[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Fall Championship | Day 2 (Part 1/2) | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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974s	I'm gonna call it too soon but yeah
976s	there we go that's the big moment there
978s	for Abu gabu he can't believe you're
980s	still counting comes back takes the
983s	Victory and Habu gabu is your summer
987s	champion
1001s	hello everybody and welcome back to
1003s	another day of the Fall Championship my
1005s	name is TJ I'm joined by saddle to kick
1009s	off this show subtle how you doing today
1011s	buddy you're looking nice and rested
1013s	there you're looking good
1016s	is is that supposed to be a reference to
1018s	me over sleeping and missing the cool
1020s	time but no I'm here I'm ready to go TJ
1022s	oh you really you really do it's uh just
1024s	an honest to genuine subtle you uh
1028s	you're looking chipper today you're
1029s	looking like you're ready to cast some
1030s	Hearthstone thanks TJ it might have
1032s	something to do that I get to open the
1034s	show with my absolute favorite person in
1036s	the entire world TJ Sanders and it might
1039s	also have something to do with the match
1041s	up that we're casting and it might also
1043s	have something to do with how awesome
1045s	yesterday was with a couple of fantastic
1047s	groups that we pretty much plowed our
1049s	way through with some uh incredibly
1051s	turbulent games and series that we were
1053s	watching
1054s	yeah it was um uh quite the day of
1057s	action yesterday it felt like a at least
1060s	group a
1062s	um there was no real back and forth
1064s	going on it was just
1066s	a bunch of hearthstone players just
1068s	completely rolled in some series and uh
1071s	I guess that's just the nature of the
1073s	metagame right now right it feels like
1074s	uh we have these really strong and
1077s	refined Decks that when they get rolling
1079s	they're hard to stop
1081s	um but I'm curious to see how today's
1083s	gonna play out because we do have some
1084s	yeah you know some different lineups uh
1087s	uh being mixed in uh to the fold so
1092s	um we'll get into that a little bit
1093s	later but for now oh saddle oh look at
1095s	this Conquest that's what we're going to
1098s	be playing today Conquest
1100s	unbelievable straight out of left field
1102s	who would have thought it competitive
1104s	Hearthstone going with a conquest format
1106s	uh yeah if you haven't seen it before if
1109s	you have been living under a rock for
1110s	the last six years or so of competitive
1112s	Hearthstone since the last hero standing
1114s	switch players bring four decks each of
1117s	those decks have to be eliminated
1118s	essentially uh you have to defeat your
1121s	opponent's decks one by one you can't
1123s	wait oh dang or not
1124s	I just realized the first time in
1127s	history we actually decide to explain
1128s	conquest and say everyone doesn't know
1131s	who it is what it is and I actually get
1133s	it completely wrong it's the exact
1134s	opposite of that you have to win with
1136s	each of your individuals out of the
1139s	series
1140s	it's tough It's not all you know it's
1143s	you know if we'd be doing this for like
1145s	15 years I don't know I know we'll be
1147s	doing it for like six so understandable
1150s	yeah understandable
1152s	um
1154s	oh
1156s	I actually didn't see this yesterday
1157s	it's really cool it's been updated uh it
1159s	looks very Regal doesn't it this prize
1161s	pool graphic uh showing all these
1163s	numbers in this money doesn't it look
1165s	Regal to you it does it looks beautiful
1167s	and what else looks beautiful is those
1170s	little little blue Chevrons featured on
1172s	the graphic that shows that players will
1175s	be going through to the world
1176s	championship which is not only where the
1178s	big money is like even outside of that
1180s	prize pool that's shown that
1182s	qualification to the World Championships
1184s	will put a whole bunch of extra money in
1186s	your pocket just for being there but
1188s	more so than that it's about the
1189s	prestige it's about a Year's work
1191s	culminating at this point you know we
1194s	saw players you know highs and lows
1196s	yesterday as we saw players securing
1199s	their chance to now play for a spot in
1200s	the world championships but also players
1203s	like Fury Hunter for example who have
1205s	been so so close throughout the year on
1208s	multiple occasions and now are not
1210s	making it to the World Championship we
1212s	have a very similar story to that today
1214s	particularly with bunny Hopper who has
1216s	been in a very similar spot to Fury
1218s	throughout the year one of the nearly
1219s	men of world championship qualification
1221s	and here we do see some of Fury Hunters
1224s	run through yesterday
1225s	yeah uh xiaobai uh in Fury Hunter faced
1229s	off twice
1231s	uh yesterday and uh xiaobai was able to
1234s	able to get the the better that matchup
1237s	um on both sides right uh three two and
1239s	then three one so uh Beer Hunter has run
1242s	has come to an end but uh heck of a year
1245s	still
1246s	shouldn't be too upset tweeted earlier
1248s	you know but
1250s	um we had habugabu who just rocked up
1254s	3-0 twice in about an hour and five
1258s	minutes that's left yep it was a very
1262s	straightforward day's work he uh he
1266s	turned up he queued Warrior he destroyed
1268s	everyone he left quite literally as you
1270s	can tell he came back and ruined the bit
1271s	what a shame uh he did just absolutely
1274s	destroy his two match-ups and then it
1276s	came down to the two player or two of
1279s	the players that were defeated earlier
1280s	in the day Fury Hunter and plastic and
1283s	plastic boy did he have a day of it just
1286s	really could not get anything running
1288s	which left us in group a in this
1290s	position with jiaobai and fury hunter in
1292s	the rematch and once again it was
1294s	xiaobai that was able to get it and
1296s	there you can see it yeah a little wave
1298s	goodbye from Fury but you can see on his
1300s	face portraying the true emotions of
1303s	just how devastating this can be when
1304s	you get this close in Fury's case
1306s	multiple times to the world
1308s	championships and you don't make him
1310s	yeah it's uh it's rough it's rough but
1314s	um you know and it's always next year
1316s	right we'll see if uh Fury Hunter is a
1319s	player who seems like you know even
1320s	though it has it's motivated by that
1323s	competitive Drive still player that
1326s	seems to just enjoy the game and enjoy
1327s	the enjoy competing and if he didn't
1329s	then why he's playing so many goth star
1332s	and our Stone tournaments you know so uh
1336s	we'll see and then of course we had uh
1338s	group b or group two
1340s	um no it's B it's B in some places this
1343s	group dude it's a number B TJ I believe
1345s	yeah uh group number B
1347s	um we had Glory uh to looking for third
1351s	world championship in a row and not only
1353s	that but if he does qualify a world
1355s	championship looking for third world
1357s	championship finals in a row which would
1359s	be just insane insane um was able to
1362s	come out of the group in uh in first
1365s	place a nice smooth little Victory uh
1368s	and then uh pocket train made a splash
1371s	right yeah pretty big splash
1374s	and by splash I mean brought boar priest
1377s	and got Bodied
1380s	and then uh tonsoku is a player that
1384s	ended up moving on so both the Japanese
1385s	representatives from Group B being the
1387s	players to move on to the quarterfinals
1388s	on Sunday
1390s	yeah poke ended up tweeting out but he
1392s	kind of did miss the meta he was
1394s	confident in his lineup when he
1395s	initially posted it saying yeah go and
1397s	try and Target this and as he then said
1399s	later turns out they did he was
1401s	expecting
1403s	he was expecting a bit more control to
1406s	counter the the aggro in his words that
1409s	didn't really happen the only countering
1411s	that really happened was countering
1412s	pocket trains specifically uh for gaboon
1416s	who really went hard on just the idea of
1418s	trying to beat pocket train twice in the
1420s	group
1421s	um but you can see now the results we
1423s	ended up with Habu gabu and xiaobai
1425s	making it out of group a as mentioned
1428s	you would be forgiven for forgetting
1430s	that Abu Dhabi was the player that made
1431s	it out because he was only on camera for
1433s	about 50 minutes to an hour in total and
1435s	xiaobai had the slightly grindier run
1438s	through uh picking up a couple of wins
1439s	over Fury Hunter to secure his spot yeah
1443s	yeah I forgot I forgot that Abu God we
1446s	even played more than one game of
1447s	hearthstone yesterday that's how quick
1450s	it was
1451s	um and then uh from Group B like we said
1454s	we had Gloria and tonsoku as the uh the
1457s	two players to move on tonsoku
1459s	he's just
1464s	you just can't help but roofer tonsoku I
1467s	don't know I don't care who you are
1469s	I don't care where you're from I don't
1471s	care
1472s	like what kind of decks you like to play
1475s	in Hearthstone
1476s	onsoku's just
1479s	the best
1481s	and this has nothing to do with him once
1485s	saying that you were his favorite caster
1487s	and getting you to sign autographs for
1489s	him and all that kind of stuff right I
1491s	mean purely unbiased opinion that's a
1494s	regular occurrence so uh you know
1497s	I had that happen every day
1499s	actually all 16 players in this
1501s	tournament have done that at some point
1503s	actually yeah no I forgot you're
1504s	absolutely right TJ my bad yeah so yeah
1507s	you know it's that's not the special
1509s	part it's just tatsoku
1511s	himself is the the special part
1514s	um and for some reason I'm always the
1516s	person that gets to like interview him
1517s	after he wins stuff or before he plays
1520s	and stuff it's just tradition throughout
1522s	history hearthstone's history
1526s	and uh so it's just it's just cool just
1528s	cool to see him uh continue to have
1530s	success after all this time all this
1532s	time but we'll see it's uh just maybe to
1534s	the quarterfinals still got a another
1537s	match on Sunday to win in order to
1540s	actually make it through but just a very
1543s	happy-go-lucky kind of individual
1546s	yeah not only is tansoku getting
1549s	continued success but at the very very
1550s	highest level APAC is getting continued
1552s	success of course like when it comes to
1555s	the end of the road the world
1556s	championships in this case the seasonal
1558s	championships it does seem that like the
1559s	very the very cream of the crop of the
1562s	APAC field does rise to the top uh more
1565s	often than not in recent memory it does
1567s	seem like depth of field is stronger in
1570s	Europe and China but it really does seem
1572s	like you know the top five top 10
1574s	players in the APAC region particularly
1576s	in Japan are right up there with
1579s	everyone else the very top players in
1581s	the world you'll notice TJ America's not
1584s	being mentioned in that breakdown
1587s	yeah they're terrible
1592s	oh you said it yeah I did
1595s	um I'm allowed to
1598s	uh because they're they're mine you know
1600s	yeah we're allowed to rib on your family
1603s	a little bit that's right
1604s	um and they're they're all my family
1607s	um you can't choose your family
1610s	okay here we go Group C this is uh one
1614s	of my favorite actually it is my
1616s	favorite group out of all these groups
1617s	just because of the level of Personality
1619s	that exists within the group
1623s	um and a lot of uh different ones as
1626s	well we have bunny Hopper who's just one
1628s	of the all-time greats in competitive
1630s	Hearthstone uh you know just continued
1634s	success year after year
1636s	uh he's a doctor whatever you know we've
1639s	talked about that so many times Dr bunny
1641s	Hopper you know
1643s	um and then we have two Casters in this
1647s	group uh or two casting personalities
1650s	stream personality love story when I was
1651s	Jews so uh lovestorm is just my favorite
1653s	Hearthstone player ah okay uh I've he's
1657s	in my top three okay killing all day
1659s	tonsoku and love storm top three no
1662s	particular order it changes day to day
1663s	week to week month to month but those
1666s	are my favorites love storm I'm wearing
1667s	my space cat shirt today in private love
1670s	storm because that's you know my space
1671s	catcher is just looks like a storm of
1673s	Love uh so I'm just hoping that he gives
1677s	us a show as he always does
1678s	all cats are a storm of love TJ whether
1681s	or not they're from space you you should
1683s	know this by now but yeah I'm I'm
1685s	wondering whether TJ just lacks object
1687s	permanence like whichever player is on
1689s	the screen in front of him is his new
1691s	favorite player at this point that seems
1692s	to be where we're going I can't wait to
1694s	find out who his new favorite player in
1695s	the world is once we get to group number
1697s	D uh but for now I suppose it is going
1700s	to be love star there we go so who's
1702s	your favorite player in the world now TJ
1703s	love storm okay
1708s	still love storm yeah
1710s	um but this is a a a group of maybe of
1714s	lesser known players
1716s	um even though spring uh is you know one
1718s	of the uh biggest up-and-comers in in
1722s	China xmg is probably the most known
1725s	player in this group right uh because
1727s	xmg has been around for a little while
1729s	but uh Gregorius and ustia are uh you
1732s	know relatively new in terms of like how
1735s	recently they've had success so
1737s	um Group D is kind of the the group of
1739s	the the the dark horses in terms of uh
1742s	fall Championship I would say
1744s	yeah I think I would agree with that but
1746s	it does also have some more very
1748s	off-the-wall lineups coming into the
1750s	field I do think throughout the first
1752s	day lineups were really the biggest
1754s	talking point partly because of how much
1756s	of a blowout so many of the series were
1758s	where people just kind of got got in the
1760s	preparation phase we talked about that
1763s	um particularly with uh pocket train but
1766s	also how bugaboo's lineup um with the
1768s	the aggro and rage Warrior that he had
1770s	was very very effective against the
1772s	curse locks that we saw from everyone
1773s	else so it does feel like this is a
1777s	tournament so far where we've seen the
1778s	weight of preparation just be even more
1781s	important than we are used to seeing and
1783s	I wonder with some of the lineups that
1784s	we have in group D which we'll dig into
1786s	later once we move towards it whether
1788s	that will continue to be the case but uh
1791s	TJ and myself and for the first half of
1792s	the day in general we will be focusing
1795s	in on that group C kicking things off as
1797s	mentioned with bunny Hopper versus
1798s	lovestorm which should be a phenomenal
1801s	way to start your day oh yeah a half and
1805s	here we go
1807s	kicking things off
1809s	um taking a look at the lineups in this
1811s	group they do differ
1813s	a little bit from what we saw yesterday
1815s	excuse me but
1817s	um the sort of strategy is sort of the
1821s	same I feel like we have more
1823s	um Thief Rogues than the temple Rogues
1826s	which yesterday in both groups we
1828s	actually saw a surprising amount of
1830s	temper Rogue with sort of where it's
1832s	positioned in The Meta obviously this is
1834s	Conquest it's not latter so things
1835s	differ you're trying to build a cohesive
1837s	lineup but not just
1839s	singularly strong decks
1842s	um but I I put a lot of faith in that
1846s	deep Rogue honestly just because it
1847s	gives you a lot of flexibility and game
1849s	plan
1850s	um and we saw Glory do incredibly well
1853s	with it yesterday going 2-0 in the group
1856s	I'm curious if that's going to be the
1857s	case today and I say that because a
1859s	bunny Hopper has it in his lineup and it
1862s	is going to be left up in the series and
1863s	another one subtle that I don't really
1865s	know how to evaluate fully I've I
1868s	literally since the deck got nerfed
1871s	originally with the snowfall Guardian
1873s	nerve yeah I still haven't been able to
1875s	evalue it all this time is the control
1877s	Shaman yeah I'm with you I'm usually you
1880s	know pretty question mark yeah pretty
1882s	good at establishing where Dex will be
1884s	like how hard Nerfs will get hit whether
1886s	Dex is still hanging around I thought
1887s	the snowfall Guardian Nerf would drop
1890s	Shaman out of contention for quite some
1892s	time but it just did not happen
1895s	furthermore like cutting the card and
1897s	continuing to power on forward is
1899s	something that I wasn't expecting but
1901s	one thing that I was expecting was to
1903s	see bunny Hopper right back at the top
1905s	of the field again because you look at
1907s	that resume that is Elite TJ like that
1910s	is the resume of someone who has been
1912s	one of the best players in the world not
1914s	for a number of years but for for a
1917s	amount of time that is over half a
1918s	decade at this point bunny Hopper was
1921s	one of the very first players to qualify
1925s	to a major championships through a truly
1927s	open system right you were there you
1928s	remember all of this happening we had
1930s	all of our known streamers that we
1932s	thought were good players and then we
1934s	switched to a fully open system and the
1936s	names who qualified for I believe winter
1938s	Championship Europe which was the first
1940s	one that we actually went through the
1942s	system we hadn't heard of any of them
1945s	because it turns out the people that we
1947s	were paying lots of money to appear on
1949s	camera because people liked them weren't
1951s	actually the best Hearthstone players
1952s	and Bunny Hopper instead was the best
1955s	Hearthstone player not quite he didn't
1956s	end up winning everything but he was in
1958s	the conversation and that was eight nine
1961s	years ago at this point no hang on 87
1964s	years ago seven years ago seven years
1966s	ago yeah 15 beginning of 2015 so right
1969s	and it's been half years ago yeah and
1971s	he's been around since then being
1973s	successful winning winning championship
1976s	and continuing through to the the the
1978s	tour stop system the grand Masters
1980s	system being successful in all of them
1982s	and even just this year he's having a
1985s	fantastic year in terms of our broadcast
1987s	events but also as you saw there from
1989s	lorinda's provided stats being
1991s	incredibly successful in the China
1994s	league as well which is one of the most
1996s	deeply stacked competitive tournaments
1998s	in the world not the most recent season
2000s	but the season before that bunny Hopper
2002s	absolutely destroyed the league stage of
2005s	that tournament yeah it's it's uh uh
2009s	hard to
2010s	overstate the
2013s	um the impact that bunny Hoppers had in
2015s	the competitive scene
2016s	as well as love storms
2018s	um because he came in with a storm of
2022s	love
2024s	a mural of love yes
2028s	plastered on his ceiling
2031s	um painting
2032s	um and even though it hasn't had quite
2036s	as many like master store appearances
2037s	still up there in win rate Rivals bunny
2040s	Hopper slightly less 62-35 still very
2043s	impressive
2044s	uh is a Caster custom Hearthstone uh in
2046s	China and also lovestorm does it with
2048s	his own style right he won uh Masters
2052s	Tour a nixia's lair with like brute
2054s	Demon Hunter
2056s	which was just uh crazy to watch I'm
2059s	pretty sure he didn't even lose a single
2061s	match uh during his run and winning
2063s	matches toward Dixie's lair and he just
2067s	always has that that slight flare right
2069s	you look at his line if you're like okay
2070s	normal deck normal deck got a pretty
2072s	normal deck and then what
2075s	um and even though his what in this one
2077s	is the uh uh the boar priest which we
2081s	saw have very little success for pocket
2084s	train in in pocket trains group
2086s	yesterday it's still one of those decks
2088s	where if you bring it you gotta be
2089s	really confident in it and uh love
2092s	Storm's a player that I don't think
2093s	shies away from any of these Decks that
2096s	are a little bit more difficult
2098s	to Pilot yeah and I think what's even
2101s	more impressive about that is sometimes
2103s	you'll see someone have success in a
2104s	tournament with an off-the-wall lineup
2106s	as you were saying and it will just be a
2108s	meta call right it'll be a counter
2110s	lineup
2111s	um it will snipe a particularly common
2112s	deck that they're expecting to see or
2115s	it'll just happen and you know they run
2116s	hard they get lucky they have high
2118s	variance decks and it goes well or
2119s	whatever when love storm did it
2121s	particularly in that Masters Tour win
2123s	his lineup then became the meta we went
2126s	into Grand Masters very rapidly after
2128s	that Masters Tour and many of the
2130s	players in Grand masters from the
2132s	Western scene looked at that lineup and
2134s	went oh that's just the lineup now like
2136s	I either have to bring that line up or
2138s	work out how to counter that lineup
2140s	because that was actually just better
2141s	than all of the things that we were
2143s	doing blies in particular I think just
2144s	showed up playing love Storm's exact
2147s	lineup for that next tournament I
2149s	believe uh took down a weekly win with
2151s	it in Grand Masters as well so this is a
2154s	person who is having a a real impact on
2157s	the meta cross region as well so you
2160s	know love storm absolutely might not be
2162s	my favorite player in the world TJ I'm
2164s	not quite on your level but certainly
2166s	someone that I've enjoyed watching
2167s	enormously over the course of this year
2170s	yeah there's a if there's two types of
2173s	players in competitive Hearthstone
2175s	uh those who lead those who follow
2178s	and uh love star love storm is uh one of
2182s	the ones who leads in terms of you know
2186s	breaking the metagame trying new things
2190s	there he is in all of his glory
2193s	oh
2194s	unfortunately no longer with the upward
2196s	camera angle
2198s	reveals the love storm on the ceiling
2200s	but unfortunately ah bummer oh well we
2204s	gotta we got a little bit of uh
2206s	of law of action with the murals and the
2209s	in the background whatever those are
2211s	looks like lollipops
2215s	that sounds right definitely not flowers
2220s	no well you know flowers and lollipops
2222s	look pretty similar to be honest
2225s	um
2226s	proteins to be a little bit careful
2227s	which of them you put in your mouth
2230s	um no no okay I see you not if you're my
2234s	kids
2237s	they couldn't even tell the difference
2240s	thank you
2241s	all right
2242s	um defrogue
2244s	one of my favorite decks in the metagame
2247s	right now just because every game is
2249s	different I I don't think you could
2252s	even spot like a similar play pattern
2255s	across like two different games yeah of
2258s	thief Rogue even if you gave it like 100
2259s	game sample size uh there's just so much
2262s	that you can do but also so much
2266s	so many turns where you have to like
2268s	pivot and and you know make it be
2271s	creative right with your uh with your
2273s	game plan so
2275s	um we see some players bring the sketchy
2278s	stranger variation in some players
2281s	um uh without it right uh the sketchy
2284s	stranger obviously it doesn't break your
2286s	Maestro disguise because it's yup
2288s	control and uh it just gives you you
2291s	know right up extra card that you can
2294s	get from Contraband stash because it's
2295s	not like perjury where you don't get the
2297s	actual secret that you get from perjury
2299s	uh with sketchy stranger you do so
2306s	a buddy now having picked up uh jackpot
2309s	and Contraband stash and of course that
2311s	objection found from The Stranger as
2313s	well does have as you were saying
2315s	different play patterns for the deck but
2316s	this is one of the more conventional
2318s	ones I would say
2325s	um
2326s	those are not it
2335s	I was thinking
2337s	it's definitely not cowardly grunt uh
2340s	mounted Raptor would let bunny Hopper
2342s	get something else on the board this
2343s	turn or maybe just jackpot next to this
2346s	turn and then go for like a dagger a
2348s	plus mounted Raptor next turn but let's
2350s	go for the United cycle that could deal
2352s	with like a a a relic
2356s	vaulted relic of phantasms that was a
2360s	very convoluted way to say that a
2363s	doubled up relic of phantasms yeah
2366s	vaulted relic of phantasms there you go
2368s	yeah nailed it the relic of phantasms
2372s	does a backflip over a pommel horse and
2374s	lands on the board and you'll be able to
2376s	deal with it yeah
2378s	four full revolutions
2383s	I think the plan for Bonnie he went for
2384s	prep right before the Discover which I
2387s	think he was looking for the ability to
2389s	play something large-ish on the board if
2392s	he was able to hit and then he had the
2393s	jackpot as a backup to spend that manner
2395s	if he wanted to did kind of Miss on
2398s	those options like rear mounted Raptor
2399s	was playable but I don't think really
2401s	the the business that Bonnie was in in
2403s	terms of wanting to gain Tempo quickly
2404s	so just ripped the jackpot and as our
2406s	resident Thief Rogue expert TJ what do
2409s	you make of these uh jackpot outcomes
2412s	uh terrible yeah there they are
2415s	absolutely terrible
2419s	real quick Amulet of undying
2422s	oh you want to just lean all the way
2424s	into this nonsense TJ yeah yeah
2428s	double Synergy with the undying disciple
2430s	one because they both have undying in
2432s	the name and two because it's a death
2434s	rattle yeah okay
2435s	um and because it's just the best option
2438s	out of those ones so yeah uh he's gonna
2440s	pick uh the amulet and one of the things
2443s	you always have to think about when
2445s	you're playing defrog is uh the ripple
2448s	effect of your choices because every
2450s	card that you pick is probably not even
2452s	just going to be played once in a game
2454s	it's going to be played multiple times
2457s	in a game so you have to think like okay
2460s	do I really want to be summoning like
2462s	three mounted Raptors this game or would
2465s	I rather have three undying disciples
2467s	this game
2469s	um and it doesn't matter if they're four
2471s	costs or one cost one in terms of
2473s	Contraband session tests exactly they're
2475s	always going to be summoned so if you
2477s	can pick something a little bit more
2478s	powerful
2480s	um that is going to take you a little
2481s	bit longer to actually get on the board
2482s	initially uh than like I said the ripple
2485s	effect and that's going to happen on the
2487s	remainder of the game
2488s	so same with them or Amulet of undying
2492s	no see I I cut off your assessment of
2495s	the jackpot cards but I do think that's
2496s	a little important to think about with
2499s	fell fire in the hole as well right like
2500s	the first time you play fell fire not
2503s	great
2504s	um but after that if you're replaying it
2506s	quote for free a bunch of times over and
2508s	over
2509s	um it actually does a lot for you when
2511s	being thrown in the pool of cards so
2513s	it's it's not the worst possible outcome
2516s	but I think bunny would have been far
2518s	more interested in many many different
2520s	options that he could have come from
2522s	yeah
2524s	he's just gonna
2527s	just has a gonna have a board nuke with
2530s	Contraband sash it's going to be yeah
2531s	I'm decipher and then fell fire in the
2533s	hole now all he needs is something that
2535s	like triggers death rattles and then
2538s	boom like 12 damage AOE each Contraband
2541s	stash
2543s	um
2544s	but for now uh bunny Hopper not many
2549s	options
2551s	uh
2552s	it's the perjury that's picked up I
2555s	guess you could just go double secret
2556s	this turn
2557s	but it doesn't feel great considering
2561s	um there's just a venomous score but
2563s	that's going to answer the undying
2564s	disciple that's on the board
2567s	but hey what can you do
2572s	finally deciding it's time to get the
2575s	injection in play oh
2580s	you're right TJ do you need a moment
2583s	God I love a vaulted relic of dimension
2592s	okay yeah that got better quickly yep we
2596s	got a brand J situation going on here
2606s	buddy will have been through the ringer
2608s	for the last few turns because there was
2611s	a partner with love storm activated his
2613s	vault uh for the one cause Relic which
2616s	would have gone but oh okay he's doing
2618s	that on turn four which means he's
2619s	probably not playing dimensions on five
2621s	but then love storm just loaded up the
2623s	second uh location on the same turn
2625s	bunny oh okay he probably is just
2627s	playing dimensions on fire then love
2629s	storm didn't play dimensions on five and
2631s	but he would have thought okay great
2632s	he's not playing dimensions on five and
2633s	then he just topped exit on six instead
2635s	so unlucky
2646s	ice barrier okay
2649s	oh
2652s	this hand is uh
2656s	uh who
2659s	quite the predicament
2661s	it is
2663s	I think we're trading this amulet I
2665s	don't know I don't know if one undying
2667s	disciple is gonna uh cut it in this
2669s	situation
2671s	yeah I think trade amulet is fine
2675s	but honestly
2677s	if you don't Draw Something premium off
2680s	the top you might just be ripping
2682s	yourself fire in the hole just to get it
2684s	in the pool
2688s	oh oh no
2690s	yup yup there it is
2693s	there it is Boom take two
2697s	yeah ordering they're doubly important
2699s	because I don't think you mind
2703s	yep no big deal though third Lobster
2705s	don't be ordering for bunny Hopper
2706s	importance I don't think you necessarily
2707s	mind drawing The Amulet back at that
2709s	point right so you definitely want to
2710s	trade it in first before you draw the
2711s	spell
2713s	um on a more basic level it's the way to
2715s	draw a card that leaves you more Mana
2717s	open at the end of the turn which is
2718s	just kind of good Hearthstone mechanics
2720s	in the first place
2721s	um but I think doubly important because
2722s	of the spell draw coming
2724s	uh from the felt fire as well
2726s	yep
2729s	all right love so I'm gonna push some
2732s	damage here I actually wants to open up
2735s	some hand space as well because of brand
2737s	school teacher
2739s	um
2740s	has potential to uh add a lot of parts
2743s	to hand this to if you get your you get
2745s	like the relic of Dimensions or
2747s	something
2748s	um
2749s	off the top but also or you know just
2752s	draw spells from the school teacher like
2754s	spectral site or something like that
2760s	and to juice up the J's potential brand
2762s	Jace yeah that's the thing is lovestone
2765s	has a couple of ways to go about this he
2767s	can go for the brand school teacher
2768s	massive value impactful spells can play
2771s	multiple nugglings in the same turn as
2773s	the brand as well especially if he waits
2775s	one more turn from here but the other
2777s	route is just to play every card that
2779s	says fell on it and then just see if
2781s	brand Jace ends the game when you get to
2782s	that point so yeah there's a couple of
2785s	good looking options from this point
2786s	forward I think bunny is gonna need to
2789s	ditched together this ragtag group of
2792s	cards that he's been uh dealt this game
2794s	into something relatively impactful and
2797s	as TJ was saying that's kind of thief
2798s	Rogue 101 right and I know bunny is as
2801s	big a fan of this deck I believe as TJ
2802s	is and has played it a lot so I'm sure
2805s	we'll be well used to solving these
2807s	puzzles but you can see the frustration
2808s	on his face there is not a lot there for
2811s	him right now
2813s	yeah I I wouldn't even be surprised if
2816s	bunny Hopper like
2819s	Shadow stepped there
2823s	and replay to pull one additional secret
2825s	out of the deck approved the draw ever
2828s	so slightly oh these are big
2833s	I think if this turn is starting school
2835s	teacher then we're starting to get an
2837s	idea
2838s	of where love Storm's brand plan is out
2841s	yeah you can play more expensive school
2844s	teacher and then like Relic
2847s	or vault plus relica phantasms I think
2849s	it's what six six and seven seven at
2851s	this point
2852s	uh five five and six six I think well I
2854s	will be after the the after the other
2856s	Relic first yes exactly yeah
2859s	oh actually not gonna even play the uh
2861s	uh Extinction first not too worried
2864s	about this Gonna Save that just for some
2865s	additional removal
2869s	or
2873s	or just do it wrong
2884s	okay
2889s	foreign
2906s	oh okay
2909s	cool that's a playable card and there's
2912s	a shadow step as well but can't we
2914s	played the second because gonna play
2915s	Contraband stash we're gonna get
2917s	objection fell fire in the hole and then
2919s	can uh
2921s	double bone Spike actually
2937s	and then play the gravedigger
2941s	and I wonder if you preemptively stabbed
2943s	the Grave Digger
2948s	it's got to be bran thrown away
2951s	yeah a little unfortunate because
2954s	he hasn't been shown either of the cards
2957s	that are insane in hand with bran oh
2960s	yeah yeah I mean that's kind of the
2961s	influence right like bunny saw five
2963s	cards in hand three of which one was
2966s	bran and two were useless with bran so
2968s	he might suspect that the brand actually
2970s	isn't that dangerous at that point he
2972s	doesn't know that there's a discounted
2973s	Jace in the hand right which it would
2975s	have to be there and discounted to be uh
2978s	potent with the brand
2984s	gonna play the school teacher into the
2986s	objection
2989s	I knew that was there because that was
2990s	the only secret that was actually played
2993s	from the sketchy stranger
2995s	okay well the school teacher actually uh
2999s	just because of the objection
3001s	got rid of a lot of value from lovestrom
3003s	the objection doing yeah ton of work if
3005s	you look at just the minion pool yeah
3007s	twice the minion pool for Relic Demon
3010s	Hunter they really don't have a lot of
3011s	throwaway minions the only real one is
3013s	Sir Finley everything else has a pretty
3016s	substantial impact with brand lady steno
3019s	vendors
3021s	and of course the big ones
3026s	I was about to say I wonder if that sets
3028s	off any alarm bells for bunny the fact
3030s	that school you know the seemingly
3032s	fairly useless brand that love storm had
3035s	in hand had not been used on two
3036s	different occasions to prop the
3037s	objection instead of the school teachers
3039s	both times uh but those alarm bells are
3042s	no longer necessary because the fire is
3045s	very much burning in bunny Hopper's face
3047s	right now as the uh branches
3051s	amount of damage here
3053s	[Applause]
3055s	it's almost it was almost lethal yep
3058s	that's insane I didn't I didn't think
3061s	that many bell spells have been played
3063s	but
3064s	um yeah buddy Hopper uh would have
3068s	needed prep in that situation off the
3071s	top in order to have a chance right to
3074s	be able to prep bone Spike and then uh
3076s	dinathrius yeah it wasn't even that
3078s	juice but everything on the board had
3079s	one Health
3081s	um so it should have been able to clear
3082s	up the board and at least heal for some
3083s	but no prep off the top and that meant
3086s	that bunny Hopper just had no way to
3088s	deal with that so
3090s	a little bit tough
3091s	um that was just a combination of a
3093s	couple things the jackpot early from
3095s	bunny Hopper not really getting anything
3097s	super impactful with the celestial
3099s	alignment just concluded and then from
3101s	there it was just a bunch of support
3103s	cards being drawn and none of the actual
3105s	meat of the deck nothing that helped him
3107s	fight back or Draw additional cards or
3109s	uh any type of disruption outside the
3111s	gravedigger which ended up not being
3114s	really impactful because you didn't see
3116s	like you said the the actual cards that
3119s	would have been good uh with bran so
3124s	um I still think you'd go for the brand
3126s	in that instance though
3128s	um just because you have an objection up
3130s	right so isolating get another Minion
3133s	uh uh or making it that much more
3136s	difficult for lovestorm to actually play
3137s	a minion
3139s	but it is what it is it is what it is
3141s	lovestorm takes game one
3144s	does indeed and that leaves him in a
3147s	good position in the series
3148s	um but it does mean that we are going to
3151s	have to move forward to this Mage and to
3152s	the bull priest as well remember we've
3155s	been used to yesterday predominantly
3157s	seeing the you know heavy spell buff
3159s	based versions of priest in whatever
3161s	different form it's been in apart from
3163s	with pocket train uh who is kind of the
3165s	reverse habugabu right like habugabu got
3168s	out you might have forgot that he played
3169s	yesterday because he just smashed his
3171s	way through and got out of the group 6-0
3174s	pocket train was almost on the opposite
3176s	end of that largely because of the
3178s	struggle that that ball priest did have
3180s	and that's with pocket train playing it
3181s	who is probably the best player in the
3183s	world when it comes to boar priest uh
3185s	plastic had a very similar run through
3187s	and already and I I know bunny Hopper
3191s	has a very strong mental game right when
3193s	it comes to Hearthstone and has done for
3194s	a number of years we've talked about it
3196s	you're not this successful for this long
3198s	without being you know a master of the
3199s	mental side of the game as well but when
3201s	you start to see some of what happened
3203s	yesterday players not drawing anything
3205s	their deck's not being kind to them and
3207s	just getting that absolutely smashed out
3209s	of existence and then that happens to
3211s	you game one going into a series where
3213s	you're trying to make it to the World
3214s	Championship there has to be a small
3216s	part of you where that nags in the back
3218s	of your brain right and suddenly if you
3220s	then go into a second game and your
3222s	Mulligan isn't good that's when it can
3224s	start to pile on top of you but as I
3226s	said I have full faith in bunny to to
3228s	keep a calm head here it's what he does
3230s	he's been keeping cool calm and
3231s	collected for seven years now at this
3233s	point so sure there is a long way to go
3236s	in this series still
3238s	he just secretly gets
3240s	ridiculously tilted
3242s	[Music]
3244s	he has a oh what do they call those
3245s	things
3247s	um
3247s	[Music]
3251s	gonna need a little more info than that
3252s	TJ uh it's it it's like a
3255s	it's a business and you go to the
3258s	business and it's like a warehouse where
3259s	they have a bunch of like old stuff and
3261s	they give you a sledgehammer
3263s	what and you and and you just literally
3266s	pay them and you go in there you just
3268s	start breaking everything that does
3270s	sound great but I've never heard of it
3271s	before
3274s	um
3277s	[Music]
3278s	rage room
3280s	ah nice about a rage room
3286s	um
3287s	um it might be it might be a us thing no
3291s	they exist I just I just did it near me
3293s	and there is there is I could travel to
3296s	one from where I am yeah yeah me too in
3299s	fact
3300s	um actually they don't know it's it's
3301s	3am right now so they don't open until
3303s	11 but I can travel right now but yeah
3307s	uh eight hours from now maybe I'll uh
3310s	hit up the the rage room yeah they just
3313s	they just give you like weaponry and
3316s	then you go into a room with like you
3318s	have you put they put you in a bunch of
3320s	safety equipment
3321s	helmets and stuff and they just give you
3323s	weapons and they go in there and you
3325s	just break everything
3328s	long story short that's what bunny
3330s	Hopper does
3331s	beats are punching your monitor am I
3333s	right yeah yeah punch somebody else's
3336s	old monitor it doesn't work anymore yeah
3338s	with an ax
3344s	all right bunny Hopper queuing up again
3348s	perjury in the opening hand Black Water
3351s	Cutlass as well of course always an
3353s	option he is going to be holding on to
3354s	it alongside that sketchy stranger love
3356s	storm on the other side on the mage
3364s	with not the best looking opening hand
3367s	you're never overly sad I think when you
3369s	get to cast an early Arcane intellect
3371s	with this deck um Arcane intellect is a
3373s	very very important card to play over
3375s	the course of the game at some point
3377s	because a it helps you to draw cards
3380s	towards a lot of those crucial cards
3381s	particularly the hero card but then
3384s	secondly if you have an Arcane intellect
3385s	cast then your hero card then also
3387s	refills you on resources later in the
3389s	game so early AI a point where there
3391s	isn't going to be much pressure on the
3393s	board is usually something you're very
3394s	happy to see with this deck yep
3397s	but like you said outside of that hey uh
3400s	not the best uh Safara depending on the
3403s	next couple of spells that are picked up
3405s	but yep
3406s	um buddy Hopper you know pretty good
3408s	curve right um has some good spells to
3412s	play early on and then a a queen ashara
3415s	on curve potentially
3417s	uh which could be a very high level
3419s	power right you pick horn already has
3421s	Contraband stash
3423s	what sorry I just I just looked over to
3426s	my other monitor and it still has the
3427s	near me search for rage rooms on it my
3430s	eye was just caught by all the reviews
3431s	which are amazing you could say like
3433s	ironically or fittingly whichever way
3435s	you want to look at it all the reviews
3437s	are so nice and pleasant of the place
3440s	where you go and just violently search
3442s	everything up and it just really amused
3445s	I'm sorry
3447s	well yeah because you get out all your
3449s	rage exactly yeah come out the other
3452s	side real calm yeah
3454s	make sense and you leave it you're in
3456s	the mood to leave a really nice review
3461s	okay so planning out these next couple
3464s	turns uh for uh for bunny Hopper
3470s	um
3472s	I I want to get the queen of Charlotte
3474s	down like as early as possible and get
3477s	like the horn played as early as
3479s	possible
3482s	what
3483s	that Alec Mount is reasonable Shield
3486s	shatter not so much
3501s	me tusks won't stop shattering
3506s	oh probably gonna swap yeah oh for sure
3508s	this is really nice
3513s	it's sort of all this nonsense that's in
3516s	the hand and it's going to replace it
3517s	with other slightly better nonsense oh
3521s	yeah that improved this is an
3523s	improvement Yep this is all
3525s	significantly better that's an
3527s	improvement oh
3532s	okay so we're still two spells away I
3535s	believe from uh queen of shark jackpot
3537s	being the only one so far so you go coin
3539s	prep
3541s	reconnaissance Queen horn
3545s	pick the horn you can't play it but
3547s	yeah that's the thing right if you wait
3550s	one more turn you can just do all of
3552s	that next turn and use the prep on the
3554s	horn right which I suppose could be an
3556s	option but just got a lick Mount here
3557s	instead okay yeah I like this a lot as
3559s	well yeah yeah this is very smart
3560s	because this is now three spells so the
3562s	the ashara is active so instead of
3564s	worrying about using the prep to juice
3567s	your value on the horn you're now just
3569s	doing this you're winning board it gives
3570s	you time to just play a five five on
3572s	board next turn while it's Juiced and
3573s	then you can just go for whatever you
3574s	want this makes a ton of sense this has
3577s	to be the best line yeah
3578s	the only problem with click Mount at
3581s	least from my personal experience is
3582s	that when you replay with Contraband
3584s	stash or tests random literally never
3586s	goes on your minion
3587s	I'm pretty sure it's coded in the game
3590s	just go on your opponent's minions
3592s	like Target enemies if possible
3596s	hidden in the Contra Dash text somewhere
3599s	Alec Mount of the arcmage
3602s	yes yeah exactly
3605s	um so it's a little bit of a risk but it
3607s	uh in terms of just raw power up front
3610s	great especially if you can prep it out
3612s	and get it a little bit sooner so okay
3615s	yeah and I like I have been through this
3617s	instance a few times one of the nice
3619s	things about Eric Mount particularly if
3621s	you are able to have a fast start and
3622s	you land elec Mount is the first time
3624s	you land elec Mount you get
3626s	overwhelmingly ahead on board and then I
3628s	sort of learn from experience even
3629s	though you really want to go face and be
3631s	aggressive at that point if you then
3633s	fight for board using all of your elect
3635s	Mount value you can quite often get into
3637s	a situation where your opponent just
3638s	doesn't have minions by the time you're
3640s	playing the the resetting effects right
3642s	because you're just in such overwhelming
3644s	board control from the initial place
3654s	one thing to worry about here is slowly
3657s	dying but does have a starting to pick
3659s	up a lot of the defensive tools here I
3661s	mean pretty much all of it nightclub
3663s	saying Tim double snow flurry double
3665s	flurry
3667s	uh
3668s	can freeze for days not weeks
3672s	yeah these minions are not going to be
3675s	attacking anytime soon
3687s	but we will await with baited breath the
3691s	contents of Bunny's horn here because
3693s	that could have a very significant
3695s	impact okay
3699s	thank you TJ great contribution as
3702s	always
3708s	apparently getting it out there you know
3710s	yep
3714s	What's it gonna be
3716s	oh
3729s	look at those bristles
3731s	how much curl that bad boy can get
3744s	it
3746s	I mean
3748s	Tyrion seems quite good
3753s	yeah it's just a matter of when and
3755s	where all those cards fit into your
3757s	curve because
3759s	only kind of has the opposite problem to
3760s	last game right where he has a ton of
3763s	good stuff that he now wants to be doing
3765s	over the course of the next few turns
3767s	um so it's possible that a cheaper card
3769s	would have fit in where Tyrion didn't
3771s	but I think he's fine from this point
3773s	because now like the Contraband stash is
3775s	already really Juiced he then has
3777s	dinathrius coming in the future turns as
3778s	well so you do have to have a little
3780s	moment to think about just when you're
3782s	playing an expensive card like uh Tyrion
3784s	but I do think it makes the most sense
3788s	uh has the the tempo already
3791s	necessary to support the Tyrion yes it's
3796s	gonna be just the dawn grasp here this
3800s	is gonna be cold case Arcane intellect
3802s	oh you know Wildfire was playing
3804s	Wildfire as well yep okay
3808s	does know that one of the Reckless
3811s	apprentices buried right at the bottom
3813s	of the deck as well though yeah the
3815s	initial Finley which is a problem based
3816s	on this current board state
3818s	yeah
3821s	first hit
3823s	it's gonna be ice trap
3828s	stay away
3830s	and it doesn't matter if you freeze the
3832s	uh
3833s	the tentacles
3835s	that are up to three
3842s	cool step now as well
3849s	even if you Contraband stash on this
3851s	board the elect mount's going on a
3853s	skillet
3857s	around me
3860s	this is just all face stagger face pass
3862s	like okay I'm gonna step back the queen
3866s	step right yeah and put in a Tyrion all
3868s	right I'm fine with that exactly uh that
3870s	does that's the option that immediately
3872s	left out to me
3873s	you do also have to at least have a
3876s	cursory count of lethal chances and
3878s	percentages
3880s	you know perhaps if you landed like Eric
3881s	mount on an attacking minion for example
3885s	yeah all three of the uh technical hits
3889s	would have to go phase
3893s	one two two
3896s	but not so if you got the extra damage
3898s	from menelik Mount right from Contraband
3900s	stash ah sure sure yeah yeah but it
3902s	would only affect the breakpoint by one
3904s	I won yeah
3906s	you'd have to win not only the friendly
3908s	minion role but also the attacking
3910s	minion role as to what could actually
3912s	attack so probably absolutely not worth
3914s	going for in that instance yep
3919s	the tentacles Dodge the skellies as well
3921s	so again the freeze from lovestorm is
3924s	just not going to make any difference
3926s	that damage is still going to be
3928s	powering in down to just three life this
3931s	is looking regulations are correct
3932s	unwinnable
3935s	magic yeah
3937s	I've heard of it
3942s	I can't take them away it's not all of
3946s	them
3950s	a valiant effort
3953s	whoa currently still alive right this is
3956s	doing five so it is a full clear and
3958s	then the location freeze
3965s	when did where did it get the
3968s	doesn't matter
3971s	[Music]
3974s	where did it get the honorable kill
3976s	[Music]
3980s	so much
3981s	fortified okay because there's Julia was
3984s	at four Health okay sorry
3987s	um I was like what the heck yeah three I
3991s	thought their g-log was at three Health
3992s	four Health yes uh at the very end there
3995s	so we've got the honorable kill and it
3996s	was or it was played before the Alec
3998s	bound emerged so it hit that like my
4000s	last yeah very likely that
4004s	um bunny Hopper went from that situation
4005s	anyway even if it's just waiting a
4007s	couple turns and getting down the side
4008s	to nathrius so
4011s	um very good position a nice little
4013s	opening from bunny Hopper love storms
4016s	wasn't terrible right it's just very
4018s	difficult to deal with that much stats
4021s	that early you have to you know try and
4025s	fit in
4027s	trying to build up your own game plan
4029s	while also reacting to
4031s	all of these Mana cheap things that the
4035s	uh Thief Rogue is able to do with
4037s	powerful cards from other classes yeah
4040s	when Rogue hits it hits right
4042s	particularly in a deck that takes a
4044s	little bit of time to ramp up like Mage
4046s	does if you're able to get a good
4049s	jackpot outcome if you get good
4050s	reconnaissance outcomes if you get that
4053s	early queen as bunny did there
4055s	especially if that's all tied together
4057s	with the Mana cheat like preparation for
4059s	example as it was there for bunny then
4061s	that is very very hard to come back
4063s	against but now bunny Hopper stepping up
4065s	to the plate uh with big spell mage of
4068s	his own murloc homes thrown in there as
4071s	well which I know is a very favorite
4073s	card for bunny hopper in general big
4076s	spell major deck that kind of was out of
4078s	the meta for quite some time until Abu
4081s	gabu one of the biggest influences on
4083s	The Meta right now tweeted a few weeks
4086s	back saying big Foy card picks Bell Mage
4088s	is actually the best card in the best
4090s	deck in the game and you're all stupid
4091s	you should be playing this uh not
4094s	necessarily having the impact that
4097s	possibly we might have expected from a
4099s	hobby Garden call like that but
4100s	certainly it caused a few people to
4102s	experiment with the deck again and yeah
4104s	it's a deck that is doing fairly well
4106s	overall it does still have some really
4108s	nice important matchups and particularly
4111s	in this series we
4114s	have that interaction that we saw
4115s	earlier on yesterday with big spell Mage
4118s	and boar priest in particular right and
4120s	how that can be a real real problem deck
4122s	for the ball priest to deal with in
4124s	certain situations so could still be a
4126s	strong deck for bunny in this series
4128s	does not have the priest match up on
4130s	this occasion though that we're going
4131s	into the Mage mirror
4134s	yeah class mirror not deck mirror
4139s	I don't know what am I talking about
4141s	it's a mirror
4143s	maybe it just does a bunch of stuff
4146s	skeleton spawn
4149s	people die
4151s	[Music]
4154s	it is up there
4156s	how as far apart as two Mage decks can
4159s	get overall though I would say right
4161s	yeah I mean you just play Bruno cast all
4166s	the Spells of your opponent cast that
4167s	game
4168s	oh sorry yeah you're right no I'm being
4170s	foolish of course TJ exactly the same
4172s	yeah that's fair
4175s	if one starts with 40 health and one
4176s	starts with 30 health so big spell Mage
4179s	already has the advantage 10 more Health
4181s	10 more cards
4184s	yes ten ten more cards yeah strictly an
4187s	advantage of course yeah
4191s	oh there we go
4197s	and love Storm's hand is
4200s	oof
4203s	that's not what you want
4206s	[Music]
4218s	oh that feels terrible
4223s	and uninfused
4226s	Frozen touch gotta be done though
4228s	because you know what else feels
4229s	terrible you can't even attack I know
4231s	but you know what else feels terrible TJ
4233s	having every card you draw for the rest
4234s	of the game just costing one more for no
4236s	reason because
4238s	uh it's not really a deck in skeleton
4241s	Mage right that is able to kill minions
4243s	you know like normally they fight for
4245s	minions fight for ball with their own
4246s	minions well love storm doesn't have any
4247s	right now outside of that there's very
4250s	few ways to just shoot minions off the
4252s	board so if you committed to leaving
4254s	that there it's going to be there for
4255s	you know four five six turns even
4257s	perhaps from this point disgusting yep
4260s	all right well bunny Hopper senses
4262s	weakness
4265s	um and because of that is actually just
4267s	gonna straight up
4268s	use the coin went for spell
4277s	I was gonna say normally when you have
4278s	Linda in your in your opening hand
4280s	specifically on the coin you coin it you
4283s	hold that coin and you coined it it's a
4284s	lot of power
4286s	um but sense weakness
4289s	decides to play more for Tempo to get a
4291s	little bit ahead of Love storm and for
4293s	the fact that Belinda is not as strong
4297s	against the uh spooky Mage as it is
4300s	against other decks because they can
4302s	freeze it right so getting it out
4304s	quicker
4305s	doesn't mean that you're not going to be
4308s	able to get the discount on spells it
4310s	just gives you a bigger minion one turn
4312s	faster which against a lot of decks
4313s	makes a big difference but against this
4315s	one maybe not so much
4323s	and actually the more I think about the
4325s	more spell makes sense right
4327s	um because you said it earlier
4330s	the deck doesn't kill minions very well
4332s	it kills minions with their own minions
4334s	yes the spell that you're gonna get from
4338s	the okanie if you can protect it
4341s	which it's very likely to be protected
4342s	because he was playing it on an empty
4344s	board
4345s	is going to be impactful regardless
4348s	so
4349s	I think also just on a very basic level
4351s	it was the on curve thing to deny right
4354s	like generally the on curve turn for
4356s	play is Cold Case a lot of the time
4359s	um whereas the Minions that you play on
4361s	for are like savara Reckless Apprentice
4363s	multicaster those are your four drops
4365s	those are all very situational they're
4367s	not not necessarily things that you want
4369s	to play on Ford straight away
4371s	um so generally the thing that you are
4373s	looking to play on turn four is going to
4375s	be that yeah
4387s	jokes on you buddy
4389s	Cold Case is on curb on turn five idiot
4394s	Adam
4399s	um
4402s	so bunny Hopper has
4405s	still a pretty good couple turns coming
4407s	up next turn could go like school
4408s	teacher plus trade away one of the Drake
4410s	fire ambulance yeah and then assuming
4412s	Drake fire emulator Rune isn't drawn off
4414s	the top
4415s	makes for a nice belindo where you're
4417s	splitting the difference you get one of
4419s	each
4430s	poop our pair of sorcers could actually
4432s	be really good next turn too
4434s	there's a lot of cheap spells that Mage
4437s	doesn't really have an option but to
4439s	hold on to
4442s	solid Alibi actually being a big one
4444s	right
4445s	like if you flop flip solid Alibi with
4447s	like a jake fire AMOLED it nearly
4449s	becomes unplayable and that's a big card
4451s	in terms of
4452s	weaving it in later as the spooky Mage
4454s	as you know you set up a board and then
4457s	you solid Alibi to buy yourself a turd
4458s	anybody yeah obviously flurry is the
4461s	dream for multiple reasons very surface
4463s	level reason it costs zero it's just the
4465s	best one that you want to hit in a lot
4466s	of positions
4468s	um but also along the same lines just
4469s	denying flurry from your opponent
4471s	especially in a game where they haven't
4473s	seen location yet you talked about it a
4475s	lot of the frustration of this matchup
4477s	from the big spell Mage side is that you
4479s	just played very few large minions over
4481s	the course of the game and spooky Mage
4484s	is very well equipped to deal with that
4485s	because they have lots of these smaller
4487s	freeze effects they can use if you're
4488s	able to deny a flurry uh by flipping it
4492s	getting it cost 10 in your opponent's
4493s	hand then not only do you then get to
4496s	cast say a zero Mana Drake fire on you
4498s	but you also then get to deny your
4500s	opponent from freezing those two huge
4502s	dragons that you've just made on the
4503s	other side so yeah Al having seen both
4506s	natural flurries used by lovestorm one
4509s	is a counter breaker and now one just to
4511s	deny this board
4512s	bunny will be uh his eyes will be
4515s	lighting up a little bit about his
4516s	possibilities in this game
4521s	yeah and even despite seeing both of
4523s	those still goes for
4525s	the solid Alibi it was uh going to be
4529s	what sold out by Frozen touch or cold
4532s	case at least he he knew that there was
4535s	a spell in hand because of the a frost
4537s	spell in hand because of the dungeoneer
4539s	so
4541s	um decided to go with that still has
4542s	Belinda lined up
4545s	um still hasn't drawn that extra uh that
4547s	extra spell whether it be the Drake fire
4549s	emble in the second room so it still has
4550s	Belinda ready to go
4553s	for that big Power Spike
4555s	might be a drake buyer amulet turn
4557s	though uh coming up we'll see what bunny
4559s	Hopper decides to do but
4563s	of storm now we got to keep track
4566s	um savara
4568s	is
4570s	just the Wildfire for now
4572s	yeah just drawing this turn so only the
4574s	Wildfire at the pool at the moment
4586s	yeah
4588s	a little bit uh
4589s	we have could just go Belinda right
4591s	simplest Belinda and then
4595s	you know do a pelican toss
4601s	I believe it's got a a vaulted Pelican
4603s	TJ actually vaulted Pelican yeah or just
4607s	go highest power on board
4610s	yeah that's the debate right it's
4612s	Belinda this turn Which is less powered
4614s	still a lot of power but it's less power
4616s	this turn and that allows you to do
4617s	disgusting combinations of things the
4620s	next turn uh with the five Banner spells
4623s	and the two Mana Drake fire amulet uh or
4625s	you just go straight in now with max
4628s	power and I think the reason Bonnie
4630s	likes that more than anything else is
4631s	that he gets to play the murloc homes
4632s	game which he enjoys more than anything
4634s	else in Hearthstone so there you go and
4637s	uh if there's any player that if if you
4640s	said I ha you need to pick one player
4643s	right now it's gonna be an awkward
4646s	statement but one player right now who
4649s	has to pick correctly for murloc homes
4651s	yeah for your band from Hearthstone
4653s	forever funny half will probably be the
4655s	player I'd pick
4659s	and if I had done that I would be banned
4662s	from Hearthstone forever
4664s	you got it wrong
4669s	grass picked up
4672s	got flurry and Cold Case and a frost got
4674s	our candida Lake and got wildfire and
4677s	then just oh
4678s	oh no it's the big downside that we
4682s	didn't really mention right I talked a
4683s	lot about the upsides and I did like the
4685s	decision to throw it out early and deal
4687s	with the watch pose because you know I I
4689s	think honestly there's a real chance it
4692s	would still be disrupting his turns at
4694s	this point in the game if he hadn't have
4696s	dealt with it but that is the huge huge
4698s	downside no flurry now comes off the
4700s	Magister Dawn grass which means he is in
4703s	trouble now in terms of the amount of
4705s	damage he's taken this turn
4707s	this is some trouble
4710s	I Joe I nearly said Trump trouble but
4713s	I'm like you know what I'll if TJ wants
4715s	it he can have it and there you go
4716s	you're obliged oh I wanted it yeah
4723s	there's a lot of damage Coming Love
4725s	Storm's way
4728s	and knows that the plugins
4731s	off the board just to limit board space
4735s	for bunny Hopper which is smart funny
4737s	yeah ping one of these off in Belinda
4739s	but right it limits Sports base it also
4742s	creates lots of flexible options for
4745s	reckless Apprentice lines on the
4746s	following terms right with the the hero
4748s	power The Reckless Apprentice in various
4750s	sequences also has the snow flurry to
4753s	make it zero as well but I do think
4755s	primarily yeah the limiting of board
4756s	space is the number one concern
4770s	[Music]
4778s	nobody should know that it's solid Olive
4780s	and now because picked correctly on the
4782s	murloc homes in the opening hand solid
4784s	Alibi true yeah
4787s	or I don't know because there's also the
4789s	information that frostweep dungeon here
4791s	pulled a frost spell that's still in
4792s	hand so it could be either
4794s	he could think that he has a 10 cost uh
4797s	Frozen touch or a 10 cost
4800s	a solid Alibi or
4804s	just that the solid Alibi that was in
4806s	the opening hand is the one that got put
4808s	to 10 costs does have that information
4811s	at least at the very least
4814s	okay what's that is that
4818s	way
4819s	so full yep one
4830s	foreign
4837s	two
4856s	um wants to take out the interview
4863s	sure yeah okay fair enough denies a lot
4867s	of extra damage from the one ones
4868s	particularly if you're playing solid
4869s	Alibi right this does make a lot of
4871s	sense yeah
4876s	all right
4879s	love story has been through a lot of his
4880s	attack so Bundy Hopper
4883s	um has to have more dress on his mind
4885s	now
4886s	when thinking about the turn yep
4892s	so
4893s	I guess Drake fire AMOLED but look for
4897s	oh okay
4899s	yeah 12 Health there you go
4903s	yeah as long as you're hitting it twice
4906s	it's helpful hitting one 12 Health
4908s	minion actually isn't helpful here
4909s	against mordrash at all really because
4911s	of the love storms just going into 10
4913s	Mana next turn anyway uh yeah you just
4915s	pick one up
4918s	time runs out on me
4930s	kick me pick me
4933s	okay so if you expect more trash then go
4936s	get the solid album out of the way hey
4938s	guys so I'm just gonna make sure that
4940s	you're not really feeling any damage to
4942s	my face in the process yeah very small
4945s	timing I think on the solid Alibi for
4947s	sure
4949s	make sure that love storm cannot even
4952s	think about setting up some kind of
4953s	counter push with the more dress this
4955s	turn and start ripping those pings at
4957s	face
4958s	Ping's starting to get up there of
4959s	course even with the nerfed Magister
4961s	Dawn grass hero power
4963s	still a scary Prospect
4973s	yes this is solid hour by wildfire
4981s	and
4983s	if my calculations
4987s	I guess we'll find out
4992s	and Wildfire okay I was right I should
4995s	just stopped it sold out by a wildfire
4998s	they just believed in yourself TJ
5002s	my brain was trying to tell me no just
5004s	stop that's it
5007s	I was like no there's three
5009s	it's a Perpetual state of TJ's existence
5012s	honestly his brain just going no just
5014s	stop what are you doing
5018s	than my being my soul being like can't
5021s	stop won't stop
5026s	it's all big
5029s	I guess it is hey oh
5035s	all right Rune is lethal every time
5040s	wait how
5042s	the dragon it's gonna give you a bunch
5044s	of discovered cheap spells ah I got you
5047s	got you gotcha
5052s	foreign
5063s	what does that mean in his initial
5066s	reaction
5070s	oh
5072s	f porn is pretty here we go our missing
5075s	start here actually this creates some
5077s	potential
5081s	yeah shooting star the skeletons yeah
5083s	yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
5084s	yeah yeah
5098s	TJ called it his brain did not stop him
5102s	he said some words and they were nothing
5105s	short of a prophecy Rune of the archmage
5108s	is always lethal
5112s	even had a second Rune fantastic even if
5116s	you just I just did not need three more
5118s	damage or four more damage
5121s	um yeah and uh
5123s	even after you said it when you said
5125s	your generated spells suddenly I was
5127s	like you know what he's kind of right
5129s	here and I started thinking about the
5130s	option of like love storm let that board
5133s	hang around
5134s	with both of the dragons on the board
5137s	right so he knew for example that there
5140s	were two spells in her he like that
5141s	information is all clear wait did he
5143s	know that the second one is there
5144s	because one of them was drawn naturally
5145s	one of them was drawn from Belinda so he
5147s	knew there was at least one spell in
5149s	half I knew there was one yeah yeah
5150s	there was one Rune in here yeah right
5152s	okay which I think is probably tips over
5155s	the line of being fine so I think if you
5156s	know that two spells are in hand and one
5158s	of them gets cast for zero because of
5160s	the calicos then that's actually lethal
5163s	very often right in that situation
5165s	because of the pings coming out from the
5167s	other Dragon but in the case where you
5169s	only know about one it's probably more
5171s	understandable he wanted to milk the
5172s	more dress for more value still a huge
5174s	risk I'd put it in the category of
5176s	um because the ability to clear the
5178s	majority of that board was definitely
5179s	there
5181s	um but still really really interesting
5182s	position and Bunny Hopper just getting
5183s	the beautiful outcome with the generated
5185s	skeletons from the deathborn uh then set
5188s	up with the breath from his own hand
5189s	which can hit friendly minions spotted
5191s	instantly by bunny Hopper and that means
5194s	he goes one one game away from taking
5195s	this series
5197s	yeah very nicely done
5200s	and you know like even just like one
5202s	like like a first flame cast or
5205s	something you know I was like yeah yeah
5206s	it's there's a lot of ways to just add
5209s	like just a couple of cheap spells to
5211s	the hand you just have to not cast a
5213s	mask in order to
5216s	like first first spell Mass polymorph
5218s	all right well there goes that plan yep
5221s	um but nice little spot by bunny now
5223s	last Decker mid-range Shaman probably
5225s	the deck that I have the least amount of
5226s	faith in but
5229s	as Raven would say if you play glug you
5233s	you win there's just not a deck that
5237s	deals with glug right now like it just
5239s	doesn't happen well I'm pretty sure in
5242s	the Raven lore right there are certain
5243s	things that exist in Raven like you know
5245s	if your opponent plays scale of inyxia
5248s	you lose the game immediately I'm pretty
5250s	sure that if you play glug you win
5251s	because it's unkillable is against
5253s	Hunter specifically in Raven lore and
5256s	not against the rest of the field
5257s	necessarily but if you think about it
5260s	yeah maybe not Mage
5262s	um because Mage just is one of the best
5265s	deck said dealing with minions in
5267s	general even if they just freeze it
5268s	forever but like I look across at some
5271s	of the other decks of the metagame it's
5272s	like how do you ever kill the glug
5276s	um you have to have like a very specific
5278s	set of cards in order to do it uh
5282s	wherein glug is just one card just I
5285s	have seven Mana I play my glog
5290s	Raven lore Jesus
5295s	is this how far we've Fallen
5299s	let me check the book of Raven law
5305s	proclaims that glug only beats Hunter oh
5308s	no Raven actually currently confirming
5310s	is especially against Hunter but in
5313s	general too shattering
5317s	I feel like Raven doesn't even control
5319s	Raven lore anymore he he's just a
5322s	preacher of it but he he just takes his
5324s	own interpretations from the book of
5326s	ravenlore I mean Raven doesn't even
5328s	control how his own surname is
5330s	pronounced so I don't know if you have
5332s	high expectations of what he's actually
5334s	in control of
5335s	ghouli
5340s	the whales of these covers chill me
5353s	is that like
5356s	is there just a one-up frame stir in
5359s	this timeline is it really happening
5361s	yeah it was it was even highlighted in
5364s	the key cards TJ that's in there so I
5368s	was playing some like I was playing some
5370s	Arena last week and framester for some
5372s	reason is offered like a lot as a choice
5374s	in Arena and uh I was like huh this
5377s	car's a pretty good Arena card
5380s	oh you get framed oh it's so good get
5384s	framed idiot it's just a three bed of
5387s	three three
5391s	well TJ's having a good time I'm glad
5399s	you know if you just draw it as a
5401s	one-off in your 40 card deck and you
5402s	slam it on curve and then your opponent
5404s	immediately draws the framed cards from
5406s	their deck because they're playing 30
5408s	card deck like an idiot obviously if
5409s	they were playing a 40 card deck like a
5411s	genius they'd have so many cards in
5414s	their deck that they wouldn't draw the
5416s	framed cards why wouldn't you play
5425s	strictly an advantage yeah imagine just
5429s	voluntarily pyroblasting yourself in the
5431s	face at the start of the game teacher I
5433s	know
5434s	he's got three minutes oh geez this is
5438s	great
5441s	it's the best card in the game
5444s	but he's a genius
5452s	oh my gosh
5455s	this is great
5457s	this is the best day ever
5463s	it's just 11 damage on board TJ have you
5466s	noticed I know
5468s	in lovestorm still only has four Mana
5470s	next turn
5479s	presumably this one has to be minion
5493s	I don't hate the trade here
5497s	funny says no however
5502s	just dead
5505s	we didn't get framed I know you can go
5507s	he can go Finley
5510s	um okay yeah
5516s	kind of the perfect solution because you
5518s	coin first so there's no way you just
5520s	fully play yourself in this situation
5523s	right yeah you just put you just play
5524s	the Finley and it works you get the
5526s	knowledge first
5529s	what is happening
5531s	the animation you mean
5533s	just like a Maelstrom yeah there's just
5536s	a thinly hole
5539s	the board
5541s	oh no farted come on go in there yup
5545s	there we go
5547s	laughs
5548s	she just broke
5551s	he broke our Stone
5554s	the entire world just got disconnected
5556s	from Hearthstone right now Finley Love
5559s	Story opened up a love story exactly he
5562s	ripped a hole in the space-time
5563s	Continuum and caused the IRL love storm
5567s	and then Varden just plummeted into it
5569s	and the world could not handle it
5571s	anymore
5585s	do I have to deal with board at some
5587s	point
5589s	yep
5590s	and hi buddy Albert could just go for um
5595s	macaw in this instance
5599s	true or ah I don't know maybe just
5603s	mutinous just play make your strongest
5604s	play and then McCall with the muteness
5607s	is just so good in general against Mage
5610s	right mutinous the atar effects like
5612s	getting rid of those key minions the
5613s	minions are so individually powerful
5616s	particularly when you get to this point
5617s	in the game where you know the likes of
5619s	the dungeoneers and so on will be played
5621s	already like you're you're getting
5623s	Reckless Apprentice quality cards or
5625s	better most of the time with a mutants
5627s	and I'll do
5630s	yep
5632s	next turn you just do it again
5639s	if there even is a next turn right
5642s	yeah love storm currently does have to
5645s	find the solution
5646s	making that beer next turn
5653s	crazy it just might work
5658s	in terms of spells played the dawn grass
5660s	would just cast a wildfire in either a
5666s	I know Wildfire Frozen Touch Arcade
5668s	intellect that's it
5670s	one of each
5673s	been in tighter scrapes Reno
5679s	it might have to be that
5684s	I mean even just as a five armor right
5686s	five armor and potentially a flurry from
5689s	the draw
5690s	true yeah
5695s	[Music]
5698s	no it's back
5699s	the Finley hole has returned
5705s	have an idea
5709s	oh Flory
5716s	18 days
5723s	just being drawn towards the love storm
5727s	it just looks so bright and well look
5730s	directly into the love storm t-shirt
5743s	just eat another one
5746s	um
5750s	okay
5752s	hasn't been nearly enough pings right
5754s	from more trash
5755s	nope
5758s	in fact maybe not any
5761s	it is not Juiced
5773s	okay gotta look for another Beast
5778s	old life Drinker oh yeah what you love
5782s	to see it
5784s	that's actually lethal setup with the
5787s	life trigger yeah as long as there is a
5789s	board space available and there isn't a
5791s	solid Alibi and a full freeze
5794s	yeah
5796s	which is a very difficult thing to do
5798s	yes it actually
5803s	get the honorable Kill by being his own
5805s	face
5806s	now it's at uh four now
5809s	so actually while
5812s	right yeah cause wildfire and then well
5814s	uh more Yep so reckless Apprentice
5822s	and then the caverns were played first
5824s	so it will kill the Macaw but then the
5827s	life trigger from hand
5830s	yeah full phase four to a stag and then
5832s	five to everything else will be the full
5834s	clear but then that light Drinker is
5835s	gonna pick it up I don't think yeah all
5838s	right buddy I don't think life Drinker
5839s	was necessarily the intended pickup but
5843s	there was a couple of good outs there
5844s	right like life Drinker definitely one
5845s	of them but he may have considered it as
5847s	well uh but obviously Beast can give you
5849s	smothering starfish as well right which
5851s	is another very useful way that you can
5853s	get out of situations like that where
5855s	your opponent's just going to freeze
5856s	down your board instead with flurries
5858s	and location and whatever else so kind
5860s	of two for one value there if bunny was
5862s	specifically looking for that live
5864s	Drinker then congratulations you
5865s	absolutely hit it but uh yeah for Khan
5868s	off the top so yeah
5871s	he played the life trigger just to let
5873s	love sort know how smart he is exactly
5875s	yeah I mean he he played the love
5877s	Drinker to let love storm know how smart
5879s	he is and he gave the old Temple tap to
5880s	let us know how smart he is you know
5882s	like you've got to make it clear to
5883s	everyone and all while avoiding
5886s	plummeting into the love storm that's on
5888s	the board as well it could be extra
5890s	commended so yeah really clean Series in
5893s	the end from bunny Hopper I said it
5895s	after game one right it was a brutal
5897s	game one nothing really happening for
5899s	the deck with Rogue uh but I think bunny
5901s	a an experiencing a player being
5904s	experienced enough jackpot Rogue player
5906s	to know that's what he signed himself up
5909s	for by bringing that deck to this
5911s	tournament right like that will that
5913s	will have happened in one game in this
5915s	tournament on average right the entirely
5917s	made up numbers but those games happen
5919s	with that deck where you just break and
5921s	nothing happens so I think if your
5923s	preparation is strong you should
5925s	understand that that's not a big deal
5926s	and if anything else to get it out of
5928s	the way in the very first game of the
5930s	tournament and then sweep the rest of at
5931s	the series you know might feel like
5933s	bunny Hopper as being in a in a good
5935s	position overall but jackpot Rogue in
5938s	the end getting the job done with a very
5939s	very powerful uh game straight
5941s	afterwards and then that frame stuff in
5944s	the in the shaman TJ absolutely good
5947s	absolutely hard carried that game
5951s	just a one-up framester just thrown in
5954s	there 40 card deck trials it two frames
5958s	in the first three three turns after it
5961s	was played one all from a dungeoneer
5965s	ah unbelievable unbelievable very cool
5968s	uh series though uh a lot of
5972s	a lot of fun stuff it's it's just so
5974s	refreshing after yesterday which was
5976s	just Tempo Rogue and imp warlock like
5979s	all incurs were like like all day
5982s	um it's just nice to see uh
5984s	nice to see some fell fires in the hole
5986s	you know just a good old fell fire in
5988s	the hole a good old Findlay hole
5991s	good old framester right this is this is
5994s	what we're here for this is what we're
5996s	here for right okay you caught look you
6000s	can't Riff on the idea of holes and then
6003s	naturally pass the conversation to me
6004s	and expect me not to get fired in this
6006s	situation okay TJ that's that's why I
6009s	was like I was about to go to a break I
6011s	was like okay let's all have a follow-up
6012s	on this
6013s	I got I just gotta move on I gotta move
6016s	on and they're telling me right now
6017s	there they go yeah go out of it they're
6019s	like get out yeah
6022s	um they care about you sovel that's
6023s	that's basically what what they're
6025s	saying they care about you they want you
6026s	to keep casting Hearthstone uh but yeah
6028s	that's only our first match of the day
6030s	in the books uh by this time yesterday
6031s	Abu Gaba was already done playing to
6033s	Otis group
6034s	um so we have a lot in store for today
6037s	before we jump into the second initial
6039s	match uh of Group C here we are gonna
6041s	have to go to a quick break but don't go
6042s	anywhere lots more action to come here
6044s	from the fall Championship right after
6046s	this
6048s	foreign
6055s	[Music]
6063s	[Music]
6069s	[Music]
6081s	foreign
6084s	[Music]
6122s	thank you
6124s	[Music]
6144s	foreign
6147s	[Music]
6174s	foreign
6176s	[Music]
6200s	foreign
6205s	foreign
6207s	[Music]
6239s	foreign
6241s	[Music]
6258s	welcome back everybody to the Masters
6260s	Tour full championship and already
6262s	setting the pace for the day is going to
6265s	be a very different speed to how he
6268s	rattled through yesterday and with me
6270s	today it's not Flamingo Friday anymore
6272s	it's summer Saturday I guess from Derek
