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| 44s | thank you |
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| 80s | the reason I asked that as well is I |
| 82s | think you're one of the few that really |
| 84s | has a wide experience of the world in |
| 87s | terms of hearthstone players because you |
| 88s | actually have experience playing in the |
| 90s | China scene as well which most players |
| 92s | don't so I guess just talk to us a |
| 94s | little bit about China Team league and |
| 96s | what if that experience was uh was like |
| 97s | with Team Liquid |
| 99s | yeah it was uh it was very enjoyable it |
| 103s | was very competitive it was basically us |
| 106s | Team Liquid so me bunny Hopper and |
| 108s | Frozen |
| 109s | were in this league with uh I think like |
| 112s | nine other Chinese teams we were the |
| 114s | ones sort of Western team |
| 116s | and you know obviously China's like |
| 118s | known for topping all of the master |
| 120s | stores recently so |
| 122s | you're basically in a league with like |
| 124s | the best Chinese players pretty much so |
| 127s | uh yeah it was very good competition |
| 130s | and um |
| 132s | I luckily was able to win the last |
| 136s | season of it this year |
| 138s | so I was pretty happy with that but you |
| 140s | know it was not easy so you mentioned a |
| 142s | little bit earlier you might be just a |
| 144s | little bit over the hill is that because |
| 145s | of streaming commitments because you're |
| 147s | streaming a lot these days I kind of |
| 148s | wanted to ask like do you still see |
| 150s | yourself as a competitive player first |
| 152s | and foremost are you a streamer first |
| 153s | and foremost like what are you in |
| 155s | Hearthstone I guess is the question |
| 157s | uh I'm definitely right now more of a |
| 160s | competitor I I'm not really streaming |
| 162s | that much at the moment I I started |
| 165s | doing it a bit more consistently like |
| 167s | 2020 2021 |
| 170s | and I don't know maybe he got a bit |
| 172s | burnt out from having to just |
| 174s | stream Hearthstone over and over again |
| 176s | um and now now the days like I've been |
| 179s | kind of focusing more on just the the |
| 181s | competitions |
| 183s | um |
| 184s | but yeah next year I'm not sure I think |
| 187s | it it obviously depends on like what |
| 190s | competitive uh opportunities there are |
| 192s | but I'm definitely thinking about going |
| 195s | back and trying to |
| 197s | take streaming a bit more seriously |
| 198s | again |
| 200s | well good to hear I'm sure people will |
| 202s | be very excited for it if that is the |
| 204s | case uh that is all I have written down |
| 206s | to ask you to draw so unless you have |
| 208s | any final words you'd like to give any |
| 210s | shout outs thank yous this is your |
| 211s | opportunity to do so |
| 213s | yeah I mean I guess a shout out Team |
| 216s | Liquid for being my team |
| 219s | and supporting supporting me and also |
| 222s | the best Practice Group in the world |
| 224s | Eastern Germany open Group |
| 227s | um who I think we have like three |
| 230s | three no four four members who were in |
| 233s | in Worlds this year |
| 235s | so yeah not bad |
| 237s | stat yeah if you all could stop winning |
| 239s | things so we didn't have to hear about |
| 240s | that Practice Group every single time |
| 242s | anyone gets on camera that would be |
| 244s | ideal but no obviously I kid fantastic |
| 245s | Practice Group very well represented at |
| 247s | Worlds Of course dead raw thank you for |
| 250s | joining me I've been subtle this has |
| 252s | been dead draw and this is the world |
| 254s | championships have fun everyone |
| 258s | thank you |
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| 277s | hi everyone I am joined by huyi so first |
| 280s | off UE how are you doing today |
| 284s | hello nice uh so first question first |
| 288s | real question I suppose uh this world |
| 290s | championship is gonna be right at the |
| 292s | start of a brand new meta with a brand |
| 295s | new class in the game do you think |
| 297s | that's an advantage or a disadvantage |
| 299s | for you personally |
| 304s | um |
| 311s | players from China in general have |
| 314s | performed very well in the global |
| 317s | Masters tours over the last two years or |
| 319s | so why do you think that is and do you |
| 322s | think China is the strongest competitive |
| 324s | region overall |
| 325s | foreign |
| 351s | so the last time uh World viewers would |
| 354s | have seen him on a tournament this big |
| 356s | to my memory with Summer championships |
| 358s | 2018 |
| 359s | and he went zero two out of groups uh |
| 362s | has he grown as a player since then is |
| 365s | he doing anything different this time |
| 366s | around |
| 367s | foreign |
| 393s | foreign |
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| 402s | foreign |
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| 419s | in general |
| 421s | um does he practice on his own do you |
| 423s | have a large Practice Group is it a |
| 425s | small group of friends like what is his |
| 426s | preparation for this tournament look |
| 428s | like |
| 431s | foreign |
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| 473s | questions but I would like to give you |
| 475s | the opportunity if there's any shout |
| 477s | outs he would like to give or anything |
| 478s | that he would like the audience to hear |
| 480s | the floor is his |
| 482s | foreign |
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| 519s | hello everybody my name is TJ and today |
| 522s | I'm joined by xblies a competitor who's |
| 525s | going to be competing at the world |
| 526s | championship being on December 16th |
| 530s | um boss how you doing today buddy hey |
| 532s | I'm doing good in India |
| 534s | I'm fantastic and that leads me to my |
| 537s | first question actually uh you tend to |
| 539s | normally play like dark room dark |
| 542s | curtains dark clothes does that just |
| 544s | help you get into like the mindset for |
| 547s | playing Hearthstone is it just a comfort |
| 549s | for you yeah it's just comfortable for |
| 551s | me so |
| 552s | yeah I just like it like this there's |
| 554s | nothing around me I can just focus on |
| 556s | the game and it's a better for me |
| 558s | um so looking forward to the world |
| 560s | championship |
| 561s | um I mean it's been a long time coming |
| 563s | for you right uh honestly I think a lot |
| 566s | of people expect you to qualify much |
| 569s | sooner than you did but how does it feel |
| 571s | now you know a little bit we're ways out |
| 573s | from the world championship it's been a |
| 575s | long time since you qualified where's |
| 577s | your your head at right now in terms of |
| 579s | uh looking forward to it are you already |
| 580s | excited about it are you are you nervous |
| 582s | are you just you know get it started |
| 584s | already what are your thoughts right now |
| 587s | I'm I'm really happy to be there already |
| 590s | and I don't know I don't know how to |
| 592s | feel about it I just |
| 594s | I just hope I can do well I will try my |
| 597s | best and yeah that's it |
| 599s | hopefully I can do |
| 601s | I can win it it's my goal obviously so |
| 603s | we'll see |
| 605s | so obviously the players competing there |
| 608s | are quite good I would say um it's okay |
| 611s | pretty stacked and it's getting more |
| 613s | stacked do you care at all about like |
| 616s | who you're playing like does it matter |
| 618s | like someone let's say in a master's |
| 620s | tour you know it's someone who's you've |
| 622s | never heard of versus like Fury Hunter |
| 624s | for example does it matter who's on the |
| 626s | other side |
| 627s | not for me my kitchen's nothing for me |
| 630s | but obviously it changed the the outcome |
| 632s | of the match if my opponent is bad |
| 633s | because they will just give me some |
| 635s | games maybe |
| 636s | but it's better to play against worst |
| 638s | opponent but even if it's a good |
| 641s | apparent I don't care you don't care |
| 642s | yeah |
| 644s | and I play my best yeah it's kind of the |
| 647s | vibe I get it it doesn't seem like |
| 649s | anything uh really affects you too much |
| 651s | in terms of like outcomes or whatever do |
| 654s | you ever get tilted when you when you're |
| 656s | playing in a Hearthstone match like bad |
| 657s | outcomes or you know somebody playing a |
| 660s | little bit slow if you know what I'm |
| 662s | saying |
| 663s | like |
| 664s | it doesn't really tilt me but I don't |
| 666s | know it's |
| 668s | on if I lose uh like a big matches on |
| 671s | some maybe some some random things |
| 675s | like it depends on what what there is on |
| 677s | the line right if there's nothing like |
| 678s | like against |
| 680s | um |
| 681s | for example last year against uh in the |
| 683s | final against um Connecticut |
| 685s | of course I was tilted because I lost my |
| 688s | world my world um World ticket |
| 691s | yeah sometimes it happened |
| 694s | I remember that match very specifically |
| 696s | are you talking about the Rogue mirror |
| 698s | yeah yeah |
| 700s | I remember that game very much so very |
| 703s | much so |
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| 722s | what's like your sort of favorite part |
| 725s | of of com of I guess just taking a step |
| 728s | back playing Hearthstone like what's |
| 729s | your favorite part of playing Carson is |
| 731s | it just competing and winning is that it |
| 733s | or do you like the stuff that happens |
| 734s | outside like finding the best decks and |
| 737s | finding the best lineups and things like |
| 738s | that what's your what's like your |
| 739s | favorite part of the whole the whole |
| 741s | thing |
| 743s | of course competing and winning |
| 745s | for sure |
| 746s | I don't I'm not really a good like big |
| 748s | brother even if I did some some big |
| 750s | building sometime |
| 752s | or this playoff for example |
| 754s | but yeah I don't really like that part |
| 759s | I just like this path I just play on |
| 762s | ladder and I most part of the time I |
| 764s | just take the good decks but I like I |
| 766s | really like |
| 767s | and it worked so that's perfect |
| 770s | so yeah |
| 771s | I prefer clearly to compete and win of |
| 773s | course |
| 775s | who would you say is the talking about |
| 778s | deck building who would you say is like |
| 780s | the deck builder in Hearthstone that you |
| 783s | respect the most like the player that |
| 784s | you've like taken the most ideas from or |
| 787s | decks from |
| 788s | in the scene |
| 789s | is just like everyone like there's no |
| 793s | really a big like a big dick Builder |
| 795s | it's just like uh |
| 797s | communicated the deck maybe and like |
| 800s | with changes it it becomes a good deck |
| 803s | but maybe I think like |
| 808s | everybody everybody's asking me like oh |
| 812s | you're interviewing Plus |
| 814s | you gotta ask them a bunch of questions |
| 815s | about Pasco off because they're both at |
| 818s | the world championship and they had they |
| 819s | had that Infamous match |
| 821s | um that was like on front page already |
| 823s | for like three days so much debate |
| 826s | um we need one we need more drama in |
| 828s | Hearts there's not enough |
| 831s | more viewers so it's totally good I |
| 834s | think exactly for me it's good yeah and |
| 837s | for for me it's good too for everybody |
| 838s | yeah |
| 841s | um so uh would you say he's like your |
| 844s | your rival or you know no no |
| 849s | um you have a rival like a player that |
| 852s | either won you've never been able to |
| 854s | beat in a big match or that you always |
| 857s | get fired up when you play against |
| 860s | no not really I don't have anyone I |
| 862s | think so like maybe like |
| 865s | Gabby maybe because we like of course |
| 868s | we're both friends and you know |
| 869s | sometimes we play together and no it's |
| 873s | we compete against each other so |
| 876s | yeah he wants to be the best I want to |
| 878s | be the best always there's always the |
| 880s | competition between us I think |
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| 900s | which do you prefer oceans or mountains |
| 903s | hey |
| 905s | oh uh do you prefer big parties or small |
| 909s | gatherings |
| 912s | baths or showers |
| 916s | interesting everyone prefers baths today |
| 918s | uh do you prefer to be a passenger or a |
| 921s | driver |
| 925s | City or Countryside |
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| 930s | work hard or play hard |
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| 976s | foreign |
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| 989s | Hearthstone Grand Masters world champion |
| 1001s | hello everyone and welcome to the |
| 1003s | Hearthstone World Championship I'm Raven |
| 1006s | and joining me to kick off the day and |
| 1008s | kick off the tournament is subtle of |
| 1010s | course I welcome my friend how's it |
| 1011s | going |
| 1012s | it is going great it's been a long road |
| 1015s | to get to this point but we are finally |
| 1017s | at World Championship time so what we've |
| 1020s | been building towards for the whole |
| 1021s | years what these players have been |
| 1023s | working for for the whole year and |
| 1025s | obviously we have a fresh meta shake-up |
| 1028s | allegedly thrown in here that the |
| 1030s | players had to navigate to get through |
| 1032s | to this point so I think this is going |
| 1033s | to be a fantastic few days for fans of |
| 1037s | top level Hearthstone action yep can't |
| 1040s | wait to kick it off at all and but we |
| 1042s | are just going to check out an overview |
| 1043s | of course and see what's been going on |
| 1044s | and what's the plan for this weekend we |
| 1047s | do have a forger elimination group |
| 1049s | brackets that we're going to go through |
| 1051s | and then we're going to have the top |
| 1052s | eight in the final single elimination |
| 1054s | it's going to be absolutely fantastic |
| 1056s | and of course the winner will be crowned |
| 1059s | the 2022 World Champion and we will be |
| 1063s | playing in that best of five Conquest |
| 1066s | format the go-to for competitive Hosta |
| 1068s | yeah has been for a very very long time |
| 1071s | we uh we flirt with some other formats |
| 1074s | but we always come back to Conquest in |
| 1076s | the end if you are unfamiliar with |
| 1078s | Conquest we won't do the things ah you |
| 1081s | know what Conquest is by now this is the |
| 1082s | world championship what if this is the |
| 1084s | only Hearthstone tournament that you're |
| 1086s | uh gonna be ended up watching for the |
| 1088s | year in which case here you go Conquest |
| 1090s | is essentially you bring a lineup your |
| 1093s | opponent gets to ban one and then each |
| 1095s | of those decks uh must win to get out of |
| 1099s | the series which essentially introduces |
| 1101s | a tar a strategy of targeting opponents |
| 1104s | decks which is the main go-to method in |
| 1107s | conquest of being able to kind of pin |
| 1109s | your opponent into a corner you isolate |
| 1111s | one of their decks and try and make it |
| 1113s | so that it can't win and therefore |
| 1114s | increase your chances overall of winning |
| 1116s | the series alternatively you just bring |
| 1118s | good decks and try and Bully your |
| 1120s | opponent out of the tournament yeah it's |
| 1122s | going to be very very interesting |
| 1123s | overall just to see how this one plays |
| 1125s | out because of course we're coming off |
| 1126s | the back of the new expansion with a lot |
| 1128s | of new cards and some pretty interesting |
| 1130s | lineups overall and with the way players |
| 1132s | have chosen to approach uh this |
| 1135s | tournament but we will of course dig |
| 1137s | into all the lineups and all the players |
| 1139s | as we move on throughout the weekend |
| 1140s | because there's going to be a lot to |
| 1142s | talk about not only similarities in the |
| 1145s | Dex players have chosen to bring but |
| 1147s | also the differences that players have |
| 1149s | chosen to bring in their lineups as well |
| 1151s | because I think that is going to be a |
| 1153s | real sticking point when we start to see |
| 1155s | you know the progression through the |
| 1156s | groups and see who's doing well who's |
| 1158s | falling off a little bit to see where |
| 1160s | right did these uh different options |
| 1162s | actually pay off or was it correct to |
| 1164s | just bring you know what we've likened |
| 1166s | to call over the years just the four |
| 1168s | best decks for a style of deck |
| 1170s | submission so looking forward to check |
| 1172s | that out but for now we can look at the |
| 1173s | prize pool and see what all the players |
| 1175s | are competing for because like we said |
| 1177s | biggest Tournament of the year the |
| 1179s | Ultimate Prize which is of course the |
| 1181s | world champion in title but look at what |
| 1184s | all these players get to take home so |
| 1186s | yeah and we've talked about this all |
| 1187s | year you know even when we've been doing |
| 1189s | events that directly qualify through to |
| 1191s | the world championship you know we take |
| 1192s | the prize pool for getting into a |
| 1195s | qualifying position for that event and |
| 1196s | then saying hey you can add the bare |
| 1199s | minimum of being at world you can add |
| 1200s | another 10 grand on top of that just by |
| 1202s | being at the world championship there is |
| 1204s | an enormous amount of money on the line |
| 1206s | here first place taking home a hundred |
| 1208s | thousand dollars but I think most |
| 1211s | importantly there is a cliche question |
| 1213s | that you tend to ask people what matters |
| 1215s | the most to you is it is it the prestige |
| 1217s | is it the recognition is it the money is |
| 1219s | it the trophy the answer you basically |
| 1221s | get from any player who is at the level |
| 1225s | to be winning a world championship is I |
| 1227s | just want to be the world champion |
| 1229s | that's what matters I just want that |
| 1232s | title everything that comes with it is |
| 1234s | just window dressing I just want that |
| 1236s | validation of someone telling me I'm the |
| 1239s | best player in the world this year yeah |
| 1241s | and you know we're going to find out who |
| 1242s | is going to be crowned at the world at |
| 1244s | Champion later on this weekend of course |
| 1245s | but start off we gotta check out the |
| 1248s | group see who's gonna be playing it out |
| 1249s | over the course of the next few days see |
| 1251s | who's made it and how those groups |
| 1253s | actually shake out so for group a that |
| 1255s | we're going to be starting with we have |
| 1256s | XC and dead draw kicking it off for the |
| 1258s | first match of the day and then we have |
| 1260s | yui and bliers and subtle I know for |
| 1263s | example for us dead draw and bli |
| 1265s | specifically have been two players that |
| 1266s | we're big fans of but how do you place |
| 1268s | them in this group |
| 1270s | course um you know the European bias |
| 1273s | that we have you know also just a |
| 1274s | personal bias that I think I have |
| 1276s | towards both of these players you might |
| 1278s | have as well |
| 1280s | um I think they are very well placed I |
| 1282s | think dead drawer in particular is a |
| 1284s | player to look out for because he might |
| 1286s | even be a player that's going a little |
| 1288s | bit under the radar these days there was |
| 1290s | a time sort of in the first couple of |
| 1292s | seasons of grand Masters where dead draw |
| 1295s | was the player that people talked about |
| 1297s | and you could definitely argue that dead |
| 1299s | draw was a player let down by that |
| 1301s | initial iteration of the system by not |
| 1304s | being promoted to Grand Masters very |
| 1305s | quickly as he probably should have done |
| 1307s | based on the results he was getting at |
| 1309s | that point but I do think Deidre is a |
| 1311s | player that requires motivation to |
| 1312s | really be at the top level |
| 1314s | um and I think right now obviously he's |
| 1316s | in the world championships he's going to |
| 1318s | have that level of motivation I think a |
| 1320s | motivated and engaged dead draw is a |
| 1322s | player that is incredibly scary blies is |
| 1325s | a player that is always incredibly scary |
| 1328s | and then the two Chinese Representatives |
| 1330s | C in particular is a player that you |
| 1333s | cannot throw enough plaudits at for you |
| 1335s | know the amount of overall win rate that |
| 1338s | he puts up in competitive matchups |
| 1339s | overall he is an absolute monster so I |
| 1342s | think honestly we are putting our best |
| 1344s | foot forward immediately that group a is |
| 1347s | an absolutely monster of a group but |
| 1349s | this is the world championship |
| 1350s | we move on and then look at the state of |
| 1352s | Group B Raven yeah it's |
| 1355s | this oh this group looks scary you might |
| 1358s | notice will become a theme as we go |
| 1360s | through the four groups here we have |
| 1361s | Glory a shouty yala TM Ming like another |
| 1367s | insane group obviously on the European |
| 1369s | side at least yala been one of the most |
| 1372s | sort of stable players who's been in |
| 1375s | contention of best player in the world |
| 1377s | for a long time as journey through Grand |
| 1379s | Masters was simply just incredible just |
| 1382s | the sheer pillar of consistency of play |
| 1384s | uh shouty obviously again one of the |
| 1387s | players that has been talked about a lot |
| 1389s | is um you know obviously more so in |
| 1391s | China but across the world probably one |
| 1393s | of the early Chinese players who really |
| 1395s | made a huge impact on the world scene as |
| 1398s | far as I'm aware and then of course |
| 1399s | glory and previous world champion and |
| 1402s | Tien Ming as well to round it out I mean |
| 1404s | I'm already struggling to be like oh |
| 1407s | yeah I think these two players will make |
| 1408s | it out like where do we even begin |
| 1410s | subtle with these and speaking of yala |
| 1412s | as well I was talking about you know |
| 1414s | players that might have now gone under |
| 1415s | the radar because yala got his work done |
| 1418s | so early in the year in terms of |
| 1420s | qualifying for the world championship |
| 1421s | and then didn't really feature in the |
| 1422s | second half of the year because the work |
| 1424s | was done like have we Forgot About Dre |
| 1427s | at this point like yala is ridiculous |
| 1429s | and I don't think anyone has really been |
| 1431s | talking about him for the last couple of |
| 1432s | months or so as the focus has been more |
| 1434s | on players like Fury Hunter and like |
| 1437s | Habu gabu who we now see here in uh in |
| 1439s | group C |
| 1440s | yeah and then check it out we've got |
| 1442s | Mighty versus Habu and xmg versus a |
| 1445s | possessy and again possessive obviously |
| 1447s | current world champion going out there |
| 1448s | with xmg in that lower match I think |
| 1451s | honestly subtle and this is I mean zero |
| 1454s | disrespected but so far this looks like |
| 1457s | one of the weaker groups to me and that |
| 1459s | is purely because just looking at the |
| 1462s | overall caliber I think it's absolutely |
| 1464s | fair to say Mighty does seem like a big |
| 1467s | underdog not only in this group but just |
| 1469s | in words in general and again I honestly |
| 1471s | mean zero offense but I mean based on |
| 1473s | everyone else's accomplishments so far |
| 1475s | even start as we mean to go on but I'm |
| 1477s | going to argue with you vociferously |
| 1479s | here no I'm not going to disagree with |
| 1480s | your assessment that Mighty might be one |
| 1482s | of the bigger underdogs in the |
| 1483s | tournament however |
| 1484s | is probably the player of the year this |
| 1487s | year and then possessi is a freaking |
| 1489s | world champion like this group is also |
| 1491s | absurd I think you are under selling the |
| 1494s | level of quality that we have in this |
| 1495s | group I agree I'm just saying this is |
| 1497s | probably purely because Mighty is just a |
| 1500s | newer more of an underdog just not have |
| 1502s | as many achievements as you know |
| 1504s | multiple world champions we have in this |
| 1506s | tournament it's just this naturally |
| 1508s | becomes the slightly lesser of the group |
| 1511s | I mean watch Mighty just roll this group |
| 1514s | 2-0 now nothing would make me happy I'd |
| 1517s | love to okay because I think it would be |
| 1518s | great but yeah uh that is Group C |
| 1520s | they're looking forward to that and |
| 1522s | again as you can see just every single |
| 1524s | group you see how important every single |
| 1526s | match is going to be from you know the |
| 1528s | first one we've shown to every single |
| 1530s | group going forward from there because |
| 1532s | it's yes it's double a limb but even |
| 1534s | just a single loss in a tournament this |
| 1537s | stacked feels like you are so far behind |
| 1539s | then because you your first priority for |
| 1541s | all these players is to get out of |
| 1543s | groups and then move on from there and |
| 1546s | finally so we go on to Group D with |
| 1549s | another stacked group of players yes |
| 1551s | indeed uh Levick a late arriver in the |
| 1555s | run to Worlds showed up through uh Grand |
| 1557s | Masters last call and then has made it |
| 1559s | to this point in the World Championship |
| 1560s | uh Xiao by another long-standing |
| 1564s | representative from the China region |
| 1566s | lots of History stacked under his belt |
| 1569s | good performances throughout the Masters |
| 1570s | Tour as well since the China players |
| 1572s | have been more commonly integrated in |
| 1574s | that in the last year or so and then the |
| 1576s | two players that I think you know will |
| 1578s | be a very fitting way to round off the |
| 1582s | marathon session that we will have in |
| 1584s | getting through these opening games in |
| 1586s | the groups over the first uh day or so |
| 1587s | bunny Hopper versus Pascual uh bunny |
| 1591s | Hopper Queen I think to challenge the |
| 1594s | idea that he is a Roper these days he |
| 1596s | would argue that he has been usurped by |
| 1598s | players like pasquar in terms of playing |
| 1600s | slowly overall and is very quick to |
| 1602s | argue when people accuse him of playing |
| 1604s | overly slowly these days but if you are |
| 1606s | a fan of let's say considered |
| 1608s | Hearthstone then that that final match |
| 1611s | up might just be the one for you yeah |
| 1613s | I'm definitely looking forward to that |
| 1615s | one uh to watching it as a spectator |
| 1618s | um because I think it's going to be very |
| 1620s | very interesting indeed but yeah that is |
| 1622s | all of the groups we've got all this to |
| 1624s | play through over the next few days and |
| 1625s | I couldn't be more excited because Saul |
| 1628s | we're getting ready to kick off the |
| 1629s | first match it's gonna be XC versus dead |
| 1631s | draw uh what can you tell me about the |
| 1634s | lineups here subtle because now we can |
| 1636s | start digging into I think one of your |
| 1637s | favorite things and talk about |
| 1639s | Hearthstone which is lineup construction |
| 1640s | and deck Choice it is indeed yeah so |
| 1645s | starting with XC he's going to be |
| 1647s | running the Boon priest he has the quest |
| 1650s | Demon Hunter as far as I'm aware all |
| 1652s | demon hunters in this tournament have |
| 1654s | gone Quest Demon Hunter there was a |
| 1656s | little bit of War early on whether it |
| 1658s | was you know Relic Demon Hunter without |
| 1660s | Quest whether you had the you know the |
| 1662s | weapon and the the fragments of Souls |
| 1664s | and all that kind of stuff going on but |
| 1665s | I think it is relatively settled science |
| 1667s | at this point that the the quest Demon |
| 1669s | Hunter is the way to go uh the big point |
| 1672s | of disagreement I think overall among |
| 1673s | the commons is is everyone's bringing |
| 1675s | Rogue which Rogue are you bringing |
| 1678s | um XC is going for the graveyard draca |
| 1681s | pop-off Miracle version of Rogue overall |
| 1683s | and then Druid thrown on top of that as |
| 1686s | well which to me this is very much in |
| 1689s | the just bring the best decks category I |
| 1691s | don't think anything has gone too far |
| 1693s | off the wall in this one and then dead |
| 1696s | draw on the other side has done |
| 1697s | something just a little bit more |
| 1700s | targeted in antimatter I would say where |
| 1703s | he does have the quest Demon Hunter |
| 1704s | because I think you have to I think that |
| 1707s | deck's mandatory it's nonsense I love it |
| 1709s | but the decade nonsense |
| 1712s | um and then he has a ping Mage thrown in |
| 1715s | there he has 40 card jackpot Rogue and |
| 1717s | then he also has a straight up Quest |
| 1720s | priest thrown into the mix as well which |
| 1722s | is a deck that we've been seeing a |
| 1726s | decent amount of uh thrown around just |
| 1728s | kind of sprinkled on top of the |
| 1729s | competitive meta for quite some time now |
| 1732s | it's a it's a deck that tends to appear |
| 1734s | in a few players lineups per tournament |
| 1737s | for the very distinct purpose that it |
| 1740s | has in certain matchups and those |
| 1741s | match-ups change from meta to meta I |
| 1744s | think one of the interesting cards in |
| 1745s | quest priest now which is really warped |
| 1747s | some of the matchups you can deal with |
| 1748s | press or with priest in general is |
| 1751s | plague spreader and the threat that that |
| 1753s | present sorry presents as a combo |
| 1756s | disruptor for your opponent and looking |
| 1758s | at the way these bands have panned out |
| 1760s | there is enough respect for Quest priest |
| 1762s | to have picked up a ban in this series |
| 1764s | which is not something I would have been |
| 1765s | expecting to see an enormous amount of |
| 1767s | going into this yeah and we can check |
| 1769s | out here the XC uh information here and |
| 1772s | it's looking just stronger |
| 1774s | look at it it's it's pretty pretty |
| 1777s | strong pretty strong uh I do think |
| 1779s | though the strength here really for XC |
| 1782s | is we know how good player he is and he |
| 1785s | is just bringing you know we can talk |
| 1787s | about Rogue and we will talk about Rogue |
| 1789s | throughout the weekend but for me he is |
| 1791s | bringing just the good decks and I think |
| 1793s | he has the ability to back that up and I |
| 1795s | think that might do him well because |
| 1797s | again even though I definitely respect |
| 1798s | what dead draw has done I do think that |
| 1800s | for example the Ping Mage especially has |
| 1802s | a lot of game in this meta and it's just |
| 1805s | difficult when you say okay I'll bring |
| 1806s | ping Mage and then not bring Druid |
| 1808s | because I feel like Druid is so strong |
| 1811s | right now it's very very difficult to |
| 1813s | make those sacrifices uh but you have to |
| 1816s | cut something right Raven it's it's so |
| 1818s | fitting for the end of the year we're |
| 1820s | gonna fight so much I think Druid is a |
| 1823s | massive weak Link in so many of these |
| 1825s | lineups you have not been a comboed uh |
| 1829s | enough so no I haven't because they're |
| 1831s | very often dead before they get to do |
| 1833s | that uh boom priest is going to be |
| 1836s | kicking things off but yes I do want to |
| 1837s | just pay one more piece of attention to |
| 1839s | the stats that you saw there from XC I |
| 1841s | alluded to it when we were going through |
| 1842s | the groups the highest win rate player |
| 1845s | in Masters tours with a significant |
| 1847s | sample if you are out there and you know |
| 1850s | that you played in one Masters Tour and |
| 1852s | have a 75 win rate or whatever yeah |
| 1854s | we're not counting you we require sample |
| 1856s | size |
| 1858s | XC is the king of win rate which this |
| 1862s | isn't you know a real point it's just |
| 1864s | kind of a feels thing but when you have |
| 1866s | a 68 Edge over the field of the best |
| 1870s | players in the world in Masters tours |
| 1872s | why wouldn't you just bring the best |
| 1874s | decks and play exactly you know like and |
| 1877s | obviously that's kind of nonsense |
| 1878s | because we we'd have to break down how |
| 1880s | much of that win rate in Masters tours |
| 1882s | comes from having like antimatter hard |
| 1883s | read counter lineups for example and how |
| 1885s | much stuff comes from that but it's it's |
| 1887s | just a thing that just seems to feel |
| 1889s | right in the mind right where if you are |
| 1891s | provably statistically one of the best |
| 1893s | players in the world just bring the good |
| 1896s | decks and make other people beat you |
| 1899s | sorry I was just reading this for next |
| 1901s | potential and I just love the way my |
| 1903s | brain works only one of three players |
| 1904s | with four air plus empty top eights it's |
| 1908s | Gabby Habu gabu and five uh an extra |
| 1912s | player in there as far as either way |
| 1914s | yeah UK boy band five are actually |
| 1916s | crushing it in the Masters tours that's |
| 1919s | what they did after their music career |
| 1920s | went uh away I'll say |
| 1922s | um but here for dead draw yes uh we've |
| 1925s | talked about dead draw a lot we've |
| 1926s | talked about dead draw |
| 1928s | um in Grand Masters when he wasn't in |
| 1930s | Grand Masters that's the level of which |
| 1932s | we have spoken about that draws our |
| 1934s | Hearthstone career but kicking it off |
| 1936s | here with the fell demon under Quest |
| 1938s | fell Demon Hunter edeka I think one |
| 1941s | thing we will agree on this weekend Saul |
| 1943s | not only powerful but super fun to play |
| 1946s | I it's probably the deck I've had the |
| 1948s | most just sheer fun playing so far in |
| 1951s | this expansion because you just get to |
| 1953s | do really cool stuff and you do have to |
| 1955s | engage your brain just a little bit to |
| 1957s | make it work so I'm definitely |
| 1959s | yeah as the self-elected captain of Team |
| 1963s | djen I have enjoyed basically every |
| 1966s | variation of fell Demon Hunter and of |
| 1970s | quest Demon Hunter you know Quest Demon |
| 1971s | Hunter when it was ignorth and not |
| 1973s | really fell package fell when there was |
| 1975s | no quest in there and it was just curve |
| 1976s | I'll be aggressive kill him with Jace |
| 1978s | kind of stuff I have enjoyed basically |
| 1980s | every version of all of those decks this |
| 1983s | is my favorite it is so much fun and |
| 1987s | just the way the meta pans out right now |
| 1989s | is so perfect for just dopamine release |
| 1992s | into my brain because you know there's |
| 1995s | so there's these things with like Druid |
| 1997s | you run into blood death Knights for |
| 1998s | example I mean you won't in this |
| 2000s | tournament but you run into blood death |
| 2001s | notes on on ladder and they're stacking |
| 2004s | 70 80 Health from discovered extra |
| 2006s | copies of the spell that gives you 10 |
| 2007s | Health Drew is a stacking armor up to |
| 2009s | 80. and then because they're wasting too |
| 2011s | much time not pressuring you and |
| 2012s | stacking Health you just hit him with |
| 2014s | like 140 bird damage first combo on the |
| 2017s | final turn that will never not be fun to |
| 2020s | me I'm sorry I know that evokes very |
| 2023s | powerful reactions from people but to me |
| 2026s | that's amazing I can rephrase it to help |
| 2029s | out a little bit there's a element of |
| 2031s | joy in letting someone think they are |
| 2033s | winning for a very long time yes and |
| 2035s | then they're dead |
| 2037s | which is pretty great but let's kick it |
| 2039s | off it's the first game the Hearthstone |
| 2041s | at 2022 World Championship dead draw on |
| 2044s | the bottom on the Demon Hunter XC on the |
| 2046s | top on that boom priest and pretty good |
| 2049s | opening here for Dedra I would say |
| 2051s | subtle sigil nice and early the relic of |
| 2053s | Dimensions just already in hand good to |
| 2055s | go for a little bit later on yeah any |
| 2057s | opening hand that has sigil in it you're |
| 2059s | not going to be wildly upset about uh |
| 2062s | lack of tradables right now which are |
| 2064s | usually important uh in the early game |
| 2067s | most of the time I would argue your |
| 2071s | first step of quest completion involves |
| 2072s | a tradable because you're limited on |
| 2074s | mana and there are not very many ways in |
| 2077s | the deck to draw a card for one manner |
| 2078s | right you have kale Strikers and uh a |
| 2082s | spectral site oh my God I like almost |
| 2084s | forgot the name of the most ubiquitous |
| 2086s | Demon Hunter card we're off to a great |
| 2088s | start Raven oh yeah |
| 2090s | um but with Sigil of alacrity I think |
| 2091s | once you have that card locked in |
| 2092s | because of the amount of Mana that |
| 2094s | cheats in terms of |
| 2097s | um you know drawing an extra card for |
| 2098s | essentially zero mana on a given turn uh |
| 2101s | you're usually chilling from that point |
| 2103s | in terms of uh hitting a step of quest |
| 2104s | completion |
| 2105s | and looking pretty good so far of course |
| 2108s | the uh the Silver Moon not something you |
| 2110s | really want especially uh this early you |
| 2114s | could argue it can be good to help push |
| 2115s | through some damage if uh that draws |
| 2118s | under any big threats but at three man |
| 2119s | it's a little bit painful but there's |
| 2121s | plenty more spell damage where that came |
| 2123s | from so still got plenty of time here |
| 2125s | for dead draw XC though is going to get |
| 2127s | the switcheroo off and it's such a key |
| 2128s | card with this specific version of the |
| 2130s | deck or the you know the sort of newer |
| 2132s | style of the deck because you just you |
| 2134s | need those minions right like you you |
| 2136s | need the minions to actually do the Boon |
| 2138s | anyway so having that nice and early for |
| 2140s | XC is going to pay off quite a lot but |
| 2142s | what is the choice here |
| 2144s | can I have all three please these oh |
| 2147s | that's called cheating |
| 2150s | with one hand Maiden in hand |
| 2154s | maybe it is just the wig |
| 2156s | oh really |
| 2158s | yeah okay yeah I think this makes sense |
| 2160s | to me you just rely on that one hand |
| 2162s | Maiden to draw you the cards you need |
| 2164s | and then hope that car draw but gets |
| 2165s | more car drawer and you end up getting |
| 2166s | to the the other radiant and the other |
| 2168s | handmade and if you need them uh go back |
| 2170s | down to deadro's hand that relic of |
| 2172s | Extinction that was picked up a turn ago |
| 2174s | is actually an extremely important draw |
| 2176s | in this matchup as well it's kind of two |
| 2178s | ways this matchup can go uh Demon Hunter |
| 2181s | just goes too fast gets the kill combo |
| 2182s | priest dies uh two ways it can go in the |
| 2185s | world where the Demon Hunter wins I |
| 2186s | should say uh first is you just go |
| 2188s | faster you get the combo you kill him |
| 2190s | second is you just use all your spell |
| 2192s | damage to kill every minion they play |
| 2194s | for the entire game which is very very |
| 2196s | possible as well because they might get |
| 2198s | down you know 2 14 16 20 held minions |
| 2201s | Demon Hunter can laugh at that with the |
| 2204s | right hand if they have location prop |
| 2206s | Juiced up relative Extinction plus some |
| 2208s | spell damage uh plus like a fell barrage |
| 2210s | for example that's basically any board |
| 2213s | you can imagine dead at that point so |
| 2215s | you know having that security blanket of |
| 2217s | the relative Extinction in hand I think |
| 2219s | is very nice deal as well and relic of |
| 2221s | phantasms picked up alongside it which |
| 2223s | is weirdly despite being you know |
| 2226s | potentially and I guess viewed by a lot |
| 2228s | of people as one of the most powerful |
| 2230s | relics in terms of what it does when you |
| 2232s | get it Juiced up is really used just to |
| 2235s | juice the other relics a lot of the time |
| 2237s | in this deck yeah just to get them up to |
| 2239s | reasonable levels I think that's one of |
| 2241s | the things I really enjoy about the deck |
| 2243s | itself is that the Relic usage I think |
| 2246s | is often oversimplified by a lot of |
| 2248s | players and like deciding which relics |
| 2251s | to use and also how to which ones to |
| 2254s | double in certain matchups with the |
| 2255s | location of course it gets very |
| 2257s | interesting because you really do have |
| 2259s | to keep it open where well if you use |
| 2261s | the Relic to summon the one ones right |
| 2263s | then that's fine if you just need to |
| 2265s | ramp the others but then you're just a |
| 2268s | relic down that could have summoned you |
| 2270s | know something way bigger later on so |
| 2271s | yeah and making those decisions is |
| 2273s | definitely tricky it's going to be uh |
| 2275s | the mark of scorn there for Dad draw and |
| 2279s | I do think this is again what can be |
| 2281s | tough about this deck is really working |
| 2283s | out what resources you can I don't want |
| 2286s | to say throw away because that sounds |
| 2288s | super negative but what resources you |
| 2290s | can use |
| 2292s | while still having enough to do later to |
| 2294s | actually win because I have run into a |
| 2296s | few games where I've used everything |
| 2299s | because I've been maybe too defensive |
| 2301s | not had enough for a really big combo |
| 2304s | and then suddenly you're fatiguing and |
| 2306s | you just don't have it with more of the |
| 2308s | sustained classes so it's something you |
| 2309s | have to keep an eye on but not something |
| 2311s | I imagine dead draw will struggle with |
| 2312s | too much because he's a little bit |
| 2314s | better of a player than I am yeah and |
| 2316s | just to get this out of the way nice and |
| 2317s | early I would suspect that we are |
| 2320s | significantly above a 50 chance that a |
| 2324s | player will burn the kertras quest |
| 2326s | reward on on purpose this tournament |
| 2330s | because it is one wildly unnecessary a |
| 2333s | lot of the time if you've hit good |
| 2334s | Relative Dimension discounts anyway and |
| 2336s | to that point the rim was just making of |
| 2338s | hand size just being so annoying to |
| 2340s | manage getting rid of that card so it |
| 2342s | never goes into your hand in the first |
| 2344s | place can actually be very important so |
| 2346s | dear people in chat those of you that |
| 2348s | are here early when that happens later |
| 2350s | and people freak out about it you can |
| 2351s | sound sound really smart by explaining |
| 2353s | why that was always meant to happen What |
| 2355s | subtle really means is you tell them |
| 2357s | again so we don't have to repeat them |
| 2360s | it's my job for us |
| 2362s | meanwhile XC gonna go to the well having |
| 2365s | the big pop-off turn here does have the |
| 2367s | village available |
| 2373s | yeah and how how |
| 2375s | think anime dead has like changed the |
| 2379s | matchup because this priest deck existed |
| 2381s | before this card did and then this card |
| 2383s | is you know it's a two of it sounds good |
| 2385s | resurrected friendly minion that cost |
| 2386s | three or less obviously all the cards |
| 2389s | have to have been cut to fit these new |
| 2391s | cards in but how much of an impact does |
| 2393s | just actually having access to this card |
| 2396s | make |
| 2397s | [Music] |
| 2398s | XC is hang on I will answer your |
| 2401s | question but it's probably absolutely |
| 2402s | pushed it to the Limit okay |
| 2405s | interesting the I'm imagining that that |
| 2408s | was just XC roping out at that point I |
| 2410s | was very very worried with how late that |
| 2412s | the leash came down and then you saw the |
| 2413s | bless get pointed and then not end up |
| 2415s | getting used that is a colossal resource |
| 2418s | being used here from XC early on a |
| 2421s | potential huge mistake from someone that |
| 2423s | we've been digging up for one of the uh |
| 2425s | the best players in the tournament |
| 2427s | potentially I think you can see the look |
| 2429s | on his face knowing how much that means |
| 2430s | going back to your question though Raven |
| 2433s | real quick |
| 2434s | um it kind of means situations like this |
| 2436s | are less impactful right where you know |
| 2438s | dead draw can spend a bunch of resources |
| 2440s | to clear up this radiant Elemental and |
| 2442s | XE is kind of fine with it because he |
| 2444s | just has two more of them potentially |
| 2446s | Juiced up in his hand ready to go and I |
| 2448s | think that was the big debate about why |
| 2451s | he took so long on that previous turn |
| 2453s | was him deciding is this rating |
| 2455s | Elemental bait am I leaving this here |
| 2457s | just to die so I can then start rezzing |
| 2459s | it over and over again or am I actually |
| 2461s | going all in this turn and trying to get |
| 2463s | a board that's stuck couldn't decide |
| 2465s | decision paralysis kicked in and now |
| 2468s | he's in a very rough spot I would say |
| 2469s | and it is really tricky to manage right |
| 2472s | because anime dad's very very strong you |
| 2474s | just keep getting Radiance as you |
| 2475s | mentioned right but |
| 2477s | it does you don't get like the blesses |
| 2479s | back or the bones that you spent on |
| 2482s | earlier ones right you just get the |
| 2484s | minion so you start to be very wary of |
| 2487s | how you commit those resources and I |
| 2488s | think XC maybe was too wary and couldn't |
| 2491s | decide uh it's a little bit too late |
| 2493s | dead does get the dimensions off it has |
| 2496s | another one in hand but zero Mana Relic |
| 2499s | Vault and zero Mana Guild Trader |
| 2502s | you excited subtle |
| 2506s | I'm very excited because when you see |
| 2508s | the zero obviously that draws it spent |
| 2511s | one of his uh spell damage cards even |
| 2513s | though it's not actually dead yet which |
| 2514s | is very strong |
| 2515s | um but zero Mana spell damage in this |
| 2518s | deck oof it allows you to do things |
| 2521s | is there a lethal out this turn I |
| 2522s | suspect there is |
| 2526s | I mean that just must be yeah zero Manor |
| 2529s | Relic Vault juicy relic of dimensions |
| 2531s | and then as long as you hit the Jace for |
| 2533s | less than two Mana depending on what |
| 2534s | else you draw alongside it |
| 2537s | yeah with this with the girl Trader at |
| 2539s | zero as well like I just feel like there |
| 2541s | has to be if the tutu lives of course |
| 2543s | exactly they're just it just has to |
| 2546s | exist right one fell barrage already |
| 2548s | played as well which will straight up go |
| 2550s | face for 12 damage at this point |
| 2560s | that's not it though it needed to hit it |
| 2563s | off the last two sets of cards so the |
| 2566s | first two cards are discounted by four |
| 2568s | the second two cards are discounted by |
| 2570s | five so even with the additional |
| 2572s | discount from the quest step uh Jay's |
| 2574s | coming out costing four would not be |
| 2576s | discounted enough it came out costing |
| 2577s | three it would then get thrown down to |
| 2579s | two and would have been playables |
| 2580s | yeah and even though it wasn't the big |
| 2583s | crazy lethal this turn it it looks |
| 2586s | pretty good the draw was still quite |
| 2589s | good that's how I'd rate it quite good |
| 2591s | because now there's that second Guild |
| 2593s | trade unfortunately uh full price for |
| 2595s | dead draw unless he wants to cycle it |
| 2597s | back but again with just two Mana being |
| 2599s | spent on an additional plus four spell |
| 2601s | damage in hand |
| 2604s | yeah so on he needs nine Mana to be able |
| 2607s | to play all of the damage in his hand |
| 2609s | right what all of the spell damage in |
| 2611s | his hand sorry um and he can throw out |
| 2613s | all of his fell spells over the next two |
| 2615s | turns to juice that up if that's the |
| 2617s | plan that he wants to go for potentially |
| 2622s | yeah I mean the fact that the Silver |
| 2624s | Moon just isn't dead is must be |
| 2627s | terrifying for XC yeah oh does have |
| 2630s | silent oh I'm not gonna use it okay |
| 2632s | never mind probably just accepting it |
| 2634s | it's probably too far gone yeah needs |
| 2636s | the card room yeah yeah |
| 2639s | oh wow and that is incredibly well |
| 2642s | managed from dead drawer as well |
| 2643s | opponent on 27 exactly meaning that the |
| 2646s | card draw train stops and as a wise man |
| 2650s | once told me Raven you never count this |
| 2654s | is infinite damage yeah it's this is the |
| 2658s | opposite reason as to why I never count |
| 2660s | I never count because it's always wrong |
| 2661s | you never can't hear because it's just |
| 2664s | lethal no matter which way you slice it |
| 2666s | it is so much damage so much spell |
| 2669s | damage on board and yeah I think this |
| 2671s | was a uh very good display subtle for |
| 2674s | the rest of the weekend as to what this |
| 2675s | Demon Hunter is capable of of course XC |
| 2678s | had some missteps it had some trouble |
| 2680s | actually getting anything done this game |
| 2682s | but look at that from dead draw first |
| 2685s | game of the tournament goes to Demon |
| 2687s | Hunter and I'll tell you what subtle I |
| 2689s | am not too surprised no uh me either I |
| 2693s | do think that matchup has a little bit |
| 2695s | more mid-game back and forth I think is |
| 2698s | actually quite entertaining so in that |
| 2700s | sense it's a shame that XE just kind of |
| 2702s | got in a bit of a mess through the mid |
| 2704s | game because that uh that board should |
| 2707s | have come back one once twice three more |
| 2710s | times over the course of the game |
| 2712s | um if XC had actually been parceling out |
| 2714s | his resources more aggressively or that |
| 2716s | that first board should have been three |
| 2717s | times the size of what it ended up being |
| 2719s | yeah one or the other you're doing the |
| 2721s | turn and either way that either makes |
| 2723s | the draw have the absolute nuts |
| 2725s | immediately to be able to deny the board |
| 2727s | stay or be able to draw into it quickly |
| 2729s | enough before he dies or the other way |
| 2732s | where you just keep resurrecting boards |
| 2734s | over and over again and just do three or |
| 2736s | four medium boards over the course of |
| 2737s | the game |
| 2738s | requires lots of individual spell damage |
| 2741s | draws |
| 2742s | um good parceling of resources the |
| 2744s | extinction the fell barrage which are |
| 2746s | your best removal cards generally |
| 2747s | overall against what priest is trying to |
| 2749s | do because wide AOE from the unleash is |
| 2752s | not generally that good and then you |
| 2756s | have to still have enough left at the |
| 2757s | end to be able to kill your opponent |
| 2759s | potentially when your theories aren't |
| 2761s | going to get to connect face through |
| 2762s | large talk wanted a lot of very meaty |
| 2765s | minutia in that matchup that would have |
| 2767s | been very interesting to see but |
| 2769s | unfortunately we got the other side of |
| 2770s | our Stone which is just you know one |
| 2772s | player making a mistake and getting |
| 2773s | punished for it yeah and now we've got |
| 2775s | to be moving on to a a rogue matchup |
| 2777s | across the board here subtle but two |
| 2779s | very different Rogues indeed we see the |
| 2781s | Draco Rogue here from XC uh one of the |
| 2784s | most explosive decks we've seen in |
| 2787s | recent history and it was strong God |
| 2789s | people were playing a lot of it before |
| 2791s | the expansion but with the additions of |
| 2794s | the concoctions it's been it's truly |
| 2797s | ridiculous how much you can get done in |
| 2800s | the very very early turns of the game |
| 2803s | with exactly the right hand of course |
| 2804s | but what do you make of this Decker |
| 2806s | where it sits in the meta right now |
| 2808s | because it's about to go up against a |
| 2809s | very different style of Rogue I mean |
| 2811s | it's nonsense isn't it this deck is very |
| 2814s | stupid let's be like this |
| 2817s | um I understand why not everyone |
| 2819s | believes in it because it's it's wildly |
| 2822s | High variance and that's a hard thing to |
| 2826s | process properly coming into a |
| 2829s | tournament where variants can be the |
| 2830s | difference between world champion and |
| 2832s | not a world champion right like I am |
| 2834s | aware how statistics sticks work and how |
| 2837s | the individual Stakes of Any Given game |
| 2839s | does not affect how good a deck is on |
| 2841s | average I'm just saying there is a |
| 2844s | mental trap that is very hard not to |
| 2846s | fall into where you don't want to bet |
| 2848s | your tournament on the first 10 cards in |
| 2851s | your 30 card deck every game right like |
| 2853s | you can very justifiably argue that you |
| 2856s | are supposed to take that bet because on |
| 2859s | average the deck wins more than it |
| 2860s | doesn't right and that's probably the |
| 2862s | valid way of looking at it but I can |
| 2864s | understand the players who haven't |
| 2866s | wanted to do it and gone with you know |
| 2869s | Decks that just allow you to get a |
| 2871s | little more into that meaty minutia of |
| 2874s | the game I was talking about earlier |
| 2875s | right where you feel like you're making |
| 2878s | more decisions with more agency and the |
| 2880s | game stretching out a little bit longer |
| 2881s | and you feel like you can perhaps |
| 2883s | express your skill Edge over people over |
| 2885s | a longer period of time I definitely |
| 2887s | hope we get more chance to talk about |
| 2889s | the emotional sides of odds subtle |
| 2891s | because that's something I can |
| 2892s | definitely get involved in look if you |
| 2894s | just keep losing with it you're going to |
| 2896s | win soon that's just how it works |
| 2898s | Raven's like finally subtle's talking |
| 2900s | about something I can understand |
| 2901s | absolute nonsense this is Raven's time |
| 2904s | to shine I've been waiting for this for |
| 2906s | years |
| 2907s | um but here of course had dead dry as I |
| 2909s | mentioned it's going to be on a very |
| 2910s | different style of road it's going to be |
| 2912s | the XL jackpot Rogue and instead of |
| 2914s | betting their uh their tournament on the |
| 2916s | first 10 cards they're betting them on |
| 2918s | all 40 at this point because there's |
| 2920s | going to be a lot of them and maybe even |
| 2921s | more than 40 actually because this card |
| 2923s | likes to generate more stuff it's going |
| 2925s | to be I feel like a really weird matchup |
| 2928s | that again I don't want to oversimplify |
| 2930s | but dead draw either |
| 2933s | survives the draca pop-off or he doesn't |
| 2936s | and I know that sounds very very stupid |
| 2938s | but it's not like dead draw |
| 2940s | um Can outrace him in most scenarios |
| 2943s | right if if XC does go off early it's |
| 2946s | not like a mirror match where you also |
| 2948s | have something crazy to do early on try |
| 2949s | and push a lot of damage uh this deck |
| 2951s | this road deck from dead draw is more |
| 2953s | about just having raw value and just out |
| 2956s | valuing your opponent |
| 2958s | yes as the human suplex machine once |
| 2962s | said or many times said beat me if you |
| 2964s | can survive if I let you which I think |
| 2967s | is a very uh adequate description of how |
| 2969s | this Draco Rogue works against most |
| 2971s | opponents |
| 2973s | opening hand there is a shroud for XC |
| 2977s | which always presents options that is a |
| 2980s | pretty attractive looking opening hand I |
| 2982s | would say overall none of the actual |
| 2984s | payoff cards just yet but that shroud of |
| 2986s | concealment is pretty much always going |
| 2987s | to give you some route through the game |
| 2991s | yeah it just stops anything being truly |
| 2994s | disastrous in the opening right because |
| 2996s | that's the one thing you can fall over |
| 2998s | on if you just have a few of those |
| 2999s | drawers so don't really go anywhere |
| 3001s | maybe like a double prep into nothing is |
| 3004s | something that's happened to the best of |
| 3005s | us well XC gonna go for Tempo which is |
| 3009s | not something you see uh too often in |
| 3012s | this in the uh from this tracker deck |
| 3014s | but still I'm excited to see where it |
| 3016s | goes here because it's not like a dead |
| 3018s | draw has tons of reliable ways to even |
| 3020s | kill this right |
| 3025s | foreign |
| 3031s | Destroyer random it looks like obviously |
| 3034s | going to reveal the mask at this point |
| 3036s | as well |
| 3041s | and now this is really the moment where |
| 3043s | we get to see exactly what type of game |
| 3046s | this is going to be and that is a draca |
| 3049s | it's not an incredible pop-off hand uh |
| 3052s | there is no mailbox dancer no Shadow |
| 3054s | step which are normally the culprits of |
| 3057s | doing very very disgusting things very |
| 3058s | very early on oh light shower Elemental |
| 3061s | though okay as the absolute nuts |
| 3064s | Contraband stash already in hand yes |
| 3067s | indeed draw which at this point I think |
| 3069s | dead normally you want a lot of value |
| 3071s | from Contraband but if dead draw says I |
| 3073s | get to play a five cost light shower |
| 3075s | again I think he's quite okay with this |
| 3081s | brought you cards destroy random |
| 3086s | thinking about it I suppose does have |
| 3089s | the serrated bone spike in hand already |
| 3091s | so maybe there was some Merit there just |
| 3093s | to make sure just to consider uh summon |
| 3096s | three drop for example if you're going |
| 3097s | for a big Tempo turn |
| 3099s | but I think destroy random just makes |
| 3101s | the most sense based on you know even if |
| 3103s | you don't use it to kill this light |
| 3105s | shower Elemental you know how this works |
| 3107s | you will be now seeing light shower |
| 3109s | Elementals for the rest of the game so |
| 3111s | having destroy a random one of them |
| 3113s | seems to make sense |
| 3115s | yeah out of the concoctions it does feel |
| 3117s | the like by far the most powerful one to |
| 3120s | me is like I'll just kill a thing it's |
| 3122s | like uh quite quite strong here |
| 3125s | we'll see what can |
| 3127s | our dead drawers turn no he's just gonna |
| 3130s | cycle makes the Contraband a little bit |
| 3131s | cheaper which is fine |
| 3133s | a tooth is that even worth it here for |
| 3136s | dead draw it does defend the health on |
| 3138s | the light shower but |
| 3140s | I will discover I guess yeah kill it and |
| 3143s | go Face seems fine free is a very |
| 3146s | relevant breakpoint right it's a big |
| 3148s | deal but it looks like dead draw is not |
| 3150s | particularly interested in it just gonna |
| 3151s | chill for now |
| 3153s | they're holding off on the um the |
| 3156s | Maestro as well and I think this is |
| 3157s | really just reducing the targets for |
| 3159s | shenanigans from XC right at least for |
| 3162s | the for the immediate future |
| 3167s | that's right feel the groove |
| 3171s | mailbox start to play with this turn but |
| 3174s | I imagine this is now where we stop not |
| 3177s | nearly enough Mana to be getting back up |
| 3179s | to that Draco without Shadow steps so |
| 3181s | this is going to be one more turn of |
| 3183s | setup I think for XC and it looks like |
| 3185s | the monster turn should come next turn |
| 3187s | especially now with a double |
| 3189s | stenographer built up as well |
| 3191s | a little bit unfortunate here as well |
| 3192s | dead right now is double tooth but |
| 3194s | nothing apart from his own Elemental to |
| 3196s | aim at |
| 3197s | um |
| 3200s | a tricky it's not all absurd yeah that's |
| 3205s | what I'm staring at it thinking well the |
| 3208s | Dan the mailbox center kills it anyway |
| 3211s | well no I would argue no it doesn't |
| 3213s | because if you're if you're feeling that |
| 3215s | this is now your opponent's pop-off turn |
| 3217s | actually removing stuff from your own |
| 3219s | board on your opponent's suspected |
| 3221s | pop-off turn is generally to your |
| 3222s | benefit right because they don't have |
| 3224s | targets to throw their spells out they |
| 3227s | don't they're generally just going to go |
| 3228s | like stenographer steps stenographer |
| 3230s | into it anyway if they don't have |
| 3231s | mailbox dances involved so I think there |
| 3233s | was some Merit to go for it there if you |
| 3235s | really wanted to and pick up and |
| 3236s | Discover it especially since you're able |
| 3238s | to summon it over and over again from |
| 3239s | this point anyway |
| 3243s | let's see now the uh ongoing game that |
| 3247s | XC plays with this rogue deck is when |
| 3249s | will he pop off and it looks like it |
| 3251s | might be now draw it too oh okay it's |
| 3255s | got Nelly in there as well |
| 3256s | oh there's the prep Yeah so basically |
| 3259s | you've got the point now you have the |
| 3261s | goal for both players XCS hit their draw |
| 3264s | in the face many times with the weapon |
| 3266s | and create these big stealth minions of |
| 3268s | course with the graveyard and dead draw |
| 3270s | has to simply survive and even though |
| 3273s | the light shower Elemental is very very |
| 3275s | good especially to re-summon time and |
| 3277s | time again is a light shower Elemental a |
| 3280s | couple of times going to be enough for |
| 3283s | this turn subtle because |
| 3286s | you might need something else absolutely |
| 3288s | not |
| 3290s | something else is going to be required |
| 3292s | which is honestly you know another part |
| 3293s | of the reason why I have been looking at |
| 3295s | those tooths for some time right to you |
| 3298s | you really do want to get on with this |
| 3300s | hand Contraband slash and Tess both in |
| 3302s | hand you want to get those Juiced up as |
| 3303s | rapidly as possible and I don't think |
| 3306s | dead draw really has enough to be able |
| 3308s | to resist what's happening here at the |
| 3309s | moment I was confused for just a second |
| 3312s | there because it did look like X it was |
| 3313s | like hovering Draco I'm like you can |
| 3315s | still play more stuff though that's how |
| 3318s | I play Draco just empty the hand but |
| 3320s | yeah there we go and I think he was just |
| 3322s | considering what happens with the board |
| 3324s | space exactly yeah so it does get the |
| 3327s | double Shades as well and and and yeah |
| 3329s | what is that jaw supposed to do because |
| 3331s | XC has ticked all of the boxes right now |
| 3335s | first |
| 3337s | yeah good recovery from XC I think |
| 3339s | important just for xc's well-being and |
| 3342s | mental game really to be to get that |
| 3344s | turn right turn looked pretty good there |
| 3346s | was a trap you could fall into with |
| 3347s | board space at the end as you were |
| 3349s | mentioning uh but rightly killed one of |
| 3351s | his own minions uh killed his |
| 3353s | stenographer to make space for the extra |
| 3355s | ghost being summoned trap that's very |
| 3357s | easy to fall into I often the mistake I |
| 3360s | make the most is the reverse of this |
| 3362s | where I think I don't have board space |
| 3365s | but one of my locations is on he's on |
| 3368s | the final charge for example and then |
| 3370s | disappears when I press it but in this |
| 3372s | situation where they're on double charge |
| 3373s | you do need to be very very careful |
| 3374s | about how much board space you have as |
| 3377s | you can see it's it's the problem as |
| 3379s | well because your best minions are the |
| 3381s | last ones right so like you could see if |
| 3384s | XC just missed a 14-14 this turn how |
| 3387s | much of a different game it could |
| 3389s | probably be because that then gives |
| 3390s | their drawer at least a chance to |
| 3393s | survive this now he's gonna use the two |
| 3395s | from the phone with the weapon swing and |
| 3397s | help him for some to dig him out of this |
| 3399s | but |
| 3401s | it's too good for now |
| 3407s | yeah I was gonna say yeah I think he was |
| 3409s | looking at the Contraband but that just |
| 3410s | doesn't do it does it there's just way |
| 3413s | too much damage XC takes game number two |
| 3415s | and uh for now the Draco Rogue getting |
| 3417s | the job done and I think pretty |
| 3419s | interestingly enough uh two of the |
| 3421s | probably most taught about decks in The |
| 3423s | Meta right now just gave us two very |
| 3425s | quick displays of textbook games and why |
| 3428s | people think they're super strong and we |
| 3430s | saw the Draco pop off being Nyan |
| 3431s | Unstoppable at least for that rogue deck |
| 3434s | and we saw the the Demon Hunter get the |
| 3436s | job done as well so very strong starts |
| 3438s | for both these players so far yeah and |
| 3441s | honestly I think if you were to look at |
| 3443s | what causes these kind of things to |
| 3444s | happen like people do tend to focus on |
| 3446s | the idea of like wow you know they can |
| 3447s | make like a 13 attack weapon they can |
| 3449s | make 14-14 it's like they they look at |
| 3452s | the actual payoff cards but for me the |
| 3454s | thing that makes these decks work is |
| 3456s | like Rogue has shroud of concealment so |
| 3458s | they can very consistently get to those |
| 3461s | cards that they need Demon Hunter has |
| 3463s | such an insane density of high quality |
| 3466s | card drawer with spectral sight and |
| 3467s | relative dimensions and need for greed |
| 3469s | that they can very consistently get to |
| 3471s | the end of their deck very quickly |
| 3473s | um you know having these insane combo |
| 3475s | finishes is fine if you have to work |
| 3477s | really really hard to get to those combo |
| 3479s | finishes it's just at the moment it is a |
| 3482s | little bit too easy for rogue and Demon |
| 3485s | Hunter to to execute those things it |
| 3487s | seems I think as well for dead draw just |
| 3489s | a little bit unfortunate that he hit |
| 3491s | just that match up because I do think |
| 3493s | that that Rogue is not really built to |
| 3495s | beat Draco Rogan anyway shape or form |
| 3497s | even to the extent where it's the only |
| 3499s | deck I believe that draw in deadro's |
| 3501s | lineup that isn't running Viper for |
| 3504s | example okay so all the other decks are |
| 3506s | running at least one restaurant Viper |
| 3508s | and with the price running two and |
| 3511s | obviously you know he has the Rogue |
| 3512s | matchup but it just isn't really going |
| 3514s | to pay off for him but now XC is jumping |
| 3516s | over to his Demon Hunter which again |
| 3519s | means I'm just naturally going to give |
| 3520s | the favor over 2xc draw is going to be |
| 3523s | sticking to his Rogue again and it |
| 3526s | this jackpot Rogue is difficult to to |
| 3528s | discuss |
| 3531s | onto well it depends on what they |
| 3534s | generate because sometimes you they can |
| 3535s | just grab wins when they shouldn't but |
| 3537s | in general the deck doesn't |
| 3540s | play a fast game most of the time and I |
| 3542s | think if you as we've already discussed |
| 3544s | if you give this Demon Hunter time even |
| 3546s | just a little bit they can probably |
| 3548s | burst you out of the game so let's see |
| 3551s | at least for me started looking good for |
| 3552s | this next one yeah something I do want |
| 3554s | to talk about as well uh the both both |
| 3556s | of these players have gone for uh is one |
| 3559s | chaos strike and two Mark of scorn |
| 3562s | essentially the way this deck is built |
| 3565s | is you play one roster of Viper you're |
| 3567s | playing two of everything else plus |
| 3568s | legendaries and you have one spot left |
| 3571s | essentially right |
| 3573s | um previously that has been one mark of |
| 3575s | scorn |
| 3576s | um based on the iteration of the deck I |
| 3578s | believe mcbanterface was responsible for |
| 3580s | after Casey's initial version of the |
| 3583s | deck that had uh hero cartridge and a |
| 3585s | few other cards in it as well but a lot |
| 3587s | of players now are switching the makeup |
| 3589s | of the mark of scones and the kale |
| 3590s | strike going for one and two obviously |
| 3591s | kale strike repeats from Jace Marcus |
| 3594s | gone doesn't but in general Mark of |
| 3597s | scorn seems like a more flexible card |
| 3599s | that can deal more damage when you want |
| 3601s | it to because of the spell damage |
| 3603s | synergies that you have in the deck |
| 3604s | however it also doesn't necessarily |
| 3607s | always deal any damage so I do |
| 3611s | understand the little tug of war that we |
| 3613s | have between those two cards uh |
| 3614s | interesting I haven't actually broken it |
| 3616s | down seeing how the lists are panning |
| 3618s | out from all of the other players and |
| 3619s | what that kind of division of decision |
| 3621s | is on those individual cards yeah so |
| 3624s | it's a really interesting one right |
| 3625s | because uh the logic makes sense for |
| 3627s | both sides of the argument because I've |
| 3629s | played the double chaos strike one a lot |
| 3630s | and sometimes you feel very limited by |
| 3632s | oh well where can I swing you know like |
| 3635s | it's very limiting factor but anyway |
| 3636s | we're already a couple of turns in XC |
| 3638s | already having his location but not |
| 3640s | quite getting hold of the relic of |
| 3642s | Dimensions quite yet so that is |
| 3644s | definitely what he'll be on the hunt for |
| 3645s | it did draw for now pyroblast and a |
| 3648s | blood okay |
| 3650s | objection please oh that's all I don't |
| 3654s | say cringe often I tried to avoid it but |
| 3657s | I can't believe you just made that noise |
| 3658s | on broadcast is it is it cringe when you |
| 3661s | do it ironically because you know it's |
| 3662s | cringe is it still cringe I think it's |
| 3665s | that bad yeah I think we're at that |
| 3666s | point also aren't we at the point in the |
| 3668s | cycle we're just saying cringe is crazy |
| 3670s | yes and that's why it makes me feel |
| 3672s | terrible but right that's how |
| 3674s | yeah I feel like you probably |
| 3677s | I could give you a half your age I'd |
| 3680s | still feel friends of you saying that |
| 3682s | never mind now if I was twice my age it |
| 3685s | would be awesome again though right yes |
| 3687s | yes it would so you know pick one yeah |
| 3691s | so Lorinda can say it is basically what |
| 3693s | we're talking about yes I think yeah |
| 3695s | most things Lorinda says are awesome |
| 3697s | because it's Lorinda saying them yes |
| 3701s | there's a lot of cycle available with |
| 3703s | this double Guild Trader because again |
| 3705s | very much like previous iterations of |
| 3707s | this style of Demon Hunter if you have |
| 3709s | Guild Traders or spell damage in general |
| 3711s | you normally want to put them back in |
| 3713s | your deck if they're not discounted |
| 3714s | because they are quite expensive |
| 3717s | all right hear me out what if you just |
| 3719s | pyroblast and Dome |
| 3724s | uh foreign |
| 3734s | yeah this probably seems more sensible |
| 3736s | significantly less cool but probably a |
| 3738s | much better Hearthstone turn I think |
| 3739s | this is strictly incorrect that's |
| 3741s | basically four Mana floated |
| 3743s | yes think about it yeah true |
| 3749s | but now it is it's terrifying to be on |
| 3752s | the receiver end of this uh I think for |
| 3755s | dead draw because you just you just sat |
| 3756s | watching your opponent draw a million |
| 3758s | cards and know they're gonna cost |
| 3759s | nothing and you just know like any |
| 3761s | minute now I'm dead |
| 3764s | yeah yeah having been on this spot from |
| 3767s | both sides |
| 3768s | um as XC I just sat there with this |
| 3770s | location up just going okay clear hand |
| 3773s | space as much as I can draw cards as |
| 3776s | much as I can even though those are two |
| 3777s | almost directly incongruent things I |
| 3779s | have to try and do both of those and |
| 3781s | just hit the relic of Dimension at some |
| 3784s | point and then we're away and if you're |
| 3786s | dead draw you're just thinking the exact |
| 3788s | opposite just pressure as hard as you |
| 3789s | can until they draw the relic of |
| 3792s | dimensions and then you you're at you as |
| 3793s | if you can get a significant amount of |
| 3795s | pressure going before that point then |
| 3796s | you might be in business |
| 3798s | yeah and I found weirdly enough that the |
| 3800s | uh as the demons I don't know if you you |
| 3802s | do this or maybe I'm just bad but I |
| 3804s | found myself like making hand Space by |
| 3806s | just chucking the coin away on like a |
| 3808s | hero power or something because the coin |
| 3810s | a lot of the time just doesn't do enough |
| 3812s | of a job then another card that's |
| 3814s | produced does yeah I mean that's strange |
| 3816s | for a combo deck right like |
| 3819s | oh filthy boy did use the location last |
| 3822s | turn though yeah he did so he won't be |
| 3824s | able to use it immediately he can go |
| 3827s | second location coin Dimensions which |
| 3829s | would put him down to five cards and |
| 3831s | then back up to nine so yeah that's |
| 3832s | perfect I'm okay it's gonna end up being |
| 3834s | the line this time well going off the |
| 3836s | back of what I just said I think this is |
| 3837s | a very good use of the coin yeah I know |
| 3839s | even something right because a lot of |
| 3841s | the time you are throwing it away and I |
| 3843s | was gonna say that does happen but |
| 3845s | obviously you don't need to do it unless |
| 3846s | you are immediately drawing yes |
| 3848s | sufficient number of cards to actually |
| 3850s | make that worth it because you can |
| 3851s | always just you know use the choice |
| 3853s | imagine turn one I won't need this coin |
| 3855s | exactly yeah Quest coin hero power turn |
| 3858s | one The Raven Lines hey come on now |
| 3865s | is where someone checks my logs and |
| 3867s | realize I've actually done it like yeah |
| 3872s | okay so right now XC putting on there |
| 3873s | the nice extra sort of what feels like |
| 3875s | bonus pressure when you play this Relic |
| 3877s | it's just oh two six sixes on the board |
| 3879s | brilliant uh and that draw is gonna have |
| 3882s | to defend at least in some way |
| 3884s | um oh |
| 3886s | is this objection getting worse and |
| 3890s | worse subtle mainly because does dead |
| 3891s | draw like have the time to spend three |
| 3893s | mana on it at this point or do you think |
| 3895s | it's gonna get trapped out a little bit |
| 3898s | um I think it's still fine honestly like |
| 3901s | you don't get pressured out of the game |
| 3904s | every turn against Demon Hunter right |
| 3906s | there's only a very slim number of |
| 3909s | things they can do that represent |
| 3910s | significant pressure |
| 3912s | um and that's being very generous and |
| 3913s | including them playing one five Mana |
| 3915s | seven seven as significant pressure |
| 3917s | right so I I think obviously this is a |
| 3919s | problem that needs to be dealt with very |
| 3920s | quickly |
| 3921s | um and it won't necessarily be objection |
| 3923s | now but I do still think objection will |
| 3925s | be a relevant factor in this matchup |
| 3927s | from this point |
| 3929s | okay well High main uh fasarian |
| 3940s | okay that drug cleanup a lot yeah a lot |
| 3942s | of this cleans this up and gets to drop |
| 3944s | the high main at the end of the turn |
| 3946s | it's about as good as it was going to |
| 3947s | get he's going to end up leaving up a |
| 3948s | 6-6 which is you know extra damage you |
| 3951s | definitely don't want to take but again |
| 3953s | I don't think dead draw can just say oh |
| 3955s | I'll clear the board and pass I'll be |
| 3957s | fine because he's probably expecting to |
| 3959s | die in the very near future |
| 3962s | and also am I stupid like was that just |
| 3964s | a timing issue because the Rope was |
| 3965s | going or did dead draw just not discover |
| 3967s | a card for essentially no reason at that |
| 3970s | point right uh |
| 3972s | didn't he need the discount from Bones |
| 3974s | by killing |
| 3977s | oh true yeah yeah sorry yeah I'm giving |
| 3980s | credit to one of the honorable kills and |
| 3981s | not the other one yeah there we go yeah |
| 3987s | oh look at the two silver moons at zero |
| 3990s | man of soul I know I'm in Hunter's dream |
| 3994s | this fell barrage hits for like 30 or |
| 3996s | something that's what it feels like |
| 3998s | anyway |
| 3999s | and and at this point actually just |
| 4001s | looking at this hand |
| 4004s | is this a cycle for the okay yeah I've |
| 4007s | got to ask you is this the cycle for the |
| 4008s | guild Trader because the hand looks so |
| 4011s | close because yes Guild trade is four |
| 4013s | but the other two spell damage is zero |
| 4015s | you always do have to just have a quick |
| 4017s | look and go hang on a minute |
| 4019s | do I actually have lethal and I don't |
| 4021s | realize it yeah but I mean it also |
| 4023s | doesn't matter right when you so it only |
| 4027s | matters against like armored Druid and |
| 4029s | blood DK specifically right to really be |
| 4032s | holding that much spell damage two like |
| 4035s | plus four spell damage total from two |
| 4037s | iterations of the silver moons but that |
| 4039s | kills renithal decks for free like it it |
| 4043s | doesn't matter at that point so I think |
| 4045s | you know continuing to card draw and |
| 4046s | just getting to the Jace potentially to |
| 4048s | the second relic of Dimensions as well |
| 4050s | to be able to scam further damage at the |
| 4052s | end of the turn is is a big deal |
| 4054s | especially when you have a a one |
| 4055s | manifold barrage to go alongside all of |
| 4057s | that as well like you may very well get |
| 4059s | to the point where you just get to cast |
| 4061s | that fell barrage for the first time on |
| 4064s | the term where you throw down all of |
| 4065s | your spell damage that's going to be a |
| 4067s | little bit more difficult now the Jace |
| 4068s | costs eight and is gonna cost eight |
| 4070s | Forever at this point |
| 4072s | um but it's certainly a realistic |
| 4073s | possibility at the point that XC was in |
| 4075s | so yeah I think you absolutely cycle |
| 4077s | away the extra control damage it is just |
| 4078s | something you have to keep an eye on |
| 4080s | because I I've definitely missed lethal |
| 4082s | because I just assumed I didn't have it |
| 4084s | because like something costs four right |
| 4086s | actually a really good point there is a |
| 4090s | high Main in play though yeah I didn't |
| 4091s | count it definitely if you're playing |
| 4094s | this game |
| 4097s | because double Fel barrage in hand with |
| 4100s | double spell damage yeah you absolutely |
| 4102s | have to look at that I don't think it |
| 4104s | would have been I'm not going to go back |
| 4105s | and count it now because of the high |
| 4107s | Main in play that would yeah |
| 4110s | okay I'm gonna test the secret |
| 4114s | it's the bad news |
| 4117s | there is more spell damage where that |
| 4118s | came from just not quite yet |
| 4123s | really coming down is |
| 4125s | it's not just spectral |
| 4132s | I also wonder if x is ever worried about |
| 4134s | just like dying here and has to make the |
| 4137s | choice to clean up the high Main |
| 4139s | this was Lethal if it wasn't objection |
| 4142s | right I believe |
| 4145s | because so look at the market scorn |
| 4147s | would have killed the main body of the |
| 4149s | high main the unleash would have cleared |
| 4151s | the board while dealing oh and then |
| 4154s | double monster damaged her face and then |
| 4156s | double fell barrage would have been |
| 4157s | doing uh 12 damage total each of the |
| 4160s | double spell damage so that's an extra |
| 4161s | 24 so dead draw would have just died if |
| 4164s | that wasn't objection so probably right |
| 4166s | for XD to come well I mean counterspell |
| 4168s | probably shuts that down as well oh |
| 4170s | without going back and reverse |
| 4171s | engineering anything but I think it was |
| 4172s | worth what XC tried to do in that spot |
| 4176s | yeah now look at this though the bounce |
| 4179s | on all of these it's going to throw |
| 4181s | everything back to hand burn a card |
| 4182s | there for XC next turn and also just |
| 4185s | more or less without the uh the spell uh |
| 4189s | the Spells coming through you know as |
| 4191s | far as dead draw can see it sets up |
| 4192s | lethal for him right he has the uh the |
| 4194s | the Minions on board he's likely to be |
| 4196s | able to get some damage through that |
| 4197s | glacial Advance as well |
| 4205s | ah Galloping savior is the one that I'd |
| 4209s | see trolling the opponent the most in |
| 4212s | like the weird scenario where they need |
| 4213s | their Jace attack damage to go face at |
| 4216s | the end of the game and they mess |
| 4217s | something up and your horse appears to |
| 4220s | block it something like that like |
| 4221s | everything else seemed super Irrelevant |
| 4223s | in that spot so yeah I like it |
| 4226s | all the rare day one match one Demon |
| 4230s | Slayer Curtis play |
| 4235s | unless you fail to clear up and then I |
| 4237s | imagine it's either too manifold barrage |
| 4240s | or one man of Hell barrage plus sigil |
| 4241s | here |
| 4243s | get some of that damage banged I'm just |
| 4245s | gonna go Mark instead oh hi Mark |
| 4252s | so few cards left |
| 4255s | a deck |
| 4258s | I was definitely with you on the 1-1 |
| 4260s | play honestly |
| 4265s | so it's still fine there's no necessary |
| 4267s | reason to panic here even though both of |
| 4269s | those zero Mana spell damages have been |
| 4271s | used |
| 4272s | um because okay this is the damage by uh |
| 4274s | hearing the guild Trader but there are |
| 4276s | still two Guild Traders left remaining |
| 4278s | in the deck which now kurtius is down |
| 4279s | and this is why it was important in this |
| 4281s | instance to get the kurtress down right |
| 4283s | because if you then if you didn't buy |
| 4286s | the curtress and you drew the guild |
| 4287s | Traders before the relic of Dimensions |
| 4289s | you'd then have to be trading The Guild |
| 4291s | Traders back in and trying to hitting |
| 4292s | them specifically with the relative |
| 4293s | dimensions and that just slows you down |
| 4295s | by potentially an extra turn uh whereas |
| 4299s | here with the kurchase effect you can |
| 4300s | just trade The Guild Traders until they |
| 4302s | cost zero anyway and just get that |
| 4304s | thrown back in for the double spell |
| 4305s | damage that you need and specifically a |
| 4307s | problem because the silver moons have |
| 4309s | been played out right I think with the |
| 4310s | still if you've got the reduced silver |
| 4312s | moons then you're generally find but now |
| 4315s | XC does know |
| 4317s | that that's going to be an objection |
| 4321s | um |
| 4323s | it's the sigil right |
| 4328s | okay I mean that's my second choice the |
| 4330s | one thing I was certain of is it was not |
| 4332s | the Jace |
| 4334s | you had to put an eight Mana Jace back |
| 4336s | into your opponent's decorations |
| 4340s | yeah I actually assumed it was going to |
| 4341s | be the spell damage just because there's |
| 4343s | still six cards left you've seen a good |
| 4345s | chunk of card draw |
| 4347s | um you would have seen the second Relic |
| 4348s | by now if they had it so put it in and |
| 4352s | hope they don't get to redraw it this |
| 4354s | turn okay |
| 4360s | again I think dead draws very much on |
| 4362s | like survive another turn survive |
| 4364s | another turn they're like anything wait |
| 4366s | wait wait wait wait if XC plays three |
| 4368s | cards this turn he dies |
| 4370s | you noticed six ten |
| 4374s | oh |
| 4376s | he I mean he won't not because if one of |
| 4378s | those cards is randomly lifesteal yeah |
| 4381s | exactly I mean even as long as he has |
| 4383s | Mana left after he does it he could then |
| 4385s | just fail barrage to clear one of the |
| 4386s | minions but I mean what are the chances |
| 4388s | that he even necessarily does that to |
| 4390s | play around pyroblast on the other side |
| 4393s | through short |
| 4396s | objection okay safe |
| 4406s | hey |
| 4413s | it's gonna be fell I think it's because |
| 4416s | that draw is clearly on the point now |
| 4418s | where he feels he has to just feel |
| 4420s | damaged face and Pyro I don't even think |
| 4424s | he can afford to trade into this |
| 4425s | characterist is that Madness is this a |
| 4427s | Caster Vision hitting me so I draw his |
| 4430s | point of view my instinct says go face |
| 4432s | here as well yeah |
| 4433s | if he clears then the game's gonna be |
| 4436s | another turn or so what's the draw for |
| 4439s | dead draw right that like right wins him |
| 4441s | the game from that point I think it's |
| 4443s | just all face and say you know what if |
| 4445s | you've got it you've got it I've just |
| 4446s | thrown away another damage spell yep two |
| 4449s | two tradables and relative dimensions |
| 4451s | left in the deck right if at any point |
| 4453s | XC hits relative dimensions the game |
| 4455s | probably just ends at that point so you |
| 4458s | need to cut down the number of terms |
| 4460s | that XC has to get to that now also with |
| 4462s | only even though the seven damage coming |
| 4464s | from the courtress these minions being |
| 4466s | alive is actually good defense against |
| 4468s | felbraj |
| 4470s | oh and here's why you don't put an eight |
| 4473s | Mana Jace back into the deck on the |
| 4475s | previous turn because now relative |
| 4476s | dimensions and Jace cannot be played in |
| 4478s | the same turn |
| 4482s | hey well that's pretty much the whole |
| 4483s | deck |
| 4490s | last card is the remaining Guild Trader |
| 4493s | yeah but it's not lethal right |
| 4498s | am I crazy difficult to work out with |
| 4500s | the high meds |
| 4505s | is with only the one attack from |
| 4507s | curtress the fell barrage is kind of |
| 4510s | stuck right |
| 4512s | is it not I think it is oh I'm I happily |
| 4516s | could be wrong here |
| 4518s | if you go chaos right I don't know how |
| 4520s | much the other guild Trader costs which |
| 4522s | is the caveat in this whether it will |
| 4523s | cost two or zero at the point that it's |
| 4525s | drawn yeah of course if you go cow |
| 4528s | strike you draw the other guild Trader |
| 4529s | Guild Trader Guild Trader unleash clears |
| 4531s | this whole board that you see right now |
| 4533s | and then one fell barrage kill oh no |
| 4535s | there's two there's two sport there's |
| 4537s | four hyenas yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| 4539s | oh wait maybe it isn't |
| 4542s | okay okay |
| 4545s | boss oh |
| 4547s | haunts |
| 4550s | oh |
| 4551s | gets there |
| 4553s | oh |
| 4554s | insane |
| 4558s | I think XC once again just kind of lost |
| 4562s | track of things to do it was a very |
| 4566s | difficult end board a game State there |
| 4568s | especially because of those High Mains |
| 4570s | in the board and like I said the by not |
| 4572s | trading into curtress and doing the work |
| 4574s | for XC basically Deadpool said I'll take |
| 4578s | seven so you can't spam Fel barrage me |
| 4580s | because it's gonna just mess up the |
| 4582s | board and it's going to be a problem and |
| 4584s | I can't quickly enough work out exactly |
| 4587s | how interactions could have gone there |
| 4589s | for XC let's say if you had an hour to |
| 4591s | sit and work things out but regardless |
| 4594s | XD did not have an hour and I think he |
| 4597s | just got caught a little bit into |
| 4599s | not being able to just work out an |
| 4601s | actual finished play and it just feels |
| 4603s | tricky to me to like |
| 4605s | I get why but not play with the zero |
| 4608s | Trader with the heel to just say I will |
| 4612s | not die next turn so exactly this is |
| 4614s | what I was gonna lead on to yeah is I |
| 4617s | don't necessarily think it was Lethal |
| 4619s | anymore because of the four hyenas I was |
| 4621s | accounting for two when I said that I |
| 4623s | think I probably was I think with four |
| 4624s | hyenas it isn't however I think the play |
| 4626s | is still just do it and then you know |
| 4630s | you'd like do everything |
| 4632s | play the chaos strike draw the other |
| 4634s | guild Trader go Guild Trader Guild |
| 4636s | Trader AOE the board play your fell |
| 4638s | barrages put your little bit of damage |
| 4640s | to phase and then you get to the point |
| 4643s | where your opponent is then just under |
| 4645s | 20 I think you have the board with two |
| 4648s | three fours in play your opponent's low |
| 4650s | on cards low on resources and then you |
| 4652s | have just like a normal fell Jace to try |
| 4655s | and end the game with after it like you |
| 4657s | might not get to play that Jace with any |
| 4658s | spell damage but if you do the game |
| 4661s | massively ends if you get to play it |
| 4662s | with one spell damage the game still |
| 4664s | massively ends I think think that was |
| 4666s | probably the line that I would go for in |
| 4667s | that position that's the thing as well |
| 4669s | you've got to think dead drives one card |
| 4671s | in hand he's had his whole game what's |
| 4673s | the draw that kills two three fours he's |
| 4675s | already used scabs so like what does it |
| 4678s | but I think XC just just it was a bit |
| 4680s | tricky as you know we were discussing |
| 4682s | between ourselves and just didn't have |
| 4683s | enough time to really consider the the |
| 4686s | potential of what he could do there so |
| 4688s | tricky one and dead draw grabs a win |
| 4690s | which I would argue just shouldn't have |
| 4693s | even necessarily existed there but very |
| 4695s | very well played they're continuing to |
| 4697s | push himself for that pyroblast to pay |
| 4699s | off with and now speaking of pyroblast |
| 4701s | we're jumping over to Mage here from |
| 4702s | dead drawn it's gonna be this pink Mage |
| 4704s | going up against the Demon Hunter and |
| 4707s | we're talking this a little bit before |
| 4708s | the show started because I was just |
| 4709s | jamming some ping maid I was like wow |
| 4711s | this this deck actually feels good |
| 4713s | against everything you would expect or |
