[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Fall Championship | Day 3 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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963s	if you didn't literally have like 15
966s	over lethal
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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 Celtic
982s	tickets back takes the Victory and Habu
985s	gabu is your summer champion
998s	foreign
1001s	to the Hearthstone Masters Tour fall
1004s	championship and it is Championship
1006s	Sunday here we're going to be finding
1008s	out at the end of today not only who our
1011s	full Champion Shelby but who the next
1013s	four players joining us at the world
1016s	championships in December shall be and
1019s	we are really just jumping right into
1021s	the meat of this tournament today Gia
1023s	that is absolutely right Derek we are
1026s	down to our top eight the other half of
1029s	the field unfortunately having not made
1031s	it through as of yesterday but now it's
1034s	kind of funny because it's the first set
1037s	of matches the quarterfinals where all
1039s	the marbles are on the line here players
1043s	playing of course Conquest the format
1045s	that we all know and love by this point
1047s	and it has made for a very interesting
1049s	mix of light up strategies here with
1052s	three of our players I think going for
1054s	aggro and all three of them being
1055s	successful and make it making it through
1057s	to the top eight
1059s	indeed yeah and the format that we're
1061s	going to be playing today is of course
1062s	Conquest as we've come to expect you're
1064s	going to be bringing four classes uh
1066s	sorry four decks from four unique
1068s	classes each player bands one from the
1069s	other and then when you win with the
1071s	deck it's crossed off so each of our
1072s	players have to win with all four of
1074s	their decks as often is the case that
1077s	can lead to one deck that is incapable
1079s	of getting a win and so far this weekend
1082s	I feel like that's pretty decisively
1085s	being the uh the Demon Hunter uh as
1087s	things have gone on
1089s	let's see how that will shape up for the
1091s	weekend uh but for what our players are
1093s	playing for uh this weekend at the full
1096s	Championship uh top four is absolutely
1098s	what every single player here wants to
1100s	hit to get that spot at the world
1102s	championship but already just for having
1104s	made it through to the top eight every
1106s	player you see today gets at least three
1108s	thousand dollars
1110s	that is right first place walking away
1113s	with 7.5 Grand which is the prize amount
1116s	that abu-gabu already won earlier this
1119s	year he is the reigning seasonal
1122s	Champion
1122s	um having won the spring championship
1124s	and he has the chance to win the only
1126s	other seasonal championship of the year
1128s	of the last three years in fact and what
1131s	a feat that would be he himself has
1133s	already booked a spot through two worlds
1135s	so it's possible that there are you know
1137s	additional slots up for grabs here
1142s	running us through our action from
1144s	yesterday we saw Bunny Hop after taking
1145s	an unfortunate first loss of the uh this
1148s	series coming back with a full uh 3-1
1151s	sweep thereafter this is Shaman for me
1153s	looking actually like a uh uh very very
1156s	inspired bring uh as hey ajiru given us
1159s	a little bit of the old Razzle Dazzle
1161s	that we've come to expect from him
1163s	sailing through uh to the uh the
1166s	quarterfinals here as we're going to see
1167s	him today through the winners bracket
1169s	match after a difficult first series but
1172s	kind of a breeze verse bunny offer that
1175s	is right then we got to witness love
1177s	star vs zochi here which did end up with
1181s	zochi just falling short at game five
1184s	and that's been the case of so many of
1186s	these Series going all the way in the
1189s	full distance here bunny Hopper of
1190s	course still getting a second chance
1192s	because he did win his first match and
1195s	in the decider managed to clutch it out
1198s	he will be joining us throughout the top
1199s	eight today and that marks the end of
1202s	love storms run through the tournament
1203s	unfortunately I know TJ's a big fan
1206s	yeah but the uh the love storm is
1208s	eternal this is merely the eye of the
1209s	storm the combo it rages once again next
1212s	year uh with spring taking a a
1215s	surprising quick loss there he was one
1216s	of the players that I thought could be a
1218s	uh a real unsung hero of the tournament
1220s	a dark horse that's coming to do very
1222s	very well indeed uh but taking a loss
1224s	there to xmg and then a similarly Grim
1227s	tale for Gregorio sailboat in this
1230s	series and the uh the rest of the day as
1232s	well as booster's full combo lineup or
1235s	heavily leaning combo lineup I suppose
1237s	would be more accurate despite drawing
1239s	some ridicule on social media has so far
1242s	actually just been looking very strong
1244s	yeah it's true he drew ridicule from
1246s	Gregorius himself saying what is this
1249s	lineup and usia just said he's not
1251s	afraid of theater got theater in every
1253s	game and still managed to win the series
1255s	that is the best way of convincing
1257s	someone that the lineup is real if you
1260s	ask me also did pretty well against xmg
1263s	who was running Agro which is the real
1265s	unique thing about Usher's lineup even
1267s	though it has a combo spin to it a lot
1269s	of the decks still have a lot of
1271s	anti-aggro capability especially that
1273s	charge Warrior then we had spring versus
1275s	Gregorius in the elimination match which
1277s	ended very dramatically with the Jailer
1280s	on both sides after an intense two-hour
1283s	Gauntlet of a series it was spring in
1286s	the end who made it through
1288s	yeah just on and on and on that series
1290s	seemed to go uh and then a slightly
1293s	quicker Affair here with xmg being able
1297s	to take the win over spring and as I
1299s	said spring a player that I expected to
1301s	go through to the quarterfinals uh but
1303s	Falling In the End to xmg meaning we
1305s	still have some amount of Representative
1307s	sorry representation for China which I'm
1310s	glad to see given their recent very
1312s	strong performance at the Masters pause
1313s	we want to see them in with a uh a
1316s	better shop here or a good
1317s	representation here at the full
1319s	championships uh but aside from that
1322s	it's uh kind of a spread of the uh the
1325s	real regions left in here of APAC Europe
1328s	and uh China as well yeah I think I'm
1331s	still allowed to react positively to
1332s	that even having yeah to any I I'm you
1336s	know a pack at heart still but anyway
1338s	look at this quarterfinals absolutely
1341s	stacked every single match has a huge
1344s	name in there and there's a chance that
1347s	they all uh sorry there's a chance that
1349s	they go through to the world
1351s	championship and add that to a list of
1353s	players that's already incredibly
1355s	stocked we were just talking about this
1357s	before the broadcast started this is
1359s	probably the most intense worlds we've
1361s	ever seen in the history of hearthstone
1363s	in terms of the accolades of the people
1365s	that have already qualified through and
1367s	there's still four slots to hand out
1369s	that's exactly right yeah we were
1371s	talking about this just before we went
1372s	live like there are a couple of Worlds
1374s	that you know you could definitely
1375s	debate the the caliber of player uh as
1378s	to which is the most stacked but this is
1379s	right up there towards the top of the
1381s	discussion without a shadow of a doubt
1383s	in no small part because what are the
1384s	players that we have already guaranteed
1386s	to be there is uh habugabu who has had
1389s	an unbelievable performance so far this
1392s	year already winning Masters tours
1394s	winning this uh summer Championship the
1396s	uh the earlier iteration of this
1398s	tournament earlier on in the year and
1399s	now he's very possibly in with a shot of
1401s	getting the back to back doing so in
1405s	honestly almost nomatic fashion here
1408s	bringing his Warrior to this tournament
1410s	which is a deck that when I saw it on
1412s	social media
1414s	honestly I kind of thought
1416s	I would say it was a troll but I thought
1418s	it was him kind of playing for fun more
1420s	so than really trying because he's
1422s	already qualified to Worlds he's already
1423s	won the previous tournament he's very
1425s	much cemented a name for himself now
1428s	but having said that it's actually
1431s	looking pretty good here in this
1432s	tournament
1433s	I mean the other day he just rocked up
1435s	won a series real quick and peaced out
1437s	and now he's here again on Sunday and
1440s	that just makes it so I think in theme
1443s	with habug's year it just makes it look
1445s	so easy he's been such a huge influence
1448s	on The Meta itself across every Masters
1450s	Tour across top ladder ranks he's been
1453s	the Pioneer or the refiner of many
1456s	different archetypes so I think it's no
1458s	big surprise that he's coming up with
1460s	something spicy for the tournament again
1461s	it is a surprise that it is in Rage
1464s	warrior in particular but it does fit
1466s	well in the context of a lineup which is
1468s	mainly aggressive here we have the
1470s	mailbox sorry the tempo Rogue we have
1472s	the aggro Demon Hunter and the wig
1474s	priest on both sides and we just have
1477s	that Warrior replacing Zoo from
1479s	tensoku's lineup and I think uh that
1482s	does make a lot of sense for Abu Dhabi
1484s	to go for because between zoo and curse
1486s	and warlock it just feels like
1488s	um Chris has so much more reliability
1491s	these days and it just doesn't
1494s	necessarily go all in on aggro though so
1496s	to have an equally reliable but more
1499s	aggressive deck than that in the arrange
1501s	enrage Warrior is I think a stroke of
1503s	Genius exactly yeah it's it's partially
1505s	the fact that cursive warlock as you
1507s	said doesn't necessarily fit into an
1509s	aggro strategy per se and also that has
1512s	just made no secret the fact that he
1514s	does not believe in the power of cursive
1516s	warlock he thinks it's just not a very
1518s	good deck and you should not be playing
1519s	it uh on ladder or especially in
1522s	tournament play and then if you look at
1523s	the other aggro decks you have to fill
1525s	in the blank it's aggro Druid which
1528s	looks pretty atrocious so far or this in
1531s	Rage Warrior which is very much a home
1533s	brew but when I heard him talking to uh
1535s	to hunt race a little bit about this
1537s	deck you know uh Casper was asking him
1540s	have you been playing much Hearthstone
1541s	recently and comparative to the insane
1544s	amount of Hostage he's been playing
1545s	earlier on in the year he's taken a
1547s	little bit of taking it down a gear in
1549s	terms of his play but this is the one
1551s	deck he has been jamming a lot when he
1553s	is playing and he's been having pretty
1555s	good win rate with it along the way
1557s	definitely believing it to be an
1559s	underrated deck making use of some of
1562s	the Buffs that have come a long the way
1564s	to warrior in the last couple of patches
1567s	uh most importantly I think to that
1569s	imbued ax which is such a Powerhouse
1572s	card I absolutely agree this card even
1574s	when it's not infused can give you so
1577s	many stats and it's not too hard to
1579s	infuse in many scenarios because the
1581s	deck is so heavily stacked with one
1583s	drops you make sure you always curve out
1585s	and then there's a couple combinations
1587s	you can draw in the early game like
1589s	location into crazy Gretch which against
1591s	certain matchups like if you're playing
1593s	against a raptor it can basically end
1595s	the game on the spot that is just too
1597s	much attack for them to deal with but
1599s	over to tan soku here has had tons of
1601s	Masters Tour appearances as well not
1603s	quite as sparkling of a resume as three
1605s	consecutive top eights but he did win a
1608s	Masters Tour himself this is a battle of
1611s	two Masters Tour winners within the same
1613s	year his overall win rates slightly
1615s	lower than habuz but honestly anything
1617s	in the Realms of mid-50s and above is
1619s	impressive to me and he definitely has a
1623s	similar idea with the lineup as well
1625s	going mainly aggressive here and we do
1627s	have the mirrored bands of the Whig
1629s	priest so it's going to be very
1630s	interesting to have a quick and
1633s	fast-paced matchup that's right uh even
1635s	though tansoku may not have the star um
1638s	you know the star-studded numbers in
1640s	terms of Mt scores that we've seen from
1642s	out temu give police some of these other
1644s	APAC Representatives who are right up
1646s	towards the top of the leaderboard in
1647s	terms of wins and win percentage uh he
1650s	got the win he managed to win a Masters
1652s	Tour which is what you're it's all about
1654s	in the end and I think playing very well
1656s	there along the way and coming in with a
1658s	bold strategy here again with the full
1661s	aggro lineup on the other side the more
1663s	conventional build of full Agro I think
1666s	if I was to build for Lagro it would
1668s	come out a lot closer to this than
1670s	obviously to haboo's with the warrior in
1672s	there as well and I think it's gonna
1674s	lead to some very very interesting
1677s	uh interactions between the two players
1680s	lineup with the warrior I would have to
1681s	guess actually being in a pretty good
1684s	spot as uh Warrior does seem to be at
1686s	its best when it's fighting these dense
1688s	little board battles where all the
1691s	weapons and the enrage effects can have
1692s	so much extra value uh but against the
1695s	Rogue that becomes a little bit more of
1698s	a questionable Prospect because while
1700s	you could certainly classify this as an
1702s	aggro deck a little bit Loosely uh but
1705s	that it's trying to just get a big push
1706s	of board and then burst for a lot of
1708s	damage uh it doesn't drip feed out a lot
1711s	of minions it really tries to go for one
1712s	big pop-off turn which makes the removal
1715s	potential for Abu gabu a lot less of a
1717s	certain Prospect
1719s	that's right and on the flip side the
1721s	removal for a tensoku is very effective
1723s	in the match-up whether it just be
1725s	rushing scribbling stenographers to get
1728s	value trades serrated bone spikes that
1730s	can completely
1732s	um destroy the early board game plan
1734s	from habugabu and if the deck is not
1736s	able to curve out the warrior does
1738s	struggle getting that end game damage
1741s	through sometimes they can cheese an end
1743s	game even having gotten off board by a
1746s	drawing the hero card Cara early enough
1748s	but it doesn't feel necessarily likely
1751s	that abu-gabu can come back if tansoku
1754s	manages to remove the early threats and
1757s	for now there is the bone spike in hand
1759s	as well as tooth so that could be on the
1761s	menu soon yeah the kind of hand it feels
1764s	like it's got a lot of potential but
1766s	maybe not there quite yet
1769s	could just be seeing something that can
1771s	Bridge him through off the tooth of an
1773s	atharian some kind of tempo three or
1776s	four cost spell
1778s	inner or an innovate yeah for a bigger
1780s	pop-off that doesn't seem too bad
1783s	yeah I mean even if the next turn is
1785s	like innervate bone Spike to kill
1787s	something and then Play Edwin that's a
1789s	successful turn it could be double bone
1791s	Spike as well however the trogs make
1794s	this a little bit awkward because the
1796s	first bone Spike doesn't actually remove
1798s	a trog when they're too on board
1800s	oh cutless though very clutch
1806s	yeah no way to get the edge one down
1808s	alongside it so we're just taking a nice
1810s	simple setup turn here
1813s	I don't think he needs to go for a bone
1815s	Spike now
1820s	I I think of the punishes
1823s	it's intertolver like for taunt I think
1826s	is kind of the worst that can happen but
1827s	then obviously you can just
1829s	uh bone Spike that and attack him I
1831s	guess
1832s	stroke would then proliferate so there
1834s	are punishes for for not doing so but I
1836s	think the upside is is much much higher
1838s	saving these bone spikes for a potential
1840s	location uh or draca top deck
1843s	it's going for the temple rakara is
1845s	habugabu to try and protect the
1848s	um trog from the Cutlass but oh man this
1852s	is double bone Spike Edwin
1855s	I think it's got to be yeah it sucks to
1857s	use the bone spikes but it's rakara we
1860s	all remember the power of this card from
1861s	The Rock Warrior days
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1866s	prep oh my gosh
1869s	and I would say this is a matchup where
1870s	you certainly don't want to step Edwin
1872s	once especially once it gets any Buffs
1874s	on it
1876s	that's kind of funny you could tell he
1877s	was considering the innovate that as to
1879s	whether yeah if he top decks
1881s	specifically you're out of concealment
1882s	uh yeah prep vate well a great idea for
1886s	a new podcast I don't think is a great
1888s	play
1893s	how dare you try and compete with coin
1894s	concede with your prep fit
1898s	yeah I mean it was interesting whether
1900s	he was supposed to
1902s	play innervate before the prep at all I
1904s	mean it's a very unlikely outcome that
1907s	you get exactly shroud and that's
1908s	obviously the biggest reward for going
1910s	late first so
1911s	um
1912s	perfectly fine to just still have the
1914s	six six here and have the one draw
1916s	because Habu is still pretty far behind
1919s	here he has drawn
1920s	um rakara the hero card which will take
1924s	a lot of time to get to but that's the
1927s	one way to maybe stabilize here
1931s	thank you
1933s	foreign
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1948s	with innervate it seems you know not out
1952s	of the realm of possibility that he
1954s	plays the scribbling for free this turn
1956s	as well yeah not at all
1959s	yeah shroud and he gets the war Master
1961s	for free maybe the second one as well
1964s	and this really feels like the kind of
1966s	match-up where if you just go wall
1968s	Master wall scribbling stenographer you
1971s	win the game right you don't need to hit
1972s	a location or a dragon necessarily at
1974s	all huh what about an extra prep and
1978s	door of shadows as well oh my goodness
1982s	I think you can just go with
1983s	stenographer and chill but sure keep
1986s	drawing the Edwin Buffs itself anyway
1989s	now it's damaged think of the enrage
1992s	value for happy oh yeah that ogre that's
1996s	it plus one plus one before she dies
2001s	before happy dies
2005s	well
2006s	that's the game oh yeah this is why no
2010s	one plays Warrior now it sucks
2016s	nice sample size
2023s	too diligence finding ways to survive on
2026s	board
2028s	but he is simply dead to the 18 on board
2031s	plus tooth plus dagger
2034s	indeed yeah sounds like a good double
2036s	triple checking I like that we've seen
2038s	from our players this weekend even when
2040s	it's like fairly obviously though they
2042s	have been like triple quadruple
2044s	quintuple checking their mouths just to
2046s	make sure to avoid any meltdowns if you
2049s	have the time why not tensoku getting
2052s	super hyped off of one win and we did
2055s	talk a lot about his year
2058s	um in the pre-show which I actually
2060s	think I maybe didn't do enough Justice
2062s	because we did a lot of comparing to
2064s	habugabu's resume there but tan soku in
2066s	terms of experience I think has been in
2069s	competitive HearthStone for longer than
2071s	habugabu that's a name I remember from
2073s	like 2015 maybe even 2014 tanzok who's
2076s	been on the grind for a very very long
2079s	time he is the only APAC Masters Tour
2082s	Champion which I'm gonna choose to say
2084s	that says good things about him rather
2086s	than bad things about the rest of APAC
2088s	and I'm just really happy that he has
2092s	gotten such a good year finally after
2095s	all the hard work and time he's invested
2097s	into Hearthstone two more wins and he
2099s	could book himself a win through to
2102s	Azaria slot at the world championship
2104s	and
2106s	um I guess compared to some of the other
2108s	opponents this is an easy one to route
2109s	for tensoku for because habu's already
2111s	in that's right yeah yeah and I gotta
2114s	say a very good guy there as well
2116s	because if that was me in that situation
2118s	if you can get the honorable kill on
2120s	your opponent with tooth I always take
2122s	it because then they have to actually
2124s	concede the game to lose or they just
2126s	have to sit there on zero Health on the
2128s	Discover screen which is a very cruel
2129s	but I find quite amusing whereas tansoku
2131s	obviously one of the most lovable guys
2133s	in Hearthstone not so uh cruel to his
2136s	opponent there but getting the win as
2138s	you said absolutely huge two wins away
2140s	now from the spot at world and we're
2141s	gonna see Habu transitioning over to his
2143s	own version of Roku which is a little
2146s	bit more akin to the old version of
2150s	Miracle Rogue that we saw where you
2152s	still have Maestra plus the wild poor
2153s	Knowles in there do you have any strong
2156s	feelings about this version over the uh
2159s	just the pure coin variant that we're
2161s	seeing from most players
2163s	I mean they
2165s	they have their merits I feel that this
2166s	version is slightly better against other
2169s	aggro decks because having more Rush
2171s	potential with wild panel and uh
2174s	Discovery I suppose I mean there's tooth
2176s	in both of them
2178s	um but the null mainly for being able to
2181s	trade on board is very very good but the
2185s	upside of the mailbox version is of
2187s	course a higher ceiling because you're
2189s	able to play all those coins step it
2191s	back buff up your locations even more
2194s	and your Draka even more so I think it
2197s	sort of depends on what you are trying
2200s	to Target over as a whole and I kind of
2202s	thought that when you're running the
2204s	aggro lineup you want to be as good
2205s	against Druid for example as possible so
2208s	I thought more people would lean towards
2209s	the mailbox version but for the purposes
2213s	of the Agro mirror I feel like having
2214s	Knowles and upside
2216s	yeah I agree completely I've seen it a
2218s	couple times on ladder as of late and in
2221s	just a couple of short weeks that Rogue
2223s	has not been such the PowerHouse it was
2225s	before I really do feel like I've
2227s	forgotten the power of null already it's
2230s	just really not to be uh underestimated
2232s	in terms of its ability to lock down
2235s	these early boards like you say the
2237s	aggressive potential perhaps a little
2238s	bit lower but against the aggro Demon
2240s	Hunter that we do see tansoku is going
2243s	to be lining up uh I do like this
2246s	version I think the the slightly higher
2248s	slightly lower pop-off potential is
2250s	worth it for just the ability to lock
2252s	down these boards right at the start
2253s	even if I will say one of the biggest
2256s	differences you're going to find between
2258s	the three attack null and the old four
2260s	attack null is the ability to kill off
2262s	bibliomite which it just feels like
2264s	every deck in the game now gear cannot
2267s	deal four damage that early that's right
2269s	the buff to biblio mate is huge for this
2272s	exact purpose it just lines up so well
2274s	against every other minion at that Mana
2277s	cost and against ducks that don't want
2279s	to get on board it's just dealing so
2281s	much damage and the deck just really has
2285s	been put together nicely by the addition
2287s	of sightless magistrate I feel like is
2289s	the card that makes this consistent
2291s	enough that you don't feel bad shuffling
2293s	cards from your hand back into the deck
2295s	because there are so many ways to draw
2297s	them back lots of damage Potential from
2300s	this Demon Hunter but if they fall off
2302s	early on the board it can fall apart so
2306s	we shall see pensoku's opening hand has
2311s	you know good cards but I feel like he
2313s	needs to be aiming higher against Rogue
2318s	what is what is higher what does that
2320s	look like in this I think it's less
2322s	greed maybe not the fossil fanatic the
2324s	glaive I can see him keeping to deal
2327s	with early Knowles potentially
2329s	but yeah
2331s	um bibliomite is higher
2336s	yeah a metamorphin can be really nicely
2339s	started again that four Health break
2340s	point that's uh so clutch but needs to
2343s	find a way to cleanly activate well both
2345s	of them now at the same time
2349s	right the multi-strike being the
2351s	cheapest fell spell in hand now but if
2353s	he does pick up the slithers beer cheap
2356s	Naga then this hand really comes
2358s	together
2360s	it's uh wow okay that's a nice top deck
2362s	uh is the Warlock hero power good for
2364s	Habu gabu here like it usually is
2368s	I
2369s	it kind of depends on the play out of
2373s	the game because if the Demon Hunter
2374s	really really high rolls and gets their
2376s	damage going quick enough then it does
2379s	feel bad to have damaged yourself but I
2382s	think in most outcomes it's still a net
2383s	benefit to have those extra cards in
2386s	hand get the external discounts and
2388s	potentially have more procs on the
2390s	location because Habu is just building
2392s	up for one big turn of his own to swing
2394s	against whatever board that tansoku had
2396s	built by that point
2399s	I'm pretty disastrous start though
2401s	comparative to what you would expect for
2403s	Tan soku with a decent play on this turn
2405s	I suppose in getting down to two Mana
2407s	three four uh but the rest of his
2409s	follow-up looking so weak whereas happy
2412s	gabu's off the other side is like uh an
2416s	artisanal hand-crafted bespoke hand this
2419s	does not get any better
2421s	I just said three words that's mean the
2423s	same thing Artisan not handcrafted but I
2426s	guess not like bespoke means it's for
2428s	someone in particular right exactly
2433s	all right not redundant I'll let you
2435s	have it
2436s	oh these cards are bespoke for tansoki's
2438s	face because he's gonna be feeling very
2441s	soon yep
2443s	it's painful to have to use multi-strike
2445s	just to activate one of these
2449s	metamorphins especially when you have
2451s	the glove equipped but tansoku realizes
2453s	he doesn't have much time to fight back
2456s	against the board just get whatever
2458s	damage you can in in the early game and
2460s	then try to go
2462s	um just straight to the Dome after that
2463s	the sightless magistrate presents some
2466s	potential for this but it feels like
2468s	he's going to get pushed off the board
2471s	really quickly and race to lethal faster
2475s	this does now push
2477s	uh oh no you can still get Drucker down
2480s	I was gonna say it looks like you might
2481s	lean away from the bracket here uh but
2484s	it you can get it down it just means you
2485s	have to play the stenographer after here
2488s	uh which is still okay I think that's
2490s	probably more valuable than getting the
2492s	sinstone graveyard down because of that
2494s	one turn of uh initiative you get with
2497s	the weapon being able to swing right
2498s	away that's right it's a clean two turn
2501s	lethal setup for Habu and it means he
2503s	has so few cards in hand left that the
2506s	sightless magistrate does as much good
2508s	for him as it does sounds so cool
2514s	oh that is not enough damage for Tan
2517s	soku
2518s	so there's fear is nice to activate the
2520s	predations but he needs a t and then
2522s	he's only got what eight next turn
2527s	yeah realistically he's looking at a
2528s	board clip plan if he could top deck
2532s	ladies thano is dying then right to the
2536s	minions plus the weapon right
2540s	yeah I don't think any singular draw
2543s	gets tensoku there over two turns
2546s	however Habu
2549s	hasn't drawn additional damage for
2551s	himself so he doesn't quite get the
2553s	lethal immediately but there's so many
2556s	chances to find either that or a way to
2558s	clear the 5-4 while preserving all this
2561s	pressure and so could just deliberating
2563s	whether he should kill the stenographer
2566s	oh yeah I guess it's not actually such a
2568s	necessarily easy swing right if you were
2570s	to top deck
2572s	if the numbers worked a little bit
2574s	differently I'd consider holding on to
2575s	it like if you had a damage buff spell
2577s	in hand already and then you could top
2579s	deck multi-strike then it might be worth
2581s	holding on to but with none of that as a
2583s	possibility
2585s	just clear off the damage uh you need to
2587s	clear the board now
2596s	with ghost face yeah
2603s	uh in terms of Shadow stuff I don't
2606s	think the Draka can get a bigger dagger
2608s	this turn by stepping than it was last
2611s	turn but I don't know haven't done the
2613s	math
2614s	I suppose juices up the location a
2617s	little bit more if you wanted to go down
2618s	that route on this turn sure
2622s	seems pretty well Juiced enough in my
2624s	opinion by just taking two with your
2625s	bones tooth location
2643s	the shadow step
2644s	end
2652s	oh okay he's trying to play around
2657s	multi-strike yeah that's not like and
2660s	second glaive exactly
2662s	it is such a strange looking play but I
2666s	think it's correct for him to just
2667s	assume this is literally the only way he
2669s	loses right
2672s	I I yeah I guess if it was like
2675s	multi-strike glaive
2679s	Yuri chaos strike the fury would have
2682s	buffed it to above five attacks all
2684s	right yeah but I'm thinking he also
2686s	needs to be able to fit in the manor to
2688s	go slitherspoon plus double uh uh double
2693s	predation to have any chance of getting
2694s	enough damage I don't know like I think
2696s	Habu Gabby was probably still right and
2698s	saying if there's anything I'm not
2700s	considering here it always involves some
2702s	kind of a big uh multi-strike glaive
2704s	combo uh but I think he knew as well as
2707s	we do there probably wasn't anything
2708s	there anyway
2709s	yeah that's fair I mean even if
2712s	he hadn't necessarily put together the
2716s	out for tensoku with the right Mana in
2719s	mind I feel like the principle of the
2721s	play of just giving him as small a
2724s	window as possible to deal any damage is
2726s	correct because there is no way that
2728s	tansoku gets out of range of the dagger
2731s	and the stealth minion even if Habu
2733s	damages his own minions so it's like
2735s	what is there to lose just very
2737s	interesting
2738s	um I distinctly remember Habu going for
2740s	a playback in the back in a few Masters
2743s	tours ago of like pinging his own Minion
2745s	to also play around
2748s	um multi-strike it just seems very on
2751s	brand to me
2753s	agreed yes just it's the kind of thing
2754s	that Habu gabu would think about he has
2757s	uh a very unique perspective of the game
2761s	I think and one that has clearly served
2763s	him very well one that generally I think
2764s	does lead to the more creative deck
2767s	builders
2768s	um you know like him uh like Jamberry in
2771s	particular they uh are mad geniuses
2773s	undeniably
2775s	uh but a much better start here looking
2776s	like for Tan soak of a lot of synergy
2779s	and just a lot of early oomph uh to
2781s	these cards that is right the biblio
2784s	made early is always a Herald of good
2786s	luck but oh wow very good friendly
2788s	options both the Hunter and the Warlock
2791s	one synergizing well with what the duck
2793s	wants to do but given the quality or
2795s	lack thereof of habugabusan I think
2797s	that's an insta warlock pickup
2803s	all right
2805s	so many ways to approach this opening
2808s	for tensoku I am curious if there's a
2811s	good enough setup that lets him get
2813s	multi-strike with battle sworn Vanguard
2816s	down in the near future maybe that's not
2819s	worth it because the whirling combatant
2820s	it's not as though there's no way for
2822s	abu-gabu to deal small AOE so he's just
2825s	going for the bibliomide first which
2827s	challenges the Finley nicely but I doubt
2829s	it's going anywhere but face
2831s	yeah I do really like the uh fossil
2835s	fnatic chosen to be kept over the
2836s	Vanguard as well I think his hand really
2838s	needs a little bit of extra value uh in
2840s	the next couple turns
2844s	so here is the question does he commit
2848s	fossil Fernando go on the off chance
2850s	that he gets the multi-strike for two
2852s	draws next turn or does he play around
2854s	ax and just equip the glieve after
2856s	attacking if you like the second is is
2859s	more well well advised agreed yeah it's
2863s	just too scary because it's not only the
2865s	ax it's also recara uh that could kill
2867s	her off as well there's just a tad too
2869s	much for my liking
2871s	foreign
2877s	part about playing Demon Hunter in the
2879s	aggro mirrors is that your sightless
2881s	magistrate is almost certainly going to
2883s	draw your opponent cards as well but in
2886s	the context of habu's hand because the
2888s	curve is kind of heavy maybe it doesn't
2889s	draw him too much
2893s	yeah and potential it may even be the
2895s	kind of play where you don't go for
2897s	magistrate uh on turn four if there's uh
2900s	any kind of alternative board clear
2903s	options available especially with the
2904s	glaive already equipped hmm
2910s	so clear on The Fanatic available many
2914s	different ways like you could combat and
2916s	use location on The Fanatic you could
2920s	combat and use location on the combatant
2923s	you could double location The Fanatic
2926s	but overall this one seems like the best
2929s	because it preserves the most health on
2931s	your combatant
2933s	oh okay I think this feels like a worthy
2936s	uh detour from the Magistrate on this
2939s	term with the dispose of evidence picked
2941s	up plus the multi-strike you can get rid
2943s	of
2944s	Eerie I suppose right and then okay I
2949s	was gonna say yeah you go dispose get
2951s	rid of the fury attack into the the
2953s	three six then equip chaos strike and go
2955s	face with the rest
2958s	yeah I mean this does still push the
2961s	same amount of damage I think
2965s	or oh sorry you wanted to Fury after a
2969s	chaos strike afterwards sorry so okay
2970s	I'll strike okay pushed a tad more
2972s	damage but you know this does give the
2974s	opportunity to go dispose of evidence
2976s	next turn still which may be the
2978s	flexibility of that is still worth it
2983s	foreign
2986s	that sucks
2991s	now he probably puts the chaos strike
2993s	back just as the most expensive one
2997s	and then I don't know if he plays Fury
3000s	before or after the magistrate though
3002s	because it's obviously just being used
3004s	to cycle right
3008s	probably don't even play it yeah combos
3011s	you're looking for obviously
3011s	slitherspoon predation would be insane
3014s	but anything other than that
3017s	I don't know I think it's still probably
3018s	worth it this Fury just does literally
3019s	nothing I'd rather have the one manner
3021s	available
3024s	four four tonsoku
3028s	I just got the chaos strikes about oh
3030s	that's terrible
3034s	he does walk away with it
3036s	fairly good chunk of damage uh on the
3038s	next turn uh but another taunt waiting
3041s	to come down and really a lot of damage
3044s	starting to rack up for Habu now right
3046s	that's a crazy direction as well
3050s	maybe this is the turn to just get Olga
3052s	down so that she can deal face damage
3054s	and also remove the 5-4 trade a trog
3056s	into it first
3062s	yeah please I thought the UFO people
3063s	would recognize anime extractor your
3066s	oh sorry oh my gosh
3074s	I was just talking about how scary I
3076s	thought this card looked I guess I'm not
3078s	scared of it anymore
3081s	all right I guess Habu
3084s	um prioritizing getting the taunt down
3086s	instead which is also very important he
3088s	is just at 13 which is doable in some
3092s	worlds for Demon Hunter on 6 Nana even
3094s	without a board
3097s	look at that as well plus one plus one
3099s	working really nicely there uh but I
3102s	guess now actually trying to just buff
3103s	up the uh the chalk for a four or five
3105s	as well oh that's so sick Yeti trog yeah
3110s	oh man
3114s	look at that difference making out even
3116s	if a Naga is
3117s	bound the uh the health total will be
3120s	too high on the tolvi for the predation
3122s	to kill it off right he got
3125s	multi-strike oh
3129s	you know does actually now kill it off
3132s	right because it'll go down to one
3133s	Health right after the predation but
3137s	it's just not enough damage
3139s	to kill
3142s	nor is it enough removed from the board
3145s	I think to protect from rakara he can
3147s	survive on board from what he sees
3154s	actually
3155s	or if he can with the trucks plus the
3158s	location waking up maybe at like one
3159s	Health but it's it's very close
3164s	foreign
3165s	oh yeah I forgot to count the location
3175s	yeah playing the fury just adds another
3177s	trog so it doesn't actually remove more
3180s	damage by letting Steno attack so might
3182s	as well hero power and go face
3188s	and then yeah despite actually
3190s	yeah it does survive on board but not
3193s	against Ultra
3194s	yeah not again slogan not against red
3196s	car pick the litter here for Abu gabu to
3199s	turn this series right around after an
3201s	0-1 start with the warrior just falling
3203s	flat on his face now we're getting a
3205s	better look at the power of the deck and
3209s	again the power of banking Mana in decks
3211s	like this even with just a one Mana
3213s	location we saw both of them being drawn
3215s	at the start being so crucial to that
3219s	game right from the get-go killing off
3220s	opposing minions keeping the board clear
3222s	in the mid game and then really opening
3224s	up the potential uh for these mid-game
3226s	power spikes it's true and I think from
3230s	this series we're really starting to see
3231s	the interplay of the different types of
3233s	Agro decks because all of these in
3236s	theory are very good against Druid for
3238s	example which does nothing in the early
3240s	game Demon Hunter being one of the best
3242s	ones in my opinion but their
3244s	interactions with other aggro decks you
3247s	really start to see how different they
3249s	can be because the Demon Hunter if
3251s	they're playing against other aggro
3252s	decks they're just letting your opponent
3254s	draw even more a lot of the time from
3256s	your magistrate and it's necessary to
3258s	play that to even have resources whereas
3260s	that's like the warrior and the Rogue a
3263s	lot of their aggro tools can also double
3265s	up as removal and get them ahead on
3268s	board in these more aggressive mirrors
3270s	and I guess none more so than wig priest
3274s	which is why we've seen that band on
3276s	both sides in any case it does mean now
3279s	that Habu is left only with one deck to
3282s	take down the series and that is his own
3285s	outdoor Demon Hunter
3287s	it is indeed I think pretty similar
3290s	lists uh when all things are said and
3293s	done uh but tan soku is going to be
3295s	taking a uh match off his own Demon
3297s	Hunter and instead lining up the the
3299s	curse imp Warlock the deck that Habu
3302s	himself has been maligning from the
3304s	get-go here really not believing in the
3306s	power of it so for tansoku not only a
3308s	win here to equalize things here uh but
3311s	to the potential to make Habu eat his
3314s	own words and truly prove the power of
3316s	this deck as it's really been an up and
3318s	down story so far this weekend for the
3320s	Warlock day one it was looking atrocious
3323s	day two it felt like it was just drawing
3324s	the nuts back to back every game killing
3327s	your opponent with wild libraries uh on
3329s	turn four or so uh but uh how are you
3333s	seeing the interplayer here like
3334s	speaking of the different kinds of aggro
3336s	decks cursimp is a very unique one in
3339s	the meta game right now and is it gonna
3341s	stack up well against aggro DH
3343s	uh well it really depends as to whether
3346s	they got the day one tour the day too
3348s	dark and that can be so Stark the
3351s	difference because this deck is doing so
3354s	uh well two very disparate halves of its
3357s	strategy if they manage to land the
3359s	early curve and challenge the
3360s	bibliomites
3362s	um the English circle is especially
3364s	effective against Demon Hunter then they
3366s	can certainly have enough Health to try
3368s	and fight back and then get the win in
3371s	the late game but if they miss even one
3372s	turn of response the amount of bursts
3374s	available to Demon Hunter is very very
3377s	scary
3379s	I wish you have to see for tanzoko I
3382s	hope he can keep his nerves in check
3384s	here uh as we've said he has been
3386s	playing competitive HearthStone for a
3388s	very very long time and I think he kept
3390s	it in check pretty well in the
3393s	the last Masters Tour that he was able
3396s	to win but you know we can see from a
3397s	camera he's a very emotive person uh
3400s	when he's not frozen uh got his eyes
3404s	closed most of the time he is a very
3406s	promoted person uh and wears his heart
3409s	on his sleeve so I hope for his sake
3410s	that he can keep his uh nerves in check
3413s	and we get a good game from him both
3416s	players with very good opening hands oh
3419s	yeah um tansoku kept two one drops and
3422s	found a third to make the curve super
3425s	clean and start pushing damage
3426s	immediately but Habu with Dread prison
3428s	glove and multi-strike has the potential
3430s	to fight back and he's also on coined
3432s	with steno predation probably next turn
3436s	though
3438s	I guess yeah the fact that Steno won't
3441s	attack the uh the flame impair would it
3443s	would the one of the one ones does make
3446s	quite a lot worse and yeah the most
3447s	Striker was way too clean
3452s	potential dead turn three for ten so
3454s	cool unless he wants to Tempo times in
3457s	Rome
3462s	and tapping in this matchup feels so bad
3465s	I think your health is so precious yeah
3468s	I do agree it's worth it to try and find
3470s	uh reform a turn earlier because you
3473s	know top decking reform is is not even
3475s	the the goal you need to get it in hand
3477s	now in order to be able to infuse it as
3481s	quick as possible but it does mean that
3483s	tan sloka despite the perfect starting
3485s	hand is starting to see things slip away
3488s	here not yeah at all guaranteed because
3491s	he still has mischievous him for a very
3493s	strong follow-up but this is atheno
3495s	stock on the board that is a nightmare
3498s	by any stretch right oh okay that's a
3502s	clear if you would rather do that than
3504s	mischievous if it's just it's really
3506s	close but
3507s	man there's still coin in hand I feel
3510s	like if I were in 10 soku spot I'd be
3513s	scared enough to remove that
3517s	oh it's so much worse with passing up
3519s	impon4 it's the absolute nuts
3523s	okay he did just see a glaive and Glade
3526s	multi-strike is probably the best answer
3528s	against him but tansoku is caving as
3531s	well here playing a bit safer and with
3534s	the current hand for Habu it's gonna
3535s	work out pretty nice for tanzoku but now
3538s	there's that battles where Vanguard
3540s	drawn so the pressure does not stop here
3543s	it really doesn't yeah coin cultures to
3546s	follow up as well it has to be from
3547s	tansoku either a monstrous push onto the
3551s	board or just curses back to back to
3553s	back he still has time if he can get a
3556s	Bissell wave on turn six perhaps uh
3558s	still time to turn this one around yeah
3560s	that is so not the draw though even
3563s	touch of the notherism with tamzin
3566s	something like that to stabilize but
3568s	that is not the case so Habu now can
3572s	choose whether he wants to just get
3573s	kurchased down or go for glaive
3576s	multi-strike with coin
3579s	pretty interesting
3581s	because it's a lot of benefit he gets
3584s	from playing spells and from attacking
3586s	multiple times because of the minions he
3588s	has stuck on board
3589s	and he knows this is heading into turn
3591s	six and so if you play the kertras and
3594s	trade in the Fel bats
3596s	you're opening yourself up not only to
3598s	Abyssal wave for health but also Tamsin
3601s	which means there's a really good shot
3603s	that your board just gets instantly
3604s	wiped so I do actually think I'm leaning
3606s	towards the the glaive and the
3608s	multi-strike here in some combination
3611s	right
3620s	I drove short
3625s	doing it in this order to save a charge
3628s	on the glaive very nicely spotted
3632s	the most sense and of course still
3634s	leaving his board able to be cleared by
3635s	either tamzid or Abyssal but drawing a
3638s	bunch of cards at the same time and
3640s	importantly saving that instant powerful
3642s	reload in the form of curtress
3644s	and smartly optimizing his board space
3647s	as well getting extra whelps where
3649s	possible and pushing as much damage as
3652s	he can tansoku
3655s	kind of forced on the dreadlich Townsend
3658s	here I think we'll go up to 12 health
3663s	which is enough to stay alive from what
3665s	we can currently see of habu's hand
3670s	are there drawers that get there here's
3672s	seven available right now so I don't
3675s	think there's any individual draw for
3676s	lethal quite yet
3679s	speaking of lethal tansoka is not far
3681s	off from dealing the same but he's only
3684s	had one curse generated so far I think
3687s	so even if it was like brown with the
3690s	Syracuse it's not lethal just yet
3697s	oh my God this is too close Derek it's
3701s	so close it's like the perfect back and
3702s	forth it's like the best turn six play
3704s	for Habu but then the answer on the
3706s	other side happy will be able to redraw
3708s	with uh the Magistrate on the following
3710s	turn but by then maybe tanzok is looking
3713s	at lethal if he can get a tams in or a
3715s	Brand Plus Syracuse pop-off just for a
3717s	bunch of curses yeah he is probably
3721s	forced to play abyssel with this turn
3722s	though
3725s	foreign
3727s	oh and he just doesn't survive against
3729s	that hand if that's the play
3732s	he could now with the top deck of wicked
3735s	shipment because the felt brush won't go
3737s	face then
3738s	oh true
3740s	so not technically dead yet still
3743s	hanging on in there okay
3747s	and the curse means less balls with
3750s	magistrates that's right what's going on
3755s	oh that's
3758s	uh still not lethal no it's still not
3761s	still
3763s	oh man what's the best way to do this
3765s	does he just
3767s	just just give up on like hero powering
3770s	this turn like fell barrage metamorphin
3772s	magistrate it's a board it's a taunt if
3775s	that ever matters probably yes oh man
3780s	does he have to play The Curse
3784s	this one's gonna take another trade
3785s	right so too so even with three and four
3787s	he's still not dead on the following
3790s	turn right which makes me think he can
3792s	keep it in hand exactly yeah this game
3795s	is ending in two turns pretty much no
3797s	matter what either way
3799s	it's prison okay
3803s	going for Fury as our
3806s	s out I think
3808s	that's it
3813s	oh power break for tansoku oh it was
3816s	devastating we don't get to see him as
3818s	well but honestly maybe for the best
3820s	this is a heartbreaker for him he came
3824s	so close to it and uh I have to imagine
3827s	it's mixed feelings here for Abu gabu
3829s	because on the one hand you've done it
3831s	again you're through to the semi-finals
3832s	you've technically qualified to Worlds
3834s	again even though you'd already made it
3836s	on that spot but you've just knocked out
3838s	tansoku who you know how much it means
3840s	to you bringing a near identical lineup
3842s	for just falling at the final hurdle
3846s	that is right my heart goes out to
3850s	tanzoku and to TJ as well he had an
3854s	incredible year tansoku I don't know if
3855s	TJ did maybe he did as well uh it sounds
3858s	so cool having won a master's tour and
3860s	making it through very deep in the fall
3864s	Championship just one step away from
3866s	Worlds definitely a heartbreaker like
3868s	you said but he can hold his head high
3870s	he is still the one and only APAC
3873s	Masters Tour champion and I think we'll
3874s	be seeing more of him in the future for
3877s	now though Spotlight on habugabu he like
3880s	if it were possible to qualify Two
3882s	Worlds twice he would have done it
3884s	that's right yeah yeah
3886s	um and as for TJ I cannot speak to how
3889s	good of a year he's had I would say not
3891s	great considering every story he tells
3892s	right now would be about his children or
3894s	his dogs or whatever the punchline
3896s	always seems to end up as and they pooed
3898s	all over my house so I think it's been a
3900s	stinky year uh if nothing else uh but
3903s	congratulations to Abu Gabby as you said
3905s	it's just really a race it feels like at
3907s	this point as to who's had the best year
3909s	between Fury Hunter and habugabu
3911s	obviously Fury Hunter not making it to
3913s	worlds in his eyes means he thinks this
3916s	year is ending in Failure no one else in
3918s	the world sees it that way I guarantee
3920s	him he's had one of the best years in
3922s	competitive Hearthstone but Abu gabu now
3924s	truly giving him a run for his money
3925s	with uh one seasonal Championship win a
3928s	Masters Tour win a potential second
3930s	seasonal Championship win and who knows
3932s	worlds still to come as well he is just
3935s	on another level from the rest of the
3936s	competition right now
3938s	absolutely agreed and that is only our
3942s	first quarterfinal in the books our
3944s	first I mean oh I was supposed to say
3946s	our first world championship slot booked
3949s	but that's not the case because habugabu
3951s	already has that sauce so we will update
3954s	soon on what's gonna happen there but in
3956s	our other three series there are
3959s	definitely new slots being handed out
3961s	correct yeah and that next series is
3963s	going to be my pick uh in the top eight
3966s	as to who's gonna go and win the whole
3968s	thing eojiru versus xmg I could have
3970s	read the cast this year uh no matter
3972s	what they're competing be you in the Mt
3974s	a ajiru here in the seasonal
3976s	Championship doing a little bit better
3978s	uh we'll see whether he can get the job
3980s	done and book that spot of Worlds after
3982s	this
3986s	foreign
3993s	[Music]
4001s	[Music]
4007s	[Music]
4015s	foreign
4019s	[Music]
4057s	thank you
4060s	[Music]
4094s	thank you
4097s	[Music]
4125s	foreign
4127s	[Music]
4156s	foreign
4161s	[Music]
4183s	fall Championship it's Championship
4186s	Sunday and you know what that means it's
4189s	Sunday
4190s	I'm TJ joined by saddle saddle how you
4192s	doing
4194s	I am doing fantastic TJ we got a very
4198s	rapid opening Series but a very
4200s	interesting one overall uh habagabu of
4203s	course going through meaning that there
4205s	is now a floating World Championship
4206s	left open which will be decided later
4209s	but none of that nonsense this time
4211s	around as ojiru and xmg are going head
4215s	to head with the situation being very
4218s	simple win this match for a spot at the
4222s	Hearthstone World Championships
4224s	that's right lot on the line a lot on
4227s	the line and uh ijiro think he's
4230s	um Derek's pick right I think he just
4232s	told us yep um both when he was casting
4235s	roughly four minutes ago and he told us
4238s	as well right before we started casting
4240s	this
4241s	thing I quote gotta rep the casters
4244s	referring to the fact that eugiro
4247s	actually casts Hearthstone
4250s	um in Japan so it'd be cool take a look
4253s	at the lineups Rogue band away from xmg
4256s	which is the Draka Rogue yep in the Mage
4260s	I think the magement certainly makes
4261s	sense from the side of X and G rocking a
4264s	very aggressive lineup so wants to get
4265s	the Mage out of the way
4268s	yeah I do think that makes sense in
4271s	general the Mage on the other side is
4273s	the slim down version the 30 card
4275s	version can consistently get those early
4277s	freezes and early answers to come out on
4279s	the board uh Relic Demon Hunter is in
4282s	the deck overall it's a little bit
4284s	slower than what we've been seeing if
4286s	you want to call you know habugabu has
4287s	like a true aggro lineup overall
4290s	um Algeria instead is running that Relic
4292s	Demon Hunter slower version of Rogue
4294s	with jackpot Rogue ping Mage and the
4297s	curse warlock as well but you can see uh
4300s	flying the flag for casters very very
4302s	well in general very very strong record
4304s	in the Masters tours overall of course
4307s	as you would expect from someone who has
4309s	made it to this point you'll notice a
4311s	theme in those little stat cards that
4314s	lots of the players who are here in fact
4315s	all of the players who are who are here
4317s	have very good Masters Tour records
4319s	because that is how they made it here
4321s	they grinded through the best of the
4323s	best those 300 plus player fields and
4326s	were in the top performing group and
4328s	therefore making it to this point to
4330s	have a spot at the World Championships
4333s	on the line and particularly now making
4335s	it through to this quarter-final stage
4337s	to have the tantalizing Prospect of the
4340s	World Championships just
4342s	barely Within Reach
4345s	and what deck would you want when the
4347s	world championship
4349s	this jackpot Rogue that's right it's
4352s	gonna be jackpot Rogue for you starting
4354s	things off this is the build that I've
4357s	become accustomed to the with the secret
4360s	package sketchy stranger I just love
4363s	Gravedigger in private eye I feel like
4366s	those are the two cards obviously that
4368s	make the secret package kind of go
4371s	uh obviously the secrets you don't have
4373s	like combat secrets you can with perjury
4375s	and with sketchy stranger the secrets in
4377s	the deck aren't but they provide so much
4379s	utility
4380s	um specifically perjury like you know
4382s	you you usually get that secret out for
4385s	free with private eye and then you get
4387s	to pick whatever you want to try and fit
4389s	the game state which I think is uh
4391s	incredibly powerful though
4393s	uh you you are susceptible to just
4396s	jackpotting yourself out of the game and
4400s	uh we've seen that happen a few times
4402s	but overall I feel like the deck's been
4404s	quite consistent over the the course of
4406s	the broadcast this weekend
4408s	yeah I do think it has a little bit of
4411s	an unwarranted reputation of being
4413s	wildly inconsistent
4415s	um this is a bug bear that I've had for
4416s	a number of years at this point but the
4418s	word inconsistent is used in strange
4419s	ways in Hearthstone like a DEX
4421s	consistency is measured by its win rate
4423s	in useful terms and and nothing else it
4426s	doesn't matter how much you win games by
4428s	or how badly you lose games when you
4431s	lose them how consistent your deck is is
4433s	how often it wins and jackpot Rogue wins
4435s	a lot it's a it's a very high ranking
4437s	deck in the ladder field right now it's
4440s	done fine in tournaments that it's been
4441s	brought to it's done very well in some
4443s	recent tournaments that it's been
4444s	brought to throughout the the large
4446s	field so certainly a deck that can hang
4448s	at this level and if you do want to you
4451s	know harp on about some of that
4452s	inconsistency some of that inconsistency
4454s	can be scrubbed Away by very experienced
4458s	very skilled jackpot Rogue players but
4461s	now looking at the Warlock coming out
4463s	from
4464s	xmg this is more of the a more of an
4469s	aggressive build than we've been seeing
4471s	previously with the curse version you're
4474s	seeing you know molecular and some extra
4476s	board-based threats thrown in there as
4478s	well less of that burst damage from hand
4480s	potential just trying to grab board
4482s	early hold on to it and Snowball the
4485s	game from there which could make for
4487s	example any any nice aoes that aogira
4490s	can pick up from a jackpot super super
4492s	crucial in this matchup
4494s	yeah it's I
4497s	tend to prefer the curse version but
4500s	when you're throwing it in an aggressive
4502s	lineup yup
4504s	I I feel like because you went on this
4507s	rant about the word consistent and
4509s	Hearthstone I just can't use those words
4514s	um
4515s	uh it it gets early board more often
4519s	there you go didn't use consistent
4521s	nicely done I wanted to touched it
4525s	appreciate it
4527s	um yeah but you just have more stuff
4529s	specifically in like the one slot and
4531s	two slot you have additional
4533s	boardwalkers you have M swarm uh and
4536s	then in three you have your king boss so
4538s	uh you're almost always gonna have
4541s	something to do in the early game
4546s	can we all
4549s	off the line
4551s	we are offline lightning here players
4553s	rifling through their early turns uh
4555s	this in-gang boss in the opening hand
4557s	for xmg I think is one of the bigger
4559s	advantages that this deck gets over the
4562s	curse version which is a very irritating
4565s	card overall uh Gia and Derek were
4568s	talking about bibliomai and that four
4569s	Health breakpoint uh yes in gang boss
4572s	comes down a turn later but four damage
4573s	is still very hard to do you just use
4576s	Rogue as an example look at all the
4578s	three damage removal spells that are
4579s	available and you can count null within
4581s	that as well Ray is a three damage
4583s	removal spell that can be used in gang
4586s	boss comes down to turn later but it has
4587s	the added upside is if you if you can't
4589s	kill it cleanly it's basically going to
4591s	fuel that location single-handedly for
4593s	the opponent on a lot of occasions so it
4595s	can be a very very effective card
4598s	I decided to go with the Phoenix Circle
4600s	and get the file Library out right away
4602s	uh which I like right you get the
4604s	immediate buff
4607s	um instead of uh having to set up the
4609s	in-game boss and maybe not having uh
4612s	like an immediate Target so now I can
4615s	set up with imking boss
4617s	and look for uh a big well also it was
4621s	the impending catastrophe right hoping
4622s	for the high upside but IU has a very
4625s	powerful turn is able to heal up the
4627s	null by Shadow stepping uh get the coin
4630s	private eye out to get these secrets so
4632s	when you're forced to be trading early
4635s	on as the import lock
4637s	uh I don't want to say something's gone
4639s	wrong but it just doesn't feel as good
4643s	all about the feel
4649s	you see xmg floating the Mana there on
4651s	the void Walker this is the worst
4653s	feeling in Hearthstone uh I I promised
4656s	myself a long time ago that I would
4658s	never float Mana to play around double
4660s	cross uh it's cost me multiple games up
4663s	until this point but I still refuse to
4665s	do it I'm a man of principal TJ
4668s	I respect that I respect that I mean
4671s	what's a jackpot Rogue going to do with
4673s	extra cards anyway right exactly
4675s	all right they're gonna jackpot more
4680s	no
4681s	but impending catastrophe gone because
4684s	of the gravedigger so uh I need you at
4687s	least uh holding on uh for dear life
4690s	we'll have
4691s	um uh Queen ashar active next turn with
4694s	just one of these spells played from
4695s	hand has played coin uh has played
4697s	Shadow step so you could just prep
4700s	perjury and uh play out the queen of
4702s	Shara but oh no oh no
4706s	there is very much a void Walker in hand
4710s	CJ
4711s	it's not only a smaller minion of course
4713s	as we all know and as no casters have
4715s	ever made this mistake it's not an imp
4718s	which means double trouble in terms of
4720s	the damage that was doing to his board
4721s	stuff oh jeez
4723s	[Music]
4726s	selfie
4731s	well that's this is still incredibly
4733s	powerful though still fine yeah
4735s	gets the Shady bartender down on a board
4738s	full of demons
4740s	and uh
4744s	ice barrier
4746s	yep I mean it's just the most expensive
4748s	you just always pick the Mage one
4750s	because it's the most expensive it's
4751s	supposed to value
4752s	damn straight
4754s	yeah
4756s	a little light tap on the face there
4758s	from xmg like come on wake up this is
4761s	one of the most important games of
4762s	hearthstone you have ever played can't
4764s	be doing sloppy stuff like that anymore
4766s	but as you mentioned is still in a fine
4769s	position overall so it just needs to
4770s	refocus make sure that those mistakes
4772s	don't compound from here
4774s	or compound sorry
4782s	big mistake yeah wait which compound
4793s	okay uh lighter Elemental is quite good
4798s	um
4800s	the a lot of just extra defense but the
4803s	problem here is that
4806s	no oh no
4808s	the problem here is that second Library
4813s	better to play like okanie though
4816s	so okanie
4818s	the upside is you pretty confident your
4821s	opponent has horn in hand right yeah so
4825s	asking him to play another spell before
4827s	that is certainly valid
4833s	foreign
4838s	does mean your board is just a little
4841s	bit more fragile to just what's being
4843s	presented straight up on the other side
4844s	the akani is barely alive on board by
4847s	the way it is alive on board which is
4848s	important of course but barely so
4853s	and that's not good enough even with
4854s	trickster to play another spell for free
4856s	not enough Mana to play the horn and get
4860s	the Colossal down in the same turn which
4861s	of course will be necessary here
4871s	I think this is just going to be game
4872s	one with that location
4878s	Elementor so effectively at 17 you have
4882s	to get to the like Trail Elemental and
4884s	push 17.
