[2023] 2023 Hearthstone Masters Tour Summer I Day 2

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858s	hello everyone and welcome to
861s	Hearthstone and Masters Tour summer
863s	Championship day two by the end of the
865s	day we are going to Crown our champion
867s	and see who is going to be joining levik
869s	in the world championship later on I'm
872s	Raven and joining me to kick off today
873s	is Dragon Rider welcome to the uh the
876s	opening of the show at least for day two
878s	how did you find yesterday
880s	uh well personally I found it very fast
883s	and not mini game fives because every
886s	every uh one that I got to cast didn't
889s	go to game five so I'm hoping that I see
891s	a little bit more game five action today
893s	but overall it seemed pretty interesting
895s	we had a lot of variations in the like
898s	bands in the car choices of the decks
901s	and what people were ending up uh like
904s	Banning and then going for in terms of
907s	strategy so very excited to see if that
910s	ends up being the same today but let's
912s	talk about what is coming for today here
915s	and look at what we have coming up here
918s	but as you mentioned World Championship
920s	we will be crowning another player going
924s	to that that's gonna be a prize pool of
926s	350 000 dollars
929s	yeah of course and this is the summer
931s	Championship we've only had one at
932s	Masters Tour so far this year this is
934s	number two and there will be one uh
936s	coming up in Fall as well so make sure
938s	to keep an eye out for those dates when
940s	they are announced but the main story
941s	for these Masters tours this year is
943s	just how competitive it is to even
945s	qualify for them uh this you know 16
948s	players are completely stacked groups
950s	that we had yesterday as all the players
952s	sort of battled through those to make it
954s	to day two and now we just have the top
956s	eight to play through to get to that
958s	champion of course as you will will know
960s	if you've been watching any about
962s	competitive Firestone over the last few
964s	years Conquest is the go-to but as you
966s	mentioned on the the variety of
969s	archetypes combined with the sort of
972s	completely like personal choice of bands
975s	it seems like the players have it's
977s	definitely keeping the matchups fresh
979s	um so yeah we'll have to see whether if
982s	that pays out through the rest of the
983s	day and I think what's most important
985s	here is just what lineups are actually
987s	going to end up performing because
989s	there's a a lot of differences between
991s	classes and the archetypes within those
994s	we've got players favoring Mac Rogue and
996s	then some players favoring different
997s	types of robes and you've got Arcane
999s	Hunter versus the sort of Beast Hunter
1001s	and that list kind of goes on with the
1004s	only real uh deck at least from this
1006s	tournament I can really see being a
1008s	agreed upon outcome really is that
1011s	Shaman right which is just the uh the
1013s	sort of go-to nature shame and yes
1014s	there's a few cards different but I
1016s	think the overall plan for that deck
1018s	seems to be at least agreed upon by most
1021s	players
1022s	yeah absolutely it's gonna be very very
1025s	interesting we'll see uh I am excited to
1028s	see how many of those nature shamans end
1031s	up getting banned or not banned today we
1034s	did see a mix of that yesterday so uh
1036s	nature Shaman and Mage I think seem to
1039s	kind of be the the big story lines this
1042s	weekend in terms of maybe the most
1043s	popular decks and choices so we'll see
1046s	what ends up happening there I know we
1048s	already have some bands coming through
1050s	for our matches so definitely going to
1052s	be exciting to get into those but uh
1055s	let's talk about yesterday and kind of
1057s	how we got to this point in the first
1059s	place Raven
1061s	yeah we had a lot of action yesterday as
1063s	I said there were four groups being
1065s	played out so all 16 players were
1067s	competing yesterday they had to
1068s	basically win two matches at least to
1071s	get out of groups and he kicked off in
1074s	explosive fashion and that kind of
1075s	carried on throughout the whole day an
1078s	ongoing theme of this expansion at least
1080s	in this current meta is fight for the
1083s	board early and then push the final
1085s	burst damage in this slightly later game
1088s	and by slightly later I mean slightly
1090s	we're looking at from turn six onwards
1092s	each player has to be worried about
1094s	dying uh at least of how it's been so
1096s	far but I do think those early game
1098s	decisions the deck building what decks
1100s	we even brought in the first place has
1102s	been super super important as we see
1104s	some of the winning moments for the
1106s	players and again I was casting the
1108s	hemlock versus requirm one and that was
1109s	a tough one there was a few very tricky
1112s	situations for request in in that one
1114s	and it got a little bit close even
1116s	though the score may have not reflected
1117s	that
1119s	absolutely it was it was really
1121s	interesting just to see the way that a
1123s	lot of those games played out we had as
1125s	you mentioned a lot of board and even
1127s	decks like the the Warlock that would
1130s	end up getting kind of on board a bit
1132s	later than we imagined compared to some
1135s	of the other games that we saw but you
1137s	know for some players it ended up paying
1139s	off whether it was early game or later
1141s	game that they got those and we can see
1143s	here the top eight players that did get
1146s	two wins through their group stage
1149s	yesterday to move into today so we will
1152s	be seeing our top eight throughout the
1155s	day today
1156s	yeah and look at some of those match-ups
1158s	we are going to be kicking it off with
1160s	meaty versus Casey which I can't wait
1162s	I'm so glad I'm opening the show to cast
1164s	this one and then there's pocket train
1166s	versus Hemlock Q versus uh wiku and then
1169s	the last match uh which is Gabby versus
1172s	uh dredi right so um I think the big
1175s	factor for me is that one of these two
1179s	players is going to win this match
1180s	because guess what that's how the game
1182s	works but one of these two and then
1185s	Gabby are on opposite sides of the
1187s	bracket right so we could see a Casey
1190s	versus Gabby final we could see a meaty
1192s	versus Gabby final which you know as a
1194s	uh EU region player and commentator
1197s	myself I think that would be such a
1199s	great finals and not only because of you
1201s	know their sort of personal regions or
1203s	anything but just because they are three
1206s	players that I think have a lot of fans
1208s	behind them as well right they've been
1210s	you know players that have been in the
1211s	game for a long time now been at the
1213s	Forefront of it and then we could just
1215s	see meaty doing the older swing around
1217s	on the chair to get ready whilst they're
1219s	maybe even preparing lunch or a snack as
1222s	they're not too far to go from the
1224s	kitchen that looks things for meaty so
1226s	um it was a good day for me to I think
1228s	yesterday he went two out two o out of
1230s	his group and both the matches at least
1233s	as far as I'm concerned seemed fairly
1234s	straightforward
1236s	yeah it seemed also as we saw in uh this
1240s	game here that you can see the Replay
1241s	for this macro just did absolute work
1244s	right from the beginning for him and
1247s	just going into every single game it
1249s	seems like he really just had a plan he
1251s	knew what the decks wanted to do and he
1253s	was able to execute that in every single
1255s	game which if he's able to repeat that
1257s	today definitely seems like a good sign
1259s	that he could go to the end uh but we
1262s	did want to showcase a couple of decks
1266s	here we we definitely don't because this
1269s	just isn't meet his deck at all correct
1271s	so ignore this this is completely wrong
1273s	uh this one is not going to be on there
1276s	so uh yeah I apologize for that we're
1278s	just showing you warlock
1279s	um which we've not seen much of over the
1281s	course the weekend although there was a
1283s	two players playing I think it was a ton
1286s	soku and nagon I think yeah we're
1288s	playing the wall lock but there we go
1290s	yeah we're gonna see a meeting with that
1292s	uh Mech Rogue and again this was the
1295s	deck we just saw in that quick replay
1296s	from yesterday where basically meaty
1299s	managed to land member on and early and
1301s	that was that because it couldn't be
1302s	killed and then that's normally how MEC
1304s	works right I think there for people
1307s	playing against this deck the ultimate
1309s	like number one priority goal is kill
1312s	their stuff as soon as it hits the board
1314s	because if you start leaving minions
1316s	around for macrogue and macro macro can
1318s	get hold of some card generation or card
1320s	draw then you are going to be in big big
1323s	trouble
1324s	absolutely yeah we definitely saw that
1326s	memorand kind of shining in multiple
1329s	matches yesterday coming down early and
1331s	not only that but being able to generate
1334s	additional magnetic mechs that can give
1337s	stealth or wind Fury or even life steel
1339s	to kind of stabilize and make sure that
1341s	they're not going to uh be dying in the
1344s	game but I think that was less of a
1346s	relevant one definitely think the
1348s	stealth was kind of the key mechanic the
1351s	key magnetic that we saw yesterday but
1353s	you know as all of these matches go
1356s	there is an opponent that he is going to
1359s	have to face and there he is Casey as he
1362s	prepares for this match here now it's
1365s	very interesting looking at the Decks
1368s	that these players brought both of them
1370s	brought Rogue but they brought different
1373s	styles of Rogue they both have nature
1375s	Shaman they both have rainbow Mage but
1379s	uh that kind of
1388s	uh quite impressive getting to find that
1391s	lethal specifically yesterday
1399s	also having to go through that loses uh
1402s	Casey originally lost versus a gamer rvg
1404s	in the in the first Opening match and
1407s	then actually actually had to beat
1408s	Gamer's rvg in that as you saw from the
1410s	clip in the loser decider so a little
1412s	bit more of a rocky road to get to there
1414s	and we are going to check out the hunter
1415s	deck from Casey again this is an
1418s	archetype I've really really been
1419s	enjoying I think there's um there's a
1422s	few different builds you know two or
1424s	three different cards here and there
1426s	based on what you're trying to build it
1427s	for of course in here we see the speaker
1429s	stomper which we've seen already have a
1432s	huge impact not even just with Hunter
1433s	but in some other decks as well and
1435s	being able to just really lock out some
1437s	of these more tricky combo decks I think
1440s	mainly being the uh targets being Shaman
1443s	and Mage being the big ones right that
1444s	you can really just lock out a turn and
1447s	really make them struggle but overall I
1449s	think this is just a super consistent
1450s	deck high card draw pretty high damage
1453s	although again not quite to the level or
1455s	bursty level of Shaman or Mage but still
1458s	I think very very very consistent and
1461s	can play the what seems to be the main
1463s	game at the moment which is early board
1466s	early pressure with minions and then
1468s	damage afterwards to follow up with
1469s	whether that's from weapons or spells in
1471s	this deck yeah or even those Kraken
1474s	veins I think we saw those cracking
1476s	veins really do a lot of work yesterday
1477s	as well for some players being able to
1480s	just deal that damage over the top with
1482s	that Battle Cry whether they had spells
1484s	or Minions on board to kind of
1487s	add to that crack and Bane damage kind
1490s	of varied but the crack and beans
1492s	definitely did a lot of work and I think
1494s	some of these lists are very interesting
1495s	that one for Casey specifically uh as
1498s	you mentioned some of the cards
1499s	differences but double star power might
1502s	be something that can help removing some
1505s	of those big mechs that we were just
1507s	talking about for rogue but it does seem
1510s	a little bit slow and at that point
1511s	maybe it's too late if the road was able
1514s	to get on board turn two or three it
1516s	might be too late by that point Yeah
1518s	It's Tricky I I love star power I think
1521s	it's so good in Hunter
1523s	um and I think that the the what one
1526s	thing you can look out for is because
1527s	Hunter can generally build a board early
1530s	right there's a lot of options here as
1531s	we're gonna get into the first game and
1533s	because they built the Bold early
1535s	star power comes at just the right time
1537s	on curve obviously where if your
1539s	opponent's then contested you just
1541s	delete that board right it's just gone
1543s	most of the time something would have
1544s	had to have gone very wrong for star
1545s	power to not clear because it's just so
1547s	so powerful so I think it's a really
1549s	good card here Casey does have it and
1551s	this hand is okay does have the secrets
1554s	of titanforge uh traps and Cat trick of
1556s	course to be able to maybe build up that
1558s	board but really we're looking at meet
1560s	his hand because you've always just got
1562s	to look at the pop-off potential because
1564s	hunter in the early game doesn't really
1566s	have crazy turns it just has good turns
1569s	and consistent turns whereas as we saw
1571s	from yesterday
1572s	Rogue can get very silly very fast
1576s	yes it can and I think uh having that
1579s	oscillator in hand and coin is pretty
1583s	interesting for looking at those pop-off
1585s	turns as well that really could enable
1587s	media to really get maybe this Voltron
1590s	down early or just another pop-off turn
1593s	and uh speaking of those little
1595s	magnetics that one is a wind Fury so if
1597s	that can't get answered that could
1599s	really get out of control really really
1601s	quickly yeah and I think this is really
1604s	this is a good hand to Highlights right
1606s	because I saw I was actually watching um
1609s	some of the stream yesterday it was like
1611s	oh you know just uh oh aggro games or
1613s	everything going off easy games or
1615s	anything to Pilot and it's like right
1617s	meti has a good hand right there's
1619s	options there's a lot of low Cosmetics
1622s	there's a lot of different ways miti can
1625s	play out the next two to three turns or
1627s	the first two to three turns of the game
1629s	and I think a lot of people think oh
1631s	it's just easy whatever I think they'll
1633s	probably lose even with good hands right
1635s	because you can play a good hand badly
1637s	and against this caliber of player like
1640s	for example Casey you will lose even
1642s	though the hand is good right if you
1644s	don't pilot it well it will not pay off
1647s	in case you were able to jump on that so
1649s	it'll be important that even though
1650s	metis gets to do powerful things right
1652s	now keeping an eye on whether it was
1655s	this ordering right was it worth playing
1656s	the coin the coin's now protcatric was
1659s	this everything they wanted to do could
1660s	meet you've been greedy and held a
1662s	little bit longer to get some kind of
1664s	further advantage or was this the right
1666s	timing to go in with what he had and I
1668s	think all of those questions even though
1670s	it feels condensed down into like well
1672s	it's only turn two I think there's still
1674s	difficult questions a lot of the time
1676s	oh I absolutely and it's very
1679s	interesting here as well the the
1680s	decision that meaty did make to kind of
1683s	split these bodies up I know that was
1685s	definitely a point that was brought up a
1687s	lot with the Mech Rogue is do you kind
1689s	of magnetize everything onto one body
1692s	just make like the biggest thing
1693s	possible or do you spread it out a
1696s	little bit more and kind of make
1697s	multiple things and in this case midi
1700s	decided to kind of put two potential
1703s	Targets on the board that Casey probably
1706s	would have wanted to clear up and now
1708s	midi can start building up some of that
1710s	extra stats with this additional you
1714s	know magnetized effect here but is it a
1718s	little bit too late now and as you
1719s	mentioned using that coin procked that
1721s	cat trick and that allowed Casey to
1724s	remove extra mechs off the board which
1726s	as the macro you do not want your mechs
1728s	getting cleared because this is such a
1731s	board-based deck that if your board gets
1734s	cleared especially repeatedly
1736s	you don't really have a way to come back
1737s	and actually get back in the game and
1739s	win
1740s	yeah I mean look at this though this is
1742s	what I was talking about a little bit
1743s	earlier when we talk about star power
1744s	does titanforce traps next turn to then
1747s	generate a board because a lot of the
1749s	time with that especially because it's
1750s	already been forged you go well Casey
1752s	now has three tabs if you want to uh to
1754s	generate a board right because Hunter
1755s	Secrets often create a board on your
1757s	opponent's term which is strong
1759s	then meaty has to keep going with the
1763s	board building
1765s	deal with whatever these traps may or
1767s	may not be like zombies is a great
1769s	option here as well
1770s	bait and switch I like a lot too
1773s	either for easy track like I said these
1774s	Hunter traps are just good right
1775s	especially forged but Casey builds a
1779s	board on metis turn
1781s	if meaty clears it fine if miti doesn't
1784s	clear it case just goes star power and
1787s	now Casey has a board and Meaty doesn't
1789s	right because what metoo would have to
1791s	go absolutely nuts this next turn to be
1793s	able to build a board that even comes
1795s	close to withstand withstanding that
1797s	star power so I think here it's going to
1799s	be pretty interesting to see if miti
1801s	just gets pushed out now and if miti can
1803s	even get to the point where he can claw
1804s	himself back in
1807s	and I would say maybe something like the
1809s	krabatoa or maybe even the Titan there
1812s	with the the v07 Tron the Voltron could
1815s	help him kind of claw back in but that's
1819s	still several turns out uh so he is
1821s	going for this option of discovering and
1825s	is going to instead pick up this
1827s	oscillator to try to Discount maybe set
1829s	up for that Voltron next turn to try to
1833s	just keep playing things every single
1834s	turn and using that little one one there
1837s	to test for that freezing trap seems
1839s	like a good idea
1841s	yeah this is really tricky though
1843s	because like hidden meanings is so
1846s	strong because
1848s	macrogue is built to just spend all of
1851s	its manner right it's not often that you
1853s	you are okay floating manner with
1855s	macrogue so the problem here is meti can
1858s	play the oscillator fine but it may
1861s	generate a three drop for Casey right
1863s	which suddenly is a bit of a problem
1867s	when if you're always going to pump a
1868s	lot of damage through though
1870s	and what's the three drop okay it kills
1873s	the oscillator
1874s	yeah but as you mentioned that star
1876s	power yeah it does I mean that's what
1879s	I'm saying like it's so strong on curve
1882s	because like yeah what average board
1884s	lives versus star power on curve it just
1887s	it would have to be ludicrous yeah but
1890s	Casey is going to opt for more secrets
1893s	instead of going for the star power here
1895s	which does make a lot of sense uh some
1898s	again interesting choices here the bait
1901s	and switch seems pretty decent if
1903s	there's going to be something on board
1904s	uh the wandering monster I think is
1907s	pretty interesting as well here I don't
1909s	know how you feel about the wandering
1911s	monster
1912s	oh I love it I think I I just love all
1914s	the hunter Secrets right now there's so
1916s	anything that makes a bold on your
1918s	opponent's turn because you're
1919s	effectively giving your minions charge
1920s	right is what a lot of these secrets do
1923s	in a weird way right because it creates
1925s	the the minion on their turn and then if
1928s	it lives you get to go and like
1930s	wandering and um and like bait and
1932s	switch is really really strong
1935s	yeah
1936s	and this is the problem again like meaty
1939s	once more has to think about okay what
1941s	if it's hidden if it's hidden well I
1944s	spend all my Mana which of course he
1946s	generally speaking wants to do well then
1948s	I'm just giving more minions the benefit
1950s	for meeting now though is there is some
1952s	level of burst damage with krabatoa and
1954s	Casey is running low on health so even
1956s	though Casey's got options with star
1959s	power Casey has not got to the point
1961s	where
1962s	he can progress his game plan quite yet
1965s	uh this hand is actually quite small for
1967s	this point in the game I'd say I think
1969s	generally as this Hunter you want to
1971s	have more options in hand you know maybe
1973s	more spot removal or some potential
1975s	burst damage even
1977s	yeah there really hasn't been much in
1979s	the way of either draw or honestly the
1983s	Arcane Buffs and Casey has kind of been
1985s	missing all of that but instead did find
1988s	kind of all of the secret stuff as we've
1990s	seen so that I think has helped and kind
1994s	of kept him in the game been able to as
1996s	you were saying create those boards kind
1998s	of along the way through those Secrets
2001s	um but now at this point because Casey
2003s	has actually been able to very
2005s	effectively clear media's board every
2007s	turn uh this this Voltron is just
2012s	looking so sad it's just kind of sitting
2015s	there without another Minion to buff or
2018s	get its added effect there it still
2020s	could come down and now also there's
2023s	nothing on Casey's board for that
2024s	kravito to kind of trade into and give
2028s	media weapons so is this a point where
2032s	midi wants to use the gear shift and
2034s	draw and find something else
2036s	It's Tricky I would
2038s	is it depends where meti sees himself in
2041s	dealing with these secrets but I would
2043s	imagine it would probably look like if
2045s	it was me I'd probably look at krabato
2046s	with this turn
2048s	then like gear shift next turn with
2050s	mimron potentially and see what goes
2052s	there but it looks like meaty's going to
2053s	go for the memory on this turn with the
2056s	hero power gets to float the Mana which
2058s	means if it was hidden then it's not
2060s	going to kick out a minion which again
2062s	is something you always have to worry
2063s	about when you're against Hunter
2065s	yeah
2067s	now interestingly enough is this going
2069s	to be Arcane shot and trade to the
2071s	mimron because even though it's only two
2073s	attack like two attack on 13 health is
2076s	not something you're generally happy
2077s	with so yeah imagine it's going to hold
2079s	the bow
2082s	yeah I like this as well I think it also
2084s	adds to having played the spells for
2086s	crack and Bane so that additional draws
2088s	if they are spells Casey's just kind of
2090s	building up to his own game plan and
2093s	again those Secrets still on board so if
2095s	needy does do something like this
2097s	krabatoa then those Secrets kind of have
2100s	to be triggered first and Casey can at
2103s	this point start shifting towards
2104s	hopefully working on his own game plan
2106s	instead of just answering everything
2107s	that media has been doing
2109s	yeah a bit of a low roll there for the
2111s	wandering but still it's most
2113s	importantly I think saved Casey for
2114s	health which is a big deal and now
2117s	funnily enough after meaty playing
2118s	around hidden meanings for a while uh
2120s	now Casey just gets to play hidden
2122s	meaning and and go for that crack and
2124s	Bane is gonna be able to clear up
2125s	krabatoa without having to face tank so
2127s	again Casey's like holding off uh this
2130s	assault from miti but again there's just
2132s	not that much card draw I think there's
2134s	one seat oh no there's no secrets left
2136s	apologies I thought there was one left
2137s	for uh Casey to draw but clearly not in
2140s	case it's just kind of all in on top
2141s	deck mode which feels more like um old
2144s	Hunter oh yeah that was a secret sorry I
2146s	just didn't present it
2150s	yeah
2152s	without the draw though this is starting
2154s	to look a little bit rough for Casey he
2157s	really needs to find that draw he needs
2159s	to find some of those pieces uh he has
2161s	been able to put midi down to the 18 but
2164s	if there's no follow-up if he doesn't
2166s	really draw anything that actually helps
2167s	continue that pressure it's just gonna
2170s	start to fall apart and now that media
2172s	has been able to start to get on board a
2174s	little bit not necessarily worry as much
2177s	about the secrets
2179s	um and maybe even still continue to just
2180s	play around him meaning if he wants to
2182s	here with this one Mana left over and he
2184s	can't play anything in hand anyways well
2186s	that seems completely fine does he want
2189s	to go for using the Voltron ability here
2193s	and going for four damage
2195s	I like it
2199s	star power there okay
2203s	and this is a push for five not looking
2205s	too bad at all I was gonna say I was
2207s	looking at what's left for Casey and
2210s	there's not that many single drawers
2213s	that are just gonna pull Casey super
2215s	ahead obviously there's a aggrima which
2218s	is probably the single best draw
2219s	available uh there's another starstrong
2222s	bow I believe but outside of that it's
2224s	just like well okay you could draw a
2226s	Ricochet shot cool you know like it's
2229s	not gonna Propel Casey to the win next
2231s	turn
2232s	right trinket okay that's something
2237s	yeah this Ricochet shot yeah not doing
2240s	it in case you're just gonna go ahead
2241s	and say that's it it's over so the first
2244s	game goes to MIDI on that Rogue uh not
2248s	quite as decidedly he was very excited
2251s	about that
2252s	uh but yeah didn't quite get the same
2254s	like Snowball Effect uh and magnetizing
2259s	and building up a big Mech like we saw
2262s	yesterday so it played out a little bit
2264s	differently than we previously saw
2267s	it's one of those things where there are
2268s	two different decks obviously Rogan
2270s	Hunter but they do aim to achieve the
2273s	same early game which is get on board
2275s	and it was both players just saying well
2277s	hang on a minute the both these decks
2279s	are very snowbally I cannot let my
2281s	opponent do this and that's why we've
2282s	been talking about all weekend so far
2284s	where the battle for the early board is
2287s	huge you can see here where Casey did
2289s	get brought down pretty low early but
2292s	there's two secrets and a bow there so
2295s	we're to an empty board for meaty so
2297s	both players struggled neither of them
2299s	actually got hold of it but this is what
2300s	I was talking about earlier as well
2301s	where
2302s	because both players aren't just
2305s	aimlessly going to try and hit face and
2307s	hope for the best you are going to see
2309s	these very very aggressive fights for
2311s	the early game board and I I expect that
2314s	to continue when you see decks like this
2315s	available but most importantly meaty got
2317s	the win with the Rogue and that one's
2319s	out of the way now and we have seen
2321s	maybe this is just my own recollection
2324s	I've not actually got the numbers next
2325s	to me but we've seen Arcane Hunter feels
2328s	like the deck that's maybe struggled the
2331s	most but maybe because we've seen it a
2333s	lot as well that doesn't help its case
2335s	but it feels like that has been one of
2337s	the archetypes to me that even though I
2339s	love the deck it feels like that has
2340s	been visually struggling on stream of
2343s	what we've seen so far yeah a little bit
2345s	so and I know even uh Mick banterface
2348s	was kind of talking about that a little
2349s	bit leading up to this he was worried
2351s	that that was going to be the weak point
2353s	in his lineup and I know he even tweeted
2355s	out after going zero two in in his group
2358s	that he kind of felt like that was
2360s	really the the weak link the weak deck
2362s	that he brought he almost regretted
2363s	bringing it uh even though more players
2366s	did bring it but yeah it has seemed like
2368s	it's gonna struggle and now we're seeing
2370s	Casey just re-queuing that she's gonna
2373s	try to get a win with it it is Conquest
2375s	as you talked about earlier uncovered
2377s	gonna have to get a win with it
2379s	regardless at some point in the series
2380s	if he wants to move on in this single
2382s	elimination top eight but how do you
2385s	feel about it going into midi's Mage
2387s	here
2389s	I think this is an okay matchup again I
2391s	think the secrets early on air can get
2394s	the job done the only frustration that
2395s	can happen is no early game minions
2399s	right like that's all cases after but
2401s	this is a nice opening right got the
2402s	singer to start drawing out thinning the
2404s	deck with no secrets and then the build
2406s	of using cat trick and also now having
2409s	Titan forged is gonna be really nice I'm
2411s	just always excited to see what people
2413s	do on turn two in this scenario I think
2415s	yeah Casey's just gonna play cat trick
2417s	but I can never resist forging on turn
2421s	two in this scenario because I'm like
2422s	yeah it's one secret now but I could
2425s	have two Secrets next to and how about
2427s	that oh Tremors is nice though yes it is
2430s	yeah why have one secret when you can
2432s	have two yeah as that's even more
2434s	exactly uh speaking of the interesting
2437s	turn two though I was going to note that
2439s	midi looked like he had a really great
2440s	starting hand as well with this Cosmic
2442s	keyboard into potentially like coin Cold
2445s	Case or the inquisitive creation or the
2448s	volume up like his ton of choices but he
2451s	actually had to kind of end up using
2453s	that coin even earlier and going for the
2455s	coin into the hero power to stop that
2459s	a progression of the secrets as you had
2462s	mentioned to just get rid of that singer
2464s	get it off of the board and now turn
2467s	three another hero power this keyboard
2469s	has not come down that that has to feel
2472s	a little bit rough From midi's
2475s	perspective because as the Mage you
2476s	really want to be getting that keyboard
2478s	down you want to be you know setting up
2480s	those minions and kind of playing all of
2482s	your spell schools on curve as much as
2484s	you can but instead Casey has applied
2487s	this pressure and now all of these
2489s	secrets are coming out
2491s	yeah I definitely agree I think meti is
2494s	doing the correct thing though because
2496s	basically in this matchup the minion
2498s	plays and the sort of Value Place for
2501s	the Mage will just get overrun if your
2503s	opponent Hunter is just playing on curve
2506s	right like you will get dealt a lot of
2508s	damage whereas if miti can protect his
2510s	health total early game like he has been
2512s	doing quite aggressively with these
2513s	pings then the Alibis do more like the
2517s	defensive options do more later because
2519s	like the starstrong bow hits for six
2521s	well against Alibi it's gonna hit for
2522s	one right it's not a deck that normally
2524s	goes super small and super wide so I
2528s	think just protecting a health toll
2529s	early game is going to be valuable
2531s	especially with two cold cases right I
2533s	think meti just wanted to get to these
2535s	in a safe manner
2536s	oh absolutely it's just one of those
2538s	scenarios that uh you know it feels a
2541s	little bit awkward and unfortunate but
2543s	that is the match-up and Casey has
2545s	definitely had that early pressure that
2548s	early damage and media has responded to
2550s	that you know as best that he can uh is
2554s	also again playing around those Secrets
2557s	there was the potential to just drop a
2559s	flame Elemental last turn but didn't
2561s	want to set off any hidden meanings
2563s	yeah okay sorry I love this for Casey
2566s	because with this many Secrets when
2569s	you're ahead on board is Hunter and
2570s	you've got the secrets as backup Just
2573s	Hits him in the face that's all you need
2574s	to do I look at the hand it's telling
2576s	you to deal damage so deal damage
2578s	absolutely uh this is this is kind of
2581s	the opposite of what we saw last game in
2582s	terms of the follow-up and we saw all
2585s	the secrets just like we have this game
2586s	but this hand has really filled in with
2589s	all of that damage all of those spells
2591s	that now Casey can kind of follow up
2593s	Behind These minions and ideally be
2596s	closing out the game next turn or in the
2598s	next two turns right but with all of
2600s	this damage here just needs Maybe even
2603s	more uh slightly more Arcane damage if
2606s	possible but it also will depend here if
2608s	midi were to play any Alibi which we
2612s	don't see is is in hand
2614s	yeah it's gonna be nice soldier in there
2616s	procking the bees and then getting the
2617s	creation to be able to clear the board
2619s	off now that's a pickup now okay what
2623s	kind of game is Casey I normally auto
2625s	click on the card draw bonus for this
2628s	weapon but at this point I can yeah 100
2630s	understand going for damage because you
2633s	were so close to the end game I mean
2635s	it's just dead next to him without an
2637s	alibi absolutely yeah I I love the
2639s	damage there especially
2641s	as this game has progressed he's been in
2644s	the driver's seat of this game the whole
2646s	time he's been applying that pressure
2647s	why not keep that going especially as
2650s	you mentioned with all of this damage
2651s	sitting in hand and if there is not that
2654s	alibi it's I think it pays off in in
2656s	space
2658s	yeah this is just good honest honorable
2661s	hunt to play you know what you're gonna
2663s	do make make stuff and get him end the
2666s	game done finish none of this fancy
2668s	schmancy stuff going on with generating
2670s	800 spells this is look I'll use the
2672s	cards in my deck and I'm gonna kill them
2674s	with it
2676s	that's right
2679s	on the other side yeah that's convincing
2682s	right coming out from metis there is the
2685s	Cold Case again uh he can lightly kill
2688s	off the aggrama so which is a fine but
2691s	without Alibi the Cold Case is actually
2693s	sort of even overkilled by just the
2695s	weapon swing alone without these you
2697s	know mystery four cards that are
2699s	available what meat is gonna do when he
2701s	can
2703s	I mean there was the potential I
2705s	supposed to go for draw and try to find
2708s	something like The Alibi but at this
2711s	point if midi does that it feels like
2714s	he's almost just in the same position
2715s	the following turn right where he's
2717s	still under all of this pressure there's
2719s	multiple cards in hand that Casey has
2721s	been holding and the previous turn Casey
2723s	went for the top decked Titan instead of
2726s	all those cards in hand but on the other
2729s	side if these cards aren't damaged maybe
2731s	meaty can potentially be threatening his
2734s	own lethal
2736s	okay well this is potential lethal right
2741s	it just depends where the ricochets go
2744s	yeah
2746s	yeah midi definitely optimized the board
2748s	to soak up as much Ricochet damage as
2751s	possible which is also another reason
2752s	why it looked like he kind of went for
2754s	that wider board
2756s	oh interesting
2758s	huh is okay
2761s	I would have actually done the card draw
2765s	effect and hit face instead of that
2769s	no because I think that's still I think
2771s	that was there was that out maybe
2774s	another Arcane shot I think might have
2776s	done it
2777s	yeah I think I I would have spent zero
2780s	manner on drawing a card instead of two
2782s	men on drawing two cards
2785s	but still I think Casey's just at the
2787s	point of like okay I feel like I'm
2789s	unlikely to die so I'll clear up a lot
2791s	of this damage and say okay if you kill
2793s	me this turn fine you got me but if you
2795s	don't you're extremely dead without an
2797s	alibi oh what was I saying
2802s	hit it real raven you made it real
2804s	yeah there's four damage
2808s	just available for Casey through an
2811s	alibi right if there's the two ricochets
2813s	that can hit phase there's the weapon
2815s	swing and there's the hero power
2817s	yeah and also at this point too the
2820s	pickup of the star power if there are
2822s	Minions on board the star power could
2823s	just come out first clear up the minions
2825s	and then the Ricochet shots guarantee go
2827s	chase so if that is a necessary play
2831s	there is going to be that available and
2834s	there's the Mana to do it as well
2839s	I can't remember what the secret is
2841s	it's not explosive is it no okay
2845s	yeah so
2848s	oh it's a hidden meaning
2851s	after formation so this is one off right
2867s	well
2868s	see where these ricochets hit
2874s	one hit face
2877s	yeah it's still always one off right
2879s	because they can only do four this turn
2881s	because there's no extra face damage
2884s	I thought he was gonna try to go for uh
2887s	yeah a hero power in there but the
2889s	speaker stomper pickup I think was was
2891s	much better oh yeah I think as soon as
2893s	that was drawn that was game played
2895s	because there just wasn't lethal I think
2897s	uh Casey needed to draw an Arcane shot
2899s	or something like one more source of
2901s	direct damage uh that could be played
2904s	but um but yeah as soon as the Stamper
2906s	was drawn that was 100 the play because
2909s	suddenly even if miti has Sif and that
2912s	had a turn set up for lethal this got a
2915s	lot harder right now because now there's
2917s	nine Mana but uh everything is expensive
2920s	in hand
2921s	absolutely
2922s	I'm just always kind of looking at the
2925s	those hero Powers especially later in
2927s	the game as even if there is a solid
2929s	Alibi it's still one damage so if a hero
2932s	power had been able to be pushed there
2933s	if midi had another uh solid Alibi hero
2936s	power just ends it regardless of the
2938s	board state but yeah there is that that
2941s	counter play and I think this came up a
2943s	lot yesterday as well right this kind of
2944s	difference of these decks have that
2947s	initial forward State as you mentioned
2950s	but a lot of these decks especially this
2951s	Mage they have that over the top damage
2954s	and since Casey didn't have the ability
2956s	to win the game he also has to consider
2958s	how does my opponent now in the game
2960s	because I am sitting at a pretty low
2963s	life total here
2965s	yeah I don't think this cuts it right
2967s	yeah Casey was worried for a second
2970s	after seeing the silence there right it
2972s	was a bit like oh wait a minute hang on
2973s	if these two minions get to just free
2975s	hit face there's a little bit of worry
2977s	there so it was definitely a close one
2979s	uh but the pickup of the stumper was
2981s	huge without that uh meti would have
2984s	been able to just power through there
2985s	was plenty of damage available because
2987s	the health total got down so low so a
2989s	bit of a close one for Casey it looked
2990s	like he was gonna run away with that
2992s	game but in fact did not make it happen
2994s	and as easily as we thought it was going
2996s	to so it's still going to be 1-1 going
2999s	into this now both players gonna win in
3001s	that Arcane Hunter not going to be the
3004s	uh the huge disaster that we've seen it
3006s	be for some other players and they're
3007s	not going to get swept so that's
3009s	something and that's going to be at
3010s	least some level of um recovery for
3013s	Casey right you don't want to just get
3015s	quickly too old you know as your first
3017s	match uh to get through because as a
3018s	reminder for everyone who's joined us
3020s	today and we might not even mentioned
3021s	this but top eight is single limp right
3023s	you win you move on you lose you're done
3025s	and that's it better luck next time so
3027s	so along the line in these matches yeah
3030s	absolutely and as you mentioned these
3032s	players are ultimately wanting to get to
3035s	that finals right they want to get all
3037s	the way to the end of the bracket they
3039s	want to win so they qualify for the
3041s	World Championship and if you have a
3044s	weak point in your lineup or you're
3046s	getting you know that quick three out
3049s	that has to feel extra bad on top of
3052s	that so I'm sure it feels pretty good
3053s	for Casey to get that win with that
3054s	Arcane Hunter here but now we have both
3057s	player shamans and both players Mages
3060s	left how many mirror matches do you
3061s	think we're about to see
3064s	um
3065s	I don't know
3067s	either many or none that's my that's my
3070s	guess
3070s	um but what I will say is we're going to
3073s	see a lot of burst damage available
3074s	because both of these decks have similar
3077s	plans I think this the shaman for me
3080s	feels more consistent obviously there's
3082s	slightly less
3084s	um there's less variables of outcomes
3086s	right like Mage generates more stuff and
3090s	and sort of Wilder things uh but the
3092s	shame and just feels super super
3094s	consistent overall so we'll see if we
3096s	get that match up but for now I'm
3097s	already run we've got a mirror as we see
3099s	a mage versus mage
3102s	yeah and uh I love the coin the cosmic
3107s	keyboard coin with the newly drawn Cold
3110s	Case for Casey that is one of the
3113s	absolute best feeling plays as a mage
3116s	player on the other side there are some
3118s	cold cases but a little bit lacking in
3121s	the kind of in between here for meaty
3124s	yeah but having some Minions on board at
3126s	least in pings normally that can add up
3128s	to stopping a true shenanigans that are
3130s	going down uh oh Alibi okay
3133s	is Alibi is such a weird card it's
3136s	important to have access to them but
3138s	early game you never really want them
3140s	right because you are never going to
3142s	Alibi on turn three or turn four
3144s	generally speaking so
3146s	so it goes both artifices coming down
3147s	now
3152s	it's always interesting too to look at
3154s	the use of some of these damage spells
3157s	on opponent minions rather than saving
3161s	them for later in the game to go face
3162s	because ideally these decks are built to
3164s	kind of stall a little bit build up and
3167s	then send all of those direct damage
3169s	spells to face but I think in this case
3171s	it definitely made a lot of sense for
3173s	Casey to go ahead and just use that
3174s	molten Rune clear off the artificer from
3177s	midi side and kind of just keep going
3179s	with his game plan it also ended up
3182s	giving him another spell that's a
3184s	different spell school
3185s	yeah and I think it's just Hearthstone
3187s	101 right like did using this burn spell
3190s	on a minion actually not only defend
3192s	your board so your minions can do damage
3195s	but also because it was the artificer
3197s	which was going to gain armor if you
3199s	left it then
3201s	weirdly enough the spell that hit the
3203s	minion ended up doing more damage to
3205s	face than it would have if you aimed it
3206s	at face right that's how you've got to
3208s	look at using removal like that so uh
3210s	definitely definitely makes sense here
3212s	as Casey is still well was a head on
3215s	board
3216s	yeah absolutely did get played and
3218s	killed which is a at least a small bonus
3220s	there
3224s	now Casey's got a choice here gonna go
3227s	for the suffocating Shadows that he
3229s	picked up but that means another spell
3231s	school that's been played and gives them
3233s	the option to go for this infinitize
3235s	oh going for some extra Elemental is
3237s	gonna kind of continue that on-board
3240s	presence
3242s	yeah I think it's that factor right of
3243s	just pushing damage while you can
3245s	because maybe not now because we've seen
3248s	the volume but before that well meti was
3251s	on like three cards you're not getting
3253s	burst down with three cards anytime soon
3255s	right from your opponent right so why
3257s	not just play more stuff on board make
3259s	them keep clearing that board already
3262s	seen one creation from miti in case he's
3264s	like okay I'll make another wave of
3266s	minions and you need another AOE and if
3269s	you don't have that I'm gonna start
3269s	pushing five six seven damage per turn
3272s	and then things can really Stack Up
3275s	yeah I think it's also interesting too I
3277s	know yesterday there was kind of a lot
3278s	of talk about hand size for the Mage so
3281s	opting to take the thing that puts even
3284s	more cards in your hand when you're
3285s	already looking at things like volume up
3287s	can kind of be a questionable decision
3289s	but I think the board presence here is
3292s	absolutely fine and you know Casey's
3294s	just going to continue to find Secrets
3296s	it doesn't matter if it's hunter or not
3297s	just more secrets all the classes with
3300s	the secrets
3302s	Here Comes inspiration though only three
3305s	nice with the extra seven seven on board
3307s	nothing Super Active right no rush
3310s	available but double stealth is always
3312s	spicy in this in in this matchup I feel
3315s	because both decks you know it's more or
3317s	less a mirror right both decks are
3318s	trying to burst their opponent and the
3320s	burst gets so much easier once you've
3322s	dealt like 10 damage or so naturally and
3325s	the double stealth is just like if those
3327s	get to hit face
3329s	Casey's suddenly just in death range
3332s	yeah there is this inquisitive creation
3335s	here for Casey but I don't think it's
3337s	buffed up quite enough to actually
3338s	answer those stealth minions yet so yeah
3341s	I'm gonna go for that Arcane bolt first
3343s	to play an additional spell and now can
3345s	go for the creation to clear that so at
3348s	least there was an answer in hand for
3350s	Casey there so didn't have to worry as
3352s	much about that and Rewind and the
3355s	polymorph jellyfish are both actually
3357s	pretty interesting choices
3360s	foreign
3360s	looks like Casey went for what I would
3363s	say at least is just like generic good
3365s	card go uh with the rewind
3368s	and this is also just sitting on this
3371s	safe we're going to see another
3371s	Elemental inspiration here another two
3374s	of stealth
3375s	at taunt and two stealth on both of
3378s	those that just seems incredibly
3380s	unlikely to happen but we just saw it
3384s	but there's not another inquisitive on
3387s	the side for Casey so now again Casey is
3390s	in that spot of how he's gonna have to
3391s	answer this
3394s	well depending on how this board ends up
3395s	which is going to look pretty good I
3397s	think Casey might may well end up just
3399s	going Alibi this turn and push damage to
3401s	face
3403s	very well good
3405s	because it's about as good an alibi as
3407s	you're gonna get right because one of
3408s	the weird problems you've got is like if
3411s	you can't clear the board but you want
3413s	to save Alibi for a combo turn but by
3416s	saving it you get hit then that makes
3419s	the combo turn easier to do for your
3421s	opponent right so you're making yourself
3423s	actually easier to kill by not doing an
3425s	earlier Alibi so I think Casey will at
3427s	least have considered playing it here
3429s	ignoring the minions get through the
3431s	taunt as best he can and then just push
3433s	all this minion damage to face
3435s	absolutely and I think that the uh
3438s	decision there for picking that Arcane
3440s	bolt over picking the objection kind of
3444s	also speaks to that of it looks like
3446s	Casey is again kind of in the driver's
3449s	seat on this one a little bit he's the
3450s	one that's been applying the pressure
3451s	even though midi has now played double
3454s	Elemental inspiration and has kind of
3457s	created these boards it still does seem
3458s	like Casey is kind of the one that is
3460s	putting out all of this damage and to
3463s	pick up an extra Arcane bolt there with
3467s	Sif in hand seems absolutely huge yeah
3470s	so Casey went the other way he didn't
3472s	play The Alibi but the artificer came
3475s	down got Casey like what roughly 10
3477s	armor also yeah um I can't remember if
3479s	we had armor before this turn but as you
3481s	said got hold of that second ball the
3484s	Sith oh I didn't catch that Split Second
3485s	was that plus five or plus six plus five
3489s	um is it plus five so the Sif is a
3491s	little bit Juiced this explosive Rune
3493s	protects against meaty playing different
3495s	combo in them down so meaty just can't
3498s	place if into that so that's going to
3500s	cut down on some manner so Casey's
3502s	saying I'm safe enough on this health
3505s	even with these Elementals alive to push
3507s	a lot of damage and then next turn I'm
3510s	going to kill my opponent it's the plan
3513s	yeah
3515s	yeah but now this is where we get into
3516s	those the the back and forth right well
3519s	this turn does meet you play Alibi
3521s	because meaty doesn't have an otk setup
3523s	right he doesn't have Sif he doesn't
3525s	have tons of burn spells available to
3527s	him right now so because he doesn't have
3528s	that otk he's not gonna get it and now
3530s	two win Fury and a torn okay
3539s	both of these players kind of saying I
3541s	don't think that they have it they are
3543s	they are holding those alibis
3545s	as long as possible here it there's
3548s	there's always that downside too I think
3550s	this was talked about yesterday is if
3552s	you hold those solid Alibis for too long
3554s	it kind of negates some of that because
3556s	if there are Minions on the board it
3559s	just still get to push that damage
3561s	through especially if you're kind of in
3562s	those single digits
3564s	we might see one this turn though
3566s	because I think yeah Casey's not quite
3569s	got lethal set up here it's got the what
3571s	the two Arcane bolts in hand but that
3573s	draw did not get him any extra burn
3576s	no so I think this might be the the
3579s	setup turn although how much will it be
3582s	here three fast if no minions die from
3585s	meaty that's still a nine push but
3587s	obviously not not crazy coming through
3589s	The Alibi yeah well I think as well the
3592s	the pickup of the second Alibi for Casey
3594s	uh probably feels a little good too just
3597s	say yeah okay I can commit one now I've
3599s	picked up the other one if I need it in
3601s	another turn or two uh and I'm not going
3603s	to put myself hopefully in the same
3605s	situation if I just commit my only solid
3608s	aloe by this turn and don't pick up
3610s	another one
3611s	and you can see how close Casey is right
3614s	because instead of playing like menacing
3616s	Elemental it was just a pink face like
3618s	this one damage could make a difference
3621s	and it's very interesting as well I I
3623s	love this decision too there's no
3625s	minions coming out on the board for
3627s	Casey so media is now board locked
3629s	something like stiff or an organon can't
3631s	come down at all as well so it's kind of
3634s	limiting the amount of damage that midi
3637s	can even kind of push this old Alibi
3639s	there's a world right Arcane ball his
3641s	own Minion and then uh
3644s	yeah and then Titan for the plus one
3647s	okay just gonna go Alibi instead for
3648s	sure
3651s	I mean then there there is that case I
3654s	suppose but that's a one of those
3656s	decisions you have to look at is he
3658s	getting more benefit out of using that
3660s	damage spell on his own Minion to play
3662s	the organ on is that a benefit or is it
3665s	better to just kind of accept this at
3668s	the moment and then save that damage
3671s	yeah it's the trade-off right do you go
3672s	for the plus one or do you go for the um
3674s	do you go for using a solid Alibi oh
3678s	just gonna throw the Arcane ball out
3679s	anyway
3685s	well the counter spell pickup is pretty
3689s	interesting as well there we didn't get
3690s	to uh quite see that discover option but
3697s	not bad
3700s	I have volume now to try and dig and
3702s	look for that extra uh burn damage oh
3705s	well that's just giggly thought next
3708s	turn for Casey if there's no alibi right
3710s	because it's just Reverb
3715s	so many reverbs here
3718s	yeah because it's just safe Weaver bolt
3720s	right that's like a million yeah
3723s	gotta be close to a million if it's not
3725s	at a million yeah
3738s	this work is tricky though because again
3740s	they're still I think in this position
3742s	because meaty has zero burst
