was very quick to
17369s	play the psychic conjurers but since
17370s	then uh slowed the pace down
17373s	significantly but as you said earlier
17375s	ramming Mount perhaps at its best when
17377s	it's able to take a value trade
17378s	immediately uh does play Mana
17381s	inefficiently but is able to get
17384s	guaranteed value out of the immune basis
17386s	at the very least
17387s	yeah
17389s	I was surprised by this because the 3-3
17391s	does get taken down by the weapon from
17394s	the Stag uh but maybe shouty
17397s	just hoping to get some value from the
17400s	ramming Mount wherever possible because
17402s	maybe he feels like he's going to fall
17404s	behind on board in the near future and
17406s	maybe never gets to buff anything from
17408s	that point
17409s	and I think if Sheltie is doing this he
17412s	has a plan for this turn right because
17414s	he kind of has perfect information as to
17416s	what that turn would be a weapon that
17418s	you know is about to appear and a German
17420s	saber that you know is in hand because
17422s	you stole from the opponent and it's
17423s	just a perfectly clean turn on turn form
17428s	infused to clean the scene able to get
17431s	rid of all these but is it worth it on
17433s	just two minions he could go for a clear
17436s	with two separate resources instead
17438s	lighted Burns and a Sharon saber
17447s	It's the weird position to be in where
17450s	xiaoti has actually very few resources
17452s	to work with not much card draw in the
17455s	deck It generally relies on stealing
17456s	resources from the opponent
17466s	it could even be a pass altogether if he
17469s	wants to read this out and get more
17470s	value from clean the scene
17476s	halfway play in the end holds on to
17478s	light but does use the saber to be able
17480s	to clear up the Firefall
17482s	happy to leave the Assurance saber in
17485s	play I think motivated mostly by not
17487s	wanting to put the card on the bottom of
17490s	the deck while dredge is so easily
17492s	available for seal it
17494s	air
17495s	drudge and pet collector both being
17498s	relatively scary at that point and also
17502s	the fact that the Sabers at one Health
17504s	means at the very least if shouty wanted
17506s	to he could hero power after deals
17508s	damage and zyrrela to get rid of it now
17511s	though there's an okani complicating
17513s	things
17514s	and if this is for Minion there's no
17516s	easy way to test
17518s	no not really in the deck in general
17523s	especially when you've played double
17525s	psychic conjure out early in the game
17527s	there's not too many minions you'd be
17528s	overly pleased with throwing away at
17530s	that point
17532s	but there is a way to get rid of it
17534s	outside of minions using clean the scene
17537s	but if cled did take spell then shouty
17540s	would have to test with light it burns
17542s	first
17543s	and overall that sounds like a lot of
17545s	resources still I wonder how you can get
17547s	away with just hero powering and passing
17550s	again
17553s	yeah if you have to kind of two for one
17555s	yourself in this situation you're down
17557s	to a very spouse hand and
17560s	you're really faced with the same
17561s	problem as you were last turn as well
17563s	right as you are just setting up your
17564s	opponent for that perfect dredge by
17567s	clearing this board regardless
17570s	I think this might be a long uphill
17572s	battle for xiaoti's priest in this
17574s	series Geo ah
17578s	I'm gonna try not to think about that uh
17581s	cielo's hand though looking very very
17583s	promising here with that school oh he
17587s	just
17589s	did it just shipped it okay
17594s	I mean
17598s	was it
17600s	that heart of a read to make that you
17603s	know minion was quite likely at that
17604s	point
17606s	I I would have thought that minion was
17609s	the more common of the two picks in the
17611s	matchup I don't have a great deal of
17612s	experience playing this match up but I
17614s	would imagine it was more common because
17615s	you know the big pile of cheap spells
17618s	right desperate prayer gift of the
17619s	Naruto shout of the Naru light it burns
17621s	all available whereas the minions seem a
17623s	lot more premium and I don't think there
17625s	was any great surprise on gel T's face
17627s	in reaction to the the minion I think he
17629s	just decided that was the best line
17633s	I guess so I mean
17638s	I'm trying to figure like if you know
17640s	that it's minion then why even play
17643s	zyrala is my question here
17647s	because he could just sweep everything
17649s	up with a spell on the next turn if you
17651s	do think that that's minion
17653s	maybe he is somewhere in the halfway
17656s	where like he wasn't necessarily sure
17659s	it's minion and so even if it were he'd
17662s	be okay with losing zairala in theory
17664s	because he didn't have any good healing
17666s	cards in hand
17668s	uh and then in the case where it ended
17671s	up being spelled he gets to clear part
17674s	of the board
17677s	you think that makes sense overall
17679s	because even just allocating the minion
17681s	on clearing the akani if the okani then
17684s	manages to survive for an extra term
17686s	which is unlikely at least you've then
17687s	got that done you can use the nether
17689s	Drake for something further down the
17691s	line so there are reasons to do it I
17694s	think the play was I think essentially
17696s	what we're saying is xiaoti was just in
17697s	a miserable position and anything he did
17700s	that turn was going to look bad
17702s	for sure
17704s	on the opposite side Clyde with two
17707s	strong curve options here Huntsman
17709s	Ultima are not fully infused but two
17712s	gargon companions isn't too bad here
17714s	whatsoever I wouldn't mind just greeting
17716s	it out with the mountain bear either
17721s	and for all the thieving this priest
17723s	does it hasn't found room to include
17725s	Sylvanas which is a huge deal
17728s	for all these death rattle minions for
17731s	clad feeling a lot safer once they hit
17733s	the board it's strange that they're less
17735s	safe when they're in hand and deck yes
17742s	Galaxy now does have the location
17745s	available which is really the principal
17749s	source of card draw in the deck as Geo
17751s	was alluding to earlier otherwise it
17753s	just kind of deals in stealing cars and
17755s	scorpions so this will be a welcome
17757s	addition to that hand
17760s	trick points all just a little bit too
17763s	awkward though the sex Health denying
17764s	both the trade from just location on a
17767s	minion and light it burns from getting
17769s	rid of that first half of the bear
17773s	but I do like activate oh oh using this
17777s	for lighted Burns that's two plus one
17778s	and then lion Burns it yeah spicy I like
17781s	that I was also looking at whether
17783s	there's any Merit to drawing the card
17785s	first and then looking for break points
17787s	with a potential nether Drake play but
17789s	there was nothing good there this did
17790s	look significantly better overall
17793s	Here Comes everyone's favorite
17795s	Hearthstone card theater
17805s	support
17807s	I mean it makes sense right you have a
17810s	dinosaur and all they have is a prayer
17817s	Gorgon companions yeah I mean and and a
17820s	significant amount of damage that you
17821s	can just ship into your opponent's face
17822s	this turn that's also quite beneficial
17826s	the fact that shouty hasn't found a
17827s	shadow spell this whole time than
17829s	another Drake has been a Sitting Duck uh
17831s	the break point on it isn't necessarily
17833s	good but if he had found a shadow spell
17835s	like brand netherjick was a solution
17837s	however there is a cleaner solution now
17840s	with the whirlpool
17851s	that would actually tied shouty over for
17853s	the meantime
17855s	the whirlpool would tide shouty over I
17858s	mean honestly you haven't lost you
17860s	haven't lost it you've still got it
17862s	really
17863s	not a former broadcaster
17873s	yeah xiaoti taking his sweet time here
17875s	but there is no other play on this turn
17878s	as far as I'm concerned
17880s	rip that Whirlpool oh that's some refill
17884s	if I ever seen it though not immediately
17886s	but alongside the frenzied fangs yep
17888s	absolutely that's enough problems that
17891s	Clyde has created for shouty to answer
17894s	can start weaving in the hero Powers
17896s	feeling looking a little bit sad without
17899s	any drudge effects no canine Tron or
17901s	Harpoon Gun drawn but this looks like
17904s	it'll be enough to get there shouty is
17906s	still in desperate need of at the very
17908s	least a shadow spell
17911s	and failing honestly just as a Yeti at
17914s	some point over the course of the game
17916s	might just be enough
17920s	Mr
17922s	terrible
17925s	no copied cards in hand other than King
17927s	Crush right now and that doesn't get
17929s	Battle Cry double charge so
17932s	um
17941s	I mean it should
17946s	are you saying this because I've joined
17948s	the dev team
17950s	wait yeah hang on we've got an inside
17952s	track now okay do not don't listen to
17955s	any of Raven's opinions about Hunter
17958s	uh actually remove the words about
17960s	Hunter from that sentence and then
17962s	[Laughter]
17964s	mm-hmm
17968s	I think you'll be fine maybe I will I
17970s	need to actively choose to not listen
17972s	when he's talking about Battlegrounds
17974s	I'm not that mean
17976s	foreign
17984s	sorry one draw and
17988s	it's terrible
17997s	just
17998s	the beginnings of uh Sierra running out
18001s	of steam here though
18002s	is still gonna need one or two big
18004s	clears obviously that uh nether Drake
18007s	finally becoming active would be
18008s	absolutely key
18010s	if it can get there
18014s	big if big if indeed
18018s	and the fact that there's a couple more
18021s	wild seeds waking up for salad and
18024s	eventually sex damage from the weapon is
18027s	very scary for a shouty because he's
18029s	really not doing anything to stabilize
18031s	he's not been given the option to do so
18043s	foreign
18047s	oh yeah push the two
18052s	yeah continuing to disrespect the king
18054s	crush on board as you absolutely should
18056s	be doing here
18058s	God there's been no death rattles
18066s	and I think he needs to just take the
18067s	upgraded hero power though
18076s	I mean if you do that in hero power you
18080s	don't get delighted Burns which is
18083s	Maybe
18085s	something to consider instead that
18087s	shouty could use
18089s	the rest of the Mana building board and
18091s	say light it burns sometimes lets him
18093s	survive here if there's no damage from
18096s	Han
18097s	yeah like not using the light kind of
18100s	negates the five armor you get from the
18103s	zarella immediately right by not
18105s	clearing the extra minion but I there's
18107s	just nothing else in the hand that's
18109s	worth spending mana on here it really
18111s	seems like
18113s	so did it yeah
18117s	super relevant clearly
18126s	all right 11 damage on board plus two
18130s	from the hero power salad needs five
18133s	decent to just kill a dinosaur
18136s	Sylvanas the Big Game Hunter
18140s	again I posed the same question I posed
18142s	to Raven earlier do you ever just stop
18143s	and listen to the words that you say
18145s	while casting this game that's decent to
18148s	kill a dinosaur like it's just not a
18150s	thing that sounds great out of context
18151s	is it
18154s	yeah I can't really think of anything
18157s	other than meteors that are truly decent
18159s	at killing dinosaurs true yeah
18166s	holding on to it though
18170s	that's still considering well I'm bored
18173s	yeah and I think just considering this
18175s	is enough pressure and if one of the
18177s	really big swingy minions does come out
18179s	here uh they then just having that
18182s	Sylvanas to deal with it is going to be
18183s	a big deal
18185s	surely this scarfid can find a shadow
18187s	spell right you can even double roll it
18190s	with brand score of it and still have
18191s	the Mana to play another drink
18193s	absolutely I think that has to be the
18194s	line
18197s	that says Shadow spell no we actually do
18201s	have to make a decision there's two of
18203s	them which one's better
18206s	uh
18212s	uh not actually sure because
18215s	okay I guess this tag does represent
18218s	something that gets cleared by the
18219s	shadow word ruin
18222s	Amulet of undying for saber uh-huh yep
18226s	because as we but of course both know
18228s	Jia there have been Death Rows that have
18230s	died this game
18232s	my bad I should be a former Caster at
18235s	this point for disrespecting the saber
18238s	absolutely washed
18251s	that's incredibly awkward timing to have
18254s	drawn Harpoon Gun but it is Harpoon Gun
18256s	uh-huh and there's a bunch of random
18260s	colossals yup
18267s	and the Sylvanas feels awful to play
18269s	here as well because it just takes a
18271s	little more Infuse and the only way to
18274s	infuse it right now is to rush the Stag
18277s	which means there's no minion to take
18279s	control of
18283s	actually just gonna go fishing
18286s	Baker the head means that he's probably
18288s	not hit the juice here
18293s	they're not the worst
18300s	I was honestly wondering about Leviathan
18302s	just to get another card draw straight
18304s	away because you can dredge and draw and
18307s	dredge again
18309s	yeah true actually
18314s	or behemoth and then you drink it
18320s	so this is the kind of thing that salad
18322s	has been waiting for here with the
18324s	Sylvanas right like you could definitely
18325s	make the argument if he'd have just
18327s	spent his mana and put it in play it
18329s	would have attacked face by now and the
18330s	game would have been over but this is
18332s	the kind of situation he's been playing
18334s	around it's the you know light shower
18336s	Elemental Blackwater Colossus those big
18338s	back breaking cards you just don't want
18340s	to deal with at all from priest yeah
18344s	yeah I also got the Feeling shouty won't
18347s	even play the uh the Colossal until it
18350s	immediately gets something to lifesteal
18351s	off of
18355s	like this it's still of course a very
18357s	good Sylvanas Target for salad but
18359s	shouty can shadow where Drew in that
18362s	board
18363s	yes indeed
18369s	very clever
18374s	I mean this is such a weird world we
18376s	live in where shouty has been sub 10
18379s	health for many many turns now and the
18381s	hunter just cannot kill him I know the
18383s	winter was a priest
18385s	like why am I drawing so violence
18387s	instead of aim shot like what has gone
18389s	wrong with Hunter at this point
18394s	I'm certain Raven would have an opinion
18396s	on this but I've been instructed not to
18398s	pay attention to it absolutely
18406s	so let's go ahead and play the
18408s	hydraulicon of course Shadowood ruin is
18410s	something that sealer will definitely be
18412s	considering is it being a natural card
18414s	in the deck as well as the generated one
18416s	that we can see that xiaote has taken
18419s	huge deal that he can't pair the
18421s	Behemoth with it on the same turn which
18423s	means that the shadow word ruin posed
18425s	that there's still three minions left on
18427s	board the two Hydra heads and the elec
18429s	popping out of the scorpid that's
18431s	another thing taken out of context that
18433s	sounds really really weird
18436s	um
18437s	and he can remove two of these things
18439s	with lighted Burns and the hero power
18442s	but still leaving 4 damage on board and
18444s	and cielad's own hero power means cled
18447s	is simply a uh weapon draw away from
18452s	lethal
18455s	he is drawing Leviathan next turn though
18459s	I believe right I think it's been
18461s	dredged on the the following term
18464s	but will not have a Target
18467s	oh behemoth
18470s	okay taking two and three that it
18473s	doesn't immediately get poisoned and
18474s	even if it does it still gets the
18476s	lifesteal yeah it still won't be lethal
18478s	on board even if it does have the worst
18480s	attack which it does yeah
18485s	does mean this Leviathan now has a
18487s	Target though which is a big deal
18491s	there's like one off right now including
18493s	the castle Kennels
18498s	uh
18504s	um
18505s	that doesn't work same thing
18514s	fine
18518s	your power
18520s	push the damage and shouty
18524s	slowly but surely has been pushed out of
18527s	the game
18533s	and I can't stress enough how
18535s	unfortunate the poison going into the
18538s	Behemoth was I guess salad had a good
18541s	answer to remove it still even
18544s	um if it had stayed on board without
18546s	giving the lifesteal because he put
18548s	Leviathan on top but from shouti's
18550s	perspective that could have gotten two
18552s	procs of lifesteal and given him time to
18554s	potentially stabilize
18555s	[Laughter]
18560s	that's just funny
18562s	uh the ultimate theater Synergy put
18565s	cards in your opponent's hand just so
18567s	you can get an extra copy of them later
18568s	honestly does does that cards
18571s	applications know no bounds
18573s	oh the light it burns
18578s	Very fittingly Yes we'll have plenty of
18581s	time for continued priest puns it seems
18583s	throughout this series because uh xiaoti
18586s	losing with the priest this is conquest
18588s	of course which means LT will continue
18590s	to have the priest available in his
18592s	lineup and again it does seem to me just
18594s	looking at the match-up she holistically
18597s	that the priest will struggle against
18599s	the overall type of decks that clad has
18600s	available
18602s	that's right
18603s	um
18604s	it does of course have the potential to
18607s	immediately end certain matchups the way
18610s	theater does by actually stealing
18613s	something away from your opponent not
18615s	just through the theater but Harvester
18617s	of Envy being a bit of Envy being a big
18619s	one and that's even repeatable if that
18621s	manages to stick around longer that can
18623s	be back breaking for Druid if they take
18625s	the nautrius backbreaking against Mage
18628s	if you take their Don grasp they're more
18630s	drush so on and so forth so this priest
18633s	just needs to hit the nuts one time can
18636s	they do it
18637s	I mean it's a great question but one
18640s	that will still I think take some time
18642s	to answer the decks remaining of course
18644s	are The Relic Demon Hunter a deck that
18647s	made an enormous Splash uh towards the
18651s	end of last call I had the great
18653s	pleasure of uh being able to cast that
18656s	one alongside Fino where we got to see
18658s	bly's piloting a very similar deck to
18660s	this uh to Great skill much to the
18663s	excitement of Fino who is a huge huge
18665s	fan of this deck overall uh started off
18668s	seeming like a bit of a meme deck and
18669s	then it wasn't going to get there but do
18670s	you think this actually has a place in
18672s	The Meta right now Jim
18674s	yeah absolutely
18676s	um this is another deck that the power
18678s	ceiling on it is so high if you're able
18680s	to hit a strong curve of relics get the
18682s	location and uh build a board of
18685s	phantasms very quickly not many decks
18687s	can answer a board of that size
18690s	um super early in the game and then of
18692s	course as we saw from Pasquale a while
18693s	ago if you get multiple procs on relic
18696s	of Dimensions you can get your JS really
18698s	really cheap and you are running Brown
18700s	bronze beards so there's a lot of damage
18702s	that can come out of nowhere with the
18705s	right discounts and then there's that
18707s	new splash of prosecutor mailtronics
18709s	here which is just a very annoying card
18711s	to get hit by and potentially you can
18713s	buy you a full turn of extra Relic procs
18718s	and so just looking at what limited data
18721s	is available because this is not a
18724s	common matchup on ladder and even more
18725s	Uncommon matchup in tournaments uh yeah
18729s	this one kinda sucks gear the numbers
18731s	seem to be hovering around 25
18734s	uh for the priest 75 for the Demon
18737s	Hunter overall on this one based on uh
18740s	ladder data and what limited tournament
18742s	data I can find on it as well so like I
18745s	said could be a continued uphill battle
18747s	here for GLT he's really gone left field
18750s	a little bit with some of his lineup
18752s	choices and as I said he's been playing
18754s	these decks on bladder and I've
18756s	certainly like played against him and
18758s	thought why on Earth is xiaoti playing
18760s	this deck and then I've opened streams
18762s	and seen other streamers playing in GLT
18763s	and then why is GLT playing this deck it
18766s	just seems to be a fairly Universal
18768s	reaction but xiaoti is one of the best
18771s	in the world and currently in really
18773s	fantastic form in the the China circuit
18775s	as well you know really playing on the
18777s	top of his game at the moment so there's
18779s	clearly some motivation here that we're
18781s	not seeing
18782s	great maybe hoping to hit a more
18786s	aggressive decks in theory but he
18789s	doesn't even have that much of a spin to
18791s	beating like aggro Druid for example
18793s	there's not a lot of small removal here
18795s	but he has 2-0 in the Swiss so far so
18798s	let's see if he can make this work uh
18801s	relic of Dimensions kept first y'all had
18803s	no big surprise here I do worry about
18806s	the overall quality of cards to be
18809s	copied From shouti's perspective because
18811s	similarly to the point you made about
18813s	Hunter there's a lot of cards that
18815s	synergize with each other literally
18817s	anything with Relic in the name is gonna
18819s	be tough for the priest to get full
18821s	value out of unless they steal multiple
18823s	of them
18827s	foreign
18830s	and furthermore like it's gonna have
18834s	very limited time to actually make
18836s	something happen here with the location
18838s	draw that CLA does have here this is
18840s	going to be a very fast hand overall
18842s	it's looking to be there is that new
18844s	card of course the prosecutor coming out
18846s	that you was alluding to earlier very
18848s	disruptive card in certain situations
18852s	it is a big deal that shouty has a clean
18854s	the scene on the far left though because
18856s	that is generally a card that you would
18858s	want to play to clear a board that
18860s	meltronics is protecting
18863s	foreign and the additional Whirlpool
18867s	picked up from the scorpid also a big
18869s	deal because I do think shouty's Avenue
18871s	to winning this especially with this
18873s	hand is to just clear every single
18875s	Phantasm you see and hope to not die to
18878s	Jace
18885s	it's been an inordinate amount of
18887s	renaults drawn early these past few
18889s	games
18891s	yeah it's true actually we have been
18893s	seeing an awful lot of it not just at
18896s	the start of games which is is anyone
18898s	else entirely sick of that animation yet
18901s	um but also just through the early games
18903s	as a spider tank it has been showing up
18905s	an awful lot
18908s	I will definitely hold my hands up on
18910s	this one Renato ended up being a much
18912s	much stronger card than I expected it to
18914s	be
18916s	I continue to hate it and wish it would
18918s	go away but it is good I will admit it
18921s	is good
18924s	again solo I'm on the Battlegrounds team
18927s	these
18928s	these concerns must be directed to other
18931s	people
18934s	I mean if you could just give me uh
18937s	Boar's phone number that would be ideal
18938s	I'll get right on it
18940s	wait still Battlegrounds team damn no it
18943s	doesn't work either
18946s	Oh I thought you just wanted to call a
18948s	friend that you haven't seen in a while
18949s	yeah true actually
18952s	glow about football for a while it'd be
18954s	nice haven't got to do that in a while
18961s	for context
18963s	another trick
18964s	Paul's team and my team are direct
18966s	rivals
18968s	but you might want like the context as
18969s	to what that means because clearly you
18971s	care enormously
18973s	uh-huh I mean it's not just I mean
18976s	you're trying to make me jump through so
18978s	many Hoops here first sports which I
18980s	don't care about on that sport
18982s	specifically in the UK and then
18984s	specifically two teams that you each
18986s	care I don't know why you expected me to
18988s	react to this I'm sorry
18994s	well that's an awkward another Drake
18997s	leaves up a stano and two four ones
19006s	it leaves up enough to the point where I
19009s	start to think is it even worth playing
19011s	because clean the scene could
19013s	potentially clear everything just not
19016s	Infuse though so if anything the Drake
19018s	just being another Minion in exactly
19021s	cool to infuse yeah
19023s	yeah that's the big deal right now right
19026s	is that he just really needs to get
19027s	minions out there to die and then
19029s	probably wants to use the clean the
19031s	scene that's kind of stranded midhand so
19033s	he still has that one on the far left
19034s	for emergency situations but honestly
19039s	oh my God
19041s	no Connie this turn
19044s	but bran okay zymox next turn
19048s	powerful I mean the fact that there's
