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| 1s | hello everyone and welcome back to |
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| 3s | Hailstone World Championship I'm Raven |
| 6s | joining me solo and we've got another |
| 7s | match for you it is going to be timing |
| 9s | versus yala coming up for this |
| 11s | elimination match and a lot on the line |
| 13s | we've already said you know goodbye to a |
| 15s | player also uh so far and it's uh it's |
| 18s | rough we were just speaking about this |
| 19s | before we came on now and so it's like |
| 21s | it's really rough seeing like okay the |
| 23s | players are just knocked out and it's |
| 25s | done obviously they all have the same |
| 26s | chance you know the same sort of basic |
| 28s | double elimination groups to get through |
| 29s | but it's you know it's a tough one and I |
| 32s | think it just shows that how strong the |
| 34s | field is so that like it's unbelievable |
| 37s | to see some of these players knocked out |
| 38s | yeah we talked about it a little bit as |
| 40s | we were wrapping up last time we are on |
| 42s | gyala duty this time around it seems um |
| 45s | but for either of these players honestly |
| 47s | it would be a big shock to see either of |
| 49s | them going out early because they are |
| 51s | both incredibly consistent high level |
| 54s | repeat performers within their |
| 56s | perspective uh prospective regions and |
| 59s | yala in particular you know I keep |
| 62s | saying yala is |
| 64s | One World Championship short of an |
| 67s | all-timer Hall of Fame career right he's |
| 69s | done absolutely everything else that |
| 71s | there is to do and but until you reach |
| 73s | that absolute Pinnacle until you reach |
| 75s | the very top and have that world |
| 76s | championship to your name I think it's |
| 77s | very hard to put you in the conversation |
| 80s | even in a card game where we'll sit |
| 84s | there and say well what really matters |
| 86s | is consistency right like sure you won |
| 87s | the World Championship one year but did |
| 89s | you consistently put up the results over |
| 92s | and over and over again it's still |
| 94s | really hard to defeat the idea that you |
| 97s | don't have that trophy in your trophy |
| 99s | cabinet at the end of your career right |
| 100s | so I think yala does really want to get |
| 103s | that final job done yep and checking out |
| 105s | the lineups or the the matchups I guess |
| 107s | for the first one is going to be a rogue |
| 109s | versus Druid here epic game number one |
| 113s | atming is going to be bringing that sort |
| 115s | of uh this sort of excel |
| 117s | uh jackpot Rogue of course and we've |
| 119s | seen like I would say a mixture I think |
| 122s | this deck always feels difficult to |
| 124s | Define as how well it's performing |
| 126s | obviously you just have you know your |
| 128s | win loss right of course but some games |
| 130s | seem so unwinnable and then some games |
| 132s | seem unusable it just seems like a |
| 134s | really odd deck to try and get a good |
| 136s | grasp on because so much of it is |
| 138s | reliant on how not only what cards you |
| 141s | generate I think that's the easy answer |
| 142s | but how well you can build a game plan |
| 145s | based on what you may or may not create |
| 148s | right it's not even what the actual |
| 150s | cards are but it's how you adapt to it |
| 152s | we saw |
| 153s | um like you know earlier on today right |
| 155s | dead draw got a pyroblast on like turn |
| 157s | two from it or three and then set up a |
| 161s | plan around it and it paid off but a lot |
| 163s | of the time that's not necessarily as |
| 164s | easy as it sounds so gonna be |
| 166s | interesting to see how this deck |
| 168s | continues to perform over the weekends |
| 169s | it's not like Tim Ming's the only player |
| 172s | who's brought it and then on this side |
| 173s | we have we get to see once again so how |
| 175s | well these 30 cards sort of it's ramp to |
| 179s | it but I'd honestly just lean towards |
| 181s | volcanic combo Druid at this point |
| 182s | because yala has nothing else apart from |
| 185s | that combo really |
| 187s | yeah it's absolutely right um and I do |
| 189s | think the jackpot Rogue Dynamic is |
| 191s | interesting I mentioned earlier how much |
| 194s | more trusted this deck is in the China |
| 197s | region than it is anywhere else and how |
| 199s | that's bled through a little bit |
| 200s | seemingly to some of the liquid players |
| 202s | who have played regularly uh in that |
| 204s | Team league bunny Hopper and dead draw |
| 206s | who are both representatives in the |
| 207s | world championships as well but I also |
| 209s | think it's interesting because you'll |
| 211s | see the very best players you know we |
| 212s | talk a lot about okay you know you open |
| 214s | your jackpot you see what the Spells are |
| 215s | you know it's not necessarily truly |
| 217s | random oh I win or lose based on what |
| 219s | this is but you know you see all the |
| 221s | star and then you react to it right |
| 222s | which is essentially what you were just |
| 223s | saying but I think what's overlooked is |
| 227s | that the very best players can sometimes |
| 228s | be like okay well actually this is a |
| 230s | game where I need to look towards a |
| 232s | colossal to win me the game early or you |
| 234s | know a reconnaissance Minion or whatever |
| 235s | else there are lots of different boxes |
| 238s | that you can open with the deck it's not |
| 240s | just the jackpot spells that do get you |
| 242s | rolling so there are you know layers |
| 244s | upon layers of different routes through |
| 246s | the game like you were talking about out |
| 247s | earlier like even the starting point of |
| 250s | where that first branch of that route |
| 251s | leads to can be different in different |
| 253s | matchups and I think navigating that as |
| 256s | you said is a very very important skill |
| 258s | for these players to have but already |
| 260s | now The Mulligans are over we can take a |
| 262s | look at how the openings are shaping up |
| 265s | y'all are having access to Wild growth |
| 267s | and nourish after the Mulligan oh wow |
| 269s | the innovate The Aquatic form that's |
| 273s | just looking quite good to me so I think |
| 275s | in any matchup that's looking like a |
| 277s | solid opening and as far as I could see |
| 279s | also ah is this the debut or did I miss |
| 282s | a game where this happened you did it |
| 284s | happened in the last series yeah Derek |
| 286s | and Gia have already been through this |
| 288s | beer it's old hat by this point yes we |
| 290s | get it haha there's a death knight that |
| 293s | turned up yeah yeah they did it already |
| 294s | not death no I don't know what you're |
| 295s | talking about yeah |
| 302s | wow that golf draw is insane as well |
| 305s | with the uh the spare innovate that's |
| 307s | now left hanging around that is the good |
| 309s | stuff this is just the hand right like |
| 312s | the only thing yala was potentially |
| 314s | missing uh because of the lack of Jerry |
| 317s | Rigg was the nourish if it was used for |
| 319s | ramp then card draw is a question mark |
| 321s | not really the case anymore so yala can |
| 324s | just maybe even just super fast cycle to |
| 326s | this combo and really give her Tim Ming |
| 329s | things to think about |
| 334s | although oh this is one of your favorite |
| 337s | cards wasn't it song |
| 339s | RT up |
| 340s | party up yeah it was you're a party up |
| 343s | fan on day one of release I was I was |
| 346s | indeed the uh the potential curve with |
| 348s | the was it was a weapon that gave Divine |
| 351s | shield on exploration of the weapon or |
| 352s | something |
| 354s | no rallying blade was the old 3-2 weapon |
| 357s | the buff Divine Shield minions I think |
| 360s | wasn't it |
| 361s | well yeah no no yeah yeah the shield |
| 364s | yeah yeah there's so many pounding |
| 365s | weapons that stuff with Divine Shields |
| 367s | all uh yeah yeah it was the shield I |
| 370s | thought like that curve would just be |
| 371s | too strong would then you know because |
| 373s | Palin's always had this problem where |
| 375s | that you you have all the best Buffs in |
| 377s | the game but you don't necessarily ever |
| 378s | get to stick minions to land those Buffs |
| 380s | on and that just felt like a thing that |
| 382s | would work pretty well but didn't turn |
| 383s | out working uh didn't turn out to work |
| 385s | particularly well in the end |
| 388s | and though timings got a fairly solid |
| 391s | curve right with flipper friends the |
| 393s | krabatoa and then party up like that's |
| 396s | uh again not the best curve in the world |
| 398s | but it's reasonably solid yeah and |
| 401s | they're they're good spells as well to |
| 403s | cast recursively right I like to just |
| 406s | keep coming back over and over again |
| 409s | you see you're Direction |
| 412s | to the Guff that's the problem isn't it |
| 414s | when we're like oh yeah the real deck |
| 416s | you need some creative thinking and ways |
| 419s | to really get to the end game and y'all |
| 421s | is like ramp ramp Guff let's go you're |
| 424s | dead |
| 426s | drooling everywhere as he throws ramp |
| 429s | cards around yeah |
| 431s | hmm |
| 439s | I'm gonna choose to keep going with the |
| 440s | ramp makes sense |
| 448s | I don't really like any of these |
| 458s | genuine face pop just happened then I |
| 460s | was seeing a genuine face palm occur in |
| 463s | the wild |
| 468s | foreign |
| 479s | this is a tough one isn't it at first |
| 480s | when I was talking about the the sort of |
| 481s | curve with flipper friends suddenly s66 |
| 484s | doesn't quite cut it when your |
| 486s | opponent's on 10 Mana right which is a |
| 489s | slight issue that Jim being saving and |
| 490s | we've all been there versus druid |
| 492s | you would think you'd feel an affinity |
| 494s | for the aquatic creatures from Flipper |
| 496s | friends given that he is wetty and after |
| 498s | all you know that just seems to fit in |
| 500s | pretty well that sounds been waiting all |
| 502s | day for some of those it's such |
| 504s | unfortunate casing and then I don't know |
| 506s | what human doesn't read that naturally |
| 508s | as wet Ian but I if if you don't if you |
| 512s | just automatically see w-e-tn Ming which |
| 514s | is what it's supposed to be then I I |
| 517s | don't think you're normal |
| 524s | just be a funny team name though |
| 526s | wouldn't it wet |
| 527s | [Laughter] |
| 536s | now does geologists keep cycling here |
| 539s | like is there any actual I know he has |
| 540s | to consider potential secrets and such |
| 542s | of course but is there any reason for |
| 545s | him to just play any of these minions I |
| 547s | think it's fair to say he probably feels |
| 549s | under approximately zero pressure right |
| 551s | now which is precisely the Salient Point |
| 553s | yes it makes the answer to your question |
| 555s | no as long as there's going to be no |
| 558s | pressure on the other side of the board |
| 559s | yeah he's just gonna keep cycling and |
| 561s | looking for bran and everything else he |
| 562s | needs to be able to get this job done |
| 563s | particularly because every minion he |
| 566s | plays is suddenly a minion he can't use |
| 569s | to proc objection if it comes to that at |
| 571s | some point over the course of the game |
| 573s | um so holding back minions as resources |
| 574s | to be able to do that |
| 579s | just as well that you went for uh oh |
| 582s | they didn't go should I say for The |
| 584s | Aquatic Farm |
| 587s | and just to keep going with the cycle |
| 588s | but maybe yala doesn't want to give away |
| 591s | any potential knowledge of okay well if |
| 593s | aquatic form on 10 it means you can just |
| 595s | draw any card you want basically and |
| 598s | you're probably gonna pick potential |
| 599s | combo piece exactly yeah all the big |
| 602s | counter for that one five four the Giga |
| 605s | fin yeah it's just a Tempo Giga fin |
| 607s | really isn't it yeah |
| 612s | objection now down on the other side as |
| 614s | well so the objection dance does begin |
| 616s | we did call this out I believe very |
| 618s | early on in the day that you know |
| 619s | objection would be a very persistent |
| 622s | repetitive talking point throughout the |
| 624s | whole tournament it is uh one of the |
| 627s | most common disruption cards that we're |
| 628s | seeing in people's lineups basically uh |
| 631s | Mage and Rogue could generally use |
| 632s | objection the Mage secret to be able to |
| 635s | uh make everyone's life rather annoying |
| 638s | um |
| 639s | how unplayable is this Talon as well |
| 642s | because timing does run theater and |
| 646s | especially in in situations that you |
| 648s | mentioned it before right that Druid can |
| 651s | hold a lot of cards almost all the time |
| 653s | yes does y'all again like |
| 656s | ever even care about playing this |
| 659s | tailing at this point 13 cards left he's |
| 661s | golf has a lot of armor not getting |
| 663s | pressure does he just hold on to it |
| 664s | because why not at this point but |
| 666s | there's also looking at it the other way |
| 668s | right he's just ruled out counter spell |
| 671s | was a mage secret so there's an argument |
| 673s | to say play the Talon for relative |
| 675s | confidence that it will get objected at |
| 678s | that point because I you absolutely |
| 680s | don't want the tailor on the ball |
| 681s | because if there's a tailor if you play |
| 682s | Talon and your opponent does have the |
| 684s | thing in their hand uh does have the |
| 687s | theater in their hand they're like food |
| 689s | and drink at that point they're gonna |
| 690s | kill your tail in an insta slam the |
| 692s | theater to try and end the game on the |
| 694s | spot at that point so it's a tough call |
| 696s | to make because yala still has uh two or |
| 700s | three other secrets that haven't been |
| 701s | tested for that could have been there |
| 702s | from the Mage one but you could have had |
| 704s | the just the willful confidence that |
| 706s | that was going to be objection and |
| 707s | slammed it |
| 711s | at least now it's looking like uh timing |
| 714s | can actually push a reasonable chunk of |
| 716s | damage there's of course 22 armor to hit |
| 718s | through but connecting with the full |
| 720s | Giga fin is is a small win at least |
| 732s | could actually go for the miracle growth |
| 735s | again could throw the Jerry rig into the |
| 737s | secret but again I imagine actually yala |
| 740s | will wait right especially now he has |
| 742s | the Jerry rig yes he'll be able to just |
| 744s | play the Jerry rig in the combo term and |
| 747s | just say well you can only have one |
| 748s | objection up yes so there you go the |
| 751s | only reason to |
| 753s | um you know go ahead and spend Mana |
| 755s | early is if you think you're gonna have |
| 756s | to do it with an expensive minion right |
| 758s | because if you're doing it with a five |
| 759s | drop even if you're paying armor for |
| 761s | Minions that might end up costing you |
| 763s | too much armor and prevent you from |
| 764s | doing the full combo if you do it later |
| 766s | if you're doing it with a Jerry rig then |
| 767s | yeah I think you can probably just hold |
| 770s | out and fit that all in in the same |
| 771s | combo turn to prevent a new one coming |
| 773s | back down again |
| 775s | that rope's burning again |
| 781s | I'm a tough turn now though for yala to |
| 783s | sort of finish up on got to work out I |
| 785s | can at least generate a little bit of |
| 786s | hand space |
| 789s | and maybe go with the planted evidence |
| 791s | but it's quickly running out of time |
| 792s | just gonna cash in the urban scales |
| 794s | which again I don't mind either right |
| 795s | get the even scales play the Wild growth |
| 797s | just for Extra Man or whatever and just |
| 800s | get the cards a little bit more free in |
| 801s | your hand to be able to use that hero |
| 803s | power next turn |
| 809s | eight cards left and essentially nowhere |
| 812s | with the combo he still needs all of it |
| 815s | which is very irritating |
| 818s | this is not 18 cards left so |
| 821s | yeah true |
| 823s | yeah if only he had 62 Health instead of |
| 825s | 52 right that would just be so much |
| 827s | better in this position |
| 831s | wow these concussions are so strong |
| 834s | aren't they it just feels like it's |