4886s	true I don't think uh yeah after the
4889s	value trade over the 404 Ray it's not
4891s	not going to be enough
4893s	yeah or a trade over the six four
4899s	and then make the break points really
4901s	awkward on the light shower yeah I kind
4902s	of like that too yeah so otherwise uh
4905s	the
4906s	uh MK boss would trade over and still
4908s	leave one imp on the board for the same
4910s	amount of M Spotlight Trail elements
4911s	will be gone bro
4917s	the bartender plus Library
4920s	needs to deal sixth push 16 damage
4923s	through plane tried six and then 10 12
4926s	14 two off I think
4930s	oh no doesn't even get the clean trade
4931s	with the bartender because the button
4933s	yeah the boss is less than that now all
4936s	right can I get a gigafit this is the
4938s	one weakness of the just straight up M4
4940s	lock is outside of sire danathrius
4942s	there's just no damage from hand so if
4945s	your board gets cleaned up
4948s	oh actually in Contraband stash two yeah
4952s	so you could replay a light shower
4953s	Elemental
4955s	and a nice barrier uh the ice barrier
4958s	was from uh I was yeah it was cast from
4961s	the sea oh I still hadn't killed okay
4962s	okay so needed to do the the Contraband
4964s	stash
4966s	um in order to get it oh no that's not
4969s	it Perino that's all right now
4976s	yeah I needed um yep there it is
4978s	baby Behemoth I don't think behemoths
4980s	would have even been enough but more
4982s	specifically just gigafin right that
4984s	would have been the only thing that
4986s	could have
4987s	uh fully saved
4989s	um even hydrauldon wouldn't have been
4990s	enough to take off enough power on board
4993s	um yeah so game one going to xmg
4997s	he saw again just to the end because he
4999s	got his little full screen moment that
5001s	just a little tap on the face just
5002s	saying come on you got away with one
5004s	there that was a little bit sloppy you
5007s	need to tighten things up if you're
5008s	gonna get through this one xmg
5010s	definitely feeling the pressure maybe
5012s	feeling some of the time zone here as
5014s	well uh of course time zone like a crisp
5018s	6 p.m in China right but absolutely if
5022s	they
5022s	if you are starting to play a day of
5025s	hearthstone at 6 pm and yesterday
5027s	happened then you are messing up your
5030s	body clock significantly right even if
5032s	the time of day right now is not
5034s	necessarily cruel uh it has been
5037s	certainly yesterday in general the
5038s	players who played yesterday have really
5040s	been through the grind in terms of the
5042s	length of day that we had so but more to
5045s	the point you know it wasn't there was a
5046s	mistake made xmg just has to put it in
5048s	the past move on play the best aggro
5051s	Druid of his life TJ
5053s	oh yeah look at that look at that dust
5056s	cost
5057s	it's just beautiful and what just
5060s	everything about this image is beautiful
5063s	there's nothing on the right side
5066s	it does cost the deck list the
5069s	completely empty right hand side that
5071s	Majestic pop-bellied creature that is
5074s	iron deep trog like how can you not
5076s	enjoy looking at this image in front of
5079s	you you look at this and you feel like
5081s	this deck shouldn't work
5084s	there's no way you just don't have
5086s	enough stuff
5087s	speaking of uh Majestic pot bellied
5090s	creatures what do you make of this deck
5091s	over autism
5094s	talking to Derek
5100s	ah oh yeah lorinda's pointing out we've
5103s	got a one two three in the key cards as
5104s	well like this this image is just it
5107s	like honestly we should just look at
5110s	this for 12 hours instead of
5111s	broadcasting Hearthstone I think we can
5113s	all agree this is infinitely more
5115s	pleasing yes it is
5117s	I would I would much rather just look at
5120s	the deck list
5122s	of X and G than actually watch somebody
5125s	play the agrit
5127s	in the words of ustia this deck is
5129s	pretty
5132s	all right whatever here we go
5135s	igear once again on the uh
5139s	jackpot Rogue
5141s	[Music]
5145s	it's a very similar story right and will
5148s	be throughout most of this matchup in
5151s	general or most of this series in
5152s	general I should say
5154s	uh these slightly slower variations of
5158s	decks that aojiru is running does give
5160s	xmg the ability to just get under it
5162s	wherever possible
5164s	and peasant on one against non-demon
5167s	Hunter hero power I spit I Spy on the
5170s	other side what is he he's a priest okay
5172s	making peasant on one very very
5175s	effective
5181s	imagine his hand is not terrible though
5186s	um Noel's gonna cost even if you emerge
5188s	right on turn two
5191s	um assuming you don't draw neutral
5195s	is going to cost one going into turn
5198s	three with a shadow step in hand so yeah
5201s	very likely that it's going to end up oh
5204s	no with Thorn growth centuries though uh
5207s	which is gonna be a real real problem I
5209s	think this peasant is going to
5211s	absolutely run wild this game TJ
5214s	I think this is a fairly easy thought
5216s	growth centuries turn I think the debate
5218s	here is whether or not you want to use
5219s	the coin but that break point that
5222s	you're talking about very easy to
5224s	calculate from the other side as well
5225s	right I think you know that Rush minions
5227s	can do some real damage to your board
5228s	state right now
5230s	yeah go
5233s	um don't stand in the fire picked up
5235s	from Iger though which is uh yes pretty
5238s	good just 10 damage worth of weed
5242s	uh but at least go will get to clean up
5246s	some of these minions
5249s	a little bit worried potentially out the
5251s	following turn
5252s	it's going to okay he's gonna shout
5255s	stuff like there's a merit to leaving it
5256s	up uh just to maybe get a little bit
5259s	greedier and just say
5261s	maybe I get to kill one other Minion or
5263s	I cannot Shadow step this but you're
5265s	just so worried about like potential
5267s	Buffs and
5269s	you know leaving up one minion has a
5271s	have a Snowball Effect oh my gosh
5274s	look at all these cards I know I was
5277s	gonna say like even crooked cook right
5279s	leaving up that extra minion suddenly
5281s	makes it a lot easier to activate cook
5283s	but honestly card drawer is not a
5286s	significant concern for xmg in this
5288s	position
5291s	hasn't gonna trade now yes it is peasant
5294s	has done his job yep
5304s	that's the draw
5306s	very good
5312s	because without that
5314s	you'd be looking at you know maybe
5316s	something like beaming sidekick coin
5317s	Pride's Fury this time with the two
5319s	minions already on board and then you'd
5320s	be creating so much health in play that
5323s	you would be out of range of the stand
5325s	in the fire or I suppose don't stand at
5327s	the fight I can't really abbreviate it
5328s	to the exact opposite of what the card
5330s	actually says can you
5332s	um but with that extra trade coming down
5334s	there's no real way I think that xmg can
5338s	start to build boards now that resist
5340s	that removal that airju has and between
5342s	that and now best in Shell which is
5344s	starting to look very very relevant as
5346s	well
5346s	suddenly looking like a pretty clean
5349s	game for ogiru
5351s	yeah xng using the coin here just to get
5355s	the attack to keep the board clean
5359s	um I was most likely going to play the
5360s	uh cook plus uh jewelry to trade off the
5363s	null it has I think
5367s	yeah double press Fury okay I I prefer
5370s	this I personally like you have two of
5372s	them in your hand and you're not in a
5374s	position where they're really really
5375s	strong cards overall so I think using
5378s	one of them there for middling value is
5381s	worthwhile just to get one out of your
5382s	hand the other two cards are just
5384s	generally going to be vanilla good in
5386s	more situations so I think getting that
5388s	expensive clunky card out of the hand
5389s	does make a lot of sense
5391s	yeah
5394s	oh well
5401s	trog and just lay everything like I
5404s	don't know
5408s	I think so
5410s	get rid of the reef to trade drop the
5412s	truck
5418s	I need this troll to get value right you
5422s	need this second prize Fury to pay off
5424s	especially now that you know the don't
5426s	stand the fire is in the pool
5430s	you know why boards with lots of health
5431s	are about the only way you're going to
5432s	get out of this
5435s	varying off the top
5439s	think that is gonna spell lights out in
5441s	this one
5447s	can uh
5449s	though the soil for attack and hero
5452s	power for a card
5453s	at the end of the turn nice
5457s	cool glorious
5467s	what Prides Fury hero per card the
5470s	answer but that's the last Pride's Fury
5472s	I guess you could discover one
5475s	this is one of those um Planet evidence
5477s	Miracle growth games exactly yeah and
5480s	it's a real talk I kind of actually do
5483s	like the card draw by one method or the
5485s	other
5486s	because you have to dig to planted
5488s	evidence right it's the only possible
5490s	way you're coming back into this game so
5492s	if you're drawing an extra card here
5493s	you're doubling your chances of hitting
5495s	it next turn therefore doubling your
5497s	chances of winning the game from you
5498s	know 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent and
5500s	that's an incredibly large increase
5504s	yep
5507s	oh Tess even just with the it's just
5511s	that don't stand in the fire right
5513s	that'll do
5514s	but that's me plus a stick six I'll take
5517s	it
5518s	yeah this game is over I'm out of here
5521s	let me grab the maid costume real quick
5523s	I'm real flexing this guy
5532s	I mean this is a this board is getting
5534s	built up
5535s	pretty big but again
5539s	I'm gonna go away
5541s	it's going away
5549s	this is going bye bye
5553s	good night only ate Health on board more
5556s	Turtle Power on the other side and that
5558s	will do quite nicely I'm sure xmg is
5561s	gonna scoot this one yes he is and we
5563s	are back to one and one there you go
5566s	thank you aogiro for the Caster that he
5569s	is doing my work for me showing exactly
5572s	what the score is he knows there's a
5573s	long way to still to go in this one but
5575s	that is very very important because
5577s	jackpot Rogue as much as I defended it
5579s	at the beginning of the series it is a
5582s	deck that xmg's lineup can get under in
5585s	the right circumstances right so I do
5586s	think picking up a win with that deck is
5588s	important
5591s	and the next worry I have is got to be
5594s	the Relic Demon Hunter
5596s	um just just draw something out and be
5598s	on coin every game it'll be fine don't
5599s	worry about it yeah easy peasy or just
5602s	draw literally all the removal just like
5604s	double Extinction fell barrage uh
5609s	I don't know even then
5611s	you're opening you're on the coin your
5613s	opening hand is uh benno Extinction
5617s	predation predation boom that's the one
5620s	good golden yep no no you need to think
5624s	bigger right your opening hand is Sigil
5626s	of alacrity predation predation and then
5629s	the sigil draws this then I want turn
5632s	two and then you just win the game
5633s	immediately there you go that's how you
5635s	do it ah okay yeah there you go other
5639s	than that though it's kind of hard to
5641s	deal with white boards early on
5644s	specifically in the case of Prague
5645s	because fell barrage is really the only
5648s	answer to it
5649s	without having to cast us first
5652s	in order to kill it with chaos strike or
5655s	Fury I guess predation would be but
5659s	um this is not like the Acura versions
5660s	it's not playing the Slither Spears so
5662s	it's just the lady steno and the school
5664s	teachers that can actually activate the
5666s	yup predations to make them zero Austin
5669s	so a little bit worried but we'll see uh
5673s	what ajiro can come up with
5675s	in terms of getting through the game
5678s	because obviously the you know even late
5681s	game but even mid game
5683s	uh sometimes for Alexander can be very
5686s	explosive
5688s	though boring for it but obviously like
5691s	we said there's chances
5693s	they're all yeah and I think
5695s	the other problem with this deck is if
5698s	you were going to go for that mid game
5699s	explosive plan uh you can win games
5702s	against the likes of you know aggro
5704s	warlock
5706s	um wake priest even by just controlling
5708s	by by missing out on the early control
5710s	and just exploding in the mid game but
5712s	the problem with that is very often that
5714s	you almost need your discounts from The
5717s	Relic to land on specifically things
5720s	like kirtrous uh the lifesteal weapon or
5724s	like brand school teacher so you can go
5725s	like brand school teacher chaos leech
5727s	kind of stuff right with the nuggling
5729s	and get huge bursts up to stabilize
5731s	because there's only a single copy of
5733s	the weapon in the deck and then there's
5734s	the armor burst that you get from
5735s	kurtress and that is all of the healing
5738s	that you have in the entire deck so if
5739s	you do take 20 damage in the early game
5742s	as a 30 card deck because as you know TJ
5744s	you have pyroblasted yourself in the
5746s	face at the start of the game which is a
5748s	big big deal indeed that can be a real
5751s	real problem so that ability to just
5753s	explode in the mid game kind of Druid
5755s	Style all right do nothing do nothing
5757s	and then just do way more disgusting
5759s	stuff than your opponent can possibly do
5760s	and win the game but you don't have the
5763s	card quality of or the Mana to be able
5766s	to play like raid Bossa nixia Earthen
5768s	scales for example as part of your
5769s	explosive comeback win the game turned
5771s	so it's quite hard to stabilize in terms
5774s	of overall health total in these mid
5776s	game positions there is sigilon one
5778s	though this was part of the equation
5782s	yeah
5784s	and now you just gotta kill as many
5785s	minions as you can for as long as you
5787s	can
5791s	oh there you go
5794s	got a chaos strike yep much better
5796s	solution than the fell barrage I think
5798s	Fel barrage would have been the order of
5799s	business if the chaos strike hadn't been
5801s	drawn but that is a much better solution
5803s	indeed optimal damage three damage to a
5805s	three Health minion you can save the
5807s	fell barrage now to potentially do four
5809s	in the future and draw an extra card
5810s	from the cow strike
5813s	and this is actually going to work out
5814s	great for aogira the fact that this is
5817s	just coin location which I do agree with
5819s	by the way allows him to do this and
5821s	yeah I think you can see he's suddenly
5823s	feeling a little bit more relaxed about
5824s	the situation multi-strike now found oh
5827s	yeah well this is a lot of Minion
5830s	killing ability in the near future
5833s	look at all that green in the hand
5835s	that's what you want to see oh yes green
5838s	for days and a little bit of orange
5840s	splashed in you know you want the alt to
5842s	be green and then when it's your turn
5844s	you want the borders to be green TJ
5846s	that's just how this deck Works yep
5856s	actually pretty nice timing honestly
5859s	with the rest of the hand
5860s	I think that's actually a very very good
5862s	draw double phantasms and a minion on
5865s	board already like it actually getting
5867s	the full Infuse on xymox can be quite
5870s	difficult with this deck sometimes but
5871s	with this hand I think aojiru can just
5874s	kind of count backwards now and work out
5877s	how to play through to turn eight with
5879s	that card as his eventual win condition
5883s	yeah it is going to hold on to resources
5886s	in order to make happen
5888s	um could have used to save some health
5889s	and use the fell barrage but
5892s	while health is uh sometimes a Fickle
5895s	resource
5896s	against Naga priest it's just off the
5898s	board
5901s	I wonder what it is and no idea yeah it
5904s	didn't even catch the text
5905s	as it slid into the hand
5908s	this will be fell barrage phantasms
5910s	three minions now on board two more to
5913s	come from the second copy of phantasms
5915s	and then could potentially curve
5917s	straight into that zymox
5919s	and pray that the removal Relic goes
5923s	third probably in the solution in the
5924s	situation when it comes up
5928s	oh no there's no minions oh devouring
5932s	plague
5934s	pick me pick me
5939s	like the Scorpion yeah
5943s	nope
5949s	is it worth the devour just to actually
5952s	have an attempt at sticking a Minion for
5955s	the first time this game xmg says no and
5958s	I'm inclined to agree with him
5969s	oh
5971s	really okay
5973s	there's for next turn there's like
5975s	aldraki warblades multi-strike fury like
5978s	to be able to deal with two
5980s	big minions right
5983s	but you're I just went about getting
5985s	zymox uh infused is
5989s	a reason why you wouldn't do this I
5991s	guess but and also like I just want some
5994s	tutus on the board as well you know like
5996s	you're describing multi-strike al-draki
5998s	warblades like you can kind of replicate
5999s	that effect by just having other Minions
6001s	on your board as well right like yes you
6004s	can get punished by Shadowood devour in
6006s	that point which I think is the biggest
6008s	reason not to do it in this situation
6010s	trying to keep your board as narrow as
6012s	possible uh particularly when you do
6014s	have this minion that's vulnerable to
6015s	devour in the first place
6018s	um but you know certainly this is going
6019s	to have to go very very well to be a
6021s	higher Tempo play uh than the the relic
6024s	of phantasms instead and I do I would
6027s	personally be favoring the tempo options
6029s	to display but I really don't think
6030s	there's much in it I'm not fighting this
6032s	player at all
6036s	foreign
6039s	basically just looking for rating
6041s	Elemental at this point yep
6044s	handmade in uh is active after that turn
6047s	so it can start the turn with some draw
6048s	picks up Boone from the Thrive so Rave
6050s	Elemental would completely unlock this
6054s	oh
6056s	uh
6058s	those are all kind of bad
6061s	yeah I'm guessed I don't even know I was
6063s	like I'm guessing it's
6066s	wings of hate
6067s	um what I mean
6069s	if the philosophy was playing around
6072s	Shadowood devour then fell Wings is
6074s	certainly the worst option the sigil is
6077s	symmetrical so when you're like
6079s	currently going to be ahead on board
6080s	that doesn't really seem like a good
6082s	option for the near future anyway and
6084s	when you fall behind on board you're not
6085s	going to fall behind on board in a way
6087s	that three damage AOE does anything too
6089s	right it's going to be massive Health
6090s	Minions on the other side so I really
6092s	don't know it might just be plus attack
6103s	yeah maltronics I like it a lot a lot of
6107s	cards drawn
6109s	double Thrive played he's still
6111s	retaining this
6120s	screen turn three was location pass into
6123s	scorpid and it is still there the trade
6126s	has not been taken yet that is a great
6129s	draw off the top though by the way yep
6133s	What's it gonna be
6136s	all right eagle eyes TJ we can do this
6138s	nope nope it's impossible smash
6141s	animation
6145s	I'm gonna bless
6148s	eroo
6151s	oh okay
6154s	yeah pretty good option right
6157s	go digging for yep that radiator that's
6159s	all right there
6164s	I'm in Paris Andrew is at 14.
6168s	mm-hmm
6172s	and of course this is field of strife
6174s	okay it must not be it's double trade
6177s	zymox right is that four and five yeah
6178s	yeah this is just double trade zymox
6180s	doesn't matter which order I think the
6183s	even if the removal goes first it's a
6185s	three yeah so it would have cleared here
6187s	absolutely no matter what
6190s	foreign
6191s	probably the worst order overall but
6194s	never mind I think either way more than
6197s	good enough oh Connie oh and cheese for
6201s	branches brand Jace and remember he's
6204s	spent every turn since turn three
6206s	clearing minions with fell spells
6209s	instead of trading with that scorpion as
6211s	well so that is a fairly Juiced uh
6214s	Juiced Jace I believe there's two rank
6217s	two Furies two fell barrages two chaos
6220s	strikes
6223s	pick me pick me it's like everything out
6225s	of the predations
6229s	and I mean there's a predation picked
6232s	off the top could go noggling whatever
6234s	it is yeah and then predation and then
6237s	and Jace
6242s	and even then will it be enough like
6248s	well right now
6250s	unfortunately there's only five Mana
6252s	remaining
6253s	and multiple three Mana things yeah
6257s	absolutely has to I think
6260s	uh doesn't find it
6266s	can go looking with the amalgam can go
6268s	looking with the tradable instead
6271s	depending on which way wants to go about
6272s	it even though that okanie looked low
6275s	impact on the other side because the
6276s	noggling was thrown into it by the way
6278s	look at the difference it made because
6280s	just straight away the one manner that
6281s	you spent on the nuggling meant that you
6283s	couldn't do multiple three Mana things
6284s	in the term which would have made this a
6286s	really really strong turn overall and
6288s	then secondly that snuggling was a
6290s	Switcheroo which denying access to
6292s	velish in general is just having such a
6295s	huge impact on this turn from the
6296s	opponent
6299s	yeah
6300s	8 11 14 16.
6305s	X from Furies doubled to 12 28 did you
6308s	say chaos strike as well if there's at
6310s	least one case
6312s	it's lethal by a million then
6316s	yeah and that's not even including like
6319s	the fell barrages because as long as you
6321s	go face with the minions first
6323s	the first film Raj will kill a few lower
6325s	Health minions and then the second
6326s	that's true yeah that's the second the
6330s	the second the third and the fourth will
6332s	go face that's absolutely true you can
6335s	even uh juice that up further with the
6337s	multi he didn't go face with the minions
6338s	first
6341s	it doesn't matter it's lethal without
6342s	the fell barrages I've already counted
6344s	it he's absolutely okay
6350s	he also image while we were talking uh
6354s	weaved in the multi-strike beforehand as
6356s	well which is a an extra six damage this
6358s	turn on top of what I counted so yeah
6360s	this is an absolute million
6364s	he's alone it's like a billion yep
6371s	it's not even done oh there's no
6373s	predations in this like Brad no one
6375s	survives brand Jace it doesn't matter
6377s	you can be carial and bran Jace will
6379s	kill you okay like you you just don't
6381s	survive this
6383s	[Music]
6385s	oh geez 26 just from the attack Buffs
6389s	from that that's insane
6392s	um and that that's a deck that I was
6394s	probably worried the most about
6396s	um
6397s	it all depends if we take a one warlock
6401s	then sure like warlock's a deck that I'm
6404s	I was more worried about but if we took
6405s	day two warlock right yesterday in group
6408s	C and D warlock did much better it had a
6410s	better group for it I believe but in
6412s	terms of just like success rate within
6414s	players that brought it in the group it
6416s	was better
6418s	uh on Saturday so two chances either has
6421s	to beat the Naga priest or
6423s	beat the acro Druid so
6428s	two shots with that deck I'm taking
6432s	yeah overall I do think
6434s	um edger got the better of the Q order
6437s	there I would say I think that's a match
6440s	up I'm a lot more comfortable in with
6442s	the Relic Demon Hunter than some of the
6444s	other options uh aggregate I think is
6446s	more difficult I think that is a very
6448s	all in on an early so they're no kind of
6450s	match up outside of that I think it's
6451s	very very difficult
6453s	um
6454s	cursing poor lock is difficult I do not
6457s	have much experience playing against you
6458s	know regular aggro in Warlock and what I
6462s	will say is that against cursing warlock
6463s	you do often grab the board in the mid
6467s	game and then just die to curse damage
6468s	because of that lack of healing that I
6470s	was talking about so maybe aggro in
6473s	warlock is a more minute winnable
6474s	matchup but I think that lack of ability
6476s	to leave any minion up on the board
6478s	because of shady bartender and
6480s	everything else that you can have just
6481s	just throwing damage at your face I feel
6483s	like the priest was the matchup for the
6486s	Demon Hunter to win uh in this series as
6489s	a whole as I think Algeria will be
6491s	delighted with the way this has panned
6493s	out
6494s	absolutely
6496s	and there is the deck in all of its
6499s	Glory
6500s	not as pretty as the aggregude oh
6503s	absolutely no but still quite beautiful
6506s	and just the color scheme of agitude
6508s	right it's just like a bunch of muted
6511s	Browns
6515s	it's a you know the minimalist Beauty ah
6519s	I see yeah okay you've turned it around
6520s	I was about to say uh it's beautiful
6522s	because it's all brown and beige it's
6524s	not really a sequence of descriptors
6527s	that I thought I'd see go together if
6528s	you try to learn minimalist in there
6529s	yeah sure I can get behind it yeah and
6532s	that's the the artist's excuse for
6534s	decades exactly uh
6537s	you just you know get a blank sheet of
6539s	her and paint it like a red dot in the
6542s	middle and you're like it's minimalistic
6545s	it's beautiful I'll give you a million
6547s	dollars you look at a piece of
6549s	experimental uh Modern Art you're like
6551s	whoa I could have done that yeah but you
6553s	didn't and there's the point
6556s	you didn't yeah
6564s	all right
6565s	um opening hand is uh
6568s	just Shadow word devour
6571s	uh territory here like
6576s	um
6580s	nothing feels great
6588s	dark boat or drag blow dark below
6601s	interesting
6615s	okay at least a little train of infused
6618s	starting to get rolling now in the hand
6621s	ish circle into mischievous in pretty
6623s	often the way you want to go about this
6625s	and you have to take the risk this match
6627s	up sucks by the way in terms of like
6629s	common Decks that people play this is
6631s	one of the most one-sided matchups in
6634s	the game like approaching 70 territory
6637s	for the priest in terms of win rate so I
6640s	think shutting your eyes and saying yeah
6642s	I can't afford to play around things in
6643s	this matchup is is probably the right
6645s	way to go about it
6646s	yeah it gets improved slightly with uh
6649s	if you're playing like the pure
6651s	inversion yes yeah that's probably true
6653s	but uh because you're you're never
6657s	winning with this matchup like it almost
6660s	it just never happens right at some
6662s	point the priest is going to make a
6663s	giant board and you know either you win
6665s	or you lose like the turnout yeah the
6668s	reach to be able to deal with it yeah
6670s	they're gonna make 220 Health tour once
6672s	you're gonna stare at the Abyssal wave
6674s	in your hand and be very very sad about
6675s	it
6677s	yeah
6678s	so
6681s	uh preemptive trade I don't know
6688s	if it
6691s	push the one
6694s	fine
6696s	oh what's the not going
6707s	great question TJ
6716s	all right I'm just gonna get a boon out
6717s	this does activate the animated
6721s	and you know two five sevens on the
6724s	board that's pretty good too
6725s	yeah they're not insignificant factor of
6728s	two five sevens on the board and this is
6731s	fine it's a reasonable initial response
6733s	from aogiri but this is it like this is
6736s	his response for the game right unless
6739s	he gets some absolute like brand lady
6741s	dark vein nonsense going with an Abyssal
6744s	wave for example
6746s	um this is the one big player that he
6749s	probably put together this game and you
6750s	need a lot more than that to be able to
6753s	get out of this matchup and I think you
6754s	can see if you raise your eyes to the
6757s	top left of the screen aojiru does not
6759s	look like someone who has any pretenses
6762s	of winning this game of hearthstone
6764s	right like I think he's very much going
6766s	through the motions in this one and
6768s	waiting for the series designer
6771s	your purpose away well I mean if a
6775s	Bissell wave was uh it
6781s	I was gonna say but this away wasn't it
6783s	nope
6786s	it would almost do a lot you know
6791s	clean off one of the five ends yeah
6796s	oh
6808s	nowhere near enough minions to blow up
6810s	with the grimoires even with the terms
6812s	in synergy
6813s	well you could just double grimoire
6815s	anyway and then just Bank the two
6818s	grimoires
6819s	and then true
6823s	like next turn Thompson hope you get an
6826s	imp
6828s	next time
6831s	you're killing me TJ
6836s	oh
6848s	thank you
6850s	down to 21.
6853s	[Music]
6859s	oh pelagos devour
6875s	Telegraph double devour
6879s	thrive
6881s	uh it would be oh geez
6885s	um you could in that sequence you get to
6887s	play two serpent wigs
6891s	yeah and then the 11 plus
6896s	uh the first one would be six
6900s	the second one would be five
6903s	that's 22 plus another plus two serpent
6907s	wigs which is four more 26.