6275s	how's it going Derek good uh excited to
6278s	be jumping back into the action today
6280s	and uh I think you laid it out pretty
6282s	well the meta today looking very
6284s	different from what we saw uh from
6287s	yesterday where it was you know pretty
6290s	aggressive not super aggro only really
6292s	seeing
6293s	um habugabu and
6296s	uh tansoku going for the full-on aggro
6299s	lineup where today things taking a much
6300s	more slow pace overall and we're also
6304s	getting a better look at some of our
6305s	APAC Representatives uh here today with
6309s	uh zochi and uh ayojiru uh Suchi I
6313s	believe being our lone South Korean
6315s	representative here at the uh the full
6317s	championships uh whereas there whereas
6320s	sorry there is of course a very strong
6322s	Japanese representation further
6325s	bolstered by aojiru today yeah the
6328s	Japanese representation just gets larger
6330s	and larger every tournament it seems I
6332s	remember casting the the Japan cup when
6334s	they had a big celebration of course
6336s	Japan was about two years behind in
6338s	getting their own language version the
6339s	client and I think you were with me who
6341s	did the Japan cup it was like a big deal
6343s	and one or two Japanese players were
6345s	quite good and we thought oh yeah yeah
6346s	it might be quite good in the future oh
6348s	my I don't think we expected how great
6350s	that whole nature is going to be at this
6352s	point they are just dominating the scene
6355s	at the moment
6360s	even more ridiculous yeah it's true and
6363s	the thing is it's not only like they
6364s	have good BG's and good standard players
6366s	it's like they're the same people a lot
6368s	of the time dominating both like Aloo
6370s	temu being very emblematic uh of that uh
6373s	but as we can see here zochi uh from
6375s	what we can gather pretty well known in
6376s	the Korean speaking Hearthstone scene uh
6380s	but to to me a little bit less so
6382s	admittedly haven't seen uh not all too
6384s	familiar with him because you know with
6386s	the 4242 record of Master swords we're
6388s	not seeing too much of him towards the
6391s	top of those Masters tours in the top 16
6392s	where players get very very memorable uh
6395s	however the top 16
6397s	um uh murder at Castle nathria and of
6399s	course having made it through with a
6401s	17-8 record very impressively through to
6404s	here today uh does I think show Got What
6408s	It Takes and I'm curious to see him in
6410s	action with him being one of the few
6412s	players to have this kind of full-on
6414s	aggressive lineup here today that served
6417s	our players pretty well yesterday right
6419s	habugabu in particular yeah I think it
6423s	might be a different story today it will
6424s	be interesting to see because they're
6425s	sort of smashing into each other
6427s	yesterday to some degree in Habu gabri
6429s	just went even faster whereas today
6432s	there is a good smattering in in both
6434s	groups of a slightly more controlling
6436s	looking lineups um so it'll be
6438s	interesting to see just how good these
6439s	decks are very similar sort of stuff to
6441s	yesterday you see the curse warlock
6443s	basically in every lineup there's gonna
6445s	be one or two exceptions that I'm sure
6446s	but yeah it is kind of the meta-defining
6450s	deck as you mentioned yesterday
6453s	exactly yeah uh I was listening to a
6456s	little bit of the uh the coverage the uh
6459s	hunts race is doing at the end of the
6460s	day yesterday where he's doing like a
6461s	kind of alternative watch party with
6463s	some of the uh uh the other uh players
6466s	and Abu gabou was dropping in and they
6468s	basically just spent like 20 minutes
6469s	just trashing on warlock just like this
6472s	infersible look is garbage you should
6474s	never ever bring it and so far I mean
6477s	they are being Vindicated it would look
6479s	like because it has definitely been
6480s	struggling despite being the as I said
6483s	The Meta defining deck in my opinion uh
6486s	but taking a look at aogira not to brush
6487s	over him too much as he is not only a a
6491s	very prolific player uh but also a
6494s	Caster as well which he wouldn't need us
6496s	to tell you just uh because that jacket
6498s	that you can see in his picture and his
6500s	attire that he wears when on camera
6501s	while playing tells you everything you
6504s	should know taking a a leaf out of
6506s	frodan's book and just looking
6507s	impeccable every time he comes on camera
6510s	and we love to see it players making an
6513s	effort and uh repping the casters
6516s	showing that we got what it takes uh or
6519s	at least you know Gia did before she did
6522s	retired yeah yeah she's still retired
6525s	yet we have until um at the end of the
6527s	year I think before we we fully
6530s	um have to depart with Gia but uh well
6533s	yeah it's intense depends on any given
6537s	day but you're largely speaking indeed
6540s	uh go to open up with this ping Mage
6544s	um what can we even say about it that
6546s	hasn't been said this this starts to
6549s	look more and more settled as a deck as
6551s	time has gone by to the point now where
6553s	there's there's nothing at all
6555s	surprising in there well there is a
6557s	shattering blast uh which is a very
6559s	spicy Tech uh in my opinion and to see
6562s	Finley not being the card cut uh is also
6566s	quite uh interesting to me I can very
6568s	much see where they're coming from I
6569s	think a lot of these decks uh sorry Mage
6571s	as subtle was laying out does not remove
6573s	minions its removal is absolutely
6575s	atrocious the only thing it can really
6578s	do being stall which while that is you
6581s	know reasonably good most of the time
6582s	being able to chew through big minions
6585s	from buff priest Naga priest in
6588s	particular very very important and you
6591s	know actually killing minions against
6592s	Zoo can be a pretty big deal as well
6595s	because what you can just kill them off
6596s	to stall for as long as possible they
6598s	can still make use of Minions on the
6600s	board even if they're frozen mainly
6602s	through the use of impending catastrophe
6604s	to draw the rest of their deck so I'm
6608s	curious to see how the the tech will
6611s	work out for aogiri as we say uh hello
6614s	to you too
6618s	I'm a big fan of Finley in a lot of
6620s	decks at the moment I think because
6623s	there's so many fast decks just sort of
6625s	snowball if you don't keep removing
6627s	stuff as you just described I think that
6629s	Finley is now using it's it's kind of
6631s	intended purpose of don't like this hand
6633s	give me a new one at the cost of a card
6637s	um and I think that panic button for the
6639s	slightly slower decks I want to call
6640s	them all slow but the the slightly
6643s	slower decks I think they need a panic
6645s	button now I think they need to go okay
6646s	I just need to find X immediately
6649s	whereas in the previous metas maybe not
6651s	so much because the decks are a bit
6652s	slower you had time to sort of just draw
6654s	your cards naturally so I kind of like
6656s	it at the minute
6657s	I agree yeah yeah I would not
6660s	like to cut thinly from the deck like in
6662s	the ladder list that you're playing that
6664s	doesn't need specific text I absolutely
6665s	believe Finley deserves its place mainly
6667s	just because turn six if you don't have
6669s	the hero card in hand you just play
6671s	Finley and you get a full out of five or
6673s	six cards in order to try and find it
6675s	which is worth uh a very large amount
6677s	indeed uh but getting things going here
6680s	for ajiro talking about this matchup
6682s	more specifically which I've played
6683s	quite a lot of on ladder I think it's
6686s	closer to a 50 50 than most people would
6689s	give it credit for like the default
6690s	position is to say that warlock is in
6692s	the lead because they have a nice
6694s	aggressive start if they can just do
6696s	five to ten damage in the early game is
6698s	all they really need to do maybe closer
6701s	to 10 to be on the safe side and then
6703s	draw some cards with impending
6705s	catastrophe the curse is just absolutely
6707s	dominate the game because Mage has no
6709s	defense against it solid Alibi does not
6711s	work against curses in a very annoying
6714s	interaction where bio only protects you
6716s	on your on your opponent's turn and
6718s	curses actually do the damage on your
6720s	turn uh so if you don't get off to a
6723s	very fast start the Mage is in some very
6725s	big trouble but Hans specifically like
6728s	this for aajiru can very much get the
6731s	job done he's spending all his Mana he's
6733s	got the proactive cards at the start in
6736s	the form of minions card draw hero power
6739s	buff with the Wildfire what he needs now
6741s	is the stall so that these minions can
6744s	start going face because even as early
6747s	as now on turn three you want to be
6749s	setting your sights on getting that
6751s	counter lethal as quick as as quick as
6752s	you can yeah um obviously in part the
6757s	stall is the minions but as there's not
6759s	gonna be many more like you say
6760s	protecting and getting them some damage
6761s	six or seven here and there is a huge
6764s	amount of damage always amusements won't
6766s	so bad of Rogue in general that just a
6768s	load of piddly little minions can get so
6771s	much damage done so quickly when they
6773s	get rolling but he has had to trade them
6775s	all in he has had to
6777s	um
6777s	do the thing clear the board and in
6781s	general he would expect to be in a good
6783s	position going into next turn as well
6784s	but as it happens uh zotia has got quite
6788s	a lot to do here
6789s	uh you can just dump these One Drops if
6792s	he feels like it on the board
6795s	kind of interesting right because the
6797s	main thing that AJ would be afraid of
6798s	his mischievous imp for just an
6800s	immediate dump of nine nine worth of
6802s	stats
6804s	but Sochi can kind of make mischievous
6807s	input home in a weird way in a weird way
6809s	with flaming flame imp librarian and
6812s	then you could even toss in the grimoire
6814s	on your remaining imp on the board if
6816s	you wanted to clear things up and then
6818s	you have three three attack Minions on
6821s	the board that are attacking for quite a
6822s	lot of damage and basically some form of
6826s	heavy development on this turn is
6828s	definitely what you should be looking at
6829s	and it leaves aegiro in
6832s	a tough spot he came so close to getting
6835s	that dream start I was talking about
6836s	where you can just start freezing the
6838s	board launching all your burned face but
6840s	she was just a little bit too efficient
6843s	in this early game and so now we're
6845s	looking in the kind of position where
6846s	Frozen touches need to be used on
6848s	minions or flurries need to be used
6851s	before they've upgraded to rank two it's
6853s	like that kind of awkward spot where
6855s	you're so close to Breaking Free but not
6858s	quite yet yeah and again that was so
6860s	important that he had that board for the
6862s	start of the game but one more turn
6863s	would have been so huge
6866s	um and this is gonna be a huge turn as
6868s	well this the two cards that's actually
6870s	likely to draw here are going to be
6872s	absolutely vital because he is out of
6874s	stuff the flame imps you know not really
6877s	going to cut it going forwards
6879s	and this is going to be the crucial turn
6882s	in game one I think coming up
6885s	air Jerry with a very tempting looking
6887s	flurry here I have to say even though
6889s	it's
6890s	underwhelming compared to what flurry
6892s	can do you have savara in hand and
6896s	getting another flurry back is pretty
6898s	good I would say at this point when you
6900s	can just go flurry flurry on turn five
6902s	and probably freeze their entire board
6904s	or the vast majority of it
6907s	Grand flaming flaming go take 12 horn
6910s	now we're talking
6913s	do you do though I think you just have
6915s	to tap and see where you're at
6919s	yeah I agree I mean you know could go
6922s	imp bran yeah uh talking seriously but
6925s	uh I just don't think you have enough to
6927s	go alongside that we're getting to that
6930s	point in the matchup where we'd rather
6931s	say this brand for uh lady dark vein
6934s	just yeah and a huge burst of damage
6937s	this might even just be location and go
6940s	and then wave the turn after and then
6942s	start developing again turn seven which
6944s	is where you start having to think are
6946s	my curse is really going to do it which
6947s	they are by the way but you start having
6950s	to panic a little bit here as the as the
6952s	wall up
6953s	if you're going to go for that game plan
6957s	and now things starting to look a lot
6959s	more interesting for aogiro where both
6962s	his minions stuck on the board in this
6963s	town because of his very aggressive use
6966s	of the flurry
6968s	and he can actually start looking at
6970s	just sending these minions face pretty
6972s	soon stalling out the game the fact he's
6974s	one minion off being able to play an
6976s	activated savara really does hurt
6978s	because he'd love to get those flurries
6980s	again for this turn
6982s	um but the the headline is his opponent
6985s	is getting kind of low like he can get
6986s	them down to
6988s	what 15 lower if you want to do on this
6991s	turn even which is really quite a
6994s	precarious Health total for zochi to be
6996s	on
6997s	stop
7000s	decision time as well now because it's
7002s	wave turn coming up double trade kind of
7005s	plays around that but that five to face
7007s	like you've just described is so
7008s	tempting
7011s	face like you could trade the librarian
7013s	sure but uh the Syracuse I'm very much
7016s	not
7017s	interested in trading and I think ajiri
7019s	is the aggressor here with two flurries
7021s	in his Commander savara just no more
7023s	minion damages getting faced from here
7025s	on in
7028s	I think that makes me interested here is
7030s	he saw the tap last turn which is a bit
7032s	of a wave signal
7034s	but yeah he's going to hit face
7037s	it's worse against the clears admittedly
7039s	your opponent can trade into the
7041s	Reckless apprentice and then go
7044s	Abyssal wave or I guess Tams and it's
7047s	not quite so bad in terms of the clears
7049s	but I yeah as I said I just think this
7052s	is more important at this point for
7053s	ajiro who needs to get aggressive before
7056s	the curses start stacking up too heavily
7061s	yeah
7063s	looks like easy enough wave turn what's
7065s	the other option that I'm missing
7069s	meanwhile doesn't seem to cut it brand
7071s	doesn't seem to cut it tap seems
7073s	terrifying
7079s	both players really trying to do the the
7082s	napkin maths on whether or not they are
7084s	the aggressor or whether they're allowed
7086s	to be the aggressor uh if they want to
7089s	try and force it a little bit because
7090s	it's actually here you could go face and
7092s	play a bit nice absolutely you get four
7095s	more damage in right you're getting the
7096s	curses stacked up but then you gotta
7099s	tank three more if your opponent has a
7101s	frozen touch in hand you are in so much
7103s	I said nice because I like The Bravery
7106s	not because I agreed with the play Just
7108s	to be clear here I'm not saying if it's
7109s	right or wrong but um I personally trade
7112s	there because I'm a coward but
7114s	as you ever showed last term that he
7116s	feels he's the aggressor and so she's
7118s	got to be really sure to double down the
7120s	other way on that against an unknown
7122s	eight cards
7126s	old case do you not want to go Commander
7128s	Safara here because it puts you up to 10
7131s	cards in hand so your opponent can't put
7133s	any curses
7137s	kills me I kill you
7141s	sure yeah yeah okay because I guess
7143s	these are likely to reactivate the
7144s	Frozen touches right
7149s	in the
7151s	uh tams in to be able to gain a little
7152s	bit of Health clear up the board stop
7154s	him from just tying immediately on the
7156s	following turn
7162s	ER did with that play you can see it
7164s	sort of unfolding now he's just kept all
7165s	that Tempo on his side
7170s	there's so much counting when you're
7172s	playing with Slash against warlock right
7173s	you're constantly going to three plus
7175s	four plus five and I'm on this and
7177s	where's where's the extra damage
7179s	it it's kind of pure HearthStone for me
7184s	a bit of everything you've got to get
7185s	the temp on the board you've got to keep
7186s	your wits about you you might die but
7188s	you're not going to take some crazy
7190s	death out of the blue like you might
7191s	against other decks you can usually
7193s	calculate your worst case I love it
7196s	and not quite fill up his hand with
7201s	Bells unfortunately we can leave only
7203s	one hand space I believe which is a
7206s	pretty big difference again you're
7207s	getting to that point where you're
7208s	expecting lady dark vein with Abyssal
7211s	wave being the last spell played or
7213s	brands are cool yeah and therefore
7217s	I kind of like the idea of just savaro
7219s	send a frozen touch face and your
7221s	opponent is gonna have to heal for a
7223s	crazy
7224s	amount of Health if they want to be
7226s	surviving that but is he counting that
7228s	he's just got two turned lethal if he
7229s	doesn't yeah if he just goes for it now
7232s	I think that might be what he's counting
7233s	out it's really close
7235s	it is close I mean Touches at The
7238s	Apprentice and the pink face and another
7240s	yeah yeah yeah next turn it's it's
7241s	clocking along
7246s	um
7247s	that's true he gets one more damage face
7250s	with this way and uh well not a 3-5
7252s	because savara would have put one in
7253s	play anyway
7255s	um but like the point is if you play
7256s	Savari you can just spend all your mana
7258s	on Frozen Touches for the rest of the
7259s	game right you're never gonna run out
7261s	really at that point here we go he's got
7264s	to be right
7268s	yeah well it is the downside of this
7271s	play is your opponent can heal up for
7273s	quite a lot they get to 13 which is out
7277s	of range of killing them
7279s	with uh with frozen touches
7283s	right you can only deal 12. yep
7286s	now he has to go back to plan B that
7287s	you've discussed all along as plan a
7289s	which could well have been plan a which
7290s	is get my hand full up it's so crazy
7294s	really interesting spot
7297s	obviously with a double cursing hand you
7299s	can afford to fill his hand and still
7301s	draw next turn that's sometimes relevant
7303s	sometimes you just want the damage out
7304s	of there though
7311s	put a more dress lethal available if he
7314s	doesn't die over the course of two turns
7316s	but the not dying parts starting to look
7318s	awkward it's quite tough isn't it
7320s	especially as actually killing this uh
7322s	zakul as opposed to freezing it is is
7325s	very difficult
7327s	you have to like play the shattering
7329s	blast or you know ping plus Frozen touch
7331s	it yeah and this is what you were
7333s	talking about which is you know he
7334s	didn't have to go for this oh
7337s	feels awful I I just get the suspicion
7340s	that
7340s	ajiro didn't make use of the fact that
7342s	he could have completely filled up his
7344s	hands yeah for up to nine cards uh which
7347s	could have played around this a little
7348s	more heavily yeah you were definitely
7350s	advocating for it and you can see now in
7351s	action why
7353s	why are you advocating for it look at
7355s	the the problem she's caused himself
7357s	wave
7361s	that's it yeah five and six I think
7365s	I think so yeah exactly five and six and
7369s	again even on on this turn like he could
7371s	have deliberately well this time was a
7374s	little bit tougher actually I think
7375s	maybe there wasn't a way to to stop
7377s	precisely this hand but I was looking at
7379s	leaving the minions in play playing
7381s	savara and then freezing them with the
7384s	flurry that you would have gotten
7385s	because then even if you leave one of
7387s	the curses in hand
7389s	you're taking three damage but you're
7391s	not taking five or six damage because
7392s	it's a smaller curse that's in your your
7394s	hand for an extra turn very very
7396s	interesting game actually to to start
7398s	things off between such an age you and
7400s	one that I I do have the suspicion that
7403s	AJ could have won yeah if you just if he
7405s	takes the safer like I was all four it's
7407s	like wow what's the chance there's
7408s	brands are cool there he'll be fine he's
7410s	got lethal coming up but he
7412s	may be I think your way the more I look
7414s	at it it's just well you've got the two
7415s	turn lethal or the three turn lethal
7417s	however you want to Define that anyway
7418s	so why not just take Ryan you'll be safe
7420s	because you've got the guaranteed win it
7423s	doesn't matter when you win so yeah uh
7426s	You've Won me around there having seen
7427s	that in action I'm glad we've got to see
7428s	it in action as well but zochi with the
7431s	1-0 lead and it will continue this Demon
7433s	Hunter deck that yesterday was a
7437s	catastrophic choice but
7439s	this is not the Relic version right this
7441s	is just a straight up aggro which is a
7443s	bit better
7445s	yeah indeed
7447s	um man sorry I'm still trying to work
7449s	today I promise I will move on I think
7451s	is like I just want to be fair to him I
7453s	do think his line of play in The
7455s	Apprentice did actually give him lethal
7456s	around touch of the Nath resin which my
7459s	line maybe did not which is uh a very
7462s	worthy point so you know when you do you
7464s	play around one thing you stop playing
7466s	around the other I'm sure there are
7467s	positives and negatives to to either
7469s	Play It's just with that specific
7471s	outcome an alternate line would have
7473s	been better but perhaps for ajiru to be
7475s	fair to him he was playing around
7476s	something else but moving on to game two
7478s	as you said with the uh the aggro Demon
7480s	Hunter versus the Mage a uh a deck that
7483s	has the Mage I'm pretty sure I would be
7485s	a little more scared to play against
7487s	than the The Relic version which is a
7491s	lot a lot slower by comparison Derek the
7494s	leading
7495s	um opponent of hating on Relic Demon
7499s	Hunter
7500s	and backed up quite well yesterday with
7502s	the stats of it just losing every I
7505s	didn't see the last series I don't think
7506s	but losing every game where it wasn't a
7508s	mirror match before that at that point
7511s	it's absolutely ridiculous yeah it was
7515s	the aggro version was played by Habu and
7518s	yeah it was a bit different bam hit
7519s	people yeah tansoku was admittedly
7522s	struggling for a while as well uh losing
7525s	three in a row versus uh Glory but I
7528s	felt like some pretty rough draws to to
7529s	have helped him along uh but Versace
7531s	this is looking like a real nice
7533s	starting hand but uh plenty of early
7536s	tempos and a real nice uh refill on the
7540s	sightless magistrate of course
7541s	afterwards but that all has to contest
7543s	with once again perfect Mana expenditure
7547s	from aajiru for most likely the first
7549s	four turns of the game at least
7551s	yeah this is something I have really
7553s	missed in Hearthstone that's only I feel
7555s	come back in the last sort of set or so
7557s	which is opponent does something really
7560s	hard to deal with how do you hang on
7562s	against it for a few turns like just a
7564s	5-4 wedged out in the very start of the
7567s	game can I build a board can I freeze it
7570s	enough can I sort of stabilize I think
7572s	that's something that we haven't had for
7574s	a while it's just been people
7576s	slowly developing boards with the
7578s	exception of a couple of classes of
7580s	course but I love this sort of play
7584s	can hold it off for the moment right
7587s	yeah scary of course this board
7590s	but with uh Knight cloak sanctum on the
7593s	next turn to freeze it once again
7594s	Apprentice on turn four and then plus a
7596s	trade from the skeleton should be able
7598s	to clear it off as well it's uh
7601s	I am perfect start to the game don't
7603s	have to clear off immediately just have
7605s	to not take 20 damage from this stupid
7607s	thing you'll be okay for a while
7611s	is the the mini combo that Demon Hunter
7613s	has this sort of empty your hand fill it
7615s	up thing going on at the moment I'm not
7617s	sure how strong it is at the moment one
7618s	of those things we will keep an eye on
7619s	though these cards are going to be
7620s	around for another year it's one of
7623s	those things that eventually will
7624s	probably just break and be really really
7626s	really ridiculous
7628s	okay now we want to look a little bit
7631s	more optimistically uh at this Reckless
7634s	Apprentice just slamming it on turn four
7635s	uh it doesn't feel quite worth it
7638s	anymore as I am much more liking the
7640s	idea of getting both of these wildfires
7642s	down and they're getting a three damage
7644s	AOE alongside it with a magic Dawn grasp
7647s	to follow up as well as there's a pretty
7649s	big 50 50 coming up in order to be able
7651s	to clear the board and I think from
7653s	aogir is slightly preemptive reaction we
7655s	can guess the result yeah
7658s	yeah he doesn't hide much does he I love
7661s	to play him at poker
7663s	just get down he starts dancing on the
7666s	table
7670s	okay so that's the initial wave dealt
7673s	with which obviously is is fantastic
7675s	news for Asia still on 30 with Dawn
7678s	glass which you pointed out in hand and
7681s	Sochi really needs to
7683s	decide now whether there's any other
7685s	plan B the plan a just keep making waves
7689s	of stuff and hoping they don't get
7690s	destroyed Plan B may be something
7692s	involving fell spells
7695s	yeah so he sung twice so far this game
7698s	which makes the the kirchers demons hmm
7701s	three fours but I guess you have a
7704s	pretty easy way to swing again on this
7705s	turn with just yeah slithers beer
7707s	barrage metamorphic swing as well he
7710s	starts dumping your hand and just sets
7712s	up for the best possible catchers and
7714s	this is kind of what I meant by I called
7716s	it Plan B but not just mindlessly
7718s	playing your biggest thing and hoping it
7720s	gets there actually
7722s	accepting you're playing it's Mage your
7724s	big stuff probably isn't getting there
7726s	you've got to play a longer game now
7729s	foreign
7731s	ER is making out by slamming the AI uh
7735s	probably I would end up on the same game
7736s	plan just to get it in the pool for Dawn
7738s	grass meant to be a little bit more Mana
7739s	efficient on this turn but Reckless
7741s	Apprentice was still tempting here just
7743s	to get a 3-5 in play
7746s	but I guess when you factor in the
7749s	cartridge is very possibly going to come
7751s	down on this
7752s	yeah
7754s	makes sense
7756s	okay
7758s	of Being Greedy with a Curtis size is
7761s	all I can go for here
7765s	I mean even bigger minions because he's
7767s	got so little stuff left in his hand
7770s	I know he's going to refill it again
7781s	hopefully draw
7785s	because that's his first Frost spell I
7788s	believe
7789s	um oh okay yeah which means that for for
7791s	next turn no matter how big the board
7793s	well I would say no matter how big but
7795s	up to four minions being played uh you
7797s	can just go flurry Dawn grasp and it
7799s	will obviously reactivate on the Battle
7801s	Cry
7803s	which means I'm thinking hey jira is
7805s	looking very very safe here to the point
7807s	where he was even playing I think with
7809s	the idea of sending that ping face
7810s	because he does just have Dawn grasp
7812s	into more dressed two turns in a row
7815s	um as on the side of caution which I do
7817s	believe is uh prudent in this situation
7819s	uh but it does demonstrate just how good
7822s	of a position I think he's in here I'm
7825s	wondering if social here is completely
7826s	given up with winning with minions I
7828s	want to see if this comes down which you
7830s	would expect or if he does something
7831s	really weird here
7833s	I I do think minions should be his
7836s	uh
7838s	uh first Port of Call here because we
7841s	can see there's flurry plus Dawn grasp
7843s	uh zochi does not know that right from
7845s	where he's uh it's just gonna be Dawn
7847s	grasp with a wildfire and an AI which
7850s	means you get to punch them for like 10
7852s	damage on the following turn very very
7854s	importantly
7856s	um with the flurry plus the dawn grass
7857s	that's not gonna be a possibility uh but
7859s	I do think from uh zochi's perspective
7862s	sorry it should be million Millions
7865s	which is getting larger it's going to at
7868s	least make two half decent things
7871s	you can't see spell as well giving him
7874s	his maximum outs
7883s	you see with a lot of damage in the next
7885s	Double turn that the Jace does appear
7887s	you wish to match wits with me that's
7889s	true yeah quite a lot of felt spells
7891s	were already played
7896s	I have an idea the only I think it's the
7898s	only way he's got but
7904s	yeah I agree because the most likely
7905s	play
7907s	unless you find some other way to use
7908s	your managers ends up on cartridge this
7910s	turn
7913s	I guess if you are afraid of more trash
7917s	yeah this is a count and decide if he's
7920s	got enough stuff in there to win with
7921s	Jace next turn I think you actually
7922s	failed barrage and just go okay I win
7924s	with Jason next turn if it comes
7926s	it's a really Brave call to make to give
7928s	up on your really big courtress but
7930s	kind of up for it
7933s	I agreed and I I think this gives him
7936s	stum small amount of game yeah burst uh
7940s	versus mortaresh still specifically
7946s	I like this
7952s	or he may just have potential lethal
7962s	if you prefer the lethal I think
7965s	oddly enough
7970s	oh he's just trying to figure out
7971s	actually if he can get an
7973s	honorable kill I think which
7976s	can uh
7980s	oh no sorry not quite not quite plus
7982s	three and then five yeah sorry it's one
7984s	damage off getting the honorable kill
7985s	probably a little bit uh silly to go for
7987s	it anyway because I think he would just
7988s	be dying on the following turn anyway
7989s	but I don't know worth thinking about if
7992s	you can squeak in some extra damage that
7994s	way paying attention to everything here
7998s	especially as this is you know obviously
8000s	a full trade-in uh into the more dress I
8004s	want to say not a massive deal I think
8006s	at this point minions have ended their
8009s	effectiveness it's so likely they can
8011s	just go freeze solid Alibi ping whatever
8014s	oh to clear them all up did he have the
8017s	other
8018s	um
8018s	issue here where you could have attacked
8021s	first to get the minions up to eight
8022s	which would kill them all just left up
8024s	at eight four but he'd have done less
8026s	face damage that's what a lot of that
8027s	was about maybe yeah yeah that's what
8029s	I'm saying is that it's yeah yeah
8033s	because the Seven Falls never ever
8035s	hitting face he gave up on Minion damage
8036s	a long time ago it's just been
8039s	trying to make sure your opponent has to
8041s	deal with your minions knowing they're
8042s	not going to get there and then try and
8044s	draw Jace
8045s	that's not a solid Alibi though which is
8048s	pretty much the only card that aajira
8050s	was looking for Cold Case is nice
8052s	absolutely in order to just uh
8057s	in a little bit of extra health
8060s	is down to 11 cards this is a non yeah
8062s	this is a decent chance there's I think
8064s	a second chaos strike as well
8068s	he's counting up the cards he's
8070s	wondering is it cold case or is it just
8071s	rip the frost Weaver uh the frostwave
8074s	dungeoneer and pray that you get the
8076s	solid Alibi because if he does
8078s	I don't want to say wins the game but
8080s	it's so much better than the whole case
8082s	he should probably win at that point
8084s	does give out to his opponent it's that
8087s	rare situation where they both know
8089s	what's happening here
8091s	actually there's other out right here
8093s	but yeah with a four armor there's not
8095s	like the fury plus just a couple of
8098s	attacks a couple of Buffs I mean oh wow
8101s	how much we're looking at now five
8105s	eight ten yes it's a good job he gave
8108s	that four armor oh my goodness this is
8111s	close
8111s	anyway
8115s	gotta look for the extra damage with the
8117s	Glade yeah yeah is it 12 with the plus
8119s	two oh no I think that's lethal yeah
8121s	yeah the Glade gives him exact
8122s	[Music]
8124s	ly oh the plus two sure yeah yeah yeah
8128s	I was only factoring in uh the plus head
8131s	yeah oh my goodness oh man brutal win
8136s	for aogiro again losing on the major up
8139s	deck the or sorry in a game that I
8141s	thought he was going to be taking the
8142s	win on uh with
8144s	what I thought was just some very solid
8146s	draws spending all his Mana at the start
8148s	stopping pretty much all damage from
8150s	coming through but the uh it's closing
8153s	the game out that's proving to be the
8154s	trouble for ajiru once again yeah I
8157s	think this time though it was um sochi's
8158s	good play that got there he could have
8160s	played courteous anytime he wanted from
8162s	turn six onwards and even when he played
8165s	it he put 14 damage into an 8-8 to
8167s	maximize face damage and whilst all that
8170s	you know turn by turn basis was
8172s	reasonably straightforward when you can
8174s	see both hands and you know what's going
8175s	on to actually do it when you can't see
8177s	both hands and just go okay I'm gonna
8179s	forfeit my career twist this game I'm
8182s	going to maximize damage and time I'm
8185s	going to make these annoying boards that
8186s	I know won't get any damage into force
8188s	my opponent's hand to buy me more time
8190s	and that got him the accumulation of
8193s	damage he got to face just got in there
8195s	exactly if he misses one damage
8197s	throughout that game he doesn't get this
8199s	lethal that was a super game
8201s	and to be fair to aajiru that is pretty
8203s	unlucky to not see a single uh solid
8206s	Alibi with nine cards left in the deck
8208s	and he just needed one uh to very likely
8210s	close out the game
8212s	um
8214s	I would usually bring up the idea that
8217s	you don't have to play mordresh on turn
8219s	8 specifically very often a way to
8221s	squeeze out more damage in that
8223s	situation as Mage is to go stall plus
8226s	Ping On turn a stall plus Ping On Turn
8229s	nine mod plus Ping On Turn ten right
8231s	which is how you just get that little
8233s	bit of extra damage over the next few
8235s	turns that could have been the
8236s	Difference Maker the problem in that
8238s	specific instance is that that would
8240s	have while it froze the board left a
8243s	fossil fnatic in play which just draws
8245s	more fell spells and bolsters their
8246s	damage further so I do think it was the
8248s	correct play for age here is still to
8250s	just slam down the mordresh force your
8252s	opponent to find an answer to it but in
8255s	the end everything just conspiring
8256s	against aejiru as he queues up the Mage
8259s	for a third time and gets a good hand
8261s	again for the third time like wildfire
8264s	and frost three fantastic starting cards
8267s	and even The Reckless Apprentice which
8268s	he does hold on to can be pretty
8271s	effective in this matchup against the
8272s	Naga priest yeah I just want to finish
8274s	off out what your thought from that last
8275s	game as well like the Modric being
8278s	played was partly zochi's setup once
8280s	again of just saying okay here's some
8282s	stuff you need to get rid of or you need
8283s	to freeze or you need to set up you know
8285s	tempting him to play the mordoresh I
8287s	think there was a lot going on there in
8288s	that match on both sides all right game
8291s	number three will it be a quick 3-0 as
8294s	yesterday or will it be a more sloth
8296s	Affair like we saw with bunny Hopper and
8298s	lovestorm it can't be man hey George is
8301s	doing the absolute code that's here once
8304s	again this is just perfect Mana
8306s	expenditure he gets the cleanest kill
8309s	you're ever gonna get on this Merc water
8312s	scribe as well when he sees there's no
8313s	wig you can just go the wildfire that
8316s	you kept secret tempos uh snow flurry
8319s	100 we just want to get a head on board
8321s	and everything is going to his way now
8324s	this game I'd be
8326s	I won't be staggered if he loses but
8328s	it's gonna be a while before he's behind
8330s	uh for sure she has a massive uphill
8334s	climb like I like how that slowly got
8337s	more and more clarifications it went
8338s	away just because it went along just
8340s	because of how today's gone in this
8341s	match it's like yeah yeah I won't be
8343s	staggered if you lose well I kind of no
8345s	actually well maybe he wins but yeah I
8348s	understand entirely I think like he's
8350s	winning nutty here he's winning this
8352s	game 100 I just don't want to
8354s	underestimate one how bad Mage has been
8357s	this series so far yeah and two uh what
8360s	Naga priest can do because you know as
8363s	far ahead as aegiro may be on board Sam
8365s	are off the top and we're back to square
8367s	one we can start the game again yeah
8372s	but she already
8374s	deep in the tank trying to work out how
8375s	to make any of this work for him when
8377s	you're behind on board as this as this
8379s	priest deck it is I find it such a
8381s	complicated difficult day especially
8382s	your opponent can just freeze the thing
8384s	you do as a worst case scenario right
8386s	you've got to get them to that spot
8387s	before you even have the worst case
8388s	scenario
8399s	wow okay very interesting play here I
8401s	was gonna say for here with that
8404s	my instinct was to say that just
8406s	damaging this minion was good enough
8407s	rather than necessarily killing it
8410s	because
8412s	you know a uh a treasure guard is very
8414s	very threatening at a one five stat body
8416s	in this deck but they don't have
8417s	particularly high amounts of heel it's
8419s	just the hero power and so if you just
8421s	damage it down to a 1-1 it effectively
8423s	is a one one on the other side which is
8425s	not very threatening at all and you
8427s	would have got to save the coin uh which
8430s	I was quite interested in uh but Ajo
8433s	does admittedly make the play that puts
8434s	the most stats on board immediately
8438s	which sort of resets the game to some
8440s	degree here obviously it resets it on
8443s	turn five which is always in in favor of
8445s	the the slower deck but yeah and this is
8449s	the downside of a Jerry's play that
8450s	we're seeing now right is on turn five
8452s	or turn four sorry he has no way to
8454s	cleanly spend all his mana and he just
8455s	goes ping pass which is yeah exactly the
8459s	kind of play that zochi needs to see to
8461s	start pulling this one back yeah and
8463s	look he's such his hand is starting to
8465s	get there he's still missing obviously
8467s	key pieces but
8469s	he now has enough stuff to at least stay
8471s	alive for a while draw some cards and
8473s	see if they can get there
8477s	I do think this is an activated more
8480s	dress now though maybe one off but I
8483s	think it's actually active with three
8485s	pings plus a double Target
8487s	a reckless Apprentice which is a huge
8489s	deal once turn eight rocks around so for
8492s	aogiro just hold down the fort and see
8494s	if he can survive up until that point
8496s	however with a nice Target being offered
8499s	for the shadow word devour that's gonna
8501s	start to get tougher and tougher yeah
8507s	so I'll just say no wig but there's a
8509s	wig is it too late it's probably not too
8511s	late with a samurai as well
8519s	oh man
8524s	I do think you hold back
8527s	on the Blessed because the plus two
8529s	health I don't think is the difference
8531s	between its surviving
8534s	right and you do not surviving at all so
8539s	although having said that if they have
8541s	Frozen touch
8542s	ping double trade plus Frozen touch does
8544s	clear off the the two night whereas it
8546s	wouldn't clear off the 11 11. fair
8549s	enough yeah the three damage break point
8550s	is a little bit too
8553s	you see to get out of range of
8563s	okay I'm very wig and two things to
8566s	worry about suddenly first time the
8568s	Azure has been in the spot where he's
8570s	had to worry about two things in this
8571s	game
8572s	obviously flurries and stuff will just
8574s	keep it at Bay for the longest time but
8578s	when you get to that spot where one
8579s	mistake and you're dead as Mage you
8582s	really have to be very very careful
8584s	because yeah one mistake and you're dead
8589s	importantly right now Versace as big as
8591s	this minion is there's no taunt uh to go
8596s	alongside it like the uh
8599s	baboon would be big for stats very
8602s	importantly but it would also just clear
8604s	off this damage which it looks like he's
8605s	gonna have to deal with in the form of
8607s	samaro instead which is huge if he
8610s	didn't have this he'd be in big trouble
8611s	because Andrew would just go freeze
8613s	freeze everything goes face and then
8615s	more dress will close out the game on
8616s	turn eight or nine
8618s	uh now however
8620s	needs to freeze the board
8623s	and get Minions on board at the same
8626s	time because obviously more direct alone
8627s	is not going to be enough to close out
8629s	this game which is maybe a little bit
8631s	too tall of an order
8632s	yeah handmade and there as well now
8634s	though to just keep this hate coming so
8637s	ajiru
8641s	down to freezing
8643s	yeah with a savara that activates now so
8646s	we can get a full freeze
8648s	plus uh 35 on the board yeah and three's
8653s	next turn with more dress ready to go as
8655s	Corel yeah
8657s	but all he really needs to dodge here is
8660s	Boone
8661s	uh if that doesn't come down
8665s	then yeah he should be okay because he
8667s	can just freeze the
8670s	radiant Elemental for a couple turns
8672s	sure but with handmade and wig amalgam
8675s	in hand oh
8677s	and there it is oh that's there were a
8681s	lot of shots at it though to be fair
8682s	there were so many shots at it that's
8684s	true
8686s	doesn't make it any less heartbreaking
8688s	though sure
8697s	it's definitely not over at all you know
8699s	he's he's still got some powerful plays
8700s	there's a more duration that's active
8702s	plus the freeze which will kill
8703s	everything else and then freeze those
8704s	two but getting that damaged face while
8706s	there's a two Mana uh sorry a two heal
8709s	every turn from the hero power
8711s	is really tough to do
8713s	yeah
8717s	all right oh solid Alibi for more time
8720s	more dressing hand to remove some stuff
8724s	still got the flow he's still got the
8725s	intellect
8727s	is he going to inflict the damage before
8729s	getting hit though
8733s	yeah this Prosper probably does have to
8735s	be more trash I was going to say again
8737s	we could look at the line of delaying
8738s	more dress until turn 10 and go
8741s	you know ping Alibi or ping Freeze
8744s	location get an AI in there as well and
8748s	then go more dress plus Ping On Turn 10
8750s	but I don't think the extra damage that
8753s	you gain from that is worth
8755s	leaving all these minions in play it
8757s	just makes it so much harder to stall
8758s	out the game when your flurry isn't
8760s	guaranteed to hit the two big minions
8761s	and if he does more just look at this
8763s	potential reload on the other side
8765s	there's gonna be so much stuff straight
8768s	back down he's gonna be in the same spot
8769s	and not have a more dress to turn after
8771s	if he does rip it now that's a good
8773s	point yeah maybe because of the the
8774s	refill potential you do just delay more
8777s	dresch for an extra turn
8780s	really close call I think
8784s	and we can see age you're agreeing he
8786s	reached for the AI he reached for the
8787s	Wildfire he reached for the hero power
8789s	and in the end just ending on more dress
8792s	didn't want to do it did he but he just
8794s	couldn't he waited till the Rope started
8795s	burning he couldn't find anything he he
8797s	thought was actually better like he was
8799s	looking not to play the more dress with
8801s	with everything he could do but just
8803s	couldn't find a line he preferred
8805s	and now this is that massive reload
8807s	which is why he was so scared
8811s	why look at this the damage coming
8814s	through it's
8816s	unlikely to be lethal I will say even
8818s	with pelagos or bless being found
8820s	because the attack is higher than the
8822s	health already
8824s	and both uh Shadowood devours have been
8826s	played
8834s	ah
8836s	not quite lethal as you say I don't
8838s	think 21 it's pretty close
8841s	yeah
8842s	but yeah I think it is slightly short he
8844s	used to be very scared of the backswing
8845s	though right he can't just necessarily
8848s	plug this face because uh more dress can
8851s	trade off the carrion and then five
8854s	damage goes face uh ping plus an
8857s	activated uh yeah Frozen touch does then
8861s	just loosen the game he needs to go as
8863s	well does yeah
8865s	yeah ends up on the trade I agree oh I
8869s	understand but oh oh it hurts yeah he's
8873s	not feeling good about this and uh nor
8875s	should he
8880s	oh oh
8881s	blast The Tickler in the oh he's gonna
8886s	come down to this
8888s	how much stuff can he remove before he
8890s	goes for it
8893s	trade him first see if you get lucky
8895s	with a hit
8897s	ah
8899s	that bad turned off probably bad
8901s	probably bad but yeah given the other
8904s	options were so
8906s	there's so many of them
8910s	why is he thinking Finley man he just
8912s	wants to go for lethal I kind of respect
8914s	it like could consider going here
8918s	Alibi wildfire
8922s	Finley
8924s	and then just try to hit Frozen touches
8927s	your other solid alibi
8929s	you lose a lot of the cartridge which
8931s	hurts so maybe you would save on Finley
8934s	for a turn
8935s	ing for Reno to say you've been in
8937s	tougher spots Arena I'm not sure he has
8939s	okay
8944s	yeah you hold on the Finley at the end
8946s	but basically you're trying to get
8947s	damage for lethal here is the uh the
8949s	Salient part
8952s	oh heel offered whatsoever for zochi you
8955s	would have taken desperate prayer flash
8957s	heal anything you could get your hands
8960s	on yeah I mean he got the handmaiden off
8962s	one of the discovers on the other stuff
8964s	so he's allowed to get a bad discover
8965s	later to be fair I thought to him
8969s	but you're absolutely the heel there
8971s	would have been Giant
8976s	this has been a heck of a game so back
8979s	and forth like right from turn one it
8981s	looked all over then from turn five it
8982s	looked all over the other way
8984s	[Music]
8986s	it's actually one of my favorite
8987s	matchups despite the fact I have
8989s	very low skill rating at this matchup
8992s	yeah it's one of my favorite matchups to
8993s	play from the Mage side it can be pretty
8996s	frustrating to play from the free side
8998s	if I'm honestly because yeah you end up
9000s	in this situation where you're like okay
9002s	I've won the game but I'm gonna lose
9004s	I've done everything Hearthstone tells
9006s	me I should do very well and it's not
9009s	gonna be good enough yeah yes one of my
9012s	favorite ones to watch just to clarify
9013s	absolutely just give me some warlock
9015s	games
9017s	to see what happens all day
9025s	well this is a full board clear now if
9027s	he wants it if he can't find lethal it's
9028s	a four Mana ping oh sorry a four damage
9030s	ping and then triple threes with the
9033s	flurry plus a shattering blast I want to
9036s	say that probably wins him the game
9038s	especially as he would have four Mana
9039s	left over for multicaster uh to draw the
9042s	rest of his deck
9045s	this is where the fact the the minion
9048s	had to trade earlier rather than doing
9050s	21 to face is kind of huge as well
9052s	because is there time for such to make
9054s	another 30 30 whereas if you had to make
9057s	some eight eights maybe he could still
9058s	be sort of scary so I like clearing up
9061s	here I think
9063s	I think the real question is just
9066s	if you're going for that line when you
9068s	go for the Ping flurry shattering blast
9070s	do you end with sorceress or thinly
9076s	um
9077s	all right this thing's again are kind of
9080s	saying thinly I I want Varden the the
9082s	hero card yeah I want uh the Frozen
9086s	touches as well very importantly
9093s	foreign
9103s	in hand I respect it
9106s	um you do have to be a little afraid of
9110s	snuggling into focused will to freeze
9112s	your own or sorry to unfreeze one of
9116s	your minions uh but of course if you did
9118s	that on the radiant it would lose all
9120s	the stats so I think he's essentially
9123s	never dead here or you know it would
9125s	take a very very unlikely outcome for
9127s	him today
9129s	mm-hmm
9131s	you can search you guys are going well
9133s	if you're looking yeah he's gonna make
9135s	it huge
9136s	yeah more bigger is more better
9140s	but age you're I think can sense that
9142s	this is extremely all in from his
9145s	opponent and this part of the Tall Grass
9148s	plus shattering blast combo is
9152s	just astrophic in its power look at this
9155s	this is ultra Instinct Mega plus 50 000
9159s	backflip power
9161s	that's a lot I'm just gonna go with that
9164s	I'm not repeating anything Derek says
9169s	hey Jimmy
9173s	I wouldn't believe he was 2-0 down about
9174s	to go 2-1 would you yeah exactly I think
9177s	this is the the world championship
9179s	winning game
9180s	that must be great to get so excited
9182s	about every single win I mean I get
9184s	excited about every single win because I
9185s	just don't get any but yep back in it
9187s	2-1 no not two two
9189s	yeah and that one for aajiru you know I
9192s	know it's the one game that you won but
9194s	also I do think it was the game that I
9195s	had the least qualms with uh on the Mage
9198s	like I'm being very nitpicky because
9200s	it's my favorite deck in this meta it's
9202s	the deck I've been playing by far the
9203s	most and I I do have some pretty strong
9205s	opinions on it all of the the things
9207s	I've raised for aajiru I think could
9209s	have very strong counter arguments this
9211s	one though just fell clean man like from
9214s	start to finish it really felt like he
9216s	wasn't
9217s	struggling he didn't he was never unsure
9219s	about what to do he had a strong game
9221s	plan kept his cool never used his strong
9224s	removal pieces before they were
9225s	necessary baited his opponent into going
9228s	all in then unleashed the uh the full
9231s	power of Barden plus shattering blast uh
9234s	it takes a well-deserved win finally
9236s	getting one on the table and lining up
9238s	his Relic Demon Hunter in game four here
9243s	a deck that I uh like quite a bit less
9247s	than the Mage I will say this mistake is
9249s	weird to me
9251s	um there's different definitions of a
9253s	like right here do I like this as a
9256s	hearthstone deck no I find it fairly
9258s	tedious and boring do I like it as I
9260s	bring to this tournament I like it a lot
9263s	more than Derek does as I bring to this
9264s	tournament um yeah yesterday we saw all
9267s	of the bad things with this deck uh if
9269s	you don't draw your radical you probably
9271s	lose the game if you don't draw things
9273s	to go with your Relic Vault you probably
9275s	lose the game if you get behind early
9277s	you're in trouble if you know your
9279s	opponent brings the right deck you're
9281s	also in trouble we haven't seen this
9283s	yesterday the smug original smile
9286s	erosion smile where you just Relic the
9290s	heck out of your opponent to win in six
9291s	turns yeah we might this is this is the
9294s	reason I think it is a bring to this
9296s	tournament
9298s	oh man I mean speaking the speaking of
9299s	relicing the heck out of your opponent
9301s	it was almost to the point where I was
9302s	wondering if that was just relic of
9304s	Extinction on turn one for literally to
9305s	zero value just to give yourself two
9308s	twos and three threes instead of one
9309s	ones and two twos uh on turn three with
9312s	the relic of phantasms but being
9315s	sensible I guess against uh the boss
9319s	priest it's too important to have strong
9321s	removal and and another reason I think
9323s	this is um a decent bring to this
9324s	specific tournament as opposed to just
9326s	generically the deck is a 50 50 deck it
9328s	draws The Relic Vault or it doesn't
9330s	benefit Extinction is actually pretty
9333s	good in the current tournament meta at
9335s	least it kills a lot of stuff for one
9337s	Mana
9340s	not necessarily on turn one or two
9342s	either I mean like you've cast another
9344s	Relic or two and suddenly your relative
9345s	extensions are board clearing it's four
9347s	uh three four four imps or whatever like
9349s	that on turn five or six right it's a
9352s	big deal
9354s	all right tip a jury that I know he
9357s	knows but just to remind myself because
9358s	I have made this mistake twice on ladder
9361s	double Relic Vault does not work on the
9364s	same spell you have to do it on two
9366s	different cards it doesn't double double
9368s	unfortunately
9369s	yeah I think that's a a thing that
9371s	because I play so much Battlegrounds I
9373s	know you've played a lot as well but
9374s	like the the brands and balance in
9377s	Battlegrounds are sort of yeah yeah
9379s	alerts to making that mistake quite
9380s	early on with this deck it's like 100 a
9383s	me problem it does not say double the
9385s	number of times this activates it says
9387s	they activate twice specifically if I
9390s	hadn't played so much Battlegrounds I
9392s	think I would have made exactly that
9393s	mistake more than once as well it's just
9395s	it's just got that alarm Bell wording
9398s	all right
9400s	so he's valuing the relic of Extinction
9403s	more than actually having stuff on board
9407s	in terms of size which makes sense
9408s	because we've we know what priest does
9413s	and this should be able to kill pretty
9414s	much anything next turn with a small
9417s	minions plus the extinction but so she
9420s	realized this is just going in
9422s	look at this Felicia on turn three with
9424s	coin in hand not played is absolutely
9428s	fascinating it's 10 10's the magic
9431s	number right he's calculated this right
9434s	so
9439s	but he can't allow for the second Vault
9441s	yeah
9442s	oh with relic of Extinction yeah he
9445s	couldn't allow for the second vote
9448s	because why would you yeah well that was
9451s	12 with a single Relic extension but
9453s	yeah I mean like you say it's uh so many
9456s	break points to play around in this deck
9457s	it's very difficult to get it exactly
9458s	right
9459s	uh he was just double checking his head
9462s	three three four four he could have just
9464s	not attacked him with the hero power I
9466s	think he's realizing it's still got a
9468s	guaranteed full clear
9469s	that's right nine was the number without
9471s	the Vault so it's three from the single
9473s	Relic plus the 16 board so he took it to
9476s	ten to play around single relative
9478s	Extinction
9480s	did he even need to
9482s	press the Relic I I guess it's still
9484s	good to press the the location
9486s	and they're offset as well yeah yeah
9490s	just keep pressing one each turn now for
9492s	the reason you just gave a minute ago
9493s	like there's there's the obvious mistake
9495s	if he shouldn't have attacked with the
9497s	hero power the question is whether he
9498s	should have pressed it at all is the
9499s	debatable one and I do think it was
9501s	still probably correct as he gets
9504s	himself some juicy discounts Mamma Mia
9508s	this is the side of the deck we just
9510s	didn't see yesterday sometimes it does
9512s	this oh yeah and then you get the car
9515s	drawer going you get zoom on a chaos
9516s	strikes as you see to draw more cards
9519s	you've got Brands to do disgusting
9521s	things with as well with the school
9522s	teachers
9523s	and now you just get to your other
9525s	relics and you just win the game pretty
9529s	often from here against anything not
9532s	just here like you get your zymox
9533s	eventually and then just do it all again
9534s	and
9536s	I don't know it's kind of a a stupid
9538s	thing to say but I'm gonna say it anyway
9540s	uh Versace it's almost annoying these
9543s	minions are so small instead of being
9544s	bigger because it just feels bad to use
9547s	your Samurai against this you you know
9550s	the problem's gonna be worse next turn
9551s	but do you just
9554s	do nothing but this next turn oh like
9558s	just pleasure
9560s	treasure god I guess something like that
9562s	I don't know the the school teacher
9563s	coming down does make it a lot more
9565s	tempting to just go samurai serpent week
9568s	clear the board
9570s	I think my argument is if they do it
9572s	again can you somehow even kill it
9575s	like you're gonna have a board of seven
9576s	sevens and eight eights do you even have
9578s	enough stuff to deal with that with your
9579s	summer purpose you probably can but yeah
9582s	yeah especially with the uh
9586s	devour picked up as well your Samurai
9588s	will be able to clear off most anything
9589s	that comes down next turn
9593s	unless it's zymox I don't know but I
9595s	mean again like speaking of the cymox
9597s	say you go for a big samurai board clear
9599s	and then they just slam a three-man of
9601s	zymox that's now infused as well exactly
9603s	at that point like
9605s	clearing it could be bad but not
9608s	clearing it is terrible
9611s	yeah I think you're living in the short
9613s	term here I think if this game goes any
9614s	length of time even if your Samurai
9616s	clears a board
9617s	I think you probably just lose as the
9619s	piece so personally here I'm all in for
9622s	the the panic button immediately yeah
9625s	this is the only other line you can take
9629s	just uh soak up as much of this help as
9633s	you can give yourself the biggest gosh
9634s	dang pelagos you're gonna see in a good
9636s	long while
9641s	can be dealt with
9647s	okay
9649s	where you're at yeah that's true
9652s	um I was gonna say meltronics I think is
9654s	not something you can rely on the answer
9656s	is because they very possibly have a
9658s	hand that they can just kind of dump out
9659s	even right they go radio station exactly
9667s	like I'm probably just gonna Curtis and
9669s	clear everything into the 1212 but I
9671s	want to play chaos strike first to see
9672s	what's going on
9673s	Bernie
9675s	three fours at the moment so I guess you
9677s	could go chaos strike attacking to the
9679s	3-1 and then school teacher double bat
9682s	does kill it off
9684s	I don't hate that
9686s	um
9688s	I wonder if there's something more
9689s	impressive we can get here looks like
9691s	they might be because he's not going for
9692s	the Curtis at all he's going for the
9694s	expensive kind of strike
9697s	whatever it is he needs to do it soon
9698s	because he's gonna have card draw
9699s	decisions to factor in exactly yeah it's
9702s	really time to move now
9705s	oh wow that's it there's the one
9710s	helicopter on the board apparently so
9712s	metal Tronics
9715s	okay no just relative fantastic sure
9717s	okay
9720s	but this does now mean actually with the
9722s	helicopter left on the board this
9724s	Samurai is a guaranteed full board clear
9727s	because serpent wig just gives him eight
9729s	AOE and he can even attack into one of
9731s	the two ones and still get it
9737s	oops yeah this is a disaster for you
9741s	Jerry
9745s	yeah the the whole discussion we had
9747s	earlier about oh but Samurai clears the
9749s	board and then you reload involves your
9752s	opponent not having a 12 12 backing it
9754s	up
9755s	because now you're just building a big
9756s	board with your zymox and you get
9758s	smacked in the face for lethal
9762s	man even Corning at the heel
9765s	I respect it
9767s	afraid of Jace he's afraid of some
9769s	nonsense with uh those spells oh that's
9772s	relic of extinctions comes off the top
9774s	that's like the best card he could
9776s	possibly get
9778s	um I think that just guarantees him a
9780s	full board clear now right with Curtis
9782s	which is nine I can't remember
9784s	uh eight or nine yes sir is here
9791s	that's so clutch
9793s	oh oh yeah we'll take that too that
9796s	gives you something to do next turn to
9797s	to basically win the game it will clear
9799s	the entire board it will make a board
9801s	and that'll be the end
9808s	foreign
9811s	[Music]
9836s	just just casually take eight to show
9839s	off that's what it is
9842s	yeah and it's like you know this is what
9844s	we're seeing from aogiro right these are
9846s	the big mistakes so far it's little
9849s	floppy sequencing errors like I think
9851s	it's overall match-up understanding has
9853s	been very strong so far he's been
9855s	playing the game you can tell to learn
9857s	these matchups inside and out
9860s	taking a deep breath there is exactly
9862s	what he needs to do that is all we need
9864s	here just try to get your head don't get
9868s	in your own head too much calm down he
9870s	can win this series still it's very
9872s	winnable from this point yeah I mean
9874s	it's very hard to lose this particular
9876s	game and then it's down to one game so
9878s	like you say just use this time calm
9880s	himself down because he got here with
9882s	three six and twos like that's superb
9885s	Hearthstone
9890s	it is a shame that sometimes I mean he's
9892s	like like you've exactly described
9894s	sometimes we just don't see quite the
9895s	best of players when they don't go on
9897s	um screen as a player that often
9901s	um but yeah to get here every player
9902s	here is a superb play it's it's
9904s	basically impossible to lock your way
9906s	into this tournament
9908s	all right here we go for zochi the last
9910s	opportunity he really has to try and
9911s	close this one out he's going to need to
9913s	get a big pop-off turn in terms of his
9915s	development and also get something
9917s	pretty specific off of the school
9919s	teacher uh the light it burns
9924s	maybe plague uh will be enough in order
9928s	to clear off the 5-2 and heal for a
9930s	little bit
9931s	um but it's quite obviously uh not
9935s	looking especially likely with this
9936s	amount of pressure on the other side
9937s	yeah and we can see the relic of
9939s	Dimensions yeah sure the other side as
9941s	well which makes things even more
9942s	ridiculous
9947s	minus three managers coming up next turn
9949s	anybody
9951s	there's the light it burns
9953s	that's a uh oh you need it clear on the
9956s	zymox
9962s	yeah time to get moving though oh
9965s	there's so much Happening Here
9967s	yeah from his perspective he could
9970s	technically be alive if he leaves the
9971s	five two up because there's four from
9973s	the double hero power yeah
9978s	the only show he's got we can know just
9980s	with the nagaling for Fury that'll be
9982s	enough to close out the game
9985s	but a valiant effort from zochi and
9987s	foreign just managing to scrape through
9991s	that one with uh a bit of a sloppy game
9994s	uh by comparison and a couple of plays
9997s	that I definitely
9998s	disagree on right leaving up the pelagos
10000s	uh invited
10003s	a little bit too much uncertainty into
10005s	the game than I believe they needed to
10006s	be
10007s	absolutely I gave himself every chance
10010s	to not win that game but that is the
10013s	Demon Hunter deck doing the thing that
10015s	is why it's just so many lineups you
10017s	test it for a day you see that happening
10019s	half of the time is the number I use
10022s	because it basically is a chance of
10023s	drawing something your only hand if
10025s	you're really getting full it fall is
10026s	let's call it 50 50 for discussion's
10028s	sake
10029s	so half the time it does draw The Relic
10031s	Vault that is kind of the games that
10033s	happen and
10035s	again this is in terms of is it your
10037s	fourth best deck but if your fourth best
10038s	deck is good half the time I think
10040s	that's okay if you can't find anything
10041s	better it also kind of fits in any
10043s	lineup is another reason I think we're
10046s	seeing it a lot it just does this thing
10047s	no matter what you're trying to Target
10048s	so that's another good reason but again
10051s	yesterday your side of the discussion
10053s	was very much look at it lose a lot of
10055s	games of hearthstone and you couldn't
10057s	argue with that it lost a lot of games
10060s	did yeah and I think it comes up against
10063s	priest pretty unfavored like I I like
10066s	priests in this meta game the Naga
10068s	priest in this tournament as well
10070s	specifically because of the prevalence
10071s	of both zoo or the Imp curse will work I
10074s	should say sorry and this Relic Demon
10076s	Hunter both Witcher Decks that really
10078s	lack removal like for Ayo chiru to win
10081s	that one he needed double doubled up
10084s	relic of Extinction plus another one
10087s	from zymox at the end and it still
10089s	almost wasn't enough it was a very
10091s	specific hand he needed to take that win
10093s	and I think the majority of the time
10095s	zuchi and the priest should have come
10097s	away with the win and speaking of as I
10100s	just was one of the reasons I like
10101s	priest another one is against this curse
10103s	warlock which I think in my opinion
10106s	struggles to get off to quite aggressive
10109s	enough of a start and as soon as you
10111s	start getting ahead on board as the
10113s	priest the catch-up mechanisms are just
10115s	nowhere near uh strong enough or well
10118s	suited to the types of Minions that
10120s	priest generates for the Warlock yeah we
10122s	talked yesterday about how this Warlock
10124s	deck isn't just two halves of a deck
10126s	jammed together like we first thought
10127s	it's not just half imps and half curses
10130s	there's a lot of synergy there
10132s	however against priests where you
10134s	haven't got the time for the curse half
10136s	to really kick in you need this half of
10138s	your deck with all the Minions in it you
10140s	need just to play imp Warlock and maybe
10144s	a curse to finish the job but the imps
10146s	have to take control of the board they
10147s	have to do a lot of damage and
10155s	to go along with it while I was talking
10157s	this is a incredible looking start yeah
10160s	it's a very very high Tempo start for
10162s	aegiro with just all the
10165s	well the Imp portion of the tech like
10167s	every God in his hand was is an imp or
10169s	synergizes with it uh however if you
10172s	wanted if you were to start a game from
10174s	behind
10175s	thought she has about the best hand you
10178s	can have not not quite but he has a lot
10181s	of the tools you need to catch up after
10183s	you have fallen behind with Samurai and
10185s	devour yeah no you're resisting the
10188s	temptation to call anything out why
10190s	would you spend your money on getting
10191s	enough stuff out there right now
10194s	um the only thing he is really missing
10196s	is a way to draw more cards because he's
10198s	never pushing the hero power button ever
10200s	if you can draw that then with a
10203s	catastrophe he just in such a great spot
10205s	because this will require V loads to win
10208s	because of that Samurai
10210s	or you can draw a drag below and do a
10213s	lot of damage this is terrifying now
10218s	it's an interesting drawer isn't it
10220s	because no matter how you slice it
10222s	it feels a little inefficient on this
10224s	term because you could go trade an imp
10226s	Circle
10228s	trade the flame imp and the other one
10230s	one imp and then get face damage for
10232s	like what six or uh seven with the
10235s	flustered librarian but then you're
10237s	leaving more minions at one Health which
10240s	makes you more susceptible to Shadow a
10241s	devour or Samurai on the other side
10243s	which you ideally do not want but then
10246s	if you just go I don't know fiendish
10248s	Circle you accept that you summon one
10250s	less imp you're massively over trading
10252s	with the uh the fluster librarian in the
10255s	end he's settling on the infused
10257s	mischievous him
10259s	which I actually didn't quite like yeah
10262s	like somewhere that I like it I haven't
10265s	seen that line I was looking at drag
10267s	below just insert nine and then save my
10269s	circles for a turn or two but this is
10271s	really sweet I like this a lot
10276s	and I think it means the only real
10278s	Avenue for zochi
10281s	is to take a setup turn here
10284s	I mean you could gamble on school
10285s	teacher to get something very specific
10289s	I'm thinking Cathedral
10292s	and silence I'd rather play that than
10295s	trade it and just you know take
10297s	potentially six less damage on the
10300s	flustered librarian and then just set up
10301s	for the samurai clear next turn is how I
10305s	mean who is trading it oh this is so
10308s	scary like the Samoa clear
10310s	it's almost lethal here for algero right
10313s	with
10314s	the circle now just because it's plus
10317s	three damage not because you expect it
10318s	to live
10323s	his workout if he needs to because if he
10324s	plays Circle it gets devoured maybe
10326s	there's a way to lose
10327s	but
10330s	sure okay
10334s	and it's close like honestly I'd be
10336s	tempted to play fiendish circle just to
10338s	get three more damaged face
10340s	but coming back the other way is the
10343s	problem right if you Circle and you get
10345s	devoured here
10346s	now you're giving your poetry a quicker
10349s	kill on you so yeah yeah I am mainly
10351s	considering Samurai instead of the uh
10354s	the devour
10357s	so I think I like this in hindsight it's
10359s	very hard when you can see both hands
10361s	sometimes not to cast a vision it but I
10362s	think I like it
10364s	yeah start with the atonement in case
10365s	you get a
10367s	another handmade or something like that
10369s	that you want to activate with the
10370s	devour and then I do think it is
10372s	absolutely the shadow of devour even
10374s	though it doesn't boost your clearing
10375s	potential just more health
10384s	looking for
10387s	ways to win I guess is the words I'm
10389s	looking for now yeah straight up
10394s	we could see ajiro initially reaching
10397s	for the drags below but he does think
10400s	about the fiendish circle for a while
10401s	which
10403s	I don't know I was actually kind of
10405s	leaning towards in the end just because
10406s	they probably don't have all too much
10408s	ability to
10410s	clear a bunch of one ones with Samurai
10412s	lights devour both having just been used
10414s	I think you maybe need to buff your
10416s	other curses though
10419s	um to tie up your opponent's man and
10420s	make it they have to actually get those
10421s	curses out their hand and or heal or
10423s	something of course so she's going to
10425s	kill you in two turns a lot of the time
10427s	here
10433s	I do think Versace here you are not
10438s	playing the curse
10440s	I've got I've got to be honest I don't
10441s	think I thought that was going to be
10443s	buff the samurai Boone the samurai
10447s	and just try to win with like a a bless
10452s	wig combo over the next couple turns but
10457s	I guess that would mean that you're
10459s	amazing Elemental guys to uh
10463s	wait
10465s	and he's playing super defensive here
10470s	kind of
10475s	I'm going to say he's calculated this is
10477s	two turn lethal but
10480s	sure
10481s	oh if you'd played the circle last turn
10484s	dark
10485s	that was part of the equation that's so
10488s	much worse now
10493s	kind of
10495s	in big trouble of dying here very very
10498s	big trouble
10501s	foreign
10509s	okay fair enough it almost certainly
10512s	keeps him alive you can kill off the
10513s	radiant because he's not far from just
10515s	going ran in to kill you as well so yeah
10519s	he knows he's gonna die soon he knows
10521s	he's gonna win soon
10526s	eight more matches today as well if this
10529s	is how it's gonna be it's gonna be a I'm
10531s	gonna be collapsing by the end of the
10533s	day
10534s	the leash is a fantastic top deck as
10536s	well and just look at these cards
10539s	helicos plus the buff for more damaged
10541s	face the uh the only thing we can say is
10544s	that he is not currently clearing this
10547s	board is he so these two one ones are
10549s	gonna be left in play with another
10551s	fiendish Circle oh yeah there are outs
10554s	for lethal here if zochi doesn't manage
10557s	to to clear this up somehow
10559s	a library circle is how much
10563s	two plus five plus six that's
10567s	wait
10569s	yeah he has to kill at least one of them
10570s	right
10572s	or here
10576s	oh yeah you're right yeah yeah two plus
10578s	another six yeah
10581s	so is that just it unless he trades
10584s	somehow does he make the read
10587s	only if he's got lethal next turn
10588s	otherwise you can't make that move right
10589s	I haven't got lethal next turn anyway
10591s	then you have to do that ghost face
10598s	first
10600s	how many times are you going to count
10602s	this given the slight sloppiness of the
10604s	day
10607s	it's plus six
10610s	and there's two on board
10615s	he's actually melting under the pressure
10617s	but he's gonna get it done
10620s	that was
10621s	of possible margins oh my God Lorinda
10625s	he's actually done it the full reverse
10628s	sweep after O2 down on his Mage at the
10631s	start he reverse sweeps the Naga priest
10633s	of all deck in a uh a flabbergasting end
10638s	to the game there like I would argue
10641s	not a mistake necessarily but a player I
10643s	did not agree on from Air jury to play
10644s	the drag below instead of the fiendish
10646s	circle he gets punished by top decking
10649s	the the location the turn after and yeah
10651s	it's still just enough with exactly to
10654s	him sticking on the board and uh you
10657s	know zochi not healing up his face the
10659s	turn earlier healing the samurai you
10662s	know a lot of different lines that could
10663s	have been taken I think by zochi there
10665s	to maybe just try and play it a little
10667s	bit more defensively but then when you
10669s	go to the I agree with the here on the
10671s	samurai seemed weird but I'm going to
10673s	give him credit for having counted
10674s	something that I just can't count in the
10675s	trip yeah but that last term when you're
10677s	saying can he make the read I'm killing
10679s	the Imp he can't because the circle
10680s	wasn't played when we would have played
10682s	it so he doesn't think the circle's
10684s	there as well as it has to have a
10686s	library as well so I don't think he can
10688s	actually make that read on the last turn
10689s	there I think he just has to go face
10692s	but that was a series of hearthstone
10695s	direct a reverse sweep um some shaky
10698s	play from Hozier but he didn't seem to
10700s	sort of deny that fact you see his
10701s	facial expressions right at the end
10702s	there's like is two plus six eight
10705s	there's such a long
10707s	terrifying series can I can I add to
10709s	these numbers together
10711s	uh but yeah he got there and again
10713s	setting the scene for what is going to
10714s	be a fantastic group by the look of
10716s	things
10717s	absolutely yeah that was a thoroughly
10720s	enjoyable series of faster and I got to
10722s	see plenty of Mage plenty of priests uh
10724s	the Naga priest specifically two of my
10726s	favorite decks to be playing right now
10727s	and uh huge congratulations to ajiru uh
10730s	I think with a couple of nerves maybe
10732s	slipping in there uh into his play but
10734s	as I said at the time overall I think
10736s	very very good matchup understanding uh
10739s	of the the common
10741s	decks bashing up against each other that
10743s	he is bringing in his lineup as well and
10746s	I think he could be a real Contender as
10748s	he goes forward to face Bonnie Hopper
10750s	now in the winners bracket match for
10752s	this group absolutely and with that in
10755s	mind we're going to give the players a
10756s	few extra minutes just to recover and
10759s	get there get their senses back after
10761s	that but straight after this slightly
10763s	longer break we will have that Winners
10765s	match for Group C so don't go anywhere
10775s	laughs
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11385s	hello everyone and welcome back to the
11387s	fall Championship I'm Raven and joining
11389s	me is Gia I'm going to be taking you
11391s	through the upper match in group CG
11393s	you're welcome how's it going you ready
11394s	to Castle milestone
11396s	uh doing very well Reuben thanks for
11398s	asking it is a nice completely not
11401s	bright and not Sunny night here in
11404s	Western us
11406s	um and I am super excited to be back on
11409s	the casting desk especially for a match
11411s	of this caliber we have bunny Hopper and
11414s	aujiru who have just won their initial
11416s	matches in group C bunny Hopper of
11418s	course one of the most storied players
11420s	in the entirety of hearthstone history
11422s	and our Giro someone who also has a
11425s	similarly long reputation within
11428s	Hearthstone but I think only recently
11430s	has been making waves in the global
11432s	scene which is great to see oh 100 and
11435s	Azure definitely one of the players
11436s	who's great to watch as well very
11438s	reactive on camera but although they
11441s	both did win and of course this is that
11443s	a sort of upper bracket match in group C
11445s	and they both got there in very
11446s	different ways right bunny hopper one is
11449s	series 3-1 looked pretty convincing
11451s	pretty calm comfortable and algero
11453s	actually had to fight all the way back
11455s	from zero two down down and even in the
11457s	last game it was so so close so I think
11460s	it was a very good thing we went to a
11461s	longer break there of course to give our
11463s	jira just a few minutes to relax after
11465s	that because it was quite the series
11467s	indeed but take a look at the first
11469s	matchup gear we have a bunny Hopper on
11471s	the big spell Mage and what do you think
11474s	about this deck as an inclusion bunny
11475s	Hopper not the only player who's brought
11477s	it of course but I expected if we saw