19051s	just a ladies thinner
19054s	still sticking to the board throughout
19056s	all of this as well is just absolutely
19058s	disgusting
19065s	okay thankfully for Xiao tea now
19069s	um no matter which thing is countered he
19071s	has good ways to test for it obviously
19073s	spell is much more important to get
19076s	through with the clean the scene here
19078s	but the annoying thing is there's now
19080s	seven sevens that are out of the range
19082s	of clean the scene within the range of
19084s	Shadow were Gruen but Shadow word ruin
19086s	doesn't catch the sun oh and the four
19087s	ones and the okani
19091s	yeah you might just say that this board
19093s	is like 100 optimal for being annoying
19097s	against priest removal right like there
19098s	is absolutely no single card or really
19101s	combination of cards to be able to clear
19103s	this up apart from like massive zirella
19106s	as an individual tool right
19108s	eight
19110s	one Mana short of whirlpool
19117s	okay so actually playing Shadow were
19121s	Gruen removes more damage than clean the
19123s	scene here
19126s	so I was gonna say what if it's just
19128s	ruined and played or I mean played the
19130s	Scorpion first see if you get maybe a
19132s	lighted Burns to complement the turn
19134s	better uh and if not just go for shadow
19138s	word ruin but going for gift of the Naru
19141s	instead to cycle
19144s	yeah I think that draws specifically uh
19147s	fishes for the zirella right because
19149s	then you'd already have enough healing
19151s	with the desperate prayer and the gift
19152s	played to be able to fall clear at that
19154s	point
19155s	I think you might as well take a look
19157s	sorry
19158s	right and yeah he couldn't have played
19160s	the Scorpion my bad it was minion
19163s	counter
19171s	this does feel like a pretty strong
19174s	meltronics turn
19176s	to protect these two seven sevens or you
19179s	know give yourself the best odds that
19181s	shouty doesn't have a playable answer
19184s	yep absolutely
19187s	as it happens he would though be able to
19189s	play The Mysterious visitor and thus
19191s	shift his shadow word ruin to the far
19194s	left
19207s	there's also a world where bran zymox
19209s	happens and he gets such a heavily
19211s	discounted Jace from the draw that it's
19213s	immediately lethal yeah there's also
19215s	just so much damage hanging around which
19218s	is what I was excited about that to her
19220s	like he started with warblades for
19221s	barrage Fury plus the 14 damage on board
19224s	I think just going for outright damage
19226s	here is what I favor even if it wasn't
19229s	immediately lethal on that turn uh
19231s	playing as a log just allows you to push
19233s	as much extra damage as possible makes
19235s	another big board that has to be
19237s	answered and then if Whirlpool comes
19239s	down you have lethal through the
19240s	whirlpool on the following turn anyway
19243s	you possess and this just makes me
19246s	understand
19247s	viscerally why this is like a 25 amount
19250s	of priest like salad has well over
19254s	lethal here with a brand and three Mana
19256s	zymox sitting in hand unnecessary that's
19260s	crazy yeah it was absolutely disgusting
19264s	as soon as I saw that location in the
19266s	opening hand it's like yeah like I
19268s	imagine the game's priest wins are when
19270s	the location just isn't found early on
19273s	because individually the the relics can
19276s	be dealt with for long enough but as
19278s	soon as that location is there just to
19280s	continue to ramp it up extra fast double
19282s	up all of those effects and that is when
19284s	you get into trouble very very quickly
19287s	indeed so what do you think going to be
19290s	a zero three gamer is he the the kind of
19292s	player that just cues up the priest
19293s	again
19296s	I think he's the kind of player that
19298s	cues up the priest again whether or not
19300s	he'll go zero three I don't have a hot
19303s	take about it because I do think in
19306s	theory the Mage can fall prey the most
19309s	to priests because of uh the decks from
19313s	salad it's the worst one at getting on
19314s	board in significant ways and when the
19316s	priest is not under too much pressure
19319s	and they have time to put together these
19322s	stealing combos maybe that's a matchup
19323s	or even keep Harvester of envy and try
19326s	and get one of the crucial pieces from
19329s	Mage whether that be the dawn grasp or
19331s	mardrash kel'thuzad or roon or the
19334s	dinathrius
19337s	yeah I can see it in terms of it's gonna
19340s	be a it's a different kind of match-up
19341s	but Mage still does feel like a deck
19344s	with an inevitable conclusion right
19346s	which priest is going to struggle
19348s	against I do think this is a matchup
19350s	where because you're not being pressured
19352s	out in the mid game you have time to
19354s	potentially make stuff happen with your
19356s	steel cards and particularly your
19357s	theater type steel cards which actually
19359s	deny the the resource from your opponent
19362s	to be able to mess them up in the mid
19364s	game but I think the same problems that
19367s	are scattered throughout this matchup
19368s	for GLT just do really apply to the Mage
19372s	as well and the the priest just needs
19375s	infinite time to be able to actually
19377s	make anything effective happen and if
19379s	you give this Mage infinite time they're
19382s	gonna lethal you at some point pretty
19384s	much unpreventibly on the other side
19387s	yeah that denaturis just a ticking time
19391s	bomb as it has been in so many matchups
19393s	we've also just seen kel'thuzad
19395s	throughout the day
19397s	um getting so much damage through
19398s	perhaps those numbers have been inflated
19400s	by the Mage mirrors where you do see
19402s	more skeletons on average because you
19404s	get bigger death porns on average but
19407s	it's still something in terms of board
19409s	refill which we've seen repeatedly
19411s	shouty struggling to deal with several
19414s	waves of boards on this deck see if
19418s	xialed can close out the Clean Sweep
19421s	versus priest
19424s	I just take one look at frostweaved
19426s	engineer and I'm just flashing back to
19429s	your Series where whether or not it drew
19431s	a frost spell was apparently the most
19433s	important thing in the universe so
19435s	honestly
19439s	all right it mattered more for me than
19441s	it did I would you come on I was against
19442s	Druid you need every bit of pressure
19445s	I remember viscerately
19448s	okay uh opening hand from shouty looking
19451s	a lot more promising here he has the
19453s	incriminating psychic to start copying
19456s	some cards and Oh I thought he had kept
19459s	the Harvester of enemy but threw it back
19461s	here
19464s	you can't stop this decent opening for
19468s	Seattle at least now with the multiple
19470s	card draw options I think this will be
19473s	looking very promising from his
19475s	perspective
19476s	about build up some resources just get a
19479s	little bit of early game pressure going
19480s	as well which won't go amiss in this
19482s	situation
19489s	curve looking great for Xiao tea too
19491s	honestly getting the Scorpion and having
19493s	this be awkward enough or even if she
19495s	all had pinged this it's not immediately
19498s	dead and so post freezing it can still
19501s	challenge that Amplified snow Theory
19505s	later on and if it's not immediately
19506s	dead he can also just get a nice Target
19509s	for the location get that cycle going
19513s	oh I drew a frost spell huge fist bump
19516s	he's up out his seat he's dancing around
19518s	the room no not fine
19526s	Target denied so location not looking
19529s	quite so good here
19533s	still has to be the play though I think
19535s	you have it in your hand it's usually
19537s	Worth to invest the Mana as early as
19539s	possible you make it back very very
19540s	quickly over time
19544s	yeah true it's not as though the
19545s	identity theft was gonna get shouty any
19547s	closer to finding a holy spell and he
19550s	already has a holy and Shadow if
19552s	necessary
19554s	job done
19561s	let's see what size
19566s	yeah shake of the heads
19568s	not what he wanted to see but I don't
19570s	think any great Panic like I said like
19572s	if this was one of the other two
19574s	match-ups that we've seen in this series
19576s	I think the other would be a lot more
19577s	worried that all of his early game
19579s	pressure has just Fallen away and he's
19581s	behind on board already I don't think
19583s	this matchup is going to be defined by
19586s	the board battle between turns like four
19588s	and eight right I think it's after that
19590s	when things are going to get a lot more
19592s	interesting
19595s	and charity has a lot of gas here it
19599s	doesn't like almost every other card in
19601s	his hand then shadow where Drew and
19603s	generates something
19605s	um taking into account that the zarella
19607s	will get the incriminating psychic death
19610s	rattle and he also has the location to
19613s	keep cycling so now he will have gas for
19617s	a long time to come
19622s	and the judge from the illuminate even
19624s	though it didn't pick up a spell was I
19626s	think pretty nice for shouty to see that
19628s	the Renault was all the way at the
19629s	bottom of the deck not gonna be drawing
19631s	that dead card absolutely
19634s	hmm
19644s	meanwhile for salad he has the kind of
19646s	hand that's very reactive right you want
19649s	to see your opponents trying to build a
19652s	huge board and just stall stall stall
19654s	and play Rune here
19657s	it does end up going with the blizzard I
19659s	was a little interested in maybe seeing
19662s	the extra skeleton attack go through but
19664s	once the first one was made and it
19666s	landed on the minion it probably did
19668s	make sense to clear that up with the
19670s	blizzard
19673s	I was wondering if there was a way to
19676s	hold off on lizard a bit longer with the
19678s	night cloak sanctum but yeah this ends
19681s	up being pretty clean still
19685s	I would imagine in this matchup as well
19687s	just for hero card concerns right you'd
19689s	like to curate your your spell School
19692s	pools for as long as possible I don't
19694s	necessarily think you'll be wanting your
19696s	hero to cast blizzard in most situations
19698s	might be wrong on that one so you know
19700s	maybe just holding onto a blizzard not
19702s	casting it at all could be beneficial
19705s	I thought oh this could be a game where
19708s	we see more than four rooms
19710s	[Laughter]
19715s	that's my limit I'm hard capped before
19718s	my brain explodes
19721s	surely it's a brand copied here right he
19723s	has school teacher haven't you already
19725s	broken that record by a significant
19728s	margin as well in various costs in
19731s	recent memory
19732s	uh-huh don't you remember my brain
19734s	exploding oh that's right yeah it did no
19737s	I see yes I see I see I see
19739s	I thought I was like well if I see this
19741s	many runes I'm just gonna quit and you
19743s	know go work for the Hearthstone team
19744s	instead something like that but no make
19746s	sense
19747s	Strangely I kind of remember that too
19755s	ajara being picked up quite late doesn't
19757s	feel amazing for cled but
19760s	yeah it's going to have a rune and it's
19763s	pool and it's gonna be out there at some
19766s	point
19774s	and crucially on top of all of that
19777s	the random tools are great here for GLT
19779s	but just an overall number of resources
19781s	he is kind of winning the attrition game
19784s	right now because of the the extra
19786s	location value that's coming through
19787s	which is a really really big deal
19789s	overall
19791s	he has got an embarrassment of riches
19794s	here to the point that I feel like roon
19796s	might be the only way he gets behind
19799s	um I feel like that needs to be saved
19801s	exclusively for fcr Led managers to turn
19803s	that turn this around
19805s	and there's not gonna be a way for him
19808s	to get ahead on board for quite some
19810s	time there's a way that he can remove
19812s	the board
19814s	and it's happening
19818s	insta box spring water is lovely I take
19822s	that for sure as they start
19825s	the classic shattering glass to kill
19828s	your own Minion no
19835s	no I'll eat jelly Oh wrong one
19841s	well I've certainly seen better boxes
19845s	and I've seen worse indeed
19850s	still can be a full clear pinging the
19852s	jelly and then trading and second flame
19854s	on the psychic
19857s	yeah the blessing here is the two extra
19859s	Mana from the spring water right at the
19860s	start which is enabling cleanup as well
19863s	as the zero Mana hero power very nice
19871s	crucially picked up the water evoker as
19874s	well
19875s	because salad needs to find his Magister
19879s	Don grasp sooner rather than later
19882s	the double brand I know this is some
19885s	2019 priest casting right now like just
19888s	that just a handful of random generated
19891s	garbage that didn't start in the deck
19894s	oh my God amulet
19898s	I feel like clear conscience purely to
19901s	have some hand spaces okay I mean
19903s	illuminate too but shouty has seen that
19906s	the bottom of his deck is not very
19908s	exciting yeah another school teacher and
19911s	ex
19913s	I mean another school teacher is quite
19915s	exciting though when you have a spare
19917s	brand in your hand to be fair fair
19919s	enough
19928s	this is the problem right like xiaoti is
19931s	approaching infinite value with this
19933s	hand right with the runes that he has
19935s	with the brands with the zirella
19936s	repeating you know it's some sort of
19938s	sort of curated pool of whatever death
19940s	rattles he gets going off and so on and
19943s	so forth
19944s	he needs to turn this into pressure
19946s	because
19947s	this game won't go to fatigue that's not
19950s	a win condition for jlt right like
19951s	surely unless he's able to steal the
19953s	perfect cards away from Seattle that
19955s	he's not going to be able to get there
19957s	so he actually needs to be able to turn
19958s	this into pressure at some point
19964s	s
19964s	and Don grasper is far enough down in
19967s	his deck than I think fatigue can be a
19970s	win con for xiaote uh but yeah there's
19973s	still many draws to be seen here we're
19975s	going finally
19978s	interested in why he didn't
19981s	like proc azshara first I think ajara
19984s	was on one spell left you could flurry
19986s	azshara and then Finley back and get
19989s	more stuff back because of the azshara
19991s	Spells you have less Mana to work with
19993s	on that turn
19995s	he wouldn't be able to play the pirate
19997s	presumably is the thinking here I guess
19999s	this is kind of specifically the out he
20001s	was looking for
20003s	admittedly the the untargetable 610
20006s	brand is a pretty significant problem
20008s	right so you can kind of understand
20012s	a problem you say well okay I imagine
20016s	this is a reasonable solution to said
20018s	problems you just you start throwing all
20020s	of your damage at the face that makes
20022s	sense infinite flurries all the zero
20025s	costs but what is happening hello
20028s	I've never seen that before was that
20030s	four in a row or just three in a row
20034s	I think that was
20036s	four flurries and a hot streak
20040s	maybe it was three flurries but yeah
20041s	that's just
20043s	strange
20046s	what kind of mancy here actually kind of
20049s	nice does allow to help clear up that
20051s	brand at some point if need be but the
20053s	power blast of the face does just open
20055s	up all sorts of new and exciting
20056s	opportunities in this game
20060s	right it's very exciting the potential
20063s	to not have the game last a million
20065s	turns
20068s	um
20071s	does he need more card draw I mean no
20075s	Cold Case
20078s	okay looks like the most sensible
20081s	oh he can even have his own compass
20086s	if he takes the deep water evoker though
20088s	that has a good shot of getting
20091s	Whirlpool I don't even know if xiaoti
20094s	wants that though I feel like he's the
20096s	aggressor right now
20097s	yeah I think he has to be by necessity
20101s	so I mean this is it's still just a lot
20104s	of stats for eight Mana right if he's
20106s	just plays the one cold case then plays
20108s	kel'thuzad at some point
20111s	probably better than he's gonna get up
20112s	anything else sticking around
20113s	indefinitely so extra skellies yep
20122s	yeah I can't Target this with spells or
20124s	hero Powers doesn't say anything about
20126s	locations does it no
20129s	um
20132s	there's the Harvester of Envy now as
20134s	well which is very very spicy I can't
20138s	remember if the remaining Brown in hand
20140s	was the stolen one
20143s	or the natural one from his duck oh good
20146s	point I mean I would assume that jlt got
20148s	that right right and has kept the stolen
20150s	one in hand
20158s	well looking for a mass poly that's oh
20162s	okay not bad
20165s	yeah flame strike's actually huge right
20169s	one of the best ways of actually dealing
20171s	damage to the brand that was available
20174s	once again the location on the other
20177s	side can Target it
20181s	now I can get a few skeletons down and
20185s	maybe just a deathborn I'll be able to
20187s	clear this bran up at some point
20193s	but it is done so much damage in this
20195s	matchup already
20199s	and it's so difficult to figure out the
20202s	ideal turn here there's so many decent
20204s	things to do
20208s	like
20209s	death porn you definitely don't want a
20211s	reckless while there are damaged Minions
20214s	on the opponent's side
20216s	as priests
20218s	that's a thing I'm pretty sure that's a
20221s	thing it's called the briothorne we
20223s	we're into intimately familiar
20229s	the thing is if even if that is the
20231s	stolen brand Harvester brand here just
20234s	doesn't seem that appealing because he's
20235s	not doing very much with the rest of the
20237s	Mana agreed yeah
20240s	it seems kind of sweet
20247s	oh okay it does tell you everything
20251s	that was stolen that's nice
20272s	surely there's some two to three turn
20274s	Avenue to lethal firstialed here he can
20277s	push seven face here the Ping is
20279s	upgraded he can play Dawn grasp this
20281s	turn
20283s	did he not attack with the
20286s	DP Dragon it did seem like he did not
20288s	attack face with the Sleepy Dragon yes
20291s	oh and it died from the skull oh oh
20294s	never mind it's gonna die from oh it
20296s	died yeah
20302s	I could be huge any amount of Miss
20304s	damage
20316s	yeah I think just assuming that it
20318s	couldn't die forgetting about the first
20319s	flame in that position
20324s	sure
20326s	I am surprised by runneth all on board
20328s	over just pinging here I feel like
20330s	there's a lot of value to even
20333s	little bits of damage you can get here
20335s	and there
20338s	yeah I would agree I mean the hero power
20340s	isn't what it was the hero power Wing
20342s	condition is a little bit harder in some
20344s	sorts in some situations but I would
20347s	agree with you absolutely I think it's
20348s	time to start weaving that in and really
20350s	put pressure on your opponent because
20352s	you know a great deal of cards in the
20354s	hand right now are not healing because
20357s	they're generated cards they're cards
20359s	that have come from you right and one of
20360s	the best ways your opponent has to heal
20362s	is you putting a minion on the board and
20365s	then the the Colossus can come down
20368s	uh really strange to say that the
20370s	healing for this build of priest is so
20373s	conditional it's only one desperate
20375s	prayer and then it kind of reliers on uh
20379s	getting light shower Elemental and being
20381s	able to copy that death rattle but that
20382s	too is a one of
20387s	any case though the Colossal helping
20389s	shouty to stabilize for now
20395s	no more rune for now forsy Allah to be
20399s	able to clear this up and it does need
20401s	to be dealt with for sure
20407s	one of the few minions in the game that
20410s	Mage can't just freeze and uh deal with
20413s	the problem later
20418s	I mean they can technically freeze and
20420s	deal with it later if they don't play a
20422s	minion
20426s	which could be the line here blizzard
20430s	ping but yeah he definitely wants to get
20433s	more skeletons on board
20435s	this is the issue now with the the line
20438s	that's been taken with the no hero power
20440s	playing a minion obviously now the
20442s	Colossus has come down the life still
20443s	has come down
20444s	the island now has to be so reactive for
20446s	one maybe two turns here instead of just
20449s	playing more skeletons blowing them up
20451s	dealing damage pressing the hero power
20453s	to your opponent's face like he's he's
20455s	really stuck himself in a position now
20457s	where he's having to deal with the
20459s	priest's threats which I would imagine
20461s	is not the spot he wants to be in
20464s	and yet
20466s	it's not a bad spot because shouty can't
20469s	kill him he's like Alex still has all
20472s	the time in the world 13 cards left in
20475s	deck very far off from fatigue all the
20477s	Heavy Hitters in his hand and shouty has
20480s	copied a bunch of I mean effectively
20482s	garbage unless xiaoti can somehow get
20485s	the Don grasp as well but that's not
20487s	possible anymore because it's in play
20489s	not in hand and not in debt
20497s	was it Rune time again nothing on
20503s	it could be zarella there's a fair
20505s	amount amount of incriminating psychics
20508s	played and the zirella getting that hero
20511s	power online sooner rather than later
20513s	represents quite a lot of value
20517s	it doesn't actually have that much
20518s	headspace for copied cards literally
20520s	only one
20523s	oh oh you want to get that is a huge one
20526s	to get actually
20528s	oh he has a skeleton that's funny
20540s	uh apparently quite a lot
20543s	this
20545s	and yes yell it is somehow still above
20547s	30 health
20557s	okay
20564s	it's not three of Steel could end up
20566s	being a very very big deal here for GLT
20569s	it's something that your lead might
20572s	forget about in the shuffle for sure
20573s	because there are so many different
20576s	stolen cards at various times throughout
20578s	the game to be accounted for
20579s	and uh now with all of these minions
20582s	coming down in hand like yes all of
20583s	these minions represent just large
20585s	amounts of garbage in this situation but
20587s	they are at least each now a minion
20588s	that's going to juice that dinathrius
20590s	over time so that'd be a big deal
20595s	and it's highly unlikely I would say
20598s	that Ciara is able to get shouty dead in
20602s	one big push of damage it feels like
20604s	he'll have to chain
20606s	um a reckless turn into a more dress
20608s	turn into a dinathurist turn or two out
20610s	of the three I mentioned and in between
20613s	any of those two that's a window for
20616s	Sheltie to get huge healing back from
20618s	his own denaturas yep
20629s	a priest
20631s	first of the big stolen bombs coming
20635s	down here for cialet sorry for xiaoti
20642s	your power currently dealing four I
20645s	think
20647s	which means there are opportunities to
20649s	scale it with the Reckless Apprentice
20654s	don't know if it's worth taking all the
20657s	death rattle damage from the skeletons
20659s	though
20665s	you just go with the more directions
20666s	dead
20670s	okay he's gonna be the Reckless though
20672s	he's gonna summon minions first though
20675s	yeah so just freezing the minion the the
20678s	freeze doing nothing just essentially
20680s	summoning an extra skeleton here and
20681s	then using the Cold Case as well putting
20683s	as many minions in play as possible
20687s	yeah I like this
20694s	the downside of using Reckless is I
20697s	think Charlotte still has his natural
20699s	brand in deck and that gets a lot worse
20702s	after you use Reckless because it can't
20704s	be paired with any of any of these other
20706s	Heavy Hitters then parrot I guess
20710s	yeah xiaote could have had the
20712s	opportunity with the Harvester of Envy
20715s	over some point to deny the brand which
20717s	I think he really would have loved to do
20719s	but Harvester was dealt with very very
20721s	quickly as soon as it came down to
20723s	is only the deathborn I believe that was
20726s	denied
20731s	when shouty gets his damage hero power
20734s	and he has bran Reckless I've not
20736s	actually seen this as cyrilla
20739s	um does that work
20741s	it works but it's random targets I
20745s	believe no
20748s	what is this how does the oh no yeah no
20751s	I suppose it would all just go yeah okay
20753s	fine yeah because the Mage hero power is
20755s	also a single Target
20759s	so in theory xiaote just has 15 damage
20763s	burst next turn
20782s	which is just short of actually dealing
20785s	lethal so Charlotte can technically get
20789s	away with just clearing and putting
20792s	together some pressure this turn problem
20794s	is he doesn't set up a clear to turn
20796s	lethal of his own
20801s	son
20804s	let's get the perfect break point on the