6911s	that pulls the last several week hey
6913s	it's lethal
6914s	with coaching double develop I will find
6917s	the truth
6919s	or are you counting oh yeah yeah sorry
6920s	uh yeah it's 26. it's not lethal it's
6923s	not lethal
6925s	oh wait
6927s	it's uh if they got the second Devourer
6930s	would have been 26 maximum that's if you
6932s	pushed everything in the face and
6933s	ignored the tamson okay
6935s	and that's including like the Pelicans
6937s	look at this also there's also landing
6939s	on the damage had gone face
6944s	yes
6945s	um like he's at eight and the three
6948s	damage going face from the not going
6949s	plus two Silver Wings is seven more yeah
6951s	sure yep
6954s	either way it doesn't matter as promised
6958s	there wasn't a next turn TJ that was
6960s	always gonna be the Game ending
6963s	situation and that is kind of the match
6965s	up in a nutshell you know I wasn't
6967s	trying to gloss over that game but that
6970s	is just kind of what happens you know I
6972s	I would argue that the 30 of games that
6976s	uh warlocks are winning against priests
6979s	on ladder in the reported stats are just
6982s	people that don't know how to play
6983s	priests like I don't I don't think that
6986s	matchup is winnable if you're actually a
6988s	competent wig priest player and xmg
6990s	yesterday showed us that he is several
6994s	notches above a competent wig priest
6996s	player
6997s	foreign
6999s	yeah um I mean there's some hands with
7002s	Naga priests like it's it the warlock's
7004s	never beating you it's either your hand
7006s	is beating you your own hand
7009s	uh or
7011s	you're not playing it right
7014s	um that it seems like is the case uh you
7016s	can usually get it get ahead of
7017s	everything obviously there's maybe
7019s	that's a little disdainable because
7020s	there is certain warlock hands like a
7023s	warlocks on the play and they go like
7025s	librarian into flame imp Wicked shipment
7027s	into like second flame in file library
7030s	right like you're just gonna get blown
7032s	up
7033s	um but most of the time
7035s	uh you can go to them you find a
7038s	Devourer or you just keep plopping
7039s	Minions on the board they they feel
7041s	obligated to trade
7043s	um that kind of thing so
7046s	um that's why I said the M4 lock itself
7048s	is a little bit better because you yeah
7052s	it's consistently
7054s	did it
7056s	um
7056s	but
7058s	everything's on the line now tournament
7060s	life for both players World spot for
7063s	both players
7064s	[Music]
7066s	is your faith in agritude
7069s	oh boy knee up and talking about Decks
7074s	that sometimes lose to themselves aggro
7076s	Druid is absolutely in that category in
7080s	my opinion so this is now going to be Do
7084s	or Die time and aojiru has a very
7088s	removal stacked early hand which is
7091s	something I've often debated when
7093s	playing this match up early on he goes
7095s	for the full Mulligan he wants to be the
7097s	aggressor in certain situations but
7099s	based on that reaction we might have
7102s	some spoilers yeah that's a problem it's
7106s	a problem but it is one female Circle
7108s	off the top away from a good time
7112s	oh dear oh no it's for war Rob's done
7119s	you are coining this peasant right yeah
7121s	absolutely oh no
7124s	gotta hold on till turn six and hope
7126s	that there's no
7128s	uh Herald of nature of Pride's Fury ah
7131s	tap on two oh God okay sacrifice is
7134s	something at least to try and bridge the
7137s	gap if you can pick something up to
7138s	actually activate it oh no this start
7142s	though from xmg
7145s	is it over for Derek's hero DJ already
7149s	can he find a way back into this drag
7151s	below to deny some of the card draw oh
7154s	but he keeps drawing the absolute top
7158s	end of the deck one after the other
7167s	ah
7170s	[Music]
7172s	maybe like a grimoire to dark lady dark
7175s	fiend into Abyssal wave like just nukes
7178s	any board
7182s	I
7185s	feel like for a solid 45 seconds all you
7188s	did was go
7189s	repeatedly
7191s	it was it was wonderful I'm trying
7193s	trying to figure out like a a way for a
7195s	jira to listen TJ it's Uber this into a
7198s	Vicky but
7200s	that was not a criticism I think that is
7202s	the perfect representation that is a
7205s	plus casting in this given situation for
7207s	age Euro that is about all you can say
7211s	mine
7213s	stand the time run low
7218s	put a mark of the Wild on the Grog yeah
7222s	this was two plus three more yeah the
7225s	buff being super relevant gets out of
7227s	range of just about anything that you
7229s	can hope to throw at it
7236s	just dead open the way
7240s	oh planted evidence that was well
7244s	so much damage Pride's Fury
7251s	so much damage just from the Slither
7253s	spare TJ
7258s	gotta be a lethal in here somewhere rip
7260s	it there is the price
7263s	oh my gosh
7265s	you're just all the snap pick
7267s	s in the card yet just saw the snap pick
7271s	and the head is in the hands he doesn't
7275s	even need to see the outcome he knows
7278s	what that means and that is going to be
7282s	a brutal game five beating
7287s	there is no way back into this from here
7296s	never count out aggregate
7299s	just when you think their backs against
7301s	the wall
7302s	they just plop a bunch of beige on the
7305s	board
7306s	and you just when you think you're out
7308s	they drag you back in TJ I'm jamming
7312s	some aggro Druid on ladder it's the best
7313s	deck in the game but look at this
7318s	yeah bye-bye you have indeed provided us
7322s	with endless entertainment through the
7324s	last three tournaments it is a shame
7326s	that it has to end in heartbreak but you
7328s	can see now the Jubilation on the other
7331s	side uh is why competition is beautiful
7335s	you can't have the joy without the
7337s	sadness and I think you saw it there on
7339s	both sides of the coin very very closely
7342s	contested series between those two
7344s	players but I think
7346s	xmg is now A fitting member of the world
7350s	championship roster because I think he
7352s	has played some brilliant Hearthstone
7354s	throughout this tournament so far
7356s	yeah I think the highlights uh from him
7359s	really come from many of the Naga priest
7361s	games that we've seen from him
7364s	um but all I mean cleanly playing the
7366s	other ones they're just he hasn't really
7368s	had the opportunity for as much skill
7370s	expression with the other decks just
7372s	because they're so fast
7374s	uh they win or lose very quickly so
7378s	um I I do think that xmg has played some
7382s	exceptional Hearthstone and now we have
7384s	uh another Hubble gobble who's just
7387s	going from aggro player to aggro player
7389s	to knock him out of the tournament like
7392s	all three were at just that side of the
7395s	bracket and you know one of them was
7397s	guaranteed through with habugabu versus
7399s	tonsoku but now uh xmg uh that top half
7403s	of uh the the semi-final bracket is
7405s	gonna be fast it's gonna be another fast
7407s	one I think at the end of this all even
7408s	if Abu Gabba wins the entire tournaments
7410s	that means played every possible match
7412s	except for if he had played the reading
7413s	group well I played like two and a half
7415s	hours total of hearthstone across the
7418s	three days and and rocked away with a
7421s	with a win with a trophy so uh pretty
7424s	interesting but then the bottom half of
7426s	the bracket which we're going to get
7427s	into uh next is filled with
7430s	um
7431s	a bunch of decks let's just put it that
7434s	way we got some shamans we got a lot
7436s	more Mages we got a lot more Thief
7438s	Rogues it is
7440s	it is true harsen we got some charge
7444s	Warrior you know we got we got all bases
7446s	covered down in the bottom
7448s	every deck is being represented down
7450s	there let's just put it that way yeah
7453s	um it's exciting to say the least maybe
7456s	a little bit slower than our first
7457s	couple quarterfinals that we opened with
7459s	but could still be exciting nonetheless
7462s	but uh I'm it was a risk bringing anger
7465s	to it right because there was some
7467s	lineups where aggreg just wouldn't have
7469s	done well and I think xmg and and Abu
7473s	got between extent right they both went
7474s	with sort of a different deck as uh as
7477s	kind of their second and or their third
7479s	and fourth decks yeah but overall the
7481s	the plan was similar in you know these
7484s	sort of board-based aggressive decks
7486s	right pyrant Warlock
7488s	um being one of them too instead of the
7490s	package it was a read and it's paid off
7492s	this is where you know players like
7494s	pocket train early on in the tournament
7495s	really got caught out right because I
7498s	talked about this a little bit I can't
7499s	remember whether it was day two or day
7500s	one but line up construction and getting
7503s	a meta read on the tournament and
7504s	understanding how deep down the rabbit
7506s	hole everyone else is going to go is so
7509s	important because as you just said it's
7511s	a risk bringing aggregoria because
7513s	people might bring control Decks that
7514s	can very easily counter aggro Druid if
7517s	you make that conclusion the lineup you
7519s	bring is pocket trains lineup right
7521s	because then you beat up on all of those
7522s	players who are bringing the control
7524s	decks to try and beat the aggro decks
7525s	but that's just kind of a small
7527s	microcosm of how important lineups are
7529s	and I think it's very fitting that now
7531s	we're getting to the end of the
7533s	tournament and we are seeing some very
7535s	very polarized aggro versus mid-range e
7538s	or aggro versus combo clashes as we get
7540s	to the bottom because it does go to show
7543s	just the different levels of success
7545s	people had just based on their group
7547s	right like some some of these players if
7549s	you pick them out the group they were in
7550s	and put them in a different one they
7552s	wouldn't be here because the meta would
7554s	have been so much more brutal to what
7556s	they were doing so now we're in the open
7558s	field we're in the top eight people have
7560s	to get their way through the entire
7562s	field now at this point and we're gonna
7563s	find out not only who's going to the
7565s	World Championships which lineup and
7566s	which player uh is is the king in this
7569s	eventual tournament
7570s	[Music]
7574s	a good example would be bro Parker Trend
7576s	in group d
7578s	probably gets out
7580s	so uh you know it's it's it's it's tough
7584s	but you know it's the nature of
7585s	competition like this with the group
7586s	stage he's got to make a better read
7587s	based off of The Limited information you
7590s	have what what the players in your group
7591s	have have a tendency to do and
7593s	and try and go from there uh we have uh
7596s	two quarter files in the books we have
7598s	one world spot
7600s	uh booked with xmg
7603s	um so uh we will decide the rest later
7606s	so I'll mention at the beginning but we
7608s	have two more quarterfinals left and
7609s	they're gonna be good ones so we're
7611s	gonna go to a quick break before we jump
7612s	to the next one but don't go anywhere
7614s	more to come here from the final day of
7616s	the Fall Championship right after this
7626s	foreign
7639s	[Music]
7644s	[Music]
7652s	[Music]
7660s	foreign
7664s	[Music]
7680s	[Music]
7692s	foreign
7694s	[Music]
7707s	[Music]
7719s	[Music]
7739s	foreign
7746s	foreign
7754s	[Music]
7763s	[Music]
7770s	[Music]
7777s	foreign
7779s	[Music]
7788s	foreign
7794s	[Music]
7819s	it doesn't quite add up at the moment
7821s	but we'll make it work we know how it's
7822s	going to work we'll tell you about that
7823s	in a bit but we have got another great
7827s	match coming up for you now and I'm glad
7829s	to be with Derek for two reasons first
7831s	of all he's APAC caster and we have
7832s	glory in the match and secondly I think
7835s	that the Ping Mage might be a really
7837s	instrumental part of this particular
7840s	matchup and Derek is the Ping Mage God
7843s	at least on the desk damn it
7845s	yes yeah it's it's my uh my job right to
7848s	sacrifice knowledge of all other decks
7851s	in the game to just be a decent level
7853s	with one like you know not actually a
7854s	good level like a low level Masters Tour
7857s	player kind of level with one deck in
7858s	particular but yeah I agree I think the
7860s	major is going to be a very very
7861s	interesting one here because Glory has a
7863s	bit of a different lineup compared to
7865s	the uh the pretty heavy aggro we've seen
7868s	today from uh uh xmg and tan soku as
7875s	well uh but he does have I think what we
7878s	would argue is just like an
7880s	interpretation of good decks right now
7883s	with the mage of the wall sorry the
7886s	Rogue the Warlock and the Demon Hunter
7888s	pretty obviously kind of you know
7890s	well-respected decks we can argue about
7892s	how good they actually are but they are
7893s	viewed as good decks the Druid is the
7896s	outlier though as it's a very very
7897s	contentious deck right now the uh I
7901s	think
7902s	is actually in a deceptively okay
7904s	position in the series because it looks
7907s	like a weak deck at first when you're
7909s	against a kind of zoo deck a buff priest
7912s	a miracle Rogue these all appear like
7915s	terrible matchups at first glance but I
7917s	think they're actually better than
7920s	first meets the eye
7922s	yeah it's yeah it's true just caught me
7924s	out all weekend I've got to admit you
7926s	look at the stats even for top thousand
7928s	Legend and it's like it doesn't beat
7930s	anything why would you bring this
7932s	rubbish but actually when you see the
7933s	good players use it and how they
7935s	how they time their defenses how they
7937s	organize their their Mana ramp Etc it's
7940s	not quite as straightforward as even the
7942s	top thousand Legends might believe and
7944s	it I feel that that is underrepresented
7946s	in general and I agree with you I think
7947s	it's just a little better than than
7949s	maybe the stats suggest
7953s	for Glory though as we saw from his uh
7956s	that's there uh he is currently the
7960s	first place and then second place uh in
7962s	World Championships two years in a row
7964s	and this year with this system having uh
7966s	opened up a lot more to other players if
7968s	he could win this series and qualify
7970s	again outside of just the pool of grand
7972s	Masters players that would I think very
7974s	much cement him as just one of the uh
7977s	the all-time greats of competitive
7979s	Hearthstone because you know we can talk
7982s	about some of the the shaky plays we've
7984s	seen from him in Grand Masters there
7985s	have been a few make no mistake but when
7988s	it comes down to it what actually
7989s	matters he wins games of hearthstone
7992s	obviously being the uh first place in
7994s	the second place uh world champion for
7997s	two years in a row so I have a lot of
7998s	faith in glory to be playing these decks
8000s	to a high level but there's there's
8003s	nothing flashy from him here this is
8004s	very much just relying on hopefully
8006s	hitting the good matchups and attempting
8008s	to outplay his opponents yeah absolutely
8011s	and I think he's not the only world
8013s	champion who maybe got even better after
8015s	becoming the world Champion sure
8018s	um I feel that maybe when he won it we
8019s	didn't give him quite the credit he
8021s	deserved as a world champion winner like
8024s	but since then I think we have all grown
8026s	to understand just how good he is
8030s	um also he did beat xiaobai in last
8033s	year's World Championships in the groups
8034s	uh 3-1 so he he can kick him out of a
8039s	second world championship
8042s	uh which would be kind of terrifying in
8045s	a row because that was the 2021 in the
8047s	group stage he he put him down to the
8048s	lower bracket there yeah but I think he
8051s	actually really raised a good point
8052s	about Glory getting better after he won
8054s	the World Championship because it's
8056s	something that
8059s	in terms of our mental game I feel like
8061s	I relate to glory in this I I know I'm
8063s	somewhat putting words in his mouth
8064s	there because he hasn't told me as such
8066s	but from what I can see after watching
8068s	him play a lot of games in Grand Masters
8070s	is when he's doing well he plays well
8074s	not the other way around if you get what
8076s	I mean it's not he plays well so he gets
8077s	good results is when he's getting good
8079s	results he starts playing better because
8080s	he believes in himself he doesn't doubt
8082s	his play whereas when he starts getting
8085s	on these lost streaks or as soon as he
8086s	makes a bad play they start multiplying
8089s	because you know he loses his belief in
8090s	himself loses his Mojo and uh you know I
8093s	can relate to that as well I think when
8094s	I start doubting myself like oh what am
8096s	I doing I'm terrible at Hearthstone I
8098s	I don't know what I'm doing I uh I get
8101s	salty as I just stop caring as much even
8104s	and for Glory when he won the World
8105s	Championship obviously that puts a lot
8107s	of qualms you may have or any doubts you
8109s	may have to rest about your ability as a
8111s	player and I think he then just uh has
8113s	this kind of Giga Chad confidence in
8115s	himself now where it's uh difficult to
8118s	knock his
8119s	uh as I said knock his confidence so
8121s	we'll see if that can continue through
8122s	into this very important match of
8124s	hearthstone as it is going to be the
8126s	Relic Demon Hunter for Glory with a solo
8128s	keep relic of Dimensions pretty greedy
8131s	against a nice aggressive deck like this
8133s	from Xiao boy yeah it's a tough one but
8136s	I do think you have to keep it um it's
8138s	very hard when you're going so all of
8140s	the top cards in Demon Hunter in the
8143s	stats are relics in keeping your
8145s	Mulligan but then you've got a factory
8147s	in which you can't get so easy from the
8149s	stats which ones do you only keep when
8151s	you have other relics or which ones do
8153s	you only keep when you have
8155s	um
8156s	The Vault for instance so yeah the solo
8159s	keep available Dimensions is interesting
8160s	to me because that isn't a hard and fast
8162s	stat just because the stats say it's a
8164s	good card it's often kept only if you
8166s	have a way of doubling it up so let's
8168s	see how that works out for him he's
8169s	gonna have to be fairly quick as well
8171s	because xiaobai is gonna get going here
8174s	a really awkward Mulligan here for
8176s	xiaobai where
8177s	we could see location used preemptively
8180s	but banking the manahood doesn't look
8183s	like it's going to be that useful when
8184s	the likely turn is just tap plus Wicked
8187s	shipment next turn so maybe it was
8188s	supposed to tap now you could go
8191s	location and activate it on this turn
8193s	which gets you out of range of chaos
8195s	strike specifically here
8198s	um but I guess this play
8200s	does open you up to some good draws off
8203s	the top you could just get another
8204s	Wicked shipment you could draw the
8206s	circle which would be the best reason to
8208s	play the location here but it does mean
8210s	that by not tapping on the previous turn
8212s	any infused cards that you draw will
8214s	have one less activation than on the
8217s	previous turn if you've drawn it before
8219s	the flame it died there was another
8221s	player available which also would have
8222s	made Fino's eyes water with hate and
8226s	just self-doubtly the shipment which is
8228s	play the shipment and then play the
8230s	location the turn after because of what
8232s	you're against uh but he saw the one
8234s	keeper maybe he was scared of an
8236s	Extinction there but exactly it was a
8238s	possible play to just get those three
8241s	imps out there and defend against your
8243s	3-2 getting killed because the 3-2 will
8245s	get killed on turn one by Demon Hunter
8248s	um coin school teacher is a little
8250s	surprising with Relic in hand but I
8251s	guess there's no activation on it yet so
8253s	it's not uh all too powerful quite yet
8257s	and he has Brand Plus this uh the
8260s	student afterwards as well
8262s	which in a lot of times could be
8264s	powerful but those spells he got offered
8265s	did not look especially strong
8268s	especially when xiaobai is picked up a
8271s	very spicy draw there in the catastrophe
8273s	yeah it's it's it's spicy in the way
8276s	that he needed it right it's not he
8279s	doesn't want to be in this spot but he
8280s	is in this spot and he absolutely
8283s	needs that carjoy's hand is absolutely
8286s	abysmal I don't know about Abyssal and
8288s	hey the impending because that's if he
8291s	could tidy it all up for him there's
8292s	quite a lot of three and unders in his
8293s	deck next turn so he could be okay
8296s	well I mean to be fair like Glory's hand
8298s	is not great either it uh doesn't have
8301s	much
8302s	clearing potential or at least the
8304s	clearing potential there is is very
8305s	awkward if we wanted to go for hero
8308s	power down the one one and then
8311s	a barrage to clear off the uh the other
8315s	one end with a Sigil it's a possibility
8317s	but it's not really clearing out your
8319s	hand and it's definitely not getting
8320s	ahead on the board
8323s	yeah Glory also has the problem here
8325s	with what's my opponent got there's
8328s	there's some pretty scary plays that
8329s	could come out next year there's also
8331s	pretty as we can see some pretty
8332s	mediocre hands he could have
8334s	uh he doesn't know how much to panic but
8336s	he's going full on clear it up and show
8339s	me another wave of cards otherwise I'm
8341s	not scared
8342s	does mean that xiaobai's play of opting
8344s	for the
8346s	I suppose more damage efficient play of
8350s	drag Below on the previous turn leaving
8352s	the impending catastrophe has worked out
8354s	not great for it because he has a
8355s	stranded catastrophe in hand now I guess
8358s	it's just chaining back to back curses
8360s	for me running though with these drawers
8362s	like it which honestly is a valid win
8365s	condition at this point his opponent's
8367s	at half health and those curses are
8369s	stacking up pronto
8371s	yeah it does have the terms and if you
8372s	want to go the other way and just feel
8373s	the hand up and start again
8375s	15 health is a well by definition of the
8378s	30 Health game a very middling life
8381s	total for Glory here so
8383s	both roads open for sure by very
8385s	interesting to see what he takes
8389s	and this is again just the problem of
8391s	Relic Demon Hunter right is that you are
8392s	playing a lot of the cards that you run
8394s	in aggro Demon Hunter that draw cards
8396s	cycle through your deck but you have
8398s	nowhere near the fluidity that aggro
8400s	Demon Hunter has to just dump cards from
8402s	hand and fly through them and deal a lot
8405s	of damage here it's just clunky card
8407s	after clunky card because none of them
8408s	are reduced by The Relic dimensions
8411s	it's gonna be courtress I guess next
8414s	turn is the best possible play none of
8416s	it feels anywhere near good
8418s	yeah it's very and again the health gain
8421s	it's not one of those things that gains
8422s	you 20 Health it's there because you
8424s	have like five slots in the deck that
8426s	don't you can just put whatever card you
8429s	want in as I say a conversation I heard
8431s	in play testing was oh we could do with
8433s	the second scorpion that's really good
8435s	in this slot well if your second
8436s	scorpion is a good card then oh my
8439s	goodness what is your game doing
8442s	I fully agree with this line is just
8445s	counting out but it's very clear at this
8447s	point that the curse game plan is uh by
8449s	far
8451s	Far and Away his actual wing
8455s	the wall Blade's basically forced here I
8458s	think
8459s	do they do it though do you just play
8461s	Curtis and try not to die actually
8465s	I am looking at the relics as well but
8468s	now with three in hand and then four
8470s	being thrown as well yeah you have to
8472s	heal in some way
8474s	you're absolutely right
8477s	okay
8479s	oh is he gonna leave up the three and
8481s	take out the librarian
8484s	you just have to pray they don't have it
8486s	I think this is correct
8490s	well
8492s	just wave imp
8496s	take what two three take six
8499s	do it again next turn take four
8502s	places enjoy the rest yeah I think it's
8504s	too off lethal here as well because
8506s	there's a three curse in hand
8509s	you'd add a four so that's seven you
8511s	need to deal five then flame imp plus
8513s	location would add oh yeah immediate
8516s	power uh because the obvious librarian
8519s	yeah and then the library uh so
8523s	three off as sorry two offers I count it
8526s	with the additional three attack and
8528s	then just wave next turn if they've got
8530s	no Health gain in that spot you just win
8533s	I don't know you probably have to deal
8534s	with this five point right it's it's
8536s	kind of tough
8538s	yeah I mean my play of playing the
8541s	Abyssal wave would obviously involve
8542s	blowing up your own board
8545s	foreign
8554s	slightly more sustain
8556s	oh man this is getting close though
8558s	because the four from the next curse is
8561s	not actually lethal which means if Glory
8564s	can clear the board step one
8567s	which is doable now with the the pickup
8571s	of predation equip the aldraki war
8574s	blades
8575s	the Mana still works out to be able to
8576s	do that as well he can play Jace next
8579s	turn which gets him double chaos strike
8581s	I think at this point for an additional
8583s	four heal with the azaraki war blades
8585s	already equipped if you can find a fury
8587s	before then as well you know for a lot
8590s	of extra damage
8592s	this is not over all of a sudden
8597s	hey
8601s	oh
8606s	such a scramble
8609s	it really is
8621s	not only is it not over
8624s	kind of feels like xiaoba is losing
8626s	right now he just doesn't have time to
8628s	get these curses down uh with six though
8631s	good number
8633s	sure stuff going on yeah
8638s	but again he's only adding four and five
8640s	not five and six to the hand right sure
8642s	there are two curses so even if you've
8644s	got brand plus uh Syracuse
8647s	not lethal yet
8655s	and again because uh Glory knows that
8657s	and I believe because he knows the Last
8659s	Shadow spell played was not a curse it
8663s	was touch with an atheism at this point
8665s	which was played on the previous turn he
8667s	knows there's no lady dark vein outs
8669s	that his opponent is going to be that's
8670s	the one that's scariest but like you say
8672s	he knows it's not there so right so
8674s	Brown lady dark vein is not a
8675s	possibility so he doesn't actually have
8677s	to play Jace on this turn as long as he
8679s	can clear the board uh he can play Relic
8682s	uh on this turn
8684s	so it could be atheno relic of
8687s	Dimensions but
8689s	again at that point you are you are
8690s	taking a risk because you do have to
8692s	clear the board
8694s	but you're going to have to clear
8695s	something every turn and you're going to
8697s	skip one so if you're going to take a
8699s	risk taking it sooner rather than later
8700s	might not be the worst idea I think he's
8703s	well in line with what you've said like
8704s	I can't win this with cursors I've got
8706s	to actually put stuff on the board and
8708s	that's really irritating it's not what
8709s	he wants to do at all because he knows
8711s	that look at this board it's not really
8713s	threatening it's just it's tying Glory
8715s	up it's probably the right thing to do
8716s	but he's only doing it because he can't
8718s	get there the other way
8720s	well he doesn't believe he can get there
8722s	the other way oh he is just letting the
8724s	J so we're looking for some good hits uh
8726s	you know predation on the 3-3
8729s	that's
8730s	that's terrible I suppose we're three
8732s	sunshine
8735s	uh he does have to attack into the
8736s	librarian I think here yeah
8740s	with the the library waiting up next
8742s	turn if there's a circle of uh summoning
8744s	circles sorry I think he would just die
8746s	why that's Amazon wave wave
8752s	yeah that's I'm just gonna go there tams
8755s	in wave wave
8762s	and then wave plus three drop that gives
8764s	a curse one or the other next turn and
8766s	off you go
8768s	exactly
8769s	there's plenty of beam outs
8771s	assuming he plays all of them to turn he
8773s	gets them which is necessarily a safe
8775s	assumption uh but that would be four and
8778s	five and six so
8781s	actually only 15 damage in there at 16
8784s	the numbers are so horrible Michelle boy
8787s	yeah he's gonna have to draw
8789s	[Music]
8789s	um
8790s	either the cultist or drag below next
8792s	turn I think I think that's his out here
8794s	sure now with Abyssal wave and
8797s	plays the other way to clear up the Jace
8800s	then he has wave next turn even then I
8804s	think
8805s	Glory can just
8807s	leave the curses in his hand uh yeah
8811s	yeah he's okay for oh I see and just
8813s	just as him to just let himself overdraw
8817s	uh not quite he takes four and then five
8819s	so he'd have to find a way to heal first
8821s	I'm just trying to wonder if there's any
8822s	way you can stop them having lethal out
8826s	but
8827s	I
8828s	yeah unless you find heal off like a
8831s	scorp it say you there is only one
8833s	walking age just to double check that as
8835s	well so yeah
8837s	out's gone
8839s	oh man this is just brutally close
8845s	and like if you go brand school teacher
8846s	you have to hit such specific cards to
8849s	survive uh because you'd be tanking all
8850s	that damage from the the waves yeah
8853s	everybody just wants it over he just
8854s	wants to know he's like come on okay if
8857s	I've lost just tell me if I've lost
8858s	please help
8860s	but out for Glory are
8863s	if a minion is played dragged below if
8867s	not
8868s	um then you have Syracuse and Lady dark
8871s	vein are the uh the outs right now
8875s	and no minion has been played so drag
8877s	below is not an out he misses anyway and
8880s	so the game continues uh if he Taps into
8882s	dark vein oh that would be oh sorry one
8886s	off lethal because uh Glory Drew enough
8888s	cards to stay up to nine right so there
8890s	were actually no outs for lethal
8892s	apologies you can reform in pending
8894s	catastrophe here though so even though
8895s	it's not gonna happen till now it's
8897s	gonna be a huge hand next turn that is a
8900s	fantastic topic undeniably
8905s	wow that do it please
8911s	he's incredibly nervous and
8912s	understandably so
8916s	uh
8918s	thinking about location first because
8920s	you want to
8922s	have room to summon more imps
8926s	sure
8929s	yep I like it
8931s	I guess I like yeah I'm kind of worried
8933s	about all right there's this is the
8935s	concern I'm not counting but there's
8937s	lethal in hand several ways here oh yeah
8940s	there's mega mega lethal next turn
8944s	like he can add three curses next turn
8947s	with dark Bane grimoire dragged below as
8949s	well oh no sorry because dark vein no
8951s	longer has
8953s	Abyssal wave in it because the uh right
8956s	but he can drag below it he'll be fine
8958s	can yeah as long as there's targets
8960s	which I I think there will be because he
8962s	can kill them on the same turn so that's
8963s	fine that's fine three curses next turn
8965s	essentially guaranteed gonna be needing
8967s	a miracle in that case from glory and
8970s	Bran's school teacher is the best he's
8972s	got chaos leeches his heel
8977s	Extinction is some clear
8980s	um I think double chaos leech there
8982s	might have got quite fruity actually
8993s	I think even if he can get a full board
8995s	clear here which he can't quite it still
8999s	doesn't matter yeah he's having to spend
9001s	too many cars from hand to clear the
9004s	board right so he's getting a good space
9006s	every time he clears a minion off the
9007s	board he's making space for a curse yeah
9009s	boys
9011s	18 of the news Glory gives it up and
9015s	one zero after what looked like was
9017s	going to be the world's easiest game of
9020s	hearthstone oh that was a process oh
9023s	yeah and xiaobai you can see him feeling
9024s	the stress there like exactly as you
9027s	said that felt like a pretty much
9028s	guaranteed one game and then Glory was
9029s	doing all the things you don't want to
9031s	see like his healing he's clearing my
9033s	board he's keeping his hand size full so
9035s	I can't add curses to it he clearly
9037s	knows how to play this matchup but he
9039s	was unable to just about get the job
9041s	done so
9043s	well played to xiaobai I will say I
9046s	think we can argue back and forth a
9048s	little bit about some of those earlier
9049s	turns his delaying of the impending
9053s	catastrophe very heavily but it's full
9055s	transition over to the cursed game plan
9057s	I think was you know exactly what you're
9059s	supposed to do in that instance yeah um
9061s	you'd be arguing like strategy and
9064s	long-term thoughts rather than the
9066s	actual what he did on each turn right
9067s	because he that he he clearly chose that
9070s	path pretty early on that would be the
9072s	discussion point there whether that was
9074s	the path to choose but after he chose
9076s	his path he he implemented it what
9078s	seeming like seemingly very well
9080s	but now Derek it's the Mage and the
9083s	reason I highlighted this in the intro
9084s	isn't just because I know you you you're
9086s	a mage enjoyer but it does look a little
9089s	bit weak against the stuff that Glory's
9091s	brought
9092s	to me yeah it's it's interesting like I
9096s	I have
9097s	somewhat different opinions than I I
9099s	think a lot of the other players do
9100s	again you know it's the classic someone
9102s	picks a pet deck and then they think it
9104s	wins against everything uh in that
9106s	particular meta game I do think it's
9107s	unfavored first warlock but not
9111s	drastically so uh at all the the obvious
9114s	weaknesses of the deck uh in the fact
9117s	that they have curses that you can't
9118s	interact with in a favorable way with
9120s	froze a solid Alibi sorry they still
9122s	damage you on your turn that sucks 100
9124s	if they got off to a good start and
9126s	damage you the curses will finish you
9128s	off but there's a lot of pan outs
9131s	actually I think where Mage ends up
9133s	ahead in after the early game if you
9135s	know what you're doing and you're using
9136s	your flurries for example extremely
9139s	liberally just to stop like two or three
9141s	damage in the starting turns and then
9142s	you have a strong enough power Spike you
9144s	can pull back the board and their curses
9147s	most of the time don't outrace you if
9149s	they haven't done more than five damage
9150s	in those starting turns uh that's like
9152s	talking about the bad matchup against
9154s	Demon Hunter I'm feeling pretty good as
9157s	the Mage the the main way they interact
9159s	with you is through big boards right of
9163s	developing these uh large minions with
9165s	relic of phantasms in the mid game
9167s	age answers that very very well and in
9171s	their current iteration there's really
9173s	not much heal available to the Demon
9175s	Hunter which of course Mage loves to see
9177s	because when your opponent has 30 Health
9180s	instead of 40 that is not many pings and
9183s	Frozen touches that you need to kill
9185s	them looks like you might get the acid
9187s	test direct Relic vault in the opener
9190s	relic of Extinction in the openness so
9191s	the major won't be able to apply any
9192s	early pressure and glory is going to get
9195s	rolling on the Relic train which sounds
9197s	like a really bad train to roll along
9200s	but it's a good change of all long if
9201s	you're playing this deck trust me
9205s	foreign
9209s	straight up and down uh as long as he
9212s	can pick up some Frost Bells which are
9214s	pretty big in this matchup to stop the
9215s	opponent from being able to attack like
9217s	if this baits out a relic Vault relic of
9220s	Extinction
9221s	me up
9223s	okay yeah to my sort of untrained view
9227s	of this matchup and only seeing it from
9229s	the demon Hunter's side
9230s	that I've seen at the Mage struggles to
9232s	deal with two eight eight two nine nines
9234s	but again it's all gonna be about the
9235s	timing you're going to be about the
9236s	practice at the higher levels so I am
9239s	looking forward to
9241s	seeing this unfold with two good hands
9243s	yeah I mean you're not wrong Mage cannot
9245s	deal with those size of minions outside
9247s	of specifically mordresh but they still
9250s	they just freeze they solid Alibi they
9252s	uh Varden and as I said because their
9255s	opponent only has 30 Health already
9257s	Glory should be a bit scared here you
9261s	sort of see it against the priest right
9262s	is that what you're trying to say well
9263s	that's what I'm understanding is is the
9266s	priest match they have some big minions
9267s	the major goes I don't care yeah
9271s	for two every turn until you're dead
9274s	as it just so happens Glory has like the
9276s	perfect hand to answer all of this to
9278s	deal with coin
9280s	um dungeoneer into dungeoneer most of
9282s	the time that's not gonna happen uh but
9285s	it does mean that now
9287s	xiaobai still has a stall absolutely
9289s	he's got flurry savara to gain a whole
9291s	bunch more of them in the subsequent
9293s	turns but that's not good enough because
9295s	if you're not dealing damage while
9296s	you're stalling eventually the stall
9298s	runs out it's just delaying the problem
9300s	and it will kill you if you don't kill
9302s	them first
9306s	no real choice but to continue this
9311s	did he gets enough Mana to be able to
9312s	draw some cards in a proper way so
9315s	there's a lot of stall here and some
9317s	decent card draws so he's okay for now
9319s	exactly I think this is Bagon for for
9322s	xiaobai he gets himself back another
9323s	Wildfire which means that as soon as he
9326s	can top deck a reckless Apprentice he
9329s	just blows up the board which is exactly
9331s	what he needs to be doing
9337s	is um where we are going to see the
9339s	Demon Hunter do its thing because he we
9342s	are down to just relics and card draw
9343s	now I know that's kind of the deck but
9345s	sometimes you don't see that because if
9346s	you don't draw the relics you don't get
9348s	to the card draw a bit
9350s	uh well you do get the card draw a bit
9352s	but yeah it's too late and you just die
9353s	so we just saw the last game
9356s	and there really is an absurd amount of
9358s	card drawing shower by his hand right
9359s	now all he needs to do is to survive uh
9362s	to be able to play all of it at the same
9364s	time
9366s	and he can do that actually I think
9368s	quite handily he could go
9371s	ping plus flurry if he wanted to but I
9373s	get the suspicion the flurries are
9375s	better saved then at this point the
9377s	first one was mainly just played to
9378s	activate the
9380s	davara we could see Wildfire coin Ping
9385s	On the Scorpion but I'm crazy did you
9388s	like that a little
9389s	less uh because we want to be using our
9393s	cards more so than our hero power here
9395s	given that we need to make room for them
9397s	with uh yeah big room for the
9399s	multitaskers
9401s	are the model casters sir the same thing
9404s	I'm pretty sure it was named that way on
9407s	purpose it's a multitasking and somebody
9408s	just went oh multicast is funnier and
9410s	then somebody else went yep named
9414s	he's going the other way though Derek
9416s	and I liked your plan but he just
9418s	pinging but he he does need to empty his
9421s	hand out right that's clear unless he's
9423s	going to Finley
9424s	yeah I mean what I'm saying didn't
9426s	really make sense I think the main thing
9427s	was just I didn't like to see Wildfire
9429s	coin and ping all usually used to
9431s	scorpion which is not very important
9432s	right now he can make hand space with
9435s	coin flurry flurry that's not
9437s	too difficult
9441s	anybody
9444s	well Glory hasn't got the massive
9447s	pop-off turn but he's got everything but
9449s	that going on now
9451s	it does yeah
9453s	time to start feeding that Jace that's
9456s	one way that um he can sort of bypass
9458s	all the stall later on
9461s	and now we reach uh
9464s	sorry uh now we reach the crossroads
9466s	here for shall buy where it's turn six
9467s	you don't have the hero card but you do
9470s	have thinly and so we need to readjust
9473s	what our priorities are in this matchup
9475s	you've just drawn bran which kind of
9477s	hurts because you'd love to draw that
9479s	afterwards alongside a reckless
9481s	Apprentice but I do think at this point
9484s	spending mana on the card draw of
9486s	multicaster is too expensive we can't
9488s	afford to do that anymore and so it
9492s	feels more like a Finley game now
9494s	yeah it feels like that's how you play
9495s	the last couple of turns as well right
9496s	it's sort of with the Finley in mind but
9499s	no he is going now multicaster
9502s	yeah I mean you can end with Finley
9503s	still uh of course
9509s	okay he's still setting up for the hero
9511s	card and I suppose there's not much more
9513s	you'd rather spend your remaining six
9515s	mana on than just getting down a
9516s	multicaster and this way allowed him to
9518s	back out if he just if he just hit Dawn
9520s	grasp from the drawers then he does not
9522s	have to finally because his hand would
9524s	be fine to just go dawn grasp and keep
9525s	stalling again and pinging so okay yeah
9528s	I mean or as many cards as he could
9531s	there are admittedly I guess some things
9533s	I would rather spend my mana on than the
9536s	uh the multicaster because having
9538s	preemptively played a snow flurry would
9540s	be fantastic to get farden down Ping On
9542s	the same turd thanked him as well uh
9545s	pretty good too
9551s	long 24. although that's kind of it's
9555s	not irrelevant at all but look at
9556s	Glory's hand he's got this they know
9558s	he's got the Json hand so there's some
9561s	chunky
9563s	actual direct damage still to come
9567s	always saving it I've got to be honest I
9569s	was kind of tempted to get down the
9570s	ladies Athena there if you're expecting
9572s	him I just don't grasp on the other side
9577s	yes he should be because that yeah wow
9580s	he's not playing it okay
9587s	really is that not a dawn grasp on this
9590s	turn you have flurry in the the pool is
9593s	the only Frost spell I think which would
9595s	potentially lower the damage a little
9597s	bit more as well
9599s	and you're gonna have to play Dawn grasp
9602s	to win this game they're at 27 Health
9603s	you're not getting there with just this
9604s	hero power
9609s	sure
9611s	really just relying I suppose I'm
9612s	getting a head on board far enough on
9614s	this turn to the point where he'll stay
9616s	ahead
9621s	actually to shall buy his credit here
9625s	are we still 15 cards left looking for
9628s	that that second Relic uh wait there's
9630s	two choices right draw a million cards
9632s	or play a million big things
9643s	there we go
9649s	stay where you are
9652s	that gets the bad flurry unfortunately
9659s	but it's uh very similar All Things
9661s	Considered and gets a good 50 50 outcome
9667s	and somehow Glory has nothing to do here
9674s	yeah the Jace is not Juiced is it no and
9678s	yeah you can't draw cards and he hasn't
9680s	got a relic that's kind of unusual yeah
9683s	it really has fallen apart a lot quicker
9684s	than I thought it would
9690s	full brand
9694s	BRB reading card hang on
9697s	uh it does nothing is is what it does
9701s	yeah that's how I feel too damaged
9704s	it's how I remembered it that's why it
9706s	used to be what you did yeah oh look at
9708s	this so clutch as well the hero power up
9711s	to the perfect six it's not often
9713s	anymore that you see uh the hero power
9716s	going all the way up to seven damage
9718s	especially this early in the game but
9720s	right now for xiaobai this is just an
9722s	insta game winner
9724s	yep and Glory off his opening hand was
9726s	probably thinking good I've got I've
9728s	taken one off this Mage I want to I want
9730s	to beat this Mage up but looking very
9733s	much like Shelby is going to go 2-0 up
9735s	now
9736s	chance for a miracle here off the school
9738s	teacher though chaos leech
9740s	leech and then relic of extinct
9743s	extinctly okay that is a big fan
9745s	Fantastic set of noglings
9748s	absolute lifesaver
9752s	it was like very specifically that that
9756s	could save him here actually maybe like
9758s	a couple of other combinations but
9759s	really not much else
9764s	Medics are getting a bit silly
9768s	I'm gonna need to
9770s	but is he just dead actually to double
9772s	for his touchy I think he is uh it's
9775s	still exactly enough actually if Glory
9777s	had killed off the skeleton and it had a
9779s	gun face I think he was alive at one but
9781s	uh
9783s	yeah xiaobai giving himself a slap there
9785s	you know it didn't bring it up at the
9788s	time he did slightly mess up that
9789s	previous turn because he froze the 2-2
9792s	when he didn't need to he could have
9793s	Frozen the opposing minion before he
9795s	killed them off it's little things like
9797s	that that I think are getting to him but
9799s	that's okay in these high stakes matches
9801s	I've said it so many times
9803s	in casting APAC Grand Masters in these
9806s	high stakes situations I've seen so many
9808s	meltdowns where players get on
9810s	themselves for making these little
9812s	mistakes they're too self-critical and
9814s	it just causes a meltdown because
9816s	they're trying to play perfectly and it
9818s	all gets too much for xiaobai that was
9820s	fine that was a perfectly good Mage game
9823s	I'm sure that you know you could pick up
9824s	on things that would have been done
9825s	differently I know I would have played a
9827s	little differently but all his lines
9829s	made sense and uh he's coming out of it
9832s	in a very good position just a single
9834s	game away from Worlds and getting the
9836s	revenge on Glory as you said a bit of a
9839s	rivalry is developing here
9840s	yeah absolutely and um yeah he does have
9844s	a history of being a little bit weak
9846s	Under Pressure so
9848s	um like like tilting apparently that's
9850s	what we're told so you can see how
9852s	nervous he is but why wouldn't you be
9854s	I'd be absolutely collapsing under this
9857s	pressure I'm absolutely sure the
9858s	difference being I'll never have to
9860s	because there's no chance of me reaching
9862s	the top eight of the whole season at any
9866s	time soon
9867s	so yeah good for him but has to get it
9870s	over the line and Glory going to show us
9873s	the Druid we really haven't seen much
9875s	Druid in his tournament but it's looked
9877s	okay when we have to be honest yeah it
9879s	has I'm kind of a little sad that we
9881s	don't get to see the Mage first through
9883s	it because it's actually one of my
9884s	favorite matchups I think probably my
9885s	favorite matchup to play as the Mage I
9887s	just think it has really interesting
9889s	interactions against the Druid and
9891s	you're never truly out as terrible as
9893s	the games may seem unless they play the
9895s	Jailer then things get very very bad but
9897s	uh this Tech 4 for Glory now is gonna
9900s	have to be taking down the priest on the
9902s	other side which is another interesting
9905s	matchup one that I think
9906s	is Warped by our historical knowledge of
9910s	hearthstone wherein ramp Druid and buff
9914s	priest in one form or another have
9916s	existed for a very very long time in
9918s	Hearthstone and Druid has been bad in
9921s	that matchup for pretty much the
9922s	entirety of hearthstone because they
9924s	don't have removal they spend their
9925s	entire early turn not developing the
9927s	board and just ramping up and the priest
9929s	happily says okay good for you buddy
9931s	here's a 2020 on turn five good luck
9933s	answering that but now Druid actually
9936s	does have the removal in the form of
9938s	neutral removal options they're Druid uh
9941s	single Target removal is still
9942s	non-existent but with Sylvanas and the
9945s	Devourer and even arguably the scale of
9948s	annexia being a pretty big player in
9950s	that as well they have fantastic removal
9953s	options and unless there's a super
9955s	aggressive start for xiaobai or some
9957s	massive pop-off Miracle turn later on I
9960s	actually really don't hate Druid in this
9962s	matchup at all
9964s	yeah that is interesting because again
9965s	exactly how you enter I keep saying I'm
9968s	just copying what you say which is sorry
9969s	for me no no but
9971s	um my um it means you're saying the good
9973s	things because my understanding of
9974s	hearthstone is clouding the Judgment
9976s	it's like well I'm gonna make a 20 20.