3745s	he's just seen a second Alibi I think in
3748s	this position you should really consider
3750s	just dropping the Titan
3760s	I guess still like well no it's still
3763s	safe from safe and two Arcane bolts
3765s	right
3766s	I'm wondering if he wants to get the uh
3770s	the counter spell out or he's just gonna
3772s	go for the solid Alibi here still wait
3775s	on it I guess this does mean both
3776s	players have played both of their solid
3778s	Alibis now so from this point on it is a
3781s	little bit more of that
3783s	calculated uh decision here instead of
3786s	just throwing that alibi
3790s	yeah decent damage again all this little
3792s	trickle damage of just minus one minus
3794s	one minus one uh it does make it a lot
3797s	easier for each player to actually get
3800s	the kill
3801s	there's wisdom coming out there but
3803s	again Casey a bit there's a bit of a
3805s	tilt of the hand and that last turn
3806s	where it's like well I don't really know
3808s	what to do
3809s	yeah and no AOE
3812s	unless it can draw something
3814s	I think he I think he has both
3816s	inquisitive Creations in the deck yeah I
3818s	think that's I think that's what Casey's
3820s	sort of question is like well I have
3822s	these cards yeah there's one okay you
3824s	got one okay yeah because he's like
3826s	still got two and I think metis played
3828s	both of his
3829s	yeah
3832s	it has to has to okay you said the seven
3835s	one
3836s	yeah this is also been very interesting
3838s	even though both players did have both
3840s	of their solid Alibis I think there is
3843s	that kind of disadvantage for Casey here
3846s	as the player that did have to play one
3848s	of those Alibis first
3852s	yeah this is close it out yeah
3856s	oh because of three yeah sorry I forgot
3858s	about the three from the Arcane ball
3860s	yeah lethal the full meaty with the
3862s	northern which is I guess what he was
3864s	saving it for because he didn't have Sif
3866s	um he had the option then to obviously
3868s	do that I think we did I think he won
3870s	the Mage game I cast with him yesterday
3872s	or or the Mage game he was uh I casted
3875s	yesterday with the exact same combo
3877s	because I was thinking more does the
3880s	play in the Titan and doing the plus one
3881s	to spell cost right set up well you've
3884s	got loads of minions anyway he had all
3885s	the Elementals also the Titans on board
3888s	which can then do the burst if it lives
3890s	next turn uh whereas meti clearly was
3892s	happy to use up those Alibis and then
3894s	get the Reverb combo
3896s	um to go out there and get it done so
3898s	super close game once again Casey
3900s	getting a little bit unlucky we've just
3902s	not being able to get hold of enough
3903s	damage at the right times but again it's
3906s	just how these matchups go especially
3908s	when it's the mirror match in both
3909s	players or uh basically trying to
3911s	achieve the same goal but nice and
3912s	creative win there for meeting
3915s	yeah absolutely so that means that meaty
3918s	just has to get a win on his Shaman now
3920s	uh which is also going to be very
3922s	interesting I think Mage we mentioned
3924s	earlier about you know that kind of
3925s	difference of using some of those damage
3928s	spells on minions versus saving them for
3930s	that over-the-top potential lethal
3932s	damage and I think Mage might have a
3935s	little bit more flexibility in doing
3937s	that but on the other hand Shaman also
3939s	has things like
3941s	and even the crash of Thunder that's
3944s	just gonna clear a board anyways so it
3946s	kind of already has some border removal
3948s	built in to the spells that they want to
3950s	be flying so they don't necessarily have
3952s	to direct a lot of their damage Spells
3955s	at minions like major mite
3957s	yeah and with the generation and also
3959s	just with the minions themselves I think
3961s	Shaman does a better job we won't talk
3964s	about the elemental creation you know
3966s	like the the late game Elemental spawn
3968s	but outside of that in the first one to
3970s	you know five six turns or so of the
3973s	game I think on average the shaman
3974s	actually puts out the minion pressure I
3976s	think here unless the draw is terrible
3978s	obviously I think here meaty will
3981s	definitely be viewed as the aggressor so
3984s	to speak because it'll be him piling on
3987s	the minion pressure and it'll be down to
3988s	Casey to respond and you know you could
3990s	just see how easily this can Snowball
3992s	right if needy gets some damage on
3994s	um early on in case he doesn't get hold
3996s	of those uh Creations just like a light
3998s	last game this AOE clear potential will
4001s	be quite low from the mage
4008s	it is something like the flame geyser
4011s	Arcane artifice are going to be enough
4014s	to slow down some of that early pressure
4017s	I was a little bit surprised that the
4019s	Wolves went
4020s	um for me too but it's Gonna Keep the
4022s	Chisel turn the tides and turn Tides
4025s	it's gonna be nice so I think I guess he
4027s	was going to throw one three drop like
4029s	it would be the Wolves because turn is
4031s	so good for just saying oh well more or
4034s	less two of your minions are dead if you
4035s	play the song curve right so that's
4037s	going to be pretty nice for me today I'm
4039s	gonna just uh Shuffle that overdraft
4040s	back though oh
4043s	that's a good pickup that Casey might
4045s	have just uh let out a bit of a sigh of
4047s	relief there because that was one of the
4049s	better chores that was going to happen
4050s	at this point yes
4054s	yeah look at this like look at the tempo
4055s	again yeah it's gonna be overloaded but
4057s	meaty gets to just chisel next turn and
4059s	start stacking this board
4062s	yeah and I think especially with the way
4063s	that meaty's hand is shaping up I don't
4065s	think he's that upset about being
4067s	overloaded next turn either yep
4071s	okay
4074s	I'm just gonna go for the Chisel here
4076s	get up to clear this little Cosmic
4078s	Elemental and start building up the
4081s	totems see if they actually stick around
4082s	but if they do that's definitely going
4085s	to be a plus for meaty uh but at this
4088s	point maybe still missing some of those
4090s	combo pieces
4092s	yeah it's fine like I think Meats will
4094s	be okay for now just pick up a feral
4096s	spirit this turn and I think that's the
4098s	thing right like
4099s	without yes Cold Case was played which
4102s	is the best play that Casey had
4103s	available that turn right it's what Mage
4105s	wants to do on four with a cosmic
4107s	keyboard most of the time but whenever
4109s	that turn isn't Cold Case
4111s	is Mage really killing totems every turn
4114s	probably not right it's not like it has
4116s	access to easy damage like that so
4119s	um those homes can really stack up from
4121s	the Chisel and you might even end up
4122s	seeing meti just hold maybe the last
4124s	charge specifically just to be able to
4126s	have an extra minion on board on demand
4128s	for that bioluminescence later on
4132s	yeah absolutely picking up that flash of
4134s	lightning with the lightning reflexes in
4136s	hand too uh this could be a big turn
4140s	next turn for meaty
4143s	that's the totem high five there always
4145s	love to see
4152s	yeah this is probably lining up some
4155s	form of Crash play right
4158s	feels like it has to
4160s	maybe not has to but it potentially
4163s	could
4165s	it might also depend what media actually
4167s	finds out of this lightning reflexes
4169s	here another flash of lightning or a
4171s	lightning bolt
4173s	yeah also with the lightning storm
4175s	picked up
4176s	could easily hold the crash right and
4178s	just because that's normally what you
4180s	want to do with burst damage uh
4181s	lightning storm is going to help out
4182s	this boat quite a lot or dealing with
4184s	this board do you like the ball or would
4186s	you go card draw here
4188s	I
4190s	I think with not going in this turn I
4193s	probably don't want to go for the bolts
4195s	hmm
4198s	I like crash a lot here crash just feels
4201s	like just zero Mana three damage or more
4203s	with spell damage of course you just
4205s	assume crash is going to be zero right
4207s	because that's what it feels like 99 of
4209s	the time when you're playing this deck
4210s	absolutely I guess there could be an
4213s	argument here for the other
4214s	bioluminescence but I'm not sure if it's
4216s	going to be needed there's so much
4218s	damage in hand I feel like just taking
4220s	the crash as you said I mean
4223s	it's probably going to be zero right so
4225s	double crash double light uh lightning
4227s	bolt in hand plus the potential damage
4230s	as long as there is the Mana with the
4232s	overdraft damage as well seems like it's
4235s	lining up pretty well to just be able to
4236s	oh is that a third one
4241s	yeah that's what I mean right it's just
4243s	it crashed just even though it's
4245s	obviously not not but like zero deal X
4249s	is what the card end up being to the
4251s	whole board so meaty saying you know
4253s	what
4254s	the board you take your time
4256s	oh resistance all right yeah it's a
4259s	little bit annoying
4261s	it is too and I I think it actually
4263s	allows Casey to not have to commit The
4266s	Alibi but he's really debating on it
4269s	right after seeing all that kind of
4270s	discover and the generation that midi
4272s	had last turn
4275s	yeah I think
4278s	because basically the Spells will cost
4279s	normal amounts I think for Casey's just
4281s	working out which one cost spell he
4283s	wants to play to then proc the air the
4286s	infinitize
4292s	I can't remember now meaty is not
4294s	overloaded this turn right no
4298s	no title on curve though
4301s	hmm
4305s	yeah Casey full beat down right now
4308s	meaty on the back foot and uh maybe
4311s	these clothes are gonna have to start
4312s	maybe this is a
4314s	not a pop-off turn but something has to
4317s	be done right maybe even this is a swing
4319s	of the totem see
4321s	[Music]
4324s	it's hard to want to commit the
4325s	bioluminescence right
4327s	yeah because I was thinking like is it
4329s	that bad well I mean it kind of is that
4331s	bad right where like swing
4333s	bioluminescence lightning storm might
4336s	have to be the play
4338s	it it absolutely does feel bad but it
4340s	might have to
4341s	and I think this is the the interesting
4344s	thing about this mage deck in particular
4347s	as you mentioned there is that builds up
4350s	right of wanting to play all these
4352s	spells and have that damage but Cosmic
4354s	keyboard and some of these little
4356s	minions just create so much potential
4358s	for the Mage that yeah I I don't think
4361s	in most matchups you'd consider the Mage
4363s	is kind of the beat down there but it
4364s	absolutely has been because of that huge
4367s	Cosmic uh Cosmic keyboard pickup earlier
4370s	ah
4376s	wow okay we're gonna throw out the
4377s	lightning bolt just to clear the board
4379s	say right I'm on seven but seven is not
4381s	going to be enough Sif and the flame
4383s	Geezer come down to play and meti very
4385s	swiftly dispatched in game number four
4388s	so you got your wish we go into a game
4390s	five there we go don we made it that's
4393s	right yeah
4399s	that's uh pretty impressive I feel like
4402s	a lot of the matches that we have lined
4403s	up for our quarterfinal matches could
4406s	potentially even be something like our
4409s	grand finals right these just all of
4411s	this oh yeah all of these games are just
4413s	so stacked these players are at that
4416s	high level so they're going to feel
4418s	pretty impressive for the most part I
4420s	hope that we see more matches like this
4421s	a lot of this kind of back and forth
4423s	instead of kind of those shutout games
4425s	that it seemed to uh be happening a lot
4428s	yesterday uh I don't know who do you
4431s	think is gonna end up taking it in this
4433s	final game
4434s	it's really difficult because it's going
4436s	to be a mirror match right it's going to
4437s	be the shamer versus Shaman so and both
4439s	these players are good I think what's
4440s	most important is I mean we saw
4443s	yesterday that these players are
4445s	extremely high caliber but they are not
4447s	immune to mistakes right the pressure
4449s	the stress of having to play in this
4451s	because like we said there's a lot on
4452s	the line for these players also today
4454s	specifically it's single limb at least
4457s	yesterday and like you know your first
4458s	match you can be like well okay I want
4461s	to win but if I lose I'm not just out of
4463s	the tournament whereas today that's not
4464s	the case if they lose they're done so
4466s	it's gonna be a really close one and I
4468s	do think that Casey especially has so
4472s	much experience in the situations right
4475s	top eight top 16s of big tournaments
4477s	playing on the world stage right you
4480s	know just all of the experience will
4481s	probably help him in these high pressure
4484s	scenarios
4485s	um so
4487s	if I was going to pick anyone it would
4489s	be Casey
4490s	purely with like the smallest Edge right
4493s	like that that's it it's not like oh
4495s	yeah Casey's gonna destroy uh they're a
4498s	poet on this one I do feel like Casey
4500s	just maybe it's just because I've cast
4501s	him so much over the last few years and
4504s	you know across Grand Masters across
4506s	Masters tours across everything
4508s	basically and maybe that's why but if I
4510s	had to pick someone yeah it would be
4512s	Casey here
4513s	you know I I think I'm gonna lean the
4515s	other way I think I'm gonna go for meaty
4517s	here and say that media's gonna take it
4519s	down we have no idea these are just our
4521s	absolute guesses of course you know with
4523s	Hearthstone the draws and the kind of
4525s	little bit of RNG could go either way
4526s	absolutely but uh I'm gonna say it's the
4529s	kitchen energy for me that's really
4531s	getting it there uh the kitchen energy
4533s	maybe some tea a little snack just uh
4536s	set yourself up for that comfortable you
4539s	know closing it out moving in and then
4541s	just getting to rest until your your uh
4543s	semi-final match I think as I'm gonna
4546s	make an assumption but as most of us I
4549s	would guess spend a lot of time at a PC
4551s	playing games and there is definitely
4553s	something to be said for snacks and
4554s	drinks being at Arm's Reach right that
4556s	is definitely some level of Advantage
4558s	the amount of times I've considered
4560s	putting a fridge in my office is uh at
4564s	least double digits right now over the
4566s	last few years like should I get a
4567s	fridge I probably shouldn't because it
4569s	means I'm gonna spend even more time in
4571s	this room but it's still an attractive
4574s	idea to consider but anyway we are going
4577s	into game five gonna be the last game of
4578s	this series but definitely not the last
4580s	game of the day we've got tons of
4582s	Hearthstone coming up so make sure you
4583s	stay tuned throughout the day see who is
4585s	going to be our summer Championship
4587s	champion
4589s	absolutely gonna be on the top on the
4591s	shaman Casey also on the chain
4595s	schooling pickup here though seems
4598s	pretty good there's a carving chisel for
4600s	meaty
4602s	I do like the carving chisel and
4605s	potential gulganeth from meaty though
4608s	but there there is something to be said
4610s	about the fish you gotta love the fish
4614s	yeah I
4616s	Casey nearly has the Forbidden play
4618s	which is the coin inza which is just the
4620s	play you never really want to see uh
4622s	your opponent make at least yeah man
4624s	because it just feels so scary for the
4626s	rest of the game but just having these
4628s	fish means that meaty does not even have
4630s	realistic options of say for example
4633s	just playing the zapper out just like
4634s	Casey's done now right just play stuff
4637s	because again everyone will think oh
4640s	what what's this why is he playing
4641s	zapper it's that's you combo piece right
4645s	well not really and not in the matchup
4647s	right you want stuff on board dealing
4649s	damage to face now and although there
4652s	could have been another fish there this
4654s	is a 3-2 with the spell damage which
4657s	means that this is threatening a ton of
4659s	damage at the moment minty can't really
4661s	do anything about
4664s	as well that uh this is an act like
4667s	legit 30 for 30 card complete mirror
4671s	match as well so kind of interesting to
4674s	see that I think there's a one storyline
4676s	we've had throughout the weekend has
4677s	been the kind of different card choices
4679s	that some of the the decks have included
4681s	but this one is a full 30 30 card mirror
4685s	match and picking up some of those uh
4688s	special cards and some of the important
4690s	key cards like you were mentioning maybe
4692s	ends on one side the Titan on the other
4694s	double schooling for meeting now could
4697s	be pretty pretty impactful here as well
4700s	yeah this is going to be huge because
4701s	the way meaty's been playing for pretty
4704s	much the whole game so far indicates
4706s	that he is planning on coining Titan on
4709s	five which is such a common play uh with
4711s	shame and when you have access to it
4713s	early so this turn again as an example I
4716s	would not expect to see any form of
4718s	overload being the outcome and maybe
4720s	things change with the three four on the
4722s	other side and me to decide it's not
4724s	worth it so you have to respect this
4726s	which there you go is going to be the
4728s	case but this is definitely going to be
4730s	um I would say unfortunate for me too
4732s	because now with the coin uh being able
4735s	to unlock this and draw some more cards
4736s	he actually doesn't get to get the Titan
4738s	on board early
4740s	yeah at least with the pickup of the
4742s	thorum he does get to unlock all those
4744s	crystals that he just overloaded so yeah
4746s	you know you kind of unlock those
4748s	crystals you get some additional draw so
4750s	hope to find something that's going to
4751s	fill in that turn five kind of help just
4754s	you know continue be able to do
4757s	something in the meantime while you're
4758s	waiting to get to that golden F but on
4761s	curve from Casey just that ends up
4763s	coming down gonna start that uh
4765s	discounted spells a little bit early
4767s	ahead of time here but I like these
4770s	swarmers coming down
4772s	yeah this is good and also the big
4773s	danger here that the huge difference
4776s	between the hands Casey does not have
4779s	card draw meaty has tons of card draw
4781s	right there's the flash of lightning in
4782s	hand and there's also just a Titan to
4784s	draw three and so this is going to be a
4787s	big problem there's crash but still no
4789s	Contour available yeah this lightning
4791s	storm having to come down just to clear
4793s	these these minions off of the board I
4798s	do not enjoy calling things early but
4800s	this is desperate mode I would say for
4804s	Casey right now and he knows it right
4806s	his opponent's drawing cards his
4808s	opponent's going to turn six without
4809s	being overloaded
4811s	uh which is always scary right because
4813s	you know the best play nine times out of
4816s	ten it's the Titan and Casey has no card
4818s	draw cases in top deck mode against a
4820s	deck that's now just shuffling through
4823s	with with no real problems draw three
4825s	into flash of lightning this is pretty
4827s	much like a lethal setup in some
4829s	instances in case he has nothing yeah
4832s	and and look at this difference in the
4835s	card Advantage now as well as you were
4837s	mentioning about 14 cards left in the
4839s	deck for me oh yeah 20 but yeah Casey's
4842s	just gonna go ahead and give it up and
4843s	say that's it that does mean that meaty
4846s	takes it down in game number five and is
4848s	going to move into the top four look at
4852s	that reaction
4854s	yeah and you can always tell um as a
4857s	celebration there you can see uh talking
4859s	to uh I guess the myth is off camera but
4862s	um there you go this is the thing where
4865s	meaty knows what he's doing right meat
4867s	is a a as well as a doctor is a streamer
4870s	and he knows what is on camera you pop
4872s	off right like that's what people want
4874s	to see so he delivers but yeah really
4877s	tough one yeah unfortunate way to end
4879s	the series unfortunately to see Casey
4880s	knocked out of the tournament because
4882s	that was just a rough one it's a as you
4884s	mentioned pure card for card mirror
4886s	match and one player got the card draw
4889s	in a deck where you want to draw loads
4890s	of cards the other player did not and
4892s	that's why we saw what maybe to some
4895s	eyes look like a very early concede from
4897s	Casey but at that point there was no
4900s	single draw that was going to suddenly
4901s	Propel Casey back into the game because
4904s	meteor basically ticked off all the
4905s	boxes that you have to do except the
4908s	last one which is kill your opponent uh
4910s	so it was too far ahead so
4912s	congratulations there to meeting excuse
4914s	me uh really good series overall and I
4917s	think just displaying what these decks
4919s	are capable of but uh an unfortunate
4922s	outcome for Casey at the end so miti
4924s	will be moving on that was just our
4925s	first match of the day we've got plenty
4927s	more coming up so don't go anywhere and
4929s	we'll be right back
4931s	foreign
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4995s	thank you
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5279s	welcome back we are getting into our
5282s	next match shortly but I have a chained
5285s	to co-caster for this one subtle welcome
5287s	to the desk uh how's it going how did
5289s	you enjoy the first match of the day
5292s	it was it was a good watch obviously a
5294s	little bit disappointed I think people
5295s	have been following house on Esports for
5297s	quite some time you know that a bit of a
5299s	Casey fan I always like to see Casey
5301s	doing well and I think the way that
5302s	ended up was a was a bit of a
5304s	heartbreaker but of course nice to see a
5306s	UK representative marching through the
5308s	bracket as well you know keep things uh
5311s	keep things nice and close to home I
5313s	guess but looking forward to uh seeing
5315s	uh with that in mind pocket train jump
5316s	back into the action as well
5318s	yeah as we'll get to the match shortly
5320s	but of course one of the highlights of
5322s	this tournament for me and I think of
5324s	for many plays overall is just the meta
5327s	we have found ourselves in thanks to the
5328s	Hearthstone Titans expansion of course
5330s	uh like the Titans again we've seen
5333s	mainly Shaman Mage Hunter I think across
5336s	the board but hopefully I don't know
5338s	something changed in the future where we
5340s	can see a few more of them become more
5342s	popular but overall I think uh Titans
5344s	themselves have been uh have been super
5346s	cool to play with as we talked about
5347s	yesterday and but also just the Decks
5349s	that are available in the variety of
5351s	decks we've seen because all these
5353s	players are bringing a quite a mixed bag
5355s	as we're about to check out Salinas next
5357s	match with pocket train in Hemlock and
5359s	specifically of course talking about
5360s	Hemlock and for example that in Rage
5363s	Warrior yeah very nicely done of course
5365s	because we have also seen a lot of Rogue
5366s	but as we know the Rogue card is not a
5369s	Titan and who would possibly believe
5370s	that it is because there's just there's
5372s	just no way uh but yeah I think Titans
5374s	has been a very well received expansion
5376s	overall I know we do have a lot of
5378s	people that follow along with the
5379s	Esports events aren't necessarily
5380s	playing the game actively but I do think
5382s	if you want to jump back into
5383s	Hearthstone it's a great point to do it
5384s	especially with the patch coming up soon
5386s	which is looking like one of the biggest
5388s	patches in Hearthstone history in terms
5390s	of the amount of changes it's making to
5392s	a bunch of different modes so very good
5394s	time to jump back in but speaking of
5397s	jumping back in Pocket train jumping
5399s	back into proceedings now picking up uh
5401s	trying to pick up another Victory this
5402s	time over Hemlock uh two slightly left
5406s	field lineups from these players uh
5408s	pocket train and a couple of others have
5411s	gone with the Naga Sith Mage coming into
5413s	this tournament and uh performed very
5415s	very well with it overall whereas as you
5418s	mentioned Hemlock is is cooking with the
5420s	enrage Warrior so far making it through
5422s	to this point and we can see a little
5424s	bit of pocket transaction yesterday with
5426s	incredibly narrow victory over dreda in
5429s	the end
5430s	yeah that was definitely a close one and
5432s	you see it the stress that pocket trains
5435s	are going through over the course of the
5437s	match yesterday uh which was fun but
5439s	yeah the key one really is this uh uh
5442s	this major obviously you know rainbow
5443s	Midge Naga Mage mixture Mage whatever we
5446s	want to call it uh but piloting these
5448s	pop-off turns you know how hard it is I
5450s	know how hard it is but it's certainly
5452s	easier for the players that are the
5454s	likes of pocket train Gabby wreck them
5457s	right the players who have chosen to
5458s	bring it to this tournament and those
5460s	turns very difficult to manage but a joy
5463s	to watch when good players do it right
5465s	like because you think ah that is
5467s	possible I'm just rubbish
5469s	we get a closer look at pocket train
5471s	right now what a distinguished looking
5473s	gentleman we're dealing with here of
5475s	course in um pocket train but yeah I
5477s	think another Mage Aficionado as well
5480s	spent basically a whole season last
5483s	month I believe playing Naga major uh to
5486s	get those High Legend finishes that are
5488s	required for the players in this
5489s	tournament uh it is a deck that kind of
5492s	offers infinite return on investment
5494s	right like the more time you put into it
5496s	the better and better the better you get
5498s	at it and I don't think there is really
5500s	an attainable skill cap with the deck
5502s	that it's possible to reach because the
5505s	the cap on the deck is that high but
5507s	certainly the harder you work at it the
5509s	the more likely you are to get closer
5511s	and closer towards it and pocket train
5512s	is one of the few that has put in enough
5515s	work with the the deck strategy to be
5517s	anywhere near being able to bring that
5518s	to a tournament of the standard
5520s	yeah and then we have Hemlock gonna be
5522s	his opponent that play really impressed
5524s	me yesterday and this impressed me
5525s	overall just with the lineup obviously
5527s	made it to day two with this enrage
5529s	Warrior uh one of only two players who
5532s	have brought it but both those players
5534s	are in day two and uh which is pretty
5537s	impressive overall same could be said
5538s	for you know the uh we talk about
5540s	hunters a lot with the Arcane Hunter but
5542s	uh the three players who have brought
5544s	the beast hunter in the tournament have
5546s	also made it today too so again maybe
5549s	these lineups are starting to show uh
5551s	you know what's overall stronger in this
5553s	kind of format because it's one thing
5555s	I'm always interested in the start of a
5557s	tournament like this is like well what
5558s	lineups are actually going to be you
5560s	know get to late day two for example
5563s	right yeah and are there going to be any
5564s	themes going in like we said with all
5566s	the Beast Hunters doing well the two
5568s	Rune rage was doing okay even with the
5570s	tree entruits right have actually also
5573s	been performing pretty well and there's
5574s	only a few of those as well so I think a
5577s	huge question of this tournament yes
5579s	everyone's bringing a mage in one form
5581s	or another yes pretty much everyone has
5584s	brought the nature Shaman of course but
5586s	outside of that it feels less like a
5590s	fourth deck and more like a what's your
5592s	third and fourth deck even though a lot
5595s	of that is gonna be Hunter and Rogue but
5597s	I do feel like how they finish off after
5599s	Shaman and Mage is going to be pretty
5601s	important for the end of this tournament
5603s	first off I believe it's called subtle
5605s	Shaman thank you very much I won't have
5606s	any of this dissension in the ranks over
5608s	here um I told you I'm gonna call it
5610s	something different every time I say it
5612s	fine um yeah and I do think it's the
5614s	target strategy that has really come
5616s	into play here because I think some
5617s	people have come into this tournament
5618s	saying Target Shaman Mage right like
5621s	super heavy speaker Stompers everywhere
5624s	play Rogue get cold near right in there
5626s	as well like that kind of strategy
5628s	there's been some people who came into
5630s	this expecting Druid and have said
5632s	Target Druids just four decks that get
5634s	on board super early and hit people
5636s	harder then Druid can get three ants
5638s	down even with the fastest drawers that
5640s	kind of thing
5641s	um so I think because
5643s	there's been two predictable decks but
5646s	it's two Decks that are very flexible I
5648s	think Mage is an incredibly hard deck to
5650s	Target which is why I think you see
5652s	everyone feeling very safe with a deck
5655s	sometimes when everyone brings a deck
5656s	that doesn't mean that's a hundred
5659s	percent the best deck in the format it
5661s	just means when everyone was prepping
5663s	this is the deck that each player could
5666s	not possibly imagine someone else was
5668s	going to successfully Target four times
5670s	out of their lineup right right
5672s	um and that's something that Mage has
5673s	just because it is so flexible with all
5676s	the discovers and generation the fact it
5678s	can play for board it can play for combo
5679s	it can play hard control and just remove
5681s	everything your opponent plays for
5683s	multiple turns super super flexible deck
5685s	overall but I think you know as you talk
5687s	about lineups that's really been the
5689s	Crux of it's been somewhat difficult to
5692s	kind of find a consistent Target
5694s	strategy coming into this tournament I
5696s	think
5697s	and uh obviously you've been playing a
5699s	lot beforehand before this tournament
5701s	but now that we've seen some very high
5704s	level play of a lot of these games what
5707s	are your thoughts on the rainbow Mage
5709s	versus Shaman matchup because like we
5712s	said pretty much everyone has brought
5713s	those two decks in combination so we are
5716s	going to be continuing to see these sort
5717s	of things throughout the day is there
5718s	anything that really sticks out do you
5720s	think one is overly favored do you think
5722s	there's a you know key priorities like
5725s	oh if pocket as we can see has Titan on
5728s	six is he just massively favored that
5730s	kind of scenario so I think one thing I
5733s	have noticed about Shaman in this
5735s	tournament is that when it goes up
5737s	against very very good players the very
5739s	very good players are punishing it quite
5741s	effectively like I think overall Shaman
5744s	has looked weaker in the tournament than
5746s	it does generally on ladder because the
5749s	high level players that are in this
5750s	tournament kind of understand the gaps
5752s	and the holes and the weaknesses of the
5753s	deck
5754s	um and that's just kind of the way
5756s	things function right very early on I
5758s	made a tweet thread sort of giving some
5759s	tips as to how to beat Shaman largely
5761s	because I'm selfish and I didn't want
5763s	the win rate of the deck to go too high
5764s	that it got nerfed because I wanted it
5765s	to hang around forever
5767s	zero engagement absolutely no traction
5769s	right whereas oh my God I died on turn
5771s	six this Dirk's broken Nerf 500 retweets
5774s	immediately right like that's just
5775s	that's just the way that Twitter I can
5777s	help you with uh with that sort of stuff
5778s	if you want something yeah yeah cover
5781s	those kind of toys no one wants to
5782s	actually figure out the problem they
5784s	just want to complain about things so
5785s	when you get to this level you can see
5788s	that the the problems with the deck are
5790s	there and that the gaps are exploitable
5791s	and suddenly when you just run into a
5794s	never-ending pile of speaker Stompers on
5796s	the other side you're having a bad time
5797s	a lot of the time however
5799s	to answer the question directly I think
5802s	this matchup was already favored for
5804s	Shaman when solid Alibi was two and
5807s	since solid Alibi went to three I think
5809s	this matchup has got extremely more
5811s	heavily favored four Shaman because the
5814s	one punish the really number one scary
5817s	thing that Mage can do to beat Shaman is
5821s	play Elemental inspiration and a solid
5823s	Alibi in the same turn now when it cost
5827s	two that was possible right not easy
5830s	because you still have to live all the
5831s	way to turn nine which is not the
5832s	easiest thing in the world now that has
5834s	to you have to make it all the way to
5836s	turn ten so you're probably gonna need
5837s	multiple Alibis to get yourself there in
5839s	the first place or immense amounts of
5841s	pressure in the early game to put the
5843s	shaman on the back foot the entire time
5845s	Hemlock has had the former of that
5846s	though with the start here going uh
5848s	weapon into Cold Case which is kind of
5850s	the dream start to get on board and
5851s	start pressuring the shaman yeah so far
5854s	Hemlock not being ran over by the shaman
5856s	minions of course we are going to see
5858s	the on curved Titan from pocket train
5860s	and likely to go for that card draw but
5864s	the card draw definitely needed
5866s	because hemlock's looking okay right
5869s	like plenty of generation safe's already
5872s	there no gannon's already there there is
5874s	a solid Alibi for you know a true
5876s	emergency mode if you know this Titan
5879s	and then there's some follow-up that
5880s	would like signify a combo come in so
5883s	there are options here for hemlock
5885s	I believe that was a generated solid
5887s	Alibi as well so I think there are two
5889s	extras left in the deck still from this
5891s	point so that could be a huge difference
5894s	maker in this matchup
5896s	and pushing damage right yes Shaymin
5898s	does have the ability to uh to heal to
5901s	an extent but still you want to be
5903s	pressuring you want to be setting this
5905s	up and maybe stealing a little win
5907s	especially with the Lexus metamorphosis
5909s	right like this can be played safely
5911s	next turn and then even if you if
5913s	hammock only gets to push one of those
5914s	to face that's four damage for one
5917s	manner that's pretty good
5929s	I feel so strong doesn't it
5934s	it is I really very very powerful yeah I
5936s	feel like the shaman Titan could just
5938s	not have that first spell text and still
5941s	be very good you can still play it you'd
5943s	still play it right in every deck
5945s	it would certainly be in the
5947s	conversation yeah I it'd definitely
5949s	still be a very very strong card I think
5950s	the fact that the the AOE damage goes
5953s	face as well is so massive right like
5955s	yeah some just in terms of setting up
5957s	quick early kills sometimes if you just
5959s	had like chisel on two and you've swung
5961s	that face a couple of times and then you
5962s	do the three damage from the Titan on
5964s	six like sometimes that's just enough
5965s	chip damage that you're then able to
5967s	kill them on the following time with a
5968s	with a cheeky bio set up so and there's
5970s	plenty of times where you play this you
5972s	don't want to play a spell as well that
5974s	turn
5975s	and then it dies and it's not like oh no
5978s	I've lost the game now right it's not
5980s	like that much worse or you you coin it
5982s	out because you just need the AOE to
5984s	survive and then the sale text doesn't
5986s	work because you've never played coined
5988s	that term
5990s	ination
5992s	Titan on Titan action
5999s	[Music]
6002s	no not the uh
6005s	not the easiest kill here is it
6008s	not at all no in fact so much so that
6012s	it's just going to be ignored entirely
6013s	no Reverb in hand though for hemlock
6015s	which is the potential good news yet
6023s	but yeah
6026s	without crazy Shenanigans going on do
6029s	you think this is likely to be Secrets
6031s	uh from him well Hemlock here just to
6034s	try and um mess things up
6037s	I would expect so yes I mean the debate
6040s	you have to have with yourself now right
6041s	is
6043s	um so no flash of lightning played
6044s	however inza has come down the opponent
6046s	does have eight Mana that is doable
6048s	right if they have a lightning reflexes
6050s	in their hand that's a very very
6051s	possible lethal setup from that point
6053s	you might feel like you can disrupt that
6056s	with just Secrets if you get various
6058s	combinations of explosive rooms ejection
6060s	counter spell the really disruptive ones
6063s	um but then you have to consider okay if
6065s	I go for Secrets does that save me a
6068s	solid Alibi right can I just press
6069s	secrets and not press Alibi this turn
6072s	that way that stretches out my solid
6073s	Alibi for one more turn it looks like
6076s	that might be what Hemlock is going to
6078s	go for here
6082s	okay fine
6084s	really wants to protect the safe mm-hmm
6089s	because this is Sif is pretty much a
6091s	Titan that you never normally see it on
6093s	the board for more than one turn one way
6096s	or the other
6102s	foreign
6105s	definitely distracted me
6109s	but I think for what normally when you
6111s	see Applause like that it's sarcastic I
6113s	actually think that's genuine yeah he's
6114s	like wow good play he's just saying yeah
6117s	well played like yeah because that is I
6119s	am sat here thinking honestly that's
6121s	just really well played from Havelock
6123s	because this remember you will be able
6126s	to tell your grandkids where you were
6128s	when not only did Sif stick on board but
6132s	no Gannon is able to go for the third
6134s	ability whilst also sticking on board in
6138s	the same game of hearthstone hey yeah
6141s	and I have to just to rewind back to the
6142s	previous turn as well I completely is
6145s	like in my head when norgan has been on
6147s	board for a turn it's used enemy cards
6149s	cost more already
6151s	but yeah because it was used for damage
6154s	it was absolutely the right play like I
6155s	just completely lost track of which
6157s	abilities were being used I think this
6158s	is absolutely the right line from uh
6161s	Hemlock With the Enemy cards
6163s	yeah with the Sith 100 I think if it
6166s	wasn't going see if we could discuss
6168s	right but I think with the safe yeah
6170s	couldn't agree more explosive room for a
6172s	casual nine
6176s	laughs
6180s	wow
6182s	okay good news pocket that is all the
6184s	disruption dealt with it's all good
6186s	you're fine
6187s	lightning bolt for the surf
6191s	but that's
6196s	absolutely obliterated but I still don't
6199s	think it's looking great is it
6202s	you see what I mean though like if we
6203s	rewind past the dumb thing I was talking
6205s	about where I forgot which norgan
6207s	abilities we use and go all the way back
6208s	to the really smart thing that I was
6210s	staying and saying at the start of the
6211s	game this is a good player picking apart
6214s	holes in a deck right like that's that's
6216s	what's Happening Here Hemlock is just
6218s	doing making smart Hearthstone plays
6221s	um that's really disrupting pocket turn
6223s	after turn and not really allowing
6225s	pocket to to play the game on the other
6227s	side I think it's very very
6228s	intelligently done so far from hemlock
6232s	a solid amount of damage here as well
6234s	with the metamorphosis and the icy Touch
6236s	now to help out as well
6238s	how much is it actually 4 8 11 12 16
6242s	with this
6244s	yeah because the two would have to go to
6246s	the taunt right
6250s	okay sure
6259s	nice play there it looked like a uh
6263s	interesting choices with overkilling the
6265s	totem to do two to face but of course
6267s	there's the freeze to stop the weapon
6268s	swing coming down which stops a totem
6270s	which then helps reduce that bowel
6272s	luminescence
6274s	and pocket the old shrug
6289s	what a game
6291s	really really well played there from
6293s	hemlock I think um
6295s	it's been I don't know if I've ever seen
6298s	plays be so obviously impactful to a win
6302s	I know that's that's not like a really
6304s	weird sentence maybe it just is but yeah
6306s	I feel like that one-two punch from
6308s	hemlock was just just removed pocket
6312s	from the game it was it seemed quite
6314s	polite to just be like okay there's a no
6317s	gun okay they're safe now step away sir
6319s	you know because it's just like right
6321s	pocket and you saw him clap shrug a lot
6324s	as well because like what am I supposed
6326s	to do I've just been pushed out I think
6328s	very very well played there from hemlock
6330s	are really impressive and I think you
6333s	start to see part of the reason why uh
6336s	norgan's come back into Mages as well
6338s	because that ability to Tempo swing the
6342s	bodies uh in that situation from from
6344s	One Titan to the other and just take
6346s	back the board like if you can land the
6348s	Mage Titan on an empty board against
6350s	Shaman They Don't Really interact with
6352s	the 3-8 from hand but in a particularly
6354s	favorable way right they would have to
6356s	be having some kind of pop-off turn half
6358s	pop-off turn or have like pre-loaded
6361s	fish in hand already right like just
6363s	having it and that they're not playing
6365s	already and even if they soak a
6366s	lightning bolt that's kind of a victory
6368s	right
6370s	but you really start using natural
6372s	copies of lightning bolts or uh Crash
6375s	from your hand you're then putting more
6378s	of your eventual lethal in the fate of
6380s	the Gods of having to then ReDiscover
6381s	those specific cards from lightning
6383s	reflexes when you when you play them on
6384s	your pop-up turn so anytime you can suck
6387s	one of those cards out of your
6388s	opponent's hands that's an absolute win
6389s	and I think for most decks more
6391s	mid-rangey decks it's trying to get
6393s	lightning bolts out of hand on five
6394s	fives and Titans and those kind of
6396s	things whereas decks like Hunter
6398s	sometimes it's more like get the crashes
6399s	out of hand because you have to demand
6401s	that yeah AOE early on your whiteboard
6403s	like your wild spirits and that kind of
6405s	thing but that yet again it's just
6406s	another thing that you can try and do to
6408s	punish the shaman overall and even going
6410s	on about nor Cannon again I think uh I
6412s	think I'm interested in the previous
6414s	match but I think the two times I've
6416s	cast meti he actually won with the
6418s	norgan Reverb combo right it wasn't the
6421s	Sith combo it was just his loads of
6423s	damage from norgan so again just having
6425s	that
6426s	um in the back pocket and having it be a
6428s	flexible tool and again I I think that's
6430s	the strength of Titans or at least you
6432s	know the Titans that are being Mass
6434s	played let's say uh is that they are
6436s	fairly flexible and it's not just this
6438s	Titan does this one thing right
6441s	um this Titan uses many words so let's
6443s	get into game two pocket train gonna
6446s	still be on that shaman on the top and
6448s	then Hemlock jumping onto the enrage
6450s	Warrior uh super excited again to see
6453s	how this performs because yeah we saw
6454s	this do very well yesterday when uh it
6457s	was us casting this right
6458s	yeah I think so yeah yeah so I do very
6461s	very well indeed
6466s	extractors the speaker Stompers are the
6469s	the clutch addition to this deck overall
6471s	I think to make it big in this
6473s	tournament because I had a little bit of
6475s	experience playing Shaman in this
6476s	matchup early on
6478s	um and it just felt like the warrior
6480s	just took a little bit too long to do
6482s	anything truly threatening most of the
6486s	time I understand they have some drawers
6488s	that can go early minions into uh imbued
6491s	ax and then start pumping up a board of
6493s	injured minions to very high stat totals
6495s	very quickly but those are quite Niche
6497s	straws for the deck overall like more
6499s	commonly it's like playing some chorus
6501s	Rifts early right and juicing up the
6502s	hands and then the the big threats don't
6505s	really start coming down till turn five
6506s	and turn six onwards by which time
6509s	you've kind of given the the shaman too
6510s	much time to to gather pieces and yeah
6513s	stabilize
6515s	but if you can use speaker stomper to
6518s	bridge those gaps to to give you that
6520s	extra turn or two that you need to
6521s	survive with your you know if you
6522s	finally built your first really big
6524s	imposing board on turn five turn six
6526s	turn seven and you can then drop the
6528s	speaker stomper to back that up and
6529s	block the lethal on the other side I
6531s	think that might just be the missing
6532s	piece of the puzzle uh to help it out in
6535s	this matchup against shaman
6539s	in our pocket trying to uh I think just
6541s	working out what the next few plays look
6543s	like especially with the extractor on
6545s	board
6546s	yep it's always a little yeah tricky a
6548s	little bit scary
6550s	lots of things to consider here right
6552s	like whether a value bump is worth it
6554s	while it's still sitting as a one-two uh
6557s	whether you um if Buffs happen like how
6561s	do your fish trade into various Buffs
6563s	rights that could be being played here
6565s	on certain points like so many things to
6566s	think about as well as the and even like
6570s	yeah is there a world where you actually
6572s	just don't play Fish to do trades and
6574s	leave the two one fours as one Falls
6576s	right and like just starve them a little
6579s	bit yeah yeah absolutely
6581s	as we can see in fact did happen
6585s	oh that's a card I don't know if you've
6587s	noticed you're jamming
6590s	it's a card
6591s	certified Hearthstone card right there
6598s	it's so good it essentially bricks your
6600s	entire next time I mean it kind of
6601s	doesn't actually because you still have
6602s	imbued ax it's just you don't get to
6604s	play the Riff on curve which usually
6606s	feels so powerful but yeah I think this
6607s	makes the most sense
6609s	do you think there's a world where with
6611s	potential levels of Buffs that this
6613s	stumper just gets played as a very very
6615s	large boy it may well because indeed you
6619s	just see inter come down now and it's
6621s	like well this stumper gained what um
6623s	again only the one buff right
6626s	yeah one buff sorry
6628s	two it's one one in one minion got
6630s	injured but there's two animes on board
6631s	soon oh sorry sorry yes yes
6635s	because there's a world where that just
6636s	gets curved out and it's like let's go
6647s	this is pretty threatening there are the
6649s	fish of course there is bioluminescence
6650s	there but there's not a lot of anything
6653s	else the crash doesn't look like it's
6656s	gonna be able to do enough soon enough
6658s	with the lack of cheap spells
6662s	right
6664s	no way currently to
6667s	reasonably overload to activate the Flow
6670s	Rider either which is very annoying
6673s	is not happening yeah the old uh
6677s	overdraft into overdraft trade first
6679s	just hurts and yeah pocket trades just
6682s	like yeah I'm just gonna have to
6684s	it just has to be done it's a lot
6687s	it's other damage
6689s	and look at this surely it's stomping
6691s	time surely it's stumping time so big
6694s	trade stomp go
6704s	this would have been on the board 10
6706s	minutes ago if this yeah
6709s	exactly how big it is right is it so big
6712s	that it just straight up represents
6714s	lethal next turn in which case yes it's
6716s	slammed on the board so I'm gonna assume
6717s	it's not that big already in which case
6720s	if pocket has one more turn to live what
6723s	you don't want to do is play speaker
6724s	stomper this turn
6726s	don't then immediately have lethal and
6729s	pocket trains turn is play flash of
6731s	lightning pass
6733s	right and then he can play that through
6736s	speaker absolutely no problem yeah you
6738s	don't kill them the next turn and then
6740s	they vote EKG well when this yeah wears
6742s	off on the other side yeah it's true I
6745s	guess I just the the other options for
6748s	this turn do not feel like fantastic
6750s	Alternatives and then
6752s	Bridge riff is in there right
6757s	good restraint I guess though from
6759s	hemlock going to your point Sol because
6762s	again I don't think was it plus four
6764s	plus five I know it's eight I think
6766s	maybe I can't remember it's definitely
6769s	big yeah
6774s	oh
6777s	gotta take the flash I imagine I don't
6779s	text Prime audio okay sure just wants to
6781s	remove the power yeah my issue with this
6784s	is that you then lose your nature
6785s	discount so your pop-off turn is kind of
6788s	over at this point but it is he worried
6791s	about
6792s	is he what about Olga potentially
6796s	yeah because you can see that seeing the
6798s	minions come out he knows there's a
6800s	minion in hand probably that's a
6802s	gigabuffed and if that is all great then
6804s	those two minions hitting face plus Olga
6806s	are gonna uh create a bit of a bad time
6809s	for pocket train very fair
6814s	might look Hemlock I'll let you off last
6817s	turn
6818s	show me how big the meaning is yeah I do
6821s	just want to know exactly how big it is
6823s	and we'll be able to make much more
6824s	informed and Flash has been played from
6827s	pocket right so like there's also that
6830s	element too
6833s	wait was a flash played
6836s	oh no sorry sorry it was the Discover
6838s	wasn't it I'm an idiot yeah yeah yeah I
6840s	always get those mixed up it was offered
6843s	both times and both yeah discovered but
6845s	and turned down both times I and I
6847s	always just get it mixed up just because
6848s	they're both blue
6850s	yeah
6852s	and this is great recognition from
6854s	pocket great foresight taking sort of
6856s	somewhat unconventional cards a
6858s	primordial wave and the five four rushes
6861s	not really kind of considered the
6862s	premium options a lot of the time but
6864s	the combination of doing those things
6866s	now means the pocket train is just a
6868s	head-on Tempo and if pocket trains are
6870s	head on Tempo this speaker stomper is a
6872s	lot less impressive than it would be
6878s	there's no way this was a winnable game
6880s	right pocket train can't win this game
6882s	of hearthstone that doesn't make any
6884s	sense in my head pocket train is one of
6887s	the players that I would always struggle
6888s	to say can't win
6891s	um because I never truly believe a
6893s	playlight pocket is out till they're out
6895s	but I
6900s	I just don't know and again if we keep
6902s	going back to it depends exactly how big
6904s	this is but there's the timing of the
6907s	effect from stumper but I just can't get
6910s	it past the fact that maybe it should
6912s	just come down soon because it's a big
6914s	thing I know it's really big who cares
6917s	about It's ability it's a big boy
6919s	um
6922s	now this turn doesn't look
6925s	oh 12 12 yeah
6931s	so it definitely did not represent a
6934s	lethal setup on the turn I was debating
6936s	no not on the first time for sure now
6938s	yeah
6941s	definitely the question was more last
6943s	turn right like was that better or not
6945s	but still this is dangerous with the
6947s	Phoenix's huh
6950s	what
6951s	are we gonna see the rare M20 the old
6955s	twins that twins
6962s	and now there's just a Titan on the
6964s	board that needs to be dealt with and
6966s	also a million burst opportunities in
6969s	hand
6970s	forever for pocket train and only 18
6973s	Health on Hemlock
6977s	that's Olga though
6981s	how much does this stuff cost in reality
6983s	so we've had there's an inza plate so
6985s	the ferals will cost two each and the
6988s	BIOS on three next turn yep so you can
6991s	go feral feral for four minions bio on
6993s	them for seven and then bolt bolt crash
6996s	will be free
7000s	and looks correct to me so that is
7004s	exactly 18 damage as I counted there's
7006s	also well there's even more right well
7009s	okay well I'm presuming the Titan dies
7011s	yes
7012s	don't worry about it you're fine yeah I
7015s	was gonna say there's a lot of damage
7016s	yeah
7018s	[Music]
7027s	I'm sorry it's double ferals as well I
7029s	said double barrel is an encountered
7031s	single ferals it's a lot more than 18.
