2024 Hearthstone Masters Tour Spring – Day 1

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857s	hello everybody and welcome to day
859s	number one of the Hearthstone Masters
860s	Tour spring championship of 2024 my name
863s	is TG and joining me to kick off the
865s	show is none
866s	other Simon sole W how you doing SLE
870s	I'm doing great it's uh feels a little
872s	bit weird we've made it all the way to
873s	April and I haven't really done any
874s	competitive Hearthstone yet this year so
876s	I am champing at the bit to get started
879s	but luckily we've got a pretty awesome
881s	event to kick off with because some of
882s	the players that have qualified this
884s	time around I spent most of last year
886s	talking about how stacked the field was
887s	that we kept getting because of the you
890s	know the level of dedication and skill
891s	that was required to even qualify for
893s	these events and it looks like 2024 is
895s	not going to disappoint on that front
897s	either yeah thought players might take a
900s	a little bit of step back over time we
903s	we'd see you know less overall
905s	competition at the top has been the case
908s	at all and uh taking a look at the
910s	program overview some slight changes to
912s	2024 uh compared to 2023 uh so going to
915s	have the Hearthstone World Championship
917s	at the end of the year which will
918s	feature a prize pull of
922s	$350,000 uh and in order to get there we
925s	have two seasonal championships spring
927s	that's us right now here and summer
930s	which will happen and you guessed it the
932s	summer the winner and runner up of each
934s	of these seasonal championships will
936s	automatically qualify to the to compete
938s	at the world championship and I missed a
940s	bullet there but one of the other big
941s	changes is the seasonal championships
943s	will feature 16 uh competitors and also
947s	that means we have three days of
949s	competition Auto which means we have a
951s	proper Flamingo Friday which just warms
955s	my my heart I know yeah that's that's
959s	the real reason why we switch back to 3
960s	days right is that all of us casters
962s	just kicked off a fast and said we we
964s	refuse to work this event unless there
966s	is a properly respected Flamingo Friday
968s	and here we are but Conquest is of
971s	course the format that we're going to be
972s	playing out in I'm sure if you follow
973s	competitive Hearthstone you know what
974s	Conquest is by now but if you are just
976s	joining us for the first time firstly
978s	welcome I'm sure you'll have a great
979s	time and secondly Conquest just means
981s	that you bring four decks your opponent
982s	gets to ban one of them you have to win
985s	with all of your decks to get out of the
987s	series if you win with a deck it's
988s	eliminated from the series and you have
989s	to win with all of them to win the tie
992s	overall it means that bringing a weak
995s	deck is devastating and it means a lot
997s	of the strategy comes from players
999s	trying to pick one deck that they expect
1001s	lots of opponents to bring and try and
1002s	Target that deck by giving it lots of
1004s	bad matchup so it can't win and get out
1006s	the
1007s	series good old Conquest oh yeah and of
1013s	course uh you will be seeing the new
1015s	expansion featured uh throughout the uh
1018s	lineups uh this weekend which is
1020s	whizbangs
1021s	Workshop um which has been uh
1024s	thematically uh one of my favorite
1025s	expansions of all time um you have cards
1028s	and you have wiow baby
1032s	cards wiow wiow baby
1036s	versions I was expecting some form of
1038s	elaboration on like why that was a good
1040s	thing but no we've just let that I do
1042s	agree though you were supposed to follow
1043s	up with actual analis that right now God
1047s	TJ can we can we wait until may actually
1049s	I'm sick of TJ already um yeah I agree I
1052s	think the the theme of it it's very
1054s	bright and colorful and fun-packed I
1055s	think it's been very impactful based on
1057s	that it's had a great chance to have a
1060s	bit of hearstone nostalgia as well which
1061s	is kind of baked into the way the
1062s	expansion works I do think miniaturize
1065s	is one of the better keywords that we've
1067s	had so far yeah that's what I was
1070s	alluding to thank you sle uh you got to
1072s	take a look at the the prize pool there
1075s	$50,000 prize pool 10,000 for first
1077s	place 8,000 for second and with that
1079s	prize money comes also uh that
1081s	qualification to the world championship
1083s	so that's what uh these players are
1085s	playing for um throughout the weekend uh
1089s	and uh speaking of the weekend sdle I
1091s	mentioned we have three days of
1093s	competition ahead of us so let's go and
1095s	take a look at our schedule uh today is
1097s	Friday April 12th also known as day one
1100s	also known as Flamingo Friday tomorrow
1103s	is Saturday April 13th which AKA day two
1107s	throughout the next 2 days we are going
1109s	to be playing uh four dual elimination
1112s	groups of four so if you uh remember
1115s	back to was the last time we read was it
1117s	2022 last time we ran this type of form
1119s	for seasonal championships um that's
1121s	what we've kind of always done each
1123s	group of these double elimination groups
1125s	will spit out two players which will
1126s	then compete on Sunday in that top eight
1129s	single elimination bracket so we got a
1132s	we got a weekend full of hearthstone and
1136s	like you said all it's been quite a
1137s	while since we've had that so looking
1139s	forward to it yeah and I think that's
1141s	huge right because not only there's only
1144s	two of these events that we're doing
1145s	this year instead of three so it's great
1147s	to just have more Hearthstone packed
1148s	into the individual events kind of
1149s	averages out in terms of the uh the
1151s	amount of days that we're doing with
1152s	these Masters tours but now as we start
1154s	to look at some beautiful faces it's
1156s	about these players really because last
1159s	year there was a bit of a feeling where
1160s	you put in this enormous grind and um
1163s	achieved this incredible achievement to
1165s	make it to this point in the first place
1167s	and sometimes you just really did not
1168s	get featured on stream very heavily if
1170s	not at all because the the broadcast
1172s	hours were so limited so by squeezing in
1174s	a third day this time around it means
1175s	that the people who have put in the
1176s	effort to get to this point in the first
1178s	place are going to have their moment in
1180s	the sun um more often than not and
1182s	looking at some of these names you know
1184s	wiq and gu who put in a shift last year
1186s	and really made a name for themselves
1188s	and you've got yala Rec vam gamer rvg
1190s	and that is only in the first two groups
1192s	we've also got names like Fury Hunter
1193s	habo gaboo bunny Hopper to come later on
1196s	as well so I'm very very pleased that we
1198s	have got the hours required to show as
1200s	many of these matches as possible and
1203s	absolutely do not forget kimchi slap oh
1208s	yeah in in in group b uh who's who's
1212s	going to come out swinging um group a uh
1214s	just a a caveat here the initial matches
1217s	um have already been playing out across
1220s	these groups um so we're going to be
1222s	jumping into these groups mid mid Midway
1225s	mid progress mid progress seems a little
1227s	bit too um redundant um because progress
1231s	assumes that you're in the the middle of
1234s	something um whatever moving on weu and
1238s	pnit are the two players moving to the
1241s	winners match whereas yla and gu are
1244s	going to be facing off in this
1245s	elimination match for group a and I
1246s	believe that's the uh group we're going
1248s	to be covering uh first here on the
1250s	broadcast hle that we're going to be
1251s	jumping
1253s	into yes indeed as I mentioned weq had a
1257s	really really strong showing uh last
1259s	year which was kind of a breakout for
1262s	for him um a player that g a lot of
1264s	respect with the just the the grind that
1266s	consist a lad of finishes and then also
1268s	the showing when it came to the the
1269s	world championship as well um whereas
1272s	pit someone that I certainly know a
1274s	little bit less about uh not really a uh
1279s	a name that I've seen have particularly
1281s	strong uh competitive performances in
1283s	the past so two players who are
1285s	representing the New Breed right and we
1287s	we mentioned just as we were watching
1288s	those initial result results come in um
1291s	that uh he's already defeated yala in
1294s	the opening round right which is chalk
1295s	one up for the new genen coming into
1297s	this which I'm looking forward to seeing
1299s	if uh yala can now scrap back from the
1301s	lower bracket in the bottom of the
1303s	group yeah that seems to be yla's mo is
1307s	uh uh scrapping back um weu was a player
1312s	that was uh very interesting to me last
1314s	year because Wu didn't really um there
1317s	was a lot of winning but the winning
1319s	always stopped
1321s	abruptly in in every single event that
1323s	weu participated in uh in in
1327s	2023 um I'm I I hope I'm thinking of Wu
1331s	Wu was a player that always made it
1334s	to to the top eight and then just felt
1337s	like lost immediately Wii was one of the
1340s	many victims of CJ Kaka Shenanigans at
1344s	the world
1345s	championship um those like what four
1348s	close close nailbiter series uh that
1351s	that went all the way that CJ Kaka just
1353s	barely eak out of weu uh was on that
1357s	checklist um for CJ kako so uh
1360s	definitely a player that I want to uh
1362s	look out for um and that's who we're
1365s	going to get to see featured in this
1366s	first first matchup favorite card Guff
1370s	stuff right off the bat oh it's been
1372s	it's been so long I told you it was a
1374s	Nostalgia run this is the thing right
1375s	with so many like Nostalgia cards and
1377s	miniaturized we ALS get to do like
1379s	Nostalgia casting calls of all the dumb
1382s	stuff that we've spent the last eight
1383s	years of Our Lives talking about TJ M
1386s	yep exactly I mean that's that's
1389s	basically why I cast now is to to talk
1393s	about the good old days to bring back
1395s	the memes of old um is uh my favorite
1399s	part about casting Hearthstone because
1400s	we have a storyed history ah here we go
1405s	now now we're looking at some some some
1407s	beefier cards here favorite deck face
1410s	Shaman which one there's been quite a
1414s	few throughout hearstone system there
1415s	has been a few I think the one that most
1418s	people tend to have the most fondness
1420s	for is like the wind Fury Rock biter
1422s	firebat turn two lethal kind of deal
1424s	that that face Shaman but it could be a
1426s	few different deck
1428s	right yeah uh but we one thing I wanted
1432s	to point out is we have um quite a few
1435s	differences uh uh moving in the lineups
1438s	um um the shaman versus priest uh in the
1443s	shaman and or Wu's lineup and then
1445s	priest and Pit's lineup um we have the
1449s	uh the Warriors
1451s	which I mean they both play Reno
1456s	hey what isn't what's that about because
1459s	I know how much you love when you just
1461s	Jam Areno into like a deck that's all
1463s	two ofs no I'm actually I'm actually
1466s	fine with that I so this is a very
1468s	specific problem like there's actually
1469s	very few decks in this tournament which
1472s	do the thing that I don't think is smart
1474s	with Reno like I think having Reno in
1477s	the deck where you draw your deck
1478s	consistently and you just have it there
1479s	as an end of game board clear for when
1481s	you need it is fine I know like
1484s	philosophically some people don't like
1485s	that because it's supposed to be a
1486s	Highlander card and you're kind of
1487s	bypassing that the the build of Renos
1490s	that I don't like you can be pure
1491s	Highlander or you can be like all two
1493s	ofs turbo cycle and then have Areno in
1496s	there the builds I don't like are like
1498s	okay I have eight two ofs but my deck is
1500s	still really inconsistent because I only
1502s	have eight two ofs so I don't draw my
1505s	deck very consistently and then I also
1507s	have a Reno those decks are the ones
1508s	that I think generally don't work just
1510s	just commit just commit one way or the
1511s	other it's absolutely fine none of this
1514s	raven sitting on the fence business TJ
1516s	that's don't want any of that and and
1519s	unlike some Highlander cards that have
1521s	been printed in the past you you can
1524s	play
1525s	Reno uh without yeah no of course yeah
1528s	yeah with uh without waiting for no
1530s	duplicates in in your deck if you have
1532s	no other play and you think it's correct
1534s	you know it's still a uh changes your
1537s	your power gain a slightly bit of armor
1539s	you just don't get the the the board
1541s	reduction and the um and the board clear
1545s	so I I don't know if we'll be seeing
1547s	much of that I can't even think off the
1548s	top of my head if I've ever even done
1549s	that but it's possible it's not like uh
1552s	Diner brand where it's just a seven Mana
1554s	two4 if you uh if you don't have uh
1559s	uh the requirement the Highlander requ
1561s	sometimes sometimes you just really want
1563s	that face onto hero power and you'll pay
1565s	eight Mana to set it up you know like
1566s	that's that's a real thing it happens
1568s	rarely but it happens yeah well maybe
1573s	you you identified that you need a very
1576s	specific spell to win the game and
1577s	there's no way to do it and you need it
1579s	within three turns and you have to play
1581s	Reno and you got to get the right hero
1582s	power yada yada whatever um but pad is
1585s	playing the true the glory
1589s	Highlander
1590s	Warrior
1593s	um which do you prefer out of those
1597s	two um I still like the I I think I like
1601s	the turbo cycle more it's just more of a
1603s	subtle deck right to play you know 30
1606s	cheap cards in your deck and just power
1607s	through it really quickly and get to the
1608s	end of your deck it's just the kind of
1610s	thing that I enjoy doing um I don't know
1612s	how I feel about it in the format so
1615s	much with some of the concessions that
1616s	have had to be made since the off
1618s	aftershocks Nerf um so I it's it pains
1623s	me to fall on the side of a of an
1625s	outright Highlander deck but I do think
1627s	the actual Highlander Warrior does have
1630s	a spot in this tournament although not
1632s	necessarily uh with the way all the
1634s	lineups have gone because I think if
1636s	you're facing say custom warlocks for
1638s	example you really want to be doing like
1640s	two copies of Bladestorm and two copies
1642s	of gifts so you can get brawls and all
1644s	that kind of thing right you want to
1645s	have consistent removal for the Giants
1648s	and the five that are coming down and
1649s	there is an awful lot of that style of
1651s	warlock in this tournament but hey we
1653s	don't have to talk about hypotheticals
1655s	anymore TJ we've got an actual honest to
1657s	God game of hearthstone happening in
1658s	front of us that's right we have the uh
1662s	death knight the rainbow Death Knight
1664s	versus what we call we calling this Jive
1666s	some Jive Shaman uh from from wiq with
1670s	the the Jazz
1672s	bases and the The Jive
1676s	insect yeah a few different builds of
1678s	this knocking around in the tournament
1681s	we have seen um there was a version of
1684s	this deck early on which kind of had
1685s	critical mass of consistency and the
1687s	amount of burn that you can get which
1688s	really didn't need any fat in it at all
1691s	all the fat was trimmed and you just
1693s	played spell damage minions and killed
1694s	people on turn six with immense
1696s	consistency uh that was toned down a
1698s	little bit so now people have had to
1699s	scramble for ways to gain extra
1701s	consistency where they've lost it from
1703s	lightning bolt being in gift uh
1705s	specifically or primarily so there's a
1707s	few different builds one plays more
1708s	spell damage minions and spirit claws
1710s	there's this one which plays dve Jive
1712s	insects you can get copies of ragnaros
1714s	hanging around as well there's a few
1715s	different ways to go um but get used to
1718s	seeing various builds of this
1726s	Shaman I want to
1730s	Jive yeah so in the the death knight I I
1735s	feel like death Knight's been pretty
1737s	popular on ladder obviously decent win
1739s	rate um but it's it's not as represented
1743s	I suppose as I I maybe would have
1745s	expected Demon Hunter was quite obvious
1749s	you feel the same
1752s	way the Demon Hunter was an obvious
1754s	choice for the tournament no no the
1755s	death knight the death knight what is
1757s	not as represented as I expected it to
1759s	be initially coming in yeah I'd say it's
1763s	around where I expected um luckily so
1768s	obviously I was very adamant that anyone
1770s	who' brought plague death knight to
1772s	World Championships which was the last
1773s	major event we did had made a
1774s	catastrophic mistake um I do think death
1777s	knight is in a slightly better spot this
1779s	time but it's more of the the rainbow
1781s	style builds which are being effective
1783s	um and I thought honestly thought it was
1785s	going to come down to some people just
1787s	like rainbow death knight some people
1789s	feel like they have a lot of skill
1791s	expression and agency with that deck um
1794s	it's one of those decks where like you
1796s	know there's no real outright power
1798s	outline liners except maybe
1800s	Resa um in terms of you know hyper draw
1804s	find your combo that kind of thing you
1806s	do get to sink your teeth into a game of
1808s	hearthstone when you're playing rainbow
1809s	death knight so if you have one of those
1811s	Specialists who's played 500 games of it
1814s	that wanted to bring it to the
1815s	tournament I was expecting that to
1816s	happen but I don't necessarily think
1819s	it's like a real power outlier in terms
1821s	of the the decks and particularly the
1823s	matchups that you'd expect to face in
1824s	the tournament
1827s	yeah because it's it's a pretty popular
1829s	deck on ladder but only it's only two
1832s	players that brought it I believe out of
1834s	the 16 uh in the field and especially if
1837s	you said like high skill expression deck
1840s	or maybe the facade of a high skill
1842s	expression deck uh at the very least uh
1845s	usually uh pretty popular uh tournament
1848s	decks um and a lot of decisions uh
1852s	already to be made here just on turn 4S
1854s	Frog's incredibly annoying uh to kick
1857s	things off and Wu is moving finds the uh
1860s	the
1863s	Ganesh be able to keep going has a flash
1866s	of lightning in hand uh Flow Rider
1870s	Choice
1878s	uh
1880s	Drive kind of expensive at this stage
1884s	for like with no Jazz Bas like loaded up
1887s	to try get it discounted so just goes
1889s	with the second crash and a ton of
1892s	damage kind of lying in weight uh for
1896s	weu in the
1898s	hand not a lot of proactivity
1901s	though yeah and currently no spell
1904s	damage at all to go with it which is
1906s	kind of crucial doesn't even have the
1908s	novice zappers which can obviously add
1910s	massive amounts of damage and like I was
1913s	saying with the older version of the
1914s	deck like this hand would be just cobal
1916s	geomancers and blood mage boses and the
1919s	shaman gift and lightning bolts and you
1921s	you know come this point you just play
1922s	Flash on five and then on six you play
1924s	every card in your hand and point them
1925s	all at the face and more often and than
1927s	not your opponent would be dead you have
1929s	to get a little bit more tricky with it
1931s	these days those those kills on six or
1933s	seven can certainly happen and now there
1936s	is a novice zapper it's starting to look
1938s	a lot more
1941s	appealing popup book found as well that
1944s	will be another zero mana burn spell
1946s	Under The Flash
1951s	goes with the overdraft though assuming
1954s	that has been counted to be able to fit
1955s	in next turn yeah it will do comfortably
1957s	with the lightning reflexes and the
1958s	lightning bolts taking the crashes down
1961s	he's going to hold off on the flash as
1963s	well so I'm imagining uh Titan to clear
1967s	next turn is the plan um maybe Titan
1970s	Flash and then go for the kill on seven
1971s	depending on what's draw
1975s	yeah overdraft also has the added
1978s	benefit of just if Wei realizes that
1981s	there's no kill potential can try and
1984s	find maybe the one card that would get
1986s	it I can't imagine there's going to be a
1988s	card with this hand that's that could be
1991s	uh more damage I guess another spell
1993s	damage card like another zapper but uh
1996s	still looking good for weu I think does
1998s	have the turns planned out like he
2000s	said and so piit has to
2003s	think what's a way for me to put on uh
2007s	the most pressure here maybe expecting
2009s	Titan going into the next
2014s	turn and a Crusher
2019s	okay going to stay at full
2022s	health and I guess shut off CH base as
2027s	well is benefit I guess
2029s	so but this for me is the matches where
2032s	um where rainbow death knight can
2035s	suffer is matchups where your job is
2038s	exclusively to build pressure against
2040s	them right you're not a brilliant deck
2042s	at doing that in a lot of scenarios a
2044s	lot of your early to mid game cards are
2046s	built around Tempo swings so if your
2049s	opponent doesn't give you any Tempo to
2051s	swing against you're just a little bit
2053s	ineffective just building straight up
2055s	pressure with most of the cards in your
2056s	deck there's a few draws that can do it
2058s	you can see here weu really has done
2061s	very little this game and is still
2063s	chilling at 24 Health on turn seven on
2066s	uh on pad's turn seven with the full
2068s	clear as well so this is this is where
2070s	it can suffer just a bit yeah you have a
2073s	lot of reactive cards that just don't
2075s	really fit when you're only trying to be
2078s	proactive yeah uh like the grime Walker
2081s	crop rotation
2083s	combo um there I mean this deck can put
2087s	on can put on some damage and have a
2089s	good amount of tempo uh but a lot of
2092s	that is when you're facing against like
2094s	other board-based matchups where you can
2095s	kind of go Toe to Toe not things that
2097s	are just
2098s	um I'm going to chill here and just
2100s	collect resources and then kill you in a
2102s	single
2104s	turn I think it's encapsulated by the
2106s	card mining casualties right because if
2109s	they play mining casualties on one or
2110s	two and you're a board-based deck you
2113s	kind of L you can't beat that it's too
2114s	much stuff but in terms of like pressure
2116s	it's nothing right you just leave two
2118s	one ones up on the board and you do not
2120s	care about it um and that's just really
2122s	the kind of deck that this is
2128s	look at all those overload
2143s	cards so still does not pick up more
2145s	damage did find the Jazz base which
2147s	would represent more damage as you said
2149s	but that's been switched off by the
2150s	freeze luckily did have the second flash
2153s	to go for the Reby next turn I believe
2156s	that is what conductivity on on the far
2158s	left just a little bit cut off on the
2159s	left hand side of the hand that we can't
2160s	see yep
2169s	yep so enough but does have couple
2173s	Miracle sales
2175s	man for maybe a SL bit of extra damage
2178s	is pretty huge for next turn as well yep
2182s	and did start off this turn with the
2184s	flash as well so still has uh discount
2186s	loaded up for the following turn as well
2188s	well so should be able to
2191s	find uh what he needs to to get this one
2195s	done it it looks like a lot but with
2198s	only this single novice
2201s	zapper you need a lot of juice to get
2205s	going
2221s	there not a particularly Juiced
2222s	explosion
2223s	either yeah would there be enough Mana
2226s	to Flow Rider fine Drive insect and
2229s	conductivity and fit in everything
2235s	else
2239s	no jab would be full cost
2246s	anyway cuz want once again won't be able
2249s	to swing well I guess the snake oils too
2251s	had a tiny
2256s	bit Yeah couple of moon fires fire them
2260s	off
2262s	yeah all right well it's got to go I
2265s	mean at the very least can clear board
2266s	with crashes at the end of this um
2270s	yeah this is smart though okay zero
2273s	damage off the first uh lightning
2275s	reflexes card which is bad news for week
2277s	you um but I do like what P did here
2280s	with the full health minions in play
2281s	obviously you'd be expecting spell
2283s	damage to come down here but one of the
2285s	weird quirks of playing against the rag
2287s	version of this Shaman is that the stuff
2289s	that you have on your board if it
2290s	survives a crash of lightning then they
2292s	have to have some extra solution of
2294s	clearing it right to to get the rags to
2296s	guarantee go face against you so full
2299s	health minions can be kind of effective
2300s	because they don't always go the spell
2302s	damage route to kill you that's kind of
2303s	the weird Twist of the rag version of
2305s	the deck
2312s	okay uses the altered cord to get two
2314s	extra damage out of the miracle salesman
2316s	which was the best usage out of any of
2318s	those cards that were offered off the
2320s	reflexes gets to go face with it and
2322s	then shoot it himself to get the snake
2323s	oil but actually misses damage on the
2325s	second pull as well finds a zapper and
2330s	has committed I don't know whether he
2331s	has this counted in advance I will
2333s	concede I did not
2339s	I think if there's a needle Rock totem
2340s	being played this is not going to be
2341s	lethal yeah
2344s	no yeah cuz the snake oils were just two
2347s	extra it's going to be eight it's going
2349s	to be four it would have been four
2350s	damage
2351s	off ah I
2361s	mean overdraft was the next card
2364s	overdraft would have been enough at the
2366s	end there instead of the Needle Rock
2371s	totem
2374s	bummer wait oh but the overdraft was
2377s	drawn from the totem right that's the we
2380s	you could have had yeah no no no no I at
2382s	least I don't think so oh if you had
2385s	traded one of the snake oils you can
2387s	trade a snake oil yeah instead of
2389s	playing Needle Rock totem actually maybe
2391s	that was cuz then it would have been uh
2393s	six damage needed and that would have
2395s	been enough yeah so instead of the
2397s	Needle Rock T if one of the snake oils
2399s	was
2400s	traded and uh yeah and it was two bolts
2402s	two zappers and two spell damage on the
2405s	overload right so that would have been
2407s	eight I think yeah well would have only
2409s	needed to trade one snake yes you still
2412s	have the other one for two damage on the
2414s	second snake oil yeah yeah very yeah but
2417s	maybe just ran out of time didn't have
2419s	time to fully
2420s	calculate uh I mean yeah sure you can
2423s	unload six six damage to face here but
2428s	uh h i mean there's a chance for lethal
2436s	here
2440s	yeah you could so you could go lethal or
2443s	you could
2444s	overdraft a very low very low odds for
2446s	lethal or you could just overdraft um
2449s	one of these and then hope that the the
2452s	second one hits oh okay or just clear
2454s	the board in its entirety
2461s	oh can you hex
2462s	attack and then re-equip swing with jazz
2467s	base re-equip Jazz
2470s	base I don't think so I'm not sure what
2473s	the discount is
2475s	on well cuz the Jazz base has been
2477s	equipped forever the discount it has
2479s	yeah because of the
2480s	freezing but you also yeah you want to
2483s	find extra Mana to squeeze a third
2484s	minion in there somewhere as well right
2486s	or else you're still not getting
2489s	yeah you need to press the totem I think
2491s	it's just too much Mana in the end but
2492s	weu I think sensing that this has not
2495s	been an optimally played game of
2497s	hearthstone which is uh not where he
2499s	would want it to be I think kicking off
2501s	the uh the broadcast portion at the very
2503s	least of the world championship reminder
2504s	that these these players have played an
2506s	opener before this weu defeating yala to
2508s	get to this point but now under the
2510s	bright lights uh kicking things off with
2512s	a bit of a struggle game against p n
2523s	but the hand the hand isn't great for
2526s	needs has some ways to gain some life
2529s	here
2531s	um
2534s	but uh other than that
2540s	we're not there's nothing again
2544s	proactive you can Crush her face again I
2547s	start with the
2550s	tradable um and then could just go
2553s	threads of
2555s	Despair oh okay or
2560s	not I was thinking threads of Despair
2562s	just to make sure the board was
2563s	completely
2573s	cleared but I guess sh I get that like R
2575s	is definitely the big fear now right
2577s	insect is definitely the number one
2579s	thing that you're scared of cuz all of
2580s	the burn damage has been committed at
2582s	this point so you're really not going to
2583s	lose to anything else yeah I I would be
2587s	afraid of literally leaving anything on
2588s	the board uh at this stage so all right
2592s	lightning
2593s	reflexes
2597s	um especially a spell damage
2601s	totem yeah I mean this is maximum
2604s	frustration right cuz Wei is looking at
2605s	these cards going yeah if either of
2607s	those those cards had showed up in
2609s	either pick from the lightning reflexes
2610s	on the lethal turn we'd be in game two
2612s	by now and they both just pop up on the
2615s	turn where it doesn't really matter as
2616s	much yeah I thought feral Spirits was
2619s	interesting there too um I guess it
2622s	would have been full cost that's the
2624s	issue Four cast feral spirits and then
2626s	you have to spend another three mana on
2628s	the Jazz base to get the next discount
2631s	yeah it's a little sketch I think
2636s	yeah cuz the jaive insect itself is free
2640s	um yeah after you requip Jazz base but
2642s	you basically have to say that it cost
2643s	three Mana cuz you have to re-equip the
2645s	JA base because you're just continuously
2646s	getting Frozen exactly
2649s	yeah so just dealing a little bit of
2652s	damage and that's
2655s	it lightning pole face totem up and turn
2668s	awkward game of
2670s	HearthStone for both
2675s	players but I feel like Wu has very much
2678s	missed the window now
2680s	because not only can padn now keep the
2684s	board clear pretty easily he can also
2686s	start to build Boards of his own he
2688s	doesn't have to allocate Mana to
2689s	clearing anymore and like I was talking
2691s	about earlier every minion that you can
2693s	put in play is then something that WQ
2695s	has to allocate Mana to clearing out for
2697s	the the rag shots as well
2699s	so yeah bottom of the deck is um is
2703s	looking rough as well for weu I believe
2706s	there's like one Needle Rock totem a
2708s	conductivity blood Mage thos maybe a
2711s	pop-up book and then the rest is plagues
2714s	right at this point plagues and a snake
2717s	oil
2719s	yeah it's I think there's
2722s	only okay well now there's four plagues
2725s	oh no three three plagues because one
2733s	yeah okay two plages okay there was a
2738s	reflexes
2742s	I and this is
2745s	uh you can popup
2748s	book some some Rags but the bom paw is
2752s	posing an issue here
2757s	yeah this is what I mean right like what
2759s	even is the purpose of making the rag
2761s	board if there's just going to be eight
2762s	health minions hanging around on the
2764s	other side you have to get those things
2765s	to go face
2770s	yeah another pop-up
2774s	book yes you want to save that if you're
2776s	going to have any chance to go off with
2778s	the rag you probably want to save the
2779s	pop-up book and use just the lightning
2781s	storm here to clear
2783s	instead yep
2791s	but pan is going to be slightly out of
2794s	range with one more attack and to go up
2795s	to 25 so three rags by itself with the
2798s	face
2799s	Frozen even if every uh hit goes well I
2802s	guess you could pop up book face yeah
2804s	you can pop up book face and if there's
2805s	no minions in play or if every rag shot
2807s	wins the one in whatever to go face then
2810s	you have a tiny percent chance of
2811s	winning this game yeah but there um I
2816s	didn't see from the other ones but at
2821s	least uh if the hel's played there's
2824s	going to be a a blood plague in the deck
2826s	too which could swing the health even
2835s	further and we you we can only see
2838s	Hands just hands oh there's head
2853s	yeah think about just Army of the Dead
2854s	just to uh present LOL cuz I'm pretty
2856s	sure weu is just completely out of AOE
2859s	and completely out of discovers as
2868s	well all right only one plague it looks
2871s	like yeah only one plague drawn but it
2872s	was a
2873s	frost here we go uh here's the
2881s	you want to try and calculate the odds
2904s	here oh okay improving the odds yeah
2907s	yeah the snake oil can come
2911s	down so you have to hit a 1 in seven
2913s	three times in a
2921s	row well we have seen luckier things
2925s	happen but only twice
2941s	I think it's safe to say TJ this
2944s	probably was not how weq was hoping game
2947s	one of his broadcast World Championships
2949s	was going to
2950s	go
2961s	nope plenty of ways to clear too
2975s	there it is concede from WQ game one
2978s	goes to pad
2979s	nit and uh well fought victory in you
2983s	know a lot I feel like a lot of the
2985s	pressure of that game was on
2987s	wieku um but panti I feel
2991s	like uh put pressure on when pressure
2993s	needed to be put on right uh building a
2996s	border of Four Health min
2997s	forcing uh wiu to uh answer it and then
3002s	holding on to the the threads of Fate
3005s	because he knew that at some point the
3006s	rags were the last opportunity for Wu to
3009s	actually win the game knowing that
3012s	especially if the
3014s	uh um crop rotation was not picked up uh
3019s	for the grime Walker in order to deal
3021s	with the rags that would need the
3022s	threats of Faith to actually clear the
3024s	rag board once it came down so um make
3028s	sense I thought that was a a big deal as
3031s	well didn't realize until the end right
3033s	but when I saw this at the end I was
3035s	like okay well this these Rags could be
3037s	difficult to deal with if the threads of
3038s	Fate had not been used or had been used
3041s	right um been difficult and that was the
3044s	the last out essentially that was Wei's
3047s	entire entire game plan you saw as soon
3049s	as he realized that the racks were gone
3050s	there was no chance left so um nice
3053s	little game one intense game of
3056s	Hearthstone
3061s	yeah it was uh certainly some uh some
3064s	questions for weq along the way
3066s	definitely did get a little bit unlucky
3068s	with the lightning reflexes picks um no
3070s	doubt about that but I think then the
3072s	reaction like the re-calibration of the
3074s	turn of whiffing on the lightning
3076s	reflexes took a little bit too long for
3078s	weu and then wasn't able to adjust
3081s	further down the line um and then I
3084s	think maybe just got into too big of a
3086s	hole for the next two or three turns
3088s	after that you could see just the
3090s	frustration the the the body movements
3092s	the hand motions everything that was
3094s	coming in um so yeah we we'll we'll see
3096s	um certainly he's a very talented player
3098s	he's already beaten yala to get to this
3100s	point there's still plenty of room to go
3101s	in this series as well uh so hopefully
3104s	weu can pick it back up for the rest of
3105s	the
3107s	series
3109s	yeah that was all the game
3112s	one maybe it's just because it's been so
3114s	long since uh I've cast some competitive
3116s	Hearthstone but that felt like a whole
3118s	series right
3119s	there
3120s	oh I need a
3123s	nap particularly for a for a nature
3125s	Shaman game right which tend to end
3128s	fairly quickly one way or the other I do
3130s	think that build with the The Jive
3131s	insects can go a little bit longer for
3133s	the reasons that you saw you can
3135s	actually like make that final board when
3137s	the rest of your deck has been has been
3139s	busted so it's a little surprising to
3142s	see that deck go a lot longer you know
3143s	it does have this reputation of like a
3145s	win on turn six or turn seven or bust
3146s	kind kind of deck but that is something
3148s	that people have put time into working
3150s	on recently is to how to make the deck a
3151s	little bit more resilient without losing
3154s	that early punching
3155s	power
3157s	now yeah I suppose like the nature
3160s	Shaman does it a little bit more
3162s	consistently but you don't lose like
3163s	that many tools uh by adding in um like
3167s	the connectivity and and and drive
3169s	insect um like looking at the other
3172s	Shaman builds in the field that are
3174s	playing just like the pure nature Shaman
3176s	you have think like spe claws um
3178s	additional spell damage in like the form
3180s	of cobalt
3182s	geomancer um we see a BN uh a bunch of
3185s	players playing um well at Le a couple
3188s	players playing like fizzle to be able
3191s	to just go again um at a certain point
3194s	so you do have more consistent more
3197s	consistency but I I do like the the the
3200s	driv insect
3203s	variation very frustrating game of
3205s	having to play it though when your face
3208s	is frozen for eight
3211s	turns ohay all right here we go first
3216s	Demon Hunter game and first Warrior game
3218s	of the tournament at least that we're
3219s	seeing on
3220s	broadcast uh so a couple of the big big
3223s	hitter uh
3224s	classes in the field I think Demon
3227s	Hunter being uh the biggest of
3230s	hitters uh one of the most
3232s	successful um decks in the metag game
3235s	right now a lot of different variations
3237s	that we're seeing at least in terms of
3239s	you know five cards in the list but uh
3243s	Window Shopper is uh at the the the
3245s	heart of of each and every one it
3248s	feels yeah certainly I think a lot of
3254s	um casual semi-casual players who are
3256s	looking on might be expecting Demon
3258s	Hunter to be the terror of this
3259s	tournament because it is a most fields
3261s	of ladder um for the last week to two
3265s	weeks or so since the the most recent
3266s	adjustments I will say at a very very
3269s	high level uh Demon Hunter falls off a
3271s	bit and I think you know there have been
3273s	some predictions that Demon Hunter might
3275s	come into this tournament be a very like
3276s	heavily brought deck and just wildly
3279s	underperformed by a lot of people we've
3280s	seen that happen historically quite
3283s	often with Decks that you know report
3285s	very very well in ladder stats that to
3287s	specifically the top 50 players in the
3289s	world just don't really have the skill
3291s	expression or the edge that you'd want
3293s	and there have been accusations of that
3294s	towards Demon Hunter but what I will say
3296s	is when you get to go coin weapon uh
3299s	it's some of the most powerful things
3301s	that you can do in Hearthstone right
3303s	now yeah you can certainly whiff on
3307s	demons uh for this discover but you got
3309s	two chances because you have a wiow baby
3311s	Shopper you got a little baby
3316s	Shopper so you got two
3319s	goes but I think the other issue as well
3321s	is if you're playing against a resilient
3324s	deck some sort of control Deck with a
3325s	skilled pilot behind it
3327s	if they're really good at like
3328s	partitioning out their resources to be
3330s	able to deal with your waves the waves
3332s	are very obvious right like you know
3334s	what you have to beat against Demon
3336s	Hunter they play all their threats and
3338s	then they're kind of out of stuff it's
3339s	not like they can continue to generate
3341s	endless threats over time um so yes the
3344s	waves are very fast and very powerful
3346s	but if you are able to keep up with it
3348s	with something like control Warrior then
3351s	you uh you can still get over the line
3364s	first one down we we you choosing to
3366s	spend some Mana there which I respect
3368s	but you do have to have that
3370s	conversation with yourself right by
3371s	nature of Window Shopper there is
3374s	another Minion in hand that is the same
3376s	size as that minion that was in play
3378s	which is of course what Bladestorm is
3379s	particularly good at dealing with um but
3382s	otherwise you are just kind of wasting
3383s	two Manor on that turn by uh by Hero
3385s	powering you game two taking six from
3387s	the minion that was in play and there's
3389s	no guarantee that it wouldn't come down
3391s	you know three Mana 65 of some variety
3394s	and then like the one Mana one window
3395s	shopper for example and you'd have to
3397s	clear up that one Mana one one before
3398s	the blade storm would be effective
3411s	anyway having the shield slam as a
3413s	followup I think weq has found pretty
3415s	good answers to this stuff so far
3417s	yep just deal with it one at a
3421s	time all right and this is what I mean
3424s	right with a lot of control decks this
3426s	is how you know a lot of beginner
3427s	players play control decks there's a
3429s	minion in play you have a thing that
3430s	kill it kills it so you kill it right
3432s	and at a higher level better players
3435s	will run you out of removal if you keep
3437s	doing that right you have to use your
3438s	health as a resource as much as anything
3440s	else to be able to stack up two or three
3443s	minions in play and then clear them with
3444s	one card right that's classic the way
3447s	that control gains advantages I think
3449s	because Demon Hunter is limited in the
3451s	number of threats that it can play I
3453s	think weq can just say you know what if
3454s	there's one big minion in play I'm going
3456s	to kill that one big minion and I feel
3457s	like I can keep doing that for the rest
3459s	of the game
3463s	yeah unfortunately it doesn't work
3466s	against M
3469s	theodon it does if it's specifically
3473s	Reno specifically Reno which would mean
3476s	you have to have specifically at least
3479s	eight mana and specifically no
3481s	duplicates in your deck correct
3484s	yeah which uh hold on let me do some
3487s	math here wieku has
3496s	neither guessing that's Shield block yes
3498s	it
3503s	is you see here priority from wiq with
3506s	this low impact board um you know the
3508s	only thing that's particularly
3509s	threatening on this board is the mag
3510s	theodon there's nothing that he can do
3512s	about that currently anyway so just
3514s	valuing the cycle there over even trial
3517s	by fire for example like trial by fire
3519s	could clear up this board and actually
3520s	be dominant and stay in play but you'd
3522s	be playing it into a MAG theodon anyway
3524s	which kind of sucks um and I think WQ
3528s	understands right now number one
3528s	priority if he gets a free turn where
3530s	there's not too much pressure draw some
3532s	cards because he kind of has to get
3534s	rolling on some of that card draw he may
3536s	very well have to play an active Reno
3538s	this game if he's going to get out
3545s	unscathed
3548s	Wu like you said there's Bo's not that
3551s	threatening Wu just looks stressed like
3553s	every single decision is
3555s	agonizing yeah maybe after that game one
3558s	that's kind of the the
3560s	mindset um who's been put in
3564s	uh um P this just trying what what's the
3567s	best way to supplement this board and I
3571s	guess it's push uh damage
3574s	efficiently um that's the the the mo
3578s	here
3580s	so just going to kind of get the ball
3582s	rolling another three damage at the end
3583s	end of this turn for the um matheron
3587s	armor total's
3588s	gone but going to need a board to kind
3591s	of stick here because the damage from
3592s	hand is going to be pretty Limited
3601s	probably Shield block again right yeah I
3603s	respect this I think Wu is at least
3607s	trying to approach this properly
3609s	understanding that the card draw is
3610s	valuable does can then curve that into
3612s	the troll by fire and still clear all of
3614s	this
3621s	up right turn to use it as well because
3624s	now the mag merges and actually these
3626s	are real minions in play that need to be
3627s	dealt
3628s	with oh he's so
3633s	Wile look how WID he
3641s	is and now what is the question for
3647s	p okay full man of 107 seems like a
3650s	pretty good
3652s	stop nice
3657s	in the old red card magaron trick oh
3661s	we's like
3662s	no that's against the
3668s	rules it's so big I know there was a
3672s	period around the start of the expansion
3674s	where people were uh trying to figure
3676s	out whether was it frequency oscillator
3678s	the the 2 one Mech that discounts your
3679s	next Mech by one whether you're just
3681s	supposed to play that and four Mana 107
3683s	zelc in every single deck because
3685s	sometimes you just got to play a 107 on
3687s	turn two and that just kind of won the
3690s	game immediately
3694s	yep I mean oscillator is I feel like
3697s	it's in every deck it's in a lot of
3700s	decks that in the Drone it's like uh and
3703s	Miracle
3705s	salesman just the zombie Chows of
3709s	old the efficient one drops in the game
3722s	blad storm picked up but the frog is
3724s	blocking no active
3727s	Forge for the ignis can't even go for
3729s	like one Mana poisonous weapon here cuz
3731s	the forge hasn't been
3734s	made it's kind of an ugly looking hand
3737s	right now for weu yep it looks like he's
3739s	going to take
3741s	10 yep
3747s	yeah might as well dump a safety goggles
3750s	while you have the Mana because you
3751s	won't be able to double them up in the
3752s	same turn
3755s	without spending
3759s	Mana he's so mortified by every
3764s	turn well I mean
3767s	currently
3770s	uh there's no way to deal with the Z
3773s	well I guess there is if the Armor gets
3774s	chipped off you can always Odin safety
3782s	cockles yep yeah that's an answer that
3784s	feels
3788s	good 's like hell yeah
3793s	brother but I mean you are right if you
3795s	don't deal with it you're taking 20 from
3797s	it next turn and then you are dead
3799s	so I may be the only answer yep
3810s	think about whether or not it's a a
3811s	Desperado kind of
3813s	angle plop it
3816s	in plip
3820s	plop yeah I think the only I think the
3822s	best reason to go Spirit there would be
3825s	to play around Bladestorm again right
3826s	because you'd then have another stealth
3827s	minion with less Health but both blad
3829s	storms have been used one early and one
3831s	on the previous turn so I think it's
3832s	better to just have the uh the extra 32
3835s	minion that can attack
3838s	yep still got to find an
3843s	answer okay looks like that's an answer
3846s	and there's a shield
3847s	slam have a hammer too so uh that was
3852s	close very close to not having an answer
3855s	at all to the
3857s	ziac um so how much damage we looking at
3860s	this turn it's
3862s	three
3863s	8 11 12 13
3867s	pan
3874s	right where'd you get 13
3880s	from there's a metamorphosis in play oh
3884s	of course yeah yeah yeah yeah you are
3885s	absolutely right
3889s	yeah three from magaron four from
3893s	metamorphosis one from hero power mhm
3897s	three from
3900s	Desperado two from Spirit it's wake up
3904s	this turn right so it has to you have to
3906s	have Mana for the red card as well
3907s	depending on what else we draw which is
3910s	now relevant because I think there is a
3911s	second weapon left in the deck right for
3913s	that instrument attch there is but
3915s	that's not enough to fit in everything
3923s	no you can play Everything But the spear
3926s	I
3927s	guess which is one more damage and you
3931s	wouldn't hero
3933s	power oh yeah you don't get the
3935s	refreshed hero power for the one extra
3936s	attack anyway so it's just kind of the
3938s	same thing right yeah
3949s	yeah oh
3951s	God I'm sure he wasn't like this at
3954s	World should we should we get a a little
3957s	duplicate check on Wei right now that
3960s	does seem important yeah
3966s	um
3971s	what do you hear
3973s	that no what happened oh I have my phone
3976s	next to me and when I said can we get
3979s	another duplicate check on Wei right now
3981s	Siri started answering
3984s	oh she's like
3986s	oh that was weird I was like geez saw
3989s	all your voices changed all right let's
3990s	go ahead and turn that off and throw it
3992s	away that was
3994s	creepy all right we're back um I the
3998s	only duplicate I think
4002s	is Needle Rock totem
4024s	so all he can really do is armor up
4026s	remove swing with the
4029s	weapon yeah play the ver riff as well I
4032s	guess to extra armor
4034s	sure takes him to
4044s	10 so we're one
4049s	off or perhaps not perhaps not yeah we
4053s	have a couple of
4055s	pulls P has done very well here to be
4058s	able to get two weapons one of them
4060s	drawn uh with the instrument Tech and
4062s	both of those weapons have drawn the
4064s	window Shoppers that does not always
4068s	happen Pat nit finds the second mag and
4073s	that is going to be the extra damage
4075s	required that's going to be two Z Now
4078s	for pad needs are just getting over the
4079s	line and Wu's frustrations will continue
4082s	for at least one more game but he will
4084s	hope if he gets to be frustrated for
4086s	three more games of hearthstone weirdly
4089s	he's doing pretty well from this
4092s	point very nicely done and was was mdon
4097s	the only out for Window
4104s	Shopper not that it really matters how
4107s	much damage do you
4109s	need one one in the end right yeah and
4114s	it had already attacked it already
4116s	attacked yeah exactly so I think it does
4118s	have to be madon you
4122s	yeah um but I guess there's just small
4124s	enough pool of demons to wear mhm you
4127s	could also get I think there was enough
4129s	spare Mana to be able to tough crowd and
4131s	go again right on your one Mana
4132s	miniaturized Window Shopper yeah cuz is
4137s	um just started out with hero power plus
4139s	uh spirit so it's three plus six from
4142s	The Shopper then seven from the second
4145s	one yeah and then you could have would
4147s	you have enough Mana to go again then
4148s	play the additional one one call Shopper
4151s	again though that I'm not sure yeah you
4153s	it's happening right now right there's
4154s	two Mana left at this point so you can
4156s	play the one Mana shop and play one more
4158s	thing you would have been fine you did
4160s	hit tough crowd as an additional option
4161s	for that madon as well so you'd bounce
4163s	it back and then play The Shopper and
4165s	then have zero Mana oh no cuz he played
4167s	meon yeah you're right you're right
4168s	you're right you're right
4169s	yeah cool cool cool Sol good at
4173s	Max no doubt no doubt no doubt sh for sh
4177s	for it is it is two Z for pad and I
4182s	think less impactful from um Wu's actual
4187s	decision points that game I think that
4189s	was just kind of a very very strong draw
4192s	from the Demon Hunter where it was a one
4194s	drop coin weapon uh both of the Shoppers
4196s	stayed in the deck to be cooperative and
4198s	get drawn by the weapon which as I was
4200s	saying does not always happen you allows
4202s	you to cheat just enormous amounts of
4204s	Mana um and if your count on the deck
4206s	was correct there at the end he was
4208s	still probably a a needle Rock totem
4211s	away from winning the game because he
4212s	then could have just slammed Reno that
4213s	turn right and cleared up the the
4215s	dormant mag as well as the rest of the
4216s	board gained five armor swung with the
4218s	weapon gained even more armor um and
4220s	it's possible that um Pito would have
4223s	been struggling to develop pressure the
4225s	next game and we could have uh sorry the
4226s	next turn we could have even seen like
4228s	counter swing with Odin coming down soon
4230s	depending on what cards were left over
4232s	so still perhaps a little bit closer
4234s	game than it might have looked but wiq
4236s	just continuing to be frustrated in
4238s	these these first two games yeah narrow
4240s	narrow
4241s	margins as well on these games uh which
4245s	are the most frustrating to
4247s	lose uh to be quite honest uh but moving
4250s	now into game three potential match
4253s	point for Pat nit it's
4257s	uh zamiri priest versus the Odin Warrior
4260s	once
4262s	again this contend to be a pretty tough
4264s	matchup for the priest I'd
4269s	say it can yeah um just generally the
4274s	easiest way to win games as priest is
4276s	you play a few minions and they stick
4277s	right and then the world is your oyster
4280s	because minion sticking means funnel
4282s	cake options minion sticking means
4284s	dreambow options
4286s	and Minion sticking means lethal if you
4288s	have an active zeri most of the time if
4290s	you can get that and play it also
4291s	improves your zelc because um it plays
4294s	ticking moduled most of the time uh in
4296s	this build of the deck and that is what
4297s	Pat ner is playing but Warrior is of
4300s	course one of the best classes in the
4301s	game and making sure that if it doesn't
4302s	want minions to stick it does not have
4303s	to let minions stick so it is one of the
4306s	tougher matchups to build a board
4307s	against but you can sometimes get those
4309s	games instead where you start generating
4311s	like infinite value engines with uh with
4314s	amthor and syn synchronizes and the
4316s	Discover options that you get off arthor
4318s	stuff like that like you discover a
4320s	raden off an aranth or something and
4322s	then you can just make infinite boards
4323s	for the rest of the game like that kind
4324s	of deal things can happen um which I
4327s	think is why why people who like this
4329s	priest deck like this priest deck right
4331s	and it's been the case and I've been one
4332s	of those people since like Naga priest
4335s	is there are it's very flexible it may
4338s	feel like all it does is you know play
4340s	five dragons and then play zeri and if
4342s	it doesn't do that quickly enough it
4343s	dies but when you really start to get to
4345s	grips with the deck there are lots of
4347s	cheeky little things that you can do
4348s	here and there oh
4351s	yeah it it it almost feels like a casino
4354s	priest in a way um
4357s	yeah just
4359s	because
4361s	yo what we just straight up two Mana
4364s	executed that
4365s	thing yeah I mean I don't want it
4368s	sticking
4371s	around I feel like when when once you
4374s	have like number of games in your belt
4376s	with the zoom priest you come to realize
4378s	that
4379s	like um
4383s	activating Zari
4385s	itself tends to
4387s	be uh like an afterthought you're kind
4391s	of playing for TJ I have come so close
4393s	to cutting zeri from this deck so many
4397s	times yeah I mean I how dare one how
4401s	dare you um two no really how dare you
4405s	and three there's so many games that you
4407s	wouldn't win without it and what are you
4409s	even going to
4411s	put would you
4413s	replace there so there are situations
4415s	where you play scale replica and it
4416s	would be better to guarantee you're
4418s	drawing two one Mana dragons right first
4420s	and foremost oh absolutely secondly
4422s	secondly sometimes you just have this
4424s	irritating five Mana card in your hand
4426s	and you're not playing Dragons you're
4428s	doing like cleric funnel cake Thrifty
4431s	drift Drifter stuff instead right and
4433s	this card in in your hand is just like a
4435s	man a Yeti that's never going to do
4436s	anything essentially what I mean when I
4439s	say that is I really wish this deck was
4441s	still Naga priest cuz Naga priest was
4443s	way cooler than this deck but obviously
4445s	with the tools that have been lost by
4447s	Naga priest you have to play this kind
4449s	of dragon scam package instead which
4451s	does get you so many free wins that you
4454s	absolutely cannot cut it from the deck
4455s	at all
4458s	yeah well letting the welp Wrangler live
4462s	lets the priest allows to be an
4466s	afterthought right because you're just
4467s	naturally going to get it activated
4470s	whereas if you don't get that well
4472s	bangler sticking around for multiple
4473s	turns then you act actively have to
4475s	think about okay well if my game plan is
4478s	is a Zari win in the next couple turns I
4481s	need to try and play dragons even if
4482s	that means my Tempo is slightly less
4485s	because of it um as you get a welp
4488s	Wrangler for three
4490s	turns start slamming happy WS every
4493s	every turn just space them out if you
4494s	want play them all one turn if you want
4496s	you do
4497s	whatever I mean they are particularly
4501s	happy uh I
4504s	don't I think a more accurate name for
4507s	it would be deranged
4511s	welp
4513s	um but sure we see I feel like we'll go
4517s	with happy some someone went to the art
4519s	department and went I need you to draw a
4521s	card that's called happy welp and the
4524s	person in the art Department went yep
4525s	you got it B I understand the assignment
4527s	and they drew a happy welp I'm entirely
4530s	okay with this chain of events ending up
4532s	where we
4533s	are but only for you to come along and
4536s	call that poor hard person's work
4542s	deranged okay here's how I Envision it
4545s	someone said we're making a card that's
4547s	called happy welp can you go and draw
4550s	the a a card that's a welp that's happy
4553s	and the artist was like
4556s	H oh I'll draw a happy welp all right
4560s	how's this for you is he happy
4564s	enough and and that's the result so same
4569s	same story slight
4572s	deviation and this is the result
4581s	mhm
4583s	see imagine if there there was one more
4586s	on yeah no never mind it wouldn't have
4588s	worked out it's going to work out
4589s	perfectly regardless I was going to say
4590s	that well bringler live for one more
4592s	turn but you can just play this well
4594s	bangler and then still have Zer on 6
4596s	which would have been the pace in the
4597s	previous time not that it matters
4599s	because I don't think Z On 6 is really
4600s	going to do much given the current board
4603s	State ah
4609s	maybe need a
4613s	Drifter yeah Drifter would be huge
4616s	is pry huge in these
4618s	scenarios but this is what I was talking
4620s	about earlier right like it's a pretty
4622s	decent board but straight up one card
4624s	from Warrior just blows it out the water
4625s	with the forge and now it's going to be
4627s	very very difficult for padin to
4630s	actually build a board that sticks with
4632s	the Zari
4634s	turn does have Leroy in hand though
4636s	which you know can help you scam a
4638s	little bit harder for those those times
4640s	where you can't actually have a big zil
4641s	a board rocking
4647s	star out welp being uh Pat's kind of
4650s	30th card in this
4652s	deck um there's a few different things
4655s	floating around uh sometimes it is a
4657s	staright welp sometimes it's two
4658s	staright welp sometimes there's a posic
4660s	snuck in there um I know you were
4663s	playing with gorm earlier or or Euro
4666s	worm as you were referring it to there's
4669s	a few different things you can put in
4670s	there depending on the consistency with
4672s	which you would like to draw one man of
4674s	welps when you already have zi in your
4676s	hand as one of the bigger impacts but
4678s	sometimes you actually draw too many
4679s	dragons and then your um your scale
4682s	replica just gets dead in hand or is
4684s	only going to draw one Dragon a lot of
4685s	time yeah I think out of all the
4687s	variations that I tested across the
4689s	field my favorites was this one from Pat
4693s	nit um because it's like from the quote
4696s	unquote standard list I guess um I don't
4699s	know if Leroy itself is standard but
4701s	it's like most players Leroy is pretty
4704s	standard at this point yeah there's a
4705s	lot of people that cut it um is but B's
4708s	version is basically minus one Starlight
4710s	well plus one Hearthstone Brew yeah
4713s	which makes like I don't know it
4716s	just
4718s	beautiful it's just one extra card of
4721s	like all right I I lost right my board's
4724s	gone I got nothing left heart stone Brew
4728s	GG
4739s	this is one of those
4741s	situations all right nothing left got to
4744s	play a
4745s	Tempo uh
4752s	Zari yeah I think this is something that
4754s	you do have to get to grips with pretty
4756s	fast with the deck is I've certainly
4757s	seen people attempt to play this deck
4759s	where they're like okay well I don't
4761s	like I'm not setting up a a two turn
4763s	like Time Walk lethal if I play zi here
4765s	so I'm going to hold on to it until I do
4767s	but like no most of the time if you can
4769s	play Zari it's your best play your best
4772s	play is usually taking two Hearthstone
4774s	turns instead of one that's usually
4776s	better than anything else you can
4780s	do yep especially against Warrior there
4783s	are some like Fringe case scenarios if
4785s	you're playing against like a super
4786s	greedy combo deck or control deck or if
4789s	like you know fatigue decks ever made
4791s	their way to the meta game
4793s	where there is some
4796s	weird otks that you could do where you
4799s	wait till 10 Mana um you Leroy zeri and
4803s	dump thirsty Drifters and then the next
4805s	turn you copy the Leroy so you're
4808s	essentially getting mhm 18 damage but I
4812s	haven't been able you can do it with um
4814s	Leroy funnel cake Celestial projector
4817s	and Leroy as well yeah you get the three
4819s	Mana back from uh from funnel cake
4822s	anyway yeah um but you need a even with
4825s	funnel cakes you need a load of Mana you
4827s	need to be able to hold on to resources
4828s	for very many turns without taking too
4830s	like without like taking pressure um and
4834s	Warrior will literally just armor out of
4836s	range of any combo that you can do if
4838s	given that time so and that's the only
4840s	real deck that I feel goes that long in
4842s	the current meta game so it's not
4844s	possible now um
4847s	but maybe maybe one day this deck sticks
4852s	around for a while and like control
4854s	priest comes
4861s	around wow
4863s	okay I don't like this holding cards
4866s	business this worries
4868s	me I'm not a card holder TJ I don't know
4871s	if you know this about me The Drifter
4873s	well this is p saying all right this
4875s	board's gone um hopefully that's the
4878s	last removal then next turn I could you
4880s	know yeah but what if it isn't you know
4883s	like it's not that hot it's not that
4885s	easy to clear that board right like well
4887s	you're would you have set up lethal I
4889s	think that's the only chance that I
4891s	would have gone gone in further as if
4895s	this board's not dealt with it's a
4897s	lethal setup no you wouldn't have sailed
4899s	lethal but you would have been pushing
4900s	four extra damage this turn right
4903s	counter question if you play it and they
4906s	have the gift into brawl right or
4909s	whatever their instant board clear is
4911s	anyway are you winning the game from
4913s	that point CU I don't think you are
4916s	I feel like I feel like you play the
4918s	biggest board you can and hope they
4919s	don't have removal and start pushing
4920s	damage if I'm on Duel in he stone or in
4923s	my or in my deck still um there I'm not
4927s	C myself out okay I ain't C myself out
4930s	sdle okay so to be fair yeah context of
4933s	this particular game we've still got a
4934s	couple of synchronizers we've still got
4936s	an Arman Thor and there is the hearth
4938s	stone brew that I'm not accounting for
4939s	cuz that's not a card that I've ever I
4941s	haven't played a single game of this
4942s	deck with Hearthstone Brew in it um
4944s	which you know it it's it's low quality
4947s	cards but you know it is an extra nine
4949s	cards that you can just have that do
4950s	something over the course of the game
4952s	and there's a couple of decent outs that
4953s	you can get from it so sure
4976s	well this board's going to say bye-bye
4978s	via sanitize this turn I would
4981s	imagine
4988s	um although actually like a what like a
4991s	blad storm trial by fire actually does a
4994s	pretty good job against this board as
4996s	well is just trial by fire enough on its
4999s	own just trial by
5002s	fire uh you clear off enough
5010s	I mean I guess you could TR buff our no
5013s	you can trop a fire in Bladestorm cuz
5015s	the Bladestorm would stop short at the
5017s	the
5018s	totem yeah it's not even like you can
5020s	trade off the the happy welp first right
5023s	you're still only doing two if you could
5024s	get blad stor to deal three before
5026s	playing the tri by fire that'd be pretty
5028s	huge but just think is good enough
5035s	yeah I think it does look like both
5037s	players are just uh settling in for a
5040s	longer game right we you not wanting to
5043s	blow the premium removal understanding
5046s	that he does have health to play with as
5047s	a resource kind of thing I was talking
5049s	about
5050s	earlier and there is the amthal with the
5053s	power cord synchronize
5057s	yeah every time I play
5061s	sanitize unless I win the game
5063s	immediately I kick myself later for
5065s	playing
5067s	sanitize and even when I think to myself
5070s	oh if I play it now I'm going to kick
5071s	myself for playing sanitize I'm going to
5072s	save this and then I save it and then
5074s	play it later in the game later later in
5076s	that game I still kick myself for
5078s	playing it the second time that I said I
5080s	I was I was going to kick myself for
5081s	playing it the first time
5084s	mhm so now I just play Warrior and just
5088s	never play sanitize
5096s	yeah I agree with this Jammer remove to
5099s	you want to keep copy minion active just
5102s	in case the armal sticks because copy
5104s	minion is the nuts when you have Leroy
5106s	in your hand of
5109s	course uh is additional amthor sometimes
5113s	I have I've I've played this game before
5115s	okay it's going to go oh yeah got to got
5117s	to cycle to that hardstone Brew for sure
5119s	but I have played that game of uh of
5122s	dragon priest before when where you play
5125s	an Armen Thal take the tier they kill
5127s	the aren Thal and then you just play the
5128s	tier and you have another arthor and
5129s	then you're away and then you discover a
5132s	raden and then all sorts of magical
5133s	things
5153s	happen well isn't this
5157s	problematic yeah this is the this is the
5159s	quiz that you've got to pass when you're
5160s	choosing not to use sanitize though
5162s	right because the reverse can be true
5165s	sometimes as well sometimes you you keep
5167s	you keep sanitized and because you've
5169s	kept sanitized you kind of underc commit
5171s	on removal and then because you've
5172s	underc committed on removal they chip
5174s	away your armor all game and you just
5176s	never have that stack of armor to be
5177s	able to do the massive
5181s	clear this is the F full circle moment
5184s	from my explanation of how I play
5185s	sanitized earlier mhm well then you
5188s	realize at the very end of it all that
5191s	you should have just played sanitized
5192s	the first time
5196s	yeah okay it's like deciding whether to
5199s	eat an entire family size share boox of
5201s	chocolates on your own like you know
5203s	it's a bad decision and you know you're
5205s	going to hate yourself afterwards for
5206s	doing it but then at the end of the day
5208s	you're an adult and it made you happy so
5210s	live your life you know
5216s	hey
5218s	man wasn't sure if you were going with
5220s	me on the analogy at all just what a
5223s	sermon
5225s	a that's just lethal it is just lethal
5228s	yeah it's Tais I thought it was going to
5229s	be off but literally just didn't gain
5231s	armor last turn just slammed a ninan
5233s	Odin all right and that Series right
5236s	there Pat nitzia is going to move out of
5238s	the group uh from this matchup with a 30
5242s	score over Weeki not what I expected uh
5246s	in terms of score felt like the underdog
5249s	through and through even if you just
5250s	looked at the specific deck matchups
5252s	across the way every match felt like a a
5256s	a slight uphill battle and was just able
5258s	to get the job done time time after time
5261s	and I feel like it was slim margins on
5263s	each and every game but
5264s	that's that's
5268s	Hearthstone that is indeed hearth stone
5271s	Brew um yeah we can go back and examine
5273s	some of the decisions there
5275s	like I still feel like I would have all
5277s	in that last uh thirsty Drifter but
5279s	certainly you the other fact that I
5281s	necessarily didn't pay as much attention
5283s	to as I should have done is that he had
5284s	the other projectionist in his hand as
5286s	well so it's it it is one a bird in the
5290s	hand is worth two in the bush kind of
5291s	thing right like he could have played
5292s	one extra 46 that turn but by holding on
5295s	to it it's not one 46 later with your
5298s	next wave it was two 4 sixes later
5300s	because otherwise you're you're
5301s	stranding that projectionist in your
5304s	hand which you couldn't play on that
5305s	turn which I think puts an extra tick in
5307s	in the column for his way of thinking
5309s	but I think largely what it comes down
5311s	to as well is just he's more familiar
5313s	with that style of the deck than I am
5315s	and knows with the addition of Hearth
5317s	and starlight welps giving you a bit of
5319s	extra value as well and that you can
5321s	just grind the match up a little bit
5323s	longer like I certainly have ground out
5325s	Warriors before but it just didn't look
5327s	like that hand which at the time didn't
5330s	have an aranth Thal did not have a
5331s	Hearthstone Brew in it was going to go
5333s	the grindy route but uh in the end you
5335s	can see like even if that wasn't lethal
5337s	he still had several waves left to go if
5340s	the the big clear had come down there so
5342s	very well played in the end from from
5344s	Pat nit from weu I have to say
5346s	uncharacteristically shaky based on what
5349s	we saw uh last year in the world
5350s	championships as well um so piad I think
5353s	has done very very well to beat two of
5355s	the breakout performers from last year
5357s	back to back and just Waltz his way out
5359s	of group a uh gu was was arguably the
5362s	second best player in the tournament uh
5364s	or in the in the format last year
5366s	outside of pocket train and wieku man
5368s	won a lot of supporters as well so great
5370s	great performance from PN in that that
5373s	upper
5373s	bracket absolutely we may even get to
5376s	see the that uh a rematch later on uh
5379s	between Wu and yla to basically catch up
5382s	on the uh the match that we missed uh in
5385s	the initial match since we joined this
5387s	group um in progress so that could be
5390s	good uh but yeah that was
5392s	a solid series series solid series
5395s	overall it felt a lot longer than just a
5397s	regular 3 it was a long like yeah for
5401s	sure yeah very very long three long may
5404s	it
5406s	continue well no saddle I I mean great
5409s	job just take my point and reiterate it
5412s	that's what I'm that's what I want to
5413s	see through this whole day it's just
5416s	repeating what I said in a cooler accent
5419s	you know
5421s	whatever all right sdle with that it's
5423s	time for a break uh when we come back
5425s	we're going to have some more Group B
5427s	action uh so don't go anywhere more
5429s	Hearthstone Master tour spring
5431s	Championship right after this
5448s	[Music]
5461s	[Music]
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5629s	hello everyone welcome back to the 2024
5633s	Hearthstone master tour spring
5635s	championship and we are getting ready to
5637s	get through our lower uh match here for
5641s	group a so to take you through that game
5643s	is myself Dragon Rider and joined by
5646s	Lorinda how you doing Lorinda yeah I'm
5649s	doing great um really excited obviously
5651s	to be doing another Masters Tour and
5653s	we're going to be kicking it off as far
5655s	as you and I are concerned with an
5657s	amazing matchup between yalo and gu like
5659s	worthy of a final going into this but
5661s	then we're going to say that about most
5662s	of the matches because this lineup is
5665s	stacked uh yala obviously a player who I
5668s	think a lot of people thought was going
5670s	to win the World Championships a couple
5672s	of years ago let alone deserved to um
5675s	still missing major wins from his resume
5676s	and gu I think s summed it up second
5679s	best performer of last year in a lot of
5680s	ways behind pocking train do you see it
5682s	the same
5683s	way yeah absolutely I I do think that gu
5686s	is a very high performer and definitely
5689s	somebody that we need to be uh keeping
5690s	an eye on because the performances have
5693s	been wonderful
5694s	uh yarla definitely not a stranger to
5696s	these tournaments either uh but we will
5699s	talk a little bit about that I want to
5700s	switch over again to you here and talk
5704s	about uh some of these lineups and this
5707s	information I also am really interested
5709s	uh favor card deep Miner brand but uh is
5714s	he even running deep Miner brand here I
5717s	was just checking I didn't think he was
5718s	but like I've gone crazy overnight or
5721s	something no he's not playing bran so
5724s	boo you got to play your favorite card
5726s	how do you expect to win
5728s	anything yeah the these lineups are
5730s	really interesting uh and and once the
5733s	one thing we're seeing with these
5735s	Warriors specifically is this kind of uh
5738s	decision between this Odin Warrior that
5741s	we're seeing a lot of these players
5742s	bringing or that pure Highlander type
5746s	version uh that sdle was talking about a
5748s	little bit before and then kind of a um
5751s	hybrid version that kind of goes halfway
5754s	uh but these Odin Warriors are just
5756s	focused on kind of going in on the Odin
5760s	potential there so they aren't running
5762s	brand uh but yla also not running brand
5765s	with his Odin Warrior either no
5768s	abolutely he's not saying it's his
5769s	favorite card so it's a little bit more
5771s	forgivable um yala there we saw the
5773s	stats um still at the top of the list
5775s	that um Global games result 100 years
5778s	ago uh world champion runnerup obviously
5780s	a massive achievement two times grandmas
5783s	champion and he made four semifinal uh
5786s	five semi-finals in a row in Grand
5788s	Masters by the way he reached the top
5790s	four of the best 16 in Europe which was
5791s	basically the best 16 in the world five
5794s	seasons in a row but still never really
5798s	did how do you word it he never won a
5801s	big Masters Tour with 300 players he
5803s	made top eights top fours constant
5805s	constant performer uh but I think he is
5807s	better suited to these 16 player and
5809s	eight player events where he has always
5811s	done a lot better in these obviously you
5813s	start off with only 16 players I don't
5814s	mean that he is just so solid percentage
5817s	wise in these so surprised to see him at
5819s	0 and one see if he gets to turn it
5820s	around but not an easy match up when
5822s	your 0 and one to play
5824s	you yeah and unfortunately uh for these
5828s	players this is kind of a this is the
5831s	last chance here because as you said
5833s	they already did lose one and they do
5836s	need two wins to make it through the
5838s	group so if uh if this is going to be
5841s	potentially it for one of our players
5843s	here and and we are getting into game
5845s	number one it is going to be both of
5848s	these Warriors that we were talking
5849s	about these Odin warriors uh so they
5852s	both are a little bit focused on kind of
5854s	going in on that Odin but they do have a
5858s	little bit of difference in their uh
5861s	deck lists
5863s	here yeah just looking through you say a
5866s	little bit difference I'm skimming
5867s	through there definitely is cuz they
5869s	different size lists yes yla is running
5873s	FZ
5875s	yeah yeah it it is it's mostly
5878s	duplicates I would say but uh some of
5880s	those kind of important cards right that
5882s	are doing a lot of the armor gain are
5885s	duplicated uh they are both running
5888s	acolyte of pain as well so there is a
5891s	little bit additional uh draw I think
5894s	there was some some talk about the kind
5895s	of speed that Warrior is able to draw
5899s	these cards at uh but we don't see
5901s	either of those in the hands yet here uh
5906s	gu has a little bit more of uh being
5909s	able to kind of search and find things
5911s	with a little bit of this uh tradable
5915s	but Shield I should guess Shield block
5917s	could draw as
5920s	well yeah this this whole meta is really
5923s	weird sorry just just going to go a
5925s	slight tangent on the card dra there but
5927s	like verse riff okay no corus riff no
5930s	other riff just verse riff in this deck
5932s	we've got um death knights with only
5934s	Hellier in it it's um The Meta is really
5937s	strange right now it's get the cards
5939s	that work the best not as necessarily
5941s	Synergy just dump them in a deck just
5942s	take the best cards in a class and lob
5945s	them in a deck and see what happens
5946s	seems to be a thing that has defined the
5948s	current meta and it turns out that
5950s	that's pretty good we've got a lot of
5952s	powerful cards obviously there Synergy
5954s	and Warrior we're cycling through decks
5955s	incredibly quickly um but it is
5959s	interesting to me how synergetic cards
5961s	such as the riffs are just being played
5963s	on their own
5965s	yeah it is really interesting and also I
5968s	think there was a lot of talk about Reno
5970s	in that first match as well uh both of
5972s	these players are playing Reno Lone
5974s	Ranger even though there are a high
5976s	number of duplicates but and as that was
5978s	stated there there's so much draw for
5981s	these Warriors that depending on how
5983s	long the game goes if they're able to
5985s	kind of really draw through their entire
5987s	deck they can get to that Reno pretty
5989s	easily and in this mirror match we might
5992s	see it go that long where they do
5994s	potentially get to uh draw their
5996s	duplicates and get to play Reno actively
6000s	uh but I think uh for yarla being able
6003s	to have a little bit more kind of
6005s	staying power with that fizzle that
6007s	could be really interesting if it goes
6010s	uh into the kind of far
6012s	fatigue yeah do you think it will go
6015s	that far maybe it will um I'm I'm just
6017s	to see that if either of them go
6019s	anywhere near playing one of the rock
6020s	stars on the board as Odin is taking off
6024s	the top for G so he's in Prime position
6026s	of course um or if when you start
6029s	hitting your opponent you just hit them
6030s	for a 30 with the double Rockstar combo
6033s	and it's kind of over at that point
6037s	but that's all well and good if you've
6040s	got Odin going if your opponent hasn't
6042s	if they both have Odin going you're
6044s	gaining 30 and hitting them for 30 then
6046s	yes suddenly neither of them is killing
6048s	the other one in
6050s	time yeah it I was going to say it might
6054s	go that long if these Warrior decks play
6056s	out very much like uh the CIF Mage ends
6059s	up being for a lot of players where CIF
6061s	just hides in the bottom but uh the Odin
6064s	not hiding and gu also still has coins
6067s	so at this point might be wanting to
6069s	just hold this coin uh to play out that
6071s	Odin earlier uh and get that out as
6074s	quickly as possible and we'll see if uh
6076s	on the other side yarla can find Odin
6078s	because yeah as you mentioned if one
6080s	player finds it and one player doesn't
6083s	it might kind of feel like it's a little
6085s	bit of a lopsided matchup yep still
6087s	plenty of turns like there's five more
6089s	turns for yala to find it which is yeah
6092s	a lot of cards as you have highlighted a
6094s	couple of times there um something I
6097s	always think these top players do so
6099s	much better than even sort of good
6101s	players is hand size management I just
6104s	look at a hand like guos or yala right
6106s	now I don't want to draw any cards cuz I
6109s	like all the cards I've
6110s	got um and they they find a way to
6113s	consistently make space um get another
6116s	card uh not overdraw make sure you're
6119s	keeping the good cards and somehow it
6121s	always looks fine if I do this it looks
6123s	so simple when you're playing against it
6124s	or when you're watching it trust me in a
6126s	minute I'm going to have 10 cards in my
6128s	hand I'm going to like them all I'm
6129s	going to forget to discard I'm going to
6130s	overdraw something important they going
6132s	to lose the
6134s	game yeah and I think especially with uh
6138s	something like the acolytes of pain can
6140s	really stack on top of that as well
6142s	right if they have lights out there is
6145s	the potential of things like the blad
6146s	storms to add to the potential of
6150s	overdrawing so they will have to be a
6152s	little bit careful of how they uh kind
6154s	of sequence their cards or when they
6157s	might want to go in on actually playing
6159s	something like acolyte if they're going
6161s	to also play removal at the same time
6164s	but we might also see in a mirror match
6166s	things like what we just saw there which
6167s	was a Bladestorm uh purely just to
6170s	remove the Needle Rock totem off of the
6173s	board so yla just clearing that up and
6176s	then following up uh with his own Minion
6178s	there with the stone skin armor yeah and
6180s	actually getting something for your BL
6182s	storms kind of a result sometimes you
6183s	just want to throw it away completely to
6186s	make space again what I said cycling
6188s	your cards through making space make
6190s	more
6191s	cards um and keep yourself on nine the
6194s	whole
6197s	time obviously gu in a decent spot here
6199s	with coin Odin in hand but he doesn't
6201s	know that yala hasn't got his is Odin
6204s	yet and also we don't know that yala is
6205s	not going to get that next turn course
6207s	yala will be looking for even more
6209s	cycle so G be planning ahead to try and
6213s	start doing damage with that Odin when
6216s	he gets the
6219s	chance and both players just have been
6222s	stacking up their armor at these points
6224s	as well so cuz that's all they really
6227s	can do it's just uh gain some armor and
6229s	draw some cards for a good part of the
6232s	first you know first half of the
6235s	game and if you're yala now it's sort of
6238s	an emergency in my opinion um you you're
6241s	both over halfway through your deck
6242s	you're the one who hasn't got ODed in
6244s	you have to assume your opponent does of
6245s	course they're over halfway through so
6247s	they're more than 50/50 to have it if
6249s	you look at it that way and yala
6251s	realizes this
6253s	turn is a turn where he needs to find
6255s	Odin or things can start getting nasty
6256s	for
6258s	him yeah and being on seven Mana this
6262s	turn as you said means that yla really
6264s	wants to be able to find that Odin uh
6266s	very quickly only two more turns there
6268s	are is some more card draw but again you
6271s	you start to add in that hand size
6273s	potential and if yla were to go in on
6277s	something like just playing the fizzle
6279s	that uh shuffles that snapshot into the
6281s	deck which then means uh less likelihood
6285s	of drawing the Odin so does he want to
6287s	wait until after the Odin is in hand to
6289s	play the fizzle uh when does he want to
6291s	go in on this acolyte the hand is is
6293s	pretty full so there's just a lot of
6295s	very awkward things for yarla here just
6298s	not really finding those cards that he
6300s	really would like to find whereas on the
6302s	other side it's looking a little bit uh
6305s	looking a little bit better for GU here
6307s	now just drawing on turn seven this
6310s	active ignis and uh ignis is an
6313s	interesting card as well I think with
6314s	this Odin Warrior where yeah you're
6316s	getting uh this great weapon that you're
6318s	able to put together you're not getting
6320s	two like you would in some of the other
6322s	lists because of that deep Miner brand
6325s	but also just being able to get this
6327s	powerful weapon start pushing that
6329s	damage and set up for this big weapon in
6332s	preparation for the Odin that you is
6335s	likely to coin out next turn is just
6338s	fantastic timing what absolute garbage
6340s	First Choice there for him though all
6342s	Minion related and there won't be many
6344s	minions to relate to so did take the 10
6347s	obviously in planning for you know
6349s	getting oding down next turn then doing
6350s	a load of damage the turn after and then
6352s	just playing the weapon on 10 whilst
6353s	you've you've done a whole chunk uh this
6356s	is an important game for yala by the way
6358s	we haven't discussed the lineups much
6360s	particularly um but gu's other two
6363s	non-banned decks are the the Warlock
6366s	which does a lot of damage very quickly
6369s	against the warrior and also the Demon
6371s	Hunter which it's a bit hard to get a
6373s	gauge on exactly what the win rate is
6375s	there you don't really want to be stuck
6376s	with Warrior versus Demon Hunter you can
6378s	definitely lose that as we've seen um so
6381s	this this 50/50 for yala might be be his
6384s	best shot in this match to get the
6385s	warrior out of here and it looks like
6387s	he's behind in
6392s	it yeah if those wondering as well he
6394s	yala did ban the priest if you're
6396s	wondering why this Warrior is in a bad
6397s	spot well that the priest is good
6398s	against the warrior too so yeah you kind
6402s	of soft targeting this Warrior
6405s	here a little bit I I almost wonder if
6408s	uh he was also a bit targeting the Mage
6413s	but it's kind of interesting with G's
6415s	lineup having this Odin Warrior and that
6418s	Shopper Demon Hunter that both kind of
6420s	want to swing with weapons that want to
6422s	attack uh the Mage potentially has a
6426s	little bit more freedom I guess in in
6428s	that lineup of being able to free freeze
6431s	things and kind of keep those weapons at
6433s	Bay a little bit but yeah this matchup
6436s	and especially just these draws for uh
6439s	yla yla was able to find ignis but now
6442s	is going to get that news that that uh
6444s	Odin just got coined out there and now
6448s	it feels like yarla is on a clock a
6450s	little bit here on a clock a little bit
6452s	and no way currently of fighting back
6454s	obviously if he starts armoring up
6456s	himself before the Odin that is
6458s	long-term damage that has been missed um
6461s	on the other side he has got that fizzle
6462s	down you know there should be plenty
6464s	going on there at some point if he needs
6466s	it but yeah gu has the the license to
6470s	start doing chunky chunky damage
6472s	although he hasn't got lots of armor
6474s	gain in hand at the moment but I mean I
6477s	say that they safety go cuz they double
6479s	sanitized at do three at least one of
6481s	those have been forged there's a verse
6483s	Rift that's ready to go there's the
6484s	Rockstar there's a lot of damage
6490s	there and yla with 10 cards in the deck
6494s	was able to play the active
6497s	Reno which does mean that g is only
6500s	going to have one board space here so
6502s	might not be ble to go for a ton of uh
6506s	different plays but also there's not a
6508s	lot of options at the moment for being
6511s	able to go Wi on board anyways so I
6514s	don't feel like the the board space uh
6517s	issue here is as relevant uh for this
6520s	Reno coming out but being able to play
6523s	the acolyte of pain uh use that
6526s	Aftershock so Q has now drawn a couple
6529s	more cards here picking up his own Reno
6532s	it is annoying though he wants to get
6533s	that weapon down on 10 this turn he
6535s	wants to play a couple of rock stars and
6536s	do do you know a lump of damage or maybe
6539s	he didn't want to do that that's how I
6540s	would be looking at it uh now he's going
6542s	have to do all kind of backwards miss
6544s	this turn weapon on 10 lumpy damage on
6548s	11 um which is okay it's not a bad
6551s	position to be
6553s	in also now he might have to waste um
6556s	one of his damage spells without a
6558s	rockstar on the board yeah he's just
6559s	going to play the goggles just to to do
6562s	something
6564s	yeah and I do wonder if only having one
6566s	of those Razer fan rockstars kind of
6568s	impacted that decision as well because
6570s	the second Razer Fen Rockstar was drawn
6572s	from uh the acolyte damage uh drawing
6575s	some cards so there definitely could be
6578s	potential for you to just want to go for
6580s	that massive damage of playing both rock
6582s	stars in the same turn as you mentioned
6584s	uh but oh shaking his head as the weapon
6587s	from ignis comes down for yarla uh with
6590s	wind Fury and extra armor gain so just
6595s	that much more damage that you will have
6597s	to push through but with the Double Rock
6600s	uh Razer fun rock stars maybe that's
6602s	still possible oh burns the plate as
6611s	well
6614s	well fighting back for
6617s	now yeah the swings will be so huge if
6621s	yala does find Odin like absolutely
6624s	ridiculous swings like you gain 30 and
6626s	deal 30 and all that sort of stuff it's
6628s	absolutely
6631s	ridiculous which I guess brings up the
6634s	next point eight cards left in the deck
6636s	we know one of those is that fizzle
6638s	snapshot uh but at this
6641s	point can yarla even attack or does he
6645s	really kind of need to hold those weapon
6647s	swings for when he does pick up the Odin
6651s	yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure how it
6652s	works with the fizz mechanic here so
6654s	looks like he's just going to say okay
6656s	I've got so much stuff in the fizzle
6657s	that I might as well stay alive get my
6659s	Odin get my fizzle and do it all again
6661s	when I get there and just do some stuff
6663s	for now make a lot of space ready for
6666s	that snapshot and ready for that
6668s	Odin and just I'm not going to die cuz
6671s	I'm on 9 trillion
6673s	Health yeah definitely uh makes a lot of
6676s	sense I think in the context of just
6678s	what yla has drawn what's still left in
6680s	the deck and going all the way up
6683s	to massive amounts of armor this is
6688s	just okay it ended on 90 armor and 30
6691s	Health uh but you getting to play his
6694s	Reno here which is now active going to
6697s	be able to push a little bit of damage
6698s	but without uh the additional swings of
6702s	that wind fury it's is going to take a
6705s	little bit longer for those weapons to
6707s	uh to push as much damage with only one
6710s	attack that you can do every turn yeah g
6712s	get good help but laugh like obviously
6714s	he's not finding it funny but that was
6716s	kind of amusing like just as that Health
6718s	total was just armor total was rocketing
6721s	up
6722s	there meanwhile y yeah not today I don't
6726s	I don't I don't want to not have my Odin
6727s	today in this miror this is such a huge
6730s	game of hearthstone in this match
6733s	yeah I would say he definitely uh got
6737s	the better weapon from ignis but missing
6739s	out on the Odin just feels so awful here
6743s	uh using the temporary Shield block from
6747s	gash's gift and still six cards left in
6750s	deck still not picking up either Odin or
6754s	the uh that fizzle
6759s	snapshot I'm not sure he's in a hurry
6761s	for the snapshot he needs that after the
6762s	Odin now but he's used the first lot to
6765s	to buy time he's on such a massive
6767s	Health total maybe it's enough I'm not
6769s	sure
6770s	but when when he finds the Odin he's
6773s	still going to be in front he's managed
6774s	to carve this out very nicely as you
6776s	expect for yala on a control
6779s	deck yeah and I'm actually wondering at
6782s	this point with yla sitting at 99 armor
6785s	30 Health still uh GU 10 armor and 30
6789s	Health how much more armor I I feel like
6793s	this uh double razor fan Rockstar still
6796s	sitting in hand for GU really wants to
6798s	be able to guess push a a massive turn
6801s	here but
6805s	how how easy is it going to be for GU to
6808s	actually kind of uh reverse the roles
6810s	here and Chip Away through all of yla's
6813s	armor while building up his own yeah
6815s	it's going to be tough I think um he is
6817s	getting rid of the expensive cards in
6819s	his hand so we've seen the sanitizer
6821s	there five Mana get rid of that uh he's
6823s	building up cards like bash he's got the
6825s	Rockstar so he is he is building up to
6827s	have a ludicrous turn remember he did
6830s	burn um the heavy plate
6833s	yeah earlier in the game so he only has
6836s	one of those at
6838s	most at some point yala is going to play
6841s	his own Odin
6843s	and he's going to be 60 at some point
6845s	maybe we'll be well maybe we'll be in
6847s	group b by but the point that yarla
6849s	actually gets to draw this Odin
6853s	yeah yeah both players here we're seeing
6856s	them just dump these blad storms on
6859s	empty boards just to get them out of
6860s	hand as you were mentioning earlier or
6863s	just the hand space becomes an issue but
6866s	oh this has to feel so bad for yla just
6868s	watching these these cards come into
6870s	hand and not be Odin yeah especially for
6874s	yala the the hand space thing obviously
6875s	he is going to want to play that fizzle
6877s	to to win the game when he finally gets
6880s	Odin going so he's going to have to have
6882s	space to put that there he doesn't want
6883s	to play the aoid of pain because that is
6885s	going to make his problem worse not
6887s	better cuz gu is dumping things like
6889s	blad storms of his
6891s	own um
6893s	[Music]
6895s	so all a little awkward here but going
6898s	okay whereas you just without without
6901s	that fizzle is able to just keep a
6902s	maximum hand of nine at all
6905s	times this is about as much as he's
6907s	going to get he'll know what the most he
6908s	can doing one turn
6910s	is but we we're getting to that point
6914s	now well there's a couple interesting
6917s	things here G does have the Reno hero
6919s	power that will give him additional
6921s	armor uh just through this other Shield
6923s	block still has those double rock stars
6926s	in hand so yeah there is quite a bit of
6929s	armor gain that because that one was
6931s	played now translates to damage um but
6934s	I'm kind of curious on the other side
6936s	for
6937s	yarla that slight difference in the uh
6942s	the deck list that we were talking about
6944s	where yarla is playing that fizzle gu
6946s	does not have fizzle uh so I think
6949s	fatigue is going to be a much bigger
6951s	factor for GU than it is for yla so for
6954s	yla maybe at this point it's just kind
6956s	of a matter of build up as much armor as
6958s	you can kind of keep stalling out the
6959s	game and and then finally by the time
6962s	you do find Odin you be able to play
6964s	that push a little bit of damage and
6967s	hopefully let the fatigue kind of uh
6969s	finish things off a little bit between
6972s	the inevitable Odin and a little bit of
6975s	fatigue I mean if yala keeps the the
6977s	wind Fury available to him he can do
6979s	infinite damage in one turn really um he
6982s	might be able to because yeah look at
6984s	this but because go didn't get the wind
6986s	Fury he wasn't able to swing for that
6988s	that 50 damage or whatever that would
6989s	have been
6992s	yeah y gets to get rid of these and you
6995s	know it's going to be very tough for
6996s	gear to do the damage after
6999s	this yeah yarla getting to uh discover a
7002s	spell kind of insta picks a safety
7005s	goggles just for additional armor that
7008s	again after the Odin comes in still four
7010s	cards left in the deck no Odin anywhere
7012s	to be seen uh but additional armor
7017s	there I this is such an interesting Back
7020s	in Forth gu had the huge pop off last
7022s	turn with armor but now a little bit uh
7026s	looks like running out of resources yeah
7029s	I don't know how guia gets this done
7031s	it's definitely possible oh y had used
7032s	up the wind Fury weapon i' missed that
7034s	earlier to make hand
7037s	space but yeah it's hard to see there it
7039s	is
7041s	finally I see gets this done with that
7043s	15 Advantage but there so little damage
7046s	left in the
7049s	[Music]
7052s	deck how much armor was in that uh
7056s	snapshot for
7058s	yarla this a a decent amount yeah plenty
7062s	absolutely
7063s	plenty I didn't snapshot it I can't tell
7066s	you exactly what was in there but um
7068s	yeah rock stars and and damage was in
7070s	there for sure
7081s	yeah don't think you's got enough of a
7083s	lead
7084s	here I yeah I don't uh think so either I
7088s	mean even going with the the garage's
7091s	gift to be able to uh try to discover
7093s	Shield block gain some extra armor but
7096s	then at the same time sure you're
7097s	getting some armor for attack but you
7100s	also draw a card which just hits into
7103s	that fatigue I don't
7105s	know y just has so much time like even
7108s	if let's say gu could do 20 a turn which
7110s	I don't think he can but let's say he
7112s	could yala still has six or seven turns
7114s	that's plenty of time to empty the hand
7116s	get the snapshot played um he with only
7119s	being 10 or 11 Health
7121s	behind and with being two cards ahead in
7123s	fatigue as well like you just my eyes
7127s	isn't going to get this done but I've
7128s	been wrong before on simple calculations
7130s	so might as well watch it out discover
7131s	some great spells like pointed
7133s	[Music]
7136s	out those were not the choices I think
7139s	you was hoping for they taking a
7142s	bellowing Flames uh again ideally would
7145s	have liked to find more armor just to
7147s	try to push more damage here uh yla
7149s	finally getting the snapshot um but this
7152s	is one thing I I think that uh subtle
7154s	and TJ were talking about this a little
7156s	bit in terms of the kind of how in
7160s	general you might want to play control
7162s	Style deck uh versus how they have to go
7164s	and I think this game is a perfect
7166s	example of typically you might say oh
7170s	whoever finds the Odin first clearly
7172s	will be the winner but yarla kind of
7175s	took this game in a little bit different
7177s	direction after not finding the Odin for
7179s	so long and now was just kind of going
7181s	for that okay I'm just going to stall
7183s	things out as long as possible and also
7187s	who needs uh deep Miner brand for a
7190s	second Ignus weapon when you have fizzle
7193s	and you just get a second ignis anyways
7195s	fantastic I this is also another uh I
7198s	think reason why the slight difference
7201s	in uh the deck list is just really kind
7204s	of showing through in this game right
7205s	now as well in this mirror match yeah
7207s	absolutely y realizing that the the
7209s	fizzle was the way to get the extra
7210s	value uh didn't panic when faced with um
7215s	early Odin and reaping the rewards
7219s	now that's trying to get the maximum out
7221s	of his card but
7227s	yeah he actually behind on health total
7231s	now all he has to show for it is he is
7234s	going first and he has a weapon
7239s	equipped but behind in every other
7241s	aspect of the
7244s	game and it's about to get much worse
7246s	because Y is going to um play his 10w
7248s	weapon I didn't see exactly what he
7249s	pulled from it there was wind Fury and
7251s	life Ste available in the first first
7258s	part is it's wind Fury and additional
7260s	armor yeah just capitalizing on that
7263s	game plan of just continuing to stall
7266s	and yeah we're going to see Q just uh
7269s	throw it up there and say this this is
7271s	it I have no chance whatsoever of
7273s	winning this game so that does mean the
7275s	first game going over to yarla here
7278s	which as you mentioned earlier as well
7279s	that there could be potential for the
7282s	warrior to maybe struggle a little bit
7284s	so uh getting that win on The Warrior
7286s	there has to feel absolutely amazing for
7288s	yla yeah I think I think if he loses
7291s	that game he's in an absolutely dire
7292s	spot in the match and in his tournament
7294s	with him being 0 and one already uh
7296s	getting that out there changes
7298s	everything around rather substantially
7302s	um m still has the priest and the Mage
7304s	his Mage Mage is really hard to judge
7307s	right um the top 30 or 40 players in the
7309s	world play Mage so much better than
7311s	anybody
7313s	uh the drop off is so huge when you look
7315s	at results for top players versus even
7318s	200 500 ranked players don't play
7320s	anywhere near as well as the top few um
7323s	but the mjor looks okay let's say for
7326s	yala and then his
7330s	priest his priest has got it to do but
7332s	his priest can take down the warrior I'd
7333s	say the yala looks pretty powerful from
7335s	here interested to see how it actually
7338s	goes though when they play the
7340s	games yeah I just I can't get over that
7343s	turn we just saw in the replay of uh yla
7346s	just gaining about 50 million armor that
7349s	single
7350s	turn absolutely fantastic those turns
7353s	are are ludicrous it's also a bit weird
7356s	because yala was playing really quickly
7357s	and that's not the yala we've become
7359s	accustomed to over the years but he
7361s	obviously knows those turns so well he
7362s	just rattled out the Maximum Armor just
7365s	ticking up and Ticking up like stop
7368s	it yeah I I am just very interested in
7372s	in these lineups as well that you were
7374s	talking about uh they kind of took
7376s	slightly different approaches I think to
7379s	uh the way that they brought the lineup
7380s	even though we did just see them both
7382s	playing that Odin Warrior uh but and
7385s	they I guess both also have the Zari
7387s	priest but the other two decks uh kind
7390s	of went a different direction than that
7392s	um as one player brought the just
7395s	Shopper focused Demon Hunter and uh with
7398s	gu and yla brought the um Naga shoer
7402s	Demon Hunter that really kind of focuses
7404s	on the Shopper aspect but also adds in
7406s	that Blind Eye Sharpshooter uh which
7409s	that did get banned uh so I think gu's
7412s	lineup kind of focused on okay I'm just
7414s	going to ban the Demon Hunter uh
7416s	potentially try to do a little bit
7418s	better versus some of these slower decks
7421s	but uh for yarla on the other side uh
7424s	Banning that priest and then being able
7428s	to potentially just freeze things keep