9977s	if you make a Sylvanas I'm gonna make
9979s	another 2020 then I'm going to kill you
9980s	because that is the plan that roughly
9983s	Shelby will be going with but
9986s	um something I've learned about this
9987s	priest deck over the last three or four
9989s	months is that people who play it well
9991s	find ways to not walk into the the
9994s	removal or if they do to just do it all
9996s	again even when they're seemingly very
9999s	low on cards they're just very aware of
10002s	what's left in the deck very aware of
10004s	the exact damage they can do uh me I'm
10007s	just counting I've got some wigs and
10008s	some nerves I'm just going to hit you
10010s	for a lot but you know these players are
10012s	very good at balancing how much a lot
10014s	actually is
10016s	pretty much the standard list once again
10018s	here for Shout Out by I'd be curious to
10023s	see where whether the Jailer can have
10025s	any kind of an impact in this matchup
10027s	because my obvious assumption is no
10029s	given that taunt does not work with
10031s	invulnerability it just loses it and uh
10036s	I don't know I just hope to see it
10037s	that's not an interaction I've seen
10038s	between the Jailer and Naga priests to
10041s	be called to check out that one can go
10042s	uh but it doesn't look like it's going
10045s	to be getting to that point in the game
10046s	because xiaobai's got himself a
10049s	pretty nice starting hand to with
10052s	the wig obviously being kept reading I
10055s	want to say probably as well handmade
10057s	and I'm not
10061s	you definitely could
10064s	wow no radiant and handmade and kept no
10067s	yeah
10070s	can't throw that away yeah I mean I I
10073s	obviously understand why Naga uh sorry
10076s	about the handmaiden is being held on to
10078s	it's on the coin he needs card draw uh
10081s	in order to find more nagas but I think
10083s	it's actually deceptively difficult to
10085s	play three spells
10087s	hit this hand because you have the coin
10089s	then you have to activate the serpent
10091s	wig which you currently don't have a way
10092s	to do so then you'd have to activate it
10094s	again unless you want to just lose the
10096s	surf and wig in order to activate the
10098s	handmaiden and so
10100s	personally I was a little bit more on
10101s	board with trying to find the the Scribe
10104s	or Slither spear to just get some
10106s	immediate replays on the serpent wig I
10109s	love how I just burst into Giggles
10111s	because everything you say was
10113s	absolutely made sense he just rips the
10115s	Devourer off the top as he's supposed to
10117s	one Health minions and whilst you're
10119s	trying to explain a really important
10121s	Salient point he just destroys it all
10124s	from within
10125s	uh but no it absolutely makes sense that
10130s	um it is hard to activate the handmade I
10132s	know subtle also talks about how
10134s	handmaiden is an overrated keep right
10137s	um but it's all about what you have with
10139s	it and he decided that again with the
10142s	week he'd be okay
10143s	and maybe that's why he threw
10146s	the 2-3 originally so that he could try
10148s	and find some more nagas to try and play
10149s	the wigs blah blah blah but yeah it's
10152s	worked out for him through totally
10154s	different means meanwhile fascinating uh
10157s	decisions are being made on the other
10158s	side here for Glory who
10162s	dredges out the Devourer I believe from
10165s	the bottom of his deck yep not the Guff
10168s	or the renothold that would have
10169s	actually been drawn obviously renatal is
10171s	the worst card but you actually get it
10172s	off of the Aquatic form there
10174s	thus demonstrating the power of the
10178s	Devourer 100 and then gets offered
10180s	Finley and plays it when he has a split
10183s	up nourish in the hand which is a huge
10186s	uh loss in terms of ramp potential Here
10188s	sign that he feels that he's just going
10192s	um that the ramp would be slow because
10195s	yeah he smelt this
10197s	oh man
10200s	this is not something you want to smell
10202s	this would uh turn even TJ's nose I
10204s	think is uh yeah it sounds like TJ's
10206s	house for what you were saying earlier
10210s	um so do we just go back again do we go
10212s	Finley back up and spin it once more to
10215s	get that nourish bag
10217s	oh no
10222s	because this is a disaster he is losing
10225s	this game prontesimo maybe the Finley's
10227s	gonna hypnotize his opponent into just
10229s	staring at them for so long that he
10231s	forgets to play a turn
10234s	it's two spin leaves I don't know if
10236s	anyone can cope with that
10240s	oh no Urban scales ah I mean it's just
10244s	very clearly two-ton lethal right yeah
10251s	oh I think it's just a nice quick series
10254s	uh like I said I usually like Glory's oh
10258s	sorry the possession of the Druid here
10259s	because you know this kind of game where
10262s	he takes the normal game plan he hit the
10264s	nourish he could have ramped up to a
10266s	Devourer
10268s	but me that's often times quick enough
10270s	you're gonna stabilize on a very low
10271s	Health total but that's fine there's
10273s	literally zero burst in the priest deck
10275s	if he picked up a scale of a next year
10277s	along the way that would have sealed the
10278s	deal but it's just because of the power
10280s	of this radiant Elemental in the
10283s	starting hand that Shoup I was able to
10285s	spiral this game out of control yeah
10287s	Glory also knew that the handmaiden was
10289s	there I think because the radiant was
10291s	played as not a kept card the the wing
10293s	was kept and there's one other card what
10296s	could it be and there's not many answers
10298s	to that employees giving us a wave oh
10301s	man oh he goes back to the World
10303s	Championships we talked about Glory
10305s	going there three times in a moment
10306s	xiaobai who lost the glory in the group
10308s	stages last time around is going back
10311s	there and something we haven't said in
10313s	the other broadcast yet but glory is not
10315s	quite out yet
10317s	um because Habu gabu has gone through
10319s	there is a slot available the four
10321s	losing quarter finalists will be playing
10325s	a group presumably off stream um
10328s	to find that last slot so
10333s	um yeah not absolutely out yet and
10335s	obviously yeah you're not where you want
10337s	to be at the start of the day and Glory
10339s	waving but it's been a great great run
10341s	for him
10343s	that's right it's a real Heartbreaker
10344s	for me I you know it's been a privilege
10347s	to get to Castle Road for so long and
10349s	then see him have such a meteoric rise
10351s	of the last couple years obviously him
10353s	and possessive back to back being such a
10356s	incredibly strong pair of players it
10358s	would have been so cool to see him back
10360s	to Worlds again this year in the open
10362s	field potentially getting another strong
10364s	spot there and as you say not
10365s	technically over yet but looking very
10367s	very unlikely for him as you know most
10371s	of those games there was just very
10372s	little he could do right we saw them a
10374s	lot more on the first day where it was
10376s	just these absolute steamroll styles of
10377s	games and that's exactly what Xiao boy
10379s	gave him who I think played some very
10382s	strong Hearthstone over the course of
10384s	that series I liked what I saw yeah I
10386s	enjoyed it as well especially when it's
10387s	a player I mean I'm I'm with you I was
10389s	sort of a little bit Glory biased but
10390s	watching shall buy when it's a player
10392s	who's been there once and still suffers
10395s	from the nerves and you know really
10397s	digging deep to sort of not only fight
10398s	the opponent but fight yourself a little
10400s	bit with your if you're that way built
10402s	which he clearly is
10403s	I do like to see those players overcome
10405s	that and get through so really nice to
10408s	see him win despite the fact it's glory
10410s	that's going out and looking forward to
10412s	show by representing once again at the
10415s	World Championships
10416s	um during a very small although growing
10418s	number of players who have done it twice
10422s	that's right yeah we'll be uh exciting
10424s	to see but we still have one more match
10427s	left to come right with a couple of
10429s	players who are wildly different from
10431s	what we've seen in the rest of the field
10433s	I'm very very excited to see how this
10434s	one is going to play out between usia
10436s	and Bonnie because while we've seen good
10438s	decks uh in one sense and aggro mainly
10441s	so far today now we've got something
10443s	right out of left field like combo
10445s	control kind of thing for both players
10447s	don't even know what to call it but it's
10449s	going to be fascinating to see it go up
10450s	against each other
10452s	yeah you have got to be absolutely made
10455s	of steel to bring this combo line up to
10457s	this tournament and then tweet I'm not
10459s	scared of theater like fair play to
10462s	somebody you know
10464s	they're one shot most likely that
10466s	they're going to get and Bam just going
10469s	for it right from the gate so again as
10472s	always without further Ado we're going
10474s	to take a three minute break and then we
10476s	get on with quarterfinal number four see
10479s	you there
10488s	thank you
10490s	foreign
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10520s	thank you
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10560s	foreign
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10726s	and welcome back to the fall
10728s	Championship I'm Raven and join the meet
10730s	for the last quad final match is Gia
10732s	we'll be bringing you the next match
10733s	we've got coming up which is going to be
10735s	Bunny versus
10736s	and uh Geo bunny had a very stressful
10739s	day yesterday a lot of ups and downs but
10742s	I'm sure he's got the ability to recover
10744s	but talk about these lineups just for a
10746s	second we've basically got combo on
10749s	usi's side versus control on Bonnie's
10752s	side do you uh which one are you feeling
10753s	here
10754s	lineup wise I do think ustia is in the
10757s	lead and honestly Raven I wouldn't have
10759s	said the same thing yesterday before I
10762s	had seen it was just line up in action
10764s	because like Gregorius and like a bunch
10766s	of people on social media I was a bit
10768s	baffled by the archetypes that he chose
10771s	to bring particularly the charge Warrior
10774s	but after he's shown that he's
10776s	proficient with the decks the decks can
10777s	get a whole bunch of wins against slow
10780s	lineups and aggro lineups alike I feel
10782s	like he's in a very good spot because
10785s	like he said the best counter to combo
10787s	is you know Indira Theodore but he's not
10789s	afraid of it and he did prove that he
10791s	doesn't have to be yesterday yeah I
10794s	think one thing that really stuck out
10795s	because you know looking at the priest
10797s	looking at the Rogue these are decks
10799s	we're pretty familiar with but the
10801s	charge Warrior all the criticisms of the
10804s	past uh kind of not all maybe but they
10806s	do go away a little bit because we we
10808s	got shown like the new Tools in this
10810s	charge Warrior actually allow you to do
10812s	some form of active setup that doesn't
10815s	require you to have one specific combo
10818s	right there's actually multiple ways you
10821s	can actually push out your high amounts
10822s	of damage to win the game so I'm excited
10824s	to see it once again on stream and it's
10826s	not going to be banned out so hopefully
10828s	we get to see it here is just actually
10830s	had his Mage band away and then the
10833s	Rogue has gone away from a bunny Hopper
10835s	but even without the charge Warrior like
10837s	obviously that's I think the sticking
10839s	point for me in this series and probably
10840s	in any series who's just gonna play for
10843s	the rest of this tournament I do think
10845s	the rest of the lineup is looking very
10847s	very solid against bunny so I think and
10851s	I will see if you agree that Bonnie has
10853s	to get quite creative to actually uh
10855s	grab some wins here
10857s	yeah that is right his lineup is not
10860s	full control though I will sort of leave
10863s	that asterisk out there he's got
10866s	um the wig priest which has been left up
10868s	by ustio which I feel is going to be in
10871s	a pretty decent spot against usia's
10873s	lineup overall it's just gonna start off
10877s	with the mailbox Rogue here uh where
10881s	there is of course that version that
10884s	doesn't have the nulls anymore to make
10885s	sure there's a higher ceiling in terms
10888s	of how big you can get the Draka dagger
10890s	and also the generations from the
10894s	location and I think this is in good
10896s	keeping with the rest of usia's lineup
10898s	where it is leaning more combo and once
10901s	you remove the Maestra and nulls it does
10903s	seem to be a more all-in version that
10905s	does better against these solar decks
10907s	yeah I do like this deck a lot I'm not
10910s	the uh I've not been the the biggest
10911s	Rogue player in the world in my history
10914s	with Hearthstone even though there has
10915s	been a few decks I've really liked but
10917s	in playing this list I actually uh
10919s	enjoyed it a lot because it's got just a
10921s	very clear win condition you know what
10923s	you have to do and you just get to make
10926s	you know one two maybe three sort of big
10929s	waves of attacks depending on how the
10930s	game goes and then simply that's got to
10933s	work and I do think finding those turns
10935s	and making the most out of those turns
10937s	is not only you know fairly difficult at
10939s	times to be able to judge it but also
10941s	just super fun for us to watch Gina
10943s	that's what I'm most excited about about
10944s	this deck I find it a great one to just
10947s	watch happen but bunny is going to be
10950s	playing the priest here so you see
10952s	someone else's lineup and some
10954s	background information I mean we know
10956s	enough about bunny by now one of the
10958s	best players in the world like I said
10959s	had a bit of a rough up and down day but
10962s	did make it to today and that's all that
10964s	really matters at this point I just hope
10967s	you is a well rested and ready for this
10970s	morning
10971s	and yeah starting off with that Naga
10974s	priest like you said I found it pretty
10977s	interesting over all that we still went
10979s	for the ban on the jackpot Rogue instead
10983s	um because looking at Bunny's lineup as
10985s	a whole it goes sort of like half
10987s	control if you want to call the
10989s	mid-range Shaman control and then the
10991s	big spell Mage also is it can fulfill a
10994s	Control Function but also does a lot of
10998s	disruption as well which is something
11000s	that combo decks can struggle against
11002s	especially when there are spells that
11005s	are key to the combo like to the front
11007s	for example
11008s	the jackpot Rogue is a deck that feels
11012s	like on paper it might be weaker to
11015s	combo Ducks because it takes a while to
11017s	really get rolling doesn't have that
11019s	much straight up combo generation but
11021s	the fact that
11023s	um
11025s	type of combo decks are also somewhat
11028s	controlled leaning like the warrior for
11030s	example means that it can fall prey to
11033s	just greedy Decks that come forward with
11035s	wave after wave of threats which is
11038s	something that the jackpot Rogue does
11039s	pretty consistently so I guess that's
11043s	what's going through it's just had
11044s	taking the ban on that instead of the
11047s	Whig priest but I still feel like the
11049s	weak priest is in a decent position
11050s	against the lineup as a whole whether it
11053s	is against the Rogan particular I'm not
11056s	quite so sure because I feel like with
11059s	wig priests it's all about whether your
11061s	first minion can actually stick does it
11063s	get bone spiked away if not they can run
11065s	away with it yeah I agree and I think
11067s	this is uh what we talk about a lot in
11070s	Conquest where certain wins with certain
11073s	decks don't really count for as much in
11076s	the grand scheme of things and I think
11077s	if bunny Hopper gets the priest over the
11079s	line that's obviously great for bunny
11081s	Hopper but it's not his most troubling
11084s	deck in this matchup right like we said
11086s	even though he can lose with this dagger
11088s	priest I think this is by far the
11090s	strongest one I do agree uh in this
11092s	matchup so we'll have to see how this
11094s	one goes I think if uh bunny Hopper gets
11096s	off to a quick start just gets game one
11098s	over with Naga priest uh he's then got
11100s	the real work after that I think this
11102s	was just a starting off easy kind of
11105s	option here for bunny Harbor
11106s	yep that is right if we are talking
11109s	about the most Troublesome deck I would
11112s	wager it's the shaman left over for
11114s	bunny which is funny to say because
11116s	Shaman traditionally has had quite a bit
11118s	of extra combo disruption not just the
11121s	atar but the mutinous and the ability to
11124s	um duplicate that Battle Cry but
11126s	yesterday we saw from Greg Warriors even
11128s	with a mutinous game
11131s	um still the charge Warrior got the best
11133s	of him and we will see if something
11135s	similar happens here
11138s	decent looking opening hand for ustia
11141s	indeed it's a three keep here um this
11144s	bone Spike and Cutlass whether or not
11146s	the Cutlass gets played or traded it's
11148s	the bone Spike that's most important to
11150s	make sure that he can actually remove
11152s	those first couple minions like a
11154s	slitherspier which I'm pretty sure
11155s	Bunny's gonna
11156s	I mean I thought he was gonna keep it
11159s	but if you are playing around bones
11160s	fight maybe you go harder for wig
11163s	Yeah It's Tricky isn't it because
11166s	in this matchup because you can argue
11168s	two sides I think so the spear just dies
11171s	to Bone Spike which does suck but it's
11173s	also one less combo piece for them when
11176s	they do pop off right if they just bone
11178s	spike it straight away so you could just
11180s	say well if they don't have bone spikes
11182s	other space great if they do have it
11184s	well they've used a bone Spike but it is
11186s	worth thinking about because you know
11188s	that there's enough tricky removal tools
11191s	to be able to deal with this but when he
11193s	kept this little spare and he's also got
11195s	the wig so I imagine this is actually a
11197s	hold right like Place leather spin wig
11199s	on too
11201s	okay I do like that better than just
11204s	leaving the one three out because there
11206s	is the bone Spike like you said and
11208s	there's tooth as well bones might be
11210s	being the scarier one because if if it's
11213s	paired with location that's just I think
11216s	an instant activation for ustia or a
11219s	mailbox dancer
11221s	yeah and maybe this is why
11224s	bunny made this play as well right
11226s	because the question here is well if
11230s	it's just gonna bone Spike this that's
11233s	coin bone Spike and yes he can play
11235s	location as well but that's like three
11238s	of the cards out of the hand already
11239s	played not really you know if the
11243s	location comes down okay they have a
11244s	three three maybe that's enough but
11246s	maybe Bunny's just saying you know what
11247s	if they make a three three early and
11249s	that's three of their cards that's still
11251s	fine for him right
11254s	ustia actually going for Cutlass over
11256s	bone Spike because he realizes that if
11259s	there is just a singular wig here or a
11261s	bless that only puts the slitherspoon up
11264s	to five Health which means he can still
11265s	swing into it with a Cutlass and then
11267s	kill it with bone Spike and get a much
11270s	bigger location activation because
11272s	mailbox coin coin can happen all before
11275s	that and then if he just gets a big
11277s	minion off of the location that is
11279s	plenty of staying power and trading
11283s	resources which is so important to get
11285s	ahead on board against the Whig priest
11288s	with backstab I don't actually think
11292s	oh sorry yeah because a wig wasn't
11294s	played so that's a great draw he can
11296s	clear everything yeah yeah and and this
11298s	is a great little back and forth even in
11300s	just the first couple of turns of the
11302s	game because both players were obviously
11304s	playing around certain things that led
11307s	them to you know play Strange like like
11310s	non-air standard openings right because
11312s	almost all the time you would put the
11314s	wig on that slither spear every single
11317s	time and start stacking it but you know
11319s	both players know how to play around the
11320s	game here and boost you go in I don't
11323s	want to say all in here he's just ahead
11325s	on board he's just winning if you want
11327s	to put it that simply and I think most
11328s	importantly as an complete worst case
11331s	scenario he does have the Sprint on five
11334s	I know that's quite far away from now
11336s	but it's just a good backup plan if
11338s	somehow this fails but gee like is there
11341s	something bunny can even realistically
11343s	fight back versus this
11345s	I mean double wigs on slitherspoon does
11349s	get it to Seven health so at least it's
11352s	not dead to just the 66 straight up it's
11355s	also gonna get a total of plus four
11357s	attack
11359s	so I guess it's just a little bit short
11361s	of cleanly challenging the 66 but it
11364s	starts to put a dent in things
11367s	um
11368s	it's not great because he doesn't have
11371s	the follow-up necessarily of that last
11373s	damage needed to kill it off assuming
11376s	the 66 goes in for the trade but if he
11378s	draws into several or shot over devour
11381s	maybe he comes back yeah
11386s	looking tough yeah the fact it just the
11388s	the shadow just doesn't die
11390s	next draw here from
11393s	dude oh okay well fine spend the money
11397s	that's right perfect draw would have
11399s	been prep of course but not gonna scoff
11401s	at this either that can be for next turn
11403s	it's okay
11405s	oh
11407s	well treasure guard wig also still looks
11410s	decent here because once again it's a
11411s	seven Health minion it challenges the
11413s	sixth one
11415s	and protects his face yes yeah that's
11418s	the thing like all bunny needs to do now
11420s	we'd start to try and
11422s	not die as a option one and then while
11425s	he's doing that just start to just stack
11427s	this handmade and it's just drawn right
11429s	because then at least he knows that he's
11431s	just running on fumes right now in terms
11433s	of hand size so if you could just get
11435s	this handmade and you know boosted up a
11437s	little bit obviously the treasure card
11439s	treasure guard will cycle itself as well
11441s	uh so both players just uh really
11444s	playing with the minimal options right
11446s	now yeah which is funny because they
11448s	both had pretty much the perfect hands
11450s	oh Shadow stuff
11453s	oh play and then yeah
11458s	installs the double location yep
11461s	potentially means the treasure guard
11464s	doesn't die this turn but at the very
11467s	least you can put some damage into it so
11469s	it's not super scary it'll be blessed
11471s	but yeah now there's backstop doesn't
11472s	even need to worry about that and prep
11475s	spell oh my goodness
11478s	stenographer is free
11483s	hmm
11485s	ghost Cutlass instead I oh sorry oh no
11488s	ghosts
11490s	I was wondering about how much of this
11493s	turn
11494s	needed to be held back to I mean uh to
11498s	make sure he still has fuel for Draka
11499s	the next turn and the answer to that is
11502s	zero it's fine at this point and this
11506s	shaking the head there from Bonnie
11508s	because
11509s	I simply don't think there's anything in
11512s	the deck that's gonna recover from this
11514s	he does I believe play Magic hexen but
11517s	there's more than one big minion right
11520s	so it kind of just doesn't matter it's
11523s	um Summerall Bliss is still short right
11526s	not that he has the Mana this turn but
11528s	next turn because he's technically not
11531s	dead on board it's like one-off for osia
11533s	including dagger so if bunny were to
11536s	draw samurai by next turn and play that
11539s	with bless it's still only eight AOE so
11542s	it has to be some weird thing like this
11544s	turn you play shadow or devour from the
11547s	from the Thrive and then top decks have
11549s	her home yeah if you like the next turn
11553s	but Houston could actually depending on
11556s	the troll next turn have enough to make
11558s	like a reasonable ish dagger and by
11560s	reasonable I mean more than one
11569s	okay
11572s	gonna bless this
11574s	okay
11582s	maybe trying to bait ustia into a trade
11587s	thank you she could just trade right
11591s	like just put the put one of the nine
11592s	Nines in
11594s	this that's this won't be lethal right
11596s	so right what he doesn't want to see is
11599s	the uh boon
11600s	yeah that's right
11606s	and if he does take the trade I guess
11608s	bunny still has a pretty good out for
11610s	shadow or Devourer if he finds it
11612s	probably need both of them for this to
11615s	be effective enough
11617s	uh either way but he's still in an awful
11620s	awful spot and we still if he wants can
11624s	just get a stealth mailbox dancer to add
11626s	to the party but somehow I feel like the
11628s	dagger just going face is pretty
11630s	relevant as well
11633s	oh okay he's just going face it's just
11636s	saying you know what I'll put you to one
11637s	and say you don't have it
11639s	I mean not they would necessarily be
11641s	enough it would have to be Boone plus
11642s	other things as well to really feel safe
11645s	of course but
11648s	we'll teach isn't it
11651s	I think now Bunny Hop is just too
11653s	restricted by Mana
11655s	to actually do you draw anything or
11657s	generate anything that's going to really
11660s	help him oh that's the leash Maybe
11663s	uh no
11666s	that's game one thing that's it wow just
11668s	like that big pop up there for moves to
11671s	your game one done and dusted and a
11673s	great win as well getting the Rogue out
11675s	of the way
11676s	um and really solid play I actually
11678s	really enjoyed those first few turns
11679s	from the players because like I said
11680s	those were not standard openings for
11683s	those decks but in this matchup
11685s	obviously when you know what you've got
11686s	to play around it made a lot of sense so
11689s	it goes to one zero up so uh job one is
11692s	done and I feel a little bit sorry there
11694s	for bunny Hopper I used to just had the
11697s	answers that were required and then that
11698s	second location to you just sped up the
11701s	clock so much on the game that Bonnie
11704s	just had no time at all
11706s	yeah Not only was it an incredible
11708s	opener to Stave off even a one drop
11711s	double wig opener from bunny it was also
11714s	the follow-up right having this print
11716s	and immediately getting prep and
11718s	backstab off of it getting those
11720s	locations to the point where even if
11721s	bunny had the samurai bless it was still
11724s	out of range just good stuff and that is
11728s	first of ustia's uh combo oriented decks
11732s	out of the way he's gonna move on to the
11735s	boar priest now which if bunny pews up
11737s	the wig priest again this is a pretty
11739s	throwback matchup Raven we were seeing
11741s	this even from the beginning Masters
11743s	tours of the year and it's a very close
11745s	one which I think at the time leaned
11748s	ever so slightly wig priest favored
11751s	things have changed a little bit now
11753s	with the list but I'd wager it's still
11754s	in a similar position yeah I agree I
11758s	think that it's slightly wake priest's
11760s	favorite just because they if they do
11761s	start to build up that board right there
11764s	needs to be very specific answers from
11765s	the ball priest sport I I do struggle to
11770s	question the ability of the ball priest
11773s	deck because sometimes you see and it
11775s	just flops over and does nothing but
11778s	there was I think who was it I can't
11780s	remember I think someone played on
11781s	Friday that I think being direct cast
11783s	and they were you know they were holding
11786s	on from aggressive pushes they were just
11787s	about next week they just comboed I was
11789s	like oh I didn't even notice that that
11791s	chillier cycled the um the amulets fast
11794s	enough I was like oh they've just won
11796s	and it's like it always creeps up on you
11799s	when you see what these ball Breeze
11800s	players can do so we'll see how user can
11803s	get on here but look at this Mulligan
11804s	gear is putting up a looking for any of
11806s	this specifically is it just a wig
11808s	keeper
11809s	I would say just the wig keep having a
11812s	one drop obviously is amazing but I'd
11815s	say this is a matchup where handmade and
11817s	slash location are also very important
11819s	because you do expect first couple waves
11821s	of your boards to get cleared so as long
11823s	as he has both wig and consistent ways
11826s	to draw cards then he is in a good
11829s	position though that's an early hero
11833s	card in hand and just the trade deal
11834s	that is not a pretty looking for priest
11837s	hunt but he does at least have Thrive to
11839s	look for Switcheroo
11841s	yeah another devour to help out maybe a
11844s	little bit later on but you are right
11846s	bunny up his hand is looking great now
11847s	it does have a cathedral rating
11849s	Elemental amalgam and wig is the main
11852s	ones here looking fantastic
11854s	right but doing maybe one of the cheap
11856s	Naga soon just to just to get the ball
11858s	rolling right but honestly
11860s	even if he coins out Cathedral next turn
11863s	oh never mind coin radiant okay
11867s	yeah so what this does is it means he
11870s	can play amalgam wig next turn amalgam
11872s	will not get a Naga but that's fine
11876s	um in the list for us yeah there's
11878s	really not a clean way to remove the
11880s	radiant on all light it burns does not
11883s	touch it so bunny says it's fine to lose
11885s	out on one radian for combo potential
11887s	later if it means he gets to build up
11889s	his board early off of the Thrive no
11892s	option for Switcheroo so he ends up
11894s	taking another Thrive pretty unfortunate
11896s	and for bunny here I think we're going
11898s	to see the classic uh anti-bor priest
11901s	move of not going face until it's lethal
11904s	right it does have the merkwell ascribed
11907s	now as well so can actually pivot away
11909s	from the amalgam uh to to use this to
11912s	proc the wig and hold on to that amalgam
11914s	if he feels he you know really wants a
11916s	Naga from this right
11919s	it's actually a really close spot
11920s	because Rick water describe if you use
11923s	it this turn it's kind of like implying
11925s	you do also wig and then it's a wasted
11927s	one Mana discount yeah because it's
11929s	already costing zero so he does end up
11931s	with the amalgam instead
11934s	and uh storm watcher I don't know so
11940s	expensive so I'm just looking at okay
11942s	he's gonna go stop I was looking at the
11943s	reporter just because it's a death
11944s	rattle into something and you could just
11948s	throw it down next turn or the turn
11949s	after right if you need a filter but
11951s	yeah he's gonna go storm watcher of
11952s	course the overall most powerful option
11954s	bunny had
11956s	but he does attack face though
11958s	I mean hmm if you don't put them
11962s	under 27 they still don't get value from
11965s	gift of the nauru which is something but
11968s	there's also an idea of never attacking
11971s	at all to play around cyrilla the 4-4
11973s	later on
11975s	um but I wonder if Bunny's taking a
11977s	different philosophy to the matchup I
11979s	felt like it was kind of established
11980s	that you're not supposed to attack face
11983s	against bar priest as big priest until
11986s	you actually have the kill but I mean I
11990s	can definitely be challenged on that
11991s	that is outdated knowledge that I'm
11993s	spouting I think we'll get more
11995s	information about his mindset shortly
11998s	right because on this turn whether he
11999s	attacks or not is probably the bigger
12001s	indicator on what he thinks about the
12003s	matchups like you said the three is fine
12005s	uh and we'll see if it goes for more
12008s	I was gonna Cathedral the elemental
12011s	yep he's just going in saying do stuff
12015s	it is a somewhat unusual situation of
12018s	the radiant committed earlier which
12021s	means less potential to combo out of
12023s	nowhere like because the idea of not
12025s	attacking is you've pre-built a board
12027s	and the wig piece runs out of answers on
12030s	one turn and then that board you can
12032s	instantly get the lethal because you
12034s	saved up two wigs and a radiant and
12036s	plenty of Naga if you're down a radiant
12038s	maybe that's tougher to do so bunny
12040s	going for incremental damage instead and
12042s	just saying it's okay if this board gets
12045s	cleared as long as I have refill and he
12047s	does have a fair amount of it
12051s	yeah this is just saying well you know
12053s	what spend your Manner and your removal
12055s	now on these two Minions that haven't
12058s	really cost money apart from that combo
12060s	potential you mentioned right
12062s	you know
12064s	so I haven't talked about it much but
12067s	it's such a big deal that he had to
12069s	commit a silence here already doesn't
12072s	even fully remove the board that is such
12075s	an important piece of the puzzle later
12077s	on to make sure that you survive going
12079s	into the turn where you actually get the
12081s	sword swing because a lot of the time
12082s	the wig priest player can smell when the
12084s	war priest has everything set up all
12087s	they need to do is just have one more
12088s	turn to draw their last amulet or
12090s	something and that's when the wig priest
12093s	generally wants to build their tallest
12095s	board if no silence is left there's just
12098s	no way to answer that even if they got
12100s	the sword swing they might just still
12101s	die as poor priests
12106s	yeah I was wondering then for burning up
12109s	the weather it was just a treasure guard
12110s	wake turn but deciding to go a little
12113s	bit wider here this is
12115s	kind of stepping into a potential wild
12117s	pyromancer turn but again that turn
12120s	makes it unlikely the radiant dies so
12123s	you know this is okay but I did just
12125s	wonder whether you could just go
12126s	treasure guard if it dies fine it draws
12128s	me a card it procs the wig anyway and if
12131s	it doesn't die well suddenly you've got
12132s	a decent sized reading Elemental and a
12136s	treasure guard at least with starting
12137s	High Health
12139s	really it off that there's no cleric to
12141s	draw with this he can clear a decent
12144s	amount of these with pyro and
12146s	um Shadow or devour plus one more spell
12149s	to clear the three healths or he could
12151s	start with gift of the Naru and just say
12153s	I'm drawing zirella next and then
12156s	desperate prayer would clear everything
12159s	um obviously one of those is the more
12161s	reasonable play which is what ustia is
12163s	going for but it still does leave the
12165s	big radiant up even though it doesn't
12167s	have the discount effect on it just
12170s	having tons of health is very scary and
12173s	four is tons as wig priest
12176s	yeah that is true and the cathedral up
12178s	as well
12181s	yeah probably start with that activation
12183s	see what bunny can dig for a cheaper
12186s	Naga to start off with would be pretty
12188s	nice that's a cheap one you could argue
12190s	the cheapest yeah um
12195s	it's awkward because treasure guard into
12197s	wig means one Mana floated and it
12200s	doesn't necessarily want to amalgam for
12201s	an elemental again
12205s	what do you think about like is it too
12207s	silly to just go treasure god amalgam
12210s	the treasure god I know that wastes wig
12212s	procs but it would just put more stuff
12215s	on the board he gets to trade into the
12217s	pyromancer and then he's seen a devour a
12220s	silence pyromancer some heals you know
12224s	at least this book you'd start thinking
12226s	okay well they can't clear this board
12227s	again
12229s	yeah there's something there I was kind
12232s	of thinking it would be treasure guard
12234s	and then radiant trade over the Pyro and
12236s	heal the radiant I think the main goal
12239s	here is to keep setting up boards every
12241s	turn that look threatening enough to be
12244s	lethal and high Health on minions is a
12247s	big prioritization there but he goes for
12250s	a different play altogether which is the
12252s	treasure guard plus wig which does
12254s	achieve the high Health part of it
12260s	the boat also not very susceptible to
12262s	the light it burns which is nice with
12264s	the treasure guard of course it could be
12265s	used to kill the radiant but I think
12267s	that radiant put in a good shift this
12269s	game bunny would like to keep hold of it
12271s	but if he uses the one removal like hard
12274s	removal tool to kill a 6-2 at this point
12276s	that's fine
12278s	also forgot to note a while ago that
12281s	there was a turn where ustia distinctly
12283s	had one Mana left could have played the
12284s	boar but didn't and I think that's just
12287s	because bunny runs magic hexen if it
12289s	were against the other wig priestless
12291s	which is cutting it you would just drop
12292s	that at this point though he feels like
12295s	he can't really afford to hold out and
12298s	play around it which is fair Mana is
12301s	really tight by this point
12303s	um and thankfully for ustia but not Jack
12305s	is not there so the game doesn't
12307s	instantly end on the spot and it does
12309s	have to be like a combination right
12310s	najjak and a way to kill the boar while
12312s	it's on bunny side of the board
12314s	I wonder
12321s	that would be amalgam
12324s	and Maiden instant pickup
12332s	it's important to note as well that that
12334s	is the second ball for us to so once
12336s	this dies on his side then that part of
12338s	the the job is done
12345s	takes a bit long to activate the
12347s	handmaiden without second wig
12351s	at this point is there a world where
12354s	after seeing everything Bunny's seen so
12356s	far whether he just commits the uh the
12360s	leash just to boost up a turn like this
12362s	yeah yeah it's definitely reasonable
12365s	going down the list from
12368s	ustia there is double Shard of the Naru
12370s	so there's still one more that bunny
12371s	potentially could be worried about but
12373s	it's one of at this point and if it's
12375s	not oh man if it's not there you just
12378s	sets up lethal but it is right there
12382s	yeah it's just because
12383s	um it's not like bunny has a full hand
12385s	ready to really pop off with the leash
12387s	so I do like that approach it of course
12389s	does have the silence
12391s	still digging first with the illuminate
12396s	and he does have oh he's actually one
12400s	Mana short of getting a full clear with
12402s	zairala right because The Shard only
12404s	heals three here
12407s	I mean the the gift would only heal
12409s	three
12410s	I was actually looking
12413s	whether he should just well they should
12415s	have just did gift first
12421s	um before illuminate
12424s	I feel like the illuminate first is fine
12425s	right because you get to judge a card
12427s	and immediately yeah
12429s	no it's nice yeah
12434s	[Music]
12437s	airport clay yeah oh okay with that
12440s	trade he found a nice spot to actually
12441s	get enough healing from the gift very
12444s	nicely done
12445s	now there's just a storm watcher
12449s	yep I think Buddy is looking at the
12453s	blade Master instead but
12458s	I must consider use the location and
12460s	storm watcher and just let it sit on
12462s	body it has wind fury like I like that
12464s	plan
12466s	four eight gives its flow so it won't be
12469s	dead to devour or something
12471s	the fact that Samurai can have a wig
12474s	played on at the same turn and also
12476s	healed back up after it attacks does put
12478s	it to just the same Health as storm
12480s	watcher on that turn so I kind of lead
12483s	in Samurai
12486s	I know right
12492s	okay well even more wigs if money wants
12495s	it
12507s	just doesn't have card draw had to use
12510s	pyro and cleric and gift separately
12512s	meaning that the almost the entire
12515s	engine for boar priest gets ruined
12519s	is someone injured so desperate that
12522s	he's gonna heal the samurai oh
12528s	Maiden
12529s	oh no
12532s	yeah that's lethal for bunny right
12536s	oh wait no couple Mana short
12539s	um
12541s	like Cathedral and droll
12551s	better than drawing three when
12554s	handmaiden is the question because it
12555s	just takes a bless here right or a
12558s	pelagos yeah it's already used one
12560s	blaster right
12564s	I think he's gonna go yeah maybe I like
12567s	this a lot less
12572s	you're just gonna say okay fair enough
12574s	that will be enough cards to win the
12577s	game and Bunny Hopper does fight back
12580s	again though gets the win with the
12582s	priest but that's the one uh we were the
12584s	most confident of putting Hopper getting
12586s	a win with so that's you know a good
12589s	step but a smaller step than getting a
12591s	win with the rest of his lineup here and
12593s	it does look like it's just going to
12594s	kill that priest again uh his ball
12596s	priest of course and I will see what
12598s	Bunny Hop is going to queue into there
12599s	but that was a very very close game and
12602s	even though towards the end it
12604s	definitely did not look as such I think
12606s	a couple of rough draws there from user
12608s	really just uh sort of neutered his
12610s	options to actually carry on but that
12613s	zirella sitting in hand all game was
12616s	horrible you feel like if that was
12618s	literally any other card right he would
12620s	have been in such a better position
12622s	right just found which are really really
12625s	late and didn't have that combination of
12629s	pyrocleric gift which is so essential to
12631s	bore priest draw engine but if you have
12634s	to ever break those apart it feels like
12636s	the combo is just too far away combined
12639s	with the fact that bunny went for a very
12642s	tempo-oriented approach where he didn't
12644s	just sit on board without damaging ustia
12647s	and just continued buffing and putting
12650s	together wave after wave of minions
12651s	because he said this just gets there and
12654s	it was well identified in that spot I'm
12657s	gonna move to the shamana which I feel
12659s	like is the toughest deck among bunnies
12661s	remaining to get the win with be it
12664s	against that poor priest or potentially
12667s	even the charge Warrior later on we did
12670s	only have a very small sample size of
12672s	charge Warrior versus midrange helmet
12673s	which was one yesterday maybe my opinion
12677s	of the matchup is colored a bit too much
12679s	by that but it just looks so convincing
12681s	on the charge Warrior even after getting
12683s	hit by mutinous and theater and we will
12687s	see how this one goes I'm still waiting
12688s	for the game where it's like bran
12691s	framester uh you know bird like
12694s	literally just popping off with the
12696s	frame sticks just what that will
12698s	actually do because it does get to the
12700s	point where it just gets like taught
12702s	because the ball priest draws so much
12704s	towards like the mid game I would say
12707s	they're looking at like what eight cards
12709s	in hand mate index sorry maybe 10 or
12712s	something if they've played you know a
12713s	solid game
12714s	um and then the frames that could
12716s	actually cause some levels of Havoc so I
12719s	am hoping just to see some more frames
12720s	to stuff but overall I do agree with you
12723s	this gets pretty difficult just because
12725s	Shaymin is just a bit a bit clunky and
12728s	sometimes that's fine but I think a
12730s	Decker's streamlined as ball priest it's
12733s	gonna be quite punishing but there it is
12741s	when he's gonna do this 100 of the time
12744s	I have faith and you can just go
12747s	O'Connor right after yeah it's just a
12749s	good hand
12751s	we don't play two drops in this world
12754s	agreed look for the schooling to make it
12756s	truly perfect no you look for the bird
12759s	oh sure fair enough right a coin brand
12763s	frames the bird go like easiest game of
12766s	his life
12767s	if I want at the schooling still so he
12769s	spends his man on turn one we can get
12771s	the bird after okay
12773s	oh my God what the heck six frame cords
12777s	and
12778s	and more effective when they're
12779s	staggered right against more priest
12782s	because it shuts off several turns of
12784s	action okay that's a one drop
12792s	first he just kept handmaiden which is
12795s	you know pretty important in any matchup
12798s	feels kind of bad without coin but it is
12801s	very necessary to have potential draws
12804s	coming up okay now he has the the combo
12808s	pyroclaric gift
12810s	but oh my goodness is he going to be
12812s	upset about what's happening soon after
12814s	this yeah funny considering the plays
12818s	but there's no world in which you keep
12820s	coin that brand that frames it and not
12822s	do it
12826s	yeah I have to agree it's not that
12828s	there's zero answers but there are
12830s	answers that are tough to be in hand and
12832s	things that Barbies really wouldn't keep
12834s	at this point and I legitimately think
12837s	it is just the best thing bunny can do
12839s	in this matchup right like there's just
12841s	no better play or better opening should
12843s	I say than this oh that's a good
12847s	follow-up as well oh County all wild
12848s	boar
12849s	right
12851s	oh man Brian o'conning is just too good
12853s	right because I agree like at the moment
12856s	is not doing that much unless you know
12859s	usia immediately top decks the frame
12862s	card but still
12864s	um the real instant disruption for both
12868s	oh here we go it was just reaction says
12872s	it all
12874s	I've even seen the third cut part of the
12876s	three keep yet either yeah
12879s	because this is board priest just say
12881s	I'm not going to draw it you have to
12882s	draw your deck as Barbies exactly so
12884s	reliable like if it's not now it'll be
12886s	later
12890s	can happen here wild Pyro
12894s	our gift like
12896s	oh he's just gonna leave it okay it's
12899s	gonna say you know what it's happened
12900s	I'll get on with it oh and then you go
12902s	oh my God oh my God don't you dare play
12906s	that okanie you play that brilliant
12908s	McCoy it's a personal request from me
12911s	wait
12913s	um but if you owe Connie what can they
12915s	do with this current hunt right oh
12917s	Friendster into McCall's funnier Gia
12920s	like that's the problem look we'll call
12922s	for akani with brown on board is also
12924s	funny nowhere near as funny isn't it not
12928s	even close that would be what 12 in the
12931s	deck
12935s	cannot tell look bunny Hopper I know
12938s	there's a world championship spot on the
12939s	line what would you rather do go to the
12942s	World Championships or make the
12945s	hilarious play
12946s	maybe both of those things are the same
12949s	that's what he's really going to think
12950s	about yeah that's the world we want to
12952s	live in
12953s	seriously though we've got 12. yeah I
12956s	mean they're both good like they're both
12958s	insane
12961s	money will go down in history is the
12962s	greatest player in the world if he plays
12964s	the macaw
12970s	no one ever tell him otherwise
12974s	crazy yes
12977s	potentially this game
12981s	three here we go it begins imagine he
12987s	draws all of them in a row that's good
12989s	for him right you just have one turn and
12990s	it's done
12993s	but yeah next turn minus four oof yep
12997s	I think two Mana plays next to impose
13002s	right and I don't even think he can
13005s	clear the brand yeah with this line well
13007s	yeah he could have but he chose not to
13009s	right
13011s	how does I mean the way thing is is
13013s	there a point can I overdraw oh is he
13017s	trying to overdraw a frame oh he's just
13019s	trying to burn them this is great this
13022s	is so weird but I get it imagine if a
13025s	pig gets burnt now oh sorry he did yeah
13028s	he doesn't overdraw this turn but he
13030s	will off the natural draw okay
13034s	what's happening
13036s	and the best part is he can trade these
13039s	away keep the bran and just play okanie
13042s	now uh-huh but does he want to play
13045s	okanie I guess so it's not going to die
13047s	right if he trades yeah it just
13050s	completely deletes it's just next turn
13051s	yeah
13053s	because she can't believe it
13055s	what the I can't believe it either
13060s	the highest disruption outcome and then
13063s	two turns the Brand's still alive and it
13065s	might well be it's just chomping time
13068s	yep
13071s	also it's just had drawn zero balls
13074s	right oh zero yeah getting to the point
13077s	where he could just burn a pig right or
13080s	the other amulet yeah true yeah
13084s	okay bye bran you know what you did a
13088s	great job you rest now
13091s	the dream was achieved
13097s	oh this is so strange like bunny doesn't
13100s	even have much pressure
13102s	it's like this
13103s	okay that's relevant because Shaman can
13107s	sustain through the solid swings
13110s	if it sets off well this I just mean
13113s	like there's potential wild paw that
13116s	turned before right generate the freezes
13118s	there's potential that he has taunts up
13121s	that you know maybe at that point can't
13123s	be cleared so it's not the biggest burn
13125s	but it's it's something right right yeah
13129s	there's definitely something there like
13130s	Brooklyn also maybe for armor stocked up
13141s	well all right we still knows that the
13144s	next spell and Minion he plays are both
13146s	just into the void last minute looks
13150s	like he's gonna throw out the Shard
13151s	which of course gets stopped yeah
13154s	a bit surprised he didn't just play the
13156s	prayer into that and then Shard to
13159s	remove the minion counter
13166s	yeah that's a good point actually right
13168s	it it's a shame because it costs two
13170s	spells but this uh ball priest isn't
13173s	often a he got some foreign
13177s	deck that you can you're really ever
13180s	happy throwing a minion away right you
13181s	don't want to throw this minion into it
13183s	uh do you like coil thank you
13186s	sure just keep the disruption going and
13188s	the other options are just terrible so
13193s	but yeah I completely agree with there's
13196s	just no Minions that feel Expendable in
13199s	the deck they're all doing something
13200s	very very specific and the fact that he
13204s	threw The Shard away means that
13207s	you know it could have just done the
13210s	same thing you wanted it to if it was
13212s	just not used as the tester right right
13214s	right
13217s	handmaiden do you think here just
13219s	are they back in the deck like
13224s	I mean I'll make it not put it back in
13226s	the deck I'm thinking I'm thinking of
13227s	the road card now I've been playing too
13229s	much noise sorry yeah you wouldn't pick
13232s	handmade and then because you're not
13233s	bothered about them trying to play it
13234s	yeah gonna go for the heel
13238s	yeah I mean the okanie minion counter is
13241s	still there which means is not playable
13245s	it's just it's all falling apart
13258s	hey good news there's a framed at the
13260s	bottom of his deck somewhere
13265s	uh
13267s	uh okay
13269s	I was gonna heal here
13272s	is generally going to think about
13274s	whether you'd ever actually pick framed
13277s	just to get it out like maybe not in
13280s	this exact situation but would you ever
13281s	want to try and get it out now so that
13284s	well you draw another card anyway you
13285s	take the overload earlier in the game so
13287s	you know overloaded later in the game
13289s	it's so it's so weird to even think
13291s	about it it's not like apart from this
13293s	weekend I've ever even seen that card
13296s	get played
13298s	I mean you might but this is like yeah
13301s	too much 17 problems away from us yeah
13303s	he has so many other things to deal with
13305s	if you've got 17 problems and you can't
13309s	do anything about 16 of them which is
13311s	where I feel like usually is you may as
13313s	well think about what you can do about
13314s	the 17th problem
13317s	yeah Chomp Chomp and
13320s	okay
13323s	I made it
13325s	great I mean he does have a clear now
13327s	you'd have to throw a pyro or a handmade
13330s	in a way to get it but
13332s	he'll survive and the mutanas hasn't
13335s	eaten anything crucial to the combo
13338s	somehow after all of this disruption
13341s	both the boards and both the amulets are
13343s	still intact
13347s	oh sorry did he draw a framed last turn
13349s	to see if I have the full Aid Mana going
13350s	into this um
13352s	I want to say he didn't but I can't
13355s	promise you oh
13357s	are you Devourer
13359s	it grows with spells
13362s	uh doesn't grow at the pace where it can
13367s	get out of range of double triple
13368s	healing from zarella right yeah it will
13371s	still die from this right if he chooses
13373s	to go gift uh prayers irela
13382s	that's a seven total healing yeah so he
13385s	does need to go prayer
13391s	right yeah
13395s	true I guess the flash heels are all
13397s	this better he gets to then play the
13399s	boar get the Mana spend
13402s	and Mana is really tight considering all
13405s	the frames and his stuff you can't play
13407s	the ball right if he doesn't kill it
13409s	oh right because yeah yeah yeah
13412s	help okay
13415s	good call
13417s	all right there's so many traps to fall
13421s	into in the matchup oh oh
13425s	that is mutinous yeah well I mean three
13429s	to win the game yep I've seen bunny
13431s	Hopper doesn't know this but I I think
13434s	you do it right mutus is still one of
13436s	the best things you can do
13438s	oh that's a game
13442s	even if it had eaten handmade and that
13444s	was just yeah oh pretty deadly Frozen as
13447s	well what
13450s	a mind melted their face yeah bunny
13453s	Hopper did literally every possible
13456s	layer of disruption possible he had to