| 836s | always just Destroyer minion yeah |
| 842s | I mean when they when they get |
| 844s | discovered and you actually get to like |
| 846s | you know mix your own potion yeah yeah |
| 847s | yeah they're really really strong like |
| 849s | randomly generated ones can be kind of |
| 850s | Jank but when you actually get some sort |
| 852s | of agency as to what they do like yes |
| 854s | they're very very situational useful |
| 856s | tools yeah it's pretty much just do what |
| 858s | you want to do this turn is is what they |
| 861s | end up being |
| 863s | foreign |
| 870s | suggest you get drawing yeah |
| 875s | I was even just looking at what a scale |
| 877s | of inyxia potentially blizzard oh would |
| 880s | have been great wouldn't it we were all |
| 882s | here for the full combo draw that turn |
| 884s | um oh |
| 886s | well that's likely |
| 890s | there we go |
| 892s | now you have asked the law you do have |
| 894s | eight mana and seven armor |
| 898s | which puts you up to 15 which I believe |
| 901s | is enough but I don't think it would be |
| 904s | immediately lethal with the amount of |
| 906s | Health that's currently on board or |
| 907s | subjection right |
| 909s | true yeah sorry I'm not factoring in the |
| 912s | objection Jerry red yeah yeah do you |
| 914s | would have 15 I think 13 is the number |
| 915s | that you need to start with so you can |
| 917s | go Jerry rig for two and still have 13 |
| 919s | to be able to go down the chain I think |
| 920s | that still works but more importantly I |
| 923s | don't think that's important because who |
| 925s | cares You're Not Dead next turn anyway |
| 927s | right so chill and then figure it out |
| 929s | next time when you're not roping right |
| 935s | we had eight Mana you play the anubra |
| 938s | yeah for objection |
| 940s | all I see yeah yeah you'd have to go |
| 942s | that far yes yes yes once again I object |
| 944s | to your point and oh the theater oh |
| 951s | oh such a huge deal |
| 954s | and it's gone now |
| 957s | it's so weird to see full hand 40 elf |
| 961s | two Secrets board presence you're |
| 963s | winning on board and tianming's behind |
| 965s | this game it looks odd but it's true I |
| 968s | promise yep |
| 979s | now like |
| 982s | we talk about this a lot where it's oh |
| 984s | you're just gonna hope they don't have |
| 985s | it and just play |
| 987s | not much of a hope when your opponents |
| 989s | drew it they're gonna have three cards |
| 991s | left in the deck a million mana and |
| 993s | probable card draw in hand as well it's |
| 996s | not quite the best situation to close |
| 998s | your eyes and hope here for timing yeah |
| 1000s | that's the problem right because with |
| 1001s | Guff in play as well they have the spare |
| 1004s | Mana to just cycle the rest of their |
| 1005s | deck anyway right and then still be able |
| 1007s | to pop off with the combo and |
| 1009s | potentially play an additional minion |
| 1011s | first to uh break that objection and not |
| 1014s | be a drooling Noob like me and make that |
| 1016s | mistake I was even trying to think |
| 1018s | whether the uh you know like colic does |
| 1021s | anything |
| 1022s | is that you know like a bit of an odd |
| 1024s | one right uh to to |
| 1028s | about pretending if he played the queen |
| 1029s | of shower but yeah just gonna go with |
| 1031s | the maximum stats and |
| 1033s | honestly I imagine hope y'all right but |
| 1037s | yeah there's the jury being held for the |
| 1039s | turn of combo you can't have more than |
| 1041s | one version of a secret so there's |
| 1042s | objection gone yala does not have to |
| 1045s | think about it |
| 1049s | oh |
| 1051s | who knows what Secrets will |
| 1055s | uncovered yeah and as usual this is the |
| 1057s | uh preferred uh like |
| 1060s | um order right because you get the |
| 1062s | double armor from an Uber right yeah and |
| 1064s | not only that but you also get to spend |
| 1066s | Mana beforehand as well and not just |
| 1069s | spend it all on Armor which is something |
| 1071s | that you quite often uh when people are |
| 1073s | learning the deck you quite often see |
| 1074s | them like playing this turnout and they |
| 1076s | still have like 11 Mana left you're like |
| 1077s | why didn't you spend the manner that you |
| 1079s | had first before yeah |
| 1082s | yeah even looking at this like the spare |
| 1084s | armor to be able to just play that push |
| 1086s | into a minion just to make the actual |
| 1087s | Health on board as low as possible for |
| 1089s | yala I'll be honest I've not counted if |
| 1092s | y'all needed to do that but why not I |
| 1095s | think it's my answer |
| 1098s | and now 32 more to the Dome and that is |
| 1103s | gonna be game one going down for yala in |
| 1106s | what was really A procession there was |
| 1108s | very little resistance put up from Tia |
| 1111s | Ming it was always going to have to be |
| 1112s | the theater because the pressure just |
| 1114s | did not ramp up quickly enough on the |
| 1116s | other side and then seeing that theater |
| 1118s | just crash into the abyss off the top |
| 1121s | would have been an absolute Heartbreaker |
| 1124s | for TM Ming in the end and you saw it I |
| 1126s | think on his expression I think you saw |
| 1129s | um how stressed and emotive he was |
| 1130s | throughout through uh throughout most of |
| 1132s | that game you know the face Palms early |
| 1134s | on the reactions to the some of the the |
| 1136s | boxes he was opening just wasn't enough |
| 1139s | pressure quickly enough against an |
| 1142s | extremely strong ramp draw from yala |
| 1144s | while growth into vague Guff like yes |
| 1146s | that's yeah very difficult and it's one |
| 1149s | of those things isn't it and one of the |
| 1150s | big differences when you're against a 30 |
| 1152s | card style like this as opposed to 40 is |
| 1154s | it feels very similar to the position |
| 1156s | you used to get into against like Rogue |
| 1158s | where it was well if they have like six |
| 1161s | seven cards left you know you're getting |
| 1164s | comboed next turn right like you know |
| 1166s | it's gonna happen so you have to draw an |
| 1169s | answer or you assume you've lost the |
| 1172s | answer did get drawn it's just yeah mink |
| 1174s | had the 10 cards already in hand which |
| 1176s | was a shame and that theater got burnt |
| 1178s | away so we're gonna be moving on to game |
| 1179s | number two it looks like teaming is |
| 1181s | going to be on Rogue once again andiala |
| 1184s | jumping over to the Demon Hunter and I'm |
| 1187s | just gonna say demon is just gonna lose |
| 1188s | 100 of the games because I'm trying to |
| 1190s | like anti-curse yellow from the last |
| 1193s | time we cast and I was so confident |
| 1195s | Demon Hunter was going to win then he |
| 1196s | lost three times in a row |
| 1198s | yes indeed uh immediately got off |
| 1202s | broadcast and sort of had a debate with |
| 1204s | Lorinda about you know how much exactly |
| 1207s | percentage-wise cutting one card draw |
| 1209s | card actually reduces the amount of uh |
| 1211s | cards that you draw because that's the |
| 1213s | kind of thing that both of us like |
| 1215s | thinking about it is very much subtle |
| 1217s | and Lorinda conversation I'd be like oh |
| 1220s | it's about 30 percent |
| 1222s | sleeve it's about six I don't know yeah |
| 1225s | it's often but yeah I think point being |
| 1228s | you know he largely agreed with the |
| 1231s | theme that I went for which is you know |
| 1233s | it'll impact it and it'll impact it more |
| 1235s | than you think because cutting one card |
| 1237s | draw shrinks the size of your card draw |
| 1240s | snowball significantly uh but it doesn't |
| 1243s | prevent you from drawing any card draw |
| 1246s | in three straight games one of which was |
| 1248s | like four turns in a row reading a hit |
| 1250s | card draw you know like that's unfair to |
| 1253s | blame on the fact that there is one |
| 1254s | prosecutor meltronics in this deck |
| 1257s | yeah I think like however much we were |
| 1259s | joking about it during that series of |
| 1262s | when is it ever going to get played uh |
| 1264s | yeah I think that the draws weren't |
| 1266s | great but going up against this Rogue |
| 1268s | again we've seen this before where as |
| 1271s | usual Rogue can sort of find its way |
| 1273s | through a match up but as long as the |
| 1276s | Demon Hunter doesn't work uh well hang |
| 1278s | on I'm doing it again uh no demons is |
| 1280s | going to lose uh never mind we'll move |
| 1283s | on but seriously look at the opening |
| 1285s | hands here already show it well that |
| 1288s | might be the first time I was going to |
| 1289s | say final showdown like I have ever |
| 1291s | named the quest in any cast I've ever |
| 1294s | done uh it's normally just the quest |
| 1297s | um but yeah having that and uh the |
| 1299s | spectral site in good position already |
| 1301s | it feels like we're having we've seen |
| 1303s | better games from yala than we did in |
| 1305s | his early earlier series |
| 1308s | I believe though this was the pattern of |
| 1310s | the first game as well right I believe |
| 1312s | he kept need for greed spectral site as |
| 1315s | a three keep in his first game in the |
| 1317s | last series right and then just |
| 1318s | completely ran out of card draw from |
| 1320s | that point but now I feel like you're |
| 1322s | cursing yala so I'm removing a |
| 1323s | responsibility from my side that's fine |
| 1328s | uh he was on the play that game though |
| 1330s | so we didn't get to that too and so we |
| 1334s | saw the disaster that I guess wasn't |
| 1336s | theotar in the previous game so a |
| 1338s | different matchup here but what impact |
| 1340s | does theater have on Demon Hunter is it |
| 1344s | I grew probably not as game-winning as |
| 1346s | the Druid matchup but you know what sort |
| 1348s | of impact is this going to make to yala |
| 1350s | if Tim Min can actually get this off |
| 1351s | yeah I think that's fair not as |
| 1354s | consistently game-winning as against the |
| 1356s | 30 card Druid because you know they have |
| 1359s | a large number of Minions that kind of |
| 1361s | end it if you steal one |
| 1364s | um and also just having the 30 cards |
| 1366s | makes it pretty likely that you're going |
| 1367s | to hit it most of the time obviously |
| 1368s | that likelihood is the same with the 30 |
| 1370s | card Demon Hunter but they actually have |
| 1373s | recovery techniques right like if you if |
| 1375s | you steal the Jace they can still make |
| 1379s | two eight eights and two nine nines with |
| 1381s | a single three Mana card connect with |
| 1383s | those and then finish you off with spell |
| 1385s | damage fell barrages they can still |
| 1388s | discount all of their spell damage to |
| 1390s | zero Mana play them all in one turn and |
| 1392s | then just kill you from 40 with two fell |
| 1394s | barrages anyway even without using Jace |
| 1396s | there's still lots of ways that you can |
| 1397s | get around it even if you do get your |
| 1399s | stuff munched so it helps it absolutely |
| 1402s | helps one thing that I personally would |
| 1405s | not like to see is Cham Ming going for |
| 1408s | the theater when the Curtis Quest reward |
| 1411s | is in hand when we get to that point |
| 1412s | right right |
| 1413s | um because I think that specifically |
| 1415s | lowers your odds of hitting anything |
| 1416s | relevant because I don't think the |
| 1418s | character's Quest will reward is that |
| 1420s | relevant that often in most match-ups |
| 1423s | see how it goes yeah I mean |
| 1426s | perfect thanks get it gone and what just |
| 1430s | a small note as well uh hopefully this |
| 1433s | will not come into play but one thing |
| 1434s | you do have to be wary of if you're |
| 1436s | spending a long time on your turns is |
| 1437s | y'all is sometimes want to do |
| 1440s | is that if you're parking Road quests uh |
| 1443s | sorry Rogue secrets |
| 1445s | animations happen right so it's one |
| 1448s | thing you have to just keep a little eye |
| 1449s | on I mean yala was absolutely fine then |
| 1451s | but it's just one thing that you know |
| 1453s | people could trip on by accident |
| 1456s | and uh Bagel agrees if you can |
| 1460s | indeed |
| 1467s | oh |
| 1472s | is playable immediately does have zero |
| 1475s | Manor Relic to dump if need be as well |
| 1485s | um demons they can just go need for |
| 1487s | greed tradable and then dump The Relic |
| 1491s | if need be |
| 1492s | open up the handspace |
| 1505s | oh okay |
| 1512s | not too bad at all of course could |
| 1514s | always be better |
| 1516s | um if it actually could you know could |
| 1518s | hit a reduction on a relic but I think |
| 1520s | this is looking fine he has the um the |
| 1522s | dimensions there with the one cost |
| 1524s | location so I suppose that's kind of |
| 1526s | like in a reduction on a dimensions |
| 1529s | not looking too bad at all |
| 1532s | yep just drop the extension leave it up |
| 1534s | as a three one I think you're absolutely |
| 1536s | fine with that just to make up the board |
| 1537s | space |
| 1539s | where you followed |
| 1542s | is some of the more Awkward turns to |
| 1544s | plan from the demon Hunter's perspective |
| 1546s | though because you know you play Relic |
| 1549s | you could you're debating immediately |
| 1552s | whether you want to play doubled up |
| 1554s | phantasms but then you also have a |
| 1555s | relative dimensions in your hands you're |
| 1557s | like okay maybe I don't use the location |
| 1558s | this time so I can use the location next |
| 1560s | turn but then you have to consider wait |
| 1562s | does it take me two turns to get enough |
| 1565s | space in my hand to be able to play |
| 1568s | relative dimensions right right doubled |
| 1570s | up anyway |
| 1572s | um so good deal of planning going into |
| 1573s | these next couple of turns from Jana |
| 1578s | laughs |
| 1580s | Raven's favorite cards |
| 1585s | um |
| 1586s | yeah not looking too bad here for timing |
| 1588s | I do feel like he's just gonna be |
| 1590s | reliant on this uh theater to at least |
| 1593s | not just win the game as we've already |
| 1595s | mentioned but just give him some kind of |
| 1597s | level of being come up comfortable right |
| 1599s | it's like okay if I remove one of the |
| 1602s | burn cards then I just know you're not |
| 1605s | gonna do it twice right like you just |
| 1607s | have that 100 knowledge because you can |
| 1610s | point out unless I'm being stupid but |
| 1612s | outside of Jace repeating certain cards |
| 1615s | there's no way to generate more versions |
| 1617s | right in this deck so you just know if |
| 1620s | it's gone it's gone |
| 1622s | foreign |
| 1629s | deciding that he needs to pay no mind to |
| 1633s | clearing opposition boards this game |
| 1635s | just throwing out both relics of |
| 1637s | Extinction for one and two damage each |
| 1642s | I mean it was a very strong turn isn't |
| 1645s | it like look at the board flip here |
| 1647s | there's yes there's a turn between now |
| 1650s | and when he will want to use the |
| 1652s | location and dimensions if that's what |
| 1654s | yala wants to do but I think there's |
| 1656s | also a a small chance that you could |
| 1659s | actually just go the Phantasm again and |
| 1663s | just be like well what if I've just got |
| 1664s | huge minions |
| 1665s | and then follow up with Dimensions maybe |
| 1667s | just a turn or so later |
| 1671s | speaking of strong turns you go through |
| 1673s | all that effort and then one crabby boy |
| 1675s | is all it takes and you're right back at |
| 1678s | square one |
| 1687s | plenty of spells played on the previous |
| 1688s | turn knows that it is not counter spell |
| 1691s | no minions played just yet though to |
| 1693s | have tested for objection of course we |
| 1695s | know that it's Oasis Ally |
| 1698s | okay though he's got the uh objection |
| 1700s | tester in hand |
| 1703s | on the tech |
| 1705s | prosecutor absolute meltronics yeah |
| 1712s | I think one thing I know we've talked a |
| 1714s | lot about this card but I think the |
| 1716s | biggest |
| 1718s | issue for me so far is just its Mana |
| 1722s | cost |
| 1723s | it's a lot isn't it it's because yes |
| 1725s | it's oh it could be reduced sure but a |
| 1727s | two Mana card could be reduced to zero |
| 1729s | Mana you know what I mean like you can't |
| 1731s | you know that's not really an argument |
| 1733s | but I just think it's like four managed |
