[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw & Disorder | Day 2 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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913s	hello everybody and welcome to day
916s	number two of Masters Tour Ma and
918s	disorder my name is TJ joining me to
921s	kick off the show is none other than Mr
923s	Derek Brown Derek how you doing today
925s	you ready to cast some Hearthstone I'm
927s	doing fantastically TJ I've enjoyed the
929s	meta game greatly up until now with
931s	getting some uh unsung heroes of the
934s	metagame finding their place here in
936s	this tournament so far and I think as
938s	the day progresses we're gonna see the
940s	cream rise even further up amongst the
943s	uh
944s	the watery bit of the milk
947s	[Music]
950s	okay sure cream Rises to the top I think
952s	that's where the expression comes from I
954s	think it's uh it has to do with the
957s	uh like Milling weed I'm not sure you
960s	know whatever you say
961s	it could be milk
963s	could be wheat
965s	the wheat from the chaff
967s	yep that's it here we go
970s	Conquest Derek uh nice oh yeah Segway
974s	there uh cream Conquest they both start
976s	with the letter c beautifully done
980s	um if you've watched any Hearthstone
981s	Esports broadcast for I don't know the
984s	past five years probably know what
986s	Conquest is every player brings four
989s	decks that consist of four unique
990s	classes for the match takes place you
993s	ban a deck away from your opponent and
995s	you play a best of five match where you
996s	cannot win with the same deck Twice
999s	first person to three wins wins the
1001s	series we are currently in the halfway
1004s	point of the Swiss portion of the event
1008s	we played four rounds yesterday we're
1009s	gonna play four rounds today then of
1011s	course tomorrow we're gonna have the top
1013s	16 bracket we're gonna play it out in
1016s	its entirety there's still lots of
1018s	hearthstone uh left to play we saw
1022s	um some interesting lineups actually
1025s	make it yesterday to those 4
1028s	4031 spots at least different than what
1032s	me and probably a lot of players
1033s	expected coming into this Master's tour
1036s	because we had a very solidified ladder
1039s	metagame but not so much competitive
1041s	play it seems
1044s	I was thinking TJ we might have to
1045s	reshape how we introduce this format
1048s	because every time all of us casters
1050s	invariably end up saying something to
1052s	the tune of if you've followed
1054s	HearthStone for any good amount of time
1056s	you'll know what Conquest is and I
1058s	couldn't help but that time think there
1059s	probably must be at least one die-hard
1062s	Hearthstone Esports fan who's watched
1064s	every match for years on years but just
1066s	still doesn't know what Conquest is just
1068s	cannot understand how it works at all
1071s	and I did just like watching individual
1074s	games of hearthstone that's exactly
1076s	happening
1078s	I don't care how they're arriving at
1080s	their class choice I don't know what are
1083s	those numbers on the side maybe yeah I
1086s	just want to watch Hearthstone until two
1087s	players don't play Hearthstone anymore
1089s	and uh that person probably a Tice fan
1092s	oh
1094s	so
1096s	what do you mean Mr Hunter's so easy
1104s	yeah the easiest deck ever it's like 60
1107s	of the ladder
1109s	yeah well 60 of the ladder is probably
1111s	ties fans
1113s	oh
1115s	whoa
1117s	blow down cowboy
1119s	yeah we we saw a lot of uh Variety in
1122s	the decks yesterday
1124s	did see a lot of Hunter that was like
1126s	the one place where we didn't see
1127s	variety uh but hunter is not doing it as
1131s	well
1132s	um as like its ladder stats indicate
1135s	right yeah um it's floating like right
1138s	around 50 win rate it's being left up in
1140s	a lot of series we're not seeing many
1141s	bands thrown its way and so it's a deck
1145s	that a lot of players expected and that
1147s	not many players built a strategy around
1150s	and so it's not as meta warping of a
1153s	deck as uh as I think uh some players
1156s	given its win rate uh would have thought
1160s	yeah I can see that uh it's as is always
1163s	the case when there's a a clear dominant
1166s	deck in the metagame unless it's a
1168s	massive power outlier and the uh the
1170s	fact that it's so popular
1172s	um you know even though that draws
1174s	counter strategies it's so strong that
1175s	it can't really effectively counter it
1177s	uh that's not really the case with
1179s	Hunter like it's it's very strong and a
1181s	jack of all trades which generally makes
1183s	it difficult to counter uh but you can
1186s	still get there I think major has been
1187s	one of the uh the big ones that has been
1189s	a very very strong counter to Hunter
1191s	which has proven to be some of the
1194s	secret sauce for players like Fury
1195s	Hunter who has been doing very well
1197s	indeed to a 4-0 start today alongside
1201s	pocket train I believe has uh The
1204s	Identical lineup to him so two previous
1206s	Mt winners already off to a fantastic
1209s	start in day one
1211s	yeah and you know what this late in sort
1215s	of the competitive cycle for the year
1216s	you you'd hope for that right you'd hope
1219s	that uh players that found success
1221s	earlier in the year would continue that
1224s	um I feel like it it's
1226s	uh something like this we haven't seen
1230s	in a while just because the the world
1232s	championship in itself has you know been
1235s	grand Masters right
1237s	um and now that's sort of opened up at
1241s	least to an extent uh starting to get
1243s	those those vibes back for you know 2017
1246s	2018. was that what it was holy moly
1249s	that was a long oh yeah uh with Hunter
1251s	race who was you know absolutely the
1253s	most dominant Player of the Year and you
1257s	know went on to win the World
1258s	Championship so those kinds of moments
1260s	are cool so I'm hoping that you know
1262s	players like pocket train like Yuri
1265s	Hunter uh actually you know keep showing
1268s	up and keep proving
1269s	that they got what it takes because
1272s	that's just cool to see dominant players
1274s	like that it gives us more to talk about
1276s	right
1277s	as you could tell from this intro God
1280s	knows we need it I let's let's be clear
1283s	here I don't really need
1286s	more things to talk about okay more
1288s	Hearthstone themed things to talk about
1290s	sometimes
1292s	but as far as just you know straight up
1294s	talking uh-uh I could
1296s	I think we all know uh some of the
1300s	directions that I can go at the very
1302s	least Neil knows Neil AKA Lorinda AKA
1307s	Bond there's the current standings
1309s	um there are uh four players for
1311s	additional players that are 4-0 uh that
1314s	aren't shown on this bracket because we
1316s	can only fit 16. we don't have the
1318s	technology
1320s	um but uh this is some of the players to
1323s	look out for today some of the players
1325s	that we've been talking about right a
1326s	lot of big names up there let up pocket
1328s	train Fury Hunter okay shinsuke pun ciao
1332s	bye
1334s	yeah it's a good little mix isn't it I'm
1336s	happy to see letter back on top he's a
1338s	real personal favorite of mine I really
1340s	loved watching him play it during his
1341s	run in uh Grand Masters uh in the EU
1345s	Grand Masters and then a lot of players
1347s	that we haven't seen much of nor topping
1350s	the leaderboard there probably on
1351s	tiebreakers just about coming up in the
1353s	lead
1354s	um you know construct companies players
1356s	I haven't heard all too much of uh but
1359s	Jacinto we got to see him yesterday I
1361s	think it was his first Masters Tour
1362s	maybe his second uh but he was playing
1365s	some very very solid Hearthstone
1367s	yeah
1369s	and again I would hope that would be the
1372s	case once we get to this part of the
1374s	Year where the Hearthstone will just get
1377s	more and more solid
1380s	as the days goes on
1382s	um as the days go on not as the days
1385s	goes on because that doesn't make any
1388s	sense but you know I'm correct Derek
1392s	but um solo and I were talking a little
1394s	bit at the end of the broadcast
1395s	yesterday
1396s	and uh something I want to talk about
1398s	actually no I don't want to talk about
1399s	it now because our match is ready we'll
1401s	talk about it later it's about Rogue and
1404s	its presence let's put a pin in them in
1406s	like the top yes put a pit in it uh
1409s	we'll Circle back
1411s	um we have a match coming up dardar
1412s	Binks versus holy water
1415s	and I guess we could shift the
1417s	conversation I was going to talk about
1418s	Rogue then I was going to talk about
1419s	Paladin let's just expedite the Paladin
1421s	conversation because both of these
1423s	players uh have Paladin in the lineup uh
1427s	which is oh well one's banned uh so the
1430s	conversation's got 50 less relevant
1432s	that's okay uh holy water still has
1435s	Paladin up what are your thoughts on
1436s	Paladin where where do you think it's uh
1438s	it's it's lying right now in the
1441s	metagame I think Paladin is a really
1443s	interesting class actually at the moment
1446s	contrary to how it is through 90 of uh
1449s	hearthstone's life cycle uh in my
1451s	opinion
1452s	um as there's a lot of different ways
1454s	you can go and I've seen a lot of
1455s	different players trying different
1456s	strategies uh like the first thing you
1458s	have to talk about is pure verse just
1461s	normal control-ish Paladin when you have
1463s	the neutral cards in as well and I do
1466s	think I'm coming down on the side of
1468s	including the neutral cards you get rid
1470s	of the Countess but you still have uh
1473s	just a stronger mid game when you slot
1475s	in this School teachers Samurai in there
1477s	as well akani such a strong card and
1479s	dinathary has been very powerful as well
1481s	but the really interesting interesting
1484s	sorry interesting thing for me is how
1487s	much late game how much extra value how
1489s	many extra wind conditions you slot in
1491s	the deck because Soto was talking about
1493s	the kind of arms race that you have uh
1495s	in the meta game right now and I think
1497s	that's actually never been more apparent
1499s	than it is right now that
1501s	one of the big reasons you put renothol
1504s	in your deck is because otherwise you
1506s	actually don't have enough cards to win
1508s	the game in your day which is like a
1511s	really weird state to be in and it's
1512s	kind of never been true throughout
1514s	hearthstone's history but now it feels
1516s	that way like I've experimented with 30
1518s	card Paladin 30 card Shaman 30 card Mage
1521s	and for me personally major a little bit
1524s	less so but for Paladin and Shaman you
1526s	just kind of run out of stuff you can't
1529s	win the game because players have so
1531s	many consistent threats so much removal
1533s	because they have a 40 card deck that
1535s	you need to have a little bit more punch
1537s	at the end of your game and so you know
1539s	if you're playing 30 card pure Paladin
1541s	which is what Hunter race has been
1542s	espousing the virtues of for the last
1544s	couple of weeks in my opinion maybe I'm
1547s	just playing it poorly you have one
1549s	final big push with the Countess and if
1551s	it doesn't win you the game which often
1552s	it doesn't you just lose the game's over
1554s	you have no further strong follow-up and
1557s	so Paladin right now both of our players
1560s	going for the non-jaila build but with
1562s	those neutral cards slotted in I think
1564s	this is about where I would end up
1565s	because you have a a good immediate
1568s	punch with those strong curve options
1570s	then you have dinathrius and variant to
1572s	follow up at the end for a like I said
1575s	enough actual win conditions to close up
1577s	the game yeah
1579s	interesting Dynamic that we're seeing
1582s	with Paladin and it's it's it's doing
1584s	quite well
1585s	we'll keep our eyes on that first game
1587s	though between holy water and Darter
1588s	Banks it's going to be the shaman uh
1590s	verse Hunter standard archetypes control
1592s	Shaman versus Beast Hunter
1595s	um so
1597s	this is a matchup that we've seen quite
1600s	a bit control Shaman in itself
1603s	a deck that has a lot of these power
1606s	spikes but can struggle if it falls
1609s	behind or on the early board uh just
1613s	because it just lacks just straight up
1615s	removal right its removal is just
1617s	other minions hitting into minions
1621s	that's uh the extent of its removal and
1625s	um taking a look at the Beast Hunter
1626s	from holy water not on screen but
1631s	got a a castle kennels thrown in there
1637s	about it as far as weird stuff one
1639s	collateral damage at the top end which
1642s	we have seen
1643s	uh from players so not that
1646s	not the craziest of inclusions yeah I'm
1650s	kind of surprised I mean maybe in test
1652s	they just found it wasn't good but the
1654s	uh
1655s	what's it called
1656s	uh
1658s	they're a Monica not Frenzy
1660s	devouring plague devouring plague that's
1662s	the one yeah that's the card that was
1664s	actually very interested in especially
1665s	when you're playing imported tarantula
1667s	because it just gives you such a strong
1669s	immediate wide board clear that Hunter
1671s	has uh kind of lacks uh in this current
1674s	build of the deck which I was personally
1676s	quite partial to uh but for right now
1679s	obviously that's not what holy water
1680s	wants playing the aggressor and he's
1684s	going to be doing that pretty well with
1686s	just a nice aggressive start spending
1688s	all his Mana
1690s	yeah
1691s	and I like beefing up the trog here
1696s	as opposed to you know going for just
1698s	the two drop k-9otron uh it does it is
1701s	going to line up better against whatever
1704s	um Dart our biggest is going to do on
1706s	the next turn and uh yeah this is what
1708s	Shaman does to try and overwhelm with
1710s	stats that's its removal you overwhelm
1713s	stats and a little bit difficult here
1716s	because of this beefed up trog
1719s	thunderbix would love to be able to just
1722s	get a wild paw Cameron's out here but
1724s	we'll probably just have to settle for a
1725s	null
1727s	and then roll into just wild paw Caverns
1729s	on the natural curve next turn
1732s	seems to be uh
1734s	the only reasonable play available to
1738s	him right now agreed I think this is the
1740s	only line uh if
1743s	like with no guarantee that the location
1745s	is going to turn up anytime soon it's
1747s	time to just use them
1748s	uh frog has to go yeah
1752s	those locations could be you know 20
1755s	cards away
1756s	it's crazy so many cars in that deck
1762s	oh and you put it like that it sounds
1763s	awful I want to go back to the 30 card
1765s	version no 40 cards is great
1769s	but it's so many
1773s	I don't know what I think
1775s	you're just excited about it no matter
1777s	what yeah 40 is the big number
1780s	way bigger than 30. oh
1784s	not even close
1786s	all right we got double can animatron
1788s	here ooh
1791s	um
1792s	obviously given that it's a double
1795s	of a turn oh sorry double dredge turn
1797s	you probably want to go
1798s	avish first
1801s	and then wild Spirits with the second
1803s	canine Neutron so you stack wild Spirits
1805s	next turn and then tavish the turn
1808s	oh
1811s	that's so awkward uh oh no sorry it's
1815s	not the weapon I was thinking it's the
1816s	weapon so King Crush will get reduced
1818s	sorry I'm being stupid uh yeah I think
1819s	it's just wild Spirits then
1827s	um just uh
1829s	get out of John Derek it's
1833s	all right
1836s	that's all let's all be calm here okay
1842s	oh he's such a big number TJ how could I
1844s	be calm I know right
1848s	it's insane 40 cards
1858s	oh oh man this play for daughter Binks
1862s	has worked out gorgeously like the fact
1864s	he went coin
1866s	wind chill to protect the Knolls really
1869s	not an obvious play at all
1872s	but now I mean look at the reward he
1874s	gets like you don't even think about
1875s	this right this is a 10 drop for one
1877s	manner yeah the only way I would second
1881s	guess it right is if I literally that
1884s	was the only Mana he could spend this
1886s	turn but he is running right
1889s	um as a as a nice you know three Mana
1891s	play uh to to back this up so not bad
1894s	turn that into an eight eight not too
1897s	shabby I'd say
1913s	your deck size and starting Health up
1917s	40
1918s	good 40. excuse me kidding me
1922s	do you have any idea what my parents
1924s	would have done for 40 cars yeah
1928s	ah they had it so easy though we deserve
1932s	a break we deserve 40 cards
1935s	hey what do you mean wait we're of a
1937s	different generation right
1939s	yeah
1940s	they went they went to college for like
1942s	you know 20 bucks and a pack of gum
1944s	you know we deserve 40 cards
1950s	that sounds like a Fed rate yeah they
1953s	could buy a mansion for 30 cards you get
1956s	a studio apartment for 40 cards you know
1958s	uh Amen brother
1963s	all right a little off curve here I just
1965s	like getting the wild paw Caverns out
1968s	ah
1970s	yeah because you saw the dredge card
1972s	um see I guess theater
1974s	does make some sense because the the
1976s	wing commander and the hydraulon have
1979s	been sitting in hand for a bit yeah
1980s	that's right and usually when that
1983s	happens they're you know
1986s	pretty high impact cards so
1989s	yeah I guess he's he maybe has a read
1992s	right now I mean not a hard read but
1994s	he's thinking it might be tavish right
1995s	which is why he wants to play theater
1997s	right now
1998s	um
2000s	but I can't understand I I think in the
2002s	end I like him waiting because the only
2003s	impactful turn six play is uh tavish
2007s	exactly right everything else is five or
2009s	seven and it just so happens he had
2011s	dredged it to top deck it perfectly on
2013s	turn six but God I couldn't have played
2015s	around that anyway
2023s	and I mean obviously this next turn he
2025s	could just go boner into theater if he
2027s	wants to spin the wheel and see what
2030s	vulner has in mind but I wouldn't mind
2033s	yeah you uh take the card that you want
2037s	and then
2039s	owners just like here
2041s	have it back
2042s	hold up there buddy
2049s	um
2054s	it's we're not to the point of the game
2057s	yet where dardar Binks is
2061s	I guess he could play three cards right
2062s	if you get like clown fish uh I mean for
2066s	motion denied but it's the nine damage
2067s	super relevant in this part or would you
2069s	rather have
2071s	like a little bit more board presence
2073s	I'll be looking at Maneuvers though
2075s	right does he have any minions oh it's
2077s	the Stag that makes things awkward if it
2079s	wasn't for the Stag
2081s	um Maneuvers would be insane because
2083s	he'd play hydralazon and then data Binks
2085s	would have to either kill one of the
2088s	tentacles in order to proc the
2091s	um
2093s	emergency Maneuvers which would then
2094s	just give more tentacles or he'd have to
2096s	kill hydraulodon itself and end up
2098s	giving him infinite board to turn after
2100s	yeah
2102s	uh but the the Stag in the way means
2104s	there'll be an alternative Target which
2106s	is a
2111s	wow we can actually see Dada passing up
2114s	null plus location on this turn for an
2116s	insta 10 drop because he smells that
2119s	there's a hydralodon or a bear something
2121s	big coming down in this next turn yeah
2124s	and he has met with some pretty scary
2126s	news I
2130s	I was gonna say I think you take the
2132s	hydralodon but
2134s	bad Eggman is so powerful when it comes
2137s	down like this board is very salvageable
2139s	for holy water if he can just survive
2141s	until that turn nine
2143s	yeah at the same time if you take away
2145s	his curve play for next turn yeah you
2148s	could get so far ahead in the future
2151s	uh especially given over the Knoll knows
2154s	that's not even playable next turn
2156s	the holy water has a hero power and then
2158s	whatever comes off the top
2160s	as plays and this board is starting to
2163s	get pretty big so
2166s	with just the emergency maneuver's face
2168s	is frozen so it doesn't have to worry
2169s	about the Stag tracking is a good pickup
2172s	I mean it hit something good
2175s	I guess pet collector just to have
2178s	something to play Harpoon Gun Frozen
2181s	face plus already a weapon equipped
2184s	that is not hot
2191s	the Lost Battle Cry is still
2194s	toss I don't think we want to mess
2196s	around with that we could go
2199s	ocani plus para or like boner akani I'm
2203s	thinking on this turn just to give again
2205s	maximum disruption
2213s	I mean you really you really do want to
2215s	kill the Stag because if you kill the
2216s	Stag with emergency Maneuvers uh it
2219s	takes three turns for the
2221s	the dormants to wake up again so it's
2223s	essentially just does nothing yeah
2233s	Harry knows it's not snake
2235s	useful information at this point because
2237s	he attacked face on the previous
2239s	could still be motion denied
2243s	uh oh true sorry yeah good point
2248s	ah okay
2255s	yeah sure
2259s	oh a little funky Maybe
2267s	just in again I think he could have
2269s	gotten a slightly better emergency room
2270s	but he is still very far
2274s	yeah
2276s	okay
2283s	do nothing this turd it's a good draw
2285s	because it's something that he can hear
2287s	a power and
2288s	thrown to the akani that's about it yeah
2290s	true
2292s	um if that was a Hoffer could have
2294s	traded over the economy uh first right
2297s	with the weapon swing plus the Huffer
2300s	and then got in a pet collector for the
2303s	saber
2304s	but alas there is eight
2308s	well it it could actually
2312s	be the case that bouldner has minion as
2315s	well as the akani effects right because
2317s	bonus still has one of those
2320s	ah
2322s	I didn't even see it because he's got a
2323s	lightning bolt exactly yeah
2327s	but I'm pretty sure he's got one of them
2329s	born you tricky guy
2337s	gotta just be Brute
2349s	you're gonna sweep up the spiders
2356s	oh he's thinking about it
2360s	okay sorry yeah I should think about it
2362s	how does hydralazon
2365s	that's right even with the piranha
2371s	uh but you could go for I mean you
2373s	really want to go for AOE plus damage
2375s	here like the the sticks to face is
2378s	worth a lot as you start to close out
2379s	this game uh but it was also tempting to
2382s	go for this uh the taunts sorry yeah in
2385s	the way as you could potentially protect
2387s	your boner
2390s	thank you
2399s	yeah
2401s	I don't know but I think he's just
2404s	speaking to himself like what uh
2409s	how big of a deal this Wing Commander
2411s	could be
2414s	I don't know
2416s	did he know that that wouldn't get
2417s	counterspelled by boner there am I being
2419s	stupid does bone and not have the the
2421s	akani effect I thought that's how it
2423s	works but
2428s	I don't know
2433s	and it felt like there was a 50 chances
2435s	Hickman instantly
2439s	all right well either way it's doing it
2443s	a ridiculously strong job I mean this is
2445s	what I was afraid of for Dada this is
2447s	why I was thinking you might consider
2449s	picking Hickman because look at what it
2451s	does as one card alone this is an
2454s	insurmountable boat
2457s	yeah one benefit all right what was the
2460s	last battle cry I played
2462s	was it okanie
2474s	uh sorry the last Battle Cry was a
2476s	brucan so yeah parrot to get six damage
2481s	and then the outs would be
2487s	amalga a clownfish amalgam flurgle but
2491s	then you don't have another murloc
2494s	foreign
2496s	damage to face last turn it must have
2499s	been some way right all right going for
2501s	second macaw
2503s	nope
2504s	yeah yeah yeah that's a good point
2517s	five
2519s	and eight
2530s	26 damage yeah that'll do it
2534s	that
2543s	that was uh quite close and honestly I
2546s	thought that
2547s	our Binks was in a good spot you know
2550s	once there was a couple of dead turns
2552s	yeah yeah
2554s	from holy water but just couldn't get
2556s	sort of that
2558s	uh enough to get that finishing blow
2561s	um which ended up being the uh the the
2564s	downfall and those later turns you said
2567s	it probably could have been done
2569s	slightly more efficiently it's hard in
2572s	those spots though uh especially you
2575s	know knowing the information
2577s	biggest deal there though was probably
2579s	what you were talking about right
2582s	um with the pick of the wing Commander
2585s	hydraulic line probably much easier to
2588s	deal with even even if it had come down
2590s	on curve
2592s	um though maybe he was worried about it
2593s	or getting blown up and then again
2595s	Shaman from hand
2598s	really doesn't have outside of swarmers
2601s	and Knoll much way to to answer it that
2604s	probably could have been the worry and
2606s	instinctually I probably would have gone
2608s	just with hydraulicon 2 as the as the
2611s	choice just because you know okay I have
2615s	three full turns basically to do
2617s	whatever I want and my opponent's gonna
2619s	be having to play off the top uh each of
2622s	those turns which B Center does have a
2624s	lot of like
2627s	garbage yeah I mean in the deck it goes
2631s	even further than that because on that
2632s	turn not only did he make the difficult
2635s	50 50 pick between hydraulic done and
2637s	win Commander he actually passed up just
2640s	playing null and getting himself another
2642s	10 drop because I believe his location
2643s	was active on that turn and he could
2645s	have just gone attacking and get another
2647s	10 drop which
2649s	you know he made the read that there was
2651s	probably high trailers on in hand there
2653s	was and he clearly gone into that turn
2655s	thinking I'm gonna play theater to
2658s	either steal hydralazon or the bear one
2660s	of the power Spike seven drops and I can
2663s	understand that but uh you know maybe it
2666s	was just better to slam the big null get
2668s	a 10 drop because hydralazon doesn't
2670s	answer that especially well bear doesn't
2672s	answer that especially well and uh again
2674s	maybe it's slightly undervaluing uh
2676s	Akerman but holy water now going over to
2679s	his Paladin to try and take down the
2682s	shaman instead and this is one of the
2684s	biggest match-ups where when I was
2686s	talking about at the start of the series
2688s	uh having enough win conditions uh
2691s	Shaman is one of the classes that tests
2693s	that uh the most heavily they have so
2696s	much strong removal now in the form that
2699s	you just saw in that starting hand right
2701s	Sylvanas and double Devourer are such
2704s	strong single Target neutral removal
2707s	options they put in the game now and
2709s	Paladin really struggles against that
2711s	kind of board clear when they're playing
2713s	uh big Leviathan or they're playing down
2717s	King Varian or these big light raids all
2721s	these strong single Target removal
2722s	spells are very very tough for Paladin
2725s	to find enough threats to actually
2729s	Outlast all that removal yeah
2739s	reasonable early stuff here
2741s	or
2743s	both players start our banks you know
2745s	obviously not hitting like
2748s	Googling or
2750s	like two drop
2752s	but actually has plays to make in in the
2754s	coming turns right spammy arcanists
2757s	might be able to to do some work got
2760s	cookie to just bite some time get rid of
2762s	this early game stuff
2764s	and uh
2768s	really has uh sireton atheros in the
2770s	opening hand to to start you know
2772s	beefing that up and getting that closer
2774s	to
2776s	being the late game Powerhouse that it
2778s	is
2780s	oh double primordial wave though
2783s	the timing of this is gonna be
2785s	interesting
2786s	yeah if no cards are played here next
2789s	turn you have no coin wave yeah
2794s	which is obviously a very powerful
2796s	proactively on your side to get yourself
2798s	a 10 drop but I do actually like holding
2799s	off on it because
2801s	just making a single 10 drop is not the
2804s	win condition against Paladin that it
2806s	could have been against Hunter
2807s	especially had he got a better tender up
2810s	at the time because they have righteous
2812s	defense and they have a good chance of
2813s	having it in hand because they've played
2815s	the holy night as well they're
2817s	discovering an extra spell here as well
2818s	which could be equality it could be
2820s	righteous defense and all of these
2822s	effects just make it so that going all
2824s	in on a big null transformation to me
2827s	does not seem quite worth so I respect
2830s	this line for data scent
2834s	oh they are actually going pretty wide
2836s	here
2839s	oh then you know this is stored of what
2843s	the deck does
2845s	it does have a lot of early game stuff
2846s	but the early game stuff is just to kind
2848s	of
2850s	power whatever else you're doing right
2852s	these all have scary effects
2856s	pretty nice to trade away all the one
2858s	Health minions as well though makes
2862s	potential for a spammy Alchemist a lot
2864s	less apparent yep
2880s	I mean I I said that the null isn't
2883s	something you should necessarily be
2884s	going all in on I do still think it's
2886s	something you should try and do at some
2888s	point I do prefer holding on to the next
2890s	return to try and get a big swing in one
2893s	turn with the primal
2898s	Duty
2899s	and still high life total not too
2901s	worried about this early game Power from
2903s	Paladin because that's not what the deck
2905s	is all about
2907s	and so just gonna
2909s	use the weapon to start cleaning things
2910s	up tone them up
2914s	and uh passing the turn back over so now
2916s	spammy's starting to look a little
2918s	better obviously not great especially
2919s	with that
2921s	reasonable size light Ray
2924s	reasonable Ray
2931s	I don't think
2932s	about this total
2935s	but wait what about primordial wave
2950s	it still doesn't feel that strong though
2952s	if you just go with an old plus wave oh
2954s	it's bad yeah you just give this a real
2956s	bad right
2957s	wow okay really
2962s	oh
2964s	what does he get that's the new one that
2966s	can gain
2968s	wind Fury and rush and stuff right
2974s	garment card
2975s	I think that's always
2979s	sing it and I know a dude with a broom
2985s	I thought that was a card
2989s	yeah 610 is a really rare stat line yeah
2992s	yeah
2993s	hasn't been many six tens in the uh
2997s	the history of hearthstone a frozen
2999s	mammoth that was a six seven
3005s	and what a game eh oh
3010s	a little bit of glog
3013s	so mutinous seems
3017s	relatively appealing the only thing is
3018s	there's a lot of damage on board that's
3020s	just gonna bypass you but
3022s	it's all righteous defense so you know
3025s	there's something big in the hand
3027s	there's not that many cards I think one
3030s	of these spells was picked up by
3033s	uh the night of annoyment so knows that
3035s	there's a holy spell in hand
3039s	so this is actually a tougher play also
3041s	there's spammy math
3044s	but yeah exactly that's there's nothing
3046s	you can really do to impact that
3051s	um
3054s	because you can't get a if you trade in
3056s	the oh no you can yeah one two three
3059s	there's no four
3061s	but that's fine it's just gonna isolate
3063s	the uh
3065s	he's six six at this point
3069s	which is all just fine okay for holy
3071s	water like he just gets to keep swinging
3072s	the Leviathan he is
3074s	enormous oh my goodness
3083s	yeah I mean if you dredge you can give
3084s	yourself Carol for next turn so I do
3086s	actually prefer dredging here than
3088s	drawing a card weirdly enough because he
3089s	knew that Carol was on the bottom yeah
3095s	even though that's usually the wrong way
3096s	to go about it
3099s	and now just what are you even going for
3102s	you can give your opponent a seven drop
3104s	a six drop and uh I don't actually know
3107s	what the tail is but
3112s	well it's attached to Leviathan so it's
3114s	got to be a seven right
3117s	does it is that how they oh no
3121s	I didn't think so but he sounded so sure
3123s	yeah I always say I trust you I trust
3126s	you TJ
3127s	there's your uh here's your first
3129s	problem all right it's a three drop
3136s	that would make sense from a lower
3138s	perspective
3139s	from like a if this was Hearthstone in
3141s	real life perspective
3145s	YouTube mini series awaiting to happen
3149s	ATP
3153s	run with it
3159s	I mean all of a sudden like uh
3161s	this is really the problem with Shaman
3164s	now right when you don't have access to
3166s	snowfall Guardian you don't have
3168s	especially strong board clears if you
3170s	don't get ahead with something like
3172s	starfish Plus or oh sorry clownfish plus
3175s	all the murlocs or a big null pop of uh
3179s	you don't have the board clear you don't
3180s	have the stall and you're just behind
3182s	for the entire game like Darda Binks
3184s	hasn't even looked like he's in this
3185s	game at all from start to finish nope
3189s	and is now dead
3197s	glug there's enough damage just with
3200s	what's presented enough stuff
3202s	on the board he'd be dead with her glug
3206s	and I've made a Neptune doesn't touch
3208s	anything
3210s	Bob Fish completely useless oh you can
3212s	brown
3213s	brown fish brown fish Cassie would dump
3216s	that's bread and cod fish together and
3219s	it's also an homage to faten them
3221s	casting with Derek Brown
3223s	a lot of things going on there a lot to
3225s	unpack but oh okay roll's a taunt totem
3228s	and then glugs okay survive
3231s	[Laughter]
3233s	and then dies instantly and then dies
3236s	instantly yeah
3239s	I mean I think it was like just blade
3241s	Master would have done it because it
3242s	kills one yeah exactly by itself but
3245s	yeah that's gonna be a 2-0 lead now for
3248s	holy water so
3251s	uh not looking good for dardar Binks
3254s	this uh this Shaman just cannot get the
3257s	job done and now for holy water the
3264s	only deck remaining is going to be the
3266s	priest
3267s	which is a blessed priest Boon priest
3271s	buff priest whatever you want to call it
3273s	all those things are the same
3276s	because bless and Boone are both Buffs
3278s	well if bless uh sorry buff and uh
3284s	I'm gonna do a joke and I messed it up
3285s	TJ
3287s	okay take a deep breath all right
3292s	if it's equally buffed priest and Boon
3294s	priest let's call it buffoon priest hey
3300s	don't these players look stupid now
3303s	yeah what an easy deck am I right yeah
3313s	uh we can't just leave the hunter
3315s	players out there to dry come on now
3317s	yeah and we've said it so many times
3320s	since this deck has made its foray into
3323s	competitive play but it just looks weird
3327s	how do you win like ever
3330s	um you play no minions it's you play
3334s	Priestess right now mental handmaiden
3336s	okay that's it the rest are just spells
3339s	but you have plenty of card draw
3342s	and sometimes those spells with one
3345s	rating Elemental and boom is all you
3348s	need to lock some decks out of the game
3350s	if you can have a pop-up turn on at a
3352s	reasonable pace
3354s	there are many decks in the metagame
3356s	that just can't beat it and uh that's
3359s	what it relies on
3361s	um obviously you know Shaman is one of
3364s	the Decks that can
3365s	um has sort of that disruption effect
3368s	right the polymorph effect yeah with uh
3371s	primordial wave
3374s	um but again 40 cards
3379s	don't many
3380s	that is so many fine there's got to be
3382s	an answer somewhere in there yeah uh
3385s	intention will devour a lot of times the
3386s	the pop-off happens long before that but
3388s	you can buy time with wind chills and uh
3392s	and like while Paul Cavern I guess it's
3396s	just just keep jamming them into uh
3399s	jamming into the Boon that's about it uh
3403s	but Donna brings together
3405s	on over to the ramp druid
3408s	yeah which is a matchup that I
3411s	anticipated would be terrible for Druid
3414s	because these are two pretty archetypal
3417s	Decks that we have here they're
3419s	representative of uh strategies that
3422s	have existed for a long time in
3424s	Hearthstone like Druid is just ramping
3426s	and playing Big Stuff essentially and
3428s	some form of buff Miracle priest has
3431s	been around since like
3433s	realistically like at least 2019 if not
3435s	earlier there was some like slight meme
3437s	builds hovering around before then uh
3440s	but we've got the first kind of cleric
3442s	bonsamdi uh
3444s	uh all in buff priest then and
3446s	traditionally the priest has done very
3447s	very well against Druid because they
3449s	don't have enough single Target removal
3451s	but now weirdly enough if there's one
3453s	thing Druid specializes in it's strong
3456s	single Target removal it's it's like the
3458s	weakness of the class but because they
3461s	have all this ramp in the deck and all
3463s	these cheap Minions that can die thanks
3465s	to a nyxia and scale of inyxia uh
3467s	they're allowed to play these heavy
3469s	infused Target removal minions in
3472s	Devourer Sylvanas and even attorney at
3475s	Moore in a sense as you can see in hand
3477s	there for an extra silence effect which
3479s	all of which leads me to believe that
3481s	this is actually just a bad matchup for
3484s	the priest uh in my opinion I I lose
3487s	this matchup when I play the priest not
3489s	especially surprising but I win it a lot
3491s	of the time when I play the Druid as
3492s	well uh Because unless your opponent
3494s	gets off to a really fast start on the
3496s	priest like Lightning Fast turn four or
3499s	five latest you just ramp up too quickly
3501s	and then you have the answers
3505s	yeah when Derek it wouldn't matter from
3507s	both sides you know it's good you're in
3509s	trouble then
3511s	you're in trouble and like you sort of
3514s	like you said unlike the shaman which
3516s	insatiable Devourer takes a long time to
3518s	get to a lot of times the priest can pop
3520s	off with the rant from Druid he can get
3522s	there a lot easier so already some
3524s	rampant hand very good opening here for
3526s	Dr B so it's Jerry Carpenter to find the
3529s	nourish wild growth Guff
3532s	looking pretty good only water's hand
3535s	stop at it either has switcharoo yeah
3538s	it's good uh in the handmaiden
3541s	um just needs to find some more you know
3544s	I can play this regardless of board
3547s	State kind of spells uh you know we're
3549s	looking at right eliminate
3551s	um chat over Devourer I guess Drive
3555s	yep it's a great one the leash plus
3558s	radiant okay that's the perfect combo of
3561s	minions actually that he got this is
3563s	this is doable uh for holy water now
3565s	very much so yep because against this
3568s	matchup you gotta go fast you gotta end
3570s	the game before those big things
3573s	come online for The Druids so
3580s	and in this also in this matchup
3583s	sometimes you gotta just say all right
3584s	it's time now I gotta
3587s	damn my radiant fly by the seat of my
3590s	pants
3591s	and hope that I pick up the good stuff
3593s	along the way I don't think it's his
3594s	turn I agree uh you you five Mana is
3598s	usually like the uh The Sweet Spot
3599s	there's the Boon so now we're looking at
3602s	some potential here uh going into the
3605s	next turn we're starting to approach the
3607s	all right
3608s	he's gonna pop off he's popping off I
3611s	think he's popping off yeah it was a
3613s	kind of a tough choice there because you
3614s	would like to go thrive thrive Boone to
3617s	activate the handmaiden fully on this
3619s	turn uh but I think he absolutely makes
3622s	the right call but Boone is just too
3623s	valuable to instead of passing up
3631s	as for how to spend the rest of this
3633s	manner for
3635s	da da though like
3637s	it would be nice to spend the manner
3639s	proactively on Druid of the reef so you
3642s	have a little bit more to work with next
3643s	turn but you don't want to put an extra
3645s	minion down for shadow a Devourer
3648s	especially because you don't want to put
3649s	it in attack form
3653s	so I could reasonably see just hero
3656s	power
3657s	um
3659s	Earth and scales is not absurd I don't
3661s	think either just to get a minion on
3663s	board that doesn't die to a single
3664s	Shadowood devour
3681s	okay
3683s	all right
3684s	absolutely time to go in
3689s	oh that's a zero Manor boon
3693s	that seems uh
3696s	quite good
3698s	White
3701s	that's another wig no bless no second
3704s	fortitude so this isn't going to be in
3707s	completely far left oh sorry there is a
3711s	blast okay okay yeah
3714s	apologies they're pretty good pretty
3716s	good
3718s	I'm getting double booned on turn five
3720s	is pretty rare that doesn't happen often
3722s	no
3725s	okay yeah you know this specific
3727s	combination of uh illuminate into uh
3732s	probably start the turn and this is a
3736s	two third lethal set
3738s	or two term meaning this turn this is a
3741s	lethal setup
3743s	and this is
3748s	ah
3752s	um
3753s	can you survive you have the silence to
3756s	take down the radiant itself and then
3759s	you're tanking 32 37 38
3764s	next turn
3768s	which is like survivable you you could
3771s	go
3775s	smash everything in and then coin
3777s	attorney at more
3781s	extern obviously becomes a lot worse
3782s	then but do you really want to spend
3784s	five mana on Guff on this turn
3787s	very expensive
3792s	just because like next turn you have to
3794s	have you know enough stuff to be able to
3798s	yeah
3799s	enough Mana next turn to work with try
3803s	and get through
3804s	I guess this way if you draw Devourer
3807s	even though it won't be infused it will
3808s	be so big that Devourer plus scale Will
3811s	Survive you for a turn
3814s	I think yeah
3820s	obviously he first has to survive the
3822s	turn uh holy water can try and find
3824s	something on identity theft to just win
3826s	the game on the spot
3832s	evidence is fantastic
3835s	in uh
3837s	get another boon exactly yeah
3840s	it would be playable baboon a blast
3843s	something
3847s	classic very nice as well
3849s	yep
3854s	pretty good stuff
3861s	okay looking for that Bliss
3871s	I guess that's ritual
3873s	you can play it right now on a Silence
3876s	of minions summon a copy oh yeah wait
3877s	there are these minions you can't
3879s	silence yeah so it's definitely ritual
3880s	lose the taunt but get another massive
3882s	minion
3892s	I thought I think's not happy about it
3894s	because that infused Devourer
3896s	not gonna be there in time is it
3899s	no and it's not even in the hands so
3902s	and yep it sounds well you can challenge
3906s	these but as we just witnessed still
3908s	keeps the stats
3910s	I was thinking like convoke or something
3911s	I don't know or Nightshade Bud into
3921s	Miracle growth
3929s	yeah we can see even with Turtles no
3931s	matter how much you kill off you're
3932s	still dead
3933s	I mean he's just he's dead on board even
3935s	without the uh
3937s	Whispers of the deep
3939s	is there a way though to go like
3941s	best in Shell Drew to The Reef taunt and
3944s	then
3946s	Earth and scales
3948s	I don't think so I don't know even then
3951s	yeah all these little minions mop up the
3954s	uh the Druid of the reef
3961s	oh okay
3962s	uh he's still
3965s	honor with Vape uh than scales he can
3969s	at least stay alive if he does Earthen
3971s	scales on the Druid of the reef that's
3973s	pretty sick that's pretty sick
3978s	it's a cool line a cool line to go for
3980s	and then instantly die because holy
3983s	water is obviously gonna spot this one
3984s	right out the gate
3986s	it's got 16 attackers well
3992s	guard our banks really couldn't get
3994s	anything going in that series still 4-1
3996s	score but yeah holy water now five and
3999s	oh firing on all cylinders
4002s	uh looking like the lineup's working
4004s	right
4005s	um
4007s	has that that bless priest which I
4008s	thought was actually going to have a
4009s	pretty high win rate
4011s	um that was one of the the guesses that
4014s	I made when I was casting Masala
4015s	yesterday is which ones were
4017s	uh the highest it's not
4020s	um but the uh Paladin floating up there
4023s	uh and of course hunter in the lineup
4026s	are almost always be support right if
4029s	you even go 1-1 with hunter in a series
4031s	like it's it's doing its job that seems
4033s	to be what a lot of players are doing in
4035s	floating at a 50 win rate so
4038s	3-0 to kick off the day Derek
4041s	yeah just thoroughly convincing all
4043s	around I think for Dada there were some
4045s	things we could disagree on maybe in the
4047s	first one or two games that last one
4049s	like he just got priested there was
4052s	really nothing he could do on the Druid
4053s	he ramped up as quickly as he could and
4055s	didn't find the answers he needed uh but
4058s	for holy water like you know we were
4059s	mainly focusing on dadar it felt like
4061s	because the whole series was just him
4063s	trying to dig himself out of his own
4064s	grave uh but for holy water he was just
4066s	like the Terminator man just like cold
4069s	unfeeling just playing some lights out
4072s	Hearthstone from start to finish and
4074s	looking like a bit of a beast a real
4076s	Contender uh for this Master's tour
4079s	yeah lineup's working plays are on point
4082s	that's what you want now 5-0 uh so two
4085s	more wins on the day needs locked with a
4088s	5-0 start his tiebreakers have to be uh
4090s	pretty good as well I think he was
4091s	already in the left side of the bracket
4094s	so we based those off of current tie
4096s	Breakers obviously a lot of things can
4098s	change
4098s	since I was only halfway through the
4100s	Swiss rounds
4102s	um but uh looking to be good so even
4104s	like a 6-2 score could get him in if his
4108s	tie Breakers are good if he you know
4110s	goes 6-0 and then uh drops to at the end
4113s	of the day
4115s	um I was uh someone rooting for Darter
4117s	Banks there just because you know you
4119s	got your time to shine in the last
4121s	Masters Tour Derek or in in Master's
4124s	horse this year
4126s	but America is just it's been a long
4129s	time you know I'm just waiting just
4130s	itching to have uh at least an America's
4132s	player in like the top four right it
4135s	feels like it's been been so long so
4137s	maybe Darner base can still get there
4139s	still be rooting for him
4141s	um but alas I have to fight it back from
4144s	4-1 uh but we uh are done with this
4147s	match we still have some round five
4150s	coverage some continuing coverage
4153s	from round five which is going to be
4154s	coming up a little bit before we do that
4156s	though gonna have to take a little bit
4158s	of a break while we switch out some
4159s	casters so don't go anywhere more action
4161s	to come here for Masters Tour Ma and
4163s	disorder right after this
4165s	[Music]
4172s	no no no
4175s	no
4176s	[Music]
4178s	no no no no no no no no no no no
4180s	[Music]
4183s	they're Witness
4186s	all shall rise
4190s	bad for your life
4193s	I will never serve but you shout you
4199s	must acquit
4201s	the dark lady did not commit this
4205s	unspeakable lie
4209s	your cell awaits
4211s	your confession will save us all the
4215s	time
4218s	[Music]
4223s	thank you
4228s	[Music]
4235s	thank you
4236s	[Music]
4240s	[Applause]
4242s	[Music]
4258s	foreign
4261s	[Music]
4270s	[Music]
4303s	foreign
4308s	[Music]
4333s	foreign
4339s	[Music]
4355s	[Music]
4363s	welcome back everyone you are joining us
4366s	in round five Hearthstone Master saw
4369s	more and disorder that was a very quick
4370s	opening Series which means myself and
4373s	Gia have the great pleasure of bringing
4375s	you I believe a full series to wrap up
4377s	the round before we move on and it is a
4380s	good looking series indeed here as we
4382s	have uh former Grandmaster letter going
4384s	up against weiatsu on the other side yes
4387s	very fun stuff and as I was about to
4390s	tell you during our little break there
4392s	this is a little bit of a fun one for me
4396s	because yesterday I got to cast a series
4397s	from aojiru who is a very well known
4400s	Caster in the Japanese scene oyatsu also
4402s	a pretty well known Caster in the
4404s	Japanese scene who also competes very
4407s	very often a lot of their commentators
4410s	go back and forth in the competitive
4412s	circuit as well and he is rocking that
4416s	Jailer Paladin that we saw yesterday
4418s	unfortunately though it's been banned
4420s	away
4421s	yeah we did get to see a very brief
4424s	visit from Jayla Paladin in the final
4426s	round of yesterday as myself and TJ were
4429s	just wrapping things up it did not
4430s	perform particularly well for Nolan in
4432s	that series but it has done enough to
4435s	get the respect of a ban in this one
4437s	which is quite a rare ban looking at the
4439s	stats overall uh Paladin only being
4442s	banned around six percent of the time in
4444s	total Jayla Paladin only being banned
4447s	two percent of the time uh based on the
4449s	day one stats so interesting decision
4451s	from letter and but I do think it goes
4453s	to speak a little bit to some of the
4455s	different choices he's going for with
4458s	his lineup having a control Paladin a
4460s	non-jaila control Paladin of his own
4462s	through another
4463s	yeah that's right having these somewhat
4466s	slower decks I feel Falls prey to what
4469s	the Jailer has to often has to offer
4471s	more often than a aggro deck for example
4474s	which maybe has set up counter
4477s	aggression to the point where the
4478s	Paladin doesn't necessarily feel
4480s	comfortable just dropping that 10 drop
4482s	but against a control deck they can be
4485s	pretty helpless against that immune and
4487s	maybe can't take advantage of the
4490s	fatigue fast enough let uh going to lead
4493s	with his Beast Hunter here just scanning
4497s	down the list there's nothing out of the
4499s	ordinary here uh
4502s	no um
4505s	Valen I guess is something that we can
4507s	talk about but other than that it's
4509s	pretty common to see the top end here I
4511s	guess opting for truck and a slightly
4514s	heavier early package
4517s	yeah two copies of tarantula as well is
4520s	a tech that we've talked about quite a
4522s	lot throughout day one with all the
4525s	threat of priests specifically being
4527s	thrown around having the ability to deal
4528s	with those huge minions uh Boone priest
4531s	and you know the giant minion style
4533s	priest decks have been underperforming
4535s	compared to what some people would have
4537s	thought looking at the stats it might be
4539s	the you know these decks like Hunter
4541s	which you're kind of bringing priests as
4543s	as
4544s	um a counter to Hunter if anything
4545s	they're expecting to have a good match
4546s	up there at the very least so more and
4549s	more decks I think tacking against what
4552s	priest has to offer might just be
4553s	responsible for some of that low win
4555s	rate but no priest to be seen in this
4557s	one it's gonna be the Mage coming out on
4560s	the other side for yatsu and very
4563s	similar to before pretty standard things
4566s	overall there is a natural copy of mass
4569s	polymorph thrown in the deck again I
4571s	think just paying some consideration to
4574s	that priest in particular as well as a
4575s	couple of other key matchups do you like
4577s	the mass polymorph Tech
4579s	yeah I think it does afford you quite a
4583s	rare way to answer certain boards that