7431s	things at Bay a little bit with the Mage
7433s	only two of the 16 players brought Mage
7437s	uh for this tournament so we are getting
7439s	to see yla what was that to too
7442s	many
7444s	potentially we'll see if it pays off
7446s	here because uh this game number two is
7449s	yarla uh coming in with the Mage and it
7452s	looks like you uh sticking with that
7455s	Warrior I remember in Grand Master I
7457s	think yo was one of the players doing
7458s	incredibly well with Mage back then uh I
7461s	think it's a an archetype and a style
7463s	that he really resonates with um I've
7466s	got a bit more of a read on gu's lineup
7468s	than on yala's because he he sort of did
7470s	what I did only would have done only
7472s	better where you say okay what's
7474s	defining this meta not necessarily what
7475s	are the best decks but what's defining
7477s	the meta and that's Demon Hunter and
7480s	Warrior and then you say okay I'm going
7482s	to ban one of those and Target the other
7485s	so I feel I feel like he made his lineup
7486s	so he bans Demon Hunter makes sure he's
7488s	strong against Warrior and that's the
7490s	lineup That gu ended up with that's my
7492s	read on that I don't know how Yara
7495s	thinks I never have known how yo thinks
7497s	um but I get the feeling he just brought
7499s	the decks he thought were the best decks
7501s	honestly which is also a perfectly
7503s	decent way to play
7505s	Hearthstone yeah and I think right now
7508s	this meta is really interesting as well
7510s	in terms of bringing a four deck lineup
7513s	because it does feel like there are uh
7516s	quite a few matchups that feel a little
7518s	bit polarized uh so there's not going to
7521s	be as or is going to be a little bit
7522s	more difficult uh to try to come up with
7525s	a lineup that really fully targets
7528s	something because yeah maybe you can get
7531s	a deck that kind of targets or has a a
7533s	very favorable into one deck and then
7536s	maybe you have some like
7540s	55% you're like okay that feels pretty
7543s	good uh but outside of that it's there
7547s	there are a few matchups that feel
7549s	pretty polarizing uh so is this one of
7552s	them do you think this Warrior and
7555s	Mage um again I I don't I think this is
7558s	a very uh level is match up but again my
7560s	Mage ability has always been rather
7564s	lacking um mainly of course I'm bad at
7568s	it that's why it's lacking in ability um
7570s	no I think that the Mage is is slightly
7572s	favored here personally um just because
7574s	they can just end the game and they you
7577s	know occupy time they draw better they
7579s	don't die the warrior can't pressure
7581s	them you're both kind of doing the same
7583s	thing if the Mage manages to pop off
7584s	they
7585s	win but it it's a close one obviously
7588s	the warrior can just get out of range
7589s	the Mage does have limited amount of
7592s	damage he could do even though it's a
7594s	high number on the limit it it is does
7596s	have a
7597s	limit yeah I think one thing that's
7600s	really interesting with the Mage is
7602s	losing some of the cards from rotation I
7605s	think has kind of stifled a little bit
7608s	of the kind of uh Tempo type of pressure
7611s	that we saw from it uh in the previous
7614s	meta so instead there is this kind of
7617s	more stall tactic that we see a lot uh
7620s	with these Mages right now which is
7622s	things like this uh cryo freeze that we
7625s	just saw of freezing there is the sleet
7627s	skater plus the mini that can come from
7630s	that to be able to uh keep things Frozen
7633s	and then just kind of stall while
7635s	playing some of those uh additional
7638s	spells to be able to then finish off
7641s	some boards uh with that inquisitive
7643s	creation
7646s	but okay the top deck Reverb here on uh
7650s	the miracle salesman for yarla so
7654s	interesting Nobody Does that I love it
7659s	it's superb you see it's like yeah
7661s	that's obvious I'd have done that no I
7662s	wouldn't there's no way I'd have done
7664s	that play that is so
7667s	good and and this is where we see those
7670s	differences between even players who
7672s	might be good versus these top players
7675s	uh I think in in this matchup especially
7677s	the warrior isn't really going to be
7679s	playing a ton of minions maybe if uh the
7683s	ignis weapon gets discovered and it's
7685s	like wind Fury and summoning uh multiple
7688s	bodies out on the board at that point
7690s	maybe you could you know make a a reason
7692s	for wanting to uh make a copy of one of
7696s	those but that's a lot of maybe that's a
7699s	lot of ifs that's a lot of holding out
7701s	for that
7702s	whereas the way that yla used this
7704s	instead was a little bit more aggressive
7706s	and plus the uh the snake oils here now
7710s	can just get traded into the deck to
7712s	find the cards that yla actually wants
7714s	to find yeah he really didn't like the
7716s	look of his turn six like look at that
7717s	hand the the three Mana wisdom yeah um a
7720s	couple of minions you don't really want
7722s	to play um so I think he went for like
7725s	all the things you described the extra
7726s	snake oils are nice the extra minion
7728s	means the warrior has to at least sort
7731s	of take it ser seriously uh whereas with
7733s	one minion you're not even putting up a
7734s	board that they can't hit with their
7736s	face so you might slow them down a
7738s	little bit and the combination of yala's
7741s	pretty tragic hand I think just was a
7744s	really nice time to do
7747s	it but it was still it looks so horrible
7751s	oh my all my heart instincts crying at
7753s	that play it's like oh my goodness but
7754s	what else you going to read other than
7756s	Sith was actually reverbing like yeah
7759s	well and that was only one Reverb right
7762s	there still is a second Reverb in the
7763s	deck so again kind of uh as was
7767s	mentioned before in terms of using your
7769s	health as a resource which we'll
7770s	definitely talk about when we get to the
7772s	uh Warlock deck uh but here using using
7776s	some of those cards as a resource to get
7779s	to your other things because you're
7781s	going to have a second copy but if that
7783s	Reverb is just sitting in your hand
7785s	waiting for you to draw SI it's sitting
7787s	in your hand doing nothing yep
7789s	absolutely the Warlock deck you don't
7791s	use your Health as a resource you use
7793s	closing your eyes and hoping for the
7795s	best as a resource it's fantastic it's
7797s	so much fun it is a really fun deck uh
7801s	but gu now here waiting to get to this
7805s	Odin does have the Odin in hand again
7807s	only turn six but uh has an active ignis
7812s	that can be used might not want to go
7814s	for that quite yet there still is a
7816s	weapon with a couple attacks on on it
7819s	still available for you to use um but
7822s	but how the sand feels a little bit
7825s	awkward in terms of what to do in this
7827s	kind of mid game how much of the armor
7830s	like this Shield block uh do you want to
7832s	end up using before you get to that Odin
7835s	especially when it's sitting in hand now
7837s	I know we just talked about that for the
7839s	Mage like you don't want that card just
7841s	sitting in your hand doing nothing but
7843s	for these decks like the Odin Warrior
7846s	there is a very specific reason you do
7848s	want to hold some of those cards because
7850s	you are building up that kind of combo
7852s	and those big swing turns uh that you're
7855s	already piecing together yeah choosing
7857s	not to swing with the weapon there tells
7859s	us quite a lot I think as well um just
7863s	not in any hurry to use this ignis not
7865s	in any hurry to potentially give up six
7868s	damage with the Odin turn as
7870s	well um maybe there's some a couple of
7872s	things he wants to pick off off the
7874s	board so very interesting there lot of
7877s	damage in hand from gear if he does get
7879s	the Odin down but that's some way away
7883s	feels like he's safe like on 31 he
7885s	didn't he didn't value the the extra
7887s	three
7891s	so had a couple discover options for
7894s	yarla um just kind of I I think at this
7897s	point trying to discover some damage
7901s	discover cheap spells and a little bit
7904s	still trying to squeeze in uh a variety
7907s	of spell types to buffer the the C later
7912s	but I think at this point as well this
7915s	uh we're we're still kind of talking
7916s	about hand size for this Mage here now
7919s	so yla just being able to discover a
7922s	couple of these cheap things a two Mana
7924s	cross uh cross stitch Frost L amazing
7928s	being able to uh remove something now
7931s	gets another freeze potential on the
7933s	board that you as you mentioned earlier
7936s	you is going to have to take those
7937s	seriously because he does not want this
7940s	uh Elemental being able to freeze his
7943s	face when he needs to be swinging with
7944s	these weapons yeah taking care of in
7947s	short shift there just straight up
7949s	Shield slam nice little Target for it um
7952s	his one-on-one removal doesn't have many
7954s	Targets in this matchup so can afford to
7957s	just be pretty frivolous with it like
7959s	you said it's a very very high priority
7964s	Target all right now gu getting to pick
7967s	a weapon here immune poisonous or life
7970s	steal unfortunately no wind
7972s	Fury
7975s	again it's so annoying 60% is a horrible
7979s	number and everybody who goes for 60% is
7982s	entitled to feeli incredibly bad
7983s	whenever they don't hit but they're not
7984s	going to hit 40% of the time that's kind
7986s	of how it works it's really nasty
7988s	Hearthstone
7989s	number 50/50 you just go yeah okay I
7992s	never win those because it's 50/50 and
7994s	it's me so I'm never going to win one
7996s	but when it's 6040 which isn't that much
7998s	different suddenly you feel like you're
8000s	entitled to win them all
8002s	it's true that's how statistics work I'm
8005s	pretty sure it pretty sure we decided
8008s	this but well I used to do the stats and
8010s	I don't
8011s	anymore there you
8013s	go well yarla does find the cth now uh
8018s	but I think needs to still potentially
8020s	play a couple of different spell schools
8023s	uh discovering here going for a molten
8026s	Rune though just extra
8028s	damage and it gets to cast so goes right
8032s	to
8033s	face love to see that extra
8047s	damage yeah getting to crunch
8053s	time remember the uh the Reverb earlier
8056s	got the Snake Still In
8058s	Hand yeah those are still in hand I I
8061s	guess uh at this point now instead of
8064s	trading them off into the deck just
8066s	saving them for uh the damage that they
8069s	will be able to do for zero which
8072s	honestly there is quite a bit of damage
8074s	already starting to build up in hand
8076s	here now the CIF double snake oil uh
8079s	there is that uh molten
8082s	Rune might just depend a little bit on
8084s	how much uh armor Y is able to build up
8089s	um I think I think gu knows it might
8091s	might be time to to do
8093s	that he doesn't want to waste too much
8096s	armor stuff because Odin's in hand
8099s	but yeah he he saw the Reverb he knows
8102s	those snake are still
8104s	there obviously he'll know exactly how
8106s	many schools have been played we don't
8107s	know that but it's it's some uh the
8110s	magnitude in hand as well for for more
8112s	cheap stuff he knows he's got to be kind
8114s	of close yeah he's he's not messing
8115s	around too hard here he's making sure to
8119s	gain gain a bit of armor now
8124s	and and this is another interesting
8126s	thing I think we're seeing kind of from
8127s	both sides is sometimes uh you have to
8131s	decide if you are going to do something
8134s	towards your own game plan or if you are
8137s	going to do something to prevent your
8139s	opponent from doing something towards
8140s	their game plan uh and I think for yarla
8143s	right now kind of having to decide how
8145s	do I want to maneuver this turn in
8147s	preparation for likely going in on the
8150s	cth potential next turn and kind of
8153s	maximizing the damage is he's only on
8155s	nine Mana this turn um but also freezing
8159s	the opponent for next turn spending the
8161s	Mana to actually freeze and stall out
8163s	gu's game plan because uh G is gonna be
8166s	on nine next turn and there has been
8168s	cards that have been held for quite a
8169s	while so definitely seems very likely
8171s	only 13 cards left in deck uh from yla's
8174s	point of view that you does have that
8176s	Odin ready to go and he is happy finding
8178s	this popet but so
8181s	he's happy to look for even more
8192s	damage just trying to get some damage
8194s	from Minions cuz he hasn't got enough to
8196s	just get there in the air right now I
8198s	don't
8209s	think and again now for you does he just
8212s	play the
8213s	Odin for his own game plan or does he
8216s	have to worry about just being dead I I
8219s	I just don't know how how long you want
8221s	to hold off on playing the Odin because
8223s	if you always play to not lose how do
8227s	you ever win like there are some games
8231s	that can happen yeah but I I feel like
8235s	if you just end up using all of the
8237s	resources here as Warrior uh to just
8240s	build up your armor before you've played
8242s	Odin and while you're getting
8243s	repetitively Frozen uh okay maybe you
8247s	can live a little bit longer but you're
8249s	also giving the Mage uh more time to
8252s	build up those resources play those
8255s	additional uh spell schools so it there
8258s	really is a big give and take here and
8260s	you hovering this
8262s	Bladestorm yeah going to go ahead and
8264s	just remove those uh a couple of the
8266s	minions offboard and try to build up a
8269s	little bit more armor here for
8272s	go was the nature obviously last turn I
8275s	think Shadows already been played all
8277s	the obvious ones have already been
8278s	played this this SI must be on about
8280s	plus six I
8283s	think picking up the flame geyser as
8292s	well he going for the repeated freeze
8294s	got another one of those where that came
8296s	from as well next
8298s	to and I I almost would imagine we see
8301s	yla want to forge this molten Rune at
8304s	some point as
8311s	well does he want to play a sleep skater
8314s	just to keep getting uh Minions on the
8317s	board to try to push uh more minion base
8321s	damage yeah it seems like he's been
8324s	valuing getting some minions down very
8327s	highly and trying to get a little tiny
8328s	bit of chip um to push it over the edges
8331s	he's he's seriously considering it plus
8332s	it empties his hand for another slot if
8335s	he plays it does he coin infinitize
8338s	probably well I mean it it's just
8340s	replaced by the mini so the hand size
8342s	won't change no but he'll get the finale
8345s	on the right
8352s	yeah any potential damage but that
8355s	discovers a Reverb yeah
8362s	and it's
8364s	discounted plus there is now an
8366s	additional coin sitting in hand so yeah
8369s	definitely looks like yarla is setting
8371s	himself up for closing out the game very
8375s	very soon here and again gu is kind of
8378s	in this position of face being frozen
8382s	not being able to go in on the Odin game
8384s	plan uh but how much removal does he
8388s	want to use how much armor does he feel
8390s	like he needs to gain
8391s	here uh I I guess if G really tries to
8395s	go for the long long long game uh could
8400s	continue to just try to stall at this
8402s	point and inevitably we'll be able to
8405s	play Odin and another weapon and there
8407s	won't be any more freeze potential
8409s	but that seems like a a far cry from uh
8414s	what's actually happening in this
8416s	game
8419s	yeah y has a lot of damage next turn I
8423s	don't know exactly how many spell scores
8425s	but if the shift's a plus six that's
8427s	12 would need five spells well four
8430s	spells because thiso SP face is go down
8432s	to 48 with a
8435s	ping did play that amplifier earlier as
8438s	well so there is 11 Mana plus that
8440s	additional coin in hand so it does leave
8443s	a little bit more room to play some
8446s	extra stuff here um and that Reverb
8449s	being discounted helps
8451s	to is this at I think he can afford
8457s	to trying to out if he can forge I think
8459s	right or was the other stuff just there
8461s	Reverb Sith yeah it is six he reverbed
8464s	to get those snake BS earlier he doesn't
8466s	need the forge he's got everything else
8467s	there with the coin and the um flame so
8470s	he's
8472s	fine and they are on seven not six as
8474s	well
8483s	on six good I got that part right
8488s	good yala nicely done there um making
8492s	sure that gu just couldn't get anything
8494s	done with the attacks to the face and
8496s	just kept messing around like here's a
8498s	little Minion wall here's here's a
8500s	three4 hidden behind some n ones just
8502s	kept making it so the warrior had to
8505s	take care of those things use Mana to
8508s	take care of them which meant the
8509s	warrior wasn't developing quite as much
8511s	armor as he would like and yeah yala
8514s	getting over the line with the Mage
8515s	again good players with Mage do so much
8518s	better than the stats seem to stay and
8521s	one game away from another shot going to
8524s	a final day for
8526s	yala yeah very very close one more game
8529s	just has to get a win with that uh
8533s	priest at this point now but there is
8536s	that final uh blowout of the Reverb and
8539s	all of the spell damage Dage all of
8541s	these uh direct damage spells coming out
8544s	uh yla definitely has as just shown that
8548s	these are very comfortable matchups for
8551s	him just really showcasing uh fantastic
8554s	play knowledge of both I would say how
8557s	to go for your own game plan but also
8559s	when things don't go well like not
8561s	drawing that Odin uh just how you want
8564s	to maneuver uh the different games so uh
8567s	definitely looking very good for yland
8569s	being set up but uh on the other side
8571s	for GU this is just not really working
8575s	out uh for for gu's lineup so far again
8579s	it's just down to that Warrior mirror um
8581s	which he was probably unfavored I don't
8583s	I want don't want to say too much based
8585s	on one game of hearstone but with the
8587s	fizal versus not the fizal that seemed
8588s	to be the difference in the game
8590s	especially given yala didn't draw the
8592s	Odin um I think G would be favored if
8595s	that Warrior was still there but it's
8597s	not it's through um seemed like it was
8599s	slightly favored to be through
8601s	and G's now got it to do this priest can
8604s	definitely lose three times in a row to
8606s	this lineup um it should beat the
8608s	warrior it really should um it'll
8611s	probably lose the Warlock and isn't
8613s	favor against the Demon Hunter so it's
8615s	not all over by any means but I mean you
8618s	always want to be two Z up simple as
8620s	that especially when one of your
8621s	remaining match or one of your matchups
8623s	is a
8625s	favorable
8626s	yeah uh I am very curious to see if uh
8631s	you ends up shifting off of this Warrior
8635s	uh and looks like he does and we're we
8638s	don't need to go in depth into if he
8640s	decided to switch or if it was random as
8644s	is with Conquest but going to be the
8647s	Warlock this custom warlock as we are
8649s	calling it a lot of the pros are calling
8651s	it that when you initially look at this
8653s	Warlock deck you just kind of go what is
8657s	this like it's just it looks like a pile
8660s	of cards and you're like how does this
8661s	even win how does this do anything and
8666s	then you see it in action and it
8669s	just it becomes a pile of cards to a
8672s	pile of stats that hit your opponent in
8674s	the face very quickly for very high
8677s	amounts of damage you just have to have
8679s	faith you just have to believe in
8681s	Hearthstone like believe in the heart of
8684s	a it's going to be okay geod horror we
8687s	don't mind it's all going to be okay
8688s	that's going to cost zero somehow not
8689s	sure how it'll find way to cost zero
8692s	then we'll find a way to copy it or
8693s	we'll get a molten giant it'll be fine
8695s	we'll have our opponent for 400 damage
8697s	on turn five or something and we'll look
8699s	like Geniuses it's just the way of this
8701s	deck it's the best deck I love
8704s	it that's right uh also of note again I
8708s	know we mentioned kind of in one of
8710s	those early games uh for this match the
8714s	difference in the deck list uh but this
8717s	warlock from gu also running one copy of
8720s	speaker stomper which we do see in hand
8722s	here uh that I think is a little bit
8724s	different than some of the other Uh
8727s	custom warlock lists that we see across
8729s	the the rest of the field so uh a little
8732s	bit interesting there to see that
8735s	and the forge of
8737s	Wills coming in
8739s	hand oh we're going to get to trade the
8741s	geod on our own turn which means we're
8743s	getting a 55 for zero this turn and
8745s	we're going to play another 55
8748s	right am I going crazy Maybe crazy can I
8752s	not add oh we' have been one off one man
8755s	off we' do it all next turn it's okay
8756s	it's
8758s	[Music]
8760s	fine yeah I was thinking trading geode
8763s	and then Spirit Bomb was going to take
8764s	it down to zero but we're one
8766s	off and then play the celestial but next
8768s	turn is going to be
8773s	ridiculous yeah I think there's actually
8775s	a couple options for you uh this kind of
8778s	this route as well um
8781s	this feels kind of like a a a halfway of
8786s	building towards his own game plan but
8788s	also wanting to remove that well
8790s	Wrangler from yla's side of the board uh
8792s	and not allow yarla to build up quite as
8796s	many dragons as quickly as well um
8798s	because I feel like if yarla can
8801s	assemble especially a lot of those cheap
8803s	welps uh very quickly first of all there
8806s	is a lot more uh taunt bodies that you
8809s	will have to spend time Trading into
8811s	before he's able to send damage face uh
8813s	but also that's working towards
8815s	regardless game plan of playing that
8817s	zeri pushing extra damage and there's
8820s	there's no removal in this Warlock deck
8823s	other than actually trading on board so
8826s	I I guess the the spirit bombs um or if
8829s	you draw popar you get a couple of of
8832s	spells there um but really outside of
8835s	actually using your minions to trade uh
8839s	there there's no like why board removal
8841s	there's no clears like you do see with
8844s	um like wheel warlock or like the
8847s	Warriors so that to me that felt like
8850s	kind of a a halfway of not fully
8854s	committing to trade in and uh saving
8858s	being able to play things a little bit
8860s	later yeah he's starting to get a
8861s	massive turn with um with Pip funnel
8864s	cakes and welps I think there
8867s	um obviously means you do have to wait a
8870s	little bit with a pip um but plenty to
8873s	come there but now G's hit like the
8876s	accelerator is down to the floor now um
8879s	everything's going to all the all the
8880s	big stuff's going to cost zero and with
8884s	Forge in hand if he gets time to play
8885s	the forge that's his removal spelling
8887s	away just giving everything rush uh the
8889s	priest similarly has no removal other
8891s	than the Titan yeah
8895s	so having bigger things in your opponent
8897s	in this m matchup is why the Warlock is
8899s	so favored uh my fives hit your threes
8902s	and yeah very basic Hearthstone is my
8905s	things are going to live longer than
8906s	yours and obviously you've got to be a
8909s	bit scared of Zari just doing the thing
8913s	but that's often much harder than it
8914s	sounds you've got to make five dragons
8917s	happen you then also got to have the
8919s	Zari you've also got to not be dead but
8922s	like you say this wall of taunt will
8923s	slow things down to some
8927s	degree yeah and I I guess there is the
8931s	popar now for GU uh there is the forge
8934s	of Wills as well but the popar at least
8938s	to be able to play one of those uh
8941s	Sledge barrels immediately it will need
8942s	to be turn five he's only going to be
8945s	going into four Mana here so I don't
8947s	know if that's an option but top deck's
8948s	uh Spirit Bomb that's a good a good draw
8952s	here could go for Forge of wills and the
8954s	Spirit Bomb potentially to kind of clear
8956s	up a lot of this board um I think one
8958s	thing worth mentioning as well for yard
8961s	is even though he was able to get these
8964s	uh welp Wranglers get some of these
8966s	little welps on the board to kind of
8969s	slow things down with with them having
8971s	taunt uh this is not a game where you
8975s	kind of get that ideal Zari board and
8978s	larger minions to the start anyways uh
8981s	because there's been no dream boat
8983s	there's been no even the uh Crimson
8986s	clergy and and funnel cakes to kind of
8989s	draw and build and put put more things
8991s	on board with those dream boats and then
8993s	just have a board of potential damage
8996s	anyways it's been kind of a a slow game
9000s	for the priest so I'm laughing K you
9003s	know what to do you've got to do the
9004s	spirit all your three drops are too good
9006s	here your two and your one if you come
9008s	two and your zero if you have to just do
9010s	it it's fine no one ever died to zi in
9013s	this position
9015s	ever okay yeah there you go you know you
9018s	have to do that next time you got pop
9019s	guy it'll all be okay hey it'll be fine
9022s	what could possibly go wrong I I wonder
9024s	if the decision was actually between uh
9028s	committing the uh Forge of Wills or
9031s	playing the second malefic Rook just to
9034s	get another thing on board but also
9037s	there there is a point for this warlock
9040s	where you do kind of have to stop
9042s	playing stuff that damages yourself uh
9044s	especially against another deck that
9045s	kind of wants to get on board like this
9047s	because then you do have to worry about
9049s	okay if they do have Zari and I leave
9053s	two things on board that actually might
9055s	be enough to kill me they don't need a
9057s	huge board uh when you're dealing all
9060s	that damage to yourself first I do
9062s	suspect he was trying to calculate
9063s	lethal on turn six as well um the the
9068s	eight in hand plus the 15 on board is 23
9071s	but he knows about the taunts so I think
9073s	his plan here is to get enough stuff on
9075s	the board this turn and not die to make
9077s	sure that next turn is lethal and he
9079s	just wants to work out how high get with
9081s	popar um or whether he could wait for
9083s	turn six for the popar uh there's quite
9086s	a lot going on there but I think in the
9088s	end you know me joking aside I think um
9092s	he realized
9094s	that none of it mattered he's either
9096s	going to win by miles on turn six or
9098s	he's not so just make the best board you
9100s	can right now and hope you don't die
9102s	immediately yeah the zi coming into hand
9106s	for yla here not able to play it this
9108s	turn but I I really like how is playing
9111s	this too just kind of really trying to
9113s	capitalize on those small taunts just
9115s	kind of committing this uh bigger board
9117s	now and then forcing G to answer this
9120s	after seeing that second uh the second
9124s	Spirit Bomb being used already and
9126s	knowing that okay well yeah five Mana
9129s	but uh there has been no flame imps
9132s	which uh I guess just to damage those
9135s	there's been no uh Giants yet either so
9139s	that is where working in ylo's favor
9142s	and I guess maybe if ylo wanted to even
9146s	try to think about uh the popar
9148s	potential for Symphony of sins that is
9151s	something but also at the same time you
9153s	can kind of say I'm just going to put
9155s	these things out on the board and if you
9157s	don't have the popar which can kind of
9160s	only answer one thing on turn five or
9162s	you don't have a symphony of sins that's
9164s	going to clear my board which also
9166s	clears G's board at the same time then I
9169s	feel like y is sitting in a pretty good
9171s	position yeah I'm not even sure you play
9173s	the pop gu here I think you trust they
9174s	haven't got zi and then yala wins like
9177s	oh good good work
9180s	you nice
9183s	no that must hurt but well
9186s	played
9189s	it it is it is now that's
9193s	lethal the top deck of the Thirsty
9198s	Drifter being able to yeah just put up
9201s	this damage you kind of see gu just
9203s	shaking his
9207s	head this has felt like such an
9209s	interesting game of like both players
9212s	not really kind of drawing the the cards
9214s	that when you hear players talk about
9218s	these decks like where where where are
9220s	the mol Giants where are the big things
9222s	for Warlock and also where were the dri
9225s	uh thirsty Drifters where was Zari up
9227s	until now but at the same time
9231s	this is still turn five and six so it's
9233s	still very early but just beautifully
9236s	done by
9239s	yla yep he had a million ways to win
9241s	that at the end couldn't decide which
9242s	one he wanted to use I don't think I
9245s	think I think he was terrified he was
9246s	going to play the funnel cakes and not
9248s	have enough Mana left or something yeah
9250s	just do something really silly and end
9252s	up not be able to playi I think that's
9253s	what all the um the slight weirdness was
9256s	there at the end because he knows
9257s	there's enough damage uh this this deck
9259s	when you play zian anything else is so
9261s	much damage and getting it done three Z
9265s	and gu will likely see him again in the
9268s	summer Champs he seems to be making
9269s	every Champs that he needs to he didn't
9271s	make the four Champs because he' already
9272s	qualified for World so he put his feet
9274s	up for three months but we'll see him
9275s	again uh still one of the strongest
9277s	players around uh but yala in with
9280s	another chance one more match to get to
9282s	that top eight for yet another
9284s	time yeah there it is that final turn I
9288s	I do think it's uh it's just really good
9291s	to see yla take that a little bit slowly
9293s	just you know again these it's only five
9296s	turn five and six at the end there but
9298s	they both played a little bit slower
9300s	really were thinking through those to
9302s	make sure and I think especially that
9303s	position that yla was in of being up two
9306s	Z in this game just kind of making sure
9309s	that every decision he was making uh
9311s	kind of made sense to set himself up and
9314s	it paid off in Spades for him there yeah
9317s	absolutely uh very solid series um
9320s	didn't get the first Odin down in the
9322s	first match in the first game then you
9324s	know managed his sifts and reverbs
9326s	really really nicely in the second game
9328s	especially the early Reverb on the
9330s	salesman to make sure he had the extra
9332s	damage later on trusted his deck and
9335s	then there didn't Panic with the priest
9338s	did take that extra turn to make sure he
9339s	got the big pip and there you see the
9342s	group standings he gets a rematch with
9344s	wiu who beat him earlier today and the
9347s	win of that will go onto the finals on
9351s	Sunday yeah so we will be getting to see
9353s	that decider match uh coming up next
9357s	after this which is going to be
9359s	definitely an exciting one to watch I'm
9361s	so curious to see after yla's uh what
9364s	looked like a really strong performance
9366s	there in this 30-0 uh yla definitely
9369s	seemed like he found the different
9371s	potentials for the decks uh versus uh
9375s	wiu who did seem a bit shaky and unsure
9378s	in the match uh that we did see from him
9380s	on stream so far already uh so I'm so
9384s	curious to see how it's going to pan out
9386s	for that match coming up next uh and
9388s	then after that we still have Group B to
9390s	go through today so plenty more
9392s	Hearthstone action today you're not
9394s	going to want to miss it so don't go
9396s	anywhere we're going to take a quick
9397s	break and we'll be right back with more
9399s	Hearthstone action
9418s	[Music]
9445s	[Music]
9501s	[Music]
9530s	[Music]
9557s	[Music]
9586s	[Music]
9599s	hello everyone and welcome back to the
9601s	Hearthstone Masters Tour spring
9603s	Championship we've got plenty more
9605s	Hearthstone coming up uh just to get
9607s	this out of the way I know you'll all be
9608s	disappointed that you cannot see me in
9610s	motion but I am still here um sot how's
9614s	it going you've already got ahead of me
9615s	a little bit in terms of the casting but
9617s	how's the day been going for you so far
9619s	yeah it's fine it's fine I'll just do
9620s	extra motion all the time to compensate
9622s	for you this is entertaining me so what
9624s	I can only think how good it is for the
9626s	viewers yeah no it's it's uh it's been
9628s	good I more than anything Raven I'm just
9631s	glad that we get to settle into a nice
9634s	Yara series oh yes that that to me is
9637s	like Peak comfy Hearthstone right like
9639s	that takes me back to those those
9641s	16-hour days casting European Grand
9644s	Masters I wish was exaggerating yeah um
9648s	but I'm really looking forward to this
9649s	one because obviously I think yala would
9651s	have been pegged as perhaps a favorite
9653s	for this group at least on on Legacy
9656s	right but weu already defeated in once
9658s	to progress through to the winnner match
9659s	wiq then had a very tough time of it in
9662s	that winnner match whereas yala defeated
9665s	by wiq but then had a pretty easy time
9667s	of it honestly in his lower bracket
9668s	match so um it looks like the Redemption
9671s	Arc is on and I'm sure there's lots of
9673s	supporters rooting for yala in in Czech
9676s	Republic and various other places across
9678s	the world yo is a very popular built up
9680s	a large large fan base during that era
9682s	of dominance in in European Grand
9684s	Masters so I'm ready to settle in for a
9686s	good one yeah there's definitely two
9688s	sides of it on on one hand of course
9690s	yala is trying to uh have another
9692s	rematch versus someone he's just lost to
9694s	uh but yal has been in the game a long
9697s	time right he's had to deal with tough
9698s	situations in tournaments there so yeah
9700s	a lot on the line here as the winner
9702s	does get to move on and the loser is
9704s	done H and taking a look at this priest
9707s	list and me and you have talked a lot
9708s	about priest in the last few days and
9710s	it's a deck I personally um do not enjoy
9713s	but the reason I don't enjoy it is I'm
9714s	seemingly just bad at it and I lose all
9716s	the time and I can't draw a funnel cake
9719s	uh but outside of that um after seeing
9721s	some of these matches play out so far
9723s	today how are you feeling about this
9725s	priest and like the bring for the
9727s	tournament itself first off total a side
9729s	comment but um we split up the duties on
9732s	doing the Highlight cards for this event
9733s	and people were asking oh is there any
9735s	particular way we have to do them like
9736s	no do whatever you want it doesn't
9737s	matter if they're different I did forget
9739s	to mention the one Golden Rule which is
9741s	in ascending sequential order obviously
9743s	not
9744s	152 what kind of deranged individual
9747s	does that come on just wait till the
9749s	group I did
9751s	later um but yeah I'm I'm a big fan of
9753s	this deck like I was talking about it
9754s	before in the previous series with TJ
9756s	I'm kind of a big fan of this you know
9759s	you know when you hear like a cover of a
9762s	song by your favorite band in a
9764s	different style right like you hear like
9766s	metal covers of video game music or like
9768s	it's a country version of some like
9770s	death metal song that you like or
9771s	whatever you're like yeah yeah this is
9773s	cool but you only really like it because
9775s	it's sort of similar to a thing that you
9777s	really like right like that's that's the
9779s	deal that's dragon priest Zari priest
9781s	for me because it's very very similar to
9783s	Naga priest which is a deck that I
9784s	enjoyed enormously um it just kind of
9787s	has different endgame payoffs but the
9789s	part that both of those decks share in
9791s	common is that sometimes you just make
9793s	these insane blowout boards that win the
9794s	game on turn four just by throwing too
9796s	many stats in play for your opponent to
9798s	deal with right then they have this are
9799s	alternate win condition in the Zari
9801s	priest case it's just playing Zari and
9803s	taking the extra turn but if you get
9805s	into a long game and this is where I
9807s	think some you know average players are
9809s	missing like 5 10% on their win rate if
9812s	you know what you're doing with um power
9815s	cord synchronize on opposing minions or
9817s	on your own armentha or various other
9819s	things you can actually settle in for an
9821s	incredibly long grindy game if you get
9824s	the right thing going if you look at the
9825s	deck list you would not expect that to
9827s	be the case yeah it reminds me of other
9829s	sort of slightly more Echo based priests
9831s	we've seen in the past as we take a look
9833s	at Wu as and one of the lists he's going
9836s	to be bringing to this Tournament of
9837s	course uh is going to be the shame and
9839s	just another deck that's gone through a
9841s	few Evolutions over time uh it's gained
9844s	some tools especially in this expansion
9845s	SL rotation uh but also lost a couple of
9848s	things in a little bit of a recent Nerf
9850s	as well uh what do you make of this
9852s	build specifically and are you a jive
9855s	enjoyer I am a jive enjoyer it's
9858s	certainly fun
9860s	to do do you respect it as a card
9863s	lethals via conductivity in Jive insect
9866s	whether it's the optimal build of the
9867s	deck over like the the more spell damage
9870s	based version with Spirit claws cobal
9871s	geomancer blood Mage thos um that deck's
9874s	a little more more Allin I would say but
9876s	it's closer in spirit to the original
9879s	version which was very Allin on just
9880s	trying to kill your opponent on like
9882s	turn six or turn seven sometimes earlier
9884s	and if you didn't get that you're kind
9885s	of
9886s	busted um but I think for this
9889s	tournament
9890s	um with a lot of people coming in not
9892s	really planning on Banning Warrior from
9895s	what we've seen um you do have to have
9898s	some degree of resiliency in your in
9899s	your Sharman build and we've seen people
9901s	do that I don't know if you've ever seen
9902s	like there was a build that was flirted
9904s	with for a while that had like shoda
9905s	block and fizzle in it so against
9908s	Warrior specifically you can take three
9910s	pictures of Any Given hand and then you
9912s	you know you have hundreds of damage
9914s	over the course of the game um there is
9916s	a build now that plays one fizzle which
9918s	you can use against Warrior which tends
9919s	to go in that build with the extra spell
9921s	damage but obviously this build against
9923s	Warrior is trying to do conductivity and
9925s	Jive insect using the Jazz base uh to be
9928s	able to push 24 extra damage on top
9930s	usually you can then squeeze in your
9932s	zero Mana lightning Flex that reflexes
9934s	your Zero Man lightning bolts your crash
9935s	of thunder in that same turn as well to
9938s	be able to do monstrous amounts of
9939s	damage so I do think Warrior is like the
9942s	big the big evil right in the eyes of
9945s	this Shaman deck when you're planning
9946s	for this tournament if you're bringing
9947s	Shaman you have to have your answer a
9949s	warrior whether it be banning it or
9951s	whether it be teching the deck in a way
9952s	that you feel that's not just an 80%
9955s	match up in the Warrior's favor when you
9957s	yeah it's one of those things I'm
9958s	looking forward to seeing over the
9959s	course of especially the next two days
9961s	because that's when we're going to be
9962s	working through all the groups of course
9964s	uh is just how Warrior performs versus
9967s	its band rate because we've already seen
9969s	it a fair few times on stream and it's a
9971s	pretty scary deck we've know it from
9973s	ladder we know it from tournament H and
9975s	it is pretty scary and I'm surprised
9977s	we've already seen it as often as we
9979s	even have have on stream I thought it
9980s	was going to receive a lot more of the
9981s	bands and you could say you know players
9983s	have more of a plan versus the demon
9985s	Hunters if that's going to be a problem
9987s	than the Warriors because I feel like
9989s	there are certain Decks that can jump on
9990s	Warrior a little bit but in general it
9992s	feels like it's been built so well at
9994s	the moment that it's hard to just say oh
9996s	yeah I'll just beat Warrior it'll be
10001s	fine yeah I feel like that's the story
10004s	of the metap like I found it difficult
10007s	um normally we we have this discussion a
10010s	lot coming into this and normally when
10012s	I'm thinking about what the lineups are
10013s	going to be I can say well basically
10015s	you're either going to ban X or you're
10016s	going to ban y right you're either going
10018s	to ban Paladin or you're going to ban
10019s	Demon Hunter you know like it's pretty
10021s	clear what the bands are going into the
10023s	tournament in terms of most obvious
10025s	strategies coming into this tournament I
10027s	feel like there's four or five different
10029s	band strategies that were somewhat
10031s	viable coming in because I talked about
10033s	this earlier I think at most levels
10035s	people might think that Demon Hunter is
10036s	a bit of an outlier right now but as you
10038s	get closer to the very top in terms of
10040s	MMR and and high Legend ranks that Demon
10043s	Hunter normalizes back into the pack
10045s	very quickly in my experience so there's
10048s	kind of four or five decks all vying
10051s	with a with a viable argument of being
10052s	the best deck in the game right at the
10054s	top of the ranking so suddenly all of
10056s	those become viable ban targets and you
10058s	really then have to dig quite deeply
10061s	into okay so if there's no clear deck
10063s	that I absolutely have to ban what does
10066s	my lineup look like if I ban Warrior
10067s	what does my lineup look like if I ban
10069s	Demon Hunter what does my lineup look
10070s	like if I'm Banning warlock you know all
10073s	of these options that you have available
10074s	to you and actually look at it more
10077s	holistically as to how your lineup turns
10078s	out in each of those options which is uh
10080s	kind of cool I feel like we haven't
10082s	necessarily had a tournament like this
10083s	in quite some time and I can tell we've
10085s	not had a chance to sit and uh talk on
10087s	broadcast about hone for a long time
10089s	because we've just talked straight past
10090s	turn one which is often what what we do
10092s	uh we are in of course into game one
10095s	here weu on the top on that Warrior yala
10097s	on the Mage and yala off to a pretty
10098s	good start getting that hand size
10100s	increase uh just for a beginning and
10102s	having access to some of these freeze
10104s	options that can definitely help for
10106s	example in this Warrior matchup yeah and
10109s	I don't know how much of this you caught
10111s	because of course you did pick up your
10113s	entire house and move it down the street
10115s	and connect it to a different internet
10117s	cable I'm I'm pretty sure that's right
10119s	exactly what happened fair fair fairly
10121s	accurate yeah yeah um but yala did play
10124s	this matchup in his previous series as
10126s	well um and actually ended up clutching
10128s	it very very early on he just reverbed
10130s	his own salesman so he had two snake
10133s	oils in his hand and then literally just
10135s	waited the entire game until he had
10137s	critical mass with SI damage which did
10139s	take a very long time by the way the
10141s	temptation to start trading away those
10143s	snake oils to try and you know get
10145s	through the deck quicker must have been
10147s	enormous but yala of course refusing to
10150s	do anything that he didn't have to and
10152s	just patiently waiting until the game
10155s	falls into his lap you said it earlier
10157s	right it's like you know the the whole
10158s	conversation is yeah but do you need to
10161s	do this and yala is the master of
10163s	control at this point so see how this
10165s	one starts to progress both players
10168s	having a pretty decent hands as Wu
10170s	having access to some card draw with the
10172s	armor um and yala of course uh what
10175s	feels like in Mage a lot of the time
10177s	always having access uh to it almost an
10179s	excess of cards actually
10182s	mhm not the best picks here though
10185s	honestly no honestly terrible deeply
10189s	deeply
10191s	terrible It's Tricky as well cuz I
10194s	naturally want to say star power because
10196s	it's just the best card but in this
10200s	match up yeah that's what I mean in this
10202s	exact matchup it's like it's going to be
10205s	the pick though from yala again there
10206s	there are some Minions that you can just
10209s	say oh I'll just clear away with one
10211s	card without even really having to think
10213s	about it so it's something and I do
10215s	think they are going to that is going to
10217s	get a bit more use than the other
10218s	options that are available because it
10220s	was a pretty dire discover yeah I think
10223s	azerite you could try there and try and
10226s	get away with it um but I think one of
10228s	the better cards um is the hammer that
10231s	has already just been played that you
10232s	would be getting away with while you
10234s	actually have a little bit of armor a
10236s	stone skin armor might be nice to pick
10237s	up as well you could just ping yourself
10239s	in the face or do something stupid just
10240s	to get a little bit of extra card draw
10242s	but yeah sure I think a cheap enough
10244s	star power is probably just a higher
10246s	quality card if you were saying
10249s	even if worst case it's used in this
10251s	scenario right just kill remove four
10253s	damage off the board whatever like it's
10257s	done might not be what happens because y
10260s	might decide he can actually just take
10261s	this damage it's not a big deal but it
10263s	is just available yeah he ends up going
10265s	for it just saying you know what sure
10267s	why not he
10269s	[Music]
10273s	gone here the wiq has a lot of value in
10276s	the air the card draw train just keeps
10279s	on uh chugging along doesn't
10285s	it as we you going to verse rift this
10287s	yeah does verse Rift it at the end gains
10289s	a ton of armor from the Razer fan gets
10293s	the bonus armor from the attack and will
10295s	now get bonus armor from the totem as
10297s	well already at the lofty Heights of
10301s	48 and Sith not really the card you want
10303s	to see right now no it's a tough it's
10306s	well not tough it's an interesting line
10307s	to walk cuz normally want to be greedy
10309s	as possible when you're the warrior
10311s	right because you want just the the Giga
10312s	burst once Odin's gone down to just
10314s	close out the game H but you also don't
10317s	want to be burst in return in this Mage
10319s	match
10321s	up yeah and I think if it comes down to
10323s	it if you stay out of range of the Mage
10327s	uh you will kill the Mage accidentally
10329s	at some point likely if it resoles down
10331s	to that you'll be okay Wu wants to do
10333s	what yala did earlier today and just hit
10335s	that like 100ish armor right and just be
10338s	like okay go for it
10345s	it
10347s	oh I love hearstone you know it's great
10355s	like so yala is going to have to find
10357s	some way to get some serious discounts
10359s	rolling here the only way this game is
10361s	even remotely winnable is with multiple
10365s	discounted discovers from infinitize
10368s	right looking for several one mana burn
10371s	cards you're looking for maybe a
10372s	discounted Reverb as well so that you
10375s	can squeeze it in there with the SI for
10376s	like plus 12 spell damage or something
10378s	absurd even just hitting glyphs and
10380s	stuff like that right is a possibility
10382s	to just help in some in some respect the
10386s	SI definitely a little bit early to the
10388s	party though can't even really commit
10391s	anything to deal with the
10392s	board it's not like wisdom ball is going
10395s	to come up with anything magical most of
10397s	the time here does find LIF though
10403s	okay jeez still no
10406s	answer Zer man a
10416s	frostbolt I think right because this is
10418s	glyph casting twice yeah off the
10420s	stargazing right yeah
10422s	yeah It's tricky because there's also
10424s	even even though the hand size has been
10426s	increased there's hand size concerns
10428s	because the reverb's probably goingon to
10430s	stick around for a bit the infinitize
10432s	obviously is gonna Pro probably stick
10434s	around uh Sith as well isn't going
10437s	anywhere so oh my go even though you
10439s	could say well why would you you know
10441s	get rid of a cheap Frost bolt well it's
10443s	going to run out hand space soon
10444s	especially that second Reverb well also
10447s	right like you know if you get plus
10448s	seven spell damage on Sith that Frost
10450s	Bolt's going to do 10 to your opponent
10451s	if you leave up that second Razer fend
10453s	for another turn it's very possible that
10455s	Razer fend just gains your opponent 10
10457s	on this turn so
10463s	wind
10464s	Fury did not see what the second option
10469s	was in this
10471s	position would you say that Wu is just
10473s	too far ahead at this point just from
10476s	obiously we can see yala's hand because
10478s	like what are the odds on yala actually
10480s	being able to piece something together
10483s	so let's say you get let's say you get
10485s	Sith to plus six spell damage right and
10489s	and then you're able to reverb it
10490s	cheaply so let's say you have plus 12
10492s	spell damage right let's take three
10494s	damage as an average spell cost you're
10495s	then doing 15 damage per spell right so
10499s	you would then still have to cast six
10503s	spells currently at that level so we've
10506s	played Sith Reverb and six spells so
10509s	basically your entire hand has to be
10511s	that perfect and cost less than 10 and
10514s	you would get there this turn based on
10517s	the amount of armor they currently have
10518s	and they're going to keep gaining more
10520s	yeah easy right sounds okay yeah so
10523s	there was a lot of ifs in there but so
10525s	essentially what if this was a ladder
10527s	game I would already be playing an
10528s	entirely different game of hearthstone
10530s	right now let's put it that
10532s	way well Y is piecing together a plan
10535s	Reverb on the salesman some of those
10537s	oils in
10539s	[Music]
10542s	hand yeah it's incredible how much of a
10545s	threat those pigs are isn't it like
10546s	another frostbolt going in there just to
10548s	get them out of the way as you said all
10550s	those questions were raised on this
10552s	current health total for week you never
10555s	mind anything else yes and this wisdom
10558s	ball is not playing ball at all it has
10561s	cast nothing but secrets so far counter
10564s	spell ice barrier counter spell I think
10566s	have been the three charges of the
10567s	weapon almost entirely useless helpful
10570s	in the most inverted of commas you have
10572s	ever
10579s	yeah it's because weu is so far
10583s	ahead they can afford to just play into
10586s	these secrets right it's not a disaster
10588s	by any means as you can see they just
10590s	throwing away the the Bellow in
10592s	there yep throwing away the bellowing
10594s	Flames just so he can guarantee cast The
10597s	Gift guarantee get another five
10602s	armor I think weq so far today is 100%
10606s	ratio of uh Shield blocks from gifts
10610s	oh that's a good stat to keep track
10615s	of Linda what do we pay you
10618s	for Linda's like wait you guys are
10620s	getting
10626s	paid creation is a way to deal with the
10630s	board even though the board is again one
10632s	of those boards that Warriors make H
10634s	Warrior makes at the moment which is
10636s	threatening but not threatening at the
10638s	same time
10650s	so yeah this is the play that we saw
10651s	from yala in the previous Series where
10654s	he just reverbed a Salesman to get the
10656s	double snake oil in hand uh the the
10658s	moving goalpost was not 90 last time
10662s	around see whether it comes together
10668s	it's another
10670s	secret so what are you what are you
10673s	wanting from the ball at this point I
10676s	mean fireable to face really is about
10678s	the best thing that you're getting isn't
10683s	it have arm on it as well as the wind
10687s	Fury oh not no summon okay it's it's
10691s	time to actually apply some pressure
10693s	fair enough
10696s	[Music]
10699s	SLE is something to do but is it
10702s	something to actually progress stopping
10704s	the weapon obviously is important
10705s	especially with all these minions
10707s	because Mage can deal with boards but
10710s	not when they they're endless eight
10714s	drops so right now what would we have
10716s	we'd go Sith Reverb snake oil snake oil
10719s	and then you could try and Rewind a
10721s	snake
10723s	oil it's not very much damage is it
10726s	checks armor total
10736s	um we counting the uh pyro Blast from
10738s	wisdom ball right yeah yeah yeah yeah
10741s	sure sure sure sure sure so be honest
10744s	when this card was revealed the first
10745s	time you looked at this card did you
10746s	think it was zephrus six times because a
10749s	lot of people did yes I thought it was
10752s	going to just win me games just all the
10755s	time and then I played it and just
10757s	looked at it and said why
10760s	not that it's a particularly bad card I
10762s	was just expecting more
10765s	yeah I was talking about this I've had
10767s	this conversation with a couple of
10768s	people but I feel like we're in a um
10770s	prison of yuron debate with wisdom ball
10773s	right now okay sure yeah fine fine plus
10777s	one damage to the board nice great job
10780s	um where you know prison of the Oxon
10782s	people will play it in situations where
10784s	they're miles behind on board and the
10786s	first charge doesn't save them and they
10788s	go well this card's trash why would I
10789s	ever put it in my deck kind of thing um
10792s	whereas it's an investment card right
10794s	where you the the value in it comes with
10797s	just the acrude value of what you pay
10799s	for it initially where you get to use
10800s	the multiple charges over uh alternate
10802s	terms yeah which I think is the same
10804s	thing with wisdom ball a lot of people
10806s	like assess it of like they play the
10807s	cadar and then they want the first
10809s	wisdom ball to just do something
10810s	incredible and blow the game out of the
10812s	water and it just doesn't work like that
10813s	right it's a six Manor investment to get
10815s	a lot more than six maners worth of
10817s	stuff over the course
10819s	yeah and also if you take this current
10821s	game situation out of it and say you
10825s	play khadgar and then for the next X
10827s	turns depending if it survives the whole
10829s	way sure you are gaining ice barrier
10832s	into counter spell into ice barrier into
10834s	counter spell that's quite a good card
10836s	right if you just said that to someone
10837s	that is pretty powerful it's just in a
10840s	lot of these situations you don't you
10842s	neither need nor want these ice barriers
10844s	and counter spells uh so that's the only
10846s	tricky thing is it doesn't necessarily
10848s	play the exact way you want it to but I
10850s	agree as a raw value card it is good
10854s	it's very
10855s	strong so I suspect obviously you can
10858s	never quite get in tune with the yala
10860s	but I suspect that uh rewind sequencing
10863s	there he was maybe looking for another
10866s	cryo so he could try and go down the
10868s	excavate line keep freezing out the
10870s	opponent uh cuz these freezes are very
10872s	effective worth remembering by the way
10875s	that uh Wu does have access to Reno to
10877s	unfreeze if that will become relevant on
10880s	uh any of these upcoming turns oh yes
10882s	this is what I like to see get that
10883s	fireball thrown
10889s	in coin
10891s	ping ah yeah yeah coin coin INF
10893s	infinitize does seem more
10897s	[Laughter]
10903s	sensible that is going to be overdraw
10905s	right for the next turn I can
10911s	count uh for yala yeah 10 cards in hand
10914s	right now
10917s	yeah and here comes the reset as you
10919s	mentioned new hero means uh new
10923s	unfrozen swing coming in oh or oh is
10927s	yala Amplified actually yala's probably
10929s	Amplified by this point so he's he's
10931s	probably okay he's got 11 hand space Oh
10934s	yeah sorry he he turn he started with
10936s	that right yeah mhm
10939s	I've been seeing so many secrets and
10941s	everything I completely forgot about the
10942s	first play from yala way back when at
10945s	the start of this game yes as Linda is
10948s	so gleefully like Linda nasing is
10950s	exactly the worst thing in the world um
10953s	there it does say 11 Mana at the bottom
10955s	of the screen which is kind of a dead
10961s	giveaway there's all the armor gone from
10964s	[Music]
10967s	y it's Jive
10970s	[Music]
10975s	Warrior there is Reverb
10980s	though could clear the bo we Reverb the
10983s	rag and then we find some way to
10985s	generate a copy of uh criminal lineup is
10987s	that what those cards called we point it
10989s	at a minion and it makes a bunch of
10990s	copies of it and then you still can't do
10992s	that cuz you're under a Reno this turn
10994s	so you can't actually make a bunch of
10995s	copies Reverb ping and then hit the for
11007s	easy I think it might be next game time
11011s	yeah yeah I mean
11013s	Y come down to 80 though it's pretty
11015s	good going it's a good effort they only
11018s	had what 50 more Health than they
11020s	started with it's pretty
11025s	good I think Mage is one of those decks
11028s	though where you sit there and think but
11032s	I've still got a chance because it can
11035s	generate so many cards as we can see now
11036s	with infinitize again it could it kind
11039s	of has infinite damage if you think
11042s	about it that
11044s	way found the cryo yeah the Titan dream
11047s	is
11050s	alive all we need to do is continue to
11053s	freeze weq every turn and discover a
11056s	Titan that immediately wins as the game
11058s	game mhm
11065s	mhm more freeze
11079s	okay going to go for it
11089s	[Music]
11097s	hold yeah Zola hang on a minute uhhuh uh
11100s	is this a two turn C set up yeah so now
11104s	we go cth Reverb dump all of our burn
11108s	Zola our C and then we have a CF in our
11110s	hand that does absolutely nothing cuz
11112s	we've got no burn left hooray make more
11116s	burn easy
11119s	go just download more Burns yeah okay
11122s	creation comes out there is the artific
11124s	now as well so there's some levels of
11126s	Defense with a combination of artifice
11127s	and
11130s	freeze got coin Max Aude again right
11133s	yeah oh
11135s	yeah cry preservation again no y I can't
11140s	even look at another ice barrier today
11154s	it's got to be one says armor on it yeah
11158s	that's going to be one of the most
11159s	annoying Reno hero powers to see as they
11162s	discover a spell cuz you just think G
11164s	you're trying to keep mental track of
11165s	what you've dealt with so far and it's
11167s	like oh never mind straight out the
11169s	[Music]
11171s	window be easily cleaned up of
11174s	course I think that was one of the least
11176s	efficient trial by fires I've ever seen
11178s	seen in my life and it just does not
11180s	matter just one two and three into a 3
11183s	four that was your turn okay two four4
11186s	is threatening some damage
11189s	okay yeah I mean you are just
11191s	threatening it's lethal
11197s	yeah get this first sift
11203s	down yeah the Raven Strat here would
11206s	definitely just be play the Sith chuck
11207s	all of your damage at Phase figure the
11209s	rest of it out later hear me out I've
11212s	got a new plan Tempo SI freeze and hope
11216s	there's no removal and then go the turn
11221s	after what what how the weapon kills it
11227s	freeze stuff with with what only does
11231s	minions something you have
11233s	to I'm trying to think of it out
11236s	okay hey
11239s	see freeze so that's three
11244s	yep do we infinitize to look for a
11247s	fourth one and dump a snake oil or
11253s	something infinitize has to be worth
11255s	more than a snake oil
11258s	right yeah I mean I just don't think
11260s	you're getting there with any kind of
11261s	combo burn plan right like your goal is
11264s	to actually out value the warrior
11266s	somehow
11268s	which only really comes through more
11270s	excavates I would
11274s	imagine like honest what whatever line
11277s	you're saying is winning the game you
11278s	are coping extra hard and that's the way
11282s	I like it I want to be very clear about
11284s	that from the
11287s	offset these lines don't win but we have
11290s	to pretend or else what are we even
11292s	doing here what's this all been for
11296s	R ask myself that often honestly
11303s	so so is yala right
11307s	now all of these years doing this and
11309s	you can't even afford an internet
11311s	connection come on I'm doing my best
11313s	here I've literally got in my car and
11316s	drove to another location to be able to
11319s	I am dear viewers so very literally
11322s	kicking a man while he's down right now
11324s	like I am under no illusions that I am
11326s	the bad guy here or no illusions I'm the
11328s	good guy here I am definitely the bad
11330s	guy here it's fine just
11332s	wait all's moving up to near where I
11335s	live guess what you didn't have to dox
11339s	me jeez come
11341s	on
11343s	Scotland y that's
11350s	right okay some more levels of Defense
11356s	here ooh
11358s	is that Zola on the Slate oh no
11365s	okay okay y'a seen fatigue he's seen it
11375s	out I'm not sure he
11380s	is he's about to see a huge Hammer
11383s	though
11384s	35 so nice
11388s	BK nice nice casual 70 that turn 76 76
11393s	my mistake note it down note it down for
11396s	the
11397s	stats wow uh that was a rough one um not
11401s	the way you want to oh no that's not Y
11404s	no 50/50
11406s	unlucky lost the coin
11409s	flip uh yeah a really rough game there
11412s	game one for yala taking the loss in
11414s	that fashion cuz obviously he tried to
11415s	stick around and fight as we said mage
11417s	can generate so many resources that you
11420s	do want to give yourself a chance but
11422s	weu was just just chilling all game
11425s	there let's be honest once we got you
11426s	know past to five or so it was pretty
11427s	clear that everything was going well and
11429s	all WQ had to do was not mess up and uh
11432s	he did that very very well taking a game
11434s	one enough to a great start in this
11436s	series and I do wonder what this does to
11438s	yala in terms of like okay I lost
11441s	earlier today and now game one went like
11444s	that something must be creeping in
11446s	thinking maybe today is just not my day
11449s	yeah and I think um Wii who I don't
11451s	think had the best performance in his
11453s	first on stream series of the day I
11455s	think put in a very solid performance
11457s	there obviously in terms of games you
11459s	are going to play at this level that was
11461s	one of the easier ones to win but still
11464s	all the way up until the end he was
11465s	locked in a very frustrating time Loop
11467s	where he was just getting Frozen every
11469s	single turn couldn't end the game he had
11471s	the Odin down so Y and you as soon as as
11473s	soon as you have one turn where you're
11475s	unfreeze unfrozen you're going to end up
11478s	having lethal but weq had to preserve
11480s	two things one enough damage in hand
11482s	that you could otk because you might
11484s	only get one turn where you can attack
11486s	and then they'll start discovering
11487s	freeze again and start locking you down
11489s	again right so make sure that you can
11490s	otk with the wi Fury when you get there
11492s	but also secondly because we saw the
11494s	cryo into discovered cryo and like the
11497s	rewind attempt for cryo it was also
11499s	somewhat clear that yala was trying to
11501s	find some kind of value line so at the
11504s	same time weq has to be like okay make
11506s	sure I have a removal card right a
11509s	sanitize in my hand so if suddenly Titan
11513s	a Titan comes down out of nowhere or
11514s	some discovered legendary or anything
11516s	else I have the ability to like clear
11518s	one crazy board that comes down because
11521s	the other win condition there for yala
11522s	is to find some way of doing that like
11524s	Mage excavate reward get a Titan in play
11526s	freeze the face all in the same turn
11528s	something like that right and then maybe
11530s	that board presence will help get over
11532s	the line with uh then cth and Reverb and
11534s	two snake oils as a follow up the turn
11536s	after but weq had that covered the
11538s	entire time as well because any board
11539s	that was going to come down was going to
11541s	get sanitized in that spot anyway so I
11543s	think great job from weq overall just
11545s	covering all the bases and yala did what
11547s	he had to do he stuck in there he did
11548s	the hard grind but I think like you say
11551s	come probably turn six or seven he
11552s	probably had a pretty good idea he
11554s	wasn't winning that game well we are
11555s	quickly moving on to game number two and
11557s	it's going to be demon Hunters as far as
11559s	the eye can see y going first getting
11563s	the salesman down and it has a bit of a
11566s	uh slower looking hand but with both
11570s	players having instrument Tex available
11571s	you know this game's going to get uh get
11574s	awfully quick awfully
11579s	fast indeed Wei with a interesting
11582s	discover Choice there as well
11584s	metamorphosis and three felon Flames
11586s	both both cards that uh tick the pick
11589s	the one that's in your deck test right
11591s	because they are both played in in
11593s	various lists uh just checking to see
11596s	yep there is a met morphosis in week's
11598s	deck as well as the three fellon Flames
11600s	so actually had to make a genuine
11602s	decision on that front yeah and I think
11604s	I I like the decision even though I like
11605s	meta it's in this matchup feels like it
11608s	could just sit in your hand and be way
11610s	too slow H whereas through Fel and
11612s	Flames I do feel like you're going to
11614s	get pretty much guaranteed use out of it
11616s	one way or
11619s	another even now paying off for itself
11621s	now been able to trade these down and
11623s	although the early board Advantage I
11625s	feel isn't the end of the world here for
11627s	you know losing that board Advantage you
11630s	would still rather be pressuring than
11631s	not right yeah uh worth no noting as
11635s	well the difference in the two decks
11638s	yala is playing the more recent
11641s	development uh with the Blind Eye
11643s	Sharpshooter version of the deck making
11645s	room for some spells and a few extra
11647s	nagas in there as well like playing
11648s	slyther spear for example just to try
11650s	and get that extra damage whereas weu
11652s	has been playing um the list that has
11654s	been fairly well Consolidated for quite
11657s	some time Now with uh kind like posic
11660s	thrown in there as well the
11661s	metamorphosis going down swinging um
11663s	just a more Straight Ahead Shopper
11665s	focused version of the deck just with uh
11668s	outright damage cards thrown in there on
11670s	top and do you think with the Nerf
11671s	announced for the weapon that we're
11673s	going to see more of this Sharpshooter
11675s	uh if if people continue to play this
11677s	overall style of Demon Hunter yeah I
11679s	don't know um like I haven't CU
11682s	obviously I've been very focused on like
11684s	learning that we have for this
11686s	tournament yeah like I haven't really
11688s	thought about it too hard but my my fear
11691s	is that both of these decks kind of rely
11694s	on umpire's grasp at all to exist and
11697s	maybe without umpire's grass like maybe
11698s	Demon Hunter just completely falls off a
11700s	cliff um but we'll we'll we'll
11703s	see that we will here though we going to
11707s	see the initial discover options none of
11710s	the big hitters that you really have uh
11713s	even though tough crowd's pretty good
11715s	it's not really one you want in the
11716s	three slot and also it's not the one you
11718s	want when you there's nothing to react
11720s	to right normally you want to do that as
11722s	a reaction to something your opponent's
11724s	done uh but not really the case here for
11729s	yala G
11737s	okay going to say this is going to be
11739s	one of those uh delayed
11741s	Shoppers I guess just being able to deal
11743s	with this
11744s	62 yeah yeah I think the uh the turn
11748s	four when you're so when you don't when
11750s	you're not on coin and you go coin uh
11752s	umpires grasp obviously then you want to
11754s	curve out really fast if you are just
11756s	playing your weapon naturally on three
11758s	there's not a great deal of difference
11760s	in a lot of scenarios from going three
11763s	Mana Window Shopper plus your one Mana
11765s	guy on four to playing your three Mana
11768s	Window Shopper your one Mana guy on five
11770s	and then also having the one Mana
11772s	available to play your one Mana discover
11774s	on five anyway right like the turn you
11776s	play your first mag theodon which is the
11778s	good one that you're looking for is the
11780s	same either way right so if you if
11782s	you're faced with that scenario um it's
11785s	quite often better to just clear up the
11786s	board in front of you to not fall too
11788s	far behind on Tempo particularly on in
11790s	the mirror I think there are downsides
11792s	of course because if you play the the
11795s	three cost Shopper and the one cost
11796s	Shopper on turn four you can hit mag
11799s	theodon on either of those slots and
11801s	then play that mag theodon on turn five
11803s	whereas doing it the way that's one turn
11804s	delayed you have to hit the one Mana mag
11806s	theodon
11808s	to a to get
11810s	it second ire Gras here coming out from
11813s	yala yala pretty low on the old Health
11816s	here but double Hunter secret for this
11818s	turn
11819s	only it's going to be oh or not okay I
11823s	kind of always expected a attack to proc
11825s	one of those but hey it's
11827s	possible 65 Inquisitor looks pretty huge
11834s	here going to go window shopping again
11838s	yep and again the mag theodon I don't
11842s	want to call games too early but if this
11844s	is mag theodon in this position I feel
11846s	like it it does end it a lot of the time
11848s	just because the health Y is on but it
11851s	is
11852s	not tough crowd
11854s	reroll not going to hold on
11861s	okay is this oh no there
11865s	isn't yeah is this tough crowd the hold
11868s	for the um I forget the name the LIF
11870s	steel taunt
11874s	maybe uh oh Abyssal basis like if yo
11877s	were to get it exactly because he's
11878s	about to swing so he's going to probably
11880s	get another Shopper and could actually
11882s	shoer into the Abyssal right okay just
11886s	just a thought that's all just bouncing
11888s	like the uh the one- one back really
11889s	gaining too much this turn not
11892s	sure just because the three cost lar is
11895s	right there so if you draw something
11896s	cheap you can actually get rid bounce
11898s	and then go for the idari maybe
11903s	M wow not going to see any mag theodon
11906s	in this
11911s	one yeah this is the weird part about
11913s	this deck right like if
11915s	you if you took this deck this mirror
11918s	this game and then like showed it to an
11920s	alien and we're like okay this is the
11923s	deck that large portions of the
11924s	community complain about as being too
11926s	strong
11927s	you they just wouldn't believe you right
11929s	because both of these decks seem to be
11930s	doing nothing currently but this between
11934s	hitting mag theodon and not hitting mag
11935s	paradon is pretty huge sometimes as you
11937s	are now
11941s	seeing what is that six
11944s	seven it's a good amount of damage but
11947s	just slightly
11948s	off yep 10 as far as I can see it can do
11953s	nine with the umpire's grasp instead
11958s	which is probably just
11963s	worth yeah I think so just push
11966s	right and then there's still damage
11968s	potentially with second swing the one
11970s	drop and uh even just hero power next
11972s	turn exactly yeah even if there's a bit
11975s	of healing there's there's a lot of
11976s	damage to be able to push through any
11977s	life steal or at least the the non-
11979s	major life steal we do see there's I in
11982s	yala's hand so if yala can um beef up
11985s	some attack
11988s	yeah you kind of want to have enough
11990s	Mana to be able to have a sharpshooter
11992s	turn and get the momentums cheap right
11994s	and then be able to play
11997s	eye but that's just infinite manner in
12000s	this hitting the eye off the big shopper
12002s	as well it's the that thing there are
12004s	certain ones you want off certain
12006s	Shoppers yeah yeah ba basist and idari
12009s	Inquisitor can be good off the 65 or
12012s	almost never good off the 11 one um and
12015s	then like the temporary Secrets can
12019s	sometimes be good off the 1 one but it's
12020s	never good off the 65 really like
12022s	there's there's a few out but really
12024s	it's just mag theodon you just want to
12026s	hit M the end of the day mag theodon
12029s	yeah oh even the cane being picked up as
12032s	well yeah I did like the tough crowd
12034s	hold it never really came into play but
12037s	you could definitely see the scenarios
12038s	where just a bounce would just win win
12041s	weq the game straight off the bat so he
12043s	won anyway of course didn't need it in
12044s	the end H but still I do like the way uh
12047s	they approach that game going on there
12049s	so Wu going very quickly to a 20 lead
12053s	are we just going to see a quick three
12055s	today as opposed to the uh the slower
12057s	one you were involved in earlier yeah
12059s	very possibly I guess one final piece of
12062s	a just in case anyone needs this box
12063s	ticking who are watching in case anyone
12065s	was thinking like idari Inquisitor tough
12067s	crowd The idari Inquisitor back to your
12069s	own hand the issue with that play is
12071s	backward Zone transition so board to
12073s	hand re remove all enchantments so it'
12076s	go back to being eight Mana full value
12078s	in idari Inquisitor in hand after you do
12080s	that it's be too expensive to do any
12082s	kind of combo stuff with the The
12084s	Inquisitor and the tough crowd so I
12085s	think uh Raven is probably not far off
12088s	the money in terms of weq just wanted to
12090s	hold that as a more defensive option if
12091s	you needed it yeah especially because
12093s	the uh the the sort of mana and turn
12096s	time uh they were playing with there
12098s	aren't that many draws in the deck that
12101s	wouldn't mean that he couldn't empty it
12103s	right and be able to have the outcast
12105s	effect so it was just pretty likely to
12106s	have option that's pretty flexible but
12108s	now just looking at this 20 for weq only
12111s	needs one more win and it's going to be
12113s	that warlock that's left over so um of
12116s	course as we know guess what if you two
12118s	up you're pretty favored in the match up
12120s	at any given point but in terms of just
12122s	warlock versus um the Decks that are on
12125s	on display here for yala are there any
12128s	tough matchups for this warlock is there
12130s	any ones that you think Wu could really
12132s	struggle getting over the hunt with
12134s	first off did I miss a memo because
12136s	that's you're now the second Caster to
12138s	say it's good to be two Z up in a series
12141s	which I didn't even hear it cuz I've
12143s	been busy doing other things so I'm not
12144s	even cop I don't even know who the other
12146s	Caster was put it that way okay fair
12148s	enough um but in answer to your question
12150s	yeah so custom warlock pain warlock
12152s	whatever you want to call it is it can
12155s	be quite polarized in terms of matchups
12157s	right like if you face against a deck
12159s	that can fairly regular just go oh okay
12162s	here's 12 damage from hand you're in
12164s	trouble right because most of your game
12166s	plan involves
12167s	putting yourself down to 12 incredibly
12169s	quickly or else your deck does very
12171s	little um and it's not even like the
12173s	deck plays like classic Handlock would
12175s	go down very low but then they could
12177s	taunt their molten Giants with some Fury
12179s	or Defender of arus or whatever um
12181s	that's not a thing this deck really does
12183s	either you sometimes get some reborn
12184s	taunts from Symphony of sins so like
12187s	Demon Hunter for example with just a
12188s	weapon with some buffed attack going
12190s	face with momentum or an Inquisitor that
12193s	or an Inquisitor yeah those things will
12195s	kill you you know like because you just
12197s	have to lower your health so low uh one
12199s	thing I do find
12201s	interesting and yes it's right there in
12203s	the Mulligan is that weq is playing two
12205s	copies of F string harp which is not
12208s	some so it is something you see but I
12212s	think it's something that is fairly well
12215s	uh agreed upon to not be a good choice
12217s	like it sort of makes sense in your head
12219s	but then it's a card that you never
12221s	really want to play because you do want
12222s	to spend so much of the early game doing
12224s	damage to yourself right so if it's a
12226s	card that if you draw early it sits dead
12228s	in your hand for a very very long time
12230s	it's really only useful as like a late
12232s	game recovery tool I guess and also his
12237s	his zelc setup does not have life Steel
12240s	on it which is the other thing I find
12241s	really interesting about his uh his
12243s	custom warlock most people have some
12246s	variety of classic zelc with the life
12248s	Steel on there in this deck yeah it was
12251s	it's surprising to the extent for just a
12253s	second when I saw the harp I was like
12255s	wait
12257s	I thought it was playing this deck right
12259s	I was just like wait that's how much
12260s	like you're not used to seeing the harp
12261s	in the Bild anyway H but yeah I'm
12263s	excited to see more of this Warlock and
12266s	uh see how it can perform o harp early
12269s	again it's just not something that Vu
12271s	really wants to see right now so he
12273s	going to Tempo out the two one drops
12275s	though and get pretty aggressive which
12277s	is exactly what you want to do against
12279s	this priest you want to be a head on
12281s	board and you want to trade them down
12283s	very quickly look at this J to position
12285s	of hearthstone cards by way like one
12288s	Mana card deals three damage to yourself
12290s	is a class card versus one Mana card is
12293s	a neutral has six different varieties of
12296s	upside when it dies and they just trade
12298s	one for one with each other like what
12301s	what is Miracle salesman does anyone
12304s	know you have to you have to buy the uh
12306s	the goods to find out oh okay yeah fair
12311s	enough it's a it's a really funny deck
12314s	to watch because you know Zoo from
12316s	warlock has been around since the dawn
12317s	of time H but playing such uh weak cards
12322s	just like the geode for example it's a
12323s	very good card but just as a sort of
12326s	when you look at this deck in a sort of
12328s	zoo style it's a 2 one for two which is
12330s	not normally what you want to be playing
12332s	out especially compared to the old days
12334s	yeah still very powerful getting those
12335s	card draws and double speaker stomper
12338s	probably going to be traded if need be
12340s	in the near future I'm going to be
12342s	honest I don't know what you were just
12343s	talking about because I saw a pip copy
12346s	in a crimson and a funnel cake and I'm
12349s	real excited all needs to know like to
12352s	do y i I honestly this is the first time
12355s	I've seen a funnel cake in in my life
12358s	because I just can't draw it I justar
12360s	seen in real life I think we were
12362s	talking about this on the reveal stream
12363s	I haven't I'll be honest I don't even
12366s	know what one is I learned about funnel
12368s	cakes from
12369s	Hearthstone oh my
12373s	God I need a lie down no look how weak
12377s	so does weak you yeah
12381s	correct it's just over it's just
12386s	over oh
12387s	[Music]
12391s	no actually no real effective way to
12393s	spend one Mana here which is
12395s	annoying R bangler okay so interesting
12399s	thing if you spent one Mana here and
12400s	then played the funnel cake and then you
12402s	drew your other natural funnel cake
12404s	that's left remaining in the deck uh
12408s	yeah then you can have very very
12410s	exciting times um projectionist actually
12413s	projectionist is probably wanting to be
12415s	used more on a Drifter at this point CU
12418s	I was thinking if you still had the Mana
12419s	available you could go projectionist and
12421s	get another cleric and then if you drew
12423s	funnel cake but that doesn't do anything
12425s	like three three clerics is the right
12426s	number to have anyway so you do probably
12428s	want to hold on to it and look for
12429s	Drifters instead makes
12432s	sense I we found the um the celestial
12435s	like one of the weirder cards to use in
12438s	this deck I feel like it's not it feels
12441s	like it should be a straightforward card
12443s	make a copy of your best card but a lot
12445s	of the time you have to make weird
12447s	decisions about what you copying and
12448s	when um and found it definitely wasn't
12451s	as straightforward as I
12452s	thought there's the zil ax though can
12455s	help a little
12458s	bit so you can go speaker stomp at zelc
12461s	or you can go Forge of Wheels copy
12463s	something zelc neither of those things
12466s	seem particularly powerful can actually
12468s	Forge of world zilia yeah I was going to
12469s	say you can copy the ziac
12473s	yeah you just don't get the discount
12475s	that way it doesn't actually end up
12484s	mattering unless you wanted to play the
12486s	harp which as we already discussed you
12488s	probably don't at this point yeah I
12490s	think does it does it not have to be
12492s	copy the the zelc here just for
12495s	something that can kill stuff like I
12499s	think it's stomper zelc honestly really
12503s	at this point what's this what what's
12505s	the stomper really
12509s	stomping I like just for the stats right
12511s	like it's a very similar amount of stats
12513s	to what you're getting with the forge
12515s	anyway right yeah but you can kill
12516s	something now right yeah yeah yeah no
12518s	that is the upside for
12523s	sure okay weu is fighting back
12527s	uh still going to be a tough one cuz yo
12529s	has all the options in the world right
12530s	now because of the sheer volume of card
12532s	draw that has been made available to him
12534s	this game Wu is not just dead yet still
12537s	got time and there are some big draws
12540s	from this but that's that's that's the
12541s	thing raven like you say that as if it's
12543s	a good thing that's actually a major
12545s	downside like weu has failed to do
12548s	massive amounts of damage to himself
12550s	this game that's actually a problem
12552s	because now most of the cards that he
12553s	can draw just aren't very good off the
12556s	top
12557s	H with Forge though Forge can dig him
12560s	out of some awkward
12562s	situations there's a chance yeah it's
12565s	not active next turn though right oh
12566s	yeah yeah I'm just saying what do you
12567s	think he's dead next turn No No No
12571s	Yeah by no means am I saying Wu is in a
12574s	good spot I'm just saying it's not
12575s	completely dire I think the forge ziliax
12577s	was needed at that turn you know to even
12580s	remotely
12583s	survive are we not uh synchronizing our
12587s	opponent ziac we are synchronizing our
12589s	opponent's ziac
12598s	okay Yep this is the line that made
12600s	sense to me yeah and now suddenly with
12603s	that zelc
12605s	copied it's a big ask isn't it now just
12608s	with the shave actually amount of stats
12610s	on the board I kind of didn't really
12611s	factor in copying the zelc for the Plus
12613s	stats yeah yeah yeah the debate was
12615s	whether to Ed the finale I think on the
12618s	synchronized that was the most difficult
12620s	thing to work out as to whether you
12621s	wanted extra stats on yours in exchange
12623s	for extra stats on theirs okay
12627s	Symphony hit the good one that's huge
12629s	that was necessary absolutely necessary
12632s	now for any route yes forg is active and
12635s	also that clear did six extra damage to
12637s	weak you which is great if you're weak
12640s	you how Hearthstone has
12643s	evolved yep
12651s	always draws five minions without fail
12654s	one never actually drawn a oh has I
12657s	could tell just from Wu's
12659s	response
12663s	mhm I mean why are you bad at
12665s	Hearthstone imagine drawing spells with
12668s	magatha you know this you've seen me
12671s	play yeah yeah
12678s	even though a lot of value still just uh
12680s	it's a decent amount of refill but I
12682s	guess the problem here is it's starting
12684s	to step into Titan territory right like
12686s	the the Shar volume of card draw and
12689s	just the Mana available means that yala
12691s	can start really pressur in in the next
12693s	turn maybe even just win with them with
12695s	the extra turn exactly yeah I think this
12697s	is the problem with this matchup is that
12699s	if you AR incredibly dominant incredibly
12702s	quickly you get two turn so quickly
12704s	because you're so low the entire game
12706s	game yeah and speaker stomper is not
12709s	really going to help with that
12711s	either nope Zer amount of 55 will
12717s	then yeah with the
12719s	forge and freeze one of the others as
12721s	well to help
12723s	yep
12729s	yeah H when it's not working it looks
12733s	like the worst deck you've ever seen in
12734s	your life
12738s	the first time I played that trient I
12740s	just sat and asked myself a question of
12743s	am I actually playing this card yeah
12746s	just a weird weird feeling to just sit
12748s	and go I'm just dealing five damage to
12750s	make a two two to myself no no that's
12753s	the thing you're not dealing damage it
12756s	doesn't even work with imprisoned horror
12758s	and it still makes the cut cuz youal
12761s	yeah yeah it's just you pay like it
12763s	literally doesn't work with half of the
12765s	payoff cards in your deck and you still
12767s	play it that's how it's not a flame imp
12770s	right yeah yeah exactly there's the
12772s	extra turn and I think damage adds
12779s	up already locked in well we do know
12783s	about this match is that yala is not
12785s	going to be swept priest gets a win
12787s	there and as you said we saw the air the
12789s	weakest side to this custom
12792s	warlock yeah no trolling from yala there
12795s	that time I'm not sure if uh what it was
12797s	at the end of last series but he had a
12798s	Zari turn where he had like six damage
12801s	over already just by playing Zari and he
12803s	went through a full turn like playing
12804s	other minions and playing funnel cake
12806s	and drawing cards sometimes you've got
12808s	to be sure sometimes you got to be sure
12811s	but that time just jams the zi deals the
12813s	damage nice and efficient Easy as Pi and
12816s	yala is going to make his way back into
12818s	the series um I actually like I believe
12822s	in custom warlock I I've played a good
12824s	amount of it I think it's an incredible
12826s	powerful deck um it might be that same
12829s	Nostalgia bait though where like I'm
12830s	saying I like Zari priest cuz it reminds
12832s	me a little bit of Naga priest and that
12834s	was awesome um maybe I just like custom
12836s	warlock because it reminds me of
12837s	Handlock and that's like the deck I
12839s	spent basically the entire first two
12841s	years of hearthstone playing until
12843s	Patron Warrior came out and then I
12844s	played that for like 6 days or however
12846s	long they let it live before they nerfed
12848s	it into the ground um so I'm a big fan
12851s	of the custom warlock I think it's
12853s	absurdly powerful I do think it's very
12855s	fragile like I think there are meta
12857s	games that exist where it would be
12859s	completely
12860s	unplayable um but I don't think that
12862s	meta is now especi I especially don't
12865s	think that meta is this tournament I
12867s	think I think custom warlock could
12868s	actually put some work in in this um so
12870s	we'll see there is something weirdly
12872s	satisfying about bringing your own
12875s	health total to near death and then
12877s	saying I win right it is it's because
12881s	like you said outside of exactly
12883s	Handlock and this deck accelerates it
12885s	way faster than old Handlock used to
12888s	it's not really a game plan that has
12890s	ever existed in Hearthstone to say I'm
12892s	going to keep hitting myself in the face
12894s	and it's a good thing right so yeah it's
12897s	definitely a cool deck to try out I
12899s	think this deck feels even more Reckless
12901s	and even braver than Handlock did right
12904s	because Handlock you'd get your molten
12905s	Giants down you'd get your Mountain
12907s	Giants down and then you'd go okay
12908s	here's my defender of Argus you can't
12910s	kill me this turn now I'm going to start
12911s	heal botting or whatever and my heal
12913s	total back up behind this wall of taunts
12916s	custom warlock doesn't play any taunts
12918s	and does not really play that much
12920s	healing you basically put yourself down
12922s	to 10 HP and then you just stay there
12924s	and say you just say that's enough yeah
12927s	yeah actually just try and hit me from
12930s	this point and a lot of decks just can't
12932s	which is really really strange which is
12934s	why I say like there are certain meta
12936s	games where no that that like this just
12939s	wouldn't be able to exist because if if
12941s	every deck in the format could do 10
12943s	damage from hand it would basically be
12945s	unplayable
12946s	now speaking of here we go with warlock
12950s	versus
12952s	Mage yes Decks that can deal 10 damage
12956s	pretty easily and it's something that Wu
12959s	is going to have to deal with because
12960s	it's not like the uh the harp is is
12962s	going to save him in this scenario right
12965s	this feels like one of the matchups
12967s	where you go all in you bring yourself
12970s	down Splurge all your minions onto the
12973s	board and then kill them quick because
12975s	if you don't you are
12979s	dead keeping hold at the fracking though
12982s	do you like this do you think this shows
12983s	the uh the desperation of hitting a good
12987s	curve in this matchup there is very very
12990s	little to do on turn one in this deck
12992s	it's flame imple bust a lot of the time
12993s	so I don't mind holding on to fracking
12996s	in order to have a look uh you know
12998s	you're not going to play harpon one most
13000s	of the time you don't want to play Shard
13001s	on one so just for the upside of finding
13004s	yourself a curve and also sometimes you
13006s	hit furnace Fuel and you're just having
13007s	a really good time right if you fracking
13009s	into furnace fuel on turn one
13011s	so I'm okay with
13015s	it now is this a match up where we're
13018s	going to see coin come out nice and
13020s	early here it could be artificer with
13022s	Gea it could be the
13023s	audio there are options and there's
13026s	there's a lot of cheap Mana to spend
13029s	here you know a lot of two costs in hand
13031s	from yala so I think trying to grab the
13034s	board in some way shape or form early is
13036s	going to be a real benefit and I know
13038s	yala's very value based but I see value
13040s	in
13042s	winning he's going to hold
13049s	okay it's an AFK turn two not really
13052s	what you're looking
13056s	for as mention obviously this is a scary
13059s	matchup to play because the Mage can
13060s	just Chuck a bunch of burn at you it's
13062s	not necessarily a bad matchup for the
13064s	Warlock just a difficult to navigate
13067s	again if you can get huge minions down
13070s	very early with Forge like just get two
13072s	or three 88s into play early that's not
13075s	really something that Mage is equipped
13077s	to deal with unless they get to turn
13080s	five turn six right turn six probably um
13083s	because even if they just sleep skater
13085s	one of your 88s if you still have two
13087s	others you're not really that bothered
13088s	about it right you can easily outpace
13090s	that damage and that that armor gain
13092s	that they're getting from it um but you
13094s	do have to start making those big boards
13095s	very very quickly if it does then go to
13098s	that late game it can be a little bit
13099s	tricky to to restabilize and not just
13101s	get burned out at the end of the game
13103s	even right now obviously there's going
13105s	to be a card draw between now and then
13107s	but I'm looking at like flame imp
13110s	projection Forge right you know just to
13113s	like spam stuff on board for weq because
13117s	I think uh this match Up's getting just
13118s	a going a little bit too slow
13130s	going go wisdom just for that extra card
13132s	draw slowly build up this board yala I
13134s	guess to no one's surpris taking it
13142s	slow oh going to go speaker sum instead
13145s	so going to go a little bit taller a
13146s	little bit more annoying instead of
13148s	going super wide with light flame imps
13150s	and stuff
13162s	and I think this makes sense because it
13164s	it will almost certainly make your
13166s	opponent have a bad
13169s	time even shuts off any uh like coin
13172s	creation possibilities to be able to
13174s	clear of this up which you would be weak
13176s	against with the uh slightly smaller
13178s	smaller and wider
13180s	board I do like the addition of Stompers
13183s	I think most people in this tournament
13186s	have come with some variety of cult NE
13189s	fights and speaker Stompers in their
13190s	decks uh not necessarily all of them but
13192s	just sprinkled throughout I think most
13194s	of the pain warlocks do have speaker
13195s	Stompers in there which I do like as a
13197s	call in the tournament yeah for sure and
13200s	I was actually a little bit surprised
13201s	when I looked at the deck list just to
13202s	see how many Stompers there were you
13204s	know just across all the players but the
13206s	more you see these matches play out in
13208s	this sort of current tournament meta you
13210s	see like okay yeah fair enough oh did
13213s	they get the plus six on that yeah hit
13216s	it in the right
13217s	place um but yeah this we're in a mage
13219s	match up right now but just to go back
13221s	to the speaker Stompers I think Shaman
13223s	is one of the biggest reasons why that
13225s	exists people don't necessarily want to
13226s	ban Sharman um and Sharman is the best
13230s	deck for cult neight and speaker stomper
13232s	cuz they literally tell you when to play
13235s	it they hold up a sign that says I am
13238s	going to burn you with spells next turn
13240s	as soon as they play Flash you play
13242s	speaker stomper they're probably in a
13244s	huge mess so that is something to look
13246s	out for long term as well where you
13248s	might see Sharman players doing things
13250s	that look strange not playing flash on
13253s	certain terms where it seems really
13255s	obvious to just play Flash and then go
13257s	for the lethal because they're trying to
13258s	play around um speaker stomper long term
13261s	like do you remember way way way way
13263s	back when the very very best freeze Mage
13265s	players would also find lines that
13267s	played around Loeb as well as playing
13269s	around everything else that kind it's
13271s	that kind of vibe that you might be
13272s	seeing a little bit later on in the
13274s	tournament well Wei's been pushed off
13276s	board Forge is active which means that
13278s	board can be built up pretty quickly
13280s	again but just the cards are just flimsy
13283s	aren't they right now for weq there's
13284s	none of the uh the big boys in
13289s	hand never mind I mean yeah okay yeah
13293s	proven wrong instantly I love it I'm
13295s	going to call you a liar I mean I I'll
13297s	take it honestly I'll accept it
13317s	this is it right it's kind of the spot I
13319s	was talking about you need an answer to
13321s	this board and yes Le skater can stall
13324s	out from here but it's certainly not
13325s	answering the problem o there is glyph
13328s	and then deal five from the
13331s	creation maybe glyph can get him there
13336s	like find a discounted spell from glyph
13338s	to at least kill one of the big yeah oh
13340s	wait is that rock in hand the is Rock in
13342s	hand yeah yeah
13344s	yeah so you can just use that to enough
13352s	yeah Z trying to work out whether he
13355s	goes for like wisdom
13360s	first cuz still has the coin available
13362s	as well worst
13364s	case I'm going to go Discovery
13374s	okay it's one of those discovers where
13376s	you just sit and sort of stare at the
13377s	cards and go
13380s	okay I think TI's definitely the best
13383s	one
13390s	here yep I'd say good enough for yala
13394s	good enough could have been a lot
13396s	[Music]
13398s	worse see what the draws are there
13400s	another stomper but not another massive
13402s	minion to go with it like if that draw
13404s	was like stomper molten giant or stomper
13407s	55 like something like that close with
13410s	the incredible
13415s	turn yeah yeah but the the like one I'm
13418s	saying is The Rook could come down
13419s	anyway and if you also drew a molten
13420s	giant you still be playing an entire
13422s	molten giant alongside that I do like
13425s	playing molon Giants
13435s	[Music]
13440s	yep I was going to say this creation is
13442s	actually a little bit annoying isn't it
13444s	cuz Wu doesn't want to trade into it but
13446s	it is dealing three which is a pretty
13449s	significant portion of Wu's Health such
13451s	a massive number yeah
13459s	I'm going to go for the uh copy
13465s	again oh the zelc is a okay I that was
13469s	the right yeah yeah yeah was the in hand
13472s	buff I didn't even
13474s	notice
13475s	[Music]
13477s	okay that's huge that could now
13480s	potentially be a winning card for yala
13482s	here
13497s	oh never mind you can just play
13500s	kagar Oh Kar blizzard easy yeah I'll
13503s	solve the
13507s	problem y can get another Ice Bar
13514s	[Music]
13521s	casual gain
13523s	19 do see
13528s	it I think that's the life still deal
13531s	six right if
13532s	myog is correct I think
13535s	so another speaker stomper though it's
13538s	going to be pretty good
13545s	is there a Spirit Bomb going to come
13546s	down as
13550s	well yeah Spirit Bomb is so weird in
13552s	these spots right because you're like
13555s	well this game's probably only going one
13556s	or two more turns is it worth hurting
13558s	myself for four to take three damage off
13560s	the
13565s	board I wanted Spirit Bomb Rook to be
13567s	honest the real
13573s	play a taking the trade as
13576s	well I mean it's a lot of damage Wu is
13579s	putting out right now and yala with that
13582s	that speaker stomper is in a tough spot
13586s	and again good timing of speaker stomper
13588s	again all going all the way back to Lo
13590s	there but neop fight stuff timings is
13593s	like yeah this is what you want to do
13594s	build the board and then cause the
13599s	trouble second sleet skater was really
13602s	the only card that gave yala a don't
13605s	have to think about it level good turn
13607s	here there is double artificer in hand
13609s	though so that's something yeah you
13612s	still then want the Spells you're
13613s	casting to actually affect the board
13615s	right turn the not
13617s	compensating turn the tides takes care
13619s	of the 10 three yeah which is
13626s	nice you gain 10 more or the other line
13630s	is just hit blizzard
13633s	yeah oh yeah some times sometimes you've
13636s	just got to hit blizzard you
13643s	know well no it's not that one it's you
13646s	don't ping that one cuz you're hitting
13648s	blizzard what are you doing that's not
13650s	how it
13654s	[Laughter]
13657s	works
13659s	wow uh let me do the quick mathematical
13663s	calculations there yes lethal that means
13666s	Wu takes not only the game but the match
13669s	taking out yala and what a win I feel
13672s	like Wu was on an emotional roller
13674s	coaster there game one Co Cal collected
13677s	with the warrior and then uh after a
13680s	couple wins started to slip and get a
13681s	little bit frustrated I think at least
13683s	just based on the camera but managed to
13685s	end it with a victory on that warlock
13688s	congratulations to Wu as he moves
13690s	through the group uh what a match
13692s	honestly it was a bit uh it looks a bit
13694s	lopsided in some the games we cast but
13696s	uh a really exciting series
13699s	overall yeah weq not quite making it to
13703s	100 in the Warrior game I don't think
13705s	very very disappointing not quite making
13707s	it to zero in the Warlock game very very
13709s	disappointing as well must try harder
13711s	next time but yeah I think we have to
13713s	give a shout out to yala of course um he
13716s	has bowed out of this one early with WQ
13719s	defeating him twice but it was great to
13721s	see yala dipping his toes back into the
13724s	uh the very very top of of competition
13726s	grinding out those ladder points making
13727s	it here after you know hgg Champion with
13731s	the Czech Republic incredibly dominant
13733s	in probably the toughest field of
13734s	players to ever exist in European Grand
13737s	Masters um so he is absolutely one of
13739s	the all-time greats at this point but
13741s	sometimes it is just not your day
13743s	sometimes someone just has your number
13744s	and it looks like today week you how you
13746s	others yeah really strong performance
13748s	for for week here I'm looking forward to
13750s	how he how he does in the rest of the
13751s	tournament on Sunday H because again
13754s	like being able to just dominate an