| 1735s | to just throw it out is just so |
| 1737s | expensive |
| 1739s | uh you okay yeah it's just I don't know |
| 1742s | it's just amazing Sesame Street with |
| 1744s | Raven if you make a cheap thing and an |
| 1747s | expensive thing both cheaper the cheaper |
| 1749s | thing is still cheaper yes |
| 1753s | tell me there aren't people who would |
| 1755s | argue against me with that phrase so |
| 1758s | without lying |
| 1760s | that the blue would argue with that |
| 1762s | wow |
| 1768s | but yeah I do like this from yala just |
| 1770s | getting the two phantasms out sort of |
| 1772s | one after the other and just piling on |
| 1774s | pressure because again uh |
| 1777s | this this Rogue from Tian Ming is very |
| 1779s | strong and very flexible but sometimes |
| 1781s | you aren't just given the tools right |
| 1782s | sometimes you get removal when you don't |
| 1784s | want it sometimes you get pressure when |
| 1786s | you need removal |
| 1787s | and I like I agree with like 90 of what |
| 1792s | you're saying it's just I'm not quite so |
| 1794s | convinced on the intention like as I was |
| 1796s | saying a couple of turns go right |
| 1798s | there's a lot of planning that yala |
| 1800s | needs to do over the next couple of |
| 1801s | turns about when this location comes |
| 1803s | back up and how much hand space you then |
| 1804s | have for relic of Dimensions |
| 1807s | um you're calling these minions pressure |
| 1808s | and it would be pedantic and semantic to |
| 1813s | argue with that but hello I'm subtle |
| 1815s | nice to meet you I'm going to argue with |
| 1818s | that |
| 1819s | um I think these are just busy work you |
| 1820s | know I think that's largely what |
| 1822s | phantasms are in this deck they're just |
| 1824s | a very shiny distraction for your |
| 1825s | opponent to think are the problem for a |
| 1827s | while with you get on while you get on |
| 1830s | with the job of you know drawing a bunch |
| 1831s | of discounted cards and murdering them |
| 1834s | they're both on the elemental there was |
| 1836s | quite nice though you'll take a little |
| 1837s | bit of extra health and a clean trade |
| 1839s | yeah for sure |
| 1847s | noises |
| 1849s | yo is it the lethal I don't even know at |
| 1853s | this point probably not but it's close |
| 1858s | That's How Strong the draw was though |
| 1861s | the fact I even joked about it being |
| 1863s | lethal |
| 1866s | I mean it could be right |
| 1869s | then how the second Dimensions go |
| 1877s | I grow in pain no I don't think so |
| 1881s | because it's only Max two more |
| 1882s | discounted cards right now right so even |
| 1884s | if it's spell damage for a barrage which |
| 1886s | is probably the most damage you'll get |
| 1887s | that's not immediately lethal right now |
| 1890s | I don't think so |
| 1891s | if it's lethal without it being lethal |
| 1894s | if you know what I mean it feels like it |
| 1896s | yala's got six cards left half his hands |
| 1899s | cost nothing |
| 1902s | interming has one like what does theater |
| 1905s | even steal at this point like you know |
| 1907s | what what's actually gonna stop you this |
| 1909s | is what I mean right like yeah you play |
| 1911s | a theater here and probably no matter |
| 1913s | what you end up taking your opponent |
| 1915s | still has the capacity to murder you on |
| 1917s | the following time yeah I weirdly think |
| 1919s | the best thing for Toyota is if you play |
| 1921s | it on six and they happen to have very |
| 1923s | much like yala not been able to play |
| 1925s | dimensions and then you just take one |
| 1927s | you know I think like that's probably |
| 1929s | just the best right as opposed to actual |
| 1931s | like combo pieces so to speak yep |
| 1935s | okay so it's happened big deal the Jace |
| 1939s | has been taken I'm not gonna pretend |
| 1940s | that doesn't matter it of course matters |
| 1942s | however does it end the game no |
| 1944s | absolutely not Jala still has more than |
| 1947s | enough capability to put together 27 |
| 1949s | damage here |
| 1955s | yep Chow mein's gonna go |
| 1957s | really go for the jugular here with the |
| 1959s | theater try and get some spell damage |
| 1961s | away from the hand now as well |
| 1963s | he's gonna have to wait to do so though |
| 1965s | yep |
| 1966s | and again it's that that fear of oh this |
| 1969s | combo deck's got five cards left in the |
| 1972s | deck after the natural draw hmm |
| 1976s | how dead am I |
| 1986s | now the extra question with Jace gone |
| 1991s | unless I mean you can count later faster |
| 1993s | than me but there's a world where yala |
| 1995s | actually plays kurtress right |
| 1997s | to make sure he's getting like the guild |
| 2000s | Traders discount yeah and then Curtis |
| 2002s | now not die and then just pop off next |
| 2005s | turn and just play the whole deck |
| 2007s | uh 22 I Believe by the way okay so |
| 2010s | you're not quite a question |
| 2013s | yeah I believe that's what yala's |
| 2014s | obviously was doing and might still be |
| 2016s | okay yeah |
| 2018s | wait |
| 2020s | I'm going right now if he hits Guild |
| 2022s | Trader right now it's lethal I believe |
| 2024s | yes that is now lethal I'll Trust you in |
| 2028s | the Allah it adds six to my previous |
| 2030s | count so if my previous count was |
| 2032s | correct then this is now lethal |
| 2035s | he's the 22. |
| 2038s | was that the first number you said yep |
| 2041s | okay that seems to add up to more than |
| 2043s | Tia Ming's health so I'll Trust you |
| 2045s | thanks seven three over plenty of damage |
| 2049s | and what a great game there for yala |
| 2051s | just doing exactly what they needed to |
| 2053s | do and you you were right and I think |
| 2055s | that displayed there where Tian Ming |
| 2056s | just went with the theotar got a good |
| 2059s | steal but for me I think that pretty |
| 2062s | much showed why that late it probably |
| 2064s | just doesn't work but if you do it |
| 2066s | earlier you just as much as just kind of |
| 2068s | rolling the dice to see if you hit |
| 2070s | something good anyway but yala was |
| 2072s | already so far ahead of the game had the |
| 2075s | room to play Dimensions obviously got |
| 2076s | the other dimensions for free anyway and |
| 2079s | it just snowballs out of control and I |
| 2081s | think this is what I would generally |
| 2083s | expect this matchup to look like without |
| 2085s | any really wild Rogue Shenanigans coming |
| 2088s | out from some of the discovers yeah I |
| 2090s | think I've talked about this game |
| 2091s | already on stream before but you know |
| 2093s | just to give an example for context as |
| 2094s | to how much damage this gets this deck |
| 2096s | can do even when disrupted |
| 2099s | um I played against a blood Death Knight |
| 2101s | on like day three or something of the |
| 2103s | expansion who I believe got to 70 Max |
| 2106s | health |
| 2107s | uh theater my Jace and then was just |
| 2109s | emote spamming me the entire game and I |
| 2112s | just went like location phantasms for |
| 2115s | big minions managed to connect with a |
| 2117s | couple of the big minions and then did |
| 2119s | trip like plus six spell damage double |
| 2121s | fell barrage double Unholy uh double |
| 2124s | fell uh unleash at the end of the game |
| 2126s | and was still lethal through like a 65 |
| 2128s | Total Health that they had at that point |
| 2129s | like it's absurd there's too much damage |
| 2132s | you can't Outlast the deck that's not |
| 2134s | the plan stop trying to do it it's not |
| 2136s | possible |
| 2138s | but more Health |
| 2141s | hey though y'all is going to be jumping |
| 2143s | over to his final deck and he does |
| 2144s | actually get to play his priest because |
| 2146s | his gadgets and a sort of shark Rogue is |
| 2149s | actually going to be banned out for the |
| 2150s | series I don't know how much we talked |
| 2151s | about a little bit earlier I still |
| 2153s | haven't got used to this it catches me |
| 2154s | by surprise every time the portrait |
| 2156s | comes up |
| 2158s | I've been casting yala for ages no I |
| 2160s | meant anduin I just don't like looking |
| 2161s | at anduin when anduin comes |
| 2165s | um |
| 2166s | what was I saying oh yeah Rogue bands so |
| 2169s | we're going to be on the Boon priest |
| 2170s | here and uh hello hello |
| 2177s | should I stop interrupting you with |
| 2179s | random noises so you should finish your |
| 2181s | point would you like that |
| 2186s | I knew it |
| 2189s | I don't even though I know I'm gonna get |
| 2190s | shut down I knew I know the game |
| 2194s | yeah what'd you make of this matchup |
| 2196s | style the uh the the boom priest the |
| 2198s | deck that I think has received at least |
| 2199s | a good chunk of bands today |
| 2201s | yeah |
| 2203s | um certainly a real real problem deck at |
| 2206s | high ranks on ladder it's a little |
| 2208s | sparser the further you go down so uh |
| 2211s | some people watching at home might be |
| 2213s | confused as to why we would talk about |
| 2214s | this deck as such a Powerhouse when it |
| 2216s | might not be something that they |
| 2217s | experience an enormous amount of but |
| 2220s | um in the hands of a skilled player it |
| 2222s | is a wildly oppressive deck and the |
| 2225s | pop-offs that it is capable of there |
| 2227s | aren't many decks in the game that are |
| 2229s | equipped to deal with it as early as |
| 2231s | they come out from the deck in the first |
| 2233s | place and this is one of those games |
| 2235s | where uh reconnaissance uh into |
| 2238s | specifically gigafin is something that |
| 2241s | we have in fact already seen in this |
| 2243s | tournament but can be one of the few |
| 2245s | ways that you can really scam back with |
| 2248s | the same level of scamming power that |
| 2250s | they have against you |
| 2254s | the new expansion coming next year scam |
| 2256s | Wars |
| 2259s | hello |
| 2262s | definitely a deck where we're gonna see |
| 2265s | yala maximize everything as he's known |
| 2268s | to do right because this is a deck where |
| 2270s | choosing when to go is so vital to you |
| 2274s | winning or losing the game but also I |
| 2277s | feel |
| 2278s | um so so debatable as well I feel like |
| 2282s | every single time we see you know a |
| 2285s | great pre uh priest game and I grabbed |
| 2288s | let's say I grabbed five six Pros they'd |
| 2291s | all probably decide something slightly |
| 2293s | different on how to approach the turn or |
| 2295s | the game in general |
| 2309s | available as well for 10 Ming so it's |
| 2312s | gonna be able to put out at least a |
| 2314s | decent amount of pressure if he wants to |
| 2316s | and again I don't think it's |
| 2318s | particularly a matchup where you can |
| 2320s | afford to try and Buy around stuff to |
| 2323s | make the priest not be able to maybe um |
| 2325s | devour as many cards and stuff like that |
| 2328s | I don't think you really have that uh |
| 2330s | opportunity as Rogue unless you have |
| 2333s | created like very specific removal tools |
| 2337s | uh you know I think the idea of playing |
| 2338s | around devour from priest is like you |
| 2341s | know don't play flipper friends for all |
| 2344s | the roses for example you know like |
| 2346s | don't just make a play that puts a ton |
| 2348s | of one ones on them yeah yeah you can't |
| 2350s | just not play minions because that's not |
| 2352s | gonna work out at all like you need that |
| 2354s | pressure unless you are the single most |
| 2357s | robust control deck in the entire world |
| 2360s | you're gonna need to play minions and |
| 2362s | pressure them to get out of the game |
| 2363s | alive |
| 2367s | foreign |
| 2369s | just like Tempo scale of annexia pass |
| 2372s | against priests the nuts |
| 2375s | we just do the real thing and play the |
| 2377s | uh the plague spreaders |
| 2380s | the the best minions to play just keep |
| 2382s | playing them it'll be fine |
| 2385s | I didn't even cast that game and I think |
| 2388s | I'm traumatized by it yeah I never want |
| 2390s | that to happen ever again it's the worst |
| 2393s | thing I've ever seen |
| 2400s | I watched Spice World |
| 2406s | I was wondering what percentage of their |
| 2408s | the lovely viewers are actually old |
| 2410s | enough to understand what that is |
| 2413s | see there are some pretty good jokes in |
| 2415s | splice world I'm not gonna lie it like |
| 2416s | is is a nonsense movie but there are |
| 2419s | some there are some good bits they're |
| 2421s | too young to remember the specific song |
| 2423s | okay |
| 2424s | this is such a large age God I believe |
| 2427s | it was written by a guy who wrote some |
| 2428s | episodes of Red Dwarf or something like |
| 2430s | that so it does actually have something |
| 2432s | it's not a link I imagined existed no I |
| 2434s | know yeah it's weird I think that's true |
| 2436s | imagine you see me yeah all right I've |
| 2439s | done these two things what have you done |
| 2441s | Spice World and record |
| 2446s | y'all are going to continue to just |
| 2448s | cycle here and really power up the hand |
| 2451s | and |
| 2453s | it's such an interesting deck to watch |
| 2455s | yala play because you know he is going |
| 2457s | to just min max it whereas I think a lot |
| 2459s | of players would have considered going |
| 2461s | in or would consider going in earlier |
| 2463s | than Yellowwood |
| 2469s | yeah much more importantly Lorinda |
| 2470s | backing me up that Spice World is in |
| 2472s | fact fine that is lorinda's movie review |
| 2479s | which is actually pretty positive if you |
| 2481s | know Lorena that's actually like almost |
| 2483s | like a glowing review there I watched it |
| 2487s | and didn't you know the real dark side |
| 2490s | of Lorinda and not not the bumbling |
| 2492s | genial person he presents us on the |
| 2495s | street the character yeah exactly |
| 2499s | should we all just stop playing our |
| 2500s | characters on stream right now should we |
| 2502s | yeah |
| 2504s | maybe for finals |
| 2513s | always swap characters so |
| 2516s | [Laughter] |
| 2518s | I want to be TJ just be like oh Lord I |
| 2521s | was about to say that why do what does |
| 2524s | it say about TJ that aren't ironically |
| 2526s | have given the option of who we would |
| 2528s | like to pretend to be we both picked TJ |
| 2530s | yeah |
| 2538s | all right meanwhile in the game of |
| 2540s | hearthstone before our very eyes no pile |
| 2543s | under pressure but this is the turn Soul |
| 2545s | yala said you know what I've got a full |
| 2546s | hand and some raging Elementals I'm |
| 2549s | gonna do the thing |
| 2550s | yeah largely been killing time until it |
| 2554s | is time to pop off as have your beloved |
| 2556s | casters but now it is the moment to get |
| 2558s | serious and make sure you are executing |
| 2561s | this properly we have seen a couple of |
| 2564s | little fudgings of these kind of turns |
| 2566s | throughout the tournament so far and uh |
| 2569s | long may it continue I'm sure |
| 2572s | yalo is gonna be methodical about it |
| 2574s | though as only yala knows how to do |
| 2577s | yeah and and to be fair like again we |
| 2580s | expect the best from the players who are |
| 2582s | here because they are the best players |
| 2584s | in the world but |
| 2586s | every single card played can have such a |
| 2590s | ripple effect on the rest of your turn |
| 2592s | in this deck right because the amount of |
| 2594s | times I've played something gone oh no |
| 2596s | now this costs one more oh no my whole |
| 2599s | turn's ruined because I just thought you |
| 2601s | just slightly missed sequence someone |
| 2602s | it's someone it's something |
| 2609s | it's all the blasters animate dead |
| 2611s | of course still has that Boon in hand |
| 2615s | [Music] |
| 2617s | Primo the wave subtle |
| 2620s | pretty good card right now for tming |
| 2623s | yeah absolutely outrageous especially uh |
| 2627s | with already one method in hand to be |
| 2629s | able to potentially repeat it as well |
| 2646s | things get really interesting when it's |
| 2649s | this version of Rogue against identity |
| 2652s | theft |
| 2654s | you can start journeying into some very |
| 2656s | interesting places soon |
| 2659s | oh I mean it's entirely possible that |
| 2660s | this somehow turns into a plague spread |
| 2662s | a mirror again even though neither of |
| 2665s | these next players oh oh I was gonna say |
| 2667s | not now but potentially wave mirror |
| 2672s | I mean also yes |
| 2675s | so the problem with this obviously it is |