7035s	oh yeah cause I heard you say four I was
7037s	like right yep that makes sense
7039s	Titan of course down but Pockets nodding
7042s	no no no no no no no no no no this is
7044s	fake this wasn't a winnable game of
7046s	hearthstone I don't believe it I
7047s	actually don't believe it well I'm
7048s	afraid to tell you salt and the rule
7050s	state the first player to kill the other
7052s	wins the game of hearthstone and it
7054s	looks like pocket yeah I'm applying the
7056s	uh the old Caster rule of if a good
7059s	player starts locking in plays it's
7062s	lethal not even gonna bother counting
7064s	yeah don't care what the numbers are
7066s	it's lethal pocket evens the series up
7069s	and what a game if there were I think if
7072s	there was a game all weekend so far that
7074s	I didn't think was gonna go the other
7076s	way it was this one because it looked so
7079s	good for hemlock Double Anime extractors
7082s	the um the stomper available sort of as
7085s	and when required I suppose it looked so
7089s	so good the pocket managed to turn it
7091s	around and I think the big question will
7094s	be let's rewind and not the first turn
7097s	but look at the second turn that the
7100s	stumper could have been played again I
7102s	can't remember exact board States and
7104s	everything but that's what I'm saying we
7105s	look at the tape afterwards but then but
7107s	I think that's probably the single
7109s	biggest question from hemlock side about
7112s	that game
7113s	I think honestly Hemlock will be mulling
7115s	over both of those turns very heavily in
7117s	his mind so let's say on the first
7119s	instance let's say it was a 10 10 right
7121s	I can't entirely keep track of Health uh
7123s	how many Buffs happened after that to
7126s	then turn it into a 12 12 before it got
7128s	played
7129s	um so as discussed that wouldn't have
7130s	represented lethal immediately so you
7132s	would have then been kind of conceding
7134s	the game to that flat back two turn
7135s	flashlight that I was talking about but
7137s	that's a very specific hand that your
7140s	opponent has that you're writing them
7141s	credit for right like it's also a 10-10
7144s	yeah a flash of light in the hand plus a
7146s	bioluminescence and some cards to kill
7148s	you on the following turn right like
7149s	that's a pretty specific combination of
7151s	things
7152s	um and your your trade deal that you're
7154s	offering for that fear of them having
7156s	that hand is not playing a 10 10 on the
7158s	board which
7159s	yeah it's it's it's certainly debatable
7162s	for sure I thought it's kind of gave you
7163s	the the merits of at least the thing of
7165s	what I thought the thinking would be
7167s	behind it because I'm sure a lot of
7169s	people are looking at that going
7170s	I mean I'm with Raven it's a 10 10. why
7173s	isn't it on the board right and it's not
7174s	it's not
7176s	but I think there is a debate there to
7177s	be had but certainly if Hemlock now goes
7180s	on to lose this series if he comes back
7182s	and reviews the games I think that might
7184s	be a moment that's potentially keeping
7186s	him up late at night yeah it could be
7188s	stinging a little bit in the future but
7190s	pocket train as I said does even the
7191s	series up we've got Demon Hunter and
7193s	Mage on one side and with that Warrior
7196s	and the Beast Hunter on the other and
7198s	again it just obviously these bands are
7199s	a little bit different as well because
7200s	Hemlock does have shame and it's just
7202s	banned out but look at these like lineup
7205s	fights right I kind of like it where it
7207s	is just different archetypes we've seen
7208s	a lot of mirrors of course with the
7210s	shaman and Mage but like I said earlier
7212s	outside of that I think the way the
7214s	players have approached the the
7215s	tournament and built out these lineups
7217s	with a pretty different decks a lot of
7219s	the time is pretty exciting so let's get
7221s	into game number three Hemlock gonna
7224s	stay on the warrior the bucket train
7226s	jumping over to the outcast Demon Hunter
7230s	foreign
7237s	ER and a molecular in there but doesn't
7240s	really end up with the fast start that
7242s	he was looking for really which is gonna
7244s	if anything give Hemlock the opportunity
7246s	to get on board first and I think if
7248s	Hemlock managed to get on board first in
7249s	this matchup then that is going to spell
7251s	incredibly bad news for pocket train and
7253s	that is a crucial card in the matchup
7256s	now picked up for hemlock as well yeah I
7259s	was going to ask you about this so in
7260s	this matchup again I'll be honest not a
7262s	matchup I've ran too many times
7264s	um but how important is it for the
7267s	outcasts do you want to get on that
7269s	board because they do have a lot of Rush
7272s	minions to be able to fight back or are
7274s	the rush minions just simply not big
7276s	enough in general to deal with the
7277s	warrior yeah that's the issue right is
7281s	ideally if you're going to win this game
7283s	for the Demon Hunter side you want to be
7284s	the one going one two three four with
7286s	minions and then your opponent has to
7289s	have the swing turn with the jam session
7291s	or whatever it is to clear the board
7292s	right and you need to Panic them into
7295s	doing that so they can't wait long
7297s	enough to also get an animal extractor
7299s	down right so they don't actually get
7300s	paid off to go alongside that yeah what
7303s	pocket train was almost faced with was
7305s	the absolute nightmare scenario where
7307s	Hemlock was just building a board of
7309s	minions like essentially like playing a
7312s	wild pyromancer and having it stick to
7313s	the board right like how do you develop
7315s	into that as an aggro deck it's almost
7317s	impossible to do but pocket picking up
7320s	the dream minion with the Chow off the
7321s	top to be able to answer that on the
7323s	other side
7324s	yeah Hamlet doing what they can now does
7326s	have this egg available to start beating
7328s	some up and the ever important verse ref
7331s	uh coming out here to be able to clear
7333s	up the you know the biggest threat on
7334s	the board by far
7337s	Clive tar into Spectra though he's not
7339s	looking too bad
7347s	it doesn't achieve a great deal
7349s	immediately though no sometimes you've
7352s	got to plan for the future that's why
7353s	people always ask about five year plans
7358s	I've never done it personally but I've
7360s	heard it's cool
7362s	yeah I kind of respect this honestly
7367s	the deck doesn't necessarily play wave
7370s	after wave of minions right in Rage
7372s	Warrior on the other side they have very
7373s	few minions in total so Pockets just
7376s	rely on the beef
7378s	I'm investing a million Health here with
7381s	the death row going off from the Chows
7383s	and everything else
7384s	double tanking potentially weapon hits
7386s	into a minion but I might just be able
7389s	to swing that investment into clearing
7391s	the board and Landing some minions of my
7392s	own which uh pocket's really gonna have
7394s	to do because oh okay what was the
7397s	alternative right like eight damage to
7399s	face so the Warriors at 21 instead of 21
7401s	and you don't have a board like who
7403s	cares at that point no it's not getting
7405s	you anywhere
7407s	and at least if pocket train goes on the
7409s	offensive like in the near future like
7411s	next turn then that's something right
7413s	like he can actually make a Hemlock try
7415s	and focus on clearing and not uh
7418s	Trucking power on board himself
7421s	that ramonia though I think will give
7423s	Hemlock pause here to start thinking
7426s	about long-term game plans because as
7428s	mentioned pocket train has just taken so
7430s	much damage yeah this is like a two
7432s	remoria swing win right exactly uh like
7435s	pocket train kind of needs to generate
7438s	some i-beams or something or just pray
7439s	that both Olga and ramonia stay in the
7442s	deck ideally because it just doesn't
7444s	really have the health total to play
7445s	with right now
7450s	foreign
7463s	ER extractor because they both
7466s	do similar things in a weird way right
7471s	yeah there's also some
7473s	weird things about like the double one
7475s	line do you even use the location this
7478s	time because you can just save it
7481s	attention
7482s	yeah yeah no exactly because you've got
7484s	it for the turn after right and then you
7486s	skip on six and then you want you really
7488s	want to have it on seven yeah yeah
7489s	that's what I was thinking and you just
7491s	use it because it just kills a two one
7493s	one less thing to be scared of like hell
7494s	very you're about right it's just like
7496s	just yep get rid of the board and then
7498s	survive one more turn is the plan here I
7501s	think for hemlock yeah fine
7506s	yes outside the face outside uh and
7508s	wallabies
7512s	clear this up as well
7515s	so Amber's available here for hemlock
7517s	this turn as well
7524s	Pokemon says okay that's my board
7534s	second some Fury so huge though he's
7536s	gonna have to drop the Embers it doesn't
7538s	actually achieve anything
7540s	that is very very very bad news with
7543s	those taunts oh those buses
7547s	yeah
7550s	Rush the stage can find the health area
7553s	oh and it does okay I was guaranteed
7555s	actually with the only one draw being
7557s	left in the deck
7558s	numbers
7559s	lethal question mark
7562s	how much is this actually yeah
7564s	it's looking close oh it's late though
7567s	right oh it's a million yeah there's two
7568s	Rush minions here left remaining on the
7570s	board it's infinite damage yeah
7571s	absolutely
7574s	it's so close and the thing for him like
7578s	you can see the shake of the head I
7580s	think Hemlock hemlocks like three-step
7582s	plan there or three turn plan I suppose
7585s	um was perfect right the setup was
7587s	exactly what I think he should have done
7589s	he killed off the tomb with the location
7590s	there was the turn off but built up
7592s	taunts and built up a bit of a board
7594s	just to basically say if you just don't
7597s	hell very me you just won't push
7599s	anywhere near enough damage then remoria
7601s	drops down Bank game over so that looked
7604s	very good to me but then how varia comes
7608s	out with a board that wide and you just
7610s	that's what I said you're just dead
7611s	right if you see how very in a full
7613s	board it doesn't really matter what
7614s	health you're on you're just dead
7616s	yeah I failed to account for the fact
7618s	that there was two Fierce Outsiders
7619s	played on the previous turn like in my
7622s	head I was visualizing it as Wayward
7623s	sages that came down but yeah with the
7625s	fierce Outsiders getting buffed as well
7626s	with the attacks I want to flip that on
7628s	its head though because I want to give
7629s	massive credit to pocket train for
7631s	winning that game essentially pocket
7633s	trains distinct lack of self-respect has
7635s	enabled him to win that game right
7637s	because most people 99 of even seasoned
7642s	Hearthstone players on that turn where
7644s	glavtar was equipped would have said no
7647s	I have way too much self-respect to sink
7650s	all of this damage into an egg that's
7652s	still gonna death rattle into another
7654s	Minion that's been left on the board the
7656s	next turn poggy goes no I I see the
7659s	future of this game I have a five-year
7661s	plan and my Five-Year Plan is to go down
7663s	to like 10 HP clearing this board with
7666s	my weapon and my Chows taking infinite
7668s	damage and that once I've got that clear
7670s	board once the Warriors run out of
7672s	minions which is great match-up
7673s	knowledge as well right against a pretty
7675s	fringe deck to under understand that
7677s	after wave one of minions Wave 2 doesn't
7679s	automatically come from a warrior they
7681s	don't necessarily play that many minions
7683s	in the deck so if I can clear this first
7685s	wave of minions and then I can stick up
7687s	all myself this is my best chance use my
7689s	health as a resource don't just go
7691s	straight face because I'm the aggro deck
7693s	supposedly like I think two games in a
7695s	row now the shaman and the uh and that
7697s	Demon Hunter game two really really
7699s	incredibly well played games by by
7701s	pocket train and then the remaining one
7704s	tick on the scoreboard I think was an
7706s	incredibly well played Mage game by
7707s	Hemlock so we're watching a fantastic
7709s	series of hearthstone right now it's
7712s	absolutely great I enjoy I really
7713s	enjoyed casting Hemlock yesterday and
7715s	it's the same again now uh we obviously
7717s	know pocket train we know what he's
7718s	capable of and I'll tell you now if I
7720s	was Hemlock and look at the scoreboard
7722s	I'm like right what's that last deck oh
7725s	God it's the Mage oh no you know I would
7728s	be worried because if there's one deck
7730s	you don't want to be the leftover one
7731s	I'd sit there thinking I wish pocket
7734s	wasn't playing this deck
7735s	if I was Hemlock I'd be looking at this
7739s	scoreboard going how am I losing it now
7742s	like I played out of my mind game one
7744s	and got one nil up and then I played a
7747s	game against Shaman we should have been
7748s	unusable because I just went Double
7749s	Anime extractor into a 12-12 speaker
7752s	stomper in my hand against Shaman how is
7754s	that a losable game of hearthstone and
7756s	then game three I drew double Sun Fury
7759s	double Embers against the token deck how
7761s	is that a losable game of Hearthstone
7764s	I think the worst part is I don't think
7766s	hemlocks played badly at all it's just
7768s	one of those things right I think
7770s	Pockets just it's a wit rare wriggled
7772s	out of these situations very very well
7774s	but let's get into it this could be the
7775s	last game of the series we could be
7777s	seeing pocket move on uh into the uh the
7780s	the top four but Hemlock still got
7782s	plenty of fight left pocket getting off
7784s	to a decently aggressive opening but
7787s	does have access to this siren and I
7790s	guess here's my question soul
7792s	what does hemlock have to do to deal
7795s	with a spike lash turn like what's the
7798s	way Warrior can can deal with this does
7800s	he have to just be super ahead already
7802s	or is there actually ways to fight back
7804s	after a full Board of spite large it
7807s	depends on the turn right so pocket when
7811s	uh slitherspoon won so Hemlock might
7814s	look at that and go okay they went slow
7816s	the spear for Tempo which means maybe
7817s	the Naga turn comes a little bit later
7819s	if they have spite lash siren if you get
7821s	to that point then Olga can be your
7823s	solution to just about any problem right
7825s	if you're able to get that to a big
7826s	enough size however you can see with
7828s	pocket's hand Slither spear on one
7830s	wasn't even really a consideration
7832s	because there's a school teacher and if
7833s	School teaching can be played on four uh
7835s	that generates the one Mana naga in your
7837s	hand to be able to go off the following
7838s	term with siren anyway so right honestly
7841s	I think the bigger concern for hemlock
7843s	is not how do I uh counter the the siren
7847s	turn if it happens because that's really
7849s	really difficult to do I think it's just
7851s	more so can I put enough pressure on the
7853s	board that I can potentially steal this
7856s	game away from my opponent before
7857s	they're able to get them
7860s	well let's see first off there's an egg
7862s	and a dream here from hemlock planning
7864s	on a lot of pressure but as you said
7865s	school teacher is going to come down and
7867s	now Hemlock at least will be thinking
7870s	about it right once you see the school
7872s	teach you like okay what if they have
7875s	spite lashing coin and uh and the Naga I
7880s	don't even need it it's going into five
7881s	this is the natural term yeah I I was
7883s	meaning coin is just extra juice
7884s	basically but he knows I've got the coin
7886s	of course but it's mainly just yeah what
7887s	if that's bite lash is there
7892s	because the coin just helps smooth out
7894s	the awkward Naga drawers a lot of the
7896s	time as well right it does yeah
7900s	oh okay another one
7903s	options Galore
7905s	and headlock looks like he is sick of
7908s	this
7909s	already it's barely even started because
7913s	future he knows what's happening right
7915s	he's seen siren played he knows he's got
7917s	a good five minutes yet before he gets
7918s	to do anything
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7923s	yeah real quick just trying to pick up
7925s	on things that are important while this
7926s	is happening which is hard to do Zola on
7929s	the two Mana Naga there a lot of people
7930s	I think instinctively will uh Zola their
7933s	spite lash siren and if they're thinking
7935s	about popping off they'll probably Zola
7937s	the one man Onaga because that feels
7939s	better in their mind right you cheat
7940s	more Mana with a one Mana Naga
7943s	um pocket trains specifically going for
7945s	the two manonaga instead in a situation
7947s	where that can actually find you more
7949s	spells still to keep on going
7951s	recognizing that the hand was running
7953s	dry on playable spells that you actually
7954s	wanted to commit this time yeah and it
7957s	looks like that was a turn where pocket
7960s	was like I guess because it was just
7962s	played one million cards hex was played
7964s	to remove the egg threat there's a
7966s	counter spell and a something as the
7969s	second secret I'll be honest I apologize
7971s	I don't know what that second secret is
7974s	um and there's just a lot of stuff and a
7976s	second Spike lash to just go again next
7978s	turn if bucket needs to him block is in
7981s	trouble
7982s	it's just the raising of the hands like
7984s	uh leave concede yeah I guess that was
7989s	my turn
7994s	foreign
7998s	yeah of course kill the siren over the
8000s	8-3 because the A3 is fake not actually
8002s	a real minion in that position it's
8004s	going to go back down to one on the
8005s	previous on the following turn anyway I
8007s	like this as well because again it would
8010s	be very easy to auto part and say okay
8012s	try and spite lash or something again
8013s	right whereas it's like no just clear
8015s	the board and as you mentioned it
8018s	Hemlock isn't guaranteed to just refill
8020s	or be able to clear the board themselves
8022s	so yeah just clear the board push damage
8025s	face there's still a spite lash and
8027s	there's only going to be more options
8028s	going forward uh as you wait an extra
8030s	turn
8037s	incredible drawer off the top for him I
8040s	mean I'm not saying he's in a good
8042s	position of course but um actually
8044s	having learned my lesson from being
8046s	burned yesterday was remembering that
8048s	there was an invisible secret that's why
8049s	I called it out straight away yeah
8053s	but yeah this this is not great but not
8056s	completely dead because this Olga is
8058s	playable
8059s	precisely yeah I think in an alternate
8063s	reality Hemlock would be like okay you
8065s	know what like opponent is 16 I'm alive
8068s	I'm not gonna die immediately this turn
8069s	probably
8071s	um and I still have a potential charge
8073s	minion in hand with double location that
8075s	I can go face with now you can't I'm
8077s	afraid because uh pocket train has
8079s	generated a second objection already so
8082s	that is not gonna happen anytime soon
8087s	and this is just Hemlock slipping and
8089s	slipping right like there's nothing
8090s	Pockets just pushing him out of the game
8092s	also must probably frustrating that the
8095s	uh
8102s	true yeah
8103s	because that's just gonna push nice
8105s	amounts of damage the blizzard picked up
8107s	I really like from pocket because it's
8109s	like well what's the worst case Hemlock
8111s	just dumps a big board well great man
8114s	just blizzard it away
8118s	foreign
8119s	using his time on his opponent's turn I
8122s	believe counting spell schools now right
8123s	now not necessarily counting you can see
8125s	from the wisdom in hand how many you've
8126s	played we're just making sure he has
8128s	saved in his head which spell schools he
8131s	has played so that if he's playing a
8133s	lightning fast siren turn he can then
8135s	assess any spell schools that get
8136s	generated on the fly right oh cool
8138s	that's that's nature I haven't played
8139s	nature yet we'll play that one or
8141s	whatever that kind of yeah I will say
8142s	the spite lash turns from players such
8144s	as pocket Gabby so on I would love if we
8147s	had like a magical extra Vision where we
8150s	could actually just view pocket doing
8152s	the turn you know and you just see at
8154s	his speed you know not spectator but
8157s	he's the actual him piloting the turn
8159s	because it's so fast the decision making
8161s	is like point zero zero zero one seconds
8164s	per decision it's crazy
8173s	InstaPic from Discovery
8176s	honestly our Engineers work so hard to
8179s	get discovers working for day two and
8180s	then pocket train picks too quickly
8183s	selfish yeah how dare this
8188s	anybody
8194s	are we in poly jelly territory
8204s	and every time every turn now for the
8207s	last few Hemlock must just feel like
8210s	right more secrets to deal with and my
8213s	cards aren't that good for dealing with
8214s	secrets so uh I guess here we go it's
8217s	gonna pick up the stomper though that's
8219s	something if it gets
8224s	it's like damage on the I mean there is
8227s	an eight damage on the other side of the
8228s	board I guess and I guess if you do get
8230s	to stick a stomper there may be enough
8232s	spells can't be casted was the objection
8235s	played or it wasn't naggling right
8239s	it was played the the second yeah yeah
8241s	the objection the second objection was
8243s	from um a secret the first objection was
8246s	from an arguing yes does not know this
8249s	is objection right correct yeah yeah
8251s	okay
8253s	let me get Bridge riff we'll be able to
8256s	do something here
8260s	Okay so
8262s	try and kill one of the minion threats
8264s	it's gonna quickly be freezing trapped
8266s	back to the hand but still it's
8268s	something torn on the board something
8270s	for Hamlet to try and hang on
8272s	ships the ax to the face
8276s	and this should be fairly
8278s	straightforward from this position you
8280s	would imagine you can pretty much just
8282s	uh play your siren and keep casting
8284s	spells until your Slither sphere is
8286s	lethal right like you don't really have
8287s	to overthink it much further I was gonna
8289s	say just keep casting spells until your
8290s	opponent just Falls over exactly just
8293s	keep doing things until they die
8300s	yeah the flame goes off their nagaling
8302s	as well is going to help out thanks a
8304s	bit of damage too
8308s	yeah and there's the shake and that's
8310s	why I mean Pockets already locked in the
8311s	turn it's already happened it's already
8312s	lethal and pocket train not only takes
8315s	game four but takes the victory overall
8317s	on this series gonna be happy with that
8320s	one and I believe that means we've got a
8322s	meaty versus pocket as a semi-final one
8325s	if I'm not mistaken
8327s	oh
8328s	and if that is the case then oh my
8332s	goodness the uh the national pride at
8334s	stake of the all UK Showdown it's quite
8337s	weird isn't it to be in this like era of
8339s	hearthstone Esports where you know two
8341s	have arguably the very best players in
8342s	the world are from the UK it's uh not
8345s	something that we've had in all I'll
8346s	take time yeah I mean I'll absolutely
8348s	take it they're so good they had to end
8350s	up on the same side of the bracket I was
8351s	talking about earlier I'm not sure if
8352s	you caught it yeah it's like in the
8354s	opening to to Dawn saying that it the
8357s	fact that like meaty and the pocket
8359s	train obviously where they are and then
8360s	Gabby's at the very bottom is like now
8363s	that's a final all these players are
8365s	great obviously but any of those two of
8367s	those three players in the final I think
8370s	are just it would be fantastic but what
8373s	a series I do just want to give another
8374s	shout out to Hemlock I think Hemlock
8376s	played super well I think the lineup was
8378s	really cool I think that the decisions
8381s	in build in the lineup showed because
8382s	other players who brought similar decks
8384s	also made it to the day two which was
8387s	pretty impressive and I do first thing
8389s	the combination of some games really not
8391s	going down blocks away and pocket train
8394s	being a fantastic player just pushed
8397s	Hemlock out of this series it was
8399s	definitely a lot closer than it looked
8402s	if you just look at the score
8404s	yeah I think the debate will rumble on
8406s	about you know the Phantom 12 12 the 12
8408s	12 that never was right about how much
8410s	that can represent on board and what
8412s	that does for the series overall if it
8414s	does come down
8415s	um I think there'll be a moment that
8417s	certainly people will be going back and
8418s	evaluating but overall I think just a
8420s	great series for me at least for my
8422s	contribution to the broadcast to kick
8424s	off the day sat down watched some great
8426s	players making tough decisions and I
8428s	think
8429s	the outcomes of the games largely being
8432s	distinguished by the players decisions
8434s	which is where I would like to be at at
8436s	this stage of a major Hearthstone
8437s	tournament right and I think that is
8439s	absolutely what happened in that
8440s	instance so I had a blast it was a great
8442s	Series yeah well that was just our
8444s	second match of the day there's plenty
8446s	more where that came from so don't go
8448s	anywhere and be right back with some
8449s	more Hearthstone summer championship
8456s	oh
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8805s	hello everyone welcome back to the
8808s	Hearthstone master store summer
8809s	championship and to kick off Match
8813s	number three will be myself Dawn or
8816s	Dragon Rider and I am joined by TJ how
8819s	are you doing TJ you ready you look
8821s	pumped
8822s	I'm pumped I've been sitting on the
8824s	sidelines all day long I'm ready to cast
8825s	some uh some Hearthstone
8827s	feels like uh
8829s	I've been here for like five hours just
8831s	watching games like
8834s	okay it it's only been two it's only
8837s	been two matches so far we still have a
8839s	lot to watch let's take a look at the
8841s	bracket and see where we've gone today
8844s	already and what we still have left to
8846s	check out as we are getting ready for
8849s	our third match here uh we've had a
8853s	couple of matches as I mentioned already
8855s	so we did get to see a few matches there
8859s	with meaty and Casey going to that game
8861s	number five and then we just saw the
8864s	pocket train Hemlock that ended in a 3-1
8867s	in pocket trains favor and now TJ we're
8871s	getting ready to jump into Geo versus
8873s	Wii U
8874s	yeah and this should be a good one I
8876s	feel like you know if you look at the
8878s	lineup of eight players uh q and Wii Q
8882s	are probably two of the players with
8884s	maybe the less amount of experience
8888s	um combined over the other three
8890s	quarterfinals
8891s	um we could use obviously a name for
8893s	himself uh so far this year
8896s	um with the just sheer amount amount of
8898s	points and and Ladder finishes uh that
8901s	he's been able to earn also had some
8903s	very impressive series that we got to
8905s	see specifically that match against
8906s	tonsoki which went all the way to game
8908s	five I thought he navigated those
8911s	matchups expertly a couple little tight
8914s	spots that he found himself uh able to
8917s	get out of which I thought was very cool
8919s	and uh wanted to highlight the secret
8922s	hunter from week uh just because
8925s	the the one card in there the prison of
8928s	yogg-saron which is not like an
8930s	automatic inclusion in these decks but
8932s	it does give you sort of this you know
8935s	last ditch effort uh
8938s	praise yogg kind of scenario in some
8941s	matchups to maybe get you out of a
8943s	situation uh from a 100 lost game into a
8947s	chance to win uh kind of thing which I
8949s	thought was pretty cool
8951s	oh absolutely yeah sometimes you have to
8953s	take those little chances you got to
8955s	take those little outs and you know yag
8957s	can giveth or yog can take it and uh
8960s	we're gonna see if Jag is gonna give or
8962s	take if that does come down in this but
8965s	ideally with this this uh Arcane Hunter
8968s	you kind of want to be closing out the
8970s	game hopefully before that prison of
8972s	yogs are on point where you want to be
8974s	kind of getting those Secrets getting
8975s	some of these smaller cheap minions out
8978s	and be able to add to that Arcane spell
8982s	damage buff up some of those spells and
8984s	then send those to your opponent's face
8986s	to close out the game in a fairly quick
8989s	fashion as hunter likes to do
8993s	oh yeah
8995s	and we've seen quite a few of the stack
8997s	over the course of the weekend
8999s	um with some middling results I think
9001s	you know most of the time we see it lose
9003s	one one game win one game in a series
9006s	um so curious to see how it was kind of
9008s	fare when it's uh uh a win or you're out
9011s	kind of situation now that we're in
9013s	these quarterfinals now taking a look at
9015s	you
9016s	uh his lineup was very interesting
9018s	because we see the Hound Hunter as
9020s	opposed to the Arcane Hunter which I've
9022s	seen from a lot of people and much like
9025s	Hemlock the enrage Warrior which did not
9028s	look so great in the previous series for
9030s	hemlock and gets pocket trained but it's
9032s	a deck that I've grown quite fond of Don
9035s	over the course of this event
9037s	yeah it's been really interesting to see
9040s	this in Rage Warrior only a few players
9042s	brought it and I think in Rage along
9045s	with the outcast Demon Hunter uh very
9048s	interesting to see kind of these Decks
9050s	that we've seen from the past few metas
9052s	kind of sticking around and kind of
9054s	being an additional or like the fourth
9056s	deck for some of these lineups in our
9059s	tournament this weekend that these
9061s	players probably already have a lot of
9063s	repetition with a lot of games and
9065s	practice on they're probably already
9067s	very very comfortable with these decks
9070s	so gonna be really interesting but this
9072s	version does add in those couple of
9074s	speaker Stompers for a couple of the
9077s	match-ups like Mage and Shaman that
9079s	we've been seeing so it's going to be
9081s	interesting to see how that works out as
9083s	well
9084s	um but I think some of these like the
9086s	weapons and ramonia have been very
9088s	interesting to see as well in some of
9090s	these Warrior games so glad that we'll
9093s	get to see that uh that Hound hunter
9095s	that you mentioned is actually banned so
9097s	we won't get to see that but hopefully
9099s	we do get to see that Warrior deck it's
9102s	okay now obviously enough Hound Hunter
9103s	I'm not playing online I don't really
9106s	think I need to see any more of it so uh
9108s	glad that it's that it's banned away
9111s	um it is interesting inclusion in the
9112s	lineup but
9113s	uh we won't talk about it anymore uh but
9115s	one thing I do want to point out is um
9119s	Solomon Raven mentioned it the the rise
9122s	of the UK and Hearthstone and Dawn we
9125s	got an all-americas cast going on right
9127s	now I don't know how much more of this
9129s	European dominance I could take and now
9132s	the fact that this European dominance is
9134s	seeping
9136s	uh into the underbelly of the United
9138s	Kingdom it's just gonna make saddle and
9140s	Raven and Lorinda that much more
9142s	unbearable in the future so I feel like
9145s	we got a root for uh the America's
9147s	players on the bottom side of the
9148s	bracket here to try and Challenge and
9151s	you know what
9152s	I believe that also includes Asia
9154s	Pacific because I think we need sort of
9156s	this united front against Europe so I
9159s	have to say this is a win-win situation
9160s	for us either week you wins and the
9162s	America's dominance continues or goo
9164s	wins in the the honorary
9168s	uh America's slash Asia Pacific Alliance
9173s	will win which is still a win in my book
9176s	that's right I mean they both made it to
9179s	day number two it's unfortunate that
9181s	they had to kind of pair into each other
9183s	in the top eight but yeah it's cool to
9186s	see a variety I I think this tournament
9189s	overall for this weekend the 16 players
9191s	uh most of them I think what it was
9195s	probably already like eighth at least
9197s	that were from Europe I think all of the
9200s	additional like four added players were
9203s	also European uh based on the point
9205s	standings so a lot of European players
9208s	but yeah absolutely but you know it's
9211s	absolutely not counting out these other
9212s	players and as you said they're they're
9214s	making names for themselves absolutely
9216s	I've seen a week use specifically kind
9219s	of uh poking in and out of a lot of
9221s	high-level player streams you know kind
9223s	of talking to them chatting appearing in
9225s	the chat and a lot of players and
9228s	streamers that I have looked at have had
9230s	some pretty good words to say about him
9232s	and it's pretty awesome to actually see
9234s	him having these good results in the
9236s	tournament while because he does have a
9238s	lot of really high placements really
9240s	good results on ladder so to see that
9243s	reflected in the tournament where he
9245s	does have to bring this whole lineup is
9246s	fantastic
9249s	yeah it's so unfair that Europe gets
9251s	eight slots in these Smashers tours in
9253s	Asia Pacific and Americans only get four
9254s	each so unfair
9257s	I think that's twice in a row that all
9258s	four of the uh points qualification
9260s	spots went to European players because
9262s	this tournament it was
9264s	um insane
9267s	Casey
9268s	rulian
9271s	who's the fourth points player
9275s	that's a good question one more European
9277s	point oh Gabby and Gabby so all four of
9281s	the uh players that earn by points and
9283s	not by any individual region were from
9285s	from Europe so
9287s	um I mean just statistically they should
9290s	have more players
9293s	that's right well we're gonna focus on
9296s	these players right now as they are
9297s	getting into game number one it is going
9300s	to be this Warrior for Q and week you on
9303s	the Mage this rainbow Mage we have kind
9306s	of seen a mix of Mages over the course
9308s	of the weekend but this is this kind of
9310s	rainbow Mage as we're calling it and
9312s	some of the key cards that are pretty
9314s	important here I mean that sanguine
9316s	depths going to potentially add some
9318s	additional damage that you can put uh in
9322s	to some early pressure start beating
9325s	down weak U but on the other side I did
9327s	see that Cosmic keyboard into maybe some
9331s	board removal if the minions are small
9333s	enough with that inquisitive creation or
9335s	even just the molten rune
9339s	yeah this is pretty good opening hand
9341s	for week U many different spell schools
9344s	well with the pickup of the uh the worm
9347s	here uh many different spell schools the
9350s	cosmic keyboard for tempo
9351s	from Q side it's got the rift start uh
9355s	which is interesting
9357s	um uh just to be able to start chaining
9360s	together riffs this Warrior deck is is
9362s	sort of bizarre to me because it has
9364s	sort of two different styles that I
9366s	could go for it can go for this kind of
9368s	aggressive uh Tempo style where you're
9371s	trying to just push a lot of damage
9372s	early on in the game uh with like foul
9375s	eggs uh in the enema extractors uh and
9378s	the imbued axes right damage your
9381s	minions early and keep the tempo going
9383s	with the buff minions in hand but it
9385s	also has these kind of insane swings
9387s	uh where you can you can sort of clear
9390s	the board later on in the game
9392s	uh with the jam sessions and Sun Fury
9395s	champions
9396s	paired with an animus tractor and really
9398s	buff up these uh beefy finisher cards in
9401s	remoir and decimator okra the problem
9403s	becomes when those two styles of play
9406s	don't match up with each other uh with
9410s	uh you know how your draws go right if
9413s	you're you're playing like a mixture of
9415s	like riffs and early game Tempo minions
9417s	everything's getting removed your
9418s	animals tractors aren't buffing enough
9420s	and that's sort of the weaknesses that
9422s	we've seen from Warrior sort of the
9423s	disconnect between the few different
9425s	strategies uh that the warrior can go go
9428s	through
9429s	um so uh when you're playing from behind
9431s	like this it becomes increasingly
9432s	difficult
9434s	um so it needs to find some of those key
9436s	pieces needs to find the ways to get
9437s	back in the game which could be the
9439s	decimator okra in this instance
9442s	yeah what the what the way that these
9444s	hands have shaped up it is kind of
9446s	looking like it is gonna have to be that
9448s	oh God to kind of get you a little bit
9450s	stronger on the board at this point uh
9453s	it hasn't been terrible for you I do
9455s	want to look back a little bit the uh
9457s	draw for rikyu of the
9460s	um
9462s	Cold Case and being able to coin into
9466s	the cold case on turn three felt pretty
9469s	fantastic there being able to get a lot
9471s	of extra Tempo with the cosmic keyboard
9473s	and it did kind of force you to bring
9476s	out the Phoenix make the trade but so
9480s	far it has felt like Wiki has kind of
9482s	been in the lead Here and Now finding
9483s	this wrath be able to draw I do like
9486s	kind of trying to just continue keeping
9488s	you off of the board make sure that that
9491s	pressure isn't being applied but at the
9493s	same time Wiki has actually been in
9497s	control of this game so far in terms of
9499s	applying that early Tempo and pushing
9501s	the damage uh got really full use of
9504s	that Cosmic keyboard has the second one
9505s	in hand but even something like the
9508s	reverberations waiting for weak u in
9510s	hand if that all girl were to come down
9512s	I kind of like just reverberations and
9515s	being able to have a
9518s	some sort of removal or just a large
9520s	body that then you has to answer on the
9522s	other side
9525s	yeah it seems like weq has all the
9528s	answers
9528s	uh but you gonna try not uh probably try
9533s	and save the decimator okra for
9534s	potential finisher here just because
9536s	with the anime extractor and the bridge
9538s	riff being the uh the finale uh riff
9543s	can start getting isolating that ogre in
9546s	hand getting some additional bumps on it
9549s	and maybe needs to start prioritizing
9550s	that more as a finisher so we'll see how
9553s	that gameplay is going to work out just
9555s	because Wiki does have
9558s	reverberation has cannibalized as well
9561s	which is just an easy targeted removal
9563s	that can also be a big swing in health
9566s	so uh unless you is able to keep
9571s	recurring pressure going this is gonna
9574s	get pretty difficult for you to try and
9576s	stick something on board or
9577s	alternatively
9579s	find enough damage from hand to actually
9581s	end this game which doesn't seem likely
9585s	yeah I think that that Glides is
9586s	actually kind of looking really nice
9589s	here just to answer that eight eight
9592s	remove that off of the board it felt a
9595s	little telegraphed in a way of getting
9597s	that down and protecting it behind this
9599s	taunt but maybe that was also just the
9603s	best Mana play as well from weak use
9605s	perspective but yeah that cannibal is
9607s	definitely going to come down here
9609s	there's no healing benefit off of it but
9611s	just the fact of removing all of that
9614s	potential swing is more important I
9617s	think than even considering if there had
9619s	been any heal
9623s	[Music]
9625s	how big is the old girl was it eight
9627s	attack so it's gonna be what nine attack
9630s	yeah the Battle Cry it's definitely
9633s	still a threat here
9637s	yeah it's big can get another Rift too
9639s	which I believe would be the chorus Rift
9641s	or no it was the first Rift which was
9643s	the last one cast so it's gonna go live
9644s	the Phoenix instead
9646s	uh try and get more value from the rift
9649s	from the Riff there's so many riffs
9651s	Rifts and now there's riffs
9656s	there is
9657s	they have they did it just to confuse
9659s	you TJ no they got they don't do that
9661s	just just for you
9666s	and now here I guess the reverberations
9669s	yeah it has to be this removal just is
9672s	not quite enough only seven Mana so
9674s	double inquisitive creation not quite
9677s	enough to answer this board uh and plus
9680s	the ultra was at 11 health and these
9682s	inquisitive Creations they're only
9683s	dealing five after that shadow spell
9686s	being played uh no solid Alibi for weak
9689s	U which feels pretty significant when
9692s	you are facing down potential uh big
9696s	burst damage from The Warrior
9703s	you doesn't have the burst damage for
9705s	the time being and it's going to be a
9707s	little more time before that gets done
9709s	does have some card draw though so let
9712s	us light of the Phoenix will awaken the
9713s	uh the story but lore and then roaring
9717s	Applause will draw additional cards so
9721s	could also try and get in some
9725s	um the center champion and start looking
9727s	towards a little bit of removal as well
9730s	okay so this will make the light of the
9732s	Phoenix free
9735s	and will also awaken the Third below
9737s	once again
9740s	oh and then can attack with the impudax
9742s	and finish with the stomper this uh
9744s	seems actually pretty good
9747s	yeah I think does Gil want to go for
9750s	that light of the Phoenix before yeah
9753s	gonna go for all of this draw it looks
9755s	like before making any attacks but gonna
9757s	have to do things quickly as that rope
9759s	is burning down here
9764s	oh I think roped out the attack
9767s	did he get it in
9768s	him uh he wrote about the attack oh no
9772s	you can see that oh no it didn't get
9774s	either attack yeah he looked pretty
9777s	upset about that too very visibly upset
9779s	that is he took a little bit too long
9782s	there to make the decision of how he
9784s	wanted to order that turn and that could
9787s	definitely be a huge punish here because
9789s	he didn't get the buff on any of these
9791s	minions that's gonna make it a lot
9792s	easier for a Wiki to clear this board
9795s	yep
9798s	now to be fair the inquisitive creation
9801s	would have cleared regardless of if the
9803s	buff had come out or not but that's six
9805s	damage missed yeah because that was a
9808s	verse Rift played uh finale with another
9811s	verse rip so just the attack alone was
9813s	worth six and he also missed the three
9815s	ballora attack on the three one so
9817s	that's a three one that's now surviving
9819s	yeah and the immolation ore was picked
9822s	up so that's an easier clear than the
9823s	inquisitive creation allows Wiki to hold
9825s	on to it and now that's seven damage
9828s	inquisitive Creation with fell holy and
9831s	nature all being played uh alongside the
9834s	three main spell tools for uh for May
9836s	and turkey and Frost and fire so
9839s	this is uh
9841s	uh starting to be worrying for gew and
9844s	there is a remoryan hand but it's not
9845s	but uh is it buff I don't think that's
9847s	coarse rebuffed I think that was just
9849s	drawn naturally
9850s	um but still quite small
9853s	yeah I'm pretty sure that came off of
9855s	the first roaring Applause
9858s	oh okay so not bought from core strip so
9861s	we got some uh
9863s	now it's like too many weapons in hand
9865s	now so
9867s	he was gonna have some uh trouble here
9871s	figuring out a way to start getting this
9874s	damage in
9875s	ramoya with the sanguine depths
9878s	could it could start going
9880s	for some swings because that'll also
9882s	buff the weapon portion of it
9885s	um
9889s	just start swinging face
9893s	yeah I'm curious here as well does you
9896s	feel like he wants to play the speaker
9899s	stomper there has been several cards
9901s	that are now over in the left side of
9903s	the hand that have been there for a
9904s	while for week U and going into
9907s	potential nine Mana I mean sitting at
9910s	what uh 22 health for you that doesn't
9914s	feel like a lot when you're facing down
9916s	a mage that could potentially have a lot
9918s	of spells to sling at your face
9920s	yeah he has seen one molten Rune he has
9924s	not seen the the second molten room
9926s	since Wiki ones II forged uh has seen
9929s	the arc one of the Arcane Bolts from the
9931s	Arcane Wars
9934s	um so
9936s	could feel a little bit safe but it's
9938s	gonna go with speaker snapper uh suppose
9941s	probably just because of the fact that
9944s	um it's the best play that he could make
9946s	to fill up his Tempo yeah get use out of
9949s	this uh last swing of the imbued ax
9951s	before he goes into potential remoria
9954s	um
9955s	but it's still pretty easy clears for
9958s	week you with the inquisitive creation
9961s	uh at seven uh damage now because of all
9965s	the spell schools played so
9967s	needs to try and find something else I
9970s	don't even know if we oh there's fire
9971s	spell slept there's still the uh
9974s	um the jam sessions left as fire spells
9978s	from yeah uh gew to awaken this story
9981s	blur
9982s	uh once again
9984s	yeah still another uh the second
9987s	animaxtractor as well which could be
9989s	something that you might hope to draw
9991s	into to try to get some Buffs onto this
9994s	ramonia as well uh interestingly one
9997s	thing to note with these Warrior builds
9999s	uh these top out at that ramonia like
10002s	that romornia is the highest cost card
10004s	there is no grommash or anything like
10007s	that that could add potential damage so
10010s	at this point is the ramonia just at
10013s	five attacks solid enough plus also both
10016s	of these locations are used up they were
10019s	used last turn so can't really go for
10021s	maybe dealing some damage to the Romania
10024s	and and increasing that for added attack
10027s	and and that six damage earlier as well
10031s	uh kind of showing here with uh you
10034s	potentially being able to pick up some
10037s	damage next turn with that ramonia and
10039s	the location
10040s	that that six damage earlier being
10043s	missed really hurts
10045s	it really does
10048s	there is still the crazed wretch in the
10050s	deck the one I've copied that's some
10052s	damage from hand but it's a little bit
10055s	Limited
10057s	um
10058s	so he's gonna play the ramordian now get
10060s	the Mana expended
10062s	uh this one you can he can still buff it
10066s	on the uh the following turn but it
10069s	would be
10070s	it wouldn't be that attack since it
10073s	looks like he's gonna rush in now
10075s	and then get the weapon back in hand so
10078s	two turns from now he can have
10079s	additional damage from the ramonia but
10081s	could trying to could be trying to set
10083s	up for a potential craze retch draw
10086s	volume up is a huge pickup for Wiki
10089s	right now
10093s	and the wisdom which is free
10095s	10 cards left in deck
10098s	getting close to the the Sip which Sif
10100s	just plus Arcane bolt and Flame geyser
10103s	would be enough
10105s	uh to end the game
10109s	yeah these straws have felt slightly off
10112s	here for you but
10114s	um see I'm shaking his head I think he's
10116s	he might still be kind of beating
10118s	himself up a little bit about that that
10121s	Miss damage from earlier uh he really
10123s	has kind of seemed a little bit off a
10125s	little bit shaken kind of since that
10127s	point and especially now seeing all of
10130s	this draw coming into hand for week uh
10132s	there hasn't been any solid Alibis
10134s	played yet so you have to think you as
10137s	considering that well am I either going
10140s	to just get stopped from doing my damage
10142s	at this point with Alibis that might
10144s	have been picked up or was there enough
10147s	damage picked up that I am just gonna be
10149s	dead in the following turn or two at
10151s	this point being at this 18 or kind of
10154s	below that 20 range but sometimes even
10157s	being above 20 isn't always safe against
10159s	Mage either
10163s	nothing is safe this late in the game
10165s	now he sees the spell reduction so the
10168s	speaker stomper becomes less valuable
10171s	um still really the only play and uh
10177s	-huh okay
10181s	and then be re-equipped
10184s	because
10186s	it'll die
10187s	so I I think this is a solid spot from
10190s	Wiki maybe not the strongest play
10192s	individually he could have made that
10193s	turn
10194s	because he could be afraid of in-hand
10196s	damage from the crazed wretch but
10198s	realizing that this ramonia weapon the
10200s	recurring damage from it
10202s	uh is very likely more of a threat
10206s	um
10207s	so it is was it chorus rift this last
10211s	one played
10214s	believe so
10216s	it's it's that a verse just because the
10218s	Turnberry missed the damage he played
10220s	two verse but I I feel like he had
10222s	played one additional one uh in between
10226s	so it's just gonna make sure your armor
10228s	is up make sure you place the speaker
10229s	stomper make it as least likely as
10231s	possible that weekend's gonna be able to
10232s	kill him
10233s	and then hold on to one of the charge of
10235s	the sanguine depths and hold on to the
10237s	jam session
10239s	just in case the craze wretch
10242s	comes off the top because that'd be
10245s	oh geez
10247s	uh
10251s	foreign
10253s	[Music]
10259s	we keep going for more draw still
10265s	has to try to just find this really
10268s	wants to I think dig to the end of the
10270s	deck there to find the clothes out just
10272s	needs to find Sif at this point so gives
10274s	himself the best shot to just draw into
10276s	that stiff next turn to close close out
10278s	the game throws up the solid Alibi uh
10282s	there is the Finley as well which
10285s	drawing additionally this turn could
10288s	mean that if that Sif isn't drawn next
10290s	turn then you just play the Finley you
10292s	get the Sith plus some of those damage
10294s	spells back and hopefully can close
10296s	things out there is that crazy crazed
10299s	wretch that you mentioned but is it's
10301s	not enough at this point because of that
10303s	solid alibi
10310s	there was no solid Alibi played last
10312s	turn but like the board was removed I
10315s	think it still would have been one
10316s	damage off
10318s	because craze wretch with the uh
10320s	location would have been five attack jam
10322s	session eight attack plus the five from
10324s	the weapon
10326s	uh gets that unfinellied and there's
10329s	just another solid alibi
10340s	still just feel like this is
10346s	Finley
10349s	is there gonna be enough to burn spells
10351s	because all the burn spells are in hand
10356s	so you draw Sif but you wouldn't draw
10359s	any of the additions the burn spells
10362s	yeah what are the added uh cards in
10365s	there we know sifs left
10367s	just trying to think what those last
10369s	couple of cards are as well
10373s	doesn't play organic
10376s	oh
10378s	a fireball
10381s	cool
10384s	this is six seven eight nine ten eleven
10386s	twelve thirteen that's still a little
10389s	bit off
10401s	yeah but he's uh the board is completely
10404s	full
10405s	so there's no one's there's you know and
10408s	with powerblies picked up that is lethal
10410s	presented for next turn that's 15 from
10412s	hand well these locations can be used as
10415s	well and it'll be the last charge so
10417s	that does clean up some board space for
10419s	you to be able to play other minions
10422s	yes
10424s	so we can play one more
10428s	so if he locations into the speaker
10431s	stomper that's six
10433s	seven eight nine ten eleven twelve
10436s	thirteen craze retch would be an
10439s	additional five
10441s	uh
10443s	from the damage plus the activation
10449s	18 the jam session would then be
10453s	21 and then the imbued ax would be 22 23
10457s	and then the Buffs would be
10462s	24.25 uh
10475s	uh 26 27 28 is that exactly lethal exact
10480s	I think it's exact
10484s	yeah I I think oh it's way over the
10487s	thing there was was it's figuring out
10489s	far more
10490s	I I think for kiwi was just trying to
10492s	figure out the kind of order of
10494s	operations there right just figuring out
10496s	okay if I use one location I need to to
10499s	think about this but also considering if
10502s	he needed to go for the imbued ax damage
10506s	or if he could just attack with the five
10509s	attack weapon that he already had yeah
10512s	that was it was like several turns in
10515s	the making I think for adding up that
10517s	damage
10518s	yeah that was tough
10521s	um because like the the jam session also
10525s	factoring in
10526s	like the additional damage minions
10529s	um it was it ended up being even more
10530s	because that was a uh an infused impudax
10536s	so that was five damage over lethal uh
10540s	so leaving those minions up ended up
10542s	being a pretty big deal for week you he
10545s	thought he'd be safe at 28 but in at
10548s	that stage of the game you know the
10549s	crazed wretch is still there you know
10551s	there's a possibility in Butte ax
10554s	um if that jam session was a
10558s	it wouldn't have been enough if the jam
10560s	session was a sun for your champion
10561s	because
10562s	it would have there was no fire spells
10564s	and oh there was a fire spell in hand to
10565s	be able to no no because it would have
10566s	been the jam session
10568s	so that was just a really good spot from
10570s	goo order of operations
10572s	um knowing like you said to not attack
10574s	the with the morning weapon but instead
10576s	it could be infused uh in Butte ax
10578s	because that ended up being 12 damage as
10581s	opposed to five because you get five
10583s	plus two plus two Buffs immediately on
10586s	the minions and then on top of that you
10588s	get the two damage from the weapon so
10589s	very nicely done and weak you died with
10592s	a solid Alibi in hand
10593s	can't I don't know if I can blame him
10595s	because what's his game plan if Sif is
10598s	his last card right that's that's kind
10600s	of what the thought process is probably
10602s	going through his mind if he saw it
10604s	Alibi's this turn with no card draw in
10606s	hand what if Sif is the last card yeah
10609s	then he's in the exact same spot he was
10610s	in the previous turn except
10613s	now he hasn't set up lethal in any way
10616s	so he set up lethal and said I challenge
10618s	you to deal 28 well he dealt 28.