13757s	opponent like that you know facing them
13759s	twice especially when your opponent's
13760s	the Calibur as you mentioned of yala is
13763s	H must be making you feel good going
13765s	into the rest of the tournament right if
13766s	you're going to beat someone uh you
13768s	really do want to beat the best so
13770s	really really strong performance there
13772s	from Wu um and that's how group a looks
13775s	like we've got three more groups left
13776s	but for now group a is done and uh was
13780s	this the way you saw the group going s
13782s	before we started
13783s	today honestly no um I certainly would
13787s	have expected yala to have a deeper run
13790s	um and I kind of fancied you um so I
13793s	actually would have got this almost
13795s	entirely wrong if I'd have put my neck
13796s	on the line at start but there you go
13798s	I'm an honest man uh that will let you
13800s	know that I would have got it wrong even
13802s	though no one called me on it to begin
13803s	with but um I think both of these
13806s	players have put in very very strong
13808s	performances I think uh weq was very
13811s	shaky in the opening Series that we saw
13815s	um where he looked quite frustrated I I
13818s	was going to bring this up with you
13819s	because you mentioned there just towards
13821s	the end of that series he started off
13822s	kind of calm I looked over at you there
13824s	to get like a facial reaction you know
13826s	how much more you wanted to talk about
13828s	and then realized I was talking to a
13829s	mannequin um where you said you know as
13832s	the series went on he seemed to get a
13833s	bit more emotional he was quite
13834s	emotional for that whole first series as
13836s	well and I don't know if this is just me
13838s	misremember I don't remember him being
13840s	like this in Worlds do you like I felt
13843s	like he was quite stoic throughout the
13844s	world championship sh so this does seem
13846s	to be a little bit of a new side that's
13847s	coming out yeah again maybe we just have
13850s	a shared memory at this point but I also
13852s	agree uh but yeah I do think um Wu seems
13855s	to be again we're all like that to an
13857s	extent but like uh calm when things are
13860s	going well but when things aren't it
13862s	definitely seems like it is at least
13863s	visually effective it might not affect
13865s	his play in any way shape or form of
13867s	course H but regardless that was us
13870s	rounding out group a there's a whole
13872s	another group coming right up so make
13874s	sure you stay tuned and we'll be right
13876s	back after this break
13918s	[Music]
13947s	[Music]
13974s	[Music]
14003s	[Music]
14030s	[Music]
14059s	[Music]
14079s	hello everyone and welcome back we are
14082s	halfway through the day we are done with
14083s	group a we've got Group B coming up but
14086s	before we get into it I thought we'd
14087s	have a bit of a little sit around and
14089s	chat about how the day has been going so
14091s	far so welcome lorenda sttle and TJ uh
14094s	Linda just starting off with you um what
14096s	did you make of group a how how's it
14098s	gone for you so far today unfortunately
14100s	I have to Echo sole's honesty and say I
14103s	would have got all that wrong just
14104s	everything would have been wrong um yeah
14106s	very surprised at how it's I'm not very
14108s	surprised they're all great players but
14110s	you yala and gu two of the best players
14112s	around going out of group a uh yeah very
14115s	surprised and interesting to see how the
14117s	other two make it through on Sunday and
14119s	sutle as we look at the players in group
14122s	b do you have any uh standouts is there
14124s	anyone you're rooting for or do you
14125s	think based on lists or anything there's
14127s	anyone that you actually think is
14128s	favored going into
14132s	[Music]
14141s	it
14143s	uh oh
14145s	missed the first half of that I was just
14146s	talking about how great recan was don't
14148s	worry about but I think everyone else
14149s	Ren yeah how great Raven is yeah um
14152s	whereas gamer rvg the rare America's
14154s	representative right that's got to be
14156s	worth something for at least some people
14158s	out there um kimchi slap just has the
14162s	name buff right if you're rooting for
14163s	someone just based on name then you've
14165s	got to be rooting for kimchi slap but
14166s	also we've been hearing rumors that
14172s	molar pretty good position
14175s	in this tournament and I think molar is
14177s	also incredibly happy with his lineup
14179s	against the field and in recent
14181s	tournaments we've seen lineup Advantage
14184s	play a massive Factor like yes pocket
14187s	train is one of the best players in the
14188s	world the biggest reason why he's all
14190s	world champion is he had such a better
14192s	lineup than anyone else in that world
14194s	championship tournament so I would say
14196s	real dark hor shout for molar in this
14198s	group and as we see how the first
14201s	matchups from the group came out America
14203s	for the Americas t J is this the time we
14206s	heard the the little Yelp I believe was
14208s	you I don't think it was Linda so no
14210s	that was definitely NE Neil I can see
14213s	the cameras
14214s	before 100% yeah uh wasn't me are you
14218s	going to ask if this is the time for
14220s	Americas yeah is this the the finally
14223s	after 100 years is this the
14226s	time no absolutely not
14229s	um I don't think it'll ever be the time
14231s	again um is the the sad part of all
14235s	this um if there ever was going to be
14238s	close to a time this still wouldn't be
14240s	it no we're going to have to wait a
14242s	little bit longer to find
14244s	out okay we'll see but kimchi slap is is
14249s	GNA take it all all the way okay we've
14253s	got your prediction TJ thank you and
14255s	thank you sutle and TJ for joining us
14257s	it's going to be me and Linda taking you
14259s	through the first match on stream for
14261s	Group B so thanks guys we'll see you
14262s	later but Linda just the two of us now
14266s	um are you ready for this first match up
14268s	it's not the first match of the group of
14269s	course as we saw in the bracket the
14271s	initial matches have been played out but
14273s	just seeing that bracket um how you
14275s	feeling about who's left in that upper
14277s	one yeah I've been doing the same
14279s	research and comments and reading the
14281s	same things as sttle I think um
14283s	construct shouted out how molar was like
14285s	the the god of control and I had a a
14288s	little bit of a back and forth just
14289s	quick comments with stiny um the other
14292s	day as well Sindy was saying that when
14293s	they used to play Collegiate stuff
14295s	together when molar was Captain of UCLA
14298s	they used to just ban his Warrior no
14299s	matter what like it didn't matter what
14301s	the meta was just ban uh mostar's
14303s	Warrior because that was never wrong and
14306s	so molar has had that reputation for a
14309s	while and the only reason stiny says is
14311s	he didn't really want to talk about
14312s	molar Warrior too much is because he's
14314s	not just a a one class God he is just
14318s	good at everything in hearstone
14320s	specifically control yeah I mean you
14322s	know my preferences in hearstone since
14324s	we've known each other quite a while
14326s	doing this job H and you know like
14328s	there's nothing more scary to me than
14330s	someone who's willing to just sit back
14332s	and play the long game H that cuz that
14334s	is a game I do not want to play most of
14336s	the time so uh yeah definitely a
14338s	potentially terrifying opponent with the
14340s	oding warrior of course but then the
14342s	Sith Mage the rainbow DK and the shudder
14345s	uh Shaman as well so um rainbow DK
14348s	definitely a deck I'm personally a fan
14349s	of I like it how flexible it is but I
14352s	know you've been sort of going through
14355s	deck by deck of the meta I've been
14357s	watching the stream recently and uh what
14360s	what decks have really stuck out for you
14361s	in this meta specifically whether
14363s	they're strong or whether they just
14365s	think you you know you enjoy them I mean
14367s	custom warlock is the most fun you just
14369s	sit there and hope it works right it's
14371s	great you don't have to you do have to
14373s	think it's actually quite hard and
14374s	balanced but you know the the meme and
14376s	the way you can play it is just shut
14377s	your eyes play your stuff take your
14378s	damage and see what happens um really
14382s	quite like the look of priest except
14384s	when it does it it thing I think it's a
14385s	little bit too powerful when it does its
14386s	thing and I love I absolutely love
14389s	nature Shaman and I absolutely love um
14391s	Window Shopper as a card although I do
14393s	like reducing it multiple times which
14395s	you shouldn't do but it's fun so I I
14397s	think we've got a lot of fun cards uh
14400s	little bit of balancing to do I guess
14402s	but yeah we've got a lot of things and
14405s	DK is not one of those Raven I know you
14407s	like the DK but DK for me I like it um
14411s	take a look at ream though and the
14413s	lineup overall uh I was jamming some
14415s	games of this uh this Rogue uh just you
14418s	know a little bit early today and and
14419s	while I've been messing around on a
14421s	break or whatever and it's another one
14423s	of those Decks that I think on surface
14427s	level looks like it's oh you just go all
14429s	in you know you you do the shuffle go
14431s	all in hope it works if it doesn't you
14433s	lose if it does you win great but I do
14436s	think there's been many times in
14437s	hearthstone's history where decks have
14439s	looked like that and then you watch
14441s	really good players play the deck and
14442s	you're like oh it's just that I'm bad
14445s	right and I think that's something
14446s	hopefully we'll get to see from ream um
14449s	as of course this is a Winner's match
14451s	which means even the loser of this match
14453s	just drops down into the bracket and
14455s	isn't actually eliminated so even worst
14457s	case we'll be able to see recan play a
14459s	little bit more so I'm excited to see
14460s	this Rogue just because personally I
14463s	haven't run into it too much on ladder
14465s	like now and again it's not super common
14467s	at least for me and I do want to see you
14469s	know how it can perform at the highest
14471s	levels of play which is definitely where
14473s	we're at in this t
14475s	yeah a lot of these decks uh you make
14477s	your percentages in the games where it
14479s	doesn't do its thing like anyone can win
14481s	when they play 4 88 on turn two or
14483s	whatever does just something like that I
14484s	no it's something like that close enough
14486s	it's near enough right but um how do you
14489s	eek it out how do you buy yourself an
14490s	extra turn and the matchups where it
14492s	doesn't do that the days where it
14493s	doesn't do that same for a lot of the
14495s	decks in the metal like you said like
14496s	with the priest the priest is probably
14499s	the most mind-breaking deck when you
14501s	just have one cleric one dragon and Z is
14504s	like do I want to draw cards do I need
14506s	to copy the dragon what do I need to do
14509s	um and the Rogue definitely falls into
14510s	this category I want I want to see
14512s	somebody like re Ram who I think really
14514s	likes this deck as well I don't know how
14515s	much he's meming about it it's always
14517s	hard to tell but I think he really likes
14518s	this deck I want to see how he does with
14520s	it it's get interesting yeah I I think a
14523s	a deck style like this with this Rogue
14524s	is is a deck you bring because you enjoy
14527s	it because I I don't think it's one of
14529s	the most powerful decks in the game
14530s	right now I I definitely don't uh but it
14533s	has the ability to just snatch games
14535s	right and I think that is that is a
14537s	powerful Factor by itself like if you
14539s	just say okay I'll go into a match and
14541s	then just pop off and then you just you
14543s	do get one of those games where you just
14545s	you know turn three or four you've just
14546s	got two three eight drops you're like
14549s	yeah okay I win one zero that's a that's
14551s	a nice deck to have in your back pocket
14552s	especially if you're playing these sort
14554s	of high pressure uh scenarios uh which
14557s	means you maybe just want something that
14558s	you can just maybe grab a little bit of
14561s	a a couple of quick wins with so yeah
14564s	looking forward to this match as we are
14566s	going to get into it right now it's
14567s	going to be the Rogue on the bottom with
14569s	Rec vam of course and on the top molar
14571s	going to be on that rainbow DK so uh
14574s	yeah we'll see how this one plans out
14576s	because I literally played this match up
14579s	about two hours ago when that was just
14581s	before I needed to start casting stuff
14583s	and you getting very excited I got
14585s	dumpstered by the uh the DK because I
14588s	was the Rogue because of the likes of
14590s	crop rotation with poison right and like
14593s	you know there's DK has many ways to
14596s	deal with big threats um and if you can
14599s	make too many of them that can be a bit
14601s	of a problem but DK isn't one of those
14604s	decks right now that just oh if they
14606s	make 388 I've lost they they definitely
14608s	can fight back and win yeah I will say
14611s	one thing about DK I mean I've said a
14612s	lot of things about DK negatively
14613s	although it has slowly but surely
14616s	tightened up the list I think they've
14618s	got bit of some of the um things that
14619s	tried to be aggressive and just made it
14621s	a fullon combo uh control deck now uh
14624s	but you do have versatility with a deck
14626s	you have a lot of options with a deck
14627s	I'm not going to claim that all the
14628s	options are always good um particularly
14631s	on ladder when I'm when I'm ripping into
14632s	decks like this obviously these players
14634s	bring them CU they think they're the
14635s	right decks to bring but um you do have
14639s	choices to make and it is reasonably
14641s	tough to actually
14645s	play yeah this will be interesting from
14647s	molar because there is an option to just
14649s	forge this Watcher uh or just Tempo it
14653s	out because again and the the Rogues
14656s	removal generally comes in the form of
14658s	either the weapon and a little bit of a
14660s	buff um or dropping these just having
14664s	more stuff right having the 8S on board
14666s	and then maybe sticking some uh little
14668s	robots to them to give them rush so
14670s	there's not really tons of removal
14672s	outside of a couple of those specific
14674s	scenarios so do see molar actually go
14676s	for the forge though and go for a little
14678s	bit of the higher value play instead of
14680s	just a raw Tempo yeah mostar with a
14683s	thread as well which always clears the
14684s	board it's not defiled it just it just
14687s	kills everything like everything dies
14689s	honestly this is going to make me sound
14691s	bad but I don't think people will be
14692s	surprised if I ever need to use threads
14695s	I don't even count I make stuff click
14700s	threads trade the board's clear that's
14703s	that's how I view that card I don't even
14705s	count sometimes that caused me to lose
14707s	games but most of the time yeah you
14709s	don't need to count it's great I've sat
14711s	there playing against it on on stream
14712s	and my chat saying you don't need to
14714s	yeah they haven't cleared my board this
14716s	time have they though and then my board
14718s	vanishes I'm like where did it go like
14721s	it just always
14723s	clears looking at the hand now for mstar
14725s	there's headless horsemen and there's
14727s	light
14728s	bomb and it's turn three and there
14731s	aren't 800 big Minions on board for recf
14733s	fam so this is one of those games as far
14736s	as I'm concerned Linda the shuff's not
14738s	been done the you know the threats
14740s	aren't really there can a recan pull
14743s	something out the back bag or is molar
14746s	just going to secure this one cuz
14747s	honestly if you drop more and Pa now
14750s	there's not that many ways it's going to
14752s	get dealt with and then the options
14754s	become endless the only thing to
14756s	consider is if recarm is manages to
14758s	actually pop off now
14762s	then he might be able to get the board
14765s	big enough although I'll be honest my
14768s	rotation threads as
14771s	well which should clear most things
14775s	up yeah I also have the same issue as
14778s	you I think fa yeah I'm good I refreshed
14781s	I'm back in oh okay cool you go then cuz
14783s	I'm okay yeah hit refresh you'll be fine
14786s	but yeah at the moment recam Drew cult
14788s	Neo fight again just none of the card
14791s	draw that's needed none of the ways to
14794s	actually go off there is weapons we
14795s	could equip weapon and go for the card
14797s	draw if he feels that desperate of
14799s	course the other side of this is yes we
14803s	can see the light bomb but recam isn't
14805s	exactly dying right now there's M Po and
14808s	then there's the the salesman of course
14810s	so it's not like mostar setting up
14812s	lethal on turn four right but you do
14814s	want to rip and get cooking because as
14816s	you mentioned the more time goes on the
14819s	more you are opening up yourself to like
14821s	crop rotation with threads or crop
14824s	rotation with poison um I always forget
14827s	the name of the card that gives them uh
14830s	poison but yeah oh it's um yeah sickly
14835s	Grime Walker that
14840s	one I
14842s	believe you summon an undead give it
14844s	poisonous yes it is yeah it is yeah yeah
14847s	sorry I was
14849s	typing R TR Viper going to go down as
14852s	well to lose some of the draw which is a
14854s	little bit unfortunate re didn't get
14855s	value from that but there's gear shift
14857s	that is something it's not great but
14859s	it's something it's more card draw than
14862s	literally none
14864s	yeah some is more than none honestly
14867s	with this it's very true as well with
14869s	this deck you want any card draw at this
14872s	kind of scenario right like just
14873s	anything to try and get the shuffle
14876s	going yeah this hand has been pretty
14878s	atrocious as well break down oh Quick
14881s	Pick oh
14884s	my okay can give it
14887s	stealth that's something mhm
14894s	it's very easy to forget this is some
14896s	sort of Mech rogue deck it's not just a
14898s	combo oh I love Headless Horseman but I
14901s	win yeah me and ream I think just made
14903s	the same if I had a webcam working you
14905s	could see it but me and ream just made
14907s	the same face because even though I I
14909s	love the H souran as a hero card it's
14912s	rough when something like that happens
14916s	yeah yeah going be the stealth you don't
14918s	expect it really it's not
14922s	fair excuse me me
14926s	um giant still costs five
14929s	[Music]
14933s	MH all right this is the attempt to at
14936s	least clear the way but molar has been
14938s	chipping away through all this as well
14940s	and with the Headless Horseman set up re
14942s	Ream's only got like two turns to just
14944s	not lose now let alone winning the game
14947s	this is really interesting cuz I I think
14951s	it's might of menl I was going to say do
14953s	you a hold so you can freeze uh the
14956s	minions but mola doesn't actually need
14959s	to hold right because uh not only is
14962s	this just basically setting up lethal
14963s	anyway but also because there's light
14965s	bomb because there's two double threads
14967s	with crop rotation like you didn't need
14970s	to freeze this this weapon Choice was
14972s	just a raw damage output scenario here
14975s	so there's life steel he needs
14977s	Rush it'll be
14980s	fine you got it
14984s	that was big uhuh it's not it's probably
14988s	not big enough to win the game but he's
14989s	not lost it yet yeah I mean he needed it
14993s	urgently yeah it's definitely better
14994s	than losing the game well probably
14998s	better still a lot of damage from mstar
15001s	obviously he has to kill this otherwise
15003s	the life steal will be incredibly
15006s	irritating doesn't want to light bombit
15009s	um
15011s	because there's more to come in Theory
15014s	but he does have double threads so maybe
15016s	he will just light bomb one minion you
15018s	can see how much he hates
15024s	it all of your control player instincts
15026s	are telling you this is awful but then
15028s	your logic is saying no no no but I've
15030s	still got double threads I'm fine I'm
15032s	going to kill my opponent let's just
15033s	kill them it doesn't
15036s	matter the problem here is I think like
15038s	uh if it was anything else it just
15040s	wasn't really guaranteeing good kills
15042s	right just too much he Shadow rush into
15045s	this time though Raven yeah this is a
15048s	big gamble on the summons
15053s	here I think that's all ream can do I
15056s	guess it's like Neo Fight Shadow step
15059s	Neo fight to just help out you dead on
15062s	board
15065s	though oh okay okay
15068s	okay everything must come back
15074s	there's gear shift as well double break
15077s	oh this is the turn Reon wanted ages
15082s	ago needs to gear shift into
15085s	tauns he's already used the Bots right
15087s	so there are no taunt Bots I don't think
15090s	what can he hit
15092s	here okay oh no wait no that's that's
15097s	good right I mean oh for for for rec Ram
15101s	that keeps him alive
15104s	yeah cuz the weapon only deals five
15106s	obviously we can see that there's the
15108s	the crop but from Ream's point of view
15111s	that keeps him up that's what he was
15113s	trying to hit I mean he was trying to
15114s	hit better but that's what he's trying
15115s	to set up was hit something from
15117s	everything must go and see what he could
15118s	get you don't need to know card in har
15121s	you just need to know that's all you've
15122s	got yeah this turn was supposed to
15124s	happen four turns ago basically if you
15126s	want if you've not seen this deck too
15128s	often this is what the board should look
15129s	like on turn four maybe turn five I
15131s	suppose how much this cut rotation so
15134s	just five okay yeah yeah be five with
15135s	the double near fight
15137s	yeah and that is going to be game one
15140s	going to molar molar never really had to
15142s	worry too much there was of course the
15144s	life steal uh earlier on from recan but
15147s	again with headless horsemen with the um
15151s	uh the light bomb that was made
15152s	available it molar was comfortable you
15155s	could tell it was just like yeah you
15156s	make your thing I'll clear it and at
15158s	that point I'll be too far ahead and
15160s	that's exactly what
15162s	happened y uh we didn't talk about the
15164s	lineups that much we just talked about
15165s	its control versus interesting Rec van
15167s	things um mostar's Mage is the question
15172s	mark deck in this particular match uh
15175s	for me as always though there's a
15177s	disclaimer with Mage that the stats in
15179s	the hands of a good player are massively
15181s	different than the stats of an average
15183s	player I still don't know why that is
15184s	but I you're going to say it's a high
15186s	skillful deck I'm not
15188s	sure I mean must be is the answer but
15191s	yeah your list decisions must make a
15193s	massive difference but this Mage on
15195s	paper is very weak against R yeah I
15198s	think one of the examples in terms of
15200s	you know best player versus good player
15203s	potentially for a deck like Mage is just
15206s	misp picking discover options I think is
15209s	one big thing uh because I've in all my
15212s	years casting I've been surprised
15214s	throughout the Times by certain discover
15216s	picks in these sort of matchups or decks
15218s	you know where they're very card
15219s	generation heavy yet I oh I wouldn't
15222s	have picked that and then the player
15224s	that did pick it wins I'm like yeah fair
15226s	enough you know like I I'm worse than
15228s	you at the game you uh so I think that
15231s	that's definitely one of the factors
15232s	where you have so many options which is
15235s	powerful in itself but when you have
15237s	that many options it can be very easy to
15240s	pick the wrong one and then that can be
15242s	the difference between winning or losing
15244s	games so yeah we'll have to see
15246s	definitely there some combo heavy stuff
15249s	going on here for molar where recam
15252s	still has that road to get through we
15253s	saw the uh the bad side of that deck
15256s	right when you don't get the shuffle the
15258s	deck definitely feels uh pretty
15260s	meager yeah just go back to the Mage as
15262s	well we saw yala earlier you know
15264s	reverberations on a Salesman just to get
15267s	the extra oil just to use 27,000 turns
15271s	later for for lethal yeah like I don't
15274s	think I'd have made that play I'll be
15276s	honest yeah there's a lot of cool stuff
15278s	you can do a lot of options as well so
15280s	molar is going to be having that Shaman
15282s	and Mage left over right F Stars the
15284s	Rogue priest and Demon Hunter and what
15287s	do you make of the band here Linda with
15288s	that Warrior and Shaman band
15290s	respectively like do you think uh do
15292s	those make sense to you they did I
15295s	thought that um re might actually ban
15298s	the death knight um of course he has
15302s	some sort of shot against the warrior
15303s	with a couple of the decks but I I think
15306s	this meta is
15308s	largely um choose what to do against
15311s	Warrior make sure your lineup can beat
15313s	it ban it um right you know and just a
15316s	lot of people choosing to ban it but I
15317s	thought he might ban the death knight
15320s	just difficult to know entirely
15323s	because we have fewer very very top
15326s	players these days that that's a fact
15328s	and that means that sort of tracker
15330s	statistics are not as good as they used
15331s	to be plus we have a lot of nuance in
15333s	deck building right now a lot of decks
15336s	are only 28 cards the same which sounds
15338s	ridiculous it's like well that's the
15339s	same deck isn't it but no we the little
15342s	differences make a huge difference in
15343s	matchups right now and with this being a
15346s	tournament you make a lineup you can you
15348s	can tailor matchups that you're weak
15350s	against to go your own way so yeah it's
15354s	difficult to know exactly what's weaking
15356s	what's strong in match ups and what to
15357s	ban right now unless you are the player
15358s	and know why every single card is there
15360s	or in unless you're incredibly good at
15362s	looking at lineups yeah most on the top
15364s	on this Shaman is running that shter
15366s	block version of the list of course as
15369s	well it's not even the list Raven this
15371s	is like controlly weirdness
15375s	true yeah I'm still might think it is at
15378s	home no no I've got the deck in front of
15380s	me but it's it's still has the ability
15382s	to burn is all our say it's not not as
15384s	high as uh as as the others of course
15388s	yeah this this is just some sort of
15390s	control cards in a deck but yeah it
15393s	could do some damage we got two dirty
15395s	rats in here come on yeah yeah double
15397s	dirty rat can be pretty good um in this
15400s	matchup but the problem is it's too late
15403s	right like uh I I've played you know
15406s	when you go for dirty rat against Demon
15408s	Hunter you generally try and get those
15410s	shoppers out of the way right just
15412s	because the uh the benefit's way too
15414s	strong but already we can see there's
15415s	mini Shopper in hand and there's most
15417s	importantly the mag Theon just sat ready
15420s	to go for next turn so I'm looking at
15422s	this the other way because I'm the
15423s	Eternal I don't know Optimist or
15425s	something when you're playing control
15428s	which I'm going to call this Shaman in
15429s	this matchup um against Demon Hunter you
15434s	only have to kill four
15436s	minions just have to kill the six fivs
15438s	and then you
15442s	win I need to send you some replays of
15445s	games I've played right whereas I've
15447s	killed six fives and lost I feel like
15450s	there's a lot of damage after the fact
15452s	there there is but if you if you survive
15454s	the 65es and you're playing this sort of
15455s	Deck with so much life steal in it I'm
15457s	at yeah absolutely you survive it with
15459s	um with custom warlock sure they they
15461s	might just
15464s	and they will in
15466s	fact ream did whiff on the mini Shopper
15469s	though the Abyssal is is not super
15475s	impactful mini
15479s	shoer watch for the sun
15483s	down fre and face stop the the second
15486s	shopping expedition
15488s	happening it's really funny how the meta
15491s	evolved kind of around this weapon in
15493s	that Viper doesn't really achieve what
15496s	you want it to achieve right like
15498s	normally Viper like been the answer for
15500s	weapons for such a long time and that
15502s	just has to be
15503s	freeze yeah the death battle on the
15506s	weapon was a a new Twist on it which I
15508s	kind of like it not a new twist but a
15510s	rarely used Twist on
15512s	it it's that impactful anyway
15515s	right
15518s	yeah I like the ideas of um nerfing the
15521s	weapon so it's a 3 three and things like
15523s	that like to come out with like good
15525s	effort well
15527s	tried mostar facing down a weirdly
15530s	dangerous looking board only on 21
15533s	Health but still putting forward a good
15535s	chunk of damage from ream here with the
15537s	weapon swing still to go if you can't
15539s	ref
15545s	freeze
15547s	okay he's having a looky first
15561s	all right is he going to freeze again or
15563s	is he going to wait he's going to freeze
15565s	again yeah why not right you just want
15567s	to delay it as long as
15572s	possible Al if you go if you go too long
15574s	anyway the shoer costing five is less of
15576s	a disaster for rec F when it you get to
15578s	turn at eight and N
15581s	anyway yeah kind of what I mean by
15584s	shutting down the Shoppers right gain a
15586s	bit of Health shut down the Shoppers and
15588s	you end up in this
15589s	spot sharp
15598s	shooter like you setting up for next
15600s	turn now the old one Mana do
15603s	nothing oh so he can deal he he can deal
15606s	with the if there's another freeze
15608s	somehow now because he has the weapon to
15610s	break the weapon and also I mean look at
15612s	the sharp Sho to turn setup
15615s	yeah it's looking quite okay it is
15623s	yeah most has a lot of options
15628s	though it's true but they're all a
15630s	little bit slow like I I don't think he
15632s	can afford to forge the sun here there's
15635s	altered cord of course
15638s	but you're killing a one one to heal
15641s	which is is fine yeah no Titan no
15644s	volcano is definitely a bit tough this
15646s	spot yeah he's going to go for the forge
15648s	and hope the Spell's going to dig him
15650s	out of a situation here
15655s	punk well not this turn
15658s	unfortunately
15666s	no okay just using his cards and his
15671s	Mana a 101
15678s	Rec F now access to uh all the cards in
15681s	the
15683s	world let's see if he can make something
15685s	happen it does have the swing of the
15686s	weapon cuz there that second sharper is
15688s	still in the
15692s	deck just get the order right
15697s	here wants to remove the 35 obviously so
15700s	more stuff goes face
15704s	[Music]
15716s	there's the Shopper yeah yeah just we'll
15719s	end up with the mini Shopper option
15722s	playable the
15724s	Shion
15731s	yeah just three
15734s	damage plus three attack I think just
15736s	cash it in in your hand yeah let's do it
15739s	yeah he doesn't need life Ste I think we
15741s	swung we swung oh sorry yeah yeah yeah
15744s	yeah of course of course of course it's
15745s	so late in the game I just think like of
15747s	course you know that's all been done and
15750s	dusted but yeah uh the the the life
15753s	steal is good on the one drop but it's
15754s	also just not needed in this matchup
15757s	right that's normally or at least I
15758s	would consider the uh the life Steel on
15761s	one very powerful but yeah at the moment
15763s	it's going to be the fiend
15766s	instead so how do you utilize the rat
15770s	here well either way consecrates doing
15773s	some heavy lifting it
15776s	is there also a weird option to like rat
15780s	first and then con right yeah
15785s	yeah just to get a big taunt in the way
15788s	not been able to get the shutter block
15789s	going unfortunately for moster
15793s	oh that's
15795s	a oh no never
15799s	mind she is going to go for the
15801s	consecrate to clear the majority of the
15803s	board out does have turn the tides to
15805s	clear this up completely looks clean to
15807s	me very much
15811s	so back to recam do it
15815s	again he's got a lot of damage here
15826s	[Music]
15830s	it doesn't seem to be a killer blow
15832s	right everything's lining up to be
15833s	really nice
15835s	but I'd like to get the weapon equipped
15838s	personally to get the 65 green rag into
15841s	place for next
15842s	turn so I don't have to spend money next
15845s	turn
15855s	you sigil again do you think cuz that
15857s	would be um a lot more stuff but does it
15860s	help is it stuff going to be
15867s	[Music]
15871s	cheaper oh it's just got green rag now
15874s	okay cuz it's expensive and it's not a
15876s	Naga I guess just get it done
15884s	puming out a ton of damage here going
15887s	from RE from still has so much just sat
15889s	in the hand as well that's the scary
15891s	part of course like molar has again it's
15894s	the push and pull right a lot of damage
15896s	versus a lot of healing but I just feel
15898s	like recam is just too F like just
15900s	always at one step ahead in terms of
15902s	pressure and just it's not like he's
15903s	ruin out of juice anytime soon
15907s	either yeah some
15910s	point yeah at some point molar can
15913s	stabilize but doesn't he's not going to
15915s	get I don't think cuz he has to be able
15918s	to get his shutter block down to to have
15920s	a pop off that was a good pull
15923s	though it
15925s	is just delete this no
15932s	problem like May well end up pretty
15936s	overloaded though if you're going to go
15938s	for knowledge and lightning
15939s	storm oh no it's going pop-up book okay
15942s	sure
15944s	[Music]
15947s	nice layer of Defense there honestly and
15949s	even Rec f with a bit of a smoke just
15951s	being like right start hitting through
15953s	these somehow
15956s	oh I was just looking to see if that was
15958s	in the list but it helped me out by just
15959s	appearing there you
15961s	go yeah that's pretty useful isn't
15965s	it yeah the that was played second right
15968s	so
15976s	doing this way so not to waste the
15978s	weapon charge very easy mistake to make
15980s	to think you're going to be able to do
15981s	the damage to the that and then have the
15983s	weapon vanish after it hits the one
15985s	maker that was just a bit of a weird
15987s	turn honestly it was because there
15990s	wasn't enough to go down
15992s	swinging played a one two that did
15994s	nothing and yeah of course set up more
15996s	draw I guess Ream's just going to like
15998s	trying to just stack resources for the
16000s	pop off turn but yeah yeah I guess I was
16004s	just thinking of what if you just clear
16005s	the board and hit him in the face again
16007s	I guess that can be done next turn as
16009s	well I mean it can but look at the state
16011s	now of what molar is doing all that
16014s	armor
16017s	yeah going to have like a zillion
16020s	weapons from ignis so there's the wi
16022s	condition
16022s	[Music]
16024s	sorted and if re doesn't kill him like
16027s	I'm going to say for sake of argument
16029s	now he might never do it oh well there's
16034s	momentum I think as you said the Armor
16037s	Plus just the the taunts in the way is
16039s	well taunts not not a big deal because
16040s	of going down but yeah um the armor
16043s	definitely is not what recan was after
16046s	seeing this turn yeah I mean you say
16048s	they're not a big deal but their
16049s	presence is going to cost recr four Mana
16052s	for very little damage sure sure sure I
16055s	guess I just viewed as uh the clearing
16057s	of the board anyway right arus though
16061s	not a bad pickup actually
16063s	well he's fully combo s set now for next
16068s	turn I think yeah there's a sharpshooter
16071s	there in the mid yeah there is here yeah
16073s	there's still one left there dirty rat
16075s	obviously only got one there is another
16076s	dirty rat in hand
16079s	though yeah it's definitely worth
16081s	looking at because there's lightning
16083s	storm like there's enough on board that
16085s	molar can pretty much just say
16088s	whatever's dirty ratted I can kill right
16090s	and it's under a mini right at the
16091s	moment
16093s	yeah so it just WRA
16098s	everything well not everything but a lot
16100s	of
16101s	things literally everything just
16103s	literally all the cards on the board
16105s	just going down swinging just chilling
16107s	on the board
16119s	you taking down the Argus no problem
16122s	there
16133s	all right re go do that do the
16139s	thing I'll be honest though I am not
16142s	comfortable with potential damage
16146s	numbers uh with this kind of turn I need
16149s	a a phone a friend and I'll phone SLE he
16151s	normally knows this this uh or at least
16153s	has good good estimates on this sort of
16155s	thing yeah yeah I'm afraid you've got me
16159s	unlucky yeah head shake that's what I'm
16161s	going on I'm okay to just uh set and go
16164s	on the Journey of this turn but yeah
16167s	definitely tricky
16171s	one I was genuinely interested in seeing
16173s	the crazy double uh dirty rat from molar
16176s	and we just didn't get to see I'm a
16177s	little bit disappointed we still might
16180s	still under the the mini I think I don't
16182s	think has been played with Battle Cry
16183s	since the mini came
16185s	down most's just full on greeding
16189s	it see R I'm going to clear everything
16193s	here um M's going to do it next turn
16196s	isn't he's going to just rat the r
16200s	them oh miss the damage on all those
16203s	minions even if he doesn't hit the sharp
16205s	Sho just get so much stuff right
16208s	yeah he's got volcano and storm to get
16212s	rid of it oh okay
16215s	sure shaking the head for re again it's
16217s	like oh
16219s	no that's a a few zelc on the board a
16223s	few
16225s	yeah I mean lock it in right there's as
16229s	far as I can recall there's nothing
16231s	really left for recam to
16234s	like do this or wait right going to roll
16238s	some D Now The Swinging is gone he's got
16239s	to yeah just just got to H something
16241s	here yeah
16249s	literally not the dice he was looking
16258s	[Music]
16263s	for he's just playing
16265s	cards it's all he can really do I think
16268s	after that zelc yeah after the zelc uh
16272s	SP
16273s	there's nothing left ream doesn't have
16275s	Titan he already just used going down
16277s	swinging so it's like there's just three
16280s	what three cards two cards in the deck
16282s	now there's just not much to do other
16285s	than just lock it all in and hope
16287s	there's some kind of Miracle right that
16289s	like saves which there isn't just can't
16292s	get through all that Health all those
16293s	Divine Shields and wow allar with a of a
16296s	notd there feeling good about that game
16298s	no doubt because that's a game that
16300s	could definitely spiral out of control
16302s	right with the Shoppers it's exactly
16304s	what the deck's built to do and then
16305s	there's the secondary worry of those
16308s	sort of pop off turns as we saw recam
16310s	gearing up for and I think molar did a
16313s	really good job of Defending against you
16315s	know initial Demon Hunter wave one of
16317s	Shoppers and then putting himself in a
16319s	solid position to negate the sort of pop
16322s	off combo turns later on that was really
16324s	well played yeah like like all good
16327s	control players when they do it it looks
16328s	easy I think I called like four turns
16330s	completely wrong in that game and yeah
16333s	my plays were fine I'm sure they'd have
16335s	been okay and I'd have lost thinking I
16337s	played well right um but when really
16340s	good control players do things
16341s	everything just looks so easy to put
16342s	into the right order I'd miss that the
16344s	ziliax was going to copy with the battle
16346s	obiously
16347s	right but that's why I wanted to rat and
16349s	clear which probably also does well but
16352s	they just make it look so easy it's like
16354s	I constantly was thinking well he hasn't
16355s	got this he hasn't got the the shutle
16357s	walk down how's he going to do it and
16358s	then he plays the mini and then does
16360s	nothing for three turns just to use to
16362s	use removal spells and there's like oh
16365s	look my Min just the one that I put in
16366s	the bank a few turns ago here we go now
16368s	I'm going to win the ziac yeah that's
16370s	the type of game where I would have say
16372s	got to that spot I would have played the
16374s	ziliax then I would have been surprised
16376s	that the zelc multiple copied and gone
16377s	oh yeah forgot about that and like oh
16380s	yeah cool and then I got on from there
16382s	and maybe maybe won the game by accident
16384s	but yeah really good game there from
16385s	mstar currently two Z up in this winners
16389s	match of Group B if you're just joining
16391s	us we are just starting out the
16393s	broadcast matches of Group B the winner
16395s	of this one goes onto Sunday the final
16397s	day of the master tour and the loser
16399s	goes down into the lower bracket in the
16402s	group but molar just that one game a
16404s	away Le in they like what a day yeah I'm
16407s	not going to say the thing though
16409s	actually I am I'm going to say exactly
16410s	the thing as much as I'd like to be two
16412s	Z up because going two Z up is good this
16415s	is the deck I highlighted at the start
16416s	that um I'm interested to see molar play
16419s	against specifically what Rec Ram is
16421s	bringing
16422s	because I think he's big Underdog three
16426s	times in a row we've done this a million
16428s	times over the years if you're big
16429s	Underdog in h three times in a row you
16431s	are still favored um but this one ain't
16434s	over I think that this Mage needs to be
16436s	played incredibly well to take a game
16438s	here yeah there's some pretty uh
16440s	aggressive decks from ream uh coming out
16444s	with a lot of early board pressure
16445s	potentially again in the likes of the
16447s	Rogue and the likes of the Demon Hunter
16450s	H and the priest um fairly aggressive
16452s	builds overall Mage can be a little bit
16454s	weak to that but these Mages are running
16457s	a decent amount of freeze we've seen
16458s	them be able to hold off and maybe the
16461s	wisdom Ball's going to be a little bit
16462s	friendlier uh going forward than what
16464s	we've seen too many of today I think if
16467s	he get to the point where he's got a
16468s	wisdom ball he's okay but like the Rogue
16470s	might just put a load of 8s on the board
16472s	against you right the priest could just
16474s	make an un beatable board turn three or
16477s	four we all know how Demon Hunter works
16479s	it hitss you hard and relentlessly
16483s	if vams I mean it's kind of the meta if
16485s	V Bam's decks do their thing they will
16487s	win but um they will do their thing more
16490s	often than molar gets to wisdom ball I
16492s	think I think that um mostar's got to
16495s	find a way to stall and stall good
16496s	against one of these three right yeah
16499s	we'll have to find out uh going to be a
16501s	tough one for Ream for sure um I'm
16504s	excited to see more of this Mage though
16506s	because it's a deck that I think's
16508s	really difficult to get a good grasp on
16510s	like yes of course play safe kill him we
16514s	all know that but I think getting to
16516s	that point especially in this meta feels
16518s	quite difficult I think some of the
16520s	matchups are really tough take a look at
16522s	the list now and there's so much
16525s	generation that I feel like the punish
16527s	for say picking wrong in certain
16529s	scenarios is so high that in this like
16533s	super high powered meta you just lose if
16535s	you mess it up so this deck at least for
16538s	me has been quite difficult to learn met
16540s	as a whole um there there's always
16543s	things you can pick in holes in metas
16544s	that you don't like personally or
16545s	whatever but what I think I really do
16547s	like about this meta is make a mistake
16550s	lose rack him up try
16552s	again you don't get the option to lose
16555s	make two or three mistakes in this meta
16556s	don't don't make mistakes or you will
16557s	lose the good news is if you make your
16559s	mistake you will die quickly and you get
16560s	a chance to play another game and
16562s	hopefully your opponent makes a mistake
16563s	first in the next one yeah and taking a
16565s	look at Ream's priest I know you've been
16568s	jamming some priest recently um are you
16570s	a fan of the Heth Stone Brew CU I feel
16573s	like the everyone's putting Stone Brew
16577s	in their decks now just as a sort of
16579s	throw it out there in
16581s	Hope um yeah I I don't empty my hand
16584s	well enough for halfth to be good enough
16586s	for me at my level which is you know 500
16588s	to a th000 on average Legend um the very
16592s	top players do end up with empty hands
16593s	and so halfth I think S Sub it up it's
16596s	nine Hearthstone cards which is which is
16598s	great uh but personally no I don't I
16600s	don't think that the card is required in
16602s	the deck I don't think I don't think
16604s	you're behind in games where you've
16606s	emptied your hand often enough I think
16608s	you've emptied your hand you are
16610s	winning well the game is ready to go uh
16614s	I think one of the players just took a
16615s	little bit of a bathroom break which is
16617s	fair enough especially if they're maybe
16618s	expecting this match to go a little bit
16620s	longer H we'll see if molar can close
16622s	this one out quickly or not he's going
16625s	to keep hold of that Frost cross stitch
16627s	and frost bolt so you can really see the
16629s	uh the game plan here is kill the priest
16633s	stuff so they don't kill
16635s	me yeah and that's that's something I've
16637s	struggled with in this matchup which is
16639s	again meant to be strongly priest
16641s	favored as what I've read if the maage
16643s	just kills your things you have no
16646s	things um complicated equation
16652s	though okay I think I've lost lenda here
16654s	for some reason okay I can hear you yeah
16658s	okay I maybe lost the end of your
16659s	sentence apologies um I was looking at
16662s	the uh connection quality it was okay on
16664s	my end because you know I'm nervous
16666s	about that now but moving on to turn one
16669s	as the players are ready to go we're
16670s	going to see a couple of Miracles
16671s	Miracle salesman sorry uh be available
16674s	for rec fam so nice early pressure and
16677s	O cth A little bit too early for mstar
16680s	right
16681s	now yeah and the creation looks good but
16685s	not got all the
16687s	um the juice for it just yet
16692s	so molar already with a decision yeah I
16696s	find this sort of position quite
16697s	interesting because mostar's kept a
16699s	frost ball to answer early game minions
16702s	is this in like on curve is this a
16706s	minion worth answering right I think
16708s	it's an interesting point because it is
16709s	interesting it's not the biggest threat
16712s	but it can become a threat right because
16714s	it's just another Minion on board added
16717s	but you're also wasting a point of
16718s	damage fbot does three it's a two two
16721s	and there's a lot of three Health
16722s	minions in the deck so that's why it's a
16723s	choice yeah he's going to respect it
16725s	though take it
16733s	off
16741s	okay well replica is normally something
16743s	you just rip in this position thin your
16745s	deck get some stuff but obviously it's
16746s	turn two where you're doing nothing
16750s	yeah has potential of coin though right
16753s	with
16757s	welp is that problem though like is
16760s	coining a Minion out versus Mage going
16763s	to achieve much or I think rein would be
16766s	more aiming at just creating an actual
16768s	board right and not trying to just drip
16770s	feed molar minions one by one to die uh
16774s	so yeah I definitely think also holding
16776s	on to it is a little bit more worthwhile
16777s	especially with the hand that he's got
16779s	the the streamer in recam on turn one
16781s	when he had both salesman he played one
16782s	and then he hovered over his amthor and
16785s	I think that was trying to show us why
16787s	he's not coining out the second salesman
16789s	I might be wrong he wants to coin I want
16792s	I think he wants to coin amth on six
16794s	again I could be wrong there but that
16796s	just looked like I've seen ream do that
16797s	before in tournaments to he's so used to
16800s	streaming and so enjoy sort of people
16802s	enjoying the game with him uh try to let
16804s	us know what was on his thought process
16806s	at that point and it makes sense because
16807s	Ream's hand isn't exactly the Allin
16810s	early game hand is it right
16813s	there's well there's a now though so
16815s	yeah yeah that can
16820s	help start a little trade oh got loads
16823s	of ones
16825s	Raven I can see we
16833s	make no card draw of
16838s	course it's going to be the salesman I
16841s	guess yep to try and solve that no card
16843s	draw problem
16848s	yeah we love to get a pip or something
16850s	off the top here and get like reduced 4
16855s	Sixers
16856s	Drifters it's nice though molar getting
16859s	the not only the bit of removal there
16861s	but also just sticking a chunky minion
16863s	in the form of that water Elemental
16865s	right that is going to be a a relevant
16867s	threat on the board for recam not a
16869s	threat in terms of his own health total
16871s	but able to just like get multiple
16873s	positive trades to I can't get zelc down
16876s	here I don't think he
16878s	can no I don't think
16883s	so just a little bit shy need did an
16885s	extra couple of One Drops
16898s	maybe so he could have done just chose
16901s	not
16907s	too cuz he's busy making
16912s	dragons yeah I think Rec from here is
16915s	just saying I'm building a board right
16917s	it's early enough I'm again I've not
16919s	been keeping track so that's my bad but
16922s	I don't really think the Creations is
16925s	good enough here one F bolt and uh
16929s	Stitch
16930s	right oh yeah yeah I think you're right
16932s	yeah yeah yeah uh so yeah it's
16935s	definitely not good enough so I think
16936s	this is just good timing here from ream
16939s	saying look the hand's not amazing
16940s	obviously looking at potentially getting
16942s	into this arm andth later but for now if
16946s	this can just survive and push a little
16947s	bit soly the zelc can help out and then
16950s	he's no doubt hoping it'll St ball from
16952s	there
16954s	yeah but good reverberations there from
16959s	molar yeah ream still hasn't actually
16962s	connected with everything and he's used
16963s	the coin so even though he's building
16965s	boards for the reasons you've
16968s	said he hasn't got anywhere and he's run
16970s	out of card draw so yeah he's going to
16973s	now generate some card draw and try
16974s	desperately to get something going
16977s	again okay this is good because this
16979s	sets up um some dragons for zeri at
16982s	least yeah it's
16985s	something but ream looking stressed I
16988s	don't blame him is in a tough spot
16989s	whereas molar even with that you know
16991s	the the early safe the awkward Creations
16993s	for now is still looking kind of okay
16996s	this is a very manageable board and
16999s	there's enough resources as there always
17001s	is with mage of course you're never
17003s	really going to run out of resources um
17005s	especially with wisdom now so yeah I
17008s	think molar is in a pretty good spot the
17010s	only worry is you've always got to be a
17012s	little bit scared of a timewinder of
17015s	course and like just trying to think
17016s	well what has to happen for me to get
17018s	two turn here and try and hold that off
17022s	yes that's one thing I I hear people
17024s	they're not joking as they're joking but
17026s	they're not joking like oh shall we take
17028s	zi out the deck CU it's kind of the
17029s	worst card the second is not in the deck
17032s	you don't have to worry about that stuff
17034s	right like you don't so just the fact
17036s	it's there means you have to like you
17037s	said worry about these two George C
17040s	Leroy plan for many years back the words
17043s	I said to sttle when he said
17046s	it yeah you can explain the George C
17049s	levo plan cuz that was like six years
17051s	ago
17052s	I'm not going to explain it if you were
17053s	there you deserve to know if you weren't
17055s	there you don't deserve to know Fair
17057s	that's it at George C I'm sure he'll
17059s	love it talking about a game played five
17061s	years
17062s	ago snake cycling to power cord isn't
17066s	terrible but are we going to see the
17070s	tempo
17073s	play how many more dragons is it are we
17075s	power three it said oh okay yeah three's
17079s	too
17080s	many I could be wrong but I think I
17082s	caught three there I think you're right
17086s	yeah so I'll confirm
17093s	three this looks like when I play
17096s	priest yes this is how I feel when I
17098s	play it
17102s	too what do you
17104s	do molar might actually find himself in
17107s	a position to play
17109s	chadar yes you know what I said about
17112s	that cuz I'm always
17114s	right ooh it's going to be heal
17117s	pass oh no there's no like heal Dragon
17122s	power cord is that the plan now I guess
17124s	maybe power cord no you can't
17128s	though okay overdrew the glyph but
17131s	that's fine I think from allar didn't go
17132s	for the power cord from RE I'm just
17134s	going to hold on yeah you just can't
17136s	yeah I mean you'd be doing it to just do
17139s	it right like there there no ual good
17141s	outcome there I think your win
17144s	conditions now are some sort of opponent
17145s	doesn't have C is one of them and my
17148s	amthal goes crazy and gets copied is
17150s	probably another yeah there star power
17154s	doing what it always does clearing the
17155s	board regardless of Health
17159s	total spoken like a true Hunter player
17163s	o oh when lightning
17167s	Bol that was very tempted like's he's
17170s	not far off yeah that's that's
17172s	absolutely Fair it's just my eyes were
17174s	drawn to huh not much to do this turn
17176s	four Mana floating what if you just play
17179s	meta and you have like two turns of one
17181s	like you know deal four damage
17185s	like you've mentioned a couple of times
17187s	like the um the discovers the difference
17190s	between the very top players and other
17191s	players you know mostar's got the vision
17194s	that he thinks he's going to end this
17195s	pretty soon so which is fair enough like
17197s	you said a lightning bolt when you're
17199s	playing safe yeah good card
17202s	here it
17203s	is amthal hits the
17215s	board going to go for
17218s	voon
17222s	yeah it's one of those situations where
17224s	like yeah there's life steal but does
17226s	that really matter against this deck
17231s	got to do something about the um yth so
17235s	yeah that did something
17251s	yeah just building his now there another
17255s	excavate if molar wants it
17262s	something with the dragon deck that um
17264s	people might be wondering oh no re's
17265s	getting so unlucky no dragon there's
17268s	only four dragons in the deck usually or
17271s	five if you count zi there's things that
17273s	generate dragons there's ways of copying
17275s	your dragons there's there's dragons
17276s	that make dragons sorry there's things
17279s	that make dragons but there's actually
17280s	not many dragons in there you when you
17282s	get stuck like this and you can't get
17284s	your Zori going you often just don't get
17286s	it going yeah I mean the the even though
17290s	the Z is like the flashy crazy part of
17293s	the deck it's not the core of the deck
17295s	right it's not the sole goal even though
17297s	it can win you a lot of games like you
17299s	really are just building a board early
17301s	and powering through tons of card draws
17303s	so yeah that's pip yeah this is every
17305s	this is PIP on the clergy with a zillion
17308s	funnel cakes this is this is Rec Ram's
17310s	big turn needs to watch his ball space
17312s	needs to draw a lot of stuff needs to
17314s	set up some sort of lethal opportunity
17316s	and he doesn't do that unless he plays
17318s	at least a dragon and probably two from
17319s	what we've seen yep and there ziliax is
17321s	like basically free right like whenever
17324s	ran wants it to be at this point all
17326s	right go there's a dragon
17329s	left he can copy a power cord he can
17331s	mess around with more funnel cakes
17334s	to there's also
17340s	voon okay he's good has he got do what
17343s	he
17344s	wants yeah this
17347s	is I mean this looks like a good setup
17349s	to me yeah he can't get the zelc down
17352s	which is really annoying for
17367s	him yeah okay well now he has two
17371s	zies yeah next turn his plan is to
17373s	basically um he's challenging molar to
17375s	get rid of all this stuff on the board
17377s	which is fine and then next turn it is
17380s	just the lethal setup with double for
17381s	zilia if there is a next turn cuz molar
17384s	has to kill some of this stuff it's too
17393s	threatening and then when some of it's
17395s	dead obviously your zil acces make this
17397s	board more
17398s	strong really trying to stare at this
17400s	creation and try and think how much it's
17402s	uh if I've missed some spells or not
17408s	but I'm trying to find a world where
17410s	mostar
17411s	um yeah he's he's trading maximum
17414s	minions in here right so that he gives
17418s	minimum board space to Rec r for next
17420s	turn I think that's what he's doing I
17422s	mean no he he can oh they're on five he
17424s	just clears the board and he gets to
17426s	push five as
17428s	well sure pushing five is pretty
17432s	sick basically I mean recam must be
17435s	assuming this is setting up lethal right
17438s	I think's got it now though right I
17440s	think yeah with the
17447s	has
17448s	he oh he's got funnel cake still in
17456s	hand yeah he's he's got all sorts of
17458s	stuff going on here he's just got to
17460s	make sure he gets both zil axes down if
17461s	he can um preferably at least one this
17464s	turn but if he can't say be
17467s	it yeah this to copy replay funnel cake
17470s	yeah that's that's yeah he's got 100%
17472s	stage
17474s	one and then followup time I mean it
17477s	just doesn't matter he's he's got this
17478s	now as long as he counts
17482s	correctly 6 7 8 11
17486s	15 say that yeah I think it's
17495s	exact must be more than 28
17507s	is significantly more I
17515s	think yeah it is right plenty if if he
17518s	needs to he can trade in one of the
17519s	three fives and play another zelc like
17521s	there's there's loads there but yeah
17522s	there's plenty of damage anyway yeah
17524s	it's anyway yeah I think he he did the
17526s	usual of this is if I mess this up I
17529s	probably lose so I'm going to Triple
17531s	count everything and make sure it works
17533s	re vam just about pulling it out the bag
17537s	there and that kind of leads back to
17540s	what Saul I think touched on a little
17541s	bit earlier uh on on the show today
17544s	where talking about this priest and that
17546s	you're not even though it looks like it
17548s	and even though it can do this you don't
17550s	just go one drop two drop three drop
17552s	four drop five drop win right you can
17554s	play late game you can set things up for
17557s	a more drawn out game even if it looks a
17560s	little bit dire sometimes and uh rfam
17562s	you know we know we know Ream's no
17564s	pushover so yeah really well played
17566s	there and just about got to where he
17568s	needed to be I really like the uh the
17570s	voon um the voon the vo was really good
17573s	yeah cuz that that is so much extra not
17577s	even just damage but just options that
17579s	that it gave him available CU he ended
17580s	up with obviously two uh two timelines
17582s	as
17582s	[Music]
17584s	well yep yeah he ripped the um the
17588s	dragon that he required just in time I
17590s	think he was dead the next turn almost
17592s	certainly I haven't counted it and I'm
17594s	it's really hard to count when you don't
17595s	know how many spell scools and things
17596s	have gone but hey do my best it's hard
17599s	especially like because there's a lot to
17601s	keep track of on both decks there with
17603s	you know the priest dragons and then the
17605s	Sith uh I love making excuses for why
17608s	we're bad um and then like the SI with
17610s	the uh potential spell damage is always
17613s	a little bit tricky but yeah ream is
17616s	fighting back priest is ticked means
17618s	it's won a game and then mol Stars still
17620s	going to have to to sit on this Mage and
17622s	try and get something done in the next
17623s	game or two to be able to move on to
17626s	Sunday yeah got the um the Mage win
17629s	under the belt again I feel like the
17632s	Mage should struggle but it looked like
17634s	he was going to get it done there to be
17636s	fair and still two more
17638s	goes um really curious to know how it
17640s	deals with with the Rogue if the Rogue
17643s	gets going obviously because the
17645s	creation is just too
17649s	small yeah it's so on the freezes yeah
17652s	we'll have to see it's so the the
17654s	rogue's always a tricky one because um a
17657s	lot of the games with Rogue look very
17659s	polarized one way or the other uh
17661s	because if you can drop an A8 and then
17663s	stealth it suddenly you're feeling
17665s	pretty good about life uh but you know
17667s	if you leave it open some options are
17668s	very tricky but it looks like we're
17669s	going to be checking out the Demon
17672s	Hunter uh first of all again uh another
17675s	tough one I think a a deck that can
17678s	really just push out the Mage very very
17680s	quickly indeed even though this is the
17682s	uh slightly more comboy based one let's
17685s	say with those blind ey Sharpshooters in
17687s	but at the end of the day you can put
17689s	all the fancy combos you want in
17691s	sometimes you can just get the weapon
17693s	swing it play Shopper and then off the
17695s	back of that kind of steamroll the game
17697s	yeah absolutely and like you said
17699s	earlier sometimes you just don't even
17700s	get there you just play some ones and
17702s	twos and you've done 16 damage before
17704s	you know it and yeah the game kind of
17706s	just
17709s	ends yeah and um we'll see how this is
17712s	going to go as the players are just
17714s	going to be getting ready here looks
17715s	like it's going to be the Demon Hunter
17716s	coming up um in terms of this matchup
17719s	because we've seen like as we mentioned
17720s	the Demon Hunter able to push a lot of
17722s	damage but how do you feel this matchup
17724s	is just broadly like is one favored is
17728s	it just extremely close H is Demon
17730s	Hunter just going to Stomp the Mage I
17732s	think Demon Hunter is going to Stomp the
17733s	Mage but again I just keep adding this
17735s	cavat I I I have to always add it in
17737s	tournaments that Mage does better in
17739s	tournaments than it does on ladder and
17741s	that isn't because it's lucky that's not
17742s	because of matchups it's because the
17745s	players playing Mage in tournaments are
17746s	better than the players playing Mage on
17748s	ladder as a as an average even if you
17751s	count top thousand it doesn't it's not
17752s	enough you've got to count top 25 top 30
17755s	so always very careful when I say about
17758s	Mage but also I think the Demon Hunter
17760s	will stop the Mage yeah it's going to be
17762s	a little bit tricky though because
17764s	there's always the outcomes cuz I feel
17765s	like we we are seen it a lot and I guess
17767s	it's you know it is down to Mulligan and
17769s	down to the weapon the
17771s	Tech draw uh as well but if Demon Hunter
17775s	just doesn't get hold of the weapon uh
17778s	and because this is a slightly more
17780s	comboy version let's say h from recam it
17785s	you don't really have time to mess
17786s	around right because the Mage will just
17788s	overpower has access to freeze as well
17791s	uh so it's not like uh this is I never
17796s	mind umpire's grasp in hand it does play
17798s	four weapons to be fair it plays two
17801s	exactly yeah yeah with the tech and the
17803s	weapon is common but it's I'm just like
17805s	oh yeah so what's the world where
17806s	there's no weapon molar can get ahead no
17809s	there is the weapon so whatever ignore
17812s	everything I just said and even in the
17813s	world where there isn't a weapon the
17814s	demon d Hunter does have a lot of ons
17816s	and twos to to fiddle around with while
17819s	it waits it's it's much much much less
17822s	good we're going to find out on
17826s	Monday yeah yeah Ream's open hand
17829s	looking pretty nice it's got the
17830s	selections of the ones and twos we
17832s	talked about here slyther spare salesman
17835s	um that's not one card by the way that's
17838s	two I just realized I've just created
17840s	I've just leaked the next card from the
17841s	the next set maybe H but yeah so this SP
17844s	going down now to challenge and then
17845s	there's just options coin grasp uh from
17847s	recam is going to really accelerate this
17851s	game yeah and I'm looking to see what
17853s	molar does here um with regard these
17855s	Frost bot are they going at the face
17858s	with re them keeping cards molar can
17860s	beir fairly sure that the the weapons
17862s	one like you don't keep much else yeah I
17865s	wonder if because of the second Frost
17867s	bow is ever Frost excuse me Frost B the
17871s	slyther spay um this turn let the swing
17875s	happen and then Frost ball afterwards H
17877s	it's kind of it's so tricky it's defin I
17880s	mean that's how You' go about it if you
17882s	want to fbot the slyther spear but
17883s	you've also got the option of just
17884s	letting the S spear LIF and then forbing
17886s	them on turns four and five oh it sounds
17890s	stupid is is it frostbolt face now yeah
17892s	I was going to say okay yeah I think
17894s	this is probably the play I wouldn't
17896s	make but the play I wish I'd made
17898s	because yeah as you mentioned you saw
17899s	the keeps there was a what two keep and
17902s	the coin so it's
17905s	like and the artificer just dies to the
17908s	weapon right so I do like this
17910s	unfortunately for molar though there is
17912s	uh multiple other options for recam as
17916s	we can
17917s	see yeah the reason I'm curious about it
17919s	and again I know that he's right and I'm
17921s	wrong so I'm just interested is I like
17923s	to make them show me the weapon and do
17925s	the first swing and that way they
17927s	haven't developed any to any Tempo so
17930s	they've just developed a weapon that
17931s	then can't swing the next turn uh
17933s	whereas when you do it this way you do
17934s	let your opponent actually develop board
17937s	because you've told them they can't
17938s	swing this turn I think the artificer
17940s	was the
17941s	difference it's because it just it's
17943s	just defending the artificer right
17945s	whereas if there was no artificer on one
17947s	I would definitely agree that like you
17948s	know you can either kill the slither or
17950s	do something else and then Frost bolt
17952s	weapon
17953s	after fair oh oh my they both gone face
17957s	oh little chuckle there from recam he's
17959s	loving it he is loving it oh okay a
17961s	natural draw of the
17963s	Shopper look at this though umire grass
17966s	bear that's the balance change it's
17967s	becoming a one
17969s	[Laughter]
17971s	drop don't upset the people Raven
17974s	they're already
17979s	upset h
17981s	this is going to be tough like Ream's
17984s	ticking all of the boxes right board and
17987s	weapon threat and there's going to be a
17989s	shopper or at least there it's extremely
17991s	likely there's going to be a shopper
17992s	next
17995s	turn yeah it's a bit rough this is
17999s	almost in the line of what you were
18000s	saying earlier like what happens if they
18001s	don't draw a weapon well I know he's got
18003s	a weapon but it's it's the rest of the
18005s	stuff is what's doing the damage right
18006s	now right
18012s	weapon just represents about another
18014s	trillion damage after you take this
18015s	board in the
18018s	face
18021s	yeah yeah that's the problem Frost Bol
18024s	number two going to face I mean that
18026s	makes sense I'm definitely not
18027s	questioning that play but it's the
18029s	sacrifices that have to be made for that
18031s	play right like molars just left a board
18034s	full of minions up and now the second
18036s	weapon crunching it out going to make it
18039s	uh a little bit awkward yes the Shopper
18042s	doesn't come down but it's still a bit
18044s	of a
18047s	disaster
18049s	yeah I think Ream's just thinking
18051s	whether he's going to Burning Heart this
18052s	want to I don't hate it honestly because
18055s	when are you playing this Bernie heart
18056s	if next turns three Mana shoer one Mana
18058s	shoer one Mana
18061s	shoy yeah I don't hate it pushes one
18064s	extra damage to face and defends your
18065s	board like
18068s	yeah the only weird thing is
18070s	is because all your minions are two
18073s	Health it doesn't defend it against much
18077s	right I guess is the other creation
18080s	exactly play creation you want the
18082s	Burning Heart so you can hit the
18083s	creation next turn and go for either
18085s	stuff's dead or it's not so I don't mind
18089s	if there was one more Health on this
18091s	Slither spear I just be like yeah okay
18094s	sure but you know kill it whatever but
18095s	because there isn't I actually like this
18097s	uh hold back here from recam
18100s	yeah cuz there's always time for Burning
18103s	Heart later right like the odds on there
18105s	being nothing to hit and then push the
18106s	extra damage are so
18109s	low yeah if your opponent doesn't play a
18111s	creation then you don't mind that you've
18112s	held the burning heart because you're
18113s	going to hit them for all this stuff
18114s	anyway yeah and off basically a pass
18118s	turn from mstar of course he drew a lot
18120s	of cards you know I'm not saying it's
18121s	literally a pass but feels like a pass
18123s	from where I'm sitting because wow this
18126s	is a lot of damage now I want to see the
18129s	one Mana um secret generator here if
18132s	it's noton we missed oh Shadow's
18137s	good oh
18142s	really I think this is one of the spots
18144s	where a lot of the secrets are quite
18145s	handy especially the hunter
18148s	ones it wasn't Secrets though no that's
18151s	what I'm saying I wanted to see it cuz
18152s	I'm greedy oh right sorry sorry yeah I'm
18155s	just I think I would have took three
18158s	Health maybe I'm stupid Maybe El just
18160s	doesn't matter
18161s	yeah uh I don't think it matters
18164s	personally
18166s	but yeah maybe maybe it matters more
18168s	than a one I guess the one one lives
18170s	through creation right so it's an extra
18171s	point of damage next turn look how low
18173s	did he know it was getting Divine Shield
18176s	though no but there's there's reborn as
18178s	well right I guess I guess yeah yeah
18181s	you're right you're
18184s	right sleep skaters coming down now
18186s	going to be gaining some health here
18188s	from allar
18196s	yeah actually saved him there double Sig
18200s	of time yeah just a couple of
18203s	Cs ah it's not just paladins that can do
18206s	silly
18208s	things so if ream oh no he won't draw
18212s	from the swing anyway right yeah doesn't
18214s	matter
18221s	no yeah you're worried about the
18223s	overdraw but it's fine for a second I
18224s	was worried yeah there's also the I me
18227s	don't get me wrong I don't think the
18228s	overdraw is going to matter I was just
18230s	realizing that the uh the salesman can
18232s	also potentially cause overdraw in this
18234s	scenario
18235s	right uh yes unless he just trades and
18239s	plays the
18244s	oil oil's good though with upcoming
18247s	Sharpshooter potentially right oh yeah
18251s	by no means has to play the oil I was
18252s	just interested at what Rec Ram's uh
18254s	thoughts were on that overdraw or not oh
18257s	oh now yeah did he mean to play the oil
18259s	I think I think he meant to play it
18261s	yeah yeah cuz you probably wouldn't have
18263s	traded it if you weren't going to play
18265s	the oil why trade it yeah is is I'm
18269s	guessing you're what's happened
18276s	here yeah I think that was just Rec
18279s	famam getting himself caught up in a few
18282s	things he also might have done the thing
18284s	I've definitely done where it's like oh
18286s	draw six cards I'll be fine but there's
18288s	a natural draw as well yes is the
18292s	problem yeah something doesn't look
18294s	right here for
18297s	sure and honestly about wait till next
18300s	turn how you're going to Wi your next 10
18302s	cards molar can clear the board right
18305s	yeah I think the inquisitive creations's
18308s	enough to clear
18312s	uh it hides four plus the Ping okay yeah
18316s	sure sure sure I thought it was on five
18317s	but yeah this I mean this is fair enough
18319s	right um so effectively clear board 15
18322s	Health arguably 14 with the one one
18324s	sitting there everybody just pay
18327s	attention to what the overdraw ends up
18328s	being oh God
18335s	don't okay whatever fine it's fine
18347s	check for
18348s	lethal wait you think this is
18352s	lethal I don't think it is you've got to
18354s	check for it I guess
18356s	so it's a decent amount of Health on the
18359s	board you know like overall though
18362s	right and there's none of the big spikes
18366s	of damage oh I'm just looking at Burning
18367s	Heart Burning Heart hit you like nothing
18370s	for clever Sharpshooter stuff at the
18371s	moment
18373s	that's I'm s staring at Sharpshooter and
18376s	thinking God I'm too dumb for this no
18378s	that's yeah that's that's the secondary
18379s	thing that's what I'm actually doing but
18381s	yeah I would like to say if Ream's
18383s	locking it in then it is lethal but
18387s	maybe he's
18394s	just it's a lot of damage especially
18396s	with the Naga pickup I don't think it's
18398s	lethal though
18400s	oh wait a minute that's plus one on that
18402s	can attack
18406s	face close
18409s	close still set up set up himself in a
18412s	very good position here though because
18414s	even though it's not lethal it's a ton
18416s	of damage and there's still a lot of
18417s	damage left in hand second Sharpshooter
18419s	pick up as well as as you said The
18421s	Burning uh double in hand yeah and going
18424s	down swinging as oh going down S I
18425s	didn't even notice the going down
18427s	swinging was
18428s	there Y no you're right you're
18436s	right cing
18445s	it okay facez can swing but not face um
18450s	if loads of taunts got made for
18455s	instance Creations to clear
18460s	okay and Molar is just saying well
18462s	that's pretty much all I can do freeze
18464s	the face clear the board The Usual
18470s	Suspects this is looking like it should
18473s	be
18474s	[Music]
18477s	fine oh no he doesn't have the other oh
18480s	he's
18482s	wait this could be fine okay
18490s	there was ways that could have worked
18491s	out obviously never mind just the damage
18493s	RNG but like the Discover and so on so
18495s	on but yeah doesn't matter H ream got
18499s	molar down to two and I don't think
18502s	there's anything else that can really go
18504s	down here honestly nature
18506s	spells just going heal for six often oh
18509s	no going for reduction draw
18511s	okay I was confused for a second
18516s	then oh skater
18521s	yeah but nothing dangerous enough right
18523s	no ice
18527s	Baro so ice
18534s	barrier re's like just press ENT turn
18538s	just press ENT turn but now G
18547s	pain look at like please just press
18550s	enter make this nonsense stop what are
18554s	you doing like for where ream sat M has
18558s	just drawn like 15 ways to win the game
18560s	from where we're at he's drawn a coin
18561s	and an ice barrier yeah he needs to be
18563s	able to stack ice barriers like uh
18566s	sigils and oras can be
18569s	stacked there we go yeah
18580s	there used to be somebody on that bottom
18581s	camera now it's just a hand now it's
18584s	just
18585s	emotions
18587s	yeah okay oh that's
18592s	helpful yeah that is very
18594s	helpful is this burnning and then blind
18602s	ey sure oh all that yeah
18610s	please go face can't stand being upet
18613s	for so long no it didn't go face CU he's
18615s	attacking oh he didn't do it that's
18617s	right yeah it's just doing this and now
18618s	he's going to proc yeah yeah yeah this
18619s	is fine this is fine yeah you got
18621s	it game four going to rec V on his way
18627s	for a reverse sweep potentially drinking
18631s	out of the Hearthstone flask
18634s	thing confir looks like the stone one to
18637s	me regardless Mage once again 10 left
18640s	over for molar molar kind of just got
18642s	ran over there honestly did well to
18644s	defend as long as he could but just
18646s	could not stabilize in terms of the
18648s	health and again it's one of the bonuses
18650s	that that build of Demon Hunter sort of
18652s	new age versions of Demon Hunter have is
18655s	they just have kind of just damage from
18657s	hand that isn't negated by freeze a lot
18659s	of the time H but now Linda we've got at
18662s	least in this series the two flimsy
18665s	decks fighting each other right we've
18667s	got the Mage that has struggled so far
18669s	for Mol
18670s	and then we've got the Rogue which can
18672s	be extremely powerful or extremely weak
18675s	depending on from what we saw earlier on
18678s	so uh interesting way to end the series
18680s	honestly and uh often the way this can
18682s	happen in Conquest although we've seen
18683s	some more one-sided matchups today I
18686s	think but a lot of it does come down to
18688s	the two weaker decks just try and hit
18691s	each other a little bit in
18693s	Hope yeah um I'm I don't know about this
18696s	rogue deck I think it might be fine here
18698s	like my instinct says
18700s	mind scts not very good against M keep
18702s	saying that but that the Rogue will get
18704s	enough time just make a bunch of 8s and
18706s	and that should do it I don't think the
18708s	Mage is going to combo quick enough so
18710s	it's case of the freeze is there enough
18712s	freeze for the Mage to stop this from
18715s	going off but with neop fights in decks
18718s	and well well that's it it's um you're a
18721s	shadow step and a Neo fight away from a
18723s	good time a lot of the time right and
18724s	then also you can stealth these mechs
18727s	too which is a big deal um I hope sttle
18730s	has uh enjoyed the order in which the
18732s	key cards have appeared so one special
18735s	one for sttle that one but yeah I uh 28
18739s	and three nice but I uh I I think again
18744s	Rogue has game like you can do this
18746s	there is the stealth uh there is the Neo
18748s	fight specifically against Mage uh but
18751s	you need to hit it and most importantly
18754s	you need that Gaslight gatekeeper right
18756s	that is the card that really unlocks the
18758s	deck even when you play it as early as
18760s	turn three or turn four like that is
18762s	what you want to do card draw card draw
18765s	or card generation as much as you can
18767s	and then Gaslight gatekeeper and then go
18770s	is basically the way the deck's played
18772s	at least in the initial openings of
18774s	games so that's what ream will be
18776s	looking for we'll see how it works out
18778s	once the players get into the game but
18780s	yeah for me at this point Linda could
18782s	easily go either way if recam takes his
18785s	time again like we saw it in one of the
18787s	early games in this match could be a
18788s	little bit awkward and let molar gather
18790s	all these freeze effects and sort of
18792s	controlling effects but if recam does
18795s	the thing on three or four that is
18797s	extremely early for the Mage to be able
18799s	to fight
18800s	back yeah I think I think if re doesn't
18803s	to say turn four I think this game will
18805s	end fairly quickly um obviously there's
18808s	always generated blizzards and things
18809s	can slow things down but we're missing
18812s	good old Frost nowadays so yeah I
18816s	actually said that I think you just get
18817s	him I said that when I was playing
18820s	people watching like a few days ago now
18821s	I was like I do you guys remember Frost
18823s	NOA what a card like there were so many
18827s	cards right now that are like kind ofish
18829s	Frost NOA but they're not quite Frost
18831s	NOA it's glorious but let's get into it
18834s	game five of this match the winner moves
18838s	on to the final day of the Masters Tour
18840s	spring Championship the loser gets
18842s	knocked down into their lower bracket of
18844s	Group B let's see how this one's going
18847s	to go molar on the top on the mage Rec
18849s	vam on this Rogue bit of a crack of the
18852s	neck and fingers crossed for the
18855s	Mulligan yeah very much
18857s	so
18859s	um curious see what molar does with this
18861s	as well does he want the discovers or
18863s	does he want to trust his
18868s	deck the problem is yeah o keeps infin
18872s	okay interesting I was going to say the
18874s	problem is early game I don't know what
18877s	you're looking for right with the Mage
18879s	in ter ter like what from the C like
18881s	what are you trying to glyph into on
18883s	turn two cuz you don't really know cuz
18885s	it depends how the Rogue opens starting
18888s	off with a gear shift into gear shift
18889s	though is going to be pretty nice for
18891s	rec oh Everything Must Go everything's
18894s	going to be going pretty
18897s	quickly back into the
18901s	deck allar going to start off getting
18904s	that infinitize value lizard I mean y y
18908s	That's one you looking for it
18912s	is stack those blizzards oh
18918s	okay and that's what he's going to do
18920s	isn't it moar is just going to go on a
18922s	big freezing
18927s	[Music]
18935s	trip artificer make space in hand gets
18938s	you some armor and allows you to do all
18939s	again I think I like
18947s	this
18949s	um
18953s	wein um molten runes probably tempting
18957s	for a second but a cheap glyph is a
18959s	cheap
18960s	glyph he's just assembling the deck he
18963s	should have
18966s	brought okay I go quick pick going to
18969s	really start to try and stack the hand
18971s	and even though we've talked a lot about
18973s	you know you want to pop off on turn
18975s	three or four as Rogue um if you don't
18978s	exactly do that this is the thing you
18980s	want to be doing which is start stacking
18982s	the hand drawing cards and fishing for
18984s	that key set of combos there's a
18986s	playhouse giant another everything must
18989s	go but it's just not hitting The
18990s	Gaslight there is no card draw there now
18993s	no no gas light would change everything
18996s	another blizzard
19000s	it's got to be right I think so yeah
19003s	yeah I'm I'm a blizzard enjoyer right
19005s	now not only uh in this game but um in
19009s	general
19011s	mhm freeze to stop the card draw we
19014s	start stacking armor get the escaping
19016s	trog down as well just for a little bit
19018s	of extra pressure sprinkled on break
19023s	dance uhoh
19030s	it's got to be MIM right
19034s	yeah
19036s	oh this is the problem the deck is so
19039s	Reliant oh I don't know whether Reliant
19042s	is too strong a word but it's so much
19045s	weaker when you don't have gas light by
19048s	now like the difference in power level
19050s	is
19051s	absurd and now we can see just molar
19054s	chilling on the
19057s	blizzards wheel of death goes
19062s	behave yourself right look you know it I
19064s	know it chat knows it we all wanted to
19067s	see wheel of death there's not subtle
19069s	here to keep you under control if you go
19071s	off the rails I will join in with you
19072s	and it will be a mess have even moved my
19075s	location so I can't be found now there's
19078s	no way to stop me yeah he's coming to
19080s	get you don't worry about that he
19082s	doesn't know where I am
19084s	[Music]
19093s	there it is sigh of relief here from Rec
19097s	because this is the
19100s	card okay still needs to draw and there
19105s	we go Shadow
19107s	step that's so big I think yeah
19110s	everything must go Shadow Step Go
19114s	Again
19116s	surely youve got it right oh he going to
19119s	got prep ah prep mic drop
19123s	to to draw more cards yeah this is also
19126s	fine as long as Shadow step gas light
19128s	happens yeah
19132s	sure
19134s	okay drop coin just to give a little bit
19136s	more wiggle
19138s	room one less card drawn but uh one more
19141s	Mana so reasonable trade that's what you
19144s	fancy really wants the max at least one
19147s	my goodness are they oh
19150s	no okay that's not too bad no
19156s	um oh no what's the name of the card
19158s	what's the one that bounces it
19160s	back bre dance yeah there we go yeah I
19163s	just I just blanked then uh but yeah no
19165s	break dance is kind of
19170s	rough
19173s	well still got decent stuff on the board
19176s	though he's only turn five but it's just
19177s	going to keep getting Frozen now that's
19179s	the problem ah yeah but the big thing
19181s	here is I think for molar is molar does
19183s	not have to Blizzard this is a very not
19185s	blizz blizzard needed board that was
19188s	very eloquent there um true yeah this is
19191s	not threatening enough I don't think
19193s	when you know basically what the Rogue
19196s	is capable of this is a very low power
19198s	level I think molar can just deal with
19200s	this
19202s	[Music]
19204s	manually yep yeah I like it right that's
19207s	exactly what he's done great Elemental
19209s	as well and again this is going to be a
19211s	nightmare cuz if ream just plays 8s even
19214s	if molar has to be in desperation mold
19217s	mold mold mold
19221s	um he could just trade the water
19223s	Elemental into one of the 8S to freeze
19224s	it out it's another giant
19228s	though right plenty put down again we we
19231s	can see that these things aren't
19232s	attacking face for any time but he's got
19234s	to make the best board he can surely
19236s	yeah is this yeah magnetic giant GI in
19239s	see what the magnets do and then Shadow
19242s	step the uh gas light
19246s	again sure yeah try and get some break
19248s	dancing get your um copies
19255s	y oh going to
19257s	hold wow okay oh no uh you could still
19261s	do it no no yeah you can still do it's
19262s	got one left right I I say he's got more
19264s	confidence the match up than me if he
19265s	thinks he go to turn eight or nine so
19267s	getting him down now feels right
19271s	oh not going to go for the shadow step
19274s	okay yeah this is gross Ste so yeah was
19279s	the stealth better though because this
19281s	A8 can get Frozen no problem the shadow
19285s	step would have gave options for break
19286s	dance which just cuz the problem now is
19289s	if these
19290s	die yeah he's done if these die that's
19292s	just game right I I I think cuz the both
19296s	break dances still on the deck and but
19297s	there's nothing left to break
19301s	yep agreed yeah I think rram just uh got
19305s	a bit of a rough into the stick here I'm
19309s	really surprised he could have Shadow
19310s	stepped and gone for the uh The
19313s	Gaslight a bit earlier and not had not
19315s	done all the the Bots thing even though
19317s	I do understand stealth is strong
19319s	here yeah I think he's just seeing he's
19322s	feeling it a bit but also he's just
19323s	seeing no way to get there through what
19326s	we can see because he the double I think
19328s	he thinks he's just might get get there
19329s	we can see it just doesn't and most 48
19333s	like and even that the fact still not
19336s	requiring a blizzard really good uh I
19339s	tell you molar and yala should be
19340s	friends um oh okay break dance there
19344s	fine so he gets to do the breakdowns if
19346s	he
19348s	wants proba is now he is it's kind of
19351s	just dead even if it's just blizzard
19354s	gace with the minions blizzard go face
19356s	with the minions game
19359s	[Music]
19361s	yep yeah like and also there's like
19366s	Bard creation Shadow step as
19374s	well o this is a rough
19380s	one I just can't believe in this match
19383s	up molar picked blizzard early which was
19386s	perfect and correct and he's just chill
19389s	with him he's just s like I don't need
19390s	him yet it's
19393s	fine that was made available by the fact
19395s	he kept the
19396s	Infiniti the um Mulligan and just
19399s	decided to go looking for stuff that
19400s	would save the game if he got in trouble
19402s	and that's what he did yep 22 With the
19405s	Wind Fury but the armor is going to keep
19407s	molar very safe indeed and now here
19411s	comes the
19412s	ice unless it's lethal which I don't
19415s	think it is but there might be think it
19417s	is but yeah
19421s	and I don't think there's any punish for
19425s	blizzard right there's no like
19427s	unfreezing and these don't have charge
19430s	or anything right so there's no there's
19432s	no the the little mini Bots left so it's
19435s	not like the hands full of mini bots so
19438s	it's like if they freeze you re them can
19440s	bounce them back and then play them and
19442s	then have like life steel rush or
19444s	something so I don't think there's any
19445s	great punish for blizzard in here so I
19447s	think this is extr extremely likely to
19450s	lock out the
19453s	game yep getting the armor back just in
19455s	case yeah why not right yeah it just
19458s	doesn't matter like
19459s	whatever there's no mechs left as far as
19463s	I can recall I may be wrong no Titan or
19465s	anything crazy hanging in there
19467s	so you know oh no memon's there I forgot
19472s	about mimon I'll be honest
19477s	[Music]
19482s	yeah molar can basically just do
19483s	whatever because it's just another
19485s	blizzard and then there's still gliff
19487s	there's still the um the Creations as
19489s	well there's the armor from the freeze
19491s	if required he's just got every base
19493s	covered at this
19496s	point yep just have a last
19500s	look see re looking for
19505s	stealth doesn't H the wrong blue I think
19507s	it's the wrong blue yeah I don't think
19509s	stealth
19510s	now trou with those Blues in the
19515s	past pretty
19522s	sad still no lethal
19528s	there it's double infinitize to keep
19530s	going fishing if he wants but again like
19533s	just another blizzard and it's just done
19536s	right is there a way that's like
19537s	blizzard and then sleep again just to
19540s	put a little bit more damage on board I
19542s	think mol's just fishing for lethal yeah
19544s	I think he's just checking first for
19545s	lethals and then he's going to Blizzard
19547s	when he runs out of Mana
19548s	yeah fine blizzard push three
19554s	more can even infinitize if he wants for
19557s	zero yeah he can go fishing for damage
19559s	if he wanted to I think it just leaves
19561s	it
19563s	open now Memon can Memon achieve
19566s	anything
19568s	turn nine Mage that couldn't do six
19571s	damage how
19573s	silly they've always got six they gained
19575s	a million armor though yeah I mean he's
19578s	absolutely the right Play It's just why
19580s	haven't you got six you silly
19582s	Mage and to be fair if he hadn't had to
19584s	spend five on the blizzard he could
19585s	probably have found lethal another way
19587s	why why risk it oh yeah there's just
19590s	that that's it that's how um sort of
19592s	onedimensional the blizzard is in this
19594s	matchup right it's just well if I
19596s	blizzard you you you can't attack me
19599s	done that's the end of conversation the
19601s	weapons are gone uh the buff to like
19603s	attack for the weapons are gone there's
19606s	just like nothing really I don't think
19608s	there like everything must go as like a
19611s	really small outlier but I don't think
19613s	there's actually anything it can create
19615s	that would cause allar problem at this
19617s	point Neo fight's going to be a little
19619s	bit annoying
19622s	yeah just adds a check to the number of
19626s	times you get to discover and stuff but
19629s	absolutely fine I'm not sure what the
19631s	Creations is on but I think with these
19633s	blizzards softening the board up that
19635s	creations just does the
19642s	job again same as we've talked about
19645s	there's no reason to take any risk on 39
19647s	the 88s are all gone everything's off
19650s	the board there's no win condition left
19652s	for rec you don't actually have to do
19653s	that last six damage course ream can't
19655s	kill you look he's only got two more
19656s	cards in deck
19659s	yeah there's like I said there's
19660s	Everything Must Go as like one last
19663s	ditch effort but another blizzard take
19665s	it um but I can't think
19669s	of of another yeah 100% look molar is an
19674s	aoly of yala surely because there was an
19677s	option to have a spell that dealt damage
19679s	to face you just pick blizzard again
19681s	it's like
19682s	nope yeah oh I mean it's not enough but
19687s	it's a cool outcome it's something
19691s	consider right if we can just keep the
19693s	dragon ban alive for the next 10 turns
19695s	yeah imagine if you roll two of them
19698s	still wouldn't be enough but it' be more
19699s	exciting hey there's still celest oh
19702s	yeah can't do it can it won't be enough
19704s	I look at that manner of whether it's
19705s	like projectionist again just pop
19712s	off
19715s	okay it's a good effort just smiling is
19718s	like oh I'm going to make you win this
19720s	game of hearthstone whether you like it
19722s	or not fishing for lethal
19726s	glyph fishing for
19729s	lethal stop Frost BS kind of
19734s	35
19736s	Maybe please just make it end oh no it
19739s	is with P yeah sorry yeah yeah I missed
19742s	that yeah yeah yeah well there you have
19744s	it what a match Rec famam almost managed
19749s	to claw it back but the Rogue just let
19751s	him down again and Molar o popping off
19754s	with the celebration as well let's go oh
19757s	w w okay okay I'm glad he stopped there
19761s	I don't think that's something we can
19762s	broadcast if he kept going but yeah
19764s	congratulations to molar a really good
19767s	win and I think um cool K and collected
19771s	I think it was just chill and yeah it
19772s	was a tough series it's not like it was
19774s	easy it's not like he ran ream over ream
19776s	definitely put a lot of pressure on
19778s	there but I think molar really is just
19781s	showing his how comfortable he is with
19783s	his
19783s	lineup yep nice to see somebody um
19786s	playing control in this field it's a
19788s	very not controlly field it's a very not
19791s	controlly meta really it's slightly slow
19793s	but it's not particularly
19794s	slow um and yeah interesting to see
19797s	somebody bringing the lineup again the
19799s	Mage is going to be my question all
19801s	weekend but he got it done through to
19804s	Sunday already he put his feet up for
19806s	two days
19808s	for two
19810s	days I'm not sure how days work yeah I
19812s	was going to say I'm it's nearly bedtime
19816s	where I am right now so yeah two days is
19817s	a stretch but yeah congrat
19820s	congratulations to molar there I think
19822s	um like I said comfortable with the
19824s	lists good knowledge of the matchups and
19827s	just a really good uh ideas of how to
19829s	win those ones so really big win over
19831s	recam there uh congratulations to molar
19833s	Rec Vamp is not out though I know there
19835s	are a lot of Rec Vamp fans but as you
19838s	can see as we take a look at the update
19839s	bracket for Group B he is in that deci
19841s	match so he if he wins the next one he's
19844s	still through a little bit more of a
19845s	tough go of it but he can still get
19847s	there but of course we have his opponent
19849s	to find out which is kimchi slap versus
19852s	gamer rvg uh so we'll get an update on
19855s	that very very soon but uh yeah
19857s	definitely a cool match I'm really glad
19859s	uh I really enjoyed casting that one
19860s	lend it was it was a longer five game
19862s	series but it was a very interesting
19863s	five game series yeah it was it was
19865s	interesting it was Clash of styles or
19866s	Clash of matchup lineup whatever anyway
19870s	um looked like ream was finally turned
19872s	the corner there the first two games
19874s	didn't feel like games at all like it
19875s	feels like um that Shaman deck is pretty
19878s	terrifying obviously Warrior is is scary
19881s	the DK in the hands of a good player
19882s	looks good the Mage looked like re might
19885s	have got through it but no um mostar
19889s	just came good showed what we heard from
19891s	people who know him for the last few
19893s	days that he's a very good control
19895s	player but he's got to keep it up for
19896s	all of Sunday if he is going to get to
19898s	the championships yeah that was just our
19900s	first broadcast match from Group B but
19902s	we've got more where that came from
19904s	we're going to go to a quick break while
19905s	we set up the next one for you guys so
19907s	make sure to stick around and we'll be
19908s	right back after this
19931s	[Music]
19958s	[Music]
19987s	[Music]
20014s	[Music]
20043s	[Music]
20070s	[Music]
20099s	[Music]
20110s	welcome back to the first Master's tour
20114s	of 2024 we are here for it this spring
20117s	championship and to continue the action
20120s	I am Dragon Rider joined This Time by TJ
20123s	how you doing
20124s	today doing great doing great it's been
20127s	a while since we've got to uh watch and
20129s	cast some competitive Hearthstone and
20133s	I've been enjoying today we've had some
20136s	some grueling games to be quite honest
20139s	some grueling
20140s	matchups uh and it's been fun it's been
20142s	fun to
20143s	watch yeah I think there's some really
20146s	interesting things with the lineup this
20148s	time around uh of the players plus the
20151s	actual lineups of decks that all of
20154s	those players brought like it just feels
20155s	like a really cool event overall uh we
20159s	have a couple different kind of story
20160s	lines these very familiar names that a
20163s	lot of people are uh kind of already
20166s	familiar with that we saw with y
20168s	for example in the first group uh but
20171s	now we're getting to see a couple
20173s	players who you may or may not have
20175s	heard of before uh and first we have Kim
20178s	Chi slap here who has been in quite a
20181s	few Master's tours uh but this time
20184s	around in this big top
20188s	16 yeah this matchup is going to be
20190s	quite difficult for me to for who to
20192s	root for because kimchi slap has the
20194s	name to end all
20196s	names uh but gamer rvg is the America's
20202s	representative uh the The Last Hope of
20204s	the Americas for the
20206s	past um I don't know year has held that
20210s	title so uh it's going to be tough one
20213s	thing I do appreciate about kimchi slap
20215s	is uh Hearthstone Brew gamer in a couple
20219s	of decks which a couple of decks is
20223s	above average for amounts of hearth
20225s	stone Brew uh in a tournament lineup
20228s	so I'm very excited to see uh what these
20232s	are going to hold but right now we're
20233s	just looking at the pretty standard
20234s	Chopper DH arstone brw is kind of just
20237s	there for that refill once you uh sort
20240s	of run completely out of
20245s	stuff and gamer rvg there we see uh did
20249s	have a second place finish Grand
20252s	Masters first season for Americas can
20255s	you do something like that again
20258s	we'll find out yeah it's it's gamer rvg
20262s	was one of those players in Grand
20263s	Masters that
20265s	was I don't want to say underrated uh
20268s	but kept sneaking out wins against some
20269s	of the top
20271s	players um when g r was very new uh so
20275s	I'm I've definitely grown to really
20279s	enjoy gamer rbg's gameplay and uh the
20283s	other thing is I've really come to enjoy
20285s	the bunk bed um which I hope that it's
20288s	playing under
20291s	still we'll find out uh but look at this
20295s	Shaman uh I think uh it was touched on a
20297s	little bit earlier the nature Shaman
20300s	that has kind of been uh changed up a
20303s	little bit and we'll see how it fares
20306s	this is not uh running the jives and
20310s	it's not quite the uh full uh shutter
20314s	block kind of control version that we
20317s	just saw from m star uh but instead this
20319s	does focus a little bit more on the
20321s	spell damage and just trying to put
20323s	together a lot of uh a lot of those big
20326s	turns to be able to pop off create a lot
20329s	of damage in one turn uh but I will say
20333s	the matchup for warrior into the shaman
20337s	not good for the shaman uh which I think
20339s	is probably a big reason why we did see
20342s	gamer rvg actually uh go ahead and just
20344s	ban the warrior for uh kimchi on the
20347s	other
20349s	side yeah it's uh this version
20352s	especially of the shaman does not
20355s	farewell against Warrior does
20356s	consistently provide um the damage reach
20361s	but you don't kind of have that X Factor
20363s	uh of the conductivity plus uh plus
20366s	drive so we'll see how it's going to
20368s	Fair against the uh the rest of the
20371s	lineups um what one thing to
20376s	note um
20379s	never mind I don't want to note it
20381s	because gamer rvg has already won with
20383s	the warrior
20385s	so I got that backwards even though we
20388s	talked about it right before this this
20389s	went on that it was kimchi slap that was
20393s	playing the Warlock in that first game
20394s	that we missed
20396s	so now you'll just have to not know
20401s	forever that's right well we'll we'll
20403s	say that the note is to point out that
20405s	they did play the first uh game of this
20409s	match off stream while the other series
20412s	that went to that quite long game five