20807s	clear though
20808s	his own kelther's side only at eight I
20810s	feel like we've seen games where like 10
20813s	turns earlier than this there was like
20815s	11 skeletons coming off of the kalthazar
20817s	that's kind of ridiculous
20825s	I'm still interested in the brown
20827s	Reckless for shouty here just because
20828s	it's gonna take him two turns to get
20830s	this hero power back
20835s	then I guess the question is begged how
20838s	does he deal the one damage next turn if
20840s	he doesn't have the damage hero power
20842s	anyway
20850s	but it does clear the board
20864s	interesting option for the brand as well
20869s	I think the brand is going to have to
20870s	come down this time
20872s	[Music]
20875s	very cool
20878s	oh
20879s	this animation instead of just the
20881s	fireball things
20883s	it is a lot better to be but yeah
20892s	look at that
20896s	we'll probably be good enough to bring
20899s	out the dinathrius here
20904s	yep
20906s	salad back up to 20 after this
20910s	just contemplating whether he wants the
20912s	tutu and yeah I think it's fine just get
20915s	it on board
20922s	huge swing xiaote back down to 14 still
20925s	more dress ping available now next turn
20928s	for cialid but we are on heel hero power
20930s	now of course for gelty
20937s	no big deal to be able to clear up this
20939s	board State either still of course the X
20941s	Factor of that Rune to rely on as well
20946s	true
20951s	and Seattle's hero power is currently
20954s	doing five rights so in theory it's at
20957s	parody with shouti's healing but shouty
20959s	only gets the healing every other turn
20961s	so it does feel like he can't just go
20964s	for a very passive Whirlpool solid Alibi
20967s	is insane here so is objection honestly
20970s	it's not his ice barrier in a weird way
20973s	oh yeah
20976s	wait what this is like the perfect turn
20979s	for a perfect rune well I mean the 1010
20983s	is still alive if we're gonna get picky
20985s	you know
20986s	I mean you can clear it easily next turn
20989s	is the thing and the fact that there are
20990s	minions alive means that your barrier is
20992s	getting activated yeah
20997s	yeah
20998s	play an inconsequential minion here
21001s	first
21004s	for the objection how dare you that
21006s	could have summoned two one ones very
21008s	consequential
21011s	and solid Alibi now found as well both
21013s	copies this is one of the very few
21014s	reasons I think why cr-led has been
21016s	under any pressure over the course of
21018s	this game honestly is that both of those
21020s	were buried very deep in the bottom of
21022s	the deck
21025s	this thing as to why he didn't commit a
21028s	mana on wildfire
21037s	of course it didn't make any difference
21038s	for the Ping that turned because The
21040s	Alibi was in effect but for later on it
21043s	seemed kind of nice to have that Mana
21044s	spent because it feels like more Josh
21046s	ping is going to be a very real
21049s	possibility in the near future and every
21051s	bit of extra damage there matters
21059s	this does feel like a pretty clean
21062s	Whirlpool for shouty
21070s	with the whirlpool I mean you can save
21073s	the Mana by just dealing with the
21074s	significant threat with either uh oh
21077s	okay interesting uh drown not
21081s	necessarily what I was looking at more
21082s	at the Shadowood ruin to be perfectly
21084s	honest but still this allows you to
21086s	actually spend man on doing something a
21087s	bit more Progressive as well which I do
21089s	like
21092s	that gets him a bit ahead on board
21101s	the brand finally
21107s	feel it has to clear this up
21111s	we can see already that is one missed
21113s	damage
21115s	from the hero power
21119s	juicing the wildfires now on jlt's side
21122s	as well
21126s	that's so funny
21128s	okay light shower Elemental better late
21133s	than never
21142s	like I'm trying to think if there's a
21144s	huge punish for just hiding behind this
21146s	and using hero power face because yes it
21148s	can get mass-pollied but that would
21150s	still mean siala doesn't push eight face
21152s	with the more drush
21155s	right
21159s	so in in a weird way at the very least
21161s	the light shower death rattle is paying
21164s	for itself even if it gets transformed
21168s	yeah see what you're saying
21179s	none of those really looking ideas
21181s	really slow yeah
21188s	I'll just
21190s	you think up more josh
21196s	beans I believe there's a reckless
21198s	Apprentice draw here
21201s	there it is
21207s	your power I mean it was definitely on
21211s	five at some point already so oh yeah
21215s	it's it's a millionaire I'm not quite
21217s	sure what the hesitation is this is one
21220s	million damage
21222s	and it was honestly harder work than I
21225s	was expecting it to be uh for tiarled in
21229s	this final game uh gelty clearly
21231s	grinding this out as close as you could
21234s	have get it was very very close to
21236s	making me look like a fool because we
21238s	are one or two turns away there from uh
21242s	see Outlet losing that game in fatigue
21244s	right the thing I specifically said was
21247s	not going to happen could well have
21249s	happened if uh he was able to survive
21251s	one or two last threats GRT on this case
21253s	and then you'll actually land lifesteal
21256s	or something similar on board use the
21257s	light share Elementals to heal up was
21259s	not far away from happening but in the
21261s	end a lot of the crucial cards were
21264s	buried pretty deep in the deck I would
21266s	say so those last 10 15 cards kind of
21269s	brought out the big Power Heavy Hitters
21271s	the brand The Reckless Apprentice the
21273s	more dress Etc uh that cialid was really
21276s	needing for the whole game
21278s	just such an interesting I want to say
21282s	like when I say mid game I generally
21284s	mean the middle half of the game but
21286s	there was such a long late game as well
21288s	that I want to say like the the 75th
21290s	percentile of that game was where it got
21293s	very very interesting for me where
21296s	shouty had an opportunity to get counter
21299s	lethal well he was one damage off of it
21301s	and I kind of thought it was worth it to
21304s	go for the um Brown Apprentice for the
21307s	zirella damage hero power there and set
21310s	um salad down to one outside of exactly
21313s	denatures Mitch doesn't have a good way
21315s	of coming back from that but it did come
21317s	back to bite shouty later on because
21319s	maybe if he had held on to that a little
21321s	bit longer maybe salad wouldn't have
21324s	felt the need to go for a preemptive
21326s	denaturism could have gotten caught off
21328s	guard it's just such a weird landscape
21331s	because you have no idea as the person
21334s	playing against Thief priest what sort
21336s	of breakpoint of damage you're supposed
21337s	to play around so many weird outcomes
21341s	there but I will say I'm very glad we
21343s	didn't see too many runes
21345s	there was still quite a few I think in
21348s	the end but yeah I mean fair enough it
21350s	could have been a lot worse for sure uh
21352s	there was a second pirate still hanging
21354s	around but a really interesting series
21356s	or a break from the norm from what we
21358s	have seen so far that was a long one
21361s	even though it was a 3-0 but I would
21362s	imagine we still have plenty of action
21365s	in round three remaining we're gonna go
21367s	to a very quick break Shuffle around the
21369s	casters a little bit but there'll be
21371s	plenty more round three action coming at
21373s	you do not go anywhere
21375s	[Music]
21377s	foreign
21380s	[Music]
21393s	[Music]
21406s	I will never
21409s	so much you shout
21411s	you must acquit the dark lady did not
21415s	commit this unspeakable life
21421s	your cell awaits
21424s	your confession will save us all the
21428s	time
21431s	[Music]
21451s	[Music]
21457s	[Music]
21464s	thank you
21466s	[Music]
21468s	foreign
21472s	foreign
21474s	[Music]
21515s	thank you
21517s	[Music]
21527s	thank you
21529s	[Music]
21561s	thank you
21563s	[Music]
21576s	hello everyone and welcome back we've
21579s	got plenty more Hearthstone coming up
21581s	for you I'm Raven joining me this time
21583s	is TJ I decided to switch casters every
21586s	single time I come on screen uh are you
21588s	okay TJ you ready to go
21592s	okay this entire my entire First cast I
21596s	didn't notice it
21597s	but who's that at me is that nathanos
21600s	yeah
21601s	he's completely covered
21603s	just scoot over
21607s	well do we need to get out the shrink
21609s	ray again TJ
21610s	shrink you down a little bit
21615s	there he is
21616s	[Music]
21619s	we're threatening
21620s	oh yeah he doesn't have any he doesn't
21622s	have any pulls
21623s	you know it's also threatening Fury
21625s	Hunter's skill at the game of
21627s	hearthstone so yeah check out one of the
21629s	other matches from a round number three
21632s	going up against agent pwe I'll be
21635s	honest I don't know too much about agent
21637s	uh but Fury Hunter TJ we know just a
21640s	little bit about
21642s	yeah I'd say so yeah you've seen them a
21645s	couple of times I guess a couple times
21647s	just you know one of the best players to
21649s	uh uh to Grace the game of of
21652s	hearthstone in the
21655s	the history of it there we go that's
21657s	much better watch the shrink ray works
21660s	every time it's fine now now he looks
21662s	appropriate
21666s	yeah standing over you hold me
21672s	a bigger green screen
21673s	I know I do I can't even read to him I
21676s	came here all smaller arms I'm not sure
21679s	which one that's how threatening he is
21681s	as soon as you try and touch his beard
21682s	your hand disappears nope
21688s	this goes inside his armor he's a
21690s	bulletproof vest it's all those is that
21694s	part of the law he has a bulletproof
21696s	vest I don't know if those are in there
21698s	Azeroth but we'll see maybe they're
21699s	sorry invented by now dwarves are
21702s	wheeled hand cannons which are guns
21706s	right so uh and they shoot little
21709s	magical pellets and Nathaniel shoots
21711s	blighted arrows it's a blighted arrow
21714s	vest
21715s	why would you get a vest that defends
21717s	against his own arrows just in case
21720s	someone steals his bow
21723s	okay well moving on to the actual game
21727s	of hearthstone and not the law of the
21729s	world it's going to be furyente on the
21731s	Beast Hunter and I believe let me just
21733s	triple check
21736s	uh yeah we are going to go into game
21738s	number two so uh game one I believe Fury
21742s	already won with his warlock against
21744s	Druid so yet another victory for the um
21747s	I'm pretty sure Fiori's running the yeah
21749s	the Imp curse lock which is actually at
21751s	least from what I've seen TJ been doing
21753s	very well over the course of the weekend
21756s	yeah it's kind of got everything you
21757s	want right
21759s	um I think a lot of us predicted or
21761s	assumed or guessed
21764s	uh one of those three pick which one you
21766s	like best
21767s	um that aggro would do pretty well and
21770s	the M curse will kind of gives you the
21772s	best of both worlds right where
21774s	inevitably You're Gonna Lose board at
21776s	some point and it gives you that little
21778s	bit of additional reach that you
21780s	wouldn't otherwise have if you were
21781s	playing just straight up amps or like
21782s	aggregor or something like that so
21785s	um I I've uh I've liked it
21789s	um and uh we're gonna see hun versus
21793s	the spooky maid
21796s	to kick things off working it off but
21798s	we're not really kicking it off we're
21799s	kick we're kicking off
21801s	but they've already kicked off wait wait
21803s	can I do do you want to fight me TJ or
21806s	is that just an English thing or British
21809s	thing should I say that's a
21812s	super
21814s	okay well
21817s	at the Mage here how do you feel about
21819s	this matchup because Hunter again
21821s	historically has done quite well versus
21823s	Mage by just pushing a lot of damage
21825s	Mage at least in the past hasn't really
21828s	had much ability to heal but now with
21831s	all the freezes the armor and Hunter
21832s	being are much more broad focused Deck
21835s	with not really any burn damage from
21837s	hand we've had we've seen a few decks
21839s	run the odd spell here and there but
21842s	really it's just all about those minions
21843s	is Mage favorite in this one
21848s	um I think it's tough right because
21850s	you're always just continuously getting
21851s	whittled down by uh by hero power I
21855s	think you can buy a lot of time but it
21857s	sometimes it can be a little bit
21858s	difficult to like fully clear everything
21860s	and you're almost always going to take
21862s	like chip damage and things like that so
21864s	it's about whether or not you can find
21866s	your win condition in time
21868s	I found in my experience it's rare that
21870s	you just completely run the hunter out
21872s	of stuff though possible
21874s	all right
21875s	um because you know there's so many
21879s	threats just like packed into the deck
21882s	um so I think it's about you know
21885s	finding a place can actually approach
21888s	your own wind conditions
21890s	that way you're not giving the hunter
21891s	time
21893s	um and for the hunter you know it's
21894s	you're trying to just keep them busy for
21898s	the first first few turns right actually
21901s	having an early curve is pretty
21903s	important because one right you get that
21904s	chip damage two you keep the Mages Mana
21907s	busy and then three you're getting
21911s	resources out of them to make room for
21913s	your bigger stuff to actually stick on
21915s	the board that was actually a huge
21917s	pickup for Fury right because other than
21918s	that I was just about to say uh agent
21920s	was gonna have a very relaxed early game
21922s	against Fury Hunters Hunter there
21925s	because he's handy starts at five
21927s	minutes until he drew that so looking
21930s	quite good getting saved Again by the
21932s	Harpoon going off the top does mean he's
21934s	able to actually finally curve out and
21937s	now in a weird way has this very odd
21940s	looking Hunter hand just suddenly
21943s	become the most powerful thing to doing
21945s	in this matchup because Fiori's about to
21948s	pretty hard curve to fight sort of like
21950s	not actually five six seven but he has a
21953s	lot of plays to do in the next few turns
21955s	yeah I mean this is pretty absurd I'm
21960s	pretty sure he actually dreads yep sir
21961s	denounce
21964s	um there was no Beast a Harpoon Gun
21966s	dredge and he always could dredge the uh
21968s	like Barracuda band right for more
21970s	resources you could always go to that
21972s	next turn but actually hits pet
21974s	collector
21976s	um which you know makes a lot of sense
21977s	and this is just it's just a very
21980s	powerful curve and there's not really
21982s	much uh
21985s	paid agent pwe
21988s	that was a lot of syllables
21991s	um uh can can do about right this is one
21994s	of those the the our line is like all
21997s	right well you gotta wait a couple
21998s	before you can even
22000s	acknowledge this board existence right
22002s	and funnily enough fam we saw fiori key
22005s	barillon and I was looking at the uh the
22008s	Mulligan win rights of Hunter cards in
22011s	Inuit these kind of decks the soft piece
22013s	of those few different times but um
22015s	Ireland was actually one of the highest
22017s	cards as a mulligan win rate card and it
22019s	just shows how strong even though
22021s	Everything feels delayed it's a turn
22023s	five play most the time you then summon
22025s	Minions that don't actually do anything
22027s	uh for the next turn or so or anything
22030s	reasonable and it's just the sheer
22033s	number of stats you get to put on board
22035s	with one single card that really pushes
22037s	it over the edge and with Fury Hunter
22039s	now going into tavish and can sort of
22041s	pick his poison in terms of the secrets
22044s	and this is a pretty big deal like
22046s	certainly agent is under a lot of
22047s	pressure which feels weird because he
22049s	had such an easy going opening of the
22052s	game
22053s	yeah
22055s	yeah our lawn also as uh as Derek would
22058s	say it's just easy
22060s	right yeah apparently you think you just
22063s	hey it does the work for you you don't
22064s	even have to Target anything
22066s	as a hunter player in that conversation
22069s	boom it's on the board that's it you
22071s	don't even need to do anything else
22073s	I don't know whether you're described in
22074s	the card or the deck
22076s	yeah exactly
22078s	you just play a card that's it you don't
22080s	even worry about where it goes you don't
22082s	need to worry about what it does just
22083s	play it and then it's a great Tech face
22086s	you just make it attack face like that's
22087s	it is it green well click it and put it
22090s	somewhere
22093s	I mean that's what Derek thinks yeah but
22095s	what does he know let's be honest
22098s	he's only high rank than me every single
22100s	season but what does he know
22105s	I mean it's a solid theater turn for
22108s	agent just because of the share quality
22110s	of Fury Hunter's hand
22114s	not to be the pirate right
22124s	there's no he can't do it to repair it
22127s	right
22133s	no
22136s	for a second I got excited I'm like
22137s	there's gotta be there's something cool
22139s	in here
22140s	nope there's not
22142s	only wild Spirits cost for Mana you know
22149s	some players are playing the collateral
22152s	right
22154s	there are some players playing
22155s	collateral but encounter is not one of
22156s	them correct
22159s	and that makes parrot an even better
22161s	choice to uh hand on over with
22164s	the guitar
22166s	but uh you know it's got some bigger
22169s	issues at hand right now
22172s	um
22182s	I'm gonna go he knew it wasn't ice truck
22184s	because he already ice trapped his coin
22186s	so he yeah but that was clear yeah yeah
22189s	and the mass polymorph there could be
22193s	another one right loaded up in the dawn
22195s	grasp so
22196s	right I think I think you're okay with
22199s	expending it even though that's the only
22200s	copy because you're well it's not
22202s	guaranteed right because a our candidate
22205s	elect was played
22206s	oh yeah he played it early right yeah he
22210s	played it early I noticed it was okay
22211s	it's not there anymore so oh this is a
22214s	lot of damage and like with the second
22216s	swing of the bow maybe another hoofer I
22218s	mean this board has to be cleared first
22220s	there is just King Crush just sitting
22222s	there waiting
22224s	yeah like a board like this solid Alibis
22227s	you're still taking a good amount of
22229s	damage
22231s	death porn is still quite good you can
22233s	deathboard ping
22236s	um and just be left with four attack on
22238s	board and you get a lot of little
22240s	skellies well that's one of the things I
22242s	wanted to bring up as well interested
22243s	about this matchup is this matchup is
22246s	actually really good for Wing Commander
22248s	because turns like this happen and then
22251s	you just play Wing commander and summon
22253s	your own board that's often a lot bigger
22255s	than the skeletons so I think yeah
22257s	that's what Fiori's gonna do and there's
22259s	so many targets
22265s	another bear
22266s	yeah I mean he doesn't have many more
22268s	beasts left right that's saber and is
22271s	that everything now with the King Crush
22273s	oh sorry Hydro there's a hydraulic yeah
22275s	and that is everything
22283s	from this oh yeah the saber didn't die
22285s	right so it wouldn't summon anything
22287s	even if there was in space anyway
22290s	yeah super scary board we've already
22292s	seen Agent I have to use uh polymorph
22294s	then had to use a half clear with death
22297s	Bond
22301s	agent have to Don grasp because
22304s	even though it's not guaranteed he could
22307s	play Alibi but and he has to Dawn grass
22310s	for the polymorph again anyway you know
22312s	like yeah do you just have to rip it now
22315s	and Hope
22320s	locking in the skeleton damage anyway
22322s	because
22328s	I mean he's used to double Wildfire
22330s	right
22332s	hoping for something cheap okay let's
22333s	get ruined and okay he's going to still
22336s	have to solid Alibi oh yeah we already
22339s	cannot believe it and into the motion
22341s	denied as well at play we've seen a
22343s	couple of times here and that agent was
22345s	aware of that always want to finish on
22346s	Alibi if it's your third card played and
22348s	it's a mystery Secret
22351s	but still this isn't
22353s	really solving the problem there is of
22355s	course the blizzard the problem now as
22357s	well is the saber doesn't pull anything
22360s	of the dredge version right because
22362s	there's no more Beast left in the deck I
22364s	believe
22364s	yeah
22366s	but still
22369s	upload trades hero power pass call it a
22373s	day
22386s	problem now
22388s	his Fury Hunter only has really
22390s	a altimore would you say is the the last
22395s	final threat I guess he does have his
22397s	own theater that I believe is not played
22399s	yet but that could be anywhere in the
22401s	deck and there's still a smooth 24 cards
22403s	left so fiori is running out of juice
22407s	just a little bit that sounds very silly
22409s	with what his hand is made from but if
22411s	this gets cleaned up an agent somehow
22413s	stabilizes like all most of Fiori's
22417s	drawers are like one drops and two drops
22418s	you know what I mean like nothing that's
22420s	singularly going to impact the game yeah
22423s	but Asian is you know down to a pretty
22426s	low life total King Crush plus a couple
22428s	good hair Powers Harpoon guns Still
22429s	Still equipped right there's damage
22431s	loaded up
22434s	so
22438s	um
22439s	even though it doesn't have like that
22441s	many just singular big threats left is
22444s	still in a reasonable position right
22447s	it's Mouse over the dawn grasp I mean
22449s	Saturdays is also at 15 because it was
22451s	Juiced up a little bit before it was
22453s	even
22454s	flopped over yeah
22458s	I was looking at like pink blizzard
22463s	okay because then you even put the
22465s	blizzard as the I know I know the solid
22467s	Alibi in there for agent and that's a
22469s	great card but blizzard pretty much does
22473s	stop most damage anyway from Hunter at
22476s	this point right with tavish as the um
22478s	uh as the hero like unless you roll her
22481s	first so
22484s	because as you said before this is still
22486s	gonna be what six damage minimum seven
22489s	if they swing
22492s	yeah and did get the arc and intellect
22494s	so that could have reduced a lot of
22496s	power on board as well
22499s	if it was mass polymorph Instead This is
22503s	like tracking doggy biscuit and frame
22506s	him out yep
22509s	four white Spirits yeah
22512s	yeah Ramen Mount would have actually
22514s	been nice just as another death rattle
22516s	right to add if the bot does get cleared
22518s	up
22530s	also
22532s	Yuri will know that there's no more mass
22534s	polymorph unless one is
22537s	generated somehow I'll say played for
22539s	Moon of the archmage so even
22541s	preemptively dropping the the biscuit
22543s	there wouldn't have been the worst idea
22544s	in the world you know to maybe buff up
22546s	the bear or you know make a DOT move
22548s	something out of ping range I'll be
22550s	honest I'm not 100 sure what the
22552s	Magister ping total is it's so much
22554s	harder to remember now that it's been
22556s	nerved
22557s	it's five okay that's five could have
22562s	bumped it up with the uh
22563s	but you know because it's nerfed like
22568s	adding five damage to this
22571s	is better than
22573s	increasing by because you you'd have to
22576s	Ping
22578s	foreign
22581s	uh the uh the damage that you'd Miss
22585s	yeah I think if we were looking at
22587s	reckless in hand with a brand or
22590s	something we could then talk about the
22592s	the sort of value of uh ramping it a
22595s	little bit more but yeah this is looking
22597s	pretty good here Seven health for agent
22600s	does have another phrase does have solid
22603s	Alibi but one thing furiant is doing
22605s	quite well is making this denaturius
22607s	just just a little bit scary right
22611s	because
22612s	denatures does not necessarily kill this
22614s	King Crush yeah
22619s	this is still at 15 I don't think
22622s	anything else has died
22626s	also I did more Health to the board
22628s	right
22630s	way more Health actually yeah
22638s	maybe yeah you can get away with this
22640s	Barton Cold Case now and a pink face
22644s	and then juice up the nap's next turn
22647s	even more if you want
22655s	Yori isn't running a fish right I'm sure
22658s	I saw someone running it but yeah yeah
22663s	not really a beast you want to pull from
22665s	pet collector yeah
22667s	does get hoofer though
22670s	wait
22672s	wait for
22677s	Hilltop
22678s	and get theater next turn if the natural
22680s	stop playing I was just looking at Hope
22681s	for doggy biscuit yeah but it's just
22683s	slightly short yeah
22686s	but that Wild Spirit was a ramming mount
22690s	oh yeah 50 50.