4585s	have death rattle on the other side I
4587s	think also pretty good against Hunter
4589s	aside from being good against priest
4592s	here and it is somewhat reminiscent also
4595s	of just sansoku's winning lineup from
4597s	previous Master tour where just that
4601s	inclusion of Deepwater evoker and some
4603s	of the heavier spell package and saying
4605s	you're not afraid to run that even
4606s	though you still have wildfire in the
4608s	deck has sort of created one of these
4611s	more modern Mage lists here not a bad
4614s	opening hand whatsoever for ayatsu
4616s	probably keeping double locations seems
4619s	like Overkill but oh okay my mistake I
4622s	was thinking that's not the type of
4624s	three drop you necessarily want to curve
4626s	the second one into but because they
4628s	don't come down at the same turn you get
4630s	to sort of go back and forth with their
4632s	activations I guess yeah I I honestly I
4635s	love mage location and I would keep as
4637s	many copies of it as being off it didn't
4639s	most match-ups I think people don't
4641s	necessarily appreciate how much like
4645s	wild poor Caverns is you know you're
4647s	just getting free minions every single
4649s	turn you know it's actually a lot of
4650s	tempo when you invest that initial uh
4653s	three Mana but I did want to ask you geo
4655s	with your clearly extensive knowledge of
4656s	Japanese casters uh so far ayatsu's
4659s	wardrobe game does not seem to be up to
4661s	par with what we saw from urjiru
4663s	previously but is the camera Reaction
4666s	game gonna be on point
4669s	um I would say probably not as much as I
4673s	would do I had definitely seen a couple
4676s	of the clips where he has done some
4679s	animated things but you know in every
4681s	casting pair you cannot have two hours
4683s	you know that's true you gotta have good
4686s	cop bad cop
4691s	if your double keeping location I would
4694s	assume that the plan would be to coin
4696s	one out here
4698s	guys
4704s	so it does make it such that the second
4707s	location is not that awkward to play
4710s	actually because he's drawn sugaring
4712s	Sorcerers he can just have a turn for
4714s	filled out with the Mana perfectly and
4717s	get that blizzard discounted hold on to
4719s	coin for something more pertinent later
4722s	on
4727s	yeah I'm gonna play them on consecutive
4729s	turns using the first skeleton
4731s	immediately which means he will get the
4734s	two locations desynced there is most
4737s	locations you almost always would prefer
4739s	to have them desynced but there is
4741s	sometimes some Merit in having both Mage
4744s	locations available on the same term but
4746s	this is just kind of the natural curve
4748s	that ayatsu is playing out here no other
4749s	real way to do it
4753s	available here to take a value tray that
4755s	could die on the death rattle of the
4757s	skeleton but that's really not the end
4759s	of the world because if it
4761s	um were to shuffle the sunken saber then
4763s	Aletta could dredge it with the Harpoon
4766s	on the following Turn All Things
4768s	Considered it's not perfect I mean it's
4771s	not a super fast start from the hunter
4774s	the mountain bear already in hand but
4777s	um he has value for several turns to
4780s	comes I think that's generally all you
4782s	can ask for versus me just to have
4784s	continuous waves of threats
4787s	yeah I think if anything it might be
4789s	preferable to the saber to have died
4792s	there from Letter's perspective because
4794s	otherwise he knows this is what's going
4796s	to happen right consistent freezes over
4798s	a couple of turns really uh lowering his
4801s	Valley from that Harpoon Gun
4803s	the nice thing is he has the alternative
4805s	the Harpoon Gun here of a really nice
4808s	curved play of just rad King uh getting
4810s	that on board and because he has the
4812s	minions pre-loaded making it so that
4814s	it's not difficult to revive
4816s	post-dormancy the devourings form
4819s	looking a little bit awkward here
4820s	because the saber was the last minion to
4822s	hit the board so I figure he can still
4824s	hold on to that for later
4830s	foreign
4834s	both players hitting a pretty smooth
4837s	opening curve it's got to be searched
4840s	no one really floating manner both
4842s	players being pretty effective with
4843s	their board Tempo plays and this is what
4845s	this kind of matchup is really
4847s	throughout the mid game is both players
4850s	having very effective plays to the board
4852s	major little bit more reactive but if
4854s	you do get those locations online and
4856s	you can start leveraging those skeletons
4858s	into deathborns and everything else you
4860s	are a very effective deck at playing for
4862s	the board as well so this mid game
4864s	battle for the board I think is going to
4866s	be really important in this one
4867s	right that's born does start to become a
4870s	huge threat and I'm sure Lada will have
4872s	on his mind from this point moving
4874s	forward
4875s	ayatsu has floated his first Mana of the
4877s	game but I think it's wise to hold on to
4879s	the coin because that's an eight Mana
4880s	Rune that can come down in two turns if
4883s	the coin is preserved
4889s	so now does get the opportunity to set
4891s	up the dredge combo he would like to go
4894s	for it since there is nothing else
4897s	particularly appealing to do this turn
4899s	with everything else just kind of
4900s	landing on the seven drops does seem to
4902s	make the most sense
4904s	he actually has quite a paired down
4906s	beastful care of having drawn both of
4909s	the mountain bears obviously uh drawing
4912s	out king Crush would be ideal could
4914s	still get hydraulic not the worst ever
4915s	or either of those tarantulas which we
4919s	talked about having two coffees is
4921s	pretty interesting
4932s	[Music]
4935s	to me
4939s	a handful of sevens is certainly awkward
4941s	you can only ever play one of them in a
4943s	turn so none of them got dredged for a
4946s	discount meanwhile for oyatsu I think
4949s	he's very happy to continue stalling
4951s	here and start a new training soon I
4955s	mean it is just one rune for now but
4958s	he's not short on card draw and if
4961s	that's the last spell causing five or
4964s	more played at any point the parrots can
4966s	wreak some Havoc yeah very true outside
4970s	of that though his hand is just starting
4973s	to run out of things to do that Modric
4976s	is going to be a mile away from getting
4979s	anywhere I'm not sure if there's been
4980s	particularly any pings outside of the
4983s	one Amplified snow flurry that came down
4986s	the one zero manahero power daiatsu's
4988s	just spending his men on cards but
4989s	effectively No Reckless Apprentice just
4991s	yet no Wildfire stuff going on so
4993s	there's going to be some distance away
4995s	and with the amount of pressure that's
4996s	on the board if the Rune doesn't clear
4999s	up these location charges are going to
5001s	be used up as well taking time out to
5004s	play like deep water mocha Arcane
5006s	intellect if I just end up taking too
5008s	much damage on the backswing great
5010s	especially you know this Altima is
5012s	getting used very likely it will get all
5015s	the way up to three Gorgon Companions
5017s	and I think ladder dredged up a theater
5019s	oh my goodness oh never mind forget
5023s	literally everything I said it's a box
5027s	Game Gear
5030s	uh
5037s	when you get that smile from the player
5039s	you never know whether it's an actual
5041s	triumphant smile where they're pleased
5043s	or just a wry Smile as one of them
5045s	happens from box but yeah pyroblast to a
5048s	minion in that case very much the latter
5053s	there's that Theater which feels a bit
5057s	awkward to play this turn because seven
5059s	plus one works out really cleanly the
5061s	thing is sunken saber doesn't even have
5063s	an immediate rush Target so I wonder if
5066s	letter wants to try and slow down on the
5070s	tempo a little bit to disrupt some
5073s	follow-up from oyatsu it's not easy to
5076s	make a read on pirate being in hand it's
5078s	also not going into a crucial turn like
5081s	when you expect Magister Don gasp to
5083s	come down on curve yeah and it's also
5086s	just the contents of the rest of your
5088s	hand is very high quality right you
5090s	don't necessarily want to a give some of
5093s	these cards to your opponent or B lose
5095s	access to them yourself so I do think
5097s	it's a fairly awkward theater turnover
5100s	all right
5104s	okay going again
5112s	holy Jelly's insane to start off and it
5115s	does hit one of the death rattle minions
5117s	objection is huge as well look at
5119s	Letter's hand he doesn't want to give
5121s	any of these minions up
5126s	foreign
5129s	did not really get the job done second
5132s	one absolutely did that is beautiful
5137s	and the extra
5139s	[Laughter]
5143s	rooms
5145s	oh okay now Atlanta knows about the
5147s	objection yep he knows that it is the
5150s	worst possible secret it could be yeah
5152s	right a luxury
5155s	I mean you take the small victories
5158s	where you can
5160s	oh perfect
5166s	this is the best turn 9 trog I've ever
5168s	seen
5169s	[Music]
5181s	one show on the racking slightly
5184s	frustration
5188s	wondering if Lata wanted to weave in the
5192s	saber there while he had board space and
5194s	maybe not use the other Hydra head
5197s	forward rush but I think it's correct of
5199s	him to identify just maximizing value
5201s	here is more important because look at
5204s	the size of oyatsu's hand compared to
5206s	let us needs real mileage out of every
5209s	single Minion remaining
5211s	yeah and even then I think he'd be
5213s	hard-pressed to get there you've really
5216s	not seen too much AOE or stall coming
5219s	out from the mage deck at this point and
5220s	with the amount of cards that were just
5221s	drawn from all of those runes you're
5223s	just expecting to see blizzards and
5225s	death thorns and the light coming out in
5227s	the future
5229s	firstly making it perfect for ayatsutu
5233s	to kill everything off simultaneously
5234s	thus not Reviving the Hydra heads just
5237s	needs to commit second Flame
5242s	and yeah making the strike first will
5244s	revive the Rat King which you might as
5246s	well do first right because you're gonna
5249s	AOE here anyway this makes sense
5251s	I worked out perfectly the skeleton shot
5254s	landing on the right thing
5258s	always the damage here
5268s	I don't remember the other judge options
5272s	from that event I think one of them was
5273s	a one drop so potentially dredging makes
5277s	his average draw worse than just a
5280s	random card from the top of his deck
5285s	and the theater problem remains of what
5289s	does he even want to give away
5293s	foreign
5302s	gun presumably yeah
5306s	oh man these aren't great for Lada
5313s	are denying the savara I think is the
5315s	most useful overall obviously it's one
5317s	of those situations where you do coffee
5320s	it you create a true copy of what you
5322s	see but the uh the preview window does
5325s	not necessarily show you all the
5326s	information on a card like savaro uh so
5329s	letter takes it gets the information
5331s	still needs one spell it could have for
5333s	all he knew just been ready to jam on
5334s	the board
5336s	that one spell may just not happen yes
5339s	there's so few spells in the hunter deck
5342s	I mean both doggy biscuits and rambling
5344s	mounts we haven't seen yet or a wild
5345s	Spirits so there's a good shot second
5348s	devourings form as well but the vast
5350s	majority of this deck will just keep
5353s	this savara inactive
5355s	I wonder
5359s	though ayatsu has had no shortage of
5362s	resources but I guess the one thing that
5365s	he should have been sad about at this
5366s	point in the game is not having like a
5369s	reckless Apprentice though we're just
5372s	still kind of far from being active but
5375s	he's been so far ahead on board that he
5378s	can safely play a kel'thuzad and leave
5380s	up a king crush on board no problem he's
5383s	basically at 40 Health years
5389s	yeah and letter just forced to make me
5391s	all in in response
5393s	is just about the final push that letter
5396s	has available
5397s	like any self-respecting Hearthstone
5399s	player is going to send that King Crush
5401s	face of course even though uh he uh not
5404s	looking too hopeful in terms of actually
5406s	getting over the line
5408s	three left on the more josh
5411s	and that thing is dealing three
5416s	I think that might just be enough from
5418s	Letter's perspective
5420s	whether or not I asked you guys to send
5422s	these attacks through nope spoilers he
5424s	does not you already see click to
5426s	continue where Letter's hand should be
5427s	and that is going to be game one going
5429s	over to ayatsu very very clean Victory
5433s	really hinged off the back I would say
5434s	of that double location early just
5436s	really denying any ability for the the
5439s	hunter for the letter to get ahead on
5441s	board and then you know once you've
5443s	secured that early game a couple of
5445s	runes that'll do the job well I suppose
5447s	more than a couple three runes in the
5449s	end one natural one for the parrot and
5451s	then one from a nice blood Tower coming
5452s	out of your deck which at that point it
5455s	was just a resource battle right oh he
5456s	actually just had too many power plays
5458s	for letter to be able to get back into
5460s	the game that's right major location
5462s	just one of the best ones out there
5465s	because it provides so much counter play
5468s	against almost any board state if your
5470s	opponent is going wide well you do get a
5472s	minion on board that also has a death
5474s	rattle that can clear something if
5475s	they're going tall you get the freeze
5477s	and that also saves them off for a long
5480s	time so that the Mage has access to
5482s	their power plays later on very
5485s	fortunate to have hit the pirate but uh
5487s	it was very deliberate of ayatsu to hold
5490s	on to shivering Sorcerers for a bigger
5492s	outcome not play it down too early and
5494s	to hold the coin to get that Rune out as
5497s	soon as possible but I'm gonna move away
5499s	from the hunter here onto control Shaman
5502s	which is also looking like a very
5505s	standard list as far as I'm concerned
5507s	cutting down on one Devourer I think is
5511s	not too uncommon these days but the one
5514s	of spammy as the inclusion could be
5516s	interesting yeah it's super interesting
5519s	to me I was talking with TJ about this
5521s	last night as we were ending the
5523s	broadcast I suppose yesterday afternoon
5525s	in terms of real terms I tend to frame
5527s	my days around when I'm casting
5529s	regardless of whether or not it's
5530s	daylight outside
5532s	um but it's interesting to me that
5534s	Shaman has continued to be a powerful
5536s	deck and pretty much a meta deck because
5537s	not only did it really not get anything
5539s	from the mini set like Sylvanas has gone
5542s	into that list but outside of like game
5544s	changing cards not too many it also had
5547s	its entire freeze package nerfed into
5549s	Oblivion and it's just survived it's
5552s	just continued as a deck which is
5553s	something that I found a little bit
5555s	surprising overall just going to show
5557s	the overall flexibility of the deck yeah
5560s	I think it can be said or similar things
5564s	can be said of any deck that has 4D
5567s	quality cards you can stuff into it and
5569s	because we've had quite a few uh card
5573s	sets already and the mini sets have all
5576s	just proven that you know there's a few
5578s	handfuls of cards that you can put
5580s	together there is just 40 high quality
5583s	cards that you can use on average that's
5586s	still going to be good enough of an
5587s	early game curve to justify and enough
5590s	of a mid game to be consistent as well
5592s	and then just having that 40 health and
5594s	then the time as Shaman to have access
5597s	to vulner mutinous or denatures into
5601s	macaw has always given it some measure
5605s	of inevitability
5610s	that's his turn on the hunter now Hunter
5612s	a deck with middling performance in this
5614s	tournament so far but obviously the deck
5617s	that has a loss in this series
5619s	uh so first you can fare any better and
5622s	I do like this strong Tempo opening here
5624s	from here to just denying any uh loss of
5628s	tempo in the early game to some of the
5630s	plays that can come down from shaman
5632s	great I think it's a good spot to get
5634s	the peasant down as well generally if
5637s	the shaman is presented with location
5640s	and schooling in their hand unturned
5642s	when they will play the schooling just
5644s	to give themselves one more turn extra
5646s	of
5647s	um hitting that gold Char null and then
5650s	timing the location at a point where you
5652s	know it's more useful as an additional
5654s	card in hand uh and because oyatsu
5656s	didn't see this cooling he knows it's
5658s	actually very hard to talk to answer the
5661s	peasant immediately on this turn and let
5663s	I hear I mean the boner is very tempting
5667s	because if it sticks around clownfish is
5670s	amazing but it's so scary it's a dog
5671s	biscuit
5673s	my wing evolve outcome is a 2-3 pretty
5678s	good yeah and I think forced to do this
5680s	I mean this is a really common play with
5681s	Shaman anyway when you go location on
5683s	one just to go totem evolve on two uh
5686s	you can generally do that with the null
5688s	curve in some situations anyway like the
5691s	most common curve is to not play the
5692s	location on one if you have the null in
5694s	your hand but you can often make curves
5695s	work we go location on one totem on two
5697s	evolve but in this spot with a peasant
5701s	on board the letter has to start playing
5703s	stuff to fight the board right even
5705s	though he would love to evolve this
5706s	clownfish instead I think it was
5708s	absolutely the right decision
5711s	foreign
5714s	got an amazing for ayatsu here to get
5717s	control of the board and
5720s	pick up a
5723s	wild Spirits gotta be Spirits right yeah
5727s	and just knowing that there's another
5729s	Baddie guest at the bottom means that
5730s	canine Tron uh played next turn if he
5733s	wants to can pick that up but it's more
5735s	likely I would say to get the spirits
5737s	down early andada here has all his
5739s	Battle Cry Synergy cards but no real
5742s	payoff at the moment
5749s	doubles up on clownfish right yeah right
5752s	yeah with no follow-up murlocs right now
5754s	which is the big problem
5756s	evolve targets nothing super premium now
5759s	anyway and this is kind of the problem
5760s	right you talked about any deck having
5763s	the luxury of playing 40 high quality
5765s	cards like yes the card quality in this
5768s	deck is huge but when you have 40
5771s	individual cars they don't all synergize
5774s	with each other in the way that a 30
5776s	card deck perhaps would and sometimes
5778s	you do end up with some situations like
5780s	this but the luxury of 40 health of
5782s	course as you mentioned is that letter
5784s	still has plenty of time to uh tie this
5786s	slightly awkward looking down together
5788s	they have one gorlock garbage or pick up
5791s	and all his problems are solved
5793s	[Music]
5797s	problems are multiplying in the meantime
5801s	other wild Spirits available
5804s	and he knows now that there's a mountain
5806s	bear at the bottom can dredge that with
5808s	the Harpoon Gun
5810s	oh
5813s	dredge so incredibly satisfying when it
5816s	all lines up perfectly like that you get
5818s	to see the bottom of the deck you get to
5820s	dredge again safe in the information
5822s	that you've got great cards down the
5823s	bottom similar feeling to when just all
5825s	of your Outcast is playing nice when
5827s	you're playing Demon Hunter you play one
5829s	card from the left-hand side the next
5830s	perfect card slides over
5832s	the dream
5835s	title surge is the pick here for Lada I
5838s	was wondering about the implications of
5839s	schooling but I think with these two
5842s	Minions on board he has enough to infuse
5844s	the famished pool
5845s	uh
5847s	that definitely makes more sense to go
5850s	with title search and preserve your
5852s	health a bit more
5857s	thinking of infusing altimore getting
5860s	very scary as well
5867s	you can see with how far behind letter
5869s	has been and throughout this entire game
5871s	so far against the deck you know as
5873s	mid-range Gene aggressive as Hunter is
5875s	let us still at 31 and the difference
5877s	between 31 and 21 here against Hunter is
5880s	enormous Atlanta does not have to panic
5882s	in this position
5884s	yeah not quite yet
5888s	primordial wave is huge gives him
5892s	potentially a better way to answer the
5895s	mountain bear crucially he does not use
5897s	the evolve on the famished pool I think
5899s	expecting that even if it were to get
5901s	evolved it would be value traded down
5905s	thus making his primordial wave less
5907s	effective
5909s	yeah exactly
5911s	and we've seen this in the past with
5913s	Shaman as well when you have more random
5916s	evolve effects and more targeted evolve
5918s	effects
5919s	um like an AOE evolved in a targeted
5921s	evolve you kind of want to do the AOE
5922s	evolve first because then you get to
5924s	make a more defined Choice as to what to
5927s	do with the targeted one null is the
5930s	perfect pickup now here for letter as
5932s	well now this turn gets extremely
5935s	complicated
5938s	I'm trying to figure out if a spammy
5941s	angle would be better here but I'm not
5944s	seeing the cleanest break points like
5946s	obviously with schooling you can get
5948s	those breakpoints but there's not enough
5949s	Mana to do so
5955s	because if you played Knoll then spammy
5957s	the null can either go to two or put
5960s	something at one and you're still
5963s	lacking up for health to make this super
5965s	clean
5968s	oh not primordial instead
5971s	so
5976s	but you can evolve it not actually kind
5979s	of good yeah I'm coming um I mean it's
5983s	not a lot color it's not in the next
5985s	year but it's not the worst
5997s	oh I should take the clean trade into
5999s	the six six interesting
6001s	yeah I mean looking at it on reflection
6003s	the value trades that you can take are
6006s	very low impact right you get to rush
6008s	into a 1-1 and then evolve which yeah I
6010s	mean taking care of a six six as I said
6012s	the difference between 31 and 21 is a
6014s	big deal and letter is now below that 21
6017s	range so I think trying to prevent
6019s	himself from taking that six damage it's
6021s	a decent idea very fair that's fine
6026s	okay activates this family
6030s	because currently there's nothing on
6032s	three Health here but others can be
6035s	fixed nope
6043s	problem for Latta is he's stabilizing at
6046s	10 Health which is not quite so stable
6049s	at all even just against the hunter hero
6052s	power but there's the dinathrius in hand
6054s	to think about and there is that weapon
6058s	from this dog coming out soon as well
6061s	his hand absolutely goes off next turn
6065s	though with the boner with the clown
6067s	fish with the good luck ravenger like
6069s	this is an absolutely ridiculous next
6071s	turn and he will get to dinathrius First
6074s	in this situation for the lifesteal that
6076s	will prevent the uh the counter lethal
6079s	it might be the only one that gets to
6082s	denature the nurse comes down and Chomps
6085s	it but we'll see if first of all Lata
6087s	needs to answer this board and the thing
6089s	is he has neither mutinous nor flurgle
6091s	in hand that can be fixed with the
6093s	ravager but oh man the boner clownfish
6095s	mouth always gets me here
6102s	only drawn one clownfish one ravager
6105s	otherwise in terms of murlocs so there
6108s	is still plenty of murlocs to draw
6112s	but he also needs to find a way to heal
6115s	because even if he deals with this board
6117s	and delete ayatsu's hand there's just
6119s	the weapon and the hero power for lethal
6122s	so either a taunt or healing is what
6125s	Laden is on top of clearing this board
6128s	so something of the amalgam will be
6131s	necessary
6133s	yeah amalgam targets
6136s	certainly worthwhile taunt totem can get
6138s	him there as well it really does feel
6140s	like if he survives this turn oh if he
6143s	finds a way to survive this turn he
6145s	probably wins the game just from that
6146s	dinathrius on the following turn that
6149s	tar creeper oh he's overloaded
6154s	it's so tense
6156s	and the rad king is not awake good for
6160s	ladder
6162s	I'll give this kid to be traded here I'd
6164s	have to imagine right
6170s	foreign
6177s	alternative plan
6180s	oh your opponents are five do you really
6183s	want to give up the deal two damage pun
6187s	or about dealing nine
6190s	three three cards yeah
6194s	I don't know this is actually really
6196s	close
6197s	uh
6199s	the thing is the five damage behind a
6202s	taunt is so awkward because it takes you
6204s	three buttons If This Were four I would
6206s	say sure we can hold off on the tabish
6208s	we have no time for games
6213s	okay it's going for it
6218s	explosive
6222s	he didn't take it on the first one
6225s	presumably yeah
6229s	so
6234s	oh
6236s	this is so tense here
6238s	and Lada has to be thinking about motion
6240s	denied right
6246s	you play around it though like is it
6248s	possible
6249s	I don't know I guess packing with some
6253s	things if you just play school teacher
6256s	and then just hit a nogling that gives
6259s	you healing then theoretically yes
6262s	pick me yeah and play around it yeah
6266s	wind chill kind of the same thing
6271s	that is Oh Yeah from letter yeah let's
6274s	let's under I mean this is kind of
6275s	smartest plays around emergency
6276s	Maneuvers and the nine damage right so
6279s	he is playing around multiple secrets in
6280s	this spawn
6282s	it's an industrious
6284s	I mean it's not guaranteed to be lethal
6285s	but it feels more than likely especially
6287s	with the weapon no five to face is a lot
6290s	here I think yeah no I don't I do not
6293s	think that is favored just on napkin
6295s	maths yeah for 14 damage though
6298s	I was thinking to kill the tar creeper
6300s	but yeah I guess there was enough Health
6302s	on board that that wasn't particularly
6304s	likely either
6306s	and that means that Letta will be able
6309s	to play his denatures
6313s	but how Juiced is it 21. that's plenty
6321s	but it doesn't kill the other denaturas
6324s	and the emergency Maneuvers now he's
6326s	gonna proc on the mishes but that's fine
6329s	they're not offers you can deal with
6331s	this for a turn
6333s	and how angry is Lada gonna be when he
6337s	watches the stream back later and
6338s	realizes this was not motion
6342s	oh he'll find out soon enough I think he
6345s	might get the news before the end of
6347s	this game
6348s	yep
6349s	aimed shots
6352s	just the most damage like of course you
6354s	don't get the extra two but it's still
6356s	dealing more than arcane
6359s	what yeah why okay it doesn't matter
6363s	yeah it makes literally no difference
6365s	but still it's just funny
6368s	I mean you're just missing out now your
6370s	next Huffer isn't going to deal six
6371s	damage like what are you doing
6374s	oh King Crush
6377s	surely
6383s	there's no way he's trading this dinner
6385s	oh he's treating them okay
6389s	I kind of thought let them have their
6390s	ones that their 10 life steal if you get
6392s	your 11 to face but
6396s	I took the burrito over King crush the
6398s	hydralazon presumably yeah
6401s	actually feels like now the lifesteal
6403s	has taken hold he needs to fight for the
6404s	board again instead of just going for
6405s	straight up damage
6407s	okay so the balner brand macaw check
6413s	or dinathrius is well lethal right
6426s	is it more damage to play yeah it will
6430s	be right still I was just looking at
6431s	like doing it with clownfish instead but
6433s	yeah it's better still
6437s	oh
6442s	yeah he will find out here it's not
6445s	motion tonight and he's still one
6447s	playing around
6449s	yeah it has to get the amalgam out for
6452s	the finishing blow
6454s	I on the parrot to discover another
6456s	power up because the pirate is a good
6457s	boy yep there you go perfect
6462s	and that is gonna be one one
6467s	oh no no no no sorry sorry because it's
6470s	my car right so the Macaw is copying
6471s	yeah it's recent yeah like the game is
6474s	over
6485s	um he can put everything to three health
6487s	or less to continue this explosive trap
6491s	being quote unquote a threat yes
6500s	but in doing so you are leaving up
6503s	multiple impactful Minions on the board
6508s	foreign
6519s	literally one damage face stay tuned
6527s	I'm finally making us wait for it but
6531s	you would continue to be hard-pressed to
6533s	imagine a way back into this foreign
6535s	mutinous
6543s	okay
6544s	[Music]
6547s	so funny to watch a triple activation
6550s	denatures and then be like wait I gotta
6553s	Scramble for two more turns to find
6554s	lethal
6558s	yeah that was still going to be the
6560s	game-winning play though and honestly
6561s	like I the discovered tar creeper pretty
6563s	much won that game right like even even
6566s	though my initial Instinct was that you
6567s	could then denaturis immediately
6570s	um with the you know I let's probably
6571s	gonna win the game if he survives this
6573s	turn it's still pretty much true where
6576s	if he he needs to survive that turn and
6578s	the turn after and unbelievably one tar
6581s	creeper managed to to hold the line for
6584s	two turns against Hunter with all the
6586s	threats to be thrown out on the other
6587s	side like absolutely insane pick up with
6590s	the elemental discover from the amalgam
6592s	and then yeah if you let Charmin get to
6595s	the point where they can just start
6596s	playing repeated dinathrius battle cries
6598s	like that is going to be very very
6600s	difficult to beat particularly with the
6602s	way Infuse works right Infuse when a
6605s	card becomes infused it technically
6607s	becomes a new card so the you know the
6610s	the Battle Cry copy from the bird copies
6614s	the card exactly it actually copies the
6616s	full infused value which is such a
6620s	absolutely hard to believe this existed
6623s	even when killed us like it was allowed
6626s	to exist when chaos was at six mana and
6628s	you could do this a whole lot sooner
6630s	Shaman even though it has this
6631s	inevitability does have a really rocky
6634s	road to get to that point which it was
6636s	only the tar creeper standing between
6639s	oyatsu and victory but of course that is
6642s	just the second game of the series both
6644s	players with one win a piece both
6646s	Hunters still available and Lata is
6649s	going to go back and give it a try again
6652s	here
6654s	yes indeed both Hunters on both sides
6657s	have been defeated in this series so far
6660s	and both players of course then still
6663s	have a hunter left to win with because
6665s	despite Daryl Brown's protestations
6668s	earlier in the day I'm sure everyone
6669s	does know how Conquest works and doesn't
6672s	need it explained to them but yeah what
6674s	differences do we have between these uh
6676s	two decks here Jim
6679s	going from the very top end there's no
6683s	devouring swarm for oyatsu which if it
6686s	is going to be a mirror where both
6688s	players have you know decent curves back
6690s	and forth I can see the devouring swarm
6692s	just being a value tool a very useful
6694s	one for Lada there's also the uh
6700s	top end differences not too many that
6703s	I'm seeing just going down the list of
6705s	it here it's actually no Sylvanas the
6707s	accused for ayatsu which is a very very
6710s	big deal because if you can Infuse that
6711s	and steal a death rattle minion
6713s	particularly a rat king that can be so
6716s	much long-term value going on later yeah
6720s	ayatsu has the defense attorney instead
6722s	essentially right in that that same spot
6724s	which is uh yeah pretty interesting we
6726s	will see it is going to be the hunter
6727s	mirror I think this could potentially be
6728s	the defining point of the series because
6730s	uh otherwise the the matchups are
6733s	looking fairly reasonable with the
6735s	control paladins still to go from letter
6737s	on the other side the Mage still
6739s	available Mage picked up a win already
6741s	for uh let's see so it would just be the
6743s	uh what would be remaining the control
6746s	Shaman for ayatsu on the other side
6748s	which would be the deck remaining so I
6750s	do think the hunter picking up a win
6751s	here for either player is probably going
6754s	to be the Crux of this series and ayatsu
6756s	does hit one drop into doggy biscuit
6758s	which is the absolute dream going for
6760s	first
6761s	yeah good to know that no matter how
6764s	much Hunter's identity has changed and
6766s	that they don't play reach and they
6768s	don't go full aggressive anymore going
6771s	first in the mirror is still a very very
6774s	winning line
6775s	yeah I mean that's just kind of
6778s	hearthstone right it'll be you'll be
6780s	hard-pressed look we might have 40 cards
6782s	now we might have 40 Health but I think
6785s	going first and playing a one drop in
6787s	Tempo mirrors is gonna continue to be
6789s	good in this fine game of ours for quite
6791s	some time
6793s	I will have a slight asterisk there
6796s	though because with the castle kennels
6798s	one of her oyatsu he has quite a bit of
6801s	comeback potential here giving rush to
6803s	Vis here can if he were on the opposite
6806s	end of this situation give him
6807s	reasonable answers but in letta's
6810s	position he's kind of hoping for oh I
6812s	guess exactly that card or the rushing
6816s	from Wild spirits
6818s	yeah
6819s	I think wild Spirits just mashing as
6822s	many wild seeds as you can here just the
6824s	way they all uh Compound on each other
6827s	with the increased speed of the wake up
6829s	just does make a lot of sense even
6830s	though ramming Mount was quite appealing
6832s	in terms of initial trade I do think
6834s	these wild seeds are probably the most
6836s	powerful early mid-game tool that Hunter
6838s	has access to right now so not getting
6841s	baited into doing other things than wild
6843s	seed is uh pretty much to your interest
6845s	and I don't often give Raven credit for
6848s	things Gia but I will say he was banging
6850s	that drum not even day one like day
6853s	minus five he was running the drum of
6855s	like why are you playing anything but
6857s	the wild spirits
6860s	as soon as this card was released not
6862s	even just during the preview streams
6868s	uh it is awkward though to go for the
6870s	second one because all it does is
6872s	overwrite his weapon and the first swing
6874s	doesn't even kill the bear here so he is
6876s	holding off with theater instead and can
6879s	steal any of these premium cards for his
6882s	trouble
6883s	uh the pet collector seems pretty
6886s	important because there's the saber on
6888s	board and you kind of want to deny the
6890s	sunken saver but then again rat king is
6892s	so much recurring value and it's good
6894s	for letter to play more so than the pet
6897s	collector in the immediacy
6899s	pressure
6903s	or is it because he can get his own some
6905s	ajaran saber and then dredge the sunken
6908s	one with his Harpoon Gun
6912s	give the peasant
6915s	yeah I think what to give was a far
6917s	easier Choice than what to take there
6919s	does end up with the pet collector the
6921s	problem here though is just kind of how
6923s	low Tempo that play was because both
6925s	players have had extremely good high
6927s	Tempo openings and then letter has now
6930s	been the first one to Blink by playing a
6932s	theater which is going to concede board
6935s	quite significantly to ayatsu here and
6938s	like yeah if ayatsu now runs out of
6940s	steam and letter can last long enough uh
6943s	that theater might just get him a value
6944s	Advantage but it's so low Tempo on turn
6947s	four uh that I fear now oyatsu might
6950s	just run away with this if he picks up
6951s	one or two more good draws
6954s	the Rat King's standing out as the play
6958s	here but there is consideration for uh
6961s	getting this Castle kennels value on his
6964s	stag and then having that value trade
6966s	the theater because he knows there's
6968s	very likely pet collector pulling a
6970s	saber on the other side and that because
6973s	Lata has the weapon to trade through the
6975s	baritone gets a good trade into a yatsu
6978s	stag
6983s	hey that's you just considering his
6986s	trades there I think right King is the
6989s	kind of card you do sometimes get baited
6990s	into doing stupid things there like look
6993s	at that board Stone like well what if I
6994s	just trade the Rat King in kill it and
6996s	then trade something else in and kill
6998s	that and then I have one Revive on my
6999s	rat king well yes or you could just have
7002s	an alive Rat King right now which is
7004s	significantly better
7007s	I feel very called out
7012s	making numbers go up yeah
7014s	the best thing
7016s	I mean that is true
7018s	as evidenced by your new job on the
7020s	Battlegrounds team Battlegrounds making
7022s	up make number go bigger the game
7025s	all right oyatsu I think is at full
7028s	Liberty to just pivot to full face here
7031s	like this board I think he quickly
7034s	realizes the trades don't go in his
7036s	favor especially with the tarantula
7038s	popping out those poisonous rushes but
7040s	he can just ship all this damage
7042s	including Castle kennels buff including
7045s	ramming mount to the face and just sat
7048s	up for a couple hero powers to close it
7050s	out
7051s	yep Kennels Mount peasant throw
7053s	everything face
7055s	and you are probably just a few hero
7057s	Powers away from getting this done
7061s	also speaking of yesterday's theme of
7063s	random combinations of words this job
7065s	makes you say Kennels Mount peasant not
7067s	sure about that one
7069s	the old KMP
7071s	it's a Hearthstone classic right there
7075s	oh it's not even a few hero Powers it's
7077s	just one he needs
7080s	trading for tavish as the only out here
7083s	to survive in any instance that's not it
7087s	and that is a very very quick game three
7091s	yes it is and we go back to that theater
7094s	right like this isn't a criticism I'm
7096s	not saying this is the wrong play as you
7098s	pointed out the other wild seeds was
7100s	just kind of a weird play in that spot
7102s	because of the amount of lost value that
7104s	you picked up from it but theater being
7106s	the only real available play in hand yes
7109s	the Atari is a fantastic card yes you
7111s	know a lot of people complain about the
7112s	power level of it and how disruptive it
7114s	is for good reason but there is downside
7116s	and that's the downside that you saw
7118s	there is that having that card in your
7119s	deck instead of a more Tempo based card
7121s	kind of just lost letter that match up
7123s	he played a four Mana three three and
7125s	the game then didn't last long enough
7127s	for the swap effect to have had any
7129s	relevant impact on the game I had to
7131s	just took over on Tempo from that point
7133s	so that could be a potential series
7136s	defining Victory there because it has
7137s	seemed so far that the the hunters were
7139s	gonna have a little bit of a struggle in
7141s	this series overall all right I think
7143s	letters is probably not tuned for the
7146s	mirror because I see theater is
7148s	definitely one of those cards that is
7150s	best at protecting you when you're ahead
7152s	on board and making sure that your
7155s	opponent that's probably playing a
7156s	slightly slower archetype cannot go for
7158s	some big board wipe or lifesteal with
7161s	their own denatures but having to play
7163s	it when behind does compound that Tempo
7166s	loss a little bit too much but not the
7168s	end of the world for a lot he is gonna
7170s	move away from the hunter once again and
7172s	bust out the Paladin here not of the
7175s	Jailer variant but of course still
7176s	running order in the court because of
7179s	the power such high power level of
7182s	consistently drawing carrier yeah this
7184s	is the TJ Lorinda dream deck I'm not
7187s	sure how much America's Grand Masters
7189s	you ever got to watch in terms of time
7192s	zones but this was their favorite thing
7193s	to talk about how many hero powers do
7196s	you have to get on a Mr Smite for this
7197s	to be lethal in any situation it was
7201s	their uh discover Varden or puzzle box
7204s	of Yorkshire on or whatever like every
7205s	every Caster's favorite out to talk
7207s	about is it was how many hero powers do
7210s	we have to land order Mr smart Ai and
7211s	now with this deck we've ordered the
7213s	court making the outcome consistent you
7216s	do almost every game that you play Order
7218s	in the Court get the get the hero card
7221s	and then very quickly afterwards get the
7223s	Mr Smite to be able to consistently drop
7225s	those hero Powers down on it if that's
7227s	the route that you want to go for that's
7229s	why whoever did those key cards I'm sure
7231s	highlighted those three cards in
7233s	particular to talk about that particular
7234s	interaction but as again as I will point
7238s	out to TJ and Lorinda it is important
7240s	not to tunnel on that as the only thing
7242s	that is possible with the deck because
7244s	it is a very well-rounded control deck
7247s	overall as is this control Shaman that
7249s	we're seeing
7251s	and all I gathered from that subtle is I
7253s	moved to na too late I'm not able to
7257s	watch Hearthstone and uh America's Grand
7260s	Masters anymore because it's over and I
7263s	will not get to be in on all of these
7266s	jokes at least I have you here as the
7269s	historical archivist to let me know what
7272s	I missed yeah if there's anything useful
7274s	from the fact that I'd sleep an
7276s	embarrassingly poor number of hours a
7278s	day it's that I do still I have a very
7281s	good database of hearthstone content
7283s	that's built up there's filled all the
7285s	many hours that need filling in my
7288s	Sleepless existence
7291s	okay Carol joining the party even before
7293s	ordering the court sinful sous chef on
7296s	one very good it is somewhat similar to
7299s	schooling in terms of the amounts of
7301s	bodies it gives you total and it's very
7304s	nice to answer Shaman in that way
7306s	because uh one thing about this Paladin
7308s	deck is that you are not running the uh
7313s	wild pyromancer in let us list at least
7315s	so it's actually a bit awkward to uh
7317s	answer token baseboards
7320s	oh second sous chef as well second
7323s	simple susha
7325s	means that letter is going to be having
7327s	a very high Tempo opening
7333s	oh and the ban
7335s	as these
7336s	these uh I mean I was gonna say Proctor
7339s	death rattle but they could just get
7340s	transformed if they did proctorado
7342s	though that's amazing value from the
7344s	Bannerman
7357s	clownfish evolve
7361s	such is the best Tempo but it feels
7366s	really awkward because he doesn't have
7367s	any murlocs that you actually want to
7369s	Discount with clownfish and hand the
7371s	miracula is meant to go to Zero by
7373s	itself
7377s	also awkward to use evolve charges in
7380s	situations like this like this is the
7382s	downside and always has been of evolve
7384s	based Shaman decks is if you are behind
7388s	on board evolving
7390s	Ismail like one by one doesn't
7392s	necessarily do anything right like you
7394s	use a resource and evolve and a card and
7397s	then your opponent's minions can
7398s	probably just trade quite well into it
7399s	especially because there's two two ones
7401s	on board right which into like a four
7403s	Health four drop that you end up with
7405s	which would be ever so slightly above
7407s	average 3.8 something I think is about
7409s	average health for a ball drop
7411s	just get traded down most of the time
7413s	anyway so yeah I think I actually just
7415s	choosing to deny the value and letter
7417s	says okay we'll stop greeding this
7419s	banana man then and just go right for it
7421s	getting significantly less value than he
7424s	would have hoped for but fine
7426s	yeah still coming out on top of that
7428s	exchange but okay here is the heavy
7430s	header for oyatsu now has picked up
7432s	Garlock ravager which gives him the
7434s	ghost signal for clownfish
7436s	and it's not a great evolve I wonder if
7439s	he was going to evolve that again but it
7441s	does trade okay on board so gonna stop
7443s	it here maybe save the second Muk pool
7446s	uh for Garlock ravager instead and keep
7449s	them de-synced we'll see though if the
7451s	ravager can pull flurgal which is
7455s	potentially the best one except now
7457s	there's an okanie
7463s	has to be minion but I think I think I
7466s	don't think letter really had any
7468s	decision to make there I think you see
7470s	that in the mannerisms he played the
7472s	card and then paused and deliberately
7473s	took a drink of water which to me
7475s	signals that he just was deliberately
7477s	pausing there just to not give his
7479s	opponent any like you know super read
7481s	that he snap picked anything but your
7483s	opponent has coin in hand right you're
7484s	not really going to be picking spelling
7486s	wow it just calls it out as well with
7489s	the spell right away on the other side I
7491s	love the confidence he says I'm not
7493s	wasting the coin I know what you think
7495s	yeah really good just optimal yeah I
7500s	like I honestly think that smile from
7501s	letter is just yeah all right well
7503s	played you called me well done
7507s	that's a pretty good evolve here
7509s	essentially adding for health to his
7512s	already damaged Rush Minion
7520s	righteous defense not the juiciest one
7522s	you've ever seen but you will take it
7529s	yeah I like the option to go for a bit
7531s	more cycle here because Lada does have
7533s	good plays for the next couple turns if
7536s	he's expecting to clear a board can hold
7537s	on to equality Samurai and then Carol on
7540s	turn eight but after that
7543s	um you gotta find the actual Mr Smite
7545s	right to land all those hero powers on
7547s	that's right now you're learning card
7550s	carrying American citizen already jiric
7554s	jinx it
7562s	hey
7565s	I mean he could just coin another
7567s	warlock here don't think that's terrible
7571s	making the Evolve first the murlocs will
7575s	cost health
7578s	um up
7580s	wait what
7590s	that's just that's just Stomps that way
7593s	I see it
7595s	you're clownfish cheapens the amount of
7598s	Health you need to spend is that how
7600s	that works thank God things have
7603s	definitely happened here Jim I am yeah
7605s	to report that things have occurred
7607s	[Laughter]
7611s	okay
7613s	oh come on it's infinite
7616s	ayatsu confirmed not to be a D6 player
7619s	like you you just play all your cards if
7621s	you've ever played d64 look no like in
7623s	real terms no reason to right you're
7625s	playing against Paladin if they're going
7627s	to clear this board it's a good chance
7628s	that it's a board nuke that does it
7630s	anyway right so I think holding back on
7632s	the resources does make a lot of sense
7634s	in this spot
7636s	was that crazy for wanting to greet it
7638s	because the mutinous is like can be
7640s	played with Boner the next turn as the
7642s	first Battle Cry and then you could
7644s	and just munch more things
7648s	hmm
7653s	I think that's who's saying that he's
7655s	already far enough ahead here that you
7657s	know just deny them a good turn on
7659s	average and the 14-14 gets there yeah I
7662s	know but I mean 1414 is kind of the
7665s	point right is he saw the righteous
7667s	defense on the previous turn so if you
7669s	didn't Munch that turn they're just
7670s	gonna dump that huge stat minion on the
7672s	board a lot of the time next turn anyway
7673s	and you're just not gonna be able to eat
7675s	it so yeah
7679s	anyway but that does have the answer and
7683s	can stop
7685s	the D6 channel oh he's not going to it's
7688s	not
7689s	yeah he did not start the tournament
7691s	equality so he didn't have the Mana to
7694s	play Samurai here so another Health
7697s	costing card of famished fool
7701s	wait so he can continue to have things
7703s	caused Health what is happening all
7707s	right it's gone
7708s	and it's gone oh my God
7711s	oh
7717s	foreign
7718s	that's insane just Bonk for four more
7720s	imagine not playing evolve Sean come on
7723s	honestly
7724s	imagine not playing D6 Evolution exactly
7728s	I mean to be fair you're throwing all of
7730s	my favorite words together at the same
7732s	time
7743s	mandatory to make that noise also one of
7745s	your favorite words I assume
7748s	soft another flurgle oh my
7753s	double flugel with two murlocs that are
7756s	free
7757s	didn't want that I got some more damage
7759s	than a study shot
7762s	I mean board space allowing
7776s	the deliberately keeping the ramonia as
7780s	a weapon if he had swung there he'd have
7782s	it on board but nothing to rush into so
7784s	it doesn't guaranteed become a weapon
7786s	again I think that's clever yep agreed
7790s	it's the bad news that he is going to
7792s	have the uphill battle with the carial
7794s	no Order in the Court played so did not
7796s	have the certainty that this was going
7798s	to happen has seen the uh card in the
7801s	hand for quite some time though so it
7803s	might have at the very least been
7804s	suspicious that this was going to happen
7813s	and suddenly
7817s	the health costing murlocs are scary
7820s	because a lot is nowhere near dying
7823s	anytime soon
7829s	still needs two infuses on that
7833s	hmm
7837s	and the the having damaged sort of a
7840s	double whammy here because it also
7841s	reduces the amount of healing oyatsu
7844s	even gets from his merocula
7849s	that pig slime scale diver interesting I
7851s	mean the other cards weren't
7852s	particularly good admitted things
7858s	while Paul Cavern which really only
7860s	gives him one board space to play with
7861s	here and it does look like he is
7863s	favoring the diver
7871s	enough
7874s	I warn you up back on board okay
7879s	in which case playing nothing
7881s	lost spot reserved for the stack yep
7889s	peace a letter can trim down his hand to
7892s	the point where he guarantees hero power
7895s	on a very high impact minion and with
7897s	equality now he's not even too sad if he
7900s	misses hero power on Samurai but light
7902s	right
7903s	I honestly thought the light Ray would
7904s	hit the board before he pressed the
7906s	button
7914s	questionable what's better right would
7916s	you rather have this equality Tempo
7918s	swing with a giant minion coming down or
7922s	just play the light Ray increase the
7924s	chance of hitting the buff on the
7925s	Samurai and then have the massive swing
7926s	turn with the samurai instead like both
7929s	outcomes are pretty similar I would say
7931s	so I'm okay with this ordering
7933s	I kind of like the shot at buffing Mr
7936s	smito or the increased rods at buffing
7938s	Mr Smite and you still had the
7940s	guaranteed equality city tax
7943s	even if it didn't buff Samurai that is
7946s	fair
7951s	and that belongs to me thank you very
7954s	much
7957s	and that is now a giant problem
7962s	right
7967s	okay uh tomorrow 50 50.