20415s	was finishing up so yeah we do have
20418s	gamer rvg already up 10 Z with that
20421s	Warrior beating kimchi slaps warlock uh
20424s	which is that kind of what we're calling
20426s	Custom warlock uh very interesting to
20430s	see uh what's going to happen now
20433s	because now uh that means gamer rvg just
20437s	has to win with uh his own custom
20442s	warlock or that
20446s	Shaman so I will say as we wait for
20448s	these players to get in here because
20449s	this is relevant because kimchi slap
20451s	actually does have it in his lineup it's
20452s	not banned uh the deck that I've been
20454s	impressed the most by um so far this
20457s	tournament and this is going to come to
20460s	as no surprise to anybody
20464s	is the priest the priest just feels like
20468s	even when it loses it at least had a
20471s	good chance you know um so I this
20476s	variation of the priest uh from kimchi
20478s	slap uh is one of one of my favorites um
20482s	does have the hear Stone brute in there
20484s	uh for that little bit of extra juice
20486s	right at the end we've seen players not
20488s	really need that little bit of extra
20490s	juice but it has um it's there priest
20495s	you can never really count them out
20496s	especially since that extra turn
20497s	provides you with so much room for Tempo
20500s	if a game's going to go late especially
20503s	it we we saw that game from ream just in
20505s	the previous Series where uh really was
20509s	just counted out Non-Stop and just the
20512s	ability to uh have 10 Mana available
20515s	have the funnel cakes uh be able to copy
20518s	the zelc there's just so many crazy
20520s	things you can do um and I feel like
20523s	that's kind of The X Factor of this deck
20526s	um if it was last year standing I'd put
20528s	all my chips on priest uh to just be
20531s	that that deck that can sweep cuz it can
20532s	beat anything so uh we'll see uh if Kim
20537s	Chop's going to be able to uh use that
20539s	well uh throughout this matchup it's I
20542s	mean it's almost going to have to take a
20544s	win on the first shot because being down
20546s	10 in the series uh you're going to have
20549s	to likely win some some unfavorables in
20551s	order to get the job
20554s	done yeah which I did want to ask ask
20557s	you how you feel about uh these two
20559s	lineups versus each other because I feel
20561s	like uh the Decks that were banned out
20564s	leave quite a few kind of very um I
20567s	would say even or close to even matchups
20570s	I feel like between these two lineups so
20573s	I'm kind of curious how you feel about
20575s	that do you think that these matchups
20576s	that we're going to see here are a
20578s	little bit um closer together and not as
20581s	kind of uh varied or polarized as what
20586s	we may have mentioned in previous uh
20589s	discussions well I think that first uh
20591s	first matchup uh went a long way I think
20594s	gamer rvg starting off with a warrior
20596s	win um was a big deal cuz looking at the
20599s	lineup side by side I do think that it
20601s	was quite even um maybe with a a slight
20604s	favorable to gamer rvg despite the
20606s	priest uh but winning that first first
20609s	series or that first game in the series
20611s	is a big deal cuz now he's got a little
20613s	bit of wiggle room and there's the bunk
20615s	bed it's still there just it's just as
20618s	glorious as I remember it it is it is
20621s	fantastic it actually looks like it's
20623s	changed up in format slightly um uh
20628s	since the last time I've seen it I think
20630s	the ladder might have moved back a
20632s	little bit the storage is slightly
20634s	different um yeah but nonetheless it's
20638s	going to be warlock versus The Demon
20639s	Hunter to k kick things
20642s	off and I would say uh they both have
20646s	not terrible starting hands uh kimchi
20649s	slap on the Demon Hunter going to be
20651s	able to go in with the instrument Tech
20653s	on turn two be able to find that uh
20656s	umpire's grasp and start getting to that
20660s	Shopper and on the other side gamer rvg
20662s	uh does I guess he going to go ahead and
20665s	just coin into this geode here but being
20667s	able to start uh dealing some of that
20670s	damage to his own hero and be able to
20673s	get additional card draw out of this
20675s	seems very very good using the coins
20677s	there though does mean that turn two uh
20681s	might have to be some sort of
20682s	combination of trading off the speaker
20685s	stomper or maybe just going for a hero
20687s	power which I I know we've kind of
20689s	talked about this and it was brought up
20691s	quite a bit in the previous series to me
20694s	it sounds so weird saying hey you know
20697s	how this warlock wants to deal damage to
20699s	thems yeah the hero power is too little
20702s	too little
20703s	damage no no no you don't want to deal
20705s	too damage to yourself you need to be
20708s	doing three
20710s	five and just a hero power is actually
20714s	not enough damage to
20716s	yourself yeah it's coin that out just
20719s	accelerates the clock because you're
20721s	using that coin to get that damage just
20723s	a little bit faster um which like you
20726s	said very important um the hero power I
20729s	feel like you have so many plays to make
20730s	on curve that it doesn't really make
20733s	sense to just
20737s	try and fit it in in you know in between
20740s	playing cards the deck does rely a lot
20742s	on Tempo it is sort of that uh board
20744s	Flood deck and the life tap's kind of
20747s	just there as a as a backup
20749s	plan
20751s	yeah yeah we saw uh gamer go for that
20755s	fracking just to discover and had the
20758s	option for going for a flame M which
20760s	could have fit in with the turn uh but I
20763s	really liked that choice of just taking
20764s	the molten giant there's already two
20766s	Forge of Wills in in hand and going into
20769s	turn three we're going to see this
20770s	malefic Rook come down which just that's
20773s	so good now we get the imprisoned
20775s	coming out this Molton giant going to be
20777s	able to come out very very quickly which
20780s	I think in some of the other matches we
20782s	didn't even get to see molon Giants come
20784s	out with the custom warlock uh until a
20786s	little bit later so we're going to be
20788s	able to see the very quick giant here
20791s	which I think is going to be potentially
20793s	difficult for kimchi slap to deal with
20796s	uh on the other side if kimch slap wants
20799s	to just go for using this weapon and
20801s	going for Shoppers but the red card
20804s	might have to be used a little bit more
20806s	defensively to uh kind of keep the
20808s	molten Giants uh a little bit sleepy for
20811s	a couple
20814s	turns still a lot of damage being
20817s	presented on board
20819s	however
20822s	yeah and you only got uh so many red
20826s	cards yeah
20829s	to put him to
20832s	sleep I I guess Kimi here is probably
20835s	just thinking you know how badly do I
20836s	want to fight for this board versus go
20839s	face
20843s	yeah this is a an interesting turn here
20846s	I think as well something that was
20848s	mentioned before is kind of that
20849s	difference between the turn for Shopper
20852s	plus the mini coming down or that turn
20855s	five uh kimchi slap going to go for the
20858s	three cost Shopper and just a Salesman
20860s	but I would say didn't didn't really get
20864s	the uh early board presence that you
20868s	kind of would have liked to see in this
20869s	matchup either to start fighting board
20872s	or to start chipping away uh at damage
20874s	which feels a little weird against this
20877s	warlock though because do you actually
20879s	want to deal damage to them and allow
20881s	them to play a molten giant earlier or
20884s	do you want to kind of hold off let them
20886s	deal with that damage to themselves and
20889s	then try somehow to save up uh some
20892s	attack damage and hit them with a weapon
20895s	swing but kimchi slap not really able to
20899s	do some of that here and I wonder if the
20902s	metamorphosis uh was the other potential
20904s	right instead of going for the board
20906s	just go for that metamorphosis and hope
20909s	to close out the game in the next turn
20911s	or two with over the top damage yeah the
20914s	the problem with that is that would have
20916s	been Kim slaps entire turn uh without
20919s	even activating the hero power you're
20921s	giving up board you're letting game
20924s	rvg
20925s	um just do whatever um and it means
20930s	you're limited to just that single game
20932s	plan uh of trying to go face ended up
20936s	going face anyway but now can kind of
20937s	weave in but now that option's kind of
20940s	gone
20942s	um just because there's too much damage
20944s	being represented on board the red card
20945s	is there um The
20949s	Observer might be able to buy some time
20952s	but it's the effect is so Random uh that
20957s	you you have no idea if it's even going
20958s	to impact your board whatsoever
20966s	so yeah and the Shopper discovers are
20971s	interesting in this matchup as well um
20974s	the Mana wasn't there to play whatever
20977s	was discovered off of the first Shopper
20979s	anyways but at this point now if kimchi
20982s	slap even wanted to play the mini
20984s	something like uh just going for finding
20987s	a MAG theodon doesn't do much against
20989s	the
20991s	board it would have to be over multiple
20994s	turns
21001s	yeah okay
21004s	well there's 18 right now
21008s	so one of the six damage effects okay
21010s	goes for the life steal there's going to
21012s	be just one off but it's still just such
21015s	a big Health
21021s	swing that it should be enough to get
21024s	the job done game rvg just sat back like
21026s	okay that's what I needed I little I
21028s	needed that little bit of extra
21029s	breathing room in order to really get
21032s	this
21033s	done I mean that little bit but it
21036s	almost just felt like gamer rvg was
21038s	really in I I don't want to say in
21040s	control of this game but in the the
21043s	driver's seat just putting out all of
21045s	these answers forcing kimchi slap to
21048s	actually respond to this and even though
21051s	kimchi slap got that
21053s	amazing uh kind of start with instrument
21056s	Tech into the weapon being able to play
21058s	shoer that was way too slow compared to
21061s	what gamer was able to do
21069s	[Music]
21080s	uh
21083s	okay little bit of damage hope to get
21086s	some good
21089s	Secrets red
21091s	[Music]
21093s	card well it's a Mage and a warlock
21096s	Secret
21097s	yeah or M Hunter secret he's a
21107s	warlock guess I guess you just smack
21109s	into it right there's nothing else you
21111s	can
21118s	do slightly awkward though because you
21121s	really have no idea what those are and
21123s	you can't afford to really hold the turn
21124s	if it's freezing trap whether or not you
21125s	go face or anything thing I guess you
21127s	check for freezing first with the uh
21129s	Forge of
21131s	souls
21134s	yeah at least to uh uh get rid of that
21138s	possibility can also gain some
21141s	health uh with the ziliax now that you
21143s	have another Minion in
21145s	[Music]
21150s	play oh this kind of interesting too if
21153s	this uh it ends up being the freezing
21155s	trap but there is kind of that debate of
21158s	if it ends up being
21161s	uh the Plus St or uh Plus stats to a
21166s	minion not really relevant in that case
21168s	because there was Lethal after that so
21170s	really just had a test for the freezing
21172s	but yeah sometimes those Secrets just
21175s	are so interesting uh to kind of figure
21177s	out but you mentioned it the turn before
21180s	those Secrets weren't really doing much
21183s	and then they came down when I feel like
21185s	it made even less of an effect so yeah
21188s	unfortunate uh there for kimchi slap but
21192s	uh pretty pretty good game here for rvg
21195s	being able to just get all of these
21198s	Minions on board uh heal up a little bit
21201s	as you said and just be able to stay in
21203s	the game that little bit longer to be
21205s	able to close it
21207s	out yeah that was a a nicely done game
21211s	even going back to just the uh the coin
21214s	play uh to get that damage rolling just
21216s	to calculate late uh when when to be
21219s	able to get that pressure down
21221s	so um nicely done and that's a 20 lead
21225s	right now for gamer
21226s	rvg and only the shaman remaining which
21230s	we we've seen the
21231s	shaman um be a little bit Hit or Miss uh
21235s	so far today obviously we've seen
21237s	multiple variations of the
21239s	shaman um but I do still think it is one
21241s	of the stronger decks out there it just
21245s	kind of needs to line up into the right
21246s	map match up because it does have the
21248s	more polarizing matchups as as you
21251s	mentioned this is the more nature the
21253s	nature
21254s	Shaman uh more focused on that spell
21259s	damage and those big turns with lots of
21261s	burst damage you can see the spirit
21263s	claws um the extra spell damage uh with
21267s	the Cobalt
21268s	geomancer um so really akin to the uh
21273s	classic nature Shaman uh in that regard
21278s	yeah I would say notably one of the well
21282s	there just kind of two big differences
21284s	uh from this version from the previous
21287s	versions which is there is uh no longer
21291s	people are
21292s	running uh the two threes anymore so you
21297s	don't get quite as much of uh the kind
21301s	of tempo board presence I think that's
21303s	another reason why people are kind of
21304s	running the cactus Cutters a little bit
21306s	too as adds a little bit of draw uh but
21308s	notably the biggest thing is that not
21310s	only did we have a new expansion uh
21313s	which added a few cards like Popa book
21315s	that we're seeing uh but there was also
21316s	the rotation and that means that
21319s	bioluminescence is no longer available
21322s	uh for these nature shamans to be
21323s	running for the really big burst turns
21327s	so they do have to rely a little bit
21328s	more on discovering finding more
21331s	additional damage through additional
21333s	spells rather than relying on just the
21336s	spell damage and and using those Minions
21338s	on
21341s	board yeah you you do have ways to buy
21345s	yourself a little bit more more time but
21348s	again no no really Tempo
21352s	options um I guess Miracle salesman is
21355s	enough Tempo and it has the added
21356s	benefit of giving that snake oil which
21359s	does have some flexibility and can be
21360s	used as spell damage burst later on
21363s	let's get into it potential last game of
21365s	the match here for kimchi slap gamer
21367s	RBG h a little bit of an awkward ant for
21370s	gamer RPG but it can come together quite
21373s	nicely uh with a couple of draws does
21375s	have um the Goan
21378s	s ready to go which is a a key part of
21383s	basically any
21385s	matchup always nice to
21387s	see and we do have Kimi slap having the
21391s	the uh umpire's grasp there is a window
21393s	shopper in hand though so it could run
21396s	into a littleit bit of an awkward
21397s	situation if the second ones pick up
21398s	before the weapon uh comes
21402s	online could I I think the helpful thing
21406s	for kimchi slap is having that coin
21408s	available though to be able to just coin
21410s	that out next turn uh and then get that
21413s	umpire's grasp uh solved or death rattle
21418s	triggered before hopefully drawing the
21420s	second Window Shopper but you never know
21423s	as Hearthstone the uh draw order could
21427s	always be a pain to deal with uh but I
21432s	think with how many cards there left
21433s	this is a pretty good setup for kimchi
21435s	slap here just hoping to not draw that
21438s	next turn and unfortunately for gamer so
21442s	far not really not really the cards he
21445s	wants early in the
21449s	game
21451s	yeah it's just going to spend Mana here
21455s	try and preserve some health
21458s	uh gets taon him as well so a solid
21461s	amount of Health
21463s	preserved but does need something to get
21465s	these cards online might have toe use an
21469s	early lightning reflexes just to have uh
21471s	kind of playable turns
21476s	ooh the basist or Inquisitor both
21480s	possibilities here from the first half
21482s	of the Window Shopper both are pretty
21484s	good options
21488s	which one do you feel like you want to
21490s	lean towards if you're picking these I
21493s	mean in quizer is just damage as long as
21497s	you can get it through yeah there's a
21501s	just a slight cost difference because of
21503s	the effect on the basis
21508s	but Inquisitor just allows you to double
21510s	up on the damage if it
21515s	sticks yeah yeah yeah the added uh
21518s	discount on the basist is really nice it
21521s	can't be played this turn though so yeah
21524s	I was going to say I think if uh kind of
21526s	as you said it is damage but if you're
21528s	having to wait to play it to a different
21531s	turn anyways I feel like just going for
21533s	The Inquisitor uh it just feels like it
21536s	gives you the best odds in the coming
21539s	turns yeah in an Ideal World gamer rvg
21542s	has a pretty dead turn this turn and
21544s	then next turn you get to play The
21545s	Inquisitor Rush it into the
21548s	Frog and then you're
21550s	pushing 14 damage next
21553s	turn uh which is pretty absurd and just
21558s	makes the rest of the game just that
21560s	much easier G barg just pick does pick
21563s	up a nice card here with the ancestral
21564s	knowledge that also activates the Flow
21566s	Rider so looking a little bit better and
21569s	the overload is getting out of the way
21572s	uh right before turn five which means
21574s	that game Marv G can set up or goath on
21577s	turn six uh which is looking like that's
21580s	going to have to be the game plan
21582s	assuming gamer rvg is even
21584s	alive at that point because kimchi slap
21588s	is load
21590s	up loading up a bunch of kimchi in his
21593s	hand to give a big old
21598s	slap I mean uh yeah is still being in
21601s	the game is kind of important for uh
21605s	trying to win so I would say that that
21608s	definitely being in the game still would
21610s	benefit gamer
21611s	rvg um I I'm a little interested as well
21616s	this I feel like was kind of a decision
21618s	of having previously seen the Window
21622s	Shopper come down and knowing that there
21624s	is likely to be a discounted minion
21628s	coming down or the mini still coming
21630s	down now at this point uh but I feel
21633s	like gamer rvg really kind of had to
21635s	decide last turn of okay I saw the
21639s	Discover there's demons in hand do I
21641s	want to set up more taunt right
21644s	now and not go in on Napa zapper
21648s	potentially go in on it next turn but if
21651s	I do go in on it next turn going to be
21653s	overloaded and can't go into ganth but
21657s	also again like you said is is is going
21660s	all the way to game or to turn six or is
21664s	uh gamer going to have to kind of commit
21666s	something like a zapper and board
21668s	removal potentially next turn and just
21671s	hold out as long as
21676s	possible it's going to be tough to deal
21678s	with I don't know we're get to six I
21681s	don't think so yeah no ancal knowledge
21686s	you don't again you don't really want to
21687s	overload because you want the Goan next
21689s	turn um maybe lightning reflex and try
21693s	and find something you can get altered
21694s	cord
21695s	[Music]
21699s	um cuz there is some overload I think
21701s	that's a necessity at this
21704s	point
21706s	H not really much else to do if you deal
21710s	with that 76 then you are setting up for
21713s	a pretty nice Goan next turn to be able
21715s	to clear and heal based off what you can
21718s	see yeah still hasn't seen oh we're
21721s	going to go with flash first okay
21726s	so the amphibious elixir does heal but
21730s	it doesn't answer the Minions on board
21733s	so it doesn't do quite as much as uh the
21738s	removal option you were talking about if
21740s	uh that had been discovered from
21741s	lightning
21743s	reflexes
21745s	um yeah but if you don't hit it you know
21749s	then what's the plan yeah oh okay
21753s	Aftershock is
21754s	fantastic cuz next turn
21757s	goth uh into Aftershock as the free
21759s	spell would be enough to clear all this
21762s	up from the board
21765s	um the posic though is quite interesting
21769s	that provides a little bit of uh
21771s	protection
21772s	from um AOE that's rather expected from
21776s	kimchi slap at this point uh given the
21779s	plays thus
21780s	far uh illar Inquisitor represents a
21783s	great opportunity to push damage but
21786s	it's almost always going to be there
21788s	whereas theic you can kind of protect
21791s	this board but How likely is the AOE
21793s	going to be able to clear the board um I
21795s	think
21797s	it's yeah I I like it I like it you're
21799s	still pushing the damage on board you
21801s	get to hold on The Inquisitor and you
21803s	have that protection from AOE I like the
21804s	uh the posic that was drawn off the top
21806s	here yeah I I do too I think uh looking
21809s	at there was only 22 uh possible damage
21813s	to push that turn if kimchi had gone for
21816s	like heral Power Plus The idari
21819s	Inquisitor uh but then do have to worry
21822s	about if you go all in like that even
21824s	just trying to set gamer rvg down pretty
21827s	low uh I guess there would have been an
21829s	additional three uh from the uh mag
21833s	theodon still but not it still just was
21835s	slightly off of a lethal and then if the
21838s	board clear comes or there's clear and
21842s	heal then Pik just kind of sits there
21845s	and doesn't to quite as much on the
21847s	following turn so I do I do agree just
21850s	putting out this pressure now with the
21852s	paic forcing the clear and then being
21855s	able to push additional damage
21858s	afterwards yeah still actually going to
21860s	be a clear though with the uh smack from
21862s	the spirit
21865s	claws um so that
21871s	Aftershock wait
21876s	I think we're just unable to see the
21878s	Discover options here oh okay yeah maybe
21883s	looking for cheap nature spells to try
21885s	and get crash of Thunder
21890s	out
21894s	um I don't know a little bit surprised
21896s	by the lightning reflexes there cuz if
21898s	you hit double like one cost or less uh
21902s	with the
21903s	flash um flash of lightning nature spell
21906s	the crash could have come down and then
21907s	I guess you could
21909s	draw with the gogen but I think the heal
21912s	was kind of necessary at that point yeah
21915s	I I wonder if the the out was
21917s	potentially just trying to find a popup
21919s	book that would have been discounted and
21921s	free just to put up another couple of
21923s	taunts as
21924s	well yeah
21927s	maybe but gameer you down oh nope that's
21930s	with the red card that's enough thought
21933s	it was going to be one off but we had
21934s	the extra attack damage yep and that's
21938s	the second time we've seen
21940s	the would it be an offensive or a
21942s	defensive red card I guess an offensive
21945s	red card yeah yeah let's go
21949s	offensive uh to be able to seal it up so
21951s	very nicely
21953s	done um but yeah the pop-up books a good
21955s	call out in terms of uh what game RV
21959s	could be looking for that's a tough game
21961s	though nothing really to do in the
21963s	opening had to use both pop-up books
21964s	just to block early damage
21966s	and K slap just happened to have the
21969s	cards that could kind of bypass those
21972s	taunts a little bit in the form of the
21973s	mag theodon picked up from the
21975s	miniaturized uh Window
21978s	Shopper it was able to clear uh finish
21981s	off the game with that eler Inquisitor
21982s	that was being held on to even though
21984s	the posic was cleared I did like uh that
21987s	play on the previous turn just to make
21989s	things just that much more Awkward for
21990s	gamer
21992s	rvg uh but
21994s	now gamer RV is not
21998s	Immortal can lose a game you know what
22001s	TJ I am just glad that on the day one of
22004s	a tournament that I am casting I finally
22007s	get to cast a match that is not a 30-0 I
22009s	think this is the first out of like six
22012s	that I have done in a row now that's not
22014s	just going to be ending in three- Z so
22016s	we made it finally well the three zeros
22019s	that have been happening today have been
22021s	long three zeros they've been good three
22023s	zeros we kicked off the day with a yeah
22026s	um a very good one that was well over an
22029s	hour uh which for a 3 you'd expect to be
22033s	uh much shorter than that but I'm glad
22036s	you got your wish there shall be no
22038s	sweeps here look it the the three O's
22041s	that I somehow cast on day ones are
22043s	always like 15minute entire matches it's
22047s	like you blink and you miss it so look
22049s	we're not getting to that point in this
22051s	one finally we did it Mom we made it all
22054s	right here we go getting H to again
22057s	potentially game-winning point for our
22060s	uh gamer rvg with that Shaman still has
22064s	to get a win on the shaman and kimchi
22066s	slap now coming in with this Zari
22072s	priest okay you're a big fan the best
22077s	deck to ever
22080s	exist in the history of decks it's
22083s	really not it's good
22087s	um but we have a uh interesting
22089s	variation from Kimi slap I I do like it
22093s	um it's got the double
22096s	um speaker
22101s	stomper which I I find a little bit
22104s	interesting obviously you want to
22105s	protect your board and that's a good
22106s	card to do
22108s	it
22110s	um but in some matchups the speaker
22113s	stomper you actually don't want and when
22116s	every Mana counts in a deck that's so
22119s	board focused like this
22120s	one even just the fact that it's
22122s	tradeable may not necessarily be like
22126s	that huge of an
22127s	upside uh but does throw it away and the
22129s	opening hand looks pretty
22132s	reasonable uh for Kimi slap it's
22135s	obviously not the best opening hand I've
22136s	seen um no dragon for the gift W WP but
22140s	does have a play on one and a reasonable
22143s	curve this is one that's missing another
22146s	cheap dragon and a funnel cake and we're
22149s	cooking yeah and on the other side I
22152s	would say for uh gamer vvg this is not
22154s	really the best looking starting hand uh
22158s	either but I know for Shaman especially
22162s	uh sdle was mentioning earlier about
22165s	that uh speaker stomper inclusions in a
22167s	lot of these decks uh and even the cult
22170s	neo fights and if you look too it's uh
22174s	very interesting there is double speaker
22177s	stomper in the Demon Hunter for uh
22182s	kimchi SLP that we just saw there is
22184s	double speaker stomper in this priest
22188s	and double speaker stomper double neoy
22191s	in the Warlock uh so yeah definitely
22195s	seems like gamer rvg is maybe going to
22200s	struggle a little bit with the shaman if
22202s	that is kind of targeted to this but
22205s	also the the draws are just not really
22208s	doing gamer rvg any favors either yeah
22211s	uh specifically against Shaman the the
22214s	uh speaker stopper is even better
22216s	because they're usually their turns are
22218s	so so
22220s	telegraphed um if they play a flash of
22222s	lightning and are holding on to a lot of
22225s	cards speaker
22227s	stomper that's the go button right so
22231s	yeah um this deck in particular from
22233s	gamer RB is gonna struggle even though
22236s	uh got got up to a uh a good start which
22239s	was expected looking at the rest of the
22241s	decks this is the one
22243s	where um gamer rvg probably knew was
22246s	going to be a tough time um however if
22248s	you're up two Z and your opponent has to
22250s	win uh three in a row even if you're
22253s	unfavored by like um you know 6040
22257s	unfavored in any matchup you're still
22259s	favored to win in the overall odds in
22261s	the series because you only sign your
22264s	opponent to win three in a row which no
22266s	matter what deck you're playing is very
22268s	difficult to do um in
22270s	Hearthstone uh unless you just have the
22272s	worst deck imaginable but this nature
22274s	Shaman is tried and- true
22277s	so I mean if we're if we're seeing these
22280s	top 16 players and they have had to
22282s	qualify over two months of ladder I sure
22284s	hope they are not bringing the worst
22286s	tcks
22288s	ever yeah
22291s	uh I don't
22294s	know the the the miracle Rogue it's
22297s	pretty
22299s	bad I'm kidding it's not that bad you
22302s	you just have to believe in the heart of
22304s	the cards TJ thought we had agreed on
22306s	this already I suppose
22310s	so ah in a little bit of a pickle here
22313s	if I'm game rvg I'm very worried about
22314s	that
22315s	cleric um because of the possibility of
22318s	funnel cake it doesn't feel great using
22320s	the
22321s	aftershocks um just to deal with two
22324s	minions this early
22326s	U because you know that the priest just
22327s	going to flood the board over and over
22330s	however I feel like that cleric is a
22332s	little bit too threatening if you're
22334s	just passing over the
22335s	turn um to potential funnel cake
22339s	Shenanigans and no other way to deal
22341s	with it so I like it and yeah you can
22345s	tell kimchi did not like it so that
22347s	means it's a good play for gamer rvg now
22349s	the GI W well is still stranded uh
22352s	without a dragon to be
22353s	seen really not much Synergy going on in
22355s	the hand
22357s	whatsoever um I I might even just play
22361s	the celestial projectionist here as a
22363s	Tempo play to get something on the board
22366s	uh but it looks like it is going to be
22367s	one drop uh instead just getting the uh
22370s	non-active gift wrap we out to spend the
22373s	Mana get those thirsty Drifters a little
22375s	bit cheaper and try and save the pro
22377s	projectionist to go for a big board with
22383s	those y there is is a flash of lightning
22387s	and a popup book here for gamer could go
22392s	on the flash
22394s	yeah uh you got two free lightning
22397s	reflexes next turn to just try and play
22400s	for uh May Tempo or or react to kimchi
22403s	slap cuz you know there's got to be some
22406s	type of board built next turn
22408s	right
22411s	yeah I think the uh the Discover options
22415s	from lightning reflexes are really
22417s	interesting right now at the moment
22419s	there are 16 nature spells I believe
22423s	that uh that can be discovered and only
22426s	two of those cost more than five and
22429s	even the ones that cost uh five can
22432s	easily be discounted to free or one or
22437s	two uh so really it's it's pretty easy
22440s	to play a lot of the things that are
22442s	discovered off of the
22444s	reflexes uh especially with the added
22448s	discount
22450s	yeah oh uh I kind of like thirsty
22454s	Drifter thirsty Drifter Dreamboat cuz
22456s	playing the the first thirsty Drifter is
22458s	is a one cost it'll discount the second
22460s	one and then you go full
22465s	in I guess this works too yeah cuz
22468s	you're guaranteed a one drop um Dragon
22471s	so you're still putting a reasonable
22472s	bount and Power on board but the dream
22473s	boats represents a lot of damage damage
22476s	maybe kimchi slap's trying to do the
22478s	dragon math um and then using dream as a
22482s	followup yeah it could be a combination
22484s	of that plus knowing that uh that that's
22488s	what I believe the
22490s	only the ships uh sure is the only one
22495s	cost left so or one cost or cheapest
22498s	Dragon uh so adding a little bit of
22501s	Health uh to hopefully pad the board a
22504s	little bit kn that there is likely to be
22507s	at least one crash coming out this next
22508s	turn after seeing flash of Lightning's
22510s	last turn but look this is this is what
22514s	I talking about look at all of these
22516s	cheap spells I love this so much board
22523s	removal the conductivity amphibious
22527s	Elixir combo is just
22530s	so so
22532s	fun is a feral Spirit or just getting on
22536s	board with the turn the tides this is
22538s	not necessarily A matchup like we saw
22540s	with the Demon Hunter where getting
22542s	taunts on board is as critical if you're
22545s	able to just kind of keep the board
22546s	clear
22549s	but it's a pretty effective board clears
22553s	for gamer
22555s	rvg
22557s	yeah and did dump both crashes here
22561s	because this is basically the Allin turn
22564s	from from kimchi that's both both
22566s	thirsty
22567s	Drifters um none copied so no
22570s	opportunity to do that Zari not
22573s	active uh even with that extra Dragon
22576s	fit in last turn there really wasn't
22577s	much played it was Miracle salesman
22579s	cleric where where the two one drops
22580s	played in the opening hand so G slap
22583s	doesn't really have anything to do this
22585s	turn
22587s	um that that's proactive just play the
22590s	magatha and then hope that next turn's
22593s	enough uh the Z might even be two off
22597s	which is a little bit
22599s	awkward for next turn and even if you
22602s	drew a funnel cake to try and cheat Mana
22604s	from this Maga be handed right back over
22607s	to gamer
22608s	rvg
22612s	so no speaker stomper either picked up
22615s	or kg in those draws which is running
22619s	two of them couldn't find unfortunate
22626s	how safe do you think gamer rvg feels
22629s	here you think he can just kind of
22631s	commit both of these
22633s	flashes uh or would want to and just
22636s	kind of draw and then set up for
22639s	additional cheap stuff next turn I guess
22641s	the downside is that did already play
22643s	his lightning reflexes so what is he
22646s	hoping to Discount next
22648s	turn I wouldn't even be surprised if
22652s	there's like power synchronize on the
22654s	Flow Rider that'd be
22657s	be uh fun there's not even that many
22661s	nature spells left in the deck is there
22666s	I guess there's a lot because a lot of
22667s	the spells that played thus far have
22669s	been
22672s	generated uh but it's going to just push
22674s	damage uh right now so
22678s	yeah I mean the potential to draw next
22681s	turn with the flash of lightnings uh
22684s	into lightning bolts are pretty great or
22688s	just forcing kimchi slap to actually
22691s	answer these couple of minions and the
22692s	weapon that's on board as well uh
22695s	because with having this Blood Mage thos
22698s	in hand now as well uh gamer rvg doesn't
22700s	have to rely on a hero power trying to
22702s	hit the 25% for the uh spell damage
22705s	totem to increase the attack on that
22707s	Spirit Clause so that is some added
22710s	damage plus a decent chance of drawing
22714s	into additional
22726s	damage one thing about this deck
22729s	is it doesn't
22731s	really um have
22735s	any comeback mechanics on the board
22737s	outside of taking an extra turn and then
22739s	using the board that you build to attack
22742s	your opponent's stuff you do have amul
22747s	later yeah which isn't even no way to
22751s	really interact yeah it's only six Mana
22754s	currently so put just putting up this
22756s	popup book means that these minions are
22759s	almost always going to connect and then
22761s	that's a lethal setup from gamer RBG on
22763s	the following turn just from hand so
22765s	there's not even anything that needs to
22767s	be looked for and there it is gamer rvg
22770s	giv that little fist bump y the cele
22773s	that be enough draws the crash as well
22776s	yep who even needs it you don't need the
22779s	Nature spells you just get them with the
22781s	minions on board love to see it that
22785s	celebratory uh cheering there for gamer
22787s	rvg taking the match three to one and uh
22793s	going to be going into uh I believe the
22798s	last match of the day
22801s	now last match of the
22803s	day uh so yes this is worthy of
22807s	Celebration however there's still some
22809s	work yet to be done uh in order to make
22812s	it to that Sunday but that was a nice
22814s	display uh from gamer RBG getting ahead
22817s	with those two games being put on the
22820s	deck that's got tough matchups across
22822s	the board um and still finding a way to
22825s	win at the end I really love the uh
22829s	discovered
22830s	conductivity um into amphibious Elixir
22833s	play uh just to be able to have a
22835s	million
22836s	spells um allowed an aggressive use of
22841s	spells on that turn to push a little bit
22843s	of damage and to clean up the board so
22846s	very nicely very nicely
22848s	done yeah and uh the speed with which he
22851s	did that turn as well just discovering
22853s	all those spells and just going uh
22856s	definitely shows how well-versed he is
22858s	in that Shaman deck so uh very exciting
22861s	to see that uh but unfortunately that
22863s	does mean that uh kimchi slap has not
22866s	made it out of the bracket here which
22870s	now we'll take a look at that we're
22871s	going to see gamer rvg uh move up to
22874s	that decider match to face into Rec bam
22877s	next and then we'll get to see which of
22879s	the two of those will be joining molar
22882s	for our group b winners to move into
22885s	Sunday for the top
22888s	eight I I got my eye on molar for the
22892s	top eight on Sunday molar just refuses
22895s	to lose games of hearthstone uh and has
22899s	the
22901s	Decks that allow him to refuse to lose
22905s	um which is a
22907s	very uh great quality in a Hearthstone
22910s	player is one that will continuously
22912s	just try and find outs to delay the game
22915s	and continuously try and find those
22917s	Fringe case scenarios where you can can
22919s	eek out a win and this is one of those
22922s	metas where you can do that uh I feel
22924s	there's a lot of decks where you can uh
22926s	pull winds from nowhere and I think
22928s	that's pretty cool um especially with
22930s	hearth stone Brew you can really pull
22932s	wins wins from nowhere uh with
22935s	Hearthstone brew from nothing from only
22938s	card in hand just we are we even going
22940s	to see it at any point this weekend
22942s	though some point right we've got to see
22944s	one
22946s	played I mean that's the thing it's only
22949s	it's like break glass in case of
22950s	emergency you know break Hearth in case
22953s	of emergency that's fair um you know
22956s	it's it's it's the fire extinguisher of
22958s	a hearthstone deck you you you hope that
22962s	you won't have to use it you hope that
22963s	you'll just get through that Hearthstone
22965s	game with no fire but everybody secretly
22969s	knows that if you do get to use the fire
22972s	extinguisher it's really fun
22974s	so all right so now we know everybody
22978s	make sure you get on social media uh and
22981s	tag TJ with all of the fire extinguish
22986s	memes just Spam the fire extinguisher
22989s	memes that's I thought I thought you
22990s	were going to condone people purposely
22992s	starting fires in order to this this is
22995s	metaphorical I I we don't need to do
22997s	that using a fire extinguish in real
22999s	life is
23000s	is I hope you never find yourself in a
23002s	dire situation this was purely a
23005s	metaphor only for
23007s	Hearthstone Hearthstone Brew is is
23010s	cool don't try this at home disclaimer
23013s	disclaimer disclaimer y yada all of the
23016s	Hearth in your Hearth in your
23018s	Hearthstone and speaking of that we
23020s	still have one more match of hearthstone
23023s	to be played so make sure that you stick
23026s	around for the last match of our day
23028s	number one here don't go anywhere we
23030s	will be right back
23073s	[Music]
23100s	[Music]
23129s	[Music]
23185s	[Music]
23212s	[Music]
23225s	welcome back everybody p n wiq and Molar
23229s	have made it through to Sunday but still
23231s	one more spot remains and it is going to
23233s	be either recam or gamer rvg and with me
23236s	to steer through the action is going to
23238s	be subtle subtle which one do you think
23241s	is going to make
23243s	it h i mean it's a bold call to be
23245s	trying to make immediately straight out
23247s	of the blue like that um I think gamer
23249s	rvg played pretty darn well just from
23253s	keeping 75% of the eye on that series
23255s	that just went past um I think Rec vam
23258s	has had a bit more of a struggle to get
23260s	to this point I guess overall um and
23264s	have I have more lineup questions about
23266s	Rec's lineup but I also had lineup
23270s	questions about Rec Bam's worlds lineup
23272s	when it came into Worlds um and then
23274s	when you slowly start to break things
23276s	down over time you tend to then realize
23279s	that Rec vam is actually just three
23281s	steps ahead of you the entire time and
23282s	it takes you a while to to get on his
23284s	level with the lineup so uh we shall see
23287s	um I do think there is a lot of
23289s	interesting matchups uh in this series
23292s	largely because of a decision that gamer
23294s	rvg made last minute uh where he
23296s	switched from I believe the identical
23299s	priest deck that Rec bam is playing to a
23301s	custom warlock which has then made this
23304s	series just a little more interactive
23306s	between the two there's far less
23307s	mirrored decks now with those things
23309s	going on which I think is kind of cool
23310s	and just uh varies up the matchup spread
23312s	just a little bit yeah and I think um
23315s	the custom warlock gets the better of
23317s	that one and having a look at what I
23319s	make the M matchup spread to be Which is
23321s	far less accurate than it used to can't
23322s	just steal stats anymore um I feel that
23325s	Gamer's got kind of a decent looking
23328s	Edge in this one um as much as you can
23332s	but part of that is down to can Rogue
23334s	really beat anything and Linda says no
23337s	so that doesn't help the match up
23338s	spreads
23339s	much Linda says no I see yeah I but I do
23344s	like custom warlock as a choice for this
23347s	uh generally um I like rean lineup as a
23349s	whole I am yet to see the light on the
23352s	shuffle Rogue particularly because right
23353s	I feel like so many of the decks um and
23357s	players don't like to admit this right
23358s	like it's very uncool to talk about how
23361s	like decks are skillful and how you're
23362s	playing well and beating your opponent
23364s	right but I feel like a lot of decks in
23366s	Hearthstone do have that right now um
23369s	there's just there's lots of flex Flex
23371s	Points of decisions that need to be made
23373s	um priest has it the pain warlock has it
23376s	uh rainbow Death Knight has it Sharman
23379s	certainly has it especially when
23380s	everyone in the tournament is playing
23382s	like eight speaker Stompers in their
23384s	deck then it becomes an incredibly
23385s	difficult deck to navigate properly
23387s	whereas to me this deck from Rec vam
23391s	this feels like one of the few decks in
23393s	the format right now that's draw the
23396s	good card or you lose I really struggle
23399s	to see much more going on with it than
23401s	that um and I think we saw a little bit
23403s	of that in the previous series right
23404s	where recam just could not find a
23406s	gatekeeper to save his life um I'm
23408s	willing to be proven wrong it's not a
23410s	deck that I've put hundreds of games
23411s	into just really a cursory visit on the
23415s	on the shuffle Rogue so we'll wait if
23417s	Rec bam can show us some magic cuz if
23418s	anyone can Rec bam
23421s	can sounds good yeah whether it's to no
23423s	rean can definitely uh there is plenty
23425s	of draw in that deck to find the good
23427s	card you have to find it so quickly
23430s	that's the thing um like Demon Hunter if
23432s	it doesn't find the good card still sort
23434s	of just hits you for 10 on turn four if
23436s	you're not careful or something yeah I
23438s	think exactly if Demon Hunter hasn't
23440s	found the the curve into weapon they've
23443s	probably played a one drop a spirit and
23445s	then they can follow up with something
23446s	you know and they're just pushing damage
23447s	every turn just getting the job done and
23449s	then maybe they can just burning heart
23451s	you to death or something like Rogue
23453s	does not have a plan B they have to have
23455s	one of those cycle turns more often than
23457s	not to be able to do something
23459s	effed yeah it's going to be interesting
23461s	to see I mean we should see more of vram
23463s	we've got three games going if he's
23464s	going to going to lose and he probably
23465s	loses Rogue three times so we're going
23466s	to get at least three more chances to
23467s	let it redeem itself and he did win the
23469s	first match of the day of course which
23470s	we didn't see so it's obviously got
23472s	through at least one of those um I know
23475s	I know he's been a fan of the deck on
23477s	and off a while it's hard to know cuz I
23479s	wasn't sure if he was meing or not and
23481s	then he brings it to the tournament
23482s	right he says he likes a deck and then
23484s	you know 50% of the time with re he's
23486s	just saying things to say the other 50%
23488s	of the time he mean means yeah yeah go
23489s	go to any chat of any streamer anywhere
23493s	and Rec vam will be in that chat posting
23496s	a code and saying play this this is the
23498s	nuts and like 90% of the time they're
23501s	the worst decks you've ever seen in your
23503s	life but that 10% that's what you've
23505s	really got to look out for because he
23507s	will find the deck you know there's
23510s	there's some there's some thing about
23512s	throwing a certain substance at a wall
23514s	until something sticks you know I don't
23516s	know if you've heard this before but
23518s	that does very much seem to be Rec Bam's
23520s	approach to deck building and you need
23521s	people like that right you need you need
23523s	your JRA you Need No Hands Gamers people
23525s	that will just not treat anything as an
23528s	instantly bad idea like no I'm going to
23530s	put this card in my deck and I'm going
23532s	to play 20 games of it and we're going
23533s	to see if it works you know like you
23535s	need those people because while a lot of
23537s	the time they will just take a good deck
23539s	and make it worse sometimes they take a
23541s	good deck and make it the best deck and
23543s	that's how you end up with uh a lot of
23544s	these meta Terrors that we've seen
23546s	recently absolutely I do that but I
23548s	can't hit the wall I just nothing sticks
23550s	the it doesn't get there yeah just
23553s	released the wrong angle and it just all
23555s	blows up in your face
23556s	immediately yeah it's unfortunate but
23559s	yeah you're absolutely right I think in
23560s	these days as well something we've seen
23562s	is is decks get refined a lot more
23563s	slowly there's a lot more players
23566s	willing to just copy what they believe
23568s	is the best deck uh which is fine by the
23570s	way if you if you want to do well in a
23571s	computer game and somebody has made a
23573s	good card you know deck for you to win
23575s	with the computer game play the good
23576s	deck and Win computer game but we are
23578s	seeing because of that um decks do get
23580s	refined more slowly I think that death
23582s	knight in particular
23584s	has evolved incredibly slowly into the
23587s	deck it is now people with Corpse Bride
23590s	originally trying to hit you with it and
23591s	suddenly realized we don't need to hit
23592s	our opponents we just need to not die um
23596s	and I think we've been through three or
23597s	four iterations that deck over three or
23600s	four weeks uh whereas in the past maybe
23603s	that would happened over two weeks so
23605s	there is definitely room to innovate at
23606s	the moment I think first off you know
23609s	you can't say computer game that many
23611s	times without making me laugh at the
23612s	fact that you're literally 75 years old
23615s	Neil earlier were no yesterday was
23617s	annoyed at the fact that app was now a
23619s	thing people use to describe things that
23621s	you use on a PC and not just on your
23623s	phone genuinely livid about it it was it
23627s	was fascinating how am I meant to know
23628s	if I'm on my PC on my phone if you going
23630s	call it the same
23632s	thing how do I know where I am I might
23634s	get
23637s	lost right we've got some action to save
23639s	me the computer game has broken out on
23642s	the screen oh there's so much computer
23645s	game happening look at
23646s	it and it is one of the um sort of more
23650s	interesting games of this match uh it's
23653s	basically a 50/50 in my mind this
23656s	one uh i' take the Sharman I think more
23659s	often than not um just the there's not
23663s	too many boards that you generally need
23665s	to have to deal with and um popup book
23668s	is just such a wonderful stalling
23671s	technique in uh a lot of positions in
23673s	this game G so I I do like the shaman
23675s	end for for this personally the shaman
23678s	another deck that took a little while to
23680s	find its presumed final form we've gone
23682s	through Fizzles we gone through shutter
23684s	blocks we oh even even that there's
23685s	still like two or three lists in this
23687s	tournament still right I'm not sure
23689s	we're we're necessarily solved on it
23690s	yeah yeah we're arguing many jives to
23693s	play in the deck I think is the current
23695s	sort of territorial battle depending the
23699s	there's two main build
23705s	spell damage build that plays no jives
23707s	with like Spirit Claws and cobal Jer and
23709s	stuff so and neither feel not they're
23712s	necessarily
23714s	perfect yeah I think there's still maybe
23716s	one or two cards that can be uh can be
23718s	messed around with for sure um
23722s	particularly for for tournament lists
23724s	When You're Expecting you know six to
23726s	eight speaker Stompers in your opponents
23728s	lists as we it's been talking about um I
23731s	think the Jive list maybe does a lot
23733s	little better better against that kind
23734s	of stuff because you don't necessarily
23736s	have to win on the ter where you flash
23738s	you have a you have a plan B after that
23740s	sometimes with the Jazz base and so on I
23743s	was talking about this a little bit
23744s	earlier I think we're in a position more
23746s	than I can remember which is probably
23748s	about a week um in half Stone where tech
23751s	cards really work now like you can't
23755s	load your deck full of them but things
23757s	like speaker stomper and there's there's
23759s	many examples dirty rat side of kind of
23761s	accounts can be using your deck with
23764s	without too much detriment as long as
23765s	you don't go nutty with them and they
23769s	make a massive difference on outcomes
23770s	and matchup
23772s	percentages yeah I don't know how much
23774s	of that is like a tournament versus
23775s	ladder difference like I don't think I'd
23778s	necessarily advocate for like double
23780s	speaker stomper on ladder lists a lot of
23781s	the time I think people are playing too
23783s	many glacial shards on ladder even
23785s	honestly it's like such a bad card in
23786s	the matchups where it's bad but we've
23788s	seen it in tournament for quite some
23790s	time right like we've seen what the the
23792s	16 weapon destruction lists winning
23794s	tournaments you know we we've seen that
23796s	happen down the line um so it's it's
23799s	it's a tale of As Old As Time really is
23801s	if you can kind of
23802s	guarantee that your opponent is bringing
23804s	a certain deck then tech cards kind of
23806s	become more powerful just by nature of
23808s	of what they are right like if you if
23811s	you know you're facing the matchup where
23812s	the tech card is good it's not a tech
23814s	card anymore it's just the optimal card
23815s	you know but now with tradable or cards
23818s	just have decent stats or they're just
23820s	kind of good or sorry not kind of good
23822s	but they're just not terrible if if you
23824s	draw them and they don't do their techin
23827s	I think stats have gone up on tech cards
23829s	I think I think it's interesting but
23830s	yeah you're probably right I'm probably
23831s	just imagining it it's been
23834s	known meanwhile the game is on the
23841s	screen re seems to be in a decent spot
23844s	okay he's facing down a 65 he'll be
23845s	facing down another one next
23850s	turn doesn't have a crash in hand
23853s	current which is slightly annoying like
23856s	I think the if you take the distribution
23859s	of the games that shamans win it's
23862s	around this point turn five turn six
23865s	that the Sharman probably plays some
23866s	sort of turn that does an amount of
23868s	damage and involves playing at least one
23870s	crash of Thunder to to clear the
23872s	opponent's board whether that's a lethal
23873s	turn or whether that's just to clear
23875s	your opponent's board and buy some turn
23876s	turn um It's usually the kind of thing
23879s	that you want to see happen it's that or
23881s	uh Titan AOE normally that you want to
23883s	be seeing around turn six um just
23886s	because of the way that Demon Hunter
23887s	builds board it's around that time where
23890s	you kind of have to release the pressure
23891s	or you're going to end up taking way too
23892s	much damage way too quickly going to be
23895s	interesting to see how much he gets rid
23896s	of here because secrets in Hand next
23899s	turn now I know you'll argue that whoa
23903s	never mind that Secrets aren't that good
23905s	but if you hit a counter spell they can
23907s	be pretty
23908s	damaging yeah I'll no I'll have to throw
23911s	away my zero Mana snake oil to deal with
23914s	entire turn sounds
23917s	terrifying look they might end up with a
23919s	66 rat okay you do too
23923s	much am might end up with two 66 rats
23925s	how about that that's
23928s	happened not sold yet are you
23932s	no no I'm
23935s	not if you're not getting the vibe here
23938s	uh Neil thinks Observer of mysteries is
23940s	a decent pick I think it's like
23942s	absolutely unplayable in most situations
23944s	off the three just to be clear right on
23946s	the one you do
23948s	agree no no no no no not all okay cool
23951s	oh we can fight then because it because
23952s	it doesn't cost one it costs the the
23954s	amount that you've paid for the initial
23956s	Window Shopper plus the one that you've
23957s	played for the second Window Shopper
23960s	plus the one that you then play for the
23961s	eventual minion so for that to be
23963s	worthwhile you have to hit two good
23965s	Secrets which you don't
23967s	ever
23969s	okay it's just an unplayable card people
23972s	will realize
23974s	they will they'll get on my level
23977s	eventually fil
23981s	screamer there you go it's the car that
23984s	people need to realize anyway is this
23986s	lethal this looks very
23987s	lethal it looks extremely is their
23990s	damage in lightning reflexes which there
23992s	appears to
23994s	be only one so far so we can go digging
23999s	for some spell damage now maybe doesn't
24002s	find any right
24004s	so that is 2 47 10 remaining needing 12
24009s	more can't be found from two spells off
24011s	the lightning
24014s	reflexes and this is the tough part of
24016s	the deck right it is
24018s	yeah if you can find one more copy of
24021s	Crash I think you're very very happy
24023s	with your turn
24025s	regardless it's going to take the full
24027s	heal okay yeah that's fine
24037s	okay
24039s	so yeah full heal did a load of damage
24042s	still has a handful of cards that's the
24045s	good way to bail out the way that good
24047s	players
24048s	do and gamer played a vanilla 3 Mana 65
24051s	as their Quest reward essentially from
24055s	yes because it didn't none of the seets
24057s	actually went off which happens which is
24059s	what always happens yeahh
24064s	ah you're so negative
24067s	honestly if look if you perceive
24070s	accuracy is negativity there's not a lot
24071s	I can do about that is
24074s	there
24077s	no you you should try harder
24082s	okay M's very
24090s	overloaded yeah it was such an awkward
24091s	term when no spell damage was found it
24094s	did become a little bit tricky um I
24096s	don't know how much of the turn got
24098s	impacted is by the fact that uh
24099s	conductivity with certain spells eats so
24102s	much of your time on uh animations as
24104s	well um particularly because the altered
24107s	cord that was used was the first card of
24109s	a lightning reflexes so you were locked
24111s	out of doing anything else right you
24113s	cast conductivity then you cast altered
24115s	cord then the game goes okay we have to
24117s	show you your second lightning reflexes
24119s	card now because you just used the first
24121s	one so you have to sit there and wait
24123s	for that entire animation to resolve
24125s	before you're allowed to do anything
24127s	else which chopped into Rec Ban's time
24130s	quite significantly did still have the
24132s	uh the head space at the end to not
24133s	spend that last one Mana which would
24135s	have um theoretically proed a hidden
24137s	meaning from the temporary secrets so it
24139s	does seem like re bam at least kept his
24141s	head on his shoulders and and executed a
24142s	turn I do wonder how much of that led to
24145s	shutter block being cut on ladder it's
24147s	like you just couldn't play the three um
24151s	snapshots even if you wanted to like
24154s	everyone's oh I I could have done 80
24156s	damage but I only did 47 and ran out of
24158s	time I wonder just thought well if this
24160s	is the only one thing that the shutter
24161s	block really does is generate a load of
24163s	snapshots that I can't
24165s	play Then really even it was borderline
24169s	before that anyway let's just get rid of
24170s	it if we actually physically can't play
24171s	all cards do you remember the uh the
24174s	Topsy Turvy simulator that someone
24176s	bought so that someone built so that
24178s	people could practice the uh the APM
24180s	kills with the the ball the really
24182s	really old combo St that was fun yeah so
24186s	someone should do that just with you
24187s	know 100 Health yala from the the first
24190s	series of the day and then you have to
24191s	kill them with a triple photo shadow
24193s	block nature Shaman hand that' be so
24195s	much fun cuz you can do it the the
24197s	triple photos just there's a lot of
24200s	damage in there obviously
24202s	yeah meanwhile what do you think of the
24204s	Sharpshooter build of um Demon Hunter it
24206s	seems a bit clunky to me even though
24209s	this particular game is going to show
24210s	off why it's
24212s	good uh yeah I think it's a really smart
24214s	development honestly I think I I I do
24217s	think you will sympathize with the idea
24218s	of wanting a plan B in The Shopper deck
24221s	right where if your Shoppers don't just
24222s	land and win the game then what on Earth
24224s	do you do um and I think all in all this
24227s	has been the smartest variation of that
24230s	that I've
24231s	seen um in terms of not playing cards
24235s	that you know make you lose self-respect
24237s	when you look at yourself in the mirror
24238s	as a person that puts that card in your
24240s	deck
24243s	self respect just just go for it there
24245s	we go that is the lethal though mhm um
24249s	chunky amounts of damage there for seven
24252s	mana and ream you know ruin his loss
24255s	there because he was in a good position
24258s	uh looked like he would either get
24259s	lethal or at least get into a dominating
24261s	position and just really whiffed not so
24264s	much on the reflexes but on the on the
24266s	card draws
24267s	themselves and that's where the debate
24270s	about lists comes into play right
24272s	because then if you start to look at the
24274s	Spirit claws list instead you play out
24276s	that same game you'd be expecting to
24278s	have a cobal geomancer or a blood Mage
24280s	Thanos in your hand by that point right
24282s	cuz you're playing the extra spell
24283s	damage Minions on top of the zappers um
24285s	so that's one of the sacrifices that you
24287s	do make um but people have somewhat
24290s	gravitated away from that kind of build
24292s	since the deck had to make some
24294s	adaptations from the the gift being Nerf
24297s	the removal of the lightning bolt from
24299s	the gift uh but redam yeah on that that
24301s	crucial turn just did not find the
24304s	damage needed had so many spells in hand
24307s	but just had no way to get them to do
24309s	more than than zero two or three at a
24311s	time depending on what those spells were
24314s	uh and then just fell behind even though
24315s	got a very effective turn heal back to
24318s	full with the triple altered cord um at
24320s	that point Titan came down Titan was
24322s	unkillable and then from there it was
24324s	easy what 20 20 plus damage I think from
24327s	that Sharpshooter turn even with the
24329s	Sharpshooter costing four uh it goes to
24331s	show how much damage you can output if
24333s	you play momentums on a sharpshooter
24336s	turn your opponent just kind of dies it
24338s	doesn't really matter how much that
24339s	Sharpshooter cost or how much health
24341s	they have like that damage adds up so so
24345s	very fast oh yeah the charm's doing four
24347s	damage for zero with their spell damage
24349s	in their lightning bolt you're doing
24350s	four damage for zero with your Demon
24352s	Hunter that's already hit them for a
24353s	load so yes I agree strangely
24358s	enough six damage even cuz the
24360s	sharpshoot is going to shoot him in the
24361s	face as well when you play it as long as
24363s	you do do things in the right order but
24365s	yeah the Demon Hunter gets out um just
24367s	looking at the build the warrior has
24368s	been banned away from Rec vam and it is
24370s	a demon hunter ban from gamer so we are
24372s	going to see I guess the the question
24375s	decks coming into this one um I think
24377s	some people would view pain warlock Uh
24379s	custom warlock whatever you want to call
24380s	it as a question mark deck I think both
24382s	of us are pretty big Believers in the
24384s	deck um and then the shuffle Rogue the
24386s	miracle Rogue the uh the Giants Rogue on
24388s	the other side from recam that's three
24391s	names for the one deck but I didn't just
24393s	name his whole L up and he's he's he's
24395s	accidentally brought three Rogue decks
24397s	to the tournament um they all the same
24399s	deck anyway like zilak Rogue is a
24401s	different deck but it's the same deck
24403s	you have to just draw your one good card
24404s	and you're good it's fine no okay in
24408s	what I'm presuming you're referring to
24410s	is Mech Rogue like you can also do the
24412s	thing where you just curve out Mech Mech
24414s	Mech and then they die right it's just
24416s	yes the stealth zelc doubling is
24418s	probably the most effective way to do it
24421s	um I love that like that you know when
24423s	metog was a thing initially and it was
24425s	quite a complained about thing right how
24427s	easily they had access to stealth we
24429s	like oh they just give their minions
24430s	stealth every turn I can't interact with
24432s	it and then eventually I die I love that
24434s	just okay yep well you haven't had to
24436s	deal with that for a while now here's
24438s	literally one minion that you can just
24440s	play and it just doubles its own power
24443s	every turn while having
24445s	stealth okay I think people might have
24448s	an issue with that if it ends up being
24449s	really powerful but thankfully it's not
24452s	it kind of sucks so we're so I want a
24453s	prediction from you because that's kind
24455s	of my job is to ask you for predictions
24456s	because that's how this pairing Works
24459s	how many turns will this game go how
24462s	many turns will this game go yeah
24466s	uh I will
24468s	say hold on let me just check some lists
24472s	real quick no one's playing speaker
24473s	Stompers in their Sharman right no well
24475s	people are but not these two players as
24477s	what I mean I'm going to go for a player
24479s	gets lethal on their seven okay I'm
24481s	going to go for 12
24484s	wow okay see what
24488s	happens only because every time I've
24490s	seen this match up and it's I haven't
24491s	seen it that many times even though I've
24493s	been playing the Shaman deck it just
24495s	seems to turn into this little dance
24497s	where you both can't quite kill the
24499s	opponent and you have to kill their
24500s	minions and you run out of
24502s	stuff cuz you don't want to take eight
24504s	points of damage for minions or
24506s	something like that so so having said
24509s	that recam did IM immediately turn down
24511s	a trade and go face which I'm on board
24513s	with by the way we'll see if gamer RPG
24515s	decides to do the same
24517s	thing because to trade at this point
24519s	would be to admit that you are the
24521s	Lesser person yeah that's it I mean
24523s	gamer rvg gamer rvgs just conceded
24526s	dominance at this point to recam as far
24528s	as I'm concerned um what I will say is
24531s	nature Sharman mirrors back when
24533s	bioluminescence was in the game I do
24536s	agree you had to respect their stuff a
24538s	lot more often I find more often than
24540s	not in this matchup you do actually just
24543s	want to go face a lot particularly
24545s	because popup B uh popup B popup book
24548s	exists when it didn't before which
24551s	allows you to put situations like this
24553s	in play right where you can just I don't
24554s	really care about your minions because
24556s	that my minions are protected behind
24558s	tauns so I'm just going to slam you in
24560s	the face repeatedly and swarmers were an
24563s	issue before obviously that was one of
24564s	the reasons they would go long it's like
24565s	you've got to respect that because
24567s	double swarmer turns out to be a lot of
24569s	damage if you're not
24570s	careful um so they were thing with the
24573s	bioluminescence version which made them
24574s	more minions obviously feral Spirit was
24577s	in there so all those things could add
24578s	up to you know an eight attack board and
24580s	I agree that this is less but I have
24582s	seen this
24583s	go sort of long far more often than
24586s	you'd expect is what I want to say I
24588s	guess I believe you uh help me out here
24591s	what's a swarma piranha oh piranas right
24595s	no yeah I think you're right they are
24596s	called piranha swarmers I've just never
24599s	swarmers before yeah I was talking
24602s	earlier on
24603s	but I completely deleted the fact that
24606s	octobot was called efficient octobot
24608s	from my brain entirely like I absolutely
24610s	would not have got that right given 300
24613s	attempts but no apparently that was a
24614s	thing no one knows that everyone in chat
24617s	will be like yeah obviously it's called
24619s	efficient octopot they're chat knows
24621s	don't believe them no no no don't
24622s	believe them they're lying mhm sure chat
24626s	always knows mhm as long as they're
24629s	active though I don't I don't care
24630s	that's the most important thing don't
24632s	activate the chat
24634s	meanwhile ream once again just putting
24636s	every point of damage he can to the
24639s	face um also has overloaded this turn so
24642s	that he'll be okay to play the Titan on
24644s	six and muddle around on five although
24647s	muddling around on five might just
24648s	involve playing a
24650s	flash o with this hand
24658s	baby I'm just looking at re V's flash on
24661s	five actually with his hand it really
24663s	does look
24668s	good the little bit of Chip damage that
24670s	he's done have really raised his lethal
24673s	chances on turn
24679s	six oh wow Gamer's double Flash and hit
24683s	a second spell damage Minion Okay he sat
24687s	forward in whatever it is he's sitting
24688s	on
24695s	real wood I think that it's one two so
24699s	it's 5 10 12 plus lightning reflexes
24703s	currently plus a draw plus an ancestral
24707s	knowledge yes as long as every other
24709s	card that's played costs zero you can
24711s	get all that
24712s	in he needs it because vam has hit the
24715s	um the
24721s	zapper I think you go face here I think
24724s	here if your opponent is double flashing
24726s	they have at least one spell damage in
24728s	hand so giving them the snake oil just
24731s	kind of works as extra damage anyway I
24733s	guess they have the option of trading
24734s	into your three four but I'm not my
24737s	point being I'm not scared of the 22
24738s	snake going face right I think that is
24741s	probably going to be less damage than
24743s	the snake oil being in their
24745s	hand okay sure I think I think that
24747s	giving yeah 28 and 30 are quite a long
24750s	way apart when it comes to
24753s	but unless they can go face with the 2
24756s	two and then shoot their own 2 two with
24758s	a spell that's free that couldn't go
24759s	face sure and then shoot the snake oil
24762s	at your face they're getting that damage
24763s	back anyway right yeah
24766s	sure yeah ream who is almost certainly
24769s	got lethal next
24770s	turn not happy because it looks like
24773s	he's getting lethal
24777s	here yeah snake oil snake oil
24780s	is four four overdraft is
24784s	some oh there you go that makes it
24790s	easy
24793s	yep two Z for gamer rvg in the final
24797s	match of the group The Winner will go on
24799s	to Sunday for the fight for the top
24801s	eight the loser will have to go through
24803s	ladder once again to get back here in
24806s	the
24806s	summer still did need a couple of outs
24809s	there um hit lightning Bol off the first
24812s	disgu cover from the uh from the
24816s	lightning reflexes and then hit more
24818s	damage from the Flow Rider which isn't
24820s	like you're kind of entitled to hit
24822s	damage when you play Flow Rider in in
24823s	that deck it's kind of how it's built um
24826s	but the the lightning bolt being the
24827s	first Port of Call off the lightning
24828s	reflexes was very very handy indeed um
24831s	but I think gamer rvg really just had to
24833s	do some some solid mats there on turn
24835s	four trying to work out you saw one
24837s	flash of lightning assessed the hand and
24840s	then went okay I'm going to sit here and
24842s	count for the next 65 seconds which is
24844s	what he did and then settled on uh the
24846s	the coin second flash that coin second
24848s	flash hit another spell damage minion
24851s	which I think was just straight up the
24853s	POS the best possible outcome
24854s	specifically the zapper at that the
24856s	zapper is so much better than the other
24859s	spell damage minions primarily because
24860s	it cost one but then also because if
24862s	you're casting overdraft on that turn
24864s	it's also adding damage to the overdraft
24866s	by being an overload card itself so uh
24869s	the the result of the second flash was
24871s	as good as it could get but you can
24873s	argue that gamer rvg earned that by
24875s	sitting and calculating everything so
24877s	carefully before doing the coin second
24879s	flash on that turn y absolutely um
24882s	that's one of those situations as well
24883s	where even a good player might make that
24885s	decision because you know they they
24887s	understand the strategy as well but the
24888s	execution was
24890s	actually with the ticking clock we've
24892s	seen it many times you make discover
24893s	mistakes you make choices with your Flow
24895s	Rider can go wrong not not when you see
24897s	the lightning bolting you in the game
24898s	even though I can get that right but the
24899s	choice to play The Flow Rider can be the
24901s	wrong choice Etc Etc and yeah he managed
24904s	to execute it all within the time as
24906s	well and that's where I keep on about it
24908s	but the top players just do that so well
24910s	and it's really hard to get across
24912s	sometimes because they do it well you
24914s	only know if we we had a tournament
24916s	between all the people ranked 500 to
24918s	1,000 you would see people doing it
24921s	badly and then you'd see why these
24922s	players are so
24923s	good wow so much shade at rank 500
24927s	Legend players now I pick on my own
24929s	level
24931s	fine what's it called yeah cuz you know
24934s	there's there's a lot of talk in like
24936s	you know social issues and general
24937s	discourse about punching up and punching
24939s	down and why understanding the
24940s	difference in that is important is it
24942s	just punching when you're doing it to
24944s	people yourself I don't know yeah yeah
24947s	I'm not not quite sure how this works
24949s	but anyway uh one thing that once one
24952s	person who will be punching themselves
24953s	is gamer rvg because he's about to play
24955s	some pain warlock uh which is going to
24958s	want to do that as rapidly as possible
24960s	it is such a weird day
24963s	to commentate on to watch if you're not
24965s	familiar with it if you haven't played
24966s	it a bunch you know I had a series
24968s	earlier on where we commentating oh you
24971s	know they're doing well they've played a
24972s	couple of minions they're curving out
24974s	and I'm like no they're doing terribly
24976s	because they're still at 25 they've only
24978s	done five damage to themselves so far
24980s	this game which means they've got like
24982s	six dead cards in their deck that they
24984s	draw and just do absolutely nothing
24986s	because if you haven't done the damage
24988s	to yourself early with the deck your
24990s	molten Giants are dead your imprisoned
24991s	Horrors are dead but also weirdly cards
24995s	like blood Triant then become dead do
24997s	you know what I mean because because you
24998s	don't have because you don't have the
25000s	payoff cards yet at that point you then
25002s	draw a blood Triant and like okay well
25004s	this takes me from 25 to 20 which just
25007s	isn't relevant but then my opponent is
25009s	going to hit me for 12 and then suddenly
25011s	it is relevant in the way they want it
25013s	to be like it's such a weird deck to
25015s	comprehend how you're supposed to
25017s	develop boards and play with your health
25018s	total but when you get a handle on it I
25020s	do believe it is so so powerful in this
25023s	current meta game I agree and it's weird
25025s	because I played the the imprisoned
25027s	horror package for a long time in in
25030s	sludge I thought and when I saw this I'm
25032s	like well just you're never getting a
25034s	molten giant down you you don't you just
25036s	it's not happening just just just play
25040s	BS of sludge instead it's fine right my
25042s	build has to be better I play this for
25044s	like I don't know two hours I was like
25047s	okay this is really good I don't I can't
25050s	quite explain why it's really good I
25051s	don't know why the Giant work so well
25054s	the part so I was talking I was talking
25056s	to TJ about this earlier the part that
25057s	gets me I'm fully on board with like you
25060s	know making huge sacrifices to make huge
25062s	boards I think that's cool I think that
25064s	is historically been very powerful in
25066s	Hearthstone the part that weirds me out
25069s	is that there's no defense mechanism to
25072s	pay off your huge minions it's not like
25074s	you go mol giant mol giant defender of
25076s	Argus like you used to in Handlock you
25078s	just play the minions and for some
25080s	reason decks can't kill you even though
25082s	you've Tak taking yourself down to like
25083s	12 hp or 10 HP to be able to do that
25085s	it's very strange but somehow does still
25089s	work there's an element to the the deck
25091s	that we haven't talked about much and
25092s	it's a card that is in a lot of decks
25095s	and I haven't heard anyone calling for
25097s	it to be nerfed anyone calling it a
25100s	problem I'm going throw out there
25103s	projectionist MH it's just really really
25106s	good and enabling a lot of stuff right
25108s	now in a lot of decks
25112s	is very very powerful but it's a very um
25115s	shadowstep adjacent card right where
25118s	when you play against it you notice all
25121s	the times where it's allowed them to
25122s	play two uh two thirsty Drifters or two
25125s	molten Giants or two zerom Mana zil AES
25127s	or whatever broken thing it's ended up
25128s	doing all the games where it's sat in
25130s	their hand doing absolutely nothing
25132s	because it's a blood fend Raptor you
25133s	don't see those turns right you so you
25135s	just assume every time projectionist
25138s	comes out you lose cuz that kind of is
25140s	the reality but much like of these Rog
25143s	cards will be seeing hanging around in
25144s	Ream's hand if that's not the right
25147s	scenario for them they're super super
25149s	Dead But continuing with what I agree is
25152s	a shadowstep adjacent card it's a
25154s	neutral shadowstep adjacent card like
25156s	Rogue supposed to be able to do Shadow
25157s	Steppy things it's balanced around that
25160s	mhm um but when you're giving priest and
25163s	Warlock the chance to kind of Shadow
25165s	step things cuz it's better than um a
25167s	brew master or something where it's just
25169s	way too slow and you wish you'd never
25170s	tried it oh it's much better than brew
25173s	master in most scenarios yeah yeah for
25175s	sure yeah so projection this into I have
25178s	two zero Mana 8s in multiple decks
25181s	across the board now mhm I I think
25183s	that's a card to keep an eye on
25187s	honestly it's certainly the enabler in
25190s	this deck um it's because you get your
25191s	zero Mana horror twice you get your zero
25193s	Mana giant
25195s	twice it just pushes the number of zero
25198s	Mana things from from four to six which
25200s	is a lot
25203s	meanwhile looks like gamer rvg just got
25205s	freaking
25207s	customized yeah customizing veam as we
25214s	speak I drew projectionist though that's
25217s	got to win the game right yep excuse
25221s	Mew it again see it's great
25225s	no why does this always happen to me
25228s	with SLE why
25232s	okay rush rush rush oh oh they're green
25236s	they move Neil you can move those cards
25238s	that's
25239s	powerful there's a breakdown in hand as
25241s	well
25245s	yep I'm actually seeing enough
25248s	movement next turn how many 88s can we
25251s	play with these projectionists we have
25252s	in our hand it's amazing currently zero
25256s	I'm checking I'm checking V on the
25258s	number of 88s check complete zero
25263s	Ah that's not the projectionist fault
25268s	though that's the
25271s	giant talking of movement re B are you
25274s	there
25280s	hello oh
25282s	no going to take the five with the face
25286s	no okay and actually not going to break
25288s	dance I would imagine then just decide
25290s	there's no point yep okay fine
25293s	well gamer can end the game right now if
25295s	he wants
25296s	to
25300s	true and that is a problem with this de
25302s	this is um obviously it's one of those
25305s	things where when you first play it you
25306s	think obviously this is going to happen
25308s	then you play at a why you think this
25309s	will never happen is just an idiot
25310s	thought but sometimes you just can't
25312s	play the cards in your hand because they
25313s	will hurt you too much it is actually a
25315s	real
25319s	thing 100% yeah and this exact spot is
25323s	where you really need good Hearthstone
25326s	knowledge of exactly what your opponent
25327s	could do like how much damage can you
25329s	take here you would love to play at
25330s	least two of these
25333s	cards you can't play both Spirit bombs
25336s	that's a good
25337s	start you do get hero
25342s	powered yeah which is really sad cuz
25345s	playing two spirit bombs is really what
25347s	I'd like to do right
25349s	now hard wants to hero power and see if
25352s	we can get a better
25357s	card oh we're setting up lethal that's
25359s	fair enough yeah incredibly Loosely but
25363s	it is technically
25365s	there it's just a little sad isn't
25369s	it yeah oh here we go does not ask for
25379s	much what what does this do nothing
25383s	nothing nothing nothing nothing and it's
25386s	a projectionist at the end obviously
25389s	game rvg goes through to Sunday with a
25392s	30 win and that looked convincing to me
25396s	obviously he had kind of a good draw
25398s	there but the shaman game the shaman
25400s	mirror in particular very very good and
25403s	yeah he's earned his spot in the top
25405s	eight yeah and can see what it means to
25407s	him as well gamer rvg uh normally a
25410s	pretty pretty lowkey guy emotionally
25412s	uh nice chill uh chill stream if you're
25415s	in the the market for that kind of thing
25417s	as well go check out his stream I think
25418s	it's a very uh comfy stream as the kids
25421s	say these
25422s	days um but you see the uh the moments
25425s	these big moments in these big events
25427s	can bring out the uh the joy and
25429s	Jubilation in everyone but from Rec bam
25432s	you see that's just wasn't his Series
25434s	right like you know we can sit here and
25436s	talk about this deck as a bring we can
25438s	uh talk about the shaman mirror we can
25440s	talk about various things but sometimes
25442s	you just queue up a game of hearthstone
25444s	you queue up a series of hearthstone and
25447s	uh it just wasn't just wasn't your day
25449s	right car games can just be like that
25450s	sometimes and I'm not sure uh not sure
25452s	re vam had an awful lot going on that he
25454s	could have done in in this particular
25456s	Series yeah the the wave goodby there at
25458s	the end as he bricks on a guas like Gaye
25461s	keeper one final time so two things
25464s	about gamer rvg first of all um it's one
25468s	thing actually it's just going to be an
25469s	extended one thing he has been in more
25472s	Master's tours I believe than any other
25474s	player ever wow CU I think he only
25477s	missed one of the original Master's
25478s	tours okay and now he played all three
25481s	last year which most people didn't do
25484s	anymore like people like Fury Hunter
25485s	people like Gabby yeah alimo sort of
25488s	dropped out the system to some degree so
25490s	game has played all three of those plus
25491s	this I believe he's now played more than
25493s	anybody i' also reminder that he came
25495s	second in Grand Masters one time so he
25497s	was won match from
25500s	Worlds so when you're talking in terms
25503s	of him celebrating why it means a lot to
25505s	him this is sort of a chance to get as
25508s	CL he hasn't been to world he he he sort
25510s	of should be at some all that behind him
25513s	he was in America's Grand Masters though
25515s	let's let's be clear I mean it's a free
25519s	slot he didn't
25521s	take which way do you want to look at
25524s	this good point no but you know I I
25527s	couldn't I couldn't resist obviously
25528s	Linda is a is a flag waving American as
25531s	we all know so you have to take take him
25532s	down a peg or two every now and again
25533s	but yeah I I fully agree I think gamer
25535s	rvg has been put in the work uh quite
25539s	some time it's easy when you've got um a
25541s	high quality practice partner like fled
25543s	just a bunk bed away right it's very
25545s	easy to improve when you have that level
25547s	of partner available um but he's
25549s	certainly put in the work I think he he
25551s	leazes a lot of other very very strong
25553s	players as well um across multiple
25556s	regions um I think himself and and recam
25559s	have have you know shared prepped talked
25561s	about exchanged ideas about Hearthstone
25563s	on various occasions as well which will
25565s	make that a very Bittersweet result for
25567s	him I'm sure but I think first and
25570s	foremost he will be over the moon that
25572s	he is one step closer to realizing the
25575s	dream of going to the World
25576s	Championships here but there are several
25578s	very very strong players waiting and a
25581s	whole bunch more ready to queue up
25583s	tomorrow and I think just based on that
25586s	outcome of Group B obviously we can look
25590s	at pit and and we that we saw already
25593s	but
25593s	molar kind of impressed me I called him
25596s	out at the start of the day I said this
25597s	lineup is a bit weird but I think it's
25599s	doing okay into this field we're hearing
25601s	some Rumblings around that molar is a
25603s	player that we might not have seen but
25605s	he's an absolute control God and he can
25606s	make some stuff happening he was playing
25608s	some seriously yarla pilled Hearthstone
25611s	today which is about the greatest
25613s	compliment I can give to a control
25615s	player um unfappable
25618s	uh super super greedy but in a way that
25621s	continues to make makes sense um
25623s	absolute Focus even in like 95% One
25626s	games making sure that you find that
25629s	100% line when you're in those positions
25631s	everything that you need to do to play
25632s	that style of deck and play it well he
25635s	is doing so I really really do think
25636s	molar is is one to keep an eye on yeah I
25639s	don't know if you heard it earlier or if
25640s	you were had to step away because you
25642s	just finished casting but um I I share
25644s	your opinion I've obviously seen the
25645s	same things you've seen um apparently
25647s	when he was Captain at UCLA in the
25649s	Collegiate stuff um they always banned
25652s	his
25653s	Warrior he just banned his they didn't
25655s	care what the meta was most I was on
25656s	Warrior we're Banning it he's uh he
25659s	laughing for control Warrior right is is
25661s	pretty much the the Rumblings that I've
25663s	had they just um even in situate like
25666s	you know where so we've been through
25667s	about a year period now where Warrior's
25669s	been really really strong consistently
25672s	but there was about a year and a half
25674s	before that where every patch Warrior
25676s	cards were getting buffed and control
25678s	Warrior was still unplayable right um
25680s	and I believe throughout that period uh
25683s	marel was still just grinding control
25685s	Warrior on ladder and getting incredibly
25687s	High finishes where literally like no
25689s	one else in like the top 200 was even
25692s	touching control Warrior um which is
25694s	very you know freeze Mage genius
25696s	adjacent from for from way back in the
25699s	day it gives me that same kind of vibe
25700s	so yeah really really looking forward to
25702s	what he can do going forward yeah and we
25705s	will get to see him a lot more um but we
25708s	do have some other players entering the
25710s	fry tomorrow which I'm looking forward I
25712s	think we'll be to show you those
25713s	shortly um but perh we can't we'll have
25717s	to wait a
25719s	moment H we do we have plenty more to go
25723s	one of those I I know like I just want
25726s	to talk about the power of this field in
25727s	general right because hyping up tomorrow
25729s	a couple of times I've just kind of
25731s	thrown out the names Fury Hunter Habu
25732s	gaboo bunny Hopper right those are the
25734s	three that I've been saying you know put
25736s	those names up in lights if you're a fan
25737s	of either of those players you're going
25738s	to want to come back tomorrow and check
25739s	these out right that's not even
25742s	mentioning the likes of insane Demitri
25744s	Kazo who is a former America's grandm
25746s	Hemlock as well like this field is so
25749s	absurdly stacked I think you've got four
25752s	to five players in this tournament who
25754s	at some point in time have been the
25756s	consensus best player in the world yes
25759s	that like recent time as well yeah yeah
25762s	like within the last like four years
25763s	like that's that's outrageous that's an
25766s	outrageous field of hearthstone players
25768s	to have um and just enough of your mool
25772s	stars and your kimchi slaps and your
25774s	toas right that we can learn about on
25776s	the way which is something that we're
25777s	really really interested in doing as
25779s	well so I think it is a really really
25782s	strong field for entertainment purposes
25785s	for high quality Hearthstone purposes
25787s	for you know interesting lineups and
25789s	different matchup interactions like I'm
25791s	so excited to watch this tournament
25792s	development yeah like Habu I can't
25794s	remember the stats that were the records
25796s	but he was just setting record
25797s	tournament after tournament for a while
25799s	then he had he had a one and three that
25800s	meant something and the else was 71 81
25803s	oh he needs to go did he miss a master's
25805s	tour and still get enough points to
25807s	qualify That season or something like he
25809s	just didn't turn up and then he had to
25810s	go eight and one and did it something
25812s	like that mhm I think I think he turned
25814s	he just missed a tournament or went one
25815s	and three cuz he had work or school or
25818s	something and it just put him a position
25819s	where he had to go eight and one so he
25821s	just turned up and did it Fury
25823s	Hunter somehow wasn't the world champion
25826s	two years ago um he just won two Masters
25830s	Tour uh
25832s	missed multiple different levels of
25833s	qualification by a total like small
25837s	amount took last year off with real life
25840s	uh come back this year to finish the
25841s	story maybe and yeah bunny Hopper former
25845s	world champion only one world champion
25848s	since him and again there's there's
25850s	other lineup of players behind them with
25853s	insane in particular somebody who's
25855s	streaming regular and getting better and
25856s	better I think yeah but uh sounds like
25860s	we are going to be blessed with the
25862s	presence of a certain gamer rvg who is
25866s	here to give us a word or two about
25867s	their victory over Rec bam gamer how how
25870s	you doing um we saw your we saw your pop
25872s	off at the end so we obviously know it
25874s	felt good but just talk us through those
25875s	last final moments what was going
25877s	through your
25878s	head yeah it just feels great to uh get
25881s	a win cuz the last couple MTS last year
25885s	didn't really pan out the way I wanted
25887s	to so uh happy to uh be back in the top
25890s	eight so just just uh excited excited to
25894s	uh see what I can do in the top
25898s	eight so I want go are you happy with
25901s	the lineup you've got you think You' got
25902s	a lineup to go all the way with this you
25903s	got to test it out
25905s	today yeah I'm happy with the lineup I
25908s	uh when I ended up submitting it I was
25911s	content with what I brought and uh uh I
25914s	think they're they're Decks that suit me
25917s	so I think I I can pilot them really
25920s	well and I I think did that today so if
25923s	I continue that in the top eight I think
25925s	uh this this lineup can do
25928s	it sticking with lineups just for a
25930s	second I've heard a rumor that you were
25933s	on priest initially when you submitted
25935s	and that was changed to warlock is that
25937s	is that true and if so like can you talk
25939s	about what made that decision yeah that
25941s	that actually is true I changed with uh
25945s	like 2030 minutes too and I just decided
25949s	to change to warlock because I think it
25952s	fit a bit better with like I think
25955s	priest is a very good deck but it for my
25957s	specific lineup it fit better with my my
25960s	band strategy and uh what I'm trying to
25964s	beat so that's why I decided to
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25972s	switch okay well I think um producer
25975s	saying we're going to have to let you go
25976s	now but thank you so much and good luck
25977s	to oh Sunday you get a day to watch
25979s	everybody else uh tomorrow so good luck
25981s	with that on Sunday good to see you on
25983s	the final day as well uh long may it
25985s	continue um but yeah we got have to say
25988s	goodbye so back to
25991s	sutle thanks buddy yeah it's interesting
25994s	stuff for sure um it's always great to
25997s	hear from the players they can uh they
25999s	can wrap things up in their own words we
26001s	can only speculate they can uh they can
26003s	actually talk with authority on why they
26004s	did things and what they were thinking
26006s	which is why it's always good to dip in
26008s	when we can and but yeah great great to
26010s	hear from him and I think uh a very very
26012s	strong performance like Neil was saying
26014s	Sunday we'll see gamer rvg enter The
26016s	Fray but we've just been talking about
26018s	some of the players that we are going to
26020s	be seeing tomorrow um honestly like if
26022s	if some of you are turning up now and
26024s	going what on Earth is happening why why
26025s	is there a Masters Tour on on Friday
26027s	you've just got a whole bonus day of
26029s	hearthstone if you were watching Friday
26031s	and now if you want to tune in tomorrow
26033s	and just imagine that a tournament
26034s	starting with the likes of Fury Hunter
26036s	and Bunny Hopper and Habu gaboo and
26037s	insane and Demitri kov just kicking off
26040s	from scratch you're still going to get a
26042s	full serving of Masters tool Hearthstone
26044s	and then we can jump back into the
26045s	finals on Sunday so make sure you are
26049s	here there we go just confirm that one
26052s	more time day one well you're too late
26054s	for that unlucky uh go watch the vods
26056s	and by watching those V you'll probably
26058s	get yourself just about onto day two
26060s	which is tomorrow day three is that top
26062s	eight single elimination and two players
26065s	will go to the World Championships so
26067s	we're going to find out who they are but
26069s	for me and from sutle for tonight I
26071s	think it is It's Time to Say Goodbye
26073s	have a good one see you same time
26074s	tomorrow
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889s	welcome everybody to finals day here at
892s	the Masters Tour spring Championship
894s	we've had two whole days of group action
897s	and now we're down to the quarterfinal
899s	stages
900s	and we me to talk about those are those
902s	things is sutle there we go customary
905s	botch uh sutle what have you made of the
907s	first two days of action I thought you
909s	were just introducing my multiple
911s	personalities don't worry about it it's
912s	fine I was I was going to go with it
914s	yeah it's been it's been a great event
915s	it's uh been a long time since we could
918s	talk about you know two days of action
919s	to lead us to this point and I really do
921s	think it's of benefit to the tournament
923s	as a whole longer time to get your teeth
924s	sunk into the uh the stories and the
927s	trends of the tournament get bigger
929s	sample of games for uh deck lists to be
932s	seeing what's working and what isn't and
934s	just more hours of hearthstone equals
936s	more good in my book so I've been a big
938s	fan of everything that's gone on so far
940s	and I think we've got a fantastic top
942s	eight ahead of us we absolutely have um
946s	quick review of what's going on we are
948s	playing to get into that world
949s	championship and there will be two
951s	people qualifying for it that's the
953s	important stuff for today um obviously
956s	50,000 on the line but that's shot at
958s	350 000 and the world champion title um
962s	always the big deal which means the
964s	semi-finals will be particularly
966s	interesting today and obviously winning
968s	this quarterfinal me your one step away
970s	so already looking pretty close for
972s	these people they must getting pretty
973s	nervous already yeah bit of a throwback
975s	to some of the Old Hearthstone
976s	Championship tour events where the
978s	semi-finals were those win and in games
980s	and the finals are just playing out for
981s	the title of champion but what I will
983s	say is with only a few of these events
986s	this year being a those chances to be a
989s	a champion of something in Hearthstone
991s	are getting very very sparse so I'm sure
992s	the players will be very very motivated
994s	indeed to take one of those home we are
997s	looking at conquest of course if you
999s	followed any competitive Hearthstone
1000s	over the last few years I'm sure you are
1002s	very familiar with what that means if
1004s	not we'll get our teeth sunk into it as
1006s	it comes up over the course of the day
1008s	and if you have not been following along
1010s	if you're You' been taking a break from
1012s	Hearthstone and you just got a live
1013s	notification on a fine Sunday morning
1016s	afternoon or evening depending on where
1017s	you are like oh check out some
1018s	Hearthstone this is the latest expansion
1020s	that Hearthstone has to offer for you
1022s	and I think overall it's been a very
1023s	very well-received one I think the
1025s	casters ourselves are very big fans of
1027s	the uh the theme and mechanic of the
1029s	tournament if you have been taking a
1031s	break it's a bit of a Nostalgia act with
1033s	Bang's Workshop in terms of
1034s	hearthstone's History so it might be a
1035s	good time for you to jump back in yeah
1038s	and how do you feel that the expansion
1040s	has played into this tournament compared
1042s	to previous rotations has it been a big
1044s	rotation for you or has it been sort of
1046s	a a bit of a Tweaky rotation how would
1048s	you assess it the time around so the
1050s	thing I love about this rotation I'm not
1053s	a big rotation guy because rotations
1055s	happen and it the power level of the
1057s	game naturally goes down right because
1060s	you're dealing with less cards total
1062s	which means you have less options which
1063s	generally means less powerful decks
1065s	being output at the end of it um I think
1067s	they've done a great job with rotating
1069s	cards out but then introducing a single
1071s	set of high enough power level that it's
1074s	kept the power of the game feeling very
1076s	high which is what I like to experience
1078s	and I think
1080s	also we've got create we've created a
1082s	meta game that players are very happy to
1083s	sink their teeth into as well like most
1085s	players I think if you pin them down
1087s	would say there were one or two Decks
1089s	that they really really enjoyed playing
1091s	because of the agency and the decision
1093s	base that that are present in the in the
1095s	decks which is what you really really
1096s	want for a high level tournament like
1098s	this yeah just a very quick recap of
1100s	what we've already talked about the last
1102s	two days have been the group stages
1103s	which have got us down to this top eight
1106s	uh but yeah getting back to the meta
1107s	game as we've addressed the thing screen
1110s	um I feel
1113s	that this met is really interesting in
1115s	that I don't think we have perfect 30s
1117s	from any of the decks yet I think we've
1118s	got sort of perfect 26s and 28s but I
1121s	feel like the players are still fiddling
1125s	around yeah and I think as we look at
1128s	who has been successful and who hasn't
1129s	in this tournament I do think lineup
1131s	discrepancies have had a little to do
1132s	with it you would be forgiven at taking
1135s	a cursory glance at the lists and the
1137s	lineups that have been brought to this
1138s	tournament and saying that they look
1140s	quite similar overall there have been
1142s	quite a few similar patterns throughout
1144s	but there are these very different
1145s	tweaks that people are going with
1147s	there's different third and fourth decks
1149s	there's different band strategies
1150s	there's different builds of Shaman or
1153s	priest for example um within the same
1155s	archetype just sort of three or four
1157s	cards different from each other um and I
1159s	think those choices have had a big big
1161s	impact on getting players to this point
1164s	particularly the two I would shout out
1166s	are habo gabu and Molar m in terms of
1170s	lineup Edge maybe bringing them to the
1172s	dance in this one uh but as you look at
1174s	this top eight now there is a very very
1177s	interesting range of lineups in there
1179s	you know we've got the Decks that are
1180s	fairly ever present you know some kind
1182s	of warrior some kind of demon Hunter
1183s	some kind of Sharman most people have
1185s	some variety of that but some people
1187s	have still skipped Sharman because they
1189s	had that read as we talked about before
1191s	there was going to be lots of speaker
1193s	Stompers NE fights that kind of thing
1195s	going on in the game so some people have
1197s	skipped Shaman we're seeing some giant
1198s	Rogues in here we're seeing a sludge
1200s	warlock in here we're seeing various
1202s	different varieties of warrior thrown in
1204s	as well um there's there's a lot to be
1206s	talking about uh going into this one and
1209s	that's good because that's what we're
1210s	here to do is talk about a lot of
1212s	hearthstone and we have got the vast
1214s	majority of the Hearthstone that is
1216s	going to be played today we are going to
1217s	bring to you and we're going to kick it
1219s	off with tiaba and Habu gabu and I say
1221s	it like that because Habu last night
1223s	qualified in his decid match in
1226s	something like 20 minutes I mean that's
1228s	I haven't checked but felt like 20
1229s	minutes he just absolutely destroyed
1232s	3 yeah wouldn't surprise me if you could
1235s	find a game an individual game in the
1237s	bunny Hopper series that was longer than
1239s	habo gab's whole series and it goes to
1241s	speak to that uh kind of lineup Edge
1243s	that he probably had in that series very
1245s	very destructive with some of his decks
1246s	like the uh sludge warlock what is very
1249s	good news for toeka though is that he
1251s	hasn't fallen all the way into the Trap
1255s	that Habu gabu has laid for people uh
1257s	Habu gabu through use of tech card and
1259s	through use of adding sludge warlock
1260s	into his lineup which is much bser than
1263s	some of the other decks uh that you're
1265s	seeing people bring is trying to prey on
1268s	a few decks as uh with the the pain
1271s	Warlock the custom warlock as we are
1272s	referring to it as being one of them
1275s	which TOA does not have decks like this
1277s	like a control Warrior the hybrid
1279s	warrior in this case like the Reno Deck
1281s	with several twoobs but not two ofs all
1284s	the way down this is resilient enough
1286s	that habo gabu is at least going to
1288s	actually have to s his teeth into a game
1289s	of hearthstone right he's not just going
1291s	to play a game where his opponent does
1293s	67% of the damage that he needs for him
1296s	and he only has to do the last
1298s	10 however just to be slightly factious
1301s	um Tia did fall into the Trap of
1302s	bringing Rogue um so we'll see how that
1305s	goes cuz I've not been impressed with
1307s	that deck so far it looks very shaky to
1309s	me but here he is in the top eight so