13459s	promote a wave in the hand obviously
13461s	just ready and waiting if Lucia ever got
13464s	sort of forced into the corner and had
13466s	to just throw a ball out and hope but
13468s	look at that double mutinous the brand
13470s	interframes to into okani oh sorry brand
13473s	interframes to into macaw into okanie
13476s	play
13477s	there was just nothing he could do and
13481s	what a game oh this one's maybe this
13484s	one's made me happy after all of that I
13487s	find it fascinating that it still seemed
13489s	kind of close towards the end because if
13491s	the if the Macaw had hit the Pyro for
13494s	example then it was just still in a
13496s	pretty good spot I feel like he just
13497s	still has handmaiden he has the boars
13500s	intact I think he had done a decent
13502s	amount of Trades of course we still
13504s	hadn't accounted for all of the frames
13505s	which would have most likely delayed him
13508s	so many turns that bunny could still
13510s	have gotten the lethal but when he was
13512s	close to gassing out at that point it
13515s	was just a very very humorous way to get
13518s	there I guess humorous for us but man if
13520s	I were Uso there I'd be tearing my hair
13522s	off that's just the most bullying in a
13525s	matchup that I've ever seen it was
13528s	absolutely brutal wasn't it and now
13529s	bunny Hoppers just got the big spell
13531s	Mage left with and again looking okay a
13536s	little bit scary again against this uh
13538s	the priest I'm just going to trip yeah
13540s	sorry it is priest again from Usher and
13543s	as always like yes the big spell Mage
13546s	can be slow and you know can fall victim
13549s	to just the speed in which poor priests
13551s	can get there but there are also just
13554s	those turns right you know the turn four
13556s	turn five or whatever Belinda that has
13558s	to be dealt with and so on so on that
13560s	can really stack trouble so this could
13562s	be a real big surprise for me if bunny
13564s	Hopper just gets this 3-1 I was not
13566s	expecting this outcome
13568s	that's right
13569s	um aside from Belinda there's also that
13571s	barbaric sources I feel like a lot of
13573s	the time that's even more significant
13575s	against bar priest because if you just
13578s	put an Avila to nine or ten Mana that's
13581s	like their entire combo delayed
13584s	um
13584s	like if it's at 10 Mana that just means
13587s	they cannot necessarily kill boars the
13590s	same turn they got played and if it's
13592s	nine they have to like save a shot of
13594s	work devour it just gets really awkward
13595s	really quickly and that's the amulets
13598s	there's also outcomes like Switcheroo
13600s	being made more expensive uh gift of the
13603s	naaru which also ruins the very
13606s	intricate machine which is bore priest
13609s	well checking out the openings here when
13611s	the hopper has you know does have a
13613s	mailbox dancer has a snow for you to you
13615s	know maybe just throw out there and just
13617s	lock in that air hero power but other
13619s	than that not to not anything to write
13621s	home about for now whereas ustia
13624s	Helping Hands quite good for the ball
13625s	priest Mulligan right right he's finally
13628s	gotten a hold of Switcheroo on curve and
13631s	access the early handmaiden I don't
13634s	think there's much reason to illuminate
13637s	immediately here because he still has
13639s	the guaranteed Switcheroo the next turn
13640s	and he can still hold illuminate if at
13643s	any point he wants to activate that
13644s	handmaiden with the third spell and
13646s	holding it here means if he happens to
13648s	draw the second handmaiden that's
13650s	another spell in the pool for it later
13653s	and looking at this hand for bunny is
13656s	there any specific time when he wants to
13658s	think about with mailbox dancer is it
13661s	just throw it down and just when you see
13664s	kills it he kills it or do you think
13666s	there's any valid reason to try and wait
13667s	to try and force that coin in at certain
13670s	time
13671s	I definitely think there's a valid
13674s	reason to wait because it doesn't
13677s	necessarily mean that he can turbo out
13680s	something relevant immediately because
13683s	he doesn't have one of those six drops
13685s	at the moment
13687s	um and sort of the longer you leave a
13690s	mailbox answer on board the longer ustia
13693s	has to think about when he wants to dump
13696s	the coin and use it immediately use it
13699s	optimally I should say to play around
13701s	barbaric at the same time though if
13704s	bunny is not saving these for any
13706s	particular turn anyway it's just more
13709s	damage right now than the Amplified snow
13711s	flurry represents
13714s	yeah that's Toyota
13717s	afraid but maybe he should be you can't
13721s	stop this snowstorm theater timing is
13725s	actually pretty tricky against poor
13728s	priest I would say because
13730s	um boars can just be played out in this
13734s	matchup and left on board outside of
13736s	some Rune Shenanigans they have no way
13737s	of being transformed so safe to die that
13740s	way
13741s	um and then the amulets poor priest
13744s	tends to just trade those back into deck
13746s	immediately as soon as they're drawn to
13748s	be strong against the atar so I think
13752s	one of the valid theater timings is just
13754s	like after he's seen a Switcheroo for
13756s	example like if one of those draws
13758s	happens to be a boar then there's a
13760s	chance that you can snipe it before
13762s	ustia has the chance to play it out
13765s	yeah I like that there's just any
13767s	signifier that there's a Target in hand
13770s	will do right uh or even if it's for
13773s	some reason been a while and you haven't
13775s	seen any amulet shuffles maybe they've
13777s	just not had the Mana spare if they've
13779s	been being efficient with Mana usage but
13782s	yeah I I think even
13784s	now bunny could consider it right like
13787s	it's not again this coin's a bit far
13790s	away
13791s	here we go
13794s	okay not bar but handmaiden is huge
13799s	disruption to take away as well
13802s	yeah I was actually wondering whether
13805s	you would ever consider pyro just to say
13808s	well there's one tool you won't have
13810s	that you can't play the board with
13812s	because he is slowly building up a bit
13814s	of a board it's nowhere a Naga priest
13817s	Board of course but right just a thought
13819s	yeah it is worth considering because
13822s	pyro functions like you said as board
13824s	clear and also as card draw yeah
13827s	um I tend to think that handmaiden is
13829s	better though because maybe bunny could
13832s	get utility out of it himself
13835s	whereas the Pyro it's really tough It's
13837s	fruit bunny to make use of
13844s	thank you I've still got my break
13847s	and that is the end of like completely
13851s	Game ending disruption right because
13854s	there's no way to double up on these
13855s	theater effects there's still ways to
13858s	make amulets more expensive if barbaric
13860s	is found but the most powerful of those
13863s	effects has been used already and ustia
13867s	has managed to dodge
13870s	yeah and although ball can be left on
13873s	board for a little bit you do you don't
13875s	want to leave it on board right here for
13877s	us here uh he can leave it for a turn
13879s	now so but for example an early Rune of
13881s	the archmage can just cast Mass
13883s	polymorph and then you're in trouble so
13885s	you will want that killed off at least
13887s	in the near future
13888s	[Music]
13891s	random film a whole lot of nothing
13897s	they should amend my statement of
13899s	handmaiden is easier for a bunny to use
13901s	because he still needs to play a couple
13903s	as well like I thought that was on like
13905s	one left or something from Lucia's side
13907s	but it's two left and two spells bunny
13911s	does not have for a long time
13919s	and here's his other mailbox dancer to
13921s	help
13922s	also there's something interesting here
13924s	like bunny could give the coins it was
13926s	still here because he's actually on nine
13927s	cards right so this will overdose yeah
13930s	that might have been a huge blunder on
13932s	Museum's part I didn't catch it until
13934s	just now
13936s	and you see I would have just coined
13938s	could have just devoured devour maybe a
13941s	bit extreme but you know he had to throw
13942s	a card he could throw away to make this
13944s	not happen right right borrow our two
13947s	amulets okay
13949s	again not disastrous but these are
13951s	important card draw pieces especially
13953s	looking at his hand double pyro and a
13955s	cleric
13956s	yeah also as well awkwardly enough
13958s	there's just a mode rash in hand
13960s	so like it's less about the mode rash
13964s	and more about it's a more or less
13966s	unplayable card so it's just now playing
13968s	with even less cards in hand if you
13970s	think about it that way yep
13973s	off of this Thrive Switcheroo is the
13976s	most cycle so yes I completely agree
13979s	with the pick
13983s	gonna go
13984s	pyro devour
13989s	I don't know if this is the bullish term
13991s	but with this many coins that Village
13993s	can
13994s	do a lot of work in the hands of a much
13996s	better bore priest player than me that
13998s	probably means like two turns quicker on
14001s	the lethal than I would have gotten this
14003s	is actually huge isn't it because
14004s	imagine if you actually didn't burn that
14008s	previous card it would have actually had
14009s	a just a draw turn if you wanted you
14011s	know like a almost a refill the hand
14013s	from scratch
14017s	and when he's down a handmaiden and the
14019s	gift of the narrow the draw does need to
14022s	be a bit more build your own and with
14025s	just clerics being used for their
14028s	natural purpose of just hero power
14031s	seems okay still
14039s	have to be trade starfish I guess yeah
14044s	not pretty
14047s	and the hero power for for bunny I feel
14050s	like he leaves this banked indefinitely
14052s	until the attorney feels like the sword
14054s	swing is about to happen because he does
14056s	actually get to save himself the Mana
14058s	for one more turn if ustia's face is
14060s	frozen
14067s	what is that one to two okay uh-huh
14071s	I think he still needs one more trade
14075s	on an amulet and then he's good
14078s	but yeah there has been so much card
14080s	draw stolen away
14092s	yeah okay that's the final trade
14097s	we just need to find amulets now and he
14098s	has to illuminate to look for one
14102s	big deal but he still needs to
14104s	the second ball right is he only played
14107s	one or am I oh something I might be I
14110s	might be being stupid let me triple
14111s	check give me a second
14117s	I I
14119s	once or twice I've been known to be
14121s	wrong
14124s	I honestly couldn't tell you
14127s	yes there's an elwin ball I mean I can
14130s	just okay there you go
14133s	thank you so much that means yeah there
14136s	is still a lot of work to be done here
14137s	they're still handmaiden as well but if
14139s	it's top deck here it's not the easiest
14141s	to activate unless he just wants to
14143s	throw out a shard
14146s	um but the good news for usia is that
14148s	he's under very very little pressure the
14150s	Magister Don grasp is doing nothing when
14153s	it's played next turn most likely
14157s	and then there's the ruins is this ever
14160s	a Tempo handmaiden I wonder
14163s	does he achieve anything does it achieve
14165s	nothing so bunny optimize will keep in
14167s	just maybe end the game with it in his
14169s	hand
14170s	I'm just thinking like
14173s	activated next turn the turn after he's
14176s	almost certainly Rune into roon if
14178s	possible Right
14180s	I understand your point I I don't feel
14183s	like achieves it achieves enough to
14185s	explain it here yeah
14188s	like on the off chance that all the car
14191s	draws at the bottom like the one hand
14192s	Maiden left is at the bottom for ustia
14194s	maybe bunny does get to play both ruins
14197s	and then the handmaiden
14201s	hey well that's the second Pig
14205s	yup
14207s	and if he's just been keeping track he
14209s	should know roon is still not playable
14211s	here all the coins used up by bunny
14216s	so I don't think there's any rush to
14218s	kill off the board can just leave it
14219s	there
14224s	yeah no he's got no coin so
14226s	I'm fine
14231s	like you can make the argument that like
14233s	it burns and Shadow or devour are not
14235s	super necessary Spells at the moment
14237s	because he still has pyro to proc the
14238s	amulets later on but I think they're
14241s	important when he for when he draws
14243s	handmaiden still needs spells to
14245s	activate it
14246s	yeah yeah I can see that 100 and another
14249s	effectively dead draw does bunyappa just
14252s	play Magister for the armor just use the
14255s	turn now while he can spend the Mana
14257s	I guess it's so sad the problem is with
14261s	seven cards left six on the draw for us
14263s	yeah bunny Oppo yeah he's not gonna even
14267s	Binky might not have time for like both
14270s	runes never mind Rune Rune Magister I
14274s	think this is just a take five armor it
14276s	sounds terrible seven Mana for five
14277s	Harbor but it's better than a brand that
14281s	sits there and almost certainly does
14282s	nothing either
14284s	and because we established that the hero
14287s	power is being saved for face it really
14289s	is just the armor because he doesn't
14291s	want to get the honorable kill this turn
14294s	and give up the freezing hero power
14297s	the problem here is
14299s	a chance right that usually could just
14303s	do the sword this turn
14306s	uh right but he's seen the amulet
14308s	shuffled he can trade the ball
14310s	uh-huh yeah if he gets amulet off
14315s	top he would still need one more draw to
14319s	get the other one like if he dredges the
14321s	other one to the top doesn't have a way
14323s	to trade it that isn't the other amulet
14327s	oh you can just get it yeah that's kind
14330s	of what I was saying as well from like
14332s	from bunny Hoppers point of view he
14335s	wasn't a hundred percent sure that he
14337s	shouldn't have hero powered that turn
14338s	right
14339s	um
14341s	yeah that's fair probably gonna hear a
14343s	power this turn though if he survives
14345s	this because
14350s	yeah hero power Rune at least guarantees
14354s	him another Rune to turn after
14358s	here we are
14360s	what life really comes down to opening
14363s	some boxes
14367s	I mean it's never brand school teacher
14370s	is it
14372s	don't think there's any good enough
14373s	naggling combination
14377s	here we go
14380s	ain't hammering stuff that's fine oh
14386s	oh
14387s	my
14389s	what is going on oh my God that went
14392s	phase two
14394s	are you joking
14396s	and he gets to freeze face wait he does
14399s	aren't you joking
14402s	this doesn't have healing yeah he's got
14405s	hero power or zyrella
14411s	is there excuse me a lot of help to get
14414s	through like yeah if he plays the
14417s	zarella now he straight up doesn't have
14418s	enough sword swings to kill bunny
14421s	and there's still these two skeletons as
14423s	well they're they're gonna do some work
14427s	excuse me
14430s	excuses excuse buddy what's going on
14434s	okay uh is there excuse
14437s	is there healing in the deck oh there's
14441s	one more damage to the face
14444s	and the cleric
14446s	oh no that is honestly one of the best
14451s	runes I've ever seen for the situation
14453s	yes it did the one thing
14456s	he needed it to do which is accelerate
14458s	this game in Buddy's favor and again
14461s	shout out to bunny for just holding that
14463s	hero power all game it just makes
14465s	Houston not able to swing The Sword and
14467s	reduce his Mana down to one the game
14469s	could end here if both the skeletons are
14471s	dying they oh okay
14474s	okay amulet amulet hero power phase he's
14478s	technically alive
14480s	but bunny still has all his Mana
14487s	and that means certainly those school
14489s	teacher with bran exactly there's a lot
14492s	of outs now it could just be the other
14494s	ruin as well it depends no any damage
14497s	spell right yes yeah I know I think the
14501s	school teacher is a much better playing
14502s	with Brad but coach roon um oh the one I
14506s	called Arcane blast yesterday which just
14508s	wasn't even Mana siphon is it ciphon
14510s	Madison there you go
14513s	only took me years of that card to uh
14516s	think about it there's so many out there
14519s	going twice oh not that not that
14522s	objection I mean we still will know
14524s	about it yeah no minions are relevant at
14526s	this point right it's just that they're
14527s	a hero card
14531s	just
14532s	first flame to kill the minion that's on
14535s	the board right yes right like oh
14541s	that's not only gonna be game but that
14543s	is gonna be serious and you have bunny
14545s	Hopper taking the victory over oostia
14548s	and what a huge win for bunny Hopper
14551s	it's been a roller coaster of a weekend
14554s	for him so far and he's not good enough
14557s	yet
14558s	oh
14560s	man okay obviously huge congratulations
14563s	to bunny Hopper but man do I feel
14565s	bruised to go out to a box like that
14571s	it was definitely a tough series for
14573s	Easter I think his lineup is actually
14575s	super cool and so I you know I praise
14577s	him for that it was a true shame that we
14579s	didn't get to see the warrior I really
14581s	wanted to see it in this series uh but
14583s	what a set of matches from bunny Hopper
14587s	and not only you know the shaman with
14589s	those that opening right going off with
14591s	the brand that was so so strong like and
14594s	then this again yes don't get me wrong
14597s	the Box did a lot of work in this game
14600s	but bunny Hopper got there and put
14602s	himself in a position for it to get work
14605s	done right he held the hero power all
14607s	game ready for that last moment to
14609s	freeze to just guarantee there was no
14610s	sword swing happening and he got
14613s	rewarded for it so what a series and
14616s	what a top four we have now Abu gabu xmg
14620s	and then zhavai and Bonnie Harper
14624s	I cannot wait for the final it's gonna
14628s	be spicy no matter what I completely
14630s	agree Raven we have two of the
14632s	winningest players of the entire year in
14634s	habugabu and Bunny Hopper we have
14636s	xiaobai and xmg who have performed super
14639s	well in the Chinese scene as well and we
14643s	just have three more World tickets given
14645s	out here three because habugabu already
14648s	had one but we are looking at an
14651s	incredibly stocked field for the world
14653s	championship still one slot to be given
14655s	out but the names the caliber of the
14657s	players here only gets even better with
14660s	the likes of xiaobai bunny Hopper and
14662s	xmg super looking forward to the uh
14665s	champion of this seasonal championship
14667s	and looking forward to worlds in just a
14671s	couple months I couldn't agree more just
14673s	again just more incredible names added
14676s	to the already impressive list we had of
14678s	world's players so far so can't wait to
14681s	see who's uh not only gonna win the next
14683s	matches but also win the whole thing we
14685s	are going to go to a quick break of
14687s	course while we set up the first
14688s	semi-final of the Fall Championship
14690s	we'll be right back
14692s	foreign
14700s	[Music]
14708s	[Music]
14714s	[Music]
14741s	thank you
14743s	[Music]
14784s	thank you
14786s	[Music]
14818s	thank you
14821s	[Music]
14849s	thank you
14852s	[Music]
14880s	foreign
14887s	welcome back to the Master's tour fall
14889s	Championship my name is TJ I'm joined by
14891s	Derek Brown and Derek it is time
14894s	for the
14895s	semi-finals are you ready
14898s	I was born ready teach
14902s	fair enough
14903s	highly doubt that but
14906s	medical condition long ago so
14909s	when you're born ready you just keep
14911s	looking like a baby for the rest of your
14912s	life I guess that's what happened
14914s	exactly I came into this world as I'll
14917s	leave this world
14918s	crying and looking like a baby
14921s	all right well we got our our well at
14924s	least most of our world spots out of the
14926s	way we have one more to resolve because
14929s	we made it to the semifinals and was
14931s	already qualified to the world
14931s	championship so it'll be between the
14933s	remainder of the players but
14935s	um right now we have a a champion to
14938s	Crown and we got to get one step closer
14940s	so we're going to go into match between
14941s	habugabu and xmg both players bringing
14944s	quite aggressive lineups I would say
14947s	Derek
14948s	indeed yeah I do firstly want to give
14951s	some props to xmg having a a unique
14953s	player pose where he's not just got the
14956s	arms crossed I'm not sure what the hand
14957s	is doing there but I like it the claw
14960s	they actually told him to cross his arms
14962s	but he had an itch like on the side of
14963s	his eye
14965s	so he so he broke it and but they took
14967s	the picture right as he was going up to
14968s	itch it oh yeah yeah they're like no xmg
14972s	no
14974s	[Laughter]
14979s	oh yeah oh that's the stuff and they
14982s	took it at you know one of those uh
14984s	Master tour events that were in person
14985s	you know the Legend
14987s	um apparently that happened at some
14989s	point in the past
14991s	um and they didn't have time to get
14992s	through all 300 players so they're just
14994s	like ah it's good enough I'll let you
14996s	get him out
14999s	yeah uh but getting back to the end nope
15002s	we're not gonna get back it's just a
15003s	queue of three players all waiting in a
15006s	single file line with their arms crossed
15008s	or practicing crossing their arms
15012s	like left arm on top or right arm on top
15015s	uh hands tucked
15018s	or hands on elbows
15022s	we'll control just there like I don't
15024s	get it
15026s	that they're both on top it makes no
15029s	sense
15030s	they're cross that's the whole point of
15032s	it that's what you call your arms
15033s	crossed all right now we can talk about
15035s	Hearthstone go ahead Derek continue all
15036s	right well with the the priests bands on
15040s	either side which makes sense in all the
15041s	board-based matchups that definitely
15043s	feels like the king of when you're
15045s	facing other board-based decks uh but I
15047s	think for xmg one of the Decks that
15049s	could struggle is definitely the druid
15051s	which is in a way the purest of the
15055s	board-based aggro decks and that's all
15057s	it can do it plays stuff it prays that
15059s	your opponent can't remove it and it
15061s	prays that that's enough to win the game
15062s	whereas for habugabu uh the Rogue the
15065s	warrior and the Demon Hunter as well for
15066s	that matter all have little combat
15068s	tricks they can all swing the board back
15070s	in their favor with very very cheap
15072s	removal spells for the Rogue and the
15074s	Demon Hunter and Russian weapon effects
15077s	for the warrior so I do think for xmg
15080s	the Druid is really going to be the
15082s	linchpin of this matchup that needs to
15083s	try and take a win with
15086s	right for right now we are going to see
15088s	the M4 lock not M curse just straight up
15090s	imp warlock with a sire danathrius
15094s	at the top end
15096s	um and you know basically substituting
15098s	the curse cards for more consistency in
15103s	the early game impgang Boss being a big
15105s	one murlocula is is pretty interesting
15108s	as well just because
15111s	um you know your deck already wants to
15113s	infuse quite a bit you're already
15114s	spamming the board so why not put a
15115s	three three four and as we saw
15117s	in the previous series the shitty
15119s	bartender coming in clutch a big Buffs
15125s	yeah when you have an American accent
15127s	you pronounce the teasers D's you really
15128s	do have to enunciate Shady uh bartaid uh
15132s	Bartender the the bowel quite important
15134s	in that sentence
15136s	slipping into something else but uh yes
15138s	uh I think in this deck the molecular as
15140s	you said does make a lot of sense given
15142s	that you run more imps in the early game
15145s	you're more likely to get a big
15147s	impending catastrophe which means you're
15149s	more likely to be able to you know you
15151s	have more Liberty to dump down these
15153s	cheap zero Mana cards and hopefully
15155s	dominate the board but again this is a
15158s	deck that
15159s	barely similarly to Druid wants to get
15162s	ahead on board it has a lot of buff
15164s	spells in the location the bartender
15166s	reform as well in a way and if it
15169s	doesn't get a head on board it struggles
15171s	to pull back when you don't have the
15174s	Abyssal waves to pull things back
15178s	I said exactly what I meant
15185s	you heard me
15187s	it did that's the protocol that's what
15189s	kind of bartender it is
15191s	foreign
15198s	a lot of situations the two words are
15200s	synonyms
15204s	really but
15206s	they land I suppose
15211s	American accents tend to leave out
15212s	bowels especially in the south
15215s	the South you had to leave the vowel out
15217s	or
15219s	you make the vowel longer
15223s	each sky
15225s	your heart
15229s	and if you're saddle you just turn every
15230s	vowel into ER
15233s	Dana
15236s	Gainer problem
15243s	I mean I don't hit anything weighted in
15245s	the way Soul speaks except the way he
15248s	says uh
15250s	what is it is it plague is plague is
15252s	that soul that says that there's there's
15254s	one word who says that always sticks out
15256s	like a sore thumb whenever he says it
15258s	you might be that one
15262s	Miracle rope that's it Lorinda got it
15265s	it's Miracle yeah Miracle he says
15267s	instead of miracle that is just I'll
15269s	never get wrong Merkel Miracle Rick
15273s	America Road well this game is uh
15276s	ramping up it is happening real quick
15278s	and
15282s	has the ability to go why it's just
15285s	gonna take a lot of trades in order to
15287s	do so
15290s	um more than worth it though I think
15292s	yeah the question is
15297s	okay so we're gonna isolate the five
15300s	four and then fell barrage right now I'm
15302s	getting roasted now in the chat uh Soul
15304s	doesn't say plague I think that's Rayna
15305s	that says plug but he definitely says
15307s	miracle that one is weird
15309s	all right I'm done
15313s	miracles in the chat
15320s	but habugabu keeping the board
15324s	the hand isn't the best for what he
15326s	wants to do instead of us but in those
15329s	bells already has a Vanguard on board
15331s	and now is faced with even more power
15333s	was that up
15335s	predation yeah yeah yeah oh hello I
15340s	Don't Mind If I Do
15342s	yeah that's uh quite good
15346s	it is able to clear off the board once
15348s	again and still uh keep some stuff
15352s	for himself as well
15354s	that's right this is just very
15356s	emblematic of xmg's style of aggro he's
15359s	gone for whereas Abu Garber has gone for
15361s	aggro that beats aggro xmg's gone for
15364s	aggro that beats hit range the likes of
15368s	right now Relic Demon Hunter Rogue kind
15373s	of as well and I would even put curse in
15376s	orlook into that category most of the
15378s	time all his hyper board face decks in
15380s	turns one through four should be able to
15382s	beat that but when your opponent has
15384s	access to all of these insanely
15386s	efficient uh little tricks in the early
15388s	game just playing stats on board is not
15391s	anywhere near enough to keep up yeah
15394s	especially right now we're already
15395s	looking at I mean close to lethal damage
15398s	with that flame in played yeah for real
15400s	oh that is uh goodness a double-edged
15404s	sword so how much damage do we actually
15406s	have there's four five six seven eight
15409s	if there was a hero power
15412s	um
15418s	I mean there's 15 points of damage on
15422s	the other side I don't think you can
15423s	just leave it up to chance both file
15425s	libraries have been used right which is
15428s	the um is the burst of the deck
15431s	I don't think you're worried about more
15433s	cards for xmg this bartender there's
15436s	reform if it was ah bartender yeah
15440s	even then you know you're not dead as
15442s	long as you're
15443s	all the damage face on this turn how
15445s	much is that uh seven eight with a hero
15448s	power so you have to find five on the
15449s	following turn he actually doesn't have
15451s	that in hand which is a pretty big
15453s	problem if he did he'd do it without
15455s	thinking
15457s	but I think he does actually still have
15458s	to trade here because he doesn't have
15460s	the follow-up
15462s	ah if you ever play around like
15464s	dreadlich Thompson
15466s	um
15466s	now I don't think so if they honestly if
15469s	they tams in here
15471s	I don't think you're that upset as happy
15473s	again because they'd have to double
15475s	trade into your board to actually clear
15476s	anything or to clear everything true
15478s	yeah
15484s	and you know from xmg's perspective
15487s	pasta damson so right uh I think you
15491s	know like you said why is the Pablo God
15493s	would realize that okay it's not too bad
15495s	just hoping that uh no imps are are a
15497s	summon from this and doesn't look like
15499s	there is because there was no delay in
15501s	the draw sequence
15504s	12 damage to go
15509s	oh
15511s	okay
15515s	I suppose just looking to
15517s	dump the hand as much as possible here
15519s	it obviously really sucks there's only
15521s	one target to hit with multi-strike so
15524s	you're not going to get the double
15525s	activation
15526s	but
15527s	even having said that it's just too
15529s	important to get vanquished as much
15531s	minion presence as you can because
15533s	there's a lot of drawers that allow you
15534s	to close out the game next turn yep
15538s	foreign
15543s	damage on board if minions aren't dealt
15546s	with their taunts put in the way then
15548s	looking at just lethal from hand
15551s	and it doesn't look like there's well
15553s	there's grimoire of sacrifice so you can
15555s	like female Circle grimmarv sacrifice
15560s	a weed Walker
15564s	miraculous got to be close yeah I think
15567s	it's two right now
15569s	but I'm not certain on that at all
15572s	probably three okay because there was
15576s	three Minions that died the previous
15577s	turn
15579s	you get boardwalker then you can
15580s	grimoire and murlocula
15586s	thank you for your service man that's a
15588s	big oh
15590s	you're right
15591s	there's three minutes that died last oh
15593s	yeah oh you were right okay
15596s	I'm not used to that
15602s	okay oh a good draw allows you to dump
15606s	the hand yet further and set up for this
15608s	Magistrate
15611s	oh but it's just slipping away isn't it
15613s	the lifesteal or molecular is enormous
15628s	dread prison flavors are fantastic topic
15631s	for a potential multi-strike draw next
15634s	turn though yeah and it does shoot
15636s	through this uh boardwalker as well but
15638s	yeah gonna be a little bit further away
15640s	from lethal after this miracula
15655s	bartender actually not even offering a
15657s	full clear which is kind of absurd the
15660s	four Health's such a brutal breakpoint
15667s	and obviously neither will there a farm
15672s	uh sorry well with the grimo that I
15675s	assume he's gonna throw in which
15677s	probably play first on the molecular
15688s	you're not wanting to get this off I'm
15691s	gonna straight up leave damage on board
15693s	really
15695s	spear no shot that's correct right uh I
15700s	mean 11 is hard
15702s	it's a lot easier with a slitherspoon
15705s	all right in a fury okay yeah that's it
15707s	right
15708s	yeah I'll check is three and four Fury
15710s	is four he's left dead otherwise
15714s	uh okay sorry now he would have been
15717s	dead either way with the dispose of
15718s	evidence being found
15720s	um but yeah I I think that was a bit of
15723s	a mistake from xmg at the end to not uh
15725s	improve oh sorry lower the amount of
15727s	outs his opponent had we got the
15730s	honorable kill too so I actually got 22
15732s	damage Jackson G that turn nice
15736s	um but it looked like that was gonna
15739s	slip away for a few moments I do think
15742s	that xmg there was more options on that
15744s	last turn but it looked like he no
15746s	matter what he would have ended up wound
15748s	up dead because of the draw sequence
15750s	that we ended up seeing for Abu gabu but
15752s	what bye guys
15755s	see ya Mike
15759s	that'll do it from us thanks for
15760s	watching
15762s	wouldn't that be funny if I'd like
15764s	already hung up the court like well
15767s	Bell's wrong teacher legally has to let
15769s	us go
15771s	they have that Meme in the UK too yeah
15775s	yeah when the bell would ring
15776s	accidentally during the class yeah yeah
15778s	yeah everybody would just get up and
15780s	leave or like you know if the teacher's
15782s	15 minutes late the law is they have to
15784s	let you go it's the law it's the law I
15787s	don't know how that started because it's
15789s	the exact same here like even all the
15791s	way up to like like University level
15793s	like that's professors 15 minutes late
15795s	there were legally obligated to get an A
15800s	that class
15802s	uh and then they and then they Rock up
15806s	20 minutes late and nobody's there
15807s	they're like well joke's on you you paid
15808s	money for this
15810s	yeah but I don't have to go yeah
15814s	idiot
15815s	I'll see you in jail
15820s	uh well uh take a look at this in Rage
15823s	Warrior a very very cool deck that's
15825s	been working pretty well so far for
15827s	having me I think it's like
15830s	three and one at the moment uh given
15833s	that he just went 6-0 on the first day
15835s	and lost once uh today but then was able
15837s	to take a win with it uh it's deck I
15839s	appreciate mainly just because we get to
15841s	see classic Finley as opposed to a new
15845s	spindly who you know is fantastic in his
15848s	own right but gets uh all the glory
15849s	right now whereas
15852s	very classy to just have the original
15854s	Finley yeah
15857s	this brings me back you know
15860s	the good old days
15864s	back when in a game of hearthstone you
15867s	just played 30 cards
15869s	oh can you imagine
15870s	Finley
15872s	Alex draws as champion
15875s	oh yeah
15878s	uh monkey whatever it was called and
15881s	then the the four-man Twilight Guardian
15883s	oh three six taunt
15887s	now we're talking
15888s	[Music]
15890s	and then Blackwing corruptor oh yeah you
15894s	and then your opponent's at 15 or less
15896s	health so Dragon did Crusher a Crusher
15899s	that's what I was trying to remember the
15900s	name of I loved that card
15903s	Dragon Warrior was just P carstone I
15906s	love dragon Mario dude
15910s	all right
15912s	there's sir Finley
15915s	oh taking me right back Alex straws is
15918s	champion
15920s	laughs
15923s	about a injured tolbeer
15928s	I mean that kind of takes me back as
15929s	well right
15931s	yeah yeah
15932s	that couple weeks of grand Masters where
15935s	everyone was playing a hunter races
15937s	version of Miracle priest or yeah priest
15940s	where it was just if you play a toll
15941s	there you kind of win yeah
15944s	it was like the game is over by turn
15946s	three but the first three turns in the
15948s	in that priest mirror were like the
15950s	hardest turds of hearthstone exactly
15952s	yeah imaginable yeah
15956s	full on Tempo here
15959s	and the treasure
15963s	um funnily enough
15965s	gonna play around the two
15967s	wow I mean it's kind of an interesting
15970s	start to the game with xmg holding onto
15971s	the Cutlass I was kind of
15973s	anticipating to actually play it but she
15977s	could still do of course in order to
15978s	have like an answer to a trog or you
15981s	know I guess the dredger as well uh on
15983s	board
15985s	but a web expert picked up too Derek but
15988s	also had he traded it he wouldn't have
15990s	got any discount
15992s	uh yeah the expert's pretty pretty sick
15994s	here
15996s	sport sticks
15998s	that ax is gonna do some work already
16000s	some damage minions
16007s	you need to pop off right we're playing
16009s	the location here we're not clearing
16010s	board
16014s	uh really
16019s	I think needs to get the Knowles free
16021s	and this will do it
16025s	brawl anyway one off being free okay
16029s	fair
16032s	uh they would have been not bad yeah you
16036s	have to pick it it's the only card here
16038s	come our field of strife
16041s	it's value oh okay that's better the
16045s	older stripe is actually
16047s	not ridiculous because you have rushing
16049s	nulls it could have done something but I
16051s	still think
16052s	yeah
16054s	um well abugabu doesn't play the weapons
16056s	expert because picks up the impute ax
16057s	right away so now I can just make this
16059s	in butex even bigger oh my on the
16062s	following turn it's actually so sick you
16064s	can even just go combatant right to
16066s	damage your board and buff it yet
16068s	further oh that's true that's true
16070s	and then weapons expert the turn after
16072s	uh to get an extra swing oh yeah
16080s	this game feels like it's just
16083s	playing a bunch of cards trading back
16086s	maneuvering around have a guy was like
16088s	uh damage
16091s	doing
16094s	a swinging above
16098s	playing like how you imagine someone
16100s	called Habu gabu would be playing isn't
16103s	he
16103s	what a funny word
16110s	good job
16114s	you can get extra busts with the bulk
16116s	man I guess you got to do some math here
16117s	right
16119s	like we'll just swings from the weapon
16121s	expert be enough to kill if you just
16124s	whirl in combatant and hit oh now it
16127s	will oh yeah yeah hey you just get him
16132s	foreign
16142s	it's just the fact that you know there's
16144s	no uh
16146s	uh a dancer in order to to bring you
16150s	back
16151s	[Applause]
16154s	sure yeah that's fine
16157s	I mean it's not he's still like just
16159s	dead from the weapon swings and the hero
16161s	power alone yeah this has to be like an
16164s	astronomic pop-up
16167s	looks like he's thinking about just
16170s	getting the ghost this turn
16176s	you're like you have to wait you have
16179s	prep shroud so you can get draca and get
16182s	the double pop off in the same turn
16184s	right maybe that's just yeah we could
16186s	have five yeah it's hot
16193s	ly
16201s	fair enough oh oh geez
16210s	was a six six
16212s	eight eight what one two three four
16220s	okay
16222s	checks out
16223s	checks out Matt checks out
16230s	still obviously few
16232s	out here for xmg is gonna have to get
16234s	the counter lethal very very rapidly
16237s	indeed uh but I mean I guess currently
16240s	for Abu Dhabi he doesn't actually have
16242s	enough damage to close this out in the
16243s	next two turns it's gonna be three at
16246s	least the way it's currently slated so I
16249s	don't know actually to be fair to xmg
16250s	maybe I was overestimating how or I
16253s	guess underestimating how big this board
16255s	would be on this turn and how quickly
16257s	his opponent would kill him
16262s	yeah this is uh quite the predicament
16266s	but honestly
16270s	just gotta go for it
16273s	needs two more turns
16277s	okay
16282s	a stenographer would not be able to be
16286s	played right
16289s	just one two oh yeah it costs four
16293s	oh and that's the code you want because
16294s	for all you know this anime extractor is
16296s	just buffing the okra uh in hand that's
16299s	gonna kill you
16301s	yeah
16303s	but you just can't afford to trade eight
16306s	into this uh like with the hero power
16308s	being a strict clock I I
16312s	don't have the time to tank that at all
16314s	yeah but at the same time if you leave
16316s	this up
16317s	you dyed it anything that can damage
16319s	this in hand
16322s	that's true and also just like tanking
16325s	the one from it is really bad because it
16327s	puts you to seven which means it's two
16329s	hero Powers Plus the weapon swing
16331s	instead of three hero Powers Plus the
16332s	weapon swing that kills you which is a
16334s	huge difference
16336s	yeah oh I I guess Rush from the null
16339s	plus swing with the weapon to kill it
16341s	makes sense
16347s	and this is lethal presented on board
16350s	just
16353s	and the rakara is not big enough oh it
16356s	didn't get buffed it needed two 50 50s
16364s	can't damage it on this turn yeah that's
16367s	exactly it's on board too yeah it's
16369s	exact
16370s	oh man what a game
16377s	I don't think there's any out at all
16380s	right
16382s	but I see
16388s	nope
16402s	there's none soon
16408s	that is brutal the brawl coming in so
16411s	clutch
16413s	or xmg there
16415s	difference of two damage
16418s	[Music]
16421s	at the end yeah kind of crazy
16423s	[Music]
16426s	you mentioned the play of uh going like
16429s	whirl and combatant the term before
16433s	to push extra damage right ended up
16435s	playing two minions
16437s	I wonder if that like would have changed
16438s	things like brawl aside right like you
16441s	know obviously not knowing the
16442s	information that the brawl was there
16445s	um if that's just like a better play
16446s	regardless
16448s	you actually put less power on the board
16450s	immediately though right because the
16452s	weapon was not infused so it's only
16454s	giving plus one attack and so if you go
16457s	it's the same amount of power on board
16459s	but you have more help like more Health
16462s	it's one less right because Finley plus
16464s	the weapon uh instructions oh yeah you
16467s	know you're right four instead of three
16468s	yeah there's actually less threatening
16471s	immediately but you raised the great
16472s	point that it's a little bit harder to
16474s	actually clear for your opponent
16477s	yeah minions are just slightly ever so
16480s	slightly larger
16481s	[Music]
16482s	um but no I think Max damaged in that
16485s	situation is probably better I agree I
16488s	had a lot about yeah you're right it was
16490s	one more damage
16492s	uh that would have uh that would have
16494s	done the job so
16496s	um unfortunate but
16499s	that's the way it rolls that's the way
16501s	it rolls so now we're tied series we got
16503s	warlock Druid left for x and G
16506s	only a rage Warrior and the Rogue and we
16507s	are going to see warlock now so it is
16509s	going to be the rage Warrior once again
16511s	for abugabu and
16513s	the Imp warlock
16519s	I never know what to keep in the
16522s	Mulligan for what Fern rage Warrior
16526s	every card I see I'm like this looks
16528s	terrible let's throw it back
16530s	no it's the opposite it's every card I
16532s	see is like that's pretty good oh really
16536s	yeah I mean like even if you look at the
16539s	Mulligan win rate for the deck
16542s	almost every card outside of in budax an
16546s	animaxtractor is within five percent of
16549s	each other yeah wow in terms of kept
16551s	Mulligan rate
16554s	I mean this
16556s	like I'd consider keeping rakara I guess
16558s	but apart from that I feel like none of
16559s	these cards are individually
16562s	wrong enough yeah
16564s	yeah I think you just go for the best oh
16568s	yeah
16570s	there you go
16574s	this is the filth
16577s	y fifth oh
16585s	all right but being on the coin
16588s	yeah that does suck a bit
16592s	I wonder if x and G just oh you insta
16597s	insta you don't even think about it okay
16601s	this has to die it's what happened was
16603s	praying wouldn't be there
16607s	like this is so so so much worse now he
16610s	does get out of the extractor but
16613s	there's just a second Library you just
16615s	do it again
16617s	laughs
16618s	but it's the only play
16621s	I think you do this this is the heart of
16623s	the deck right this is how you lose is
16625s	animaxtractor popping off
16628s	oh my gosh unbelievable
16638s	uh that's the location to deal with the
16640s	uh the flame imp at least yeah I do like
16644s	this though the idea of just they're
16645s	getting one one bigger each turn like it
16647s	ain't much but it's honest work
16653s	foreign
16657s	oh there we go that's what we're looking
16660s	for
16661s	that's the good stuff
16665s	catastrophe to follow it up
16668s	I mean happy gabu I think Justified him
16672s	being a bit upset here he is getting
16673s	high rolled into Oblivion here
16676s	do you even the librarian or you just
16679s	trade over in in of the gang boss right
16685s	I would even think about buffing a 1-1
16690s	okay fair enough to play around like
16692s	rolling combatant
16694s	that's fair uh I I guess keeping this
16697s	minion alive does just keep the most
16698s	stuff in play like any of them being
16702s	acceptable all right well just play your
16705s	stuff I guess
16708s	oh the catastrophe as well it's just so
16711s	disgusting the attacking first to get
16714s	the extra in for the extra draw wow
16722s	oh my
16724s	goodness the
16725s	Circle as well
16735s	I don't know how you order this like
16739s	so many both now abilities like the
16742s	Librarians say
16744s	you lose out on a little bit of buff but
16747s	you get a full board space at the end
16749s	whereas here you like you lose out on an
16751s	imp and you then
16755s	lose a board's face because
16758s	off as well but yeah this is pretty
16760s	disgusting
16762s	all right game four
16771s	oh yeah technically alive
16782s	15 plus three
16785s	that'll do it interesting lethal to me
16788s	yeah
16791s	what a start from xmg on the play double
16795s	life already killed the animals
16797s	it's just like the anti-enrage Warrior
16801s	start because that wasn't a bad hand
16802s	problem at all it's a great hand yeah
16806s	um just kind of missing the impute acts
16808s	but even then like there was no damage
16811s	minions at all at any point in that game
16812s	to be able to buff so it would have been
16815s	even worse but
16817s	X and G gets another quick win on the
16819s	board
16820s	means we're down to the Druid which you
16821s	said is probably the deck that could
16824s	struggle the most against this lineup
16826s	for papagabu it is the most
16827s	sportscentric a deck it obviously you
16830s	know has Buffs but uh it's its Buffs are
16833s	usually at least the more impactful ones
16836s	uh pretty situational in terms of like
16838s	held nature Pride's Fury
16841s	um so uh we'll see also it's a deck I
16844s	can just beat itself
16847s	but oh yeah oh habugab is gonna go over
16849s	to the tempo Rogue uh to start things
16851s	off uh which also makes sense
16854s	Tempo Rogue for a reason
16857s	and I think for the the Druid first the
16860s	warrior if we do get to see that it's
16861s	kind of funny because we could actually
16862s	see like the exact same game play out
16865s	where you just go one drop Mark of the
16866s	Wild Mark of the wild instead of the uh
16868s	the location which is probably one of
16870s	the main things that xmg would be uh
16872s	would be looking for uh whereas here
16875s	against the Rogue you're not looking to
16876s	get specific value trades you're just
16878s	looking to do as broken of a turn as you
16881s	can between one and three go as wide as
16884s	you physically can so that when they do
16886s	inevitably hit some kind of a pop-off
16888s	the power level always varies but they
16890s	inevitably before turn 506 will be able
16893s	to do something uh you just gotta hope
16896s	those stenographers the nulls whatever
16898s	else it is they're playing on that turn
16899s	isn't enough to answer it and hopefully
16902s	it comes down after a Pride's Fury or
16905s	Harold of nature
16907s	yep and uh one of the MVP cards I feel
16910s	like in this matchup is don't grow
16912s	centuries cool
16915s	um just because
16917s	you know you can there's ideal pop-up
16919s	turns right where you can go like no no
16921s	stenographer stenographer
16924s	um but especially with agritude you
16926s	don't have the luxury of being able to
16928s	wait for all those pieces to come
16929s	together
16931s	so maybe you get like one rush in your
16934s	sequence if you're going for like a
16935s	ghost or a Draka and uh throwing gross
16938s	entries just completely blocks that
16939s	attack and eliminates your ability to
16941s	race but the minion face game plan is
16944s	the most important for habogabu even if
16948s	you're like even if you have draca
16951s	oftentimes you'd prefer to just get more
16953s	minions down and like more rushing
16955s	minions than to have a giant weapon just
16958s	so you can keep the board as clean as
16959s	possible
16962s	out of full keep we saw from x7g oh yeah
16966s	yeah we're talking I mean as you said
16968s	thorncrest centuries can be one of the
16969s	key players but keeping an accurate hand
16972s	with no one drops
16975s	Brave uh I mean half the diggers One
16977s	Drops you can just aquatic form into a
16979s	one I appreciate that yeah but
16982s	a dramatic purpose is TJ and I mean hey
16984s	there you go how about that
16989s	it's funny I talked about this with the
16991s	rage Warrior but agritude's another one
16993s	of those decks where I'm like
16995s	I could make an argument for all these
16997s	cards and XG agrees
17000s	oh man xfg is not feeling good right now
17004s	man like that face is just pure anxiety
17007s	I don't know if he should be upset
17009s	because this is a potentially really
17012s	really powerful hand he just needs this
17014s	board to stick on this turn and he can
17017s	win this game a lot of the time
17020s	but just look at this hand from Pablo
17022s	Gabba I think he's got something to say
17023s	about it
17025s	saw a three keep right you gotta
17029s	kill all the all this stuff for most of
17031s	this stuff he can kill all of it or he
17034s	could try and hold on to resources and
17036s	kill just some of it
17037s	right like he could Shadow step and then
17039s	the Knoll would be free he could hold on
17040s	to the coin and it looks like he is
17041s	gonna shout a step uh also has
17044s	interestingly enough like coin bone
17047s	Spike Edwin next turn
17050s	um which could clear a minion and leave
17052s	one Mana available for a draw to even
17054s	buff the Edwin
17058s	all right xmg's plan a is Thoroughly in
17062s	the toilet right now so we need to find
17064s	uh
17065s	strong backup
17070s	only guidance
17073s	free it's free real estate
17075s	it is free real estate but wrath is a
17078s	free clear which is a very big deal like
17081s	that thing is going to keep value
17082s	trading you for the rest of the game
17085s	oh
17088s	roots
17090s	it's also a clear
17093s	uh oh yeah it is a Clarity I mean I
17095s	think in this instance I would use it as
17097s	go wide or one ones yeah yeah
17099s	[Music]
17103s	um Jeremy Carpenter I was going to say
17105s	wow really goodness
17109s	oh this just gives all the time in the
17111s	world like I I guess you can set up for
17113s	that big pop-up turn on like six maybe
17116s	where you go one cost one cost one cost
17119s	Herald
17122s	but that does not feel winning by that
17124s	point in the game at all
17132s	the simple play of just door of Shadows
17134s	and Dagger
17136s	um and then try and pop off with Edwin
17137s	next turn
17140s	uh extortion is fine yeah another way to
17144s	kill a minion yeah
17147s	and this really is the final turn for
17150s	xmg to get ahead because Habu is gonna
17152s	go uh Edwin coinbones bike and very
17156s	likely be able to play anything that is
17158s	drawn off the Edwin
17172s	and this is respectable he can go Rush
17176s	form here peasant Tree in and buff them
17179s	all
17183s	I know it's not good but he's losing
17186s	this game will be a three two and a
17188s	three one
17189s	uh yeah sorry yeah because the attack
17191s	but the peasant gets killed off just by
17193s	the dagger it does so you basically have
17196s	a 3-2 on board like that's your board
17211s	okay setting up for one big pop-up turn
17213s	instead I I respect this
17219s	why it wouldn't step as an option as
17221s	well oh yeah and then you can just
17223s	double that down
17229s	Packer it up dude
17233s	totally
17234s	[Music]
17244s	right it's it's Edwin why you even have
17248s	the shadow step there for an even better
17250s	play if you needed it oh yeah
17254s	foreign
17286s	just actually everything is almost all
17288s	of it yeah everything yeah and can fit
17290s	in the shadows
17293s	yeah he probably would like to trade the
17295s	Edwin because like you say you fit the
17296s	shadow step in as well but it's
17298s	it's just a one game the aggro Druid did
17301s	not break out of a little bit of this
17302s	game and it's gonna have to try again
17303s	against the warrior
17310s	oh no oh wait
17315s	yeah I mean I think one thing I will say
17317s	for forgabus that his null costing two
17320s	here I think it could have cost
17322s	one because on the turn he played Knoll
17325s	for two Mana he was still in Disguise at
17327s	that point and he could have played as
17328s	the first card door of Shadows I think
17330s	which draws
17332s	a rogue card whilst you're you know
17334s	still disguised as a priest or whatever
17336s	so I think that could have been a manner
17338s	he saved earlier on that would have then
17340s	led to a one-man and all I'm just trying
17342s	to find something to critique Abigail
17343s	before he plays so goddamn good that
17345s	it's it's very difficult uh to find them
17347s	uh but hey there you go I think in my
17350s	opinion a slight optimization that could
17351s	have been made
17352s	yeah so now he can't go after the series
17354s	and tweet that he played perfectly
17356s	throughout the whole thing because now
17357s	Derek will call him out instead of bunny
17359s	Hoppers him actually
17361s	yeah actually the door of Shadows was
17364s	never getting infused in ontuition so
17365s	there's really no reason to hold on to
17367s	it for that long you might as well just
17368s	go while you have the my insurance guys
17370s	up it's actually quite enough
17371s	misconception
17376s	yeah either way xfg as we are goofing
17379s	around I think uh probably one of the
17382s	most anxious situations he's been in his
17384s	life was stressful I should say as a
17387s	single game away from uh making it
17390s	through to the finals now so so close to
17392s	being crowned the uh the full Champion
17394s	already booked this spot of Worlds which
17397s	is the the big part of it already ticked
17399s	off but still being able to take down
17401s	Habu gabu and stop him from being the
17403s	back to back seasonal Champion would be
17406s	very impressive
17407s	like there's only two of them so yeah we
17411s	could say habugabu won every single
17414s	seasonal championship
17416s	that occurred in 2022.