22695s	but alas
22700s	no trade Toyota wait
22703s	is this demathrius that has to just be
22706s	game right
22711s	give him some give him a pet collector
22714s	oh I don't know about that
22718s	there's no peace
22720s	oh Reckless as well this would have been
22724s	so good if you didn't spend all game
22727s	ramping your opponent's dinathrius
22731s	yeah
22732s	he kept hold of that
22735s	and Reckless cleared
22739s	probably feels very good about his
22741s	chances going forward but that
22742s	dinathrius I mean agent needs something
22745s	good to happen he does have solid Alibi
22747s	so he can buy himself one turn but
22750s	there's enough right fiori just plays
22752s	Ultima or something right and just says
22754s	okay well well okay what about next turn
22759s	Fury Hunter as long as there's not
22761s	massive armor gain from somewhere he is
22763s	happy the board's not even clear so
22765s	that's three damage
22771s	still looking brutal yeah
22774s	what can roon would have cousin he would
22776s	have to cast roon again next turn
22781s	because hero power still hasn't been
22782s	buffed up so there's still no Leaf of
22784s	possibilities for agent uh going into
22787s	the next turn
22788s	rude would have to cast a solid alaby
22791s	and clear the board at this point right
22792s	because it's likely that
22795s	you don't like enough oh like Cold Case
22798s	Cold Case Cold Case saw something right
22800s	you know just
22805s	but hey Fury can
22808s	pretty much do whatever uh one thing he
22811s	needs to bear in mind is he does want to
22812s	make sure he has board space uh because
22815s	there's just the chance right that the
22817s	whole Board gets Frozen and then you
22819s	can't do anything about it and he has to
22821s	pass another turn so I'm sure Fury
22823s	Hunter will be well aware of this and
22825s	not step into that trap yeah just gonna
22827s	clear off the board got plenty of space
22829s	nothing to worry about and now agent has
22832s	to do something uh
22834s	pretty impressive here
22838s	leaving himself to one space render
22840s	Fell's not gonna do it and parrot is
22842s	gonna cast roon once again
22845s	yep
22846s	a little bit extra Mana to work with
22848s	after but again it's got to be like the
22850s	perfect
22853s	by perfect I mean he's got a clue to the
22855s	board and well he he has the boat clear
22858s	anyway right Reckless would have cleared
22860s	sure yeah but he also needs a solid
22863s	Alibi yes that's the that's the big one
22866s	oh hey well see you later sheep
22872s	ruins none of this does anything and I'm
22877s	pretty sure that dinathurist is up to a
22879s	million right now
22881s	it's a lot
22884s	so there's 10 objections
22890s	I got it if it was objection that would
22893s	have been uh pretty brutal yeah to be
22897s	quite honest because I don't think he
22899s	knew I don't cast explosive Roots twice
22901s	he just cast it once so he didn't have
22903s	that information
22904s	um but uh yeah it felt like oh no that
22908s	was how he wins if it casts twice don't
22910s	you see the canceled card
22913s	don't you see like it tries to cast it
22915s	fails
22916s	I didn't cast it twice that's right
22918s	right yeah you didn't know what it was
22920s	right yeah he purposefully just played
22922s	tired and atheros knowing that it could
22923s	be objection yeah in that instance but
22926s	if it's not he had to win that turn it
22929s	was like it was our objection you win if
22930s	it's a one in six or whatever it is
22932s	right right yeah five and six you win
22935s	the game if it's not then well it's
22937s	gonna be difficult because that's your
22939s	damage yet altimore plus hero Powers but
22942s	it would have been more difficult from
22944s	that point but a nice game there it was
22945s	just too much pressure right agent just
22948s	could never there was a couple terms
22950s	where he fit in those hero powers to
22951s	face and he did get Fury down to 13. at
22955s	the end there right so it was just like
22957s	just a couple pings off but so much of
22959s	his his attention that mid game was
22960s	spent
22962s	dealing with a massive board every
22964s	single turn that never relented so and
22966s	and what's really and what's really
22968s	interesting there as well is a lot of
22970s	the times like that opening hand from
22972s	fiori is the last thing I want to see
22974s	when I'm hunting right it's just nothing
22976s	to do for five turns of the game it's
22978s	not what Hunter wants to do but the fact
22981s	that he got hold of just a couple of
22983s	cards to play to just tied him over from
22985s	that I think was ten to three and he
22987s	managed to just do enough and then the
22990s	the as you said like the pressure turn
22992s	after turn was truly ridiculous and now
22995s	fiori Hunter could be playing a major
22996s	his own but this is a much sort of more
22999s	focused and and streamlined pinged Mage
23002s	right way more focused around actual
23004s	burn damage and pressure through just
23007s	raw damage output than anything else not
23009s	running the late game skeleton stuff and
23012s	not running runes or anything like that
23013s	it is just I'm gonna push damage and
23016s	with the cold uh cold touch Frozen touch
23019s	sorry not cold touch
23020s	um the potential for burn damage just
23024s	goes through the roof
23026s	yeah it really does
23031s	I was like wait
23032s	[Music]
23034s	there's one with me there's only one
23035s	against me all right yeah we're just
23037s	gonna move over to uh ramp Druid here
23038s	against uh that that final deck from
23042s	uh from Fury I was like what like it's
23045s	just the last one
23048s	you've lost it TJ
23050s	um but here this is sometimes supposed
23052s	to talk about a little bit early was
23053s	Mage versus Druid uh Druid feeling
23056s	pretty strong against Mage right now but
23058s	we were talking about the skeleton
23061s	spooky Mage not just I don't want to
23065s	call it Acro Mage feels more like Fern
23067s	slash ping Mage right it's like that
23069s	kind of it's not playing for any huge
23071s	late game plan it does want to kill
23073s	their opponent there's no huge value uh
23076s	cards or anything in this list it's just
23078s	all about damage damage damage and uh
23080s	it's still gonna have to go pretty fast
23082s	because Druid still runs uh scales right
23085s	so other than scales which can be very
23087s	very scary indeed
23091s	foreign
23095s	as well Jerry rig with wild Coast yeah
23100s	into Miracle growth it's just the
23103s	perfect curve
23111s	[Applause]
23114s	the whales of these covers also might
23116s	well be a match-up where if agent has
23119s	nothing else to do like a throwaway
23121s	Sylvanas isn't really that terrible
23124s	right just kill a minion whatever it is
23126s	a reckless Apprentice or something and
23128s	play a five five like I think that's
23130s	really the strength of that card right
23131s	now why so many people are playing it is
23134s	it's pre-infused mode it's fine right
23138s	six Mana five five killer thing like yep
23140s	that's no problem
23142s	yep
23145s	where are you at now and the aggro down
23148s	yeah but oh both dungeoneers not pulling
23153s	Frost Bells there's flurry plus double
23155s	Frozen touch in hand so like you know
23157s	there's less Frost bells in the deck but
23160s	uh those go a long way in
23163s	actually infusing these Frozen touches
23165s	yeah to start to start
23168s	you know toss and burn everywhere
23171s	well that's it in in this kind of deck
23174s	you actually want to cast or Infuse
23176s	Frozen touch more than once right you
23178s	don't just wait till it's infused then
23180s	use it to end the game you would much
23182s	rather you know just throw it out there
23184s	push damage and then Infuse it again do
23186s	it again and so on so on
23196s	awkward though the ramp's been done for
23197s	agent or at least the main part of it
23199s	Miracle growth has scale of inyxia as
23202s	well which
23204s	most of the time puts an end to any
23207s	minion based plans pretty much any debt
23209s	cards when they can do it this fast so
23211s	Fiona is already got a bit of an uphill
23214s	climb
23220s	oh wait
23226s	really purposely not infused at one yeah
23233s	thoughts
23236s	hand space is the only thing I can think
23238s	of
23241s	he would have had nine he would have
23242s	gone to ten next turn right
23248s	multicaster
23252s	would be one two
23255s	three
23257s	it just makes space I guess well
23263s	okay
23265s	alignment coming down here for agent
23269s	yeah it was for hand space just to make
23271s	sure that he can multicast yeah sure
23274s	I have a bit
23275s	which is interesting I guess if you
23276s	don't have like the right hand for this
23279s	Frozen touch spam it doesn't make sense
23282s	especially against Druid they have a lot
23283s	of health and can get even more Health
23285s	yeah and this and as we said right he's
23288s	dunk all the Time in the World to do
23289s	this there's a point that Truitt just
23291s	out heals you basically or at least
23293s	overruns the board and wins anyway so
23296s	does want to do this pretty fast
23305s	I'm still gonna get used to a live and
23308s	being one-sided
23309s	yeah because the animation still like
23313s	plays yeah on the opponent's side like
23316s	it it still does the glowy effect on the
23318s	Mana Crystal plus the hand so it's like
23321s	you're like ah no and then you realize
23323s	wait a second this changes nothing for
23325s	me
23327s	uh yeah and I change a lot in terms of
23330s	the games though
23332s	yeah and I'm genuinely thinking like did
23335s	you like the alignment there from agent
23337s	like did it do that much for him he was
23340s	already way ahead on Mana
23345s	could have played the cards he had it a
23347s	general rate of how he's playing maybe
23349s	not this turn but I was playing anyway I
23352s	mean I think it's just it with how his
23354s	hand was it just ends up being slightly
23356s	more efficient that's like everything
23358s	that he does is slightly more efficient
23360s	so you know obviously it's not the
23363s	biggest deal but it's a big enough deal
23366s	to where if it's worth you know yeah and
23369s	I mean guess we guess look at this right
23371s	right now he's pretty much on par with
23373s	Mana again yet everything costs one so
23376s	he's gonna have some very very explosive
23379s	turns going forward
23389s	so furyente can ramp right
23396s	yeah and it's gonna be full clear right
23399s	ramps into three
23401s	or is he above three now no it's already
23405s	on four oh yeah he's back at all
23408s	um because he casts Wildfire then he
23410s	reaches
23412s	uh grasp so that was the fire spell that
23417s	Juiced up the multicaster too
23421s	but starting to apply the pressure
23422s	double Earth and scale is still
23423s	available for agents
23428s	and
23429s	um a million car draw
23433s	too much at this point yeah this is the
23438s	moment as the Mage you think oh no
23443s	is this more big minions are going to be
23445s	hard to clear there is more dress there
23447s	as well but again the um the miracle
23449s	growth swamp Elemental or whatever
23453s	um has 11 Health which is a little bit
23455s	annoying since you can't think as well
23459s	swamp Elemental
23462s	or is it a bug creeper same thing right
23464s	I don't know isn't that effectively a
23467s	swamp Elemental
23469s	you could have said whatever you wanted
23471s	there anything there any words that kind
23474s	of look like what it is
23478s	I would have just assumed it's called
23479s	Mirror a
23481s	um miraculous growth no
23485s	brass man
23488s	would that have gone through yeah
23492s	looks like a bog creeper
23497s	the Orient is still cutting pings to the
23499s	face trying to catch up but
23503s	it's gonna be a tough one right like
23504s	just out of damage he doesn't have that
23507s	second Frozen touch to sort of you know
23509s	try and push that free six damage return
23512s	so to speak yeah
23520s	I just have a big clear now though with
23522s	Mo trash ping right
23524s	I'll just just close the board that's
23526s	going to be a smooth 14 pushed yeah and
23528s	he just keeps pinging
23531s	turn in like frozen touch when he can
23533s	like it must be the way
23535s	he's got a lot of time to buy
23538s	yes okay solid Alibi yeah
23547s	he also has a chance a bit of a strange
23550s	board clay if the board's full of the
23552s	three threes he does have the uh brand
23554s	Varden right if he really needs it
23558s	yeah
23562s	now modest is going to put in a lot of
23565s	work
23572s	oh
23576s	you're throwing one out for hand space
23578s	issues
23586s	what if this is just a freeze with
23587s	Varden TJ
23593s	pretty much all the time here agent has
23596s	to just pass maybe hero power but pass
23598s	like I like this a lot just say you know
23600s	what board's locked don't need to clear
23602s	it I'll save more dress ping again yeah
23607s	yeah no I like this a lot it's Wildfire
23609s	out gets draws cards it's
23613s	like strictly beneficial they just
23615s	literally can't do anything fills up the
23617s	hand
23619s	and freerunner also Nets some additional
23622s	damage on this as well it's now brand
23625s	Reckless
23627s	uh uh so it would upgrade once
23633s	because from the
23636s	I would do five by to the 10 10.
23641s	so you push uh you clear the board and
23643s	push 16.
23646s	uh push 21 right actually
23651s	five on board plus ten that's 15.
23654s	you push two because then you get to
23656s	hear a power after because it would
23657s	upgrade once yeah I was looking at is it
23660s	ever better to trade both minions in
23664s	it upgrades on the first hit then does
23667s	it upgrade on the six six
23670s	uh no
23675s	because Miracle growth was he it's over
23678s	a place or right so it's yeah but the
23680s	thingy came down last right
23683s	the Devourer yeah growth oh The Devout
23685s	yeah so you trading to the growth make
23687s	it five
23689s	the pink is that then goes to six and
23691s	then hits the Devourer right
23695s	I might be being dumb
23696s	it's happened before
23699s	I could easily be wrong
23702s	but the Devourer came down last if the
23704s	trade's going first
23706s	it goes from five to six
23709s	yeah then the next well and then later
23711s	on the pink hits the six six and goes to
23713s	seven right yeah okay I see what you're
23716s	saying I mean it might not be a big deal
23718s	and ferenta didn't do it so at this
23720s	point in life it doesn't matter but
23724s	something he could have done
23727s	yeah
23729s	dildo I really like him holding on to my
23732s	dress here
23734s	and I wait to my opponent just to
23736s	commits more to the board I'm still fine
23739s	The Alibi doing a good job uh always got
23741s	to be conscious of playing an alibi too
23744s	late uh where you could actually get
23746s	lethal through it so I like the early
23748s	Alibi get that done first then clear the
23751s	board and ask your opponent to uh to do
23754s	something after the fact
23760s	the time has come to Detroit
23769s	and there's still a flurry for if
23771s	Sylvanas steals the minion
23774s	or the Devourer eats the mode Rush
23776s	anyway
23789s	so if he actually goes Mo dresh ping
23791s	face maybe he freezes first
23795s	just to get the two twos Mo just ping
23798s	face for what 15.