7975s	[Music]
7977s	[Laughter]
7982s	yeah
7984s	come be able to play that get the buff
7986s	on Samurai use the samurai to clear up
7988s	and then start hitting
7991s	Buffs on Mr Smite yeah he's gonna have
7993s	to wait out this is the lock sheer
7994s	luxury of Cario is that letter can't
7996s	afford to wait this out like even this
7998s	board that letters facing is not
8000s	enormously worrying it's it's a problem
8003s	you're definitely concerned but it's
8005s	something that you can't afford to
8006s	perhaps wait one turn but letter just
8009s	out of value really and I think as long
8011s	as
8012s	ayatsu can keep up the pressure plays
8013s	this is going to be a tough one to find
8016s	your way out of
8018s	not insignificant either that he can
8020s	freeze face now up the continuous damage
8023s	from the immovable object
8031s	oh I didn't think the Evolve was
8034s	necessary but oh tots okay
8046s	here we are again
8049s	[Laughter]
8053s	okay
8055s	uh the thing is it's not big enough to
8059s	kill the sea giant or the law color
8066s	on the previous term is so scary though
8069s	like evolving your own taunt away when
8071s	you've seen uh Buffs land on minions in
8074s	hand that haven't been played
8076s	absolutely terrifying proposition
8080s	such a big deal that the immovable
8082s	object is not swingable here otherwise
8085s	that I could have killed the mountain
8087s	bear with Carol in this wing and then
8089s	Samurai to remove the death rattle all
8091s	at once so now there's gonna be an
8094s	additional two fours or two additional
8096s	two fours sticking around
8102s	lock power still deals AIDS seal dry C
8105s	giant 12 plus
8111s	there's flurgal
8114s	xtn but yeah it doesn't have enough
8116s	murlocs to get it done doesn't have
8118s	enough murlocs or enough board space to
8120s	get it done unfortunately
8125s	so just clear up keep the taunts so I
8128s	would imagine is the most attractive
8130s	option here plays around most of the
8132s	most outs from letter
8134s	kind of wondering if it was worth school
8136s	teacher first I feel like there's at
8138s	least an outcome here like uh nothing
8140s	can stop us because everything's at even
8143s	numbers like a mass board buff actually
8145s	accounts for a lot of damage right
8148s	he would yeah that's true actually yeah
8151s	one like one yes because adding one
8153s	damage to an even number is legitimately
8155s	one damage yeah against carry on yes
8160s	yeah might have been worth it outside of
8162s	that extremely limited out folks in
8164s	terms of direct damage you'd need sticks
8166s	to be halved to three to actually get
8168s	lethal spot but yeah that was definitely
8169s	a legitimate out
8172s	foreign
8177s	cleared up the minion two taunts in play
8180s	protecting from the MR Smite is a big
8183s	deal
8184s	Barry and not going to be enough here
8186s	and I think that is gonna spell disaster
8189s	for letter
8190s	Marathon series but uh following his
8194s	Japanese Caster compatriot from earlier
8196s	in the tournament
8198s	ayatsu picks up the victory in what was
8200s	a very control based series overall I
8202s	think control and Hunter that was
8205s	basically what we saw for that entire
8206s	series and kind of accurately describes
8208s	the uh the lineup of both players great
8212s	and I think accurately describes a
8214s	majority of the meta landscape just
8216s	thinking about hunter's place where it
8219s	is so prevalent but also can fall short
8222s	against Decks that just Edge it out ever
8225s	so slightly in value if it doesn't draw
8227s	that perfect curve here I think you're
8229s	right to call out that whose Hunter can
8231s	get the win is going to be defining in
8232s	the series and Lada just could not get a
8235s	win with it of course the Paladin also
8237s	fell short at the end there but even if
8239s	he had taken this win I think the hunter
8240s	was still looking in a scary position
8243s	congratulations relations to ayatsu for
8245s	moving on to five and zero now in the
8248s	Swiss very very good position to make it
8251s	through to the top 16. I think with one
8254s	more win uh it's close to a guarantee
8256s	right because the tiebreakers would be
8257s	so good if you were to get all those
8259s	wins consecutively but for Letta not all
8262s	hope is lost fight uh four and one still
8265s	definitely doable to make it to day
8267s	three yeah and it's interesting just
8268s	saying some of the lineups that are
8270s	rising to the top we've seen the likes
8271s	of pocket train and fury Hunter with the
8274s	bull priest I know Luna was doing very
8276s	well with ball priest uh bull priest low
8278s	sample in the tournament but very very
8280s	high win rate overall but some of these
8282s	control strategies are doing very well
8284s	as well uh Jayla Paladin and control
8286s	Paladin doing well Jayla Paladin doing
8288s	well in the tournament control Paladin
8289s	not doing as well but it does seem as we
8292s	start to get a picture of what the
8294s	landscape of the tournament is not just
8296s	the landscape of the the regular meta
8298s	that there are a number of different
8300s	strategies that are continuing to
8303s	succeed and rise to the top we still
8306s	have plenty more rounds to go through
8307s	where we'll find out so we can move
8309s	forward now into round six round five
8311s	has been concluded we're gonna take a
8313s	small break Shuffle some casters and
8315s	we'll be back with some round six action
8317s	take care everyone
8320s	[Music]
8340s	shall rise and soon
8344s	beg for your life
8352s	you must acquit
8355s	the dark lady did not commit this
8358s	unspeakable lies
8362s	your cell awaits
8365s	your confession would save us all the
8369s	time
8372s	[Music]
8377s	foreign
8395s	[Music]
8408s	[Music]
8412s	foreign
8436s	[Music]
8444s	all right
8449s	[Music]
8463s	[Music]
8475s	[Music]
8483s	[Music]
8495s	foreign
8502s	[Music]
8519s	good morning
8523s	hello everyone and welcome back
8526s	um my vmix is frozen so I don't know if
8528s	I'm actually on camera or not over there
8530s	oh wait there we go maybe you could hear
8532s	me maybe you could hear me maybe you
8533s	couldn't either way we are back and
8535s	ready to kick off the next round of the
8537s	Masters time Raven and joining me for
8539s	this one is TJ as ever with the creepy
8542s	the furnace behind him uh watching go
8545s	just over the top of his chair once
8547s	again hey TJ how's it going
8550s	doing well going well been enjoying the
8552s	game so far today and uh so starting to
8555s	get down to it right
8557s	um three rounds left to play for the
8559s	Swiss only three rounds left
8562s	to Swiss for the whole year actually
8566s	we're all scared of TJ
8568s	when we get to the final days TJ's gonna
8570s	stop telling us what that we're running
8572s	out of time basically this is the last
8575s	round six for 2022 Master stores ever
8579s	uh so this is the last initial match
8583s	for a round six
8585s	that we're ever gonna watch for 2022
8588s	Masters tours crazy to think huh even
8591s	crazier I believe this is the first and
8593s	last time that Luna will face 1737 in
8597s	round six of a master's tour this year
8600s	maybe ever
8603s	maybe ever yeah wow you're really
8605s	catching on
8607s	um blows my mind when you put it that
8609s	way actually and it makes me a little
8611s	bit emotional so
8612s	uh kind of crazy but uh we got to get
8616s	into it uh you know big highlight for me
8618s	here and
8620s	look real quick
8623s	it's the boar priest
8626s	it's yeah yeah well the well you're
8629s	gonna talk about the deck that's been
8631s	banned TJ yeah and that's what I was
8633s	gonna ask you about it we're gonna talk
8635s	about it yada yada yeah and speaking of
8638s	priest in general and not only ball
8640s	priests but you know the blast priests
8642s	and so I which have a style basically
8644s	maybe not not control priest I'll throw
8646s	a control freestyle the window for now
8647s	but uh just speaking about priestha out
8650s	of those archetypes do you think that
8652s	you know they're deserving these bands
8654s	because from what I've seen I feel like
8655s	pretty should be banned more if anything
8657s	because it seems to be doing very very
8659s	well indeed it does yeah
8662s	um I'm not sure if it should be banned
8664s	more because at least the board priest
8665s	you can most of the time count on just
8669s	somebody messing up right you know a
8673s	little bit less efficient than they
8675s	should right it's
8677s	a deck that lives on a knife's edge
8679s	where even though it may not look like a
8681s	mistake if you complete your combo like
8685s	one turn too slow you're dead
8688s	um I have a lot of faith in in Luna's
8690s	ability to pile up the deck not that
8692s	it's gonna matter because it's banned
8693s	but back to the top of the conversation
8696s	I just feel like priest has too many
8698s	weaknesses to like
8700s	get rid of it well I think we're going
8702s	to be seeing it more now we're getting
8703s	to the later Swiss rounds because if
8705s	somebody's going to bring priests you
8706s	got to respect their ability to play it
8708s	all right um but throughout the
8710s	tournament so far I think that you know
8712s	just leave it up and say hope they mess
8714s	up hope the deck it's built in
8715s	fail-saves uh save me and
8719s	have a go at it
8721s	okay well like I said priest is band
8723s	there for away from Luna and also we do
8727s	have another interesting deck to talk
8729s	about TJ but not quite yet because it's
8731s	not going to be played first but it is
8733s	the Rogue from 1737. it's it's quite the
8737s	list and I'm impressed that he's even
8739s	got this far if I'm being completely
8741s	honest so I'm looking forward to that
8743s	and the Rogue is not banned away from
8745s	for obvious reasons we'll get to soon
8747s	but just check it out at Luna's run so
8751s	far
8752s	um again she's doing very very well over
8754s	the course of the past few years now I
8756s	think Luna is continuing to be a player
8759s	that we just expect to see see at least
8761s	fighting for the top Cuts in Masters
8763s	tours almost to a point where it
8766s	wouldn't be a surprise at all if she
8768s	makes it to Worlds you know or at least
8769s	to the Championships because uh you know
8772s	it's just got that kind of quality been
8773s	playing the game for a long time now and
8775s	been doing well for a long time as well
8777s	so excited to see what you can do here
8779s	as we check out the Beast Hunter list
8781s	and if you made any kind of decisions
8784s	based on a day and a bit of play whether
8787s	you like this list which I'm gonna call
8790s	the standard list or whether you like
8792s	you know the tarantula and maybe a
8794s	couple of the other tech cards we've
8795s	seen from other other players
8797s	no uh I mean it
8801s	rent Athol deck right like there's so
8805s	much wiggle room with tech choices and
8808s	the like that it it all comes down to
8810s	personal preference and I don't have a
8812s	preference one way or the other the deck
8814s	still operates the same way your power
8816s	turns are still the same right it's just
8818s	what fills the gap of those power turns
8821s	and you know it it all ends up being
8824s	match-up dependent like these you know
8828s	tarantula devouring
8832s	form there you go the barracks swarm uh
8835s	kind of shenanigans can do well against
8836s	Things That Go wide on board like if
8838s	you're playing against a blessed priest
8839s	or something like that where you need
8840s	the immediacy uh but other than that you
8844s	know if you're playing against something
8846s	that goes wide on board like that
8847s	becomes much less impactful Devon swarm
8850s	oftentimes sits in your hand it doesn't
8851s	get the impact uh that you'd like you'd
8854s	much rather have a smoother curve in the
8856s	early game against decks like that so I
8859s	don't think I can settle on one or the
8861s	other
8862s	um
8863s	uh but yeah I do think that the power
8866s	level punter is a little bit lower than
8868s	I thought it would be
8869s	um we're seeing a lot of times that take
8870s	wins in the mirror match up in the
8873s	series it's not right and that often
8875s	I think it's difficult when Hunter is
8878s	very good we all know it is that's just
8880s	true but I don't think it's at the level
8883s	we've seen some other decks be out in
8885s	the past where it's not so good that
8888s	it's unbeatable right it's not got to
8890s	that stage at least as far as I'm
8891s	concerned and we can see that right so
8893s	many people just aren't even Banning it
8895s	if it was that op you'd just ban it and
8898s	it wouldn't be counterable but the fact
8900s	that we've seen everyone sort of
8901s	choosing not really to ban it but to
8903s	just be prepared for it instead I think
8906s	is a bit telling versus when you see a
8908s	lot of people on social media just
8910s	complain about Hunter all of the time
8912s	and it's like uh it's not as strong as
8914s	people think it is at least in my
8916s	opinion but we are checking out another
8918s	deck that's been performing very well as
8920s	far as I've seen it at least which is a
8922s	1737 on that curse imp warlock
8925s	um which is very very powerful indeed it
8928s	definitely and maybe even surprisingly
8930s	simply just runs The Best of Both Worlds
8932s	right you can have board-based aggro
8935s	openings and still have Game ending
8937s	damage so let's get into game one and uh
8939s	see who gets ahead here where would you
8941s	call this match matchup TJ uh deck wise
8945s	uh it's always tough to evaluate I think
8948s	uh in warlock specifically because it
8950s	all depends on you know if they find the
8952s	the right side of their deck right uh
8955s	for for the early game uh because it's a
8957s	Randolph deck and because Hunter tends
8960s	to like win these
8962s	late game races because if you're just
8965s	like putting curses in their hand
8966s	and they have free Reign Over the board
8968s	that power is going to ramp up
8969s	incredibly quickly but if you can get
8972s	that that early board
8974s	um then oftentimes you get them to the
8976s	point where
8978s	get all this chip damage in you get them
8980s	low and then you just use your curses as
8984s	sort of the the game finisher I think
8986s	right then that's a good spot so it
8988s	largely depends on how this early game
8990s	is going to go I think yeah you're right
8992s	I think one of the biggest problems I've
8994s	run into the most ads Hunter against
8996s	warlock is that unless you can at least
8999s	go Toe to Toe with them early on for
9002s	mainly minion count not even power but
9005s	just actual number of Minions on board
9007s	yeah if you get pushed off board you
9010s	pretty much at that point relying on
9013s	exactly hydralidine to to recover and
9016s	that is a big ask right it's one card in
9018s	a faulty deck that a lot of the times
9020s	you really have to Harpoon Gun out which
9022s	means it has to be at the bottom so it
9024s	can be a real big ask but so far Luna
9027s	does have access to the good place coin
9029s	two into two or maybe even the truck and
9033s	tracking for next turn depending on what
9034s	happens and also one of the times where
9037s	you're actually really happy to get the
9039s	Fox right because being able to just say
9041s	no I will kill any kind of on almost any
9045s	shaped impossible with my next minion
9048s	coming out of the imprison is huge
9050s	yeah
9052s	oh Patty guests
9058s	yeah Harpoon Gun yeah uh Luna
9062s	desperately needed to play not
9063s	desperately right you could she could
9065s	have tracking and then you know
9068s	but it's just too good ah I was honestly
9073s	so close I think
9075s	I would have picked the bat if I'm
9077s	honest because if you push everything
9080s	off and somebody instantly right you get
9083s	an extra minion that's death rattle
9084s	which is another Minion sticking to the
9086s	board this Harpoon Gun a lot of the time
9088s	it does go into a one one right but you
9092s	could also just play anything else next
9094s	turn and then secure the board with
9096s	okanie afterwards and you so likely with
9098s	that battery guess to actually retain
9101s	board control that it would help whereas
9103s	this Harpoon Gun although very very
9105s	powerful is a singular attack per turn
9109s	against an imp you know what I mean it
9111s	it's still good I'm not saying Luna's
9113s	made a bad choice by any means but I
9116s	think there was a lot of Merit to the
9118s	battery guess there
9119s	yeah
9120s	um I if I was playing the deck right I
9124s	see one drop I click it before I even
9126s	look at the other options
9128s	so I would have picked Patty guess too
9129s	it's just it's just efficient you know
9133s	um but you gotta respect the curve and
9137s	obviously the these the potential for
9139s	massive power spikes in the early game
9142s	it also gives you the the the a second
9145s	dredge right she saw a tavish also at
9148s	the oh what about a king Crush okay
9152s	um she saw the tavish in there too so
9154s	you could get the Harpoon Gun and then
9157s	dredge up the tapfish again to make sure
9159s	that can uh come down on curve I think
9163s	just the the sequence of everything
9164s	going on there was uh was what made that
9168s	that better interesting choice here
9170s	again I talk a lot about certain Decks
9172s	that our county is insane against
9173s	because you just always pick the same
9175s	thing there's Merit to both it right
9178s	spell or minion and I think
9182s	Bells generally just have the higher
9184s	impact as far as I'm concerned at this
9186s	stage against warlock especially with an
9188s	empty board and so I think I would have
9192s	liked to have seen spells there but
9194s	we'll find out very very quickly at 1737
9197s	does have the Sarah cast to test with
9199s	and could always just drop the library
9201s	spend the man of this turn and then
9203s	follow up with fiendish circle hopefully
9205s	in their case for next turn
9208s	it's minion okay
9218s	all right Luna doesn't have anything
9221s	used to play out selective breedic to
9223s	get into the bear maybe or a saber
9227s	yeah
9229s	I wouldn't hate the bear with this curve
9230s	right because
9232s	Luna would have like tavish
9235s	and then bear or crush and then bear
9239s	again which is a lot of stats to get
9242s	through right
9243s	and most importantly not weak to Abyssal
9246s	wave yeah
9249s	[Music]
9253s	oh it's so such a scary card against
9256s	Hunter it's brutal because what now
9260s	like this was kind of the problem I was
9261s	talking about obviously I don't think
9263s	Luna could have done anything about this
9265s	but like it's so difficult so many
9267s	minions hit the ball in one go they're
9269s	all fairly well started now we have to
9271s	see what Luna's gonna pick uh for the
9273s	secrets again explosive trap is tempting
9276s	but there's no world that one seven
9279s	isn't gonna just trade the threes in
9281s	anyway so I wonder if you just don't
9284s	explosive trap in a in a weird way and
9286s	just say you know what whatever other
9288s	argument for explosive it still pushes
9290s	three to face and with a six mannequin
9292s	Crush in hand and potential hoffers
9294s	coming out to play Luna could just take
9296s	the approach of well actually a lot of
9299s	the time this warlock does a lot of
9300s	damage to itself or takes damage in the
9302s	early game what if I just kill them
9306s	yeah and if if that's the plan
9309s	it's six damage on board goes face right
9312s	now right so
9315s	you could try and weaken the board to
9318s	play around or to play into explosive
9320s	trap but
9321s	yeah I think this is good from Luna
9324s	because the library's on cooldown right
9327s	I think if the library was off cool down
9329s	this turn
9331s	and one seven could actually buff
9332s	another rimp I think some kind of Trades
9335s	would have to have happened but okay
9337s	yeah because the libraries off uh sorry
9340s	on cooldown at this moment in time one
9343s	seven almost certainly has to trade at
9346s	least the threes in yeah
9350s	could also be a trade trade times in
9352s	right
9356s	maybe even attack like trade trade
9358s	attack with the
9361s	big six
9365s	and then just dance it clears it it
9368s	clears his own minions but it gains him
9370s	armor he draws cards he might get more
9372s	rimps on the board because right now his
9374s	cards do nothing
9376s	they're very good it's just by
9378s	themselves they're not achieving
9379s	anything
9381s	yeah
9383s	I know that's tough there's so much like
9386s	the anti-tempo but there's really not
9388s	that many other good plays uh at the
9391s	moment
9392s	and that's the that's the big thing I
9394s	think but it's gonna go lady dark paint
9396s	okay
9397s	it's the most power on board obviously
9400s	it's got the dragged below uh in it as
9402s	well so drag below obviously you know
9406s	can
9407s	yeah you can end up targeting your own
9409s	minions but it's still putting the
9410s	curses in hand so
9415s	really nice play there from Luna that's
9418s	just um very simple but just shows that
9421s	she has the the correct knowledge and
9423s	understanding of how to deal with Darth
9425s	vain right it's like if it is dragged
9427s	below well yeah it will Target friendly
9429s	minions so you go for that trade first
9431s	very simple like I said but still good
9433s	to see yep
9436s	yeah it was like every play there was
9438s	potentially anti-tempo for 1737
9442s	um you know if you clear up your own
9443s	minutes we'll try the Champs in or you
9445s	put out the lady dark vein you have more
9447s	minions than your opponent so it's more
9449s	likely that your board's gonna get uh
9451s	targeted by uh the drag below that's
9454s	that's right
9455s	these uh whatever they are a little
9457s	shadow
9459s	things
9464s	a bit of a
9466s	weird choice now for one seven if he
9468s	wanted to trade again it's likely the
9470s	drive below hits an imp I wonder if
9473s	there was any world where he could have
9474s	made a trade first
9477s	but I you know tried to like snipe the
9479s	bear with the two one and then drag
9481s	below or something like that yeah and
9484s	then trade the next one in but yeah this
9486s	still works out okay still plenty of
9488s	Minions on board Luna rolls into a Misha
9492s	in crushed behind it though that's two
9495s	pretty reasonable Health taunts the dark
9497s	vein doesn't kill King Crush by itself
9499s	either the one seventh gotta do some
9501s	work here
9503s	oh does that have wave
9507s	uh if you wave though and your tracks
9510s	below hits they're fine though right can
9513s	you not tams in wave
9516s	oh camps and wave okay I mean you're
9519s	dead to Huffer but yeah I thought yeah I
9523s	think you see where the dry pillow goes
9524s	oh okay now you can just wow
9527s	Abyssal wave and push
9530s	wait wait wait is it isn't it better to
9533s	tams in
9536s	not which is
9538s	oh sorry sorry hero times in hero times
9540s	in
9541s	okay then you can't get past to the king
9544s	Crush right
9546s	unless you trade in no but you you can
9549s	yeah you kill it with the seven eight or
9550s	you can brand hero Tamsin right oh yeah
9554s	oh yeah yeah yeah this is what I'm
9556s	talking about yeah yeah yeah yeah
9561s	because that's a lot of cards as well
9562s	and a lot of imps to refill yeah it sure
9565s	is
9567s	yeah I like this play a lot still
9569s	unfortunately our lesson I learned very
9571s	quickly when hero cards came out like
9573s	this was that you don't get the armor
9575s	twice
9577s	when you're in this situation you'd want
9580s	it is that cool picked up with another
9582s	drag below
9587s	I'm healing available and suddenly Luna
9589s	she's on 13. and yeah it's just no
9592s	damage the curse probably has to be
9595s	played with Hydro load in here
9599s	yeah this is looking like a problem
9600s	there's a lot of options available to
9601s	1737
9604s	um
9607s	I'll be honest TJ What are the curses
9609s	even on because does just like tams in
9612s	double drag below just win this or
9616s	it'll be five six
9619s	in that case Luna has to play The Curse
9622s	right
9623s	or would it be four five
9627s	drag follows played right because it was
9630s	the one drag below plus the dark vein
9633s	dark vein drag blows that's one two
9636s	three so it's four okay Huffer
9641s	Hydra yep
9648s	only real play uh to stay alive as long
9652s	as possible
9654s	so yeah it would be as a cool Drive
9656s	below would just be four or five
9660s	um
9661s	you could go tamson wave wave it's
9665s	taking so long
9667s	or if he does he does he have anything
9671s	to hold thumbs in full because he does
9673s	have times in wave sorry does have um
9676s	just wave drag below right if he wants
9678s	to hold tams in for something else right
9680s	below Wicked shipment grimoires are cool
9683s	you get the healing you get the curses
9686s	oh yeah this is just better you are 100
9689s	right yeah yeah
9692s	I was like there's no way there's man
9693s	enough for that but the wicked shipment
9694s	being able to get a Minion for one Mana
9697s	ends up working out so this is gonna be
9699s	oh it's only five oh no that was the
9701s	other one yeah yeah one off but most
9703s	importantly 17 health for 1737.
9708s	37 the amount of damage that the curses
9710s	are gonna do this game I don't know
9714s	but still this there's a puzzle in here
9716s	somewhere
9719s	if you just make stuff up that fits
9723s	that's what I'm best at
9727s	the problem is four Mana has to be used
9729s	here for Luna to be able to survive and
9731s	it's just not going to be enough just
9732s	putting too much of a tough spot and 17
9734s	takes the victory there a really good
9737s	one I think again just showing what the
9740s	deck's capable of and I think that was
9741s	almost a perfect example right enough
9743s	board presence in the early game to not
9746s	let you not give Luna free reign as
9748s	Hunter to do whatever she wants and then
9750s	guess what tons of curses later on uh
9753s	really pumped out tons of damage and I
9755s	really think the turn with the dark vein
9757s	and and then slightly later into brand
9759s	double tamzin was really really good
9762s	from 17. I think that's what really
9764s	pushed him over the edge
9766s	yeah I I do like how Luna played that
9769s	one though um playing to the power turns
9771s	right uh which was
9774s	um you know not not playing for super
9776s	Tempo early on with going for like batty
9779s	guest the tamson ended up it did do a
9782s	lot of work right at that King rapad had
9784s	come down let's say luna had picked uh
9787s	not the Harpoon Gun and wasn't able to
9789s	dredge up the tavish early on in the
9792s	game we could have been seeing you know
9794s	quite a bit of a different mid game
9796s	within King reform basically you know
9798s	wreaking havoc over the board so
9802s	uh I like the way that Luna played that
9805s	to give herself the the best power turn
9808s	outs
9810s	um but when that imp curse warlock gets
9813s	rolling has the early game has the
9816s	curses the Tamsin to follow it up it
9818s	becomes pretty difficult
9820s	to kind of keep up with the the defense
9824s	plus the offense
9826s	and it's time TJ uh let's try to get rid
9830s	of this ramp Druid it's graphic we've
9832s	seen it we know what Rapture it is I
9834s	want to look at 1737's Rogue because
9838s	it's a deck of from Hearthstone is uh
9841s	words I have for at this point very
9843s	interested if you had any chance to play
9846s	this deck TJ have you given it a good go
9848s	or just what are your thoughts in
9851s	general about this road coming up from
9852s	1737 I played it a lot actually
9855s	and I can't win with it
9858s	um
9860s	yeah I think so it just feels like it
9863s	just it does everything just it does a
9865s	lot of cool things
9867s	unless you get like massive jackpots it
9870s	feels like it has all of these things
9873s	um all of these pockets of synergy right
9875s	uh you have the uh you know Swift scale
9880s	trickster with whatever you get from
9883s	jackpot uh you have the
9887s	uh okay I guess there's no Draka um
9890s	there was a Draka in the uh ones that we
9893s	saw yesterday from right almost like
9895s	shall I
9897s	um
9897s	and
9899s	you have these things that work well in
9902s	conjunction with each other but they're
9904s	they're pockets of things like Swift
9907s	scale trickster for a vast majority of
9909s	opening hands is bad like right it just
9913s	doesn't do anything it sits here until
9915s	you get jackpot or Sprint
9919s	um that's the problem isn't it it's like
9921s	Thief Rogue but with a million extra
9923s	cards which makes your combo less and
9927s	less likely right so it gets pretty
9929s	difficult to manage but 1737 is full one
9933s	so far in this tournament very good
9935s	score so he must be doing something
9937s	right with it so let's uh watch and
9939s	learn it's going to be this Rogue
9941s	against Luna on the ramp tree then again
9943s	I think Ram Druid even with the Nerfs is
9946s	still an absolutely fine and even just
9949s	good deck right now we've been seeing it
9951s	at least there perform pretty well
9953s	overall on stream I think
9955s	yeah and it it just feels like you
9958s	absolutely need to go Bonkers with Tempo
9962s	in the early time to have a chance
9963s	against ramp to it because your wing
9965s	condition does the Rogue ramp up so much
9967s	slower than the wind conditions of the
9969s	Druid
9971s	um and so you have to have sort of that
9973s	X Factor that Rogue factor in order to
9976s	get the job done it also feels like the
9979s	pop-off stuff you want to do with this
9981s	rogue deck is like what Druid does
9983s	normally you know they have the same
9985s	sort of power level so it's just like oh
9987s	yeah unless you get the you incredible
9990s	outcomes that you can get from exactly
9992s	you know checkpoint certain cards in
9995s	general if you just look at Value card
9997s	draw and overall power like jury just
9999s	does that anyway without needing to pull
10002s	a you know very specific combo
10013s	getting hold of a lot of the uh early
10016s	drops but none of the potential payoff
10018s	for the ramp uh or actual ramp as of yet
10022s	so that aquatic Farm might be coming in
10025s	pretty clutch in the near future
10032s	even this right one Seven's just like
10034s	well
10036s	I guess I'm gonna pass again
10040s	much else to be done
10043s	um unless you think Finley's worthwhile
10044s	you could reset with Finley but
10048s	his hand's not bad right you have
10050s	theater
10051s	queen of shark krabatoa
10055s	but again like that was the cause
10058s	it's the same thing like I said earlier
10060s	the pockets like Queen
10063s	you want like early game Temple minions
10066s	a lot of time in this matchup and then
10068s	you're not like playing Queen on curve
10069s	you're waiting a long time
10072s	kravito is a good fall to any early
10076s	is it enough if you fall super far
10078s	behind just take yeah yeah take a the
10080s	guitar yeah especially now with
10081s	denaturis in Android
10083s	yeah
10084s	well don't give them the dinathus though
10088s	got to be too surely gotta be tooth yeah
10091s	one less spell for the shower but you're
10093s	swapping it for Toyota
10095s	your theater is a tooth Target
10100s	sure but are you really giving your
10102s	opponent that can ramp a crabatoa
10106s	I've just seen them play Jerry reg you
10108s	know that almost certainly go into coin
10110s	into nourish next turn and then just
10113s	grab a toe at the turn after like is
10115s	that something you really want to do it
10117s	did give him the tooth but have a good
10119s	think about it
10121s	you go again TJ he is he's gonna Shadow
10124s	step the field after you know maybe next
10126s	turn yeah
10130s	Luna with that pickup of the Jerry glass
10133s	turn is in a much better spot already
10135s	with the help of just one card being
10138s	able to propel herself into that
10140s	position you want to be with Druid and
10142s	now having two four fours on the board
10143s	right now facing down nothing versus the
10146s	Rogue it's looking pretty good so far
10150s	yep
10162s	well it's a card you could give to Luna
10166s	right is that the best use of Contraband
10168s	stash so far TJ
10171s	hmm
10173s	but wait they get to tooth again
10179s	uh
10185s	and it's definitely too late now to
10187s	recycle with Finley yeah it I was
10190s	thinking Prep Plus Queen but you
10193s	probably want horn and you can't play it
10195s	this term with the prep you're just
10196s	using the prep to activate the uh the
10199s	queen ashar here
10201s	I was trying to convince myself to not
10203s	do that if I were in one 737's position
10206s	I think he was trying to do exactly the
10208s	same but
10209s	not really any of their choice you need
10211s	to get something on the board Queen
10213s	ashara is really the only thing
10216s	if if not enough spells had been played
10219s	I would have even considered playing
10221s	Queen ashara just as a five five just to
10223s	get something on board right so
10225s	and now you have krabatoa moving into
10227s	the next turn curves starting to come
10229s	together
10231s	or horn I guess but kravitologist feels
10234s	like it makes sense on six especially if
10236s	this board kind of sticks around right
10238s	yeah and I think that's one of the
10239s	benefits of like you said even with just
10241s	if it was Queen as just a five five it
10244s	it requires almost all the time two
10247s	manners with of your opponents play at
10250s	least to cleanly deal with it if not the
10252s	trade in the two four Falls which fine
10254s	and worst case of course would be a
10256s	trade and then scale of annexia but yep
10259s	scale of a Nixie is tough to play
10260s	against it it's true that's just what's
10262s	gonna happen but the Earthen scales into
10264s	Earthen scales draw from the moonlit
10266s	guidance is going to be very nice indeed
10269s	for Luna and clean up that turn whilst
10271s	gaining a decent amount of armor yeah
10274s	do I write grab a toe with this turn
10276s	looks mighty clean yeah so this is sort
10279s	of where
10281s	um things can start picking up for 1737
10284s	after krabatoa takes full control of the
10286s	board and then horn you know you get get
10290s	a colossal meeting from another class
10292s	and then uh things can start to pick up
10295s	but actually gonna go
10298s	gonna try and steal the miracle growth
10300s	manners
10303s	yeah I mean he knows one is there right
10308s	dorian's first attempt odd in the first
10310s	attempt yeah
10312s	uh bone Spike probably
10315s	um I think at this point because you're
10317s	playing horn
10319s	oh no
10320s	I really wish okay he's fine I was gonna
10323s	say it's one of those scary things where
10326s	you'd love to know what the Colossal is
10328s	before you choose whether you give them
10330s	Contraband stash or not right because if
10332s	it's a neutral oh yeah just give it him
10334s	it's no problem but if it's not you
10337s	could end up with a really powerful
10338s	colossal but it did end up with a good
10340s	one anyway the Hydra which you know on
10343s	paper I guess is stronger that turn than
10345s	krabatoa much wider on board a little
10347s	bit weak to the scale of inyxia but what
10349s	are you gonna do
10350s	what are you gonna do
10352s	I feel like everything's weak to scale
10354s	of an extra if I'm on it so
10356s	play a card it probably loses to scale
10359s	of elixir
10363s	oh a little bit tricky the assumption
10366s	I imagine for one seven is that that was
10369s	a
10370s	brought into dinathrius which that
10373s	second third time might be uh about to
10375s	have a really good day
10377s	yep
10383s	uh yeah oof indeed
10386s	um take the ramp all card draw depending
10391s	all right
10394s	not bad
10406s	in a good silence the um
10413s	I guess it would really work right no no
10416s	I didn't do the job does it nothing to
10418s	do there
10425s	and with that pull now I think just bran
10427s	theater right just everything to take
10429s	the dinner oh yeah
10431s	I could have had that from Luna she
10434s	knows this is a oh what she wants to
10436s	happen
10437s	oh this is okay right just take the
10440s	miracle growth in worst case you might
10442s	just give it back to them
10445s	I mean honestly 70 one seven could pick
10448s	any of these fine
10453s	unless
10455s	oh there it is
10461s	the snap denatures because there's
10463s	nothing else right there's no other way
10465s	I was gonna say you can see all the
10466s	information you never snap it but
10468s	they'll know because you take it
10470s	they know what's up because all of the
10473s	information is visible
10480s	oh what about
10482s	pop up Towing now yeah I think so right
10486s	because look at the board
10487s	right if you spend if Linda has to spend
10490s	over half a minute to play krabatoa okay
10492s	yeah you get a few trades okay beef up
10496s	the dinathris there in hand the
10497s	dinathary eye
10500s	don't even attempt
10503s	I believe it's the denatures
10506s	oh the nursery assistant
10509s	yeah
10511s	gotta get that emphasis on the asses
10514s	the emphasis on the asses
10517s	the s's oh sorry it might crank just
10524s	go off on off and now pulling a little
10527s	bit too late
10530s	it'll probably worth taking right she
10532s	needs to do something big here to be
10534s	able to fight back because
10536s	again yeah I've said this word a few
10538s	times but without scale of inyxia this
10540s	is a tough board to clear up
10542s	nearly an impossible board to clear up
10549s	I know Devourer either Luna is playing
10552s	devoured right
10557s	yes two two yeah yeah no topi down yet
10560s	no Devourer down uh or or um infused
10563s	should I say no raid Bossa Nixie just
10565s	nothing in hand that's gonna clear up
10568s	this board
10572s	I like this a lot bone Spike into the
10574s	miracle growth I was about to say
10577s	iPhone 7 just Miracle grows anyway and
10579s	just draws three cards but then I
10581s	realized the bone Spike was there and
10583s	much better play pile on the pressure
10586s	and Luna is in a really tough spot right
10588s	now
10589s	yeah it's just too too much power on
10592s	board already down to 12 life
10597s	pretty rough in this early game yeah
10599s	three seven and then just
10601s	just the horn right
10604s	oh yeah that the Hydra just and of
10606s	course the three theotars
10609s	can't forget about those it really is
10612s	though like without raid boss or scale
10615s	the hydra's just been laughing at the
10617s	game right so although the horn was very
10620s	good if Luna had any of those uh welp
10624s	summons
10626s	it's fine
10627s	it just clears the ball and then right
10629s	let's keep playing and even though
10631s	things have gone downhill would now
10633s	obviously double-sided now facing hand
10635s	for one seven the theater steal earlier
10637s	as well uh it's you could still say it's
10640s	winnable but the fact that these minions
10642s	have just sat on board and done whatever
10644s	they want all game this does not happen
10646s	often versus Druid you'd normally get uh
10648s	cleaned up at least once
10651s	that rope's burning again
10656s	but it's not even enough right
10664s	into the Earthen scales with trades was
10669s	going to be enough but I'll be honest I
10670s	didn't count everything so I couldn't
10672s	tell you but most importantly and
10674s	something I can tell you is one seven
10675s	just won that game which puts him at a
10677s	2-0 lead Hunter left over now so looking
10681s	great honestly in the road deck I guess
10684s	that's just what you've got to rely on
10687s	right I think if you bring a deck like
10689s	this you have to trust that it's going
10690s	to help you out a little bit especially
10692s	in matchups like druid
10695s	yeah and you know obviously we needed
10698s	some help there uh good the guitar hits
10700s	the guitar able to hit Sonic Matthews
10701s	even though the side of Matthews it
10703s	didn't it wouldn't have even done much
10704s	in Luna's hand because of the other
10707s	things you talked about right no scale
10710s	Medics yeah no onyxia
10712s	um it it wouldn't even been that big of
10715s	a deal even though she did make it to 10
10716s	man at the end of the game
10718s	it I didn't have to have a rough draw in
10721s	order for things to pan out like that
10723s	but honestly Luna could do this against
10726s	Hunter uh Hunter we've seen struggle uh
10731s	a few times now in certain lineups
10734s	against certain lineups and Luna just
10737s	kind of has the good stuff uh things
10739s	that give her agency in the game
10742s	um uh with the uh RAM turuid the control
10745s	Shaman and then it could come down to
10748s	like a 50 50 with the hunter mirror
10752s	matchup uh coming out but Luna is going
10754s	to open with control Shaman to kick
10755s	things off yeah I can definitely see it
10757s	because um again Hunter versus Druid can
10760s	be although on paper you think oh well
10762s	it's good you just drop loads of minions
10764s	and you kill them it's like right
10766s	but if they just draw scale I know I
10768s	keep talking about this card but if they
10770s	clear you off board once normally
10772s	they've ramped as well you're off board
10774s	that one time as you start to refill The
10777s	Druids just doing more powerful things
10778s	right and I think it's very similar to
10780s	the game we just saw where the lack of
10782s	dinathrius even though neither of them
10783s	got played it meant that one seven could
10786s	play more aggressive and allow him to
10788s	take that game and I think similar
10790s	things can happen in Hunter vs DROID
10792s	matchup but let's see here one Seven's
10794s	Beast Hunter again leaning towards that
10797s	standard list but it does have the
10799s	trenchless and direct King and kodo Bane
10802s	as well as um the uh the Thanos so a lot
10807s	even fits on our screen yeah a lot of
10810s	the the sort of middle of the deck
10812s	instead of choosing between say four or
10815s	five different options uh once I was
10818s	just going you know what I'll take them
10819s	all and then sort of made sacrifices
10821s	elsewhere 1K nanotron one frenzied fangs
10824s	the one Castle candle one ramming Mount
10827s	Saul would have a field day with this TJ
10830s	yeah if uh 1737 decided to include a
10835s	couple more one-ups uh I don't even know
10838s	what rain happened he's put Reno in the
10840s	deck but like look at our graphic it
10842s	only has one card space left
10844s	what would we do
10846s	um I've never seen that kind of kind of
10849s	situation before you have to cut the
10850s	stream you'd have to just go to the
10852s	right it's like you know what it's over
10854s	it's not too far I'll have to get a QR
10857s	code of like the battlefy link or
10859s	something I don't know
10860s	get QR code of Just a bigger page
10866s	QR code you just take it to a page where
10868s	the pictures are smaller so they fit but
10871s	most importantly we are going into game
10873s	number three a hunter on the bottom here
10875s	for one seven and Luna on that shame and
10877s	I will say uh outside of Baltimore here
10881s	and maybe including out tomorrow this is
10883s	a pretty solid opening hand even though
10886s	it's not a sort of strict curve
10888s	yeah it's wild Spirits a one drop Plus
10893s	Wild spirits will get you through
10895s	a lot of early games
10898s	so yeah if you're facing some dark times
10900s	just look for a one drop in some wild
10902s	spirits and that'll help you out I see
10904s	yeah
10907s	but again um I'm very interested to see
10910s	I mean one Seven's just a God because
10912s	he's running less of a low curve but
10915s	he's still just drawing a great opening
10917s	and you've got to assume if the
10919s	opening's as good as you would want it
10921s	normally does the sort of thicker top
10924s	end of one seventh deck just give him
10927s	way more of Advantage now especially
10929s	with that our alarm pick up oh for sure
10931s	yeah if you can get through this early
10934s	game and be a little bit ahead on board
10936s	you're good because your power charge
10938s	was going to keep rolling oh nothing
10941s	really wanted the fox
10943s	yeah
10945s	I don't even know if that's worth a coin
10947s	if you don't hit
10950s	still okay gets the weapon up earlier
10953s	right he can uh start hitting away with
10955s	the weapon or using that to trade going
10957s	forward kill a few murlocs but I think
10959s	it's still okay just unfortunate
10962s	yeah
10965s	plays now though from Luna the clownfish
10969s	gonna allow
10971s	e-pop on board well technically be ahead
10974s	since those are um
10976s	dormant for now yeah the pickup from the
10979s	amalgam uh not the greatest by hoping
10983s	for something that uh gave a little bit
10985s	more sort of
10988s	uh long-standing Power right
10990s	um not just a minion this is pretty
10993s	decent though right because next turn
10994s	this young fish wall leader if she wants
10997s	it which is then going to be able to try
10998s	it up into these minions
11000s	yeah second batty guess though um let's
11004s	decide whether he wants the hero power
11005s	or not but especially because Shaman's
11007s	just not really doing the freeze thing
11009s	anymore I think I just like just
11011s	throwing the second minion down it's a
11013s	lot of value over the course of a couple
11014s	of turns
11016s	oh okay
11018s	go for the two damage instead
11021s	yeah
11023s	we even
11025s	all about weaving you're a long time
11026s	Hunter player
11028s	you know the value of weaving
11031s	yeah just interesting to like think
11035s	will the batty guest or would the
11038s	battery guest on board have done more
11040s	than two damage
11042s	uh
11044s	yeah it's a good point that's not being
11046s	played till at least two fours now yeah
11048s	I guess I was about to say or you know
11050s	what if
11052s	it still does two damage more than two
11055s	damage but you also get to hear a power
11057s	why not both
11060s	EJ you just want to have your cake and
11063s	eat it
11064s	I've never understood that phrase
11066s	because why would you buy a cake if you
11068s	weren't going to eat it seems like a
11069s	terrible ways
11075s	well that also seems like a terrible
11076s	waste Bound for yourself yeah
11080s	good point good point
11082s	okay well the saber is going to be a
11085s	clean trade into the first stag
11093s	unfortunately it's not the perfect setup
11095s	and that weapon is not a Harpoon Gun
11097s	still
11100s	it was the same as there at the bottom
11101s	now so I can plan for it in the future
11106s	more damage rolling in and no shortage
11108s	of powerful plays coming up for 1737
11111s	you mind while Park cavern's still
11113s	active so Luna's gonna keep getting
11115s	those three fours for a few more turns
11119s	and Luke has to be just a little bit oh
11122s	wait it just doesn't matter right
11125s	because of the cabin
11127s	yeah this has to be minion and this is
11129s	this is one of the matchups where it's
11131s	so strong delicious predictable let's
11134s	get the perfect draw to fill out the
11136s	curve though the battery guest actually
11139s	getting a strong job done
11141s	because I just realized the pet
11142s	collector will draw the saber now right
11144s	so with the caverns Luna will be
11146s	presenting at least for one more turn a
11149s	minion that will proc the saber on the
11151s	death round yeah
11157s	all right
11161s	if I were now infused still a few turns
11163s	away oh gorlock ravager
11166s	is goody Kitty
11169s	um I imagine this is gonna be one
11171s	clownfish oh okay it's gonna go wide I
11174s	was thinking maybe even clownfish
11175s	mutinous
11178s	wait just a little you don't want to
11180s	hold though
11182s	is Luna's getting very close to a brand
11185s	mutinist turn here
11188s	I guess the problem is if she holds yeah
11190s	actually nothing she can do because the
11192s	whole hand just relax yeah but it's just
11195s	like brand mutinous against this Hunter
11198s	at this point in the game is very strong
11206s	really tricky decision
11209s	it's terrible power and like decide next
11211s	turn there's still only one murloc that
11215s	could be played right now right
11218s	yeah
11219s	and hero power pass is fine uh I like
11223s	getting the cookie out there honestly I
11224s	think you need something in the ways of
11226s	uh a little bit of additional board
11229s	presence
11232s	oh second bad drawn yeah means it's
11235s	almost certainly not
11237s	now it's gonna be pet collector
11247s	unless it's pet collector and then make
11249s	trades
11253s	tricky because now uh I mean I can just
11256s	have a look but there aren't that many
11260s	beasts left oh I guess yeah sorry it's a
11263s	double tarantula
11265s	double tarantula Rat King
11269s	Crush
11273s	and that's it
11287s	this is really tricky honestly and even
11290s	regardless of which one that gets played
11292s	it's really tricky to work out what the
11294s	follow-up is anyway whether you trade or
11296s	not
11297s	yeah and running out of time to even
11299s	react to whatever this Beast is okay all
11302s	right that's fine
11304s	don't forget the face damage okay yeah
11307s	okay and trombone was green all actions
11310s	made
11324s	oh yeah and another the floor called
11326s	Turn isn't so cool is it like there
11329s	isn't really anything that Luna can do
11331s	with the Fleur girl mutinous just played
11334s	out yeah it's probably gonna get a
11336s	strong kill but
11338s	so what I think it might have to be the
11341s	elemental freezing
11344s	yeah maybe even with bran like
11348s	ah I mean you could still go like floral
11350s	War leader
11351s	and
11353s	the
11355s	Elemental because you clear off four one
11358s	clear up the one one your cookie games
11361s	attacks attack over they're off a lot of
11365s	the board but you're seeing the Warriors
11367s	then what's turn eight right like an
11369s	attorney would be mutinous
11373s	Fitness or even just like gorlock
11375s	ravager like
11377s	still on the board right nice though
11381s	this this to an extent defends the brand
11383s	at least from Luna's side of things
11385s	right freeze the full fall the rats uh
11387s	the Rat King's dormant there's just a
11389s	naggling on board this gives Luna a
11391s	chance at playing the uh the brand with
11395s	the mutinous but we can see of course
11396s	the Hydra is gonna get the job done
11405s	on the slight frustrations with frozen
11407s	minions and also a rat king is that the
11410s	Hydra doesn't really get to uh grow as
11412s	much as you'd want it to
11415s	oh
11424s	options for theotar
11427s	primordial wave and then have muck pools
11430s	to re-roll if you want to
11435s	yes it still leaves out probably leaves
11437s	a lot damage to the board
11439s	all right so
11444s	[Music]
11449s	are going to devolve the rat now it
11452s	sound okay
11453s	still gonna be some damage on the board
11455s	though even if uh oh that much not that
11459s	much
11460s	solid any beasts beasts anyone
11465s	unfortunately that Luna has the five six
11468s	a bit awkward
11471s	glug is glug a beast uh yes okay
11476s	we got glug and
11479s	macaw
11481s	also is it just me or is Globe gone from
11484s	what used to feel fairly easy to clear
11487s	up and somehow in this meta glug just
11489s	feels immortal
11491s	I feel like every time my opponents
11492s	played Glock against each other I have
11494s	no way to kill this such stuff to keep
11496s	giving it health and hope an attack and
11498s	hope I don't die yeah
11500s	what is it
11506s	good placement there as well one seven
11508s	or at least one seven thinking about
11510s	placement here because got to be afraid
11512s	of the Devourer potential so wants to
11515s	really utilize those uh those dormant
11517s	minions
11522s	drivers quickly
11534s	a little chip damage being pushed
11539s	yep
11540s	there's the ram
11542s	discount coming yeah on the amalgam yeah
11545s	hey look it costs nothing that's a huge
11548s	buff
11549s	yeah okay so Luna get some information
11552s	here only two cards shown three cards in
11554s	the hand so one of these is a duplicate
11558s	probably the mountain bear at this point
11560s	yeah it's
11561s	raw but I mean you'd always assume
11563s	second mountain bear because if it's not
11565s	second mountain bear great
11568s	you know you'll be happy to be wrong
11577s	oh
11579s	those are all kind of weird
11581s	to give your opponent at this stage
11587s	probably amalgo
11594s	I hunted discovering beasts is like
11596s	that's still pretty good
11601s	and remember Luna's amalgam is zero cost
11603s	okay all right yeah the the I'm gonna go
11608s	mountain bear for the ram swap nice
11612s	reduction coming in clutch
11617s	foreign
11625s	ers
11627s	kill the bear
11629s	look pools
11634s	board space is actually kind of awkward
11637s	right now I guess you have a lot of
11638s	stuff that you can trade in yeah yeah
11639s	also interestingly enough that
11643s	the tracking was used there from one
11645s	seven
11646s	because I think at this stage you do
11649s	want to at least consider like if his
11651s	plan is to go Sylvanas and then mukbules
11654s	could have pressed the hero power that
11656s	too yeah
11659s	I guess the upsides of spend the
11661s	tracking now give some options for next
11663s	turn especially if he hits cards such as
11665s	tavish this altimore now is going to
11667s	start getting infused with his trades
11669s	and so on
11674s	ready to go up to six okay on the uh the
11678s	other one
11679s	and still splitting the difference
11682s	playing around that devour very uh just
11686s	mechanically sound play Oh game's over
11688s	1737 well yeah Immortal I can't kill it
11692s	wait exactly Sylvanas that's the Saving
11695s	Grace here if honestly if one seven did
11698s	not have Sylvanas and Lulu just plays
11701s	glug
11702s	Hunter's got nothing it's so difficult
11708s	I mean this is still a good play but the
11710s	fact that Sylvanas exists is huge battle
11711s	for one seven yeah
11716s	it's already like Hunter just doesn't
11718s	run the tools to get through taunts and
11721s	then kill a big thing
11730s	even just the taunts themselves actually
11732s	doing some work right now
11734s	um yeah it's horrible to play a game
11737s	yeah because eventually 1737 wants all
11740s	these Dorman minions emerge it's going
11742s	to be a little bit more difficult when
11744s	the board gets paired down to
11747s	like
11748s	actually play around devour as well as
11752s	he's been playing around it up until
11754s	this point
11755s	so it does feel like
11758s	Luna's going to get value from the
11760s	devour it's just how long will it be
11763s	will it be too late it'll be too low
11766s	right
11767s	again really good placement one Seven's
11770s	just keeping his head in the game here
11772s	because he's never really given Luna a
11775s	good Devourer and obviously he doesn't
11776s	for sure know this one there right yeah
11779s	I don't think he's seen one but um but
11781s	just in case you may as well set up and
11784s	look at this smallish minion location
11786s	sure the two bears but it's not that
11789s	many stats when you actually look at it
11791s	then dormant minion a five five it's
11794s	really solid placement overall I like
11796s	that a lot
11797s	it's a good as good as it gets right now
11799s	yeah
11801s	is this pecan As Good As It Gets as well
11805s	maybe this is just a mutinous to just
11808s	say well Hunter almost
11810s	like the majority of on the deck is
11812s	minions you just eat it they're
11814s	literally topic yeah but like getting
11817s	the Mana spent
11819s	on broken I guess so that way you can
11822s	keep getting value from the hero power
11826s	is certainly worthwhile
11837s	thank you
11847s	back up to 30. oh tracking
11850s	is honestly pretty good in this spot
11854s	right you can just sort of use it to
11856s	plan ahead
11858s	yeah it's going to come next because
11861s	these oh well we can't see or at least
11862s	one seven can see what's going to come
11864s	next uh our Discover options have been
11866s	uh busted all game unfortunately we'll
11868s	try and get that fixed
11869s	all the Whole Decade yeah just busted
11874s	yeah nice little muck pools there
11878s	plus so now after seeing the outcome
11902s	if I were definitely looking a little
11904s	bit better this turn for Luna a little
11907s	bit better
11912s	um
11914s	they'll just how much going on this
11917s	package Runner has been a nuisance and
11919s	weirdly enough that Devourer is good but
11922s	there's still just that terrible
11924s	evolving to a five-fold like still
11926s	dealing five right like it's still yeah
11929s	oh
11930s	biscuit
11937s	wait is he really not just
11940s	show him face
11945s	this has face written all over it
11947s	yeah it could be something
11950s	potentially worried about
11952s	this 14 damage
11956s	if Altima rolls for leoch for the
11960s	variants it's just lethal right yeah
11964s	nope
11968s	oh it's so close it is it really is
11971s	because there's uh even more damage from
11974s	the uh the doggy biscuit yeah I guess it
11977s	was Lethal wait no no biscuit as well
11980s	yeah yeah I'm ahead of you TJ don't you
11982s	worry but um the one bonus was if it
11985s	wasn't exactly Leo Kofa then he gets the
11988s	Misha one and that's three taunts that
11991s	Luna has to get to if he wants to uh if
11993s	she wants to connect 16. so
11996s	at least there's that right and this is
11999s	the taunts from the hero power from
12001s	pukan right so it's not the heel
12007s	gotta get something
12009s	is there anything that could leave
12012s	nope wow just like that TJ I was not
12017s	expecting a very smooth 3-0 there from
12021s	one seven that was a great result uh put
12023s	him up to where what five and one uh so
12027s	far that's um that's when you really
12029s	start to see as you said at the start of
12030s	air when we started casting here that we
12032s	get into like that end game scenario
12035s	right throughout the Swiss where
12036s	suddenly one Seven's in a position where
12039s	it's like well as long as I don't
12040s	completely with the next two rounds
12044s	looking pretty likely to make it to Top
12046s	Cut
12047s	yeah it's looking good and for Luna it's
12050s	not looking as good uh yes there are six
12053s	two players that do make it into the top
12055s	16.