| 2677s | a massive removal of stats from the |
| 2679s | board but it's not a kill card and |
| 2681s | anytime you pass back to priest when |
| 2682s | they have a minion left on the board you |
| 2685s | are potentially setting yourself up for |
| 2687s | disaster |
| 2688s | big deal here though is that the radian |
| 2690s | did not die therefore it will not be |
| 2693s | reanimated right so that is something to |
| 2696s | bear in mind it's not you know what the |
| 2698s | new cards in the deck for this expansion |
| 2700s | uh will not be able to have its uh true |
| 2702s | power level revealed yet interesting |
| 2704s | actually that it's called animate dead |
| 2706s | and not reanimate dead when normally |
| 2707s | reanimate is the word that you would use |
| 2710s | for the process that thematically the |
| 2712s | card is going for I would imagine right |
| 2715s | yes |
| 2716s | but is that wrong no no I don't think |
| 2719s | either word would be wrong I just think |
| 2721s | it's interesting that they went with |
| 2722s | anime |
| 2723s | I think they had to because it's dead |
| 2730s | you know what I mean |
| 2732s | honestly no well you're not reanimating |
| 2735s | the dead thing because the dead thing |
| 2738s | wasn't animated in the first place |
| 2739s | because it's dead but isn't that the |
| 2741s | commonly used term like the reanimate |
| 2743s | I speak quite common as well and you |
| 2747s | don't I speak the common dog sir and you |
| 2751s | don't you tell me quite often how wrong |
| 2752s | I am so yeah |
| 2754s | this ah |
| 2759s | yeah here we go this is what I like to |
| 2761s | see the um the old priest versus Rogue |
| 2764s | krabatoa mirror |
| 2786s | it is finished |
| 2788s | yeah I think y'all is just gonna give it |
| 2790s | up there no real way to answer or the |
| 2792s | krabatoas just aren't going to be able |
| 2793s | to get it done |
| 2795s | very very awkward game in the end once |
| 2797s | he got hit with the double answers even |
| 2799s | the early polymorph jelly ride we were |
| 2802s | talking about the anime Deadpool |
| 2804s | um the poly jelly goes in there as well |
| 2805s | which messed with it to begin with you |
| 2807s | know coming back with spell damage not |
| 2808s | relevant priest doesn't use the spell |
| 2810s | damage so it doesn't end up being |
| 2811s | important |
| 2813s | um and then just having that primordial |
| 2814s | wave that puts Jana in such a difficult |
| 2817s | position right because like I said you |
| 2819s | pass back with minions on the board and |
| 2820s | normally priest would look at that and |
| 2821s | go oh amazing like I I get to start the |
| 2823s | turn with a five five on my board that |
| 2825s | can attack this is amazing I'm gonna do |
| 2826s | a million damage but you know if you go |
| 2829s | all in again and you start playing more |
| 2830s | blesses and all other Buffs that you |
| 2832s | have in your hand they just need any |
| 2835s | card that replays the the thief cards |
| 2837s | throughout the game and then you just |
| 2839s | get hit with it again and then you just |
| 2840s | your drought starts it just puts you in |
| 2842s | such an awkward position once you see |
| 2844s | that first generated card that's just |
| 2846s | the nuts in the match up it's such a |
| 2849s | nightmare to just get into your brain |
| 2850s | some kind of consistent plan that |
| 2852s | actually beats anything at that point if |
| 2855s | it it keeps coming back so yala tried |
| 2857s | his best to make something happen with |
| 2859s | the identity thefts which are you know |
| 2861s | probably the go-to plan B overall if the |
| 2863s | the priest is falling short on plan a |
| 2865s | but just could not get there in the end |
| 2866s | yeah I think realistically after the |
| 2868s | primordial wave yala needed to like win |
| 2871s | the wave as in like not get a five five |
| 2873s | right and you know get something like |
| 2875s | big or create a crazy outcome to try and |
| 2878s | build off the back of there but it |
| 2879s | simply didn't happen uh timing now going |
| 2881s | to jump over to that Demon Hunter again |
| 2883s | a deck we've taught a ton about today |
| 2886s | and we'll no doubt Taco turn about |
| 2888s | tomorrow as well yeah but it's going to |
| 2889s | be going up against the priest again and |
| 2891s | honestly I don't think this is a is this |
| 2895s | a matchup we've cast today sort of I |
| 2897s | want to say no |
| 2899s | I think we did see it once yes |
| 2904s | um I believe I can't remember who it was |
| 2905s | but I think it was Demon Hunter bottom |
| 2907s | and priest top like the reversal of |
| 2908s | positions from this okay um because I do |
| 2911s | remember talking about how actually like |
| 2913s | Demon Hunter is one of the few decks in |
| 2915s | the game that can specifically throw |
| 2917s | enough removal at the moment |
| 2920s | yeah yeah I remember yeah yeah |
| 2926s | oh spectral sight and Relic vault in the |
| 2929s | opening is massive that is a fantastic |
| 2933s | opening for Ian kill them |
| 2937s | stop it uh Silver Moon uh not so great |
| 2941s | though because again when you talked |
| 2942s | about the potential removal that timing |
| 2945s | can do to deal with the big pushes from |
| 2946s | yala it would be a lot nicer if the |
| 2949s | silver the Silver Moon wasn't three Mana |
| 2952s | as that can really uh remove some of the |
| 2954s | uh potential damage that's going to be |
| 2955s | available unless timing maybe even goes |
| 2958s | for like a Tempo play with this not not |
| 2961s | next turn specifically but you know just |
| 2963s | one says you know what I've got the Mana |
| 2965s | I'll play it down how often does it |
| 2967s | actually die |
| 2968s | yeah I mean it's a possibility |
| 2971s | um we will depend heavily I think on |
| 2973s | what the draw is off the top from me in |
| 2975s | terms of card draw obviously has that |
| 2977s | spectral site lined up in good position |
| 2979s | um but just as a Counterpoint like I |
| 2981s | generally the big pop-offs don't happen |
| 2983s | until turn five-ish anyway for the |
| 2986s | priests on a on a good-ish draw |
| 2988s | um so all of a sudden you know you have |
| 2990s | the location down you have one relic of |
| 2992s | Extinction in hand already you know all |
| 2994s | it takes is one I don't know one man of |
| 2997s | Hell barrage that you've hit with the |
| 2999s | quest step or whatever and suddenly you |
| 3000s | can do a ton of uh incredible removal or |
| 3004s | even on you know turn five turn six |
| 3005s | coming back the other way |
| 3009s | I see |
| 3014s | oh |
| 3016s | yes needed any tradable yep |
| 3021s | and this is what I was talking like this |
| 3023s | is that sort of situation that |
| 3026s | Demon Hunter even with a reasonable |
| 3028s | opening starts to slip right because |
| 3031s | like look at the difference between |
| 3033s | timing getting a tradable and not it's |
| 3036s | so big even though it sounds small |
| 3046s | not in the least because it would mean |
| 3047s | that fell barrage I was just talking |
| 3048s | about would be discounted and lined up |
| 3050s | for TM Ming to go with the spell damage |
| 3053s | what do you think about sunwell |
| 3056s | well in general terms or like this term |
| 3058s | it it no sorry in this deck because it's |
| 3061s | one of the cards that |
| 3063s | it makes sense but does it |
| 3067s | yeah no I understand what you mean I |
| 3070s | obviously this deck needs plan B's right |
| 3072s | and that's kind of what it's about you |
| 3074s | can't just get a 25 25 to stick every |
| 3078s | game and win the game with it |
| 3080s | um so sometimes you need tools to |
| 3081s | generate other things to play with |
| 3085s | um which somewell is obviously a very |
| 3086s | useful card to do that with it also just |
| 3089s | has the natural Synergy with uh some of |
| 3092s | the cards in the deck like powered |
| 3093s | fortitude for example |
| 3095s | um so I think it's a reasonable addition |
| 3097s | I haven't actually looked at the stats |
| 3099s | for it specifically since it's made its |
| 3100s | way into the deck but I wouldn't imagine |
| 3102s | it's anywhere near the top but I |
| 3104s | wouldn't imagine it's like a massive cut |
| 3106s | me outlier at the moment right right |
| 3108s | either it's just it just definitely was |
| 3109s | you know it's jarring to look at right |
| 3111s | when you look at that we're so used to |
| 3113s | how this deck normally looks and some |
| 3115s | well yeah it's the topics oh okay |
| 3119s | hey though y'all just gonna make a |
| 3120s | little bit of room with the Unleashed |
| 3121s | fell |
| 3124s | oh boy that's not it either |
| 3128s | that's the bad draw don't do that |
| 3131s | it's actually like |
| 3133s | every awkward because again if Tim Ming |
| 3136s | goes for chaos strike to just keep cycle |
| 3138s | in well it's one card and then |
| 3142s | can't Relic anymore |
| 3145s | it's like yeah look at that like oh |
| 3147s | that's why I thought it was going to |
| 3149s | Relic that's kind of where I was leading |
| 3150s | to honestly with what now sorry dude |
| 3152s | it's like oh wow that that felt so often |
| 3155s | that that was the outcome for chaos |
| 3158s | strike that I genuinely thought he was |
| 3160s | gonna go Relic this is the scary part |
| 3162s | though having played this match up a |
| 3163s | good chunk uh mostly from the Demon |
| 3166s | Hunter side |
| 3168s | um as I climbed up to better ranks and I |
| 3171s | was starting to play against like top |
| 3173s | 200 style opponents I noticed a very |
| 3176s | clear like trigger which if I would use |
| 3179s | a location just to juice like relica |
| 3181s | phantasms for example to make my |
| 3183s | Extinction better they just use that |
| 3186s | turn to pop off with whatever they had |
| 3188s | in hand at that time right they just |
| 3190s | kind of React to what I was doing and |
| 3192s | know that they weren't then gonna get |
| 3193s | double extinctioned on the next term |
| 3195s | which is the scariest thing to be |
| 3197s | dealing with |
| 3198s | um so I do think |
| 3200s | there is a debate to be had about |
| 3202s | whether you even just relics for one |
| 3205s | ones without even pressing the location |
| 3207s | as weird as that would look in that spot |
| 3209s | but I think the big takeaway here for |
| 3212s | timing is that this is a rough spot to |
| 3214s | be in at them oh yeah |
| 3218s | I know like |
| 3219s | obviously only got two men are available |
| 3221s | which means the radiant this turn |
| 3223s | wouldn't really cut it but he is getting |
| 3226s | very close to saying okay there's my |
| 3228s | turn if you can't kill it you lose |
| 3231s | pour that so much clear it is but it's |
| 3237s | so much nothing else as well |
| 3240s | yeah if this hand actually had like a |
| 3243s | need for greed or a dimensions in it |
| 3245s | then I would we could talk very yeah |
| 3247s | yeah about my position in this game |
| 3252s | but also it's kind of interesting right |
| 3254s | like if you're in Tian Ming shoes right |
| 3257s | now he's wearing shoes I don't know if |
| 3259s | that's the case but uh do you clear this |
| 3262s | how do you clear this do you ignore it |
| 3264s | do you let them just have the minions |
| 3266s | because they're small do you think |
| 3267s | they're gonna stay small like what what |
| 3269s | what is the actual play here |
| 3272s | do you clear minions can you clear |
| 3274s | minions what do you use let's find out I |
| 3277s | mean sounds good to me |
| 3281s | it's tough right because any removal you |
| 3283s | just think that it's two three twos |
| 3287s | all the removal can become so much |
| 3290s | stronger |
| 3291s | yeah no press right yeah no press this |
| 3293s | is exactly what I was talking about he |
| 3295s | knows that the trigger is there that if |
| 3297s | you if you if you put your location on |
| 3299s | cooldown they're just gonna dump all |
| 3301s | their stats on the board and you will |
| 3303s | not be able to answer it with the Relic |
| 3304s | coming back the other way |
| 3308s | now on the other side he has to make the |
| 3310s | decision |
| 3311s | how all in is he going to go is this |
| 3314s | like a double Boon is this single |
| 3318s | um like where can you even go with this |
| 3319s | obviously depends on what he draws right |
| 3320s | if he can get hold of the uh yeah there |
| 3322s | you go the evolution is what I was going |
| 3324s | to talk about |
| 3325s | [Music] |
| 3328s | is that trick isn't it gotta make it |
| 3331s | threatening enough for your opponent to |
| 3333s | not be able to ignore it |
| 3336s | also if you go all in and there is the |
| 3338s | answer because that location's just sat |
| 3340s | staring at you |
| 3344s | I mean name of chicken |
| 3346s | it is but in this situation against |
| 3348s | Demon Hunter specifically I do think |
| 3351s | more is just better yala you're |
| 3353s | terrifying me please do things while I |
| 3355s | continue this sentence |
| 3357s | because you've seen no discounts right |
| 3360s | no Quest steps no relative dimensions |
| 3362s | you just saw a fell barrage used for |
| 3366s | maximum value |
| 3367s | yes |
| 3369s | I mean that was obviously deliberate |
| 3372s | um you've just seen film barrage used |
| 3373s | for minimal value with no spell damage |
| 3377s | so the more you do the less likely it |
| 3379s | then is it's a very it's a fairly binary |
| 3381s | situation right where they might have |
| 3383s | relative extinctions in hand they might |
| 3385s | have two relative extinctions in hand |
| 3386s | but straight up the more stats you have |
| 3389s | the more likely something is to stick |
| 3390s | and the more likely something is to |
| 3391s | stick the more likely you are to win so |
| 3393s | this is so funny as well because I'm I |
| 3395s | I'm not sure but I feel like yala went |
| 3397s | okay I just play this out keep the hand |
| 3399s | space and they might press it and then |
| 3401s | dimensions |
| 3402s | right |
| 3404s | and it's like oh they didn't |
| 3406s | oh I guess I just do do my turn then oh |
| 3410s | my opponent's hand is really really bad |
| 3412s | oh oh homage yeah |
| 3415s | um |
| 3416s | yeah yeah I was saying okay well that |
| 3418s | was what they had |
| 3419s | we go in |
| 3421s | indeed |
| 3423s | and now so much Mana available because |
| 3426s | you actually started the turn with the |
| 3428s | Priestess in your hand and didn't have |
| 3429s | to go fishing for it |
| 3431s | yeah got the police got the wigs |
| 3435s | actually you know proc in the um the |
| 3437s | Naga as well of course to be able to |
| 3439s | help cycle them because sometimes you |
| 3441s | find yourself just playing a wig because |
| 3443s | you just have to and it's not going to |
| 3444s | recycle |
| 3445s | oh I'm done |
| 3448s | job's done we'll wait five minutes while |
| 3450s | this turn finishes oh it's done yeah |
| 3452s | Wiggy Wiggy boom boom is gonna |
| 3455s | presumably be the end of this term while |
| 3457s | we wait for it to catch up with the |
| 3458s | bless obviously thrown in there as well |
| 3461s | and I do not think these pitiful relics |
| 3466s | of Extinction are going to be able to |
| 3467s | deal with this board State and I feel |
| 3469s | like you lied you told me oh you can |
| 3471s | clear huge minions you can't I can see |
| 3473s | some huge minion soul and you said they |
| 3476s | can't be cleared genuinely look at this |
| 3479s | this is like the worst possible hand you |
| 3482s | can have in response to this no |
| 3483s | discounts one spell damage minion look |
| 3486s | how much you can still do |
| 3490s | I mean |
| 3493s | look I'm not saying it's gonna be |
| 3495s | something I'm saying visualize a second |
| 3498s | spell damage minion in there as well |
| 3500s | yeah |
| 3502s | well regardless huge congratulations to |
| 3505s | yala as he takes the victory three one |
| 3508s | and it stays alive uh in the tournament |
| 3510s | as well to defeating Tian Ming and that |
| 3512s | was just a rough final game but I think |
| 3514s | we've seen that right where that is why |
| 3517s | even though I said at the start of the |
| 3519s | day or Demon Hunter just is just a win |
| 3520s | it's why it's not literally just an auto |
| 3523s | winning any given matchup right there |
| 3525s | are gaps in the deck especially if you |
| 3527s | have some of those awkward draws and |