11480s	any Mage it was all going to be ping
11483s	I thought so too especially given Fury
11485s	Hunters recent very good performance
11487s	with the Ping Mage just winning another
11490s	Masters Tour it thanks in no small part
11493s	to that deck but big spell Mage I think
11495s	is very emblematic of bunny Hopper's
11498s	entire year I feel like he's been
11499s	playing this deck every tournament since
11501s	the start of 2022 and he's been doing
11505s	very well with it it's a deck that just
11507s	traditionally has not had any terrible
11509s	matchups it doesn't have too many great
11511s	ones either but for a field where the
11513s	goal is just to get to the top four and
11516s	get yourself that ticket through to the
11518s	world championship I don't mind going
11520s	for a slightly safer
11522s	um sort of not all in deck that you can
11525s	just try and get a couple more
11527s	percentage edge with by playing well
11529s	which is something that bunny Hopper has
11531s	been known to do as for the list itself
11534s	not much has really changed since the
11537s	inclusion of the mini set it's just the
11540s	Sylvanas the accused slotted in towards
11542s	the mid middle there yeah and I think
11544s	there's something to be said as well for
11546s	like players bringing some bringing the
11549s	unexpected to this tournament I mean
11551s	we've seen it probably most notably from
11552s	Abu gabu but we've seen other players
11555s	bring either you know differently teched
11556s	versions of lists all just the
11558s	unexpected lists like like we just said
11560s	with big Mage so they seem to be doing
11562s	okay so far we'll see how that looks
11564s	once we've got that sort of top four
11566s	scenario sorted out but I believe the
11568s	first matchup actually is going to be a
11571s	mirror match in classes uh but of course
11573s	not archetypes because algera is
11575s	bringing the Ping Mage and uh you know
11578s	we I feel like we've seen or had these
11580s	two decks in The Meta for a very long
11582s	time and with varying degrees of success
11584s	of course but where would you place them
11586s	in the actual matchup against each other
11588s	yeah I actually when I first kind of
11592s	encountered this matchup on ladder more
11595s	recently playing from the pig Mage side
11597s	because I do enjoy the deck a lot I
11599s	thought it would lean quite heavily
11600s	favored for the pink Mage player because
11602s	you have a lot more guaranteed direct
11605s	damage which has traditionally been
11607s	something good for mage to do in the
11610s	mirror they have ways to freeze each
11612s	other's boards so it becomes more of
11614s	like who can send damage straight over
11616s	the dome but big spell Mage packs a lot
11618s	more disruption than I necessarily
11621s	expected they're just Landing an early
11623s	far watch pose can be deadly for the pig
11627s	Mage um of course barbaric sorcerer is
11630s	sometimes very difficult to play around
11631s	as the Ping Mage and it uh the early
11635s	runes are not to be underestimated
11637s	either because they can just get bored
11639s	presents either from that generating
11641s	minions or just the Drake fire amulet so
11644s	while I do think it is ever so slightly
11647s	pink Mage favorite there's men many many
11649s	ways that the big spell Mage can still
11651s	get a leg up yeah it feels like
11653s	sometimes you when you play the Ping
11655s	Mage it feels like you know pretty Sleek
11657s	sports car you know it does this one
11659s	thing very very well and it's all you
11661s	know the whole thing's built for that
11662s	but then the big spell Mage can just
11664s	like be a tank right tank just rolls up
11667s	over it because you have some of those
11669s	incredibly powerful turns even when you
11671s	just look at like the Belinda turn right
11673s	if that comes down yes this Mage has
11676s	freeze but it it doesn't often have like
11678s	infinite freeze you might be able to
11680s	freeze something for a couple of turns
11681s	but actually killing the minion itself
11684s	is difficult and it's in a similar style
11686s	of where the matchup can lead with the
11688s	uh like Naga priest for example where
11690s	yes you can freeze the minions out but
11692s	the second you don't you might just be
11694s	dead so um it can be a little bit crazy
11697s	overall so that's the matchup we are
11699s	going to see to kick it off and we do
11701s	actually see bunny Hopper losing his
11703s	Naga priest in the band and algero
11705s	losing the Rogue so just looking at the
11708s	Decks that left and it may be a little
11709s	bit difficult of course because Bunny
11711s	Hop is just bringing the shaman which I
11713s	think no one expected but who do you
11715s	think's got the overall you know favored
11718s	side of this in terms of lineup
11720s	I am tending to give the advantage to
11724s	bunny Hopper ever so slightly I feel
11726s	like his Rogue is positioned pretty well
11729s	and I think it's a big win that his wig
11731s	priest ends up banned not that I think
11734s	it's a bad band from our Drew I think it
11736s	makes a lot of sense because a lot of
11738s	our jurors that struggle against
11739s	singular big minions hitting and
11742s	sticking to the board but I feel like
11744s	every player who brings wig priest it's
11746s	just one of those Decks that feels so
11748s	bad when you lose with it because it's
11750s	like oh yeah I just didn't draw my wig
11752s	or I didn't draw my radiant and to get
11754s	it done off your back is a huge deal and
11757s	that means that banirog's uh sorry bunny
11759s	Hoppers Thief Rogue is in place and we
11761s	just like have seen him do so well with
11764s	various iterations of this deck and this
11766s	style of deck so many different times so
11769s	I feel like I'm going a bit against my
11772s	normal assessment and giving favor based
11774s	off of how well I know bunny Hopper can
11777s	play these types of decks that have a
11779s	lot of generation and all alternate wind
11781s	conditions that being said our jira has
11784s	that Magister Don grasp in the opener
11787s	and I completely agree with keeping that
11789s	even though it's quite a while to get it
11791s	online it's still a major part of the
11794s	win condition in the match-up yeah it's
11796s	very scary isn't it because the dawn
11798s	grass like you said right completely
11800s	agree with keeping it 100 but you do
11802s	think uh I could draw a very clunky
11805s	curve from this point onwards right that
11807s	could really just not do a lot but you
11810s	did get hold of the Wildfire so at an
11812s	absolute worst case scenario here
11814s	Algeria could just keep pinging bunny in
11816s	the face not only to just deal damage of
11818s	course but to say stack up the mode rash
11820s	for later so not a bad start in any way
11823s	shape or form bunny though kept a few
11825s	options open for himself keeping the
11827s	Pelican I think it was was it Pelican
11829s	night cloak and sorceress he kept I
11832s	think so I think that was it which is
11834s	obviously nice with the coin of course
11837s	and it does make for a pretty clean
11840s	curve for bunny because he did pick up
11842s	the other location as well if he just
11844s	wanted to get those both down and commit
11846s	the Mana spent that's not necessarily
11847s	the line because maybe he would like to
11850s	go for deep water on Fort and then
11852s	immediately curve coin into sorceress
11854s	assuming the deep water had gotten him a
11857s	spell that is of high cost which by that
11859s	point is guaranteed our though gonna be
11863s	aware of playing around that and trying
11867s	not to keep any cheap spells in hand if
11869s	possible which at the moment he doesn't
11871s	have
11872s	yeah it can be difficult I think I would
11874s	like to see just a ping pass here from
11876s	bunny just because the coin in itself
11879s	feels so much more flexible and
11880s	Nightclub sanctum doesn't feel like a
11883s	must-have in this matchup and I don't
11885s	mean it's not good it's just the fact
11887s	that I don't think it's worth coining
11888s	out because also there is the barber
11890s	accessories ready but if that Belinda's
11893s	drawn that's just mega power as early as
11895s	possible and wow I do just picks up the
11898s	Wildfire number two straight away this
11900s	is you might have to feel like he pings
11902s	the Pelican which is a bit of Overkill
11904s	but it still deals the damage like
11907s	yeah like the Wildfire just get it down
11910s	it is an interesting dilemma here
11913s	because of course spending more Mana
11915s	with the night cloak Phantom seems kind
11917s	of nice and even if bunny were to
11920s	respond with his own sanctum algero
11922s	could even go for theoretically an early
11924s	Reckless to clean up but the question is
11927s	when is the window to play that wildfire
11929s	and get it out of hand because he should
11931s	always be aware of that barbaric sorces
11934s	at the moment he hasn't seen any mailbox
11936s	dancer though so as long as the chief
11938s	spells are out of hand by the turn bunny
11940s	Hopper reaches five Mana assuming coin
11943s	is kept then RG is still fine so he is
11945s	just gonna go for a slightly more Mana
11948s	efficient play for now
11951s	yeah this is interesting though I think
11953s	the lack of good follow-up turn for
11955s	guaranteed was probably a reason to just
11958s	ping more instead but I guess he
11960s	wouldn't have been able to Ping on that
11961s	10-4 if he played Nike anyway so just
11963s	gonna get locations down for both plays
11965s	now creating those skeletons and
11967s	actually
11968s	I was gonna go for The Apprentice
11972s	yeah it is pretty nice Tempo here I feel
11975s	like Reckless Apprentice rule has
11978s	changed a lot ever since the Nerf to
11980s	Magister Don grasp it's a bit harder to
11983s	use The Apprentice to really get to
11985s	those huge upper echelons of damage so
11988s	finding ways to actually let it push the
11991s	attack damage in the mid game and just
11992s	doing you know decent amounts of board
11994s	clear is very valuable as well
11999s	is going to be that little bit
12001s	frustrating and I think that even if it
12002s	gets to push damage once right itself as
12005s	a minion it gets to push three you know
12007s	what that card's done a great job when
12009s	you get Drake fire though
12012s	right oh do you will know about it and
12014s	now with the pickup of solid Alibi there
12016s	is not an easy way to play around
12018s	barbaric sources and actually even if he
12021s	hadn't played solid Alibi unless his
12023s	turn was going to be Wildfire ping it
12025s	was going to be Wildfire plus draw most
12028s	likely another spell which would have
12030s	been scary but he is going to commit to
12033s	making sure that he is as safe around
12036s	Barbara as possible which I think is
12038s	very very reasonable given he saw the
12041s	keep in Bunny's hand and you know coin
12043s	kept until this point
12045s	and the interesting point here is
12047s	those bunny still go with the plan let's
12050s	say it doesn't draw Belinda here is it
12052s	still just coin Barber accessories or is
12055s	that enough of a tell because it's a
12057s	huge one right it's clearly our Giroud
12058s	dumping his hand because you would never
12061s	uh play solid Alibi in that situation
12063s	because there's no damage coming your
12065s	way but does bunny Hopper just say I'll
12067s	take the taunt regardless and just coin
12070s	it out anyway
12072s	I feel like it's a strong tell and he
12074s	still has a pretty decent alternate play
12076s	with the school teacher plus nagaling
12079s	um should he choose to greet the
12082s	barbaric sorcers a bit longer because we
12085s	are reaching the points where if aojiru
12087s	has only three cards in hand and six
12090s	Mana it's like not a clean Don grass
12092s	turn yet maybe they have to go for
12093s	drawing some cards so bunny is going to
12096s	wait a little bit longer and gets two
12098s	Secrets as options on the
12101s	um nagaling however the text on nogling
12104s	tells you what the secret is rubbish at
12107s	keeping secrets never tell noggling
12109s	anything
12111s	kind of interesting as well because this
12115s	outer spell so Joe will know he'll have
12118s	to dump a spell into counter spell right
12120s	but also that means algo can get rid of
12123s	a spell from his hand but I think at
12125s	this point even though you could argue
12128s	this goes against what Baba exorceros
12131s	wants to do to an extent it just argued
12134s	that well this is just a headache for
12135s	algera right you could dump a spell put
12137s	into counter spell to stop it being
12139s	barbaric which means he has to throw
12141s	things away like this Frozen touch if he
12143s	has to play this Frozen touch because
12145s	he's still scared of sorceress then he
12147s	just burns a frozen touch one of the
12149s	best cards in the deck so I do like
12152s	think this is correct from algero just
12155s	to say you know what by now if they have
12156s	it they have it but you cannot afford to
12158s	just throw away a frozen touch right it
12162s	has reached the point where since our
12163s	Jew has kind of forced bunny into
12166s	waiting one turn longer now bunny has to
12168s	coin if he wants to play the Sorceress
12170s	safely and you know try and get some
12173s	benefit and Bunny also still doesn't
12174s	know yet that there's a spell in hand
12176s	there's starting to be some more Mind
12178s	Games here it's the turn after Alger
12180s	kind of telegraph that he was dumping
12181s	and if bunny does end up using the coin
12184s	here he actually is just a couple turns
12187s	away from being able to coin out the
12189s	room naturally anyway so it's not as
12192s	huge of a detriment about you however it
12194s	is still meaning that Bunny Gets to
12197s	Turbo out the Rune one turn sooner
12201s	oyster's choice to say I love this card
12203s	because I feel like people can talk for
12206s	days about what you should pick in a
12208s	scenario like this where say two of the
12210s	choices are arguably good for your
12212s	opponent as well and it always circles
12214s	back to just pick the card you actually
12216s	want
12217s	um
12218s	yeah I think there's also some
12220s	additional benefit to staying away from
12223s	the super expensive ones because bunny
12224s	still has a second sorcerer somewhere in
12226s	the deck and that's going to be a
12228s	complete whiff if there's a drake fire
12230s	and Frozen touch a 10 in hand uh for the
12233s	opponent but ajiru ends up I think
12236s	picking the Drake fire misses and that
12239s	is kind of painful because Cold Case
12241s	would have been great for him as well
12242s	yeah
12246s	let's get Dawn grass so that's going to
12249s	recast these solid Alibi for this turn
12251s	of course which is a you know you can
12252s	argue a bit of a help even though the
12254s	first one didn't achieve too much apart
12256s	from dodging the Sorceress of course but
12258s	the second one is going to be able to
12259s	soak a little bit more damage but here
12261s	come the dragons
12264s	perfect I think I misspoke a while ago
12266s	it was the Drake fire amulet not the
12269s	Rune that got discounted so I think
12271s	three turns sooner because of that
12273s	barbaric sorceress and just taking the
12276s	biggest stats I think makes the most
12279s	sense although you can argue sleepy
12281s	dragon and a storm who both have 16 16
12283s	total I kind of favor taking the health
12286s	just to be as sticky as possible
12289s	I think so mainly because I'll be honest
12293s	I haven't counted I'm not sure what he's
12295s	up to but sleepy dragons one of the few
12297s	ones that Dodges Mo trash right and I
12299s	think that's what bunny Apple want to
12301s	dodge to an extent to just not have the
12303s	whole board wide it already does have
12305s	calagos picked right so
12310s	I think so
12312s	look at the Sleepy Dragon just looks
12315s	good just too super tanky okay he
12317s	decided that because he had the color
12318s	ghost he can afford to go for another
12320s	dominant he does take that trade as well
12323s	to play a little bit more on the
12325s	calculus because if he hadn't
12327s	um then it would have gotten traded down
12329s	by an active more dress which it is
12332s	and that is going to be the play for our
12334s	Jew I think
12336s	I mean there is some debate to be had
12338s	here because there is a pretty juicy
12340s	board lock opportunity with Warden Don
12343s	grass Pierre
12346s	yeah he could even spend the turn going
12349s	down grasp a cold case just to get the
12351s	counter spell out of the way
12353s	and then have the Arcane intellect to
12356s	follow up with
12357s	right alternatively Don grass and
12360s	dungeoneer and just say this is the most
12362s	pressure on board going into the marjush
12365s	clear turn
12367s	it
12369s	I thought it's going to Ping the Calico
12371s	switch would make sense because it would
12372s	put it in the mode Rush range but
12374s	deciding to go face it's already at five
12376s	and saying you know what five damage to
12378s	face is just going to be more worthwhile
12380s	yeah
12382s	downside though of leaving the color
12383s	ghost on board is that is a free rune
12385s	for bunny if he wants to take it there
12388s	is some danger of blowing up his own
12390s	board having so many minions and aojiru
12393s	only having one means that after the 3-3
12396s	is dead the minion targeting spells are
12399s	likely to mop up Bunny's own pressure
12403s	but he looks like he's gonna just make
12405s	his own room with this ping and then
12407s	probably starfish to unfreeze things and
12409s	push a lot of face damage yeah this
12411s	looks really strong doesn't it and again
12413s	it's not the board isn't full of huge
12416s	dragons but it's enough to give her
12417s	Ajira a headache definitely
12420s	especially if he's assuming there's
12422s	going to be some kind of clear which I
12425s	think is why he's thinking about whether
12426s	he needs to trade into this Varden or
12428s	not even then even if the modest gets
12431s	played well then Bonnie can just slam
12433s	ruin of the archmage next turn right and
12435s	feel a lot better about it
12441s	very responsible trade protecting the
12443s	color goes from the mardrash
12448s	still going to be the play and then I
12451s	guess flurry at the end just the same
12452s	for health yeah that's what I was going
12454s	to ask like is this worth the flurry
12456s	because you know in general
12459s	bunny doesn't have tons of burst right
12461s	because he's not playing against the
12462s	Ping version so I
12465s	it's a tough one yeah okay Alger is
12467s	going to leave and say you know what put
12468s	me to 11 it's fine I have Cold Case It's
12471s	Gonna Save the flurry for maybe if
12473s	there's another Drake fire if we're in
12474s	of the archmage generates some
12476s	additional minions somehow and I think
12478s	this is a little bit scary but I think
12480s	it's worth the risk here Friday yeah
12483s	big bit scary but I totally see where
12487s	you're coming from oh yeah there's a
12488s	counter spell as well I wouldn't have
12489s	done anything oh sure yeah that's a good
12492s	you know what that kind of Spell's been
12493s	live for so long in a mage mirror I'll
12496s	be honest I forgot about it because how
12498s	was uh AB chair just not cast a spell
12501s	yeah
12503s	and it's just so crazy how quickly the
12507s	pressure can turn in the match-up one
12509s	board really is all the big spell Mage
12511s	needs to stick and conduct face and
12513s	there was only the one of starfish so I
12516s	don't fault out you for not playing
12518s	around it there but we'll see if that
12521s	risk pays off uh algero can potentially
12524s	Stave off this entire board still and
12526s	Bunny doesn't have much guaranteed
12529s	direct damage unless the Rune wants to
12531s	play ball ooh
12534s	is still dealing five on the hero power
12536s	I believe uh yes I believe so
12538s	can now dump the flurry
12542s	it'll play Reckless Cold Case hero power
12544s	light
12546s	seems as good as it's going to get to me
12548s	I agree it's very valuable to get that
12551s	for armor and also push the 10 damage
12554s	face
12555s	which means bunny is in within range of
12559s	three pings three turns is what our Jew
12562s	needs here may be expedited by the
12564s	skeleton death rattles but it's crucial
12568s	that that's his last Reckless Apprentice
12569s	so if you were to draw a bran it's not
12572s	really adding much damage right
12578s	thank you
12580s	yeah here we go no one surprise
12582s	whatsoever the box has been opened roon
12585s	of the archmage coming down from bunny
12586s	Hopper and he needs something big
12587s	because very suddenly he's found himself
12589s	in some trouble
12591s	these are all not clearing the board so
12593s	far okay that's big money yeah yeah
12598s	and Algeria will have seen from the
12600s	Arcane Brilliance that only one card got
12602s	added to hand so what whichever it was
12606s	that he hadn't seen yet whether it was
12609s	the Drake Fire or the Rune already in
12611s	hand now the other one is there as well
12615s	okay definitely not ruined orb I don't
12618s	think Bunny wants to give auju any
12620s	potential access to more damage yeah
12622s	because any more damage because at the
12624s	moment I think Bunny's on 11. but that's
12627s	still three pings without anything extra
12629s	of course right so you cannot speed that
12632s	up
12634s	unless he knows al-jira would know this
12638s	speak through a knob and LG was like
12640s	he's never picking ruined up
12643s	it's a really difficult one I feel like
12646s	hmm
12647s	given the state where a bunny still has
12651s	another secret and play an hourger also
12653s	just kind of wants to play around
12655s	counterspell again it would make the
12657s	most sense for a bunny to give Algeria
12658s	the most expensive card and make playing
12660s	around that as difficult as possible so
12662s	that fire sale makes a lot of sense to
12664s	me and to algero as well nicely done to
12666s	pick that up even if just to use it as a
12669s	tradable Frozen no
12672s	that expedites the clock
12675s	also throwing the Arcane intellect right
12678s	just to test for the counter spell
12681s	absolutely
12684s	um he could trade the fire sale first if
12686s	that is going to be the card if the AI
12690s	is going to be the card to test with
12693s	unless he wants to well you'll see what
12696s	he draws okay just because I was
12698s	thinking unless he wants another spell
12700s	just in case there's another Rune of the
12702s	archmage that casts another Mage secret
12704s	so he needs a dumpable spell and then
12706s	two men and for Frozen touch two men
12708s	have a pig
12709s	yeah true there are many different ways
12711s	of approaching the order on that turn
12713s	and in most worlds it doesn't end up
12715s	being counter spell so it makes a lot of
12717s	sense what algero ended up on now bunny
12720s	Hopper needs a miracle he has no solid
12724s	Alibi of his own at the moment but there
12727s	is a rune which could cast one or it
12730s	could just get lethal if he's really
12732s	lucky well he also I believe
12735s	oh did the darkling uh
12738s	pick the deal two damage reduce cast
12741s	arcane
12743s	wood I can't remember
12746s	the name of the card but I think he's
12748s	got deal two damage in that naggling so
12750s	it doesn't matter as much now because I
12752s	I was wondering if he was gonna just go
12754s	ruin of the archmage first and then have
12756s	two damage in hand you know maybe if
12758s	that's some weird lethal maybe that's
12760s	the point is that
12762s	ruins kind of cold Gateway okay that's
12765s	armor that's something
12768s	yeah I mean he's safe from the damage we
12772s	saw anyway right the pink and just the
12774s	one Frozen touch
12776s	that Frozen touch will be infused though
12779s	by the end of this turn or our Guru
12782s	could just Infuse it himself oh sure so
12784s	I think aljiru doesn't need to worry
12787s	about ice barrier necessarily
12791s	he does need to worry about counter
12793s	spells so I think the play is to test
12795s	with solid alibi
12797s	and then go Frozen touch Frozen touch
12799s	pink and that should get him to win 100
12801s	of the time
12803s	yeah those frozen touch end states are
12805s	so strong when it's infused it's so much
12807s	damage for so few mana and algeru
12809s	getting the job done the keep on the
12812s	dawn grass the pushing the pings as
12813s	often as possible just about was enough
12816s	and it was a really close game honestly
12819s	for game number one bunny Hopper looked
12821s	way ahead with the big dragon board but
12823s	after declare from Algeria and that
12825s	extra damage it was looking fantastic
12826s	and suddenly Alger is just one zero up
12829s	in the series winning that Mage mirror
12831s	and looking good for the rest of it I
12833s	know you said you would sort of lean
12835s	towards bunny hopper in terms of who's
12837s	favored in the series but I think when
12839s	you just look at the decks unless this
12840s	date for me unless this Demon Hunter
12842s	really Falls over
12844s	um which he could do like I think
12846s	Algeria is looking fantastic now the
12848s	Mage the other way yeah that's very fair
12850s	the Demon Hunter does have a lot of
12853s	teeth against Shaman just um Decks that
12856s	struggle dealing with individual huge
12858s	minions which is the case for Shaman
12860s	ever since they've cut snowfall Guardian
12863s	um devolving the huge relic of Phantasm
12866s	tokens is not necessarily a good idea
12869s	but the Demon Hunter itself is also
12872s	vulnerable to a quicker aggressive start
12874s	so maybe if bunny were to get you know
12877s	just a really strong curve with murlocs
12880s	on the shaman or on this big spell Mage
12882s	if they if he got a Belinda pretty early
12884s	then it is still doable but overall
12887s	aogiro looking very very good in this
12889s	series and we do have that frame stuff
12892s	that she loved talking about
12894s	yeah I mean it's just great I love when
12896s	just a little tech cards slip into the
12899s	deck and it's just like okay and it wins
12902s	games as we saw earlier on or at least
12904s	dramatically helps there's also the
12905s	other uh game-winning tool there in the
12908s	key cards uh maybe you can tell that I
12910s	did these but glug the gulper uh if you
12913s	play this card you simply win the game
12915s	that should be the stats on that card uh
12918s	but yeah this is the uh mid-range Shaman
12920s	from bunny Hopper and a bit of a
12923s	surprise uh for with the submissions
12925s	because I don't think anyone was really
12926s	expecting Shaman I think Shaman after
12928s	the Nerfs was very okay it wasn't good I
12933s	would say but bunny Hopper seems to
12935s	decide this is good enough and it's
12936s	looking good so far
12939s	yeah it is one of the ducks that got hit
12941s	very very hard by the Nerf to snowfall
12943s	guardian and yet it still ends up having
12946s	quite enough tools it was a deck that
12948s	was doing so many different things
12950s	already that losing one of those tools
12952s	did make it lose one of its angles which
12955s	is you know cheesing out wins against
12956s	Decks that go a bit greedier than it on
12959s	board but it still has quite a lot of
12961s	the good anti-aggro tools and a lot of
12964s	combo disruption tools with that
12966s	mutinous and the doubling Battle Cry
12968s	effects and we see bunny Hopper's list
12971s	going Less on the greedy side he's cut a
12974s	famish tool he's cut an insatiable
12975s	Devourer which I think is a good call
12977s	for the field this week gonna be facing
12981s	the curse imp warlock though which I
12983s	tend to think Shaman struggles a bit
12985s	against the damage from the curses
12987s	stocks up really really heavily and they
12989s	don't have that much access to heal
12991s	outside of a big denaturia swing so
12994s	bunny gonna have to turn up the pressure
12996s	I think to get this one yeah I think
12998s	this has been true since Shaman had the
13001s	nerves is that a lot of match-ups rely
13004s	heavily on the shaman player really
13007s	really wanting um our schooling in their
13009s	opening hand right because it gives you
13011s	so many like cheap anti-aggro options
13014s	that is such a key card and can often be
13016s	the difference between Ellie staying in
13019s	the game and being completely run over
13020s	like this air warlock is capable of
13023s	doing uh so we'll have to see how this
13025s	one goes there's the uh
13028s	probably not a keep in this matchup but
13031s	if he does get to play it I promise you
13032s	he'll win but there's schooling as well
13034s	and monk pools with the game on it why
13038s	would you not keep a purified Shard
13039s	Raven you've got to get to turn seven
13042s	first that's the problem I guess turn
13044s	six with the coin maybe it simply was a
13046s	keep
13048s	well there's the schooling which is the
13049s	other when the game card you're talking
13051s	about plus some muck pools which means
13053s	that bunny is one null away from great
13055s	success uh but even if you were not to
13058s	draw the null schooling still provides a
13060s	lot of great great removal potential
13063s	against
13064s	um early minions from the M4 lock
13067s	outside of exactly fiendish Circle which
13069s	is the one where you feel bad about
13070s	trading one for one with the piranhas
13075s	but open in here at least good enough
13078s	for now via Library available for ajiru
13082s	that's right not really doing much of a
13086s	buff at the moment
13088s	um
13089s	whether or not
13092s	um our Euro gives plus one plus one to
13094s	the Imp it would take two piranhas
13096s	played to remove it it just makes a
13099s	difference of two piranhas traded or not
13106s	I really like the early Buffet
13109s	pile on the pressure and make bunny hop
13111s	have an answer an even worse case right
13114s	now ajiru does have a playable turn
13117s	three right it's not either hand is
13119s	completely rubbish which is good
13121s	up on the other hand can go for the
13123s	Sleep breaker I could point out for easy
13126s	if he's really worried about the damage
13130s	holding out just a little bit longer the
13132s	window to draw Knoll is still wide open
13134s	as long as he has kept the piranhas and
13137s	the coin in hand
13142s	cultists to start the curse train and
13145s	also overdraw bunny Hopper a cart seems
13148s	nicely placed here
13149s	yeah not going for the wicked shipment
13151s	librarian this turn purely because yeah
13155s	it's more stuff on board but when he
13157s	knows the fish are in the hand there's
13159s	kind of no point so I do like this as
13161s	well just put a little bit more of a
13162s	singular tanky minion burn the card
13165s	you opening up as a response can be
13170s	and you just know RG is really serious
13172s	because he's in his like most sober
13174s	outfit I've ever seen yeah right now
13176s	looking comfy
13179s	and ready to focus on the gameplay
13183s	uh that Finley being burned not a huge
13186s	deal I would say
13188s	but bunny has once again left himself
13191s	nine cards in hand that other curse will
13194s	expire though so I guess it doesn't
13195s	really make sense to play the other
13197s	cultist here
13199s	yeah and I do like getting the car
13201s	drawer as well just letting him uh
13203s	letting Algeria get a plan for the
13205s	future as well see what's coming up and
13207s	also has the benefit of well if you go
13209s	wide with M's draw cards you might hit
13212s	cards like mischievous in like imp King
13214s	reform and then the fact you went wide
13216s	means they're going to start infusing
13218s	those cards you just drew uh for you
13220s	anyway so it all seems to line up pretty
13222s	well and the opposite we're gonna have
13224s	to very quickly start entering this
13226s	board and he's still only really got a
13229s	few piranha to do so
13232s	that's right six damage to allocate
13236s	which combined with the school teacher
13238s	can get rid of all the most threatening
13240s	minions here uh but it is pretty
13242s	expensive to do so so just freezing the
13245s	problem away for now I think makes sense
13247s	gonna involve his school teacher let's
13249s	see what the five drop is
13251s	so relaxing I was just about to say five
13255s	drops I feel are either very good or
13257s	very bad
13259s	we did learn this from jaundice didn't
13260s	we yeah
13263s	you know still not amazing stats for the
13266s	cost but
13268s	challenges the board that's the
13269s	important part any way he can bounce
13272s	this
13273s	and play the long game
13276s	yeah I want to try getting no duplicates
13279s	left in your deck which still has 30
13281s	cards because you're playing around easy
13283s	look putting up is already halfway there
13285s	right he's running only one of the
13287s	framesters so and a few legendaries so
13290s	he's doing okay
13292s	it's a bit rough to have played far side
13294s	and then drawn the null which is like
13297s	after he's just played both of the
13299s	locations so it's still going to be on
13301s	cooldown next turn and it creates this
13304s	sort of awkward in-between turn where
13306s	bunny I think if he hadn't drawn the
13309s	null was going to play the Piranhas most
13311s	of the time to get rid of that five six
13312s	which would then be unfrozen but now
13314s	playing these piranhas makes the null so
13316s	much more expensive in the next turn
13319s	yeah you might end up with like a rental
13321s	hero power as a potential backup plan
13323s	because I think he can take the damage
13325s	for the trade-off of actually getting an
13326s	evolved null on board
13329s	depends how jiru can just go for a
13332s	temple zap cool here that's just the
13334s	most pressure on board trades really
13336s	nicely with the Reno and even though
13337s	this is just the second curse
13341s	um he has the third in hand already
13351s	maybe actually just randfl play the
13353s	curse seems okay here
13355s	right and kill the Zack oil and just
13357s	take the hit it's a little bit scary but
13360s	null could really change the pace of the
13363s	game right if he gets one of the you
13364s	know the big stats then you can actually
13365s	start racing algero because this warlock
13368s	doesn't really have that many ways to
13370s	kill actually big minions
13373s	could be but I think maybe the trade-off
13378s	of leaving the seven damage on board is
13380s	not necessarily worth it for a random 10
13382s	drop evolve he does have two roles on it
13384s	but if he doesn't immediately get Rush
13386s	it's a lot of damage that gets left on
13389s	board and even if he were to play three
13392s	piranhas this turn it's not as though
13393s	the null is unplayable next turn it's
13395s	just more expensive it's gonna go for it
13398s	this turn though just taking the trade
13400s	even more discipline play than what I
13403s	was thinking which is just to use the
13405s	Piranhas to trade
13407s	yeah the this is this is the most
13409s	defensive play right save him the most
13411s	health this turn which is fine and my
13413s	only worry is he takes a little bit of
13415s	damage from the curse next turn and as
13417s	of this moment in time this school
13419s	teacher has a lot of work to do for
13422s	bunny Hopper next turn right to uh help
13424s	with the uh the just the lack of
13426s	anything to do in response to see
13429s	I'm shocked to not see times in this
13431s	turn honestly
13433s	three threes or more pressure but at
13435s	least one of them is dead on board to a
13437s	trade and just that time's in to clear a
13439s	2-3 get more cards drawn and just have
13443s	it active seeing pretty clean to spend
13445s	the Mana that turn I am generally a big
13448s	fan of playing times in on curve unless
13451s	any of the play wins you the game and
13453s	you know what I mean and I do agree with
13455s	you I think time's done curve looked
13457s	pretty good there
13460s	all right uh a primordial wave to
13465s	re-roll more evolves seems
13468s	pretty decent
13470s	because he's been getting understated
13473s	um stats for for cost on every single
13475s	roll so far if you played it now after
13478s	trade he gets three five eight right
13482s	yes and the two I guess
13487s	oh cargo guard armor is very relevant
13489s	here
13491s	and of course good stats on the five
13494s	drop and the eight eight those are fair
13498s	and the the boulder is also yeah and the
13500s	party plays it as death yeah I was gonna
13502s	say even just Eckhart he chooses to play
13504s	anyway pretty good
13511s	so Tamsin still gets a bit of work done
13516s	here in conjunction with the grimoire of
13519s	sacrifice
13522s	yeah it does clear everything right if
13524s	he sacrifices the 3-2
13527s	times in trade three four in the murazon
13530s	yes looks like it to me and I think
13533s	that's
13533s	simply the play right like nothing else
13536s	is really available for algero and the
13538s	biggest problem here is that cargo guard
13540s	like yes the wallet can stack a lot of
13542s	damage from curses
13543s	but he doesn't have them yet so he needs
13547s	to buy time to get there and he can't
13548s	just take this kind of hit
13550s	right just
13553s	yeah that gets sacrificed and then done
13556s	I mean I guess there was a
13559s	slightly better order to see options
13561s	which was trade the 3-2 in the 8A then
13564s	play time you can see if you need to
13566s	grow more but I don't think there's any
13567s	other card you would spend the last one
13569s	mana on then Grim or so fair enough I
13571s	think that's why I was initially
13572s	confused because I would have done it
13573s	that way like made the 3-2 trade and
13575s	then you know done the things but yeah
13577s	this works out more or less the same
13579s	like you said you had to grimoire anyway
13585s	okay
13587s	Newton is on empty board seems very good
13590s	to me
13592s	or lowest roll hit though is this an
13597s	evolve though I think it is right eight
13599s	drop over seven six oh no
13602s	less pressure
13608s	on to follow up with those so it's not
13611s	all bad for buddy right and that is
13613s	going on turn eight so it doesn't
13615s	overload into the denatures turn which
13617s	is nice but you can see just how upset
13620s	Bunny Gets at every single like
13625s	um slightly understated outcome because
13627s	this is more Health than the 76 but it's
13629s	so important to get that pressure in
13631s	because the window is closing he's at
13633s	19.
13634s	um there's like three curse cards played
13636s	already I think I'm not getting any
13639s	younger
13641s	yeah
13644s	very scary yeah I think it's two because
13646s	it was just a zackle and one Syracuse
13649s	right there's been no actual drag below
13651s	our uh wave but
13653s	just getting the first two out of the
13655s	way I think is a big deal because when
13658s	these next set of curses starting when
13660s	they start going three four five is when
13662s	you start going ouch like the one not a
13665s	big deal but when it starts hitting hard
13666s	like it's a little bit scary indeed
13672s	looks like he is leaning more towards
13674s	the curse plan
13678s	he went wide and saying he just doesn't
13680s	have any AOE which again is a fairly
13682s	reasonable assumption against the shaman
13684s	they often do not have any way to close
13686s	super wide boards
13688s	yeah slergel being the best one and
13691s	that's pretty difficult to put together
13692s	without a Gore Lock And even if this
13695s	board does manage to get cleared Uhuru
13698s	has the instant reform follow-up which I
13700s	think is the main logic behind the play
13702s	alternatively he also has Tamsin Abyssal
13705s	wave which is Curse number four and five
13708s	so just attacking from many different
13711s	fronts here this is sick the rifle bunny
13713s	Hopper triple trade if he wants it and
13715s	then just primarily a wave
13717s	board seems insane
13719s	up six drops and a nine draw Oh yes any
13724s	fins go
13727s	yeah hero novalicious four tiny fins
13730s	that's good luck if I've ever seen it
13733s	and the next year as well there for
13734s	bunny so it's going to be a couple of
13736s	extra minions
13737s	any kind of thing you can get at this
13739s	point
13741s	but is this just lethal throughout you
13744s	because like that other person hand is
13746s	dealing with you right for the second
13749s	hit oh that's a ton never mind and then
13751s	there's four and five with Tamsin that
13753s	would have been I think one off
13755s	uh
13756s	still though I think Tom's in double a
13759s	Bissell wave is still very oh yeah just
13762s	take it yeah you take that every day not
13764s	only is it just doing the curse work but
13766s	it's also just killing the board which
13769s	is very very scary right now and I think
13770s	you you said it before where
13773s	the opposite ability to actually
13775s	threaten to kill uh algero here it's
13779s	very important in this matchup and it's
13781s	just not been there and Algeria is clear
13782s	now it's just making that the case even
13785s	further right still on 30 clears this
13788s	board which was you know pretty
13790s	threatening in itself Bonnie's gonna
13792s	take all this curse damage he can't play
13794s	dinathrius yet and he simply has to
13797s	spend the manner on these curses at
13800s	least
13801s	right
13803s	playing okanie does create some problems
13806s	for Algeria because he doesn't have that
13807s	last four damage which is a really big
13809s	deal because the denatures can stabilize
13812s	bunny in theory he just lives through
13814s	this turn so if arojira were to draw a
13816s	drag below that's the out
13818s	no more Sierra cast left well we would
13822s	do it too he's got a draw and a trade
13824s	with the wicked shipment yeah go for it
13827s	and I think you go for it right there's
13829s	no shot in which you don't actually just
13831s	do everything for this because he has
13833s	one cost spells he can still test for
13835s	okani spell counter no matter which he
13837s	picks up that is the draw he went for it
13842s	he got it and the curse lock strikes
13845s	again huge win for algeru uh really
13849s	impressive then bunny Hopper just
13850s	couldn't quite get there he was building
13853s	the threatening boards but they just
13855s	weren't quite big enough a little bit
13856s	unlucky with some evolves but look at
13858s	how giru here now you know you were
13860s	saying before only recently been you
13862s	know heating at this kind of level and
13865s	what a big win it would be to actually
13867s	take out bunny hopper in the winners
13869s	match of the group because not only is
13871s	just getting this far incredible and
13874s	getting out of groups is fantastic but
13875s	beating I'll give you one of the best
13877s	players in the world on stream is uh
13879s	something you wouldn't mind adding to
13881s	your resume
13882s	absolutely and just the gravity of every
13885s	single match in these seasonal
13886s	championships cannot be overstated just
13889s	getting one step closer one step closer
13892s	to the world championship and it so
13893s	happens that you just need to make it to
13895s	Sunday and then win one more match in
13898s	order to make it through so for ajiru is
13900s	thinking if I can just win this game two
13902s	more matches and then through two worlds
13904s	which is a very very exciting position
13907s	to be in but also one where you can get
13910s	a little bit too much in your head and
13912s	tripped up so I'm just hoping to see
13914s	full Focus going into what is
13917s	potentially the last game of the series
13919s	yeah and I tell you what if you want to
13922s	see some almost like maximum Stakes
13924s	Hearthstone make sure to tune in for
13926s	those matches tomorrow for the uh
13928s	basically the winning ins for worlds
13931s	tomorrow that's going to be so so cute
13933s	but for now we're looking at our zoo on
13935s	this Relic Demon Hunter a deck we've
13938s	seen
13939s	look good on one you know in certain
13942s	games I think it's just the summary of
13943s	the deck we talked a lot about this
13944s	yesterday where it either dominates or
13948s	does nothing it feels like it's a very
13950s	Feast off I mean kind of deck and I
13953s	guess Algeria was just hoping now come
13956s	on Relic Demon Hunter give me Relic
13958s	vault which it has and give me
13961s	dimensions and that is normally good
13965s	enough
13967s	it is but I'm gonna raise you a far
13970s	watch post
13972s	potentially even on turn one
13974s	that can really wreck what Relic DH
13978s	wants to do default okay yeah it can do
13982s	it can do but bunny Hopper uh clearly as
13986s	well go he kept the mailbox and the Rune
13989s	of the archmage I believe and then got
13992s	the mode dress so even though the
13995s	overall plan is there both decks are
13997s	basically
13998s	trying to do the same thing right not
14001s	completely whiff in the early game both
14003s	decks tick that box right now and then
14006s	have those end game Power spikes so be
14009s	very very spicy indeed how this one
14011s	plays out
14013s	only choosing to hold on to the coin
14015s	here I think is very reasonable because
14018s	the nature of his curve if he had gone
14020s	watch post on one into mailbox answer it
14022s	was pass pass pass pass like the
14025s	Fortress and the Rune he had just
14026s	nothing else uh I think the watch post
14029s	has to come down now though because the
14031s	window for it is closing pretty quickly
14034s	at least for the disruption to be
14036s	significant and it's already pretty easy
14038s	for Alger to deal with it currently
14041s	though will take
14043s	I think two debuffs because the chaos
14046s	strike plus hero power just seems a bit
14049s	cleaner than using Fury here I think I
14051s	like Fury though instead I think you see
14054s	Finley got hit and you don't care and
14057s	then you just say you know what I'll
14059s	just count I'll just fiori hero power
14061s	Kelly and then carry on with the game I
14063s	think maybe I'm too worried about
14065s	hitting a card like you know Dimensions
14067s	making it cost that bit more coming down
14069s	that turn
14070s	um later but it's a tough choice
14073s	actually it's not straightforward like
14075s	getting the mannering for card draws you
14076s	said is obviously valuable you're
14078s	drawing a card sooner and spending your
14080s	Mana more efficiently but
14082s	I think if I was sat there in algeria's
14085s	chair I would press the fury but I'm
14087s	also a bit of a wuss yeah I mean Audrey
14090s	was having that exact same dilemma and
14092s	end up with predation oh okay okay the
14094s	best one that's just gonna go to zero
14096s	anyway
14097s	um but I absolutely see your point
14099s	there's a couple cards in the deck even
14101s	like Dimensions being the big one but
14103s	the likes of Jace
14105s	um or any other Relic going up honestly
14108s	just by one Mana can uh ruin potential
14111s	Combos and delay them a whole entire
14113s	turn more but on the flip side there's
14115s	that Fury which is more Mana efficient
14118s	and also can get stronger and be in the
14121s	Jace pool as a stronger card if held on
14125s	to for a bit later so so many pros and
14127s	cons to wait honestly I wouldn't have
14129s	minded either way I still can't believe
14131s	larger gives the not okay watch post
14133s	again what's the draw it's relic of
14135s	dimensions of course is but he has to be
14138s	very happy that that previous draw was
14141s	predation because look how good this
14144s	turn is perfect
14146s	yeah and I think bunny realizes like
14148s	what he said I've got predation for that
14150s	chaos strike come on yeah that is very
14154s	unfortunate and I think I would you
14156s	insta-picked the relic of phantasms from
14158s	the noggling every single extra Relic
14161s	you can get from card Generations just
14162s	feels so amazing that's why you're
14165s	running the school teachers that's why
14166s	you're running
14167s	um in algeria's case the one of venomous
14169s	scorpid he also has that prosecutor
14172s	beltronics in the list which is not
14174s	something that is standard for Relic th
14177s	but can come in handy if you are in a
14180s	winning position I actually felt like
14182s	it's more of an aggro card but have been
14184s	really surprised about its utility
14187s	foreign
14194s	well he could play the dimensions now
14197s	just trade into the mailbox and grab
14200s	himself a nice juicy coin
14204s	yeah he really wants to play that
14205s	naggling first though doesn't he answers
14209s	yeah it makes a big difference
14214s	ever go slow and just like chaos strike
14218s	see what he draws then go noggling braid
14222s	get the coins for next turn
14225s	the fear is the answer I guess
14230s	um what's her name barbaric sorceress
14233s	right one
14235s	there's no good way to play around it
14237s	necessarily unless he wanted to cash in
14239s	the fury just like this as well
14242s	um so I guess he is going to go for that
14244s	however bunny could still just trade the
14246s	mailbox dancers at will
14249s	so are you going to trade both of them
14252s	and play both coins
14255s	okay
14258s	it just looks like a weird turn but this
14261s	is being safe around barbaric so I
14264s	completely respect it and he's still
14265s	very much capable of playing the relic
14267s	of Dimensions next turn
14271s	yeah unless the bar break comes down
14273s	right because then it'll hit her right
14275s	like oh true that's the scary thing if
14277s	it but as you was just saying look I'm
14281s	not gonna give them a zero cost because
14283s	there's a big difference right between a
14285s	zero and a six even though it's referral
14287s	gear if it happens we can of course see
14289s	that there isn't our Baba sorceress and
14292s	suddenly
14294s	some Pelicans
14296s	and a fish thing but that's about it
14299s	yeah this is such a weird hand for bunny
14301s	or like every other card than the Rune
14305s	of the archmage is trash I guess the
14306s	coins are part of that whole package so
14309s	it looked really tempting to use thinly
14311s	to re-roll those coins into actual good
14314s	cards but he is going all in on the Rune
14317s	here which I understand
14319s	and big question here kirchers now that
14322s	it's drawn does that take priority over
14325s	Relic just because Algeria is not Juiced
14327s	it okay he was looking at gertras but no
14329s	gonna go for the dimensions and let's
14331s	see what he gets oh she bran oh my
14336s	oh
14339s	and also zero spells which is actually
14342s	kind of huge that
14344s	that that's insane not that funny has
14346s	barbaric but it's just peace of mind for
14349s	our true
14352s	well
14353s	Arun and a dream
14355s	yeah has
14358s	yeah but he's not ain't any spells right
14361s	this game
14363s	I forgetting something I don't think so
14365s	I was just thinking why the coin down
14367s	grasp is ever a consideration but I
14370s	don't think it does anything unless I'm
14373s	really missing something let me check
14376s	it was like okay
14377s	yeah watch post mail watch post mail
14381s	post god fire watch post mailbox dancer
14383s	and Pelican diver
14385s	that's it so yeah Don grasp would just
14387s	be activate Hero power gain some armor
14390s	and I think
14393s	you okay I thought it was just gonna be
14395s	gone
14396s	all right I guess this is respecting the
14399s	refill potential because in the end this
14401s	is just three one ones right bunny is
14403s	not under that much pressure probably
14405s	saving the rune for after he's seen
14407s	another phantasms or whatever got
14409s	discounted from that relic of Dimensions
14411s	because bunny doesn't have the immediate
14413s	follow-up of uh parrot or a second
14418s	and now Drew has refilled for days
14424s	actually I can just like do what he
14426s	wants yeah he's almost got too much yeah
14431s	I think he could get away with just
14433s	playing cultures honestly and just
14435s	double hero power this turn I think that
14437s	would be fine with the two one ones it
14439s	does push a lot of damage yeah
14441s	and just simply the brand okay wouldn't
14443s	really block that much but right right
14446s	yeah
14447s	yeah I I think I just like the
14450s	characters it's the most expensive
14451s	clunky card outside of artificial but
14454s	artificial will do a different job later
14455s	anyway so I think I like this it's just
14458s	a lot of damage it's a good amount of
14459s	pressure and he's already seen that
14461s	Bunny Hop is struggling right because
14463s	outside of the watch posts
14466s	but the upper's not exactly been rocking
14467s	his apologies right now he's a pelican
14469s	pass on turn five and then coin uh don
14473s	grasp into nothing on turn six
14477s	oh
14479s	this is just slightly weird order
14481s	because I thought our was gonna weave in
14483s	the two hero Powers so yeah me too but
14487s	because he played okani I think he was
14488s	meant to attack first before playing
14490s	coaches just to have a bit more attack
14492s	on the bats not a huge deal in the grand
14494s	scheme of things though I think it was
14496s	definitely a turn where even though you
14498s	can argue oh well it wasn't perfect play
14500s	but you can understand why your mind
14503s	might change halfway through that turn
14505s	right
14506s	and it is still a significant economy
14508s	because it blocked the coin coin Rune
14510s	turn
14514s	it's sorceress but
14517s	oh
14519s	empty parrot as well oh anybody
14529s	rolls off of the school teacher either
14532s	yeah and honestly for Bonnie Loki had
14536s	the 2-3 because if he didn't freeze face
14538s	never mind The Relic parts of the the
14541s	deck right just what five minions just
14543s	hitting face along with the hero powers
14545s	like that's an insane amount of damage
14548s	by itself just with kirchers uh-huh that
14550s	would have been 12 damage from the hero
14552s	power with two Mana to spare so makes a
14556s	whole lot of sense to freeze face here
14558s	but aljiru can still just double play
14561s	rally before he mentions if you wanted
14562s	he could go zymox
14569s	okay I didn't know whether he's gonna go
14571s	for like a brand school teacher instead
14576s	yeah maybe but oh my that also makes
14580s	some hand space issues so I think in
14582s	terms of the priority of cards to put in
14585s	hand
14586s	um the drawn cards from Relic are a much
14590s	better deal than the random nagaling so
14593s	look at all of this damage there's now a
14596s	zero cost Relic Vault I imagine Algeria
14599s	is going to at least consider playing
14601s	the uh
14602s	Extinction yeah just to push more stunno
14606s	damage
14606s	yeah and also just get it out of hand
14608s	right
14611s	okay he's gonna hold
14614s	more stuff oh yeah I don't yeah I don't
14617s	blame him that was an incredible series
14620s	some very close games in the uh the
14624s	first two thumbs up from Algeria of
14625s	course but um that last game that felt
14628s	so one-sided and I think the key is like
14631s	we talked about earlier the answers to
14633s	the watch posts were absolutely key
14635s	there even though one of them hit the
14637s	relic of Dimensions the fact that aljiru
14639s	got the clean school teacher into
14641s	predation to kill the second one it was
14644s	perfect and what a win faujiru not only
14647s	going 3-0 and making it through to
14649s	tomorrow but also doing it by beating
14652s	bunny Hopper 3-0 what a victory
14654s	absolutely he can get a whole lot of
14657s	rest because his work is done very early
14659s	in the day but for bunny Hopper the
14661s	story is very different having to wait
14663s	at the decider match we still have to
14667s	see the outcome of lovestorm versus
14669s	zochi and all of this of course in
14673s	regards to who will get that last spot
14675s	in group C through to tomorrow and that
14678s	chance to make it through to the World
14680s	Championship it's still a lot more ahead
14682s	of us but our players cannot afford to
14685s	feel like they have time to rest yeah
14687s	we've got the rest of Group C going to
14689s	be playing out coming up right right now
14691s	sorry and then of course we're going to
14692s	finish the day playing through all of
14694s	Group D so plenty of Hearthstone coming
14696s	up we are going to go to a quick break
14698s	while we set up that match we'll be back
14700s	soon
14704s	thank you
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14862s	[Music]
14872s	foreign
14878s	[Music]
14883s	[Applause]
14886s	[Music]
14897s	hello everybody and welcome back to the
14898s	Masters Tour fall Championship my name's
14901s	tjm joyed by Neil Lorinda Bond AKA
14903s	Lorinda Bond AKA at the rinda games Neil
14907s	how you doing buddy yep absolutely great
14909s	all the better for that amazing intro as
14912s	ever and just still contrasting really
14915s	today's action with yesterday's with
14916s	even though that was a 3-0 the games are
14918s	longer the matches seem more thoughtful
14920s	they're not more thoughtful there's a
14921s	lot of thought went into yesterday's
14922s	games but actual two and Frozen things
14925s	are happening whereas yesterday people
14927s	were just getting blown off the park and
14931s	that's a thing that could happen TJ in
14934s	this particular one because Druid is
14937s	here
14938s	foreign
14940s	because Druid yeah because Druid it
14944s	could just lose three times to The
14946s	Fairly aggressive lineup from the other
14948s	side
14949s	um so be interesting to see if love
14951s	storm can get away with that Druid
14952s	especially as he has gone with the
14954s	alignment version I think
14957s	until there was one there a minute ago
14958s	when I looked yesterday there was an
14960s	alignment there which is kind of two
14963s	wasted Cards Against the aggressive
14964s	decks as well because by the time you
14965s	can play your alignment you've either
14966s	won or stable or lost or stabilized
14969s	anyway so well really not surely here's
14973s	Neil were in the barn then post your
14975s	alignment is a way for you to pull
14976s	yourself up
14977s	Buy bootstraps
14980s	and uh steal a win you know let's say
14983s	you have one more turn to live and you
14984s	have like lady anacondra and nourish
14988s	in hand or lady anacondra and he played
14990s	a jewelry Carpenter so you have both
14992s	halves of the nourishing hand and then
14994s	boom you live you survive at two Health
14996s	leaning in a contract nerves for Ram
14998s	nurse for draw nature spell nature spell
15000s	planet evidence play something big wow
15003s	you just drew into insatiable devour you
15005s	killed their giant minion that's on
15007s	board whoa you picked up a free Earth in
15008s	Scales because of Lady anacondra boom
15012s	I'm just saying necklace and you're like
15015s	commentating the match
15016s	yeah I'm just guiding you through a
15019s	scenario that's possible to happen
15021s	so we don't want to count it out yet
15024s	okay well it's not even being played yet
15026s	so definitely not counting out in this
15028s	one because love storm has queued up The
15030s	Relic Demon Hunter first
15033s	um we've said all there is to say about
15035s	this deck I think play Relic Vault win
15037s	game don't play Relic Vault don't win
15039s	game
15041s	yeah that's it that's that's the the
15043s	pricey
15044s	well there's you can just play a good
15047s	old fell Demon Hunter and get there a
15049s	lot of the time to be honest especially
15050s	against Decks that don't uh
15052s	have a lot of Health
15055s	Decks that don't have a lot of Health
15057s	like all the ones that forgot to put
15060s	marathon in yeah all the ones
15063s	in the face yeah that one no
15067s	um or you just like go down the curve
15070s	g-log on seven Json 8 boom they're dead
15073s	never even any relics played
15076s	just all my school teachers and
15079s	Bell barrages and Furies and predations
15082s	you know all the good stuff so
15085s	I would blast myself in the face flame
15089s	imp take 13.
15090s	yeah imagine opening a a game by
15093s	starting the game with 13 less Health
15095s	than you should
15097s	be a good card but now it hits you for
15100s	13.
15101s	and it's still being played here we go
15103s	with zoti's curse imp warlock
15106s	um we've seen this in almost every
15110s	single lineup now
15112s	um just a mishmash apparently of two
15115s	decks to squash together but working
15117s	really well in in harmony
15121s	is symbiotic pair of decks acting as one
15130s	isn't it just like like liking on a tree
15133s	bark
15135s	like what lichen lichen
15140s	Moss um
15142s	pretty sure it's liking
15145s	as in like and Throat the first time
15147s	anybody the first time but because I got
15150s	it right he was so surprised you made me
15152s	get it wrong
15153s	yeah is there a second acceptable
15156s	pronunciation
15157s	I mean I have second acceptable
15159s	pronunciations of nearly every word TJ
15165s	mathematics is
15167s	yeah we have multiple mathematics over
15170s	here
15171s	yeah
15172s	I'm gonna go study some mathematic
15175s	it's just the one mathematic he knows
15177s	yes just gonna study my math
15180s	some good old addition and subtraction
15182s	ah wait I fell into the Trap that's
15184s	already mathematics yeah there you go
15186s	there's two things what about proofs
15191s	you ever just you know wake up in the
15193s	morning you're like I'm gonna hop on my
15194s	computer and go do some proofs
15196s	well I didn't like you know I sort of
15198s	proved that one and one equals two for a
15201s	given value of x if the y-axis is equal
15204s	to the vortex of the something else
15209s	like geometric proofs
15212s	idea can do proofs in metric Imperial
15214s	she's she's really smart she can do them
15216s	in any measurement units you like yeah
15218s	you don't know the five parts of a of a
15220s	geometric proof
15222s	I don't know oddly enough
15224s	enlighten me
15226s	I don't know them
15228s	uh there's a proposition somewhere in
15231s	there
15233s	I'm sorry I'm I'm already okay you have
15235s	to you have to say what you know
15237s	they what you're trying to prove
15240s	like say the state the facts
15243s	oh I see axioms
15247s	and then for a geometric proof show it
15251s	like uh
15252s	like the actual sh
15255s	Show the shapes
15258s	they still know so I know there are
15261s	shapes I'm trying to prove there are
15264s	more shapes and now I'm going to show
15265s	you the shapes
15267s	that's three so the last thing the five
15270s	parts of a geometric proof
15273s	um
15274s	one what do I know two what do I Wanna
15278s	Know three
15281s	what are the facts because that differs
15282s	from what I know because what I know
15284s	could be wrong so I have to State the
15285s	facts four what are my thoughts in five
15289s	shapes
15293s	and does that mean it's going to be a
15296s	three two or three and then through this
15298s	process
15300s	you you've proven
15304s	that a a geometrical equation is true
15307s	boom and that links nicely into this
15310s	best of five conquests where we're going
15312s	to prove that one of these two is the
15314s	best player without any reasonable doubt
15317s	I'll try the fact talk about Hearthstone
15319s	a little bit all right well we could um
15320s	we could talk about whatever whatever
15322s	you like really absolutely shapes what
15325s	sort of shapes
15326s	um do you prove I like a hand that goes
15328s	like this
15331s	you're gonna put lower
15333s	it's very Halloween or Amusement wait a
15336s	second
15338s	there's five fingers the the hand
15342s	wait no let's see now from the left
15345s	coming this way okay never mind because
15347s	my camera is inverted I was like trying
15350s	to do the Warlock symbol with my hand
15352s	I can see the Warlock symbol and I was
15355s	like the thumb is inverted
15356s	like someone has the thumb on the
15358s	outside
15362s	so if you're looking at it as someone's
15365s	coming at you right like a warlock's
15366s	coming at you but can you get that angle
15369s	on your fingers the thumb like that's
15370s	like 150 degrees or something
15373s	yeah you just put your fingers apart
15375s	like this look
15377s	the axis it's the same
15383s	now do the Demon Hunter one
15387s	your turn okay you have a war Glade
15390s	lying around
15391s	um no it's behind the green screen I
15394s	can't reach it right now yeah probably
15396s	being a green screen we're in a I mean
15398s	silly I mean yeah if I go over the HD
15400s	Amino fall down the stage yeah you can
15402s	see behind us we're still waiting on the
15403s	players situated in their chairs
15406s	um
15408s	nobody showed up today
15411s	yeah even worse than yesterday he's
15413s	picking through that window back there
15416s	yeah he is taking a nap above the
15418s	chandelier on the other side so you
15419s	can't see her
15421s	Derek's in the toilet
15425s	okay and we're here on the balcony
15428s	with our backs to the players put our
15430s	face to the camera
15432s	waiting for them to emerge on the
15434s	obvious stage below
15436s	actually
15438s	they haven't even got computers down
15439s	there where are they I think they're
15440s	coming in Yep they're coming in right
15442s	now I see them walking in
15443s	[Music]
15444s	oh yeah here they come
15446s	here they are love storm
15449s	well you want to avoid too yeah it looks
15452s	like the gods have provided us with that
15454s	that um that opportunity to to not talk
15457s	about because there isn't any
15459s	very good
15462s	we're good
15463s	I guess we can talk about Hearthstone a
15465s	little bit zoji's in the initial match
15467s	of his series actually um
15470s	got reverse sweat
15472s	yeah uh with the knock pre sauce three
15475s	games with Naga priest so
15477s	I feel like that's the deck to look at
15479s	because you know normally on ladder
15481s	when they start to go on a losing streak
15483s	with you with the deck you're like I'm
15484s	gonna switch decks
15485s	and and tournament playing Conquest
15488s	specifically
15489s	you gotta win with all three decks so
15492s	you don't have that option you gotta
15493s	queue it up it's basically for 2-0 up
15495s	right that's it you just you've got one
15497s	deck left you have to cue it there you
15499s	go you don't get a chance to switch
15501s	around
15502s	yeah but now he gets a chance to not
15505s	start with it or maybe he'll want to
15506s	start with and get it out of the way
15507s	it's very um exciting times and maybe
15510s	that's what's taking so long maybe he's
15511s	having a good old think about whether to
15513s	to kill the priest or not yeah a really
15517s	good thing
15520s	we got worried that they're uh in a test
15522s	game currently
15524s	um so that was three minutes ago which
15526s	means that we should be jumping into the
15528s	first game momentarily as you saw it's
15529s	going to be the Relic Demon Hunter for
15530s	lovestorm versus the uh imp curse
15533s	Warlock
15534s	uh for Sochi I feel like Chris walk has
15537s	been performing a lot better today in
15539s	this group than it did in the groups
15541s	that we saw yesterday it was definitely
15543s	the weak link and a lot of players line
15545s	up but today and this could be a
15547s	byproduct of the fact that the group
15548s	itself has a lot of different decks
15551s	right a lot more main yeah yeah slower
15553s	decks more like Relic Demon Hunter Druid
15556s	uh Thief Rogue
15559s	Etc so
15562s	um it's
15564s	yesterday was extra of bad draws plus uh
15567s	uh worst decks to go up against but it
15569s	does seem like courtesy warlock for the
15571s	players that did bring it today it's
15572s	doing just fine yeah yesterday was
15573s	incredibly I grew heavy but um
15576s	even though he's stuck in it even though
15579s	it's an incredibly um
15582s	good debt it can struggle against the
15584s	really aggressive stuff where they're
15586s	just putting stuff on the board hit you
15587s	a few things the curses don't matter
15589s	and we saw that a lot yesterday but
15591s	today is getting a chance to do its
15593s	thing against all of these decks
15596s	apart from now where apparently he's not
15598s	getting a chance to do anything
15599s	but maybe it will soon
15601s	yeah only time will tell
15607s	only time will tell and I mean it's uh
15610s	on our side here because yeah we're at
15612s	the start of the game soon I have a lot
15614s	of subjects that I want to hurt but I
15616s	know as soon as I start talking
15618s	non-saharsal subjects
15621s	um as soon as I started we're gonna go
15622s	into the game and then I won't be able
15624s	to talk about it
15625s	that's very legal of you oh I have a lot
15628s	of subjects you know
15629s	[Music]
15631s	we have a lot of subjects to discuss
15636s	today in our lesson we've already
15638s	discussed the five parts of a geometric
15640s	proof
15641s	[Music]
15642s	and next I want to discuss
15646s	uh the
15648s	this is something I think I just did I
15649s	discuss it with you
15651s	about pants
15653s	remind me we may have to sound familiar
15656s	Derek actually
15658s	yeah
15659s	um about how pandas are very hard to uh
15663s	classify in terms of their uh actual
15667s	like uh species because they're so
15669s	unique
15671s	I did that wasn't me
15673s	it wasn't you
15675s	well it's a it's a scientific dilemma
15678s	that's been going on for years and in
15679s	the end they just figured you know what
15681s	nobody really cares
15683s	um because they're because they're
15684s	pandas right like what is it what does
15687s	it matter to anyone if pandas really
15689s	belong to a different group
15692s	perhaps a panda's mind has anyone asked
15694s	the pandas what they think yeah and then
15696s	they
15698s	fell off a roll a wall and rolled down a
15700s	hill there you go then that's it and
15702s	grab and then grab some bamboo eat it
15704s	and then took a nap
15705s	that's the life of a panda they roll
15707s	around they eat bamboo the bamboo seeds
15710s	get stuck to their fur
15712s	they roll down a hill the bamboo Seas
15714s	get deposited in the hill that they
15716s	rolled down which grows more bamboo
15719s	there's more pandas oh okay which then
15721s	yes grows more pandas because there's
15723s	more bamboos there's a a more food
15725s	supply
15728s	literally anyway that's the discussion
15730s	that we had I think it was with Derek or
15732s	saddle Eric saying it was him oh it was
15734s	Derek yeah and he says I love pandas
15738s	is to eat bamboo be messy while they eat
15743s	bamboo so that the bamboo seeds get
15745s	caught in their fur and they fall down
15747s	and roll down a hill and then the bamboo
15749s	gets gets deposited in the earth when
15753s	they roll
15754s	because they're so heavy
15755s	is that why bamboo only grows at the
15758s	bottom of hills
15759s	uh well it grows All Along The Hills
15761s	because they roll down the whole hill
15762s	all right we're in the game loves
15765s	already happened
15766s	he's done five damage
15768s	a classic into an impended catastrophe
15771s	another classic lovestorm though not
15774s	terrible opening is going to get the
15776s	Relic Vault into phantasms to be able to
15777s	fight this board however zochi's gonna
15780s	be able to draw a whole heap of cards
15783s	here all Heap cards look at all those
15786s	cards
15787s	yeah he just gets to do the opening turn
15788s	all over again did he get the clear he
15791s	did yeah he already had it the grimoire
15792s	he already had it turned three he's done
15795s	14 damage he's got a massive board and
15798s	love storm
15800s	well
15802s	he's going to lose what is this
15808s	just dead
15810s	unless he finds a way to remove some of
15812s	this stuff I guess he can remove one amp
15814s	but you have a wicked shipment plus vile
15816s	library next turn
15818s	yeah okay there we go fell barrage cool
15822s	damage removing DMS from the Phoenix
15825s	Circle actually it's gonna go Relic ball
15827s	and just take out one of these
15829s	he realizes that if you just full
15831s	barrage now you're not gonna really do
15832s	much okay so how much damage we looking
15834s	at
15835s	uh Wicked shipment is going to uh bring
15837s	the file librarian up to five attack
15840s	there'll be four amps on board so we
15841s	have seven plus four eleven damage yeah
15845s	I know you can close it out with cursors
15847s	over time there's no Hill in the oh
15848s	there's there's the wall blades actually
15850s	but
15851s	yeah it takes a while to ramp up right
15857s	he's looking to see there's a more safe
15859s	way of doing it obviously because he's
15861s	in such a great spot now he's looking
15863s	whether the mischievous is just better
15865s	because that's putting just a lot of
15867s	stuff on the board but either way
15870s	Extinction will clear his board that's
15872s	what he's trying to work around at the
15873s	moment so I think he might end up going
15875s	with a vile
15876s	Library anyway to make sure that one
15878s	minion survives an Extinction weirdly
15887s	yeah there we go love storms like why
15888s	didn't you just do that
15892s	just just do it we're gonna have to wait
15894s	for 30 seconds for you to do this but we
15896s	can see that the Dilemma was down before
15899s	has to and that's the game the Vista
15903s	yeah yeah
15904s	see like it feels like M curse warlocks
15907s	just firing in all cylinders today it's
15910s	it's just
15911s	good wow 10 000. or 10 million that's a
15915s	big number
15917s	what is that what was that a lot of
15919s	shapes
15920s	yeah that is the one
15925s	TJ now is just busy working out how much
15928s	that thing on the wall was worth
15930s	and I'm going to talk about the next
15931s	game which will be either the Demon
15933s	Hunter or the priest
15934s	taking on dollars
15936s	seven thousand dollars
15939s	just pinned to his wall
15941s	he's got that much money he can just
15943s	have seven thousand dollars just
15944s	chilling on his shelf yeah just bring
15946s	that to the bank
15949s	you cash this giant check please
15952s	for 10 million won this is so every day
15955s	he goes in there he tries to get it
15957s	under the counter and it's just too wide
15958s	and he just can't get it in there so he
15960s	can't cash it he has to go home again
15962s	put it on his shelf he has to do it at
15964s	the ATM just cuts it into a bunch of
15965s	tiny pieces in the cash deposit just
15968s	gives me three dollars each time he has
15970s	to feed them in one at a time yeah those
15972s	ticket machines that you get at arcade
15974s	or you have to feed them in it tells you
15975s	how many tickets you've got and then
15976s	you've got like seven million tickets
15978s	you can cash it in for a bean bag or
15980s	something you just don't need
15981s	a pink bag
15985s	or like a kettle without a spouter or
15988s	something you just get all this garbage
15989s	that no one's ever done
15990s	that's called a cooker
15992s	yeah you get like a a candy bar that
15995s	they also sell at the front for a dollar
15997s	and it costs yeah thirty dollars to get
16001s	enough tickets to buy the candy bar
16002s	you've spent thirty dollars it's really
16004s	played hard and some basketball throwing
16007s	games all day just to earn this candy
16009s	bar that you could have just bought for
16011s	a dollar yeah
16013s	meanwhile ping mage
16016s	yep could be the key to the world
16018s	championship entry and a lot more than
16020s	seven thousand dollars for love storm
16022s	if you can get it done with this deck
16025s	yeah
16026s	um this deck is
16029s	uh the restaurant Viper is interesting
16030s	but I guess it makes sense if you expect
16033s	Rogue
16034s	um
16036s	at all uh you know easily traded away
16040s	right for one Mana
16042s	but this deck always felt sort of an
16045s	interesting spot for me where
16048s	it has the it wants to sort of be
16051s	aggressive but it uses like defensive
16055s	tools to be aggressive right yep uh like
16059s	the cold case sort of in a a defensive
16061s	car because the armor gain but you're
16063s	using it to kind of just piece together
16065s	some chip damage and beef up your Frozen
16067s	touches a little bit similar to freeze
16070s	Mage in a way uh in the sense that once
16073s	you get later in the game you've lost
16075s	control of the board most likely and
16076s	you're just freezing and pinging and
16079s	Frozen touching uh to try and piece
16081s	together the last points of damage
16083s	so it's all about
16085s	finding ways to buy yourself one more
16088s	turn like what's the most efficient way
16089s	to buy myself one more turn and push a
16091s	little bit of damage and that's sort of
16093s	what freeze Mage uh uh did in the past I
16097s	and I like how you know we still talk
16100s	about freeze Mage as as if it's this you
16102s	know deck that just has existed forever
16105s	but it's been like a good three years
16107s	since freeze Mage has actually been a
16111s	deck yeah qhc is like nine years old or
16114s	something now right yeah yeah
16118s	um but it's we need to we need to find
16121s	other comparisons for people that have
16123s	only been following I mean I've had a
16125s	Hearthstone are playing HearthStone for
16126s	like the last two or three years it's
16128s	like Luna's pocket Galaxy
16131s	but instead of reducing the cost of all
16133s	your cards
16134s	it kills your opponent it's like
16138s	um
16139s	uh oh what's what was that card that
16143s	transformed all the spells in your deck
16144s	to three one second oh box of deck
16148s	transformation I know yeah the box of
16151s	deck trans with the pocket Galaxy yeah
16155s	yeah
16156s	um
16157s	just call it yolks box of deck
16159s	transformation everyone will know
16161s	exactly yeah
16163s	yogs box of deck transformation Mage
16165s	yeah it's like that but instead of
16167s	transforming your spells into other
16169s	spells that are super efficient and
16171s	really cheap you're killing your
16172s	opponent
16174s	ah yeah it's like um
16178s	it's like big spell Mage except all the
16181s	cards are different and do different
16183s	things
16184s	yeah it's like big spell Mage instead
16187s	all of your spells are small and you
16188s	have more of them
16191s	because you have 40 instead of 30.