| 4715s | not everything exaggeration a lot of the |
| 4718s | decks you would expect to see coming |
| 4719s | into this tournament yeah I think it's |
| 4722s | okay I think it's a fine Bring |
| 4726s | um I do think it leans quite heavily on |
| 4729s | objection to find it some wiggle room in |
| 4731s | the match-ups that you would want to |
| 4735s | um I've heard someone say I can't |
| 4737s | remember who this was apologies for not |
| 4739s | giving you credit the like you bring |
| 4741s | Mage with objection in it because you |
| 4743s | can't guarantee getting objection in |
| 4745s | Jackpot Rogue every time right because |
| 4747s | otherwise gang objection in Jackpot |
| 4749s | Rogue obviously is fantastic because you |
| 4751s | then get to jam it over and over and |
| 4752s | over and over and over again for the |
| 4754s | whole rest of the game and really mess |
| 4756s | with uh decks like Quest Demon Hunter |
| 4758s | but I do think the objection is doing a |
| 4760s | lot of heavy lifting in terms of making |
| 4763s | matchups like this which would generally |
| 4766s | seem unwinnable because you're too slow |
| 4767s | and you don't have enough pressure |
| 4769s | giving you just enough disruption to |
| 4772s | slow your opponent down for that time |
| 4775s | see how it goes deep part of volca |
| 4777s | getting a blizzard okay and not |
| 4780s | necessarily for blizzard in this matchup |
| 4782s | but just for six more armored you know |
| 4784s | fine just get it down and go |
| 4786s | um but the key here I think for dead |
| 4787s | draw will just be to just pile pressure |
| 4790s | on make these relative extensions |
| 4794s | it doesn't feel good Raven |
| 4797s | five Mana unduced draw two cards don't |
| 4801s | even complete a quest step oh it's ugly |
| 4803s | it's not great yeah although that's the |
| 4806s | weird thing about this handy from XC |
| 4808s | it's like yes there's relative |
| 4809s | extensions because one way you can beat |
| 4811s | this Demon Hunter is if you just play |
| 4812s | too much stuff and they don't have the |
| 4814s | removal yeah then they just die right |
| 4817s | and this is one of those games where XC |
| 4820s | does clearly have removal but doesn't |
| 4822s | air until maybe now have that |
| 4825s | progression to actually threaten dead |
| 4827s | draw back I mean next he's already on 23 |
| 4829s | does have the two heels in Hand of |
| 4831s | course but again |
| 4833s | phantasms came just at the right time I |
| 4837s | would say XC needed a playable off the |
| 4839s | cycle of the guild Trader so that he |
| 4841s | could actually dump it from his hand |
| 4842s | like a card that didn't draw cards was |
| 4844s | essentially what he wanted to hit off |
| 4846s | that cycle from The Guild Trader and I |
| 4847s | would say that phantasms was probably |
| 4849s | the best one uh XC then identifying the |
| 4852s | line being able to juice a little bit |
| 4853s | with the relic of Extinction get three |
| 4855s | threes instead of two twos and then |
| 4857s | using that newly Outcast spectral site |
| 4859s | to be able to finally get the quest |
| 4861s | rolling oh this is very interesting as |
| 4864s | well here from dead draw yeah choosing |
| 4866s | to go for the Ping and prioritizing not |
| 4868s | only face damage but potential mode |
| 4870s | dress value I was initially looking at |
| 4872s | just blizzard into gray Sage honestly |
| 4875s | but now I think looking at this you can |
| 4877s | even set up now for coin Rune of the |
| 4879s | archmage parrot which I think is |
| 4881s | probably the real goal here now that |
| 4883s | we've seen that the uh Rune of the |
| 4885s | archimage is reduced to eight which I'll |
| 4887s | be honest did not see when I started the |
| 4888s | sentence as you said speaking of |
| 4891s | pyroblast as you led us into this |
| 4893s | potentially last matchup there's two of |
| 4896s | them right there in that Rune of the |
| 4898s | archmage |
| 4899s | oh but does that draw step off this now |
| 4905s | with just blizzard |
| 4907s | go face for three I love this |
| 4911s | I love this like okay again we're |
| 4914s | talking about you know emotional |
| 4916s | reactions to things right people need to |
| 4919s | generally not change the way they play |
| 4921s | in high stakes situations |
| 4922s | okay okay fine I mean I will take that |
| 4926s | compromise I will 100 take that |
| 4929s | compromise now |
| 4931s | um however you know as I was gonna say I |
| 4933s | think a lot of people with the gravity |
| 4935s | of the situation could fall into the |
| 4937s | Trap of like well blizzard into para is |
| 4940s | safe like that definitely means I don't |
| 4942s | take any damage in this situation I |
| 4944s | clear this board you can't be safe in |
| 4946s | this matchup the the relic of phantasms |
| 4949s | are a distraction they're a shiny object |
| 4951s | that make you think they're the problem |
| 4953s | so you get distracted dealing with those |
| 4955s | while the Demon Hunter is then free to |
| 4958s | draw their whole deck and kill you dead |
| 4959s | draw has to go for the throw by going |
| 4962s | with the high variance player with the |
| 4963s | Rune of the archmage I think recognizing |
| 4965s | that in a high stake situation like this |
| 4967s | is one of the key skills that you do |
| 4969s | need to be able to take over World |
| 4971s | Championship |
| 4972s | yeah and funnily enough |
| 4974s | that that was a very good point so |
| 4976s | because as a raven I am distracted by |
| 4978s | shiny things yes |
| 4985s | just Raven just hoarding a bunch of |
| 4987s | phantasms in a nest and just like what |
| 4990s | another one why is there a five five a |
| 4992s | six six or seven seven and an eight |
| 4994s | eight in this weird Nest you've built |
| 4996s | Raven oscar but because of the way I am |
| 4997s | I've definitely not got them ordered as |
| 4999s | a five six seven snake yeah so it's like |
| 5001s | an eight a six or four and then just a |
| 5004s | random 12 12 in there |
| 5009s | okay this one's not looking quite as |
| 5011s | good |
| 5012s | previous one |
| 5016s | been great I don't know what you're |
| 5017s | talking about sheep it's been through |
| 5019s | some stuff |
| 5020s | counter okay |
| 5023s | okay I mean |
| 5028s | that was garbage |
| 5032s | although now what is this mode dress on |
| 5035s | I know it's almost certainly not done |
| 5037s | but it's getting towards that point it |
| 5041s | is yeah but you know there's gonna be a |
| 5043s | Reno Jackson reset at some point you |
| 5045s | would have to imagine from XC dead draw |
| 5047s | can of course play around that you do |
| 5048s | have more agency than you perhaps think |
| 5050s | you do against the power of healing from |
| 5052s | the Demon Hunter because you can just |
| 5053s | not play minions and then they find it |
| 5056s | significantly more difficult some will |
| 5058s | say impossible |
| 5060s | uh to heal |
| 5062s | Yeah by two yeah but there's a |
| 5064s | preventative measure as well |
| 5065s | uh preventative measures are quite |
| 5068s | difficult against zero managed cases |
| 5070s | though |
| 5072s | this hand just says just do stuff |
| 5075s | let's play cards they'll probably die |
| 5079s | that's honestly the approach I take with |
| 5081s | this deck I'm like right how many cards |
| 5083s | are green if I played them all in |
| 5084s | roughly the right order do they die |
| 5086s | let's find out |
| 5089s | don't give ammo to people that think |
| 5092s | that like combo decks are brain dead |
| 5093s | raven okay |
| 5095s | here already |
| 5098s | I never said I win when I do this okay |
| 5100s | it's just what I try sometimes you win |
| 5102s | sometimes you lose it's just 50 50 in it |
| 5107s | now the question for me is is dead draw |
| 5109s | gonna just try and Alibi again |
| 5112s | I suspect so five cards left in deck |
| 5115s | there is an immense chance you are dead |
| 5118s | this turn I would say |
| 5121s | who's that |
| 5126s | this is Garen T lethal right if the more |
| 5131s | dress is active well no you'd have to |
| 5133s | you'd have to use both no because you |
| 5135s | still have ping most Europe the most |
| 5138s | your opponent can possibly heal for on |
| 5140s | this turn is two |
| 5142s | there is no other method of healing in |
| 5144s | the deck |
| 5145s | well no okay they'd have to play Both of |
| 5148s | the unleashes and their Jace |
| 5152s | in order to stay alive that also feels |
| 5155s | like winning |
| 5163s | like what what is XC actually supposed |
| 5166s | to do here I know we're saying about you |
| 5168s | know the double healed case but is XC |
| 5171s | supposed to do that I don't know |
| 5173s | absolutely not |
| 5175s | scary thing I think for XC is like if |
| 5178s | there's any way for another solid Alibi |
| 5180s | to come down right because obviously not |
| 5183s | literally Frozen but he's getting just |
| 5184s | frozen out of this game yeah because you |
| 5187s | just can't do anything even though he's |
| 5188s | drawn his deck he's got everything for |
| 5190s | zero but he can't actually get anything |
| 5192s | done which is uh you know horrendous |
| 5195s | actually |
| 5197s | and then presuming I have not miscounted |
| 5199s | on the more dress yeah there it is dead |
| 5201s | draw had that locked up solid Alibi as |
| 5204s | Raven pointed out a couple of turns ago |
| 5205s | great leverage there not only in keeping |
| 5208s | dead draw alive but also limiting the |
| 5211s | level of healing that was available from |
| 5212s | the opponent beautiful little two to |
| 5215s | three turn set up there from dead draw |
| 5216s | getting the chip damage through not only |
| 5219s | with the sequencing on the final turns |
| 5220s | but rewind back to what are we talking |
| 5223s | about turn four when he went super |
| 5226s | aggressive with the location freeze drop |
| 5228s | Varden just to play high Tempo get chip |
| 5230s | damage in like this is a long-term plan |
| 5232s | from dead draw that was executed very |
| 5234s | nicely there and I think overall on |
| 5237s | balance we we gassed up both of these |
| 5240s | players massively before the before this |
| 5243s | series started I think it's fair to say |
| 5245s | one lived up to that level of hype and |
| 5248s | the other didn't and so the result we |
| 5250s | are looking at here is largely Fair on |
| 5252s | reflection yeah and I think for me my |
| 5255s | takeaway for the um |
| 5257s | everyone will have different opinions |
| 5259s | but I would say that first match in |
| 5261s | Worlds must feel the scariest right |
| 5264s | because yes you can argue the finals is |
| 5266s | the scariest if you get there but that |
| 5268s | first this first match not only for you |
| 5270s | but on stream of the day of the whole |
| 5272s | tournament I think dead draw looks laser |
| 5275s | focused and that's something I like to |
| 5277s | see there because not only in that game |
| 5279s | but the previous games his plan was |
| 5282s | clear he played you know just towards |
| 5284s | the plan to get the job done and it |
| 5286s | really paid off for him it obviously |
| 5287s | helped the XC did not look like the form |
| 5290s | we expect from him but yeah draw looked |
| 5292s | like he's here to play some game song |
| 5295s | yeah I'm worth mentioning as well that I |
| 5297s | think you know the Chinese players have |
| 5299s | a lot on their mind right now as well as |
| 5302s | being a potential cross-server issues |
| 5303s | that can come in because there was a |
| 5304s | couple of plays that looked like they |
| 5306s | were rope problems uh specifically from |
| 5309s | XC in that position which you know |
| 5310s | something that you do have to manage but |
| 5312s | your job as a professional player is to |
| 5315s | manage difficult things that are going |
| 5317s | on and whatever adversity is in front of |
| 5319s | you and get over the line I think XC in |
| 5321s | that spot will be largely underwhelmed |
| 5324s | and disappointed with the performance |
| 5325s | that he put in there but dead draw like |
| 5327s | I said when he's focused when he's |
| 5329s | motivated when he's practicing when he's |
| 5331s | on his game he's terrifying and if dead |
| 5334s | drawer is not in your list of favorites |
| 5336s | for this tournament I strongly suggest |
| 5338s | you start reevaluating very quickly make |
| 5341s | a new list just cheat and just make a |
| 5342s | new list is here and that's what I do |
| 5344s | all the time anyway that is it going to |
| 5346s | be for the first uh match of the day and |
| 5348s | of the tournament we are going to go to |
| 5349s | a quick Break by yourself match number |
| 5351s | two so don't go anywhere and we'll be |
| 5352s | right back |
| 5354s | foreign |
| 5356s | [Music] |
| 5366s | [Music] |
| 5371s | dogs dogs |
| 5374s | messy or tidy |
| 5379s | uh |
| 5380s | Heidi |
| 5381s | call or text |
| 5384s | text a roller coaster or bumper cars |
| 5388s | roller coaster |
| 5389s | scary movies or funny movies scary |
| 5392s | movies |
| 5393s | uh snowball fight or water balloon |
| 5395s | fights |
| 5396s | snowball fight |
| 5400s | [Music] |
| 5410s | [Music] |
| 5418s | but finally I just wanted to ask uh |
| 5421s | going into again this very very high |
| 5423s | caliber tournament is there any player |
| 5425s | in particular that you are perhaps |
| 5427s | afraid of uh or also looking forward to |
| 5430s | face in the world championships |
| 5433s | company |
| 5439s | [Music] |
| 5450s | um |
| 5460s | amazing uh well I wish you the best of |
| 5462s | luck and I'll just give you a chance now |
| 5464s | to uh uh give any shout outs you want to |
| 5467s | or any final messages that you want the |
| 5469s | rest of the world to know about XC |
| 5471s | before your time in the Championships |
| 5491s | awesome you've certainly done that so |
| 5493s | far in the Masters tours so we wish you |
| 5496s | the best of luck doing so in the world |
| 5497s | championships as well |
| 5500s | [Music] |
| 5502s | foreign |
| 5504s | [Music] |
| 5517s | [Music] |
| 5521s | [Applause] |
| 5523s | [Music] |
| 5531s | foreign |
| 5533s | [Music] |
| 5547s | [Music] |
| 5554s | welcome back everyone to the 2022 |
| 5557s | Hearthstone World Championship the day |
| 5559s | has barely begun here on Friday so |
| 5562s | you're just in time to get down and |
| 5564s | watch some spicy Hearthstone action |
| 5566s | which is exactly what we got in the |
| 5567s | first game of the day XC not necessarily |
| 5570s | living up to expectations but deadro |
| 5573s | taking the deserved win and now for our |
| 5575s | second match of group a we've got Yu Yi |
| 5579s | up against X Blazer which I think is as |
| 5583s | we're going to be saying a lot over the |
| 5584s | course of this weekend I think another |
| 5585s | fantastic match absolutely and Dirk I |
| 5589s | can so much relate to both of these |
| 5591s | players in the sense that I have sort of |
| 5593s | taken a step back from casting recently |
| 5595s | and these two I feel like did a lot of |
| 5597s | their work earlier on in the year and |
| 5600s | then took a bit of a break or at least |
| 5601s | we haven't seen so much from them but |
| 5604s | now they're back in full force for the |
| 5606s | world championship yui in particular his |
| 5609s | career goes all the way back to 2018 |
| 5611s | being sort of his banner year as we've |
| 5613s | heard from bennage where he had the best |
| 5615s | results but it's great to see that he is |
| 5617s | still in good form leading up to the |
| 5619s | current meta |
| 5621s | that's right yeah you really was in his |
| 5623s | uh his Prime in 2018 uh which you know I |
| 5627s | think for the most of the world it does |
| 5629s | feel like it was a pretty steep decline |
| 5631s | uh around that point for him in |
| 5633s | particular yeah uh he has been |
| 5635s | struggling to put up strong results |
| 5636s | since then but now qualified through to |
| 5638s | the World Championship it's time for him |
| 5640s | to come out of pseudo retirement if you |
| 5642s | will and really start to put up those |
| 5644s | strong results and in terms of the |
| 5647s | lineup of both of our players have got |
| 5648s | here Gia we do have a double priest ban |
| 5651s | uh but it's a little bit more |
| 5653s | complicated than that symmetry I think |
| 5655s | would suggest that is right we do have |
| 5658s | different priests on either side uu with |
| 5660s | the control priest which has the plague |
| 5663s | spreader which I really feel like is the |
| 5665s | card that makes the deck you're just |
| 5667s | playing everything around it to surround |
| 5669s | that package I guess Shadow word ruin is |
| 5670s | the other really good card there in the |
| 5672s | meta whereas blice has the Boon priest |
| 5674s | but both of those being very strong into |
| 5677s | the opposing lineup means that both |
| 5680s | players will be left with a rogue Demon |
| 5682s | Hunter whereas the last class is a bit |
| 5684s | different which is the entire story what |
| 5686s | is the fourth class that you're bringing |
| 5688s | here for UE it's a Mage and for Blaise |
| 5691s | it is a druid but yui gonna start off |
| 5694s | with his death rattle Rogue here which |
| 5696s | within this one archetype there's |
| 5697s | already quite a lot of variety I would |
| 5700s | say I have some people going for a |
| 5703s | version without the smokescreen package |
| 5705s | we have the version with the um |
| 5708s | infesting cool and all of these |
| 5711s | different types of ways to approach it |
| 5713s | but we are seeing a bit more of a |
| 5715s | classic spin on things from UE only that |
| 5717s | Scourge illusion is coming out as a new |
| 5719s | card here that's right yeah like a lot |
| 5721s | of these cards as you said were in the |
| 5723s | death rattle package beforehand |
| 5725s | um and |
| 5726s | is he trying to do something specific |
| 5728s | here with this mind version of the death |
| 5730s | rattle Rogue because I I feel like the |
| 5732s | overall power level the couple times |
| 5734s | I've seen mine Rogue since the expansion |
| 5735s | uh it does feel like it's a little a |
| 5737s | little bit lower than what the other two |
| 5739s | versions of death rattle Rogue are doing |
| 5740s | yeah I do feel like it's not necessarily |
| 5743s | in a good position where you expect a |
| 5745s | lot of Renault decks slash Decks that |
| 5748s | have the capability of healing so I'm |
| 5750s | looking at Druid and Demon Hunter where |
| 5752s | you have a lot more |
| 5755s | um game against Monroe because you can |
| 5758s | come back against those damage it's |
| 5760s | tough for Mine Road to deal like the |
| 5762s | 30-0 unless they're given a lot of time |
| 5764s | which both of those decks don't |
| 5765s | necessarily allow I have been leading |
| 5768s | more towards the Invincible version |
| 5770s | which gets on board and just tries to |
| 5773s | fight in a way that is very annoying to |
| 5775s | their opponents because they uh those |
| 5777s | other decks in The Meta you might expect |
| 5779s | don't necessarily have too much removal |
| 5782s | tools against things that have all these |
| 5784s | sticky death rattles but but it could |
| 5787s | work out well if he does face into Mages |
| 5790s | for example which don't necessarily have |
| 5792s | that healing a bit later but it deplies |
| 5795s | his lineup I am worried about that death |
| 5796s | rattle Rogue |
| 5798s | fair enough and Belize here going with |
| 5800s | the ramp Druid which I believe already |
| 5802s | had some uh Sparks of controversy |
| 5805s | disagreeance I suppose you could say |
| 5806s | between Raven and subtle at the start |
| 5808s | with Raven was |
| 5810s | um proclaiming its power in the metagame |
| 5812s | uh subtle not necessarily believing it |
| 5814s | as much and I've had a bit of a weird |
| 5816s | Journey as well uh with this deck over |
| 5819s | the the last few days of ladder because |
| 5821s | when I was coming into a whole bunch of |
| 5823s | Demon Hunter which like the last two |
| 5825s | three days has just been absolutely |
| 5826s | infesting the ladder I thought okay I'll |
| 5828s | switch over to ramp Druid because of the |
| 5830s | insane amounts of armor that this deck |
| 5833s | can generate now to get out of range of |
| 5835s | the burst of this combo Demon Hunter but |
| 5839s | I don't know if it's not necessarily |
| 5840s | it's because I'm potentially not playing |
| 5842s | the deck so well maybe I don't |
| 5843s | understand the matchup but it hasn't |
| 5845s | been doing what I would guess the deck |
| 5847s | is designed to do which is to just be |
| 5849s | this impenetrable wall of armor yeah I |
| 5852s | think it's a weird sort of balance that |
| 5855s | we've ended up on because the Demon |
| 5857s | Hunter can if given the right discounts |
| 5860s | on their hand get up to the hundreds of |
| 5862s | damage in a single turn and that is well |
| 5866s | above the full range of armor that the |
| 5868s | Druid can gain but that armor can also |
| 5871s | be translated into pure damage if you |
| 5873s | get that whole anubricant combo going |
| 5876s | and it just becomes more of a faster uh |
| 5880s | way to kill your opponent now that |
| 5882s | Saturdays has gone to endlessly infused |
| 5885s | too it's less reliable to close out |
| 5887s | games so I feel that's the way to look |
| 5889s | at the Druid the armor is your offense |
| 5891s | tool not necessarily your defense that |
| 5894s | armor can be relevant in other matchups |
| 5896s | than Demon Hunter where the damage is a |
| 5898s | lot more finite but in the Demon Hunter |
| 5901s | matchup in particular I feel like the |
| 5903s | Druid needs to be very very careful not |
| 5904s | to just let the Armor stock and then |
| 5907s | sort of waste that armor and let it get |
| 5909s | it uh chipped off early on by the Demon |
| 5912s | Hunter and then have no way to then kill |
| 5914s | their opponent with the anubricant |
| 5916s | astalor combo |
| 5917s | indeed here the combo is still very much |
| 5919s | there even with the Nerf to dinathrius |
| 5922s | you know people thinking that would be a |
| 5923s | big hit to Druid which it has been as |
| 5925s | like the premiere deck that still uses |
| 5927s | dinathrius in this format whether it had |
| 5930s | been unnerfed or not but like you say uh |
| 5932s | with asteroid more than makes up for |
| 5934s | that potential loss in damage and it's |
| 5936s | also you know you've got to pay |
| 5939s | attention to just the sheer amount of |
| 5940s | pressure that can be put forward even |
| 5942s | without the combo if you hit the ramp |
| 5944s | and then you're hitting zero Mana Crypt |
| 5946s | Keepers uh enixia thrown down a |
| 5948s | brandtopio these kinds of combos Demon |
| 5951s | Hunter uh can struggle because they are |
| 5953s | singularly big minions and given that a |
| 5955s | lot of the time Demon Hunter against |
| 5957s | these slower control decks wants to play |
| 5959s | relic of Extinction just to boost up the |
| 5962s | other more impactful relics uh the |
| 5964s | removal package of Demon Hunter if |
| 5966s | you're not careful can become a little |
| 5968s | flimsy but of course it's not going to |
| 5971s | be against the Demon Hunter quite yet |
| 5972s | first of all gonna be up against this |
| 5974s | Rogue which is similar I suppose in how |
| 5977s | the matchup might go given that it's |
| 5980s | just a lot of damage you're having to |
| 5981s | overcome but are there any major |
| 5983s | differences that you've been looking for |
| 5985s | in the game plan for either deck |
| 5987s | I would say the Rogue should focus way |
| 5990s | more on the burning blade acolyte than |
| 5992s | the mine in terms of you don't |
| 5995s | necessarily get to choose right it's |
| 5996s | more what do you get from your sketchy |
| 5999s | information and if you're able to double |
| 6001s | up on it with Scrooge Illusionist etc |
| 6003s | etc but |
| 6004s | um this original death rattle Rogue even |
| 6007s | before the inclusion of scourge illusion |
| 6009s | has had those two minions right the mine |
| 6011s | and the burning leg Acolyte and even at |
| 6014s | the time before Druid had all their new |
| 6016s | tools the Rogue generally was meant to |
| 6018s | go for the board-based game plan which |
| 6020s | is getting all those five eight death |
| 6021s | throttles out and I think that still |
| 6024s | Rings true because Druid also doesn't |
| 6026s | necessarily have the greatest removal |
| 6028s | until much later in the game as for The |
| 6031s | Druids game plan I feel like it's so |
| 6033s | hard to say this but it feels like it's |
| 6035s | even more reliant on goth now than it |
| 6037s | was before don't know how I can say that |
| 6039s | because golf was so Central even before |
| 6042s | but it really feels like they're playing |
| 6044s | such a heavy top end package having to |
| 6046s | cut cards like Spirit of the reef to |
| 6048s | make room for all these more expensive |
| 6050s | armor cards means that you do need to |
| 6053s | get above 10 Mana as quickly as possible |
| 6059s | yes yeah I'm kind of thinking about that |
| 6061s | that early game package as well I'm |
| 6062s | wondering it hasn't got any less |
| 6065s | consistent really since the last |
| 6066s | expansion but I don't know feeling uh |
| 6069s | playing a fair few games of Druid this |
| 6070s | expansion I just I feel like as you said |
| 6072s | the the dead drawers feel a lot worse in |
| 6075s | this deck at the moment given how bad |
| 6076s | like a Crypt Keeper can be if you don't |
| 6079s | hit the uh the requisite armor to be |
| 6081s | able to put it down to zero as well uh |
| 6084s | so it will be interesting to think about |
| 6086s | these decks in the context of the series |
| 6088s | The Wider series overall as well I feel |
| 6092s | like for blice you should be able to get |
| 6094s | a win at some point with this Druid |
| 6096s | against the the big spell Mage doesn't |
| 6099s | oh sorry the Ping Mage doesn't feel like |
| 6100s | it's necessarily Tech to be able to |
| 6101s | answer Druid right now there's a fair |
| 6104s | few ways to deal with the objection for |
| 6106s | example in there as well so uh I want to |
| 6108s | say that onus is on New Year here to try |
| 6110s | and get a win out of the game true in |
| 6112s | terms of momentum as well and perhaps |
| 6115s | recognition on the world stage I would |
| 6117s | say everybody is expecting more things |
| 6119s | from lies lies did qualify most recently |
| 6122s | out of the rest of the world players |
| 6124s | right from the grand Masters last call |
| 6127s | tournament and he has all of these |
| 6130s | amazing accolades and back-to-back |
| 6132s | Masters Tour wins he's now joined by two |
| 6135s | other players and having won more than |
| 6137s | one Masters Tour but only Blaise has |
| 6139s | done it back to back and he is still |
| 6142s | very hungry to get that big win talked |
| 6144s | about it in his interview with TJ which |
| 6147s | I hope will be featuring later on in the |
| 6150s | broadcast and he was streaming as early |
| 6152s | as a few hours ago leading up to the |
| 6155s | world championship and in both our |
| 6158s | players lineups I think there is one |
| 6160s | spicy deck here we are seeing some |
| 6162s | pretty homogenous classes overall but |
| 6165s | the type of Rogue that flies brings is |
| 6167s | unique |
| 6169s | yes yeah yeah for yi and verbalized it's |
| 6172s | very interesting to see the different |
| 6173s | bills that they're going for |
| 6175s | um and I like to bring up again as we |
| 6177s | all know at this point the uh the |
| 6179s | back-to-back victory for for Belize as |
| 6182s | it does just feel very emblematic of |
| 6184s | blies as a player right where it's very |
| 6186s | much All or Nothing in or out he's |
| 6188s | either playing more Hearthstone in a day |
| 6190s | than most people do in a month or he's |
| 6192s | just not even touching the game it's |
| 6194s | it's all or nothing with flies and when |
| 6197s | he does when he is playing a lot he |
| 6199s | truly does feel unbeatable as he has |
| 6202s | been doing recently even taking the time |
| 6204s | to nicely light his background for us |
| 6207s | technically I suppose you could say |
| 6209s | I appreciate the effort |
| 6213s | um very nice opening hand the classic |
| 6216s | Jerry rig into wild growth here |
| 6218s | guaranteeing himself a nourish to follow |
| 6220s | up and get that perfect curve but for |
| 6222s | Yugi just having the sketchy information |
| 6224s | to begin with is pretty valuable you |
| 6227s | don't necessarily want the scourge |
| 6229s | Illusionist in hand because I think you |
| 6231s | want to draw that from the sketchy but |
| 6233s | he tosses it all together here finds |
| 6236s | graveyard which is one of the bigger |
| 6237s | payoff cards but does he have the engine |
| 6240s | to begin with which I thought was the |
| 6242s | sketchy that's exactly right and I I |
| 6244s | guess this does |
| 6246s | spell out pretty nicely the potential |
| 6249s | weakness of mine Rogue is that sketchy |
| 6251s | is not the 100 always good card that |
| 6254s | starts your draw engine that you would |
| 6256s | like it to be 50 of the time it just |
| 6258s | adds a mind to your hand and Deals four |
| 6259s | damage to the opponent which is not a |
| 6261s | very good card unless you have that uh |
| 6264s | graveyard as well to double down on that |
| 6266s | damage uh and so even though in all |
| 6269s | other versions of death rattle Rogue I |
| 6270s | don't think you consider tossing that |
| 6272s | away here it speaks volumes for UE of |
| 6275s | the uh uh the swinginess of this deck |
| 6279s | the fact that you have to go for the |
| 6280s | absolute best possible hand every single |
| 6283s | game because it's such a volatile deck |
| 6286s | and it's a match-up that leaves no room |
| 6288s | for error if you don't hit that early |
| 6291s | board presence with the 5 8 from burning |
| 6293s | blade acolyte then the Druid will walk |
| 6295s | all over you or they will just gain an |
| 6299s | insane amount of armor that no mind can |
| 6301s | penetrate but lies here has already |
| 6304s | gotten the perfect curve right he has |
| 6306s | well growth in to nourish into Miracle |
| 6310s | growth and can hold on to the coin if |
| 6313s | necessary to Pivot to one of these other |
| 6315s | plays here doesn't quite have armor |
| 6318s | stackers you have to get to keeper |
| 6320s | early but I have no doubt that that will |
| 6323s | be on the menu sometime soon going to |
| 6326s | prep out the snowfall graveyard so he |
| 6329s | can activate gone fishing and he is |
| 6331s | fishing for a smoke screen more than |
| 6333s | anything here and there is |
| 6337s | okay now we're talking I mean that was a |
| 6340s | ballsy playwright to go for just pretty |
| 6342s | much all in playing that smoke screen |
| 6344s | with zero death rattles in hand |
| 6346s | I would say it's a balls you bring for |
| 6348s | this version of death rattle Rogue |
| 6350s | overall a lot of people opting for |
| 6352s | invincible version because it is more |
| 6355s | consistent in what it does but perhaps |
| 6357s | the highest of High Rolls is still |
| 6359s | available to this version lies hands |
| 6361s | together in prayer three cards drawn no |
| 6364s | death rattles so far four cards drawn |
| 6366s | four cards with no death rattles |
| 6370s | that is a bummer for you Yi that's a |
| 6373s | disaster he of course has the go again |
| 6375s | with a second trickster plus smoke |
| 6379s | screen which is not a combination that |
| 6381s | you're often seeing and plenty of hand |
| 6382s | space he can make as well with the prep |
| 6384s | and the backstab so I guess not a |
| 6387s | disaster quite yet with one turn left on |
| 6390s | the uh the graveyard as well that's |
| 6393s | right and it has to be next turn because |
| 6395s | after that graveyard expires yes he |
| 6397s | still has Shadow shambler to activate an |
| 6399s | appellate that he potentially draws but |
| 6401s | the difference of one five eight versus |
| 6403s | two is just enormous here because two of |
| 6406s | them a scale of annexia by itself cannot |
| 6409s | clear but you're getting to the point |
| 6411s | where Blaise is Comfortably able to coin |
| 6413s | out an insatiable Devourer next turn it |
| 6416s | does not infused just yet but his |
| 6418s | removal potential is getting very scary |
| 6421s | that's right like if there is a big |
| 6423s | burning blade acolyte turn here for yui |
| 6426s | it's not good for blinds but like it |
| 6429s | almost is at this point with the fact |
| 6431s | that he can go scale into insatiable as |
| 6433s | well only tank like 10 damage Max |
| 6436s | probably on the following turn and then |
| 6439s | just as soon as he gets himself a single |
| 6441s | Earth and scales the game just ends on |
| 6443s | the spot as I don't think he has a |
| 6445s | single answer to such a big insatiable |
| 6447s | Devourer if there is an acolyte that is |
| 6450s | found here off the smoke screen |
| 6452s | oh okay one okay |
| 6455s | there it is |
| 6456s | that they are entering the hand I'm |
| 6458s | confused |
| 6462s | yeah so it was The Illusionist first |
| 6464s | which got him of course two more death |
| 6465s | rattles but no actual acolyte it's |
| 6467s | self-bound |
| 6469s | which means no death rattles here |
| 6475s | there's a weird one but he could play |
| 6477s | The Burning blade and then have the |
| 6479s | Forsaken Lieutenant transform into it |
| 6481s | and then backstab his own guy right |
| 6485s | I mean I think he's wondering almost if |
| 6487s | you go |
| 6488s | I understand is that insane |
| 6493s | yeah going for this play |
| 6495s | yeah just fit |
| 6496s | better Chandler to get those five |
| 6498s | eighths on the original copy that but |
| 6500s | doesn't end up going for the backstab to |
| 6503s | um |
| 6505s | mostly because of board space concerns |
| 6509s | [Applause] |
| 6513s | I mean this is kind of what I mean is if |
| 6515s | you're not going for the backstab player |
| 6517s | immediately which I think if he'd had a |
| 6518s | bit more time you would have ended up on |
| 6520s | instead of playing the mine uh I would |
| 6522s | rather have a 2-2 mine here than a 2-2 |
| 6524s | burning blade acolyte because you kind |
| 6526s | of just need to kill them with burst now |
| 6528s | rather than her board |
| 6531s | is true |
| 6534s | 16 on the board the graveyard has |
| 6537s | expired now so backstabbing his own mind |
| 6540s | would only add four damage total |
| 6544s | oh my God how much is this you have mine |
| 6547s | backstab mine mine |
| 6551s | off oh no no he has a Cutlass |
| 6557s | isn't it good isn't it lethal okay on |
| 6559s | board there's 16 20 I count lethal as |
| 6563s | well yeah yeah they're both two zero |
| 6566s | twos right neither of them are |
| 6569s | oh no that's a four four it's a four |
| 6571s | four it's not a zero two yeah yeah |
| 6573s | that's the Difference Maker yeah |
| 6576s | oh I'm sorry oh |
| 6581s | the new version is biting back but he's |
| 6584s | still in a great spot because looking at |
| 6586s | Blazer's hand yes he can remove some of |
| 6589s | this but he doesn't have armor again |
| 6596s | man that was close yeah you're right it |
| 6599s | needs to be Earth and scales right now |
| 6601s | for him to have a chance here |
| 6602s | that's not it nope |
| 6609s | any other outs |
| 6612s | um flies is running chitinus plating |
| 6614s | which is a way to gain armor but only |
| 6616s | four in the immediacy and it's not |
| 6618s | dealing with the board in any way shape |
| 6620s | or form |
| 6625s | there's goth taunting blies not gonna be |
| 6628s | enough here |
| 6630s | yeah nothing gonna be good enough here |
| 6631s | you can go for the evidence I suppose |
| 6634s | but again I can't think of any |
| 6636s | individual card that would be good |
| 6638s | enough to save you here |
| 6640s | neither can I |
| 6642s | play things not terrible but yeah |
| 6647s | not enough even with 12 arm again it |
| 6650s | doesn't come close he knows that you can |
| 6652s | tell from his body language after a |
| 6654s | certain amount of Mana has been spent he |
| 6656s | knows there are no remaining outs for |
| 6658s | the lies here |
| 6661s | damn what an interesting game right from |
| 6664s | the Mulligan there from yui with a |
| 6666s | decision I never expected him to make |
| 6668s | all the way through uh to well obviously |
| 6671s | a pretty impressive mid game with a |
| 6673s | double trickster into smoke screen |
| 6674s | working up very very nicely for him but |
| 6677s | just the not the player I expected at |
| 6679s | all from that deck |
| 6681s | yeah um just the fact that he didn't go |
| 6684s | for the meddling play of keeping a |
| 6686s | sketchy like you pointed out it's only |
| 6687s | 50 to actually draw The Scourge |
| 6690s | Illusionist which is what you would want |
| 6692s | in the matchup I would say over mine |
| 6695s | um you can go for an all in mind game |
| 6697s | plan but it doesn't necessarily account |
| 6699s | for armor right the real dream is to get |
| 6701s | The Illusionist into the burning blade |
| 6703s | and have that board full of five eights |
| 6705s | as it happened just two five eights and |
| 6708s | a couple of four fours and tutus was |
| 6709s | enough to get the job done supplemented |
| 6711s | by the damage from the mines but overall |
| 6714s | you use like uh entire mindset of going |
| 6717s | for the biggest High Rolls in a matchup |
| 6719s | that he knows if he just went for a |
| 6721s | halfway play he could easily get out |
| 6723s | armored made a lot of sense in the end |
| 6726s | it did Annie's uh justly rewarded for it |
| 6730s | as well with a huge win on the my rogue |
| 6732s | that I have to be honest I didn't have |
| 6733s | much faith in going into it but looked |
| 6736s | very impressive there of course uh with |
| 6738s | an above average mid game uh but now |
| 6740s | moving on over to the uh the Demon |
| 6742s | Hunter which is again the matchup that |
| 6743s | we were talking about a fair bit in the |
| 6745s | uh the Preamble before the games started |
| 6748s | with a super standard list here I guess |
| 6751s | the tech decisions you could make is |
| 6753s | some people play one mark of Spawn Two |
| 6755s | need for greed some people play two Mark |
| 6758s | as we see here from uu but against the |
| 6760s | Druid it is as I said just much closer |
| 6763s | than I originally anticipated and uh |
| 6767s | will be interesting to see if he plays |
| 6769s | this uh very combo heavy deck any |
| 6771s | different to what the standard would be |
| 6773s | as well that's right a lot of points to |
| 6775s | touch on here the lack of one need for |
| 6778s | greed is not a list that I'm super used |
| 6780s | to seeing but I can really understand |
| 6782s | this reasoning from having played the |
| 6784s | deck myself I end up discounting need |
| 6786s | for greeds down to zero and then the |
| 6788s | number pops up to three because I drew |
| 6790s | at that turn from relic of dimensions |
| 6792s | and that often feels counter-intuitive |
| 6795s | going for double spectral site is |
| 6797s | sometimes just a bit more efficient |
| 6798s | overall but |
| 6800s | um we shall see which list reign supreme |
| 6803s | later on and then there is how to play |
| 6806s | the matchup as you mentioned here where |
| 6809s | it is of course very important to stock |
| 6811s | up all of the damage together and hold |
| 6813s | on to several spell damage buffers for |
| 6816s | the Json as the Demon Hunter but I think |
| 6819s | one other thing that you can go for is |
| 6821s | using relic of phantasms to develop a |
| 6826s | board in the mid game obviously you |
| 6828s | don't want to play it for like the first |
| 6830s | or second one because one one and two |
| 6833s | two is not too threatening at all but if |
| 6835s | you can get in a position where you play |
| 6837s | Extinction first then getting three |
| 6839s | three four four size of phantasms is |
| 6842s | enough to supplement the damage against |
| 6844s | Duran in my opinion |
| 6846s | it's interesting you say that because I |
| 6848s | do agree with you that yes situation it |
| 6851s | can be very good but I can think of like |
| 6852s | at least two maybe even three games or |
| 6854s | I've lost because I did exactly that |
| 6857s | gave him a big Devourer and then you |
| 6859s | just can't answer it you're uh uh fell |
| 6862s | barrage has never end up going phase |
| 6864s | from there on in as well uh so it's kind |
| 6867s | of tough to call because usually going |
| 6869s | on board versus Grid is the uh the |
| 6871s | recipe for a winning game but I think |
| 6873s | it's very tight in this particular |
| 6875s | matchup |
| 6876s | I guess the Difference Maker is whether |
| 6879s | the Druid has ramped to the point where |
| 6881s | they can remove it and turn it into a |
| 6883s | swing by that point which means that |
| 6885s | your opponents have just been better |
| 6887s | than mine |
| 6889s | in the case of blizzo he hasn't hit the |
| 6891s | dream curve that he did last game but |
| 6893s | the difference is he has Guff on four |
| 6896s | available if he wants to probably on |
| 6898s | five he could start with nourish instead |
| 6900s | because now |
| 6902s | um goth is not giving immediate Mana |
| 6904s | upon having been played uh so we shall |
| 6909s | see you you hear with the ability to go |
| 6912s | spectral sights |
| 6914s | you've got to do it right he plays The |
| 6917s | Alchemist oh really okay wow so he's |
| 6921s | just trying to make hand space because |
| 6923s | next turn is coin activate location to |
| 6927s | double relic of Dimensions but man I |
| 6930s | feel like every spell damage minion is |
| 6932s | such a precious resource against Druid |
| 6934s | absolutely like I I appreciate that he |
| 6936s | will struggle to kill this absolutely |
| 6939s | because you know he would much rather |
| 6940s | just play nourish on this Tony doesn't |
| 6942s | want to mess around with planted |
| 6944s | evidence or anything like that to try |
| 6945s | and find an answer but the upside of it |
| 6948s | is |
| 6949s | barely limited as you say clear hand |
| 6951s | space I suppose |
| 6954s | um but you're not really doing all too |
| 6955s | much with that especially as you didn't |
| 6956s | play The Relic of extinctions first so |
| 6958s | now your Dimensions is a little weaker |
| 6961s | but I mean hey I was talking about |
| 6963s | unconventional ways of playing from yui |
| 6965s | and again I think we can definitively |
| 6967s | say we get a a very spicy play coming |
| 6970s | down here |
| 6972s | that is true if it was just a matter of |
| 6975s | clearing handspace I much would have |
| 6976s | preferred the relic of Extinction just |
| 6978s | to also buff up the relic of Dimensions |
| 6981s | later on and I appreciate that it was |
| 6983s | never a spectral site if it was going to |
| 6985s | be this play on this turn uh but again a |
| 6989s | bit floored by the use of The Arcanist |
| 6991s | it is however creating quite some |
| 6994s | problems for lies because if he wants to |
| 6996s | kill it next turn and also play golf it |
| 6998s | means he has to forego the ramp hero |
| 7000s | power use the original hero power before |
| 7003s | playing golf |
| 7004s | and I think if I know oblige he's just |
| 7006s | gonna say you know what have it go crazy |
| 7008s | get your extra four five six damage |
| 7011s | whatever it would be and ramp into raid |
| 7013s | boss and next year because we've talked |
| 7015s | time and again about the importance of |
| 7017s | not just relying on Armor as a defensive |
| 7019s | mechanism but turning things around he |
| 7022s | disagrees however I thought that would |
| 7023s | be a ramp up into raid boss and nixia |
| 7025s | next turn uh he's going with just a nine |
| 7027s | Mana turn instead next turn which is |
| 7030s | yeah pretty tough |
| 7032s | I think that |
| 7034s | um in most circumstances I would have |
| 7036s | agreed but just |
| 7038s | uh considering the turn previous for |
| 7040s | replies where he did put damage into it |
| 7042s | I think he could have sort of mapped out |
| 7044s | that if he was going to go straight into |
| 7046s | raid boss and next year there was no |
| 7047s | time to go for the second hero power |
| 7050s | sure yeah okay so yeah it did kind of |
| 7053s | indicate he was going to kill it by that |
| 7056s | point but it means that his uh nine Mana |
| 7059s | turn is not so clear for yui though |
| 7063s | getting spectral site here means gonna |
| 7066s | be very easy Quest progression |
| 7069s | oh another really good dimensions and |
| 7071s | the location will be off cooldown or you |
| 7073s | could just use a second one that's in |
| 7074s | hand |
| 7076s | um this is a situation though where |
| 7077s | relica phantasms is a bit of bait right |
| 7080s | because of that insatiable Devourer then |
| 7082s | again it's not infused |
| 7085s | oh do you really want to play spectral |
| 7088s | side here I feel like there's more |
| 7090s | important ways to spend your Mana like |
| 7091s | first of all I want to trade that Guild |
| 7093s | Trader I do not want that in hand I want |
| 7095s | to draw it for zero with the phantasms |
| 7097s | uh I'd like to play the theory as well |
| 7100s | just to get that in the Jace pool I |
| 7103s | appreciate that he's completing second |
| 7105s | layer of quest here but I don't actually |
| 7107s | think that was top of my list of |
| 7109s | priorities there if I was him |
| 7112s | very interesting the way he approaches |
| 7114s | this it could be an angle where he |
| 7116s | intentionally wants to play the |
| 7119s | creatures Quest reward we keep talking |
| 7120s | about it as not being necessary but it's |
| 7122s | not as though the card is bad |
| 7124s | um he can get that down then trade The |
| 7126s | Guild Trader back if he feels it |
| 7128s | necessary also he's at a point where |
| 7131s | Jace is just at six Mana now |
| 7134s | um and that's a good thing maybe that's |
| 7135s | not necessary overall |
| 7138s | honestly he's left himself flexibility |
| 7140s | for this life yeah yeah and I guess he |
| 7142s | can do all the things I was talking |
| 7143s | about at the start of this term because |
| 7145s | with his line now the phantasms costs |
| 7148s | four uh instead of five uh the real |
| 7151s | concern is obviously just the hand space |
| 7152s | at this point and uh if you can you |
| 7155s | really don't want to take a turn off |
| 7157s | going relic of Dimensions here you want |
| 7159s | to be playing that again on this turn |
| 7163s | which means that some handspace needs to |
| 7165s | be cleared unleash fell a pretty |
| 7168s | valuable tool for board clear but maybe |
| 7171s | not necessary in the position where he |
| 7173s | is against Druid |
| 7175s | um |
| 7177s | needs to clear four spaces to play relic |
| 7180s | of Dimensions so three cards plus that |
| 7183s | Relic itself I guess Extinction is one |
| 7185s | of them |
| 7186s | yeah |
| 7188s | oh he's going for fun okay |
| 7192s | I thought that would end up as Silver |
| 7194s | Moon Arcanist unleash fell and then like |
| 7197s | I don't know maybe a extinctions or |
| 7199s | maybe a fury and end on press the |
| 7202s | location plus phantasms but he is taking |
| 7204s | a full turn off it which obviously |
| 7207s | develops a tremendous amount of board |
| 7208s | which right now blies cannot necessarily |
| 7211s | answer very well uh but it does slow him |
| 7213s | down a fair bit as well in terms of his |
| 7215s | actual lethal combo |
| 7218s | there is still the option to play |
| 7219s | dimensions and accept over drawing but |
| 7222s | at this point it feels like he has |
| 7225s | committed to going for the board-based |
| 7227s | game plan and with this sort of line I |
| 7230s | think it makes a lot of sense to keep |
| 7231s | the Silver Moon Arcanist in hand because |
| 7233s | that's the supplementary damage to go |
| 7236s | with Jace later on because he expects at |
| 7239s | least some of this board to get cleared |
| 7241s | by a Devourer Nexia scale of annexia and |
| 7244s | then the rest of it |
| 7246s | um the rest of the damage you need |
| 7247s | potentially comes from in one turn |
| 7250s | Arcanist uh a niece fell than Jace it's |
| 7254s | not that much yet because he doesn't |
| 7256s | have Bell garage but he's hoping at |
| 7258s | least some of the boards is still stick |
| 7260s | it is a pretty juicy clear though all |
| 7262s | things considered uh for the lies about |
| 7266s | the best he can hope for uh |
| 7268s | however even having said that he just |
| 7271s | has such strong clears here with the uh |
| 7274s | plus four spell damage and then just |
| 7276s | double unleash Bell if he wants to uh he |
| 7279s | could instead hold on to the zero Mana |
| 7282s | Silver Moon Alchemist I suppose to go |
| 7283s | with Jace because you do ideally want to |
| 7286s | have at least one spell damage card to |
| 7288s | go with Jace whenever you play it |
| 7290s | right |
| 7291s | and he has sacked one of the Arkham |
| 7295s | is gonna go for one Unleashed fell and |
| 7298s | then this and then that makes the hand |
| 7300s | space for dimensions |
| 7303s | oh surely that's a trade the archives |
| 7306s | first there |
| 7311s | oh does hit the other |
| 7314s | s is more than enough to end the game |
| 7316s | next turn |
| 7320s | at least he looks that way to me |
| 7322s | yeah he hasn't played any fell barrages |
| 7325s | yet uh |
| 7327s | so if he trades like one thing now he |
| 7331s | can have another shot at getting the |
| 7334s | fell barrage and then by next turn he |
| 7336s | has eight Mana right so he could |
| 7338s | technically still fit one in with all |
| 7340s | the zero cost cards and then the Jace |
| 7343s | that's true and he can draw like three |
| 7346s | but yeah he draws his entire deck uh up |
| 7349s | bar one next turn yeah you gotta be |
| 7351s | Scrappy with scraps all right Devourer |
| 7355s | that puts a big roadblock in the way for |
| 7358s | fell garage |
| 7367s | all right at this point you don't count |
| 7369s | you just believe |
| 7372s | this uh |
| 7374s | I think this should be enough the first |
| 7375s | spell brush I think even kills it |
| 7377s | doesn't it as well yeah man choose right |
| 7379s | through it |
| 7381s | even has chaos straight yep sure okay |
| 7384s | yeah |
| 7385s | yeah more than enough |
| 7390s | damage not having a good time here he's |
| 7393s | like really you got zero mana on |
| 7395s | everything |
| 7396s | it was pretty fortunate to have these |
| 7398s | discounts for yui here but it was very |
| 7401s | notable how he went for that mid-game |
| 7404s | relic of fantastic sort of distract lies |
| 7408s | and I actually now I've seen it really |
| 7411s | like that line that he was going for I |
| 7413s | think I might be whoops maybe missing a |
| 7414s | little bit from my approach to this uh |
| 7416s | matchup because it's the halfway point |
| 7419s | of what we were saying right or I guess |
| 7421s | more so it's what you were saying of |
| 7422s | that these phantasms can be really good |
| 7424s | uh in the middle game and I was saying |
| 7427s | they can lose you the game later on when |
| 7428s | something like what happened at the end |
| 7430s | of the game happened which to be fair in |
| 7433s | an alternate universe |
| 7434s | supplies could have had Devourer plus |
| 7436s | the uh the Earthen scales as well but I |
| 7439s | think you made a good judgment call he |
| 7441s | has few cards in hand he will struggle |
| 7444s | to have specifically those two cards in |
| 7446s | a 40 card deck and have the uh infusion |
| 7449s | completed on the Devourer as well and so |
| 7452s | I think just going for this all-in mid |
| 7454s | game plan when he already had Jace for |
| 7456s | six Mana already had Silver Moon |
| 7457s | Arcanist for zero Mana as well he uh |
| 7460s | just showed no real signs of struggling |
| 7462s | at any point through that game straight |
| 7464s | and even that really early Silver Moon |
| 7467s | arcanists taking blaze a turn off of |
| 7470s | writing was not to be underestimated I |
| 7472s | don't know if you you played it exactly |
| 7474s | for that reason maybe you kind of just |
| 7476s | say ah hopefully it takes a couple of |
| 7478s | hero Powers but it's mainly to clear |
| 7479s | hand space for the relic of Dimensions |
| 7481s | it was just the sort of Perfect Storm of |
| 7484s | events here because I do agree that it's |
| 7486s | very situational when you're able to go |
| 7488s | for the phantasms like that because I |
| 7490s | would argue if you don't have access to |
| 7493s | both of your locations before both of |
| 7496s | your relic of dimensions then one of |
| 7499s | those location charges is going to be |
| 7500s | precious to get um doubled up on the |
| 7503s | most important Relic which is the card |
| 7505s | draw but if he did have access which he |
| 7508s | did in that last game then you could use |
| 7510s | some of those location charges to build |
| 7511s | a board instead using the phantasms but |
| 7514s | all that leading up to ue's last deck |
| 7517s | which I have sort of gratuitously called |
| 7520s | a ping Mage because it has the Ping |
| 7521s | package but yeah the cards I've chosen |
| 7524s | to highlight here are the Spice in the |
| 7526s | deck here he has three new cards all of |
| 7529s | which discover slash recast things that |
| 7533s | didn't start in the deck and it's a new |
| 7536s | spin on playing puzzle box in my opinion |
| 7539s | indeed yeah as nurubi and vizier about |
| 7543s | as close as death knight is coming to |
| 7545s | making an appearance of the World |
| 7546s | Championship it's Undead Synergy I guess |
| 7548s | which is uh not really apparent here in |
| 7551s | the Mage much more so just for |
| 7552s | discovering spells and then of course |
| 7554s | replay playing them with grand Magister |
| 7557s | rommath a name so gratuitously long it's |
| 7560s | cut off on the the card list there as |
| 7563s | well but it's a cool deck you know it |
| 7565s | feels a little bit |
| 7568s | I don't know I don't want to say |
| 7570s | I guess text is the word I was gonna say |
| 7572s | cheap because it's like pretty much all |
| 7574s | in on this objection package being |
| 7576s | really good and very targety against the |
| 7578s | likes of demon and the theater the muted |
| 7580s | us as well but it's a it's a cool deck |
| 7583s | when you factor in these new cards as |
| 7584s | well and it feels like a bit of a |
| 7586s | throwback to the Hearthstone decks of |
| 7588s | like |
| 7589s | 2019 2018 2019 when there was a lot more |
| 7593s | discover knocking around priest was |
| 7595s | doing all this nonsense discovering 50 |
| 7596s | cards a turn and major following in |
| 7599s | those well-trod footsteps yeah I think |
| 7602s | that Mage oh this Mage |
| 7605s | um control priest and defrogue to a |
| 7608s | certain extent all fall in the same sort |
| 7610s | of box for our little worlds matter here |
| 7613s | where they have a few Tools in their kit |
| 7616s | which are very very good against certain |
| 7617s | decks in The Meta namely Boone priest |
| 7620s | Joker Rogue and the fell Demon Hunter |
| 7622s | all the disruption tools and because you |
| 7625s | are kind of locked into these classes to |
| 7628s | play the disruption tools you kind of |
| 7630s | just think okay what is the most |
| 7632s | established deck that I can use to fill |
| 7634s | out the rest of the duck slots and thing |
| 7637s | Beach happens to be one of those uh |
| 7639s | that's why I appreciate UE spin on it |
| 7641s | because he has gone for more |
| 7643s | unconventional things which we haven't |
| 7646s | really seen and it's getting closer to a |
| 7648s | whole new archetype to support all of |
| 7651s | these disruption tools and you know |
| 7653s | because he is running all the Discover |
| 7654s | package he is able to get more |
| 7657s | objections more types of ways to disrupt |
| 7661s | the key minions from bly's remaining |
| 7664s | decks and he does have all three |
| 7666s | remaining decks very reliant on very |
| 7669s | specific minions |
| 7671s | and blies as you would expect if you've |
| 7673s | known him for more than two minutes is |
| 7675s | of course queuing up the Druid once |
| 7677s | again here just bashing them all out in |
| 7679s | a row he has admittedly been kind of |
| 7681s | rolled the first two games his opponent |
| 7683s | got close to the perfect draw both times |
| 7686s | but his drip draws were not terrible |
| 7689s | either right he hit uh the Jerry rig |
| 7692s | Plus Wild growth game one he had a |
| 7695s | pretty nice nourish Guff uh onnixia |
| 7698s | combo in game two just ramping up very |
| 7700s | very cleanly as well and it just hasn't |
| 7702s | even really looked close so far the the |
| 7705s | ramp of Druid is just no longer the |
| 7708s | premium form of manatee in the |
| 7710s | Hearthstone and doesn't really feel like |
| 7712s | it can stack up against all the |
| 7713s | reduction and costs that Rogue and Demon |
| 7715s | Hunter have access to maybe Mage is a |
| 7718s | little bit more Druid speed however |
| 7721s | that's right I think that Druid Falls in |
| 7723s | a really weird spot in the meadow right |
| 7725s | now where it is considered I guess the |
| 7727s | fourth of the four best decks here but |
| 7729s | it is very very weak to the other three |
| 7732s | decks here I guess you can make an |
| 7734s | argument for the Feld Demon Hunter |
| 7736s | matchup being a bit more 50 50 but you |
| 7740s | cannot really argue that it's really |
| 7741s | weak against Boone priest and Draka |
| 7744s | Rogue because they're able to build such |
| 7745s | huge minions in the early game that |
| 7747s | Druid doesn't really have an answer for |
| 7750s | so it falls in a really strange spot in |
| 7752s | the meta where it needs to beat up on |
| 7755s | the fourth deck of whatever the opponent |
| 7758s | is bringing and in yui's case this |
| 7760s | happens to be Mage so if flies can't get |
| 7763s | through this that does just spell |
| 7765s | disaster |
| 7767s | okay what are we looking for in the |
| 7769s | starting hand like I guess there's the |
| 7771s | classic ping package cards that are good |
| 7775s | like uh Wildfire maybe AI or something |
| 7778s | but anything in particular that you |
| 7779s | think will uh help his case against the |
| 7781s | druid |
| 7783s | the thing to keep that |
| 7784s | that pretty good honestly I could see |
| 7786s | the two three drops being kept here to |
| 7788s | the sanctum into a vizier kind of looks |
| 7792s | nice as long as you has uh opportunity |
| 7795s | to trade off those skeletons which are |
| 7797s | Undead |
| 7798s | um then he can discover a spell and have |
| 7801s | it be cheaper gonna go ahead and keep |
| 7803s | this no flurry as well which is of |
| 7805s | course classically a good curve play I |
| 7807s | was just thinking it might be tossed |
| 7808s | because it doesn't quite fit the coin |
| 7810s | three into three curve |
| 7813s | yeah I guess maybe we're looking at the |
| 7815s | uh two three given that sanctum is |
| 7817s | probably not going to be too valuable at |
| 7819s | the start of the game uh but overall |
| 7821s | just a very playable hand here for yui |
| 7823s | uh you know compared to the other two |
| 7826s | decks there's not like an eye-wateringly |
| 7828s | powerful hand that you're looking to hit |
| 7829s | that instantly wins the game but this is |
| 7832s | uh as close as I think you're going to |
| 7833s | be getting to that |
| 7835s | um even that early Prismatic Elemental |
| 7838s | to challenge Jerry Ray Carpenter just |
| 7840s | classically good stats on board for this |
| 7843s | trade Horn of winter is a very good card |
| 7848s | however dunbaldar bunker draws rejection |
| 7853s | that is tempting like it's not insane |
| 7857s | first Druid but they have cut a lot of |
| 7860s | the early package right he's no longer |
| 7863s | playing Druid of the reef uh the |
| 7865s | cheapest minions in the deck are like |
| 7867s | Jerry Riggs sure you wouldn't mind |
| 7868s | getting that denied ask the law kind of |
| 7871s | hurts and then like Prince renithal is |
| 7874s | the best and aside from that there's |
| 7875s | some |
| 7876s | pretty big Heartbreakers to lose to the |
| 7879s | Dumbledore right there are a lot of |
| 7882s | there is a lot of redundancy in the |
| 7884s | Druid Deck in terms of threats and I |
| 7886s | guess you could say Crypt Keeper is a |
| 7888s | tossable card uh but just having that |
| 7890s | cycle from the dawn Builder I would |
| 7892s | value pretty much as well yui is gonna |
| 7895s | go horn of Winter though which is not to |
| 7898s | be |
| 7899s | denied any sort of extra Mana you can |
| 7903s | get and it's a good recast from romash |
| 7905s | potentially later on |
| 7908s | uh but as for Blazer's side the opening |
| 7911s | curve is outside of this turn three |
| 7913s | looking very very good right he just has |
| 7915s | Widow Bloom into nourish into topiar and |
| 7918s | topiar I think is the real Difference |
| 7919s | Maker in Druid being able to land this |
| 7921s | helps you swing back the board and play |
| 7924s | what you actually want to play while |
| 7926s | also clearing the board rather than just |
| 7928s | scrambling to respond every single turn |
| 7930s | that's exactly right I think that's the |
| 7933s | Difference Maker that forces |
| 7935s | UE onto some kind of Magister Dawn grasp |
| 7938s | game plan because this handy has here |
| 7940s | against an average drift draw it's not |
| 7943s | going to win the game on its own but |
| 7944s | it's gonna get you in that range you're |
| 7946s | going to be doing like 10 15 damage |
| 7949s | maybe in early minion pressure and then |
| 7951s | you can try and find a uh backup plan |
| 7954s | from there this however is not going to |
| 7956s | be doing that because topio should be |
| 7958s | able to stabilize things very nicely but |
| 7961s | a tough choice now actually I could see |
| 7964s | all of these honestly |
| 7966s | I feel like the objection is still very |
| 7968s | valuable at this point because it is |
| 7971s | tough to get Crypt Keeper to go to zero |
| 7973s | if you have not let the Druid get to a |
| 7975s | point where their armor game is very |
| 7977s | armored gain is very cheap in terms of |
| 7979s | Mana so he is just gonna go for that |
| 7982s | fits the curve very nicely thanks to the |
| 7984s | discount from vizier |
| 7986s | um it is such a nice combo with the |
| 7989s | various skeletons that you could |
| 7991s | generate as Mage even though you you |
| 7993s | missed the 50 50 on the death rattle I |
| 7995s | think he's still very solidly in the |
| 7997s | lead here and has nice follow-up right |
| 7998s | just Cold Case into Wildfire into Don |
| 8001s | grass which will recast his code uh his |
| 8003s | Wildfire for sure |
| 8006s | wow Plies taking a pretty big risk here |
| 8008s | on just that not being counter spell if |
| 8011s | it had been he would be in some big big |
| 8012s | trouble uh could have ended on renithal |
| 8015s | to test for |
| 8017s | objection but I guess he can still do |
| 8019s | that before the the topio on the |
| 8021s | following turn as I think always has to |
| 8024s | be the play like Topia is your |
| 8026s | stabilization tool here as we talked |
| 8027s | about right and it's not counterspell I |
| 8030s | think it's the next best secret or |
| 8032s | arguably even the best in that situation |
| 8034s | for you to have taken is objection so |
| 8037s | Blaze will have a top of Mind here but |
| 8040s | you still chugging along with |
| 8043s | um pressure that is not to be scoffed |
| 8045s | out really it's the Difference Maker of |
| 8047s | renathal that's keeping lies still |
| 8049s | pretty stable here but now the topir has |
| 8052s | landed and he can finally start to fight |
| 8055s | back but uh it's Don grass plan for UE |
| 8058s | oh or he can play that AI first to get |
| 8061s | it in the pool |
| 8063s | oh it's such a clean setup for the Ping |
| 8066s | though right because |
| 8068s | can he ever play it oh no he won't be |
| 8070s | able to even with horn of winter you |
| 8071s | won't be able to play the AI uh so I |
| 8074s | guess he just needs to hope to hit the |
| 8076s | 50 50 on the frost spell being cold case |
| 8078s | as horn is just kind of wasted |
| 8088s | it's sort of a double field because if |
| 8091s | you did hit Horan then you could have |
| 8092s | technically pinged first right yeah and |
| 8095s | then pinged again after playing |
| 8097s | photographs but you Yee everything going |
| 8100s | his way here and Blaise is not looking |
| 8105s | very happy about it understandably |
| 8108s | um |
| 8108s | sort of probably feeling a bit |
| 8111s | conflicted now his prediction of Druid |
| 8113s | struggling is working out but an EU |
| 8115s | player is also struggling exactly it |
| 8119s | does not compute you always bet with |
| 8121s | exploits but you always bet against |
| 8123s | Druid in this matter |
| 8126s | oh okay that's a |
| 8128s | decent draw it's not a nature spell |
| 8130s | unfortunately which would be really nice |
| 8132s | here innovate is enormous yeah just two |
| 8135s | free three threes |
| 8139s | thank you |
| 8141s | oh that's a lovely spelling oh my |
| 8143s | goodness yeah that's tons of juice you |
| 8147s | don't man see tons of armor yeah I think |
| 8150s | I think so much he's not nature if I |
| 8153s | remember correctly but like you said |
| 8154s | it's the uh the armor that's the Salient |
| 8156s | Factor here |
| 8159s | yeah I honestly cannot recall |
| 8163s | it is not okay thank you |
| 8167s | I mean I I'm sure they have a rigorous |
| 8169s | process behind it but it's called |
| 8171s | beetlemancy like come on surely that's |
| 8173s | nature it's literally just Beetle power |
| 8176s | yeah this is um not my jurisdiction |
| 8181s | okay crucially Bliss has held on to |
| 8184s | Crypt Keeper probably for two reasons |
| 8187s | right it is an easy objection fodder and |
| 8191s | also it might just be a ping Target to |
| 8193s | keep buffing up yui's hero power |
| 8195s | depending on whether he can get another |
| 8197s | wildfire |
| 8205s | whether to start with the suspicious or |
| 8208s | the arcane |
| 8211s | gonna say I like starting with AI just |
| 8213s | because I feel like there's more useful |
| 8215s | four drops that you |
| 8216s | would rather Play Just Another Cold Case |
| 8220s | I guess maybe an apprentice as well |
| 8224s | Rune is the most utility for UE but it's |
| 8228s | also the most utility for lies |
| 8231s | um |
| 8232s | given that Blythe doesn't have golf up |
| 8234s | yet I feel like that two Mana is |
| 8236s | expensive for him to spend so I like the |
| 8238s | pick for you you he's in a spot where he |
| 8240s | really needs the resources and it's also |
| 8242s | buffing up the raw math potentially |
| 8247s | yeah those Arcane Defenders did look |
| 8249s | nice with romance but if you can go |
| 8250s | runed up into a Defenders then that's |
| 8253s | obviously just that little bit better |
| 8255s | assuming romath knows where to point the |
| 8258s | uh the Rune that's the one supplies |
| 8262s | he doesn't hesitate to play around |
| 8264s | Secrets or choose to not play around |
| 8266s | them he doesn't hesitate off of |
| 8268s | suspicious |
| 8270s | he's just the kind of player that all |
| 8272s | these murloc homes type of guessing |
| 8274s | cards will not phase ever |
| 8280s | [Applause] |
| 8284s | all the Wolves killed off by the death |
| 8287s | rattles |
| 8288s | it is honestly not too bad for blinds I |
| 8291s | feel like his health is a big concern |
| 8295s | he hasn't seen more dress yet Nora bran |
| 8298s | with the Reckless apprentice and that |
| 8300s | hero power is dealing five a turn right |
| 8302s | now yeah that is true but you need |
| 8306s | something impressive to happen here like |
| 8309s | a good spell off the Rune door |
| 8310s | potentially to be able to cast alongside |
| 8311s | the romance because he's slowing down |
| 8313s | really heavily here five damage a turn |
| 8315s | from the hero power does not outpace |
| 8318s | Druid uh in terms of the healing they |
| 8320s | can get with dinathrius obviously |
| 8321s | Earthen scales being the really big |
| 8323s | swing card once that comes online and |
| 8327s | these are not really |
| 8330s | the kinds of cards you're looking for |
| 8332s | you could pick and play blizzard I |
| 8336s | suppose to get it in the pool for uh for |
| 8339s | Roma but missing out on that hero power |
| 8341s | for another turn just feels Dreadful |
| 8343s | right I do think he picks the blizzard |
| 8345s | but probably just goes Ai and ping to |
| 8348s | close out the turn it is not quite Mana |
| 8350s | efficient oh shattering glassy is |
| 8353s | running double flurry in the deck |
| 8355s | sun sets |
| 8365s | I have an idea he picks up a wildfire it |
| 8369s | can close out the curb pretty nicely |
| 8371s | doesn't but that theater |
| 8373s | would represent |
| 8375s | yeah a wrench in the works for flies |
| 8386s | more armor yeah we'll have that |
| 8393s | High tennis plating also not a nature |
| 8395s | spell |
| 8397s | I guess the verdict is insects are not |
| 8399s | part of nature yeah Hearthstone rules |
| 8405s | they got blathers on the design team |
| 8407s | [Laughter] |
| 8416s | really conscious of that objection right |
| 8418s | turn off to turn |
| 8420s | I like it |
| 8422s | uh Jerry rig is also not drawing |
| 8424s | anything at this point I believe but it |
| 8427s | is a more expensive way to counter |
| 8428s | objections so |
| 8433s | as the Lord picked up for UE and now |
| 8436s | he's in a very precarious position where |
| 8438s | it's like technically this represents |
| 8440s | the damage to get there over several |
| 8442s | turns with the pig but it's not |
| 8445s | accounting for any armor whatsoever |
| 8448s | all right time for the grand match |
| 8450s | himself and let's see what this can pull |
| 8452s | together |
| 8453s | oh yeah coin |
| 8455s | oh yeah of course yeah |
| 8458s | that's on blizzard uh that was not very |
| 8463s | Grand was it yeah |
| 8466s | being demoted |
| 8477s | we're going the Ping even |
| 8481s | think ue's priority is on cycling |
| 8483s | towards a more dress |
| 8487s | oh |
| 8490s | this is a tough choice like with bran |
| 8493s | and Aston law in hand and even |
| 8496s | dinathrius like I know he can't do that |
| 8498s | yet without goth or the anubarak but |
| 8501s | oh I was sorely tempted by that brand |
| 8504s | that's a really tough choice |
| 8509s | I do like the next |
| 8512s | game I feel like |
| 8514s | what year is a bar dress which annexia |
| 8518s | does survive because of all the two ones |
| 8520s | protecting her |
| 8525s | savara uh |
| 8530s | I mean these are some |
| 8532s | decent spells to truck in Savannah with |
| 8534s | blizzard and objection I suppose just to |
| 8536s | keep denying the minions over and over |
| 8543s | and what's a safe turn to land survar |
| 8546s | right if she were like only two spells |
| 8548s | left here you could say blizzard |
| 8549s | shattering blast and then you could go |
| 8550s | sevara blizzard right away but any turn |
| 8554s | that he takes to play savara if there's |
| 8555s | not an immediate board freeze after that |
| 8558s | you you could easily just die from his |
| 8561s | perspective that's true to a dinathrius |
| 8564s | I guess it's not super Juiced especially |
| 8567s | with the Nerf to it but over a couple |
| 8569s | turns of board damage and it flies |
| 8572s | everything goth things can get dicey |
| 8577s | [Music] |
| 8579s | foreign |
| 8582s | not a bad card at this point bly's just |
| 8584s | needs ways to turn all these expensive |
| 8588s | heavy cards in hand into pressure as |
| 8591s | soon as he possibly can |
| 8596s | innovate because of handspace |
| 8599s | annoying |
| 8601s | tell no Goff |
| 8606s | threatening bored though a new year |
| 8609s | again still one more spell needed for |
| 8611s | savara and that's a flirty which can |
| 8613s | activate her very nicely |
| 8618s | so flurry with the location and sevara |
| 8620s | is a full board freeze he can leave in a |
| 8623s | pink face if he wants to |
| 8626s | oh yeah and is is that Weber up we just |
| 8630s | try and freeze out stole out the game |
| 8632s | and ping face |
| 8634s | every turn I'm just trying to think |
| 8636s | about big uh you know long term and what |
| 8640s | needs to happen for a UE to have a |
| 8642s | chance of winning this game |
| 8645s | whose objection and has that in the |
| 8648s | savara pool instead which I think is |
| 8650s | probably a better priority than flurry |
| 8652s | because he's scared of the inevitability |
| 8655s | right of |
| 8657s | um nubricant of the natrios of astalar |
| 8659s | there's too many things that he needs to |
| 8662s | object |
| 8664s | oh yeah I guess that's better I was |
| 8666s | thinking like if he needs to win this |
| 8668s | game though he kind of needs to play |
| 8669s | theater and like steal danathrius maybe |
| 8672s | in which case he'd like to have another |
| 8674s | flurry to buy himself time but there it |
| 8676s | is for Belize right it's one of the |
| 8678s | cards he was looking for Guff number one |
| 8680s | uh Urban scales number two pretty simply |
| 8688s | that suddenly unlocks the potential of |
| 8691s | Liza's entire hand |
| 8694s | no brand quite yet but might not be |
| 8697s | necessary if he can follow up the |
| 8699s | denatures with an astalar |
| 8706s | I guess he'd also been holding out oh |
| 8708s | sorry Holding Out for |
| 8711s | Reckless Apprentice right would have |
| 8713s | allowed him to honorably kill the uh the |
| 8716s | growth |
| 8718s | right |
| 8720s | I do think this has to be at the Atari |
| 8722s | turn though |
| 8724s | okay take out the useful cards and try |
| 8727s | to give Blaze something unnecessary |
| 8735s | oh that is nothing good for you okay |
| 8739s | I mean I guess it was literally just |
| 8742s | dinathrius right that really made a |
| 8744s | difference here maybe yeah yeah |
| 8753s | sunsets okay yeah our odds weren't |
| 8757s | particularly good to steal away a game |
| 8760s | winner here which means that bly's is |
| 8762s | looking very solid to get his foot |
| 8765s | through the door in this series |
| 8769s | wow denying a draw I guess right yeah |
| 8774s | he's saying if he hasn't got Earth and |
| 8775s | scales now maybe he won't |
| 8777s | hit it before the end of the game but |
| 8779s | like just hero powering a return uh I |
| 8782s | think we'll probably be enough to get |
| 8784s | there |
| 8785s | lies though because he has hit neither |
| 8788s | brand nor a nubricant at this point is |
| 8790s | still waiting to cash out on all these |
| 8794s | damage here and it's still not available |
| 8796s | yeah |
| 8797s | and here we go with scales of the |
| 8800s | Moonlight guidance as well there's three |
| 8804s | of them at least now available for uh to |
| 8806s | him and uh above starting Health total |
| 8810s | now uh yui is gonna |
| 8813s | need a miracle to close this game out |
| 8815s | I'm saying |
| 8821s | maybe he can exhaust I I don't know I |
| 8824s | guess exhausting his opponent came from |
| 8826s | stealing danathrius right right |
| 8829s | there's not enough objections left here |
| 8831s | yeah it's getting to the point where |
| 8834s | Blaise doesn't even need the full combo |
| 8836s | he can just attack with his board and |
| 8839s | then supplement with denatures or |
| 8840s | astelor |
| 8844s | because it's still a decent |
| 8847s | amount of stall for you even though he |
| 8850s | gave away the blizzard he's got Alibis |
| 8851s | there's another full turn of stall just |
| 8854s | in the flurry alone |
| 8859s | this has does have to start objecting |
| 8862s | though |
| 8865s | he had seen both Crypt Lords and both |
| 8868s | Jerry Riggs so it becomes quite |
| 8870s | expensive now for blice to toss a card |
| 8872s | into that |
| 8873s | [Music] |
| 8876s | yeah just trying to exhaust his opponent |
| 8878s | here I think |
| 8882s | Noble efforts given Druids vast amounts |
| 8886s | of threats yeah |
| 8889s | true I will say that this version today |
| 8891s | as we said if you steal danathrius and |
| 8894s | then maybe ask the law as well with the |
| 8896s | the mutinous is exhaustible you can get |
| 8899s | there because it doesn't have infinite |
| 8901s | threats like some of the Druids of old |
| 8902s | did uh but I don't quite think he has |
| 8907s | the tools to do so I don't think so |
| 8909s | either |
| 8911s | and brand bottom six |
| 8914s | yeah well we know bran is bottom right |
| 8916s | because it was in The Dredge but yeah an |
| 8919s | Uber can must be like fourth or fifth |
| 8921s | from the bottom which in Druid is the |
| 8923s | worst place a card can possibly be |
| 8928s | oh my six Mana deal two damage |
| 8933s | make some hand space because it's going |
| 8935s | Miracle growth next turn you'd have to |
| 8937s | expect |
| 8940s | no way as I see it to get that honorable |
| 8943s | kill |
| 8944s | uh but still |
| 8946s | tempting to go for the Reckless |
| 8948s | Apprentice just to clear off a bit of |
| 8949s | damage and maybe try and fit in as the |
| 8952s | law for the following turn |
| 8955s | it's maybe the best you have access to |
| 8965s | I'm not seeing much better |
| 8975s | if he is to go for a reckless Plus Cold |
| 8978s | Case ping the fact that the 97 stays |
| 8981s | alive is |
| 8982s | very annoying you don't want to use a |
| 8984s | flurry on a singular targets like that |
| 8987s | but |
| 8988s | it is scary enough that if he does leave |
| 8990s | that 9 damage alive he could just die to |
| 8994s | a denaturius plus Brandy from his |
| 8996s | perspective |
| 8998s | It's Gonna Be The Alibi instead |
| 9000s | guaranteeing that he can live to see |
| 9002s | another turn maybe get a bigger |
| 9004s | Apprentice |
| 9006s | oh it kind of feels like you've got to |
| 9008s | send that damage into the 9-7 uh just |
| 9012s | because you I'd have to guess |
| 9013s | anticipating to clear with ask the law |
| 9016s | on the following turn |
| 9017s | [Applause] |
| 9020s | foreign |
| 9026s | we finally got it and the Aquatic for a |
| 9029s | brown as well so the full combo |
| 9030s | available nextard I like that Belize |
| 9032s | here is deliberately not getting as many |
| 9034s | welps as possible he's trying to keep |
| 9036s | ports plays clear because he could have |
| 9038s | gone scales trade then the miracle |
| 9041s | growth uh but he's leaving a couple |
| 9042s | board spaces open just so he has as much |
| 9044s | chance as possible of going for the full |
| 9047s | combo next turn |
| 9050s | right |
| 9051s | judging Brown up to the top |
| 9056s | and |
| 9060s | not sure where dinosaurus is right now |
| 9063s | but certainly at least 18 right you want |
| 9066s | to close it yeah yeah my uh it really |
| 9070s | does throw you off doesn't it even just |
| 9072s | halving what it would have been before |
| 9073s | it's much much more difficult to |
| 9075s | estimate it feels like now |
| 9077s | yeah I mean before you didn't have to |
| 9079s | count or look you just knew it was |
| 9081s | Lethal that's true yeah yeah I would say |
| 9083s | especially with bran it was actually |
| 9085s | Infinity damage hmm |
| 9094s | there is another objection in the hand |
| 9098s | but supplies I think has deliberately |
| 9101s | been keeping the one that's in play in |
| 9103s | place so that it could not be replaced |
| 9104s | as you sometimes do with ice barrier |
| 9107s | back in the day |
| 9109s | yeah and it's low-key just kind of good |
| 9111s | for blinds actually that his board is |
| 9113s | being cleared off here yeah |
| 9116s | because now he has full space to go |
| 9119s | anything like I guess starfish |
| 9125s | and then Brandon yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| 9128s | yeah he knows what's up Drew is finally |
| 9131s | getting over the line now that's right |
| 9133s | so many ways to go about it if you want |
| 9135s | a new brick on brand nazrios astal or |
| 9139s | whatever this is actually Infinity |
| 9141s | damage |
| 9147s | going for the stylish play |
| 9151s | the 64. |
| 9153s | or is it going to be one ask the Lord |
| 9156s | into the natrios |
| 9159s | I mean thank you |
| 9161s | both really |
| 9166s | there you go |
| 9170s | finally getting on the board here is |
| 9172s | Belize with the Druid in |
| 9175s | you know as I was saying at the start I |
| 9176s | thought the drill would be likely to get |
| 9177s | a win at some point I didn't think it |
| 9179s | would come a little bit earlier because |
| 9181s | I thought it might be in a decent spot |
| 9182s | against the Rogue we know it's okay |
| 9184s | versus the Druid but against that Mage |
| 9186s | it was just pretty clear from the start |
| 9188s | Mage is not built in this form to have |
| 9190s | any kind of a chance for druid |
| 9193s | yeah I would not see so the objections |
| 9196s | are decent at stalling but it really is |
| 9199s | just that isn't it because the |
| 9201s | inevitability of the damage from Druid |
| 9204s | coupled with the fact that they have so |
| 9206s | much armor to get out of range of what |
| 9208s | Mage can normally do means that |
| 9211s | um at some point the Mage will just fall |
| 9214s | but UE still has two chances to get a |
| 9217s | win with it as Blythe still has his own |
| 9219s | Rogue and Demon Hunter remaining and |
| 9222s | those are ducks where the objection I |
| 9225s | would say and solid Alibi are very very |
| 9228s | useful |
| 9231s | that is probably true yeah I think this |
| 9234s | is where things start to get a little |
| 9235s | bit tougher for uh belies in terms of |
| 9238s | his Druid oh sorry his Demon Hunter list |
| 9241s | he has access to uh which I believe he |
| 9244s | is going to be lining up now no real |
| 9247s | spicy text again one need for great |
| 9249s | double scorn and it's just pretty simple |
| 9252s | there's very very few minions in the |
| 9254s | deck and you kind of need all of them a |
| 9256s | cheap restaurant Viper is the best you |
| 9258s | can hope for to be able to dispense with |
| 9260s | those objections and aside from that |
| 9263s | basically just pray that they don't draw |
| 9265s | them is the the best chance you have |
| 9267s | that's right that Viper is actually |
| 9269s | quite useful I would say to proc an |
| 9272s | objection it is somewhat difficult for |
| 9275s | the D100 to navigate those turns because |
| 9277s | sometimes you do need to get things out |
| 9281s | of your hand in order to keep drawing |
| 9283s | and if you get something out of hand |
| 9284s | which is a minion and Proctor objection |
| 9286s | then they can replay another objection |
| 9288s | so on and so forth and then there's a |
| 9290s | double Alibis and potentially even more |
| 9293s | discovered by this heavy discover |
| 9295s | package from UE that can delay and delay |
| 9299s | and delay the Lee Hill turns and then |
| 9301s | there's also the fact that the Stephen |
| 9303s | Hunter's healing is very contingent on |
| 9305s | unleash fell having a wide board to get |
| 9308s | lifesteal off of which yui can |
| 9310s | conscientiously play around to the point |
| 9313s | where maybe the Don grasp and stacked |
| 9317s | pings can start to end outpace blinds |
| 9320s | but a lot of things need to line up |
| 9321s | correctly for the mange |
| 9323s | that's true yeah and I I guess that's |
| 9326s | what's worth bringing up is that even |
| 9328s | though a deck has an obvious intention |
| 9330s | to do something uh does not necessarily |
| 9333s | mean that it is going to be able to do |
| 9334s | that within time and again cute little |
| 9336s | text played in competitive Hearthstone |
| 9338s | uh that don't actually end up working |
| 9340s | out particularly well for the player |
| 9341s | employing them in the end and I kind of |
| 9344s | have the suspicion not having tested |
| 9346s | this Mage deck with objection very much |
| 9348s | or at all uh myself the the uh the Demon |
| 9352s | Hunter will be able to just get over the |
| 9353s | Finish Line uh nonetheless if it gets |
| 9356s | any kind of a hand similar to what yui |
| 9358s | had against bly's I think you should be |
| 9360s | sitting very much pretty |
| 9362s | does have the early Relic vault which is |
| 9365s | also very nice to start off with it's |
| 9368s | the Tale As Old As Time with questline |
| 9370s | D1 Hunter right you're not able to |
| 9372s | progress Quest on turn two most of the |
| 9375s | time so the best usage of your Mana is |
| 9378s | if you don't have Relic well just hero |
| 9380s | power in turn one then hero power Quest |
| 9381s | on turn two but with the Vault you can |
| 9383s | get that Nana spent very nicely leading |
| 9385s | up into eight Dimensions later on now |
| 9389s | we're talking uh looking very very spicy |
| 9392s | indeed for flies obviously but for you |
| 9394s | sorry you Yi on the other side uh it's |
| 9397s | not looking bad either right a lot of |
| 9399s | those nice disruption cards ready to go |
| 9401s | objection Cold Case hopefully another |
| 9404s | cheap spell into savara into replaying |
| 9407s | the objection into the mutinous it's uh |
| 9409s | it's writing itself |
| 9412s | yeah it's as good of a hand as he could |
| 9414s | have asked for in terms of disruption |
| 9417s | but this first objection it's very much |
| 9420s | unblies as to how long he can hold out |
| 9423s | for actually procking it because the |
| 9425s | fact that Secrets cannot be stacked is |
| 9427s | essential to playing around them |
| 9432s | kind of good |
| 9434s | and bad that he got the guild Trader |
| 9436s | there like it's a decent amount to |
| 9438s | discount it by by the one but you'd kind |
| 9440s | of rather have it in the deck for the |
| 9441s | coin Relic uh that you're going to be |
| 9443s | employing on this turn but I mean yeah |
| 9446s | that says it all this is a wicked round |
| 9449s | here for blight yeah real monster of |
| 9453s | quest progression and just just cycling |
| 9456s | as well let's have to dump a card here |
| 9458s | to make some room and oh the phantasms |
| 9462s | one to zero yep I was gonna say that is |
| 9464s | the least valuable of all of these a |
| 9466s | mark of score and if you can |
| 9468s | um angle it to go face at some point |
| 9471s | that is the best Target for sure and |
| 9473s | that's definitely doable when you have |
| 9475s | unleash fell to clear up the board first |
| 9478s | better |
| 9483s | uh oh if not much hey |
| 9487s | either of the secrets maybe has utility |
| 9490s | to Bluff a counter spell |
| 9493s | but that's true is just more consistent |
| 9496s | to help him I don't know find a brand if |
| 9499s | he feels he can get late enough in the |
| 9501s | game to be able to brand mutinous but |
| 9503s | something tells me it's not going to go |
| 9504s | to turn 10. |
| 9506s | yeah I wonder if that was a hand space |
| 9509s | concern with the Savar that you're |
| 9510s | playing as well but I I think it would |
| 9513s | have just about worked out either way |
| 9523s | efficient for this turn sure thing |
| 9528s | [Music] |
| 9535s | this turn usually ends up being the hand |
| 9537s | dump turn right in one way or another |
| 9542s | that's your precious objection counter |
| 9547s | snake |
| 9551s | I mean yeah it's true that you say one |
| 9554s | and only but I |
| 9556s | I want to say if Belize hits a second |
| 9557s | zero Mana or I suppose a second cheap |
| 9560s | spell damage card in his hand he's kind |
| 9563s | of afford to go for like one massive |
| 9566s | burst turn with like dispel one of those |
| 9569s | minions and then just go second spell |
| 9571s | damage plus Jace all in the same turn |
| 9572s | which against Mage is probably gonna end |
| 9575s | up being lethal very true but it's |
| 9578s | really contingent on whether he can |
| 9580s | discount another Minion from the second |
| 9581s | relic of sure yeah yeah because |
| 9584s | currently the way the Mana is stacked |
| 9587s | for place if he wants to prop the |
| 9589s | objection it has to happen on a separate |
| 9591s | turn from the uh big combo turn with the |
| 9595s | chase |
| 9596s | unless he's procking it with Chris |
| 9598s | Wilson which would be funny |
| 9600s | it's that useless |
| 9603s | I mean Loki if he had a little bit more |
| 9605s | Mana you'd consider I think it's a bit |
| 9606s | too expensive |
| 9608s | oh it's a fantastic overdraw |
| 9611s | oh it is gonna go for the creatures wow |
| 9615s | okay |
| 9616s | oh he is hoping you he doesn't have much |
| 9620s | damage in hand which he does not no |
| 9622s | wildfires played but there is the |
| 9625s | mutinous on curve which has a 50 50 of |
| 9628s | chomping Jason even if it misses hits a |
| 9631s | spell damage piece right yeah |
| 9636s | you would probably then end up having to |
| 9638s | trade your |
| 9640s | your whole board or maybe not actually |
| 9641s | you could still Bluff a visit right or |
| 9645s | barrier yeah uh both of which would be |
| 9648s | pretty scary for the Demon Hunter |
| 9654s | but he has no way of knowing if there is |
| 9657s | one of those crucial minions in hand |
| 9659s | Jace of course being the biggest of them |
| 9663s | you really want to play another |
| 9665s | objection like it was expensive for them |
| 9667s | to deal with that first one and so maybe |
| 9670s | if you're not certain that Jace is in |
| 9672s | hand which again you're not you have no |
| 9673s | indication one way or the other really |
| 9675s | at this point uh objection plus the Cold |
| 9678s | Case is the slightly safer way to go |
| 9680s | about things |
| 9682s | at the same time objection loses utility |
| 9684s | post curtress right because now the |
| 9686s | Viper costs |
| 9688s | one to profit uh so many considerations |
| 9692s | for UE here but in the end it looks like |
| 9695s | he is going to replace his objection |
| 9698s | supplies will also know about for sure |
| 9700s | because it came off of savara |
| 9707s | again the classic we haven't even seen |
| 9708s | the card drawn and it's already been |
| 9710s | played there for Xbox mapped out his |
| 9712s | entire turn setting up for that relic of |
| 9714s | dimensions of course trying to hit the |
| 9717s | spell damage the zero amount of snakes |
| 9719s | anything just to be able to deal with |
| 9721s | this uh objection and get the lethal |
| 9724s | through but those are disastrous chords |
| 9727s | to discount |
| 9729s | that's okay though he just doesn't play |
| 9731s | the Viper this turn right holds off yeah |
| 9734s | yeah |
| 9735s | but at this point |
| 9737s | the best that you can hope for or I |