23801s	yeah that puts him to 12. then he has
23804s	bran Reckless ping next to
23807s	stay where you are
23810s	he's gonna go savara
23813s	oh get more flurry and another Frozen
23817s	two yeah
23819s	it's so painful to see Frozen touch like
23822s	not infused
23838s	minion damage in before anything right
23841s	because he's making it so agent is like
23843s	board locked
23846s	because of all these freezes and at the
23849s	same time well Fury Hunter could also be
23851s	putting stuff on board because uh he
23853s	wants to play around possible with the
23855s	nathrius well Brian dinathris as well
23858s	right he could be very for all he knows
23860s	dinathus has been in hand for for ages
23862s	right yeah and he could just be dead to
23864s	Brandon arthrieus
23865s	he's actually stopping him playing plus
23868s	putting a bunch of Health on board yeah
23871s	there's a a lot of going into a stop
23875s	processor
23877s	he's probably hoping to have a bunch of
23880s	Health on board when he uses more dress
23882s	that I kind of just adds more Health
23886s	right now there's
23889s	um
23903s	all right
23912s	oh only one farewell though
23915s	that's fine
23917s	pingle salt that out with Modric if you
23919s	want
23921s	so at this point
23924s	wait wait
23925s	what about
23928s	Mo dresh Alibi now
23932s	okay yeah so then he has bran Reckless
23935s	pink the turn after
23939s	oh wow Philly's playing even slower
23944s	just from 10 he can't die this sets it
23947s	up without even putting anything in the
23949s	way right
23951s	oh sure sure yeah yeah I definitely did
23954s	not count this
23955s	and there's nothing that can be on board
23957s	right still completely board locked
23958s	nothing that he can do to remove
23960s	anything and yeah that's going to be
23961s	Fury Hunter
23964s	he didn't even use brand Reckless he
23967s	didn't use more dress like he just used
23970s	everything else and even though we never
23973s	saw the scenario of it playing out like
23975s	it was never possible for Asian to play
23977s	like this big demathrius here kind of
23979s	was like giving himself as Alex in
23981s	return in case it was there right making
23984s	sure that there was always like six
23985s	meetings on board that were frozen yeah
23987s	plus the mathrius making sure to play
23990s	his minions like right minion Health
23992s	before anything maximizing how many
23994s	skeletons were on board using freezes
23996s	when things were already Frozen
23998s	and just consistently faced to get age
24001s	in range that was a a pretty cool game
24003s	one that was very unorthodox and
24006s	I think it just shows navigated through
24008s	the late game I think it just shows how
24010s	good Fury Hunter is and we say this
24012s	every time we cast him but he is right
24014s	is that me and you would talk about
24016s	plays throughout most of that game and I
24019s	think between us yeah we had some decent
24021s	suggestions right but I'm pretty sure
24023s	Fury Hunters plays were just the best
24026s	right because as you said he never let
24029s	himself be open to any problems like
24031s	that
24032s	um he didn't really give agent any
24035s	chance to uh sort of steal the win or
24038s	push extra damage or do any of the
24039s	things agent really wanted to do and he
24042s	held all those resources managed it and
24044s	it was simply just better so yeah really
24048s	really impressive game uh overall for
24051s	Fury Hunter I do believe though TJ that
24053s	is US done for the round unless I'm told
24056s	otherwise I think we are ready to get
24058s	into the next round so it's a great one
24060s	from Fury onto there we've got plenty
24062s	more Hearthstone coming up so don't go
24063s	anywhere and we'll be right back foreign
24069s	[Music]
24093s	but you shout you must acquit
24098s	the dark lady did not commit this
24102s	unspeakable lie
24106s	your cell
24111s	save us all the time
24115s	[Music]
24129s	[Music]
24137s	[Music]
24141s	[Applause]
24143s	[Music]
24146s	thank you
24150s	[Music]
24171s	[Music]
24175s	foreign
24176s	[Music]
24207s	foreign
24209s	[Music]
24240s	[Music]
24257s	I don't know
24261s	everyone I have returned and I am
24264s	surprised now that I'm on the other side
24266s	of the screen I wasn't expecting that
24268s	it's really thrown me off as someone
24269s	who's been on the other side of that
24271s	screen for years I pointed the wrong
24273s	direction shows how offset I am but yeah
24276s	we're back and ready to kick off the
24278s	fourth and final round of the day I'm
24281s	joined Now by Derek and uh what do you
24283s	think of that last series it's pretty uh
24285s	crazy play from Hunters right yeah it
24287s	was such a such a great series it's just
24290s	so uh indicative gives us such a good uh
24292s	Showcase of why Fury Hunter is doing so
24295s	well at the moment both in the top level
24297s	competitive Circuit of hearthstone in
24299s	Grand Masters previously and in uh the
24302s	master tours as well obviously but also
24304s	in a lot of third-party tournaments at
24306s	Max land Danish Nationals apparently
24308s	everything dominating as well probably
24310s	not the stiffest of competition
24311s	comparatively but still we'll give him
24314s	the uh the big hand for doing so well in
24316s	that as we have two other players here
24318s	on the other side of the spectrum who
24321s	are real unknowns uh both by us uh but
24324s	not just for being noobs and not doing
24327s	our jobs properly they are really
24328s	newcomers uh to the scene for goddess I
24331s	believe it's his first Masters Tour and
24333s	for Jacinto I believe it's his second uh
24336s	if donkey is to be frosted which I will
24338s	admit he usually is uh and both of them
24341s	up with a fantastic start three and O is
24344s	obviously a real boost to your mentality
24347s	when you are like I said a real newcomer
24350s	coming into this system however they one
24353s	of them has not got off to the best
24354s	start in this series because even though
24357s	this is effectively the start of the
24360s	series we have not skipped any games
24361s	you'll see a little tick next to gun
24363s	this is Mage and that's because I
24365s	believe de Santo uh does not have a
24368s	webcam uh to be on stream and he did not
24371s	apply for an exemption which is in the
24373s	rules if you can't have a camera for
24375s	whatever reason you just have to email
24377s	the staff and tell them why and then you
24379s	get an official exemption uh that was
24381s	not the case here and the penalty is a
24383s	game loss so gonis gets an auto win on
24386s	his Mage and then that means already
24388s	Derek he's starting off at a 1-0 lead
24391s	just got Hunter warlock left and even
24393s	though Hunters maybe been a little bit
24396s	up in the air now and again at least
24398s	from what we've seen on stream I have a
24400s	lot of faith in this Warlock deck it
24401s	seems at least when I've been watching
24403s	it to be doing very very well
24405s	absolutely it's one of the highest uh
24408s	sorry sorry one of the most brought
24409s	archetypes to this tournament I believe
24411s	it slots in firmly in fourth place
24414s	behind ramptrid skeleton Mage and uh
24417s	Beast hunt obviously which is just Far
24419s	and Away the most brought deck of the
24420s	tournament and you can see why it's been
24423s	doing very very well in terms of those
24425s	early pushes and a little bit of extra
24427s	curse damage that you tack on to the end
24429s	has really been the difference because
24431s	that's what's getting our players over
24432s	the finish line and I am very happy to
24435s	eat Humble Pie on this one I've made uh
24438s	no secret of the fact that I really did
24440s	not like this deck when it first came
24442s	around it felt like a bit of a troll
24443s	deck where you just have two completely
24446s	separate game plans and you just hope to
24448s	draw the good one at the start and then
24449s	draw the other one that's better at the
24451s	late game later on but I don't know what
24453s	it is our players have just been doing
24455s	it the innate card drawing Warlock the
24457s	Absurd power of impending catastrophe is
24461s	maybe strong enough of a glue to hold
24463s	this uh monstrosity to together so far
24467s	it's getting the job done it really does
24469s	remind me of like older versions of
24471s	Hunter right where you do push some
24473s	damage early on and then you just have
24475s	burn at the end game it's just the burn
24477s	looks weird because it's in the form of
24479s	curses
24480s	um so both players are going to be on
24482s	their warlock so it's going to
24483s	effectively be a mirror match although
24485s	it's going to be a Mecca girax that's on
24488s	one side here as we see their chosen
24490s	portraits but again this is just going
24492s	to be a tough one for DeSanto he has to
24495s	do a lot more work now as we get into
24498s	what is actually game number two of this
24501s	match up and it is going to be this
24503s	mirror match let's see how this one goes
24505s	how important Derek do you think the Imp
24508s	opening is in the mirror do you think
24511s	that's the deciding factor or do you
24513s	think more of the late game has a bigger
24515s	impact
24516s	I'm gonna say it's still mostly about
24518s	that board-based start that you're
24520s	trying to hit because not only does it
24522s	give you the initial very strong push of
24525s	damage you get ahead on the board which
24526s	is obviously what you want to do in a
24528s	Tempo based matchup but it helps your
24530s	mid game plan so much as well it's not
24532s	like if you hit the early curve you
24534s	won't hit the curses if you hit the
24536s	early curve you'll hit more curses could
24538s	be a good impending catastrophe that's
24540s	how powerful this card is so I think for
24543s	both players here it's a reasonable
24545s	start but just that difference of going
24547s	first here for DeSanto is going to make
24550s	such a big difference because even with
24552s	God it's being left with a couple of
24553s	imps it looks like at the end of this
24555s	turn it's still so much more of an
24557s	uphill struggle with all this damage
24559s	coming phase turn after turn yeah and
24562s	this is that weird problem where you
24564s	you're in trouble no matter what you do
24566s	here and it's one thing that infuriates
24568s	me when playing against this deck it's
24569s	like okay guys can make a good trade
24572s	kill the three one wait that infuses his
24575s	turn foreplay with the imps it's like oh
24578s	oh no if I clear the board of these imps
24581s	they get to play more imps if I don't do
24583s	it well there are still imps on board
24585s	and it's a it's a nightmare to deal with
24587s	here but goddess now does have at least
24590s	access to some level of AOE some bits of
24594s	removal as well with the drag pillows in
24595s	hand so he might have to just keep
24597s	fighting back uh what you'll really be
24599s	looking for is an Abyssal wave right
24602s	like that's the one good thing against
24604s	like these wide imp boards most of the
24606s	time
24608s	it looked to me there I saw God has lift
24610s	his hand up on cam that he's playing
24611s	with like one of those drawing pens that
24613s	you get for like digital artists oh
24615s	really I think either pegs him as a
24617s	digital artist which is very cool or as
24619s	an OSU player which there is no greater
24621s	shame in this universe oh do they use
24624s	pens I think so yeah like oh that
24627s	explains why they're good yeah yeah
24629s	exactly
24630s	obviously joking of course as a
24632s	Hearthstone player we are the lowest
24633s	wrong
24635s	although I don't think my uh my carpal
24637s	tunnel could handle the uh dude that
24640s	game in any way shape or form there's
24643s	videos you see of people at the top
24644s	level are ridiculous
24647s	and though descento is going to keep
24650s	ahead with the tempo right and this uh
24652s	if if he wins this game it's the best
24655s	possible start frame right because
24656s	obviously it sucks right for him to have
24658s	the loss it's his own fault so there's
24660s	no one else to blame there but it still
24663s	feels bad right but if you just snap
24664s	back in an insta win okay 1-1 let's go
24668s	that's the sort of uh uh Victory you
24671s	want right very quick very decisive get
24673s	it done and then move on with the rest
24674s	of the series and it looks like that may
24676s	well be the case because not only is he
24678s	winning on board but he's swimming in
24680s	resources as well
24682s	years uh but there are a couple of cards
24685s	that could turn this one around for
24686s	goddess uh immediately there's times
24690s	good old gunners
24692s	quite appropriately in this game at
24694s	least
24696s	um before this grimoire of sacrifice
24698s	came down he had the ability I should
24699s	say uh to draw tams in and then go
24702s	double grimoire to clear off the board
24704s	uh if he can survive the turn he can set
24707s	up for the Abyssal wave that he's now
24709s	drawn but I think quite clearly he's
24711s	unlikely to do so and even if he can uh
24715s	he will then just be acceptable to the
24718s	curses that follow up after yeah this is
24720s	frustration right because the drag below
24723s	can't really be used on the six six to
24725s	set up the abyss a wave yeah because
24727s	he's probably dead but if he doesn't
24729s	drag below the six six
24731s	the Abyssal wave doesn't kill it because
24733s	he's not got the Mana it's a little bit
24735s	frustrating there double curse is coming
24737s	out from the center with the help of
24738s	bran the imp's purse and is that one and
24741s	two
24743s	oh
24744s	yeah little baby curses and that's just
24748s	gonna be a quick game number one wow oh
24750s	two technically yeah damn the center is
24753s	not going to bring a cam to anything he
24754s	does is he's just he's taking games like
24757s	that he's like hey you know what take
24758s	two games I don't have a keyboard either
24761s	I don't have a keyboard and then people
24763s	like how are you talking to us oh it's
24766s	activation
24767s	it's just in an Iron Man suit it's like
24770s	my AI is dealing with it
24772s	I think it's a good edit to have Iron
24774s	Man in front of his advisor instead of
24776s	all the the crazy computer stuff it's
24778s	just playing game of curse a lot
24780s	Boston
24781s	oh that would be great that someone's
24784s	got to do that at some point but yes
24785s	decento has evened it up very very
24787s	quickly and now there's gonna be Hunter
24789s	on both sides and then the Warlock and
24791s	priest and they're just triple checking
24793s	uh the priest is actually the uh the
24796s	sort of full blast priest going out
24798s	there a deck I still need to spend a lot
24800s	more time with before I'm a man any
24802s	level of comfortable to actually you
24803s	know play and be confident in my ability
24806s	I've watched a chunk but that's a very
24808s	different game it's one of those decks
24809s	where you can watch it and you can learn
24811s	how it works but when you're in the
24813s	moment making those like you know turn
24815s	to turn decisions it's very very
24817s	difficult to Pilot
24818s	yeah I mean you and me both I I sent out
24821s	the uh the bat signal in the casting
24823s	Discord saying please someone help me
24825s	with this deck I am absolutely tanking
24827s	my rank uh trying to learn it and I do
24830s	feel over the last couple days I've got
24831s	a little bit better I've learned
24832s	something oh whoa whoa let's finish this
24834s	story Derek sent the signal out anyone
24837s	want to play some of this priests
24838s	because I'm bad here less than two
24840s	minutes later I'm pretty sure he replied
24842s	no actually never mind I'm the nuts and
24844s	I'm guessing you won one game of priests
24847s	guys
24850s	I destroyed that game and that's that's
24853s	kind of how it feels like it's an
24856s	enticing deck once you get a taste of it
24857s	you just want to keep going more and
24859s	more because when you hit that combo of
24861s	like a Turn 5 20 20 with two massive uh
24865s	kirians alongside it like it's
24867s	intoxicating that feeling you just want
24869s	to do it again and again but it's very
24871s	very difficult to pull off because I
24873s	find it in some ways even less forgiving
24876s	than
24877s	or priest in a way because even though
24879s	it's a little bit more flexible in terms
24881s	of how you can do the combo the cards
24884s	that you can get rid of along the way
24886s	feel much tighter and it's much more
24888s	difficult to activate your hand mavens
24890s	and to clear hand space it's been one of
24892s	the biggest problems I've found with
24893s	this deck because you don't want to play
24896s	bless on an enemy minion you don't just
24898s	want to play serpent wig on an enemy
24900s	meeting you don't want to throw away
24901s	light it burns because that's your one
24903s	removal piece in the deck and so drawing
24906s	and activating your handmaidens and then
24908s	creating hand space for those handmaids
24910s	to draw you extra cards is a very very
24912s	difficult thing to do right and has been
24915s	one of my main things I've been trying
24916s	to uh improve on as I play the deck as
24920s	well as just accepting that sometimes
24922s	over drawing cards is the correct play
24924s	quite often actually because you already
24926s	have the combo and you just need a bit
24928s	more Mana uh to activate it so I'm very
24931s	very glad that we've seen this deck rise
24932s	in popularity because I think it's a
24934s	very very interesting one indeed yeah
24936s	and uh we move on to garnis and Hunter I
24940s	think Derek will completely agrees at
24942s	exactly the same skill ceiling as this
24944s	priest in the matchup here so uh yeah
24947s	it's going to be a tricky one because
24949s	Hunter definitely has the ability to
24951s	like hard curve out and as you mentioned
24953s	there actually isn't that much removal
24956s	at all in the priest so
24959s	something big does have to happen and
24961s	just taking a quick look here the
24963s	tarantula Tech is not there from garnish
24966s	on this Hunter we have seen a few
24967s	players bring it I think with a big nod
24970s	to almost exactly priest uh to bring
24973s	that card just to get those poisons out
24975s	and be able to have some form of answer
24977s	to Big minions so I think this is going
24979s	to be another one of those matchups
24981s	where it really does feel like it's on a
24982s	Razor's Edge as to who's going to win
24984s	because I mean Saul talked about this
24986s	earlier but like
24988s	the deck that isn't the priest could
24990s	look like they're obliterating their
24991s	opponent and then two gigantic taunts
24994s	come down you're like oh well I just
24997s	can't kill them so I don't know what to
24999s	do and then the game ends so yeah very
25001s	very spicy indeed so let's get into it
25003s	game number three between desunto and
25005s	gun is the winner will actually go on
25008s	and end the day at 4-0 score and guess
25010s	what that's exactly where you want to be
25013s	and desunto is pretty squarely where you
25015s	want to be in this matchup with a Thrive
25018s	as one of the Premier ways to activate
25020s	that handmaiden a Switcheroo uh in hand
25023s	in order to draw the rest of your
25024s	minions hopefully find that for leash
25026s	although it's not guaranteed with five
25028s	minions in the deck and this is kind of
25031s	exactly what I was talking about where
25033s	you have a good hand for this point in
25034s	the game you have proactive ways to
25036s	spend your Mana but hand space is going
25039s	to be a massive problem as the game
25040s	progresses so very very interested to
25042s	see how the center will manage that as
25045s	the game goes on and how much you'll
25047s	favor just over drawing potentially at
25049s	some point I also think identity theft
25051s	is a extremely difficult card to use in
25055s	because you have to use it differently
25057s	in different matchups right like Hunter
25060s	or at least this version of Hunter does
25062s	not really play that many cards you you
25065s	want to have in your hand right like
25067s	it's very weird well funnily enough the
25069s	spirit poacher might have been a good
25071s	one anyway because anything that
25072s	someone's domain minions it means you
25074s	can have a protected minion on board
25076s	until your turn and then you can buff it
25079s	but outside of that some of the choices
25081s	that you actually have to make with
25082s	identity theft are very very difficult
25085s	even now doggy biscuit as a buff looks
25087s	good to me coin not gonna argue so I
25089s	think Jacinto actually did very very
25091s	well out of that identity theft yeah
25094s	these were absolutely premium for Hunter
25096s	it's definitely one of the worst decks
25098s	to steal from uh like the mirror is the
25100s	absolute number one Druid is very good
25102s	Rogue can be pretty good as well to get
25104s	yourself preps or Shadow steps something
25106s	like that but yeah like you say most of
25108s	the time you're getting something pretty
25109s	terrible uh the real problem now is just
25112s	how we're going to be popping off here
25114s	for desunto because he has some of the
25118s	the payoff obviously in Boone he could
25120s	go with a serpent wig maybe even
25123s	replayed a couple times but he doesn't
25125s	have uh the powered fortitude he doesn't
25128s	have uh devour either and he doesn't
25130s	have bless so were he to go in uh next
25134s	turn which he absolutely can at the
25136s	moment it's a bit risky because without
25138s	some big pickups from the handmaiden he
25140s	wouldn't actually create that big of a
25142s	board
25143s	yeah it's very tricky I mean we might
25146s	even see the biscuit just cycled right
25148s	so depending what the drawers like
25153s	here for goddess it's so sad playing uh
25157s	your hand out like this like coin aralon
25160s	is so so so much worse the tarantula in
25164s	this match yeah yeah being able to go
25166s	tarantula into nathanos tarantula into
25169s	the Swarm which is like the tech if you
25173s	put both of those cards it turns this
25174s	from a disaster into an arguably good
25177s	matchup uh for the hunter whereas right
25180s	now you know any kind of decent draws
25183s	here for desunto and he is pulling miles
25184s	into the lead that powered fortitude
25186s	alone should be able to get the job done
25188s	yeah and the problem as well is right
25190s	you you know that even Bears aren't good
25193s	enough because there's just silence in
25195s	the deck right so taunt doesn't cut it
25197s	doesn't really ever buy you time because
25199s	there's enough silence to get through
25201s	these things as we've just seen and
25203s	there goes the leash to regain a lot of
25206s	Mana there for the Santo
25209s	all right as you go has an active wig
25212s	oh there's no shot you play it's
25214s	handmade in this turn
25215s	and even if you do you still play the
25217s	wig first right like you still want to
25219s	play the wig
25220s	100 I like where he ended up uh blade
25223s	Master it's pretty nice
25227s	yeah not only very awkward against
25228s	Hunter because you just pick minion and
25231s	laugh but also the right amount of stats
25234s	to be a side minion to build are on uh
25236s	as well so yeah
25238s	think as well I would have just thrown
25240s	down the last copy of serpent wig as
25243s	well it's like plus two plus four you're
25245s	getting in that instance for zero Mana
25246s	like you can copy again with the
25248s	handmaiden but at this point in the game
25250s	you've kind of won or lost anyway you
25252s	may as well just throw it down uh to get
25254s	the immediate stats and just make it
25256s	that little bit tougher to clear but as
25258s	we can see there's very little chance of
25260s	a clear anyway with uh racking being the
25263s	best you have
25264s	doesn't even scratch it you can't even
25267s	kill one right like and you would even
25269s	argue having Rat King on curve whilst
25272s	coining out a five drop beforehand
25275s	is about as strong as you're
25276s	realistically going to get right like
25278s	there's not much more guys can do it
25281s	does look like he's going to go for
25282s	extra minions and push some damage
25284s	instead didn't even bother equipping the
25286s	Harpoon Gun either just
25289s	have tavish though tavish might
25293s	be able to cause some trouble depending
25295s	on what the Santo does this turn of
25297s	course there's a chance he might just
25298s	win but um tavish with say you know the
25301s	explosive trap and then freezing trap
25303s	might hinder this until just a little
25306s	bit
25307s	oh this looks like a win to me unless I
25310s	think just closer another devour
25313s	yeah it does Miss but Boone is perfectly
25315s	fine
25317s	oh no sorry not playable on this turn
25319s	okay
25321s	not the uh insta win necessarily
25323s	he is committing the wake of strong
25327s	does this start get there it's very
25330s	close yeah I was gonna say I actually
25332s	like the silence because knocking the
25334s	damage off those bats and being able to
25336s	kill them is massive right it makes the
25338s	potential clear way less possible oh
25342s	yeah that'll do it that'll do big yeah
25344s	that's uh all the things I was talking
25346s	about for Jacinto kind of in the end
25348s	didn't really matter uh I like the way
25350s	he went about those early turns they
25352s	were pretty easy for the most part they
25355s	would just uh play your Switcheroo to
25357s	draw your extra good minions and then
25359s	find a way to draw with the priest oh
25362s	sorry with the handmaiden on the same
25364s	turn that you go in on the pop-off which
25366s	is I think one of the things for me that
25368s	I really didn't quite get when I first
25370s	started playing this deck is handmade
25371s	and is not a clunky three Mana draw turn
25373s	you do it in the middle of your combo
25375s	and pop up with release at the same time
25377s	right right and uh from there it was
25379s	just a walk in the park for distance
25383s	every time I've seen it on stream today