1311s	he's doing something right yeah and
1313s	certainly through nature of Conquest
1315s	that has to be picking up Victory
1316s	somewhere along the way cuz I don't
1317s	think it's picking up too many band you
1319s	can look now at Haru gab's list of Zari
1321s	priest which is very different from what
1324s	you normally see he is playing the
1325s	glowstone gyow worms which have forge on
1327s	them a lot of the time you're just
1329s	looking to Quick Draw them and kind of
1331s	bypass the forge but haru's gone with
1333s	the interesting choice of then also
1334s	tossing an ignis in there so that in
1336s	some very slow matchups he can drop the
1338s	forge on one of those glowstone gy worms
1341s	drop the ignis go for maybe a high value
1343s	weapon with five or 10 he was even
1344s	talking in the interview about how uh
1347s	against pain warlock you can drop it and
1348s	go for for one Mana poisonous weapon in
1350s	that scenario as well to try and get
1352s	over the edge and there's also uh that
1354s	razor scale thrown in there as well
1356s	which we were also very lucky to hear
1358s	from Haru about his thoughts and just
1360s	all the different cards uh there's a lot
1362s	of Mana cheat in modern Hearthstone it's
1364s	a thing that some people like it's a lot
1365s	of some it's a thing that some people
1367s	hate um but Habu gaboo is coming with
1370s	the tools to make sure that there are no
1371s	zero Mana molten Giants there are no uh
1374s	massive clergy funnel cake turns coming
1377s	out from opposing Zari priest he is
1379s	going to be making sure even called out
1381s	warrior in particular right with the G's
1383s	gift into bra as a thing that he can now
1386s	make cost seven instead of six uh by
1389s	using the dragon as well so was great to
1391s	hear from him on just his his targets
1393s	for some of these tech
1395s	cards yeah and then there's just the raw
1397s	basic version of the deck which is most
1400s	of it still which is really good against
1402s	Warrior which is where we're at first
1404s	first game of the day for Habu got a a
1406s	matchup Advantage naturally here of
1409s	course yesterday we will point out sorry
1412s	he did just draw those guy worms back to
1414s	back so the Quick Draw was really quite
1416s	relevant as well to win the the final
1417s	game of the day what are you what are
1419s	you well first off shout out to Haru as
1422s	well for being fully accepting of the
1424s	fact that drawing Drifter into gorm into
1427s	gorm was just a little bit fortunate of
1430s	a way to close out the series last night
1433s	but this opening hand as a set against
1436s	Warrior is fantastic duplicating funnel
1439s	cake is such a huge Boon and picking up
1443s	another yeah you can see I think a very
1445s	similar noise came out of habo gab's
1447s	mouth as came out of mine one turn
1449s	earlier cuz that is a three dup pip the
1452s	potent with one of those cards being a
1454s	funnel cake I think the only thing that
1456s	would really make this start stronger
1458s	for Habu is if there was a clergy thrown
1460s	in there as well yeah even having the
1463s	the snake o to be able to try and find
1465s	the the card draw that he does need this
1468s	hand on its own we're both excited by it
1470s	it doesn't actually get you there
1472s	without something happening um it'll get
1474s	you a long way towards getting there and
1475s	any card draw with double funnel cake
1477s	will get you there but on its own not
1480s	quite there yet so curious to see how he
1482s	develops from here does he want to get
1484s	the card draw straight away or does he
1485s	just want to start getting those dragons
1487s	slapped onto the board so first thing I
1489s	do want to make sure we're paying
1490s	attention to with with that statement in
1493s	mind is on its own just playing pretty
1496s	much your entire hand here which you can
1497s	do with the funnel cage
1499s	is a buttload of stats on the board is I
1502s	believe the technical term for it you
1504s	have three Chans and you have two gift
1507s	wrap welps which will represent actual
1509s	attack on the board as well which is
1510s	very very nice to have right Warrior
1513s	clears of that standard do not come out
1516s	super early right when when you're
1518s	actually dropping that much health on
1520s	the board as well uh through the the
1522s	health Buffs that you're getting from
1523s	two or three Chans depending on how you
1525s	choose to drop them that's kind of hard
1527s	to deal with
1530s	yep and he is going to just use um as
1534s	much stuff as he can you've taught me
1536s	this over and over again I still
1538s	instinctively don't like Let It Be
1540s	believed you just dump the maximum
1543s	numbers you can on the board every
1544s	single turn yep creating another three
1548s	dragons means yeah and to be fair to you
1550s	and to be fair to Haru this isn't
1553s	technically turn off your brain and play
1554s	Max stats every turn he would have got
1556s	more numbers by just uh spending three
1559s	on more one Mana dragons as opposed to
1561s	the PIP but this does mean that say that
1564s	board that got played did get cleared
1565s	over one or two turns I don't think it
1567s	was ever getting cleared over one but
1568s	maybe you can piece something together
1571s	uh with Aftershock and blad storm over
1573s	the course of two turns then if that
1575s	does get cleared you you at least have a
1578s	monstrous refill still to come here but
1580s	no thoughts of holding on to the funnel
1582s	cakes or anything like that just get it
1584s	all use everything you can use is kind
1586s	of where it's going with that um yep
1591s	he's trying to work out could I could I
1593s	have done that slightly differently oh
1594s	my goodness there's
1597s	oari
1602s	yep you've just seen your opponent use
1605s	lots and lots of
1608s	stuff so what do we play salesman on
1612s	one
1614s	yep uh then coin
1617s	pip then one Tran one gift wrapped
1621s	welp so yeah we're too far away so it is
1624s	going to take us to at least turn six no
1626s	matter what to get the Zari active
1628s	there's no way to accelerate it faster
1630s	than that I don't think unless we draw
1632s	of course there is still one funnel cake
1634s	remaining in the deck which might be
1635s	able to make some magic
1637s	happen is there any
1640s	um reason to try and disguise it like
1642s	wait till turn seven to do it just so
1645s	your opponent doesn't I mean they they
1646s	know it's in your deck so they don't
1648s	know you've got it because you play
1649s	scale replica on five they know exactly
1651s	what they're up against or just doesn't
1652s	it matter you just kill them anyway yeah
1654s	I don't think it matters too much
1656s	because Warrior understands the
1658s	assignment here right they have to keep
1660s	the board clear so they can't get hit by
1662s	those two turns I don't think they're
1664s	going to be spectacularly greedy in any
1666s	spot you can make an argument that if
1668s	you conceal some information they might
1670s	get baited into just like jamming bran
1672s	on curve or something like that I could
1674s	see that as an argument but the fact
1676s	that it just delays you one whole turn
1678s	anyway I think you are just going to try
1679s	and set it up for uh for turn
1683s	six cuz I I was obviously distracted by
1685s	the um the get the gift in hand to be
1688s	this I guess is where I went down that
1689s	line of thinking
1692s	yeah turn off my brain and just make
1694s	things happen so much better right but
1696s	it's not like if you just you know
1698s	played if you cycled the the snake oil
1701s	and you played your two one drops you
1702s	went face with everything it's not like
1704s	they wouldn't then Play gift into brawl
1706s	right they would definitely still play
1708s	gift into
1712s	hand oh so
1715s	close so close to specifically being the
1718s	scenario that Haru called out in the
1720s	interview
1721s	yesterday yep exactly what you were
1724s	talking about exactly what he was
1725s	talking about razor scale shutting down
1726s	the gift oh my
1729s	goodness which is just not a thing I
1731s	would think was that relevant and he
1733s	specifically highlighted it and here it
1735s	is it's quite ridiculous how good he is
1737s	in this game and it would almost
1739s	immediately win the game if he was able
1741s	to play it this yeah which obviously he
1743s	was never going to get it off the uh the
1745s	draw two that's always going to get you
1747s	Zari in a one drop at that point as long
1749s	as zeri is still in the deck it does of
1751s	course then guarantee drawing the razor
1753s	scale if you already have the zeri in
1755s	your hand which is kind of a cool
1756s	interaction as
1760s	well so yeah this is enough
1763s	stuff so
1768s	no need to play more stuff of course if
1770s	this doesn't get dealt with Zari wins so
1772s	that's
1780s	fine yeah my point of contention here
1783s	would probably
1785s	be what um I forgot the name of the
1790s	card uh Tri by fire which is actually
1793s	not in the deck for uh that makes sense
1797s	so the the one thing that was wrong with
1798s	it is isn't wrong with it that sounds
1799s	good big
1803s	fan Abu looking pretty nervous he like
1808s	to is just not getting through here
1812s	but I'm I'm just trying to calculate if
1815s	this is lethal now but I think with a
1816s	2630 and a frozen 46 it's probably
1820s	not you would hope it isn't because TOA
1823s	has the information that the Zari is
1825s	there so you would hope that a play was
1827s	not made just left lethal on
1832s	board that being said even without the
1836s	lethal how we can just do damage with
1838s	this guy and stack things up say do it
1843s	again might want to choose to forge even
1845s	get ignis going or he might just want to
1847s	zi have the extra turn and do a lot of
1849s	damage which is again something that
1850s	you've told me time and again that I
1852s	still refuse to listen to
1859s	taking two turns is generally more
1861s	powerful than taking one I'm not I'm not
1864s	sure what you're struggling with on that
1865s	front I mean you pay three for wild
1867s	growth so you're paying two for an extra
1869s	turn a 5 seven
1876s	yeah
1884s	quickly indecisiveness here yeah buff
1888s	sequencing you've got a lot of counting
1890s	to do as well um which I was trying to
1892s	do in my moments of Silence obviously
1894s	the one two trading in is fairly obvious
1897s	to make the board space and you have to
1899s	decide where to go from there but now we
1900s	are left with uh 5 7 11 12 15 20 in play
1906s	so yeah TOA has calculated this really
1908s	really well here because even with the
1911s	gorm you can only trade one damage into
1915s	the extra if you'd like because there's
1917s	so much on the board it's actually very
1920s	difficult to trade away your minions to
1922s	make space for those sources of
1926s	damage it's
1928s	23 right is it 23 5 you tra in you're 21
1933s	and then you play the right right yeah
1935s	yes yes yes yes I was just counting the
1937s	damage that was on the board as it
1939s	existed um but yeah I think he would
1941s	lose to specifically zelc
1945s	here um but not don't think you lose to
1947s	anything else
1949s	which is why he's played it this
1953s	way
1957s	ah where it won't go
1961s	anywhere that uh that funnel cake being
1964s	given to TOA could actually end up being
1966s	kind of crucial here because I like the
1969s	way this setup is happening where Habu
1971s	is just like okay draw all the cards try
1973s	and save up some direct damage in my
1975s	hand Forge the uh the goorm this is the
1977s	way I have I have have ignis I have
1979s	Forge I have tons of damage I can throw
1980s	at my opponent's face if they play gift
1982s	into brawl that's their entire turn so
1985s	they then don't have any armor to gain
1986s	and I probably just kill them right
1988s	however being able to gain two extra
1991s	Mana from the funnel cake might just be
1993s	able to make some magic
1996s	happen sure yeah especially this early
1999s	in the game I mean it feels like it's
2000s	not early in the game CU you're looking
2001s	at this monsterous board but it is still
2003s	pretty early next for two Mana is a lot
2005s	this early especially for warrior
2008s	no Shield Block in hand though well if
2011s	you go so if you go gift for shield
2013s	block that's three play The Funnel
2015s	Cake uh which three adjacent minions are
2020s	available uh so you will have then spent
2022s	four and you get three back you be back
2024s	up to six you can then play sanitize at
2027s	the end of it but that's still not good
2028s	enough to clear the 57 and the
2031s	510 does not
2033s	help essentially I'm trying to find a
2035s	way to play a better removal than brawl
2037s	because brawl is going to leave one
2039s	minion up that you then have to uh
2041s	allocate the rest of your Mana to deal
2043s	with
2045s	yes we go on zil in hand that's a lot
2048s	more damage still to come depending what
2050s	lives
2051s	here a little
2056s	thing oh that's crucial
2060s	right still one short
2071s	you can get the zelc down if you play
2074s	The Drifter and then the guy worm right
2076s	but you just can't get the extra point
2078s	of
2082s	damage right so you may just want to
2084s	load up the ignis instead or is it
2088s	better to go for the board first I guess
2090s	next turn you can go ignis into five
2092s	Mana weapon for a ton of damage if you
2093s	hit wind Fury
2095s	anyway it's just playing ignis now would
2097s	give you the option to go for 10 which
2099s	is kind of universally good even if it
2101s	isn't immediate lethal I think that's
2103s	probably the big dilemma
2108s	here see what he choose to go
2113s	for that looked Tenny I looked very
2117s	Tenny there was um six damage in there I
2119s	didn't see what the first thing
2123s	was but he he must have liked it yeah I
2126s	was going to say the first one was
2127s	picked so quick you get quite suspicious
2129s	that it was uh wind Fury more than
2131s	anything else right yeah but Haru really
2135s	uh settling in now saying okay we're
2137s	playing the long game and I to I'm glad
2138s	I set this up going in because this this
2140s	set with the the forge on the gorm and
2142s	the ignis this allows Habu to uh grind
2145s	out games with this priest in an
2147s	additional way I've talked about how the
2149s	conventional lists do it which generally
2151s	comes from uh the the Titan and then the
2155s	discovered legendaries from the Titan
2156s	abilities and then using power called
2158s	synchronize on various iterations of
2161s	those um oneof legendaries that you can
2163s	find to be able to do some some crazy
2166s	stuff that you can piece together but
2168s	Habu here just showing hey all you got
2170s	to do is put a forge card in your deck
2171s	and you're chilling yeah and it's great
2174s	right he gets to make a board here that
2177s	is just going to be terrifying and then
2179s	just you know hits you with your 10 drop
2181s	um in a lot of
2184s	Worlds so that fascinates me about this
2186s	match up is that every board space not
2188s	now but every Point space
2190s	matters oh takes the guy up okay okay
2193s	okay okay okay I thought you wanted to
2195s	synchronize The Drifter so I was
2197s	surprised that the uh razor scale was
2199s	going into play because then obviously
2200s	The Drifter cannot cannot cost zero
2202s	anymore but actually just takes the
2203s	extra burst damage all
2206s	right finding extra uses for the
2211s	guy pretty good right just five burst
2213s	damage he really rates burst damage
2215s	there is a lot of it in his lineup and
2217s	he
2219s	it that obviously yes Shan has bur
2223s	damage I understand but he's find burst
2224s	damage in his other decks as well that
2226s	aren't
2227s	shamans and I have to do I look I you
2230s	know I have to do it right you know I
2232s	have to say it go on there's an inactive
2236s	Reno in
2238s	hand there you go are you happy now no
2242s	it gives me look being this right all
2244s	the time is a curse okay I take no joy
2246s	from it
2248s	okay you you you do a very bad job of
2251s	hiding your lack of Joy yeah that is a
2253s	lie to be fair but but lying is
2256s	fun remember yesterday that I said that
2258s	Habu gabu had a year where he was quite
2260s	good that was quite good yeah yeah yeah
2263s	so the the last year of like the open is
2267s	Masters tours Fury Hunter Habu and Bunny
2270s	Hopper were three of the top four win
2272s	made players that year they all made it
2274s	to this that is quite a good year
2278s	yeah really good so his his quite good
2281s	year as he wins that game was um six
2283s	tour stops three top
2286s	eights 36 wins 14
2291s	losses it's pretty good it's pretty good
2295s	72%
2296s	72% and you can see uh you can see that
2299s	level of skill coming through at the end
2301s	of that game there because I like an
2302s	idiotic boob wanted to just make more
2305s	additional 4 sixes which by the way
2306s	would have also won that particular
2308s	particular game in the world of results
2309s	where it happened but say there was an
2311s	active Reno in hand for example well at
2314s	that point that's one of the only things
2315s	that you're going to end up losing to at
2317s	that point having extra 46 on the board
2318s	that turn is useless but an extra five
2320s	damage burst over the course of the game
2322s	is much more important uh crucial
2324s	mechanics knowledge as well that forging
2326s	actually transforms the card into a new
2329s	card ID so when you do use the power
2331s	card synchronize you get the forge
2332s	version back in hand so you can use the
2334s	battlecry as expected so you can see
2336s	here with that setup Habu had everything
2338s	covered because even with the glacial
2340s	Shard coming down preventing all the
2342s	damage from that wind Fury weapon which
2344s	we did get to catch was wind Fury at the
2346s	end uh still had that big enough board
2348s	set up without the additional Drifter to
2351s	be able to represent that damage from
2352s	hand with the guy worm anyway really
2354s	really nicely done y absolutely um I
2357s	think the warrior will have fairly good
2359s	match ups the rest of the way but
2361s	getting getting the priest out of they
2362s	getting the one zero lead fantastic news
2364s	for Habu and now we get to look at his
2366s	Shaman deck um the the creativity
2370s	doesn't stop I know that other people
2372s	play this but this is a whole lineup
2373s	full of things that we're not quite
2375s	seeing all the time as we see the Jive
2378s	insect
2381s	Shaman yeah Jive version of the deck for
2384s	Habu gabu like I said other people have
2387s	brought it um but even then there's a
2389s	little bit of variation going on um Habu
2392s	is playing a blood Mage Thanos in there
2394s	he's playing uh Cactus cutter as opposed
2397s	to the dry scale deputies which is a
2399s	point of debate as well he's got two
2401s	Jazz bases in there which isn't always a
2402s	thing he's got one uh conductivity in
2405s	there which is sometimes to because
2407s	sometimes you play two copies of
2408s	conductivity and then have the Discover
2410s	spell tossed in there as well so
2412s	sometimes you can just do that full hand
2413s	refill of random stuff so this is kind
2416s	of what we were talking to uh talking
2417s	about sorry at the start of the
2419s	broadcast of even Within These Decks
2422s	that are kind of agreed on to be good
2424s	most top players agree that some form of
2427s	burn Sharman is really good there's
2429s	still immense debate even breaking it
2432s	down at the first point of the flow
2434s	chart Jive version or spell damage
2436s	version and then even within those two
2438s	branches there's then little micro
2440s	discussions about whether it's two of
2442s	this one of this this card instead of
2443s	this card you know that idea of they're
2446s	not necessarily being perfect 30s is I
2449s	think a very a very astute observation
2451s	from you and I don't know how much of
2453s	that is to do with uh Casey taking a
2455s	little bit more of a back seat this time
2457s	around thr that out there yeah Point
2460s	Casey's perfect 30 for us yeah um so
2463s	something I haven't actually been on
2464s	broadcast with you specifically when
2466s	I've said this yet so I'm going to say
2467s	it again for the third time um in the
2469s	olden days I was I was taught in this
2471s	sort of situation you play Flash here
2474s	and then you reflexes then you make a
2476s	load of tempo with um spirits that sort
2479s	of thing that's not quite as good
2482s	anymore as a thing to do for Tempo
2484s	because there's a lot less to find in
2486s	there and you're not playing natural
2488s	so many minions naturally in your deck
2489s	as well is that correct you sort need to
2491s	hold on for combo a bit more so I think
2493s	you may be doing that thing that you do
2495s	sometimes where you are confusing
2497s	individual pieces of advice you've
2499s	received with uh no real context applied
2502s	I think generally the tempo flash kind
2505s	of plays with the older version of the
2507s	deck came against like other aggro decks
2510s	where like a hunter a hunter who like
2512s	threw out a couple of 41s over the first
2513s	couple of turns right and you just play
2515s	your you just play your flash into your
2517s	lightning reflexes and then you you
2518s	counteract it that way I think more
2522s	tellingly the old version of the deck
2525s	had better Tempo plays for turns 2 three
2528s	and four in it naturally right with like
2530s	it played natural copies of feral
2532s	Spirits it played natural copies of turn
2534s	the tides um so it played piranhas which
2537s	would could sometimes just be oppressive
2539s	Boards of right on their own so I think
2542s	this is a build of the deck that is just
2543s	much less able to play for Tempo in
2545s	general um and yes those cards have been
2548s	removed from the Discover pole as well
2549s	but I think it's much more telling that
2552s	they're just not in the deck naturally
2554s	anymore and the deck just kind of has to
2555s	be a lot more Allin on just an outright
2558s	burn
2559s	strategy I think um Habu here having a
2561s	long thought because how do you want to
2564s	do this um save up for a lot of damage
2567s	and then go for triple triple Drive in
2570s	one turn or do you want to just take it
2572s	a bit more
2574s	steady which which way are you going
2576s	first I guess is the question
2578s	[Music]
2580s	question you're going to need to unload
2583s	both sets of stuff you need to unload
2585s	the hand damage you're going to need to
2587s	do the
2588s	combo um when's he going to set that
2593s	up big
2600s	turn go going to go out on a limb here
2602s	and place an argument that you don't win
2604s	too many games of hearthstone where you
2606s	totem pass on turn five but maybe Haru
2609s	gabu can prove me wrong he has a lot a
2613s	metric lot of damage next
2616s	turn yes the uh the moving Target is
2619s	already 49 though it is but if he can do
2624s	let's say 30 just for the sake of that's
2625s	how much this deck does on turn six
2627s	quite often and in the process set up
2630s	his Jive insects for the turn after how
2633s	about that
2644s	I mean that sounds lovely mhm but does
2646s	this hand do
2652s	30 that's eight spells right
2659s	yeah I'm I'm confident okay I mean I can
2662s	tell I'm often confident I'm not often
2665s	right but it doesn't matter being
2667s	confident all it is strong and wrong
2670s	it's the ne Bond
2672s	brand oh I'm I'm less confident
2675s	[Laughter]
2678s	now noticeably less confident
2685s	now you're not getting the spell damage
2688s	back you better start chocking it yeah
2690s	just wonder if if he finds a jive here
2692s	does he he doesn't have the Mana right
2694s	no no no absolutely
2696s	not very rare you're going to make a
2698s	giive insect turn happen without the
2700s	Jazz
2703s	base double Flash in hand though for
2707s	later and he did do eight
2711s	damage it's nearly
2716s	30 I was close yeah
2720s	yeah I pull the plug when he saw the
2723s	double flash right he just decided to
2725s	wait for later yes yeah I think so um
2728s	but to go back to the point on the Jive
2730s	insect like The Jive insect is almost a
2732s	very separate thing to the rest of the
2735s	burn because like for for no bigger
2738s	reason Jive insect is specifically a
2739s	fire spell by the way so it's not like
2741s	you can discover extra copies of it it's
2742s	not like it's getting discounted by
2743s	flash of lightning either um so most of
2747s	the time you're going to need to get
2748s	that jazz Basse rolling to have any kind
2750s	of effective Jive insect turn uh at the
2752s	end of it all so they do kind of play
2755s	out as as different like if you can get
2758s	the Jazz Bas down early obviously you
2760s	can then do the thing where you play a
2761s	flash you play all of your lightning
2763s	bolts and everything else as your
2764s	overload cards for the Jazz base and
2766s	then break the Jazz base at the end of
2768s	that turn and get a zero Mana Jive
2770s	insect thing going but that's a very
2772s	very specific like perfect scenario pan
2774s	out for the deck that does not happen
2776s	particularly often feel like it's close
2779s	to what he's going to have to go for
2780s	here um double flash of course will
2783s	allow everything to cost basically zero
2785s	apart from The Jive mhm which which
2787s	might be useful of course well might be
2788s	useful cuz on the way the popup box will
2790s	generate enough things for the uh the
2793s	conductivity to do its
2802s	work something that top players do a
2805s	will pay a lot of attention to that
2807s	players like me do not is here's a board
2810s	it's got some n ones on it but it's got
2812s	four attack you're going to have to
2815s	decide whether you want to take four or
2817s	de with this mess and at the same time
2819s	you're keeping handai sensible and the
2821s	top players do get so much damage from
2823s	these two ons and two tws over the
2825s	course of you know a day
2827s	Hearthstone a day Hearthstone
2834s	yeah cuz at some point the warrior says
2837s	well you know what I just don't want to
2838s	kill that stupid two1 I'm going to take
2840s	two and one day that
2842s	matters yeah I mean that's the part that
2844s	you do have to process right is that
2846s	even every small minion that you end up
2849s	playing even if it can be cleared easily
2852s	it still costs them Mana to do so and
2854s	that's Mana that's not being spent on
2857s	gaining armor or drawing cards or
2859s	various other things that they can do
2861s	which are actually far more
2863s	detrimental to your long-term game
2868s	plan
2875s	yeah we could playing something
2877s	alongside they're out here so that if
2879s	there was um the temptation to just
2881s	conductivity Jive here to do 24 it's
2884s	good chance it only does eight which
2886s	would be absolutely catastrophic so fend
2889s	that off where it's taking 24 would have
2891s	been kind of awkward yep very
2897s	fair but with the Jazz base lined up now
2900s	and double Flash in hand there's a lot
2902s	of great options available for Habu to
2904s	actually do the thing we're saying was
2905s	kind of difficult all in one turn
2908s	yeah double flash is available this turn
2910s	still has enough Mana to drop the Jazz
2912s	base the only issue with that is it
2913s	doesn't really address the board that
2915s	he's been presented with particularly
2917s	well you can play one popup book this
2920s	turn as
2922s	well to be able to deal with it mhm
2924s	looks like he is going to go single
2926s	flash though so on the double flash
2929s	front the only thing that really affects
2931s	that's going to have any significant
2932s	impact on you is
2934s	conductivity uh you can also uh find uh
2937s	Elixir which it can have an impact on as
2939s	well but in terms of the natural cards
2941s	in your deck that's really the only one
2942s	it affects every other card that you're
2943s	interested in costs one anyway or
2946s	functionally zero as you would hope
2948s	crash of Thunder
2951s	costs yeah Elixir obviously is
2953s	interesting cuz that's um if you do
2955s	decide to go a different way you can get
2956s	a lot of card draw out of that but yeah
2959s	um with the Jive not likely to be
2960s	happening this turn around
2968s	and Here Come The Stompers down
2972s	that yeah I was talking about this a lot
2975s	on day one right and I think we had a
2976s	discussion on day two about how much
2979s	stomper people were expecting in the
2981s	tournament but I think with Shaman being
2983s	Shaman being a deck that everyone
2985s	expected but also I don't think anyone
2987s	really wanted to build a strategy around
2989s	ban Shaman because it just didn't work
2991s	that well yeah um and Shaman just having
2994s	this sort of one glaring weakness which
2996s	is is it really holds up a glowing neon
3001s	sign of when you should play your spell
3003s	disruption cards by playing flash of
3005s	lightning which is yet another reason by
3007s	the way from haru's side to actually do
3009s	them one at a time and spread them out
3010s	as he's now currently doing yeah i' got
3013s	there but I I was letting you finish I
3014s	should have interrupted made myself
3015s	sound clever honestly shut up shut up I
3018s	want to make the point I'm smart yeah
3020s	exactly exactly that yeah everybody
3022s	already knows I'm smart it's fine
3032s	so what's the plan for the rest of this
3034s	turn yeah You' actually got some work to
3036s	do yourself here right from hu's point
3038s	of view you've got to actually get rid
3039s	of some of this it's starting to become
3043s	annoying yeah I can't let him keep just
3045s	stacking armor and drawing
3048s	cards he wants to push this point of
3050s	damage he really wants to push it I I
3053s	mean I I Adore the fact that he's
3056s	thinking about it this hard because it
3057s	could be absolutely crucial for
3061s	sure yeah the problem now five five
3064s	cards left remaining in deck yes so now
3067s	he's used stomper to disrupt on the
3069s	flash turn now he can play the Reno the
3071s	Reno also disrupts the lethal because it
3074s	limits the amount of spell damage spots
3075s	that you can put in play and also uh
3077s	limits the amount of Rags that you can
3079s	put in play to precisely one so um he
3082s	now has backto back disruption tools uh
3085s	for a couple of turns from to be and
3087s	this is going to buy him so much extra
3090s	time to just gain extra armor or set up
3092s	Wing conditions of his own from
3094s	here yeah how many overload cards here
3097s	for Habu in the deck having drawn the
3100s	the Titan be kind of fun but yeah
3102s	getting the fizzle for another go at
3111s	everything that's it Habu has
3113s	successfully spent four of his 10
3116s	available Mana
3124s	mhm
3126s	well better get opening them
3132s	packs that looks like toiko is back in
3134s	our spectator is not currently which is
3137s	uh I suppose at least good news for the
3139s	player
3143s	involved and
3147s	it's time to get
3152s	bomed nice meet
3155s	you yeah that was probably highend
3158s	result for Habu and it's still a
3160s	disaster
3161s	right
3168s	yep worth noting as well I've been a
3170s	little bit critical of the amount of
3172s	glacial shards that we've seen in this
3173s	tournament particularly from some
3174s	players who are Banning Demon Hunter but
3176s	it is worth pointing out the argument to
3177s	the contrary that it can actually have
3179s	an effect on other matchups as well you
3181s	see here if the shaman is going to be
3182s	going with the Jazz base and the rag
3185s	version of the deck that delaying that
3187s	popping of the weapon can be absolutely
3189s	huge for you if you can time it
3191s	right yeah um and that is timing it
3195s	right there's absolutely nothing Habu
3197s	can do here I mean there's plenty he can
3198s	do but none of it's actually going to do
3200s	55 damage or even resemble it um into
3203s	the card draw that TOA has available
3208s	and every turn you wait and don't just
3210s	start committing all this damage is a
3212s	turn that you risk losing that entire
3214s	hand and the remainder of your
3216s	deck yeah exactly you've got to find
3219s	ways to do this as quickly as possible
3222s	um looks like he's just going to go in
3224s	and do some damage with this combo yeah
3227s	makes
3230s	sense 16 damage and kill the minion it's
3233s	okay if they don't have a million card
3235s	draws in their million card draw
3238s	deck yep if you got all three go to face
3241s	that would probably be ideal cuz right
3243s	now the the cost for your opponent to
3245s	deal with this is two mana on a blade
3247s	storm and it's all goneo which is so uh
3250s	the extra eight damage to face and
3252s	leaving the 7 s in play would actually
3254s	been uh somewhat beneficial there for
3256s	Haru even more so than the extra
3260s	damage it is looking a bit Bleak there
3262s	is still I think you went through this
3265s	yesterday in a match um as long as the
3267s	snapshot survives games can still change
3271s	maybe yeah huge
3273s	maybe but a maybe nonetheless just a way
3276s	of hiding your cards from being
3279s	eliminated from the
3284s	[Music]
3288s	game do you have this in a
3292s	bigger well the Warrior's down to only
3294s	45 sole this is okay
3297s	move fast here but things are living oh
3301s	no never mind more more card dra it's
3303s	fine more yeah more card draw little bit
3305s	strange though cuz now there is the uh
3307s	the 2 two in play right where you can't
3309s	uh use the blad storm do still have that
3311s	sanitize available okay yeah fine get
3312s	rid of
3316s	that yeah rope starts going you just
3319s	find a solution and go with it right you
3320s	hate how it looks you're like you know
3322s	what this can't be very wrong it kills
3324s	their thing yeah very awkward could in
3327s	the end not necessarily through any
3329s	great fault of uh toas because those
3331s	last two cards are the uh the remaining
3334s	TNTs uh his brand was bottom three so
3337s	obviously he's only getting the uh three
3338s	TNTs thrown in there as well so he has
3340s	had some awkward hurdles of his own to
3342s	overcome in this position went for the
3344s	card draw knowing he was incredibly
3346s	likely to at least hit one or two or at
3349s	least hit one of those TNTs and ended up
3351s	hitting zero which then made the the end
3353s	of the play look a little bit silly but
3355s	I think the uh the plan to be with is
3357s	reasonable here we
3360s	go
3364s	dodged didn't dodge no and it's gone
3369s	that TNT destroyed 10
3372s	cards well done TNT and Hab realizes the
3375s	value of his 10 cards being destroyed
3377s	means that he's lost this game of M
3379s	Stone and he goes to one a piece um
3382s	again nothing to punishing the warrior
3384s	has good matchups against Habu I think
3385s	Habu took the line
3387s	of of many people which is well ban one
3390s	of warrior and Demon Hunter and sort of
3391s	don't worry about the other and see what
3394s	happens yeah um with the other two
3397s	decks yeah but in the end you know I
3399s	think the point that I made last time
3401s	around was that uh I can't remember the
3402s	player involved but they kind of had I
3404s	think it was Fury Hunter actually who
3405s	had all of the best possible outcomes
3408s	post TNT go his way right like the the
3411s	cards that got hit were the best
3413s	possible ones and the the snapshot Dodge
3415s	the entire time and then it's still
3416s	still just was not particularly close at
3418s	the end of that uh so when you do just
3422s	throw two uh three TNT in your deck and
3424s	one of them ends up hitting the snapshot
3425s	like an absolute sniper in this scenario
3428s	uh you are going to have absolutely no
3430s	chance at all which habo gabo recognized
3433s	and conceded but for TOA well done great
3435s	use of the TNT for like forget about
3437s	Darby Allen forget about Mr bro Lee TOA
3440s	is the greatest TNT champion of all
3444s	time great anyway moving on to the next
3446s	game of this Hearthstone match that
3448s	we're going to be
3449s	watching
3451s	um Rogue talk to me about Rogue a little
3453s	bit subtle cuz I I if I talk about Rogue
3456s	I will probably get fired for saying
3458s	words about Rogue that I shouldn't
3459s	obviously the deck is fine but it it
3461s	does feel a turn slower than all the
3464s	other top decks to me I'm not sure
3466s	whether slower is the criticism I'd go
3469s	for but it has felt quite inconsistent
3471s	to me in general um and so inconsistent
3475s	you know as I've had this discussion
3477s	with you many many times inconsistent
3479s	and consistent are not words that are
3481s	used properly in card games in general
3485s	the idea of consistency can't really be
3487s	separated from win rate in my mind in
3489s	any kind of meaningful way and Rogue
3492s	does have a decent win rate against a
3494s	somewhat expected field for this
3496s	tournament coming in um so I guess to
3499s	like clarify that point a bit more for
3501s	me the spikes when it hits aren't as
3504s	immediately game-winning as some of the
3505s	other spiky Decks that you can go with
3508s	right particularly with some of the
3510s	tools that Hab gabu has to fight against
3512s	it so I'm kind of with you I'm kind of
3513s	with Raven as well who I think has been
3515s	a little bit critical of the deck uh I'm
3517s	not a huge fan of the the giant Rogue I
3521s	I was expecting to see it in this
3522s	tournament and honestly I think what the
3524s	the two that we've ended up with is
3525s	probably about the right number of where
3527s	I expected it to land because there will
3529s	always be people who have faith in this
3531s	style of explosive rogue deck in general
3534s	um and they tend to be decks with
3536s	massive skill edges anyway so it may
3538s	just well be that you know none of us
3540s	are on the level to get the the maximum
3542s	output out of the deck but so far I
3544s	still remain pretty unconvinced of the
3548s	uh the Giants Rogue package I think
3550s	that's what I meant when I said it's a
3551s	turn slower when it does its big spiky
3553s	thing that is quite often a turn slower
3554s	than the other things when they do their
3556s	big spiky thing which means that there's
3558s	a lot more ways to remove it even though
3560s	you're removing bigger things you're
3561s	removing 88s instead of four Sixers and
3563s	that sort of thing they're not coming
3565s	down on turn three like creas does f
3569s	sometimes I mean they
3571s	can yeah okay yeah we're talking scale
3574s	but yes they can you know the deck very
3578s	specifically just has to play a three
3580s	drop and then magic can happen so I
3582s	think turn three is not the right turn
3584s	to criticize for it not being a
3588s	thing anyway moving
3591s	on um no sludges drawn for habo this is
3595s	sludge lock this is not not pain lock
3598s	so not drawing sludge makes this really
3601s	really awkward and on the other side
3603s	drawing the thing as s just called it
3606s	has
3607s	happened on turn you know how you know
3609s	how pleased I'm going to be if this turn
3611s	is now after you very specifically
3614s	okay any Shadow steps just to make me
3617s	look dumb
3621s	thanks nope just an everything must go
3624s	in the end o oh good outcome though very
3629s	nice good outcome we have seen some
3630s	ridiculous outcomes which made this one
3632s	look slightly disappointing but it's
3634s	still a great outcome yeah yeah yeah for
3636s	sure we've seen some absolute nonsense
3638s	in this tournament from that feel like
3640s	four drops might be better than five
3642s	drops which I know is wrong but that's
3644s	the feeling I've been getting so far
3662s	what this what be so tempting here but I
3665s	know just jamming a posic is also
3667s	tempting to me and waiting to see next
3669s	turn if you can pick up a sludge or a
3671s	location or
3673s	something yeah the fact that the 77
3676s	can't actually attack you really do have
3678s	to make sure
3680s	you're grasping with that right because
3682s	I think up against this board State it's
3685s	very easy to say will hang on I can't
3687s	just play a four Mana 4 four on this
3689s	turn that's not going to cut
3699s	it think if you start doing other things
3702s	like monstrous forming and stuff here
3704s	which is what he's going to do you you
3706s	throw away so many outs to get back into
3707s	it but obviously also keep the game
3710s	alive so you
3712s	know yeah just double trade through play
3714s	your 10 s
3717s	I think this is
3724s	reasonable does somewhat Force TOA to go
3727s	back on the defensive like you don't
3729s	have to allocate any Mana to solving the
3731s	problem which is frustrating but it does
3733s	at least uh Force TOA to respect what
3736s	will be a giant soloing
3739s	minion maybe prevent you from taking
3741s	seven to face this
3745s	turn yeah this is is a very slow start
3747s	for the sludge though and a decent start
3750s	for the
3751s	Rogue to be so to be to be fair they did
3755s	play like harby played flame impon one
3757s	and has had waist remover in hand right
3759s	it's just like weirdly the Rogue has
3761s	gone incredibly quickly and made that
3763s	warlock start look
3765s	slow I still say it's slow though um
3769s	with no sludge on Wheels no Forge
3774s	no um
3777s	what's the other thing
3779s	help just no Disposal system yeah there
3781s	you go the The Big Three the was move is
3784s	kind of Lish without those other three C
3786s	without one of those other three cards
3788s	any one of them it suddenly becomes
3789s	really good of course
3799s	sure I like the way we ated the stage
3801s	though it is just a four Mana 57
3806s	that's a bad
3812s	thing I like this Choice from Habu just
3815s	removing any uh Shadow step options any
3818s	break dance options from TOA
3820s	understanding that like okay they uh
3821s	they played
3823s	the the gatekeeper and clearly did not
3826s	draw into a good hand because nothing
3828s	scary happened afterwards right so just
3831s	let's just make sure that no Shenanigans
3833s	with step or break dance can happen on
3835s	that gatekeeper there's no more buys uh
3837s	but fortunately the uh the pit stop ends
3840s	up getting the work done here anyway and
3841s	this is going to be an OT uh an otk
3844s	board set up once this giant comes down
3847s	one more time yeah and
3851s	obviously um proving me wrong just for a
3854s	change the
3858s	Rogue to got
3861s	here kind of convincingly honestly out
3863s	of his group um just get the exact St
3866s	make sure I don't get it wrong but came
3868s	through group C yeah beat Fury Hunter 31
3871s	and beat insane 32 and that was his day
3873s	just beating two of the the name players
3876s	in the tournament so yeah somebody we're
3878s	not particularly familiar with but if he
3880s	puts down habo gabu as well yeah
3882s	obviously um going to be very worth his
3885s	spotting that top
3889s	four and so this is the problem we can
3891s	run into right like we've been we've
3892s	been gassing up Habu gabu the entire day
3896s	the entire weekend so far right no shot
3899s	no shot what do you
3903s	mean how is that possible how is that a
3906s	thing that you're just allowed to do
3908s	that's ridiculous hit wind Fury now you
3910s	deserve it you deserve it wow no the
3915s	talk are really smart they know exactly
3916s	what to do that was ridiculous anyway uh
3919s	what was I saying you you're saying
3920s	about the downside of gassing up haby
3922s	yeah yeah this can happen right where
3924s	when you take risky meta swings sure
3928s	when you queue into like the
3929s	conventional lineup that you expected to
3931s	queue into you look like a genius right
3933s	when you queue into stuff that you're
3934s	not necessarily hitting uh with your
3937s	your off meta decks and your Tech
3938s	choices you're just playing a worse deck
3941s	than everyone else right that's what
3942s	playing an off meta deck means when
3944s	you're not getting the specific
3945s	advantages that you're shooting for um
3948s	which you know can then be seen in
3950s	scenarios like this yeah you are weaker
3953s	against the field in general I mean this
3954s	was I think a bad draw I know you I know
3956s	he got the flame him which isn't the
3958s	worst thing but it is just
3959s	a chips a bit of damage without the
3962s	sludge that chip damage is kind of
3963s	irrelevant as TOA goes to within one
3965s	game of the
3967s	semis um but yes it's absolutely a valid
3970s	point that it's not played on ladder
3973s	which is the widest field of decks for a
3975s	reason right yeah yeah and I you know I
3978s	think you could give Haru flame impin to
3981s	disposal assistant into Forge into 5 S
3983s	that game he's still not beating what
3986s	was it 3 88s on turn five and 4 88s on
3989s	turn six that's what TOA played that
3991s	game I don't think he'd be beating that
3992s	personally with that draw maybe it's
3995s	enough damage quickly enough that you
3996s	could just shoot uh chos creation over
3998s	the top I don't know I'm not going to
3999s	sit here and do all of that maths but um
4002s	I think you this this is kind of why I
4004s	counted the idea of it of Rogue being
4007s	too slow I don't think there an issue
4008s	with being slow if you can put 24 power
4011s	in play on turn four and then do it
4014s	again on turn five and again on turn six
4015s	which you know toeka was able to do
4018s	quite comfortably there uh despite not
4020s	really hitting anything with the second
4022s	gas keeper uh second gatekeeper that he
4024s	played I don't think speed is
4026s	necessarily the issue when it hits it
4028s	goes very very fast it's just in what
4031s	percentage of games can it actually go
4033s	that fast because we even saw we're
4036s	getting very deep into the weeds here
4037s	but hey it's finals day let's do it you
4040s	saw you saw on that first gatekeeper
4042s	that got played right the first
4044s	gatekeeper doesn't even even really do
4046s	anything when it hits Giants right cuz
4048s	you haven't drawn enough cards at that
4050s	point in the game for those giants to
4051s	cost zero um so the first one really
4054s	summoning the four drops is the best
4056s	that you end up with unless you can then
4059s	Shadow step the gatekeeper right like
4060s	you go coin gatekeeper shuffle your
4062s	whole hand Shadow step the gatekeeper
4064s	replay it and then that hand hits Giants
4068s	then you can start playing Giants but at
4070s	that point you probably don't you don't
4071s	have Mana left over for break dance you
4073s	don't have Mana left over for
4074s	projectionists so it is specific Niche
4076s	hands that go super hard on turn four
4079s	but I think once you get to turn five or
4081s	turn six you start doing some pretty
4082s	disgusting things that are well in line
4085s	with what other decks are doing it's
4087s	just um you know the matter of how often
4089s	you can end up doing
4091s	that yep okay I stand semi corrected I
4095s	mean I stand corrected because it won
4097s	for the third time in this tournament so
4099s	sure and as we learned from America's
4101s	Grand Masters the way to settle
4103s	arguments is through single games of
4105s	hard St absolutely yeah yeah I me and TJ
4108s	taught you well that's how numbers
4111s	work you don't like go back to shinger
4114s	cat and ask if it's okay when you open
4115s	the box once and it wasn't it's it's
4117s	either there or it
4120s	ain't
4122s	no
4124s	Works curiously how the speaker stomper
4127s	gets used I assume wait for flash play
4129s	it I'm trying to think of anything more
4130s	complicated than that but yeah I doubt
4133s	there is anything by Joe move I think
4136s	they've cracked it yeah pretty smart
4142s	me fine until I think sole ooh three I
4147s	want a three four yeah why
4149s	not yeah now do you want to
4154s	stomp yeah habo gabo Muses to himself
4158s	well now do I want to stomp if only
4161s	there was an ethereal voice somewhere
4164s	off in the distance asking me that
4166s	question
4170s	uh turns out he does good
4175s	Play
4179s	Ooh double
4181s	location double location and a dry scale
4186s	Deputy
4188s	okay not
4191s	bad but
4194s	also any Merit to FL again probably not
4197s	little ambitious I think I think you
4199s	need to save your second flash a little
4202s	bit Ah I thought I was wrong
4207s	okay snake
4216s	your CH are much more fun to have a look
4220s	what's in here first he gets you
4222s	to
4224s	trog you probably have to trade into the
4227s	2 two here and play the trog and just
4229s	trust maths to
4232s	work did you see haru's previous game
4236s	imagine okay it does
4243s	trade it's all fine he's managed to
4245s	build another of these really annoying
4246s	boards that doesn't go
4248s	far the duplicated crash as well is
4253s	huge oh the deputy I mean everything it
4256s	copies is just ridiculous I know crash
4257s	is particularly ridiculous cuz it's
4259s	another zero Mana but there's so much
4261s	good stuff in there mhm with I mean it
4265s	starts to the idea is to build the
4267s	unnerfed version of the deck right you
4269s	just get all extra get back your extra
4272s	one drops that you didn't have
4274s	before cuz they were taken yeah if if if
4277s	only you could just refind a
4279s	bioluminesence from The Ether as
4282s	well
4283s	sure yeah I was talking about this with
4286s	TJ yesterday I think but it is you know
4289s	it goes to show that they do plan at
4291s	least a little bit that bioluminescence
4293s	went away at the time popup book came
4295s	into the game because no those two cards
4297s	cannot exist in the same game together
4299s	that's that's not going to be okay for
4301s	anyone involved they could have let us
4303s	have one day come on just pre-program
4307s	the Nerf into the the patch and you got
4310s	24 hours go yeah
4316s	most depressing that we can't do that
4318s	but yeah you're right I mean the pre
4319s	planning was absolutely fantastic there
4321s	because that would have been silly but I
4324s	wanted to kind of do
4327s	it yeah once you bring it up you do just
4329s	kind of want to do it don't you
4335s	yeah coin would be great wouldn't it
4338s	just coin out flash because you know
4340s	your opponent's going to flash next turn
4341s	and you just nip ahead of them every
4343s	time
4346s	turn four
4347s	probably coin flash lethal on two GG
4350s	good night
4353s	everyone
4361s	ah popup B's got a lot I think I think
4364s	we're going to see a lot of this card
4366s	even when this deck inevitably vanishes
4368s	at some point mhm as a defensive unit
4373s	just kill your thing put some really
4374s	annoying fogs in the way that's just a
4380s	card yeah I completely
4383s	agree immensely powerful
4388s	card and really kind of a perfect card
4390s	for what a pure combo deck wants to do
4394s	which we haven't necessarily seen a
4395s	great deal of recently I know people say
4397s	oh we see combo decks all the time but
4398s	like you go back to the conversation of
4401s	the previous version of nature charman
4403s	right that actually played Minions on
4405s	curve it it it appreciated pressure it
4407s	got chip damage with weapons it played
4409s	early minions it fought for board for
4411s	the first three or four turns of the
4412s	game right it was a it was a Tempo Deck
4414s	with a wild combo finisher which is what
4416s	a lot of the best combo decks have been
4418s	recently um just ask like Fury Hunter
4422s	about like bomb warlock right like he is
4423s	the most temp he was probably the best
4425s	player of that deck in the world and the
4426s	most Tempo based player of that deck in
4428s	the world at the same he's just put six1
4430s	ons on the board on like turn three and
4432s	just with them who car
4435s	exactly um whereas this is more of a
4438s	pure combo deck it can't really win
4440s	through board on on any occasion if it's
4442s	not the the rag version very late in the
4444s	game so the the idea of a card that
4447s	deals damage and puts taunts in the way
4448s	it's very it's it's a very freeze Mage
4451s	pilled card right where it's just a
4453s	thing that does damage and also stores
4455s	the game for you tries to bypass the
4457s	idea of the board by putting taunts in
4459s	the way to block damage that you don't
4461s	necessarily have to deal with otherwise
4463s	yeah there's probably some control deck
4465s	there with it as well cuz volcano is
4466s	ridiculous
4469s	and just there just a quick sanity check
4472s	on how many sludges were in the deck
4473s	right now because it was very important
4475s	in this particular moment that we were
4476s	paying attention to such 12 yeah number
4480s	mhm I recognized that number from
4482s	previous situations of dying on turn
4487s	five and now the
4489s	animation it's SP up a little bit I
4491s	think so how's your day
4493s	going well were we just go with his
4495s	animation yeah um it's been good it's
4497s	been good watching some
4500s	Hearthstone watching some watching some
4502s	volcanoes slowly go
4506s	off wow that is much like my current
4510s	coaster a very irritating
4512s	tossa
4517s	indeed just unable to use that
4522s	turn but and like even more so because
4525s	it's unable to be used that this turn
4527s	it's also kind of probably odds against
4529s	to be able to be used next turn as well
4531s	because now it's the only card in your
4532s	hand with 10 Mana available is kind of
4536s	irritating yeah it just gets worse and
4538s	worse usually I've been in this spot
4540s	with a toss only just won't
4546s	comply
4548s	okay habo is in the position now though
4551s	where if this 57 somehow lives he gets
4553s	there but also
4555s	to just got everything now except
4558s	refusing to flash I'm surprised he
4560s	hasn't s of flashed and gone for it at
4563s	some point here with a reflex in
4564s	[Music]
4565s	hand
4567s	okay snake
4570s	oil so you can spend either four or six
4575s	mana on drawing cards plus playing the
4578s	gem
4581s	tosser I think I think you want to
4584s	possibility
4587s	I mean he knows what's in the deck he's
4588s	going through the deck tracker now
4589s	looking at what the five cards are that
4590s	are left that's important exactly
4594s	yeah furnace fi means he can always use
4596s	a gem tosser I'm going to say without
4598s	knowing what the five cards are because
4600s	there is a tradeable in there and other
4602s	cards should be good it can hit a three
4605s	or just the snake oil and then you can
4607s	do it with tap and the snake oil instead
4609s	right there's there's always going to be
4610s	a way to do it from here for sure o
4613s	should be lethal that should be lethal I
4616s	think yeah so there's what 16 going face
4619s	plus another 10 with only 24 left
4621s	remaining on the board yeah that looks
4622s	lethal to me
4626s	yep oh you work things out so strangely
4629s	was exactly
4633s	correct yeah I don't know what other way
4636s	there would be to calculate that um you
4638s	work out so you do 16 and then your
4641s	opponent is
4642s	on six and you've got 10 and three three
4647s	off the 10 leaves seven and Seven's more
4648s	than six which kills
4651s	them did anyone you definitely more
4654s	succinct but it's okay fine as long as
4657s	we agree that my way made sense and
4659s	yours is confusing you're allowed to
4660s	have your confusing ways my confusing
4662s	way is foolproof you don't have to add
4665s	16 and eight together but genuinely this
4668s	isn't a bit I don't understand what you
4670s	just said I'm not even playing ignorant
4672s	like I actually don't understand what
4674s	you just said
4676s	but
4677s	sure if it works for you buddy then
4680s	we're all good okay you get to the point
4681s	where the opponent's on six they've got
4682s	a 33 and player then you had the six of
4684s	three which is nine rather than having
4686s	to have 16 and eight which is two big
4690s	numbers sure more importantly Haru gabu
4694s	found the way through I think the more
4695s	important maths there was the
4696s	calculation with the the tra the
4699s	tradeable versus the tap which order do
4701s	you go in first um and I think knowing
4703s	that furnace fuel was available that was
4705s	absolutely the right decision cuz if you
4707s	hit furnace fuel you point it down
4708s	straight away which is the kind of mass
4710s	that you are instinctively very good at
4712s	even if there is some that you do very
4714s	stupidly uh that you you uh pretty much
4716s	hit your odds at that point every single
4718s	time with uh with one drops and snake
4720s	oils left remaining in that deck so
4722s	clean game for Habu and we are going all
4724s	the way down to game five you can also
4726s	tap into the snake oil that you just put
4728s	back in your deck which is also
4729s	important yep okay now I've shown how
4733s	clever I'm not once again we are down to
4736s	the final game loser is out the winner
4739s	is one match from the World
4741s	Championships it's kind of an important
4743s	game
4744s	s it does feel that way doesn't it there
4749s	is just a little something in the air
4751s	Habu gabu has himself a miracle salesman
4754s	TOA just looking at the way this is
4756s	lining up Cactus cutter is nice to spend
4758s	two on there aren't uh too many plays
4761s	other than the two Mana Minions that
4763s	you're happy with playing on two so yeah
4764s	does choose to hold on to it just
4766s	probably for the purpose of drawing a
4768s	card just checking my list one final
4770s	time even though I do know them pretty
4772s	much by now uh to see which is the the
4777s	faster and is hu's Jive going to be a
4781s	hindrance or is just doing 24 going to
4783s	get it done quick I feel like it slows
4785s	you down having that in your deck yeah I
4787s	think so too a little bit but um largely
4791s	you can ignore it right like the
4793s	conductivity isn't necessarily that much
4794s	of a hindrance you can make something
4796s	happy happen with it um so the The Jive
4799s	insect is uh one of Raven's classic
4802s	single cards in the deck which can
4804s	sometimes be uh negligible in some
4806s	matchups I think honestly the uh the
4808s	bigger part of it is just the card draw
4810s	starts right like you really want to hit
4813s	uh in harby gab's case the Needle Rock
4814s	totem which is absolutely done basically
4817s	most both players want to be drawing
4818s	cards on basically every single turn if
4821s	they can't be uh making Tempo which is
4824s	the number one thing that they'd like to
4825s	do but as previously discussed very
4827s	difficult to do with both of these
4829s	versions of
4830s	the another thing to look for in my
4832s	opinion at least is look for even small
4835s	amounts of damage if that three four
4836s	could go face twice it might be a whole
4839s	turn or even two turns quicker you can
4841s	pop off so little tiny bits of damage
4844s	are absolutely snowb in my opinion in
4847s	this
4848s	matchup absolutely
4851s	true Habig gabu has gone card draw into
4855s	jazz base into more card draw gets the
4857s	overload in there as well with the
4859s	ancestral knowledge he's starting to
4861s	crank up those
4863s	discounts Flow Rider probably the best
4865s	card in your deck to draw off ancestral
4867s	knowledge on most
4868s	turns I want to take the reflexes cuz
4870s	I'm greedy I want to play Flash next
4874s	turn well actually on six I want to play
4877s	Titan
4879s	flash but that sounds slow now I think
4881s	about it the issue with that as well is
4884s	that
4885s	without an AOE in hand you're going to
4889s	be using Titan for uh deal three Hill
4892s	six right like Titan flash is at its
4894s	best when you get to draw the three
4896s	overload cards which I do not think Habu
4898s	gabu is going to have the luxury to do
4900s	this
4901s	game also he has a little tiny bit of
4903s	time um because to B is use coin which
4906s	means we we which means that Habu is
4909s	actually going first now sometimes this
4912s	match up as I I sort of joked about
4913s	earlier but it does happen your opponent
4915s	just cheekily coins out a Flash before
4917s	you're about to do yours and beats you
4919s	um but with a coin gone
4922s	Habu at least his internal clock doesn't
4925s	get messed up by somebody trying to
4927s	sneak out a coin yeah the irritating
4930s	part of that though is that the coin was
4932s	used to play the spell that was drawn
4935s	from the cactus cutter which you know
4937s	the basically the coin was used to
4939s	create this three4 that's been attacking
4940s	Habu gabu in the face every single ter
4942s	which I think is a fair trade from uh
4944s	from toas but so Jazz base double crash
4948s	Flash in hand reflexes in hand opponent
4950s	has a board you can't deal with very
4952s	easily what I'm trying to say is it time
4954s	to flash or do you wait looks like he's
4956s	going to wait don't think so yeah it's
4960s	just it's not that effective a turn is
4962s	the is the
4965s	issue does at least get to uh trade off
4968s	the three4
4973s	finally okay
4978s	we could done a good job of getting the
4980s	locations sort of going you said about C
4983s	draw there there's no better card draw
4985s	when they get rolling than those in
4986s	these decks they just take a little bit
4987s	of
4988s	time yep they uh the locations draw
4992s	cards which tend to draw cards that's
4994s	about as effective as it
4997s	gets took a while to get there didn't it
4999s	with the perfect 30 U which we haven't
5002s	got yet we had wand makers and shutter
5004s	blocks and weird things in this deck for
5006s	for some time
5008s	mhm which made sense like you get those
5011s	cards because they say battlecry on them
5012s	and you put them in with your thing that
5014s	gets battlecry things and it all it all
5016s	sounds great but things still just
5018s	getting tuned up a little drawing cards
5020s	that make more cards sounds sounds
5022s	wonderful to
5026s	me you're drawing cards that draw more
5029s	cards specifically as opposed to drawing
5030s	cards that make more cards which is what
5032s	it already did
5049s	yep at this point though that's kind of
5052s	more a flash out of desperation because
5055s	the hand is otherwise stored than it is
5057s	a flash with any
5059s	necessary uh inclination of killing next
5062s	turn and now you play the other Flash
5064s	just to draw a card forget the the
5066s	discount it's just can I find something
5068s	that isn't photographer fizzle and the
5070s	answer is exact no I kind of agree with
5073s	that the hand was just as stalled after
5075s	the first flash as it was before the
5076s	first flash so if you're committing to
5078s	the first you've got to commit to the
5079s	second committing to the second
5081s	psychologically is much braver you know
5083s	there's no actual uh identifiable
5086s	difference between the two but when
5087s	you're 2 two in a situation where you're
5088s	trying to go to the world championships
5090s	and you know if you play both flashes
5092s	and you have none left in your deck
5093s	that's probably you just gone for the
5095s	day gone for the tournament if it
5097s	doesn't pay off the second one is a much
5099s	harder cell to yourself to actually play
5102s	in that spot but I think it was probably
5104s	the best decision for Habu gabu in that
5106s	spot to go for yeah you can see it's
5108s	such a good decision now because TOA is
5110s	going in with all this damage he's he's
5112s	been forced to have a go for it because
5114s	from his point of view don't forget he's
5116s	Habu is in a fantastic SP he's got 10
5118s	cards in hand he's got a loaded up Jazz
5120s	base yeah he he's got everything ready
5122s	to kill toeka with as far as TOA can see
5125s	from his limited information so he's now
5127s	being forced to have a go at it and he
5129s	only needs 15 so this lightning reflexes
5132s	does not have to be particularly
5134s	Cooperative but I think it needed to be
5136s	more Cooperative than
5139s	that
5141s	yeah cuz that is now all of the
5145s	Mana and no bolt yeah bolt off the Reby
5148s	there would have been lethal but Habu
5149s	gabu is now actually in the game because
5151s	those crashes those crashes could not
5154s	get cheap enough to pay that off
5156s	lightning reflexes is the burn though
5158s	that feels so miserable it really does
5162s	cuz obviously that's just two cards
5164s	burned for the price of one he tried so
5165s	hard to fill his hand up with good stuff
5167s	and then the burn is there do you have
5169s	to just heal for six and say that you're
5172s	alive and just stick Titan on board and
5175s	win from there
5177s	no that can't get there can it but then
5180s	knock in your hand
5186s	oh
5187s	no apparently
5190s	not reflexes okay okay finds the other
5192s	reflexes that's huge bolt off the first
5194s	is the best
5195s	outcome so you are saying there's a
5199s	chance I'm saying there's a chance we
5201s	also saying watch that timer bar because
5203s	some of this can take some time
5206s	[Music]
5207s	sometimes did see card draw in there so
5209s	just did the due diligence to whether or
5211s	not you have to take the the
5215s	oh the card draw finds Jive insect from
5217s	the Flow Rider though and has a jazz
5219s	base this board is getting cleared so
5222s	Jive insect gets
5225s	played yep if the board's clear The Jive
5227s	insect gets played that's another eight
5229s	three more crashes is 12 which leaves
5231s	him at seven I think the rag is one over
5233s	if it gets played and I've counted this
5235s	all correctly and I think I have without
5237s	even counting the weapon damage Habu
5240s	finds a way over the line with the Jive
5244s	in
5245s	right at the very end what a finish to
5250s	this game oh my goodness Shan versus
5253s	Shaman it's the matchup of Champions
5256s	Linda it really is though like every
5259s	time it feels like that happens there
5260s	was a game with insane I think against
5262s	too actually insane was about to pop off
5264s	and too was just like nope I'm using
5266s	coin and I'm going first unlucky and
5268s	this was kind of the opposite of this
5269s	Habu declared that he was going to go
5270s	for it mat to be could go on a turn just
5273s	with an Ino as his only
5275s	reductions and that got Habu through
5278s	this but he also had to work out so much
5281s	there um ended up having to start with
5283s	the flow Rider because there was just
5284s	nothing else in his hand that could do
5286s	it hit the reflexes that he was looking
5288s	for um obviously he would have a better
5290s	handle on the odds of that than we do um
5293s	and then the reflexes into do things
5296s	into Jive
5297s	into I'm going to call it exactal I know
5300s	it was over by about six but it exactal
5302s	number of things hitting you in the head
5304s	it was right number of things that hit
5306s	him he played all of the cards and then
5308s	the opponent died so that's exact lethal
5311s	as on the last card and there was no
5312s	yeah there was no sort of short no no
5315s	card wasted is what I mean no no foring
5317s	waste had to do yeah but so TOA was in a
5321s	very frustrating spot on that previous
5323s	turn where like you said only inza was
5325s	the discount that were being used no
5326s	flashes had been found so needed all
5330s	either all or all but one of the
5333s	possible discovers that could hit a
5334s	lightning bolt to hit lightning bolt
5336s	because lightning bolt is the only
5337s	actual Mana cheat card right because
5339s	lightning bolt costs zero cuz it comes
5341s	from iner but it also discounts every
5344s	crash in your hand by one so every
5345s	lightning bolt that you played that ter
5347s	was gaining you mana and unfortunately
5350s	his first discover off the he got a
5352s	lightning bolt off the Flow Rider which
5353s	was the outcome that he needed but then
5356s	he got crash of Thunder off the first
5358s	roll of the lightning reflexes which was
5361s	uh a an outcome that kept him alive in
5363s	the game but he then need to hit
5365s	specifically lightning Bol off the
5367s	second roll of the lightning reflexes to
5368s	stay in the game if he' hit lightning
5370s	bolt off the first roll of the lightning
5372s	reflexes the game gets a whole lot
5373s	easier from that point but even after
5375s	missing it the first time around still
5377s	had outs missed it the second time as
5378s	well and then Habu gaboo just being a
5381s	much braver man than I just saying no
5384s	forget this like clear the board heal
5386s	and stabilize business I'm going in I
5389s	know my outs and all I've got to do is
5390s	find this one remaining lightning
5392s	reflexes and I'm a big favorite to to uh
5394s	find lethal this turn and he calculated
5396s	it absolutely beautifully yep I could
5399s	watch that match up all day and we're
5402s	going to watch quite a lot of it today
5403s	most likely because it's in a lot of
5404s	these lineups um we're going to have a
5406s	quick look at the top eight bracket and
5409s	then we're going to try and bring you
5410s	some extra content for this round I
5412s	believe so oh good good so it means what
5416s	pit and gamer rvg is uh is still ongoing
5419s	then in that case I would imagine so
5420s	they're in game three right now which um
5423s	we can't just jump in joying game three
5425s	which is why I'm sort of stalling
5426s	slightly I don't mind admitting it um
5427s	they're going to get to game three we we
5429s	we after game three we get to show games
5431s	four and five as it's one or there will
5432s	be at least a game four which means we
5434s	will be able to bring you at least some
5436s	action from every match today which has
5437s	made me very happy
5441s	honestly yep we'll be showing every
5443s	other game that is available in four so
5445s	we'll see mstar weu we'll see Bonnie
5447s	Hopper insane we'll see both semis and
5449s	we'll see the finals so yeah great news
5450s	that we get to dip into Pat niter and
5452s	gamer rvg if that match is still ongoing
5455s	little bit surprising actually cuz I
5456s	thought uh that that that series with
5458s	Habu was uh much more of a marathon than
5460s	we were expecting it to be with uh with
5463s	haro's games that we've seen so far yeah
5466s	absolutely and I do believe we are about
5468s	to jump in there let's see how it's
5470s	looking um here we
5474s	go here we do anyway we'll have it in a
5477s	moment um gamer rvg of course we got to
5480s	speak to very briefly on the end of day
5482s	one extremely excited to be getting once
5485s	again close to the World Championships
5487s	he has been very close he came runner up
5490s	in the championship event for America's
5492s	Grand Masters which would have got him
5494s	in um you know somebody has to win it
5496s	sttle you can't just have them all lose
5499s	just because it's America's Grand
5500s	Masters so he got
5502s	close um and he he's he's the person
5505s	who's played the most Masters tours of
5507s	anybody I believe so wow okay because he
5512s	managed to play them all last year and
5513s	he played all but one of the original
5515s	ones uh whereas players like Fury Hunter
5516s	bunny Hopper sort of took a took a year
5519s	off and here we are it's one all we're
5521s	jumping
5522s	into I
5524s	believe yeah a little bit of camera
5527s	confusion yeah there we go that the
5529s	world all makes sense now you love to
5530s	see it this is extra content enjoy it
5533s	for what it
5534s	is we've we've grinded hard to get you
5537s	this last off stream match that you
5539s	weren't going to look at otherwise but
5541s	looks like we are joining Warrior versus
5543s	priest in process and it looks very much
5545s	like one of those games I was talking
5547s	about previously uh well actually a very
5549s	specific game that I was talking about
5551s	previously not only where you actually
5553s	grind out a slower matchup using some
5554s	tools uh from the arthor but actually
5557s	that's a tier on board as well which
5559s	increases the chances that it could be
5560s	that exact scenario I was talking about
5562s	where you play amthal amthal dies it has
5565s	three attacks so it's then revived from
5566s	the tier that you discover off your
5568s	arthor when you activate the ability
5570s	looking very possible that that's what
5572s	we uh could have seen there but uh no
5574s	raden in hand discovered off the uh the
5577s	second arthor which can really bring
5580s	that whole package home but has found a
5581s	rare Strazza which is a fascinating
5585s	addition to this little party trying to
5586s	remove some duplicates from the deck now
5588s	so we can get that Nest active yeah only
5590s	10 cards left in deck as what was the
5592s	first I glanced at when you said that um
5594s	which means that it will get active at
5596s	some point unless crazy unlucky things
5599s	happen at the bottom of your deck uh get
5602s	out to sort of four or five cards I
5603s	think a deck full of duplicates when you
5605s	get to about four cards his favorite to
5607s	just have none anymore maybe it might be
5608s	five
5610s	cards um on go on do it sorry to
5615s	interrupt you but kab right now is
5617s	arguing with himself as to whether he's
5618s	supposed to Tempo this Leroy and I am
5620s	the voice from the heavens telling you
5622s	yes you are created a temporal anomal
5627s	coward I mean for all we know maybe he
5630s	hasn't played yet I don't
5632s	know we we are in as blind as everybody
5635s	else here literally just jumped into
5637s	this um straight from the Habu match
5638s	this was taking place well is taking
5640s	place at the same time and also it's one
5642s	all by the way mhm why is it one
5647s	all we just had a marathon match this is
5649s	one
5650s	all yeah I don't know how decent the the
5653s	games were in starting
5656s	but this one very well could have been
5658s	going extremely long still the Reno in
5661s	hand as well for gamer rvg who's not yet
5663s	been played this game which which is
5664s	obviously from gamer rvg side he doesn't
5667s	he's missing information in this battle
5669s	uh but padn does know that the Reno is a
5673s	factor that can end up destroying the
5674s	the RZA portal if he doesn't line it up
5676s	in the right order which is something
5678s	that he can keep in mind a lot more so
5679s	than gamer rvg can yeah you're not
5681s	playing around rear stars of portals
5683s	here right if you're game rvg it's just
5685s	no not a thing on your mind at all what
5688s	you are what you may play around though
5690s	right is worst case scenario legendary
5693s	that I necessarily think of right you
5695s	might not NE you might not think exactly
5698s	about R stza but you do know that Reno
5701s	pretty much beats everything right as a
5703s	tool so against a a piece of concealed
5706s	information you'll see now with like
5708s	gamer RBG that was an extremely Ren
5710s	knowable board that he was faced down
5712s	with but he was like well I can use the
5714s	imperfect answers in my hand to clear
5716s	this board up and keep the perfect
5718s	answer for the boards that I don't yet
5720s	know about that could be coming in the
5721s	future yeah plus the half is in the deck
5724s	so yeah there is at least one more
5726s	refill that he knows exists that he's
5728s	going to have to deal with Y um that
5731s	wasn't just generated or something so
5734s	yep trying to be greedy with removal and
5737s	I can imagine that this game has taken
5738s	some time actually to get to this
5744s	state how much do you know about the
5746s	Hearthstone Brew hands Neil and why is
5748s	the answer zero yeah okay yeah cuz I've
5751s	played against it about four times they
5753s	always die after playing their ice
5756s	block
5757s	sure so against warrior in particular
5760s	you can get the the hunter one is pretty
5762s	good not for most of the cards but one
5764s	of the cards is death stalk of rexar
5766s	which is infinite value from that point
5768s	on with the the Builder Beast right
5770s	that's kind of huge um Paladin can be
5773s	decent as well just because you get uh
5775s	libum of Justice no libum of judgment
5778s	which is the seven Mana weapon five
5780s	attack three charges that's just 15
5781s	extra damage that can go face that's
5783s	kind of cool
5784s	um shadowwalk Sharman is pretty great
5787s	because you can just set up life Drinker
5788s	shadowwalk infinite chain with the Chain
5790s	Gang as well if you have enough time to
5791s	do that so there are a few outs that
5793s	against warrior in particular can can
5796s	make some magic happen Mage gets quite a
5798s	lot of damage but it's slow right they
5800s	get like Fireball and Ice Lance in there
5803s	as well they get yeah it's it's very
5805s	very old school freeze Mage so it's ice
5808s	block Ice Lance Frost NOA antonitis
5810s	Fireball that kind of thing yeah
5817s	relevant though and um Gamer's down to
5820s	only 20 as the warrior
5823s	yep and with that in mind actually it's
5826s	kind of time yeah he is this the ter
5828s	where he's trying to force noin down
5830s	just so he can actually win the game or
5832s	does he just stall forever and run his
5834s	opponent out stuff I feel like he might
5835s	have to actually win the game it's
5837s	extremely scary with leaving an 88 in
5840s	play though I would say so I think you
5842s	have to try and look for for a shorter
5844s	board than this like you may be able to
5847s	I don't know wait for the halfth turn
5848s	and in the turn they play halfth they
5850s	might not do that much else you can
5851s	sneak the Odin down that turn
5855s	maybe but I think number one priority
5857s	now is even more so than getting the
5859s	Odin down you have to draw some cards
5861s	and get that Reno active right because
5863s	you have to deal with this Dragon portal
5865s	or you're you're just going to lose on
5867s	value from this
5868s	point something I always find
5870s	interesting about quarterfinal day or
5872s	finals day is that the finals your you
5874s	know your opponent going in so you spend
5877s	all day or all night or your friends
5879s	spend all night working out all the
5880s	nuances of the matchups and you get to
5882s	the semi-final you probably haven't
5883s	practiced it much at all apart from your
5884s	you know your prep for the
5886s	tournament so specific things are in the
5889s	exactly in quarterfinal matches games
5891s	can Som be very very accurate and we
5893s	might see that here from
5899s	gamer wind Fury and Rush no Shield
5902s	though which means the
5904s	trades kind of suck from Pat's
5908s	perspective you really want a threat to
5911s	stick on the board and threaten here
5912s	which
5913s	is didn't really get any of the
5915s	defensive tools right the Divine Shield
5917s	the reborn things actually make you
5920s	stickier uh mil Rogue
5924s	okay um okay
5929s	okay so with the gang up
5934s	yeah you are going to go to 11 cards so
5939s	you will then be ahead on the fatigue
5941s	race yeah you are also ahead on health
5945s	totals just about Al Warrior can
5948s	probably start getting there pretty
5950s	quickly with the armor
5954s	game I don't mind it you know I think
5957s	this is all right
5959s	interested but you you called it this a
5961s	turn where sneaky Odin
5965s	down and now the race is on
5968s	so gamer will win this pretty quickly
5972s	most of the time from here although his
5973s	current hand isn't really doing that
5977s	no and there is brand hit there is bran
5980s	healbot in this hand for Pat nit as well
5982s	by the way that that is a that's an old
5985s	school bran if you're not passing the uh
5987s	the full art that is a brand bronze
5989s	beard your battlecries trigger twice in
5991s	that hand MH
5994s	which makes Starlight welp kind of
5995s	exciting a unique Quirk of the way we're
5998s	covering this series is I have no idea
6000s	what was in the opening hand in this
6001s	game
6004s	from
6007s	yep like use the word unique
6014s	there game is lack of
6019s	cards shadow of going to lose one card
6023s	don't want to lose the the gang up right
6024s	don't want to lose the gang up lost the
6025s	gang
6026s	[Laughter]
6029s	up he that
6031s	bad maybe that's still
6035s	fine
6038s	well I don't know if it's
6042s	fine Reno seems pretty fine
6046s	now gamer will probably have all of the
6049s	exact lists like for halfth in front of
6052s	him I'd imagine as part of his prep for
6053s	the this
6056s	one what now wait you know rea's not
6058s	active
6060s	right no cuz I hadn't looked at the deck
6062s	list properly because we jumped into the
6064s	game I just assumed it was active but
6065s	it's not I have been talking for like
6067s	three straight turns about how gamer rvg
6069s	needs to draw cards to activate the
6071s	reeno I know it's fine I just assume
6074s	they're active no matter what you say
6076s	SLE
6085s	how is it not active
6088s	now hey you can't have it both ways you
6090s	complain when they're active too quickly
6092s	you can't complain when they're active
6093s	too slowly as
6098s	well this SC is so
6108s	annoying
6110s	um well they couldn't kill one 122
6117s	yeah can they kill this one obviously
6119s	you can't play it now because it would
6121s	destroy your other 1212 but just take it
6123s	and save
6128s	it it's not a bad card to play after
6130s	they Reno you if they do
6154s	must be just one duplicate left right
6158s	the amount of care and attention that's
6159s	going into
6162s	this I mean it's impossible to know not
6164s	having seen the first half of the game
6166s	right it could be any number left in
6169s	there Shadow step healbot just step in
6172s	the heel bot right yeah why
6174s	not you highlighted it as um you know
6177s	important I thought n it's fine the game
6179s	will either just kill him or he won't
6180s	get close but yeah that's all of that
6182s	work the game has been doing is
6184s	completely undone with the he but
6187s	now blad Storm's not the card I can tell
6190s	you that much I don't know what the card
6191s	is that need is needed to make this Reno
6196s	active yeah I'm desperately trying to
6199s	find anything that will help but no we
6201s	just have to wait till Reno turns yellow
6204s	which is thing that I completely utterly
6206s	forget to check every single time always
6212s	have how many two Ops has he got is the
6214s	thing I was trying to look up lots all
6217s	of them he's playing all of the two
6218s	drops basically gam gamer is hard two
6220s	ofs yeah yeah gamer is hard two ofs
6222s	right yeah he's got um one bellowing one
6225s	heavy plate one ignis one sanitizer one
6227s	Reno one Odin everything else is twos
6230s	yeah so the only things being played as
6233s	of by choice are bellowing Flames heavy
6236s	plate
6237s	sanitized
6241s	yes so we believe that there are two
6244s	Shield blocks
6245s	remaining
6253s	okay which is a good card to have
6256s	remaining given that you have to have
6258s	one but
6260s	yeah yeah less so if you're dead though
6264s	less so if you're dead
6271s	indeed heel bot's
6275s	silly power creep doesn't exist heel
6277s	bot's just the best thing
6278s	[Laughter]
6282s	ever just put half in uh custom warlock
6286s	so you can roll healbots at the end of
6287s	the game once you've done all the damage
6288s	to yourself yeah and then you can't play
6291s	your Mountain joints cuz you didn't know
6292s	how the card works
6294s	molten Giants but yeah same
6298s	thing very different things they're
6300s	Giants do cards in hand and damage it's
6307s	okay wrong isera
6311s	sadly pan needed to hit some form of
6313s	direct damage mhm from this Dragon
6317s	discover the uh the newera which gave
6320s	you nightmare immediately would have
6322s	represented some immediate Dam but that
6324s	is the wrong type sadly you highlighted
6330s	that 19 + 3
6336s	22 some
6339s	more and then he some more yeah yeah a I
6343s	fully respect this this is
6345s	good having lost the brand and the gang
6348s	up right like this is now the goal is
6350s	just to let the game resolve down to
6352s	fatigue but just significantly ahead on
6354s	the health lead and then as soon as you
6356s	can kill with like cold light prep
6359s	vanish or something just go for it from
6362s	there just like to point out that you
6364s	were wrong by the way what was I wrong
6367s	about um Bladestorm was one of the cards
6369s	required to be drawn earlier oh true
6371s	yeah yeah there is another one that we
6373s	don't know what it is that's probably
6374s	Shield block so at that time there was
6376s	two blad storms and two Shield blocks
6380s	yeah and this is it I can't see a way
6382s	out of this
6384s	nope I know just play the Reno and it
6387s	will kill all the things on the board
6388s	that's how it will
6393s	work now did I even get
6396s	there what if you could hack the game
6398s	and make this work yeah which game is
6402s	trying to do yeah I think you would
6404s	probably still lose to the to The Cold
6407s	Light in the end yeah
6421s	uh-huh
6422s	okay just take a Ari I love
6426s	it wonderful flourish at the end of the
6429s	game but yeah looks like these uh these
6431s	opening round matches are playing out
6432s	some epics as they stand because that
6436s	was uh if that's fallen behind even the
6438s	the Habu gabu series that we were
6440s	watching then goodness knows what's been
6442s	going on in these open it looks like
6444s	just the Demon Hunter left to win with
6447s	now for Pat Nito which has to be a
6449s	pretty solid spot I think if you're
6451s	going into any series and you'll be okay
6454s	if I I'll give you right now a point in
6457s	the series where you just have to win
6458s	with Demon Hunter to win to to progress
6460s	through to the next round you take that
6462s	right at pretty much any given point I
6465s	don't think there's too much monkey
6466s	pouring involved in that that will uh be
6468s	able to curse you so that said um It's
6471s	The Old Hearthstone thing that happens
6473s	in Conquest so often like it does have
6475s	two matchups that aren't particularly
6477s	great so still big favorite and you
6479s	definitely take it but it can definitely
6481s	lose these um the Warlock in particular
6484s	can just kill Demon Hunter sometimes uh
6488s	the warrior can just out value it just
6490s	get rid of the the main Shoppers there
6492s	is a halfth in this version which will
6494s	make it go a little bit longer of course
6495s	but can definitely lose this it's not
6498s	over but yes I would take having this
6499s	Demon Hunter left over yeah it's the
6502s	fast version of the deck as well the the
6505s	the kind of more focused Shopper version
6507s	of the deck the more aggro version of
6509s	the deck if you want to look at it that
6510s	way uh none of the Sharpshooter
6513s	Shenanigans just a hearth stone Brew
6515s	thrown in there just for some extra
6517s	refill at the end as you were just
6518s	talking about which uh you know dis uh
6521s	did come in to play in the previous game
6524s	in in huge huge ways I know early on you
6527s	were saying that Heth had not had an
6529s	impact but uh hey we uh we finally got
6532s	there
6533s	yeah absolutely I think I think we were
6535s	talking about it yesterday and you're
6536s	saying well you know it hasn't had a
6538s	chance to have an impact against Warrior
6539s	yet and there we go it had a chance just
6541s	now and definitely made an
6544s	impact so raised itself out of the
6548s	relegation Zone slightly just for a
6553s	moment G it back on this Odin Warrior
6556s	um disappointing deck so far in this
6559s	tournament I think it's fine but not
6562s	necessarily the Blockbuster I think
6563s	everyone thought it would be and I think
6564s	that's a function of you ban Demon
6567s	Hunter or Warrior and leave the other
6568s	one up and if Warrior is being left up
6570s	then you've got to have something to do
6572s	about it because it's so
6574s	good yeah um I think it depends a little
6576s	bit whether you're you're lumping all of
6578s	the decks in together as well or whether
6580s	you want to separate them out a little
6582s	bit between the different
6583s	varieties um with like cuz it's it's so
6586s	hard to separate them these days because
6588s	you know they're all playing um they're
6590s	all playing Reno most of them are
6591s	playing bran but it's you still have the
6594s	variety that's all all one ofs you have
6595s	the variety that's mostly one ofs and
6598s	then you have the variety that's mostly
6599s	two ofs and but I think in general
6602s	Warrior has been getting beaten up quite
6604s	a lot this tournament um I had a look at
6607s	on Crow who's been keeping some stats
6608s	for this on the the tournament and it
6610s	was cooking around like 33% I think in
6613s	in total win rate of warrior overall
6615s	which is not where you want to be at all
6617s	um it is getting banned onra does um
6620s	adjusted win rate where you factor in a
6621s	ban as a win essentially and that brings
6623s	it closer to 50/50 because it is being
6626s	banned in some series and then being
6628s	beaten in others um kind of indicating
6630s	that a lot of players have come in to
6632s	this with either a ban Warrior or Target
6633s	Warrior kind of strategy I think uh
6636s	Warrior and Sharman have been the two
6638s	most common Decks that have been looked
6640s	at for people to try and have a go at
6642s	with um just extra resiliency Tech with
6645s	the likes of you know ignis in Habu
6647s	gab's priest with extra hears thrown
6649s	into people's decks these are extra
6651s	tools that can get you over the line
6652s	against Warrior and then obviously all
6653s	the speak Stomps Stompers and near
6655s	fights and everything else that we've
6656s	seen that can provide you with anti-
6658s	Shaman Tech I think that's been the two
6660s	of the bigger talking points of this
6661s	tournament so far in terms of tech tools
6664s	yeah I think it's been quite a unique
6665s	tournament for that because you're
6666s	talking in terms of those being targets
6668s	which they I mean those tech cards are
6669s	targeting a deck I agree with the um the
6672s	language but it's not traditional oh I'm
6674s	going to leave this up and go three 0
6676s	against it targeting it's okay I'm
6678s	leaving this up I'm going to make sure I
6679s	can deal with it somehow in all of my
6682s	decks and therefore it won't it won't be
6684s	too much of a problem targeting bring
6686s	good lineups and it's been fascinating
6688s	to see what people have chosen to do
6691s	because they have to leave at one of
6692s	these two powerhouses and yeah they
6694s	they've turned the PowerHouse into not a
6696s	Powerhouse by just a few cards seriously
6699s	in their decks just a little tiny bit of
6702s	tech yeah they can make a big big
6704s	difference for
6706s	sure um but we look like we are just
6709s	about ready to go with this crucial game
6713s	four could of course still be going to a
6714s	game five Demon Hunter on the line for
6717s	pnit trying to book a semifinal spot
6720s	alongside Habu gabu who we saw go
6722s	through a little bit earlier gamer rvg
6725s	just gripping onto life as one of the
6727s	last remaining Americas Representatives
6729s	so all to play for in this series still
6732s	it looks like we uh got robbed earlier
6733s	of the uh the old death knight as well
6735s	which we have not been seeing a great
6737s	deal of I haven't even really mentioned
6738s	it throughout the tournament which is
6740s	when you know it's bad cuz I'll take any
6742s	opportunity to D on some death KN but
6744s	thankfully manag managed to uh to dodge
6747s	the death knight victory in this one
6749s	probably for the best cuz I will also
6750s	take any opportunity to dunk on it and
6753s	that probably would end messily for us
6755s	both just trying to find what the first
6757s	game was but I can't
6760s	unfortunately I used to be able to I'm
6763s	just wondering if it was Death Knight
6764s	versus Warrior in game
6768s	one doesn't feel like it would have been
6770s	but maybe it was that would go some time
6772s	right
6774s	it could very well yeah rainbow death
6776s	knight is the uh the deck of choice from
6778s	Pat nit which can certainly grind out
6779s	those games against Warrior if it comes
6781s	down to it but we live in the present
6784s	and the present says that padn has coin
6787s	weapon which is the absolute dream
6789s	opener has hit one Shopper though so the
6793s	Fear Factor
6794s	remains that this draw could get busted
6797s	with a second patches
6800s	draw patches they're Shoppers s patches
6803s	was a different card it was a pirate I
6805s	know that you
6809s	silly they're all patches everything
6812s	patches I know it's like warlock is
6814s	custom warlock it's not pay warlock
6816s	drill the kid that's just robot patches
6836s	pink demon patches has appeared in the
6840s	hand well now what do you do because
6845s	your deck has two things that need to be
6847s	killed and they can't even be
6855s	played what could I mean you play aggro
6857s	Demon Hunter and just hope that it gets
6859s	there I mean we have made the point
6861s	numerous times it's if you don't draw
6863s	the weapon you still do a lot of damage
6865s	blah blah blah you can still play Your
6868s	Shopper for five um that's expensive but
6871s	your one drop still cost one which isn't
6873s	expensive mhm um a little bit later on
6875s	you've got a weapon you've got some
6877s	damage coming
6882s	in Gamer's going to be very confused
6884s	when he sees the weapon come down this
6889s	turn or maybe he won't be maybe he'll
6891s	realize exactly what's up when he's the
6893s	weapon come down this
6897s	turn oh sorry game we keeping you
6903s	up I think more likely we got him up the
6908s	start the start time of this tournament
6909s	would have been good
6913s	point CH are more fun
6918s	to yeah not
6921s	even worrying about the weapon which is
6924s	interesting to me because it is quite a
6925s	lot of damage to be able to just swing
6927s	away
6928s	with you've got two of them in your hand
6931s	if you don't equip one soon you're never
6932s	using either of them which is presumably
6934s	the plan to never use either of them now
6936s	but
6940s	okay yeah I think I'm on board with the
6942s	spark Bots like if you can hit reborn
6944s	Shield or wind Fury then that's going to
6947s	be a better outcome for you than playing
6949s	weapon on this turn and I think you have
6951s	to live in the world where going to hit
6953s	the good outcomes for the rest of the
6954s	game if you're going to win right so
6956s	sure it seems like a reasonable line to
6958s	go
6959s	down yeah yeah you don't get prized for
6962s	doing 27 damage or something I guess so
6965s	that makes sense because if you like you
6967s	play umpires grasp on that turn they
6969s	play Craftsman's hammer on that turn and
6971s	they just start clearing up your board
6973s	and then you cry right your damage is
6975s	all immediately undone by the equipping
6977s	of their weapon and they're picking
6979s	apart your minions whereas this way you
6980s	actually defend your board so you can do
6982s	rep
6984s	damage y I agree now you convinc me
6989s	sutle
6993s	good I wonder so like we're we're sort
6997s	of sitting here looking obviously at um
6999s	the busted hand but gamer doesn't
7002s	necessarily know that cuz he hasn't seen
7003s	the weapon
7006s	so yeah he is seeing a kept card that
7009s	isn't being played though so he at the
7011s	very least knows something weird is
7013s	happening yes this might explain yeah he
7017s	nodded there as if so I thought that was
7019s	what was happening sure
7022s	yeah Observer of mysteries that's us
7025s	it's our
7029s	card we're observing Mysteries every
7032s	time we watch this
7037s	game all right time to go to work gameer
7040s	sits
7041s	forward trying to stay in this
7043s	tournament make sure he makes no
7044s	mistakes here get some minions of his
7045s	own
7047s	developed uh take over the
7052s	board already now one Shopper dealt with
7055s	so just second half of the Shopper and
7057s	second Shopper to deal in then he'll be
7059s	very very comfortable on his 25 Health
7061s	with weapons and safety goggles and
7062s	Renos and shield blocks and he's got it
7064s	all going on this looks really really
7067s	difficult to lose it really
7069s	[Music]
7071s	does he going have to be macadons all
7073s	the way down from here if p is going to
7075s	have any
7079s	hope yep I'm the perfect no
7084s	65es my
7086s	goodness that ain't
7091s	it he can play Four Secrets next
7095s	turn for the princely sum of six
7100s	Mana that's good though there were worth
7103s	10 mana on
7105s	average I know they four secret worth 10
7108s	mana on average two and a three and a
7110s	two and a three yeah
7114s	okay I don't know off hand if there's
7116s	equal number of each
7119s	but your wi yes obviously the the
7122s	ongoing thing here is I I quite like the
7124s	secrets
7126s	and any problem yep accurate
7133s	Gamers just looking at that ter that
7135s	that wasn't a hearstone ter what are you
7145s	doing so he knows what the mission is
7147s	right he knows that next turn he's
7148s	facing another Shopper probably and then
7150s	he's facing or cuz what came from The
7152s	Shopper wasn't good the P have to play
7155s	the one drop mhm so he's just got to
7158s	deal with the second Shopper which he
7160s	will have an incredibly strong
7163s	sense is
7165s	in okay so no freezing no bait and
7175s	switch just don't worry about him just
7177s	let him go away get making some armor
7180s	not dying you can just like trade the
7182s	two two equip your weapon don't hero
7185s	power to play around hidden meaning and
7187s	just let like I think the secrets are
7188s	then guaranteed to dissolve and do
7190s	nothing at that point and you have a
7192s	four two or four one and a weapon
7193s	against nothing they might end up
7195s	copying um oh you're going to swing with
7197s	a weapon yeah so yeah yeah yeah yeah hit
7200s	everything
7204s	y you're not under any pressure so
7206s	you're not under no obligation to give
7208s	them any
7215s	chance only plays one card so no rat
7218s	plays no spells so no counter spell
7220s	doesn't spend all your Mana so no hidden
7222s	meaning
7223s	doesn't go face so no block which was no
7226s	barrier no barrier no explosive trap
7229s	yeah and that's that's kind of my issue
7231s	with that card as a whole I think it is
7233s	just too easy in general to like play
7236s	around secrets for one turn to be fair
7239s	that's when you're playing from behind
7241s	right when you're playing from in front
7242s	if you are behind and there's two
7243s	secrets and you've got to deal with a
7245s	fairly big board they can become quite
7247s	promising they can yeah but I think so
7251s	in the those spots
7253s	you explosive runes is somewhat relevant
7256s	um counter spell is somewhat relevant
7258s	rat trap is counter spell is usually the
7260s	most relevant and then rat trap is
7261s	sometimes relevant right in that order I
7264s	think a mistake some people might make
7265s	too much is that they play around other
7268s	secrets and that makes their turn worse
7270s	like those three are the only secrets
7272s	you even have to consider playing around
7273s	most of the time right if you get
7275s	towards the end of your turn and the
7277s	hunter secret still hasn't proed then
7278s	maybe you can start thinking about
7280s	hidden meaning um but I don't I think
7282s	it's particularly difficult to like test
7285s	one spell for counter spell with most
7286s	decks in this as particularly with
7288s	control Warrior which is one of the
7290s	Decks that you really have to pay a lot
7291s	of attention to right they have so many
7293s	cheap spells they can potentially throw
7295s	away now yes so many cheap spells that
7298s	Habu wants you to not have them yeah
7301s	yeah yeah yeah
7303s	precisely well the good news for me is
7305s	we get to have this discussion at least
7307s	twice more this game here we go let's
7309s	have some
7310s	Secrets REO
7313s	it's got to be a rroll
7318s	yeah you just end up with um five three
7323s	tough crowds on the board it's great B
7326s	right just get another tough crowd now
7328s	and roll again there we go it's two one
7331s	ons for only three mana and it's cost
7332s	him no
7334s	cards I'm excited
7355s	you this is kind of sad to watch isn't
7358s	it be fair have you ever seen anyone
7361s	look more over anything than gamer rvg
7365s	is over this game of hardstone
7367s	like he looks like he would rather be
7369s	doing anything else than playing this en
7372s	entirely one game of hearthstone right
7374s	now yeah yeah he just wants to play game
7377s	five and find out if he's going to go to
7378s	the semi-finals or not he he's got a a
7382s	small hunch that maybe this this Army of
7385s	one ones isn't going to kill him you've
7388s	just left Razer Fen Needle Rock alive
7391s	and are continuing to play
7398s	Hearthstone ah
7404s	this is difficult for game it's not
7406s	difficult at all I could win from here
7407s	but the difficult part is maintaining
7409s	enough concentration that game five you
7411s	still you're still concentrating you're
7413s	still zoned in and just not drifting out
7415s	of the whole match because I understand
7416s	what you just said makes a lot of
7418s	sense yeah that's the thing right
7421s	refocusing is very very hard it's it's a
7424s	lot easier in most circumstances to just
7426s	not break your focus in the first place
7429s	just remain focused for the remainder of
7431s	this game and then keep going like
7432s	getting distracted getting complacent
7435s	and then having to like go away reset
7437s	get a glass of water splash water on
7439s	your face jump up and down and try and
7441s	refocus for the next game which is
7443s	actually super important is going to be
7445s	very very difficult so you just kind of
7447s	need to continue to play fundamentally
7449s	good Hearthstone and I think he did
7451s	right he decided okay well let's um have
7453s	a plan he can make any one of about 27
7456s	plans here and they all win but just
7458s	pick one and go for it and he decides to
7460s	get up to 73
7463s	Health against a deck that has 165
7469s	remaining
7470s	and
7472s	halfth just doing my job now yeah
7474s	there's a halfth in there as well
7483s	yep which he's going to have to empty
7485s	his hand if it's going to do anything
7487s	which might be his best way of doing
7489s	something right now yeah it's going to
7491s	be EMP hand
7493s	into I'd say exactly Sharman if it's
7496s	exactly Sharman and you have time you
7498s	could maybe make something happen but
7501s	gamer rvg will play Odin at some point