16193s	yeah
16195s	and you have more health
16197s	and at Naga recently yeah it's like
16199s	skeleton it's like
16201s	um the old uh Renault uh skeleton Mage
16204s	except you pyroblasting yourself in the
16206s	face at the start of the game
16212s	whereas with original threes Mage if
16214s	you're going to lose your power yourself
16216s	power yourself in the face at the end of
16218s	the game just to say well played
16220s	yeah concede
16225s	and one zero this is the deck that he
16227s	had trouble with in the previous matchup
16229s	but by trouble I mean he lost with it
16231s	three times that's not just trouble
16232s	that's like catastrophe levels
16236s	it's like if you had Mage and lost
16238s	without three times except it's priest
16247s	all right let's get into it oh love
16249s	someone's gonna be able to Ping anything
16251s	off that has um three health and well
16254s	that's what those cards to say and do at
16256s	the top there so luckily for associates
16258s	playing a deck where everything gets
16259s	much bigger than that very quickly
16261s	otherwise that'd be a really boring game
16266s	yeah this is actually a pretty good
16268s	start of Love storm yeah as Frost with
16271s	dungeon here at nightcloak Sanctum
16273s	it just you know it's a double wildfire
16276s	uh which is
16277s	gonna allow him to get to this game
16281s	relatively unseathed the biggest threat
16284s	comes in the later stages when
16287s	the inauga priests can a lot of things
16289s	in a turn you know the radio Elemental
16291s	handmade interns where you know they end
16294s	the turn with a giant Boot and you have
16295s	like this wide Board of medium stuff
16298s	and you're trying to figure out a way to
16300s	freeze it all
16301s	there's a lot of tools in the deck
16302s	though you got whatever you got Barden
16303s	you got nightclub sanctum you have solid
16305s	Alibi to just straight up buy yourself a
16307s	turn
16308s	but you will have to either acknowledge
16310s	those minions sometime or find a way to
16314s	put on pressure yourself and uh and look
16317s	look for ways to end the game
16319s	so
16320s	um okay love storm
16323s	faced with a dilemma here
16327s	but you could also go shivering
16330s	sorceress
16331s	Wildfire coin ping and leave up the
16335s	Slither Spear and hope that there's no
16337s	minion on the other side because then
16338s	you have like a
16340s	not a straight up trade on the board but
16341s	you're at least sticking a minion your
16343s	sources Wildfire are not coin and chill
16346s	is another option
16348s	ah I don't want to float a Mana
16351s	sure what's that coin doing other than
16354s	killing a 2-3 yeah okay
16357s	well the reason I was going with trying
16360s	to find a way to not use the coin there
16362s	and obviously floating Mana is is
16364s	criminal offense
16366s	um is that a lot of your harder play I
16369s	think the harder plays come at the start
16370s	of the game but a lot of the
16371s	harder to fit in place even though
16373s	they're slightly easy to make come at
16375s	the end when you haven't quite got
16376s	enough Mana to do stuff so that's why I
16377s	was trying to protect that coin but yeah
16379s	this this quite obviously makes perfect
16381s	sense
16387s	this is why you saw us actually take a
16388s	while over picking a handmade in last
16390s	term as well like no spells to activate
16392s	it just got to work on the assumption
16393s	that he will have eventually
16402s	about a slithering death scale think
16406s	that was tempting you know I kind of
16408s	liked it yeah but Chris call enforcer is
16410s	just overall better just cycle through
16413s	your deck a little bit more but still
16414s	need to spell right
16418s	um but for the Slither scale you need
16421s	three spells
16425s	yeah you need to buy turn seven whereas
16427s	with the Costco you need by now
16433s	work that out huh where's your shape
16435s	proofs now TJ
16439s	where's my what shape proofs
16444s	oh my geometric roofs yeah
16447s	well you're referring to GMAT proof
16450s	uh part five is Apes
16454s	yes itself on a small part of it I'm
16458s	sorry TJ I should um study harder for my
16461s	next cast with you
16463s	yeah and then you just come up with
16465s	something else I have to learn like
16466s	pandas or something
16471s	jigsaws
16475s	Patrick
16479s	yeah he's thinking about him for the uh
16482s	trade but that just walks right into
16485s	Shadow or devour right
16487s	um
16489s	I might just get about here I think he
16492s	just got a boon
16494s	it up
16496s	what's the other I mean the other
16497s	options are all horrible aren't they
16499s	yeah you can make like some value trades
16502s	and heal and then water scribe and then
16503s	try next to her but Boone activates the
16506s	crush claw enforcer so you can draw
16507s	further in your deck
16509s	uh it beefs up the attack of these uh
16511s	vicious Slither Spears so you can make
16512s	some better trades on the board
16515s	puts something in the way like the other
16518s	line as well ends up using up your two
16520s	drops so you get to five on our next
16521s	turn with a bunch of fours and threes in
16523s	your hand as well
16525s	the alternatives are just absolutely
16529s	I love stores wondering what's going on
16531s	here I don't know my pet is going to pop
16533s	off now your opponent's really
16534s	struggling to do anything you find
16535s	you're okay lovestone
16539s	it's just
16549s	huh
16553s	he's trying really hard to just play
16554s	around Apprentice here isn't he but if
16556s	it's there he's just lost basically yeah
16576s	Varden is a pretty big resource to
16580s	expend here but it does kill off two
16582s	minions and means love song is fully
16584s	ahead on board this can also value trade
16586s	over the uh the 2-1 and it leaves the
16589s	two five Frozen which gives lovestorm
16592s	way more options in the future turns and
16595s	a lot of times Varden is is there
16597s	because of
16599s	you know when you have that boom turns
16601s	to seeing one Boon already
16603s	means that you're
16605s	or okay with actually expending the
16608s	Varden so love storms are going to say
16610s	I'm gonna I'm gonna stay ahead on this
16612s	board and there's nothing you can do
16613s	about it yeah and also the fact that he
16616s	saw the Boon just used in that weird
16618s	fashion is an indicative that just just
16620s	do your things now love storm don't
16622s	don't pause your opponents on the ropes
16624s	they've got nothing to do
16626s	he doesn't know what's going on there's
16627s	a lot of possibilities but he knows it's
16629s	something
16631s	um is wrong with zoji's hand I think
16634s	that he can afford to get the immediate
16636s	benefits from the Varden
16639s	that's where he's at
16644s	it's not good at all for so serious
16649s	this is brutal
16652s	supposed to do
16658s	wow
16661s	a lot of fun was very happy to see that
16666s	and now he actually gets to just get on
16669s	with his game plan
16670s	yep
16673s	and this ping is just going to be
16674s	ridiculous right
16677s	and I don't think he used the snow
16679s	flurry here just because that's pretty
16681s	big what do I know
16685s	I mean he's thinking about the same
16687s	thing I'm thinking about okay yeah
16689s	here's the argument you have the implied
16691s	snowflier on the board you're further
16693s	ahead on the board right
16695s	it lets you have another meeting to
16696s	trade into for Frozen touch to be
16698s	infused yada yada
16700s	but let's say zochi just finds a clear
16704s	with like blade Master Samurai and a
16706s	blast
16707s	uh-huh
16708s	and then you all of a sudden you don't
16711s	have Varden or an amplified snow flurry
16713s	to buy you one more turn like
16715s	that's that's my uh my thought process
16719s	yeah I think that's fair
16721s	I guess we also have to look that the
16723s	lovestone doesn't have actually that
16724s	much going on in his own hand we've
16725s	concentrated on sochi's had quite a lot
16727s	maybe he's just thinking I want to hit
16729s	my opponent for 10 twice and just end
16731s	this
16735s	in case his hand whips a couple of times
16737s	where things could get quite messy if he
16739s	takes any time
16740s	foreign
16742s	just be looking to get it over with
16751s	because of this ludicrous
16754s	pumped up ping that he's got going on
16757s	oh no
16759s	that's fine well
16762s	it's fine but it's still unfortunate
16764s	right
16765s	yeah
16767s	it wasn't touching um
16770s	multicaster which has a couple of spells
16773s	Juiced up
16775s	playing for minions here I like this
16782s	okay finally
16784s	so you can actually do something yeah
16787s	find the truth hellagos
16790s	devour
16792s	Boone
16797s	and there you go what the deck does
16801s	yep
16802s	that's both Boons gone
16805s	but sochit has double handmade to back
16808s	this up if one of these minions is left
16809s	unfrozen with double handmade and
16811s	Priestess Village in hand like there's
16814s	lethal possibilities
16816s	absolutely yeah I think only one of the
16818s	handmaids is actively almost becomes
16820s	active almost certainly off the first
16821s	one so yeah
16825s	and now love Storm's got to decide
16829s	whether to just take a chance for a turn
16832s	like you can't you can you can just Jam
16834s	yeah and just go okay
16837s	now we set up
16846s	foreign
16849s	[Music]
16867s	[Music]
16885s	how many minions does he want on board
16887s	at any one time here is there a is a
16889s	right number
16891s	five seven okay
16900s	a lot
16901s	hmm like
16905s	our decision to go for a second hand
16907s	maiden or to
16909s	uh start getting the wigs uh rolling
16913s	here
16915s	second-hand mate and maybe he feels that
16917s	there isn't enough time
16919s	but he's go for it late in the turn
16925s	job done
16927s	[Music]
16937s	I mean that's sort of some flowy defense
16940s	I guess but that's not the main issue
16942s	it's gonna be Alibis and stuff all right
16954s	hmm
16955s	yeah I mean it is just looking pretty
16957s	rough for lovestorm as is
16960s	this is why I wasn't sure about the uh
16963s	aggressive use of minions earlier on
16966s	yeah
16968s	I don't think the Varden was absolutely
16969s	necessary I don't think the Amplified
16971s	snow flurry was absolutely necessary I
16973s	understood where his head was but
16975s	you see what you said coming into action
16979s	now which is
16982s	yeah needs them now because he didn't
16984s	get the job done with the board yeah can
16987s	do some things here you go sorceress
16990s	Cold Case throw out a frozen touch
16995s	and then you've probably got a solid
16998s	Alibi to be quite honest
17004s	is he gonna be face
17006s	yeah he's gonna get for one turn I think
17013s	and say you kill me you kill me but if
17014s	you don't then I freeze with oh then I
17016s	Alibi and then I might be able to kill
17018s	you over two turns that's his
17020s	declaration here
17022s	oh dude this is gotta be lethal right I
17026s	mean yeah I'm not going to add it up
17027s	because that involves counting all sorts
17029s	of numbers but yes this looks like
17031s	lethal to me this is nine this is going
17034s	to go up to yep 20. so now we have 26 so
17037s	we need eight more
17039s	we have serpent wig
17043s	handmade and serpent wig serpent Wing
17045s	bless
17046s	yep
17051s	that's seven Mana
17054s	yep
17057s	wait so there's 28 right now right 22
17060s	plus six to Twenty Eight so he needs he
17064s	handmade in he handmade in serpent wig
17066s	that's 24. and you serpent wig again yep
17072s	this also works
17074s	right yeah because this is also plus two
17076s	okay
17078s	Cathedral is also
17080s	that's a horrible thing when you cast
17081s	you find a lethal and the player finds
17083s	an equally valid other Leaf because
17084s	they're all equally valid because you
17086s	just win the game it's like oh what's
17088s	she doing what's hear me Cathedral three
17091s	Mana for two damage essentially
17093s	so just had a different thought process
17095s	of it but I mean lovestorm had such a
17097s	promising start to that game
17100s	um but just found himself in a pickle uh
17103s	more meetings on board meant the pelagos
17105s	was bigger
17106s	uh had less freeze available because
17109s	Hughes departed in the Amplified snow
17110s	flurry
17112s	um earlier on just to try and take board
17114s	but I feel like that's just not what the
17116s	early game is about
17117s	um I feel like you're you don't have
17120s	enough board presence to just keep the
17122s	board the whole time against Dr
17124s	Priestess dude there's a a blade Master
17126s	sambro comes out or Shadow or Devourer
17129s	or
17130s	um like a just a pelagos plus a boot
17133s	like you're you're not getting through
17135s	it so I understood a thought process but
17137s	I think that he could have had a better
17139s	chance in that game if he had uh held
17142s	been a little more like a
17145s	yeah a little more efficient with his
17148s	pings and a little less aggressive with
17150s	his minions
17152s	and now we're going to be down to just
17154s	fell DH for Sochi
17157s	um definitely not the most popular of
17160s	demon Hunters but
17162s	what we've seen so far for the large
17164s	part looking like the slightly better of
17165s	the two demon Hunters but I still stand
17167s	by I think the Relic one has had some
17169s	incredibly bad draws over the course of
17171s	this tournament so I'm not convinced yet
17175s	[Music]
17177s	I'm not convinced either
17180s	which one do you prefer do you think
17181s	well you guys know what now what do we
17183s	do if we're both not convinced
17185s	well we can't even argue TJ
17189s	you know what we have to do when we
17190s	can't argue we have to talk nonsense
17192s	that's what we normally do
17194s	yeah we have talked every single piece
17196s	of nonsense possible we even know the
17197s	population of Paris so
17199s	[Music]
17208s	still that boat is always the go-to
17211s	yeah
17212s	there's a fishing boats dinghy boats
17215s	deck boats
17218s	and then there's this failed the age
17220s	catamarans destroyer of Love store
17223s	houseboats
17226s	house was a houseboat
17229s	it's a house that's a boat is that like
17232s	what I would call a canal barge
17237s	okay is it is it a house that's a boat
17240s	like is it a house that floats or is it
17241s	a boat that's a house
17243s	uh there's both there's yachts
17247s	like someone builds a house and then
17249s	just puts a sail on it and Chucks it in
17250s	the sea does not sound like it's gonna
17252s	work there's pontoons there's utility
17254s	boats
17256s	people this is such a generic term you
17259s	gotta have utility but you have utility
17260s	anything there's a fertility panda
17264s	Lifeboat
17267s	you're not gonna stop are you there's a
17268s	tug tugboats
17272s	inflatable boats
17276s	yeah cruise ships
17279s	military vessels
17281s	I think those are done those aren't
17284s	sorry those aren't classified as boats
17286s	caused by the ships
17292s	[Music]
17294s	ship is larger brother
17297s	boat versus
17299s	I'm sure over the last two years I'm
17301s	sure we've Googled boat versus ship like
17304s	seven times it's still can't remember
17305s	our large ocean fairing watercraft
17309s	that use multiple sales or engines
17313s	the word boat is often used to refer to
17317s	a water going that are oh wow okay so
17320s	you it can be a boat or a ship
17324s	okay okay
17330s	can't refer to some boats as ships but
17333s	you can refer to All Ships as boats
17336s	everything is about but no everything
17339s	could be a boat but not everything can
17340s	be a ship
17342s	huh you gotta be Scrappy so whenever we
17345s	say boat we're just never wrong that's
17347s	that's the default if you're if you're
17349s	in doubt call it a boat
17351s	got it
17352s	all right so zochi is in a boat of a
17355s	position here
17357s	um looks like he's against a druid which
17359s	we knew and with a fell DH which is what
17361s	I was going to talk about and in fact if
17363s	we did try to talk about while you were
17364s	telling me about all the sorts of boats
17366s	that I already knew about
17368s	um
17369s	it could be in a good spot really hits
17371s	the Druid but you earlier rattled off
17373s	all the ways where the Druid could still
17375s	get this done with an alignment yeah
17378s	this Demon Hunter is one of the more
17380s	aggressive decks in the metagame though
17383s	um
17384s	but they tend to run out of steam
17386s	sometimes
17388s	especially if they don't have like a
17390s	bibliomite you know
17392s	being better
17393s	yep
17395s	a steamboat
17398s	you're doing it now without even knowing
17400s	it you know it's like uh just run out of
17402s	steam boat
17405s	um double chaos strike here just to get
17407s	the damage in this turns just so much
17409s	damage and refilling that hand this Jace
17412s	pickup also looks fantastic now it's
17414s	just a handful of fell stuff
17418s	yeah really needs like another Slither
17421s	spear to get these predations active
17423s	yeah to be honest I wouldn't even mind
17426s	like just dispose of evidence into uh
17430s	get rid of a predation that's so much
17432s	damage
17437s	but love storm has
17441s	I mean what did I say
17443s	what did I say Neil
17445s	um I only heard some of it Celestial
17446s	alignment in RAM for you you run into
17448s	crystals you hear a power next turn
17451s	Celestial alignment uh-huh
17461s	this is actually the exact scenario that
17464s	I said
17465s	there's literally ramp into Celestial
17468s	alignment into anacondra into double
17470s	nourish insatiable devour
17473s	exact scenario it was like you've got a
17476s	time machine TJ
17481s	yeah a time machine it's not on uh love
17483s	storm ceiling it's not a love storm
17485s	that's actually a portal
17488s	wow
17489s	these counting damage is so much it's
17493s	actually getting close to lethal with a
17495s	2-2 on the board it's ridiculous
17501s	actually a more realistic scenario love
17505s	Storm's gonna alignment and then die
17509s	no no no no no no no no
17511s	not yet
17516s	we're picking anything that gains life
17518s	yep dinathrius got 19 damage in hand if
17522s	I can count which I can't
17530s	if he gets a Naga
17534s	yeah
17536s	The Fury Fury dispose is nine
17540s	plus a fell barrage is 13.
17543s	there's four on board so that's 17.
17546s	and then you only have two Mana left
17550s	it needs a Naga yeah that's not it it's
17553s	not lethal
17555s	not yet
17557s	any other fell spells that can be drawn
17559s	nope because both Furies have been drawn
17561s	both both Fel brushes both chaos strikes
17565s	both predations in hand are there even
17567s	any fell spells left in the deck
17571s	um that's a very very good question
17574s	because there aren't many fellow spells
17575s	in the deck are they really ah bro
17577s	there's a there's a good amount
17580s	uh yeah not compared to old school is as
17583s	well there's
17584s	um multi-strike right it's multi-strike
17589s	it is oh no is it no it's not I don't
17591s	know I actually don't know it doesn't
17592s	matter it wouldn't have so much Mana to
17594s	play that and get everything done so
17596s	it's going to be slightly off lethal
17598s	here
17599s	and lovestorm has the juice
17603s	just needs to get far enough into the
17605s	deck I'm pretty it was tired and
17607s	atherose which was picked last time
17608s	because it didn't get drawn it's the
17611s	only card that cost more than that
17614s	so this is the turn I I said this this
17617s	is the exact thing that I said it is
17620s	multi-strike
17623s	there we go exactly say this let's see
17625s	if it pops off enough though it should
17627s	well it could sorry
17629s	it will
17633s	how much armor will he gain
17636s	roughly speaking
17640s	looking for Earth and scales
17644s	Earth skills
17650s	oh it's just going to be the Indiana
17651s	Jones Sportsman scene isn't it
17654s	you can play a million cards look all
17655s	great and he's just gonna get shot in
17657s	the face
17660s	okay you play uh
17663s	you probably do raid bottinexia just for
17666s	more like counter lethal pressure
17669s	trading two welps and then in the
17670s	tournament Saturdays
17672s	it'll heal for seven
17676s	times
17680s	yeah
17682s	[Applause]
17684s	there's Curtis what is it on five he's
17687s	on five
17690s	all right
17692s	and then one more taunt in the way just
17694s	to be safe
17697s	is exactly what TJ said if you're
17699s	listening at the start of the show IM
17701s	wedged in between talk about pandas and
17703s	about proofs there was an entire
17706s	discussion of exactly this term I told
17709s	you
17711s	see normal Druid without Celestial
17713s	alignment would not be able to do
17714s	something like this they would fall too
17716s	far behind
17717s	they don't they don't have like a
17720s	a switch they can flip which says
17723s	you have one turn right they don't have
17726s	that
17727s	um so
17729s	that's why I in specifically matchups
17732s	like this I'd like I don't like want to
17735s	do it more because lion mature has less
17737s	tools throughout the the early game to
17739s	actually come back yeah exactly
17741s	but you still have like you still have
17744s	Planet evidence
17745s	you still have
17747s	like the same amount of early game ramp
17749s	and minions you're still the goal is
17752s	still the same you just have this
17755s	this button that's like okay now you're
17757s	on a timer right
17760s	um
17760s	and to be fair it's like she did have a
17763s	chance of just winning two turns in a
17765s	row there if picked up any
17767s	Naga or whatever but yeah which is it
17770s	would have just been lady Steno or the
17772s	second uh vicious leather spear we're
17774s	the only two in the deck I mean ladies
17776s	then I would have been lethal in a
17777s	million different ways
17778s	yeah and also obviously absolute nuts
17782s	just because we're talking about the
17783s	incredible excuse me um the incredible
17784s	number of fail spells he drew it doesn't
17786s	mean that it was the nuts that was just
17787s	a different way of getting a lot of
17789s	damage accumulated obviously having a
17791s	curbing board damage would have been
17793s	preferable but now he's down to his last
17795s	two goes he gets a bit tougher now
17797s	because with the Druid out of the way
17799s	yeah now he's gonna have to fight for
17801s	his his rights to get to the decider
17803s	match later today yeah Relic Demon
17805s	Hunter is I feel like should
17808s	theoretically be a good matchup they
17809s	have 30 Health they don't really have
17810s	ways to gain life outside of like school
17812s	teacher venomous scorpid discovers
17815s	um and kercher's armor which is usually
17818s	irrelevant
17819s	and you can just put you can ignore a
17821s	lot of what they do
17822s	um yeah bibliomite is only answered by a
17825s	fell barrage or a beefed up relic of
17827s	Extinction right whether it's Relic
17829s	Vault or just the actual relic of
17831s	Extinction
17834s	um so
17836s	I I feel like you could run over that
17838s	deck sometimes Mage is a little bit
17841s	tougher
17841s	a lot of times especially in the later
17843s	part of the game you're dealing your
17844s	damage in bursts and so like solid Alibi
17847s	just completely ruins your game plan it
17849s	only costs two Mana
17850s	so you can fit in some other stuff along
17852s	the way you also have ways to just kind
17854s	of stop your pressure early on in like
17856s	just freeze out minions so we'll see
17859s	we'll see we'll see we'll see
17861s	we will indeed presumably anyway that's
17864s	what we're hoping to do we're hoping to
17866s	see I hope we get to see that'd be a
17868s	bummer they're just like we're not going
17869s	to show the rest of the matches in this
17871s	series if you guys have seen enough yeah
17873s	you can draw your own conclusions
17876s	and we will do make a proof
17879s	make a proof of who won
17881s	oh
17882s	[Music]
17885s	there we go just in time just we both
17888s	reached the point of I'm going to ask TJ
17890s	to say something when you ask TJ to say
17892s	something he can't say anything because
17894s	it it blocks everything the brain just
17896s	goes say something that's all you can
17898s	think about so you don't say anything
17899s	but luckily we're into the game so TJ
17902s	say something about these opening hands
17903s	that'd be great
17907s	all right they're both
17909s	malls well I don't know Reckless
17916s	definitely not Findlay
17918s	it's Finley's like
17921s	he's just they're putting you know the
17923s	effect of Finley would be mulliganing
17925s	this hand
17927s	click there's the effect one Finley oh
17930s	dough
17932s	now I just spent a card to do the thing
17934s	that I can do the beginning of every
17936s	game
17938s	except you wouldn't have a 1-3 on the
17940s	board
17941s	oh true very true yeah so actually you
17945s	get a 1-3 and your opponent power blasts
17947s	themselves in the face so you're 11
17948s	ahead of where you would be
17953s	do it
17956s	you decide to use the snow flowy though
17958s	for some early defense
17963s	which makes sense
17966s	my little brain at least
17970s	Neil don't say that your brain is huge
17973s	that's why it takes so long for the
17975s	thoughts to travel from one side to the
17977s	other
17978s	yeah the neurons can't travel fast
17980s	enough across your massive melon
17984s	it starts off as a discussion about
17986s	pandas and by the time it reaches the
17988s	other side it's a boat and that's just
17990s	how it is yeah each scar thank you so
17993s	much
17996s	ladies Teno earned a lot of stuff is
17998s	going to be
18000s	oh doubles then oh
18003s	that's not how it works
18006s	I've done a few days
18009s	the exact same brain mistake see
18016s	two standards yeah
18021s	yards in his deck yeah
18024s	wow imagine doing that twice in two days
18028s	easy peasy multi-strike hero power coin
18030s	metamorphin set up for the magnifying
18032s	glaive next turn
18034s	pushing dimage
18036s	yeah it's not a lot though is it
18040s	I mean you're pushing five damage this
18042s	turn
18043s	and you're developing a three four
18045s	and then next turn you have a magnifying
18047s	glaze which is actually a pretty big
18049s	weapon
18054s	don't worry about coding into coach was
18055s	decided to get it all down now makes
18057s	sense I guess
18058s	yeah in fact I want to get rid of this
18060s	curtress I want another disposal
18062s	evidence I want a god
18064s	dress does not deal damage to your
18066s	opponent to turn that displayed two
18068s	courtresses
18074s	the Ross Rob Viper
18077s	yeah this has been a failed piece of
18079s	tech up until now but might do something
18082s	here
18083s	yeah but that was there for those pesky
18085s	Rogues pardon
18090s	I think so it doesn't want to though
18092s	he's already had that accident
18094s	do you even have
18097s	even suspect man find good so I there's
18101s	two things that you could expect here
18102s	right because there was like dispose of
18104s	evidence played uh so she dumped his
18107s	hand so you're gonna expect the
18110s	the four Mana card the magistrate Silas
18112s	magistrate
18114s	um and you're gonna expect
18116s	um or magnifying glaive right so
18119s	otherwise you usually hold on to dispose
18121s	of evidence until maybe like the turn
18123s	that you pick one of those up so we
18124s	should have a good idea of that there is
18126s	uh
18128s	some type of hand refill in there which
18130s	gives him the incentive to spend cards
18132s	right because if it's Silas magistrate
18134s	he just gets a card from it uh so I like
18137s	playing something and you can't just
18138s	hold or like trade for us about Viper
18140s	and look for something
18143s	yeah do it this way so he's at least
18146s	facing
18149s	it should at least survive a turn if
18151s	it's not a glaive and if it is a glare
18152s	you can clear it with Viper yep my blood
18156s	boils for war
18159s	job's done but the damage I mean
18162s	obviously the Viper is going to do
18163s	something here where the damage is kind
18164s	of done isn't it with the refill already
18169s	we do a lot more damage if he gets the
18171s	fury Slither spear other card draw two
18173s	cards again next turn so obviously it's
18174s	huge but yeah
18179s	dump the floor again you want to just
18181s	spend cards right just fight for board
18184s	as aggressively as possible because
18185s	outside man to find glade the only other
18186s	card that refills their hand
18188s	is uh tell this magistrate which also
18191s	refills your hand and this one kind of a
18194s	little bit kind of yeah but you're
18196s	you're not so much worried about this
18198s	one yeah uh
18202s	no one's scared of little fossils what
18203s	they're gonna do
18207s	I'm gonna try and hit fell barrage to be
18210s	able to keep this board clear that's why
18211s	he didn't spin any Mana there it is
18213s	nicely done
18221s	oh The Reckless Apprentice It's So Good
18226s	pretty good two purchases oh
18231s	three lady sinners
18237s	ah oh lady said it was actually a really
18240s	big pickup you threw it away getting it
18242s	back means that with kirchers up you get
18244s	every spell that you play you can get
18246s	another reset it's just efficient hoping
18248s	for flurry here I actually could just
18251s	flurry the other one stay where you are
18254s	here we go and that's the end
18257s	a lot of damage each turn from Steno
18259s	here
18262s	but if you'll save it
18264s	and try and do a huge chunk noise picked
18266s	up the dread prison
18276s	but this is a good spot for love Storm
18278s	still quite healthy
18280s	damage it's gonna puff up to oh my
18284s	goodness
18286s	just the juice off the top damage is
18290s	this five damaged ping he's got a frozen
18293s	touching hand I don't think it's infused
18295s	I think there still needs to be one more
18296s	minion for it to be fused Maybe I'm
18297s	Wrong I was
18299s	uh get the animation wrong but oh yeah
18303s	get the five onto the hey Ken
18308s	well then he doesn't play the Steno so
18310s	the thing gets either too big or too
18311s	small the Steno
18315s	hero power it's it's it's more damage to
18319s	just multi-strike right yeah I think it
18321s	is
18328s	multi-strike without the Steno is five
18330s	it's just five extra damage so you just
18333s	do that then you play the Steno
18336s	oh no this is every step of attack is
18338s	four that's the problem
18341s	no
18342s	because it's too from the Steno and two
18344s	from this is
18345s	power hero power here oh no you can't
18348s	and now you take the exact this is
18350s	actually the exact same amount of damage
18351s	yeah this is the correct way as well now
18354s	it's the exact same it makes sense your
18356s	way doesn't make sense this makes sense
18357s	even if it's the same
18359s	there is no measure too much exact same
18362s	amount again yep
18365s	all right
18368s	still 11 away I don't know if Jace would
18371s	get there either
18378s	wow it's every turn It's gotta be juice
18381s	off the top nope
18383s	and even Jace off the top maybe not
18386s	and uh we're going to game five
18389s	we are indeed going to game five oh my
18392s	gosh that's a love storm game if you've
18394s	ever seen one just fight so hard for
18397s	borderly on and then literally plays off
18399s	the top for three turns
18400s	just apprentice apprentice moderation
18403s	LOL yeah what's hard about this game
18406s	yeah uh the vard in turn I think was a
18409s	big one right opting to kill the 3-4 off
18412s	and freeze the other minions stopping a
18414s	lot of damage and getting an annoying
18416s	minion out of the way to open up
18418s	room for other place in the future I do
18420s	like how zochi played that one very
18422s	efficient with the damage for efficient
18424s	efficient with the draw
18426s	um
18427s	understanding us out like specifically
18429s	with the rust drop by per turn just
18431s	attacking with the hero power instead of
18432s	going all in with damage and all in with
18434s	cards just to hit the uh fell brush out
18437s	in order to keep the board clean from
18439s	sochi's side but love swimmers had the
18441s	answers and now it's going to come down
18442s	to this aggressive Demon Hunter for
18444s	zochi versus The Relic Demon Hunter
18447s	from lovestorm
18450s	oh Relic Demon Hunter can do a lot of
18452s	powerful things but usually those
18453s	powerful things happen a little bit
18455s	later in the game yeah
18457s	and uh that's what dochi wants so she
18460s	wants some time to maneuver in the early
18463s	game to just put that damage on and
18465s	probably Demon Hunter only has 30 Health
18467s	they don't have that many reliable ways
18468s	to gain life it's a one of aldraki
18471s	warblades it's discovers from school
18474s	teacher like IBM or chaos League from
18476s	school teacher or venomous scorpid
18478s	[Music]
18480s	um so you're susceptible
18483s	and if there's the bibliomite that's
18485s	just plopped down and you don't have the
18486s	removal for it
18488s	it's dealing 15 points of damage that's
18490s	the important part here and also
18493s	you don't have a surprise comeback
18494s	mechanism usually as the The Relic
18498s	version either your opponent can kind of
18500s	see it coming to some extent because I'm
18502s	gonna make a board of six sixes isn't
18504s	I'm going to kill you this turn it's I'm
18506s	going to make a really scary board and
18507s	kill your next turn but you've got to
18509s	turn to calculate how to beat that every
18511s	time
18516s	ah just keep all of this and metamorph
18519s	in here
18520s	way to Victory
18522s	just did
18525s	you
18526s	can argue
18529s	for literally every card to be kept in
18532s	in the Mulligan for Demon Hunter except
18535s	for like kirchers and Jace like you have
18538s	like an argument for literally every
18540s	card each scar
18542s	vanquished and then he's probably gonna
18544s	get rid of the chaos strike here
18547s	two chaos strikes
18550s	right now
18554s	I understand how that card works now
18561s	ah
18567s	already really awkward for love storm
18569s	obviously fell barrage not really what
18571s	you want here
18575s	but everything else does nothing
18581s	yeah it does have ladies denim plus
18583s	predation next turn
18586s	so
18589s	fine
18590s	it doesn't feel about us now he's gonna
18592s	be facing so much stuff next turn with
18594s	the the fury and the metamorphic
18598s	you did that because yeah the predation
18600s	Center would be amazing but there's been
18601s	so much out there if you like um Let Him
18603s	Live
18608s	strike now I've got Plane off the top of
18611s	your deck TJ oh my this game's gonna be
18614s	weird for Sochi
18618s	[Music]
18620s	but the Steno hat needs to be killed off
18625s	so she has a way to do it oh but it's
18627s	gonna have to get rid of the Jace
18630s	I mean that's fine because there's still
18631s	a million turns away but this just means
18633s	that there's just nothing in hand
18635s	yeah but love storm has to play the
18638s	miltranics it just does nothing
18642s	to the point where he might not
18643s	especially now he's picked up the
18644s	location but okay oh you gotta you gotta
18646s	have something on the board you gotta
18648s	have okay
18650s	I might have taken a charge with kale
18652s	straight Relic Vault and draw two cards
18654s	next yeah with the kill strike and next
18655s	turn's draw and I hope I hit a relic I
18658s	think
18661s	I guess he can still do that and try and
18663s	hit exactly Extinction but all right
18669s	so actually looking at being reverse
18670s	swept twice in one day that would be the
18672s	the absolute worst sort of Champs
18675s	at least plastic didn't have to go
18677s	through torture to lose twice
18686s	school teacher could be huge
18689s	it's not
18691s	huge enough
18694s	I was looking for just anything that
18697s	kept this board clean
18700s	okay yeah sure
18702s	yeah you gotta just put stuff in the way
18704s	sure dread Pleasant prison glave up a
18707s	multi-strike would be massive each
18710s	battle sworn Vanguard not the greatest I
18713s	mean I feel like all this is just going
18715s	face yeah
18716s	there's no reason to do literally
18718s	anything else
18723s	uh I guess this is sacrificing one
18726s	damage to kill off something on the
18728s	board
18729s	I don't know like
18732s	he's got to do 11 well he's gonna do
18734s	nine if you count the hero power the
18735s	face yeah Nine's a lot from here
18739s	compared to eight I think so many good
18742s	draws
18744s	like magnifying clay magistrate at this
18747s	point even kurturous
18751s	the whole deck is just damaged like
18752s	multi-strike with all these Minions on
18754s	board
18756s	oh yeah shipping it yeah
18761s	yeah because although what you're saying
18762s	is true the worlds where he only has two
18764s	turns to get it done we might not be in
18767s	those worlds but he doesn't know that
18777s	it does have a full clear available
18781s	cool teacher over the three two
18788s	yeah quite nice little clear as well as
18791s	it happens leaving yourself some damage
18792s	up
18796s	this relic of Dimensions is going to be
18798s	ball plus Dimensions it's going to be
18801s	reduced by three reduced by four
18805s	well I just only clears
18811s	yeah one damage to face if you want to
18813s	take two
18816s	it's the same amount of damage to face
18818s	if you just fell barrage now and the
18820s	hero power right yeah yeah
18824s	they don't take the damage
18827s	but he may want to just sell barrage and
18829s	then take six zero power and push two
18834s	this is not the same amount of damage oh
18836s	no it's one extra damage yeah yeah so
18840s	just literally maximizing damage at
18842s	every possible turn
18844s	all right here we go Vault Dimensions
18846s	looking for any way to gain life kurtius
18848s	would be playable
18850s	uh if it's hit from the second
18853s	or a jockey War blades looking for war
18855s	blades oh he can set up lethal as well
18858s	TJ it's gonna come down to this top deck
18859s	because he's going to Brand into a
18861s	school teacher school teacher anybody
18868s	no healing
18870s	no no anything
18874s	oh
18877s	take me pick me
18879s	oh my gosh this is so much this is a lot
18882s	what was that predation and then
18884s	multi-strike yeah with bran take me
18888s	that's an extra four
18890s	is it it's not enough
18893s	time
18897s	so zochi needs three damage
18901s	so we're looking at multi multi-strike
18903s	yep
18905s	uh we're looking at
18908s	uh
18911s	predation and that's it
18915s	we're magistrate into either one of
18917s	those yeah things into things as well
18919s	yeah yeah he can't look everybody oh
18922s	it's bibliomite no no disaster
18925s	bibliomite
18928s	oh you're so good but right now you're
18931s	so bad
18934s	lovestones
18936s	somehow progresses
18939s	the next game is not even into Sunday
18941s	yet oh
18943s	what a series it's actually two
18945s	Heartbreakers in a row with the priest
18948s	this last time with the Demon Hunter
18950s	this time
18953s	ah
18955s	that's brutal that is brutal there was
18959s	like four outs in that situation for
18962s	lethal
18964s	um or like magistrate into those outs
18967s	uh that's
18969s	that's tough
18971s	uh kurtius also would have been okay
18974s	because
18976s	um
18977s	you could clean up enough stuff on the
18979s	board and get enough life to maybe live
18980s	an extra turn
18982s	but that is just
18984s	being let down by the deck right at the
18987s	end and lovestorm also just the the
18989s	dramatic Relic into Dimensions trying to
18992s	find just a tiny bit of healing
18994s	so much damage coming out from the Brand
18996s	Plus the noglings
18998s	but there you have it ayojiru moved on
19001s	against the the match with bunny Hoppers
19002s	so now we're gonna have a rematch of our
19004s	first match of the day which is going to
19006s	be bunny Hopper versus love storm winner
19008s	moves on
19009s	be the second player to come out of the
19011s	group and that means they're in the
19012s	quarterfinals in one match away from the
19014s	world championship
19016s	losers out
19017s	try again next year
19019s	try again next year bunny Hopper tries
19023s	every year with sometimes good results
19026s	as well I mean yeah
19028s	one of the players probably the player
19030s	remaining now who is sort of the player
19032s	to watch blah blah blah all the things
19034s	that casters say with Fury Hunter and
19036s	pocket train both going out yesterday
19039s	but that first series of the day was
19042s	super close I don't expect the rematch
19044s	to be any different TJ so I'm looking
19047s	forward to getting into that one but
19049s	that was I'm still recovering I've cast
19051s	both of those Heartbreakers today and oh
19056s	oh close so close yet so so far
19060s	I've been talking a bibliomite for
19063s	basically the entire weekend now because
19065s	we saw so much aggro Demon Hunter well I
19068s	say so much but we saw about five
19070s	minutes of aggro Demon Hunter from Abu
19072s	kapu it turns out deeply I might not
19077s	yeah that's
19079s	a bummer but zochi put up a good show I
19082s	feel like had some uh a solid read on
19085s	the metagame just maybe the wrong group
19087s	right yeah just ever so close in
19090s	multiple occasions with that Demon
19092s	Hunter from coming across you know a
19094s	single draw to be able to get the job
19096s	done in two games in that series but we
19099s	have one more match left here for Group
19101s	C for our third group out of four
19104s	uh in this group stage it is going to be
19106s	bunny Hopper versus lovestorm uh winner
19108s	moves on to that quarterfile so that's
19109s	going to be coming up next but before we
19110s	jump into that match we are going to
19111s	have to go uh to a little bit of a break
19113s	but don't go anywhere plenty more to
19115s	come here from the master tour fall
19117s	Championship right after this
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19703s	laughs
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19715s	thank you
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19734s	welcome back everyone to the fall
19736s	Championship I'm Raven and joining me is
19737s	Derek and we've got the last elimination
19740s	match here for Group C it's going to be
19743s	bunny Hopper and lovestar we're going
19745s	all the way back to the start Derek as
19747s	this is a rematch from the first one of
19749s	the day bunny Hopper did end up
19752s	Victorious there with a 3-1 victory over
19754s	love storm do you think it's going to go
19756s	the same again Derek I think you should
19759s	be feeling pretty confident uh coming
19761s	back into this once again I don't think
19762s	that was a fluke Victory we saw from him
19764s	against love storm the first time around
19766s	uh I don't know if he himself is feeling
19769s	all too confident about it I was just
19770s	asking him how he's doing and I just got
19772s	three letters in response of meh which
19776s	uh I think about says it all and I I
19778s	guess uh shows how uh this is really
19780s	just another day at the office with
19781s	bunny Hopper like we know how much he
19784s	wants to make it through to Worlds and
19785s	take that world championship Crown which
19788s	we know he can do but at the same time
19790s	you know he's been doing this for a long
19792s	time he this is not his first rodeo yeah
19794s	and uh he's won bigger tournaments than
19796s	this before as well and I think as well
19798s	the mermaid had been alluding to his
19800s	loss to algeru which was just a pretty
19803s	sweet 3-0 that you know the few things
19806s	definitely did not go his way but he's
19808s	gonna you know he's like you said he's
19810s	been doing this long enough and doing
19811s	this well enough that he'll be able to
19813s	shrug it off fresh match fresh game
19815s	let's go there we are going to kick it
19817s	off though with Mage mirror and it was
19820s	one where they're in the Algeria matchup
19821s	also happened and he actually looked
19824s	like he was really far ahead and then
19826s	the game kind of just stalled out for
19828s	him and his opponent just managed to get
19829s	those pings through uh with a early-ish
19832s	or on curve should I say Don grasp and
19834s	it snowballed from there so got to be a
19836s	little bit fearful of that happening yet
19837s	again because I do feel like it's a it's
19840s	a little bit scary in this matchup
19842s	although I think the big spell Mage is
19844s	fine it's just if you don't get the
19846s	Belinda or the Sorceress early it can
19849s	give the Ping Mage time if they get that
19851s	Dawn grasp if they get that pressure
19852s	live to actually just say okay well
19854s	you've made the board dragons I'll
19856s	freeze it and then I just push another
19858s	eight damage this turn and suddenly
19860s	you're within lethal range oh that's
19862s	exactly right uh this match-up light I I
19866s	kind of at first was treating it a
19868s	little bit too much like a mirror
19870s	because there are a lot of the same
19871s	components there obviously that you're
19873s	looking to do with the Ping aspect of
19875s	the deck getting Dawn grasped down
19876s	Apprentice more dress as well for a lot
19879s	of burst damage but honestly is the Ping
19881s	Mage versus the big spell Mage you're
19883s	kind of closer in your play cell too if
19886s	you're playing against uh Naga priest
19889s	then playing against the mirror because
19890s	it's very often just a few big Minions
19892s	that you need to be worried about which
19894s	is what the Ping Mage does very well
19896s	with they just freeze them turn after
19897s	turn after turn and then as you
19899s	correctly put if you can get down a dawn
19900s	grasp first and upgrade those hero
19902s	Powers the Nerf to The Honorable kill
19905s	only giving you plus one
19907s	has made so much less of a difference
19909s	than I thought it it hurts but it's
19912s	really not killing the deck as I
19914s	initially anticipated it would if you
19916s	get down a wildfire played Thorn grasp
19919s	and get one or an honorable kill that's
19920s	five a turn that will kill them
19922s	extremely greatly and so I I do agree
19925s	that for love storm I like where he's at
19926s	in this particular match he just needs
19928s	to make sure first of all hopefully that
19930s	Bonnie doesn't hit the absolute nuts at
19932s	the start and that he is always
19934s	prioritizing that damage that is where
19936s	this matchup really comes into his own
19938s	for the Ping Mage where you're just
19939s	getting damaged face every single turn
19941s	and one thing I do want to keep an eye
19943s	on as well it's something that really
19945s	stuck out in algero's game so against
19947s	bunny Hopper was Algeria was like
19949s	heavily playing around barbaric
19951s	sorceress like you know throwing an
19954s	alibi away even in some of the other
19956s	matchups as well basically just empties
19958s	of hand of everything that was going to
19960s	be too dangerous if the Sorceress came
19962s	down and I'm very interested that if the
19964s	love stomp's in that position uh to what
19966s	length does he go go to play around that
19969s	card because it's difficult it's one of
19971s	those cards where it doesn't even have
19973s	to be in hand right to affect your
19975s	opponent just the idea of it being
19977s	available is enough to make your
19979s	opponent think twice about certain
19980s	players around that turn you know five
19982s	or six depending on how many mailbox
19984s	dances we've seen but let's get into it
19986s	just a reminder for everyone it's the
19988s	last match of Group C we are of course
19990s	going to be following up with Group D
19992s	shortly after but to put this one simply
19995s	the winner moves on to tomorrow and has
19997s	a chance to the world championship the
19999s	loser is out they're done finished it's
20002s	over for the year
20003s	yep very very simple as you said with
20006s	only the world championship left to come
20007s	in terms of uh standard play in
20010s	competitive Hearthstone this is really
20012s	their last shot at making it there as
20015s	love store makes a mulligan that I
20017s	absolutely love to see yeah definitely
20020s	not the obvious one at first call
20021s	because with a one two three with the
20024s	wildfire snowflorid dungeoneer that
20026s	seemed like an incredibly easy play of
20028s	just going with that standard Mana curve
20031s	but the Lesser spotted play of coin bran
20034s	into dungeoneer is definitely the
20036s	spicier option yeah that's very solid
20039s	especially because you know very
20041s	specific things would have to happen to
20043s	actually make that brand killable
20045s	exactly right like exactly a pelican
20048s	plate that turned before right is is
20051s	close to all that's really going to be
20052s	available for bunny Hopper does have the
20054s	Pelican out now but again it's just so
20057s	likely that there's just trades into the
20059s	2-2 and as you said very suddenly coin
20062s	bran into dungeonaire is like super
20064s	strong not only on board but just the
20066s	fact of just drawing more cards whilst
20068s	putting pressure on
20072s	those of course make things a little bit
20073s	awkward for now for lovestorm because
20077s	the plan of going coin brand into
20079s	dungeoneer and drawing two cards that
20080s	are more expensive that feels an awful
20083s	lot worse which is why I was gonna say I
20085s	thought this might end up on a Cold Case
20087s	uh just to be able to kill that off more
20088s	efficiently but he's sticking with it uh
20091s	carrying on with the Bram
20093s	yeah I think even if this doesn't work
20095s	out perfectly smooth whether he
20098s	you know trades pings or does something
20101s	else we'll have to say on that turn of
20103s	course but even if it's drawing Cards
20105s	into increased cost coin Brands still
20107s	probably the most disruptive thing he
20109s	can just do against bunny Hopper as well
20111s	because no matter which way you look at
20113s	it here this is not a fun turn for bunny
20115s	Hopper because he now just knows there's
20118s	follow-ups that can you know cause
20120s	issues with this brand on board and
20121s	there's no good way to deal with it
20125s	yeah I don't think for Buddy Hopper
20127s	there we can be quite brave enough to
20128s	pick the fireball even though your uh
20131s	your opponent is at 30 and you're at 40.