25386s	that's exactly what's happened open the
25388s	handmaiden in in the village turn
25390s	because you just have not infinite
25392s	manner but it feels like infinite manner
25395s	you can often just spend your whole hand
25396s	if you really want to so yeah really
25398s	solid play there from the Sun tone very
25400s	confident play I think uh that just
25403s	didn't look like there was any problems
25404s	it looked like he went in when he should
25406s	which is what I struggled the most with
25408s	is
25409s	um you know deciding when to actually
25412s	pop off because I always get nervous is
25414s	always this too soon is this too too
25415s	late you know am I gonna just die I
25417s	think that's very very tricky to do
25418s	without a lot of reps on the deck
25420s	yourself so yeah excited to see that one
25422s	but now Jacinto is going to be on Hunter
25424s	himself going up against the hunter once
25427s	again from Garners and edisonto is
25429s	actually running the insatiable Devourer
25431s	the collateral damage as well uh but
25435s	funnily enough no tarantula which I do
25437s	find interesting
25440s	um oh never mind no it makes sense
25442s	because the Santo banned priest so that
25444s	must be his game plan because normally
25446s	if you're bringing a deck who thinks go
25447s	good you should probably be prepared to
25450s	face it right but yeah it is Banning the
25452s	priest out which means he doesn't have
25454s	to Tech for it so yeah all making sense
25456s	from DeSanto apart from the lack of Cam
25459s	well actually even to go even further
25461s	than that goddess is actually playing
25462s	ball priest not uh the buff priest yeah
25466s	yeah you're right 90 of the same cards
25468s	weirdly enough
25469s	uh which further complicates things but
25471s	I I do still agree with you I I think
25473s	for for goddess
25476s	I personally would have preferred he'd
25478s	gone with the tarantula build I do you
25479s	think that was a slightly better call
25480s	for this meta game because even though
25482s	rat king is a better card in the deck
25486s	than tarantula it's just for this
25489s	particular tournament it's so clutch to
25491s	be able to have an answer for priest
25492s	which is going to be pretty popular a
25494s	lot of the time and that's the thing
25496s	Ryan that's the big difference and the
25498s	one the
25499s	and things I think is really difficult
25501s	about tournament play is yeah the deck's
25504s	great on ladder but because you're
25506s	playing all rounder cards right you're
25508s	playing that on average better deck but
25511s	that's not how a tournament meta works
25513s	and we've seen that time and time again
25514s	and so father in this mirror match both
25517s	players get in a pretty good opening
25518s	Harpoon guns either side
25521s	now the double truck coming down from uh
25523s	gonis is gonna get cleaned up very
25526s	nicely
25530s	please be sick as well though even
25532s	though it's no uh tarantula into
25533s	nathanos racking the Thanos is still not
25536s	bad at all uh to give yourself a mid
25538s	game Power Spike but the real power
25541s	Spike for both of our players is going
25542s	to come down to these harpoons who can
25544s	get the biggest uh the biggest Beast off
25546s	of these
25547s	that's a big one
25549s	the biggest one might say
25553s	apart from uh Mega saw rest in peace
25558s	oh kind of hydrolodon right depending on
25562s	how you
25563s	that's true add up the numbers here oh
25566s	dinosaur wars how is that not just a
25570s	Hearthstone expansion name I would that
25573s	would sell is all I'm saying Hearthstone
25576s	dinosaur wars who wouldn't be interested
25580s	imagine Gia just gets fresh off the
25582s	plate Kicks Down the door to Blizzard HQ
25585s	all right guys dino wars I've got it
25590s	was just like my God she's brilliant I
25593s	knew we hired her it's a good job
25596s	here though the uh spirit's gonna come
25598s	down very nice again another very
25601s	impactful card if you have it on curve
25604s	and your opponent does not because guess
25605s	what you just want more stuff than your
25607s	opponent and that's how these matchups
25609s	work again very high level thinking
25611s	going into it as I'm sure you'd agree
25616s	wondering whether to swing again I mean
25618s	I think we knew there wasn't a another
25622s	uh beast on the bottom it was like
25623s	school teacher and one of the non-beast
25625s	I can't quite remember uh but unless
25627s	you're picking up exactly
25630s	the azharan saber on the next turn
25632s	you're unlikely to get much of a better
25633s	outcome and he manages to snipe the
25636s	hydralodon as like the fourth from
25639s	bottom card in his deck which is
25641s	absolutely disgusting and that in this
25644s	matchup is just the best at least for me
25647s	anyway because it does what you need to
25650s	do which is clear up boards and uh yeah
25652s	hydraulic done does it by far the best
25654s	than anything else so yeah really big
25656s	pick up there King crush and hydraulidon
25658s	absolutely huge
25660s	this is hard to come back from
25662s	it is especially as God has had the
25665s	opportunity to go for ajar and saber
25667s	have it die off admittedly in a bad
25670s	trade to one of the the links is uh but
25672s	he could have gone the sunken saber in
25674s	the hand uh if he'd wanted it
25679s	and just passed up that opportunity
25680s	which I find very surprising
25683s	it's a weird problem though because like
25686s	that is good and I guess he didn't know
25690s	about the Hydra hydraulicin but
25693s	you really don't want to answer that
25695s	with your own from a saber or something
25697s	right because they don't have rush so
25699s	it's terrible and then you're just
25702s	feeding a bear to to a board maybe
25705s	that's okay yeah it's kind of tricky
25706s	right but now at this point it's that
25709s	stage you always get into in Hunter
25710s	mirrors where is there any way you can
25714s	come back from this
25716s	and I don't think gonis will ever
25717s	recover from this
25719s	I think this is going to be a very Swift
25721s	Series yeah I mean only losing to
25724s	himself
25726s	the person who can beat me is me this
25730s	will call him Chuck Norris at this point
25731s	awesome sounds like that kind of joke
25734s	and there's just nothing
25737s	and it's just too fast such skill in one
25740s	like you two Roux descento blink of an
25745s	eye just gonna win at three one there
25748s	and kind of 3-0 considering he did lose
25751s	game one but he didn't actually play
25753s	game one and so really impressive
25756s	lightning fast play lightning fast
25758s	decision making and at least from what
25760s	the short time we had at Derek from
25762s	someone I've not seen about too much
25764s	very impressive so far
25767s	yeah very very nice stuff I liked a lot
25769s	of what I saw uh from desunto from
25772s	goddess I will say I did disagree with
25774s	how he played that Hunter game I think
25776s	he wasn't necessarily doubling down on
25778s	what his hand was telling him to do uh
25780s	like you know I've talked about the two
25782s	kind of halves of the day the two game
25784s	plans which is just spend your Mana
25786s	curve out and do the broken B stuff and
25788s	I was screaming at him to do the broken
25790s	Beast though he just didn't want to do
25792s	it like if he'd managed to cheat out uh
25794s	one of the Bears at that point in the
25796s	game slows down his opponents so
25798s	drastically those two fours are such
25800s	awkward trades for the hydralodon
25802s	tentacle thingies uh to answer so I
25805s	would like to see a slightly different
25806s	approach there from him but I don't want
25809s	to destruct uh to track sorry from
25810s	decento as we were saying he goes up 4-0
25813s	and very deservedly
25815s	yeah a really rapid match there for our
25818s	first one of round four but I'll tell
25820s	you something it's not the last match of
25822s	round four we're gonna go to a quick
25823s	break where we set up some more
25824s	Hearthstone games for you to watch don't
25826s	go anywhere we'll be right back
25831s	[Music]
25846s	their Witness
25849s	and shall rise and soon
25854s	beg for your life
25859s	but you
25860s	[Music]
25861s	you must acquit
25864s	the dark lady did not commit this
25867s	unspeakable lies
25871s	your cell awaits
25874s	your confession will save us all the
25878s	time
25881s	[Music]
25886s	foreign
25905s	[Music]
25911s	[Music]
25919s	[Music]
25923s	foreign
25931s	[Music]
25947s	[Music]
25955s	foreign
25960s	[Music]
25974s	[Music]
25986s	[Music]
25994s	[Music]
26013s	thank you
26018s	[Music]
26024s	hello everybody and welcome back to
26025s	Masters for Ma and disorder my name is
26028s	TJ I'm joined by saddle for the last
26030s	cast
26032s	of the day here with our continued
26034s	coverage of round number four so how are
26035s	you doing buddy
26036s	I am doing fantastic TJ a little bit
26040s	caught by surprise by the uh brevity of
26043s	the previous series uh Not only was
26045s	there the uh the game loss of course
26046s	thrown in there but just rapid fire
26048s	games that seemingly ended out of
26051s	nowhere which has kind of accelerated us
26053s	along a little bit of course there is
26055s	still some action going on around uh the
26057s	tavern for round four and we are here to
26060s	bring you additional coverage of it TJ
26063s	continuing coverage
26066s	sorry continuing coverage I didn't
26068s	realize we'd named it and say the racial
26070s	capacity
26076s	[Music]
26080s	hold on wait what
26083s	that's my seating face
26085s	if you were to I missed half of that if
26087s	you were talking you cut out for like a
26089s	good solid five seconds for me just I
26091s	did yeah oh weird yeah must have been to
26095s	you only
26097s	ah
26098s	you're also covering your
26100s	um
26101s	your avatar is this so long it's behind
26104s	you I have I guess yep that's it they'll
26107s	remain a mystery forever
26110s	all right talk about Tian Ming playing
26112s	the uh jackpot Rogue
26117s	um
26117s	and I mean I was playing the stick a
26120s	little bit earlier because shout tea
26121s	also had it yup his lineup and I was
26125s	like I I wonder if this is still good
26127s	it's not that that much
26129s	like it really has got anything new
26133s	right it's just
26135s	nope it's just Jack Rogue
26138s	um and I I felt like my win conditions
26140s	were get something really good from
26142s	jackpot early or
26144s	everything else you do is the same as
26147s	all of the other renithal decks just
26148s	weaker that's honestly what it felt like
26152s	um
26152s	but it does have that X Factor of being
26155s	able to do things the the crazy things a
26158s	little bit earlier
26159s	in the game and so I'm curious as to
26162s	where this deck
26164s	will lie in terms of strength once this
26166s	master store is over but lko is going to
26169s	be playing the shaman
26172s	kick it off yeah and speaking of you
26175s	know Decks that haven't changed much
26177s	this is pretty much the same Shaman that
26179s	we've been playing for quite some time
26180s	as well we've stuck a Sylvanas in there
26183s	but on top of that it also got nerfed
26186s	into Oblivion at one point and somehow
26188s	the deck has just managed to cut out the
26190s	freeze package and just keep on trucking
26192s	as an effective meta deck which I don't
26195s	think too many people necessarily saw
26197s	coming at the time it's just such a got
26200s	such an excellent toolkit as a deck that
26202s	it is able to deal with so many
26204s	situations which I think makes it quite
26205s	appealing for a lot of people as a
26208s	tournament deck as well particularly if
26210s	you're a bit unsure about what exactly
26212s	the field you're up against is going to
26214s	look like
26219s	yeah
26220s	I'm looking at the Shaman deck yeah it's
26222s	nothing new either wait there's a
26224s	Sylvanas now oh I said that he check
26228s	come on listen to the words that are
26231s	coming out of my mouth please
26233s	I was uh actually adjusting my headset
26235s	because you freaked me out when you told
26237s	me that uh you can I see okay five
26239s	seconds so I unplugged the thing and
26242s	then plugged it back in I see for
26244s	example when you unplug the thing it
26246s	also means you unplug the whole thing
26248s	yes oh oh don't worry TJ I'm intimately
26252s	familiar with unplugging uh various
26254s	audio devices in the middle of a
26256s	broadcast that was that was my life for
26259s	an entire year
26260s	okay well
26262s	then you know you know all right let's
26265s	get into it uh I haven't cut out right
26267s	nope
26269s	Draka
26274s	yup understood you perfectly the exact
26276s	same level of coherence the full
26278s	sentence all the analysis okay yep we're
26281s	good then we're good
26287s	very awkward looking opening hand from
26290s	Tia Ming which is largely what you have
26293s	come to expect from this deck it really
26296s	is like you just have like all these
26298s	pieces you're like oh yeah I'm like a
26300s	turn away from doing something so cool
26302s	and then that's every turn every turn
26306s	you're a draw away from doing something
26308s	so cool
26309s	and then you die before you get to do
26311s	the cool thing
26312s	that that's my personal experience now
26314s	obviously I have like six games of it
26317s	um but to me in my very short-sighted
26320s	memory six games is a lot so
26323s	um but I I guess you can just hope to
26327s	get something really good from your
26330s	opponent's hand from this minion like
26333s	that's about it draka's doing a whole
26335s	lot of nothing here
26336s	and without jackpots really
26340s	the only way especially in this deck
26341s	that doesn't play many expensive spells
26343s	that you can capitalize on with
26345s	trickster to be able to steal you're
26347s	waiting for jackpot to do something cool
26350s	so
26355s	and even then this is one of the better
26357s	outcomes that you can get off at early
26360s	game reconnaissance right unless you're
26362s	looking for the reconnaissance as an
26363s	answer later on I think this is one of
26366s	the best points of synergy with the deck
26367s	and yeah timing doing something that I
26370s	always respect in this kind of situation
26372s	just playing out his cards he does have
26374s	the shadow step in hand good chance that
26376s	the 3-4 hangs around next turn anyway so
26378s	he could have a significantly more
26381s	exciting turn next turn but there I am
26383s	falling into the exact trap that TJ was
26386s	just describing next turn next turn will
26388s	be good I promise
26390s	it's not even like a it's not even like
26393s	a trap
26396s	all right his dog dog sparked me in my
26399s	immediate vicinity
26401s	um oh oh we know
26404s	I'm just having all sorts of issues
26408s	just
26411s	my roof's caving in my mic's in the
26414s	cutting out okay I'm eating real quick
26418s	uh I believe currently in TJ's house
26421s	there are 15 living mammals for your
26423s	information so uh yeah kind of hard
26426s	there's 14 one's at school a 14 okay my
26430s	bad sorry I didn't mean to uh present
26432s	inaccurate information but yeah this is
26434s	what I was talking about from Tim being
26435s	on the other side has to have a slightly
26438s	more effective turn this time around can
26440s	pick up the weapon but the freeze from
26443s	the previous turn does prevent him
26445s	getting particularly good value out of
26448s	any of the tracker weapons right now so
26450s	he could even still consider
26453s	taking a really slow turn here he does
26456s	absolutely nothing but that feels deeply
26460s	miserable but deeply miserable it is
26466s	let's try this again nope okay
26468s	immediately with it as soon as I unmute
26473s	they keep going
26475s	um
26476s	no one may come let them out
26479s	but we'll see all right we're still
26483s	waiting for something cool we're still
26484s	waiting for something cool yeah all
26486s	right we gotta we got a cookie
26489s	in like
26492s	it's honestly the worst I think because
26495s	it just
26497s	clashes with Draka that he used the
26499s	shadow step on that's true actually yeah
26501s	has to play the cookie just to try and
26504s	survive but I mean this is the exact
26505s	position that Shaman wants to be in just
26507s	an unanswered board
26509s	you can do whatever you want with your
26512s	Mana evolve whatever you want just
26515s	beautiful
26516s	yeah at the very least he knows he has
26519s	scabs the next turn so he can delay
26521s	things significantly uh hand size wise
26525s	here just looking at what lko is
26526s	actually going to get back seven cards
26528s	in hand he kind of like the cookie to
26532s	die I imagine as opposed to be returned
26534s	to hand which is the scenario that's
26536s	gonna happen here so this works out all
26538s	pretty well overall I think lko
26540s	correctly recognizing no point in
26543s	trading into that cookie right now
26544s	doesn't really do anything against scabs
26547s	which is the accepted play anyway and if
26549s	you want to play the game of chicken or
26550s	both players leaving it there I think
26552s	you're happy to do it later against the
26554s	bigger Draco weapon that comes down this
26556s	gaps isn't going to be played anywhere
26557s	around so I think lko absolutely correct
26560s	yep
26564s	but finally something cool happens and
26567s	uh maybe things are gonna start to get
26570s	pieced together just slightly but Timmy
26573s	may run out of time before that happens
26575s	we shall see
26578s	um yeah definitely gonna remove the
26580s	tutus
26581s	probably deal six but you could make a
26584s	case for uh the Elementals just because
26587s	the cookie weapon doesn't line up
26590s	particularly well yeah but I like the uh
26592s	the face damage here
26595s	foreign
26602s	oh yeah
26606s	you want a 2-6 and a cookie
26610s	I mean the cookie part sounds great but
26613s	in the context of what it actually is in
26616s	this game of hearthstone considerably
26618s	less appealing than usually when TJ
26620s	offers me
26620s	[Music]
26633s	oh what about another cookie
26644s	days is not actually watching the game
26647s	that that's just his internal monologue
26649s	all the time
26651s	what about I don't know I actually got
26654s	this the dogs to stop barking
26658s	what about another cookie
26661s	oh there's a game going on
26665s	yeah I mean strangely you were managing
26668s	to play by play it perfectly it was
26670s	really strange
26671s	oh yeah well it describes my full
26674s	casting crew just accidentally being
26676s	right sometimes
26679s	and yet another weapon in in some form
26682s	or another picked up with krabatoa
26685s	um and a face that's frozen
26688s	so
26690s	yeah the Saturday Matthews can't be that
26692s	big
26693s	um
26694s	maybe like 12. I don't know it's
26698s	it hasn't really been
26702s	Juice It Up Again here but you can't be
26705s	played even with the hero power plus
26706s	kravitella so Tammy is gonna have to
26709s	hope that there's not as much damage
26711s	there the time has come down
26721s	laughs
26726s	oh wow
26729s	I mean one card's been in the far left
26733s	the whole game yeah one's a Draka
26737s	yep
26739s	who knows what Secrets will um
26748s	clear pretty good options oh my goodness
26752s	oh my goodness
26757s	two
26762s	oh with the overdraft yeah
26767s	me pick me a little bit more
26773s	damage
26775s	off
26777s	it's the the first one unlocks
26780s	[Applause]
26780s	yeah
26782s	all right can we do something fun
26786s	August announcers is pretty fun
26790s	what about hero power donafius draca
26794s	whoa so much
26797s	I kind of oh is that 21 wow okay ah that
26802s	makes sense
26803s	I mean I think of a lot oh they're off
26806s	every every minion be fair you said
26810s	you said about 12 and then two krabatoa
26812s	tokens died after that and then there
26814s	was a lightning storm clear on like a
26815s	full board so you were pretty much right
26817s	with your guess at the time because
26820s	accidentally pretty close that's the one
26824s	you want a cookie
26827s	oh that's a good floor goal one of my
26830s	dogs
26834s	uh they're just all-night all dogs and
26837s	cats in your house are just named after
26838s	murloc noises it gets incredibly
26840s	confusing come feeding time
26854s	okay
26857s	oh
26860s	fun things Ahoy that is a Sprint that is
26864s	very definitively a Sprint
26867s	gotta go all right so what do we need
26869s	here
26871s	um Jack got into brawl
26886s	um well that isn't that
26891s	uh extortion
26896s	prep bone Spike
26900s	Queen horn gigafen mm-hmm
26913s	I still wouldn't have had enough right
26915s	even with the prep by and Spike to be
26917s	able to do it
26919s	yeah the queen was three I would have
26921s	done yet the queen would have been three
26922s	instead of this Contraband stash right
26923s	yeah and then you have four Mana lefts
26925s	then you horn for a gigafin
26928s	all right
26934s	yep I think so
26936s	yeah I I think that's a better out than
26939s	than whatever this is
26942s	also I think wanted to attack with these
26946s	cookie weapon first before playing Draka
26949s	right probably uh better in that
26951s	scenario
26953s	and no matter what it was pretty slim
26956s	pickings uh for Tien being in that game
26958s	that was just a rough opening fell too
26961s	far behind and then had to play kind of
26963s	the Miracle game uh to get back into it
26966s	so uh unfortunate but at least we got to
26969s	see some cool stuff from the deck might
26972s	get to see it again typically
26975s	all right like you you have such high
26978s	standards
26980s	for jackpot Rogue like that was pretty
26982s	cool it was a big big dinathrius yeah
26986s	but I I feel like
26988s	influenced by how badly you lose the
26991s	game right like I could build you a deck
26993s	right now that did something cool and
26995s	lost the game you know that's not
26997s	impressive you know doing a triple
26999s	backflip is not that cool if you land on
27001s	your face you know you had to you
27004s	do you disagree I do yeah if you could
27008s	do a triple backup I don't care where
27010s	you land like
27013s	that's hard that is hard
27016s	I probably pitched that a little bit too
27018s	high yeah
27021s	[Music]
27023s	okay
27025s	moving over stick of the jackpot Road
27028s	going with the Beast Hunter
27033s	look changes or a couple of variations
27035s	on what we've been seeing from other
27037s	people with the collateral damage coming
27040s	back in for example we saw that in an
27042s	early list but then I believe what Fury
27044s	Hunter was playing on stream recently
27046s	with no collateral damage there's a
27048s	couple of different ways you can go
27049s	about this also the tarantula check in
27052s	here which I do think is a good bring
27055s	for the specific tournament meta game
27057s	might not necessarily be the best ladder
27059s	card
27060s	um but we've talked a lot about the fear
27063s	of those all interns for priest for
27065s	example and how some decks just don't
27068s	really have the tools to be able to deal
27069s	with it that is very specifically a tool
27072s	that deals with it that is a match up
27074s	that otherwise I think Hunter can really
27075s	struggle uh in a match up against a
27079s	priest of high enough standard but this
27081s	is going to be the Mage coming out on
27084s	the other side for lko this is viewed as
27087s	a slightly favored matchup for the Mage
27090s	overall but I do think it is it's
27092s	blightly by getting Mage is a deck that
27095s	exists as part of lineups and exists on
27097s	ladder because it has a decent matchup
27099s	against Hunter I don't think it's a good
27101s	enough matchup that you can put it
27103s	together in like a Target Hunter lineup
27105s	right it's just something that you can
27106s	put in that improves your spread of
27108s	matches and possibilities are endless
27122s	yeah
27124s	there is yay
27135s	his hand is ferocious
27140s	I don't think that's the adjective he
27142s	would prefer though
27143s	uh not made any better by how smooth
27148s	this curve is on the other side either
27150s	the ashore hero power on two I guess but
27153s	outside of that location into Cold Case
27156s	and then discounted deathborn to follow
27159s	that up as well using the extra
27162s	skeletons that you have potentially as
27164s	break points this could go very fast
27167s	very quickly for lko hmm
27175s	[Music]
27177s	one draw from The Dredge I mean it's
27181s	a small name
27186s	it was a nice little bonus
27189s	here's what he picked I didn't even see
27190s	okay that makes sense on the Curve
27194s	uh poacher would have been good to play
27196s	on two in the wild spirits but after
27198s	that it's kind of doing nothing so
27201s	I can just fix the curve a little bit
27203s	okay oh I mean this is just yep do that
27207s	up all upstairs
27210s	like you said that one lined up
27215s	oh what was that was an Arlon oh
27221s	oh yeah anybody
27228s	oh a devouring Bloom at a devouring and
27231s	a serpent bloom in the same hand exactly
27233s	what tianming was looking for this game
27243s	it realistically
27245s	shattering our world does this line up
27249s	yeah I mean I guess it's it's pretty
27251s	nuts right
27257s	okay
27258s	are you okay
27261s	I I love deathborn when there's like
27264s	a bunch of minions
27267s	it's just the most satisfying thing ever
27269s	I don't even like playing this thing
27270s	that much I just play the Dexter I can
27271s	get juicy deck boards that's it
27274s	I mean ending as we began I think our
27276s	first series of the day there was a mage
27278s	mirror where they literally just death
27280s	borned each other back and forwards for
27281s	like four straight turns yep
27285s	beautiful what a sight to behold
27289s	wow like Reckless finish just lines up
27291s	so cleanly on this board
27296s	dude
27298s	hit the Ping Nail First yeah
27301s	just playing so fast like I mean I with
27306s	this hand it makes sense but yes it just
27309s	it has that much more of a an impact you
27312s	know
27313s	punch
27321s	okay well let's start the mountain dares
27327s	we saw a few of these cards
27330s	I bought them
27338s	already had 10.