12056s	Luna actually did it
12059s	um not that long ago how was it
12061s	Orgrimmar
12063s	don't ask me I can't remember that's a
12065s	Lorinda question as far as I think it
12067s	was I think it was
12069s	um but it's very tough you you go in a
12074s	four and two to the final two rounds if
12076s	you take your your losses earlier on
12078s	right that means your tie Breakers are
12079s	automatically going to be less because
12081s	you're facing weaker opponents earlier
12083s	on weaker opponents uh earlier on so has
12087s	to win out and then hope that it's gonna
12090s	get the job done
12092s	so yeah we're really looking forward
12093s	though if uh if 1737 makes it into the
12096s	top cut I do want to see how far this
12099s	Rogue can go because it looks like it
12101s	shouldn't be able to but again that's
12104s	another round win and I am fairly
12106s	certain TJ that no one's been Banning
12108s	away his Rogue so it's getting wins
12111s	right so very excited to see if that can
12113s	make it deep into the tournament but
12115s	again in a blink of an eye that's
12116s	another match done we've got plenty more
12118s	for you from this round so don't go
12121s	anywhere and we'll be right back with
12122s	some more Masters talk
12123s	[Music]
12125s	thank you
12126s	[Music]
12144s	Fair weakness
12147s	all shall rise
12152s	for your life
12154s	I will never serve but you shout
12160s	you must acquit
12162s	the dark lady did not commit this
12166s	unspeakable lie
12170s	your cell awaits
12173s	your confession would save us all the
12177s	time
12179s	[Music]
12185s	foreign
12189s	[Music]
12197s	[Music]
12203s	[Music]
12212s	foreign
12215s	[Music]
12230s	thank you
12232s	[Music]
12257s	foreign
12261s	[Music]
12289s	foreign
12291s	[Music]
12324s	welcome back everybody to round six of
12326s	Masters Tour more and disorder really
12328s	getting through uh through things now
12330s	with a nice Pace today and getting a
12333s	good look at who will be joining us
12335s	potentially in the tops if there are
12338s	only two more rounds to go after this
12339s	one all of these players that we are
12341s	seeing now are in with a real good shot
12344s	like for example dark and Sherlock that
12346s	we have here gear
12348s	yes it is yet another matchup that I
12352s	have the pleasure of casting with you
12354s	Derek it's been quite some time since
12356s	our pair has had time I think to uh cast
12360s	together and it's gonna be a very fun
12362s	one because there's such a wide
12364s	representation of classes here we're
12366s	seeing uh Warlock and priest not ones
12371s	that are universally abroad but there's
12373s	priests on either side here Mage and
12375s	rogue bandaway rogue perhaps being the
12377s	weirdest of them all
12379s	yeah Rogue uh a class the I think
12383s	it felt to me a little bit like one of
12385s	those uh pet classes that only works for
12387s	like a couple of players that can
12389s	actually win with it and for the
12390s	majority of players it just doesn't work
12392s	at all uh but it is starting to look
12394s	like that's changing uh maybe a little
12396s	bit we saw uh one seven three seven uh
12400s	in the previous series do very well
12401s	against Luna getting a win with that
12403s	route uh very very swiftly but here with
12405s	it being banned away we're not going to
12407s	be getting to see it but we are going to
12409s	get to see instead is a pretty spicy
12412s	looking priest here uh this is another
12415s	one of those classes or those decks I
12417s	should say that felt like a real pet
12419s	deck basically if you're not Tic Tac
12421s	you're not gonna win a game with this
12422s	deck but so far dark seems to be proving
12425s	us wrong
12427s	yeah this is the thief slashed control
12430s	priest whatever you want to call it that
12432s	honestly every time I look at it I'm
12434s	like why not just throw a quest in here
12436s	just to have some sort of more solid
12439s	concrete win condition but uh maybe
12442s	that's just my recency bias working
12444s	against this deck because uh last time I
12447s	was seeing it it was going O3 was it in
12450s	the hands of xiaote one of the most
12452s	talented players in hearthstone's entire
12455s	history couldn't get it to work but
12458s	maybe dark will have some better success
12461s	here over on this side of Sherlock there
12464s	is going to be that curse imp warlock
12466s	which is certainly a deck that has been
12469s	performing a lot more consistently
12473s	exactly yeah it's felt like the just
12476s	Superior version of this aggressive
12478s	Warlock and I think you'll definitely
12480s	feel that against this priest as well
12482s	because uh even though priest has the
12486s	ability to clear boards and heal they
12489s	kind of struggle to do both at the same
12491s	time which often feels like what you
12492s	need to do if you're playing the control
12494s	strategy uh against this Warlock deck
12497s	obviously if you get on board ahead you
12498s	don't need to really do either of those
12500s	two things but unless you can get a
12501s	massive zirella turn to clear off the
12503s	board a lot of the time you're
12504s	struggling to the early aggression and
12506s	then you're struggling into the curses
12507s	afterwards so I do think gonna be an
12510s	uphill climb uh for dark but I mean even
12514s	just looking at the light it burns we're
12516s	already seeing there are some premium
12517s	removal cards the priest has access to
12521s	I see you again I don't think dark will
12524s	have very much trouble especially with
12526s	this hand
12527s	um dealing with the first couple waves
12529s	of threats from Sherlock uh he now has a
12533s	combination of holy and Shadow so that
12536s	light one another Jay can get a lot of
12538s	work done the AOE catching both flame it
12542s	and the librarian within its range
12545s	Library aside
12556s	thinking about the later portion of the
12559s	matchup like you said the curses are
12560s	definitely where the priest will begin
12562s	to struggle and I think I said a similar
12565s	thing about when a priest was facing
12567s	Hunter where it's just a deck that has a
12571s	lot of cards that are not good to steal
12573s	piecemeal like individually getting a
12576s	curse card from your opponent or even
12578s	two or three copies it's not nearly as
12581s	effective as stealing Standalone cards
12583s	from same age for example like a very
12586s	strong hero card or a heavy hitter like
12589s	marjush because the compounding effect
12591s	is not available to the priest unless
12594s	they get very very lucky with their
12596s	steals
12597s	it's one of those things weirdly with
12599s	those with this priest as well that you
12601s	don't even for me at least often think
12603s	about the activation condition for the
12605s	the never Drake but in this instance
12608s	it's actually kind of a big deal as dark
12611s	has no holy spell in hand right only the
12613s	shadow spells uh at the moment and it
12616s	would be a huge difference as I think
12619s	it's irol uh tells you that were he able
12622s	to activate this board clear on this
12623s	turn which he cannot do
12627s	um
12629s	there was the option of pointing out an
12632s	adjectives them the bleeding that way
12634s	but location gets rid of the most
12636s	important minion as well so definitely
12638s	prefer that one it's a bit funny that he
12641s	might be able to steal a shadow spell
12643s	from Sherlock if that was the spell
12646s	school that was missing but not the holy
12648s	uh he's picked up gift of the Naru now
12651s	though so that problem from the previous
12653s	turn gone
12657s	and even the yeah the nether Drake has
12659s	been activated on this turn it doesn't
12660s	even feel good really on this turn like
12664s	you do it obviously because you have to
12665s	clear the board but you've just
12667s	activated their mischievous imp they've
12669s	already drawn a million cards you're
12671s	very close to having infused their
12673s	impking reform as well it's all just
12675s	coming together so nicely now for
12677s	Sherlock who has uh a plethora of
12679s	options oh my goodness look at this
12682s	house and he has all four of the cursed
12685s	spells on the left with Tamsin these can
12687s	stack up so quickly not to mention the
12689s	inking rifon which will be all more than
12692s	likely just fully infused and ready to
12693s	go next turn
12695s	um all forms of attack available to
12698s	Sherlock but does he have good enough
12700s	defense is the question because dark is
12702s	putting together a bit of a scary board
12705s	Sherlock already down to 22 and because
12707s	of the five Health from the location on
12710s	that one another drink one Abyssal wave
12713s	cannot kill it
12714s	[Music]
12716s	that is true the removal are a little
12718s	awkward for dark though as both the the
12722s	two different styles of removal you have
12724s	in clean the scene and Shadow and ruin
12727s	both are kind of working against you
12730s	like the the clean the scene doesn't
12731s	clear and uh the bigger minions and the
12734s	uh Shadowood ruin is going to clear off
12736s	one of your own minions as well
12740s	I wonder if you can get away with just
12742s	playing light shower Elemental pushing a
12744s	face and saying you deal with it
12747s	I like where your head's at
12750s	I mean if you do play light shower I
12753s	guess it makes more sense to take some
12754s	value trades because then if Sherlock
12757s	doesn't have targeted spells on those
12759s	minions then the death rattle from the
12761s	light shower gets even more uh value
12764s	alternatively he could use najak in a
12767s	similar vein of just saying for one turn
12769s	you cannot attack with your six six and
12772s	uh pushing face instead
12776s	and he's played the light shower and now
12778s	he's wondering like I said where do we
12779s	send these trades are we sending some
12780s	damage face are we taking some value
12782s	trades he just takes the maximum power
12784s	off the board
12786s	and I gotta say I kind of liked your
12788s	plan
12790s	yeah I mean I guess the problem with it
12793s	is that there wasn't enough
12794s	follow-through if Sherlock didn't manage
12796s	to clear those minions dark doesn't
12798s	nearly have as much access to reach as
12801s	Sherlock does so he is going back into
12804s	the control posture just happy enough
12806s	that he stemmed the bleeding in the
12809s	early turns but this is where Sherlock
12810s	completely morphs game plan now to the
12814s	curse half of this deck reloading the
12817s	tabs and it only needs one copy of a
12820s	curse I feel to get the job done because
12822s	he has so many of the natural curses in
12826s	hand already with that lady dark pink
12828s	gonna be so much right like assuming
12832s	this time zone dies which is not even a
12834s	necessity there's like five more curses
12837s	yet to come yep
12843s	getting there already
12845s	because for dog again that like having
12847s	to play the curses is such a horrible
12849s	Prospect in this sense
12854s	that is incredibly tight for a priest
12857s	every single turn they generally end up
12859s	playing no more than two cards in a turn
12862s	and finding two Mana to spare every time
12865s	usually means they're giving up on one
12867s	of uh their best options maybe not
12870s	swinging the board just dealing with it
12872s	thus giving Sherlock more time to play
12874s	curses at his own leisure
12876s	I think in that instance though he was
12878s	just supposed to heal his own face
12880s	rather than play the two damage curse
12882s	right because it just gives his opponent
12884s	an extra hand space to put a curse in
12888s	all for the same amount that's true
12894s	and it's not like you're afraid of
12895s	overdrawing because again with a second
12897s	durability curse you always
12899s	but you never overdraw here anybody
12905s	uh illuminates
12912s	feels weird to take the cheapest option
12914s	off of school teacher but the other two
12917s	are just not doing very much for dark at
12920s	this point in the game
12921s	yeah I mean we need to be thinking now
12923s	about like what are the big Tempo swings
12925s	that can pull dark into this game
12926s	because I think it's clear that if he
12927s	just keeps on going Tit for Tat on the
12930s	board eventually with this hand the
12932s	curses are just gonna get him so we need
12934s	to see a big swing and maybe that is
12936s	actually the swing that we could see
12939s	back with the behemoth right that it is
12942s	going to represent a threat that doesn't
12944s	just straight up die to a vessel wave on
12946s	top of lifesteal if Sherlock leaves a
12949s	minion on the board which feels more
12951s	than likely with that lady dark vein uh
12954s	it's not difficult to set up the dark
12957s	vein to give Abyssal wave though which
12959s	is amazing
12960s	Sherlock is gonna hold off a little bit
12962s	maybe waiting for dark to even have more
12965s	hand space to just play multiple curses
12967s	in the same turn
12969s	laughs
12976s	of a curse if you want it
12978s	oh my
12983s	probably prefer just the drag below here
12987s	to remove the most damage
12989s	I'm not getting any younger
13004s	right now I think yeah we're looking big
13011s	and this might be the board development
13014s	that Sherlock was waiting for with
13017s	curses
13025s	yeah it's a maybe not a clear on this
13028s	term but if you go Abyssal wave you're
13030s	of course setting up for the clear on
13031s	the following turn
13033s	City dark vein there is Whirlpool which
13036s	is the one spell so it would be the only
13038s	one that's discounted but I think he
13041s	ended up on master of Envy there which
13043s	does make sense to me or a harvester of
13045s	Envy sorry uh in order to heal some of
13049s	these curses perhaps rather than just
13051s	again uh dying to them
13055s	yeah agreed I think uh it's well past
13058s	the point where dark expects he needs to
13060s	be clearing board using spells he'll
13062s	just be a head on board
13064s	um Sherlock mostly pushed off of the
13067s	minion based game plan and now just
13069s	trying to go over the top with the
13071s	curses
13086s	make sure not to play any other Shadow
13087s	spells and I think you're laughing here
13090s	yep it's a bit annoying that dark can
13094s	heal most of this back up with the
13096s	lifesteal but that's all right
13099s	imagine he's stealing this up cool now
13105s	it's pretty nice burning a card stealing
13107s	there's a cool
13110s	oh I'm sorry not burning hot but taking
13113s	this a call from hand almost
13117s	[Music]
13122s	and because dark has a brand of his own
13125s	he's getting a decent amount of curse
13127s	stocking going for himself I think a lot
13130s	of uh whether he's able to close that
13133s	out or not depends on what's in the
13135s	identity theft but for now Sherlock is
13138s	just gonna have a pretty easy board
13139s	clear with the dark vein to replay a
13142s	Bissell wave
13148s	passes to the hand if you want to or
13150s	missed her with dragged below as well
13156s	thank you for your service
13159s	looks like Sherlock has been really uh
13164s	holding off on using drag below there
13166s	are multiple points where I wanted to
13168s	just get this out of hand and get the
13170s	curses stacking while the Mana was
13172s	available because currently it takes him
13175s	two turns to find ways to play all of
13178s	the curses here assuming bran Syracuse
13180s	is top of mind
13183s	yeah I mean I was kind of wondering
13184s	actually if that would end with this
13185s	brand lady dog fade instead on that turn
13188s	uh because you could have cleared up a
13189s	board space with the location
13192s	elf and then a trade with the Imp
13194s	uh which is probably where I would have
13196s	ended up but he gets a much bigger board
13197s	with this
13199s	ew
13201s	sort of a two-pronged attack with this
13204s	approach
13205s	um but I'm not gonna lie I did like the
13207s	idea of stacking as many curses as
13208s	possible while dark had the hand space
13211s	because that's not a guarantee that
13212s	he'll have it on the next turn
13218s	s up cool
13221s	so this is gonna deal to the three the
13225s	Sherlock
13233s	and I think Sherlock is still able to
13237s	get lethal wait let's see
13239s	you can deal six seven eight with his
13241s	curses
13244s	um plus the one that's dealing four
13246s	that's still in hand right uh yeah
13250s	that has to be lethal right yeah that's
13251s	that's definitely
13256s	well yeah yeah
13261s	nicely done
13263s	yeah even without I think second cult is
13267s	just a drag below he would have had it
13271s	the transition this deck could do is
13273s	just so nuts as long as you hit that uh
13276s	impending catastrophe in the mid game
13278s	then you just have so much ability to go
13281s	and go and go and the priest clearly
13283s	doesn't have the the necessary tools to
13285s	fight back because this deck is the
13288s	definition of a slow value oriented
13290s	priest it does not apply anywhere near
13293s	enough pressure and that's what the
13294s	curses feed on slowly letting you
13297s	succumb to the madness and uh Sherlock
13300s	getting a well-deserved win
13302s	yeah um I honestly thought his approach
13305s	was very very slow maybe even slower
13308s	than I thought was necessary but just
13310s	the sheer density of the curses drawn
13313s	towards the top half of his deck
13314s	including bran and Lady dark vein meant
13317s	that dark cut very little of a chance of
13319s	fighting back admirable how he found
13321s	ways to start stacking curses of his own
13324s	gotcha lockdown to below 10 Health
13326s	nicely timed uh Harvester of Envy to
13329s	steal one of the heavy hidden cards but
13331s	there were just simply too many other
13333s	curse generators for that to be relevant
13336s	yeah and with that said the the Warlock
13340s	having one sorry the uh priest we are
13342s	going to be seeing again I would imagine
13343s	from dark up against the Hunter and
13350s	blessed Priest No knock is in there yeah
13353s	it's just a full-on blessed priest uh
13355s	from Sherlock how we're liking the
13356s	chances of the
13359s	uh the control priest uh from dark do
13362s	you think it improves against the likes
13364s	of Hunter or buff priest
13367s	I think it improves against buff Beast
13370s	sure and I think the hunter matchup is a
13372s	slight Improvement against warlock it's
13374s	still in my opinion not favored against
13376s	Hunter and that's going to be an uphill
13378s	climb but I think the buff priest
13382s	um has a low enough density of threats
13385s	and boards that it can build that the
13388s	controlled priests should more often
13391s	than not be able to exhaust it of all
13393s	its resources that can get cloudy though
13395s	because both of those decks have access
13397s	to identity of theft and we could see
13400s	some alternate wind conditions but we'll
13401s	focus on the hunter matchup for now
13403s	where we see Sherlock instantly keeping
13406s	tavish which I think is a very good call
13408s	out
13409s	um just to make sure he has access to
13412s	consistent board building from the hero
13414s	power
13415s	does mean he has a very slow start a
13419s	crawlingly slow start with King crushed
13422s	dinastrius and then ramming him out is
13424s	the earliest play you can make which is
13425s	of course not even playable uh so for
13428s	dog if he can't get off to an aggressive
13430s	start which you know it's not impossible
13433s	for this uh version of priest to do if
13435s	you hit a mysterious visitor uh for
13437s	example then maybe there's something
13440s	going on here
13441s	and the crazy part is not only is this
13444s	heavy hand terrible for Sherlock Temple
13446s	wise it's good for dark in terms of what
13449s	he can copy with incriminating psychic
13451s	because a lot of these are just high
13453s	value cards and now there's that
13455s	mysterious visitor as well to get
13456s	discounts on whatever he steals which
13459s	means there's a potential to steal one
13462s	of those high cost cards with the
13463s	Harvester of envy
13468s	your opponent has passed one hero
13470s	powered on turn two does that
13472s	incentivize you to just play the
13474s	mysterious visitor as dark is going for
13476s	here like it feels terrible when you
13479s	have the uh incriminating psychic in
13483s	hand but it's a two three on two you've
13486s	got to control the board here I fully
13487s	agree with this line
13489s	fair enough Temple is King I think dark
13491s	even thinking about the implications of
13494s	just straight up playing Harvester of
13496s	Envy I mean because he gets a value
13498s	trade it's quite strong and boring fair
13500s	enough
13506s	uh
13508s	oh
13512s	terrible draws for Sherlock
13515s	uh it is not much better but
13519s	I actually think he doesn't even play
13520s	the peasant
13522s	his next turn at least it's a target for
13524s	having him out oh it's something yeah
13528s	maybe he could redraw the uh doggy
13531s	biscuit and give it Rush as well
13534s	oh my God
13539s	what has become a hundred nothing to do
13544s	from turns one to five this is still
13547s	very nothing
13550s	extremely nothing
13552s	getting out curved by control priests
13557s	quite badly too like it's not slowing
13559s	down for dark with coin light shower
13561s	into light shower
13567s	probably have to answer this uh this
13571s	peasant I want to say
13572s	it's a bit awkward that if you answer
13574s	the first half you probably trade down
13576s	the rhyming words that comes after
13580s	uh
13582s	maybe it doesn't end up being a light
13584s	shower turn
13585s	honestly with the way this is panning
13587s	out I wouldn't hate like short of the
13589s	Naru and then Temple light more
13597s	that's true it is a pretty good shot
13598s	isn't it
13605s	foreign
13606s	probably too valuable to use on just a
13609s	ramming Mount Target though
13612s	yeah you'll find something
13618s	right gives up on the Harvester to get
13620s	that light shower inside light shower
13623s	curve going very very powerful stuff
13625s	Sherlock finally gots to play something
13628s	on curve
13632s	walks away with snake trap you're
13634s	definitely taking that over emergency
13635s	maneuver basically just non-ex bag on
13638s	the board and then ice trap
13647s	oh pretty terrible
13650s	it's for the freezing test for the
13652s	explosive nothing happening is uh quite
13655s	suspicious at this point
13657s	but at the same time there's nothing
13658s	stopping you from just going to the
13660s	light shower and all face with
13661s	everything else right
13665s	at this point dark
13667s	I think finds it very likely that
13670s	emergency maneuver is one of the Spells
13672s	so why even bother killing one of
13674s	Sherlock's minions for him
13677s	wow really
13680s	I didn't expect that
13685s	I really want to trade that badly ah
13691s	there's just a bunch of snakes on board
13693s	that he can't kill I I guess he was
13696s	afraid of it being Maneuvers and then
13698s	next turn the bear coming down because
13700s	you know it was like a Double Bluff
13703s	where you would never pick Maneuvers so
13706s	he knows so it could be Maneuvers
13708s	because dark would never test for that
13710s	but I think even then that's maybe a few
13712s	layers too many Mind Games if you ask
13715s	yeah sure
13718s	it's King Crush
13721s	I was wondering if Sylvanas was actually
13723s	a better pick there just to protect one
13725s	of his own taunts but Sherlock with a
13728s	smile I think mainly that his denaturis
13730s	wasn't stolen
13738s	a strange turn all in all I think a lot
13740s	of players would work differently yeah I
13743s	wasn't even sure about giving Shard as a
13746s	snapping I can't remember the other
13747s	choices obviously Shard was awkward
13749s	because it was made more expensive but
13751s	it's doing a lot of work for Sherlock
13753s	even if you were to just play it here
13758s	not ideal on this turn probably gets a
13761s	bit better later
13764s	um
13770s	even here like for for Sherlock
13772s	insta-pressing hero power uh was not
13774s	something I was sure on either because
13776s	this could have been an activated
13777s	Sylvanas theoretically to like steal the
13781s	uh the psychic or the light shower yeah
13784s	or just mounted there uh to the flag of
13787s	the board
13789s	all of which was much better Mana
13791s	utilization
13794s	yeah definitely felt like it
13798s	well uh surely this is just another
13801s	light shower
13806s	we're back in uh things are making sense
13808s	again
13809s	biggest minion
13811s	all right and now the Sylvanas is
13813s	infused okay
13817s	this is where we feel at home this is
13818s	some good APAC casting we can do here
13820s	it's just brain off biggest minion
13823s	mm-hmm
13827s	hey Shadow word ruin looking good if you
13830s	don't have biggest minion playable play
13833s	biggest clear
13836s	I guess yeah things really slowing down
13839s	now though for dark
13841s	yeah and he's playing a lot of the good
13844s	cards the uh Thief priest has access to
13847s	with a mysterious visitor having gone
13849s	down the Harvester of envy
13851s	there's not many individually super
13853s	strong drawers of people left
13855s	yeah out of my way it's strange that
13859s	even with these light shower Elementals
13861s	there's no doubling not much doubling
13863s	down on its effect in the deck uh no
13866s	natural Amulet of the undying right oh
13869s	sorry there is one copy my bad that
13871s	would be very effective for dark to find
13873s	that would be good yeah
13881s	and here like the the ramifications of
13884s	his pick off of the theater are very
13887s	much coming into effect now because he
13889s	has a king Crush in hand which is not
13891s	great for him and it probably wouldn't
13893s	have been that great comparatively for
13896s	his opponent like compared to the
13898s	activated Sylvanas uh that was able to
13900s	come down and steal such a clutch minion
13903s	I have to agree
13911s	Misha Misha Misha
13914s	every turn
13925s	all right
13929s	I've been with a fair view of the beasts
13932s	having been put in the hand already it's
13935s	still just such a devastatingly strong
13939s	foreign
13940s	here playing around Whirlpool by not
13944s	extending further on board
13959s	pretty simple game here from furlock you
13961s	just press that hero power every turn
13963s	and I think you just get there I don't
13966s	see dark surviving all this value
13970s	why you kept tavish ongoing
13975s	value that doesn't depend on any cards
13978s	in hand and continue to juice up that
13981s	dinathrius which he was so relieved was
13984s	not stolen a few uh three to go
13991s	uh King Rush
13993s	it's terrible
13998s	dark needing a desperate prayer to
14002s	activate tyrella
14005s	is mine and if you're in a position
14008s	where you're hoping to draw a zero cost
14010s	card on 10 Mana I just don't think right
14012s	it's a good position
14016s	up taking and playing every removal
14018s	spell he draws right
14025s	just leaves up Leo
14031s	what is the infusum clean the scene is
14034s	it free
14039s	I'm not a control priest player as
14042s	you've realized I cannot subject myself
14044s	to this deck on ladder
14047s	I played like three games of it you'd
14049s	one mirror that lasted for almost an
14051s	hour and
14052s	done forever
14055s	the good news is I don't think uh we'll
14059s	have to subject ourselves to this game
14061s	very much longer that dinathrius is at
14063s	24.
14065s	unless there's not board space to ever
14067s	play it
14069s	um
14070s	yeah that sounds like losing
14078s	[Applause]
14080s	insta back guest
14083s	talk about insult to injury
14086s	oh man he does not heck and love priest
14089s	right now down O2 uh right at the start
14092s	of this series and a 4-1 score line
14095s	losing here pretty much eliminates you
14098s	from contention for top 16 like maybe
14100s	with some weird tiebreakers there's a
14102s	super slim hope but effectively you're
14105s	out of the running and so with
14106s	everything riding now on him three owing
14108s	this buff priest from his opponent I
14111s	will say uh buff priest is the kind of
14114s	wild card deck that could theoretically
14116s	just fall flat on its face or your
14118s	opponent misplays and you're able to get
14120s	three sweeps uh sorry three wins for a
14122s	full reverse sweep but it does not feel
14125s	good to be in this spot definitely not
14128s	but so we'll see this is the best chance
14131s	that Thief priest has had in a matchup
14133s	throughout the entirety of all its
14136s	stream games of this tournament so far
14138s	so I say this because uh Sherlock really
14142s	has limited threats that he can put on
14145s	the board it only comes in two maybe
14148s	three waves with this deck a giant
14151s	radiant and then a giant Boon beside it
14153s	and all it takes is one shot over ruin
14156s	sometimes chart of the Naru or lighted
14159s	Prince or some combination of those
14160s	should be enough there's even the najak
14163s	hexen in this version from dark here so
14165s	he just needs to not draw completely
14168s	dead and he should be able to exhaust
14170s	Sherlock of all resources barring some
14173s	insane identity thefts
14176s	and I guess identity theft is still a
14179s	pretty premium card for Sherlock here
14181s	because in the true mirror it's an
14183s	absolutely fantastic card because it's
14186s	just draw two cards essentially you'll
14187s	discover two cards because you get to
14189s	pick more precisely what you want
14190s	against your opponent there's still some
14192s	decent enough cards that you've run in
14194s	your deck you wouldn't
14197s	and dark picking up thrived from the uh
14200s	conjure is huge right because there's
14202s	quite a few cards that are dead to dark
14204s	that are good for Sherlock like serpent
14207s	wig Boon of the ascended but the Thrive
14210s	allowing him to keep cycling and get
14212s	towards one of these important removal
14214s	pieces is such a big deal
14220s	I'll look on the other side though has a
14222s	decent enough hand sorry if he can get
14224s	himself
14226s	radiant plus uh the village would be the
14228s	perfect combo
14231s	oh terrible but Felicia is really the
14233s	card you need to pop off with both
14234s	radiant and handmaiden on the same turn
14239s	question is
14242s	if the radiant above five attack
14244s	immediately you often don't have the
14247s	choice because if there were a world
14249s	where you can make this a 4 20 or 25
14253s	health and just keep it at four attack
14255s	you would to play around a shadow word
14258s	ruin and then just bless it later get
14260s	all the attack when you're actually able
14262s	to hit with that minion but it's
14266s	difficult to actually do that in
14268s	practice and so it walks into shadow
14271s	where Drew and territory
14279s	yeah you definitely don't have the
14281s	pop-off available on this turn and I
14283s	believe there's two Bells left needing
14286s	to be played in order to actually
14287s	activate
14291s	oh no sorry one spell left needs to be
14293s	placed back to where they had me
14296s	uh but no hand space available does make
14298s	things
14300s	the switcheroo though does guarantee
14303s	second radiant and velish at this point
14306s	which means there's a lot more Mana to
14308s	work with than what first meets the eye
14310s	here
14314s	all right
14317s	I'm not popping off at all
14320s	okay leaves this radiant okay I guess
14323s	Sherlock's kind of saying this matchup
14325s	is so difficult that he is okay with all
14329s	Inning on turn six
14332s	just making dark have the answer and if
14335s	he doesn't it's not difficult for
14336s	Sherlock to get lethal immediately
14339s	I would force to shoot definitely the
14341s	card to play to dump from your hand
14344s	rather go
14350s	yeah I'm unsure that does it's a huge
14353s	source of Health that's just right a
14355s	drain oh an additional shard
14360s	has to go Eric has answers for days
14374s	not too quickly I don't see a reason for
14377s	him to attack here don't give a gift of
14379s	the Naru draw
14384s	because
14388s	well here we go
14391s	one big push yeah this does feel like
14393s	the turn the only real shot you have
14399s	lots of cheap spells Yep this Village
14402s	can restore him all the way back up to
14405s	six Mana for sure
14407s	this looks like it might actually be a
14409s	double handmaiden turn
14412s	as you can get velish to bring you back
14414s	up to six and then with the zero Mana
14416s	Boon that he just put on the top of his
14418s	deck uh it could then be a double
14421s	handmade double Boon uh on the same turn
14429s	and that's all the Minions available to
14431s	Sherlock yeah
14434s	uh I don't know what the leash is okay
14436s	for I guess he doesn't necessarily need
14439s	to go all the way back up to six but he
14441s	could would just illuminate here
14443s	yeah
14446s	like that does mean you get to go
14448s	handmade Plus
14451s	and I think if you're not playing them
14452s	now when I
14459s	don't know ah okay so he is leaving them
14463s	at four attack
14464s	okay
14471s	I can get on board with this
14477s	really there's still a good answer at
14479s	the minimum
14481s	like shard
14485s	Plus
14490s	oh I did Burns isn't doing very much
14495s	no you have the option to use the
14498s	location on one of the opposing minions
14500s	there'd go for Shadowood ruin
14503s	for an immediate kill and then you have
14505s	and a leftover for just like a silence
14508s	to take down the radiant
14510s	I think that would probably win you the
14512s	game if you can't find anything better
14514s	agreed
14518s	does have 10 cards in hand though so
14521s	I won't start with the location bro
14534s	oh he's going on his own Minion
14537s	a the four nine lives to see another day
14541s	which is scary
14547s	[Music]
14549s	or 11.
14552s	hmm
14557s	okay how far can this be blessed though
14560s	oh
14563s	wow okay see there's no Radiance so you
14565s	don't have much Mana to work with but
14567s	yeah
14568s	yeah
14570s	altitude 16 wig
14573s	18
14575s	uh devour
14578s	plus 5 23.