20133s	uh for the late game way too juicy to
20136s	give them
20141s	an interesting choice between the two
20144s	isn't it because it's not like overflow
20147s	kills brand next turn right so it's not
20149s	like a super obvious pick
20152s	um the Gateway of course not going to be
20154s	chosen I'm pretty sure but between the
20157s	Fireball and overflow yes yes love song
20160s	does end up picking the right one I
20162s	think you know he got to that logic in
20163s	the end right but there is a chance that
20166s	Buddy's like he's never going to choose
20167s	Fireball it's so obvious so that just
20169s	Picks It Anyway
20172s	It Go with the dungeon today double
20174s	three cost Alibi so
20177s	not the worst right I think that's just
20179s	fine uh he does have the reduction on
20181s	the Cold Case as well so sort of
20183s	spreading around some of the things that
20185s	now suddenly all these spells are
20186s	costing three regardless
20188s	and it's pretty funny here because this
20189s	style of play from the lobstorm is
20191s	actually very reminiscent of Fino when
20194s	he was playing at the Solari party a
20196s	couple months ago now where he was one
20199s	of the first players to be really
20201s	realizing this in power of the 30 card
20203s	ping mage deck when it was still
20204s	relatively new with the new cards from
20206s	the expansion Cold Case and the like in
20208s	there as well
20208s	and his opponents would keep playing
20211s	these uh these watch posts against them
20214s	and he'd keep ignoring them and just
20216s	punched him in the face and they just
20218s	died because Frozen touch was not really
20220s	a discovered card at the time he was one
20222s	of the first plays to really grasp how
20223s	powerful that card could really be and
20226s	you know in this instance the beat down
20228s	is not going quite so well for love
20230s	stormy starting to lose the board uh but
20232s	the the essence of the play is still
20234s	there and he's going very aggressive for
20235s	face damage which is as I said what it
20238s	should be focusing on yeah and he's
20240s	still you know at least keeping up for
20242s	now does get the Wildfire active uh that
20245s	Frozen touch will of course go back to
20247s	two once he's played it and so he's
20249s	still doing okay and with double Frozen
20250s	Alibi and yes a slightly delayed Dawn
20254s	grasp with it being a cast he's still
20256s	got a good plan I think the fear right
20258s	now
20259s	the love song is probably just cultural
20262s	right like yes he he drew the two side
20264s	Alibis you know very nice but
20267s	they're not cards you play on curve
20269s	generally right so it is okay for now
20272s	but he's just gonna maybe get hold of
20274s	another you know uh strong play or two
20277s	to get him to that Dawn grasp
20279s	and Bunny here needs to be very very
20281s	careful sorry to cut you off with his uh
20283s	his Manor expenditure in the next couple
20285s	turns because while these all seem to be
20287s	powerful
20289s	plays in their own right uh he needs to
20292s	be making sure he's setting up for the
20294s	power plays he could draw uh like for
20296s	example you know just going for the
20298s	Arcane overflow here is probably the
20299s	strongest play but we want to be making
20301s	sure if we do steal don't grasp both of
20305s	theater we have time to to play it
20307s	afterwards as well so definitely not a
20309s	case of just spending your manner on
20311s	these next few seconds I don't think
20314s	yeah I think we're very quickly getting
20317s	to the point that Bunny Hop is
20318s	potentially ahead enough on board that
20321s	he can just say you know what I will
20323s	just spend five minutes on theater now
20324s	like the rush down has stopped I'll
20326s	throw it down see what I can grab even
20328s	though I know that all the cards cost
20331s	one more or more or less all of them
20333s	anyway
20334s	somewhat tempting to just get down the
20336s	Arcane uh overflow here for
20340s	love storm as well just because you know
20343s	it's pretty good here against this board
20345s	of course but it's just an Arcane spell
20347s	in door grass pool which is going to be
20349s	very very strong when it comes down yeah
20351s	interesting Target wise as well right
20354s	getting the bigger minion for himself
20356s	and just potentially taking 10 to the
20359s	face like yes love storm is pushing and
20361s	he is generally the aggressors in the
20364s	the turn one aggressor from the game
20367s	obviously bunnyoper can very quickly
20369s	turn into the aggressor if he gets some
20371s	of the you know big turn six players
20372s	this deck can do but little storms
20375s	pushed his opponent now to 32 but bunny
20378s	Hopper can attack with a seven and seven
20380s	so like
20383s	just plays Amplified and maybe okani
20387s	freeze the 7-7 and go face like maybe
20389s	I'm I'm you know me dark
20391s	and go face you normally will for me but
20394s	it just looks good because you just stay
20396s	ahead at that point
20400s	it's actually very interesting with this
20402s	theater as well because obviously I'm
20404s	thinking he wants to try and fit it in
20405s	before turn seven in order to try and
20408s	steal the dawn grasp but if you think
20410s	keeping track he actually knows that
20411s	every single card costs a lot more right
20414s	now so he has until turn eight uh in
20417s	order to steal the dawn grasp unless
20419s	it's top deck specifically yeah next
20421s	turn in which case he could disrupt it
20423s	then
20424s	um I can wait right he knows he's not
20426s	kept in his hand because all his kept
20428s	cards have been played and then yeah if
20430s	Dawn grasp isn't eight then it needs not
20433s	drawn yet so it's fine
20435s	I love this though phrase push Seven 22
20439s	let's go
20442s	in terms of cross spells it's
20445s	just Cold Case right now
20448s	Frozen touch as well now
20450s	um but Frozen touch it doesn't feel
20453s	fantastic it's got to be said getting in
20455s	the door graspoon it's okay because you
20459s	do get yourself another default pros and
20461s	touch when it's cast uh but it does just
20463s	fly anywhere you know you can shoot
20464s	yourself in the face as I've done many
20466s	times same I don't think I've ever hit
20469s	my opponent with cards that don't Auto
20470s	Target enemies
20473s	let me back soldier in OverWatch unless
20475s	I'm alting I do not hit a goddamn thing
20479s	by the Rockets completely yeah take a
20482s	wall off the side of the map like got
20484s	him drop your heel then run out of it
20486s	they've got a forest someone switched to
20488s	Soldier uh you do not want me to do that
20491s	trust me
20492s	give me five minutes to get my all and
20495s	then I'll be effective let's go
20499s	okay all three costs here off the
20502s	naggling which is
20503s	of course what you want to be seeing
20509s	if that was objection instead of
20511s	explosive rooms I'd be much more
20513s	interested in taking it because so many
20515s	of the Mage minions are battle cries
20519s	but I think the essence there is still
20522s	the disrupting minions against this deck
20524s	is more important than the Spells so I
20527s	prefer over the counter spell
20535s	also it's important to note that bunny
20537s	Hopper is playing a starfish in the list
20540s	we saw that in this match earlier coming
20542s	clutch they've been able to unfreeze the
20544s	whole board so there is an element where
20546s	if lovestone plays this Varden freeze
20549s	the board it does not mean the board
20552s	stays Frozen right he still has to at
20554s	least acknowledge the chance he might
20556s	not be able to do anything about it and
20557s	takes it anyway but
20559s	he has to at least consider it do you
20561s	see The Reckless Apprentice getting
20562s	blown up by the roots
20565s	yeah you do obviously get the uh the
20567s	liberty of knowing what the secret is at
20569s	least when you play off the Naga link
20570s	said no real danger there uh
20574s	and I I think I respect uh love storm
20577s	going with these lines where he is just
20579s	still tanking a bit of damage because I
20581s	think even as low as he is now until you
20584s	see the hero card from your opponent
20586s	you're not scared
20593s	he knows the answer to that one
20596s	knows it's not bran here
20601s	so he can make a guess on solid Alibi
20603s	because he knows actually I think he
20605s	could guess that 100 because both the
20606s	spells in hand activated the
20612s	uh or very likely they both activated
20614s	the dungeon it so we had a good chance
20615s	of guessing the first spell over the
20616s	arcane
20620s	and now the tricky one because it's like
20622s	well it's turned seven and right play
20625s	Dawn grass but
20628s	ah got it wrong so close
20633s	but now does he just drop theater anyway
20637s	unless he does a tradable he can't kill
20639s	this 7-6 regardless so I like this
20642s	and I think actually if he clicked Val
20644s	didn't they he knew it must be in the
20647s	hand right if it wasn't in the day yeah
20649s	if it's not in the deck and it's not
20650s	been played well there's only places it
20652s	can be it doesn't take murloc homes to
20654s	figure this one now I'm pretty sure I
20656s	could manage that
20659s	uh but he misses of course gets baby
20661s	burden instead of uh hero cardboard and
20665s	and in a single term it was looking so
20668s	hopeful so many options available to
20669s	Bonnie Hopper things are starting to
20671s	look a lot worse
20674s	he does have coin Drake fire
20676s	and he did take away one of the solid
20678s	Alibis because that's one of the things
20680s	that can really slow money up and down
20682s	is like uh the Varden now then solid
20685s	Alibi solid Alibi and suddenly oh my God
20688s	they've been pinging me while I well
20689s	I've been dealing one damage to them at
20691s	a time
20692s	oh it gets the perfect outcome the uh
20695s	the Cold Case as well there was a chance
20698s	as we said to just get Frozen touch
20701s	which you know could have shot himself
20702s	in the face down to 14 Health but now
20704s	it's a pretty big swing giving these up
20706s	to 26 again now yep
20708s	these dragons are gonna have to do some
20710s	work
20714s	I always question like oh is it
20716s	primordial Drake here because it's a ton
20718s	but it's so much less damage but I do
20721s	think bunny Opera was kind of just
20723s	forced into this does get brood mother
20725s	as well most importantly he knows the
20728s	Don grasp is in the hand still as in
20730s	little Dawn grass but this will fill the
20733s	board he can just ping starfish in the
20736s	exact way he did in his previous series
20738s	earlier on today
20740s	so he knows he's got like the sort of
20743s	surprise Factor obviously love some
20744s	knows he runs a starfish but there's 27
20747s	cards left in the deck
20750s	so now as love storm we start thinking
20752s	is it worth honorable killing with my
20754s	hero power to upgrade it or do I just
20757s	launch these all straight to the Dome uh
20760s	in this instance I think because there's
20762s	a taunt in the way that could allow you
20763s	to get some Minion damage face it's
20765s	worth taking out the primordial Drake
20768s	here with the trade plus the hero power
20773s	uh oh but it's up to five and all four
20775s	apologies because two have been played
20777s	okay fair enough I was I was with you I
20779s	was wondering what was going on and I
20780s	was like oh yeah that makes sense yeah
20782s	just gonna work on just clearing up the
20784s	big threats from the board and suddenly
20786s	because love storm didn't say you know
20788s	what phrase I think in a weird way it
20792s	would have been
20793s	I don't want to say better but would
20794s	have been interesting Steve but he
20796s	actually didn't pick the tone
20801s	but then Bunny Gets to unlock and then
20803s	play his own solid Alibi maybe and that
20805s	would have been enough it would have
20807s	been very interesting to see the outcome
20808s	there but this hand is garbage
20813s	the bunny Hopper
20815s	yeah pure garbanzo beans right now
20819s	like you have to
20821s	throw away the starfish and then just
20823s	recycle the the solid Alibi into a
20826s	different card the problem is
20829s	it's fair to assume this is a spell
20830s	block right makani
20833s	I guess yeah yeah because he's only
20835s	worried about uh Rune of the archimage
20837s	sure right yeah okay surely so oh okay
20841s	well there's Don grass but that's
20842s	something those are a lot better yeah
20845s	how did that work how did you pull that
20848s	off
20849s	kill
20859s	or not
20862s	oh
20864s	so many great choices oh that was so
20868s	Target key
20870s	oh was he supposed to trade one of the
20874s	one once into the akani first
20879s	oh because he didn't have space right
20882s	right yeah and then in that case if it
20885s	happens in that order he still has the
20887s	50 50 for the Arcane overflow to hit the
20891s	skeleton
20892s	and also losing a 1-1 just doesn't
20896s	matter does it you know like
20898s	oh and now buddy but he knows his
20901s	starfish is bottom of the deck oh no
20904s	come back oh wait I didn't mean to say
20907s	these new cards were better
20914s	now even though I love Style
20916s	was a little bit behind it looks like
20918s	he's behind on board which arguably is
20920s	this freeze and then having solid Alibi
20923s	Frozen touch hero power again
20926s	huge and he has enough to actually
20928s	Infuse the the Frozen touch again next
20931s	turn right or close to enough depending
20933s	on how this one plays out close yeah
20934s	yeah he can uh oh man he really wishes
20938s	he had just one more minion on board
20942s	but I will say bunny Hopper is is far
20945s	from out of this right there's a lot of
20946s	damage coming face every turn absolutely
20948s	here for love storm however bran evoker
20952s	with no freeze on the board to stop that
20954s	from you know the minions being able to
20956s	trade in and make room for that it's not
20958s	that much at all for love storm he's
20960s	going to start taking some pig damage
20962s	very soon yeah the problem is Bunny's
20965s	Dead next turn unless something
20967s	miraculous happens right because it's
20970s	just ping Frozen touch Frozen touch
20972s	right and that is the problem this
20975s	Frozen Alibi has been able to be held on
20977s	to for so long because bunny didn't you
20980s	know get a rune of the archmage or a
20982s	drake fight amulet early on it's huge
20985s	right because when you can save side
20987s	alibiot of this stage of the game and
20989s	you're the one playing ping maid it's a
20991s	disaster for your opponent
20993s	eat water though with bran oh yeah oh oh
20997s	no the solid elevatory shuffled in yikas
21001s	could have been so much more armor yeah
21004s	well I mean solid Alamo is still a
21006s	fantastic card actually to have in this
21008s	instance that kind of just buys him a
21009s	full extra turn
21013s	I don't think it'd be ridiculous to play
21014s	it now actually to be honest uh you know
21017s	you're gonna take at least one Frozen
21018s	touch plus a thing to the face next turn
21020s	anyway
21022s	and your opponent likely wants to
21026s	uh hit this board with more trash and so
21029s	if you solid alibiot massively neuters
21032s	the problem the problem is the Ping
21034s	isn't bunny on three
21036s	with the ping yeah but it's only dealing
21038s	one oh no sorry it's on four oh okay
21043s	you went for the uh The Honorable kill
21044s	yeah yeah yeah
21048s	and he just saying okay well
21050s	tell me what you got
21056s	and we know there's no solid Alibi
21058s	available for love storm the other one
21059s	is well in Bunny's hand right now
21067s	a lot of time put him to two
21072s	not yeah not really now not enough Mana
21075s	you know at the start of the turn he
21077s	could yeah
21081s	Reckless
21082s	okay well there goes the board for bunny
21087s	yep the Ping as well that will therefore
21089s	clear I'll be honest that felt like so
21091s	brave from Lobster because he has two
21094s	infused Frozen touch which basically
21097s	equate lethal in two turns and he
21100s	decided to you know cycle them away and
21102s	got a board clear and he's suddenly yet
21104s	again in a very strong position and body
21108s	now has to make the choice once more
21109s	does he play Alibi does he have to play
21113s	Rune does alibi just mean he's in the
21115s	same spot but worse next turn like
21117s	should he just play Rune of the arcmage
21123s	because what does alibi like really
21126s	achieve right now
21129s	well it means more dress doesn't just
21131s	kill him on the spot
21134s	yeah but it's just tough right because
21136s	then love storm just doesn't play more
21138s	dress and then does it next to it and
21140s	then probably stairs it is ruined of the
21142s	archmage next turn instead so I wonder
21145s	if it's just you know what just press
21147s	the button see what it does
21149s	you can deal eight to them on this turn
21151s	with Apprentice ping probably an alibi
21153s	as well I would have to guess
21155s	uh bring them down to 13. let's hope for
21159s	room to finish off I guess
21162s	it's so unlikely
21165s	you know I mean it's it's basically it's
21167s	13 damage just doesn't happen off of
21171s	roon until
21172s	yeah well or fool me the only time 13
21176s	damage has happened to me is when it
21178s	actually hits me
21180s	somehow and I'm like how did this even
21182s	not even possible
21185s	you've not seen me play
21193s	hmm
21195s	not with the cycle of the Viper again
21198s	Tech card not for this matchup
21201s	long gone are the days of uh alunaf
21204s	let's start with the cycle there I feel
21206s	like I'd rather have an even amount of
21208s	Mana
21209s	leftovers because you prefer even over
21212s	audible well most things are even right
21214s	like you could have got double Frozen
21216s	touch plus ping uh or Cold Case ping you
21220s	know something like that
21221s	no reason to well not no reason to not
21224s	play the Frozen touch but I can at least
21225s	throw one out here right
21230s	I mean
21232s	yeah the question's still going to be
21233s	the same bunny either does some of this
21235s	turn or dies let me remind you who you
21237s	are misses something
21240s	yeah big start
21244s	face oh
21248s	oh Iceberg Cold Case okay we're looking
21251s	for an alibi now
21257s	into tiny little pieces oh just so much
21260s	mana on useless spells
21262s	uh enough to save him though potentially
21267s	if you go flurry and then
21270s	dicks
21272s	plus another nine
21274s	it's one off actually right now if it's
21277s	barrier which we can see it is
21280s	because there's nine plus six uh as I
21283s	count it foreign
21289s	but if it's uh objection then that's not
21291s	lethal okay so there is actually lethal
21294s	here
21295s	but you just have to take the risk on
21297s	objection and if you miss
21300s	kind of just die actually uh very
21302s	possibly they could have more drish on
21304s	the other side to just kill you
21306s	don't you don't you only die if they
21309s	have more dress though
21315s	but yeah but ruins just so like if
21318s	they're playing they're not hero
21320s	powering right
21322s	okay that doesn't Infuse it which would
21325s	have been the other way to hit Leadville
21327s	oh against the extra hell
21332s	God
21334s	how are Decks that can do this much
21336s	damage not actually killing each other
21344s	one off for bunnies his hair parrot four
21349s	uh I think so right because he didn't
21351s	when I said three it was at four
21355s	and he didn't uh honorable kill because
21357s	he killed a 2-3 with a four ping oh wait
21359s	so the mortgage has the the skeleton has
21361s	to hit the skeleton and hit face
21365s	wait wait
21368s	oh no man oh no
21372s	oh kidding
21380s	and that's just gonna be game
21382s	Bunny with the big brain play I honestly
21385s	didn't even think about that until you
21387s	mentioned it but it just didn't get the
21389s	hit he needed the skeleton to be hit die
21392s	deal two to the to love storm and then
21394s	paying for the finish that was such a
21396s	good play but it just it didn't happen
21403s	and there's nothing right it's just
21405s	actually nothing burning up a Shaker
21407s	seemed to one and love storm all he has
21411s	to do is aim this hero power and that's
21413s	going to be game number one going to
21415s	love storm could it have even
21418s	closer Derek I think literally not
21423s	Bunny Hop for here is going to be
21424s	running through every single one of
21427s	those many many series of unfortunate
21429s	events in that game like
21431s	murloc homes effectively coming down to
21434s	like a 50 50 on the last one to get it
21436s	right getting it wrong okay at least I
21438s	have information now I know that the uh
21440s	the heroes in hand missing the 50 50 on
21442s	that one to get it off the uh the
21444s	theater as well all these little things
21446s	as well like the order on his uh Varden
21450s	hero uh sorry Varden Battle Cry being
21452s	the worst possible outcome that it could
21455s	be right like the 50 50 to get this uh
21458s	the sorry the Drake fire amulet second
21461s	instead of first the Arcane over before
21462s	the wrong minion it was like buy 50 50s
21465s	in a row something in this and then
21467s	right at the end there he just needed to
21468s	hit one of two one in threes in order to
21470s	for it to hit the skeleton like it it
21473s	starts spiraling into absurdity uh when
21476s	you start figuring it all out yeah that
21478s	is gonna be a tough one to come back
21480s	from for bunny half of here even though
21482s	it is only game one we've got plenty
21484s	more where that came from but it does
21486s	look like Bunny Hop is taking a quick
21487s	break from that Mage and I don't blame
21490s	him at this point and jumping over to
21492s	his shame and we're there as I've said
21493s	before the two key cards Derek the
21496s	framester we've already seen it strike
21498s	once today uh against this opponent and
21501s	also the I win card called glug the
21503s	gulper
21504s	oh I mean those fools teasing you here
21507s	like make no mistake I love jumping on
21510s	the Ravens and idiot bandwagon in this
21512s	sense who doesn't exactly you could not
21515s	be more correct Raven glug is just glug
21517s	you play it and your opponent concedes
21519s	the game it's just the rules I have I
21522s	believe it or not watch a lot of
21524s	hearthstone streams I love Hearthstone
21526s	I've cast many tournaments since cloak's
21529s	been in the game I've never seen it
21531s	killed
21532s	once not once it's never happened I I
21535s	think it's actually got hidden text
21536s	which simply cannot be killed wins games
21540s	done but yes I do like the frame set in
21543s	here as well a card I honestly just
21546s	completely caught me off guard when I
21548s	was looking at Bunny Hop as their deck
21549s	submission and was like what is this uh
21552s	but yeah it's good he's gonna make up
21554s	some of these uh nerfed cards that we've
21556s	seen from shame in a while back uh
21557s	somewhere and I like it the inclusion
21560s	right just to potentially cause some
21562s	issues for your opponent because just as
21564s	many you know 50 50s that bunnies say
21567s	missed in that previous game well
21569s	framester can hit at the right time that
21571s	we've already seen happen today as well
21573s	so you know maybe it's one of those
21575s	things that can help him out uh it does
21576s	a lot of love so I'm still picking what
21578s	a deck he's gonna play into now but he
21581s	does now only have the priest left which
21583s	is bore priest and then the Demon Hunter
21585s	as well so how do you feel like love
21588s	storms looking in this series and just
21590s	what do you think of the lineup in
21591s	general because I feel like this is more
21593s	of the one of the out there lineups it
21595s	doesn't feel like it's hard targeting
21597s	anything specifically but it's
21600s	definitely got a nice mixed bag of decks
21602s	with the alignment during banned out
21604s	yeah exactly I think the best thing we
21606s	could call it is antique control it's
21609s	like a reasonable assessment for the
21611s	deck because you have the alignment
21612s	Druid in there in order to you know have
21615s	this very powerful pop-up potential
21617s	later on in the game but priest we know
21619s	is a very very strict combo deck that a
21621s	lot of the control decks could lose to
21622s	and major I think as well actually as
21624s	we've seen if it can go into the late
21626s	game really has the capabilities to lock
21628s	down these control decks which you know
21630s	is exactly what Bonnie's lineup is when
21633s	we look at it all these very very slow
21634s	decks like the shaman in there as well
21636s	the Mage very slow as well and yet bunny
21639s	Hopper was able to get it done in the
21642s	previous series
21643s	um just because I think you know overall
21645s	for me the power level of Druid the
21647s	power level of priest right now it's
21650s	just not quite there like I fully
21653s	appreciate that if you are Fury hunter
21654s	or pocket trainer specifically you're
21657s	allowed to play ball priest and you'll
21659s	probably do quite well but for anything
21662s	other than absolutely perfect play I do
21666s	honestly just not have faith in this
21667s	deck I think it's too susceptible to the
21670s	uh extreme Outburst of pressure not just
21674s	in the form of small minions played on
21677s	curve in a zoo-like fashion but the
21679s	location from warlock huge burst of
21681s	stats the uh location from Rogue a huge
21684s	burst of stats or draca coming down as
21686s	well you only have one that light it
21688s	burns in the deck which for me just
21689s	leaves you a little bit too flimsy in
21691s	terms of your defense
21693s	yeah it's uh it's definitely scary isn't
21696s	it like because although as you said
21699s	there are certain players that have you
21701s	know easily mastered the deck and you
21703s	know that it's hard to even cast
21705s	honestly certain place right because
21707s	it's like well you just know what
21708s	they've done is correct or at least as
21710s	correct as we could see
21712s	um but yeah I think this is definitely a
21714s	testing deck and we'll have to see how
21715s	it performs here but it is going up
21717s	against the shaving and it's just even
21719s	though there's the threat of glug uh
21722s	this priest could just go way too fast
21724s	Shaman we've seen time and time again is
21727s	just a little bit clunky isn't it it's
21729s	been a while since I've feel like I've
21731s	seen a very smooth shaming game play out
21735s	indeed yeah feeling like a real Tusk of
21739s	its former glory when we think back to
21741s	the power level that Shaman had in
21743s	recent times
21745s	um I will say that I think in this
21747s	specific matchup if we can find that
21749s	Tech card framester could be enormous
21752s	can you imagine uh playing ball priest
21755s	when randomly you just have less Mana in
21758s	like three of your key turns I I really
21760s	think a bunny Hopper can find that
21762s	it's far from an auto win but that's
21765s	going to buy him like at least two extra
21767s	turns in order to be able to find some
21769s	extra damage yeah we just you just need
21771s	to go full in on their brand frame still
21773s	right just go off oh please just Shuffle
21776s	everything and it's like oh look at that
21779s	you're overloaded again what a shame
21781s	it's turn eight and you have zero manner
21789s	yes give it to me
21792s	uh which I mean is the name of the game
21794s	here for bunny Hopper right like as a
21795s	deck that has limited aggressive
21797s	potential in the early game and the kind
21799s	of aggressive potential that ball priest
21801s	can answer uh disruption is the name of
21803s	the game Shaman is the king of it right
21805s	now absolutely no question about it and
21809s	with uh akani theater
21812s	um
21813s	uh mutinous sorry parrot to copy all of
21816s	those and Frames the tossed into the mix
21818s	as well uh I think that love storm
21822s	you know just the confusion Factor alone
21825s	is worth a huge amount in here because
21827s	as we said if he just has his pyro
21829s	chomped by uh mutinous later on in the
21832s	game or he has two less mana on a key
21834s	combo turn your brain could just melt
21836s	down if you're not used to these
21837s	situations yeah and even I doubt little
21840s	Storm's going to put himself in this
21841s	position because it's not a you know big
21843s	brain sort of Dodge thing to think about
21846s	but he he won't just play Irwin bars and
21849s	leave him on board but he also has to
21851s	make sure he's thinking about that right
21853s	because he's also as you said he's got
21854s	about 50 different things to think about
21856s	the bunny Hopper could disrupt him with
21858s	and you've also just got to remember you
21860s	could just devolve these minions if you
21862s	wanted to right if they're left on board
21863s	so there's just so many layers and love
21867s	storm must already be feeling overloaded
21870s	just staring at this brand it's like
21872s	please know
21875s	yeah well if it wasn't before now even
21877s	though you have you know more
21879s	information than a usual akani here the
21882s	information you have is you're in
21883s	trouble because
21885s	a coin being used to Discount the Spell
21888s	yuck and any of these minions being lost
21891s	to the akani feels absolutely back
21894s	breaking like honestly because you have
21896s	the cleric pyro gift of the naaru combo
21899s	maybe you toss away handmaiden on the
21902s	next turn
21905s	and it's so tricky isn't it there's
21908s	still
21909s	one more drawer I guess full of storm to
21912s	decide he might draw into something
21914s	that's a little bit nicer to throw away
21916s	but it's the ever-present problem isn't
21918s	it with this priest is when you do go up
21920s	against akani you need to be absolutely
21923s	certain in every situation what is the
21926s	correcting throw away
21930s	what do you think now do you think just
21931s	a cleric is fine because he has two
21935s	well now we have more interesting
21936s	proposal because there's actually a shot
21938s	of the naaru that you could use to
21939s	silence the akani after you play another
21942s	spell so you have the choice to not use
21944s	a spell and a minion to fully discount
21945s	it but two spells if you'd rather
21948s	and so baby that comes in the form of
21953s	oh just coin shot honestly I'm just not
21956s	a good enough bull priest player to know
21958s	what's uh more valuable here because I
21961s	could believe the coin is more valuable
21963s	because you just need flexibility on
21964s	your combo turn but I could also fully
21966s	believe that Shadowood ruin is the more
21969s	valuable card because you need to
21970s	actually be able to clear something
21972s	predictable
21979s	had options and that was the choice at
21981s	the end of the day here on this turn for
21983s	lovestar
21984s	and Bunny's probably uh
21986s	be happy about the way this game is
21987s	going so far because it's not like love
21989s	songs gonna really do anything this turn
21992s	might cycle the silence okay it's gonna
21994s	play into it no problem so yeah just
21997s	gonna throw that away
21999s	but it really is a pretty big deal to uh
22005s	to lose the silence here rather than
22006s	actually playing it here getting in
22008s	account as well because the Brand's
22009s	still being active with hey what do you
22011s	know school teacher off the top uh is
22014s	still pretty spicy
22018s	yeah it's actually snowballing out of
22020s	control isn't it
22021s	seriously the fact that last term was
22023s	you know waste two cards pass Brand's
22027s	still there surely love storm has to
22030s	decide on how to progress the game plan
22032s	at this point because he can't just let
22034s	bran sit there although because when we
22036s	were joking about him being forever
22038s	overloaded if Brands just sat there all
22040s	game he will be
22042s	especially when you're getting cards
22044s	like this nothing can stop us
22047s	is a super interesting card to get given
22050s	here because right now it's just plus
22052s	two plus two to your board which is
22053s	probably where I'd uh have my mindset
22055s	but like clownfish with it in the next
22058s	couple turns it's like Infinity stats
22060s	you're playing Battlegrounds at that
22062s	point not standard
22067s	you're free he's got a little wind chill
22068s	here with that naggling to draw even
22070s	more and I think that's probably the
22072s	point as well obviously not attacking
22074s	doesn't want to give love storm any
22076s	potential value anyways to draw or cycle
22079s	through the deck yeah
22083s	and this really does now feel like the
22085s	turn you've got a three Health cleric
22087s	because he got rid of the one that had
22088s	been swapped
22090s	with the ball importantly so you can go
22092s	coin pyro cleric
22095s	devour
22096s	that will leave you with
22098s	five Minions on the board damaged after
22102s	both the 1-1 and the Sleep breaker die
22106s	will you have enough hand space to draw
22109s	five cards if you dump the illuminate
22112s	then yes oh my God it gets so confusing
22116s	just sit back and enjoy the show yeah
22119s	indeed okay that's a good one to get
22126s	okay I think that was a perfect amount
22128s	of draw actually exactly seven up to ten
22130s	cards in hand
22139s	with that slap from Wolf stop to his own
22142s	face was
22144s	he messed up or whether he was just
22146s	saying right wake up and focus I mean I
22149s	I'm not even going to try and attempt to
22151s	say whether he messed up or didn't there
22152s	like
22153s	of course there's a way he could improve
22155s	on that term I'm sure there is there
22157s	were just so many options to have gone
22159s	for there it's not even close like
22161s	probably it should have been pyro plus
22163s	devour first maybe to clear off one
22166s	extra minion I don't know but
22167s	effectively I think that was a
22169s	reasonable enough turn he drew a lot of
22171s	cards cleared off a bit of the board and
22173s	didn't let his Elwyn bore be stuck on
22176s	the board so it could be transformed or
22177s	stolen most importantly murlocs oh yeah
22181s	look at this
22186s	though
22193s	now trade the pyro with the six three
22198s	it's a little time
22204s	I'm interested there why Bonnie didn't
22207s	commit the ravager
22210s	I think board space for this uh to get
22212s	the location down and also he would have
22214s	overdrawn I think had he died at the
22216s	time
22217s	what if you ain't clown clown
22220s	oh I guess so yeah okay okay yeah sure
22222s	sure yeah yeah yeah
22226s	it's less stats Eric
22230s	look at this now Raven the discounts
22232s	three Mana mutinous plus a parrot if the
22236s	brand sticks that's like the biggest
22238s	Buffet you've ever seen in your life
22242s	forward space holding him back now and I
22245s	mean hey if this board isn't cleared off
22247s	you know be my guest says bunny Hopper
22251s	yeah you draw some cards
22254s	enjoy your time
22258s	or even away like does love storm have
22262s	to commit this silence
22266s	I mean not obviously not really to clear
22268s	the boards necessarily but to just not
22271s	die yeah it cleans up a lot of damage
22273s	doesn't it
22275s	and no brand anymore
22277s	that's big because I mean otherwise like
22280s	bunny Hopper could have just gone for
22282s	the Finley to find framester and then
22284s	that kind of sends the game at that
22286s	point with six of them in the deck
22287s	potentially more with the power as well
22296s	of storm happy or sad I can't even tell
22298s	anymore man like
22301s	in either way this is still 15 damage
22306s	it doesn't feel like he's gonna get
22309s	combo off next turn maybe I'm wrong
22311s	though
22313s	yeah frustration now for bunny of course
22315s	that we were talking about three oh no
22316s	maybe he is actually I think he's
22318s	actually just killed I just got it yeah
22320s	he's traded them enough and they both
22322s	cost zero he doesn't even need the leash
22324s	oh my brightness I honestly just did not
22327s	realize the amulets were already done
22329s	I'll be completely honest I'm because we
22331s	were looking at it so many ways to like
22332s	oh how'd he play the board how does he
22334s	do this I just miss the fact that the
22336s	amulets were finished God
22339s	disgusting
22342s	but well played I'm not aiming that at
22345s	lovestar I may mean that at this combo
22348s	The Last Battle Cry played by bunny was
22352s	warlock ravagirl
22353s	not gonna get to play there
22356s	the parrot anyway I suppose I'm just
22358s	wondering if there's any way he can make
22359s	something work with these zero Mana
22360s	cards
22361s	what is a loon's will because one of the
22366s	first one's gonna cost four less but
22367s	then the second one's only gonna cost
22368s	less
22370s	e oh will you have time I'm just trying
22373s	to think because he he will have zero
22375s	minor null as well right
22378s	uh
22381s	uh one manner right but yeah oh sorry
22383s	yeah I was just thinking like she's big
22386s	oh he could have won um yeah it's all
22390s	over now but I was just thinking not
22392s	this turn but if he just doesn't commit
22394s	much and then has null Muk pulls the
22397s	turn after like does that give him any
22400s	option
22404s	as a big lifesteal on 10 but then
22407s	there's still the light it burns which
22408s	love storm hasn't had to use up until
22410s	this point
22411s	and also just double flash heal right
22414s	like that's right yeah
22418s	like if bunny Hopper played
22421s	leotard to steal the
22425s	uh the hero card up uh by this guy
22428s	really yeah sorry maybe he could Outlast
22430s	the amount of damage
22433s	from the swings because you could put a
22434s	torn in the way or something but with
22435s	zarella still on the deck that there's
22437s	just zero possibility of that
22441s	um like yeah a bunny knows as well as we
22443s	do this is
22445s	very very unlikely but I do think your
22447s	best chance is using out some kind of a
22449s	window
22452s	apparently not though yeah I was even
22454s	thinking like
22456s	amalgam get something but there just
22459s	simply isn't the Mana right it just
22461s	doesn't matter what you get because
22463s	Bonnie's just going to be here every
22465s	single time
22467s	and love storm because of the way that
22470s	the uh the deck is now two cards left
22472s	and he has card draw whenever he wants
22475s	it so he can guarantee getting zairella
22478s	whenever yeah he so chooses
22481s	and the heels just start stacking up now
22483s	and it's just not going to be good
22484s	enough for money Hopper is it
22490s	I'll stop though in the zone like really
22492s	thinking about do I play this is this a
22495s	problem if I play it is that a problem
22496s	if I don't play it even at this stage
22499s	where the game does feel like almost
22501s	impossible
22504s	um
22510s	was in the deck there was actually a
22514s	chance but love storm gets the Victory
22517s	and you can say what you want
22520s	about love song's ability to Pilot the
22522s	deck the way he worked his way through
22524s	that quite difficult game actually early
22526s	on
22527s	but let's be honest he won because of
22529s	glug he got gluged to burn that's just
22532s	the truth congratulations there to love
22535s	storm on game two win there he's just
22537s	got one more game potential left as he
22540s	has this Demon Hunter left over but
22543s	all priest does it every time doesn't
22545s	need Derek and by it I mean confuses and
22548s	trick us as we go because it's so
22550s	there's so many little decisions you can
22552s	make but I think the biggest factor for
22554s	me was
22555s	um that love storm actually held off
22557s	that really strong opening from bunny
22560s	whilst actually progressing his game
22563s	plan right I like I said I did not know
22565s	if those amulets were shuffled
22567s	yeah no it was just very very well
22569s	played by love storm I think in my
22571s	opinion as you said he uh
22573s	that card brought home was really not
22575s	easy and while I fully understand there
22577s	may have been ways to improve upon it
22579s	I've seen enough complete meltdowns in
22582s	my time casting Hearthstone to be more
22585s	than happy to say that was good enough
22587s	good job he saw a way to draw the
22590s	correct number of cards up to 10 not
22591s	overdraw and that was uh perfectly so
22594s	and then as you said with the glug I now
22596s	can't get the image out of my mind of
22598s	him uh akin to the Joker burning his
22601s	pile of money by setting fire to glug
22604s	like it's not about the money I'm
22606s	sending a message
22608s	I mean all this is doing is backing up
22610s	my statements about the cards so uh yeah
22613s	I'm happy with it but the Opera though
22615s	gonna be jumping over to his jackpot
22617s	Rogue and uh generally not the exact
22620s	list of course because times have
22622s	changed but generally if bunny Hopper
22624s	can play some kind of generation style
22627s	Rogue he does and he normally does very
22629s	well so nice to see bunny Hopper on this
22631s	list again the big hiccups I've found
22635s	with this when playing it is when you
22637s	don't like uh transition from the
22640s	opening secret sort of package of your
22642s	deck into the uh the generation with
22645s	jackpots and stuff smoothly a lot of the
22647s	time you can get some of the good stuff
22649s	early and then you just never draw
22652s	jackpot and then your deck kind of just
22653s	flails around and does nothing I don't
22656s	know if you've had much experience
22657s	playing the deck Tire I have had a bit
22659s	yeah but I mean we don't have to get to
22661s	our own experience we can go to Bonnie's
22663s	experience playing against lobstorm in
22665s	this exact matchup earlier on today that
22667s	was the one game you lost against love
22669s	storm earlier on where he was just doing
22670s	exactly what you said not really
22672s	transitioning over into the late game uh
22675s	you know almost getting there like
22677s	coming close to getting a dinathrius
22678s	down to try and stabilize the game but
22680s	just being less efficient overall than
22682s	lovestorm was because the cards fall in
22685s	the right right order there's very
22688s	little in the game that could be quite
22689s	as efficient as Relic Demon Hunter but
22692s	yes as you say I think the Rogue
22695s	ideally if you can we'll be trying to
22697s	get under the Demon Hunter before it
22700s	gets off to two explosive of a start
22702s	because they are both Decks that
22704s	struggle to an extent to pull back a
22706s	board that they've lost they have some
22709s	little tricks up their sleeve in the
22710s	form of relic of Extinction fell barrage
22712s	for this deck uh the the Knowles uh
22715s	something you can get of jackpot for the
22717s	the Rogue as well but I I find a lot of
22719s	the time it's about just getting ahead
22721s	on board at the start so you don't take
22722s	too much damage on either side because
22724s	both decks capitalize heavily on having
22727s	any kind of board control with a swift
22728s	lethal yeah one of the really strong
22731s	things the road can actually do if a
22733s	bunny can set it up of course is use
22735s	that ghastly Gravedigger because in this
22739s	uh Demon Hunter deck your Mulligans I'm
22741s	not saying The Mulligans are easy but
22743s	you are looking for like specifically
22745s	two cards right like nine times out of
22748s	ten and if they don't have those cards
22750s	by you know turn five also then great
22752s	but the gassy Gravedigger you can just
22755s	Shuffle one back so if you can hit like
22757s	a the relative dimensions with that
22760s	before it's played that actually slows
22762s	the demon to down so much right uh
22764s	definitely a little bit tricky to pull
22766s	off because well you need to draw the
22767s	gravedigger and have a secret active to
22770s	do it you know get all that lined up but
22772s	it is one thing that you could really
22773s	push back because the times we've seen
22775s	Demon Hunter really look stronger at
22777s	least the Relic version is when they do
22780s	just get Relic Vault dimensions and
22782s	maybe one more of the Relic as well to
22784s	just juice it up a little bit so yeah
22786s	we'll have to see if that pays off but
22788s	honestly Derek I've been finding myself
22789s	really appreciating the aggro Demon
22792s	Hunter players so far in this tournament
22794s	I feel like that deck's been very
22796s	underrated uh based on what we've seen
22798s	this weekend
22799s	yeah I I agree I think it does
22803s	it obviously feels a very different
22804s	space for The Relic Demon Hunter and I
22806s	think it's feeling something that a lot
22807s	of the other decks are maybe missing
22809s	right now which is just like
22811s	actual early board clears that I feel
22814s	like a lot of the other decks are kind
22816s	of missing right now like Mage would
22817s	much rather stall uh than clear off the
22820s	board warlock has a couple of removal
22821s	tools but nothing all too impactful uh
22824s	whereas the the aggro Demon Hunter is
22826s	just absolutely devastatingly powerful
22828s	in those starting few turns in the way
22831s	that really Demon Hunter is not and does
22834s	offer you a little bit more expression
22836s	uh in your play but if I had to be
22839s	lovestorm for the rest of the series I
22842s	think I would prefer The Relic Demon
22844s	Hunter I think that for Bonnie you know
22847s	with access to the shaman pretty strong
22849s	anti-aggro capabilities the Mage a
22852s	little bit less so but huge life gain
22854s	potential with the hero card and the
22856s	evocas as well uh whereas all of those
22858s	decks against the you know they just
22861s	give the Demon Hunter a little bit too
22862s	much time I find where you can slowly
22865s	ramp up these relics and get
22867s	insurmountably large numbers of
22869s	phantasms in the late game yeah that's
22872s	the thing isn't it if this Demon Hunter
22873s	does get hold of just a little bit of
22875s	time just isn't completely dead uh by
22878s	turn five or six then it is power levels
22881s	got just skyrockets when you can get to
22883s	that Relic Dimensions also it's
22885s	important to note as well that this
22888s	version is playing the one out draki
22890s	warblades I've seen a few players play
22892s	two some players play one and that can
22894s	be a bit of a big deal because like you
22895s	said some of the other decks in The Meta
22898s	can sort of aggro you down and it gets
22900s	the point where we've actually seen
22902s	players lose because they didn't quite
22904s	get to their one-off copy of Val draki
22906s	fast enough whereas if they've got hold
22908s	of it earlier then even just gaining
22911s	like four or five Health in this current
22912s	meta can wildly change the outcome of a
22915s	game right it's not like you need to
22917s	gain hundreds
22918s	foreign
22922s	last game of the tournament for bunny
22925s	Hopper if he's not able to get the win
22926s	with the Rogue here but I think as
22929s	you've said a couple times already this
22931s	is the the signature deck here right for
22933s	him in this meta game he's been jamming
22935s	it like an absolute degenerate on ladder
22938s	and if there's one card to put his faith
22940s	in this expansion it's the jackpot it
22943s	shall deliver oh look at love Storm's
22946s	hand though as well don't get me wrong
22947s	bunny hop is opening looks fine but love
22950s	storm
22952s	what did he have there there we go yeah
22954s	double Relic so he just needs Relic
22956s	vault
22957s	and it's gonna be feeling pretty good
22959s	about life
22960s	yeah you say take a look at love Storm's
22961s	hand having looked at his cam I'm not
22964s	sure I want to do that because it looks
22965s	like he's hacked up a lung onto it but
22967s	uh he's in-game hand I fully agree he's
22970s	looking for
22974s	you know null being picked up for bunny
22976s	Hopper as well not looking too bad
22978s	either they've got a nice early secret
22979s	too
22982s	this is definitely one of the more solid
22984s	hands right like this is what I was
22986s	talking about where okay he's got the
22987s	opening with the secrets and you know
22989s	some card generation has a null as well
22992s	to either battle back some aggressive
22994s	openings or just for Tempo but then the
22996s	jackpot actually is there right it's
22999s	when you're missing the jackpot and and
23000s	maybe the reconnaissance and you're like
23002s	hmm I've got two secrets in a dream
23005s	right now
23009s	and you could obviously rip it right now
23011s	and still walk away with a zero Mana
23013s	null
23014s	I wouldn't hate it start planning for
23016s	the future win the jackpot step one
23020s	[Music]
23023s	okay interesting
23026s	how interesting I think that remains bad
23029s	not necessarily like if you're trying to
23032s	play as you said a little bit more of a
23033s	control gamepl
23037s	Ally inefficient but if you can get that
23039s	down into the pool with the trickster uh
23043s	then that's a pretty strong AOE that you
23045s	could repeat multiple times if you find
23047s	the uh the Contraband stashes as well
23050s	and rats of extraordinary size you know
23053s	there's ways that Rogue can fill up the
23054s	board and then that's again if you play
23056s	it repeatedly it's the real Tempo that
23059s	you can gain yourself so it's not just
23061s	some big rats in hand yeah
23064s	that works too yeah that could also be
23066s	good not an Obviously good set of spells
23069s	uh that leaps out at you but definitely
23070s	some potential there
23073s	oh there's Relic Vault though
23075s	[Music]
23076s	now we're talking yeah and this this is
23079s	how strong just this specific
23081s	combination of cards is love songs
23083s	doesn't care that there's stuff on the
23086s	other side of the board he just played a
23088s	two drop on two that does nothing at
23090s	least for now and just be like yeah hit
23092s	me it's fine I'm about to do busted
23094s	things
23097s	out the spell yeah probably okay okay
23100s	yep
23106s	another Shadow step oh that doesn't do
23109s	anything actually because the other
23110s	perjury is in hand but the secrets
23118s	pretty juicy selection though mountain
23119s	bear fills out turn five pretty much
23122s	perfectly
23125s	yeah I like it a lot
23129s	and at this stage like a dementor can do
23132s	you know a lot of damage but nothing's
23134s	really happened yet and you'd imagine
23136s	the layered a taunts are actually more
23138s	effective than the light shower healing
23140s	right
23149s	probably taking a reckoning
23153s	yeah I was actually staring at the
23154s	second counter spell oh okay well
23158s	that's a fair point it's it's just so
23161s	expensive it is it is
23166s	everybody sees the Power of disruption
23168s	though
23174s	oh he just felt pretty instantly what
23178s	just said you know what
23180s	that's not cow smell oh he just didn't
23182s	think oh was that necessary he just had
23186s	school teacher and predation oh my god I
23189s	didn't even bring it up because I didn't
23190s	think it's just instantly I thought for
23192s	it I did the opposite I saw him do it
23194s	and I was just
23196s	docked into silence yeah I was austerity
23199s	like did that just happen
23202s	then he's just dead yet did he not think
23205s	about the secret because
23207s	the school teacher predation snuggling
23211s	that's a fine turn right like yeah
23214s	you're not you know doing The Relic
23215s	thing straight away but yeah yeah wow
23218s	you play around the secrets a little bit
23219s	better
23221s	I mean you know okay so to give him
23223s	credit it's not just a straight up
23224s	discover there right it's a discovery
23226s	from perjury which gives you Paladin
23227s	Hunter Mage every time yeah and so it's
23230s	a one in six I believe for it to be
23232s	counter spell exactly there because
23234s	that's fixed Mage spells in standard and
23237s	like to give him his credit if he
23238s	thought that was by far his best chance
23240s	of winning the game
23241s	and it's only
23243s	whatever 15 chance or so uh to get it
23246s	counted
23247s	it is very unlikely to be fair like like
23251s	I said if you play school teacher and
23253s	it's objection
23254s	well there you go wasted you turn in the
23257s	same way that he wasted his turn last
23259s	time but it was the insta play that just
23262s	shocked me it didn't even oh he just
23265s	thought fast enough where like yep it's
23267s	unlikely it's kind of spell let's go
23274s	it worked so well the first time let's
23277s	get down another perjury counter spell
23280s	and hopefully that'll be another counter
23281s	spell
23282s	it was on and on and on
23287s	[Music]
23290s	opponent's life difficult here with as
23292s	much disruption as possible
23295s	now there is our Dragon Ball blades but
23297s	again
23304s	did literally nothing this game
23309s	I don't think love storm did anything to
23312s	be honest Derek because that was just a
23314s	no-go there bunny Hopper fights back not
23318s	gonna get uh you know swept out of the
23320s	tournament 3-0 by lovestar bunny Hoppers
23323s	still in for the fight but honestly like
23327s	I kind of get it from love storm because
23329s	he's like well if I do anything else I'm
23330s	not going to win same with the uh the
23332s	relic of uh I keep wanting to say
23334s	directions because I cast with TJ
23336s	yesterday when he kept sorry I was
23337s	calling it The Relic of directions but I
23340s	think part of the mindset of okay
23343s	there's one secret it's you know one in
23346s	six or whatever
23348s	if it's not counter spell I am so far
23351s	ahead in this game and probably win if
23353s	it is well I'm too oh up I'll just do it
23356s	again right and then just carry on so I
23358s	I I I do respect it it was just so odd
23361s	and kind of funny to just see love storm
23363s	get demolished by two count spells in a
23365s	row and it was just shocking because
23367s	normally players sit back and like
23369s	consider things have different options
23370s	but I also think it shows how important
23374s	just that specific combo is to the deck
23376s	that is the deck right you you get the
23379s	Vault and then you play dimensions and
23381s	then you go
23383s	exactly yeah and you can see where he's
23385s	coming from he tried to follow that
23386s	standard game plan uh and it did not in
23390s	that instance work out for him
23392s	what can you say he gets to go with it
23393s	again as you said
23395s	um kind of reminded me of a very long
23398s	argument I had with Dan Gaskin where he
23400s	was saying that if you're too up you
23402s	should make a bad Play Because if it
23404s	doesn't work then you could just go
23406s	again and I was like
23408s	no make the right play that's how you
23411s	win more often but yeah and like I said
23414s	I wasn't saying that I know you were
23416s	yeah I was explaining his reason to just
23419s	say well okay it can stop but this is
23422s	the best place I'm making it so yeah
23423s	anyway I'm asking stupid not that bad
23426s	yes
23428s	it's one person
23430s	I'm now one notch up yes six billion 959
23435s	million 999 999.
23438s	yes Oh I thought you guys say to go
23442s	effectively become smarter than every
23444s	person in the world one by one one IQ
23448s	point at a time
23450s	uh Demon Hunter going up against now the
23453s	big spell Mage from bunny Hopper and
23455s	honestly in terms of Game Plan
23458s	but Storm's just gonna try and do the
23460s	same right he actually the hand was
23462s	there he had to maybe not get cows
23464s	spelled along the way but then he had
23466s	the Vault he had the dimensions he had
23468s	the setup he that's all you want to do
23471s	with this Demon Hunter time and time
23472s	again this time keeps hold to the
23474s	phantasms to be able to just stack the
23476s	uh the other relics just a little bit in
23478s	well not a bad opening hand I don't
23480s	think you're ever upset with sigil and
23482s	not terrible for either player uh I do
23484s	fully endorse bunny Hoppers play to toss
23487s	away the a pelican there I think there's
23491s	just too few cards that it really works
23494s	well against on the Demon Hunter so we
23496s	just want to find uh Belinda barbaric
23499s	sorceress the PowerHouse plays or double
23501s	watch post as well that's
23504s	you know while not impossible at all for
23506s	the Demon Hunter to clear up still very
23507s	annoying yeah it's really good but I'm
23510s	sure I'll buy these have been flashbacks
23512s	because when he played algeru he opened
23514s	with two watch posts energy who just
23516s	answered them perfectly yup the first
23519s	watch post gave him a uh predation
23521s	so he just played a knocker and killed
23523s	it oh a school teacher just getting
23527s	reduced and I brought back right back up
23529s	to four again like easy come easy go
23534s	will you win some you lose some and
23536s	sometimes just nothing changes in life
23542s	like he's gonna go I know
23546s	I respect this a lot actually because
23548s	there's there's no answer right there's
23550s	no card in the deck that actually kills
23552s	this from this stage
23555s	something
23566s	all right first card in the hand he
23568s	knows that's sigil because it's been
23570s	played
23571s	uh in the hand right now we're
23574s	functionally just guessing here you
23577s	could make a guess on there being no
23578s	extinction because it would have just
23579s	been played with the hero power to take
23581s	out the uh you ever pick
23585s	Relic
23588s	of Dimensions sorry to just know whether
23591s	it's there
23593s	yeah I think that's if I had to guess
23595s	that would be the play he made
23597s	but it was essentially a complete guess
23600s	there yeah yeah
23606s	nice and done guaranteeing the kill on
23609s	my look
23616s	oh just a another slight problem right
23619s	the watch post ping is
23623s	fine The Reckless Apprentice is fine
23627s	but nothing kills us that I know again
23630s	it's just gonna sit there and yes it's
23632s	love Storm's ability to play a lot of
23633s	cards is reduced due to the watch post
23635s	but wait I'm not great there for Buddy
23639s	Harper If this satano just keeps causing
23640s	havoc
23641s	yeah I do like the play of apprentice
23644s	here because it opens up a slightly
23646s	higher chance of being able to kill it
23647s	off with school teacher on the following
23650s	turn if you get say frozen touch uh to
23653s	just answer it straight away
23656s	I wonder at this point whether it's just
23658s	our draki warblade's hero power and then
23661s	just it the uh 35 with this Latino
23665s	very reasonable
23666s	[Music]
23669s	if someone's just happy playing with an
23671s	expensive deck
23674s	I'm Relic Demon Hunter is doing that
23675s	anyway
23677s	it'll all be cheaper later it's fine
23683s	huh
23688s	foreign
23699s	do agree with your line of play just to
23701s	get the the war blades down there
23704s	were no top Decks that allowed him to
23706s	clear their right with everything
23707s	costing one more I don't believe so no
23715s	all right none of those kills that I was
23716s	talking about offered
23724s	see it you see it
23727s	no
23728s	problem no even though the darkling will
23731s	seek out a spell
23734s	I love Tom's light no I've got a test it
23741s	we'll get him next time love story what
23743s	are the odds
23744s	goes for Arcane in tight instead again
23748s	if you if it's not a surprise for your
23750s	opponent it's uh pretty easy to play
23751s	around in Demon Hunter okay there we go
23754s	station with school teacher cost one
23756s	more the the barbaric sorceress is a
23759s	huge bro
23762s	all right is this not
23766s	quite work right
23768s	looking at hero power school teacher
23771s	patient not necessarily in that order
23775s	wait you could
23777s	oh
23781s	all right
23786s	I just push Mass damage that actually
23788s	worked out pretty well it really did
23791s	I was just thinking like if school
23793s	teacher got naggling that got Relic then
23797s	that things could get really spicy there
23799s	for lovestar but now I just went for a
23802s	slightly more controllable play
23804s	okay now we're talking for Bunny playing
23807s	big spell Mage and he's found the cards
23809s	you actually want to find it's a miracle
23813s	I
23815s	think we're just playing Belinda right I
23817s	don't want to take any risks on barbaric
23820s	sorceress if it misses you're in really
23822s	big trouble
23824s	foreign
23827s	at this point if I'm bunny Hopper to
23829s	where I feel like I need to play Rune
23831s	next turn right I'd be very happy to
23833s	just get down Drake fire amulet
23839s	oh wow just insta tossing this hand
23847s	in the hand is it good I think at this
23849s	point after seeing Belinda a lot of
23850s	storms just like I need the relics yeah
23852s	yeah and he got the relics
23854s	oh my God oh my goodness Chase dude it's
23858s	an expensive hand but a potent one
23861s	foreign
23862s	yeah
23871s	it sounds like hmm
23873s	what is it clear
23875s	gotta be worse oh damage face to bloop
23878s	as well
23879s	it's a Fano it's a lot of damage done
23882s	because then it was just played on curve
23884s	it's insane isn't it
23888s	but now things are going to start to get
23889s	a little bit more difficult Drake fire
23891s	amulet Drake fire amulet a pirate if
23894s	Buddy wants it for more dragons like
23898s	this board is going to start getting a
23900s	little bit uncontrollable here for love
23902s	stop exactly yeah he would need to have
23905s	been looking at like reduced Diamox
23907s	reduced Jace playable next turn to
23909s	really answer this because with no top
23911s	of the idle in these lists anymore this
23914s	is the exact type of board the Demon
23915s	Hunter no longer deals with at all right
23920s	especially as the you know the text on
23923s	subpoena to attack the lowest Health
23925s	minion every time he was really annoying
23927s	these uh these welds are just going to
23930s	come back again at the end of the turn
23938s	I think just chaos strike
23941s	even looking at Central flame honestly
23943s	yeah
23946s	pick me pick me
23949s	I guess it saves you some health right
23951s	if it blows up the welds they can't
23953s	attack on that turn because it's at the
23955s	start of your turn yeah it kills the
23957s	watch post as well you know deals some
23959s	damage to the inyxia like it it's not
23962s	good but it's just I think the best
23964s	overall option to actually give him a
23966s	chance at dealing with this board at
23968s	some point
23971s	and while meltronics can be uh very
23975s	vexing at times
23977s	uh Grace H parrot here is just kind of
23979s	perfectly placed straight away with the
23981s	welps and get yourself a couple more big
23983s	old dragons
23998s	okay
24002s	oh no spells have been played yeah it's
24005s	on the left
24006s	press it you went in by a mile but press
24009s	it
24011s	I might yeah probably yeah I don't think
24014s	I want to risk uh Mass polymorph
24020s	that one well
24023s	it didn't work out great
24032s	I think this is going to work out too
24034s	great either
24036s	I don't think so either
24041s	weird that it shows it twice it always
24043s	gets me yeah
24048s	okay an announcement of an announcement
24050s	isn't it
24053s	Timex comes down
24055s	warning yeah I'm about to summon five
24058s	fives yeah morning relic of Extinction
24062s	this is relic of Extinction you just
24066s	said that
24067s	oh buddy Hopper takes another game
24071s	against love storm and suddenly what
24073s	looked like it could have been a
24075s	disastrous run honestly from burning up
24077s	it I think much like Fury Hunter who are
24081s	the players you'd pick to at least make
24083s	it to the final day of uh you know this
24086s	tournament and looked like he was going
24087s	to get knocked out by a love storm but
24089s	now it's all coming down to the last
24090s	game and this Relic Demon Hunter just
24093s	not quite getting the job done the
24095s	disruption from bunny Hopper I think was
24097s	just enough there you can see that
24100s	lovestone was so close to really uh you
24102s	know getting everything done he had
24104s	these eye marks he had the relics start
24106s	starting to cycle through but it was
24108s	just a bit too late due to those watch
24110s	posts and due to you know having to
24112s	actually deal with the board put in
24113s	front of him so Bunny Hop and now in the
24115s	final spot where I would say it's the
24117s	two-week decks against each other the
24119s	shaman versus The Demon Hunter
24122s	and it shows again the the real
24124s	difference of The Relic Demon Hunter vs
24126s	aggro Demon Hunter because if you leave
24129s	Athena on board for three turns versus
24131s	an aggro Demon Hunter you can have a
24133s	hundred Health let alone you are dead
24135s	you are mega mega Dead uh but Against
24138s	The Relic Demon Hunter there wasn't
24140s	enough fuel uh to keep that attacking
24141s	phase turn after turn which uh again is
24144s	another reason my players seem to be
24146s	liking the aggro Demon Hunter and why I
24148s	can understand uh their reasoning for
24150s	bringing it uh but as you say moving on
24152s	to the final match-up of the uh the
24155s	series here with Demon Hunter having
24157s	lost two in a row the potential third
24159s	coming up against the shaman it's one of
24162s	the Decks that I've want to say Shaman
24165s	should be in a reasonable spot against
24167s	right obviously the stall mechanisms uh
24170s	have fallen by the wayside with the loss
24174s	of the snowfall Guardian but I think in
24177s	general unless you're off to a very very
24179s	potent mid game with all the relics
24181s	coming one after the other as the Demon
24183s	Hunter the shaman should have the
24185s	removal tools they need to keep up
24186s	against you very easily yeah I would
24188s	agree with you I think if lovestorm does
24191s	the curve right Gets A Relic on early
24193s	gets the Vault live and then goes with
24196s	Dimensions obviously as with any
24198s	opponent that could be a problem but
24201s	other than exactly that happening I do
24203s	think bunny Hoppers list is more than
24205s	capable of getting the job done here so
24207s	let's see how it goes relic of phantasms
24209s	available there for love sum in the
24211s	opening hands is only keep for the
24213s	Mulligan bunny
24214s	just taking his time on this one he
24217s	knows how important it is that he wins
24219s	this game
24221s	and the thing with it with this match up
24223s	as well I feel like you're Mulligan or
24225s	Bunny's Mulligan in this situation is
24227s	so varied because right you've actually
24231s	got a ton of options in the early game
24232s	and your opponent really doesn't right
24234s	like you know your opponent just wants
24236s	to do this One Singular thing yeah and
24238s	this Mulligan for example this hand is
24241s	fine you could argue easily about muck
24243s	pools but the hand's fine but is fine
24246s	what bunny Hopper wants he actually
24248s	keeps lock pulls and throws away the
24250s	school teacher okay yeah it's kind of
24252s	half of a lot of combos right now where
24256s	he's got the muck pool but no null he's
24259s	got the clownfish but no murloc school
24261s	teacher but no bran uh none of the real
24264s	powerhouse plays available right out the
24266s	gate but I do still think it's worth
24268s	holding on to the real power Spike
24271s	potential options of clownfish and muck
24273s	pool in particular because hey as soon
24275s	as you top deck uh Bran or boner for the
24278s	clownfish or null for the month you're
24282s	absolutely laughing like this is huge
24285s	amounts of pressure coming up yeah
24287s	because four love storm to deal with you
24290s	know the good outcome of evolving a null
24293s	let's say
24294s	um
24294s	that's just so many cards and so many
24297s	specific cards right to kill just one
24299s	big minion uh from this Demon Hunter
24301s	that could be a bit of a problem here
24303s	and Bunny would definitely be looking
24305s	for schooling soon to help out with that
24308s	now
24310s	um in the meantime just gonna spend the
24312s	Mana equipping the war blades I like it
24315s	there's no weapon destruction but he's
24316s	deck right
24318s	I don't believe so no
24322s	I hate that we have to look again now
24324s	I've gotten so used to never checking
24325s	for tech cards because they just didn't
24326s	exist for that well look it's love storm
24328s	that's running a uh is it the Viper in
24330s	his Mage I think yeah yeah yeah
24340s	but definitely not a bad stop for either
24343s	player here uh predation yeah premium
24347s	spell
24353s	it's the undeniably the Calm before the
24355s	love storm right now has
24358s	Bonnie Hopper placed in an awkward spot
24360s	here admittedly with the poison on board
24362s	that's probably the one thing stopping
24364s	him from just ripping the null right
24365s	away
24369s	yeah it's
24371s	pretty tricky does he have to just like
24374s	hero power pass then go like
24377s	all
24378s	look pools and then maybe like free the
24382s	one three that this is actually very
24384s	awkward she's gonna play the clown fish
24386s	and just try and get a swing out the
24388s	weapon I guess yeah if he'd just passed
24391s	or hero powered or maybe played the
24392s	freeze to cycle a card he could have
24395s	gone I think null coin primordial wave
24398s	oh okay yeah that's a good shower yeah I
24401s	didn't think about it in order to reduce
24403s	the cost of the the score PID but the
24405s	problem is of course then that you are
24407s	using primordial wave which is a
24409s	fantastic card in this matchup uh once
24411s	they start developing those uh premium
24413s	mid-sized boards
24415s	but this must be terrifying now for
24417s	bunny relic of all down the scope it's
24420s	still there
24421s	relics have been procked once like this
24424s	is and you're going into turn five or
24426s	your opponent's going to turn five fight
24428s	we could see that there's no dimensions
24431s	and there for love storm but Bonnie does
24434s	not know that so he has to be prepared
24438s	again he could still do the if he's
24441s	really desperate go null freeze coin
24443s	muck pools yeah and hope that you know
24447s	he either draws an answer gets answered
24449s	from school teacher next turn maybe he
24451s	just hits face and does the um the
24454s	devolve next turn as well you know that
24456s	there are options but other than that
24459s	if he plays school teacher
24461s	you know there's a high chance that it
24463s	just dies I think the Scorpion needs
24466s	something from bunny Hopper to actually
24468s	kill it and not just assuming love storm
24470s	will trade it away agreed yeah my my
24473s	head was definitely more in line with
24474s	what Bonnie was looking at with gorlock
24476s	ravager on this turn because you can
24477s	actually use the location on the ravager
24480s	okay yourself a sixth Rock which is
24482s	still most of the time a good amount of
24484s	tempo yeah it doesn't so much work out
24486s	here and it can bait quote unquote this
24490s	corporate into trading into your six
24492s	drop and then pave the way for your 10
24494s	drop to come to term after
24497s	foreign
24501s	probably at least a mental sigh of
24504s	relief from bunny that that wasn't
24505s	dimensions
24507s	oh you really don't want to play fell
24509s	barrage there and keep the the scorpion
24511s	alive
24514s	wait did he just
24516s	not attack
24519s	okay
24521s	wait what do you mean not attack
24524s	well he played chaos straight but then
24526s	didn't swing phase so I guess he's oh
24528s	right yeah yeah sorry yeah I thought you
24530s	meant with the Scorpion I was like well
24531s	the scope is dead oh no sorry I was like
24533s	what but yeah you are completely right
24536s	I was even looking at what a school
24538s	teacher turned looked like there because
24539s	he has the predation plus weapon swing
24542s	yeah
24543s	I know it's a lot less power of course
24545s	than this
24547s	I don't know I just think your
24548s	opponent's demonstrated there by
24549s	offering up a six drop as a lamb to the
24551s	slaughter that they don't have a very
24554s	good answer to your scorpion right now
24565s	just that one relic of Dimensions away
24567s	from making very very good things
24569s	happening
24570s	okay I'm gonna assume that was a chaos
24572s	strike pick even though I didn't quite
24573s	catch it I think it was
24581s	all right here we go he's waited a long
24583s	time considering what you'd usually be
24585s	looking at with the null to make this
24586s	pop-off happen but this has to be the 10
24588s	drop turn
24590s	I think there's a big option here to
24592s	just play spinly as well and just look
24594s	for the glug
24596s	you know what happens when Glock hits
24597s	the board
24599s	you win the game of hearthstone that
24600s	you're playing
24604s	old Legion to me okay okay uh you will
24610s	take that right it's absolutely yeah the
24612s	clock I was like oh
24616s	I mean kind of clap clap kind of like
24619s	that's what this deck does it's kind of
24621s	surprising hasn't happened in some form
24622s	or another already I mean
24624s	I've had schooling right like this this
24627s	happened a long time ago in this game
24630s	and that scorpid would not have been
24632s	anywhere near the threat it actually was
24634s	exactly yeah
24636s	and this is part of the problem I have
24639s	with love storms plays if you still have
24642s	the scorpid here you know he could trade
24644s	a scorpion into the one half of this uh
24647s	80 either the first half or the death
24649s	rattle which would have made it an awful
24651s	lot easier to clear
24657s	a courtress for next turn if he needs to
24659s	buy some time can load up the Relic
24662s	Vault number two now if he wants
24664s	load up the Jace as well for turn eight
24667s	we've seen a few cards played it's kind
24669s	of difficult to keep track because
24670s	obviously the chaos strike is just a
24673s	honestly it's not the nogling but one of
24675s	them is the nuggling yeah so some amount
24677s	of fellow spells have been played yeah
24678s	and you might be able to get at least a
24679s	partial board clear
24684s	yeah there was a chaos strike
24687s	um there was also definitely a foul
24688s	barrage right when it was used against
24689s	the first stag
24697s	okay I do think Eve whichever way love
24699s	song wants to do this I think just
24702s	dumping all of the playable cards right
24704s	now just feels correct
24706s	where he wants to aim things we can
24708s	discuss but just load everything up if
24711s	you don't end up playing Chase fine
24714s	but you still have the option right to
24716s	play like the biggest JS possible
24720s	okay love said you know what
24724s	we don't feel the freeze everything
24726s	fired
24730s	kill the freeze push Max damage does
24732s	have kurchased next turn I imagine at
24734s	least initially he may look at courtress
24737s	with hero Powers then into Jace with
24739s	aeropower
24742s	or and with two cards in hand coming in
24745s	to turn a mutinous has got to be looking
24747s	mighty tempting here for Bonnie Hopper
24749s	zymox Chase boom huge outcomes here and
24753s	he does get to gobble up the Jace
24756s	the last cards that loveston would want
24758s	to see go and potentially one of the
24760s	last cards he will see go in any form as
24763s	this is just looking harder and harder
24766s	for him to square up
24772s	now the big question here Derek is does
24774s	this eight go face because my instincts
24777s	are saying yes but look at the hand size
24780s	right love songs got one card which
24782s	obviously if that one card is Dimensions
24784s	this gets scary with Relic vaults but if
24787s	it's not like does bunny Hopper just
24790s	completely take control he can just
24791s	dealt our next turn to literally see
24794s	what the next cards would be right so
24797s	okay he's gonna clear one eight to the
24800s	face I do like this even though it it's
24802s	got the tiniest element of risk to it
24806s	yeah I agree I think now that you've
24807s	seen chase you can play much more
24809s	aggressive yeah because there's so much
24811s	less chance of the lethal damage coming
24815s	through uh love storm essentially forced
24818s	her into making
24819s	the attack first because the break point
24821s	on four attack instead of three is just
24824s	so important here to be able to clear
24827s	off
24827s	what one half of the stoneborne general
24830s	and at least stopped the freeze uh on
24833s	the face this time yeah yeah the freeze
24835s	is the important one right I mean okay
24837s	an eighth attack minion hit you in the
24840s	face is also quite important
24842s	I mean without freeze I think I don't
24844s	know like he's getting no damage through
24846s	if he can't swing right
24848s	yeah I guess but you know then you look
24850s	at it in another way and it's you take
24852s	three damage off the board or you take
24853s	11 damage off the board which it's a
24857s	very diff it's a real play just finally
24860s	into dimensions
24862s	honestly it might have been I'm not even
24864s	really joking it sounds like I have but
24866s	I'm honestly not because is this winning
24868s	is this instead just what draw
24871s	Dimensions next to
24872s	yeah it doesn't feel like winning does
24874s	it
24875s	as uh love storm knows I think what was
24877s	he taking off his headset there which uh
24880s	back in the day would have been a uh an
24882s	end to the series but
24884s	oh
24887s	Khan here it's tempting some taunts in
24891s	the way heal a little bit or push damage
24894s	like whatever
24898s	there's just so many different ways we
24900s	could take this like a parrot to get
24903s	down another mutinous Battle Cry
24906s	would probably win you the game this
24908s	will probably win you the game with
24909s	double parrot in hand next turn as well
24912s	yeah I think I like this because it
24914s	covers the most bases in my book right
24916s	it you go up to 26 at minimum he could
24920s	have chosen to heal as well gets to he
24922s	gets the taunts he's dealing the damage
24923s	now it's so close to saying that lethal
24925s	that I mean what does this from lovestar
24927s	have to be exactly Dimensions from
24929s	Finley even Bunny's taking the old
24931s	headset off oh yeah
24935s	anybody that's not good enough to me
24937s	Direct
24938s	that's not indeed Abyssal depth trolls
24941s	you two cards but those are not gonna
24943s	regain winning cards are they
24945s	oh sorry at all and what
24950s	a series
24952s	wait that was a uh one for the ages
24956s	right there I'll tell you now bunny
24958s	Hopper has had a emotional roller
24962s	coaster of a day uh not only did he he
24966s	won his first match versus lovestar
24968s	fantastic that's exactly when you do
24970s	rock up first thing in the morning
24971s	quickly win three three one and it could
24974s	be like great this will take no time
24975s	then got demolished in his in his next
24979s	match 3-0 from aziru and then this
24983s	series Derek it looked like love storm
24985s	was just gonna wrote you know just roll
24988s	through the match 3-0 and just take
24990s	bunny Hopper out of the tournament put
24992s	bunny Hopper fought back and just
24994s	scraped the three to Victory and he does
24998s	move on to tomorrow and there Percy of
25000s	course super happy to see bunny Hopper
25001s	do well but what a series that was it
25005s	was emotional just for me Derek never
25006s	mind the players it was indeed a big
25009s	turnaround there for for Dr Pelzer to be
25011s	taking the win and going through to the
25013s	quarterfinals I thought he was playing
25015s	some fantastic Hearthstone I know he's
25017s	been feeling the uh
25019s	uh the stress a little bit uh I can tell
25022s	already from some messages I'm getting
25024s	from it that he's not happy with his
25025s	standard of play uh over the course of
25028s	that series uh but I I hope he can still
25030s	hold his head high because you know we
25032s	we've all been feeling the weird time
25034s	zones I feel like everyone maybe the
25036s	APAC players have been getting away with
25037s	it the most uh but uh I think yeah
25041s	yeah I mean as always I'm in the best
25044s	headspace but I I hope he's proud of
25046s	himself at the end of it yeah and as
25047s	always in this position like I'm sure
25049s	you know these players you know
25051s	definitely go back and go oh I didn't
25053s	play as well as I could of or oh this
25055s	happened or this shouldn't have happened
25056s	but the end of the day he did his job
25058s	he's through to tomorrow done like worry
25060s	about tomorrow now that's all you're
25062s	going to focus on because what happened
25063s	today uh no longer matters because it's
25065s	already happened so there it is uh final
25067s	shout out of course to love storm uh as
25070s	uh that was a tough loss for him I know
25072s	TJ will be maybe shedding a tear or two
25074s	uh but yeah strong and they're pretty
25077s	crazy series overall and that is going
25079s	to be Group C done we've got one more
25082s	group left to see who's gonna make it
25084s	out and if anything they're like this is
25086s	the one of the spicy groups mainly
25088s	because we don't have I would say any
25091s	clear you know rock favorites that you
25094s	would actually you know say okay this
25096s	player these two players are definitely
25097s	going to make it out of the group this
25099s	one definitely feels a lot more for
25100s	grabs so there's a lot in the line
25102s	coming up yeah I agree completely uh I
25105s	think that uh you know we could argue
25108s	that spring maybe is the most likely to
25110s	be doing well in this tournament he's
25111s	doing very very well in the competitive
25113s	scene in China uh which I uh I'm very
25116s	excited to see him do a little bit more
25117s	outside of that scene and break out into
25119s	the the global Hearthstone Community uh
25121s	a little bit more and we get to see some
25123s	of his play but like you say this is the
25126s	not the star-studded group this is
25128s	players brawling it out uh down at the
25131s	bottom in order to try and get some
25133s	notoriety for themselves and that's
25135s	exactly the kind of hearthstone I love
25136s	to watch well we're going to go to a
25138s	quick break while we set it up so don't
25140s	go anywhere we've got Group D coming
25141s	right up
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25316s	foreign
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25325s	[Applause]
25328s	[Music]
25339s	C is in the books but that is not the
25343s	end of today by any stretch of the
25345s	imagination group number D is still to
25348s	come and we're going to open it up right
25350s	now so plenty more Hearthstone action
25352s	for those of you who've been with us all
25353s	day thanks for hanging around and good
25355s	luck with hanging around with the rest
25357s	of it it's going to be a quite a long
25358s	afternoon for everybody subtle what can
25361s	we expect from this match this group
25363s	what do you think of what you've seen
25364s	just just talk basically
25366s	hey you poke with stick say things uh
25370s	yes yes I shall say things uh yeah that
25373s	that group did kind of Pass Me By I was
25375s	actually very much you know with all you
25376s	fine people at home as mostly a
25378s	spectator for that group I cast the
25379s	opening Series and then got to sit back
25381s	and watch for the rest of it I thought
25382s	it was a very interesting group very
25385s	juxtaposed to what we saw yesterday
25386s	where a lot of the groups a lot of the
25388s	matches were blowouts that was much more
25390s	grindy closer games different slower
25393s	matchups
25394s	um and I think we're going to see a bit
25395s	of a mix of that this time around in
25397s	this group uh particularly in this
25400s	series that we're going to watch because
25402s	for example there's decks as far ranging
25404s	as Jayla Paladin to aggro Druid being
25407s	featured in this series so certainly the
25409s	opportunity for some varying speeds
25411s	varying tempos varying lengths of
25413s	match-ups as we shall see and it is
25416s	between spring and xmg who are two
25421s	players who I'm sure are delighted to be
25423s	here trying to carry on the prestigious
25426s	records of their region uh was of course
25428s	rooting for uh my friend and fellow
25431s	European bunny Hopper to make it out of
25432s	that group in the end it did make it but
25434s	still I think we are seeing a fairly
25437s	diverse group of success in terms of
25440s	regions so far coming out of the groups
25442s	uh in these championships asterisk
25444s	Americas but I don't even know how long
25446s	you have to really asterisk that for
25447s	anymore it's almost taken as a given at
25449s	this point isn't it even here's a
25452s	question even now GM's over are you
25453s	still doing the I'm American thing or I
25456s	mean there's still a player coming up
25457s	with us at the start of his name so
25458s	we're on him later
25461s	oh how the mighty have fallen is that
25464s	what they have to cling to now oh dear
25466s	what did we have to cling to a part of a
25467s	Monsanto anyway don't answer that it's a
25470s	family-friendly show but
25472s	uh we have got to play with us to start
25474s	their name later we got to claim that as
25476s	an American player for the time being
25478s	I'm sure TJ will get on the case and
25480s	find out if there we can possibly lay
25482s	claim to anybody maybe somebody has you
25484s	know a Canadian grandparents I don't
25487s	know but
25489s	I don't know if he really fell we
25490s	thought it were never really there as
25492s	long as I've been casting for America's
25493s	anyway let's have a look at the players
25495s	in hand though spring winner of a major