17420s	because it's kind of unbelievable if you
17421s	really about it actually like I think
17424s	it's even more that would be even more
17425s	impressive than winning like
17426s	back-to-back Masters tours
17428s	because you have to do well in the
17430s	master tours just to get there
17432s	yeah and then you're basically
17433s	consolidating all the best master tour
17435s	players into one bracket and then doing
17437s	that twice
17439s	I mean both feets are like essentially
17441s	impossible the fact that either of them
17443s	could have happened at this point is
17446s	you know very very impressive indeed and
17449s	speaks to uh I guess x-blies as well as
17451s	how bugaboo's uh proficiency here as xmg
17454s	again as you do every time you play
17457s	aggro Druid throws down his offering
17460s	onto the Altar and prays to the gods to
17462s	just leave it alive for one more turn to
17465s	allow this beaming sidekick to come into
17467s	play
17470s	like setting up his times in the deck
17472s	that just deal one damage on on turn two
17476s	already he's just kind of accepting his
17478s	loss here like unless he gets a
17479s	specifically a one drop here it's
17481s	completely over and even then if it's
17484s	not like living roots or so the soil he
17487s	won't be able to play The Herald of
17488s	nature on the following turn
17492s	yeah it's aggro Druid it's it's a meme
17494s	of a deck to be perfectly honest
17497s	[Music]
17499s	I mean
17500s	some would say the same about a rage
17502s	Warrior this happens to be good against
17504s	it
17506s	was like what are you just gonna pass
17508s	and hero power my tutu yeah I mean how
17510s	big have his hand as well on the other
17512s	side is absolutely insane this is like
17515s	the Coconuts as uh this stupid Warrior
17520s	deck
17521s	touch
17525s	I cooked so many low attack minions to
17529s	just bump into
17534s	you just do stuff here now like the
17537s	depth is obviously insane to buff up the
17539s	extractor to buff up cards in hand it's
17541s	a well-oiled machine
17547s	I've missed the Tobit twice almost three
17551s	times actually
17553s	but still happy Gabby knows
17555s	is very very much winning
17559s	okay so the soil
17561s	just soda soil and Herald of nature
17565s	oh do you not need to take Drew to The
17567s	Reef to kill off the
17569s	the toll there I mean
17571s	I guess you need to make this whole beer
17574s	yeah with the herald of nature with the
17577s	Crooked cook on board
17579s	I know you can't
17580s	yeah
17585s	right you're right
17587s	oh no sorry you could because you go for
17590s	attack buff instead of minion on a on so
17592s	the soil hey
17594s	friends ah yeah but then you'd be
17597s	buffing one last minute exactly yeah oh
17599s	go on face
17601s	oh I guess he's gonna hear a part of the
17604s	two one anyway yeah yeah
17606s	oh he's taking out that anime
17612s	that's a huge trog yeah like he's
17615s	playing it out I respect him for it but
17619s	good God is this game over it's a one
17622s	it's a one Mana Yeti
17626s	even the weapon expert the weapon expert
17628s	I think is a five four I think he got
17630s	two Buffs as well
17634s	you can call it preemptive if you like
17636s	but I think habogabu knows just as well
17638s	as we do he's heading to back to back
17641s	seasonal finals this is unbelievable
17650s	you got to get prop stacks and Judo for
17652s	taking aggregate this far
17654s	like these the The Meta Reed that you
17659s	have to have to say yep aggreg's the
17661s	pick yeah sure is immense yeah
17665s	that's true that's true and I I hope he
17668s	is happy and not defeated coming out of
17670s	this because even though he came so
17672s	close to being crowned the champion
17674s	this Gambit played off for him he got to
17676s	Worlds and uh come December who knows
17680s	maybe he can give Agro Druid another go
17682s	to try and get there as finally he gives
17685s	us a smile he's well and truly giving
17687s	this one up now there is literally no
17688s	way for him to pull it back
17690s	and there it is Habu the absolute Beast
17695s	of a man
17696s	it's back to the finals
17698s	[Music]
17703s	this looks so much like saddle it's
17704s	uncanny
17706s	like that's the only thing I can think
17708s	of every time I look at it
17709s	like old subtle with the hair yeah it's
17713s	like it every time I look at habugabu I
17716s	I it's like I'm taking a time machine
17718s	back to 2016.
17724s	and so I just automatically assumed that
17726s	habugabu is just the most small Carson
17728s	player of all time just because of that
17730s	I know honestly just you having said
17732s	that kind of makes me hate Abu Gabba you
17734s	know yeah kind of crazy but there you
17737s	have it Hubble gobble will wait in the
17739s	finals for the winner of xiaobai versus
17741s	bunny Hopper
17744s	um uh probably it would be interesting
17746s	to see either of those players uh face
17748s	off oh yeah I think that'd be a good
17750s	match uh regardless
17753s	um to see if habugabu's lineup can
17754s	really stand up uh against everything in
17758s	the field
17759s	um because it today not so much right
17762s	today it's been Agro player versus Agri
17765s	player pretty much for Abu gabu's entire
17767s	bracket run
17769s	um
17769s	well I mean it was just two matches but
17772s	you know what I mean yeah
17775s	um but it would be cool to see it uh
17778s	beat up on on other stuff and uh be
17781s	tested against other stuff so
17784s	excited to see uh what's going to come
17785s	of that but just really impressive feat
17787s	from humbugabu it's if he it does end up
17790s	winning the whole thing it I would even
17793s	say that would surpass like
17796s	lies's accomplishment of winning two
17797s	Master tours in a row because seasonal
17799s	championships you have to do well at the
17801s	mountain start first and then like I
17803s	said that concentrated uh player scale
17805s	all into one tournament is difficult
17808s	agreed yeah like we're not quite at that
17811s	point yet of uh rivaling Hunter races
17815s	here in 2018 which for me is still like
17817s	the golden standard of the best year you
17820s	can have uh in a competitive year within
17822s	Hearthstone but like a winner world and
17825s	I think he's there uh he will you know
17827s	if he wins this and then wins world that
17829s	is just like
17830s	ridiculously levels because obviously
17832s	when hunt race was competing there are a
17834s	lot more tour stops at the time there
17835s	are a lot more opportunities to get the
17836s	win but they're only being what six
17838s	Masters tours two seasonals and worlds
17840s	this year that's like a good percentage
17843s	of the available tournaments being won
17845s	by one person which uh I know I am
17847s	getting ahead of myself here but it's uh
17849s	it's difficult not to when you see how
17850s	we play like that with blooming warrior
17853s	in Rage warrior in his lineup as well
17856s	it's like the most haboo style of win uh
17859s	just to boot
17860s	yeah yeah there's what if you don't
17863s	count Grand Masters uh like the the rest
17866s	of the circuit is nine tournaments right
17868s	six Master tours two seasonal
17869s	championships World Championship it'll
17871s	be 33.3 of events would have been won
17876s	by Abu gabu but it would be better right
17879s	because he's he's won an Mt and he would
17881s	have won
17882s	two seasonals in Worlds right if he gets
17884s	that far like the theory he only has a
17887s	top four I thought
17891s	am I making that up oh okay my bad yeah
17894s	in vashir uh went semi-finals uh lost in
17898s	semi-finals oh okay sorry I'm adding
17901s	that to his uh
17903s	it was accolades my bad oh impressive
17905s	four top eights all right they're
17907s	telling me to go to a break okay we
17910s	could sit here and talk about it all all
17911s	day long but uh first semi-final in the
17914s	books which means we have only two more
17916s	matches left on the day coming up next
17918s	is going to be semi-final between
17919s	xiaobai and Bunny Hopper uh bunny Hopper
17922s	finally getting that Another World's
17924s	qualification after narrowly missing it
17927s	multiple times uh so far this year see
17929s	if you can take down shall buy but uh
17931s	we're gonna go to a quick break but
17933s	don't go anywhere more fall Championship
17934s	action right after this
17938s	foreign
17956s	[Music]
17957s	[Applause]
17959s	[Music]
17968s	foreign
17970s	[Music]
17987s	[Music]
17998s	foreign
18004s	[Music]
18028s	foreign hello
18033s	[Music]
18038s	hello
18045s	[Music]
18056s	[Music]
18059s	thank you
18060s	[Music]
18071s	thank you
18074s	[Music]
18091s	foreign
18092s	[Music]
18096s	foreign
18098s	[Music]
18131s	thank you
18134s	Abu Gabby books another final slot but
18137s	who will play against him we're going to
18140s	find out very very shortly it's going to
18141s	be shall buy or bunny Hopper and
18143s	importantly Gia will there be a warlock
18145s	in the final it's ridiculous but they
18148s	might not be I mean there is in the
18151s	lineup so it just is a matter of me
18154s	going to check the bands and in fact the
18157s	Warlock has been left up so yes Lorena
18160s	there will be a warlock in the final
18163s	it will he's going to win because buddy
18165s	hasn't got it Habu hasn't got it
18168s	[Music]
18169s	it could win are they cool okay nice
18172s	highly committal answer
18174s	oh yeah
18176s	off that fence yep is winning this 3-0
18180s	easy you just asked about the war
18185s	quarters
18186s	gotta try something
18189s	um
18190s	if you're asking if the Warlock itself
18192s	could take a win I feel like it
18194s	but it's the final because Habu didn't
18197s	bring it bunny didn't bring it that's
18198s	where I was going oh sorry I see I see
18201s	that's why you're getting misquoted
18203s	because I misunderstanding your
18204s	misunderstanding and I miss and yeah
18206s	it's not miss coating it's just being
18208s	dumb gotcha
18211s	all right
18213s	um this is the curse M4 lock which has
18216s	performed on both ends of the spectrum
18218s	throughout this weekend alone it's look
18220s	like the worst deck on the planet it's
18221s	looked like the best deck on the planet
18223s	and it really depends first on whether
18226s	it can hit the correct half of its deck
18228s	in the first half of the game and also
18230s	on the match-ups it faces
18233s	um I think it's made uh been made no
18236s	secret that Habu and Bunny are not big
18238s	fans of the deck they are in was a
18240s	Practice Group at least I don't know for
18243s	this tournament in particular but at
18245s	least for the Masters Tour circuit and
18247s	that is a group of very very big brains
18250s	coming together so I trust their
18252s	judgment but the deck still of course
18254s	has its teeth I feel like it's in a good
18256s	spot against Shaman could do decent
18259s	against the big spell Mage as well from
18260s	bunny yeah I don't know how much Habu
18263s	had input this time around I think he
18264s	went his alone a little bit on this one
18266s	occasion just because of the
18267s	circumstance where he's already
18268s	qualified and all that I think
18271s	um but yes they do work very closely
18272s	together I'm sure they chatted to each
18274s	other there seems to be a big overlap in
18275s	we hate warlock between two players and
18278s	the last three plays in the tournament
18280s	who talk a lot so yeah there's probably
18281s	something going on there I agree with
18283s	you
18284s	um I'm I'm a fan of the deck I think the
18286s	deck is just versatile I think it's very
18288s	hard to counter
18290s	um but we have seen bunny Hopper
18292s	habugabu taking a different view on that
18295s	and I think it's turned Bernie in a
18297s	really good stead in this semi-final I
18300s	think his lineup overall has just lined
18303s	up nice to get the show by and weirdly I
18305s	don't think he lines up that well
18306s	against the Warlock nothing terribly
18307s	it's all kind of all 50 50s honestly
18311s	um but you know the Warlock is probably
18312s	Shelby's best chance of a win in this
18314s	one I think
18316s	could well be that way we are going to
18318s	see the jackpot Road come out from bunny
18320s	Hopper which I'm pretty happy about
18321s	because it got banned last series that I
18324s	cast bunny didn't quite get to see all
18327s	the finessing you can do in this deck
18329s	because it is one of the Decks that has
18331s	the most flexible wind condition in the
18333s	entire meta every game plays out
18336s	differently depending on the quality of
18338s	your discoveries especially since those
18340s	discovers are replayed over and over by
18343s	stash and by Tess greymane
18345s	xiaobai is still going to have a very
18348s	solid wind condition in the curses
18350s	because Rogue even with access to
18352s	discover struggles to find Healing it
18354s	usually has to come in the form of like
18356s	light shower Elemental from
18357s	reconnaissance so as long as ShopRite
18360s	can hold out you should be in a pretty
18361s	good spot
18364s	but bunny I think May struggle a little
18367s	tiny bit to focus in this one I've just
18369s	got a feeling I know I just know how
18370s	much energy he's put in all year towards
18372s	getting to the World Championships
18375s	and yeah he he wants to win every
18376s	Hearthstone game he can he wants to win
18378s	every tournament he can he knows he
18380s	hasn't won many tournaments recently
18381s	especially in RI and he would love to
18385s	but I think at the back is mine he might
18387s	struggle to focus a bit on this that's
18388s	what this sort of massive concentration
18390s	face is all about because he's achieved
18393s	the the aim of the year and yeah he's
18396s	got to give himself up for two more
18397s	matches yeah
18398s	absolutely both players keeping three
18401s	cards here for bunny it's a full keep
18403s	sketchy stranger on curve into the
18407s	second one means that the null goes down
18410s	to one cost by turn three
18414s	um I think that's probably fine he's
18415s	very likely to run into another
18417s	generation effect
18421s	he's he's got some trouble here I'm just
18423s	looking at xiaobai's hand that is three
18426s	waves of minions if he so desires I
18428s	realize you don't need to use dark vein
18430s	in that way but yeah
18432s	what
18435s	hmm
18437s	these are not amazing I guess it's
18439s	sticky situation
18444s	yes especially as they've got the coin
18445s	right no just straight up Revenge wow it
18449s	is the cheapest one easiest to weave in
18450s	but I feel like there's a very real
18452s	possibility that after this turn shop I
18454s	just never trades again then just goes
18457s	yeah
18460s	pointing out circle into library is
18464s	decent or he could just Library here and
18467s	then Circle afterward to save the coin
18471s	if your libraries he probably does trade
18475s	right but if you are following up with
18477s	circle it feels kind of bad to have it
18479s	be on cooldown when you got all those
18481s	additional imps
18483s	interesting but the value trade is
18485s	pretty juicy here I agree
18487s	are you scared of any of the weird
18490s	secrets that can happen like an
18491s	explosive trap and everything here for
18492s	the circle play because otherwise the
18494s	circle seems just better
18496s	I mean it is scary but not to the point
18499s	where you would play around it because
18501s	it is still just a random generation and
18503s	at that point it's like super unlikely
18505s	to be any one specific secret so Xiao
18508s	bye here
18510s	um I think he goes Library not to not
18513s	necessarily go wide but to just take a
18516s	nice value trade and also preserve coin
18518s	for later on because if it was coin
18520s	Circle the follow-up of library was
18521s	still a bit Mana inefficient indeed
18525s	um and he now has the circle play anyway
18534s	it goes Galloping consistently taking
18536s	the cheapest secrets
18541s	yep I mean it's Vogue so that makes
18545s	logical sense at least
18549s	foreign
18553s	goes down to zero for some reason my
18555s	head was saying sketchy stranger will
18557s	unveil the Rogue class that is just not
18560s	true so bunny is able to
18563s	um weave in the Cutlass as well this
18565s	turn gets the full board control
18568s	and can continue
18570s	sweeping up these imps however the
18572s	mischievous after this is going to
18574s	present a problem yeah you're talking to
18577s	start about you know do you draw the
18579s	right half of the deck answer yes you do
18582s	this is absolutely the right half of the
18584s	deck to be drawing here so
18587s	and just what he would need but
18590s	I need plenty of Minion presents
18596s	those are two Paladin secrets and the
18598s	purger you're here to try and disrupt
18600s	Shabbat as much as possible and this is
18601s	the one of the few instances you're
18603s	going to see bunny play as quick a turn
18604s	as possible and I think that's because
18606s	you're playing Secrets when you do that
18608s	you want to give your opponent as little
18609s	time as possible to figure out the exact
18612s	order to optimally test for everything
18615s	big fat very good point
18618s	like that reasoning a lot
18622s	so there's no Paladin secrets that
18624s	disrupt Spells at the moment oh my God
18627s	not in the pool
18629s	um
18629s	so he potentially
18633s	can coin here if he wants to
18637s	um it doesn't really achieve that much
18639s	if anything if you coin it implies you
18642s	are going to play three cards in a turn
18643s	which does play into Galloping Savior by
18646s	attacking with the MP's tested Judgment
18648s	of justice and Noble sacrifice so I
18651s	think he can narrow it down pretty
18653s	likely to these other two
18656s	yep seems reasonable it also seems a lot
18659s	more calm now he's going to the world
18661s	championships as well deep in thought
18664s	but not the same terrified image we saw
18666s	through the rest of the day
18670s	he sees his perjury he did already know
18673s	that it was not
18675s	um
18675s	double cross
18681s	I'd have the cards he's the tempo that's
18683s	going to swing you oh no cards make
18684s	Tempo but
18686s	yeah I do like the oh trickster's not
18690s	like necessary the certain because the
18691s	Sprint was already playable but it's a
18693s	free tutu
18695s	yep all right it makes sense to me
18698s	meaning one Mana could pick up something
18700s	as well
18704s	do like the objection pick also just
18707s	because it's the most expensive and is
18709s	the best Tempo uh but for xiaobai makes
18712s	a lot of sense that he would just kind
18715s	of ignore the board from here because
18717s	um I got trading into minions procs
18721s	avenge which he has as one of the likely
18724s	Secrets remaining
18725s	that was a horrible Sprint by the way
18729s	it was
18730s	I mean they're lovely cards but not
18732s	right now bunny just needs to be able to
18734s	do some stuff next turn and at the
18735s	moment the stuff he's doing extent he's
18737s	awfully slow considering what he's
18738s	facing down right yeah that he needs to
18741s	talk like something different to this
18742s	lot I think
18747s	that is something to um
18750s	copy with Lady dark vein not necessarily
18754s	in the spot yet where uh it's all meant
18757s	to be curses as the game plan I do like
18760s	the focus on board still for here
18763s	yep and Rogue being Rogue there's no
18765s	like fan of knives or anything anymore I
18768s	don't think at least so just go super
18770s	wide and yeah that's a lot of damage
18772s	that though is going to struggle to get
18774s	rid of the grimoire will help
18779s	well he's shuffling one of these back
18784s	the other hundred times have not been
18791s	and
18793s	his car yeah yeah okay yeah three four
18797s	and a four three get smacked in the face
18805s	the talking of the grimoire would help
18806s	is there any reason to do it for shall
18808s	buyers to clear some of this up because
18810s	he hasn't got anything else to do this
18811s	turn okay now he's got something to do
18813s	this turn
18814s	just to make board space honestly yeah
18817s	just to tell you what I wanted to three
18818s	fours yeah
18827s	let's get the pot both at once which is
18830s	very nice
18831s	yeah and this is still just two cards
18834s	played in the turn after circus so it's
18836s	still not gonna Park The Galloping see
18838s	here both the Minions that at the same
18840s	time so avenge is not propped either
18842s	very nicely done I shall Buy
18846s	yeah and now not quite on lethal
18848s	immediately but it's you're very much in
18850s	Lethal range with curses existing
18852s	everywhere and you know the large chunk
18854s	of the Damage Done so bunny has to be
18856s	able to stop this so it's jackpot time
18860s	[Music]
18862s	uh
18864s	yeah
18866s	it's Vevo It's Going Rush not bad
18872s	but uh other grimoire laughs in the face
18875s	of this
18877s	does doesn't it
18880s	looking for a cheaper minion to
18881s	sacrifice there it is
18884s	okay sure I was actually tempted just to
18887s	play the dart Vine here and forget the
18889s	rules of the game and what's going on
18891s	just play it
18894s	the tempo for I mean you sacrifice for
18897s	stuff on the board
18898s	I can definitely see that
18902s	you just don't look at it as a card
18903s	right it's just a win condition but
18905s	actually here it is just a card that can
18907s	do some stuff right it is just bodies
18912s	but as it happens childbir is winning
18914s	even without it which makes sense to
18917s	therefore not risk it because you might
18918s	need the the backup Wing condition
18920s	considering you're now playing its every
18921s	card in Hearthstone
18925s	and he really doesn't get anything good
18927s	from the test just like
18930s	just the party up right because the
18932s	secrets haven't even been progged
18936s	yeah
18938s	yeah good job I shall Buy
18941s	from the test and the Contraband stash
18943s	just nothing good
18944s	if he goes ashara he doesn't have Mana
18946s	to go or an end the Colossal if it's a
18949s	genre maybe it's tied Stone and prey
18954s	he's gonna go for the play that lets him
18955s	survive on board
18958s	he's like that's what you've got then
18960s	I'm probably winning this game
18962s	[Music]
18965s	any imps now
18968s	okay to damage off lethal but
18971s	it's fine yeah
18975s	at any point he draws a curse that's
18977s	just the game
18985s	yeah good luck not having that
18991s	uh tooth seven Mana outs hmm
19000s	I'm stumped can you think of anything
19003s	um lifestyle Colossus
19006s	oh true true
19008s	I was tunneled on tooth but yes the
19010s	Blackwater Behemoth could help a lot
19012s	here so ajara
19015s	dude the horn
19020s	ET
19022s	sorry you got lucky
19026s	okay this one survives on board at least
19028s	yeah it's like second prize now Shabbat
19031s	just has to draw any curse but at least
19033s	has to do something ah there we go there
19036s	it is
19039s	celerinda the Warlock one yeah that's
19042s	exactly what I asked you at the start
19044s	well done uh-huh
19045s	we got there came full circle love to
19048s	see it
19050s	and Shabbat getting it done with the
19051s	Warlock which I think again in this sort
19054s	of Fairly 50 50 ridden matchup was the
19057s	slightly best deck of Shell Bar I think
19059s	he's gonna get quite the best
19062s	of me so I write down a grid of what I
19066s	think the matchups are and this is sort
19067s	of all 50s and 55s and the other decks
19070s	are all 45s and 40s okay so Best Buy a
19073s	slight margin is what you mean yes
19076s	properly so
19079s	that's all right I still understood you
19083s	on that last sentence even though
19085s	English is not a verb
19089s	what verbs and nouns and all that stuff
19092s	is I just say them and hope there's
19094s	something close to what they need to be
19097s	yeah anyway where I just laugh at any
19099s	words especially hey miracle
19102s	honestly so he stopped doing that and
19104s	then he's just he's just come back with
19106s	a vengeance this last week as if he's
19107s	got a point to prove he's still not
19110s	quite um barrage levels of um
19114s	ugliness or anything that I say with the
19116s	letter r in it no we were saying at a
19118s	point it was a thing okay
19121s	Tempo Rogue next deck in the lineup he
19126s	is not playing the mailbox dancer
19129s	version which I feel is
19132s	putting him in a slightly worse position
19134s	against Bunny's lineup I would prefer
19137s	the mailbox Rogue in every matchup
19140s	except Agro mirrors but it doesn't mean
19142s	that the deck cannot still put forth a
19145s	ton of damage you still have the Draka
19147s	you still have a ton of cheap cards you
19149s	still have the location
19150s	yeah I'm not a fan of this deck in
19153s	general with or without mailbox but I
19155s	think if you're going to bring this if
19156s	this is the job you want it to do I
19158s	think the mailbox version is just
19160s	I mean strictly better is incorrect
19162s	that's always somebody picks that apart
19164s	but it's very much close to just being
19165s	better in every way
19168s	um so this is the job you wanted to do
19169s	then I think that's a version that you
19171s	could bring but it was kind of new
19175s	um sort of was being played while these
19177s	players were play testing maybe he just
19179s	didn't want to go there because there's
19181s	quite a lot of nuance to the mailbox
19182s	deck there's quite a lot of obvious
19183s	stuff but there's quite a lot of nuances
19186s	exactly when you pop off it it maybe
19188s	just didn't want to mess with his
19189s	instincts with the deck that he is
19191s	already comfortable with
19192s	yeah that's fair
19194s	there's also you know sometimes an
19196s	upside to starting as a different hero
19198s	if you high roll the good hero Powers uh
19201s	we do have bunny moving over to his big
19204s	spell Mage something that I've just come
19205s	to associate with bunny Hopper he's
19208s	played so much of this deck throughout
19210s	so many tournaments in the year and done
19211s	very very well at each of the Masters
19214s	tours and for good reason this is a deck
19218s	that is just sort of a catch-all in my
19220s	opinion it's never a terrible include
19222s	inclusion in a conquest lineup because
19225s	it doesn't have terrible matchups
19228s	um we saw bunny do Miracles with roon a
19231s	while ago
19232s	can do it again
19234s	I'm desperately trying to search for his
19235s	record with it in Grand Masters but I
19237s	couldn't bring it up in time I should
19238s	have had it ready beforehand but he
19240s	played this week after week and got
19242s	incredibly good results with it and the
19244s	decks barely changed it's been updated
19246s	as the years gone by obviously for
19249s	venathon was one but also theater bits
19251s	and pieces have been added but it's the
19253s	same deck it's been for a year pretty
19255s	much now and he has performed with it as
19257s	you have said incredibly well I I seem
19259s	to remember it was about 70 in Grand
19261s	Masters but that could be reasonably
19263s	wrong but I I know I was putting it on
19265s	his notes every week as Bernie has done
19267s	this with this deck so that usually
19270s	implies about 70 or more
19272s	very impressive stuff especially for a
19274s	deck that I was saying is an is a safe
19277s	inclusion because it tends to go 50 50.
19279s	if you can gain that extra 20 off of
19283s	skill Edge or good meta reads then that
19285s	is just
19286s	it's a good deck you know yeah
19288s	absolutely but he is kind of the the
19291s	last person playing it pretty much
19293s	there's not many others in this
19295s	tournament well he's the last person in
19296s	the tournament play but there weren't
19297s	many others in the tournament there
19298s	weren't that many of them are so I don't
19300s	think were there okay
19302s	yeah I feel like it fell off
19305s	um at the last master store compared to
19307s	the one right before it
19310s	though he is just the holdout but he's
19313s	showing how good it can be there you go
19315s	Barbaque sorceress on six easy okay it's
19318s	got the evoker as well and the school
19320s	teacher which makes her a very clean
19321s	turn five a curve works out nicely
19324s	except for turn three watch post going
19327s	to just disrupt one card you'd have to
19329s	imagine from xiaobai because he has the
19331s	tooth to clean that up pretty nicely but
19333s	uh upside for bunny is if it is tooth
19336s	used on that then it's essentially a
19338s	useless discount from Cutlass
19341s	yes and this has disrupted The Backs
19344s	there which might not sound like a lot
19345s	but every point in this rogue deck is
19348s	painful
19350s	though goes for the tap shall be not
19352s	afraid of the debuffs from the watch
19354s	post and I mean I know that's a very
19357s	good outcome actually because that'll
19359s	still go to Zero by next turn you'd have
19362s	to imagine since tooth is online
19365s	what to do I think so it's funny with a
19368s	three Mana ping never nice for mage over
19370s	any part of hearthstone's History
19374s	as you've said next turn it all starts
19376s	to kick off for the Mage so the Rogue
19378s	really needs to get rolling a little bit
19380s	now
19388s	uh
19390s	yeah I mean easy Belinda answer yeah
19393s	fair enough
19397s	far too expensive right yeah
19404s	the awkward thing here is that for
19406s	xiaobai to buff up his location and the
19409s	Draka it involves going like no Shadow
19412s	step no Shadow step which is not
19415s	accomplishing much except
19417s	throwing Cards into the void to buff
19419s	your dagger yeah we do a little bit now
19422s	of course but only a tiny amount
19429s	I can do something now take value trades
19432s	on the deep water evoker
19435s	but if this turn is the push
19439s	I'm gonna have to do a lot
19443s	okay
19444s	it's at least semi going for it
19449s	yep
19453s	we're gonna see coin backstab for a
19455s	minute which is something you don't see
19456s	every day
19460s	all right ciao by deliberately going in
19462s	the order that lets him push through
19463s	more damage face even if it needs three
19465s	less Health on his null at the end which
19468s	I think is reasonable for this spot but
19471s	the dagger is honestly not super
19474s	impressive the more important part is he
19477s	lands the stealth minion and gets a lot
19479s	of spells out of hand before Belinda can
19482s	potentially come online and the next
19483s	turn
19484s	can play almost all of these before
19486s	Belinda as well
19489s	I say I say Belinda but it's barbaric
19491s	sorry
19495s	of course he's getting a damage that
19497s	says strike
19500s	oh yeah empty that hand
19503s	anybody alibi
19506s	it's pretty amazing
19509s	yes
19513s	one of it is so much health
19517s	does it I mean I I I'm instantly drawn
19520s	to The Alibi here but the only thing
19522s	with the other buy is yeah sure it stops
19523s	you for turn but what do you do with the
19525s	next turn does it actually get you
19526s	anymore
19528s	means you play barbaric the next turn
19530s	and then you can go drink fire
19532s	like it's obviously
19535s	not dealing with the board instantly but
19537s	I feel like the the health this saves
19540s	bunny which is
19542s	two four
19544s	like at least 13 Even if you were to go
19547s	all face with it it's enough yeah it can
19550s	get you there because the Drake
19551s	then
19552s	yes you're dead in two or three turns
19554s	and the Drake fight could just stop that
19556s	from happening yeah so it is in time
19558s	that was my instinct I just suddenly
19560s	when you start calculating it's like
19561s	actually not quite so clear sometimes
19563s	but this one was clear right
19565s	just viewing it as an ice barrier is
19568s	pretty interesting yeah
19572s	better ice barrier it's just weird
19574s	because you don't necessarily want to
19576s	play Alibi right away and a lot of
19578s	instances but here it just fit the curve
19580s	so cleanly and Bunny didn't have one
19582s	Mana to spare for quite some time so
19588s	there's no zero Cost Cuts
19591s	because of the um the buff on various
19594s	things Rochelle by that was the best
19596s	outcome though the shadow where death
19598s	was the least useful of his spell
19600s	Centrist strike still being playable is
19602s	a big deal
19604s	uh not seeing a way to get honorable
19607s	kill with tooth on the barbaric
19611s	might be an Edwin turn instead
19614s	yeah you locationing again here if you
19617s	can I think you are right you've got to
19618s	win in the next turn or two things start
19620s	getting out of hand so do it now while
19622s	you can such a wide board that you just
19624s	get it done and yes the motor Spike
19630s	excellent draw door to keep the train
19634s	going sure
19637s	and got a prep oh my goodness
19640s	Bunny's face is just getting more and
19643s	more like irritated with the situation
19645s	he's like really you've got all of those
19646s	things it's nuts
19649s	fire can't really deal with this he
19651s	needed to ruined honestly yeah go back
19654s	and watch your Rune bunny from the last
19656s	round if you have any problems with this
19659s	but everything went face and there's
19661s	such a low roll Drake fire as well uh oh
19664s	oh my
19667s	well that's a 712 thanks to the scale
19669s	Bane
19670s	uh-huh okay
19673s	yes location who's on the Battlegrounds
19675s	team he just spots scale bearing Synergy
19677s	instantly
19681s	can we even call this Synergy it's just
19683s	like any other minion
19686s	you know who see the scale Bane in
19689s	Hearthstone in the last four years yeah
19694s	okay another ruined
19700s	yeah I mean he gives shall buy a rune
19703s	which he could theoretically prep which
19705s	is funny
19706s	if shall bike guesses it correctly
19710s	uh he needs a room but he's not gonna
19713s	get 10 damage to face yeah
19717s	he has a two and three shot of drawing
19719s	it off of evoker but no time to actually
19722s	play them over okay it goes barking
19725s	brilliance
19727s	yeah it's just a way of just sort of
19730s	stopping the thing you said about
19731s	actually I think he's still going to
19732s	have nothing to do next turn basically
19734s	so
19735s	I mean door glass looks great and all
19737s	that but that's because we're used to
19738s	watching the other Rogue a lot
19743s	no surprise that strawberry doesn't
19745s	guess hurricane Brilliance even if he
19747s	had gotten it right it doesn't do him
19748s	any good so you never picked that one
19750s	yeah
19754s	find something clever here
19758s	so backstab
19762s	trade three two and seven seven gets rid
19765s	of the Sleepy Dragon you have nine
19767s	damage that can go face on board plus
19770s	six from hand plus two in the weapon a
19774s	little bit short of lethal
19776s	I only like 17. right
19780s	goes up to like 20 now because the Knoll
19783s	has joined the party oh he doesn't
19785s	backstab though so it's down to 18 again
19787s	I think
19788s	oh ignite oh meta oh oh oh
19793s	yeah all to the Dome no question about
19796s	it
19801s	nine damage from somewhere or somehow
19803s	freeze everything
19805s	including a meta
19817s	well The Alchemist can get him
19820s	some freeze effect lizard doesn't freeze
19823s	the metamorphosis though but he doesn't
19824s	know about that
19826s	yes
19831s	oh what what
19833s	how closely lethal is he himself
19838s	not enough okay good
19841s	I mean he had the
19843s	cargo
19845s	that's probably the correct play here
19847s	actually
19852s	oh onyxia
19854s	doesn't remove nearly enough
19859s	yeah without his friends it turns out
19861s	it's just an A8 with bush
19872s	it's like that shall buy two zero ahead
19875s	the sole representative of warlock left
19878s	in the tournament trying to get it into
19879s	that final along with himself and all
19881s	the money that goes with reaching the
19883s	final of course and he is just down to
19885s	the police deck we're getting the
19887s	Warlock to the final is the more
19889s	important part and he himself as the
19891s	player is the one being dragged along
19892s	for the ride yes
19896s	absolutely do you think it means
19899s	something else
19900s	uh no I understood your englishing at
19904s	that point yeah
19907s	it won't be long enough to understand
19908s	why English is great
19910s	all right last deck for Shelby is the
19913s	wig priest
19916s	is still in a pretty good spot I feel
19918s	like his lineup overall is just good
19920s	against bunnies yeah I wasn't so sure
19923s	but it does look that way uh
19927s	and we have seen quite a lot of good wig
19929s	priests play in this tournament so no
19932s	reason to think that's going to stop
19934s	anytime soon
19935s	uh what would you cue first if you were
19937s	trying to beat this deck out of Bunny's
19939s	lineup I guess let's go with that
19940s	question uh let me just look through the
19944s	classes again his own priest was banned
19947s	away
19948s	uh probably Shaman there's
19951s	double primordial wave in there which is
19953s	quite good against wig priest
19955s	shenanigans
19958s	um
19959s	frame sir for fun
19962s	yeah I mean he may not even cue the one
19964s	with the best chance he might cue the
19965s	one with the least chance to find out if
19967s	you can go to bed again but fair that is
19970s	very very fair especially when you're
19972s	playing in this type of tournament where
19973s	the main work is done the pop-off has
19976s	been had he's going to Worlds absolutely
19979s	yeah
19980s	um I think I think that shower bar in
19982s	particular here is doing a very good job
19983s	of
19984s	getting yourself up for the rest of the
19986s	tournament honestly
19988s	um
19988s	can be difficult but there's still a lot
19990s	on the line I think seven and a half
19991s	thousand dollars for the winner so
19993s	definitely something you want to do but
19995s	without Adrenaline Rush of the the
19997s	quarterfinals being so important it can
20000s	be a bit awkward but yeah coping
20002s	admirably at the moment
20004s	oh oh goes jackpot Rogue instead and
20007s	hits the dynamic dual jackpot to
20011s	generate a high cost card and trickster
20013s	to cheat it out early but for xiaobai
20016s	has a decent curve here but no wig I
20019s	feel like it might only be the southern
20021s	spear kept
20023s	yeah it's interesting right because you
20025s	want you kind of want all four of these
20026s	but not together so uh
20031s	see which Middle Ground he favors I kind
20033s	of like your play here take this little
20034s	spear so you've got something to do
20037s	it keeps scribes still fair enough
20040s	[Music]
20041s	no yeah I guess there's some high roll
20043s	potential as well I guess
20047s	Benny did I yeah I did see that correct
20049s	just the null coming into play there
20053s	oh
20054s	chocolate has everything but wig
20057s	all the Vikings of a good hand except
20061s	he's getting weak pretty soon though
20064s	potentially take long
20067s	you'll be unlucky not to act with Thrive
20069s	and then
20071s	um I made enough it goes wrong
20073s	right
20079s	we'll learn a lot from the order here if
20081s	he goes Thrive first and hits wig that
20083s	means he can immediately activate the
20085s	wig with Slytherin spear this is I think
20087s	the order I would have favored as well
20088s	even though you must want immediate
20090s	attack on the Slither spear
20095s	amuses me how double cross activates
20097s	immediately is spend your manner at any
20101s	point if you've got a coin or something
20102s	in your hand unlucky you should have
20103s	played it first it's great
20106s	that's what it says it makes me happy
20108s	wait that's collateral damage that's so
20112s	nuts what
20114s	and he has Dash oh my god oh
20123s	that he kept this deck first
20128s	oh wait how does how does Shelby ever
20131s	stick anything again uh
20141s	any happens once
20145s	yeah he needs really high Health on his
20147s	videos yeah
20149s	after he sees one he'll know the next
20151s	couple ones are coming after that
20156s	can't go wide really against this so I
20160s	guess he just needs to at some point
20161s	play a minion that has seven or more
20163s	health and pray that that sticks around
20166s	and then that's if he does see the one
20168s	bunny is keeping it close to his chest
20170s	for now yeah
20173s	night shade bud
20176s	nah would you would do something there's
20178s	nothing it's Rogue right there's nothing
20180s	habatoa
20181s	okay
20183s	sounds reasonable still to be found I
20185s	mean it could be four Mana if you play
20186s	trickster but I guess that other
20188s	trickster is reserved for collateral so
20190s	I am leaning I guess just Mark of the
20192s	wild instead
20195s	yeah seems reasonable
20198s	case makeable for all three actually as
20200s	well
20202s	it's for trading the shipment or even
20203s	just playing the shipment so you've got
20204s	massive control over exact damages but
20207s	the upside of shipment is that when it
20211s	gets replayed either by stash or test it
20213s	can't go wrong for you it will just
20215s	re-summon whereas
20217s	um bud and Mark of the world could go
20220s	wrong for you see yeah
20228s	well bunny must be I mean he's he's got
20231s	a great hand but he was getting a bit
20232s	concerned that um xiaobai is saving up
20234s	for an absolute monstrosity of Eternity
20237s	at the moment right and the minions
20239s	definitely can get above the realm of
20242s	six Health maybe not three of them but
20245s	even if a single one dies that starts to
20248s	create problems for bunny
20250s	yeah can you imagine should I buy like
20252s	sensibly just spreads all the damage
20255s	around all the Buffs around it ends up
20256s	with like three six sixes or something
20258s	oh how terrifying is that gonna be
20262s	uh but I think you accidentally make
20264s	something significantly bigger than that
20266s	even even if you're spreading it around
20267s	right
20272s	but it would be funny
20275s	Benny I think doing a good job of
20277s	delaying the collateral damage not
20279s	getting too trigger happy with it
20281s	because once he gets to the eight Mana
20284s	Mark he can then replay it on turn nine
20287s	with a Contraband and then go straight
20289s	into danathius if necessary
20291s	yeah I think I would have been unable to
20293s	resist just playing it by now just say
20295s	look at my collateral damage idiot
20298s	but obviously I'm the idiot in that
20300s	situation because then they can play
20302s	around it but yeah
20303s	identify to be able to resist it by now
20307s	over on shell base and there is radiant
20310s	and a single wig but the fact that it's
20312s	one and not to kind of puts him off of
20315s	doing the big pop-up and doing uh Boon
20317s	of the ascended here as well
20321s	I still need to get a board together
20323s	though and with the pop-off available
20325s	when he chooses
20329s	with a pretty wide board and a tall
20332s	enough board to survive the damage as
20334s	well
20336s	oh I mean counterspell and judgment are
20340s	both pretty juicy
20343s	so many options yeah
20347s	okay oh
20352s	is this the turn to go for collateral I
20355s	mean you can still prep Sprint and then
20357s	decide after because he still has that
20359s	Swift scale Trickster
20365s	yeah is that he gets another stash or
20368s	tests here so it could be back to back
20370s	to back cholesterol damage
20375s	to say things that sound horrific
20381s	I see it
20383s	well you said the stick was versatile I
20385s	was wondering if that was designed to
20386s	speak for does loads of stupid crazy
20388s	stuff and I I'm sticking with that that
20391s	is designed to speak but does look once
20393s	again I am on the battlegrounds
20396s	come on gear we've got a we've got to
20397s	irritate you somehow this is our only
20399s	chance
20401s	I'm not gonna play ball I've had to do
20403s	media training and all of that
20406s	I had to comment on as many things as I
20409s	want
20410s	fantastic who let Gia near the media
20413s	training people honestly
20415s	have fun
20418s	so the wig gone for xiaobai and it's a
20421s	huge disaster that was the one way he
20423s	could really get the minions up to a
20426s	scary enough range for the Boon
20429s	um represents a lot of stats
20433s	radiant not doing much without wig
20435s	either
20436s	oh yeah like it's time to get that
20438s	location down it's been sitting in hand
20440s	for a while and the cycle is really
20442s	valuable
20444s	yeah should he also get I guess you
20447s	don't get the clue that's the problem
20448s	playing against jackpot going right that
20450s	collateral damage could also just be bad
20452s	10 drop you're never playing
20455s	you don't really get a hint because
20457s	bunnies held on to it there's something
20458s	scary waiting because it could just be a
20460s	garbage card
20464s	whereas in some decks you'd get the read
20465s	oh he hasn't played that therefore it's
20467s	terrifying I need to be very careful so
20469s	and no reason not to get on with it is
20471s	respective I don't think
20477s	draw for next turn but for now on
20480s	Bunny's side
20482s	weird that I want to pick the cheapest
20484s	one but I feel like Judgment of justice
20485s	is the most effective against Whig
20487s	priest
20489s	especially if he can isolate a minion
20491s	yeah waterell he's not doing anything
20493s	really even if it triggers
20496s	yeah emergency Maneuvers again nothing
20498s	exciting to trigger I mean krabator
20500s	would be kind of cool but it doesn't
20502s	bring back the Battle Cry so yeah
20505s	I like the Judgment I agree
20508s	wait Battle Cry and krabator there's no
20511s	Battle Creek well Colossal yeah
20514s	okay
20516s	uh but speaking of kabatoa looks pretty
20519s	good for this turn
20522s	absolutely
20523s	whoa
20526s	Replay that with your Contraband stash
20529s	and also collateral damage
20531s	mountain bet is so hard to get through
20534s	for the priests
20535s	I mean it can do it but in conjunction
20539s	with all the other stuff going on that
20541s	you're actually trying to not lose the
20542s	game as well
20544s	ends up taking foul Rattler which does
20546s	clear the board by itself this turn but
20548s	I did think bunny was gonna play kamatoa
20551s	to be more Mana efficient which is why I
20553s	thought he could afford to just take the
20555s	mountains there
20558s	he is
20560s	taking as many reactive resources as
20563s	possible surely the fell Rattler
20565s	combined with collateral damage can get
20567s	through almost any board state to be
20569s	fair
20571s	yeah especially again especially a
20572s	Shabbat doesn't know that's what he's
20573s	got to beat if he actually knew those
20576s	cards were in the deck then this baby
20579s	things he could do about it but given
20581s	that he's got to accidentally play
20582s	around them to some degree
20585s	you know collateral damage could just as
20586s	easily be a bloodlust here so
20591s	what do you even do
20596s	just stall I guess really needs to find
20600s	the wig that was shuffled back or the
20602s	other wig
20606s	is it time to unleash the collateral
20609s	like at this point it's just letting him
20611s	push damage right he's getting very
20613s	close to just winning the going like to
20615s	agree
20617s	might not be quite enough maybe another
20619s	turn or two no he agrees with you
20622s	uh that's 10 damage from collateral oh