10621s	yeah it it did almost seem like that
10624s	last turn there for week you as well
10626s	there there might have been a little bit
10627s	of debate of just playing the solid
10629s	Alibi
10631s	um you know it still would have added a
10633s	little bit of armor but again yeah he
10636s	probably just thought hey I don't think
10639s	that you can actually kill me from this
10640s	point I think I'm gonna gain enough
10642s	armor to put me a little bit out of
10644s	range and then be able to ideally draw
10647s	that Sif it kind of felt like at that
10649s	point in the game that late in the game
10651s	the only draw really was the Finley and
10654s	I think there was a perfect example of
10656s	why some players are saying that Finley
10659s	is not a great inclusion that it
10662s	actually diminishes your win rate uh
10665s	that was maybe one of those outlier
10667s	cases but if it becomes more common then
10670s	certainly I could see people trying
10671s	actually to take out Finley and find
10674s	other things instead but we are going to
10676s	be jumping into game number two it is
10678s	the mirror match here these Mages uh
10682s	week you staying with the Mage and now
10684s	you with that one point after that win
10687s	uh going into his Mage as well
10692s	yeah there are some key differences
10695s	uh with both of these decks the big one
10697s	being the elemental Inspirations at the
10700s	top end
10701s	uh for gew
10703s	um and also the inclusion of norganon uh
10707s	in the deck uh Wiki's Mage tops out at
10711s	six playing the uh ladies Nash jar
10713s	version
10715s	um and like you mentioned the sir Finley
10717s	sea guide in there as well
10720s	so Elemental inspiration is a card that
10723s	does you no favors in the early game
10726s	but it can blow games wide open if you
10728s	can play it on curve with a good amount
10730s	of spell schools already played
10732s	and
10733s	your opponent doesn't have a reasonable
10736s	answer to it uh like the uh the
10738s	inquisitive creation sometimes it can
10739s	even swap through inclusive creation if
10741s	you get a combination of like Divine
10743s	Shields and Reborns so uh we'll see how
10746s	how uh that's going to be so you doesn't
10749s	get any uh spell schooled uh minion or
10753s	spell School spells
10755s	um which is unfortunate because he wants
10757s	to be able to beef up the elemental
10759s	inspiration but does find a way to get a
10761s	little bit of additional Tempo with the
10763s	evolve into the Connie but it's only two
10765s	attacks so it's not really adding too
10767s	much more power to the board
10770s	yeah it might be able to actually live
10774s	for a little bit here because of that
10776s	kind of beefy six uh six Health might be
10780s	able to push a little bit of damage
10781s	maybe put we heal into that kind of
10785s	16 to 20 range of course this is a
10788s	matchup we're going to let's see those
10790s	solid Alibis at some point but this is
10793s	forcing a reverberations which at this
10795s	point again also just flying into the
10797s	spell schools so sure go for it forced
10801s	you to either trade in or ping and use
10803s	Mana which would feel pretty great right
10806s	if you just see your Mage opponent spend
10808s	Mana to just ping that down and not play
10810s	something to contribute to their own
10812s	game plan seems pretty neat
10817s	so just playing a Tempo artificer
10821s	which is interesting on four you don't
10823s	expect your opponent to really try and
10824s	deal with your board they want to play
10826s	one of their power cards like cold case
10828s	or volume up
10830s	um so he knows that he's going to be
10831s	able to double up on the armor uh with
10833s	the Cold Case next turn
10835s	so pretty wise I like it normally I
10837s	don't like the tempo artificer but it's
10839s	getting into chip damage and additional
10841s	four armor here in this instance not bad
10843s	yeah
10845s	yeah
10847s	definitely seems pretty solid here and I
10849s	love this setup that we you had of the
10853s	volume up into this lady Najjar as you
10856s	mentioned this is included in the in
10859s	this list but
10861s	I was gonna say is this really the spot
10863s	that he actually wants to play it
10865s	looking at there are multiple Minions on
10867s	board and there is some pretty good
10870s	amount of cheap stuff in hand here so
10872s	going forward just finding additional
10874s	spell schools trying to find additional
10876s	things to answer that other side of the
10879s	board seems like it might be a better
10881s	option here than just dropping the tempo
10883s	Nash jar
10884s	yeah
10886s	and get yeah like getting the Discover
10887s	fix out of the way and then going for
10889s	the discount seems pretty wise also
10891s	picks up resistance Aura which is pretty
10893s	nutty not only because it's just an
10895s	additional spell school with holy
10897s	but also because it just makes you it's
10900s	it lost three turns uh and it just makes
10903s	your it very awkward it's a cold
10905s	neophyte Aura for three turns which is
10908s	very good against a primarily
10910s	spell-based deck
10914s	all right
10917s	foreign
10923s	I don't think this is a point where he
10926s	really wants to commit that solid Alibi
10928s	but how about a second uh artificer with
10932s	a little bit of spells here not bad and
10936s	still being able to push the damage
10938s	maybe at this point Geo can just ping
10940s	down the elemental on the other side
10943s	just push a little bit more chip damage
10945s	and kind of continue this
10948s	slow but steady pressure that he's been
10951s	applying so far at the same time is
10953s	getting himself more armor which is just
10955s	putting weak you further and further
10958s	away from being able to find enough
10959s	damage to actually close out the game
10965s	it also kind of baits AOE before the
10968s	elemental inspiration uh comes in it's
10970s	not the biggest Elemental inspiration
10973s	like mentioned didn't find the
10975s	additional spell school from the
10976s	Discover on the Prismatic Elemental
10979s	um but uh still will be what three I
10982s	think he splitting Arcane spell thus far
10984s	uh uh three of those four five so if you
10987s	can get out like
10989s	uh the creation Now
10991s	or whatever form of AOE that week you
10993s	would have discovered up until this
10994s	point
10995s	uh then that opens him up to have maybe
10998s	a safer Elemental inspiration
11001s	But Here Comes The Resistance Aura
11003s	from even coming down oh this is just
11006s	brutal for you no card draw
11009s	the Spells cost more
11011s	uh
11013s	there's not even a good way to like
11016s	finale this infinitize the maxitude
11021s	would have to like use the coin
11023s	yeah no no because that's even you spend
11026s	a man at a gator Mana so there's
11027s	actually not a single way
11030s	exactly it doesn't matter this is brutal
11039s	stiff there you go oh oh that would that
11043s	would absolutely feel awful if Q has to
11046s	do that yeah he's not doing that this is
11049s	this seems like a ping pass kind of turn
11051s	to me
11053s	yeah I mean Mana wise it could be solid
11057s	Alibi and hero power but you absolutely
11058s	don't want to do that either right you
11060s	don't want to just be using The Alibi to
11062s	fill in your Mana so yeah yeah this is
11065s	just a super awkward turn here for you
11067s	and I think honestly this has felt like
11070s	a very good multi-turn setup from week U
11073s	by kind of taking that uh command the
11076s	neptulon's command kind of setting up
11078s	and also knowing that uh we cues
11082s	deck list again does not run Elemental
11085s	inspiration going into turn seven well
11088s	if you were gonna want to play like an
11090s	on curve seven Mana thing and you're
11093s	overloaded it's fine because he's not
11095s	running the seven Mana thing so I think
11097s	honestly that that was just a very very
11099s	good multi-turn setup from weak U and
11102s	now at this point he has kind of seen a
11105s	really awkward turn he saw you have to
11107s	commit that infinitize uh without the
11111s	finale effect so that's not in hand but
11114s	on the other hand there again are
11116s	multiple cards here that have been in
11118s	Goose hand for a while maybe it's Sif
11120s	maybe it's some damage that has to be a
11123s	consideration but I think it can wait
11126s	another turn or two before these solid
11128s	Alibis feel necessary
11131s	yeah
11134s	he did see the sort of desperation from
11136s	you within the Phantasy maxitude but he
11139s	feels safe with a resistance or at least
11141s	for a couple more turns
11142s	because the coin doesn't do anything so
11145s	um but weak you
11147s	well and truly ahead right now by a long
11152s	shot it has so much burn in hand already
11156s	a lot of different spell schools played
11158s	uh for beefing up the Sith
11162s	um with even holy thrown in there from
11165s	the resistance Aura so
11167s	now we're just looking at a situation
11169s	where
11171s	you could be worried about dying already
11173s	but at this stage I don't uh actually
11176s	not from 40. you're not gonna die from
11177s	40.
11179s	even with all these reductions very
11180s	difficult to do
11182s	could just be a volume up and just take
11185s	this five damage
11187s	but nope going for the reverberations
11189s	getting the shadow spell out of the way
11191s	to beef up the elemental inspiration a
11193s	little bit more
11195s	yeah I think at this point that seems
11197s	pretty solid for you he knows that that
11199s	resistance Aura is going to be going
11200s	away by the time that it comes back
11202s	around to his turn right should be so
11204s	then that means he should be able to
11207s	play that no problem might as well add
11209s	those in uh in I-beam here pretty nice
11213s	get a little bit of healing for week you
11215s	I can set up like the cold case for
11218s	armor and doesn't even have to to go in
11220s	on committing things like the solid
11222s	Alibi yet with additional discover heel
11224s	and some armor gain also picking up the
11227s	cosmic keyboard that could start to
11228s	generate a little bit of board presence
11230s	for himself as well
11232s	also a fell spell into the pool so yeah
11236s	that's yeah it's like a win-win-win it's
11238s	one Mana
11240s	for all that
11242s	and now the world is his oyster pretty
11245s	clean infinite has the maxitude after
11247s	this all ends too so yeah
11250s	um very powerful turn
11252s	absolutely that that lady NASCAR uh
11255s	discount really going a long way here
11257s	the Pyro blast kind of interesting
11260s	that's an extra 10 damage I don't know
11263s	if the death porn I mean it could do
11266s	something but it's gonna depend on if
11268s	these minions kind of stick around or
11269s	not and maybe if there's enough trades
11273s	happening for week U the trades can help
11276s	and then the deathborn can kind of clear
11278s	up some of those Elementals that are
11279s	going to come off of that Elemental
11281s	inspiration
11283s	um but I think regardless it's a really
11284s	good setup from wikiu if you doesn't go
11288s	for ending the game here or just goes
11290s	for this white board Wiki was kind of
11292s	set up to answer that and if there is
11294s	something like sift drawn then there's
11297s	pressure on the board plus Sif and spell
11300s	damage or even just the solid Alibi to
11303s	continue stalling a little bit more
11307s	yep
11320s	does this have to be just draw again
11322s	world of difference yeah
11325s	and quality yeah he's
11330s	I think you got to get the uh the
11332s	additional discover from the volume up
11334s	he just needs resource to work with here
11336s	it's got a slight Health Advantage but
11338s	that can dwindle quickly
11340s	okay maybe an extra
11342s	solid alibi
11344s	very nice
11348s	Yep this picking up the solid Alibi is
11351s	kind of interesting it could be I think
11353s	it's been talked about a lot over this
11355s	weekend the player that ends up playing
11358s	the solid Alibi first kind of at a
11360s	slight disadvantage
11362s	um so adding in a third solid Alibi if
11365s	you end up being the player that has to
11367s	play your sawdell by first getting to do
11369s	that seems pretty great especially if
11371s	you can play the other saw develop ice
11373s	first and not show that one that was
11375s	discovered I can keep that in mind too
11378s	players might watch for that as well at
11380s	this level right they're going to watch
11382s	hey that was the discovered spell okay
11384s	now I kind of know what to expect or not
11387s	expect if they play something like the
11388s	solid Alibi that was discovered they
11390s	know it's not additional burst damage
11392s	and they can kind of start to calculate
11394s	for that
11404s	I think Q just wants the Pain to End
11410s	we use answered easily everything that
11413s	he's done
11415s	his his health lead is dwindling if he
11418s	plays Elemental inspiration here
11420s	and doesn't like coin out a solid alibi
11425s	there's 15 damage being represented on
11427s	board
11428s	if he doesn't get a taunt up in the
11430s	element of inspiration he knows that
11431s	there's
11433s	two discovered cards from the
11435s	infinitized and maxitude that are
11436s	discounted in hand plus the rest of the
11438s	hand is discounted from the uh lady
11440s	National from earlier so
11442s	it's gonna just go for the elemental
11444s	inspiration
11446s	finds a rush as we can see the attack
11448s	animation
11451s	okay
11454s	best he can do
11462s	also picking up for rikyu picking up a
11466s	copy or a discovered uh Elemental
11471s	inspiration also pretty clutch I feel
11474s	like if uh he actually needs to go for
11476s	that again we've talked about how it's
11478s	not already included in his list
11481s	um
11482s	vast wisdom or the wisdom of an organ on
11485s	here going to be able to create some
11487s	additional draw but just wants to go for
11489s	the shooting star I think really kind of
11491s	try to clean up this uh stealth minion
11493s	as much as possible because at this
11495s	point so far it really has seemed like
11498s	you is just setting up for just finding
11501s	that little bit of damage right and
11504s	wikio has been sitting at this 26th
11507s	health for a while
11508s	it's starting to get to that point in
11511s	the game where it might just be over in
11513s	the next turn
11531s	oh the Mortal eradication is actually
11532s	sick it's five Health gain because of
11535s	the artificer for and and the uh one
11537s	minute kill for the heel so Wiki was
11539s	actually looked like he was torn there
11541s	um didn't want to commit the elemental
11543s	inspiration because didn't want to have
11545s	like basically all of his board pressure
11547s	cleared with like one inquisitive
11550s	creation also didn't want to commit the
11552s	solid Alibi but wanted to put enough
11554s	pressure on board to force you to have
11556s	to react so even though weak use got
11559s	kind of everything it's hard to sort of
11561s	it feels like it's hard for him to sort
11563s	of balance out
11564s	yeah when to play these things because
11566s	he's got a lot of burst well sort of
11568s	with the molten runes uh so just played
11571s	an unforged one just to get a random
11573s	card and held on to the elemental
11575s	inspiration
11576s	so I like the balance that he found but
11579s	it was kind of an awkward turn despite
11581s	having access to so many different
11583s	things radiance
11588s	[Music]
11591s	hmm
11592s	the Jeff Weaver Aura could be
11595s	interesting if you can
11597s	get a little bit of board but these are
11599s	really not the options that you wants
11602s	here uh on the other hand being able to
11606s	play a zero Mana dredge and if it's a
11608s	spell it costs three less absolutely
11610s	fantastic so there was a little bit of
11613s	draw I I don't think he found what he
11615s	was looking for if he were able to find
11616s	like molten Rune or something additional
11619s	direct damage from the bottom and have
11621s	that discounted that's what it looked
11623s	like he was really setting up for but
11625s	just didn't manage to find it there and
11627s	now this this created uh Elemental
11631s	inspiration here coming down there is
11633s	stealth there is divine Shield there is
11635s	wind Fury there is Rush looks like we
11638s	you kind of got a bit of everything
11640s	there
11642s	that's that's a fully Juiced uh yeah
11645s	it's a pretty good one
11655s	what did he even play that was nature
11659s	ah command of neptulon okay
11663s	I was like how did he get the seven
11665s	actually
11666s	I don't want to say very hard but it
11668s	takes a lot of uh
11670s	navigating to actually get the full
11672s	seven that's tough but yeah commanded
11674s	Neptune filled the nature spot so yeah
11677s	all right well now what
11680s	oh second creation is decent you can
11684s	clear off
11688s	uh nearly everything
11696s	uh might just be thinking about
11698s	Elemental inspiration of his own plus
11700s	solid Alibi
11702s	um
11709s	this is rough though there's no card
11711s	draw in hand there's no way to no no
11713s	generation in hand either yeah to try
11718s	and find some way to in the game with
11720s	Sif
11722s	yes if or even an organ on for
11725s	additional 10
11727s	being able to reverberations one of
11729s	those and have a little bit extra spell
11731s	damage or something but yeah at this
11734s	point it just it's kind of bits and
11736s	pieces of what Gea wants but not the
11738s	whole picture and
11741s	that definitely feels really awkward to
11744s	have kind of tried to figure that out
11745s	but at this point now week you saying
11749s	okay I'm gonna just start shipping some
11751s	damage face here see what I pick up with
11754s	these generated spells uh we can not not
11758s	picking up another Cold Case uh not
11761s	picking up his Sif but again finding
11766s	this armor being able to kind of hope to
11769s	get out of range still both players
11771s	being extremely patient and reserved
11774s	with these solid alibis
11782s	fight over me is such a funny car
11787s	uh
11789s	uh
11791s	does it have a spell school I'm not sure
11797s	I was getting mixed up with the powder
11798s	one but fight over me is the card that
11802s	you you choose two minions and they
11805s	fight
11806s	and if they if any die you get a copy of
11809s	it
11812s	um
11814s	so I I don't see a situation where it
11818s	could be useful but it'd be funny if it
11820s	was
11826s	yeah maybe maybe there's something off
11829s	of the elemental inspiration that can be
11832s	like
11833s	chosen there
11836s	um yeah I really like this Cosmic
11838s	keyboard into the elemental inspiration
11840s	I get a big minion with these Elementals
11843s	and then The Whispers of the deep help
11845s	just clean that up a couple of stealth
11848s	and then a couple of poison I guess the
11850s	fight over me could
11853s	come out here and be like picked with
11855s	the seven seven and one of the poisons
11857s	but that feels like a lot of Mana I
11859s	think they're expensive though
11861s	yeah and the minions are expensive in
11863s	themselves to actually play yeah so
11867s	I'm looking at maybe like the organic
11870s	comes down or something you might be
11871s	able to get it but I'm pretty sure your
11873s	opponent has to have two minions for
11874s	that to happen so if you like norgonons
11879s	and then copies it with reverberation
11882s	and then you fight over me and choose
11884s	them both you get both no organs into
11887s	your hand I mean that could be fun it's
11890s	probably not useful or relevant at all I
11893s	I feel like if it gets to that point in
11895s	the game where someone is getting to
11897s	fight over me and copy Titans something
11901s	has gone terribly terribly wrong
11905s	yeah
11907s	uh I would agree maybe if you absolutely
11910s	need the spell School you do it on like
11912s	two like skeletons or something from a
11915s	cold case but uh looks like it's just
11918s	gonna yeah goo has to disrespect any
11920s	damage here you can't play solid out by
11922s	here so he has to go for the uh
11925s	level up and
11927s	it's
11930s	that's this is actually tough because
11932s	flame geyser lets you play something
11934s	like next turn but molten ruins
11936s	obviously more important with SIP
11938s	but do you need two molten runes
11939s	probably not so yeah the flame guys are
11941s	is just more flexible
11946s	yeah absolutely and just using that
11949s	Titan ability there to go for
11951s	discounting but this is this should be
11955s	enough here right this is just gonna be
11957s	the lethal with coffee yeah yeah it's
11960s	forged yep yeah if you get to copy your
11963s	opponent's Titan and deal 10 extra
11966s	damage something definitely did not go
11968s	right for your opponent and as we saw
11970s	here it's just five cards left in the
11973s	deck for you just really wasn't able to
11975s	piece together enough there either to
11978s	continue putting on pressure or to
11980s	actually deal damage and close out the
11982s	game but I feel like weak you kind of
11985s	from pretty early on had a really solid
11988s	just kind of setup and I I think
11990s	recognized a uh gew is not finding his
11993s	pieces he's had to kind of play these
11995s	Arcane artificers for Tempo and then not
11998s	really do a whole lot behind them other
12000s	than getting to an additional 10 armor
12002s	which I think for having two Arcane
12003s	artificers on the board and only getting
12005s	10 additional kind of felt like maybe
12008s	that was a a little lower than what you
12010s	would have liked to have seen with with
12012s	double artifice are on the board so I
12014s	think from from both sides they tried to
12017s	find their outs they really took their
12019s	time and thought through these plays but
12021s	in the end week you seemed like he
12023s	really just had all of the things
12025s	throughout the whole game and was able
12027s	to to make it all come together in the
12029s	end
12031s	yeah I I feel like the the uh lady in
12034s	Astra are maybe not the MVP of that
12037s	series that I think the resistance or
12038s	was probably the MVP that series because
12040s	it put uh you so far behind
12044s	um but the lady National are coming down
12046s	basically letting Wiki have insane power
12049s	turns for so many turns in a row
12052s	um and have like perfect man expenditure
12055s	to always get the infinitas and maxitude
12056s	out and keep discovering additional
12059s	spell schools had the fully Juiced
12062s	Elemental inspiration that was
12063s	discovered by the way
12065s	uh buy the Infinity
12067s	uh it worked out super well and never
12072s	found Sif weq has has been below 10
12076s	cards in his deck twice now with with
12079s	the deck
12080s	haven't even seen Asif
12082s	but honestly sometimes that can be good
12084s	because that just means that you have
12086s	more plays otherwise and I don't like I
12089s	played a ton of this like mirror
12090s	matchups of this deck and
12092s	the the stiff win condition is maybe
12096s	sometimes as a finisher later on but
12097s	usually the games are pretty drawn out
12099s	because you have a lot of armor at that
12101s	point from cold cases Arcane artificers
12102s	it's actually really difficult to deal
12104s	like 30 plus with Sif outside of ideal
12107s	conditions especially if you're having
12109s	to fight for a Tempo most of the game so
12111s	yeah
12112s	um definitely liked how uh week you
12115s	navigated that game and
12117s	now we're all at a tide Series so we got
12120s	Shaman left on both sides for each
12122s	player
12123s	he still has the Mage and then week you
12125s	has that Arcane Hunter
12128s	with a star appearance by prison of the
12130s	ox around in the top end
12137s	I've been Arcane Hunter with the uh
12140s	yogg-saron prison ends it in Wiki's
12144s	favor I think I'm just gonna lose my
12146s	mind
12149s	uh you you gotta find a way to put it in
12152s	your deck like it is an expensive card
12154s	and it is
12157s	I mean this should go without saying
12160s	incredibly random
12163s	um there is a tiny bit of skill
12164s	expression involved with prison of
12166s	Yorkshire on the fact that you have to
12167s	choose a Target
12169s	and there are certain situations where
12172s	you can use prison of yoxiron
12174s	defensively
12175s	to say try and fish for a heel and
12179s	Target it at your own face
12180s	uh but like there it's the I guess those
12184s	situations are few and far between but
12186s	it does lead to some interesting
12188s	situations that could arise
12191s	if that comes into play we'll see
12193s	because we are getting the uh Hunter
12196s	deck out for Wiki right now it is going
12198s	to be going up against goo it's Mage
12200s	who's going to cue uh once again for
12202s	this matchup
12204s	yeah I think
12206s	not a terrible start here the
12209s	inquisitive creation
12211s	can sometimes help you keep your
12214s	opponent off of the board but at the
12216s	same time you really have to be able to
12218s	play those spell schools to build that
12219s	up and if you don't have the spell
12222s	schools to play maybe that's not
12224s	something that you're looking for or
12226s	it's yeah it's not built up enough to
12228s	even clear the board which can always
12230s	feel pretty bad too but did look like uh
12233s	you kept it there I like the flame
12236s	geyser there I think at this point maybe
12238s	a well let's see a second volume up I
12241s	was going to say a cold case or a cosmic
12243s	keyboard would really kind of start to
12245s	fill out Goose hand here but on the
12247s	other side weku uh kind of a clunky hand
12250s	with both a bow and the Titan aggramar
12253s	already in hand here so turn two just
12256s	going ahead and forging that titanforged
12259s	trap seems pretty solid and there's the
12261s	cosmic keyboard pickup
12263s	that is
12265s	honestly massive yeah without that you
12269s	would be essentially fighting from
12270s	behind for most of this early game now
12273s	as much as it feels like this Arcane
12276s	Hunter does
12278s	outside of like specifically awakened
12281s	Tremors they don't usually get on the
12282s	board early yes mastering are okay but
12284s	it's a 2-1 and usually they're playing a
12285s	secret on two so they're not like
12287s	building up their board
12289s	um so normally you do have a little bit
12290s	of time to try and find a game plan but
12293s	um you you if any early minions come out
12297s	and stick some damage that just makes
12299s	the Arcane Hunter's job that much easier
12301s	like it is a dream world if you can like
12304s	if massinger can like hit twice
12307s	um or if you play an early game Minion
12308s	and it gets to attack a few times like
12310s	that extra damage is massive in the long
12311s	run because they're usually supporting
12313s	it behind behind the scenes in their
12315s	hand by getting those Secrets out and
12318s	beefing up their Arcane damage so
12320s	um huge and Cold Case coming oh my gosh
12323s	this is like Goose just playing off the
12325s	top
12326s	and uh it is working out uh it's an
12330s	explosive trap so gotta keep that in
12332s	mind week you expected this or had a
12336s	plan to play around it
12339s	um but now the question is what do you
12340s	do
12341s	because there's an explosive trap up you
12343s	don't really want to give too much stuff
12344s	for your opponent to trade into the
12346s	Tremors don't really match up against
12348s	well well versus the volatile uh
12351s	skeletons yeah it's because you get
12353s	traded off so easily so it's kind of
12354s	awkward I wouldn't be surprised if we
12355s	just see costume singer and then
12358s	like a hero power
12361s	oh nope gonna go all in okay
12363s	yeah
12364s	I guess this does kind of create that uh
12367s	decision for geo of does he want to
12370s	trade into these first and set off those
12373s	skeletons or if he decides to do
12376s	something like inquisitive creation and
12378s	attack it's going to set off that
12380s	explosive so there is kind of that give
12382s	and take here I think the inquisitive
12384s	creation at this point definitely going
12386s	to be putting in work even without
12387s	having played any spell schools which is
12389s	fantastic and why we did see him end up
12392s	keeping it in the Mulligan there but now
12395s	it's a choice of do you want to go for
12397s	the inquisitive creation to actually
12398s	clear this or do you want to just make
12401s	the trades and volume up but the secrets
12404s	make it really awkward to try to make
12405s	that decision right now because of the
12408s	kind of mix of the different Hunter
12409s	Secrets at this point
12413s	yeah I kind of want to trade into a
12416s	minion with a volatile oh nope okay
12422s	I mean bait and switch would feel a
12425s	little rough
12427s	yeah I I was thinking try it would feel
12431s	a little rough but it would help him
12433s	make his decision because he's still
12434s	with the Arcane artifice are on the
12435s	board so volume up is just game four
12437s	health and draw through your cards yeah
12440s	um and it also gives you a lot of
12441s	valuable information like if it hap if
12444s	it's a minion secret then you could
12446s	still have
12447s	you know the ball decoration in your
12449s	back pocket just in case
12451s	uh if it's not then you can trade off
12453s	most of the board before the explosive
12455s	trap and then maybe end with a volume up
12457s	to cash in on that four armor and worry
12460s	about the ex like the explosive trap or
12461s	wandering monster later on so
12465s	um but opposite just say all right I'm
12467s	attacking face if it's explosive trap
12469s	and my board goes away it's likely that
12471s	I'll or I'll be able to clear up the
12473s	rest with the uh inquisitive creation
12475s	and still have a board once everything's
12477s	said and done
12478s	yeah it was also really interesting to
12481s	see him attack with that 4-4 as the
12483s	largest minion as well uh in the case of
12486s	freezing but it looked like maybe he
12488s	kind of did Think through all of that
12490s	maybe in the end he just decided I
12492s	highly doubt that week you actually
12494s	picked a freezing trap so I'm just gonna
12497s	go in and if it was a freezing trap I'll
12499s	have this big minion to maybe replay
12501s	later if I really need to uh test for
12504s	something or play that out
12506s	but tough choice here deciding for a
12510s	week you whether to clear off the kind
12513s	of
12513s	Better Health body or just clearing off
12516s	the the one minion that had slightly
12518s	higher damage on it which we did see
12521s	even having gone face but I think
12523s	sending that damage face maybe not gonna
12527s	do a whole lot at the moment
12531s	yeah he's gonna have to take control of
12533s	the board first before anything's gonna
12536s	matter essentially yeah later on the
12539s	game when she started getting like
12540s	Ricochet shots
12542s	um and trying to stick your own minions
12544s	for face damage you got to keep the
12545s	board under control so never gonna win
12547s	just by launching stuff at the face has
12548s	to try and get things under control
12550s	first and then
12553s	in his back pocket
12555s	he's got a prison the ox around
12557s	somewhere tucked deep in this deck TJ's
12559s	waiting for it
12561s	oh that's all I'm saying
12563s	it's in there
12566s	all right well actually goes for the
12569s	additional attack and the Immunity on
12571s	the weapon knowing that this Titan won't
12573s	won't live any longer just to try and
12576s	make sure that he can keep control of
12577s	the board
12578s	um because this keyboard's putting in
12580s	work this is like one of the ideal
12581s	starts against uh Arcane Hunter because
12584s	you're gaining armor you're building a
12585s	board to fight
12587s	um and you're not letting your opponent
12589s	have a board at all uh so having the
12592s	keyboard into double Cold Case has been
12594s	massive for you and it might actually
12597s	need to be
12599s	specifically a prison of the oxaron that
12601s	will have a chance to bail weaker out of
12603s	this game
12606s	now there's that bait and switch coming
12609s	out so now you deciding where to send
12611s	the second skeleton gonna trade it into
12613s	the Titan hope that maybe it hits into
12615s	that crack and Bane but there still is
12617s	the flame geyser that can come out as
12618s	well to kind of help uh clean that up if
12621s	needed but wants to go for the higher
12624s	value body gonna come off of that last
12627s	use of the cosmic keyboard so opting to
12630s	just draw some cards and get the better
12632s	body on the board to contest as you were
12634s	mentioning rather than actually going
12636s	for uh something like waiting to play
12640s	the uh volume up at the end for the
12644s	finale effect and also ultimately
12646s	playing around the hidden meaning as
12649s	well in all of that so I think just
12652s	drawing some cards getting a 4-4 body
12653s	out definitely seems pretty reasonable
12655s	there kind of get some resources
12657s	gathered up for yourself I don't think
12659s	at this point that Elemental inspiration
12661s	is going to have a huge impact there's
12664s	not going to be like five six seven
12666s	bodies at the this point but it might be
12668s	enough that Ricochet shot becomes a
12670s	little bit more awkward and we're going
12673s	to even see one of those sort of shots
12674s	come out now but damage from the weapon
12678s	pushing a little bit through and maybe a
12681s	little bit of extra damage that you
12683s	didn't end up taking I don't know I feel
12686s	like maybe just committing that extra
12688s	little bit of damage to clear up the six
12690s	attack minion
12692s	might have been better than triggering
12694s	the the hidden meaning or just letting
12697s	the hidden meaning trigger but
12700s	it's kind of six one way twelve you know
12703s	half dozen the other so I don't know
12708s	yeah the hidden meaning can get a lot of
12710s	Minions that will punish you very
12713s	heavily make you take way more damage
12715s	than you would have normally
12717s	um
12718s	I got a lady Steno the other day and
12720s	just lived forever and was absolutely
12723s	massive the the static I don't even know
12726s	what's called Static something it's a
12727s	five six that loses one health or one
12729s	attack each turn
12731s	that's also a huge amount of power
12733s	on the board that hitting meaning hidden
12735s	meaning can get so yeah it's a little
12737s	bit risky unless you're absolutely sure
12739s	that you need to spend all the Mana oh
12742s	which is tough but use kind of in a
12744s	little bit of rough spot right now does
12746s	find the
12747s	the SP the Druid spell that's gain
12750s	armored draw cards that blossoms no idea
12753s	what it's called
12754s	yeah uh
12756s	[Music]
12759s	the Symphony of sins and schooling
12761s	pickup are very oh my God but I mean who
12765s	needs to worry about that when you just
12766s	have all of his damages Hunter like you
12770s	just saw your opponent
12771s	go for some discovers kind of struggle
12775s	and then not even be able to kind of
12777s	clean everything up on your board they
12780s	didn't create their own board like this
12782s	is the point where I think Wiki is just
12785s	getting ready to set up for a lethal
12787s	setup next turn as long as there's no
12789s	solid alibi right that that's kind of
12792s	the caveat against playing against Mage
12794s	and setting up for those turns is as
12796s	long as they don't have solid Alibi I
12797s	just win next turn
12800s	yeah
12801s	it is just damage from hand so even if
12803s	his uh his meetings are killed I like
12806s	sort of this hidden damage here it does
12807s	have just 13 with crack and Bane that's
12810s	active the the bow plus the hero power
12812s	so yeah
12813s	um you should fear this
12817s	um
12818s	13 with how many Secrets have been
12820s	triggered as reasonable those three
12821s	things has
12823s	n't had one Kraken Bean
12825s	so that may make him hesitant to try and
12828s	go overboard
12830s	if uh he doesn't think that if he thinks
12833s	that 13 is Out Of Reach
12836s	um especially having not seen any Arcane
12839s	Buffs played thus far
12841s	uh none of the far stars and uh Morgan
12844s	on not played so he might actually be
12847s	feeling safe at 13 but he's running out
12849s	of time ropes burn in he knows what the
12851s	secret is so he doesn't have to think
12852s	about that but needs to kind of keep
12854s	going
12861s	oh at this point I think he's just
12865s	uh saying I don't I don't care about
12867s	this hidden meaning now I have to try to
12869s	just do something that's going to be the
12871s	best for for me in terms of what my deck
12874s	wants to do and that is try to get
12876s	something on the board and set up this
12878s	solid Alibi but the second solid Alibi
12881s	not in hand so this could just he could
12884s	just be in the same position next turn
12886s	right where Wiki has kind of set up this
12889s	board and look at this another traps
12891s	coming down and yeah you kind of made
12894s	that noise there that is a pretty dang
12897s	good minion to have come out of that
12900s	hidden meaning
12902s	yeah no idea what it's called something
12905s	zombie but if you if it's killed on your
12907s	opponent's turn it actually deals three
12909s	damage to your base so they just yeah
12911s	and uh
12913s	that's gonna be rough considering he's
12915s	got to remove this board to block the
12916s	damage but it's going to take any regard
12918s	any uh gonna take some regardless
12920s	so kind of in a rough spot now no
12923s	artificer either to try and get this
12926s	health back up
12928s	um
12932s	ah Stephanie what are you even looking
12934s	for a symphony of sins
12939s	no at this point I don't know if he'll
12943s	maybe if you can heal yourself up a
12945s	little bit put a taunt out I still don't
12948s	think those are gonna be quite enough to
12950s	save him at this point so I
12953s	I don't know if those are going to be
12955s	enough do you have to roll the elemental
12957s	inspiration and hope it's enough
12960s	time for the Hyrule you'd have to
12964s	you'd have to get like
12966s	I don't even think it's even that juice
12968s	right now it's really not
12973s	foreign
12976s	okay clears the board with this stuff
12979s	and then goes for maybe the lifesteal
12982s	safety of sins or the taunt yeah
12986s	oh drumming in and reduce its cost sure
12989s	the norganon okay
12994s	did he get other actions just waited way
12996s	too long to start the turn yeah he's
12998s	dead
13000s	yeah and I think that's the
13002s	probably what the second maybe third
13005s	time we've seen that now and we
13007s	definitely saw that I think at one point
13008s	in the Warrior game uh and you know you
13012s	just kind of really
13014s	stuck on these decision points of how to
13017s	handle all of the pressure and the
13019s	damage and trying to calculate for
13020s	everything and yeah that that rope just
13023s	kind of got the better of him yet again
13025s	so that does mean weq is going to go up
13028s	two to one now just has one more deck to
13031s	get a win with with that nature shaman
13034s	yeah I
13036s	kind of sad for you in that moment
13038s	because it seems like there was a couple
13039s	turns where yeah he was like you said
13042s	sort of torn on what to do
13044s	and I don't think he really made the
13047s	best of the situation uh in a lot of
13050s	these instances
13052s	um especially that last
13055s	gone faster could have gotten the norgan
13057s	on out
13059s	um and maybe gotten some Secrets if he
13062s	had done the Symphony of sins like first
13065s	to see what he was gonna uh get off off
13067s	of the uh the pickup then that could
13070s	have changed his play
13071s	right it also would have summoned like a
13074s	bigger anomaly from the keyboard anyway
13075s	so it just is more efficient in that
13078s	regard
13079s	um and then if he gets like a life
13081s	buffer then he can go for something a
13083s	little bit more greedy like maybe nor
13084s	can on for Secrets or something I don't
13086s	know
13088s	um but left himself nearly 100 dead
13091s	there any damage from hand uh for Wiki
13094s	would have been enough so just pretty
13096s	difficult situation overall
13099s	well in three secrets on the other side
13102s	from the hunter certainly didn't make it
13104s	like an easy path of decisions either
13106s	having to kind of figure out right which
13109s	kind of order you want to play things in
13110s	which secrets you care about testing for
13113s	or if they trigger do you you know it's
13115s	not that bad I'll just let them trigger
13117s	it's fine but there are some extra
13119s	punishes with some of those Hunter
13121s	Secrets uh motion denied specifically I
13124s	think would have also been kind of a
13127s	huge hurt so at that point in the turn
13129s	was he wanting to commit even more
13130s	things if he did see it or didn't see it
13133s	and yeah every little like branching
13135s	decision there I think just took up way
13137s	too much time in the turn but here we
13139s	are going to see this game number four
13142s	uh you bringing in the shaman now we are
13146s	going to see both players on Shaman but
13148s	week you on this match points could be
13152s	the end here if we you can get this
13154s	Shaman through and get the win
13156s	[Music]
13160s	I believe we have uh uh complete mirrors
13164s	in terms of uh in terms of lists
13167s	for both these players with their
13168s	shamans I'm just double checking
13173s	trying to get it looks like looking that
13176s	way yes double double turn the tides
13178s	double overdraft single carving chisel
13181s	they play all the Minions
13184s	yeah so it's gonna be all about
13187s	execution similar opening hands as well
13189s	both buyers have schooling
13191s	bioluminescence flash lightning
13194s	yeah and Flow Rider like there's like a
13197s	single card different uh between these
13200s	two players so
13202s	um
13202s	very interesting
13204s	yeah I am kind of looking at this hand
13206s	for week you though if it gets to the
13208s	point of getting enza down the enza and
13211s	Flash Flash lightning discounts together
13215s	could be pretty huge but
13218s	I don't know I'm honestly just looking
13220s	at the hand from you as well like that
13223s	might be a little bit too slow
13238s	okay
13240s	just getting more and more similar you
13242s	don't want to take too much ship damage
13243s	in the early game
13245s	um so you want to be make sure you're
13247s	trying to keep the board clear just
13248s	because that makes it that much easier
13250s	for your opponent to combo you later on
13253s	um so oftentimes we see a lot of tempo
13255s	plays in the early game from the shaman
13257s	decks just to make sure that they're
13259s	coming out on top on the board uh with
13262s	turn the tides and the like because then
13263s	it makes it easier for them to try and
13266s	combat their opponent so with the double
13267s	schooling I like just getting it out
13269s	there right now because you has to react
13271s	he knows there's two more piranhas in
13273s	hand if he leaves this board up
13275s	it's gonna mean that he's going to take
13277s	a lot of damage from the recurring buff
13278s	so
13280s	just trying to make it awkward for his
13281s	opponent both players only play a single
13283s	copy of lightning storm
13286s	which means that they don't really have
13287s	access to much in the form of uh AOE
13290s	clears outside discovers so gee really
13293s	has to think
13296s	what's the the best line to play here do
13298s	you just commit the fish and spend most
13299s	of the turn just cleaning up his the
13301s	opponent side of the board he could go
13303s	double fish Flow Rider which is not
13304s	terrible
13310s	[Music]
13316s	oh out quickly yeah going into that
13321s	lightning reflexes I do Wonder here is
13323s	this gonna be a coin flash of lightning
13325s	and just set up for for something next
13328s	turn or is it just weight and then use
13330s	that uh the next turn and set up I I
13333s	think this seems very reasonable there
13335s	is kind of that debate too about how
13337s	maybe he wanted to actually clear that
13340s	as you mentioned taking chip damage
13342s	early not the greatest so if you were to
13346s	hit into some of those minions take
13347s	extra chip damage not really great if
13350s	you had just gone for something like
13351s	turn the tides or one of those kind of
13354s	slower plays and would have hit into
13357s	maybe the three one but on the other
13359s	side now a very similar situation for
13362s	week you does Wiki want to just commit
13365s	these piranhas clear up that board to
13367s	prevent chip damage on his side or does
13369s	he just want to drop the the tempo inza
13376s	yeah it's about the only opportunity
13377s	he's going to have to play inza so I
13379s	like it
13380s	oh okay
13382s	here we go
13383s	so
13385s	you've got to make the decision
13387s	the game of chicken has been uh
13392s	has been started
13393s	I think you see what you draw from this
13395s	ancestral knowledge if you pick up burn
13399s	I think you can flash a lightning here
13403s	and try and set up for something next
13404s	turn
13408s	but no burn picked up you can't rely
13410s	solely on the lightning reflexes right I
13414s	maybe yeah you have two other draw
13417s	potentials right either playing the Flow
13420s	Rider or playing this flash of lightning
13422s	see what else you pick up maybe there is
13424s	that is still not burned uh but
13427s	additional discounts next turn maybe the
13431s	lightning reflexes coming out next turn
13434s	could find something else as well
13440s	he's got a full hand so is he flow
13442s	Riders yeah and discovers a spell
13445s	there's nothing left to be drawn next
13448s	turn it's gonna have to do it anyway
13450s	yeah make that quick decision
13453s	oh double lightning reflexes
13456s	I we might see him go in next turn I
13459s	that's a huge payoff If he if he lands
13462s	it uh he's I mean he's gonna have to
13466s	because we see now week you going for
13468s	for flash of lightning and he's got inza
13470s	online as well which makes things even
13472s	easier we're talking about one Mana
13474s	feral spirits
13476s	um which is huge and he's going to set
13478s	up the board he's got chisel too so he
13480s	was going to be worried about dying
13482s	for sure
13484s	but I don't think he's not getting a
13487s	draw at the top I don't think with a
13489s	single discount and six seven Mana to
13492s	work with one of those Mana crystals
13493s	being overloaded
13495s	is enough
13498s	with just double lightning reflux they
13499s	would have to be perfect hits
13502s	could start off with the radiance
13510s	yeah I feel like he at least
13512s	at least start with the first layer of
13514s	those lightning reflexes just kind of
13517s	see what the first discover options are
13519s	and kind of go from go from there but
13521s	there also still is coin in hand for you
13523s	as well so he does have maybe an
13525s	additional Mana use there with that coin
13529s	yeah oh and it was lightning bolt oh
13535s	yeah you start with lightning
13536s	Reflections here we go if you don't hit
13537s	burn you probably gotta bail out okay
13539s	there's crash
13541s	all right yeah you gotta start
13542s	discounting it though I love how you has
13544s	now just kind of gone in he knows he
13546s	needs to go in here he's got to go
13548s	through these discovers he is not
13550s	letting that kind of indecision get to
13552s	him this time he's going for it
13554s	oh
13559s	what's up It's gotta be burnt
13562s	oh he hit lightning bolt so we also have
13565s	an overdraft here that's happening
13568s	yeah massive yeah go uh attack feral
13571s	spirits
13573s	can you fit in an Ava zapper
13575s	yeah I mean he wants to get that bio
13578s	luminescence out too right so what uh
13581s	what gives him the best chance of that
13583s	here
13586s	oh no okay his decisions and his speed
13590s	of play has definitely slowed down here
13591s	he's got to just make a choice
13593s	yeah because he's got to discover with
13595s	the crash also yeah
13599s	he's he's not he doesn't have time he's
13601s	out of time yeah that is that enough
13605s	though
13606s	he got the bio out I think he actually
13609s	finished the actions I think he got
13610s	there
13612s	you heard the Rope crash so he didn't no
13615s	he cast a crash but then he didn't get
13617s	the Discover he didn't no
13620s	what was in the Discover
13622s	we didn't get to see we didn't see was
13623s	there bird foreign
13630s	oh no he doesn't have to kill him he
13632s	just he can oh no wait
13638s	yeah he doesn't have to go okay
13643s	uh if there was burn in that discover he
13645s	needed to go faster the ordering was
13647s	good he just didn't see it quick enough
13649s	yeah
13652s	um I mean there it's it's entirely
13654s	possible
13656s	there was no lightning bolt or crash
13658s	lightning
13659s	in the lightning reflexes entirely
13662s	possible
13664s	because if there wasn't he wouldn't have
13666s	killed him anyway I think everything
13668s	else was ordered well he just didn't get
13670s	to choose from the Discover
13672s	um yeah
13674s	so
13681s	and that was a lot of his burn already
13684s	used
13685s	now week you being able to heal up to
13689s	Eights
13690s	uh
13693s	she just want to play the feral spirits
13695s	to get extra bodies out on the board
13698s	I do
13699s	to block turn the tides as a possible
13704s	not gonna go for it but yeah yeah turn
13706s	the tides plus a little bit of extra
13708s	damage could be enough to close it out
13710s	it might still be slightly off but I
13713s	guess the feral Spirits do end up dying
13716s	to a potential loganath on the other
13718s	side too so maybe that's something that
13721s	we Q says well I'm just gonna play this
13723s	and you know kind of force uh you to
13726s	have everything and if he doesn't then I
13729s	have the feral spirits on the other side
13730s	that didn't get cleared to benefit my
13733s	own bioluminescence and and end game
13735s	here but
13738s	EQ needs a little bit of draw to kind of
13740s	make all of this come together here
13749s	he plays everything this turns 14 damage
13751s	I think six
13755s	the radiance Nava zapper feral Spirits
13758s	plus an attack
13760s	so that's two three four five six seven
13763s	spell power if he bios he has enough
13766s	benefit in with all the discounts plus
13768s	an additional four damage
13770s	from the turn the tides
13775s	he's gonna go for it
13778s	yeah I mean why not
13780s	go for it at this point
13782s	set up indeed spell damage so it's a
13785s	little bit more yeah
13787s	Force gee to have an answer here
13793s	I mean tighten off the top
13803s	um okay crash off the top start with the
13808s	thumb see what one card you draw don't
13811s	really have anything else to do there
13812s	that's the option
13816s	okay
13818s	any all right damage off the top is
13820s	lethal for weakue