| 3529s | your opponent doesn't right you can keep |
| 3530s | up and you start to slip away so really |
| 3532s | really good series by yala and honestly |
| 3535s | just play I kind of just expect from him |
| 3538s | very considered especially with that |
| 3539s | priest we saw I think twice that right |
| 3541s | where he was really picking his moments |
| 3544s | to go in and the time it failed was when |
| 3546s | his opponent had the primordial wave |
| 3548s | which is understandable yeah I do think |
| 3551s | his actual |
| 3552s | um timing of of the priest play was |
| 3555s | actually very very strong yeah I do |
| 3557s | think |
| 3558s | genuinely the term previous to the one |
| 3560s | where he popped off and eventually won |
| 3562s | was genuinely indecisive right it looked |
| 3566s | like he was very well I won't I actually |
| 3567s | go in more on that turn but what's |
| 3570s | important is I think he made what is the |
| 3572s | right decision in the end just |
| 3573s | recognizing how much bigger he gets in |
| 3576s | one turn just by hanging on there and |
| 3578s | you saw the the fruits of that labor |
| 3579s | with like the the triple 26 26s or |
| 3582s | whatever he ended up with in the end |
| 3584s | um just by holding on for that one extra |
| 3585s | term but I think there was a moment of |
| 3587s | indecision in there that's fine as long |
| 3589s | as you end up |
| 3590s | um making the right play in the end and |
| 3592s | I think that is yala 101 right he will |
| 3596s | be very considered he'll take all his |
| 3598s | options he might be indecisive of |
| 3599s | moments but that is y'all are just using |
| 3602s | every second of the game that is |
| 3604s | available to him and it's something that |
| 3606s | we've been distracted by recently with |
| 3609s | the likes of Gabby and bly's taking over |
| 3612s | in the last couple of seasons of Europe |
| 3614s | Grand Masters where suddenly you know |
| 3617s | the Vogue Play Star in the Premier |
| 3619s | region was just slamming out cards as |
| 3621s | quickly as possible and yala's just here |
| 3624s | to remind everyone that actually |
| 3625s | actually the old life coach style might |
| 3628s | just have some Merit to it life coach |
| 3631s | um that was a great series and we've got |
| 3633s | one more left for you guys today and |
| 3636s | it's gonna be a spicy one no matter |
| 3638s | which way you look at it because it's |
| 3640s | going to be glory versus yala when it |
| 3643s | moves on and goes with shouty to |
| 3645s | progress loser is just done Saul and |
| 3648s | what a pair of players and as well World |
| 3650s | Championship rematches yeah right up on |
| 3653s | top of all of that that is a disgusting |
| 3655s | game to be closing out the day with |
| 3657s | can't wait Yep this is just day one but |
| 3659s | we've got that one more match left so |
| 3660s | stick around and we'll be right back |
| 3662s | with Glory versus yellow |
| 3666s | foreign |
| 3668s | [Music] |
| 3676s | [Music] |
| 3683s | we're going to test your Hearthstone |
| 3686s | stats trivia whether or not you can |
| 3688s | answer these five questions correctly |
| 3691s | based on uh super Hearthstone Esports |
| 3694s | trivia you ready I think so |
| 3697s | I believe it I like the uh the |
| 3699s | conviction all right question number one |
| 3701s | which player has had the most match wins |
| 3704s | across all Masters Tour events is it a |
| 3707s | hunter Ace B Fury Hunter C Aloo temu or |
| 3712s | D bunny Hopper |
| 3714s | I think it's Fury Hunter |
| 3717s | that is the correct answer of one point |
| 3719s | to yala congratulations next question |
| 3721s | one that you might have a little bit of |
| 3723s | an advantage in yala what was yala's win |
| 3726s | percentage across all Grand Master |
| 3728s | matches ever was it 55.3 |
| 3732s | 57.2 60.1 or 64.3 percent I think it's |
| 3737s | 60.1 |
| 3740s | he's two for two he knows himself and he |
| 3742s | knows his own Hearthstone |
| 3743s | congratulations uh question number three |
| 3745s | what was happen gabu's Swiss record in |
| 3748s | the second third and fourth Masters |
| 3751s | tours of the Year combined |
| 3754s | so that's Master stores two three and |
| 3756s | four was it twenty and four twenty one |
| 3759s | and three twenty two and two or twenty |
| 3762s | three and one |
| 3764s | that's gonna be hard one |
| 3766s | um that is tough |
| 3768s | actually I have no idea |
| 3771s | can you repeat actually the scores again |
| 3773s | I can indeed 20 wins and four losses 21 |
| 3777s | wins and three losses 22 wins and two |
| 3780s | losses or 23 wins and one loss I think |
| 3784s | it's a but yeah |
| 3786s | not sure unfortunately you underestimate |
| 3789s | your opponent in this instance he didn't |
| 3791s | lose four matches he lost two matches |
| 3794s | only with a score of 22 and two over |
| 3796s | three entire Masters tours which is a |
| 3799s | truly mind book that's good yeah yeah it |
| 3802s | does uh make you a little bit afraid of |
| 3803s | him moving on to another one of the |
| 3805s | competitors you're going to be up |
| 3806s | against what was dead draw's record |
| 3809s | you're gonna have to throw your mind |
| 3810s | back quite far here at Masters Tour Las |
| 3813s | Vegas was it a 1-4 drop seven and five |
| 3817s | eight and four or nine and three |
| 3821s | I think it was nine nine and three |
| 3825s | unfortunately you went to the exact |
| 3826s | wrong end of the spectrum you |
| 3828s | overestimated him in this instance it's |
| 3829s | dead draw come on we know he's washed |
| 3831s | it's one and four drop uh for him at uh |
| 3834s | that particular tournament uh and then |
| 3836s | the final question uh the spiciest of |
| 3839s | hearthstone dramas that we've had in a |
| 3841s | very long time how many turns did Pasqua |
| 3844s | rope when he played against x-blies in |
| 3847s | his last call match zero 25 40 or 65 |
| 3853s | turns |
| 3854s | can give us all of them so maybe 65 |
| 3858s | . so that's it it was one of the most |
| 3861s | excruciating things I've ever had to see |
| 3862s | in my life I'm surprised it was only 65 |
| 3864s | turns he roped him uh but congrats three |
| 3867s | out of five we'll see how you compare to |
| 3869s | the other competitors when they also |
| 3870s | take the stat attack quiz |
| 3874s | [Music] |
| 3886s | [Music] |
| 3891s | Ocean or mountains |
| 3893s | pale |
| 3895s | big party or small gathering |
| 3900s | a bath or a shower |
| 3903s | passenger or driver |
| 3907s | City or Countryside |
| 3912s | work hard or play hard |
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| 4286s | hello everybody and welcome back to the |
| 4288s | Hearthstone World Championship my name |
| 4291s | is TJ I'm joined by Neil Lorinda Bond |
| 4292s | and Neil we have the pleasure |
| 4296s | of having the final shift of the day you |
| 4299s | know what |
| 4300s | What in in like relay races like in the |
| 4303s | Olympics uh-huh |
| 4306s | it always put their best runner last |
| 4309s | called The Anchor position we are the |
| 4310s | anchors yeah we are the anchor |
| 4314s | that's right |
| 4315s | we're both anchors |
| 4317s | and it's for |
| 4321s | um undisclosed re I actually don't know |
| 4324s | you did the rotation you should know |
| 4328s | why they put the fastest runner last |
| 4332s | um it's because |
| 4334s | why |
| 4335s | in the I mean in theory it should make |
| 4337s | no difference whatsoever right the four |
| 4339s | people run their run and that's the |
| 4341s | thing but your best person at doing the |
| 4344s | thing is the one who might be able to |
| 4345s | find the extra |
| 4347s | like the zip |
| 4349s | and if they're winning by a long way |
| 4350s | they can ease off so they don't hurt |
| 4352s | themselves for later rounds |
| 4355s | uh |
| 4357s | I think it's because |
| 4359s | because you have to pass the Baton yeah |
| 4362s | you can't run full speed the whole time |
| 4367s | yes you can either those the last legs |
| 4370s | are faster legs oddly enough because you |
| 4371s | start running before you get the pattern |
| 4376s | yeah and then the last last one you get |
| 4378s | to just Sprint right through the finish |
| 4379s | and you get to do that whole head down |
| 4381s | arms back thing that's the one and the |
| 4383s | thing is with us is we have never |
| 4385s | dropped the bottom TJ we are absolutely |
| 4388s | solid we've never got it wrong we've |
| 4391s | never let the show down we have been |
| 4393s | last for two years more accurate is on |
| 4397s | last after circulating to tidy up the |
| 4400s | mess we never had a baton |
| 4403s | we're not even officially entered in the |
| 4405s | race |
| 4406s | but we still run regardless and win but |
| 4411s | don't get the credit |
| 4412s | there was a person who did that in the |
| 4414s | 50s I think it's the 50s or the 60s |
| 4417s | what band foreign |
| 4422s | a tiny tiny tiny sum of money to run a |
| 4425s | race or to get some sponsored shoes or |
| 4427s | something ridiculous and they got banned |
| 4429s | a long distance run a really long |
| 4431s | distance Runner like marathons and above |
| 4433s | and I can't remember the person's name |
| 4435s | it's really annoying me and they were |
| 4438s | banned from amateur competitions because |
| 4440s | that was officially a professional thing |
| 4444s | um and so he wasn't allowed to run so he |
| 4446s | just turned up at these races and won |
| 4448s | them anyway and just didn't collect any |
| 4449s | prize money just as an amateur Runner |
| 4451s | he's like well I'm banned but this is a |
| 4454s | road and I'm going to run on this road |
| 4455s | at the same time as your tournament |
| 4456s | today because it's a long distance race |
| 4457s | and he was really good |
| 4461s | no there you go rematch of the 2020 |
| 4463s | Hearthstone World final and one of the |
| 4467s | players won't be reaching the top eight |
| 4472s | pretty incredible honestly one that we |
| 4475s | have multiple previous world champions |
| 4479s | feeding in this world championship |
| 4481s | two because |
| 4483s | we have even more finalists |
| 4487s | Petey players that competed in World |
| 4489s | Finals |
| 4490s | sorry |
| 4492s | point three even crazier |
| 4497s | is the fact that |
| 4499s | two of the players that played in the |
| 4501s | final are playing against each other in |
| 4502s | another world championship four that |
| 4505s | one's not going to even make it on to |
| 4507s | the next stage of the quarterfinal so we |
| 4508s | can't have a rematch in the files and |
| 4509s | five look at this turn wow I was gonna |
| 4511s | say can we talk about battles Glory has |
| 4514s | won this Hearthstone game because that |
| 4516s | is a mailbox getting right all danced on |
| 4519s | right in front of him there |
| 4522s | um have you has he dawned on you how |
| 4523s | we've talked about this group possibly |
| 4525s | being stronger than the other groups |
| 4526s | even though they're all strong how many |
| 4528s | world championship appearances this |
| 4531s | group had between the four of them |
| 4537s | um I grew one two |
| 4542s | three and Counting this one counting |
| 4545s | this tournament as well yes you've got a |
| 4546s | four Head Start five six seven |
| 4550s | and then |
| 4551s | eight nine I think it's ten |
| 4555s | did xiaote compete in more than yeah |
| 4558s | he's been in two previous ones okay so |
| 4561s | this is third okay I was only this group |
| 4563s | has 10 world championship appearances |
| 4565s | between it wow that's gonna die on turn |
| 4567s | four Lori this is his third yellow this |
| 4570s | is his second timing this is a second |
| 4572s | and then shouty this is his third wow |
| 4574s | yeah |
| 4576s | the other groups can't compete with that |
| 4578s | surely I know Bunny Hop has been like 14 |
| 4580s | or something but even so |
| 4586s | yeah |
| 4588s | so we would say oh no this person who |
| 4590s | we've respected for many years blah blah |
| 4592s | blah is getting knocked out this is why |
| 4594s | they're all somebody had to be it's this |
| 4597s | crazy crazy group and this is a crazy |
| 4599s | crazy game |
| 4600s | yeah glory is so 1-0 up here and you |
| 4603s | just don't give up as this there's |
| 4604s | Extinction and Relic vault in yala's |
| 4607s | hand so he's got a chance of sorts he's |
| 4610s | got a planet it is a clear great |
| 4614s | Relic vault |
| 4616s | click it relic of Extinction and then |
| 4619s | you have to go into here |
| 4623s | and take a million damage anyway oh but |
| 4625s | next to now he's got the proper stuff |
| 4630s | still awkward though the Mana just |
| 4632s | doesn't line up |
| 4634s | and doesn't have an extra draw to |
| 4637s | complete the quest |
| 4638s | doesn't matter line up next turn next |
| 4640s | time you can go Silver Moon unleash |
| 4642s | Relic and not clicker Vault right |
| 4646s | the relic's only dealing two total |
| 4649s | damage |
| 4650s | but that would deal final damage to the |
| 4652s | seven seven |
| 4654s | right oh yeah yeah and the spell damage |
| 4656s | no there's spell damage right yeah |
| 4659s | you might clean that there's no other ah |
| 4661s | if there was another Minion on board it |
| 4663s | would have to have more than three |
| 4665s | Health yeah full health or more |
| 4668s | but now he's used a coin so that's not |
| 4670s | an option ah well you could go |
| 4674s | Arkham Arcanist |
| 4677s | Vault Extinction that's that's what |
| 4681s | he'll do and then if The Arcanist |
| 4682s | doesn't die he gets to fail the turn |
| 4684s | after that and part of the Assumption |
| 4687s | here is has Glory really got more stuff |
| 4689s | in his hand after that first term |
| 4691s | because if he has you know go away |
| 4700s | oh some good pickups well the good |
| 4702s | pickup being |
| 4704s | shroud |
| 4706s | that's it |
| 4719s | demon you gotta kill it and the way to |
| 4722s | do that is |
| 4724s | Arcanist plus Vault Extinction yep |
| 4729s | um we don't have to vote right you can |
| 4731s | just Extinction that's why he's done it |
| 4733s | this way |
| 4739s | no you do have to vote I'm still yeah |
| 4742s | you do because because he didn't save |
| 4744s | the Unleashed yeah yeah so |
| 4748s | if he had done it your way would have |
| 4749s | gained uh you know six Health yeah I |
| 4752s | like my way honestly according out the |
| 4754s | Vault and just just pretending The Vault |
| 4755s | didn't exist was kind of what I wanted |
| 4757s | to do but now no no that doesn't make |
| 4761s | sense I was gonna say now got up by |
| 4764s | spinning the Mana up front on the Vault |
| 4767s | has a has a chance to hit dimensions on |
| 4771s | fire but then the vault's gonna be on |
| 4772s | cooldown anyway so nine of those plays |
| 4774s | set up for a vault well the way he's |
| 4777s | done this though does leave just an |
| 4779s | Arcanist in play |
| 4781s | which is kind of nice |
| 4784s | all right you go |
| 4787s | bone Spike |
| 4788s | we got location yep |
| 4792s | uh you equip the Cutlass |
| 4795s | and |
| 4797s | we'll see strike |
| 4801s | yeah then you and then you hit both |
| 4802s | locations |
| 4804s | that seems reasonable to me |
| 4806s | pretty good |
| 4807s | or you can do it the Raven way because |
| 4810s | Raven would say this is something she |
| 4812s | was like where you get bonus bike then |
| 4813s | you press the location then you bone |
| 4815s | Spike the other goal that you just made |
| 4817s | and then you make one massive ghoul |
| 4820s | but why to stop them from Gaining Health |
| 4823s | from a leash well you're now you're |
| 4826s | making two I know |
| 4829s | I I guess he doesn't have to click the |
| 4831s | other one |
| 4832s | because he sets up lethal without it but |
| 4834s | now if there's spell damage plus unleash |
| 4837s | that is which there is |
| 4841s | not enough |
| 4843s | well it's enough to survive |
| 4845s | I mean it's enough to not be dead |
| 4848s | good talk |
| 4854s | go up to 16 with 11 showing demons |
| 4858s | and just literally nothing in hand |
| 4862s | I guess the guild Trader does have to be |
| 4864s | answered |
| 4865s | maybe that'll take some heat |
| 4867s | Maybe |
| 4873s | uh I grow impatient |
| 4879s | okay well you know what they say if you |
| 4881s | want to take some heat go to the kitchen |
| 4885s | yeah that's definitely what they say |
| 4887s | goes |
| 4890s | stand the heat get in the kitchen |