14581s	7 plus
14584s	don't think it's lethal
14586s	yeah and I you have to play this shot
14589s	you can't
14590s	get this blessed oh and he started with
14594s	a spell and the fortitude doctors one
14597s	a little messy
14602s	I must consider
14606s	play identity theft for two spells it's
14608s	okay
14614s	[Music]
14618s	okay because he's not able to get lethal
14620s	this turn I do like the halfway pivot of
14623s	just using Boone instead to get another
14625s	four attack threat on board
14629s	[Music]
14631s	wow okay
14633s	really preventing gift of the Naruto
14635s	trades anywhere I guess yeah and zarella
14638s	as much as possible as well yeah
14642s	okay at the very least the whirlpool is
14646s	the emergency switch Yeah that's the win
14649s	I think right there
14652s	so weird there's a whole lot of very
14655s	weird leading up to full health on
14658s	either hero and that we're saying that's
14660s	the game
14666s	obvious the bran
14671s	uh
14673s	uh okay what's yours will be mine
14679s	Temple Harvester kind of thought he
14681s	would like save that so he could
14683s	guaranteed steal them for on the next
14684s	turn
14692s	finally enough though dark doesn't have
14694s	the guaranteed clear on it
14698s	anybody bill doesn't
14707s	unless a death Rally's died oh no death
14709s	row has died the uh the psychic so the
14712s	amulet's fantastic
14716s	em stays at rank one when it's on the
14719s	noggling so that's not right
14723s	just funny for dark he doesn't know it
14725s	but he has played the only stealable
14727s	card already so not yes
14733s	quickly
14739s	oh
14743s	what doesn't it steal it from the board
14744s	still
14746s	like who knows that's true but like in
14749s	the sense that he got the value from it
14751s	already all right yeah yeah
14755s	and having two Brands doesn't really do
14757s	anything for Sherlock it's the gold in
14759s	it
14761s	uh this is so weird
14766s	all right okay so with no more
14770s	battle cries no ways to draw cards uh
14775s	uh no more value there's just nothing he
14777s	can't use silence these
14780s	um psychics to go through and push some
14781s	damage with Plus
14792s	I don't know Gia I don't see it I'm not
14796s	seeing anything either
14798s	quickly
14803s	just fully committed to never put
14805s	anything at five attack or more
14809s	I respect it like it's the one of the
14812s	two lines you can take you can play
14813s	around it as much as possible and say
14815s	maybe I can get there
14817s	and if they have it or you can do what I
14819s	always do in this deck which is throw
14821s	everything on the board say they have to
14823s	have it and most of the time
14828s	and Behemoth to seal it
14832s	purely Sherlock throws it down after
14834s	this
14836s	yes
14838s	okay
14839s	first time in five games I've cast that
14843s	the thief priest has taken away
14847s	yeah and like the Thief Part really not
14852s	even mattering there it's just a deck
14853s	with removal that the uh the buff priest
14855s	is hard loses to just anything that has
14857s	a really really strong removal
14860s	uh but I'm glad to see it take the win
14862s	uh just because by actually I guess the
14865s	series would have been over basically as
14866s	long as you'd have to see that deck
14867s	anymore I'm happy uh and this buff
14870s	Breeze it should lead to some decidedly
14871s	more exciting games uh against the
14873s	shaman or the hunter for me the main
14877s	reason that you're bringing buffers is
14878s	for a very strong matchup against the
14881s	hunter unless it's very specially texted
14883s	to deal with it and uh against Shaman I
14886s	think it's a lot closer obviously
14887s	because primordial wave as the key card
14890s	and then devourers plus Sylvanas later
14892s	on uh but I I definitely don't hate this
14895s	matchup uh for the priest because your
14898s	opponent is still playing a 40 card deck
14900s	they're not necessarily likely to find
14903s	all those options yeah and the priest
14905s	can put forth those huge minions much
14908s	earlier than the shaman is able to be
14911s	equipped to deal with it on average they
14914s	do have a couple freeze effects with the
14916s	Sleep breaker generating wind chills but
14918s	most shamans are not running uh snowfall
14921s	Guardian anymore so their stall
14922s	potential is limited not uh too mad
14927s	about Sherlock's odds here especially
14928s	with this hand Switcheroo and handmaiden
14931s	already available
14933s	what a gorgeous starting hand Michelle
14935s	up though with both CE handmaiden and
14938s	the switcheroo pre-mulligan and then to
14941s	round it out hey identity theft is just
14943s	a nice way to spend a bit more Mana just
14946s	needs that volition radiant and he is
14948s	laughing
14950s	foreign
14954s	and he is guaranteed to get at least one
14957s	radiant offense Switcheroo by this point
14959s	for dark though that's dark though
14961s	that's one primordial wave which is very
14964s	nice he might need more than just one
14967s	though because Sherlock uh with this
14969s	amount of resources will have access to
14972s	several big minions and the primordial
14975s	wave isn't uh super effective against a
14979s	boon token because that does have a
14982s	naturally High Mana cost on it depending
14985s	on the stats it has
14989s	are are you allowed to play radiant onto
14996s	I mean
14998s	no one's stopping you but it doesn't
15000s	seem necessary
15006s	okay
15007s	so no isn't playable but uh schooling if
15011s	it were I guess you can say that if it
15014s	wasn't played on one there isn't
15015s	schooling in hand
15018s	and I do quite like the tempo line with
15021s	his hand like even if the radiant
15023s	doesn't do much it clears a card out of
15025s	your hand which you really need to do
15027s	with Switcheroo double handmaiden and
15031s	the reasonable shot that you can stick
15033s	it because if you play radiant get
15035s	fortitude on it it's at that really
15038s	awkward middle spot for your opponent
15040s	where if they play primordial Wave It's
15043s	kind of bad because they've dealt with
15044s	your minion but it's kind of not bad
15046s	because then they don't have an answer
15048s	for your massive all-in push which
15050s	you'll still be able to do in a couple
15051s	turns time
15053s	fair enough oh wow it was guaranteed
15058s	right
15059s	oh
15060s	um going for it now is
15063s	not something I expected and dark either
15066s	he's left the building it was like
15069s	we've got the keyboard camera
15071s	oh man
15074s	you can see he's not feeling good about
15075s	this one and you can't blame him like if
15078s	you like it's exactly what I said if you
15080s	play wave they just go all in if you
15081s	don't they just piecemeal Destroy You
15083s	card by card
15089s	yeah take back my hesitations on the
15093s	radiant play it's working out very great
15095s	for sure lock here dark faced with the
15098s	Dilemma of whether he is able to take
15101s	this slow approach of just wild paw
15103s	Cavern is very unlikely to die straight
15106s	up by leaving the 5 8 but he will take
15109s	that incremental damage and it still
15112s	doesn't guarantee that he'll have the
15114s	solve for the problem next turn
15120s	there is little time
15123s	more bones take not on
15129s	okay at least there's healing totem so
15133s	the null is not straight up dead the
15134s	handmaiden
15137s	okay so
15139s	um
15142s	a lot a lot yeah
15147s	and this Boon should end up and drop
15151s	right yeah yeah
15154s	uh which is just like the perfect Mario
15157s	wave
15158s	yeah exactly it just protects you
15160s	against every outcome
15164s	oh there's freeze
15175s	oh
15177s	my Nexia
15180s	uh it'll do very nicely the whelps can
15183s	also like attack right away right it's
15185s	how it works because it's at the start
15187s	of your turn oh the end of your
15189s	opponent's turn which is just more
15191s	damage piling on
15194s	16 damage available on board little more
15198s	wood serpent wig and handmaiden
15212s	oh
15214s	it's like crazily enough is still enough
15216s	for another big buff pop-off turn right
15220s	with the radiance still in hand uh if
15222s	Sherlock can find the moon a bless a
15226s	fortitude a lot of good outcomes you can
15229s	pull this one back
15231s	that'll do
15237s	the question is whether he needs to
15239s	trade off that 3-3
15244s	kind of difficult to think about what
15246s	damage breakpoints are relevant here
15248s	because in the first place what can dark
15250s	even do to clear this board
15254s	uh not much
15256s	that I could think of with no freeze
15259s	left over as we've talked about so many
15260s	times with snowfall Guardian having well
15263s	and truly bit in the dust
15265s	Dominus can't deal with threats this
15268s	large
15271s	it goes wind chill on the 88 and picks
15274s	up flurgal there's a clear on the one
15277s	ones but still leaves up the two three
15280s	attack minions it should still represent
15282s	lethal given Sherlock very likely to
15285s	find a blast with his thriving
15288s	and now with focused will that'll be
15290s	enough to close it out for Sherlock the
15292s	buff priest getting over the line as for
15294s	dark his control lineup very heavy
15297s	control lineup with the thief priest and
15299s	his control Shaman as well is unable to
15302s	withstand in the end the uh Relentless
15306s	force from this buff priest uh Sherlock
15308s	takes the win after in my opinion for
15309s	the most part playing some pretty nice
15311s	Hearthstone I think those pop-off turns
15313s	with the buff priest in particular were
15315s	really really nicely maneuvered
15318s	yeah I think that most relevant play is
15321s	what you called out in the radiant on
15323s	curve there just kind of taking
15325s	advantage of the fact that if Shaman
15327s	hasn't played schooling on turn one day
15329s	probably don't have a way to kill it
15331s	that soon and then buffing it straight
15333s	away after with the power word fortitude
15335s	and continuing to press the issue gave
15337s	Sherlock so much time to put together
15340s	this pressure for dark there it's a
15343s	rough one but I think
15346s	um he should have known going into this
15347s	that the lineup just doesn't line up
15350s	very well into that blessed priest
15352s	outside of exactly the thief priest
15354s	matchup
15356s	and with that said and done we uh
15359s	Sherlock going through uh at a what five
15363s	and one score line now uh at the end of
15365s	round six very nicely done whereas uh
15369s	unfortunately dark uh representing e
15371s	we'll be going down to four and two
15372s	hopefully things can turn around for him
15375s	and he can get a decent enough finish I
15377s	think we are all done with uh games for
15382s	round six uh before we head in
15386s	around seven come after this
15389s	all right we are indeed so we are going
15392s	to go to a short break and when we come
15393s	back there will be the final two rounds
15395s	of Swiss here at Masters Tour Moore and
15398s	Diesel
15400s	[Music]
15413s	Witness
15414s	[Music]
15424s	and shall rise and soon
15428s	beg for your life
15435s	[Music]
15436s	you must acquit
15439s	the dark lady did not commit this
15442s	unspeakable life
15446s	your cell awaits
15449s	your confession would save us all the
15453s	time
15456s	[Music]
15461s	foreign
15479s	[Music]
15485s	[Music]
15492s	[Music]
15497s	foreign
15504s	[Music]
15520s	[Music]
15528s	foreign
15533s	[Music]
15547s	[Music]
15560s	[Music]
15573s	foreign
15575s	[Music]
15586s	[Music]
15593s	[Music]
15600s	hello everyone or welcome back we've got
15603s	plenty more HearthStone for you coming
15604s	right up I'm Raven joining me this time
15606s	is subtle this will bring you the start
15608s	of a new round we've got odsuna versus
15611s	Leandro Leo sotterland honestly uh the
15614s	two sides of the Hearthstone coin in
15617s	this matchup with almost maximum control
15620s	versus maximum aggro from these two
15623s	players
15624s	yeah I wonder where you're gonna go with
15626s	that like do two sides of the
15627s	Hearthstone coin one really good player
15629s	one terrible play it's a very curious
15632s	where we're gonna end up I know you're
15633s	absolutely right and I am excited about
15635s	this for several reasons uh first off
15639s	season one isn't the first we have Quest
15643s	priest now that might sound strange why
15645s	on Earth am I excited about Quest priest
15647s	uh I think we've established there is a
15649s	worse deck that you can be uh offered to
15652s	cast and having already been through
15654s	that once with Gia and then watching Gia
15656s	tortured by it again I'm very pleased to
15658s	have a different priest uh secondly
15660s	aggro Druid uh I haven't necessarily
15663s	written down every single deck that
15665s	we've seen in every single round and
15667s	every single fill and everything that
15669s	we've done throughout the whole day but
15670s	I don't think we've seen token Druid
15673s	aggro Druid whatever you want to call it
15675s	necessarily on stream so far and it's a
15677s	deck that I had in the back of my mind I
15680s	actually have a big impact on this
15681s	tournament and I haven't necessarily
15682s	seen whether that is the case yet so
15685s	very eager to see how that one is going
15686s	to do yeah I think you may be right or
15689s	at least I also have not seen aggro
15691s	Druid on stream this weekend unless we
15693s	happen to just miss things at the same
15694s	time but yeah it was a dick I was
15696s	interested in you know where before the
15698s	tournament I was talking about where the
15699s	players go like full aggro or not
15702s	because I do think it's possible
15704s	um and you know we see not soon to do
15707s	that he has gone Acro to it I think the
15709s	real difficulty and why we've not been
15711s	seeing too much of it is the idea that
15714s	even if you're playing an aggro lineup
15717s	is ramp Druid just better anyway you
15720s	know does it even just overrule the acro
15723s	Rule and like ramp to it just does and
15725s	and wider spread better job I mean
15727s	that's a question honestly I don't have
15729s	the answer to yeah just not seen enough
15731s	of aggro to it but one thing I do know
15733s	is ramp Druid is still very strong us
15735s	playing a Knicks here on turn five
15737s	actually make you a better aggro yes
15740s	it's honestly a valid question uh yeah
15744s	moving on we are gonna have a look at
15746s	the Warlock on the other side uh gigafin
15749s	thrown into this with the dinathrius as
15751s	well but outside of that fairly standard
15753s	stuff for the straight down the line
15754s	Acro version of the deck which of course
15756s	is in keeping with otsuna's lineup as a
15760s	whole uh talked about the Druid of
15762s	course but then there's Hunter thrown in
15764s	there as well Hunter very flexible
15766s	being brought as the fourth deck for a
15769s	variety of strategies it's being brought
15771s	as the fourth deck as an aggro deck in
15773s	Quad Agro like in this case with otsuna
15775s	it's being brought as a fourth deck even
15778s	in some control lineups and it's being
15779s	brought as a fourth deck in the
15781s	anti-hunter lineup by changing the way
15783s	the hunter deck is then built to win the
15785s	mirror so there's a lot of interesting
15787s	things going on with hunter in this
15788s	tournament but outside of that it is
15791s	just aggro Warlock and the Mage as well
15794s	slim down 30 card Mage with the Frozen
15796s	touches kind of functioning as Agro
15799s	skeleton Mage if you want to look at it
15800s	that way and yes Raven here we go
15804s	straight off the diving board double
15806s	backflip Pike into the pool of quest
15809s	priest
15810s	yes and you may know since you've known
15813s	me long enough that any slow sort of
15815s	Meandering priest in history I have
15818s	normally hated with a passion
15820s	um yeah this fits the list perfectly uh
15823s	I the only thing I can add is this one
15826s	ends right you know it it will end you
15829s	do the quest eventually and then there's
15832s	a end point to the game in our history
15834s	we've cast some priest Decks that uh
15837s	don't seem to really have a plan to end
15839s	in any way so as you you know I'm with
15841s	you on that whereas at least there's
15842s	something here but let's see how it
15844s	holds up against uh a very quick deck of
15848s	the impress the only thing that's
15849s	worried me in Priest in poor luck the
15851s	only thing that's worried me about the
15853s	Warlock at least in my own play testing
15854s	and just seeing it on stream is it's so
15858s	reliant on the good start and I would
15861s	almost save and relying on impking
15864s	reform specifically uh to be played as a
15867s	almost uncurved play that when it
15869s	doesn't do that I feel like it struggles
15871s	so much more than the curse version
15874s	yeah I think what is interesting though
15876s	and what needs to be touched upon is as
15880s	we're getting to the end of day two as
15882s	we're getting to the top of the
15883s	standings we are looking at a five and
15885s	one game here as well which is worth
15886s	mentioning before I move on with this
15888s	point because basically anytime anyone
15890s	is five and one it's kind of win or go
15893s	home time you can sneak through with a
15896s	second loss not in the final round it's
15898s	possible but it's very very unlikely so
15901s	I do think these are more interesting
15902s	games to focus on than the players who
15904s	are undefeated just internally the
15906s	overall Stakes but these are still very
15909s	successful players in the tournament and
15910s	what we're seeing is we look at more of
15912s	these successful players in the
15913s	tournament is beef Rogue aggro in
15916s	warlock Quest priest boar priest and
15919s	they're not necessarily the same Decks
15921s	that you're playing against on ladder in
15923s	and out every day not necessarily the
15925s	Dex people would have expected to see
15926s	but looking at the stats that is backed
15929s	up in the stats they are the good decks
15931s	straight up straight up aggro import
15934s	above 50 Quest priest is above 50 boar
15938s	priest second best performing deck in
15939s	the tournament insane win rate Thief
15941s	Rogue somehow inexplicably the fifth
15943s	best deck in the tournament right now
15945s	like these weird off-the-wall counter
15948s	meta picks that people have gone with in
15950s	this tournament are performing well and
15953s	I can't remember a tournament where this
15956s	many decks that weren't just the good
15958s	meta decks were putting up numbers like
15960s	this in recent memory yeah me neither
15963s	actually a lot of it is at least it
15965s	feels often like that there's three good
15968s	decks and then a group of players finds
15972s	the fourth deck right and then that's
15974s	normally how they play and then those
15975s	normally perform very well but yeah it's
15978s	such a widespread version a widespread
15980s	amount of decks you just never really
15982s	see on ladder is a quite the thing but
15985s	here
15986s	a couple of turns have gone by as you
15988s	have as that breakdown the nether Drake
15990s	is available for Leandro Leo to clear
15993s	this up very nicely if he wants but it
15996s	looks like he's going to decide to hold
15998s	on to it at least for now
16001s	and once again we appear to have some
16004s	unfortunate discover issues but early
16007s	does just pick up oh lovely there we go
16010s	nice and efficient uh does pick up
16012s	beside dinathrius and then has a couple
16015s	of options here does have the Rams in
16017s	hand which makes a card like molecular a
16019s	bit more appealing like
16021s	binocular binocular this is a bit of a
16025s	nosy card I don't know yeah but uh
16029s	Leandro Leo having the foresight here to
16031s	see that the binoculars would be useful
16033s	with the extra battle Rams in hand but
16035s	yeah like instinctively you'd want to
16038s	pick molecular right because it looks
16039s	like the best card but the problem you
16041s	normally have with Quest priest is well
16043s	when is that getting infused like I'm
16045s	not I'm not playing minions throughout
16047s	the area but yeah I think having those
16049s	battle Rams available uh change things
16051s	quite nicely as well as with The Sire
16053s	honestly yeah and now Leandro Leo in a
16056s	roundabout way is going to get the
16059s	the payoff for holding on to the Drake
16061s	if he wants again but it's one of those
16064s	weird things I've spoke about this
16065s	before and why I mentioned imp King
16068s	reform if this AOE comes down and they
16072s	all get cleared you know for sure a farm
16074s	is infused the Saving Grace here is
16077s	Leandro Leal now has light bombing hand
16079s	so suddenly reform is not really a big
16083s	deal which means uh obviously rafan
16085s	wouldn't come down next to him anyway
16086s	but in general I think this is way more
16089s	clearable now because of that light bump
16093s	yeah really nice as well that he can
16095s	actually get the nice Tempo swing as
16097s	well by developing the location first so
16099s	then he gets to go minion into clear
16100s	into buff so he actually consolidates
16102s	the board like even if the instant
16105s	refill did come down here with either
16107s	mischievous input in kingro farm like
16110s	you might also be in a situation where
16112s	just with like the burns plus the minion
16114s	that you have you don't have to use an
16116s	AOE again I think that's the key to
16119s	beating in Warlock
16121s	breed and milk the value out of your
16124s	aoes for as long as you can right find
16126s	as many greedy turns as possible right
16129s	you can get away with just playing
16131s	taunts healing just at counter Tempo on
16134s	the board by playing your own minions
16136s	and creating board tension can't just
16138s	press the AOE button every turn or you
16140s	will you will run out of resources to be
16143s	able to answer the board States
16144s	especially with enough healing in hand
16146s	right desperate prayer as well as others
16148s	available already he can easily trade he
16151s	could even play the spirit this turn put
16152s	up a bit of a taunt it's not that easy
16154s	to bust through for sooner so definitely
16157s	got options here
16160s	if he wants them could also look at
16162s	where he is on the binoculars to see if
16164s	they're infused or not
16166s	um oh yep there's another good card
16168s	that'll do the job nicely as well that
16170s	might just be worthwhile because there
16172s	is still a light bomb available yeah the
16175s	fittingly I think the binoculars is
16176s	still some way off in the distance at
16178s	the moment
16182s	and they're really nice as well that
16183s	that wasn't infused because it would
16185s	have killed his own Drake right so uh
16187s	just again retaining that six five on
16189s	board
16191s	what's really great now is you can I I
16193s	know in the back of Raven's Head he's
16194s	just like great he's gonna call that
16196s	card binoculars every single time for
16198s	the rest of his life now and yes Raven
16201s	is correct that's exactly what I'm going
16202s	to do and I'm going to join in and think
16204s	of some binocular puns because it's
16206s	funny
16212s	and this is suddenly the problem uh
16216s	again for a sooner
16218s	negatives he would love to have him king
16221s	for a farm now we know it would be
16222s	cleared up of course but you can't just
16224s	say well I can't play a board because my
16225s	oppon's gonna AOE down all the time but
16228s	the positive he has going for him is
16230s	this dinathrius has just been in hand
16232s	all game and as soon as making a lot of
16236s	things that die so the infuses are going
16238s	to happen uh
16240s	a fair few times before the synopsis can
16243s	be playable and maybe that's the win
16245s	condition because he can simply pump out
16247s	enough imps over the course of the next
16249s	four turns or three turns or so to
16251s	really make this to naturally as a
16253s	threat yep if it doesn't get stolen
16256s	backfield or on the previous turn just
16259s	the flexibility of shady bartender being
16261s	able to be used as a tradable the fact
16264s	that card has tradable on it just makes
16265s	it infinitely more powerful because you
16268s	know Shady bartender is the kind of car
16270s	that gets accused of being win more and
16272s	I think win more cards have a little bit
16274s	of a bad reputation in Hearthstone and
16276s	an unwarranted bad reputation yes I do
16279s	quite like cards that make me win more
16281s	thank you very much if we're going to be
16283s	using that vernacular but obviously the
16285s	downside of cars like that is they get
16287s	stuck in your hand and they look
16288s	miserable you know if you want to
16289s	simplify all the way back to Classic
16291s	Hearthstone imagine if you could just
16293s	use Frost wolf warlord to draw a card
16296s	you'd see that card being played an
16298s	awful lot more in the classic sense
16303s	I've got plenty of Mojo tomorrow
16307s	give me a bit of a slower turn here from
16310s	Leandro Leo still a good turn though
16312s	because again if Asuna wants this imp
16315s	back he's gonna have to put four damage
16316s	into this nausea
16329s	it's about the stage where our sooner
16331s	says you know what
16332s	I'm not winning the aggro fight let's
16335s	just play thread glitch Yep looks like a
16337s	Time's into me
16340s	of the long game get that long-term
16342s	value going with the extra imps
16345s	I think you realize now that it's not
16347s	been that hand right where you've just
16349s	gone location feed-ish Circle
16351s	mischievous
16354s	wait until they run out of AOE and then
16356s	play your shady bartender and win the
16358s	game right like that's option A as to
16360s	how to win the game within warlock but
16362s	it is even without the curse package and
16364s	I am a bigger fan of this curse package
16367s	uh than this vanilla like aggro version
16369s	of the deck but even without the curse
16371s	package it is a deck that creates a
16374s	ridiculous amount of longevity maybe not
16377s	in game length because you can get to
16379s	the bottom of your deck in nine or ten
16381s	turns most of the time due to the the
16383s	power of the card draw in the deck but
16384s	in terms of the amount of boards you can
16387s	continue to reload oh Renault
16391s	laughs
16392s	it's just funny seeing the option to be
16394s	able to swap both of them back with each
16395s	other just yeah I take your side you
16397s	take mine lovely stuff
16402s	yeah that is probably the back breaker
16405s	now for otsuna because as long as this
16408s	game can go on and go on and the
16410s	fiendish circles and the Imp gang bosses
16412s	and all the token generating minions get
16414s	played there's always the outside hope
16416s	that that danathrius might be able to
16418s	otk out of nowhere at the end of it all
16420s	but now with not only a copy taken but
16422s	the original copy being stolen as well
16426s	otsuna knows that he has to win this
16428s	game the old-fashioned way minions
16429s	sticking on board an attacking face and
16431s	and the big problem here is there is
16434s	gigafin in hand so we can talk about
16437s	that a little bit later but generally
16439s	the biggest problem in a match like this
16440s	when there's an atheros is stolen by the
16442s	control deck is Leandro Leo has the
16444s	opportunity next turn to just play one
16446s	of them right it doesn't have to be a
16448s	lethal it doesn't have to do anything
16450s	crazy but just play a 10 10 lifesteal
16453s	and heal a bunch like that's just a good
16456s	card when you can just freely throw it
16458s	on board especially when they've already
16459s	been Juiced quite a large amount by now
16461s	so the ability to just play one out and
16465s	still have another one to really secure
16467s	the game is huge and you are right as
16469s	soon as to do something very impressive
16471s	to win this one
16474s	where you followed
16485s	Reckoning seems okay especially since it
16489s	can just be loaded up now I think I like
16492s	explosive runes honestly
16496s	and not because
16499s	of the gigafin particularly but that's
16502s	always a bonus but I just think Leandra
16504s	Leo would know that well there just
16505s	aren't that many minions left just don't
16508s	let them get anything right which I know
16510s	Reckoning does something similar but
16512s	Reckoning also relies on it sticking on
16514s	board and getting an attack off right
16516s	whereas the um the the runes will pretty
16519s	much insta-kill things I think the
16520s	number one reason why Reckoning is the
16522s	correct pick there is the three cards in
16525s	Leo in Leon Julio's hand right now
16527s	dinathri as well Paul denaturius explain
16529s	like the other three Mana Secrets can't
16531s	be played on the same turn as any of
16533s	those three cards sure those are three
16535s	cards that I want to be playing over the
16537s	next two or three turns of this game you
16539s	know so to me I was taking the secret
16541s	that I can play that turn it's fine
16543s	Reckoning is okay it will do a job and
16546s	then I'm playing 10 drops for the rest
16547s	of the game I think that's the right way
16549s	to attack it ruined
16552s	yeah Santa doing a brave push here again
16555s	hoping against Hope just thinking
16562s	I mean look it does what it says on the
16563s	10 Soul someone did three damage that's
16566s	great I've never seen that before and
16569s	that's so great you know me I love when
16571s	you know cards that actually do the
16573s	thing that is written on yep that is
16575s	literally what it says on the card
16576s	congratulations
16578s	yeah I'll sooner hoping there's nothing
16579s	to defend against the final push he
16581s	knows there's at least it's enough three
16583s	years but 22 and that should kill all
16585s	the Minions yeah
16587s	which I've done peels off the last name
16590s	and again
16592s	I'm never upset at someone sticking it
16594s	out but I'm slowly getting to the point
16596s	now where I'm not sure
16598s	what I'd sooner can actually
16601s	do to win this game like the outcomes
16604s	would have to be truly ridiculous right
16606s	yeah I mean there are three threes being
16609s	summoned forever for the rest of the
16610s	game that is something but obviously
16612s	fatigue is going to accelerate quite
16615s	quickly from this point opponents still
16617s	at 40.
16619s	yeah it's definitely interesting how you
16621s	can hear words and not understand them
16624s	it's like oh there are imp spawning for
16626s	the rest of the game and you're like
16627s	whoa game's two turns long you know it
16631s	doesn't quite mean the same thing
16633s	sometimes it's a good effort here from a
16635s	sooner
16636s	building up another large bar choosing
16639s	to leave the dinathrius up not going for
16641s	the gigafin yep
16645s	oping against hope probably that Giga
16647s	thing can come down maybe as the last
16649s	threat of the game obviously it doesn't
16651s	really work out to play a gigafin get
16654s	that aoeed and then try and go from
16657s	there because there is no from there
16659s	right like you're just behind on board
16660s	Forever at that point so trying to get
16664s	one of his other boards aoe'd and then
16666s	land a gigafen in a situation where
16667s	there isn't removal for it it's not
16668s	gonna work it's a pipe dream it's a tiny
16671s	fraction of a percent outer but I do
16673s	think it's the right way round to go for
16675s	it
16680s	definitely not as straightforward turn
16683s	here for Leandra allele because
16686s	Whirlpool he could go face in Whirlpool
16688s	but then he loses the other dinathrius
16691s	which is not really what he's down for
16692s	he's other one I think that just flashed
16695s	at 13 because obviously that's his the
16697s	the copy of denaturis he got early on
16699s	and obviously there hasn't been that
16701s	many minions dead so that's not going to
16702s	clear the board either he's denature but
16706s	imagine imagine priest players actually
16708s	having ownership of anything come on
16711s	and just oh okay yeah he's just calling
16714s	it he's like you know what it's fine and
16717s	I think I agree with him
16721s	he knows there are only so many threats
16723s	left in the deck and I think if we're
16725s	talking actual threats eager Finn and
16729s	rafam are the two right unless I'm
16731s	missing something let me just yes
16734s	problem is it doesn't have the requisite
16737s	answers for both of those things
16739s	currently
16743s	[Music]
16744s	um
16747s	okay so that you'd assume the order at
16750s	this point in the game would be M King
16751s	first yes
16753s	light bomb identity theft the gigafen
16758s	problemo solved okay yeah heads up it's
16763s	actually not a bad plan because it's
16764s	either in the hand or the deck and it's
16765s	only three exactly yeah right so yeah
16768s	ironically the odds of that happening
16770s	are very very high actually wait are all
16772s	three cards fell riffs
16775s	uh must be close to it I think they are
16778s	because the track is showing that and
16780s	denaturis and
16782s	pretty sure it's not diniferous
16785s	oh yeah just to concede there from
16787s	matsuna he gave it a good go when he set
16790s	up as many waves of minions as he
16791s	possibly could but that was one of those
16794s	you know great games as on the priest
16797s	side where you just have enough AOE
16800s	every time you need it right
16802s	um Ellie Underwood was didn't start the
16805s	game with five different AOE cards in
16807s	hand but I think he managed the
16809s	netherwing uh very very well early on
16811s	and then managed to just leverage that
16814s	as you mentioned buying time to then
16817s	just draw some more AOE and then be
16819s	comfortable throughout the rest of the
16820s	game and you know still in the denatures
16822s	kind of helped
16824s	yeah I mean stealing the dinafris did
16828s	help but believe it or not he had
16831s	redundant denethiuses he actually owned
16834s	more dinathrius than he needed and was
16836s	you know renting one denatures out to
16838s	someone else for some reason or
16840s	something I don't know I've lost track
16842s	of this analogy very quickly I'm going
16843s	to admit um
16847s	I say dinafrio for the plural yeah but I
16850s	don't think you'll ever get a definitive
16852s	answer to that well I'm just so sad the
16854s	last alarm will probably think that he
16856s	could tell you the definitive he'll open
16858s	the huge law book and be like yeah
16859s	actually exactly it pushes room of
16863s	glasses
16864s	um however it they only needed one right
16868s	point being I was making he stole two
16870s	and only needed one and when your deck
16872s	is built around stealing things from
16873s	other people which that deck isn't so
16875s	much but identity theft on its own you
16878s	know you play a couple of copies of it
16879s	you have ways to tutor it and then you
16881s	know it steals multiple cards from your
16883s	opponent from different locations
16884s	there's a pretty good chance you can get
16887s	a hold of at least one copy of sire
16889s	danathius if that's really what you're
16891s	right for over the course of the game so
16892s	not an unlikely outcome I would say
16896s	bartuna is going back to the well once
16898s	more library in the opening hand this
16900s	time and this is much more the kind of
16903s	security that you would like when you're
16905s	going up against a resilient deck right
16907s	that ability
16909s	to slam the Imp King reform on code
16912s	exactly immediately after the clear came
16914s	down that wasn't available in the last
16917s	game and will be now right and it makes
16919s	it simply makes the biggest impact in
16922s	the deck right it's probably the highest
16923s	impact player you can make and and
16926s	because it's good one way or the other
16928s	if you've already got aims down it Buffs
16929s	them anyways so yeah super solid overall
16933s	um and also a matchup that I would say
16936s	generally feels a little bit better
16938s	because at least in the early game the
16941s	shaming needs very specific cards right
16944s	to fight these imps in the early game
16946s	unfortunately for soonerly Andrew Liu
16949s	has them uh in the form of the piranhas
16951s	and now the wild paw Cavern as well as a
16954s	null that I wasn't even looking at until
16956s	now so Leandro Leo does have the answers
16958s	but I do think in the Shaman deck it can
16961s	be tricky and you can with a lot of the
16963s	early game yeah this opening at hand is
16966s	so gross though and I love this play no
16970s	location in hand I think you have two
16972s	options right you wait you Greed for the
16974s	location uh and just try and get the big
16977s	swing but honestly five four down now
16980s	ahead of the play coin while poor Cavern
16983s	next turn and three piranhas to follow
16985s	that up you're probably just winning on
16988s	board in the next in the next two or
16990s	three turns back to zoo deck yeah so if
16994s	I absolutely love this recognition of
16996s	just forget about the rush keywords just
16998s	two Mana five four it's an imprisoned
17001s	felmore that woke up straight away like
17003s	hell yeah cow played I'm a Hunter deck
17008s	and this is huge as well right the fact
17010s	it just one Taps the income
17014s	I'm okay the Imp gang boss there we go
17016s	I'll get the words out if I try it's
17018s	huge right because only creating one imp
17020s	that again if Leandro Leo really wants
17023s	to he can kill the singular imp that's
17025s	left over as well and still be ahead on
17028s	board I do think I would still stare at
17031s	the coin wild paw
17033s	um
17034s	maybe even the coin okanie like options
17038s	are everywhere for Leandra Leo right now
17041s	and they're all good
17043s	I think if you have coin while poor
17045s	cabin in your hand and you don't coin
17046s	while pole cabin you are immediately
17049s	contacted by the authorities
17051s	I agree actually but with
17054s	okany's such a good minion versus
17058s	exactly Zoo
17061s	now what's the pick oh minion straight
17064s	away okay didn't even blink uh excuse me
17066s	Leandro we've heard rumors of a
17067s	disturbance we uh we believe you've
17070s	broken penal code number
17072s	321-b not playing wild pork have it on
17076s	curve you're coming with us
17078s	you'll never see daylight again
17083s	kind of makes sense right I genuinely is
17086s	this better like I'm the remain
17089s	unconvinced so you wild Paul get a three
17091s	four yeah
17094s	and they
17097s	do Circle and make a huge amp
17101s	then like how are you dealing with it
17104s	if you double trade there's still the
17106s	other imps on the board right
17111s	but they can do that exact same thing
17113s	here you've counted minion not spell
17115s	right so they can say I never said the
17118s	choice was correct of which one you pick
17120s	so I said okanie was a good one but like
17124s	here is the thing with Whirlpool cabin
17125s	right and I think this is how it's very
17126s	easy to talk yourself out of wild poor
17128s	cabin you go okay I just play a three
17130s	four this time and then you think of it
17132s	just in terms of that one turn you also
17135s	play a zero Mana three for the next turn
17137s	but you just don't have now and the next
17139s	turn after that that you don't still
17141s	don't have at this point
17143s	don't get me wrong I respect while poor
17146s	Cavern as much as the next person I
17148s	think it's absolutely insane
17150s	I think just locking out a turn against
17153s	the um the Warlock was great but I got
17156s	mine he did pick spell apparently he did
17158s	pick spell yeah okay there's your error
17160s	on which side of the screen and oursel
17162s	it up which we should have learned by
17163s	now yeah it shows the here's what you
17165s	could have won okay you might have
17168s	noticed that most of the time the
17169s	cartridges go with the option with we'll
17171s	see even though it does seem to visually
17173s	show you on the screen which one is
17175s	picked that's why it lies to you half
17177s	the time and we should have learned that
17179s	by now
17180s	it's done
17182s	I'm still playing
17186s	it's not about you it's about Leandro
17190s	Leo okay
17193s	what do you mean it's not about me I
17195s	don't understand what are you talking
17197s	about
17202s	maybe a little bit awkward because even
17204s	though of course the minions are very
17206s	very strong from the zoo deck it's the
17209s	spells that really help like do the
17211s	broken things right the minions are good
17213s	but the Spells are busted
17227s	best follow-up here honestly
17230s	done with some three fours
17233s	such choices
17235s	[Music]
17241s	at least get to keep value trade in the
17244s	uh the okanie
17246s	I love how you just try and play Both
17248s	Sides right you disagree like no no I
17250s	think what they did is fine and but then
17252s	just continue to wind me up about it
17254s	every single turn
17256s	I'm glad you like it I can't be the
17258s	system
17268s	and I was wondering whether he actually
17270s	just kills the four three here
17278s	it also just like value trade take a
17281s	wave potentially uh get full value out
17284s	of your thing like a traded version of
17287s	Take a Bow yeah take away because you go
17290s	you get a zero drop out of the
17292s	binoculars right because uh the infused
17294s	version is the card it costs zero that's
17297s	actually what the card costs so it uh
17300s	devolves back to another zero as well
17302s	dark is kind of interesting though
17307s	dark actually out there in this
17308s	tournament doing work in very small
17310s	sample sizes but um Miracle Rogue based
17313s	decks are there oh there is a miracle
17315s	Rogue variation which is the highest win
17317s	rate deck in the tournament
17320s	was it played once and had one win uh
17323s	let's see some size 39 games 26 wins 67
17327s	win rate okay not as huge sample size
17331s	when we're normally at the hundreds by
17332s	now in games but a reasonable sample
17335s	size like it's not two
17338s	God
17339s	finally here comes the Imp King
17343s	fell and currently the Andrew leil has
17345s	not got much to say about it
17348s	yeah for context uh Beast Hunter which
17351s	I'm assuming is the most common deck uh
17353s	1148 games played yeah
17356s	and uh win rate
17358s	uh 47
17360s	that's not as bad as I thought it was
17363s	going to be if I'm being honest it is
17365s	less than 50 though that's the important
17367s	thing
17370s	imagine people they uh thinking Hunter
17373s	needs a Nerf
17375s	strictly worse than Thief Rogue
17379s	you know full well people's ladder
17381s	experience is more important than what
17383s	the top fraction of a one percent of a
17385s	one percent do at the competitive level
17387s	Raven
17388s	you know this to be true I'm gonna
17391s	pretend I don't
17392s	like everyone else does
17403s	not a lot going on is there brilliant
17405s	real he had to draw with the murlocs but
17409s	you didn't actually get clown fish which
17411s	was probably the
17413s	the uh what he was trying to look for to
17416s	actually do something right like again
17418s	good murlocs the amalgams might find him
17421s	something but against this this is an
17423s	insane amount of damage oh hello hello
17427s	beautiful welcome to the team
17431s	that's what 28
17435s	.
17439s	25 currently library and play yeah
17444s	crucial answer is not enough
17449s	Library comes down regardless
17452s	you might just need one more gas card
17456s	get over the line here but even then
17458s	like Shaman AOE isn't really the strong
17461s	point of Shaman anymore I say anymore it
17463s	never was but they at least had the
17464s	ability to freeze and lock you out which
17466s	they don't have anymore
17467s	so boards like this kind of a nightmare
17470s	for Shaman currently
17473s	today you talk about males from Portland
17479s	yeah down to Seven health
17481s	command of natural on is not a
17488s	so
17490s	Andrew needs tiny fins
17493s	tiny fins there's Cloud clown fish still
17497s	kind of does stuff right because true
17499s	true could flurgle amalgam get a
17501s	clownfish play a clownfish then your
17503s	second amalgam is zero and you still
17505s	have one more discount after that
17509s	he doesn't need
17512s	and fin Finn twin no
17515s	that's less good than the things we were
17518s	talking about
17526s	yes
17529s	also less good
17532s	it was going to be evened up I sooner
17534s	got a win with the Imp Warlock and air
17536s	again that looked one a lot smoother but
17539s	the like I said the shaman he had a good
17542s	opening uh did have the fish as well
17544s	with the pro in the Piranhas from the
17546s	school and of course so it's a solid
17547s	opening but when it's just imps amps
17550s	imps oh you've killed loads of them in
17552s	King reform on curve it's so difficult
17555s	to deal with especially as you said like
17557s	Shaman doesn't really run AOE they just
17560s	deal with things like one at a time and
17562s	then get ahead on board and that's never
17564s	really happened fairly under allele so a
17566s	tough one for him but that doesn't mean
17568s	the series is all evened up so one point
17570s	for the aggro one point for the control
17574s	yes um and I don't think uh the world
17577s	poor cabin play would have made the
17579s	definitive difference like the binary
17581s	difference between winning or losing the
17583s	game I think that probably would have
17585s	still been a warlock win anyway do I
17587s	think it was a better play yes do I
17591s	think it's a bit uh naive to criticize
17594s	it based on that particular game state
17595s	where otsuna was just able to play
17598s	minions for the rest of the game and
17600s	never proc the uh the the akani effect
17603s	yeah that's probably a little bit harsh
17605s	but at the same time I I would favor the
17607s	whirlpool cabinet so at the same time
17609s	all I want you to know is that I was
17611s	right but at the same time I'm gonna do
17613s	it anyway yeah exactly
17615s	it's gonna be Shaman once again going up
17618s	against Hunter now from oddsuna and
17621s	again I think I will triple check so I'm
17623s	not being a complete idiot but yeah a
17626s	fairly standard list of the hunter from
17628s	odsuna here and now the Tarantulas we've
17631s	seen none of the more crazy stuff there
17633s	is one in satiable Devourer in there but
17636s	again that's not too crazy to see now
17637s	again so um tricky matchup I think uh
17641s	weirdly enough for both players the
17642s	sooner will of course want to just do
17645s	the on curve High sort of tempo plays
17648s	but uh shame can really cause issues
17651s	right with its ability not only to
17653s	devolve but also just freeze things out
17655s	and buy a lot of time against that
17657s	yeah and also they do have that ability
17660s	to just blow so many stats on the board
17662s	very quickly if they get the right
17664s	openings with clown fishes boner
17666s	whatever else that they can just do too
17669s	much too soon sometimes for Hunter to be
17671s	able to recover from because Hunter with
17673s	all its strengths still not really the
17675s	best deck at coming back from behind uh
17678s	better does have some options
17679s	particularly if you go with a few more
17681s	of the text that otsuna hasn't but not
17684s	the kind of deck that generally wants to
17685s	be playing from behind most of it yeah
17688s	even an early sort of high stat evolve
17690s	right would be is a nightmare for Hunter
17692s	to deal with they have to put in so many
17694s	minions or weapon swings yeah it's just
17696s	a huge huge problem
17700s	you know not looking too bad for it
17702s	sooner to drop into wild spirits
17706s	and doesn't get the three one but I
17708s	think in facing down the totem
17710s	not overly upset by that
17721s	oh teacher you just gotta say Leandro
17724s	you got away with the first time but you
17726s	can't get it past two two times in a row
17729s	I'd actually leave I think it's just a
17731s	one in the first time yeah there's
17733s	defense exactly
17735s	the three strike system here it's a two
17737s	strike system oh yeah
17740s	you do it twice in a row in the same
17742s	match that's just on purpose yeah
17745s	the Andrea was on he was on while poor
17748s	Caverns probation and uh it's fine he's
17750s	he's passed his behavioral test
17755s	are running mounts such a good card yeah
17759s	when you play it instead of Harpoon Gun
17761s	On Any Given turn you know it's good
17767s	oh here can spell gonna be a lot of
17772s	spells though coming out for the Angela
17775s	or at least in the form of nagalings I
17776s	mean
17785s	dueling kind of the vanilla best card in
17787s	that situation but hand space starting
17790s	to become a bit of a concern with the
17792s	other schooling in play and snowball
17793s	fight kind of appealing as well in
17796s	certain situations against this Hunter
17799s	yeah Hunter generally has quite High
17801s	Health minions as well right so I
17803s	definitely wouldn't have hated the snow
17805s	a snowball fight
17809s	oh
17812s	that's a good cut
17814s	it's got to be our learn right
17819s	they'll trade with the pup
17821s	for the 3-4 without getting Frozen
17824s	shook the rest of the damaged face
17827s	or spirits
17833s	at this point like yes these are these
17836s	will be dormant of course
17838s	but how does Leandro Leo deal with a
17840s	board like this
17842s	so big no creature deserves
17848s	a great question and one that I don't
17850s	currently have a compelling answer to
17853s	this is already looking
17854s	extremely similar to the previous game
17857s	right like the board state is developing
17859s	to a point where Shaman just doesn't
17862s	really have the tools to deal with it
17863s	that insatiable Devourer like when you
17866s	look at this in Shaman compared to the
17868s	fear that you have of it against Druid
17870s	it's just oh yeah and day like you
17873s	ignore insatiable Devourer and Shaman in
17875s	most match-ups because it's never going
17877s	to get to the point where it ends up
17878s	being relevant whereas it through it
17880s	Druid can play it as their first removal
17882s	card of the game and win a lot of the
17884s	time you know yeah it's also the
17886s	difference between like a deck having an
17889s	army of dragon whelps and the other deck
17892s	having three fish