13822s	lighting storms not it there's a chance
13824s	for gear oh my gosh
13836s	oh my God okay
13839s	well they are both finding answers to
13841s	the other person's uh Minions on the
13844s	board
13845s	this is really just gonna come down to
13847s	who finds it first
13849s	yeah well weq now is dead on board
13854s	if he doesn't find it and it's
13856s	bioluminescence it's q1 anyway oh my
13859s	gosh all right well that means TJ we are
13863s	going to a game number five gear
13866s	sticking stick in the landing I think
13868s	there with the shaman got got there uh
13871s	even though you did maybe Miss bull
13872s	lethal potential if there had been that
13875s	uh that damage spell off that discover
13877s	but got there in the end
13880s	well he we don't know it may not have
13882s	been damaged maybe and the altered chord
13885s	actually came in super clutch because he
13888s	would have died the next turn if you
13889s	didn't have the altar chord so if there
13891s	was no damage from the Discover specific
13893s	he had Superman in life so it would be
13895s	had to have been specifically crash
13897s	lightning
13898s	um
13899s	then
13901s	like you actually got the best choice
13902s	and that's how the game was supposed to
13904s	pan out the big question is is when
13906s	you're supposed to go in on that turn
13913s	what are you hoping to do if you don't
13916s	you don't draw one more burn spell and
13918s	you win the next turn
13920s	yeah it's it's a again I think we talked
13924s	about this in the previous turn or in
13925s	the previous game of making that
13928s	decision of do you just want to send in
13930s	those things because I think from from
13932s	Wiki's perspective looking at you kind
13935s	of already had committed quite a bit
13936s	there was only what like two cards in
13938s	hand so the chances that he actually had
13941s	something to clear the board after Wiki
13944s	went in on that turn seemed a little
13946s	unlikely so I don't think that it was a
13948s	terrible decision to go in there and
13950s	just force your opponent to have the
13953s	answer to that white board at that point
13956s	yeah
13957s	that's a good point
13962s	well forget about last game anyway so
13964s	true so that's three it was fine to do
13967s	it because he played cards got it got
13970s	him all right well we are gonna see it
13973s	come down to this final game here uh not
13976s	gonna be that Arcane Hunter with the
13978s	yogg prison that we talked about earlier
13980s	but it's going to be geuse Mage versus
13983s	Wiki's Shaman here
13985s	and do you have any predictions TJ how
13987s	do you think this is gonna go
13990s	let me see the opening hands first
13992s	okay
13998s	still don't know
14001s	it's not a bad opening for you he's he's
14003s	gonna avoid taking trip damage but he
14005s	doesn't have any of the power cards
14006s	right now yeah like no uh
14009s	no weapon no Cold Case
14012s	not too many things to be able to build
14013s	up a board early
14015s	but still has ways to fight with
14016s	creation plus the Prismatic Elemental so
14018s	it doesn't really have to worry about
14019s	getting
14021s	um overrun on the board
14023s	[Music]
14024s	early on and taking that amount of Chip
14026s	damage so
14029s	um none of these are
14031s	particularly good no they must spell
14034s	schools I guess Mark shot is the best
14036s	because it can come down on curve but I
14038s	don't even know if yeah it's not really
14040s	anything that you that Shaman curves
14043s	into on two I guess there's fish but
14046s	which the schooling was played on turn
14049s	one so Q does know that there are those
14051s	minions but I guess something like a
14054s	coin into feral spirits
14057s	that's maybe a little bit less likely
14059s	but it could start to put on some
14061s	pressure
14065s	not sure if you actually wants to commit
14068s	into the the feral Spirits here though
14073s	foreign
14079s	yeah it gets to preserve two fish on the
14081s	board that can hopefully get some damage
14082s	in next turn
14084s	and then can roll right into feral
14085s	Spirits if need be
14095s	I feel like somewhere off camera subtle
14097s	is just like yelling at the top of his
14099s	lungs fish play the fish
14102s	he wants to see
14110s	oh uh these are all pretty good yeah
14114s	lunar eclipse allows for an infinitized
14116s	the maxitude this turn though so
14118s	right I think I'd like that the best
14121s	yeah I think there could have been Merit
14123s	in the frost strike as well but this
14125s	definitely seems like it creates a
14127s	better better opportunities for this
14129s	turn
14130s	the counter spell is kind of interesting
14133s	here as well
14135s	yeah Reverb is kind of interesting too
14138s	to counter the Titan but he has reverbs
14140s	in his deck
14141s	um right so if he ends up drawing into
14143s	one soon
14144s	then that's really the only minion
14146s	you'll ever use it on in this matchup so
14150s	I like that he just goes for this and
14152s	that was it's only been arcane
14157s	played so far right so it's a two damage
14161s	inquisitive creation
14164s	nature as well right
14167s	lunar eclipses Arcane I made that
14170s	mistake yesterday with Lorinda
14172s	solar eclipses nature I thought he had
14175s	squeezed in something else but
14177s	uh maybe it just was that
14181s	because he played Prismatic Elemental
14183s	into got the mark shot
14186s	Mark shot has no spell school then on
14189s	replay to Discovery got
14191s	lunar which is arcane
14193s	now he's gonna have nature with
14195s	lightning bolt so it's a little bit more
14197s	Juiced up to be able to answer the board
14198s	oh
14201s	Elemental inspiration on curve yeah it's
14204s	only two but
14206s	minions are tough for some to deal with
14208s	sometimes
14210s	that size of minions actually I mean I
14213s	guess like the star power yeah star
14217s	power is definitely an answer but I'm
14219s	kind of questioning it right now because
14220s	he does already have the uh the
14224s	inquisitive creation to help clean up
14226s	the board plus I mean trying to just go
14229s	for something like star power against
14230s	Shaman it's great if they have the board
14232s	but
14233s	is there actually the chance to get to
14237s	play it before being dead because
14239s	generally the shaman wants to actually
14241s	kind of spit out a bunch of minions play
14243s	the bioluminescence and you know end the
14247s	game on the same turn doesn't always
14249s	work that way but I don't know if star
14251s	power against just these couple of small
14253s	things is
14255s	the way he wants to be spending his Mana
14257s	at this point
14260s	maybe he was worried because currently
14261s	he didn't have a way to deal with the
14262s	Titan we came out on curve could be yeah
14268s	but not in the reverbs pick up reverbs
14270s	picks up then yeah yeah
14273s	not as good
14275s	I guess already has Arcane as well so
14277s	spell School consideration it's not
14279s	really relevant yeah I don't know
14283s	yeah inza could be something even the
14287s	thorum at four Health kind of awkward to
14289s	have to answer
14291s	if he hasn't played enough spell schools
14293s	for the uh inquisitive creation plus
14296s	maybe just having like a backup removal
14298s	as well and if you use the inquisitive
14301s	creation and then there is something
14303s	played afterwards and then you can't
14306s	clear it that's a pretty big punish so I
14309s	think just going for maybe picking that
14310s	star power earlier not letting it get to
14313s	the point of oh I want to kind of lean
14315s	into that Elemental inspiration and then
14317s	it being a completely dead card until
14319s	much later in the game there is a chance
14322s	that you could just be dead before it
14324s	even comes to inspiration turn but I
14327s	don't know if Wiki was quite built up
14330s	enough of those pieces without things
14332s	like the flash of lightning to Discount
14334s	these nature spells quite yet
14337s	yeah we can get closer here can Flow
14340s	Rider and then Thor him to uh roll into
14344s	the Titan turn with a in a pretty good
14346s	scenario
14349s	where's the Flash
14352s	now you throw him next turn you golden
14355s	net for draw and Flash to end the turn
14357s	and yeah that
14360s	should be enough
14362s	looking like a very good turn six coming
14365s	up
14366s	yeah so he won't have hand space for the
14369s	draw even like if you go enough and then
14372s	flash he'd still be at what eight cards
14375s	so would just discard one but has both
14377s	lightning bolts in hand which are the
14379s	two burn overload spells the two most
14382s	important burn overload spells so it
14383s	could just thin the deck a little bit to
14384s	try and get closer to stuff
14387s	um if need be if he wants right all
14390s	right Cold Case picked up some much
14392s	needed proactive plays here from q but
14397s	getting it forward to because
14399s	it would just mean a ping over on the
14401s	thorum like cold case trade ping
14404s	going into Titan turn as well
14408s	yeah nothing feels good I do not MV gear
14412s	right now trying to figure out uh how he
14415s	wants to maneuver this turn because as
14417s	you mentioned I'm in Cold Case and maybe
14419s	a ping to close it out doing something
14422s	like the star power and infinitize the
14425s	maxitude maybe is the play uh maybe just
14429s	going for the dealing four to a minion
14433s	that he picked up earlier kind of
14435s	clearing that and then seeing what he
14436s	discovers
14437s	could be an option but
14440s	again regardless of which way he goes
14442s	he's going to have to make that decision
14443s	and
14444s	play the cards before that rope ends up
14447s	burning and kind of punishing him yet
14449s	again
14452s	oh the counter spell he could try and
14456s	disincentivize the uh the coconut here
14466s	it's interesting the secret provide
14468s	someone on an otherwise pretty clean-cut
14470s	power turn check face first obviously
14473s	yeah
14475s	to narrow it down
14479s	and he's gonna pivot a little bit and go
14481s	storm sets you could actually
14483s	slow down
14484s	and it's counterspelled yeah now these
14487s	minions stick
14492s	foreign
14502s	didn't get to play the flash of
14504s	lightning either which which does feel a
14506s	little bit bad now that there is so much
14509s	um kind of burn burn in hand with some
14511s	spell damage with both of these novice
14513s	zappers but I think they're still gonna
14515s	be another turn in between one week U is
14520s	going to set up probably that golden F
14521s	or just find something else before you
14525s	know kind of going in but the flash of
14527s	lightning certainly would have helped
14528s	kind of the the go in turn
14532s	is it gonna be just a solid Alibi at
14534s	this point from you now to set up to
14537s	stop that again kind of the counter
14539s	spell into solid Alibi really continue
14541s	to to slow week you down
14544s	I don't think he's worried about dying
14547s	yet because he didn't see the flash of
14549s	lightning last turn so he's not in range
14551s	of really anything at 26 for seven Mana
14554s	it would have to be like ideal perfect
14556s	situation with radiance
14558s	um
14559s	so I think he can hold off for a turn
14561s	for solid Alibi as soon as he sees the
14564s	first flash of lightning or if we get to
14565s	like turn eight or nine Maybe
14568s	but he needs to start like either
14569s	getting through his deck or
14572s	applying pressure
14576s	I think Discovery I mean maybe maybe he
14579s	is scared with solid element but he
14582s	hasn't seen anything that would indicate
14583s	they would uh uh
14587s	something from weak U so I like just
14590s	playing the secret because if uh we keep
14592s	attacks face with the uh the Chisel
14595s	means he just gains that extra armor so
14597s	testing for objection yeah
14600s	and I was going to be able to play the
14602s	Gogan death
14604s	yeah fantastic ordering there from weak
14607s	uh I think the question now is does he
14609s	want to use this Titan ability to draw
14612s	or does it just have to be the dealing
14616s	three and kind of trying to clear off
14618s	some of this board
14624s	it's going to die
14627s	he has an ancestral knowledge and three
14630s	burn spells in hand but no luminescence
14632s	so the draw will get him closer to
14634s	luminescence when drawing to it but I
14636s	think you got to go for the draw at this
14637s	point and he does
14639s	uh yeah I like still not bioluminescence
14641s	there's the flash though
14647s	okay now Q will be scared yes
14652s	but could go
14656s	um because he used the draw you can
14658s	Reverb and then go for the uh the damage
14660s	and heal
14664s	and it'll kill the golden ass on the
14667s	other side
14669s	it just depends on if he feels like he
14671s	needs to go with the uh the solid Alibi
14673s	which he probably he probably does
14676s	so if he goes and as board also will
14679s	probably be removed if he thinks he's
14680s	going to go in well actually
14683s	so my first instinct was Cosmic keyboard
14685s	Reverb damage and heal solid Alibi so
14689s	you have a big wide board
14691s	everything's healed up
14693s	you're putting pressure so we have to
14694s	answer the board and he can't kill you
14699s	but he might go in fintas and Max 2 just
14701s	trying to find a dish a little bit of
14703s	additional burst damage to try and end
14705s	the game
14708s	so it doesn't seem unreasonable if he
14711s	wants to go for that but it looks like
14712s	he's going for the forge yeah he goes
14714s	for the forge instead just kind of plays
14716s	out the solid Alibi forges and this is
14719s	setting up for the turn nine lethal next
14722s	turn with the Sif and
14724s	uh the mom rune
14729s	so there's been Frost
14732s	shadow
14734s	Arcane nature
14737s	played for Sith and there will it will
14739s	be fire for moment room because Sif
14742s	updates live
14745s	so it's a lethal setup right
14748s	with justif plus molten Rune right
14763s	all right well crash of Thunder does
14766s	clear up this board but that's not going
14768s	to matter week you doesn't know that yet
14771s	but he'll get the news real quick as
14774s	soon as that uh end turn goes in here I
14777s	don't even think I'm trying to hit with
14779s	the weapon at this point makes a
14780s	difference either
14787s	he's going to anyway but yeah there
14790s	still was the secret consideration but
14795s	yeah maybe it actually just would have
14797s	been better Natsu and set up because he
14799s	did play some spells and play Minion he
14802s	knew that at least those
14804s	Secrets weren't going to stop him from
14806s	playing something last turn or the in
14808s	the next turn
14809s	so yeah that's just gonna end it though
14812s	you takes the win with the mage
14815s	oh yes
14816s	that face he just made there kind of
14818s	covering up his face it felt like a he
14821s	battled he battled through that whole
14824s	match to get to that game five win there
14827s	but he did ultimately get there in the
14829s	end
14831s	yeah that was a tough series you a
14835s	couple turns that
14838s	was a little bit indecisive roped out uh
14841s	notably the one in the Warrior game and
14843s	then the one in the uh uh the shaman
14845s	game that we saw
14847s	um and the shama game ended up winning
14849s	the game regardless and missing the turn
14851s	may not have even been like a huge Miss
14854s	opportunity we didn't get to see the
14855s	discoverers so we don't really know what
14857s	happened we don't know if there was even
14859s	bird damage there if altered cord might
14861s	have even been the correct choice right
14864s	um and you could tell there was a little
14866s	bit of indecision going on however
14868s	I think you uh in the games that he won
14872s	in the games that mattered played really
14874s	well the secrets there
14876s	provide so much disruption because every
14879s	Mana that you spend as a shaman has to
14881s	matter because they're these lethals are
14884s	like
14885s	you know like razor thin edges
14888s	um one way or the other
14889s	so even though it was just an ice
14891s	barrier even though the first one was a
14894s	counter spell uh we could have to
14896s	respect it for being the thing that
14898s	blows him out of the game he had to
14899s	respect objection twice
14902s	um and so we had two turns where it
14903s	wasn't really do anything just because
14904s	of these randomly generated secrets from
14906s	Q which was basically his whole turn so
14908s	I think uh he understood what to do and
14911s	yeah um even though we had a couple of
14913s	rough moments in that series overall I
14915s	think it was really well played so very
14917s	happy for you yeah definitely so that
14919s	does mean that you is going to move into
14921s	the top four but uh we still have one
14924s	more match to go to decide our final top
14928s	four player so don't go anywhere we have
14931s	plenty more Hearthstone to go still
14933s	today we will be right back
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15276s	thank you hello everyone and welcome
15279s	back to the summer Championship we've
15281s	got plenty more action coming up for you
15283s	guys but we do have to round out this
15285s	top a I'm Raven joining me is subtle and
15287s	uh we'll see if we have another marathon
15289s	on our hands because that previous match
15291s	felt like a uh definitely an outside
15294s	Factor when we look at how the rest of
15296s	the matches have gone so far this
15297s	weekend uh what we've kind of been
15299s	getting used to at least for me even the
15301s	five game series being at least
15303s	semi-fast and Furious I would say and
15305s	that was definitely a bit of a slower
15307s	burn but next up Soul we have Gabby
15310s	versus dredy and uh this one I think um
15314s	is going to be a pretty interesting one
15315s	and for me personally dreadi has the
15319s	opportunity to cause a bit of an upset
15321s	because honestly just based on history
15324s	and seeing both players play a lot and
15327s	how they perform this weekend I would
15329s	have to just naturally give it to Gabby
15331s	here
15332s	yeah absolutely I think Gabby Gabby goes
15335s	in is the favorite for sure I think you
15337s	know certainly Prime Gabby would go in
15340s	as a big favorite you know Prime Gabby
15342s	player probably being the best player in
15343s	the world at that time and arguably the
15345s	best player we've ever seen on form and
15347s	dominance potentially there was someone
15349s	who won two 400 player tournaments in a
15352s	row I can't remember if anyone has ever
15353s	brought that up but outside of that
15356s	um but dread I I don't know dread is
15358s	such a wild card man like I I I've seen
15361s	him play horribly I've seen him play
15363s	incredibly well I've seen everything in
15365s	between I've seen him come with lineups
15368s	that make no sense to me I've seen him
15369s	come with lineups that just absolutely
15370s	destroy the field on the other side like
15373s	it honestly feels like like Dread eyes
15376s	just rolling chaos in every single game
15379s	right any any outcome is possible at any
15382s	point so absolutely do not count him out
15385s	because the the the ceiling for dread I
15388s	can absolutely get past Gabby in this
15390s	series and I'm sure there are some Amer
15392s	viewers just uh on the edge of their
15395s	seat hoping that dread I can pick up
15397s	some representation for them in that top
15399s	four yeah but there he is Gabby and you
15402s	you referenced Prime Gabby I think some
15404s	people who follow Gabby on Twitter would
15406s	argue that Prime Gabby is current Gabby
15408s	uh based on some of the images that he
15410s	has posted recently so we'll have to uh
15413s	see how that storyline progresses but
15415s	yeah Gabby if you've been following
15418s	the last few years you will know who
15420s	this guy is one of the best players
15423s	um I think at least so I don't know if
15425s	you'll disagree but one of the best
15426s	players who's played the game at a
15428s	competitive level that my eyes have seen
15430s	so um I look forward to seeing a good
15433s	things but obviously with this new
15435s	system
15436s	um there are
15438s	these players have had to still keep
15440s	that consistent play high with having to
15442s	have those ladder finishes so although
15444s	there's less tournament and like you
15446s	know broadcast matches that happen so
15449s	we've not been seeing you know Gabby as
15450s	often as we used to I still think you
15453s	know he'll be a top performance level
15455s	for him yeah absolutely I think Gabby
15458s	certainly been uh been hitting the gym a
15460s	bit more often these days as you
15462s	mentioned uh things like that are surely
15464s	just a distraction from the key business
15466s	of playing Hearthstone though no happy
15468s	to see people working on themselves the
15470s	kids like half my age and twice my size
15472s	it's embarrassing honestly to be fair
15474s	though not that difficult for you sir is
15477s	it you're not the best comparison there
15478s	I think a twiglet would be here twice
15480s	your size sometimes wow I mean this is
15483s	just body shaming Now isn't it doesn't
15485s	that qualify does it not count when it's
15486s	skinny people is that how the world
15487s	works I think it doesn't count whether
15489s	it's you ah okay you've given me enough
15492s	come on
15493s	yeah that's true of course Raven
15495s	famously is four foot nine so there we
15498s	go see we're even as always but check
15500s	out just quickly of course while we've
15502s	been there throwing rubbish at each
15503s	other dread eyes list and the outcast
15505s	Demon Hunter uh for me subtle honestly a
15508s	bit of a surprise factor for this
15509s	tournament I didn't I wasn't shocked
15511s	people brought it but I'm a little bit
15513s	surprised at how well it seems to be
15515s	performing uh we've been seeing it a few
15517s	times over the course of today and if
15519s	you've been seeing it today it means the
15520s	players already got out of groups
15522s	yesterday so the progressions already
15523s	happen there so just a bit of a surprise
15526s	Factor yeah it's been performing uh
15528s	pretty well yeah I've always had the
15530s	feeling that Outcast Demon Hunter and uh
15533s	spell Demon Hunter when that was a thing
15535s	like click phase Demon Hunter as people
15537s	sometimes referred to it as kind of has
15539s	this idea of like a concealed skill
15541s	ceiling where they seem like very
15543s	straightforward decks and like 99 of
15547s	people kind of hit that ceiling and go
15549s	okay I'm playing this deck to maximum
15551s	potential and then there's like a small
15553s	group of people who just managed to
15555s	shatter through that ceiling go oh no no
15557s	there's a whole nother level that you
15558s	can play this deck out that you're not
15560s	paying attention to
15561s	um an aggro based demon Hunters I think
15563s	because they always do fly so close to
15567s	the edge right where it's it's that it's
15569s	a game where it when a top player plays
15571s	it it feels like they've had six or
15574s	seven cards in their hand the entire
15575s	game they've killed their opponent and
15577s	they still have 30 health and it never
15578s	looked close and then you just rewind
15580s	time and give that exact same game to a
15583s	mediocre player and they've run out of
15584s	cards on turn four and haven't done any
15586s	damage to their opponents right right
15588s	like the differences and there's no game
15590s	plan right yeah they're just like well I
15593s	hope this top deck works yeah
15596s	um so looking forward to seeing what we
15598s	can get out of Jedi here but Gabby will
15600s	certainly be delighted to be seeing a
15603s	Slither spear on one here again
15605s	sometimes there is a debate with Naga
15607s	Mage about whether you're supposed to
15608s	play slitherspoon on one because it is
15610s	that cheap potential activator for your
15611s	siren when you have school teacher in
15613s	hand already no such concern because you
15616s	know you're going to be getting that one
15617s	trying to knock it back before that
15619s	point infinitas coming out oh big pickup
15623s	actually the star power wow I was
15626s	singing this card's Praises just earlier
15628s	today it just it just feels like a
15631s	guaranteed board player no matter what
15632s	on turn five so
15635s	um yeah very very powerful removal and
15636s	this is the matchup you want it in
15639s	huge
15641s	did you say turn five
15643s	yeah well I'm talking generally of
15645s	course this one is going to be formatted
15647s	with the coin of course helping out uh
15649s	but still that is it was such a night
15652s	and day difference between hitting that
15654s	and not hitting a clear right yep yeah a
15657s	couple of things you could have picked
15659s	up like fire sale for example would have
15661s	done a very very similar job but yeah
15662s	limited pool of cards that you could
15664s	have found to have an answer there and
15665s	that's such a great uh release of
15668s	pressure for Gabby because now this is a
15670s	slow turn from dredi and that plays
15672s	perfectly into Gabby's hands because
15674s	Gabby can now just go school teacher go
15676s	and just be a head on board as the combo
15678s	deck going into this yeah within with an
15682s	often very high Tempo one drop next turn
15685s	right because without there being a
15687s	siren yes there's not the ultimate new
15690s	play for now at least but what even
15692s	worst case scenario you have another
15694s	link that just it's so Tempo heavy
15697s	almost regardless of what you get just
15699s	because of the Mana it's going to save
15700s	most times yep
15703s	though still has plenty to do just
15705s	picking up the glove tar now could
15707s	choose to have a another air quotes slow
15710s	turn by just equipping the weapon
15712s	chucking and swinging and then trying to
15713s	build on something next to him
15718s	again we've seen a few times over the
15720s	course of the weekend this deck the
15722s	outcast Demon Hunter although can be
15724s	very sort of turn one turn two turn
15726s	three curve and play very aggressively
15729s	it can also sort of do the token Druid
15731s	thing right where it doesn't have to
15732s	rush but it does have to just keep
15734s	making waves of threats and and make
15737s	them stick once at least to start really
15739s	bursting down
15741s	I've missed the gab Jam the gab Jam is
15743s	back in full force
15751s	Pierce outside the chain can get rolling
15753s	here if dread I once can use the second
15755s	Fierce Outsider to trade this a little
15758s	bit more efficiently but might be more
15759s	interested in holding on to that for uh
15762s	Glade tar resources it's even a okay I
15765s	was working out whether it was even a
15766s	trade honestly oh sure yeah just because
15769s	like that's that is a lot of minions to
15771s	throw into a four four yeah
15775s	just leave him there and say you don't
15778s	know that I don't have halveria in my
15780s	hand I mean isn't that the majority of
15783s	the deck yeah pretty much it feels like
15785s	the game plan yeah yeah remember that
15788s	invisible skill ceiling that I was
15789s	talking about yeah I think you just
15791s	crashed head first
15793s	yeah I'll take it I'll take it okay I
15796s	accept my limitations no
15801s	well these are nine cards that could be
15804s	a spike life siren
15806s	and yeah I'm just gonna say if you're
15807s	telling me that trading tons of minions
15810s	into one four four is correct then I
15813s	don't want to be correctol okay
15817s	yeah I can see defending come out now
15819s	though for Gabby Gabby just saying nope
15820s	I don't see the siren therefore this
15822s	hand is not good and did manage to hit
15824s	one although uh I guess that's the
15827s	amalgam right it's a
15830s	to pair with the siren maybe next turn
15832s	but maybe there's just maybe it's just
15835s	wait
15837s	it's good enough right because you can
15839s	go siren amalgam and then because you
15843s	have a one Mana spell you then can get
15845s	back up to three manners you can start
15847s	playing the three Mana nagas in your
15848s	hand right so theoretically it's okay
15851s	the problem that's spelled too isn't it
15853s	yeah the choke point weirdly is on the
15855s	Spells more so than the Naga
15858s	um but it could be saved by picking up
15861s	something specific from discovery of
15862s	magic I think it depends on how
15864s	aggressive dread eyes turn is right oh
15866s	yeah if you can get away with like
15868s	school teacher and ping or something as
15871s	a playable turn then I think that does
15872s	set you up for a significantly better uh
15875s	Naga spell turn the turn afterwards but
15877s	uh I think Gabby's gonna look at this
15879s	board State and think something needs to
15881s	be done about it yeah wallet Wallop
15883s	stump sounds like some kind of combo
15885s	that you do not appreciate coming your
15887s	way
15888s	how much does inquisitive creation do
15892s	here
15893s	because it can't be the Naga spell
15895s	reaction because of the speaker the
15897s	speaker stomper coming down
15899s	I wanted to say four but that's just a
15905s	feeling that it's forward maybe it's
15908s	just a feeling
15910s	wow it's no way no
15913s	it's just the star power right
15915s	everything else yeah minions
15917s	yeah I guess for some reason I I get
15920s	anything where it's like it's turn six
15921s	of course there's been spelling yeah
15924s	this isn't rainbow Mage this is like you
15928s	know we we tested this deck and between
15930s	the two of us and I definitely ran into
15932s	this problem where sometimes you are
15934s	just sat with a with a creation in your
15936s	hand going well this just does two AOE
15938s	and I'm really struggling to get it
15939s	above that
15941s	oh
15944s	what are you saying about that ceiling
15946s	song
15949s	this looks like the one and only thing
15950s	the deck does
15953s	so you can attack with three things and
15955s	then everything else goes face so that
15957s	one will do eight that one will do nine
15959s	and that one
15961s	more than that yes it is it is lethal
15964s	yeah
15965s	yeah because Health area attacks as well
15966s	right which is next yeah how very
15968s	attacks so then this first one does
15969s	eight the next one does nine the last
15970s	one also does nine so uh
15975s	yes
15977s	it could have done that with ordering
15979s	but yeah you didn't need it sure yeah
15982s	that is lethal yes do I take in the very
15986s	quick and uh early win there with the
15988s	outcast demon turn like I said it just
15990s	it seems to just continue this deck I
15992s	feel is a bit of a Dark Horse I mean
15995s	maybe that's just because I didn't have
15996s	as much faith in it as of course the
15998s	players that submitted it did but I just
16000s	didn't feel like it was gonna
16002s	dominating in this matter that also just
16005s	as I just realized was Max damage
16007s	because you couldn't you couldn't attack
16009s	with the health area first and have it
16010s	survive to then get the Buffs on the
16013s	um the additional oh because you
16015s	wouldn't minus one to then gain one
16017s	which wouldn't have actually changed it
16018s	it would make sense yeah yeah really
16021s	good win there for dreaday getting the
16022s	Demon Hunter out of the way looking good
16024s	Gabby as you uh touched on when we were
16027s	practicing as well where sometimes the
16030s	deck just gets a little bit clunky
16031s	especially because you don't have as
16034s	many answers right the deck can't
16036s	generate tons of answers we saw the star
16039s	power but there just isn't sort of the
16041s	the same kind of response that you're
16044s	able to do with rainbow and we just see
16046s	there you know there's just a few too
16048s	many clunky cards a few too many Naga
16050s	and just not really hitting the siren
16052s	early enough like having to spin the
16054s	away the hand just to find a siren is
16057s	never really what you want to do
16058s	especially against a board Focus deck
16060s	like the outcast Demon Hunter
16062s	yeah particularly I think Gabby needed
16066s	one of two things to happen right he
16068s	needed that turn to be lower pressure
16070s	than it was from dredi or he needed to
16074s	be able to have to react to the
16077s	aggressive push and just have a very
16079s	very explosive turn right like right
16081s	here hit a couple of clutch Generations
16083s	off like discovery of Magic the draw off
16085s	the top is really good like draw off the
16087s	top his gifts of ashara or something
16088s	like that right and then you can have an
16090s	explosive turn on the counter Jedi not
16092s	only had the powerful turn in response
16094s	he also had speaker stomper to come down
16096s	as well which just meant that Gabby was
16098s	forced to leave massive amounts of
16100s	damage up on the board on the other side
16102s	well let's jump into game two Gabby's
16104s	sticking with the Naga Mage on the top
16106s	dreadlock jumping over to the Arcane
16108s	Hunter here
16110s	both players get enough to uh as good a
16112s	start as they could want but I think the
16114s	Slither speed at first go opening up a
16117s	little bit more of a comfortable Ping On
16119s	the air singer is a big deal
16121s	yeah and this time you see this one is a
16123s	pure Tempo play from Gabby uh no safety
16127s	valve in Hand of that school teacher to
16129s	ensure that you could go off on five if
16131s	you did find it there it is now
16133s	um but as in this match
16136s	I love this outcome it's so good you
16140s	feel like you you can do anything even
16142s	this early in the game
16144s	doesn't
16145s	actually do anything good right now no
16148s	but if I add two Arcane shots in hand
16150s	they were going to face this turn I'll
16153s	tell you that for free what's the uh
16155s	what's the Manifest on conjured Arrow
16157s	like which which turn is it that you
16159s	need a six six okay yep
16163s	yeah a little bit away if it was any
16164s	less well especially if it was turned
16166s	three wow that card
16169s	manifest one
16172s	okay yeah
16176s	it's like OG unleash fell which is like
16177s	yeah it just always heals don't worry
16179s	about it
16187s	shooting star doesn't feel terrible in
16190s	this match yeah Gateway is Gateway
16192s	though as well okay it does take the
16194s	shooting star I just feel like it does
16196s	the things you can't do most of the time
16198s	right which is yep take that box
16208s	yeah and you can tell what's happening
16209s	here right and this is probably going to
16211s	be the plan for the foreseeable future
16212s	where dredi is going to be the aggressor
16215s	until Gabby does the siren turn and then
16219s	they'll switch roles a lot of the time
16221s	right where suddenly then dread I will
16223s	have to try and clear the board but it
16224s	does have star power available so if
16227s	it's expecting that kind of on curve
16228s	siren potential Then star power is there
16231s	and good to go
16234s	also face Naga not a uh card that that
16237s	many people are playing at least in the
16239s	list I've seen knocking around
16244s	[Music]
16245s	great draw from Gabby picking up the
16247s	flame Geezer which now does allow him to
16249s	go full clear with the creation if he
16251s	wanted to and it appears he does yeah
16254s	you just don't want to take the hidden
16256s	four
16257s	right it's just so much damage
16263s	oh here we go Time Force let's go
16269s	quick drop everything and Forge this
16271s	card yeah
16273s	I told you every single time
16281s	it's a motion denied yep
16286s	makes sense right like yeah I don't
16288s	think dread is super interested in
16290s	taking secrets that are going to build
16291s	him aboard again right like it does not
16293s	look like he's gonna win board again
16294s	this game like straight up damage seems
16297s	like the order of business
16309s	little bit of a shame one zombie didn't
16312s	live I think a lot of the time you
16314s	really like to have at least one token
16316s	out of that trade
16317s	in the early game at least
16323s	purely because it interacts with some
16324s	other Secrets pretty well
16333s	Gabby's about to get the bad news
16341s	slitherspoon can come down to play
16343s	around hidden meanings but then it's
16344s	just like oh okay don't need to play
16346s	around anymore
16347s	yeah at least it means he now gets to
16348s	play this extra one two for free though
16350s	right having taken the six he can just
16351s	absolutely commit to the board and
16353s	that's the thing like a lot of Hunter
16355s	secrets
16357s	are actually quite hard to play around
16359s	it's not really the days of um you know
16362s	the main thing you've got to think about
16364s	is explosive trap or cat trick sort of
16366s	things right it's about it's like well
16368s	it's either usual Mana don't play a
16371s	spell don't play a minion hmm
16374s	there's not a lot I can do it
16377s	don't play three cards yeah okay why
16380s	don't you just write a memo and tell me
16382s	what I can do and I'll just do that
16385s	yeah and what you can do becomes the
16386s	shorter list you know you're upset
16392s	yeah I was talking about this yesterday
16394s	I do like Hunter secrets in general over
16398s	most of the other classes it does feel
16400s	like the most secretive it has that best
16403s	you've activated my trap card for you
16405s	yes right like I feel with most other
16408s	classes when a secret comes down both
16411s	players know what's going on it's just
16414s	you know Rogue has paid two Mana for a
16416s	spell and everyone knows what that spell
16417s	is right right we proceed with the game
16419s	and and I think as well like this pool
16422s	of um secrets in like that exists right
16425s	now is so powerful as well because as
16429s	we've just mentioned they kind of do
16431s	everything so you can just cherry pick
16433s	what you need to happen and they also
16435s	work together really really well so the
16437s	Link's coming down here for dreda gonna
16439s	start creating some board pressure
16440s	polymorph jellyfish okay
16444s	gonna make it a little bit easier to
16445s	clear up yep a little bit
16448s	gonna be gone now
16452s	you have it there you go it's there so
16456s	urgent spines
16466s	right after seeing the uh the AOE as
16469s	well
16473s	yeah last two turns what creation and a
16476s	shooting star both been played yeah
16481s	and again no siren turn nope
16489s	very much like one of my games in
16491s	testing to you this isn't it yeah it
16494s	really is because I was playing the
16495s	pretty much this Hunter deck
16498s	um but oh okay not bad
16501s	but this is one of the things I remember
16503s	sort of in previous Naga Mage matters
16507s	where if you just did with siren
16511s	like it's so much like less power right
16515s	and like deck power I mean overall like
16518s	and obviously that's counteracted by
16520s	well you get siren often and when you do
16522s	get it it's it's busted but it just
16525s	feels so weak when you're not actually
16527s	just popping off making a full board
16529s	every turn yeah it's just a thing that's
16531s	not really supposed to happen right
16533s	because
16534s	you play two copies of the card it can
16536s	just be in your top 10 cards right and
16538s	then you're Fair yeah which is fine in
16539s	your top 10 cards which is pretty likely
16541s	then if it isn't in your top 10 cards
16542s	you have cards that specifically tutor a
16545s	Naga out of your deck so you can just
16547s	hit it with one of those then you will
16549s	have drawn most several of your other
16550s	nagas by that point anyway so you're
16552s	supposed to be able to find it if that
16554s	fails you have things that discover
16555s	nargus you can just Discover right from
16558s	an amalgam or whatever
16559s	um and then if all that has still failed
16561s	and it's all the way down at the bottom
16563s	of your deck you can just play thinly
16564s	and then you have the bottom of your
16566s	deck in your hands this isn't really
16568s	supposed to happen particularly often
16570s	but yes here we are something's
16573s	happening now though
16575s	but it's uh we're gonna see if it's
16577s	better late than never or whether it's
16578s	too late here for Gabby oh cheeky Reverb
16583s	oh didn't see the option was that a vast
16585s	wisdom where a Reverb was taken and
16588s	remained at three Mana I wonder what the
16591s	other options were alongside that Saul
16593s	genuinely I blinked and missed it and I
16597s	mean that literally not not the saying
16600s	actually blinked and missed it
16603s	okay hear me out what if dread is dead
16606s	yeah hear me out he always gets that
16610s	well this is in hand
16612s	I think I think it's a board space issue
16615s	more than anything else honestly
16617s	yeah is it one of those it's not me it's
16619s	you scenario so yeah yeah yeah
16627s	oh
16629s	not like that oh no
16632s	yeah it looks like I was gonna have to
16634s	do some Tide in here did get the ice
16636s	barrier down I believe as one of the
16638s	secrets it's the other one objection or
16640s	am I making it up
16642s	I did not catch what the other one is
16644s	but the first one was definitely ice
16645s	barrier
16653s	still though
16656s	star power with the urchin is gonna help
16659s	on one respect you might think this
16661s	isn't needed but at this point in the
16663s	game I think it's more of a why not
16670s	oh wait a minute yeah I was gonna say is
16671s	this not a conjurer first
16679s	interesting
16686s	sequencing is a little bit weird like I
16689s	think I'm not sure why the attack needed
16690s	to happen yeah I think that's kind of a
16692s	weird scenario where the remaining
16694s	secret which I believe is still in play
16696s	could be like vengeful Visage which
16698s	wouldn't have propped in the full board
16700s	situation sure yeah sure maybe uh but
16705s	you know even then like you could
16707s	theoretically clear the board go face
16709s	and then shoot your conjured Arrow at
16711s	the thing is afterwards so I guess then
16713s	you if it wasn't that you just wouldn't
16715s	get a conjured Arrow right sure so yeah
16719s	either way Gabby simply saying okay I go
16722s	again
16724s	oh another Barry I didn't even realize
16727s	Barry was in there
16729s	yeah it was a very fresh savara going
16731s	into that turn so basically is that just
16733s	a cycle
16737s	he silenced the plan
16741s	before Gabby be careful
16746s	I don't know
16747s	let's just
16749s	stuff everywhere
16752s	okay another Iceberg going down he's
16754s	gonna throw the silence out just for the
16756s	uh
16759s	I can't believe there's a druid yogg box
16761s	in Gabby's hand right now like no not
16763s	like this
16767s	yeah just get back up to 10 mana and
16769s	just play the old box you know you want
16771s	that's the Ender yeah
16775s	I mean legit the sift damage isn't
16777s	really there anymore right like
16779s	everything's had to be thrown at minions
16780s	over the course of the game
16782s	well I think the benefit here now is
16784s	there's board and there's also um uh
16787s	Rune right as one of the secrets and
16790s	with these uh your Mungus and that's a
16792s	lot of extra damage actually to face yep
16796s	I think just be healthy and uh don't die
16800s	is pretty much where we're at right now
16804s	it did Silence the foray yeah I know it
16807s	sounds so early yeah yeah yeah it's just
16809s	simply fine oh it was objection this is
16813s	the secret before okay
16818s	super awkward though
16820s	there's the explosive rooms
16825s	[Music]
16829s	subtly with the help of the ice barrier
16832s	not looking too hot here for dreaday
16834s	nope
16837s	also I've just realized tradai's hit the
16840s	awkward stage of seven cards left in the
16843s	deck one is Agra bar and two are
16846s	starstrong bows it hurts so much drawing
16850s	zero weapons with this deck you want at
16852s	least one
16856s	so yeah I mean I think dread eyes
16859s	reaction to this is correct he has to
16861s	try and fatigue Gabby from this spot
16863s	right like this yeah yeah this this
16865s	makes sense honestly it's not gonna work
16867s	nope and for example if there is a agama
16871s	or a the bow drawn well then you can
16874s	think about things right like try and do
16876s	the you know sign bring it all the way
16877s	down to the line to say well this extra
16879s	six damage per turn is going to be
16880s	enough
16882s	yeah seven damage creation
16885s	full board again and I don't think any
16887s	specific top deck overly helps here
16892s	nice Fireball nice little pickup just in
16896s	case there is any miraculous card that
16898s	appears off the timer but I think yep
16901s	okay
16902s	wow that was a tricky one there and I
16905s	think Gabby uh fought his way out of
16907s	that I honestly thought Jedi was going
16908s	to just move up to a 2-0 because it very
16911s	much looked like that was the case early
16913s	on but Gabby yeah kept a cool head and
16915s	uh got on with it basically and played
16917s	to what he could uh what he could get
16919s	with those outs yeah and it was a really
16921s	crucial moment in there so because Gabby
16923s	was so late hitting the siren like as I
16925s	was talking about just how unlikely the
16927s	siren is to be in that exact pocket of
16929s	cards you card access like sort of 10
16932s	cards from the bottom of your deck
16934s	um he hit it but then because his
16937s	execution of the turn that followed was
16938s	so good he then gets out of it and like
16941s	the one issue I was highlighting at the
16943s	time
16944s	um I didn't see the Discover pool but it
16946s	looked like he took a vast wisdom into a
16948s	Reverb and then left the Reverb at three
16950s	Mana by picking another three Mana spell
16952s	ice barrier as the other pick off the
16954s	vast wisdom right which initially to me
16956s	that looks weird because I would see
16957s	Reverb and go make that Reverb as cheap
16959s	as possible and then I can start popping
16960s	off with double siren Gabby knew he
16963s	didn't need that extra Mana he played
16965s	that Reverb for three Mana during that
16967s	siren turn and was still able to
16968s	completely dominate that entire turn
16970s	yeah but what did end up being entirely
16972s	crucial was playing an ice barrier over
16975s	the course of that turn because then he
16977s	played one ice barrier that gave him the
16978s	extra Health security that he needed and
16980s	it put a second ice barrier in the
16982s	savara by having it be such an early
16984s	spell over the course of the term which
16985s	was really really nicely done from Gavin
16988s	yeah and just as much as uh you know we
16990s	talked about the unfortunate uh point of
16993s	missing the sirens in that deck I do
16995s	think just going back to dread ice
16996s	hunter that I you could say the same
16999s	thing for the weapons right because one
17000s	you have three of them if you include
17002s	that Grandma
17003s	um in the deck and they are so crucial
17005s	because you saw
17006s	um with the secret Choice from dread eye
17008s	and the early game choices he was happy
17011s	to just say I'm just gonna kill him
17012s	that's my plan We're not gonna mess
17014s	around with the board for long all
17016s	damage all face let's go but you expect
17019s	to draw one weapon over the course of
17021s	that game with what seven cards left at
17023s	the end and that's like 12 damage I
17025s	missed obviously would have had Spencer
17027s	manner but not much like 12 damage
17029s	missed or more card draw created or you
17033s	know taunts or whatever you want to
17034s	choose from Aquaman first but still just
17036s	a lot of air missed damage potential
17038s	with just missing those weapons so a
17040s	little bit unfortunate for treadite as
17041s	well but the Sea series is evened up
17044s	again just remind if you've joined us
17046s	late uh this is a top eight match the
17048s	winner moves on the loser is done and
17051s	dusted
17053s	and his final point before we've moved
17055s	on just a quick question you've played
17057s	more about Arcane Hunter than I have
17059s	you ever done the thing where like you
17061s	overwrite
17063s	the the aggramar weapon with the star
17065s	Strongbow and then start using the
17067s	abilities on the starstrong bow instead
17069s	of the weapon that's equipped from the
17071s	Titan you ever done that no I thought
17074s	you're gonna ask me a different question
17075s	of just have I ever just overwritten the
17077s	Titan weapon just for the bow I was like
17080s	well yeah 100 because it's just a lot
17081s	more damage yeah yeah but yeah I've
17084s	never actually applied the the ability
17086s	to the weapon okay it just interesting
17089s	is to like what the situation would be
17091s	that that would be correct right like I
17092s	just want to kind of see the game state
17094s	where that's the right play it sounds
17096s	cool
17099s	it's like plus damage if you add a clock
17102s	yeah right right but like it kind of
17105s	involves like having a zero Mana bow on
17107s	like turn six when you play the Titan
17109s	though right which is like such an
17111s	unlikely scenario
17112s	here that we are going to see the Druid
17114s	from Gabby and uh doing Druid things
17116s	trying to get some trans on the board uh
17119s	treada gonna be on the mage
17121s	but just has the scourge
17125s	it's because
17126s	yeah the part where it costs nine might
17130s	be an issue though it does sound like an
17132s	incredibly powerful card to have against
17133s	Druid but Gabby has hit the discount
17136s	unfortunately which with an innovate in
17139s	hand as well means he is going to do
17141s	gross things very very quickly
17145s	in this scenario it's one of those cards
17147s	that's great if you don't need it which
17150s	sounds stupid but I mean like if the
17152s	rest of your hand has you covered for
17154s	the foreseeable future you think okay
17156s	the scourge might be all right here but
17158s	yeah if you need some emergency buttons
17160s	that is not one of them
17163s	and lifebinders gift is is a it's a card
17166s	yeah it is a certified
17173s	lightning bolts being kicked out there
17175s	just to extend the tide a little bit
17178s	I think you can tell the type of Power
17180s	Stone player you are is to like what you
17181s	read when lifebinders gift got revealed
17184s	because you know some people are like
17185s	wow like two extra spells oh that's so
17188s	much value oh so cool and then the
17190s	degenerates like me just literally
17192s	didn't notice that was on the card and
17194s	just read cheat a bunch of mana on the
17196s	second option
17197s	[Music]
17199s	what was that Mana reduction
17203s	Count Me In
17211s	it's also the weird situation which
17213s	we've seen and does come up often but
17216s	the the whole like Alibis in the early
17219s	game hand when you don't actually need
17221s	them just feels like minus two slots
17223s	even though obviously they are very good