25498s	in China a decent record in Masters
25501s	tours and especially recently with top
25503s	four at um Law and Order and top 16 uh
25506s	this year which are two of the last
25508s	three events very much a rising star as
25511s	benage has put it of the Chinese scene
25514s	and has brought one of the more unusual
25517s	lineups with a paladin making its way
25519s	into the lineup yeah I believe benage
25522s	who is our Chinese correspondent if you
25524s	weren't aware of who that is it's a name
25526s	you'll hear is referenced a lot because
25527s	he does a lot of great work in filling
25529s	his in on the the players from the China
25530s	region that we don't get as much
25531s	exposure to as we do all of the other
25534s	players described him as the rising star
25536s	of last year so you know here by Merit I
25540s	am sure as all of these players are a
25542s	gold Open winner as well as you can see
25544s	on the stat sheet there which is no mean
25546s	feat those are brutal tournaments in the
25549s	China scene so if you're able to take
25551s	one of those down you are some
25553s	Hearthstone player indeed and you can
25555s	see specifically the Masters Tour record
25557s	is is what's going to get you to this
25559s	position top four in a top 16 and an
25561s	overall positive record uh in the master
25563s	scene circuit a good news for him but
25567s	the Jailer Paladin yes we both mentioned
25569s	it at this point not a deck that we have
25571s	seen so far and look at that just like
25574s	magic it's gonna inch its way into the
25576s	series super super interesting there you
25579s	can see highlighted in the key cards
25581s	that is kind of the core package of the
25583s	deck Order in the Court stack your deck
25585s	in an order that you know and then try
25587s	and set up that reliable Jailer combo
25590s	that is you can rely on it coming out of
25592s	your deck in certain orders lots of
25594s	other little tricks and tidbits thrown
25596s	in there as well but that is generally
25598s	the core of the deck and it allows you
25599s	to play an incredibly low curve in the
25603s	rest of the deck because you have that
25605s	reliable consistency of being able to
25606s	tutor that spell play that spell and
25608s	then you know you're drawing your late
25610s	game so what's some sometimes overlooked
25612s	with Paladin is that it's a much better
25614s	deck in the early game than you might
25615s	expect because they can stack the rest
25617s	of the deck with those early gameplays
25619s	yeah and it needs to be right if you're
25621s	stacking stacking your deck in your hand
25623s	with 10 drops you actually got to get
25626s	there
25626s	um it's got no Mana cheat as opposed to
25628s	most other decks so you know not only is
25631s	it decent in an early game but it has to
25632s	be decent
25634s	um just we'll go back to something you
25635s	said about spring as well in that intro
25637s	about being here on Merit yes they are
25638s	all here on Merit the the Chinese
25640s	players but spring was not a member of a
25643s	team so did not have the advantage in
25644s	being picked so he had to sort of
25646s	qualify as of right rather than be team
25649s	selected to get into these events and
25651s	has managed to stay around on the tour
25653s	that way around just want to clarify
25655s	that as well one of the very few players
25657s	who has managed to do it that way
25659s	yeah for sure and it's a it's a big
25660s	difference and it's an uphill struggle
25662s	as well you know a lot of the
25663s	competitions in China are Team league
25664s	based a lot of the invites do go out to
25666s	teams if certain seedings and so on but
25669s	yes you can see that with the the tag in
25671s	front of xmg here on the other side and
25674s	you can see that is a lot of positive
25676s	records overall nearly 60 in Masters
25679s	towards over 55 in uh Team GTC uh which
25683s	is a stacked event featuring not just
25686s	Chinese players but players from around
25688s	the world who are affiliated with
25690s	certain teams as Lorinda was just
25692s	mentioning and clue is in the name but
25694s	this is a player I would say with a bit
25695s	bit more of a long-term pedigree in the
25698s	China scene than spring who is being
25700s	described as a rising star and has a
25703s	significantly more aggressive lineup
25705s	than the opponent as well I believe this
25708s	is also the debut of aggro Druid in the
25710s	tournament if you want to talk about
25711s	deck debuts unfortunately the perfect
25713s	Synergy did not happen this time and
25715s	aggro drill did not just appear on the
25717s	screen as soon as I was about to talk
25718s	about it so we're getting into that a
25719s	little bit later as he's going to lead
25721s	out with the miracle Rogue the draca
25723s	Rogue as it's being called here
25725s	incredibly explosive deck feast or
25728s	famine in some regards in terms of how
25730s	your cards line up but the very best
25731s	players of the deck do just seem to find
25733s	ways of turning hands that are a massive
25735s	collection of nothing into something
25737s	impactful by dragging out those turns by
25740s	just playing for a little bit of tempo
25741s	here and there and I do think that's the
25743s	trickiest part of the deck right as hard
25745s	mechanically as some of the miracle
25748s	turns are I think the hard part to learn
25750s	with the deck is that you actually do
25752s	have to spend your mana on the other
25754s	turns you can't just play Nothing Play
25756s	Nothing Play Nothing play everything
25758s	because four turns of playing Nothing's
25760s	Gonna Get You Killed in this meta game
25761s	so you do have to find some way of
25763s	getting some Tempo out on the board
25764s	before you actually set up those huge
25767s	Miracle turns but those can be intense
25770s	with while poor Knowles with
25771s	stenographers with Shadow steps
25773s	preparations everything that goes along
25775s	you can have enormous minions coming
25777s	from the location and of course red
25779s	ridiculous weapons coming from Draco and
25781s	I'm going to say something here that's
25783s	going to oh you're used to it you cast
25784s	with Raven anyway
25786s	um this is kind of the version of the
25789s	deck I did not expect to see because
25791s	this is the version that everyone's
25793s	played for a long time but now there's
25795s	mailbox versions which seem a little bit
25797s	more quick if you want to do this and if
25799s	you want to do other things there are
25800s	other decks so I'm actually quite
25802s	surprised I don't think this goes at the
25804s	tempo of a deck that you'd expect for a
25806s	rogue that you would want to bring to a
25807s	tournament I think if you want to bring
25808s	this exact deck throwing in those
25810s	mailbox dances actually makes this deck
25812s	better and if you want to bring this
25815s	exact verse I think you can just bring
25816s	better decks than this personally
25819s	yeah and it's one of those things
25820s	obviously we are casting an old trying
25822s	to match up here and it's it's one of
25823s	those things where they do not have
25825s	minor disagreements sometimes about
25826s	decks in the metagame it used to be a
25829s	lot more split if you rewind 2014 2015
25832s	2016
25833s	China players used to show up to Global
25835s	events with like entirely different
25837s	archetypes that just aren't played in
25839s	the western scene in general now it's
25842s	more so like different versions of deck
25844s	like is it pure and poor look or cursing
25846s	poor look do you play this version of
25847s	Rogue or that version of Rogue both
25849s	around sort of the Draco location
25851s	package but there do still seem to be
25853s	differences in consensus between those
25856s	two regions because they are to an
25859s	extent still separated I think this year
25861s	has been awesome because the China
25863s	players have got to come over and show
25864s	how good they are against the rest of
25866s	the world and do that consistently and
25867s	it's a lot more integrated but those
25870s	separate china-only events do happen and
25872s	they do tend to build up a little bit of
25874s	their own competitive meta game
25876s	interesting you say that as well the
25878s	first time I became aware of spring was
25879s	this year because he's played six
25881s	Masters Tour and they were all this year
25883s	um but after his first good result I
25885s	bumped into him on ladder and added him
25887s	and said hey are you the spring from
25888s	China big fan blah blah blah and he
25890s	instantly signed up basically to get
25892s	onto Europe ladder as soon as he had a
25893s	good result to sort of not just a scout
25896s	but to play against different players
25897s	and that just wasn't a thing in the era
25899s	you were talking about yep I remember
25902s	when you know for example like jail T
25903s	came over to Twitter and started
25905s	tweeting in English a little bit like
25906s	that was a big deal you just didn't
25907s	really get to to see that kind of input
25909s	from some of the Chinese players quite
25911s	often but here we are we have skipped
25913s	several turns of this already not a
25915s	great deal has happened the Rogue has
25916s	come out of the stealthy disguise uh
25920s	interesting turn from spring on the
25922s	previous as we were just wrapping things
25923s	up had the option of coin banana man
25926s	into banana man turned it down chose to
25927s	go a little bit more slowly of course
25929s	that coin can be ludicrously valuable in
25932s	this deck when you can you know
25934s	guarantee you are starting to draw 10
25935s	drops and eight drops very early on
25937s	depending on how your curve can go but
25939s	actually instead was clearly had eyes
25941s	for the coin on this turn for blade
25943s	Master okani which is not a curve I was
25947s	particularly expecting
25948s	yeah I'm really irritating for xmg
25951s	definitely not expecting that myself
25952s	either obviously
25954s	um
25955s	yeah just making this turn awkward as it
25956s	happens
25957s	no more than a speed bump really this
25960s	time around
25961s	um he had the perfect sort of answer to
25963s	it but could have been
25965s	and lining up pretty nicely here for xmg
25969s	as well uh coin sorry a shadow step or a
25972s	prep away from a real good time here
25975s	having hit the really juicy shrouds both
25978s	Knolls now available one on the board
25980s	one in hand and that stenographer is
25982s	going to plummet down in cost very very
25985s	quickly with this hand creating a very
25988s	powerful weapon from the Draco pretty
25990s	quickly
25991s	you're gonna feel very it's gonna need
25993s	that weapon right because the Paladin
25995s	has the equality it'll find ways to
25997s	remove things with the equality shortly
25999s	as well so you know you can Edwin your
26001s	way around and you can you can play as
26003s	many zero Mana five fives and four
26005s	fours and three threes as you want it
26007s	doesn't matter if they all get blown up
26009s	so you're really gonna have to do a lot
26010s	of work with that weapon before carrier
26012s	comes down as well
26015s	so immediate Instinct you can just
26017s	location combo the gun fishing round
26020s	things out with the Maestra if needs B
26022s	uh bone Spike obviously a premium card
26025s	for your Miracle turn when it happens
26027s	the problem with that of course is you
26029s	are then rolling into your opponent's
26031s	theater turn it's a little bit scary
26033s	because you're keeping all of these key
26035s	pieces in your hand at that point
26038s	I mean can you play around everything oh
26041s	you what I mean so there was a way to it
26043s	like if you want to
26045s	give respect to theater there you could
26047s	have done a much smaller and less
26049s	impressive pop-off turn that turned
26051s	right which wasn't very good I totally
26053s	agree that it was not worth the risk um
26055s	Paladin is also a deck that you know
26057s	sometimes you get very clear signs that
26059s	certain cards are in hand because of the
26061s	deck stacking mechanic that they do have
26062s	and uh xmg really doesn't have too much
26065s	of that information right now yeah he
26067s	just saw a coin into a four of those so
26071s	expecting theater might be awkward
26074s	and here it comes we haven't seen many
26076s	theaters in this tournament this might
26077s	be anything there's the reaction is
26080s	where you can see how much it means it's
26082s	the premium as well what is that three
26085s	out of seven to hit the premium on the
26087s	tracker and absolutely Nails it
26090s	yeah so not only did he like not want to
26092s	see the theater obviously but he played
26094s	sensibly keeping a big hand so he
26096s	wouldn't get hit but obviously
26099s	super difficult now not much else to say
26101s	other than that
26105s	so my plan here would be make a huge
26108s	board and hope they don't have the other
26110s	good stuff in their deck and hope for
26111s	the best here that's the right plan but
26114s	that's how I'd go about if I'm here prep
26116s	drawer is huge these are some very kind
26119s	cards coming off the top from this Edwin
26121s	this is the kind of thing xmg was gonna
26123s	need to get back into this
26125s	oh hello
26128s	sonographer is now the Edwin card here
26131s	on this occasion as well so we can play
26133s	bone Spike discount by one and then get
26135s	the discount by two to be able to get
26137s	the stenographer to come out for zero
26139s	sure throw the other bonus bike in while
26141s	you're at it no problem
26144s	Trust
26146s	yeah and spin just needs a city tax off
26150s	the top
26151s	hey man
26153s	and Shadow step as well takes the Edwin
26156s	back to board 10-10 off board for that
26159s	retained value on the following turn
26161s	right knows that this board is going to
26163s	be big and aggressive enough anyway
26164s	because he still has second stenographer
26166s	null and location click here to go uh
26170s	Paladin if it's going to clear is going
26171s	to clear on mass with a quality in an
26173s	AOE so I can't believe I'm saying this I
26176s	can count the amount of times I've seen
26178s	Shadow steps on edwins that are bigger
26179s	than eight eight that I've liked on one
26181s	hand
26182s	I do like that one
26185s	heard it here first subtle likes this
26188s	one and I think you're right I like well
26190s	why would you want two 13 13s on the
26191s	board apart from the obvious like well I
26194s	mean if you want to give the counter
26195s	argument which I think is valid and we
26196s	can sit and talk about it is because it
26198s	sets up lethal if they don't have it you
26201s	know very very cleanly
26202s	it only gives them one extra turn like
26204s	this this is lethal in two turns it's
26207s	Bam Bam if they haven't got it and if
26209s	they have got it you lose the game on
26210s	the spot
26211s	set up another lethal you can just set
26214s	up the exact same board next turn anyway
26215s	so yeah it's fine yes but two turns is
26218s	twice as long as one turn I don't know
26220s	if you were aware of that but it is
26221s	quite much quite a few turns longer
26225s	really in reality it's twice twice as
26226s	many uh-huh yeah absolutely can't argue
26229s	with that
26230s	just played Devil's Advocate now for the
26232s	fun of it well that's what me and TJ do
26234s	with each other the whole time so one of
26236s	us says something the other one says
26237s	they disagree and then the other will
26238s	say they disagree with themselves just
26240s	to make it and then it's confusing I
26243s	think if you wanted to make a better
26245s	argument in in favor of the player I
26249s	think this was the one it's the with the
26251s	additional door of Shadows in hand with
26254s	the tooth of nefarian in hand it's
26256s	lethal anyway exactly xmg I had multiple
26258s	outs to be able to find the lethal off
26261s	that point had already played on the
26262s	door of Shadows drawn other spells out
26264s	of the deck lots of other outs had gone
26265s	so he still had he had lethal outs from
26268s	hand while playing around the bigger
26270s	quality blowout from the opponent so I'm
26272s	okay with it
26273s	and that was a massive win because
26277s	the reductive way to sum up this match
26280s	at the start was Spring's Druid needs to
26282s	win a game and the other two decks will
26283s	get a win that's the very reductive way
26286s	to do it which I love to do because it
26287s	makes things nice and simple and helps
26289s	me and other people understand what's
26290s	going on but now if that exact same
26292s	formula applies he's only got to get
26294s	away with two of his decks not three of
26296s	them against the Druid and of course can
26298s	still beat the other decks as well so an
26301s	absolutely monstrous first game there
26302s	for extension
26304s	yes indeed speaking of your uh reductive
26307s	opinions you're kind of Lucky there's no
26309s	Relic Demon Hunter in this series I
26311s	think because I've been gritting my tea
26313s	through your world you just win the game
26315s	if you draw location and you lose if you
26316s	don't all day come on honestly I play
26320s	that deck right I'm quite fond of it
26322s	it's my go-to deck for just having fun
26324s	on ladder if I want to you know me I'm
26327s	the unluckiest Milestone player in the
26328s	world and I've proven this on stream on
26330s	multiple occasions I never draw a relic
26333s	on curve it never happens I have 68 win
26335s	rate with the deck
26337s	Checkmate atheists yep okay sure yep
26340s	proved all right I believe everything
26342s	you just said okay good
26348s	um yeah um but you're sure let's go with
26350s	yes I like being reductive it makes
26352s	things nice and easy your 68 win rate
26355s	deck has not won a game of hearthstone
26357s	in about however long we've been casting
26359s	now yeah it's because too many of them
26361s	are drawing location early that's the
26363s	thing you shouldn't no you've got to not
26364s	destroy it yeah yeah I just got the
26366s	wrong side of the 50 50. I was just I
26368s	was just baiting TJ just saying it the
26369s	other way around that's what it is
26373s	indeed right weak priest coming out from
26377s	xmg moving forward this one as I said
26380s	this is generally a very Tempo heavy
26382s	play stuff play lots of it kind of deck
26385s	right it's a his the theme throughout
26387s	his lineup is dumping cards having big
26391s	Power Spike turns right Druid dropping a
26393s	bunch of minions buffing them up with
26395s	Pride's Fury the style of play you just
26397s	saw from Rogues same thing with the
26398s	priest save up a little bit but again
26401s	the same dilemma I was talking about
26403s	with Rogue right the difference between
26405s	a good wig priest player a competent wig
26407s	priest player and a great wig priest
26410s	player is the ability to find out which
26413s	cards you're allowed to use turn two
26415s	turn three turn four because you do have
26417s	to play something you can't just sit
26420s	there and do nothing or you'll get
26421s	overwhelmed but there are certain key
26423s	pieces that you can't give away uh
26425s	radiant Elementals if you're dropping
26426s	those on curve early for for no usage
26429s	against Decks that have a good chance of
26430s	clearing it you might Beyond in trouble
26432s	but here for xmg this is a very good
26435s	looking Mulligan for exactly that
26437s	purpose Mark quartz describe and the
26439s	location are two of the absolute premium
26441s	cards that you do want to be playing on
26443s	curve functionally that location just
26446s	serving as free card draw throughout the
26448s	game to get you closer to those key
26451s	cards uh like wig like Thrive like the
26454s	pelicos like Boone of the ascended like
26457s	the radiant Elemental specifically so I
26460s	do
26461s	favor his opening there I would say but
26464s	obviously Paladin is a deck that does
26466s	have the ability to fight back against
26467s	large boards no matter the size
26470s	absolutely and always has been and
26473s	that's why Paladin's always been around
26474s	irritating people
26476s	um I've been very vocal about thinking
26478s	that warlock is the the metal warping
26480s	deck for this particular tournament is
26482s	that harsh on this priest deck just
26484s	because not that many people have
26485s	actually brought it
26487s	um well about half maybe but is this the
26489s	date that people actually started with
26491s	and then sort of ironed out one way or
26493s	the other before they even look at the
26494s	warlocks
26496s	it's a good question I so as you know I
26498s	sort of pretend I'm playing in
26500s	tournaments when I'm casting them and
26502s	then Theory craft and try and come up
26503s	with a lineup which I mostly do on my
26506s	own just to not be influenced by like
26508s	you know group thinking practice groups
26509s	and stuff but my thinking coming into
26511s	this was the priest and warlock were
26515s	both very good
26517s	um but I actually ended up in a similar
26518s	place to where pocket train got to if
26521s	I'm honest which I thought I thought
26523s	there would be more control decks trying
26525s	to stop these aggro decks from winning
26527s	more Decks that were able to deal with
26529s	the first two or three boards and then
26530s	the game kind of ends because they can't
26531s	refill from that point and that didn't
26533s	happen so I think I agree with your
26536s	assessment in the my starting point in
26538s	thinking was Priest warlock right and
26540s	then where do we go from there uh how
26543s	deep down the counter rabbit hole do we
26545s	end up going before we get to the Decks
26547s	that people actually end up playing and
26548s	it turns out not very far at all people
26550s	are just playing priest warlock that's
26552s	what they're doing yeah I I think that
26555s	when you do that and again this is where
26557s	we ended up anyway so it's easy for me
26559s	because I'm talking about hindsight yeah
26561s	when you do that you start with priest
26563s	and warlock what happens is the Warlock
26565s	just doesn't go away like you look at
26568s	these two decks they're the two better
26569s	decks in the format most likely on a
26571s	pure level but in some situations a
26574s	priest doesn't exist but in nearly every
26576s	situation you just go and warlock
26577s	because why not
26579s	it just sort of is so reasonably good
26582s	against everything you end up playing it
26584s	in nearly every lineup
26588s	hands starting to get a little bit
26591s	awkward here for xmg uh while we've been
26594s	discussing the tournament metagame as a
26596s	whole that super clutch carrier has come
26598s	down for spring I was going to make the
26600s	point you know I was talking earlier
26602s	certain matchups you're not playing
26603s	radiant Elemental early because it's too
26605s	scary it's too easy to remove by the
26607s	opponent Paladin really struggles to
26610s	stop minions between turns one to four
26613s	let's say but four is the point where a
26615s	couple of outs do appear such as that
26617s	carry or Rome coming out so quite often
26619s	if you have radiant Elemental opening
26620s	hand there are situations where you can
26622s	just jam it against Paladin because
26623s	they're not going to be able to answer
26625s	it and you can just straight up snowball
26626s	of that one minion in the coming turns
26628s	that would have been a pretty similar
26630s	situation to what we would have seen
26632s	here not as impactful because it wasn't
26633s	specifically a radiant Elemental but it
26635s	was early minion buff that early minion
26637s	have persistent Buffs to keep making it
26639s	bigger over time it was that carry or
26642s	Rome which has now picked up two massive
26644s	trades that has really stopped spring
26647s	from falling too far behind in this
26649s	matchup yeah and this just wall of
26652s	nonsense that's going to be in the way
26653s	for the next two or three turns now as
26655s	well is going to make it very hard for
26657s	xmg to actually
26659s	too much threatening whilst spring gets
26661s	set up
26662s	he did find a really good way last game
26664s	of course and making sure the road got
26666s	through but look at all this taunty
26667s	silliness
26670s	the free light Forge carrier
26673s	being hidden from view we're actually
26674s	not allowed to see it it's so filthy
26676s	whenever you generate an extra copy of
26677s	light Forge carrier we actually don't
26678s	show it properly on the screen that's
26680s	that's the rules it's uh it's just for
26682s	you at home so you don't get too
26683s	disgusted I do kind of like this pick
26686s	though because the The Order in the
26689s	Court is always going to be available
26690s	and that will draw you uh carry all
26692s	within the first couple of cards
26693s	regardless depending on what comes out
26695s	from here so I like this ability to keep
26697s	playing for Tempo speaking of playing
26699s	for Tempo uh freaking seven seven
26702s	handmade and on the board that was just
26704s	drawn that turn and just played to be a
26707s	minion the xmg could play and start
26709s	putting stats on at the start of the
26711s	turn and then Judgment of Justice
26713s	absolutely shutting that down you can
26715s	see the power of the pick there
26717s	immediately and spring being this far
26721s	ahead this early in the game hard to see
26723s	a way back but if you look extra hard
26726s	it's probably that blade Master Samurai
26728s	sat near the far right of xmg's hand
26731s	yeah and he he made sure that that
26734s	didn't get turned into a 1-1 at least
26735s	because that's kind of his only chance
26737s	right now from what we can see
26740s	um how long would he be holding on to
26742s	this though is he going to look to Boone
26743s	it or is he going to look to clear this
26745s	before it gets too much on the other
26746s	side because this is starting to add up
26748s	for spring it's not just a wall of
26750s	Defense anymore it's actually starting
26751s	to do some damage like you said right in
26753s	the intro yeah and if you want you know
26755s	a cliff notes version a general rule of
26757s	like when you have to stop and actually
26758s	clear against uh your opponent with this
26761s	deck it's fairly straightforward if you
26763s	get to the point where your opponent can
26765s	just kill a minion you make with their
26767s	existing board and it's no challenge for
26768s	them to do so then there's no point in
26771s	you just playing minions and buffing
26772s	them anymore right you're just on a
26773s	hiding to nothing at that point so we're
26775s	kind of already there because of the 4-4
26777s	school teacher it needs absolutely
26779s	nothing for the spring to be able to
26781s	deal with any horde that xmg tries to
26783s	make here so yeah I'm just going to use
26785s	the buff take care of this yeah the
26787s	other side is he hasn't had to use
26789s	anything other than above to take care
26792s	of it because things didn't get too out
26793s	of hand he kept the Divine shields in
26794s	check and everything so just gonna play
26796s	his freebies on there now pretty much
26798s	yeah I can drop the serpent wig because
26800s	it's already refreshed at this point so
26803s	no big deal to drop that on there to get
26805s	a full clear take control back of the
26807s	board but he knows he needs to get a
26809s	move on here because Order in the Court
26811s	was played by spring on the previous
26813s	turn but that means that the Heavy
26816s	Hitters are going to be coming and xmg
26818s	will basically start to know exactly
26819s	what the seats are
26823s	it's the boy
26826s	oh boy
26830s	this other option that he's thinking
26831s	about is think about do I lose if I play
26833s	theater I guess it's quite a sensible
26835s	thing to think about
26838s	yeah and I think this is one of the
26840s	biggest impacts of the Nerf to theater
26841s	specifically I think I said this to
26843s	someone I think it was Derek when we
26845s	first heard about this and we were
26847s	debating like whether this is good
26848s	enough you know whether you actually
26850s	have to warsong theater or whether you
26852s	could actually do Mana stat adjustments
26854s	in in making it
26856s	um flexible in them in the meta and I do
26858s	think this is the big deal because
26859s	already at four there were situations
26862s	where you couldn't afford to play a four
26864s	Mana three three because you just
26865s	started right because the The Meta game
26866s	is so pressure focused in a lot of
26868s	positions yes Rising it up to five
26871s	obviously increases that enormously but
26874s	I think in this spot when you have 40
26875s	Health when you have the promise of
26877s	healing coming in the future when you
26878s	have the promise of carry all off the
26880s	top as well I think uh spring is
26883s	perfectly secure
26887s	yep he just paid some attention to it
26890s	decided the same thing and looking at
26892s	his hand now it's a really good hand for
26894s	xmg but spring is still safe so he
26897s	definitely assessed it correctly
26899s	it is a good hand though if you can just
26901s	get it go if it wasn't against Paladin
26902s	right now this would be easy yep for
26904s	sure
26905s	unfortunately that's not how the lineups
26909s	work and he is against padding right now
26910s	and it's not easy
26915s	and and the trouble is like we talked
26918s	with a rogue deck about not going all in
26920s	trying to set up two or three different
26921s	ways to win
26923s	yes you can do that with the with the
26925s	priest but the Paladin does just win
26928s	pretty soon here so you can't do it many
26930s	times
26933s	yeah and that's what why I respect this
26936s	explosion of action here from xmg I
26938s	think this is absolutely the right way
26940s	to go about it just go as all in as
26943s	possible on this one minion get the
26944s	damage through 26 to face and just hope
26948s	that this ends up being good enough
26951s	spoilers yeah it doesn't no later
26958s	quality no real surprise xmg is not
26960s	gonna be shocked by that one
26962s	um particularly but with carrier in hand
26963s	and then the other stuff coming straight
26965s	afterwards but I I think this is a
26968s	really interesting case study in high
26970s	level Hearthstone right it's he's xmg
26973s	has played two games he's known equality
26976s	exists in both of them he knows that
26978s	you're supposed to play around equality
26979s	in both of them and him one he chose two
26982s	and one he chose not to and I think the
26984s	difference is that in the first one he
26986s	was in a position where he could play
26988s	around equality and still win right like
26990s	he was fine saying I can slow this down
26992s	I still have lethal outs I'm happy for
26995s	the game to go one two three more turns
26997s	from this position if it has to still
26999s	feel fine I think in this one he feels
27001s	that pressure that ticking clock that
27003s	the opponent's putting on him and saying
27005s	well if that equality clear is there I
27008s	can't get it out of their hand until I
27010s	do the massive thing that tries to win
27012s	the game so that you know I have no real
27014s	reason to play around it in this spot so
27016s	I think xmg has got it right twice got
27019s	rewarded for it once which you know
27021s	sounds about right if you'd offered him
27022s	50 out of these two games at the start
27024s	of the the match he'd have absolutely
27026s	snapped your hand off given that he's
27028s	got the Druid versus his aggro lineup
27029s	still to come so
27031s	your job done and I think that is being
27033s	rewarded even though it sounds about you
27035s	so he's only been rewarded once for 12
27036s	out of two for his good plays that's
27038s	where these players get their 50 instead
27040s	of my 23 or whatever it is I'm not going
27043s	to check like in these sort of matchups
27045s	so
27046s	wait 23 oh no I don't know I just I just
27049s	actually made that up the ball piece
27050s	thing I was gonna say that's yours yeah
27053s	oh no that's that's not my board piece
27055s	now but I wish it was my board please
27056s	now I'm sorry to 2.8 I had to square I
27059s	couldn't see that yeah
27061s	thank you
27064s	peace
27068s	guys just keep on coming he's like xmg
27071s	starts looking down as if he's gonna
27072s	play his turn he looks back over there's
27073s	another thing on the board on the other
27075s	side yeah spring plays that turn
27077s	lightning fast as well just drops the
27079s	minions into play bumps every point of
27082s	damage he can into the existing minion
27084s	on board
27085s	but it might still end up just being a
27088s	problem here there is a shadow word
27089s	devour to get through that taunt
27095s	okay
27099s	I can't quite recall what is in the
27102s	naggle and whether that is going to end
27104s	up uh helping yeah
27108s	I nearly saw it then and then I didn't
27110s	see it it's Shard okay
27117s	foreign
27122s	[Music]
27127s	for it as well
27128s	but it was there the lethal out was
27131s	there we borderline given up on this
27133s	game Lorinda and there's only six cars
27136s	left in Decks that was a one in three if
27137s	there's only one left if there's one or
27139s	two I've lost track myself now one was
27141s	used yeah one was used so absolutely got
27145s	it down to nearly taking two out of two
27148s	xmg having a great day so far you know
27151s	it's only one all
27153s	hey you see it one-off copy it's that
27156s	hanging around in the deck
27159s	wow
27164s	is it actually over now I'm just making
27167s	sure I haven't missed something else
27168s	there's the quality there's a carrier
27170s	that sounds good
27174s	both of those things do sound promising
27176s	yes and he has 10 Mana just to be clear
27179s	just in case you you know you can't see
27181s	the top of your screen this is why I
27184s	like you learn that you cover all the
27185s	bases
27187s	if only I did that when I was playing
27190s	Hearthstone well yeah I've got a caviar
27193s	and a quality player quality
27203s	well you choose to draw the card xmg you
27207s	chose to play on
27211s	I don't blame you for that but you know
27213s	bless is gonna happen to you
27217s	can he generate anything marginally big
27220s	with the Boon and protect the thing
27221s	behind it for his one in a million world
27228s	yeah that's the thought right problem is
27230s	with both Shadowood devours used there's
27232s	not going to be a way to clear up these
27234s	uh one Health Minions on the other side
27237s	so you just have to desperately try and
27240s	make something stick here yes what he's
27243s	going with
27246s	and then it's lethal if one of them
27247s	somehow sticks
27256s	how big is Danny
27259s	I feel like spring hasn't I mean he's
27262s	decent big but I feel like spring hasn't
27263s	played that many menus he's been sort of
27265s	controlling the game of spells right for
27266s	the most part
27269s	I mean not big it's still probably 12 or
27270s	13 which would be plenty
27277s	because he had five minions early on
27291s	make sure all the way back up to 20
27293s	which means of course your opponent
27295s	needs to attack for 40 to be able to end
27298s	the game at this point oh you're so
27299s	silly good luck with that
27302s	even though you don't clear here just
27304s	you know siding two of the minions off
27305s	and cutting into the existing Health
27307s	pool of that one minion that you do have
27310s	this thing heals himself for 20 more uh
27313s	you have The Shard though remember in
27314s	the oh yeah in the naggling
27316s	sure okay as long as I uh read that tiny
27319s	text correctly as it popped up on the
27320s	screen briefly
27325s	take me pick me
27327s	yeah yeah good reading
27333s	okay
27334s	and hopefully use that to refresh the
27336s	serpent wigs as well
27343s	okay
27343s	nothing will you see that again in the
27346s	remainder of the deck I don't think uh
27349s	thriving Shadows can't really go fishing
27351s	for anything
27352s	only spell remaining is a ironically A
27356s	Shard of the naaru which he could have
27357s	used instead if he wanted to cast Thrive
27359s	but significantly cheaper to end up
27360s	doing it this way
27363s	okay right yup he's still in it
27367s	how is he still in it again we've
27369s	hitting him off three times
27372s	stop playing good Hearthstone
27375s	actually don't I could do some good
27376s	Hearthstone in my life
27384s	he's feeling it as well he's like the
27387s	Stress and Anxiety you can see in that
27389s	bottom camera just rocking back and
27391s	forth doesn't know what to do with his
27393s	hands
27394s	it's like come on I played so well these
27396s	two games I deserve to be 2-0 up
27404s	I'm gonna drop the city tax which you
27405s	know functionally heals for six as well
27408s	as killing the one one on the board
27409s	that's the news for xmg that there's no
27412s	equality in hand no second equality
27416s	went for the buff on the righteous
27417s	protector there as well I think
27419s	specifically instead of playing the
27420s	blade master okani
27423s	is a difficult decision I think overall
27426s	okay does hit the taunt in the end but
27428s	there is still a Shard left remaining in
27429s	the deck that's not the draw unless Our
27432s	Deck tracker is messed up it is still in
27433s	there
27435s	yeah it's showing four cards but the
27436s	card I believe it's showing us that is
27438s	not in there is Priestess for leash
27439s	because that is in Spring's hand from
27441s	the uh Field view
27443s	that would make a lot of sense
27447s	I wonder now it's how do you protect
27449s	both of these I think is the idea right
27451s	I'm gonna protect this 15 6 to some
27454s	extent
27456s	or just draw your Shard yeah exactly you
27459s	have Thrive for The Shard which is
27460s	guaranteed
27461s	then you're able to push 16 face because
27464s	currently because both of these minions
27466s	uh will attack for eight halved rounded
27468s	up
27469s	at the serpent weeks to go through as
27471s	well with amalgam to try and find some
27474s	additional outs
27475s	but he does still need to protect the
27477s	smaller one right the 16 8.
27480s	not necessarily
27486s	if you get close like if you manage to
27488s	push 20-ish this turn all right even if
27491s	it doesn't end up being lethal you don't
27493s	need both minions again then right is it
27496s	you yeah this is saying like 168 could
27498s	die I was worrying about how to spend
27500s	two Mana healing here and putting wigs
27501s	on it to stop it from dying he's just
27503s	saying let it die yep agreed you just
27505s	need one minion for the following turn
27510s	Reno not active for spring
27514s	xmg resumes the stress position yeah
27517s	paper turn now gets dressed again great
27522s	pretty soon assuming the same stance as
27525s	that uh piece of art he's got in the
27526s	background just praying that he's going
27529s	to get there
27534s	the thing can't do all the different
27536s	things he needs to do needs to play the
27537s	taunt he needs
27541s	got there
27543s	oh what a game what a game love a bit of
27546s	wig priest me and yeah it looked like
27548s	after that initial push that xmg was
27550s	going to find himself down and out but
27553s	the answers weren't there I was gonna
27555s	try and find a point to uh fit this in
27558s	and it all sort of started to pass by
27560s	too fast excuse me itchy notes
27563s	um but one of the things that you do
27564s	have to worry about with Paladin is that
27567s	when you do have that uh stacking your
27569s	deck effect with the Order in the Court
27571s	you have to be really confident that you
27574s	no longer need to draw your equality
27576s	your city tax your blade Master Samurai
27579s	Your Righteous protectors all of these
27581s	defensive cards that can stop you for
27583s	from dying for long enough and I think
27586s	you know I was at obviously I was
27588s	absolutely there with sprig because we
27590s	were talking at that point as if the
27591s	game was over after that quality clear
27593s	came down but I think it turned out that
27596s	you know against the the quality of the
27598s	distribution and the rationing that xmg
27601s	was able to put together he actually
27603s	needed demo defensive cards before he
27605s	was able to go on the outright offense
27606s	then yeah dinathus did turn up to be
27609s	reasonably small as well I doubted
27612s	myself briefly though until I actually
27614s	saw it it's like perhaps you did play
27615s	all these things earlier but if you
27616s	carry on from doing the two or three
27617s	terms just chucking things onto it it
27618s	would have been a lot bigger and now xmg
27621s	finds himself in this spot where I
27623s	talked about the Druid on the other side
27624s	he might not even have to play against
27626s	it he's 2-0 without having to play
27628s	against the Druid which is his good
27629s	matchup in this series he's in a great
27633s	spot and he deserves to be he's played
27635s	so well so far and honestly this deck
27638s	this deck list is just one of my go-to
27641s	pleasing soothing anxiety relieving
27644s	visual ASMR uh go-to you know for some
27647s	people it's like you know books sliding
27649s	perfectly into a bookshelf into a space
27651s	that just so perfectly fits the book uh
27654s	the other one for me the sock collection
27656s	at Uniqlo go check it out if you've
27658s	never seen it it's wonderful but this
27660s	perfect 30 cards 15 two of all slotting
27664s	beautifully into one side of the deck
27667s	this is how Hearthstone is supposed to
27669s	be played Lorinda I knew you'd like this
27671s	you see it's all just nice and neat on
27673s	the left-hand side I wish I had
27674s	something that soothed me and calmed me
27676s	down I'm just messy jibbering wreck like
27679s	I am because I don't have a a calming
27681s	thing what's the sock collection maybe
27683s	I'll try that the soccer so it's um if
27686s	you imagine like a a giant
27688s	um book again kind of a bookcase thing
27690s	on the wall but they have this this sock
27693s	range where they have like 30 40
27694s	different colors of sock and then they
27696s	arrange them in the store so perfectly
27699s	so there's these little vertical cubby
27701s	holes in the bookshelf thing and each
27703s	one is just stacked with socks and then
27705s	going on a perfect color gradient across
27708s	from left to right and you can tell
27710s	anytime someone like picks up a pair of
27712s	socks and looks at it and puts them back
27713s	immediately a member of staff goes back
27716s	folds it perfectly arranges it straight
27718s	because it's always perfect every single
27721s	time that you look at it it's gorgeous
27722s	one of the best things to look at in the
27724s	entire world that does sound actually
27726s	amazing I guess the only thing I even
27728s	came close to that is nothing like that
27730s	was the Hall of Fame in Atlanta with all
27732s	the American football helmets the
27734s	college helmets all absolutely arranged
27736s	on the wall in
27737s	not in a beautiful color-graded order
27740s	though just in a fairly nice pleasing
27742s	display order
27744s	yeah I see Ravens Raven's backing me up
27746s	I've dragged Raven to uh to Uniqlo
27749s	before he's seen the Marvel of the sock
27750s	collection
27752s	okay sounds like I need to see it
27758s	all right get the peasant down protect
27760s	that peasant make sure that you are
27762s	drawing all the resources you are going
27764s	to need and this is exactly the kind of
27767s	thing I was talking about in the
27768s	previous game right in that instance
27770s	with radiant Elemental in this instant
27772s	with peasant basically
27775s	uninteractable for Paladin and has been
27777s	this has been the case since basically
27780s	the launch of the game where you could
27781s	just play things right like back in 2014
27784s	it was knife juggler right you just
27785s	slammed knife juggler on two against
27787s	Paladin because if they didn't have a
27789s	Zombie Chow or whatever on board on turn
27791s	one to be able to contest it they had no
27793s	ability to compete from hand it's just
27795s	been one of Paladin's greatest
27797s	weaknesses for quite some time there was
27799s	a period of time where they flirted with
27800s	like was it righteous blade 3-2 weapon
27803s	thing I believe that buffed a Divine
27805s	Shield Minion or something that kind of
27807s	changed things for a while but this is
27809s	just it and you can see him reaping the
27811s	benefits yeah his style of nervousness
27814s	has changed from oh please let me in
27816s	this too I think I'm going to win this
27818s	there's a different sort of expression
27820s	on his face when he's nervous now
27823s	and yeah he's gonna do so much damage
27827s	here I realize that Paladin can
27828s	stabilize so easily if it does stabilize
27831s	but
27832s	also you can say like so solidly if it
27834s	does stabilize but this might just get
27836s	there
27838s	it very well might and I think point
27841s	being because peasant is drawing and
27843s	because crooked cook is about to come
27845s	down we're in a situation where is he
27848s	gonna dump three cars and prize a few of
27850s	them I think that's what he's thinking
27851s	about though he went for the cookie cook
27853s	and changed his mind
27855s	foreign
27857s	I do like this and I think the trade
27859s	happens as well yes exactly the reason I
27861s	like this is the exact card that uh
27863s	almost put him to bed last game and
27866s	that's carry or Rome right whereas if he
27868s	does any other play and leaves the 2-1
27870s	on board there's no other play that
27872s	really fit the idea of buffing the
27873s	minions attack then suddenly the two
27875s	attack minion on the other side and
27876s	carry all can take care of the peasant
27878s	that's not only the biggest minion
27879s	biting the dust it's also the primary
27881s	source of card draw biting the dust he'd
27883s	then be in a position where his crooked
27884s	cook might not be drawing anymore his
27886s	peasant wouldn't be drawing anymore so I
27888s	do really like this play for that reason
27889s	yeah and it was the play that instantly
27891s	jumped even to my eyes to be honest
27894s	um not for all those reasons but just
27895s	because it's a fairly straightforward
27896s	nice looking play and I I saw him take
27898s	it back and have a look and the other
27900s	play is really appealing as well just
27902s	load up the board with stuff yeah I just
27905s	hit you with it trog trog Slither Spear
27908s	and then Prides Fury the next turn right
27909s	yeah I just like your eyes and pray yeah
27911s	good luck Sam are rowing that a lot if
27913s	you get this far like
27915s	yeah but he did go for the the sensible
27919s	um Way Forward and that would be because
27920s	he'd have looked at and gone okay
27923s	in the world where there's a carrier do
27925s	I still do okay the other way and the
27927s	answer is no in this way he hasn't got
27929s	the Carib enjoy doing okay the answer is
27930s	probably yes
27936s	that was sharp intakes of breath what's
27940s	caught the exact attention just the
27942s	damage or something else I'm just trying
27944s	to break down the amount of turns that
27947s	xmg needs of having minions attacking
27950s	because he doesn't have many at this
27952s	point right the equality Samurai is in
27954s	his future uh a quality even coming out
27957s	now with the uh servant on the other
27960s	side coming out and clearing up
27962s	everything but the trog xmg was not
27965s	pleased to see that
27967s	um but yes with this initial play coming
27969s	down this is kind of what I was looking
27970s	at as he has the the hand to be able to
27972s	rebuild this but then if there's another
27975s	answer for this coming on the following
27977s	turn does he have the hand to rebuild
27979s	again and I think that's where it
27980s	becomes a slightly bigger problem
27982s	overall
27983s	I feel like we could just copy paste
27986s	that commentary into all three of these
27988s	games even though we've said it in
27989s	different ways lots of nuance for the
27992s	different styles of each game and we are
27994s	once again in how many reloads do I have
27996s	and how quickly do I have to get through
27999s	them and this time
28000s	there was a gradient last time from I
28003s	can afford to take my time to I better
28005s	Panic this one's even more all in than
28007s	the other two
28009s	smack
28012s	that's you
28015s	having nothing really righteous defense
28018s	and Blessing of Kings do both offer
28020s	options this turn it's a big deal
28022s	especially if you can get stats on the
28024s	noggling and then immediately commit it
28026s	this turn that would work out fairly
28028s	well but I was I would imagine spring
28031s	was in the business of something that
28032s	would help him fully AOE with the blade
28035s	Master Samurai perhaps next turn for
28037s	example to be able to clear this up
28038s	again because then he could probably do
28040s	you know Samurai plus whatever to clear
28042s	on six Leviathan to kill the reload on
28046s	seven and then you're into carry on
28047s	eight and that probably would have been
28049s	pretty secure from that point now as it
28052s	stands he still has one turn in there
28054s	that's a big question mark right no real
28057s	way to guarantee that that is coming out
28059s	yeah
28060s	the cast of the city tax just to gained
28063s	some health and just to do some damage
28064s	to these because he knows the prize for
28066s	yours are in his future
28068s	or are they certainly are I think
28074s	scene one equality I think it is time to
28076s	really start stacking the health on
28077s	those minions
28080s	the problem is the board that he's being
28082s	shown is kind of
28084s	large enough to be irritating
28088s	I'm almost in you know Face Hunter board
28090s	Shield mode right where you just put the
28092s	blinkers over the board and just leave
28094s	the height for the face yep
28097s	those are the days
28098s	a thing that somebody actually did
28100s	amazing
28103s	you're dumping so much health onto your
28105s	minions here right like the most easily
28107s	killable minion
28109s	uh is going to have four attack here
28111s	anyway so it's not like even the Renault
28113s	Falcon value trade into it
28115s	do I think this is a opponent makes the
28117s	trades for you kind of situation
28119s	a little confused as to why Pride's
28121s	theory was being the first card for a
28124s	second
28125s	yeah for a second I think maybe just
28127s	maybe he was thinking of hero powering
28129s	down the one one just to remove it
28131s	that's all I had okay because that would
28133s	be more relevant on the covet board
28134s	State then buffing your three four that
28136s	might never actually interplay all right
28138s	so that trade I was talking about you
28141s	know the Renault being the one thing
28143s	that can value trade that was enough to
28145s	I will say bait xmg into making that
28147s	attack
28148s	uh but I think personally I would have
28150s	just ripped it all face and let them
28151s	figure it out
28157s	yeah just Okay one minute 15 seconds go
28161s	I don't care it's just some numbers to
28164s	me you do it
28171s	ah spin played this and now he's trying
28173s	to work out what to do that seems like
28174s	bad ordering
28177s	yeah the alternative was like a
28179s	righteous defense Samurai play right
28181s	yeah I mean that's a reasonable
28184s	alternative especially if the righteous
28185s	defense did actually land on the samurai
28189s	but I think this is enough to be getting
28192s	on with from here
28195s	not gonna be a full clear but enough to
28197s	take care of business
28199s	just leaving a solitary five seven on
28201s	the board rolling into the carry on the
28203s	following turn you can pretty much
28204s	guarantee outside of living routes that
28207s	you get to keep one of these minions for
28209s	the following turn
28211s	or
28212s	discovering random spells
28215s	such as scale of inyxia
28217s	it's only just occurred to me composting
28220s	is not even in this deck
28223s	just because it doesn't need it with the
28224s	cookies Cooks now right so
28227s	don't do all cards the old-fashioned way
28229s	you just
28230s	play your stuff right between peasant
28233s	crooked cook you tend to have enough
28236s	card drawing also uh with the
28238s	introduction of the card generation
28240s	right that you're looking at right now
28241s	is just you can usually pick up some
28243s	card draw from this if you're really
28244s	desperate for it or sometimes I should
28245s	say usually is not an accurate
28247s	description
28249s	but yeah the option is available that's
28251s	fair yep
28254s	the difficulty here is the carial term
28257s	that you're worried you're running into
28258s	right because on the surface scale of
28261s	nyxia just looks so freaking juicy but
28265s	it can just get blown up by Carol
28267s	yeah this is the best way to go about it
28270s	now if the carrier comes down yes you
28272s	lose your welps
28273s	you maintain a very large Slither spear
28276s	on the other side
28278s	and it is righteous defense time
28283s	that's being traded I can promise you
28285s	that yes hopefully don't don't miss
28288s	click and just put it on the board
28289s	register fans where does it land it
28292s	lands on the samurai as well
28294s	and that is the full ball swing spring I
28297s	think even with a little gesture a
28299s	little whoa of course swiping the board
28301s	with the blade Master samurai or perhaps
28303s	a get out of my game either way I think
28306s	he's very accurate in his assessment I
28308s	think it was the Paladin to get out of
28309s	his lineup the way it's been it's like
28311s	okay gamma number three like you're
28314s	bringing Paladin this is the lineup you
28316s	want to see this is kind of the only
28318s	lineup you want to see you've correctly
28319s	predicted your opponent you could bring
28321s	your palette on that feel here are your
28322s	two zero down absolutely terrible I'm
28325s	not sure that's necessarily the case I
28328s	think I mean this this might just be
28331s	more of an indictment of my opinion of
28332s	Paladin in general
28334s	um obviously it is a control deck and
28336s	like classically you would think yeah
28337s	you know boards that swarm onto the ball
28339s	early are super all in and then if you
28341s	can clear their stuff they lose right
28343s	like that's the kind of deck the Paladin
28345s	should be but it's such a linear deck in
28349s	general that I think smart players with
28350s	aggro decks can still find ways around
28352s	it in general but you are probably right
28354s	in the assessment that if if a player is
28357s	bringing Paladin that's what I'm going
28359s	with yeah yeah more Paladin right then
28362s	they're probably hoping to do a little
28363s	better against these kind of matchups
28365s	than they currently are yeah yeah your
28367s	assessment that you know Paladin seems a
28370s	bit bad I think we've just seen the
28372s	that's probably true against good
28374s	players we've just seen a good player
28375s	Taken part especially in game one an
28378s	absolutely fine pad intro a game two a
28381s	little bit shakier draw but still took
28383s	it apart and game three nearly got it
28385s	done as well so spring does get the
28387s	poding out of there he's got a day of
28389s	playing this deck now so be interesting
28391s	to see if that's just a sample size of
28393s	three thing or if it carries on like
28394s	that now he moves presumably onto the
28398s	Rogue before taking the Druid down given
28400s	that he didn't cue the Druid early yeah
28402s	yeah I'm Rogue it's Shelby this is going
28405s	to be the jackpot slash Thief Rogue
28407s	coming out much much slower much more uh
28410s	feast or famine I would say when it
28412s	comes against these aggro decks as well
28414s	I do think uh in slower matchups in
28416s	matchups that are going to go turn 10
28418s	and Beyond uh the row can normally piece
28422s	something together you know no matter
28424s	what the outcomes are from the random
28426s	generated cards whether they are you
28428s	know AOE or removal or value or Tempo or
28431s	whatever they are you can find a plan
28433s	that works but I do feel a lot of the
28436s	time uh going up against aggro
28438s	specifically you do need them to be a
28440s	little bit kind to you if those are to
28442s	be the cards that are drawn the other
28444s	way that you can win these matchups
28446s	against aggro is that you know the whole
28448s	jackpot package doesn't really come into
28450s	play and instead you just draw a very
28452s	good Tempo curve right you find like a
28454s	decent prep play maybe even use
28456s	Blackwater Cutlass early to take down
28458s	some Troggs and you just sort of curve
28460s	out with efficient removal into uh
28462s	Center Square on the Caster bingo card
28465s	subtle says krabatoa on curve and then
28469s	you just slam that down and win the game
28471s	on Raw tempo right that can absolutely
28473s	happen as well but if you're gonna get
28475s	dealt jackpot trickster style stuff I
28477s	think in this kind of matchup you do
28479s	very often need it to be a little bit
28480s	kind to you to find your way out yeah I
28483s	don't know why Rogue gets a free pass so
28485s	often so the Warlock deck we talk about
28487s	you know how it's a naughty deck it's
28490s	got two decks crammed into one it
28492s	happens to work blah blah blah bad
28494s	warlock bad shouldn't be doing this
28495s	Rogue this is just two decks clammed
28498s	into one as well and nobody ever talks
28499s	about it it's the same thing it's a
28502s	normal Tempo rogue deck and some stuff
28504s	you throw in there for your jackpot
28507s	silly deck let's crush them together and
28509s	because Rogue players are what they are
28511s	nobody cares it's just they just get on
28512s	with it oh what are rogue players
28514s	Lorinda why don't you eliminate that for
28516s	us I don't know but I'm not one looking
28518s	at my all-time stats okay fair enough
28521s	better or worse than boar priests
28523s	hierola
28525s	I mean all time my pre-steps are fine
28527s	because I played with zakas really well
28528s	for the longest time okay
28531s	um oh all time Rogue is my only losing
28533s	class in Hearthstone wow it's because I
28536s	don't enjoy Vogue so when I learn a new
28538s	deck with Rogue I lose 20 games Win
28540s	seven or eight think okay now I
28541s	understand it well enough to talk about
28542s	it I'm not going to play it anymore
28544s	repeat repeat
28550s	and right now I think spring might be on
28553s	lorinda's side because that is trogging
28555s	to buff on turn one I believe spring
28558s	kept the si7 extortion which is the
28560s	exact kind of thing I was talking about
28562s	right I believe they're Mulligan into
28564s	jackpot Contraband station has now drawn
28566s	to nathrius which is the exact thing I
28568s	was saying you really don't want to
28570s	happen but he did keep extortion and was
28572s	looking to just you know remove a minion
28574s	on one maybe remove minion on two with
28576s	the wicked stab and then just find a way
28578s	to get some Tempo here and there but as
28580s	it stands currently this is looking a
28584s	little bit too Savage because fertilizer
28587s	can come down here for plus one attack
28589s	that's the nature spell then being
28590s	played which means Herald of nature uh
28593s	good old Harold can come down next turn
28595s	and potentially just make the board
28597s	State too oppressive to be dealt with on
28599s	the other side yeah it's just silly you
28602s	heard me sort of sucking in air there as
28605s	the herald came off the top because
28606s	everything is now just nutty and I'm not
28609s	sure easy just can get rid of all this I
28611s	mean you can trade into one minion
28612s	obviously you can remove
28614s	two with your hand
28620s	uh uh okay accusation on the trog
28628s	they did it your honor
28632s	okay noted
28635s	now
28637s	there's still a truck a wicked stab the
28639s	remaining trog okay I mean it's
28642s	progress I'm sort of turning my nose up
28644s	at it because it still achieves so
28646s	little but to be fair it kind of did
28648s	achieve more than anything else he was
28650s	able to do right so fair enough yeah he
28653s	had the choice achieve nothing or
28654s	achieve a little bit so that's where he
28656s	was at
28657s	xmg this trade is happening for you I
28660s	promise we went through this last game
28664s	oh come on
28666s	wow this time I even I would have um
28669s	ignored it last time I think I might
28671s	have been suckered into trading but this
28673s	time like how on Earth is that not just
28676s	um yeah I mean it's fine like Wicked
28680s	stab number two hits your taunt the
28682s	minion then trades your peasant I guess
28684s	but I don't know give me three extra
28687s	damage with this hand and that happens I
28689s	think I'm kind of fine with it okay
28690s	let's go the other way with that
28691s	discussion just for the sake of
28693s	discussion really yeah xmg was never
28696s	winning this turn without with the trade
28698s	or without the trade he was never
28699s	getting enough damage to win this turn
28701s	and he's always winning in two more
28702s	turns so you can take the value while
28705s	it's there uh he appears to be too off
28707s	Lorinda so no I'm not sure
28710s	[Laughter]
28714s	can't just say things we think they can
28718s	I do
28720s	good job to put me right okay ah
28727s	but yeah point being that it's very hard
28730s	to win their next
28732s	turns it up headset was off before the
28735s	conceived come down the before concede
28738s	come down why use many words when few
28740s	words do trick um yeah it was a brutal
28744s	series more of a day one series than a
28746s	day two Series right and I think the
28748s	common denominator when you look at that
28749s	is the aggro lineup coming back into
28751s	play because we saw a lot more of that
28753s	aggro lineup on day one uh kind of these
28756s	brutal day and even those did not go as
28758s	far as aggro Druid which was the one
28760s	deck that briefly stutter stepped uh for
28763s	xmg in this series but very very quick
28765s	series indeed like I feel I feel like
28768s	I'm not earning my money today like I
28770s	rocked out my cast one series I then sat
28772s	on the sidelines for the rest of the
28773s	group and then turned up and had like a
28775s	45 minute cast what's going on
28778s	I don't know but I'm sure you'll learn
28779s	them one day you you you you hang in
28781s	there you'll find a way at least I
28783s	turned up for work okay I mean yeah
28784s	turning up for work's a really good
28786s	start and letting people know you might
28788s	be a little bit late you know second
28789s	prize as well but yep spring must be
28793s	absolutely terrified now he may have to
28795s	play that again to survive later on in
28797s	the day also I mean he didn't even play
28799s	the Druid against this which is the deck
28801s	though I thought might be the sticking
28802s	point like that was a a mess for spring
28805s	and
28807s	they're watching myself listening to you
28809s	talking didn't feel like he did that
28810s	much particularly wrong it's just that
28812s	the lineup wasn't operating as intended
28815s	yeah I suspect the Paladin deck will
28818s	probably be picked apart by someone who
28820s	is an expert with that deck if those
28822s	people do exist uh that person is not me
28825s	I could go back and maybe break it down
28827s	and find the moment where something
28828s	could have been different the palette
28830s	the Paladin versus uh priest
28832s	specifically being the game that I'm
28834s	talking about uh but outside of that I
28837s	do think it was a very well played
28839s	series reasonably so on both sides and I
28842s	think xmg is looking scary with that
28845s	aggro lineup in general remains to be
28847s	seen whether it can stand the test of
28848s	time against some of the other lineups
28850s	in the group uh which our fellow casters
28853s	will I'm sure elucidate you on as they
28856s	come into play after a break very
28858s	shortly but I was very happy to see that
28861s	series get the get the aggro decks back
28863s	into play get that variation running
28864s	throughout the day I think xmg
28866s	well-deserved winner in the end
28868s	absolutely and of course still has to
28871s	win one more to get through to
28872s	tomorrow's action but looking good there
28874s	but then aggro decks when they do go
28876s	well do look good
28878s	um coming up though we're going to have
28879s	the second match in the group the second
28881s	Opening match which is Gregory still
28883s	versus U.S tayak MD definitely an
28886s	America's player
28887s	um and a doctor apparently and a doctor
28890s	yeah America's doctor definitely um on
28892s	our team there so we'll get that set up
28894s	for you we'll be back in three minutes
28896s	with more action from Group D
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28932s	foreign
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28980s	thank you
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29068s	thank you
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29094s	hello everybody and welcome back to the
29096s	Masters Tour fall Championship we're
29099s	cruising along with our fourth and final
29101s	group here uh my name is CJ I'm joined
29103s	by Gia Gia
29106s	hello you're sharing in my pain now of
29109s	the America's
29111s	time zone but for the Europe event
29114s	uh just straight overnight how you
29117s	feeling
29118s	I'm feeling okay actually my my special
29121s	talent of being able to sleep in almost
29123s	any location coming in very very handy
29127s	here and
29129s	um I have an unexpected amount of energy
29132s	to cast a quest priest series
29135s	uh unbelievable
29137s	um well first off we'll we'll see if we
29140s	even get to that point of question's
29142s	even played I mean if I'm Gregorius I'm
29143s	just queuing it up in game one but
29145s	whatever you know maybe just to lose his
29147s	3-0 on some other deck but yes there's a
29149s	quest priest there's also a boar priest
29151s	uh another one on the side of
29154s	ustyak MD
29156s	us tiak MD that's how Lorinda said it uh
29160s	the unpronounceable name or if you want
29162s	to pronounce it all in as one like
29166s	what uh
29169s	I think that that's probably an
29173s	acceptable
29174s	abbreviation I think it's Jackman
29179s	yeah do you think the MD is like medical
29183s	doctor Dr
29185s	ustyak
29187s	because I know the ill in Gregorius is
29190s	like I think the country
29194s	uh well actually just became a doctor
29198s	oh we got the MD mirror yeah
29203s	um I saw it I saw this tweet
29206s	and it when was this it was
29210s	literally yesterday
29212s	oh wow that's huge match I've decided to
29216s	become a doctor today just in the middle
29219s	of his prep my girlfriend
29221s	that's amazing just found the time to
29224s	get a whole new degree done while
29226s	getting that prep in for the fall
29229s	Championship potentially making it to
29231s	Worlds
29232s	what a guy
29234s	well I'm pretty sure it's a PhD in
29236s	mathematics oh so you don't you don't
29239s	even need to actually play Hearthstone
29242s	if you're a doctor in math of
29244s	mathematics I think that's all the prep
29246s	that you need
29249s	could be it could be I mean if anything
29251s	that's got to be an even more
29254s	appropriate degree than what bunny
29256s	Hopper has right and we all know that
29259s	bunny Hopper is very good at Hearthstone
29261s	yeah and I think if if you're a doctor
29264s	in general you're good at Hearthstone
29266s	because it usually means you're quite
29268s	intelligent oh meaty
29271s	I'm sorry
29276s	oh you're gonna get added
29278s	you're gonna get added
29280s	um I said usually so I there's a there's
29283s	a catch-all there fair enough fair
29285s	enough
29286s	gregorius's uh lineup is
29289s	um sort of control heavy
29292s	um the only deck that doesn't really fit
29294s	that category but kind of does anyway is
29297s	the Mage uh is playing the 30 card uh
29301s	ping Mage which we've seen a ton it does
29303s	have these shattering Blast Tech uh
29305s	thrown in there which we also saw uh
29308s	from uh algeru earlier in the day that
29313s	did a lot of work uh specifically
29316s	against what was it Naga priest which
29318s	was fantastic so we'll see if that
29321s	deck's gonna come into play but as far
29323s	as the mid-range Shaman goes pretty
29325s	standard
29326s	yeah that is right moving over to the
29329s	side of ustia he's had eight Masters
29332s	Tour appearances which is actually not
29335s	as many as a lot of the other people in
29338s	this tournament just because we've had
29339s	such a huge amount of them already but
29341s	he's had such a great record here um
29345s	going over 60 percent and that is why he
29349s	is qualified through to here and he says
29352s	he is not afraid of Theater which
29355s	explains the combo heavy lineup that we
29358s	have here not only is there aboard
29359s	priest there's a charge Warrior just a
29361s	jack that I haven't seen in so long do
29363s	you remember Galvan gar TJ oh yeah oh
29366s	yeah
29367s	um Gavin guard has been replaced by uh
29369s	what is it oh
29371s	it's not old gray is it it might be Olga
29374s	I always forget the name of it uh
29376s	attacks every enemy and then
29380s	aims damage for the how many damn yeah
29383s	decimator will grow up that's the middle
29385s	girl there you go was okra
29387s	um that's the that's the new galvangar
29389s	but this is old Gavin Garden yeah uh
29392s	subtle posted the context I saw this uh
29396s	it was yesterday it felt like so long
29398s	ago but it all happened yesterday I used
29400s	to tweet it out I'm not afraid of I'm
29402s	Not Afraid before theater I will show
29404s	everyone that otk decks are still pretty
29406s	and then Gregorius responded to his
29409s	tweet and said dude what the f is this
29412s	uh with the full expert of used so okay
29417s	pretty funny especially since if you
29420s	look at gregorius's lineup uh it's a lot
29423s	of the uh sort of anti-compo stuff
29425s	there's theotar and three out of the
29428s	four decks uh that he's playing so I
29432s	don't know
29433s	I'm curious if he was throwing out the
29435s	what the f because of the decks
29438s	themselves or because of the use of the
29440s	word pretty
29442s	because
29443s	can be pretty you know does it mean
29446s	they're good but this is definitely
29447s	exactly pretty bad
29450s	uh if you have just a decklist that's
29452s	just all two ups that fit the same same
29455s	color scheme right oh I'm thinking it's
29458s	where you just pick all the blue cards
29460s	and put it on two ups when you look at
29462s	the deck list like on our graphic here
29465s	that shows deckless it would look pretty
29467s	but it would be bad
29469s	I mean I think this one is pretty too
29471s	even with the two columns here we got
29472s	that key cards featuring three different
29474s	Rarity gems the rare to Epic to
29477s	legendary
29479s	I'm very appreciative of that aesthetic
29483s	anyway
29484s	got the game Shaman versus the charge
29488s	Warrior once again TJ you said there is
29491s	a decent amount of disruption in
29495s	gregorius's control leaning decks not
29498s	only is there a theater in this Shaman
29500s	there's of course mutinous being the
29502s	very big one that can Chomp up either
29504s	galvanga or faceless or
29507s	uh sorry not record
29509s	um Battlegrounds Battle Master and of
29512s	those only the faceless is the
29513s	redundancy so the other ones a bit scary
29517s	yeah Shaman's probably the deck right
29519s	now in the metagame that has the most
29521s	disruption
29523s	um unless you're playing the the full
29525s	Shadow uh Thief priest list uh with that
29529s	legendary that I can't remember the name
29530s	of because I've barely seen it where
29532s	every time you copy a card you steal the
29535s	original that's the only deck that has
29537s	more disruption than Shaman in the
29539s	current meta game because you can get
29541s	like you said mutinous but you can get
29542s	mutinous out early then you can copy
29545s	mutinous effect with brilliant macaw
29548s	um just a lot of a lot of stuff it's the
29550s	same with uh blade master or Connie and
29553s	theatar you can you have those effects
29556s	and then because of McCall you can copy
29558s	them so
29559s	um I feel like the raw power level if
29561s	you take out the disruption of Shaman
29563s	isn't that high but because they tend to
29565s	make your turns really awkward
29567s	it can sometimes feel difficult to play
29569s	against right and when Shaman is the
29572s	scariest is when they get the best of
29574s	both worlds that disruption at the top
29575s	and end their somewhat rare combo in the
29578s	early game of the cheap gold charino
29580s	plus Muk pools which is available to
29582s	Gregorius not on coins so not quite this
29586s	early but next turn he can get a 10 drop
29588s	which historically is not easy for
29591s	warrior to deal with just a singular
29594s	large body there is I think execute in
29597s	the list for ocean he does have a
29598s	location but it's not in hand yet to
29600s	execute
29607s	probably just gonna be a hero power for
29609s	grigorous here I guess he's
29610s	contemplating whether he wanted to trade
29612s	the Viper but I think that's a pretty
29615s	good card in the matchup to deny the
29617s	main card draw source for Uso which is
29619s	this outriders act
29620s	yep
29622s	so nice little hold
29624s	only one card gonna be drawn in the
29627s	outrider attacks
29629s	skipping the hero power all together I
29632s	guess that might be a long-term play
29634s	around brawl because the token really
29636s	doesn't help him much in the long run in
29638s	this matchup
29644s	oh isn't gonna go Viper at least not yet
29647s	there's I mean Viper is almost always
29649s	gonna have use uh against this deck
29652s	because there's also uh
29655s	um
29655s	there's a
29657s	second one there's weapons expert that
29659s	can pull a second one so maybe he just
29661s	wants to get on board with pressure
29664s	instead that makes sense and also leans
29667s	into like the fact that he didn't totem
29669s	means that very likely there's not going
29672s	to be a target for the outrider's ax to
29675s	swing into anyway so he can delay the
29678s	Viper for next turn even if you know
29680s	usually were to swing face without
29682s	writer's ax that's not the important
29683s	part for Gregorius is just denying the
29685s	draw while getting pressure online
29688s	it ate about average
29696s	yeah
29697s	well there is a clear Shield shot her
29700s	swing it's not pretty but gotta do it I
29704s	think
29705s	wait
29711s	oh it's uh yeah this one back to five
29713s	damage right yeah went back to five yeah
29715s	I was like wait a second ping pong and
29718s	back and forth for so long I had to
29720s	double check
29722s	well even if it were at Fort location
29724s	could have done that last damage I guess
29729s	and this is all combo pieces essentially
29732s	so gonna look for the actual support
29734s	stuff
29735s	from the depths
29738s	which is you know I can't remember the
29741s	exact order of Lucia's previous hand but
29743s	there was a lot of combo pieces and
29745s	rokara so he can get one of those early
29747s	next turn yeah
29751s	okay well we have mutinous picked up
29755s	uh still a couple turns away but almost
29759s	always gonna hit
29760s	a high priority Target there's only a
29763s	couple minions in the deck that
29765s	aren't part of the combo
29768s	um and one has already been played with
29769s	sir Finley there's also the just the one
29772s	copy of weapons expert which we now know
29773s	is at the bottom of the deck or glorious
29775s	does not know that of course there's a
29776s	rush Rod Viper which is usually not
29778s	going to stay in most times it's going
29780s	to be there it's going to be traded away
29782s	unless Lucia wants to specifically play
29784s	around mutinous which coming to turn
29786s	seven might be the case if it feels like
29789s	he's in a tough spot
29791s	Gregorius deliberately
29794s	um skipping on viper again maybe because
29796s	the ax is just down to one charge he'd
29798s	rather try and kill off the second
29800s	weapon
29802s	um and instead just bend the Mana a bit
29804s	more efficiently here so
29806s	to the front gavanger and Battle Master
29811s	so that to the front at zero could
29814s	discount the Grumman faceless Grom with
29818s	two location procs on it
29822s	goes up to 14 attack
29825s	which with faceless is still not lethal
29827s	so probably ends up getting a different
29829s	card oh my bad he did take them to the
29831s	front
29832s	okay
29836s	you really only need the locations one
29840s	charge for one turn so the rest of the
29843s	time you can just use it as removal but
29844s	oh that's a really nice pickup for
29847s	Gregorius be able to draw through the
29849s	deck nope clown fish picked up but
29852s	that's okay and we'll overdraw at the
29854s	end of a medium next turn but again also
29857s	okay
29859s	yeah we're still sitting on combo cards
29862s	but not enough of them and so they're
29865s	not really not a lot to do here the
29867s	boner burn is a big deal if Gregorius
29870s	were to eventually pick up macaw
29872s	couldn't get the full value from it but
29874s	as it happens mutinous for one Chomp is
29876s	still very deadly here
29883s	not afraid of Theo but are you afraid of
29887s	one hungry boy
29896s	uh what is this deck
29900s	it's pretty oh geez
29904s	okay
29906s	uh
29908s	has frozen buckler Shield cheddar combo
29911s	but
29913s	uh it you know Shaman's a deck that
29915s	tends to just Pace out their threats so
29918s	right
29919s	um it's
29922s	not really gonna be like that big board
29924s	sweep like it would again so then that's
29926s	a little bit faster
29933s	still has you know enough redundancy of
29936s	the combo the problem is all the other
29938s	pieces are at the bottom of his deck
29940s	yeah minions at least Grom is obviously
29944s	the most expensive one to get
29947s	um active and having lost a faceless
29950s	there's just no way he's gonna deal 40
29951s	without some combination of at least two
29955s	of those cards at the bottom of his deck
29957s	so
29959s	I don't know how he's just gonna survive
29963s	um drawing another 10 to 11 cards yeah
29966s	there's just no way to get down there I
29968s	I mean
29970s	and it's like multiple draws that are
29972s	needed in order to get there you can
29974s	draw like rakara into force and Flame
29977s	right that's a draw engine but even then
29980s	if those are exactly the next two draws
29983s	you're still not at the bottom of your
29985s	deck you're closer but you're still not
29987s	at the bottom and if I recall the Recaro
29989s	was in the hand that was fin lead so
29991s	she's somewhere towards the bottom as it
29994s	was you're absolutely right it sure was
29998s	well that's a bummer
30000s	it really is meanwhile gregoria is
30003s	chugging along with these mid-ranged
30005s	threats honestly any direct damage I
30008s	would value so I really like that rock
30009s	biter pick here just has to be careful
30012s	to not over extend into second Shield
30015s	shot her or brawl
30017s	um there's still a decent amount of
30019s	refill here mostly care of the amalgam
30022s	uh but I guess the one way that he might
30025s	lose here is if this board and the next
30028s	Board gets clear then he just talk decks
30030s	not enough pressure and Lucia gets a
30032s	little bit more time
30034s	yeah
30035s	[Music]
30037s	not the best pickups from the uh the
30040s	amalgam I wouldn't have even hated it if
30043s	uh Gregorius went for like a naga in
30045s	that situation
30047s	um is uh not gonna tend to have
30050s	uh more value in the long run as
30052s	individual cards unless he was
30053s	specifically looking for muteness if he
30056s	thinks that that's his best chance to
30057s	win he would have done that but now the
30058s	Sport's gonna get swept up uh good on
30061s	East you have to be a little patient and
30062s	take some damage in the interim because
30064s	it paid off in spades
30066s	yeah very big deal
30069s	yeah either the Naga or even a beast
30071s	pick or Elemental even all all of those
30075s	yes
30082s	oh would you rather take the to the
30084s	front or the ground like that's a zero
30086s	cost to the front so yeah
30090s	um
30091s	because he doesn't know what was in the
30092s	Finley right yeah he doesn't so he might
30096s	think that well he's seen three cards
30098s	he's seen rolling just Grom he ate a
30101s	faceless yeah
30103s	okay so to the front it is yeah that'll
30105s	severely limit the top end damage and
30107s	he's fine with just dealing with a
30108s	ground by itself yeah because he's at
30111s	40. I feel like that zero cost combo
30113s	enabler is the scariest card overall
30118s	um well that's the weapon with a fortune
30121s	flame but he has
30123s	severely lacking Health probably forced
30125s	to brawl this turn
30127s	yeah brawl and then just outrider's ax
30130s	whatever comes out maybe with a
30133s	oh you'd have to take a lot of damage if
30134s	one of the four Health made it survives
30136s	because he'd have to give it a tech
30137s	first if you wanted to draw the card no
30138s	no you could use the piranha never mind
30139s	yeah yeah
30141s	forgot that he had a piranha and he
30145s	shouldn't know that uh there's not that
30147s	much stuff
30149s	I guess this is better anyway because
30152s	you can still brawl at the end and then
30153s	Toronto
30155s	or just don't do any of it yeah
30157s	I mean I didn't really get this order if
30161s	he was gonna brawl because then
30162s	something would get left on board still
30164s	but if you're not gonna brawl that at
30166s	all then sure yeah
30171s	well he's at 26 facing down 15 on board
30175s	including the weapon
30179s	I mean how much Shenanigans can you do
30182s	it to the front floor goal I mean you
30185s	could play the entire hand of murlocs
30186s	but it's not enough damage nor is it
30188s	enough board space a lot yes it's not a
30191s	board space if this board gets dealt
30193s	with that's a plan
30195s	pretty juicy plan yeah I mean look at
30199s	this because there's another amalgam in
30201s	there too yeah true true
30203s	that's yeah if this board gets dealt
30206s	with which it has to or else usually
30208s	dies that's so much damage from struggle
30212s	and there's a rock biter in the noggling
30214s	too right right I was kind of interested
30216s	in playing that this turn just because
30219s	of board space again because Gregorius
30221s	kind of wants this board to get swept up
30224s	and then he wants to go and play all of
30226s	her locks and get maximum face damage so
30229s	yeah getting the Naga on the front half
30232s	of that board seemed like a better idea
30235s	we'll see
30251s	from the depths there was galvangar and
30254s	Battle Master oh there's the rokara
30256s	third one okay okay so it can survive
30260s	one more turn is in okay shape because
30263s	that plus portion plane is quite good
30273s	can he survive let's see um he'll go
30276s	down to 16.
30278s	he can double location and hero power
30281s	true
30287s	I think this dog is interesting because
30289s	then it would freeze your glorious right
30293s	yeah but wants to take off more power I
30296s	guess
30297s	against the wall all right we're at the
30299s	bottom of the deck
30303s	oh heavy plate okay that's huge
30307s	oh it needs to keep one location to
30309s	actually go for the the damage next turn
30311s	right last card is galvingar
30316s	10 damage available to Gregory is still
30319s	on board plus weapon which is not enough
30323s	he needs 18 from hand which is nowhere
30326s	near the oostia got there because that's
30328s	enough damage right the galvagar is free
30332s	yeah
30335s	this is just reduced by both both from
30337s	the depths plus the Battle Master
30341s	faceless in the location yeah that's
30343s	right
30345s	um it's got to be he doesn't even need
30346s	grum
30348s	it's got to be amalgam into
30350s	do you mind or or yeah
30356s	some sort of disruption
30360s	oh uh glug
30363s	oh glug good point good point
30366s	there's primordial wave which can
30370s	evolve into a taunt Maybe
30374s	gotta do it it's got to go for the
30376s	primordial wave and hope that there's
30377s	multiple taunts right
30384s	well
30388s	was that a misquick or was he going for
30390s	Tanto oh man
30391s	he he meant to primordial wave yeah oh
30395s	my dick is sick what were we even
30397s	talking about we're all crazy we're
30399s	pretty so pretty it's the prettiest deck
30402s	I've ever seen oh my goodness
30405s	line
30409s	what is he one-off
30411s	no no he's got the hero power yeah
30415s	galvangar
30417s	it's 38 with hero Bauer
30420s	no no it's way more than that because
30421s	yeah because he has a location as well
30423s	right
30427s	yeah it's 38 with your power right
30429s	I feel like it's more like it goes to
30431s	nine you hero power it up to 11. yeah
30436s	and
30437s	you faceless 20 isn't it 44 with the
30441s	oh yeah yeah you're right and then the
30442s	hero power 46 even yeah wait does he
30446s	even need I mean there might be a Grom
30448s	solution as well but I don't know it's
30450s	just been a lot of men I didn't want to
30451s	look at this solution to the puzzle but
30454s	if it works it works
30462s	but it's enough it was way over it was
30464s	way over you I didn't count the wind
30465s	fury on the second one for some reason
30467s	it was yeah
30471s	47
30474s	plus maybe her power is available so 49
30477s	damage I think was Max that turn with
30481s	the faceless uh galvangar here here uh
30484s	location
30485s	that's 11 times 4 44 46.
30490s	but I had counted as well but maybe
30493s	there was some way to weave in the
30495s	ground instead of something and go I
30496s	mean either way because the ground was
30498s	six Mana right yeah
30500s	yeah no he did last yeah you were right
30502s	46.