| 9739s | guess sorry one of the guild Traders |
| 9742s | cost three right so technically if you |
| 9744s | hit it with the central plus the |
| 9745s | discount from kertras you could get a |
| 9747s | zero Mana Guild Trader but realistically |
| 9749s | you're looking at one and two Mana Guild |
| 9751s | Traders here for the rest of the game uh |
| 9753s | which is doable but the man is getting |
| 9755s | really tight as the mutinous comes down |
| 9758s | and deletes the chase oh for blies this |
| 9762s | could not be going worse |
| 9764s | a lot of damage he has access to it |
| 9767s | technically though with the other guild |
| 9769s | Traders still available that's like with |
| 9771s | all the spell damage that's true that is |
| 9774s | plus six on everything I got it all I |
| 9779s | cannot do math enough |
| 9781s | but he has to hit off of the score |
| 9784s | Mana though |
| 9787s | double a leash |
| 9790s | that is true okay that's a hit |
| 9795s | uh 24 plus eight is it one off |
| 9805s | you know what unleash felt always gets |
| 9808s | there the next turn I guess there's the |
| 9809s | Don grass armor to consider but this |
| 9812s | plays around Alibi because he's |
| 9813s | literally had one |
| 9817s | that's true yeah yeah unless you go |
| 9820s | Alibi plus as the law would be |
| 9823s | the out there potentially but then you'd |
| 9826s | also have to clear a bit because they |
| 9827s | just chunk through for the necessary |
| 9828s | damage right |
| 9830s | uh what can Don graspberry Play No |
| 9834s | flurries right |
| 9839s | and there's |
| 9840s | oh Oasis Ally which is a huge whiff yeah |
| 9846s | this has locked |
| 9848s | UE out of this one despite his Jace |
| 9850s | getting munched up this is the power of |
| 9853s | the fell Demon Hunter absolutely |
| 9862s | has an AI right |
| 9865s | which means he can get Alibi oh wait no |
| 9867s | there's no AI in it that's it yeah not |
| 9871s | even close man and this is kind of what |
| 9874s | I was talking about right the deck did |
| 9876s | everything it wanted to do there right |
| 9878s | it cost one two three objections was it |
| 9882s | or at the very least had the opportunity |
| 9883s | to have cast three over the course of |
| 9885s | the game with that many being drawn and |
| 9886s | generated and a mutant is coming down as |
| 9889s | well |
| 9890s | but it just still wasn't enough the |
| 9892s | burst from the Demon Hunter is too |
| 9893s | flexible and too high as well and uh |
| 9896s | Belize is equalizing us at two games a |
| 9899s | piece in a fantastic game yeah honestly |
| 9902s | the fact that the Jay Scott Eden is |
| 9905s | making me sort of reconsider the way I |
| 9907s | count lethal in this deck overall right |
| 9909s | because in your mind you're kind of like |
| 9911s | okay set aside the seven Mana because |
| 9913s | that's a ton of damage but if you have |
| 9915s | seven mana free and that much damage to |
| 9917s | begin with then it just goes to show |
| 9920s | that Jace itself is a bonus here with |
| 9923s | all of the spell damage with all of the |
| 9925s | fell barrages if you can make sure all |
| 9927s | of that hits face and that's even with a |
| 9929s | mutinous on board soaking up a huge Mark |
| 9932s | of scorn that is just incredible how |
| 9935s | much the Demon Hunter can put forth and |
| 9937s | it's really clear why the entire field |
| 9939s | is bringing this deck and this archetype |
| 9942s | as well uh that leaves us with Blazer's |
| 9945s | last deck the jombre Rogue for lack of a |
| 9948s | better name because it's not quite full |
| 9951s | death throttle it has the sinstone |
| 9953s | graveyard in there and also the snowfall |
| 9957s | graveyard the location and the aura |
| 9960s | effect the Sunstone mainly being an |
| 9963s | undead that you can sort of have on |
| 9966s | board to get the Invincible Buffs here |
| 9968s | but the mask reveler which pulls either |
| 9971s | Invincible or neptulon neptulon can be a |
| 9974s | win condition in and of itself |
| 9977s | yeah it is a brutally powerful date when |
| 9979s | it gets to pull off what it's able to do |
| 9981s | and the fact that you make room for a |
| 9983s | lot of new cards when you compare it to |
| 9986s | the other version of death rattle Rogue |
| 9988s | with the uh the ghouls in there as well |
| 9990s | and the burning blade acolyte is you get |
| 9992s | to play |
| 9993s | uh ghostly strike Wicked stab tooth and |
| 9997s | si7 extortion which may seem like |
| 9999s | slightly unoptimal cards in a deck |
| 10002s | that's trying to do death rattle Synergy |
| 10004s | rather than damage to face but the fact |
| 10006s | you get to self-proc your own minions is |
| 10009s | so huge in this deck being able to go |
| 10011s | Invincible hit it with the uh the wicked |
| 10015s | stab hit it with ghostly strike and all |
| 10016s | of a sudden that's plus 20 plus 20 if |
| 10019s | you have the graveyard down on one of |
| 10020s | your minions it's a huge difference when |
| 10023s | compared to the other version of the |
| 10024s | deck which I feel one of the the biggest |
| 10026s | weaknesses of that deck is on the final |
| 10029s | turn of your of your snowfall graveyard |
| 10032s | uh pop-off turn you're unable to |
| 10035s | actually proc the Minions that you're |
| 10036s | playing you just play them out and then |
| 10038s | nothing happens with them so I do really |
| 10040s | like that addition to this deck and it |
| 10042s | does lead to some very unexpected lethal |
| 10046s | combos when you get invincible online |
| 10047s | but it's right so many different |
| 10049s | combinations of ways things can pan out |
| 10053s | here mainly off the back of scourge |
| 10055s | illusion as being pulled by sketchy |
| 10056s | information and a lot of doubling that |
| 10058s | can happen with the snowfall graveyard |
| 10060s | but I will say that the Mage package of |
| 10064s | stall and disruption is more effective |
| 10065s | against this deck than any other in |
| 10067s | places lineup right all the damage |
| 10070s | outside of a couple of the Spells comes |
| 10072s | from Minions staying on the board and |
| 10075s | purely the spell-based damage is not |
| 10077s | enough to kill the Mage from the 40 |
| 10079s | Health plus plus plus a lot of armor |
| 10084s | Ah that's patches in the starting hand |
| 10086s | though for boys with Invincible being |
| 10089s | drawn any minion you draw in this deck |
| 10091s | is just bad you want them all to stay uh |
| 10095s | in your deck draw them out with sketchy |
| 10096s | information and the illusionists and all |
| 10098s | that nonsense he's a neptulon drawer |
| 10101s | away from being in some very very big |
| 10103s | trouble yeah he's looking very |
| 10105s | Invincible right now hey |
| 10109s | um off of these options for UE the code |
| 10112s | of code seems like it would be the |
| 10113s | highest utility for UE and also the |
| 10115s | lowest purple eyes so I'm interested in |
| 10118s | that vengeful Visage could catch |
| 10121s | hard though |
| 10123s | it's not terrible is it what he goes |
| 10126s | fire sale option number three |
| 10129s | probably the one that Belize would want |
| 10130s | the most as well right |
| 10133s | oh wow interesting |
| 10136s | if he was just looking for a tradable |
| 10138s | reroll because it's not a particularly |
| 10141s | good hunt for UE |
| 10143s | did he just accidentally play the |
| 10145s | Cutlass you never play it there right |
| 10147s | that was always a trade I think so to |
| 10151s | try and get your sketchy discounted oh |
| 10153s | but it's happening slow down man it's |
| 10156s | all right |
| 10157s | I feel like his reaction is a Grimace I |
| 10161s | don't know if that Warren I think that |
| 10162s | was a Grimace okay I can't I I mean |
| 10165s | nobody can read lies but |
| 10169s | if we get momoblies on the line to tell |
| 10172s | us that means |
| 10177s | but yeah that's a pretty big deal where |
| 10179s | I like not being able to play sketchy on |
| 10180s | two not being able to bank a Mana with |
| 10182s | serrated bone Spike that is really |
| 10185s | really bad yeah |
| 10187s | and it potentially was one more turn |
| 10189s | that you could have drawn something |
| 10193s | important that you want to stay in the |
| 10195s | deck |
| 10198s | there's a reveler though which means |
| 10200s | that the neptulon game plan is Alive and |
| 10203s | Well potentially |
| 10211s | things are starting to slow down a |
| 10214s | little bit though for a few of these |
| 10216s | fantastic starting few turns |
| 10220s | uh like trade and night cloak sanctum is |
| 10225s | probably where we're at but we do need |
| 10227s | to consider that he doesn't know |
| 10228s | Invincible is in hand so just playing |
| 10229s | fire sale to deal with this 3-3 is a |
| 10232s | very real consideration on this turn |
| 10235s | right |
| 10237s | I was looking at that |
| 10240s | but I think between having objection |
| 10242s | done grasp and uh blizzard in hand it |
| 10246s | seems like he has enough disruption for |
| 10248s | now and he can commit to just having |
| 10250s | that location online and he uses it |
| 10251s | aggressively though which I did not |
| 10253s | expect I thought he was going to save |
| 10255s | every charge on that to stall as long as |
| 10257s | possible |
| 10263s | I kind of almost expected flies to |
| 10267s | display this judge Illusionist there to |
| 10270s | uh get rid of the objection to set up |
| 10273s | for a masked reveler on the following |
| 10274s | turn but maybe he wants to do them both |
| 10277s | on the same turn so there's no |
| 10279s | possibility of a second objection uh |
| 10281s | coming in to deny that again |
| 10283s | feels like that's always a top priority |
| 10286s | yeah |
| 10289s | well if we're continuing the theme of |
| 10291s | aggression for UE The Reckless |
| 10294s | Apprentice looks pretty clean here a |
| 10296s | little bit off curve but uh continues to |
| 10300s | push push damage and clear the board |
| 10314s | tough one though |
| 10316s | From yui's perspective it's really tough |
| 10318s | because he has to expect a Neptune line |
| 10320s | at any point |
| 10322s | forward |
| 10324s | um if the three one is clear there's |
| 10326s | still the location coming off cooldown |
| 10329s | for flies so it could still be |
| 10330s | Invincible From yui's perspective |
| 10333s | oh |
| 10335s | but in all of these worlds he doesn't |
| 10337s | really have an option to try and get |
| 10339s | greedy with the Reckless Apprentice I |
| 10342s | feel like it has the best usage right |
| 10344s | now to push damage as a 3-5 what a |
| 10347s | delightful part |
| 10351s | well the rebels at least on the board if |
| 10355s | nothing else |
| 10359s | and uh guaranteed at this point to get |
| 10363s | the neptral on right with both Scourge |
| 10365s | illusionists having been drawn as well |
| 10369s | I'm not entirely sure if that's good or |
| 10371s | bad to be perfectly honest it's honestly |
| 10374s | past the point where it's really |
| 10376s | threatening right you can continuously |
| 10379s | freeze the hands and the main body |
| 10383s | I was even just trying to get it out |
| 10386s | yep one blizzard away |
| 10391s | it was a bit of a |
| 10393s | risky play because if it was invincible |
| 10396s | you were in some amount of trouble there |
| 10401s | I guess it still could have been frozen |
| 10406s | with the location |
| 10408s | uh oh true yeah good point it didn't |
| 10410s | have to be blizzard did it |
| 10414s | I mean now it has to be blizzard right |
| 10416s | surely yeah for sure |
| 10418s | way too clean |
| 10424s | wow no |
| 10425s | okay killing off the main body like this |
| 10428s | fascinating |
| 10431s | I guess he's trying to prioritize damage |
| 10433s | actually right yeah this is the play |
| 10435s | that |
| 10436s | pressure is blazed the most which |
| 10438s | looking at it again I think it makes a |
| 10440s | lot of sense I like the lion yeah it's |
| 10442s | kind of sick |
| 10446s | oh so frustrating that this River can't |
| 10449s | be killed off on this turn for a uh |
| 10451s | almost entire board clear |
| 10460s | you know it pulls nothing at this point |
| 10468s | uh it still gets the natural and right |
| 10469s | it's just a copy oh yeah sorry the |
| 10471s | original yeah |
| 10474s | my bad |
| 10484s | uh but it's not great either way is it |
| 10487s | can just be instantly Frozen and get the |
| 10490s | rest of the damage face as you as his |
| 10492s | last turn clearly demonstrated he knows |
| 10494s | what his win condition is here which is |
| 10495s | to get chip damage so he's wherever |
| 10497s | possible |
| 10499s | foreign |
| 10510s | to push minion damage is really the |
| 10512s | Difference Maker here it's putting |
| 10514s | blinds on such a short clock |
| 10527s | frustration is visible |
| 10532s | oh okay that |
| 10535s | means |
| 10537s | the lizard is no longer a necessity |
| 10539s | necessarily on this turn |
| 10544s | yeah the 3-3 start line on one of the |
| 10547s | stealth minions is very important here |
| 10550s | because it survives blizzard and it |
| 10552s | allows players to have an invincible |
| 10554s | Target right |
| 10557s | but if you play the like I think at this |
| 10559s | point for Hui you actually have a decent |
| 10562s | read on Invincible being in hand right |
| 10565s | because you've now seen both Scourge |
| 10567s | illusionists so for both revelers it |
| 10569s | would be a like a 25 chance for them to |
| 10573s | have hit double neptral on back to back |
| 10574s | there's a card that's been in hand since |
| 10576s | turn one I feel like that's indicating |
| 10578s | to you that it's probably Invincible in |
| 10580s | which case uh the |
| 10583s | play if just going for solid Alibi plus |
| 10586s | objection forces them off of going for |
| 10588s | uh Invincible for a whole extra turn |
| 10591s | definitely see that I feel like he |
| 10594s | doesn't even need to Alibi in that case |
| 10597s | sure okay yeah fair enough |
| 10604s | oh no |
| 10607s | oh okay |
| 10612s | yeah he's got to do it to play |
| 10613s | Invincible next turn |
| 10615s | foreign |
| 10627s | I don't think so okay |
| 10633s | yeah I'm quite clearly hear we're |
| 10635s | entering the top deck War right for both |
| 10637s | of these players with a big three damage |
| 10638s | return for Yugi I even really wanted to |
| 10642s | send that face but he he knows there's |
| 10644s | an invincible in hand now right like you |
| 10647s | kind of just know yeah in which case |
| 10650s | this is eight damage you're gonna tank |
| 10651s | instead of three I think you gotta ping |
| 10655s | it |
| 10657s | thing is location is off cool down again |
| 10659s | so fly still has a Target but it's not |
| 10662s | immediately attacking it's kind of weird |
| 10665s | how it pans out that's good |
| 10668s | yeah nice draw though |
| 10679s | two solid Alibi paying into question |
| 10682s | mark |
| 10683s | yeah he needs one more step along the |
| 10686s | way maybe that's the largest step he |
| 10689s | needs yeah he just needs any spell the |
| 10691s | red and then he's golden because the |
| 10693s | Silver Arrow will get The Alibi back |
| 10695s | yeah |
| 10698s | foreign |
| 10703s | he gets the shadow of demise then it's |
| 10707s | 18 which is like theoretically starting |
| 10709s | to represent lethal |
| 10713s | August will |
| 10716s | I think you just take the shipment to |
| 10718s | trade it I don't want to mess around |
| 10721s | with these like ROM math doesn't know |
| 10723s | where to target these spells no but like |
| 10725s | it's just a cheap spell so it's the |
| 10727s | third Civ RS Bell and you immediately |
| 10729s | get your Alibi back I guess yeah fair |
| 10731s | enough fair enough |
| 10732s | and that's enough right because you can |
| 10735s | think it just does it |
| 10738s | you're right |
| 10743s | oh excruciating for place this is the |
| 10747s | most stressed I've ever seen him it's so |
| 10750s | close |
| 10754s | so what can go wrong for you why would |
| 10757s | you save |
| 10759s | this Focus will |
| 10761s | this one three never gets to attack |
| 10763s | phase no |
| 10765s | [Music] |
| 10767s | foreign |
| 10771s | [Music] |
| 10773s | so you can comfortably blizzard ping |
| 10776s | again next yeah yeah |
| 10795s | the fact that he's three pings away |
| 10796s | instead of two is so excruciating for |
| 10799s | Yugi as well |
| 10802s | the old break points |
| 10807s | yeah I guess as well for UE who's |
| 10808s | actually just holding out for maybe a |
| 10810s | better spell on the following turn he |
| 10812s | could have got another Alibi because |
| 10814s | I don't know reasons maybe there's |
| 10816s | something his opponent can pull out of |
| 10817s | his hat |
| 10820s | great |
| 10822s | are we still looking at a past |
| 10824s | shadow of demise plus something out for |
| 10827s | Blaze if you get and the door of Shadows |
| 10829s | is never getting infused right or is it |
| 10831s | can he kill it his own thing off it's |
| 10834s | really difficult it's like one off right |
| 10836s | because if you could get double shadow |
| 10838s | of demise into double wicked stuff oh |
| 10841s | right yeah yeah |
| 10844s | but he can't even kill his own thing off |
| 10846s | it's one Health too much so we need to |
| 10849s | get like ghostly strikes somehow off the |
| 10851s | gut like trade into ghostly strike and |
| 10854s | then ghostly trike bone Spike yeah |
| 10856s | there's there's some maybe extremely |
| 10858s | convoluted series of spells with like a |
| 10860s | prep somewhere on along there as well |
| 10863s | I don't no |
| 10867s | but I don't think this is it |
| 10873s | what was in the dredge pool |
| 10877s | prep oh man it's so close |
| 10885s | oh my God okay that's it it just doesn't |
| 10888s | get there he was one Wicked stab off and |
| 10890s | that means that after such a back and |
| 10893s | forth series plays on the verge of |
| 10896s | reverse Sweeping in the end yui takes it |
| 10899s | with the mage |
| 10901s | yeah I do think they're at the end for |
| 10904s | you he was maybe supposed to play the |
| 10906s | the Colts oh sorry the solid Alibi |
| 10908s | instead of the blizzard I think that |
| 10910s | locks out like any outs at all with some |
| 10913s | kind of as you said weird uh |
| 10921s | but then last turn he drew the the |
| 10923s | natural one in his deck uh unless I'm |
| 10926s | mistaken but either way it was like one |
| 10928s | in a thousand chance that anything even |
| 10929s | happens there if that uh for you so I'm |
| 10931s | not going to reprimand him too harshly |
| 10933s | as uh it ended as it we thought it would |
| 10936s | at the start with you getting it too |
| 10938s | back to back incredible victories uh on |
| 10942s | the uh the Rogue and the Demon Hunter |
| 10943s | the Mage I have to say though looking a |
| 10946s | little weak maybe it's fair to call it |
| 10949s | like a bit more of a hybrid where it's |
| 10951s | decent against Rogue and Demon Hunter |
| 10953s | rather than an all-out Demon Hunter |
| 10955s | counter as we've kind of been touting it |
| 10957s | before uh because again there's the |
| 10959s | objections in that matchup did look |
| 10961s | pretty backbreaking uh for Belize to try |
| 10963s | and answer |
| 10964s | yeah that is right that Mage is doing |
| 10966s | something very specific right it's there |
| 10969s | to beat the Draco Rogues the the Boon |
| 10971s | priests and not necessarily the Demon |
| 10974s | Hunter but it can attempt against those |
| 10976s | whereas it's really that tale of the |
| 10979s | fourth deck right for bly's that fourth |
| 10980s | deck was the Druid which was weak |
| 10983s | against the two Decks that the Mages |
| 10984s | trying to Target and only happens to be |
| 10986s | good against the Mage so the math was |
| 10988s | just not quite in Blaze's favor there |
| 10990s | but he will have another shot in the |
| 10993s | elimination match against XC but before |
| 10995s | that Derek we have some brighter news we |
| 10999s | have to find out who is going through to |
| 11001s | Sunday between dead draw and Yu Ying and |
| 11005s | uh it's got to be said well that was a |
| 11006s | very tight series there between UE and |
| 11010s | x-blies but I did kind of feel like you |
| 11013s | maybe deserved the victory like those |
| 11016s | first couple games were a bit of a wash |
| 11017s | honestly he just drew the perfect hand |
| 11019s | uh two games in a row but Blaise you |
| 11022s | could like start to feel the tilt a |
| 11024s | little bit not trading with his Cutlass |
| 11026s | and instead just playing it playing it a |
| 11027s | little bit fast even by his standards uh |
| 11030s | which is I think nice to see because |
| 11032s | between XC and dead draw it was uh |
| 11034s | pretty obvious uh that Deadpool was just |
| 11036s | playing a little bit better but for you |
| 11037s | being an old hand at this at this point |
| 11040s | uh very much established within the |
| 11042s | competitive Hearthstone scene I'm glad |
| 11044s | to see that he has nerves of Steel and |
| 11045s | is unfazed by these new wave of |
| 11048s | younglings coming along to try and uh |
| 11050s | take his glory but as you said we have |
| 11052s | our winners bracket match coming up now |
| 11055s | so when we come back dead Raw vs for |
| 11058s | that first spot in the quarter finals |
| 11061s | we'll see you then |
| 11064s | [Music] |
| 11070s | thank you |
| 11077s | [Music] |
| 11080s | would you rather fight one horse or 100 |
| 11083s | ducks |
| 11086s | pasta or rice |
| 11088s | that's not |
| 11090s | Raven or saddle |
| 11093s | Totara strawberry ice cream or chocolate |
| 11095s | ice cream |
| 11098s | five social time or alone time |
| 11103s | winter or summer |
| 11106s | uh winter |
| 11109s | [Music] |
| 11124s | [Music] |
| 11126s | all right first up oceans or mountains |
| 11130s | higher |
| 11132s | a big party or a small gathering |
| 11135s | shout out |
| 11137s | bath or shower |
| 11141s | passenger or driver |
| 11143s | [Music] |
| 11146s | a city or Countryside |
| 11152s | and finally work hard or play hard |
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| 11169s | [Music] |
| 11174s | thank you |
| 11176s | okay first question how many matches has |
| 11180s | xmg won in Masters tours is it 40 50 60 |
| 11186s | or 70. |
| 11189s | miltra |
| 11191s | 60 is close but unfortunately the |
| 11194s | correct answer is 70. |
| 11196s | all right question two how many times |
| 11199s | has Chiang Ming been in the top 32 of a |
| 11202s | Masters Tour is it seven eight nine or |
| 11207s | ten |
| 11210s | seven is correct congratulations |
| 11213s | who did XC beat in the finals of Masters |
| 11217s | Tour Madrid was it Aloo temu surrender |
| 11222s | Glory or give please |
| 11228s | is absolutely correct well done |
| 11231s | uh question four uh this one should be |
| 11234s | nice and easy uh yui has played 16 |
| 11238s | Masters tours how many times has he had |
| 11241s | a losing record is it one |
| 11244s | three five or seven |
| 11248s | five is correct well done you don't want |
| 11251s | to get your own question wrong good job |
| 11254s | uh which player beat gel T twice in the |
| 11257s | 2019 World Championship was it Union was |
| 11262s | it Jing was it a mega zero or Jason Joe |
| 11266s | Treaty of |
| 11268s | Jing is the correct answer |
| 11270s | who did xiaobai beat in the final of |
| 11274s | Masters Tour ironforge was it wyra |
| 11278s | flokey baby bear or Maverick |
| 11284s | unfortunately that is incorrect it was |
| 11286s | Maverick which gives you a final score |
| 11290s | of four out of six which is very |
| 11291s | impressive Lorinda does like to make |
| 11293s | these questions very hard so well done |
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| 11300s | thank you |
| 11315s | oh my God |
| 11316s | [Music] |
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| 11334s | [Music] |
| 11380s | all right |
| 11398s | [Music] |
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| 11425s | thank you |
| 11427s | [Music] |
| 11446s | foreign |
| 11449s | [Music] |
| 11472s | thank you |
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| 11492s | foreign |
| 11497s | [Music] |
| 11538s | foreign |
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| 11577s | foreign |
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| 11615s | thank you |
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| 11641s | [Applause] |
| 11643s | [Music] |
| 11646s | thank you |
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| 11676s | foreign |
| 11678s | [Music] |
| 11686s | World Championship my name is TG and of |
| 11689s | course I'm joined by Neil Lorinda AKA |
| 11692s | Lorinda Bond on Flamingo Friday here |
| 11697s | at the Hearthstone world championship |
| 11698s | and even though Lorinda does not have a |
| 11700s | flamingo shirt |
| 11702s | he's got a flamingo |
| 11705s | I've never done Flamingo Friday TJ so I |
| 11708s | figured this is the last cast of the |
| 11710s | year and it's the last Friday of the |
| 11711s | year I should like Flamingo it up one |
| 11714s | time so here we go I'm fitting him I |
| 11716s | also have a flamingo right fellow |
| 11719s | Flamingo people I don't even know where |
| 11723s | you would find that |
| 11725s | this was a garage |
| 11729s | how long has it been there |
| 11731s | very long like very very long it's not |
| 11735s | particularly clean flamingo |
| 11737s | well you know that just makes me that |
| 11739s | much more upset that it's taken this |
| 11741s | long for you to participate in Flamingo |
| 11743s | Friday leaving me out to dry for many |
| 11747s | years and by many years I mean like one |
| 11749s | and a half that is many though it feels |
| 11752s | like many years as we are here at the |
| 11754s | World Championships teacher you stop |
| 11756s | messing around with the broadcast so |
| 11758s | early I can't it doesn't matter if it's |
| 11760s | the world championship or if it's week |
| 11763s | two of America's Grand Masters same |
| 11765s | thing it's the same everything's the |
| 11767s | same me and Neil are the same players |
| 11769s | might be different given them if you |
| 11771s | make this region but yeah apart from |
| 11772s | that |
| 11774s | yeah a little bit higher caliber than |
| 11777s | America's Grand Masters just a smidge |
| 11779s | but we're moving into the winners match |
| 11781s | of group a now which is going to be dead |
| 11784s | draw versus uh Yugi and um it we |
| 11791s | can look at like the the spread of |
| 11794s | lineups right and and see a ton of Rogue |
| 11798s | a ton of uh priests a ton of Demon |
| 11800s | Hunter right |
| 11801s | um if you leave out Demon Hunter from |
| 11802s | that you look at the Rogues and the |
| 11804s | priests they actually actually differ |
| 11806s | immensely like immensely immensely uh |
| 11811s | even if you look at same archetypes the |
| 11812s | way that they're built are different and |
| 11816s | um so uh that's kind of what I'm excited |
| 11819s | for is to see what variations of those |
| 11822s | decks rise up and have success we're |
| 11825s | gonna take a look at dedra's control |
| 11826s | priest to kick things off this was |
| 11828s | banned in dead draw's first series but |
| 11831s | obviously going up against a different |
| 11832s | lineup with you use it's going to be |
| 11834s | left up so this one is uh is quite |
| 11837s | interesting I feel like uh plague |
| 11840s | spreader has been the card and that's |
| 11843s | why it's first in the key cards uh for |
| 11846s | uh this text Bryce's popularity |
| 11848s | obviously uh control priest has all |
| 11850s | these tools to survive but the big thing |
| 11853s | is adding in that additional disruption |
| 11855s | and with there being a few decks in the |
| 11857s | metagame that rely on key minions to win |
| 11859s | the game like spreader becomes that high |
| 11862s | value |
| 11863s | yeah we're in a meter well you only play |
| 11867s | three or four things and they're really |
| 11868s | really big and they kill your opponent |
| 11870s | really quickly so you can just turn |
| 11871s | those things into a plague person and |
| 11873s | it's just a 4-4 that you can deal with |
| 11875s | because your deck's built to deal with |
| 11876s | it all the better and that is why a lot |
| 11879s | of people have brought this deck along |
| 11881s | and with that in mind I think it's why a |
| 11884s | lot of people well a handful of people |
| 11886s | have brought the Mage because that deals |
| 11888s | with that it doesn't care if you give it |
| 11889s | before for plague people it just just |
| 11891s | gets on with its game plan largely |
| 11893s | anyway yeah uh and just it's a really |
| 11896s | murdery deck and with that both these |
| 11898s | players didn't bring Druid I think they |
| 11900s | will be |
| 11903s | um facing a lot of Druids and they have |
| 11904s | both banned the Mage I did not think the |
| 11906s | first match I cast in the winners |
| 11909s | bracket of the world championships was |
| 11910s | going to be a double Mage band that is |
| 11913s | incredibly strange to me that this has |
| 11915s | turned up but I understand why |
| 11918s | yeah I mean it's |
| 11920s | if you take the majors out of the |
| 11922s | equation you have sort of this normal |
| 11924s | matchup if you leave the Mages in the |
| 11927s | equation you all of a sudden have these |
| 11930s | matchups that feel almost unwindable |
| 11932s | because you have like these super greedy |
| 11934s | control style decks |
| 11936s | um I feel like we could have seen it |
| 11937s | either way right I feel like we could |
| 11939s | have seen uh the main double Mage band |
| 11941s | or double pre-span with Mage being the |
| 11944s | slightest more versatile deck uh in in |
| 11947s | those two so Mage is the one that ends |
| 11950s | up getting the ax so |
| 11952s | um uh should be interesting though we |
| 11954s | have the ability to see the control |
| 11957s | priest uh mirror happen in this |
| 11962s | matchups so weird especially now because |
| 11967s | it's not Quest priest even though I |
| 11969s | think we do have a quest priest in the |
| 11970s | field |
| 11971s | um it's it's not Quest priests so |
| 11974s | there's not like this inevitable whim |
| 11975s | condition uh that can arise there is |
| 11978s | like the we'll talk about it more later |
| 11981s | right right now we have more plenty of |
| 11983s | times let's talk about it yeah which is |
| 11986s | uh the the quest fell Demon Hunter |
| 11990s | um and |
| 11991s | uh who was the first was it Casey Casey |
| 11994s | made the the quest uh Casey made this it |
| 11997s | was like two cards off |
| 11999s | um and Casey this is this is just a deck |
| 12001s | he threw together typical case the |
| 12003s | absolute genius deck builder threw it |
| 12006s | together it had the thing that was |
| 12007s | strangest about it that everybody worked |
| 12009s | out overnight was like why is this in |
| 12011s | here it was just courtress |
| 12013s | like it just doesn't do anything in the |
| 12016s | day you make a couple of four fours oh |
| 12017s | who cares and it very quickly got cut |
| 12019s | but obviously you build a Demon Hunter |
| 12021s | deck Kirch for this kind of the first |
| 12022s | thing you put in there it's an |
| 12023s | understandable thing and then the other |
| 12026s | thing that happened much more slowly was |
| 12028s | uh the deck played the three spell |
| 12030s | damages instead of four spell damages |
| 12032s | originally and again very quick to his |
| 12035s | worked out hang on this deck is just |
| 12036s | literally spelled that limitation |
| 12038s | Unleashed that's all the deck actually |
| 12040s | is so let's let's make sure that we have |
| 12042s | four spell damages plus yeah your spell |
| 12045s | damage people kept getting turned into |
| 12046s | plague people so you needed an extra one |
| 12048s | and on ladder sometimes they might get |
| 12051s | stolen by Patchwork or something like |
| 12053s | that so again an extra one was quite |
| 12055s | nice not so relevant here today but hey |
| 12058s | I don't have everything |
| 12060s | yeah |
| 12061s | um before this the question Hunter came |
| 12064s | around we did have |
| 12066s | uh I say before it's been like a week |
| 12069s | back in the olden days back in the olden |
| 12071s | days a whole week ago there was the uh |
| 12074s | the legendary weapon |
| 12077s | um which you know I've forgotten the |
| 12080s | name of because I made room for other |
| 12081s | knowledge in my Scythe thing |
| 12084s | yeah uh that the the Discover shards uh |
| 12087s | in your deck where you could discover |
| 12089s | one of the minions uh that ran like uh |
| 12091s | zymox uh The Arcanist and Jay says the |
| 12095s | three minions and it still had sort of a |
| 12097s | similar game plan |
| 12099s | um but it was |
| 12102s | not quite as fast because the discounts |
| 12104s | that you get on the spell damage with |
| 12106s | the quest variation allow for some |
| 12108s | pretty insane uh kill potential |
| 12110s | specifically against Decks that have |
| 12112s | like no defenses and like other combo |
| 12115s | decks like in my games and in many games |
| 12118s | that I saw I see it's possible to kill |
| 12120s | like Rogues that aren't doing anything |
| 12122s | for the first four turns on turn five |
| 12124s | with that deck if you get them yeah |
| 12125s | right right discounts with Quest |
| 12127s | completion because they're not playing |
| 12128s | minions they have 30 health and |
| 12130s | uh you know you get that argument this |
| 12132s | kind of Arcana spell damage so |
| 12135s | um let's get into it though uh dead draw |
| 12137s | on the priest and you on that uh Quest |
| 12141s | fell Demon Hunter yeah and this is |
| 12145s | resilient enough that it can usually |
| 12146s | well not usually it can it's got a great |
| 12149s | chance of bursting the priest down |
| 12151s | um if you are careful with your hand if |
| 12153s | you don't get your Jace eaten and turned |
| 12155s | into a plague person and you can usually |
| 12158s | play around that you've got enough stuff |
| 12159s | to do that with you should be fine even |
| 12161s | if it goes wrong you'll still find a lot |
| 12164s | of the time as well because your |
| 12165s | opponent has to deal with even the |
| 12167s | phantasms here get a bit of Chip damage |
| 12168s | in early and the the great burst |
| 12171s | Potential from this Demon Hunter |
| 12173s | I feel usually gets it done |
| 12176s | yeah it can get really messy |
| 12178s | um |
| 12179s | uh early plague spreaders or if it takes |
| 12182s | you a while to pick up the pieces for |
| 12186s | the actual burst damage |
| 12188s | like the plague spreader Mida |
| 12191s | combination with amulet and being able |
| 12195s | to resurrect them and like find |
| 12197s | additional Midas belts you could have a |
| 12199s | board that's just flooded with Midas and |
| 12201s | plug spreaders that almost never goes |
| 12204s | away right |
| 12206s | um it takes a long time to get there |
| 12208s | that's usually your game plan against |
| 12209s | like the slower other control style |
| 12212s | decks but uh it's definitely something |
| 12216s | that has to be on the back of your mind |
| 12218s | in terms of how fast do I need to go |
| 12221s | against this deck well it's fast as it's |
| 12224s | freezing right impatient first big |
| 12226s | question here for you you do you want to |
| 12228s | dimensions for in two terms of time or |
| 12231s | do you want to Dimensions next turn and |
| 12233s | he actually chooses to go the slower |
| 12235s | route which means the dimensions will be |
| 12236s | better because he's got the the double |
| 12238s | Relic buff |
| 12240s | uh something that newer players and I |
| 12242s | was a newer player a few days ago with |
| 12244s | this deck to wrongly quite often is like |
| 12248s | over rate how much relicing you can do |
| 12250s | most of your cards cost four or less so |
| 12252s | it doesn't really matter if you've only |
| 12254s | got one or two Buffs on The Relic plus |
| 12255s | the quest uh but you you want those four |
| 12258s | Buffs which can be handy for you with |
| 12259s | Jace to get your Json a lot quicker |
| 12264s | all right spin the coming out |
| 12270s | hands looking uh much better |
| 12273s | sure find some actual playable minions |
| 12276s | spirit guide is a huge one as well huh |
| 12282s | this is a tough choice actually |
| 12288s | kind of identity theft yeah identity |
| 12291s | theft is the most interesting storm bike |
| 12293s | aid station could also be very good |
| 12296s | um identity theft I feel like it's just |
| 12297s | clogging up your hand you can run into |
| 12299s | hand space issues especially with the |
| 12300s | spirit guide in hand with this deck |
| 12302s | because you have a lot of clunky things |
| 12303s | that are very situational that you don't |
| 12305s | want to just play on the board |
| 12307s | and what are you really hoping to steal |
| 12310s | to get that's going to help your game |
| 12313s | plan |
| 12314s | um from the Demon Hunter right like |
| 12316s | there's a lot of things that just don't |
| 12318s | really do anything or opposite energy |
| 12320s | with your deck notably the spell damage |
| 12322s | minions uh Jace uh anything Relic wise |
| 12327s | it just is useless so I like the the |
| 12330s | station here I think it's the the lesser |
| 12333s | of the three evils because none of those |
| 12334s | were particularly good |
| 12336s | talking I'm not particularly good is |
| 12339s | going to be only on this radical |
| 12341s | Dimensions which isn't you right for |
| 12342s | this deck it's kind of often the case |
| 12345s | you get a whole bunch of clutter in your |
| 12347s | hand like he has now and the relative |
| 12349s | dimensions goes off towards you four |
| 12350s | cards they will cost zero and you win |
| 12352s | the game two turns later but that's |
| 12354s | where he's at |
| 12360s | gotta work out if he wants to just waste |
| 12362s | some card draw here |
| 12364s | um to spend that extra Mana like on the |
| 12366s | chaos strike I think or if you actually |
| 12367s | just want to cycle away things so they |
| 12368s | don't get |
| 12370s | transformed into bad things and that's |
| 12371s | what he's done chance of picking up them |
| 12373s | a zero manner as well next turn with the |
| 12375s | Relic obviously a big deal |
| 12377s | yeah |
| 12378s | um basically the only things because you |
| 12381s | don't want to see are really not in your |
| 12382s | hand are the spell damage Guild Traders |
| 12385s | are fine because you can trade them away |
| 12386s | before your draw sequence on Quest |
| 12387s | completion but Silver Moon Darkness |
| 12389s | that's just gonna cost three uh the |
| 12392s | remainder of the game so but this is the |
| 12395s | reason that the reason there is double |
| 12397s | Arcanist these days uh it used to be |
| 12399s | actually he's got a little Mark as well |
| 12401s | so I'm not quite sure what he's got I |
| 12403s | love them these days you saw it well |
| 12405s | these days oh there's a need for greed |
| 12408s | has been cut here for you is actually |
| 12410s | relevant yeah |
| 12413s | um you I've seen players run the |
| 12417s | uh double need for greed single Mark of |
| 12420s | scorn or right full Mark of score and |
| 12423s | single need for green yep yeah the |
| 12425s | single Mark was where I was at and I |
| 12427s | actually didn't like it I think the |
| 12428s | single need might be might be actually |
| 12429s | smarter the second one does sit in your |
| 12431s | hand a heck of a lot |
| 12432s | yeah |
| 12434s | demons another card I haven't seen that |
| 12437s | I thought we might but I've checked I |
| 12438s | don't think it's in any of the decks is |
| 12440s | the Royal librarian instead of Viper |
| 12442s | depending on exactly what you're Banning |
| 12444s | I thought somebody might go with hey |
| 12445s | let's just play the librarian and |
| 12447s | silence some some stupid buff nonsense |
| 12450s | yeah |
| 12451s | though I feel like Viper I I this deck |
| 12455s | can do a lot against Rogue actually I |
| 12457s | feel |
| 12458s | um you have ridiculous healing and |
| 12461s | clears uh possible with the deck |
| 12463s | and Viper just fits so nicely in there |
| 12466s | so I feel like it's you can leave up |
| 12468s | Rogue pretty easily with this deck I'm |
| 12470s | not easily never leave a brogue easily |
| 12472s | yeah yeah I know what you mean it has |
| 12474s | the tools to be able to to deal with |
| 12476s | even some of the crazier pop-up turns |
| 12479s | from uh the miracle Rogue uh with a |
| 12481s | Viper uh tucked into the deck so |
| 12484s | all right that you're trying to get some |
| 12487s | damage down uh it's so hard to |
| 12492s | make any damage but |
| 12495s | got to get on with it he'll probably be |
| 12496s | dead in three or four turns at the most |
| 12498s | so gotta try and get something going |
| 12500s | yeah |
| 12505s | are you he's just taking the two cards |
| 12516s | oh |
| 12518s | um |
| 12521s | he's actually got kind of about the |
| 12523s | worst hand of 10 cards out of 21 that |
| 12527s | you could possibly have while zero Mana |
| 12529s | Guild Trader is good I mean there's some |
| 12531s | good stuff but like everything else in |
| 12534s | the deck seems better |
| 12537s | like none of the damage spells |
| 12545s | yeah I'm not trying to make out he's in |
| 12546s | a terrible spot or anything just I think |
| 12547s | he could have just had a win guaranteed |
| 12550s | with his many cards sometimes he's just |
| 12552s | not quite there |
| 12558s | foreign |
| 12563s | that's kind of something to keep an eye |
| 12566s | on all day long as soft let's explain to |
| 12568s | me |
| 12577s | yeah it's basically all the damage |
| 12580s | at the bottom of the deck no more Rolex |
| 12582s | left except for one Extinction |
| 12585s | both on these Fells both fell barrages |
| 12587s | and Jace all at the bottom yep so this |
| 12590s | looks like it may be a Curtis play next |
| 12595s | turn |
| 12596s | it's like a guild Trader just get it in |
| 12599s | there for zero yep and that's a good |
| 12602s | draw I think because if the plan is to |
| 12604s | play cartridge that's the card you cared |
| 12607s | the least about Yes actually being |
| 12609s | discounted |
| 12610s | uh that's left in the deck |
| 12617s | and this is just the good old days now |
| 12619s | this is this is all right let's turn |
| 12622s | seven just decked out everything in this |
| 12624s | deck is just free |
| 12629s | we've seen this hand a million times |
| 12630s | before without that Relic in it the rest |
| 12632s | of the hand is basically stuff we know |
| 12635s | yeah |
| 12637s | it's gonna be a uh one Mana Arcanist |
| 12640s | there's gonna be access to a two Mana |
| 12642s | Guild Trader a zero minute and a zero |
| 12645s | Mana Guild Trader |
| 12647s | um so everything's going to be able to |
| 12649s | be fit in all the spell damage all the |
| 12652s | Spells plus the Jace yeah apart from |
| 12655s | this is stupid chaos strike but he's |
| 12657s | just gonna cycle now because he's got a |
| 12658s | manner |
| 12663s | you played a few over here |
| 12665s | yeah |
| 12672s | infinite damage next time I counted yep |
| 12676s | probably need to cycle something to pick |
| 12678s | up your your second unleash but whatever |
| 12684s | yeah it's gonna be |
| 12685s | plus six spell damage |
| 12688s | uh actually not guaranteed actually is |
| 12691s | guaranteed the rest of the deck would |
| 12692s | need for greed |
| 12693s | yeah it's a plus six spell damage on |
| 12698s | double unleash fell double Fel barrage |
| 12701s | and a j Swift dump double Theory double |
| 12705s | that might be a mark in there as well |
| 12707s | not certain oh Mark isn't fell |
| 12711s | have you played once |
| 12714s | oh he has one there's no there's nothing |
| 12716s | there might be a mark in the deck no |
| 12718s | it's gone has it okay yeah |
| 12720s | my bad it's just Arcanist and Unleashed |
| 12723s | fell left okay this is that's Infinity |
| 12727s | minus 11 then unlucky well |
| 12732s | potions blast be a week I got it all |
| 12735s | right you don't even need the cheats I |
| 12738s | was like the place for her dies and |
| 12740s | kills the chase it's just a hundred |
| 12743s | thousand damage |
| 12745s | oh geez all right |
| 12749s | like spreader coming in clutch yeah |
| 12755s | and hit the Viper also by the way so |
| 12757s | would have been fine either way but yeah |
| 12759s | that's a nice little showing of the team |
| 12762s | that are completely decked out even if |
| 12764s | you needed an extra card there had the |
| 12767s | free need for greed uh to be able to |
| 12769s | completely deck out and um I think the |
| 12772s | cap on damage there was |
| 12774s | in the in the 90s |
| 12778s | uh for that turn because everything was |
| 12780s | playable all three spell damage all the |
| 12782s | Spells plus the Jace to repeat |
| 12784s | everything so it was what 40 would just |
| 12787s | with just the the spells that were |
| 12789s | played with just the spell damage |
| 12792s | and then you would throw in the the |
| 12795s | furies and the chaos strikes |
| 12797s | uh on top of that |
| 12799s | uh the 90s |
| 12801s | yeah |
| 12803s | back in the 90s DJ |
| 12807s | um as opposed to the other version that |
| 12808s | does like 144 of course but yep Demon |
| 12811s | Hunter doing what Demon Hunter currently |
| 12813s | does very well I love it it's |
| 12817s | when a good player plays it like that |
| 12818s | it's like oh why are we playing this |
| 12819s | stupid deck but honestly you know he has |
| 12821s | decisions to make there right back on |
| 12823s | turn |
| 12824s | three decided whether to buff the |
| 12826s | dimensions or not by playing the |
| 12829s | phantasms with the location |
| 12833s | so decisions were made |
| 12834s | and I love it I want it to keep going |
| 12836s | forever |
| 12839s | all right meanwhile jackpot Rogue time |
| 12841s | because we have jackpot Rogue |
| 12844s | um jackpot Rogue has just gotten a ton |
| 12847s | of cool new tools |
| 12850s | um in the form |
| 12852s | of concoctions |
| 12855s | pushing belt |
| 12857s | future side |
| 12860s | the |
| 12863s | oh no that's it there's the ghoul thing |
| 12866s | I don't think is in Jackpot Vogue is |
| 12867s | mainly in the miracle version which |
| 12869s | turns you off yes |
| 12870s | I've seen it in in Jackpot Road too but |
| 12874s | you have to make some Cuts elsewhere and |
| 12877s | there's a lot of cards that you don't |
| 12878s | want to talk to me about astalor in this |
| 12882s | deck TJ |
| 12883s | like it feels like it doesn't really fit |
| 12885s | to me whenever I have it played against |
| 12887s | me whenever I've played it it just feels |
| 12888s | like yeah but why is it any good you |
| 12891s | just have an extra spot |
| 12894s | for a card that okay |
| 12897s | uh uh value right |
| 12901s | um I mean you you could do some pretty |
| 12903s | crazy things with like or Shadow |
| 12906s | step like |
| 12907s | it's |
| 12909s | everything you want you can get a little |
| 12911s | bit of tempo and then you have two big |
| 12913s | massive |
| 12915s | um burst damage in the later parts of |
| 12918s | the game |
| 12920s | you do have some form of Manatee in in |
| 12923s | Rogue in the jackpot Rogue |
| 12926s | specifically like in the later parts of |
| 12928s | the game once you get scabs up |
| 12930s | where you can do some some fun turns |
| 12933s | with that |
| 12935s | but it's going to be going up against |
| 12936s | the death bottle Rogue and this is not |
| 12941s | the one we saw from bly's earlier I |
| 12942s | don't know if it's technically death |
| 12944s | throttle Rogue but it's this is yeah |
| 12947s | this is mine Road really yeah this is |
| 12949s | mine Road they're both Rogues that rely |
| 12952s | on death rattles but one |
| 12954s | has a horse and one has some mines |
| 12958s | yeah and then there's the other one that |
| 12960s | has the horse and all of this package |
| 12962s | but not all the jumper cards |
| 12966s | which we'll see later as well |
| 12967s | yeah |
| 12969s | a lot of ways you can can build this |
| 12970s | this type of deck |
| 12972s | um this one hasn't changed too much |
| 12974s | obviously it's got The scourgeo |
| 12976s | Illusionist |
| 12978s | um as just an extra death rattle in the |
| 12980s | deck that also can fetch your other much |
| 12983s | needed death rattles uh gives you more |
| 12985s | longevity in a lot of games where uh you |
| 12988s | know you tend to have more stuff to play |
| 12992s | around with than just this |
| 12994s | one-dimensional game plan of I need to |
| 12995s | kill my opponent with Minds |
| 12997s | um or burning blade acolytes or hits |
| 13000s | from a smoke screen with trickster smoke |
| 13003s | screen in order to have those death |
| 13005s | rattles but you still want to kill your |
| 13007s | opponent you can do that multiple ways |
| 13008s | by building massive boards with early |
| 13011s | burning blade acolytes or by just |
| 13013s | straight up burst damage with a bunch of |
| 13015s | mines and the snowfall graveyard yeah |
| 13018s | and I haven't played it much with the |
| 13019s | minds I played it with the ghouls and |
| 13021s | the invincibles and stuff but um I think |
| 13023s | this I played a lot of old mine Rogue I |
| 13025s | think this is going to be good |
| 13026s | something about the jackpot Vogue I |
| 13027s | noticed earlier today I was having a |
| 13029s | look through |
| 13030s | um it's about 50 50 in this matchup |
| 13031s | again it's hard because we've got stats |
| 13033s | on death battle Rogue I mean so there's |
| 13037s | there's a whole wide spectrum you've |
| 13038s | just explained there but the jackpot |
| 13040s | stats have just been going down if you |
| 13042s | filter things by since the start of |
| 13043s | expansion seven days three days one day |
| 13045s | it's almost like the jackpot vocals okay |
| 13047s | this is basically the deck we're putting |
| 13049s | the potion people and we know what we're |
| 13050s | doing basically from day one and as |
| 13054s | other decks have evolved and got more |
| 13055s | tuned the jackpot Rogue win rate has |
| 13058s | gone down against everything across the |
| 13059s | board by a few percent uh so it's going |
| 13062s | to be interesting to me to see |
| 13064s | if it performs in this tournament to be |
| 13067s | honest or whether it is just going to |
| 13068s | constantly not be the best deck because |
| 13070s | people have learned |
| 13072s | well of course the other decks have got |
| 13073s | so well tuned now more to the point yeah |
| 13078s | I think that makes sense right |
| 13080s | jackpot Rook is uh |
| 13085s | perfectly tuned yeah especially like I |
| 13087s | say the tuning for it with the new cards |
| 13089s | wasn't hard is it is basically the point |
| 13092s | right we've got that one slot I I |
| 13094s | brought up with the aster law which |
| 13095s | again you might still have that it's not |
| 13097s | going to make a big difference if it's |
| 13098s | something else |
| 13100s | yeah and so the other decks are still |
| 13102s | getting better we're seeing we don't |
| 13103s | know what death battle Rogue is the best |
| 13105s | this tournament might actually teach us |
| 13106s | but we know what jackpot Vogue within a |
| 13108s | card is the best 40 card jackpot load |
| 13111s | it's just this yep |
| 13119s | I never mind I thought the trickster was |
| 13122s | going in the other hand |
| 13124s | whoops I was about to say that's a stick |
| 13127s | hand from yui but and it might be yeah |
| 13130s | dead draws hand it's still a very good |
| 13131s | hand yeah |
| 13134s | um |
| 13137s | smoke screen thing's really interesting |
| 13139s | in all the death battle Rogues like when |
| 13141s | it's in there you constantly think this |
| 13143s | just never happens it's just no good and |
| 13145s | then you actually get it off and you get |
| 13146s | one death battle and you're like really |
| 13147s | sad but the second you take it out of |
| 13150s | the deck you really miss it |
| 13152s | no |
| 13154s | um it's interesting to see where that |
| 13156s | ends up in the building whether |
| 13157s | eventually the smoke screen just gets |
| 13158s | removed entirely |
| 13161s | um as per like jumbo and Co or whether |
| 13164s | where the smoke screens are actually |
| 13165s | just a good thing |
| 13178s | powerful but a lot of things to be able |
| 13182s | to do snowball graveyards get you |
| 13183s | information |
| 13185s | um at the same time also has just the |
| 13187s | Shadow shambler with snowfall graveyard |
| 13189s | Plus |
| 13192s | burning blade acolyte or Scourge |
| 13195s | Illusionist at Burning blood Accolade |
| 13196s | obviously keeps you |
| 13198s | way more power right off the bat yeah I |
| 13200s | mean coin graveyard into sketchy into |
| 13204s | acolyte was definitely a thing he could |
| 13206s | consider there |
| 13207s | uh yeah honestly |
| 13210s | I think the the sketchy is sort of where |
| 13214s | I'm |
| 13216s | like does it really fit into the game |
| 13218s | plan if your plan is to go for snowfall |
| 13220s | graveyard into burning blade acolyte |
| 13221s | okay I like that as a more of a |
| 13224s | follow-up |
| 13225s | uh than anything else |
| 13227s | and in general the longer you can |
| 13229s | realistically delay your graveyard the |
| 13231s | better if you if you do do that play it |
| 13235s | sort of expires just as you're drawing |
| 13236s | into your potential trickster smoke |
| 13239s | screen and you're very sad because if |
| 13241s | you played it one turn later you might |
| 13242s | have been able to do that that sort of |
| 13243s | thing so |
| 13244s | putting it off is great obviously you're |
| 13246s | against a deck that |
| 13248s | kind of likes that extra turn that you |
| 13250s | give it so you don't want to mess around |
| 13251s | for too long as your your mind Rogue but |
| 13254s | you're okay for a turn or two here |
| 13258s | look at him |
| 13261s | buttons |
| 13264s | the urge Illusionist this made all these |
| 13266s | new builds possible apart from this |
| 13268s | exact one we're looking at now so well |
| 13269s | done me but you know yeah it adds some |
| 13272s | depth to this one does it make it |
| 13274s | possible right because it was this was a |
| 13278s | deck that existed |
| 13280s | um but it gives it |
| 13283s | depth |
| 13287s | brought some depth to the broadcast well |
| 13289s | done Illusionist thank you |
| 13293s | they're sort of at the point now where |
| 13295s | kind of wants to be getting on with it |
| 13296s | to be fair |
| 13298s | yep |
| 13299s | you can't give what's we saw the old |
| 13301s | mine |
| 13302s | yeah |
| 13303s | we saw the old mine Rogue in playoffs |
| 13305s | dudes at turn four turn five lethals so |
| 13308s | you start getting scared about turn five |
| 13310s | so yeah puts a lot of damage on the |
| 13312s | board yeah |
| 13317s | all right there's second mind drawn so |
| 13323s | yeah |
| 13324s | um |
| 13326s | PNG information will now only pull the |
| 13329s | uh second uh Illusionist |
| 13333s | doesn't feel great to play The Burning |
| 13335s | blade acolyte now but it doesn't feel |
| 13338s | great to take this damage on the next |
| 13339s | turn anyway |
| 13340s | because these burning blade acolytes |
| 13342s | will get eaten up pretty easily |
| 13345s | uh on the board on the other side yeah |
| 13348s | the first thing he obviously is counting |
| 13349s | here is like so how much damage do I |
| 13351s | actually have with these mines and |
| 13352s | things we know it's not enough but what |
| 13355s | other damage do I need to find here |
| 13356s | because having both of them in your hand |
| 13358s | with a sketchy like you've just |
| 13359s | explained is is a bit awkward it's a lot |
| 13361s | of damage taken away from you |
| 13363s | yeah |
| 13365s | and how do you actually push the extra |
| 13366s | damage this is the this is where people |
| 13368s | and we'll constantly talk about the |
| 13370s | other Rogues each all day long against |
| 13372s | each other but this this is where people |
| 13374s | with the the horse and the ghouls are in |
| 13377s | a better spot yeah |
| 13382s | and again you think it's 40 Health if |
| 13383s | this gets 30 this would be very close to |
| 13385s | just lethal coming in next turn |
| 13389s | yeah |
| 13391s | I like this play better than just the |
| 13394s | burning blade Accolade by itself because |
| 13396s | you do |
| 13399s | a couple things you put more power in |
| 13400s | the board with the second burning blade |
| 13402s | acolyte from the copy of The Illusionist |
| 13406s | and |
| 13408s | secondly you get rid of the potential |
| 13410s | that you draw The Illusionist off the |
| 13414s | top |
| 13415s | basically cutting off sketching |
| 13417s | information's ability to draw anything |
| 13418s | with the other illusionists in both |
| 13421s | Minds already being in hand so |
| 13424s | this is some power to get through uh |
| 13426s | dead draw has ways to push through it |
| 13429s | yeah when backstab asked the lore |
| 13433s | oh my goodness it's painful also going |
| 13437s | back to what I was talking about with |
| 13438s | the graveyard right this is by by |
| 13440s | playing that graveyard to turn later you |
| 13442s | you know how this next turn coming up |
| 13444s | with coin in hand with graveyard now as |
| 13446s | it happens it's probably not going to be |
| 13448s | enough because dead drawers just doing |
| 13450s | things |
| 13451s | but you can see how much difference that |
| 13454s | delayed graveyard could have made in |
| 13455s | different situations yeah |
| 13461s | but as it happens lol jackpot Rogue |
| 13464s | yeah |
| 13467s | um still can pop this Burning blade |
| 13468s | acolyte open and |
| 13470s | uh defend against these |
| 13473s | uh pretty large Minions on the other |
| 13475s | side of the board but the rest of the |
| 13477s | hand |
| 13478s | pretty lackluster |
| 13480s | it's got to be counterfeit blade it's |
| 13482s | the other real play that makes any sense |
| 13485s | oh no oh and the question here is how |
| 13488s | does he win like let's say he survives |
| 13490s | two or three turns Somehow Here |
| 13493s | where's his damage coming from |
| 13500s | he's going to save it for another |
| 13501s | graveyard into plucking some Minds like |
| 13504s | where's where's it coming from yeah |
| 13511s | but it's the World Championships you you |
| 13513s | make them have it but |
| 13515s | yeah if this was louder he'd be next |
| 13517s | game |
| 13519s | pretty sure yeah still a lot that can be |
| 13522s | done even if you're just making like a |
| 13525s | giant Board of um |
| 13527s | yeah these burning blade acolytes |
| 13530s | it still can buy you a lot of time to |
| 13533s | find the pieces and does have smoke |
| 13534s | screen even though there's not like the |
| 13536s | death rattle Synergy that's the big |
| 13538s | burst of draw that you would need to try |
| 13540s | and activate these mines |
| 13543s | and Deadwood does have kind of nothing |
| 13545s | going on so maybe some of this connects |
| 13547s | face with the minions that changes |
| 13549s | things a lot |
| 13551s | foreign |
| 13572s | again |
| 13577s | I feel like we get more than our fair |
| 13579s | share of the matches where both players |
| 13581s | just draw absolutely dead and we sit |
| 13583s | there and just wait for them to tickle |
| 13584s | each other to death |
| 13588s | this is where the wind comes from yep me |
| 13591s | going next on ladder proving that I |
| 13593s | shouldn't |
| 13596s | yeah what's the draw |
| 13598s | Contraband stash |
| 13603s | [Music] |
| 13605s | wow |
| 13609s | oh my teacher this could be 2-0 in a |
| 13612s | moment |
| 13614s | yeah you get a |
| 13616s | mind eater and an aguin |
| 13622s | no enough is it |
| 13626s | no I mean I mean I mean it might be |
| 13628s | looking across the other side of the |
| 13630s | board because as it happens you use got |
| 13632s | nothing literally going on |
| 13635s | yeah but a lot of things that can just |
| 13638s | beat the image like their job doesn't |
| 13640s | outside of the asteroid the second uh |
| 13644s | mid-tier astolore |
| 13646s | I don't know the names of each one |
| 13649s | um they're like astalor the balanced law |
| 13652s | he attacking us Lord he defend or |
| 13655s | something |
| 13661s | yeah and then the two Mana is |
| 13665s | ask a little blood sworn there you go |
| 13668s | boom yeah that's right right from the |
| 13670s | start I told you |
| 13674s | but count to 16. |
| 13678s | okay |
| 13680s | ah do you have to coin it yeah |
| 13685s | okay |
| 13687s | worse |
| 13689s | and what cards are you looking for here |
| 13693s | um I don't know the problem here is that |
| 13695s | we're going into the scabs turn |
| 13698s | so it's a little awkward like my initial |
| 13701s | thought was just go |
| 13703s | trade trade Illusionist Illusionist |
| 13706s | and just like build this big board but |
| 13709s | scabs existing |
| 13712s | makes that |
| 13714s | not Super Wise I'll play it's just |
| 13718s | gonna go smoke screen okay and it draws |
| 13721s | cards yeah this will overdraw one I do |
| 13723s | believe my hand |
| 13726s | and it is the graveyard |
| 13729s | [Music] |
| 13732s | absolute Festival of nothing all right |
| 13738s | uh no chance for lethal here with |
| 13741s | astelor the flamebringer |
| 13743s | why is there no chance |
| 13745s | uh it only deals eight |
| 13747s | that eight Mana okay |
| 13750s | so little chance then no literally zero |
| 13756s | oh let's muddy the waters |
| 13761s | literally zero still alive |
| 13766s | and just play the tempo |
| 13769s | and uh that'll do it he has the damage |
| 13772s | from hand |
| 13775s | well then saken mine backstab the Mind |
| 13779s | exactly 12. |
| 13781s | oh that was such an awkward game it |
| 13785s | really was |
| 13787s | but yeah double back stabs plus the four |
| 13791s | and you you wins a game that I think |
| 13794s | both players will be surprised he won |
| 13795s | with a handy hat and when Deadpool sees |
| 13797s | that back he'll realize how unlucky he |
| 13799s | was to just get that terrible hand |
| 13801s | because you use hand was absolutely |
| 13803s | awful there drawing ah yeah his hand was |
| 13806s | not bad E's hand was good for the first |
| 13809s | five turns and then it got bad okay um |
| 13813s | having the the shambler into graveyard |
| 13815s | into sketchy information Illusionist |
| 13818s | burning blade Accolade it's tough right |
| 13821s | yeah dandruff's hand wasn't terrible |
| 13823s | either for the beginning they both |
| 13824s | fizzled out in the mid game but when |
| 13827s | um jackpot Rogue Fizzles it Fizzles like |
| 13831s | it does no yeah yeah because it's all |
| 13832s | got a couple of weeks two twos four Mana |
| 13835s | two twos in your hand uh whereas at |
| 13837s | least death row Rogue is like you know |
| 13839s | cycling through their deck and uh |
| 13842s | dealing damage putting annoying stuff on |
| 13843s | the board |
| 13845s | um so uh I I'd say that it was pretty |
| 13849s | even early on in terms of hand quality |
| 13852s | they both got really bad really quickly |
| 13855s | but |
| 13856s | when like jackpot's bad is much worse |
| 13859s | than uh definitely the mine Road's bad |
| 13862s | so |
| 13863s | um I like how you played it though like |
| 13865s | the smoke screen over drawing a card |
| 13867s | he needed multiple pieces to win the |
| 13870s | game and he knew that he was on a clock |
| 13872s | it's of his health total he's at 11 |
| 13873s | health |
| 13874s | so |
| 13876s | just look for the multiple pieces now |
| 13878s | instead of like trying to dig a little |
| 13880s | bit with gone fishing right you're only |
| 13881s | drawing one and then the rest of your |
| 13883s | turn is really weak though I like the |
| 13886s | way that I don't play that but now dead |
| 13889s | draw gets a turn on the quest Felder and |
| 13891s | the only deck remaining left before you |
| 13893s | use the priest and we talked about the |
| 13895s | the cut cards you know will it be Mark |
| 13897s | will it be um |
| 13898s | something else well this time around |
| 13900s | it's chaos strike which |
| 13902s | I agree is a kind of garbage card and it |
| 13906s | it can be awkward sometimes maybe just a |
| 13909s | straight replacement for Mark makes |
| 13910s | sense but yeah that's an unusual one |
| 13912s | that's a guaranteed card draw as opposed |
| 13914s | to The Not So guaranteed car draw from |
| 13916s | The Mark so an interesting cut there |
| 13918s | from Deadpool especially just fell in |
| 13920s | its damage |
| 13921s | not that you need it very often |
| 13923s | you're just going to keep that Flamingo |
| 13926s | there the whole time |
| 13928s | I mean Are You Gonna Keep wearing for me |
| 13929s | and goes the whole time you're right it |
| 13932s | is flamingo Friday after all |
| 13934s | who am I to argue with that |
| 13937s | all right here it is |
| 13939s | um |
| 13941s | a bit different than what we see from |
| 13944s | dead draws priest that we saw in game |
| 13946s | one uh a lot of other tools Cool Tools |
| 13951s | of the deck like a Switcheroo and yeah a |
| 13955s | drown |
| 13958s | I haven't seen an egg yet today |
| 13961s | oh no eggs |
| 13962s | [Music] |
| 13964s | oh yeah it drowned an interesting car |
| 13966s | because I've been around forever and |
| 13967s | it's always looked like it's a card that |
| 13968s | should be good |
| 13970s | and kind of just hasn't been but maybe |
| 13972s | it's found it's |
| 13974s | it's place now in the world maybe this |
| 13976s | is finally when we're going to get drown |
| 13979s | pretty expensive for what |
| 13982s | for what it does okay I'll put it down |
| 13986s | there we go |
| 13988s | cup holders |
| 13990s | yes |
| 13993s | float for swimming pools and hot tubs |
| 13996s | and things and you put your drinks in |
| 13997s | there fingers the flamingo sort of |
| 13999s | floats and serves you |
| 14002s | it's amazing |
| 14004s | I need to get one of those I mean I've |
| 14006s | never used it it's just sat in the |
| 14008s | garage |
| 14010s | in your garage |
| 14013s | I could see Neil walking through the |
| 14016s | store like hmm |
| 14018s | I'm sure I could find a use for this |
| 14021s | this Flamingo somewhere and then I can't |
| 14023s | afford not to buy it four years later I |
| 14026s | was shown to be correct |
| 14029s | as it appears live to the world well it |
| 14032s | was worth the 10 bucks or whatever yeah |
| 14034s | I don't eat paid for it |
| 14037s | Tony all right but we've seen this from |
| 14040s | the other side like you say lots of |
| 14041s | texturist differences but it's the same |
| 14043s | match-up basically uh Demon Hunter |
| 14048s | can't miss a beat but Demon Hunter |
| 14050s | doesn't miss a beat is how I sum it up |
| 14052s | if it does Miss A Beat he can get into a |
| 14053s | lot of trouble here |
| 14055s | but in general the deck is built such |
| 14057s | that it is pretty smooth sailing yep |
| 14062s | also as a reminder this is winner's |
| 14065s | match of group a |
| 14067s | so the winner will move on to emerge |
| 14071s | from the groups |
| 14073s | into the quarterfinals on Sunday uh a |
| 14076s | big step |
| 14078s | towards winning the world being chip is |
| 14081s | making it past phase one and the |
| 14083s | confidence that you get from doing in a |
| 14087s | 2-0 wreck out of the group stage yeah |
| 14090s | fantastic and just the rest I I I know |
| 14093s | if you qualify the other way you only |
| 14094s | play three matches but and again I I |
| 14097s | stress this to viewers all the time it's |
| 14099s | like oh no not three Hearthstone matches |
| 14101s | in a day well that can be 15 games it |
| 14103s | can be four or five hours and it's you |
| 14105s | know with everything on the line as the |
| 14107s | phrase goes it's actually a lot it takes |
| 14109s | a lot out of you each match |
| 14111s | um there's so much stress so yeah just |
| 14113s | getting it out of the way early is a big |
| 14115s | deal you on the cusp of doing that |
| 14117s | yeah |
| 14120s | has seen every tradable card |
| 14124s | ah in the uh effectively |
| 14129s | in the opening hand the only one |
| 14132s | only one he's missing to complete the |
| 14133s | set is the rust Rod Viper just imagine |
| 14136s | he's all he needs now he's a ball just |
| 14138s | put that down kill it off yeah yeah you |
| 14141s | go good you've won the game |
| 14150s | meanwhile dead Jewel again this deck |
| 14153s | usually just gets out of trouble but |
| 14155s | living on the edge with his hand as well |
| 14161s | as much as Demon Hunter can |
| 14164s | oh my goodness |
| 14173s | well which one do you think TJ |
| 14180s | unlucky |
| 14183s | don't want the whirlpool right |
| 14188s | because there's nothing to kill and the |
| 14190s | drown never gets targeted so you've got |
| 14192s | to take whatever the other one is |
| 14195s | don't worry we can't see them either |
| 14199s | oh you spoiled it |
| 14201s | somebody out there was saying well we |
| 14203s | can't see the cards why is lavinda |
| 14204s | looking at the cards why doesn't Linda |
| 14206s | tell us what the third card is |
| 14211s | [Laughter] |
| 14214s | too quickly |
| 14216s | you did this game will catch on TJ you |
| 14218s | just play a card if it vanishes and |
| 14220s | that's it that's the game |
| 14225s | gone |
| 14227s | two |
| 14228s | Mana two Mana take a break for 10 |
| 14232s | seconds a random card appears in your |
| 14234s | hand |
| 14237s | all right light bulb um which is pretty |
| 14239s | Grim but |
| 14241s | it's better than nothing I guess if |
| 14243s | there's a |
| 14245s | an Extinction that gets out of hand nice |
| 14248s | thing is it phantasms it gets out of |
| 14249s | hand but yeah |
| 14251s | [Music] |
| 14257s | the world championships for goodness |
| 14260s | sake deck not now |
| 14268s | a couple more Traders |
| 14272s | looking for a Viper |
| 14274s | did you just like raise his eyes if you |
| 14276s | say why is my penetrated seven of his |
| 14278s | four cards for the first seven attempts |
| 14280s | all right |
| 14282s | that all he needs is a minion and he can |
| 14284s | draw a card |
| 14293s | okay |
| 14294s | they're drawers are dimensions away |
| 14305s | trade Stone |
| 14307s | it's just you know just no don't want |
| 14310s | that try again |
| 14315s | laughs |
| 14317s | oh that's not a bad turn though unlike |
| 14320s | you use trading at least with the quest |
| 14322s | that achieves something |
| 14324s | we're getting like such a a crash course |
| 14327s | in in |
| 14329s | two of the |
| 14331s | new game mechanics that have |
| 14334s | been yeah in the past two years |
| 14335s | locations and tradables yeah oh theater |
| 14339s | is there anything worth stealing no |
| 14341s | because Deadpool's draw nothing |
| 14348s | just take a peek and I don't know |
| 14353s | I mean what do you do |
| 14356s | you can identity theft gives you a |
| 14358s | little bit of information you can see |
| 14360s | what's in the hand |
| 14363s | or not oh |
| 14368s | uh what would you like to steal here |
| 14370s | so he he what's in the hand to see if |
| 14375s | there's anything in the hand that |
| 14377s | theatar is worth playing next time |
| 14380s | it must be identity theft you can all |
| 14382s | you also get an idea of what's in the |
| 14384s | deck |
| 14385s | on the second selection |
| 14388s | so to see what's not in the hand if you |
| 14391s | see something that's in the deck that |
| 14392s | may be worth stealing |
| 14394s | so it does take the |
| 14396s | Arcanist for the first choice and knows |
| 14398s | it's in the hand at full cost and |
| 14403s | spell brush |
| 14404s | then it Dimensions off the top |
| 14407s | it is |
| 14409s | yeah I think that three Mana get two |
| 14412s | cards that just appear in your hand is |
| 14413s | much better than two man I get one card |
| 14415s | that appears in your hand by the way |
| 14417s | all right so Deadpool now has to just |
| 14419s | empty his hand we'll see a lot of weird |
| 14420s | play this turn uh to make move for the |
| 14422s | dimensions next turn most likely you |
| 14424s | might do it this turn actually |
| 14426s | ah he's doing it this turn he's doing it |
| 14428s | this turn off we go get the six cards |
| 14430s | and to do it fills your hand up to a |
| 14433s | lovely nine reduced cost stuff try and |
| 14435s | draw the other one or some more card |
| 14437s | draw and now the deck is doing the thing |
| 14439s | that it does |
| 14442s | but there is the theater option |
| 14445s | um |
| 14448s | no really good enough but |
| 14452s | gotta try it right yep |
| 14455s | uh for where you sat he'll be thinking |
| 14457s | that if you're gonna hit the Jace maybe |
| 14459s | he can win |
| 14466s | it's the second Dimensions it might slow |
| 14469s | things down let's have a look and see |
| 14471s | there it is |
| 14487s | oh it was groceries that actually makes |
| 14489s | sense yeah |
| 14494s | a full cost Chase just picked up in the |
| 14496s | hand |
| 14503s | because Jace isn't as terrible as it |
| 14505s | sounds it does slow you down a little |
| 14506s | but often you don't need it at all and |
| 14509s | often you're nine or ten manners should |
| 14513s | it go that long and he's under no |
| 14514s | pressure at all |
| 14516s | after nine or ten money is plenty with |
| 14518s | an eight man adjacent everything else is |
| 14520s | zero one |
| 14524s | um |
| 14525s | another happy guilty |
| 14528s | now he'll be trying to keep the |
| 14529s | expensive Guild Trader in the deck for |
| 14531s | when he does cast the second Dimensions |
| 14532s | which won't be yet because this time |
| 14534s | emptying the hands a little bit more |
| 14537s | difficult |
| 14540s | I think certainly is |
| 14545s | short |
| 14555s | within me this is the play that's |
| 14558s | obvious when you see it but if you're in |
| 14560s | the wrong frame of mind you don't see it |
| 14561s | it's just like okay well just dumped my |
| 14563s | expensive spell damage thing on the |
| 14565s | board to make space |
| 14566s | because in your head it's the card that |
| 14567s | wins you the game |
| 14569s | yeah but this is why we play four of |
| 14571s | them now not three so you can just dump |
| 14573s | them on the board and get them out your |
| 14574s | hand |
| 14575s | and maybe do something earlier as well |
| 14577s | if you happen to play against a rare |
| 14579s | aggro deck |
| 14583s | I must consider |
| 14588s | and a whole lot of nothing for you |
| 14591s | my quest my revenge it's just characters |
| 14597s | not not too much car draw |
| 14600s | the deck for UE but |
| 14603s | it is a 7-7 |
| 14606s | bigger than a six six for the light |
| 14607s | shower Elemental so |
| 14609s | all right we do have the phantasms |
| 14612s | coming into play |
| 14613s | obviously there are many many ways for |
| 14617s | you to deal with a board full of |
| 14618s | phantasms |
| 14623s | testing |
| 14624s | didn't want to to vote those |
| 14629s | oh geez okay eight cards left |
| 14633s | having to get rid of an Unleashed fell |
| 14635s | just just to not have it in the hand |
| 14637s | that seems unusual |
| 14639s | yeah so it's gonna have to rely on the |
| 14642s | spell damage and getting spell damage |
| 14644s | reduced yeah |
| 14647s | and okay spell damage reduced |
| 14652s | yep |
| 14656s | play the Viper |
| 14662s | it's just there it is just just a Viper |
| 14665s | on the board |
| 14669s | this is really awkward |
| 14672s | yeah |
| 14674s | so we have |
| 14677s | oh geez |
| 14679s | ill Trader plus Agnes is going to be |
| 14681s | able to be played obraj plus Unleashed |
| 14684s | felt |
| 14685s | what so I'm trying to work I can kill |
| 14687s | his own plates better off and make it |
| 14689s | really awkward sorry |
| 14690s | you can |
| 14692s | because it's reduced cost um |
| 14694s | light box lighter you Cathedral it then |
| 14696s | you Shadow word |
| 14698s | ruined so you can do that and I think he |
| 14700s | should do that |
| 14702s | or plate spreader light bulb yeah clear |
| 14705s | the board kill your plate spreader off |
| 14707s | turn all your opposed things into a |
| 14708s | plate people |
| 14711s | okay so what's The Arcanist but this |
| 14714s | might still be lethal we're only looking |
| 14715s | at plus two spell damage but it's plus |
| 14718s | two spell damage on |
| 14721s | Unleashed fell |
| 14723s | double unleash felt double fell barrage |
| 14726s | not got the Mana for now though right |
| 14727s | that was the oh yeah this this is for |
| 14730s | tent Mana |
| 14732s | so you know if there's a way that you |
| 14735s | you can |
| 14736s | get one of those amulets back bring it |
| 14739s | back to life and kill it again |
| 14746s | here you want to use the expensive spell |
| 14748s | damage and then unload the Spells he |
| 14752s | could also yeah yeah okay he's got the |
| 14755s | whirlpool though in your Yee's hand |
| 14758s | which would make things incredibly |
| 14759s | difficult because there's one of each |
| 14761s | thing on the board yeah so you have to |
| 14762s | get rid of this |
| 14763s | yeah but if you Whirlpool you're just |
| 14765s | gonna die to the straight up damage yes |
| 14767s | from Chase alone |
| 14769s | because it'd be fully Juiced |
| 14773s | this is 16. yeah |
| 14777s | so in that case you just made the second |
| 14780s | Guild Trader then |
| 14782s | a blunder potions |
| 14787s | but he missed out on two plus two spell |
| 14789s | damage on the Unleashed fell |
| 14793s | um which would not have been lethal |
| 14796s | would have put him down to two |
| 14801s | but I think he did realize the whirlpool |
| 14803s | would have cut if Whirlpool would have |
| 14805s | come out it would cut down a lot and |
| 14807s | it's the same if you nearly the same if |
| 14809s | you cast these spells but now we have a |
| 14811s | Jace that has |
| 14813s | um |
| 14815s | everything |
| 14817s | the last two spells are need for greed |
| 14820s | and relic of phantasms so we have double |
| 14822s | fell barrage gal strike double Fury |
| 14824s | which I believe both were both were cast |
| 14826s | around two yet both were cast at rank |
| 14827s | two |
| 14830s | uh the uh |
| 14832s | double unleash fell |
| 14835s | the full Suite |
| 14838s | and you can only create one of the |
| 14840s | minions off as well most likely so |
| 14844s | trying to calculate there's any way to |
| 14846s | stay alive here but uh clean the scene |
| 14849s | into light shower Elemental |
| 14852s | not too quickly it doesn't keep you |
| 14854s | alive still right yeah because the fails |
| 14856s | will go face |
| 14858s | because you're on four |
| 14865s | um |
| 14871s | you're right amidst the Flames I was |
| 14873s | hoping that maybe Chase is the last card |
| 14875s | I don't know yeah |
| 14878s | but instant insta |
| 14881s | it was Lethal even if it got the full |
| 14882s | light chart Elemental healing I'm pretty |
| 14884s | sure |
| 14886s | got it close constantly he did cycle |
| 14891s | giant dead draw okay |
| 14893s | [Music] |
| 14897s | well |
| 14899s | 2-1 dead drawers back in it and getting |
| 14903s | bigger by the look of it like each time |
| 14905s | he wins he just gets |
| 14907s | larger |
| 14909s | yeah it's closer and closer to the |
| 14911s | camera |
| 14912s | and uh we are oh no I saw a cute Neil is |
| 14918s | it cute have they done it they did oh no |
| 14922s | I'm gonna coming up next we got control |
| 14924s | priest mirror |
| 14927s | [Music] |
| 14928s | you interrupt this broadcast for your |
| 14930s | regularly scheduled intermission |
| 14936s | I've seen it a couple of times but not |
| 14937s | many |
| 14939s | um |
| 14939s | just war of a tradition right it's just |
| 14942s | going to be who gets the most value out |
| 14943s | is there any any Tempo option available |
| 14945s | to either player that just wins |
| 14950s | I don't see one |
| 14953s | now |
| 14955s | Whirlpool is going to make it fun as |
| 14956s | well |
| 14962s | yeah I mean we have some differences on |
| 14964s | both sides |
| 14966s | um |
| 14967s | I think the big one for you you would |
| 14970s | probably have to be the call of the |
| 14972s | grave |
| 14974s | okay but then also doesn't have venomous |
| 14977s | scorpion right so it's like |
| 14981s | I don't know call of the grave and do |
| 14984s | a lot of fun things but so can venomous |
| 14986s | Corbett because venomous corporate could |
| 14988s | also be called the grave |
| 14993s | yes so sure but other than that like |
| 14997s | main package of the deck is the same |
| 15000s | right it's the plague spreader and Mida |
| 15004s | Vida Meda |
| 15006s | yep one of those |
| 15009s | um |
| 15010s | oh there's also a |
| 15013s | sister svalna on the side of dead draw |
| 15018s | so also it's not the combo it's just |
| 15021s | perhaps that's why it's in here like the |
| 15023s | combo version of that deck makes sense |
| 15025s | but it's a totally different deck this |
| 15026s | isn't equipped for that you're talking |
| 15028s | about the radiant spawner yeah uh void |
| 15033s | thing deck yeah what's it called |
| 15037s | don't think I'd even |
| 15038s | that's a fun deck though vision of |
| 15041s | Darkness that comes from this founder is |
| 15042s | just yeah but that is it I mean it's a |
| 15045s | bit of value for dead draw in the end |
| 15047s | game in the mirror in theory yeah yeah |
| 15049s | if you draw it unless it gets stolen by |
| 15051s | the guitar which is what replaces it on |
| 15054s | the other side from you oh |
| 15058s | oh you can't get a vision out of your |
| 15060s | hand either so it's always there |
| 15064s | uh no but uh sister's phone uh the the |
| 15067s | vision is a Battle Cry |
| 15071s | so I'm pretty I've never seen it I don't |
| 15074s | know the interaction |
| 15076s | but I'm pretty sure because it's a |
| 15077s | Battle Cry even if you steal |
| 15080s | the uh division |
| 15084s | you will then the vision will |
| 15086s | automatically reappear in your hand |
| 15091s | oh in the opponents I don't even know |
| 15093s | yes it like if if I'm dead draw I play |
| 15097s | sisters falna I get a vision my opponent |
| 15099s | plays theater steals division the vision |
| 15101s | would then reappear in the hand |
| 15106s | got it of dead draw of Deadpool because |
| 15109s | it's always and then I think |
| 15114s | and then you use would probably only |
| 15117s | work once is the implication there |
| 15120s | because because it's not the vision of |
| 15123s | Darkness doesn't just say discover a |
| 15125s | shadow spell the the actual card says |
| 15128s | this stays in your hand oh so the Battle |
| 15131s | Cry permanently adds a card that |
| 15133s | permanently says in your hand anyway so |
| 15135s | one of them is redundant just for |
| 15136s | clarity maybe I don't know if one of |
| 15138s | them's redundant or if the permanent is |
| 15140s | attached to one or the other but usually |
| 15141s | battle cries that say permanent it |
| 15143s | doesn't matter if it gets if it gets |
| 15146s | stolen you need mad I see you at |
| 15149s | something |
| 15153s | let's see what he's mad at |
| 15163s | me I was mad like Spurs and Bone collars |
| 15167s | yeah this is definite proof that I don't |
| 15169s | know much about my matchup because I I |
| 15171s | don't know why that's bad |
| 15173s | gotta admit |
| 15176s | oh Neil this is one of those |
| 15177s | opportunities where we get to fly by the |
| 15179s | seat of our pants |
| 15181s | yeah it's called us casting Hearthstone |
| 15184s | yeah I guess resurrecting things isn't |
| 15187s | very good early on so it is a waste of |
| 15189s | card you're trying to get some Tempo |
| 15190s | going and Bone cooler doesn't do that so |
| 15193s | sure |
| 15194s | I mean whereas going to be hitting you |
| 15196s | for one and you're just gonna die in 40 |
| 15198s | turns |
| 15201s | in Bangkok does do that |
| 15206s | in a sense |
| 15210s | well you're just gonna plop it out there |
| 15211s | in a mirror can you afford to that's |
| 15213s | what we're gonna find out |
| 15216s | foreign |
| 15217s | yes |
| 15223s | I couldn't see the car geez oh you've |
| 15226s | got it surely yep there's the proof that |
| 15230s | we're not crazy that is the card that's |
| 15231s | gonna take the game all the way to all |
| 15233s | the way |
| 15235s | and now dead draw can make it so that he |
| 15237s | steals as further back when he plays his |
| 15240s | in a moment his identity theft |
| 15246s | which I don't think is in his deck |
| 15249s | though he can't |
| 15255s | this is gonna be crazy |
| 15257s | so much on the line somebody's going to |
| 15260s | go through to the quarters |
| 15267s | no signs for Deadpool |
| 15275s | the plague people are coming to you so |
| 15276s | we could end up with a lot of plague |
| 15277s | people in this game |
| 15282s | all right so subtle has burned for us |
| 15285s | that vision is permanently still owned |
| 15286s | by theater thank you |
| 15288s | and can be counterspelled and doesn't |
| 15290s | add it back into your hand |
| 15293s | thank you sotol appreciate it |
| 15299s | doesn't make sense with the uh |
| 15302s | just having to show at it by the way the |
| 15304s | wording of svalna |
| 15309s | imagine card games making sense |
| 15315s | so I was thinking oh yeah you can just |
| 15318s | see a Target steal the real swallow but |
| 15321s | if he does that he's he's not gonna have |
| 15324s | any hand space for the rest of the game |
| 15326s | and he's missed |
| 15329s | yep |
| 15331s | he could have a Golden Bone cooler |
| 15334s | does it have a triple |
| 15347s | this film is going to be the highlight |
| 15349s | of the day for me I think whatever |
| 15350s | happens |
| 15365s | I see the theater now all of the |
| 15367s | interactions that I thought would be |
| 15368s | neat aren't neat anymore knowing that |
| 15371s | information |
| 15372s | because |
| 15374s | if we just went on the text even if you |
| 15377s | serve Finley the vision away it would |
| 15380s | reappear in your hand right |
| 15383s | you draw another one and you get two of |
| 15385s | them that are stuck in your hand yeah |
| 15387s | and then you get two of them but it is |
| 15390s | attached to the actual spell |
| 15393s | and not to the uh not to the Battle Cry |
| 15395s | so |
| 15398s | um |
| 15399s | you actually have to cast for it to be |
| 15401s | re-added to your hand instead of like |
| 15403s | Get rid of it somehow |
| 15405s | oh geez it'd be cool if you could just |
| 15409s | Finley to what Finley it away and then |
| 15412s | it pops back then you brew master the |
| 15415s | Finley Finley again |
| 15417s | from all into the other one it pops back |
| 15421s | this is gonna be silly like how many |
| 15422s | bird cards are we going to see this game |
| 15426s | oh we're gonna try not to but I think we |
| 15429s | might see a few |
| 15431s | I mean that is good yeah |
| 15433s | having already seen a silence as well |
| 15436s | but you only see one silence this game's |
| 15438s | going 20 turns so maybe you have to wait |
| 15440s | even longer |
| 15442s | no theater you're saying death tillage |
| 15444s | right |
| 15445s | uh yeah the doll does not have it no you |
| 15449s | can afford to hold the meter if you want |
| 15461s | Whirlpool is so dumb by the way TJ right |
| 15464s | now |
| 15468s | like it just in this matchup it's going |
| 15470s | to be dumb I love it |
| 15476s | certainly not good here |
| 15486s | what's going on |
| 15490s | I'll hit a shark too oh it's so good it |
| 15494s | really really is |
| 15500s | for now that was like one of the engines |
| 15503s | of of the deck right you want to get to |
| 15505s | a point where |
| 15506s | you're just amuleta amida and then you |
| 15511s | handle it two more and then you just |
| 15513s | have |
| 15515s | to be done your decks keeps popping out |
| 15517s | that you can me tell me tutor out of |
| 15519s | your deck with spirit guide and all |
| 15521s | sorts of things so |
| 15527s | I feel like even though it's amazing |
| 15529s | it's still a minor Victory we're gonna |
| 15530s | see many minor victories on both sides |
| 15535s | um guys here we go |
| 15540s | had enough |
| 15542s | he's gonna dump these stupid vocals now |
| 15544s | we see why he didn't want them in his |
| 15545s | opening hand right |
| 15547s | he's had to dump them really early |
| 15550s | by really early I mean turn eight when |
| 15551s | most people are dead in this matter |
| 15558s | geez |
| 15562s | stay with me TJ stay with me |
| 15566s | um |
| 15567s | the bone collar it's |
| 15570s | just been the plague spreader |
| 15573s | uh it's fall now |
| 15576s | that have died |
| 15586s | I feel like we're waiting I might be I |
| 15589s | might be completely wrong I often do |
| 15590s | have to kill myself yeah I definitely |
| 15594s | want the vision like at this point you |
| 15596s | don't want it yeah you can't empty it |
| 15599s | from your hand it adds a card instead of |
| 15601s | removes a card |
| 15603s | I I just feel like there's a huge |
| 15606s | possibility of this game just going |
| 15608s | forever and then it becomes a box |
| 15609s | opening contest which we love we love |
| 15611s | boxes at a certain point the players |
| 15614s | aren't going to even be able to open |
| 15615s | boxes |
| 15617s | no also too |
| 15620s | so you gotta like |
| 15622s | open boxes until it's lunch time did you |
| 15625s | open boxes on Christmas day before you |
| 15627s | eat or do you open them all after or all |
| 15629s | before |
| 15631s | I do with your Christmas boxes |
| 15635s | we've got a lot of Christmas boxes here |
| 15636s | yeah like presents like F's yeah |
| 15639s | presents gifts oxes Christmas Box yeah I |
| 15642s | mean I don't open any |
| 15644s | because you don't get any okay oh no my |
| 15648s | kids opened them literally |
| 15650s | like 5 30 a.m when they wake up there's |
| 15653s | the whole lot you just get there there's |
| 15654s | dogs and cats and presents and rapping |
| 15657s | and kids motorbikes yeah we have you buy |
| 15661s | them we have to we have to put like you |
| 15663s | know a string across the hallway with a |
| 15666s | bell on it that when the kids wake up |
| 15668s | and they run out of their rooms we |
| 15669s | actually wake up so like we can open |
| 15673s | gifts and they're not already all gone |
| 15676s | I think that was like a tripwire so the |
| 15678s | kid falls over and starts screaming and |