17225s	cards but they just feel like they're
17228s	just taking up space and obviously I say
17230s	two three at the moment for dreader
17233s	yeah it's one of those weird hands that
17235s	you run into sometimes with Mage
17237s	um because dread eyes drawn double
17238s	weapon it's rare that you draw a double
17241s	weapon and also have enough premium
17243s	spells to play alongside the double
17245s	weapon so sometimes you get these hands
17246s	where you're just playing like Alibis
17248s	and reverbs just to summon three threes
17250s	from your weapons over the course of the
17252s	turn just to fill out Mana
17259s	yeah it's very odd isn't it it's like oh
17261s	yeah the main just got full hand it's
17263s	like yeah full of rubbish but what does
17266s	it do
17269s	whereas Gabby has options after options
17271s	after options in the very very near
17274s	future
17277s	the really good lady ninja though yeah
17281s	that pulls the scourge into potentially
17284s	playable territory now yeah only two
17287s	turns right
17291s	nothing else to do until then but still
17296s	ah you can make some two drops from your
17298s	weapon next turn if you want seems fine
17300s	great yeah well uh keyboard Alibi alibi
17306s	oh you can Reverb something it'll be
17308s	fine
17314s	so it's just a little clunky it's still
17316s	good it's still good
17324s	it's all right Gabby
17327s	we understand it's fine
17331s	I'll burn the solar a little bit rough
17336s	Soul clearly cares not for solar eclipse
17344s	so such an awkward spot for Jedi because
17346s	like anything he makes is just dead like
17351s	100 of the time
17357s	I'm kind of on board with this play
17358s	actually more than playing like the
17360s	artifices or anything
17364s	just know if you're playing out of it so
17366s	what gains you a couple of armor and it
17368s	dies great
17382s	convoke again
17384s	we can do it this time
17390s	so at this point here what's what's the
17393s	the time limit here for Gabby is this
17396s	like uh next turn he's gonna try and pop
17398s	off and then start going you know wave
17400s	after wave then
17403s	I think so yeah I was a little surprised
17405s	to see the first disciple used on
17409s	essentially used to generate two nature
17411s	spells right because you could have just
17413s	used the discount without using the
17414s	disciple
17416s	um and then you don't get the second
17417s	disciple down in the same turn but I
17419s	think once you have the Topia in play
17422s	right you don't necessarily have to full
17423s	tunnel on the drum circle stuff right
17425s	like you can just generate more nature
17427s	spells and use that to just make more
17429s	free threes on board which and then just
17431s	wait till one sticks yep exactly and
17434s	then just try and otk your opponent from
17435s	there if it gets to that point not Gabby
17438s	sometimes you have to just let go
17441s	the night involves just pressing the
17443s	convoke button
17447s	I feel like there's not much that can go
17449s	wrong honestly
17451s	there's not that much that goes right
17453s	either with conversions entertainment
17455s	values
17458s	the viewers will love it
17465s	still Gabby gonna make big wave one did
17468s	you see the um
17470s	one clear come down and now suddenly
17473s	it's a bit of a problem for Jedi isn't
17475s	it
17477s	yep
17478s	so we can go all the way back in time to
17481s	I believe it was turned four and we saw
17483s	a finale uh volume up dread I chose to
17486s	copy The Alibi even though you know you
17488s	were talking about at the time the hand
17489s	was pretty concrete clunky didn't have
17492s	too many proactive things to do he chose
17495s	to copy up another reactive card in his
17497s	hand and now you're starting to see a
17500s	little bit of the game plan of why that
17501s	is because dread eye knows at some point
17503s	this board will come down from the Druid
17505s	so he now just needs to stall this out
17507s	with Alibis for long enough to either to
17509s	be able to piece together some magical
17511s	clear or just to stall enough times to
17514s	uh to find sift damage to get the job
17516s	done
17517s	and you know it could defend well here
17527s	wants to probably get armor I imagine
17529s	and Buffs and death rails and such
17532s	oh I told you I told you why does no one
17535s	trust me
17536s	Insta insta Beetle for 12. it's convoke
17540s	every single time and look at this more
17542s	buffage
17544s	for the what was that
17546s	due process okay yeah yeah true process
17548s	yeah
17552s	oh
17553s	oh okay I mean not bad not bad oh by the
17556s	way Gabby
17558s	get gave us some kind of physical action
17561s	for each spell that happens yes like
17564s	some kind of Power Ranger to do the
17566s	different morphing pose every time
17569s	form of beetleman City that's what it
17573s	felt like
17577s	a terrible era of Transformers when they
17579s	all turned into bugs honestly not my
17581s	favorite
17585s	I think it was called Beetleborgs
17594s	what have we got left in the discovery
17596s	pool okay well that's a shot of the
17600s	nauru
17609s	because if you get a shot of the narrow
17612s	like
17613s	what's the impact of Alibi you know
17616s	obviously there's extra Buffs from
17618s	having to be played I know there's that
17620s	but I'm just hold on it's good this this
17622s	thing on the right is a miracle growth
17625s	yes right so oh true true it's a natural
17628s	1010 or whatever it is right like it's
17631s	huge uh eight I think eight okay because
17635s	there was the um cultivation right and
17637s	there was the power of the wild right
17639s	okay
17642s	so the the Minions on the two extremes
17645s	are a four four and an eight eight
17646s	naturally right so that's still a ton of
17648s	damage you're leaving I guess I always
17650s	assume Scourge like drops a taunt and a
17652s	Russia or something you know like it
17654s	gives you something yeah you just you
17656s	just hit the gold Scourge every time
17667s	see it goes the other way uses The Alibi
17670s	but doesn't use the shards right just to
17672s	keep that concealed as a surprise I like
17674s	that idea
17676s	oh
17683s	feral what do you actually mean
17694s	illegal
17698s	I forgot what it was like watching Gabby
17700s	play Hearthstone
17705s	I forgot what it was like to watch a
17707s	winner yeah
17710s	hey though for dredy there is still the
17712s	Shadow the narrow there is also
17714s	reverberations for the the uh big one on
17717s	the right isn't there so true there are
17720s	options right to not delete the board
17722s	but kind of delete the board
17725s	[Music]
17726s	and Gabby
17728s	how much generation is actually left
17730s	there's four cards in a dream right now
17732s	if uh you know with our knowledge that
17734s	Shard of an arrow exists yes
17750s	and I imagine this soul is being kept
17751s	for the drum circle
17759s	yeah tough to navigate because uh G
17761s	processors in play now this game as well
17763s	which means whenever there's a due
17764s	process in play in situations like this
17766s	you end up kind of having to dump cards
17768s	from your hand that you don't
17769s	necessarily want to there's also the
17771s	issue so I I know we talked about the
17773s	card on the left the card on the right
17775s	all right you're on the board but if
17777s	it's Shard of the narrow Reverb ping
17780s	whatever
17781s	then it's just an empty board and then
17783s	what if Gabby just rebuilds a board then
17786s	what then it's just Scourge and hope I
17788s	suppose yeah I'm just trying to work out
17791s	whether it has to just be Shard Scourge
17794s	hope Scourge gives something to deal
17797s	with at least a chunk of the board
17799s	immolation Aura hello
17803s	card draw goodbye
17807s	I mean I guess someone used to have 11
17810s	cards left in your deck yeah I'm kind of
17812s	because you win the fatigue yabby only
17815s	has four left
17817s	the thing is like how many of these
17819s	cards are you now just gonna absolutely
17820s	dump from your hand
17822s	to make space for Sith like you're
17824s	drawing for safe combo pieces and then
17826s	having to burn those combo pieces so
17828s	your hand stays empty enough that you
17830s	can draw
17831s	I'm actually a little bit surprised at
17833s	this point being honest that the
17834s	artifice at number two didn't just come
17836s	down because
17838s	I don't think there's any world where
17841s	without an alibi dread eyes feeling safe
17844s	anyway so like when is this armor going
17846s	to stack unless it's literally
17848s	artificial Scourge next turn or
17850s	something right and like that's the plan
17853s	that Shard artificial Scourge still like
17856s	50 50 of stats on the other side of the
17858s	board you can't just do that no no with
17860s	charred I mean I wish I did yeah it's
17863s	like Shard artificial Scourge might just
17865s	be
17866s	right this has to work kind of scenario
17868s	because this board's still not really
17869s	going anywhere is it no
17873s	oh that's okay there's the creation okay
17877s	so now this is gonna be Shard Reverb
17880s	creation something like that presumably
17884s	dark feels Creation with the Spectrum
17888s	the weird part about this to me is that
17890s	you create the same effect by just
17892s	taking immolation Aura and using that on
17895s	the previous turn instead
17898s	the worry here like I said is I it's
17901s	because Gabby's got a full hand and
17903s	pretty much has drawn the deck so
17905s	dreadine knows there's almost certainly
17907s	a second wave coming right and I guess
17909s	it just has to be either Scourge hope or
17912s	hope this draw just creates lethal outs
17916s	sure
17918s	I guess we're going to infinitize
17920s	instead of the discovery now yeah makes
17922s	sense
17924s	Gabby does also have asked Lauren and
17926s	now so that could be a term where it's
17928s	just double Aster lore right
17931s	just to get a little bit of arm
17942s	what a silly game of Hearthstone
17947s	now we go solo which is a nature spell
17949s	so it's going to summon the final minion
17951s	and then we can drop the generation yeah
17955s	Gabby maximizing all the generations
17958s	right yep
17960s	any issues this last uh well appears
17963s	last after the Buffs happen but uh
17966s	that's fine yeah kill it's there to kill
17968s	is the extra minion not too bad so Gabby
17970s	now firmly in fatigue Dred I need
17973s	something to happen there's Elemental
17975s	inspiration but it just doesn't really
17976s	matter this is what I'll say is this
17980s	this always felt like it was gonna
17982s	happen I guess the question was just
17984s	when
17987s	yeah this is kind of what confused me
17989s	which is why I got excited about the
17990s	immolation Aura right because in my head
17992s	you take the immolation Aura you use
17995s	your silence you use your Reverb and
17997s	then you use immolation Aura and worst
17999s	case scenario you leave up before too
18000s	but you can shoot an Arcane bowl or a
18002s	flame Geezer at that if you really want
18003s	to right to clear the board completely
18005s	then when this refill happens you still
18008s	have a creation left in your deck
18010s	um as it happens dread eye has pieced
18013s	together the solution to do it anyway
18014s	with uh volcano Mansi but
18016s	uh the the immolation Aura just seemed
18019s	really really nice to me at the time
18021s	when our Gabby's gonna have to piece
18022s	something together it still has
18026s	options with a salon in
18041s	this fatigue's gonna start stacking it
18044s	is and Dread I can defend against this
18046s	by just putting a bunch of stuff on the
18048s	board if they don't have lethal
18050s	immediately
18052s	which they don't
18057s	it's the last card surf isn't it
18060s	unless it was burned while we weren't
18063s	paying attention to due process or
18064s	something but I don't think that's
18065s	happened yeah I don't I feel like I
18066s	would have noticed
18073s	mm-hmm
18085s	I would have ripped this Scourge so fast
18090s	with this arcade Arcane ball and there's
18092s	um
18093s	there's enough removal right even if the
18095s	scourge is bad
18097s	[Music]
18112s	okay
18114s	apparently even spread of things here
18116s	and there's the concert yeah those are
18118s	too much Gabby had no more juice left
18122s	that means treada going up to a 2-1 lead
18125s	in the match and a game that was looking
18128s	so good for Gabby just in terms of you
18131s	know having access to the value and I do
18133s	wonder do you think this was
18137s	a potential problem of Gabby being
18140s	almost like too value based and could
18143s	have maybe tried to go in a little bit
18144s	early a little bit faster and because I
18147s	feel like Gabby had a a lot of options
18149s	and then said actually I want more
18151s	options whereas I think all of this
18154s	could have made me happen to turn off so
18155s	quick I can't remember exactly of course
18157s	but still
18158s	uh no I'm I think I'm pretty happy
18160s	overall with the way Gabby played it I
18162s	think
18163s	um Gabby ran into trouble because of the
18166s	third uh copy of solid Alibi right I
18168s	think I think there was a small like
18170s	information mistake from dredi where he
18172s	played the you know when you get the
18174s	discovered one finale volume up you play
18176s	the extra copy instead of the one that
18177s	you got so your opponent gets the
18179s	knowledge if they're paying attention
18180s	they can hand track that card anyway so
18182s	as soon as you play this one they know
18183s	what this one is but that requires them
18185s	to actually be doing that as opposed to
18187s	the actual text on screen saying created
18190s	by volume up and I think Gabby reacted
18191s	to that visually when it happened
18193s	because he knew that extra stalling
18195s	would be a problem
18196s	um but generally if the Druid can get
18198s	that enormous Board of like eight Health
18200s	Plus down early enough maid struggles to
18203s	deal with it
18204s	that third Alibi just gave dread eye
18207s	enough time where you know and to his
18209s	credit you know I spent a lot of time in
18210s	that game talking about something that I
18211s	would have done differently to probably
18213s	arrive at the same result that Dred I
18215s	arrived at right but to his credit we
18217s	were talking about it a lot he chose
18219s	that extra Alibi very very early on
18221s	instead of you know more pre-active
18222s	proactive cards potentially to go
18224s	alongside his his double weapon yeah he
18226s	knew from the offset that like he didn't
18228s	have a monstrously pressure heavy hand
18230s	that was going to get over the line he
18232s	probably was gonna have to play that
18233s	reactive late game uh style of Mage so I
18237s	do think overall he navigated through a
18239s	very very tricky late game scenario with
18241s	due process and all the extra armor and
18243s	Sif being bottom card and all of those
18245s	things being uh considered I think I
18247s	think both players navigated through a
18249s	pretty tricky Minefield quite well yeah
18252s	option heavy I'd call it yeah that
18255s	previous game and here unfortunately I
18258s	don't think there's anyone in the world
18259s	I could convince to uh Forge that
18261s	titanforge traps here when there's
18263s	hidden meaning and against Druid on
18266s	curve no obviously not what do you mean
18270s	stink
18272s	mere price of one turn you could get
18276s	two Secrets active
18280s	you could just play one of those Secrets
18282s	this turn and then another secret the
18284s	next turn I am sick of this I've already
18286s	told you stop coming at me with this
18288s	Logic song
18294s	because it's a problem though
18297s	because even
18299s	it's so tricky like hero power's fine
18301s	but that gets you into trouble more
18303s	often than not
18306s	but you can't just let this leave that's
18308s	why it's such a deadly opening because
18311s	what is your opponent supposed to do
18313s	other than just play into this
18321s	Jedi is about to dance all over Gabby
18324s	here with this disco murloc because that
18327s	is one of the better ones let's say
18330s	yeah it's a day too late but Gabby
18332s	certainly just got Saturday Night Fever
18334s	yeah
18342s	oh it's a disaster it's an outright
18344s	disaster I'm just watching like a large
18348s	part of me is like yeah it's Hunter yes
18351s	and then another part is like oh this is
18353s	rough for Gabby as well it's always
18355s	tough
18357s	how do we feel about three four ones
18360s	joining the party it honestly it could
18363s	not be going worse for Gabby and Dread I
18366s	could not be having more fun right now I
18368s	imagine because the as a hunter this is
18371s	exactly the kind of opening you want
18375s	absolute Relentless damage and it's like
18378s	yeah who cares if my minions have one
18380s	Health and I think that's just it simply
18382s	dead yeah wow just like that dread eye
18387s	moves on and knocks Gabby out of the
18391s	summer Championship what a game to end
18393s	it on but honestly soul I feel like this
18395s	is a Tale As Old As Time Hunter versus
18399s	Druid when Hunter has the good curve it
18402s	often and historically has not gone too
18405s	well for the druid yeah congratulations
18408s	to to dredi we packed him as the
18410s	underdog in the matchup coming into this
18411s	not necessarily in the the lineup
18413s	matchup but just in the the player
18415s	matchup right like Gabby Gabby's a young
18418s	Legend at this point right like he he
18419s	hasn't had necessarily the longevity uh
18423s	that the likes of bunny hopper for
18424s	example I have throughout the the many
18427s	many years and the different formats of
18428s	competitive Hearthstone but certainly
18431s	um at the peak burned brighter than just
18433s	about anyone when uh you know he was
18435s	fighting at the very top of that mantle
18437s	for best player in the world and trying
18439s	to take home world championships for
18441s	himself but that means for uh for one
18443s	more year at the very least or at least
18445s	until well one more season I guess we
18447s	still have four further Masters Tour to
18449s	go through but for now that means Gabby
18452s	will not be qualifying for the world
18453s	championship at The immediacy Dread eye
18455s	though uh keeps on marching and I have
18457s	enjoyed by the way his uh his reactions
18460s	because I think he's on like laptop
18461s	webcam and he's playing with like the
18463s	laptop literally moves yeah yeah yeah so
18466s	every time Bobby reacts to something
18468s	it's like he's grabbing the camera and
18469s	just go oh my God like right like this
18472s	it's going full Lorinda yeah yeah it's
18474s	been a fantastic experience so yeah yeah
18476s	so continue
18478s	it's a really really good day for Jedi
18481s	moving on and that is all of the initial
18483s	matches done for the day right all of
18485s	the initial top eight matches and now we
18487s	just have the two semi-finals and the
18489s	finals left over so we're gonna go to a
18491s	break while we get those ready but don't
18493s	go anywhere because it's only going to
18495s	get better from here we'll be right back
18502s	[Music]
18519s	[Music]
18527s	thank you
18535s	[Music]
18549s	[Music]
18552s	[Applause]
18557s	[Music]
18595s	thank you
18600s	thank you
18633s	foreign
18639s	[Music]
18646s	[Music]
18684s	thank you
18692s	[Music]
18704s	[Music]
18711s	foreign
18719s	[Music]
18730s	[Music]
18748s	[Music]
18770s	thank you
18771s	[Music]
18787s	[Music]
18796s	foreign
18798s	[Music]
18827s	[Music]
18850s	[Music]
18864s	thank you
18866s	hello everybody and welcome back
18870s	to the Hearthstone Master chore summer
18871s	Championship my name is TJ I'm joined by
18872s	Neil Lorinda Bond sorry there for a
18874s	moment Neil
18875s	I realize that I'm on I'm on the other
18877s	side yeah I was looking at me and
18879s	thinking how am I talking when I'm not
18881s	talking and what's happening here yeah
18883s	none of it made sense
18885s	got a bit like disorientated but we're
18887s	here now and we're ready for the
18888s	semi-finals serious serious business
18890s	even though it's meeting pocket train
18893s	who spend the whole of their lives on
18895s	Twitch just memeing each other
18898s	so it's serious but it's gonna be hard
18900s	to take it seriously because yeah they
18903s	actually get on really well spoilers
18905s	they spend the whole time saying there's
18907s	an idiot but they get on really well
18910s	um I don't think so you don't you think
18913s	it's real
18914s	I don't know but whatever a doctor
18917s	yeah I do okay I mean he's meet his
18921s	Doctorate says so on the player card
18922s	there you go there's the top eight as it
18924s	currently stands me and Neil are here to
18926s	cast midi versus pocket train the battle
18928s	for the United Kingdom that's right only
18932s	one player from the UK can make it to
18933s	the finals which one will it be
18936s	meaty ah pocket train and there's the
18939s	final four the top four bracket you and
18941s	Dread I wait on the other side
18944s	and I'm not gonna say anything about the
18945s	rising can you repeat that just don't
18947s	say anything about it specifically but
18949s	what was it again who versus who
18951s	the second one versus dread I was dread
18954s	eye
18955s	well then that's interesting isn't it TJ
18959s	we'll have that for you next after this
18960s	match
18961s	yeah Jedi
18964s	[Music]
18966s	we didn't say anything I just said Jedi
18969s	like five times
18970s	the rise of the Americas
18972s	of the Americas let's do it Americas
18975s	yeah so it's meeting pocket train two of
18977s	those most famous Americans both British
18980s	both live in England and if the big
18983s	rivalry on Twitch they both stream a lot
18985s	of their action especially metis I think
18986s	pocket train did and then sort of it's a
18988s	bit grumpy occasionally with all the
18990s	rotters beating him so he um he feels a
18993s	bit quiet but
18995s	if pocket train loses this he is going
18997s	to be on full salt mode forever
19002s	forever
19004s	so there's some extra incentive
19006s	uh going on here uh since they know each
19009s	other so well also since they're from
19011s	the same country
19012s	uh could be a little bit of a rivalry
19015s	match here even if they didn't know it
19016s	beforehand our Highline means rainbow
19019s	mage
19021s	uh one of the players to include double
19022s	Elemental inspiration in the deck I feel
19026s	like this version
19028s	I would consider this version pretty
19030s	standard I feel like most of the the
19032s	lineups that I run into run the double
19033s	salt I'll buy a single Mountain Rune
19035s	double Elemental inspiration
19038s	um it is a simple fellow he he gets a
19040s	deck he likes and he plays the heck out
19042s	of it and then he gets really good at it
19044s	and then he just doesn't mess around
19046s	with tech cards and this one is provably
19047s	better he just plays the deck as it
19049s	comes out the box
19052s	which honestly I have a lot of respect
19055s	for as a way to play Hearthstone
19057s	um this is coming from
19061s	Camp of
19063s	uh you know just kind of wait for the
19065s	smarter players than than me to build
19068s	good decks and then Master the Decks
19070s	that are built not try and Tinker around
19072s	and make things worse
19074s	um pocket train on the other hand is
19077s	known for doing incredibly well with
19080s	Decks that have an incredibly High skill
19083s	ceiling known for four priests in the
19085s	past Naga Mage kind of fits that
19087s	category in this current meta game a lot
19089s	of actions required in a turn the
19091s	decking help fall can fall flat on its
19093s	face if you make one error uh on any
19097s	individual turn so pocket train also
19100s	playing The Rush Demon Hunter I didn't
19103s	see the only player left with the brush
19104s	Demon Hunter in the lineup regardless I
19107s	think meti might have actually oh yeah
19109s	meaty that's right didn't they play
19110s	Early yeah
19112s	identical lineups apart from the Mages
19114s	which is why the Mage decks were
19115s	highlighted to show that you know it's
19116s	about yeah the Mages going against each
19118s	other they're good at different Majors
19120s	it was it was all really well thought
19121s	out and then you just ignored my
19123s	subtlety and just you know said things
19126s	yep in part of the last three years it's
19128s	funny because uh I like
19132s	they're trolling you for me because this
19134s	says rainbow mage
19137s	well that's irony
19141s	he's making the point
19144s	this is the Naga Mage obviously they
19146s	share many of the same cards
19148s	um but the big difference is you just
19151s	smack a bunch of uh nagas right in the
19154s	middle there actually they only share
19155s	about 10 car
19157s	this deck is like somebody was walking
19160s	to the Mage tournament convention with
19162s	their two boxes of cards and they've got
19164s	normal good old-fashioned rainbow Mage
19167s	in one box of card the Naga maging of
19169s	another box of cards and they've tripped
19171s	over and all their cards have gone into
19173s	a massive mess and they've asked
19175s	somebody who doesn't play Hearthstone to
19177s	just pick up their cards for them and
19178s	they pick this is the deck they ended up
19179s	with
19182s	they just happen to end up with a deck
19188s	yeah because there's not many minions in
19190s	the normal version of of Sith rainbow
19192s	Mage so it was likely to happen or maybe
19195s	the person picking him up doesn't play
19196s	Hearthstone
19197s	but has a modicum of intelligence and
19199s	saw all the cards that say Naga and went
19201s	oh this looks like a game where if all
19203s	the things are the same they help each
19205s	other so I'll put those on the same deck
19206s	but we've still got some of these cards
19208s	for each other deck I don't really know
19209s	what goes where but it doesn't matter
19211s	nobody will notice
19213s	and then you've got this deck see pocket
19215s	train understands this explanation you
19216s	can see the the smile on his face he
19218s	gets it see
19219s	yeah
19221s	they are for sure yeah absolutely
19228s	I like to get to see you
19230s	[Music]
19231s	more difficult
19238s	still curve
19240s	into the amalgam
19242s	um
19243s	so just getting that out of the way
19245s	right off the bat there's some arguments
19247s	for playing so their spear for the tempo
19249s	or holding on if you have siren in hand
19251s	you usually want to hold on to the
19253s	slitherspoon because it's one of the few
19254s	one man in August you have to start your
19256s	your uh siren pop-off turn but no siren
19261s	in hand
19262s	his opening hand no reasonable way to
19264s	find it might as well just play it out
19266s	on the play get some of that chip damage
19269s	in force media to play a little bit
19270s	differently
19272s	Amity forgot to draw the weapon which is
19274s	obviously a massive deal what's the
19275s	weapon called TJ do you know because
19276s	I've never heard it called by its name
19278s	it's just the web it's a cosmic keyboard
19279s	is that what it's called
19281s	keyboard that sounds right yeah New York
19283s	could rely on you
19285s	this is why I like casting you a TJ
19286s	because you know the names of cards
19289s	it's just actually called the weapon
19292s	I feel like you could look at that card
19294s	and decipher its name based off of what
19296s	it is
19298s	it's quite obviously a keyboard
19299s	and then cosmic's just a a cosmic kind
19302s	of word and it's very very Cosmic
19306s	okay
19307s	it's the crush call enforcer which is
19309s	actually pretty important in this
19310s	instance I feel uh just to kind of try
19313s	and cycle through the deck a little bit
19318s	Cold Case
19327s	he's gonna have to oh he's he's just
19329s	good
19334s	uh Gabby would have killed him
19337s	still some stuff left to find
19342s	yeah it won't be nice or two more Mana
19344s	one or the other yep
19348s	oh
19353s	there it is oh so what I've learned
19356s	about the keyboard is when it looks like
19358s	it's interfering your play and really
19360s	really horrible turn you still play the
19362s	keyboard
19363s	you don't just play the Cold Case here
19364s	because it feels better you find a way
19366s	to play the keyboard always
19368s	yeah
19370s	it was a very reasonable turn you still
19372s	get to clear the minions off the board
19374s	you use all your Mana if you don't waste
19377s	your keyboard on something small like a
19378s	flame guys or any setup for the Cold
19380s	Case so
19381s	I think this is perfectly fine
19386s	okay having a bit of a warm-up turn
19387s	playing the cards as quickly as possible
19388s	ready to get going in a moment
19391s	yeah can start next turn with just siren
19394s	plus amalgam and then discovery
19398s	oh
19399s	he can go teacher to get a one drop naga
19402s	in his hand and just take it a little
19403s	bit slower if he wants also true
19410s	not sure which I prefer because I just
19411s	like watching pocket train to teach me
19413s	what to do well that's how that's why I
19414s	watch him
19415s	um a board against him here
19418s	so let's do this
19420s	yeah this is
19422s	perfectly fine if media had a weak turn
19425s	and Parker train fellow could capitalize
19427s	he could have gone for a siren there
19428s	especially if you'd picked up like
19430s	another siren off the top but wants to
19432s	be able to answer the board first so
19433s	that midi doesn't have anything to
19435s	follow it up with
19437s	turn not too terrible though it still
19439s	gets to uh play for a little bit of
19441s	tempo here gets to start drawing through
19443s	the deck with all these spell schools
19444s	played wisdom already at one cost gets
19446s	to roll into Elemental inspiration also
19449s	which is uh which is a big deal oh the
19452s	the break dance on the the Reverb
19455s	creation is fantastic yep
19461s	lets him trade immediately and puts one
19465s	of the most valuable board clearing
19466s	meetings in the game in his hand so
19469s	pocket Train's gonna have a nice turn
19471s	here
19471s	but needs to also leave himself with
19474s	stuff to do afterwards because he knows
19477s	that these inquisitive creation is in
19478s	hand and it's already enough to clear
19481s	the entire board uh just by itself
19484s	yep double Zola so you can get there to
19487s	set up a next turn
19489s	obviously the way is always the option
19491s	of just filling everything away to
19493s	continue which is always a tough
19494s	decision he's going to put the brakes on
19495s	the wait till next turn
19497s	yeah which I think is perfectly fine I
19500s	also wants the Frozen touch to be
19502s	infused
19503s	um
19505s	which it I think is important just so
19507s	you get another one to keep going
19510s	oh a second inquisitive creation media's
19512s	just got all the answers I mean he's
19514s	playing to create you know two um
19516s	Inspirations for a reason so
19519s	you can have the seven drop like you say
19520s	the double creation to clear up
19524s	you can wait a turn Connie on that
19527s	on creation yeah
19530s	I don't really think maybe he can't yeah
19535s	of course he plays the peace cards
19537s	because it's yeah
19540s	here we go
19541s	it's also just gonna kill him
19545s	here we go there's five six can't be
19546s	targeted so
19548s	anybody
19561s	I think he gets rid of all the spells
19562s	from his hand and then plays thinly but
19564s	I'm not sure
19566s	okay
19573s	you called it
19579s	oh
19583s	my brother gets his own creation ready
19585s	to try and clear this up
19597s	okay Target that
19601s	yeah that's him just with his grumpy
19603s	face he's like I can't Target I'm going
19604s	to tell you that I can't Target and I'm
19605s	sad about it
19611s	foreign
19613s	okay well
19615s	for a turn that didn't do anything yeah
19617s	exactly didn't do anything sort of turn
19618s	but there's stuff
19626s	I think you just smack face again
19630s	creation yeah
19632s	guys look for gaming yeah
19636s	yeah yeah yeah I'm with you on all of
19637s	those things
19640s	and I presumably meticulating like 0.1
19642s	seconds because that's the
19643s	straightforward please just checking his
19644s	hand to make sure there's nothing more
19645s	interesting going on
19646s	so where I'd like to play the game just
19649s	find the simple play and then spend the
19651s	rest of your time working out if it's
19652s	right
19657s	it doesn't mean he's slow God he doesn't
19658s	mean he's stalling it just means he's
19660s	looking for better play sometimes
19661s	sometimes you find one
19667s	yeah
19668s	but on this occasion no
19673s	well there we go Fireball oh
19677s	nearly lethal from hand next turn and
19680s	this five six ain't going anywhere so
19682s	yeah it's always leaves of hand because
19685s	yeah plenty of plenty of ways to find it
19687s	right
19688s	yeah it's not always some spoilers but
19690s	it is always oh artificer hello
19700s	yeah put it all back why are the cards
19703s	just a blur with speed and cards
19706s	[Music]
19709s	safe
19712s	no chance right
19715s	it's pass no it's not possible
19719s	it's always possible resistance aura
19727s	God
19729s	it's too fast
19735s	okay well
19738s	God has whiz has wisdom too to keep
19741s	going but
19744s	he can't stop
19748s	it's just pressing buttons
19751s	gosh
19752s	he's gained like eight million armor
19754s	just what just watch his eyes during all
19756s	this
19760s	slowed down he was going to throw like
19762s	the Frozen touches around to get more
19764s	armor
19765s	and I think he made the mistake of going
19766s	for Discover at the end of the Rope I'm
19767s	going to say mistake because of how he
19769s	reacted which slowed down the animations
19770s	I think that was his problem there but
19772s	he should have just gone Frozen Touch
19773s	version touch get on with it if I think
19775s	that's his problem I might be wrong
19778s	all right so
19781s	how much is Sif at is it a plus six
19785s	holy Frost fire arcane
19795s	is that plus six Okay saw for a second
19803s	27 damage next turn
19813s	just from here just from hand yeah that
19815s	could be okay
19821s	with the armor there meaty because he's
19823s	hiding behind The Alibi
19827s	wrath is nature
19829s	yeah
19832s	don't draw
19835s	sure
19839s	slow your opponent down hope they run
19841s	out of Alibis kill them if they do
19844s	simple
19848s	right
19852s	gets life steal
19854s	resistance or are still active
19860s	how has he got back into this he was
19863s	getting murdered on the board
19865s	nagas
19867s	just kept playing things until they died
19868s	I guess
19870s	[Music]
19880s	hmm
19886s	[Music]
19888s	there's nothing for pocket train to
19890s	trade into
19892s	art for meaty's face
19894s	there's The Alibi now
19897s	yeah so now he's in trouble empty space
19899s	yeah he
19901s	[Music]
19903s	looking for Alibi basically
19908s	eh
19913s	yep gotta make sure that you use that to
19915s	trade into the minion to net the most
19917s	amount of health because if you go face
19918s	it's the only life ceiling for one
19926s	[Music]
19929s	where else did he go you frozen touch
19931s	face for one because they've got to
19932s	clear your board so you've got to get it
19934s	re-infused
19939s	oh he's got a plan he's got a plan TJ
19951s	yeah he just needs to make sure that he
19953s	opens up a board space yep
19956s	nothing to see here miti you know my
19959s	exact hand apart from the generator card
19960s	so you know
19965s	all right resistance Aura is gone
19967s	there's an organ on
19970s	but no Sith
19972s	no Sif indeed
19976s	I don't think sip would have even have
19978s	been enough uh by itself
19981s	so with Fireball and Flame geyser I
19982s	believe his Sif is at plus six
19987s	oh no it would have been enough 12 plus
19991s	21 it would have been exact
19997s	ly
19999s	he's gotta find something extra here
20003s	none of those
20006s	paid and switch and just pretend it's
20010s	super explosive trap
20012s	really super
20016s	meteors for sensible option
20026s	counter spell
20028s	sure
20033s	just gonna be dead
20044s	there's a secret there
20045s	so Secret
20047s	don't know where it is
20059s	still enough right
20062s	one of these three one of these Mountain
20063s	runes goes into the counter spell and
20065s	the other one's lethal that one's 18.
20067s	yeah
20068s	uh it's actually 20.
20073s	you got there though that's the
20076s	important part I don't know how he won
20078s	that game but very impressive midi no
20082s	Sith
20083s	with six cards remaining I feel like
20085s	we've seen that often it's been the
20088s	bottom card in at least one match today
20089s	that I've seen and it's been low down in
20092s	another I think
20094s	but pocket train with the return of the
20095s	Sith gets it done and takes a 1-0 lead
20098s	yeah very impressive very impressive uh
20102s	top turns knowing to take this
20103s	synthesize as well
20106s	like that's not a card you'd often take
20107s	because hand size can start to become an
20109s	issue and that's three three Elementals
20111s	to your hands but had the double benefit
20113s	of one putting a bunch of garbage with
20116s	his Finley
20117s	uh to make sure that he could
20121s	draw more cards when he finally yeah
20123s	right
20124s	and Shuffle some uses cards at the
20126s	bottom of the deck and two you get
20128s	Arcane artifice or that lets you get a
20129s	health bump back up
20131s	and he used that turn deliberately to
20134s	gain a lot of armor I felt because there
20136s	wasn't much else you could do he
20137s	couldn't deal with a monster on the
20138s	board because it had unmonsterable so he
20141s	had to um
20142s	find another plan when he used the plan
20144s	of getting a lot of armor
20146s	yeah very nicely done by pocket train
20148s	showing the strength of the uh the Naga
20151s	Mage MIDI
20153s	gotta be a pretty frustrating one
20154s	because it felt like he had commanded
20155s	that game for a very long time
20158s	um and just couldn't find couldn't get
20160s	the sift uh to uh to find the the ending
20164s	damage
20165s	but
20166s	doesn't matter
20168s	doesn't matter how you feel about it
20170s	it's still a loss pocket train 1-0 yeah
20173s	otherwise I didn't want to hostage oh
20175s	yeah I felt like I won that tournament
20176s	give me the trophy it's like well I mean
20178s	that's a subtle thing to do isn't it but
20180s	yeah no no you didn't win you lost yeah
20182s	but I feel like I won so send me to
20184s	Worlds I feel like I played better
20187s	oh that's the best one
20189s	and then yeah then you go through your
20191s	game with somebody who knows what
20192s	they're doing and they show you 73
20194s	reasons why you were wrong
20196s	in three turns
20199s	onto the Rogue
20202s	now rogue's interesting if you look at
20204s	um like stats for rogue uh Diamond
20207s	through to Legend
20210s	good in this matchup
20211s	it's favored
20213s	if you look at it in top thousand it's
20214s	massive Underdog
20216s	and top 100 probably just accentuates
20218s	that even more
20220s	oh yeah
20223s	you gotta have a very good start
20227s	and when you yeah when your opponent
20228s	knows what they're doing with their
20229s	reverberations and you you only have
20232s	stealth if you have it obviously there's
20233s	some skill cap there but
20235s	playing the reverberation at the right
20237s	time looking off your health as a mage
20238s	is a high skill cap thing
20249s	there are some crazy things you can do
20251s	with this rogue deck
20253s	even if you start to turn with very
20255s	little Mana as far as a Tempo start goes
20259s	this is pretty darn good
20262s	foreign
20263s	yeah
20266s	it's the double and pentamatic
20268s	but Viva coin flame geezer
20274s	and it's gone
20277s	and now you're top decking as well which
20279s	which isn't always a disaster the road
20281s	has some stuff in there to generate more
20283s	stuff
20284s	yep right off you start ripping just
20286s	rubbish
20287s	looking for door Shadows
20291s	uh
20297s	[Music]
20306s	oh
20307s	yeah keeping as much as you can alive
20309s	I'm bored
20311s	willing to take five damage to do so
20313s	because if the Mage starts hitting you
20315s	and you've got no minions you lose in
20316s	time anyway so just have everything you
20319s	own on the board and hope they don't
20321s	have creation
20324s	I like destruction and creation isn't it
20327s	it doesn't really create much it just
20329s	gets rid of everything that's not how
20330s	you create things
20334s	he's creating things for
20337s	the person who's playing his cards
20341s	rip of a rip a volume up
20344s	in this matchup you're feeling pretty
20346s	good
20348s	oh yeah
20349s	especially when you get the 53
20351s	reverberations from it
20353s	just in case you have trouble
20355s	oh okay there's gear shift
20359s	very good krabato into gear shift is
20361s	probably the ideal situation because it
20363s	gets to trade both these off
20365s	and push a little bit of damage draws
20367s	into oh speaker stomper gear shift okay
20370s	it's not good now but could be good or
20373s	you could just Shuffle it back with gear
20375s	shift which is more more likely to
20376s	happen but this is uh not too shabby
20381s	yeah he's never gonna damage again and
20383s	he keeps finding a bit more damage
20401s	so
20404s	foreign
20408s	like maybe
20410s	Keyboard Plus Cold Case but then you're
20412s	taking you're gaining four but you're
20413s	taking ten what do you think of altered
20415s	chord here
20417s	um kill the crap where they just get it
20419s	over with
20424s	gain six Health kill the crap seems
20426s	reasonable to me but it doesn't generate
20427s	any 10-pound board
20429s	yeah but I think Reverb this turn
20433s	really wants to happen yeah because it's
20435s	closer so you get the claws
20438s	Fair yeah of course yep that makes sense
20442s	that's why pocket train was shaking his
20444s	head because he knows how just pretty
20446s	terrible this is now the speaker stopper
20447s	is pretty useless
20451s	um
20452s	you can click Locker any
20456s	uh I mean it's not that bad is it
20458s	you you kill you can kill the krabatoa
20462s	and then one of the claws and then sink
20463s	your other claw into the other claw
20465s	that Elemental looks like he's doing
20466s	some sort of wave with the claw sorry
20469s	joining in
20479s	foreign
20494s	tray with a claw hit face trade again
20497s	then you can probably just worm Plus
20500s	Cold Case
20505s	oh taking damage
20508s	yeah a boat can't damage you from a hand
20510s	basically right so if you just keep it
20512s	under control just yeah set up a lethal
20514s	here oh yes three eight yeah an organon
20517s	is actually much better in this
20518s	situation I think because you're right
20519s	rogue's never killing it
20522s	he just disrupt
20524s	the worst case is the Rogue does kill it
20526s	and it uses all their cards or something
20528s	and you just win yeah nicely played by
20530s	meaty one game a piece in the battle of
20533s	the Brits
20536s	okay
20539s	yeah it's playing the semi-finals of
20541s	America store at the boat just like
20543s	uh whatever
20545s	just well they know they're going to
20546s	check the VOD on each other they've got
20547s	to pretend they don't care right because
20549s	otherwise yeah
20551s	I remember that term when meaty was was
20553s	nervous I was no turn where I was
20556s	nervous I'm not just gonna sit back here
20558s	in the microwave reflection just
20560s	chilling
20561s	you like me and TJ we just sit here like
20563s	we're not doing a job at all we just
20565s	just talking hanging out
20569s	they don't care who wins they just care
20571s	that the other person doesn't have
20573s	anything to make fun of them for yeah
20577s	they're gonna be back here with theme at
20579s	the time pocket Train's probably going
20580s	to go to Worlds anyway
20584s	um
20585s	meaty has a very good chance of doing
20587s	that too so on the points
20589s	but I mean the thing we've talked about
20591s	many times over these Masters tours is
20593s	if you win one of these you can put your
20595s	feet up for the rest of the year they'll
20596s	still play top 20 top 30 Legend standard
20598s	Hearthstone
20599s	but getting that top one every month is
20601s	so tiring
20603s	and you need Relentless top ones and top
20605s	fives to to make it to World points
20607s	because there's there's so few slots
20610s	yeah
20612s	yeah yep fair point but now we got a
20614s	tied series Mages are out of the way so
20616s	we have Rogue for both players still
20618s	left then the shaman on the side of the
20619s	media and the uh
20621s	uh Demon Hunter on the side of pocket
20625s	train
20625s	you're seeing the note that they did
20627s	different bands despite their products
20629s	being very similar it's only the mage
20632s	um
20633s	that's that's different nakamage versus
20636s	the rainbow Mage so is maybe now the
20639s	Mages are out but they've got different
20640s	bands so that's going to make it
20641s	unmirified
20645s	unmirrorified
20648s	uh-huh
20649s	how do you say that with Mia yeah yeah
20651s	there's no y's in it
20656s	uh mirror is one syllable
20659s	in uh American English mirror Mia gotta
20663s	look at go take a look in the mirror
20666s	in the Mia
20672s	m-y-r the Mia
20675s	yeah
20676s	that's how it works all right look at
20677s	this return
20680s	speaking of universe already
20682s	a squirrel
20684s	squeal yeah
20687s	71 syllable words in American
20691s	yeah
20693s	squirrel being the longest of them all
20695s	apparently according to
20697s	Celestial on squirrel
20700s	and TJ Sanders
20704s	all right big in Bento Matic
20709s	this has the makings of a very fast game
20715s	even faster now TJ because meaty is just
20717s	gonna rip the Flash and see what happens
20719s	next turn
20721s	pick your stomper
20723s	just try and find that hex or the um
20726s	the wave obviously if it's not stealth
20728s	or the hex won't work
20730s	yeah so that's why that happens a lot
20732s	like yeah he's gonna he's gonna post
20735s	stealth so he's gonna push less damage
20737s	but he's gonna make sure this is
20739s	protected from a discovered hex
20741s	we schedule the heck so it leads you
20742s	down to primordial wave most likely now
20744s	is the thing I didn't hit it didn't hit
20747s	it didn't hit anything he could really
20748s	play tight is going to cost two
20752s	play could
20754s	point out a
20756s	no I can't because yeah he can
20759s	because he did play The Flash last turn
20762s	so could coin command of neptulon just
20764s	have a big board
20765s	um maybe remove this next turn and then
20768s	just try and discover the hex or the uh
20771s	primordial wave from that
20776s	altered chord okay
20780s	which means he should be able to remove
20782s	this next turn whatever it is
20784s	he's always got stealth next turn
20786s	teacher you don't know how this card
20787s	Works yet
20790s	I know
20791s	I'm wrong I made a mistake I'm so sorry
20796s	he's gonna do 22 points of hearthstone
20798s	damage though
20800s	that's a lot of hearthstone damage
20802s	24 actually
20804s	uh-huh
20805s	but with altered chord and the two
20808s	attacks from the command command Neptune
20810s	this will go down and midi is going to
20812s	gain some uh
20814s	much deserved Health points
20818s	much deserved and well-earned health
20820s	points for meteor
20822s	he's gonna be on eight
20823s	Hearthstone Health points
20830s	he's still got the feral tube put in the
20833s	way of things
20836s	yeah win Fury
20838s	bone Spike ends the game no I mean next
20840s	turn after after he kills this he's got
20842s	he's got
20845s	a clear board then pocket train makes a
20848s	board and then meaty has the fail to put
20850s	in the way
20852s	copy that yeah that is where I was
20855s	actually going with that so that wasn't
20856s	me just bailing I have been known to
20857s	bail but not there
20859s	I'll run out of Optimus Prime
20866s	yeah that one hurts
20872s	it's a lot of healing
20873s	so just speaker stopper click Locker
20875s	most likely is what it's going to be
20878s	all the alliteration here
20880s	yep
20882s	so now that
20884s	it's got to be what just feral spirits
20889s	I think so
20893s	or hope they have precisely no cards in
20896s	their three card hand
20897s	yeah well he knows that there's one more
20899s	sparkbot so so there's six showing right
20902s	seven showing with the download
20905s	so if you play inza
20909s	uh he might decide that playing the
20912s	farewells doesn't do anything
20914s	yeah it was pocket kills them and then
20916s	you're the same spot
20918s	could go chisel Radiance and hopefully
20921s	hope that either you get a taunt totem
20923s	or there's no damage on your opponent's
20925s	side
20926s	if pocket train doesn't have the one
20928s	damage needed to end the game and just
20930s	daggers up to set midi to one
20933s	then you do have the feral spirits to
20934s	back it up next turn and it would be
20936s	cheaper because it's likely that pocket
20938s	train will ignore the radiance that's on
20940s	the board
20942s	I think I like the engine and close your
20943s	eyes and I won't you know it's easy for
20945s	me to say that he will lose if he does
20947s	it but I think that's the play I think
20948s	all your other players are just too
20950s	garbage
20953s	because then you're in the same spot
20954s	next turn anyway with your overloaded
20955s	fell like yeah I like I like this this
20957s	looks stupid but I think this is the
20958s	right play
20960s	and they don't have the damage you can
20962s	actually win next turn with your
20963s	ancestrals
20969s	that's a hard play to make for me today
20970s	and again it looks wrong when you see it
20972s	not work but I think that's I think
20973s	that's the play I think it's just hard
20975s	to play Under Pressure
20976s	yeah I probably would have done insa or
20978s	like chisel Radiance like I said
20981s	um yeah that was good too I think
20984s	Intel probably gives you a better chance
20987s	to win the game if if uh pocket train
20990s	doesn't have anything
20991s	but to be honest Titans probably come
20993s	down next turn regardless
20995s	right
20997s	um and if you have
20999s	uh like a totem and another Minion
21002s	another attacking minion
21007s	then maybe
21010s	that becomes a searing totem can rip off
21011s	a Divine Shield that lets your
21014s	your Titan clear up another board right
21016s	something along those lines
21019s	but a lot a loss is a loss
21022s	once again a lesson we've learned
21024s	throughout the broadcast today wins or
21026s	wins losses are losses
21027s	pocket train just has the Demon Hunter
21029s	left which once again I don't have much
21032s	faith in
21033s	none
21035s	but why not
21037s	I'm not as good of a player as these
21038s	players
21039s	Outcast statistics always the best deck
21041s	it's been the best deck since it was
21043s	before it existed always okay Stephen
21045s	Hunter is one of the very few decks in
21048s	the game that has a uh an inverse
21052s	um
21053s	what's that called win rate to played
21056s	ratio