17894s	like it's not quite the same ability to
17896s	uh Infuse things does it not off the
17899s	back of singular cards anyway although
17902s	the Piranhas are going to get some level
17903s	of work done here all three getting put
17905s	Downs for these
17907s	okay trades but like I said like this is
17911s	the best that the Andrew Leo could do
17912s	and it is good
17914s	but you're just staring at the rest of
17915s	the minions knowing that you've still
17918s	got a lot of work to do to clear these
17919s	up you saw that the downside of snowball
17922s	fight as a noggling choice because the
17925s	effect is symmetrical so it basically
17927s	just goes off until it hits the naggling
17929s	right it stops going off which is a lot
17932s	worse than it could have been in this
17933s	situation with the multiple full health
17935s	minions lying around everywhere
17945s	of choice here as well because I think a
17947s	lot of people would default to tavish
17949s	because it's tavish on turn six and I
17951s	think that's absolutely fine but there
17954s	were other options to go like Harpoon
17956s	Gun hero power and to go with even just
17959s	get the rat on board as well and then
17961s	have a big wave of minions coming out of
17963s	diamond you know in the next couple of
17965s	turns
17966s	but soon it did end up going for the
17968s	tavish probably just for the uh the the
17971s	secret shenanigans that are gonna make
17973s	Leandro Leo's life even harder next turn
17977s	I love improved motion tonight
17980s	nine is such a big number yeah what I
17983s	really wish though is that renith hill
17985s	just wasn't a card and then you realize
17987s	that one secret is nearly a third of
17989s	your opponent's Health yeah
17993s	all right Devourer is now Juiced so
17996s	Leandro at least has something to play
18000s	toward you can kind of work backwards
18002s	from here
18003s	a nine insatiable Devourer try and swing
18006s	the board turn eight turn seven turn six
18008s	question mark question mark question
18009s	mark right and then
18011s	what survival looks like up until that
18013s	point
18014s	I would imagine
18017s	unless you particularly feel like you
18020s	need a theater to deny something which
18022s	having seen hero come down
18025s	probably not so much
18027s	and just continuing to look for options
18029s	off school teacher would be your best
18030s	bet in this position
18032s	I think so
18035s	there's also like
18038s	play theater to actually remove a curve
18041s	play from your opponent because there
18043s	are a lot of solid seven drops right
18046s	but if you play theater here and your
18048s	opponent doesn't spend any manner and
18051s	presses hero power
18053s	still losing by so much because you just
18055s	had such a low Tempo play by playing a
18058s	full Mana theater
18062s	your opponent's curve doesn't matter
18064s	when you're this far behind us
18075s	please
18077s	and stem the tide at this point because
18079s	the damage is just stacking and they'll
18081s	look more Health on the board yep
18085s	I imagine you're looking at this this is
18087s	going to be where the Harpoon Gun starts
18088s	to kick in go fishing for the uh the
18091s	follow-ups now
18100s	doggy biscuit drawer does make things a
18103s	little interesting
18105s	yeah slight issue with Harpoon Gun this
18106s	turn of course is that the weapon will
18108s	overwrite it next turn but with a second
18111s	Harpoon Gun
18113s	I think it'd be okay getting rid of it
18115s	yeah you do have too many weapon charges
18117s	right now that is for sure you're
18119s	probably not going to chew through all
18121s	of them and get value and if you hit any
18123s	beast in the bottom three but it's worth
18127s	at the same time rat king is Rat King
18129s	have you noticed that
18130s	I have but there is a always just a
18134s	slight fear with board space
18141s	well clearly oddsuna is uh torn as we
18145s	are yeah well the problem with racking
18147s	against Shaman is
18149s	if stuff gets frozen well the rat
18151s	doesn't pop out of Dorman and you can't
18153s	attack with your other stuff and you're
18155s	running low on spaces so right at this
18157s	moment I do think Rat Kings are a fine
18159s	hold this isn't first half of 2022
18162s	Shaman though this is second half of
18164s	2022 Shaman like how will that towards
18166s	sooner he's just been in three snowball
18168s	fights yeah I know interesting I know
18170s	but outside of randomly generated
18172s	snowball fight how often does your whole
18174s	board actually get Frozen again not that
18177s	often right
18179s	that's true but a lot of the times if
18182s	you have one dormant minion and then two
18184s	more minions get Frozen you're still not
18185s	looking great as Hunter
18191s	but like I said it's purely because I
18194s	think with that one Harpoon Gun swing if
18196s	he hits any Beast it actually propels
18198s	him so much further ahead in the game
18201s	because all those plays are fine for the
18203s	next turn or so they are running just a
18205s	little bit dry
18207s	oh
18208s	oh yeah I had to rip it yeah not have
18212s	the option
18213s	um
18215s	somehow and that makes it yeah exactly a
18218s	hero power past her no cheap spells to
18220s	be able to break it schooling already
18222s	used early on just a miserable turn
18226s	miserable experience Hoffa number two
18229s	think dude attack damage I think that
18232s	was 23 whether it was Leon or her right
18241s	down to six
18244s	now suddenly all the swings of these
18246s	weapons are going to come in clutch
18247s	because there's actually just lethal
18249s	over the course of a couple of turns
18252s	I think it's gonna get that far to the
18254s	second swing of that remaining Harpoon
18256s	Gun in the hand for it sooner
18259s	I'll bring snowfall Guardian back in the
18261s	deck is all I'm saying
18265s	a snowball fight number five
18268s	anybody
18272s	Idol surge looks appealing but I don't
18275s	think is going to be enough here
18277s	scolding geyser
18281s	has to be title surge right but I still
18283s	don't think it's going to do enough
18292s	uh he can kill a Hoffa right
18296s	I'll just well it would surge again
18299s	oh wait no that's disguised I forgot it
18302s	was random yeah yeah I forgot
18304s	he's just repeating the uh the school
18306s	teacher
18307s	Battleground he needs a random nuggling
18311s	that does something impactful it's not
18313s	like the nagalings will start doubling
18314s	up or anything
18316s	so that was a desperate out and yeah you
18319s	saw it right Devourer was there for the
18321s	tempo swing later in the game but just
18323s	way too low impact way too slow overall
18326s	when you don't have the ramp that Druid
18328s	has to support it and yeah it was just a
18331s	very very similar looking game again
18333s	very good draw I think godzuna has had
18336s	very good
18337s	um anti-shaman in particular aggro draws
18340s	in the last game of the Warlock and the
18342s	game after that with the hunter really
18344s	wide really quickly with chunky minions
18347s	as well right so even the the generated
18350s	things like you know Maelstrom portal
18351s	which you flippantly referred to earlier
18353s	was not gonna deal with the board states
18355s	that came up because it was very
18356s	mid-ranging wide boards and that's the
18359s	case in the import game as well but just
18361s	happened so so quickly and uh with those
18364s	wild seeds coming down and those are the
18366s	kind of games where people are saying
18368s	you know well why Hunter's broken right
18370s	like what are you supposed to do against
18371s	that and it's like well that's true but
18373s	you're running a deck with no real
18375s	removal like no consistent removal or
18378s	big AOE and a deck that summons a lot of
18380s	minions that's very very true it's going
18382s	to be a tough one but they could also
18383s	just draw three of their like seven
18385s	drops on turn two and then do nothing
18387s	but anyway moving on as soon it is going
18390s	to be finally on subtle this aggro Druid
18392s	that we get to see and I'm excited for
18395s	this and I'm sure you are too because in
18396s	the opposite fashion of a hunter I mean
18398s	TJ cast earlier where we were literally
18401s	running out of space on the graphic for
18402s	all of us yeah
18405s	um so annoyed well this will cleanse the
18407s	palette Soul as clean as you could want
18410s	yeah honestly I think if we ever
18413s	actually get to the point where someone
18415s	has brought a Arena Renault deck to
18419s	tournament you were asking the question
18421s	of you know what what do we do what
18423s	happens we can't fit it on the graphic
18425s	at that point my answer would be delete
18427s	Hearthstone and start again because
18428s	we've we've ruined the game we've gone
18430s	too far yeah exactly it's like every uh
18433s	sort of disaster film uh you know like
18436s	oh we have the technology but should we
18438s	have done this just because we could
18440s	like we could but should we and you
18443s	always get punished there on the other
18446s	side of the coin here though we do have
18447s	the under allele also on Druid but it is
18449s	the much more common ramp Druid and
18452s	again nothing too crazy to see here I've
18454s	seen some players uh playing jail or
18457s	trying out Jailer I'll be honest I've
18459s	not put too much time into jail into
18461s	Druid that's because I just think the
18464s	the ramp to it as we know it is more
18466s	than good enough in most matchups
18471s	a very Raven attitude but no I do agree
18474s	with you that Raven's dance thinks oh
18476s	this is fine just keep doing this
18478s	forever
18480s	why not I see you why improve this works
18483s	I'm trying to make a new wheel
18486s	stop trying to make a new wheel yep
18489s	that's the phrase that's what everyone
18490s	says yeah
18492s	it will be we have this new phrase but
18496s	should we say it
18499s	I'm trying to reinvent the word reinvent
18502s	right please
18504s	we could reinvent the word reinvent but
18507s	should we
18510s	I agree uh Skynet renathal and getting
18515s	idioms dinosaurs all exactly the same
18517s	thing yeah agreed
18521s	so uh this matchup socks for the rap
18524s	Druid right theoretically I haven't
18526s	actually played too much of it in this
18528s	current meta but generally one of the
18531s	reasons aggro Druids have existed is to
18533s	beat ramp Druids in general yes apart
18537s	from maybe this exact hand right Druid
18540s	of the reef to kill the trog wild growth
18543s	wild growth to activate the kelp and
18545s	then go off to like you know finish the
18548s	game I'm not saying it's going to 100
18549s	work but it's a much better opening than
18553s	a lot of the others Leandro Leo could
18554s	have been given to
18555s	yeah true uh this peasant draw has
18559s	actually given otsuna a bit of a
18561s	internal debate it looked like a nailed
18564s	on Thorn growth centuries here just to
18566s	preemptively set up for that kelp keeper
18569s	but the kelp keeper is not gonna wake up
18571s	this turn so having drawn an additional
18574s	one drop quite like this diversion from
18576s	what sooner if your opponent's gonna
18577s	wild growth they're not going to hero
18578s	power your peasant and then you get to
18580s	have a whale of the time but now the
18583s	other response now with the Widow Bloom
18585s	being drawn there's still a you know
18587s	smooth curve to play out for Leandro Leo
18590s	so we're going to opt to take down the
18591s	peasant and say no they need to have as
18593s	few cards as possible because I think
18597s	since I grow Druid existed it's always
18600s	been the problem of if they can draw
18603s	cards you were in a huge problem whereas
18606s	if you stop them drawing cards or they
18607s	don't draw their card draw uh it's much
18610s	more winnable
18615s	well four minions four Mana Pride's Fury
18620s	baby you got stew going
18624s	option what about double cook
18628s	a lot of card draw
18630s	you have to be very careful with your
18632s	accent and that word I just noticed
18635s	look I'll say the word how it should be
18638s	said if people hear something else it's
18640s	not my problem so
18646s	I had a real what did you just call me
18648s	moment
18651s	yeah wow
18653s	now I've got to stop okay I'll get into
18657s	trouble uh anyway we'll lose this game
18659s	of chicken Raven there is no point even
18662s	playing
18664s	one day I'll surprise you
18667s	right sphere are you going to come down
18668s	here though
18674s	and very quickly subtle this is a
18677s	problem because those Health toe tools
18679s	are just too much that mine scale of
18682s	annexee solves our problems game over uh
18684s	no slight exaggeration there for me but
18687s	still
18688s	find a dozen does it even if it was
18690s	playable this turn it would necessarily
18693s	be game over
18696s	and the Andrew Leo just kind of has to
18698s	sit back take another full turn and get
18702s	double crooked cooked on the next turn
18704s	for card draw for additional refill even
18706s	after the scale of inyxia this to
18709s	preemptively trade the 3-2 in as well
18710s	right
18712s	very possibly to just line up at least
18714s	one whelp will killer two five
18717s	unless there's another buff but you
18720s	can't really play around that
18722s	really rough spot that peasant on two
18725s	from matsuna by the way was so
18728s	disruptive yes the Andre Leal was like
18731s	okay well I have the I have the seedsman
18733s	now right so I don't have to go for the
18735s	wild growth play to make my curve work
18737s	but it's the fact this kelp keeper
18739s	hasn't had any effect on the game
18740s	because the Spells haven't been played
18742s	yet
18744s	I also think you should call it Widow
18746s	bloom
18748s	if you say seeds man and crooked car
18750s	quicker against some problems
18756s	doing the best he can to clear this up
18759s	but
18760s	yep you can see or tuna
18764s	oh okay yeah right that's a gap
18768s	I think Leandro Leo making extremely
18771s	Brave play like not you're so mentally
18774s	locked in to play goth right because the
18776s	card's so good it draws you another card
18778s	maybe it gets you somewhere actually
18780s	pushing out that damage and clearing
18782s	what he could of it is it's still huge
18785s	actually and actually way better than I
18787s	initially thought yeah I agree
18790s	even with the trade still gets the card
18793s	draw
18794s	yep
18795s	I don't think this is super relevant I
18801s	guess trading with the two Health minion
18803s	would be better against topio stuff
18806s	specifically if it was like topio nature
18808s	spell
18809s	your well actually no leaving the taunt
18812s	up in that situation would cause three
18813s	damage to have to go inefficiently into
18815s	two Health instead of being straight off
18818s	of a tooth against scale
18820s	it forces the four to in for you because
18823s	otherwise scale have to trade a two one
18827s	in but lose a 2-1 because you didn't
18828s	trade the kelp keeper right yeah true
18835s	and the problem is that the two minions
18837s	with the most health are actually also
18840s	the most dangerous because of the buff
18843s	yeah most short-term dangerous for sure
18845s	yeah
18846s	um really matters here for Leandro Leo
18849s	because it's all the way down at 15 at
18850s	the moment no other play really
18852s	available though has to go for the scale
18854s	of a next year and take the damage off
18855s	the board
18857s	gonna go for clearing both Cooks here
18860s	instead all right yeah it makes sense
18863s	it's the most efficient thing that was
18864s	possible with the removal that was
18866s	available
18867s	it does leave this big damage stick left
18869s	hanging around on board
18871s	Android is not far away though from
18873s	stabilizing this one
18881s	call me crazy soul
18884s	crazy ever look at incarceration
18887s	a waltz
18890s	a
18892s	um Miracle growth
18894s	okay
18898s	just because he has sidekick Mark of the
18900s	wild Herald of nature you know like he
18903s	has enough stuff to play this turn
18914s	both of the uh aquatic forms are already
18917s	played so he was never going to draw
18918s	that off the lowest cost otherwise I
18920s	think that would have been the snap pick
18921s	in that situation
18923s	he also a sooner going for the root of I
18925s	will not be vulnerable to another scale
18927s	of inexia with the sheer volume of
18929s	Health that's split across the board
18930s	here yeah fair enough
18933s	now is this the time for golf because
18936s	otherwise Topia wild growth does not
18940s	quite cut it
18942s	it doesn't no
18944s	currently what five six seven eight nine
18946s	thirteen damage just showing with the
18949s	hero power yep a wild-tart cuff would at
18952s	least on paper keep Leandro Leo safe
18957s	would actually be dead if he didn't hear
18960s	a power first or play a taunt that Drew
18963s	her to the ring while the Slither spear
18964s	damage is fake right in terms of what's
18968s	on the board
18969s	oh sorry yeah he's actually buffed right
18971s	it's buffed yeah sorry I was thinking
18973s	that's flat because that the health is
18974s	deceiving me subtle yeah it seems like a
18977s	reasonable amount of stats on that side
18978s	by now very reasonably sized minion yeah
18982s	what's that 19 with bran
18990s	absolutely delighted about it 357 10 14
18993s	15 17 18 hero power
18997s	can't hear it wrong
19001s	Mark of the wild gives plus two
19004s	and then there's two spells give that
19006s	plus two
19007s	[Applause]
19009s	yeah eighteen right he's off right
19013s	oh
19014s	yeah he has
19016s	you have to kill the brand
19019s	I'm gonna leave it open open up to hero
19021s	power he's already seen one
19024s	then scales played I think Austin is
19026s	laughing just a little bit because he
19028s	realizes he thought he had lethal and he
19029s	did not there's silence now from
19031s	attorney more available if he wants it
19042s	is it's not there oh innovate
19048s	you have to draw
19062s	I don't know what he can get I'm
19064s	thinking of second scales but I think
19065s	the moonlit had to hit the scales right
19067s	so we could go scale scales
19069s	on the topia
19075s	369 kills one it's just not enough right
19080s	silence the 310 but there's no actual
19085s	defense
19087s	that's it three goes through as long as
19089s	he can get that hero power to face
19091s	that's all I sooner need and it does
19094s	mean he's gonna take that game and this
19097s	series the full aggro worked outsole and
19100s	you know we know our soon has been
19102s	playing for a long time been competing
19104s	for a long time and involved in a lot of
19106s	practice groups as well or at least
19108s	practices with a lot of people uh
19109s	helping them out so it's really great to
19111s	see us sooner do well and you can see
19113s	how much it means to him because like we
19114s	were talking about this is more or less
19117s	if not just correctly a win in to top 16
19121s	uh sooner we'll go 6-1 now and yeah like
19124s	I said that is should just ensure that
19126s	he actually makes it through so a really
19128s	big deal for us sooner glad he made it a
19130s	little bit of a rough series for Leandro
19131s	Leo doesn't mean he's necessarily 100
19133s	out but it does mean it's going to be a
19135s	little bit harder for him there
19137s	yeah for sure um TJ was talking about
19139s	this before like it's possible we've
19141s	seen players go down to two losses early
19145s	let's say for the sake of argument uh
19147s	Luna was one of them in the past sort of
19149s	surprisingly popped up in in top 16
19151s	after we're like well if you get two
19153s	losses this early you can't make it it
19155s	can happen
19156s	um you know tie Breakers are not always
19157s	as cut and dry as you know lose earlier
19160s	and your tie Breakers are going to be
19161s	worse strange things can happen and they
19164s	are a cruel and unusual beast at times
19166s	but more importantly because of though
19169s	the unknown factor of those tiebreakers
19171s	the majority of the time you just want
19173s	to get your work done and get into that
19175s	just get in Yeah clean do not worry
19178s	about tie Breakers get the requisite
19180s	number of Victories under your belt
19181s	which in this case is usually seven one
19183s	and that's what these players are
19184s	heading towards like I said good I think
19187s	at this point to look at more of those
19189s	players who are on the bubble obviously
19190s	we spend most of the time focusing on
19193s	x-zero players and rightly so they're
19195s	the players who are doing the best and
19196s	they deserve to be rewarded with the
19198s	screen time but when it gets to this
19200s	stage of the competition I do think the
19202s	most interesting most tense games are
19204s	the ones for those players on the bubble
19206s	and that yeah that series we just
19207s	watched was no exception yeah almost
19209s	like decided games at least but like I
19211s	said there's still a chance as always we
19212s	will know who's making it by the end of
19214s	the day so make sure to stick around we
19216s	are going to go to a quick break while
19217s	we set up some more coverage from round
19219s	seven and then we've just got one more
19221s	round of Swiss left so don't go anywhere
19223s	and we'll be right back with some more
19224s	hostel
19229s	foreign
19237s	[Music]
19259s	you must acquit
19262s	the dark lady did not commit this
19265s	unspeakable life
19272s	your confession will save us all time
19279s	[Music]
19284s	[Music]
19296s	[Music]
19302s	[Music]
19304s	thank you
19306s	[Music]
19332s	foreign
19333s	[Music]
19372s	thank you
19375s	[Music]
19407s	thank you
19409s	[Music]
19427s	foreign
19428s	[Music]
19460s	foreign
19464s	[Music]
19479s	disorder we're moving on with continued
19482s	coverage for round number seven here
19484s	getting close the other day my name is
19486s	TJ I'm joined by Gia Gia how you doing
19490s	doing very well TJ I was waiting for my
19493s	turn to cast with you so I could hear
19494s	this new buzzword we have of continued
19497s	coverage
19499s	yep I have a new buzzword every single
19501s	time uh there's a new master tour that
19503s	rolls around today just happens to be
19505s	and yesterday and oh do we have Contin
19507s	we don't have continued coverage
19508s	tomorrow oh we do top 16. there's
19511s	continued coverage of top 16. uh but we
19515s	have uh we're jumped into a match in
19518s	progress it is going to be uh xmg versus
19521s	Mr Chopin and uh I was I'm looking at
19525s	the lineups there's some there's some
19527s	interesting stuff in here for one we
19529s	have priests on both sides for two we
19532s	have a Demon Hunter
19534s	is a
19538s	Relic Demon Hunter yep there's some
19542s	slight princess from some of the other
19543s	lists we saw at the beginning but mostly
19545s	uh the the stuff they'd expect from The
19548s	New Age
19549s	Relic Demon Hunter
19552s	um and outside of that it's
19555s	weak priest like actual wig priest on
19560s	the side of xmg and then bless priests
19565s	so happy it's not a thief priest TJ I've
19568s	had an important amount of those that
19570s	I've had to cast uh but yes we have good
19573s	old priests that relies on its own win
19576s	condition drawings serpent wig and a lot
19579s	of the time handmaiden in order to get
19582s	ahead on board and like you said on the
19585s	other side there is that blessed priest
19587s	for Mr Chopin so we got to see sort of
19590s	the interplay of these two different
19592s	versions of these priests that want to
19594s	get ahead on board very quickly
19597s	yeah yeah and uh as is expected I guess
19602s	coming into the series
19604s	xmg Band Away the Blessed piece on the
19607s	other side
19608s	uh I am not surprised that Mr chopron
19611s	left up the actual knock a priest
19613s	because I feel like as in terms of just
19615s	like raw power level especially against
19617s	a lot of decks of the night game it's
19618s	not quite there
19620s	um I didn't even see my goodness what
19622s	deck was they're taking a win with it
19625s	was druid
19628s	okay so Drew's out of the trip but
19630s	Mission Chopin's gonna go over to the
19632s	Beast Hunter collateral damage
19635s	as a tech which we've seen some of
19639s	um not a lot of some of
19641s	and an insatiable devour as well at the
19645s	top end
19646s	yeah I've seen a couple of these um
19649s	slightly greedier Hunter lists floating
19651s	around the Devourer not bad in the
19654s	mirror but I guess helping a lot more
19658s	against match-ups like blessed priest
19661s	where you actually have an answer to a
19663s	tall minion whereas others are choosing
19666s	to go with the tarantula instead which
19669s	is probably where I would lean because
19671s	it comes down a lot earlier but we'll
19674s	see if Mr Chopin is able to stabilize to
19677s	the point where the Devourer is playable
19679s	that is also backbreaking against Whig
19682s	priest location kept for xng which I do
19686s	favor
19687s	um keeping when you're at the point it
19689s	just represents so much card draw in the
19691s	long term
19694s	oh strong though
19697s	yeah that's a problem
19700s	already oddly enough and uh just gonna
19704s	Beef It Up doggy biscuit roll that into
19706s	wild spirits still missing something to
19708s	do after that but this is plenty yeah
19710s	make sure she'll pop through this early
19712s	game
19713s	um
19716s	I think xmg is pushed off of playing
19719s	amalgam because it just gets value
19721s	traded the good news for him is that he
19724s	has a two turn game plan to remove this
19727s	trog which is location into samurai and
19730s	it might feel a little bit odd to have
19732s	hero that early but uh I think it's fine
19734s	against big beast hunter they do
19737s	actually
19738s	um get minions of the size of which
19742s	Samurai cannot deal later on
19754s	but it's kind of slim pickings for Mr
19757s	Chopin until he gets to uh gets to six
19760s	just kind of and whatever
19762s	not a lot is gonna but one thing about
19764s	the Naga priest is that it does take
19766s	especially with sort of
19769s	all the expensive cards drawn
19775s	this is like five of the most expensive
19778s	cards in the deck with two fours
19781s	uh four fours
19783s	in the hand and then a bunch of threes
19786s	nothing to really be done so even if the
19788s	blade Master chamber was able to come
19789s	down
19791s	and uh clean up some of this early board
19793s	it takes some time before you can
19795s	actually
19797s	rebuild a board big enough outside of
19799s	rating Elemental to challenge the Hunter
19802s	yeah for sure
19804s	but in the media see just to deal with
19806s	this board I am looking at the holy
19808s	Smite which can complement the samurai
19810s	next turn to actually kill off the rest
19812s	of the trog assuming that the samurai
19814s	will have to frenzy itself into good
19816s	taunt but then there's this tag as a
19818s	problem because Samurai's only gonna go
19820s	up to three attack
19831s	like that
19832s	SMG even if he were able to stabilize
19835s	the board next turn has so little Health
19838s	to work with already under half
19841s	yep
19843s	and it's gonna get harder from this
19844s	point out this is where you usually want
19847s	to be mounting an offensive against
19850s	uh the hunter before they start to reach
19851s	those
19852s	uh those big Power turns
19855s	and it is just going to be tabish on six
19858s	which I guess is not sort of immediately
19860s	threatening but it can mess with wig
19863s	priests so much because they have to map
19866s	out turns and plan their turns
19869s	and if you're not doing it oh this also
19871s	feels terrible
19873s	well the wig draw is huge though because
19875s	he can play the nogling now and doesn't
19878s	matter if you multiply the trunks
19880s	because they all get swept up by the
19882s	summer oh it's a condemn okay I thought
19885s	that he took
19887s	um
19887s	policemite which would actually have had
19890s	the same outcome if you just totally
19892s	Smite on the trog because the four
19894s	attack on Samurai means even a full
19896s	health stag would have been swept up
19898s	yeah
19903s	uh
19906s	Maneuvers because there's bear coming up
19908s	next turn yep
19913s	yep ice trap
19918s	buys you the most time
19919s	right so that your xfd doesn't
19923s	isn't able to develop as much uh going
19926s	to the next turn as he otherwise would
19928s	be
19929s	um to be able to get that mountain bear
19930s	down safely
19932s	it's so strange to see Hunter have their
19934s	opponent at 14 an option to take
19937s	explosive trap and swing face and they
19938s	do neither but that's just how they work
19941s	at this point there's no more reach Mr
19943s	cell fan continuing to fight for the
19945s	board as the main win condition one wig
19949s	returned to hand
19952s	not a huge deal for xmg
19961s	oh is he not going to attack with
19964s	Samurai if he's not if he's playing
19965s	amalgam before it yeah
19970s	I guess expecting Minions going to the
19972s	next turn but it could also give you
19974s	some information and he has a board that
19977s	comes quickly
19979s	really you're not you don't mind too
19981s	much it would just be like the samurai
19985s	um that would get damaged but uh it's
19987s	gonna wait and now we'll be faced
19990s	with the mountain bear
19992s	there is uh one Shard of the naru
19996s	in the deck for xmg but no way to fetch
20001s	it right now unless he were to like
20003s	trade in Treasure guard or
20006s	wig plus handmaiden because the hand
20009s	that would activate the hand man I
20010s	believe that would be the third spell
20013s	um if he would want you
20015s	just strictly around them the emergency
20017s	maneuvers
20020s	it does seem worth it because with the
20023s	summer already used it's so difficult
20025s	for xmg to get through uh the multiplied
20028s	bears and all of their taunt death
20031s	rattles uh slithering duskiel was it uh
20035s	picked up from the amalgam I'm a bit
20037s	surprised I thought he would go for
20039s	babanaga but I guess the AOE on that
20042s	paired with a shadow word devour can go
20045s	through the death rattles of these bears
20046s	at worst case yeah
20055s	looks like he's determined to go through
20057s	it the hard way if no handmaiden is
20059s	being committed here
20069s	no attack okay
20072s	I don't remember if he had already
20074s	tested freezing
20081s	I don't think so I don't think there was
20083s	any attacks inside tablets was played
20085s	it's played on the empty board so
20090s	yeah just being safe around that
20096s	way both treasure guards fighting the
20098s	dust here
20102s	oh there's The Shard
20109s	parade Huffer he's at 14 yeah but it's
20112s	probably fine you want to keep trying to
20115s	play our our like trying to posture as
20118s	if this is freezing trap yep
20123s	all right so some Boon plays available
20126s	here
20128s	problem with Boone is that it's always
20130s	going to spawn to the right of the
20132s	minion near boonie and you it's
20133s	difficult to play around uh Devourer
20142s	and in that case I guess xmg just kind
20145s	of saying it's a one up in the deck you
20148s	probably don't have it you're probably
20154s	foreign
20163s	I mean
20165s	at that point what can you do right he
20168s	could have gone like wide
20171s	with like Merck water scribe rating
20173s	Elemental
20174s	and like they like pelagos maybe
20178s	instead and like split them between the
20181s	location but at that point if you're
20183s	making like a significantly weaker board
20185s	and you're just gonna play around Devour
20187s	the whole game then you know there's
20190s	just no point there was a little bit of
20193s	urgency put on him because of his life
20195s	total
20196s	um so had to just kind of play into it a
20199s	little bit
20200s	there's some counter play with the
20202s	radiant pickup he can get another Big
20204s	Boon online and with the Shadow or
20207s	Devourer kill off the Box first so he's
20210s	not gonna get a terribly annoying
20211s	emergency Maneuvers to deal with okay
20217s	yeah the train does kind of stop there
20219s	can get a 413 carrion not bad it
20223s	challenges both the remaining minions
20225s	for Mr Chopin it is kind of dead because
20229s	of the two Russia's next turn guaranteed
20232s	but maybe the radiant can stick around
20233s	from his perspective
20235s	yeah there's also the option to go even
20238s	further but
20240s	this isn't really an ollie an all-in
20243s	situation this is a survive at the bare
20246s	minimum situation to try and go in next
20247s	turn
20253s	but with ramming Mount and the weapon
20258s	if this is the image no it's not though
20269s	uh yeah uh
20277s	leave the radiant on board
20282s	that starts to get very scary looking at
20284s	this pelagos
20287s	producer show fan is at 40. even with a
20290s	pre-loaded 13 Health radiant it's not
20293s	easy to get up to those Heights
20294s	especially with xmg's hand only one Naga
20297s	not many ways to refresh the wigs at the
20299s	moment I mean there is the expensive one
20302s	but I'm kind of discounting that because
20304s	uh he probably wants the Mana to play
20307s	pelagos
20308s	yeah to be honest I
20311s	am perfectly fine with that trade
20315s	just because I haven't burned before
20317s	saying I'm at 40. there's no way you
20319s	could do 40. well
20321s	if handmaiden comes off the top here for
20323s	xmg 40 would be possible
20326s	hey true or it's actually more draw too
20329s	there's even the both Cathedrals both
20332s	locations here right to be able to keep
20335s	things like in Priestess essentially
20336s	provide you infinite with reading
20339s	elements on board
20341s	the order of this is tricky because you
20344s	kind of wanted that scale but also uh
20347s	you want to shot over devour before that
20350s	so I wonder if you start with
20351s	slitherspier because you still have mana
20354s	and it's like one more Health on the
20356s	radiant but he's gonna start with the
20358s	Devourer here definitely take that bless
20367s	I guess he already had it mapped out I
20370s	don't know like I would have rather had
20371s	one extra Health on the radiant even at
20373s	the cost of one Health on this other
20375s	spear yeah oh he's not going that skill
20379s	or you could go for it at the end after
20381s	the leash refreshes
20385s	not a time but yes yes
20388s	I think this still should get there
20391s	uh double blessed right and he has more
20394s	wigs from the desk
20398s	not entirely sure
20404s	[Music]
20406s	oh okay it wouldn't have been enough I
20410s	think it was at uh 27 yeah it would have
20414s	been
20417s	what is it plus eight
20421s	the time is one off
20423s	oh my God no way wait wait wait no
20427s	because you put one on the
20429s	he put one on the Priestess it was
20430s	actually uh plus ten oh it was
20434s	it was yeah because he got one on and
20436s	then there have been two more weeks it
20438s	was actually plus 10. that was Lethal
20440s	but that's almost impossible to
20442s	calculate and yeah it looks like gonna
20444s	get it here anyway
20447s	um kind of a crazy game uh what's the
20452s	Devourer came out I thought the xmg
20454s	would really be able to piece things
20456s	together but that priest's turn being
20458s	able to Clue the board build something
20459s	big
20460s	and you know
20463s	that's a tough one for Mr Showbox
20465s	because the turn where the emergency
20467s	Maneuvers uh came out with the rushers
20470s	it was a two and three for lethal any
20474s	damage uh companion either damage
20477s	companion whether it be leonk or Huffer
20478s	we're both enough because he needed four
20480s	more uh from that point so a little bit
20483s	unfortunate uh but hey that's the way
20486s	the cookie crumbles and now we get to
20488s	see Relic Demon Hunter in action
20491s	speaking of DH you mentioned damage
20494s	companions we've had gargon Companions
20496s	and we've had demon companions I just
20499s	want a card that gives damage companions
20500s	now which is literally the same as
20503s	animal companion but Misha is excluded
20506s	I
20508s	that'd be op
20510s	[Music]
20512s	posed
20514s	yeah I don't know
20517s	if you could guarantee one animal
20519s	companion
20520s	forever
20522s	[Music]
20523s	they'll just the 50 50. I I'm not
20526s	opposed to Leo oh my God I got so many
20530s	ideas right now
20534s	100
20536s	it's a legendary
20540s	that for the rest of the game you get to
20543s	discover an animal companion
20547s	instead of every banana will companion
20549s	to summon oh
20555s	so that's a battle cry and it just
20557s	changes how animal companion works for
20559s	you the rest of the game that's spicy
20561s	anything that summons an animal
20563s	companion whether it be tavish the
20565s	actual animal companion card
20568s	certainly one standard
20572s	there's a bunch of wild but fair enough
20576s	all of the wild back and say I'm working
20579s	on Battlegrounds no comments I got a
20582s	bunch of Battlegrounds ideas too
20584s	snacks
20589s	okay
20590s	fantastic start from Mr Chopin uh
20594s	poacher into wild spirits
20596s	just a full-on curve uh going on can go
20601s	two three four five seven uh quite
20605s	easily and they all have a immediate
20607s	impact on the board
20610s	interesting choice off of this Corp bid
20612s	here because Central of flame does Stave
20614s	off quite a lot of aggro but a vessel
20617s	depth is I mean I'm so surprised that
20620s	this card after buff still just wasn't
20622s	played anywhere it just seemed like it's
20624s	a good way to tutor things out uh
20626s	cheapest minions in this case are bran
20630s	steno and Scorpion so you can't really
20632s	guarantee because they're all kind of
20633s	tied but xmg goes for the third option
20636s	in I-beam
20638s	foreign
20640s	up on the board but it could get blocked
20643s	from Outcast with an expensive draw off
20646s	the top right uh which is the only real
20648s	concern
20656s	and he has one of those hands that has
20658s	relics but no locations so it just takes
20661s	a really long time to build up to the
20664s	point where relic of dimensions for
20666s	example is high impact
20668s	oh
20669s	pretty nice draw to unlock the I-beam
20671s	from Outcast
20676s	not particularly good here though I feel
20678s	like xmg picked that up seeing that
20681s	there's uh Stags on the way for Mr
20684s	Chopin So like
20686s	um IBM and then finishing it off with
20689s	relic of Extinction might have been
20691s	where his head is at yeah
20693s	[Music]
20696s	oh okay
20699s	I'm gonna play the brand yeah
20703s	wants to spend Mana I guess
20708s	but that quickly traded away of a saber
20711s	or Rod King
20715s	uh I mean I guess it forced a coin so
20717s	now
20718s	Mountain Bear's gonna be turned slower
20722s	um but
20724s	and bran itself you may not have time to
20726s	even get value from it later on in the
20729s	game there's not that much
20732s	energy in the deck at least in the mid
20733s	game for bran to be able to come down
20736s	oh that's a brave Relic here not going
20739s	for any sort of removal
20742s	kind of dying quickly
20745s	yeah
20748s	oh doggy biscuit
20751s	in 18th
20753s	he's one-off
20771s	so xfg has to do a lot of steer stay
20775s	alive
20777s	it's a good thing though possible
20778s	probably th can do a lot of but not that
20781s	much stuff yeah not that much oh no
20785s	still not that much yeah
20792s	vault
20793s	plus Relic clears off
20796s	I mean the first one only does
20800s	ah this gets counted anyway yeah even if
20803s	it hadn't been countered it really just
20805s	I mean that was the second Relic played
20808s	so like two two three three not nearly
20811s	enough to deal with that board so very
20814s	dominantly won by Mr chalf and they're
20816s	just a Demon Hunter getting run over
20820s	yeah and uh still multiple opportunities
20823s	left uh can find a win against uh
20825s	something slower like uh maybe the Druid
20828s	um
20829s	and Mr Chopin look at this warlock it is
20832s	going to be in curse
20834s	uh which has just seemed to be the
20837s	Warlock deck at least between that and
20841s	just straight up in warlock that has had
20843s	more success
20845s	over the course of the the two days
20849s	um at least on stream from what we've
20850s	seen But usually you know even though
20853s	it's a small sample size it gives us a
20854s	good idea because a lot of the times on
20856s	stream we show players that are
20859s	undefeated one loss right players that
20861s	are up at the top
20863s	at the beginning of day one we saw impor
20866s	locks and then from then on out once the
20869s	route started to go on we've only been
20870s	seeing if curse warlocks so that should
20872s	tell tell everybody a lot about uh where
20875s	the strength of the decks lie yeah it
20879s	does skew in favor of these longer terms
20882s	or at least longer game plan decks but
20884s	this is a strange build I will say for
20887s	Mr Chopin where he has I think a bit
20889s	more of the Imp package that I'm used to
20891s	seeing uh double void Walker still
20893s	included here and a shady bartender and
20896s	he's cut down on some of the curse
20898s	package only one Abyssal wave for
20900s	example
20902s	okay
20907s	I wonder if that heavier early game lean
20911s	is going to help him I mean all of these
20913s	cards that he's drawn are still of
20914s	course available to the more standard uh
20918s	imp curse Warlock and these are the
20920s	cards that win the match up because my
20922s	goodness does Demon Hunter struggle to
20925s	deal with tall minions and the real only
20928s	way to generate
20930s	um High stats on a single Minion is the
20932s	library
20940s	oh my it's the perfect curve even if
20943s	this does get cleaned up there's
20944s	mischievous amp and then uh by the time
20947s	the second charge of library is active
20949s	there's a second fiendish Circle xng has
20952s	his work cut out for him but he did get
20955s	a pretty good discount uh from the sigil
20958s	relic of Dimensions playable next turn
20960s	but he's gonna have to take quite the
20962s	beating in the meantime
20966s	thank you
20967s	and it's gonna have to draw into
20969s	something impactful with the relative
20972s	dimensions anyway
20974s	um
20977s	got two charges on it because of the
20980s	location
20981s	good luck
20987s	you go stano coin barrage
20990s	uh it clears the small imps but the five
20994s	five stays up yeah
20998s	so if we're talking best outcomes from
21001s	the relic of dimensions
21004s	uh probably just relic of Extinction
21007s	right
21009s	uh yes and but if he doesn't find any
21013s	removal
21014s	I guess he could coin here about dead
21017s	yeah yeah and even if there's just one
21020s	imp if you go in here a power and kill
21022s	an amp yeah sure you're not dead on
21024s	board but it would just be one imp
21025s	needed right for uh Mr Chopin to win the
21029s	game
21031s	so hovering Steno looking like he
21034s	doesn't want to take the risk here
21036s	uh it feels so bad to have to use this
21039s	to attack on these small minions doesn't
21042s	actually remove that much damage but
21044s	it's just that perfect curve that he's
21046s	had to deal with
21053s	it
21060s	I think Mr Chopin is fine to ignore the
21063s	stano here
21065s	foreign
21069s	[Applause]
21077s	like how many spells can he actually
21080s	really play with the coin already
21081s	expended
21086s	then again if you take the trade how
21088s	does he deal with this board yep
21094s	uh
21096s	uh not with that yep
21100s	okay we're going to game five in the
21102s	blink of an eye that's crazy
21105s	Demon Hunter lost two games
21108s	in the in a shorter amount of time than
21112s	the rest of the series or than this game
21115s	the one previous game played out so all
21117s	right game five it is
21119s	checks out your Relic DH is a very
21122s	polarizing deck uh but it is going to
21125s	have I would say a better time against
21127s	Druid it has the time while the Druid is
21130s	spending uh the early turns ramping up
21132s	to ramp up their own relics and once
21135s	they get to the point where the relic of
21137s	phantasms gets you know I would say
21140s	upwards of five Health on their things
21141s	uh Druid just cannot deal with that oh
21146s	um so this you know seems to be what The
21150s	Relic Demon Hunter is for
21152s	not not for these uh fast decks even
21155s	though it can have some good games
21157s	against the fastest because of you know
21159s	a lot of early game removal if you can
21161s	buy time and have one of those big
21164s	uh Power turns in the mid game you can
21166s	get there for sure uh we just haven't
21169s	seen those that side from the relative
21172s	Hunter just yet it's been too fast for
21174s	the social upon but this is what xmg has
21176s	been waiting for
21178s	[Music]
21182s	see at first he needs to put together
21185s	the important ramp up tools basically
21188s	the location and relic of dimensions
21192s	all of these so important that he throws
21195s	away kertras which in Old iterations of
21198s	Demon Hunter were definitely
21199s	an auto keep but he's ended up with
21203s	scorpions and beltronics not a good
21206s	combo
21207s	no
21210s	meanwhile for Mr Chopin while growth
21213s	available and topir that's looking very
21216s	very promising and on his five minute
21218s	turn he can even go fishing with aquatic
21220s	form at another chance for ramp
21228s	okay
21232s	ah it's slow
21236s	curtress though uh you know just
21238s	generally good so
21243s	and could find some better things to do
21246s	with these scorpions
21248s	ah no relics
21250s	it coordinated strike okay predation
21253s	sure
21257s	looking for cuff
21259s	nope oh goth no nourish
21263s	Fami is interesting
21266s	I guess Druid of the wreath does deal
21267s	with this scorpion straight up but I
21270s	just kind of think the Scorpion is not
21272s	super relevant to Mr Chopin right now oh
21275s	with this wild growth especially now he
21278s	has the ability to play topiar before
21280s	enervates so he can get that innervate
21282s	to give him a 3-3 to kill the Scorpion
21289s	a joke
21295s	learn four with no Relic no location
21297s	played has to feel awful for xmg
21302s	yeah and now I'm gonna see the topio
21305s	come down
21308s	oh what already pointing face I know
21310s	with the Scorpion of all things like
21313s	like that's gonna make much of a
21315s	difference
21316s	uh okay these are some good relics now
21319s	he could play all three of them this
21320s	turn if he wanted and uh playing the
21323s	tour like of Extinction will kill off
21325s	the topir
21329s	although all these Chief spells it kind
21332s	of feels like cashing out with lady
21334s	stano is very tempting here
21343s	oh
21347s	that would actually be very spicy if he
21349s	had gone for meltronics the thing is
21351s	what kind of board is it even protecting
21355s	uh making it so
21359s	Mr Chopin can't go crazy with topior
21362s	while book is a horse
21371s	yeah there's trouble yeah you're right
21373s	you're right
21375s	but they are whelps so I understand
21378s	I mean that is
21385s	okay
21387s	well that's easily dealt with with just
21389s	the board
21390s	uh-huh
21395s	the scorpid like turning the scorpid
21397s	into face damage by removing the taunt
21400s	seems very nice here just one Relic and
21406s	okay it's a lag
21409s	he's done
21411s	electronic survives and the Naga giant
21414s	is trapping Mr Chopin's hand from the
21417s	left side let's see if he can get
21418s	anything effective from the right
21421s	foreign
21424s	I need to get some sleep
21429s	welcome to hey it's 5 a.m there it's 8
21432s	A.M here I'm already past it I'm in
21434s	tomorrow
21435s	I've gotten over the hump
21440s	the hump was Wednesday I got over it too
21445s	today may as well be Wednesday
21449s	[Applause]
21451s	okay stabilized or Mr Shelton
21456s	uh but oh his problems do not end there
21462s	get massive discounts from the relic of
21464s	Dimensions but I don't actually know if
21466s	the average quality of what's in his
21468s	deck needs to be discounted that much
21470s	further like the best card to get huge
21473s	discounts on is already in hand in Jace
21476s	they're still the zymox which is a big
21478s	deal but is it necessary
21492s	[Music]
21497s	we moved around
21513s	while the stano timing might look like
21516s	it's not the most damage in the world I
21519s	like cashing out with it here leading up
21521s	into a J's turn because he just gets to
21522s	replay all those spells and it's a good
21524s	chance that he just hits a lethal sooner
21527s	than expected yeah
21532s	foreign
21537s	to use Earthen scales not on a giant is
21541s	a really big deal
21543s	yeah 20 is certainly manageable
21546s	kircher's still getting buffed up as
21548s	well
21549s	but it looks like it's going to be
21551s	France school teacher
21555s	you'd have to imagine I think the
21557s	kurchase bats are very low attack
21559s	doesn't really have the time to even
21561s	view Powers
21563s	maybe three
21565s	oh yeah because there's two chaos
21567s	strikes at least yeah so it's like at
21569s	least three
21572s	um but I don't think yeah you're either
21573s	not much larger than that
21575s	pretty good
21576s	with the bran that means the relic of
21579s	Dimensions gets improved quite a lot
21585s	to leave the Naga giant up
21590s	not quite there
21595s	is Devourer if it sticks around can give
21598s	12 armor with that Earthen skills
21608s	kick me pick me
21617s	oh here we go that's the big oh this is
21620s	the juice this is the juice it's four
21624s	relics right I think yeah I have some
21626s	reduced cost by five reduce cost by six
21628s	everything's gonna be free oh my and
21631s	then he gets the other relic of
21632s	Dimensions so
21635s	pretty much everything playable here
21637s	it's just a really famous social fan
21639s	that the Jace was in hand before all
21641s	this but that's the old Rocky Horror
21643s	blades that SMG I think was looking for
21646s	to help stabilize
21650s	just looking at this giant minion seeing
21652s	but without stunno it's kind of hard to
21655s	I mean you could get
21658s	Fel barrage additional value
21660s	yeah but you can't cast both
21665s	for real wings of hate and then just
21668s	equip the all dracular blades heal a
21672s	bunch feel as much as possible
21677s	oh it's beefed
21683s	it's annoying that he couldn't kill the
21686s	uh Devourer itself but that's a huge
21688s	relief for his social fan somewhat
21690s	because he gets to heal for 12.