| 4895s | oh he's got to do it there's no other |
| 4897s | way to survive |
| 4900s | glory is enjoying himself isn't he he's |
| 4902s | like well |
| 4904s | I've got all the good cards so I'm gonna |
| 4905s | be happy |
| 4911s | you're very good at these idioms aren't |
| 4912s | you TK |
| 4916s | always happen |
| 4921s | oh yeah he's gonna draw with the excuse |
| 4924s | that's one manner to play this basically |
| 4934s | and now he just jumps even more nonsense |
| 4936s | on the board next turn but is he gonna |
| 4938s | just wait and say well actually |
| 4941s | if you can't kill the 5-2 or if you have |
| 4943s | to barrage then that's fine but he's |
| 4945s | already seen one of these two spell |
| 4947s | damages |
| 4948s | yeah yeah yeah now this basically has to |
| 4952s | be Dimensions off the top |
| 4954s | and if agreed might do it |
| 4957s | a double fell barrage or unleash Plus |
| 4961s | Garage yeah uh it'll be a reduced |
| 4964s | Arcanist that would also work |
| 4971s | yeah reduced Arcanist also works |
| 4976s | he's going to try and hit Dimensions |
| 4977s | first |
| 4979s | fair enough |
| 4980s | I thought he's incredible |
| 4983s | uh I think this is better this is better |
| 4985s | yeah it was Fury next try anyway |
| 4988s | hey oh wait |
| 4991s | nope dead |
| 4994s | well and |
| 4997s | no oh hang on |
| 5000s | get live alive |
| 5004s | why is Jana so much harder to kill than |
| 5006s | anybody else |
| 5011s | we might have won this game obviously |
| 5015s | what a long time ago |
| 5018s | we have to give them a chance by sitting |
| 5020s | here |
| 5021s | yeah so still I'd like to talk to you |
| 5024s | about that term that was different but I |
| 5025s | probably won't |
| 5033s | oh not quite got the |
| 5037s | Draco activation |
| 5042s | our next turn he's got lethal from hand |
| 5044s | so might do nothing here |
| 5047s | you can make a huge ghost or he could |
| 5049s | just do nothing and do that all next |
| 5050s | turn and then just win with a weapon |
| 5053s | yep so I think it's better because then |
| 5055s | your opponent's got less healing to heal |
| 5057s | from one of these has to be dimensions |
| 5061s | that's not it but it could be it |
| 5064s | meltronics |
| 5065s | no |
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| 5069s | okay barrage maldronix |
| 5073s | um |
| 5076s | and then Glory draws |
| 5078s | something that doesn't work |
| 5081s | and then he's stuck |
| 5085s | yeah |
| 5087s | there's nothing that you it would have |
| 5090s | to be |
| 5091s | what something that costs one Mana |
| 5094s | in order to be able to get the mailbox |
| 5096s | dancer out |
| 5103s | unless he thinks his best chance to win |
| 5105s | is to Viper |
| 5108s | I grow |
| 5111s | or trade the Viper and hit dimensions |
| 5115s | he's running out of time I I think it's |
| 5117s | got to be |
| 5119s | barrage and then |
| 5124s | that forth the prosecutor |
| 5128s | there we go so most cards are pretty |
| 5132s | good here |
| 5134s | the short version |
| 5136s | yeah one man |
| 5138s | oh what is it it's shroud |
| 5142s | no it's not because it wasn't in hand oh |
| 5144s | no |
| 5147s | oh oh no Jana can't understand why he's |
| 5150s | not dead he's just expected this to be |
| 5152s | some sort of extended beer but he's |
| 5153s | actually completely locked out of the |
| 5155s | turn |
| 5156s | oh yeah |
| 5158s | yeah |
| 5161s | wins though from here you know like he |
| 5165s | can win now he could win he could |
| 5166s | absolutely kill George Dimensions he can |
| 5168s | win this game |
| 5169s | it's |
| 5171s | dicks |
| 5173s | Plus 8 14 15. |
| 5177s | okay I'll spray |
| 5181s | oh Jesus was close oh Arcanist here we |
| 5184s | go |
| 5186s | so much stuff but can he heal for enough |
| 5189s | to get out of it |
| 5194s | oh my |
| 5196s | no I still don't think get out of it |
| 5198s | maybe it's it's usually Unleashed so |
| 5200s | against how much he gains just the three |
| 5204s | yeah he's dead |
| 5208s | yeah |
| 5209s | demons Chase was close |
| 5214s | to lethal wasn't it |
| 5216s | uh |
| 5218s | um no exactly what the spell damage on |
| 5219s | the board |
| 5220s | I know but even without the spell damage |
| 5222s | he had a free Fury so it would have been |
| 5225s | six yeah Furies eight from the two fell |
| 5228s | barrages so that's 14. |
| 5231s | 15 16 on board with the maldronics |
| 5235s | Unleashed then would have been |
| 5237s | there was only one cast it was a chaos |
| 5240s | strike |
| 5242s | three off lethal with the chase but |
| 5245s | that'll do it so now what can he draw |
| 5249s | this time to not get it to not get |
| 5250s | lethal |
| 5252s | nothing absolutely nothing just pulling |
| 5255s | cards around |
| 5256s | willy-nilly that's right you get there |
| 5259s | you're always just hoping that there was |
| 5261s | just that drop it wasn't there but at |
| 5263s | that point I don't even know if they're |
| 5264s | I guess it was one stenographer still |
| 5266s | left in the deck and that was it but |
| 5269s | there you have it it was very very hard |
| 5271s | to kill to be quite honest with you |
| 5273s | but I turned eight that turned one I |
| 5277s | don't think anyone gets oh they do but |
| 5278s | that's just hilarious |
| 5281s | if that Dimensions had been like a turn |
| 5284s | earlier and y'all was able to heal a |
| 5286s | little bit more |
| 5288s | maybe right but unfortunately |
| 5292s | not how the cards fall there you have it |
| 5295s | Glory one zero up |
| 5297s | in the series |
| 5300s | that that game amused me honestly |
| 5304s | but now it's but we didn't get really |
| 5306s | chance to talk because everything went |
| 5307s | so quickly when we did our very precise |
| 5309s | it was very short intro and everything |
| 5311s | just whizzed by |
| 5313s | um it's basically a mirror match with |
| 5315s | but yala's got the the 30 card ramp |
| 5318s | druid |
| 5319s | and Glory has the aggro to it so |
| 5323s | don't really want to run into that as |
| 5325s | the as the vamp to it but basically a |
| 5328s | mirror beyond all that and the priests |
| 5329s | getting banned again we're seeing |
| 5330s | priests getting banned quite a lot today |
| 5332s | although not quite enough |
| 5339s | why not quite enough what do you gotta |
| 5341s | gets priest huh |
| 5342s | you know sometimes the games go a little |
| 5345s | bit long |
| 5347s | out with the boons |
| 5352s | Boons the boons are fine |
| 5356s | but you know you don't want to risk it |
| 5359s | John Tarrant was the name by the way |
| 5361s | I've just remembered of the long |
| 5363s | distance one I was talking about |
| 5365s | who just rocked up and just didn't even |
| 5367s | enter just ran alongside the competitors |
| 5370s | yeah and basically won them |
| 5372s | yeah we you can't win if you don't enter |
| 5374s | but he wasn't allowed to enter that's |
| 5376s | right he had a tiny career as a Teenage |
| 5378s | prize fighter so he earned a tiny amount |
| 5380s | of money from prize fighting and that |
| 5382s | stopped him for being a amateur an |
| 5385s | athletic person he earned 17 pounds |
| 5387s | which was like 25 dollars |
| 5391s | that was it that was his entire earnings |
| 5394s | ooh and because of that he when he was |
| 5397s | asked when he joined the Athletics |
| 5398s | Association was asking you know have you |
| 5399s | ever played sport for money the answer |
| 5401s | was yes because he was honest then never |
| 5403s | have known there wasn't like Google in |
| 5405s | 1950 that I know of I don't remember it |
| 5407s | being there so |
| 5408s | you know |
| 5410s | it was probably googly eyes so he just |
| 5412s | turned up and ran |
| 5413s | because the Love of the Game |
| 5415s | probably googly eyes yes they probably |
| 5417s | were between us uh it's the aggro Druid |
| 5420s | versus the |
| 5422s | he fell again the Felix the quest what |
| 5425s | do you want to call this |
| 5430s | Quest fell Demon Hunter |
| 5431s | yeah |
| 5433s | um most sources track the beginning of |
| 5435s | googly eyes to a comic strip from the |
| 5437s | early 1900s hundreds called Barney |
| 5440s | Google and Snuffy Smith so Google did |
| 5443s | exist |
| 5445s | the Barney Google |
| 5447s | and that's it where the googly eyes came |
| 5450s | from |
| 5451s | got it you have the same Origins |
| 5453s | because before Barney Googled there was |
| 5455s | just nobody named Google ever before |
| 5457s | that this is the first one it's like |
| 5459s | it's just Evolution that's how Evolution |
| 5462s | Works your name slowly but surely |
| 5464s | there's no one ever been called that |
| 5465s | name it just it just appears out of the |
| 5467s | blue yeah before Barney Google his his |
| 5470s | father |
| 5473s | yeah googly |
| 5476s | his last name was Barney |
| 5479s | Barney and like |
| 5484s | they've had to change it to googly |
| 5486s | meanwhile back at the ranch |
| 5489s | girl has got a clear next turn so he |
| 5491s | doesn't care what happens here |
| 5494s | or does he |
| 5495s | Alicia of course he does he always cares |
| 5498s | about everything meticulously there's a |
| 5501s | Herald of the tour |
| 5503s | uh-huh |
| 5504s | and there's two of them |
| 5507s | two of them yep there's also Pride's |
| 5509s | Fury |
| 5510s | this is not the kind of hand you want |
| 5511s | right |
| 5513s | notice that he took a health off the |
| 5514s | minion there just you know as an option |
| 5516s | some other things you can do and no it's |
| 5518s | not the kind of hand you want |
| 5521s | foreign |
| 5529s | I got the need |
| 5531s | for greed |
| 5534s | that'll do well that's good stuff oh |
| 5537s | that's a lot of cheap good stuff indeed |
| 5547s | and next turn just arcanists and play |
| 5549s | all your cards and win the game yeah |
| 5553s | it's gonna be one all TJ |
| 5558s | feel it |
| 5560s | yep just uh over expending research it's |
| 5564s | not even over expending it looks like |
| 5566s | wow it looks like an over expenditure |
| 5569s | of resources but it's not because in |
| 5572s | this matchup you just want to keep the |
| 5573s | board clear every turn you could |
| 5575s | possibly do that that Extinction was |
| 5578s | gonna be the same yeah that Extinction |
| 5580s | was amazing it's like just kill one |
| 5582s | minion with it yeah I imagine Glory's |
| 5585s | gonna go living Roots plus Herald of |
| 5587s | nature you always gonna forego the relic |
| 5589s | of dimensions and instead gonna go |
| 5591s | Arcanist plus already fell and they |
| 5594s | can't kill The Alchemist but they can |
| 5595s | but they have to it's just so awkward |
| 5598s | for them yep |
| 5601s | it's a nice little read on the |
| 5603s | restaurant Viper as well he so nearly |
| 5605s | made the quickest play ever now he's put |
| 5607s | it back down and thought about it |
| 5609s | cane search within me and he's back to |
| 5612s | 30. he's got card drawn he's got minions |
| 5614s | in a minute he'll get a Phantasm has |
| 5616s | gone after the dimensions probably |
| 5619s | he might even choose to play the |
| 5621s | phantasms first just to keep the board |
| 5622s | challenged |
| 5624s | he's gonna play that with the chaos |
| 5626s | strike |
| 5629s | [Music] |
| 5643s | he's gonna kill it yeah get something on |
| 5646s | board yeah this one is over as |
| 5648s | Dimensions lined up for next turn as |
| 5650s | well as a Reload Glory's got nothing if |
| 5652s | this draw isn't perfect and that's not |
| 5655s | perfect |
| 5656s | I wouldn't even be surprised if we see |
| 5657s | it concede even with how big of steaks |
| 5661s | this actually is |
| 5663s | yep there it is |
| 5666s | one all already in a yala match |
| 5670s | here we go yarla |
| 5673s | put himself on the board you guys had a |
| 5675s | lot of close matches today a lot of |
| 5677s | close games as well |
| 5679s | uh which has been pretty cool to see |
| 5681s | but now we got Druid on both sides Demon |
| 5685s | Hunter still left for Glory but the |
| 5686s | Rogue |
| 5688s | uh still left for yarla and it's |
| 5692s | basically a mirror if I remember |
| 5693s | correctly my note to say it was but I |
| 5695s | don't always trust my notes because I |
| 5697s | make mistakes in my notes yep it's just |
| 5699s | I don't have his cards I know he's |
| 5701s | playing the Sharks he is playing the |
| 5702s | Sharks yes well |
| 5705s | it's not a mirror but high speed |
| 5709s | the same thing that's not though it's |
| 5712s | not |
| 5715s | ghosts are more All In |
| 5718s | high intensity |
| 5721s | All In Action high intensity High APM |
| 5726s | actions |
| 5728s | actions upon actions |
| 5731s | yeah |
| 5733s | and I think in this matchup like you'd |
| 5735s | rather have the high intensity stuff |
| 5736s | than the medium intensity stuff |
| 5739s | yep question I've ever seen not to come |
| 5743s | on |
| 5745s | maybe we should call things for fun |
| 5747s | names like Zoo |
| 5752s | now it's Quest failed Demon Hunter how |
| 5754s | boring |
| 5757s | I mean it's a very apt |
| 5760s | description functional |
| 5762s | it plays the quest the Demon Hunter |
| 5765s | Quest and it has a lot of fell spells |
| 5768s | in the deck in fact |
| 5772s | two of the main spells in the deck have |
| 5774s | fell in the name |
| 5776s | and Unleashed fell and fell barrage |
| 5780s | actually an even more app description |
| 5782s | would be Quest fell Relic |
| 5786s | Demon Hunter we could go even further |
| 5789s | and I would need to do that I would |
| 5791s | still think that that's a fine name for |
| 5793s | the deck |
| 5797s | what about there you go Miracle road is |
| 5799s | that exciting enough for you Miracle's |
| 5801s | great that's great yeah it's just a |
| 5803s | miracle I mean it's got sharks in it so |
| 5805s | yeah whatever but of course that's |
| 5807s | fantastic Miracle Rogue Zoo reynad |
| 5810s | Hunter |
| 5811s | all these things are exciting |
| 5815s | so this deck is a little bit different |
| 5818s | than the one we saw earlier |
| 5823s | but |
| 5825s | not and also not the same |
| 5828s | it's both it's different and also not |
| 5829s | the same I'm not gonna fall into your |
| 5831s | trap meal it's not the same |
| 5834s | City isn't the same I do agree I'm just |
| 5836s | I'm not setting traps I'm I'm quite |
| 5838s | happy to agree that this isn't the same |
| 5839s | because of the high intensity APM |
| 5843s | challenge that is getting loads of coins |
| 5845s | and then playing them all and watching |
| 5847s | your cards fly into your hand from |
| 5848s | Auctioneer and instead of your jacket |
| 5850s | I'm making some stupid like nine attack |
| 5852s | miserable pathetic weapon it makes like |
| 5855s | a 17 attack super weapon and kills you |
| 5858s | in two turns instead of three which is |
| 5860s | relevant against Demon Hunter |
| 5865s | let's see how it works out oh well I |
| 5868s | would say |
| 5871s | that's the goods right there |
| 5873s | unfortunately forsaken Lieutenant is |
| 5878s | um |
| 5881s | fodder |
| 5883s | yeah Extinction fodder |
| 5886s | not long for this world hold on Shadow |
| 5889s | shambler because of the gone fishing |
| 5890s | looking for Auctioneer there's an |
| 5893s | Auctioneer |
| 5895s | now just needs to dodge the second loan |
| 5900s | shark draw next turn yeah because things |
| 5903s | go bad if that happens oh yeah |
| 5907s | also needs to dodge the Viper |
| 5911s | yeah and uh |
| 5913s | any point in time or just make a 30 |
| 5917s | attack weapon |
| 5919s | yeah which is very difficult |
| 5923s | and not possible if you start on |
| 5928s | he has got shark into shamblet into |
| 5931s | shark into he's got a lot |
| 5934s | going on next turn |
| 5937s | a metric lot |
| 5943s | what else would you do |
| 5948s | that would be |
| 5951s | six coins in hand it wouldn't be worth |
| 5953s | going off that term yeah you'd go the |
| 5955s | next turn yeah yeah and I he also might |
| 5958s | want to wait even longer again to try |
| 5961s | and get like a location or a big weapon |
| 5965s | um |
| 5966s | or a bigger weapon and maybe have |
| 5969s | something to trade the lieutenant into |
| 5971s | yeah or graveyards to get a million |
| 5973s | coins and then he can just go off as he |
| 5975s | pleases at that point |
| 5979s | the other graveyard there's two |
| 5980s | graveyards in this day it makes it |
| 5981s | really annoying the snowfall graveyard |
| 5983s | or the one that you said which is the |
| 5985s | location graveyard sinstone graveyard |