7503s	which will probably remove a great deal
7504s	of that
7505s	turn uh that time sorry not that turn
7508s	getting rid of both rockers now which is
7511s	great preventing 8 million Health being
7513s	gained next turn which is nice
7517s	mhm
7520s	oh I mean I almost just wanted to hit
7522s	end turn before the Odin was drawn but
7524s	okay I guess we play play the Odin if
7526s	it's hidden meaning it's hidden
7529s	meaning yeah one way to stay focused
7531s	into the next game will be to just end
7534s	this one yeah yeah but I I genuinely
7537s	feel like end turn might have been your
7539s	best turn there if you didn't drop Ro in
7541s	with those with those Secrets up yeah
7543s	just let them I I guess armor up and
7546s	turn to be uh to be specific yeah just
7548s	don't mess with it right just take the
7550s	10 that's on board or whatever and just
7551s	don't mess with it yeah
7554s	yeah I didn't
7556s	count card yeah he's had enough of that
7558s	rubbish yeah I think that's fair
7560s	honestly I think that's a fair point to
7562s	say as soon as I see the Odin I can't
7564s	actually win anymore because up until
7566s	that point if Odin was their last card
7568s	right if Odin was gamer rbg's last card
7570s	you can just stay in it grind out try
7572s	and be annoying for as long as possible
7574s	find the Heth and then if the Heth rolls
7576s	the one to three depending how hard you
7580s	want to cope uh different options that
7582s	might actually win you the game um then
7584s	you have time to do that as long as they
7586s	haven't played Odin and they can't
7587s	actually kill you but as soon as that
7588s	Odin comes down that time that window
7591s	just completely vanishes and uh you're
7594s	just waiting to die at that point so I
7596s	think you know we talked about the
7597s	mental game a little bit during that I
7599s	am a subscriber to that idea where you
7602s	know I I'll concede ladder games a
7604s	little bit early sometimes right just to
7606s	save them frustration just to spend more
7608s	time in winning games than losing games
7610s	um which can help improve your win rate
7612s	over time but in a tournament there are
7614s	some players that will say okay I
7616s	calculate this game to be 0% win rate
7619s	but I'm going to keep playing it even
7620s	though I just in case I'm wrong I think
7623s	there's less chance of that happening
7625s	than there is of like me tilting by
7628s	being sat grinding out an unwinable game
7630s	for 20 extra minutes right so I
7632s	personally would just take the concede
7634s	save the mental energy and just go play
7636s	a different game whereas I like to just
7638s	sit there and grind it out to the 0%
7641s	make make sure that the the spreadsheet
7643s	gets all the way to the end and I finish
7645s	the game that I came to play mhm and I
7648s	tilt my head off and
7650s	lose yeah yeah that sounds accurate you
7653s	know makes sense everything you're
7655s	saying makes
7656s	sense Different Strokes for different
7658s	folks eh
7659s	indeed custom warlock versus The Demon
7662s	Hunter a minute ago you were saying that
7664s	um you would like to have the Demon
7665s	Hunter versus basically anything if you
7667s	offered it at the start of the match and
7668s	I did agree but I don't think you're fa
7672s	it here I think I think that custom
7673s	warlock I know I've got a a lot of
7676s	enjoyment from that deck but I don't
7677s	think I'm biased enough to get this
7679s	wrong I think it's fav against the Demon
7681s	Hunter I really do oh you're definitely
7683s	biased enough to do just about anything
7686s	so let's let's just make sure we're very
7688s	clear about that to begin with okay your
7690s	bias knows no bounds it's a very fun
7694s	deck but I'll go to the unbiased sutle
7696s	who has never been biased about anything
7698s	in his life um so who wins this
7703s	uh I like the Demon Hunter I I I I like
7705s	the Demon Hunter by a reasonable margin
7707s	as well interesting okay I think you
7711s	have to have an incredibly Explosive
7713s	Start to get there as the uh as the
7716s	Warlock and even if you do there is game
7718s	on the other side um for the Demon
7722s	Hunter there's not much right like if
7723s	you get the the giant board down the
7726s	literal early molten Giants with
7728s	projectionist or with Forge right
7730s	there's very few things that can answer
7732s	that but you can still just about get
7734s	there with the perfect going down
7735s	swinging hand in response um but I do
7738s	think there are very few hands outside
7740s	of that that go quick enough to not be
7742s	able to say okay you need to do 10
7745s	damage with an existing board to kill me
7748s	right like that just seems fairly
7749s	straightforward to do from the the the
7751s	Demon Hunter side most of the time do it
7754s	you you shouldn't do this I don't think
7756s	but I want him to do it what do you want
7758s	to do oh
7759s	projection take five yeah
7762s	obviously it doesn't help your horror
7764s	which is something that everybody does
7765s	the first time they play the game first
7767s	time they play the
7768s	deck yeah you are paying the health not
7772s	taking the
7779s	damage created that's the easy part of
7781s	the equation right I think you decided
7783s	you're not you don't do
7785s	it you're playing the 3-2 so you might
7788s	as well have the two2 to go alongside it
7789s	and play the five health and just trust
7792s	and with everything on the line SLE for
7794s	a chance at a semi-final you you've just
7797s	got to have faith in the deck you've
7798s	brought at this point and if it goes
7800s	wrong it goes wrong it's so difficult
7802s	with this deck sometimes just to do the
7803s	right
7805s	play you can just
7812s	[Music]
7815s	die okay
7822s	you really want to play this fracking
7824s	but you really really want to play this
7826s	trolley problem
7828s	right yeah drawing a spell is
7831s	particularly upsetting
7837s	here and that spell being fracking is
7839s	one of the most conflicting things for
7843s	sure a number of two drops in the deck
7847s	is not quite as many as you'd expect
7849s	probably fine one there there's one near
7851s	fight in here
7853s	um obviously there's the furnace fuels
7855s	would really help if you if you got them
7857s	at the bottom of the deck there is
7858s	double geod but a lot of your one drops
7861s	are like Spirit Bomb
7864s	extra that's a big draw that is a big
7867s	big
7870s	draw okay can you go into that more as
7873s	why that's
7874s	big because you're about to draw a three
7876s	Mana 65 which is the thing that your
7879s	entire game plan of your deck is built
7880s	around playing this time but without
7882s	that through felon Flames off the top
7884s	you'd be in the situation where it would
7886s	just be sat there while you take eight
7888s	more from this board but with the Felon
7890s	flames you can carve another three off
7893s	that total which could end up being
7895s	super relevant now that you've hit the
7897s	magtheridon though you might just decide
7900s	to get extra freaking greedy
7903s	here why I don't want to get greedy here
7906s	I I just want to not take three because
7908s	I think that next muron tiddi up so much
7911s	stuff are you hoping keep this so that
7913s	you can Rush In And kill the 88s if they
7915s	play exact for exactly that reason yes
7917s	the magtheridon clears up all of this
7919s	stuff so three damage here is irrelevant
7922s	if you can prevent yourself from ever
7924s	taking damage from an 88 over the course
7926s	of the rest of the game right which is a
7927s	thing that doesn't get cleared
7934s	up yep killing the smaller minion so
7936s	that um there's no trade option for gave
7939s	rvg here
7942s	yep traded into the two
7944s	attack always looks weird because the
7947s	point is to remove damage from the board
7949s	posibilities
7951s	[Music]
7965s	GV knows he should be able to puzzle out
7967s	what's happening here so many
7969s	possibilities
7973s	yeah I don't think there's any great
7974s	mystery I think the attack into the 2u
7976s	is a little too ambitious unless you
7978s	have the mag theodon in
7983s	hand almost out of
7987s	time maybe it would still just be fine
7990s	if he just just a better
7995s	trade he's gone all in looking for
7997s	better things he's realized that he's
7999s	probably in trouble here right so
8003s	rather than just jamming down a card for
8006s	that wasn't going to do
8009s	much and the speaker somber just decides
8011s	okay I need to find Giants I can't win
8014s	this game by this six isn't getting
8016s	there nicely worked out I think for
8018s	gamer there it looks terrible because he
8020s	didn't hit but I think that was really
8023s	good yeah I
8024s	agree and I think this is now 107 from
8028s	Pat nit in response to the trade 107
8031s	will set up
8032s	right with the combination of mcadon and
8034s	Burning Heart on the following
8039s	term
8044s	y nothing there for
8048s	gamer P might be going to the semi-final
8053s	sole certainly with the hand that we can
8056s	see is there anything that gamer can tap
8059s	into I don't think so not without an
8060s	active forward you're already in play
8063s	tap will not take the horror down to
8065s	zero so even if a forge was drawn a the
8067s	horror wouldn't be playable with it B it
8070s	wouldn't be big enough to challenge the
8071s	zelc
8073s	anyway yeah popar Symphony too much
8076s	mana and all the other stuff is is stuff
8079s	that hurts you like The Rook trolley
8081s	problems trolley problem is one off as
8084s	it stands and once you play trolley
8085s	problem and draw any cards you're not
8086s	going to be able to get the way through
8089s	anyway okay see yeah gamer rvg is just
8091s	going to going to say you don't have the
8092s	damage which is the only possible option
8094s	he
8096s	has but we can
8098s	see the damage is there Burning Heart
8102s	for three attack mag theodon for three
8105s	damage to everything 10 attack from the
8108s	growing zils and after a brutal game
8112s	four for the Demon Hunter game five is
8115s	going to get there for P for Pat nit
8118s	gamer rvg Falls at the top eight stage
8121s	it's another nearly story for gamer rvg
8124s	joining the end of a very long list of
8126s	nearly stories for gamer rvg but he is
8129s	going to crash out at the last eight
8131s	stage and it is going to be Pat nit
8132s	going through I believe directly now in
8135s	a into a semi-final with Habu gabu who
8137s	we saw win earlier yep just checking my
8140s	notes yes that's exactly what we get for
8142s	the first semi-final so will that be
8144s	fast or would it be slow we've got we've
8146s	got both worlds going on there um but
8149s	part of the slowness here was obviously
8150s	the matchups involved with gamer with
8151s	that Warrior by the look of things we
8153s	didn't see the first two games but
8154s	that's how it feels like it came across
8157s	gamer there put in a lot of work in that
8160s	last game it's weird how this game can
8161s	make you look like an idiot when you're
8162s	playing well like everything he did just
8165s	didn't pay off cuz cuz it did that's how
8167s	Haron is sometimes um but he he he's got
8170s	a hand on how he was losing and trying
8171s	to solve the
8173s	problem um but yeah it's a all the way
8176s	through to the semi-finals and not one
8178s	of the names we really familiar with
8180s	coming into this event but hey we might
8182s	have to get familiar with him cuz he's
8183s	one win away from going to the World
8186s	Championships yeah um we even tried to
8189s	dig in and you know found the Twitter
8191s	there's not a lot going on on there
8193s	either um seems to be a wild competitor
8196s	previously but bit of a um bit of an
8199s	enigma not too much is known about the
8201s	uh the wild patn but we do know they're
8204s	very very good at Hearthstone and they
8206s	are going to have to continue to be that
8208s	going up against Habu gabu in the
8209s	semi-finals because Habu is on the uh
8212s	he's back to back to his best which
8214s	seems to be a thing that he can turn on
8216s	and off at will strangely enough of just
8219s	being the best player in the world at
8222s	this beloved game of hearthstone that we
8223s	all treasure so I mean that is an
8226s	admirable skill to have and one that
8228s	admirable never had weirdly um but it's
8232s	uh hey hey hey he's back he's back
8234s	watching I had to throw it out there
8236s	what do you what do you want from me
8237s	great I just work here all right but
8239s	yeah it was a fantastic series overall
8241s	fantastic pair of series overall we had
8244s	the uh the honor and the privilege of
8245s	sticking around here and doubling you up
8247s	on content with a two for one but I
8249s	think we've wasted enough of their time
8251s	by now don't you Neil I do indeed
8253s	especially as the next two matches
8254s	contain molar and Bunny Hopper so let's
8258s	get a move on let's get into that next
8259s	match and waste no more time we'll see
8261s	you in three
8285s	[Music]
8314s	[Music]
8341s	[Music]
8370s	[Music]
8397s	[Music]
8426s	[Music]
8450s	he
8451s	everyone welcome back to the Hearthstone
8454s	Masters Tour spring championship and we
8457s	are getting ready to get into another
8460s	top eight match here uh I am Dragon
8463s	Rider joined by TJ how you doing TJ
8466s	after we got to actually see both of
8469s	those first top eight
8472s	matches yeah at least the second one
8475s	right um and you can see just sort of
8478s	the level of play that we're uh we come
8481s	to expect for a top eight of this
8483s	caliber uh back and forth matches across
8485s	the board and a marathon of a cast for
8488s	subtle and rinda to to kick things off
8492s	uh but looking to seeing how the rest of
8493s	the day
8494s	progresses yeah absolutely excited to
8497s	see because we still have quite a few
8500s	very exciting players to watch today as
8502s	well so uh we are going to be getting
8505s	into another match here uh if we can
8508s	jump in and look at uh who we're going
8511s	to be taking a look at in this next
8514s	match I am excited for this one we have
8518s	molar versus uh wiu which a lot of
8522s	people very very familiar already with
8525s	wiu uh very kind of well-known player
8528s	from the uh previous year and maybe even
8531s	Beyond uh but many people not as
8533s	familiar with molar uh so just a little
8536s	bit of background for molar uh
8539s	representing teams who we did see
8541s	him kind of showing off that uh team
8544s	jersey on day one when he uh got that
8547s	win but uh has been very competitive
8551s	over the last handful of years if not
8554s	even longer definitely not a stranger to
8556s	Hearthstone or competitive Hearthstone
8558s	uh but hasn't really done anything on
8561s	this scale has qualified for multiple
8563s	Master's tours but I would say not to
8566s	this uh level of the Masters tours
8571s	yeah this is the this is the big time
8574s	and uh looking at the favorite card and
8576s	favorite deck no surprise given the
8578s	lineup from mstar even for this event
8579s	Shield block favorite card just a
8582s	classic favorite deck control Warrior
8584s	which in in some form has existed in
8587s	almost every metag game in Hearthstone
8589s	and is one of the few players obviously
8592s	the archetype itself is you know uh
8596s	subjective but uh bringing a full
8598s	control lineup one of the only or the
8600s	only play bring a full control is lineup
8604s	uh to the field uh which is cool to see
8606s	going against the grain a little bit and
8608s	having success uh coming out in first
8610s	place of Group B uh with some very
8613s	impressive
8614s	performances that we have Wu who we've
8617s	seen a ton over the past year two years
8620s	and um does have a a a more I guess I
8625s	don't want to say controlly style lineup
8627s	but um like skill expression lineup and
8630s	one of the play players also in the top
8631s	eight that's bringing the Odin Warrior
8634s	so not high even though there's Areno in
8636s	there it's not the Highlander version
8639s	right it doesn't man um uh or any of the
8645s	top tier battlecries that you want to do
8646s	it's more controles and the finisher of
8650s	course is that Odin in these situations
8652s	and we're entering this match or this
8654s	game in progress we started it towards
8658s	the end of the last one just to keep
8659s	things moving along in the tournament um
8662s	but we're still getting to witness at
8664s	least some of game one and we're already
8666s	deep into it and this is a tough one to
8669s	evaluate coming in in progress
8672s	because no idea what's happened so far
8674s	how Juiced this Sith is how much burn is
8678s	potentially left in the deck but wiu's
8681s	got a pretty big Health total to work
8682s	with so that's one thing we can
8685s	evaluate yes yeah so we are coming into
8688s	this game weu on this Warrior mol start
8691s	on the Mage and yeah uh very deep into
8695s	this as you said we did just get to see
8697s	an ignis come down here for weu uh
8699s	picking up this large weapon uh some
8702s	damage looks to be building up in mol
8705s	star's hand there there is a flame Geyer
8709s	uh there's a little bit more damage uh
8711s	there is the Sith and Reverb already in
8713s	hand but my question is how much damage
8716s	really needs to come together for this
8719s	uh 30 armor on on the other side already
8721s	for
8725s	weq
8730s	yeah okay it does get the uh the final
8733s	treasure as well so I mean we're we're
8736s	not looking too bad
8738s	um the the the falling SL is that the
8742s	the uh
8744s	[Music]
8745s	treasure the excavate yeah so that
8749s	that's uh okay it it is burn damage yes
8752s	um in a sense deal three damage to a
8755s	minion and the enemy hero um okay
8759s	Infiniti Max two picked up as well so
8761s	that's an additional potential burn just
8763s	the at this point in the game the the
8765s	the longer you take uh to get there oh
8769s	alond THU picked
8775s	upal so just trying to present some type
8778s	of threat and it looks like this game is
8780s	going to be sort of a all right well W
8783s	's entering
8786s	fatigue can try and piece together burn
8789s	survive is the big one
8793s	and try and grind weq out as this game
8797s	moves forward great B too okay that's
8801s	that's very cool from the legendary
8802s	pickup from M andth this is uh shape it
8806s	up to be a very powerful
8809s	turn and still getting a discover here
8812s	instantly picks light show yeah I think
8814s	just trying to find anything that uh
8817s	basically reads deal damage to Wu's face
8820s	at this point uh is what molar is going
8822s	to be looking for uh so there is going
8825s	to be a sanitize here to clear up that
8828s	board with if windy the armor is if
8832s	that's wind fury it's
8834s	Le it's not wind Fury
8842s	oh it's lethal anyway lethal anyways
8845s	because the the recast of the verse RI
8847s	doubles up it doubles up on the attack
8850s	plus armor and then doubles up on the
8851s	attack plus armor again um and the
8855s	attack getting up to 46 damage so weu uh
8858s	skating by uh at the
8861s	end this weapon and had that one planned
8864s	out obviously uh with holding on to all
8867s	those armor cards and unfortunate that
8870s	uh molar ended that game with cth still
8872s	in hand um but it can be tough because
8876s	you do have to you know find ways to
8878s	defend yourself um you have to juice up
8881s	the SI it takes a
8882s	long here just by nature of the deck so
8886s	many ways to gain life
8889s	and 50 at the end of just that final
8892s	turn and then with the rockar just finds
8895s	the ability to get lethal damage verse
8898s	Rift is so much to gain the double
8901s	attack then you recast the the verse
8903s	riff again to gain
8906s	double what is it 10 attack from each
8908s	verse riff cuz you gain two yeah armor
8913s	and then you gain armor again and then
8915s	armor again from each of the Rockstar
8918s	and you just sort of triple dip into
8920s	everything so very impressive uh uh
8924s	damage there at the end yeah you know
8926s	for uh for such a long grindy game I
8928s	can't believe how fast that went uh was
8930s	uh of course we jumped in the very end
8934s	really but uh we didn't get to see much
8936s	of that for how long of a game that
8938s	seemed to have been uh so we'll be
8941s	getting to see the rest of the match
8943s	here but just to talk about their
8945s	lineups overall really quickly uh week
8947s	's warlock has been banned and on the
8950s	other side for molar the death knight
8953s	being banned uh only two death knights
8956s	in the tournament overall both of them
8958s	uh did actually get into the top eight
8961s	that we're seeing today so uh one was
8963s	not banned and we didn't see it on
8966s	broadcast earlier and this one is being
8968s	banned so now molar uh coming into this
8972s	game number two uh with that Warrior and
8976s	wiu on the other side with the Demon
8979s	Hunter so we did just see wiu take a win
8982s	on The Warrior and uh control Warrior
8985s	mol star's favorite deck so we'll see if
8987s	he can get a win on that this first game
8991s	yeah this can be a pretty tough matchup
8994s	uh for Demon Hunter as we saw in the the
8998s	assuming they don't get um the the the
9002s	right Shoppers or the Shoppers period
9007s	period
9008s	um and if if you slow down on Tempo or
9012s	pressure for even just a second and you
9014s	give the warrior time uh it can be a
9017s	pretty tough battle um but opening hand
9020s	for week too shabby I see
9023s	AIC M Tech as well to get the grasp uh
9027s	pulled out of the deck no Shoppers in
9029s	the opening
9032s	hand uh looking pretty good as a good
9034s	Tempo start uh in a good base uh to work
9037s	off of in this
9039s	match yeah and just to note as well wiu
9042s	is running just the more aggressive uh
9046s	Shopper DH it's not running uh any of
9049s	the kind of Naga extra stuff so lots of
9052s	damage potential but yeah having the
9055s	instrument Tech already also just going
9058s	ahead and saving this coin for something
9061s	but it's a little bit difficult to
9063s	actually try to pull off an instrument
9065s	coining instrument Tech and then ping
9067s	grasp it still ends up being played at
9069s	the same time but already uh cobbling
9072s	together quite a bit of damage that can
9075s	be pushed from wiq uh and I want to
9077s	mention on the other side as well mol
9079s	star's Warrior
9082s	is well the whole lineup really but
9085s	feels uh more geared towards a lot of
9087s	control a lot of just slow grindin uh
9091s	there is the acolyte of pains a fizzle
9094s	and a rust Viper uh the Viper to me is
9097s	really interesting in this list because
9100s	uh as we've mentioned with some of the
9102s	other Tech stuff that's been happening
9104s	in these lists there
9107s	is some freeze effects but the restur
9110s	Viper might not seem effective
9112s	necessarily against the umpire's grasp
9114s	we did get to see it on day number two
9116s	where there actually was a point going
9118s	for something like a Viper and getting
9120s	rid of that umpire's grasp was just to
9123s	actually save some damage and put
9125s	something on board so I'm kind of
9127s	curious if we're going to get to see
9128s	something like that in this game uh but
9130s	with that umpire's grasp coming down
9132s	there is no Viper here from molar can go
9135s	for the hammer and just uh try to clear
9137s	up the board a little bit gain some
9139s	armor but but there is the blad storm
9142s	and now a shield Slam in hand that are
9146s	kind of ready to start removing some of
9148s	the demons that will be coming out over
9149s	the next couple of
9152s	turns yeah if I had to take a guess I
9154s	would say the rush rot Viper is uh more
9156s	for like the and Jazz base cuz
9160s	absolutely that's kind of the one
9162s	weakness of the against um any of the
9165s	shamans in the field if they are running
9166s	the drive yep uh because it gets rid of
9168s	that possibility to go conductivity
9171s	and if you're when you're playing
9172s	Warrior that's really the only
9175s	way consistent way that you're even
9177s	going to lose to uh the shaman uh and
9180s	there's some
9181s	Splash death knight at times too for the
9185s	weapon but it really just does three
9188s	damage in this particular matchup but
9191s	again Wu
9193s	TCH far um get the mag theodon and sort
9199s	of that
9201s	uh with the
9202s	Observer and starting to piece together
9205s	a good keeping the pressure up and
9206s	piecing together a good amount of
9208s	damage uh in hand so looking quite good
9213s	at this stage molar had a lot of
9215s	decisions to be made this game right
9217s	playing the fizzle on three putting a
9219s	snapshot in the deck which is a pretty
9222s	valuable a fizzle in terms of this match
9224s	up because was basically the snapshot
9227s	have a bunch of armor gain in it and a
9228s	blade storm basically just
9231s	but there also was an opportunity to get
9232s	an A pain down there which would have
9234s	almost
9236s	guaranteed to draw at least two
9240s	cards current board state so um fizzle
9244s	is putting an extra card in your deck
9246s	which when you sure you still cost two
9249s	Mana or
9251s	z um potentially even better defense
9254s	tools out of the deck so uh even though
9257s	they seem like small decisions it's only
9258s	turn three still that can have a big
9260s	impact but M our solders moving on still
9264s	relatively
9266s	healthy uh get saving these weapon
9268s	swings out um has trial fire lined up
9271s	for next turn uh to be able to deal with
9273s	the board but
9275s	it's be rough it's not the best when
9278s	you're going into turn
9280s	six just because they can just play on
9283s	the the the two
9285s	Bots and then just take a look the extra
9287s	four damage from the posic and move on
9288s	with their lives um but it it it's one
9291s	of the best proactive plays to be made
9293s	right
9296s	now yeah it doesn't seem like there's a
9299s	ton going on in the hand right now
9302s	that's more uh proactive on the board
9305s	really don't want to go for a going down
9307s	swinging until it does potentially a
9310s	little bit more either on board or
9312s	clearing up uh for a lethal going into
9317s	the uh face on the other side from molar
9321s	so I don't know yeah I I see the posit
9324s	come down there still is an observer uh
9327s	in hand that can bring out a couple of
9329s	Secrets and I don't know if we mentioned
9330s	it but uh mag theodon was picked up from
9334s	the uh mini so we do get
9338s	to see Meg theodon at some point uh but
9341s	it hasn't come down yet and it also is
9344s	getting an extra discount as well from
9347s	the oscillator that has been played um
9351s	Wu opting to go for one of these Spirit
9354s	of the teams as well push a little bit
9356s	of damage uh I kind of do really like
9359s	leaving molar as well at uh just a
9362s	couple of armor there is the chance that
9365s	this board is going to get cleared but I
9368s	I think at some crucial points in these
9371s	games like you were talking about uh
9374s	leaving up a little bit of armor for the
9376s	warrior means that they have to spend
9378s	extra mana on that safe goggles so
9382s	that's potentially uh another Minion
9385s	that they don't get to play like an
9386s	acolyte of pain that they could use in
9388s	combination with some sort of removal
9391s	uh like the Bladestorm in hand but just
9394s	making them kind of choose between what
9397s	cards they're playing and when seems
9399s	pretty great
9410s	yeah I'm I'm I'm also pretty interested
9413s	by the this uh this Choice here for
9416s	molar I guess just playing more towards
9418s	Mana um I like to play from Wu to put on
9421s	the that that
9422s	pressure um it because we you know that
9427s	it's it the expected play from All Star
9430s	just to play out the two Bots uh to
9432s	challenge and then try to remove
9434s	the um so just trying to get that damage
9439s	now the mag is going to come out cuz
9441s	once again
9443s	Wu didn't play the mag on last
9446s	turn what would have just been for free
9449s	to push the extra damage because did
9451s	expect the two Bots out and was going to
9455s	use the make their even more
9458s	damage up these
9462s	valky and continue
9464s	pushing is looking pretty rough but is
9468s	hoping that the Observer is at least
9469s	just to buy some time these to attack
9474s	into and Molar is down under 20 health
9477s	so oh what was the P okay I thought it
9479s	was going to be sanitized for a second
9481s	but you're just going to have to go
9483s	safety
9486s	goggles yeah we'll find out if the
9488s	secret is ice trap
9491s	there oh that's
9493s	terrible yeah it's because it just
9498s	it's does cost less yep it g cost zero
9502s	if you don't have armor so regardless of
9504s	ice trap
9506s	it's um nice little
9508s	uh uh play around that
9513s	possibility yeah I'm kind of interested
9515s	as well uh with what's going to happen
9518s	next uh I guess at this point no he's
9521s	already played three cards in the turn
9523s	didn't see a 66 rat come down so um
9528s	didn't have to worry about
9530s	dealing with a larger body after using
9533s	other
9541s	clear it's just deciding uh if he wanted
9545s	to try to attack into uh the spirit of
9549s	the team but yeah there still was one
9551s	Hunter Secrets up so decided not to
9554s	attack into it and I think that was a a
9557s	good payoff there because the secret was
9559s	the bait and switch so would have added
9562s	more stats and still not died anyways
9564s	now I am complete yeah I think even
9569s	if I don't want to say that I was going
9571s	to say even if there wasn't a secret up
9573s	there's actually some debate to holding
9577s	the swing anyway to be able to get the
9579s	stone skin armor down uh the potential
9581s	for it for
9583s	free on
9585s	the having to spend um you have
9590s	work with as opposed to having to gain
9594s	armor um but with the spirit and draw
9599s	the three cards from the
9602s	AET molar
9606s	stabilizing uh but still stabilizing and
9610s	weu knows that most star just been able
9613s	to react to every board he's been able
9616s	to
9617s	create yeah and that Trend will continue
9621s	because the cards that were drawn in the
9623s	past turn for molar are Reno which I
9627s	don't think is active quite yet but
9629s	there is so much draw in this deck that
9632s	there is uh quite a bit there that that
9635s	likely will be active fairly soon but
9637s	also Aftershock ignis and the Odin
9641s	although we have already seen throughout
9643s	this game weu being very very aggressive
9646s	kind of pushing a lot of this damage uh
9648s	the mag theodon did wake up so not going
9651s	to be able to deal extra damage there
9653s	but the Ball Hog just kind of filled in
9655s	that role instead and Molar is just down
9658s	to 10
9660s	health is still going down swinging
9662s	sitting in hand but at this point molar
9664s	might just want to try to stabilize a
9666s	little bit gain some armor and continue
9669s	removing boards as he's
9677s	been he hasn't even forged uh anything
9680s	yet either so the ignis will not be
9683s	offering any weapons at this point
9685s	although does find a
9687s	sanitize not enough Mana this turn to
9691s	sanitize uh Forge it and play it
9694s	although it's debatable if that is even
9697s	necessary with a board of just a 33 and
9699s	a one one on the board
9713s	yeah just in G armor yeah saying like
9717s	maybe Aftershock is uh is going to be
9720s	good okay red car additional damage is
9724s	this
9726s	really Wu doesn't really have any other
9728s	choice just push with the the Ball Hog
9732s	get this
9734s	magaron three recurring damage for the
9737s	next few turns um but that's the last
9741s	duplicate
9743s	wow for molar and that's going to
9747s	be I I would say
9751s	game I don't know what weak you can get
9753s	okay instrument Tech is has got to be
9755s	the best draw either that or the Umpire
9759s	grasp and being slightly better so
9763s	again has the the second
9766s	choer um in deck as well
9770s	all
9771s	chance uh to be able to get this
9777s	done yeah I suppose with uh so much
9780s	floating Mana even though there is uh
9784s	not much that the instrument Tech itself
9786s	is going to do sure you you get to get
9789s	that instrument Tech get a onew on the
9791s	board that uh maybe forces molar to use
9795s	the hero power on that instead but yeah
9797s	at this point this is looking uh pretty
9802s	H set in stone here for molar says
9804s	Hearthstone so anything could happen I
9806s	suppose but now the forge sanitize uh
9811s	has been played and the ignis gets to
9814s	discover a weapon here so uh seeming
9817s	like a very good spot for
9821s	molar maybe there's something that we
9823s	you can find here uh had to attack
9827s	already with the umpire's gra
9830s	so uh if an Inquisitor had been pulled
9833s	off of the Window Shopper then wouldn't
9836s	be able to attack in a face this turn
9838s	but who needs that when you can just
9840s	discover double mag theodon and now sets
9844s	molar to
9850s	eight okay and as well this is scary
9856s	yeah
9865s	what's the most amount of life it's
9868s	probably got to
9870s	be
9872s	Hammer the runic
9875s	Hammer yeah is it winter Fury gain
9879s	eight or was it something else gain
9882s	eight I didn't get to see
9885s	[Music]
9887s	it we know it has the armor on it
9892s	yep and in the snapshot was uh there was
9895s	blad
9896s	storm
9900s	um
9903s	plate safety
9911s	goggles okay okay just going to remove
9914s	the board and gain armor efficiently
9917s	instead of re-equipping the runic hammer
9919s	and taking
9920s	the uh the additional damage from the
9923s	board okay I mean just pushing damage
9928s	six more incoming seven more now with
9931s	the weapon
9933s	swing just peeling off mol star's armor
9935s	turn by
9938s	[Music]
9941s	turn yeah this has been a game where
9944s	molar has just had to go on the complete
9948s	defensive uh just really can't play this
9950s	Odin at any point just really has to
9952s	keep making plays to try to stay alive
9954s	and stay in the game um both of the oh
9959s	life steal okay it is life steal oh my
9962s	gosh yeah uh both my theodon were played
9964s	in the same turn and have now uh done
9967s	their damage two times so they will be
9970s	waking up on this next turn and one red
9973s	card has already been used um from weu
9976s	so see if this is enough but extra life
9979s	steel and some armor the other red card
9982s	just drawn is an
9987s	cane is this enough still not enough is
9991s	it
9993s	no there's 20
9997s	Health maybe over the next few turns you
10000s	can red card Kane and hero power and
10002s	then the following turn after that try
10004s	and get through with going down
10006s	swinging um so You' be dealing 69 10
10010s	this
10015s	turn this going down swinging just
10018s	waiting in hand here I can push push
10022s	some extra on board damage if there is
10024s	some sort of taunt or anything that
10027s	somehow comes down later but
10033s	um I still feel like there is just so
10035s	much that molar can do he has so many
10037s	cards in hand so many options go for the
10040s	gash's gift and a shield
10044s	block which works perfectly with the
10047s	sanitize this is definitely a case where
10050s	uh you know just going for these removal
10052s	options uh is so much better in terms of
10057s	going for something like the gash's gift
10059s	and brawl uh because you do get to kind
10062s	of guarantee that all of it gets cleared
10064s	instead of leaving up 66 either way you
10067s	remove the board that three damage from
10069s	the the Ball Hog is still going to hit
10070s	him in the face but then he has that uh
10073s	beautifully crafted weapon from ignis to
10075s	get him more life gain and armor at the
10078s	same time so uh quite a bit of life has
10082s	been gained I
10084s	don't I don't see a way that we you can
10088s	squeak out this game yeah that's just
10092s	going to be
10097s	uh oh no the this is not the same as the
10101s	Craftsman or is it is it after your hero
10103s	attacks or when your attacks I forgot
10105s	for the hammer I wasn't sure if it was
10106s	wored differently but that would have
10108s	been 13 with the eight armor gain so
10109s	molar going to TI up the
10113s	series be 1 now and that was a pretty
10117s	impressive game uh from molar so much
10120s	pressure but just spacing out the
10122s	resources not overreacting to the small
10125s	wordss not afraid to take a little bit
10126s	of damage here and there
10129s	able to stabilize uh the G right when uh
10133s	the the big stuff cuz it wasn't a bad
10135s	opening for WQ
10137s	whatsoever um yeah if if maybe if wiq
10140s	could have followed up immediately with
10142s	second umpire's
10145s	grasp Chopper to just have that pressure
10149s	there were were a couple turns that were
10151s	a little bit uh a l in the
10154s	pressure um then maybe could have uh had
10159s	that one uh but as it played out it the
10163s	answers were just there for
10166s	molar yeah and I think things like The
10169s	crucial uh drawing with still nine cards
10173s	remaining after the draw of getting the
10175s	last duplicate out of the deck and the
10177s	Reno being active uh for molar was also
10180s	very helpful as well so being able to
10183s	kind of make sure that Wu could not keep
10186s	applying any sort of word pressure if he
10188s	had drawn it as well
10191s	yeah and now we have best of three left
10194s	remaining shaman on both sides they are
10197s	different uh quite a bit different uh
10200s	actually for the frost wolves um for uh
10204s	molar and then that Demon Hunter that we
10206s	just saw so we actually are going to get
10208s	to
10209s	see the
10211s	clere uh but a little bit different
10213s	whereas Wei's playing that that jive
10215s	Shaman uh basically nature Shaman with
10218s	the uh conductivity plus Jive insect uh
10223s	combination whereas most stars playing
10227s	that shutter block that's
10231s	right it is yeah it is not a nature
10234s	Shaman it is really very kind of focused
10238s	on uh going in on some control aspects
10241s	and this shutter block at the top end
10245s	lots of healing lots of kind of tech as
10248s	we see here with this a glacial Shard
10249s	coming into hand uh some armor gain and
10253s	things like that armor vendor uh
10256s	potentially Watcher of the sun I would
10258s	say and the ignis are some incredible
10262s	incredible maybe even the zelc as well
10265s	uh incredible targets for that shutter
10267s	block to hit so definitely will'll be
10269s	keeping an eye out on that and the
10271s	crucial uh double dirty rat in the deck
10274s	list for molar as well if molar is able
10278s	to
10279s	use the dirty rat to pull out something
10281s	like the ganth and remove that uh pretty
10285s	quickly off of the board without giving
10288s	weu additional Mana discounts that can
10291s	be
10292s	huge and also the uh double baking soda
10296s	volcano uh can add quite a bit of
10299s	healing but on the other side if we you
10301s	can Cobble together a board and get that
10304s	uh know Jazz base to Discount get a
10307s	board of ragnaros
10309s	that is a lot of pressure that can come
10311s	out in one turn that uh molar would have
10314s	to heal after the fact and remove the
10317s	ragnaros at the same
10320s	time pretty difficult there are some
10323s	ways you can get like above some of the
10325s	health thresholds but if if this JV
10328s	Shaman if it's given enough
10330s	time um and dirty rat doesn't hit
10333s	something crucial um like spell damage
10337s	it can be tough to survive to that
10338s	damage you just have to keep building a
10340s	board to make it that much more
10341s	difficult putting on a little bit of
10343s	pressure uh for some of the uh damage
10346s	from the J Shaman to come out um it def
10351s	defensively so it is for mostart is
10353s	about disruption it's about keeping the
10355s	the health total
10357s	High um and trying to put on pressure
10360s	where you can to try and get to the the
10362s	the big uh late game portion uh where
10366s	you kind of shine so
10369s	see if it's going to work out it did
10372s	start with uh the fairy tale Force which
10375s	is a great way to accelerate your game
10376s	plan and find some of those powerful
10377s	battlecries uh at a slight discount but
10381s	that's not enough you look at his hand
10382s	you're like wow that's a pretty good
10384s	Arena hand um you have to watch it all
10387s	to see it come together there's ignis at
10389s	a discount as well can get it forged not
10392s	sure if molar wants to play like a
10395s	Tempo or say save it late for later on
10400s	for was trear block I feel like this
10402s	match Up's a little too quick to try and
10403s	get greedy with it so might just see a
10406s	forge here on the watch of the sun with
10408s	maybe an armor bender and then uh could
10411s	see just going in with ignis next turn
10413s	picking a
10415s	temp
10417s	and accelerate the game in in that
10421s	way or could just get the Watcher down
10423s	now
10426s	yeah it's more damage two attack instead
10429s	of three instead of
10432s	one
10434s	yep pick up a little bit of feeling
10437s	sure I am looking at this hand from weu
10441s	though there is a discovered flash of
10444s	lightning there's a jazz base that is
10447s	still sit in hand uh double lightning
10450s	reflexes there's a crash and a lightning
10453s	bolt a discover option here for even
10455s	more like this damage is starting to
10457s	come together very very very quickly uh
10460s	and then of course that gut that we
10462s	mentioned as well this could be a very
10464s	incredible uh turn maybe seven closing
10468s	out the game yeah I mean this might be a
10470s	kill on turn seven um yep just close it
10473s	out like yeah and this looks like a
10476s	setup without overloading on five and
10478s	ignoring the board completely for
10481s	goath uh so he's just going to go with
10483s	the the uh dirty rat and finds the
10488s	zapper which is a great
10490s	pickup so Kent just fit in the ignis
10493s	with it and none of these are like
10498s	proactive options I guess life steal and
10502s	then um deal four damage I don't know
10505s	about that maybe you summon a for cost
10508s	minion yeah
10520s	oh my goodness and weu draws the uh Jive
10522s	insect in case he wants to go that route
10525s	with this uh base uh Jazz base already
10529s	equipped going to have to hit with it uh
10533s	this turn if he wants to be able to hit
10535s	with it again next turn for it to be uh
10537s	ready to go but still might just be able
10539s	to close it out I think we did see this
10543s	as well uh on day number two with this
10546s	Jazz base where the setup was very very
10549s	similar to this uh there was a lot of
10552s	damage in hand and even without being
10555s	able to discover additional direct
10557s	damage from things like the lightning
10559s	reflexes uh the Jazz base being able to
10561s	Discount and put uh some ragnaros on the
10564s	board was just enough to close out the
10566s	game I really suspect that we are going
10569s	to uh see that next turn
10572s	but is there any sort of setup I guess
10575s	besides this five cost weapon uh and
10579s	maybe the armor
10581s	vendor that molar can uh do this turn to
10585s	try to prevent
10591s	that uh cuz you got to kill the go that
10595s	too which is the tough
10597s	part
10599s	um and summoning a for crost m in you a
10602s	popup popop turn is not NE cuz just
10606s	usually just going to get swept up by
10607s	the sh is
10611s	regardless war is not really
10615s	uh and yeah if you expect the pop off to
10620s	have uh just to try
10623s	and contr as much as you can and stay on
10627s	the following
10628s	turn here we
10631s	go WQ knows the assignment start with
10634s	that uh reflexes does find a lightning
10637s	bolt which is incredible for extra
10639s	damage but also uh the significance of
10642s	the very cheap spells to keep playing
10644s	discounted nature
10648s	spells uh sure another Jive insect oh my
10651s	gosh where is all the extra damage
10657s	here there's just so much damage in hand
10660s	already with these other lightning bolts
10661s	and crash though plus uh potential
10664s	damage from the weapon because of course
10667s	the crash is just going to clear up that
10669s	right off the board oh my gosh yeah
10673s	that's it still gets another Discover as
10674s	well if he it it doesn't matter another
10678s	liting there you go yeah okay yeah well
10684s	at this point it's just crash popup book
10687s	swing job and you're oh no there's no
10690s	connectivity
10691s	never offered but
10695s	uh but that's still going to be it
10699s	right cuz the damage from the weapon as
10702s	well
10703s	yeah
10706s	exactly so yeah just uh one ragnaros
10709s	yeah we we did see this in a previous
10711s	series on day number two as well uh
10714s	sometimes the one ragnaros is all you
10716s	need or even if uh if weu had been able
10719s	to find just one more pop-up book or one
10721s	more lightning bolts which there already
10723s	were quite a few of anyways uh just that
10727s	additional damage is enough there and
10729s	one kind of downside I would say to some
10733s	of the decks like uh on the other side
10735s	for molar that don't get to just amass
10738s	huge piles of armor to stop those big
10741s	pop off
10743s	[Music]
10747s	turns nice lead in the series
10751s	with um so
10757s	[Music]
10760s	they obviously we're
10762s	[Music]
10764s	seeing variations of it uh but the
10770s	unprog a big engine for
10774s	them but a lot of different
10777s	variations yeah to take it uh I think
10781s	Wu's got to be feeling pretty
10785s	good I mean could be uh but looking at
10789s	the lineups uh I would say Wu has won
10792s	with the two kind of more uh aggressive
10796s	bursty um or excuse me
10800s	uh yeah Wu has won with the more
10804s	aggressive bursty Style with the shaman
10808s	uh but still needs to win with the Demon
10810s	Hunter CU did struggle with it in the
10812s	previous game uh and after that has a
10817s	warrior
10821s	oh no already won with the
10824s	warrior already won with the warrior we
10827s	got Mage and um Shaman left for molar
10830s	and just a Demon Hunter left for
10833s	we yeah I think I had the them backwards
10836s	here but yeah so weu uh jumping in on
10840s	the Demon Hunter now for this next game
10842s	molar uh staying on the shaman how do
10845s	you feel about this matchup here you
10847s	think uh this is is favored for one or
10849s	the other or is a little bit more
10853s	even I think there's enough defensive
10855s	tools in the shaman
10857s	to obvious it's not as much defens
10862s	tools
10863s	um uh you
10867s	can most of the feel Tempo um I but I
10873s	don't consider the shaman like tier one
10877s	at the moment right where I would
10878s	consider consider
10879s	this match up seems like it could be
10882s	good tech cards that molar has that are
10885s	very good against the
10887s	deck um I just don't know if the deck is
10890s	cons to get to those Tech way to win the
10895s	game afterwards uh before week you can
10898s	find enough damage you don't have like a
10900s	million armor game to give you that
10902s	buffer like Warrior has so we'll see
10905s	it's going to be close I I don't think I
10907s	can count demon out in many matchups
10911s	currently so I might get a slight Edge
10913s	to
10914s	we yeah and this Shaman is not like the
10918s	shaman that we just saw for Wu either
10921s	right this uh this Shaman is as we
10924s	mentioned more of that shutter block
10926s	kind of battlecry Shaman so uh there
10929s	really isn't the kind of big bursty huge
10933s	uh bunch of nature spell type turns
10937s	there isn't the potential of uh The Jive
10940s	insect big turns I guess unless
10943s	something like that gets discovered but
10945s	uh molar definitely going to just have
10947s	to automatically take the more defensive
10950s	I think side of this matchup but pretty
10954s	well situated to at least start off with
10956s	that with this glacial Shard that we
10958s	come uh can see come down here freezing
10961s	to prevent that second swing of the
10964s	umpire's grasp for
10966s	weu uh so we just has to go in a little
10970s	bit with a different plan here kind of
10974s	deciding between playing the miracle
10975s	salesman or the taste of
10978s	chaos I'm just going to go for the taste
10980s	of chaos and try to discover something
10983s	here fan the hammer some extra damage uh
10987s	or Sigil of time could just be some
10989s	extra
10990s	draw there are two glacial shards in the
10995s	deck so maybe we is a is a little
10999s	worried that molar might already have
11001s	both of those just ready to go already
11004s	saw the
11008s	one hello I've jumped in welcome
11014s	welcome sorry just catching up with the
11016s	game actually just give me one second
11018s	yeah of course just having a a little
11020s	bit of technical difficulty so thanks
11022s	for jumping in and uh helping me out
11025s	here Raven
11029s	yeah we are looking at uh molar on this
11032s	uh like kind of just uh control heavy
11035s	shutter block Shaman going for some
11037s	healing and discovers here could
11040s	discover another baking soda
11043s	volcano yeah that is a lot of removal
11045s	isn't it that's the two in hand yeah it
11049s	is that's probably maybe a bit I mean
11051s	it's tough isn't it CU you could say
11053s	it's too much removal but also if you
11055s	just kill everything demon un heads
11057s	there's limited ways in which they can
11059s	actually push damage
11061s	right yeah yeah I do like going for the
11064s	uh the the not you know the 18th removal
11067s	card here trying to be a little bit more
11071s	aggressive
11074s	yeah here the Window Shopper being
11076s	available nice and early obviously wiq
11079s	is not going to be able to say instantly
11081s	benefit from this but still just getting
11083s	the tempo is going to be
11086s	nice that was y
11089s	just decides to go for the Window
11093s	Shopper uh does find a basist or maybe
11096s	the one Malcolm band I'm not sure if the
11099s	tough crowd gets picked here ever on on
11101s	this uh higher cost First discover
11104s	option yeah I also think like even just
11107s	in this matchup right it's probably a a
11110s	bigger ass I was looking at the uh the
11113s	amalgam though but weq going for the max
11115s	10o now because even though that was
11118s	technically a three cost obviously this
11120s	me this specific minion gets reduced so
11123s	it's a little bit better to get the
11124s	tempo now but you do always have to look
11126s	at that amalgam because I think it was
11127s	up to three which is you're feeling
11130s	pretty good about like stealth or Divine
11132s	Shield or reborn right like those are
11134s	the three sort of surviving options you
11136s	can get yeah you know that's a lot of
11139s	pressure being put on by wiq but you
11141s	never feel safe when you're against the
11143s	shaman do you because you know they're
11144s	just like a turn away from clearing your
11147s	board and dealing 22 you or something
11149s	right and that's just as a defensive
11151s	clay never mind anything
11153s	else and there's a yeah volcano
11157s	one yeah I also I just I love this uh
11162s	whizbang set where we have cards like
11164s	baking soda volcano or uh yeah that's
11168s	that's something that we get to say on
11169s	broadcast we're talking about baking
11171s	soda volcanoes yeah love it A's always
11174s	great when it just lead ort of leans
11176s	into
11178s	I'm going to say silly things and I
11179s	think a lot of the time when you call
11180s	something silly it's a negative but I
11182s	mean it in the most positive way right I
11185s	like silly things they're great so yeah
11188s	I completely agree on that one here they
11191s	got another option but those are the
11193s	ones you don't really want to see with
11194s	the ones right like yes it can get
11197s	poison Divine Shield reborn as something
11200s	on board but you never looking for this
11202s	like I think they were almost like just
11205s	were they the same options each discover
11207s	this I'm not sure but still not the
11211s	best yeah okay
11215s	so the mini uh yeah got that one amalgam
11219s	band which did give stealth and wind
11221s	Fury so now it can do a whopping two
11225s	damage instead of just one uh literally
11228s	double that you know if you could do
11229s	double the damage you take that it's
11231s	just you've got to put in the small
11233s	print that that doubling is of one yeah
11237s	there's just there's so so much removal
11239s	from
11241s	molar I
11244s	okay the the Ball Hog or additional uh
11248s	attack damage that could come out of we
11251s	's deck might just be able to be enough
11253s	kind of reach that maybe he doesn't need
11256s	to stay on board uh
11259s	so is that still no inquisitors were
11262s	found I think Inquisitor would
11263s	definitely uh help as well in this case
11266s	just trying to make sure that we you can
11268s	deal as much damage as possible uh
11271s	without having to rely on staying on
11273s	board but did get to put down some
11276s	decent sized bodies here and has a
11278s	couple of Secrets out on the board now
11280s	so molar has to consider what these
11282s	secrets could be is there's one Mage and
11284s	one uh Hunter
11287s	secret yeah it's really tricky honestly
11290s	because like all week you can really do
11292s	in this kind of scenario because molar
11294s	is playing a bit more of a controlly
11295s	style Shaman is that just keep putting
11298s	waves of threats out this uh the fact
11300s	one of these secrets was Mage was
11302s	actually quite helpful it might not be
11305s	the one that weu is looking for which
11306s	would have of course been like forcing
11308s	some kind of counter spell shenanigans
11310s	here but um but yeah it's still not too
11312s	bad but look at that just heal back up
11314s	to full play the board and Molar gets to
11317s	just say try try again I guess when seen
11320s	these Shoppers being used up you you
11323s	must be feeling great if you're mstar
11325s	it's like okay well there's most of the
11326s	shoer stuff done
11328s	and I'm on full health and have a
11330s	handful of cards right that's a position
11332s	you quite fancy your chances in if
11335s	you're against Demon
11339s	Hunter Abyssal basis picked up uh again
11343s	but this one being a one one not quite
11345s	as impactful as that large body I feel
11348s	as the story of the tournament maybe
11350s	it's just me I'm cursed but the amount
11352s	of times I'm like well that's not what
11354s	they wanted as a one1 but hey it's
11355s	something because I feel like people
11357s	have just hit mag theodon a lot less
11359s	than I'm used to seeing on ladder at
11360s	least I'm sure all my opponents hit mag
11363s	theodon from both
11365s	discovers of course uh I mean we do have
11369s	the the much smaller sample size of just
11371s	the amount of games that we've been able
11372s	to to see for this tournament um I also
11376s	do want to note that the I feel like we
11378s	actually have seen the secrets be quite
11382s	impactful even when people don't get to
11384s	discover mag theodon as that previous
11386s	turn um mostar
11388s	didn't end up playing the one Mana uh
11391s	popup book that could have also gotten
11394s	him an additional discover of another
11396s	nature spell uh because he was playing
11399s	around that Hunter secret and didn't
11400s	want to play a third card and put up a
11402s	rat after clearing those other minions
11404s	didn't want to then leave weu with a 66
11407s	rat so you have to kind of uh decide the
11412s	risks there sometimes when you're uh
11413s	playing around those
11415s	Secrets yeah I think with that um
11417s	normally when you picking the secret
11418s	option from The Shopper uh you're not
11421s	picking it cuz it's like oh yeah this is
11422s	the best card ever you're picking it cuz
11424s	it's like better than bad right which is
11427s	normally what that discovers led to if
11429s	you the secrets is the best bad option
11432s	basically um and if you get any extra
11435s	value from those Secrets whether it's
11437s	limiting your opponent or if the secret
11438s	goes off you gain some damage or a
11440s	bounce uh that's that's aort you know a
11443s	small victory you're going to take in
11444s	that scenario because you are picking
11446s	what I would still categorize as one of
11449s	the options you are not looking for from
11452s	sh yeah yeah and also getting it in uh
11456s	this game in that context as the 65 body
11459s	too just to to put a big threat out was
11462s	uh really impactful here uh wiq now has
11465s	drawn both red cards but both Shoppers
11469s	and both minis as you mentioned already
11471s	being used uh so the red cards might
11474s	just have to be used in a sense of uh
11477s	putting something on mol star's board uh
11480s	into that uh dorant if he even plays
11483s	them yeah It's Tricky I think it's
11486s	definitely worth looking at because if
11487s	you think about it WQ could basically
11490s	make this dirty rat not exist for the
11492s	rest of the game right like very broadly
11494s	speaking with two red cards and yeah
11498s	like that is a valid option because Wu's
11501s	not got a lot to work with and also that
11502s	rat's going to soak six damage you could
11505s	just red card that and just push right
11509s	you know instead it may not work out but
11511s	it's an option whereas now that's six
11513s	damage and what three minions I think
11516s	traded in and I get it like Wu's not
11518s	exactly got a lot to go with probably
11519s	trying to store up some burst and maybe
11522s	save those red cards for the bur turns
11524s	but when you have going down swinging
11526s	anyway um I don't know if that was worth
11528s	just trying to hold on to the board
11529s	there but it's always difficult when
11531s	we're seeing like mol star's hand and
11533s	it's like right yeah mol star's fine
11535s	it's okay you've really got to
11538s	to's mind of do I as to's look at mol's
11544s	game
11545s	winning okay so th this is what I was
11548s	thinking is maybe he actually decided uh
11551s	a couple of things first his board is
11554s	probably getting cleared anyway so he's
11556s	just going to make the trades now uh and
11558s	save these red cards for the likelihood
11561s	of large minions coming off of an ignis
11564s	weapon uh that feels maybe a little bit
11567s	more like this is how I
11570s	don't you know how I keep myself in the
11573s	game longer against those large Minions
11575s	that are a possibility rather than how
11578s	do I try to end this a little bit faster
11581s	before that ignis weapon even gets there
11584s	It's Tricky though isn't it cuz like the
11585s	way I maybe it's just the way I think
11587s	about things but the way I would view it
11588s	is well if you just traded loads of your
11589s	minions away molar doesn't have to clear
11592s	the board right because you've kind of
11595s	done it anyway so it's like the board's
11597s	so small that's not important but
11598s	regardless all star's going to take the
11600s	Victory and even up the series and that
11602s	was just rough and you see the like if
11605s	you whiff on shoer it's not normally the
11607s	end of the game but it definitely can be
11610s	if you don't have that strong followup
11611s	and also you get the um you you against
11615s	that Shaman deck which just has so much
11617s	heal so much AOE removal it can discover
11619s	more as we saw it as well so yeah it's a
11622s	a real tough one there I think for
11625s	weu yeah and you know I I think that's
11628s	just uh one inevitability of this
11631s	variant of the Demon Hunter and
11634s	potentially why we saw some of the other
11636s	players kind of opt more for the Naga
11639s	version is that there is a little bit
11642s	more of that kind of followup in that
11644s	version whereas this as we've talked
11645s	about once those Shoppers come down if
11648s	all of those threats get removed it's
11650s	kind of just sitting there looking at
11652s	your hands either it's empty or it's
11654s	full of a a bunch of cards like what we
11656s	just saw with red cards that you don't
11659s	do anything with and uh yeah you're not
11661s	winning from that point so yeah uh but
11665s	hey they're still the last game here
11668s	either one of these players can still
11670s	get
11671s	there yeah and that's why it's going to
11673s	come down to isn't it we've got the
11674s	Demon Hunter of course still for wiq and
11676s	then the Mage left for molar so uh this
11680s	one it's all going to come down to this
11682s	and again it's just going to be another
11684s	story and I think this is generally
11686s	going to be the plan for any anyone who
11688s	either has or will have to in the future
11690s	face molar in this tournament is you've
11693s	just got to try and just get through it
11695s	right because you know just not only
11696s	from the lineup but just the way molar
11698s	plays is just very value based very
11701s	steady controlled play and you just know
11704s	you've got to just break through and if
11706s	you can't you will just sort of Peter
11707s	out right like we saw from the previous
11709s	game from wiq so I guess I would say
11712s	that Mage is probably the the most the
11714s	deck more susceptible and maybe not
11716s	quite as good at sustained uh defense
11720s	versus some of the other Decks that
11721s	molars
11723s	brought yeah and the the starting hand
11727s	for molar here getting cth and Puzzle
11730s	Master khadgar maybe the sleet skater uh
11734s	can come in but just initially if
11736s	there's a lot of early pressure that
11739s	comes out from Wu which we have seen in
11741s	the in the other couple of games M this
11745s	hand seems a little slow uh to start
11748s	things off but once it gets to that mid
11751s	game molar already has some good pieces
11753s	and tools to just keep things Frozen
11757s	keep Wu's face Frozen or large minions
11760s	Frozen and then uh potentially have some
11763s	things come out of khadgar but uh
11766s	sometimes khadgar can kind of really
11767s	feel like a a hit or miss yeah for sure
11770s	I do like this so I like the respect to
11772s	just kill off the minion um you know it
11775s	can start stacking a little bit H and
11777s	push some damage and also we've seen it
11779s	before in some other matchups in some
11781s	other games where it looks maybe weird
11784s	to like respect a small minion but if
11787s	the game starts spiring out of control
11790s	it's not that that minion particularly
11792s	kills you but it's that you don't
11793s	actually have the time or Mana to kill
11795s	them off because you sort of didn't use
11797s	it early enough so yeah I do like this
11799s	from allar here just remove as much as
11801s	possible from the board early and try
11803s	and build on that and I think we're
11804s	going to be seeing this coin poent ually
11807s	held on to as long as possible to try
11809s	and coin out the SLE for example just
11812s	because outside of that for now there's
11814s	not much for this coin to get used from
11816s	because I don't think molar is going to
11818s	feel good about say coining out you know
11819s	like a ping or something or even coining
11821s	out this one two uh although it has come
11823s	for the Discover options now so we
11825s	probably will see the elemental this
11827s	turn so a light bomb Iceberg or the
11832s	primordial glyph I I guess the glyph
11834s	could discover you something else but
11837s	light bumb is also not a terrible option
11840s	when you could be facing down uh some
11842s	other things but it feels it feels a
11844s	little clunky and slow considering that
11846s	your rest of your hand is also exactly
11849s	the problem is it's like competing with
11851s	too many other cards whereas what molar
11853s	doesn't have a cheap spells to just get
11856s	rid of and use there is the frostbolt
11858s	that's probably uh molar now going to be
11860s	staring greatly and expecting a weapon
11862s	if there's no weapon then the frostbolt
11864s	either can be used for Minion removal or
11866s	it can be held on to and said well when
11869s	if a weapon is equipped before I can win
11872s	then that Frost bolt can go face and
11874s	just stop the swing but I think overall
11876s	mol I will be pretty happy at this
11878s	outcome of just no weapon on curve which
11880s	means a lot less damage being
11882s	represented but you do have to keep an
11884s	eye on that zelc in hand for wiq because
11887s	that can escalate things quite
11890s	dramatically yeah especially with the I
11893s	guess from mol star's perspective the
11897s	poal of what the spark Bots could be uh
11900s	there is a lot of right like targeted
11903s	spells but if Wei were to find Stealth
11906s	then that's something molar might have
11908s	to consider and could play into uh some
11910s	of the potential discover picks maybe
11913s	even something like this explosive runes
11916s	uh and I'm just looking at the uh the
11918s	list again to make sure but there is
11920s	nothing like star power or anything that
11923s	could answer a stealth uh large minion
11926s	so that definitely be something that uh
11929s	molar could have at uh kind of the you
11931s	know back of his head
11937s	here the
11939s	pain you seeing that yeah I mean it's
11943s	still relatively safe right I mean there
11945s	are discovers of course that could cause
11949s	issues the tricky part there is
11954s	like like weu so Wu could have tested
11958s	for that but is it worth trying to test
11960s	because it does mess up the turn to an
11962s	extent I think so yeah we'll have to see
11965s	already a little bit upset of this coin
11967s	coming out but
11969s	oh see and I am not laughing at weq but
11973s	it's just it is funny to see the
11974s	response um the escalation of oh no I an
11978s	ala 62 stealth instead of a much larger
11981s	minion but allar doesn't really have an
11985s	answer to it as of yet
11987s	yeah ice barrier could be a
11989s	consideration just for a bit of a
11990s	defensive option there is still that
11992s	Frost Bol available if he wants to take
11993s	out the
11997s	03 yeah it did liard okay and it's
12001s	discounted so it can come out next turn
12003s	I was just about to make the point that
12004s	he just used the coin as well which uh
12008s	delays the potential Blizzard from
12011s	khadgar but who needs that don't trust
12014s	in Kadar you just find the blizzard this
12016s	is so big
12019s	because I have won many games on ladder
12022s	to players obviously much worse than wiu
12024s	when they do this play and then just
12026s	hold the zelc for too long for me I mean
12030s	this goes way back to what nexas with
12032s	shade right of like you've got 12 damage
12035s	on a two Health minion cash it in that
12039s	is my view on this anyway like just and
12042s	I'm really trying not to be biased from
12044s	the blizzard but genuinely if you get 12
12046s	damage from the this minion is that not
12048s	just great especially being at two
12050s	Health it dies to like a sneeze from
12052s	molar here uh to a lot of discovered AOE
12055s	so I I think Wu should put this in but I
12058s	mean there's a universe somewhere where
12059s	he doesn't and that is awfully scary
12061s	considering we can see this uh blizzard
12063s	and it's not that like for example
12065s	there's a spark but in hand right so it
12067s	can buff the zelc but to survive
12070s	blizzard but it's still
12072s	frozen yeah oh the thanks uh AR thanks
12077s	thanks for reminding me because I always
12078s	forget I need that reminder every
12081s	time now I I I want to ask your thoughts
12085s	on this it feels like a a real cutesy
12088s	kind of play I've seen people try this
12092s	is there ever a thought to using the red
12095s	card on your own zelc to keep it from
12098s	being
12099s	removed
12102s	uh I don't think so honestly I was
12105s	looking at the red card on the 03
12107s	funnily enough you know to like attack
12111s	and then red card it and then just wait
12113s	for a while and it pops back up and you
12114s	can get the buff back uh again uh that's
12117s	something I was looking at but um I
12120s	think what wiq isn't looking at right
12121s	now is this blizzard that's about to
12123s	slap him in the face
12127s	yeah oh there it is I think WQ needs a
12131s	good draw well don't need a weapon you
12133s	just pick up the window shopper at least
12135s	it is something to continue these
12138s	threats uh but as we see again with that
12141s	uh amazing Caster Vision there's a lot
12143s	of freeze on the other side now that
12146s	sleep skater that's still been waiting
12148s	that Frost bolt and now a
12150s	cryopreservation coming into hand as
12153s	well those are the bad ones oh no mag
12157s	theodon for extra damage no Inquisitor
12159s	for uh extra pop off damage uh that's an
12164s	expensive GLA Smith
12170s	oh again like I yeah I guess it's
12174s	fine I think my brains just tell me to
12177s	to promote a bad play which it often
12179s	does with me honestly but I just keep
12182s	looking at like oh this zero one is very
12184s	uh small like what if you just red card
12186s	it and then later it's going to pop and
12188s	you get to swing for
12190s	two but this is
12193s	just a 261 zilli a the tricky part here
12199s	is molars to work out do is drawing
12203s	cards good for molar is the ice barrier
12206s	enough likely well you can look at ice
12209s	barrier plus other stuff of course like
12210s	frost B the 65 um or is it the chadar is
12215s	it just play and hope that it casts the
12218s	right
12220s	spell
12222s	uh cuz this I mean this is a 261 and the
12225s	one is not being done this turn as of
12230s	yet yeah and I mean this is one uh
12233s	benefit for weu having kept that stealth
12236s	to not attacking when it was 12 is that
12239s	like you mentioned uh giving it that
12241s	slight buff meant it played around a
12243s	potential blizzard but if it doesn't get
12246s	answered now it's just lethal all right
12250s	most my life Frost ball where's it
12254s	hidden not to the zilia w y That's it 52
12260s	damage is it lethal yeah just about I I
12263s	think need some help counting there but
12264s	just about see that
12267s	was that was so close and the the I'm
12273s	sure better players than me will will
12274s	have opinions on the zelc staying in
12277s	stealth Etc but my thing was well if weq
12283s	put him down by 12 previously
12287s	yes it would be then killable CU it
12289s	wouldn't be stealth like completely
12291s	understand of course but I think what
12293s	was he on like 17 then or something or
12296s	like it it was pretty low basically so
12298s	it's like you know that was still a good
12300s	amount of damage so yeah we we'll have
12302s	to you know think about the alternate
12304s	ways that game could have played out but
12306s	either way the blizzard was there but
12308s	the extra little bot within the ziac up
12311s	to three uh it kept it alive long enough
12315s	to clutch so yeah was a really there you
12317s	go so a 12 hit would have actually put
12319s	molar down to uh five in this instance
12323s	which still would have been an extremely
12324s	threatening Health total for Wu to be
12326s	able to clear up but yeah once again I
12328s	feel like I've just not seen a Kadar
12330s	save anyone's life right now and that
12333s	theme seems to continue but weq what
12335s	what a what a
12336s	win yeah incredible uh finish there I I
12340s	think for me the kind of standout play
12343s	in that uh was kind of that recognition
12346s	of I'm just going to add this extra
12349s	little one one onto that ziliax to keep
12351s	that Health uh as subtle is uh reminding
12355s	Us in the chat that sleep skater would
12357s	have targeted that and just given all
12360s	armor back so not uh not worth really
12364s	attacking with the zelc but I think just
12366s	the recognition of uh actually using the
12371s	extra stats from that added little one
12373s	one but yeah we see there weu going to
12375s	move up into the top four now uh so we
12380s	just have one more player to see who
12382s	will make it into uh the top four and
12386s	it's been an exciting day so far we've
12388s	gotten to see a lot of really great
12391s	games but there is still more to come
12394s	and I think one of the biggest things is
12396s	to see which two players will end up
12398s	qualifying for the world championship so
12401s	that is still to come we have a couple
12403s	more games before then so make sure that
12405s	you don't go anywhere except for maybe
12407s	just grab a snack use the restroom and
12410s	get ready for more Hearthstone action
12413s	right after this
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12441s	[Music]
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12497s	[Music]
12526s	[Music]
12553s	[Music]
12582s	[Music]
12609s	[Music]
12614s	hello everyone and welcome back I have
12616s	returned already to actually go for
12618s	maybe casting a full match of hearstone
12620s	for me today as my first one I'm joined
12623s	by TJ though as TJ also welcome back
12626s	here very quickly how's it going my
12628s	friend yeah the the world of uh of
12631s	online casting gets difficult uh
12634s	apologies for the difficulties earlier
12636s	hopefully things are a little bit fixed
12639s	at least on my end looking smooth so
12641s	hoping for a nice match of hearthstone
12643s	here Raven uh to finish off our
12645s	quarterfinals me too me too and we've
12647s	got some great players as well we've got
12649s	bunny Hopper versus insane coming up and
12652s	I think both of these players H showed
12654s	throughout the course of this weekend so
12656s	far that they are in a tiptop shape when
12659s	it comes to Hearthstone I think bunny
12660s	especially impressing a lot of viewers
12663s	which is kind of funny because you know
12665s	we know bunny Hopper is very very very
12667s	good at the game H but I think just
12669s	maybe because we've not seen a
12670s	tournament for a while it's nice to see
12673s	that oh you know first tournament major
12675s	of the year when oper yeah still looking
12679s	strong still looking in form uh I don't
12682s	know if I've ever seen an out of form
12684s	bunny Hopper to be quite honest even
12687s	when bunny Hopper was split even more
12691s	ways than a a tiny human baby I don't
12694s	know what's more difficult that
12696s	or PhD stone or a
12699s	baby uh no no when he when he was like
12704s	in the thick of it for
12706s	[Music]
12708s	um I don't know I don't know which one's
12710s	harder I I only have experience in one
12711s	of those and spoiler alert it's I'm not
12715s	nowhere
12718s	close I we're going to get a
12720s	conversation of what's harder to deal
12722s	with a baby human or playing Hearthstone
12726s	because I was about to step well away
12728s	from this conversation it's it's playing
12730s	Heartstone for sure babies are
12731s	surprisingly resilient oh well that
12733s	there you go you heard it from someone
12735s	who knows but yeah check it out insane's
12738s	list as well again I think both players
12740s	have played really well over the course
12742s	of this weekend we are going to be
12743s	seeing the priest and we have a double
12745s	Demon Hunter ban uh only one of these
12748s	players has Warrior have you have you
12750s	made a decision uh this weekend as to
12753s	whether you like the no Warrior approach
12755s	or whether you think the warrior uh
12757s	approach for this tournament is uh the
12759s	best option I think Warrior approach is
12762s	the best option um I think Demon Hunter
12764s	Warrior priest
12767s	is the core right right and then the and
12769s	then the fourth deck is like debatable
12772s	um that's not
12774s	go my preference Shaman Shaman sure
12780s	warlock uh that's half that's half of a
12783s	sure uh I would give it so you know
12787s	there's pros and cons each depending on
12789s	what your strategy is what you're tching
12791s	for across your other decks but if I if
12794s	I was like building a lineup for this
12795s	tournament I would say that uh Warrior
12798s	priest uh Demon Hunter would be my core
12802s	you go for like the extended good stuff
12804s	basically yeah the the standard good
12807s	stuff which I feel like is this metag
12809s	game is all about the standard good
12811s	stuff um and I think the results are are
12814s	showing that at least to uh a certain
12817s	extent I think the prick is I want
12821s	overperforming was the first word that
12823s	came to my mind but I I don't even know
12824s	if it if you could call it over
12826s	performing I just think it's a it's a
12827s	good deck uh and you can build it in so
12830s	many different ways yeah I do find it
12832s	fascinating when these players prepare
12834s	for a tournament and a deck like Warrior
12836s	exists because it's extremely strong we
12838s	all know it's very strong but you also
12840s	know that everyone's going to expect you
12842s	to bring it and then is that a weakness
12845s	of itself you know enough to not bring
12847s	it right it's always been a tricky
12848s	conversation because we've seen players
12850s	do well that are kind of at least soft
12852s	targeting Warrior let's say so yeah
12855s	always something you do have to think
12856s	about when building these lineups but we
12858s	are off to our start of this series
12860s	bunny Hopper on the top and the warrior
12862s	already been able to drop down the pig
12863s	and insane on a TJ's favorite deck ever
12867s	in
12870s	Hearthstone
12871s	currently currently it's my favorite
12874s	deck ever because it's the deck I'm
12877s	playing it's the deck I'm playing the
12879s	most by far yeah already interesting
12881s	decisions from insane um in terms of uh
12884s	plays in the early game obviously he go
12886s	for like highest Tempo something that
12888s	challenges the Rockstar by going for the
12890s	Gift Rap well um but with scale replica
12893s	in hand knowing that you're you're going
12896s	to have the Zari right just trying to
12901s	collect as many uh uh dragons as
12905s	possible to be able to play zeri as
12907s	early as possible I think makes sense so
12909s	coining out the welp Wrangler means that
12912s	has the highest chance of living and
12913s	getting you U multiple happy welps right
12916s	is already on track uh for this for this
12921s	uh Zari maybe maybe not on curve but uh
12924s	close to it right I was going to ask you
12926s	is that is the sort of let's say level
12928s	one plan as the priest in this matchup
12931s	to just go dragon dragon dragon dragon
12934s	zi hope they didn't remove loads of your
12936s	board and gain loads of armor is that is
12938s	that like level one of just what you
12940s	want to try and Achieve here or is there
12942s	more sort
12944s	of reliable longer term strategies in
12947s	this matchup let's
12949s	say yeah it's Max Tempo every turn ma
12953s	it's kind of like just saying go all in
12955s	straight away and hope yeah Max Tempo
12958s	while keeping two things in one mind one
12961s	if you know if you have zir know you're
12963s	going to have
12964s	zeri dragons right make sure that you
12966s	have the dragon count to be able to play
12968s	zi when you want two is player is
12972s	certain removal playing around certain
12973s	removal right um chipping off armor if
12977s	you think that uh stand ties is is in
12980s	the hand and going to be played uh
12983s	making sure that you have enough Health
12984s	on board to make it awkward for Belling
12985s	Flames if you see a forge come out um
12988s	keeping the health totals different for
12990s	Bladestorm uh which insane has done here
12992s	the Bladestorm would stop short and at
12993s	least leave the well bangler on board um
12996s	but outside of those things Max Tempo
12999s	and then if things go
13002s	wrong that's when you say okay
13008s	I'm G to rely on my bailout cards which
13011s	is
13012s	amanul um and insane has I'm pretty sure
13015s	insane has the
13019s	uh no insane is just playing this the
13023s	the Leroy in the top end Aman is the
13027s	only weird one no he Stone
13030s	Brew right yeah no stom in this it's the
13033s	it's the double speaker stomper is the
13034s	tech uh for insane in this Priestess
13037s	which also has it's more like okay I
13039s	need to win with my Tempo uh whereas
13042s	Hearthstone Brew is like okay well I
13044s	have this really weird possible backup
13047s	plan right
13050s	um it's one of those cards isn't it
13052s	right where you can choose to say with
13053s	this one card I can just yink a certain
13057s	amount of games right it's like the plan
13060s	yeah yeah one other thing with this
13063s	matchup is um to go against the max
13067s	Tempo Theory right is to you want your
13072s	uh gift WP Buffs to hit Zari ideally or
13076s	maximum chance to because that's
13077s	guaranteed damage when you take an extra
13079s	turn whereas getting those Buffs on on
13081s	smaller Minions that you're playing in
13082s	Tempo they can get removed and it's not
13085s	guaranteed um so you you're you have
13087s	more damage on on that second turn if
13090s	you get the Buffs on on zeri it's that's
13092s	not always the case right if you're
13094s	playing against a board base matchup
13096s	you're going to want Max stats um but in
13099s	this match up in particular I like
13101s	having those Buffs Oni so I think really
13104s	point because it's something you can
13106s	consciously try and control right it's
13109s	not just the Buffs don't just fly around
13113s	it's like you can actually try and
13114s	control of when you're playing what
13115s	you're playing and like what you're
13116s	actually having in hand at the time so
13119s	yeah I think that's a a really good
13120s	point to to make honestly and meanwhile
13122s	on the top side of the board bunny
13124s	Hopper he's just kind of doing what you
13126s	do right thinking about right is this
13128s	Aftershock just worth coming out now
13130s	clear it up and move on or can he be a
13132s	little bit greedy and get the acolyte
13134s	down
13136s	potentially ah if you play the acolyte
13139s	now then you don't have access to the
13140s	Aftershock for next turn oh which is the
13143s	biggest uh the biggest issue It's Tricky
13146s	though right because you have that weird
13148s	scenario I do think Aftershock is
13149s	correct of course because the Board
13151s	needs to be cleared but bunny because of
13153s	the cards played bunny kind of just
13155s	knows know that there's just going to be
13157s	a refill straight away right so it's
13160s	that thing it's like well I'll play the
13161s	Aftershock to help now I'm still in
13164s	trouble next to and it's like me I just
13165s	sort of not think about my problems for
13168s	a while and hope they go
13169s	away yeah I guess he would have had
13172s	access to the Aftershock next turn but
13173s	it would have been the whole turn yeah
13175s	it would have been full yeah so there's
13179s	no and you know there's been enough One
13181s	Drops played at this point in the game
13183s	to where Drifters are possibility then
13186s	what do you do you have an acolyte pain
13188s	acolyte of pain fighting against a 46
13190s	and an Aftershock that cost five that
13193s	can chip away three health of it you're
13194s	going to take that damage anyway so I
13196s	like that how this is all right now
13198s	we're going to get to see this this is I
13200s	suppose one of the tougher turns um pip
13205s	and then the the one drop after I'm
13207s	guessing Okay Max temple with the GI
13209s	wrap welp you have another one hits a
13211s	happy welp now what you want to see but
13213s	this is insane having
13216s	access
13217s	to multiple boards in a row of uh of
13223s	refill yeah and for bunny Hopper it
13226s	doesn't look like the best draw in the
13228s	world but like Razer Fen plus totem hero
13231s	power he not the worst turn I've ever
13233s	seen H facing down this helps with a
13236s	card draw gains a good chunk of armor as
13238s	well to be a little bit defensive wasn't
13240s	a bad
13244s	draw yeah I'm worried about I I guess
13247s	the totem still does draw a card but I'm
13249s	worried about there just being no
13250s	removal whatsoever currently well that's
13253s	why I kind of like the uh that option I
13256s	I I guess you could go acolyte totem
13260s	instead
13262s	U just absolute Giga card draw and say
13265s	right I will get to the answers now
13267s	that's definitely a benefit uh and again
13269s	the good thing about the uh Razer Fen is
13271s	it costs one you can easily work that
13274s	into pretty much any turn where you're
13276s	going to gain
13283s	armor now is this just uh the setup is
13287s	this just kind of go like dump
13290s	everything on board and then go for zy
13291s	next
13296s	to cuz there's also the celestial now so
13299s	that gift wrap can get
13302s	duped yeah which seems quite good
13312s	and does have skill to reload but I'm
13313s	not sure
13315s	what dragons are even left to pick
13319s	up um I know there was a bunch
13324s	copied uh by the
13331s	PIP and the Teran was copied by the PIP
13334s	I believe I think so because it's
13337s	golden right that's how I'm choosing to
13340s	track everything here the golden dragons
13341s	are the ones that were copied by pip so
13344s	scale replica is just uh a
13349s	Tren at this point if I'm not
13351s	mistaken um but it's just going to leave
13354s	the acolet as is insane knows that it's
13356s	going to draw a card you know there's no
13359s	reason to even acknowledge its existence
13362s	it's right to insane's plan right now
13367s	yeah and so does have the Zari plus
13371s	Leroy combo
13373s	but um it's not going to be enough
13378s	damage unless like this whole board like
13381s	the only things that are removed from
13382s	this board are the low attack things
13385s	yeah there's
13386s	what on board right now for insane just
13389s	if nothing's touched you know nothing's
13391s	removed there I think it's 15 there so
13393s	um there's also an interesting in point
13396s	where
13397s	like if the board's left then there's no
13401s	space right cuz nothing can currently
13403s	trade itself away yeah and I bunny
13406s	Hopper got to be thinking about that
13408s	right like if you leave this board as
13411s	is you could just not play it it's going
13415s	to be tough to not play the stone skin
13416s	armor which the CH virgin could trade
13419s	into um but Hammer is a decent pick uh
13426s	no there's not really any great targets
13427s	to attack into um yeah if you attack
13430s	into the one 14 then it means it can
13431s	trade itself off into the a tra if you
13434s	just face tank the 35 for fun then sure
13437s	I guess yeah here we go yeah no trading
13440s	away now play yeah and do you think this
13445s	was would you ever call this a mistake
13449s	from insane or is this just a back and
13452s	forth between the two good players doing
13454s	and they're both doing the right thing
13456s	I think I would say they're both doing
13458s	the right thing I don't think you can
13459s	hold back pressure like this because the
13461s	it the longer bunny Hopper just sits
13463s	there and does nothing and Saint's still
13466s	pushing a lot of damage each and every
13468s	turn it's not the strongest Bo but it's
13471s	not it's not weak um I think the bun
13474s	Hopper would have to gain 10 plus armor
13476s	a turn to just stay even and eventually
13479s	these things are going to have to get
13480s	traded into or dealt with um and so I
13484s	think insane's just fought happy to say
13487s	um let's just keep this going as it is
13489s	you're just giving me free damage at
13491s	this point from buny oper perspective
13492s	it's the right thing because there was
13494s	really no way to answer this board could
13496s	have like playing the ston skin armor
13498s	was actively detrimental because you you
13501s	could have just died with multiple
13503s	things being able to trade into it uh
13504s	because you could have straight traded
13506s	the sturen and you could have traded the
13508s	gift wrap we so you push all the damage
13510s	face on the following turn you trade
13512s	over the sturge and the gift Rob WEP
13514s	that leaves room uh for Zari and Leroy
13517s	or the sturgeon first then that's zeri
13520s	the very next turn you trade in the welp
13522s	that's the Leroy and that's yeah I think
13523s	the only thing that made me ask honestly
13525s	was the you know the one four taunt on
13527s	board because like it's pushing one a
13530s	turn and that could have been a a space
13533s	right potentially but yeah it's I do
13535s	overall I completely agree that you've
13537s	just got a pressure and if your opponent
13538s	sort of passes
13542s	great you know Bunny's got to dig
13544s	himself out of this and there's armor
13546s	gain for the blad storm like you
13549s	mentioned way back when at the start of
13551s	the game about how priest plays this you
13553s	put a lot of different Health Targets on
13555s	board and we can see there's a one a two
13557s	a three a four but even if that goes
13560s	through there is actually still the six
13562s	on board which is very nice clear with
13564s	the weapon swing though
13565s	right sorry the one's going to stop
13567s	sorry I'm got defile brain
13571s	on I love this once again nothing to
13575s	trade into but once
13578s	again the 15 damage the problem so it It
13583s	Feels So Close right because I
13586s	completely agree on one hand yes of
13587s	course insane gets to push damage every
13590s	turn without basically being stopped but
13593s	the only problem is the longer bunny
13595s	Hopper can survive this I mean there's
13597s	11 cards left in the deck like he's
13599s	getting close to I mean is Reno active
13602s	next turn H if not sanitize ah sanitize
13606s	okay because I was say but if you draw
13608s	sanitize I mean all bets are off you can
13611s	clear the board yeah exactly exactly
13613s	that that's what I was getting to right
13614s	he like yes it's good for insane because
13616s	he gets three pushes every turn but
13619s	because he can't finish the game bunny
13620s	hppa is getting closer to the AOE to
13622s	clear the board and then suddenly it's
13624s	another question of building a board and
13626s	then going for the Zari
13628s	again
13630s	yeah yeah I think uh two good players
13634s	playing Hearthstone kind of sums this up
13636s	so far
13638s	[Music]
13643s	yep none of this helps yeah I was going
13646s	I literally just eyed every single card
13649s	I'm like
13651s	right yeah well the verse Rift changes
13653s	nothing from last turn cuz there was
13655s	already a verse
13656s	riff
13658s	um so bunny Hopper this might have to be
13661s	just like Max armor gain turn with no
13665s	the Rockstar safety
13669s	goggles armor up sure rockar safety
13672s	goggles for a second I because I'll be
13675s	honest I kind of couldn't see the the
13676s	razor fending hand but uh I was even
13679s	looking at is this like safety goggles
13681s	Reno just for the armor at this point
13685s	because like you said if you draw
13687s	sanitize you could clear the board
13689s	anyway so then the Reno doesn't quite do
13691s	as impactful a job
13695s	but yeah the Rockstar does a makes a bit
13698s	of a better job of the gaining of armor
13700s	of
13712s	course wait no
13714s	rockar
13716s	okay they could get traded
13719s	into yeah true true there's no way for
13723s	him to kill it off again right like it
13725s	did last
13726s	turn
13729s	yeah yeah bunny uper I think just
13731s	flicker the hand there he's like well
13732s	there nothing else I can really
13743s	do that's the max armor that bunny
13746s	Hopper can gain without playing safety
13748s	goggles and without
13750s	um um playing a minion right it's just
13753s	playing the one vers putting it in the
13755s	pool for the second burst Rift if Bunny
13757s	Hop can get the finale on it because
13760s	timing wise this is likely to be the
13763s	time when uh everything has to be played
13766s	right like maximum defense has to come
13768s	out and again nine cards left and the
13772s	sanitizer in
13774s	there yeah no tradeable no nothing to
13777s	help
13779s	dig yeah so Bladestorm will remove more
13783s	this time around um because insane did
13787s	decide to uh heal up the seren instead
13791s	of the happy WP so bunny Hopper could
13793s	deal with the happy W with the weapon
13795s	then blad storm and take four damage off
13797s	the board and blad storm again um yeah
13800s	but then you blad storm again your blad
13801s	storming just take another four damage
13803s	off the board right mhm um I mean right
13806s	now doesn't
13809s	it sure I wonder if you start with
13811s	safety goggles just before you attack to
13813s	to gain Max armor but
13815s	from bunny Hopper's perspective if he
13817s	does that he just dies I feel because
13819s	you're still leaving six on board you're
13821s	not going to be that high life total and
13825s	you're thinking that there's thirsty
13826s	Drifters hanging around all over the
13829s	place oh okay uh one more time yeah one
13832s	more
13833s	because he's not dead right Y and is
13837s	requipping the hammer just to spend the
13839s	Mana that's uh efficient I like it yeah
13843s	it's going to be at three Health at the
13844s	end of this so this is
13854s	uh okay so if it's sanitized off the top
13857s	you could uh razor
13860s	Fen Reno verse Rift and it'll recast the
13864s	other verse Rift and then you attack and
13866s	you get a ton of oh
13868s	no cards two of them are
13871s	sanitizes oh yikes
13877s	held on for as many turns as possible
13880s	but we're just in the same problem right
13882s	except less Health that's the issue
13884s	Bunny's got every single turn the
13886s	problem is
13889s	uh is just no sanitize which means same
13894s	problem but less health is just a
13896s	disaster insane's going to be able to
13898s	clean this up I think because there's
13901s	goggles there's the blad storm options
13903s	but as we've keep me like kept
13904s	mentioning throughout the whole game and
13905s	what this game's really revolved around
13907s	is kill anything Zari comes out you're
13910s	Giga dead right like that's just how it
13914s	works it's also just the same level of
13917s	removal there's not additional removal
13919s	tools being generated
13923s	either 8
13926s	11 reeno at 16 yeah I was going to say
13931s	that's the magic number right now
13936s	it's just insane just can't even spend
13938s	to get the uh the power calls oh my God
13942s	what a gameone I love it what a
13952s	game n's got a full hand though so no
13955s	thirsty Drifters can come out so the
13956s	damage is limited to just the Zari plus
13958s	the Leroy next turn as
13960s	well I guess the zi plus whatever stats
13963s	you play yeah
13966s	bottom
13968s	seven
13977s	yeah that's it yeah cuz that that is the
13980s	armor hero power but last time I checked
13982s	right the armor hero power wasn't 100
13983s	armor so yeah that's going to be it
13986s	insane
13987s	wait the response he's like I just uh
13990s	made a board and and put them to face
13993s	every single turn I I guess that's a
13995s	game of hearthstone it's just funny
13997s	because like that that was actually a
14001s	pretty high level game of hearthstone
14003s	but in the simplest of ways it sounds
14005s	really stupid but it's
14006s	true it it was yeah uh From insane's
14010s	perspective you know andan like you said
14013s	insane just built a board and then
14015s	eventually killed bunny like that's it
14018s	um from Buddy's perspective everything
14021s	was super complicated needed to gain as
14023s	much armor as poss possible per turn
14026s	without allowing a single Minion from
14029s	insane or on his side to survive so
14031s	insane can trade in and get that extra
14033s	turn uh with the Zari to push for lethal
14036s	and if the sanitize had come out bunny
14040s	Hopper had the ability to gain a ton of
14042s	armor and swing the board whether that
14045s	was through Reno before it was played or
14046s	even in this turn it would have been
14048s	Forge the
14051s	sanitize uh razor
14053s	Fen um
14055s	um there was play the sanitize and then
14059s	verse riff and then swing and that's
14062s	what 15 or 16 armor gain 15 armor gain
14066s	just from that alone yeah uh and maybe
14068s	that's enough uh to to end the game or
14071s	for for you to survive through zeri if
14073s	there was no thirsty Drifters which at
14075s	that point you just have to hope there's
14076s	no not too much power that insane could
14080s	play with the zeri to push that damage
14082s	which was pretty unlikely but it was
14083s	Bunny's only chance
14085s	yeah so played as well as he could have
14088s	given the information and now but okay
14091s	enough of this my this time now insane
14094s	you have to let me just build a board
14096s	and then swing every single turn to win
14099s	those are the
14100s	rules is there Bunny playing anything
14102s	different is there what sort of
14105s	variations like outside of H we won't
14107s	talk about Habu gab's build for example
14109s	but uh for for like the main builds is
14112s	there a lot of variation in these zi
14114s	priests like generally speaking yeah
14116s	absolutely um there's a core of the deck
14120s	that's always there um but the tech
14122s	cards that we're seeing bunny has the
14124s	glacial shards and one speaker stomper
14127s	right uh in the in the priest deck um so
14131s	you know that's glacial Shard a lot of
14133s	great uses but I feel like the main one
14137s	um is well a couple of main ones bunny I
14141s	would say it's Demon Hunter just because
14142s	it's
14143s	so uh pop popular of a choice and uh
14147s	delaying the um umbr umbral grass I I
14152s	can never remember the weapon umpire's
14154s	grass yeah there you go it's a m uh for
14157s	more turns allows you to keep Tempo
14159s	higher but it looks like with bunny
14161s	strategy with the ban Demon Hunter it's
14163s	got to be focused at Shaman to block the
14166s	potential for Drive insect I I mean
14168s	there's so many glasses that utilize
14171s	powerful weapons in some sense and gler
14173s	Shard Al also has the flex ability of
14175s	just being a good Tempo card in board
14176s	base matchups to be able to freeze
14178s	something that could potentially trade
14179s	over your minions so um and one speaker
14182s	stomper no Leroy bu priest deck so that
14186s	allows you to have that extra burst uh
14188s	in the uh Zari extra turn uh which is
14192s	nice
14194s	uh times be dead in hand for quite a
14197s	while especially if you have if you
14198s	don't have enough dragons to complete zi
14201s	and you have both and you have two dead
14202s	cards you can get awkward um Hearthstone
14205s	Brew is the greedier end neither player
14207s	had Hearthstone Brew uh in their list
14210s	and then razor scale has popped up in a
14212s	couple because it is a dragon and it is
14214s	sort of A disruption effect it's also
14217s	very good against um Shaman uh along
14221s	like alongside speaker Stop Bar you can
14222s	guarantee that that you can almost
14224s	guarantee that you can have it because
14225s	of the scale replicas in the deck
14229s	so a lot of
14231s	variation but only in tech cards really
14234s	yeah and then just look at this matchup
14236s	overall as we are getting going bunny
14238s	Opa does have access to a few dragons
14240s	and also got that funnel cake for as and
14242s	when ready but um how does this matchup
14245s	typically play out um does the shaman
14248s	just get access to enough AOE or other
14251s	potential priest boards a little bit too
14253s	big to clear off with like the sort of
14255s	lower damage AOE shamans are uh kind of
14258s	specialized in doing at the
14260s	moment I mean all depends on how it
14262s	lines up right um if if if you're not
14265s	getting the tempo tools early on uh as
14269s	the shaman if you're not getting just
14271s	things that can fight for the board
14272s	early you're going to be in a lot of
14274s	trouble because you may not have the
14275s	luxury to wait until like a natural
14277s	crash lightning on turn five right um to
14280s	swing the game so uh it's an arms race
14284s	of a matchup basically where the shaman
14286s	is trying to stifle the early board so
14289s	it doesn't get out of control uh while
14291s	also trying to piece together um enough
14295s	damage SL resources to to go for the big
14298s	plays at the same time so well Saint man
14302s	should to do that okay right now with FL
14304s	Rider and the Salman you know it put
14306s	something early on the board right as
14308s	you mentioned to be able to start to
14309s	fight back which is not too bad so far
14313s	nice three Health welp there though for
14315s	bunny Opa is going to be a little bit
14317s	annoying to deal with like does this
14318s	warrant a double trade is this just pass
14321s	and then try and lightning bolt maybe
14322s	next turn with some TR it's really
14325s	tricky but no insane's going to respect
14327s	it and say you know what I can remove
14329s	one minion now as opposed to waiting and
14332s	hoping I can remove more Minions going
14338s	forward can't let anything get out of
14340s	control that's the problem you also
14343s	don't want to overload on on uh
14346s	potential key uh breakpoint turns uh for
14350s	Mana but insane with this hand is not
14351s	really playing towards anything in
14353s	particular
14354s	um flash of lightning can be really big
14357s	uh even just as like a defensive tool
14359s	not as like a combo setup like we're
14361s	traditionally used to seeing it I mean
14363s	in traditionally this deck's been around
14365s	for a while against all board based
14367s	matchups the flash of lightning can just
14369s	be used to uh try and set up for a swing
14372s	turn on the following turn um yeah it's
14374s	more I need something big to happen now
14377s	as opposed to this is my
14379s	otk
14382s	yeah uh but bunny Hopper really didn't
14385s	want to spend two Mana to just go scale
14388s	replica here um yeah so just goes
14391s	projectionist and a non-active gift rep
14394s	well and then next turn can follow it up
14396s	with if the sport sticks scale replica
14399s	funnel cake and then be able to play uh
14402s	some additional things that turn to just
14404s	keep the tempo up and that might have
14406s	been signaled by the double trade right
14408s	if insane felt oh it it seemed like