21697s	together his own giant threatening board
21700s	after having seen all the relics of
21702s	Extinction already
21706s	the trade the respect
21713s	all right I got no clue how much damage
21715s	this Jace is doing but it must be lethal
21717s	right now there's the fury Rank 3 as
21719s	well that's gonna get replayed there's a
21722s	rank two two chaos strikes
21726s	a predation but you know it's predation
21729s	um
21731s	the rank two Fury rank three Fury one
21733s	fell barrage
21736s	and there's gonna be the other fell
21738s	barrage played
21740s	yep
21741s	maybe it's not I don't know
21744s	it's a lot to get through since the fell
21746s	barrages are hitting uh
21747s	minions minions yeah
21753s	well at the very least it's gonna clear
21755s	off all the small minions and with the
21757s	heel from the ultra he wore blades
21760s	SMG should be okay
21771s	oh my face
21774s	okay
21776s	14 17 22. it's lethal yeah it is that
21783s	predation hitting face
21785s	yeah with the minion attacks two minion
21787s	attacks yeah all right well there you
21789s	have it xmg with only two cards left in
21793s	deck
21794s	barely manages to get there moves up to
21796s	six and one
21799s	heading into the final round so a win in
21802s	it
21803s	for the for round eight for xmg to get
21806s	there and a pretty cool lineup to boot
21808s	with the Relic DH and the straight up
21811s	Wick priest the the Naga priest which is
21813s	uh pretty cool to see uh Mr Chopin will
21817s	see uh but you know five two
21822s	usually you know the players that do
21824s	make it at 6-2 into the top 16 take
21828s	their second loss in the final round but
21830s	taking it one round before the final
21832s	round it's the next best thing
21835s	if he were to happen against a lot of
21837s	those uh players with uh Good Records
21841s	um then it's a possibility right but it
21844s	it he would have to win in round eight
21847s	in order to make that happen
21848s	yeah it does get in that sort of murky
21852s	territory that makes you really really
21853s	anxious but it does mean that Mr
21857s	chalfan's mental will also be tested
21859s	here just to try and play your best in
21861s	the very next round knowing that there's
21863s	not much more that's in your control but
21866s	even Beyond talking about people's
21868s	immediate win and ends to the top 16 I
21872s	think Mr Chopin is one of the names
21874s	that's been floating around there just
21875s	having a good amount of points
21877s	throughout the past two Master Source uh
21880s	three including this one and so with
21882s	enough wins there's still an Avenue
21884s	through to the seasonal Championship
21886s	even without necessarily making making
21889s	it to the top 16 if you've had enough
21891s	wins here but uh the continued coverage
21894s	doesn't stop TJ the construct continued
21897s	coverage continues oh yes that's why
21900s	it's Cults continued coverage because it
21903s	just keeps continuing
21906s	and we keep covering it yeah we're going
21909s	to move into another Series in progress
21910s	this one is further in progress in the
21912s	previous one that we jumped into Swagger
21915s	mice versus construct
21917s	um
21918s	it's we're populating it right now we're
21921s	going into game four swaggerminist has a
21924s	2-1 lead against construct with just
21926s	Demon Hunter left remaining and I'm
21929s	quickly pulling up
21930s	uh
21932s	lists here yeah
21935s	probably Relic DH yes it is Relic th
21940s	um so funny because I think I have the
21942s	tab that you don't have open and you
21944s	have the tab that I don't have open
21945s	which is how far they are in the series
21947s	but I have their lists here construct
21950s	rocking a control Shaman Beast Hunter
21955s	um
21956s	straight up empor no curses and then a
21961s	Jailer slash Naga giant Druid with an
21965s	alarming amount of one of's oh geez okay
21970s	um
21972s	yeah I guess it's mostly legendaries
21974s	that are one-ups there's two insatiable
21976s	devourers it's one Naga giant true the
21979s	big one but I guess the Jailer kind of
21982s	substitutes for the second knock a giant
21984s	sort of I guess so the one giant is
21987s	enough to alarm me TJ like if you're
21989s	playing Giants you gotta play both
21991s	because as soon as one is zero it means
21993s	the other one costs zero yep I take
21996s	anyway
21999s	but if you get two in a hand where they
22001s	cost a lot then you feel bad
22004s	I mean I'd feel bad even if one cost a
22007s	lot
22008s	yeah but wouldn't you feel worse if two
22010s	cost a lot no it's the same level of
22014s	feels bad
22016s	believe but what if the second one was a
22018s	Guff
22020s	[Laughter]
22023s	either way that's false equivalency
22027s	you don't need to bring logic into this
22031s	okay
22032s	um he does have some other interesting
22034s	cards than the Jailer here the double
22036s	attorney at ma uh pretty good at dealing
22040s	with wig priest if that were to be a
22043s	match up in our future
22045s	uh but it's not right because
22047s	swaggermeister has that Relic Beach but
22049s	it's not exactly the same lineup as xmg
22052s	no wig priest in there
22058s	um we saw a relative she has some
22060s	weaknesses
22062s	uh even that last game was pretty close
22065s	uh nearly out of stuff nearly out of
22068s	damage cartridge is still in hand but
22069s	once you're completely out of stuff like
22071s	the two damage to turn from kurtius
22074s	uh it's really going to be difficult to
22077s	get there but
22079s	moving along let's get into it game
22080s	number four
22082s	I've been told this will be our our
22085s	final continent coverage ah I see him
22089s	not continue anymore until the next
22090s	rounds continued coverage you mean we're
22092s	not going to have any more continued
22094s	coverage of construct playing
22095s	constructed
22097s	nope
22098s	unfortunately
22101s	I can kind of see this one
22104s	closing out soon I mean it's a good hand
22106s	for construct he has the ramp but what
22109s	was missing last game in the DH that
22112s	made it look kind of like a struggle for
22115s	xmg to get to the win was no relic of
22117s	phantasms right that's the one you
22118s	really want to get multiple activations
22121s	of against Druid because they struggle
22123s	to deal with all those minions and we
22124s	see Swagger mice with the location and
22126s	the relic of phantasms
22128s	um he could even potentially greet out
22131s	the relic of Extinction first so he gets
22134s	bigger stats on the first proc of
22136s	phantasms but there's no minion to play
22139s	it against so uh just going straight up
22141s	for the phantasms makes sense yep
22146s	oh I learned to get a little bit of
22148s	damage push but there's the Guff
22151s	tough stuff double two to three
22155s	in hand no other spells though so uh-oh
22158s	expensive Naga giant you're right even
22160s	if it's only one it does feel bad
22170s	well well
22173s	Savannah's also is not good in the
22176s	match-up because the big minions come in
22179s	pairs right so even if you're stealing
22181s	one away it leaves the other one around
22189s	can play these cheap minions to try and
22192s	clean up a little bit uh like give a
22194s	rushing Druid of the reef immune with a
22197s	tournament
22199s	kinda cute
22215s	it's deciding if he does want to use the
22217s	given you in here or any at all okay
22224s	yeah it is of course
22227s	um
22228s	there is some value to keeping more
22230s	cards in hand because of the miracle
22231s	growth getting a bigger taunt in the way
22234s	and leaving no minions means that the
22237s	relics of Extinction are kind of wasted
22240s	for soccer mice here
22242s	but maybe you can just convert those
22244s	into stano damage like to me this hand
22247s	just says play the stano and go
22258s	on a laptop or is using a trackball
22260s	mouse
22263s	another conspiracy really hope it's a
22268s	trackball mouse
22272s	a long forgotten skill the trackball
22275s	mouse
22277s	but it's probably just a laptop makes
22279s	more sense
22280s	[Music]
22283s	all right pushing
22287s	out the coin as well play every single
22291s	spell translated into two damaged care
22294s	of stunno okay not using the coin fair
22296s	enough
22299s	[Music]
22301s	foreign
22307s	wants to see finally something for his
22310s	relics of Extinction to do
22313s	oh but there isn't skills okay yeah
22317s	slamming that ASAP yep
22330s	extra card draw very welcome here oh the
22333s	zymox oh geez okay
22339s	probably not this turn I kind of like
22341s	the idea of leveraging Steno more while
22344s	she's still on board
22347s	yeah so it's been two Rolex casts the
22350s	first One's Gonna deal six second one's
22352s	gonna deal
22353s	just the four but they're also gonna
22356s	deal
22358s	the the the Seno too you want to try and
22361s	maximize
22362s	base damage yes I know and that's if he
22365s	even wants to use the Relic fault yeah
22369s	it might just be zymox in the end
22371s	actually like he could create board
22372s	Space by trading the one ones and just
22375s	the one relic of Extinction after some
22378s	Minion trades could have dealt with the
22380s	taunt and then he gets big phantasms
22384s	immediately it looks like he's reading
22386s	it out a little bit more
22394s	finally finally construct gets to
22397s	stabilize the board if only for a moment
22401s	first
22409s	hmm is it a nyxia
22412s	because with the draw of scale now he's
22414s	able to ramp instead and he can still
22417s	play a Naga giant at the end
22419s	yeah
22421s	but ah it would be the same right you
22424s	could you'd still have an eight eight
22428s	the difference is more Mana to work with
22430s	next turn yeah
22432s	so
22434s	but
22440s	you potentially Save The Rush of raid
22443s	boss andyxia for a bigger more
22446s	threatening board yeah
22451s	no I like that better
22453s	but for uh scale plus
22456s	ramp plus Giant
22460s	now you feel less good because there's
22463s	only one giant
22464s	foreign
22473s	just less good
22476s	okay
22478s	oh that is unfortunate zymox
22482s	one Infuse away oh
22489s	get some much-needed draw however
22496s	oh okay
22499s	oh
22502s	getting scary
22505s	the Jace for two Mana
22509s	oh yeah can spell he has to do is
22512s	survive a bit longer
22522s	wait if he took
22524s	um
22526s	Bissell depths and gets bran
22528s	brand Jace might be in our future
22531s	oh geez
22533s	because
22534s	um
22535s	I mean the Scorpions are still in there
22537s	but lady stano is gone and three is the
22539s	cheapest on the minions and the deck
22550s	Connie not expecting to really get
22553s	counter value out of this but if it can
22554s	eat some damage for a treat I think
22556s	that's still a win for swaggermeister
22558s	yep oh okay
22565s	has to think though like do you want to
22567s	ah stick Aiden do it oh no you have to
22571s	got to
22573s	and gonna steal the zymox
22577s	yeah and then steal the Jace most likely
22580s	oh no going forward okay
22586s	I mean this is still a lot to get
22588s	through yeah
22598s	if he's not starting with nuggling it
22599s	makes me think he didn't take a vessel
22601s	depth
22610s	because there's plenty of Mana unless
22612s	wants to Jace and then coin
22615s	d-log I don't know
22620s	a removing the lowest Health targets so
22623s	the extinction has the best odds of
22626s	dealing with something more relevant
22631s	that's seven
22633s	yep yeah even if it hits zymox you can
22637s	sweep away the rest of it with fell
22638s	barrage yep
22641s	or predation okay
22644s	can't help but feel like that's a missed
22646s	opportunity
22655s	he doesn't really want to Jace because
22656s	has already attacked for the turn and
22658s	that loses a lot of value from uh right
22662s	from the genius at least a lot a lot of
22664s	the potential damage with Fury chaos
22666s	strikes already cast
22667s	oh my gosh this theater here even bran
22672s	theater probably start with moon that
22674s	guidance though because you don't want
22675s	to give an anexia but
22677s	you could easily given or then scales
22679s	away
22691s	it has to be right
22696s	yeah I'm Fran Theo still playing you
22699s	could just steal
22702s	there you get all the information
22710s	how is this not a snap pick Chase yeah
22717s	I feel like especially with a Nixie in
22720s	hand it's really not going to do enough
22722s	to take away pretty much the
22725s	the last Wing condition there
22727s	sorry guys doesn't even have much draw
22729s	oh no there's still one relative
22731s	dimensions I think because one was
22732s	casual assignments
22735s	so funny that constructs have the
22737s	branches but it doesn't do anything yeah
22745s	that is just its for a game for
22748s	construct taking it all the way to a
22752s	five game series here
22754s	Relic DH it seems like it's only ever
22757s	struggling to get a win or not getting
22760s	the win at all when I've seen it on
22761s	stream
22762s	yeah which is kind of crazy considering
22765s	you know we now have two players back to
22767s	back that are 5-1 with relative it seems
22771s	like even even in the times where it
22773s	struggles to get a win that player has
22775s	still won the series
22776s	because they got wins quickly with their
22778s	other decks obviously small sample size
22781s	of what we've seen it's only happened
22782s	like three or four times
22784s	um but we'll see if that's going to be
22785s	the case for swaggermeist
22788s	as well now going to be going up against
22797s	and that is the regular Beast Hunter
22800s	that we are very used to seeing uh
22804s	taking a look down the list double
22805s	tarantula here is a bit of a call out to
22809s	I guess less priests here and there uh
22812s	not the worst card against Demon Hunter
22815s	if they do get say a one of big relic of
22819s	phantasms it really starts to lose value
22821s	when they've hit multiple of their relic
22823s	of phantasms so because you just don't
22825s	have enough of the poison yeah but
22829s	definitely Hunter's best chance in my
22831s	opinion is to get the early game
22833s	lockdown and an early trog and buff it
22836s	up and just keep beating down The Doors
22851s	interesting head for a construct where
22853s	there are technically two two drops that
22856s	can be coined out back to back but not
22858s	the ones you want to see because they
22859s	are not very effective if not infused so
22862s	you just service them all back only
22863s	keeps the pet collector which uh on
22866s	average gets a high impact Beast
22871s	[Music]
22874s	oh
22876s	I was about to say this curve is a
22879s	little weird because you have two but
22880s	then you have nothing to do until five
22882s	but now peasant and then uh came out of
22886s	Tron on turn two and then two draws plus
22889s	a potential dredge
22890s	uh to find some answers
22893s	crazy how much the Pheasant uh draws
22896s	respect out of soccer mice it's delaying
22898s	Relic Vault into relic of phantasms
22900s	that's already paying for itself in uh
22905s	huge dividends
22908s	um
22914s	another canine Neutron
22917s	yeah because it doesn't look too nice
22919s	without a wild spirits to kind of
22922s	expedite it
22924s	yeah and then if anything you could
22928s	ah actually that's tough
22932s	um next turn pick Like A Shard saber to
22934s	give you a foreplay
22937s	um and then roll into pet collector
22939s	potentially if a Shard saver goes down
22942s	you can get a sunken saber out of your
22944s	deck
22945s	foreign
22948s	poacher all right oh interesting
22951s	actually by the end of it I was leaning
22953s	more towards the saber just to like have
22956s	it in your hand and by that point that
22957s	guarantees pet collector to get the
22959s	tarantula which is kind of good in the
22961s	immediacy because uh Rat King had
22963s	already been drawn okay it does mean
22966s	that construct has a very dead turn
22968s	three though which I think is the main
22970s	reason that he picked up the poacher
22980s	all right
22981s	caught this one eating party all right
22988s	not the one you wanted to see
22992s	okay release challenge oh nope not gonna
22994s	be real like a phantom sister
22997s	be these school teacher instead
23001s	agility
23002s	looking tempting it's really slow though
23006s	because essentially he doesn't get the
23008s	effect until two turns from now because
23009s	you can't play the nogling until next
23011s	turn
23012s	yeah nice it's probably just
23016s	predation yeah I agree uh I could make
23020s	an argument for field of strife with
23021s	like g-log in hand I don't know
23025s	seems a relic of phantasms like you you
23029s	uh Vault Australia phantasms and then
23032s	they all attack I don't know he's not
23034s	gonna have bored which is the big
23036s	problem so
23037s	uh a little bit wasted in that case yep
23040s	there's the tarantula the pet collector
23042s	Rock King to follow this up
23045s	estimate the decision whether or not the
23047s	school 2 is going to be traded into
23049s	phantasm's argument is a strong one for
23052s	the field of strife it actually does
23054s	help this board challenge Hunter a lot
23057s	more like usually you don't feel like
23060s	it's stable enough to go for that but
23063s	because Hunter doesn't really play
23065s	removal it's just yeah it's just like a
23069s	raid leader Aura and it's good yeah yeah
23073s	and you can't get rid of it he's gonna
23076s	wait wait it out
23080s	thank you
23081s	this is gonna get these sunken saber
23087s	yes
23089s	just all face oh yeah yeah respected a
23094s	lot I love it
23105s	contract has had enough
23107s	yeah
23109s	a watery gray I know fell barrage deals
23112s	with
23114s	canine Tron and the pet collector with
23119s	one more trade there's probably a
23121s	cleaner way to do this right
23125s	yeah
23127s	like the fell barrage kill off
23132s	the one ones
23137s	because all the damages and increments
23140s	of two or higher I feel like the only
23142s	relevant thing is that he trades the
23143s	three twos into the unhealth minions and
23145s	that there's no better way to optimize
23147s	your damage
23151s	the hero powered into a 1-1 and then
23155s	fell barraged lady Steno would have
23157s	killed the 4-2 and then you get to push
23158s	one of the two ones to face
23160s	yeah that's true like the hero power
23164s	unless he's worried about hell toys he
23166s	doesn't want to take the one extra
23167s	damage right yeah that is an argument
23170s	but I was gonna make the counter
23172s	argument that he's still an increments
23174s	of hero power damage even if he did take
23177s	the one
23178s	yeah because the three damage weapon
23180s	attack yeah great
23184s	oh he needs healing from the school
23188s	teacher
23193s	or he could say the lag and dream I mean
23198s	on average it does kill the Rat King
23203s	I like that
23208s	put on some counter pressure too
23211s	back to like Mountain parenting or I
23215s	guess saber because you saw the labor in
23219s	the sunken saber in them
23221s	be pretty sure that construct with the
23222s	second attack from the Harpoon then took
23224s	the sunken saber as well
23226s	you're worried about a lot of stuff
23227s	actually yeah
23230s	I feel this is one of those situations
23231s	where it really illustrates the
23233s	playstyle of uh certain Hearthstone
23236s	players where you have to evaluate risk
23240s	reward where there's such a clear
23241s	downside of immediately losing the game
23243s	but the upside is giving yourself a much
23246s	better chance of actually winning it he
23248s	does end up taking the risk does get rid
23250s	of the Rat King so he is maybe not dead
23253s	this turn but maybe gets King crush this
23255s	turn if construct wants to take that
23257s	risk for himself
23259s	yeah uh altimore seems
23263s	pretty good though
23265s	um
23268s	what they're still mountain bear there's
23270s	still another tarantula
23273s	yeah
23275s	the thing is if you altimore you leave
23278s	the chance that Swagger mice gets all
23280s	jockey War blades or some other form of
23282s	healing and just hero power might not
23285s	necessarily get there but even if he
23287s	does get that then the king Crush hope
23289s	is still alive the next turn so I do
23291s	think Altima makes more sense here yeah
23304s	oh
23306s	only been there's two relics that have
23309s	been cast so far right
23311s	it was just the Relic ball plus uh the
23314s	Fantastic right
23318s	and those are not drawing him cards so a
23321s	school teacher has to deliver healing
23324s	here
23331s	the aldraki is just a one oven deck so I
23334s	don't particularly like the odds of
23335s	digging with chaos strike
23337s	or that I think school teacher into
23340s	chaos leech is a more realistic out
23343s	or venomous corporate
23350s	high beam also
23360s	corporate for I-beam it would be an
23362s	outcast but okay it doesn't get it
23364s	that's just it then your power gets
23367s	there for construct
23374s	foreign
23379s	I mean these stocks are are Juiced by
23383s	one but they're not nearly big enough
23387s	uh to actually go for a kill yeah so
23391s	um just gonna see right hey maybe I did
23393s	the math wrong they steal three but not
23395s	even close 14 life is gonna die to the
23398s	hero power that means construct can move
23401s	up to 6-1 telling you during stressed
23404s	throughout that whole game like
23405s	constantly forwarded back in the chair
23407s	like come on
23408s	just like immediately Jam everything go
23412s	all face just I want this game to end
23415s	right now
23416s	and finally did comes back from a
23418s	deficit takes it now another player uh
23422s	with a winning in Opportunity going into
23425s	round eight uh with with contracts
23428s	lineup yeah an incredibly close series
23431s	overall I will be keeping an eye out for
23434s	construct because I feel that he is one
23436s	of the few warlock players that is not
23439s	running the curse package and so far
23441s	it's been working well for him maybe
23443s	he's kind of like leading that entire
23445s	other side of the argument against what
23447s	feels like the rest of the of the field
23450s	who are playing curse and warlock he
23453s	does have straight up imps with a bit of
23456s	a difference in the tech conclusions
23458s	there's the theater and the gigafin at
23460s	the top end but I feel there's
23462s	definitely Merit is still running Shady
23464s	bartender in this meta so looking
23467s	forward to seeing more from him and for
23469s	swaggermeister again similar to uh the
23473s	position a while ago of the person who
23475s	lost the Series is that not all hope is
23477s	lost but it feels really bad to get that
23480s	loss right before the final round of
23482s	Swiss because it just makes your
23484s	tiebreakers that much further away
23487s	yeah Swagger mice tiebreakers
23490s	in the top five of the players that are
23493s	at 5-2
23494s	okay so not terrible
23497s	um depends on his match
23499s	for round eight uh what's gonna be has
23501s	to be a win regardless but still a
23503s	chance and take a look at some of the
23505s	the two players at 7-0 right now are
23507s	holy water and shall buy
23510s	so undefeated players they've locked for
23513s	top 16 and then a whole lot of big names
23515s	is 6-1 including
23518s	bunny Hopper who
23521s	yet to qualify for the World
23523s	Championship but has been very close
23526s	uh and lost I think in the finals right
23529s	of uh last call
23532s	um so uh that was a a brutal loss to
23537s	have to take especially with how well
23538s	bunny Hopper has been performing so far
23541s	this year across everything that he's
23543s	participated in right Master
23545s	performances uh uh Gold Series and
23549s	um and in Grand Masters itself
23553s	would be cool to see him make autopsy
23555s	scene to try and make a run to make it
23558s	and get one of those possible
23560s	championship against Bond seasonal
23561s	championships so
23563s	um see ya
23565s	significant lack of America's players
23567s	oh all right I'm on your team now I've
23570s	moved here
23571s	um yeah that's terrible TJ it's so awful
23573s	to hear I know
23576s	we have to uh act like you care at least
23580s	I held up for two seconds all of two
23582s	seconds I hope you're proud of me
23584s	yeah I am
23586s	thanks for the sympathy but we got Dart
23588s	our banks up there making a run 6-1
23591s	right now so uh gonna be keeping my eyes
23594s	out for him because there's a
23596s	significant lock I just want a couple in
23598s	the summer Championship we'll get there
23599s	we'll get there but round seven is
23601s	coming to an end that concludes our
23603s	continued coverage we have one more
23605s	round of Swiss left to play uh before we
23607s	close out the day reveal our top 16 and
23610s	look forward to Championship Sunday so
23613s	we are going to go to a quick break but
23614s	don't go anywhere plenty more
23615s	Hearthstone action to come right after
23617s	this
23626s	good morning
23634s	[Music]
23640s	all shall rise
23644s	for your life
23649s	what's up but you shout
23652s	you must acquit
23654s	the dark lady did not commit this
23658s	unspeakable life
23662s	your cell awaits
23665s	your confession will save us all the
23669s	time
23672s	[Music]
23679s	thank you
23681s	[Music]
23688s	thank you
23690s	[Music]
23693s	[Applause]
23695s	[Music]
23712s	foreign
23714s	[Music]
23723s	[Music]
23754s	foreign
23757s	[Music]
23788s	foreign
23792s	[Music]
23809s	[Music]
23817s	welcome back everyone to the final round
23819s	of the day here at Masters Tour more and
23822s	disorder at the end of this we are going
23824s	to know all of our top 16 players for
23827s	the Masters Tour which gets us that
23829s	little bit closer to finding out who is
23831s	going to be joining us at the full
23832s	Championship because while this is all
23834s	about or mostly about just winning the
23837s	Masters Tour getting that prize money
23838s	and the win here it of course feeds
23840s	further and further into the depths of
23843s	this year's competitive ecosystem so for
23845s	both of our players so much on the line
23847s	here as we close out the day
23850s	yeah this is the last of the three
23852s	Masters tours the last Masters Tour of
23854s	the year of course but also the last of
23856s	the three that functions as a set for
23857s	qualifying to the seasonal championships
23859s	in the second half of the year and so
23862s	the last chance to gather points for
23863s	that and looking at the the players who
23865s	are in contention for that right now
23866s	obviously tansoku pocket train they are
23869s	up there in terms of total wins but they
23871s	already have the Masters Tour wins under
23873s	their belt in this cycle so you can
23874s	exclude them but you're looking at the
23876s	other names in there the likes of Glory
23878s	Fury Hunter Abu garbu bunny Hopper uh
23881s	gamer rvg looking uh like the Seoul
23884s	America's representative with any chance
23886s	of getting in but even then he's now
23888s	dropped to 14th Place overall but that
23890s	does include the two players they've
23892s	already qualified so much on the line
23894s	for so many players to try and get
23895s	through but we of course are focusing on
23897s	on this demon and was it Blue Blur well
23901s	what are we going with Derek
23903s	take your pick uh so yeah that person
23905s	versus Disney mon of course which is how
23907s	you pronounce that officially I just
23909s	made that up don't listen to me uh he's
23911s	gonna be our uh final series our final
23914s	main series of the day and of the Swiss
23916s	portion as we decide who is going to be
23919s	going through to the top 16 of this
23920s	event because even if you do not have
23923s	the historical context of the last two
23925s	masters tours and lots of wins under
23926s	your belt it can still be just as simple
23929s	as win this event right now and then you
23933s	get to jump the queue that's right yeah
23935s	and this demon has a couple of ways to
23937s	go about that as you said he could just
23939s	win the whole Masters Tour and go
23940s	through to the full Champs that way but
23942s	he's currently as I have it in 26th
23945s	correct Place yeah which is like right
23948s	at that threshold a little bit more he
23950s	doesn't necessarily have to win and I
23951s	could see him going through uh but he's
23954s	got to get a few more wins under his
23955s	belt his work is definitely not done yet
23958s	but as you can see for Disneyland he is
23961s	just an incredibly storied Hearthstone
23963s	player he's been a staple of the French
23965s	Community for basically as long as it's
23967s	existed as you can see at the 2016
23970s	Summer Champs he was putting up strong
23972s	performances and still to this day is I
23974s	think one of the uh the stalwarts of the
23977s	French control Community one of the
23980s	reasons why it's got such a reputation
23982s	over there for this style of play yeah
23985s	absolutely and you know zeroing in in
23987s	the lineup we can see the Fingerprints
23990s	of that all over it as you know none of
23992s	that fast 30 card aggro version of the
23996s	Mage for this demon he's all the way in
23997s	there with renithal full 40 card control
24000s	variation there's a control Paladin in
24003s	there as well and then going with Druid
24005s	and the hunter to round things off which
24007s	you know it feels a lot like one of
24009s	those old school Pavel like two and two
24011s	type lineups Pavel used to do this all
24013s	the time take like two of the best decks
24015s	in The Meta game and then two more
24017s	strategic counter decks thrown in there
24020s	as well as a conquest strategy and it
24022s	did incredibly well for parvo for the
24024s	best part of two years in in open
24026s	systems throughout uh Conquest
24028s	tournaments so it's a strategy that I I
24030s	do like to see every now and again and
24033s	certainly when you're combining very
24035s	good decks like Hunter and Druid with
24037s	your uh your strategy of choice as you
24039s	were saying with this demon in control
24041s	makes a lot of sense
24042s	that you were running through the uh the
24045s	stats at the end of the day yesterday I
24046s	think trying to figure out what happened
24047s	with uh 30 card Mage 40 card Mage all
24050s	the different weird builds
24052s	um what were like your findings of this
24054s	deck do we have any idea how it's
24056s	looking in this tournament yeah I mean
24058s	it you can I the simplest way to break
24060s	things down is into good decks and bad
24062s	decks right if you want to do that
24063s	binary is below above below and above 50
24065s	that's usually the simplest way to look
24067s	at it all versions of skeleton major in
24070s	the good decks category but it does seem
24072s	like and caveat smaller sample size that
24075s	in this particular instance the 30 card
24078s	version of the deck is over performing
24080s	now whether that's a Hallmark of
24082s	particular players that have brought it
24084s	Fury Hunter and pocket train for example
24087s	you can interpret the data how you want
24089s	but it is the 30 card version is
24091s	outperforming the 40 card version at the
24093s	moment but the XL version is still
24095s	functioning at a 53 win rate overall so
24099s	still a very very solid ring
24102s	all right we'll jump into this game it
24104s	looks like a reasonable enough starting
24106s	hand for Disneyland no Wildfire which is
24108s	of course what you'd really like with
24110s	this hand but Tempo options ways to try
24112s	and keep up on board uh and at least
24115s	survive this early push uh but the
24118s	problem is blow on the other side has
24120s	just such a gorgeous start to this game
24123s	with a nice early curve
24125s	possibilities for a big draw Engine with
24128s	the catastrophe as well and if that
24130s	doesn't work out just a whole bunch of
24132s	curses coming in as well
24134s	yeah and this is
24137s	um again one of the reasons why I do
24138s	favor this version of the deck overall
24140s	like I think in the current meta game
24142s	and I think if I was predicting for this
24145s	tournament I would want my aggro decks
24148s	to be control resistant right I would
24150s	want to have the opportunity to have
24152s	plan B's against these types of decks
24154s	that you'd come up against having said
24156s	that however you asked about the stats
24157s	earlier on actually if you dig into the
24159s	stats that seems to suggest that the
24161s	faster version of the impor lock is
24164s	actually the more successful deck in the
24165s	tournament as well with the the curses
24167s	cut out is actually outperforming this
24169s	version of the deck but I 100 would have
24172s	been on the curse warlock if I was
24174s	building a lineup for this tournament
24179s	real debate here as to how we want to
24181s	focus on this game for Disneyland do we
24183s	accept that board is going to be lost in
24186s	these first few turns with the frostwave
24188s	dungeoneer which is a decent play
24190s	especially if you get the frost spell
24192s	but not fantastic and have the caveat
24195s	that we can follow up with these big
24196s	spells or do we just proactively try and
24199s	seize the board uh he's gone with the
24201s	latter trying to just close this down as
24202s	quickly as possible which I do think I
24205s	like because always against warlock you
24207s	have to realize leaving a board is worse
24210s	than it appears because of catastrophe
24212s	in the location but it does mean now
24214s	that disneyman is
24216s	relatively all in at this point in
24219s	winning the board if he loses it things
24221s	start to look quite shaky
24224s	theories that I commentated this was
24227s	almost the style of play that I wish
24229s	we'd seen a little bit more against the
24231s	Imp warlock I feel like sit back and AOE
24234s	never really works out how you would
24237s	want it to
24239s	um whereas just playing very
24240s	aggressively and trying to fight on the
24242s	board for as long as possible
24244s	um what that does is then stretch out
24246s	your AOE resources right because the
24247s	higher Tempo that you play uh the less
24251s	the longer time you can go without
24252s	actually committing an AOE card to the
24254s	board what's particularly Difficult
24256s	about this scenario is that the way that
24257s	these demons chosen to fight for the
24259s	board quickly is using one of his best
24261s	AOE cards for very minimal value just to
24264s	get a body on the board so I think it's
24265s	a a really really close decision but I
24268s	do generally favor playing for Tempo
24270s	early in this matchup
24272s	and as important as it is to clear off
24275s	all these imps every turn I do massively
24277s	favor him just getting down the cross
24279s	with dungeon here uh he's gone with this
24281s	game plan like you said of getting bored
24283s	and we've got to stick with it now
24285s	yeah 100 and you can see the impact it's
24289s	having uh blow is gonna have to have a
24292s	slow-ish turn if you can dare to
24295s	describe this as slow
24299s	oh lovely
24301s	okay let's just draw a billion more and
24304s	then I think it was pretty indicative of
24306s	Blues play on the previous turn to ship
24309s	the Syracuse cultist face and leave his
24312s	imp uninfused which he could have
24314s	infused with an admittedly kind of bad
24316s	trade uh that he just wants to get the
24318s	chip damage face as much as possible and
24321s	with a second catastrophe coming down
24323s	here for a further four cards six damage
24326s	phase which he does in the blink of an
24328s	eye this could just completely
24329s	transition over to that curse package
24332s	and I think the happy outcome here for
24334s	blow is that he's actually picked up
24336s	dreadlich tamzin as well so it's almost
24338s	irrelevant how much he loses the board
24341s	by because specifically against the
24344s	skeleton mage
24345s	a aren't particularly capable of making
24348s	a board that doesn't get dealt with by
24350s	tamzin right like they can make boards
24352s	it is effective but basically everything
24354s	they play sits in that two to four
24356s	Health range most of the time so it's
24358s	usually very very simple to clear up
24360s	even if you do fall behind significantly
24362s	in the early game
24368s	is the obvious combo of Brand Plus
24371s	evoker which we should be looking at
24372s	very heavily in this game uh just
24374s	because of how valuable armor is going
24376s	to be uh but with it being such a ways
24379s	off would you ever consider like brand
24381s	ping on this turn to get a slightly more
24383s	efficient clear and set up for a
24386s	potential evoker next to her no I think
24388s	I like the way this has been attacked by
24390s	disdem and you can just go Cold Case
24392s	this turn and then if you don't get
24395s	tangent fantastic you can just use
24397s	blizzard to push with your initial board
24399s	that you have to to go forward if you do
24401s	get tans in or Abyssal waved you can
24403s	just blizzard next turn to clear up this
24405s	board and then you're basically there
24407s	right that bridge is your Gap then to
24409s	the the brown evoker if you get to that
24410s	point on seven
24413s	there's a wave being the I guess
24415s	slightly awkward scenario there where
24417s	that clears both sides of the board for
24419s	you and now you don't really have a play
24420s	on this turn but in that scenario fine
24423s	like that's kind of just reset the game
24425s	and you can both happily just Skip by
24428s	this turn I suppose so I'm fine with the
24430s	waiters didn't even played it out
24431s	actually is gonna go for the evoke wow
24434s	I guess potentially because he picked up
24436s	Iota for the following term which very
24439s	possibly could act as a health gain
24441s	alongside bran just to deny them all the
24443s	curses and give through I don't know
24444s	Renault deathborn or the relatively
24447s	unimpressive cards
24449s	uh yeah very fair indeed
24453s	uh but we have seen some of the cracks
24455s	starting to show from Blue uh as
24458s	kind of the thing that I didn't really
24459s	talk about so far is this all happening
24461s	quite quickly uh this demon sneak in
24463s	some face attacks in on this previous
24464s	turn instead of trading away all the
24466s	imps which had a direct effect with blow
24468s	trading away his imps into a skeleton to
24471s	try and stop that damage going face
24473s	rather than getting two extra damage
24475s	before the uh the Abyssal wave came down
24479s	on the previous turn uh and so quite
24482s	clearly here blow is feeling the
24484s	pressure on the other side he doesn't
24485s	think he has the Liberty to just go pure
24487s	aggression because he is at half health
24489s	and you know this is a uh a substantial
24492s	burst
24495s	of choice
24501s	I think it's so cool it looked like this
24503s	demon agreed there as well yeah
24504s	certainly did
24506s	okay I mean Best of Both Worlds I
24509s	suppose or you can just get your brand
24511s	back if you really want
24513s	yeah what do they have left to work with
24515s	bran they've played a Syracuse you've
24517s	stolen the zukul in terms of curses
24520s	there's only one more Spirit case yeah I
24525s	yeah going back to this is a cool choice
24527s	though the reason I like that is that
24528s	his hand is very well equipped to deal
24531s	with boards right so true in King reform
24534s	coming down blizzard blizzard deathborn
24536s	Rune of the archmage you'll deal with
24538s	boards I don't think that's too big a
24540s	concern for you right now
24542s	oh he takes touch
24546s	didn't even consider that if I'm honest
24547s	interesting okay
24550s	I wasn't really looking at it either
24552s	I mean it goes back to it right this is
24555s	not as simple of a Beatdown as I thought
24556s	it was at first like this demon is
24558s	low-key playing like the aggressor here
24560s	taking the healing away getting in chip
24563s	damage where he can he's a more Rush
24565s	away from a pretty good time yeah and I
24567s	did want to follow up on that before we
24569s	kind of had to focus on the the brand
24571s	theater and is you know you described
24574s	his demon as one of the linchpins of the
24576s	control community in France but I think
24578s	this is a thing that has really
24580s	separated great control players from
24581s	good control players you can be a good
24584s	control player that stylistically gets
24586s	tunneled into playing control or you can
24588s	be a great player of control decks which
24591s	sometimes means playing aggro even
24594s	though that's not what your deck does
24595s	and clearly this demon is demonstrating
24597s	here an affinity for the latter
24599s	recognizing that just being as
24601s	aggressively being as aggressive as
24603s	possible is the route to Victory here
24606s	the things just so so close here on both
24608s	sides as blue but blows up his own board
24612s	here in order to just gain a bit of
24614s	Health accidental I promise uh
24617s	and it means that we're again at an
24619s	awkward stage where both players are
24621s	very much in a brittle State they could
24624s	end up just dying to the opponent's burn
24626s	very quickly
24630s	which is where suddenly that touch pick
24633s	does just become somewhat inspired right
24635s	like right this is clearly a race
24638s	scenario is demon recognizing that's
24640s	actually the swingiest card he was
24642s	offered uh more so than the the reform
24645s	which as you saw was dealt with very
24647s	easily like this demon didn't even
24648s	really have to do the whole job he just
24651s	throws the board and forced a force blow
24653s	to blow up himself and now we're in the
24655s	situation where it is that race and that
24657s	touch of the netherism is going to be
24658s	very valuable in that situation
24661s	to do it will ruin as the obvious play
24664s	but it feels a little Overkill to me
24667s	when you're far from guaranteed to get
24669s	any burst damage face uh with you know
24672s	deathborn being fine alongside Wildfire
24675s	ping if we want to keep up that damage
24679s	imagine insta
24683s	oh okay
24690s	sorry there is a cat on my lap but he
24693s	just got very freaked out by the way
24695s	okay buddy Wicked everything's fine
24700s	just some spooky skeletons we're all
24702s	okay
24706s	wow all right things turning around
24708s	drastically all of a sudden I
24710s	can't remember the last spell that was
24713s	played by blow but I wouldn't be
24717s	surprised if it was Abyssal wave I guess
24719s	remember anything else coming in between
24721s	oh no I was driving
24725s	yeah which is a big difference thank you
24727s	for your service
24756s	nothing to attack into this sleepy
24759s	Dragon Ball Z can still go face on this
24762s	turn yes indeed
24765s	oh
24768s	[Music]
24770s	no reaction from Des demon but that is
24773s	the worst possible outcome pretty much
24776s	yeah
24779s	damage ramping up with the curses will
24781s	have to allocate some manner to dealing
24783s	with them at this point being as low as
24786s	he is
24798s	you'll still have Cold Case and that
24800s	stolen touch to deal with
24802s	yeah it's not much of a turn the call
24806s	doesn't work weird because like he put a
24808s	curse in his opponent's hand does it
24809s	it's still just one that he
24812s	gives to his opponent
24814s	uh but oh I see no no yeah I think it
24819s	would just work as expected
24821s	time runs out on me
24827s	I mean honestly I think he's wondering
24828s	at this point is it even worth playing
24830s	the curses if I don't die from these
24832s	ones
24834s	then is it worth just going like a Cold
24837s	Case here because then you don't have
24839s	that much space in your hand but I guess
24841s	the one extra curse they could give you
24843s	would then finish you off yeah they're
24846s	just too much right they were well five
24847s	and six I believe which means that you
24849s	know if you held them in hand even if
24851s	you then played the cold case it would
24853s	just be one more curse on top but
24855s	regardless the brand cultist is going to
24857s	now be able to finish this off
24860s	damage going through nice and easy just
24863s	too much in the end I think this demon
24865s	put up a real good fight made the best
24866s	of that one I think the theater picks
24870s	were probably the most interesting
24872s	debatable point if you want to get into
24874s	it the touch of the netherazim didn't
24876s	really end up having a significant
24877s	impact on the game but stealing the
24880s	brand wouldn't have had a significant
24881s	impact on the game either stealing the
24883s	reform wouldn't have really had a
24885s	significant impact on the game I don't
24886s	think and the way things boiled down so
24888s	interesting decision for sure but I do
24891s	really respect the the aggro line that
24894s	this demon set himself out for
24896s	yeah I think the one thing I will say is
24898s	that even though I do in the end agree
24900s	with this pick of the touch the
24902s	naturalism uh because he's running gray
24904s	Sage parrots had he picked bran he had
24906s	that out for brand power on turn nine
24909s	after he went for the uh oh sorry turn
24912s	ten bathroom for the uh Rune of the
24916s	archmage and I think that maybe was like
24918s	a slim out he could have given himself
24920s	instead of a bit of extra healing uh but
24922s	then of course his opponent would have
24923s	got more healing because the touch would
24924s	still have been there it got very very
24926s	close uh and in the end it doesn't
24928s	matter because he is going to be taking
24929s	the loss on the Mage the Warlock getting
24931s	over the finish line and still the uh
24934s	the Rogue left for blue which we haven't
24936s	talked about yet but it is this very
24938s	spicy looking version of jackpot rope
24942s	which is really having a uh a
24944s	Renaissance here
24945s	yeah I'd still I'm struggling to
24948s	understand this
24950s	um I myself so myself and TJ we're the
24953s	ones who kind of went through this story
24954s	right from the beginning because very
24956s	last thing yesterday this deck was on
24959s	our screens in our wrap up at the end of
24961s	the day uh we were both looking at the
24964s	deck and we both thought this looks
24966s	garbage we both said as much on the
24967s	broadcast then I checked the stats it
24969s	was the third best performing deck in
24971s	the tournament at the time it's now the
24973s	fifth best performing deck at the time
24975s	we clearly based on talking to TJ this
24977s	morning and hearing him on broadcast did
24980s	the same thing after the broadcast which
24982s	is we both went and played some jackpot
24984s	Rogue to try and understand what was
24985s	going on both it seems failed to win any
24989s	significant number of games with the
24991s	deck and are both continuing to be
24993s	clueless as to why this deck is
24995s	performing so well in the tournament but
24997s	it is it's doing incredibly well uh 54
25001s	win rate still holding over 190 games in
25004s	the tournament now
25006s	I think one thing I will say is that
25008s	again I I really like the point you made
25011s	yesterday about how much uh like backup
25014s	extra wind conditions you need index at
25017s	the moment yeah uh as uh the the varying
25020s	amounts that you have in a lot of these
25022s	traditional just Tempo decks uh is very
25024s	very interesting and Rogue I think kind
25026s	of the secret thing that I didn't
25028s	necessarily appreciate with this deck at
25030s	first is that if you can get yourself
25032s	any decent cards that you've played from
25035s	another class uh the Colossal that you
25037s	get of Queen azshara any kind of a big
25040s	Tempo spell off of jackpot as well can
25042s	be fantastic
25043s	just have more wind conditions than most
25046s	of your opponents you just grind them
25048s	down like Hunter a lot of the time just
25050s	runs out of stuff first Rogue uh even if
25054s	they hit Hickman like you just kind of
25055s	deal with it if you get a good removal
25057s	spell uh drew it weirdly enough if they
25059s	don't find their cyanathrius in time or
25062s	get it theatered away they can end up
25064s	running out of stuff as well versus the
25065s	Rogue it just keeps going and going and
25068s	going
25071s	uh but I would argue what you are
25074s	describing is the conclusion of the
25076s	already best case early game scenario
25078s	right where you've hit the jackpot
25080s	you've then drawn your car you've built
25082s	your resources sure you have to do that
25085s	in the first place and from what we've
25087s	been seeing and again I specifically
25089s	talked about this yesterday like we get
25091s	caught in this trap of we see a small
25094s	sample of games on broadcast and then we
25095s	build opinions off that talk about them
25097s	for the entire show what we have seen on
25100s	stream is people just failing to get
25102s	started with this deck and just not
25104s	really finding the pieces that you need
25106s	oh ah well there you go
25108s	[Laughter]
25111s	but there's the end of that line of
25112s	reasoning thanks for curing us of our
25115s	idiocy
25118s	okay come on let's open up the box
25122s	all right next turn we'll wait one yeah
25127s	hey we don't have to wait okay come on
25131s	yeah wants to coin this now that this is
25133s	I mean it's Play It's played lightning
25135s	fast but there is a ton of mental
25136s	processing going on here for blow
25138s	because that usage of the coin does make
25141s	perfect sense you play the Shroud if you
25143s	hit the null then you get the absolute
25145s	best possible turn right which is you
25147s	coin the jackpot setting yourself up for
25149s	the Swift scale on the next turn plus
25151s	you also get to play a zero Mana null on
25153s	this same turn accelerating your game
25155s	plan by one uh one turn quicker so you
25158s	know perfect turn played out there from
25159s	blow and oh my goodness that is a good
25161s	outcome
25162s	Miracle growth is so sick like not even
25166s	now but replaying it every time you go
25168s	for the stash or the test you uh you can
25171s	just vomit your hand every turn you just
25173s	play as liberally and aggressively as
25175s	you humanly oh early dinathrius and the
25178s	Contraband stash thrown in there now as
25181s	well
25182s	actually the cards that were drawn were
25185s	milka milker replay your 1010 like
25188s	that's like
25190s	that I dream pretty much yeah yeah
25198s	just getting some cards out of hand
25200s	right just so he can continue to to make
25202s	high temp folk plays and it makes sense
25205s	the whales of these covers yeah it's
25208s	just four Mana ten turn into five Mana
25210s	ten ten into krabatoa afterwards I mean
25213s	hey maybe it's even uh the shade waltz
25216s	or whatever that card is called
25218s	uh
25219s	to get yourself a couple of three fives
25221s	as well that's like that card in its own
25223s	right is brutally powerful if you can
25225s	activate it
25237s	yeah I suppose double value with the
25240s	trickster right like using it once to
25242s	get the discount off the miracle growth
25244s	and then using the body again to trade
25247s	in and activate the shade
25249s	shattering as a shadow Waltz right as
25252s	soon as I said it out loud I was like
25253s	that's wrong isn't it that doesn't sound
25255s	right yeah
25258s	four ways to just get cards out of your
25261s	hand Tempo played
25264s	oh bone Spike as well yeah yeah Shadow
25268s	Awards
25279s	is this demon the most unflappable
25282s	Hearthstone player I've ever existed
25285s	because it's all coming back to me now
25287s	every time this this same camera angle
25290s	that same wall in the background and
25292s	that same facial expression no matter
25295s	what is happening
25297s	I kind of want like part of his wall to
25300s	fall down a clown to like run through
25302s	honking driving a car or whatever and
25304s	he's just just the Kool-Aid thing comes
25306s	back
25317s	because what does it take honestly to do
25320s	oh mate there would be several holes in
25322s	my wall at this point in the series yeah
25327s	Kool-Aid Man unrelated
25333s	well uh the obvious answer on this turn
25336s	is the the mass poly but I would have to
25340s	imagine he's trying to juice it a little
25343s	bit more uh tempt his opponent to go for
25346s	kravato another stash something of that
25348s	nature oh oh the corner of the corner of
25351s	the mouth just lifted
25353s	crabato was the final straw Derek we
25356s	found it
25359s	delicious crabby final straw
25362s	crab straws
25373s	I realize that's a peep show reference
25375s	and I didn't even realize like
25377s	delicious Cumberland final straw here oh
25380s	yeah yeah I did forget that
25390s	all right and when you're not crying
25393s	can't help yourself huh
25403s	yeah just Chuck it make some hand space
25407s	absolutely
25409s	and I mean the funny thing is that even
25412s	though there's another uh polymorph
25414s	another polymorph if you want these
25417s	sheep are dangerous like
25421s	six sheep
25423s	this is where Hearthstone meets reality
25425s	like that is an unmanageable amount of
25427s	sheep
25428s	it's the uh tagline of New Zealand's top
25431s	horror movie of releasing this Halloween
25433s	scene
25436s	that's a lot of sheep
25440s	okay let's go back to talking about the
25442s	decks and drop the New Zealand accent
25444s	before we do it very okay
25451s	was that death but it looked like that
25453s	was a snap pick death born with the uh
25456s	seeing the parrot which he obviously
25458s	knows is another Mass polymorph but yeah
25460s	probably still a smart decision
25463s	giving them trickster is not too bad if
25466s	they
25467s	have Rune they could play it anyway you
25470s	know it allows roon Alibi something like
25472s	that but I think I agree with this line
25475s	yeah I don't think you want to give them
25476s	the shadow step for this exact reason
25478s	you want your Shadow step thank you very
25481s	much
25486s	before the resheating occurs
25489s	and then renothal
25491s	performing its purpose
25493s	I love the Rick and Morty meme yeah I
25496s	know I was gonna say yeah
25500s	you go to my opponent when I play
25503s	theater oh my God
25510s	uh the hard counter to sheep
25513s	already sheep shattering
25523s	oh do you have to Pardon this no way
25527s	oh bad
25533s	it's either Varden or its Reckless
25535s	apprentice and either way I don't really
25537s	feel like you're getting value out of
25539s	your cards right so yeah
25551s	blower you're happy to just death born
25554s	at this now and go on with your life
25558s	I guess yeah juice up your donations
25561s	even further and just make it so
25562s	clearing the board isn't even really an
25564s	option anymore for your opponent exactly
25566s	now going into turn 10 your opponent has
25569s	to clear this board without taking all
25571s	the skeleton death rattle damage and
25573s	have enough Health in play to resist
25575s	your dinathrius that you've been juicing
25576s	the whole game it doesn't seem super
25579s	likely to happen it does not
25583s	gonna turn them back into sheep
25588s	[Music]
25595s	and then Reckless yeah
25597s	[Music]
25599s	it's possibly the only thing that can do
25601s	it not sure what the dinosaurus is at
25603s	right now
25606s	honestly I can't remember it feels like
25608s	a million minions have died but they've
25610s	kind of just been transformed back and
25611s	forth yes
25614s	a toast all right though when T3 is more
25617s	than 20.