| 15681s | there's like oh here's some presents |
| 15682s | cheer yourself up yeah |
| 15684s | all right play splitter |
| 15686s | back on the scene and it's gone looks |
| 15690s | very fine though because it's just gonna |
| 15692s | hit okay it's the Viper |
| 15694s | that's in hand |
| 15696s | that's an upgrade |
| 15701s | I assume that fatigue isn't a thing here |
| 15703s | you don't mind drawing cars they're both |
| 15704s | being quite careful not to do that so |
| 15707s | maybe it is |
| 15712s | oh my |
| 15717s | yep gotta go through your entire deck to |
| 15720s | see how many are odds episode no it's |
| 15722s | gonna dredge |
| 15732s | I'm just hoping that the inevitable |
| 15734s | outcome of this is everything is just |
| 15736s | opening boxes and plague people and |
| 15739s | that's it that's the entire game |
| 15745s | I want to happen |
| 15752s | drown seems pretty good in the mirror |
| 15755s | gotta say |
| 15764s | you you in the lead 40 to 36 that's |
| 15767s | obviously a huge psychological advantage |
| 15770s | I think TJ |
| 15774s | only 26 more cards I don't know if I've |
| 15776s | got 26 more completely wrong phrases but |
| 15779s | I can go for it |
| 15784s | uninvincible |
| 15787s | I mean |
| 15789s | doesn't seem ridiculous when you think |
| 15791s | about it |
| 15793s | it's just it's too expensive it just |
| 15796s | gets turned into a plague person right |
| 15797s | anyway it doesn't really matter oh geez |
| 15800s | this is he doesn't want to play plague |
| 15801s | spreader because he doesn't want to come |
| 15803s | back he doesn't want to come back on |
| 15804s | like the other side yeah it is here we |
| 15807s | go |
| 15810s | he's gonna get sharded maybe unless he's |
| 15812s | trying to bait the shark |
| 15814s | and then he's going to be done next turn |
| 15816s | after the shard's been baited maybe yeah |
| 15818s | but he also wants to get rid of this too |
| 15822s | because like so so you can't |
| 15827s | somehow take it also they're both sort |
| 15830s | of |
| 15831s | not getting many minions in hand so any |
| 15834s | times you do activate a plague person |
| 15836s | you are going to hit something more and |
| 15838s | more important as you go oh you're going |
| 15839s | to hit absolutely nothing but you know |
| 15842s | I know it's Vision time |
| 15846s | left hand space for the cards |
| 15850s | uh thank goodness we can see the pics |
| 15853s | undying allies in the plague spreader I |
| 15856s | don't know yeah |
| 15857s | I like it |
| 15861s | let's make it so you can't get anything |
| 15862s | on the board or in your hand huh |
| 15869s | more undying eyes |
| 15879s | despite the end of this game pretty sure |
| 15886s | there we go |
| 15890s | I don't think what are like best Shadow |
| 15893s | spells to even Discover at this point |
| 15896s | time to go into the tank for a moment |
| 15899s | or amulets called the grave emulate |
| 15904s | um white Shard for burst |
| 15908s | I don't know but they gotta play the |
| 15911s | madad because the uh uh the reborn |
| 15913s | plague spreaders |
| 15915s | gonna hit it |
| 15917s | um he's gonna be met with The Shard of |
| 15918s | the nauru and |
| 15921s | from there I don't really know I don't |
| 15923s | really know what happens |
| 15926s | I'm looking for spells that can do |
| 15929s | anything yeah voice Shard might actually |
| 15932s | be the end like the |
| 15934s | the radiant version eventually kills you |
| 15936s | with voice shards but that has that's |
| 15937s | built to play the card |
| 15939s | yeah did anyone generate a radiant is |
| 15942s | that a thing that's possible in any way |
| 15943s | here it must be actually drowns it oh |
| 15945s | that's way better yeah |
| 15948s | now actually gets it |
| 15960s | well |
| 15961s | I mean identity theft is still a shadow |
| 15964s | spell so |
| 15966s | something that UE has achieved over the |
| 15969s | the last few terms well I've been sort |
| 15971s | of half laughing and half paying |
| 15972s | attention |
| 15973s | is empty his hand of minions so the |
| 15975s | opposing plague people are shut down |
| 15978s | which means that he is able to |
| 15981s | concentrate on using his cars more |
| 15983s | efficiently for trying to generate Tempo |
| 15985s | trying to do some damage |
| 15986s | rather having to constantly worry like |
| 15988s | Deadpool had to about shards and stuff |
| 15993s | he's automatically empties hand to a |
| 15996s | point where he he can use the Visions so |
| 15998s | I feel like |
| 16000s | you Yi has won the Battle of |
| 16002s | decluttering your hand I don't know how |
| 16004s | big a battle that is but just looking at |
| 16006s | what's going on I feel like he's a |
| 16007s | fraction in front here |
| 16016s | but I'm reasonably unsure as to what the |
| 16018s | super relevant things on this matter |
| 16020s | obviously |
| 16022s | deal in the middle definitely seemed |
| 16024s | huge |
| 16026s | oh Witchwood Piper any Beast |
| 16032s | behemoth |
| 16040s | sure |
| 16050s | keep that behemoth |
| 16053s | plus one plus one |
| 16058s | boom before it gets drowned or exploded |
| 16061s | or any of the other million things that |
| 16064s | Behemoth die to |
| 16066s | in this mirror |
| 16070s | perhaps it does just come down to Old |
| 16071s | School fatigue and being two cars behind |
| 16073s | is bad |
| 16078s | too quickly |
| 16082s | the door just setting an alarm for an |
| 16084s | hour's time to wake him up for game five |
| 16089s | two minion was like the best immediate |
| 16091s | death rattle just to turn it into a |
| 16093s | blade spreader |
| 16099s | it's great at some point someone's gonna |
| 16100s | whirlpool and they're all just going to |
| 16102s | be gone |
| 16108s | and that'll be the end of that sad story |
| 16117s | how do you win |
| 16120s | cards in hand |
| 16122s | how long into this game do you think |
| 16124s | that they started regretting their deck |
| 16126s | bringing decisions like is is 250 000 |
| 16129s | worthless |
| 16131s | foreign |
| 16140s | okay |
| 16142s | [Music] |
| 16145s | I'm gonna get some work done here |
| 16152s | drown |
| 16153s | because fatigue and you get to steal |
| 16156s | something |
| 16157s | yeah I get this he's just recursive |
| 16160s | drowning things |
| 16165s | foreign |
| 16167s | I like the plan |
| 16174s | yeah |
| 16176s | good guy he's just getting better cards |
| 16179s | than dead draw he's using the the |
| 16182s | Visions just just |
| 16184s | take four noob |
| 16186s | just points and face |
| 16190s | got him |
| 16198s | and as you deal with the board |
| 16204s | four fours I'm not sure he can Priests |
| 16206s | never have any object with four attack |
| 16207s | minions right |
| 16210s | light bomb in the scene I mean actually |
| 16213s | this exactly at this exact second he can |
| 16216s | because he's got desperate players very |
| 16217s | well now it's fine |
| 16219s | it's fine if it is you were you go back |
| 16222s | to sleep see that that boy shirt coming |
| 16225s | in clutch |
| 16228s | damage him to switch it heal him back up |
| 16231s | we could get that okay |
| 16234s | so he is picking the cheapest spell |
| 16235s | nearly every time unless it's something |
| 16237s | big like drown to make sure he can |
| 16240s | continue cycling through |
| 16243s | that's the thing to be aware of |
| 16246s | whereas you get dead to his hand it's |
| 16248s | through no fault of his own because he's |
| 16249s | drawn the expensive stuff but he's got a |
| 16251s | handful of expensive stuff |
| 16253s | Yugi has been quite fluid in how things |
| 16256s | have been going the last few turns |
| 16259s | and that's partly because of his his |
| 16261s | choice of constantly play The Vision |
| 16263s | constantly play the chart the card he |
| 16264s | gets from the vision and do the thing he |
| 16267s | needs to deal with so this term the |
| 16269s | thing he needs to do was deal with some |
| 16270s | four fours not all of them just enough |
| 16272s | that it doesn't become a problem |
| 16276s | yeah so these are going to be stolen so |
| 16279s | does that really will die |
| 16281s | once it's played |
| 16283s | once whatever card is selected is played |
| 16286s | I imagine just pick undying allies to |
| 16288s | get out of your hand I don't think the |
| 16289s | other ones are really worth anything |
| 16292s | and then take I don't know illuminate |
| 16298s | do you even want another Behemoth like |
| 16314s | quickly |
| 16321s | welcome to the clouds |
| 16328s | do you look how he spells that actually |
| 16330s | are for priest |
| 16332s | not a huge number |
| 16335s | but like shower spells typically |
| 16339s | yeah |
| 16341s | they're 16. |
| 16343s | 16 okay |
| 16354s | so are you good uh you go first I'll go |
| 16359s | second |
| 16361s | a dying allies enemy dead call of the |
| 16363s | Grave Shadow words |
| 16367s | Survivor the Shadows God |
| 16370s | I mean if I'm dying I'm gonna we're |
| 16373s | gonna leave the rest of them a mystery |
| 16374s | actually I'm pretty sure you've seen all |
| 16376s | the other ones the only ones we haven't |
| 16378s | seen I think are like grave Diggy and |
| 16380s | Shadow are not death I agree with grave |
| 16382s | digging I think we might have seen it on |
| 16383s | death I'm not certain but yeah nobody's |
| 16385s | picking grab digging no what they're |
| 16387s | going to do is keep taking drown right |
| 16389s | that's what um is going to do take drown |
| 16391s | play Drown |
| 16392s | and eventually all of my deck is in your |
| 16395s | deck |
| 16396s | I lose because |
| 16400s | not going for that he's going for |
| 16402s | actually trying to put an Army on the |
| 16405s | board of two damage |
| 16409s | I mean |
| 16411s | I like the dram play honestly I feel |
| 16413s | that eventually you just don't have any |
| 16414s | cars left and I do |
| 16419s | what happens if both players only have |
| 16421s | drowns in their hand |
| 16422s | well I I feel like you don't need to |
| 16424s | drown minions right now like their |
| 16427s | options always going to be there |
| 16429s | vision of Darkness yeah it's permanent I |
| 16433s | feel like it's simple now and then you |
| 16435s | go for the drowns later because there's |
| 16436s | going to be a certain point in the game |
| 16437s | where he's drawing like a mediocre |
| 16439s | minion that he drowned every turn you |
| 16441s | know yeah okay but your usual you don't |
| 16444s | draw the total garbage you don't draw |
| 16446s | drown beetles I understand but having |
| 16448s | the drown in your hand might be handy |
| 16452s | all right so |
| 16456s | now let's see |
| 16465s | absolute massive minion by the way |
| 16476s | I mean it's pretty good aren't they |
| 16478s | let's face it yeah |
| 16485s | oh we're going to be opening a box to |
| 16487s | see which box we open by the end of the |
| 16488s | game with the ambulance though right |
| 16491s | now you open the box that tells you |
| 16493s | you've got an amulet and then you open |
| 16494s | the box in the amulet to see which death |
| 16497s | battles you just plop into play |
| 16505s | welcome to the club |
| 16511s | s you can also hit in the dark |
| 16516s | he still hasn't really solved his hand |
| 16519s | size issue dead draw he's sort of |
| 16521s | getting there |
| 16525s | I mean he hasn't solved it either |
| 16527s | because every card draws or doesn't do |
| 16531s | anything |
| 16532s | you can play Shadowood ruin this turn I |
| 16534s | wonder if he will just because he can |
| 16543s | like an opportunity to play your card |
| 16545s | really wastefully |
| 16549s | God |
| 16555s | the last few things can be really funny |
| 16557s | when people got ambulance up to like |
| 16558s | seven at the end of the game they just |
| 16560s | keep getting back massive boards they |
| 16561s | just get whirlpool and |
| 16575s | oh yeah he's actually having a spot here |
| 16577s | he doesn't want to be in |
| 16580s | don't really want to play that Shard |
| 16581s | it's it's a relevant card |
| 16585s | You'll Play The Desperate pair just to |
| 16586s | make space what what's the record for |
| 16589s | the longest game ever played in a world |
| 16592s | championship I'll let you know in about |
| 16593s | two hours |
| 16601s | um I |
| 16603s | so in the Chinese League the first |
| 16606s | season Bernie Hopper played a game |
| 16608s | against xhx I want to say I might have |
| 16610s | that wrong |
| 16613s | it's the Chinese League it was a big big |
| 16615s | event |
| 16616s | okay all right I I guess we can make it |
| 16619s | an honorary world championship match Die |
| 16622s | Cast the edited version which only had |
| 16625s | the gameplay in it and it was uh three |
| 16628s | hours and 30 minutes something like that |
| 16631s | for best of five |
| 16632s | I'm talking about an individual game an |
| 16635s | individual game in the world |
| 16637s | championship |
| 16639s | you're supposed to know these things let |
| 16641s | me just have them on I've only timed |
| 16643s | like 37 of all the games in World |
| 16645s | Championships ever |
| 16647s | the doll uh-huh |
| 16650s | but I'm going to guess about sorry I'll |
| 16653s | go talk over you immediately |
| 16658s | isn't that |
| 16660s | hmm well one this is an Illuminator so |
| 16663s | it wouldn't even be drawn until next |
| 16664s | turn but well the Shadowood ruins that |
| 16667s | yes Shadow would ruin |
| 16672s | Ed |
| 16675s | Oh you mean the plague thing I think |
| 16677s | about the Madar |
| 16678s | gonna die yeah |
| 16681s | like if you can kill it off in the same |
| 16683s | turn actually you can kill it off |
| 16684s | because uh theft accusation you can uh |
| 16688s | it's not an enemy minion the |
| 16689s | evacuization is any minion |
| 16692s | so you could theft accusation and then |
| 16694s | play a spell that was stolen from your |
| 16697s | opponent or a card that was stolen from |
| 16699s | your opponent but I don't think any of |
| 16701s | these cards were stolen from dead draw |
| 16703s | that are in yui's hand right now they |
| 16706s | just borrowed right |
| 16709s | they're his cards |
| 16711s | yeah |
| 16712s | I didn't steal books from that Library |
| 16714s | it's just a long way |
| 16718s | overdue |
| 16720s | and how soft was on my case about it |
| 16722s | okay so the longest World Championship |
| 16723s | Game Ever Was Frozen versus |
| 16729s | Tom |
| 16730s | in 2017 and it was one hour 12 minutes |
| 16734s | that was one game I don't know I just |
| 16736s | made it up |
| 16738s | because whatever the record is this is |
| 16740s | frozen and Tom two players not |
| 16743s | necessarily known for playing slow |
| 16745s | I mean I had to leave the clues there |
| 16748s | somewhere |
| 16749s | and I'm pretty sure the entire series |
| 16751s | was like in a like an hour a little over |
| 16753s | an hour and that was with the confetti |
| 16757s | killings going off and us and the crew |
| 16760s | having to sweep the stage right all |
| 16762s | exactly |
| 16763s | that is why it came to mind I just made |
| 16766s | up the shoulder yeah |
| 16769s | exactly what I could do is if you solo |
| 16772s | cast this I'll go watch all the other |
| 16773s | World Championships that have ever taken |
| 16775s | place and I'll come back to the end of |
| 16777s | this and I'll tell you the answer |
| 16779s | okay |
| 16780s | because I'll probably be back in time |
| 16783s | okay |
| 16787s | all right I'm back |
| 16788s | they were great |
| 16790s | some great moments like I saw classic |
| 16792s | moments also some terrible moments too |
| 16796s | well there's some oh yeah there's worse |
| 16798s | than yeah |
| 16799s | yeah you remember because you just |
| 16801s | watched them all yeah oh geez |
| 16805s | um |
| 16806s | he doesn't really have a way to deal |
| 16809s | with any of this stuff |
| 16818s | I was like how did the whiskwood Viper |
| 16820s | come back but it was from the anime |
| 16822s | death |
| 16824s | um |
| 16826s | yeah he's actually going to do something |
| 16828s | now to be fair |
| 16831s | keep drowning you know |
| 16834s | yeah |
| 16840s | the first |
| 16842s | attack of the game |
| 16851s | establishing 11 damage |
| 16873s | that'll draw a card if you play it |
| 16880s | yeah he's rolling now he's got the um |
| 16884s | the bit between his teeth because he |
| 16886s | didn't see the board get cleared last |
| 16887s | turn |
| 16889s | it take 11. actual amount of damage that |
| 16893s | matters |
| 16894s | finder |
| 16899s | and it's gone |
| 16900s | behemoth |
| 16904s | the one true minion in the deck |
| 16908s | use it wisely |
| 16915s | actually it's just going to become a |
| 16917s | play person isn't it if he doesn't play |
| 16918s | it |
| 16919s | that's awkward |
| 16932s | is starting to realize what he's got |
| 16934s | himself into here |
| 16940s | yeah so you have to play the Behemoth so |
| 16941s | it doesn't get turned because it is |
| 16942s | actually a relevant card |
| 16945s | foreign |
| 16958s | valuing dumping a card out of his hand |
| 16962s | over |
| 16964s | um Health game because obviously he gets |
| 16966s | the hell came from the behem of sticking |
| 16967s | around longer anyway |
| 16968s | yeah the lighter Burns nice answer plus |
| 16971s | just a card to be empty from the hand |
| 16973s | for cheap |
| 16976s | um |
| 16980s | oh boy |
| 16983s | this is really a battle of yui's hand |
| 16985s | being more versatile versus Deadpool |
| 16987s | just |
| 16989s | slowly just trickling damage over the |
| 16992s | line at him |
| 16994s | I think dead was realized this is um a |
| 16997s | powerful attack he has going right now |
| 17002s | behemoth |
| 17007s | ah |
| 17009s | are you good teacher are you good |
| 17013s | I'm reaching I don't know just tag me in |
| 17015s | man tag me in if you're struggling |
| 17020s | I just don't know what to do like |
| 17022s | I think they're just doing the right |
| 17024s | thing empty their hands yeah Dental just |
| 17026s | worked out I think that |
| 17028s | are you using a spot of bother and the |
| 17031s | choice here really is do you want to |
| 17032s | play more minions or keep back a second |
| 17034s | wave for buying me the second wave I |
| 17036s | mean probably two cards |
| 17038s | follow it up because he knows that you |
| 17040s | he's struggling to damage he has got him |
| 17042s | down to 24 like this is |
| 17044s | relevant this is a thing |
| 17048s | the big thing it's sort of a |
| 17051s | fairly mediocre thing to be honest but |
| 17054s | yeah I did the trial though is Thrive |
| 17057s | which is another spell drawn like |
| 17061s | also will burn a card off next turn but |
| 17063s | I don't think that's super |
| 17066s | like he will lose in fatigue most likely |
| 17069s | the way this is going if he doesn't kill |
| 17070s | you you that tends to be how full |
| 17072s | control mirrors like traditional control |
| 17074s | mirrors which I'm going to call this |
| 17076s | have gone right |
| 17077s | yeah feel the worst goes for it it |
| 17079s | better succeed worst bird would probably |
| 17082s | be zyrella |
| 17085s | that'd be a bad one yet |
| 17087s | media deadra |
| 17090s | is there a meter there was it was it |
| 17092s | stolen it was stolen right |
| 17093s | yeah it's at the bottom of used deck |
| 17096s | somewhere |
| 17105s | ah light bomb there you go |
| 17111s | so not only is that the end of this |
| 17113s | attack but it's the end of any attacks |
| 17114s | amulet with three on it was you know not |
| 17116s | ideal |
| 17117s | yeah that's a good card |
| 17120s | this one's got five on it |
| 17125s | okay good those are good ones |
| 17129s | Brown |
| 17131s | call |
| 17133s | oh amulet okay that's the game plan then |
| 17136s | I suppose |
| 17138s | I want to drown this |
| 17143s | or not |
| 17145s | like this every turn he's like I want to |
| 17148s | do this no I'm not they're just |
| 17149s | yellowing it imagine y'all are playing |
| 17151s | this TJ has he brought this and have a |
| 17154s | look |
| 17155s | fast |
| 17157s | though |
| 17159s | you brought fast stuff so I didn't |
| 17161s | process that why why did y'all bring |
| 17163s | that yeah if YOLO bought this deck |
| 17165s | imagine you can't find the world |
| 17167s | championship playing fast stuff |
| 17170s | I know I know |
| 17172s | and if you want to check out your |
| 17174s | players TJ's made a whole series of |
| 17176s | videos about all the players qualifying |
| 17178s | for the world championship you've |
| 17179s | probably got time to check that series |
| 17180s | out before the end of this game |
| 17188s | nice free |
| 17192s | whatever however much he healed for you |
| 17195s | know much earlier in the day where |
| 17196s | you're saying that you know the |
| 17197s | confidence that comes of going through |
| 17198s | the winners match |
| 17200s | and I was saying that fatigue becomes a |
| 17202s | thing |
| 17203s | imagine if you don't win this match and |
| 17206s | somehow you have to play a plague person |
| 17208s | mirror again at some point today that'll |
| 17211s | be fatiguing you want to win this so |
| 17213s | much |
| 17214s | I was burned down look at me for a |
| 17216s | second |
| 17218s | ah okay perfect burn actually perfect |
| 17221s | you could have been a plague spreader |
| 17224s | oh yeah there's a drown |
| 17226s | ah |
| 17229s | that's a lot of damage it really is yeah |
| 17232s | 16 damage is that what it is it has been |
| 17236s | cheeky getting this damage in for some |
| 17238s | time now |
| 17242s | unfortunately |
| 17244s | oh that's the first Vision since about |
| 17246s | turn six or something for dead draw |
| 17249s | let me play one last turn what about |
| 17251s | voice Shard got an amulet if you |
| 17253s | miscalculates you get a cup of wood |
| 17255s | shards in your hand |
| 17256s | I just amulets here we go yeah |
| 17260s | oh zarella yeah nice don't burn them |
| 17264s | remember he burned one ambulance already |
| 17267s | I just got three amulets in this |
| 17269s | accident a few personalities fine |
| 17272s | all right actual difficulties here for |
| 17274s | you yeah |
| 17279s | kinda |
| 17285s | oh my gosh this cirella is gonna be a |
| 17288s | mess yeah |
| 17291s | um |
| 17293s | oh geez okay but the hero power from |
| 17295s | zobello might be might be actually quite |
| 17297s | scary at this point because he's got so |
| 17299s | low |
| 17300s | all right so let's there's |
| 17305s | um if this board is cleared there would |
| 17307s | have been |
| 17312s | oh geez |
| 17322s | one two three bone collars |
| 17327s | my shower Elemental |
| 17330s | two separate suspects if these are |
| 17332s | cleared it would have been five bone |
| 17334s | collars |
| 17335s | two separate suspects it's going to make |
| 17337s | a full board like |
| 17339s | and also turn every move to get you down |
| 17342s | to one place |
| 17344s | could get you down to one damage |
| 17346s | right it's randomly |
| 17352s | eight plus five |
| 17359s | there's also the cathedral |
| 17362s | oh wait okay |
| 17366s | all of this |
| 17369s | oh yeah |
| 17370s | plus one plus one |
| 17379s | you didn't need to hit that |
| 17381s | did even know what the car did all I had |
| 17384s | to do is Attack Base and I would have |
| 17386s | killed him |
| 17386s | the next one damage |
| 17390s | uh we'll see if that one damage comes |
| 17393s | back to bite him |
| 17394s | all right |
| 17396s | it's looking difficult I think we're |
| 17397s | getting towards the end of course it's |
| 17398s | going to be 2-2 if Deadpool does win |
| 17401s | this |
| 17402s | we've got to play some Arena |
| 17405s | all right we got cyrilla |
| 17408s | the height shower uh public spreader uh |
| 17413s | leg spreader |
| 17415s | like Chow House Full House we'll play |
| 17420s | there's been some bone collars displayed |
| 17423s | it would be all that's why wouldn't you |
| 17425s | have a beetle |
| 17427s | there's a bone collar got another plague |
| 17429s | sprayer another boat |
| 17430s | and spreader there's Madonna |
| 17436s | and heal that's a heel all right |
| 17440s | did you have a 50 50 lethal lost her is |
| 17443s | it 50 50 the hero power or is it always |
| 17445s | healing first |
| 17451s | you use on 14. Deadpool could have |
| 17454s | attacked four |
| 17457s | am I going crazy |
| 17460s | I need I would need to go back and look |
| 17462s | at the board State uh it was the four |
| 17464s | Minions on the top right so the one |
| 17465s | three the three three the two two two |
| 17466s | two two and UE was on 14 and the |
| 17469s | cathedral was in play for Deadpool |
| 17479s | it's always healed thank you Derek's oh |
| 17481s | that's it okay |
| 17493s | yeah I mean he was closer to the |
| 17495s | cathedral |
| 17496s | yeah |
| 17498s | he was like 11 or 12 was the cathedral |
| 17506s | okay |
| 17512s | I love what he's not quite what was |
| 17513s | planned like |
| 17515s | you're two and a half hours into one |
| 17517s | game of hearthstone you're gonna make |
| 17519s | mistakes right |
| 17527s | 12. |
| 17535s | foreign |
| 17541s | [Music] |
| 17545s | since like turn five |
| 17550s | and now it's time apparently |
| 17567s | guy to my hand |
| 17569s | kind of hoping they do get down to the |
| 17571s | last couple of cars in the deck because |
| 17572s | I want to see all the interactions with |
| 17574s | drown and fragments and opposing minions |
| 17577s | and all that stuff going on where you |
| 17580s | can actually set things up rest |
| 17583s | I don't think we're gonna get there I |
| 17584s | think Deadpool is finally going to go |
| 17586s | over the line in the next turn or two |
| 17589s | I think |
| 17594s | Maybe |
| 17599s | is this his wishful thinking on my part |
| 17602s | TJ they're never finishing this game are |
| 17604s | they it's just not going to happen |
| 17616s | foreign |
| 17619s | it's just not gonna happen |
| 17623s | you need so well to write this out that |
| 17626s | attack looked pretty promising |
| 17629s | oh |
| 17630s | I got it |
| 17634s | that's massive |
| 17637s | I just it's just the image being pushed |
| 17639s | yeah it's still buffing the little Orca |
| 17642s | guy |
| 17646s | uh |
| 17650s | it's a 4-7 now |
| 17654s | you can't do it which would Piper |
| 17656s | attacks |
| 17659s | so this was basically like two like both |
| 17663s | players approaching this game in a |
| 17665s | completely different yes way whereas |
| 17667s | dead draw went full Tempo like picked |
| 17671s | every Amulet of the undying he could oh |
| 17674s | like picked every minion and called the |
| 17677s | grave he could yep |
| 17682s | and UE went for |
| 17684s | like not draw cards then you realize |
| 17687s | that he was just gonna die started |
| 17689s | drawing cards now we're at parody |
| 17694s | yeah except you use now like |
| 17697s | constantly |
| 17700s | under threat of dying |
| 17705s | that was a four |
| 17707s | ah no he's not |
| 17712s | but he has got no heel |
| 17717s | and obviously Deadpool has time that |
| 17719s | Health total as a resource comes into |
| 17721s | play as an actual phrase not just a |
| 17723s | thing casters to say his health total is |
| 17725s | a massive resource for dead draw if he |
| 17727s | wants to take a turn or two at some |
| 17728s | point to to play the Zoella and just |
| 17731s | take damage |
| 17733s | because he won't take the damage you you |
| 17735s | will have to deal with it |
| 17740s | looks like dead doors making space so it |
| 17742s | looks like he's going to zyella the |
| 17743s | pings the five are relevant they'll tie |
| 17745s | up you use Mana at very very least as an |
| 17748s | ongoing threat he's going for a live |
| 17750s | bomb ah |
| 17753s | people |
| 17756s | it's just every minute before playing |
| 17760s | spreaders man oh good |
| 17762s | oh okay |
| 17764s | um yeah called the grave I don't think |
| 17766s | we're in the realm of looking for burst |
| 17768s | damage just yet |
| 17772s | no something UE has navigated pretty |
| 17774s | well |
| 17777s | we're getting there |
| 17780s | rest easy |
| 17784s | it's funny because he's |
| 17787s | he's very very got caught with the |
| 17790s | plagues unless he wants to like is |
| 17791s | Finley's going to end up getting plagued |
| 17792s | but you know who cares |
| 17794s | he has done a good job of not having his |
| 17797s | stuff plaguified whereas dead George |
| 17798s | just hasn't cared he's just been making |
| 17800s | stuff come back and if he gets plagued |
| 17802s | that's life |
| 17810s | and now we're reaching the business end |
| 17812s | I have no idea who's winning I think |
| 17813s | it's dead draw at the moment this has to |
| 17815s | be the zirella turn though I think yeah |
| 17821s | all right here we go |
| 17830s | couldn't even tell you what that minion |
| 17832s | is three four the caress of death is not |
| 17835s | gentle |
| 17837s | wow |
| 17839s | uh |
| 17841s | uh is a plague person in a minute it |
| 17842s | doesn't matter you cannot understand the |
| 17845s | purpose it doesn't appear to have an |
| 17848s | ability |
| 17853s | cast I say TJ right I I'm not too good |
| 17856s | on the the names of the the non-meta |
| 17858s | cards he is it's okay it's okay Linda I |
| 17860s | played three thousand hours of Arena |
| 17863s | I'm like oh that's good you can name all |
| 17865s | the random cards that just turn up along |
| 17867s | the way TJ's like yeah got it all right |
| 17869s | the the the one of them's the the one on |
| 17872s | the right the bluish one that's the |
| 17874s | infused one the one that's shooting Zeds |
| 17876s | out of like a rifle that is holding or |
| 17878s | something |
| 17880s | go |
| 17883s | now he's like cutting like clutching |
| 17885s | like ah you know okay |
| 17890s | the infused one he infuses |
| 17893s | cards that are in your deck when he's on |
| 17894s | the like you're infuses hit the cards in |
| 17897s | your deck when he's on the board |
| 17901s | yes but how |
| 17903s | that's what we've been wondering since |
| 17905s | 24 turns ago yeah and then the other one |
| 17909s | yep |
| 17911s | excuse me |
| 17913s | well Paul all the Blake people no |
| 17917s | they're gone forever |
| 17920s | bye-bye play people |
| 17922s | it's fun knowing you all oh now we got |
| 17924s | some hand space |
| 17927s | oh the game on right |
| 17931s | this is what we protected at the start I |
| 17933s | think this is one thing we did get right |
| 17934s | is that plague people can get whirlpool |
| 17935s | and then stuff would happen |
| 17939s | but the safety car has left the track |
| 17941s | and now they're going full of speed with |
| 17943s | empty hands it's great |
| 17946s | identity theft |
| 17950s | there's nothing left ah that the the |
| 17952s | other one was the legendary the |
| 17954s | legendary |
| 17956s | um the other three four that give all |
| 17958s | your Arcane spells in your deck plus one |
| 17960s | spell damage here we go I found it sorry |
| 17966s | getting cycled as people get greedy and |
| 17968s | greedy you're trying to make their |
| 17969s | ambulance better he didn't even hear a |
| 17971s | power |
| 17972s | nah |
| 17978s | it's like boar priest where you forgot |
| 17981s | the boards you get the end of your deck |
| 17982s | you're like oh I built the deck bro I've |
| 17983s | got no Boars in here |
| 17985s | don't just keep cycling Samuel I'll find |
| 17987s | it |
| 17988s | surprised it's not visioning looking for |
| 17991s | I think he's gonna go for Monster amulet |
| 17992s | I think he's just trying to pump it as |
| 17994s | many times as he can before he plays the |
| 17996s | amulet |
| 17998s | yeah the greed I love it |
| 18001s | wait wait wait wait isn't the |
| 18005s | is it all amulet they're left uh uh I |
| 18009s | don't know probably |
| 18013s | because all the Minions broke long long |
| 18017s | ago that was a Shard okay just gave up |
| 18021s | the ghost it's like I don't can't deal |
| 18024s | with all these people |
| 18026s | not only is it a new card which is |
| 18027s | always an issue but it's a ridiculous |
| 18029s | card here we go |
| 18032s | they weren't destroyed wherever they |
| 18034s | were these ones are back |
| 18039s | but not for long |
| 18045s | how big said draws four okay nice |
| 18052s | I'm looking forward to the bit where |
| 18054s | they end up having removed all the |
| 18056s | minions and amulets in the game and |
| 18059s | they're just down to visions |
| 18061s | visions of reaching the world |
| 18063s | championship quarterfinal TJ that's what |
| 18065s | they're down to here |
| 18070s | oh |
| 18078s | yeah |
| 18080s | why not yeah and now he balls it up with |
| 18086s | his own all right there we go get some |
| 18089s | Madonna back but now dead draw can drown |
| 18091s | it he's also got double Whirlpool left |
| 18093s | at some point but yeah drowning it seems |
| 18095s | better |
| 18097s | yeah Whirlpool still trickle triggers |
| 18099s | the death rattle |
| 18101s | um and it doesn't get rid of the |
| 18102s | fragment |
| 18104s | oh |
| 18108s | good amulet |
| 18110s | their doors remaining deck if he does |
| 18112s | win this is the jackpot Rogue by the way |
| 18118s | what |
| 18119s | oh geez |
| 18123s | hang in there TJ's okay it's okay it's |
| 18125s | gonna be okay |
| 18128s | and he's gonna drown yeah |
| 18132s | so what's the math Neil on hitting drown |
| 18135s | 16 Shadow spells |
| 18137s | uh three in Sixteen it's not that simple |
| 18141s | though is it or is it it's easy for one |
| 18143s | yeah it is that simple for one it's when |
| 18144s | you start saying what's the chance of |
| 18145s | hitting it in two it gets messy but for |
| 18147s | that it is that simple yeah all right |
| 18149s | what are the chance of hitting it over |
| 18150s | the next seven turns how many rounds do |
| 18154s | we hit over the next seven turns |
| 18156s | um |
| 18157s | on average if you're casting two per |
| 18159s | turn on average |
| 18161s | yeah sort of a couple |
| 18163s | of every 16 cards so every five cards is |
| 18167s | roughly one |
| 18168s | every five |
| 18170s | looks every five Visions is roughly |
| 18172s | wonderful |
| 18176s | your mileage may vary because it's |
| 18178s | faster and now these are now Blake |
| 18180s | spreaders in the hand as well |
| 18187s | you've got to look for that drown right |
| 18188s | this is this is just a battle to |
| 18190s | tame the middle I think this is just a |
| 18192s | drown battle |
| 18197s | oh oh terrible |
| 18207s | [Music] |
| 18211s | did start cycling ambulance really early |
| 18213s | in this match so he was very aware that |
| 18215s | this was the end state I'm sure UE was |
| 18218s | too when he wasn't happy with his |
| 18220s | opening hand |
| 18221s | which by the way his only hand that he |
| 18223s | had is basically on the board right now |
| 18230s | with the bone callers they're just there |
| 18235s | and that's another reason you don't want |
| 18236s | in the opening hand isn't it because |
| 18237s | they're things that come back so many |
| 18239s | times they're bad things to come back |
| 18240s | you end up having to play them to make |
| 18242s | space |
| 18243s | going back to his reaction when he saw |
| 18244s | the news opener and you don't want to |
| 18246s | keep getting them back because they're |
| 18247s | just not a threat they just |
| 18249s | pull into bones |
| 18265s | no time |
| 18267s | yep get in that amulet it's a five |
| 18273s | there's the middle |
| 18275s | which you've got to get out your hand |
| 18276s | otherwise it might turn into a plague |
| 18277s | person if you play it it might get |
| 18279s | drowned the card that Yugi's holding |
| 18281s | yeah do you still dump it you still dump |
| 18283s | it you have to jump in Hope yeah you |
| 18285s | dump it in Hope and now you get two |
| 18288s | looks to find a drown to steal it back |
| 18291s | and he's got a bit of a board what are |
| 18293s | the odds on two |
| 18294s | [Music] |
| 18294s | um |
| 18296s | it's basically 50 50. it's a little bit |
| 18298s | less than 50 50. I think |
| 18305s | it's quite a bit less than 50 50 |
| 18307s | actually yeah I was gonna say that's way |
| 18309s | less than 50 50. I would say like maybe |
| 18311s | like 25 20 no it's gonna be one that |
| 18313s | like what is what is 25. it's only 3 and |
| 18316s | 16 right yeah that's not 25 though |
| 18319s | that's that's 18 or something right yeah |
| 18322s | and 218s is 36 then you take a bit off |
| 18324s | so 30 33 32. do your math it is though |
| 18329s | it's exactly that it's you double it and |
| 18332s | take a bit off that's how it works yeah |
| 18335s | drown nope missed |
| 18341s | uh |
| 18343s | uh call of the grave and hope yeah don't |
| 18346s | know what you're looking for but hey |
| 18351s | any uh |
| 18356s | we can't I I've been calling it |
| 18358s | something different like every single |
| 18359s | time I know it's been great I need a |
| 18362s | Mida Mida I think I think Midas probably |
| 18367s | oh Whispers of the deep okay I was like |
| 18370s | what just killed it |
| 18373s | okay he's taking damage though |
| 18376s | like my dad's back but there's a place |
| 18381s | person in place you are |
| 18385s | you need to steal it it's fine it's good |
| 18390s | I think you just hear a power of |
| 18392s | Whirlpool now |
| 18394s | but then my dad's gone oh it's fine you |
| 18396s | get another one it's coming back fine |
| 18398s | it's fine it's two amulets at the bottom |
| 18401s | of the deck you just keep trading until |
| 18402s | you get it and then play it yeah |
| 18405s | it's fine until you lose it because it |
| 18407s | just gets |
| 18409s | stolen |
| 18411s | because he does forward turn it is going |
| 18414s | to get stolen at some point |
| 18416s | can't just keep dodging |
| 18423s | like we couldn't we thought we're gonna |
| 18424s | Dodge this match up all through the |
| 18426s | tournament and it's day one first car so |
| 18428s | we're straight in there Brown |
| 18437s | yeah because he's gonna need to steal |
| 18439s | the midar back at some point right |
| 18440s | finish the game |
| 18443s | because he knows it doesn't get there on |
| 18445s | this iteration most likely |
| 18449s | [Applause] |
| 18454s | it's everything we hoped for TJ and so |
| 18456s | much more and now the cat's come to join |
| 18458s | me hello Cat we're still casting it's |
| 18460s | fine |
| 18464s | shellfish |
| 18466s | just keep killing it yeah |
| 18473s | what I forgot that card even existed |
| 18477s | this I lost to it recently the shellfish |
| 18479s | deck that used to exist is still around |
| 18481s | in a very bad form where you force your |
| 18483s | opponent to draw a million cards |
| 18486s | this is nearly lethal |
| 18488s | yeah |
| 18491s | yes |
| 18493s | of the grave and hit another shellfish |
| 18496s | Italy |
| 18499s | oh my God that's so close teacher your |
| 18502s | vision you have you have six Mana left |
| 18504s | you call it maybe a five minute left you |
| 18506s | get the shellfish then you Shard hero |
| 18509s | power |
| 18513s | so dead |
| 18517s | oh |
| 18520s | Julie he can't get there after all the |
| 18522s | midar talk he just gets there with a |
| 18523s | shellfish |
| 18526s | well Paul that's too fatigue |
| 18530s | welcome here hi yeah |
| 18533s | well you don't die immediately |
| 18536s | yeah yeah you do immediately you take |
| 18538s | you take three then four |
| 18540s | oh my God |
| 18542s | is this shellfish just just popped up to |
| 18545s | solve this game |
| 18554s | it's you you're going through to the |
| 18556s | quarterfinals TJ |
| 18559s | after being on the back foot for a |
| 18561s | million turns |
| 18567s | look at the hand sizes look at how he's |
| 18569s | managed to get his stuff played more |
| 18571s | regularly even though he is completely |
| 18573s | gassed out |
| 18577s | foreign |
| 18587s | wow honestly that's really good |
| 18592s | I didn't think he could survive there I |
| 18594s | must admit |
| 18597s | um discover a shellfish |
| 18599s | Discover it |
| 18602s | identity theft oh he's gonna take he's |
| 18606s | gonna take to get a shellfish back has |
| 18611s | he got a plague person in play at the |
| 18612s | moment because he could take Whirlpool |
| 18613s | as well for later but yeah I think you |
| 18615s | should get the shellfish back |
| 18616s | foreign |
| 18626s | and setting up with Whirlpool to force |
| 18628s | Edgewater Court to draw and also he's on |
| 18631s | 34 again because all the health he's |
| 18632s | been gaining with all the recursive |
| 18633s | death battle |
| 18639s | it could be a draw it's not going to be |
| 18640s | but this could be a draw in some |
| 18641s | circumstances where they both get |
| 18643s | shellfished at the same time with |
| 18644s | whirlpool |
| 18646s | then we have to do it all again |
| 18649s | as you know you you would win but that's |
| 18651s | not the point |
| 18661s | none of those are useful no |
| 18665s | wait wait |
| 18667s | how much fatigue has he taken you can |
| 18669s | Shadow her death is on shellfish |
| 18675s | it's only on small numbers |
| 18688s | absolute prayer |
| 18690s | drown |
| 18692s | you died |
| 18694s | oh is he Auto loaded like he did |
| 18696s | scorpion first no surely not ah it's |
| 18699s | more likely they discover it from |
| 18706s | all right |
| 18710s | so any way to find this ghost face it's |
| 18712s | definitely lethal uh it's it's |
| 18714s | lethalated because you've got the hero |
| 18715s | power right three four five he could |
| 18717s | just Whirlpool yeah |
| 18722s | doing it the correct way just in case |
| 18724s | wow after all that |
| 18728s | the shellfish is what did him in |
| 18740s | unbelievable scene so many ways to play |
| 18743s | that last turn right like the the |
| 18746s | discovers my initial Instinct was just |
| 18749s | to |
| 18750s | play your own shellfish and light shower |
| 18753s | Elemental |
| 18755s | yes yeah because then like if if |
| 18758s | anything comes out there was no Shard |
| 18760s | left there was no way to discover you |
| 18762s | knew that the uh |
| 18764s | um |
| 18765s | the vision was there so like drowned |
| 18767s | would have |
| 18768s | uh killed him in that instance but |
| 18770s | [Music] |
| 18772s | I guess it was only drowned yeah I don't |
| 18774s | know like like Charlie mental you just |
| 18776s | your opponents who discovers it drowned |
| 18778s | and they win if they hit it |
| 18781s | so difficult and with venomous scorpid |
| 18784s | I probably would have started I don't |
| 18786s | know |
| 18787s | because the it's the eight percent |
| 18789s | chance to hit the drown on the first one |
| 18791s | but venomous corporate has a bunch of |
| 18793s | hits |
| 18795s | because you can hit |
| 18797s | like desperate prayer you could hit |
| 18800s | Shard of the naaru you could hit |
| 18804s | um crown |
| 18806s | I mean I may have just started with this |
| 18808s | this the Scorpion just uh because that |
| 18811s | gives you more information on on like |
| 18813s | what's possible for that turn |
| 18816s | um it was really really tough though |
| 18818s | it's very difficult but a very weird |
| 18820s | game on Firestone that was that did |
| 18822s | clock in at |
| 18825s | exactly an hour |
| 18827s | exactly an hour and you Yi that's for |
| 18830s | that game not the match right that's |
| 18831s | since the start of the game one hour |
| 18834s | game of hearthstone and we will see that |
| 18836s | matchup again most likely this week |
| 18838s | gets it done with a shellfish it's gonna |
| 18841s | be done with cars that don't start in |
| 18842s | your deck but it's so slow because it's |
| 18845s | very hard to discover anything that |
| 18847s | actually influences the magic Beyond |
| 18849s | drown and even if you don't get the |
| 18850s | drown Midas doing four per turn so |
| 18855s | it's really just not getting it done |
| 18857s | we're going to see iterations on that |
| 18859s | I'm out of drinks teacher they've all |
| 18860s | gone all for them just absolutely gone |
| 18863s | that's how long the game was oh God that |
| 18865s | that's a flamingo Friday for you right |
| 18867s | that's a flamingo friend I did match up |
| 18870s | in a nutshell was that priest mirror I I |
| 18873s | don't know what priest mirrors I |
| 18876s | I like more this or the infinite boxes |
| 18879s | because this is awesome for the boxes |
| 18880s | but whatever |
| 18883s | we are done |
| 18886s | yeah he moves on to court they draw not |
| 18888s | out we'll move on to the decider match |
| 18890s | to play against the winner of our next |
| 18893s | match |
| 18894s | uh so coming right up right up after |
| 18897s | this we're gonna have the elimination |
| 18899s | match between XC and Bly so don't go |
| 18901s | anywhere more World Championship right |
| 18903s | after this |
| 18907s | [Music] |
| 18916s | [Music] |
| 18922s | hey everyone we're going to be testing |
| 18924s | uh our Hearthstone World Championship |
| 18927s | finalist xc's uh Hearthstone Esports |
| 18930s | statistical knowledge in another edition |
| 18932s | of stat attack here uh so we're going to |
| 18936s | give you a question with four possible |
| 18938s | answers and you have to choose which |
| 18940s | answer you think is correct so question |
| 18942s | number one how many matches has xmg won |
| 18947s | in Masters tours is it 40 50 60 or 70. |
| 18952s | uh uh |
| 18956s | oh so close 70 you underestimate your |
| 18960s | opponent |
| 18961s | all right question number two better |
| 18962s | luck this time hopefully uh how many |
| 18964s | times has Tien Ming been in the top 32 |
| 18968s | of a Masters Tour seven eight nine or |
| 18971s | ten times |
| 18974s | oh again you're so close seven is the |
| 18977s | right answer in this system okay this |
| 18979s | one you have to get right there's no |
| 18981s | excuses this time uh question number |
| 18983s | three is who did XC yourself beat in the |
| 18986s | final of Masters Tour Madrid Ali temu |
| 18989s | surrender Glory or give please |
| 18992s | out of them |
| 18994s | hey congratulations |
| 18997s | all right we're at one out of three |
| 18999s | let's see if we can keep it going now |
| 19000s | with uh one correct answer uh question |
| 19002s | four is UE has played 16 Masters tours |
| 19006s | in how many did he have a losing record |
| 19010s | where he had a lower than 50 win rate |
| 19012s | one three five or seven times |
| 19017s | correct answer we're on a roll |
| 19020s | okay question five which player beat |
| 19023s | shouty twice in the 2019 World |
| 19026s | Championships was it Union Jing |
| 19030s | Omega zero or Jason Joe |
| 19033s | team oh instant I thought that was a |
| 19036s | hard one but uh congratulations you got |
| 19038s | it correct final question who did shall |
| 19040s | Buy beat in the final of Masters Tour |
| 19043s | ironforge was it wyra flokey baby bear |
| 19046s | or Maverick |
| 19048s | cheers |
| 19053s | correct okay not bad |
| 19057s | [Music] |
| 19072s | thank you |
| 19075s | foreign |
| 19080s | [Music] |
| 19085s | [Music] |
| 19093s | [Music] |
| 19105s | and welcome back to the Hearthstone |
| 19107s | World Championship just let you know the |
| 19109s | year is still 2022 and it is still this |
| 19112s | world's just in case you stepped away |
| 19114s | for what felt like a lifetime while that |
| 19116s | matchup was being played what a series |
| 19118s | subtle and one thing I'm glad of is that |
| 19121s | at least the players get to have some |
| 19123s | form of break before they have to do |
| 19125s | anything |
| 19126s | um again for that one so a bit of a |
| 19128s | crazy one but now we are moving on to XC |
| 19130s | versus blies coming right up |
| 19133s | yeah and an interesting matchup for sure |
| 19136s | uh both of these players kind of had |
| 19138s | their struggles from different sides of |
| 19141s | the coin obviously that is the nature of |
| 19143s | us now being in the lower bracket it |
| 19145s | also means that now the stakes have |
| 19147s | really ramped up opening matches are |
| 19149s | important don't get me wrong you've seen |
| 19151s | the disappointment on the face of dead |
| 19152s | draw for example after being on the |
| 19154s | losing end of that Marathon that we just |
| 19156s | saw but now we're in the situation where |
| 19158s | it's win or go home you you are you've |
| 19161s | had your one life double elimination is |
| 19163s | now a cruel mistress and you have to win |
| 19166s | out from here to stay in the tournament |
| 19168s | XC wecast XC Raven looked shaky |
| 19173s | unassured indecisive I'm not exactly |
| 19175s | sure what the correct word is in that |
| 19177s | situation but it was one of those |
| 19179s | whereas bly's it seemed like more of a |
| 19183s | lineup issue to me I have some questions |
| 19185s | about the Rogue version that he's |
| 19186s | playing and as I said to you very early |
| 19188s | on I expect to see a number of Druid |
| 19191s | beatings throughout the tournament and |
| 19193s | that was kind of the story of that |
| 19195s | series for blies a couple of Druid |
| 19196s | defeats and then Rogue looking a little |
| 19198s | bit shaky towards the end so |
| 19200s | um you know I think this is a fitting |
| 19202s | lower bracket match from the way those |
| 19204s | early games have gone if that makes any |
| 19205s | sense I'm looking to looking forward to |
| 19207s | see where we stand yeah and this is one |
| 19209s | of the decks right the priest we saw |
| 19211s | earlier on today from XC there was a bit |
| 19214s | of a fumble at best I think is is a |
| 19217s | speaking of word choices because he |
| 19219s | basically just floated a huge turn and |
| 19221s | just didn't really do what he needed to |
| 19223s | do whether that was because of the Rope |
| 19225s | indecision whatever and it cost him |
| 19227s | pretty heavily and even though you know |
| 19230s | as we go on we can look at Druid more |
| 19231s | and more over the the course of the |
| 19233s | weekend blies did struggle to get the |
| 19235s | Druid through in his previous series and |
| 19238s | but if his opponent's going to give him |
| 19240s | free Windows right you know to like |
| 19243s | steal games from then maybe it's not |
| 19244s | going to be as much of a problem so yeah |
| 19246s | a lot for these players to get done and |
| 19248s | you mentioned unsure about the Rogue so |
| 19251s | subtle uh Throwing Shade that |
| 19253s | specifically Jamberry music to believe |
| 19255s | but do you just want to take us through |
| 19257s | uh what what this deck does differently |
| 19260s | to say the the regular death rattle |
| 19262s | Rogue I'll call it yeah sure so it's |
| 19265s | kind of just where the end games end up |
| 19266s | where it's a little bit different |
| 19268s | obviously there's a lot of pieces that |
| 19270s | are the same The Illusionist the sketchy |
| 19272s | information the snowfall graveyard |
| 19274s | however there is also sinstone graveyard |
| 19277s | in the deck which is a little bit |
| 19278s | strange and then there's masked reveler |
| 19280s | which allows you to play a minion |
| 19282s | package that isn't fully reliant on |
| 19283s | death rattles and so by using sinstone |
| 19286s | graveyard essentially you invest your |
| 19288s | two Mana early preferably on turn two |
| 19290s | and then you have zero man Undead |
| 19293s | minions for the rest of the game which |
| 19294s | means if you're able to cheat Invincible |
| 19296s | by some method you're always able to |
| 19299s | guarantee an undead on the board because |
| 19301s | of the minions coming off the sinstone |
| 19302s | graveyard being Undead for that purpose |
| 19304s | outside of that you also then have these |
| 19306s | neptulon High Rolls that you can get off |
| 19308s | mask reveler in a lot of situations |
| 19311s | um so whereas the slightly older version |
| 19314s | of death rattle Rover there's three |
| 19316s | versions right and it's all just how |
| 19318s | they win the game one is kill you with |
| 19320s | mines two is put up massive walls of |
| 19323s | taunts uh from the burning blades or |
| 19325s | play Leap Froggers with the ghouls |
| 19327s | instead and just have the the infinite |
| 19328s | uh replicating value and then there's |
| 19330s | this one which is a little bit more |
| 19332s | Invincible focused |
| 19334s | my struggle with this deck is if you do |
| 19337s | what bly's did in the first series and |
| 19339s | just draw big stupid Undead horsey |
| 19341s | patches in your opening hand like this |
| 19344s | deck feels like it struggles the most |
| 19346s | right to recover from that situation |
| 19348s | when you get invincible in your opening |
| 19349s | hand and it is one of those things right |
| 19351s | because I've played the chunk of the uh |
| 19352s | I will call it the more regular death |
| 19354s | rattle Rogue you know with the taunts |
| 19356s | and everything yeah and Invincible feels |
| 19359s | like you know a unusable win condition |
| 19361s | when you get to do the thing right |
| 19363s | because so many stats death rattle you |
| 19366s | know reborn and so on so and so on it |
| 19368s | starts to get very very silly and you |
| 19369s | just could just win off the back of it |
| 19371s | but you are right if it's if you play |
| 19373s | Invincible in the Fairway as in pay for |
| 19376s | it with eight Mana then it's very very |
| 19378s | slow in the current game to really have |
| 19381s | a huge impact so I am interested to see |
| 19383s | you know if this deck's got legs or if |
| 19385s | this is potentially going to be the |
| 19387s | sticking point for bliers before we even |
| 19389s | talk it's all about the Druid right |
| 19391s | because like we have conversations about |
| 19392s | Druid tab at some point but there's |
| 19394s | first going to be this Rogue |
| 19396s | and there it is now it's not I'm not |
| 19399s | gonna say that's a good place to have it |
| 19400s | but it's at least at the very well whoa |
| 19403s | whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa hold the Dog |
| 19406s | and Bone he's just keeping it |
| 19410s | can't be a bad drawer if it's already in |
| 19412s | your hand |
| 19413s | the logic I can get behind |
| 19416s | okay fine be like that |
| 19421s | oh interesting to see how this one goes |
| 19423s | he does have sinstone graveyard does |
| 19424s | have the sketch information as well so |
| 19426s | let's just ignore Invincible for a |
| 19429s | minute and we'll get to that when you |
| 19430s | know when it happens but for now the |
| 19433s | rest of the hand looks pretty solid as |
| 19435s | far as I can see meanwhile XC is just |
| 19437s | going to start you know Gathering the |
| 19439s | resources as you do with this deck |
| 19447s | no Switcheroo no radiant no handmaiden |
| 19451s | or anything in hand right now so picking |
| 19453s | up anime dead even though it's a very |
| 19454s | useful card does seem a little bit |
| 19456s | ambitious at this point |
| 19457s | I think XC picking up the wig here does |
| 19460s | make sense double illuminate now should |
| 19463s | hopefully from his perspective get him |
| 19465s | to one of those juicy card draws |
| 19468s | I still think he does have to be very |
| 19470s | card draw focused at the moment yeah |
| 19471s | there you go thrive |
| 19474s | nope |
| 19483s | kind of a tricky one right because |
| 19485s | I |
| 19487s | doesn't want to have a card stuck in the |
| 19490s | hand because that's you just can't |
| 19491s | really afford to with this deck |
| 19494s | um |
| 19497s | is this just coin |
| 19500s | oh |
| 19503s | the bone Spike instead |
| 19508s | yeah I think bone Spike does make the |
| 19510s | most sense overall |
| 19512s | um they're both kind of Manatee |
| 19514s | essentially right stealing the coins |
| 19516s | doing the bone Spike and I think the |
| 19517s | bone Spike actually affecting the board |
| 19519s | at least a little bit is probably to |
| 19521s | your benefit yeah I was just wondering |
| 19523s | if um |
| 19524s | without the radiance and of course you |
| 19526s | will want Radiance if you're XC but I'm |
| 19529s | just think in two Mana to maybe do |
| 19531s | damage and maybe kill a thing you know I |
| 19533s | know that helps out if you can kill a |
| 19535s | thing with it but until then it might |
| 19537s | just sit in the hand for a little bit |
| 19538s | too long XC does end up with the sun |
| 19540s | well |
| 19541s | uh okay |
| 19545s | is that aquatic form yes aquatic farmer |
| 19548s | predation A4 cost spell and wildfire |
| 19553s | lovely stuff I can double confirm but I |
| 19557s | think you know there we go yeah with XC |
| 19560s | specifically in the business of still |
| 19561s | looking for radiant Elementals or |
| 19564s | switcheroos to find those radiant |
| 19565s | Elementals I think the uh the Aquatic |
| 19568s | form is probably by far the most |
| 19569s | relevant Choice overall though quickly |
| 19572s | and I would say like |
| 19574s | depending on how the game State goes |
| 19576s | Last Stand |
| 19578s | isn't the worst right I it could have |
| 19582s | got worse cards |
| 19598s | just gonna keep it simple |
| 19601s | and the pressure what do you make of |
| 19602s | this early sinstone subtle do you like |
| 19604s | this as a tutu yeah generally this is |
| 19607s | how the deck works you do just use the |
| 19610s | first charge as soon as you can more or |
| 19612s | less |
| 19613s | um and just you know have that little |
| 19614s | bit of tempo initially |
| 19616s | um because it's not like a draco rope |
| 19618s | where you're actually gonna get two |
| 19620s | massive pop-offs off yeah with the with |
| 19622s | the location you might have one big turn |
| 19626s | plus Landon Invincible on it all at the |
| 19628s | same time |
| 19629s | um if your deck is really coming |
| 19631s | together in the right order but |
| 19632s | generally when people see this uh play |
| 19633s | this deck you will see them uh use that |
| 19635s | first location proc extremely liberally |
| 19638s | now Revel is going to come out here from |
| 19640s | bly's |
| 19644s | damage is just starting to stack up |
| 19647s | there are uh your things XC can do of |
| 19650s | course once this deck can go down pretty |
| 19653s | low and then as soon as it gets to pop |
| 19655s | off which you know we'll see if XC |
| 19657s | decides that if that's going to be now |
| 19658s | or not it can get very very silly indeed |
| 19660s | and blinds are gonna have to have a lot |
| 19662s | of power to push through this |
| 19671s | dumping the blast okay |
| 19674s | reputation as well which is actually |
| 19676s | very nice for zero cost just to get out |
| 19678s | the hand |
| 19682s | it's kind of funny how much he can still |
| 19684s | do he's after having dumped the three |
| 19686s | mana on the handmaiden but this is still |
| 19687s | a very very strong turn even with that |
| 19689s | committed |
| 19691s | there's the res now big big deal |
| 19695s | the funny question is does uh where does |
| 19698s | predation go here |
| 19704s | where else would it go chase face face |
| 19710s | depends how big he's making the minion |
| 19712s | right just killing a 3-3 change much |
| 19715s | whereas does face set up like you know |
| 19717s | external lethal I think it was worth at |
| 19719s | least looking at sure |
| 19722s | he's going to end on Boone right oh |
| 19725s | okay |
| 19726s | wow there was still a lot that could |
| 19728s | have gone on there |
| 19733s | what a delightful party |
| 19741s | this is |
| 19748s | such a huge deal oh my like |
| 19756s | yeah this is all great |
| 19760s | damage bike and wicked stab clean it up |
| 19766s | couldn't be allowed should it |
| 19770s | that's insane so reverse engineering the |
| 19773s | situation is this why Bligh is this part |
| 19775s | of the reason why bly's is happy to keep |
| 19777s | Invincible is that he really really |
| 19779s | really wants to cheat neptulon in every |
| 19781s | circumstance so he's actually weirdly |
| 19784s | happy to keep various patches in his |
| 19786s | hands so that he's able to cheat the |
| 19788s | thing in the match up that really |
| 19789s | matters |
| 19791s | I mean I can definitely see it right |
| 19793s | because it just like you said not |
| 19795s | guaranteed well |
| 19797s | you know helps with the plan and |
| 19799s | Invincible man like minus one card |
| 19810s | they have to take down that like XC now |
| 19813s | is it does have handmaiden so he's put |
| 19814s | himself in a spot where that wasn't just |
| 19816s | all in right he can still draw you can |
| 19818s | still get stuff done but it's |
| 19821s | significantly more manageable right than |
| 19824s | the the Boon turn was |
| 19828s | yeah solitary minion probably not going |
| 19832s | to represent lethal on the following |
| 19833s | turn so you can even set up some sort of |
| 19835s | plan to deal with this over two if you |
| 19837s | really want to |
| 19842s | oh yeah Blythe has that door of Shadows |
| 19844s | um |
| 19845s | boosted right so even that's going to be |
| 19847s | pretty nice since he is looking like |
| 19849s | Blaise has a good amount of Mana to work |
| 19851s | with this turn if he wants it |
| 19855s | very carefully you're going to trade the |
| 19858s | Cutlass do it slowly deliberately and |
| 19862s | carefully Blaise there we go |
| 19867s | uh |
| 19870s | John poorly hasn't it |
| 19874s | [Music] |
| 19875s | let's just play Scourge out Aussie just |
| 19879s | caught is he too worried about silence |
| 19887s | then for killer 3-1 and just say you |
| 19888s | know what |
| 19889s | that Elemental is probably not going to |
| 19891s | be able to 27 me but a boon off the top |
| 19894s | is not bad at all here for XC and that |
| 19897s | is massively accelerated the game plan |
| 19900s | remember a blast was already used a boon |
| 19903s | was already used this off the top now is |
| 19905s | huge |
| 19910s | you can see with the stank face from |
| 19912s | bly's right now |
| 19914s | really really not feeling it |
| 19921s | oh |
| 19923s | crap monsters beneath you needs |
| 19931s | oh exactly not that you need some sort |
| 19933s | of like Mast reveler goes off twice |
| 19937s | yes natural on twice from both copies |
| 19940s | kind of deal and even then I'm not sure |
| 19942s | yeah even then the end of the line |
| 19948s | weirdly enough |
| 19950s | flies needed a very cheap Invincible |
| 19952s | that uh yeah yeah |
| 19957s | really really big win there for XC yet |
| 19960s | after that first clear from blyes with |
| 19962s | the neptulon I thought actually was in |
| 19964s | major trouble and I still think you know |
| 19967s | you can argue with that draw not even if |
| 19969s | the draw if he didn't get to Boon that |
| 19971s | turn I think things would have looked |
| 19973s | way way better for bly's but the the |
| 19975s | second Boon straight away really just |
| 19978s | escalated that implies just simply |
| 19979s | couldn't defend yeah what I will say is |
| 19982s | you can see helpfully now as this |
| 19983s | flashes up he was down to five cards on |
| 19985s | that turn left in Dirk right so he had a |
| 19987s | he had a one in five to draw the Boon |
| 19989s | and I'm sure some of the other cards |
| 19990s | were Cycles tradables whatever else at |
| 19992s | that point as well that could have got |
| 19993s | him there so |
| 19995s | um again this is something I talked |
| 19996s | about in the the opening Series is you |
| 19998s | know sometimes people look at these |
| 20000s | things like wow it's disgusting how can |
| 20002s | that be in the game it's the problem is |
| 20004s | the consistency that it happens with a |
| 20006s | lot of the time because there's so many |
| 20007s | decks that can just draw 20 25 cards by |
| 20009s | turn seven turn eight on a game in a lot |
| 20011s | of situations it just makes these kind |
| 20013s | of things very very consistent not to |
| 20015s | mention in this case obviously |
| 20016s | Switcheroo and dredge effects and |
| 20019s | discover effects everything else that |
| 20021s | can help you look specifically for those |
| 20023s | radiant Elementals and Boons and other |
| 20024s | pieces that you need so yep it was a |
| 20027s | fortunate draw of the Boon on that turn |
| 20029s | but with the small deck size left |
| 20031s | remaining you'd have to imagine that XE |
| 20033s | was pretty favored to get something from |
| 20035s | that point and even then even without |
| 20037s | the Boon Blythe still has to find the |
| 20040s | out on the following term oh yeah it's a |
| 20042s | smaller board that he'll have to deal |
| 20044s | with yes but he's still gonna have to |
| 20046s | deal with it somehow it looks like bly's |
| 20048s | is gonna be sticking to his Rogue doing |
| 20050s | the the Bly special which is just Jammer |
| 20052s | deck until you win with it and then move |
| 20054s | on there it's something we are going to |
| 20055s | know and love about Plies those casters |
| 20057s | at least and XC is gonna have his Demon |
| 20061s | Hunter or his own Rogue left over looks |
| 20063s | like he's going to be locking in the |
| 20065s | Rogue from what I can see here so this |
| 20067s | one again gonna be an interesting one |
| 20069s | because on one hand and we have I'll |
| 20072s | call it a very loose death rattle Rogue |
| 20074s | and then on the other hand we have this |
| 20076s | Draco version a much more explosive in |
| 20079s | terms of raw damage in the early game |
| 20081s | especially when you consider like well |
| 20083s | buys isn't playing the taunts because |
| 20085s | one thing I've done I've been playing |
| 20086s | death row Rogue the other version on |
| 20088s | ladder if I were into Draka I'm like |
| 20090s | okay and I just make about eight taunts |
| 20093s | and they'd concede because there's just |
| 20095s | not a lot they can do about unless they |
| 20097s | get specific concoctions of course to |
| 20098s | help yeah yeah in general it's just like |
| 20101s | well this is a perfect counter loads of |
| 20103s | huge taunts whereas uh |
| 20106s | um bly's isn't really going to have |
| 20107s | access to that as an answer well so |
| 20110s | Counterpoint though if you do hit cheap |
| 20113s | Invincible at some point in the game |
| 20114s | because you have that graveyard as an |
| 20116s | additional tool in your own deck you can |
| 20118s | just put the torn wall up that way right |
| 20120s | it's not as safe because like you said |
| 20123s | you know snowfall graveyard going off |
| 20126s | with the burning blade Acolyte and then |
| 20128s | suddenly you end up with four five six |
| 20130s | haunts on way across the board you're |
| 20132s | still not going to lose to concoction |
| 20133s | destroy random minion in that position |
| 20135s | right because you don't have too many of |
| 20137s | them whereas this version of the deck |
| 20139s | you usually just end up with one massive |
| 20142s | taunt that's like a 30 30 or something |
| 20144s | yeah yeah |
| 20145s | um which kill it or lose yes that will |
| 20148s | win the game immediately if you don't |
| 20149s | hit the out but the outs are there with |
| 20151s | the concoction so um yeah one again just |
| 20154s | a concern that I do have about this |
| 20157s | build of the deck but it looks like |
| 20159s | bly's is going to get to play a game |
| 20162s | without uh Stupid horsey patches in his |
| 20164s | opening hand even though one of those |
| 20166s | was by choice |
| 20168s | now this one goes both plays cycling |
| 20171s | starting to get things cooking and |
| 20173s | nothing crazy yet for XC but he does |
| 20175s | have that potion belt if he wants to |
| 20177s | check it out there which I I think the |
| 20179s | addition of all the concoctions is is |
| 20181s | huge for this deck right because you can |
| 20183s | just start adding so much potential to |
| 20186s | every given turn and it gives you extra |
| 20188s | value even if you have popped off with |
| 20191s | draca right it lets you still progress |
| 20193s | the game in other ways |
| 20198s | laughs |
| 20200s | the solution so it's going to be pretty |
| 20203s | nice |
| 20204s | um the coin this turn for bliers right |
| 20206s | if you're going out first and then take |
| 20208s | the risk with the snowfall after |
| 20211s | checking my homework by the way oh it's |
| 20214s | been cast anyway so yes I was about to |
| 20216s | say that draw yellow blue is draw two |
| 20218s | cards add card to hand and disco I did |
| 20220s | try and commit all of these to memory |
| 20222s | before the tournaments horsey patches oh |
| 20225s | come on that's just Horsemen yes |
| 20229s | bow patch Invincible man yeah something |
| 20232s | along those lines that's exactly right |
| 20234s | should make a show about that character |
| 20236s | um yeah I do like this origin though |
| 20238s | from bliers right just check it out what |
| 20240s | are the odds that XC is going to kill |
| 20241s | this by choice |
| 20243s | I would say low-ish and then you just |
| 20246s | follow it with the graveyard and try and |
| 20247s | get it done after the fact yeah agreed |
| 20251s | there's draca but not quite clear X he |
| 20255s | wanted it to be |
| 20259s | and this is just nightmare time here for |
| 20262s | XC right he's not in it I'm not saying |
| 20264s | he's in a terrible spot but when you see |
| 20266s | that graveyard come down and then |
| 20268s | there's just that Illusionist you're |
| 20269s | like yeah what then what am I supposed |
| 20272s | to do I think snowfall graveyard is one |
| 20275s | of the scariest cards in half yes yes am |
| 20277s | I against because it's very hard to |
| 20279s | process just how screwed you are and |
| 20282s | sometimes it's not at all |
| 20284s | um but it always feels like you're gonna |
| 20285s | get absolutely destroyed in the next |
| 20287s | couple of turns |
| 20290s | okay |
| 20291s | XC has like weirdly the best answer to |
| 20295s | this setup from bly's which is make a |
| 20297s | big dracker and go face yeah right so |
| 20300s | like that's what you want to do and as |
| 20302s | we said earlier we can see invincibles |
| 20304s | actually in hand here so this um this |
| 20307s | means that things are going to be slowed |
| 20309s | down a lot more the next he maybe thinks |
| 20311s | they are |
| 20316s | coin shroud coin oh yeah coin prep |
| 20320s | shroud is fine I was gonna say I didn't |
| 20321s | I wasn't accounting for the threat if he |
| 20323s | shrouds here and misses on mailbox |
| 20325s | dancer or he wouldn't have necessarily |
| 20327s | been able to go all the way through to |
| 20328s | the draca but yeah with the prep |
| 20330s | involved obviously that is the case |
| 20331s | still had one stenographer left in the |
| 20333s | deck as well which is a big deal to pick |
| 20335s | up because uh it's a big weapon |
| 20346s | I can use the first one to see what |
| 20348s | happens oh okay okay |
| 20357s | the no access to Invincible for the |
| 20360s | foreseeable future is such a pain isn't |
| 20363s | it |
| 20365s | what a delightful party |
| 20372s | extort it right yeah you have to press |
| 20375s | counterly so you just absolutely have to |
| 20379s | if you have enough to get there yeah |
| 20381s | about the best outcome you can hope for |
| 20383s | really |
| 20385s | and then coin Cutlass actually being |
| 20386s | used deliberately this time go face yeah |
| 20389s | I think this is the best you can come up |
| 20390s | with |
| 20392s | just make your opponent need the damage |
| 20395s | that's what 12 13 here just showing for |
| 20398s | XC yes can he make up the difference |
| 20401s | oh symptoms will be severe yeah |
| 20405s | depending on what these concoctions do |
| 20406s | right with the shadow step as well |
| 20420s | like it achieved nothing |
| 20424s | it is minus quite a lot of damage in |
| 20427s | that spot right hmm |
| 20439s | that's summoned three cost right |
| 20442s | please |
| 20443s | slow down |
| 20447s | I want to choose soon |
| 20457s | [Applause] |
| 20464s | actually desperately trying to figure |
| 20466s | out which of these minions you're |
| 20468s | actually supposed to kill yeah that does |
| 20470s | seem right because now uh right hand |
| 20472s | Neptune not really doing anything |
| 20476s | but with the kodo mount I do believe |
| 20480s | that that is going to be enough to get |
| 20481s | there with the wind Fury going through |
| 20483s | and flies absolutely manages to steal |
| 20486s | one in the end even without that |
| 20488s | Invincible being used uh did wonder |
| 20491s | whether I was looking at perhaps the |
| 20493s | prep on the previous turn as to whether |
| 20494s | you needed to like get |
| 20496s | um prep bone Spike for example to |
| 20499s | actually be able to play the Invincible |
| 20501s | on the following turn to stay alive but |
| 20503s | Bly is recognized way way better to just |
| 20505s | be as aggressive as possible to push for |
| 20508s | a counter-lethal of his own instead dump |
| 20510s | the prep into doing that |
| 20512s | um getting all the tempo on board |
| 20513s | damaging his own past reveler as well to |
| 20515s | be able to get the counter-lethal set up |
| 20516s | and XC did have a lot of concoctions to |
| 20520s | roll for plus three damage but I believe |
| 20522s | needed two instances of plus three |
| 20525s | damage from the concoctions to be able |
| 20526s | to get there or of course uh some extra |
| 20528s | damage from today yeah really really big |
| 20530s | win there for bliers and now he's going |
| 20532s | to be jumping over to his Demon Hunter |
| 20534s | and honestly like this must feel quite |
| 20536s | such a at least from you know the few |
| 20539s | matches we've seen today it must feel |
| 20541s | like a bit of a safety net right or at |
| 20543s | least maybe I feel like that to play |
| 20544s | Demon Hunter for a game if you've been |
| 20546s | having a rough go of it it's like okay |
| 20548s | Rogue struggling a bit Druid struggled |
| 20549s | or like pretty Easter struggled a bit |
| 20551s | let me just take a break play Demon into |
| 20553s | win and then move on because it does |
| 20556s | feel like it's still even with everyone |
| 20558s | expecting Demon Hunter to be brought it |
| 20561s | still feels very strong like in the |
| 20563s | previous series Demon Hunter won first |
| 20565s | try for both players earlier on that's |
| 20567s | been the case as well in I think every |
| 20570s | match apart from the first uh hang on |
| 20572s | that wasn't true and oh and would you |
| 20574s | say the series we cast or the one before |
| 20576s | because XC lost on Demon Hunter yeah |
| 20578s | yeah sorry yeah yeah it was previous to |
| 20581s | this one as in not the one we cast but |
| 20583s | only the first series that we cast The |
| 20585s | Demon to not just turn up win and leave |
| 20587s | okay basically so demons looks like it's |
| 20589s | been doing very well even though |
| 20591s | everyone pretty much knew that everyone |
| 20593s | else was going to submit it so yeah |
| 20595s | we'll have to see what's going on here |
| 20596s | with Plies and if you can follow suit |
| 20598s | here and just get a quick win with the |
| 20599s | Demon Hunter XC of course are going to |
| 20601s | be sticking on the Rogue once again |
| 20604s | yeah just on decklist watch obviously I |
| 20607s | was talking about one chaos strike |
| 20609s | earlier in some of the lists uh this is |
| 20611s | double chaos strike from bly's single |
| 20615s | need for greed so need for greed is the |
| 20617s | one of essentially as I broke down |
| 20619s | before but in case you weren't watching |
| 20620s | the initial series uh you play one |
| 20622s | Rothrock Viper and that means that one |
| 20625s | other card in the deck has to be a |
| 20629s | single copy which some people are doing |
| 20631s | Marcus gone some people are doing Chaos |
| 20634s | strike some people are doing need for |
| 20635s | greed um as the main ones that we've |
| 20637s | seen so far and I believe there's a |
| 20639s | spectral site one of hanging around |
| 20641s | somewhere as well so that is the big um |
| 20644s | Flex spot I suppose in deck building |
| 20645s | with the deck I can definitely see it |
| 20647s | with the need for greed because I found |
| 20648s | myself running into oh I'm just going to |
| 20651s | use this as a Trader bomb you know a lot |
| 20653s | of the time so I can definitely |
| 20655s | definitely understand that one and so |
| 20657s | far though early location going down |
| 20658s | there for XC but bly's has got hold of |
| 20661s | the dimensions so that's oh both |
| 20663s | dimensions because for some reason there |
| 20666s | are now only two Dimensions |
| 20668s | um but it does mean that you'll still be |
| 20671s | looking for the location for himself but |
| 20672s | still not a bad start to form my new |
| 20674s | relics and I would add that you know |
| 20677s | having a card that is a tradable is not |
| 20678s | necessarily a bad thing I made this |
| 20680s | point earlier as well but quite often if |
| 20682s | your first Quest completion it does |
| 20683s | happen on turn three it's going to use a |
| 20686s | tradable to happen and so even if you do |
| 20689s | end up doing that with need for greed |
| 20691s | it's fantastic not to mention of course |
| 20692s | the times that you just draw need for |
| 20694s | greed off the top on turn three and it's |
| 20697s | the single best feeling in the world |
| 20698s | apart from fell barraging people for |
| 20700s | like 24 which is much better |
| 20703s | oh okay well this is a game yes it is |
| 20710s | a good old-fashioned race what we've got |
| 20713s | here yeah I like this as well because |
| 20715s | this is still relative dimensions on |
| 20717s | five but in a different way like |
| 20720s | normally you've already set the location |
| 20721s | by now but Plies can just do it all |
| 20723s | together anyway |
| 20729s | see again not having a uh big crazy |
| 20733s | turns we can see you know as early as |
| 20735s | turn three maybe even before that you is |
| 20738s | possible with this deck but it looks |
| 20740s | like he's moving towards a good a |
| 20742s | relatively large dracco pop off here |
| 20745s | yeah I was going to give him the time |
| 20746s | because not only |
| 20748s | supplies you know destroying everything |
| 20750s | reducing it procking the quest as you |
| 20752s | can see now oh this deck has the ability |
| 20755s | to just heal and basically delete a |
| 20757s | swing of the weapon at least right Relic |
| 20760s | Vault the perfect draw to find there as |
| 20763s | well one of the very very few cards that |
| 20765s | you can just play from your hand for |
| 20768s | zero opportunity loss at any point in |
| 20770s | the game otherwise you're looking at |
| 20772s | using something which might be a little |
| 20775s | bit less value than it is in one or two |
| 20777s | turns time when you're looking to end |
| 20778s | the game hopefully |
| 20781s | foreign |
| 20792s | that remaining concoction is deal three |
| 20794s | damage single copyright uncombined which |
| 20797s | is not really achieving a great deal at |
| 20799s | the moment |
| 20802s | he has to go surely has to go now okay |
| 20804s | Shadow step very much helps I was gonna |
| 20807s | say until I saw the shadow step I was |
| 20809s | staring at the hand thinking |
| 20811s | what about if we have one more turn you |
| 20813s | know like just wait one more turn but I |
| 20816s | do agree now with the shadow step it's a |
| 20818s | bit of a no-brainer yeah I think having |
| 20820s | seen relative dimensions on the other |
| 20821s | side you probably have to go that turn |
| 20823s | regardless so you just end up a little |
| 20826s | bit like you know I guess the argument |
| 20828s | is what's the point in Waiting one turn |
| 20830s | to make your dagger five or six bigger |
| 20832s | when you have missed one entire turn of |
| 20835s | attacking with the dagger you know yes I |
| 20837s | guess I was just wondering how much XC |
| 20839s | thinks |
| 20841s | how much do you judge like the heal |
| 20843s | Factor versus the death Factor yeah |
| 20845s | right right is your opponent healing |
| 20848s | through smaller dagger hits and more of |
| 20850s | a problem than them maybe killing you |
| 20853s | right it's really tricky |
| 20856s | foreign |
| 20861s | click the button |
| 20865s | good flies |
| 20866s | already cleared this whenever Quest |
| 20869s | Demon Hunter exists wise is the best |
| 20871s | player in the world to watch because he |
| 20874s | just does it |
| 20880s | it's gone |
| 20885s | are you using School |
| 20890s | oh you're gonna use score to go face |
| 20892s | because this is guaranteed anyway yeah |
| 20894s | yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| 20898s | and doesn't matter anyway I mean this is |
| 20902s | arguably a million damage to face that's |
| 20904s | true yeah I suppose in the grand scheme |
| 20908s | of things that's probably better isn't |
| 20910s | it |
| 20911s | not as fancy but uh fancy enough I would |
| 20914s | say there goes the weapon drakka's gone |
| 20916s | as well oh there's no Chantix so you can |
| 20919s | even try and do a re-roll of the weapon |
| 20920s | or anything like that and actually |
| 20922s | definitely on the back foot now even |
| 20925s | regardless of the fact that Blythe still |
| 20927s | has a ton of spells to the cards are |
| 20929s | available the g8's just sitting for |
| 20931s | whenever relevant if needed |
| 20934s | applies looking absolutely fantastic and |
| 20937s | that's yeah just to concede wise goes |
| 20939s | 2-1 up and I think already this series |
| 20941s | even though he's currently only winning |
| 20943s | by one game it feels like this Series |
| 20945s | has been going much better for bliers in |
| 20948s | terms of just you know game to game |
| 20949s | gameplay yeah makes sense yeah and I I |
| 20952s | was talking about this earlier with um |
| 20956s | the classes when they came off the |
| 20957s | Blythe series we were just talking |
| 20959s | briefly about like bly's really gets hit |
| 20962s | hard when he loses incredibly high |
| 20965s | stakes matchups right he seems super |
| 20966s | nonchalant and aloof a lot of the time |
| 20968s | and just jamming games or whatever he |
| 20971s | really really really wants to be the |
| 20973s | world champion I I cannot emphasize that |
| 20976s | enough any time you talk to him he will |
| 20978s | make that point clear |
| 20980s | um I believe we still we do have an |
| 20981s | interview with him in the rotation here |
| 20983s | as well where TJ asks him if he gets |
| 20985s | tilted during games and his answer's not |
| 20987s | like not really by like the outcomes in |
| 20989s | the game but if I lose an important |
| 20991s | match you know it's not till it just it |
| 20993s | bothers me upset me and we've seen those |
| 20996s | reactions from him very visibly in the |
| 20998s | past as well |
| 21000s | not seeing their reactions yeah we |
| 21003s | haven't seen them on broadcast we've |
| 21005s | then seen them on Twitter after the fact |
| 21007s | is generally how things have worked but |
| 21009s | then so my worry with blies is whether |
| 21013s | that actually affects his mental going |
| 21015s | into massive matches like this because |
| 21018s | like you were saying when bly's is |
| 21021s | relaxed playing Quest Demon Hunter just |
| 21023s | jamming cards with seemingly not |
| 21026s | thinking that's not what's happening by |
| 21028s | the way he is absolutely thinking he's |
| 21029s | just thinking very quickly but when he's |
| 21031s | in that zone and he's comfortable and |
| 21033s | he's just jamming cards he does seem |
| 21034s | unbeatable in some occasions but it does |
| 21037s | seem that maybe |
| 21039s | um when the the pressure really ramps up |
| 21041s | that there's that element of second |
| 21042s | guessing that creeps into his psyche in |
| 21044s | big moments like this so seeing this |
| 21046s | performance from him so far which you |
| 21048s | know it's not like he's walking through |
| 21049s | this series it's very tightly contested |
| 21051s | series but it looks like the blies we've |
| 21053s | been watching for the the last three or |
| 21055s | so years come up through our masters |
| 21056s | tours and take Grand Masters by storm in |
| 21059s | Europe and I think that bodes well for |
| 21061s | him in the rest of the series and as we |
| 21063s | look at this now XC has moved over to |
| 21065s | his Demon Hunter and as I mentioned |
| 21066s | whenever you cue demon onto these |
| 21068s | players must just feel like okay I just |
| 21070s | fancy a win let's get the Demon Hunter |
| 21072s | done but going up against Drury the deck |
| 21075s | you talked about from pretty much the |
| 21077s | start of today uh what does druid |
| 21079s | actually need to do because you spoke |
| 21081s | about oh you know Druids on ladder they |
| 21083s | just sit back and like I've got loads of |
| 21085s | armor and then you can kill them anyway |
| 21087s | yeah so does bliers need to play like |
| 21089s | aggro ramp Druid is this is this the |
| 21091s | suggestion of how to approach this so I |
| 21095s | think |
| 21096s | um personally for me as a starting point |
| 21098s | I would rather be 30 Druid in this |
| 21101s | matchup than 40 Druid because what you |
| 21104s | can do is just race them to your combo |
| 21105s | and quite often get there faster you |
| 21108s | know if you just draw a brand in an |
| 21109s | ubercon the rest of it likely takes care |
| 21111s | of itself and with all the tutor effects |
| 21112s | that you do have available and all the |
| 21114s | cards draw that you have available you |
| 21115s | can sometimes just get there first |
| 21117s | the other way to go about it is yeah |
| 21120s | just trying to play aggressively as |
| 21122s | possible with all the Minions that you |
| 21123s | do have and just continuing to occupy |
| 21125s | the ball |
| 21126s | um because as as mentioned like this |
| 21129s | deck the Demon Hunter I mean can do |
| 21134s | 120-ish without really having to do |
| 21137s | anything particularly fancy |
| 21139s | though you're not getting out of range |
| 21141s | of that with armor or with blood death |
| 21144s | Knights or anything else you have to |
| 21146s | counter pressure or you have to disrupt |
| 21148s | um so it's you know it's theater |
| 21149s | Patchwork mutinous those kind of things |
| 21151s | to be able to disrupt or it's massive |
| 21153s | amounts of pressure where you can or |
| 21155s | it's race them to the combo faster than |
| 21157s | they get there which is obviously much |
| 21160s | less of a win condition when you have 40 |
| 21161s | cards in your deck instead of 30 and I |
| 21164s | don't particularly think the 10 health |
| 21166s | is relevant in this matchup right okay |
| 21168s | well let's see how this one goes wise |
| 21170s | takes to win here he gets to air save |
| 21172s | his tournament life for now let's see |
| 21175s | there's a bit of a more of a climb to do |
| 21177s | but it's in a very very good matchup |
| 21182s | already uh hit some of the more all good |
| 21185s | ones right with the Silver Moon already |
| 21186s | in hand we'll have to shuffle the uh the |
| 21189s | other spell damage which definitely |
| 21190s | isn't a big deal of course but just |
| 21192s | having to pay three Mana for the Silver |
| 21193s | Moon it's a little bit painful it's the |
| 21196s | other one for two though oh and Chase |
| 21200s | all right finds a relic Vault though |
| 21203s | it's something but these are all the |
| 21204s | cards you don't want to have in your |
| 21206s | opening hand |
| 21207s | correct |
| 21208s | um but I think one of the iterations one |
| 21212s | of the improvements of the deck was to |
| 21213s | move more spell damage redundancy in to |
| 21216s | play around these kind of situations I |
| 21218s | think when it first came out there was |
| 21219s | only three spell damage minions total |
| 21220s | and then the the second copy of the |
| 21222s | Silver Moon came in oh oh okay off the |
| 21226s | top with the dimensions and that flies |
| 21228s | given the round of applause I think he |
| 21230s | understands that that is all another a |
| 21233s | bit of a disaster yeah proc in the quest |
| 21236s | as well of course I haven't done one of |
| 21239s | watch this is your one of update uh XC |
| 21242s | is a one-off chaos strike game oh yeah |
| 21244s | of course we did this in the previous |
| 21245s | game oh well if you're gonna draw your |
| 21247s | five on curve I'm gonna draw my five on |
| 21249s | curb as well seems just fair to me |
| 21252s | um but yeah I I think I can I think one |
| 21254s | of chaos strike is probably where I |
| 21257s | would end up honestly it just feels like |
| 21259s | the least flexible card overall |
| 21262s | another happy guilty I'll drill go |
| 21271s | I think this is my favorite version of |
| 21273s | quest Demon Hunter that we've ever had |
| 21275s | you want to know why because I bet you |
| 21278s | it's not the same reason |
| 21279s | come on |
| 21281s | don't have to mess around with adding up |
| 21282s | like dodgy Mohawk numbers |
| 21285s | just tell me how much spell damage I've |
| 21287s | got and and just done well hang on hang |
| 21291s | on hang on oh I have to challenge you on |
| 21293s | this because the only reason that |
| 21295s | matters or that the reason that doesn't |
| 21297s | matter is because when you get up to |
| 21299s | like plus four plus six fail damage you |
| 21301s | just don't count because you assume you |
| 21303s | had lethal if you had to actually count |
| 21305s | how much damage that was that went face |
| 21307s | I'm pretty sure that's harder than Moab |
| 21309s | mats |
| 21312s | I don't know moaku used to always get me |
| 21314s | so how many times have you played a Jace |
| 21317s | with this deck and known how much damage |
| 21318s | you were going to be |
| 21320s | at least once okay fine |
| 21325s | and that was because I played one fell |
| 21327s | spell yeah exactly I played a chaos |
| 21330s | strike |
| 21332s | another second relic of Dimensions now |
| 21335s | XC just uh looking out a few bits of |
| 21339s | damage as well mainly to make hand space |
| 21341s | right like throughout the fell barrage |
| 21343s | there didn't do it with any spell damage |
| 21346s | whatsoever but just knowing Jay still |
| 21348s | have it covered a little bit later on it |
| 21350s | still has a lot of spell damage to throw |
| 21352s | out some of the others innovate |
| 21354s | and I get an innovate no okay |
| 21358s | so uh though yeah no this tavar is a big |
| 21362s | deal |
| 21363s | um I'm |
| 21364s | barely confident well actually the man |
| 21367s | is not yet available |
| 21369s | um so we have to kind of take a deep |
| 21370s | dive into relic of phantasms in this |