30504s	tons of damage well over lethal very
30508s	pretty that is what matters
30510s	you think I'm not a math doctor
30516s	because all my math patients were gonna
30518s	not be very healthy I mean just gotta
30521s	switch to calling it maths and maybe
30523s	maybe something changes there
30526s	yeah so
30528s	uh if there was one taunt spawned it
30531s	wouldn't have been enough right
30535s	um it had to be multitask it depends on
30538s	the size of the tone if it's like two
30540s	Health like the totem then he could hero
30542s	power that and it'd still be enough
30544s	yeah
30547s	or if it killed if it was big enough to
30549s	kill one of the which eight damage talk
30552s	you're not getting that from a bunch of
30553s	small murlocs right yes so it had to be
30556s	multiple
30557s	two or more small taunts
30561s	and then if anything there was still a
30562s	brawl in hand so Lucio could have just
30564s	gone for a brawl
30565s	and then done it the next turn
30567s	true
30569s	oh
30570s	that was just amazing how quickly that
30572s	turned on its head because it looked
30574s	like Gregorius was super far ahead and I
30577s	thought he had it in the back but
30579s	um and we could nitpick I guess over
30582s	extension on certain turns but there
30584s	wasn't a turn where he didn't have good
30586s	refill afterward it was just you see a
30588s	finding armor at clutch points and being
30591s	very patient about how he used his
30593s	removal that got him to the point where
30595s	that combo was still available very
30597s	impressive stuff
30598s	yeah
30600s	being patient weren't necessary
30603s	good all right on to the next one uh
30607s	usually gonna be playing the mage
30610s	double wildfire start that is amazing
30618s	yeah I mean he's gonna run out of gas
30619s	pretty quick but hey
30624s	I mean depends if you believe you get
30627s	the AI you hit the multicaster
30630s	and then he hit the magistered on grasp
30632s	that's why people are running 30 cards
30635s	on this deck again
30641s	themselves in the face at the beginning
30642s	of the game
30645s	all right not a bad hand for Gregorius
30648s	either
30649s	having dinner is in the opener is pretty
30651s	decent for Shaman actually if you are
30654s	able to not take too much damage by turn
30656s	10 it pretty much just seals the win
30658s	condition because it's not just the
30660s	denatures right it's the fact that you
30662s	can macaw after it
30669s	yeah it's like Shadow step emitter
30672s	zevara coming just a little bit late to
30675s	the party where she copies only one
30677s	Wildfire but still very decent
30679s	well that's when you get a cold case off
30681s	the top
30682s	uh-huh and then off the top at that you
30685s	get an Arcane intellect or a solid alibi
30689s	now you're thinking like a ping Mage TJ
30691s	yeah
30694s	okay
30695s	um
30698s	dig further with wind chills or
30700s	something but something really followed
30702s	up so
30703s	play the disruption game predictable a
30706s	bit painful to have to go for a spell
30708s	they're over minion but I do agree it
30710s	ends up being spelled because if he had
30712s	blocked minion and then we still was
30714s	like okay I'm in a Cold Case though
30716s	Connie's already challenged on board
30718s	oh
30721s	what is that sound you mean DJ
30728s	perfect cards and honestly like I I was
30732s	thinking why not put the coin into the
30733s	uh
30734s	uh into the okani but this actually
30737s	worked out better yeah it's got to play
30739s	The Cold Case this turn and now instead
30742s	of a potential flurry in the savara it's
30744s	a coin which honestly
30746s	could even be better than flurry uh
30749s	unless there was like specifically one
30751s	giant minion which doesn't outside of
30754s	null into location right Nolan to muck
30757s	pools
30759s	um it doesn't happen that often so now
30761s	it just gets to get all the aggressive
30763s	cards I suppose you could say Cold Case
30766s	being both aggressive and defensive
30773s	well that makes for a perfect Reckless
30776s	Apprentice
30778s	yep
30782s	gregorius's order I'm not completely
30786s	sold on like I think he could have maybe
30788s	attacked with okani into a skeleton
30790s	before playing the
30793s	um command of neptulon to potentially
30795s	save more Health on his minions the high
30797s	attack ones at least but if the
30800s	intention was to prevent as much face
30801s	damage as possible then the order was
30803s	correct I just kind of thought the board
30805s	was more relevant at this stage of the
30807s	game
30810s	foreign
30817s	setting up for the mutinous Lucia could
30820s	actually deal with this Savar gives coin
30822s	and Wildfire right that's crazy the coin
30825s	is super clutch here
30827s	and this is all deliberate he threw the
30830s	flurry in not the coin wanted the amount
30832s	of flexibility and it comes in so clutch
30835s	here
30839s	still get a mutinous but no good targets
30842s	yep
30845s	oh man this is disaster this is brutal
30850s	the one Saving Grace for Gregorius at
30852s	the moment is it's just somewhat gassed
30855s	out kind of depends what the dungeoneer
30857s	gets okay that's an AI never mind not
30859s	guest out
30862s	gonna go sorcerer's Cold Case oh ping
30865s	okay yeah it's four damage
30873s	and the clock is ticking
30877s	down on gregorius's health but he
30880s	approaches the Nature's turn which helps
30883s	him stabilize a lot
30890s	and it'll be pretty well infused with
30892s	all these piranhas
30901s	trying to clear off the rest of the
30902s	board okay well
30906s	yeah and he said gassed out for for uh
30910s	which you know hasn't been able to get
30912s	the
30913s	uh Frozen touches yet like rolling with
30916s	all the Minions that he's had dying
30919s	it was not terrible
30921s	um
30923s	I don't know if Reckless prayer is
30924s	really necessary yeah I like the cold
30925s	case a lot better here
30927s	right it's just a bit awkward to have to
30930s	leave the lifesteal minion up but being
30933s	mana efficient also has its benefits and
30935s	this is just more bored presence so like
30938s	that
30939s	oh no not the runneth all
30944s	I wonder if it's worth playing some
30947s	primordial wave turn here it's really
30949s	awkward because the only value trade
30952s	that cookie can take here peroxide
30954s	deathrattle that he would have wanted to
30956s	devolve anyway plus the actual death
30958s	rattle on cookies kind of nice
30962s	and so he's gonna do it this way and
30965s	then primarily with Brenda
30968s	and the time has come on
30974s	I just feel so weak yeah
30978s	no choice though
30989s	okay
30995s	[Music]
30997s	yeah it's it was more about denying the
31000s	death rattles from ustio's Minions I
31003s	guess
31004s	I'm just gonna load up the board but
31006s	really is out of stuff now so dinastrius
31009s	is in the teens
31016s	yeah don't know how likely it is to
31019s	actually clean up the board oh
31021s	yeah this is actually surprisingly a lot
31023s	of Health yeah
31025s	this presents a weird dilemma though
31027s	where if you did nothing is now it's
31030s	very likely that you would have to
31032s	replace this as the last Battle Cry you
31034s	played right by going warlock ravager
31037s	but at this point Gregorius cannot be
31039s	greedy needed to stabilize
31042s	um and there's a chance that he gets
31043s	them a call off the top
31045s	oh that's real rough
31049s	he has to shattering blessed the did not
31052s	restart using ping
31055s	um
31056s	it's only four Health gain he could just
31059s	kill it but then the shattering boss
31060s	isn't doing too much because there's
31061s	only one flurry left I guess there's
31064s	nightclub sanctums
31065s	this might be the best Target to do it
31067s	you might be right yeah
31076s	it doesn't feel good
31077s	you've entered a weird stage where both
31080s	our players
31081s	have sort of negated each other's mid
31084s	game and we're in a bit of a top deck
31086s	battle now obviously Gregorius has more
31088s	resources thanks to the gorlock
31093s	but I think we're at a stage where he
31095s	once wants to copy not murlocs with
31098s	amalgam
31099s	so I like just going Muk pool Wild bar
31102s	here and if you have the elemental
31104s	survive maybe go for that as the amalgam
31106s	Target yeah
31110s	foreign
31128s	as well
31131s	okay there's an AI
31135s	oh these are not great this Magister Don
31138s	grasp is in the bottom nine and so is
31140s	more dress
31141s	so are both Frozen touches oh my gosh
31151s	it has no Reckless apprentices left both
31154s	of those have been used
31161s	so weird I feel like if Gregorius sees
31164s	that ostia's turns have been
31166s	low impact into low impact as he meant
31169s	to just ignore theater for now I feel
31171s	like that's a decent way to go about it
31174s	yeah lily pad
31176s	next to her uh I mean maybe it's just
31180s	menacing them both
31182s	value is value
31183s	it's also just another Battle Cry that
31186s	you can play this term okay it's gonna
31188s	go for a theater for Bad Manners
31191s	and yeah not particularly good options
31194s	but probably just take the Don grass
31198s	that are solid alibi
31202s	they are doing very similar things I
31206s	tend to just maybe take the one that
31208s	creates board space issues
31215s	clownfish yeah okay okay he did take
31219s	Alibi though
31220s	oh clog
31222s	I guess The Alibi has more utility for
31225s	Gregorius in the future
31237s	still both Frozen touch in the bottom
31239s	we're gonna get to a point where Lucy's
31240s	not gonna have any minions to
31243s	Infuse yeah if you use the Frozen
31246s	touches dungeoneers played this will
31249s	happen both cold cases unless one is
31251s	replayed from the Magister Don grasp if
31254s	it ever gets picked up
31256s	uh all the small stuff has been played
31258s	as well or at least most of it both
31260s	shipping sources both amplex snow
31262s	flurries
31264s	it has to get rid of the boulder just
31266s	because right how much value it imposes
31269s	but
31271s	Golf Club
31272s	a very unfortunate way the deck's been
31275s	stacked for ustia
31277s	but still has plenty of damage from the
31281s	Pig and the more Josh coming up so not
31283s	all hope lost yet glorious able to push
31287s	eight damage face here
31289s	the primordial protector
31292s	uh spells left is there one more command
31296s	the elements
31300s	I think so I'm gonna double check real
31303s	quick
31305s	it's the good way of spending Mana I
31307s	guess
31309s	foreign
31326s	left yep right and there's a primordial
31329s	wave that could be uh either or in terms
31332s	of spells
31334s	yeah the BART space like you said is a
31336s	bit scary I mean the summon would fit
31338s	but he saw the Don graspin head so maybe
31341s	he doesn't want to play up to seven
31343s	minions never mind he did
31345s	murloc homes is Great Value okay
31354s	okay card draw finally
31357s	seven cards left but it needs the dawn
31361s	grasp and more dress now so
31367s	my calculations
31371s	okay at this point it might just fatigue
31375s	yeah to replay AI
31378s	foreign
31382s	nothing else to do yep yep
31392s	and that makes the more Josh really
31394s	unappealing on this turn Ken probably
31397s	got away with flurrying
31400s	or playing his own alibi
31404s	trade first very smart to give himself
31407s	the best chance of getting Frozen touch
31408s	to be infused
31413s	foreign
31425s	it's super weird the dilemma here
31427s	because you kind of want to immediately
31429s	Infuse the Frozen touches so you can
31431s	spend your Mana but all this damage
31433s	that's being sent into minions is like
31435s	damage that could have gotten face as
31437s	well yeah
31441s	so he is going for something of a middle
31445s	ground freezing all the board except for
31449s	the one that he traded away yeah
31457s	and board space continues to be a huge
31459s	problem for Gregorius who he can use
31461s	that last charge of location to evolve
31463s	something and be able to play all three
31465s	piranhas
31476s	yeah sixes are just terrible like every
31480s	six we've seen has been just absolutely
31482s	terrible assistant
31486s	been much better
31496s	I trade away and play Glock I guess
31502s	uh maybe not that's even worse than
31504s	tomorrow but everything is bad into more
31506s	trash that's the thing
31508s	go murloc homes but it's running out of
31510s	time
31512s	and random clicks would have a better
31514s	accuracy rate than mine on verlocker
31518s	foreign
31522s	[Music]
31530s	oh my goodness
31533s	that's
31535s	not enough oh wait that's lethal
31538s	oh we know it's four is that one yeah
31541s	but I mean it's effectively lethal if
31544s	gregories can't do anything enough on
31546s	tanmana
31547s	yeah ah well it looks like Gregorius was
31550s	making a a push to come back but uh
31555s	you get to that point as shaman
31558s	and you say to yourself well now what
31560s	like my still at like 30 health I have
31564s	maybe 15 damage on board
31566s	even if even if that board wasn't Frozen
31568s	it like what what do you do there's just
31571s	not enough damage nothing in hand that
31573s	can disrupt the Matthews had already
31575s	been used other battle cries had already
31577s	been played uh in terms of macaw
31581s	um just uh wasn't good enough that's
31583s	without dawn grasp that's without a
31585s	single Frozen touch used in the entire
31588s	entire game that's just straight up
31589s	Indian damage and pings
31591s	very impressive stuff I mean that's the
31594s	power of getting wildfires early even a
31596s	third one from the savara I missed that
31599s	little flourish that Lucia did when you
31600s	played the Marge rash big fan
31603s	[Music]
31604s	and here we are on his last deck now
31608s	this is less of a
31610s	I mean you can still treat this as a
31612s	combo deck but it has way more of a
31614s	board-oriented game plan than the other
31617s	two that he had played previously which
31619s	changes the interactions for Shaman um
31622s	there's also the wild paw Cavern being
31625s	very important disruption tool here to
31628s	prevent Draka from getting too much
31630s	damage in turn after turn but it is
31633s	really tough for Shaman to deal with the
31635s	big stealth minions from the Rogue
31637s	location
31643s	yeah it's kind of like a in between of
31646s	shark Rogue and black Tempo Draka Rogue
31652s	um that's right oh wow okay
31656s	this version he is playing
31659s	both um frostable four master and the
31662s	scribbling stenographer one Sinister
31664s	strike hits a lot
31669s	what so you said he did something right
31671s	at the mordrush a lot what was it
31674s	I think
31676s	it was just some hand gesture oh okay
31679s	like finger guns type of thing oh yeah
31681s	yeah okay
31683s	he's just loving he's loving Hearthstone
31686s	right now
31696s	yeah got that graveyard man I spent into
31699s	Sprint next turn into go for a big combo
31703s	most likely
31710s	Gregorius does have the restaurant Viper
31713s	if it's Draka but like I said the big
31716s	stealth minions are the the big
31718s	Brett alongside it right
31723s	oh Connie here very disruptive or
31727s	theater oh theater okay okay
31732s	that's fair he has seen that Uso still
31735s	has a coin so there's no excuse for Bad
31739s	Manners oh Sprint yep
31742s	oh maybe a Malcolm yeah
31750s	the plan is ruined
31753s	um tooth to get some sort of card draw
31758s	Maybe
31763s	I don't have a better plan
31767s	yeah nothing in the deck even has a uh
31770s	a minion type
31772s	how come amalgam isn't an imp
31778s	that's actually a great question
31783s	probably still take oh I was gonna say
31785s	probably still end up taking that oh you
31788s	can amalgam
31791s	oh amalgament murloc yeah it's the only
31795s	thing you can amalgam in the deck
31796s	nothing else has a minion type but is
31798s	that better than drawing an actual card
31800s	from the deck I don't know
31809s	well he did dredge
31812s	which
31815s	is like weird to evaluate how much
31817s	better that is than drawing a card
31819s	because you get more options
31821s	but you're not immediately cycling
31824s	through the deck in any case it did get
31826s	him a shroud so that's something
31837s	I mean this is a pretty exciting board
31840s	push oh tiny fin
31842s	you can play all this stuff but not
31844s	Draka right I guess it's not worth it
31851s	uh what were the other dredge options
31854s	I don't recall sorry yeah I was I was
31857s	looking at the uh I was looking to see I
31860s	I had no idea if Frost wolf War Master
31862s	had a mini type or not
31865s	it's an orc
31873s	I am rewinding the other options for
31875s	Cutlass and gone fishing okay
31878s	not great if it was if Lucy had seen
31882s	like Sprint at the bottom maybe it'd be
31884s	worth it so then you could just try and
31885s	like I go through the deck and go for
31887s	like the biggest
31892s	ever but
31899s	minion counter countered by murloc tiny
31902s	Finn
31903s	not really
31910s	oh this is not quite enough stuff is it
31912s	no it's not especially with the minion
31915s	counter
31922s	wait what did that make the
31923s	stenographers go down a cost but not the
31925s	frasso
31929s	it looked like it ah I'm confused
31935s	yeah because they both have this in text
31937s	each card you played this turn uh-huh
31943s	which means he can play all the minions
31946s	and
31947s	got decent locations off but Draka not
31951s	playable in the same turn
31962s	oh yeah the board space also just
31963s	becomes oh no yeah oh no
31969s	the trade the amalgam first to create
31971s	board space uh he I think he did it
31974s	intentionally because the ghost is
31976s	afford more and the sonographer is also
31977s	a 4-4 he'd only have space for one of
31979s	them
31982s	maybe I don't know maybe I'm wrong but
31984s	um
31986s	I don't know that was just tough to
31988s	evaluate that's like he wanted to clear
31990s	the board and if he had summoned a goat
31993s	two ghosts they both would have been
31995s	four fours
31996s	but he wouldn't have cleared off the uh
31999s	Cavern
32000s	bag huh I don't know
32005s	yeah a bit of a strange one I thought
32007s	the turn would have ended with just like
32009s	not activating one location or maybe not
32012s	playing one stenographer but
32014s	um in any case this is still quite a lot
32018s	of pressure and Gregorius currently
32020s	doesn't have a good answer for it
32025s	one draw of famish pool
32029s	oh
32035s	that's problematic
32050s	good old slug filter but a little bit
32054s	more powerful yeah
32057s	that's an excellent card name
32067s	all the value trades here
32078s	20 damage on board
32082s	if he goes clown fish gorlock
32085s	and gets flurgal amalga it's all
32089s	playable in one turn
32092s	right oh no wait it's one Mana too much
32103s	and last battle cryblade was just the
32105s	famish fool from last turn right
32110s	take a look at the damage that's left in
32112s	deck from
32114s	Lucia it's just one tooth
32118s	uh I suppose like a shadow step on Draka
32123s	could be damaged assuming that's if
32125s	Gregorius doesn't
32126s	freeze the face
32129s	oh he actually got just straight murlocs
32132s	from England it was basically oh my gosh
32135s	a Garlock for cheaper what
32138s	that's insane okay so that clears off
32142s	all the Minions in the middle plus the
32143s	one on the side after the trade from the
32146s	Stag
32149s	ger you have to get to get rid of a
32152s	shadow step possibility true
32158s	oh no it's falling apart Roost yeah that
32161s	was such a clutch Sprint
32166s	keep up the impression but you can still
32168s	get a decent location trigger
32172s	yeah
32175s	and the stealth on these minions is not
32177s	to be sniffed at but I think it was just
32179s	forced to clear off the floor goal
32181s	meaning -4 damage face
32186s	oh geez
32190s	there's just nothing left in the deck
32194s	this is the last location proc
32197s	can tooth get anything I guess you could
32200s	like tooth in the room
32202s	I guess
32206s	you have to have a two targeters though
32208s	which
32209s	Gregorius once he realizes he has
32211s	cleared everything off may just make it
32213s	so that there's no tooth Target ever
32217s	now this Groupon pretty much just seals
32220s	it usia is going to throw it down and
32222s	Gregorius has finally gotten a win on
32225s	the board
32228s	it's seasonal Championship you play for
32231s	the tooth out
32233s	foreign
32236s	who is dead over two if it was tooth
32238s	into roon you need two turns to do that
32240s	and I think it was done before that
32243s	uh tooth into
32253s	there's got to be something to you
32258s	yeah I don't know um
32264s	it's mine it's fine
32267s	oh it is not fine you're right it's the
32270s	quest priest coming out the plate oh
32273s	geez dude that's why you play for the
32275s	tooth out
32277s	[Music]
32280s	saved us from the quest priest okay
32282s	Quest priest it is it is this is the
32286s	uh tried and true standard version of
32290s	quest priests if you want to call it
32292s	that like if there is a standard version
32295s	uh
32296s	this is very much close to it maybe a
32299s	little bit more value oriented for a
32301s	while players weren't playing
32303s	identity theft
32306s	um
32306s	but
32308s	um it's in there now so
32311s	it does give you some extra oomph maybe
32315s	some wind conditions that you wouldn't
32317s	otherwise have and a game where you're
32319s	not even playing towards the quest
32322s	right and the wind conditioner gun
32325s	stroke is definitely not playing towards
32328s	the quest you don't need that to win you
32329s	just gotta remove all their stuff one by
32331s	one and that is very much doable for a
32334s	quest priests they have tons of answers
32336s	for these stealth minions Shadow word
32338s	ruin sometimes clean the scene can sweep
32341s	everything up they can silence things
32343s	that get a little bit too scary and
32347s	I forgot to see if there's a Viper in
32350s	the list for drakka let me take a look
32353s	there's none
32355s	but you can put taunts in the way
32363s	okay
32366s	I always just said he was not afraid of
32368s	the atar and you know that courage was
32372s	well placed for the first two games it
32374s	did kind of uh mess up his game plan
32377s	last game but we'll see if that happens
32380s	again here
32381s	kept Quest
32384s	yeah it's still cycling cards
32387s	you don't need the end reward but it's
32390s	still pretty good to Discover Cards from
32392s	your deck for the midpoint Rewards
32394s	yeah but you get one extra card in your
32396s	Mulligan and you probably only have time
32398s	to to discover one card
32401s	that's if you do I don't know
32406s	I feel like there's no other one drop
32408s	you'd want to play on one anyway and if
32411s	you just do that and get the one
32412s	Discover it already replaces itself with
32414s	potential upside for later on so
32417s	I think it's fine
32422s	under spell is a very good secret to get
32427s	even if none of these spells are
32429s	particularly essential to ustia even
32432s	having to toss one away
32434s	for testing purposes
32437s	means one less charge on a Draka turn
32439s	potentially
32445s	And Delay Sprint by a whole turn
32458s	Drake gonna blow up his own sketchy
32461s	stranger but keep the curve going yep
32464s	Quest completion part one
32470s	light shower
32473s	and Whirlpool Focus but yeah I think
32475s	light shower
32481s	run run run
32488s	this is a bit of an awkward hand for us
32491s	just still right because yeah the shadow
32495s	step is a little bit stranded backstab
32498s	only has one target currently and he
32500s	doesn't have the hand space to play
32501s	another Sprint so you might have to take
32503s	another turn off by trading the
32505s	cutlasses which feels like such a huge
32509s	delay
32510s	a mailbox dancer would open up his hand
32512s	considerably right a mailbox dancer
32515s	would be it's go time mailbox dancer
32517s	Shadow State mailbox dancer coin coin
32519s	the black backstab play everything right
32522s	so
32524s	uh it's just a one and eight at this
32526s	point though
32531s	all this identity theft gets
32535s	the confession I think is fine to keep
32538s	cycling
32541s	let's say unless he wants to spam his
32543s	hand to play stenographer this turn
32547s	I'm the miracle Rogue now yeah I'm gonna
32550s	spend all these cards for no reason just
32552s	so I can get a 4-4 on the board when I
32555s	already have a four four
32558s	I do like the shadow where Drew and pick
32560s	even though he's already played a
32563s	forecast card this is just a lot cheaper
32565s	to remove stealth minions than Whirlpool
32568s	would be and I don't think it was just
32570s	in a position where he can afford to
32572s	keep the stealth minions under five
32574s	attack they're just not that threatening
32576s	at that point
32577s	yeah
32579s	if he goes packs that bone Spike
32585s	not enough to play both the minions and
32587s	Draka
32589s	foreign
32609s	cards in hand
32610s	oh can't spread
32618s	it just gonna go Draco without the
32621s	additional minions I guess
32623s	then stop her for next turn fair enough
32636s	fix attack
32641s	still dead to Shadow bird ruin
32645s	yeah and an infused clean the scene if
32647s	it were there
32650s	oh it looks like what this is gonna be
32653s	Sprint next turn and then just go for
32655s	the biggest draca ever on
32659s	the following turn on turn eight
32662s	thanks
32664s	the jocka is really his main win
32666s	condition here because the um stealth
32670s	minions kinda expects those to get swept
32672s	up yeah
32674s	I do like that shadow stuff and draw her
32676s	game plan it's
32677s	taking a while but it's really the best
32680s	Avenue he has to Victory because the
32683s	weapon is the one thing Gregorius can't
32685s	necessarily play around very well
32696s	okay so Thrive could get what like
32701s	Whirlpool to deal with the second wave
32703s	of ghosts
32705s	um
32705s	yeah
32710s	okay
32711s	yeah
32713s	it said he didn't pick up Sarah now that
32715s	he has prayer but of course he couldn't
32717s	have known
32722s	all right print it is
32727s	there's a mailbox dancer
32731s	oh It's gotta be this turn right
32734s	dancer step dancer
32740s	oh that's right
32743s	coin coin
32748s	don't spike your own Minion
32751s	yeah
32758s	oh another uh mailbox answer that just
32762s	pays for half of itself which is still
32765s	enough to play Chaka
32769s	you can backstab and Bone Spike but play
32773s	the stenographer before the bone Spike
32777s	and then Draka
32779s	and that's a huge weapon 12 attack okay
32784s	in bone Spike I guess wants to preserve
32786s	the board like basically telling
32789s	Gregorius you need to both deal with the
32792s	board and heal from this weapon
32794s	would you like like you said cyrilla
32796s	would have been pretty good for that but
32799s	I think Gregorius was more worried about
32800s	the ghost than like a board full of
32803s	small stuff
32806s	but pretty powerful turn gets both coins
32809s	from the mailbox dancer
32810s	kind of why I liked killing off the
32812s	mailbox dancers because it did uh
32814s	we're going to be added gregoris would
32816s	have burned a car and the second point
32817s	would have been denied because the hand
32818s	would have been full
32823s	uh prep kind of bad at this point
32827s	he needs
32829s	more damage from the tooth because
32830s	Gregorius is gonna go up to 28 again
32833s	from the stat throttle
32840s	hmm
32842s	um
32848s	probably just max damage lightning bolt
32850s	I don't think there's really many Rogues
32852s	I'm trying to think of Rogue spells
32856s	like a wicked stop oh we could stab yeah
32859s	yeah we'll get stabbed Sinister strike
32861s	but there's so many like
32863s	garbage Rogue spells carrots oh that's a
32869s	throwback
32873s	okay
32876s	you have plenty of damage here and
32879s	Gregorius is currently out of ways to
32881s	deal with the stealth minion yeah
32888s	drive for
32891s	ruin
32893s	oh light bomb light bomb
32897s	and he can prayer himself up out of the
32901s	range of the dagger
32907s	oh
32910s	my God
32913s	and girl it's not gonna even be enough
32917s	I mean one it wouldn't even be enough
32920s	even if all three bleeds were off the
32922s	top right they're all too blue six
32925s	damage Max now can he adore a bleed
32929s	oh I mean it just draws it so it's not
32932s	infused so it's not actually getting
32934s	attempt coffee is there
32936s	there's a tooth left in the deck oh
32939s	bleed
32941s	gone fishing gone fishing for a tooth
32947s	oh if there are minions left this little
32948s	girl there's a stenographer or warm
32951s	Master left and a sonographers is
32952s	guaranteed what the
32957s	oh my goodness the garage for the extra
32960s	six damage so close babe
32964s	[Music]
32968s	TJ
32972s	that's insane yes
32975s	I think he did the math that just going
32978s	for straight up three damage was not
32981s	enough in the long run and the Mana was
32983s	there to play Mark shot and still get
32985s	the Sinister strike and it was insane I
32988s	was thinking Wicked stab would be the
32989s	most damage he could get from a singular
32991s	Rogue spell but he would not have been
32994s	at 10 Mana by the point that he got
32996s	lethal right so it was only four whereas
32997s	garage was the sixth that he needed to
33000s	get enough damage yeah I was thinking
33003s	like oh there's got to be a bunch of
33004s	garbage rope spells but there's not like
33006s	even if you get like I don't know I feel
33008s	like you said Wicked stab another tooth
33011s	like jackpot reconnaissance
33015s	that like that could have you know
33016s	reconnaissance could end up giving you a
33018s	Tyrion which you know gives you that
33020s	extra reach right right
33022s	um
33024s	uh yoink
33026s	on our hero power I don't know I guess
33031s	yeah all of these are options but I
33034s	think it's uniquely garage that could
33036s	actually give him the lethal on that
33038s	very same turn yeah the rest gives
33042s	priests Windows to heal more press the
33044s	hero power or just pull some of their
33045s	healing spells so huge jackpot and tarun
33048s	Gia it was terrified that was the out
33051s	actually it wasn't garad
33053s	it's not the out even though he
33056s	literally won with no it wasn't the out
33059s	no everyone would have done that plus a
33061s	million more right Moon would have done
33063s	it's a bigger out fair enough fair
33065s	enough yeah but they're much bigger he
33068s	would have waited a turn Gregorius would
33069s	have healed the bunch so it would have
33071s	been it would have felt more impactful
33073s	uh than the garage so it would have been
33075s	prettier
33076s	it would have been prettier There You Go
33078s	full circle full circle
33081s	um but Lucia uh not afraid of the
33084s	theater and he's right because the atar
33086s	did a lot of work in that series he was
33088s	theater in every game of that of that
33091s	series and yeah you're right pretty a
33095s	pretty impactful card stolen in each
33098s	game the only one that you can make an
33099s	argument for against that would be solid
33101s	Alibi right
33104s	um but it was like what uh fate or to
33107s	the front in the Warrior game still won
33109s	it was Sprint this on curve Sprint in
33112s	that game still won
33114s	um obviously it wasn't the best card
33115s	that you could steal with the atar but
33117s	it was still good so you know never be
33119s	afraid of theater we learned a lesson
33120s	here
33124s	um sure I don't know if I'll take that
33126s	away from it but certainly ustia has the
33128s	right to continue saying he is not
33130s	afraid of the atarias one more win away
33134s	from making it through to tomorrow very
33137s	very impressive stuff whereas for
33139s	Gregorius not all hope is lost yet he'll
33142s	be going down to the elimination match
33144s	later on
33146s	yeah gonna be going up against uh spring
33148s	and uh usually will be going up against
33151s	xmgs that should be interesting it's a
33153s	the combo lineup versus pretty much
33156s	straight aggro uh which should be an
33159s	exciting one because not traditional
33161s	Como does have the warrior which might
33162s	be able to be a little bit better
33163s	against Agro but alas uh that one's
33166s	gonna be coming up next the winners
33167s	match is going to be coming up next
33169s	between usia and xmg so we're gonna go
33172s	to a quick break before we jump into
33174s	that one uh while we get the uh the
33176s	players set up and ready but don't go
33179s	anywhere more action to come here from
33180s	the fall championship
33182s	right after this
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33215s	foreign
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33354s	foreign
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33390s	[Music]
33394s	thank you
33401s	[Music]
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33420s	foreign
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33448s	foreign
33452s	[Music]
33467s	thank you
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33495s	foreign
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33544s	thank you
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33566s	foreign
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33677s	foreign
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33710s	foreign
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33745s	foreign
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33776s	foreign
33778s	[Music]
33798s	welcome back everyone to the Hearthstone
33800s	Masters thought fall Championship
33802s	approaching the end of the day but we
33805s	still have yet to send anyone from Group
33807s	D group to the quarter finals and we got
33811s	the fun job of sending one of those
33812s	players through right now in the winners
33814s	bracket so while the loser is not out of
33817s	the running they still will have one
33819s	more chance down in the decider match
33821s	they could just put all of those doubts
33824s	to rest with a swift win here and one
33827s	way or the other subtle I do have the
33828s	suspicion this might be quite a swift
33830s	series
33832s	you would think so yes as has been my
33835s	want throughout the day it appears I am
33837s	once again back on aggro duty as the the
33840s	aggro Druid the wig priest uh all coming
33842s	back out into play uh usta's lineup I
33845s	mean who knows what what shaped hole you
33848s	want to try and squeeze this into there
33850s	is some absolute nonsense going on in
33853s	these deck lists but count it out as at
33856s	your peril as Gregorius found out in the
33858s	previous series you know tweeting some
33860s	shade about the lineup and then
33861s	unfortunately being made to eat his
33864s	words as it is ustia here in the winners
33867s	match but xmg looked so clean so
33870s	clinical on these aggro decks in the
33872s	previous series particularly just the
33874s	the word tenacity I suppose of his wig
33876s	priest performance being able to stay in
33878s	a game that looked like he was being
33879s	shut out or by oh yeah the Paladin aoes
33882s	very very nicely played overall and it
33884s	is going to be that weak priest that
33885s	he's going to kick things off again once
33887s	more
33889s	and so if we kind of look in a
33891s	a zoomed out perspective at the matchup
33894s	of archetypes as a whole of Agra vs
33896s	combo uh I feel like combo decks in
33898s	general in Hearthstone are usually
33900s	either very good or very bad against
33902s	aggro there's often very little wiggle
33905s	room where sometimes they're essentially
33906s	anti-agro decks but with a combo tact on
33909s	and sometimes they are full combo decks
33911s	with no removal at all uh where do you
33913s	think ustia comes down uh on that half
33916s	of the dichotomy there yeah it's so
33919s	certainly difficult to know for sure
33921s	obviously boar priest against some of
33923s	these decks will do fairly well if he's
33926s	a as adeptable priest player as he
33927s	should be to be bringing ball priests to
33929s	this tournament uh the warrior same sort
33931s	of deal you feel like that has enough
33933s	about it with the uh with the aoes it
33936s	has available with the shield chatter
33938s	combo with the brawl with the weapon
33939s	removal everything it needs to be able
33940s	to pick things apart you know not to
33942s	mention the ability to use some of these
33943s	charge minions just to affect the board
33945s	as well as needs be but you are right in
33948s	the it's not quite that simple like the
33951s	classic aggro control combo mid-range
33954s	interactions that are kind of well known
33956s	throughout multiple card games
33958s	just aren't often the case you know you
33960s	look at all the way back to something
33961s	like patreon Warrior for example one of
33962s	the best anti-aggro decks we have ever
33964s	had in Hearthstone just because of how
33966s	Lord the you know the supplementary
33968s	pieces actually end up interacting with
33969s	aggro decks and the board swings that
33971s	you can create and that's what ustia is
33973s	going to be need to gonna need to look
33975s	for I should say in these matchups is
33977s	creative ways to turn combo pieces into
33981s	alternate win conditions because it
33982s	might not necessarily be the actual
33984s	combos that end up winning the game in
33986s	some of these decks that's what he's
33987s	going to have to look out for
33990s	kind of an interesting deck here in
33992s	charge Warrior uh as I've seen it a few
33995s	times on ladder and I I do have to say
33999s	every time I see it I am surprised I
34002s	don't see it more because I think the
34004s	real hidden
34006s	um Tech that really makes this deck pop
34008s	is the location sanguine depth offering
34011s	you so much more capability and
34014s	flexibility in your combo being able to
34016s	bank that Mana for plus two plus four
34018s	plus eight damage sometimes if you get
34020s	the win Fury and the copying effect yeah
34022s	I think really does open up the uh as I
34025s	said the flexibility of the combo which
34028s	is what this deck traditionally has been
34030s	lacking I would say there are a lot of
34032s	cards in the deck that are strict combo
34035s	pieces they do absolutely nothing to
34037s	interact with the board whatsoever which
34038s	is uh as you say where it differs from
34040s	Patron Warrior decks like that where all
34043s	the combo pieces were also fantastic
34044s	removal options and that's it that's why
34047s	this location fits like a glove right
34048s	because we saw this a bunch of times
34050s	don't feel like there's like a whole
34051s	season of grand Masters if that's
34053s	actually what it was where whenever it
34055s	showed up we just saw the same draw over
34057s	and over again to the front to the front
34059s	faceless manipulator Galvan guard just
34061s	queuing into the ham one by one just not
34063s	drawing anything else and the difference
34065s	is you can't spend your mana on those
34067s	cards you can't just put them on the
34068s	board on turn five and spend five mana
34070s	on them or whatever whereas whenever you
34071s	draw the location you can pretty much
34073s	just throw it on the board and then
34074s	that's done at that point right and you
34076s	don't have to worry about it so it is a
34078s	much more flexible piece than some of
34080s	those others but as we can see things
34082s	are off to a flying start for the wig
34085s	priest on the other side nice aggressive
34087s	opening which is what he will look for
34089s	but crucially now that Shield shatter
34092s	has been found which will give the MD at
34096s	least USTA CMD which half of the name
34098s	are we going with because I promise you
34099s	it's not all of it
34101s	uh either way it's gonna give him the
34104s	little window he might need to find a
34106s	way through this I'm gonna go with ustia
34108s	we've got enough three-letter acronym
34110s	names knocking about already with kzg
34112s	xmg on the other side as well that's the
34115s	thing I do quite like the Cadence of xmg
34117s	versus CMD though you know it just
34118s	sounds kind of nice
34123s	all right there goes the shield chatter
34124s	wave one is dealt with but if xmg showed
34127s	us anything in the previous series it's
34129s	that it's wave seven or eight that
34131s	you're gonna have to worry about with
34132s	this deck with the way he's capable of
34133s	playing it quite right and the shield
34136s	chatter specifically having gone down is
34139s	a
34140s	very very crucial piece of information
34142s	for xmg to have because in this matchup
34146s	you constantly you constantly want to be
34148s	threatening that you can pop off but
34150s	never doing so until you're sure that
34153s	you can win the game the next turn and
34155s	so having like what that often looks
34157s	like is you have two or three Minions on
34159s	the board maybe a treasure guard that
34161s	has high Health but it's not actually
34162s	doing much right now in this instance he
34165s	knows that those kinds of boards are
34167s	actually very likely to stick and so he
34169s	can afford I think to play fairly
34172s	defensively not pop off too heavily but
34175s	in this instance he does actually make a
34177s	pretty aggressive push for the board
34178s	which I wasn't expecting so quickly but
34180s	I think this is the best way to do it if
34182s	you're going to right two individually
34185s	strong minions because then you're
34187s	removing Brawl for example from the
34188s	equation you're making just a terrible
34190s	card so I do think this is the kind of
34192s	board you want to be making if you're
34194s	going to push fairly aggressively and I
34195s	do also like ustia's response uh
34198s	harkening back to exactly what I was
34200s	saying right you have to find a way to
34202s	make those combo pieces sing for you in
34204s	ways that aren't just ending the game in
34206s	these kinds of matchups and that's
34208s	exactly what he goes ahead and does
34209s	there with the uh the faceless
34211s	manipulator
34213s	those decide to buff up the taunt
34215s	minion the carrion instead of the raid
34219s	in Elemental which I wasn't entirely
34221s	sure if you'd go that way because you'd
34223s	obviously like to keep the radiant alive
34224s	but the taunt can now be attacked into
34228s	by weapons by rakara itself uh very
34231s	importantly and I don't know like
34234s	leaving a radiant Elemental at four or
34236s	so Health felt fairly alike but either
34240s	way you can get it to above six Health
34242s	five Health here which is a pretty big
34244s	breakpoint yeah that's the real Crux of
34246s	the issue right is actually weirdly
34248s	whichever minion you buff is going to
34249s	end up with less Health right because
34250s	it's the one that you can use to trade
34252s	into the minion and since this is six
34254s	and not five uh I think I agree this is
34256s	the right way to go not to mention of
34258s	course the card execute which is the
34260s	opponent's deck which is the big big
34262s	reason not to put damage onto that
34264s	radiant Elemental since you would have
34266s	to trade into the tournament with your
34267s	buff minion well you wouldn't have to
34268s	but the trades the other way around
34269s	would be atrocious and you really don't
34271s	want to do that
34273s	foreign
34280s	he's getting the really nice combo of
34284s	forged uh in Flames plus the weapon to
34287s	get these card draw effects rolling
34288s	still chooses to go for it oh sorry I
34291s	thought he's gonna go for it there
34292s	despite having drawn from the depth he's
34293s	pointing out the hero power which I did
34296s	not anticipate
34305s	hmm
34306s	well
34308s	a bad drawer I suppose doesn't quite fit
34312s	into what you're trying to do this turn
34313s	I think
34316s	oh wow other wig I thought he might try
34320s	again to find bless because this
34322s	actually isn't
34324s	a million miles off lethal uh on this
34327s	turn with it being a radio
34331s	which he could have presuming this is
34333s	just he's just locked into this being a
34335s	boon turn instead
34337s	yeah it seems that way yeah
34343s	[Music]
34345s	[Applause]
34350s	there it is just another one of those
34352s	dead drawers and that really is one of
34354s	the Dead drawers no way you can really
34355s	get that working
34357s	it's gonna have to be the brawl it's
34358s	good old-fashioned 2014 Hearthstone just
34362s	win the one in three if only he had two
34365s	he had an armor Smith to spend this two
34367s	mana on I need to be chilling oh
34371s	eat your heart out on the Smith it's the
34374s	new kid on the Block and usja all of a
34377s	sudden in this game uh he's gained a
34379s	good amount of armor at this point and
34382s	not a million miles off from activating
34385s	the combo just needs to survive those
34386s	interim turns
34390s	no reaction as well from xnmg no sign of
34393s	till on that outcome I would have been
34395s	absolutely smashing my desk at that
34397s	point but x xmg 100 focused on the task
34401s	at hand as he has been throughout the
34403s	whole day so far through the previous
34404s	Series so far
34407s	and you can kind of see why right still
34409s	plenty of ability to keep on juicing
34411s	there is yeah Lara I do like the azshara
34414s	uh agreed I'm
34417s	the thing I'm questioning is whether or
34419s	not that should have been a radiant
34421s	turn because it's it's getting to that
34423s	really awkward point where you want to
34425s	just spend a turn playing a minion
34428s	having it live and then you play the
34430s	radiant and you get to buff buff buff
34431s	and attack on the same turn but that's
34433s	very possibly not gonna happen for the
34435s	rest of the game and so even though he's
34437s	only getting a very
34439s	mediocre kind of uh radiant here
34443s	yes probably still worth it in the end
34445s	to get it down
34447s	Crush chlorine Force I mean when it was
34449s	a decision like once the deliberation
34450s	took place I assumed crosslaw enforcer
34453s	was the alternate option being looked at
34455s	but with double wig double repeating wig
34458s	in your hand yeah at this point it did
34459s	feel like even uh you know ashara weapon
34463s	for the last few points of damage you
34464s	might need could even be a way of
34466s	getting out of this game
34471s	hmm
34486s	they probably can't afford to just
34488s	thinly after this
34492s	from the depths right because he a lot
34495s	of these cards that are in hand for a
34496s	hopefully quite soon combo
34498s	yes
34502s	draws the slam which was the choice and
34505s	is going to presumably use the execute
34508s	here as well still executing the torn as
34511s	opposed to the radius
34515s	I agree well you didn't want to Finley
34518s	when you are pretty much guaranteed dead
34521s	if you leave this alive with the hero
34522s	power
34523s	does feel necessary
34527s	finds a heavy plate
34530s	no way to deal with the radiant
34533s	Elemental though there were a couple of
34534s	outs there depending on how the
34535s	discounts landed cards that you hadn't
34538s	seen
34539s	no way to do it yeah and no matter what
34544s	here actually I won't say that it's
34547s	looking very very likely for a lethal
34548s	especially with a Thrive off of the
34551s	noggling as well
34553s	yeah Thrive for bless now available Zero
34555s	Man of Shadow at devour in hand
34559s	Brave
34565s	really
34567s	aren't they like infinite dead if you
34569s	hit them less
34577s	what is happening okay fine okay sure
34583s	I think you'll find Derek um pushing up
34586s	my glasses that they were infinite dead
34587s	to the call of the grave
34591s	gray sure yeah uh they're just gonna
34593s	concede anyway uh we'll take that one
34596s	um but again showing uh some of the the
34598s	clunkiness of that deck where the
34601s	removal options against priests where
34602s	they just are as we said constantly
34604s	threatening the power to pop off but
34606s	rarely actually doing so it's so
34608s	difficult to save your combo tools for
34610s	long enough and your removal tools
34613s	so definitely a blessed left in the deck
34616s	by the way because one I remember one
34617s	being used for sure and I realized now
34620s	looking over at the deck tracker as it's
34621s	departed me that I can't find out so who
34623s	knows and either way game is over win on
34627s	the board for the priest uh now down to
34629s	the Warlock and the Druid remaining Drew
34631s	by the way is aggro Druid if you didn't
34633s	see in the oh yeah series it is not a
34636s	ramp variation no alignment uh nonsense
34639s	no straight up Jayla nonsense No
34641s	denaturis Nonsense this is straight up
34644s	curve out of four aggro Druid the xmg uh
34647s	has on his side it did still look very
34649s	effective uh despite being the only deck
34652s	for xmg to pick up a loss with on the
34654s	previous game in the previous series
34655s	sorry and there you have it just like
34657s	clockwork the aggro Druid is now going
34659s	to enter the series but I would say
34661s	against the likes of control Warrior
34663s	this probably has a slightly harder time
34666s	of it than the wig priest does
34669s	agreed yeah this deck is
34672s	very very different in its play style
34674s	now the arbor up has left the the pool
34678s	of available cards because again you
34680s	could try and play similarly to that
34682s	playstyle of the priest where you have a
34684s	few small Minions on board if they go
34686s	for the removal you're just gonna refill
34687s	but if they don't you Arbor up and then
34689s	they die uh Herald of nature having half
34692s	as much threatening potential with in
34694s	terms of the attack does not have quite
34697s	the same kick to it and Warrior can
34698s	afford to be a little bit more liberal
34701s	uh sorry a little bit more conservative
34702s	I should say with this removable pieces
34704s	allowing more minions to build up on the
34706s	board but even then uh having said that
34709s	the aggro druid
34711s	has I think just enough
34713s	hard draw to get two or three waves of
34717s	threats and you kind of just have to
34719s	pray that they don't have two or three
34721s	strong pieces of removal in order to be
34723s	able to answer that yeah a couple of
34725s	other key cards in the matchup I think
34727s	that are worth highlighting uh Mark of
34729s	the wild specifically I think is the one
34732s	of the best aggressive tools because
34734s	just plus two plus two on an individual
34735s	minion like you said it's no Arbor up in
34737s	terms of mass damage and ending games
34739s	but it allows you to make those like
34742s	medium tube chunky minion boards right
34745s	like like I was saying about the priest
34746s	in the previous game
34748s	um and also control attacks from weapons
34750s	if that ends up being crucial uh and
34752s	then of course just the the Discover as
34754s	well can be absolutely huge because it
34757s	what allows you sometimes to transform
34759s	into a little bit more of a heavy
34761s	hitting value game if you need to right
34763s	it can really give you that extra gas
34764s	get you over the line
34767s	but this is definitely plan a shove
34770s	stuff on the board and hope it gets
34771s	there
34772s	wow not a bad hand though all things
34775s	considered for uh for us job slam to not
34779s	draw a card on the trog first and then
34782s	second one to combo with the location to
34784s	kill off
34786s	the hello leather spear looks pretty
34788s	strong let's kill that trog right
34792s	how to decide
34799s	hello really
34804s	letting it live a greedy boy yeah
34810s	so obviously there was the you could
34811s	just use double slam this time right
34813s	yeah exactly and that hero power oh not
34815s	hero power location ping it away
34818s	eat the same effect but cut the trogs
34820s	off the board but I think uh Easter is
34822s	just fully focused on card draw wants to
34824s	use the other slam to draw potentially
34826s	as well because he knows really killing
34829s	individual minions isn't going to be the
34831s	solution he needs to find uh armor in
34834s	his fine arm again he needs to find uh
34836s	brawl does already have the heavy plate
34837s	Shield shutter combo in hand so knows
34839s	he's fairly safe within that first AOE
34843s	yeah that's right though for sure it's
34845s	very interesting and there's very
34846s	specific draws that would have to happen
34848s	to from his opponent in order to get the
34850s	minions out of range of the shield
34851s	shatter combo uh like you know it would
34854s	have to be the herald into Pride's Fury
34857s	and so I kind of like it actually now
34859s	that I look at it a little bit closer
34861s	I'm not entirely sure on the value of
34862s	holding on to a slam uh but I think the
34865s	the thought process uh very much makes
34868s	sense where this board you've given them
34870s	for the next turn is really not that bad
34872s	yeah uh what saying as well like if
34874s	we're reflecting on it now after the
34876s	Frozen buckler drawer it looks fantastic
34877s	because he was just of course cleared
34879s	the very next turn uh but obviously
34881s	that's not necessarily the case he
34883s	wouldn't have it trades away the heavy
34884s	plate this turn uses the uh the Frozen
34886s	buckler instead and looks like an
34888s	absolute genius on this occasion but
34891s	there we go
34894s	foreign
34905s	I mean I was wondering if you'd hold on
34907s	to the
34909s	um
34914s	sorry hold on to the cook for an extra
34916s	turn in order to be able to draw a card
34917s	off of it with uh the hero power plus
34919s	the the living Roots but I guess it's
34921s	just thinking living Roots has to be
34923s	used as opinions here uh to get any kind
34925s	of value off the Pride's Fury which I do
34927s	respect yeah I think so
34930s	oh second location Bryce get pinged
34935s	dummy
34938s	and uh that'll probably do it
34942s	yes
34943s	yeah I'm thinking so outrider's ax alone
34945s	can pretty much solo the match up from
34947s	this point
34950s	trying to go wide as humanly possible
34952s	here to hopefully land that Pride's Fury
34954s	but
34955s	this does look like it's about to be
34956s	picked apart and I think you can tell on
34958s	those just face not particularly worried
34961s	about the way this game is going anymore
34968s	oh my God
34971s	yeah any kind of white board comes down
34974s	I mean
34976s	but honestly just like copy one of the
34978s	minions with faceless if they get big in
34979s	any way and uh I wore a wide board clear
34983s	should only be so far away
34986s	yeah it gets the double location waking
34988s	up again this turn as well to help with
34989s	a bit of removal if needs beat
34996s	even gonna take time out from his busy
34998s	schedule to rip the from the depths in
35003s	which in flame will do it Recaro do it
35013s	the one turn possibly for xmg has to hit
35017s	very very hard this turn here is that
35020s	Mark of the wild that I was talking
35022s	about earlier but does feel like that
35023s	might just be a Touch Too Late
35026s	yeah well I I know it's annoying to
35030s	bring up every true at game is the
35031s	equivalent of box but turn nine so the
35035s	sword uh sorry
35036s	um planted evidence into convoke the
35039s	spirit is always something you have to
35041s	bear in mind
35045s	[Applause]
35047s	looking less and less likely admittedly
35049s	but
35052s	the possibility
35058s	one location prop and the hero power
35060s	here will take care of this very very
35062s	nicely lofty Heights of 22 health
35068s	xmg just on an absolute hiding to
35071s	nothing here and it has to be that
35073s	planted evidence at this point no
35075s	just goes for the re-roll what else are
35077s	you looking for yeah just taking the
35079s	scenic route I think okay fine fine
35083s	uh
35084s	honestly even playing it here I really
35085s	do think you're
35088s	or like your most likely chance I won't
35090s	say your only chance is convoke the
35092s	spirits because nothing
35094s	else does anywhere near enough yeah sure
35097s	foreign
35103s	uh
35104s	maybe Miracle growth we could
35128s	really okay
35133s	yeah I mean I suppose functionally very
35135s	similar to what I was thinking I was
35136s	tempted to just Jam a faceless there
35138s	just to get an extra minion in play play
35140s	the weapon buff deal with the minion
35141s	push a little bit of extra damage to
35143s	face accelerate things a little bit but
35145s	yeah once again either way look like
35147s	that game was pretty much overcome the
35150s	first AOE uh xmg did not really have the
35154s	super heavy early card draw hand with
35156s	you know peasants surviving a couple of
35158s	turns uh crooked cook landing on the
35160s	board on that first wave when it can
35163s	stick and you start pushing multiple uh
35165s	points of damage with the minions and
35167s	that's usually the kind of opening that
35170s	you want against a resilient deck
35172s	because it's the one that fills up your
35173s	hand over and over again once that first
35175s	AOE came down you saw it was just one or
35177s	two cards in hand every turn from that
35179s	point onwards in just no real way to get
35181s	a grip back on the board
35185s	bringing us up to one game a piece and
35187s	if we were to talk about the relative
35190s	weight of both of these wins do you
35192s	think either of these decks were
35193s	especially likely together for the
35195s	Finish Line uh in this series or were
35197s	any of them like a very big win uh to
35200s	stop it being hard counted
35202s	um oh I think with the way the match-ups
35204s	panned out this is basically a wash
35206s	right like priest against Warrior yes
35210s	you would always expect that to go the
35211s	way it did Warrior against Druid you
35213s	generally expect that to go the way it
35214s	did in terms of the match up as a whole
35218s	I think very much the same which again
35221s	you know players don't always have
35223s	reasons for the order they queue decks
35224s	in Conquest
35226s	um but some people sometimes people do
35227s	go through that thought process of like
35229s	you know I don't need this deck let's
35230s	just throw it out first and see what
35232s	happens and I think that's kind of where
35233s	they've stood with the the first two
35235s	match-ups that we've had
35238s	moving on up to the mailbox Rogue here
35241s	the non Maestra version I have one which
35246s	I I think I do probably prefer right now
35248s	uh at least for ladder and uh probably
35252s	the biggest outlier photos just line up
35255s	overall like it's kind of a combo deck I
35258s	suppose but it does have some pretty
35260s	different matchups compared to the
35262s	majority of his other decks yeah I would
35264s	say so too I mean you can almost split
35267s	his line up in half right where
35270s	um Warrior and priest are kind of the
35271s	you know the control decks with combo
35273s	win conditions and then
35275s	um Rogue and major both kind of
35277s	mid-rangey in their own way but do
35279s	sometimes you know end games as if they
35281s	were a combo deck if the right things
35283s	line up in the right direction
35285s	um certainly it's a difficult lineup to
35288s	dissect uh as expressed so succinctly by
35290s	Gregorius on Twitter yesterday when or
35293s	this morning when we saw the lineup come
35294s	out uh definitely one of the most
35297s	overall unconventional lineups that we
35298s	are seeing in this tournament
35300s	oh a spicy looking line up there for us
35303s	yeah the uh often used uh well the the
35309s	Cutlass used I was gonna say for its
35310s	alternate uh usage should really be the
35312s	main usage of swinging it like a Cutlass
35315s	yeah but could end up being pretty
35317s	clutch here against the probable one
35321s	[Music]
35332s	very satisfied nod coming out from
35334s	Easter in that eventuality and now you
35337s	can see how powerful that weapon is in
35338s	this instance
35339s	really shutting down any kind of
35341s	development here peasant already dead
35343s	being seen on the board here
35347s	oh
35351s	getting melted yep that bone Spike off
35354s	the top
35355s	absolutely disgusting allowing for the
35359s	full Tempo swing here instead
35361s	this is sometimes the problem with Druid
35363s	right like yeah like I feel like aggro
35365s	Druid is the deck where
35367s	the first few times you queue it on
35370s	ladder have such an enormous effect on
35372s	whether you ever play the deck again
35374s	right and that can be as you playing it
35376s	or even against your opponent right
35378s	because even if you just queue against
35379s	it a couple of times and your opponent
35381s	has this kind of start you draw a couple
35382s	of removal spells you kill their stuff
35384s	and then they fall over so I mean oh my
35386s	God that deck sucks like why is that it
35388s	playing this deck I'm not going anywhere
35390s	near it whereas equally you can just die
35393s	on turn four or turn five a couple of
35395s	times and then immediately go scrambling
35397s	for the deck code so you can play it
35398s	yourself right like it's so feast or
35400s	famine in a lot of uh positions as to
35403s	how well it does in so many matchups
35405s	based on opening hand
35408s	potential to pull things back though
35409s	here for xmg with a good draw off the
35412s	top uh I'm thinking Thorn growth
35414s	centuries just anything to go super wide
35417s	to set up for the okay uh Pride's fury
35419s	on the following turn
35423s	look to me like a good way to start the
35424s	turn just to fill out your Mana a little
35426s	bit more cleanly
35430s	uh yeah Jerry rig sure
35434s	like Jerry living Roots coin other
35436s	living Roots if you hit it uh you gotta
35439s	be scratched or just coins
35444s	yeah I think it was between that and the
35447s	sidekick maybe just to protect the
35449s	Slither spear from those three damage
35451s	effects which are quite common on the
35452s	other side but I do think I like this a
35454s	little bit more
35455s	[Music]
35456s	ah wow the discipline what an absolute
35461s	slow roll
35466s	all right Sprint on the run it's your
35468s	CMD literally licking his lips and then
35471s	popping off in response to this
35473s	oh okay how does this work and you get
35477s	the zero amount of stenographer before
35480s	Shadow step you can right yep
35483s	yeah yeah just do the thing
35486s	coin location Frost wolf stenographer
35489s	clear the board click the button yet
35494s	irreversibly ahead on the board from
35496s	this point I would say
35498s	yeah it was very nicely done by ustia
35500s	this is a matchup that's very
35501s	reminiscent of when Rogue was not this
35504s	coin Rogue but was uh the previous
35506s	iteration lamby Rogue and then morphing
35508s	into the miracle version that cut
35510s	krabatoa and all that late game where in
35512s	the early turns you just dismantled your
35515s	combo nothing mattered except keeping
35517s	the board clear which ustia did not have
35519s	to go too out of his way admittedly to
35521s	do so but he did use up some of these
35523s	combo pieces right like not trading the
35525s	cutlers playing the bones bike just
35527s	tempoing out his hand as quick as
35529s	possible and then you trust your deck to
35531s	provide for you later on and the perfect
35536s	example of that just a good match-up
35538s	understanding right from the start
35549s	xmg doing his absolute level best to try
35551s	and present some kind of board here to
35553s	the opponent but hard to even see
35555s	anything which isn't almost immediately
35559s	dealt with just by what's in play on the
35561s	other side right
35563s	and here even if there was no further
35565s	value which there is clearly plenty of
35567s	here uh for ustia
35570s	you could just clear the board like
35571s	again if you just take the time to clear
35572s	the board you will win the game shortly
35574s	afterwards yep
35583s	probably just like a hit yep your
35586s	opponent's gonna make a board for you
35588s	that dies just to dagger yeah who's your
35590s	waves goodbye to the opponent
35592s	you can call it overconfident if you
35594s	will but I don't think it is I think it
35596s	is accurately recognizing the situation
35598s	that he is in right now
35601s	he's a one game of Hearthstone
35604s	oh man this is just why I don't have the
35606s	uh the mental fortitude to play aggro
35609s	Druid on ladder it's just too
35611s	demoralizing when you get in these
35612s	situations where there's just
35614s	absolutely nothing but you have to keep
35617s	playing because you were the aggressor
35618s	at the start so you always when you
35620s	start losing you're always at full
35621s	health and you have to spend five turns
35623s	slowly dying when you're like well I
35626s	could get composed to Spirits why just
35628s	let me die
35632s	coin coin Frost wolf stenographer we
35635s	have seen it once already
35637s	I think this time with the second click
35640s	of the location that probably spells
35643s	disaster for our Chinese representative
35647s	yes yep throws down the concede and we
35650s	see the uh the road getting the job done
35653s	stenographers coming in hot
35656s	a big win uh for us here as we finally
35659s	catch up there we go
35661s	[Music]
35666s	there he is I mean he's been very uh
35669s	expressive on camera so far both in
35672s	Victory and defeat right as we've seen
35675s	so far uh he's been on a bit of a ride
35677s	through both the Gregorius series and
35679s	this one so far
35681s	um but clearly very very confident in
35684s	these decks confident in this lineup
35686s	despite on the surface it looking like
35689s	one of the more mystifying lineups in
35691s	the tournament he is showing piece by
35694s	piece that it is coming together very
35695s	nicely and now arguably the most
35698s	conventional deck in his lineup is the
35700s	one left to get a win with
35702s	indeed yeah the uh the Mage to end
35705s	things out with uh which I'm obviously
35708s	very happy to see big Mage fan uh over
35711s	here and you're a big you're a big Mage
35713s	fan so not this day no I hate big Mage
35716s	but I am a big Mage fan and uh I think
35719s	it should be in a pretty good spot
35721s	overall it's a little similar to the
35724s	Rogue in that your game plan should
35725s	still just be clear the board as much as
35727s	possible but you have to dismantle your
35730s	combo quote unquote less so to do that
35732s	because we don't really have one in the
35733s	same way and you also have much more
35736s	backup uh if you do lose the board
35740s	against the likes of any purely board
35742s	based deck like uh as an A Relic Demon
35745s	Hunter Naga priest in particular kind of
35748s	big spell Mage and uh the I graduate as
35753s	well big time uh you just have so much
35755s	time uh as the Ping Mage and they have
35758s	so little way to counteract freeze
35760s	damage face freeze damage face Alibi
35762s	Alibi uh I like this Juice Spot very
35765s	much so specifically in this kind of
35768s	matchup or I should say the Druid
35770s	matchup I'm not sure what is being
35772s	queued on the other side you know
35773s	against the kind of deck that's going to
35775s	play a minion on one probably two
35776s	Minions on two multiple minions again on
35778s	turn three
35779s	what are the tools in Mage that you're
35781s	looking for to deal with that right
35783s	because that's always one of the
35784s	problems I've had with pig Mages not
35786s	just this method but previous matters as
35788s	well is it's such a dominant mid-range
35792s	deck right once it turns like five to
35794s	ten you feel like you're absolutely
35795s	stomping everything your opponent does
35797s	but what do you have in the deck that
35799s	can actually deal with exactly this kind
35801s	of start from the opponent planner is
35803s	definitely be more efficient than them
35806s	in the early game which you can do
35807s	absolutely if you're getting the the
35810s	Mana discounts on spells with your
35813s	shivering sorceress with your hero power
35815s	if you get the snow flurry as well if
35817s	you just spend your matter every turn
35819s	from one through four proactively you're
35821s	probably gonna beat them uh Plan B is I
35824s	would say actually something pretty much
35826s	like this where you prioritize card draw
35828s	very heavily if you're not able to stay
35830s	ahead on board you kind of don't want to
35832s	try and keep up because they're just
35834s	going to Value trade you over and over
35836s	again so you just want to make sure
35837s	you're hitting these high value card
35839s	draw cards and you should be able to
35841s	then stall out the game until you hit
35843s	one of these as you said massive midterm
35846s	turn spikes in the form of an upgraded
35850s	um
35851s	uh sorry uh uh Alchemist or the
35855s	uh more dress once you hit that point as
35858s	well for a war well done you name two
35861s	entire cards there I it was just ahead
35864s	of my brain I know what those cards are
35869s	ah you know how it's it's how obviously
35872s	annoyed you get about her which makes me
35873s	keep mentioning it you know that right
35876s	yeah well guess what yesterday I didn't
35879s	even say that you called Infuse cards
35882s	avenge I did do that a lot yeah yeah
35884s	it's it's the Battlegrounds player
35886s	filthy BG's player yeah yeah
35889s	surrounded by them
35893s	uh by the way tune into Lobby Legends
35895s	soon
35906s	no snap pick as of yet from xmg which I
35910s	think PMD is more than happy to see in
35913s	this situation just did not want to see
35915s	the massive buff come down I think he
35917s	just wants time the way this game is
35919s	panned out it was kind of I think
35921s	category B of what you were very
35923s	expertly explaining there where he's
35925s	stalling and drawing just trying to
35927s	reduce damage here and there and then
35929s	he's going to try and find some
35931s	explosive mid-game turn along the way
35933s	but obviously the number one problem
35935s	with that would be like for example wide
35938s	board Pride's fury on the previous turn
35939s	or this turn if that still existed the
35942s	news gear has done a great job of
35944s	picking this apart so far lots and lots
35947s	of leeway here
35951s	but
35953s	activator is at one turn off I think it
35955s	might should be one turn or sorry one
35957s	spell of activating the savara uh on
35960s	that previous turn which is pretty nice
35961s	to have that flexibility uh with only
35964s	wildfire and Frozen touch haven't been
35965s	played flurry is of course a premium
35968s	card to get back into your hand to set
35970s	up for matches to draw and grasp but
35973s	coin is not bad either you know being
35975s	able to go coin savara and then wild uh
35979s	wildfire and then on the next turn I
35981s	have coin Dawn grass plus the flurry
35983s	afterwards as well or beforehand to try
35985s	and double up on the flurry uh basically
35987s	it's all to say that there's flexibility
35989s	and very powerful stall tools available
35992s	for ustia
35996s	yeah the coin that's I think because of
35999s	handspace what's kind of forced from him
36004s	so it's gonna be what coin ping savara
36006s	flurry probably
36008s	I mean in either order I suppose oh yeah
36011s	okay
36015s	gonna get back another Wildfire from
36017s	this which could be extremely useful if
36019s	Reckless Apprentice comes along anytime
36021s	soon
36028s	xmg not on as much of a hiding to
36031s	nothing as he has been in the last
36033s	couple of games
36034s	uh does have more of a robust hand size
36037s	more options available and other planted
36039s	evidence now discovered if he would so
36040s	choose but he is once again in that
36042s	position which every aggro Druid dreads
36044s	which is kind of being forced off the
36047s	board and having to reload every turn
36049s	the deck can reload it's just not well
36051s	equipped at doing so in the way that for
36053s	example wig priest is right you don't
36055s	want to be building boards from scratch
36057s	every turn you want to be buffing things
36059s	you already have that's exactly what
36061s	he's going to be doing this turn and
36062s	next turn because usta's reaction there
36064s	this is getting to the point where it's
36067s	a little bit too difficult for him to
36070s	clear on this turn a nice draw in Varden
36074s	I do still think he's forced on to the
36077s	hero card on this turn because you can
36081s	go coin flurry 50 50 to hit flurry again
36085s	off the dawn grasp and even if you miss
36088s	get
36089s	a frozen touch would make you overdraw
36092s	admittedly but it has a good chance to
36094s	hit something already okay okay I was
36096s	also wondering whether it was still
36098s	using the coin but you throw out uh say
36100s	Arcane intellect alongside Warden
36102s	instead because it feels like maybe
36104s	Reckless Apprentice is the card that you
36106s	are going for at this point just to be
36108s	able to impact this ball but I think the
36110s	size of the minions as they are you're
36112s	probably out of range of that kind of
36114s	stuff as well right multiple five Health
36115s	minions eight health minion on the board
36117s	as well so yeah I think uh hero card
36119s	probably the right way to go about it
36121s	for the finishing touch I mean good to
36124s	see your play next turn I think that
36125s	looks very appropriate yep agreed I
36128s	think that's just almost a strictly
36131s	better way of doing it right because
36132s	then if you are able to get that full
36135s	board freeze you've spent this one turn
36137s	without dying to play Varden and then
36140s	you actually get the Juiced up hero
36141s	power coming through as well obviously a
36143s	bit of a nonsense oh hello uh because
36146s	the Pride's Fury was able to come down
36148s	and the minions are just so huge now
36154s	uh what order were these minions played
36156s	and this is so difficult to figure out
36157s	because Apprentice does work on Minion
36160s	Play order so if you can line them up
36162s	perfectly to one I think there's one
36164s	slitherspoon first then the cook then
36167s	the living Roots then the other
36168s	slitherspoon then the other cook then
36170s	the thing on the left damn I forgot the
36173s	name of the card leaving sidekick there
36175s	you go the sidekick yeah you did I think
36179s	yeah I don't know I remember the
36181s	sidekick came down on the same turn as
36182s	the herald which feels like a million
36185s	turns ago if he wasn't actually that
36186s	long
36191s	is that juicing to five or four
36194s	okay
36195s	instead sure makes sense uh it's using
36198s	to five sorry yeah because it got played
36201s	once naturally and then again bye
36204s	pardon and out to five
36207s	thank you
36210s	I mean this is pretty much where he
36211s	where you just hope
36215s	oh that's so sad daylight
36218s	you just hope your maths was correct and
36220s	that this is a an effective enough water
36222s	clear yeah as long as he's okay to the
36225s	spare first yeah I think he's pretty
36227s	good from here
36228s	because now this hits a living oh the
36231s	color then the cook oh beaming psychic
36233s	before the cook otherwise I was exactly
36235s	close yeah functionally the same here
36238s	and uh functionally the same in ending
36241s	in
36243s	almost a guaranteed loss from here for
36245s	xmg uh we could see again as I said uh
36249s	the planted evidence to get a miraculous
36251s	outcome of some kind but outside of that
36255s	Mage things from here on in
36261s	and now this this is the den of aggro
36264s	Druid misery right like now you are
36267s	you're off board your opponent has
36269s	minions anything you play Just dies
36272s	pretty much immediately you are having a
36275s	bad time at this point in the game
36279s	foreign
36282s	battle mode on the Druid of the reef
36285s	and why not right
36295s	I have an idea
36301s	just fine yeah I'm yeah sure like I I
36305s	perhaps I'm a little too precious with
36308s	my frozen touches in general let's just
36309s	throw them out here it's accurate Derek
36312s	I just killed this stuff and put stuff
36315s	on board
36316s	I mean this is eternally been my uh my
36319s	one of my weakest points in Hearthstone
36321s	is if you can make a card yellow you
36323s	have to make it yellow okay a lovely
36326s	border
36336s	oh yeah that'll do it that will
36338s	absolutely do it
36340s	bmd takes a bow ustia takes a bow well
36344s	you know what who's just CMD takes a bow
36346s	he he deserves some respect on his full
36349s	name at this point that was a very very
36351s	nicely played series especially
36354s	impressed with that last game right like
36356s	the recognition because I I think his
36358s	head was in a similar place to mine
36359s	where like I need Reckless Apprentice at
36361s	some point in this game to win the game
36363s	what he recognized I didn't necessarily
36364s	do at the time was that he had a free
36366s	turn to play Varden playing Varden was
36368s	going to be necessarily in that equation
36370s	anyway because he was never going to get
36372s	a naturally big enough Reckless
36374s	Apprentice to clear the board he needed
36376s	the you know the the the daisy chain of
36378s	juicing as it went along then not only
36380s	to recognize that from a strategy