21063s	the thing inverse normal distribution I
21066s	don't know where are we going
21068s	her apple is a word yeah upside down
21070s	thing what for for skill
21073s	what's your thoughts what's this problem
21074s	yeah
21076s	Parabola like an inverse Parabola for
21078s	win rate we're at really low ranks our
21081s	cast team Hunter is very good because
21082s	you've got an aggressive deck that just
21084s	spammy means hitting your opponent
21087s	as you get to middling skill ranks uh
21090s	Outcast Demon Hunter is a lower win rate
21093s	because
21095s	um Outcast Demon Hunter is usually
21096s	harder to play than some of the other
21098s	top decks in the metagame so when you're
21100s	playing against other top decks if
21102s	you're not playing it at the very
21103s	highest level you're going to get beaten
21104s	up by players that are playing like
21106s	lower skill cap decks yes but then when
21108s	you get to top Legend again okay Stephen
21111s	harness win rate goes up because one
21113s	it's not expected by as many people
21116s	um and when players are playing it at a
21118s	high level
21120s	that the skill expression is there so
21123s	that's my evaluation of alcohol and also
21126s	as we established yesterday there's only
21127s	actually three people at top Legend who
21129s	play and no one knows who they are
21133s	no one knows
21135s	they just did this out there jamming
21137s	Demon Hunter no one knows who against or
21139s	when they do it but the stats just keep
21142s	turning up
21147s	whatever all the VP sites are just
21149s	trolling us and no one's ever played
21150s	this at top thousand Legend do they just
21152s	keep putting the stats out there just
21153s	for fun are we just just for fun
21157s	Love the Way Parker trains played this
21159s	early game got the two
21162s	I mean
21163s	the two best hits but most of the hits
21165s	we're gonna do this regardless of the
21167s	hot the Rancher plus uh uh the two
21170s	rushers keeping them on board
21172s	so
21174s	yeah now it's in a good spot you fall
21176s	behind on board with this deck can
21178s	sometimes be pretty tough to win the
21179s	game
21181s	and we've heard Scotland probably you as
21183s	well talk about like turn three is
21184s	Shaman is the turn you want to play your
21186s	fails or your you know some three drop
21188s	of some sort whether it's a clear or not
21190s	and pocket train was ready to deal with
21192s	that exact thing on turn three precisely
21194s	the way he set it up
21201s	is that miracula two away
21205s	my
21207s	blue or one away
21211s	um don't know
21213s	why would I ever know anything
21215s	he met me
21217s	it was two away
21219s	there we go
21223s	now that Javier is there one Rush Minion
21225s	still preserved on board won free Rush
21227s	Minion still in hand
21229s	I don't think pocket train especially
21231s	with the flash of lightning expects much
21232s	of this board to live
21234s	Misha's going in
21236s	is that double reflexes
21240s	you think so
21245s	it's a tough choice
21249s	you could probably actually see the
21250s	Discover options in metis toaster
21255s	thank you only on the wide cam
21263s	microwave
21269s	what about the reflection in the uh the
21271s	washing machine
21273s	the washer you actually can see meaties
21274s	reflects on the wide screen though I'm
21275s	not even making this up you can see him
21277s	very clearly in the microwave the
21279s	washing machine not so much
21290s	check how many different appliances
21292s	though I see see if he moves one each
21293s	time he plays gets rid of one
21295s	double
21299s	double crash
21301s	wait what
21306s	um
21311s	yeah I don't know and midi's reaction
21313s	gives me nothing
21318s	they're not gonna admit to anything TJ
21321s	pocket trainer asked about what happened
21322s	there well I was concentrating on my
21325s	drink
21326s	played some Hearthstone
21335s	talking playing some Hearthstone his
21337s	pocket train playing a bit hard soon
21339s	yep
21341s	so he's just gonna go in here after
21343s	seeing
21347s	uh the Double crash last turn there's
21349s	only one lightning storm in the deck we
21350s	can see it in hand maybe actually has
21352s	the answer with lightning storm plus the
21354s	Chisel
21356s	and that's a lot of uh pressure stopped
21360s	from pocket train and because of those
21362s	Chows he's uh sitting pretty
21365s	uh
21367s	at a higher life total yeah which is
21371s	pretty brutal it's not a downside until
21373s	it's a really big downside right
21381s	all right later
21386s	[Music]
21389s	always amazing the lengths that the
21390s	players would go to these days or the
21392s	good players always have to to generate
21394s	Tempo rather than
21396s	cards like labor time like a really good
21398s	pickup but no Pokemon just not
21399s	supportive there's a wrong ones again
21401s	because it's more stuff
21404s	game's over one or two turns what do you
21405s	want cards for
21412s	but the Instinct says play the thing
21413s	that draws you all the cards still does
21416s	damage as well
21421s	the image from hand is essentially
21423s	non-existent
21430s	gotta get it out there to do it
21433s	it's gonna need to get like oh
21436s	the outcast plus three attacks which I
21438s	completely forgot the name
21442s	foreign
21449s	a card name huh look at you don't even
21453s	need you anymore TJ no I know the card
21455s	names huh
21462s	again doesn't spectral just get stings
21464s	on board
21465s	it's opponent suddenly was threatening
21467s	lethal and Meaty has a handful of
21470s	bioluminescences
21473s	can't even spell bioluminescence he is
21475s	in trouble here
21484s	by the way
21485s	[Music]
21497s	[Music]
21500s	you can make a totem and then give it
21502s	plus two spell damage
21504s	so that's pretty cool try and generate
21507s	totems that used to exist
21509s	manually for five Mana
21513s	laughs
21514s	[Music]
21518s	it's got a whopping nine damage this
21520s	turn
21521s	can he do anything by just taking like
21523s	does he have to kill a minions with a
21525s	boat does that do anything ever it
21527s	doesn't there's no you just don't win
21528s	the game I don't think so
21535s	I think he's gotta hope that
21537s	pocket Train's not able to find damage
21539s	from the illidara studies in the deck
21543s	yeah
21544s	good luck with that
21546s	or The Wretched Exile oh
21551s	that's gotta be it surely
21555s	surely
21556s	nope
21562s	security into
21564s	damage
21569s	he's gonna do the security then yeah
21571s	yeah and he's counting for ganard so he
21573s	can afford to get rid of one damage all
21575s	right I-beam important
21581s	oh my
21584s	it's three rights
21590s	no way
21593s	no ways meet you got a shot at this no
21595s	way
21597s	he's got a shot hasn't he
21602s	he's got a how much is this is plus
21603s	three is that 12 13 plus six yeah
21610s	I see
21614s	uh
21618s	14 more is that right
21620s	I mean not it doesn't really matter
21624s	it's just going to clear the board and
21626s	heal yeah
21630s	oh yeah it is enough right yeah because
21632s	of the extra three damage from the
21634s	actual uh Titan and the Mana which
21637s	allows him to play the exit bio yeah
21638s	yeah yeah
21640s	so nicely navigated by midi to bring
21643s	this series to a tied score
21646s	Stephanie's doing that bit faster now he
21648s	thought he was dead
21652s	yeah that was a really well played uh
21654s	kind of a similar situation in this last
21656s	game where he had to just Jam
21658s	the inza and hope that his opponent
21660s	didn't pick up one damage
21662s	honestly with double illidari studies in
21664s	the deck
21666s	I may have stopped
21669s	at a certain point playing the outcast
21671s	cards from the uh from the Exile yeah
21676s	I know because you wouldn't be able to
21678s	pick up the guitar because you would
21679s	hurt uh yeah okay and there's no there's
21682s	no other direct damage uh so you need
21684s	the Canuck
21686s	yeah
21687s	I could have given him more i-beams but
21689s	I think he was happy with just the one
21691s	I-beam I think he felt comfortable with
21693s	just one I-beam especially with that
21695s	much direct damage used
21697s	yeah
21699s	I don't think or something that kills
21701s	you there yeah double bio double
21703s	lightning bolt Titan you know like
21705s	that's a very specific combination of
21708s	cards
21709s	especially without lightning reflexes
21710s	because that's like kind of the core
21714s	um so kind of not stealing a win but
21718s	getting a win that probably wasn't
21719s	expected there for meaty so now we're
21721s	just down to our final match up here
21723s	which is going to be the Demon Hunter
21724s	from pocket train versus the uh the
21726s	Rogue from MIDI
21729s	um get two one man put 11-11 back in
21731s	hand win game
21733s	yeah
21736s	that's the strategy or make a big white
21738s	board and keep the Rogue off the board I
21740s	think I think the demon Hunter's still
21741s	favored here personally
21747s	sure I mean nobody knows TJ Stephen
21751s	Hunter is a complete anomaly I look at
21753s	the stats right now I'll look at the
21755s	stats right now it's not gonna tell me
21757s	anything it's gonna say that the Rogue
21759s	is 43 percent
21769s	I'm getting there
21772s	yeah
21775s	got all the numbers
21778s	nobody uses a computer for numbers TG I
21780s	just write them on my piece of paper
21781s	yeah I'll get a die to the start of the
21783s	match and go 42 yeah that'll do that's
21785s	the number I'm writing down
21787s	yeah our cast team Hunter is uh 60
21789s	favorite
21792s	apparently
21793s	yeah I mean played between players that
21795s	aren't pocket train or meaty and anybody
21798s	because nobody actually plays Demon
21799s	Hunter has been established yesterday
21801s	it's not actually a deck that anyone's
21803s	ever played before
21806s	except for every tournament when it just
21809s	suddenly appears
21813s	it's all about if you can either get
21815s	Tempo or find a way to answer the first
21816s	couple minions because if you find a way
21818s	to answer for a couple minions you're
21819s	probably not losing the board
21820s	[Music]
21823s	all right
21824s	some cards
21829s	and that's not
21836s	okay one drop nice
21839s	card
21841s	it's a card
21853s	nice answer from beanie
21857s	the bone Spike after though
21860s	do you want a bounce bucket oh you want
21862s	to but do you
21864s	do it
21867s	could just there you go sparkbot yeah I
21870s	think so
21872s	it's not fun though is it
21875s	suddenly they're not laughing anymore
21876s	have you noticed by the way
21879s	zero zero
21881s	now they're both all fun and games so
21883s	you get to five five
21884s	yeah
21887s	they just both hand over mouth
21891s	no giggling now
21905s	okay
21908s	choose to hide
21917s	wow
21924s	all this um fiddling around at the
21925s	soccer game is really interesting to me
21927s	at the moment in this matter because
21929s	it's so important to just get anything
21931s	on board in a lot of matchups yeah
21933s	they're far more than usually but you
21935s	would think there's a one one just isn't
21936s	important but
21938s	yeah it's numbers are so tight
21939s	everything's so close
21942s	those break points aren't going to break
21944s	themselves and all that
21947s	if I think of new cliches rather than
21949s	old ones where I'm failing miserably
21952s	that's why they're cliches if they're
21954s	new they're not cliches
21956s	what are they they're not if they're new
21958s	but they're not cliches what are they
21959s	then there's something you said
21961s	something I said that's just something I
21963s	said then yeah
21968s	time to go wide
21974s	[Music]
21978s	that's why here's the Canard
21981s	come on
21983s	where were you
21991s	[Laughter]
21993s	laughs
21997s	it's double rush because the darker
21999s	Orange
22001s	the duck are the two oranges wait one
22004s	orange is down one orange Rush okay yeah
22005s	that's fresh dark or orange is Rush
22008s	yeah some may even call it red
22012s	it's definitely darker orange orange
22016s	squirrel mere squirrel Orange
22021s	well these one syllable words
22025s	I think most of my words are one
22026s	syllable to be fair
22028s	sideways cards
22033s	thematic and then any picked up as well
22051s	it's really tense if you only want me
22053s	and teacher gonna be quite soon trying
22054s	to work this out
22056s	which is going to fight with the board
22057s	of this thing
22058s	yeah this is wise too threatening
22066s	yeah
22068s	to be a nice clean clear because the uh
22071s	Central Runner will be for attack after
22073s	just get in now that help Fury has got a
22076s	Target on his back it's got to be killed
22079s	I knew I had a couple of lush minions I
22082s	know
22083s	they could just dagger it if anything
22084s	but I think I think he might I think I
22086s	think you might minion minion dagger
22088s	because then next turn you've got any on
22090s	your two one you just do that
22094s	I mean you're too
22096s	yikes
22099s	I know but like just get this stuff out
22102s	of there right
22107s	I might be wrong you might play the two
22108s	one just hope
22110s	you might play it now I'll keep you back
22112s	I think
22113s	I mean it might be the only thing that
22115s	lets him keep it in it just doesn't feel
22116s	great you know but I I think you're
22119s	right I don't think it's worth playing
22120s	here because it just gets here powered
22121s	down
22124s	and it might kill a thing next turn so
22127s	let's let's have it in hand
22128s	oh fellerin
22131s	yeah
22134s	good pickup good pickup at the
22136s	semi-final at 2-2 a chance to go to the
22139s	World Championships TJ
22141s	he's going wide for one last push
22144s	it's not even one last push he's got
22145s	another push in hand I think
22148s	yeah hold him back on the horse rider
22150s	Rancher Fierce Outsider vengeful
22152s	walloper
22155s	is enough
22158s	enough for what
22160s	to to win the Hearthstone game somehow
22164s	no I don't think so
22168s	this guy just put stuff in the way
22173s	what's he looking for I mean other than
22175s	you play it out because you're in the
22176s	semi-final
22180s	you'll know it when you see it right
22190s	it's like pocket train is going to the
22191s	final to me TJ
22193s	and it's looking to be that way
22195s	I'm calling it
22197s	early
22199s	pocket trains going to the final
22204s	at this point midi's probably just gonna
22206s	stick around to see the next draw
22208s	I mean you do right just in case you've
22210s	forgotten something but yeah he's waving
22212s	he knows it's over
22214s	getting closer and closer though meaty
22217s	each time he shows up like a year or
22219s	three or four years ago he was still new
22220s	to tournaments very much a ladder player
22222s	very much sort of middling as a
22225s	tournament player and then this last
22226s	year
22228s	getting closer a lot more uh we
22231s	definitely haven't seen the last meeting
22232s	for this year he's very very very good
22235s	at ladder and I think his tournament
22237s	skills are improving as well as we've
22239s	seen in this one so
22240s	didn't quite get to the final and he's
22242s	lost to
22244s	friendly rivalry slash friend slash
22246s	hockey train will never let him live it
22248s	down
22249s	but metoo will be back and pocket train
22251s	goes to the final one more win for
22253s	pocket train to get to the world
22254s	championships and save himself this
22257s	monster grind and there's a lot of
22259s	people in this tour who work in this
22261s	tournament will want pocket train to win
22262s	this
22263s	because if he makes it to the world
22265s	that's a player who is above everybody
22268s	in the standings
22269s	who
22271s	will drop down they will like move up a
22273s	space towards world so yeah a lot of
22274s	people want pocket to do well here
22277s	yeah
22278s	many people are rooting for him for that
22280s	reason alone and because he's really
22282s	good
22284s	that's another kind of likable too I
22286s	hate to admit it but he's kind of a
22287s	likable
22289s	I didn't think uh fellow UK countrymen
22291s	were supposed to reveal that about each
22293s	other well I'm an American
22295s	oh yeah that's right Neil is an honorary
22296s	American uh which is uh good because
22299s	coming up next we have not an honor
22301s	American
22303s	Real American Hero in dread eye who's
22305s	gonna be facing off against you to see
22308s	who's gonna go up against pocket train
22309s	in the finals and who's gonna get that
22312s	coveted spot the world championship so
22315s	um we only got two more matches left on
22316s	the day we started off slow but we're
22318s	cruising through now so before we jump
22320s	into that semi-final number two we are
22322s	gonna have to go to a quick break but
22323s	don't go anywhere more action right here
22325s	from the Hearthstone Master tour summer
22326s	Championship right after this
22329s	foreign
22344s	[Music]
22364s	[Music]
22379s	foreign
22385s	[Music]
22394s	[Music]
22411s	foreign
22418s	[Music]
22426s	[Music]
22426s	[Applause]
22427s	[Music]
22440s	foreign
22444s	[Music]
22477s	[Applause]
22480s	thank you
22481s	[Music]
22483s	foreign
22486s	[Music]
22519s	foreign
22521s	[Music]
22556s	[Music]
22561s	[Music]
22565s	thank you
22567s	[Music]
22575s	[Music]
22588s	all right
22598s	[Music]
22636s	[Music]
22647s	thank you
22652s	[Music]
22662s	[Music]
22668s	thank you
22671s	welcome back everybody to the
22673s	Hearthstone Masters Tour summon
22674s	Championship
22675s	semi-finals pocket train has made it to
22677s	the final and we're going to find out
22679s	why subtle is laughing subtle why are
22681s	you laughing
22682s	no honestly good job like straight up
22685s	Cafe breaker here uh with two seconds
22687s	left on the countdown Lorinda went oh
22690s	God I'm bringing it in aren't I and then
22691s	I I was really looking forward to what
22694s	was happening with like zero internal
22696s	mental planning Lorinda uh intro link
22699s	but it went went pretty well good job
22700s	yeah I just read things off the screen
22702s	and hoped it worked out it could have
22704s	gone really badly wrong I might just say
22706s	welcome to is a doctor but luckily
22709s	that's not where we went with that we're
22711s	gonna have gear vs Jedi in the second
22712s	semi-final and the winner plays pocket
22714s	train and we've got a warrior somehow in
22718s	this house so much and I just want I'm
22720s	here for it so I'm here for it
22722s	yeah
22723s	um not only the warrior but also a 40
22727s	card Hunter as well and I think those
22729s	have been in terms of the low population
22731s	Decks that have performed above average
22734s	right we do the how many expected in
22737s	Rage Warriors would we have in top four
22739s	based on the two that brought it to the
22740s	16 person tournament right like those
22743s	seem to be the play the uh the Decks
22745s	that have over over performed
22746s	specifically uh Gabby with the 40 Hunter
22749s	as well but uh you does seem to have
22751s	found a bit of a bit of a lineup
22753s	Advantage so far from the way things
22754s	have been panning out but we will see if
22756s	that continues against red eye who
22758s	honestly I feel like every series Jedi
22760s	has played so far in this tournament has
22762s	been an absolute nail biter in one way
22764s	or the other and in many tournaments it
22768s	just seems like always go that way for
22770s	him I think was it you earlier who was
22771s	saying that his
22773s	spread of ability on a given day is just
22776s	from zero to like Infinity anything
22778s	might happen
22779s	yes yeah I was going to ask you about
22781s	that obviously because you've seen more
22782s	of Jedi up close and personal like I
22784s	watch America's Grand Masters as a
22785s	spectator there is probably a few people
22788s	on the planet that have watched more
22789s	minutes of hearthstone Grand Masters in
22791s	total than I have but you actually got
22794s	to sit there like casting dredi very
22796s	regularly would you agree with that
22798s	assessment you have no idea what's going
22801s	to turn up on any given day with Jedi I
22803s	would agree I would also say I think you
22804s	did allude to this as well that over the
22806s	last 12 months maybe even six um he's
22810s	been a lot more active sort of in twitch
22812s	watching streams playing while he's
22813s	watching talking to the other top
22814s	players and I think he's better across
22818s	the board than he used to be I think he
22819s	used to be suffering slightly from
22822s	he knows four decks and he's good at
22823s	them and he's good at Hearthstone so he
22825s	kind of knows the other decks but now I
22826s	think he's just good at a lot of debts
22828s	compared to what he used to be I think
22829s	he's just got this wider range of talent
22832s	but he can still do anything on a given
22833s	day he definitely has the ability to
22835s	play great he definitely has the ability
22836s	to not play great
22839s	um let's see who turns up today
22842s	uh shout out to ma one of my viewers by
22845s	the way um for this because he's been
22847s	calling in Rage Warrior every day in my
22849s	chat for forever
22852s	um keeps telling me just look at the
22853s	stats and arrange Warriors stats in the
22854s	top thousand Legend which you're going
22855s	to point out is not representative of
22857s	anything at all oh very very good
22859s	so yeah I'm glad that it's working out
22862s	I was talking about this on on day one
22864s	with Raven actually that um there are a
22867s	couple of decks that do there are
22869s	reporting as sleepers on uh on data
22872s	trackers at the moment and yeah rage
22873s	Warrior is certainly one of those and we
22876s	can take a look at how dread I got
22877s	through to this point this was an
22879s	absolute nail biter of a game against
22881s	Gabby uh I've played a few of these
22883s	games on the Mage honestly where you uh
22885s	end up fatiguing a druid it's not really
22887s	ex how you expect to play against Druid
22889s	going into it but it does happen uh
22891s	weirdly often uh by which I mean a
22894s	non-zero amount of the time and then
22895s	following that game up with this one
22897s	which was probably the most non-game of
22900s	hearthstone we've seen all tournament
22902s	just two one on one four two Divine
22905s	shield with charge on turn two but tell
22908s	me more about how that Secret's bad
22910s	Lorinda
22911s	um yeah if you if you trigger the secret
22913s	you know then sure it could be good but
22915s	just just don't give your opponent the
22916s	minion just just ask just be sensible oh
22919s	okay
22920s	um we can look at Jedi's build of the
22922s	rainbow Mage as well so minus one
22925s	elemental inspiration uh finds the room
22928s	for the lady nasjar
22930s	um and then well I guess so lady nasdara
22932s	instead of the Titan and then minus one
22933s	elemental inspiration plus one star
22935s	power I'd say is kind of the best way to
22937s	look at it over what the most common
22939s	list in the tournament has been so far I
22942s	don't like one elemental inspiration I
22944s	think you know this Lorinda I am a huge
22946s	fan of Elemental inspiration I think it
22948s	wins games single-handedly that it has
22950s	no right for doing where even you just
22952s	jam it on curve for three four fives
22954s	there are a lot of decks that aren't
22955s	really equipped to deal with that at all
22957s	when you just win on Tempo a lot of the
22959s	time I'm a big fan of that card overall
22961s	so I don't really like the lists that go
22963s	down to one but certainly if you want to
22966s	refine it into a better combo deck lady
22969s	nasjar is like the first card to to put
22971s	in the deck right because those
22972s	discounts on spells when you get it in
22974s	Arcane form is huge for the the damage
22977s	output you get at the end of the game
22978s	you see it when you get an extra molten
22980s	Rune off infinitize right it's not the
22982s	fact you have an extra molten Rune it's
22984s	the fact you have a molten room that
22985s	costs two instead of three and then that
22987s	means you can fit in a whole extra spell
22989s	alongside that as well so you can
22991s	imagine if you're discounting your whole
22992s	hand of spells right exactly how how
22995s	huge that damage can get yeah one
22997s	inspection just feels wrong to me as
22998s	well you know I have struggled with a
23000s	card a little bit in learning that deck
23002s	I've finally sort of got the hang of it
23003s	eventually but
23004s	it's a good card or it's not like you
23006s	either want to get the board and kill
23008s	people or you don't if you're gonna say
23010s	you don't don't play it at all if you
23012s	really want to go into this combo why
23014s	have this weird safety net oh I'm gonna
23016s	play one of them though because I know
23018s	it's right in my heart but don't want to
23019s	play to it like just play them please
23023s	yeah you know that's a philosophy that I
23025s	fully agree with but there's even for a
23027s	seven drop to shout over you just for a
23029s	second there even for a second shot
23031s	yeah um but there is this weird
23033s	mentality that pervades in deck building
23035s	which I am not going to ever agree with
23037s	whereas it's good sometimes so I'll play
23039s	it as a one drop it's like no you're
23041s	pretending you have control about
23043s	whether it's gonna be in your hand in
23044s	the good instance or not like it's
23046s	either good enough to play two of or
23048s	it's not that's that's the rules the
23050s	only time I'll disagree with you on that
23051s	is if it becomes a three of you've got
23053s	two cards that do kind of the same thing
23056s	and you don't want to play four but
23058s	three is quite a lot because you want it
23060s	often but you don't want it a handful of
23062s	them sometimes I will argue against you
23063s	that you play one of those two similar
23066s	cards but there isn't a similar card to
23067s	inspiration in your deck so it can't be
23069s	right
23069s	yeah and that's fine and often that ends
23072s	up as like the 30th card in the deck to
23075s	go alongside your three legendaries
23076s	right so then you have one open spot
23078s	that you have to play and then that's
23079s	when like a quote third copy of a of a
23082s	similar second card that you have goes
23084s	in there but anyway this has been deck
23086s	building with subtle and mirinda uh
23087s	shambling Chow on one we've got uh Demon
23089s	Hunter going up against Warrior Demon
23091s	Hunter the star of the show in the last
23093s	series really
23095s	um pocket train kind of shambling over
23097s	the line in the end I would say with the
23099s	Demon Hunter after having one up and one
23101s	unsuccessful outing against the the
23103s	shaman but still a big talking point of
23105s	this tournament Demon Hunter
23107s	I think the talking point of this
23109s	tournament in a lot of ways is there
23110s	isn't a talking point the decks nothing
23113s	stood there and gone I am the deck this
23115s	tournament every tournament we're in the
23116s	semi-finals and I have no idea what the
23119s	lineup is
23120s	I haven't got oh well in that case I I
23122s	guess we just sit here in silence then
23124s	if there's no talking points and that's
23125s	what I'm here for I I can talk when
23127s	there is no talking point because I've
23129s	spent years with TJ and I can just talk
23131s	sort of yeah
23134s	see I would personally Express that as
23137s	Myriad talking points right there's no
23139s	one narrative that's dominating the
23141s	tournament there are just lots of
23142s	individual things that are popping up on
23145s	a series to series basis like this
23147s	incredibly clutch uh discover to bounce
23151s	the massive anime extractor back to hand
23154s	such a good card did you know this is a
23157s	rogue card by the way no one knew that I
23159s	only realized that today wait what's the
23161s	road card this 2-1 Bounty man
23166s	wait what
23167s	but it's a Demon Hunter God if you say
23170s	you knew that you're like I didn't know
23172s	I don't know I don't know what it's
23174s	called let alone it is a road card as
23176s	well but no this is a Demon Hunter card
23177s	and I'm not accepting it
23179s	yeah
23180s	if anyone plays this in Rogue you're
23182s	disqualified from lavender tournaments
23185s	it is called tough crowd and it is a
23187s	Demon Hunter Rogue dual class card
23189s	okay so it's basically twitch chat
23192s	into heat yes
23195s	got it
23199s	okay this is kind of why the warrior is
23202s	is decent in this matchup and in a lot
23204s	of other matchups the the board control
23206s	it can get is is pretty powerful from
23209s	very limited investment
23213s	where do you swing yeah I think it's
23215s	it's the long-term resiliency that's
23217s	become a problem though and I think we
23220s	saw that exploited by pocket train
23222s	actually in the his uh round of eight
23225s	matchup I think where he basically took
23228s	himself down to like 10 Health to gain
23230s	control of the board once and just said
23232s	usually in this position Warrior can't
23234s	just reload on this board and was
23236s	correct in that estimation yes
23239s	and one of the problems with the warrior
23241s	deck I mean this is basically the old
23242s	list they've added in the
23245s	um the speakers yeah The Stompers and
23247s	that's it they've added that in but
23250s	it's three decks trying to pretend to be
23252s	a deck it's three decks in a trench coat
23255s	it is the fire package it's the buff
23257s	package it's the Riff package and that
23261s	was strong enough but decks are fast and
23263s	dangerous now so you kind of have to
23265s	luck out a little bit
23267s	but
23268s	with so much going on you're gonna get
23270s	something that combines with something
23271s	you just have to be very versatile at
23272s	the start of the game
23274s	I do enjoy this interaction by the way
23276s	when you play fella in and then you get
23278s	an I-beam in Outcast position and then
23280s	you can just ignore the I-beam is in
23281s	Outcast position because it just costs
23283s	one yeah no matter where it is when you
23285s	get it off from fellerin that's very
23286s	satisfying in fact you actually want to
23288s	get it out of the outcast position
23289s	because if you managed to reduce it it
23290s	still costs one
23292s	true yeah it's actually even more
23295s	satisfying to move it along and then you
23297s	forget and it costs three again or
23298s	something yeah
23306s	dread I is gonna have to try and get a
23308s	grip on this board today very soon
23309s	though he can't allow this to continue
23311s	for much longer especially
23313s	uh when it's a weapon draw from the
23315s	Warrior on the other side
23317s	yeah we haven't concerned on enough
23319s	about how even though that um extractor
23321s	got bounced this is kind of the nut for
23323s	goo he had the weapon ways to generate
23325s	um unhealthy minions and an extractor
23328s	that's kind of amazing that Jedi's still
23330s	here even now but he might not be here
23331s	for long because this hell total is
23333s	going to get crazy on these cards
23335s	yes it is
23338s	and gear has seemed to do this most
23341s	games honestly it has to be said where
23343s	there's been some combination of sun
23346s	Fury weapon and Embers in the opening
23348s	hand in quite a lot of the games that
23350s	I've been watching him play with this
23351s	this deck which you know I'm sure is is
23353s	fairly core to the success that it's
23355s	been happening
23356s	I would say that it's the number one
23358s	thing that the deck does like if you
23360s	really want to pick your hand that's
23361s	what you pick against almost everything
23362s	in this tournament
23364s	it might be a little bit different to
23365s	get blood DK or something but watch one
23367s	of those oh yeah all those horrible
23370s	blood dks that are terrorizing this
23371s	tournament yeah exactly right
23377s	oh actually I've just realized how based
23380s	this tournament is like there's zero
23381s	blood DK zero control priest in this
23383s	entire tournament yeah I've only just
23385s	realized that yeah it's fantastic
23387s	isn't it what a wonderful experience no
23390s	I'm with you I am with you people who've
23393s	watched my stream will know that I
23394s	wouldn't have been with you at some
23395s	point but yeah I'm I'm here for the no
23398s	blood no please matter I will
23400s	stick with that I'm not twisting I'm
23402s	just taking it we take the deal
23405s	don't know if anything don't touch
23406s	anything
23409s	nerves and Buffs coming in two days
23415s	[Music]
23421s	yeah red eye on the previous turn took
23425s	some deliberate trades and an I-beam to
23428s	try and create favorable breakpoints for
23430s	the following turn
23432s	um obviously he was looking at the
23433s	weapon on the other side as well so it
23434s	would have planned around the weapon
23435s	buff coming down at the same time but
23437s	through then combinations of wallopers
23439s	and face Outsider you can see now how
23441s	there's nice trades for a couple of
23442s	things on board but there is the slight
23445s	problem of the three four that has to be
23447s	dealt with first does find second
23448s	vengeful walloper though that's
23450s	absolutely huge so now you can start to
23453s	see about the previous turn I kind of
23454s	left it till this point to talk about it
23456s	because it's a lot easier to talk about
23457s	it now there was an I-beam shot at this
23459s	anime extractor on the left hand side of
23461s	the board on the previous term which now
23463s	has a five five Rush smashing straight
23465s	into it for precisely five damage so
23468s	this was really really nicely set up
23472s	you know talking about the the skill
23474s	level of Jedi being incredibly variable
23475s	I wouldn't have clocked out I've got our
23477s	mix activity waffling nonsense so thanks
23479s	for spotting that one
23480s	um yeah absolutely beautiful setup
23487s	but still you can see just how effective
23489s	the opening curve from gu has been
23491s	because the board's still not clear and
23493s	there's still a sun Fury hanging around
23494s	which is not a thing that you want to be
23496s	leaving around but the other minions
23498s	were just too high high priority to get
23500s	through one had taunt the other one was
23501s	an ammo extractor like that absolutely
23503s	has to go down in this spot yeah look at
23505s	his hand like you could play seven
23508s	manners worth of cards or less however
23510s	you like here and it won't be bad
23512s	now so
23515s	everything just puts him back in front
23517s	on board
23518s	obviously dreadi does have quite a lot
23520s	going on in his hand but yeah
23523s	I think what gear wants to do here would
23525s	be to set up the Phoenix and the
23526s	extractor and just build up the auger
23528s	but he might not need to it's probably
23529s	what he's wondering can you just get
23531s	away with not doing that
23544s	yeah he's gonna go for the greedy line
23546s	just go thori velori and just pump the
23548s	ogre as big as possible try and get that
23550s	lethal swing through in a couple of
23551s	turns with that Olga
23555s	yeah exactly I mean with the five attack
23558s	Minions on the other side of the board
23559s	right it was just it would have been an
23560s	ogre to clear at best and the ogre dies
23563s	in the process whereas I think if if you
23565s	use gonna play Oprah it'd much rather
23567s	either it be a lethal setup or a
23569s	situation where it clears board and
23571s	lives afterwards right yeah clear board
23573s	do nine live and then they've got to
23576s	kill it so they put the rest of their
23577s	hand into the ogre and then they've got
23578s	no hand and you you find a way with your
23580s	stuff yeah
23582s	pick up a bridge or something you'll be
23585s	fine
23595s	extensive counting probably goes on
23597s	about now doesn't it
23599s	weapon swing and stuff how much damage
23601s	can I do what do I have to do to stay
23603s	alive do I have to actually get the
23604s	board
23607s	it's a weird deck right because you kind
23609s	of view it as this like thirsty aggro
23612s	deck but it kind of isn't like you and
23614s	TJ were encountering this in the
23616s	previous game right yeah
23617s	meaty had lethal damage in hand so he
23620s	just passed essentially against pocket
23622s	train who needed one damage to win the
23625s	game but actually that's incredibly hard
23627s	to find yeah with this deck is this
23630s	lethal
23634s	no I'll just get double verse with for a
23636s	second I think that's six that's a lot
23637s	of points but no
23638s	I don't think you get set up
23640s	sure what could you set it up
23643s	so wait has Lorinda played so much in
23645s	Rage Warrior that he's unlocked the
23647s	Hidden Wind Fury ogre attack that I
23650s	didn't know about no double verse though
23652s	it's a lot
23654s	um
23656s	and you've got a weapon equipped double
23657s	versus six more
23661s	am I going
23663s	Matt
23664s	eight Mana first versus two second
23667s	versus four weapon Olga
23669s	right verse riff is plus two each
23671s	they're not plus three each let's just
23673s	make sure we're yeah plus two but the
23674s	second one gives you the first one again
23676s	because it's a riff yes yeah yeah as
23678s	long as you can finale yeah yeah which
23680s	it could because Olga cost six and the
23681s	first Rift cost one each
23683s	so what else was played on that term
23686s	um the little two four men
23690s	awesome I might be wrong because I'm not
23692s	very
23693s	Vegas compared to the best players in
23694s	the world but that looked like a lethal
23697s	it could have been no maybe you're right
23704s	it's possibly as one-off because of the
23706s	damage throw it below it that came back
23708s	because of that that's the thing was no
23709s	torn I don't know anyway it won anyway
23711s	the Play Always won so it didn't matter
23712s	much
23715s	oh true yeah story blurry woke up and
23718s	then traded became injured and that made
23720s	the office which did one extra damage to
23722s	face yeah maybe maybe not maybe I played
23724s	too much of that deck
23726s	yeah maybe I think regardless I think
23729s	it's one of those situations where as we
23731s	were talking about at the time right
23733s	like Demon Hunter just doesn't really
23735s	find damage from that point
23737s	um and double walloper was already
23739s	played on a previous turn so it very
23741s	much could be that mentality where views
23743s	like oh well I put two taunts in play I
23746s	play like a seven eight or whatever it
23748s	was like the game's over I don't have to
23750s	think any more than this anyway at this
23752s	point so who knows and I'm gonna find
23755s	out if we're lucky enough information
23756s	yeah if we could get there on the replay
23758s	go replay you got this
23762s	uh but either way very very clean
23764s	victory for the warrior as it has been
23766s	for uh for you throughout the tournament
23768s	so far
23769s	they were already there they were
23772s	already there we're never gonna know
23776s	I saw a lethal it was there it might be
23778s	a chat lethal it might not I'm taking it
23779s	oh yeah well thank you Warrior once
23782s	again getting out of it
23784s	yeah um and again this has kind of been
23786s	the story with Outcast DH throughout the
23789s	tournament I don't know the stats off
23790s	the top of my head but this is kind of
23792s	how we've seen it perform anecdotally
23794s	just from memory is it tends to go 1-1
23797s	in most series that I've I've watched it
23799s	in so far like it hasn't blown been
23801s	blowing decks away but it does
23803s	eventually find a way to to get over the
23805s	line and I think you can do a lot worse
23807s	than that right we've certainly seen a
23809s	lot of players or at least a couple of
23811s	players go out of the tournament and
23813s	then immediately start bemoaning one of
23815s	the Decks that they brought to the
23816s	tournaments uh I was never going to make
23818s	it I had an unplayable deck in my lineup
23819s	it turns out
23821s	um I don't think anyone's really feeling
23822s	that way about Outcast Demon Hunter
23824s	right now I I could be wrong but um
23826s	dread eye does in this instance at the
23828s	very least choose to move away from it
23829s	and it looks like we're gonna get a
23832s	little bit of hound Hunter sprinkled in
23833s	which is a rare I'm not going to say
23836s	treat is a rare occasion because there
23840s	isn't a great deal of hound hunter in
23841s	the tournament and it's actually been
23842s	picking up a ban or two in some of the
23844s	series where it's been involved as well
23847s	I mean it's just a solid deck isn't it
23849s	it's been terrorizing the the middle
23852s	levels of ladder uh I believe
23856s	having listened to Raven talk about it
23858s	of course
23859s	um
23860s	but it's a solid deck it sometimes does
23863s	what it's doing right now and doesn't
23864s	have a playable card on turn three but
23866s	other than that it quite often just gets
23868s	a board and starts murdering you and if
23870s	it does do that then it starts
23871s	steamrolling because then the expensive
23873s	cards come down on curve and
23874s	everything's a bit of a problem
23876s	also uh calm down mate Raven's at least
23878s	a 30 win streak away from the middle
23880s	zone of ladder the good news is a part
23883s	of the ladder where he can get a third
23885s	he wins streaks so it's not true yeah
23891s	was about as good as it was gonna get
23893s	there for you uh this hand sucks make no
23896s	bones about it uh this is a day one
23899s	Lorinda playing Hunter kind of hand from
23902s	what I've heard where uh this is just
23903s	what you have in your opening hand
23904s	despite a good like 80 of the deck being
23907s	playable cards between turns one and
23909s	four but this is where day one breaking
23911s	tracker trinket tracker at least was the
23914s	the guarantee of finding something to do
23916s	whether it was uh uh bananas or worms
23919s	although actually is you playing the
23921s	worms because not all of them let's have
23923s	a look
23924s	not all of the three decks
23928s	yeah double Awakening Tremors double
23930s	bunch of bananas yeah
23931s	tremors are so good I mean the next
23933s	drawer now should be good nearly always
23935s	to be fair like stuff like I know wild
23938s	Spirits would be a fine form and I know
23941s	it costs three but fine four Mana play
23943s	here like it's
23944s	it's not great but that's the sort of
23946s	average draw I would say now
23948s	there's some obviously some stinkers in
23950s	there like the other trinket tracker
23952s	wouldn't be too great right now still be
23954s	playable yeah yeah if you can bridge
23957s	this Gap you're kind of doing fine right
23959s	like aside from the fact that you drew
23960s	King Crush in your opening hand which is
23962s	a disaster in basically every scenario
23964s	um if you can find yeah wild spirits and
23966s	he still has a banana to play with the
23968s	floating one Mana as well and then he
23970s	wants to go uh Avalon into into the
23972s	Titan on five and six from that point
23974s	then yeah this hand has kind of fixed
23975s	itself yeah I mean other cars you can
23978s	pick up like posic it's fine obviously
23980s	akani it will do yeah Bridging the game
23983s	I like the wording like the worst sort
23985s	of cards you can pick up now are like
23987s	hidden meaning
23988s	Spirit poacher those sort of things
23993s	Neil's brain's just like bad card uh
23995s	hidden meaning that's the one yeah
23998s	straight in there
24000s	not missing a chance to diss that card
24004s	and set you up to you know say when I'm
24006s	wrong of course
24009s	oh what about hidden meaning and a
24011s	different secret that's different yeah
24014s	because now they probably have to play
24016s	some Mana to trigger one of the secrets
24018s	which means they probably play some more
24019s	mana and let you have a hidden meaning I
24020s	think that's fine
24022s	zombies
24023s	probably zombies right
24028s	well freezing trap does basically
24030s	nothing against all the little Tiddly
24032s	things that Mage has
24033s	now Maneuvers gets you back a 1-1 yes
24037s	yeah
24041s	Maneuvers always feels good and it
24042s	always gets back a 1-1 no matter what
24044s	you do
24048s	if you haven't got one it generates one
24050s	from somewhere and gives you it for sure
24053s	monster
24056s	wandering monster seems pretty good here
24058s	right because I don't think your
24060s	opponent wants to go one three into one
24062s	one in case of bait and switch so the
24064s	one three probably is going to go face
24066s	and then a 1-3 into a Wandering monster
24068s	is just not very good to the point where
24071s	I honestly think the correct play here
24072s	might be don't attack
24074s	looks like he's not gonna because he
24075s	would have not wanted these to get
24077s	explosive yeah nice yeah I like this
24083s	but now five six seven
24086s	ly
24094s	now you can start trying to pick apart
24095s	these secrets with a bit more
24097s	information on your side like if you go
24098s	into the one one and it's bait and
24100s	switch you actually have the power to
24102s	challenge it let's fix CA
24106s	is kinda cool we know it's good
24111s	Jedi's seen his opponent
24114s	not really do anything powerful maybe
24117s	he'll get the Reed that you think it's
24120s	going to be good
24121s	I mean it's good right now
24123s	sure okay yeah
24126s	two Mana killer four or five sure yep
24129s	cast a shadow spell but I guess you have
24131s	a Reverb in hand as well yeah this does
24133s	make sense honestly because you can
24135s	Reverb and test bait and switch right
24137s	explain switch now is irrelevant so if
24139s	it's bait and switch you just got a free
24140s	secret got it
24145s	this makes sense
24148s	this apart and now that's happened we're
24150s	probably back on the don't attack
24153s	training to attack with given that the
24155s	freezing trap exists it's very tough to
24157s	criticize but
24159s	you wouldn't mind having another
24160s	Prismatic is that a bit too niche
24170s	you lead with the Prismatic into the the
24174s	reason yeah yeah I think that might have
24177s	been marginally better yeah
24180s	but now can you make the most of the the
24183s	opportunities got to play big things on
24185s	curve which is
24186s	still or again I don't think still I
24189s	think we had a period where it wasn't
24190s	it's now again one of the best things
24191s	you can do in Hearthstone is just spend
24192s	all your mana on one big thing
24197s	yeah not too many decks are built to a
24200s	deal with it there's a lot of tokening
24203s	and there's a lot of small AOE right
24204s	like
24206s	um I say small AOE like inquisitive
24208s	creation is very mid-sized AOE but if
24210s	you're playing you know an early three
24213s	six three seven four eight size minion
24216s	then inquisitive creation is probably
24217s	not interacting with it then you look at
24219s	Shaman with like lightning storm and
24221s	turn the tides and crash of thunder and
24223s	all that kind of stuff like none of that
24224s	deals with one individual chunky minion
24227s	so it's weird that an expansion has been
24229s	released with individual powerful High
24233s	Health Minions that you can get played
24235s	in a very powerful and all of the decks
24238s	aren't super well equipped to deal with
24240s	that it's kind of interesting that's
24242s	very good I like that a lot but it's
24243s	because I think people are the early
24246s	board I've seen this earlier you may
24247s	disagree them I'll be happy if you do in
24249s	some ways um the early body is so
24251s	massively important now even just
24253s	fiddling around with one threes and one
24255s	twos
24255s	that you've got to deal with that
24257s	nonsense before you can drop your big
24259s	seven seven yeah thing yeah
24264s	which is kind of an interesting Dynamic
24266s	I like it
24269s	and it's what this long pause is about
24271s	right do I play my stupid rubbish or do
24274s	I actually just draw some cards and pass
24290s	okay the attack has now been sent face
24292s	finally
24294s	I believe uh dread eyes suspected
24296s	wandering monster is still in play yeah
24298s	there it is which is actually now as he
24300s	knew motion denied but just chose to get
24302s	on with it and deal with the motion
24303s	tonight which I think he now had full
24305s	information off at this point I think he
24306s	tested out right should be everything
24307s	else at that point
24311s	so now the game begins
24314s	you plays the seven seven starts doing
24316s	damage and we're into the where's my
24318s	alibi can I kill you stage for the mage
24321s	yes
24323s	however selective breeder into Hound is
24326s	possible selected breeder into King
24327s	crush is not of course but it does mean
24330s	that setting up any kind of Rapid lethal
24332s	is going to be very very difficult for
24334s	dreadi here
24336s	I buy ice I play too much
24338s	bioluminescence I'm like it's that
24339s	lethal
24341s	can I do two discovers of lethal cards
24344s	here yeah
24346s	as we all know if you end up with a hand
24347s	that's just three bioluminescences and
24349s	two lightning bolts against an aggro
24351s	deck that somehow still wins the game
24353s	what was that just drop the title of the
24356s	extra damage and Mano and off you go
24359s	yep only meaty
24363s	only meaty he's a doctor you know
24366s	I have heard rumors yeah
24370s	unconfirmed reports
24382s	okay that's a good hex I like that hex
24384s	let's take that that is a very nice hex
24387s	indeed I do like oh that's a very nice
24389s	light it burns actually let's do that
24391s	instead yep
24393s	no okay yeah
24396s	nothing to spend too man on in hand
24398s	right now I guess is the argument which
24400s	yep sure I'm down with that
24403s	next thing you can do like every card in
24405s	your hand pretty much you didn't get to
24407s	forge because of doing that that's all
24409s	you missed out on
24415s	you just mousing over the uh Crush in
24418s	his handgun if you could get back in the
24420s	deck this would be lethal this turn yep
24422s	no Finley in here it's not usually
24424s	played anymore I believe but I always
24426s	check just cause it's a card that does
24428s	happen
24428s	yeah not too common these days even they
24431s	need to do it before the uh the Lord
24433s	came down right
24436s	yes yeah
24440s	I mean yes but also no because it's
24442s	still massive but it's still it's still
24444s	King Crush but yeah I know what you mean
24445s	yeah yeah
24447s	still big you get to play it like a turn
24448s	early sure you know what else is Big Mr
24450s	mookler
24454s	just player 2020. yeah just just kill
24458s	this or have an alibi just just kill it
24464s	you're not enjoyed a card you got a
24466s	banana I don't care just kill this game
24471s	however for one month it's gone
24477s	you saw the heck last turn you can't
24478s	believe they've got another way of
24480s	dealing with a 7-7 let alone a 2019.