14411s	insane had to commit two minions just to
14413s	kill the one Tor it's like oh well they
14415s	might be struggling so I'll just go a
14417s	little bit heavier on the old Minions
14418s	that turn instead there is a little bit
14420s	of removal here though for insane just
14422s	get to uh try and keep up on board at
14424s	least
14428s	yeah this just replica Cod
14432s	maybe you could go replica funnel cake
14435s	play the um the the one one drop uh
14440s	dragon that you pick up and then
14442s	Dreamboat I think that's stats mhm
14447s	mhm I think I get too locked into trying
14450s	to you know like oh wait we could finale
14453s	the power cord this turn do it at all
14455s	costs right as opposed to looking for
14457s	alternate plays might actually equal
14459s	more power
14462s	yeah sometimes that's good cuz going for
14464s	the uh power cord this turn means that
14466s	you still get to preserve all this power
14468s	on board and that makes your turn five
14470s	even stronger and it also with this hand
14473s	bunny needs more Dragon
14475s	right scale replica guarantees the zi
14477s	but you need more
14478s	dragons so I I think I like this play
14481s	better just because number of dragons is
14483s	really a concern right now for bunny
14485s	because you don't want to wait forever
14487s	to play the zi or you're the shamas just
14490s	going to have infinite time well that's
14491s	the thing right something that's common
14493s	in all these matchups against the shaman
14495s	is that you cannot just let them chill
14497s	because after that they will make you
14500s	explode so yeah we'll see how this one
14502s	goes
14505s	though the uh fizzle not really going to
14506s	achieve too much apart from maybe a
14508s	weird Tempo play in and of itself need a
14511s	rock totem though not too
14515s	bad and there's that other flash now
14517s	been picked up o and some Spirit claws
14520s	as well got some uh a lot of defensive
14523s	options or I guess the options are
14525s	actually burst options but can be used
14527s	in a defensive way for insane next
14529s	turn yeah but there be some dragons TJ
14534s	yeah that's and I believe that's the um
14537s	the final Dragon needed to activate zi
14539s	that's picked up with the
14540s	suron um so and GI RP welp being at four
14545s	now at
14551s	five oh didn't even need the Surin yeah
14553s	yeah yeah it yeah cuz there was the uh
14557s	the taunt as well wasn't
14559s	there yeah I don't know if we counted
14562s	that the happy W that was the one that I
14564s	was missing yeah
14569s	yeah so what's that 11 12 30 4 15 19 is
14573s	that one
14576s	off
14578s	uh oh no 18 is it
14585s	sorry so it is one off cuz the power
14587s	cord synchronized can can go plus one
14590s	right give plus one yeah
14597s	so is this just Chuck it all in right
14602s	because that conveniently leads to
14603s	exactly six
14619s	Mana if you want max max power you go
14622s	dream boat synchronize dream
14627s	boat oh well Bunny wants max max power
14631s	yeah
14633s	just that's how you can be resilient
14635s	versus the shaman right is you sort of
14638s	survive the potential AOE response by
14640s	just having a seven and eight health
14641s	minion on
14647s	board okay well hold on yeah I know but
14651s	he just kind of s sits back okay okay
14654s	there's aftershocks okay no lightning
14657s	bolt okay it's just going for the win I
14659s	suppose another
14667s	flash that's not damage that could be
14670s	damage but it's one Mana for
14673s	damage
14682s	um there a lot spell
14689s	crash oh lightning storm storm can still
14693s	get down the uh zapper still get down
14695s	Thanos and still has additional sort of
14698s	lightning bolts to help out deal the
14700s	extra big damage here to clear off that
14704s	this is a clear yeah that is a clear
14705s	right I was going to say I'm just trying
14706s	to quickly add it up but yeah I think
14708s	that should be a clear and I don't think
14711s	he has to use the thos right
14715s	uh wouldn't have the Mana to use the
14716s	Doos I don't
14719s	think
14721s	connectivity connectivity snake Okay
14724s	connectivity lightning
14725s	bolt yeah it's got to be lightning bolt
14729s	wow yeah insane's going to be feeling
14732s	pretty good about that turn honestly
14734s	because he had to make something happen
14737s	there and then cuz if not he was very
14740s	dead still got a flash in hand still got
14743s	options as as well completely overloaded
14746s	but but
14749s	Stiller nice to meet
14752s	you and a lot of damage is gone uh from
14757s	insane there's no
14758s	drive but
14761s	PR duel there's really not much and
14764s	amphibious Elixir is
14766s	fantastic uh to be able craft Spirit
14770s	claw this turn right
14782s	Spirit claw would have been okay
14784s	honestly would have put him down to
14787s	eight and then Leroy picked up off the
14789s	top would have been
14795s	lethal oh there's no ler in bunni list I
14797s	was going to say I was I just double
14799s	checked I was just like hang on a minute
14800s	I thought wasn't playing yeah maybe
14803s	maybe spear Claus correct
14808s	there just to help stop the the
14810s	shenanigans with the dragons obviously
14812s	ended up using a lightning bolt on that
14814s	regardless but um yeah just I don't know
14817s	maybe it's just me maybe the spell
14818s	options were going to end up being
14820s	better insane thought about something I
14822s	didn't which is uh very valid of course
14825s	oh
14827s	Goan okay well so there that's a draw
14831s	yeah
14834s	are you just killing the zelc you're
14836s	just killing the zelc I think empty
14839s	board right cuz Zar is gone you don't
14842s	have to worry about that so there's no
14843s	surprises coming out from bunny Hopper
14846s	now uh apart from you know agly uh am
14848s	andth so there's no surprise
14851s	Shenanigan's going to happen clear the
14853s	board keep it clear and I think from
14855s	there insane's got all the there's stuff
14858s	in the world left still I mean there's
14859s	picking up a crash as well there's
14861s	geomancer to help out Spirit claws are
14863s	still there as well I think insane's in
14865s	a fantastic spot now he's able to clear
14868s	that hold off the Zori push and now just
14871s	don't thing I struggle with the most
14873s	just don't mess it
14876s	[Music]
14879s	up okay couple draws here for
14882s	bunny yeah options options
14887s	options you clergy heal and then pick up
14891s	the second clergy funnel cake
14894s	e cooking oh yeah easy
14897s	peasy you do that kind of play in your
14899s	sleep don't you
14902s	TJ yep it's clergy every
14908s	time not bunny really has a
14912s	choice I guess the consideration was is
14914s	it just pass and gain more cards to like
14919s	try and do better next turn but oh I
14922s	told you so clery every time the only uh
14927s	the thought process there for bunny was
14929s	okay is amanul my only out right now
14936s	um because then it would have been
14937s	clergy plus funnel Kake if bunny thought
14940s	that there was a chance oh to just rip
14941s	hit and then go so thing yeah and get a
14944s	draw to see the Mana first oh speaker
14947s	stopper thirsty
14949s	Drifter I mean oh holds back the Thirsty
14952s	Drifter
14954s	T Jake's getting more and more shocked
14956s	by every minute ah because the AOE is
14958s	still there
14961s	okay usually when you pass over a a Goan
14965s	at the it's the AOE that's been used
14967s	yeah but just an AOE plus a crash would
14970s	have been
14974s	enough uh to clear off even the Thirsty
14977s	Drifter so want some type of reload on
14978s	the back swing of this nice fizzle there
14980s	as well because that is that hand is
14983s	kind of taking all the boxes right
14984s	there's AOE there's damage and there's
14988s	heal yeah all right and it it's got to
14991s	be am right
14994s	now say cuz the AOE is still preserved
14997s	on the uh Gogan I decid to go for the
15002s	there's no dragons left is there any
15003s	dragons
15005s	left oh there's a Tran okay there's
15008s	always a
15011s	Tron always
15014s	Sweet fful
15038s	Water oh my gosh
15043s	[Music]
15049s	[Music]
15057s	and that's the
15059s	ao8 just all that discover all those
15062s	options and the Fizzles in the hand in
15065s	in the deck
15068s	sorry this is a lot of
15071s	damage he going to hold the crash at
15073s	looks like though and just go Max board
15075s	presence yeah I like it right cuz then
15078s	even ifo comes down it's it can only
15081s	take off a couple a couple points of
15083s	damage so I mean this should wrap things
15086s	up for insane cuz I think this is a
15088s	lethal setup even through
15090s	alen it actually was Al as
15094s	well there's only eight cards left in
15096s	the
15097s	deck well tell that to the uh tell that
15100s	to the sanitized last game TJ yeah it's
15103s	got to be r random random LIF still
15110s	minion uh mom paw has the most health
15113s	yeah taunt on the toy captain
15117s	though well it's getting taunt no matter
15119s	what oh sorry yeah of course yeah oh no
15122s	that
15123s	wasn't uh sorry you don't get to pick
15125s	it's a random six drop I always get a
15127s	mixed up that was the legendary choice I
15129s	was definely mixed up as well yeah the
15133s	the battle cra
15134s	all right got rled dazzled but yeah that
15137s	is going to be enough another tough one
15140s	there for bunny is insane takes a two
15144s	lead again just being able to stabilize
15147s	there I think was so huge like the huge
15150s	push from bunny but being what one
15152s	damage off lethal was it with the one
15154s	damage yeah so oh so so close but we
15157s	know what Shaman's like we've seen
15159s	enough of it overall uh how flexible it
15161s	can be with those spell discovers the
15164s	mixture of AOE damage and healing all
15167s	being available in the in the shame sort
15168s	of spell pool makes it very very strong
15171s	in that kind of recovery state so yeah
15173s	real tough one for bunny Hopper but
15175s	insane kept his cool and managed to
15177s	stabilize and take the victory so uh
15180s	really uh really good start there for
15181s	insane now just one win away from making
15184s	it to the
15186s	semi-finals yeah there's one thing I've
15188s	learned about bunny Hopper though is
15190s	that he just refuses to lose games of
15192s	Hearthstone
15194s	uh the the correct plays through and
15196s	through even when it it's looking like a
15198s	dire situation and yeah only dips out of
15202s	a game if it's 100% lost 99.9% lost nope
15206s	he's playing for that 0.1%
15209s	so uh hoping for a little bit of a
15211s	closer series here but insane looking
15213s	fantastic uh with being uh 20 up
15217s	currently 100% And now uh I think
15219s	insanes just got the uh the pain lock
15222s	left I believe
15224s	as the last deck so another pretty
15226s	aggressive one and one we've seen uh
15228s	we've seen the highs and we've seen the
15230s	lows TJ so far I feel like I feel like
15233s	it's been mostly lows but uh but the
15236s	highs are really good so it's fine yeah
15239s	yeah regardless they're they're quick
15242s	games yeah okay all right all right all
15245s	right that's that's a three keep it's
15248s	looking like a three ke to me it's
15250s	already a better hand than we've seen in
15252s	like 90% of Mulligan hands from the
15256s	warlocks yeah I'm taking
15259s	this and T's like Yep this is good the
15263s	game's telling me then the game's
15265s	telling me yep I feel like flame imp um
15270s	and imprison horror are the two oh my
15272s	gosh oh my gosh it's over this is one of
15277s	the series wrap it up Spirit claws
15281s	coming out for bunny Hopper is good of
15283s	course just get that
15285s	equ sorry um get that equipped and be
15288s	you know potentially be able to fight
15289s	back against some of these minions
15292s	but yeah this is disgusting all right
15296s	Bonnie saw a three keep right saw the
15298s	three he know yeah and a flaming played
15301s	off the top I'm flashing lightning here
15303s	100 every time 100 every time you
15307s	coining out the uh the book as
15310s	well I wouldn't hate it cuz I think you
15313s	just don't want to take damage at all no
15315s	I'm saving the coin for next turn you
15317s	need a pop you need a pop off turn next
15318s	turn I'm saving it okay okay and you
15320s	need to block the damage of whatever
15322s	whatever comes next Rook this all comes
15324s	down to like
15326s	Rook this all comes down to what bunny
15329s	can pick up like from these Elixir and
15331s	what bunny can pick up off the top this
15332s	all comes down to being able to piece
15334s	together forms of removal I mean it's
15337s	possible that insane even says you know
15339s	what I'm not even going to go all in
15341s	into this uh
15344s	um oh you have to right
15348s	surely you can't space it out one
15352s	turn just to avoid the flash like the
15355s	The Flash swing turn if you space it out
15358s	and you not just making it easier for
15360s	bunny to like dismantle you over
15362s	multiple turns don't you just have to go
15364s	all in and say they're not going to
15368s	clear it's Hearthstone Raven you don't
15371s	have to do anything yes you have to go
15373s	go face you have to go all in and you
15375s	have beautiful part of this game is is
15377s	creative
15383s	expression what about one
15386s	horror I could meet you in the middle at
15388s	one I I am a fair person okay I could
15391s	meet you in the middle at one zero I'm
15393s	okay good I was going to have to report
15394s	insane then but yeah one I can accept
15398s	yes because because also this opens up
15401s	horror uh and projection next turn right
15405s	which without that projectionist I think
15407s	there's not a good enough argument to
15409s	hold but with it I'm with you
15415s	yeah wait
15418s	what oh did you want the uh gift into
15422s	storm yeah gift into storm was a full
15425s	clear oh with yeah lightning bolt pop-up
15428s	book you you lightning bolt pop-up book
15430s	and then storm
15434s	you're not
15438s	wrong are we missing
15442s	something it wanted to draw that would
15444s	have been the entire turn and would have
15445s	been overloaded a ton
15448s	M actually not not a
15454s	ton yeah just it's just storm right
15457s	would have been the
15460s	overload and lightning bolt
15463s	oh yeah would have needed a lightning
15465s	bolt yeah sorry yeah yeah you're
15466s	completely right yeah going to just try
15468s	and stall it out with the pop-up box I
15470s	guess I mean that is a lot of
15475s	taunts uh bunny Humper really wanted the
15484s	draw ooh
15486s	or wanted to hold on to the lightning
15489s	bolt for
15491s	Burn yeah I doubt this tree cuz
15493s	sometimes you look up and you're like my
15496s	PL at six yeah I mean there was was it I
15499s	don't know if it was Friday or yesterday
15501s	but there was like an opening from a
15503s	like I think turn one or two from a
15504s	warlock where I was like the shaman
15506s	should start counting lethal and it was
15508s	like the Shaman's first turn of the game
15510s	because I think they opened with like
15512s	everything like double Tren and
15514s	everything yeah there you go oh they are
15516s	going Tren as well I'd say just played
15519s	the Tre is that
15520s	necessary I don't know I don't think so
15525s	I guess it's it's something small that
15527s	can take a totem a totem a taunt right
15530s	is that the reason insane just says all
15533s	in this 2 two kills one of the taunt so
15535s	that I get to push more damage and then
15537s	speak is St for the turn
15542s	after so this is what let's it's just 20
15546s	right so it's let's just say everything
15548s	lives which is unlikely but let's just
15549s	pretend it's 20 damage to face if
15552s	everything lives and then speaker stom a
15554s	go but some of it's going to die so
15557s	you so bunny
15560s	Hopper can set up for a lot of outs for
15563s	lethal here just by going Cobalt
15566s	geomancer overdraft face lightning bolt
15568s	face and then swing with the spear claws
15571s	that's nine damage that is
15574s	very okay can still do that oh this is a
15577s	guaranteed lethal setup
15580s	[Music]
15583s	yeah just do do the swing and then do
15585s	the rest of it next
15587s	turn no but but speaker stomper blocks
15594s	it one cost for fracking as well maybe
15597s	there's better options cuz if he if he
15600s	if bunny Hopper just goes overdraft
15602s	there in lightning bolt
15603s	face that's six damage puts him to
15609s	three you're going to trade this away to
15612s	play the molon giant that picked up and
15613s	the stomper of course got to make sure
15614s	there's enough board
15618s	space it's cost two more so lightning
15621s	bolt it's going to cost three NE surely
15624s	you kill the SP yeah yeah you have to
15625s	and then insane hands up and just say
15627s	okay I'm on nine
15630s	Health
15631s	zapper it's not enough
15637s	right the speaker stomper I got I got to
15640s	be missing something I got to be missing
15641s	something yeah I'm sure hang on let me
15644s	see if there's a message from
15652s	SLE oh wait oh no this time TJ is Right
15656s	screenshot that
15669s	TJ oh yeah and that's a good point gift
15672s	isn't nature so it so will cost Mana
15675s	earlier on when we were talking about
15676s	the the gift
15681s	Turn yep that looks like it's only
15684s	seven and that's not going to be enough
15687s	just like that TJ insane can't believe
15691s	it that is the kind of Victory you
15693s	wanton it was tough it was a lot tougher
15696s	than the score May look but insane takes
15700s	it 3 0 and Bunny hopp knocked out insane
15704s	moves on to the
15707s	semifinals what a match TJ because again
15710s	even though it was three there was some
15712s	extremely close games that one we just
15715s	saw the uh the priest where buddy Hopper
15717s	was one off lethal and then inane
15719s	managed to hold on uh what a
15723s	series that
15725s	was it it felt like a back and forth
15729s	series but it really wasn't like bunny
15732s	Hopper was was just on the ropes like
15735s	for two of those games and couldn't find
15738s	ways out the previous game was bunny
15741s	Hopper just playing priest how you're
15743s	supposed to play priest being a damage
15745s	off lethal and then insane having an
15748s	insane comeback uh finding the board
15750s	clear with the two giant dreamboats
15752s	which was
15753s	very uh very clutch and this game again
15758s	you have so little margin for error in
15761s	the matchup on both sides though right
15763s	cuz we saw how close cuz that treent was
15767s	played it took it ended up trading
15769s	itself away to a minion that didn't do
15772s	anything so that trien actually kind of
15775s	achieved nothing and it could have led
15777s	insane to destruction yeah that like the
15780s	the tri and play sure like you know you
15782s	have a two damage bumper for uh the
15785s	popup book frogs but holy moly um if
15790s	bunny Hopper I I got to know what what's
15793s	going through his mind on that last turn
15795s	um when when it's when it's bunny Hopper
15799s	um like if I was watching like you know
15802s	myself or like Linda play I'd be like
15806s	all right there's nothing else that was
15807s	just the wrong play with bunny had to be
15810s	a reason to not go to not go for the
15812s	lethal setup after this so I understand
15816s	with the um like the geomancer being
15819s	played to try and set up lethal that way
15821s	but after the tote the spell power totem
15823s	is rolled not going for over the play to
15827s	set um insane to to three and then
15830s	having spell damage plus the spe claw
15832s	swing in hand that's that's protected
15836s	against speaker stomper um is tough I
15839s	mean there's obviously ways that uh
15842s	insane would have been able to play
15843s	around it uh with
15846s	the pop pop guard had five Mana could
15850s	have pop guard pop guard sludge right
15853s	and that would have healed healed out of
15854s	range but then wouldn't have been able
15855s	to speaker stomp her and then there was
15857s	still there was still could have been
15859s	burnouts um for uh for Bunny at the end
15862s	there too so again tight margins and
15867s	it's say like I do not
15871s	have enough confidence in my play to to
15874s	jam that treent in that spot and just go
15877s	to that was that was with with at least
15880s	two turns before I have lethal right not
15883s	a no lethal setup it's two turns before
15885s	I have
15886s	lethal yeah really really close series
15889s	overall we have now got our four players
15891s	for our semifinals we're going to go to
15893s	a quick break while we get the first
15895s	semi-final ready for you guys so make
15896s	sure you don't go anywhere and we'll be
15898s	right back
15907s	[Music]
15938s	[Music]
15967s	[Music]
16023s	[Music]
16079s	[Music]
16104s	hello everyone welcome back to the
16107s	Hearthstone Master tour spring
16109s	Championship but we are getting ready to
16111s	kick off our top four so to help me do
16115s	that I have with me sdle ready for this
16118s	top four
16119s	sdle I am ready indeed it looks like uh
16123s	in this tournament I'm just the
16124s	designated Habu gaboo Caster it seems to
16126s	have lined up that I just get to call
16128s	all of haru's games and I'm not
16129s	complaining about that at all I'm a big
16131s	fan of Habu I like his lineup he's a
16134s	very very very good player so I'm
16136s	looking forward to getting my teeth sunk
16138s	into this one I think it'll be uh hard
16141s	pressed to be as unique a series as we
16143s	just watched there with uh with bunny
16144s	Hopper like one of the most tenacious 03
16147s	defeats I've ever seen right like losing
16150s	all three games but having a DEC an
16152s	attempt at fatiguing a nature Sharman
16154s	leaving 15 damage up on board for like
16157s	six turns against dragon priest like
16159s	bunny gave it a good old go but
16161s	unfortunately he is going to fall by the
16162s	wayside so we are going to be dipping
16165s	back in with Pat nit now and luckily we
16168s	uh we do have this little player card
16170s	for him because coming into this
16171s	tournament I did not know an awful lot
16174s	about this player so uh you he's been
16175s	hanging around playing hearstone for a
16177s	good solid eight years which is most of
16179s	the game's life at this point and taking
16181s	a look at his deck list no great
16183s	surprise that he's listing hard Stone
16184s	brew as his favorite card because he has
16186s	packed that bad boy into just about
16188s	every deck he can realistically fit it
16191s	in just about which let me check uh yeah
16195s	that is in what three of the four
16199s	decks I believe no it's only in two it's
16203s	only half it's fine I mean come on try
16206s	hard you could have got it in the
16207s	Warrior as well it's a pure Highlander
16209s	Warrior there's room in there for AA
16212s	come on you try hard fit everything in
16214s	Highlander it's fine but as you
16216s	mentioned on the other side Habu gabo
16219s	definitely no stranger to these Masters
16221s	tours but hasn't really had that uh it's
16226s	like definitive finish I think uh there
16229s	was the summer championship winner but
16231s	really looking for more than that at
16233s	this point wants to make it to Worlds
16235s	wants to get there uh and this time
16237s	around has the chance to do that because
16239s	top two of this tournament are getting
16242s	there so this is a very very important
16245s	match for these players and uh one of
16248s	those really interesting Decks that we
16249s	have seen habo gabo uh bringing is this
16253s	sludge Warlock the only player to bring
16256s	the sludge warlock yeah and it looked
16258s	like genius in the first series that we
16261s	watched or maybe the first couple of
16262s	series that we watched because he was
16264s	preing on uh the custom warlocks for
16267s	quite some time on the first day that we
16269s	saw him uh both of his series now
16271s	including this one have been a little
16273s	bit trickier because of the lack of that
16275s	deck it's not the only deck that he's
16277s	got uh Tech and targeting Tools in his
16280s	lineup against but I think it's
16281s	certainly uh one of his best matchups of
16284s	the one available um and in those other
16286s	decks I was talking about this with
16287s	Linda I think where um you when you come
16290s	up against Decks that aren't necessarily
16292s	what you're specifically aiming this
16293s	sludge warlock at it is then just kind
16296s	of a tier three deck that you've brought
16297s	to the tournament right which gives you
16298s	a little bit of an uphill struggle and
16300s	that is reflected in the overall stats
16303s	uh the deck is now down to 40% win rate
16306s	overall going into day three so it's
16310s	it's you know choosing to be uh sorry
16312s	proving to be a uh a kind of polarizing
16315s	choice for Habu gabu as it's always
16317s	going to be but that is how he plays
16318s	tournaments right he takes wild Swings
16321s	with his lineup construction when it
16322s	pays off it pays off
16324s	huge yeah and it's been really really
16326s	fun to watch uh his reactions and pop
16329s	offs on camera as well I think a lot of
16332s	the players but uh Hab gabu definitely
16334s	has been a very interesting one and not
16337s	only the kind of interesting inclusion
16339s	of the Sledge warlock but on the other
16341s	side for this first game uh for p p I am
16347s	having a hard time today sorry uh P nope
16352s	p p I had it just fine the other day and
16356s	then I my my mouth just not forming the
16358s	word today in your defense like I don't
16362s	think we've actually clarified this
16363s	enough right the re so patn does not
16365s	read in like the the Latin Roman
16368s	alphabet anything like the characters
16370s	that are on the screen we did ask about
16371s	it essentially his name means Friday but
16374s	it's been weirdly translated from cilic
16376s	into our alphabet so it's Friday or it's
16378s	pnit which is the word for Friday is
16381s	what the guy's name is so if you're at
16382s	all confused why we're saying something
16384s	that sounds entirely different to what
16386s	looks like it's on screen that's the
16388s	reason
16389s	why that is right well I know that you
16392s	have been a big proponent of this priest
16396s	deck especially uh that we are seeing so
16399s	I want to hear your thoughts about this
16401s	sludge warlock into this priest because
16403s	I don't feel like this is one that we
16405s	really get to see very often uh except
16407s	for maybe this
16409s	tournament yeah I am I'm a big big fan
16411s	of it indeed and I think we've seen a
16414s	great deal of why I kind of set it up
16416s	leading into the tournament and we've
16417s	seen a lot of the players who have
16418s	brought who have brought it these are
16420s	some of the best players in the world um
16422s	kind of making my point for me that when
16424s	it's when this deck is played at kind of
16426s	a medium level you're just seeing like
16428s	players Tempo out all of their stuff
16429s	early and they play their Zari and if
16431s	that wins with the two turn lethal and
16433s	the extra turn then they win if it
16435s	doesn't do that they're kind of out of
16436s	ideas and they lose whereas we've been
16438s	seeing players uh both leveraging
16440s	interesting setups with it by holding
16443s	back stuff so they have stronger two-
16444s	turn setups by finding really cool like
16447s	infinite value engines with discovers
16449s	from amthal and with clever use of power
16451s	cord syn synchronize we've also seen
16453s	people like bunny Hopper finding
16455s	creative ways to play against it with
16457s	varying degrees of success he kind of
16459s	failed to do so in the previous series
16461s	by just not allowing a board space ever
16463s	for that Zari to come down he actually
16465s	did that successfully in a previous
16467s	series to even make it to this top eight
16468s	in the first place so I feel like this
16470s	priest has added a lot just to the the
16473s	difficulty level of the tournament I
16474s	think it's been um one of the most skill
16477s	intensive uh decks to play both with and
16480s	against in the tournament and as I keep
16481s	saying that's kind of what you want when
16483s	you get to this level
16485s	of yeah speaking of also things that you
16488s	want how about some sludges that finally
16491s	have gotten to be uh put on the bottom
16493s	of the deck and tossed away with that
16496s	waste remover I think uh in the previous
16499s	series we didn't really get to see that
16501s	there weren't uh barrels of sledge that
16503s	were actually getting put onto the
16504s	bottom of the deck uh there is
16507s	interestingly the second waist remover
16509s	that was just picked up not sure uh how
16511s	relevant that's going to be currently
16514s	just kind of missing something like a
16515s	forge of Wills uh to be able to create
16518s	additional bodies on board at this point
16520s	to start contesting some of those
16521s	minions from the priest side uh and also
16525s	I find a little interesting here as well
16527s	the zelc for habo gabo that we do see in
16529s	hand uh is not one of the variants that
16532s	has like rush and taunt and life steal
16535s	to start immediately clearing things up
16537s	on board it can get a very large uh
16541s	attack total because it is the one that
16543s	uh will add attack and double every time
16546s	at the start of the turn but uh once
16548s	that comes down onto the board that
16550s	first turn it's not going to be doing
16552s	much to answer anything uh from Pet's
16556s	side it
16558s	is and you see the Nerf coming into play
16562s	on the waist remover as well the Nerf
16563s	down from Seven attack to five attack
16566s	kind of making a huge mess of this turn
16567s	from Habu gabu because he can't really
16569s	challenge The Drifter anymore with the
16571s	six Health on the other side side so um
16574s	har gabu would at least be pleased if he
16575s	could see ps's hand that there's not
16577s	going to be a great followup to this so
16580s	he might still be able to just dominate
16582s	the board with the zelc over a couple of
16583s	turns but uh that Drifter is providing
16587s	an awful lot of stability for Pito right
16591s	now and actually enough to cause Habu to
16593s	diver try and go for the sniper G tosser
16596s	and now his tossers have been working
16599s	out fantastically well for him so far in
16602s	this tournament there was one absolutely
16605s	outrageously unlikely one that one was
16608s	more likely to go in his favor but still
16610s	an absolutely massive outcome to be able
16612s	to snipe out that
16614s	41 yeah those were just the most
16616s	incredible hits
16619s	uh on this other side for the priest
16622s	here Hearthstone brew and alondu in hand
16625s	could potentially uh put some work in in
16627s	the next couple of turns if uh chooses
16630s	to go that route but that zelc looking
16633s	pretty nice to start contesting a little
16635s	bit of this as well or at least get some
16637s	stats on board but uh What uh what does
16642s	VI nits uh really want to uh start doing
16645s	at this point or or hope
16649s	for I mean right now he needs to draw
16651s	well off the top which is not a thing
16654s	this deck does particularly well we've
16656s	seen Habu gabo deck uh a little bit
16659s	better adjusted to doing that kind of
16660s	thing it can draw gorm off the top which
16662s	is a really great top deck of itself
16664s	which there aren't many of in the deck
16665s	as a whole cuz even the problem with
16667s	like playing this handout right like
16669s	amthal is one of the best cards in your
16670s	deck when you don't get like really fast
16672s	blow ups uh blowout starts and if he
16675s	plays half first like it's it's replace
16677s	right so he just straight up lose access
16679s	to that that amthal curve which gives
16681s	him a really really big problem over the
16683s	next couple of
16685s	turns yeah it is kind of uh really
16687s	awkward we'll see if he does get to
16689s	actually top deck anything great here
16692s	but on the other side the the top deck
16694s	for Habu gabu of picking up this popar
16697s	is is kind of interesting there could be
16700s	some um trading manipulation here to uh
16705s	to try to clear with both of those
16707s	barrels of sludge that you get from the
16709s	popar but also that zelc being at five
16712s	health I think just makes things a
16714s	little bit awkward versus those
16716s	barrels yeah that ziliax is just far too
16719s	much of a monster here I think and
16721s	unless this is something particularly
16723s	powerful
16725s	okay I mean so you have an option now
16728s	this turn you actually have to at the
16730s	very least think about your lines so
16732s	your three available lines really are
16735s	synchronize the zelc and just play your
16738s	own
16739s	zelc trade in your salesman and just go
16743s	for the tradeable on the snake oil and
16744s	try and hit something but even then I
16746s	don't know what like individual card
16747s	would get you out of this or just put
16749s	your faith in the Heth and just slam it
16751s	and hope it gives you a hand that can
16753s	get
16754s	there do you believe in the Hearth I
16757s	don't but I'm not the one playing 50% of
16759s	my decks in the biggest Tournament of my
16761s	life you
16762s	know yeah I I feel like uh pretty much
16765s	all of us on the casting desk are not
16766s	huge fans of the uh the Hearth but I
16769s	know there are quite a few of the really
16772s	well-known players who are and obviously
16774s	quite a few of them have brought in it
16776s	in their deck um yeah it does look like
16779s	Get N just going to go for it that on
16782s	the zelc that you
16783s	mentioned um and also making the trade
16786s	which uh seems pretty good here yeah I
16790s	like this cuz what this now allows you
16791s	to do is you spend your turn seven
16793s	dealing with the Giant zelc and one
16795s	other thing that gets played this turn
16798s	um with the amthor and then from there
16800s	you can start thinking about half if the
16802s	uh the legendary that you find isn't
16803s	particularly effective decent chance
16805s	honestly depending on what Habu gabu can
16807s	come out with here the yamenal does just
16809s	dominate the board and gets to stick for
16811s	a turn which would be absolutely massive
16813s	if you can do
16816s	that Habu just picked up this Forge of
16819s	Wheels which does seem pretty exciting
16821s	but it just get gets answered
16824s	immediately by that almond th that you
16825s	already mentioned so it seems like a
16828s	cool pickup but it's only kind of uh
16831s	just for this single turn so and the the
16835s	alen THU and hearth have both been
16836s	sitting in hand for a while now uh and
16839s	there wasn't a really great kind of
16842s	uh turn five even turn six uh seems a
16846s	little weird and yet it's really spent a
16848s	lot of time thinking about it so I'd
16850s	have to imagine Hab gabu already kind of
16852s	had at least the alond in the back of
16855s	his
16856s	mind come on Big Money big money big
16861s	money very very medium
16865s	money Al varer is at least a Rush Minion
16868s	I guess you take it better than the
16870s	other options sure yeah
16882s	are more fun to seems a little awkward
16885s	here for habub gabu now okay finding the
16889s	poisonous but without rush and poisonous
16892s	uh it's not really doing much against
16893s	the Almond THU the rest of the hand was
16896s	looking a little bit awkward uh in terms
16899s	of how abug gabu might want to answer it
16902s	the most uh I guess straightforward way
16906s	of answering it is what we are seeing
16907s	which is the popar and double uh double
16911s	Sledge Barrel there to just clear that
16913s	up but I kind of like the setup of just
16916s	getting this little poisonous one one
16918s	out on the board so that you're just
16920s	setting up ahead of time saying well
16922s	whatever you put down now I have this
16924s	poison and can clear that up but if the
16927s	board were to go wide that's only
16930s	clearing off one thing but we see this
16932s	just really slow hand that's definitely
16935s	not going wide at this point unless uh a
16938s	lot of really miraculous draws happen
16940s	all at once small detail by the way but
16943s	just to highlight like the the level of
16945s	small decision that a player like Habu
16947s	gabu is getting right without even
16948s	particularly pausing to think about it
16950s	check out the positioning of the minions
16952s	broken up by the currently inactive
16954s	location which means if pnit had a
16956s	funnel cake in hand for example he
16958s	cannot aim it at three consecutive
16960s	Minions on the board
16962s	meaning he can't get the full three Mana
16963s	refresh which actually ends up being
16965s	disturbingly relevant this turn
16972s	actually oh it's mil Rogue
16976s	again all right the antique killbot are
16979s	are we goingon to see it uh win another
16981s	game
16983s	honestly like mil Rogue against sludge
16987s	warlock I mean I've seen things that
16990s	give me less hope
16993s	Hope harby garby plays chaos creation
16996s	and you're kind of in business of just
16997s	Milling his entire deck at that point
16999s	right why not yeah you've got to
17003s	believe just the availability of prep
17005s	vanish is actually quite uh huge as well
17008s	cuz this this board's going to get
17009s	pretty massive from here
17016s	[Music]
17021s	so what kind of approach does Habu gabo
17023s	have to take here now looking at the the
17027s	potential of course Habu at this point
17029s	doesn't know what the the hand is that
17032s	was created um by Hearth uh there was
17035s	not any of those cards played yet so no
17038s	indication of what it is uh but also
17041s	still kind of missing additional uh
17044s	things to create barrels of sledge at
17046s	this point so even something like the
17048s	waste remover isn't going to be doing a
17050s	whole lot to try to push a lot of that
17054s	sludge
17057s	damage can burn a card here with the
17059s	posic though small victory at the very
17062s	least we all know that as soon as you
17064s	make your opponent burn a card you
17065s	automatically win the game of
17066s	hearthstone that's just how it
17071s	works yeah this vanish could end up
17073s	being really really huge for pnit in
17077s	this game
17079s	[Music]
17084s	can start weaving some healbots in there
17085s	can weave The Cold Light in there
17088s	instead a lot of ways to go about this
17090s	and there's only 10 cards remaining in
17092s	Habu gab's deck you can also just choose
17095s	to just spend the Mana
17097s	now get the brand down
17104s	possibly yeah it doesn't quite work out
17106s	though just thinking like play the brand
17108s	get some use out of it bounce it all
17109s	back to your hand use it again later but
17111s	I don't think the Mana quite works out
17112s	on that while clearing the board or at
17113s	least uh returning the board to hand
17115s	with the
17123s	vanish Habu gabu right now must be
17125s	utterly terrified by the way because he
17126s	still has no idea what hand he's facing
17128s	off against at the
17132s	moment just brand bot okay brand bot all
17135s	the way back to
17136s	full and then are we stepping the
17138s	healbot or are we stepping the brown
17142s	stepping the bolt okay okay and so this
17146s	is looking very similar to what we saw
17148s	earlier when this uh same Hearth hand
17151s	was kind of
17155s	[Music]
17159s	created I think this is kind of bad news
17161s	like I definitely think this is top half
17164s	that pad Nitza could have hit here for
17166s	outcomes from the hand because suddenly
17168s	like waste remover in haru's hand is
17170s	kind of scary
17172s	as a as a self Mill kind of card chaos
17174s	creation is extremely scary in haru's
17177s	hand as a self Mill
17178s	tool yeah both of those just kind of
17181s	feel pretty dead at the moment getting
17184s	down all the way to seven cards now for
17186s	Habig gabu left in the
17189s	deck and then also the yeah The Cold
17192s	Light Seer can really just uh pump up
17195s	that fatigue damage that Hab gabu would
17197s	face too yep so the brown is gone of
17199s	course like you would certainly assume
17202s	the brown is dying this time but there's
17203s	still a brew master there's still um a
17206s	prep vanish available there's still gang
17208s	up available that can get extra copies
17210s	in there if you need to so there is
17213s	still a lot of potential gas when it
17214s	comes to uh to fatiguing Haru
17221s	here this is not quite the game plan
17224s	that uh I would have expected from the
17226s	priest but here we
17230s	are has to remove this whole board but
17232s	as you mentioned the vanish there and
17234s	replay the antique heal Bots oh more
17237s	healing oh
17240s	hello why didn't we get to play funnel
17243s	cake in mil Rogue back in the day this
17245s	seems exciting can you
17247s	imagine
17250s	oh
17252s	I so you could now like cold light
17256s	Oracle funnel cake the opposing side of
17258s	the
17260s	board and and then still potentially
17262s	healbot prep
17264s	vanish the problem is is you're
17266s	returning a gem tosser and a popar to
17269s	your opponent's hand which are both
17271s	pretty good cards to return again
17273s	although actually if you cold light
17274s	first I think you can burn the gem
17278s	tosser so you're only giving the pop
17280s	guard back which is pretty huge
17288s	actually oh now there's a LeRoy as well
17291s	oh my
17297s	gosh this would be the moment where if I
17299s	were casting with Raven he'd see seven
17301s	Mana he'd see a Leroy and a gang up and
17303s	he'd just be saying all right let's get
17305s	let's get some leroys in my
17310s	deck no n you you always have to stick
17313s	with this vanish plan this turn I think
17316s	once you started going for it you just
17318s	have to follow through
17321s	yeah as you mentioned that gem
17323s	tosser burned and a sledge on Wheels
17325s	burned yeah really good recognition from
17328s	piter as well just you know minions
17330s	return to hand in the order they were
17331s	played so he knew if he could fill a
17333s	couple of cards up first with The Cold
17334s	Light Oracle then that um that gem tossa
17337s	which is by far the scariest card
17339s	representing 10 damage would actually
17341s	get burnt which is phenomenal
17347s	news yeah can't uh can't set up any you
17351s	sort of fill the hand burn another card
17354s	uh from Habu gabo side
17356s	either with the
17360s	paic I speaker stomper slows something
17365s	down but it doesn't feel like it's doing
17367s	a whole lot other than putting something
17368s	on the board at this point
17374s	right
17376s	many is just building up another board
17379s	uh and threatening lethal with stats
17398s	enough with four cards remaining oh oh
17401s	it's not active didn't play enough
17403s	dragons before the
17404s	half no there really wasn't U much found
17408s	and I think the the Wrangler got got uh
17411s	killed pretty early so there wasn't very
17413s	many happy welps
17418s	yep is there a funnel cake remaining no
17421s	one was played and one was transformed
17422s	on the turn the half was played right so
17425s	there's I'm thinking I was thinking
17426s	about some line where you play like cold
17427s	light Oracle to pick up some dragons and
17429s	then also pick up funnel cake get the
17431s	Mana back you're able to get the Zari
17433s	down in the same turn but way too far
17435s	away from that I think even if you did
17437s	have funnel cakes in the deck and you
17438s	don't so that is a complete nonstarter
17442s	this is just going to be lethal for Hab
17444s	gabo if uh this board doesn't get
17447s	answered right now
17449s	yep there's no way this has to be like a
17452s	LeRoy rope already I feel like I've been
17455s	thinking about this turn for like 3
17456s	seconds how is the Rope already
17467s	here my is too full oh cold light but
17471s	The Drifter that was potentially an out
17474s	he could make something happen but just
17475s	did not find the line in the end
17478s	decision paralysis Pat niter is going to
17481s	lose game one chaos creation is going to
17484s	burn that last remaining card out of the
17487s	deck but it is not draw five it is
17489s	simply destroy the bottom cards of your
17491s	deck so no fatigue worry in the end from
17493s	Habu gabu and that was a difficult game
17496s	to navigate from his perspective because
17499s	he had to play the last three to four
17502s	turns of that game essentially without
17503s	playing his two highest threat cards
17506s	which were the waste remover and the
17507s	chaos creation those were the easiest
17509s	ways to generate pressure and Haru
17511s	garage just couldn't play them because
17512s	he realized if he did so he'd be uh
17514s	quite easily fatigued out with The Cold
17516s	Light Oracle combo that came from the
17518s	halfth so pretty crazy game number one
17521s	but Haru kept a call ahead I think of
17523s	the two players in the end managed to
17525s	navigate his way through worth saying I
17527s	think Pat nit had a pretty terrible draw
17529s	uh with the Zari but uh almost was able
17532s	to make something happen would love to
17534s	go back and like revisit this game
17536s	basically from this point just to try
17539s	and figure out if there was uh any
17540s	different route cuz there was so many
17542s	different combinations of healing vanish
17544s	with or without prep with the brw master
17547s	thrown in there as well maybe using gang
17549s	up on healbots maybe using gang up on
17551s	Leroy maybe using gang up on Cold Light
17553s	Oracle like there's so many different
17555s	routes that you could take there to try
17556s	and find yourself some kind of wing
17558s	condition I think that'd be a pretty
17560s	interesting game to like break down long
17562s	form if you had the time but as I called
17564s	out in the end sometimes 75 seconds is
17568s	not as long as you think it is once your
17569s	turn starts and you run out of time very
17572s	very quickly yeah it really did which
17575s	was interesting because I think what
17576s	like two turns before that there was a
17578s	turn that uh felt like it went on for
17581s	about five minutes just for that single
17584s	turn so then we had that turn that was 5
17587s	Seconds uh which felt like but that does
17590s	mean that
17591s	uh
17592s	that the Warlock the Sledge warlock has
17596s	gotten through so for Hab gabo just has
17599s	the Jive Shaman and uh the priest of his
17603s	own to get through now uh how are you
17605s	feeling about these two decks into uh
17610s	pn's
17612s	lineup I thought pretty good about it
17613s	double Demon Hunter ban as well this
17615s	series worth uh calling out but um I
17618s	think the X Factor here is going to be
17620s	the r rbow DK it's a deck that we
17622s	haven't really talked about
17623s	significantly because it's it's uh
17626s	unique to patn he's done brilliantly
17630s	with it so far I believe coming into day
17632s	two he won every game with it and I'm
17634s	not sure how that stands because uh pad
17636s	series was the one we joined in progress
17638s	where the the DK had already got out but
17640s	I didn't know if it went one Z or 1 but
17643s	either way he's doing fantastically well
17645s	with it he's uh coming into day two and
17647s	Shout out again to onad for keeping the
17649s	stats for us on Twitter um he'd played
17651s	three games he'd won three games and
17653s	rainbow DK had been banned in one of his
17655s	series as well which makes it a a pretty
17657s	effective bring to the tournament so far
17659s	you'd have to say but looks like Habu
17661s	gabu is going straight back to the Zari
17663s	priest of his own uh this is the most uh
17668s	off-the-wall build of the deck I think
17670s	that we have in the tournament with the
17671s	razor scale the double gorm and the
17674s	ignis thrown in there as some of those
17676s	uh those extra Tech tools to find some
17679s	Roots um against War in particular uh
17682s	with the ignis representing extra damage
17684s	and then if you caught Haru gab's
17685s	interview at the end of day two I
17687s	believe it was he went very very in
17689s	depth about all the different things
17691s	that uh the Razer scale can do for him
17692s	in this
17694s	tournament yeah an incredible inclusion
17696s	and even uh Hab gabu during that
17698s	interview did mention just uh just
17701s	having like the one copy of Razer scale
17704s	um but I think Beyond those what we've
17706s	gotten to see in action that has been uh
17709s	pretty standout as well is the inclusion
17711s	of those guy worms uh was very very
17714s	exciting to see the kind of uh
17716s	excitement that Habu gabu himself had
17719s	when drawing those backto back turns for
17722s	a lethal uh to close it out in one of
17725s	those matches yesterday it was very
17726s	exciting but we'll see if he can pull
17729s	off something like that in this second
17731s	match uh the Warrior on the other side
17735s	and this is the full Highlander Warrior
17738s	uh the complete one of L just uh of note
17742s	so the things like the bran and Reno
17747s	will be active as soon as they are in
17749s	hand and ready to go but there is two
17753s	Miracle salesman and a wel Wrangler in
17755s	hand for Habu gabu how is that looking
17757s	for uh this pre-art yeah webranger in
17761s	general is such a strong opening card in
17764s	most matchs but against warrior in
17765s	particular if you can coin it out on one
17767s	on the coin or if you can drop it on two
17769s	on the play it's actually
17771s	pretty damn difficult for warrior to
17773s	interact with it normally more often
17776s	than not will stick for an extra turn or
17779s	two which means you can absolutely get
17780s	those happy welps going and basically
17782s	have complete peace of mind uh about
17784s	your Zari turn moving forward he has
17787s	also hit that ignis which I think is one
17789s	of the best cards in his deck for the
17790s	warrior matchup but of course it's a
17793s	very strange ignis it's a very awkward
17796s	ignis because you do still have to find
17799s	that uh gorm and be a able to forge it
17802s	to activate the ignis and a lot of times
17804s	right now right any turn from now onward
17806s	where you draw a guia work your first
17808s	instinct is going to want to play it as
17810s	a quick draw card right cuz that's how
17812s	it's designed you're just going to draw
17813s	it off the top on any given turn you're
17815s	going to oh okay cool I'm going to slam
17816s	this card um but that's not necessarily
17819s	going to be what you want to do long
17820s	term with that ignis in your hand
17821s	representing so much extra value as a
17823s	plan B but that might be a long long way
17826s	in the future and maybe not even come to
17828s	fruition at all because if Haru garbage
17830s	is keeps curving out like this he might
17832s	just get there real quick with that
17835s	zering yeah already a thirsty Drifter
17838s	already the zi some Dragon creation
17842s	looking pretty good and on the other
17845s	side of and the razor scale as well oh
17849s	this is going to be so interesting uh
17852s	the trial by fire is that the only
17854s	removal in hand right now uh there's
17857s	bellowing Flames that was just picked up
17859s	on the previous time which is discounted
17861s	as well so it can be forged and played
17862s	on the same turn here of course it will
17864s	still cost two even through the uh the
17866s	razor scale but yeah it it will say that
17869s	that spell that was drawn was a
17871s	discounted trial by fire Instead This
17873s	would stop coin trial by fire for
17875s	example which would be a huge uh swing
17878s	in favor of Habu
17882s	gabu I love that we're finally getting
17885s	to see it though the razor scale we
17887s	really didn't get to see it much uh
17889s	before yeah
17891s	yep so yeah this is stopping what it's
17894s	stop so it's stopping coin discounted
17896s	trial by fire it's also stopping safety
17898s	goggles coin sanitize there's another
17901s	thing that be shutting down I guess in
17902s	this position so there are there's a few
17904s	things that harby Gabby would be
17906s	switching off just so happens that none
17908s	of them are actually in the hand for pan
17910s	right now so it's just a two4 but it's
17912s	doing great he's doing his best
17921s	and
17922s	uh yeah going to go for the bellowing
17925s	Flames as you mentioned forging it and
17927s	getting to play it this turn just try to
17929s	remove as much as possible there does
17931s	clear off uh a couple of the the bodies
17934s	so not too bad but doesn't clear off the
17937s	well Wrangler which I think uh here is
17940s	pretty key considering that that uh Dar
17943s	me needs to have just a little bit more
17946s	more dragons to go with it
17955s	oh my it is uh dwn it's become time to
17959s	pick a line and commit to it here
17960s	because Haru can choose to go two
17963s	different ways here he can choose to go
17964s	Max Tempo this turn just play his One
17966s	Drops play his first thirsty Drifter for
17968s	zero play the other sorry play the first
17970s	one for one play the second one for zero
17972s	and then just try and follow that up
17974s	with a Zari at some point or he can try
17977s	and hold those back for the guaranteed
17979s	two Turner with Zari instead and that is
17982s	looking to be what he wants to go with
17984s	here
17985s	instead yeah I think using that
17986s	tradeable to pick up that second uh well
17989s	prangler kind of helped with that
17990s	decision
17998s	too har Gabby giving it the go go do
18001s	your worst I'm ready for it I'm
18004s	ready sure does this just have to be the
18008s	coin trial by fire and and clear the
18011s	board oh so the ETC is a gatekeeper an
18016s	armor vendor and a dirty rat which nope
18019s	none of that is doing anything for you
18020s	in the long run so yeah I think it just
18022s	has to be the trial by fire har we saw
18025s	the coin had a sharp intake a breath but
18027s	then I think he saw him M the words nope
18028s	that's fine in response to what he's
18031s	facing down
18033s	here safety goggles from p as well to
18036s	gain the six just
18037s	hoping that that six armor might just
18040s	get him over the line against the two
18044s	turns SLE we have just seen one of those
18047s	guy worms enter the
18049s	hand could be forged could be played but
18054s	does Hab gabu even need it at this point
18057s	with all of these other bodies and Zari
18059s	I don't think so with one Dragon left
18061s	remaining right if I got this count yeah
18062s	yeah this is now active and you can just
18064s	play the uh the Double the double
18067s	thirsties which gives you 13 damage
18070s	going into the next
18073s	turn ooh okay well now we've got
18077s	options I was going to say then it's
18079s	probably Forge the guia worm play the
18082s	ignis and just take um a five Mana
18085s	weapon possibly try and hit wind Fury
18087s	for massive damage on the next turn just
18089s	to go face with but
18091s	arthor is a pretty exciting top
18095s	deck it is I respect it
18102s	the time R azeroth's
18109s	potential just going to clear up a
18111s	couple of things I am curious to see
18113s	what this discover is yeah this could be
18116s	huge any form of damage Sonia is usually
18120s	such an exciting role with this deck as
18122s	well but theeran does represent direct
18125s	damage potential which makes this a
18127s	somewhat tougher Choice than you might
18129s	think I mean even has natural Synergy
18131s	with the deck right it's got to be said
18133s	as well even though it's not necessarily
18135s	what you're interested in never mind
18137s	apparently that's exactly what you're
18138s	interested
18141s	in it is it is the best it's actually my
18144s	favorite card I love that card so much
18147s	uh not that it necessarily is the pick
18150s	every time you see it but is it an VI I
18154s	know lot of people really really love
18155s	the art on fire yeah I I love the art I
18158s	also just I love dragons so you got to
18161s	go with it uh I I do like that alond
18165s	play though just going for it uh
18167s	definitely there was consideration for
18169s	that Forge ignis play that you had
18171s	mentioned as well yeah but this just
18173s	creates more more threats it just keeps
18177s	those threats going this is something
18179s	that uh ponit uh really wants to answer
18183s	or remove but there's not great ways to
18187s	do that at the moment no and and then
18191s	the the forge ignis play can still
18193s	happen on the following turn if there's
18196s	not lethal on board yet uh plus the
18198s	crucial additional one damage or one
18201s	Mana next turn that if habo gabu instead
18204s	is very close to lethal uh the guy worm
18208s	being forged ignis and going for a one
18210s	cost weapon to potentially just get that
18212s	extra bit of
18213s	damage sanitized just barely Out Of
18217s	Reach as it was for the entire game for
18219s	bunny hop earlier on as well yeah need
18222s	to can drop the forge on it now at least
18224s	though which gives him some hope for
18226s	future
18236s	turns just going and summon a
18238s	coffee together in
18245s	harmony uh well none of
18247s	these yeah
18250s	the Memon could be interesting in some
18254s	other Decks that are being played but
18256s	there's not anything that uh is super
18259s	exciting in these uh discover options
18261s	here
18267s	no is there any okay I was like is there
18270s	any Undead either I don't think
18275s	so no right most things are a dragon
18278s	Crimson clery is nothing St an
18284s	elemental and here it is going to go for
18286s	that Forge and the
18292s	Ignus okay no
18295s	wi deal six with battlecry though he
18298s	went 10 okay yeah I mean that makes
18300s	sense he's got enough gas to keep going
18302s	on turn nine I suppose I guess the goal
18304s	here is to uh try and potentially set up
18307s	a uh two turn lethal through the Reno
18309s	because said because youve played zi
18310s	this game you've essentially played wild
18312s	growth right so your 10 Mana turn comes
18314s	in response to your opponent's Reno in
18317s	uh some
18318s	positions yeah and also if there is uh
18322s	some more board removal or armor gain uh
18325s	on turn nine here as well even without
18328s	Reno being set up but if everything else
18330s	uh goes away there is still the forged
18333s	guy worm that Habu can continue just
18335s	push a little bit of damage uh with
18337s	playing that out as well before that
18339s	turn 10 weapon comes
18342s	down yeah I can also have some fun with
18344s	the uh projectionist and the fire right
18346s	if you want to just make another huge
18348s	board at some point it's kind of cool I
18350s	think we're probably past that point in
18352s	the
18356s	game but worth keeping an eye on
18364s	anyway the only thing that I see that's
18366s	potentially awkward with the 10 Mana
18367s	weapon because you didn't hit the wi
18368s	Fury is if you do end up in that spot
18370s	where like you make another board next
18371s	turn like this board gets dealt with you
18373s	make another board next turn it gets
18374s	renowned and then your response is the
18376s	weapon P does play Viper in the deck
18379s	right because it is pure Highlander so
18380s	you could potentially just lose access
18382s	to your entire uh 10 Mana turn but as it
18386s	stands there is just not a significant
18389s	uh board clear coming out here 10 still
18392s	being represented on board
18402s	hu is so close to being able to close
18404s	this
18408s	out he's been offered three different
18411s	Highlander legendaries from discovering
18413s	so far and summoned a fourth one from
18415s	the random summon as well what the hell
18418s	what's going
18422s	on so I believe one damage off
18427s	yeah ah and one Mana off being able to
18431s	uh use the gorm celestial projectionist
18436s	and gorm yep
18441s	yep oh that ferin looks so exciting if
18445s	there weren't duplicates in the
18447s	deck the discovers have not been uh
18451s	super favorable here for Habu either but
18453s	still been able to piece together tons
18456s	of damage keep the pressure on and I
18458s	feel like we have seen this uh
18460s	repeatedly so far today in our top eight
18463s	where these Warriors just look like they
18464s	are sitting there doing nothing just
18466s	desperately grasping a sh to stay in
18469s	these
18472s	games that is the Reno coming out from
18474s	pit and we saw battlecry deal damage was
18477s	an option for the weapon and it was the
18479s	one that was chosen which
18481s	means with the six damage Habu gabu is
18484s	going to go off to a 20 lead Habu gabu
18488s	did the smart thing of recognizing that
18490s	setup three times in advance three turns
18492s	in advance all I've got to do is the
18494s	easy job and spot it as it happens but
18496s	as it panned out exactly as we expected
18499s	loading up that damage on board taking
18501s	the 10 Mana weapon and even with the
18502s	Miss on the Wind Fury just enough damage
18505s	to get over the line in the end and
18506s	you've got to say you have to point it
18508s	out I point it out on both sides I've
18510s	been very very fair when Haru gab's deck
18513s	choices have looked quite silly I've
18514s	made fun of them when they've looked
18516s	like genius I've caught said they look
18517s	like genius and that is at at least
18520s	three games this tournament that
18522s	specifically the damage from hand from
18525s	glowstone gorm has got Habu Over The
18527s	Line in difficult spots right you could
18529s	argue that one of the cards that's not
18531s	being played in this deck to make room
18532s	for these choices is Leroy Jenkins and
18535s	Leroy Jenkins with an Armen Thor
18536s	sticking to the board would have mega
18539s	ended it right you can go Leroy copy the
18541s	Leroy and then they both charge at the
18543s	face on the same turn um which is one of
18544s	the coolest interactions with it but
18546s	Haru gab's list Haru gabu appears to
18549s	have cooked here particularly in the
18551s	Warrior matchup specifically where this
18552s	ignis and the the gyow worms are doing
18554s	some real real work for
18556s	him yeah it's been really interesting I
18559s	was thinking about it earlier uh during
18561s	one of the matches that it does seem
18564s	like the the success stories that I
18566s	think we have seen over the course of
18568s	this tournament have been the Decks that
18570s	are able to push some early game damage
18573s	and then close things out with something
18575s	from hand whether that is those demon
18578s	Hunters with dis discovering inquisitors
18581s	or these like ignis weapons you know or
18584s	something to that effect uh has has been
18588s	kind of the theme I think for a lot of
18590s	the decks this weekend because there are
18592s	things like the armor that can
18594s	potentially uh come out from things like
18596s	the warrior or uh some of those other
18598s	kind of control Decks that we've seen
18600s	and I think that's another Point why
18602s	it's so critical that we have seen a lot
18603s	of these players also taking their time
18606s	a lot to really count and consider a lot
18609s	of the different break points that we've
18613s	seen yeah for sure it's almost a bit of
18615s	a lost art in Hearthstone the ability to
18619s	just set up two to throw uh three turn
18621s	lethals by by partitioning out direct
18623s	damage because we don't necessarily see
18626s	a lot of those classic Face Hunter
18628s	styles of deck anymore like most of the
18630s	best aggro Decks that we see are very
18631s	board-based aggro decks and most of the
18633s	best damage from hand Decks that we see
18636s	are um save up blow your opponent out
18639s	with a with the 30 damage plus otk kind
18641s	of thing right so that idea of like my
18644s	deck just hits you with consistent
18645s	damage and I partition it out over
18647s	multiple turns isn't something that you
18649s	see a massive amount of these days but
18651s	we have certainly seen a little
18652s	Resurgence of it in this tournament with
18654s	some of the decks and uh particularly
18657s	with with Haru gab's lineup and
18658s	particularly with Haru gab's lineup
18660s	against warlocks when he gets to face
18661s	off against
18662s	them yes well uh this game we are seeing
18667s	habo gaboo Jive Shaman this is the last
18670s	deck that he's going to need to get a
18671s	win with uh and I I think another thing
18673s	we've said all throughout the weekend is
18675s	it has to feel good being up two Z but
18678s	that does absolutely not count the other
18680s	player out uh so how do you feel about
18684s	this uh matchup of the priest into this
18686s	Jive
18688s	Shaman I think it's pretty close um I
18692s	think it's very very difficult to
18695s	navigate from the shaman side like I
18697s	think the skill Edge goes to the Shan if
18700s	you like like if you look at Stats I
18701s	think you can adjust that a little bit
18703s	towards Shaman for the very best players
18704s	in the world because it's super tricky
18708s	to be able to navigate through
18709s	potentially using resources to clear a
18711s	board uh but then also preserving enough
18713s	to be able to kill the opponent right
18715s	because you can't really set out to go
18718s	long against this deck because you're
18720s	not resilient enough to be able to
18721s	survive the double turn if they get to
18723s	the dble the double turn so you have to
18726s	ride this razor fine line the entire
18728s	time on of preserving enough to be able
18731s	to at some point Flash and kill your
18733s	opponent but then also just not letting
18735s	them run away with these like four fours
18737s	and three threes that they can just
18738s	flood all over the board in the early
18740s	game so very very difficult to uh
18743s	navigate from the shaman side but in the
18744s	hands of a good Shaman player I think a
18746s	pretty close matchup
18748s	overall yeah and uh bringing up the
18752s	things like four fours uh pretty
18754s	relevant as we have seen the GIF WRA
18757s	welp come down uh on the other side here
18761s	which did mean that the lightning bolt
18763s	was not able to clear uh nothing kind of
18766s	able to come down and uh actually clear
18769s	these up this is extra damage that uh
18773s	Payton man uh that there's able to be
18777s	pushed to
18782s	face this just starts that chip
18785s	damage yeah and just following up with
18787s	the Starlight welp just another massive
18788s	minion I think that was probably the
18790s	best Target to receive the buff and has
18793s	done here to the point that yeah
18795s	something that Neil and I was were
18797s	talking about earlier sometimes you do
18798s	get put under so much pressure earlier
18800s	that you got to look for that Tempo
18801s	flash earlier on and uh that is where
18803s	Habu gabu is already at this point going
18805s	to try and make a big Tempo swing happen
18807s	in the early
18814s	game tricky turn now because essentially
18818s	your whole hand is playable here with
18819s	the PIP yeah but there's no payoff card
18822s	to go with it there's no Drifters
18823s	there's no dream booat nothing to
18825s	actually like add more massive minions
18826s	to the board so really everything that
18829s	you commit here just becomes crash of
18831s	Thunder fuel if it ends up getting
18836s	played yeah is quite a bit of added
18839s	stats with the duplicated gift for welps
18843s	though which is kind of what we've been
18846s	talking about already all of these added
18848s	stats uh
18850s	I I guess if there is that break point
18853s	of being able to buff these outside of
18855s	Crash of Thunder mhm uh that's pretty
18858s	significant but uh the question then
18860s	becomes what uh what is Hobby gabu able
18864s	to do to actually clear these up a
18866s	lightning storm also again only at that
18869s	three damage and there is no additional
18874s	spell damage available to
18876s	use no you do have a crash in your hand
18878s	that's absolutely going to go to zero
18881s	this hand this turn though so I don't
18883s	think you're super worried about
18884s	clearing the board from here I think you
18885s	are just looking for the most
18887s	advantageous cards in general which is
18890s	probably now amphibious Elixir try and
18892s	look for some uh some off-the-wall tools
18894s	as opposed to the regular tools that you
18896s	have in your deck not sure another popup
18898s	book is going to help you out an
18899s	enormous amount here yeah I agree with
18903s	this so we can find something
18908s	helpful oh cord very
18913s	nice yeah crash Thunder can clear this
18915s	up and actually very very nice mag
18917s	suspend uh such little Mana that he can
18920s	actually drop the Jazz base and get that
18921s	rolling this turn as well it's huge yeah
18925s	that was an incredible turn uh really
18927s	made possible by the uh flash played the
18931s	previous turn which was an incredible uh
18935s	draw for Habu gabo getting to play that
18938s	and set that up
18941s	but at the same time I like the under
18942s	committal from pnit on the other side
18944s	because you know what was adding four
18946s	Miracle salesman to that board with by
18948s	using both of your funnel cakes really
18950s	going to achieve right like not a great
18952s	deal as soon as a storm or a crash came
18954s	out those are all getting swept up
18956s	anyway so at least now he has he seen
18958s	he's seen an AOE get used and he can
18960s	actually re refill the board pretty
18961s	effectively with something that's
18963s	vaguely threatening
18969s	thank you stop there for the world's
18971s	most symmetrical Hearthstone button Boom
18974s	come on what were you doing four snakes
18977s	versus four frogs that's the real
18978s	Hearthstone we want to see The Jive
18981s	insect coming into hand and that
18984s	conductivity not going to be able to
18986s	come out quite yet but the Jazz base is
18989s	already set up uh there could be some
18992s	Ragnar Roes first overload on the Jazz
18995s	base I think
18997s	right could be coming out very soon
19000s	another crash of
19002s	Thunder just dro the aled cord yeah
19005s	means zero damage being taken this turn
19007s	and we are back to Unity Precision
19012s	Perfection don't you dare hit one of
19014s	those salesman H go thank
19018s	you just want this board stay forever
19021s	thought about it for a second it is
19031s	[Music]
19032s	H again uh this game another kind of uh
19035s	awkward turn six with this Hearthstone
19038s	Brew the Almond THU coming into hand now
19041s	already
19043s	uh how how many uh salesman can go onto
19047s	the
19049s	board projectionist and another salesman
19055s	hurray this is what twice in three games
19058s	the p has been in this position with
19061s	half and Arenal in the hand at the same
19064s	time I would not now be surprised if
19066s	this fifth salesman is being ignored
19068s	yeah and we're just going to go funnel K
19069s	funnel K can potentially Jam the half no
19073s	okay he going to hold on to the half
19074s	okay oh yeah true true true you can get
19076s	two extra healing as well yeah yeah I
19078s	would have missed two healing there was
19079s	not paying attention to that at all
19082s	makes
19085s	sense ooh okay this is not the Rogue not
19089s	the Rogan we've seen before but uh
19093s	that's a lot of potential Damage Big
19096s	minions oh man carnivorous
19099s	Cube I miss those days yep one of the
19104s	Undisputed greatest Hearthstone decks of
19106s	all time if you disagree you are wrong I
19109s	hate to break it to you but you
19115s	are H magatha burned
19119s	that actually could be detrimental but I
19123s	don't know how long do you think that
19124s	this game really continues to go uh
19127s	before Hab gabu is actually able to
19128s	piece something together and close it
19130s	out if uh if it goes that
19132s	long yeah I think because so P got yeah
19136s	you know we're excited to see it because
19138s	we love Q block but in reality this is
19140s	one of the clunkiest hands that you can
19142s	get right because if you look at the
19145s	actual minions in your hand Doom guard
19147s	is not the first thing that you want to
19149s	play play cuz you're likely to discard
19150s	the other cool things in your hand Cube
19152s	as the first thing that you play does
19154s	absolutely nothing faceless manipulator
19156s	as the first thing that you play does
19158s	absolutely nothing so realistically the
19160s	first thing that you have to play is
19161s	Skull of the manari to get a demon out
19163s	of your hand which is a ludicrously low
19166s	Tempo turn and leaves an almost entirely
19168s	empty board only saved by this Drifter
19171s	for Habu gabu to just be able to
19173s	potentially uh commit a conductivity
19175s	play on if he found a a popup book or
19177s	something here like this could be close
19179s	to game over
19183s	already I mean still there is still one
19186s	in the deck
19188s	right I think so yeah one that was
19191s	played earlier was discovered yeah we
19193s	saw two of them get played and I think
19195s	one of those was from hand and one of
19197s	those was a discover I
19199s	believe but hey there's always a way to
19201s	find a popup book there yeah there
19204s	really
19205s	is and there it is
19212s	zapper is free so if you play the zapper
19215s	mhm the popup B then deals three damage
19217s	to the 46 your weapon finishes it off
19219s	you then have three minions in
19224s	Play Haru seems equally as excited about
19227s	this as I
19228s	am don't think the crash is going to
19230s	zero this
19233s	turn although you have already played
19236s	reflexes you've already played popup
19237s	book and you're going to play conduct it
19239s	this turn as
19242s	well so it does get down to two
19245s	already doesn't go for it though chooses
19248s	the flash that's fair okay which yeah
19253s	respectable but now we are getting to
19255s	see this and three bodies going to be
19258s	transformed into ragnaros but that is
19260s	only going to mean 24 damage going to
19263s	face uh setting uh this health total to
19266s	two
19269s	void Lord immediately coming
19274s	down Drifter again as
19290s	well so for those of you that didn't
19293s	play back in the uh the Q block
19296s	days the spells in hand we've got dark
19299s	packed in there which will destroy a
19300s	minion restore eight health to your hero
19303s	uh carnivorous Cube uh eats a minion and
19305s	stores two copies of that minion inside
19307s	its death rattle so that's a natural
19309s	combo you can for example eat this void
19311s	Lord and then heal for eight and spit
19312s	two void Lords back out which can
19314s	protect you uh from this Ragnarok board
19316s	State and that looks like exactly what
19318s	we're going to be doing
19320s	here yeah the other uh kind of fun and
19324s	fancy play is going for the doomu guard
19326s	and that Cube not able to use the pack
19329s	if he had gone for that but the the that
19333s	kind of line would be if uh if he were
19335s	actually going for some sort of lethal
19338s	damage or sadly had to make any trades
19341s	with that ideally not what you want to
19342s	do in that situation but uh yeah the the
19345s	heal just putting up taunts seems
19347s	absolutely fantastic against these and
19351s	especially on a turn when there is so
19353s	much overload for Habu gabo as well yep
19357s	Habu just smashed into turn with his
19359s	face and tried to see if it could happen
19361s	he had a tiny tiny CH he right there he
19364s	could have been the first player in
19365s	Hearthstone history by going to the
19367s	world championships by skipping a turn
19370s	which would have been incredible if it
19372s	had happened because reminder by the way
19374s	we probably haven't hared on about this
19376s	enough uh two players from this Masters
19378s	Tour now go to the world championship
19380s	both finalists so we are in semi-finals
19382s	one so Habu gabu is currently a couple
19384s	of rag shots to the face away from going
19387s	to the World Championships and it could
19389s	have no matter how unlikely have
19391s	happened right
19396s	there is there any sort of Trades and
19402s	defile math here that can happen to
19404s	clear these R off the board it's puzzle
19407s	Labs all over again Dawn don't do this
19409s	to me it is that's why I asked you cuz
19413s	then I wouldn't have to figure it out
19415s	let you figure it out you're learning
19417s	the host role very very well just leave
19419s	all the hard work to your analyst wait
19420s	what happened
19422s	here uh started making trades and is
19425s	playing the defile
19428s	oh oh just creating his own
19431s	ragnaros yeah the defile was literally a
19434s	whirlwind there right which I'm not sure
19437s	if that was just a colossal
19438s	miscalculation or whether it was just
19440s	played as a
19444s	whirlwind but in the end faceless
19445s	manipulator on a rag
19450s	I think might just be good
19452s	enough to get there not finding burn is
19456s	Habu gabu and unfortunately too low
19457s	Health total himself that he might just
19460s	be dying to the doomguard here on the
19462s	back
19468s	swing
19472s	well taking a look at what's left in the
19475s	deck I think for spells it's flash of
19477s	lightning popup book
19482s	lightning
19483s	bolt and the
19486s	overdraft I think we the only spells
19489s	available uh that could have gotten
19491s	drawn off of cactus
19500s	cutter yeah har searching for a
19503s	line soel also searching for a line
19506s	neither of us finding one
19512s	no and Haru knows he'll know the hand
19515s	he'll know that there is a doom guard
19516s	being summoned from the hand for free
19518s	here no matter
19519s	[Music]
19521s	what it is actually significant that the
19525s	Spells did get to get played and give
19527s	those Cactus Cutters
19529s	taunt but there's still so much
19534s	compiling on the board here and now the
19536s	scale replica how many dragons have been
19538s	played there's a zi coming here and
19540s	there's three dragons in hand at the
19542s	very least and space for these to be
19544s	traded into so I don't think the answer
19545s	to that question even matters which is
19547s	excellent news cuz I didn't
19551s	know perfect I think we're doing this uh
19554s	very well yes succeeded in our roles
19559s	here
19560s	in there is the extra turn the answer
19563s	was
19564s	four one needed to get the job done and
19567s	now Pat niter if you have any style in
19569s	your body you will let rag finish the
19571s	job here oh my goodness what are you
19573s	doing come
19575s	on ah not good enough panit of course
19580s	has far more important things to worry
19581s	about than the uh whims of a random
19583s	irrelevant Caster while he plays for a
19585s	spot of the World Championships but come
19587s	on ruining the perfect board with four
19590s	snakes versus four frogs and not letting
19592s	rag finish the game come on I'm
19594s	disappointed it's almost like he's
19596s	trying to guarantee the win I don't know
19598s	so it's a little weird but all right no
19601s	uh very very nicely played that was a
19603s	really interesting game and the uh
19607s	really cool to see the kind of uh call
19610s	back to that Cube as we see the Hearth
19615s	uh in the replay as
19620s	well man I really wanted to see this
19622s	Turn end it it would have been so cool
19624s	just skip your turn win the game go to
19626s	Worlds March off into the sunset it
19629s	would have been glorious but it was not
19631s	to be yeah I think you know I kind of
19633s	expected when that turned into the Q
19635s	block hand I'm going to be honest I was
19637s	expecting it to be kind of a walk from
19639s	Habu from that point because limited
19642s	healing sure like there was the one dark
19644s	pack that could give a little bit of a
19645s	boost but the fact that you essentially
19647s	have to AFK your first turn after you
19649s	get that hand it's so low tempo for two
19652s	turns in a row right you play a six-man
19653s	a 55 and then probably skip the rest of
19656s	your turn while you do that and then you
19657s	have to play a five Mana skull of the
19659s	manari which is essentially skipping
19660s	your next turn after that as well which
19662s	is what he ended up doing and still you
19664s	can uh you can start to see why that
19666s	deck was uh so beloved by so many people
19669s	for such a long time when it was part of
19671s	the meta game if you didn't play it it
19672s	was one of the most absurd B tense eras
19677s	of hearthstone ever because um spreading
19680s	plague uh Druid with the malurian hero
19683s	also existed in the same meta game so
19685s	you'd have these weird back and forths
19687s	where one player would have the
19689s	potential to spawn like seven Doom
19690s	guards out of carnivorous Cubes but
19692s	there'd be a one5 torn in the way of
19694s	every single one of them the entire time
19696s	you'd have these absurd games where
19697s	there'd be 14 minions in play for 20
19699s	straight turns and both decks would go
19700s	to fatigue ah it was awesome it was it
19703s	was a good time an incredibly complex
19705s	era of of high level Hearthstone
19707s	although the less said about the Druid
19708s	mirrors the better I will just leave it
19710s	at
19711s	that yes yes let's please not uh talk
19715s	about that we don't even no
19719s	but we can talk about this rainbow death
19721s	KN uh that we will be seeing because
19725s	that is something that we really haven't
19727s	gotten to see on broadcast very much at
19730s	all only two players did bring it as you
19733s	mentioned uh one of the
19737s	um other matches that uh it that we
19743s	talked about it I guess it was banned
19744s	and then the other one it was played off
19747s	stream and won the first game and then
19750s	we came in far way through so it hasn't
19752s	really uh shown its face but we will
19756s	maybe see it at some point here but uh
19757s	yeah we we got hit with the bait and
19759s	switch again D he's queuing up the
19761s	warrior this time so your narrative your
19763s	narrative fits perfectly we might just
19766s	uh spend this entire tournament never
19768s	get getting a good look at uh Pat's
19770s	rainbow DK because it is going to be the
19772s	Highlander Warrior that comes out to
19774s	play here the pure Highlander Warrior uh
19776s	that we already saw once this is a lless
19779s	deck uh for Pat
19782s	nit I I was just setting up the
19784s	storyline of it going to game five for
19786s	us to see the deck that's what yeah yeah
19793s	100% safety goggles no okay probably one
19798s	of the most powerful uses of safety
19800s	goggles is that enables you to uh play
19802s	Stone skin armor for effect very very
19804s	early in the game depending on whether
19805s	you have the coin or not
19808s	but uh no such
19811s	luck no and for Hab gabu the uh Needle
19815s	Rock totem just uh come down here on
19817s	turn two this hand isn't looking
19820s	incredibly exciting at the moment but an
19824s	ancestral knowledge to start drawing
19826s	some cards work towards some other
19827s	things and it does overload and create
19829s	the opportunity for a Flow Rider to come
19831s	down as well so there's something yeah
19835s	yeah we've seen Haru a couple of times
19837s	already have to go like bolt Flow Rider
19839s	on turn two Which is less than ideal but
19843s	uh is normally a sacrifice that you have
19845s	to make when you don't get these uh very
19848s	very strong starts with the card dra get
19850s	it rolling
19852s	early certainly against Warrior we're
19854s	talking about this earlier again like
19856s	this is a very tempolessmusic
19868s	in play for the first few turns against
19870s	Warrior to try and get some chip damage
19871s	going you can't really do that anymore
19873s	the deck isn't equipped to be able to do
19875s	that so instead you need to just focus
19877s	on probably just playing a card every
19879s	turn that uh draws at least one card so
19882s	you can start to Turbo through that deck
19883s	and pick up critical mass of of burn
19886s	damage in hand as quickly as
19888s	possible yeah and it's really
19890s	interesting with those cards
19891s	specifically that you mentioned because
19893s	uh both the uh feral and uh
19900s	now I'm just throwing a blank on the
19901s	other name turn the
19903s	tides turn the tides yeah yes okay uh
19906s	they're both able to still be discovered
19909s	so it's or included in decks if people
19911s	chose to but they they're just not quite
19914s	in that same vein doing as much as they
19916s	were and even being able to uh take them
19919s	off of discovers because their cost
19922s	compared to something like the new card
19924s	like popup book I feel like pop-up book
19926s	just does so much better uh in terms of
19930s	being able to create bodies on the board
19932s	for things like The Jive or other
19935s	synergies like that that kind of have to
19937s	be used now that bio uh is not in
19942s	standard gets hit by the Viper but you
19945s	do still get that uh that oneof discount
19947s	at the very
19948s	least to be able to work with
19956s	it double lightning reflect es and some
19959s	spell damage in this hand by the way
19961s	making it not the worst snapshot I've
19964s	ever seen and yeah Hub going to go for
19966s	it I wouldn't say this is a dream
19968s	snapshot but double reflexes bolt and a
19970s	flash with a spell damage minion it's
19972s	probably you know the worst spell damage
19973s	minion that you can have access to but
19975s	certainly good enough nothing else
19977s	really to spend mana on effectively here
19979s	so I I respect this
19985s	yeah still maintaining this discount
19987s	it's very hard to process this right
19989s	that like jazz Bas is one of those rare
19991s	persistent discounts that just last
19993s	forever until you use
19995s	it
20000s	yes speaking of things that last
20003s	forever are you interested in double
20005s	battlecries
20008s	I'm always interested in double do you
20011s	know how angry I was D when they were
20013s	like oh uh we're putting Brown back in
20015s	the game I was okay go on I love brand I
20018s	love me some brand doesn't matter
20020s	whether it's standard whether it's
20021s	Battlegrounds I freaking love me some
20023s	brand tell me more yeah it's a
20025s	Highlander card oh come on what you
20028s	can't honestly I feel so conflicted I
20031s	cannot stand playing Highlander I
20033s	absolutely adore my battlecry is going
20035s	off twice so I've been I've been in a
20037s	weird state of flux ever since this card
20039s	was revealed wait I need to get my
20042s	Pikachu face ready uh for response to
20045s	you saying that you're not a fan of
20047s	Highlander
20048s	hold on let me get that prepared uhhuh
20050s	yeah okay all right I I barely ever
20053s	mention it you know barely
20059s	yeah yeah well speaking of that
20061s	persistent
20062s	effect these spells being uh next spell
20068s	still having that discount but the ganth
20070s	just entering hand on curve here for
20072s	Habu makes this a little bit awkward as
20075s	well because ideally uh you would want
20077s	to play something after afterwards uh
20079s	with the ganth having a spell discounted
20081s	by three but it's the first spell
20086s	right so if he wants to play something
20088s	first then the ganth he doesn't get an
20090s	additional spell after
20093s	that still going to go for it just going
20095s	to rip the flash of
20098s	lightning just gets the discount by one
20100s	in the end or essentially wastes the
20102s	Jazz based discount if you want to look
20104s	at it that way but still very very
20106s	powerful turn like I said double
20108s	reflexes next turn with spell damage
20110s	with
20111s	conductivity lot of stuff that can
20114s	happen found popup book as well off the
20116s	flash which you can potentially make
20119s	some magic happen now with the Jive
20120s	insect Jive insect of course fire spell
20123s	does not get discounted on the flash
20124s	turn but still everything else in the
20126s	hand is going to cost nothing
20133s	so yeah and this is kind of that uh that
20135s	point that I was alluding to earlier of
20138s	don't even need to take feral Spirits
20140s	things like feral Spirits off of
20142s	discovers when you just have popup book
20144s	that's already cheaper and usually you
20146s	don't even have to pay for it it's
20148s	usually just zero and even when you do
20149s	have to pay for it it's only one and you
20151s	can usually fit it in pretty easily um
20154s	oh my gosh Habu getting very excited
20158s	here and rightly so he has pop-up book
20161s	he has lightning bolt and he has a jive
20164s	insect available with a miracle salesman
20166s	for three minions which is already 29
20170s	which means he needs
20171s	precisely one spell from lightning
20174s	reflexes and a way to kill off this loot
20176s	hoarder for leth for lethal here one
20178s	relevant spell from lightning
20182s	reflexes those are not
20184s	relevant
20187s	no yeah the recognition on the other
20190s	side though uh those are not relevant
20193s	either
20196s	no how we have seen this so many times I
20199s	feel like of either the players getting
20202s	to hit like everything that they wanted
20205s	off of the discovers or nothing at all
20207s	there's been like no in
20209s	between zapper is huge for next turn
20214s	though he won't have the reflexes which
20217s	definitely cuts into the damage
20220s	potential but the zapper coming out in
20222s	place of the miracle salesman for the
20225s	Triple rag will represent extra damage
20228s	with those burn
20233s	spells got to drop this Elixir right
20235s	yeah making the board space cuz this
20237s	sorry the hand space cuz this will
20238s	replace itself in
20241s	hand crash of Thunder will cost zero
20244s	already so he can just rip that this
20246s	turn to deal with the hoarder if he
20247s	wants to can hold on to it again for
20249s	next turn which is probably the smarter
20252s	play to be able to clear up yep I agree
20255s	with
20255s	this and he just Waits
20264s	patiently 10 cards in Hand by the way
20266s	and a snapshot still in the deck
20268s	something to keep an eye
20271s	on absolutely not a
20277s	[Music]
20278s	mistake oh the Reno also going to be
20282s	available next turn can Habu put
20284s	together enough damage to be able to
20286s	actually close out this game uh before
20289s	it continues going along and this Armor
20291s	gets out of control and Reno is only
20294s	leaving one board
20297s	[Music]
20303s	space so as of right now it's seven from
20306s	the two damage spells in hand and then
20308s	another 24 from the conductivity and the
20311s	Aftershock which is only 31 which is shy
20314s	of the 41 we're currently seeing let
20317s	alone the what 46 this is going to go up
20319s	to so Habu gabu I think needs to not
20322s	burn exactly this the photo
20325s	here step one complete and then just try
20328s	and do this twice over the course of the
20332s	game ooh okay bolt is a nice bit of
20336s	bonus damage yeah
20344s	yeah so B is three bolt is four bolt is
20347s	four that's 11 plus the 24 from the rags
20351s	35 Plus the crash of Thunder 39 I
20355s	believe
20358s	currently actually because it's double
20360s	flash you can actually get the blood
20361s	Mage Thanos in there as well which is
20363s	not damaged that I've counted so that'll
20365s	add another four
20367s	total getting even
20371s	closer is there a way to do anything
20373s	tricky with the miracle salesman to get
20375s	an extra snake oil out of it and throw
20377s	that damage as well I don't think
20382s	so
20394s	now all right here it is conductivity
20398s	Jive insect transforming these
20401s	frogs notably also the uh the board
20405s	placement I think you've mentioned a
20406s	couple times but going to
20409s	transform one of those spell damage
20411s	minions but not the one that will give
20414s	Habu additional draw yep so so easy to
20418s	get that wrong because you know you're
20420s	thinking for so much of the turn you're
20421s	counting you're double counting and then
20423s	you have to play your turn very very
20424s	quickly at the end but Haru still had
20426s	the recognition to uh separate the blood
20428s	Mage out of course entirely Irrelevant
20430s	in the end because uh the Reno sweeps it
20432s	all away without the card draw happening
20434s	anyway but just because something works
20436s	out that way doesn't mean that you
20437s	shouldn't uh play your turn correctly
20439s	that's what Haru has been doing
20456s	absolutely so at this point
20460s	for K nit there has been so much already
20465s	used from habo gabo
20468s	probably does recognize and remember
20471s	that there is that snapshot at some
20474s	point in the either in the hand right
20476s	now or still in the deck uh you may not
20479s	know that
20481s	but is is this just a point where he
20484s	wants to kind of step back and say okay
20486s	I'm just going to try to stay alive and
20489s	run you out of resources build up as
20491s	much armor as I can yeah that's
20493s	definitely the plan I think because um
20497s	you know limited number of flashes mean
20499s	that the the damage from the photo is
20501s	not as explosive as that turn that he
20503s	just took so if he can restabilize back
20505s	up to very similar Health total then I
20507s	think hary's going to be in trouble and
20509s	that turn could not have gone any better
20511s	excavate into discover the excavate card
20515s	to gain double the armor and then also
20517s	hit the mole which is one of the best
20519s	things he could possibly find for
20521s	potentially soaking up rag shots in the
20523s	long term as well absolutely huge
20525s	outcome
20528s	and if the goal is trying to add in
20531s	additional armor or other ways to stay
20533s	alive the uh that bullet from Reno of
20538s	adding four more armor always uh always
20541s	just helps that little bit extra as well
20544s	yep all right well here it is now yeah
20547s	that's the one flash that was caught in
20549s	the photo does draw into the remaining
20551s	zapper so he has basically the exact
20554s	same setup as he had on the previous one
20556s	and actually let me correct myself this
20559s	is potentially still much more explosive
20561s	than the turn that we just had because I
20563s	forgot there were two reflexes shoved in
20565s	this photo that were used not on the big
20567s	popof turn for Habu gabo so this could
20569s	potentially be ludicrous amounts of
20572s	damage still if Haru can piece it
20574s	together the problem though is the board
20577s	that can be made on the other side is
20580s	going to be quite hard to deal with in
20581s	order to get rag shots to go face
20584s	because the the azerite ox is now in
20585s	hand alongside that mole which is so
20588s	many stats in play
20596s	yeah what else can be fit into this
20601s	turn just go for the ax first and see
20603s	what minions you get yeah for sure
20606s	because whether you get Rush minions
20607s	here is going toh affect the rest of
20609s	your play I think
20611s	yeah F
20615s	here there is a Rush Minion
20618s	there is y you just attack with that and
20620s	you work out what happens later no one
20622s	understands how that card works it it
20623s	don't
20627s	work uh beautifully beautifully played
20630s	here as well uh going for the trade
20634s	getting the Needle Rock totem to
20637s	actually come into hand and then
20639s	clearing off the salesman with Habu
20643s	having a full hand so oh God that's
20646s	about as bad as it can possibly get I
20648s	guess technically turn the tides is
20650s	damage oh my god
20657s	oh no pop-up book you're going to have
20660s	to find at least one pop-up book here
20662s	but you need another AOE as well to be
20665s	able to sweep this board up you do have
20667s	that aftershocks that Habu gabo just
20669s	innocuously took about six turns Ago by
20672s	the way that could end up being a
20673s	potentially game-winning card in this
20675s	position
20682s	like you can try and say tumble weed and
20683s	just take a clear turn and then reset
20685s	for a for a later turn but I just don't
20688s	think that's good enough I don't think
20689s	there is a later turn I think this is
20691s	the turn that you have to make something
20694s	happen oh God go just
20697s	go just go play cards and hope you end
20700s	up at Worlds that's the best I've got
20702s	for you right now
20707s	sounds like uh how many people play
20710s	Hearthstone maybe not the world's part
20711s	but the uh just play cards and
20715s	hope oh my gosh did it did all of this
20718s	get played there's no way there is no
20720s	way no absolutely no
20725s	shot I am stressed I'm stressed watching
20728s	this right
20729s	now these animations are still going
20732s	even though the Rope died out and I I
20734s	can't tell which way it went based off
20736s	hu's reaction
20740s	oh no he's out so he had popup look for
20742s	another four he had turn the tides for
20745s	another three which is seven don't think
20748s	he had additional damage after that
20750s	point there wasn't any damage offered
20751s	from that last discover so it's not like
20753s	he roped out a choice that he couldn't
20756s	pick so I'm not sure he was getting
20758s	there either
20759s	way amazing recognition by the way to
20762s	understand that the out was um
20765s	conductivity elixir on the opposing
20766s	minions to to get three shots at burn
20770s	recognizing that the Jive insect wasn't
20772s	getting there right cuz there was too
20773s	many minions on the other side of the
20774s	board so burning his uh his potential
20776s	win condition with the ctivity to look
20778s	for burn and very very nearly getting
20781s	rewarded for it that is really really
20784s	good stuff and the level of pressure
20785s	that he's under yeah and I think as well
20788s	working through that much of the armor
20791s	uh there might not even be the necessity
20794s	for having the conductivity with the
20796s	Jive uh might just be able to whittle
20798s	him down and one ragn rose may be enough
20800s	to end it I think we've seen that a
20802s	couple times before as well so and not
20805s	only that but just uh recognizing that
20808s	you can use it in that case and might
20810s	not be necessary
20812s	to uh use it for some
20818s	combo snake oil does now seem pretty
20821s	useless without any spell damage hanging
20823s	around yeah
20838s	that mole as you mentioned making things
20841s	a little bit awkward as well for Hab
20843s	gabu now not able to Target that doesn't
20846s	have enough to clear up even with both
20848s	Aftershock and lightning storm still has
20851s	to deal something else to clear off just
20854s	the first part of that mole and then
20856s	still would leave a 31 behind yeah you
20861s	have the uh the turn the tides Rush
20862s	Minion that you could potentially use as
20864s	well but it's all just a little awkward
20868s	yeah feels like using a lot of resources
20872s	and committing a lot just to clear off
20874s	one
20876s	minion this is all before he's even seen
20879s	anything like the
20881s	uh ziliax or the resummoned zelc from
20886s	the Boom
20889s	yeah and he knows right because the um
20892s	the town crier is being
20894s	played he hit the 25% for the spell
20898s	damage totem there wasn't spell damage
20901s	on board but at least got a little bit
20903s	of extra uh damage push to face there
20906s	with that snake oil somewhat relevant
20908s	for uh one yeah small line as well cuz
20912s	as I was about to say he saw the town
20913s	crier get played so he knows uh sumoner
20916s	copies I is almost certainly in the hand
20919s	at this point it would be an outrageous
20921s	outcome like if on whatever we're on
20923s	like turn 12 turn 13 Barrow Buster and
20926s	ziliax were both still in the deck and
20928s	then Town Cryer hit the Barrow Buster
20930s	and not the ziliax which is the only
20932s	outcome that would result with ziliax
20933s	not being in the hand right now so he
20935s	actually blows up his entire board
20937s	afterwards to prevent any of the uh the
20939s	rush healing coming through
20953s	okay no armor available with the Reno
20957s	hero power and as we can see here not uh
20962s	not any armor in hand at the moment
20964s	either there is a chance for Habu to be
20968s	able to turn the tides hit into a minion
20972s	clear with lightning storm and can he I
20975s	guess he can't fit in the cactus cutter
20978s	and Jive now if he had just had
20980s	unlimited
20982s	Mana he could be able to clear the board
20984s	and we and turn it into Ragnar 300 mana
20989s	and like permanent plus five spell
20992s	damage at all times then we'd be in
20994s	business that's right I don't I don't
20997s	see how we don't get there with
21000s	that there is the altered cord which I
21003s	don't think PN has any information about
21006s	but it's just not getting there even
21008s	with the heads up play from Habu gabu of
21010s	removing his own board to play around
21012s	that life steal healing bad needs to
21014s	said you know what life still healing it
21016s	is anyway we'll just get it in there you
21018s	won't those extra Divine Shield minions
21020s	are resilient it means that they're not
21022s	easy to clear from the board and that
21023s	means that your ragot is going to be
21025s	very unlikely to go face obviously at
21028s	that point padet is playing around a
21029s	couple of unknown discovered cards like
21031s	I was talking about the altered cord
21033s	that could have been a source of damage
21035s	for all he knew right so he's having to
21036s	play around a couple of things um just
21040s	hypothetical sources of damage that he
21042s	might end up losing to uh the turn the
21044s	tides kind of thing an extra
21046s	conductivity that's been discovered that
21048s	can make three rags instead of one all
21050s	that kind of deal but in the end just
21052s	about hanging on in there both in that
21055s	game and in this series which he has
21056s	been doing for the past two games and
21058s	now we come all the way down to match
21061s	point the way it should be semifinals of
21064s	Masters Tour spring two games to two
21068s	with a spot at the world championship
21070s	directly on the
21072s	line that's right and uh it's come full