| 21372s | matchup now because it's one of the |
| 21374s | swingiest cards available uh from both |
| 21377s | regards obviously if you're able to get |
| 21379s | four massive minions down with like |
| 21381s | location relic of phantasms that's the |
| 21383s | thing that Druid sucks against |
| 21384s | classically right so you you feel like |
| 21387s | you're doing massive things but then |
| 21389s | Devourer can be a massive counter swing |
| 21391s | particularly if they have a ton of Guff |
| 21393s | Manner and they're able to go like |
| 21395s | Devourer Earth and scales in the same |
| 21397s | kind of time that's a thing that you can |
| 21399s | potentially lose to |
| 21402s | um so the relative merits say bly's was |
| 21405s | on 11 plus Mana this turn |
| 21407s | I would genuinely consider just double |
| 21409s | trading seven seven into the 1010 |
| 21410s | because I think you're comfortable |
| 21412s | winning in every other scenario right |
| 21413s | yeah do you yes but since this this is |
| 21418s | just a 25 25 it's not necessarily giving |
| 21420s | the armor I would hope the XC now has a |
| 21423s | plan to be able to deal with this coming |
| 21424s | back the other way you can see bly's |
| 21426s | prayer hands knows this is the way now |
| 21429s | he has to have this thing stick |
| 21432s | um and Etsy it is going to cost him a |
| 21433s | lot of resources not trading in those |
| 21435s | seven sevens like I don't want to end |
| 21437s | the argument and say this is fine |
| 21439s | because there's no Urban scales X C has |
| 21442s | still created a problem for himself |
| 21443s | where he has to deal with a 25-25 |
| 21450s | Evan |
| 21452s | Dean still needs to yep it's just lethal |
| 21455s | yeah sorry I miscounted yeah that's just |
| 21457s | going to be enough XD takes a win on his |
| 21460s | Demon Hunter and like I said this will |
| 21462s | be a continuing theme as we move on |
| 21465s | throughout the weekend I believe which |
| 21466s | is Demon Hunter winning games it is very |
| 21470s | very good and now it's just going to |
| 21472s | come all the way back down to the uh the |
| 21474s | Rogue from XC going up against the Druid |
| 21476s | once again from bly's so once more in |
| 21479s | this situation |
| 21480s | um the Druid seems to be the one taking |
| 21483s | a lot of hits and of course he applies |
| 21485s | his Rogue lost in game one but then it's |
| 21487s | been a druid game four and it could be |
| 21490s | Druid again game five going up against |
| 21492s | this Rogue from XC so all comes Santa's |
| 21495s | last game so |
| 21496s | yeah and to settle the debate in that |
| 21499s | one particular instance xc's plan |
| 21501s | obviously spot on in that position I |
| 21503s | said you need a plan to deal with a |
| 21504s | 25-25 killing your opponent pretty solid |
| 21506s | plan in terms of dealing with a 25-25 |
| 21509s | which is the one last point in the Deep |
| 21511s | dive into relic of phantasms in the |
| 21513s | matchup that I didn't get to go into is |
| 21516s | that sometimes even if they do just go |
| 21517s | Devourer and get that huge minion in |
| 21519s | play that huge minion then has more |
| 21522s | Health than the heroes so all of your |
| 21523s | fell barrages and Mark of Mark score and |
| 21525s | everything else can just go straight |
| 21527s | directly to the face so you can just |
| 21529s | ignore it and end the game so XC |
| 21531s | absolutely had everything covered uh but |
| 21534s | like I said the having those large |
| 21535s | minions knocking around on the board can |
| 21537s | sometimes be a detriment to you it is |
| 21539s | something that you have to keep an eye |
| 21540s | on but I think fittingly now we are |
| 21542s | going down to the wire on this one and |
| 21545s | the honestly nice to see XC uh |
| 21547s | definitely put on a better display than |
| 21549s | he did earlier this morning |
| 21551s | um because this is play in this series |
| 21553s | so far has definitely looked a lot |
| 21554s | cleaner air than it did in oh one Soul's |
| 21559s | making noises I see you have you seen |
| 21561s | this opening hand |
| 21567s | appliances is quite good isn't it 23 30 |
| 21571s | 35 Mana in the opening hands uh oh yeah |
| 21575s | and look at the opening hand for XC |
| 21577s | graveyard dancer Port tracker off the |
| 21580s | top |
| 21581s | oh no |
| 21585s | that is an absolutely |
| 21588s | disgusting time for this to happen yeah |
| 21593s | is next draw absolutely has to be wild |
| 21597s | growth no negotiations and look at the |
| 21601s | juice that actually has oh |
| 21603s | right |
| 21605s | this next draw has to be nourished no |
| 21608s | negotiation negotiating with their |
| 21611s | Hearthstone |
| 21614s | XC though has been drawing tons of cards |
| 21616s | got double Sandstone graveyard in hands |
| 21618s | got some cheap spells as well oh crap |
| 21621s | and the Dragon |
| 21627s | foreign |
| 21636s | limited time to get anything done right |
| 21638s | now |
| 21640s | my king as well clicking for a 3-3 okay |
| 21643s | I mean |
| 21645s | it's some stall |
| 21648s | imagine it's going to be used I don't |
| 21650s | really see the Merit for just tempos |
| 21652s | family Arcanist here yeah and it's like |
| 21655s | well if he's not playing it now when is |
| 21657s | he playing it because now he suddenly |
| 21658s | has coin seven seven you know nine |
| 21661s | whatever yes |
| 21664s | yeah we have now at least reached the |
| 21666s | point in the game where Blaise gets to |
| 21668s | play a card every time |
| 21675s | now just working out is XC gonna wait |
| 21678s | one more turn or is he going now because |
| 21680s | what clicking last term was a little |
| 21683s | strange if you're gonna go off this turn |
| 21685s | unless you can also fit in the second |
| 21687s | graveyard alongside everything else yeah |
| 21690s | so uh which shows up |
| 21692s | perhaps yeah prep serrated |
| 21696s | plus the Dragon spell isn't gonna really |
| 21698s | be enough for dracker I would say |
| 21700s | against Druid so yep uh whether we agree |
| 21702s | on how we got here I agree with XC not |
| 21705s | popping off this |
| 21711s | commit to scale of annexion number one |
| 21713s | clear up the Minions on board |
| 21716s | [Applause] |
| 21719s | he makes some board space for your |
| 21720s | opponent so they can have a bigger pop |
| 21722s | off this turn very nice of you |
| 21735s | okay no step |
| 21738s | I think that is the best possible card |
| 21740s | for XC to have found |
| 21746s | [Applause] |
| 21748s | ghostly strikes are getting ridiculous |
| 21760s | double devour are both Jews by the way I |
| 21762s | was a little bit surprised uh just go |
| 21764s | back in time a little bit obviously we |
| 21765s | you have minimal time to discuss bly's |
| 21767s | life yeah that we saw the snap coin |
| 21771s | scale over next year especially after |
| 21772s | the Crypt Keeper draw |
| 21774s | um because what holding you could have |
| 21776s | just you know jammed Crypt Keeper |
| 21777s | potentially right and then gone Gale of |
| 21780s | annexia to survive through the pop-up |
| 21782s | turn right wouldn't be a clear under no |
| 21784s | Illusions you'd clear everything on that |
| 21786s | note but you might have let the very |
| 21788s | least be able to do enough to survive |
| 21789s | and then you had coin Devourer at the |
| 21792s | turn after that right because you would |
| 21794s | have hold on to the coin right hand out |
| 21795s | which is something I was certainly |
| 21797s | looking at |
| 21799s | um lives will have considered all of |
| 21801s | these things on his opponent's turn |
| 21802s | while they're taking way too long for |
| 21804s | his uh his tastes and the King a great |
| 21807s | pickup though yeah absolutely huge just |
| 21810s | gives bliers you know maybe one extra |
| 21812s | turn very interesting as well the XC |
| 21816s | goes to not go for the |
| 21819s | uh bone Spike to just add a little bit |
| 21821s | extra juice to the turn uh for him there |
| 21824s | so I did decide to hold on to that in |
| 21826s | the previous turn |
| 21831s | and now for bly's very generally |
| 21834s | speaking he knows what he has to do |
| 21836s | right he he's kind of got a very good |
| 21838s | idea of the numbers right now because |
| 21840s | Drac has been played he's got these two |
| 21843s | uh a8s to deal with I think once he gets |
| 21845s | over that he should be feeling quite |
| 21847s | confident |
| 21848s | foreign |
| 21869s | valuable going into future terms if an |
| 21872s | insatiable Devourer is coming down but I |
| 21873s | think he's a lot more interested in just |
| 21874s | pushing for the win now than worrying |
| 21877s | with about dealing with a Devourer in |
| 21879s | the future |
| 21882s | supplies now gets to deal with it's over |
| 21885s | half of this board |
| 21890s | Shields yeah that's definitely what he |
| 21892s | wanted to dodge |
| 21898s | XC step this |
| 21901s | okay |
| 21903s | what sorry |
| 21905s | you ever stepped the eight eight |
| 21908s | to what end |
| 21911s | oh wait won't give it stealth right |
| 21914s | no stealth comes from the yeah yeah I'm |
| 21916s | being yeah I'm being I think I'm being |
| 21918s | stupid yeah I'm fine ignore me |
| 21922s | that's the one thing XC has to keep in |
| 21924s | mind this turn as you mentioned right |
| 21926s | like yeah he has the concoction but it's |
| 21928s | still gonna put him in a spot where he |
| 21930s | still needs more minions to finish the |
| 21932s | game right if he makes the the um extra |
| 21935s | minions they get devoured well yeah okay |
| 21938s | you can kill it but |
| 21941s | this might as well be a face-up Devourer |
| 21944s | here as well right so I would be amazed |
| 21947s | if XC does not position to play around a |
| 21949s | nightmare Devourer in this spot because |
| 21951s | all of those cards on the left-hand side |
| 21953s | have been there since the beginning of |
| 21955s | the game do you think he even presses |
| 21957s | the graveyard this turn I think so |
| 21959s | because you can you can still separate |
| 21961s | your two big minions right you have |
| 21963s | enough other minions to be able to do |
| 21965s | that |
| 21966s | it can't get beat Oh Derek is saying it |
| 21968s | does get stealth if you Shadow step in |
| 21970s | replay oh it does okay |
| 21973s | I shouldn't listening |
| 21977s | hey though |
| 21980s | those steps gonna create even more |
| 21982s | coincidence yes |
| 21985s | yeah now with the two dancers yeah yeah |
| 21987s | yeah this very good sense here |
| 21991s | like I said I would have been stunned if |
| 21993s | this did not happen because this is one |
| 21995s | of the most face-up insatiable devourers |
| 21997s | I've ever seen in my life |
| 22003s | what's in the turn ends in graveyard's |
| 22005s | just not pressed ah what about that |
| 22010s | that's it 12 damage left in play dagger |
| 22013s | still available bly's can take the |
| 22014s | double coin hero power here needed an |
| 22018s | Earthen scales exactly off the top of |
| 22021s | this turn you would imagine to really |
| 22022s | have a chance in this game and this now |
| 22025s | leaves XC needing exactly one damage and |
| 22029s | that is a two damage weapon of the top |
| 22032s | XC is going through and blies off for |
| 22036s | the second year in a row has absolute |
| 22040s | World Championship heartbreak one step |
| 22042s | further this time actually making it to |
| 22044s | the dance but then bombing out zero two |
| 22047s | on the opening day and as I said as is |
| 22051s | he is taking the well he will be taking |
| 22054s | the loss hard because he always does and |
| 22056s | it comes from the the motivation you |
| 22058s | know the burning desire to actually be |
| 22060s | the world champion of hearthstone and |
| 22062s | now for another year at least that's not |
| 22064s | gonna be the case yeah really really |
| 22066s | tough one there for players so huge |
| 22068s | congratulations to Mexico City managed |
| 22069s | to hold on though it of course still has |
| 22071s | a lot of work to do to progress but yeah |
| 22074s | it applies uh super unfortunate let's |
| 22076s | see him go out there so early but one |
| 22079s | thing I can say it's always at least he |
| 22081s | went out in the right way and that was |
| 22082s | with his webcam freezing because he just |
| 22084s | got instantly so uh glad to see that at |
| 22088s | least as the blinds we all know and love |
| 22090s | but yeah huge congratulations taxi and I |
| 22092s | will say a I think the difference from |
| 22094s | match one the vaccine today to this |
| 22097s | match is quite the difference in play |
| 22099s | from what we saw earlier on I was |
| 22101s | worried after seeing those few games |
| 22103s | from XC this morning that he was going |
| 22104s | to be shaky in in this match as well but |
| 22107s | that is definitely not the case yeah |
| 22110s | um I think there was a moment or two in |
| 22113s | a couple of the games where it was still |
| 22114s | wasn't necessarily mistakes but I still |
| 22117s | think there's that element of |
| 22119s | indecisiveness I suppose in the way that |
| 22122s | he's playing the game maybe that's just |
| 22124s | a contrast with the fact that we're |
| 22125s | looking at Belize on the other side who |
| 22127s | just seems like the most decisive human |
| 22129s | at all times and we're just reflecting |
| 22131s | with an unfair lens at that point but |
| 22134s | um it does seem like he is a little bit |
| 22136s | unsure about what he's doing but again |
| 22138s | if you then end up at the right decision |
| 22141s | in the end that's fine but I do still |
| 22143s | still think there is a moment or two |
| 22145s | here and there where he's just one |
| 22148s | percent sub-optimal and some of the |
| 22149s | things that he's doing in these you know |
| 22151s | very high PM complex lots of actions per |
| 22154s | turn decks and sometimes you can do |
| 22157s | something slightly wrong and when you're |
| 22159s | doing a ladder game when you do it on |
| 22160s | stream or whatever it's like I mean like |
| 22163s | I got 90 of that turn right and that's |
| 22165s | fine you know like focus on the |
| 22167s | important things when you're playing a |
| 22168s | championship you need to get those |
| 22170s | things a hundred percent right all the |
| 22172s | time because that is the level that |
| 22173s | we're playing at yeah still a huge |
| 22175s | Improvement for him though from a |
| 22176s | completely whiffing a whole turn that we |
| 22178s | saw earlier today so hopefully that |
| 22180s | Trend continues to go upwards for XC and |
| 22183s | that was it for this match we've got |
| 22184s | plenty more coming up so don't go |
| 22186s | anywhere and be right back with some |
| 22187s | more Hearthstone World Championship |
| 22190s | foreign |
| 22193s | [Music] |
| 22199s | [Music] |
| 22207s | Swiss record combined in the first three |
| 22211s | Masters tours of the year was it a 17-7 |
| 22216s | B 18 and 6 C 19 and 5 or D 20 and 4. |
| 22224s | foreign |
| 22230s | [Music] |
| 22233s | well I know it's |
| 22235s | was sorry with the four options 17 18 19 |
| 22238s | 20. correct yeah okay I know it's not 17 |
| 22242s | because I played with highbreaker at 17 |
| 22244s | and he was not there |
| 22247s | um I think there was one person who had |
| 22249s | like 20 but I don't think it was him |
| 22253s | it's either 18 or 19 I'm gonna go |
| 22257s | 18. so your answer is B eighteen and six |
| 22261s | yes |
| 22263s | yes |
| 22265s | incorrect it was option C 19 and five |
| 22269s | your logic was correct you just missed |
| 22271s | the 50 50 in the end classic Hearthstone |
| 22273s | uh question two how many seasons of |
| 22277s | European GM did bunny Hopper have a |
| 22279s | negative win rate is it a zero |
| 22283s | B one C two |
| 22287s | or d three |
| 22290s | and |
| 22292s | well I |
| 22293s | I remember one Bad season he had |
| 22300s | uh hearing about that but it's |
| 22302s | definitely not |
| 22304s | probably not three it's not I don't |
| 22306s | think it's zero I think he had at least |
| 22308s | one Bad season |
| 22310s | but I don't I don't know I think it was |
| 22312s | just one I'm gonna go |
| 22314s | one |
| 22315s | your answer is B one final answer thank |
| 22319s | you and you are correct that is one out |
| 22322s | of two uh that was season five in total |
| 22325s | or 2021 season one if you want to look |
| 22328s | at it that way uh number three how many |
| 22331s | matches did dead draw win in Masters |
| 22334s | tours in 2019 and 2020 combined |
| 22338s | is it a 52 |
| 22341s | B 55 C 58 or D 61. |
| 22352s | um |
| 22352s | 20 so that's nine Master tutorials |
| 22357s | and then |
| 22360s | I don't want to like I could probably go |
| 22363s | back and map it out in my head but that |
| 22366s | would take a bit long |
| 22368s | uh |
| 22369s | okay I got seven |
| 22373s | and then |
| 22374s | [Music] |
| 22375s | like eight nine okay I got like |
| 22379s | 20ish no no like 27ish in the first |
| 22384s | oh wait no there's Vegas too Vegas was |
| 22387s | terrible okay um I'm just gonna go |
| 22390s | see I don't remember what C was I'll |
| 22391s | just go see C was 58 you want to go 58 |
| 22395s | I'll go 58. 58 is absolutely corrected |
| 22399s | congratulations no one wants to get the |
| 22402s | question about themselves wrong and you |
| 22404s | have dodged the bullet congratulations |
| 22405s | uh question four which player had the |
| 22408s | highest all-time win percentage in APAC |
| 22411s | Grand Masters is it a Mighty B surrender |
| 22415s | C possessy or D Glory |
| 22420s | hmm |
| 22424s | Almighty |
| 22425s | only played like |
| 22427s | I want to say two seasons of GM and he |
| 22431s | won one of them |
| 22433s | but I feel like the second season was |
| 22435s | worse |
| 22437s | uh the other three he said possessy |
| 22440s | Glory or surrender surrender yes |
| 22444s | uh surrender is definitely pretty good |
| 22447s | I feel like Posse had maybe some off |
| 22450s | Seasons Maybe |
| 22453s | uh I'm gonna go surrender |
| 22456s | I did like the hot take of the century |
| 22458s | thrown in there surrender is pretty good |
| 22460s | yeah uh unfortunately the correct answer |
| 22462s | is mighty |
| 22465s | according to Lorinda only played one |
| 22467s | season which I do believe is correct 11 |
| 22469s | and 4 73.3 win rate overall |
| 22473s | uh question number five what is |
| 22477s | possesses match win rate in Masters |
| 22480s | tours |
| 22481s | is it |
| 22482s | 57.2 percent |
| 22485s | 59.2 percent |
| 22488s | 61.2 percent or |
| 22490s | 63.2 percent |
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| 22496s | I'm embarrassed to say I have looked at |
| 22498s | the uh the Masters Tour win rates quite |
| 22500s | a lot just out of |
| 22502s | protecting my ego but um |
| 22506s | 57 is seems a little low |
| 22511s | 63 63 has got to be too high I mean |
| 22515s | because I see |
| 22517s | he seems like the sort of player he |
| 22520s | doesn't |
| 22521s | go hard every single tournament you know |
| 22522s | for the Master's chores |
| 22526s | um |
| 22527s | I'm gonna go |
| 22529s | 59b |
| 22532s | 59.2 percent is |
| 22536s | incorrect it was |
| 22538s | 61.2 total record of 93 and 59 which I |
| 22543s | think gives you a final score of two out |
| 22545s | of five dead draw uh I don't know what |
| 22548s | the going rate is for a good result on |
| 22550s | this quiz so I guess we'll have to just |
| 22551s | stay tuned and find out how do you feel |
| 22554s | about your performance |
| 22556s | sorry possessive |
| 22559s | yeah I mean I don't know |
| 22562s | I I I feel like I know these pretty well |
| 22565s | but I can't remember every stat so it |
| 22567s | was all right I mean who can apart from |
| 22569s | the render yeah and Lorinda definitely |
| 22571s | can't they just have extensive |
| 22572s | spreadsheets that's the only reason well |
| 22575s | Deborah thank you very much for joining |
| 22577s | us for this very silly little mini game |
| 22579s | thanks everyone for watching |
| 22581s | thanks see ya |
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| 22840s | hello everyone welcome back to the |
| 22842s | Hearthstone 2022 World Championship it's |
| 22846s | uh day one here and we are almost |
| 22848s | halfway through the day slowed down |
| 22850s | pretty heavily by a monster of a control |
| 22854s | priest mirror and even though we're |
| 22856s | gonna get one of the offenders back in |
| 22857s | Action here in dead draw thankfully XC |
| 22860s | is keeping the pace a little bit quicker |
| 22862s | over all uh but this is the decider |
| 22866s | match for the group we've already seen |
| 22868s | UE go through to the quarterfinals Xbox |
| 22870s | devastatingly not making it through with |
| 22873s | an O2 score line mainly thanks to that |
| 22875s | Druid not really getting the job done |
| 22877s | but here for dead draw up against XC |
| 22881s | this is uh the last chance for both of |
| 22883s | our players it's win or low a win or |
| 22885s | lose if you win you're through to the |
| 22886s | quartz finals lose and you are out of |
| 22888s | here |
| 22889s | absolutely and it so happens that this |
| 22892s | is a rematch of the very first series we |
| 22895s | saw today in which dead draw did take |
| 22897s | the victory so XC gotta be shaking in |
| 22899s | his boots a little bit but I do think |
| 22901s | that XC is showing a lot more confidence |
| 22904s | and stability in his play than he did in |
| 22906s | the first series we didn't quite provide |
| 22908s | that much context he is currently down |
| 22911s | with kovid and still playing through |
| 22913s | that uh so could explain some of the uh |
| 22917s | questionable plays that we saw earlier |
| 22918s | on but I think he's really hit his |
| 22920s | stride now and dead draw is going to be |
| 22922s | facing a whole new level of the same |
| 22925s | lineup we did bring up Druid quite a bit |
| 22928s | today because it was the struggle point |
| 22930s | for Plies I think it's no um question |
| 22933s | about it and it's so funny because dead |
| 22936s | draw is actually Banning away the Druid |
| 22938s | from XC and this is because he is |
| 22941s | running this Mage the pig Mage I think |
| 22943s | needs to ban away Druid to have the best |
| 22945s | shot of actually taking a win but it's |
| 22948s | just probably a bit of a relief for xia |
| 22951s | if you watched any of bly's results |
| 22954s | yes in a way uh as you say it's a very |
| 22957s | different game now with both the Mage |
| 22959s | here and the priest for dead draw as |
| 22960s | well even with the priest uh having been |
| 22963s | banned away uh but the Mage as we saw |
| 22966s | serving a pretty specific purpose being |
| 22968s | uh pretty good against both Demon Hunter |
| 22971s | and Rogue I believe is the kind of the |
| 22973s | point behind it with objection being the |
| 22976s | spicy new tech it's about as spicy as |
| 22978s | the decklist maybe you're getting here |
| 22979s | uh the world championship when compared |
| 22981s | to ladder lists uh but just makes it |
| 22983s | very very difficult for demon hunters |
| 22985s | and Rogue which have very few very key |
| 22986s | minions uh to get on board in the first |
| 22990s | place uh but having seen it a couple |
| 22991s | times so far it does really just feel |
| 22993s | like Demon Hunter is the outlier right |
| 22997s | now it's just looking overwhelmingly |
| 23000s | powerful uh in terms of being able to |
| 23003s | win the good matchups being able to win |
| 23005s | the supposedly bad matchups as well uh |
| 23008s | would you rate it as the top deck thus |
| 23010s | far and if so why is it not being banned |
| 23013s | more |
| 23014s | I would say Boone priest is my top deck |
| 23017s | I guess accounting for all the bands |
| 23019s | though we haven't really seen it too |
| 23021s | many times Demon Hunter feeling a lot |
| 23023s | more dominant because it has just been |
| 23025s | left up pretty consistently in taking |
| 23027s | wins uh I could see this as a band |
| 23031s | although it does not necessarily have |
| 23034s | the highest favorability against Boone |
| 23036s | priest itself or as spoon priest I think |
| 23038s | is good against the entire field it is |
| 23040s | more targetable than Demon Hunter but |
| 23042s | bringing a lineup that's good against |
| 23044s | Boone priest tends to make you weak |
| 23045s | against the rest of the field so I still |
| 23048s | do have Demon Hunter as my number two |
| 23050s | but it is certainly performing very well |
| 23053s | in that spot and it is in a good |
| 23056s | position versus Mage here so dead draw |
| 23058s | going to have to do something creative |
| 23061s | to really |
| 23062s | um race slash stall against all of this |
| 23065s | damage |
| 23067s | foreign |
| 23071s | slightly scary looking starting hand for |
| 23073s | dead draw uh there's some remnants of |
| 23076s | synergy here with the obvious upgraded |
| 23078s | hero power spending all your manner on |
| 23080s | those and then more dress to hopefully |
| 23082s | close out the game later on is about the |
| 23085s | last couple turns you're gonna have on |
| 23086s | average first Demon Hunter so that's not |
| 23088s | bad but he really just needs ways to |
| 23091s | activate this savara and double solid |
| 23094s | alibi |
| 23095s | technically does do it but it's not the |
| 23098s | cards you'd be looking for at all right |
| 23100s | oh need for agreed on three top decked |
| 23104s | uh I think we have officially ranked |
| 23106s | that as the second best feeling in all |
| 23108s | of hearthstone first best feeling still |
| 23110s | being a Demon Hunter thing it's all |
| 23113s | barrage no wonder this deck is so good |
| 23117s | indeed |
| 23120s | so with the double solid Alibis and the |
| 23123s | sevara theoretically dead draw has a lot |
| 23126s | of stall he can go for but it's at the |
| 23128s | expense of not doing anything relevant |
| 23130s | in the early game these pings are |
| 23132s | starting to put away a little bit of |
| 23134s | damage and there is not too much healing |
| 23137s | for XC if that draw doesn't go wide on |
| 23139s | board because of the nature of a new |
| 23141s | fell but it still feels like that draw |
| 23144s | is doing such a tiny |
| 23146s | fraction of the progress that XC is |
| 23149s | going through already done with second |
| 23151s | step of quest putting forward another |
| 23153s | Relic Vault he doesn't have any relics |
| 23156s | themselves in hand but the way he's |
| 23158s | thinning the deck it's only a matter of |
| 23159s | time before he gets to dimensions |
| 23162s | yeah that's right it's only the |
| 23163s | dimensions that is missing here for XC |
| 23165s | to really make this an insta win feeling |
| 23167s | kind of a game but I I do just kind of |
| 23170s | wonder if this |
| 23172s | could ever just get there |
| 23174s | for a dead drop because as you say if |
| 23176s | there's not like pretty specific |
| 23179s | um oh sorry the the boards that are |
| 23181s | coming down from the dead don't offer |
| 23183s | much healing to XC and being able to use |
| 23186s | four turns of solid alibahi in a row |
| 23189s | later on into a mordresh |
| 23192s | that might be enough it's close I don't |
| 23194s | know if it necessarily will maybe you |
| 23196s | need a helping hand from another |
| 23197s | Wildfire could come from the savara or |
| 23200s | like a reckless Apprentice for example |
| 23203s | but I actually don't think this is as |
| 23206s | bad as it's uh initially appears for |
| 23208s | dead wrong |
| 23209s | I actually agree which is just so funny |
| 23212s | to say given the amount of actions that |
| 23213s | either player has taken on their turns |
| 23215s | there is right or contrast in terms of |
| 23218s | xc's progress on his game plan but the |
| 23220s | solid aled by that single card can put a |
| 23223s | halt to all of the progress that XC has |
| 23226s | made it's just a matter of how deadro |
| 23227s | wants to approach the timing I think by |
| 23230s | next turn this last thing from that draw |
| 23233s | will already activate the Margaret |
| 23234s | because he's pinged every single turn |
| 23236s | from turn two onward so if that draw can |
| 23239s | calculate that he can weave in five |
| 23241s | pings alongside board Rush In Due Time |
| 23245s | then he's theoretically in a good spot |
| 23251s | oh okay blizzard being the only playable |
| 23255s | spell from uh Grace H power right now is |
| 23259s | not necessarily very useful in this |
| 23261s | matchup uh so I don't see that as a |
| 23264s | particularly impactful draw it's really |
| 23266s | just about whether Deborah wants to take |
| 23268s | any turns off of Just pinging |
| 23272s | face every single turn because this |
| 23273s | could be an ask the law obviously uh |
| 23275s | just to get the bigger one in hand for |
| 23277s | another burst combo but he wouldn't get |
| 23279s | the armor yet until next turn right and |
| 23281s | so I guess the question therefore really |
| 23283s | becomes is this when you start the solid |
| 23285s | Alibi train and dead girl says yeah this |
| 23288s | is scary enough at this point he is just |
| 23291s | mapping it out right there just being |
| 23293s | hollow by this turn I think it's ping |
| 23294s | Alibi again next turn and then the |
| 23296s | civara is active so enter Nikki goes |
| 23298s | sevara Alibi ping |
| 23301s | and then XC is at 14 by that point and |
| 23304s | then the draw can go ping Alibi again |
| 23307s | he's at 12. another ping Alibi he's at |
| 23311s | 10 and then more dress |
| 23313s | um this is not accounting for any |
| 23315s | healing that XC can get because with the |
| 23317s | sivara on board there is at least two |
| 23320s | Targets for unleash fell uh dead draw |
| 23323s | taking a turn off to go for Don grasp |
| 23326s | instead which does replay The Alibi and |
| 23328s | upgrade the hero power which overall |
| 23331s | um speeds up the timer for dungeon right |
| 23334s | because now the things are dealing |
| 23335s | through your turn and the breakpoint is |
| 23337s | three plus more Josh instead of four |
| 23338s | plus more dress |
| 23342s | man this is a stupid game apart actually |
| 23346s | doing some quadruple backflip 10 out of |
| 23349s | 10 pommel horse Mega performance here |
| 23352s | and deadro just kind of flicking him in |
| 23354s | the face every turn until he dies |
| 23361s | professional flicking |
| 23365s | one of them actually hurts your opponent |
| 23367s | and the other just kind of |
| 23369s | got some Twirls I guess |
| 23372s | yeah exactly upset the one thing the |
| 23374s | gymnastics is missing is combat |
| 23375s | [Laughter] |
| 23378s | cow |
| 23380s | Kelly |
| 23382s | [Applause] |
| 23385s | oh my gosh this is really stupid |
| 23389s | this is just not allowed to play the |
| 23391s | game you can see it from his forehead |
| 23394s | creases here he's like really |
| 23398s | oh sorry I forgot the hero power is up |
| 23400s | to four not three because of the |
| 23401s | Wildfire so yeah he's on a very short |
| 23404s | clock here dead draw effectively one |
| 23406s | Mana off of lethal next turn |
| 23409s | it does have one turn of a minion being |
| 23412s | on board right because apart from this |
| 23414s | dead draw is really going to try and |
| 23415s | limit |
| 23416s | that entirely and so there's uh six |
| 23422s | potential healing |
| 23424s | uh oh sorry five seven available healing |
| 23427s | eight with the one face as well yeah so |
| 23431s | if he's gonna take all the spell damage |
| 23434s | minions but exactly yeah that's the big |
| 23437s | expenditure |
| 23438s | you know there's two more in hand at |
| 23442s | least right |
| 23446s | oh and he didn't even have the board |
| 23447s | space to play a third |
| 23449s | yeah oh that's true |
| 23452s | which means that dead drawn now has to |
| 23456s | weave in three pins and instead of two |
| 23458s | alongside marjash but that is very very |
| 23461s | doable given he has two Alibis in hand |
| 23463s | and a wildfire |
| 23465s | um it is just who pings with this |
| 23466s | Wildfire by mistake and he has a Barton |
| 23469s | on top of that to lock the board as well |
| 23472s | oh |
| 23474s | I mean you don't even do that a Demon |
| 23476s | Hunter has no way to clear their own |
| 23478s | board right nothing in the deck is |
| 23480s | targeted |
| 23481s | I think it's just a lock I don't think |
| 23483s | that oh sorry you can click the location |
| 23485s | okay |
| 23489s | by there from Deadshot it is just the |
| 23491s | safest |
| 23496s | so it's four damage ping |
| 23499s | let's see in order to get out of range |
| 23501s | you have to get healed for |
| 23503s | to get up to 19 as it currently stands |
| 23507s | uh-huh |
| 23509s | which is not doable because if you go |
| 23511s | fell barrage plus Jace you heal for |
| 23514s | three |
| 23516s | oh sorry unleash failed plus Jace you |
| 23519s | you heal for three |
| 23524s | healing for one here |
| 23528s | still gets him out of range of ping more |
| 23531s | Josh I guess but then it the more just |
| 23534s | short |
| 23536s | uh the margin yeah sorry deletes the two |
| 23539s | spell damage minions |
| 23541s | I guess the spell damage isn't relevant |
| 23543s | if you're Perma against assaulted Alibi |
| 23546s | but yeah this is just |
| 23548s | what's this oh what's this |
| 23552s | how is that good how is that Loki like |
| 23554s | the best hand he could draw and it's |
| 23556s | like the deadest cards in his deck that |
| 23558s | was so stupid |
| 23561s | it worked it did what it's supposed to |
| 23564s | do right that's that's kind of what the |
| 23565s | deck is like we focus on the objection |
| 23567s | part of it but really it's the solid |
| 23569s | Alibi the stall uh and the continual |
| 23572s | burst damage face without having to play |
| 23574s | any Minions that Demon Hunter really |
| 23575s | struggles with |
| 23577s | five Alibis including the one played by |
| 23580s | Don gross that draw is the most innocent |
| 23582s | man in existence |
| 23585s | it's true at that point you'd start to |
| 23586s | get a bit suspicious when they tell you |
| 23588s | five times very pointedly where they |
| 23590s | were |
| 23591s | [Laughter] |
| 23592s | but uh I mean technically it is still |
| 23596s | hot on his heels gonna get him next time |
| 23598s | with this next accusation with a |
| 23600s | different deck hopefully for his sake |
| 23602s | because boy that was painful |
| 23607s | yeah not a particularly fun one but a |
| 23609s | big win there for dead draw I think |
| 23611s | because even though we know the point of |
| 23612s | the Mage uh theory and practice are two |
| 23614s | very different things when you see it in |
| 23616s | practice sometimes it does look |
| 23617s | absolutely Dreadful and so without |
| 23619s | taking a very convincing win with a uh |
| 23622s | on unassuming starting hand uh big deal |
| 23628s | to avoid dead draw moving on over to the |
| 23630s | jackpot Rogue which again I I have to |
| 23632s | say I |
| 23634s | appreciate what is happening here with |
| 23636s | this deck why you would bring it but it |
| 23638s | still kind of staggers me that this is |
| 23641s | good enough to be played when there's |
| 23643s | two other |
| 23645s | umbrellas with individual subtypes |
| 23647s | underneath of Rogue that are so |
| 23649s | breathtakingly powerful in their own |
| 23652s | right and somehow this is still good |
| 23654s | enough to get played that's right I |
| 23656s | think |
| 23659s | switch to the lineup overall he's |
| 23661s | clearly not bringing the Decks that he |
| 23662s | feels our overall highest power level in |
| 23665s | a vacuum in The Meta but given that the |
| 23668s | meta was relatively predictable heading |
| 23670s | into the tournament that there was a |
| 23672s | clear set of three best decks um dead |
| 23674s | draw decided to go with a counter |
| 23676s | strategy here with the Mage to a certain |
| 23678s | extent and I think in theory this |
| 23681s | jackpot Rogue which does have access to |
| 23683s | the gassy Gravedigger to disrupt the |
| 23686s | hand in that way and then the perjuries |
| 23688s | in there which can find objection |
| 23690s | counter spell other very annoying things |
| 23692s | for these decks like Boone priest and |
| 23695s | Draka Rogue that are very reliant on |
| 23698s | very specific minions |
| 23702s | all right getting a proper look at Boone |
| 23704s | priest we've seen it a little bit but I |
| 23706s | can't |
| 23706s | remember having been able to cast it |
| 23708s | myself and it is a subtly different deck |
| 23712s | now I will say the sunwell obviously the |
| 23713s | first neutral spell that we're getting |
| 23715s | or neutral collectible uh spell added to |
| 23717s | Hearthstone is the spicy inclusion uh |
| 23721s | but really it's the ability to resurrect |
| 23723s | the the radiant Elemental that is really |
| 23725s | so uh warping in this deck and I think |
| 23730s | animate Dead really will be the |
| 23732s | Difference Maker in this one as dead |
| 23734s | draw really needs to as is so often the |
| 23737s | case with this deck just Cobble together |
| 23739s | any kind of an answer to a big board uh |
| 23743s | be it through concoctions jackpot tooths |
| 23746s | anything at all just to be able to kill |
| 23749s | these big Minions that inevitably will |
| 23750s | come right XC with a triple keep right |
| 23754s | off the bat I completely agree |
| 23756s | Switcheroo and hand Maiden very key to |
| 23759s | um accumulating enough resources to |
| 23761s | really get a big radiant online and then |
| 23764s | the village as the cherry on top to make |
| 23767s | sure that he can potentially pop off a |
| 23769s | turn earlier just needs to find the Boon |
| 23772s | now which with a potential curve of coin |
| 23775s | Switcheroo into identity theft into |
| 23778s | handmaiden means that it'll be active |
| 23781s | right away and can get tons of cards in |
| 23783s | hand |
| 23784s | oh oh my God |
| 23788s | a way to answer those big boards |
| 23791s | it's the Giga thin |
| 23793s | coming out the swamps nice and early and |
| 23796s | uh already |
| 23798s | the Escape starts to look a lot better |
| 23800s | for deadra because that could be with a |
| 23802s | couple of Shadow steps along the way |
| 23804s | perhaps a single card win condition for |
| 23807s | him here I wasn't really dreaming big |
| 23809s | enough when I was talking about the ways |
| 23811s | that Rogue can scan them like this Kathy |
| 23813s | Gravedigger which they run you know it's |
| 23815s | to be expected |
| 23817s | doesn't have the greatest odds of |
| 23819s | hitting objection but we've seen it a |
| 23821s | couple times before but Recon into |
| 23823s | gigafin now that is a tale as old as the |
| 23826s | year itself and it is definitely the |
| 23831s | best answer to a boon board actually not |
| 23834s | gonna be happy to see that one and I am |
| 23836s | a hundred percent sure it's getting |
| 23838s | played this game |
| 23840s | just |
| 23843s | the best expenditure of your manner on |
| 23846s | this turn I don't think the immediate |
| 23847s | buff was worth deviating away from |
| 23849s | perfect expenditure here |
| 23852s | now can I exceed you find out that there |
| 23856s | is a gigafin in hand potentially from |
| 23858s | identity theft but it looks like he's |
| 23860s | not gonna go for it just leaving the |
| 23862s | radiant out to die which you are fine to |
| 23864s | do with animate dead ever since that's |
| 23866s | been included in the deck and with both |
| 23868s | of them available actually in his mind |
| 23870s | has a pop-off turn available right on |
| 23874s | turn five but oh my goodness what is |
| 23876s | coming on turn six |
| 23879s | oh dear I can just feel it like he |
| 23881s | starts going all in he plays both anime |
| 23883s | dares he plays a bunch of buff spells |
| 23886s | and then the identity identity theft |
| 23888s | comes in and he sees the gigafen and |
| 23890s | he's like oh it's over |
| 23892s | the double take |
| 23897s | well you can already smell it'd be |
| 23898s | completely all in red radiant and then |
| 23901s | the two anime dads now he has three |
| 23903s | Radiance now every spell in hand is free |
| 23905s | now the handmaiden can potentially find |
| 23907s | him boon |
| 23909s | and he can double play each wig he |
| 23914s | doesn't know he doesn't no he lacks |
| 23917s | critical information Derek |
| 23922s | he has a perjury but that is not quite |
| 23926s | good enough it's not an immediate object |
| 23931s | stop playing things please think of the |
| 23935s | children |
| 23937s | doesn't know |
| 23940s | yourself I'll kind of wish that he |
| 23942s | hadn't thought oh there so he would |
| 23945s | maybe think yeah don't go all in this |
| 23947s | turn but |
| 23949s | this is about to be the gigaist of |
| 23952s | gigafins |
| 23953s | I'm promoting him to tariffin |
| 23957s | yeah this is what Peter fin I kind of |
| 23960s | forget what comes after that but it's up |
| 23962s | there |
| 23966s | oh I can't look I can't look I am a dead |
| 23970s | draw fan but even I cannot |
| 23973s | withstand the disgustingness of what is |
| 23976s | about to come |
| 23978s | I mean disgusting is the right word |
| 23980s | because if you could even imagine what |
| 23981s | it would look like a gigafening all this |
| 23983s | it's really disgusting |
| 23989s | should we even afford to test for |
| 23991s | objection because you can prep bone |
| 23993s | Spike play a two drop and then go |
| 23995s | gigafid |
| 23996s | well it's still perjury he knows it's |
| 23998s | not right |
| 24000s | oh yeah sorry sorry it's a rogue secret |
| 24002s | my bad |
| 24003s | yep |
| 24004s | um so what is the hesitation kidnap sack |
| 24008s | sack yeah I don't even know what happens |
| 24011s | then I guess it just deletes it right |
| 24013s | the death threat would disappear that's |
| 24014s | kind of good hmm |
| 24017s | well |
| 24019s | yeah it's a tough one for XE because |
| 24022s | that was |
| 24023s | realistically the only out |
| 24026s | right there might have been some jackpot |
| 24028s | nonsense you could pull off but for all |
| 24030s | intents and purposes that was it and he |
| 24032s | hit it yeah |
| 24035s | yeah |
| 24037s | I I yeah put into brawl I mean I'm only |
| 24040s | thinking of other outs to try and make |
| 24042s | myself feel less bad for XE but nope not |
| 24044s | helping not helping he got scammed and |
| 24048s | that's the second game |
| 24052s | oh congrats to Mr dead draw two cheesy |
| 24056s | games in a row there uh but that's the |
| 24059s | kind of decks he's bringing right this |
| 24060s | Rogue and this Mage they just hope to |
| 24062s | with a bunch of paper clips and bits of |
| 24066s | scrap metal or whatever lying around |
| 24068s | Cobble together an answer |
| 24070s | as uh it's so disgusting Gia has shifted |
| 24074s | into the shadow realm no I've blurred |
| 24076s | out of existence here |
| 24079s | all right ever since I shifted to |
| 24082s | um my new setup I have only a small |
| 24085s | camera and this camera is not as |
| 24088s | Cooperative as the one that I had in the |
| 24091s | Philippines |
| 24093s | but hopefully I can get everything |
| 24094s | together because we still have a series |
| 24097s | on our hands here yes Deborah only has |
| 24100s | one deck left and yes it's the deck that |
| 24102s | has been winning very very often but I |
| 24105s | don't think Demon Hunter has a good |
| 24107s | matchup against boot priest |
| 24110s | uh Fair yeah yeah it's a |
| 24114s | bit of a weird one uh because you know |
| 24117s | they're both trying to pop off uh as |
| 24119s | early as possible but I think for the |
| 24123s | Demon Hunter if you know how to approach |
| 24125s | it and you just accept that a lot of the |
| 24127s | time this is assuming you're able to |
| 24130s | Discount some spell damages down to zero |
| 24132s | at some point along the way is usually |
| 24133s | the Assumption you have to make when |
| 24134s | talking about the game plan of this deck |
| 24136s | assuming that happens you can just use |
| 24138s | all your spell damage and removal in the |
| 24140s | early game or damage as removal in the |
| 24142s | early game just to clear off any of |
| 24144s | these boards that you possibly can and |
| 24146s | then when you have one big J spell |
| 24148s | damage turn later on that should be |
| 24150s | enough to uh to close things out and so |
| 24153s | I think as long as dead draw is not too |
| 24155s | liberal with his relic of extinctions as |
| 24158s | you can sometimes be when you're first |
| 24159s | playing this deck and you underestimate |
| 24161s | how powerful it is to clear off those |
| 24164s | big boards later on I think it's still |
| 24166s | got a reasonable shot here of taking the |
| 24167s | win versus priest right definitely |
| 24170s | winnable but I do think on average oh |
| 24172s | actually is not paying Boone priest but |
| 24174s | to finish that point I do think on |
| 24176s | average the balloon Cruise does their |
| 24178s | big pop off one to two turns earlier |
| 24181s | than Demon Hunter has access to all of |
| 24183s | the uh discounted spell damage and |
| 24185s | removal on top of that and one turn is |
| 24189s | all the Boon priest needs to stick on |
| 24191s | board before they can get lethal with a |
| 24194s | bless however XC is going for a change |
| 24197s | of pace here taking the mirror first of |
| 24199s | course it is Conquest so we'd have to |
| 24201s | win with every remaining deck against |
| 24203s | Demon Hunter anyway and the mirror is |
| 24206s | one where things can get very out of |
| 24209s | control very quickly it's quite often |
| 24211s | that you don't even need Jace to close |
| 24213s | out the game because in the mirror you |
| 24216s | are very careful to not go wide on board |
| 24218s | you generally don't play phantasms |
| 24221s | unless it's in the super early game and |
| 24223s | your opponent can't benefit much from |
| 24225s | healing but oftentimes in the mid game |
| 24227s | it's just a liability because going |
| 24229s | wider on board means more lifesteal and |
| 24232s | if there's not that lifesteal from the |
| 24234s | Unleashed Bell there is damage permanent |
| 24236s | in the matchup |
| 24239s | exactly right and these early chip |
| 24241s | spells can make a big difference because |
| 24243s | when you're like 22 Health something |
| 24246s | around there you don't really want to |
| 24247s | use your big burst turn to heal up but |
| 24250s | you can die without Jace even at that |
| 24252s | point absolutely and I think that's |
| 24254s | something we will maybe see in this game |
| 24256s | given the dead draw is getting this |
| 24257s | early damage through and he's also |
| 24260s | representing a very scary hand with the |
| 24262s | Relic Vault the relative dimensions |
| 24264s | everything coming up Milhouse right now |
| 24266s | for dead draw uh to the point where I |
| 24268s | think you even just throw away the relic |
| 24270s | of extinctions to uh juice this up uh |
| 24272s | from discounting one and two to two and |
| 24274s | three |
| 24276s | I definitely think about it I don't |
| 24278s | think there's a rush to do so on this |
| 24280s | turn though because the Turn 4 for dead |
| 24283s | draw is very much still up in the air I |
| 24285s | don't think he's necessarily interested |
| 24287s | in playing spectral side for one draw |
| 24289s | and the mark of score and it would not |
| 24291s | progress his quest so just weaving in a |
| 24293s | hero power here I think makes a lot of |
| 24296s | sense |
| 24298s | all right |
| 24299s | Etsy is gonna go the root of phantasms |
| 24301s | and if there is any window in the |
| 24303s | matchup to do so I think it's this the |
| 24305s | very very early game use it not really |
| 24308s | expecting to get much mileage out of the |
| 24310s | minions trading but it does juice up |
| 24313s | future relics especially now that he's |
| 24315s | drawn the second Vault I think he can |
| 24317s | use uh that first charge pretty |
| 24319s | liberally |
| 24323s | I fully agree with their draw just |
| 24325s | rifling through his uh draw cards it's |
| 24327s | not like by saving them he'd be more |
| 24329s | likely to actually complete a layer of |
| 24332s | quest later on because after he goes for |
| 24334s | relic of Dimensions he should be |
| 24335s | relatively easy to churn through those |
| 24337s | Quest completions uh without any |
| 24340s | difficulty anyway |
| 24342s | uh in terms of complete Quest though |
| 24344s | this is a bit of a tougher proposition |
| 24346s | but XC who would have to trade away the |
| 24349s | guild Trader with a coin and the guild |
| 24351s | trade is one of the cards you want to |
| 24352s | discount anyway so trading it away |
| 24354s | defeats a lot of the purpose uh in the |
| 24356s | end I agree with him just holding out |
| 24357s | for a Dimensions off the top to have a |
| 24359s | chance here |
| 24360s | extremely rough as well now that the |
| 24363s | markup scorn even missed some damage |
| 24365s | from drawing The Guild Trader dead draw |
| 24367s | will know that as well but oh my |
| 24369s | goodness that is a five Mana Jace for |
| 24372s | dead draw with a Silverwood Arcanist in |
| 24375s | hand uh we did talk about how Jace is |
| 24377s | sometimes unnecessary in the match-up |
| 24379s | but you still take it when it costs five |
| 24381s | and the need for greed at one that draw |
| 24384s | only moments away from moving on to |
| 24387s | Sunday |
| 24389s | oh that's the draw for XC though to pull |
| 24391s | him back into this game now we're |
| 24393s | talking |
| 24396s | would grab himself a cheap Jace of his |
| 24399s | own or a Zero costume or two |
| 24402s | you I may have spoken too soon |
| 24408s | so that means the need for agreed next |
| 24410s | turn is gonna cost zero for XP right |
| 24413s | which is insane |
| 24417s | and the discount not even that necessary |
| 24421s | for him anymore it's nice of course but |
| 24422s | he just needs to find Fel barrages and |
| 24425s | the Unleashed fell here and he very |
| 24427s | possibly is looking at lethal |
| 24429s | I mean next turn it could happen with |
| 24431s | just one or two decent draws |
| 24433s | I mean even just a fell barrage is |
| 24436s | enough right with two Silver Moon |
| 24437s | arcanists |
| 24438s | that's 24. |
| 24442s | sure yeah yeah |
| 24446s | a draw no access to Healing himself here |
| 24452s | and to clear the tutu I mean without |
| 24455s | taking face damage even requires him to |
| 24457s | play a fell barrage which feels rather |
| 24459s | expensive but I mean when your opponent |
| 24463s | hits the nuts right no break point about |
| 24465s | this really really safe so I wouldn't |
| 24468s | fault him for just leaving up the tutu |
| 24472s | and next turn he's gonna have access to |
| 24476s | a lot basically of damage with the |
| 24479s | double fell barrage uh like 20 4 30 if |
| 24483s | there's nothing on board with a double |
| 24485s | Fury as well but it looks like he's |
| 24486s | throwing some of that in now maybe |
| 24488s | trying to set up for a Jace next turn |
| 24490s | with the spell damage plus Bell barrage |
| 24492s | okay he's also trying to prevent a fell |
| 24495s | barrage on the other side from killing |
| 24497s | him if there's too much spell damage but |
| 24499s | we can see here that there's Fury for XC |
| 24501s | need for Val barrage still very much |
| 24504s | lethal if he finds it |
| 24507s | oh |
| 24513s | and six ten |
| 24517s | uh is the amounted to play the chaos |
| 24519s | strike 18 |
| 24522s | a little bit short oh oh yeah I count |
| 24525s | like 19 damage here I think he has a |
| 24529s | couple more draws he cannot go need for |
| 24530s | agreed because that would |
| 24532s | um the break point for fell barrage |
| 24534s | playability but he can go spectral site |
| 24537s | he can go restaurant Viper tradable |
| 24541s | I guess your spectral site just to not I |
| 24544s | mean I guess it doesn't matter straight |
| 24545s | away because you can't redraw the code |
| 24548s | oh |
| 24549s | he does have to go now he's considering |
| 24551s | copping out and going for healing |
| 24553s | instead I guess that's a tradeable |
| 24557s | one more Mana left to play with if he |
| 24559s | takes either spectral or tradable from |
| 24561s | the Viper and it would still be details |
| 24564s | okay copping out |
| 24568s | oh does he smack into it as well that's |
| 24570s | so expensive oh my goodness surely he's |
| 24574s | but you can see why right he |
| 24577s | didn't want to play double spell damage |
| 24579s | because of the healing potential on the |
| 24581s | other side but with no fell unleash |
| 24584s | Fells having been played on the other |
| 24585s | side |
| 24587s | I |
| 24589s | don't know that this is lethal if he |
| 24592s | goes arcanus fell barrage and the zero |
| 24594s | cost Fury |
| 24596s | um he immediately deals for face and |
| 24599s | then he will replay two fell barrages |
| 24601s | right |
| 24602s | which is another 16 and then the fury |
| 24606s | itself again I kind of thought that was |
| 24608s | Lethal with the two cost silver when |
| 24609s | arkanes fell barrage fairy Chase but |
| 24611s | might have been miscounting |
| 24614s | hmm |
| 24620s | you have did he play he played a chaos |
| 24622s | strike as well right that's right yeah |
| 24626s | [Music] |
| 24628s | yeah that kind of |
| 24631s | felt like lethal to me too this is one |
| 24633s | of those spots that we hope our |
| 24635s | co-casters are listening and telling us |
| 24637s | that we're not crazy |
| 24644s | oh and then he's going for board now I |
| 24647s | guess it's a spot where I see |
| 24650s | like the lifesteal if it's happening it |
| 24653s | might as well be lethal but |
| 24655s | yeah see the window is wide open for him |
| 24659s | to hold back now if he can get a lethal |
| 24664s | I mean he could even just go like what |
| 24666s | Silver Moon Guardian oh that's the draw |
| 24668s | okay uh |
| 24670s | do we need one more spell damage ideally |
| 24673s | first to really make this work I thought |
| 24675s | he might start with relic of Extinction |
| 24678s | this turn |
| 24681s | actually no possibility though there |
| 24683s | wasn't lethal for xia and if it wasn't |
| 24685s | lethal then he knows he's kinda dead the |
| 24688s | next turn to Arcanist Chase |
| 24691s | sure so I don't know if the line there |
| 24694s | that's either |
| 24696s | that doesn't feel safe in my book but |
| 24699s | okay it's the best he's got there right |
| 24702s | at this point yeah like you have to play |
| 24703s | Relic here I think to hit |
| 24707s | ill Trader |
| 24713s | right |
| 24715s | but there's no fell barrage remaining so |
| 24717s | it's never lethal for Axia uh |
| 24722s | left |
| 24725s | man it's getting too complicated I mean |
| 24727s | I wouldn't even be lethal anyway but |
| 24730s | why he's just trading again wow really I |
| 24735s | mean he's just trying to get there with |
| 24737s | Jace on the next turn but he probably |
| 24739s | smell damage remaining in that world and |
| 24741s | a five two is left up this is giggle |
| 24745s | lethal for deadron now surely |
| 24748s | as he goes to Mana Silver Moon Unleashed |
| 24751s | fell Fury Jace that always gets there |
| 24755s | I'm not counting |
| 24759s | does it |
| 24761s | doesn't it |
| 24765s | you play two felbert I guess if the fell |
| 24768s | barrage goes in the wrong order if it's |
| 24770s | before the other |
| 24772s | um Unleashed fell |
| 24774s | from Jace |
| 24776s | but he gets to replay two rank two |
| 24780s | Furies two unleash Phil two fell barrage |
| 24783s | a chaos strike and probably something |
| 24785s | else that I'm not thinking of and |
| 24786s | there's a 5-2 on board |
| 24788s | that's true it is |
| 24790s | yeah yeah as long as it doesn't go in |
| 24792s | like the worst possible order |
| 24798s | maybe even then it's still good I feel |
| 24800s | like it might still be good but we shall |
| 24802s | see |
| 24804s | okay this is the bad order bad order |
| 24808s | but yeah it's still another age |
| 24810s | [Laughter] |
| 24821s | unbelievable 3-0 sweep for Dedra the |
| 24825s | Demon Hunter in a |
| 24827s | absolute brain melter of a final game |
| 24829s | trying to work through all that mental |
| 24831s | maths which uh we were clearly |
| 24833s | struggling with on me at least uh as uh |
| 24836s | he gets it done he's through to the |
| 24837s | quarterfinals dead Rod just squeezing |
| 24840s | through in the decider match and I gotta |
| 24843s | say deservedly so I think he's been |
| 24845s | looking absolutely on fire today |
| 24847s | so doopy I would like to look back at |
| 24851s | the penultimate turn from dead draw if |
| 24853s | you could have gotten the lethal one |
| 24854s | turn sooner but I don't fault him for |
| 24856s | being a bit more careful here this is a |
| 24859s | like you said a real brain melter as to |
| 24862s | whether the calculations are right or |
| 24864s | not and it's really punishing if you do |
| 24866s | actually miss out on me though because |
| 24867s | your opponent after you've cashed out |
| 24869s | all your damage can simply unleash Phil |
| 24871s | to heal that all back up and suddenly |
| 24873s | you don't have a win condition either |
| 24876s | way congratulations to dead draw making |
| 24879s | it look very easy with some very |
| 24881s | fortunate outcomes in the first two |
| 24883s | games not going to lie but um definitely |
| 24887s | put in a lot of work to get here and |
| 24889s | throughout the day has been playing very |
| 24892s | very clean indeed |
| 24894s | um also my heart goes out to XC because |
| 24897s | it has been a long journey for him as |
| 24899s | well this entire matchup between dudra |
| 24901s | and XC was just a match between some of |
| 24903s | the grades some of the highest win rate |
| 24905s | players throughout the entire history of |
| 24907s | the mass Master's tour system and for |
| 24910s | today dead rain supreme but sure that's |
| 24912s | not the last we'll be seeing a vaccine |
| 24915s | yeah that's right after we got news that |
| 24917s | he uh had you know very unfortunately |
| 24919s | got uh contracted covid and it was |
| 24922s | looking like he might not be the |
| 24923s | absolute tip top of his mental game |
| 24925s | especially after that first game where |
| 24927s | things were looking a little rough I |
| 24928s | think he rallied fantastically that |
| 24930s | second game uh second series oh sorry |
| 24932s | third series that we saw from him there |
| 24934s | up against Deadshot the rematch even |
| 24936s | though he was unable to get the victory |
| 24937s | I think he played much much better than |
| 24939s | what we saw in the first series today so |
| 24940s | congratulations to him and uh yeah |
| 24944s | congratulations to deadra I guess being |
| 24946s | the uh the Salient Point here as we've |
| 24948s | all done with group a and we will now |
| 24950s | head over to Group B for the second half |
| 24953s | of the day here at the 2022 Hearthstone |
| 24956s | World Championship we'll be right back |
| 24961s | [Music] |
| 24966s | thank you |
| 24969s | [Music] |
| 24976s | hello Glory it's a pleasure to finally |
| 24979s | get to talk to you after all these years |
| 24981s | and congratulations on another fantastic |
| 24984s | year can you tell us what it means to |
| 24987s | you to win to get into the third |
| 24989s | consecutive World Championships |
| 24992s | foreign |
| 25020s | foreign |
| 25024s | of course you are um when you win this |
| 25027s | competition |
| 25028s | um would you like to beat possessy in |
| 25030s | the finals or is there somebody else you |
| 25031s | would like to beat in the finals |
| 25051s | how have you kept such a high level of |
| 25053s | play for so long |
| 25057s | um |
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| 25091s | [Music] |
| 25100s | um over that time as well have the other |
| 25102s | players have improved players like Abu |
| 25105s | gabu are they are they better than they |
| 25107s | were two years ago |
| 25117s | [Music] |
| 25125s | foreign |
| 25139s | okay which is the best region outside of |
| 25142s | aipac is it China or Europe and you |
| 25145s | could say Americas if you want to |
| 25148s | um |
| 25155s | [Music] |
| 25160s | thank you a quick other question as well |
| 25163s | uh Japan has been doing very well in |
| 25165s | lobby Legends do you play Battlegrounds |
| 25167s | yourself |
| 25185s | um finally do you have any shout outs |
| 25188s | for friends family or play test partners |
| 25191s | foreign |
| 25195s | [Music] |
| 25214s | [Music] |
| 25224s | [Music] |
| 25231s | welcome back for the second year in a |
| 25234s | row uh once again you've had fantastic |
| 25236s | results this year are you even better |
| 25239s | this year than you were last year |
| 25244s | okay and um there are six players from |
| 25247s | China qualify for This World |
| 25248s | Championship uh which of you is the best |
| 25251s | who do we need to look out for |
| 25253s | eign |
| 25255s | [Music] |
| 25260s | excellent thank you and we we know how |
| 25263s | well you've done in Masters tours in the |
| 25265s | last year uh very consistent results uh |
| 25268s | can you tell us a bit about how you've |
| 25269s | done in China this year we we see less |
| 25272s | of your results over here |
| 25274s | foreign |
| 25281s | foreign |
| 25294s | [Music] |
| 25304s | due to these results you've played a lot |
| 25306s | of players from outside of China on the |
| 25309s | Masters tours |
| 25310s | um are there big differences in play |
| 25312s | style between the the Chinese community |
| 25314s | and the rest of the world |
| 25316s | foreign |
| 25327s | okay and um of those players which ones |
| 25330s | in the world championship are you do you |
| 25333s | fear the most do you think is the best |
| 25334s | player of the of the non-chinese players |
| 25339s | so Glory |
| 25341s | foreign |
| 25350s | friends family teammates that sort of |
| 25352s | thing |
| 25354s | all right so I'll do what they're doing |
| 25357s | so much |
| 25365s | I very much appreciate your time and |
| 25367s | personally really glad to speak to you |
| 25369s | for the second year running as well |
| 25373s | [Music] |
| 25393s | [Music] |
| 25401s | laughs |
| 25404s | [Music] |
| 25410s | [Music] |
| 25428s | all right |
| 25450s | [Music] |
| 25453s | you watch with one to play |
| 25465s | so |
| 25466s | mine |
| 25469s | [Music] |
| 25477s | [Music] |
| 25483s | [Music] |
| 25501s | thank you |
| 25506s | hello everybody and welcome back to the |
| 25508s | Hearthstone World Championship my name |
| 25510s | is TJ of Joy by Neil Lorinda Bond AKA |
| 25512s | Neil Lorinda Bond and uh time to jump |
| 25515s | over to Group B that's right we have one |
| 25517s | full group of complete two players going |
| 25520s | through to the quarterfinals already you |
| 25523s | know and I say already but yeah |
| 25525s | all around seven hours later you know |
| 25528s | gonna be a long old day and that's great |
| 25531s | because that means we get to see lots |
| 25532s | and lots of hearts on action bit less of |
| 25534s | the priests please but everything else |
| 25535s | loving it and here we go with the |
| 25539s | players Glory Tian Ming shouty and yala |
| 25542s | with that amazing |
| 25544s | I'm glad we got to show that out there |
| 25547s | and it's going to be a really really |
| 25550s | difficult group for me this is by far |
| 25552s | the standout group in a tournament full |
| 25555s | of standout groups |
| 25557s | uh yeah I |
| 25559s | we're even trying to justify that there |
| 25561s | was a weak group |
| 25563s | funny funny funny funny yeah every group |
| 25566s | is is stacked you know that's what we |
| 25568s | come to see here at the world |
| 25569s | championship is the best of the best and |
| 25572s | I feel like you know this is one of the |
| 25574s | years where where we got it a lot of top |
| 25577s | tier players so uh you know speaking of |
| 25580s | top tier players what about a player |
| 25582s | Neil |
| 25584s | who has competed Neil |
| 25587s | in the world championship finals Neil |
| 25590s | two years in a row trying to make it a |
| 25594s | third wow one in 2020 |
| 25597s | runner-up in 2021 |
| 25600s | um I mean by that logic he's gonna get |
| 25603s | third this year but |
| 25606s | it's absolutely |
| 25609s | I remember when we used to make a thing |
| 25611s | of oh my goodness somebody's made two |
| 25614s | tournaments they've made it to World |
| 25615s | Championships twice that's still a big |
| 25617s | thing if you've done that well done |
| 25618s | there's like seven of you or five of you |
| 25620s | or something great two finals back to |
| 25623s | back and then we basically said goodbye |
| 25625s | to Glory at the end of um the the Champs |
| 25629s | but there was one spot left because we |
| 25631s | qualified twice there was a playoff for |
| 25633s | that spot and Glory was like nope you're |
| 25635s | just not getting rid of me I'm gonna do |
| 25637s | it a third year running and he's done it |
| 25640s | with a fantastic win rate across all |
| 25643s | formats as well so good for him and he's |
| 25647s | here he wants to make it three obviously |
| 25649s | he does but really really wants to get |
| 25651s | that done again again with that |
| 25653s | interview preferably with a win over |
| 25654s | possessing in the finals uh but there's |
| 25656s | a lot of great players in the way TJ so |
| 25658s | it could be quite difficult |
| 25661s | it could be |
| 25662s | we have uh the Chance in This tournament |
| 25665s | for a couple players to actually win |
| 25667s | their second world championship |
| 25670s | um and they were in the finals last year |
| 25671s | I was Glory because Essie so |
| 25675s | TJ get to it would be pretty neat to see |
| 25679s | that |
| 25680s | because it's never happened |
| 25682s | right |
| 25683s | nope not yet |
| 25685s | but it will one day |
| 25688s | yeah that day could be today well not |
| 25691s | today but Sunday but if it's you know if |
| 25693s | we keep going at this rate it'll all be |
| 25695s | one continual day you know you know what |
| 25697s | I mean so |
| 25698s | um but I feel like matches have been |
| 25701s | we're sort of taking away to your Ming's |
| 25704s | performance here he was also in the |
| 25705s | world championship last year out of the |
| 25707s | eight people who were there but he |
| 25709s | opened the show last year playing it now |
| 25711s | get down I believe it was uh didn't do |
| 25713s | very well in the groups so we call that |
| 25715s | a top eight because there were eight |
| 25716s | people and he was one of them so be nice |
| 25720s | um it is a way of showing the more |
| 25721s | casual views though this person is good |
| 25722s | well just competed like top eight there |
| 25724s | were eight people there you were top |
| 25725s | eight it's a bad result if you were |
| 25727s | there but just getting there is |
| 25728s | fantastic getting their two years |
| 25730s | running |
| 25731s | even better and this year has been one |
| 25734s | of the top performers in Masters tours |
| 25736s | as well uh very much under the radar |
| 25738s | because has a lot of sort of six wins |
| 25741s | didn't quite make top eight top 16 type |
| 25743s | of performances but he is here and he |
| 25746s | last year was regarded as a dark horse |
| 25749s | for winning it and I think this year |
| 25750s | probably kept the same tag actually as |
| 25752s | one of those players nobody's going to |
| 25754s | be surprised if Tian Ming takes it all |
| 25755s | down |
| 25757s | I would agree I already showed off the |
| 25760s | deck lists |
| 25761s | the priest for Glory the Boon priest for |
| 25764s | Glory verses no |
| 25766s | no the quest fell Demon Hunter yeah that |
| 25770s | we've seen quite a bit of and we'll |
| 25772s | continue to see quite a bit of as the |
| 25775s | weekend |
| 25776s | progresses right off the bat good start |
| 25779s | for 10 Ming has the quest |
| 25782s | and especially now and now every time |
| 25787s | it's a good glory right he's got to beat |
| 25790s | the Druid or the uh the jackpot Vogue if |
| 25793s | he doesn't win this one so queuing into |
| 25796s | the Demon Hunter is where he'd want this |
| 25797s | piece to be that's why you bring this |
| 25799s | priest is largely there's Demon Hunter |
| 25800s | deck so yeah nice opening game for him |
| 25803s | he's got to get it done though |
| 25806s | yep |
| 25808s | Glory uh one thing we didn't talk about |
| 25810s | just going with the the beat em up |
| 25812s | lineup hmm |
| 25814s | went uh the uh Draka Rogue |
| 25818s | the quest fell DH aggro geruid that's |
| 25822s | right aggro Druid yep of course the Boon |
| 25825s | priest |
| 25826s | um it's the I'm gonna win or lose games |
| 25829s | by turn five |
| 25831s | I highlighted two in my little grid that |
| 25834s | I talk about where I just do a grid of |
| 25836s | all the matchups there's two highlighted |
| 25838s | for this which is this one which Glory's |
| 25840s | got he's got the the priest versus The |
| 25842s | Demon Hunter he would want and that |
| 25844s | aggro Druid if you can run that into the |
| 25846s | ramp do it Ram Druid has no defense |
| 25848s | against it anymore it doesn't have the |
| 25850s | early Minions that it usually it used to |
| 25851s | have to sort of defend against people |
| 25853s | hitting your face on turn two and that's |
| 25856s | like an open goal for Glory if you can |
| 25858s | queue that up so he's halfway to that |
| 25860s | achievement if he gets those two matches |
| 25861s | those two games he should win the match |
| 25868s | but that's the numbers but then we play |
| 25871s | the games and it all goes completely |
| 25872s | wrong that's where I start falling down |
| 25874s | when they actually play the Hearthstone |
| 25877s | [Music] |
| 25888s | um |
| 25889s | needs something here |
| 25891s | yeah find the draw for the quest |
| 25894s | completion |
| 25895s | um does have fault in relative |
| 25897s | dimensions yes in hand though |
| 25902s | okay spot all right that would be part |
| 25904s | of that decision there it's like if I |
| 25906s | miss I miss I want to Relic on five and |
| 25909s | you know can you try and get away with |
| 25911s | it but obviously |
| 25913s | missing is is a big deal especially |
| 25915s | against this preset because the pre-sec |
| 25917s | starts to kick into shape right about |
| 25918s | now probably next turn |
| 25922s | yep those pickups |
| 25931s | I wonder if um this is going to be a |
| 25933s | traded chart or a casted Shard okay |
| 25936s | Castle shark could make it easy to uh |
| 25939s | just get the handmaiden |
| 25942s | but |
| 25945s | this gets closer to Boone by trading it |
| 25948s | away |
| 25949s | which is what you're looking for with |
| 25950s | these big turns and with Tien Ming |
| 25953s | having not even |
| 25954s | completed the first portion of the quest |
| 25956s | not really drawing too many cards |
| 25959s | and you expect just a relic of |
| 25961s | Dimensions next turn with |
| 25963s | not too many discounts to be quite |
| 25965s | honest with you it's just going to be |
| 25967s | the quest discount plus obviously the |
| 25969s | second Relic discount |
| 25972s | uh which is which is fine it's not |
| 25974s | catastrophic like you might expect if |
| 25976s | you're new to this deck somewhere how |
| 25980s | you don't need massive reductions but it |
| 25982s | is nice to get one one extra reduction |
| 25984s | is yeah popping off oh |
| 25987s | oh |
| 25990s | oh coin nice sick |
| 25995s | and damage with chaos strike |
| 25998s | also the draw is the more important |
| 26000s | thing here |
| 26001s | how quickly he's going through it I know |
| 26004s | that a lot of players will be able to do |
| 26005s | it this fast but he really is under the |
| 26008s | the pressure of the World Championships |
| 26009s | taking no chance with the Rope he's just |
| 26011s | going |
| 26014s | and look how important it was that he |
| 26016s | played that all that quickly as well |
| 26017s | it's going to matter that he went crazy |
| 26019s | quick because the rope's gonna get there |
| 26022s | yep and then bless in a boon |
| 26025s | and uh yeah Neil |
| 26030s | now this is roughly how Tia being |
| 26032s | started last year by the way I think I |
| 26034s | think he managed to play a mage deck and |
| 26035s | ended up having to play snowmen and |
| 26037s | things it just went horribly wrong |
| 26039s | memory all right we gotta count damage |
| 26042s | here |
| 26046s | one four |
| 26049s | can you preemptively heal like I'd like |
| 26051s | to heal with my own leash in advance of |
| 26053s | taking 40 next turn |
| 26056s | so he if he hits |
| 26060s | unleash yep from the first one |
| 26065s | nope already done |
| 26068s | and then |
| 26069s | uh the |
| 26072s | Arcanist from the second one it would |
| 26074s | have just been dub no I was not nearly |
| 26077s | enough like I don't even know what I'm |
| 26078s | trying to do here |
| 26080s | like deep Nutter could do a lot of |
| 26081s | damage but he had no reductions no Quest |
| 26084s | completions whatsoever that was the very |
| 26087s | first Relic that that was being cast |
| 26088s | that game yeah so it wasn't even like |
| 26090s | would get a ton of discounts to be able |
| 26092s | to have perfect draws there was no |
| 26094s | perfect draw that was like 100 win from |
| 26098s | that uh from that standpoint so uh yeah |
| 26101s | well done to Glory a nicely navigated |
| 26104s | early game into uh the pop-up at the |
| 26107s | right time all the actions necessary |
| 26109s | because he started going before he even |
| 26111s | saw that the uh the Boon was there was |
| 26113s | already pretty deep in the deck so it |
| 26115s | was likely that it was going to hit but |
| 26117s | uh got it done regardless so nicely |
| 26120s | navigated |
| 26121s | Tia Ming said in his interview that |
| 26123s | Glory was a player he was probably most |
| 26125s | scared of outside of the the really |
| 26127s | super obvious names and that's why |
| 26130s | exactly why you see it all there that's |
| 26131s | glory in a nutshell plays 1921s on turn |
| 26133s | five no other player does that just |
| 26135s | Glory |
| 26136s | uh yeah oh crack the knuckles Big |
| 26139s | Stretch oh yeah |
| 26141s | ah game easy life that was under the |
| 26143s | aggro druid |
| 26145s | and uh |
| 26146s | [Music] |
| 26148s | yeah this one is uh |
| 26150s | this is a Tuffy |
| 26152s | it's a Tuffy |
| 26154s | it depends what he cues into he's |
| 26155s | looking to cue into that other Druid |
| 26157s | Deck and if he does he's almost 2-0 up |
| 26159s | already so I think in this matter as |
| 26162s | well trog is so good again suddenly if |
| 26164s | you notice how good it is now |
| 26166s | I feel like it's always been good |
| 26168s | I think it's even better everything's |
| 26170s | just the truck hasn't gone away |
| 26174s | I mean yeah it's been in decks you're |
| 26176s | not good decks obviously it didn't leave |
| 26178s | but it I think it's ruined every deck |
| 26181s | right now unless you sometimes |
| 26183s | because the Buffs come from hand apart |
| 26187s | from |
| 26188s | one of them |
| 26189s | I think there's one spell that Buffs the |
| 26191s | rest is all minions you can sometimes |
| 26194s | buy yourself Times by filling up the |
| 26195s | board and trying to get to the scale to |
| 26197s | clear with but yeah ramp to it is |
| 26201s | this is so hard yeah I mean there's like |
| 26206s | you know so the soil Mark of the wild |
| 26209s | fried Fury |
| 26211s | also planted evidence |
| 26213s | but there's a good amount of spell |
| 26214s | buffing that can take place |
| 26218s | but |
| 26222s | we've got it if the aggregor gets the |
| 26224s | trog I think it's almost over from turn |
| 26226s | one if they don't get the trog it's |
| 26228s | still incredibly hard |
| 26230s | yeah because even like astalor you know |
| 26233s | it doesn't have the deal damage |
| 26235s | Battleground till turn four so yeah |
| 26238s | not even like you can have Tempo tools |
| 26241s | early on there's |
| 26243s | um because of the sort of armor package |
| 26246s | with you know Crypt Keepers an ubercon |
| 26251s | us plating things like that cut |
| 26256s | the cards that used to give you sort of |
| 26258s | that early removal like natural causes |
| 26260s | was in some Decks that Drew to the |
| 26261s | repeats and some decks |
| 26263s | I love it aggreg throws away the one |
| 26266s | drop because there's 18 one drops in the |
| 26269s | deck yeah so you could be greedy that's |
| 26272s | a better one drop yeah |
| 26276s | this is about the worst hand imaginable |
| 26278s | and it's still fine so far yeah well |
| 26280s | there's a starfish |
| 26283s | cool |
| 26284s | starfish can be pretty big deal |
| 26287s | yeah I've got to watch it because I will |
| 26289s | be incredibly sarcastic about a chance |
| 26291s | and Starfish could actually sort things |
| 26293s | out here |
| 26297s | oh yeah eight armor |
| 26300s | boom yep and it's the only time he's |
| 26303s | hoping to get to play it because of the |
| 26304s | way the noish might pan out and the |
| 26306s | starfish might pan out so just get it |
| 26308s | played while you've got two manners |
| 26309s | chilling |
| 26312s | I probably picked Jerry rig but there's |
| 26316s | a pretty big argument for all three of |
| 26318s | these |
| 26320s | um but Jerry Riggs just the most |
| 26322s | consistent |
| 26323s | artichoke you basically and you get to |
| 26326s | pick two yep and there's a trog |
| 26328s | en |
| 26330s | rig and a car draw so Gore is most |
| 26333s | likely going to produce Fury next turn |
| 26334s | which will play right into the uh uh the |
| 26337s | starfish |
| 26339s | yeah so I guess Tian Ming can consider |
| 26343s | doing the thing here where he fills the |
| 26345s | board up taking a lot of damage like you |
| 26348s | expect the first Fury |
| 26350s | and then starfishing and just taking |
| 26352s | seven the turn after |
| 26353s | except you can't starfish because they |
| 26355s | can trade into your board |
| 26358s | you need a different silence |
| 26364s | I think it just might be worth just hero |
| 26367s | powering |
| 26368s | you can even hear a power of the trog |
| 26370s | and that will entice glory to buff it |
| 26372s | and then you can |
| 26374s | car fish it away next turn |
| 26377s | but then your game plan is so good |
| 26382s | okay |
| 26389s | it's not the thing I was talking about |
| 26392s | but this this makes sense right you've |
| 26394s | got to do something and you |
| 26397s | talks are just so mediocre |
| 26401s | if they've got the buff you lose |
| 26408s | by the buff specifically I mean Herald |
| 26411s | I wouldn't be upset if Gloria just went |
| 26414s | wide and just played like |
| 26417s | the attack half yeah |
| 26421s | the attack half of the Lord I know the |
| 26425s | soil |
| 26426s | nice |
| 26427s | and then thorn thorn gross entries |
| 26435s | you can even just leave it as is and |
| 26437s | just hero power |
| 26441s | it's better I think because if you leave |
| 26443s | it as is the trucks will fill up the |
| 26445s | other two spots on this option timing |
| 26447s | has another issue or something ah yeah |
| 26449s | yeah no this is better because this is |
| 26450s | enough to get a starfish out and then |
| 26452s | you can still roll into fertilizer plus |
| 26455s | Pride's Fury |
| 26458s | see I mean kind of past a starfish right |
| 26463s | I think he has to know it should just |
| 26464s | eat you've got 40 health for a reason |
| 26466s | right just nourish and take what they've |
| 26468s | got and then take what they've got again |
| 26471s | and hope they're still alive |
| 26479s | and then into Miracle growth into |
| 26481s | something else you nourish and hassle |
| 26484s | are here |
| 26486s | I think so |
| 26489s | we'll hear a power |
| 26491s | yeah because if you put the minion down |
| 26493s | they could trade in the truck and then |
| 26495s | they can play The Herald of nature which |
| 26496s | just makes your life worse |
| 26500s | 25. |
| 26503s | yeah you kind of have to hope this |
| 26504s | wasn't there to be fair 27. |
| 26511s | you really can't |
| 26513s | he had to hope the fights Fury wasn't |
| 26514s | there I think |
| 26517s | you had seven on today if he's on 14 |
| 26519s | because that doesn't happen |
| 26521s | yeah suddenly the games in the balance |
| 26523s | in the world's worst matchup he knows |
| 26525s | it's the world's worst matchup |
| 26537s | because this is yeah |
| 26539s | yeah |
| 26540s | Devon damage being represented on board |
| 26543s | so you can't just hear a power because |
| 26545s | the hero passes I would do it in okay |
| 26548s | that'll do it with uh yeah just living |
| 26550s | Roots but he's gonna go for Derby |
| 26553s | Carpenter which will get the still the |
| 26554s | soil once again and |
| 26556s | fertilizer will end it Gloria I'm 2-0 |
| 26559s | already |
| 26561s | uh with a nice display of why aggro |
| 26565s | Druid is here in his lineup it's to beat |
| 26567s | up on on lineups like 10 Ming that are |
| 26570s | going for sort of that greedy late game |
| 26572s | style to kind of match Greek trick read |
| 26575s | with some of the other players and |
| 26577s | going quick going real quick I'm |
| 26580s | laughing at players with lineups like |
| 26582s | Chiang Ming which is like 13 of the |
| 26585s | people in the tournament his glory just |
| 26587s | nailed it |
| 26592s | I guess bly's lineup was kind of close |
| 26596s | to this not near there now there was |
| 26598s | some fast X and plus a lot of sort of he |
| 26600s | had the death battle Rogue |
| 26604s | all right just the Demon Hunter left |
| 26608s | which |
| 26609s | it is really powerful but it I think |
| 26612s | it's over performed on stream and I'm a |
| 26614s | big fan of the deck I think it's a super |
| 26615s | strong deck I think it's a super fun |
| 26616s | deck to play I think it's really |
| 26618s | interesting |
| 26619s | but |
| 26620s | I think it has over performed on stream |
| 26623s | as much as I'd like to say that's just |
| 26624s | what it does it's very capable of losing |
| 26627s | to these three decks one by one |
| 26629s | it can happen |
| 26633s | over performed |
| 26635s | yeah no that's just how good the deck is |
| 26641s | yeah |
| 26643s | the deck's super good it's the best deck |
| 26645s | in Hearthstone I'm not disagreeing but |
| 26646s | it's looked unbeatable |
| 26651s | and it is beatable it can lose |
| 26655s | that's why only 13 players brought it or |
| 26658s | 15 or something |
| 26664s | he says left in disgust |
| 26666s | disgusted that's disgusting |
| 26670s | because though the name is not even |
| 26672s | close it isn't even close I do agree |
| 26675s | uh the talking point which card do you |
| 26677s | leave out out of Mark of scorn |
| 26681s | chaos strike |
| 26683s | and one other that my brain has just |
| 26685s | currently need for greed thanks because |
| 26687s | this this is the standard I feel is the |
| 26690s | diet for green single mark double chaos |
| 26693s | strike yep |
| 26694s | um counter-strike's just a really good |
| 26696s | terms you play because oftentimes you're |
| 26698s | not completing quests on turn two |
| 26700s | it was just a nice like little cycle to |
| 26703s | something else on turn two right |
| 26707s | yeah I do agree |
| 26711s | hang on |
| 26712s | hang on so I think I saw both hands I |
| 26715s | feel like Glory had seven cards in his |
| 26717s | hand and Tian Ming had none that would |
| 26718s | be a bit unfair |
| 26725s | so basically a race for Dimensions |
| 26727s | obviously there's there's more Nuance to |
| 26730s | it than that but get Dimensions get the |
| 26733s | location off you go |
| 26735s | he just dumped it yeah I think that's |
| 26738s | fine |
| 26740s | it Buffs your Dimensions that you know |
| 26742s | you need to draw |
| 26744s | it's got a lot of draw has a nice Quest |
| 26747s | completion next turn with |
| 26749s | trade on the rush web rush off by a |
| 26751s | spectral site |
| 26752s | and because of this the sequence of |
| 26754s | draws we'll get the uh |
| 26758s | everything reduced yep |
| 26761s | so he knows he's in a good spot so |
| 26763s | finding that one Mana might not be the |
| 26765s | easiest for him so he's choosing to do |
| 26767s | it that way |
| 26768s | because obviously just getting that |
| 26771s | Relic played the one manner can be hard |
| 26773s | to end the turn with another sigil too |
| 26778s | pretty good |
| 26787s | if these cards are good I mean could |
| 26790s | already be in trouble because he has the |
| 26792s | dimensions but not the location |
| 26799s | but that's far from good from Glory he's |
| 26801s | gonna have to mess around a bit now |
| 26808s | Ming is gonna have a big relative |
| 26811s | dimensions in a couple of terms if you |
| 26812s | can get the second draw but he might |
| 26813s | just choose to cast it for for two cards |
| 26816s | depending how it goes probably cycle The |
| 26818s | Guild Trader next turn into radical |
| 26820s | Extinction |
| 26836s | oh it's gonna unload to get the quest |
| 26838s | completion on the spec with the spectral |
| 26840s | site guys oh yeah |
| 26843s | and there's no problem with doing this |
| 26846s | it costs you a tiny bit people might be |
| 26848s | like oh no but my Jace will be slightly |
| 26850s | under performing because blah blah blah |
| 26853s | turn four not turn five Fury no one |
| 26855s | cares just keep that hand open so you |
| 26857s | can draw more cards into it it's |
| 26858s | absolutely fine to do this yeah |
| 26862s | he has run out of stuff though so he's |
| 26864s | in trouble now but yeah yeah but all |
| 26866s | right let's take a look at this deck |
| 26868s | double Dimensions double need for greed |
| 26873s | loads of cycling that is just zero uh |
| 26879s | that seems like both spectral sites only |
| 26882s | 16 cards left that you've just named |
| 26883s | four card draw cards so there's three |
| 26886s | cycling cards on top of that that's |
| 26887s | seven so that's half of his deck draws |
| 26889s | or gets the card he wants or gives him |
| 26891s | another go at it yeah what about a geez |
| 26895s | yeah not one of those you don't want |
| 26897s | that one yeah now you play the phantasms |
| 26899s | just to try not to die |
| 26901s | yeah |
| 26904s | yeah I mean if |
| 26906s | Tim mean doesn't pick up healing and |
| 26908s | can't clear obviously lessons next turn |
| 26911s | no it's not a discounted Jace it just |
| 26914s | goes I mean has it all yeah well you |
| 26917s | could even clear if he's feeling |
| 26918s | uncomfortable I don't think you're |
| 26920s | uncomfortable here I know yeah he's he's |
| 26922s | fine to just play it up oh my God oh my |
| 26926s | God |
| 26927s | no way is that just how much is the |
| 26930s | lethal now |
| 26931s | oh he has he's only got one of those |
| 26933s | turn uh I mean next turn |
| 26935s | plus six spell damage yeah we need to |
| 26938s | count we need to count now |
| 26940s | I I mean it's really easy to count well |
| 26943s | then count it |
| 26944s | okay |
| 26948s | 23. before the hero power sleep until |
| 26952s | next time he hasn't he hasn't got the |
| 26953s | other fail here he hasn't got the Mana |
| 26954s | for the foul |
| 26956s | lethal next turn |
| 26959s | one more minor would be lethal this term |
| 26961s | what the heck |
| 26962s | at all |
| 26964s | oh I see his work he's counted but it's |
| 26967s | lethal with this yeah |
| 26971s | got it |
| 26975s | so even if this Guild Trader on the |
| 26977s | board is removed which it very likely |
| 26979s | will be you have |
| 26982s | uh you still have to manage to do |
| 26984s | everything next turn with plus six spell |
| 26986s | damage yep |
| 26989s | because of your other Silver Moon |
| 26992s | yeah and then just double fell barrages |
| 26997s | foreign |
| 27005s | there you go Glory lose with a Demon |
| 27007s | Hunter I told you the deck was you know |
| 27009s | capable of losing |
| 27011s | me |
| 27016s | if he loses twice more he'll lose the |
| 27017s | match of course just like I did this to |
| 27021s | you the first two games so it's only |
| 27023s | fair that you get your turn |
| 27026s | and I've still got this deck so I'm all |
| 27028s | right yeah |
| 27030s | okay two one in double quick time this |
| 27034s | is ridiculous it's so different from the |
| 27036s | game we cast in the other group which |
| 27037s | was just |
| 27038s | preaching along just just priesting I |
| 27042s | think I like this better |
| 27044s | I like this a lot more I've got to admit |
| 27046s | just a little bit I do like and I don't |
| 27049s | mean the finish I mean the end of those |
| 27050s | police games sort of the last eight |
| 27052s | turns of those police games are actually |
| 27054s | really interesting it's just getting |
| 27055s | there that's the problem |
| 27058s | well they're actually sort of tried to |
| 27060s | steal the last thing from each other at |
| 27061s | the end and put it on the bottom of |
| 27063s | their own deck by Drowning it I think |
| 27064s | that's kind of cool |
| 27066s | but the middle game was |
| 27068s | less exciting but |
| 27071s | Rogue and the Druid remaining and these |
| 27074s | are |
| 27075s | a different kettle of fish really for |
| 27077s | the Demon Hunter the Druid in theory is |
| 27080s | supposed to be Druid favored |
| 27082s | definitely was at first I'm not sure it |
| 27084s | is what do you think |
| 27089s | as we go into the road versus Demon |
| 27091s | Hunter yeah Druid vs Demon Hunter |
| 27093s | I mean it just depends on how so you can |
| 27095s | go right |
| 27096s | thanks the executors |
| 27099s | this one's a little bit interesting too |
| 27102s | um |
| 27104s | there's so much disruption in the |
| 27106s | jackpot Rogue |
| 27108s | that sometimes it can feel pretty |
| 27110s | difficult |
| 27111s | uh like |
| 27113s | the sketchy stranger into objection is |
| 27115s | annoying because then the objection is |
| 27117s | going to keep being recast from |
| 27119s | Contraband stash a Gastly Gravedigger is |
| 27123s | really annoying because it could throw |
| 27125s | back a key piece of |
| 27127s | uh of your combo right reset a cost uh |
| 27131s | which is a big one if you're holding on |
| 27133s | to a discounted spell damage minion |
| 27135s | putting it back in the deck can really |
| 27137s | limit your abilities |
| 27139s | uh to go fast |