| 5992s | ah I'm confused lights off Viper's there |
| 5994s | what was the location and one's the |
| 5997s | double your death Metals yeah I know |
| 6000s | okay good it still confused me even |
| 6002s | though I already knew |
| 6005s | I've got this way of turning people who |
| 6007s | understand things don't understand them |
| 6009s | after I've spoken about them but people |
| 6011s | who don't understand things do |
| 6013s | understand yeah |
| 6017s | one more turn oh there's a Viper there's |
| 6019s | a Viper in hand |
| 6024s | but you can you can net some damage but |
| 6027s | he would have to rely on |
| 6029s | um he needs more Mana to work with this |
| 6033s | is six coins |
| 6034s | I think the question is here do you want |
| 6036s | to shark now or do you want to hold on |
| 6038s | for a |
| 6040s | death battle doubling graveyard |
| 6046s | because if you shark now you can just go |
| 6048s | off next turn you can shark and then |
| 6049s | place it um |
| 6052s | yeah and then next turn you can just go |
| 6061s | and then you if you pick up the |
| 6063s | graveyard you're still okay because you |
| 6064s | get one shark |
| 6066s | yes oh that's crazy greedy greedy boy |
| 6072s | the chip damage is interesting though |
| 6074s | because it's this game of chicken well |
| 6075s | I'm going to chip you down to a number |
| 6079s | which each time I chip you down far |
| 6081s | enough maybe my draca can actually kill |
| 6083s | you in one turn 27 no but like 21 19 20. |
| 6089s | do you want to heal huh |
| 6091s | do you want to deal with this one |
| 6092s | through my weapon what are you gonna do |
| 6095s | urola's gut has to |
| 6099s | um |
| 6103s | he's got to think through all the |
| 6105s | possibilities right now like okay what |
| 6107s | can my opponent play if my opponent |
| 6109s | plays a mean I can trade into I'd |
| 6111s | probably go off with forsaken Lieutenant |
| 6112s | because I can fit in the two extra coins |
| 6114s | even though it costs two Mana |
| 6116s | where you're making that back plus oh |
| 6119s | geez oh cool she's setting up TJ |
| 6124s | well so if he didn't start now |
| 6127s | he's not doing it |
| 6129s | I think the question is do you play |
| 6130s | forsaken lieutenant and rely on maybe |
| 6133s | Glory not killing it because then you |
| 6135s | might have lethal next turn |
| 6140s | with certain pickups |
| 6144s | I think Gloria would kill it |
| 6146s | I think so too but I think that's part |
| 6149s | of the equation here right because it's |
| 6151s | a lot of damage weirdly four is a lot of |
| 6153s | damage oh this is too much damage no |
| 6155s | this dies that's fine |
| 6160s | and the shadow sampler okay next turn is |
| 6163s | next turn is go taught yep it's go time |
| 6168s | Chloe doesn't oh he does have the |
| 6170s | unleash but is it just gonna Relic if he |
| 6172s | just relics he's on 25 |
| 6174s | you can't realistically do 25 you can |
| 6177s | technically do 25 |
| 6180s | I don't know actually with the graveyard |
| 6182s | maybe he can |
| 6189s | I don't think so |
| 6190s | it is tough I think I don't think so |
| 6194s | I think it's tough |
| 6195s | be fair |
| 6198s | another happy guilty |
| 6202s | he might be able to make |
| 6204s | yeah a whole bunch of 12 12s and do 12 |
| 6206s | damage or something though |
| 6210s | in more Real Worlds this is so hard from |
| 6213s | Corey's perspective because he doesn't |
| 6215s | want to leave up the shark |
| 6217s | so the first thing you do next turn if |
| 6219s | these minions are left up is you ship |
| 6221s | them face and then you start yes |
| 6226s | I click the click as fast as you can |
| 6229s | yep |
| 6232s | and then it might be lethal |
| 6235s | and don't let yala fool you just because |
| 6237s | he chooses to play slowly when he has a |
| 6239s | minute spare to think about something |
| 6240s | that doesn't require a minute unless |
| 6242s | you're yala he can play as quickly as he |
| 6245s | needs to when when time comes I'm |
| 6247s | excited I am too I can't I can't even |
| 6251s | think about what Gore is going to do oh |
| 6253s | he's leaving it up oh |
| 6254s | he knows look look at how to set up all |
| 6258s | right here we go |
| 6259s | Pilots |
| 6263s | I'm so excited oh |
| 6273s | nobody's clenching |
| 6279s | remember that the second shark has got |
| 6281s | the um set up he's gonna try and get |
| 6284s | graveyard first yeah replace the blame |
| 6288s | him don't blame him |
| 6290s | keep going |
| 6291s | sketchy information uh useless |
| 6301s | oh where is it |
| 6304s | there it is it is he didn't take it no |
| 6307s | he took backstab |
| 6309s | and we've been counting by the way this |
| 6310s | is a lot of cars I'm gonna say this is |
| 6312s | the ninth card plate there you go |
| 6315s | the characters |
| 6317s | it's like 50th |
| 6322s | 11. |
| 6324s | data of demise also for the coin |
| 6328s | 12 13. I think this is 13 or 14. maybe |
| 6331s | he's not going to get there in time on |
| 6332s | my |
| 6335s | he got it oh |
| 6337s | [Music] |
| 6339s | you got it he didn't even need to attack |
| 6341s | with the shatter shamblers oh |
| 6345s | what a beauty oh what a beauty |
| 6350s | wanna see how much he did |
| 6354s | my hand is too full I'm almost out of |
| 6357s | car oh |
| 6361s | look at Chloe's just watching like we |
| 6363s | are we know the result because he ought |
| 6364s | to sat back and he's nodding and he's |
| 6366s | happy and if he's lost his game he's the |
| 6367s | most 24. oh yeah the 24. oh |
| 6372s | and he got that by knowing what he could |
| 6375s | do |
| 6376s | like low 20s |
| 6378s | 24 is probably a little bit higher than |
| 6379s | I expected and |
| 6381s | teasing a little bit of damage like |
| 6384s | playing the 1-3 getting the weapon |
| 6386s | equipped waiting a turn sneaking down a |
| 6388s | 2-2 saying to Glory come on do you want |
| 6391s | to kill these don't you and when Glory |
| 6393s | didn't go back to 30 yala knew he had |
| 6395s | him amazing love it |
| 6398s | yeah that was |
| 6400s | very nicely played |
| 6402s | um |
| 6402s | by yarla |
| 6404s | um just for like clarity's sake in |
| 6407s | between some of the animations or like |
| 6409s | for maximization like you attack with |
| 6412s | the two one ones on board right yeah |
| 6415s | actually yeah I think so I think so um |
| 6419s | maybe have them queued maybe he attacks |
| 6421s | attack with those one ones faster than |
| 6423s | you can play two cards I think but you |
| 6425s | can also attack after if your opponent |
| 6426s | doesn't have the skull on them when you |
| 6428s | attack with the weapon and then you just |
| 6430s | push the face if they at that time you |
| 6431s | got no time at that time you got no time |
| 6433s | okay the attack with the weapon should |
| 6435s | usually be the last thing that you do |
| 6438s | uh also he's if he's bringing this he |
| 6440s | perhaps he just knew the number perhaps |
| 6441s | he knew that was a 24. |
| 6443s | there's no |
| 6446s | one I mean |
| 6449s | look at a ballpark he probably could |
| 6451s | have ballparked it yeah he's ballparked |
| 6454s | it by playing the two to the first day |
| 6456s | he knew how much damage he needed to |
| 6457s | chip to have a decent chance right to |
| 6459s | play around the Viper but um uh picking |
| 6463s | backstab instead of snowfall graveyard I |
| 6465s | thought was really cool that's very |
| 6467s | clever yeah because that's one man or |
| 6469s | less for the same outcome because you're |
| 6472s | you're spending uh two Mana total on |
| 6474s | forsaken Lieutenant for a total of two |
| 6475s | coins which graveyard would have been |
| 6477s | exactly the same but yeah um so had uh |
| 6481s | you know one extra Mana to work with |
| 6482s | that's like you know a quick thinking |
| 6484s | type of move there because a lot of |
| 6487s | people at the start of that turn say |
| 6488s | okay I need graveyard before I play the |
| 6490s | second shark the tunnel on it they |
| 6491s | picked the graveyard they played the |
| 6492s | second shark also named one less Mana |
| 6494s | that could have been the Difference |
| 6495s | Maker right so |
| 6499s | card Druid this this is a bad one for |
| 6502s | yala but the 30 card really is the Demon |
| 6504s | Hunter we'll talk about in a moment if |
| 6506s | it gets there |
| 6507s | um very different to 40 cards indeed |
| 6510s | because you can actually race them |
| 6516s | and he's built to race he's got the |
| 6518s | tailing in there as well |
| 6526s | oh no matter what number of cards you |
| 6529s | have in your Druid you are not a |
| 6531s | favorite against people hitting you with |
| 6533s | one ones early on |
| 6538s | but it could be done |
| 6543s | this is just like an impossible matchup |
| 6549s | like what what's even the perfect draw |
| 6552s | for yarla uh the perfect draw is you |
| 6555s | ramp to seven you get welps and your |
| 6557s | opponent doesn't have Fury price Fury |
| 6560s | right and you clear most of that board |
| 6562s | and they don't price for you and then |
| 6563s | you start playing the taunt things |
| 6565s | because you get some armor on one of the |
| 6566s | turns |
| 6567s | your Miracle growth taunt thing taunt |
| 6570s | thing I can't remember the names of your |
| 6571s | car's only played them all week well |
| 6573s | it's time thing can't think you're |
| 6575s | talking about the the card that uh he |
| 6578s | hasn't got |
| 6580s | yeah the one that hasn't got it yeah the |
| 6584s | one that he doesn't even play in this |
| 6585s | yeah yeah the one he's not in his deck |
| 6587s | the one the one where it reduces costs |
| 6589s | for um it's like a four six taunt or |
| 6590s | something yeah it's the the Crypt |
| 6594s | boggard and he hasn't got it so it's |
| 6597s | fine that's not what it's called I made |
| 6599s | that up I |
| 6600s | trusted you TJ |
| 6604s | the clip Bogut is now the best card ever |
| 6608s | would be funny if that was actually what |
| 6609s | it was called |
| 6611s | Crypt rings a bell though something like |
| 6614s | that in there |
| 6615s | yeah a lot of Crypt things in uh in |
| 6618s | druid |
| 6622s | you're making me look and I hate you for |
| 6623s | this everything about it Crypt Lord |
| 6625s | that's a card |
| 6627s | [Applause] |
| 6629s | it is called |
| 6632s | Chad's going no no the cars no Crypt |
| 6634s | Keeper there you go |
| 6636s | it actually is Crypt Keeper I knew it |
| 6639s | was crib something actually another |
| 6640s | second |
| 6641s | because keep is a difficult word to |
| 6643s | unders to remember for taunt minion |
| 6647s | that keeps you from attacking your face |
| 6649s | any contradictions |
| 6652s | all right so you uh coin interview |
| 6657s | aquatic form |
| 6660s | anything nourished for crystals I don't |
| 6663s | know |
| 6665s | and then I hope to then you have six |
| 6669s | Mana next turn which is great awkward |
| 6672s | amount like I think it was six Mana |
| 6676s | oh you aquatic form the goth |
| 6680s | okay |
| 6684s | or hear me out here |
| 6687s | you pass this turn or bump into the two |
| 6690s | five hope there's no buff card in their |
| 6693s | hand and then next turn you get seven |
| 6696s | mana and you can trade into all these |
| 6697s | one and two Health minions if they don't |
| 6699s | kill you |
| 6701s | oh it's interesting you can aquatic form |
| 6703s | into the scales |
| 6710s | yeah |
| 6714s | and he's dead and he's got it yeah |
| 6716s | unlucky good plan but he's got it this |
| 6720s | is like close game blowout close game |
| 6723s | blowout |
| 6725s | so the next one's very close game the |
| 6727s | next one's a straight race |
| 6729s | Druid built for doing the combo really |
| 6732s | quickly versus Demon Hunter which we |
| 6736s | have seen does a combo really quickly |
| 6739s | yep it's a race |
| 6745s | two two former World finalists against |
| 6748s | each other in this first round |
| 6750s | Eliminator basically |
| 6752s | yep one shall advance to the |
| 6756s | quarterfinals the other |
| 6759s | shall retreat |
| 6762s | into their bedroom I don't know they're |
| 6765s | playing at home no they're not they're |
| 6767s | playing that stage down below behind us |
| 6769s | yeah |
| 6771s | if you look closely you can just see |
| 6774s | them moving around yeah it's a |
| 6776s | perspective thing it's actually a giant |
| 6778s | desk and giant chairs so inside of that |
| 6782s | and it's really far away that's why it |
| 6784s | looks so small Gloria and we are sat |
| 6787s | there |
| 6788s | you just can't see it because it's so |
| 6789s | see it's just a perspective trick like |
| 6792s | it's that that's like a thousand meters |
| 6795s | away |
| 6796s | um it's just a giant table and giant |
| 6799s | chairs and they're they're sat there |
| 6801s | yeah we're like right up in the in the |
| 6803s | bleachers right at the top of the whole |
| 6805s | massive Coliseum that this is taking |
| 6807s | part in the fans are baying down below |
| 6810s | us |
| 6813s | okay it all comes down to this us |
| 6817s | 30 card druid |
| 6821s | that looks all right oh |
| 6823s | [Music] |
| 6824s | oh looks alright for both sides throw |
| 6827s | away planet evidence you don't need that |
| 6829s | yeah you get rid of that |
| 6833s | maybe you need it |
| 6834s | they're going to work out innovate into |
| 6837s | wild growth into Jerry Rigg into nourish |
| 6839s | bits how do I want to order all that |
| 6841s | because Druid is really annoying to |
| 6843s | order |
| 6846s | what's the best what's the best curve TJ |
| 6848s | you can do this I know you can curved |
| 6850s | Druids well you can go coin Jerry rig |
| 6854s | into innovate wild growth there you go |
| 6857s | yep I like it |
| 6863s | I mentioned that to somebody the other |
| 6864s | day that TJ is like one of the best |
| 6866s | people in the world at working out Druid |
| 6868s | curves quickly and you know what they |
| 6869s | said |
| 6871s | they said that TJ has drawn innovate on |
| 6874s | turn one every game since 2014. |
| 6877s | that's how he knows |
| 6879s | [Music] |
| 6887s | oh my God both these hands |
| 6891s | glorious is a little worse than the |
| 6893s | arla's geralis is just I have infinite |
| 6896s | Mana |
| 6898s | yeah Glory's hand can turn really good |
| 6902s | really easily though |
| 6908s | don't know who's favored at this point |
| 6909s | probably yala |
| 6912s | I don't know |
| 6914s | but nothing that a location wouldn't |
| 6916s | sort out for Glory |
| 6920s | oh it's got to be it's got to be out of |
| 6922s | favor now |
| 6937s | these drawers aren't the best |
| 6940s | this is Quest completion though start |
| 6942s | with chaos yeah |
| 6944s | digital in hand as well and you trade |
| 6948s | but if you trade you complete the quest |
| 6950s | but you're not discounting anything good |
| 6952s | right which is the problem |
| 6954s | which will surprise me |
| 6957s | another happy guilty |
| 6959s | okay |
| 6961s | I mean I I like your take here yeah okay |
| 6965s | fair enough I like your take here though |
| 6967s | which is I like to Discount things that |
| 6969s | matter and if it involves sometimes not |
| 6971s | discounting them |
| 6973s | sometimes not do it |
| 6975s | but yeah seven Mana Jace it was |
| 6977s | reasonable |
| 6984s | all right |
| 6986s | growths and beats yeah make Mana with |
| 6990s | Guff get more minor draw loads of cards |
| 6993s | and win the game |
| 6995s | looking for Vault no Vault still another |
| 6997s | chance |
| 7001s | no Rolex at all |
| 7003s | sand is uh starting to look slower by |
| 7006s | the second |
| 7013s | and again you'll have heard discussions |
| 7015s | about your Earthen scales and armor |
| 7016s | don't really stop the Demon Hunter but |
| 7018s | when you're going really fast if you can |
| 7020s | just gain a bunch of armor for one of |
| 7022s | the turns sort of halfway through going |
| 7023s | really fast it slows the Demon Hunter |
| 7026s | down |
| 7027s | you have as much health as you want |
| 7028s | against no pressure |
| 7030s | exerting no pressure but when you're |
| 7032s | actually racing towards your own combo |
| 7034s | and you've got a lot of Health then the |
| 7035s | Demon Hunter has two things to worry |
| 7037s | about |
| 7044s | wow |
| 7046s | didn't even take time out to to buff The |
| 7048s | Relic just went for it now he's aware |
| 7050s | that this is getting out of hand |
| 7058s | yeah this is looking very awkward Yola |
| 7060s | also has the ability to double ramp next |