25620s	um this deck is busted
25624s	what a deck what do you mean only 54
25628s	Winery this is a 70 win rate in this
25631s	tournament it's clearly insane
25633s	unbeatable yeah
25636s	well I guess that's what you and TJ for
25638s	doing wrong right just get two very
25641s	powerful proactive spells in your hand
25643s	alongside the uh the trickster as well
25648s	yeah honestly that's the thing that has
25651s	always put me off jackpot Rogue in
25654s	general in whatever form it exists
25656s	is that
25658s	there are certain matchups where you
25660s	need to hit an AOE right you need to hit
25662s	like topple or whatever else off the the
25664s	initial jackpot there are some matchups
25666s	where you need Tempo plays there's some
25667s	matchups we need value plays and you
25669s	just have so little control or agency
25671s	over whether that's going to happen or
25673s	not that it seems very tricky to uh to
25677s	navigate through but clearly you know
25680s	it's calling it inconsistent would be a
25682s	misnomer at this point because you know
25684s	the only real marker of consistency is
25686s	how much a deck wins and the deck is
25687s	winning a lot in this tournament so
25690s	you know whether you have blowouts or
25692s	devastating losses or whatever if the
25693s	deck is winning the deck is winning and
25695s	the more and more we're seeing the
25696s	players that are successful the more and
25698s	more we're seeing that deck at the top
25699s	of the standings
25701s	quite right the final deck for blow
25703s	being this uh version of Hunter that I
25706s	was very interested in before the
25708s	tournament uh I was asking around as to
25711s	who I could attribute uh this version of
25714s	the deck to uh and I think it was
25718s	now I've lost it I searched him on
25719s	Twitter but I've searched for more
25721s	people recently so it's gone out of my
25723s	recently searched but anyway it's the
25725s	version with uh the tarantula and the
25727s	devouring plague as well only one
25728s	tarantula four blow but a list that I've
25732s	said I really really like this build for
25733s	the torn because obviously the main
25736s	reason you're taking it in there is for
25737s	priest it actually gives you a winnable
25739s	matchup against the uh the buff priest
25743s	when they hit those pop-off turns but it
25745s	actually I think has a lot of Splash
25746s	damage against other big decks in the
25748s	metagame for example Paladin a lot of
25752s	the time these Paladin decks have a few
25755s	big minions in the mid stages of the
25757s	game in the form of just a big light Ray
25760s	is a big deal if you can get rid of that
25762s	mutinous uh the variant that we see here
25764s	as well just all big buffed up minions
25767s	from the uh oh not even playing the
25773s	righteous defense but most decks are
25775s	playing righteous defense which is
25777s	pretty interesting in its own right and
25779s	so I do like this build uh for blue here
25780s	but I mean as you can see given the
25782s	distance is playing a more controlling
25784s	build of Paladin maybe he'd rather the
25786s	rack key for a bit of extra value it'll
25788s	be interesting to see yeah it certainly
25791s	will particularly as a one-off as well I
25794s	suppose collateral damage is the other
25797s	card to look at that would be a second
25799s	tarantula in some people's day second
25801s	school teacher in some people's decks as
25803s	well there is a little bit of
25804s	flexibility as there always is now you
25807s	know I'm not going to say I don't
25809s	complain about one-offs in 40 card decks
25811s	but they I complain about them Less in
25814s	40 card decks partly because I'm too
25816s	busy complaining that there are 40 cards
25817s	in a deck to begin with but also you
25819s	know the larger a debt gets the more
25821s	minor discrepancies you are going to
25823s	have from list to list right so it does
25825s	make a little bit of sense uh to have
25827s	some of those individual differences but
25829s	you know in general all Hunters are
25832s	heading in the same direction and that
25834s	is straight down the middle to the
25835s	opponent's head
25840s	I think if it is demon here after you've
25841s	seen your opponent go for a full mold
25843s	the strategy is to pray they don't have
25845s	doggy biscuit or I guess ramming
25847s	Mountain just start playing minions as
25848s	quick as possible to turn back the board
25850s	uh with both sleeve sea Force Savior and
25854s	the battle vicar I think you have a very
25856s	good shot of finding some way to spend
25857s	your manner on turn three until you hit
25860s	carial uh but wow
25863s	again disagreeing with me
25868s	indeed and blow choosing to play The
25872s	Selective breeder as well not going with
25873s	the doggy biscuit uh this is a a fact
25876s	about Paladin that is pretty much as old
25878s	as time at this point but until the mid
25881s	game they don't really have any
25883s	capability of interacting with your
25884s	minions anyway so it's not like you have
25887s	to land your buff on turn two because if
25888s	you wait an extra turn they're going to
25890s	clear your board they don't have minions
25891s	in play they're not killing your early
25893s	game minions right it's just not how
25895s	Paladin works so playing the additional
25897s	minion curving out here I think this
25899s	makes sense from uh from Place
25900s	perspective
25902s	probably does have to be the spammy I
25904s	think even ignoring the the buff from
25907s	which he would like it's
25913s	spider tank
25915s	no I want to spend my Mana
25921s	I'm his calm
25924s	and like weirdly enough you kind of
25926s	don't have to trade against Paladin
25928s	right now they're an all-time low in
25930s	terms of those spells
25935s	foreign
25949s	here just because it does a thing and
25952s	fills out the Mana on this turn
25956s	it's better than blooming Divine toll
25958s	that I got Gaslight into thinking was a
25960s	playable card during the review
25962s	hahaha
25964s	by the way who who by who name and shame
25968s	Derek they were all saying it was good
25970s	oh really yeah I'm sorry that was like I
25973s	mean I I was kind of shocked they were
25974s	even considering it well I just thought
25975s	it looked like a complete villator I
25977s	mean here's what you have to appreciate
25978s	Jamboree is Jamberry Huntress is
25980s	probably is probably way past Hunter at
25983s	that point so his brain wasn't working
25985s	and Fino doesn't read the cards
25988s	and what you expect
25990s	it is sort of cool owl and was like I'm
25993s	in
25995s	this is
26005s	meanwhile Reckoning did do a little bit
26007s	of work here
26010s	relieving some of that pressure
26012s	yeah it was big hmm
26019s	that was me now that if this demon does
26021s	want to just go with the vanilla play of
26023s	uh of Cario it does remove most of the
26025s	immediate pressure for the from the
26026s	board but right I have more ambitious
26030s	plans in terms of setting up for a big
26031s	swing with the spammy arcanists and the
26034s	coming turns and stuff yeah it looks
26035s	like he's gonna slow play it just a
26037s	little bit with the location Great Hall
26039s	not a commonly seen location since the
26042s	launch of them um having the oh what is
26045s	the name of the card the three four that
26047s	set everything to a three three what was
26049s	it called will do savior yeah that's the
26052s	thing having the savior of all doom
26054s	effect setting a minion to 3-3 keeper
26056s	one of those I mean like that Eric
26058s	fantasy phrases
26062s	and this is the unfortunate thing this
26063s	is the problem with this Demon's play on
26065s	the previous turn is if the intention
26067s	was to set up for spammy which this did
26069s	increase the odds that you would be able
26071s	to do most likely uh it doesn't
26073s	guarantee it as you can only get a three
26075s	Health minion guaranteed not a two
26078s	health and
26080s	so maybe we just end up going for
26083s	Ariel on this turn and trade into the
26086s	spider to just go for a spammy next turn
26088s	and get rid of those one ones
26092s	thanks
26094s	yeah
26095s	um it's one of those situations there
26096s	where it's kind of embarrassing to play
26099s	carry on now right because then you kind
26101s	of have to admit that your plan was bad
26102s	last turn but if you didn't carry your
26104s	last turn and you're carrying this turn
26108s	right so out of Honor you play spammy
26112s	Arcanist and die
26115s	well I'm not saying yes but
26119s	kind of yes
26120s	[Laughter]
26126s	ugly
26129s	yeah save yourself a location proc this
26132s	way as well which is you know not
26134s	nothing and you you do create the two
26137s	Health minions here as well you know
26138s	your opponent has snuggling in hand but
26140s	I think the problem with all this
26142s	hypothetical is that it assumes your
26143s	opponent's going to play badly which
26145s	rarely and rarely happens at this kind
26148s	of level
26149s	like this two or three turn setup works
26151s	against average ladder opponent every
26153s	single turn every single time right like
26155s	you just play your spammy Arcanist and
26156s	you win the game but six and one in a
26159s	Masters Tour on day two this kind of
26161s	thing is going to get played around more
26163s	and more
26165s	it looked to me like blue had access to
26168s	second hydralodon from the bottom of his
26171s	deck as well after getting the first
26172s	from the uh the tracker whatever that
26176s	one three is called uh which does mean
26178s	that he is just gonna be Far and Away
26180s	winning the board so I fully uh advocate
26183s	for his plan of descending everything
26184s	face so his hydralodons can clear out
26187s	all the minions and everything on board
26189s	can just keep plowing face now I know
26191s	this is
26192s	very novel and cheeky and ambitious
26195s	coming from me Derek but when exactly
26197s	did your card name knowledge just
26199s	collapse down the toilet because it
26201s	happened at a certain point but I can't
26203s	pin poacher on a breeder not tracker
26206s	yeah uh I don't know I kind of just
26209s	stopped reading the card names
26212s	attaboy get on my level I've been there
26215s	for years
26218s	good question I just thought she'd be
26219s	pretty good at it but
26221s	um yeah no longer
26224s	up here is I'm a host now I've gone soft
26227s	like I don't know yeah that's actually a
26230s	really good knowledgeable
26234s	give me Lorinda calling it potato man
26236s	for a cup I'll be right back in business
26243s	that's an houring swarm it is very
26246s	intriguing
26250s	foreign
26255s	plan did eventually come to fruition but
26258s	it has cost this demon 75 of his health
26261s	to get to this point and I'm not quite
26264s	sure that's a deal he's going to be
26266s	thrilled with I mean his hand has just
26269s	been horribly awkward from start to
26271s	finish that's an admittedly pretty good
26274s	draw it's like a one way that he could
26276s	clear all of this up yeah
26279s	what does he continue to do afterwards
26281s	he's just playing neutral cards he's a
26283s	light Ray costs five at this point in
26285s	the game that should not be the case
26289s	only play available though
26293s	oddly satisfying clear but not going to
26295s	be nearly good enough in the scenario
26311s	I guess for blow what he should be
26313s	considering here is
26315s	uh Carol is the thing that could slow
26318s	him down the hearing card and so how
26320s	does he put himself best in a situation
26323s	where
26326s	you can deal the most damage afterwards
26328s	which weirdly enough I guess it's
26330s	actually just still hydralidan because
26332s	there's not really an efficient clear to
26334s	it if they want to play Carol on the
26336s	same turn
26338s	yeah agreed
26341s	think if anything kind of shuts that
26343s	down oh especially now now that you are
26345s	now that you're juicing your Animal
26346s	Companions as well
26348s	absolutely looks like the stuff
26358s	but that obviously writing off Carol is
26361s	an out I
26363s	yes we're at city tax as an exact draw
26367s	you would need to hit to
26370s	Salvage this
26380s	during the noggling which I will confess
26382s	I have lost track of and clearly very
26385s	upset about something wait what's
26387s	happened here
26392s	I mean he played the card right it's all
26394s	he could do on this turn again we don't
26396s	know what the naggling does
26404s	well Carol is nowhere to be found of
26406s	course and no matter how big these
26408s	minions are that are coming down uh
26411s	nathanos is there to clear them up with
26414s	the
26415s	tarantula death rattle uh which I think
26418s	is just gonna seal the game here
26422s	it's attorney into the tarantula into
26425s	the poison spiders
26427s	into nine damage goes face into a 3-0
26431s	Victory and a 7-1 record and that means
26436s	that this demon is going to go down to
26438s	six and two although you would not know
26441s	it to look at his face it does mean that
26443s	he is gonna have to wait until the very
26444s	last moment to find out whether his
26446s	tiebreakers will hold to get him through
26448s	on that 6-2 record but as I went through
26450s	with Raven at the end of the previous
26451s	series no one wants to be in that spot
26454s	you would much rather just get it done
26456s	get through on the clean cut and that is
26457s	exactly what blower's done here he has
26460s	indeed uh funnily enough I didn't want
26461s	to say I think at the end there for blue
26463s	that wasn't actually guaranteed lethal
26466s	because he could have got uh left
26469s	tentacle right tentacle and back guest
26471s	has the three out options on nathanos
26474s	and actually missed out on the spider
26475s	weirdly enough uh just as a thing to
26477s	highlight is that he could theoretically
26480s	have not won the game on the spot there
26481s	uh but indeed I I do agree this demon is
26483s	going to be feeling pretty scared now uh
26485s	his control light up overall if we could
26488s	call it that it's a little bit more of a
26490s	half and half uh looking pretty flimsy
26492s	uh in all honesty even though blue did
26495s	get some obviously absolute World eats
26498s	in terms of drawers over the course of
26499s	that series uh
26502s	the the clunkiness of these decks
26504s	definitely coming through here for this
26506s	demon when you compare them to the more
26507s	streamlined aggressive versions like his
26510s	Mage that's running polymorph double
26512s	power double Rune all these big heavy
26514s	cars which is unable to get online this
26517s	Paladin that's not the streamlined
26518s	aggressive pure version it's a much
26520s	slower build uh looking a little awkward
26523s	which hopefully if he gets through to
26525s	the top 16 and the uh remedied somewhat
26529s	maybe that's where some of the success
26532s	from these decks like Thief Rogue has
26534s	appeared right because we've seen a
26535s	little bit of this control lineup in
26537s	various forms starting to do well and
26539s	then if you are going to be playing just
26541s	you know pure slow control up against a
26543s	deck like Thief Rogue I can certainly
26545s	see it working a lot more consistently
26547s	because as you said just the the
26548s	absolute wave of threats that you have
26550s	over and over again can pick you up some
26553s	very clutch wins in very particular
26555s	spots against control decks and that
26557s	certainly was the case for blowing most
26558s	of this series I've gravitated towards
26560s	like 90s Brit pop band blur now is his
26563s	name that's oh I like that yeah yeah I
26565s	don't know how any of that has happened
26567s	but yeah there we are
26568s	well as uh blur gives us a
26572s	[Music]
26573s	resounding woohoo going through to the
26576s	top 16. uh we're gonna go to a short
26578s	break it's the best I got mate I'm sorry
26579s	uh and when we come back there will be
26581s	some of the final rounds of round eight
26583s	to close us out hit for the day for
26585s	Masters talk more at this order
26590s	hmm
26591s	[Music]
26603s	[Music]
26607s	their Witness
26610s	all shall rise
26614s	bad for your life
26620s	it's you
26622s	you must acquit the dark lady did not
26626s	commit this unspeakable lie
26632s	your cell awaits
26635s	your confession will save us all the
26639s	time
26642s	[Music]
26647s	[Music]
26660s	foreign
26664s	[Music]
26671s	foreign
26678s	[Music]
26701s	foreign
26705s	[Music]
26718s	[Music]
26731s	foreign
26732s	[Music]
26745s	[Music]
26771s	foreign
26778s	[Music]
26787s	and welcome back to Masters talk more
26789s	and disorder we've got some more matches
26792s	to cover for the last round of the Swiss
26794s	I'm joined by Gia as a time is ticking
26798s	on in what the early morning for you at
26799s	this point oh yes the sun is about to
26803s	rise I can only assume actually I don't
26805s	know I just moved here I don't know what
26806s	time the sunrise is and if I were still
26808s	in the Philippines it would be up by now
26810s	but it's not okay well we have I believe
26813s	we're going in at game one of a series
26815s	as well another one from round eight and
26817s	also gee it's a bit of a spicy one when
26820s	we look at the lineups and I think
26821s	that's been an interesting story so far
26824s	of this weekend is that the lineups that
26827s	do have these kind of odd decks do seem
26829s	to be performing pretty well and at
26832s	least for me they came out of nowhere I
26834s	was not expecting this at all
26836s	yeah that's right and I'm sure the ones
26838s	you're referring to are the Rogues on
26840s	either side we do have shuemu versus
26842s	Woods both players from the sea and CN
26846s	show you move with quite the impressive
26848s	resume having won a Masters Tour already
26851s	and he is rocking perhaps even the more
26855s	unusual Rogue of the two here with I can
26858s	only describe this as lamby Rogue with
26861s	scribbling stenographer it has of course
26864s	the the location and the Draka being the
26869s	main meat of the deck in terms of
26871s	powerful things to do but there's no
26872s	Edwin in there anymore instead relying
26874s	on Sprint mainly for the draw package
26876s	yeah it's really interesting right we've
26879s	got these two Rogues uh neither of which
26881s	has been banned we get to take a look at
26883s	I called this miracle Rogue just because
26885s	it was the archetype I quickly looked at
26887s	and found but there we go it can perform
26889s	Miracles so I guess that's still
26891s	relevant but there's also the Relic
26893s	Demon Hunter which obviously a bit more
26895s	popular on the live of ladder of course
26898s	um that you you will have seen that list
26900s	but still not a deck I expected to do
26903s	particularly well in this master store
26905s	however wrong I am but yeah we see it
26908s	all here we see the location as Jay was
26910s	saying and the sinstone graveyard along
26912s	with draca and then the new stenographer
26915s	which uh yeah can add to some of that
26917s	Tempo that sometimes with these hands
26920s	that Rogue can miss if they don't have
26921s	access to those wild ball gnomes yeah it
26924s	is an interesting conclusion because I
26927s	view the stenographer as another payoff
26929s	card to you know your big combo turns
26932s	where you play a bunch of these cheap
26933s	things and discounting things so on top
26935s	of Draka on top of the location you have
26938s	another payoff card that also acts as
26941s	fuel if you have played enough cards
26943s	because it is going down to zero cost
26945s	and therefore is an additional take on
26947s	location an additional take on Draka for
26950s	free but the deck still runs into the
26952s	same problems as it did before which is
26954s	if you don't hit the fuel to begin with
26959s	so Sprint and a good balance of
26962s	preparation slash Brown Spike slash
26965s	Targets on your opponent's side of the
26967s	board then a lot of the fluidity of the
26970s	deck it gets ruined but against in
26973s	warlock there should be no shortage of
26975s	targets because in the old iteration of
26978s	this matchup I think that the Rogue is
26981s	very solidly in the lead and I don't
26983s	think too much change changes with the
26984s	cursed version yeah I don't I think the
26987s	only big difference as ever with this
26990s	cursing block is that if they get pushed
26993s	off board but have dealt some level of
26995s	damage they have the option right to
26998s	actually fight off board with the curses
26999s	but outside of that yeah I think the
27002s	biggest problem uh that the Warlock may
27004s	have here for words is that if uhmu
27007s	drops something big either you know big
27009s	sinstone that there's not really a great
27011s	way to deal with that outside of very
27014s	specific hands that have to align with
27016s	the size of the minion as well so and
27019s	we'll have to see how this one plays out
27020s	already we do the get that stenographer
27022s	in hand for schwamu but already looking
27025s	pretty good the tradable turn one shroud
27027s	of concealment with the null early on
27029s	like this opening package is there
27031s	exactly what he's looking for absolutely
27034s	and a pretty nice hero power he's picked
27036s	up yeah to boot very good at dealing
27039s	with the imps to the point that he's not
27040s	even going to bother with trading the
27042s	extortion here actually really like this
27044s	playing down the shipment on one does
27047s	smell of a potential Library onto so
27050s	trimming down the buff to just plus one
27052s	plus one probably puts Woods off of
27055s	going Library here he at least has
27057s	librarian with the shipment if he wants
27061s	to get a little bit greedier
27064s	it does end up just dropping Library
27065s	down just to get it on board and set it
27068s	up doesn't mean he has to lock it in
27070s	ASAP but with the likely turn three
27073s	we're just dropping those minions to
27075s	seem possible here
27079s	trade the ball off and just again with
27081s	this deck I'm kind of not very used to
27083s	Casting it anymore
27085s	um but but the greed options are a
27088s	plenty aren't they with this deck
27090s	especially if you know a play like sway
27092s	moves 6-1 brought this deck to time and
27093s	done very well he knows what he's doing
27095s	so uh being able to greet out the big
27097s	turns especially with that stenographer
27099s	in hand it's likely to pay off very well
27102s	indeed
27103s	for sure the Knoll is going down to zero
27106s	next to her no matter what comes off of
27108s	the shroud of concealment because there
27109s	are no neutral minions in the deck and
27111s	the fact that Edwin has been cut and
27113s	krabatoa compared to the old version
27116s	means you still have that very light
27117s	minion package that makes it as likely
27120s	as possible to hit the necro Lord Draka
27123s	which is one of the big payoff cards
27125s	here between the bone Spike and backstab
27127s	if schwimu can hit the Draka he is truly
27131s	in business here having staved off so
27133s	much damage just by having the demon
27135s	power uh Demon Hunter hero power yeah
27138s	100 and also warlock just doesn't really
27142s	have the ability to stop the weapon
27144s	swing right there's just nothing they
27146s	can do about it's not the pure imp
27148s	version so it's not even running void
27150s	Walkers not that Rogue would
27152s	particularly struggle to get rid of them
27153s	and swing face anyway but yeah it's
27155s	definitely going to be a tough one uh
27157s	Woods is building up this board second
27159s	librarian though not too bad at all
27163s	but quickly going to evaporate against
27166s	the strength of double Knoll backstabs
27168s	serrated bone Spike and the stenographer
27171s	all ending with Draka on top of it and
27174s	you know joymu was so healthy because he
27177s	removed those two imps that he found no
27179s	pressure to actually play anything on
27181s	the last turn and he gets to lock out
27182s	the game with such a huge swing it's not
27186s	often the Imp warlock gets a decent
27188s	opening right location the imps early on
27191s	the Librarians and you can still sit
27193s	back and be okay with it but because as
27196s	you said framer's been able to do this
27197s	this turn is going to be ridiculous
27200s	putting it quite simply going to be able
27202s	to clear up the majority if not all of
27204s	the board get that big weapon swing and
27207s	at that extra pressure so from this uh
27209s	big sample size of me casting one game
27212s	of this new version so far I'm impressed
27214s	with this stenographer it looks pretty
27217s	good just an extra fourfold it was just
27219s	that slight little bit of awkwardness
27221s	that it couldn't come down for zero uh
27224s	before Draka otherwise it would have
27225s	eaten up the discount from the bone
27228s	Spike but just being a four man I mean a
27231s	4-4 rush for free is not too shabby at
27234s	all and I don't think it's too early to
27236s	just call that the game right here and
27238s	now yeah oh yeah there you go on water
27241s	craze and I think like
27243s	maybe you play one more turn but
27245s	realistically you know they know what's
27247s	up right there's no real way to come
27249s	back and again because the deck can't
27251s	even stop the weapon you know you're
27253s	taking a minimum of you know those
27255s	weapon swings plus any burn that the
27258s	Rogue has even if there was a way for
27259s	Woods to clear up that board so in the
27261s	blink of an eye uhmu just gets a quick
27263s	win with the Rogue and continuing to
27266s	perform well with the deck and now
27268s	leftover he does have his Hunter which
27270s	is a little bit more of a deck that we
27272s	used to cast in especially this weekend
27273s	because I feel like I've casted more
27275s	hunting than having my whole life and
27277s	then has that Relic Demon Hunter which
27279s	again
27280s	um I think the the guys run about a
27282s	little bit earlier where it's never
27284s	looked super impressive but it keeps
27286s	winning in in the lineup so it keeps
27288s	just getting the job done and even if
27290s	it's not a star deck as long as it can
27292s	grab a win in any given series it's done
27295s	its job great I definitely brought it up
27298s	as every time I've seen it on stream
27299s	it's either struggled to get the win or
27302s	taken a loss but I will say it has one
27304s	more than it's lost from when I've
27306s	casted and a struggle Victory versus an
27309s	easy Victory is all the same when it
27311s	comes down to results if the deck can
27314s	perform well enough on average and you
27317s	can play it to the point that you can
27319s	get those hard one victories every
27321s	single time then it is still a very very
27324s	solid bring here and I think it has a
27326s	strong place in The Meta punishing these
27328s	Decks that don't necessarily have good
27331s	removal and or can't stand up to the
27334s	power of Jace in the late game should we
27336s	though going to go for the hunter first
27338s	which is a deck we have very much been
27341s	used to Casting as you've said he said
27343s	you've cast more Hunter this weekend and
27345s	you have your entire life which I guess
27347s	roughly amounts to
27349s	one percent of the hunter you've played
27352s	probably yes is by far my most played
27356s	class an interesting list as well there
27358s	from showymu because there are a lot of
27360s	Hunter variants we've seen right we've
27361s	seen players go for the Tarantulas we've
27363s	seen players go for a bit of a more of
27365s	an early game and what framers decided
27367s	to do there was go for the um the
27369s	Breeders along with double ramming Mount
27371s	and ramming man is definitely a card
27373s	that can make a huge impact in a lot of
27375s	matchups so we'll see how that one plays
27377s	out and then even we talk about all the
27379s	different deck lists from these players
27381s	Woods yes it's ramp Druid but it's got
27384s	the Jailer in there he's got the
27386s	starfish for some silence which is
27387s	definitely a card we've seen drop out of
27389s	the meta in general uh since it got
27392s	nerfed as well as at some other early
27394s	removal tools as well so definitely
27396s	still ramp Druid but with a bit of a
27399s	bigger nod to anti-aggro
27401s	yeah I could see that the starfish also
27405s	not necessarily anti-aggro but it can
27409s	fill that role if you're facing for
27411s	example one of the buff oriented Agro
27413s	decks Naga priest Boon priest and even
27416s	aggro Druid to a certain extent the
27418s	Jailer I also wouldn't call an antiagra
27420s	card but you're right that the the top
27422s	half of the deck with the natural causes
27425s	one of does lend itself more to that
27428s	strategy it is it seems like a very
27430s	trying to do it all Swiss army knife
27432s	list we'll see if it works out for Woods
27435s	if anything the opening hand is looking
27437s	pretty good with that amount of ramp but
27440s	it if there's anything drew it doesn't
27441s	want to see in the early game it is trog
27444s	on one on the other side
27446s	yeah a lot of the time in this matchup
27448s	you have to make that snapped okay okay
27451s	no removal interesting
27454s	um the you have to make that snap
27455s	decision whether when you have ramp
27457s	especially you know in the form of wild
27458s	growth a spell if you see truck turn one
27461s	you have to instantly decide okay do I
27464s	want to just pretend truck doesn't exist
27466s	and at worst get hit for seven a turn
27469s	for a few turns and still ramp or am I
27472s	going to play it slower and try and
27473s	actually deal with the truck and not let
27475s	things escalate and that really does
27477s	depend on the hand but let's have a look
27480s	oh Jerry rig okay
27483s	excellent top deck there all the way
27485s	from turn one the decision to play
27486s	planted evidence as Druid is not
27489s	something I often gravitate towards on
27491s	turn one but it does make sense if you
27494s	are trying to say oh there's a trog
27496s	possibility on the other side let me get
27498s	this spell played and maybe he could
27500s	have gotten the removal spell exactly
27502s	before having it multiply but
27506s	I said to me moments ago how strong
27508s	rhyming Mount is and now there's a
27510s	three-fold truck that can basically
27512s	freely attack every turn and that even
27515s	if this truck is cleaned up in whichever
27517s	way it still spits out the death rattle
27519s	as well so the you know doing exactly
27522s	what you want to do with this Hunter
27523s	especially in this matchup is just curve
27525s	out be aggressive and make very awkward
27528s	boards for your opponent so looking good
27530s	so far especially with those School
27532s	teachers in hand ready to back this
27534s	board up and Boards like he's making
27537s	that decision to get to say you know
27538s	what I need to do Druid things and that
27540s	involves playing spells
27541s	that is brave I honestly thought that
27544s	he'd have to take the turn off to play
27546s	starfish just to get rid of the trog
27549s	multiplying value because he doesn't
27551s	have a way of dealing with these even
27553s	though he's up to eight Mana now
27556s	might idea for minion
27561s	it's probably spell right to lock out
27563s	scales
27565s	I kind of think he will go minion
27567s	because he saw the capture called tooth
27569s	line which I think you would go lowest
27571s	in this instance oh okay that's fair
27573s	yeah
27576s	a bit weird though it's a lot of reads
27578s	and layers of reeds to make
27582s	okay though there is no scale and that
27585s	would have been exactly what Woods was
27586s	looking for
27588s	and generally when you play into trucks
27591s	like this as Druid that's your plan
27593s	right give them the drugs and then you
27595s	scale clear up and then you just play a
27597s	normal game
27599s	this is again
27603s	he doesn't have a minion he truly wants
27606s	to give away to get rid of the oak honey
27608s	but at this point I guess he's just
27610s	fully committed to finding a spell to
27612s	clear it up
27614s	um
27614s	okay Druid of the reef can be thrown
27617s	into the void which would allow him a
27619s	top deck of inner Faith to play a Nexia
27622s	next turn and maybe stabilize that way
27626s	yeah it's about as good as it's got but
27629s	the problem is this is still dealing
27630s	significant damage now oh an extra buff
27633s	that's huge
27635s	yeah anything that doesn't punish him
27638s	for being board locked is amazing and do
27642s	you like the buff on a regular trog at
27645s	this point
27649s	um just to make the numbers a bit funky
27651s	for a potential scale or a raid boss and
27653s	so on
27655s	well against raid boss you would want to
27658s	buff a different truck because the main
27660s	raid boss body
27662s	um deals with a seven Health one cleanly
27664s	but I don't think you should be playing
27666s	around raid boss on night Mana so I do
27668s	like buffing a different shotgun set I
27671s	would have gone for one on two Health
27672s	though just to put it to five where it
27675s	takes three skills
27676s	yep completely agree putting it up to
27678s	five looked pretty good to me but it's
27680s	rainbow still planning a ton of pressure
27684s	foreign
27694s	bear here I I don't think so right I
27697s	think the biscuit is oh did he pick bear
27699s	okay
27701s	I mean it is playable next turn right so
27703s	it it's it's fine that's why I couldn't
27706s	quite decide whether you should turn
27708s	down the bear or not because I'm with
27710s	you the first thing I saw was wait
27711s	that's a buff and this board is probably
27713s	not gonna die yeah there's still the
27716s	Ramy mount in the first truck right so
27718s	there's so much so many trades would
27721s	have to happen this time it's just
27722s	unlikely
27725s	it's not happening
27729s	I'm
27731s	a school teacher cannot get anything
27733s	that helps
27735s	M shots
27737s	uh
27742s	wouldn't be lethal still so it could
27745s	just be trading to make room for the
27748s	bear
27752s	as if he'd pick that over a doggy
27754s	biscuit you can only imagine he thinks
27756s	it's worth the immediate Tempo it puts
27759s	on board
27761s	and he can also play K-9 Ultron to
27763s	dredge the biscuit again
27766s	I mean oh animal come
27770s	does he have a beast on board serpent
27772s	blue
27773s	uh no no he doesn't okay
27776s	an outcome could be huge though right if
27779s	he gets um
27780s	yeah coffee yeah honestly even just
27783s	anyone is actually fine right because
27785s	you could still be okay with an extra
27787s	four four uh at this point 10 Health uh
27791s	for Woods here as long as you can kill
27793s	this minion this taunt which you
27795s	definitely can to stop any kind of
27797s	Earthen scale Shenanigans anything will
27800s	do
27800s	and I hope it looks good to me
27803s	entry move can push enough damage face
27806s	to the point where a Nexia to even clear
27809s	up the board is not enough to stabilize
27816s	xenixia doesn't clear everything
27821s	yeah funnily enough that spammy that you
27822s	burn would have actually been good right
27825s	yeah can hero power into a trog
27830s	oh could he not get he couldn't get to
27831s	three safe oh no he has natural causes
27834s	right
27835s	because
27838s	you can get it
27839s	um
27841s	I like how we're thinking about an out
27843s	that doesn't exist because there's no I
27845s	mean anymore look look we need to talk
27847s	about something
27848s	um true I was just trying to work out if
27850s	there was like spammy with other than
27852s	scales in hand
27854s	we could face tank right and then other
27856s	than skills if he got it but yeah it's
27858s	going to be too much here finally the
27860s	scale of a next year is offered but that
27862s	is
27863s	too little too late shrimu gets the
27866s	victory with the Hunter and that felt
27868s	like a very old school Hunter win right
27870s	I played the trog against Druid they
27873s	have to almost always commit spells and
27876s	then just keep going from there and um
27878s	Woods just struggled right if he just
27879s	had a scale of inyxia on curve basically
27882s	that would have you know maybe would
27884s	have still lost but the game would have
27886s	looked very very different indeed yeah
27889s	that's right usually with these
27891s	hunterless people make the decision
27892s	between running trog or bath you guessed
27896s	and then playing devouring swarm um in
27899s	place of the one you're not running but
27900s	in the case of shui muhi runs all of the
27902s	one drop package eating peasant as well
27905s	and I think that's to give him as best
27907s	of a chance of beating down drew it more
27910s	so than any other matchup as possible
27912s	because trog I think it's it's overall
27915s	strength has fallen off against
27917s	basically every other class
27920s	yeah I completely agree and I think a
27922s	lot of that is just um him cutting out a
27924s	lot of the uh the the sort of middle of
27927s	the deck that we've seen other players
27928s	pad out with more of the five drops and
27930s	so you know what I'm going to Chuck that
27932s	more into the early game but quickly
27933s	moving on streamer's gonna be on this
27935s	Relic Demon Hunter and um a deck that
27940s	it's one of those weird ones where I've
27941s	been destroyed by it on ladder but I
27944s	feel like whenever I play I just lose
27945s	every single time so I have very weird
27948s	opinions on this deck but it's
27950s	definitely got the ability to really pop
27952s	off right and just make like almost
27953s	unwinnable or unclearable board should I
27956s	say
27957s	and that relic of phantasms is one of
27960s	those generators for unclearable boards
27963s	but against imp warlock I'm not
27965s	necessarily sure if that's the game plan
27967s	shwayu wants to prioritize it's not bad
27969s	for sure to get some tokens to fight
27971s	back on board and just have that Relic
27974s	train rolling but uh I think it's more
27976s	important that he gets to the relic of
27979s	Dimensions which he has found which in
27981s	turn gets him to discounted clears later
27984s	on yeah also got the Relic vault as well
27986s	so we can actually just go 2-3 here and
27989s	suddenly the first Relic is so much
27992s	better when you can double it against
27994s	this warlock it's ridiculous
27996s	it's about back very effectively we're
28000s	having the Battle of locations into best
28002s	possible follow-up on either side but
28004s	the big difference here is that the lack
28006s	of one drop for Woods hurts so much more
28009s	all right
28010s	also as well even just going further
28013s	through sriimu's hand the slotheno with
28015s	predation is very nice as well that's
28018s	going to be some good clearing power uh
28020s	for relatively cheap by the time he gets
28022s	around to it yep
28025s	and by the time the second charge of the
28029s	location is available to show him where
28031s	he can have relic of Dimensions there is
28033s	no shortage of good plays here grimoire
28035s	is a welcome relief for Woods though to
28038s	not have to trade down the entirety of
28040s	his board
28041s	um gets to consolidate and lead up into
28043s	a very uh clean curse curve even if he
28048s	does get cleared by steno here he's fine
28051s	to fall back a little bit given the
28052s	nature of his hand yeah this is really
28056s	nice timing as well because this is just
28059s	this is the turn that his location is on
28062s	cooldown so he gets the setheno sort of
28064s	clay so to speak oh yeah sorry it's a
28067s	clear that's the Mana right yeah with
28068s	the coin uh so he gets the Savannah clay
28071s	and then he can pop the location and go
28073s	relic of Dimensions next turn and I
28076s	think you know that's going to be a very
28078s	tough one to fight back from even the
28080s	woods can clear with drag below which is
28082s	a good start but we can see it's only
28084s	really going to get worse for words oh
28088s	yes
28089s	only the first curse but this is
28092s	effectively the third and fourth Relic
28096s	it's so much Mana reduction oh yeah
28101s	I think Harpoon Gun is strong
28109s	hey there wasn't the four cards to draw
28112s	they definitely weren't bad especially
28113s	without drucky warblades plus chaos
28115s	strike but um I've seen stronger uh
28118s	plays come out of that
28120s	definitely enough to get there though in
28123s	my opinion with all of these costing
28125s	zero it means that at any point shoemoo
28128s	finds Jace it's going to be immediately
28130s	Juiced up and he does have more chances
28133s	to cycle because of that other relic of
28135s	dimensions in hand for now though we're
28137s	going to have to answer the problem of
28140s	the board can't let that's the cool
28142s	stick around for much longer
28146s	is to have the free chaos strike to see
28149s	what's in the next drawer
28153s	L2 turns away
28159s	and
28161s	oh
28162s	this is having brawl what's going on
28165s	easy and both chaos strike and school
28168s	teacher replace themselves in hand so
28169s	Trevor can still end up with quite a lot
28172s	of cards in hand at the end of the turn
28174s	meaning that the total potential curse
28177s	output for Woods isn't too high yeah and
28179s	also just to sell Jackie just negating
28181s	so much of that early game damage and
28184s	suddenly uh Woods must feel that he is
28187s	quite far away from finishing this with
28189s	curses even though it's sort of curse
28191s	push is decent with double wave and the
28194s	uh Sarah cast there's no brand yet
28196s	there's nothing else to push so I'm
28199s	gonna have to go for the perform
28201s	so pretty solid though
28203s	I like putting the buff on one minion
28206s	making it as difficult as possible for a
28208s	look of Extinction to get through
28211s	will that even be necessary
28214s	run school teacher for zero
28218s	chaos strike
28223s	I'm just looking for lethal on this turn
28225s	yeah
28232s	another oh my that's so much damage
28237s	yeah for two Mana yeah
28241s	I think it's not quite lethal because
28244s	you can only play one other spell if you
28245s	could get both the multi-strike and the
28247s	fell barrage and I think it's fine but
28249s	like the fact that oh he got coordinated
28251s	strike okay sure just going to go first
28253s	to the board here
28255s	together we are
28257s	yeah this is fine right because even if
28260s	he got the plus eight uh he still heals
28262s	for a lot anyway this is just tidying
28265s	things up I think swaymu knows he is
28267s	very far ahead at this point yes so all
28269s	he needs to do is just don't be stupid
28271s	don't try anything silly just don't die
28274s	and this looks like it's going to be
28275s	good enough to me
28278s	completely agree getting that nice order
28280s	of the multi-strike to get maximum
28283s	damage pace and then using the second
28284s	hit even though it doesn't have life
28286s	seal to remove that one one and that
28288s	poor M King reform is surrounded by the
28291s	relics just cannot do enough damage here
28295s	this Abyssal wave to clear off the bolt
28299s	off this touch to kill off one of the
28300s	six sixes
28302s	that's still what 13 damage just fitting
28306s	there so yeah that's just you I think
28308s	just the hero power deals with that at
28310s	the end of the day so just like that
28312s	schwemu goes to a very quick 3-0 and
28316s	progresses through with a great round
28317s	eight win there and I'm excited to see
28320s	him go forward because that is just a
28322s	cool lineup we didn't get to see his
28324s	priest which I'll just triple check yeah
28326s	is the Boon priest another deck I enjoy
28328s	watching so uh yeah I've suddenly found
28330s	myself rooting for sway me just because
28332s	I'm excited to see this lineup just do
28334s	well that is true and with that 7-1
28337s	score he has solidified his place in the
28340s	top 16 making himself one of the I think
28344s	several competitors in the running to
28346s	get multiple or their second Masters
28349s	Tour win currently that Accolade only
28351s	belongs to Blaise and Gabby but a lot of
28354s	contenders I believe fairy hunter uhmu
28357s	in there I didn't get to check on pocket
28360s	train if he's in the top 16 but he was
28361s	doing well well a couple rounds ago the
28364s	last I saw some very exciting stuff for
28366s	the last Master's tour of the year but
28368s	it looks like our coverage shall
28370s	continue or even here we have Gregorius
28373s	versus Idol yeah it looks like we are
28376s	going into a hunter mirror I'm just
28378s	gonna pull up the decks very quickly uh
28381s	so yeah gonna be an interesting one here
28383s	looks like it's already been 2-1 just to
28385s	give you some background to make sure
28387s	we're getting wrong
28390s	yeah so a paladin win for Gregorius was
28394s	game one in the mirror then he went with
28397s	his Mage against the Paladin then the
28399s	Paladin finally got a win for Idol
28401s	against Hunter and now we're moving on
28403s	to a hunter mirror so looks like the
28405s	Paladin was struggling you know having
28407s	three goals at it to get that win and
28410s	it's just Hunter left for glorious and
28412s	it's got a hunter Mage but I think with
28413s	these two decks left over for Idol very
28416s	winnable right a mirror match and then
28418s	Mage I think it's definitely not over in
28420s	one of those situations where the
28422s	conquests score until the series ends
28425s	it's not really indicative of who's
28427s	actually ahead right I do love this
28430s	though I did the the cards for this and
28432s	look at that gear ozu met in the hunter
28435s	list that's what I'm talking about
28437s	that's spicy that does you know give
28440s	yourself another good outcome for Sunken
28442s	saber and potentially a good outcome for
28446s	Harpoon Gun it's not necessarily high
28448s	pressure but
28450s	um the death rattle on it can clear some
28454s	boards I mean pressure can be high if
28457s	there is just nothing else on your board
28458s	it is a lot of stats thinking about it
28461s	um so very excited to see if azimat can
28464s	come into play I just want to call out
28467s	what you talked about with Hunter versus
28469s	Mage definitely not feeling too bad for
28471s	mage it's just crazy that we live in a
28473s	world now where you know going I feel
28476s	like it's been the just a given of
28479s	HearthStone for so many years that if
28480s	you're a mage going against Hunter
28482s	you're unfavored but that's just not the
28484s	case right it is it's really not it's
28486s	because Hunters just moved over to
28487s	minions as Mages moved over to freeze
28490s	right and those two things have clashed
28492s	very very hard but one last note on the
28495s	Aussie mat I I'm not saying it's good
28497s	we'll find out obviously but I think
28500s	it's a reasonable idea because the one
28502s	thing Hunter can struggle with is
28503s	actually getting back on board when
28505s	they've been pushed off so it is just a
28508s	chance at doing that it's not you know
28510s	guaranteed or anything like that but you
28512s	know the the logic is there for me so uh
28514s	we'll have to see what happens is Idol
28516s	bringing a I'm pretty sure a much more
28519s	uh I'll say regular version of Beast
28522s	Hunter and we'll just triple check the
28524s	list because I was chatting while it was
28526s	showing up but yeah it does have the um
28528s	the two tarantulas the devouring swarm
28531s	one of in there and one trog but outside
28533s	of that yeah pretty standard
28536s	yeah pretty greedy list overall I would
28539s	say because it's just a one-off trog and
28541s	a one of ramming Mount I would never cut
28543s	running around in my life I feel like
28545s	that card is very very strong but
28547s	clearly Idol trying to get a bit more
28549s	advantage in the late game running both
28551s	Sylvanas and the defense attorney
28553s	nathanos on top of double tarantula so
28557s	he had to make Cuts somewhere and still
28559s	ends up with a one drop on one on the
28561s	plate that's some impressive Hunter
28564s	gaming yeah that is just how you Hunter
28567s	um but yeah I think that's the one you
28568s	know people probably bought a face in
28570s	onchan ladder but it's the one that I do
28572s	find interesting about this tournament
28573s	is clearly people cannot agree on the 40
28577s	cards right it's not just the basic you
28580s	take these cards and go so we'll have to
28582s	see what happens and how that continues
28585s	God and he just picks up the curve Idol
28588s	with the smile you can definitely see
28590s	why
28591s	oh yes
28593s	and the Baddie guest this is huge
28596s	because this because this means he has
28599s	his choice of hydro Hydra and King Crush
28602s	from the Harpoon Gun and Harpoon Gun
28604s	into Hydra in this matchup as well is
28609s	one of the most powerful things you can
28611s	do yeah
28616s	I can hear his little chuckle from here
28621s	uh turn one turn two just exchanging
28624s	peasant trees on either side but from
28627s	here on out the gloves are off
28632s	and on the opposite side of what we're
28634s	talking about with how strong Hydra is
28636s	the trog is one of the worst cards in
28639s	the Metro because it's so minion and
28641s	weapon heavy that it just doesn't really
28644s	achieve what you want it to do you have
28646s	no time for games
28648s	well honestly coin Harpoon Gun is
28651s	available to gregories here but it does
28653s	wreck his chances of getting an early
28655s	aralon which is you know obviously one
28657s	of the best Tempo plays you can make but
28659s	he is already making that sacrifice
28661s	hoping to get some good discount to
28664s	follow up next turn yeah I like this
28667s	because it even though it's I'll just
28670s	say it's it's early so to speak because
28673s	uh it's not a natural curve right you
28675s	coined it out and it does lower the
28677s	options of what your strong turns on
28679s	next turn he has two goals at it and
28681s	also
28683s	I think he understands already that he's
28685s	far enough behind that he needs to just
28688s	hit one of the big beasts right just hit
28690s	something early so we can he can get it
28693s	and he does kind of get what four cards
28695s	to look at
28697s	let's get the Hydra
28700s	are you ready for a very silly game of
28702s	us don't you because I believe they both
28704s	picked Hydra uh-huh
28707s	and the best part is now or the worst
28709s	part for Idol I guess is that uh going
28712s	second with Hydra is just better
28716s	right but he doesn't need to play the
28718s	first one this turn
28721s	just feels like a bit of a waste of the
28723s	rush although it does give him just
28725s	immediately tons of temples yeah this is
28729s	you'd have to be mad to not play this
28731s	because in the world where your opponent
28734s	has an exactly swung the Harpoon to
28737s	exactly Hydra this just wins you the
28740s	game so idle he's gonna get punished for
28743s	this but this is 100 the right play
28746s	foreign
28750s	is it even that bad of a punish
28753s	[Music]
28755s	the birds will end up with more Hydra
28758s	heads because he gets two immediate
28759s	trades but between the body guest and
28762s	the remaining heads for Idol I think
28764s	this is still doable
28766s	we'll see yeah he's not just lost it's
28769s	just that this is the bad scenario right
28772s	any other card from Harpoon Gun and
28774s	Idols feeling fantastic about life
28777s	cute yes you are
28783s	you getting saved to trade and Harpoon
28786s	Gun swing is what you want to do
28789s	yep killing off the main head whether
28792s	it's with two Hydra heads or the four
28794s	three and the one when all the trades
28796s	work out the same
28798s	um
28799s	important thing is just to swing the
28801s	weapon into a three one
28805s	and probably get the sunken saver over
28807s	King Crush
28815s	that makes sense
28820s	so somehow the board has ended up at
28822s	parity again but Gregorius has a really
28825s	good curve to follow this up Airline
28827s	into Sylvanas the accused if necessary I
28829s	feel like that's one of the cards where
28831s	you can greet that out to huge rewards
28834s	if you don't
28836s	um as long as you know you can have not
28838s	dead turns by holding onto it right I
28841s	think because of the just the volume of
28844s	cards that are dominant on board right
28846s	now for gregario and the Sylvanas is
28851s	very likely just because it's on curve
28854s	it's a five five and you can just get
28856s	rid of a minion and I think that might
28858s	be what he goes for because if he plays
28860s	wild Spirits although that's a very good
28861s	card and it will accelerate the other
28864s	Spirits it still kind of does nothing
28867s	that turn right right yeah
28870s	well now with the tarantula we can talk
28873s	about other options
28878s	viewing rat king is also a real
28881s	possibility
28883s	a bit annoying that if you traded into
28885s	the tarantula you'd probably swing into
28888s	the one one and trade the three one but
28890s	it's still a huge Tempo game for
28892s	Gregorius in the long run
28901s	oh it's a really tricky Choice actually
28903s	isn't it yeah
28905s	as um with the wild Spirits you can also
28909s	just trade with doggy biscuit to get
28911s	more favorable clears and maybe protect
28914s	his bigger minions from the 1-1 poisons
28922s	oh going to buff with this okay yeah
28926s	kind of works out being the same thing
28929s	right except he just gets rid of the fox
28930s	and keeps an extra minion
28937s	um
28938s	depends because if the doggy biscuit had
28941s	given rush to the 5'4 stag you're
28944s	working with five additional power that
28946s	turn trading power instead of two on a
28950s	minion that already has rush and I think
28953s	that maybe could have gotten him more
28955s	clears in the long run but if the goal
28957s	was to just leave the
28959s	um tarantula alive and unable to get
28961s	itself dead through a trade then this
28963s	still works out pretty nicely right
28969s	we're gonna have Sylvanas tennis with
28971s	this mountain there just going back and
28973s	forth on either side
28978s	that's so funny
28982s	interesting things as well though right
28984s	because
28985s	again we could see both Sylvanas so I'm
28988s	pretty sure it's always bare and just
28990s	push all damaged face but the tarantula
28993s	is still strong right it's still a
28995s	powerful tool yeah problem is it takes
28999s	so long for it to kill itself off right
29007s	oh Gregorius is actually going to make
29009s	the trade for Idol because he has
29012s	trogged to get rid of the poison
29013s	alongside the other weapon swing
29015s	but I don't actually know if that's
29017s	worth it just pushing everything Face
29019s	seems very tempting
29024s	yeah I guess the life total effect Idol
29027s	is a bit too much like 34
29030s	um
29031s	because he couldn't he maybe feels like
29032s	he couldn't guarantee the follow-up
29034s	because frankly gregorizo doesn't have
29036s	any follow-up at the moment right or
29038s	nothing impactful
29040s	Idol has just hit the nuts curve for the
29044s	next turn
29050s	uh
29054s	well none of these are getting played
29055s	until two and two turns right now
29058s	so what's the best follow-up to Eichmann
29061s	yeah I kind of like aralon because
29064s	either you play icon you play I'll do a
29068s	lot of Trades you know some of the Full
29069s	bot whatever and you either win with
29072s	that board which is often the case or
29074s	your opponent clears a lot of it and
29076s	then you do the refill with aralon
29081s	oh wait both players hitting the
29084s	absolute nuts first the hydras and now
29087s	the airwing commander was oh yes
29090s	now this is a hunter mirror
29094s	I don't know if he can upgrade Altima
29097s	trade but if possible that would be
29100s	ideal because the trades are looking
29102s	just a little too awkward at the moment
29109s	I stopped it to two right
29112s	Gardens
29116s	okay hopefully not bad clear up the uh
29119s	one of the Bears
29123s	just feel awkward the gargan companions
29125s	I don't know their real names to be
29127s	honest
29129s	I did but I forgot them because I never
29131s	look anymore I looked at them when
29134s	obviously it first came out and then
29136s	because I've just called them Hoffa now
29138s	it's like oh for me sure and Leo
29141s	okay transfers a fine style uh-huh
29146s	and crushes left
29150s	and one more mountain bear if I'm not
29153s	mistaken yeah look something you have to
29156s	take your time on turns like this
29158s	because you want to maximize the racking
29160s	as well you might just want to go face
29162s	with it which is absolutely fine that's
29163s	a very valid choice if you ever okay go
29166s	face with it
29170s	yeah it puts gregories down to 20 if
29172s	everything goes phase I mean you don't
29175s	get the full value from the mountain
29177s	bear death rattle but that's okay in my
29180s	book
29181s	or is it if you get hit with an Eichmann
29184s	as a response and Gregorius has both his
29187s	mountain bears natural still left to be
29190s	pulled from the deck then that could be
29192s	a problem so maybe he does actually take
29194s	a trade here I'd allow the rat to trade
29197s	that is it okay I think Idol might be on
29200s	the same thought pattern which is why
29202s	he's waiting okay decided to go face
29204s	like the rat trading is fine because
29205s	there's so much to hit through the rat's
29207s	gonna respawn right so I think that's
29209s	fine but oh that's slightly worse yeah
29214s	that's unfortunate to draw that this too
29216s	but it's still gonna get both the
29218s	mountain bears I think yeah
29222s	but actually just stall for a second and
29224s	think about this because it doesn't have
29227s	to attack now right so yeah I like this
29230s	actually trade the smaller minion to the
29231s	bear that retains Health on your own
29233s	bear and you can still just kill a cub
29235s	and it still summons
29238s	like the car doesn't say your next
29240s	attack has to kill a minion right so
29242s	yeah I kind of like what Greg Russell's
29244s	lining up
29247s	the Counterpoint being that all of these
29251s	minions outside of the canine are trying
29253s	to have high attack anyways I don't know
29254s	if the break point of the health of the
29256s	bear matters that much but it's not a
29257s	big deal
29259s	oh the tarantula
29262s	yeah I think it all just depends on what
29265s	you actually summon and in what order
29267s	right of how you do the attacks but oh
29270s	this is looking good this is such a big
29273s	swing
29274s	we forgot about that
29277s	pain
29282s	getting all of One appendage but still
29284s	enough
29285s	okay
29293s	[Music]
29294s	is the big problem right did not three
29297s	us all five to face easy lethal
29302s	we could get up to seven
29305s	I mean in all honesty yeah that's the
29307s	other choice yeah he does not
29311s	trade your spiders into the taunt and
29315s	the taunt that gets spit out of it and
29317s	then you have seven shots at hitting a
29320s	one in six
29324s	not great I like those odds and yeah
29328s	it's such a weird feeling isn't it like
29330s	Hunter mirror one's on five health
29333s	it's the opponent's turn and there's
29336s	pretty much zero chance of lethal it's
29338s	been a long time since that's been the
29340s	case right but with no burn damage from
29342s	hand
29346s	crazy
29349s	Hunter needs to make a comeback Reuben
29351s	this is unacceptable not kill from five
29358s	I was going to kill the other back
29362s	five
29364s	yeah that's enough yeah that's lethal
29366s	easily yeah yeah it was just over 20 on
29368s	board right and with the King Crush what
29371s	a game and I know not everyone may be a
29373s	fan of Hunter at the moment but that
29376s	mirror was actually great I enjoyed that
29378s	a lot
29380s	we're seeing them both operate at
29383s	maximum power idle even hitting such an
29387s	impressive curve there but the fact that
29390s	Gregorius was able to hold out the mid
29392s	game to the point where it came down
29393s	ultimately to the quality of the
29396s	eichmann's going back and forth and like
29398s	you talked about being the second one to
29400s	play the Hydra is often very good in the
29402s	matchup being the second one to play the
29404s	Eichmann as long as you have enough
29405s	beasts left and the deck also means you
29407s	get the last laugh on board such a
29410s	explosive back and forth game to close
29413s	out that series meaning that Gregorius
29415s	goes through to 7-1 and is definitely in
29419s	the top 16 for Idol though his fate is a
29422s	little bit more up in the air yeah it's
29425s	a it's a great moment in time when
29427s	azumat Hunter which is what I'm going to
29429s	call it now is actually making it to top
29431s	16. that's what we want to see and so
29434s	yeah big congratulations to the regress
29436s	at Gregory still that it was a pretty
29438s	cool game to end on I'm glad even if we
29441s	only got to cast one game of that series
29442s	I'm glad it was that one and I believe
29445s	that is going to be it for round eight
29447s	though and that means it's going to be
29448s	it for the end of the day I think we are
29450s	getting the top 16 confirmed as we speak
29453s	oh there we go perfect so uh have a
29455s	quick look at that Xiao bye leading the
29458s	pack at eight and zero a fantastic run a
29462s	good old Fury Hunter does it again are
29465s	we even surprised at this point that's
29467s	my question but what other names stick
29469s	out for you dear and there's so many uh
29472s	to count like there's also America's
29475s	representation for TJ I'm gonna just
29477s	throw that out for him there you and TJ
29480s	remember you've joined the team now oh
29483s	I'm still a-packed I I'm enjoying the
29485s	fact that we have huzo DS in here a
29488s	Japanese player looking to continue the
29491s	recent dominance of Japan both in the
29494s	constructed and Battlegrounds but I
29497s	think what really stands out is there's
29498s	a lot of CN players here too oh yeah
29501s	um calling back to their empty dominance
29504s	from a couple years past uh they're on
29508s	top of either column here and then uh we
29510s	have shuemu who is a previous Mt winner
29513s	looking to get that back to back and
29515s	steal that opportunity away from Fury
29518s	Hunter it's a lot of exciting matchups
29521s	coming up and I think a fairly good
29523s	representation of decks as well a couple
29526s	of the Rogue players making it through
29528s	yeah a little bit unfortunate just the
29530s	next to know on the the CM plays is that
29533s	xmg and shall buy both on the same team
29536s	are placed pretty much next to each
29539s	other on the bracket so they would if
29541s	they even if they both win round one
29543s	they will face each other in round two
29545s	so a little bit unfortunate for them but
29547s	a ton of great matchups coming up
29549s	tomorrow uh I can't wait I think some of
29552s	the players have made it through with
29553s	the very unique decks and lineups is
29555s	going to be very very exciting to watch
29557s	but again I just can't get over that
29560s	like Fury Hunters just does it again we
29563s	all know we've known for a long time how
29564s	good he is but it's just like Yeah The
29567s	Orient is in top 16 it's just an
29568s	expectation at this point and to say
29570s	that is a quite the ridiculous statement
29573s	but as we round out the final uh Swiss
29576s	round here any uh comments any final
29579s	words about how Swiss has gone so far
29581s	too
29582s	yeah absolutely it's been a pleasure to
29584s	cast
29585s	um I feel a little bit sad that I didn't
29587s	get a wacky background because of my
29590s	lack of green screen but yeah I mean
29593s	this is more of a personal comment
29595s	rather than on the tournament but it's
29597s	like one of the last few events I'm
29599s	gonna get to cast throughout the year so
29600s	very nice to work with you all again and
29603s	we've had some amazing Hearthstone on
29605s	top of all that so I'm very much looking
29608s	forward to tomorrow as well yep just
29610s	make sure to go out and buy some green
29611s	paint tomorrow before the show and uh
29614s	you'll be able to quickly paint your
29615s	room it'll be fine we'll sort it out but
29618s	yeah that is going to be it for the day
29620s	all the Swiss rounds are done but that
29621s	means we have top 16 tomorrow where
29624s	we'll work out not only who is the
29625s	winner but who is making it to the fall
29628s	Championship thanks a lot for watching
29629s	we appreciate it and we'll see you
29631s	tomorrow
29635s	[Music]
29648s	[Music]
29654s	[Music]
29661s	foreign
29665s	foreign
29666s	[Music]
29674s	[Music]
29685s	[Music]
29695s	foreign
29704s	[Music]
29712s	[Music]
29723s	[Music]
29732s	[Music]
29739s	foreign
29751s	[Music]
29763s	[Music]
29776s	thank you
29778s	[Music]
29786s	affects direct damage
29789s	[Music]
29793s	plus a spell grabs the win from the
29798s	clutches of defeat there for Glory
29804s	[Music]
29813s	[Music]
29818s	in every single way
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29832s	[Music]
29840s	[Music]
29845s	foreign
29846s	[Music]

[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Masters Tour: Maw & Disorder | Day 2

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