| 27142s | but if you don't find the disruptions |
| 27143s | you're just playing |
| 27146s | whatever the game gives you honestly |
| 27149s | with jackpot Rogan this is one of those |
| 27151s | hands so there's a sketchy stranger |
| 27152s | start so sketchy stranger does pick up |
| 27155s | objection |
| 27157s | with a Contraband stash already in hand |
| 27159s | that could be a pretty big deal |
| 27162s | really |
| 27168s | uh and you've got three turns now to |
| 27170s | just draw as many cards as you can and |
| 27172s | try and find the relative dimensions |
| 27175s | interesting |
| 27178s | we've seen enough bone callers for one |
| 27180s | day don't pick that place |
| 27184s | um boss spells |
| 27187s | the thing is the Demon Hunter doesn't |
| 27188s | really clatter into your face anymore |
| 27190s | like it used to did it used to be the |
| 27191s | sort of the last bit of the Jace was all |
| 27194s | the chaos strikes and Furies for another |
| 27195s | 20 damage but |
| 27197s | that's not even it anymore |
| 27202s | I'm really Undead's in the deck is there |
| 27204s | not yet |
| 27208s | if I joke your side I think that's the |
| 27210s | point is there might be |
| 27216s | because the krabatoa |
| 27217s | no they're not undeads |
| 27220s | there's no natural undeads I don't think |
| 27225s | yeah I don't know my law wound if I look |
| 27227s | at things like ashara and the art tells |
| 27228s | me they might be Undead until I have to |
| 27230s | look closely and I don't know so many |
| 27232s | Chara yeah that's a Naga come on |
| 27236s | they look Undead though they're like |
| 27238s | sort of |
| 27240s | plague ridden fish where are you |
| 27242s | following yeah it looks like Naga |
| 27247s | oh |
| 27249s | no objection |
| 27253s | it's really the only one that's relevant |
| 27257s | counter spell can be annoying sometimes |
| 27258s | but |
| 27260s | yeah my objection is |
| 27263s | oh my |
| 27265s | oh my God |
| 27267s | oh my goodness has to think about hand |
| 27270s | space |
| 27272s | it's fine you can have seven cards you |
| 27274s | can handle six plus one you draw next |
| 27276s | turn you're good |
| 27278s | off you guys reduce your costs you play |
| 27281s | the sigil you're fine I don't think you |
| 27283s | even want to play this digital I think |
| 27284s | you want to play the sigil |
| 27286s | next turn |
| 27289s | uh well for more reductions I'm happy |
| 27292s | just to play it honestly |
| 27294s | yeah I know here I think you're right I |
| 27296s | want to win on six |
| 27298s | yeah you right you right |
| 27303s | it's the world championship TJ you've |
| 27305s | got to kill a return quicker than online |
| 27306s | you do get an extra reduction because if |
| 27308s | you wait till you're completing Quest |
| 27309s | next turn so if you wait until the turn |
| 27310s | after that you're not getting in any |
| 27312s | additional reduction on on the extra one |
| 27314s | yeah |
| 27316s | um |
| 27317s | metamorphosis flipper friends |
| 27321s | perjury |
| 27324s | problem with perjury is if you do get |
| 27326s | objection it doesn't recast from |
| 27329s | anything |
| 27330s | I mean |
| 27331s | getting it what seems to be about his |
| 27333s | only chance right now so we'll start |
| 27335s | with one and Hope |
| 27338s | oh didn't interesting didn't choose to |
| 27341s | cycle the your Trader first here |
| 27346s | was an option |
| 27350s | it came off the draft so it still |
| 27352s | discounted a little bit yeah I'm not |
| 27354s | saying it's a mistake but it was |
| 27355s | interesting that was his choice to save |
| 27357s | the one Mana rather than cycle kill |
| 27358s | Trader first |
| 27360s | okay ice barrier |
| 27363s | cool |
| 27367s | stranger |
| 27370s | uh-huh that's what he needs objection |
| 27375s | yeah |
| 27376s | stand |
| 27379s | I wonder didn't know you're a lawyer TJ |
| 27383s | I am I know all about law |
| 27387s | the whole lot just everything about it |
| 27389s | yep |
| 27393s | tell me anything I'll tell you if it's a |
| 27395s | law or not |
| 27396s | um |
| 27397s | if the batsman goes over the line the |
| 27401s | bowler can take the Bales off not a |
| 27404s | laugh that's a rule okay |
| 27407s | everybody tweet at TJ |
| 27410s | Cricket has laws teaching |
| 27414s | nope it has rules okay |
| 27422s | and tested for objection |
| 27426s | how many times have I said objection so |
| 27428s | far this game a lot I feel |
| 27430s | uh yeah you said objection that's |
| 27432s | basically the cast is me going oh yeah |
| 27434s | wow you're a good objection |
| 27437s | which probably would happen if we did |
| 27439s | those two things in a court so that's |
| 27441s | reasonable is there anything else you |
| 27443s | can say when there's an objection in the |
| 27445s | court besides sustained or overruled |
| 27451s | that's |
| 27453s | overruled |
| 27456s | no |
| 27457s | yeah that's overruled |
| 27462s | okay um I don't know I'm not really a |
| 27464s | law sort of person I'm more of a |
| 27467s | um a free spirit |
| 27471s | yeah I do it my way |
| 27474s | do you think I'd be allowed the Flamingo |
| 27476s | by the laws of casting |
| 27480s | yeah so then I lost the rules |
| 27483s | what's the difference |
| 27485s | there's none |
| 27488s | it's just it's a law it's how important |
| 27491s | the person making the rule is right |
| 27494s | like the person making the rule is |
| 27496s | really important it becomes a law if |
| 27498s | it's me making the rule it's just a rule |
| 27502s | oh the two making the reward it's a |
| 27505s | suggestion |
| 27506s | it's a joke okay |
| 27509s | uh these eight eights are gonna get |
| 27511s | there you've got a lot of damage I mean |
| 27513s | so it's just the spell damage in hand oh |
| 27516s | no I understand that the normal way of |
| 27517s | getting there is also going to get there |
| 27519s | don't get me wrong here TJ plus four |
| 27521s | spell damage next turn with double |
| 27523s | unleash plus fell barrage |
| 27525s | that's just next turn and also has a |
| 27528s | relic Extinction to throw in there just |
| 27530s | in case but plopping your opponent in |
| 27533s | the face for 16 million damage along the |
| 27535s | way just just speeds it up a bit really |
| 27537s | doesn't it yeah so this is uh 16. |
| 27542s | 26 plus |
| 27546s | 12. |
| 27548s | that sounds like 38 I'm afraid you never |
| 27550s | counted hero power we do need it's a |
| 27553s | hero power |
| 27554s | nice one |
| 27558s | but he doesn't want to count he just |
| 27560s | wants to press buttons and that's what I |
| 27561s | want to do when I play this deck because |
| 27563s | he doesn't know if that's freezing trap |
| 27564s | or not |
| 27567s | and now it comes out I think that's |
| 27570s | exacties |
| 27573s | five |
| 27577s | in me |
| 27579s | I think it's exacties |
| 27585s | there you go |
| 27587s | I think it's exactes good counting TJ it |
| 27591s | is exactly his glory is going to the |
| 27593s | winners matching Group B of an absolute |
| 27597s | Massacre three of the easiest games of |
| 27600s | hearthstone you'll ever see and he lost |
| 27602s | one in between just to make it look Fair |
| 27603s | he seemed distracted though he was like |
| 27606s | fiddling with something over here his |
| 27608s | light was a little bit weird so he had |
| 27610s | to move it he looks up and he's just |
| 27612s | dead on turn five he's like ah whatever |
| 27614s | you know it happens comes back the next |
| 27617s | game just does the exact same thing but |
| 27619s | the Tian Ming instead so uh Glory this |
| 27622s | just feels like another day in the |
| 27623s | office |
| 27624s | seems incredibly relaxed |
| 27627s | just kind of playing his cards doing |
| 27630s | everything right I think playing around |
| 27632s | what he needs to play around I |
| 27634s | especially love the aggro Druid game |
| 27637s | uh you know the turn where he could have |
| 27639s | just gone Pride's fury on this full wide |
| 27641s | board and then run into starfish he may |
| 27642s | have run out of gas instead decided to |
| 27645s | make sure that the board stayed full |
| 27646s | used his smaller buff cards and then the |
| 27648s | payoff of the Pride's Fury one starfish |
| 27651s | was no longer an issue for him I just |
| 27653s | think that even though they were |
| 27655s | absolute Stomps in the games that he won |
| 27658s | he he did what was that he did what was |
| 27661s | needed right not every player wins those |
| 27663s | games some slight decision making yeah |
| 27666s | you know this one we were just talking |
| 27667s | about laws and rules yeah because he |
| 27670s | just he played around to every secret |
| 27672s | possible uh because we had the |
| 27675s | information but he didn't and he played |
| 27677s | around it quite well |
| 27679s | um even just weaving that in through all |
| 27680s | of his draw sequences so obviously he |
| 27682s | got a little help you know he got the |
| 27684s | Relic fault into double phantasms into |
| 27687s | double Dimensions that helps |
| 27690s | but you got to play well along the way |
| 27691s | in order to match that up too so TM is |
| 27693s | not out of it yet |
| 27695s | that was just the first match uh for |
| 27697s | Group B we'll fight off in the |
| 27698s | elimination match versus either xiaote |
| 27700s | or yard line that's Eleanor by the way |
| 27703s | is the um the artist for yala's work uh |
| 27707s | on Twitter |
| 27708s | um Elven lady if you want to see more of |
| 27710s | that sort of art because that was just a |
| 27712s | piece of fan art done for Yara that has |
| 27714s | ended up in the broadcast through a |
| 27716s | little bit of asking and sort of nudging |
| 27718s | along the way and it's now on the |
| 27719s | broadcast so well done to them very cool |
| 27722s | but that amazing piece of yellow warlock |
| 27725s | art |
| 27726s | yeah is uh uh we need it done for |
| 27730s | everybody even though that would be way |
| 27731s | too much work isn't it for us |
| 27734s | just a clown suit for me and TJ please |
| 27737s | yeah yeah or a flamingo suit but |
| 27740s | um we're we're cruising along here that |
| 27742s | was a nice fast series making up some |
| 27744s | time on this uh what's sure to be uh |
| 27746s | still a long day we have four matches |
| 27748s | left today we gotta finish off Group B |
| 27750s | before we move into tomorrow where we're |
| 27752s | going to kick off Group C and D uh but |
| 27756s | coming up next we do have a good one |
| 27757s | it's gonna be shouty versus yarla so |
| 27759s | don't go anywhere more World |
| 27761s | Championship action |
| 27763s | right after this |
| 27764s | [Music] |
| 27782s | question one which player has had the |
| 27785s | most match wins in all Masters Tour |
| 27788s | events is it Hunter Ace |
| 27791s | Fury Hunter |
| 27793s | Aloo temu or bunny Hopper |
| 27798s | [Music] |
| 27799s | question two what was yala's win |
| 27802s | percentage across all Grand Masters |
| 27804s | matches ever |
| 27806s | was it a |
| 27808s | 55.3 percent |
| 27810s | B |
| 27811s | 57.2 percent |
| 27814s | C |
| 27815s | 60.1 percent or D |
| 27818s | 64.3 percent |
| 27820s | C |
| 27822s | [Music] |
| 27823s | question three what was Habu gabu's |
| 27826s | Swiss record in the second third and |
| 27829s | fourth Masters tours combined was it a |
| 27832s | 20 and 4 B 21 and 3 C 22 and 2 or D 23 |
| 27843s | and 1. |
| 27846s | not this time this one is C 22 and 2. |
| 27851s | okay question four what was dead draw's |
| 27853s | record at Masters Tour Las Vegas |
| 27857s | was it a one and four drop |
| 27860s | b seven and five C eight and four D nine |
| 27866s | and three |
| 27868s | B |
| 27871s | it's a he dropped from Vegas and then |
| 27874s | had a fantastic year |
| 27876s | okay and the final question how many |
| 27879s | turns did Pascual rope when he played |
| 27882s | against blies in last call |
| 27884s | was it a zero B 25 |
| 27889s | C 40 or D 65. |
| 27895s | e |
| 27897s | it was 65 well done and that's all thank |
| 27901s | you very much for doing this uh Gloria |
| 27904s | great to meet you |
| 27906s | [Music] |
| 27908s | foreign |
| 27910s | [Music] |
| 27929s | [Music] |
| 27934s | [Music] |
| 27939s | foreign |
| 27942s | [Music] |
| 27955s | [Music] |
| 27964s | welcome back we are ready for our next |
| 27967s | matchup and it is going to be shouty |
| 27968s | versus yala subtle truly two of the |
| 27972s | greats are going at it in an initial |
| 27974s | match already in the group so very very |
| 27977s | exciting but what do you make of not |
| 27978s | only both the players of course but |
| 27980s | they're lineups in general |
| 27982s | yeah what more can be said about either |
| 27984s | of these players at this point uh xiaoti |
| 27987s | is a player that I have been a huge fan |
| 27990s | of for a very very long time uh yala is |
| 27995s | a terrifying Demi demon who will chill |
| 27998s | you to your very Soul jerseys with a |
| 28001s | single glance of his piercing green eyes |
| 28003s | and is also quite good at Hearthstone um |
| 28006s | yala is a player that really it took |
| 28009s | Grand Masters for me to really learn how |
| 28013s | top tier of a player yala was |
| 28016s | um I always knew that yala was fantastic |
| 28017s | of course but there was always |
| 28021s | um a little bit of doubt in people's |
| 28022s | mind I think is whether he was on that |
| 28024s | absolute top level you can go all the |
| 28025s | way back to like hgg where he kind of |
| 28028s | played second fiddle to Stan sifka in a |
| 28031s | lot of people's minds and then he came |
| 28033s | to Grand Masters and just is the Grand |
| 28037s | Master arguably like not not just in |
| 28039s | Europe but you know across the world |
| 28042s | he's the player that's perhaps stood out |
| 28044s | the most in the grand Masters era |
| 28046s | without actually winning a world |
| 28049s | championship that's the part that kind |
| 28052s | of Falls a little bit short for yala up |
| 28053s | until this point uh bajelty as I |
| 28055s | mentioned player that I've been an |
| 28057s | enormous fan of for a enormously long |
| 28059s | time at this point |
| 28061s | um as soon as xiaoti came along it felt |
| 28063s | like the standard of China player that I |
| 28066s | was casting when they came over to the |
| 28068s | world events that we were seeing when |
| 28070s | they started coming to seasonal |
| 28071s | championships when that mixed when we |
| 28072s | started seeing them in the Masters tours |
| 28074s | it felt like xiaote taking over from |
| 28077s | like the Omega zero era that came before |
| 28079s | that was when China Hearthstone really |
| 28082s | hit the map in my mind and made me think |
| 28084s | oh my goodness the they actually have |
| 28086s | some of the very best players now and I |
| 28088s | think xiaoti has been at the Forefront |
| 28091s | of that benich described him in his |
| 28093s | little dossier to us as the global |
| 28095s | ambassador from the China scene which I |
| 28097s | think is a really good way of putting it |
| 28099s | as well xiaoti is a fantastic player |
| 28102s | very nice guy as well and he's really |
| 28105s | just when we're talking about Conquest |
| 28106s | strategies at the start a player that |
| 28108s | tends not to overthink strategies too |
| 28111s | much you asked about the lineups |
| 28113s | um xiaoti I think has just gone with |
| 28115s | Decks that he believes to be the vanilla |
| 28116s | strongest the one question mark in that |
| 28119s | is that he's gone with jackpot Rogue |
| 28121s | which might not be the vanilla strongest |
| 28123s | version of Rogue in some people's |
| 28124s | opinions but I think it's actually |
| 28126s | yala's lineup that's a little bit more |
| 28129s | interesting overall slightly out of |
| 28131s | character for what he's used to going |
| 28133s | for yeah well we will get to that in |
| 28135s | just a second of course when we check |
| 28136s | out the ramped root from shouty and |
| 28138s | notable of course running the Jailer in |
| 28140s | there as a top end that's something that |
| 28142s | everyone brings in general but now we |
| 28145s | are going to look at yala and yeah I |
| 28146s | mean just a fantastic player we've |
| 28148s | casted a ton of him of course with grand |
| 28151s | Masters and just always dangerous I |
| 28154s | think there's never he never really |
| 28156s | feels like he has a massively off day |
| 28157s | and speaking about lineups one thing |
| 28160s | that is true about yala is if he likes a |
| 28163s | deck he will bring it and probably win |
| 28165s | with it we remember remember the |
| 28166s | galicron dwarlock days subtle where it |
| 28169s | was pretty much only y'all are bringing |
| 28171s | it he is very happy to play his own |
| 28173s | decks and it doesn't it feels like he |
| 28175s | doesn't bring stuff for the fun of it |
| 28177s | it's not just because he likes to me he |
| 28179s | does have a plan but he has done it time |
| 28181s | and time again where he's bringing like |
| 28183s | off meta decks and made them work and |
| 28186s | that same can be said for this Druid |
| 28188s | which even though yes it's ramp Druid it |
| 28191s | definitely feels more like combo to it |
| 28192s | to me subtle |
| 28193s | yeah and I was referring to this at |
| 28196s | least in passing earlier when we were |
| 28198s | talking about some of the Druid matchups |
| 28200s | um and I was arguing that some of the |
| 28201s | Druid matchups did just come down to a |
| 28203s | race these days in which case you'd |
| 28205s | rather have the slim down 30 card |
| 28207s | version of the deck and just get to your |
| 28208s | combo a lot quicker uh that is what yala |
| 28211s | has gone with here which is something |
| 28213s | that I do have a great amount of respect |
| 28215s | for but if anything |
| 28217s | this and the Boon priest that he has are |
| 28220s | kind of the two normal decks in the |
| 28222s | lineup because yes he has the Demon |
| 28225s | Hunter of course but the Demon Hunter |
| 28226s | has a prosecutor mailtronics in it which |
| 28229s | is uh extremely unusual Tech card to be |
| 28232s | thrown in there and then for his Rogue |
| 28234s | we talked about bringing Rogue but |
| 28235s | perhaps departing from conventional |
| 28237s | ladder wisdom as to what the right Rogue |
| 28240s | is uh y'all is playing shark Auctioneer |
| 28244s | Rogue which is I didn't even put when I |
| 28246s | was breaking down like death row Rogue |
| 28248s | builds I was saying it's either mine |
| 28249s | it's the goals and taunts or it's the uh |
| 28253s | the Jamboree version I didn't even |
| 28254s | freaking mention sharks and gadgets |
| 28257s | version exactly yeah now here we have it |
| 28260s | so really really interesting lineup from |
| 28262s | yala but as you mentioned he's always |
| 28264s | been like this right we haven't pegged |
| 28265s | as a control player |
| 28267s | um but I think really if you wanted to |
| 28270s | categorize what he does in major |
| 28272s | tournaments it's line up Edge player |
| 28275s | that's what he is right he always goes |
| 28277s | for the lineup Edge |
| 28279s | um if he thinks that's playing full |
| 28280s | control he'll play full control but |
| 28282s | we've seen him playing you know eight |
| 28284s | weapon destructions or you know 16 |
| 28286s | weapon destructions across his entire |
| 28288s | lineup in various uh matchups in various |
| 28291s | tournaments in the past and had great |
| 28293s | success with it and this time around I |
| 28294s | do think you know all of these weird |
| 28296s | decisions that we're talking about are |
| 28297s | just y'all are trying to gain a matchup |
| 28299s | a lineup hedge in some of the match-ups |
| 28302s | and that's really just been a Hallmark |
| 28303s | of not only |
| 28304s | um playing solid but bringing inventive |
| 28308s | lineups to find an edge on the field I'm |
| 28310s | looking forward to seeing how this trip |
| 28311s | does for yala because Druid you know |
| 28313s | we've already talked about a good chunk |
| 28314s | today with how you know impressive or |
| 28316s | not impressive it's going to be this |
| 28318s | weekend but this one actually got got by |
| 28321s | this Druid today |
| 28322s | um because I was playing I was like okay |
| 28324s | I've got time no problem I'm still you |
| 28326s | know I'm setting up Combos and then it |
| 28329s | was the older anubrican brand uh astelor |
| 28332s | astalo yeah I was like oh I am very very |
| 28336s | dead now so I'm very excited to see how |
| 28338s | this you know performs instead of at my |
| 28341s | ladder level but more like when a play |
| 28343s | like yala is uh controlling it |
| 28345s | especially in a matchup like this |
| 28346s | because it feels a little bit dice here |
| 28348s | if xiaote can get ahead in terms of just |
| 28351s | overall value |
| 28355s | not even cool well I guess you're going |
| 28358s | coin wall growth while growth nourish |
| 28360s | and skipping the seedsman with this hand |
| 28362s | I guess it's a little bit confusing |
| 28365s | having drawn every piece of ramp in |
| 28367s | there as to how exactly you're going to |
| 28368s | be parceling that out |
| 28371s | also of course you'll be drawing cards |
| 28373s | ongoing right so it's like well that can |
| 28375s | definitely change the plan as he goes |
| 28381s | LT now |
| 28398s | best of choices I think if he had some |
| 28401s | form of Promise of a minion in the near |
| 28403s | future kodo Mount would be a relative |
| 28405s | snap pick in that situation but you do |
| 28409s | not you really have no idea where your |
| 28410s | first minion is coming from so that code |
| 28412s | amount might end up taking an enormously |
| 28414s | long time to actually end up being |
| 28415s | relevant but the rest of the cards just |
| 28417s | weren't particularly anything were they |
| 28420s | yeah not too great at all shouty can |
| 28423s | keep up with this wild growth but after |
| 28425s | that you can easily see a direction that |
| 28428s | uh yala is gonna at least in the short |
| 28430s | term jump ahead if he wants to go for |
| 28432s | that nourish but there is just the Goof |
| 28434s | available for shout tea and again when |
| 28437s | both players are roughly keeping up on |
| 28439s | Mana suddenly the player that does have |
| 28442s | girth is feeling fantastic because you |
| 28443s | can keep up on the only manner but you |
| 28445s | can obviously surpass that but also keep |
| 28447s | up on card draw as well |
| 28452s | oh Miracle craft too |
| 28454s | yeah |
| 28462s | there's the Jailer for GLT one of the |
| 28465s | unique little sprinkles that he does |
| 28468s | have in his version of the deck |
| 28470s | uh when you of course you are playing |
| 28472s | the 40 card version there is a little |
| 28473s | bit of discrepancy and disagreement as |
| 28476s | to what those last few cards are to |
| 28477s | really uh fill out the list that you |
| 28479s | need because everything is really built |
| 28481s | around the sort of a nubricant Crypt |
| 28484s | Keeper package with the armagain then |
| 28486s | the combo with the astolore |
| 28488s | um it's just really what you throw in to |
| 28490s | support that you know some people going |
| 28492s | for dinner three years we see theaters |
| 28495s | and other various tech cards thrown in |
| 28496s | some slots as well just choosing to go |
| 28498s | for jailer |
| 28503s | okay it does actually drop the last wild |
| 28505s | growth in so as expected it was what |
| 28507s | growth into season dropped the nourish |
| 28508s | but then does actually just choose to |
| 28510s | throw the wild growth in which having |
| 28511s | not really drawn anything else to do |
| 28513s | with that excess Mana does make sense |
| 28514s | now at this point |
| 28517s | finds himself all the way up to the |
| 28518s | lofty Heights of term Manor |
| 28521s | and very very quickly I think we're |
| 28524s | going to start to see just who has the |
| 28527s | clear Edge because I would say this game |
| 28528s | has been roughly even of course shouty |
| 28531s | having golf is a big deal but are those |
| 28534s | 10 extra cards and sort of bigger end |
| 28537s | game tools gonna outweigh y'all are just |
| 28540s | being able to more consistently get to |
| 28542s | uh you know some kind of combo because |
| 28544s | right now shouty is just striding ahead |
| 28547s | and not only with this golf but even |
| 28549s | just with board presence because now |
| 28551s | y'all is gonna go for some card draw |
| 28553s | Hobie here if he doesn't |
| 28556s | I mean he's nearly there already he's |
| 28558s | essentially one card away from lethal at |
| 28561s | this point with the urban scales that he |
| 28563s | has as well to be able to pick up as |
| 28564s | much armor as he needs really |
| 28568s | and with that in mind I imagine you're |
| 28570s | just straight up moonlit guidance |
| 28571s | fishing yeah yeah |
| 28585s | what what these options even do right |
| 28588s | now because it's just waiting |
| 28590s | yeah not a lot if you didn't have an |
| 28592s | innovate I might argue for the innovate |
| 28594s | because the innovate allows you to cheat |
| 28596s | some of the armor yeah um by going brown |
| 28599s | first and then innovating the eight drop |
| 28601s | which basically means that you could do |
| 28602s | it from a standing start with Zero armor |
| 28604s | which isn't always the case if you need |
| 28605s | massive amounts of damage in the in the |
| 28607s | early game but he already has one |
| 28610s | innovate so that seems a bit excess so |
| 28612s | yeah Jerry rig at least gets you a |
| 28614s | nourish for more card draw so it seems |
| 28615s | like the most logical |
| 28619s | you asked whether the extra cards or the |
| 28621s | extra Health would be making a |
| 28622s | difference here |
| 28623s | um not literally so but the fact that |
| 28626s | you are playing theater in your deck as |
| 28628s | one of those extra cards I actually have |
| 28630s | something to say about this situation |
| 28631s | because without some kind of disruption |
| 28634s | I think you would be about to see just |
| 28637s | the benefit of yala's deck being that |
| 28639s | much smoother and quicker to hit that |
| 28641s | combo |
| 28641s | yeah and I wonder like if the hotel |
| 28644s | comes down from shout tea and hits |
| 28646s | hastilo like |
| 28649s | did we just call it a day |
| 28651s | pretty much it feels like I'm stuck the |
| 28655s | reason I'm paused is I'm trying to look |
| 28656s | at y'all's list and be like but how |
| 28658s | could he win this and that's the problem |
| 28660s | right like with a 30 card version you |
| 28663s | aren't running the devourers you aren't |
| 28665s | running a Jailer or you know whatever |
| 28666s | end game you want extra so yeah that's |
| 28670s | gonna be in trouble let's see |
| 28673s | oh oh those were actually quite good for |
| 28677s | y'all are actually no brand there no as |
| 28678s | the law like yeah okay |
| 28681s | whatever you want enjoy absolutely huge |
| 28684s | outcome in the end wow and in fact |
| 28686s | you're asked to live show too whatever |
| 28688s | you do really it was actually the coda |
| 28690s | man okay I I was considering if it was |
| 28692s | just a Devourer because I do think |
| 28693s | devourers are going to end up pretty |
| 28696s | much useless on both so I guess actually |
| 28698s | Devourer is just in this situation |
| 28700s | because depending on how many Avengers |
| 28702s | were already on it right you might even |
| 28704s | just have to double trade these small |
| 28705s | minions already yeah that's what I was |
| 28708s | gonna say I think like just giving yala |
| 28710s | even though it's likely yella has good |
| 28712s | stuff to do with this many cards in hand |
| 28714s | just giving him an answer to your board |
| 28716s | effectively is um maybe not the best |
| 28719s | place any contradictions |
| 28723s | I like kodo Mount is that much worse of |
| 28726s | an answer though is the thing that's the |
| 28728s | problem that I have here |
| 28731s | work out like Guff |
| 28733s | review |
| 28736s | and then do stuff I suppose is the plan |
| 28738s | here for yala |
| 28740s | yeah I just have to be so a little bit |
| 28743s | afraid right because just because the |
| 28746s | damage is still going to push through |
| 28748s | depending on what happens after this |
| 28749s | goes |
| 28753s | oh okay |
| 28754s | well pretty good gift |
| 28757s | excellent goofage |
| 28760s | so as defensive as possible then without |
| 28762s | using any uh of actual important |
| 28765s | resources which Yep looks like this Max |
| 28767s | Army you can gain kill the eight five |
| 28771s | kill the eight five with Dakota Mount |
| 28772s | instead but that doesn't gain any armor |
| 28774s | so this is ever so slightly more |
| 28775s | defensive than that play |
| 28777s | all the other really wants to do now is |
| 28779s | not die correct |
| 28783s | he's like Jayla go |
| 28791s | tricky in this scenario and I think it's |
| 28793s | um this game at least so far of course |
| 28796s | could have gone a different way if |
| 28798s | theotar decided to play nice with shouty |
| 28801s | um but in not doing so you you really |
| 28803s | almost like a stark contrast between the |
| 28806s | two decks right like shouty had Goff |
| 28808s | earlier but there's so much of shouty's |
| 28810s | hand that is the extra 40 card stuff |
| 28813s | right double Sensational insatiable |
| 28816s | Devourer the Jailer as well in there is |
| 28818s | like oh so many cards considering you |
| 28821s | know if you just change those three |
| 28823s | cards for only three from the core 30 it |
| 28825s | would look a little bit beneficiality I |
| 28827s | think |
| 28828s | that ropes burning and the longer this |
| 28831s | turn goes on with nothing happening the |
| 28833s | happier yala will be about this |
| 28834s | situation I believe and yeah Jayla is |
| 28837s | slammed yeah I mean what else is he |
| 28839s | actually supposed to do you know to like |
| 28841s | reasonably achieve anything right now |
| 28844s | so with the excess Mana you can now go |
| 28846s | brand first which is fantastic because |
| 28848s | you get to cheat a whole like punch of |
| 28850s | extra armor from the new cam Battle Cry |
| 28853s | and then you just start blasting |
| 28855s | all right |
| 28859s | foreign |
| 28871s | okay minions soaking doing an excellent |
| 28874s | job okay that was a lot of stuff being |
| 28876s | the minions to be hurt |
| 28879s | the problem is they're like |
| 28882s | because the minions can't die these |
| 28884s | devourers aren't actually |
| 28886s | infused getting Juiced yeah which means |
| 28888s | yes shouting may not die here I'm not |
| 28892s | they may not die here but 14 damages and |
| 28895s | lethality so and there's two there's two |
| 28899s | more coming like regardless of whether |
| 28900s | or not you can play them this term which |
| 28901s | you can't you are still getting two more |
| 28904s | astolaus into your hand for the |
| 28906s | following turns now anyway and of course |
| 28908s | the fatigue is going to start ticking at |
| 28910s | this point you have an entirely |
| 28911s | unplayable Miracle growth in your hand |
| 28913s | it's the one thing that never clicked |
| 28916s | for me when I saw restalar for the first |
| 28918s | time I was like oh okay this card's cool |
| 28919s | so okay yeah a brand makes sense I was |
| 28922s | like oh yeah brand just gives you two |
| 28923s | each time yes I thought more bran about |
| 28926s | you know the active effect and not the |
| 28927s | give you another card I was like oh wait |
| 28930s | this is absurd |
| 28934s | like I said theoretically with enough |
| 28936s | armor and you know some sort of way to |
| 28938s | infinitely generate spells to shoot your |
| 28941s | own stuff off your own chords you could |
| 28943s | just keep going |
| 28955s | on T really thinking about how you can |
| 28957s | get this done but |
| 28960s | not even sorry |
| 28964s | yeah |
| 28965s | I mean this is another big there's |
| 28967s | another Minion right this can soak from |
| 28969s | Master law but even this yeah I was |
| 28971s | gonna say how does he just stop dying on |
| 28973s | board and there isn't a way shouty just |
| 28975s | started to give it a quick try and no no |
| 28977s | real time wasted there and yala getting |
| 28979s | off to a fantastic start and suddenly |
| 28982s | you know the 30 cards all seem to make |
| 28984s | sense right when you see it do that yes |
| 28986s | it's a one game sample size on stream of |
| 28989s | course but it's just like yeah it did |
| 28991s | look more Sleek it did look like there |
| 28993s | wasn't as much you know uh stuff getting |
| 28995s | in the way of this one combo you want to |
| 28997s | do definitely weak to theotar as we saw |
| 29000s | but if you can dodge that yeah the deck |
| 29002s | looks pretty good yeah |
| 29004s | um it's it's it's very hit Miss with |
| 29007s | theater because Druid is extremely good |
| 29009s | at keeping a hand a high hand size all |
| 29012s | the time once they start going so you |
| 29014s | know it's not like theater is ever |
| 29015s | really guaranteed to hit but there are |
| 29018s | three specific cards in bran uh |
| 29022s | nubricant and the Astor law and you need |
| 29024s | all of them um deck doesn't really do |
| 29027s | much if anything at all right right |
| 29029s | without one of those cards so if you do |
| 29031s | lose them you do start to find yourself |
| 29033s | in a little bit of trouble certainly if |
| 29035s | you're up against a matchup against a |
| 29036s | robust deck on the other side right like |
| 29038s | if you're playing against some back road |
| 29039s | deck that's got theater in it for some |
| 29042s | reason yeah you might still be able to |
| 29043s | get there with uh you know your one |
| 29045s | scale of the next year and just playing |
| 29046s | some big minions and whatever else right |
| 29048s | but against you know another Druid on |
| 29050s | the other side or whatever control deck |
| 29052s | you're playing against if you get |
| 29053s | theater you're going to be in real real |
| 29054s | trouble because the the damage falls off |
| 29056s | a cliff when you do not get that full |
| 29058s | Brown armor combo going yeah and even |
| 29060s | with that though one of the benefits of |
| 29062s | the combo is because they are minions |
| 29064s | it's a minion based combo and moonlit |
| 29067s | guidance is a great Shield right about |
| 29070s | that because you end up gaining the |
| 29072s | extra minions where it's like well |
| 29073s | theaters stealing one you can't steal my |
| 29076s | multiple copies of this minion which can |
| 29078s | really help out but anyway we could |
| 29080s | probably sit and just chat about this |
| 29081s | sort of 40 versus 30 for a while |
| 29084s | um but we are going to move on to the |
| 29085s | next match up and looks like we're |
| 29087s | keeping with the mirrors subtle because |
| 29088s | it's gonna be Rogue versus Rogue now so |
| 29090s | you get to see yala's Rogue in action |
| 29092s | going up against shouties uh shouti's |
| 29095s | Rogue |
| 29096s | um is again just one of the more sort of |
| 29099s | jackpot focused you know long distance |
| 29101s | Rogues I guess and they're very |
| 29103s | interesting that the uh the deck is you |
| 29106s | know favored by xiaote and Bunny Hopper |
| 29109s | and Detroit you know what I mean is that |
| 29111s | kind of style uh it's just I feel like |
| 29113s | those players are quite similar in their |
| 29115s | approach to the game yeah what's also |
| 29118s | interesting across all that is the Team |
| 29122s | Liquid China connection right where it |
| 29125s | seems like the China scene has really |
| 29127s | pushed this jackpot Rogue as the top |
| 29130s | competitive version of Rogan has been |
| 29131s | doing so for several meta games |
| 29134s | um and I'm not sure if it is just a |
| 29135s | coincidence that dead raw and Bunny |
| 29137s | Hopper two players outside of the China |
| 29139s | region who probably have more experience |
| 29141s | playing in that scene because of |
| 29144s | liquid's involvement in the China Team |
| 29145s | league but they're such big fans of the |
| 29148s | deck as well I just I think if that is a |
| 29150s | coincidence it's a very very interesting |
| 29152s | one let's get it that way and and now we |
| 29154s | get to look at the the big question mark |
| 29156s | right uh of yala's lineup which is this |
| 29160s | miracle rug still Draco Rogue arguably |
| 29163s | but just to some Basics out there subtle |
| 29166s | this road has draca this Rogue would |
| 29169s | like a big Draco weapon as other |
| 29172s | versions of Draco Rogue do but what is |
| 29175s | the difference what is yala gaining from |
| 29177s | this build versus I would say like the |
| 29179s | standard version of this |
| 29181s | so obviously you can look at the key |
| 29184s | cards that have been highlighted there |
| 29185s | and have a reasonable explanation as to |
| 29189s | what is going on this is very very all |
| 29192s | in Miracle style uh whereas the other |
| 29195s | version of the deck with all the |
| 29197s | concoctions and the mailbox dancers and |
| 29198s | everything else |
| 29200s | um actually has some Tempo plays on the |
| 29203s | first couple of turns they can make |
| 29204s | small minions to support their large |
| 29205s | minions as well this is a much more |
| 29209s | hyper focused combo deck version of the |
| 29213s | of the deck overall which is super super |
| 29216s | focused on just making the absolute |
| 29218s | biggest weapons and uh location minions |
| 29222s | possible a little bit slower to get |
| 29225s | going you know you're not going to see |
| 29226s | one of those uh turn one concede type |
| 29230s | hands right because it's just not |
| 29232s | possible without the mailbox dancer in |
| 29234s | the shadow step but in terms of the |
| 29237s | power ceiling of it when you get things |
| 29239s | lined up I think it's an absolutely |
| 29241s | monstrously high potential death |
| 29244s | yeah important to note as well as I just |
| 29246s | perused to Triple Tre triple check shout |
| 29250s | is that close there is no Viper in here |
| 29253s | either because I feel like |
| 29254s | it really is just players personal |
| 29257s | preference whether they're playing |
| 29258s | vipers now it feels like there aren't |
| 29260s | that many decks that it's standard but |
| 29261s | obviously for this tournament and we've |
| 29263s | seen a few sprinkled around but yeah |
| 29265s | shouty does not have access to Viper |
| 29267s | which means if this weapon's made from |
| 29269s | yala outside of taunts there's not |
| 29271s | really another way he's going to be able |
| 29272s | to deal with it |
| 29275s | y'all are considering you're actually |
| 29277s | going to go for it yala was just panning |
| 29279s | out I think what the prep sketchy on one |
| 29282s | line looked like |
| 29284s | um he can either go prep sketchy on one |
| 29286s | and then just location on two or just as |
| 29289s | he's gone ahead here and just absolutely |
| 29291s | rip it and go straight into the location |
| 29293s | immediately which is what he's ended up |
| 29295s | doing here |
| 29298s | five five |
| 29300s | I kind of like this because well guess |
| 29302s | what his opening hand didn't have card |
| 29304s | draw or like you know if any so it's |
| 29306s | like well I may as well attack then make |
| 29309s | a thing instead of just pass pass pass |
| 29311s | wait for something to happen and it'll |
| 29314s | be a little bit more active |
| 29322s | yeah but just get baited by Kid that |
| 29325s | every time I'm showing kidnap I'm just |
| 29327s | like ah you know what in this particular |
| 29329s | situation it might not be terrible and |
| 29332s | then it's terrible you go every single |
| 29333s | time oh wow okay we're nice trap I was |
| 29335s | even looking at Oasis Ally we were |
| 29337s | talking about uh shouty doesn't have |
| 29338s | answers to weapons like water Elemental |
| 29341s | is not that bad sure yeah I think it was |
| 29343s | between uh ice trap and Oasis hello for |
| 29346s | sure um it was my roundabout way of |
| 29348s | saying never get baited by kidnapsack |
| 29350s | it's it's just not good unless okay |
| 29353s | that's a good draw |
| 29356s | until the next time yeah and then we'll |
| 29358s | discuss it again |
| 29364s | options options options here for shouty |
| 29368s | only option you |
| 29370s | doesn't have right now is clearing this |
| 29373s | five five |
| 29375s | and what's the option he would really |
| 29376s | love to have |
| 29383s | not yet snap picked Dreadful but does |
| 29385s | end up taking it |
| 29387s | and then presumably gleaming to go |
| 29391s | alongside it he really needs to actually |
| 29393s | start doing something Thief Dreadful |
| 29396s | destroyed right before I get names okay |
| 29399s | yeah yeah yeah it makes perfect sense |
| 29401s | but yeah I agree I think we've seen this |
| 29404s | deck archetype it can go forever right |
| 29407s | with value but sometimes you draw the |
| 29409s | awkward combination of cards where you |
| 29411s | actually don't really end up doing |
| 29412s | anything for a few turns and in this |
| 29414s | meta that normally means you lose |
| 29417s | I definitely like the card |
| 29419s | yala has essentially just skipped term |
| 29423s | one and turn two a five five in a |
| 29425s | location has appeared on his board and |
| 29426s | he's just got the same hand he started |
| 29428s | with again literally his opening hand |
| 29431s | right prep sketchy well I know I guess |
| 29433s | he didn't have the shark he had yeah |
| 29434s | yeah originally yeah |
| 29437s | so if his hand was different it would be |
| 29438s | exactly the same as it was now that's |
| 29440s | right yeah |
| 29442s | I mean I still think the play is the |
| 29444s | same that was subtle |
| 29447s | go again |
| 29449s | yeah you do it right perhaps sketchy |
| 29451s | Bitcoin coin with this hand I cannot see |
| 29454s | why not what else is that like I said |
| 29455s | earlier when it you know when we rewind |
| 29457s | time is it just passed for a few more |
| 29460s | turns I don't think so |
| 29462s | you can't now start modify it to rewind |
| 29465s | time just to avoid saying turn back time |
| 29468s | so I don't start singing power ballads |
| 29470s | at you that's not fair |
| 29473s | it's one of those tricky ones where do I |
| 29475s | want subtle singing parallel not |
| 29478s | particularly but what do the viewers |
| 29480s | want yeah it's all really massive yeah |
| 29483s | exactly |
| 29490s | little |
| 29491s | bit more awkward and yeah I just got I |
| 29494s | just surprised myself so I was like |
| 29496s | right what can shouty do wait a minute |
| 29498s | why is he only got three men with his |
| 29499s | opponent has 13 power on board yes and I |
| 29502s | realized what y'all has been doing |
| 29505s | oh no |
| 29509s | medium bordering on large oof I really |
| 29513s | just want the game to break and y'all |
| 29516s | just have sketchy information into shark |
| 29518s | into location again and shelter is just |
| 29521s | like what is going on |
| 29524s | uh xiaote head in hands after that |
| 29528s | is |
| 29529s | Loosely considering all his options in |
| 29532s | life right now but I don't think there |
| 29534s | are many |
| 29541s | I don't even know what but |
| 29544s | really digs him out of this as well I |
| 29547s | mean we can see that yala's got a whole |
| 29548s | lot of not much |
| 29550s | you have a push but |
| 29552s | it might be a whole lot of enough |
| 29553s | because outside of reconnaissance like |
| 29556s | what is shouty actually going to do next |
| 29559s | what's he even need to draw |
| 29567s | oh |
| 29568s | painful |
| 29572s | got to be Recon right |
| 29576s | you would have thought so we need to get |
| 29577s | this hand doing something |
| 29580s | suddenly the uh |
| 29582s | back didn't look so bad did it |
| 29585s | oh the sack no it's still bait |
| 29592s | and we would talk about it again though |
| 29594s | it's like but what if |
| 29608s | I'm enjoying how xiaote has just slid |
| 29610s | progressively further off the bottom |
| 29612s | right of his camera as this game has |
| 29613s | gone on |
| 29614s | [Music] |
| 29617s | but like |
| 29619s | in |
| 29622s | um |
| 29629s | we hope it lives so that he can like |
| 29631s | trade Shadow step or something you know |
| 29633s | like something really weird but just |
| 29635s | something that can happen |
| 29639s | ten now this is Peak gameplay by yala |
| 29643s | this is exactly the Hearthstone I signed |
| 29646s | up for dumb game |
| 29649s | it's like one of those matchups in the |
| 29651s | single player content where you just |
| 29652s | start the game and they just have three |
| 29655s | minions |
| 29656s | what is this all about it's like old RTS |
| 29659s | when they just you start the game |
| 29660s | building a little bass up and then that |
| 29662s | you don't realize because the fog of War |
| 29664s | but they've just got a base already yeah |
| 29667s | what's going on the thing now is though |
| 29669s | is yala supposed to Triple coin that's |
| 29672s | why I'm wondering uh it's certainly not |
| 29676s | wrong whether it's optimal I don't know |
| 29680s | because then the fast can kill |
| 29684s | one right if it's exactly yeah that's |
| 29687s | the book oh yeah he's already swung the |
| 29689s | dagger hasn't he yeah and he's already |
| 29691s | ah I thought there was still a swing |
| 29693s | yeah okay okay I mean I still like it |
| 29698s | he still got you could just replay the |
| 29699s | five fives next right if he really needs |
| 29701s | extra time |
| 29705s | has to kill the 3-3r |
| 29708s | is all shallow step it to kill him 4-2 |
| 29712s | Ben still has to not die after playing |
| 29714s | the five fives again for yala right |
| 29718s | y'all are pressing the hero power just |
| 29719s | for funsies oh yeah |
| 29722s | yeah this is the stat that gets brought |
| 29724s | up the the tutu weapon already being |
| 29727s | used and then they're only being one |
| 29728s | charge left on this dagger those are the |
| 29730s | big differences on this turn uh if |
| 29732s | neither of those things were true then I |
| 29734s | think this would have been a much more |
| 29735s | straightforward option for yala right um |
| 29738s | but as it stands now he's he's favored |
| 29740s | to be in a position where he doesn't |
| 29742s | have lethal next turn just based on what |
| 29744s | he knows about from the opponent's cards |
| 29746s | right but the argument the other way is |
| 29748s | like well I mean I just have visible |
| 29750s | Minions that could have you know Rush |
| 29752s | minions thrown into them and Bone spikes |
| 29754s | thrown into right whatever else like how |
| 29756s | much more likely is it that they |
| 29758s | actually stick around if I keep them up |
| 29759s | is this coin bone Spike |
| 29768s | and then like ice trap or something |
| 29774s | I hate it I just don't know what else I |
| 29777s | mean even though we can see it at this |
| 29778s | second in time shouty isn't dead |
| 29781s | still doesn't want to go down to one |
| 29783s | right yeah you can just step coin replay |
| 29785s | it though which is the same thing and I |
| 29787s | think a little bit more efficient in |
| 29789s | terms of resources |
| 29792s | I was just thinking about getting the |
| 29793s | ice trap up |
| 29794s | and if that had any I'll work it |
| 29802s | I guess with hero with the hero power it |
| 29804s | kind of negates a lot of the ice trap |
| 29805s | value |
| 29819s | hero powered |
| 29821s | bike Spike |
| 29830s | as ever though |
| 29831s | as we've seen time and time again subtle |
| 29835s | will just do what's required to win |
| 29838s | no more no less |
| 29840s | I do think maybe that rule gets broken |
| 29843s | when your opponent's at five though you |
| 29845s | should probably go as all in as possible |
| 29847s | but what do I know if you don't need to |
| 29849s | exactly yeah we do always make this |
| 29852s | mistake right we have a little time off |
| 29853s | from casting yala and start to think |
| 29856s | like surely he's gonna play like |
| 29857s | everyone else right no his opponents on |
| 29860s | six Health he's got Fireball but does he |
| 29862s | need to Fireball |
| 29864s | so here's the real argument right is |
| 29867s | that what happens if you draw auctioneer |
| 29871s | because if you draw Auctioneer you would |
| 29873s | like to still have bone spikes available |
| 29875s | so that you can Max cycle to a draca and |
| 29879s | then play a draca right to actually end |
| 29880s | the game immediately |
| 29883s | I think the real question is how |
| 29885s | relevant is this three three when your |
| 29887s | minion has stealth anyway |
| 29889s | yeah those step bone Spike bone Spike or |
| 29893s | something |
| 29894s | it could happen |
| 29901s | all right what was the first ah the |
| 29902s | first place was Destroy right yeah okay |
| 29904s | yeah |
| 29907s | does she really like this uh style this |
| 29910s | Rogue package of all these little |
| 29912s | potions I think it's kind of cool |
| 29916s | kid shipment just for the cycle here for |
| 29918s | charity |
| 29920s | done nothing to write home about |
| 29925s | okay some card draw finally fella the uh |
| 29928s | minimal possible card draw but card draw |
| 29930s | nonetheless |
| 29931s | probably starts |
| 29934s | the strike |
| 29937s | we need the combo right |
| 29940s | oh |
| 29942s | [Music] |
| 29944s | let's play something |
| 29947s | Maybe |
| 29952s | the aisle is nodding he knows what that |
| 29954s | means and there is a nice juicy art |
| 29956s | auctioneer and and all signed up now for |
| 29959s | y'all are on the following term yeah I |
| 29961s | was working on getting this card draw |
| 29962s | getting the minions now to try and get |
| 29964s | lethal but every single turn he's doing |
| 29966s | this he's forcing Sheltie to deal with a |
| 29968s | five five stealth or he loses the game |
| 29970s | yes so it's like such a a dangerous to |
| 29973s | like double prong attack here yeah into |
| 29976s | shelter |
| 29977s | how does he play this five five again |
| 29983s | I love how literally the very first game |
| 29985s | after I wasn't sure whether the location |
| 29987s | was summon a 5-5 give it stealth or |
| 29989s | summon a five five with stealth we now |
| 29991s | would like clearly learning which of |
| 29993s | those two it is yeah |
| 30007s | clearing hand space with the shadow step |
| 30008s | I suppose meaning Sprint yeah okay |
| 30014s | also chooses the shower a bit |
| 30018s | uh and he's dead yeah I don't know what |
| 30023s | else is even possible gonna fake out the |
| 30025s | Trap but there's no world in which yala |
| 30027s | doesn't just push face it's the it's the |
| 30030s | first thing you do you don't even think |
| 30033s | aim that minion to face see what happens |
| 30035s | and then go from there |
| 30039s | have you remembered that this is Young |
| 30042s | yes that's what I'm saying this is my |
| 30045s | approach to any matchup with any deck |
| 30047s | aim the minion at face see what happens |
| 30049s | and then go from there |
| 30053s | oh yeah |
| 30055s | oh I'd like you never realize how much |
| 30059s | you miss casting out until you cast Yara |
| 30061s | again you know |
| 30064s | I assumed as the coin comes out to play |
| 30066s | oh no |
| 30071s | and lethal yeah |
| 30073s | the thing is though you can't even argue |
| 30076s | right because it is just correct to do |
| 30077s | what you did so |
| 30079s | great job there for yala two zero up now |
| 30083s | against shouty I mean I'll be honest uh |
| 30087s | this world is incredibly stacked but |
| 30089s | shouty not one of the players if I had |
| 30091s | the choice I'd choose to go up you know |
| 30093s | up against initially but y'all are doing |
| 30095s | a great job at Druid and Rogue now done |
| 30098s | and dusted and what have I been saying |
| 30099s | all day so the Demon Hunter just feels |
| 30102s | like you roll up and just get you in and |
| 30104s | leave so I think yala must be feeling |
| 30106s | extremely confident right now for sure |
| 30109s | yeah I didn't really talk about this uh |
| 30111s | you know I talked about how great both |
| 30112s | of the players are how much respect I |
| 30114s | have for both of them of course but I do |
| 30115s | think in terms of opening round matchups |
| 30118s | this is possibly the best one in terms |
| 30122s | of my perception of the the quality of |
| 30123s | the two players you know this is the |
| 30125s | this is the city in Liverpool get drawn |
| 30127s | against each other in the FA Cup third |
| 30128s | round draw kind of thing you know it's |
| 30130s | that one match shop where you're like |
| 30132s | okay both of these players really wanted |
| 30135s | to dodge the other one because they are |
| 30137s | two of the very very best players in |
| 30138s | this tournament but at the same time as |
| 30141s | I was arguing when we were going through |
| 30142s | the groups at the start right when you |
| 30144s | dared to say that one of the groups was |
| 30147s | weaker than any of the others I don't |
| 30148s | think there was any easy opening round |
| 30151s | match up that you were going to find at |
| 30153s | the World Championships but certainly |
| 30156s | there are still levels you know not all |
| 30158s | players are created equal and if we try |
| 30160s | and pretend that everyone is as great as |
| 30162s | each other then what we're doing is |
| 30164s | stripping how special some of these |
| 30166s | players are away from you know and they |
| 30168s | do things xiaoti and yala are absolutely |
| 30171s | up on that pedestal for all those of you |
| 30173s | who did not understand these sports ball |
| 30175s | reference don't worry I am with you uh |
| 30178s | moving on Quest file Demon Hunter that's |
| 30180s | not true don't pretend you're that |
| 30182s | ignorant that you don't know that |
| 30183s | Liverpool and Manchester City are two |
| 30185s | teams that are currently very good at |
| 30187s | football you definitely know that are |
| 30189s | they yeah |
| 30191s | I I don't if you ask me where they are |
| 30194s | on the table I would just guess they're |
| 30196s | on it I I don't know they map that if |
| 30199s | you ask me where they were on a map but |
| 30200s | you literally live in one of them I |
| 30202s | thought |
| 30203s | I thought you were gonna say oh don't |
| 30205s | tell me you didn't know City in |
| 30207s | Liverpool had a rivalry I thought I was |
| 30208s | gonna say I thought everyone had a |
| 30209s | rivalry with Liverpool because no one |
| 30212s | likes them but moving on Quest fell |
| 30215s | Demon Hunter mirrors going on here I was |
| 30218s | distracted Again by the the sports ball |
| 30220s | talk but I think both of these decks are |
| 30224s | almost the same are they actually have |
| 30226s | you done your one-off checks all yeah so |
| 30228s | yala has the meltronics right which is |
| 30230s | oh of course you mentioned |
| 30233s | um making his build a little bit |
| 30234s | different |
| 30236s | um whereas xiaoti is going for well I |
| 30239s | believe the OG banterface list which is |
| 30242s | one scorn uh two chaos strike and is uh |
| 30247s | pretty much agreed upon to be standard |
| 30249s | or off until the world's list are |
| 30252s | getting submitted |
| 30253s | um and then a lot of people |
| 30255s | uh have experimented with the form a |
| 30258s | little bit going one kale strike or one |
| 30259s | need for greed but I would say that |
| 30261s | xiaoti is kind of playing the accepted |
| 30262s | standard list up until this point yala |
| 30265s | has gone a little bit spicy Tech card |
| 30266s | with that maltronics which can of course |
| 30268s | be uh a little more disruptive to what |
| 30271s | some other people are doing uh whether |
| 30274s | or not Demon Hunter is a deck that |
| 30275s | really needs to worry about that |
| 30277s | particularly I'm not sure |
| 30279s | um but obviously if you're not familiar |
| 30280s | with meltronic um it basically only |
| 30282s | allows your opponent to play cards from |
| 30283s | Outcast position they can only play left |
| 30285s | and right most cards on their next turn |
| 30287s | battle crisis a one-off effect you don't |
| 30289s | have to worry about the killing the |
| 30291s | Minion or anything like that but it's a |
| 30293s | weird Tech inclusion for me because as I |
| 30295s | say I don't think Demon Hunter needs to |
| 30298s | be super worried about you know other |
| 30302s | things that other uh decks are doing in |
| 30306s | the sense that you know it feels like a |
| 30308s | more of a control card where you are |
| 30310s | denying them from using their combo |
| 30312s | pieces at particular times right that |
| 30314s | seems to be what the deck is effective |
| 30316s | out it what it would deny from opponents |
| 30318s | specifically in yala's spot I think |
| 30320s | Still Remains to be seen to some extent |
| 30322s | and while the players are just you know |
| 30324s | getting their early stuff done with a |
| 30325s | fail barrage coming out there from uh |
| 30327s | yala in previous matchups of your |
| 30332s | previous versions of quest Demon Hunter |
| 30333s | we've had Glide to talk about right I |
| 30336s | know um I think Derek and Jay are |
| 30338s | especially a Glide experts |
| 30340s | um but |
| 30342s | what what is there to do it's and it's |
| 30345s | got something stupid is there anything |
| 30346s | that either of them can do to actually |
| 30348s | disrupt their opponent other than race |
| 30350s | or is this literally just go go go |
| 30352s | whoever hits the lethal first just wins |
| 30355s | done |
| 30356s | uh that is most of it yes but the |
| 30360s | literal answer is to is there stuff you |
| 30362s | can do to disrupt your opponent is yes |
| 30365s | um one of the most weirdly disruptive |
| 30367s | cards |
| 30369s | um is the relic of phantasms |
| 30371s | um because it's such a painful |
| 30373s | distraction in a lot of situations |
| 30376s | um you can set up spots where your |
| 30378s | phantasms come down somewhere in the |
| 30379s | like three three to six six range uh off |
| 30382s | a volt proc so you have four of them |
| 30384s | somewhere in that range and you kind of |
| 30386s | demand that your opponent then throws |
| 30389s | away one of their Unleashed fails and |
| 30391s | some of their spell power in terms of |
| 30393s | dealing with it unless they have the |
| 30395s | perfect extension clear coming back the |
| 30397s | other way and basically that's what this |
| 30399s | matchup is is a big matchup of |
| 30400s | harassment and when you say race to |
| 30403s | which player hits the combo first that's |
| 30405s | the part where I'd slide in the big |
| 30407s | caveat because I would say more often |
| 30410s | than not let's say six times out of ten |
| 30413s | this matchup ends without Jace being |
| 30416s | played just from straight up like spell |
| 30419s | damage fell barrages just are utterly |
| 30422s | ending the game so you do have to |
| 30424s | disrupt your opponent by having stats on |
| 30427s | board to be able to play around that on |
| 30428s | the other side but obviously there |
| 30429s | aren't that many stats that you play in |
| 30431s | your deck that you're able to throw out |
| 30432s | so it's a it's a tricky matchup to |
| 30435s | navigate for sure it definitely feels |
| 30436s | like one where you need a bit of spell |
| 30438s | damage and a couple of spells right and |
| 30440s | you end the game a lot of the time so |
| 30442s | let's see how this one pans out so far |
| 30444s | yala does have that spectral sight on |
| 30446s | the far left |
| 30449s | um uh so he is although he's hand sizes |
| 30451s | obviously way way way smaller it does |
| 30454s | have some level of card draw available |
| 30455s | but is yala actually just gonna throw it |
| 30458s | out there because it has to it will |
| 30459s | actually stop the relic of Dimensions |
| 30462s | right from from xiaote this turn which |
| 30464s | is huge he'll literally just stuff been |
| 30466s | going location going Relic listen like |
| 30469s | you can sit there and think real super |
| 30471s | hard about whether you want a fire |
| 30473s | opponent to play the coin or whatever |
| 30475s | okay fine he does hit it |
| 30477s | um but for me it was a four Mana card |
| 30479s | you drew it on four and going spectral |
| 30482s | site did not guarantee necessarily that |
| 30484s | you achieved anything this turn you know |
| 30486s | there was a lot of draws you would get |
| 30487s | there that would not do the quest |
| 30488s | completion |
| 30489s | um so for me I would have played it but |
| 30491s | I'm not the person who has practiced |
| 30493s | with beltronics in my deck and |
| 30494s | understands who really for in this |
| 30496s | matchup I do think you know having said |
| 30497s | well you know why would you worry about |
| 30500s | what your opponents are doing |
| 30501s | particularly when you're playing this |
| 30502s | deck the best answer to that is well |
| 30504s | what if my opponents are also playing |
| 30506s | this deck in which case then yeah sure |
| 30507s | that actually makes some sense |
| 30510s | um so yala might be holding on to it for |
| 30512s | that regard the reason I laughed so |
| 30514s | vociferously when it came out is the the |
| 30516s | card this would be in everyone else's |
| 30518s | list would be the mark of school right |
| 30520s | which would have meant that yala just |
| 30521s | went spectral site Market score and Drew |
| 30523s | three more cards that turn and it was |
| 30525s | Bob Uncle you know |
| 30528s | yeah but now |
| 30530s | it's actually taking his time thinking |
| 30533s | about hand space thinking about if he |
| 30535s | can clear enough room to be able to |
| 30536s | really go all out planning turns ahead |
| 30539s | but |
| 30541s | you can get rid of |
| 30543s | off right yeah you play three with coin |
| 30546s | Relic and dimensions and then you go up |
| 30548s | to 10 again you just need a dumpable |
| 30550s | card and worst case scenario you already |
| 30552s | have a theory yeah you can't you don't |
| 30554s | want to play fury this time because it's |
| 30556s | still rank one but you can absolutely do |
| 30558s | it if you want to |
| 30562s | all right just dumping and juicing this |
| 30563s | time |
| 30570s | and I think y'all is going to get a |
| 30573s | whiff of what's going down here because |
| 30575s | just double Extinction yes uh dropped |
| 30578s | out for shouty there he's like double |
| 30580s | Extinction empty the hand a bit and play |
| 30582s | a location what's coming next |
| 30589s | that's a frustrating sequence of drawers |
| 30594s | no tradable inter tradable right |
| 30596s | yeah well I only needs one Trader ball |
| 30598s | he's on four out of five on the proc |
| 30599s | anyway oh sorry so the issue is having |
| 30602s | to spend one more manner to complete the |
| 30605s | quest step means that now the phantasms |
| 30606s | only gets discounted down to two which |
| 30608s | means he can't end the turn by just |
| 30610s | jamming phantasms which is a little bit |
| 30612s | frustrating in that spot but it'll take |
| 30613s | it especially now that he's picked up |
| 30615s | the dimensions we can actually keep his |
| 30617s | location up for the next turn instead of |
| 30620s | having it on cooldown from playing the |
| 30621s | dimensions uh from playing the phantasms |
| 30623s | sorry a little bit frustrating though as |
| 30625s | well right where he can't play any of |
| 30628s | the other relics beforehand either so he |
| 30631s | basically can't do what xiaote just did |
| 30633s | whereas dump a couple of relics boost up |
| 30635s | this Dimensions he has in hand and get |
| 30637s | ready for a really big pop off yala |
| 30639s | can't do that because he just won't |
| 30641s | quite have the Mana with that uh the |
| 30643s | Phantasm has been at two and three and |
| 30646s | so it's gonna be a little bit tricky uh |
| 30648s | y'all are definitely slipping behind I |
| 30651s | would say so far |
| 30653s | yeah we'll await the outcome of these |
| 30656s | dimensions |
| 30658s | it does get to the point around now |
| 30659s | where it's difficult for this Relic to I |
| 30663s | would guess with right because |
| 30666s | that is going to draw so many cards it's |
| 30668s | going to reduce them like |
| 30670s | down by I would say it almost always |
| 30672s | enough to have a large impact on the |
| 30674s | game and the fact that shouty is doing |
| 30676s | it first is is pretty brutal for yala |
| 30681s | noises |
| 30690s | oh my that is |
| 30693s | significant |
| 30703s | is that thinking can you just burn |
| 30705s | it's lethal next time if you Fury them |
| 30707s | in the face right now it's lethal next |
| 30708s | turn if they don't heal |
| 30714s | he'd have triple spell damage right for |
| 30716s | six Mana |
| 30717s | uh triple spell damage is 16 from a fell |
| 30720s | barrage and no he'd be a little bit sure |
| 30723s | actually and then only seven from the |
| 30725s | Unleashed that's only 23 extra I believe |
| 30728s | so yeah we'd need one more manner to fit |
| 30730s | something else in |
| 30732s | could yala actually |
| 30738s | mind I was wondering if you could do |
| 30740s | something with phantasms you know like |
| 30741s | Phantasm and then location Phantasm to |
| 30745s | try and do something about having |
| 30746s | minions survive so that uh fell barrage |
| 30748s | doesn't hit him yeah you just get |
| 30750s | unleash blasted yeah yeah that's the |
| 30752s | problem yeah they would have to be so |
| 30754s | big and they're not going to be |
| 30756s | basically |
| 30759s | of course it could be miltranic's time |
| 30761s | to show him to shine yeah I was gonna |
| 30763s | say |
| 30766s | is just like oh my card's got zero |
| 30768s | anyway okay left right left right coin |
| 30775s | see though it would actually be like a |
| 30777s | big deal because the spell damage is all |
| 30779s | in the middle yeah and there's need for |
| 30781s | greed blocking it on the right hand side |
| 30783s | and you'd have to pay two Mana for a |
| 30784s | fell barrage to get to it as well |
| 30788s | discounted Jace but no real source of |
| 30792s | super cheap spell damage right now I |
| 30794s | only got a two cost in hand |
| 30798s | doctor |
| 30809s | I think yala may be dead |
| 30813s | you can tell this is a hidden cast of |
| 30815s | Secret if a player that's good shouty |
| 30819s | starts locking in a combo before the |
| 30821s | turn's even started on your screen |
| 30823s | they've probably won yep so there you go |
| 30826s | there's all the damage that shouty is |
| 30827s | going to need chatty will not get 3-0 |
| 30830s | out of this series and stays to fight |
| 30832s | back but again I think it's still |
| 30834s | important to remind everyone that yeah |
| 30836s | shouty gotta win doing okay for now but |
| 30839s | yahala still gets to play Demon Hunter |
| 30841s | right he can just cue it again and again |
| 30844s | and even them with that you know he fell |
| 30846s | behind by you know Eternal so there |
| 30849s | against yala well that what y'all sorry |
| 30852s | against shouty what yala did is still |
| 30854s | would be fast too fast for other decks |
| 30857s | to keep up with right so I still think |
| 30859s | this is a a good position for Yara to be |
| 30862s | in here |
| 30863s | yeah for sure |
| 30865s | um if you're sat there just staring at |
| 30867s | Demon Hunter and two wins on your screen |
| 30870s | like yeah I think you're feeling pretty |
| 30872s | darn good about the state of the series |
| 30874s | uh the mirror is largely a coin toss you |
| 30878s | know there are small things that you can |
| 30880s | do to gain edges |
| 30882s | um but you know deck ordering is just |
| 30883s | going to have a very very big impact |
| 30885s | over the course of this game I think |
| 30886s | Demon Hunter up against other decks in |
| 30888s | The Meta uh does have a significant |
| 30890s | amount more Agency on both sides I would |
| 30893s | say so I think yala will still be |
| 30896s | looking forward to getting his teeth |
| 30897s | sunk into this one even though you know |
| 30899s | as predicted one of the players just |
| 30901s | puts together some ridiculous spell |
| 30902s | damage combo and gets it done |
| 30905s | um but somehow I was completely blind to |
| 30907s | the second fell barrage in jealousy's |
| 30908s | hand when I was counting on the previous |
| 30909s | turn as well I was counting you with |
| 30911s | triple spell damage one fell barrage but |
| 30912s | yes double spell damage double fell |
| 30914s | barrage is always more damage than doing |
| 30916s | it the other way around I just had zero |
| 30917s | manifold barrage blindness so yeah there |
| 30919s | you go jlt much above and beyond that |
| 30922s | level not making any mistakes and |
| 30923s | clutching out at me he's going to be |
| 30925s | jumping over to his Druid which is of |
| 30927s | course the 40 card ramp Druid that we |
| 30929s | talked about a little bit earlier on and |
| 30931s | saw him play of course with that Jailer |
| 30933s | and again this just feels like unless |
| 30935s | something really wild happens that yala |
| 30939s | can just sit and just do the Demon |
| 30941s | Hunter things right so I think although |
| 30943s | the Druid has the ability to win it a |
| 30945s | lot of it relies on things going very |
| 30947s | right for xiaote and very very very |
| 30949s | wrong for yala but I just want to ask |
| 30951s | before we dive into the next game so |
| 30953s | what did you think about the no |
| 30955s | maltronics I mean I know we can see the |
| 30957s | hand we can see the impact it would have |
| 30959s | made but it's one of those like there |
| 30962s | were just reasonable turns like maybe |
| 30964s | one two turns that yala could have |
| 30966s | played it do you think he was right in |
| 30968s | just saying I'm just gonna work to my |
| 30970s | combo and we'll just race so the turn |
| 30973s | when he drew on curve on turn four I |
| 30976s | would have slammed it there honestly and |
| 30978s | I I kind of Stand by that one on that |
| 30980s | last turn the problem is right and as I |
| 30983s | said maltronix is a Battle Cry effect |
| 30985s | purely it's not like a live effect that |
| 30988s | persists like blade master or something |
| 30990s | like that |
| 30992s | um so Tre you play it down once and even |
| 30995s | if it does perfectly lock out your |
| 30996s | opponent's hand that was going to kill |
| 30998s | you that then doesn't kill you you |
| 31000s | didn't do anything that turn right it's |
| 31003s | not like he could do a quest step |
| 31004s | completion and play the meltronics at |
| 31006s | the same time so then you'd be straight |
| 31008s | back in that same position the next turn |
| 31010s | and your opponent would just straight up |
| 31011s | kill you the next turn right like |
| 31013s | essentially if they had lethal in hand |
| 31015s | at that point you were dying over two |
| 31016s | regardless is the tldr version of that |
| 31019s | so shut your eyes and pretend it's not |
| 31021s | there I think the question that that |
| 31023s | then begs is if that's the situation |
| 31026s | again how good a tech inclusion is |
| 31029s | maltronics |
| 31031s | now |
| 31035s | [Music] |
| 31038s | yeah and and I think as well this is I I |
| 31042s | can't speak for other players of course |
| 31043s | but I think at least for me going into |
| 31046s | this tournament you do go in with a |
| 31048s | certain element of okay my opponent's |
| 31050s | Demon Hunter is probably going to get a |
| 31053s | win so |
| 31055s | just let it happen Tech or prepare for |
| 31057s | other matchups in general obviously you |
| 31060s | still want to try and win but I think uh |
| 31062s | you know maybe we get to see what the |
| 31063s | the true power of the tech in a lot of |
| 31065s | other matchups over the course this |
| 31067s | weekend from yala we'll uh maybe get to |
| 31069s | have a look at that but for now we are |
| 31070s | ready to go into the next game 2-1 for |
| 31072s | yala the winner continues on and the |
| 31075s | loser gets dropped down into the um |
| 31078s | decider match uh or the decider match |
| 31085s | the match right I just realized I think |
| 31087s | I'm just making up names but anyway |
| 31089s | um |
| 31090s | it's different names for different |
| 31092s | things too many different names the next |
| 31094s | batch uh but most importantly shouty |
| 31096s | they're gonna be on Druid and |
| 31100s | not the worst opening with Jerry rig and |
| 31102s | gov do you think that's something that |
| 31103s | xiaote can hold on to |
| 31106s | I would imagine so yeah hard to imagine |
| 31109s | too much of a faster start than that I |
| 31111s | have also heard some arguments I think |
| 31113s | more so for the 30 card version of the |
| 31116s | deck that you just keep combo pieces as |
| 31118s | well like just hold you just hold on to |
| 31120s | bran in your opening hand but I think |
| 31122s | that's probably a little bit ridiculous |
| 31124s | a little bit ambitious in the 40 card |
| 31126s | version of the deck but uh who knows I I |
| 31128s | this matchup is interesting because you |
| 31131s | know I've described I've said my stances |
| 31133s | I think this is Demon Hunter favored and |
| 31134s | you've kind of gone with me on that but |
| 31136s | there was a lot of talk in the sort of |
| 31138s | foundational steps of the meta that this |
| 31141s | matchup for Demon Hunter is one of the |
| 31143s | reasons why Druid exists right and there |
| 31145s | are still people who think if they exist |
| 31147s | that think this is a good matchup for |
| 31148s | Druid I adamantly dispute that |
| 31151s | particularly the 40 card version of the |
| 31153s | deck overall but it is a weird matchup |
| 31156s | because the ones that Druid win you |
| 31159s | start to question how this is ever a |
| 31161s | winnable matchup right or a Demon Hunter |
| 31163s | with the way that it pans out |
| 31165s | um so certainly xiaoti will look to do |
| 31168s | the aggressive thing as much as possible |
| 31169s | here just ramp up start dropping huge |
| 31171s | minions because if demon Hunt is a |
| 31173s | little bit slow and you do start playing |
| 31175s | a huge minion every single turn they do |
| 31178s | very quickly crumble under that pressure |
| 31180s | but I just think on average the Demon |
| 31182s | Hunter just gets the stuff done a little |
| 31183s | bit too quick yeah I think um one of the |
| 31186s | struggles I've had in this matchup in |
| 31188s | the past is when I've gone for ques like |
| 31191s | done a bit of a risky Quest completion |
| 31193s | attempt as Demon Hunter uh you know or |
| 31196s | Quest step completion I mean not the |
| 31198s | whole thing and it's whiffed |
| 31200s | and then my turn kind of sucks and then |
| 31203s | suddenly I feel like I'm a whole turn |
| 31204s | behind and then like you know an ubercon |
| 31206s | comes down something big starts hitting |
| 31208s | the board like right well now I didn't |
| 31210s | reduce my hand I've now got to kill this |
| 31213s | big thing and I've still got to try and |
| 31214s | hit Quest completion at some point as |
| 31216s | well so it all starts to stack up a |
| 31218s | little bit too much |
| 31226s | getting this matchup are these phantasms |
| 31230s | just throw them away and they just like |
| 31234s | boostable for Dimensions or will yala |
| 31237s | want to maybe consider keeping them go |
| 31239s | for a hero power this turn maybe a cycle |
| 31241s | with a Viper or something like that yeah |
| 31243s | we talked about this a lot last series |
| 31245s | they're really good right up until the |
| 31247s | moment they aren't and they lose you the |
| 31249s | game immediately to the insatiable |
| 31251s | Devourer scales combo |
| 31254s | um I think in this situation for yala |
| 31256s | what the Dilemma is is be efficient |
| 31259s | spend three mana on the three Mana card |
| 31261s | or take the little bit of the gamble |
| 31264s | with the quest completion instead |
| 31266s | um he's chosen to go with the card draw |
| 31268s | you know Derek made this point earlier |
| 31269s | and it's one that I absolutely agree |
| 31270s | with I think there's kind of a weird |
| 31272s | cognitive trap with Quest completion |
| 31274s | steps where you save card draw to then |
| 31277s | draw cards the next turn and complete a |
| 31279s | quest which I think is almost always |
| 31281s | nonsense and you should just draw the |
| 31283s | cards because that card draw will |
| 31284s | replace itself with more card draw |
| 31286s | anyway you'll be fine don't worry about |
| 31288s | it |
| 31289s | um so I think y'all are just choosing to |
| 31290s | Value the cycling here but |
| 31293s | again if you weren't here for the large |
| 31295s | discussion on relic of phantasms before |
| 31296s | having mid-ranging minions come down |
| 31299s | like four fours five five six sixes |
| 31301s | seven sevens in the mid game that |
| 31303s | conventionally feels like something |
| 31305s | that's very very good to have against |
| 31306s | Druid and it feels like against the deck |
| 31308s | that can gain so much armor having those |
| 31310s | big minions attacking is something that |
| 31312s | you're super interested in right um but |
| 31314s | they are very counterable because of |
| 31317s | insatiable Devourer on the other side |
| 31318s | and particularly if they have Guff Manor |
| 31321s | or innovate insatiable Devourer into |
| 31323s | Earthen scales which can suddenly put a |
| 31325s | 25-25 in play and also gain 25 armor for |
| 31329s | your opponent which is a one-two punch |
| 31332s | swing that you can very rarely recover |
| 31333s | from |
| 31335s | um so it you really do have to react to |
| 31337s | the situation right like if you can get |
| 31340s | them down as three threes four fours |
| 31341s | early on and actually get to attack with |
| 31343s | them a couple of times each that's |
| 31344s | usually the dream scenario the difficult |
| 31346s | question to answer is whether you play |
| 31348s | them as big minions in the late game or |
| 31350s | whether you literally just hold the card |
| 31352s | in your hand and ignore that they exist |
| 31354s | because playing them might just lose you |
| 31355s | the game |
| 31356s | it's really tricky here and yala you |
| 31359s | know taking his time working out what he |
| 31361s | wants to do |
| 31362s | of the cycle this turn does have the |
| 31365s | extinctions to help out with this uh big |
| 31367s | whale |
| 31376s | a problem right like it's starting to |
| 31378s | get to the point you can see where |
| 31380s | shouty yeah you know a six six isn't |
| 31382s | going to just win in the game but the |
| 31384s | the pressure is stacking up golf now as |
| 31386s | you said into something a little bit |
| 31388s | bigger maybe drawing some cards with the |
| 31389s | uh the nourish part but it's going to |
| 31391s | start to really power on the pressure |
| 31392s | there for shouty |
| 31396s | yeah and this is the kind of hand that |
| 31398s | well it's the kind of start at least |
| 31400s | that can get things done a little bit of |
| 31402s | pressure early on continue to back that |
| 31403s | up with the ramp and then just start |
| 31405s | playing your bombs one after the other |
| 31407s | don't give the Demon Hunter breathing |
| 31409s | room |
| 31410s | um it's kind of you know anti-demon |
| 31412s | Hunter 101 if at any point you let them |
| 31415s | spend all of their mana on just drawing |
| 31417s | cards without paying the price of you |
| 31419s | hitting them in the face with a |
| 31421s | significant board for doing so you have |
| 31423s | failed as a person you should hang your |
| 31425s | head in shame you know like that's what |
| 31427s | you really need to be doing every single |
| 31428s | term wherever possible if you try and |
| 31430s | play Slow controlling decks |
| 31434s | for their purpose in this matchup you |
| 31438s | will lose you have to just play things |
| 31440s | and put them on board and threaten to |
| 31441s | hit your opponent and that's what xiaoti |
| 31444s | has tried to do as much as possible with |
| 31446s | the limited options he's had available |
| 31447s | to him so far |
| 31449s | is this the matchup for the tech |
| 31453s | I just don't know the problem is and and |
| 31457s | whether it's fair or not if yala skips |
| 31460s | playing game matronics again it's going |
| 31462s | to be it's going to start to become a |
| 31464s | thing isn't it I can already tell I |
| 31466s | think it's just |
| 31468s | location proc double phantasms and then |
| 31472s | Extinction to kill the Orca |
| 31476s | because I believe the relic of |
| 31477s | Extinction is only currently on two |
| 31479s | right so you need to juice the |
| 31480s | extinction to three first yeah get the |
| 31484s | clear |
| 31489s | oh wait could it go the other way around |
| 31492s | and just use hero power |
| 31494s | you could yeah you can do that if you |
| 31496s | want |
| 31498s | you want to pay the price of uh |
| 31501s | it's healthier when you currently have |
| 31503s | the healing in hand there is a ring yeah |
| 31506s | you'll be fine |
| 31514s | yes it gets three threes and four fours |
| 31516s | instead of two twos and three threes at |
| 31518s | the price of six health |
| 31521s | which is fine yeah reasonable trade |
| 31524s | and of course you know going back to the |
| 31526s | phantasms dynamic there is a point where |
| 31529s | you can just do it for free uh because |
| 31531s | you could literally count the maximum |
| 31533s | possible Infuse that the uh the |
| 31536s | insatiable Devourer can have on it even |
| 31537s | if it was in the opening hand right so |
| 31539s | up until a point you do know that they |
| 31541s | are completely safe |
| 31544s | we go coming down here for shouty now |
| 31547s | can surpass that 10 Mana but a bit of a |
| 31548s | slow turn I think he can afford it right |
| 31551s | at this moment just because he knows |
| 31553s | Okay small Phantasm no Dimensions have |
| 31555s | gone off so far so shouty probably |
| 31557s | feeling quite confident especially with |
| 31559s | his raid Buster next year |
| 31561s | oh is now the time I think now to me |
| 31566s | instinctively as a card game player |
| 31568s | feels like a good time for a meltronics |
| 31570s | however |
| 31571s | without a mailtronics in the deck I'd be |
| 31573s | playing two five fives this turn and |
| 31574s | feeling pretty good about it so I |
| 31576s | wouldn't fault him from doing that |
| 31578s | either |
| 31582s | hmm |
| 31590s | oh |
| 31592s | never just lost the card in your hand |
| 31594s | and go yeah I made a mistake didn't I |
| 31596s | yeah someone think of the maltronics |
| 31599s | it's gonna get a bad rep from this short |
| 31606s | y'all are you teasing us |
| 31609s | fish hey it's not gonna become as much |
| 31613s | of a thing |
| 31614s | yeah breaks up the positioning with the |
| 31617s | uh location as well you know the two six |
| 31619s | I suppose is arguably the largest minion |
| 31622s | there so breaks out with the location |
| 31629s | okay |
| 31632s | I will never suspect this |
| 31640s | to be fair I would say this is better |
| 31643s | for yala than a raid boss annexia |
| 31646s | yes 100 100 now look how stupid these |
| 31651s | devourers look subtle |
| 31661s | that's a solid meltronics I think |
| 31666s | yeah decent |
| 31670s | that he could draw again with goth but |
| 31673s | he's sure what he'd be drawing for at |
| 31676s | this point with two Mana left so I do |
| 31678s | like the ramp |
| 31681s | um I mean it's card draw but he really |
| 31683s | needed the immediate card draw this turn |
| 31685s | it's just gonna start to slip away now I |
| 31688s | think |
| 31697s | I grow in the problem is at this point |
| 31700s | in the game it is not the matchup you |
| 31703s | can just drop silver moons and expect |
| 31705s | them to live |
| 31706s | uh that's the real problem here |
| 31708s | otherwise yala could just bat this 99 |
| 31710s | away without much thought and then just |
| 31712s | say okay if they live I win not you know |
| 31714s | if I live and get a good trick card draw |
| 31716s | next turn maybe there's a chance but |
| 31718s | they just never survive right |
| 31723s | foreign |
| 31735s | into Relic again |
| 31738s | it's the only line that I really think |
| 31740s | ever does anything but of course we've |
| 31743s | discussed at length the inherent risks |
| 31745s | towards that but we can still see that |
| 31747s | uh neither well I guess most relevantly |
| 31750s | the uh Devourer on the far left is still |
| 31753s | not infused yet at this point which I |
| 31755s | think we'll be giving yala a little bit |
| 31757s | more uh |
| 31758s | of a safe feeling with this plane |
| 31761s | I actually wonder if there was any value |
| 31764s | of tempoing out an Arcanist next uh last |
| 31767s | that turn then |
| 31769s | we put it on like the far left so that |
| 31771s | if there is a Devourer it's like one not |
| 31774s | infused but also if it is infused it |
| 31777s | either eat something small with spell |
| 31778s | damage or eats the bigger ones |
| 31780s | [Music] |
| 31781s | um |
| 31783s | and then same with like raid bossanixia |
| 31785s | wouldn't clear everything right the |
| 31787s | decision would be made between spell |
| 31788s | damage and just a higher attack minion |
| 31797s | again |
| 31799s | double Silver Moon and um fell barrage |
| 31801s | is a good amount of damage in itself |
| 31803s | right |
| 31825s | your friends |
| 31831s | go under King instead of just going for |
| 31834s | the strawberry bottom next here here the |
| 31836s | ray Boss Next here with the other scales |
| 31837s | did look pretty attractive but I think |
| 31839s | just maximum juice on the insatiable |
| 31841s | devourers here and now also preserving |
| 31844s | those Urban scales although at this |
| 31846s | point you would argue that the |
| 31848s | devourer's usefulness has kind of been |
| 31850s | used up already |
| 31851s | oh |
| 31855s | man this hand is ugly okay hang on three |
| 31858s | for five |
| 31860s | I was looking at if it's ever like |
| 31862s | Silverman Silver Moon |
| 31863s | our barrage spectral |
| 31865s | yes do stuff I think that's the idea I |
| 31868s | think it's the only player I think you |
| 31869s | have to unlock the spectral site from |
| 31870s | the left-hand side of the hand I think |
| 31871s | it's the only thing you can reasonably |
| 31872s | do this turn yeah and then just say I |
| 31875s | don't die and then gaze baby gets there |
| 31880s | right like what else is there actually |
| 31882s | to do for yala and yeah so that's gonna |
| 31884s | be the plan here |
| 31885s | it's push 10 as well |
| 31887s | to push 10. yeah exactly 16 with the |
| 31890s | fell barrage you just have to hope that |
| 31892s | now these don't hit the guild Traders if |
| 31895s | they do hit the girl Traders you're |
| 31896s | gonna need the guild Traders back in the |
| 31897s | deck You're Gonna Want relative |
| 31899s | dimensions number two and then you're |
| 31900s | gonna want zero amount of Guild Traders |
| 31902s | and you're just gonna try and go from |
| 31903s | there right like that's basically the |
| 31905s | plan at this point |
| 31906s | but I think yala knows that this is just |
| 31909s | not been the game that he needed yeah |
| 31926s | yeah I think just Devourer and Earthen |
| 31928s | scales just |
| 31930s | solves a lot of the problem right like |
| 31933s | yes uh shouty would have a |
| 31937s | uh well it wouldn't even be that big |
| 31938s | actually would it |
| 31940s | but yeah what basically what I'm saying |
| 31942s | is it never gets the point that we saw |
| 31943s | earlier where the fell barrage goes |
| 31946s | through and kills right because the |
| 31948s | devour is too big the viral wouldn't be |
| 31949s | too big you eat double spell damage |
| 31951s | minions and you've just seen a foul |
| 31953s | barrage anyway and there's Earth and |
| 31955s | scales on top which helps a lot |
| 31959s | yeah I think the risk of you making a |
| 31961s | minion bigger than your health pool is |
| 31962s | largely mitigated how bad that you are |
| 31965s | putting the other scales on it I was |
| 31966s | gonna bring this up you know just enough |
| 31968s | Mana to be able to get the full career |
| 31970s | with the Sylvanas and the Devourer but |
| 31972s | this means you're not gaining armor |
| 31974s | which you know presents some potentially |
| 31976s | interesting opportunities |
| 31980s | oh so yala can always start with chaos |
| 31982s | strike right |
| 31983s | because of the cost of the Js |
| 31989s | everything's so expensive Raven |
| 31992s | yeah and you can tell how tricky this |
| 31994s | game has been for yala he has eight |
| 31997s | cards left and no way to win the game |
| 31999s | that is not often the case with this |
| 32000s | deck yep |
| 32006s | demons demons |
| 32016s | both extinctions used as well so no real |
| 32019s | opportunity to be able to even play |
| 32020s | defensively here clear this board up and |
| 32022s | lean back on Jace for the following turn |
| 32024s | hope that there's no Urban scales no big |
| 32026s | armor burst for your opponent as |
| 32028s | unlikely as that is that would be an out |
| 32030s | if |
| 32031s | only for the fact that the tools aren't |
| 32033s | even really in the deck to be able to |
| 32035s | clear any of this |
| 32044s | let's go Trader double unleash |
| 32049s | to at least theoretically stay alive |
| 32051s | here |
| 32055s | yeah continued problem is just the fact |
| 32058s | that we can see that there's Earthen |
| 32059s | scales there |
| 32061s | and this 16 is still just knocking |
| 32063s | around |
| 32080s | foreign |
| 32085s | that's been used y'all you just hit that |
| 32088s | point with the deck like this where |
| 32090s | you're like well I don't even have |
| 32091s | enough total damage now |
| 32092s | I left in the deck to actually do it |
| 32094s | fast enough anyway yeah exactly when it |
| 32096s | comes down to this point with most |
| 32099s | matchups with this deck you're looking |
| 32101s | at two things like okay well I'm not |
| 32102s | just gonna be able to straight up blow |
| 32104s | through my opponent with damage anymore |
| 32105s | can I clear the board with like big |