20625s	gonna go to natrios instead okay this
20626s	makes sense because yeah
20628s	um
20629s	if he wasn't gonna go collateral he
20631s	probably shouldn't have traded at all
20633s	beforehand yeah president makes a lot
20636s	more sense
20638s	all right the wig is back is it in time
20640s	or is it a turn too late or about four
20642s	turns too late actually but you know
20644s	what I mean
20646s	pick me pick me
20651s	oh
20655s	and
20656s	I feel yeah he is out of nagas on board
20660s	which is awkward don't want to play
20663s	velish this early but
20665s	the only way to get another Naga from
20668s	the amalgam
20671s	yeah you just work out if he needs to
20674s	but you say you don't want to play this
20675s	early but yeah
20677s	super weird because the nagaling because
20679s	it's a shadow were Devourer instantly
20681s	kills itself
20689s	I guess so which means Boone has to be
20694s	committed as well so police wig
20702s	Let It Go I haven't said that many times
20704s	this tournament but he has got to go
20706s	this is going pretty rapidly bro
20709s	yeah and it's an impressive board State
20711s	collateral damage does not get through
20713s	this
20714s	that's not
20719s	however he can play two collateral
20722s	damage this turn
20724s	NFL and two foul Rattlers as well he
20727s	does also only have to get through the
20729s	taunt and if you can find 13 to face
20731s	that's just the end of the game yeah
20733s	that's a guaranteed because you can go
20735s	like trickster collateral contraband
20739s	and that's 12 damage to everything
20741s	certainly enough to kill the taunt
20743s	and then the second one's actually gonna
20745s	do damage to face as well the taunt's
20746s	gonna die he's gonna get 20 damage in
20748s	from the board easy victory
20752s	look at all the arrows going off
20755s	a million damage it really is
20759s	I think
20760s	no exceptions that's the best jackpot
20763s	rule I just don't know a situation when
20765s	it's not good
20766s	[Music]
20769s	funny played it very carefully there he
20771s	was obviously against a deck where you
20773s	really want it and
20774s	you've challenged me the no exceptions
20776s	but yeah even control decks play large
20779s	numbers of minions these days so I think
20780s	you're probably right once again gear
20784s	situation where you're not I mean you
20786s	could have made the rude argument and
20791s	I um there's certainly an exception
20793s	there because of the ceiling on roon is
20795s	infinite
20798s	yeah that's the TJ line right I don't
20801s	want to steal TJ's material where he'll
20803s	find a way for every card that generates
20806s	other cards to do absolute guaranteed
20808s	lethal no matter what the situation
20811s	but I'm I'm not like that I wouldn't
20813s	sink to TJ's level I mean I did for
20817s	three years but you know
20819s	you're calling yourself American
20822s	I'm not even calling myself American and
20824s	I've moved here
20827s	moved here and not moved there as well
20829s	there's the clue you see it's happening
20833s	[Music]
20834s	all right buddy
20836s	correctly English I wouldn't know
20839s	honestly
20840s	say things in any order you like I
20842s	wouldn't have a column
20844s	talking about having a clue if bunny
20847s	Hopper accuse the shaman I'm not gonna
20849s	have a clue what's going on because I
20850s	haven't seen a shaman forever I've not
20852s	cast any of buddies matches I have seen
20854s	them all
20855s	that match he had in the quarterfinal
20857s	with the Sherman was absolutely
20859s	ludicrous
20861s	yes that was
20863s	something
20864s	he definitely played very well that
20866s	entire Series so I don't want to take
20868s	away from that by saying the Box did all
20870s	the work but in one game
20873s	you gotta admit the Box did all over I
20876s	did yeah
20877s	not the entire series
20880s	bunny did his part that's awesome
20883s	had a whole year of boxes or hold two
20888s	years really a box is just not doing
20890s	what they need to at Key moments in
20892s	tournaments so
20894s	he was allowed I wasn't going to say do
20897s	one because you can go forever without
20898s	that happening but he was allowed a good
20901s	box I think at some point yeah bunny has
20903s	been a devoted Accolade of the Box
20906s	throughout the entire year built up all
20908s	the Karma
20909s	and it's paid off in the most important
20911s	series
20912s	Two Worlds it's amazing actually it's
20915s	not the most stoic
20916s	um calculated player we've got who would
20920s	quite happily just have Hearthstone
20921s	chess I'm sure with no RNG at all is the
20924s	person who gets through with with just
20926s	super box
20928s	hmm
20930s	fair enough that's just this murloc
20932s	homes amuse me
20934s	signature card for bunny
20939s	I did enjoy the commentary I think it
20940s	was subtle just saying well he just
20942s	enjoys playing he plays it because he
20943s	likes playing the card he enjoys the
20945s	puzzle
20948s	yeah nothing to do with going to the
20950s	World Championships and thinking it's
20951s	the best card for the job he just he
20952s	just wants to have fun investigating
20954s	Mysteries yeah I think what's happening
20957s	here is that saddle and me too just
20960s	don't get the Mysteries right a whole
20962s	lot so we think the card is trash but
20964s	bunny actually does get the Mysteries
20965s	right pretty often at least whenever I
20967s	tune into his stream
20968s	it's just Bish bash Bosh gets all three
20971s	cards no big deal
20973s	how does he do it
20975s	PhD Maybe
20977s	probably PhD in solving murders
20984s	that's an interesting PhD actually
20989s	criminology is a thing I don't know if
20991s	you can get a PhD in it but
20993s	I'm pretty sure you can
20996s	get a PhD in anything these days
21000s	go to the right place pay the right
21002s	money
21003s	all right
21009s	well he hasn't seen any of these played
21011s	so that's minus a bit of info
21016s	but he still gets it right
21018s	uh-huh
21019s	oh wait sorry he did see them work water
21021s	played never mind
21024s	and so that makes it less likely that
21026s	there's another Merc water in hand
21032s	um the other sphere would have been
21033s	played if it was there uh-huh so I think
21037s	handmaiden is he
21039s	reasonable guess
21042s	and it is the correct one time runs out
21045s	on me
21053s	he's just having fun
21056s	it might be so much fun now yeah it
21058s	doesn't look like that's not a having
21059s	fun face
21063s	fair enough
21064s	it's fine he didn't need those cards
21066s	he's still curving out
21069s	he really is actually again
21074s	oh wig has been located
21082s	valuable cosplay item
21086s	those keep an eye on asked to play
21089s	hearthstone's Twitter
21092s	that wasn't Coldplay concert
21094s	no apparently not dang I didn't stop
21099s	being revealed yet so it could be
21100s	Coldplay concert but I don't think so
21106s	you know I have to wait to see I think
21108s	it's the second of November that's being
21110s	revealed so find out what that's all
21112s	about then
21113s	and I genuinely do not know by the way
21114s	right
21115s	I've obviously got a very good idea just
21118s	because it's fairly obvious but I don't
21120s	actually know for sure what it is
21125s	okay A bit of a weird turn for xiaobai
21129s	here committing the devour pretty much
21132s	just to protect the radiant on board
21135s	um for a watch post doing quite a bit of
21138s	work actually it meant that I think
21139s	shavai was not able to weave in an
21142s	amalgam to this turn as well
21146s	and he's got this weird starfish
21148s	decision to make here
21150s	because it turns off his watch post as
21152s	well but that allows him to trade which
21154s	makes it kind of cool right well worth
21156s	it I would say
21159s	I'll buy back to the drawing board got
21162s	some new cards but
21165s	all rather slow
21168s	yeah but it says bunnies for now
21170s	although Bunny's next two turns we'll
21172s	speed things up enormously of course
21174s	most likely at least
21177s	yeah I think he's committed to having to
21180s	go for evoker on turn five so that he
21183s	guaranteed has a big spell to swap on
21186s	turn six with barbaric
21189s	yep and there's always a wig in hand so
21191s	you've always got something cheap to
21192s	swap with against this
21195s	and then it's PP time
21199s	and then maybe it's like Roar Roar
21201s	instead of pew pew if he gets the tent
21203s	cost inside of the box but uh-huh
21211s	yours is better okay my next career
21214s	after PG design team dragon voice yeah
21218s	not specifically dragons only of a of a
21222s	rather small scale because I can only do
21224s	Roar
21226s	that's it if they sound any bigger than
21228s	that you can't hire me a medium-sized
21231s	dragon
21232s	voice activity it doesn't sound like a
21234s	very nice job I thought they sounded
21236s	tiny but I appreciate the the medium
21239s	I think that um they'll be able to help
21242s	you with the sound levels
21245s	as long as you get the the tone right
21248s	maybe maybe
21251s	the magic of Hollywood
21253s	anything's possible
21255s	yeah I can't wait I actually want you to
21257s	do that now
21258s	we need some expansion wear something
21261s	happens and gears on the video making
21263s	medium-sized Dragon noises otherwise I'm
21265s	going to be depressed about everything
21267s	oh my God that sounds so terrible
21271s	you're being mailing somebody
21273s	immediately
21280s	turns out it's
21282s	it is pew pew Rue is the draw ciao bye
21286s	knows it
21287s	he knows it's coming next turn
21294s	and he's like okay there's a bless then
21297s	or a Thrive or thrive
21304s	wait yeah
21309s	well
21311s	amalgam wig
21314s	wig
21316s	and um
21318s	prayer commit commit a boon into what
21321s	you know is a rune turn but like nothing
21324s	else wins right yeah
21327s	he's gonna get something out there oh my
21330s	God barbaric back
21332s	no
21336s	um I mean
21337s	no
21338s	the Rune gets played you got nothing to
21340s	swap
21345s	but the enforcer oh okay take Zola
21348s	oh yeah oh wait he can just um copy the
21351s	dish plate this turn right no yes pretty
21354s	nice
21355s	if he's got the time
21360s	going now
21364s	that's enough value trade on the
21366s	Sorceress
21373s	and here we go
21375s	here we go indeed it is box time oh is
21378s	it box time
21380s	it is
21385s	thank you
21387s	go little box go oh my God the insta
21391s	pyro again and it hits the good targets
21393s	uh-huh funny how did you get it
21398s	I wonder he likes his deck
21402s	okay
21404s	yeah sure absolutely perfect every
21407s	single one of them
21409s	everything it needed to do as far as I'm
21411s	concerned oh
21416s	how how does the Pyro hit the right
21418s	place every time
21422s	we're like What six targets seven
21424s	including face face was not the good
21426s	Target in this instance
21432s	and you're all well-behaved folks out
21435s	there you will also get karmic build up
21437s	and get amazing boxes
21439s	just be good to each other that's how it
21441s	works
21442s	oh shall I going for the best refill
21446s	that he can the more dress is not active
21449s	yet thankfully for him but Sylvanas can
21452s	just flick one of these away
21456s	probably the pelagos worst theater ever
21461s	foreign
21463s	yes
21464s	oh that's infused now oh it just steals
21467s	the pillow goes
21472s	or bunny
21474s	yeah sure and his hands up what can you
21477s	do against that
21479s	he still hasn't done any damage either
21481s	it's not like he's gonna win this if he
21483s	finds a way to connect once he's got to
21484s	connect twice and in yeah
21488s	yeah infinity times at this point he's
21491s	just not gonna stick a big minion after
21492s	this turn
21495s	we're gonna see the city sermon
21499s	it's not particularly silly Shaman it's
21501s	just a shaman but yeah it just did silly
21504s	things that one game it might do it
21505s	again then it is a silly shaman
21507s	yeah I mean if he's a shaman therefore
21509s	she's a silly Shaman because why is
21510s	there a shaman in the tournament but
21512s	yeah
21514s	it's not that silly it's in top four
21516s	the last game of this tournament for the
21519s	final to see who takes down all of the
21521s	biscuits could be Shaman vs Warrior
21526s	that's the cool part of the tournament
21528s	better it's meta reads uh-huh
21533s	imagine not predicting a shaman versus
21535s	Warrior happening
21537s	potentially in the final
21540s	couldn't be me
21544s	uh what are the outs what are the outs
21546s	what are the oh it's sorry they're out I
21549s	don't think they're oh it's Lauren
21552s	uh what are the answers the answers are
21554s	uh yeah yog that's it
21557s	how it works right yogsavon
21563s	the yog
21567s	um okay
21570s	oh it has fallen apart
21573s	without we use throughout the years when
21575s	we've run out of ideas
21581s	well my favorite one was Mount Southern
21583s	Griffin but that's also not something
21586s	available in okay
21590s	it's not like a two in seven or
21593s	something
21593s	you had to do it repeatedly I do not
21596s	remember but you're the stats guy so if
21599s	you made up a number I am obligated to
21601s	believe you I'm also the old guy so I do
21604s	makeup numbers because I can't remember
21605s	any
21609s	interested in any boxing
21613s	yeah the old boxing
21616s	maybe after trading these three minions
21619s	that's the interesting part right
21621s	because he knows there's likely a
21623s	blessing hand just from the way the game
21624s	has been played
21625s	um yes
21627s	so making sure these minions do do
21630s	something seems kind of important
21632s	um
21633s	[Music]
21639s	which is funny because bunny still
21641s	doesn't know the card that he swapped
21643s	whether it's less or thrive
21646s	yeah
21648s	spoon not the wig yeah Boone was easily
21651s	the scariest because
21653s	like if he throws the 914 it didn't
21656s	really protect against Boone in the long
21657s	run
21659s	yeah that's fine
21662s	[Music]
21668s	to play around best bless a bit more I
21671s	guess
21672s	it's so silly mm-hmm
21676s	not actually over either but but he's
21679s	slowly but surely starting to rely on
21680s	this box more and more
21684s	okay so wig Malcolm wig probably start
21688s	location first
21690s	and it will be to the point where
21694s	some combination of the 911 and another
21697s	Minion can trade over the 916
21712s	we're death
21715s	he can push so much damage now
21719s	I just have to check what um minion type
21722s	more dress was but it's nothing
21729s	okay we have a game again it needs to be
21733s	another very good box otherwise bunny is
21736s	dead
21738s	yep
21739s	oh okay so that replays Fox 2 and he
21741s	still has the location in case something
21744s	gets left
21747s	what do you want me to do
21751s	is this wave after wave of this random
21753s	box please make it stop just one time
21756s	let me hit him in the face oh okay oh
21763s	oh my God disgusting
21767s	the Box Master strikes once more Shabbos
21771s	twitching
21775s	I mean how can you not be angry at that
21777s	like he's not even angry he's just like
21779s	he's just he's gone
21784s	he's angry
21788s	he's just lost it
21791s	turns out what's the last card
21797s	oh that was disgusting oh my God
21802s	he's done this all year
21805s	doing it for years
21807s	no this year in particular this year he
21810s	goes back to Worlds correlation
21814s	seems good
21818s	do you take me foreign
21826s	or not I forgot about the ignites silly
21830s	bunny by the look of it
21833s	five minute ignite yeah fine
21840s	you see it
21842s	yeah it's fine
21847s	it just freezes some more trash ghost
21849s	face has a grand old time
21852s	because no matter what happens there's
21855s	still another box
21857s	there's always another box
21860s	you have to teach people when they're
21861s	young
21862s	no matter how good your box is there's
21864s	always another box
21867s	there's always somebody with a better
21868s	box yeah or someone with a better box
21872s	actually I think a lot of kids learn
21873s	this at Christmas
21875s	that's true yeah
21877s	go to school the next day look at me I
21879s	got a bike and everybody's going yeah
21880s	but I got three bikes and a computer
21883s	PS5 yeah
21887s	unlucky our kid's been building up karma
21890s	in their past life
21892s	yeah and he's going to worlds
21894s	three times the difference platform so
21897s	try and do it on
21899s	something happened in this game save Jia
21902s	please I'm used to it but
21905s	just think of Gears Health here no it's
21907s	fine having fun
21910s	well you're having more fun than shall
21913s	buy that's for sure exactly
21914s	significantly more
21917s	it's poor man
21919s	my place okay hello clear
21925s	I mean this is the cruel thing right
21927s	he's consistently being given hope turn
21930s	after turn sticking something on board
21933s	will what have you just miss
21938s	I'm not biased I don't care who will one
21940s	of you just please end this game
21945s	I mean we'll see yeah go and turn the
21948s	switch
21951s	the game switch what you're talking
21952s	about me yeah media training media
21956s	trading hide the switch yeah I
21957s	understand under no circumstances admit
21960s	to the switch I heard it all before you
21963s	call it a switch Soto calls it a lever
21965s	DJ calls it a lover I don't know what
21967s	you're talking about we're just trying
21969s	out all the words until we work out what
21971s	you call it
21972s	what it is it's a conspiracy I call it a
21975s	figment of your imagination no
21980s	we've never used the scriptures
21983s	frustration he's still not out of this
21985s	he's going to carry on for another turn
21987s	or two this is so horrible the snap
21990s	freeze just hit the best Target and he
21992s	can't ah this poor man
21997s	and the two cards in deck still could
22001s	win really randomly losing to Spooky
22004s	Mage now
22005s	like what did he do to deserve this
22010s	oh
22012s	like Derek describes how he hates losing
22015s	sort of slowly where you can't concede
22017s	because she might win yes this is the
22020s	ultimate in there oh my
22023s	really that Naga giant costs Zero by now
22026s	right
22027s	yes you would think so
22030s	better than a treasure guard maybe not
22032s	yeah
22036s	[Music]
22039s	he actually blessed twice in return at
22041s	some point here for two and nine Mana
22043s	because he's got the coin for some
22044s	reason
22045s	that is hilarious
22049s	right
22051s	yeah wig heel ship face everything face
22056s	just pray something sticks oh oh no
22062s	was he not going to heal that uh
22066s	it's fine you can heal them or Josh now
22069s	or face I don't know
22073s	none of us knows anything you're right
22075s	least of All Shall buy it though but he
22078s	doesn't know but he doesn't have to know
22080s	he's just put us in the position where
22081s	we have to know and Shout out he has to
22084s	know but he doesn't know either trust me
22085s	he's just making it so he doesn't have
22087s	to care right and that is the true way
22090s	of the smartest people
22093s	was I just making so you don't have to
22095s	solve it yeah just put yourself in a
22097s	position where you don't have to know
22099s	delegate the responsibility to your
22101s	opponent of solving this game and if
22102s	they can't you just win by default
22105s	and then make it last 15 hours so that
22108s	they can't possibly not mess it up at
22110s	some point
22113s	I'm doing it for years torture them in
22115s	the worst possible way with a card known
22117s	as roon of the archmage
22124s	uh-huh
22125s	the goal is to clear the board here
22127s	because he has run out of boxes
22130s	shockingly runs out on me the Shabbos
22133s	run out of cards
22134s	less shockingly
22142s	I guess you could just please for now
22145s	with the location the Don grass that's
22148s	gonna
22149s	Play Drake fire
22154s	d
22163s	[Music]
22173s	and everybody
22176s	yeah
22179s	yeah
22180s	he's just fatiguing
22184s	oh that's the most excruciating way
22188s	to go out
22192s	devour seems like the right picker to
22194s	guess but maybe Smite works out better
22196s	on board
22202s	I don't know if this might accomplishes
22205s	enough just killing a tutu
22216s	and it's all going off again one last
22219s	time pick me
22224s	pick me
22227s	nice okay
22229s	yep
22231s	good talk
22234s	I mean the board has stock and Bunny
22236s	appears to have run out of answers
22240s	yeah yeah
22241s	I heard it before you I've listened to
22243s	you say this many times today and
22247s	this is just how it appears yeah exactly
22252s	okay
22256s	most of the good stuff done there and he
22259s	just went off a fatigue now
22261s	um like night costing five is a big deal
22263s	means he can't weave in a ping
22266s	volcano man see on his own four three or
22270s	two one
22273s	yeah I think there is just a clear here
22275s	somewhere I'm too
22277s	boxed out to find it
22282s	eight
22289s	sure I mean either way you can ignite
22292s	ping what's left there you go
22299s	Shabba enjoyed none of that
22304s	poor man this is the worst app
22307s	where's mental
22309s	s to game five on you're on the verge of
22311s	being reverse web you just got boxed a
22314s	million times
22315s	and and you got you got hit by a virgin
22318s	replaying Boone on a good minion Target
22321s	as well
22323s	just so cruel yeah and he's gonna go
22326s	through it all again
22327s	because this Shaman deck is a Shaman
22330s	deck which does that to everybody it
22333s	plays against
22335s	oh come on unless it just kills you
22336s	really really really quickly with
22338s	murlocs of course is
22347s	got a lot of Threes in it it can make
22349s	your cards and your turns cost two more
22352s	not a lot it has to win the Sleep
22354s	breaker
22356s	but you're not playing snowfall anymore
22357s	a million times it's got
22364s	Whirlpool cabin there you go that's more
22366s	police
22367s	okay a school teacher
22370s	please it's got framster
22373s	freeze your banana yeah freeze your turn
22376s	one flamester
22379s	just as you're about to win no your
22380s	bliss costs another two kind of
22383s	[Music]
22385s	yeah
22388s	and it's got glug which apparently beats
22390s	everything as well
22393s	[Music]
22398s	done for years dear it's how I survive
22402s	in the pretend to be a Caster situation
22407s	you're doing great
22409s	some dark impressions in
22412s	I don't know how Derek only does
22414s	Impressions so
22416s	of other people not casters fine how
22419s	about how about a subtle impression
22422s	subtle impression I'll think of one
22426s	it involved the word Merkel
22431s	I'm already satisfied that we're just
22434s	so
22435s	you're good
22436s	but we are in game five Hopper
22441s	where do this plays against Abu gabu in
22444s	the final for the title of full Champion
22447s	obviously the reason we're being very
22449s	slightly silly about things is because
22452s	the players have already qualified for
22453s	the World Championships but there is
22455s	seven and a half thousand Earth dollars
22458s	for the winner
22460s	Earth dollars
22462s	something like that
22465s	that's the one specific there's so many
22467s	different countries that use dollar as a
22470s	currency
22472s	is
22477s	um
22479s	a subset
22480s	okay
22482s	one of one of the earth dollars is a
22484s	subset of
22486s	yeah what they win
22488s	something like that
22489s	it's been a long three days dear there's
22492s	a serpent wig in hand that's good for
22493s	sure bye that stuff said is US dollars
22498s	it is indeed us of Earth
22501s	United States of Earth
22505s	ah okay shall buy looking absolutely
22510s	disgusted at his hand before the
22512s	Mulligan started and the post-mologuna
22515s	didn't get that much better to the point
22516s	where he is tempoing velish on turn one
22519s	to have a 2-3 yep
22523s	wow which
22526s	we'll do six damage as you might do a
22529s	million damage looking at this if you're
22531s	doing this play I feel like the
22532s	intention is to bless the next turn but
22535s	he did pick up a new Naga now so that's
22537s	just better
22539s	uh Crush color I mean any one of these
22543s	three they're all great
22546s	one of them draws a card and another
22548s	Naga
22550s	yeah you need cards right I guess you
22551s	need cards yeah
22554s	meanwhile for bunny Noel Muk pool school
22557s	oh my God it's over
22564s	uh playing the schooling makes the nose
22567s	go down to two Mana so he can't quite
22570s	play null and Mak pool this turn but
22573s	next turn who boy
22581s	uh
22586s	none of those games were just all the
22588s	messing around it's gonna make sure by
22590s	go crazy I'm telling you yep
22593s	like double Knoll and involve one of
22596s	them other gets a value trade as well
22598s	most likely
22600s	oh yeah yeah
22603s	probably blesses here right wig Bless
22606s	yeah yeah okay so one of them doesn't
22609s	get value traded it will be
22614s	and so bunny probably doesn't play both
22616s	Knowles because that would involve
22618s	having to use the coin as oh my God
22619s	primarily yeah
22622s	just about the timing though right it's
22624s	easy to it's obviously incredibly good
22626s	card but there's plenty more
22629s	gas for Michelle but I still to come
22632s	after that he hasn't he's not all in on
22634s	something yet despite having this really
22635s	big board
22639s	true but he'll be contending with the
22641s	tundra
22645s	you will and he knows he will several
22647s	ten drops because there's another evolve
22649s	effect in hand right now
22652s	[Music]
22654s	oh yeah
22658s	oh my God
22661s	bed to a single piranha near that 11
22664s	damage you did early in the game shall I
22666s	well
22667s	yeah you can't fly but you can try he
22671s	can Boon then another three years I
22673s	guess
22679s	I've never seen someone look like
22681s	they're in more pain playing in a
22683s	tournament I'm so sorry xiaobai you take
22686s	damage in the game you take the same
22687s	damage in real life
22690s	oh man don't do that to him there's a 10
22692s	10 on board oh
22695s	doesn't even bother going Faith oh he's
22698s	gonna okay damage with the public sure
22701s	sure
22706s	this is a different sharp eye though
22707s	like joking aside to some degree as to
22710s	the one we saw who was incredibly
22711s	nervous in the groups and so on at least
22714s	he's this is almost a humorous sort of
22717s	pain
22720s	it's a very cruel sense of humor you
22723s	have at the back of his mind in all of
22725s	these faces seems to be the whole at
22727s	least this didn't happen in the
22729s	quarterfinals sort of vibe to it
22732s	definitely hope that that is an accurate
22735s	read
22736s	so it just seems it's definitely not
22739s	enjoying this but also yeah there's
22741s	always this slight my smile at times
22743s	popping onto his face as well
22747s	uh
22749s	for bunny two piranhas
22752s	Trader 21s
22758s	for next turn
22760s	things are looking good
22764s	or one player
22766s	but looking good for warlock there might
22767s	not be a warlock in the final year did
22769s	you know that
22770s	oh I did just realize that thanks
22775s	Thrive not a bad pickup from school
22777s	teacher
22780s	probably just goes wig here though
22787s	it has to be better than illuminate
22792s	for the third game in a row he's got to
22795s	play around every card in Hearthstone
22798s	foreign
22806s	I do like command over null here let's
22808s	get rid of the minion I mean the null
22812s	would have as well but he wants to
22813s	actually have the Nola live so he can
22814s	evolve it
22820s	and now awkward turn because
22823s	of the mama costs involved
22825s	as well as the board state but that's
22827s	that's secondary
22829s	a lead Crush claw wig nuggling
22839s	the guard instead still gets it to
22843s	I mean it's a three attack that's the
22845s	awkward part right it doesn't challenge
22847s	the five four so cleanly
22850s	yeah it's just trying to keep it on
22851s	board so you can do something with it
22853s	next turn I guess yeah this is the
22855s	instant null evolve turn for bunny
22860s	it's like juicy value trade
22863s	xiaobi has reached the point where he
22865s	can only play his own hand and kind of
22866s	ignore what Bunny's doing which isn't
22867s	where you want to be when they've got a
22869s	board of five attack minions and ten
22871s	tens and stuff but he's at the point
22873s	where
22874s	deal with my own problems first and hope
22876s	the other problems go away on the other
22878s	side of the board they're not going to
22879s	but that's kind of where he's stuck at
22886s	having to play wig priests three times
22888s	in the first place that's one thing
22890s	having to face boxes that's another
22893s	having to face multiple evolves
22897s	only by turn six is another thing on top
22900s	of all that
22902s	he'll be speaking to yeah whoever his
22904s	friends are who he confides in and stuff
22905s	like to be like why are you so upset
22907s	you've qualified for the World
22908s	Championships he'll be just going one
22910s	word just bunny Hopper that's all he'll
22913s	say over and over again all night Bernie
22916s	Hopper there's this guy he's got a PhD
22921s	making people in pain
22924s	he's doing torture
22928s	device is being ropes and boxes and
22931s	you'll be amazed at what he could do
22939s	actually just gonna get hit by the
22941s	second primordial wave with still 29
22944s	cards left in deck for bunny by Dexter
22947s	your nice menu you've got that he's
22950s	showing you something were to happen to
22952s	it
22954s	or you could just win the game by
22956s	playing glug oh yeah yeah Raven's on
22960s	Deck
22961s	pretty sure that if Raven's on Deck then
22964s	glug is unbeatable
22966s	alas he is not so we're playing
22969s	primordial wave
22971s	what happens before that you might ask
22977s	maybe a piranha and a totem
22982s	maybe just a totem
22988s	[Music]
22990s	I wonder
22992s	but he just quickly calculating the 17
22994s	million different primordial
22996s	combinations that can come out of this
23000s	sweet
23004s	and in only one of them as the world
23007s	gets saved
23009s	I mean even the one where the world gets
23012s	saved Shabbat doesn't make it
23018s	you've all gone
23021s	so what did I go for the winning play of
23024s	glug
23026s	Burns all his mana and to be fair if he
23029s	would have gone for the primordial wave
23031s	plan it doesn't actually clear anything
23033s	unless he gets like
23035s	a rushing 10 drop that was big enough to
23039s	kill the devolved minions
23042s	so I guess he is just delaying the
23044s	problem to catch more things in the
23046s	primordial wave he certainly has the
23048s	health despair but after this turn
23050s	probably can't go for a risk like that
23052s	again
23053s	yes stepped right into the plan not that
23056s	he has any other choice SharePoint of
23058s	course but
23061s	is that food
23063s	yeah
23064s	still on 40 other why does bunny Hopper
23066s	never take damage
23069s	because it's wig priest true actually
23074s	he took damage then he had dinosaurs and
23076s	got it all back
23077s	[Music]
23079s	well well that's a Sylvanas which is
23082s	pretty nice for the situation
23084s	just yeah killing it and
23088s	like a piranha trade things down then
23091s	he's got my car
23093s	yeah so
23100s	McCall campus
23106s	God what
23110s	told me you assured me dear this
23112s	wouldn't happen again in this game that
23114s	Shaman couldn't do silliness
23116s	I didn't say they couldn't do silliness
23118s	I just said they could have boxed okay
23120s	but so far you've held two to that word
23123s	at least
23128s	ciao bye I I have never seen somebody
23133s	endure more pain in a single Hearthstone
23136s	series
23137s	than this man
23140s	and he's just top deck the one drop as I
23142s	said that because of course that's how
23144s	his day is going from this point on well
23146s	from about two hours ago on
23149s	uh-huh
23151s	and then my car and the concede I mean a
23155s	brown macaw whatever you like yeah
23160s	yeah which of these cards would you like
23161s	to make your opponent concede with right
23163s	now
23165s	let's set off
23167s	allows you to put his fish easiest
23171s	four shell five four
23175s	of course he will have the last laugh he
23177s	does get to play at the World
23178s	Championships later in the year and he
23180s	will get another shot at bunny Hopper
23185s	and something tells me he's gonna be
23188s	back with the Vengeance okay yeah
23190s	absolutely you don't forget this
23194s	PhD
23195s	in torture
23200s	we'll take the seven of your two weeks
23202s	do not scare me shall I
23205s	they should Mr they should
23215s	put the deck in a more like false hope
23217s	way for Shopify either and then ending
23220s	it with a handmaiden where your wigs are
23222s	inactive you can only get it to two out
23224s	of three at best
23226s	without an admission that you did Stack
23228s	the deck there
23230s	no media training
23232s	I think I did
23235s	uh-huh
23237s	well you can almost play your handmaiden
23238s	is the good news the bad news is you
23240s	can't and you're going to die
23244s	because there isn't a game six
23246s	yes that is incredible news for a shower
23252s	I think I'm worried for the state of his
23255s	heart
23256s	and it take much more
23260s	yeah just having to play the three too
23264s	uh
23266s	foreign
23277s	Hoppers day almost certainly is not over
23279s	we'll get to play in that final I'd like
23282s	to say soon but yeah
23284s	that's how long he plays with his food
23285s	right now right after this of a car gets
23288s	cleaned because that still has sylvana
23289s	said
23293s	it does say enemy as you pointed out
23296s	just in case of any accidents huh
23301s	ah
23303s	he's hoping to draw nothing here he's
23305s	hoping not to draw something that we
23308s	could possibly keep him alive he just
23310s	wants out of here funny don't you dare
23313s	think about anything this soon and your
23315s	turn
23317s	and shall my suffering
23322s
23323s	that is it literally nothing left that
23326s	xiaobai can do
23328s	just play those wigs on your opponent's
23330s	minions and bless them that's it that's
23332s	the best play right now no is he alive
23334s	on board please no he is by one uh okay
23339s	but he knows it's lethal it's all
23342s	foreign
23349s	series up I think
23351s	just kills the Blessed piece with the
23353s	exact lethal with a stolen wig I think
23356s	is everything you need to know if you
23358s	haven't seen the rest of this series
23361s	bunny Hopper going to a championship
23364s	final for the third time in his career
23367s	he made two HCT finals in a row in 2018
23371s	summer and winter
23373s	though he is back with a championship
23376s	final where he'll take on Happy gabu and
23379s	it's overdue
23384s	congratulations to bunny Hopper of
23387s	course we've had our fun poking fun at
23389s	him this entire series because as you
23392s	said Lorinda the main important job is
23395s	done he's gotten through to Worlds but
23397s	like in all seriousness he's been due a
23401s	big tournament win for what feels like
23402s	ages now bunny Hopper has been an
23405s	incredible player since the beginning of
23407s	his Hearthstone career
23409s	um I guess didn't quite have those huge
23412s	results in the past couple years that we
23414s	were used to back in around 2018 or so
23418s	but it's really nice to see that he's
23419s	stuck with it and it's finally getting a
23422s	huge result here we're gonna face off
23425s	against habugabu in the finals as you
23427s	said and can potentially take away that
23430s	back-to-back season Championship have a
23432s	huge title of his own and it's going to
23434s	be a very fun match because this is
23436s	between two of the players in
23439s	Hearthstone who are universally
23441s	respected as some of the best currently
23443s	playing and have intense mutual respect
23446s	for each other as well yeah absolutely
23449s	and yeah they've worked a lot together
23452s	over the course of this year in various
23454s	tournaments as well and yeah buddy
23456s	Hopper you know has also played
23458s	incredibly well there but we've said
23459s	that so many times over the last few
23461s	weeks and months that it was more fun
23464s	just to have a a bit of a laugh at both
23466s	the players expenses there especially
23468s	when it became obvious the way that the
23469s	the matchups were going
23471s	um in those last three games so
23473s	congratulations to bunny Hopkins
23475s	congratulations had a fantastic
23477s	tournament again I have another chance
23478s	at World Championships so looking
23481s	forward to seeing him there but that's
23483s	the semi-finals done with um bunny
23486s	Hopper probably needs a bit of a rest
23487s	after that so we're going to give it a
23489s	few moments and we're back very soon
23491s	with that final
23495s	foreign
23515s	[Music]
23521s	[Music]
23525s	foreign
23529s	[Music]
23541s	[Music]
23556s	[Music]
23565s	all right
23569s	[Music]
23584s	[Music]
23596s	[Music]
23597s	foreign
23599s	[Music]
23622s	[Music]
23626s	foreign
23630s	[Music]
23640s	[Music]
23647s	[Music]
23654s	[Music]
23666s	foreign
23670s	[Music]
23675s	[Applause]
23678s	[Music]
23685s	[Music]
23693s	[Music]
23700s	[Music]
23706s	foreign
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24106s	thank you
24109s	hello everyone welcome back it's finals
24112s	time it's going to be Habu gabu going up
24114s	against bunny Hopper and this time I've
24116s	sold joining me for these finals and and
24118s	what a great finals to join in for so
24120s	like this is just going to be great
24122s	pretty much no matter the outcome
24123s	yeah I mean this is just the way the
24126s	world should be right you get to the end
24128s	of a major tournament one of the biggest
24129s	tournaments of the year two of the best
24132s	of the European region fighting it out
24135s	for the title having both already
24136s	qualified for the world championship in
24139s	one of their cases twice you have the
24141s	two Europe casters here to bring it to
24144s	you and you have the player that both of
24146s	the extremely intelligent Europe casters
24148s	picked as their prediction still hanging
24151s	on in there in the final this this is
24154s	how Hearthstone is meant to be played
24156s	exactly right of course the uh as you
24159s	said they're both qualified to Worlds
24161s	regardless but of course both of them
24163s	will want to actually be the full uh
24165s	Championship champion and the real big
24167s	one here honestly soul is if Habu gabu
24170s	does it again I think that's the big
24172s	question he's brought a really out there
24174s	line up something he is uh becoming
24176s	known for well he's already known for I
24178s	guess in general but if he just does it
24181s	again it will be truly incredible and
24183s	potential actually set up one of the
24185s	biggest story lines for the World
24187s	Championships we maybe have ever seen
24190s	yeah I mean certainly there's this has
24192s	been discussed I think throughout the
24194s	last two series ever since Habu made the
24197s	final of just what exactly this means in
24200s	the grand scheme of periods of
24202s	hearthstone dominance right you know
24204s	there's this guy somewhere along the
24206s	line that won back-to-back 400 player
24207s	tournaments in a row I can't I can't
24209s	remember who it is off the top of my
24210s	head and never really thought about it
24211s	that much
24212s	um but you know just going back before
24214s	that there's the hunter isn't just
24215s	saying year that is obviously right up
24217s	there there's periods where life coach
24219s	super JJ zixo for example like these are
24222s	players that just seem like they
24223s	couldn't lose for an extended period of
24225s	time uh but Habu really putting himself
24228s	in that conversation and it's although
24231s	it's a final of two players that we kind
24233s	of put on a pedestal right now they are
24236s	there via very different means right
24238s	like Habu has blown into the mainstream
24241s	constructed landscape kind of this year
24244s	we know he's a great player but he's
24246s	kind of been hopping around mercenaries
24248s	here Battlegrounds there and then this
24249s	year full focus on constructed quickly
24252s	ascended to be one of if not the best
24254s	player in the world whereas bunny might
24257s	be bubbling under a little bit you know
24258s	he might be in most people's top 10 list
24260s	but maybe not in the top one list
24262s	overall just because of the likely
24264s	because of the variance of tournaments
24266s	between making top eights and winning
24268s	the whole thing but he's been doing it
24270s	for six or seven years straight at this
24273s	point you know consistently in that
24276s	conversation picking up major wins here
24278s	or there but always always being in the
24281s	conversation and to me obviously we get
24284s	carried away obviously I've got carried
24285s	away in the past with blies right
24287s	because
24288s	standout achievements should be
24292s	highlighted absolutely they should but
24294s	in a card game which is what we are
24296s	playing this is a card game things do
24299s	happen at random sometimes to be one of
24302s	the best players in the world for six
24304s	seven years straight is unbelievable and
24308s	that is you know no small Testament to
24310s	Mr PhD bunny Hopper himself uh skipped
24313s	over about the initial matchup Raven so
24315s	we'll be up we have got priests from
24317s	Bunny Hop of the Naga priest again and
24319s	we've seen a lot of different priests
24321s	been submitted for this tournament
24323s	overall but it does look like it's going
24325s	to be really the Naga priest that is
24327s	rain Supreme after the weekend which
24329s	gives me some confidence because I
24331s	thought Naga priest was just the better
24332s	deck to bring in general and it is going
24335s	to be going up against Habu gabu's
24336s	Warrior subtle which is probably the the
24340s	most talked about bring all weekend was
24342s	this Warrior deck from Habu and uh not
24345s	that anyone specifically expected
24346s	Warrior but I definitely expect to bring
24349s	something and this is it yeah and it's
24352s	already happening as in between casts
24355s	jamming some games on ladder I'm all I'm
24356s	already starting to see the infection of
24358s	warrior creep onto the ladder uh as
24362s	things tend to go when Harbor debuts a
24364s	new deck obviously not the debut of the
24366s	deck in general but a player playing it
24368s	at this level and uh since I've been
24370s	mostly jamming Relic Demon Hunter it's
24371s	been kind of a nightmare because card
24373s	anime extractor comes down on the board
24375s	uh you're kind of screwed because you
24378s	don't kill that thing in one hit ever
24380s	with a with Relic Demon Hunter you kind
24383s	of just you know fell barrage little
24385s	bits and pieces even then oh coming down
24387s	and bumping into it multiple times you
24389s	end up uh buffing it an awful lot but
24392s	this isn't really a removal based
24395s	matchup is it it is just two decks
24398s	trying to dump enormous amounts of stats
24401s	on the board with fairly limited
24404s	interaction with what the other person
24405s	is doing apart from those trades on
24407s	board you yeah and that's going to be
24409s	the thing right like habug is opening is
24411s	decent got sanguine depths got the
24413s	animal extractors you mentioned and got
24415s	all go sort of just waiting in the wings
24417s	which is extremely powerful to you never
24419s	really want an unplayable card for five
24422s	turns of the game but when your deck
24424s	interacts with your hand right like
24426s	sorry when your minions interact with
24428s	your hand then it's something that you
24430s	can at least Bank on happening a little
24432s	bit later on but on the other side bunny
24434s	Hopper's hand is shaping up pretty well
24437s	too the cathedral one of the higher win
24439s	rate cards to have in your Mulligan in
24441s	the whole deck also got the pelicos as
24444s	well I think the big question here
24445s	subtle is how fast or slow does bunny
24448s	Hopper take this one because
24450s	in most matchups I'd be all for just oh
24453s	let's just chill and then really pop off
24455s	get the two locations down then go like
24457s	pelagos location location something
24459s	right but is that even possible in this
24462s	yeah I mean that's the question right
24464s	it's not even necessarily like Bonnie
24465s	has too much of a choice it's less how
24469s	slow is bunny going to take it and more
24471s	how fast can Habu gabu make bunny take
24474s	right because Habu is off to a very
24477s	aggressive start here basically the
24478s	premium one two curve that you're
24480s	looking for with the deck and from here
24482s	these stats are going to spread very
24486s	very rapidly across this hand you would
24488s	imagine
24490s	yeah it's just gonna Stack Up and even
24492s	just filling out this curve is fantastic
24494s	right just having the one drop to just
24497s	throw down there and really just fill
24499s	everything out oh wow it did go on the
24501s	older as well
24505s	oh sorry the auger is just buffing from
24507s	the damage right I'm thinking of the
24508s	wrong card never mind
24514s	hey I got you friends frog is actually a
24517s	bit of a problem as well for priests if
24519s	they're not already heading can trade
24521s	into it of course
24523s	the Shadowood devour light is one step
24526s	forward one step back in a weird way
24534s	now I I actually oh Google treasure god
24539s	okay I did wonder if it was it's looking
24543s	bad don't get me wrong but if it was
24545s	ever second Cathedral
24548s	oh
24550s	you're a brave boy Raven hey eight isn't
24553s	23 so eight isn't 23 no maths does
24557s	indeed check out on that one
24561s	a roof because this uh
24564s	it doesn't even kill the minions right
24567s	like yes it's setting up for potentially
24569s	decent devour to kill the five one but
24572s	but so what right at this point I now
24576s	Bunny Hop is committed to
24578s	I guess it's like pelagos devour
24582s	I hope it's exactly Boone next turn and
24586s	to the oh and the pelagos doesn't die
24589s	surely that is just the plan right now
24596s	yeah Habu has
24598s	been a little unlucky with the way those
24600s	Buffs have gone obviously these could
24602s	have been significantly more uh
24604s	immediate stats that we've seen so far
24606s	but just dumping onto the okra the old
24609s	Christmas is going to be a beast though
24611s	when it gets played yeah
24614s	it does mean that buddy now has a strong
24615s	turn which he is going to next turn from
24618s	Abu garbu is most often going to be
24620s	fairly weak right going into five
24622s	minutes the ability to play the ultra
24624s	so here is the swing window
24627s	it's huge gonna be a 10 10 now
24632s	another curve stretch
24638s	and with Olga in hand
24644s	is there a way Habu just
24647s	like dumps this into the pelicos I know
24650s	this is a very silly suggestion but
24652s	because the only thing he's really
24655s	scared of is exactly Boone right if this
24657s	was just a 10 10. well he might be able
24660s	to race that actually but I think
24665s	oh he really wants the Buffs on the
24666s	wrench right
24668s	oh my God
24676s	again
24681s	yeah attack the location that'll show it