| 7062s | turn |
| 7064s | use the choose one nourish for crystals |
| 7067s | and then and then Guff stuff |
| 7070s | you have stuff |
| 7074s | oh it's a form |
| 7077s | yep get it out of the deck yep |
| 7084s | oh it's so close it's so nerve-wracking |
| 7087s | it's only day one of three and y'all |
| 7091s | also knows that there's a miracle growth |
| 7093s | on the bottom yeah so next turn could go |
| 7096s | uh aquatic Forum Miracle growth and then |
| 7100s | even double Earthen skills on the |
| 7102s | Miracle growth |
| 7104s | like the four-handed Miracle growth I'm |
| 7106s | curious to see what he does because |
| 7107s | there's the tail in there as well which |
| 7109s | starts to set up actually winning |
| 7110s | because he's got none of the combos oh |
| 7111s | let me just leave that there |
| 7114s | I wonder when they display the market is |
| 7117s | like this I start to freak out next turn |
| 7119s | TJ next turn's a lot |
| 7122s | extra is a lot but that's it the |
| 7124s | arcanists survived |
| 7126s | but now he's doing what we're talking |
| 7127s | about the other way he's he's making |
| 7128s | yala just spend manner which is such |
| 7131s | annoying thing to have to do |
| 7134s | in the perfect world he wanted Italian |
| 7135s | here Italian but he might have to take |
| 7137s | the miracle growth now for sure he may |
| 7140s | have taken it anyway but |
| 7147s | for sure nothing's ever for sure with |
| 7149s | the island well I have not learned this |
| 7152s | what do you I I |
| 7155s | unplated evidence what |
| 7161s | seaweed strike |
| 7164s | wait you could scale solar fires |
| 7169s | oh yeah |
| 7171s | wait see he did pixie what's happening |
| 7177s | sometimes I wish I couldn't see the um |
| 7180s | the discovers because what's going on |
| 7187s | where's the combo it's just not there |
| 7189s | there's only 13 cards left in his whole |
| 7190s | deck and he's just not seeing any of it |
| 7194s | [Music] |
| 7201s | sure |
| 7205s | that was that was kind of bizarre that |
| 7208s | was a weird sequence of events I |
| 7210s | understood why he didn't I sort of |
| 7212s | understood why he didn't want to mess |
| 7214s | around with the bottom of his deck there |
| 7215s | but |
| 7216s | the rest of it |
| 7220s | got interesting but it worked to clear |
| 7222s | the board he's on 21 he figures that he |
| 7225s | can't die here Glory's number counting |
| 7228s | and it's nowhere near enough yet but |
| 7229s | it's not nowhere near it's just not |
| 7231s | enough spells |
| 7234s | yeah there's been like not that much |
| 7236s | stuff cast it's been a cow strike and |
| 7239s | the double uh Unleashed fell |
| 7244s | both Furies are in hand so for free so |
| 7247s | obviously those could fit in |
| 7249s | right now it's really not that much |
| 7251s | damage |
| 7253s | two Mana Guild Trader and seven manager |
| 7255s | Jay says to me I want to win on turn |
| 7257s | nine |
| 7258s | Instinct says here so I want to next |
| 7261s | turn go to set everything up and |
| 7263s | definitely win on turn nine I just hope |
| 7264s | yala doesn't kill me in the meantime but |
| 7267s | you're worried if you're clawless |
| 7268s | y'all has done so much here |
| 7271s | well the problem is that's both |
| 7273s | dimensions gone |
| 7276s | yeah but he's had 11 cars himself and |
| 7279s | doesn't need that much damage like the |
| 7280s | furies with the guild tray I know they |
| 7282s | don't attack but he's got a fell in his |
| 7283s | hand now he's got the guild Trader he's |
| 7285s | got stuff The Guild Traders with Juicy |
| 7286s | let's just do it next turn |
| 7288s | in some worlds but you're always going |
| 7291s | to gain |
| 7292s | a million absurd amounts of armor here |
| 7294s | Yep this is a oh and |
| 7298s | this here it comes here comes the stuff |
| 7303s | that's 11. |
| 7305s | one card from combo 12. |
| 7309s | you can even draw |
| 7311s | he wants |
| 7314s | as long as he doesn't burn |
| 7317s | and I want him to read out the plating |
| 7319s | as well |
| 7320s | yeah I would make the space |
| 7326s | yeah just go all the way up because this |
| 7327s | is a lot of dimash |
| 7329s | so it's only going to be the plus two |
| 7331s | spell damage there's no Fel broad |
| 7333s | there'll only be one fell barrage in the |
| 7335s | pool there's so much stuff on the board |
| 7339s | y'all just got five cards left in his |
| 7341s | deck because he knows the bottom two |
| 7344s | and he just he has two drawers next turn |
| 7346s | at least plus moonlit guidance surely |
| 7348s | he's got this next turn TJ yeah |
| 7353s | foreign |
| 7358s | the last cards are duplicates though |
| 7363s | Destiny because he's there none of them |
| 7365s | are duplicates you're saying that |
| 7366s | because that helps your moonlit right |
| 7368s | yes |
| 7372s | I mean |
| 7376s | you know |
| 7377s | it's almost certain it depends he's got |
| 7380s | two shots at moonlit |
| 7382s | he's also got a natural drawer and a |
| 7384s | golf draw he's got enough Mana to do |
| 7386s | whatever he wants we'd have to worry |
| 7387s | about that because of the armor |
| 7389s | short he's basically there barring two |
| 7393s | moonlit whiffs or barring Glory actually |
| 7397s | winning this turn which |
| 7399s | no |
| 7411s | stack those animations each into his |
| 7414s | time |
| 7415s | laughs |
| 7419s | this must be the way |
| 7424s | don't kill the Italian |
| 7429s | he's gonna he's just counting his Mana |
| 7431s | he's gonna play this to get out the |
| 7432s | other one out of his deck and then he's |
| 7434s | gonna play the other moonlit to give |
| 7435s | himself maximum chance and then still |
| 7437s | has time |
| 7438s | this must be the way |
| 7441s | and it's not there |
| 7443s | I think he's still okay |
| 7448s | there's only a guild Trader left |
| 7455s | and can just use the under King and |
| 7457s | trade into it and then there's only one |
| 7459s | Guild Trader left and Glory doesn't have |
| 7461s | enough damage with only a single spell |
| 7462s | damage buff and |
| 7464s | garlic doesn't know this but we know |
| 7466s | that the guild Trader can't be reducing |
| 7469s | cost unless there's a whole full another |
| 7471s | turn |
| 7473s | there was still another draw also by the |
| 7475s | way |
| 7476s | he's just looked at all of his deck like |
| 7479s | 17 times this way you start checking |
| 7481s | your your deck list and make sure you've |
| 7483s | actually brought the car to the |
| 7484s | tournament |
| 7486s | yeah it's literally the last card he |
| 7488s | looks at this game |
| 7491s | because he's looked at the bottom too I |
| 7493s | think |
| 7497s | he has it's talented Miracle growth at |
| 7499s | the bottom so numericon is the next one |
| 7502s | and gory doesn't have a choice but to go |
| 7504s | for the cursors because he needs to |
| 7505s | discounted spell damage to even have |
| 7507s | um a whiff of a chance but yeah so |
| 7510s | nubrecon will be the next draw |
| 7513s | surprise TJ act surprised okay okay I'm |
| 7516s | ready I'm ready I'm ready so candy win |
| 7520s | the game all he needs to do is draw a |
| 7522s | new car next turn it's a one in three |
| 7525s | one in three no other way of getting it |
| 7528s | if he misses this oh my God he did sorry |
| 7530s | a little too fast oh my God he did it |
| 7534s | and Glory uploading like genuinely as |
| 7537s | well not um sarcastically |
| 7539s | gets revenge for the 2020 World |
| 7543s | Championship Finals |
| 7545s | and he's going through to the top eight |
| 7547s | Glory sends out the well played and yala |
| 7550s | uh one of the most deserving players to |
| 7552s | win a title who hasn't |
| 7554s | One Step Closer at the end of day one |
| 7557s | and he pops off what a day together this |
| 7561s | has been a real long one our kid the |
| 7564s | fire |
| 7566s | oh my gosh he didn't hit this game with |
| 7567s | like a hundred health |
| 7571s | even even after the armor is being used |
| 7573s | to some of these minions so |
| 7575s | uh crazy yeah well done to your life and |
| 7577s | you know what I I kind of like what |
| 7579s | Glory did he took a risk and it was very |
| 7582s | close to paying off |
| 7584s | right uh bringing the fast line up with |
| 7587s | aggro druid |
| 7589s | um obviously some really great matchups |
| 7591s | in the metagame but also some very |
| 7593s | terrible ones super polarized matchup |
| 7595s | which |
| 7596s | a lot of players don't have the guts to |
| 7598s | kind of do that right bring these super |
| 7599s | polarized decks to such a big tournament |
| 7601s | like the world championship but uh Glory |
| 7604s | tried to make it work unfortunately fell |
| 7605s | barely short but |
| 7607s | commendable effort uh from our former |
| 7610s | world champion and Gloria gets the best |
| 7612s | of him in the rematch from the 2020 |
| 7614s | World Championship so moves on to the |
| 7616s | court finals and as we said at the start |
| 7618s | 10 world championship appearances |
| 7620s | between the four players in this group |
| 7622s | somebody was going to look sort of oh no |
| 7625s | how did they lose well they lost because |
| 7627s | it was going to happen they all had at |
| 7629s | least two appearances in the world |
| 7631s | championships absolutely ridiculous |
| 7633s | scenes but it is yala who this year I |
| 7637s | feel has sort of gone through a little |
| 7638s | bit more quietly than all the other |
| 7640s | years all the other years I feel like we |
| 7641s | talk about him all the year long it's |
| 7643s | like Yana's gonna win this year this |
| 7645s | time around qualified early and sort of |
| 7647s | sat back didn't do great in the Masters |
| 7649s | tours and it's turned up ready for |
| 7652s | worlds fantastic scenes |
| 7656s | yeah |
| 7658s | fantastic scene |
| 7660s | you're fantastic |
| 7663s | fantastic another fantastic scene |
| 7666s | dead drop |
| 7668s | two players moving on from group a that |
| 7670s | we saw earlier on in the day to kick |
| 7672s | things off uh highlighted by dead trawl |
| 7678s | uh well it was a dead Dragon it was |
| 7680s | Digger on you you yeah it was they just |
| 7681s | wasted our time East mirror it was like |
| 7683s | our 10 minute long Hearthstone game they |
| 7686s | got through anyway they just didn't need |
| 7688s | to play that game they could have just |
| 7689s | flipped a coin because they both had to |
| 7691s | fight anyway |
| 7693s | idiots honestly yep well played to both |
| 7697s | of them obviously it was just a grindy |
| 7698s | game that particular one |
| 7701s | yeah and and bly's |
| 7703s | um maybe one of the favorites uh to win |
| 7706s | given the arm also rank one Legend I |
| 7709s | think still at the moment reckon Legend |
| 7712s | um not able to get it done and XC |
| 7716s | unfortunately as well |
| 7719s | battling covet real rough to happen |
| 7722s | right before the World Championship uh |
| 7725s | and even tweeted out that |
| 7727s | his brain was hurting I've I've spoken |
| 7730s | to a couple of players who have played |
| 7732s | with covid like today I've spoken to |
| 7734s | them who've played for Kobe in the past |
| 7736s | and it's like they're saying you don't |
| 7738s | feel that ill you just can't think your |
| 7740s | brain is just like clouded up man XE |
| 7743s | mimicking that today and |
| 7745s | what can you say he's a super player and |
| 7748s | super confident play would have been |
| 7750s | great to see him at his best but |
| 7752s | wasn't to be for him nope |
| 7755s | and Group B we just saw the conclusion |
| 7758s | of yarla is going to move on alongside |
| 7759s | shout out to you and honestly shouty |
| 7762s | like if you ask any fans who their uh |
| 7766s | you know their favorite to win the World |
| 7768s | Championship is they're going to give |
| 7770s | you all sorts of names right they're |
| 7771s | just going to give you the player that |
| 7772s | they watch the most of the player that's |
| 7773s | their favorite if you ask any of the pro |
| 7775s | players who they think is going to win |
| 7778s | the World Championship almost |
| 7779s | unanimously they will say shop t uh has |
| 7783s | been and it has been that way for like |
| 7785s | the last four years right whenever |
| 7787s | someone's offered the chance to say |
| 7788s | who's the favorite for this tournament |
| 7789s | if xiaote is competing many of the pro |
| 7791s | players will say shout out say shouty |
| 7793s | he's a very difficult player to beat |
| 7797s | um and that may seem like oh yeah well |
| 7799s | if he's winning obviously he's difficult |
| 7800s | to beat no that's not the case like even |
| 7803s | when you think you're winning |
| 7806s | you think you're so far ahead chop T |
| 7808s | finds a way that it's just this weird |
| 7810s | thing uh that he's got going for him so |
| 7812s | um it also feel all year long when |
| 7815s | Chinese players have been winning |
| 7816s | Masters tours they say oh who's helped |
| 7817s | you they say oh thank you to show T he |
| 7819s | helped me build my decks my lineups you |
| 7821s | know he came in my house and bought me |
| 7823s | pizza and without him I'd never have won |
| 7825s | like every single time yeah he cut my |
| 7829s | hair that's it right yeah |
| 7831s | he he gave me the little hot towel thing |
| 7834s | on my neck |
| 7836s | they gave me he gave me a foot massage |
| 7839s | yeah absolutely magic survey when I fell |
| 7841s | over in training like every girl he's |
| 7844s | just always there with my parents to the |
| 7846s | airport so they could go home |
| 7848s | walks my walks my dogs every morning uh |
| 7851s | you know just a stand-up guy uh but |
| 7854s | here's what we're gonna see tomorrow |
| 7855s | we're gonna start things off with Group |
| 7857s | C |
| 7858s | um in less than 12 hours |
| 7862s | pretty crazy uh as Raven said Group C |
| 7865s | the weakest Group by far those Ravens |
| 7868s | words not mine yeah Raven say that he |
| 7870s | plays this group basically all sup and |
| 7872s | you shouldn't watch them or something |
| 7873s | yep that's a raven's words not ours |
| 7876s | including the world champion possession |
| 7880s | the reigning world champion the person |
| 7883s | who qualified through the summer Champs |
| 7885s | and then reached the final of the next |
| 7886s | championships as well which allowed the |
| 7889s | old world championship qualify taboo |
| 7891s | Mighty who just won APAC Grand Masters |
| 7894s | at his first attempt and xmg who is we |
| 7897s | are reliably informed he's a super |
| 7899s | player so |
| 7902s | rubbish group yeah and then the last |
| 7905s | group |
| 7906s | did the second half of the day tomorrow |
| 7909s | is going to be Levick shall buy bunny |
| 7912s | Hopper and pascoa Pascua |
| 7915s | the lone Americas representative at the |
| 7919s | world championship |
| 7921s | um that's right |
| 7923s | uh if you're a fan of America's |
| 7925s | Hearthstone as Neil and I fellow |
| 7927s | Americans are |
| 7929s | and you're going to be rooting for |
| 7930s | pascoa to make it out of that group d |
| 7934s | and that's a tough quote he's a tough |
| 7936s | tough creep oh my God I I think Group B |
| 7941s | just because of that number of world |
| 7943s | championship appearances is the toughest |
| 7945s | group if you have to say one but |
| 7947s | everyone in group D will be saying I'm |
| 7949s | wrong on that like that that group D is |
| 7951s | I wateringly difficult |
| 7954s | yeah |
| 7956s | oh well Neil we did it uh 12 and a half |
| 7960s | hours later we've made it through day |
| 7963s | one |
| 7964s | the 2022 Hearthstone world championship |
| 7967s | and with that I'm out of words Neil so |
| 7970s | if you have any words you'd like to say |
| 7972s | you can say them now no it was nice to |
| 7975s | participate in Flamingo Friday though |
| 7977s | the flamingo Flamingo has left the |
| 7978s | building I think it's gone back to to |
| 7980s | roost or whatever they do in the garage |
| 7981s | but um yeah it's been a fantastic day |
| 7985s | halfway through the group stages two |
| 7987s | more days like this to come can't wait |
| 7990s | yep that's right |
| 7992s | that's right 11 and a half hours from |
| 7994s | now we will return uh with day two of |
| 7997s | the Hearthstone World Championship uh so |
| 7999s | until then uh thanks everybody for |
| 8001s | tuning in today |
| 8003s | and we'll see you tomorrow for more |
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