| 32108s | relic of extinctions and try and reset |
| 32110s | nope y'all let's use them both uh can I |
| 32112s | get huge minions of my own from like |
| 32115s | location relic of phantasms nope both of |
| 32118s | those have gone as well so Daniel is a |
| 32120s | big sorry shouties are bigger anyway now |
| 32121s | so exactly we're hitting the board so |
| 32124s | you're not out uh you're not out beefing |
| 32126s | this board |
| 32129s | especially now because the amount of air |
| 32131s | potential uh damage is soaked |
| 32135s | something we probably haven't talked |
| 32136s | about enough by the way is this Jailer |
| 32138s | inclusion from jlt because it does do a |
| 32141s | couple of very useful things in |
| 32142s | match-ups that are going to be quite |
| 32143s | common for him throughout the tour |
| 32144s | throughout throughout the toilet then as |
| 32147s | well throughout the little toilet yeah |
| 32149s | throughout the tournament we've already |
| 32150s | seen the interaction made life |
| 32153s | significantly more difficult for yala |
| 32155s | with the Invincible minions |
| 32157s | um through the astalor combo same deal |
| 32160s | with Demon Hunter right you're like look |
| 32161s | at how irritating this is you have to |
| 32164s | just not be able to get fell barrages to |
| 32166s | go face in any situation |
| 32168s | um so I do think this is a pretty clutch |
| 32170s | Tech inclusion for the dribb which might |
| 32172s | just be skewing some of these matchups |
| 32173s | in favor you know when I talk about how |
| 32176s | um convention my conventional wisdom on |
| 32178s | the matchups against generic lateralists |
| 32180s | obviously the Jailer will have an impact |
| 32182s | on that but honestly although the Jailer |
| 32185s | came down at the end it had zero impact |
| 32187s | on the outcome of that game that game |
| 32189s | was bought and paid for long before the |
| 32192s | Jailer hit the board in that situation |
| 32193s | yala was just cooked by not really |
| 32196s | hitting any card draw and I'm not gonna |
| 32199s | hop on about it too much but obviously |
| 32201s | he has cut one card draw card for the |
| 32203s | meltronics that will have a bigger |
| 32206s | impact than you think on how many cards |
| 32209s | you draw from the deck because uh card |
| 32212s | draw snowballs you know card draws |
| 32213s | baguettes more card draw you want to |
| 32215s | most combo decks kind of Reach This |
| 32218s | critical mass of card draw where you |
| 32220s | basically always have card draw |
| 32221s | available to you and interrupting that |
| 32224s | fine balance can do a lot more damage to |
| 32226s | the combo ecosystem than you think it |
| 32229s | might do but I think it would be very |
| 32230s | harsh to say that yala went what like |
| 32233s | four five turns that game without card |
| 32236s | draw because he cut one mark of scorn |
| 32238s | from the decade that seems like a little |
| 32241s | bit of a read Butterfly Effect kind of |
| 32243s | description there isn't it yeah exactly |
| 32246s | um so I you know it will have an effect |
| 32248s | but I think it would be a little bit |
| 32249s | brutal to harp on about it that much |
| 32252s | um the meltronics kind of did a job in |
| 32254s | terms of allowing a board to stake an |
| 32255s | attack for one more turn but I don't |
| 32258s | think that's necessarily what the |
| 32259s | matchup is about unless those Phantasm |
| 32262s | minions are like twice the size of what |
| 32264s | they want right and then maybe we can |
| 32265s | talk about having a real impact and |
| 32267s | finally we do get to game number five |
| 32270s | here and it is gonna be the Rogue for |
| 32272s | Shell t on the top against this Demon |
| 32274s | Hunter of course now I feel like I've |
| 32276s | cursed y'all to an extent saying how |
| 32277s | easy a win would this Demon Hunter would |
| 32279s | be but |
| 32281s | I'll say it again uh I think versus this |
| 32283s | Rogue uh it's pretty slow it does have a |
| 32287s | little bit of um potential to mess with |
| 32291s | yala especially with the secret |
| 32292s | generation I think is the biggest deal |
| 32294s | here in the matchup right just causing |
| 32296s | headaches for yala's turns whether it's |
| 32298s | um potentially making counter spells |
| 32300s | objections whatever |
| 32303s | um for the Rogue here but I do think |
| 32304s | y'all again unless things go badly wrong |
| 32308s | should be okay |
| 32310s | is this a full keep from yalo wouldn't |
| 32312s | surprise me |
| 32314s | um just keeping need for greed as a |
| 32316s | tradable just forget that that's a card |
| 32317s | just look at the tradable icon because |
| 32319s | you have spectral site as well it opens |
| 32322s | it up right exactly you're guaranteed |
| 32323s | now on turn three to get Quest |
| 32324s | completion by uh going tradable into |
| 32327s | spectral site spectral guarantee slide |
| 32329s | over to the far left hand this is kind |
| 32331s | of been settled science with Quest Demon |
| 32334s | Hunter for several iterations of it so |
| 32337s | far the spectral site plus tradable is |
| 32339s | just a keep |
| 32349s | looking good for yala and I think that's |
| 32352s | where um I always struggle a little bit |
| 32354s | with the various versions of jackpot |
| 32356s | Rogue because a lot of the time I look |
| 32358s | at the hand like this and go |
| 32360s | I really hope this jackpot's good you |
| 32363s | know what I mean oh you just look at it |
| 32365s | and go this chatbot waves I'm probably |
| 32368s | going to lose I'm not saying that's all |
| 32370s | it is at all before um you know adding a |
| 32373s | bunny Hopper comes for me or something |
| 32374s | but um but I'm just saying like when you |
| 32377s | look at the hand in general it can be |
| 32379s | really tricky to form a game plan until |
| 32381s | you see the outcomes of those cards |
| 32386s | foreign |
| 32393s | setup for y'all are going to be very |
| 32395s | nice indeed to at least get you know |
| 32396s | stage one done |
| 32398s | our team meanwhile |
| 32403s | I think just presses the trigger on the |
| 32405s | jackpot there's nothing to really pay |
| 32406s | off yet but again I think just seeing |
| 32409s | the game plan feels a little bit more |
| 32411s | worth than using the two drop the other |
| 32413s | argument is if he plays the two now he |
| 32415s | can actually just play the secret out |
| 32417s | next turn right you know let's say it's |
| 32418s | a mage secret for example |
| 32423s | time grows short yeah and I think in |
| 32425s | general just a 2-2 is a relatively |
| 32428s | significant amount of tempo wow okay |
| 32431s | again real creative with the shadow just |
| 32434s | dumping it into a coin going with |
| 32435s | private eye instead did you say Tempo |
| 32438s | song yeah |
| 32441s | [Music] |
| 32447s | regardless |
| 32451s | it's always showing up |
| 32453s | the benefit of the the Rogue secrets |
| 32457s | it's outside of minions like with spells |
| 32460s | they're actually just you still just do |
| 32461s | your thing anyway right and the road |
| 32463s | gets a benefit as opposed to stopping |
| 32465s | you so yala knows he was safe to do the |
| 32468s | turn regardless gets rewarded with a |
| 32470s | relic of Dimensions at four right now |
| 32472s | which is gonna look mighty fine |
| 32476s | does get the objection though |
| 32479s | is a huge deal |
| 32486s | that's what maltronics is for you just |
| 32489s | throw it into the objection |
| 32491s | there you go solved yep |
| 32513s | he really yeah |
| 32515s | and thought about how it's going to |
| 32516s | spend this manner think about maybe |
| 32517s | cycling the weapon but I imagine this is |
| 32519s | just a two drop right is this a too |
| 32522s | crazy to think about |
| 32526s | yeah I think so last time I thought it |
| 32528s | was a 2-2 uh xiaoti found a much better |
| 32530s | player with the double coin private eye |
| 32532s | though Jody thing was very smart I think |
| 32534s | it was impacted as well by the keep we |
| 32536s | were talking about right like |
| 32538s | xiaoti saw a three keep and then |
| 32542s | location wasn't played on two right |
| 32544s | right yeah yeah you can basically like |
| 32546s | nail down what your opponent's doing the |
| 32548s | next term which is spending all their |
| 32550s | Mana so on non-tradable plus spectral |
| 32552s | site like a large period of the time uh |
| 32555s | so going with the the secret play kind |
| 32557s | of guaranteed that you uh not only got a |
| 32560s | slightly bigger minion on board that |
| 32561s | could attack but you were also then uh |
| 32563s | getting the benefit off from your |
| 32564s | secrets Relic Vault now picked up fine |
| 32568s | on the order and he would love but it's |
| 32570s | there yep better than nothing I was even |
| 32572s | wondering whether he ever takes a turn |
| 32575s | to go Phantasm |
| 32577s | but again it was kind of like what |
| 32579s | you're saying right if you just don't |
| 32580s | draw the cards then you're not going to |
| 32582s | get the card draw so I did decide to |
| 32585s | just go for it this turn location's |
| 32587s | natural world though |
| 32589s | El barrage |
| 32591s | taking the damage |
| 32593s | yeah I think with a full-cost silver |
| 32597s | moon and an unleash in hand |
| 32599s | um so one of the ways I look at |
| 32600s | Resources with the Stoke particularly |
| 32602s | the spell damage minions anything that |
| 32603s | costs full is Expendable right like |
| 32606s | you're perfectly happy using a |
| 32607s | three-cost silver moon to AOE and clear |
| 32610s | it's the zero cost uh cards that are |
| 32613s | much more valuable particularly when you |
| 32615s | already have eight Mana J's because |
| 32616s | eight Mana Jace and three Mana |
| 32617s | Silvermoon don't go together right so |
| 32619s | that Silver Moon is now entirely |
| 32621s | Expendable you can just throw it away |
| 32623s | for some healing in a couple of turns |
| 32624s | time yeah Sol's greater shopping on |
| 32627s | their sale days because he's always |
| 32628s | ready for a discount yep anything that's |
| 32630s | full price Expendable get rid of it |
| 32635s | been playing HearthStone for far too |
| 32637s | long to pay full price for anything |
| 32639s | that's just not what this game's about |
| 32644s | we've got fell fire in the hole and |
| 32647s | question mark what's the other car uh |
| 32649s | deep breath ah yes okay |
| 32658s | are you |
| 32668s | yeah not the best for shelter right not |
| 32670s | really cards he's looking for |
| 32674s | not really the impactful ones you want |
| 32676s | our jackpot anyway |
| 32684s | s right it's exactly for what you're |
| 32686s | talking about yeah well I don't think |
| 32688s | this was ever put in the deck of the |
| 32689s | intention of doing this but certainly |
| 32691s | with the way the hand pans out you know |
| 32692s | I'm talking about how Expendable the |
| 32693s | Silver Moon is to be able to heal up in |
| 32695s | a couple of turns time you do have to |
| 32697s | break through that objection first to |
| 32699s | even get to that point so yep the fact |
| 32701s | this curves out very nicely now with the |
| 32703s | relic of phantasms as well |
| 32705s | makes it all the better I actually think |
| 32708s | in I don't want to say not care |
| 32712s | but I I'm just gonna say I think |
| 32714s | geologist doesn't care at all about how |
| 32716s | many cards shout he has |
| 32719s | I it's not like he's ever going to |
| 32722s | choose to play around that by doing |
| 32728s | Shadow step at a demon or something like |
| 32731s | bring a 3-3 back |
| 32734s | oh it's okay right you said uh anything |
| 32736s | full cost is Expendable that Jace that |
| 32739s | uh Alchemist yes yep that's fine |
| 32741s | Expendable throw into objection it's |
| 32743s | fine yeah |
| 32747s | so now yeah now very likely that three |
| 32749s | Mana Silvermoon is gonna have to get |
| 32752s | used as the uh objection proc which |
| 32755s | means yala is now going to have to rely |
| 32756s | on these minions to be able to clear up |
| 32758s | this board and then by extension if |
| 32760s | xiaoti then follows that thought process |
| 32762s | through as well |
| 32764s | then defending this board with his life |
| 32766s | is of utmost importance right now like |
| 32769s | continuing to get these minions to |
| 32770s | attack |
| 32773s | that's the problem right like how does |
| 32774s | he do that |
| 32779s | uh uh |
| 32782s | pretty good right |
| 32783s | yeah oh it's up to five okay yeah sorry |
| 32786s | yeah I just didn't even really |
| 32788s | I didn't really click that it was |
| 32790s | dealing five yeah my bad that's very |
| 32791s | good and for other spells with the two |
| 32793s | Shadow steps drawn recently |
| 32796s | and that's a great use of a card that I |
| 32798s | would say is quite bad on average in |
| 32800s | this rogue deck right you never like oh |
| 32802s | deep breath yes like you really want |
| 32805s | more proactive things in general but |
| 32807s | that yeah like you said is it retaining |
| 32808s | this board maybe forcing yala to commit |
| 32811s | with no other minions this Unleashed |
| 32814s | fail is there not as cool as it was |
| 32824s | but there's just |
| 32827s | a fan I mean y'all can try it first and |
| 32830s | then can just still trade hero power |
| 32832s | fell barrage right if he wants to |
| 32835s | ah demon feel a bit risky yeah I'll use |
| 32837s | the extinction if he wants to really |
| 32839s | just bet on a zero manifold barrage |
| 32841s | doing a million damage to face |
| 32846s | merits either way |
| 32856s | if you don't mind because this way he |
| 32858s | can take the value trade as well right |
| 32860s | because they're pretty warm yep |
| 32862s | yeah I don't mind this at all |
| 32867s | and again it's not like you're expecting |
| 32869s | consistent pressure minions from this |
| 32871s | rogue deck right it's like oh they're |
| 32873s | gonna play even more minions it's like |
| 32875s | they might do because of generated cards |
| 32877s | there is still a mystery card in hand I |
| 32879s | think as far as yell as aware yeah still |
| 32882s | you're not expecting it oh this is just |
| 32884s | a really good minion uh shouty does have |
| 32886s | krabatoa though which |
| 32889s | is pretty good as it has been since it's |
| 32893s | been a card gravitor on six never a bad |
| 32896s | play |
| 32898s | as I mentioned I like xiaote big fan but |
| 32900s | this is an unacceptable amount of time |
| 32903s | to not have a crevator on the board when |
| 32905s | you have the opportunity to put a crap |
| 32906s | turtle on the board |
| 32908s | I'm gonna choose to believe |
| 32910s | just making yala think about what the |
| 32913s | generated card is |
| 32915s | that's what I'm going with excuse yeah |
| 32918s | this is just insane right it's pressure |
| 32920s | again multiple minions even the one's a |
| 32923s | claw but really just pushing four and |
| 32925s | then probably up maybe four again if |
| 32928s | worst two like it's just a significant |
| 32930s | amount of Health when you've seen that |
| 32931s | the uh the silver moons have been |
| 32933s | objected to and isn't now available for |
| 32936s | the Unleashed spell |
| 32939s | I think quite a few people objects |
| 32944s | card |
| 32945s | yeah oh |
| 32949s | owner's broken out |
| 32951s | yeah we're gonna we're going to you live |
| 32953s | from the hustle world championship and |
| 32954s | we have a game |
| 32958s | never mind |
| 32962s | cancel cancel |
| 32965s | how did that just hit nothing oh no it |
| 32968s | actually may as well have hit nothing |
| 32971s | right zero spell damage is a disaster |
| 32974s | yep yala |
| 32981s | hmm |
| 32984s | yeah yeah you can't do anything right |
| 32985s | he's not going to get any reductions on |
| 32988s | anything whatsoever wow what a nightmare |
| 32993s | I mean he can clear this but if he does |
| 32995s | like what is the actual cost of clearing |
| 32998s | this subtle |
| 33000s | oh I don't even want to look |
| 33003s | unleash fell with no spell damage it's a |
| 33005s | crime |
| 33007s | foreign |
| 33020s | might as well deal with the problem |
| 33027s | genuinely one of the worst relic of |
| 33030s | Dimensions I've ever seen in my life |
| 33039s | that's for objection |
| 33046s | uh all of the objections came from the |
| 33049s | Rogue secret though right so I don't |
| 33051s | think oh |
| 33052s | it was counter spell was the one he |
| 33054s | picked |
| 33055s | oh it was counter spelling that's |
| 33057s | correct yeah no no you might be right |
| 33059s | you might be right I take it all back I |
| 33061s | forgot that the counter spelling hand |
| 33064s | was the was there from the lady right |
| 33069s | sketchy sketchy stranger not shady |
| 33071s | stranger same thing |
| 33079s | otherwise heck yeah sign me up |
| 33083s | I'll fire in the whole I think that's |
| 33085s | the first time ever I've seen that card |
| 33086s | played |
| 33088s | it's not bad like people often bring it |
| 33091s | up as like one of the really bad spells |
| 33093s | you can get from jackpot stuff but it |
| 33095s | says enemies on it and that includes |
| 33097s | face and it's not symmetrical there was |
| 33100s | a thing that just casts for free over |
| 33102s | and over again over the course of the |
| 33104s | game I don't think it's the worst thing |
| 33105s | to have honestly |
| 33108s | a little bounce on the estelor as well |
| 33111s | one card off |
| 33118s | okay |
| 33122s | never reason to chase right |
| 33128s | I guess notification |
| 33131s | doesn't matter it's it's just a seven |
| 33134s | seven |
| 33135s | well no you getting this Guild Trader |
| 33139s | down to zero will actually be relevant |
| 33141s | because he has eight and two with his |
| 33143s | other two minions so getting a zero Mana |
| 33144s | girl Trader is actually somewhat |
| 33146s | relevant in this spot so I think you now |
| 33147s | have to start trading The Guild Trader |
| 33149s | away |
| 33153s | oh it just feels so slow doesn't it |
| 33158s | Allen knows he's taking two minimum |
| 33161s | three with the dagger if obviously shout |
| 33163s | he wants to spend |
| 33165s | short |
| 33168s | trade that back hope you get the guild |
| 33170s | Trader back and then you can put it back |
| 33171s | in again |
| 33182s | that works right yeah fine |
| 33185s | hey God |
| 33188s | yeah it has to spend money on the fury |
| 33190s | have with that not being the guild |
| 33192s | Trader might as well get that in there |
| 33196s | but that relative dimensions draw on |
| 33197s | that one crucial turn has made this a |
| 33199s | lot closer than it was looking three or |
| 33202s | four turns ago |
| 33210s | hmm |
| 33213s | LT does have options here you can I was |
| 33216s | gonna say he has two Cutlass anyway so |
| 33219s | you can always start with a cycle if he |
| 33221s | feels he can get stuff done with seven |
| 33222s | Mana |
| 33226s | oh potion |
| 33228s | that's lethal if he gets three damage |
| 33230s | right |
| 33237s | there it is three damage on the right |
| 33239s | hand side |
| 33241s | which means after law for two weapon |
| 33244s | swing to two concoction for three is |
| 33247s | gonna be the seven damage required to |
| 33249s | get your LT over the line and I think |
| 33252s | that was just in time because given the |
| 33255s | uh the freedom of the city for one more |
| 33257s | turn I think yala would be stabilizing |
| 33260s | uh with the spell damage that was |
| 33262s | available with the second uh with the |
| 33264s | second unleash and then the turn after |
| 33267s | that rolling into spell power Jace fully |
| 33270s | Juiced zero Mana four attack Fury two |
| 33273s | foul barrages already played all the |
| 33275s | spell damage spells thrown in there as |
| 33277s | well probably would have been enough for |
| 33279s | that to to to take it down for yala so |
| 33281s | very very timely set up from Xiao team |
| 33284s | we didn't really pay too much attention |
| 33285s | to it on the previous turn where he just |
| 33287s | sort of set up a bunch of damage and we |
| 33290s | kind of glossed over it so we're focused |
| 33291s | on what yala was doing on the following |
| 33292s | turn but going like Astor law Shadow |
| 33294s | step for example to just be able to set |
| 33297s | up maximum burst damage combo on the |
| 33299s | following turn I think was a good spot |
| 33302s | for xiaoti to understand that he really |
| 33304s | needed to get on with it it's no good |
| 33305s | him sticking minions minions don't do |
| 33308s | anything they can get cleared very |
| 33309s | easily by the Demon Hunter and every |
| 33311s | minion you play is potentially the plus |
| 33313s | three Health that your opponent can then |
| 33315s | heal up as well so I think xiaote just |
| 33317s | going straight up damage in Shadow steps |
| 33318s | is a very very smart way of going about |
| 33320s | that it's really good as well because |
| 33322s | obviously like this isn't crazy for |
| 33324s | shouty we know how good he is but he was |
| 33326s | like he didn't think about stepping or |
| 33328s | trying to work out steps for the game |
| 33330s | five armor because he knows it's not |
| 33332s | going to do anything didn't worry about |
| 33334s | he knew he wasn't going to realistically |
| 33335s | get to the final ask the law to do the |
| 33337s | shadow set with burst damage over the |
| 33339s | course for a few turns it was like no |
| 33340s | two damage seems small but it might be |
| 33343s | enough and otherwise like I've said a |
| 33345s | million times to you if you're ending |
| 33347s | your game with Shadow steps in hand |
| 33349s | something went wrong somewhere right so |
| 33351s | just utilizing them putting as much |
| 33352s | damage out as possible and yeah it |
| 33354s | worked out for shouty and what a |
| 33356s | comeback there subtle because I thought |
| 33358s | yala was just home free after winning |
| 33360s | the first two games with Druid and Rogue |
| 33362s | and only having demon onto the left but |
| 33364s | it does look like Demon Hunter can |
| 33365s | struggle as we know it can so there you |
| 33368s | have your winners match coming up soon |
| 33369s | going to be glory versus shout tea see |
| 33372s | who makes it out of group b in the |
| 33374s | Winner's side and then that of course |
| 33375s | means Tian Ming and yala are going to be |
| 33378s | playing it out in that elimination match |
| 33379s | it's it's scary to even discuss this |
| 33382s | very similar to bly's right to just be |
| 33384s | like oh why is an elimination match he's |
| 33386s | gone oh y'all is an elimination match |
| 33389s | but that's just the level of tournament |
| 33390s | we have it's crazy to see anyone go uh |
| 33393s | what feels like this early in the |
| 33394s | tournament yes and it would be a tough |
| 33397s | one to lose yala of course I think yala |
| 33400s | is right up there with players that are |
| 33402s | just missing a world championship from |
| 33404s | their resume but you know not everyone |
| 33405s | can win a world championship if they |
| 33407s | could it wouldn't be special and we |
| 33409s | wouldn't be making such a big deal about |
| 33410s | this every time it comes around uh there |
| 33413s | truly can only be one and all of these |
| 33415s | players are here on Merit they will put |
| 33417s | in the shift throughout the entire year |
| 33419s | to go through enormous fields to |
| 33421s | slightly smaller fields to small fields |
| 33423s | to now the smallest Elite field that |
| 33426s | they find themselves in and yeah players |
| 33428s | the quality of yala and xiaoti one of |
| 33431s | them has to lose in the first round |
| 33432s | that's just the quality of field that we |
| 33434s | are dealing with and now we find |
| 33436s | ourselves in the situation where yala |
| 33438s | could very possibly be going zero two |
| 33440s | out of this tournament which would be an |
| 33442s | outrageous outcome yeah we are going to |
| 33445s | be going to a break while we just give |
| 33446s | shouty a minute because we do have Glory |
| 33449s | versus shouty coming up next again the |
| 33451s | winner is going to be moving on to |
| 33452s | Sunday so a huge huge match getting |
| 33455s | ready to go we're gonna go to a break |
| 33456s | we'll be back |
| 33459s | foreign |
| 33460s | [Music] |
| 33467s | [Music] |
| 33476s | I'm joined today in preparation for the |
| 33479s | world championships by Xiao T xiaoti |
| 33482s | first off how are you and also I just |
| 33484s | want to let you know that I'm a big fan |
| 33485s | of yours I'm very excited uh |
| 33494s | you've now qualified for three out of |
| 33497s | the last four World Championships that's |
| 33500s | an incredible record do you view |
| 33502s | yourself as one of the world's best |
| 33504s | players now |
| 33526s | you are a player that many people from |
| 33530s | the European Americans regions that I |
| 33532s | speak to specifically do have picked as |
| 33535s | one of the best players in the world so |
| 33537s | I'm just wondering if that goes the |
| 33538s | other way are there any players from |
| 33540s | those regions or the APAC region that |
| 33542s | you really look up to and admire |
| 33544s | Channel |
| 33553s | viewers |
| 33561s | um |
| 33572s | obviously as a regular of the World |
| 33574s | Championships you now have a lot of |
| 33576s | experience in high pressure situations |
| 33579s | you mentioned earlier you weren't |
| 33581s | necessarily happy with your world |
| 33582s | championship performances up to this |
| 33584s | point do you think the experience of the |
| 33587s | high pressure situations will help you |
| 33589s | do better this time around |
| 33591s | Saturday |
| 33604s | I want to ask a little bit about his |
| 33607s | interests outside of hearthstone uh I |
| 33609s | know when we spoke before he said that |
| 33611s | basketball was his number one passion |
| 33613s | number one activity does he still play |
| 33615s | basketball |
| 33629s | okay I mean fair enough priorities are |
| 33632s | priorities |
| 33635s | [Music] |
| 33638s | foreign |
| 33639s | [Music] |
| 33646s | [Music] |
| 33652s | what is your practice schedule like how |
| 33656s | often do you like specifically prepare |
| 33658s | for tournaments as opposed to just |
| 33660s | playing games on ladder do you have |
| 33662s | specific people that you like to |
| 33664s | practice with |
| 33664s | [Music] |
| 33665s | um |
| 33676s | players from the Chinese region have |
| 33678s | been performing extremely well in |
| 33681s | Masters tours over the last couple of |
| 33683s | years why do you think that is and do |
| 33686s | you think China is overall the strongest |
| 33688s | competitive region |
| 33689s | foreign |
| 33690s | [Music] |
| 33706s | [Music] |
| 33722s | but the floor is yours if you want to |
| 33724s | give any shout outs or any final words |
| 33726s | that you would like the audience to hear |
| 33729s | foreign |
| 33749s | [Music] |
| 33758s | [Music] |
| 33766s | but speaking of the people who are |
| 33768s | helping you the people in the the back |
| 33770s | lines propelling you forward uh recently |
| 33773s | we've sent a lot of players from these |
| 33775s | big established practice groups doing |
| 33777s | very very well having a lot of success |
| 33779s | in tournaments uh but am I right in |
| 33781s | saying that your style of practice is a |
| 33783s | little bit different to that you don't |
| 33785s | necessarily have quite the number of |
| 33787s | people uh working alongside you and if |
| 33790s | not can you talk about what your |
| 33791s | practice regimen is leading up to a big |
| 33794s | tournament I'm pretty close with the |
| 33796s | Slovakian player yojo he has always some |
| 33799s | cool control ideas he's like right now |
| 33802s | with control Paladin |
| 33804s | so I think hunters and him they will |
| 33807s | help me for World Championship then |
| 33810s | maybe some other people's I always |
| 33812s | the inferior Hunter before a master's |
| 33815s | tour and some other people at the end my |
| 33817s | entrees usually I think for this one |
| 33820s | maybe you Derek if you if you wanna you |
| 33823s | can also help |
| 33824s | um but the direction is like play a |
| 33827s | bunch of pleasure then closer to |
| 33829s | tournament looks at look up some stats |
| 33832s | has replay stats play some more lighter |
| 33834s | then start practicing in |
| 33837s | in Friendly challenges and yeah just try |
| 33840s | to figure out the |
| 33842s | meta game and bring the good decks with |
| 33845s | good text yeah I mean we all know that |
| 33847s | you're referring to the time when I |
| 33849s | joined your Practice Group it was you |
| 33850s | some other terrible players I forget the |
| 33853s | name of and I've single-handedly boosted |
| 33855s | you to second place and exactly yeah |
| 33858s | exactly we're all very familiar with it |
| 33860s | but then the main thing that I did want |
| 33862s | to talk about with you which is a very |
| 33864s | unique story in uh well competitive |
| 33868s | Esports of any kind is a player who |
| 33870s | finishes in second place at the biggest |
| 33872s | Tournament of the year which is clearly |
| 33874s | an incredible feat to have accomplished |
| 33877s | uh but I could also understand how |
| 33880s | finishing second place when you're so |
| 33882s | close to that Victory would |
| 33883s | understandably be a pretty Bittersweet |
| 33886s | moment so how do you frame that |
| 33888s | performance that you had at the 2020 |
| 33890s | World Championship finishing in second |
| 33891s | place to glory and how has it changed |
| 33894s | from now uh as to when it happened and |
| 33897s | it was very fresh |
| 33898s | uh like right now I definitely think |
| 33901s | about it as a big achievement |
| 33904s | even though back back then for like I |
| 33906s | don't know maybe even a year I was super |
| 33908s | sad about it |
| 33910s | um actually I think I I should be able |
| 33913s | to win the finals if I played better |
| 33915s | there were like two games I didn't play |
| 33918s | them |
| 33919s | that well |
| 33920s | um |
| 33921s | with some different lines maybe I could |
| 33923s | have won |
| 33924s | um I think yeah that was just super |
| 33928s | super hard to handle after the loss but |
| 33931s | looking back at it like second place at |
| 33934s | World Championship if I |
| 33936s | if I was looking at me like I don't know |
| 33939s | four years ago when I started playing |
| 33940s | Hearthstone if this was what I'm gonna |
| 33942s | achieve I would take it you know so |
| 33945s | definitely amazing achievement but yeah |
| 33949s | it's not the it's not the trophy |
| 33951s | so maybe this year I can |
| 33954s | bring it back and hopefully win but it's |
| 33957s | gonna be I think way harder than two |
| 33959s | years ago it's more people there 16 |
| 33962s | players |
| 33963s | um I think there are stronger stronger |
| 33965s | players right now than there were two |
| 33967s | years ago |
| 33969s | so yeah I think it's gonna be super hard |
| 33971s | but we'll see what's gonna happen |
| 33976s | [Music] |
| 33986s | [Music] |
| 33992s | a few couple months ago now at this |
| 33995s | point uh you and he were talking about |
| 33997s | uh running quite a lot and making me |
| 33999s | feel very unathletic by comparison |
| 34004s | um and I know that you when you were |
| 34006s | talking about it you do run some pretty |
| 34007s | long distances fairly regularly how does |
| 34010s | that fit into your your mental state |
| 34013s | when playing Hearthstone and what other |
| 34014s | mechanisms do you have for achieving |
| 34016s | such a calm style of play when you're |
| 34019s | competing |
| 34020s | [Music] |
| 34021s | um I think this definitely helps me I |
| 34023s | started |
| 34024s | running like I don't know like |
| 34027s | maybe even eight years ago but |
| 34029s | uh last two three years I started |
| 34031s | tracking uh the distances and stuff so |
| 34035s | yeah I mean this year I'm at like |
| 34037s | I think 1 200 kilometers or whatever |
| 34041s | running a lot so that definitely helps |
| 34044s | me I think it helped me even for the |
| 34046s | like Contra matches in Hearthstone |
| 34047s | really yeah |
| 34050s | it's just the stamina but yeah this |
| 34052s | comes from my treason Hearthstone in the |
| 34054s | past they actually sometimes just went |
| 34056s | into the you know the draw like the turn |
| 34058s | limit Alexander |
| 34061s | control voluminous so yeah I was used to |
| 34064s | that to that um |
| 34066s | lately the matches don't go that long I |
| 34069s | think yeah |
| 34071s | yeah maybe if something's gonna happen |
| 34073s | then matter is Gonna Change I think I |
| 34075s | will be ready for this again yeah thanks |
| 34078s | to the uh the design team we can now say |
| 34079s | that Hearthstone is more interesting |
| 34080s | than running which uh we'll uh we'll |
| 34083s | take it based on those Elysian and |
| 34085s | mirrors uh but thank you so much uh for |
| 34088s | answering all those questions and we |
| 34089s | wish you all the best of luck at the |
| 34092s | World Championships thank you |
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| 34098s | foreign |
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| 34113s | [Music] |
| 34116s | [Applause] |
| 34119s | [Music] |
| 34127s | foreign |
| 34128s | [Music] |
| 34140s | to the winners bracket match in group b |
| 34144s | here at the 2022 Hearthstone World |
| 34146s | Championships and we've got a couple of |
| 34149s | repeat performers at Hearthstone World |
| 34152s | Championships in said winners bracket |
| 34155s | match in glory and Shout tea uh Gloria |
| 34158s | player who obviously you and I have had |
| 34160s | plenty of experience to cast and it's |
| 34164s | been our pleasure to do so uh but shouty |
| 34166s | despite having made it as we said to the |
| 34167s | world championship stage a couple a few |
| 34169s | times at this point actually uh we |
| 34172s | obviously don't get to cast quite so |
| 34173s | much and it feels like in Masters tours |
| 34175s | as of late we haven't been seeing quite |
| 34177s | so much of it that's right it felt like |
| 34179s | a bit earlier this year where he really |
| 34181s | made a splash or was it even last year |
| 34182s | when he won the empty can't quite |
| 34184s | remember it's all starting to blend |
| 34186s | together because as bench put it |
| 34188s | everywhere is the year of xiaote he is |
| 34190s | so consistent always doing at least |
| 34193s | decently in the Masters Tour circuit and |
| 34196s | put some out great results because he's |
| 34198s | always just bringing what he sees as the |
| 34200s | best four decks as far as I can remember |
| 34203s | his assessment of what's the best pardex |
| 34205s | has always been consistent outside of |
| 34207s | one Master's tour where I think he had a |
| 34209s | priest that nobody really expected but |
| 34212s | he does just tend to play these decks |
| 34214s | very very consistently and gets the edge |
| 34217s | on the field that way whereas on Glory's |
| 34219s | side he has a bit more of a brave take |
| 34222s | on the lineup with some aggro decks in |
| 34224s | here |
| 34225s | yeah taking things a little bit more uh |
| 34229s | out of left field which is cool to see |
| 34231s | again we don't have that much difference |
| 34233s | in terms of classes but Dex we are |
| 34236s | getting a little bit of uh daring Daring |
| 34240s | Do instead but to start things off it is |
| 34243s | just a very much standard uh Quest sorry |
| 34247s | Quest felt even hunter from Glory which |
| 34250s | we saw but actually the struggle deck |
| 34251s | for yala with some pretty disastrous |
| 34254s | draws in the previous series is but it's |
| 34257s | the kind of deck That Glory should be |
| 34259s | doing well with it's just uh seems like |
| 34261s | the Japanese players overall are blessed |
| 34264s | when it comes to Demon Hunter oh yes I |
| 34267s | still remember the final game of last |
| 34270s | year's World Championship which had the |
| 34272s | Demon Hunter mirror and all the |
| 34274s | tradables to get the clutch outcome here |
| 34278s | and that could still ring true finding |
| 34280s | relic of Dimensions at the most |
| 34283s | opportune moment is definitely an |
| 34285s | important aspect of the deck here |
| 34288s | um it's the rest of Glory's lineup that |
| 34290s | really intrigues me though he does have |
| 34293s | that aggro Druid which seemed to just |
| 34295s | have a complete walk in the park in his |
| 34297s | previous series when you get the goods |
| 34299s | with that deck it does seem nigh on |
| 34301s | Unstoppable but I'm still a bit confused |
| 34304s | as to how it's that good in the current |
| 34306s | meta because I don't think it's great |
| 34308s | against Boon priest very weak to Shadow |
| 34311s | or devour I don't think it's that great |
| 34313s | against Demon Hunter very weak to |
| 34314s | unleash fell and then uh there are the |
| 34318s | miracle Rogues out there that have a lot |
| 34321s | of early removal if they get the current |
| 34323s | hand together but somehow it's been |
| 34325s | working out for Glory so far we'll see |
| 34328s | it a bit later though because the Druid |
| 34329s | of this first game is shouties which is |
| 34332s | your regular ramp Druid with the |
| 34334s | nubricon package there although it does |
| 34336s | also have the Jailer slotted at the top |
| 34338s | which is a very greedy approach to the |
| 34340s | duck which I don't think will be |
| 34342s | particularly good against Glory sign up |
| 34345s | yeah I very much doubt we're going to |
| 34347s | see that coming down at all unless it's |
| 34349s | a disgustingly powerful ramp start for |
| 34351s | shouty which would probably seal the |
| 34353s | deal anyway it can admittedly |
| 34356s | be good against Demon Hunter if you do |
| 34359s | get it down because it just means that |
| 34361s | fell barrage is never going to be going |
| 34363s | face unless they're so low that they're |
| 34366s | lower than the health of their minions |
| 34367s | and they've won the game anyway at that |
| 34368s | point |
| 34370s | um but it's just one of those top end |
| 34371s | cards that conceal the deal well and |
| 34374s | truly uh against the Demon Hunter but an |
| 34377s | interesting talking point already here |
| 34378s | for glories it looks like mid Mulligan |
| 34381s | uh he head on to the guild uh held on to |
| 34383s | Guild Trader and I've heard from uh Pro |
| 34386s | players and streamers differing opinions |
| 34388s | still after all these months and years |
| 34392s | it feels like on Quest Demon Hunter in |
| 34394s | one form or another on whether or not |
| 34396s | you should keep these tradable cards |
| 34398s | yeah a while ago we did also see bly's |
| 34401s | keep restaurant Viper I believe just to |
| 34403s | make sure that there is some form of |
| 34405s | cycle in the deck to start progressing |
| 34406s | the quest I would say it's more |
| 34408s | contentious on this iteration of fell |
| 34411s | Demon Hunter than previous ones because |
| 34412s | this version is less dependent on |
| 34414s | actually completing the quest because |
| 34418s | um you are just kind of using these |
| 34420s | first couple layers of the quest line to |
| 34422s | get reductions which with tradables |
| 34425s | starting with them in hand is actually |
| 34427s | pretty nice if you are thinking about |
| 34429s | reductions as the main way our main |
| 34431s | priority because it means that when you |
| 34434s | put them in the deck you're less likely |
| 34436s | to you know get one out of the deck and |
| 34438s | get that having the reduction because |
| 34440s | outside of Guild Trader in the late game |
| 34442s | reductions on the minions is not super |
| 34444s | important here you'd rather get it on |
| 34446s | spells Relic Vault and just keep the |
| 34449s | card draw a train rolling |
| 34453s | I start on the other side though Sheltie |
| 34455s | with the gorgeous curve of uh coin Bloom |
| 34460s | nourish as well and I mean hey that ramp |
| 34462s | into Jailer plan that I was talking |
| 34464s | about actually looking kind of real at |
| 34466s | this point uh with a theater |
| 34468s | full uh fully up at six Mana now uh |
| 34471s | looking like a pretty nice play along |
| 34473s | the way as well uh Glory just missing |
| 34476s | out though on that one last key tradable |
| 34479s | here and keeping the Viper feeling a lot |
| 34482s | worse now |
| 34483s | that's right |
| 34485s | um I was wondering if he was going to |
| 34486s | hold on to those two tradeables after or |
| 34489s | at least one of the tradables after |
| 34490s | having seen the chaos strike because it |
| 34494s | could kind of say maybe there's a better |
| 34495s | chance of progressing the quest on the |
| 34497s | next turn but again not the end of the |
| 34499s | world if he doesn't get major discounts |
| 34502s | right away it's more important just to |
| 34504s | have this cycle overall as for shouty |
| 34507s | here it does look pretty straightforward |
| 34510s | to go coin Widow Bloom into nourish but |
| 34512s | there is the option to play nourish |
| 34514s | right now with this innervate draw just |
| 34516s | not a huge fan because I don't think |
| 34518s | there's much he does with the extra two |
| 34520s | Mana he gets from it foreign |
| 34523s | [Music] |
| 34527s | theater on the following term be it with |
| 34529s | the innovate or if he had gone as you |
| 34531s | said coin Vape ramp uh uh nourish on |
| 34534s | this turn and that's just a good option |
| 34536s | to have because he might feel like if a |
| 34539s | relic Vault comes down he wants to slam |
| 34541s | theater just to hit relic of Dimensions |
| 34544s | which is I think actually a pretty |
| 34545s | crucial combo piece not even just card |
| 34548s | draw because you need it to Discount |
| 34549s | those spell damage cards uh but if we |
| 34553s | don't get any indication that it is |
| 34555s | they're probably just the standard plan |
| 34556s | of ramp then theater and hey honestly |
| 34560s | maybe just the Jailer on curve it's not |
| 34562s | ridiculous yeah I think it is very |
| 34565s | viable because demon Hunters removal is |
| 34568s | completely contingent on the minions |
| 34570s | being damageable uh shouty still has |
| 34573s | plenty of Health to work with as well |
| 34574s | and he's seen glorious had a bit of a |
| 34576s | rough time completing the quest so far |
| 34578s | Glory gonna start with the chaos strike |
| 34581s | here hits relic of phantasms his first |
| 34584s | Relic it is really not amazing and |
| 34587s | conscientiously leaves up this Widow |
| 34590s | Bloom seedsman to later represent some |
| 34592s | lifesteal I think with Unleashed fell |
| 34594s | but he knows he's in trouble because |
| 34597s | he's certain that there's a nourish for |
| 34599s | shouty in hand right now and that's just |
| 34600s | gonna make uh shouti's curve completely |
| 34603s | smooth in the coming turns |
| 34607s | okay digging for goth not found so |
| 34611s | oh and how does the Mana work out here |
| 34614s | ramp up to eight means the anixia |
| 34618s | being the next draw on the top of your |
| 34620s | deck is not quite playable yet and so |
| 34622s | therefore maybe under King just to have |
| 34626s | a decent playable card uh on the turn |
| 34630s | after nourish right |
| 34633s | if the line is to actually rush out the |
| 34635s | Jailer the under King looks kind of |
| 34637s | appealing on the turn following trailer |
| 34639s | because you can play that alongside |
| 34641s | Crypt Keeper that's quite a lot of stats |
| 34643s | moving forward but I'm not necessarily |
| 34646s | sure if shouty is going over Jailer yet |
| 34648s | and I don't think he is either it's |
| 34650s | still |
| 34651s | um open the sort of game plan he could |
| 34654s | go for at the moment there's still a |
| 34655s | miracle growth |
| 34657s | for the next turn |
| 34659s | meanwhile for Glory |
| 34663s | uh still not much |
| 34667s | yeah it's just one of those games like |
| 34669s | the one thing I think we can argue about |
| 34670s | here is uh as to whether or not he |
| 34672s | should have held off on trying to |
| 34674s | complete stage one of the Quest for |
| 34676s | another turn uh quite clearly in this |
| 34678s | instance it wouldn't have made a |
| 34679s | difference either way because the next |
| 34681s | three or four cars in his deck were not |
| 34682s | card draw uh in any form at all |
| 34685s | um but he might have had a slightly |
| 34688s | higher ability to reduce the cost of |
| 34690s | some of these cards in hand uh given |
| 34692s | that two Mana is a much more common card |
| 34695s | draw cost in this deck with a spectral |
| 34699s | site and uh chaos strike in there as |
| 34702s | well |
| 34703s | as well as the mark of school |
| 34706s | here's the big Crossroads for xiaotein |
| 34708s | now he can choose to overdraw to keep |
| 34710s | the innervate and deliberately played |
| 34712s | Jailer as soon as possible and if |
| 34714s | there's any hand to support it I think |
| 34716s | it's this it's full of minions and |
| 34718s | threats agreed he could easily set up a |
| 34720s | two-turn lethal |
| 34722s | um after the Jailer hits the board he |
| 34725s | doesn't quite have that much armor again |
| 34728s | there is kindness plating plus uh under |
| 34731s | King though which is I think enough for |
| 34735s | this stage of the game especially having |
| 34736s | seen Glory not get any discounts still |
| 34738s | no relic of Dimensions no Relic Vault |
| 34741s | either and there's asador stage two |
| 34745s | which shouty can gain armor from I don't |
| 34747s | think he has to be scared of fatigue |
| 34750s | I agree yeah and it's enough armor to be |
| 34752s | able to play the double Crypt Keeper as |
| 34755s | well which while it will no longer taunt |
| 34758s | your opponent given how the interaction |
| 34759s | between invincibility and taunt works it |
| 34762s | will just represent a little bit more |
| 34763s | damage and essentially set up to turn |
| 34765s | lethal after the Jailer does come down |
| 34770s | so funny that we are going to see a |
| 34773s | Jailer game right after talking about |
| 34774s | it's probably not going into Glory's |
| 34776s | lineup but every so often the stars |
| 34779s | align for Glory though another happy one |
| 34782s | treatable one chance to find Dimensions |
| 34784s | here that is the wrong one |
| 34789s | so I like |
| 34791s | uh plus Dimensions is only six right |
| 34794s | because oh no sorry it's one has been |
| 34796s | played so it'll be two two three three |
| 34800s | so if he's lucky and everything hits the |
| 34802s | 10 10. oh yeah |
| 34806s | that's a rough bird |
| 34808s | not a big deal though for this game plan |
| 34810s | agreed |
| 34814s | this one's pretty nice and simple now |
| 34816s | everything goes face and you set up 100 |
| 34819s | lethal on the following turn |
| 34822s | I don't think healing out of range is an |
| 34824s | option either |
| 34826s | unable to damage the minions so only |
| 34828s | gets lifesteal off of the hero damage |
| 34830s | not significant at all or you're gonna |
| 34832s | go digging with this relic of Dimensions |
| 34836s | gets a removal that is now useless can |
| 34839s | go again with relative dimensions |
| 34842s | true yeah you can just toss away the |
| 34844s | extinction I suppose yeah just improve |
| 34847s | Relic |
| 34850s | I got at all |
| 34854s | um I don't know what you can get though |
| 34855s | like double spell damage Plus |
| 34859s | fell or double fell yeah I mean |
| 34862s | literally just to stay alive more so |
| 34863s | than even kill his opponent |
| 34866s | yeah quite clearly not even close to |
| 34868s | being enough as uh shouty in the one |
| 34870s | game plan we predicted not happening |
| 34872s | that's it correct uh Sheltie does manage |
| 34875s | to come away the winner in game one with |
| 34878s | just a uh a pretty perfect Druid game |
| 34881s | plan where as soon as I stopped poo |
| 34882s | pooing it it just looks better and |
| 34884s | better and better and uh |
| 34887s | I think uh I'm well I'm a little |
| 34889s | surprised and it's a big win for xiaote |
| 34891s | honestly to get that against an aggro |
| 34892s | lineup on his Druid I completely agree I |
| 34895s | think it's it's probably makes sense for |
| 34898s | my prediction track record that the one |
| 34900s | thing we say is not going to happen |
| 34902s | happens perfectly didn't look hard |
| 34904s | either uh but as you said it's a big |
| 34907s | deal for the match-up implications as a |
| 34910s | whole because I felt like Glory's best |
| 34912s | shot with his own aggro Druid was |
| 34914s | against shouti's rap Druid now I don't |
| 34916s | know if Glory even has a good matchup |
| 34918s | remaining for that deck which I |
| 34921s | um was pretty surprised to see him bring |
| 34923s | in the first place |
| 34925s | yeah I'm |
| 34927s | I I like to think that for Demon Hunter |
| 34930s | vs aggro Jared my win rate on ladder is |
| 34934s | not incredible mainly because I'm |
| 34936s | Mulligan for ramp through it and then if |
| 34939s | you get hit with agritude and you've |
| 34941s | just thrown away your Unleashed fell |
| 34942s | throwing all your spell damage or |
| 34943s | whatever it can be a very very rough |
| 34944s | match up I would like to think that as |
| 34946s | you say once you know what the deck is |
| 34948s | you can Mulligan accordingly you should |
| 34950s | be in a very reasonable spot against the |
| 34953s | aggro Druid even if first of all uh we |
| 34956s | are going to be seeing the uh the mirror |
| 34958s | here with a single Mark of score double |
| 34961s | need for greed list for Sheltie |
| 34964s | and the mirror is a very fickle matchup |
| 34967s | indeed it a lot of it does not occur on |
| 34970s | the board itself but it's more |
| 34971s | accumulating resources how greedy can |
| 34974s | you get with all of your discounted |
| 34976s | cards and can you put together a 30-0 |
| 34979s | combo from hand it's not necessarily 30 |
| 34981s | but generally speaking both players have |
| 34984s | access to killing the other even without |
| 34986s | Jace because with the right discounts on |
| 34988s | your spell damage minions slash fell |
| 34990s | barrages you can easily deal upwards of |
| 34993s | 20 damage in the mid game |
| 34997s | be curious to see how the play is kind |
| 34999s | of deal with the matters on the board |
| 35002s | though specifically as you say because I |
| 35004s | absolutely agree that most of the time |
| 35005s | it is just about building up those combo |
| 35007s | pieces uh but when that doesn't align |
| 35010s | you can sometimes try and if the hand |
| 35014s | allows you to get a big board with the |
| 35016s | relic of phantasms and hope to distract |
| 35020s | their big |
| 35022s | um fell barrages from being able to go |
| 35024s | face and instead going into minions if |
| 35026s | you can get up to six six seven seven |
| 35028s | then it becomes very difficult to and uh |
| 35030s | to clear with spell damage plus unleash |
| 35033s | fell and as it's currently looking it's |
| 35037s | more likely Glory he'll be going for |
| 35038s | some kind of a plan B there as Sheltie |
| 35041s | has the nuts already even almost this |
| 35044s | small hand yes indeed |
| 35046s | doesn't get more perfect than this |
| 35051s | yeah the board-based game plan as you |
| 35054s | mentioned is one that is very |
| 35056s | situational but we did see it come into |
| 35058s | play slightly in the dead draw versus XC |
| 35062s | match up a while ago where |
| 35065s | um having enough of a board if you |
| 35068s | haven't damaged your opponent too much |
| 35070s | is not that big of a problem because I |
| 35072s | feel like the liability of going for the |
| 35074s | board-based game plan is if you've |
| 35076s | invested any damage prior they can heal |
| 35078s | it back up very easily with unleash fell |
| 35080s | but if you haven't then it forces your |
| 35083s | opponent to then invest some of their |
| 35085s | damage into killing minions instead |
| 35088s | glorious and coming together much better |
| 35090s | though with the cards off the top uh as |
| 35093s | compared to the ones actually in hand as |
| 35094s | he gets uh the Vault plus the sigil |
| 35097s | meaning he can guarantee Quest |
| 35098s | completion stage one next turn hoping to |
| 35101s | hit for turn five uh or I guess turn |
| 35104s | four off the sigil if he's very lucky |
| 35106s | the relic of Dimensions uh the real |
| 35108s | question for shouty is whether or not |
| 35110s | you button plus relic of phantasms on |
| 35114s | this term because it delays coin |
| 35117s | Dimensions because you really want to |
| 35119s | combo that with the location but it does |
| 35121s | Juice It Up quite nicely for a turn five |
| 35123s | play |
| 35124s | I do think it's just the phantasms |
| 35127s | without the button for two reasons I |
| 35129s | think the dimensions being delayed even |
| 35131s | a turn |
| 35132s | oh okay shouty disagrees but my thought |
| 35135s | process was uh Dimensions being delayed |
| 35138s | even a turn has a lot of bigger |
| 35141s | implications because if the First |
| 35143s | Dimension pulls another dimension or any |
| 35145s | card draw honestly you would like to |
| 35146s | just continue rolling with that turn |
| 35148s | after turn and second the one extra |
| 35151s | discount I felt like is not super |
| 35154s | relevant on the majority of shouti's |
| 35157s | deck |
| 35158s | um most of the cards cost two or less |
| 35160s | already |
| 35164s | Glory Within |
| 35166s | is greeting it out a little bit more |
| 35169s | which I can also see |
| 35171s | um he has like chaos strike and Sigil of |
| 35174s | alacrity to fill out the turn four |
| 35175s | nicely |
| 35181s | huh |
| 35184s | but there's the obvious play for Glory |
| 35187s | which is to use an Unleashed fell |
| 35190s | plus the the level one relic of |
| 35192s | extinctions which would give you a full |
| 35193s | board clear |
| 35195s | I don't think you're necessarily going |
| 35197s | to get a better time for relic of |
| 35199s | Extinction uh it's more just about the |
| 35201s | fact that you have to use fell barrage |
| 35203s | which does kind of hurt or unleash fell |
| 35205s | sorry which does hurt a little oh he got |
| 35208s | the perfect clear |
| 35209s | it's all right man |
| 35213s | yeah I think Glory's thought process was |
| 35216s | even if he left a little bit of the |
| 35218s | board up it's okay yeah |
| 35221s | [Music] |
| 35222s | I just don't know how I feel about |
| 35224s | pressing the location on that turn |
| 35225s | because obviously you have double relic |
| 35228s | of phantasms in hand |
| 35230s | but I unless I have to press the the |
| 35233s | location I always like to leave the |
| 35235s | possibility open of just High rolling |
| 35237s | and hitting the dimensions uh off the |
| 35239s | top on the following turn because it's |
| 35241s | such a brittle match-up you it spikes so |
| 35244s | heavily on individual drawers that just |
| 35247s | leaving yourself open with the |
| 35248s | possibility of doing so could just |
| 35250s | instantly win you the game which is a |
| 35252s | huge upside obviously |
| 35254s | and on top of that the way that Glory's |
| 35256s | hand has shaped up it looks like he has |
| 35258s | to go all in on the board-based game |
| 35260s | right so even saving a button press for |
| 35263s | one of their like a phantasms on the |
| 35265s | following turn seemed also pretty |
| 35267s | reasonable to me but Gloria is heavily |
| 35270s | valuing the Unleashed spells for later |
| 35273s | on which is also very understandable |
| 35276s | because this card can swing the board if |
| 35278s | shouty has a similar hand |
| 35282s | that however is one of the best draws |
| 35285s | available for Glory on this turn |
| 35287s | absolutely |
| 35290s | slows down a lot after that though |
| 35292s | doesn't it |
| 35299s | the kind of hand that's like |
| 35302s | tantalizingly close especially if you |
| 35304s | get one spell damage you're gonna be |
| 35306s | like |
| 35307s | six or seven damage off lethal probably |
| 35309s | if these minions can attack face as well |
| 35311s | but that's just not enough they heal |
| 35313s | right back up to 30 afterwards |
| 35316s | and then all for shouty this is where |
| 35319s | things kick into overdrive |
| 35323s | okay that chase being the last discount |
| 35325s | is enormous |
| 35328s | quite funny though that all the rest of |
| 35330s | the cards he drew |
| 35332s | effectively draw cards so don't get them |
| 35334s | back down to nine cards in hand which |
| 35338s | would mean he has to use |
| 35340s | coin uh here in order to deny the |
| 35344s | overdraw which you really don't want to |
| 35346s | do I |
| 35348s | I mean probably use it still world where |
| 35352s | he accepts the overdraw yeah because I |
| 35357s | mean next turn he has Silver Moon |
| 35359s | Arcanist plus Anish fell |
| 35363s | plus that will |
| 35365s | um clear the board and then Mark of scar |
| 35367s | in most instances will deal five damage |
| 35370s | phase chaos strike seven total and then |
| 35373s | Chase to replay quite a lot I don't know |
| 35375s | if that's lethal just yet I think he |
| 35377s | lacks a fell barrage but depending on |
| 35379s | what he draws from sigil slash the mark |
| 35382s | of scorn and the chaos strike there |
| 35385s | could be a very early kill coming |
| 35390s | meanwhile for Glory oh no |
| 35394s | thank you presses the button for |
| 35396s | phantasms here just goes all in on the |
| 35398s | board because the hand is not doing |
| 35400s | anything else |
| 35401s | agreed you just need to make your |
| 35403s | opponent's life difficult on this turn |
| 35406s | as much as possible light hope that they |
| 35408s | only have one spell damage |
| 35410s | card in Hand by some miracle or they |
| 35413s | don't have the Unleashed spell of course |
| 35415s | is the other possibility and then you |
| 35417s | can just chip in 10 or so damage and you |
| 35419s | draw spell damage off the top to close |
| 35421s | out the game |
| 35427s | as it stands Glory isn't too far from |
| 35429s | lethal himself I think he's five off if |
| 35431s | he had one source of spell damage it was |
| 35434s | a completely different story |
| 35437s | holding on to the last location prop |
| 35439s | though |
| 35441s | and granted that for health breakpoint |
| 35443s | is already a big deal survives one of |
| 35446s | the spell damage givers plus unleash |
| 35448s | fell |
| 35450s | yeah either way you're making a pretty |
| 35452s | big risk right this way you're saying I |
| 35454s | might win through board okay that's a |
| 35458s | bit of a rough burn you might win |
| 35460s | through board but you're not necessarily |
| 35461s | all in and you're praying that they |
| 35463s | don't have the removal to deal with this |
| 35465s | still |
| 35466s | but you're also praying pretty heavily |
| 35468s | on hitting exactly relative dimensions |
| 35470s | off the top to pull you back into the |
| 35472s | game |
| 35474s | say shouty is one manner off of a |
| 35476s | guaranteed easy lethal |
| 35479s | um because then you could play J skilled |
| 35481s | Trader uh sorry Guild Trader Arcanist |
| 35484s | Anish Phil and Jace right and then Mark |
| 35487s | of scoring at the end which I think |
| 35488s | would have been the kill here but |
| 35491s | a bit off here has found the fell |
| 35493s | barrage now though |
| 35496s | he hasn't played any fell barrages as of |
| 35499s | yet though right |
| 35504s | we're having enough time |
| 35507s | oh man still a lot of damage good Lord |
| 35510s | and a lot of healing because Glory was |
| 35512s | kind of forced to come into board there |
| 35514s | yeah |
| 35516s | and there is no way out for Glory on the |
| 35519s | next turn unless he gets a lethal |
| 35521s | himself was that a Dimensions yes |
| 35528s | oh |
| 35530s | oh my goodness |
| 35534s | arrested kind of whiffs to be honest but |
| 35538s | you can still go spectral maybe the |
| 35540s | awkward part is you can't Outcast the |
| 35542s | spectral without first playing |
| 35543s | Extinction and he wants these Minions on |
| 35545s | the board to give him healing from |
| 35547s | Michelle |
| 35549s | I guess he could go Guild Trader |
| 35552s | unleash fell first and then just throw |
| 35554s | away the relic of extinctions actually |
| 35557s | yeah |
| 35559s | feels weird but that healing is |
| 35561s | absolutely crucial who knows if it'll be |
| 35563s | enough though because Guild Trader fell |
| 35565s | barrage Jace with an Unleashed fell in |
| 35568s | the pool and a chaos strike and some |
| 35570s | other things for shouty that's looking |
| 35572s | pretty lethal to me |
| 35580s | I mean was he think he had top deck |
| 35582s | Chase is there any way you can play |
| 35583s | enough fell spells that can be lethal I |
| 35586s | don't think so because he's haven't |
| 35588s | played enough of them yet |
| 35595s | all right shouty has had time to do his |
| 35597s | counting I'm sure he knows goes for this |
| 35600s | actually there's the other fell barrage |
| 35602s | to make sure if he wasn't already |
| 35605s | has to be racial now just in the blink |
| 35607s | of the eye he is on Match Point it feels |
| 35611s | like so many times we've seen today |
| 35613s | players get up to a 2-0 lead but we've |
| 35616s | seen more than one reverse sweep here so |
| 35618s | shouty still has to be a bit careful |
| 35621s | indeed yeah uh We've uh well he did it |
| 35624s | to his opponent in the previous series |
| 35626s | up against yala so he knows how possible |
| 35628s | it is to do so uh kind of emblematic of |
| 35632s | how that match up often goes for me |
| 35635s | while I absolutely adore this new build |
| 35637s | of Demon Hunter I think it's such a |
| 35639s | fascinating combo combo hybrid kind of |
| 35643s | deck com bro yeah that's what they call |
| 35645s | me sure |
| 35648s | um yeah well that's what I call myself |
| 35650s | um I think it's such a fascinating deck |
| 35652s | the mirror is just a bit miserable to |
| 35654s | play through perfectly honestly just |
| 35655s | hoping to draw better than your opponent |
| 35657s | and there's some amount of expression |
| 35658s | that you have in how you utilize your |
| 35660s | damage for removal versus damage to face |
| 35662s | and there's certain rules you need to |
| 35664s | learn for the matchup but I think it's |
| 35666s | mainly just down to who can draw better |
| 35668s | which for shouty was absolutely the case |
| 35670s | there moving on to just the Rogue left |
| 35672s | over though for him which could be a bit |
| 35676s | of a problem deck I guess against aggro |
| 35679s | how are we feeling about Rogue versus |
| 35680s | agronism |
| 35681s | yeah because it's specifically the |
| 35684s | jackpot Rogue for shout tea I feel like |
| 35686s | it has less of a removal package than |
| 35688s | we're used to seeing from the Draka |
| 35690s | Rogue and it's a really tough one to |
| 35694s | quantify because most of the time when I |
| 35696s | see this in a lineup I'm like that's got |
| 35698s | to be the weakling right the stack is |
| 35700s | not consistent but somehow it |
| 35702s | consistently generates something useful |
| 35704s | given that it casts such a wide net of |
| 35707s | generation effects at some point it's |
| 35710s | not unlikely that you find something |
| 35711s | that is good against aggro |
| 35714s | um not likely to be able to take down |
| 35717s | Demon Hunter in my opinion because that |
| 35719s | is a form of anger that is mostly from |
| 35721s | hand damage but against the aggro Druid |
| 35725s | from Glory later on |
| 35727s | um shouty has a couple of things that he |
| 35729s | can generate any form of AOE we saw fell |
| 35733s | fire in the whole a while ago that is |
| 35735s | not too bad whatsoever but it's more a |
| 35737s | question of whether you can get through |
| 35739s | the early game safely if it is that |
| 35741s | aggregious Where the wild puddles are |
| 35744s | then VPS |
| 35746s | absolutely yeah that's why the deck will |
| 35748s | really Shine the concoctions I do think |
| 35752s | are still pretty fantastic ways to |
| 35755s | stabilize the game a little bit more uh |
| 35758s | towards the start just having Destroyer |
| 35760s | minion can be very powerful as well but |
| 35763s | first of all it's going to be up against |
| 35764s | the Demon Hunter so it's less against |
| 35766s | less about the removal sorry and more |
| 35768s | about finding some of these disruptive |
| 35771s | tools like ghastly Gravedigger and the |
| 35774s | very specific interaction where trading |
| 35778s | a card into your deck means it keeps any |
| 35780s | reductions in costs shuffling it in does |
| 35783s | not however uh as so you can reset |
| 35786s | spells or minions costs back up to full |
| 35789s | but for Glory he's gonna be giving |
| 35792s | shouty a taste of his own millionaire as |
| 35794s | he gets card for card the hand his |
| 35796s | opponent had in the previous game |
| 35799s | insta full keep nothing better than that |
| 35802s | absolutely or as for shouty it's only |
| 35805s | the Cutlass that looks appealing to keep |
| 35808s | here and even then without a guaranteed |
| 35810s | spell it's not amazing but you know |
| 35812s | anything that you can keep to Discount |
| 35815s | the wild Paul Knows Why while he is |
| 35817s | still under the Maestra disguise you |
| 35819s | would not turn your nose up at |
| 35823s | you never consider a genre as like a |
| 35826s | potential Hyrule kind of card just to |
| 35829s | get say the uh the perfect Leviathan |
| 35833s | oh colossal sorry |
| 35836s | yeah |
| 35838s | um shouty is of that mindset I wasn't |
| 35841s | sure what colossal was particularly |
| 35843s | useful against Demon Hunter but |
| 35846s | um it is one of like a colossals in |
| 35849s | general are just one of the best cards |
| 35850s | to continuously replay from your stashes |
| 35853s | slash test effects so |
| 35856s | um reasonable for shouty here he hits a |
| 35858s | jackpot but not a nice discount on it so |
| 35861s | funny we have finally seen a death |
| 35863s | knight in the tournament |
| 35865s | laughs |
| 35867s | enjoy it while you can this is the |
| 35870s | closest that you're going to come to |
| 35871s | seeing it Go and press the hero power |
| 35873s | for the boys one time |
| 35875s | the ghouls for the course |
| 35878s | I wonder what happens to the course |
| 35880s | counter after he transforms back into |
| 35882s | Rogue I don't know actually |
| 35885s | oh |
| 35889s | uh uh that's terrible isn't it |
| 35895s | I mean it seems somewhat appropriate |
| 35896s | that they are |
| 35898s | aligned in his hand but uh like you say |
| 35901s | it is complete and utter garbage oh my |
| 35905s | God |
| 35906s | the star is aligned for Glory |
| 35909s | indeed |
| 35914s | oh man like it's just if it was the old |
| 35917s | version where it brings them both |
| 35919s | down to it affects both players then |
| 35922s | maybe it would be playable to disrupt |
| 35925s | their combo somehow you're terrible |
| 35927s | right right yeah they're just dimensions |
| 35930s | and everything called zero I guess so |
| 35932s | yeah fatty the way yeah or a quest |
| 35934s | progression if it's that late in the |
| 35936s | game still |
| 35938s | hmm |
| 35940s | interesting all right let's go again |
| 35942s | come on two more |
| 35946s | come on big money this time |
| 35949s | Sigil of and a relic of his own |
| 35954s | yeah |
| 35955s | are there any big |
| 35957s | demon colossal zillag |
| 35960s | I guess but then you just play it for |
| 35962s | one right off of the Year Azure instead |
| 35965s | of for the full fight The Relic is |
| 35967s | interesting though because that's a |
| 35968s | great card to continuously replay from |
| 35970s | stash if you have the handspace but that |
| 35972s | hand space is a scarce commodity given |
| 35975s | that shout is generated eight Mana piles |
| 35978s | of useless garbage |
| 35983s | whereas glories have really could not be |
| 35987s | much better to be perfectly honest the |
| 35989s | only consideration is whether you want |
| 35991s | to go for a smaller Quest completion on |
| 35994s | this turn with Mark of scorn and Ross |
| 35996s | rot Viper then go with stage two |
| 35998s | completion guaranteed with location plus |
| 36001s | the dimensions on the following turn |
| 36002s | that is where he ends up and I uh I |
| 36006s | think I like it I I think having drawn |
| 36009s | the Silver Moon Arcanist especially and |
| 36011s | the fell barrage makes it an even more |
| 36013s | enticing Prospect right and also kind of |
| 36016s | left him the possibility of having drawn |
| 36018s | another Relic beforehand |
| 36021s | um Extinction he could have just thrown |
| 36022s | out instead of Vault if it had been |
| 36024s | drawn for example to buff up the |
| 36027s | dimensions a bit more on the next turn |
| 36029s | doesn't get it but he's still in an |
| 36031s | amazing position whereas Xiao tea I mean |
| 36034s | could play a relic of his own |
| 36039s | uh-huh |
| 36042s | and then over draw unless he hits a one |
| 36045s | Mana card that doesn't draw another card |
| 36049s | well tunnel I believe yeah true |
| 36058s | [Music] |
| 36061s | a disaster |
| 36064s | I know this deck is good but every time |
| 36067s | I see it I struggle to see how it's even |
| 36069s | remotely playable foreign |
| 36073s | oh my goodness |
| 36075s | where is this double relic of dimensions |
| 36080s | next turn gets even more discounts he's |
| 36083s | discussing you spell damage minions |
| 36085s | those are pretty good for greed is like |
| 36088s | free next turn |
| 36093s | uh I think |
| 36095s | dude but still very very uh cheap |
| 36098s | comparatively |
| 36100s | and Loki I mean like how much damage is |
| 36102s | this if he gets a uh |
| 36104s | unleash fell off the top it's like |
| 36108s | 30 damage basically yeah |
| 36111s | right now it's 24. |
| 36116s | B paints |
| 36121s | is it ever made just to Bluff objection |
| 36125s | the barrier I don't know |
| 36128s | after a minion deals three or more |
| 36130s | damage destroy it would that destroy |
| 36132s | Chase |
| 36133s | thing I guess it would |
| 36135s | I think so yeah it doesn't do anything |
| 36138s | but uh I'm just curious should destroy |
| 36141s | juice after Jace destroys you yeah yeah |
| 36143s | quite funny |
| 36149s | he does end up taking the ice barrier if |
| 36152s | for blood value if nothing else |
| 36156s | over draws again |
| 36159s | and then yeah it just goes with the horn |
| 36161s | and hopes to hit the replaying cards I |
| 36163s | suppose |
| 36170s | pick your poison I see |
| 36173s | seriously |
| 36176s | another I think positions looks very |
| 36178s | tempting but how does he create some |
| 36180s | hand space |
| 36181s | yeah exactly I'm feeling another |
| 36183s | Dimensions turn so eight right now you |
| 36185s | need to play one more card and then |
| 36187s | location plus relics so I think Guild |
| 36189s | Trader would be a fine card to play |
| 36197s | situations for you gladly overdraw |
| 36199s | courtress |
| 36200s | oh yeah yeah absolutely |
| 36208s | phantasms to top it off my goodness |
| 36214s | grow short |
| 36216s | okay so not enough Mana to play the |
| 36218s | other spell damage as well makes this a |
| 36221s | little tougher |
| 36222s | uh than just the super easy turn it |
| 36224s | would be otherwise it's fine Extinction |
| 36227s | phantasms call it a day oh |
| 36231s | yeah |
| 36234s | meanwhile shouty overdraws |
| 36237s | has only seven Mana to work with |
| 36240s | and |
| 36243s | no realistic outs that I can think of |
| 36246s | well that's a bad overdraw as well uh so |
| 36249s | we're looking uh in terms of outs |
| 36251s | geekafin uh puts him back on board |
| 36256s | but not especially well neptulon uh does |
| 36259s | the same thing uh but again |
| 36263s | not to a degree where he's uh gonna be |
| 36265s | winning this game |
| 36270s | yeah the board is the least of his |
| 36272s | problems |
| 36273s | right I'm gonna start with the bone |
| 36276s | Spike |
| 36280s | okay |
| 36283s | it's cute it makes Glory over draw yeah |
| 36290s | oh it's just a tiny bit of Mana short |
| 36292s | and being able to go for the uh |
| 36296s | uh horn play the |
| 36299s | colossal and test on the following turn |
| 36302s | uh but he's starting to make something |
| 36304s | happen uh I guess is the the headline |
| 36306s | here |
| 36309s | so for Glory |
| 36312s | a bit awkward because the most dumpable |
| 36314s | cards are the discounted ones but this |
| 36316s | is his last discounted spell damage I'm |
| 36318s | gonna go for the two cost need for |
| 36320s | agreed now and hoping to hit big the |
| 36322s | Unleashed fellas already a pretty good |
| 36324s | outcome and he has double fell barrage |
| 36328s | well still no other Unleashed fell |
| 36335s | the important part is he just doesn't |
| 36336s | overdraw Jace right there is damage |
| 36338s | permanence in most cases against |
| 36341s | um jackpot Rogue |
| 36344s | let's find that he's dishing out the |
| 36346s | damage sort of piecemeal like this |
| 36348s | replaying a huge board and if somehow |
| 36352s | shouty can deal with this based off of a |
| 36354s | jackpot spell of some sort then there's |
| 36357s | still the J Summer and the deck to close |
| 36358s | things out |
| 36366s | tricks the alignment what a draw |
| 36373s | n oh |
| 36378s | big ick |
| 36382s | um are there outs are there out I cannot |
| 36385s | think of any looking through the |
| 36387s | deckless |
| 36392s | both jackpots have been used right |
| 36397s | [Music] |
| 36399s | yeah and Shout Out demise doesn't even |
| 36401s | work that way it doesn't just become the |
| 36403s | last spell you played looking for Giga |
| 36406s | Finn but doesn't have Mana even if he |
| 36408s | got it yeah there we go |
| 36411s | saw another death knight card |
| 36415s | that's a cool it's cool and I caught it |
| 36417s | all I know |
| 36419s | all right Glory getting himself on the |
| 36422s | board here Demon Hunter taking a win |
| 36425s | eventually is no big surprise here but |
| 36428s | it is more of a story of this aggro |
| 36430s | Druid I continue to bang this drum I |
| 36433s | feel like that duck is not in a great |
| 36435s | position but if it is gonna take a win |
| 36438s | um in shouti's lineup if not the rap |
| 36441s | Druid I guess this jackpot Rogue is the |
| 36444s | next best candidate |
| 36448s | feels that way yeah |
| 36450s | it's a deck that's a little low on these |
| 36453s | early game pop-off turns that they don't |
| 36455s | have to be big but they just have to |
| 36457s | like kill a lot of stuff and that's why |
| 36460s | you know against aggro Druid even if you |
| 36462s | didn't have draca or graveyard just |
| 36466s | going for like a big scribbling |
| 36467s | stenographer double serrated bone Spike |
| 36470s | player concoction whatever it may be a |
| 36473s | play like that is often just good enough |
| 36474s | because all you have to do is clear the |
| 36476s | board first aggro Druid and then you win |
| 36478s | the game they have essentially no uh |
| 36480s | backup after you've won the board in any |
| 36483s | capacity whatsoever and that is |
| 36486s | something that I believe the |
| 36489s | brenithal version of Rogue struggles to |
| 36492s | do a little bit more primarily that does |
| 36495s | come in the form of null which we |
| 36497s | haven't seen all too much of today but |
| 36499s | is of course just a very real draw that |
| 36501s | you can hit to close out the game |
| 36503s | incredibly quickly uh versus Agri Druid |
| 36506s | right it's also not too bad to hit a |
| 36509s | Cutlass and play it out if that's your |
| 36511s | best answer to an iron deep trog or a |
| 36513s | peasant because any one of these One |
| 36515s | Drops sticking around and then |
| 36517s | potentially becoming a target for Mark |
| 36519s | of the wild which then activates crooked |
| 36521s | cook it all snowballs out of control |
| 36523s | very quickly right from turn one when |
| 36526s | we're talking about aggro Druids so |
| 36529s | um I can see concoctions also coming in |
| 36531s | clutch for shouty potentially astalar |
| 36535s | even if it has manothers dealing to |
| 36538s | damage is not the worst thing any form |
| 36541s | of removal would be a welcome sight but |
| 36543s | in most instances I feel like glory is |
| 36546s | in a very good spot the mass board buff |
| 36549s | uh that aggraduate has access to in |
| 36552s | either the herald of nature Pride's Fury |
| 36554s | is truly what makes the deck a real |
| 36556s | contender in the meta and he just needs |
| 36559s | to make sure he hits a decent curve |
| 36561s | leading up into those |
| 36564s | well speaking of a decent curve it's |
| 36566s | kind of hard to know what that |
| 36569s | constitutes anymore in agritude because |
| 36572s | the deck just curves so low like most of |
| 36575s | the deck is one course minions and so |
| 36577s | what are the real power Spike cards that |
| 36578s | you'd be looking for against Rogue for |
| 36581s | the drill |
| 36583s | yeah um situationally either Druid of |
| 36587s | the wreath or drug just sticking one of |
| 36589s | those early you could also make the |
| 36590s | argument for peasant if you're going |
| 36592s | first but I think the Rogue is not too |
| 36595s | sad to coin dagger because they have a |
| 36597s | bunch of two drops to follow up so I |
| 36599s | would put peasant a bit lower on the |
| 36600s | priority list and if either that trog or |
| 36604s | Druid of the reef sticks then being able |
| 36606s | to buff it then gets it out of range of |
| 36609s | uh Cutlass out of the range of wild Paul |
| 36613s | Newell sometimes and then that's where |
| 36615s | the Druid starts to get out of control |
| 36620s | oh |
| 36624s | promising hand for shouty yeah now we're |
| 36626s | talking |
| 36628s | oh that's not bad either |
| 36631s | just another coin that's a lot more Mana |
| 36633s | to use what is it |
| 36636s | oh double peasant though is a |
| 36638s | backbreaker for shouty at the moment |
| 36640s | doesn't have a way to get past this |
| 36642s | taunt yeah that's sick |
| 36646s | oh I mean there you go talk about use |
| 36649s | for the coin |
| 36650s | straight away coin coin private eye is |
| 36653s | uh well definitely catching my eye |
| 36660s | and so he would get a perjury and a |
| 36662s | double cross |
| 36667s | which is plenty of tempo |
| 36671s | um |
| 36673s | you would unveil himself as Rogue so the |
| 36675s | null cannot continue to get discounts so |
| 36678s | I wonder if that is better than just |
| 36680s | playing the no of this turn to actually |
| 36682s | remove some damage from the board |
| 36684s | good point |
| 36686s | very close |
| 36688s | if you go for this line with the private |
| 36690s | eye you can follow up with null plus |
| 36691s | perjury next turn which is just the |
| 36694s | pretty good way to clear off both the |
| 36697s | one three and hopefully one of the uh |
| 36700s | The Peasants as well very clean |
| 36704s | uh |
| 36708s | okay |
| 36712s | I hope buff immediately presented |
| 36718s | not quite but if Glory wants he can just |
| 36720s | go wide here |
| 36726s | [Music] |
| 36729s | let him have the two cards they're |
| 36732s | already ahead on value anyway he's just |
| 36735s | trying his best to stick this wide board |
| 36740s | job's done |
| 36744s | exactly that Hunter secret any hunter |
| 36747s | secret is so juicy |
| 36753s | no longer uh |
| 36755s | flame Ward is that the Mage card no |
| 36758s | that's not in standard yeah yeah I know |
| 36760s | just |
| 36763s | what a card it was |
| 36765s | shouty makes the decision to go for |
| 36767s | counter spell instead which does have |
| 36769s | guaranteed disruption value against |
| 36771s | Glory at some point the explosive I mean |
| 36774s | the ice trap even if it was bluffing |
| 36776s | explosive I think Glory was in a |
| 36778s | position where like he can't really |
| 36779s | afford to play around the bluff you |
| 36782s | would go in anyway and then ends up not |
| 36785s | working out too well for shouty but what |
| 36787s | does look pretty nice here is uh |
| 36791s | actually several plays the gravedigger |
| 36794s | to shuffle back a potential Heights Fury |
| 36796s | would have been amazing |
| 36800s | yeah I think because he's got the |
| 36803s | counter spell set up I do prefer going |
| 36805s | with this line of well trying to find |
| 36807s | exactly explosive trap I suppose ideally |
| 36809s | which he does find and also managing to |
| 36812s | get the null down as well |
| 36818s | Laurie now aware of the secrets |
| 36821s | but he is falling behind on board no um |
| 36823s | Herald of nature here I think forces him |
| 36827s | onto Mark of the wild to create a taunt |
| 36829s | and protect the rest of his board |
| 36833s | yeah |
| 36835s | pretty nice with the sidekick as well |
| 36837s | right just to Juice It Up even further |
| 36841s | alternatively he could put sidekick on a |
| 36843s | peasants so it value trades us the |
| 36846s | sketchy stranger |
| 36853s | oh it's about even actually isn't it I |
| 36855s | guess |
| 36857s | like in that case would you ever just |
| 36858s | say I'll stick it on the |
| 36861s | uh this little this big because then I |
| 36863s | get to send two damage |
| 36868s | um hey I don't know it's really |
| 36870s | dependent on what shouty has generated |
| 36873s | right somehow my default instinct is the |
| 36877s | same as glories here which is just take |
| 36879s | value trades wherever you can |
| 36886s | oh this trap though |
| 36889s | it's the play isn't it it has to be like |
| 36893s | they might have Pride's Fury in hand in |
| 36896s | which case you're very sad but if they |
| 36899s | don't you're very very happy |
| 36901s | if it's specifically Pride Fury he's |
| 36903s | scared of there is the alternate play of |
| 36905s | perjury ghastly Shuffle it back |
| 36909s | but |
| 36910s | the explosive seems |
| 36912s | like it's immediately saving him more |
| 36915s | Health in any case but the Pride's Fury |
| 36918s | and I guess Herald of nature |
| 36920s | you could consider going explosive plus |
| 36924s | dagger which gets you the benefit of |
| 36927s | denying them one card I suppose of the |
| 36929s | peasant |
| 36930s | um and also just kind of bluffing that |
| 36933s | it's not explosive in a way |
| 36936s | the big deal actually denying the draw |
| 36938s | because yeah peasants in the world of |
| 36941s | explosive are Glory's only source of |
| 36943s | resources now because you can't really |
| 36945s | send damage face for a crooked cook to |
| 36947s | activate |
| 36949s | okay |
| 36952s | chances at Pride's Fury |
| 36956s | he's like okay it's not ice |
| 36960s | this ain't it |
| 36964s | centuries protect the peasant another |
| 36966s | turn I guess |
| 36968s | ah |
| 36973s | maybe unless you just wait |
| 36976s | because if it's explosive you |
| 36979s | you don't lose but your chances just |
| 36982s | absolutely plummet yeah Gloria's |
| 36985s | stressed out |
| 36988s | no he goes for it and there it is shouty |
| 36992s | is back in |
| 36996s | the resources are not all out for Glory |
| 36999s | yet the you gotta be strong represents |
| 37003s | quite a pain for a shouty to deal with |
| 37005s | indeed |
| 37009s | oh no |
| 37015s | so bone Spike double cross ghastly |
| 37020s | yeah that's definitely where my heads |
| 37022s | are |
| 37027s | Swift scale tricksters are just very |
| 37029s | dead in hand for shouty at the moment |
| 37030s | but somehow he is still managing to pull |
| 37033s | back here |
| 37035s | foreign |
| 37041s | that's that crooked cook back |
| 37046s | okay |
| 37056s | also so valuable for shouty to know the |
| 37059s | entire contents of Glory's hand at the |
| 37061s | moment he knows exactly what to play |
| 37062s | around for the near future yeah |
| 37067s | fertilizer is quite scary and actually |
| 37069s | even New Growth if he is preparing for a |
| 37072s | top deck Herald slash Pride's Fury world |
| 37075s | but outside of exactly that I feel like |
| 37077s | denying the most Resources by shuffling |
| 37079s | the cook back is the way to go but now |
| 37082s | is the time for Glory to go all in yeah |
| 37085s | minion minion buff trade away I suppose |
| 37089s | Bend all but one of your Mana it's it's |
| 37092s | a good turn for this point in the game |
| 37094s | for eye graduate it's about the best you |
| 37096s | can hope for |
| 37097s | and I was kind of interested in one |
| 37100s | minion and then double attack |
| 37104s | and then you don't have to trade because |
| 37106s | your taunts have three attacks I don't |
| 37108s | know three yeah |
| 37110s | oh that drives me |
| 37112s | nothing to shuffle back |
| 37117s | opponent's hand is too dead |
| 37118s | unfortunately |
| 37120s | and Glory will never even get in a spot |
| 37123s | where he can spend all his Mana for the |
| 37125s | double cross right |
| 37128s | foreign |
| 37131s | yeah |
| 37136s | oh disgusting |
| 37139s | what a weird outcome |
| 37141s | super weird |
| 37142s | and obviously sorry the moment that |
| 37147s | shouty runs into a test or a Contraband |
| 37149s | stash that's exclusive trap replayed so |
| 37152s | he just needs to survive until then |
| 37159s | Glory praying for a miracle which I |
| 37161s | guess is like quicker and quicker |
| 37162s | becoming |
| 37164s | planted evidence to hit one of the big |
| 37168s | Druid spells because every other deck |
| 37171s | every other top deck is individually |
| 37173s | incredibly low value yep |
| 37176s | value trade and protectors 2-2 or to |
| 37179s | push face here |
| 37185s | gonna say I was inclined to actually |
| 37186s | take the train |
| 37189s | set up two turn this way that's true |
| 37192s | even if they value trade you is removed |
| 37195s | ah another Hunter Secret |
| 37200s | well I mean |
| 37201s | it's actually it might have to be |
| 37203s | freezing yeah |
| 37205s | okay that's a good draw it is |
| 37208s | there we go uh-huh |
| 37213s | uh |
| 37215s | is that too greedy oh It's gotta be |
| 37217s | gleaming |
| 37219s | it just has to be like as soon as you |
| 37221s | draw jackpot surely the game ends |
| 37227s | unless you get double alignment again |
| 37231s | the thing is he needs to survive |
| 37238s | okay |
| 37244s | the freezing is still relevant though |
| 37247s | yeah very much |
| 37250s | there we go that's the draw |
| 37254s | oh Scourge oh playable but command is |
| 37259s | pretty good on the next turn |
| 37264s | Jerry earring got to sow the soil but |
| 37268s | there is still a hunter secret for Glory |
| 37270s | to consider |
| 37272s | I think it gets a guaranteed Roots at |
| 37274s | this point oh does oh yeah yeah so the |
| 37278s | soils are gone okay |
| 37280s | which is probably a bit better at this |
| 37282s | point |
| 37283s | uh-huh it represents damage uh-huh |
| 37288s | oh is he gonna activate the double cross |
| 37293s | I feel like it's hero power |
| 37296s | plus one two three yeah I think so like |
| 37300s | the two one ones instead |
| 37306s | but you need to weave in the hero power |
| 37311s | and then what is this grasping Roots |
| 37313s | going face instead of into the |
| 37316s | NFL uh-huh but I don't know if it's this |
| 37319s | turn |
| 37321s | because this sets up like if he draws |
| 37322s | the other living Roots double roots hero |
| 37325s | power lethal even if the board gets |
| 37327s | cleared |
| 37329s | oh my gosh |
| 37332s | let's do it you have that at all |
| 37336s | oh I mean oh it can still happen |
| 37341s | the other Trickster |
| 37345s | pretty good right my death |
| 37348s | he started this game it's just the magic |
| 37355s | [Applause] |
| 37357s | any taunts |
| 37360s | good |
| 37366s | and life steal oh my gosh |
| 37370s | that's it |
| 37373s | yeah no coming back from that as death |
| 37376s | knight comes as close as it's gonna come |
| 37378s | to winning a game of hearthstone at the |
| 37381s | 2022 Hearthstone world championship and |
| 37383s | more importantly Sheltie is through to |
| 37386s | the quarterfinals of said World |
| 37388s | Championship taking down previous world |
| 37391s | champion Glory who's gonna have to fight |
| 37393s | out in the decider match later on today |
| 37395s | but so far for Sheltie he's a lineup you |
| 37399s | know we can raise questions as uh this |
| 37402s | Druid and the Rogue are very much |
| 37404s | debatable choices but a couple of wobbly |
| 37407s | bits aside his decks are looking decent |
| 37409s | and his play is looking spot on |
| 37411s | absolutely shouty always known for |
| 37414s | pristine play very considered taking his |
| 37417s | time and finding the best lines every |
| 37420s | single turn even if the lineup isn't the |
| 37422s | most creative or Innovative he just |
| 37424s | knows all of the decks inside and out |
| 37427s | whereas for Glory a bit of a |
| 37430s | heartbreaker there can't say it's |
| 37432s | completely unexpected though to see agar |
| 37435s | Druid come down in this fashion it when |
| 37438s | the deck doesn't hit its good matchups |
| 37440s | it really just seems like it flounders |
| 37442s | but Glory will still have a second |
| 37444s | chance in the decider match later on |
| 37448s | today as we find out who is joining |
| 37450s | shout tea through to Sunday from Group B |
| 37454s | indeed yeah a couple more matches yet to |
| 37457s | play before we find out who that will be |
| 37462s | um but I guess in that series it kind of |
| 37464s | was just over as soon as the Druid won |
| 37467s | specialty in game one like after that |
| 37469s | point it was such an uphill climb uh for |
| 37472s | Glory which I think is really going to |
| 37474s | be his best shot through the lower |
| 37476s | bracket or in the decider match I should |
| 37478s | say is taking down any Druids uh that |
| 37480s | come along as this aggro does not feel |
| 37483s | especially well positioned I will say |
| 37486s | it's going to be in a tough spot to get |
| 37487s | it done uh but we'll see whether or not |
| 37489s | he can do so a little bit later on |
| 37491s | because first of all we have the uh |
| 37493s | elimination match as okay here we can |
| 37496s | see Sheltie going through in first |
| 37498s | position and uh Tien Ming versus yala in |
| 37502s | the elimination match first oh man I |