27346s	eight that's what location into Cold
27348s	Case into deathborne does TJ when your
27350s	opponent does nothing in the entire game
27364s	only three more turns
27366s	then after this is Juiced
27368s	full of energy okay like genuinely at
27370s	the end of every turn it looks like he's
27372s	just about to peace out like he looks
27374s	like he's about to lift out of his chair
27375s	and just walk off every time I cannot
27377s	stay so I think is uh quite indicative
27380s	of the speed that he's playing the game
27381s	at as well yeah well it is the uh
27385s	selector final round of the day 3-0 you
27388s	know
27390s	get out of here let me take my my quick
27392s	dub and
27394s	let's go
27406s	I mean that's probably the least
27407s	satisfying outcome from those skeletons
27409s	you neither achieved the full clear or
27412s	the ton of damage in the lethal yeah
27413s	like that's just a really annoying
27415s	Middle Ground
27422s	oh also theater if this goes wrong just
27426s	take to Nature's next turn oh another
27428s	room
27430s	I say oh fine let's go on here okay sure
27437s	no damage
27440s	oh nice
27441s	no damage try again next turn yeah
27449s	let's play the minions I mean
27452s	there's four damage could could last a
27455s	while I wonder if I'll keep oh
27463s	oh it's just one of those series for TM
27466s	being isn't it like it really is
27471s	I like the decision from lko though I
27473s	think a lot of people especially people
27475s	playing as fast as he is would have just
27477s	gone well Rune again try again try and
27479s	get the fireball to face or whatever but
27481s	I think him recognizing three cards in
27483s	hand yeah might as well take a look and
27485s	see if we can just straight up win the
27486s	game
27487s	yeah
27488s	I saw the uh Wing Commander
27491s	um so he did not play the Deepwater
27493s	revoker to make sure that there wasn't
27495s	another Beast that could be someone out
27497s	of the deck
27498s	now
27500s	oh okay yeah clear the full board more
27504s	kills opponent
27508s	they're at one it's fine don't worry
27510s	about it too much yeah there you go
27513s	you never count no
27516s	particularly with dinathrius when it
27518s	gets to that point like you can sit
27520s	there and calculate the odds of how it
27521s	can all break up in certain situations
27523s	like you might count if it's guaranteed
27526s	lethal but outside of that there just
27528s	just throw on the board to her yeah
27532s	from that point well that was uh
27536s	quite the game of Firestone Nokio now up
27540s	2-0 in the series
27542s	and final deck remaining is
27546s	going to be the
27549s	Hunter
27550s	yeah hunter
27553s	or lkf so good to see the hunter curious
27557s	what Tian Ming's gonna do
27558s	I really want to see the jackpot row
27560s	again
27561s	got away with it anyway
27564s	it's looking out of most of us all right
27567s	just looking out of curiosity uh um the
27569s	off curve stats on Hunter because it's
27572s	one of those things and we get sucked
27573s	into these traps pretty much every
27575s	broadcast with one deck or the other we
27577s	guess most ample size of of games of a
27580s	particular deck on stream and then
27582s	obviously there's hundreds more games
27583s	being played elsewhere so we sometimes
27585s	get this war perspective of how a deck
27587s	is performing my perspective of our
27589s	hunter is performing right now is very
27591s	eh and so I looked up the stats and it
27594s	has basically dead on 50 win rate in the
27597s	tournament right now which I think backs
27598s	that up pretty well overall and I think
27601s	coming into this said this earlier kind
27604s	of what I expected the decks fine but I
27607s	never expected it to do as well in this
27609s	tournament as it does on ladder right
27611s	for a myriad factors that I went into
27613s	early and won't won't tread that ground
27615s	again but I think it's a fine deck no
27617s	one's Really Gonna bat an eyelid at you
27619s	if it's in your lineup it's a fine Bring
27621s	but I don't think too many people all
27624s	involved in this tournament directly
27626s	we're expecting it to be like the king
27629s	of decks coming into this room party
27631s	yeah yeah
27633s	I'm not gonna do it either because you
27635s	did it earlier so
27638s	all the reasons obviously we both know
27641s	both the reasons we we we don't need to
27643s	oh the reasons there's like four reasons
27645s	I'd say did I say but yeah sorry at
27648s	least five TJ please come on oh no
27650s	there's four
27653s	I know what you think is the fifth one
27655s	and you're wrong oh okay fairness yeah
27659s	of course Derek would tell you there's
27660s	only one reason as to like you know
27663s	Hunter is the easiest deck ever and if
27664s	you play Hunter you're a sweaty Noob
27666s	that should uninstall Hearthstone I'm
27668s	pretty sure that's a direct quote from
27669s	Derek Brown
27670s	Derek Brown
27672s	um six hours ago yep yep
27675s	I remember it
27682s	oh it's the bear
27688s	[Laughter]
27696s	nice curve
27699s	in the absolute story of this series
27702s	video Ming so far yeah yeah maybe the
27706s	end of the road game was a little messy
27707s	but I don't think that was a winnable
27709s	Hearthstone game anyway the Mage uh the
27712s	Mage matchup with the hunter just did
27714s	not find any sort of curve and now he's
27715s	just back here again like school teacher
27718s	on four really being the first impactful
27720s	thing that he's doing in the whole game
27721s	and it's going to be answered by a
27723s	mountain bear on the other side
27725s	okay yeah I like this diversion actually
27731s	minion
27734s	um that's when you you pick spell every
27736s	time what is it
27738s	predictable
27743s	because they're gonna know that it's
27744s	minion right he picks Belle because
27747s	they're never going to play a four
27748s	minute mountain bear into it
27754s	okay
27756s	really powerful economy in the end even
27758s	though like this is the power of okanie
27760s	even though okayo kind of found the best
27761s	Pace scenario to deal with it right the
27763s	one drop off the top to be able to
27765s	answer
27766s	it's still it's still wasted its whole
27767s	turn right like he might as well have
27769s	jammed a four Mana minion into it that
27771s	got counted because he did nothing with
27773s	his turn the only difference is he still
27775s	has the mountain deck to be able to play
27777s	on the following Zone the dark lady did
27780s	not commit this unspeakable
27784s	and inexplicably off the back of pretty
27787s	much that solitary okanie
27791s	looks like tamming is slowly taking
27793s	control of this game
27797s	foreign
27802s	three but he essentially forced his
27804s	opponent to skip turn four and that
27806s	ended up being a far more important turn
27808s	he's just gained a whole bunch of tempo
27810s	from it
27811s	yep
27815s	secret not so Secret
27817s	unless you are against mousing over the
27820s	notherly
27824s	but I mean he cares according to Derek
27828s	Brown Hunter players can't read so I
27831s	mean Timmy didn't even acknowledge it
27839s	is an enormous swing though on the
27842s	mountain badge
27847s	damning what really needs to avoid here
27849s	is getting stuck in the loop that I get
27851s	into this Loop sometimes right away you
27853s	genuinely you get really unlucky during
27855s	a series right like no one's disputing
27857s	that timings Had a Bad series just in
27859s	terms of the run of the green so then
27861s	you have this very particular brand of
27863s	tilt where you make plays just to see if
27867s	the most unlucky thing possible can
27869s	happen to you and you just go down that
27872s	tunnel over and over again it's like
27873s	well there's no way they're just also
27875s	gonna have the Sylvanas on top of that
27877s	just drop the mounting burn oh yeah no
27879s	they probably are
27880s	hahaha
27885s	there's no way they have a banasters in
27887s	their hand that is getting continuously
27889s	Changed by all these Minions that I'm
27890s	killing
27896s	it looks like that Sylvanas swing turn
27900s	might just be too brutal here
27903s	yeah it's a lot it's okay I was just got
27906s	a very reasonable curve yep coming up I
27909s	draw Dawn into Commander into Saturday
27912s	Matthews
27913s	foreign
27925s	card in general
27931s	the way they have the hydraulics
27935s	since all his cards to deal with there's
27937s	no way they have the wing Commander
27940s	that's all it's hard to deal with it
27946s	foreign
27967s	[Laughter]
27975s	ones I don't know
27978s	they're three ones on the other side
27980s	like
27981s	just take the damage and hope that the
27983s	one ones can kill something bigger I
27985s	don't know
27989s	like just in case he wants to Pivot at
27992s	the end yeah
27994s	technically what he did was absolutely
27996s	yes
27998s	no way
27999s	[Music]
28005s	oh that's it had enough get out mental
28009s	health concede straight up do not want
28012s	to handle any more of that at that point
28014s	absolutely brutal series but you can see
28017s	what it meant for lko at the end 4-0
28021s	start to the Masters Tour the things
28023s	that dreams are made of of course we are
28026s	wrapping up the day so before we do so
28028s	it would be nice to remind you the
28029s	stakes of what we're playing for this is
28032s	the final Masters Tour of the year which
28034s	means for a lot of the players involved
28035s	this is their final route it's still a
28039s	long and winding route but it's their
28040s	final route to try and make it through
28042s	to seasonal and World Championships and
28044s	keep their competitive season going so
28046s	players who don't already have their
28048s	season tied up don't already have their
28049s	worlds ticket booked this is really the
28051s	last chance to learn and you can see
28052s	what it means to some of these players
28054s	to really get off to that big 4-0 or
28056s	even a 3-1 start going into day two
28059s	yeah and uh Tien Ming 3-1 still
28064s	good score still possibilities of uh top
28067s	16. uh if you uh get a lot more wins uh
28071s	tomorrow
28073s	so
28074s	um we're not done yet we do have uh one
28077s	more continued coverage match
28081s	continuing I think I said continuing
28083s	earlier I'm even messing up my own thing
28085s	uh continuing coverage match which is
28087s	pocket train versus Nolan
28089s	um
28090s	two of the greatest ladder players
28094s	in uh Hearthstone I guess recent history
28099s	um but two players that are always at
28102s	the
28103s	top of the ladder on multiple regions
28106s	[Music]
28108s	this should be a good one yeah
28110s	you know learn even more so than pocket
28112s	train like if pocket train is one of the
28114s	best ladder players in recent history
28116s	Nolan is one of the best ladder players
28118s	in extremely recent history like in
28121s	terms of in terms of the rank one
28123s	screenshots that have popped up like
28125s	Nolan is a newer name on my list of what
28129s	I'm used to seeing on my feed on a on a
28131s	daily basis of this deck or rank one
28133s	that deck got rank one
28135s	um very very accomplished ladder player
28137s	these days and clearly now trans
28138s	starting to transfer it to the Masters
28141s	Tour as well pocket train of course
28142s	having a empty title under the belt
28145s	already and also you know I I would say
28149s	not in love with the current meta this
28152s	doesn't really feel like it's vibing
28153s	with him I know I've seen some comments
28155s	from him recently that he feels that his
28157s	best chance of doing well is honestly to
28160s	bring lineups from like two masters
28162s	tours ago when he won when he won the
28163s	tournament rather than bring any of the
28165s	Decks that uh are popular in the meta
28168s	right now and honestly what he's done is
28170s	not far off that
28174s	yeah that's uh that's true I feel like
28177s	they have like sort of these
28181s	I don't want to call it differing styles
28185s	would you agree like pocket train hyper
28188s	focuses on a single
28190s	like a single deck
28192s	and Nolan just plays what's necessary to
28194s	climb
28195s	yeah no I I think that's a fair
28197s	assessment but I do think you people
28199s	need to be careful like pocket train is
28201s	not laughing on freeze Mage for example
28203s	right where like that's literally the
28205s	only deck they know how to play Pocket
28208s	train is a very very accomplished
28209s	well-rounded Hearthstone player It's
28212s	just sometimes he finds a deck that he
28214s	absolutely adores and just goes
28216s	absolutely way too deep on that one deck
28219s	for thousands and thousands of games
28222s	but the deck changes like when he finds
28226s	the thing that he likes yep whereas no
28229s	one's all about all right this is the
28230s	deck that's good against the meta game
28232s	that I've seen in my past 20 games I'm
28235s	gonna play that whatever strongest
28239s	um so hard to say
28242s	uh which one works better I'd sit in in
28245s	tournament format uh you know I would
28247s	say that Nolan style in in ladder style
28251s	would work better but pocket train has
28253s	way more results in competitive play I
28256s	yeah I mean all up so I think that's an
28259s	interesting particular niche in this
28261s	instance because it's pocket train and
28264s	the deck that we're talking about is
28265s	boar priest now bull priest is broken if
28269s	you play it to the level that no one in
28273s	the world can including I'm including
28275s	pocket training that right but he gets
28277s	as close to playing it at that level as
28279s	you possibly can and so just by being at
28283s	that level you kind of inflate your
28285s	stats like he's been as always going
28288s	around screaming from the rooftops like
28289s	no ball priest is still broken right now
28292s	I don't care how many theaters there are
28294s	how many mutinous there are or this or
28296s	that or the other or all these new tools
28297s	or Sylvanas can now steal boards all
28300s	this stuff I don't care about or priest
28302s	is still broken so just being able to
28304s	have that security in bringing the best
28306s	deck in the game to a tournament and
28308s	doing well with it like that just kind
28310s	of gives pocket train a natural buff
28313s	that other people don't have I suppose
28316s	[Music]
28322s	all right well let's get the show on the
28324s	road
28325s	them curse were a lot warlock versus
28328s	Jailer Paladin
28331s	Jayla Reno Paladin which just to carry
28335s	on with that point real quick and just
28336s	back that up bull priest right now is
28339s	the third highest win rate deck in the
28341s	tournament with 58 win rate and I think
28343s	actually analyzing that data what that
28345s	means is we've now refined the field
28347s	down to the people who if they're
28349s	bringing boar priest they are bull
28351s	priest players right like they have
28353s	actually got to the point where they can
28355s	play that deck very very well and so
28357s	it's performing incredibly well in the
28359s	the tournament overall would you like to
28361s	guess what the two decks above bore
28363s	priest in the stats are right now
28364s	without looking
28365s	uh the other two priests
28368s	Quest priest yes is one of them oh that
28371s	was not in my the other two priest's uh
28374s	priests but okay and is the other one
28377s	blessed Priest No it is Thief Rogue
28383s	no yup oh man wait which which version
28388s	because we call a lot of things Thief I
28390s	mean they saw a fire off curve it's all
28392s	Consolidated right they're playing
28394s	enough okay it'll just be called tea
28396s	frog soon ah okay oh 62 win rate 56 wins
28400s	out of 91 games
28406s	there's different variations out there
28408s	right there's like the tempo variation
28409s	yeah
28410s	um uh with I don't even I can't remember
28413s	the name of the six Mana card uh they're
28416s	not in the water
28419s	yeah the right the four-fold rush that
28422s	is reducing costs for how many cards you
28423s	play that turn never remember the name
28425s	even though I looked at it specifically
28427s	and was like I'm gonna remember this
28429s	name
28431s	um and then you have Jack morose there's
28432s	a bunch of different variations
28435s	uh board brace is also getting banned a
28436s	lot we've seen a band there hasn't been
28439s	that many players in the series that we
28440s	watched and we've seen two Series where
28444s	it has been banned already
28446s	even with a small sample size of matches
28448s	where the player actually has it yeah
28450s	that means that if a player is leaving
28452s	it up
28454s	they're confident that they can beat it
28457s	so I don't know it's skewed even further
28459s	towards
28461s	the nuts all right got a game going on
28464s	it's awesome one one more point on
28466s	overall stats all right one more Point
28467s	talk about the thing that's in front of
28469s	us uh Boone priest which you predicted
28471s	would be one of the top decks above bull
28473s	priest is 39 win rate in the tournament
28477s	right now doing absolutely misery oh wow
28480s	okay did not expect that
28482s	if you want to dig into all that more
28483s	detail off curve.com lots of great work
28485s	always done on Hearthstone statistics
28487s	very happy to shout them out whenever
28489s	because they make my job easier
28496s	so Jayla Paladin yeah ordering the court
28499s	was played
28502s	so I don't know how much of that
28504s	statistical breakdown was from us
28506s	actually finding it interesting at that
28507s	moment and how much of it was just
28508s	resistant to wanting to talk about Jayla
28511s	Paladin I think it's a healthy dose of
28513s	both of them on my side of things
28517s	I just like talking about anything I'll
28520s	just go with the flow
28523s	you know that
28525s	you don't even have to try or to give me
28526s	the going on here in order to get me to
28528s	go to you know
28531s	hop on your magic carpet and just enjoy
28533s	the ride of your tangent yeah
28536s	you want a cookie
28543s	and now I just have this chair in my
28544s	head of
28546s	saddle singing a whole new world to me
28548s	while we ride around on it I did I did
28550s	also have that many points he points at
28553s	like just random statistics on the
28554s	ground we fly over them in a magic
28557s	carpet
28558s	I can show you the stats
28566s	all right well
28569s	we know what's going to come off the top
28572s	every turn well not every turn next turn
28574s	it's a 50 50 between the Countess and
28576s	Leviathan but yeah I mean it's about
28579s	getting there now getting to the light
28581s	Forge carrier I think is the uh
28584s	the biggest one and this Reno being in
28586s	the opening hand in order of the Court
28587s	played it's gonna be a long long time
28592s	uh before Arena's gonna do anything
28598s	in fact it's never going to do anything
28600s	and make that simpler
28615s	I'm starting to push
28618s	yeah Library being able to fill this out
28620s	as well actually gets us some some
28622s	significant damage down and this is
28623s	important right because this deck is
28626s	linear from both sides right Nolan knows
28629s	what he's going to draw he can plan out
28630s	every turn one by one
28632s	pogi train can do exactly the same thing
28635s	so he knows he's going to have to deal
28637s	with Carol at some point in the coming
28640s	turns probably on turn eight he knows
28642s	it's in hand so getting as much damage
28644s	through now as possible before that
28646s	carry all comes down then makes his
28648s	eventual job of having to deal with the
28650s	curse situation much much easier later
28652s	on so at least attempting this huge push
28655s	is massive of course it gets shut down
28657s	by the Mackie roll here but it's a card
28659s	that pocket train does not necessarily
28661s	have information about but it's a big
28663s	deal for Nolan in terms of being able to
28665s	stabilize
28666s	yeah
28668s	and now no one think about whether or
28670s	not to even play these light rays
28671s	because it just opens up board space
28674s	for pocket train might be looking to
28677s	play those light rays on the turn where
28679s	he's cleaning up a little bit more stuff
28680s	yep
28683s	um but then you could also make argument
28685s	that well the file library is not active
28688s	next turn so you're
28692s	allowing pocket train to have the least