21076s	circle we've gotten to that game number
21078s	five which means we will see the death
21080s	knight that I mentioned earlier that we
21084s	weren't sure if we were going to get to
21085s	see but this means we will get to see it
21087s	now so it is going to be uh that kind of
21091s	rainbow death knight uh versus the
21094s	shaman which we have seen struggle and
21097s	this is kind of that other line uh or
21099s	story that has been talked about a
21101s	couple of times right is that sure it
21103s	feels great for these players to have to
21105s	be up two Z but that does not count the
21107s	other player out by any means still uh
21112s	still gone to a lot of game fives over
21115s	this weekend oh yeah we've had some uh
21118s	some real meaty series like even with
21120s	the some of the the quicker ones in
21122s	terms of score score line the three Zer
21124s	and the 31s we've seen uh some very very
21127s	long grindy Series right exemplified
21129s	even by that bunny Hopper series that we
21130s	were just looking at recently 03 where
21133s	bunny just absolutely dug his
21135s	fingernails into the side of the cliff
21137s	and refused to fall off for the entire
21140s	series even though it was uh was largely
21142s	oneway traffic but as you uh set up so
21146s	eloquently and beautifully early on it
21148s	is going to be the death knight entering
21151s	the fry for the purposes of the stream
21153s	for the first time with the shaman on
21157s	the other side and I do think this is a
21160s	pretty compelling matchup to round
21162s	things out on because uh as time has
21165s	gone on with this rainbow death knight
21167s	it's kind of been
21168s	refined as a more of a pure control deck
21173s	uh more of an anti- Demon Hunter deck
21175s	where it can sto things out uh with the
21177s	quartsite crusher for example threads of
21180s	Despair being one of the most efficient
21181s	removal cards we have ever seen in
21183s	Hearthstone like just don't even bother
21185s	counting just play the card and the
21187s	board disappears that's how it works um
21189s	and outside of that a lot of the
21192s	outright Tempo like the Corpse Bride for
21195s	example has been cut from the deck so
21197s	when you go up against something like
21199s	nature Sharman where your principal job
21201s	is to generate pressure and slow them
21203s	down and try and drain damage out of
21206s	their hand by making them shoot it at
21208s	minions there aren't that many cards in
21210s	your deck that really do that I think I
21212s	was talking to TJ about this on day one
21214s	I think it's exemplified by the card
21217s	mining casualties because if you're
21218s	playing an aggro deck against rainbow
21220s	death knight and they play mining
21222s	casualties against you you kind of just
21223s	want to concede at that point because
21225s	they're dominating boards so heavily
21227s	with that card but if you're playing
21228s	Sharman that's zero pressure right like
21230s	you can just ignore that and just get on
21232s	with your life um so I think this is
21234s	going to be a difficult difficult deck
21236s	for patn to try and navigate here uh
21239s	picking up some of the plagues early on
21241s	as you can see there with the down with
21242s	the ship might be uh particularly useful
21245s	but I'm not sure whether that's say
21247s	robust enough game plan to be holding on
21248s	to here with with no other real curve
21250s	going on so we will see whereas Habu
21252s	gabu by the way fantastic start with the
21255s	double Cactus
21256s	cut double Cactus cutter on coin as well
21261s	um yeah I am really interested to see
21263s	how this death knight deck actually
21265s	performs because as you mentioned it is
21267s	kind of more of that control style
21270s	double threads of Despair all these
21272s	things going on but I wouldn't imagine
21274s	that this Shaman is really the uh
21278s	matchup that you would want a lot of
21279s	that removal in there's not really going
21282s	to be a lot of boards maybe a couple
21283s	boards but they're already small anyways
21286s	uh and I guess the the big ragnaros uh
21289s	board at some point for clearing that up
21291s	would be great but outside of that uh
21295s	these removal tools don't really seem
21297s	like they are matched up very well for
21299s	this matchup and the Jazz base as well
21302s	the Needle Rock totem this is looking
21304s	like a very good starting hand for Habu
21307s	yeah Mega consolation prize there for
21310s	padit he mulliganed
21312s	away a uh the weapon discover got it
21314s	straight back had to take a staff of the
21316s	Primus which as I mentioned like getting
21318s	a decent amount of plagues in the deck
21320s	is one of the better ways to go about
21322s	disrupting this Shaman deck like I said
21324s	you can't really achieve pure board
21326s	pressure so uh plagues are potentially
21329s	the best thing that you can go for you
21330s	can mess with things a little bit with
21332s	the frost plagues uh just by having
21334s	those extra unique spells in the deck
21336s	you can mess with Flow Rider a little
21338s	bit as well it's weird right because
21340s	I've been the number one plague death
21342s	knight hater for the longest time
21344s	possible and now here someone is playing
21346s	a version of Death Knight that I
21347s	actually prefer I think this is a
21349s	significantly better deck than plague
21352s	death knight I think this is a better
21353s	bring to this tournament than plague
21355s	death knight was to Worlds which lots of
21357s	people brought and the one game it's on
21359s	stream I'm like yeah you just kind of
21360s	want the play cards and nothing
21362s	else well yeah I mean I completely agree
21366s	with every thing you just said but also
21368s	I think that speaks to this matchup
21370s	especially as well um I think especially
21373s	this Jive variant uh the plague uh their
21378s	the Unholy plague putting a two two on
21381s	the board is also pretty obnoxious in
21383s	some cases as well sure those two twos
21385s	can get um you know kind of cleared up
21387s	easily by like lightning storms or
21390s	crashes but I would imagine in this
21393s	matchup those types of turns are
21395s	probably going to be focused on try to
21397s	end the game rather than clearing a
21399s	board but h on turn more uh more plagues
21405s	as Diamond Helia too it is
21409s	beautiful and picks up down with the
21411s	sickness as
21413s	well and then has the uh quartsite
21416s	Crusher to be able to potentially PL uh
21419s	block off a proc of the Jazz base a
21421s	little bit further down the line
21425s	[Music]
21426s	actually very significant uh for
21429s	stalling out that jazz base but it could
21432s	also wait a little while potentially uh
21435s	depending on how many uh overload cards
21438s	Hab gaboo ends up actually playing here
21440s	because H there's one of those Frost
21442s	plages already
21445s	well yeah it wasn't on my list actually
21448s	I mentioned it can mess with Flow Rider
21449s	but it can also mess with the cactus car
21451s	as well of course uh makes the the
21454s	effect of the card uh unactivate it's
21456s	not like you know if you were to play
21459s	the next card that's drawn that doesn't
21460s	activate the cactus cutter the cactus
21462s	cutter has drawn the frost plague and
21464s	that c went drawn and that does not
21465s	count as activating it so you have just
21467s	played a vanilla tutu unlucky
21470s	yeah another thing that I think is uh
21473s	worth mentioning with this quartz site
21475s	Crusher as well is that's just damage
21478s	that uh can be pushed every turn as well
21481s	um and we've we've kind of spoken to it
21483s	a lot over this weekend with some of the
21485s	other matchups where there's these Mass
21487s	amounts of armor or even like maybe some
21489s	healing but even with some healing uh
21493s	there's not a ton of healing but some
21496s	chip damage some weapon damage and
21498s	plague damage all combined can certainly
21501s	do a lot why is it a plague uh Frost PL
21503s	every
21504s	turn what is
21507s	happening oh that shuts his turn down so
21510s	hard as well
21512s	yeah can still go like single flash pop
21516s	up the hell
21517s	yeah I
21520s	guess I do think the uh frog taunts here
21524s	are really interesting as a as a break
21527s	point for the game plan because they do
21529s	protect you from the quartsite crusher
21532s	right if you play them
21533s	preemptively just a little interesting
21535s	Dynamic that Habu gabu can play with
21538s	here oh no no going for the tradable
21542s	first to see what the draw is and it's
21544s	another Frost plague abs
21547s	disaster and now he can't even weave in
21551s	that popup book anymore which means the
21552s	court site Crusher will be
21554s	able to lock out this Jazz base
21563s	turn I mean if we wanted a game five
21567s	this is certainly a game five we're
21569s	getting
21573s	here and there there is that Quartzsite
21576s	CR rusher the attack from the Helia sure
21579s	squeezing a hero power as well uh all of
21581s	a sudden this death knight is no longer
21583s	a control deck it is an aggressive deck
21586s	another Frost plague oh I can't even I
21589s	cannot even right now
21592s	H okay does hit bolt this time though
21596s	things are looking up for habo gabo
21615s	okay another lightning bolts as
21618s	well H he's going to play the Flow Rider
21620s	at least with this it is a discover and
21622s	not just an automatic draw so if there
21624s	is a plague there's two plagues you just
21626s	pick the non- plag card perfect
21631s	okay Easy
21633s	Choice yeah double plague and a card
21636s	that's just going to draw you more
21638s	plagues though probably not what Hab
21640s	gabu had in mind for that
21644s	discover you got to drop a pop-up book
21646s	here it is absolutely mandatory to try
21648s	and block this damage and prevent the
21650s	freeze on the following
21651s	turn
21653s	oh okay good ordering though because
21656s	this way yeah this is good this is
21658s	really good actually because if he hit
21660s	either the Unholy plague or the frost
21663s	plague he's able to clear both of those
21666s	with the crash of Thunder because I
21667s	believe it still would have cost zero
21669s	even through the frost plague and if it
21671s	summons the 2 two it gets caught up in
21672s	the AOE anyway so that was really really
21675s	nice ordering at the end of the turn
21676s	from Haru
21678s	gabu and I I was going to mention that
21680s	there really isn't uh things like the
21683s	threads of Despair that mentioned
21685s	earlier but uh not really as much
21688s	removal and then there is an army of the
21692s	Dead that is drawn off the top uh could
21695s	just go for the rainbow seamstress and
21700s	hero power I suppose to try to clear a
21702s	couple of things and still be able to uh
21705s	Smack That Port site into habub gab's
21708s	face to prevent that jazz base uh weapon
21713s	but board seems good getting a couple
21716s	things on board here yeah board seems
21718s	good it's just a matter of whether you
21719s	value that uh life steel or not just to
21723s	try and get you out of range right
21724s	you're getting the life steal from the
21725s	weapon do you want the life steal from
21727s	the rainbow seamstress as
21730s	well well even if there is a three
21734s	minion Ragnar oh my no another Frost PL
21739s	oh it just killed him it just killed
21743s	him I take it back I don't want a game
21746s	five that was like eight plagues in
21750s	three
21751s	turns that is absolutely outrageous
21756s	[Music]
21759s	sometimes uh we see games like that and
21761s	I I just wow I think for me right now
21765s	the thing that's that's getting me is
21768s	this was not just a game of hearthstone
21771s	in this case specifically this was also
21774s	for a spot at
21780s	Worlds
21782s	absolutely
21784s	incredible was that four four
21786s	consecutive turns of frost
21788s	plagues yes with like multiple other
21791s	plagues put in there as well and like
21794s	the worst possible outcome from the Flow
21796s	Rider as well that wasn't straight up
21798s	just the three different varieties of
21800s	plague so many things had to go right
21803s	for uh Pat nit to get that to line up at
21805s	the end but you know this is this is not
21807s	a burial of Pat nit like several things
21810s	had to go very wrong for him at the
21811s	beginning of the series to be in that
21813s	position to to start with um and he's
21815s	played excellently to get to this spot
21818s	at the start but oh my goodness that is
21821s	a brutal outcome but sometimes hearone
21823s	just does end up being like that to go
21826s	you know discover weapon hit the weapon
21828s	hit the hell you're on curve hit down
21829s	with the sickness as well for basically
21831s	maximum number of plagues in the deck as
21834s	fast as possible and then on top of that
21837s	having the weapon to freeze the Jazz
21839s	base and then having the clear for the
21842s	taunts from the Frog right which uh
21844s	which meant that the the freeze could um
21847s	keep going on the following turn as well
21848s	get that life steal through as well in
21851s	absolutely incredible finale coming all
21854s	the way back from 02 to 32 and becoming
21858s	our first player making it to the World
21861s	Championships this time around huge huge
21864s	congratulations to Pat nit coming out of
21867s	nowhere to take it down in this
21869s	tournament yeah yeah completely agreed
21872s	uh pet nit played incredibly well uh and
21876s	especially into the shaman that was last
21879s	that uh lineup seemed incredibly
21881s	interesting uh I also wanted to point up
21884s	that in that lineup of his there what
21887s	are no speaker Stompers so that's kind
21890s	of been another one of those things that
21891s	we've been mentioning a lot uh over the
21893s	weekend is all of these players bringing
21895s	things like speaker Stompers or
21897s	expecting a ton of speaker Stompers for
21900s	even specifically Shaman and he just
21903s	went three games in a row beating Shaman
21907s	without those at all so incredibly
21910s	incredibly well played and
21912s	congratulations to him as you mentioned
21913s	on making it to Worlds we're going to
21915s	see him again in a little bit uh
21918s	competing for just some additional cash
21920s	prize and to see if he can take this
21922s	whole Tournament down and be crowned the
21924s	spring Champion but we do still have one
21927s	more match to go before we get to that
21929s	point so don't go anywhere we'll get
21931s	into our second top four match right
21934s	after this
21941s	[Music]
21983s	[Music]
22012s	[Music]
22039s	[Music]
22068s	[Music]
22095s	[Music]
22124s	[Music]
22138s	hello everybody and welcome back to the
22140s	Hearthstone Masters Tour spring
22142s	Championship it's time for
22144s	semi-finals number my name is TJ I'm
22146s	joined by Lorinda Lorinda it's been a
22149s	day of hearthstone there's just been
22151s	Hearthstone over there there's been
22154s	Hearthstone over
22156s	there we just watched Hearthstone
22159s	there's Hearthstone ahead of us there
22161s	was Hearthstone yesterday and the day
22164s	before we've had we've had some
22167s	Hearthstone would you agree we have had
22169s	a whole lot of hearthstone TJ and we had
22171s	even more Hearthstone today cuz it keeps
22173s	going 32 by the feel of it we had come
22175s	backs we've had comebacks and we've had
22178s	people trying to come back and not
22179s	making it and we had Hearthstone
22182s	everywhere you look and there's more
22184s	hearstone coming up as you said and
22186s	we're going to have some customized
22187s	Hearthstone here for week because he's
22189s	playing that custom warlock that I love
22190s	so much uh he's going shopping he he's
22193s	going to hit people with armor it's
22195s	going to be
22196s	great yeah it's going to be opening with
22198s	the Odin Warrior which we've SE actually
22200s	seen quite a bit of uh today we've seen
22203s	a little bit of a mixture of the a true
22207s	Highlander Warrior especially in that
22210s	last series um and then we've also seen
22213s	insane who's running the warrior list
22215s	lineup uh H has been having success with
22218s	it though so got to commend him for that
22221s	effort um and just the the sort of
22226s	f uh lineup overall say there's the
22229s	custom
22230s	warlock um lot
22232s	of lot of custom yeah
22236s	customize some opponents with a with a
22238s	custom War you just customize your
22239s	health total down to 10 or so then you
22241s	just play a load of big things then you
22243s	customize your opponent's Health total
22244s	down to zero and they get customized and
22246s	they
22247s	die yeah is we've had some highlights uh
22251s	from this deck throughout the
22252s	weekend goes fast one way or the other
22255s	um both custom
22258s	and so when I Was preparing my notes for
22261s	this been very fast games some very slow
22264s	games well let's jump into it we you
22267s	opening hand
22271s	nah no not not the things say opening
22274s	hand okay
22278s	yep uh yeah a lot better A lot lot
22283s	better malefic Rook is
22290s	Big there was um a point very large
22293s	during the the Habu match when Habu was
22295s	two up when I was decent opening for
22298s	insane
22300s	here got flame
22302s	imp going to need the payoff cards
22304s	sooner rather than
22316s	later so I was making the point that um
22318s	I I don't know who heard me I don't
22319s	think TJ could hear me can you hear me
22320s	now TJ just going to check cuz it's I
22322s	can hear you now okay good um yeah
22325s	making the point that um when Habu was
22327s	two up Wu looked like he was going to be
22330s	the only remaining warrior in this
22332s	tournament but then you know Habu didn't
22334s	win in the end after that Marathon
22337s	series and it came back to 3-2 and now
22340s	we have lots of Warriors but the warrior
22342s	has done badly in this tournament is the
22344s	point I'm going to make and so I think
22346s	we should focus on how the warrior does
22349s	and talking of which here it's tempting
22351s	for insane just to play the the Triant
22353s	and the near fight and say hey you can't
22354s	Warrior these things and I've got some
22356s	stuff going on and they can coin out a
22358s	speaker stomp at the turn after and do
22359s	it
22362s	again I like it now I'm afraid to talk
22365s	cuz now I'm afraid I won't hear you
22366s	again and then we're going to talk over
22368s	each
22368s	other that's fine if we both talk we're
22370s	going to talk at the same side we might
22373s	say something useful between us or if we
22376s	both talk at the same time nobody's
22377s	going to understand either what either
22380s	of us is saying and that's just a
22382s	benefit to both of
22384s	us yeah yes and he is going for this
22387s	line do you co out the stomper next turn
22388s	as well just insert another eight
22393s	uh obviously you should play The Rook
22399s	really yeah I think it's probably got to
22401s	be Rook this protects this board and
22403s	doesn't let Wu go for any type of
22405s	setup ah this is a tough choice between
22408s	the forge and the uh the Needle Rock
22411s	totem but going for Needle Rock
22413s	totem next turn probably going to be
22416s	um craft some Hammer start getting those
22418s	swings
22420s	in do it insane just coin out the
22423s	stomper and start
22426s	customizing I don't think right play I
22428s	think I think you play The
22434s	Rook it's hard enough to deal with right
22436s	and it it expands your game plan means
22439s	you can stomp into popar with coin the
22442s	turn after the The Stomping that sounds
22444s	pretty good too
22453s	yeah yeah going to insert 10 and also
22456s	stomper and then pop guard coin and and
22460s	double sludge would be eight more
22461s	there's a lot of damage coming in here
22462s	you just go for it with a
22465s	stomp yeah this is a very big board to
22468s	protect down
22471s	that blad Storm's no good against this
22473s	either
22480s	yeah could just go bellowing flames on
22482s	the speaker stomper but o this the
22484s	health is
22485s	split not in a great way so if if you go
22490s	if you attack into the Triant with the
22493s	hammer and then Bell INF flames on the
22494s	speaker stomper you're likely to kill
22496s	the flame imp and just leave uh five
22499s	damage on board right you know what five
22501s	and eight is
22503s	TJ 133
22507s	uh oh no this is guarant uh no it's not
22511s	guaranteed no if the lives the game is
22515s	over and Wei would have been at
22519s	14 that was the case cuz you would have
22522s	attacked you would have attacked into
22523s	the
22524s	Triant um yes
22527s	yes so it would have been slightly
22531s	off now what do you do
22536s	now I think you have to geode and horror
22538s	and see where you're at and then maybe
22540s	furnace
22543s	fuel yeah geod happens first though I
22546s	definitely agree with that
22549s	sentiment well now we can
22551s	f for some more stuff there's some stuff
22554s	oh my goodness there's so much
22556s	stuff
22559s	oh
22561s	ah I want to take the symphony and not
22564s	take CRA yeah I want to take the
22567s	symphony
22568s	too the symphony gives you a little bit
22570s	more longevity in the game
22575s	right there we
22580s	go the extra projection is from the
22582s	furnace field was discarded of course
22585s	just an extra eight seven of
22588s	stats yeah sanitize will clear this up
22593s	though uh no it won't not quite cuz it's
22596s	not
22599s	forged he so silly going to have to be
22602s	the
22604s	brawl and if it's brawl that's game no
22606s	matter what right right
22609s	yeah I have to oh no you get the plus
22611s	three from the armor from the attack so
22614s	oh
22617s	yeah not
22619s	quite oh it's so close
22624s	though oh my
22627s	good so you Symphony first in case you
22630s	want to deal six do you ever want to
22631s	deal six can you take four from a
22633s	warrior I don't think you
22635s	can don't think you can take
22641s	four um no you
22646s	can maybe you want to pop G
22651s	here get the eight into the head while
22653s	you can and then the symphony can do six
22655s	to turn
22659s	after yeah verse riff and Craftsman
22662s	would be
22664s	uh the
22666s	danger oh you can
22669s	just
22670s	oh it's
22673s	tough the life steel one uh well the six
22676s	to face is good but 66 repeating it's
22679s	probably
22681s	better yeah I don't think there's a way
22684s	out for weq
22692s	here yeah we've seen this a few times
22695s	this tournament actually TJ when there's
22696s	no way out for the warrior let slam get
22700s	as much as you can oh my
22704s	goodness there is a way out there's
22706s	always a way out yeah just just take
22709s	some damage is is the way out remove the
22712s	top six cards from your opponent's deck
22715s	no
22716s	it just gets them closer to Reno being
22718s	active
22731s	uhuh so close to lethal because that
22734s	Spirit Bomb removes the thing that is in
22737s	the way of the sludge so 14 available
22741s	for insane here feels like it's been
22742s	like that every turn one short four
22744s	short three be
22754s	short 4 66 is what I want to do and I
22757s	want to run it into the 2 two just to
22759s	play around Bladestorm
22761s	stuff y that makes
22771s	sense there we go
22778s	right back to you w have you got a way
22780s	out this time TJ says there's always a
22782s	way out goggles Good
22785s	[Music]
22792s	Start think you might be right TJ I
22795s	think there might always be a way
22797s	out so much on the
22801s	line uh trial by fire would be aici
22805s	fantastic way out here there's two in
22806s	the deck so you know there it is and
22810s	with the discount playable this turn
22813s	that'll clear things
22816s	up they do all get removed though one
22819s	two three onto the left hand one then
22820s	the
22821s	four four four and then five they do
22825s	die but that's perfectly
22829s	fine uh it's not perfect it is
22834s	okay um there's not there's not much big
22837s	stuff left the the remainder of the Sy
22840s	Symphonies one molten Giant's gone
22842s	there's an imprison horror left since
22843s	the uh first one was uh used with the
22848s	projectionist
22851s	um we're two Mana off lethal this
22858s	time with pop G for eight and then the
22861s	symphony and then the movement and then
22863s	the um spirit
22869s	zero
22869s	[Laughter]
22872s	Mana that's
22874s	funny what would the movement
22878s	do Oh I thought it was a six damage
22880s	movement sorry has he already used
22884s	that no it's in the deck oh he hasn't
22888s	used okay I thought he had it in his
22889s	hand my bad good
22893s	question was one of the orinal choices
22895s	but one with the the reborn demon
22897s	instead y y y my
22906s	bad so yeah was Miles off lethal then my
22910s	bad all right so like you say there's
22914s	not much big stuff
22920s	left yeah Shield block is good
22939s	yeah wey looking a lot more confident
22941s	than he was a few minutes ago I'm not
22943s	surprised starting to feel like insane
22945s	has run out of stuff
22948s	here yeah could keep it simple and just
22951s	go Craftsman Hammer plus Bladestorm I
22953s	mean the more that insane
22955s	gets damag the closer weu is to just
22958s	finding lethal with just Odin plus swing
22961s	with the hmer
22963s	yeah take
22965s	much
22968s	yeah oh
22970s	[Music]
22975s	no there's nothing
22978s	there okay 5 five and another 55
22981s	everyone gets a 5 five
22986s	fragile
22992s	Minds he's getting towards the point
22994s	where he's just going to rip the
22995s	movement at some point um because he can
22998s	and just see what happens just in case I
23000s	think yeah cuz the warrior does all of
23003s	his cards so burning stuff is sort of
23006s	relevant yeah I believe vers rff off the
23008s	top okay it's not bwith BWI off the top
23010s	would have been lethal cuz you can Odin
23011s	BFF and that's exactly 10 yeah so
23016s	stupid hasn't touched it a single time
23019s	this game and just has a a random lethal
23024s	[Laughter]
23026s	out oh this Warlock deck makes me so
23028s	happy to
23037s	watch probably just keep it simple and
23040s	sanitized right yeah just just don't die
23044s	and you're probably fine I mean you
23045s	could even Forge it just for the extra
23048s	three
23050s	y
23052s	yeah yeah when it looked like he had no
23053s	outs a few turns ago all he did was
23055s	basically leave the minion up that he
23057s	couldn't deal with and just gain as much
23059s	as he possibly could that was his
23062s	decision yep and now it is lethal
23064s	presenta next turn don't play Just
23071s	Odin that card kills you don't play that
23073s	one
23075s	I I don't think there's anything left
23077s	for insane to
23080s	even have a shot at this g a tiny bit of
23084s	life
23089s	here
23096s	yeah oh it was all going so
23101s	well but it is going well for we
23105s	yeah there it
23110s	is can't kill me from 25 you random
23113s	assortment of minions and silly spells
23115s	I'm just going to kill you
23116s	[Music]
23125s	instead yeah weak you with the the
23128s	celebratory drink that we see so often
23130s	from players taking this one zero lead
23133s	TJ um we you sort of struggled a little
23135s	bit last year I felt with Master's tours
23138s	it was his first really prominent season
23141s	uh getting a lot of finishes on ladder
23144s	but this time around looking a lot more
23146s	confident whole Year's experience behind
23148s	him and going to go within two games of
23151s	reaching the world championships and
23152s	reaching this final which is a big deal
23154s	as well people like to win things as he
23157s	takes this very quick one zero lead and
23159s	the warrior is out of there and that's a
23161s	big deal too cuz Warriors have been
23163s	struggling in this event so how I
23165s	feel the I think the Odin Warrior uh
23169s	specifically has had some some rough
23171s	games against Tempo decks despite having
23173s	all removal they have no proactive
23175s	gameplay um and then they're once they
23179s	get to a certain point we've seen like
23181s	not active Renos so often it feels like
23185s	in times when they're desperately
23187s	needed um but you know that's you're
23190s	you're playing that deck for the
23191s	consistency of the removal and the armor
23194s	gain for the Odin as your win condition
23196s	later
23197s	on so very nicely done by weu spacing
23200s	out the removal uh that that solving the
23204s	puzzle of how to deal with that kind of
23206s	final push from insane wasn't the final
23208s	push but it ended up being the final
23210s	push cuz once the Mana unlocks for the
23213s	warrior yeah so many
23216s	things uh start to come online
23219s	so a nice little game one Victory
23222s	there now see it's got play this deck
23225s	again this deck is so stressful to play
23228s	wait till see Mir
23231s	later yeah it's it's over on turn four
23234s	whoever sticks the board first wins yeah
23237s	it's going to be great it's like oh yeah
23240s	got to reduce your health total down to
23241s	zero what You' reduce it down to 15
23243s	yourself oh no and now I'm dead yeah
23246s	it's so
23248s	silly but the shamans as well into the
23250s	the warlocks also actually very
23252s	interesting as a matchup
23255s	um as is the mirror because the Warlock
23258s	has got some game there but if they go
23260s	too far they just get like triple boled
23262s	in the face and that's the end of the
23266s	game um but Shaman versus Shaman we've
23269s	seen quite a lot of
23270s	this and it's
23273s	tough It's like this game of chicken
23276s	waiting to um trying to force your
23278s	opponent to to pop off and fail so you
23280s	can beat them
23289s	a weird game
23291s	of nature chicken nature chicken the
23295s	chickens are pretty natural to be fair
23298s	yeah it is a an arms race a lot of the
23301s	times just who can get who can get the
23303s	goods the
23305s	fastest um but yeah a game of chicken
23309s	where yeah you're trying to say all
23312s	right I just flash the lightning you got
23313s	to go right now or else I'm gonna I'm
23315s	gonna beat
23317s	you and then the other player saying you
23320s	know what I don't believe you I don't
23321s	believe you have enough damage so I'm
23323s	going to flash lightning too now you got
23325s	to beat me yep insane has a very very
23328s	slight Edge in my opinion because he is
23330s	playing the the more Standard Version if
23333s	there is such a thing in the deck the
23334s	the spell damage version uh we you
23337s	playing The Jive version which just a
23339s	little bit more clunky in the mirror but
23342s	basically it's a mirror with nothing in
23344s	it
23350s	doesn't mean that insane is likely to
23351s	win just that little bit more because
23353s	he's he got a little bit more
23355s	consistency in the
23358s	deck I think I like the lightning the
23360s	reflexes here cuz guess what lightning
23362s	reflex reflexes could be pop-up book and
23365s	lightning bolt at the same
23369s	time best infinite
23372s	things yeah you got to just have
23379s	faith bu B's a more consistent option
23382s	there was a three three that let you get
23383s	a spell and then you get another spell
23385s	you always explained how it was infinite
23387s	damage that was a card I forgot but it
23390s	was my favorite card I don't remember
23393s	what it
23395s	was 3 three person of Doom I think it
23398s	was
23401s	called pretty sure that was it right I
23404s	think you're
23406s	right do you want to um just try make a
23408s	little board here a little popup book
23410s	play another zapper chip a bit of damage
23412s	of your opponent hope they don't crash
23414s	you or lightning storm you I don't want
23417s	to play the uh other zapper um I think a
23420s	trade and then may oh Flow
23424s	Rider you could pop up book just to
23426s	preserve the board however yeah just be
23430s	able to uh potentially stick this five
23433s	uh which is
23436s	important yeah it's so important right
23438s	if if you can get your opponent down to
23439s	20 and you're on 30 that that little
23441s	game of chicken I was talking about
23443s	suddenly you don't mind being the one
23445s	that goes first cuz you just kill them
23449s	yeah all right Flash and then a pop-up
23452s	book on the Nava
23456s	zapper a lot of story time going on
23458s	right now yeah a lot of frogs
23468s	[Music]
23472s	giant tauny frog has anything from Wow
23475s	law is that a thing giant taunt frogs
23477s	are they are they existing in
23483s	WM um the the spell
23489s	hex y came out in like a later expansion
23496s	oh wow it's a sha it is a shaman spell
23498s	in the
23500s	game and does it frog
23502s	you yeah hex turns something into a frog
23506s	for a limited amount of time within the
23508s	game can you turn things like smaller
23510s	than a frog into a frog to make them
23512s	like feel like they're
23514s	big no cuz the frog is really small into
23517s	a frog to make it huge I actually think
23519s	you can yeah there are like little bugs
23521s	in the game that are just neutral
23522s	creatures that I'm pretty sure you can I
23524s	don't remember though it's been a long
23526s	time just give them a promotion so nice
23528s	the little bugs they can become fogs for
23530s	the
23535s	day yep insane going to just make more
23539s	stuff he needed to get that spell damage
23541s	on the board so he could operate the
23542s	second Flow Rider trying to build a hand
23544s	of some sort to go that flash that he
23551s	has but not much doing on his side on
23554s	the the other side wiq obviously far
23557s	more cards in hand cuz he hasn't been
23558s	doing as much but it's facing down seven
23560s	damage on the board which is an amount
23563s	of
23566s	damage it is H yep that is correct it is
23571s	an
23579s	amount this is tough cuz you you don't
23582s	want to use too many resources but you
23583s	kind of have to okay there's a
23587s	crash that's
23590s	good
23596s	yep you never know what to do when your
23598s	opponent plays flash on for you assume
23599s	your cycling but you might you flash
23602s	also yeah you have to I
23604s	[Music]
23608s	think but the hand just isn't conducive
23611s	to you might have to flash just to draw
23612s	something though which makes wonder if
23615s	he's actually going to play The Elixir
23616s	instead because if you're flashing to
23618s	draw and you don't think you can win you
23620s	might as well Elixir and just try and
23622s	get stuff that way oh just to him sure
23626s	solves any
23630s	problem yeah the Elixir I don't think
23632s	you want to use it in case weu does end
23634s	up putting some damage into the face
23636s	like with
23637s	crash you want to be able to heal that
23639s	back
23639s	up okay
23647s	conductivity in popup book no
23649s	conductivity amphibious Elixir yeah yeah
23652s	to draw card it's tucked on over there
23660s	yep it's whenever you play a minion you
23662s	get a sha you get a random Shaman
23669s	spell oh I know you mean yeah oh
23674s	pretty
23677s	bad not really going his way on those
23680s	but now he's going
23686s	stuff all right Chill
23690s	Vibes yeah oh yeah oh this game's going
23693s	to go forever isn't
23696s	it oh the the choosy
23701s	spell oh another elixir
23707s	oh what did you do on your flash turn
23708s	well I generated some
23710s	people um and healed and my hand was
23714s	still the same at the end of the turn
23715s	but it then became full of complete
23718s	rubbish oh what a pick oh my gosh insane
23722s	with the
23726s	Titan so Wu did pick the um what it
23731s	digging straight down is that what the
23732s	car's called yeah um think so de damage
23735s	excavated
23736s	treasure I'm guessing with the intention
23738s	of answering a Titan if it were to come
23741s	out I don't think you can leave this
23744s	these
23746s	um ners up I think the question for
23749s	insane is what do you do a oh oh just
23753s	going to go crash here sure is that what
23755s	we're doing yeah so what you were
23759s	alluding to right you were thinking
23760s	about going for the leaving at the
23761s	zappers was something you wanted to try
23763s	and do and then realized you and just um
23765s	draw three and play Flash was that your
23767s	plan and then you say well that was yeah
23770s	that was like the greediest play right
23773s	then you go to the next next one which
23775s	is all right just play
23777s	Titan and deal three
23779s	heal and then if the next level to that
23783s	is well if I do that do I just
23784s	amphibious Elixir to heal back up to Max
23787s	or do I use flash of flash of
23789s	lightning and go for a turn like that
23792s	next turn
23794s	it looks like insane with the way this
23796s	hand is right now really wants to draw
23800s	uh with this
23802s	ganth and so if you really want to draw
23804s	with the ganth you can't use the last
23805s	turn because you can't leave the zappers
23806s	up so you got to clear with the crash
23808s	first and then use the the Goan to draw
23811s	this turn so it went through like four
23813s	layers of thinking there Y and Flash and
23817s	then draw three quicker and he he got to
23819s	this and now he's going to do the thing
23821s	that we talked about presumably if he
23823s	thinks he's not dead from 23 which he
23825s	shouldn't
23827s	be this represents some damage but if
23830s	you're going to draw your three cards if
23832s	you tradeable into one of them first
23833s	then draw three obviously you get a lot
23835s	better hand so yeah he's going to go for
23836s	that good
23843s	choice sure off you
23850s	go miss out on the flash
23857s	oh the
23861s	rock it's the best
23865s	treasure I think the only better one
23867s	would be the uh discover two into spell
23871s	damage additional spell damage discover
23872s	the free two cost card
23875s	uhhuh me Flex is off the
23881s	top I just want to pack the house right
23883s	there
23886s	just look at the numbers in the corner
23888s	no unless it's five and it's crashed
23890s	then you might have to think about it
23892s	let look at the
23894s	numbers how much
23899s	did doesn't have a whole lot
23903s	yet 8
23909s	nine 13
23911s	[Music]
23914s	it's really not that much really isn't
23916s	no it's just it's just not worked out
23918s	for him at
23919s	all has played another flash I think so
23923s	and if you ship it Wu's hand is just all
23926s	healing
23929s	yeah and he's shipping
23937s	it weapon swing yeah
23942s	okay weapon swing and and getting that
23945s	overdraft out of the way as
23948s	well we is like oh
23951s	yeah yeah wait till you see this though
23955s	oh there's well there can be
23966s	overload popup looks really annoying
23969s	isn't it it's just so difficult to get
23972s	around yeah
23986s	I think
23988s	um the longer this goes obviously favors
23990s	Wei because he's got the um The Jive
23992s	ability as well so he starts getting two
23994s	ways to win the game at some
23995s	[Music]
23999s	point in's deck must have um another
24003s	reflexes in
24004s	so obviously critical that he wins this
24007s	one to avoid going two Z down you don't
24009s	get don't get many reverse sweeps
24010s	although we did just have one in the
24011s	other
24015s	semi-final
24017s	19 can you do
24019s	19 it's
24024s	plenty reflexes let's go
24036s	yeah what do you want to do do you want
24038s	to fizzle and try and do it all again
24039s	next turn or do you want to just go and
24041s	save the three
24042s	Manana six cards left in
24046s	deck
24050s	mhm but these are not really good fizzle
24052s	cards I guess the reflexes just the
24054s	reflexes really and I guess the Elixir
24058s	but other than that I don't know I don't
24060s	I don't even want these I don't want NE
24062s	Rock totems it's too late for NE Rock
24063s	totems got six guards left we could play
24065s	one of the neck totems get rid of
24067s	him and we would I think in
24072s	fact
24080s	everybody just trying to insta hit
24088s	it so there's a reflexes and a thos and
24091s	a snake or in there when it comes back
24093s	the rest is is
24094s	irrelevant The Elixir I guess
24101s	sure just a couple altered
24104s	cords yeah what are you going to do heal
24106s	yourself to death
24110s	yeah just
24112s	keep back to 30 push a little bit of
24115s	damage back to 32
24119s	actually and sticks these Minions on the
24121s	board this is a lot to get through for
24125s	insane yeah he's going to need to crash
24127s	off these reflexes and then he's going
24129s	to need something else from
24131s	the the second time around when he gets
24133s	the
24136s	snapshot there's the snapshot he just
24139s	got to
24145s	go
24147s	uhuh there's six cards in about he
24149s	copied one of the um totems which again
24151s	was something he didn't have to do
24154s	seems like he wanted to for the extra
24158s	stuff
24164s	okay this is why shutter block got
24166s	dropped by the way for the the triple
24168s	fizzle cuz you never get it
24181s	done all right
24184s	reflex is number
24185s	two it's not enough is
24189s	it no it's just not hitting good
24212s	stuff well
24214s	that was quite a lot of stuff
24217s	but it just wasn't all the
24222s	stuff nobody Drew damage they just still
24225s	got a healing it's not helped
24233s	anybody POA book is
24235s	damage it
24239s	is it's just a fatigue War
24243s	this is
24250s	bizarre I don't know how much overload
24252s	is in this
24259s	uh is in this Jazz base but it looks
24262s	like Wu is going for
24265s	it
24268s	yeah he'll know a lot more about what's
24270s	going on in the hand than um
24274s	and you'd expect as well because
24275s	obviously you have de tracker running uh
24278s	he'll have better calculations on
24279s	whether he's just going to get there
24281s	over a couple of turns he clears these
24284s	boards up he's got the Jive insect combo
24286s	next turn to just win he doesn't die I
24288s	don't think yeah I don't think he needed
24290s	a pop-up hook
24292s	there so now it's going to be harder to
24294s	create
24298s	minions this is kind of it for
24301s	insane yep
24308s	it's got to be Once Upon a Time the Once
24311s	Upon time is the only one I guess Wish
24313s	Upon a Star could be good also
24316s	but yourself a
24320s	billion all right Once Upon a
24323s	Time took the real
24328s	card by real card I mean not really a
24331s	real card there is
24335s	nothing going
24337s	on either player
24340s	really overdraft that's some damage sure
24344s	what's the last spell in the deck light
24346s	lightning bolt is that
24349s	enough
24351s	uh no it's three that's it there's a
24357s	crash um plus one spell
24362s	available can you just go lightning
24366s	bolt overdraft
24369s	crash and then next turn you
24371s	have five from
24375s	hand one M downo swing snake oil snake
24379s	oil yeah push the five push the five
24381s	could be seven with the spell power
24384s	totem literally nothing left three
24386s	Needle Rock totems that do nothing once
24389s	upon a time I can't what could come out
24393s	for Once Upon a Time you get
24403s	like I don't
24405s	know yeah I was going to say he can also
24407s	just win in the fatigue War but cuz he's
24409s	so far ahead but there's all this
24410s	healing still hanging around from about
24414s	turn five in we's
24416s	hand ah we
24420s	you could have excavated his way to
24422s	Victory by now I
24432s	think
24438s	well Jazz B you hit with the Jazz base
24442s	pack the house I think so lightning Bol
24444s	first to pack the house but yeah smack
24447s	and pack the house yeah I think might
24449s	you might he's going to save as much
24452s	life as possible
24454s	but should have almost perfect
24456s	information outside of the one
24457s	discovered
24459s	spell got to enough Overload at this
24461s	point to pack the house realizes it's
24463s	not needed and that should do it wiu
24465s	should be going to up in the series
24467s	unless something crazy happens from the
24469s	Once Upon a
24472s	Time um well there's a
24477s	board protect your face from ragnaros
24480s	it's fine
24484s	rest his hand is all card draw I mean
24487s	there's no way this is
24490s	enough you just ship everything yep yeah
24495s	yeah cuz this is the only time weever
24497s	going to have blood Mage plus spell
24499s	damage totem state of this
24502s	hand all right you're at 13 let's
24511s	go back in the house
24517s	[Music]
24529s	that's um there's conductivity bolt in
24532s	some worlds here just to remove stuff I
24536s	mean conductivity plus um Jive is the
24541s	same kind of but except go
24545s	face yeah you know you're right in a
24547s	weird way it's the same it'll kill two
24549s	things all of the time
24553s	yeah it's actually only it was there was
24555s	that play with Habu gabu earlier where
24557s	he had to um hit face on a full board
24560s	twice and I I worked out at 4.3 or 4.6%
24563s	I got it somewhere
24565s	stored this is more like 10% I
24568s	guess to to miss
24570s	Twice The Fury of the
24578s	die but yeah there you go they're doing
24581s	their
24582s	job that should wrap it up absolutely
24585s	should do no way out of it now for
24589s	insane gives it up W's on the curp of
24592s	make it the World
24594s	Championships again fairly mediocre last
24597s	year in these tournaments after his
24598s	first year doing really well on ladder
24600s	we've seen players time and again TJ do
24603s	that right going right the way back to
24605s	Frozen crane Muzzy they were all ladder
24607s	Grinders to start with and then it sort
24610s	all took took them a year or so to get
24612s	going and then boom top players
24617s	boom yeah a very bizarre game of nature
24620s	Shaman versus nature Shaman but
24623s	that's supposedly the game of of chicken
24627s	you were
24628s	mentioning where you don't have perf you
24631s	no longer really have perfect
24632s	information because of all the discovers
24633s	that happen um uh like with amphibious
24638s	Elixir and just the random nonsense that
24640s	can happen throughout the uh the game
24645s	and especially there wiq double altered
24647s	cord and Chill Vibes uh was the amount
24650s	of healing and I don't blame insane
24653s	for popping off when he did cuz usually
24655s	that damage will stick or at least most
24657s	of that damage will stick and maybe you
24660s	have amphibious Elixir which will heal
24662s	back up a little bit but insane had
24664s	plenty of damage throughout that game
24665s	dealt so much damage when everything was
24668s	said and done but it just ended up not
24670s	being enough so 12 healing from from
24673s	altered cords another eight from Chill
24676s	Vibes that's 206 from the Titan that's
24679s	26 um what was it two amphibious Elixir
24683s	played uh so
24685s	36 yeah uh 36 Health
24690s	healed that's a lot oh here we go we got
24693s	it he we got the
24695s	match someone TJ is going to get
24698s	customized and if we customizes insane
24701s	week you goes to the world
24703s	championships and gets to the final like
24705s	it's a big deal getting to the final
24706s	winning a big tournament um should not
24709s	be understated as
24713s	well uh s made a very good point earlier
24716s	like with so few tournaments now you
24718s	don't get any chance to be a champion
24719s	anymore so yeah it's a a rare specimen
24723s	that you really
24730s	want think you just keep the
24737s	Flaming fcking is the maybe for me I
24740s	think the forge is too slow if you if
24743s	you whiff stomp is definitely too slow
24745s	fcking
24746s	can tied your hand
24751s	nicely yeah okay
24754s	yeah I was thinking one of fracking or
24757s	Forge of souls you keep just because you
24759s	kind of need a
24761s	bailout um this is a great hand and
24765s	insane missed the uh the one drop here
24768s	so well inane has a pretty good hand too
24770s	assuming no other spells drawn uh
24772s	because Charlie problem into furnace
24775s	fuel uh would also be a a great Tempo
24778s	swing so always draw Spirit Bomb it
24781s	always happens
24783s	hardcoded that way trust me I've played
24785s	it
24788s	enough okay well don't trust me maybe
24791s	I'm a
24803s	liar horror on turn
24806s	two yep that could be it seriously that
24810s	could just be it
24814s	like not immediately necessarily
24819s	[Music]
24821s	but TR trolley problem's good this card
24825s	is a f furnace
24827s	fuel let
24828s	you oh it didn't take out the
24832s	I mean we have we can see perfect
24834s	information but oh my goodness TJ oh
24838s	it's going to be three five fivs oh no
24842s	it's sayane is going to get customized
24843s	and weu is going to go to the finals and
24845s	to the World Championships I'm pretty
24855s	sure just throw in a blood Triant yeah
24858s	but you Triant and then you can um
24860s	Celestial the Triant and then you can
24862s	play the other Triant and then you can
24864s	play the Giant and the
24869s	55 I want to do that that's what I want
24872s	to
24873s	do I want to have an 88 a 55 a 22 and
24877s	another 22 and a 32 and the 55 I already
24879s	have and clear the board and say beat
24883s	that yeah nope I like it oh no I was
24886s	just going to go
24891s	for doesn't want to be at N9 I
24895s	guess huh
24900s	sure fine okay
24912s	I did this on stream I'd be called a
24914s	coward by everybody including sttle but
24916s	to be fair with a chance of going to the
24917s	World Championships very very very close
24920s	it is easy just to say okay nine might
24922s	be terrifying but this
24927s	isn't Wei could barely bear the pressure
24930s	he's pacing around his room TJ again
24933s	last year he sort of struggled in these
24934s	events but here's his chance to go to
24936s	the world championships and the final of
24938s	the
24939s	event he's come a long way in a year of
24942s	competitive Hearthstone and he cannot
24944s	look at the screen he probably needs to
24946s	to finish the game but you
24951s	know he knows it's so close he just
24954s	can't look he's just listening to the
24956s	sound effects to hear what's
24959s	played he knows it's a fracking he knows
24961s	that there's out possibly here for
24964s	insane but they must be so
24968s	slim I'm racking my brain trying to find
24971s	like you know perfect combination of
24973s	cards anyway out of
24976s	this you've got to set up counter lethal
24979s	and clear you've got to be able to play
24980s	like two molten joints somehow you just
24982s	can't do it I don't think yeah and
24985s	insane's going to be at
24989s	one damage on the
24991s	board like H like half the deck can't
24996s	even exactly insane's hope is that
25000s	like that wiq damages himself down to
25005s	four yeah and then then he can popar
25009s	forge trade off the 2u and then Wu's the
25012s	lowest Health minion on board you know
25014s	yeah that's funny uh there's there
25016s	Symphony as well which is something wey
25018s	would have been scared of to to no
25020s	degree but yeah Symphony doesn't end it
25022s	that's why you need to put the 88 on the
25023s	board I guess well you end it yourself
25025s	with symphony
25027s	wiu is pretty sure he's going to the
25030s	World Championships But Here Comes the
25031s	Giants and there's a lot of them just to
25034s	make him swe a little bit more you can
25036s	also play
25037s	ziliax yep so you can trade off two of
25041s	these and play ziliax
25045s	uhuh is the life steal zelc just to be
25050s	clear oh I can't do that there's no
25053s	board space for the zelc if you do
25057s	this or you could trade off the molten
25059s	giant
25062s	first we've created a temporal yeah so
25065s	you do
25067s	this then ziliax then trade
25071s	off then molten giant
25076s	again is he alive is he alive no he'd be
25081s	exactly dead exactly l dead yeah tra
25084s	ziac and still hits yeah 10 exactly
25089s	dead
25091s	oh yeah they've both just seen it now
25094s	insane salutes goodbye we will see
25096s	insane again he has blessed this
25098s	tournament with um a lot of exciting
25100s	stuff but weq last year struggled a
25104s	little bit using that experience to an
25105s	advantage now gets himself to the final
25108s	gets himself to the World Championships
25110s	TJ and he's put in a lot of work for
25112s	he's got a lot of first place ladder
25114s	finishes and I'm I'm glad to see him get
25116s	there sorry for insane but he'll be back
25118s	I'm absolutely
25119s	sure yeah very impressive uh turn
25122s	performance by Insane but weu oh it
25125s	makes me stressed just watching weu so
25129s	many times especially over the course of
25131s	today in the quarterfinals and
25132s	semi-finals we watch from Wu where wiu
25135s	just
25137s	left just got up and couldn't even watch
25140s	the screen uh because of how stressed
25144s	yeah like and then waiting for the one
25148s	answer was there and like I I was
25150s	racking my brain for the ideal situation
25152s	for insane this was probably it uhhuh
25157s	right this was an insane turn by every
25161s	account in a single turn insane was able
25164s	to make four
25165s	88s Rush two of
25168s	them get a free four five life Ste with
25172s	with
25173s	rush to effectively gain 10 and still
25177s	was exactly dead like by all accounts
25179s	that's the most insane turn possible but
25182s	just fell a little bit behind and that's
25183s	the nature of that matchup it's on a
25185s	nice Edge right and same as on the play
25188s	but didn't have a a minion to put on the
25192s	board first whether it it was blood
25193s	Trant or flame imp couldn't get a minion
25196s	down first and the amount of tempo that
25199s	Wei was able to generate very quickly in
25201s	the game um you can capitalize on on
25204s	those types of Misses from your opponent
25207s	so fast on custom Warlock and you just
25209s	have no time to recover because all of
25211s	your strategy revolves around damaging
25213s	yourself if your opponent has Tempo if
25214s	they're playing big stuff first you
25216s	can't even damage yourself cuz then
25217s	you're going to be the one to to to die
25219s	first so um a fitting end to that
25223s	matchup but weq moving on to the finals
25225s	moving on to the world
25227s	championship so big deal big deal
25229s	congratulations time to recover TJ Wu's
25231s	got to find to play he's going to need
25233s	some time to recover to get into that
25235s	final in state where he can actually
25237s	hold a mouse like point at things you
25239s	think he's going to be okay there do you
25241s	think he'll make it I I think he'll make
25244s	it yeah I don't know but five minutes
25246s	that's all you get but maybe the stress
25248s	is a little bit relieved a little bit
25249s	relieved but we'll see um we got that
25251s	final uh coming up next but we are going
25253s	to have to take a little bit of a break
25255s	um of course like you mentioned give
25256s	week a break but don't go anywhere the
25259s	conclusion to the hearstone master Tor
25260s	spring Championship right after this
25271s	[Music]
25297s	[Music]
25324s	[Music]
25353s	[Music]
25380s	[Music]
25382s	e
25409s	[Music]
25436s	[Music]
25465s	hello everyone and welcome back we've
25467s	got our grand finals ready to go I'm
25471s	Raven and joining me for this one is
25473s	sutle uh welcome my friend uh are you
25476s	ready for this finals we've had a a a
25478s	longer weekend than we've been recently
25480s	used to obviously having the three-day
25482s	play uh but also I felt like I've aged
25485s	just watching some of these matches with
25487s	how close they've been whether the end
25489s	score actually relates that or
25492s	[Music]
25493s	not a lot of moments like that for sure
25498s	um with bunny Hopper having to grind out
25500s	kind of an epic series
25503s	um in in defeat 03 to to kick things off
25507s	earlier on in the day that brutal uh
25510s	plague defeat from Habu gabu side but a
25512s	glorious plague Victory from Pat nit the
25515s	player that we're looking at right now
25517s	and some incredibly grindy Shaman games
25519s	coming out from weu to uh get over the
25522s	line there as well followed by that just
25524s	ridiculously explosive warlock mirror
25526s	towards the end with a matter of a
25529s	single point of damage coming into play
25531s	for the zelc at the the end and even
25533s	just number of minions in play being
25535s	tantalizingly on the line so uh that
25538s	insane couldn't even do the uh the
25541s	Double zelc play with the uh the
25543s	celestial I think he was one from being
25544s	able to do that couldn't quite clear
25546s	enough with the molon Giants the finest
25548s	of margins right which when it comes
25550s	down to the world championship being on
25551s	the line that can be as fine as it gets
25555s	but both of these players have achieved
25557s	goal number one coming into this weekend
25559s	both of these players Wu and padit will
25561s	be going through to the World
25562s	Championships they just have a good
25565s	chunk of prize money on the line I think
25567s	most importantly the title of Master's
25570s	tour Champion which is becoming a rarer
25573s	and rarer Beast these days you're
25575s	starting to join a very very exclusive
25576s	Club of players who can call themselves
25578s	a Masters Tour Champion 100% And I think
25581s	it's you can think of this finals in in
25584s	two ways and I think they're both kind
25586s	of right there will be just as an
25589s	element of pressure off these players
25591s	because as you mentioned they are both
25593s	qualified to world so that goal has been
25596s	achieved for these two but as you said
25598s	one no one plays this game at this level
25601s	to come second right that just isn't why
25605s	they play the game to this level at all
25607s	but also as you mentioned like there's a
25609s	prize money increase so yeah damn right
25610s	you want to play some more and get some
25612s	more prize money so yeah we are just
25614s	ready to go let's get straight into it
25617s	we've got priest on the top versus
25619s	Shaman along the bottom
25622s	uh is in this matchup is it just the
25625s	same old same old game plan for prea are
25627s	they just trying to just pump out the
25628s	dragons as quick as possible and go or
25631s	does the fact that they're against
25632s	Shaman make them have to consider some
25634s	alternate routes it is to an extent um
25638s	the Charan and the uh the gift wrapped
25641s	welp are very key early on because
25643s	through various combinations of those
25644s	two minions you can start to make four
25647s	Health boards which are ludicrously
25650s	annoying for Shan to have to deal with
25652s	it's very very hard in the early game to
25655s	activate a spell damage crash of Thunder
25658s	that's just a very tricky thing to do so
25660s	if you can start to get a few minions in
25662s	play as four fours or three fours uh
25664s	picking up some Buffs from the ships to
25666s	uron that can really represent a ton of
25668s	damage in the early game we saw we've
25670s	seen a couple of players have to go for
25672s	like real early Tempo flashes in this
25674s	matchup just to try and clear out some
25675s	of the early pressure and uh in terms of
25678s	early pressure this is about as good as
25681s	it gets right here
25684s	what order are they going to go for
25685s	honestly because there's a few different
25687s	ways you can go about this as well right
25689s	and I find like this is definitely one
25691s	of those decks where how you approach
25694s	the early game can actually have such a
25696s	huge sort of ripple effect into the rest
25698s	of the game even as early as for example
25701s	coin into this two drop as opposed to
25704s	just going one one um with the coin as
25707s	well just makes a huge difference yeah I
25710s	love coin two three here you can get hit
25712s	by uh like bolt Flow Rider would be the
25714s	best possible turn into this as a
25715s	response but even like a pop-up book
25718s	would be kind of awkward you still have
25719s	to trade as well from Wu's side and with
25721s	this hand if you can get these happy
25724s	welps rolling with the uh thirsty
25726s	Drifter already in hand then I think you
25729s	are going to be in business very very
25731s	quickly and that is already now a
25734s	guaranteed five dragons lined up with
25736s	the four one drops in hand already yeah
25739s	uh plus the guaranteed one drop that
25741s	will come
25742s	from the draw two and of course that
25744s	lines up the Zari as well so looking
25747s	like a solid solid turn six zi here
25749s	potentially I think this is something
25751s	that really helps uh these priests out a
25754s	lot is when you can guarantee some of
25757s	the outcomes and when right means that
25760s	you can set up the plans as opposed to
25762s	saying well do how heavily do I commit
25764s	to board if I don't have zery ready for
25766s	like the lethal blah blah blah you know
25768s	all this kind of thing whereas if if you
25769s	just know you can do it basically on
25772s	curve you can really plan this out and
25774s	uh P might be able to just really go in
25778s	have to see how it's going to pay off
25779s	though but Jazz Bas being able to be
25781s	equipped and clean up the majority of
25783s	the board and as you mentioned before
25785s	and we've seen it as you said throughout
25786s	the tournament the flash is in hand to
25789s	be able to just say you know what okay
25791s	I'm going to try and stabilize I'll
25793s	Flash the next turn and that'll unlock a
25795s	lot of options going forward into that
25797s	turn five potentially yeah a lot of
25799s	needed options as well because now the
25801s	power cord synchronize has been picked
25803s	up as well uh with these three One Drops
25807s	you will then get The Drifter down to
25809s	one so you can play like a one Mana
25810s	Drifter on the following turn use the
25812s	synchronize on it the copy that you get
25814s	will then cost zero because you've then
25815s	cost another one cost card with the
25818s	first Drifter so looking pretty
25821s	promising from
25826s	here yeah these answers need to be very
25828s	specific here weu wincing seeing the uh
25832s	the pressure coming out and as you said
25833s	couple of four Health minions there and
25835s	they are quite a lot more difficult to
25838s	deal with deliberately manipulated that
25840s	way as well right played the one that
25842s	was already full health first then
25844s	played the gift wrapped so that the that
25846s	buff guaranteed to go onto the other
25848s	minion which then became a two3 and then
25850s	got buffed into a 24 by the jogan in
25853s	play and would you look at that crash of
25855s	Thunder with the blood Mage kind of
25859s	awkward so hard to do for damage AOE in
25862s	the early game if you haven't already
25863s	played The Flash and the Flash is only
25865s	just coming down now this
25866s	turn
25869s	oh well well well well well well what
25874s	are you doing here okay wellity wellity
25880s	wellity it's one Mana off the utterly
25883s	disgusting turns though
25887s	unfortunately can't get a Drifter down
25889s	sink it and play the Dreamboat
25893s	yeah but it's it's just replica
25896s	[Music]
25904s	enough it feels well you can't guarantee
25907s	it's stuff obviously because of removal
25909s	but I see like that plus Drifter seems
25914s	fine yeah I think so the scary part is
25916s	that your opponent played Flash right
25918s	otherwise if there was no flash played
25920s	here I think you'd replica you'd play
25922s	your dream boat to get your big minion
25923s	in play and then you'd be locked in for
25925s	the Zari on the following turn you'd be
25927s	not really thinking about it
25929s	whatsoever uh I still think that is the
25932s	play the issue that you have though is
25934s	because you're not playing an additional
25936s	one Mana minion on this turn mhm if you
25939s	do get full cleared then you don't you
25942s	can't get that Drifter down alongside
25943s	the Zari on the follow-up turn which is
25945s	quite annoying if you do end up getting
25947s	cleared okay lightning
25950s	reflexes we could try trying to dig deep
25954s	here It's Tricky isn't it cuz like
25956s	tumble weed is a good card in this
25960s	matchup but not right now yeah popups
25963s	great though popup gets the job done
25964s	blood Mage with the uh popup on the 57
25969s	followed by the crash get this done nice
25971s	and easily such a good
25973s	[Music]
25975s	card find yourself another lightning
25977s	reflexes as well this is a crazy turn
25979s	for this early of a flash ooh I was
25983s	going to say yeah flash again I like it
25985s	yep yep
25987s	yep I feel like the popup book is just
25990s	carrying shaman on its back right now
25992s	because like the card just it takes so
25995s	many
25996s	boxes and finds double crash as well so
25999s	can now syn the uh the pop-up book to
26002s	face the double AOE to clear
26007s	down this is why Shaman just it just
26009s	keeps ticking along because it's you
26012s	even the hardest we've seen this
26014s	throughout the weekend even the most
26016s	tough spots you can find a way right do
26020s	you do you find a way is a different
26022s	question but the ability to clear these
26024s	boards and fight back from like almost
26026s	nothing of course weu lock the Flash in
26029s	on the previous turn to say yes next
26031s	turn I need to do something big so I'll
26033s	lock the Flash in now so of course there
26035s	was some level of setup but Shaman just
26037s	has the ability to claw its way back
26040s	into games that you think are over we're
26042s	seen it now we've seen it in previous
26044s	games even
26047s	today now P has to
26050s	like think about just how to fight back
26054s	again I know you've spoken about this
26056s	before but you know this priest isn't
26059s	just the only thing it do it can do more
26063s	than just play some dragons on curve
26065s	hope they lethal and if not it falls
26067s	over right you can do more than that but
26069s	in this situation is it
26073s	possible yeah particularly with Pit's
26076s	deck because of the Hearthstone Brew
26078s	that's in there as well we've actually
26079s	seen him find some uh very off-the-wall
26082s	solutions to
26084s	problems oh yeah seeing Cube again so
26086s	I'll just may me
26090s	smile actually doesn't go Zari here
26093s	interesting just going to max out with
26095s	The Drifters and the power cord
26096s	synchronize I would assume and just hope
26098s	that this board s uh sticks into the
26101s	charge
26102s	it's a lot of Health isn't it to be fair
26103s	it is a lot of Health yeah you could of
26105s	course have just played the Zari and
26106s	then just done all of this on the
26107s	following turn you'd have like one extra
26109s	big minion in play
26112s	but I think all things considered this
26114s	is pretty reasonable considering the
26117s	whole board was wiped this is a a good
26119s	answer isn't it
26125s	yep we
26127s	driving we could be
26129s	driving just 4 is also very nice though
26133s	here
26137s	yeah and uh don't actually think wiq
26141s	overloaded much because all of the cards
26143s	played on the previous ter were like
26144s	popup book and crash of thunder and
26147s	Flash of lightnings right so it was just
26148s	the lightning bolt wasn't it yeah not
26150s	too many overloads that have gone in
26151s	there at
26158s	all so is this conductivity altered cord
26161s	instead
26163s	de don't hate that good positioning by
26166s	the way again from P having the uh the
26168s	minions separated out I think ideally
26170s	perhaps the9 on the left could be a
26173s	little bit separated but having them on
26177s	uh far
26178s	sides I guess it wouldn't
26180s	do I guess cuz it yeah I guess it
26184s	wouldn't matter too much though for the
26186s	one if they put like a different minion
26187s	in the middle of them it would still
26189s	achieve the same thing there no way with
26193s	not to have two next to each other
26195s	anywhere right you're always going to
26196s	have two next to each other but the
26197s	seven being away from the others
26199s	actually worked out perfectly right
26201s	because it wasn't one- shotting any of
26202s	the uh it wasn't getting one shot by the
26204s	uh the spell with the th sun board that
26207s	was really
26208s	nice lot of little frogs on the board
26210s	now though so it's going to take a while
26212s	to punch
26215s	through why does it summon two taon
26220s	all I feel like at least one too
26223s	many at least one too many yeah one Mana
26227s	deal two damage end of sentence that's
26229s	the card you're pitching I mean as long
26232s	as it can go face I think that's a
26234s	reasonable card
26237s	okay's you some extra
26243s	time going to drop the zeri
26248s	now I mean one must spend one's m
26261s	surely apparently
26268s	not oh it's I mean it's tempting because
26271s	that taunt is going to stop the welps
26273s	isn't it yeah the taunt stopped the your
26275s	oppon only has two down honestly I'm
26277s	down I'm kind of in favor of it an extra
26280s	62 in play clears out another frog
26282s	immediately and adds plus one plus one
26284s	to the dream boat
26286s	yeah need
26288s	to you could tell just having exactly
26291s	the conversation we're having and trying
26293s	to convince himself either whether to do
26295s	it or not to do it obviously the zi is
26297s	now gone which is um the best card with
26300s	Leroy in terms of like back toback
26302s	charge damage but you do still have the
26304s	amthal in your deck which is incredibly
26306s	powerful with Leroy as well if you
26307s	manage to stick it or get some
26309s	ridiculous uh turn with with funnel the
26313s	worry is it's a one in 17 right now
26315s	isn't it exactly it feels quite off into
26318s	the
26324s	distance Gogan is a exactly the card weu
26328s	will be after in this specific situation
26330s	right low on cards in hand got a bit of
26332s	a board to deal with the options are all
26337s	there yeah three damage AOE plus the
26339s	four damage lightning bolt is really
26341s	really strong
26347s	here I'm with the two
26349s	frogs probably quite safe as well in
26352s	terms of being able to use another
26353s	ability next
26361s	turn seeing
26363s	that could I interest you in
26365s	transforming a frog into an elemental
26367s	fire lord of Doom oh that's happening
26369s	yeah that is the fairy that was never
26372s	told wasn't it no no
26376s	no the clock has struck 12 this frog
26379s	turns back into its natural
26384s	form bolt AOE I think the real point of
26387s	contention there for wiq may have
26389s	actually just been pressing draw three
26391s	instead of the
26394s	AOE yeah because that's the thing right
26397s	like now let's just live in the world
26400s	where he's
26402s	just live in the world where this gets
26403s	cleared up uh the thing Wu doesn't have
26407s	is cards right now right whereas he has
26409s	Health he has a board for now like the
26411s	cards was definitely the missing Factor
26413s	you
26414s	though has to be funnel cake it is
26416s	funnel cake okay I wasn't prepared for
26419s	what the next step in this chain was but
26420s	it definitely did have to be
26423s	that ah
26427s	no
26428s	no if this if there was a Tempo Le Ro on
26431s	B I mean it would be dead but but
26435s	still power cord synchronized the Frog
26439s	put a wall up they'll never get through
26441s	those maybe maybe this frog will turn
26444s	into a ragn rose as
26448s	well is it like synchronize the blood
26450s	Mage Thanos in all seriousness just to
26453s	like find another card draw to find your
26455s	way out of
26458s	this uh but you can't draw it now right
26462s	no no no you can't draw it now but it
26463s	gives you two outs for the next turn I
26466s	mean sure at this point yeah why
26471s	not yeah the issue is we you just
26475s	presses draw three on the and can draw
26478s	four right with yeah the thos extras so
26482s	there's just like about 8,000 out at
26485s	this point for uh weu
26496s	yeah that'll that'll do that will do Wu
26499s	taking game number one and again just
26502s	shows how flexible this Shaman deck or
26505s	the shaman you know archetype let's say
26507s	h actually is and off to a great start
26510s	but P nit like almost got there and I
26512s	feel like I feel like that's been the
26514s	story of the tournament like so many
26516s	games where one player it's not like
26519s	that often players have been get wiped
26521s	out and it's super one-sided games it's
26523s	like one play like almost there and then
26525s	someone either stabilizes or they just
26527s	about get lethal and it's just I don't
26529s	know it's been a definitely a roller
26531s	coaster of a tournament so far and I
26534s	expect the finals to be exactly the same
26536s	but yeah look at this setup the setup
26538s	was good but Wu got hold of that clear
26541s	and managed to stabilize from that point
26543s	really good play from both players
26544s	though I think extremely solid game one
26546s	here yeah just one Mana off on a couple
26549s	of crucial turns from Panza to be able
26552s	to fully load up with everything and
26554s	have a much more powerful Zari turn
26558s	chose to try and hold out on the Zari
26560s	for that one extra turn to try and give
26562s	all of those uh thirsty Drifters uh
26564s	charge damage essentially at the end
26566s	could have just played it out for that
26567s	extra turn earlier on had the extra 4
26569s	six in play maybe could have made a
26572s	difference if it had been happened that
26573s	time around but I think once the ganth
26576s	came down as a followup to the two big
26579s	clearance turns for for weu it just felt
26582s	like uh pretty insurmountable to that
26584s	point I think um it was going to need to
26586s	be amthal or bust and there was not
26588s	really enough time given to uh to Pat
26591s	nit to be able to find that amthal to
26592s	find a way out yeah because it was not
26594s	really uh the the clergy showed up very
26596s	late to the party right so the card draw
26599s	sometimes in the priest games you get
26600s	the clergies early and you can actually
26602s	cycle very quickly through your deck
26604s	when you miss those that's pretty much
26606s	it outside of pulling the dragons of
26609s	course but that's pretty much it for
26610s	card draws so so if you miss those
26612s	you're not digging deep and playing with
26613s	those sort of expected draws off the top
26615s	so can be a little bit tricky sometimes
26617s	but that means we are one up now at
26619s	series with Wu taking the lead on that
26621s	Shaman but there's uh I still think
26623s	there's hope because there's a death
26625s	knight on the other side so and I know
26627s	uh you've spoken a bit about death
26628s	knight this weekend oh here we are um
26631s	and but it's a deck I uh I've genuinely
26634s	enjoyed uh this set so far and it's
26637s	probably the deck I've played by far the
26639s	most now
26643s	here they're going up against the
26644s	Warlock o this I feel like the strength
26650s	of this Warlock deck or the outcome has
26652s	so little to do with the opponent a
26654s	allot of the time it's it's more just
26657s	like you you're just like right okay how
26659s	low does my health Go versus how many
26661s	minions can I put out and that just
26662s	decides the
26664s	win so good it still seems strange to me
26667s	to be seeing the fering harp in there as
26670s	well I think
26671s	Wei might be the only player in the
26672s	tournament who has gone with the harp in
26675s	the the
26676s	Warlock um and you know there it's kind
26678s	of two contesting School of thoughts
26680s	where like instinctively you're like
26682s	okay you know I've got a whole bunch of
26683s	self- damage cards in my deck so the
26685s	harp does make sense um philosophically
26688s	but then you realize that as soon as you
26690s	start preventing that damage from any of
26692s	that those self- damage cards your deck
26694s	just ends up doing absolutely nothing
26696s	right so it really is only there as a
26698s	late game stabilizing tool like after
26701s	you've already pushed yourself down to
26703s	the point where your your Horrors and
26705s	your molten Giants are active I think my
26708s	struggle with the card cuz I mean I've
26710s	not tested the harp tons or anything
26712s	it's not like you know weu will know a
26713s	million times more than I will about
26715s	this but My worry is I struggled to
26718s	think of the situations where I would
26721s	rather draw a harp than other cards in
26724s	the deck right I think that's where I
26726s	sort of land with it's I can't imagine
26727s	drawing a harp and being like Oh yeah
26730s	great now I'm going to do well apart
26732s	from like hyper specific
26734s	situations already though are off to a
26738s	fantastic start this is the opening you
26740s	want one drop into these uh two palins
26744s	soon to be uh ghouls gives you so much
26748s	board presence so much ability to react
26750s	to your opponent's board as well because
26752s	those ghouls do have charge yeah when
26755s	you actually engage with the flavor of
26757s	the card of mining casualties it's
26759s	freaking morbid isn't it when you
26761s	actually sit there and think about it
26763s	not very pleasant card yeah to be fair
26767s	death Knights are pretty morbid in
26768s	general yeah that's true but just look
26771s	at those palad like they're they're so
26773s	they're so vibrant and full of life
26775s	they've got hopes and dreams for their
26777s	Futures they just get set to the mines
26780s	yeah so did arus look how that turned
26782s	out yeah well you've lost me oh no you
26787s	know that blue guy at the top of the
26788s	screen in the big portrait
26792s	uhuh I know I know I know who Arthur
26795s	well I sort of know who Arthur is but I
26798s	don't know what arth's hopes and dreams
26800s	were before he became the Lich King you
26802s	know so he was a paladin oh really okay
26805s	yeah yeah actually was a paladin he was
26807s	uh under
26808s	[Music]
26809s	Uther yeah sounds like a good
26815s	time there is the uh azerite Crusher
26818s	probably uh
26820s	one of the backbones of just this class
26822s	right now I would say honestly cuz like
26824s	this weapon is so powerful see a lot of
26827s	people talk about it recently on social
26829s	media and it's just like is it too
26831s	strong the life steal the freeze the
26833s	amount of charges you can get when you
26834s	combine it with the ability to discover
26836s	it and give it an extra durability as
26838s	well and my answer would be yes it's
26840s	very strong but when you're the one
26842s	playing it it's
26846s	great it's a hard choice
26852s	the M yeah obviously Rook was an
26856s	immediately big thing which would then
26858s	allow you to if it lived you play the
26860s	forge the next turn you can copy one big
26861s	minion you're probably taking a bit of
26863s	damage again this turn you can Spirit
26865s	Bomb something and maybe get that one
26866s	molten giant that you already have down
26869s	mhm but uh weu just just going for p up
26872s	with the uh the Double molten giant
26873s	instead and immediately rips Spirit Bomb
26877s	number two off the top that is H the
26880s	zelc is there as well like not not for
26884s	now but just the fact it's available is
26887s	huge for the
26891s	followup the only issue we have here is
26894s	you are making a colossal board
26897s	commitment into a board where threads of
26900s	Despair would just absolutely delete you
26905s	you are oh you kill one no no you kill
26908s	three right you kill three
26911s	yeah that's not too
26914s	bad so then you have two sources of
26918s	three damage controlled right by trading
26920s	off the other two you have the weapon
26922s	for another three and then if those
26925s	three attacks kill another Minion you're
26927s	then aoeing for one so if you just have
26929s	88s in play you might be
26932s	okay I think yeah well one will be lower
26935s	right one will be lower one will be one
26937s	be six
26943s	oh weq going all in here with the
26944s	smaller Health minions as well which
26946s	might just come back to bite him a
26948s	little bit but I don't begrudge this at
26950s	all yeah I going to hold the
26954s	zelc I do philosophically Vibe extra
26956s	hard with oh I can play my entire hand
26958s	this turn I guess I just do
26962s	that oh I hate threads math I think I
26966s	said this on day one of the show of I
26968s	actually just never count when I play
26970s	thread and just say yeah there's a it'll
26972s	clear yeah that's the right way to do
26975s	it but this actually because the the
26979s	near fight will go off immediately if
26981s	you trade either of the two twos into it
26983s	which would then kill the other 2u
26985s	without it attacking so you need to
26986s	attack into something else with the
26990s	first 2 two first and then go into a
26993s	neight look how bigger deal the Neo
26995s	fight is though cuz it stopped second
26997s	Army of the Dead threads cuz that would
26999s	have been a clear would yeah yeah yeah I
27001s	don't I don't think that's the thing
27002s	that you should really like consider
27003s	playing around right cuz it's such a
27005s	specific two card combo with
27007s	like about the impact it has had as
27010s	opposed to you know huge cuz I think
27013s	there's what two corpses left so even
27015s	two extra ghouls would be a pretty big
27017s	deal
27024s	mhm take out zil oh yeah this is just
27029s	hold because you could just
27032s	just take this damage right yeah just
27034s	tank the damage okay fine fine fine Wu
27037s	is playing simpy
27041s	right uh weq is playing Symphony yeah
27044s	yes okay yeah yeah pretty sure everyone
27045s	is but Wu certainly is yeah cuz that's a
27048s	bit scary but
27051s	hey yeah two outs for Symphony lethal
27054s	the six damage life steel and the plus
27056s	six plus six both would have done it
27058s	possibili
27064s	now you know what I'm like I'm about to
27067s	ask you a bit of a silly
27069s	question does weq need to commit this
27073s	minion to this
27075s	board so many
27082s	possibilities it's a pretty good City
27084s	question as far as silly questions go oh
27088s	now you do get
27090s	get thing in play yeah now you do
27093s	completely agree but I think before we
27096s	saw that draw it was a decent question
27098s	at least because you're just adding
27100s	something that if there's AOE clear
27102s	anyway yeah you're going to just dive
27104s	into that and cause problems Y and it
27107s	gives you something guaranteed for Forge
27108s	but yeah this
27114s	is I mean I
27118s	can't one of oh the stomper the stomper
27122s	is so
27124s	powerful headless horsemen kills one
27127s	gains five armor but that's just not
27129s	enough
27132s	now oh wait hang on
27139s	519 no it's still not enough with the
27141s	weapon swing
27143s	right
27145s	oh what a clut draw
27153s	and there's nothing because it's just oh
27156s	just not being able to hit the uh the
27158s	crop with the poison oh my like that's
27163s	the one combo this deck has that just
27166s	knes a board isn't it you know like you
27169s	play the um the grime the crop and you
27172s	just say the board's clear it's fine
27174s	whatever but that oh the speaker stum
27177s	are coming down exactly now one Manor
27182s	off
27185s	disgusting weq is just like yes burn
27187s	rope burn and that is going to be game
27190s	two subtle yet again another game that's
27194s	coming down to the wire cuz even though
27196s	it looked yes wiq put out a ton of
27199s	giants put out a ton of pressure but
27201s	without that speaker stomper that board
27203s	was cleared and if that board's cleared
27206s	the game ends but to the other person
27209s	right so it's like it's so close but weu
27212s	is 20 up yeah and it made the decision
27216s	so much simpler as well as we were as we
27218s	were about to talk about because when
27221s	you have to sit there and break down
27222s	like every world where you get punished
27224s	for not playing the extra five five
27225s	right because okay the easy part is well
27228s	if I play the extra five five and they
27229s	just have some sort of threads of
27231s	Despair clear then I've just completely
27233s	committed my whole board I have nothing
27234s	to activate the forge next turn anyway
27237s	I'm threatening lethal with this board I
27238s	should probably just hold it but then
27240s	you have to start thinking about well
27241s	hang on what if it is just um the uh
27247s	what's the name of the card the summon
27248s	poisons thing don't think I've ever
27250s	known the name of that card in my entire
27252s	life actually it's the um sticky Grime
27256s	Walker sickly Grime yeah I just call it
27258s	Grime but yeah so like if you only have
27261s	three minions in play like suddenly that
27263s	plus crop rotation is a full clear right
27266s	but like does adding a fourth minion
27267s	really change that you have to go
27269s	through all of those different things
27270s	about whether it's worth committing that
27271s	final minion to the board but when you
27273s	tap into speaker stomper instead
27275s	suddenly it becomes simple because you
27277s	know at that point there's no
27278s	combination that really interacts with
27279s	that Bo particularly hard and I think
27281s	even though weq knows that deep within
27283s	his soul the uh the current anxieties of
27286s	the position that he finds himself in
27288s	he's like nope he's going to find a
27289s	clear somehow I don't know what it is
27290s	but the clear is going to find I'm off
27292s	I'm doing laps around my room you can't
27293s	stop me and that is what we've seen for
27296s	large periods of this tournament so far
27299s	but padit is is going back to the well
27301s	one more time with this rainbow death
27303s	knight he's brought it to the tournament
27305s	it has served him well he had 100% win
27307s	rate with the deck coming in to uh to
27310s	day three and wieku is currently uh
27313s	making a huge dent in that win rate by
27316s	uh picking up a victory now against the
27317s	deck and now it's coming down to the
27319s	Warrior from wiu yeah and in my
27322s	experience I found this to be a really
27324s	weird matchup uh let's say as the death
27326s	knight player because on one hand you
27329s	might think oh well because that all the
27331s	Death Knights now play like the two down
27333s	with the ship H you obviously have um
27336s	Helia and then you want to put tons of
27338s	uh tons of the plagues in right and stop
27341s	some of the shenanigans and basically
27343s	kill the warrior through plagues um the
27346s	problem with that is the second you
27348s	don't do that at a reasonable rate if
27351s	the warrior gets to land Odin you do
27354s	kind of just die so it gets really
27357s	tricky um it's not even though the plan
27360s	you can say is sort of simple you do
27362s	still have to be pretty flexible because
27365s	you you can't really kill your opponent
27367s	in any reasonable speed so it's a weird
27370s	one where you both kind of have
27372s	inevitability and it just depends on
27374s	like how if the plagues play nice or how
27377s	early the plagues go in and there's also
27380s	the factor of how long does uh does the
27383s	death night hold things like uh I keep
27386s	want wanting to call it down with the
27388s	sickness uh but down with the
27390s	uh oh that's why I call it every single
27392s	time how is it not called that let's be
27394s	honest so Hearthstone card names are
27399s	fantastic this one though I would have
27401s	renamed it myself but anyway um like you
27404s	don't really want to do down with the
27406s	ship before you've played helot right
27408s	because then those can just go away so
27409s	it's all just there's a lot of weird
27411s	sort of Hoops you've got to jump through
27413s	to even give yourself a chance even
27414s	though at the surface it looks like
27417s	death knight should just stomp this
27419s	Warrior because you got got freeze for
27420s	the face you've got plagues to shuffle
27423s	into a sort of slower style deck it
27426s	should be easy but honestly in my
27428s	experience at least it's
27432s	not but that is the factor you mentioned
27434s	it towards the end right is if you can
27436s	time those quartsite
27438s	crushes uh very deafly then you can you
27442s	can go through like the turn 9 the turn
27444s	10 and the turn 11 with the freezes
27446s	which means that the the Odin pressure
27448s	isn't real cuz they can't actually do
27450s	any damage with their face Frozen the
27451s	entire time um and then you can use that
27456s	time to allow the play through hopefully
27458s	a hell year and everything else to to
27460s	tick along at that point uh Warrior has
27462s	a little bit of game against that cuz
27464s	they can spend like one turn playing a
27465s	reeno to unfreeze their own face and try
27468s	and get a little bit of damage through
27469s	if it comes down to it but that's
27470s	normally not going to be enough to uh to
27472s	threaten lethal in in most situations
27475s	It's Tricky honestly because like like I
27478s	said a bit of the worry is if you don't
27480s	stack up all the plagues quickly and
27482s	also if you just maybe get a bit unlucky
27484s	with the plague ordering right sometimes
27487s	you get three to you've got eight
27489s	plagues in the deck and they just don't
27491s	go off for three turns like that can
27492s	happen and if you save the weapon and
27496s	then swing after the Odin because you
27497s	kind of have to start freezing them
27499s	after the Odin right because they've
27501s	played
27501s	Odin well you're also swinging for three
27505s	and again you're not really killing the
27508s	warrior if they can put out some armor
27510s	so you need to really thread the needle
27512s	I think um so we'll
27514s	see part that the part that does work in
27516s	your favor there though is that the
27518s	warrior is such a draw heavy deck that
27519s	they get down to like their last eight
27521s	to five cards very very quickly right
27524s	normally by that point in the game so if
27526s	you bi I lost this match up right before
27529s	we went live ah I see okay yeah Mak
27532s	sense so it's impossible clearly if I
27534s	lost it once I mean so it's an unwinable
27537s	matchup it's the only explanation it
27539s	can't possibly be my
27546s	choices it's always a
27548s	goodair not quite as threatening in this
27550s	matchup as it was in the previous one
27552s	even though it actually never came into
27554s	play in the previous game it was the
27555s	defining Factor even though only one
27558s	player had the full knowledge that it
27559s	was available yeah a lot of it comes
27561s	down to actually uh just clears of trial
27564s	by fire is where threads I think Finds
27566s	Its home in this match up yeah uh cuz
27569s	that's the the awkward thing to deal
27571s	with a lot of the time I do love this
27573s	though the um the early Horsemen is
27577s	great because you want to start
27578s	generating these like ju just extra
27582s	threats because that is how you
27583s	definitely can speed up the clock right
27585s	not only you hitting your opponent for
27587s	three with the hero power but you can
27588s	start choosing the most like actually
27592s	like aggro style Undead minions
27600s	week H just powering through Shield
27602s	block unsurprisingly by far the most
27605s	popular gift choice that we've uh seen
27607s	this weekend in the Warrior dropping the
27609s	Needle Rock totem for a bit more cycle
27611s	queuing up that verse riff as well just
27613s	getting it stored in there for the
27614s	second one and now there's double
27616s	Crusher already lined up for pad that's
27619s	so much freezing power for the late game
27622s	it really is but this is where it gets a
27624s	little bit tricky as well is there's the
27626s	trade snake oil right which fine
27630s	but they don't want to play Down with
27632s	the ship yet cuz no hell yeah y they
27636s	could equip a weapon which you know it's
27638s	fine but they're not going to swing it
27639s	so it's like is this turn effectively
27642s	hero power pass right like in in a broad
27646s	manner of speaking it's possible I mean
27648s	you could I think now that you have six
27650s	total charges you could consider just
27653s	getting in there and and Gideon up with
27654s	the
27655s	weapon yeah oh that helps yeah I was
27659s	going to say this snake oil trade is
27660s	where I would have also started the turn
27663s	get to whip in the three damage as well
27664s	with the hero power pretty
27669s	nice think P just wants to
27672s	uh get hold of this the Horseman's head
27676s	like ASAP
27678s	honestly cuz then you feel way more
27680s	comfortable holding on to these key
27687s	tools blad storm and armor I would
27696s	presume not bad though as well there is
27698s	what 10 CPS is going to be oh my there
27702s	told you that was the game that is
27706s	fast and now that hero power is going to
27709s	going to be pressed pretty much every
27710s	turn or at least that's how I would
27712s	approach it and start trying to get some
27714s	of these more threatening uh minions
27716s	down maybe generate some Minions that
27717s	can generate more plagues as well to
27719s	cause Max Havoc oh speaking of which now
27722s	you're here be honest you would have had
27724s	three leroys in your deck immediately
27725s	that game right yeah did you not see the
27728s	the GIF I posted in reply yes rven but
27731s	you know how this but all of our viewers
27733s	who I am now addressing this question to
27735s	in reality did not which is why I'm now
27737s	bringing it up making sure you saw it
27739s	cuz it was funny yeah I used he's out of
27742s	line but he's right in response because
27744s	yeah you were I was watching I was
27746s	listening and I was kind of sat there
27748s	going yay if he's right he's right what
27750s	can I
27753s	say and you know you would have
27755s	appreciated it though as well yeah yeah
27759s	here though it's a bit of a tough choice
27761s	who is the zelc so you do want to look
27762s	at Puppeteer just for the value but
27765s	honestly ay just leans to a skeleton
27768s	crew just playable
27776s	stuff more Paul definitely going to I
27779s	say more PA is going to help it's a high
27780s	Health uh card it's a semi priority kill
27785s	let's say but if you gain five 10 Health
27787s	here and there it's kind of a rocky
27789s	numbers when A Warrior's hitting you for
27791s	8,000 isn't it oh yeah already down to
27795s	eight cards in deck by the way eight
27798s	Mana eight cards left in deck this is
27800s	what I mean like if if panita can pick
27802s	up the Helia from here and then start
27804s	loading up those crushes that is going
27806s	to be ludicrous amounts of PL damage
27809s	coming through before we is actually
27810s	able to respond and do anything and and
27812s	that's the hurdle isn't it 19 cards left
27815s	in deck and you need exactly one of them
27826s	yep oh my oh my first The Horseman into
27830s	the head very quickly and then Helia
27834s	with 18 well 19 cards at the time left
27837s	how was that hel already not hit the
27839s	board that's my question let's get
27843s	cooking oh s
27846s	giant yeah I don't think lot A lot has
27848s	actually been spent so far I I I yeah I
27851s	just oo as well because I actually think
27853s	now because of the Helia the nerubian
27856s	better right deal with these three
27858s	taunts for the weapon swings and then
27860s	you've got the freeze just add
27862s	incredible defensive layers now because
27864s	these plagues will do the work for you
27867s	sure amuse me and yeah we's like okay
27872s	you did your thing I'm doing mine let's
27875s	see and this is where the taunts are got
27877s	what so what is actually
27879s	available there's oh there is a sanitize
27882s	I didn't see it for a second then that's
27884s	huge yeah sanitizer there it's already
27886s	been forged as well which is a big deal
27888s	yeah double razor fan W you
27892s	please my heart rate's going up at this
27896s	point yeah he's not going to like the
27898s	way this one ends though I don't think
27901s	but how much
27902s	damage can we could put
27911s	out cuz it is a lot isn't
27914s	it now none once he gets
27917s	frozen oh yeah that's a slight
27920s	issue Resa there as well to clean up the
27925s	OD well wait I I was doing a poor job as
27928s	well how many of those are plagues now
27930s	so there's the hell you ones five yeah
27933s	it five
27938s	okay let me hear
27941s	you he going to go for the reeno mhm it
27945s	unfreeze makes
27947s	sense wait is that
27953s	lethal with the wait is that enough with
27955s	the verse Rift no shot the he's already
27959s	got one loaded in there oh my God I
27961s	thought it was like 22 I did not count
27964s	the second Versi being loaded in there
27966s	which ramps up so much extra damage and
27970s	in fact wiq is going to like how this
27973s	one ends he absolutely got there he knew
27977s	he had it counted I did not what an
27980s	incredible finish in the end able to get
27983s	over the line with just a single razor
27985s	Fen and a verse Rift I did not think
27987s	that was anywhere in the neighborhood I
27989s	was like mid 20s with how much damage
27992s	that was but I think he had like five
27994s	over in the end with that weapon swing
27996s	going through as well just was not
27998s	accounting properly for the Craftsman
27999s	hammer and the uh the extra loaded up
28001s	verse Rift being thrown in there as well
28004s	absolutely huge stuff uh from wiq and as
28008s	you were saying there was uh there were
28010s	options there with the uh the nerubian
28012s	swarmers available that could have been
28013s	played out to uh prevent that kind of
28016s	thing from happening which maybe pnit
28018s	has to take a little look at cuz uh the
28020s	extra taunts in play might have been a
28021s	big deal even if it involved uh leaving
28023s	the 8 up on the other side but we you
28027s	saw what we didn't immediately yeah 35
28031s	damage in the end and that is going to
28034s	mean that weq is going to be your
28036s	Master's tour spring Champion I'm sure
28038s	if they were face to face in in person
28041s	they'd have a very hearty handshake and
28043s	a and a warm embrace as they are both
28046s	going to the World Championship already
28048s	at this point locked that up by by
28049s	making it to the finals but it is only
28051s	one of them that goes home with the the
28053s	winner share of the prize pool and the
28056s	glory of being known as a Masters Tour
28058s	Champion wieku joins a very very elite
28060s	list of players yeah definitely a tricky
28063s	ending like I said both players in that
28066s	last game specifically they were both
28068s	doing what they wanted to do right they
28070s	were hitting those targets but yeah just
28072s	maybe the taunt should have come out
28074s	because Reena was the only real threat
28076s	at that point but yeah what a way to end
28079s	it weq all over those numbers and that
28081s	armor gain always underestimated is the
28084s	amount of armor and then damage a
28086s	warrior can put out after that Odin but
28088s	yeah there's your top eight bracket um
28091s	well we like we said this on Friday
28093s	because you know we were on pretty early
28096s	saying like yeah we've not cast Sone
28097s	tournament what feels like a while now
28099s	this is like the first mage of the year
28101s	and what a tournament I know you
28103s	specifically were talking about just the
28105s	sheer quality of player we have in this
28108s	tour tournament for this weekend and I
28111s	think uh at least I am not disappointed
28113s	I think they've lived up to their the
28115s	quality you were talking about at the
28117s	start of the weekend yeah yeah it's been
28119s	an awesome tournament I think some of
28120s	the series have been incredibly
28122s	memorable there have been mistakes and
28124s	errors and so on throughout but that is
28126s	that is the way no one can play
28129s	Hearthstone perfectly no one has
28130s	achieved that over you know more than a
28132s	sample of one game right like I doubt
28134s	anyone can earnestly say that they've
28137s	actually played like an entire series of
28139s	Hearthstone perfectly let alone an
28140s	entire tournament perfectly um it's an
28143s	incredibly difficult game to play
28145s	optimally particularly as you know
28146s	variance increases in some of these
28148s	decks and I do think we're in a meta
28150s	right now that is uh quite decision
28152s	dense in general and you can see even
28155s	there through the end like wiu navigated
28157s	that beautifully I will say like the
28159s	hand lined up very very well for the
28161s	warrior you know without um acolyte
28163s	cheap aftershocks these days it's kind
28165s	of rare that you go through that quickly
28168s	to the end of your deck yeah um but to
28170s	to maintain your calm even though your
28172s	opponent was kind of hitting everything
28174s	right like hit the Horseman early hit
28175s	the head early hit the H early hit the
28177s	freeze early had everything like I said
28179s	both players were doing exactly what
28181s	they wanted to do in that matchup it's
28183s	crazy looked like everything was lined
28185s	up and particularly for a player that is
28188s	clearly that stressed out during the
28189s	games right like constantly getting up
28192s	burning some energy by walking around
28193s	the room um you know people perceive
28196s	kind of uh tilt or distraction in
28198s	different ways right and if that's what
28200s	it takes for you to actually remain
28202s	focused on what you're doing to burn
28204s	that energy out by getting up and being
28205s	expressive and walking around if that's
28207s	what works for you and if that allows
28209s	you to focus on the game and play that
28210s	well then you know more power to you CU
28212s	I think weq has put in a fantastic
28214s	performance uh over the last couple of
28216s	years at this point you know putting in
28217s	a great grind in the previous year as
28219s	well really clearly taking to this uh
28222s	this open Grinder system like a like a
28225s	duct to water 100% H just very quickly
28228s	turn into just a household name of
28231s	hearthstone but what feels like a blink
28233s	of an eye that is the weekend over that
28236s	is the torment over we are done for this
28239s	Master's tour so just before we go I'd
28241s	like to say just thank you guys for
28243s	watching thanks to all the players for
28244s	putting on such a great show all the
28246s	matches were fantastic we hope you had a
28249s	great time and we will see you next time
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