| 37505s | know it's been said so many times but |
| 37507s | it's just insane to lose players this |
| 37509s | good this early in the tournament it |
| 37511s | feels sacrilegious that is just how the |
| 37514s | cookie crumble at the world championship |
| 37516s | left and right somebody has got to go |
| 37519s | down and somebody |
| 37520s | um is just going to be one of the best |
| 37522s | players in the world you did mention a |
| 37525s | while ago that the death knight was the |
| 37528s | closest we would see it winning a game |
| 37531s | but I don't know Derek there's still |
| 37533s | some potential if yarla has anything to |
| 37535s | say about it with that |
| 37538s | um awesome little player icon so we'll |
| 37541s | see shortly between Ken Ming and yarla |
| 37543s | who is going to be facing Glory still a |
| 37546s | lot of hearthstone to play out today |
| 37548s | that's right and while that's all from |
| 37551s | Gia and myself today uh two more matches |
| 37554s | yet to come so after this short break |
| 37556s | Tian Ming vs yala for the elimination |
| 37559s | match of Group B |
| 37564s | [Music] |
| 37572s | [Music] |
| 37579s | all right gel T let's put that big brain |
| 37581s | to the test uh your first question is |
| 37584s | how many matches has xmg won in Masters |
| 37588s | tours is it 40 50 60 or 70. |
| 37594s | uh 50. |
| 37597s | 50 is incorrect the correct answer is |
| 37600s | 70. believe it or not |
| 37602s | uh question number two how many times |
| 37605s | has Chiang Ming been in the top 32 of a |
| 37609s | Masters Tour is it seven eight nine or |
| 37613s | ten |
| 37615s | uh Saturn |
| 37617s | seven is correct well done question |
| 37621s | three who did XC beat in the finals of |
| 37625s | Masters Tour Madrid was it |
| 37629s | yeah absolutely correct yep option A |
| 37632s | anatomu no need to go on uh question |
| 37635s | four Yu Yi has played 16 Masters tours |
| 37639s | how many times did he have a negative |
| 37642s | record is it one |
| 37644s | three five or seven |
| 37649s | oh five |
| 37651s | five is absolutely right nine times with |
| 37655s | a winning record two even and five |
| 37657s | losing what um uh question five this |
| 37660s | should be the easy one for you uh which |
| 37663s | player beat gel T twice in the 2019 |
| 37667s | World Championships |
| 37672s | well I'm gonna give you the four options |
| 37674s | I have because that's not one of them |
| 37675s | 2019 World Championships you Ying jing a |
| 37680s | mega zero or Jason Joe |
| 37682s | uh chain it is Jing yeah I think we'll |
| 37686s | give you that one but we might need a |
| 37687s | ruling on it |
| 37689s | and finally question six who did xiaobai |
| 37694s | beat in the final of Masters Tour |
| 37697s | ironforge |
| 37699s | um |
| 37700s | Maverick is correct absolutely right |
| 37703s | that is five out of six if we're giving |
| 37706s | that one to you which is the best record |
| 37708s | I've had of any of these that I have |
| 37710s | done so xiaoti congratulations yes |
| 37716s | [Music] |
| 37718s | foreign |
| 37720s | [Music] |
| 37738s | [Music] |
| 37744s | [Music] |
| 37749s | foreign |
| 37753s | [Music] |
| 37764s | World Championship I'm Raven joining me |
| 37766s | solo and we've got another match for you |
| 37768s | it is going to be timing versus yala |
| 37770s | coming up for this elimination match and |
| 37773s | a lot on the line we've already said you |
| 37774s | know goodbye to a player also uh so far |
| 37777s | and it's uh it's rough we were just |
| 37779s | speaking about this before we came on |
| 37780s | now and so it's like it's really rough |
| 37782s | seeing like okay the players are just |
| 37784s | knocked out and it's done obviously they |
| 37786s | all have the same chance you know the |
| 37787s | same sort of basic double elimination |
| 37789s | groups to get through but it's you know |
| 37791s | it's a tough one and I think it just |
| 37792s | shows that how strong the field is so |
| 37795s | that like it's unbelievable to see some |
| 37797s | of these players knocked out yeah we |
| 37800s | talked about it a little bit as we were |
| 37801s | wrapping up last time we are on gyala |
| 37803s | duty this time around it seems um but |
| 37806s | for either of these players honestly it |
| 37807s | would be a big shock to see either of |
| 37809s | them going out early because they are |
| 37811s | both incredibly consistent high level |
| 37814s | repeat performers within their |
| 37816s | perspective uh prospective regions and |
| 37820s | yala in particular you know I keep |
| 37822s | saying yala is One World Championship |
| 37826s | short of an all-timer Hall of Fame |
| 37828s | career right he's done absolutely |
| 37830s | everything else that there is to do but |
| 37833s | until you reach that absolute Pinnacle |
| 37834s | until you reach the very top and have |
| 37836s | that world championship to your name I |
| 37837s | think it's very hard to put you in the |
| 37840s | conversation even in a card game where |
| 37843s | we'll sit there and say well what really |
| 37845s | matters is consistency right like sure |
| 37847s | you won the World Championship one year |
| 37849s | but did you consistently put up the |
| 37851s | results over and over and over again |
| 37853s | it's still really hard to defeat the |
| 37856s | idea that you don't have that trophy in |
| 37858s | your trophy cabinet at the end of your |
| 37860s | career right so I think yala does really |
| 37862s | want to get that final job done yep I'm |
| 37865s | checking out the lineups or the matchups |
| 37867s | I guess for the first one it's going to |
| 37869s | be a rogue versus Druid here epic game |
| 37872s | number one atming is going to be |
| 37874s | bringing that sort of this sort of excel |
| 37877s | uh jackpot Rogue of course and we've |
| 37879s | seen like I would say a mixture I think |
| 37882s | this deck always feels difficult to |
| 37885s | Define as how well it's performing |
| 37886s | obviously you just have you know your |
| 37888s | win loss right of course but some games |
| 37890s | seem so unwinnable and then some games |
| 37892s | seem unusable it just seems like a |
| 37895s | really odd deck to try and get a good |
| 37896s | grasp on because so much of it is |
| 37898s | reliant on how not only what cards you |
| 37901s | generate I think that's the easy answer |
| 37903s | but how well you can build a game plan |
| 37905s | based on what you may or may not create |
| 37908s | right it's not even what the actual |
| 37910s | cards are but it's how you adapt to it |
| 37912s | we saw |
| 37913s | um like you know earlier on today right |
| 37915s | dead draw got a pyroblast on like turn |
| 37917s | two from it or three and then set up a |
| 37921s | plan around it and it paid off but a lot |
| 37923s | of the time that's not necessarily as |
| 37925s | easy as it sounds so gonna be |
| 37927s | interesting to see how this deck |
| 37928s | continues to perform over the weekend |
| 37929s | it's not like Tim Ming's the only player |
| 37932s | who's brought it and then on this side |
| 37934s | we have we get to see once again so how |
| 37936s | well these 30 cards sort of it's ramp to |
| 37939s | it but I'd honestly just lean towards |
| 37941s | what I call it combo Druid at this point |
| 37943s | because yala has nothing else apart from |
| 37946s | that combo really |
| 37947s | yeah it's absolutely right um and I do |
| 37950s | think the jackpot Rogue Dynamic is |
| 37952s | interesting I mentioned earlier how much |
| 37955s | more trusted this deck is in the China |
| 37957s | region than it is anywhere else and how |
| 37959s | that's bled through a little bit |
| 37961s | seemingly to some of the liquid players |
| 37962s | who have played regularly uh in that |
| 37965s | Team league bunny Hopper and dead draw |
| 37966s | who are both representatives in the |
| 37967s | world championships as well but I also |
| 37969s | think it's interesting because you'll |
| 37971s | see the very best players you know we |
| 37973s | talk a lot about okay you know you open |
| 37974s | your jackpot you see what the Spells are |
| 37976s | um you know it's not necessarily truly |
| 37977s | random as well I win or lose based on |
| 37979s | what this is but you know you you see |
| 37981s | all the star and then you react to it |
| 37982s | right which is essentially what you were |
| 37983s | just saying but I think what's |
| 37986s | overlooked is that the very best players |
| 37988s | can sometimes be like okay well actually |
| 37989s | this is a game where I need to look |
| 37991s | towards a colossal to win me the game |
| 37993s | early or you know a reconnaissance |
| 37995s | Minion or whatever else there are lots |
| 37997s | of different boxes that you can open |
| 37999s | with the deck it's not just the jackpot |
| 38001s | spells that do get you rolling so there |
| 38003s | are you know layers upon layers of |
| 38005s | different routes through the game like |
| 38007s | you were talking about earlier like even |
| 38009s | the starting point of where that first |
| 38011s | branch of that route leads to can be |
| 38013s | different in different matchups yeah and |
| 38015s | I think navigating that as you said is a |
| 38017s | very very important skill for these |
| 38019s | players to have so already now The |
| 38021s | Mulligans are over we can take a look at |
| 38023s | how the openings are shaping up y'all |
| 38026s | are having access to Wild growth and |
| 38028s | nourish after the Mulligan oh wow the |
| 38030s | innovate The Aquatic form that's just |
| 38033s | looking quite good to me so I think in |
| 38035s | any matchup that's looking like a solid |
| 38037s | opening and as far as I could see |
| 38040s | also ah is this the debut or did I miss |
| 38043s | a game where this happened you did it |
| 38045s | happened in the last series yeah Derek |
| 38046s | and G have already been through this |
| 38048s | beer it's old hat by this point yes we |
| 38051s | get it haha there's a death knight that |
| 38053s | turned up yeah yeah they did it already |
| 38054s | not death no I don't know what you're |
| 38056s | talking about yeah |
| 38062s | that golf draw is insane as well with |
| 38066s | the uh the spare innovate that's now |
| 38067s | left hanging around that is the good |
| 38069s | stuff this is just the hand right like |
| 38072s | the only thing yala was potentially |
| 38075s | missing uh because of the lack of Jerry |
| 38077s | Rigg was the nourish if it was used for |
| 38079s | ramp then card draw is a question mark |
| 38082s | not really the case anymore so y'all can |
| 38085s | just maybe even just super fast cycle to |
| 38087s | this combo and really give her Tim Ming |
| 38089s | things to think about |
| 38095s | although oh this is uh it was one of |
| 38097s | your favorite cards wasn't it song |
| 38099s | RT up |
| 38101s | party up yeah it was you're a party up |
| 38103s | fan on day one of release I was I was |
| 38106s | indeed the uh the potential curve with |
| 38108s | the was it was a weapon that gave Divine |
| 38111s | shield on exploration of the weapon or |
| 38113s | something |
| 38114s | no rallying blade was the old 3-2 weapon |
| 38118s | the buff Divine Shield minions I think |
| 38120s | was that a shield well yeah no no yeah |
| 38123s | yeah the shield yeah yeah there's so |
| 38125s | many pounding weapons that stuff with |
| 38127s | Divine Shields all uh yeah yeah it was |
| 38129s | the shield I thought like that curve |
| 38131s | would just be too strong would then you |
| 38133s | know because Palin's always had this |
| 38135s | problem where that you you have all the |
| 38137s | best Buffs in the game but you don't |
| 38138s | necessarily ever get to stick minions to |
| 38140s | land those Buffs on and that just felt |
| 38141s | like a thing that would work pretty well |
| 38143s | but didn't turn out working uh didn't |
| 38145s | turn out to work particularly well in |
| 38146s | the end |
| 38148s | and though timings got a fairly solid |
| 38151s | curve right with flipper friends the |
| 38153s | krabatoa and then party up like that's |
| 38157s | uh again not the best curve in the world |
| 38159s | but it's reasonably solid yeah and |
| 38161s | they're they're good spells as well to |
| 38163s | cast recursively right like to just keep |
| 38166s | coming back over and over again |
| 38170s | you see you're good reaction to the Guff |
| 38173s | that's the problem isn't it when we're |
| 38175s | like ah yeah the real deck you need some |
| 38177s | creative thinking and ways to really get |
| 38180s | to the end game and y'all is like ramp |
| 38182s | ramp Guff let's go you did so it's all |
| 38186s | just drooling everywhere as he throws |
| 38189s | ramp cards around you |
| 38191s | hmm |
| 38199s | I'm gonna choose to keep going with the |
| 38200s | ramp makes sense |
| 38208s | I don't really like any of these |
| 38218s | genuine face pop just happened then I |
| 38221s | would love seeing a genuine face palm |
| 38222s | occur in the wild |
| 38228s | foreign |
| 38239s | isn't it at first when I was talking |
| 38241s | about the the sort of curve with flipper |
| 38243s | friends suddenly s66 doesn't quite cut |
| 38246s | it when your opponent's on 10 Mana right |
| 38248s | which is a slight issue that Jim being |
| 38250s | Savvy now we've all been there versus |
| 38252s | druid |
| 38253s | you would think you'd feel an affinity |
| 38254s | for the aquatic creatures from Flipper |
| 38256s | friends given that he is wetty and after |
| 38258s | all you know that just seems to fit in |
| 38261s | pretty well that sounds been waiting all |
| 38262s | day for some of those it's such |
| 38264s | unfortunate casing and then I don't know |
| 38266s | what human doesn't read that naturally |
| 38269s | as wet Ian but I if if you don't if you |
| 38272s | just automatically see w-e-tn Ming which |
| 38275s | is what it's supposed to be then I I |
| 38277s | don't think you're normal |
| 38284s | just be a funny team name though |
| 38286s | wouldn't it wet wet |
| 38296s | now does geologists keep cycling here |
| 38299s | like is there any actual I know he has |
| 38301s | to consider potential secrets and such |
| 38303s | of course but is there any reason for |
| 38305s | him to just play any of these minions I |
| 38308s | think it's fair to say Pro feels under |
| 38309s | approximately zero pressure right now |
| 38312s | which is precisely the Salient Point yes |
| 38314s | it makes the answer to your question no |
| 38316s | as long as there's going to be no |
| 38318s | pressure on the other side of the board |
| 38319s | yeah he's just gonna keep cycling and |
| 38321s | looking for bran and everything else he |
| 38322s | needs to be able to get this job done |
| 38324s | particularly because every minion he |
| 38327s | plays is suddenly a minion he can't use |
| 38329s | to proc objection if it comes to that at |
| 38331s | some point over the course of the game |
| 38333s | um so holding back minions as resources |
| 38335s | to be able to do that |
| 38339s | just as well that you went for uh oh |
| 38342s | didn't go should I say for The Aquatic |
| 38344s | Farm |
| 38347s | and just to keep going with the cycle |
| 38349s | but maybe yala doesn't want to give away |
| 38351s | any potential knowledge of okay well if |
| 38354s | aquatic form on 10 it means you can just |
| 38355s | draw any card you want basically and |
| 38358s | you're probably gonna pick potential |
| 38360s | combo piece exactly yeah or the big |
| 38362s | County for that one five four the Giga |
| 38365s | fin yeah it's just a Tempo gigapoon |
| 38367s | really isn't it yeah |
| 38372s | objection now down on the other side as |
| 38374s | well so the objection dance does begin |
| 38376s | we did call this out I believe very |
| 38378s | early on in the day that you know |
| 38380s | objection would be a very persistent |
| 38383s | repetitive talking point throughout the |
| 38385s | whole tournament it is uh one of the |
| 38387s | most common disruption cards that we're |
| 38389s | seeing in people's lineups basically uh |
| 38391s | Mage and Roe could generally use |
| 38393s | objection the Mage secret to be able to |
| 38396s | uh make everyone's life rather annoying |
| 38399s | um |
| 38399s | how unplayable is this Talon as well |
| 38403s | because timing does run theater and |
| 38406s | especially in in situations that you |
| 38409s | mentioned it before right that Druid can |
| 38411s | hold a lot of cards almost all the time |
| 38414s | again like |
| 38417s | ever even care about playing this |
| 38419s | tailing at this point 13 cards left he's |
| 38421s | golf has a lot of armor not getting |
| 38423s | pressure does he just hold on to it |
| 38425s | because why not at this point but he's |
| 38427s | also looking at it the other way right |
| 38428s | he's just ruled out counterspell was a |
| 38431s | mage secret so there's an argument to |
| 38433s | say play the Talon for relative |
| 38436s | confidence that it will get objected at |
| 38438s | that point because I you abs |
| 38441s | olutely tailing on the ball because if |
| 38442s | there's a Taylor if you play Talon and |
| 38443s | your opponent does have the thing in |
| 38445s | their hand uh does have the theater in |
| 38447s | their hand they're just like food and |
| 38450s | drink at that point they're gonna kill |
| 38451s | your tail in an insta slam the theater |
| 38453s | to try and end the game on the spot at |
| 38455s | that point so it's a tough call to make |
| 38457s | because yala still has uh two or three |
| 38460s | other secrets that haven't been tested |
| 38462s | for that could have been there from the |
| 38463s | Mage one but you could have had the just |
| 38465s | the willful confidence that that was |
| 38467s | going to be objection and slammed it |
| 38471s | at least now it's looking like a timing |
| 38475s | can actually push a reasonable chunk of |
| 38476s | damage this of course 22 armor to hit |
| 38478s | through but connecting with the full |
| 38480s | gigafin is is a small win at least |
| 38492s | could actually go for the miracle growth |
| 38495s | again could throw the Jerry rig into the |
| 38497s | secret but again I imagine actually yala |
| 38500s | will wait right especially now he has |
| 38502s | the Jerry rig yes he'll be able to just |
| 38505s | play the Jerry rig in the combo term and |
| 38507s | just say well you can only have one |
| 38508s | objection oh yes so there you go the |
| 38511s | only reason to |
| 38513s | um you know go ahead and spend Mana |
| 38515s | early is if you think you're gonna have |
| 38516s | to do it with an expensive minion right |
| 38518s | because if you're doing it with a five |
| 38519s | drop even if you're paying armor for |
| 38522s | Minions that might end up costing you |
| 38523s | too much armor and prevent you from |
| 38525s | doing the full combo if you do it later |
| 38526s | if you're doing it with a Jerry rig then |
| 38528s | yeah I think you can probably just hold |
| 38530s | out and fit that all in in the same |
| 38531s | combo turn to prevent a new one coming |
| 38533s | back down again |
| 38536s | that rope's burning again |
| 38542s | a tough turn now though for yala to sort |
| 38544s | of finish up I've got to work out I can |
| 38546s | at least generate a little bit of hand |
| 38547s | space |
| 38549s | and maybe go with the planted evidence |
| 38551s | but it's quickly running out of time |
| 38552s | just gonna cash in the urban scales |
| 38554s | which again I don't mind either right |
| 38556s | get the even scales play the Wild growth |
| 38558s | just for Extra Man or whatever and just |
| 38560s | get the cards a little bit more free in |
| 38562s | your hand to be able to use that hero |
| 38563s | power next turn |
| 38569s | eight cards left and essentially nowhere |
| 38573s | with the combo he still needs all of it |
| 38575s | which is very irritating |
| 38579s | this is not 18 cards left so |
| 38582s | yeah true |
| 38583s | yeah if only he had 62 Health instead of |
| 38586s | 52 right that would just be so much |
| 38587s | better in this position |
| 38591s | wow these concussions are so strong |
| 38594s | aren't they it just feels like it's |
| 38597s | always just Destroyer minion yeah |
| 38603s | when they when they get discovered and |
| 38605s | you actually get to like you know mix |
| 38606s | your own potion yeah yeah yeah they're |
| 38608s | really really strong like randomly |
| 38609s | generated ones can be kind of Jank but |
| 38611s | when you actually get some sort of |
| 38612s | agency as to what they do like yes |
| 38614s | they're very very situationally useful |
| 38616s | tools yeah it's pretty much just do what |
| 38618s | you want to do this turn is is what they |
| 38621s | end up being |
| 38623s | foreign |
| 38630s | suggest you get drawing |
| 38632s | yeah |
| 38634s | I was even just looking at what a scale |
| 38637s | of inyxia potentially was on oh would |
| 38640s | have been great wouldn't it we were all |
| 38642s | here for this full combo draw that turn |
| 38644s | um |
| 38645s | oh oh |
| 38646s | well that's likely |
| 38650s | there we go |
| 38652s | now you have asked the law you do have |
| 38655s | eight mana and seven armor |
| 38658s | puts you up to 15 which I believe is |
| 38662s | enough but I don't think it would be |
| 38664s | immediately lethal with the amount of |
| 38666s | Health that's currently on board or |
| 38668s | subjection right |
| 38670s | true yeah sorry I'm not factoring in the |
| 38672s | objection Jerry red yeah yeah do you |
| 38674s | would have 15 I think 13 is the number |
| 38676s | that you need to start with so you can |
| 38677s | go Jerry rig for two and still have 13 |
| 38679s | to be able to go down the chain I think |
| 38681s | that still works but more importantly I |
| 38684s | don't think that's important because who |
| 38686s | cares You're Not Dead next turn anyway |
| 38687s | right so chill and then figure it out |
| 38690s | next time when you're not roping right |
| 38696s | we had eight Mana you play the anubra |
| 38698s | yeah for objection |
| 38700s | oh I see yeah yeah you'd have to go that |
| 38702s | far yes yes yes once again I object to |
| 38705s | your point and oh the theater oh |
| 38711s | oh such a huge deal |
| 38714s | and it's gone now that's attending |
| 38717s | casting and it's so weird to see full |
| 38720s | hand 40 elf two Secrets board presence |
| 38723s | you're winning on board and tianming's |
| 38725s | behind this game it looks odd but it's |
| 38728s | true I promise yep |
| 38739s | now like |
| 38742s | we talk about this a lot where it's oh |
| 38745s | you're just gonna hope they don't have |
| 38746s | it and just play |
| 38748s | not much of a hope when your opponent's |
| 38750s | Druid they're gonna have three cards |
| 38751s | left in the deck a million mana and |
| 38754s | probable card draw in hand as well not |
| 38757s | quite the best situation to close your |
| 38759s | eyes and hope here for timing yeah |
| 38760s | that's the problem right because with |
| 38762s | Guff in play as well they have the spare |
| 38764s | Mana to just cycle the rest of their |
| 38766s | deck anyway right and then still be able |
| 38768s | to pop off with the combo and |
| 38769s | potentially play an additional minion |
| 38771s | first to uh break that objection and not |
| 38775s | be a drooling Noob like me and make that |
| 38777s | mistake I was even trying to think |
| 38778s | whether the uh you know like colic does |
| 38781s | anything |
| 38783s | is that you know like a bit of an odd |
| 38785s | one right uh to to |
| 38788s | about pretending if you played the queen |
| 38790s | of shower but yeah just gonna go with |
| 38792s | the maximum stats and |
| 38794s | honestly I imagine hope y'all right but |
| 38798s | yeah there's the jury being held for the |
| 38799s | turn of combo you can't have more than |
| 38801s | one version of a secret so there's |
| 38803s | objection gone yala does not have to |
| 38805s | think about it |
| 38809s | hello |
| 38811s | who knows what Secrets will uncover as |
| 38815s | our husks break yeah and as usual this |
| 38817s | is the uh preferred uh like |
| 38821s | um order right because you get the |
| 38822s | double armor from an Uber right yeah and |
| 38824s | not only that but you also get to spend |
| 38827s | Mana beforehand as well and not just |
| 38829s | spend it all on Armor which is something |
| 38831s | that you quite often uh when people are |
| 38833s | learning the deck you quite often see |
| 38834s | them like playing this turnout and they |
| 38836s | still have like 11 Mana left they're |
| 38837s | like why didn't you spend the matter |
| 38839s | that you had first before yeah |
| 38843s | yeah even looking at this like the spare |
| 38845s | armor to be able to just play that push |
| 38846s | into a minion just to make the actual |
| 38848s | Health on board as low as possible for |
| 38850s | yala I'll be honest I've not counted if |
| 38852s | y'all needed to do that but why not I |
| 38855s | think it's my answer |
| 38859s | and now 32 more to the Dome and that is |
| 38863s | gonna be game one going down for yala in |
| 38866s | what was really A procession there was |
| 38869s | very little resistance put up from |
| 38870s | chiaming it was always going to have to |
| 38873s | be the theater because the pressure just |
| 38874s | did not ramp up quickly enough on the |
| 38876s | other side and then seeing that theater |
| 38879s | just crash into the abyss off the top |
| 38881s | would have been an absolute Heartbreaker |
| 38884s | for Tien Ming in the end and you saw it |
| 38886s | I think on his expression I think you |
| 38888s | saw |
| 38889s | um how stressed and emotive he was |
| 38891s | throughout through uh throughout most of |
| 38892s | that game you know the face Palms early |
| 38895s | on the reactions to the some of the the |
| 38897s | boxes he was opening just wasn't enough |
| 38900s | pressure quickly enough against an |
| 38902s | extremely strong ramp draw from yala |
| 38905s | while growth into Vape Guff like yes |
| 38906s | yeah very difficult and it's one of |
| 38909s | those things isn't it and one of the big |
| 38910s | differences when you're against a 30 |
| 38912s | card style like this as opposed to 40 is |
| 38915s | it feels very similar to the position |
| 38917s | you used to get into against like Road |
| 38919s | where it was well if they have like six |
| 38921s | seven cards left you know you're getting |
| 38924s | comboed next turn right like you know |
| 38927s | it's gonna happen so you have to draw an |
| 38930s | answer or you assume you've lost the |
| 38932s | answer did get drawn it's just tear mink |
| 38934s | had the 10 cards already in hand which |
| 38936s | was a shame and that theater got burnt |
| 38938s | away so we're gonna be moving on to game |
| 38940s | number two it looks like teaming is |
| 38941s | going to be on Rogue once again andiala |
| 38944s | jumping over to the Demon Hunter and I'm |
| 38947s | just gonna say demon is just gonna lose |
| 38949s | 100 of the games because I'm trying to |
| 38951s | like anti-curse yellow from the last |
| 38953s | time we cast and I was so confident |
| 38955s | Demon Hunter was going to win then he |
| 38957s | lost three times in a row |
| 38958s | yes |
| 38960s | indeed uh immediately got off broadcast |
| 38963s | and sort of had a debate with Lorinda |
| 38965s | about you know how much exactly |
| 38967s | percentage-wise cutting one card draw |
| 38969s | card actually reduces the amount of uh |
| 38972s | cards that you draw because that's the |
| 38974s | kind of thing that both of us like |
| 38975s | thinking about it is very much subtle |
| 38977s | and Lorinda conversation I'd be like oh |
| 38980s | it's about 30 percent |
| 38982s | and then just leave it's about six I |
| 38985s | don't know yeah it's often but yeah I |
| 38988s | think point being you know he largely |
| 38990s | agreed with the theme that I went for |
| 38993s | which is you know it'll impact it and |
| 38994s | it'll impact it more than you think |
| 38996s | because cutting one card draw shrinks |
| 38999s | the size of your card draw snowball |
| 39001s | significantly uh but it doesn't prevent |
| 39004s | you from drawing any card draw in three |
| 39007s | straight games one of which was like |
| 39009s | four turns in a row reading a hit card |
| 39011s | draw you know like that's unfair to |
| 39013s | blame on the fact that there is one |
| 39014s | prosecutor meltronics in this deck |
| 39017s | yeah I think like however much we were |
| 39020s | joking about it during that series of |
| 39022s | when is it ever going to get played uh |
| 39024s | yeah I think that the draws weren't |
| 39026s | great but going up against this Rogue |
| 39028s | again we've seen this before where as |
| 39031s | usual Road can sort of find its way |
| 39033s | through a match up but as long as the |
| 39036s | Demon Hunter doesn't work uh hang on I'm |
| 39038s | doing it again and not demons is going |
| 39040s | to lose uh never mind we'll move on but |
| 39044s | seriously look at the opening hands here |
| 39045s | already show it well that might be the |
| 39048s | first time I was going to say final |
| 39050s | showdown like I have ever named the |
| 39052s | quest in any cast I've ever done uh it's |
| 39055s | normally just the quest |
| 39057s | um but yeah having that and uh the |
| 39059s | spectral site in good position already |
| 39061s | it feels like we're having we've seen |
| 39064s | better games from yala than we did in |
| 39066s | his early earlier series |
| 39068s | I believe though this was the pattern of |
| 39071s | the first game as well right I believe |
| 39073s | he kept need for greed spectral site as |
| 39076s | a three keep in his first game in the |
| 39077s | last series right and then just |
| 39078s | completely ran out of card draw from |
| 39080s | that point but now I feel like you're |
| 39082s | cursing yala so I'm removing a |
| 39084s | responsibility from my side that's fine |
| 39089s | uh he was on the play that game though |
| 39090s | so we didn't get to that too and so we |
| 39094s | saw the disaster that I guess wasn't |
| 39096s | theotar in a previous game so a |
| 39099s | different matchup here but what impact |
| 39101s | does theota have on Demon Hunter is it |
| 39104s | probably not as game-winning as the |
| 39106s | Druid matchup but you know what sort of |
| 39109s | impact is this going to make to yala if |
| 39110s | tianming can actually get this off yeah |
| 39112s | I think that's fair not as consistently |
| 39115s | game-winning as against the 30 card |
| 39117s | Druid because you know they have a large |
| 39120s | number of Minions that kind of end it if |
| 39123s | you steal one |
| 39124s | um and also just having the 30 cards |
| 39126s | makes it pretty likely that you're gonna |
| 39127s | hit it most of the time obviously that |
| 39128s | likelihood is the same with the 30 card |
| 39131s | Demon Hunter but they actually have |
| 39133s | recovery techniques right like if you if |
| 39136s | you steal the Jace they can still make |
| 39139s | 288 and 299s with a single three Mana |
| 39142s | card connect with those and then finish |
| 39144s | you off with spell damage fell barrages |
| 39146s | they can still discount all of their |
| 39150s | spell damage to zero Mana play them all |
| 39151s | in one turn and then just kill you from |
| 39153s | 40 with two fell barrages anyway even |
| 39155s | without using Jace there's still lots of |
| 39157s | ways that you can get around it even if |
| 39159s | you do get your stuff munched so it |
| 39161s | helps it absolutely helps one thing that |
| 39164s | I personally would not like to see is |
| 39167s | Cham Ming going for the theater when the |
| 39170s | Curtis Quest reward is in hand when we |
| 39172s | get to that point right right |
| 39174s | um because I think that specifically |
| 39175s | lowers your odds of hitting anything |
| 39177s | relevant because I don't think the |
| 39178s | Curtis Quest will reward is that |
| 39180s | relevant that often in most match-ups |
| 39184s | see how it goes yeah I mean |
| 39187s | perfect thanks get it gone |
| 39190s | um what just a small note as well |
| 39192s | hopefully this will not come into play |
| 39194s | but one thing you do have to be wary of |
| 39196s | if you're spending a long time on |
| 39197s | YouTube turns as yala is sometimes want |
| 39199s | to do |
| 39200s | is that if you're procking Rogue quests |
| 39202s | uh sorry Rogue Secrets animations happen |
| 39206s | right so it's one thing you have to just |
| 39209s | keep a little eye on I mean yala was |
| 39211s | absolutely fine then but it's just one |
| 39212s | thing that you know people could trip on |
| 39214s | by accident |
| 39216s | and a bagel agrees if you can |
| 39220s | indeed |
| 39226s | oh |
| 39232s | is playable immediately does have zero |
| 39235s | Manor Relic to dump if need be as well |
| 39246s | I can just go need for greed tradable |
| 39249s | and then dump The Relic if need be |
| 39252s | open up the handspace |
| 39266s | oh okay |
| 39270s | okay |
| 39272s | not too bad at all of course could |
| 39275s | always be better |
| 39277s | um if it actually could you know could |
| 39278s | hit a reduction on a relic but I think |
| 39280s | this is looking fine he has the um the |
| 39283s | dimensions there with the one cost |
| 39284s | location so I suppose that's kind of |
| 39286s | like in a reduction on a dimensions |
| 39290s | not looking too bad at all |
| 39293s | yep just drop the extension leave it up |
| 39295s | as a three one I think you're absolutely |
| 39296s | fine with that just to make up the board |
| 39298s | space |
| 39299s | where you followed |
| 39302s | is some of the more Awkward turns to |
| 39304s | plan from the demon Hunter's perspective |
| 39306s | though because you know you play Relic |
| 39309s | you could you're debating immediately |
| 39312s | whether you want to play doubled up |
| 39314s | phantasms but then you also have a |
| 39316s | relative dimensions in your hands you're |
| 39317s | like okay maybe I don't use the location |
| 39319s | this time so I can use the location next |
| 39321s | turn but then you have to consider wait |
| 39323s | does it take me two turns to get enough |
| 39325s | space in my hand to be able to play |
| 39328s | relic of Dimensions right right doubled |
| 39330s | up anyway |
| 39332s | um so good deal of planning going into |
| 39334s | these next couple of turns from Jalen |
| 39339s | foreign |
| 39340s | 's favorite cards |
| 39345s | um |
| 39346s | yeah not looking too bad here for timing |
| 39348s | I do feel like he's just gonna be |
| 39350s | reliant on this uh theater to at least |
| 39353s | not just win the game as we've already |
| 39355s | mentioned but just give him some kind of |
| 39357s | level of being come over comfortable |
| 39359s | right it's like okay if I remove one of |
| 39362s | the burn cards then I just know you're |
| 39365s | not gonna do it twice right like you |
| 39368s | just have that 100 knowledge because uh |
| 39370s | you can point out unless I'm being |
| 39371s | stupid but outside of Jace repeating |
| 39374s | certain cards there's no way to generate |
| 39377s | more versions right in this deck so you |
| 39380s | just know if it's gone it's gone |
| 39383s | foreign |
| 39390s | that he needs to pay no mind to clearing |
| 39394s | opposition boards this game just |
| 39396s | throwing out both relics of Extinction |
| 39398s | for one and two damage each |
| 39402s | I mean it was a very strong turn isn't |
| 39406s | it like look at the board flip here |
| 39407s | there's yes there's a turn between now |
| 39410s | and when he will want to use the |
| 39412s | location and dimensions if that's what |
| 39414s | yala wants to do but I think there's |
| 39416s | also a a small chance that you could |
| 39419s | actually just go the Phantasm again and |
| 39423s | just be like well what if I've just got |
| 39424s | huge minions |
| 39426s | and then follow up with Dimensions maybe |
| 39428s | just a turn or so later |
| 39431s | speaking of strong turns you go through |
| 39433s | all that effort and then one crabby boy |
| 39435s | is all it takes and you're right back at |
| 39438s | square one |
| 39447s | plenty of spells played on the previous |
| 39449s | turn knows that it is not counter spell |
| 39451s | no minions played just yet though to |
| 39453s | have tested for objection of course we |
| 39455s | know that it's Oasis Ally |
| 39458s | okay though he's got the uh objection |
| 39460s | tester in hand |
| 39463s | got the tech |
| 39465s | prosecutor absolute male trannex yeah |
| 39472s | I think one thing I know we've talked a |
| 39474s | lot about this card but I think the |
| 39476s | biggest |
| 39478s | issue for me so far is just its Mana |
| 39482s | cost |
| 39483s | it's a lot isn't it it's because yes |
| 39486s | it's oh it could be reduced sure but a |
| 39488s | two Mana card could be reduced to zero |
| 39490s | Mana you know what I mean like you can't |
| 39491s | you know it's not really an argument but |
| 39493s | I just think it's like four managed to |
| 39495s | just throw it out is just so expensive |
| 39499s | yes you okay yeah it's just I don't know |
| 39502s | it's just amazing Sesame Street with |
| 39504s | Raven if you make a cheap thing and an |
| 39507s | expensive thing both cheaper the cheaper |
| 39510s | thing is still cheaper yes |
| 39513s | tell me there aren't people who would |
| 39515s | argue against me with that phrase so |
| 39518s | without lying |
| 39520s | that people would argue with that |
| 39523s | [Music] |
| 39529s | but yeah I do like this from yala just |
| 39530s | getting the two phantasms out sort of |
| 39532s | one after the other and just piling on |
| 39534s | pressure because again uh |
| 39537s | is this Rogue from Tian Ming is very |
| 39539s | strong and very flexible but sometimes |
| 39541s | you aren't just given the tools right |
| 39543s | sometimes you get removal when you don't |
| 39544s | want it sometimes you get pressure when |
| 39546s | you need removal |
| 39547s | and I like I agree with like 90 of what |
| 39552s | you're saying it's just I'm not quite so |
| 39554s | convinced on the intention like as I was |
| 39557s | saying a couple of turns go right |
| 39558s | there's a lot of planning that yala |
| 39560s | needs to do over the next couple of |
| 39561s | turns about when this location comes |
| 39563s | back up and how much hand space you then |
| 39565s | have for relative dimensions |
| 39567s | um you're calling these minions pressure |
| 39569s | and it would be pedantic and semantic to |
| 39573s | argue with that but hello I'm subtle |
| 39576s | nice to meet you I'm going to argue with |
| 39578s | that |
| 39579s | um I think these are just busy work you |
| 39581s | know I think that's largely what |
| 39582s | phantasms are in this deck they're just |
| 39584s | a very shiny distraction for your |
| 39585s | opponent to think are the problem for a |
| 39588s | while with you get on while you get on |
| 39590s | with the job of you know drawing a bunch |
| 39591s | of discounted cards and murdering them |
| 39594s | I brought from the elemental there was |
| 39596s | quite nice though you'll take a little |
| 39597s | bit of extra health and a clean trade |
| 39599s | yeah for sure |
| 39608s | noises |
| 39609s | oh is it the lethal I don't even know at |
| 39613s | this point probably not but it's close |
| 39618s | That's How Strong the draw was though |
| 39621s | the fact I even joked about it being |
| 39623s | lethal |
| 39626s | I mean it could be right |
| 39629s | and then now the second Dimensions go |
| 39638s | I grow in pain no I don't think so |
| 39641s | because it's only Max two more |
| 39643s | discounted cards right now right so even |
| 39644s | if it's spell damage Federal barrage |
| 39646s | which is probably the most damage you'll |
| 39647s | get that's not immediately lethal right |
| 39650s | now I don't think so |
| 39652s | and if it's lethal without it being |
| 39653s | lethal if you know what I mean it feels |
| 39656s | like it yala's got six cards left half |
| 39659s | his hands cost nothing |
| 39663s | timing has one like what does theater |
| 39665s | even steal at this point like you know |
| 39667s | what what's actually going to stop here |
| 39669s | this is what I mean right like yeah you |
| 39671s | play a theater here and probably no |
| 39673s | matter what you end up taking your |
| 39674s | opponent still has the capacity to |
| 39677s | murder you on the following term yeah I |
| 39679s | weirdly think the best thing for theater |
| 39680s | is if you play it on six and they happen |
| 39682s | to have very much like yala not been |
| 39685s | able to play dimensions and then you |
| 39687s | just take one you know I think that |
| 39689s | that's probably just the best right as |
| 39690s | opposed to actual like combo pieces so |
| 39693s | to speak yep |
| 39695s | okay so this has happened big deal the |
| 39699s | Jace has been taken I'm not gonna |
| 39700s | pretend that doesn't matter it of course |
| 39702s | matters however does it end the game no |
| 39704s | absolutely not Jala still has more than |
| 39707s | enough capability to put together 27 |
| 39709s | damage here |
| 39715s | yep timing's gonna go |
| 39717s | really go for the jugular here with the |
| 39719s | theater try and get some spell damage |
| 39721s | away from the hand now as well |
| 39723s | he's gonna have to wait to do so though |
| 39725s | yep |
| 39726s | and again it's that that fear of oh this |
| 39730s | combo deck's got five cards left in the |
| 39732s | deck after the natural draw hmm |
| 39736s | how dead am I |
| 39747s | now the extra question with bass gone |
| 39751s | unless I mean you can count lethal |
| 39753s | faster than me but there's a world where |
| 39755s | yellow actually plays Curtis right |
| 39757s | to make sure he's getting like the guild |
| 39760s | Traders discount yeah and then Curtis |
| 39762s | now not die and then just pop off next |
| 39765s | turn and just play the whole deck |
| 39768s | uh 22 I Believe by the way okay so |
| 39770s | you're not quite a question |
| 39773s | yeah I believe that's what yala's |
| 39775s | obviously was doing and might still be |
| 39777s | okay yeah |
| 39778s | wait |
| 39779s | oh going right now if he hits skill |
| 39782s | Trader right now it's lethal I believe |
| 39784s | yes that is now lethal |
| 39787s | I'll trust you and yala it adds six to |
| 39790s | my previous count so if my previous |
| 39792s | count was correct then this is now |
| 39793s | lethal |
| 39796s | he's the 22. |
| 39799s | was that the first number you said yep |
| 39801s | okay that seems to add up to more than |
| 39804s | tming's health so I'll Trust you thanks |
| 39806s | seven three over plenty of damage and |
| 39810s | what a great game there for yala just |
| 39812s | doing exactly what he needed to do and |
| 39814s | you you were right and I think that |
| 39815s | displayed there were Tian Ming just went |
| 39818s | with the theotar got a good steal but |
| 39820s | for me I think that pretty much showed |
| 39823s | why that late it probably just doesn't |
| 39825s | work but if you do it earlier you just |
| 39828s | as much as just kind of rolling the dice |
| 39829s | to see if you hit something good anyway |
| 39831s | but yala was already so far ahead of the |
| 39834s | game had the room to play Dimensions |
| 39836s | obviously got the other dimensions for |
| 39838s | free anyway and it just snowballs out of |
| 39840s | control and I think this is what I would |
| 39843s | generally expect this matchup to look |
| 39845s | like without any really wild Rogue |
| 39847s | Shenanigans coming out from some of the |
| 39849s | discovers yeah I think I've talked about |
| 39851s | this game already on stream before but |
| 39853s | you know just to give an example for |
| 39854s | context as to how much damage this gets |
| 39856s | this deck can do even when disrupted I |
| 39859s | played against a blood Death Knight on |
| 39861s | like day three or something of the |
| 39863s | expansion who I believe got to 70 Max |
| 39866s | health |
| 39867s | uh theater my Jace and then was just |
| 39870s | emote spamming me the entire game and I |
| 39872s | just went like location |
| 39874s | phantasms for big minions managed to |
| 39877s | connect with a couple of the big minions |
| 39878s | and then did trip like plus six spell |
| 39881s | damage double fell barrage double Unholy |
| 39883s | uh double fell uh unleash at the end of |
| 39886s | the game and was still lethal through |
| 39888s | like a 65 Total Health that they had at |
| 39890s | that point like it's absurd there's too |
| 39891s | much damage you can't Outlast the deck |
| 39894s | that's not the plan stop trying to do it |
| 39896s | it's not possible |
| 39898s | but more Health |
| 39901s | hey though y'all is going to be jumping |
| 39903s | over to his final deck and he does |
| 39905s | actually get to play his priest because |
| 39907s | his gadgets are in a sort of shark Rogue |
| 39909s | is actually going to be banned out for |
| 39910s | the series I don't know how much we |
| 39912s | talked about a little bit earlier I |
| 39913s | still haven't got used to this it |
| 39914s | catches me by surprise every time the |
| 39916s | portrait comes up |
| 39918s | I've been casting yala for ages no I |
| 39920s | meant anduin I just don't like looking |
| 39922s | at anduin when anduin comes I'm talking |
| 39923s | about y'all |
| 39925s | um |
| 39927s | what was I saying oh yeah Rogue bands so |
| 39929s | we're going to be on the Boon priest |
| 39930s | here and uh hello hello |
| 39938s | should I stop interrupting you with |
| 39940s | random noises so you should finish your |
| 39941s | point would you like that |
| 39945s | there we go I knew it I was |
| 39950s | I don't even know I know I'm gonna get |
| 39951s | shut down I knew I know the game |
| 39954s | yeah what'd you make of this matchup |
| 39956s | Saul the uh the the boom priest the deck |
| 39958s | that I think has received at least a |
| 39960s | good chunk of bands today |
| 39962s | yeah |
| 39963s | um certainly a real real problem deck at |
| 39966s | high ranks on ladder it's a little |
| 39968s | sparser the further you go down so some |
| 39972s | people watching at home might be |
| 39973s | confused as to why we would talk about |
| 39974s | this deck as such a Powerhouse when it |
| 39976s | might not be something that they |
| 39977s | experience an enormous amount of but |
| 39980s | um in the hands of a skilled player it |
| 39982s | is a wildly oppressive deck and the |
| 39985s | pop-offs that it is capable of there |
| 39988s | aren't many decks in the game that are |
| 39990s | equipped to deal with it as early as |
| 39992s | they come out from the deck in the first |
| 39993s | place and this is one of those games |
| 39996s | where uh reconnaissance uh into |
| 39999s | specifically gigafin is something that |
| 40001s | we have in fact already seen in this |
| 40003s | tournament but can be one of the few |
| 40005s | ways that you can really scam back with |
| 40008s | the same level of scamming power that |
| 40010s | they have against you |
| 40014s | the new expansion coming next year scam |
| 40016s | Wars |
| 40020s | hello |
| 40023s | definitely a deck where we're gonna see |
| 40025s | yala maximize everything as he's known |
| 40028s | to do right because this is a deck where |
| 40030s | choosing when to go is so vital to you |
| 40035s | winning or losing the game but also I |
| 40037s | feel |
| 40038s | um uh what's so debatable as well I feel |
| 40042s | like every single time we see you know a |
| 40045s | great pre uh priest game and I grabbed |
| 40048s | let's say I grabbed five six Pros they'd |
| 40051s | all probably decide something slightly |
| 40053s | different on how to approach the turn or |
| 40055s | the game in general |
| 40070s | available as well for Tien Ming so he's |
| 40072s | gonna be able to put out at least a |
| 40074s | decent amount of pressure if he wants to |
| 40076s | and again I don't think it's |
| 40079s | particularly a matchup where you can |
| 40081s | afford to try and buy around stuff to |
| 40084s | make the priest not be able to maybe um |
| 40086s | devour as many cards and stuff like that |
| 40089s | I don't think you really have that uh |
| 40091s | opportunity as Rogue unless you have |
| 40093s | created like very specific removal tools |
| 40097s | uh you know I think the idea of playing |
| 40098s | around devour from priest is like you |
| 40102s | know don't play flipper friends for all |
| 40104s | the roses for example you know like |
| 40106s | don't just make a play that puts a ton |
| 40108s | of one ones on them yeah yeah you can't |
| 40110s | just not play minions because that's not |
| 40112s | gonna work out at all like you need that |
| 40114s | pressure unless you are the single most |
| 40117s | robust control deck in the entire world |
| 40120s | you're gonna need to play minions and |
| 40122s | pressure them to get out of the game |
| 40123s | alive |
| 40127s | foreign |
| 40129s | just like Tempo scale of annexia pass |
| 40132s | against priests the nuts |
| 40135s | we just do the real thing and play the |
| 40137s | uh the plague spreaders |
| 40140s | the the best minions to play just keep |
| 40143s | playing them it'll be fine |
| 40146s | I didn't even cast that game and I think |
| 40148s | I'm traumatized by it I never want that |
| 40151s | to happen ever again it's the worst |
| 40153s | thing I've ever seen |
| 40161s | I watched Spice World |
| 40166s | I was wondering what percentage of uh |
| 40168s | the lovely viewers are actually old |
| 40170s | enough to understand what that is |
| 40173s | ironically there are some pretty good |
| 40175s | jokes in splice world I'm not gonna lie |
| 40176s | it like it is it's a nonsense movie but |
| 40179s | there are some there are some good bits |
| 40181s | they're too young to remember the |
| 40182s | specific song okay |
| 40185s | this is such a large age God I believe |
| 40187s | it was written by a guy who wrote some |
| 40189s | episodes of Red Dwarf or something like |
| 40190s | that so it does actually have something |
| 40192s | it's not a link I imagined existed no I |
| 40194s | know yeah it's weird I think that's true |
| 40197s | imagine you see me yeah right I've done |
| 40200s | these two things what have you done |
| 40201s | Spice World and red pork |
| 40206s | y'all are going to continue to just |
| 40208s | cycle here and really power up the hand |
| 40211s | and |
| 40214s | just such an interesting deck to watch |
| 40215s | yala play because you know he is going |
| 40217s | to just min max it whereas I think a lot |
| 40219s | of players would have considered going |
| 40221s | in or would consider going in earlier |
| 40223s | than Yellowwood |
| 40229s | yeah much more importantly Lorinda |
| 40230s | backing me up that Spice World is in |
| 40232s | fact fine that is lorinda's movie review |
| 40239s | which is actually pretty positive if you |
| 40241s | know Larissa that's actually like almost |
| 40244s | like a glowing review there I watched it |
| 40247s | and didn't you know the real dark side |
| 40250s | of Lorinda and not not the bumbling |
| 40253s | genial person he presents as on the |
| 40256s | street it's a character yeah exactly |
| 40259s | should we all just stop playing our |
| 40261s | characters on stream right now |
| 40263s | yeah |
| 40264s | maybe for finals |
| 40273s | always swap characters sort of |
| 40276s | [Laughter] |
| 40278s | I want to be TJ just be like oh look I |
| 40282s | was about to say that why do what does |
| 40284s | it say about TJ that aren't ironically |
| 40286s | have given the option of who we would |
| 40288s | like to pretend to be we both pick TJ |
| 40298s | all right meanwhile in the game of |
| 40301s | hearthstone before our very eyes no pile |
| 40304s | on the pressure but this is the turn |
| 40305s | Soul yala said you know what I've got a |
| 40307s | full hand and some raging Elementals I'm |
| 40309s | gonna do the thing |
| 40312s | largely been killing time until it is |
| 40314s | time to pop off as have your beloved |
| 40316s | casters but now it is the moment to get |
| 40319s | serious and make sure you are executing |
| 40321s | this properly we have seen a couple of |
| 40324s | little fudgings of these kind of turns |
| 40326s | throughout the tournament so far and uh |
| 40329s | long may it continue I'm sure |
| 40332s | yalo is gonna be methodical about it |
| 40334s | though as only yala knows how to do |
| 40338s | yeah and and to be fair like again we |
| 40341s | expect the best from the players who are |
| 40342s | here because they are the best players |
| 40344s | in the world but |
| 40346s | every single card played can have such a |
| 40350s | ripple effect on the rest of your turn |
| 40352s | in this deck right because the amount of |
| 40354s | times I've played something gone oh no |
| 40356s | now this costs one more oh no my whole |
| 40359s | turn ruined because I just let you just |
| 40361s | slightly Miss sequence someone that's |
| 40363s | someone that's something |
| 40369s | okay so the blast let's animate dead of |
| 40372s | course still has that Boon in hand |
| 40375s | [Music] |
| 40377s | primordial wave subtle |
| 40381s | pretty good card right now 40 I mean |
| 40383s | yeah absolutely outrageous especially uh |
| 40387s | with already one method in hand to be |
| 40389s | able to potentially repeat it as well |
| 40406s | things get really interesting when it's |
| 40409s | this version of Rogue against identity |
| 40412s | theft |
| 40414s | I could start journeying into some very |
| 40417s | interesting places soon |
| 40419s | oh I mean it's entirely possible that |
| 40421s | this somehow turns into a plague spread |
| 40423s | a bit a mirror again even though neither |
| 40425s | of these next players oh oh I was gonna |
| 40427s | say not now but the gym module wave |
| 40430s | mirror |
| 40432s | I mean also yes |
| 40435s | so the problem with this obviously it is |
| 40437s | a massive removal of stats from the |
| 40439s | board but it's not a kill card and |
| 40441s | anytime you pass back to priests when |
| 40443s | they have a minion left on the board you |
| 40446s | are potentially setting yourself up for |
| 40447s | disaster |
| 40448s | big deal here though is that the radiant |
| 40451s | did not die therefore it will not be |
| 40454s | reanimated right so that is something to |
| 40457s | bear in mind it's not you know what the |
| 40459s | new cards in the deck for this expansion |
| 40460s | uh will not be able to have its uh true |
| 40462s | power level revealed yet interesting |
| 40464s | actually that it's called animate dead |
| 40466s | and not reanimate dead when normally |
| 40468s | reanimate is the word that you would use |
| 40470s | for the process that thematically the |
| 40472s | card is going for I would imagine right |
| 40475s | yes |
| 40477s | but is that wrong no no I don't think I |
| 40480s | the word would be wrong I just think |
| 40481s | it's interesting that they went with |
| 40482s | anime |
| 40483s | I think they had to because it's dead |
| 40490s | you know what I mean |
| 40492s | honestly no well you're not reanimating |
| 40496s | the dead thing because the dead thing |
| 40498s | wasn't animated in the first place |
| 40499s | because it's dead but isn't that the |
| 40501s | commonly used term like the reanimation |
| 40504s | I speak quite common as well and you |
| 40507s | don't I speak the common dog sir and you |
| 40511s | don't you tell me quite often how wrong |
| 40513s | I am so yeah |
| 40515s | this ah |
| 40519s | yeah here we go this is what I like to |
| 40521s | see the um the old priest versus Rogue |
| 40524s | krabatoa mirror |
| 40546s | it is finished |
| 40548s | yeah I think y'all is just going to give |
| 40550s | it up there no real way to answer or the |
| 40552s | krabatoas just aren't going to be able |
| 40554s | to get it done |
| 40555s | very very awkward game in the end once |
| 40558s | he got hit with the double answers even |
| 40559s | the early polymorph jelly ride we were |
| 40562s | talking about the anime Deadpool |
| 40564s | um the poly jelly goes in there as well |
| 40566s | which messed with it to begin with you |
| 40567s | know coming back with spell damage not |
| 40569s | relevant priest doesn't use the spell |
| 40570s | damage so it doesn't end up being |
| 40571s | important |
| 40573s | um and then just having that primordial |
| 40574s | wave that puts yala in such a difficult |
| 40577s | position right because like I said you |
| 40579s | pass back with minions on the board and |
| 40580s | normally priest would look at that and |
| 40582s | go oh amazing like I I get to start the |
| 40584s | term with a five five on my board that |
| 40585s | can attack this is amazing I'm gonna do |
| 40587s | a million damage but you know if you go |
| 40589s | all in again and you start playing more |
| 40591s | blesses and all other Buffs that you |
| 40592s | have in your hand they just need any |
| 40595s | card that replays the the thief cards |
| 40598s | throughout the game and then you just |
| 40599s | get hit with it again and then you just |
| 40601s | you drought stuff it just puts you in |
| 40602s | such an awkward position once you see |
| 40604s | that first generated card that's just |
| 40606s | the nuts in the match up it's such a |
| 40609s | nightmare to just get into your brain |
| 40611s | some kind of consistent plan that |
| 40613s | actually beats anything at that point if |
| 40615s | it keeps coming back so yala tried his |
| 40618s | best to make something happen with the |
| 40619s | identity thefts which are you know |
| 40621s | probably the go-to plan B overall if the |
| 40624s | the priest is falling short on plan a |
| 40625s | but just could not get there in the end |
| 40626s | yeah I think realistically after the |
| 40628s | primordial wave yala needed to like win |
| 40631s | the wave as in like not get a five five |
| 40634s | right and you know get something like |
| 40635s | big or create a crazy outcome to try and |
| 40638s | build off the back of there but it |
| 40640s | simply didn't happen uh timing now going |
| 40641s | to jump over to that Demon Hunter again |
| 40644s | a deck we've taught a ton about today |
| 40646s | and we'll no doubt Taco Time about |
| 40648s | tomorrow as well yeah but it's going to |
| 40650s | be going up against the priest again and |
| 40652s | honestly I don't think this is um is |
| 40655s | this a matchup we've cast today subtle I |
| 40657s | want to say no |
| 40659s | I think we did see it once yes |
| 40664s | um I believe I can't remember who it was |
| 40665s | but I think it was Demon Hunter bottom |
| 40667s | and priest top like the reversal of |
| 40669s | positions from this okay |
| 40670s | um because I do remember talking about |
| 40672s | how actually like Demon Hunter is one of |
| 40674s | the few decks in the game that can |
| 40676s | specifically throw enough removal at the |
| 40679s | moment |
| 40679s | yeah yeah I remember yeah yeah |
| 40686s | oh spectral sight and Relic vault in the |
| 40690s | opening is massive that is a fantastic |
| 40693s | opening for Ian |
| 40695s | kill them |
| 40697s | stop it uh Silver Moon uh not so great |
| 40701s | though because again when you talked |
| 40702s | about the potential removal that timing |
| 40705s | can do to deal with the big pushes from |
| 40707s | yala it would be a lot nicer if the |
| 40709s | silver the Silver Moon wasn't three Mana |
| 40712s | as that can really uh remove some of the |
| 40714s | uh potential damage that's going to be |
| 40716s | available unless timing maybe even goes |
| 40718s | for like a Tempo play with this not not |
| 40721s | next turn specifically but you know just |
| 40724s | one says you know what I've got the Mana |
| 40725s | I'll play it down how often does it |
| 40727s | actually die |
| 40729s | yeah I mean it's a possibility |
| 40731s | um we will depend heavily I think on |
| 40733s | what the draw is off the top from yeah |
| 40735s | me in terms of card draw obviously has |
| 40737s | that spectral site lined up in good |
| 40738s | position |
| 40739s | um but just as a Counterpoint like I |
| 40741s | generally the big pop-offs don't happen |
| 40743s | until turn five-ish anyway for the |
| 40746s | priests on a on a good-ish draw |
| 40749s | um so all of a sudden you know you have |
| 40750s | the location down you have one relative |
| 40752s | Extinction in hand already you know all |
| 40755s | it takes is one I don't know one man of |
| 40758s | Hell barrage that you've hit with the |
| 40759s | quest step or whatever and suddenly you |
| 40761s | can do a ton of uh incredible removal or |
| 40764s | even on you know turn five turn six |
| 40766s | coming back the other way |
| 40769s | I see |
| 40774s | oh |
| 40776s | yes needed any tradable yep |
| 40781s | and this is what I was talking like this |
| 40783s | is that sort of situation that |
| 40786s | Demon Hunter even with a reasonable |
| 40788s | opening starts to slip right because |
| 40791s | like look at the difference between |
| 40793s | timing getting a tradable and not it's |
| 40796s | so big even though it sounds small |
| 40806s | not in the least because it would mean |
| 40808s | that fell barrage I was just talking |
| 40809s | about would be discounted and lined up |
| 40811s | for TM Ming to go with the spell damage |
| 40814s | what do you think about sunwell |
| 40816s | well in general terms or like this term |
| 40819s | it it no sorry in this deck because it's |
| 40821s | one of the cards that |
| 40823s | it makes sense but does it |
| 40827s | yeah no I understand what you mean I |
| 40830s | obviously this deck needs plan B's right |
| 40832s | and that's kind of what it's about you |
| 40834s | can't just get a 25 25 to stick every |
| 40838s | game and win the game with it |
| 40840s | um so sometimes you need tools to |
| 40842s | generate other things to play with |
| 40845s | um which some well is obviously a very |
| 40846s | useful card to do that with it also just |
| 40849s | has the natural Synergy with uh some of |
| 40852s | the cards in the deck like power word |
| 40853s | fortitude for example |
| 40855s | um so I think it's a reasonable addition |
| 40857s | I haven't actually looked at the stats |
| 40859s | for it specifically since it's made its |
| 40861s | way into the deck but I wouldn't imagine |
| 40863s | it's anywhere near the top but I |
| 40864s | wouldn't imagine it's like a massive cut |
| 40866s | me outlier at the bottom right right |
| 40868s | either it's just it just definitely was |
| 40870s | you know it's jarring to look at right |
| 40872s | when you look at that we're so used to |
| 40873s | how this deck normally looks and some |
| 40875s | well yeah it's the top it's like oh okay |
| 40879s | hey though y'all just gonna make a |
| 40881s | little bit of room with the Unleashed |
| 40882s | fell |
| 40884s | oh boy that's not it either |
| 40888s | it's the bad draw don't do that |
| 40892s | it's actually like |
| 40894s | every awkward because again if timing |
| 40897s | goes for chaos strike to just keep |
| 40898s | cycling well it's one card and then |
| 40903s | can't Relic anymore |
| 40905s | it's like yeah look at that like oh |
| 40907s | that's what I thought he was going to |
| 40909s | Relic that's kind of where I was leading |
| 40911s | to honestly without somebody did it's |
| 40913s | like oh wow that that felt so often that |
| 40916s | that was the outcome for chaos strike |
| 40919s | that I genuinely thought he was gonna go |
| 40920s | Relic this is the scary part though |
| 40922s | having played this match up a good chunk |
| 40924s | uh mostly from the Demon Hunter side |
| 40928s | um as I climbed up to better ranks and I |
| 40931s | was starting to play against like top |
| 40933s | 200 style opponents I noticed a very |
| 40936s | clear like trigger which if I would use |
| 40939s | a location just to juice like relic of |
| 40942s | phantasms for example to make my |
| 40943s | Extinction better they just use that |
| 40946s | turn to pop off with whatever they had |
| 40948s | in hand at that time right they just |
| 40950s | kind of React to what I was doing and |
| 40952s | know that they weren't then gonna get |
| 40954s | double extinctioned on the next term |
| 40955s | which is the scariest thing to be |
| 40957s | dealing with |
| 40959s | um so I do think |
| 40960s | there is a debate to be had about |
| 40962s | whether you even just relics for one |
| 40965s | ones without even pressing the location |
| 40967s | as weird as that would look in that spot |
| 40970s | but I think the big takeaway here for |
| 40972s | timing is that this is a rough spot to |
| 40974s | be in at them oh yeah |
| 40978s | I know like |
| 40980s | obviously only got two men are available |
| 40982s | which means the radiant this turn |
| 40983s | wouldn't really cut it but he is getting |
| 40986s | very close to saying okay there's my |
| 40989s | turn if you can't kill it you lose |
| 40992s | pour that so much clear it is but it's |
| 40997s | so much nothing else as well |
| 41001s | yeah if this hand actually had like a |
| 41003s | need for greed or a dimensions in it |
| 41005s | then well we could talk very yeah yeah |
| 41007s | about my position in this game |
| 41012s | but also it's kind of interesting right |
| 41014s | like if you're in Tian Ming shoes right |
| 41017s | now if he's wearing shoes I don't know |
| 41019s | if that's the case but uh do you clear |
| 41022s | this how do you clear this do you ignore |
| 41024s | it do you let them just have the minions |
| 41026s | because they're small do you think |
| 41028s | they're gonna stay small like what what |
| 41029s | what is the actual play here |
| 41033s | do you clear minions can you clear |
| 41034s | minions what do you use let's find out I |
| 41037s | mean sounds good to me |
| 41041s | it's tough right because any removal you |
| 41043s | just think that it's two three twos |
| 41047s | all the removal can become so much |
| 41050s | stronger |
| 41051s | yeah no press right yeah no press this |
| 41054s | is exactly what I was talking about he |
| 41055s | knows that the trigger is there that if |
| 41057s | you if you if you put your location on |
| 41060s | cooldown they're just gonna dump all |
| 41061s | their stats on the board and you will |
| 41063s | not be able to answer it with the Relic |
| 41065s | coming back the other way |
| 41069s | now on the other side he has to make the |
| 41071s | decision |
| 41072s | how all in is he going to go is this |
| 41074s | like a double Boon is this single |
| 41078s | um like where can you even go with this |
| 41079s | obviously depends on what he draws right |
| 41081s | if he can get hold of the uh yeah there |
| 41083s | you go the evolution is what I was going |
| 41084s | to talk about |
| 41085s | [Music] |
| 41088s | it's that trick isn't it gotta make it |
| 41091s | threatening enough for your opponent to |
| 41093s | not be able to ignore it |
| 41096s | also if you go all in and there is the |
| 41099s | answer because that location's just sat |
| 41101s | staring at you |
| 41104s | I mean name of chicken |
| 41106s | it is but in this situation against |
| 41109s | Demon Hunter specifically I do think |
| 41111s | more is just better yala you're |
| 41113s | terrifying me please do things while I |
| 41115s | continue this sentence |
| 41118s | because you've seen no discounts right |
| 41121s | no Quest steps no relative dimensions |
| 41123s | you just saw a fell back uh fell barrage |
| 41125s | used for maximum value |
| 41128s | yes |
| 41129s | I mean that was obviously deliberate |
| 41132s | um you've just seen fell barrage used |
| 41134s | for minimal value with no spell damage |
| 41137s | so the more you do the less likely it |
| 41140s | then is it's a very it's a fairly binary |
| 41142s | situation right where they might have |
| 41144s | relative extinctions in hand they might |
| 41145s | have two relative extinctions in hand |
| 41147s | but straight up the more stats you have |
| 41149s | the more likely something is to stick |
| 41150s | and the more likely something is to |
| 41151s | stick the more likely you are to win so |
| 41153s | this is so funny as well because I'm I |
| 41156s | I'm not sure but I feel like yala went |
| 41158s | okay I just play this out keep the hand |
| 41159s | space and they might press it and then |
| 41162s | dimensions |
| 41163s | right and it's like oh they they didn't |
| 41167s | oh I guess I just do do my turn then oh |
| 41170s | my opponent's hand is really really bad |
| 41172s | oh oh homage yeah |
| 41175s | um |
| 41176s | yeah yeah I was saying okay well that |
| 41178s | was what they had |
| 41179s | we go in |
| 41181s | indeed |
| 41184s | and now so much Mana available because |
| 41186s | you actually started the turn with the |
| 41188s | Priestess in your hand and didn't have |
| 41190s | to go fishing for it |
| 41191s | yeah got the police got the wigs |
| 41195s | actually you know proc in the um the |
| 41197s | Naga as well of course to be able to |
| 41199s | help cycle them because sometimes you |
| 41202s | find yourself just playing a wig because |
| 41203s | you just have to and it's not going to |
| 41205s | recycle |
| 41206s | Bob's done |
| 41208s | job's done we'll wait five minutes while |
| 41211s | this turn finishes oh it's done yeah |
| 41213s | Wiggy Wiggy boom boom is gonna |
| 41215s | presumably be the end of this term while |
| 41217s | we wait for it to catch up with the |
| 41219s | bless obviously thrown in there as well |
| 41221s | and I do not think these pitiful relics |
| 41226s | of Extinction are going to be able to |
| 41228s | deal with this board State and I feel |
| 41229s | like you lied you told me oh you can |
| 41231s | clear huge minions you can't I can see |
| 41234s | some huge minion soul and you said they |
| 41236s | can't be cleared genuinely look at this |
| 41239s | this is like the worst possible hand you |
| 41242s | can have in response to this no |
| 41244s | discounts one spell damage minion look |
| 41246s | how much you can still do |
| 41251s | I mean |
| 41253s | look I'm not saying it's going to be I'm |
| 41256s | saying visualize a second spell damage |
| 41259s | minion in there as well okay yeah well |
| 41263s | regardless huge congratulations to yala |
| 41266s | as he takes the victory three one and it |
| 41269s | stays alive uh in the tournament as well |
| 41271s | to defeating Tian Ming and that was just |
| 41273s | a rough final game but I think we've |
| 41275s | seen that right where that is why even |
| 41278s | though I said at the start of the day or |
| 41279s | Demon Hunter just is just a win it's why |
| 41281s | it's not literally just an auto winning |
| 41283s | any given matchup right there are gaps |
| 41286s | in the deck especially if you have some |
| 41288s | of those awkward draws and your opponent |
| 41289s | doesn't right you can keep up and you |
| 41291s | start slip away so really really good |
| 41293s | series by yala and honestly just play I |
| 41297s | kind of just expect from him very |
| 41298s | considered especially with that priest |
| 41300s | we saw I think twice that right where he |
| 41303s | was really picking his moments to go in |
| 41305s | and the time it failed was when his |
| 41307s | opponent had the primary audio wave |
| 41309s | which is understandable yeah you think |
| 41311s | his actual |
| 41312s | um timing of of the priest play was |
| 41315s | actually very very strong |
| 41319s | either turned previous to the one where |
| 41321s | he popped off and eventually won was |
| 41323s | genuinely indecisive right it looked |
| 41326s | like he was very well I won't actually |
| 41328s | go in more on that turn but what's |
| 41330s | important is I think he made what is the |
| 41332s | right decision in the end just |
| 41333s | recognizing how much bigger he gets in |
| 41336s | one turn just by hanging on there and |
| 41338s | you saw the the fruits of that labor |
| 41340s | with like the the triple 26 26s or |
| 41342s | whatever he ended up with in the end |
| 41344s | um just by holding on for that one extra |
| 41346s | term but I think there was a moment of |
| 41347s | indecision in there that's fine as long |
| 41349s | as you end up |
| 41351s | um making the right play in the end and |
| 41352s | I think that is yala 101 right he will |
| 41356s | be very considered he'll he'll take all |
| 41358s | his options he might be indecisive at |
| 41360s | moments but that is y'all are just using |
| 41362s | every second of the game that is |
| 41364s | available to him and it's something that |
| 41366s | we've been distracted by recently with |
| 41369s | the likes of Gabby and bly's taking over |
| 41372s | in the last couple of seasons of Europe |
| 41374s | Grand Masters where suddenly you know |
| 41377s | the the Vogue play style in the premiere |
| 41379s | region was just slamming out cards as |
| 41381s | quickly as possible and yala is just |
| 41384s | here to remind everyone that actually |
| 41385s | actually the old life coach style might |
| 41388s | just have some Merit to it life coach |
| 41391s | um that was a great series and we've got |
| 41393s | one more left for you guys today and |
| 41396s | it's gonna be a spicy one no matter |
| 41398s | which way you look at it because it's |
| 41400s | going to be glory versus yala winner |
| 41403s | moves on and goes with shout tea to |
| 41405s | progress loser is just done Saul and |
| 41408s | what a pair of players and as well World |
| 41411s | Championship rematches yeah right up on |
| 41413s | top of all of that that is a disgusting |
| 41415s | game to be closing out the day with |
| 41417s | can't we Yep this is just day one but |
| 41419s | we've got that one more match left so |
| 41421s | stick around and we'll be right back |
| 41422s | with Glory versus yellow |
| 41426s | foreign |
| 41429s | [Music] |
| 41436s | [Music] |
| 41444s | we're going to test your Hearthstone |
| 41446s | stats trivia whether or not you can |
| 41449s | answer these five questions correctly |
| 41451s | based on uh super Hearthstone Esports |
| 41454s | trivia you ready I think so |
| 41457s | I believe it I like the uh the |
| 41459s | conviction all right question number one |
| 41462s | which player has had the most match wins |
| 41464s | across all Masters Tour events is it a |
| 41468s | hunter Ace B Fury Hunter C Aloo temu or |
| 41473s | D bunny Hopper |
| 41474s | I think it's Fury Hunter |
| 41477s | that is the correct answer of one point |
| 41479s | to yala congratulations next question |
| 41482s | one that you might have a little bit of |
| 41483s | an advantage in yala what was yala's win |
| 41487s | percentage across all Grand Master |
| 41488s | matches ever was it 55.3 |
| 41492s | 57.2 60.1 or 64.3 well I think it's 60.1 |
| 41500s | he's two for two he knows himself and he |
| 41503s | knows his own Hearthstone |
| 41504s | congratulations uh question number three |
| 41506s | what was Habu gabu's Swiss record in the |
| 41509s | second third and fourth Masters tours of |
| 41512s | the Year combined |
| 41515s | so that's Masters tours two three and |
| 41516s | four was it twenty and four twenty one |
| 41519s | and three twenty two and two or twenty |
| 41522s | three and one |
| 41524s | that's gonna be a hard one |
| 41526s | um that is tough |
| 41528s | actually I have no idea |
| 41531s | can you repeat actually the scores again |
| 41533s | I can indeed 20 wins and four losses 21 |
| 41537s | wins and three losses 22 wins and two |
| 41540s | losses or 23 wins and one loss I think |
| 41544s | it's a but yeah no clue |
| 41547s | not sure unfortunately you underestimate |
| 41550s | your opponent in this instance he didn't |
| 41551s | lose four matches he lost two matches |
| 41554s | only with a score of 22 and two over |
| 41557s | three entire Masters tours which is a |
| 41559s | truly mindfulness yeah yeah it does uh |
| 41563s | make you a little bit afraid of him |
| 41564s | moving on to another one of the |
| 41565s | competitors you're going to be up |
| 41566s | against what was dead draw's record |
| 41569s | you're gonna have to throw your mind |
| 41571s | back quite far here at Masters Tour Las |
| 41573s | Vegas was it a 1-4 drop seven and five |
| 41577s | eight and four or nine and three |
| 41581s | I think it was nine nine and three |
| 41585s | unfortunately you went to the exact |
| 41587s | wrong end of the spectrum you |
| 41588s | overestimated him in this instance it's |
| 41590s | dead drill come on we know he's washed |
| 41592s | it's one and four drop uh for him at uh |
| 41595s | that particular tournament uh and then |
| 41597s | the final question uh the spiciest of |
| 41600s | hearthstone dramas that we've had in a |
| 41601s | very long time how many turns did Pasqua |
| 41605s | rope when he played against x-blies in |
| 41607s | his last call match zero 25 40 or 65 |
| 41613s | turns |
| 41614s | can give us all of them so maybe 65 |
| 41619s | . it was one of the most excruciating |
| 41622s | things I've ever had to see in my life |
| 41623s | I'm surprised it was only 65 turns he |
| 41625s | roped him uh but congrats three out of |
| 41628s | five we'll see how you compare to the |
| 41629s | other competitors when they also take |
| 41631s | the stat attack quiz |
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| 41651s | Ocean or mountains |
| 41654s | pale |
| 41655s | big party or small gathering |
| 41660s | a bath or a shower |
| 41664s | passenger or driver |
| 41667s | City or Countryside |
| 41672s | work hard or play hard |
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| 41746s | thank you |
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| 41795s | foreign |
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| 42026s | foreign |
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| 42046s | hello everybody and welcome back to the |
| 42048s | Hearthstone World Championship my name |
| 42051s | is TJ I'm joined by Neil Lorinda Bond |
| 42053s | and Neil we have the pleasure |
| 42056s | of having the final shift of the day you |
| 42059s | know what |
| 42060s | What in in like relay races like in the |
| 42064s | Olympics uh-huh |
| 42066s | it always put their best runner lasts |
| 42069s | called The Anchor position we are the |
| 42071s | anchors yep we are the anchor |
| 42074s | that's right |
| 42075s | we're both anchors |
| 42077s | and it's for |
| 42081s | um undisclosed re I actually don't know |
| 42085s | you did the rotation you should know |
| 42089s | why they put the fastest runner last |
| 42092s | um it's because |
| 42094s | why |
| 42095s | in the I mean in theory it should make |
| 42097s | no difference whatsoever right the four |
| 42099s | people run their run and that's the |
| 42101s | thing but your best person at doing the |
| 42104s | thing is the one who might be able to |
| 42105s | find the extra |
| 42107s | like the zip |
| 42109s | and if they're winning by a long way |
| 42111s | they can ease off so they don't hurt |
| 42113s | themselves for later rounds |
| 42115s | uh |
| 42117s | I think it's because |
| 42120s | because you have to pass the Baton yeah |
| 42123s | you can't run full speed the whole time |
| 42128s | yes you can either those the last legs |
| 42130s | are faster legs oddly enough because you |
| 42132s | start running before you get to the |
| 42133s | battle |
| 42136s | yeah and then the last last one you get |
| 42138s | to just Sprint right through the finish |
| 42140s | and you get to do that whole head down |
| 42141s | arms back thing that's the one and the |
| 42143s | thing is with us is we have never |
| 42145s | dropped the bottom TJ we are absolutely |
| 42148s | solid we've never got it wrong we've |
| 42151s | never let the show down we have been |
| 42154s | last for two years more accurate is on |
| 42157s | last after circulated to tidy up the |
| 42160s | mess we never had a baton |
| 42163s | we're not even officially entered in the |
| 42166s | race |
| 42167s | but we still run regardless and win but |
| 42171s | don't get the credit |
| 42173s | there was a person who did that in the |
| 42174s | 50s I think it was the 50s or the 60s |
| 42177s | what band foreign |
| 42183s | a tiny tiny tiny sum of money to run a |
| 42185s | race or to get some spotted shoes or |
| 42187s | something ridiculous and they got banned |
| 42189s | a long distance run a really long |
| 42191s | distance Runner like marathons and above |
| 42194s | and I can't remember the person's name |
| 42196s | it's really annoying me and they were |
| 42198s | banned from amateur competitions because |
| 42200s | that was officially a professional thing |
| 42205s | um and so he wasn't allowed to run so he |
| 42206s | just turned up at these races and won |
| 42208s | them anyway and just didn't collect any |
| 42210s | prize money just as an amateur Runner |
| 42212s | he's like well I'm banned but this is a |
| 42214s | road and I'm going to run on this road |
| 42215s | at the same time as your tournament |
| 42216s | today because it's a long distance race |
| 42218s | and he was really good |
| 42221s | there you go rematch of the 2020 |
| 42224s | Hearthstone World final and one of the |
| 42227s | players won't be reaching the top eight |
| 42232s | pretty incredible honestly one that we |
| 42235s | have multiple previous world champions |
| 42239s | feeding in this world championship |
| 42241s | two because |
| 42243s | we have even more finalists |
| 42248s | Petey players that competed in World |
| 42249s | Finals |
| 42251s | sorry |
| 42252s | point three even crazier |
| 42257s | is the fact that |
| 42260s | two of the players that played in the |
| 42261s | final are playing against each other in |
| 42263s | another world championship four that |
| 42265s | one's not going to even make it on to |
| 42267s | the next stage of the quarterfinal so we |
| 42268s | can't have a rematch in the finals and |
| 42270s | five look at this turn wow I was gonna |
| 42272s | say can we talk about battles Glory has |
| 42274s | won this Hearthstone game because that |
| 42277s | is a mailbox getting right old danced on |
| 42280s | right in front of him there |
| 42282s | um have you has he dawned on you how |
| 42284s | we've talked about this group possibly |
| 42285s | being stronger than the other groups |
| 42287s | even though they're all strong how many |
| 42289s | world championship appearances this |
| 42291s | group had between the four of them |
| 42297s | um I grew one two |
| 42302s | three and Counting this one counting |
| 42305s | this tournament as well yes you've got a |
| 42307s | four Head Start five six seven |
| 42310s | and then |
| 42311s | eight nine I think it's ten |
| 42316s | did xiaote compete in more than yeah |
| 42319s | he's been in two previous ones okay so |
| 42321s | this is third okay I was only this group |
| 42323s | has 10 world championship appearances |
| 42325s | between it wow that's gonna die on turn |
| 42328s | four Lori this is his third yarlo this |
| 42330s | is his second timing this is a second |
| 42332s | and then shouty this is his third wow |
| 42334s | yeah |
| 42336s | the other groups can't compete with that |
| 42338s | surely I know Bunny Hop has been like 14 |
| 42340s | or something but even so |
| 42347s | yeah |
| 42348s | so we would say oh no this person who |
| 42350s | we've respected for many years blah blah |
| 42352s | blah is getting knocked out this is why |
| 42354s | they're all somebody had to be it's this |
| 42357s | crazy crazy group and this is a crazy |
| 42359s | crazy game |
| 42360s | yeah glory is so 1-0 up here and you |
| 42363s | just don't give up as this there's |
| 42365s | Extinction and Relic vault in yala's |
| 42367s | hand |
| 42368s | so he's got a chance of sorts he's got a |
| 42370s | planet it is a clear right |
| 42374s | you've got Relic vault |
| 42376s | click it relic of Extinction and then |
| 42380s | you have to go into here |
| 42384s | and take a million damage anyway oh but |
| 42386s | next to now he's got the proper stuff |
| 42390s | it's still awkward though the managers |
| 42392s | doesn't line up |
| 42395s | and doesn't have an extra draw to |
| 42397s | complete the quest |
| 42399s | doesn't matter line up next turn next |
| 42400s | time you can go Silver Moon unleash |
| 42403s | Relic and not clicker Vault right |
| 42406s | the relic's only dealing two total |
| 42409s | damage |
| 42410s | but that would deal final image to the |
| 42412s | seven seven |
| 42414s | right |
| 42415s | oh yeah yeah and the spell damage no the |
| 42417s | spell damage right yeah |
| 42419s | you might clear that there's no other ah |
| 42422s | if there was another Minion on board if |
| 42423s | it would have to have more than three |
| 42425s | Health yeah full health or more |
| 42428s | but now he's used a coin so that's not |
| 42430s | an option ah well you could go |
| 42434s | Arkham Arcanist |
| 42437s | Vault Extinction that's that's what |
| 42441s | he'll do and then if The Arcanist |
| 42442s | doesn't die he gets to fail the turn |
| 42444s | after that and part of the Assumption |
| 42447s | here is has Glory really got more stuff |
| 42450s | in his hand after that first term |
| 42451s | because if he has you know go away |
| 42460s | oh some good pickups well the good |
| 42463s | pickup being |
| 42465s | shroud |
| 42467s | that's it |
| 42479s | demon you gotta kill it and the way to |
| 42482s | do that is |
| 42484s | Arcanist plus Vault Extinction yep |
| 42489s | um we don't have to vote right you can |
| 42492s | just Extinction that's why he's done it |
| 42494s | this way |
| 42500s | no you do have to vote yeah you do |
| 42502s | because because he didn't save the |
| 42504s | Unleashed yeah yeah so |
| 42508s | if he had any your way would have gained |
| 42510s | uh you know six Health on the front yeah |
| 42513s | I like my way honestly cutting out the |
| 42514s | Vault and just just pretending The Vault |
| 42516s | didn't exist was kind of what I wanted |
| 42517s | to do but now no no that doesn't make |
| 42521s | sense I was gonna say now got up by |
| 42525s | spinning the Mana up front on the Vault |
| 42527s | has a has a chance to hit dimensions on |
| 42531s | five but then the ball is going to be on |
| 42533s | cooldown anyway so nine of those plays |
| 42535s | set up for a vault well the way he's |
| 42537s | done this though does leave just an |
| 42539s | Arcanist in play |
| 42542s | which is kind of nice |
| 42544s | all right you go |
| 42547s | bone Spike |
| 42549s | you got location yep |
| 42553s | uh you equip the Cutlass |
| 42556s | and |
| 42557s | we'll see strike |
| 42561s | yeah then you and then you hit both |
| 42563s | locations |
| 42564s | that seems reasonable to me |
| 42566s | it's pretty good |
| 42568s | or you can do it the Raven way because |
| 42571s | Raven will say this is something sure |
| 42572s | it's like where you get bonus bike then |
| 42573s | you press the location then you bone |
| 42575s | Spike the other Gore that you just made |
| 42577s | and then you make one massive ghoul |
| 42581s | but why to stop them from Gaining Health |
| 42584s | from a leash well you're now you're |
| 42586s | making two I know |
| 42589s | I I guess he doesn't have to cook the |
| 42591s | other one because he sets up lethal |
| 42593s | without it but now if there's spell |
| 42595s | damage plus unleash that is which there |
| 42600s | is |
| 42601s | not enough |
| 42603s | well it's enough to survive |
| 42606s | I mean it's enough to not be dead |
| 42609s | good talk |
| 42614s | up to 16 with 11 showing demons |
| 42619s | and just literally nothing in hand |
| 42622s | I guess the guild Trader does have to be |
| 42624s | answered |
| 42625s | maybe that'll take some heat |
| 42627s | Maybe |
| 42633s | uh I grow impatient |
| 42639s | okay well you know what they say if you |
| 42642s | want to take some heat go to the kitchen |
| 42645s | yeah that's definitely what they say |
| 42647s | goes |
| 42650s | stand the heat get in the kitchen |
| 42655s | oh he's got to do it there's no other |
| 42657s | way to survive |
| 42660s | glory is enjoying himself isn't he he's |
| 42662s | like well |
| 42664s | I've got all the good cards so I'm going |
| 42665s | to be happy |
| 42671s | you're very good at these idioms aren't |
| 42673s | you TJ |
| 42676s | always happen |
| 42682s | oh yeah he's gonna draw with the excuse |
| 42684s | us one minute playlist basically |
| 42694s | now he just dumps even more nonsense on |
| 42697s | the board next turn but is he gonna just |
| 42699s | wait and say well actually |
| 42701s | if you can't kill the 5-2 or if you have |
| 42704s | to barrage then that's fine but he's |
| 42705s | already seen one of these two spell |
| 42707s | damages |
| 42708s | yeah yeah yeah now this basically has to |
| 42712s | be Dimensions off the top |
| 42714s | need for greed might do it |
| 42717s | double fell barrage or unleash Plus |
| 42721s | Garage yeah uh it'll be a reduced |
| 42725s | Arcanist that would also work |
| 42731s | yeah reduced Arcanist also works |
| 42736s | he's going to try and hit Dimensions |
| 42738s | first |
| 42739s | fair enough |
| 42740s | I thought he's incredible |
| 42744s | uh I think this is better this is better |
| 42746s | yeah it was Fury next draw anyway |
| 42750s | wait |
| 42751s | nope dead |
| 42755s | well |
| 42756s | and |
| 42758s | no oh hang on |
| 42760s | okay live alive |
| 42764s | why is Jana so much harder to kill than |
| 42766s | anybody else |
| 42772s | I mean I'd have won this game obviously |
| 42774s | yeah |
| 42775s | I won a long time ago |
| 42779s | we have to give them a chance by sitting |
| 42780s | here |
| 42782s | yeah so still I'd like to talk to you |
| 42784s | about that term that was different but I |
| 42786s | probably won't |
| 42794s | oh not quite got the Draco activation |
| 42802s | oh but next turn he's got lethal from |
| 42804s | hand so it might do nothing here |
| 42807s | you can make a huge ghost or he could |
| 42809s | just do nothing and do that all next |
| 42810s | turn and then just win with a weapon |
| 42813s | yep so I think it's better because then |
| 42815s | your opponent's got less healing to heal |
| 42817s | from one of these has to be dimensions |
| 42821s | that's not it but it could be it |
| 42824s | no dronex no |
| 42830s | okay barrage maldronics |
| 42832s | hmm |
| 42836s | and then Glory draws |
| 42839s | something that doesn't work |
| 42841s | and then he's stuck |
| 42845s | yeah |
| 42847s | yeah there's nothing that you it would |
| 42850s | have to be |
| 42852s | what something that costs one Mana |
| 42855s | in order to be able to get the mailbox |
| 42856s | dancer out |
| 42863s | unless he thinks his best chance to win |
| 42865s | is to Viper |
| 42869s | I grew |
| 42871s | trait or trade the Viper and hit |
| 42874s | dimensions |
| 42875s | he's running out of time I I think it's |
| 42877s | got to be |
| 42879s | barrage and then |
| 42884s | get forth the prosecutor |
| 42886s | [Music] |
| 42889s | there we go so most cards are pretty |
| 42892s | good here |
| 42894s | is the short version |
| 42896s | yeah one man |
| 42898s | what is it it's |