24683s	hey
24692s	yeah with the right hits that would have
24695s	actually been a clear right
24697s	one more
24699s	oh wait yeah of course yeah yeah of
24702s	course of course I wasn't counting that
24703s	yeah I'm an idiot
24704s	two from the location two for the cortex
24707s	on the wretch but I just love this it's
24709s	just Olga for the win it's like just
24712s	play it and go yep you know you couldn't
24715s	say unlucky because of the way the Buffs
24718s	went and Habu could be significantly
24719s	more ahead right now or you could flip
24722s	that on its head and say well you drew
24723s	two crazed wretches right and if you had
24726s	those two crazed wretches you wouldn't
24728s	have been able to answer that board
24729s	State and you'd be getting boomed out of
24731s	existence but even then the size of this
24733s	old growth interesting
24736s	so so strong a bunny hop and now like
24739s	like I said I suggested the pedal goes
24741s	into the Devourer as by far his best
24744s	option because if that lived look what
24747s	was possible Right like whichever way
24749s	you wanted to go with his hand whether
24750s	it ended up as Boone or not like there
24752s	was still great options going on there
24754s	but now he's gonna basically start all
24756s	over again does have the location the
24758s	cathedral so he again can make a fairly
24761s	large top here if you could just um
24764s	fulfill your purpose for me Raven and
24766s	check my law this is man Chris man
24768s	Creek's wife we're dealing with here
24769s	right yes correct yes okay so how on
24772s	Earth who killed okra like look look at
24776s	the sun who on Earth was able to kill
24778s	her maybe she just got stronger after
24781s	she died yeah maybe this is the
24784s	afterlife
24790s	let's go it's hot
24794s	[Music]
24796s	and it's just nothing it's just lethal
24801s	ah bunny does have the Boon though yeah
24810s	to buff this up I wig as well
24818s	only just opened his eyes and realized
24820s	his opponent is not conceited in this
24822s	video is now worried again
24830s	okay yeah
24831s	[Music]
24837s	big Buffs there as well because now we
24839s	can actually trade and kill it
24841s	right
24843s	trade and killer means it also can't be
24845s	traded off the board so there is the
24847s	opportunity for counter lethal pushes
24848s	now
24851s	ah yeah weapons expert
24854s	not really the best to cut it
24860s	does tend to feel significantly worse
24861s	when it's doing the drawer card part of
24863s	its text as opposed to the buff your
24865s	weapon part of its text
24885s	not looking too great here is it
24889s	maybe buy an extra turn somehow with the
24892s	armor right in but this is just gonna go
24895s	from bad to worse second Cathedral can
24897s	be played here from bunny Hopper you
24899s	could go for school teacher and see
24900s	what's offered as well
24901s	okay
24904s	very solid options
24910s	all of which have their merits
24914s	I mean almost just do everything except
24917s	Cathedral at this point right yeah which
24920s	is snuggling devour yeah yeah it's the
24922s	thing with school teacher in this deck
24924s	right like yeah sure you hit some nice
24925s	snugglings every now and again but quite
24928s	often it's primary purpose is just this
24930s	is two nagas that you can play yeah yeah
24932s	in one card and that's exactly what
24935s	you're seeing here the actual contents
24937s	of the Naga barely matter at this point
24940s	but it's like you will not get through
24942s	this taunt
24944s	does get the bless off the Thrive though
24948s	means this is now a monstrous amount of
24952s	damage yep
24963s	you're quite lethal though
24966s	uh is it not nice
24971s	yeah I thought he'd already attacked
24973s	with the radian never mind that is just
24974s	gonna be lethal for game number one
24976s	bunny Hopper takes it and honestly so
24978s	that was a it may have looked a bit
24981s	silly but that was such a close game if
24984s	bunny Hopper didn't exactly have like
24986s	the response perfectly to the old return
24988s	Then That Could Have snowballed right
24991s	they all got decimated bunny Hoppers
24992s	initial board killed off the pelagos but
24995s	the Boon really saving uh saving bunny
24998s	Hopper there because you can Target
25000s	enemy minions with it as well
25002s	yeah for sure I mean one of the key
25006s	points of that card that was discussed
25007s	as it was getting released like is this
25010s	God good is it going to see play is fall
25011s	too expensive you know is it too
25013s	situational for a car that expensive
25014s	because genuinely the more expensive the
25016s	card is the less situational it can be
25018s	overall just because you could set sit
25021s	there dead in your hand and if you're
25022s	looking for the right situation it's
25024s	very easy for people to deny that
25026s	situation from you if your card is very
25028s	very expensive and you can't just weave
25029s	it into things but the fact that you can
25031s	just point it at enemy minions so it's
25034s	actually one of the most flexible cards
25036s	in a deck that is quite inflexible
25038s	sometimes because it can bring you back
25040s	when you're forced off board as exactly
25042s	we saw just in that game from bunny
25045s	Hopper so it's going to be a quick ish
25048s	one zero but now the deck that we saw
25051s	just take off into orbit in the previous
25054s	series from bunny Hopper although I will
25056s	make the point in it was a real Clowny
25059s	game of me first and foremost and the
25061s	opposite a couple of those this
25062s	tournament yes uh against the Naga
25065s	priest insane boxes you know Varden
25068s	draws off the top freeze draws off the
25071s	top everything that you need to survive
25073s	over time I do also think
25078s	just about everyone that's watching this
25080s	apart from maybe five people would have
25082s	still lost that game you know like oh
25084s	yeah yeah bunny High rolled super hard
25086s	but he also navigated his way through
25088s	beautifully and sometimes as I was
25090s	talking about before you know sometimes
25092s	that's the difference if you are one of
25094s	the best Hearthstone players in the
25095s	world you can consistently get top
25097s	eights and top 16s and top 32s over the
25100s	course of half a decade or more as bunny
25102s	has been doing you're actually going to
25104s	win tournaments you need to play
25106s	spectacularly and you're also going to
25109s	need some moments of luck at me times
25111s	and Bunny certainly had both of those
25113s	things in Spades in the previous Series
25115s	right yeah 100 we're getting into this
25118s	game now both players are fairly solid
25121s	Mulligans uh iron deep trog sorry not in
25126s	deep Rob uh is uh deceptively bad in
25131s	this match up in the early game right
25133s	because it's not like Bunny Hop is
25134s	really going to be casting that many
25136s	spells not going to be scared of
25138s	actually you know the trogs duplicating
25140s	too much Pelican diver here though from
25142s	Bunny Hop is a great and a one though
25145s	can more or less kill anything that's
25147s	going to be a problem next turn
25157s	an absolute shut down on that truck
25160s	right which was otherwise literally
25161s	promising anime extractor is the best
25164s	possible response because of the uh the
25168s	buff from Ohi mark on the other side
25170s	it's going to at least be able to
25171s	survive this even if it's a trade ping
25173s	turn for bunny that's at least a few
25175s	extra stats going into the hand for
25177s	hobby to be able to redevelop afterwards
25179s	uh to the point that I think we will
25182s	probably just see the Amplified snow
25184s	flurry come down here I could see
25185s	Arguments for watch post as well but
25189s	just the three two three on board
25190s	essentially I think is just way too
25192s	juicy to pass up here yeah I agree a
25196s	little bit you know painful that this
25198s	has to be done but it's worthwhile just
25199s	to gain that Tempo frog okay and okay
25203s	spread
25205s	I'm okay yep
25212s	and here because again happy just don't
25215s	want to you know have to face down an
25217s	actual board
25218s	that allows everybody Opera to be a
25220s	little bit more flexible in how he
25221s	responds but then again there aren't
25223s	that many early removal spells or cards
25225s	right by the Opera pretty much had the
25227s	early ones with Pelican and now the uh
25230s	Amplified snow flurry so
25234s	forth trog a little bit more difficult
25236s	to kill than usual
25238s	indeed yeah oh he's going to go cruel
25240s	Taskmaster okay
25242s	yeah this is fine as well
25246s	two three and just one I know yeah just
25248s	fire up some Patron Warrior honestly
25250s	every time I look at this car I'm like
25252s	wow this card is a beast like it's so
25255s	strong yeah I spent one Health
25259s	pretty easy sanctum I think on the other
25261s	side from bunny
25263s	lock things down
25268s	I think it's actually worth using this
25270s	turn
25271s	I think so yeah okay
25273s	mainly as I say mainly for the skeleton
25276s	but yeah the point is like you're using
25278s	a freeze and putting it on cool down to
25280s	stop two damage but the skeleton you
25283s	know can make things happen especially
25284s	against that truck right you're also
25286s	playing a four attack minion into play
25287s	yeah I'm like I'm a very liberal user of
25289s	locations in general but especially the
25292s	mage location Habu seems to be on your
25294s	side of things though he looks
25295s	absolutely delighted with the fact that
25297s	freeze was used yeah well this is a big
25300s	turn in itself right let's see where the
25303s	damage goes oh he'll take the face
25304s	damage I think
25308s	foreign
25311s	he wanted that to hit another Minion
25313s	right because then the weapon swing
25314s	Buffs more stuff on his board I think oh
25317s	sorry yeah of course this was absolutely
25319s	the worst outcome yeah you're right
25325s	or I guess maybe the Taskmaster was
25327s	slightly worse right yeah that's fair
25329s	yeah yeah but but yeah you're completely
25331s	right I actually just blanked on the ax
25333s	for a second then
25338s	oh all right yeah poly jelly fine
25341s	we'll get to find out what the other
25343s	options were in a second yeah
25345s	he's going to take a bit of a slap
25348s	though isn't he
25349s	he does it this turn
25356s	what to do what to do let's get location
25359s	back up again next turn there's one of
25362s	the matchups where file watch post
25363s	starts to become a little stupid looking
25366s	right yeah you do not want to spend too
25369s	man on something that can't attack here
25371s	because it's absolutely not doing
25372s	anything for you and Hobby Lobby is
25374s	pretty much already reached the point
25375s	where he's gonna have floating mana on
25377s	quite a few turns from this point
25379s	depending on draws so
25380s	really not doing a great deal it's just
25384s	going to throw it out there to fill out
25385s	the curve anyway
25386s	I didn't want to go with the jellyfish
25388s	like I said he would get hit pretty hard
25393s	he knows what that was because bunny
25394s	actually briefly pointed it at his board
25397s	and that was the only one of those that
25398s	was targetable I believe well a playable
25400s	and targetable a fireball would have
25402s	been able to be picked up
25403s	definitely a tricky one you can make
25405s	Arguments for all three of these
25407s	actually
25410s	maybe nice maybe objection being the
25413s	least likely because it just cost the
25415s	most yeah yeah objection most of the
25419s	time is going to be netman a lot against
25420s	this deck right so you'd be unlikely to
25423s	pick it unless bunny was really thinking
25425s	about the Olga
25427s	true
25431s	another Taskmaster can actually get a
25433s	lot of work done again this turn
25440s	I want to remind you Raven It's a tooth
25442s	it is well one of them's a 4-5 the Buffs
25445s	will never stop I really like this
25447s	though as well from Habu where he is
25451s	obviously traded and buffing this truck
25453s	but because the trog is a threat almost
25458s	regardless of its stat line I really
25460s	like Habu like actually focus in the
25462s	Buffs elsewhere mainly like targeting
25465s	the uh the smaller minion with the
25467s	Taskmaster then make it a six five
25468s	because suddenly well trogg is one
25471s	problem and then you look at the rest of
25472s	the board and that's also just a
25474s	completely separate problem that Bunny
25476s	Hop is gonna have to deal with yeah and
25478s	furthermore there's not much value in
25480s	reducing the health and raising the
25482s	attack on the trog specifically right
25484s	because right the health is the thing
25486s	that's keeping it alive and making life
25487s	awkward for the opponent so yeah fully
25490s	agree with that bunny is gonna drop that
25492s	poly jelly Harper will have expected
25494s	this I'm sure with of course the
25498s	knowledge that it's in hand having
25499s	picked it correctly
25502s	and it's not free is coming into play
25503s	very good
25507s	he's actually
25509s	attained some board parity here
25511s	relatively even overall here on board
25513s	but there is another weapon swing to be
25515s	taken care of here
25520s	25 Health not looking like the highest
25523s	of totals right now
25525s	especially with the craze retch pickup
25529s	again not the best at this exact second
25531s	in time
25533s	but it's just more stats more things for
25536s	bunny Hopper to worry about because when
25538s	it does get down oh
25540s	it does get damaged things start to
25542s	stack up but that was an absolute
25543s	disaster he really wanted that skeleton
25546s	to hit the one for then
25548s	yep
25550s	and in that case he absolutely would
25552s	have taken face over minion as well yeah
25558s	quiet though it's promotion
25565s	uh so bunny can now theater for a
25569s	guaranteed snap freeze
25571s	oh what if he just kills it now
25576s	yeah I started that Center yeah
25579s	imagine which does suddenly seem a
25583s	little bit more appealing it has to be
25585s	said
25590s	oh
25594s	you are um
25604s	trading the small minion off the board
25607s	so there's no ability for the Minions on
25609s	Abu Dhabi side to take small bumps and
25611s	then get buffed get damaged and then get
25613s	buffed up by the weapon actually a smart
25615s	little piece of optimization
25617s	from Mr Hopper yeah good ping though
25620s	hero power now from the Finley Fabu gabu
25622s	gives him a
25624s	a chance I would say at this point is
25626s	going to use snap freeze on the Sylvanas
25628s	and hold on to that polymorph jellyfish
25632s	oh it's still dangerous how is bunny
25635s	still dying when he's at least I think
25637s	done a very good job of sort of uh
25640s	stemming the tide right now from Habu
25642s	yeah
25645s	options again on this turn school
25647s	teacher
25649s	creates a fairly interesting prospect on
25653s	grasp has ways it could go wrong but
25655s	ways it could go very right yes anybody
25660s	speaking of going wrong would love to be
25663s	able to see these discover choices yep
25667s	foreign
25672s	it's
25673s	three spells
25675s	got three Mana or less
25679s	um honestly regular old murloc homes
25681s	over here congratulations no problem
25683s	anytime
25686s	I know that snap freeze okay okay
25688s	that'll do additional snap freeze will
25690s	absolutely do the job
25692s	I mean yeah as far as Bonnie's concerned
25694s	if he didn't do something about that I
25697s	was just potentially lethal right
25698s	because he didn't go for the Don grasp
25702s	yeah I had to find an answer and you saw
25705s	it on habu's face well you barely saw it
25708s	on Harpy's face through the uh lack of
25710s	lack of focus that is going on up there
25712s	lack of focusing camera but I'm sure not
25714s	on the game
25715s	and
25717s	there are choices here aren't there
25719s	there's a bump there's a dredger into
25722s	and he could actually face tank the
25724s	jellyfish if he wants to
25726s	that actually a better way to do things
25731s	play play The High Mark and then ping it
25734s	value make essentially this value trade
25737s	but you've played the thing you've
25738s	picked it and you've just used the
25739s	weapon on the jellyfish yeah yeah it
25742s	makes a bigger board right which is
25744s	valuable that's worth something for sure
25746s	but you're also putting your opponent to
25748s	eight and you just have kind of
25749s	guaranteed weapon damage over the course
25750s	of a couple of turns yeah anyway you do
25752s	have Mage hero power as well which you
25754s	know it's not Hunter hero power which
25755s	we've seen hardwood garbi with in the
25757s	previous games uh but I think valuing
25759s	the play that actually goes face is
25761s	that's fair worthwhile Harvey's
25763s	perspective
25769s	so there's polymorph jelly there's a
25773s	snap freeze the main things
25783s	[Laughter]
25785s	ouch
25787s	bunny Hopper today on the 30th of
25791s	October 2022 has personified the idiom
25794s	well you win some you lose sometimes you
25798s	lose them all
25810s	does the job one damage to spare with
25814s	the Ping and that is going to be
25816s	habugabu picking up a game on a 25
25818s	percenter right both the snap freeze and
25821s	the poly jelly having to lose the 50 50s
25825s	again
25826s	um it's a game where which is seemingly
25828s	decided by random effects but where
25830s	again I think both players have played
25832s	very well in the situation you know if
25834s	bunny had won those flips and won the
25835s	game because of it I think he navigated
25837s	the game extremely well to get to that
25838s	point uh Abu dhabu won the flips and won
25841s	the game because of everything Habu
25842s	navigated that game Extreme yeah to get
25844s	to that point as well so uh very very
25847s	nicely Dan Habu I think will be glad not
25849s	to be falling behind too quickly in this
25851s	series it was a hard one to read just
25854s	you know narratively right like as the
25856s	scriptwriter for this tournament what's
25858s	the most satisfying ending Habu just
25861s	three zeros as he's been doing
25863s	throughout the whole tournament in half
25864s	an hour or and this is the other option
25866s	I was I was debating for the Final
25869s	Chapter he just tries to play Warrior
25871s	three times but he's like no that deck
25874s	is trash let me show everyone this deck
25876s	is trash and just wins 3-0 in the final
25878s	unfortunately now neither of those are
25881s	going to come to fruition that is very
25882s	true it looks like Bunny Hop is going to
25884s	be sticking to his Mage and Habu gabu
25886s	going to be jumping over to the Demon
25888s	Hunter now that the warrior is out of
25889s	the way and um again I know you've been
25892s	playing Relic Demon Hunter subtle I know
25894s	you uh quite enjoy the deck to just you
25896s	know sit back and have some fun games
25898s	but what do you think of aggro Demon
25900s	Hunter because I will say like this deck
25902s	looked so much better than I thought it
25904s	would when I saw you know a few people
25906s	that had cemented it going into this
25908s	tournament yeah I do like this deck too
25910s	it is terrifying in terms of damage
25914s	output I think that's the the best way
25915s	to put it uh it can break it does have
25919s	those aggro druidesque drawers where you
25921s	just run out of stuff where too quickly
25923s	your first and second board get blown up
25924s	and then you're on a hiding to nothing
25926s	but those are rare when you actually
25928s	break down the number of just insane
25931s	refill cards in the deck the weapons and
25933s	then the draw to five cards and all you
25936s	really have to do is hit one of those
25938s	because there's a good chance the first
25940s	one you use will bring you to a second
25942s	one and then the second one you use will
25943s	bring you to a third one and then you'll
25945s	just never run out of cards for the
25947s	entire game so it is definitely a
25950s	terrifying Prospect to be up against
25952s	particularly if you're a deck that does
25954s	not do particularly well with picking
25956s	apart early boards because some of those
25959s	snowball minions you know if a Biblia
25960s	mic goes unchecked in the early game
25963s	then you are absolutely in trouble if a
25965s	battle worn Vanguard goes unchecked in
25967s	the early game then you are absolutely
25969s	in trouble
25970s	um a mage kind of fits into that
25972s	category right sometimes cans struggle
25974s	to be able to take down minions from off
25978s	board in the early game but this the
25980s	start again oh Pelican into no flurry
25985s	the dream I will say I think one of the
25989s	highlights of this whole tournament
25990s	comes from this Demon Hunter deck for me
25992s	this weekend and I think it was roughly
25995s	hours Cassie and tonsoku was on turn
25997s	five and he had like three cards in hand
26001s	one was disposed of evidence one was
26003s	clitoris and he just disposed the Curt
26006s	for us I was like no I'm going full
26008s	aggro through the cartridge back and
26010s	then ripped ripped the fall drop to
26012s	refill the hand next to it I was like
26014s	yes that's what I want to see
26019s	yeah dedication to face damage you can't
26022s	argue with that but you are completely
26024s	right Pelican to snow for it you can see
26026s	haber's response yeah honestly Habu I am
26029s	with you on this one
26032s	Pelican comes down you're like all right
26033s	that sucks I don't love to see that but
26036s	I do have dread prison glaive which is
26038s	the best possible response going second
26040s	to a pelican star oh never mind
26043s	look at the follow-up
26045s	Pelicans mate and then a suspicious
26048s	Alchemist
26052s	a smidge of this
26054s	a picture of that
26057s	abu's just behind let's take Firefall
26060s	yeah do it the high macro now I will
26063s	never think you picked Fireball in this
26066s	situation trust me
26069s	it's just the best card
26071s	diaper Manor well the reduction does
26074s	nothing
26075s	mainly okay it does a tiny thing
26077s	Refreshing Spring Water who needs card
26079s	draw when you're just punch in your
26081s	opponent in the face
26083s	Honestly by the time habugabu has dread
26086s	prison glaived yes you're just going to
26089s	Fireball him and then he's dead like
26090s	this is actually just the correct I
26092s	agree yeah
26094s	he never picks Fireball
26096s	that's exactly the reaction
26100s	obviously I want the fireball but no way
26102s	as my opponent chose Fireball here
26105s	I was probably thinking but what would I
26107s	do in bunny situation I would definitely
26109s	pick Fireball
26117s	the circle of life to be complete here
26119s	and Habu does just pick Fireball because
26121s	he knows
26127s	get absolutely outplayed oh this is so
26133s	crazy
26135s	I don't know why but I cared more about
26137s	that outcome than like the winner of the
26139s	whole tournament it's the most important
26141s	thing that we will see today you can
26143s	have your shiny you know trophy thing
26145s	but who actually won this game the
26148s	faster
26151s	let's have Reckless Apprentice now to
26153s	follow up and Habu is probably gonna go
26155s	flying
26157s	pushed back onto his bed from the power
26160s	of this play yeah
26166s	but he just ignores the foul Wing right
26169s	one man of four ones are just lethal
26172s	oh no it has Rush he had rush it woke up
26175s	this turn oh sorry sorry address never
26177s	mind I was gonna say how Dairy
26179s	if that could attack yeah you're 100
26180s	yeah I have all the freaking one ones
26183s	you want mate
26186s	hey Fireball ping ping ping ping ping
26189s	problem solved
26191s	real I mean just just theater some
26194s	damage out of their hand and give them a
26196s	rune you know
26197s	your tasks with their nlfus the final
26199s	Fireball
26201s	easy
26203s	I'm honestly playing a three I just one
26205s	two three three opponent genuine yep
26209s	oh you give him the drag straight fire
26212s	and then I'll give him the rune
26214s	easy
26217s	honey Opera now knows the full extent of
26219s	haboo's hand of course yes only reason
26221s	you'd be showing two cards is that one
26223s	of them is a duplicate so you do now at
26225s	least know that it's two copies of one
26227s	of those cards and one copy of the other
26229s	and since one of them is a legendary you
26231s	have a pretty good idea which way around
26232s	that's going
26234s	but he's like no I would have preferred
26236s	the fury
26243s	starts to trained
26248s	Fireball ping
26253s	one of them
26257s	like that one extra turn right because
26260s	you Fireball ping this turn your
26261s	opponent's at two not one crucially
26267s	well he knows the answer to that one yep
26269s	okay yeah exactly
26277s	it's over
26280s	this is the best game of hearthstone
26282s	I've ever seen
26283s	I mean he could also
26286s	oh he's not got another I was looking
26288s	like sofeno disposal
26291s	let's go
26293s	I think it's like location yeah yeah
26295s	yeah I think we've had the nine damage
26297s	for next turn the only thing that you
26298s	could do not immediately win against is
26302s	hero card right so then you have
26304s	potentially the extra damage that you
26305s	might need on board sacrificed from a
26309s	little cheeky chip damage from the
26310s	skeleton it is gonna be courteous oh how
26313s	do he gets to hold on oh okay it's good
26316s	outcome as well deserves one at this
26318s	point I would suppose
26325s	it
26327s	proper well I was gonna say it could
26329s	still be the Steno turn here which won't
26331s	necessarily end up being lethal but it's
26334s	still very very effective right yeah the
26336s	majority of the board and you still get
26338s	to push nine phase put your opponent
26339s	back down to five
26342s	and I'm on board
26349s	the alternative is just to restore a bit
26351s	of decorum here and just go back to
26353s	being the deck you started as who wants
26356s	to do that yeah and also Belinda does
26360s	just get farmed right
26362s	does yes you do have the dread prison
26364s	clave to be able to go alongside it
26367s	which picks off the fire form
26370s	um but well like essentially what that
26371s	allows you to do it's not necessarily
26373s	that the Belinda is then winning the
26374s	game it's that you then draw the Spells
26376s	you can cast this yeah you then have
26377s	power Etc you just go from there at that
26379s	point I I do like this yeah me too I
26382s	actually wonder if in that case you'd
26384s	actually not dread prison and just
26385s	Shuffle the Drake fire back in Fair yeah
26388s	yeah but but yeah I think we both got to
26390s	the same point get them which is uh what
26393s	Bunny Hop has done now with the Savannah
26394s	yeah I think the more interesting debate
26396s	as opposed to what the the general line
26398s	was was where the fireball went right I
26401s	think that was a a bigger debate overall
26403s	but I do think clearing the way uh
26406s	leaving the setheno naked on board means
26409s	that if har bugab is going to want to
26411s	deal with it he has to tank into it
26412s	anyway so you get a chunk you get a
26414s	third of that damage back with the face
26415s	having to go inside
26417s	and it occupies your opponent's turn a
26419s	little bit as well which is uh worth
26421s	something
26423s	yeah and almost certainly a much more
26426s	reasonable board
26427s	to play blender into right yep and like
26431s	the three five attack minions just sit
26433s	in there
26438s	also dumps a whole bunch of Cards Right
26440s	which is relevant too because going back
26443s	to that discover information right one
26445s	copy of sepeno two copies of magistrate
26447s	you knew that was the hand so
26449s	keeping your hand size nicely low it's
26451s	actually relevant as well
26456s	he's like
26458s	I'm gonna open some boxes this game if
26461s	it goes any longer I'm gonna play Rune
26462s	of the archmage I mean this is just
26464s	sheer bloody mindedness at this point
26465s	right it's like well bunny if you're
26467s	gonna theater me for damage as big spell
26470s	Mage against Demon Hunter you're gonna
26472s	pick a fireball and then swap a rune
26474s	into my hand trying to fish out a fury
26475s	or something I'm gonna use that room to
26478s	beat you with that's just how this
26479s	game's gonna go I don't think it is
26482s	somehow but I respect the hustle
26486s	dude do you actually like the uh the
26489s	order therefore that Belinda slightly
26490s	going backwards on the turn we talked
26492s	about on the play we talked about
26494s	uh I was too busy
26497s	so bunny played Belinda and got two Rune
26500s	of the archmage and then she'll fold the
26503s	Drake fire amulet in the deck
26506s	uh yeah cause uh bunnies runes
26508s	pyroblasts his opponent in the face with
26510s	100 oh of course how could I forget
26513s	sorry I'm sorry for the very silly
26515s	question
26516s	Jesus Keep Up raven come on
26520s	I forgot they'd changed the Rune of the
26521s	archmage text for bunny Hopper yeah
26532s	what's the plan here uh draw and get
26535s	something yes it does have a Naga so
26538s	like double no navigation for war
26544s	so I've metamorph into block yeah it's
26547s	just yeah this matter of the blocker
26549s	right that's all you've got
26554s	thing got to be ruined first right
26558s	oh wait
26561s	oh it's just short
26563s	I was thinking of air Dawn grass with
26565s	the hair of power and then the swing
26568s	with a fireball in the door grasp oh
26571s	yeah
26573s	okay no man see wait a minute wait a
26576s	minute kill that immediately
26580s	uh this has done nothing well the
26583s	explosion used to do nothing explosive
26585s	Rune is oh he's throat oh well I think
26588s	he's just trying right I think he's just
26589s	looking at the anime
26593s	wow and it's gone
26595s	but the hopper Wins Game number three
26599s	with the Mage gets it over the line
26601s	after losing to the warrior in the
26602s	previous game and what a game of
26604s	hearthstone that was like I think it I
26607s	don't know I'm loving this series so far
26609s	so like not only obviously the players
26612s	and the caliber player we just spoke
26614s	about at the start but the games and the
26616s	decks and the way they're interacting
26617s	seems perfect to me yeah what great play
26620s	from Bunny Hop and saying you know what
26621s	one I got given the good opening as we
26624s	saw of course that helps but then to
26626s	just go wait a minute I'll just become
26628s	the aggro deck against this agro-back
26630s	yeah but then also having the I don't
26634s	know the humility I guess to bail out of
26636s	that situation on this turn right yeah
26638s	specifically the turn I'm looking at
26639s	went back to board control used the
26642s	fireball on a minion use the these theno
26644s	to clear the board as opposed to being
26646s	greedy and waiting for steno Fireball
26649s	um and disposed to all be able to go
26651s	face and end the game he just recognized
26653s	is that yeah okay I've done 20 damage at
26656s	the start of this game I'm still a
26657s	functional full health I have bored I
26660s	can just fall back into being the
26662s	control deck at this point and then that
26663s	always gets there is exactly what buddy
26666s	did I just want to catch you before you
26668s	get baited here uh haboo is not on Tempo
26671s	Rogue I believe Harbor was on Demon
26672s	Hunter because his Rogue is banned I
26674s	think it's bunny Hoppers Rogue that
26676s	should be showing here we'll get it up
26677s	in a second don't you worry yeah but
26679s	it's going to be uh Habu on Doom Hunter
26680s	once again going up against the jackpot
26683s	Rogue from bunny Hopper okay yeah bunny
26686s	jackpot Rogue is a deck that I have seen
26689s	him putting a good chunk of time into on
26691s	stream a deck that he is known to favor
26695s	but it is such a funny deck isn't it
26697s	he's a very bunny deck yeah going all
26699s	the way back to you know the the various
26701s	forms of created by Rogue that have been
26704s	popular we kind of had an interval right
26706s	where it was combo Rogues right like a
26708s	rot Rogue strategy and then messing
26711s	around with like baby shark Rogue for a
26712s	while but before that it was all of
26714s	these variations of secret Rogue created
26718s	by Blackjack stunner Secrets just value
26720s	and Tempo put together and Bunny was the
26724s	best player at that deck like Undisputed
26727s	best player of that day win rate was
26728s	ridiculous wasn't it it was absolutely
26730s	absurd yeah and so jackpot Rogue is
26733s	different in kind of the the Speed and
26736s	Cadence and play patterns of when the
26738s	turns come but it's very similar in the
26741s	sense of being a value deck where you
26744s	open a lot of boxes uh not boxes in the
26746s	sense of like literally puzzle box Rune
26749s	of the archmage boxes where you might
26751s	blow up your opponent's board but
26753s	literally just like generate a card see
26754s	what it is and then react to that and
26756s	build a game plan and that is something
26758s	that I think bunny is spectacularly good
26760s	at and has been for quite some time
26762s	pretty interesting as well because I
26765s	believe the double Crosshair was in
26768s	Bunny's opening offering Mulligan and he
26771s	actually threw away the uh the
26773s	gravedigger which again is it makes
26776s	sense because the the Demon Hunter is so
26778s	likely to curve and spend all their
26780s	manner I did just I did just wonder with
26783s	coin how strong that would have actually
26785s	have been to just Shuffle away a card
26787s	from the Demon Hunter give me that
26789s	explosive trap Raven
26791s	no Bunny's got it it says now
26795s	and that's the hunter represented
26798s	yes yeah in the tournament it's back to
26801s	complaining again already yeah yeah the
26803s	hunter was good for the first time in 20
26806s	years and they were like not nerfed
26808s	Hunter's not allowed to be good sorry
26811s	uh
26813s	got that in this one time this
26815s	tournament I'm happy
26818s	you can do so much this turn I'm
26821s	actually staring at the hand and going
26822s	wait a minute
26830s	you will forgive my terminology but you
26833s	know what I mean you do have the ability
26834s	to prep ashara down the road which could
26837s	end up being particularly potent
26840s	all explosive
26843s	I was actually looking at potentially
26845s	just bone Spike double cross
26851s	well that's why I want to keep it right
26853s	so now this happens and then you have
26855s	prep bone spine ashara on the following
26858s	term yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I guess so
26861s	it just pains me to see explosive trap
26863s	only kill one minion so yeah I know but
26866s	I feel like whenever you can prep a
26868s	premium minion using this yeah it's fast
26870s	I generally should do it
26873s	foreign
26885s	how we get to play the fun game when he
26888s	opens a box is it going to be the best
26889s	outcome
26891s	uh we have to call it what is the best
26893s	outcome in advance you can't reverse
26895s	engineer what the best outcome is I'll
26896s	zoomap
26897s	right now
26901s	so not plugged even though that wins the
26903s	game immediately and everything well a
26904s	glug
26905s	would simply be the best but I thought
26907s	that was obvious I was going with a
26908s	different take oh that's not bad
26912s	nice to see Hunter represented
26915s	[Music]
26917s	that's just gonna be the good seed there
26919s	with a laugh Abu gabu throws it up and
26922s	Bunny Hopper not only wins your game but
26925s	just like that becomes your Hearthstone
26928s	fall championship winner positive yours
26932s	like that
26933s	buddy come on I mean you can you can see
26936s	it right there's no hiding it the match
26938s	that people care about is the top eight
26940s	match to get into top four yeah contrast
26943s	Bunny's reaction where he actually got
26945s	up and was fist pumping and bouncing
26947s	around his room when he actually
26949s	qualified for worlds that's the journey
26951s	that's what people work towards
26953s	everything after that is just a bit of
26955s	extra prize money and a title in your
26957s	pocket and those things matter yes do
26960s	they matter as much as having the chance
26961s	to call yourself the world champion at
26963s	the end of the year absolutely not and I
26965s	think you see that contrast and emotions
26966s	there from Harvard and Bunny Hopper
26969s	playing it out bunny Hopper is your
26972s	Masters Tour full Championship champion
26975s	and a well-deserved Victor at that final
26979s	word of course to Habu gabu as well he
26982s	was steps away from entering the stuff
26985s	of Legends I think he very well may do
26988s	by the end of this year anyway still a
26990s	lot left to accomplish for Habu gabu but
26993s	in the end one step short of those
26995s	back-to-back insane tournament wins
26997s	bunny Hopper pipping him at the post but
26999s	both of them absolutely Elite
27001s	Hearthstone players I will say honestly
27004s	soul and I assume you'll agree with me
27006s	here if we're going to see matches with
27008s	slightly lesser Stakes because obviously
27010s	the stakes were so high earlier today
27012s	when it was a a win gets you to the
27014s	world championship if we're going to see
27016s	matches with slightly lesser Stakes I'll
27018s	take that kind of match any day of the
27020s	week because that was a joy on every
27022s	single game I thought it was super great
27024s	but what's also going to be a joyous we
27026s	have a bunny Hopper joining us for an
27027s	interview so uh let's see if he is ready
27030s	for us
27032s	yes I am hey bunny can you hear me hey
27034s	there we go I thought you could already
27036s	hear me
27037s	um first off congratulations not only at
27039s	being the champion of course but finally
27042s	getting that uh World Championships but
27044s	I just want to ask you you had um a bit
27047s	of a roller coaster of a day yesterday
27049s	uh with some things going your way and
27051s	some things definitely not uh how did
27053s	you sort of prep for today uh because
27056s	you know yesterday seemed stressful at
27058s	best
27059s	yeah I mean the second series of no the
27062s	third series of the day like the first
27063s	two games I just played like a donkey I
27066s	there's just no other way to describe it
27067s	that was just downright awful
27070s	um until I like
27072s	put some water on my face and get it
27074s	together because I couldn't sleep the
27075s	day before but uh yeah I don't know I I
27078s	went to bed to watch some Hearthstone
27080s	and fell asleep and woke up after I knew
27083s	my opponent and prepped with like pocket
27086s	terrain that John Casey a little bit the
27087s	matchups
27088s	um so yeah mostly just trying to get
27090s	some sleep because
27092s	yeah I just didn't sleep that uh from
27094s	Friday to Saturday and that was really
27096s	really bad for me
27098s	yeah and just speaking of your
27100s	preparation that you mentioned uh coming
27102s	into the tournament uh how did you
27105s	prepare the lineup and were you happy
27106s	with it once you saw everyone else's
27108s	decks were you feeling confident with
27110s	your lineup once you knew what you're up
27111s	against
27113s	well I went back and forth with
27116s	um
27117s	a few lineups I mostly talked to Casey
27120s	and built like I build a lineup with him
27122s	like I practice different matchups and
27125s	to try to see like what strategies were
27127s	like viable or not
27129s	um add some kind of a tell on lovestorm
27131s	because he just likes to
27134s	uh he likes to be super anti-control so
27137s	going control was a big big No-No
27140s	um but I felt like I found a way to play
27142s	Decks that I'm decent at that I thought
27146s	always I I felt like into most expected
27149s	opponents I was gonna be slightly
27152s	unfavored unless they have like board
27154s	priests
27155s	um
27156s	and
27158s	against everybody else was playable
27160s	though so the lineup was always made in
27162s	a way that every series would be
27163s	playable none of them would be like
27165s	there was just no lineup that you can
27167s	come up with that completely destroys
27169s	mine so I just wanted to have playable
27171s	Hearthstone series and then if I face
27174s	any aggro I think it was favorite I
27176s	think if I face four priest I was
27178s	favorite so yeah that's kind of how I
27181s	came up with the learner
27182s	yeah I've just got to ask you as well
27184s	who's responsible for the the frames to
27186s	Tech in the shaming because I enjoyed a
27188s	lot of those games where that card was
27190s	involved
27192s	um two weeks ago two weeks ago I was
27194s	just like uh streaming and I was like uh
27198s	you know what this card's new I'll put
27200s	in my deck and then I put a Jailer on
27201s	top of it as well and I got rank on
27203s	Legend with it like I just steamrolled
27205s	ladder with this and I was like okay the
27207s	jailer's obviously garbage and I was
27209s	high rolling but the frame starts like
27211s	it's really I mean it's okay it's not
27215s	good don't get me wrong right it's a
27217s	little bit of like my personal
27218s	attachment deck and
27224s	despite big spell mates this thing's
27226s	hilarious have you ever seen a Belinda
27228s	on turn six kill itself because it draws
27230s	a zero amount of frames there that's
27232s	hilarious all right that thing had to be
27235s	in there and it just
27236s	like you see I ended up on a one-off in
27239s	the end because I just cut the command
27240s	of nebulon but that's just it's just a
27243s	better card so like the one Flex spot I
27245s	had
27246s	um where I wanted to be a little bit
27248s	anti
27249s	anti-anti control so like board freeze
27252s	these kind of decks I I realized that
27254s	one frame some might be fine
27256s	okay well actually I did not think about
27258s	the Belinda interaction that was
27260s	actually hilarious and just before I let
27262s	you go uh bunny any just final shout
27264s	outs final words before you go
27268s	um yeah first and foremost I want to
27270s	shout out Casey for just taking so much
27271s	time out of his
27273s	his day like four weeks straight just
27276s	helping me prep whenever like I I wanted
27280s	to prep basically every single day just
27282s	being there and taking time out of his
27284s	day
27285s	um shout out and then also of course I
27288s	had some help from the from the Practice
27289s	Group with like pocket Fury Dedra
27292s	um those people that was also quite
27294s	helpful but yeah I can't stress enough
27296s	how how helpful it was for her like to
27299s	have somebody that was just there for me
27301s	to practice like no own agenda just
27304s	there to help me that's that's huge and
27307s	I appreciate that a Time
27309s	uh great to hear so once again
27311s	congratulations bunny Hopper and we'll
27313s	see you at Worlds
27314s	thank you
27320s	did not think about the Belinda
27321s	interaction Soul till now that is
27323s	actually hilarious
27325s	didn't even get his three for three SMH
27327s	my head come on step it up yeah I mean I
27330s	will Echo that towards Casey as well you
27332s	know Casey has been a good friend of
27334s	mine for a while there was recently a
27336s	thread on like you know best hearthstone
27338s	deck builders and I didn't see the name
27339s	Casey being thrown around I'm like
27341s	you're someone you know yeah yeah yeah
27343s	that that guy has defined the
27346s	competitive meta game over long periods
27349s	of time at the highest possible level uh
27351s	that Practice Group with you know
27353s	himself bunny Hopper RDU Tice I believe
27356s	it was
27357s	um was really pushing out the optimal
27359s	deck list week after week throughout
27361s	Grand Masters and yeah like by said very
27363s	selfless act for someone who is really
27365s	not in contention for the world
27367s	championship not in the tournament has
27369s	no reason to be thinking about
27370s	high-level competitive Hearthstone at
27372s	this point uh to put so much effort in
27373s	for a friend of his so I think that was
27375s	a very nice thing a very nice shout out
27376s	for Bunning to make and Bunny being the
27379s	uh the nice wholesome and grateful
27380s	person that he is yeah we expect nothing
27383s	less from bunny but yeah that just like
27385s	that so that is going to be any uh quick
27388s	final words before we go
27390s	no just Hearthstone is is really fun
27393s	when it's being played at an incredibly
27395s	high level in general you know some of
27397s	the some of the outcomes over this
27399s	tournament were a little bit Clowny here
27401s	and there is you know buddy himself was
27403s	referring to in places but in general I
27406s	think you know competitive Hearthstone
27408s	has gone from from strength to strength
27410s	in terms of just the overall quality and
27412s	consistency of the players that we do
27414s	have
27415s	um and also just being given the tools
27417s	to express yourself at a high level with
27419s	Decks that do have a lot of decisions
27420s	and a lot of variation in them that
27422s	players can highlight uh pilot through
27423s	so I think that is a recipe that spells
27426s	for a very successful World Championship
27429s	now later in the year is the lineup that
27432s	we are now building is absurd you know
27435s	some of the names in there Abu garbu
27437s	possessy bly's Xiao tea one of my
27440s	favorite players of all time coming to
27442s	represent the China region now being
27444s	joined by people like bunny Hopper
27446s	finally throughout this is a super stack
27448s	lineup going into the world championship
27449s	and none of you are going to want to
27451s	miss it I promise you can take it to the
27454s	back yeah 100 agree but as I said that
27458s	is it for the fall Championship we hope
27460s	you had a great time we've got for
27462s	standard the world championship of
27463s	course coming up towards the end of the
27465s	year and there's still some Lobby
27466s	Legends left over if you like
27468s	Battlegrounds as well so keep your eye
27470s	out for those dates uh coming up soon
27472s	but for now we hope you had a great time
27474s	thanks a lot for watching and we'll see
27475s	you next time
27477s	thank you
27478s	[Music]
27486s	foreign
27494s	[Music]
27519s	prices
27528s	[Music]
27547s	[Music]
27560s	foreign
27561s	[Music]
27571s	[Music]
27585s	[Music]
27593s	foreign
27599s	[Music]
27612s	[Music]
27622s	control
27624s	[Music]
27628s	abandon
27636s	Ed
27640s	cops
27656s	[Applause]
27661s	absolutely disgusting if he even needed
27664s	it the last card was forged in flame as
27667s	well which is like the next best card if
27669s	you didn't literally have like 15 over
27671s	lethal
27674s	[Music]
27679s	I'm gonna call it too soon but yeah
27681s	there we go that's the big moment there
27683s	for Abu gabuh I'd believe you're still
27685s	counting
27686s	comes back takes the Victory and Habu
27690s	gabu is your summer champion
27718s	[Music]
27724s	foreign
27731s	[Music]
27753s	foreign
27758s	[Music]

[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Fall Championship | Day 3

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