36382s	standpoint but then also to keep perfect
36384s	track of the Minion Play order as you
36386s	said and then actually execute the turn
36388s	in the way that cleared the board so
36389s	perfectly as well really really nice
36392s	game of Mage overall
36394s	agreed yeah I think it's just looking on
36397s	uh impeccable form and out of the two
36400s	real players that we had very little
36403s	idea of of him and plastic it's uh you
36406s	know complete opposites in terms of
36408s	their stories so far and while I think
36411s	plastic you know certainly wasn't
36413s	playing at the level that deserved a 1-6
36416s	score line uh booster
36419s	um feels like he's on another level uh
36421s	I'm loving his lineup overall and he uh
36423s	he got the the matchups that he does
36425s	that he wanted so far and now finds
36428s	himself a game away or a series I should
36430s	say rather for the World Championships I
36432s	assumingly out of nowhere a few days ago
36434s	we didn't even know who this guy was and
36436s	he's just a series away from the highest
36439s	level Hearthstone tournament there is
36441s	and what a miracle story and this is
36443s	what we want to see right like the
36445s	opening up of the system this season or
36448s	this year to make exactly this kind of
36450s	thing possible has added so much to the
36453s	dynamic and the unpredictability and the
36455s	exact the excitement of the format
36457s	because you know when it when quote the
36460s	world champion ships was reserved
36461s	strictly for Grand Masters like yeah
36464s	the kind of sucked you know to have the
36466s	World Championships closed off from the
36468s	the general field there was no path to
36470s	Pro if you like from the from the
36472s	Grassroots up now there absolutely is
36474s	and we've seen multiple players take
36476s	part in that really from the beginning
36477s	making their way through the system all
36479s	the way to Grand Masters and even the
36480s	ones who didn't making their way through
36482s	the back door if you like just picking
36484s	up those Masters Tour wins qualifying
36486s	for those tournaments getting those top
36488s	eight finishes in the Masters tours and
36490s	now they find themselves here within
36492s	grasping distance of the world
36494s	championship and that is what you
36495s	absolutely love to see it is indeed and
36498s	with Glory very possibly making it as
36500s	well we can put aside any rest that he
36503s	only did it in a a closed circuit system
36505s	as uh the uh APAC players APAC fans we
36510s	need to take our dubs where we can get
36512s	them
36513s	uh but yeah a huge one there for ustia
36517s	uh one player left to send through to
36519s	the uh quarterfinals from Group D could
36523s	still be any of the are the three
36525s	representative xmg despite making the
36527s	taking the loss there sorry is currently
36529s	the most likely player to do so waiting
36531s	in the decider match for either uh
36532s	spring or Gregorio sale so we're gonna
36535s	go to a break and when we come back the
36537s	first elimination match of Group D will
36539s	come
36541s	[Music]
36551s	foreign
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36559s	foreign
36561s	[Music]
36561s	[Applause]
36563s	[Music]
36589s	foreign
36591s	[Music]
36625s	foreign
36629s	[Music]
36655s	foreign
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36695s	foreign
36696s	[Music]
36726s	foreign
36727s	[Music]
36737s	and welcome back to the fall
36739s	Championship I'm Raven and joining me is
36741s	TJ and we're about to cast our
36743s	elimination match for Group D It's the
36746s	final chance for one of these players
36748s	between spring and grigoras to actually
36750s	make it through and I think this one's
36752s	going to be just a little bit of a grind
36755s	Fest honestly TJ because both of these
36757s	players are bringing you know generally
36759s	speaking much slower lineups than we've
36761s	seen throughout most of the weekend so
36763s	far especially when you look at those
36765s	paladins the priest even the mage
36768s	uh yeah it is uh a much slower matchup
36772s	right this is the first time we've seen
36773s	paladin on both sides right
36776s	um which is
36778s	one of them's gotta win right I mean I
36781s	mean maybe it's spring like get ahead
36785s	but then just like not be able to do
36788s	anything else for the rest of the game
36790s	uh and and lose anyway it was uh was was
36795s	rough it was brutal for sure
36798s	um so yeah I'm excited for it though
36800s	there's we have deep Rogue on one side
36803s	which is just such a cool deck to watch
36808s	um
36810s	yeah it's okay TJ okay that wasn't for
36814s	us no one else heard it so because I
36816s	should have thought yeah
36818s	um yeah so look looking at the first
36820s	deck on the line here is going to be
36822s	this Mage and it is going to be lining
36824s	up against the shaman from Gregorius so
36827s	uh of course again big spell Mage here
36829s	with that mass poly buff in as well so
36832s	the uh the hidden Tech against the uh
36836s	potential game-winning card from shaman
36840s	foreign
36842s	that's right
36844s	uh this uh
36846s	one of the Springs lineup is just so
36851s	I'm gonna I'm gonna figure it out as I
36853s	go kind of right you know what I mean
36855s	yeah it's the deck will give me
36858s	something along the way and I'll I'll
36860s	win it'll be fine and that's one of my
36863s	favorite kinds of lineups because I feel
36865s	like those types of decks those types of
36868s	games have the most skill expression
36872s	um I I Look to uh bunny Hopper's lineup
36874s	as well who's kind of similar right you
36877s	see like decks like control shopping or
36880s	a big big spell Mage right XL big spell
36885s	um and then you look at uh defrogue
36888s	Paladin to an extent but I think Paladin
36891s	more so in the fact that like timing is
36893s	everything you just have you have a lot
36895s	of control tools but you also have to be
36898s	able to know when to kind of space them
36900s	out and when to use that removal and I
36903s	really like that whereas you know the
36904s	players that brought AG a lot of so not
36906s	saying those lineups are worse or that
36907s	they're not skillful it's just a skill
36908s	comes in different ways where it's just
36910s	about like maximizing everything every
36912s	turn
36914s	um so it's kind of nice to just you know
36917s	kick back relax get comfortable watch
36920s	some games that you know aren't going to
36921s	end in six turns uh yeah I generally
36924s	agree with that yet uh looking at both
36927s	players here with this uh how this
36929s	Shaman's gonna line up into the Mage it
36931s	really is just going to be of a be a bit
36933s	of a slog Fest isn't it because neither
36935s	of them outside of really popping off
36939s	early on with certain cards really have
36941s	a okay I've done this now you lose kind
36944s	of win condition right uh like you said
36946s	about I like a lot of the aggro decks
36948s	even like Relic Demon Hunter and so on
36950s	um so it will just be a bit of a value
36953s	fight across the whole series and
36956s	honestly I think you do just have to
36957s	look in these matchups especially at
36960s	cards like the ones that are highlighted
36962s	the mutinous to try and you know Chomp
36964s	on the key cards from your opponent to
36967s	then massively reduce down the value
36968s	they have and then the side and atheros
36970s	as well because as we know that is
36972s	arguably I guess one card that does
36974s	often just be played and ends the game
36976s	there and then so it will be interesting
36978s	how like you said it's more about how
36981s	the players actually navigate
36983s	to an end game stay as opposed to how
36985s	they sort of execute you know each turn
36987s	or have that aggro mindset or anything
36989s	like that so there are definitely are
36991s	differences obviously less generation in
36994s	the mid-range shame and than there is in
36995s	the Mage but either way I'm just happy
36997s	to see how this match plays out because
36999s	both players on the back foot now put it
37002s	simply if they lose they're done they're
37004s	out Unfortunately they don't make it or
37006s	have a shot at making it to the World
37007s	Championship so a lot on the line for
37009s	both players and surely TJ
37012s	that's a glug keep
37015s	laughs
37018s	the book of Raven it's the best card
37020s	Raven has spoken yeah it's the best card
37022s	in the deck why wouldn't you want it in
37023s	your hand yeah maybe not against Mage as
37026s	much
37028s	um just because of the fact that you
37030s	know they could just freeze it forever
37032s	they can't kill it TJ and if it never
37035s	dies it will eventually win you're right
37038s	you're right you're right and spring is
37040s	obviously playing the I don't even know
37042s	what to call this deck I'm gonna be
37043s	quite quite honest with you
37046s	um just XL Mage right because it's not
37050s	anything specific it's Excel ping Mage I
37052s	guess it's the actual archetype but it
37053s	also has runes in the top end yeah I
37056s	mean I would I would still call this
37057s	just big spell Mage right it's just
37059s	running a few extra or different tools
37062s	like the uh death bone for example
37064s	yeah okay
37067s	it's like I would say it's the older big
37070s	spell Mage or spooky Mage I suppose
37072s	because they're so very similar like you
37074s	said
37076s	yeah
37077s	you know so far Gregorius got off to a
37080s	decent start again the the Piranhas not
37083s	the best anti-aggro tools when you go in
37086s	a place Mage because they don't really
37088s	play tons of minions in the early game
37090s	but good for just beefing up that hand
37092s	size in case there's you know a null and
37094s	a muck pools right you'd still rather
37096s	have that in your hand now than later on
37098s	yeah
37104s	I'm just already very interested to see
37107s	what the impact the clown fish and
37110s	Garlock will make
37113s	because although there's no big targets
37115s	to hit yet there are a lot of big
37117s	targets to actually hit in the deck from
37119s	mutinous if gregoris can get hold of it
37125s	big if there's 40 cards in this deck
37128s	biggest deck
37131s	yeah
37133s	makes sense
37141s	in this kind of matchup you're really
37143s	waiting for that that Pivot Point right
37145s	like Will Spring get matches to Dawn
37149s	grasp like on curve because suddenly
37152s	it allows one player to put their foot
37154s	on the gas right and actually say okay
37156s	this is a way to win the game but until
37158s	then a lot of it's just going to be
37160s	keeping even and try not to take too
37163s	much early game damage because that can
37165s	also just tilt things just a little bit
37166s	in one player's favor yeah oh a Malcolm
37171s	okay yeah I feel like gregorius's early
37173s	game has been
37175s	pretty good everything's lined up nice
37178s	and cleanly the clownfish into the
37180s	ravager to be able to fill up the hand
37182s	early
37184s	um probably was hoping for uh maybe
37186s	mutinous off the top to try and get some
37188s	of the disruption early
37189s	uh but this definitely is one of those
37191s	matchups where you can even grieve the
37194s	muteness a tiny bit
37196s	maybe even wait for Brian right
37199s	yeah wait for a brand or wait for um
37203s	uh McCall so yep
37206s	I do have a question for you though TJ
37208s	okay go for it
37210s	because it's a bit of a slow going
37212s	match-up in the start and you'd argue
37214s	you know both players have time right
37215s	neither of them are going to get aggro
37217s	down is there a particular minion type
37220s	that gregoris will want to hit with
37222s	amalgam is there as you know a card that
37225s	you can discover that suddenly makes a
37227s	huge impact is it murlocs for another
37229s	mutinous is it a beast is it some kind
37231s	of Elemental
37232s	in in this matchup specifically probably
37235s	Beast
37236s	um because of starfish
37239s	because that you know just threatening
37241s	to be able to unlock your minions and
37244s	push you know that extra little bit of
37246s	damage it makes a lot of sense you also
37248s	have a chance to get macaw
37250s	which is just overall good in the deck
37252s	so if you're playing for like the
37253s	absolute best case scenario
37256s	I'd probably say Beast okay uh if you're
37259s	playing for highest value probably Naga
37263s	if you're playing for flurgal murloc
37267s	or mutinous but murlocs in general are
37269s	pretty bad yeah there's a lot of whiffs
37272s	right yeah uh Elementals is the are the
37276s	only one with like direct burst right
37278s	unless you talk about life trigger life
37280s	triggers is uh three damage but uh you
37283s	can get alak here which is like the most
37285s	damage ooh
37288s	mass reveler that was called something
37291s	like that
37292s	I think so uh someone's a copy of a tutu
37296s	or someone's a copy of a million in your
37297s	deck uh that's a it comes out as a due
37300s	to
37301s	um that could be interesting what could
37302s	be cool
37305s	um
37306s	glug
37308s	yeah I mean tell me I'm wrong teacher
37311s	tell me I'm wrong no
37314s	uh I mean you can get like
37316s	just a null and yeah
37320s	um
37321s	pulls it early I don't know Paul neck
37324s	wouldn't be terrible right oh yeah
37326s	Boulder and brand yeah
37333s	very early Varden
37336s	um
37337s	but I can't say I disagree
37340s	because there wasn't much else to do
37342s	just double wildfire and Reckless
37344s	Apprentice in hand now so I'm gonna
37346s	start to get the pigs up there but still
37348s	not even halfway through the deck do you
37351s	guitar perhaps double dip
37354s	all right I love Reckless apprentice and
37356s	Shaman I love it
37360s	Brew Khan
37362s	you roll the damage hero power and then
37364s	you brand wrapped this Apprentice you
37366s	can deal like 80 points of damage if
37368s	your opponent's board is full is it
37370s	better than just
37371s	picking a wildfire though TJ is that
37374s	really where we're at right now
37376s	so because wildfire's useless
37380s	steel one more
37383s	yeah
37384s	whatever they do it's just plus one yeah
37388s	it's just whatever they taunt one more
37390s	time
37393s	this has taunt plus one taunt twice this
37398s	one one is now a one one plus one
37402s	again I don't know I would have taken
37404s	the Reckless Apprentice High upside down
37406s	I'm playing for high upside here
37408s	it's sick it's so good I've won like at
37413s	least two games with it whoa that's two
37416s	more than I thought you would have won
37417s	with it games that were unwinnable
37419s	otherwise really okay yeah because it
37422s	because as you know briarthorne taught
37425s	us the mythical briarthorne taught us
37428s	it takes your hero power and just fires
37432s	and just presses it for however many
37434s	minions there are on the board
37436s	uh plus the uh plus the enemy so let's
37439s	say there's five Minions on the board
37441s	and you roll the Brew con damage hero
37443s	power that's 30 damage that you deal to
37445s	your opponent's face
37448s	36 damage because it counts the actual
37450s	face too
37452s	um
37455s	that's polymorph coming out now I do
37457s	understand this spring doesn't want to
37458s	take you know a ton of damage just for
37461s	nothing doesn't really have good enough
37462s	freezes available but
37466s	it does mean now
37468s	Ring's not safe from glug
37474s	you're right
37478s	I really wouldn't mind uh Gregory is
37480s	just holding on to this mutinous is is
37483s	there any particular Rush right now
37486s	I yeah I think it's perfectly fine to
37488s	hold on to it at least just like see
37490s	your next draw just don't play a murloc
37492s	well also there's two amalgams why don't
37494s	you go fishing for beasts right with the
37496s	two with the sheep on board I think do
37498s	that first and then decide yeah true
37502s	foreign
37508s	dragon
37513s	yeah I guess I mean I'm always looking
37515s	Aussie man
37516s	it can be really good again if you play
37519s	it next turn into a potential um
37524s	just it feels like you're bored
37526s	yeah I I guess with garbage they're one
37529s	threes
37531s	oh that one's better
37533s	oh fine
37535s	you remember when Snapdragon for a very
37537s	short time called Gira hero cards with
37540s	attack yes oh those were the days
37545s	yeah cool fan constrictor very
37547s	interesting the timing is particularly
37549s	interesting too
37551s	um it can really mess with but uh Mage
37554s	in particular wants to do because
37555s	oftentimes they plan stuff out
37558s	later on the game I don't even know
37559s	Frank constrictor was a beast but it
37561s	makes sense when you look at the art it
37562s	kind of looks like a Naga but then you
37563s	look closely it's just a giant snake and
37565s	it's called coil fan constrictor yeah
37567s	which uh leads you to believe that it's
37570s	a snake there actually isn't Elemental
37571s	in the pit in the the art though yeah
37574s	it's coiling around an elemental
37577s	yeah it doesn't seem like a smart plan
37578s	what are you gonna do it's a really big
37580s	snake
37587s	I agree it would be weird if it was
37589s	called Cole Fang constrictor and it was
37591s	a rabbit
37593s	oh Space Rock what is it called space
37595s	Elemental
37596s	rocket ship
37599s	Arcane Elemental
37601s	I feel like you're just saying words now
37603s	teacher I'm confused space Elemental is
37606s	that just an empty you walk into an
37607s	empty room it's like oh there's a space
37609s	Elemental over there why we're looking
37610s	at this space
37611s	[Laughter]
37618s	so it's an Arcane space Elemental what
37621s	is it called
37622s	oh the the tutu yeah I wasn't even
37625s	looking I'll still look at the elements
37626s	on the goal if I could streaks oh no
37630s	as you write something
37632s	Azurite something maybe I don't know
37635s	azureate Elemental that means I prefer
37638s	space Elemental it's just uh
37644s	Base Rock
37646s	oh Stone I'm Googling it
37649s	I'd love it if it is just called space
37651s	right it's emerged Space Rock there's
37653s	space in this rock and it's an elemental
37656s	see it's a space Elemental give me a
37658s	break
37665s	yeah get that Snapdragon online yeah
37667s	wait can you play it the quicker the
37670s	deck is buffed
37673s	yeah so let's see what's what we got
37675s	that's in the deck we got
37678s	uh I don't know on fish it's a Cause
37688s	it's
37691s	just over
37703s	okay so Gregorius now needs to
37705s	oh
37707s	mutinous the mode rash to protect the
37710s	glug
37712s	foreign
37715s	condition look
37721s	I mean this doesn't seem like a terrible
37723s	motor turn does it
37726s	the ball's not huge but
37728s	it's big enough to be annoying
37733s	could also
37735s	um just go like the guitar
37740s	you take off three powers
37742s	oh mutinous oh no
37746s	oh the punish for the green
37749s	give him the Sorceress
37752s	oh yeah throw the two two at them it's
37755s	better than dinathrius
37758s	but it's not better than a three is if
37761s	spring then plays yeah you listen it
37765s	eats them to death
37767s	it's just a twofold oh here we go get
37770s	some trades right off the bat too yeah
37773s	this will certainly Force some more
37775s	trash and then Gregorius has a a Juiced
37778s	Sylvanas
37781s	I feel like the arson team really missed
37782s	an opportunity to instead of calling it
37784s	infused call it Juiced
37789s	I think that would sound a lot better
37795s	really yeah
37799s	draw three cards
37807s	I mean these trades always happen right
37809s	yeah I think you trade the silly too
37811s	because it's YouTube
37813s	oh yeah but not at a range of more just
37816s	ping okay can he kill off any more of
37819s	his own meat
37822s	quick muck pulls it
37825s	Mark pulls the clock
37828s	you can't dive it's not there
37832s	I wouldn't mind using the muck pools on
37834s	the press to
37836s	I don't want to use it on anything
37837s	actually
37847s	yeah getting the order right
37854s	foreign
37858s	now it's gone
37861s	it's okay though because
37863s	in essence
37865s	if Gregorius wins it will be because of
37867s	glug
37869s	look at how much that look at how much
37872s	that glug has due to dinathrius TJ
37876s	yeah
37877s	you're right
37882s	okay yeah
37884s	bit of a problem for spring it's not the
37887s	end of the world but what Amplified
37891s	raw gain armor
37894s	and okay I just want a mutants
37898s	when he's mutinous no way
37901s	this what are you saving for like
37903s	just a brand alone
37907s	for Gregorius just to play more minions
37910s	yeah I think it's okay to just wait
37911s	because I don't think this is that big a
37913s	deal right yeah but Gregorius knows that
37915s	the viewness is there so
37920s	the earlier you can give out the better
37921s	like I think this might even be just the
37923s	deathrous to just deny the muteness
37927s	then maybe the muck pools on the
37929s	Sylvanas
37935s	[Music]
37939s	gregoris is actually running a little
37941s	bit low on the older resources
37947s	did you catch how much damage the
37948s	dinathrius is doing
37951s	nope we've been seeing Evolved first
37957s	hey well yield it to an extent a little
37960s	bit more stance
37963s	oh the muteness oh
37969s	definitely not the naturals because
37972s	you're okay with them dealing seven yeah
37974s	yeah guessing that was solid Alibi yeah
37977s	yeah yeah makes sense
37980s	and then I don't want to play any more
37981s	minions because I want
37985s	foreign
37992s	that's better yeah leveling up the stats
37995s	yeah anyway so yeah it's still going to
37999s	be a bit of a problem with blizzard
38001s	stalling this one out
38013s	I was going for the train
38018s	all right now Damascus
38023s	yeah this looks good enough
38027s	let's clear this up and pound on low
38028s	depression what was that 18. not bad at
38031s	all but still not great I mean spring is
38034s	still now on a uh brightly 30 health
38039s	but the good thing is now
38041s	uh Gregorius is I think exactly dinathri
38044s	is back in response right because there
38047s	is not big enough
38049s	at what one million died so it's our two
38052s	you know skellies too so one Skelly oh
38055s	one nine or something no death bonds or
38058s	anything that's four TJ not five it's
38061s	not six it's not even seven oh four oh
38065s	geez
38070s	got to be solid Alibi or spring is
38072s	simply dead
38074s	pools is gonna be online here for
38076s	the null
38079s	or even potentially the Devourer
38084s	I wonder if there's a like
38086s	time runs out on me you can activate the
38088s	Devourer by trading the three four it
38090s	must be close right
38099s	oh maybe now you can just trade in fish
38103s	oh no no man
38107s	trade in one fish nope
38110s	nope still no matter the same thing you
38112s	did yep
38115s	regardless you don't have the Mana
38118s	I think it's like
38123s	okay
38128s	it was at the sea it was at least
38131s	it could go for
38134s	could go in a different route here
38135s	actually and go like double
38138s	like trade as much as possible and then
38141s	just
38141s	evolve the motresh and the um
38146s	there
38152s	is it gonna hit the Knoll
38154s	oh my gosh playing with fire
38159s	okay
38164s	well it's pretty good yep
38168s	yes I would like to turn my uh Rush
38170s	meeting into a another dinathrius with
38172s	lifesteal not bad
38178s	oh geez the Safara yeah I've been
38181s	waiting for a spell oh man in all
38184s	honesty like
38186s	no spring actually just go finally for
38188s	ruin here
38191s	might have to be because his hand is
38193s	trash
38195s	though but yeah otherwise like none of
38199s	these other plays you can't just keep
38200s	stalling well if didn't I just didn't
38202s	want to get thrown away he should have
38204s	been able to feel more damage
38206s	oh spring sat up
38209s	so I think oh uh gray stage prepared is
38212s	a blizzard so that's good
38216s	kids
38221s	really good stuff picked up actually oh
38223s	my gosh this Devourer is going to be
38224s	massive though yeah and the problem is
38227s	that's the second and last solid Alibi
38230s	outside of a dawn grass pickup
38235s	yeah you just slam this
38239s	ah it even started with plus one plus
38241s	one because of this half dragon
38247s	Grand engineer okay this is not bad not
38252s	at all
38253s	love the cold
38258s	double Frost
38266s	uh
38268s	there's a clown fish left
38284s	in order to clear these up yeah good
38287s	thing Halo for gregarious is he can
38289s	actually just oh oh that's even better
38293s	that is good he can also mug pulls the
38296s	uh low adenathrius as well
38303s	even though it will almost certainly
38304s	lose the lifesteal of course it just
38306s	heals up to bigger almost always
38312s	gotta be deal six right
38316s	oh wait heal you can just restore yeah
38319s	yeah hear your minions
38321s	oh yeah
38323s	yeah play the long game seven
38331s	did you say wow did you say Wildfire was
38334s	wrong TJ
38336s	apologize watch
38341s	well not not this turn but oh right
38343s	another turn all I'm hearing is their
38346s	excuses TJ that's plus one damage
38350s	foreign
38351s	yeah but imagine like plus 18 damage
38358s	what if he never gets the deal damage to
38360s	face ever again
38366s	[Applause]
38374s	probably holds the Evolve right no need
38376s	to use it even though the malygos isn't
38378s	exactly hitting hard
38380s	yeah no need to use it as a heel
38386s	plenty of damage
38391s	a dawn grasp you wish to match wits with
38394s	me hey it's got it yourself yeah
38399s	oh Mass polymorph oh no
38404s	wildfire and Alabama solid Alibi okay
38408s	but Mass polymorph was what what spring
38411s	needed in that situation
38414s	foreign
38425s	[Applause]
38430s	at this point there's a blizzard outside
38433s	is there still two Rune of the archmage
38436s	left
38437s	yeah in the bottom eight
38439s	I'm seven now
38441s	yeah so you gotta go parrot dungeoneer I
38444s	guess you could go uh yeah because you
38445s	need to Rune next turn yeah I'm pretty
38447s	sure
38453s	the whales of these covenants kill me
38457s	there it is
38467s	the car oh it was uh Devourer right yeah
38472s	yeah
38476s	Paige is a funny deck to watch
38481s	and this is just game one of the series
38483s	I think we're gonna be here for a while
38485s	you know what we might actually just run
38487s	straight through to Sunday at this rate
38492s	please now
38502s	probably working out I mean attacks and
38504s	freezes but is there really anything to
38507s	work out here
38508s	what what's the hero power at right now
38511s	not 41.
38519s	yeah but is there anything with like
38520s	Reckless Apprentice can you Reckless
38522s	Apprentice sanctum in Cold Case to live
38527s	and make trades
38534s	yeah
38535s	I think that's the play
38541s	because this is going to Beef It Up to
38542s	five then you can make trades over over
38547s	uh not quite the other dinathrius so
38550s	that the naturals is gonna stick but
38554s	quite
38555s	there's double trades into it right
38558s	he's got trades yeah he's the taunts
38561s	tiger right
38563s	oh yeah
38565s	all right I uh thought that the first in
38567s	atheros had already taken the
38570s	uh Reckless Apprentice image
38572s	just devour everything
38576s	though
38582s	it's already too big oh wait no no I
38586s	forgot
38589s	to do everything
38594s	he's just gonna power it again
38604s	goes with the muck pool oh okay I'm
38607s	taking an excuse
38608s	I think yeah it doesn't matter
38612s	I was like I think you're supposed to
38613s	rush first in case it gives you heal
38615s	because you're attacking that no matter
38616s	what right
38618s	now if you wipe the board
38620s	oh my God so many restores
38623s	and no faces wow that second one was
38627s	disappointing at best but still that set
38629s	up lethal TJ because of the wildfire
38634s	oh you're right you were right all along
38636s	shut up see never question me
38643s	all minions live
38647s	this Spring's already gone
38650s	oh wow what a game game one going to
38654s	Gregorius and uh I told you guys at the
38657s	start you need to learn to believe me
38658s	it's gonna be a long one uh that was
38661s	tricky at best and even with the um the
38664s	mutinous being stolen and everything
38666s	else I think just the raw value of a
38669s	gregarious deck was just too much and
38672s	especially when you compare it to those
38673s	ruin of the arcame it's just both pretty
38676s	much sitting at the bottom of the deck
38678s	it was just not enough for spring to
38680s	keep up
38680s	yeah I had to spend too many resources
38683s	to deal with the same board right bigger
38686s	deal would have been if the uh don grasp
38688s	had cast Mass polymorph instead of
38690s	Arcanine right yep
38693s	but um
38695s	Well Done by Gregorius that's a those
38697s	matchups are always pretty tough to
38699s	navigate but I think he went about it
38700s	quite well
38703s	I hope you're ready TJ
38706s	because we've got spring on the Mage
38708s	once again going up against Gregorius on
38710s	this Paladin and uh what do you think of
38713s	this diet do you think this decks
38714s	actually got legs or is it a deck people
38716s	enjoy because they just enjoyed the
38719s	style of it right they get to play the
38721s	Jailer and all the big stuff
38724s	uh I think the deck is pretty good but
38727s	it has you know pretty
38729s	glaring weaknesses
38732s	uh in the fact that you just have very
38734s	limited removal
38735s	um
38737s	and sometimes you're reliant on Discover
38739s	effects to actually remove like larger
38741s	boards
38743s	like the the actual Jailer itself is a
38746s	pretty hard card to set up
38748s	but with you know ordering the court and
38751s	the amount of you know just kind of
38753s	early game board flood
38756s	that you can do
38758s	uh it can
38761s	sometimes let you get to that point
38763s	there's obviously a lot of players that
38765s	are you know floating in pretty high
38768s	Legend uh that play Jailer Paladin maybe
38771s	not exclusively uh but that play it
38773s	enough to let it be considered a top
38777s	Legend deck right I just personally
38779s	don't have too much faith in the deck
38782s	I might just be bad though you know
38784s	might
38788s	I'm definitely bad
38790s	let's get into game two spring I think
38794s	that was just a one Wild Fire Keep was
38796s	didn't you have two then offered
38797s	interesting
38798s	um Gregorius though the other hand as
38801s	well
38802s	I get a pretty solid Morgan for himself
38804s	too
38806s	he pinned it in arthrus got mukbang
38809s	servant for turn three not looking too
38811s	bad for either players so far honestly
38818s	laughs
38822s	double motherboard
38828s	this is the one fair you have with this
38830s	deck right is you Mulligan and it's just
38832s	all your top end
38834s	and you end up pressing hero power four
38835s	five tens in a row
38846s	I mean sometimes against trailer power
38848s	that's all you need
38850s	because I keep those one ones on board
38852s	to make them immune later on with the
38854s	daily
38858s	I can see yeah I was gonna say I can see
38860s	this just being an order in the court
38861s	very very soon
38863s	the whales of these
38867s	cups now with denaturis in hand it will
38869s	be Jayla into um Carol right
38873s	yeah
38894s	foreign
38901s	I'm just like
38903s	I see all these modern cards and my mind
38906s	just like
38908s	melts just it just stops
38912s	but the powder that she just puts TJ's
38915s	brain on pause
38922s	yes here is
38924s	uh gregarus will want to play Order in
38927s	the Court on turn six right because then
38929s	on turn seven Jayla draw and then on to
38932s	an eight carry on we'll be drawn to yeah
38935s	oh wet your whistle
38940s	it's one thing that's kind of
38941s	interesting right once gregarious
38946s	goes
38947s	yeah gets Carol online
38949s	then as the Jailer follow-up
38952s	at that point I is there much the Mage
38956s	can do
38961s	were you think of what I was thinking
38963s	what were you thinking
38966s	uh the horn the Cavalry horn
38969s	oh I don't think there's any need it
38972s	would be funny but
38974s	there's no knees right like look at the
38976s	hand oh I forgot about Ragnar's light
38978s	Lord of course okay so yeah the turn
38980s	earlier actually makes sense to make
38982s	sure
38984s	to make sure that you actually get there
38985s	on it yeah yeah yeah I forgot about like
38987s	ragnos
38988s	and there's plenty of early games uh to
38991s	get there so yeah I got plenty of stuff
38993s	to do
38995s	I just don't really know what spring can
38997s	really do like against uh this wait
39002s	wait to lose I guess I don't know maybe
39004s	I'm missing something TJ but once Jayla
39007s	comes down
39008s	it's not like he's playing um you know
39011s	ping Mage where you can say oh well at
39013s	that point
39014s	the fatigue damage starts hitting and
39016s	I'm just still pinging for like five or
39018s	six right so even though it's half from
39020s	carrial
39021s	um it can do that
39023s	saying that'd be
39027s	the guitar
39030s	yeah spring does run rust drop Viper so
39033s	that's something
39035s	if you can get hold of it yeah but it
39038s	still just feels like
39042s	not enough
39048s	I mean the pings are gonna start to ramp
39050s	up but
39055s	four not too bad
39057s	Okay carry all though
39064s	it just feels like you're just waiting
39066s	to do the cool things with this deck
39067s	it's like just give me a minute or
39070s	battle vicar just I don't know
39073s	pick a beige spell
39077s	move on to the next one life
39080s	that kind of power things just get you
39081s	know just like more than one color
39086s	there's some beige with a little bit of
39088s	a olive green thrown in
39090s	Wild battle vicar is beige with a little
39093s	bit of some yellow tones
39097s	yellow with more yellow on it yeah
39104s	oh looks like we're going for a death
39106s	born here
39109s	I'll be able to get a little bit of an
39110s	extra one with if the
39113s	other that's on board hits one three
39117s	be the full five
39119s	I have an idea yeah but then it kind of
39122s	laughs yeah never mind all that setup
39126s	was uh not worth it
39128s	so you like made trades
39136s	I mean it's oh it's just Wildfire pink
39138s	and just that's the plan for the rest of
39140s	the game
39145s	those pigs gotta get big
39149s	[Music]
39152s	stop Carol yeah okay Paladin has started
39155s	to play the game
39160s	it's of course not going to be any
39162s	surprise for spring to see he pretty
39165s	much knows what's on order for the next
39167s	few turns
39168s	probably a ragnos light Lord next turn
39177s	okay
39179s	said it didn't matter but you know we'll
39182s	see
39183s	it's just you gotta get through so much
39188s	gorgeous really needs to trade these
39190s	minions off right
39193s	this trade trade trade
39201s	yes
39202s	I don't want these in me you don't
39203s	immune warm ones on the board do you
39205s	just like conviction hold the bridge
39209s	hero power just it's embarrassing TJ If
39212s	You're Gonna Play The Jailer you play
39214s	the the big boys down afterwards
39220s	yeah probably skip
39222s	on
39224s	light guide my patience yeah
39227s	but if it is just trade trade trade hero
39231s	power pass just play trailer next turn
39240s	I'm running out of time it's quicker
39243s	we're still even need this Leviathan on
39245s	board
39247s	he has ragnarok's light Lord that will
39249s	be immune
39250s	as dinathris
39252s	they'll be immune and the jailer
39258s	okay a couple of the one ones went that
39260s	was my biggest gripe
39271s	death bonds played I feel like it's just
39273s	playing into gregoris's hands
39276s	yes kill all of this it's fine yep four
39280s	room for the big stuff
39284s	foreign
39290s	I'm upset this in just an absolute insta
39294s	jailer
39295s	I think it over don't put jail or any
39298s	deck and then not play it on turn ten
39300s	Madness
39303s	light guide my patience
39307s	Madness
39318s	out of cars
39326s	well all right
39329s	well Reno's active
39331s	we're on a clock one way or another
39334s	kind of
39336s	this dinner is rightmost light load
39338s	underino
39340s	that's what I mean like we're on a clock
39342s	one way or another meaning
39344s	like either Gregorius is going to win be
39346s	quickly or spring is going to win pretty
39349s	quick pretty quickly
39353s	probably just denethrius right I'm not
39355s	sure how much it's on but it doesn't
39357s	also it can't be that high yeah but it
39360s	also doesn't matter right you're playing
39361s	it for the the lifesteal on the minion
39363s	at this point yeah
39365s	oh it's too fast
39368s	it's upstairs 16 16. I got it I got it
39375s	seems fine
39380s	you're gonna spammy
39384s	but that doesn't heal you for 16.
39391s	the only other option here is like hero
39393s	power rag
39400s	it didn't need to heal for 16. I'm
39402s	running out of time I mean I guess like
39405s	I wouldn't mind it do a quality spammy
39407s	in every skeleton ghost face yeah you're
39411s	dead
39416s	[Music]
39417s	also he just doesn't have he just has a
39420s	1010 with lifesteal next to him
39425s	but yeah it can get Frozen of course but
39427s	and then there's this you just follow it
39429s	with ragorino right
39431s	yeah
39433s	with the weapon gone this is potentially
39435s	just
39437s	I
39440s	just giving spring a chance at like
39442s	fatigue really stacking up it
39448s	foreign
39454s	okay
39460s	there's nothing life sentence nothing
39462s	jellyfish nothing happens nothing
39466s	don't attack with the Jailer first
39473s	oh my goodness gracious
39478s	oh dude he's gonna play the dancers
39482s	deployment objection wait did digital
39484s	versus catch twice I don't think so
39488s	gregoris is like oh no almost like in
39491s	six almost like it would have been
39493s	better if it was down last turn
39495s	yeah he could just go
39498s	hold the bridge right conviction holder
39500s	hold the bridge Reno so at least he gets
39502s	some heal no matter what attacking first
39504s	at the spammy is just the correct play
39505s	no matter what yeah because that gives
39507s	you a lot of information and checks for
39509s	ice barrier and then checks for a
39511s	vengeful message
39514s	foreign safely
39527s	oh come on
39530s	thank you okay
39534s	I'm not going completely crazy
39548s	foreign
39551s	again for it to do nothing nothing
39554s	nothing nothing and nothing
39565s	I'll See Me minions can be Frozen as
39568s	we've seen but not something that's
39570s	obvious at the start right when you see
39573s	your first yeah it says immune I think
39575s	that's true I mean to what like you
39577s	can't you can't Target them they're
39579s	immune to being targeted
39582s	um
39583s	but Blizzard's not a Target it's the
39585s	deal damage to minions and freeze them
39587s	and their their immune to damage as well
39590s	of course yeah yeah
39593s	but the the freeze is not part of the
39595s	damage it's something separate on
39596s	blizzard
39598s	I'm trying to make freeze part of the
39599s	damage everyone
39602s	out of here
39608s	but the problem
39610s	is that Springs to nathrius will try and
39613s	Target these minions
39617s	doesn't do too great but dummy
39621s	to get a double Rune who knows what
39624s	Secrets oh no and it was blizzard right
39627s	oh yeah you're right it's blizzard
39631s	twice
39638s	[Music]
39640s	now I do wonder if it is a uh oh I guess
39644s	he can't Reno as well
39650s	I was wondering if it's a theotar but
39653s	it's probably just hero power Arena
39655s	right to go back up to full
39661s	yeah but then you're taking a lot
39672s	Insanity
39676s	hits the mordrush gives an equality
39681s	and it feels a lot safer now yeah yeah
39684s	because now there's no way that spring
39686s	can really defend himself
39691s	as the brand on board
39695s	it's been after us enough to just like
39698s	maybe no a one in a million to snipe a
39703s	one in no no because there's five
39706s	fatigue then there's eight on boards
39709s	that's 13 so it needs to deal 20.
39723s	wait a minute
39725s	what
39728s	does polymorph work
39731s	I've literally never seen it in my life
39736s	theoretically it should
39740s	I I mean I don't really play much Jayla
39742s	Paladin so obviously I've not had the
39744s	most games with it but I've never run
39746s	I'll never notified I've played it and
39749s	I've never yeah I've never seen someone
39750s	play me polymorph
39753s	foreign
39757s	that's what the convictions for
39766s	who's she picking to be full of
39767s	conviction to win the game
39774s	I mean this
39775s	too much to think about here for
39777s	Gregorius right because he has two board
39780s	spaces and two minions so there's you
39783s	know at least none of those mental
39785s	gymnastics you have to do sometimes but
39787s	you have to really sit and think about
39788s	what minion you want to commit and if
39790s	it's actually worth it for the late game
39792s	or not
39793s	yeah I think this is just hero power
39795s	mortgage trade off all the Minions yeah
39798s	because he doesn't need Reno right he
39799s	has the attack from dinathrius and has
39802s	the heel from and ragnaros so it's
39805s	absolutely fine I think Reno will be the
39807s	I need to buy my last turn of fatigue
39810s	right and do it's like the old Reno days
39814s	oh actually gonna hold okay
39817s	I I don't mind this I don't think
39819s	there's even a rush to like
39821s	blizzard another one
39826s	face
39829s	actually so so ridiculous
39833s	that's six and then what sex fatigue
39835s	damage
39838s	yep so now it's effectively at 34 after
39841s	the raglite Lord
39843s	um there's one parrot left in the deck
39848s	oh surely this is a
39852s	oh dressed now right cause he's running
39854s	out of time
39861s	actually crazy how much time Spring's
39863s	been in and why and still has one more
39865s	turn with the solid Alibi and
39867s	potentially even another turn with
39870s	the parrot
39874s	yeah I mean I still go all the way back
39876s	and just question a whole turn most of
39879s	Jayla was playing a three-fold
39890s	yeah
39893s	I assumed it would Ward work I've just
39895s	never seen it
39898s	not gonna not gonna solid alibi
39901s	[Applause]
39903s	now he will witness
39905s	Wrath of the Sheep
39908s	oh so spring wins from here right
39914s	Rosie
39916s	because the solid alibi
39919s	the ghost has albino though right yeah
39921s	but it doesn't matter because the damage
39924s	is going to be so high
39925s	yeah but he's got 16-16 mode rash if he
39928s	just plays Mo dress now
39930s	if if he plays more just now he's dead
39934s	he doesn't know that though right
39936s	I mean okay recklessness plus fatigue
39940s	damage right guess my patience uh wait
39943s	is that 21. it's uh eight fatigue the
39947s	Ping is at five
39949s	no it's not quite still can hold one
39951s	more turn
39954s	I mean Reno's not that small either
39956s	could just hero power conviction Reno
39964s	yeah but you want to wait until the last
39965s	possible second to play the Reno which
39967s	would be next turn because he knows
39969s	there's one solid Alibi left
39971s	oh yeah I'm just saying if he is if he's
39974s	got something in his mind that he thinks
39976s	he can die this turn he could still push
39978s	a good solid amount of damage right yeah
39980s	oh that's legal okay oh
39985s	double Reckless series oh my gosh that
39990s	is just so ridiculous like there was
39996s	that was a good eight turn that was a
39998s	solid eight turns
40002s	because
40003s	he was in eight fatigue so after the
40006s	Jailer was played spring lasted eight
40008s	turns
40010s	and Dell oh my gosh an absurd amount of
40013s	damage yeah and the um the Viper coming
40016s	in close right imagine without that
40017s	Viper not even close to enough damage
40020s	literally the turn carry was played yeah
40022s	literally the turn carry was played I I
40024s	will say though like maybe I'm getting
40027s	too caught up on it which is absolutely
40028s	fine but the the spamiac in his turn
40032s	well marginally pointless that could
40034s	have been a whole turn of having an
40036s	extra 10 10 on board
40038s	yeah and and then you know does that
40041s	accelerate the whole game one more turn
40043s	maybe if it does that means one more
40045s	turns worth of like high damage from
40047s	Gregorius
40048s	yeah and then suddenly it ends right
40051s	even if you go back to like um
40054s	the turn where not the turn that the
40056s	Jailer was played but the turn uh prior
40059s	to that right when the Levi uh the
40062s	Leviathan yeah yeah
40065s	um he just threw away a city ax
40069s	true actually yeah the qual with a
40071s	quality in hand
40074s	oh yeah well that was the wait
40077s	or was that that turn
40079s	yeah he played a city tax to deal one
40082s	damage uh when he could have just traded
40084s	in a 3-2
40086s	yeah very odd I'm not sure that was the
40089s	way to go there had to have been a
40091s	reason for it but it just seemed weird
40092s	because a quality plus city tax
40096s	um lets you you know still push past a
40099s	bunch of minions and it's that little
40100s	bit of incremental heal yeah on the game
40103s	may not have mattered because of the
40104s	break points
40107s	um but could have made like the spammy
40108s	turn even just a tiny bit cleaner or a
40111s	tiny bit of extra healing
40113s	um very difficult one to to math out so
40117s	we're now going to move over to Thief
40118s	road we got a tied series one to one
40122s	yeah it's going to be the Rogue from
40124s	Spring going up against the priest from
40126s	Gregorius and um
40130s	oh geez
40131s	yes oh my gosh well you know what let
40136s	this be a lesson to everyone you
40139s	bring decks like these and you get stuck
40141s	in a series like this
40144s	in the lower bracket of a group
40147s	hopefully for worlds TJ lessons will be
40150s	learned
40151s	but yes it is going to be the Rogue
40154s	versus the quest priest we are here we
40157s	are living this life right now to
40160s	generally slow decks uh of course the
40163s	Rogue can just jackpot into something
40165s	huge and run away with the game but the
40167s	priest does have a lot of removal a lot
40170s	of answers to any threats the one small
40175s	tiny glimmer of light TJ is this is
40178s	Quest priest and actually has a button
40181s	that wins the game
40184s	yeah
40186s	unless
40187s	don't
40189s	I don't think I could take this
40194s	there's some weird stuff that can happen
40196s	yeah
40199s	um
40203s	you just got no words
40209s	all my words
40212s	they're all gone you've got nothing left
40215s	that's every word I know
40220s	you've said them you've completed the
40222s	Game of Life
40223s	said all the words
40228s	all right let's get into it
40231s	game three wait no this isn't
40236s	oh it is wait what
40242s	oh this is just a really interesting
40245s	version of it
40247s	it's still jackpot yeah yeah yeah
40250s	it's still jackpot it has like a murder
40252s	accusation which is pretty cool
40256s	it's got a si7 extortions pretty cool
40260s	it's just not got the secrets right
40263s	uh yeah it just doesn't have the secrets
40267s	but I feel like the secrets are just are
40269s	pretty good because you have the uh
40272s	tools that go along with them
40274s	yeah I I like the secrets I actually
40277s	like the secret package more than I like
40279s	the jackpot stuff I would rather just
40281s	play a secret Road deck except I don't
40283s	think really one exists were you
40285s	followed
40287s	all right we got a one two three four
40289s	five here
40290s	for Gregorius
40293s	I mean that's a very solid start to be
40296s	fair like if Gregorius can actually just
40298s	hard curve out then
40303s	the game could potentially be shorter
40305s	than we imagined
40307s	yeah because there's no way that
40311s	Brink can stop
40314s	Gregorius just drawing the card and
40317s	playing it right
40318s	oh yeah you get Proving Grounds from
40321s	jackpot
40327s	I wish you hadn't played this deck
40328s	enough TJ to know these things
40341s	there's a there's a lot of weird stuff
40345s	oh no not Proving Grounds uh whatever
40347s	the other one is the Warrior One
40349s	yeah I know which one you mean yeah the
40351s	worst
40353s	um I think it's the word oh it's Paladin
40355s	wait what card
40357s	uh I'll find it one second
40361s	so far had it happened before
40364s	Gregorius has a nice alternate option
40366s	with the four drop now with drown
40371s	means he doesn't have to just throw out
40372s	another wing on board which again is
40374s	useful like I said earlier this priest
40376s	does run a ton of removal but you
40378s	generally want to use it as removal and
40380s	not Tempo tools for the fact he has that
40383s	drowned to just say go away to a minion
40385s	seems pretty soft lines
40390s	uh Paladin it's Paladin front lines
40393s	summon a Minion from each player's deck
40395s	repeated until either side of the battle
40396s	Battlefield is full
40399s	okay
40404s	that's the one I was thinking of
40406s	wait how is that a problem
40409s	what do you mean you don't get the you
40412s	can you can play it and they it pulls
40415s	the uh
40417s	oh yeah
40419s	yeah I know you're right
40422s	yeah so it should be fine if Gregorius
40425s	can actually no there's something
40427s	there's something I know there's
40428s	something I've done it before
40431s	the only stuff I can think of off the
40432s	top of my head is just making them burn
40435s	cards by discovering cards that fill up
40438s	their hands somehow but I can't think of
40440s	an actual scenario I'm sure someone will
40446s	wait can they get mutinous somehow and
40449s	then they're just mutants the five drop
40454s	uh
40458s	there's gotta be a way yeah there's
40460s	always a way what's that I did it before
40462s	what it happened I feel like you made
40464s	this up TJ without proof no I didn't I
40466s	didn't I didn't I didn't I didn't
40468s	okay okay here's what here's what it was
40472s	um
40474s	the
40476s	ah it's the throttle that you get from
40479s	reconnaissance okay
40482s	um the uh four Mana two six
40485s	priest death rattle card that gives you
40489s	a copy of a card in your opponent's hand
40491s	which is called an incriminating psychic
40495s	okay
40497s	and then you get identity theft
40500s	and then you steal the code you identity
40502s	theft is The Shard
40505s	but then the game ends though on the
40507s	deck
40507s	but then the game ends because the other
40509s	player does it yeah so at least
40511s	something happens
40517s	on the bottom of the deck yeah just just
40520s	keep us up on the action I'm like
40523s	looking for ways that okay go sideways
40525s	EJ I've got one question for you before
40527s	you go
40528s	what action what
40532s	got him
40535s	uh there's another one too
40537s	um it's tooth you tooth into
40541s	uh
40545s	what God I can't remember names of Arts
40548s	you're just making up cards TJ it's fine
40550s	you could admit it I'm not I'm not
40553s	foreign
40565s	and then
40567s	you get the Harvester of Evie
40569s	after you play a card copy from the
40571s	event steal the original
40573s	uh
40576s	and then you just never play it and then
40578s	spring just never plays the win
40580s	condition and just says we're gonna
40581s	carry on I'll beat you in fatigue yeah
40587s	or it's their last card you play you
40589s	hold on to a perjury the whole game and
40592s	count pick counterspell as you get to
40594s	get the one and six for the maid secret
40596s	gamer spell
40599s	oh now this jackpot on both sides that's
40601s	what we want
40603s	ease
40605s	pyro and all foul breaks loose
40609s	yeah
40612s	yep I got that the other day when I was
40614s	playing this uh the rogue deck and it
40616s	did nothing
40619s	yeah
40621s	gotta be a demon somewhere in here
40626s	you think there is no
40629s	there will be by now means that are
40631s	demon
40632s	that must be
40637s	I refuse to believe that they have zero
40639s	demons
40640s	or is it they don't have demons because
40642s	priest itself is a demon
40646s	yeah
40648s	there's got to be a demon there's not
40652s	the time has come
40657s	yeah there's none
40659s	okay well the one thing there is is a
40661s	pyroblast that's also a wing condition
40664s	yeah Gregorius can uh
40667s	nickel spring down to 10 Health
40679s	y I miss TJ plus progress we still need
40682s	a six
40684s	I miss when Shadow priests was
40686s	overpowered
40689s	we should bring back those decks
40706s	[Laughter]
40711s	do so much value it's a new show where
40715s	we're gonna start
40716s	um it's just clips of us making these
40718s	noises and you've just got to decide
40721s	whether we're laughing or crying
40723s	he called lafo cry
40729s	it's a clever name well look
40732s	you understand the game right
40734s	it's from knowing the name of the show
40739s	how much time to think through this uh
40741s	option here basically if it says five or
40743s	six on it I think that's what we're
40744s	going for
40747s	I didn't even see the spell on the uh on
40749s	the left was a clear conscience
40752s	sure yeah I was clear conscious
40757s	oops come down now
40769s	what do you even take
40771s	my shower it's still probably horn right
40777s	to be obvious
40782s	and then just hope you don't get that
40784s	one
40786s	okay oh
40793s	or any other mix any death rattle mechs
40798s	other classes
40800s	I don't think Hunter's got any hunter
40803s	you stop them right
40809s	Mage has death row mix right
40814s	I was saying that the only one I could
40815s	think of is actually neutral but it's
40817s	no space Elemental is an elemental
40819s	I know
40821s	I was thinking of the big boat or the
40823s	big ship
40829s	that was a mother boat I think it's
40831s	called
40833s	that's neutral Ring's like yeah got it
40836s	off
40838s	pick the Finley
40841s	um I mean there's a
40846s	public I'm struggling a Midas
40851s	I'm like I can't remember card names I
40853s	can't remember anything
40855s	which is live for 12 hours
40857s	I can't remember what my life was like
40860s	before this series it was so long ago he
40863s	couldn't have had this match like first
40866s	or never I don't know or never sure why
40870s	didn't they just win TJ oh
40874s	yeah your Town's not bad the otar
40879s	oh wait gregoris is still waiting on the
40881s	six cost right
40884s	yeah
40888s	high five
40898s	wait a minute
40900s	wait a minute what if am I waiting to
40902s	bring Place theater
40907s	picks whatever card from your gorus oh I
40910s	was gonna say and gives him scabs so
40911s	they can play a rogue mirror
40917s	they burnt a five drop wasn't a six drop
40920s	so it's fine does have the near the
40922s	Drake to be able to clear this up
40924s	or condemned depending on Mana
40927s	utilization
40929s	I don't know what else is going to do
40931s	this turn so I just wonder whether he
40932s	wanted Dominion
40933s	another Drake's now the Drake's not
40936s	always active it's the quest it's our
40940s	only hope
40942s	this Whirlpool is our Obi-Wan of this
40945s	game oh
40947s	you want another theater do you want a
40950s	queen ashara
40953s	early Theo tar right because then you
40956s	just failed Todd full of the queen of
40958s	shower
40959s	I wonder
40962s	who Birds
40964s	one drum
40967s	yeah I took the theater
40970s	he gave him all foul breaks loose
40974s	all right let's start with a tooth
40977s	or the hero power in it too now we can
40979s	start with the trade that's fine too
40998s	foreign
41006s	I guess
41008s	yeah so they both die makes sense may as
41010s	well use the cards also is in fact a
41012s	queen as well
41016s	wait TJ you can win now right
41021s	you can you can pull out all the Minions
41023s	so they can never complete the quest
41027s	oh neutral not what he was looking for
41036s	their own menu okay
41044s	yeah what if you did front lines
41047s	wait a minute
41049s	what's been dry all
41051s	along far ahead of the
41054s	head of the
41055s	um wait oh that wouldn't work either
41058s	because there's uh oh yeah I'd work for
41060s	sevens if you pull out mutinous and
41062s	behemoth
41064s	they can never get a seven oh my God
41067s	is it actually the correct play
41070s	yeah but then you're just faced with a
41071s	board full of potentially you just died
41074s	yeah like you you get like two Spirit
41077s	guides two light shower Elementals a
41079s	behemoth you're like ah but they can't
41083s	Conquest reward me from your deck you're
41086s	pulling a Knoll a couple of tricksters
41088s	that's fine a Maestra
41094s	all right we made it
41098s	quickly now we just need seven to eight
41100s	and then now on the back nine of the
41102s	course
41104s	and then grigors does have a little bit
41106s	of extra card drawer now with that
41108s	Cathedral
41109s	bring
41112s	all right looks like yeah he's gonna
41115s	have to go for Contraband stash because
41116s	he's just got nothing else or something
41118s	of the jackpot now
41124s	I love that summoning order
41128s	wait was that it
41130s	[Music]
41133s	yeah that's it
41135s	we've been in for this long and that's
41137s	all Contraband stash could do
41141s	is that that's all we'll get
41145s	really
41152s	okay
41154s	so TJ this feels fancy but could this
41157s	not have just been whirlpool
41162s	you progress that Quest
41175s	oh I think they're quite bad as well
41182s	they're certainly not good
41184s	all right here we go we got a Mite on
41186s	the bottom of the deck
41188s	get to the Shadows
41191s	wait what
41195s	oh no because it was shoved
41198s	okay it was what I'm talking about the
41202s	uh the deck was shuffled
41205s	oh yeah
41211s	the first meter she can just rest easy
41214s	the first video yeah but yeah but drown
41216s	puts it to the bottom of the player who
41219s	drowns its deck right
41226s	I don't think so you drowned an enemy
41230s	minion and then that minion goes to the
41231s	bottom of your deck and that's the
41233s	second meter he just some yeah
41237s	I think so anyway
41238s	yeah yeah
41240s	I think you're right
41248s	my bad shows how much I played drowned
41251s	okay you just keep working on that way
41253s	that Rogue can win it it can't the two
41257s	ways that it can happen
41261s	you front lines and you you pull out
41264s	their sevens and you stop from
41266s	completing the quest and then somehow
41267s	you also kill them
41269s	it's like you you need Trickster
41272s	you need to pull front lines and
41274s	whirlpool
41276s	and then you trickster front lines and
41279s	then trickster Whirlpool okay
41282s	most importantly also you also need to
41284s	have something to kill off your minion
41285s	because you'll summon minions until the
41287s	board is full so the board will be full
41289s	so then you need to have a trickster
41292s	front lines
41294s	bone spike your trickster and then you
41297s	trickster again any Whirlpool boom no
41300s	way to complete the quest
41301s	and then as soon as you draw seven you
41304s	play it so they can't identity that
41308s	Hans perfect
41310s	easy
41312s	oh we didn't need to play the whirlpool
41314s	okay
41319s	as I Relic the sanctified
41324s	foreign
41327s	s of healing coming out
41330s	from jackpot jackpot time
41333s	what what can jack get that will get the
41337s	zirella
41342s	wait the um
41343s	oh no maybe not
41346s	I'm in TJ mode thinking of crazy stuff
41349s	yeah he needs a way to discover a rogue
41352s	minion
41354s	then he gets the new minion that people
41357s	play that if you have a secret you can
41359s	throw away a card from the opponent's
41361s	Gravedigger yeah to put it back in the
41364s	deck and then hope it's the last card
41368s	and you'd probably still lose
41380s	again
41386s	doesn't even want to flip her friends
41387s	beforehand
41395s	I guess the attack's off though now with
41397s	the two threes right
41399s	definitely very clean
41415s	this clean the scene is very smooth
41417s	there's possirella right okay
41421s	all right here we go
41424s	count it down 16 cards remaining
41434s	come on top of the deck
41438s	foreign
41446s	Bowl action
41452s	I mean this is probably just denaturis
41454s	at this point right
41458s	at least from Spring's point of view uh
41461s	that's deal damage right from
41465s	from zirella
41468s	oh yeah just anatrius but like go and
41473s	there's double Wicked stab in the deck
41476s	ah it's divine tall turn
41481s	oh yeah if you like this whole series is
41483s	divine troll time but you know
41487s	oh only a couple one on the actual
41489s	attack
41491s	attackable minion and then they can
41494s	attack
41495s	I mean it's putting on pressure how big
41497s	is dinathrius that's the question it's
41499s	been in hand for about 20 years by now
41502s	TJ
41503s	okay so next turn is like Tess Wicked
41507s	stab face
41509s	right and then dinathris to finish
41514s	well I mean there's a chance depending
41517s	on how this goes I'm guessing gregoro
41519s	still has to just Whirlpool this I was
41522s	gonna say there's a chance it's just
41523s	hero power Wicked stabbed in atheros
41528s	could be
41529s	you say the the uh medal lives
41535s	oh
41549s	I did not react he could have killed the
41552s	Knoll also by just buffing it
41555s	can't be
41558s	he also could have just started the turn
41559s	by buffing the Knoll yeah I could have
41561s	just drawn the the thing right yeah it
41563s	could have just won the game yeah
41566s	but this could be a it'd be three
41568s	through theater but it'd be a dead Knoll
41575s	no denaturis now that is such a big deal
41578s	what is it was it 21 I think I saw
41583s	you have no idea
41585s	[Music]
41589s	oh oh okay yeah that's the good one yeah
41594s	I'm trying for two hits on the theater
41596s	okay but not on the null okay
41602s	remember the screenshot I sent you the
41604s	other day
41607s	oh there's another one
41610s	I mean infinite
41614s	oh my God
41618s	next turn can replay to actually get oh
41621s	objection
41622s	okay
41624s	I mean Gregorius uh he's in a test with
41628s	desperate Perry I think that's
41630s	counterspell hey
41632s	surely this is Finley right
41636s	so spindly for the win
41641s	I mean it's probably nice probably
41642s	Whirlpool more reasonably but
41645s	what would you do with the family what
41647s	were you what are you trying to get
41649s	the win condition
41651s	oh the 10 Mana spell that you can play
41654s	yes just so it's finally in hand
41659s	finally after I'm not saying he had to
41662s	do it straight away good just AOE first
41664s	then spindly yeah
41667s	he now knows it's not count as well yeah
41669s	there we go get those cards to the
41671s	bottom they don't win you the game
41673s	yeah well it's just gonna get eaten by
41674s	the objective
41676s	but at least he knows
41686s	how many fragments are there
41688s	many
41690s	the tracker actually say
41692s	uh apparently four but I'm not sure if I
41695s	believe that
41696s	uh no it's all six of the cards that are
41699s	left in the deck are oh no there's one
41702s	prep and five shards okay wait no no
41706s	because one is the uh all fell breaks
41708s	loose so yeah it is right there's a prep
41710s	in all felbergs lose and four fragments
41712s	and once again the Divine troll doesn't
41716s	hit the Minions that attack
41718s	and now there's two yeah and that's
41720s	again but okay hit the prep oh wait the
41722s	moment they're going again
41727s	replays objection as well but regardless
41730s	of knows now to that subjection right
41734s	he knows it's not trying to spell so he
41736s	knows if he gets hold of the win
41737s	Condition it's game over yeah but he
41739s	can't play dinathrius
41742s	right now and there's a lot of damage
41745s	there's two Wicked stabs in hand
41755s	I mean I I feel like it just has to be
41758s	right now
41760s	I think it does
41765s	um
41770s	what about hero power light bomb
41775s	that leaves a and it leaves 12 on board
41779s	yes
41782s	he died a double Wicket snap yeah
41790s	and if you just play light shower
41791s	Elementals
41796s	I mean it's got to be like I think he's
41798s	dead
41800s	I also think he's dead because of the
41804s	double Wicked stops right
41806s	yeah
41808s	so you got to take out the uh
41811s	colossal
41813s	yeah
41814s	oh wait I didn't even count the two one
41816s	I forgot one of the the little oily
41819s	Thing Lives
41821s	14. yeah it's dead
41832s	oh my gosh that's insane
41836s	how does that even happen
41843s	uh even the dinathris was stolen like
41846s	all sorts went on that game but it just
41849s	wasn't enough the infinite Mida
41851s	was enough there for spring to get the
41853s	win
41854s	and wow
41856s	there's more where that came from
41861s	them didn't win because then we could
41865s	have had on one side another game of
41867s	defrog but on the other side they're not
41870s	game of quest priests yeah well now it's
41873s	just Paladin left for spring
41876s	um and I'm just waiting to see what uh
41879s	gregoris is gonna lock in next I go back
41882s	to the Paladin so we're at the Paladin
41884s	mirror or a priest versus Paladin
41886s	matchup and we'll have to see how this
41888s	one goes TJ you look very happy in this
41891s	thank you
41892s	I want to have Saul's day
41895s	yeah put his feet open does nothing as
41897s	usual
41902s	but yeah the this was this is a
41905s	mind melter this one isn't it imagine
41909s	being just either of these two players
41912s	playing through that not only this whole
41914s	series which is obviously going on for a
41916s	while but this game
41918s	and then imagine you gregoris after all
41920s	that you just get got
41923s	and it's happened twice it happened in
41925s	the maid versus Paladin game yeah like
41927s	felt like he was in such a good spot
41929s	lost
41930s	priest felt like he was in such a good
41932s	spot lost
41933s	[Music]
41936s	okay
41938s	gonna be the last deck for spring it's
41941s	the Jailer Paladin
41944s	standard build of it not a single card
41947s	uh difference across wait no there is
41950s	there is it's yeah I couldn't quite see
41952s	what was different but something was is
41954s	it the restaurant
41957s	um uh yeah it's one bunker Sergeant for
41960s	Gregorius uh yeah Russ no they both have
41963s	one restaurant Viper
41966s	um
41967s	[Music]
41970s	uh the ragnaros
41972s	so it's minus
41974s	so it's plus minus one ragnaros
41978s	plus one bunker Sergeant there's also a
41982s	Battlegrounds Battle Master in Springs
41983s	list and not in uh gregoris as well oh
41987s	geez now I have to find another
41988s	difference oh wait two spammy two
41991s	treasure gods
41994s	and no treasure guards in gregoris
41996s	either
41997s	oh geez there's so many different yeah
41999s	there's there's differences
42002s	no venomous carpet so Springs is more
42005s	focused on early game it seems and
42007s	fighting against maybe the more
42009s	aggressive decks
42010s	because there's uh smaller like game
42014s	Power whereas
42015s	uh maybe not because Gregorius has a
42018s	spammy
42020s	yeah I think they've just tacked
42022s	differently right because even though um
42025s	spring doesn't have like rag for example
42028s	it's been background's Battle Master
42030s	right like even though it doesn't heal
42031s	like that does a ton of extra damage
42034s	especially if you've got like Jailer and
42035s	denaturis already on board so he's got
42037s	like a bigger finisher and some a couple
42041s	of different or earlier game tools
42043s	probably mainly to fight warlock I
42044s	imagined
42045s	yeah
42049s	that's gonna be a pretty
42052s	sizable menu now although it's that I'll
42055s	actually pick treasure guard right
42057s	okay
42061s	really it's not too heavy
42067s	playing cards yep
42070s	that's what you like to see though this
42072s	would be a nice little clean xirella
42076s	and that'll be Quest completion as well
42079s	at least the first portion one two three
42081s	four
42083s	sorry one two zero four
42086s	that's definitely how numbers work
42095s	and
42098s	Minion because a five is where like a
42102s	spirit guide would be
42112s	rip the light it burns
42116s	hope it's not spell oh he's gonna check
42122s	okay well it worked out okay I ended a
42125s	free prayer
42127s	nice
42132s	reporting for Duty
42134s	the Queens travel this forbidden
42138s	oh hey treasure god there
42141s	yeah we can start thinking about
42144s	um ordering the court now
42148s	and also TJ this is what I'm talking
42150s	about let's pick up the pace of play I
42154s	like this I've got a five drop I need to
42156s	play a five drop boom five drop played
42158s	next
42161s	step the light guides you
42166s	pick a throwaway spell to test for
42168s	counterspell Reckoning
42170s	though invigorating sermon
42176s	that's me wouldn't play order this turn
42178s	but oh wait I'll take it and not play it
42181s	anyway okay yeah I can throw the service
42183s	Bell into the counter spell
42186s	try not this turn you can just do it for
42188s	free next turn
42190s	in varying sermon has to be really good
42193s	though because that's just permanent
42195s	stats because once the jailers played
42198s	they can't be messed with
42202s	hey just have to use it this turn if he
42204s	wants it for free though right isn't
42205s	three one was the only draw or make it
42208s	oh yeah right indicator yeah so you will
42211s	have to throw that now if he wants to
42213s	test for it for free he decides he does
42215s	not
42216s	okay
42217s	oh that is the juiciest nether Drake
42220s	look at that
42223s	is but does it progress the quest no but
42227s	none of this stuff does the light shower
42229s	right yeah
42231s	easy slime light shower ever
42235s	let's see
42246s	only gonna have to think about this uh
42247s	ordering the court
42253s	and Gregorius has the mutinous which
42256s	Order in the Court will guarantee a good
42258s	muteness Target is at least in the hand
42260s	[Music]
42263s	just decided to throw it away into the
42265s	cow spell okay
42269s	I would rather have the invigorating
42271s	sermon oh my God we'll drop off the Bell
42277s	yeah or the Bell yeah I mean service
42279s	spell can be
42281s	uh pretty good
42282s	is it better than the backbone of your
42285s	deck though you just play Sarah spell
42287s	and then pick the other one I guess
42291s	but that seems like extra steps to do
42294s	the same thing yeah and also not even
42297s	close to a carry along curve at this
42299s	point
42300s	yeah but maybe he doesn't care maybe he
42303s	wants to eat out a little bit more value
42304s	in the deck before he uh
42306s	tailors it up and destroys it I mean he
42309s	played invigorating sermon after all
42311s	like
42312s	he needs to get some value out of it
42315s	just get a couple more minutes from the
42317s	deck before you uh
42319s	Order in the Court and play the jailer
42337s	I'd look a potentially going for the
42338s	theater to try and steal a seven drop
42344s	the Caroline so this is a 5'4
42348s	that is an accurate statement
42354s	oh there's a five
42357s	not that good
42360s	it's not right now
42363s	still not bad actually a pretty buffed
42366s	bunker sergeant
42369s	I was on 70 what was the violent that he
42370s	played
42374s	you played the uh the five drop taunt
42375s	right the whole uh holy Shadow spell
42379s	draw that's right that's weird
42383s	looking right at it and I don't even
42384s	remember
42387s	my question will be discovered either
42391s	the question here is
42394s	Gregorius just play Whirlpool next turn
42399s	well if a light Ray comes out yeah
42402s	okay but say the board wasn't
42404s	threatening
42406s	would you just play whirlpool and just
42407s	say well yeah it wipes the board but
42410s	I have my zyrela next to
42414s	yeah
42416s	so right
42421s	building a bit of a a race against the
42423s	clock
42425s	what
42435s	hasn't really played many Paladin cards
42437s	this game
42438s	oh
42442s	that's a bitter eight
42444s	mm-hmm
42447s	or Viper oh now you don't need Viper
42450s	what am I talking about
42453s	the shot and the game goes you've only
42456s	half one
42458s	you get half a win
42470s	what is this discover even from
42474s	different Universe at this point I don't
42476s	know quickly
42479s	hand and deck
42481s	is there a third option oh it's scorpion
42484s	it's a scorpion oh okay
42490s	just like not even seeing which means
42491s	yeah
42506s	their righteous defense is
42510s	large
42522s	I went in the theater
42525s	hold on to the theater for when the bus
42526s	is complete
42533s	oh really
42538s	Bad Manners
42542s	that correct
42552s	we've gone to some strange places this
42555s	game TJ first The Order in the Court has
42557s	been thrown into account spell
42559s	and now the Theo tar being used to just
42562s	do stuff
42566s	I mean I guess it's 11 12 but this
42569s	priest deck is like 80 removal like it's
42572s	not like you surely you know spring
42574s	isn't expecting it's 11 12 to live
42580s	now that Gregorius has seen the the atar
42583s	can just go ahead and yeah go away we'll
42586s	pull this away
42587s	yep
42593s	I must consider there's no muteness in
42597s	the deck
42610s	now look how bad the hand is here for
42612s	spring oh it's terrible well
42616s	the reason people believe in play
42619s	Paladin right now is because it has
42622s	Order in the Court right because this
42624s	looks like the Paladin hands we used to
42626s	see known people were playing pal did it
42629s	was just like well you need to curve
42631s	exactly right or your hand's gonna be
42633s	trash you always need carry along curve
42636s	but this board has just been batted away
42638s	here from gregoris die rather than
42641s	Sanctified hits the board and now it's
42643s	just a matter of time in Gregorius not
42647s	only has like Leviathan tons of AOE
42649s	still left over but he just has a Carol
42652s	of his own
42653s	time has come
42655s	he's going to give him all the time in
42657s	the world
42658s	oh oh kind of oh
42664s	Paladin can stop us nope
42668s	ah not a single way
42672s	right you know what they should do for
42673s	game five
42677s	rock paper scissors
42682s	oh it's Paladin versus Paladin yeah oh
42685s	geez okay Jayla versus Jayla let's go
42688s	I'm ready for that TJ
42697s	at that point Mass but yeah and
42700s	Gregorius takes the victory
42704s	we're going to game five
42706s	as TJ just said Paladin versus Paladin
42709s	and they're you know bringing this
42710s	background to some actual sensible
42712s	Hearthstone discussion I do think spring
42715s	had multiple questionable decisions in
42718s	that specific game I think yeah the risk
42721s	in the Order in the Court the whole sort
42723s	of build of the deck uh into a potential
42726s	counter spell when he had better spells
42729s	to just throw away into like the zero
42730s	cost Bell and then just not ended up
42734s	getting the second one and then also
42736s	just going for the um the theater I get
42739s	like in this position there it's a big
42740s	threatening minion but gregoris is
42743s	barely up to kill anything in this game
42744s	right so the hand is obviously full of
42748s	like a million different ways to remove
42749s	the ball or at least the one big minion
42751s	on it
42752s	yeah yeah it was
42756s	not not sure not sure you know theatar
42759s	obviously was probably like a 1-3 to
42763s	even hit the zyrella at that point but I
42766s	feel like with the way the game was
42767s	going you take those I mean it's better
42769s	than in utero right yeah yeah
42775s	it was another one but I will say as
42777s	well as TJ mentioned before uh today has
42780s	gone just a little bit longer than
42781s	yesterday And as time is taking on of
42784s	course uh it's awkward times for The
42787s	Players especially on the Asia Pacific
42789s	side of uh the time zones uh towards
42791s	that way so they're probably going to
42793s	feel it a lot more than we are about
42795s	it's gamer hours
42797s	well I'm an old man TJ my gamer hours
42800s	are in the solid Sunshine hours of the
42803s	day so this is the Europe uh
42806s	time zone tournament
42808s	but like uh
42812s	um
42813s	this is like a specific middle of the
42816s	night if not very early morning right
42818s	well yeah it's exactly they're exactly
42820s	12 hour difference from me it's the
42821s	opposite clock so the tournament started
42823s	at 2 30 p.m and it is now 2 30 A.M
42827s	that's incr for uh for a gamer schedule
42830s	that's incredibly reasonable no it's not
42834s	this gamer not me not me either the same
42837s	boat as you
42839s	know game number five again it's been a
42843s	while to be fair but if you've forgotten
42845s	what the stakes are for this match the
42847s	winner moves on
42850s	face xmg in the decider match for the
42854s	group the winner of that we'll move on
42856s	to tomorrow and have a chance at the
42857s	world championship
42858s	the loser unfortunately
42862s	is done not only for the day but for the
42863s	weekend
42864s	whip your whistle
42869s	and it's coming down
42870s	with Jailer Paladin mirror
42875s	how else would you want it to end
42878s	uh literally any other way how about
42881s	that
42883s	okay maybe not that okay you got me
42887s	yeah you got me there regoris does have
42890s	the restaurant Viper ready to go I would
42893s	imagine it's very unlikely that we'll
42895s	ever see that Trader build away
42897s	yeah you'd just rather have it

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