28694s	amount of maneuverability and what he
28695s	Buffs and what it can trade over
28699s	yeah you can also you can also file that
28702s	exact same argument in the don't play it
28704s	column though right because if there's a
28707s	situation the library was open You could
28709s	argue well they still have a really good
28710s	turn just go face with everything buff
28712s	another in Deal a million damage but
28713s	they can't do that which makes their
28716s	their turn fairly weak overall yeah
28720s	so don't play it is
28722s	two for one in favor
28735s	plenty of neutral cards
28737s	[Music]
28742s	on the bike
28745s	as to the point where if you do really
28748s	want to min max your information it is
28750s	important to pay attention from the
28752s	position of the hand that certain cards
28754s	leave from because as soon as you start
28756s	Gathering that information you can kind
28757s	of reverse engineer what every other
28759s	card is exactly because obviously you
28761s	don't know how many of the cards have
28763s	been drawn before the deck has been
28765s	ordered which can change exactly which
28767s	cards your opponent has in hand at any
28769s	given time but the more you see which
28771s	cards are where the more you can gather
28772s	that perfect information over time
28778s	hmm
28788s	I must move quickly
28794s	yeah well
28796s	Ariel's guaranteed to be their next turn
28797s	from pocketrance perspective
28801s	and her knowledge perspective yeah I
28803s	guess now is a good time to play
28805s	uh the light race you have stuff on
28807s	board borders already paired down uh I
28811s	feel like he just wants to not take his
28813s	as much damage try and block as much as
28816s	possible before Carol
28818s	comes out and allows them to have that
28820s	extra level of Defense
28822s	yeah interesting whether it was this
28823s	turn or next turn
28825s	um generally I like to play light rays
28827s	when they create the biggest swing turn
28831s	um and Carrie always going to be your
28832s	clearing turn right when you actually
28833s	deal with a lot of this board State you
28835s	would imagine
28836s	uh Leviathan did of course do a little
28838s	bit and this is still a swing turn it's
28840s	just a question of whether the carial
28841s	term would have been the bigger one but
28843s	I think this is fine and it also
28846s	theoretically hypothetically prevents
28848s	some pre-carial damage going through
28850s	right with the uh the location still up
28853s	on that turn
28854s	yeah
28855s	not going to
28859s	grimoire again I guess this preserves a
28862s	3-4 on board right because you can just
28863s	trade the one one into the final minion
28867s	and that one one uh would die anyway
28871s	because Carol's into it so just making
28874s	sure it has highest level uh protection
28878s	against life force carrier that is such
28882s	a good turn from pocket train if you
28884s	look at all the boxes that were ticked
28886s	on that turn
28887s	maximum damage pre-carial he knows carry
28890s	always is what Nolan wants to do on the
28892s	following terms the way I talk about the
28894s	linearity of playing against this deck
28895s	right he knows Nolan wants to to carry
28898s	all so he wants to push as much damage
28900s	now as humanly possible so dropping the
28902s	tams in now getting the multiple curses
28904s	through using the the grimoire and the
28907s	curses efficiently to deal with the
28909s	taunts and push damage phase and then
28911s	also remove every single two or less
28914s	Health Minion from his own board in the
28916s	process like it was that's that's just a
28919s	good Hearthstone turn TJ that's what
28921s	that is it's clean yep just a good clean
28925s	family fun
28928s	get everybody around here show them that
28930s	turn
28934s	like the moon landing
28938s	wait you mean on a Sound Stage or what
28942s	technically yes
28947s	a lot of layers to uh that one there
28949s	subtle yep a lot of layers yeah
28954s	uh two two and three right is enough
28957s	yeah okay
28959s	yeah
28960s	it's a little bit complicated working
28962s	out the break points with Carol and the
28964s	curses because you know some of them
28967s	executive curses end up doing the same
28969s	amount of damage sometimes because of
28971s	the way the rounding Works in that spot
28972s	but yeah pocket train had that nicely
28974s	covered in the end as I mentioned that
28977s	is kind of the strength and the weakness
28979s	of that deck uh that is one of the Decks
28981s	that Nolan I believe has hit rank one
28983s	Legend with very recently it's a deck
28985s	that some people have faith in some
28987s	people don't but I do think we're it's
28991s	such a double-edged sword because all of
28993s	the consistency and the perfect game
28995s	plan and the repeatable strategy that
28997s	you have from your deck yourself when
29000s	you play against the very best the
29002s	pocket the the pocket trains the jlts
29004s	the fury Hunters of this world they
29006s	exploit that same linearity of your deck
29009s	and that is exactly what we saw there
29010s	with uh with pocket train perfectly
29012s	playing into that carry all turn and
29014s	really just not giving Nolan any any
29017s	option to be able to answer it yeah
29019s	and gets rewarded with the chance to
29023s	play mage
29025s	and a little bit different from what
29026s	we've been seeing for most of the day uh
29029s	it is the uh 30 card just straight up
29033s	blue mage
29036s	[Music]
29041s	the cast for a lot of blue
29043s	each itself
29047s	it costs with dust to craft dust is
29053s	uh I agree TJ this deck absolutely blows
29056s	100 agree with you
29059s	blue WD
29062s	has a blue house with a blue window is
29065s	that was that what you're trying to say
29066s	yeah
29068s	the Corvette and everything is blue
29070s	is that that line I don't think I've
29072s	ever known what because that line is so
29074s	heavily like pitch shifted on the vocals
29076s	it's actually the next line of the song
29079s	blue Corvette I'm pretty sure I don't
29082s	know
29085s	we'll go with it
29087s	I see you yeah
29099s	the light dims
29101s	all right we are back to the well again
29105s	with the Paladin from Nolan
29108s	is is the same deck I'm gonna see these
29112s	cars
29120s	yeah this is pretty much the the hidden
29123s	part of the deck right like you you pack
29126s	your deck with early game efficiency
29128s	almost an aggro curve overall and then
29132s	you just have this this five or six card
29134s	combination at the top end of your deck
29136s	that you draw in perfect sequence every
29138s	single time to be able to set up your
29140s	win condition at the end and then you
29141s	have uh the tutor effect to pick up the
29144s	spell put everything in the right order
29146s	and you go from there it is this
29147s	supremely linear deck overall but it is
29151s	it is starting to prove to be effective
29153s	it was a deck that was Theory crafted
29156s	super early on as soon as the mini Set
29158s	Card started to be revealed a little bit
29160s	of a got the meme treatment early on on
29163s	kind of mini set expansion day but over
29165s	time I think people are starting to
29168s	just grow in hope that this might be a
29170s	real deck I don't have Hope's actually
29172s	the word uh grow into the crushing sense
29176s	of reality that this might be a real
29178s	deck
29182s	ah let's hope
29187s	their first comment in everything
29193s	great again
29201s	I mean Bannerman's a tutu
29204s	true
29208s	for the alliance
29210s	so look at that is quite good I actually
29214s	played fully for minions in board
29216s	presence early on
29218s	um at the pointing out snow flurry into
29221s	snow flurry so he's got the Wildfire
29223s	online but could do it now Savar
29225s	currently has a coin
29227s	to be just going Wildfire Frozen touch
29229s	which would be a pretty solid savara
29232s	I think
29235s	really good
29238s	I am definitely on board with that I
29241s	think frozen touch in savara is always a
29245s	pretty effective strategy because it
29246s	does allow you to use that Frozen touch
29249s	freely uh as a frostball if you really
29252s	want to without having to wait for the
29253s	full infused value you know you're going
29255s	to get it back later from that savara
29256s	anyway and just if you do end up with
29258s	multiple copies of it in your hand and
29260s	get that duplication effect then the
29262s	damage really really picks up rapidly
29264s	yeah
29278s	you know the play other than the
29281s	big and plus the night of an ointment
29283s	you know like brand appointment
29288s	is that a thing
29290s	is what a thing
29291s	brand height of anointment
29294s	I mean it's a thing
29297s	you want to get literal about it
29302s	Okay so
29310s	maybe they're real slow
29320s	yeah it's kind of the situation I was
29322s	talking about right just dump it get the
29324s	value get it Juiced now you are
29326s	duplicating it with the savara
29330s	yep
29332s	and it is very much looking like it's
29335s	going to be one of those uh Frozen touch
29337s	path games to the Mage like sometimes
29339s	particularly with the streamlined
29340s	version of the deck the 30 version uh
29343s	blue Mage as TJ has now christened it
29345s	sometimes you you need to recognize like
29349s	which of the routes to damage you're
29352s	looking for because it is primarily like
29354s	a damage based burn deck overall right
29357s	it's just whether you're doing it with
29358s	hero Powers whether you're doing it with
29360s	skeletons whether you're doing it with
29361s	frozen touches or some combination of
29363s	the above overall
29370s	yeah in that regard it's a fairly well
29372s	put together deck because you know for
29374s	example the skeletons while pushing
29375s	little bits of Chip damage to your
29377s	opponent are also juicing your Frozen
29378s	touches so there's just this natural
29380s	Synergy between all the sources of
29382s	damage
29382s	yeah it's just like
29385s	usually into being like Mana that's the
29387s	limiting factor
29392s	chipping away and if you're spending
29395s	like four minutes yeah sure you're doing
29398s	six damage every turn but that's like
29399s	less development they can get
29402s	and I got to do one thing each turn
29404s	either push the damage or develop enough
29406s	stuff to wear your Frozen touches keep
29409s	getting reset
29410s	but against slower decks like this
29413s	quite good
29417s	hmm
29430s	brand biggin
29435s	I very much enjoyed hearing you say big
29437s	and that makes me happy
29442s	how am I supposed to say a little light
29444s	no I like that it's just you know
29448s	it's a very British word
29450s	goon
29453s	burgundy
29460s	ah it's late everyone can you tell
29468s	but yeah
29475s	Graham Finley
29480s	who was it that actually happened like
29483s	who was it that did that I want to shame
29484s	them again all over again after doing it
29487s	significantly last time around
29489s	I mean if you really want a two four and
29492s	a one three on board
29495s	sometimes you gotta dig deep
29500s	and then
29503s	dig deep again
29506s	dig deep and then very very carefully
29510s	replace every Speck of dirt that you dug
29512s	out of the hole to completely and
29515s	perfectly fill the hole back in again
29519s	I must move quickly
29522s	well there's The Vindicator there is
29524s	step one of the puzzle that Nolan would
29527s	have liked to have completed many many
29528s	turns again
29531s	and that's not that's a Miss anyway
29544s	reporting for Duty he got the main
29546s	expenditure I think traded the city tax
29548s	again right at the end yeah okay
29553s	so Slammer more trash
29557s	set up for next turn
29559s	[Music]
29561s	yeah
29562s	thumbs up
29567s	yeah yeah
29570s	big smile from Nolan
29574s	with every step you know before at this
29576s	point one of those games Mackie roll
29579s	that is a Mackie roll okay
29581s	I mean
29585s	yeah it is
29587s	delaying the inevitable what it feels
29589s	like
29592s	gotta pick it though only way to stay
29593s	alive
29600s	hmm
29607s	[Music]
29609s	pocket train caused physical pain by the
29612s	fact that he does not have lethal
29614s	anymore
29621s	bake of the head wag of the finger no no
29624s	no sir counter play is strictly illegal
29627s	at this point in the game just let me
29628s	win
29630s	foreign
29640s	and those frozen touches are not
29648s	that happens every time yep oh that
29651s	doesn't help
29652s	I'll put it there
29655s	somewhere else
29662s	foreign
29666s	[Applause]
29673s	[Music]
29691s	[Music]
29694s	or get through all of his duplicates
29698s	yep was just not not gonna happen
29708s	not even close
29714s	Connie has to count a spell yep
29718s	that'll do it
29722s	predictable
29724s	fine
29732s	yep just adds back to the hand anyway
29736s	out four and then with the wildfires on
29738s	the hero power that is just going to be
29739s	lethal pocket train waves goodbye is
29741s	going to go 4-0 in the end absolutely
29744s	straightforward games honestly both of
29747s	those series that we have covered here
29749s	at the end of the day in our continued
29752s	coverage or continuing coverage or
29754s	whatever we're deciding to call it now
29758s	pretty one-sided overall you know the
29760s	what players would go on on Twitter and
29763s	describe as non-games unwinnable games
29765s	right nothing I did mattered and
29768s	sometimes that Soul sometimes that's
29770s	tilt uh in both the cases of what we saw
29773s	from cheming and Nolan I think that
29776s	would be a 100 accurate assessment of
29779s	the situation sometimes you just get got
29782s	because you're playing a card game
29784s	that's right that's right luckily for us
29787s	and for the players we have been
29789s	watching players that have been
29790s	undefeated so even the 3-1 players still
29793s	got a
29794s	a solid chance but here's our current
29797s	up-to-date standings down at round four
29798s	our day one is complete
29801s	um I mean there's a lot of players here
29803s	that
29805s	we have not seen much of and a few that
29807s	I've I have not read their name before
29809s	outside of maybe just browsing through
29811s	standings and we also have a ton of
29814s	really big names
29817s	um in this uh current top 16 there's
29819s	even more it goes even further down but
29821s	we just saw pocket train there's pun
29824s	chilling on there at 4-0 a fury Hunter
29826s	okashinski right a lot of a lot of big
29829s	names xiaobai as well down there all the
29831s	way number 16. Letta
29836s	yeah real mixed bag and kind of what you
29839s	expect to see in a Masters Tour lineup
29841s	right there are a lot of great players
29843s	there are a lot of you know up and
29845s	comers who are kind of using the system
29847s	as intended and pushing their way
29849s	through from ladder to qualifiers to the
29851s	Masters Tour itself and I think one of
29854s	the most exciting things about this year
29856s	has been that openness and the increased
29859s	branches and routes that players can use
29862s	to get to premium level tournaments
29865s	right seasonal championships World
29866s	Championships last year year before that
29869s	was kind of closed off and exclusive to
29870s	the Grand Masters system this year it
29872s	has been opened up yes we have some
29874s	former Grand Masters making up this list
29877s	but it it opens the door for the likes
29879s	of the names that TJ's saying that you
29881s	just kind of see in Brackets and have
29883s	not seen get a great deal of camera time
29885s	overall or two players that you have not
29889s	seen at all because this is literally
29890s	their first Masters Tour you know
29892s	anything is possible if you really put
29894s	things together yes time is running out
29896s	yes you will almost certainly need to
29899s	have had some prior performances before
29901s	this last Masters Tour of the year to
29903s	have a realistic route through to the
29904s	world championship but anything can
29906s	happen all you have to do is pick up
29907s	that win
29909s	all Texas won
29912s	all Texas one and then to uh just name
29915s	the four other players who are currently
29917s	undefeated that we cannot fit on the
29919s	bracket lko who just saw dardar Binks
29921s	impact and idle
29924s	are the other Bears down there a lot of
29927s	notable players at 3-1 I'm not gonna
29929s	list them all because there's a lot of
29931s	players that are three four rounds of
29932s	Swiss and hundreds of players in the
29934s	tournament so you guys can head over to
29936s	the battlefy bracket if you really want
29938s	to uh uh be updated or just go on
29940s	Twitter because a lot of players
29944s	just tweet out their results
29947s	updates on how their match went how
29949s	unlucky they got
29950s	or if they won how skillful they they
29954s	were in those matches that seems to be
29957s	uh seems to be the trend so if you want
29959s	to read all that by all means
29961s	go for it
29963s	um and while you're at it you know
29965s	twitter.com
29966s	[Music]
29971s	if you want to read really good tweets
29975s	[Music]
29977s	thanks thanks for the plug TJ and also
29981s	while you're there on on Twitter uh
29983s	unfollow Raven that is that's the most
29984s	important thing make sure you do that
29989s	vegan I don't even know how I said it
29992s	it's too late too early whatever time it
29994s	is but still we're done anything else
29995s	you wanted to say before I uh
29998s	do my best attempt at closing off the
30000s	show was uh was a great day you know
30003s	glad to get the band Back Together cast
30005s	some constructed Hearthstone uh
30007s	obviously huge Stakes deciding who is
30010s	going to be filling up those last few
30011s	spaces not in terms of just in terms of
30013s	who wins the tournament but also we'll
30014s	find out who the other 13 best
30017s	performers are they're going to end up
30018s	making up the seasonal championships so
30020s	we are quickly ramping up towards the
30023s	end of the 2022 competitive Hearthstone
30025s	season now uh so you know if you wanna
30028s	if you want to keep up to date with
30029s	everything that's going on through this
30031s	through seasonal championships through
30032s	worlds you're not going to want to miss
30033s	the next couple of days because they're
30034s	going to be great
30037s	yeah I want those next couple days will
30038s	consist of tomorrow we're going to
30039s	finish out the Swiss round so we're
30041s	going to have rounds five through eight
30042s	uh then uh hopefully at the end of the
30044s	day tomorrow I'll be able to show you
30045s	the top 16 bracket which we will play
30048s	through in its entirety uh on Sunday
30052s	um so uh tomorrow a lot of hearthstone
30054s	Sunday even more Hearthstone uh Sunday
30057s	usually goes even longer so if you're a
30060s	fan of constructed Hearthstone in the
30062s	metagame right now don't worry because
30064s	we got you covered
30066s	um so tomorrow we're going to start at
30067s	the same time the only time I know is in
30069s	about my own time I don't know Asia
30072s	Pacific time which is where this uh this
30075s	term is based off of uh but it's going
30077s	to be 3 A.M
30080s	steering U.S time or midnight if you're
30084s	Pacific time I believe that's correct
30086s	and everybody else just do the
30089s	conversions
30091s	I can't do it I'll Google right now it's
30093s	the same time that it started today so
30095s	if you're watching at the beginning
30095s	today it's the same time so for myself
30097s	from subtle the other cash is the
30099s	broadcast crew thanks for watching and
30101s	we'll see you tomorrow for more
30102s	Hearthstone action
30104s	[Music]
30107s	thank you
30109s	[Music]
30119s	[Music]
30121s	thank you
30125s	[Music]
30136s	[Music]
30155s	foreign
30158s	[Music]
30164s	[Music]
30177s	[Music]
30191s	[Music]
30195s	thank you
30202s	[Music]
30213s	[Music]
30221s	[Music]
30231s	foreign
30240s	[Music]
30257s	thank you
30265s	[Applause]
30278s	[Music]
30289s	[Music]
30297s	all right
30300s	[Music]
30308s	affects direct damage
30311s	[Music]
30315s	plus a spell grabs the win from the
30319s	clutches of defeat there for Glory
30326s	[Music]
30335s	[Music]
30339s	filthy in every single way
30343s	[Music]
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30369s	[Music]
30380s	foreign
30384s	[Music]

[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw & Disorder | Day 1

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