24482s	that's weird the rate of emotions
24486s	just to touch on it as well
24488s	um dread I chose to open the other
24490s	Discovery before using the hex as the
24492s	nature spell right to give him another
24494s	shot at finding nature spells from
24497s	um from the discovery which I do like uh
24499s	because I think nature spells have some
24500s	pretty high quality options overall it's
24502s	then weird that after having done that
24504s	he then took the holy option of the two
24507s	that was given to him out of the uh the
24508s	rewarding spells and that ends up being
24510s	incredibly effective in the game State
24512s	absolutely
24516s	something I like about new matches like
24517s	you learn little things like oh the
24519s	nature spells are good like that's not
24520s	something you learn on day one that's
24521s	something you learn having played it and
24523s	watched it and lost to it and slowly
24525s	iterated it
24526s	I think holy wise like you open you open
24529s	a box early and you get love everlasting
24531s	it's the best possible card I can
24533s	discover if it's early in the game but
24535s	then past that point the the holy cards
24537s	tend to be fairly underwhelming and it's
24539s	kind of just pick a cheap one and get it
24541s	played a lot of the time honestly light
24543s	it burns is usually one of the highest
24544s	quality options right that makes sense
24546s	we need a card called underwhelming
24547s	that'd be great get on that design team
24550s	underwhelming he just plays
24552s	underwhelming it'll be like a one Mana
24554s	four four with no downside
24558s	we've got mistake
24560s	you know what underwhelming to go with
24562s	it
24564s	so just
24565s	crush them
24570s	you saw the second Reverb get burned
24571s	right which is yeah huge it's got It's
24573s	Kind of a Funny interaction because it's
24575s	the natural predator of the giant king
24576s	mutler but ended up being burned because
24578s	of the bananas
24581s	amuse me amuse you who was amused right
24583s	up to the point two seconds later where
24585s	like it burns came into play and took
24587s	down the middle anyway
24591s	just just hit him okay
24595s	trying to be Raven but
24600s	if you I guess the argument here is if
24602s	you don't wild Spirits here you never do
24604s	it
24605s	so you do it here
24607s	yeah
24609s	it also does prevent a sizable amount of
24612s	Chip damage as long as you hit at least
24613s	one Rush Minion right because you'd like
24616s	to stay above 30 if at all possible
24618s	because it does give you quite a lot of
24619s	security against random scamiotks out of
24622s	nowhere from the mage
24626s	or like the one they've put in their
24627s	deck the random scammy otk they put in
24630s	their deck yeah
24631s	it's a fair point yeah I just mean at
24633s	this point you're not necessarily
24635s	playing around things because you know
24636s	you like right you need to be deep in
24639s	their deck generally they need 10 mana
24641s	and a forged molten Rune as well like
24642s	there's a lot of signs that you're
24644s	waiting for before you necessarily
24645s	expect to die
24647s	um not even like discounted cards from
24649s	infinitize right like sometimes that's
24651s	something that can catch you by surprise
24652s	but there's none of those currently
24653s	either
24656s	so as long as you stay at High Health
24658s	totals then you're probably not
24660s	expecting to get otk to return soon I
24663s	love how we've just had like three turns
24665s	of seven sevens and twenty twenties and
24667s	violence and now everyone's just playing
24668s	two twos and two fours and putting a
24670s	banana on things like yeah
24673s	more Mana equals we've used a lot of
24675s	good stuff play all our rubbish
24677s	oh there's some cards
24680s	oh second copy of inspiration that
24682s	sounds really good actually I'd quite
24684s	like that that's why you don't put two
24686s	in your deck right because you just get
24687s	two
24688s	yeah yeah yeah no that makes sense
24690s	actually I solved it got there now we
24693s	understand
24699s	oh no
24707s	do you like the moot clue in this deck
24710s	um with it being the fourth beast and
24712s	make some of the things a bit
24713s	complicated sometimes
24715s	I do yeah I I do like it it interacts
24717s	too well with uh with Titans not to play
24720s	it I think right because they all come
24721s	down around that stage of the game and
24724s	then you can you can Muckle it into it
24725s	and it's generally value trades it
24727s	massively because Titans are generally
24729s	uh low attack High Health
24732s	that makes sense yep
24735s	um but yeah it does have a downside of
24737s	you know occasionally you miss lethal
24739s	because you've hit the wrong pool of
24741s	beasts or like you miss your Hound when
24743s	you absolutely need it to recovery yeah
24745s	like that downside absolutely does
24748s	well there's two of them
24751s	and they're going to do a damage each
24752s	next turn
24756s	they're going to be trading into some
24757s	four or fives
24759s	never torn
24763s	I mean they're going to be trading into
24764s	some four fives whether there's taught
24766s	or not
24768s	I mean maybe he doesn't know what solid
24770s	Alibi does no I've never seen the card
24772s	before
24776s	is it a good point though maybe it's not
24778s	we'll see
24781s	the jury is out
24783s	over to VAR decision review in progress
24787s	yeah it's a good point it was still a
24790s	good point oh sorry yeah yeah okay it's
24792s	bars on Church yeah absolutely that's
24794s	exactly what I mean yeah yeah
24799s	it is we have decided it wasn't indeed
24803s	not a pile of rubbish all right gets the
24805s	Hound
24808s	ah
24825s	sure yeah why not
24828s	why not induce as much health as
24830s	possible on your minions means that
24832s	actually I'm a liar and nothing needs to
24834s	trade whatsoever
24836s	uh-huh just leave them there
24842s	okay yep looks good to me actually goes
24845s	the other way in the end deliberately
24846s	goes uh minus one minion just to have
24849s	extra board spaces in play if required
24854s	so that makes sense anyway yeah yeah
24861s	so here we are
24863s	yeah where are we exactly like
24865s	infinitize
24867s	into rewind into light it burns
24870s	AOE the rest of it no still leaves a
24872s	2019 in play
24878s	yeah my little brain always goes
24879s	Infinitis into Alibi fine done draw Siff
24884s	infinitize into Reverb
24888s	yeah it has Rush
24892s	that kills the other 2019. you've spent
24895s	five mana and then you just play
24898s	inquisitive creation which deals eight
24905s	wait no uh what about
24910s	what about 15 damage spell does that
24911s	ever clear
24915s	along with creation
24919s	you know 11 11 no it doesn't clear I
24921s	can't count good nope
24924s	safe at the bottom of the deck Again by
24927s	the way it's been just the story of the
24929s	tournament
24932s	yeah Jedi has had literal last card safe
24934s	already this tournament
24937s	uh he's also tank Harding now uh-huh
24941s	that's safe I've only got five cards in
24942s	deck and need one emergently
24950s	go foreign
24953s	this has been a Hearthstone game subtle
24960s	fine
24961s	relatively inconsequential
24968s	it's creation and Alibi maybe two more
24971s	damage sure
24976s	the question does fast become how are
24978s	you winning this game from this position
24981s	though because the Rune did get dumped
24983s	kind of looking for scammy answers on
24984s	the previous turn Wiseman said stick
24987s	four fives will be what he's thinking I
24989s	assume
24990s	I hope my opponent's hand is three
24992s	garbage cards because it can be right at
24994s	this stage of the game Hunter's hand can
24995s	be absolute trash sometimes well the
24998s	problem is is I think you know this last
25000s	card is King Crush because if this card
25002s	wasn't king crush the southern beast
25005s	from your deck would have killed you
25006s	already got it yeah okay
25009s	so that sounds like an issue I guess
25013s	Elementals that have taunts sometimes
25014s	though if you'd have got yourself into a
25016s	good enough position where you could
25017s	have survived for one turn like AOE down
25020s	this board and then not been under
25022s	immediate Crush lethal and then played
25024s	the Elementals the next turn that could
25026s	have got you there
25029s	yep
25030s	I feel like the start of the term with
25032s	infinitize and find Reverb was the
25033s	better out though honestly
25036s	yeah you're winning me over the more I
25038s	see of how it's gone since
25040s	it's gone pretty badly since
25045s	um yeah the ice barrier that will save
25046s	them
25058s	no
25066s	this is where my brain just gives up it
25068s	hits concede and hopes that it was right
25070s	yeah that's it that's the play well done
25072s	Judo
25073s	figured it out found the line yeah you
25076s	can't see it and let chat tell you what
25077s	you did wrong what you could have won
25079s	two zero one game away from playing
25082s	pocket train in the finals
25085s	um there's a lot going on in that game
25086s	with that terrible draw but making the
25088s	point I guess at a terrible draw can
25090s	still get there without deck because it
25092s	only has to survive two or three turns
25094s	and the terrible cards did just fill the
25097s	Mana up as well
25099s	yeah yeah I mean so different story if
25102s	came up against like keyboard coin Cold
25105s	Case right the game was so long that
25107s	someone might tell me that was keyboard
25109s	coin Cold Case now as far as I know but
25112s	um if it's against some rapid start you
25113s	draw a hand like that you might be in
25114s	trouble right if you're playing against
25115s	Outcast Demon Hunter or some un uh
25119s	Unholy DK right or some super board
25123s	heavy early game deck that's not gonna
25125s	be good enough right just pass pass and
25128s	get piece together a turn four into play
25130s	stuff on five but if you are against
25132s	another deck that's a little bit slow to
25133s	get started absolutely fine like most of
25136s	the time this deck is quite happy to
25138s	pass turns into the mid to late game
25140s	right because if this 40 hunter gets to
25143s	that point it starts dropping bombs like
25144s	this every turn there's very few things
25147s	in the metagame that can compete with it
25148s	particularly well I mean it went through
25150s	a hex
25152s	um one Mana spell my brain is just not
25155s	processing right now it went through a
25157s	Reverb it burned a Reverb but yeah it
25159s	went through three yeah like it burns
25161s	you went through three really good
25163s	removal spells and ends up with two 20
25164s	attack Minions on the board
25166s	yep
25167s	so sure
25169s	yeah and the Creations got Juiced all
25171s	the way to eight as well and they were
25173s	relatively inconsequential in the game
25174s	like it's rare that you get all seven
25176s	spell schools cast and you haven't
25177s	played a creation yet and then you can't
25179s	clear the boards that your opponents are
25181s	making and that's still what managed to
25182s	happen in that situation so with the two
25185s	unusual for the sake of the tournament I
25188s	know people haven't been following the
25189s	tournament throughout two days the fact
25190s	that I just called Hound Hunter an
25192s	unusual deck will be wince at their
25194s	monitors
25195s	um but it's not a common deck in this
25197s	tournament Arcane Hunter has been much
25199s	more common overall
25201s	um so you brought uh in Rage Warrior and
25203s	Hound Hunter and those two decks have
25205s	done very well for him up until this
25207s	point those two decks have done very
25208s	well for him in this series uh and now
25211s	yes we've got left all he's got left
25215s	is the subtle Shaman and I believe you
25217s	is one of the subtle shamans yes this is
25221s	my list that is being played it's not
25223s	only your list but you like to talk
25225s	about this matchup don't you because
25226s	this matchup is quite interesting
25227s	compared to most Shaman matchups
25230s	very interesting yeah
25232s	um this is you actually saw meaty do
25235s	this against
25237s	um Outcast Demon Hunter which is a very
25239s	similar matchup we I alluded to it
25242s	earlier right where he was kind of left
25243s	with a whole bunch of unspent combo
25245s	pieces because he went flash of
25247s	lightning early he went double lightning
25249s	reflexes early he tried to make this
25251s	incredible Tempo turn by using flash of
25253s	light and lightning reflexes to maybe
25255s	just clear a board play a feral Spirits
25257s	swing the ball at that kind of thing it
25259s	didn't work out particularly well for
25261s	him but he recognized that that was kind
25262s	of a necessity with the way that the
25264s	game was going it ended up just being a
25266s	board clear and not really that much
25268s	Tempo being generated coming back the
25270s	other way and just kind of had to fall
25272s	over the line in the end but that's very
25275s	often what these kind of match-ups are
25276s	about is trying to grab Tempo early and
25279s	honestly uh Goose hands starting out
25282s	with the schooling on one uh did play
25284s	ancestral knowledge on two which is not
25286s	something I'm in love with a lot of the
25287s	time but there was no natural three Mana
25290s	play in hand like no feral Spirits no
25292s	turn the tides in hand already so it's
25294s	fine he does have Flow Rider as well
25296s	which supports doing that and now he's
25298s	also drawn into early flash of lightning
25300s	and early inza as well which are two of
25302s	the best possible Tempo swing cards that
25304s	he has available to him like a pretty
25307s	good hand let's say he draws nothing off
25309s	the top here is this just play a couple
25311s	of one drops and then flash immediately
25312s	or you're trying to use your fish before
25314s	you flash of course you might as well
25315s	because they're there so the flash can
25317s	be delayed a turn
25319s	are you do I get to use your fish before
25320s	you flash are you trying to flash before
25322s	you fish these are the questions that
25325s	are crucial commentary
25327s	God damn it subtle I feel that with this
25330s	hand I end up flashing on six that's
25332s	what I feel like here
25333s	uh so this turn yeah this was kind of
25338s	mandated right you fish the costume
25339s	singer that was pretty much always going
25340s	to happen so this this always felt like
25342s	a Flo Rida fish turned to me
25345s	um I'm not sure if there's currently
25347s	anything going on that's going to fill
25348s	out the next turn so the next turn might
25351s	end up being the flash turn instead but
25353s	honestly
25354s	I don't think there's enough pressure
25356s	being represented here on dredy's side
25358s	to cause you to have to panic and do
25361s	that
25363s	I think you can kind of just get on with
25365s	his business at this point yeah which is
25367s	I mean the initial business being do
25369s	your combo win the game that way but
25371s	you'd expect not to be able to do that
25373s	because this Hunter deck can exert a lot
25376s	of pressure with four ones and stuff
25377s	very early
25378s	[Music]
25380s	that's what he's gone with
25382s	obviously last year was a bit awkward
25384s	because of overload so he has to waste
25386s	Mana
25389s	foreign
25394s	yeah I mean that's the awkward part
25396s	right is there is a costume singer in
25398s	play he is at 18 there is three damage
25400s	showing and if inza gets played the
25403s	opponent gets a three drop with charge
25404s	right so it is a little bit scary
25408s	um to to go with this but I do think
25410s	it's by far the best play
25414s	sort of made his bed on turn for when he
25417s	like you you're gonna say like he didn't
25419s	overload to play the five five which
25421s	meant he had a fairly inefficient turn
25422s	which allowed red eye to just get this
25424s	irritating pressure I say every time I'm
25427s	gonna say it again where's this damage
25428s	come from this day he's just done 20
25431s	damage for no reason nothing's happened
25436s	I see what the draw is before we have to
25438s	start thinking about lethal outs no
25440s	that's not particularly helpful you can
25442s	still choose to softly go fishing for it
25445s	here though like play feral Spirits play
25447s	Flo Rida see what happens in terms of
25449s	discover off the Flow Rider since those
25451s	are uh efficient minions to play anyway
25456s	and just expect to finish with I mean
25458s	when you say go fishing for it what are
25460s	you looking for the Discover Card well
25462s	you could there are there are worlds
25464s	where things work out incredibly
25465s	perfectly where you go like Radiance
25467s	feral Spirit Flow Rider this turn and
25469s	they just kind of die
25473s	um but that is I think extremely
25475s	ambitious in the in the circumstances so
25477s	I imagine this is just a flash setup
25479s	turn and you look at what you get here
25482s	but now you're in a little bit of a
25484s	sticky situation because you have to
25486s	clear up some of this and you would
25487s	ideally want to float a manner this turn
25489s	as well well looks like it's going to be
25492s	able to do Flow Rider and then stop
25494s	there
25497s	and then take a bolt for the lethal
25499s	setup on the following turn yeah this
25500s	looks good
25507s	you expect to die here sometimes right
25509s	yep
25514s	if there was a already Juiced ancient
25517s	Kraken Bane in hand you're pretty dead
25520s	um it's only the fact that red eye has
25522s	to spend all his mana on other spells to
25524s	get that crack and Bane active that's
25526s	holding him back right now I think
25533s	what what is your plan here is Jedi
25536s	you've got to make sure you win next
25536s	turn but is there anything you do to not
25538s	lose before then like killing a 5-2
25541s	killing some of these minions does seem
25542s	incredibly important trust your deck
25543s	next turn to just win the game next turn
25547s	make the challenge spend as much money
25549s	as possible
25551s	uh so yeah not having lethal as long as
25554s	you don't have lethal in that situation
25556s	does he play actually no he doesn't
25558s	dreaday doesn't play speaker stomper in
25560s	this deck right
25561s	no let me find
25563s	no he doesn't
25565s	that's Plan B was
25568s	um yeah so he did end up going for
25569s	conjured arrows I was looking over at
25571s	the decklist but that was kind of my
25572s	other thought right is check for lethal
25574s	if you don't have lethal play conjured
25575s	arrow and draw speaker stop put but
25577s	that's not even an out that he has
25578s	available in the deck
25581s	so I think
25582s	it's just kind of in trouble
25586s	looks that way
25593s	what is the draw now for you oh oh crash
25596s	of Thunder that'll do it that will do it
25599s	third damage Spell straight up
25603s	any discover would have made life
25605s	incredibly likely if not he would have
25607s	had to have dumped the bolts and then
25608s	potentially gone fishing
25612s	this looks so easy like just play the
25614s	card in your hand why do I have to
25616s	discover things and mess around and then
25618s	dig through a card in my deck and then
25619s	try to play a second flash why why is
25621s	that just the way you win
25623s	18
25626s	27. it could not be more perfect exact
25629s	Mana exact damage exact lethal exact 3-0
25635s	all the way through to the finals to
25636s	face pocket train beautifully done in
25639s	the end from q that was a super clutch
25640s	drawer at the end to pick up the crash
25642s	of Thunder otherwise he was gonna need a
25644s	little bit of assistance from uh from
25646s	the Discover Gods it would seem if uh if
25648s	he found his way to the lightning
25649s	reflexes because I'm not sure if there's
25652s	any line he could have taken where he
25654s	would have enough Mana to make a board
25658s	play the bioluminescence dump the
25659s	lightning bolts and then steal like
25661s	Thorin right to then draw more cards
25665s	after the fact and keep going I don't
25666s	think he had enough juice to be doing
25668s	that kind of thing so picking up the
25670s	crash of Thunder straight off the top
25672s	was incredibly clutch in the end yeah he
25675s	was slightly embarrassed by it but that
25676s	deck honestly there's got a million out
25678s	to just win the game on the spot anyway
25680s	that's why you do what you do with that
25681s	deck he's got a lot of card draw it's
25683s	got a lot of damage and not much else
25685s	you gotta pick up it quite often feels
25687s	like you were lucky when you win with
25688s	that deck on that turn in that situation
25689s	but actually when you go through the
25690s	Alps you've got so many yeah yeah
25693s	especially when you've done it without
25694s	opening a lightning reflexes I think you
25697s	have to say fair enough right like
25698s	sometimes you do open Lightning reflexes
25701s	and get bolt into crash right and those
25703s	are fortunate outcomes and you have to
25705s	part of playing the deck is
25706s	understanding when that's the right
25708s	thing to go for and when it isn't and
25709s	what your odds are in those situations
25712s	um but you recognize the assignment
25714s	right play flash of lightning float one
25716s	Mana so you you don't get um you don't
25718s	get the surprise three drop and then he
25720s	played the Flowrider and he specifically
25722s	picked the lightning bolt right no
25723s	second thoughts in his mind that's not a
25725s	difficult choice to make but he didn't
25727s	have anything else in his mind he saw a
25728s	lightning bolt in the Discover he said
25730s	this is why I need any damage spells I
25731s	think the only thing that would have
25732s	gone up against that in his mind is if
25734s	he saw lightning reflexes as the Flowood
25736s	or a Flow Rider Discoverer and he might
25737s	have taken that instead
25739s	um and then DEC was kind to him with the
25742s	crash of Thunder discover for exactly 27
25744s	and he counted it perfectly
25746s	yep 999 call the ambulance for Jedi he's
25750s	out of here it's three it's zero degree
25752s	who goes to play Pocket train in the
25754s	final and we've talked enough I think
25756s	about what's going to happen what has
25758s	happened what is going to happen is
25759s	going to have that final for you in just
25761s	a few minutes we'll give you a little
25762s	rest I believe that's usually how it
25764s	goes down we'll be back shortly for the
25766s	final the Hearthstone Masters Tour
25768s	summer championship
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26233s	welcome back to the Hearthstone Masters
26236s	Tour summer Championship we are getting
26239s	pumped up here we are getting ready to
26241s	go into our grand finals for this
26244s	tournament and to kick that off here is
26247s	myself Dawn or Dragon Rider and joined
26250s	Again by TJ are you ready for this TJ
26254s	I am I am I think uh pocket train most
26259s	people probably expected pocket train
26261s	when you look at this lineup to be a
26262s	player that was in the finals there's a
26264s	little bit less pressure on him
26265s	throughout the tournament because he's
26266s	already kind of a shoe-in for the world
26268s	championship based on points
26270s	and he's a fantastic player and
26272s	everybody knows it so that's a recipe
26274s	for all right this guy's gonna win or
26278s	has a good shot at it goo on the other
26280s	hand maybe not a player that everybody
26283s	was looking at coming into this
26285s	um as much as some of the other big
26287s	names but he's really proven himself and
26289s	one thing that I've noticed over the
26291s	course of the tournament is that gew has
26294s	kind of
26295s	look like he's become more comfortable
26297s	with his plays
26299s	um whereas early on in the tournament
26301s	there was a little bit of shaking some
26302s	missed turns uh some things that he
26305s	didn't complete hit like his full turn
26307s	uh before the row pit but now he's
26309s	firing in all cylinders takes his time
26311s	very methodical approach and he's got
26314s	some cool decks to boot so
26316s	um I think this is a a very worthy final
26320s	oh yeah it's 100 agreed and there you
26323s	see uh some highlights from pocket train
26326s	throughout today kind of just taking
26328s	these games down to get up to this point
26331s	and as you mentioned you maybe did seem
26334s	to struggle a little bit in the match
26336s	that we did cast earlier that we get to
26338s	see him in but yeah very decisive 3-0 in
26343s	the previous series to get him into this
26345s	Grand finals but to get into some of
26347s	these deck lists I am really interested
26349s	to see how these two lineups go into
26352s	each other and here this Outcast Demon
26354s	Hunter has kind of been one of those
26357s	either love or hate decks it seems like
26359s	this weekend people either are loving it
26362s	like me and saying yeah this is a cool
26364s	deck I think it's it's pretty well
26366s	situated here and then some people
26368s	saying I kind of hate this I don't know
26370s	if we can uh if we can actually really
26372s	say that Outcast Demon Hunter gets there
26374s	in the end so we will be seeing that
26378s	from pocket train as well and as you
26381s	mentioned kind of on the other side that
26382s	Warrior the enraged Warrior has kind of
26385s	been the other out of left field kind of
26388s	deck for this weekend as well that has
26390s	really had some good results
26393s	yeah it's had good results in the fact
26395s	that gues in the finals but when we
26398s	watch it it feels like it's not having
26400s	good results uh where it's it feels like
26403s	in the series it's the one deck that you
26405s	has where it's kind of getting beat up
26408s	um we saw a massive highlight earlier uh
26411s	when you face off against weq uh where
26413s	he kind of snuck a lethal out of nowhere
26416s	in a long drawn out game uh with that
26420s	enraged war and has the ability to do
26422s	that
26423s	um so I'm excited to see more from that
26427s	deck because it is a deck that I've been
26430s	jamming it I'm trying to learn more
26432s	about it very difficult to play and then
26434s	you also got to see sort of the
26436s	longevity that the Hound Hunter has in
26439s	in many different matchups constant
26441s	pressure once you get to that late game
26443s	with continually summoning giant beasts
26446s	the ability to finish games uh uh very
26449s	quickly later on the game with the
26451s	buffed double King Crush if you're deck
26453s	of lines in the stranglethorne hard so
26455s	love Goose lineup and I always love to
26458s	see players that kind of go against the
26460s	grain and bring Decks that not everybody
26462s	else is bringing and have success with
26464s	it and I think that you has showcased
26466s	that very well as we take a look at the
26469s	uh the enrage Wars such a cool deck now
26471s	the Roaring Applause
26473s	um mostly rage Warriors that like I play
26475s	against which is not very many by the
26476s	way uh play the I can't remember the
26479s	name of the card it's the three cost
26481s	um steam something uh draw a spell and
26484s	then reduce the cost of a fire spell in
26486s	your hand by one yeah
26490s	uh steam Garden yeah yeah um roaring
26492s	Applause has a higher
26494s	I really don't play that many tribes in
26496s	the deck you play storybalore you play
26497s	foul egg
26499s	um that's really it like enema extractor
26500s	nothing from the bridge riffs ogre like
26503s	none of those have like a minion type
26506s	so roaring Applause
26509s	is just like a cheap cycle which is kind
26511s	of what you need in the deck
26513s	um but it isn't an interesting inclusion
26516s	when you note that you know the
26519s	alternative is just a three Mana three
26521s	three that draw spell maybe gives you
26523s	additional Tempo but I like the choice
26525s	it's worked out well we've seen them
26526s	draw multiple cards plenty of times
26528s	uh with that card
26529s	yeah I think oftentimes that does end up
26532s	being probably too car draw I think
26534s	that's what we've seen a lot but that
26536s	sometimes is just enough to Mana draw to
26539s	seems pretty decent uh but again I want
26541s	to mention these different lineups
26543s	because I I think some of the matchups
26546s	we've had throughout this tournament
26547s	have had very similar lineups and we
26550s	even saw that in that second top four
26552s	that we just showcased where it was
26554s	three basically of the same deck and
26556s	then one deck different but on the other
26558s	side here they uh they both do have
26562s	before the bands they both had the
26564s	nature Shaman uh but other than that the
26567s	three decks outside of the nature Shaman
26569s	are all different for both of these
26570s	players so pretty interesting showcase
26572s	here of these kind of different
26573s	strategies these different lineups that
26576s	these players have and we are going to
26578s	get into this first game with pocket
26580s	train looking like on that Shaman and
26583s	gew on the Mage
26586s	yeah it is really cool
26588s	[Music]
26595s	[Music]
26597s	yeah because the Mages are different
26600s	right one is the rainbow Mage one is
26602s	more of the Naga style so different
26604s	Mages as well
26607s	uh but here we see the flame geyser kind
26610s	of being an early potential removal here
26613s	for you lines up pretty nicely into the
26617s	zapper that just came down for pocket
26619s	train and also to follow up with that
26621s	Cosmic keyboard and potentially a four
26624s	drop either the cold case or the volume
26626s	up both very good options
26629s	seems like Goose hand is pretty solid so
26633s	far here on the other side a little bit
26635s	more clunky of a hand for pocket train
26637s	though unfortunately uh not really the
26640s	pieces that pocket Train's looking for
26642s	but I think pocket train has some time
26644s	before he really needs to get all of
26646s	those pieces
26649s	yeah plenty of time uh the problem is
26653s	like
26655s	one the armor that's going to be gained
26657s	and then two just the tempo having to
26660s	actually acknowledge the board from the
26662s	side of the main just usually the
26664s	roughest part in this matchup if they
26665s	don't find any of their minions or the
26667s	game they're just collecting spells and
26669s	drawing
26671s	then it feels like you have infinite
26673s	time in this matchup but as soon as that
26676s	Cold Case comes out that keyboard comes
26678s	out becomes very difficult
26684s	yeah
26686s	I love this uh
26688s	wisdom of norganon already being
26690s	discounted several times turn five gonna
26693s	be able to potentially draw with that if
26695s	you didn't want to go for the kind of
26697s	off curve play of volume up I could go
26700s	for something like the Prismatic and
26702s	then uh wisdom or could just start with
26704s	the wisdom to draw but maybe maybe he
26707s	just wants to Discount that a little bit
26708s	more I don't imagine he wants to go for
26710s	something like the reverberations quite
26712s	yet not on something like a totem
26718s	what are you talking about you don't
26719s	want to stealth totem or a strength
26721s	totem I mean
26724s	uh no give your personality
26729s	sure I guess you could
26733s	uh the eradication is a shadow spell now
26736s	we're gonna see that get picked up here
26738s	could be used in place of that
26740s	reverberations if there's not really
26742s	anything that's going to come down later
26744s	but the reverberations I think has also
26746s	been one of those really interesting
26748s	cards that we've seen across both the
26751s	Mages and the couple of warlocks over
26753s	this weekend that we have seen but uh
26756s	reverberations being able to either copy
26759s	in opponent's Minion or one of your own
26762s	in terms of something like copying your
26765s	own stiff or copying a Titan has been
26767s	extremely
26769s	utilized I would say in a lot of these
26771s	games
26773s	it really has
26783s	uh
26784s	yeah just having that additional term of
26788s	effective immunity
26790s	is certainly worthwhile now pocket fade
26792s	got to tighten down got it for draw it's
26795s	not in real like too much relative
26798s	Danger
26799s	um if the Titan sticks which it likely
26801s	won't and actually there's a pretty easy
26803s	removal here since you did use the
26807s	um
26807s	draw goo could easily just
26810s	reverberations and then use the damage
26813s	plus yield which will kill it off and
26814s	deal three damage to pocket train as
26816s	well so
26816s	yeah that's probably what's going to be
26818s	slated but it feels bad to have to spend
26820s	three mana on that when you're not
26822s	really progressing anything considering
26823s	like you mentioned already played the
26825s	Shadow from the Mortal Mortal
26826s	eradication so it doesn't really add
26828s	uh anything except for the three damage
26830s	which could be relevant with uh sip in
26833s	hand so we'll see
26835s	picking up the light it burns there as a
26837s	holy spell pretty interesting here
26840s	these additional cards I I don't know
26844s	about this discover here those don't
26845s	seem very helpful but looks like you
26849s	does want to go for this reverberations
26850s	I think just the value of being able to
26853s	remove that golden F from pocket train
26857s	seems
26858s	very very good you don't want to give
26862s	pocket additional uses of that Titan
26871s	Hellfire for additional damage even
26873s	still
26876s	yeah oh there's the Flash
26885s	it's a lot of damage next turn yeah
26901s	does hold on to the flash though
26904s	um only had the bioluminescence in one
26907s	burnt spell did have lightning reflexes
26908s	now has both lightning reflexes
26911s	so it's possible that pocket train if Q
26914s	doesn't play
26915s	um
26917s	a solid Alibi next turn might try to
26919s	kill
26920s	without a flash of lightning discount
26924s	uh does have the ends of discount so
26926s	things like zapper lighting bolts are
26928s	already free and if you can hit like
26930s	crash Lightnings or additional lightning
26932s	bolts from the uh mining reflexes you
26934s	don't even need the uh flash of
26936s	lightning to kill
26938s	so it's just gonna put some stuff on the
26940s	board play for tempo
26942s	and put you in a situation where he has
26945s	to
26946s	uh solid Alibi even before seeing the
26948s	flash Supply thing we're starting to get
26949s	to Mana totals where it really doesn't
26950s	matter anymore so it looks like you just
26952s	gonna try and gain some armor here
26955s	yeah it doesn't seem like a terrible
26956s	option we've seen players do that a lot
26958s	throughout the tournament just going for
26960s	additional armor kind of holding off on
26963s	playing saw the Alibis as long as
26964s	possible of course you know with the
26966s	vision that we have we see there's not a
26968s	salad Alibi in hand anyways so getting
26971s	some additional armor seems really good
26973s	the altered chord could be some removal
26976s	but uh there's no overload so it's gonna
26980s	cost five and that's pretty expensive
26983s	yeah
26985s	and doesn't benefit from the healing and
26987s	expensive doesn't really matter because
26989s	what he's just trying to do here is gain
26990s	as much armor as possible because yeah
26993s	he actually does have a lethal setup
26994s	next turn and he's juicing up every
26996s	single spell school here
26999s	um
27000s	just to make sure that that lethal is
27002s	preserved with Sif flame geyser and
27004s	hellfire which I believe Sif is at plus
27006s	six spell damage uh yep
27009s	so that'd be a plus nine be 17. so
27012s	pocket Train's got to go for the kill
27014s	here 37 with no uh uh flash lightning
27018s	discount is tough
27028s	picking up an extra cheap nature spells
27030s	to be able to use and just remove from
27032s	the opponent seems like a pretty good
27034s	fill in here with the zap
27038s	It's gotta find bird from this
27043s	oh wait a second if if he does enough
27046s	damage uh it could be a tie
27053s	okay he doesn't do enough
27055s	no
27057s	all right here is on the other side
27060s	though yeah you're just gonna drop the
27063s	Sif that he's been buffing up by playing
27066s	all of those spell schools the previous
27067s	turn and stays alive with two Health to
27072s	get that first point on the board in
27074s	this Grand Final so you getting a win
27076s	with that Mage and now going to have to
27079s	get a win with the other two Decks that
27082s	aren't banned but I I just want to point
27085s	out I think what you said earlier really
27087s	showed here it does look like you is
27090s	extremely comfortable now maybe you
27093s	shook out all the nerves from the start
27094s	of the day and just kind of said okay
27096s	like I I know what I'm doing I've made
27098s	it to this point I know how to play I I
27100s	can manage this now after uh getting
27103s	through that that first round
27105s	yeah it was a very comfortable there
27108s	little even a little smirk there at the
27110s	end too so uh nicely done I'm a little I
27113s	am a little disappointed that we didn't
27114s	get the opportunity for a tie just
27117s	because it doesn't come up very often if
27119s	pocket chain was able to do two
27120s	additional damage
27122s	then you maybe would have had to force a
27125s	tie um we'd see in that situation for
27127s	those unaware I believe are unless the
27129s	rules have changed between last time and
27131s	now if there's a tie
27134s	uh both players are awarded wins in
27136s	Conquest
27138s	um unless it's the final game uh like if
27142s	it's tied 2-2 in a series uh then it's a
27145s	regame but uh in a normal match of
27148s	Conquest if it's a if you have a tie
27150s	then both players are awarded win with
27151s	the Decks that they're playing on so
27153s	probably won't come up again
27156s	uh it's probably not I think I've seen
27158s	one tie
27160s	uh or at least in modern Hearthstone
27163s	since the since we solidified those
27165s	rules I think I've seen one tie in
27166s	America's Grand Masters
27169s	um but uh
27171s	it's they're few and far between the
27173s	opportunities for a tie so I like to
27174s	take them when I can get them
27176s	definitely well I I'm kind of on the
27179s	opposite side I'm glad that we didn't
27180s	see the tie you know
27183s	I want to see these plays they have
27185s	qualified over months and months of
27187s	competing on ladder they qualified to
27189s	this tournament and now they are getting
27190s	to Showcase their skills and play these
27192s	games so I want to see it out I want to
27194s	see them play these games and see how it
27196s	how it stands out but uh with you
27199s	getting the win on the Mage now again
27201s	there is the Mage on pocket train side
27203s	but that is the Naga version of Mage and
27206s	not necessarily the same as that rainbow
27208s	Mage that we've been seeing but we have
27211s	to keep bringing up this Hound Hunter
27213s	and this enraged Warrior uh because
27216s	these are really interesting how do you
27218s	feel about these couple of decks into
27220s	pocket trains lineup
27222s	I I feel like the rage Warriors got to
27225s	be uh the weak spot here
27228s	um Hound Hunter's been banned for most
27229s	of the weekend thank you and many of the
27231s	matchups Helen Hunter's been banned very
27233s	powerful deck the highest win rate deck
27235s	on ladder uh by a good amount obviously
27238s	a lot of players chose to go with the
27239s	Arcane Hunter
27241s	um which both variations hound and
27244s	Arcane are very very good very very
27246s	strong
27247s	uh but the warrior I feel like has the
27248s	most weak spots so I feel like no matter
27250s	how this this game goes in particular
27253s	even if you Google goes up too well I'm
27255s	not going to count pocket train out
27256s	because we've seen the warrior falter
27259s	um so uh if parkerton is able to get a
27262s	win here just makes it that much more
27263s	easier to turn around and and Corner the
27266s	warrior but especially with a decent
27268s	start from Q
27270s	this could be kind of difficult one of
27272s	the weaknesses though of this deck is
27274s	that it can have some awkward weak draws
27278s	but it can also block a lot of damage
27280s	early game and force a lot of
27281s	awkwardness with the secrets
27284s	um and that doesn't bode well for
27285s	Outcast Demon Hunter
27288s	yeah
27290s	I do think uh pocket train has a decent
27294s	start as well the spectral site over in
27296s	that Outcast position not bad at all
27299s	here going to be able to get a little
27300s	bit of draw but oh this pickup with The
27303s	Wretched Exile also pretty good gonna be
27305s	able to help pocket train generate some
27308s	additional cards and hopefully get some
27310s	more value find some additional damage
27312s	that the Demon Hunter is looking for but
27315s	sometimes the some of these decks can
27317s	kind of go a little bit faster and put
27319s	on more pressure than the Hound Hunter
27322s	can so it has been interesting to
27325s	definitely see the Hound Hunter versus
27327s	the Arcane Hunter kind of uh dispute or
27330s	you know differences over the weekend
27332s	but talk about pressure this is a wide
27336s	board here already with uh no really
27338s	clear answer here yet from you
27342s	bush
27348s	we'll pick up the hollow Hound I'm sure
27350s	here yeah
27352s	but
27354s	it's still a couple turns away from
27357s	being able to make that swing and pocket
27358s	train could go wide enough to where it's
27359s	not relevant
27362s	um it is just a little bit of Chip
27363s	damage and this hidden meaning is quite
27365s	annoying to be honest just because he's
27368s	working with basically one less managed
27370s	turn I don't think he wants to give that
27371s	activation over
27373s	um
27374s	yeah but it's just gonna be ship and
27377s	face
27379s	I like it
27381s	yeah I'm setting up this glaive tar here
27383s	just really allows for additional draws
27386s	by applying the outcast cards in these
27388s	coming turns and one thing that's really
27391s	great about it as well is that pocket
27392s	train can set that up over multiple
27395s	turns if he wants to right he can like
27397s	play some Outcast cards and then hold
27399s	back the swing of the weapon play
27400s	Outkast cards the following turn to kind
27402s	of capitalize on the draw but if you are
27406s	trying to go a little bit slower like
27408s	that and just build up your draw it also
27411s	means missing out on that additional
27412s	damage from the weapon swing
27414s	unfortunately here we see the taunt that
27417s	was triggered from uh the secret there
27420s	but
27422s	does he does he care about a potential
27426s	detriment for the secret here does
27428s	blockchain just want to play out the
27430s	hawk Strider Rancher
27433s	I think so and then you can trade in two
27435s	additional cards and that would be would
27437s	that be more local activation you might
27439s	be missing one
27441s	all right it looks like he's gonna go
27442s	for it anyway
27444s	uh but just setting up a wide Board of
27446s	rushers that way help area for the next
27448s	turn as it has a chance to uh threaten
27450s	lethal
27452s	um
27453s	but we're almost certainly looking at a
27455s	Hound here just because of the fact that
27458s	Alvarez
27459s	feels like infinite damage
27462s	yeah
27463s	I agree I
27465s	I don't think with the stakes and
27468s	everything uh that could potentially go
27471s	wrong here I don't know if you want to
27474s	leave as much on the board but actually
27476s	going for the hope of 12 loss gonna try
27479s	to
27480s	uh I guess buff up the Hound Hunter so
27483s	that he gains even more healing off of
27485s	it next turn and just assumes that the B
27488s	is here clear up and prevent a lethal
27491s	but yeah you can see the fist pump there
27493s	from pocket train that hell varia is
27495s	just gonna just gonna do the work here
27498s	those are gonna get buffed regardless if
27501s	they're attacking into a minion or face
27502s	I thought I kind of 21.
27509s	I think it's 21. I think he's one off
27514s	even with hero power even with hero
27516s	power I think he's one off
27521s	yeah
27524s	looks like you are correct but either
27525s	way I think he was very excited to see
27528s	that he played around that bees that
27530s	because that was kind of when the fist
27532s	pump came out and yeah no answer there
27535s	even playing the Hound
27538s	buffed up at that point wasn't enough
27540s	healing to answer all of those minions
27543s	from pocket train side and that means
27546s	that we are tied a one-on-one
27548s	yeah it's that Hound would have been
27551s	double bombs it would have been 15
27553s	healing still would have left 28 power
27556s	on board right uh which is insane
27559s	um so good recognition by pocket train
27562s	even if it's not lethal to just commit
27564s	it anyway because there was no way to
27566s	get around it the only out actually
27569s	there was no out because he only had six
27571s	Mana so prison of yogsaron wasn't even
27573s	uh
27574s	uh you prison of the Actron and Target
27576s	your own face
27578s	so one one card clears the board and
27580s	then the card hears it heals your face
27582s	but we'll still Amana off so that was
27584s	just turn six straight up presenting
27587s	lethal Well Done by pocket train and
27589s	starting to see more and more why
27591s	Outcast Demon Hunter is a powerful deck
27593s	against Decks that
27595s	outside of their own minions they don't
27597s	have like specifically removal to
27601s	interact with their opponent's board
27602s	usually Hound Hunter just tries to be
27604s	super annoying in the early game and
27606s	that's how they get through the early
27608s	game and then they stabilize with Hound
27610s	and then they kill you that's like the
27612s	progression uh it doesn't do well
27614s	against deck stack just continuously
27616s	build up big boards and have just as
27618s	much Tempo in the other game as you do
27620s	yeah you know and on the other side too
27622s	as the outcast Demon Hunter it
27624s	definitely helps when you're able to
27625s	build up a board that doesn't get
27627s	removed of rushers and draw that
27629s	halveria pretty early because there's
27631s	definitely some games where as we've
27632s	seen with the Mage things like that Sif
27635s	just kind of sitting in the bottom of
27636s	the deck sometimes that happens with
27638s	halveria too but it works out really
27640s	really well there for pocket train
27641s	getting all of those pieces together
27643s	early enough to apply that pressure and
27647s	close it out and then still threaten
27648s	enough as you said even if the Hound was
27651s	double buffed then came out it just it
27654s	still was not enough healing uh
27657s	would it have been enough to actually
27660s	get additional healing and then kind of
27661s	stabilize if we had seen the coin Hound
27664s	instead of the coin weapon
27666s	maybe it's possible yeah because it
27669s	would have paired down the board but
27671s	then alvaria would have like stuck
27673s	anyway right and you wouldn't have a
27676s	follow-up after that so it was kind of
27678s	damned if you did if you don't but um
27681s	uh it is what it is now we're moving
27683s	into game three Mage versus Hunter
27684s	getting the Hound Hunter again
27687s	um for again
27689s	uh the Naga Mage and siren in opening
27691s	hand so we also have school teacher to
27695s	generate uh the one-man inoggling to
27697s	start the uh to get the sound rolling
27700s	and a flame geyser to get the uh Spell
27702s	rolling uh on that combination so
27707s	uh pretty good opening here from pocket
27709s	train and you just gonna try and get
27712s	through this early game enough and try
27714s	and set up enough damage star power is
27715s	going to be good for that first siren
27717s	board but it's possible that the siren
27719s	board
27721s	with how it works usually the minions
27723s	are more Health than attack so and you
27725s	go you can go pretty wide even on the
27728s	first one
27729s	sometimes star power isn't even enough
27730s	on its own to clear it
27739s	there's there's definitely some
27740s	different options here for geo could
27743s	just go for the wild spirits but I'm not
27745s	sure if you really necessarily need to
27747s	but trying to set some of those minions
27749s	up or even having gone for just forging
27753s	that titanforged traps could have been
27755s	something there as well just to kind of
27758s	get that out and get that set up I think
27761s	ahead of time
27762s	this is a little bit of a faster hand
27764s	than what we saw in the previous game
27766s	from you this time maybe there's gonna
27770s	be a coin Hound but it's not quite the
27772s	same as it was before but the posic
27775s	being picked up is pretty pretty good
27780s	very good
27782s	it's gonna limit the pocket in terms of
27784s	hand space and also just make it kind of
27786s	awkward because you don't really want to
27787s	clear it and you definitely don't want
27789s	to spend uh mana on those mechs
27793s	yeah Scott's second siren so he could go
27795s	in but it looks like he's he wants to go
27798s	for
27800s	uh empty out these Bots from his hand
27802s	and go for a bigger pop off
27806s	yeah
27809s	really go for a draw necessarily either
27811s	there with that wisdom of an organ on
27813s	just as you mentioned just not enough
27815s	hand space there so really has to kind
27816s	of pick a direction decide if he does
27819s	just want to drop one of those mechs and
27821s	and I think that this is fine I kind of
27823s	like the just trying to answer this
27825s	board
27826s	you know do something and then have
27828s	potentially a even better pop-off turn
27834s	it's something he's trying to summon
27837s	something to his hands I don't know what
27839s	it is but he's trying all right time to
27841s	go he's just getting ready yeah
27851s	from the depths generated there sure
27854s	dredge effects
27862s	it's interesting I wonder what he picked
27863s	from the depths
27866s	Zola wow okay yeah
27871s	going for the noggling as well just to
27873s	keep this chain going as long as
27875s	possible I love watching these high
27877s	level players when you see them pop off
27879s	with these Naga turns because as you can
27881s	see right as soon as that draw came into
27884s	hand pocket train dropped that Naga and
27887s	just started going he has the experience
27889s	with this deck he's very familiar with
27891s	it he knows what he's looking for and I
27893s	think we've talked a bit about that uh
27895s	pattern recognition throughout this
27897s	weekend as well right he knows what he's
27898s	looking for and he just went for it no
27901s	indecisiveness about it just going in
27908s	this is very weird it picks up dark
27910s	transformation too to actually make use
27912s	of this amalgam
27914s	so that's a full board clear
27916s	fills up his hand
27918s	still has a siren now the next level
27920s	play here would have been if he had
27922s	given any thought to Hound positioning
27926s	um I don't know if he has
27929s	but it's very hard to do that while
27931s	you're also trying to pop off on a on a
27934s	siren turn so
27937s	um I don't even know if Hound is
27941s	like anywhere close to enough here to do
27947s	much of anything is gonna not much pop a
27951s	banana on it but just to clear off the
27953s	dark transformation too yeah but pocket
27955s	train just gets to go again
27957s	uh right
27963s	and he's going again
27968s	I love it
27970s	and the benefit of the Hound is he gets
27972s	to clear off these small meetings from
27973s	his board to make more room from
27975s	additional nagas no idea within this
27977s	Commander savara
27980s	we'll see
27982s	okay Discovery magic transformation
27984s	flame guys here since our transformation
27986s	may not have much of a use anymore uh
27989s	yes and Malcolm has already been used
27990s	but hey
27995s	surely something else is uh created that
27998s	uh can make use of that or how about
28000s	just use it as an additional card for
28002s	this Finley oh definitely I forgot about
28005s	the from the depths everything's free at
28007s	the bottom so cool oh my gosh
28014s	finds nature too
28017s	I don't even know what you're killed for
28018s	here the five fives or the eight eighths
28020s	because luckily in two turns your
28021s	board's gonna be too full for the five
28023s	fives all right this is nuts
28025s	yes very well done
28029s	uh also pretty significant here with
28031s	this full board both Frozen touches in
28034s	hand now as well so that if this board
28036s	gets cleared off those are immediately
28038s	going to just be fully infused and be
28041s	additional damage if Sif is drawn that I
28045s	think could just basically be spelling
28047s	the end there for you in this match up
28050s	here but from the other side now I mean
28052s	how does you address this I mean it's
28055s	turned seven he has Lauren his hand but
28057s	of course if he just plays lortheimer
28059s	doesn't answer any of the board that's
28062s	that's really not a good look here he's
28064s	he's wants to answer the sports somehow
28066s	is star power quite enough there
28070s	I don't know
28071s	it doesn't seem like it is gonna go for
28075s	the wild Spirits instead no didn't hit a
28078s	single Rush on any of these
28080s	not a single Fox
28083s	oh my goodness
28089s	uh I mean
28093s	get rid of the spell damage sure yeah
28096s	wow Forge the traps I guess
28103s	okay bait and switch
28104s	I mean that just gives pocket train more
28106s	room to just get rid of stuff on the
28108s	board
28109s	yeah six seven eight nine ten eleven
28111s	twelve thirteen
28113s	damn it's showing this clears up
28114s	everything so the bean so it doesn't
28115s	matter
28118s	the Frozen touches in hand would be an
28119s	additional six so it's not lethal yet
28121s	but you didn't really do much last turn
28123s	like didn't North didn't uh
28127s	like we make Headway towards uh the win
28130s	condition or threatened pocket chain
28132s	anyway
28132s	so he's fine to just clear this off with
28134s	the creation push all the damage and say
28137s	okay you have to do the exact same thing
28141s	except now you have much much less
28143s	health and only one more Mana
28146s	yeah right back in the same situation
28148s	and less cards in hand to do something
28150s	uh to answer as well so yeah less
28154s	resources uh less Health it's looking
28157s	pretty rough here for you
28160s	does start with that star power but yeah
28163s	it didn't answer very much at all and
28166s	didn't even hit the Skyrim at all
28169s	anything
28170s	all it all that did was Infuse pocket
28173s	trains Frozen touches
28176s	yes I mean still there there's the
28177s	argument it did do something then it
28180s	just didn't do anything for you except
28182s	maybe end up killing him faster
28185s	yeah that's lethal from hand
28187s	with with quadruple Frozen touch and a
28191s	ping so uh nicely done by pocket train
28195s	showing off the power once again
28199s	of the Naga Mage and just make sound
28202s	Hunter look like such a fair deck
28205s	yes yeah uh maybe people on ladder might
28209s	disagree with that as well but that's
28211s	the difference in these players their
28214s	skill level and also I think the
28216s	experience with the deck I don't think
28218s	just anybody could take Naga Mage and do
28221s	super well with it like this I mean of
28223s	course at this level we're probably just
28225s	saying that any of these players could
28227s	take any deck and do extremely well with
28229s	it in general right but uh for a couple
28233s	of these decks the outcast Demon Hunter
28235s	the enrage Warrior this Naga Mage
28237s	honestly pretty similar still all of
28239s	these decks are very very similar if not
28242s	the same card lists that they were from
28244s	previous metas so these players probably
28247s	already have a lot of experience with
28249s	these and I think we really saw that in
28251s	this matchup here with pocket train he
28252s	knew exactly what he was looking for he
28254s	knew exactly just okay this is my
28257s	pop-off turn I have to get the siren
28259s	down and just go and just started
28262s	picking cards just looking for potential
28265s	damage I I think that added a dredge
28270s	effect right the from the depths
28271s	definitely helped him out in the long
28273s	run but I think he still probably would
28275s	have gone there looking at the way that
28277s	this the hand for gear was shaping up
28279s	and just the state of the the board as
28281s	well
28283s	yeah then Naga Mage the the pattern has
28286s	stayed the same but it's gotten 10 times
28289s	more complicated just because of the
28290s	fact that you have discovery of magic
28292s	you have molten Rune right uh that you
28295s	can discover which at all these random
28298s	effects
28299s	uh into your game plan so not only do
28301s	you have to have the knowledge and
28303s	recognition down for for just playing
28305s	the Naga mage
28306s	as is you also have to have this wide
28309s	breadth of game knowledge
28311s	in order to be able to think on your
28313s	feet and use cards that you may have not
28316s	used in these types of situations before
28318s	so
28319s	very cool deck to watch and one that I
28321s	know I will never
28322s	be good at at least not as good as these
28324s	top players
28326s	um and pocket train only Shaman left uh
28330s	to find a win with
28331s	yeah that's it we started with that when
28334s	in the first game for Q and now it is
28337s	quickly turned to a 2-1 in pocket trains
28340s	favor so definitely kind of things
28343s	flipped around here but I could try and
28345s	look in pretty good in this uh match so
28348s	far going into game Number Four pocket
28352s	train as I just said up two to one and
28355s	just has to win with the shaman do you
28357s	think that this Hound Hunter is going to
28359s	be able to get it to a game five here
28362s	I don't know
28365s	yeah just judging by the last couple
28368s	games like the Hound Hunter has just
28370s	been floundering uh to be quite honest
28375s	um but you've got some decent early game
28378s	stuff going on here uh with the Tremors
28381s	got some bananas to protect it the posic
28384s	is fantastic
28385s	uh just a nice on curve play that puts a
28388s	ton of pressure on the shaman because
28392s	they want to get it off the board but
28394s	they never want to spend mana on the
28396s	mechs because it just delays their game
28397s	plan too too much
28399s	yeah
28401s	yeah and uh it's very interesting as
28404s	well I think we've kind of talked about
28405s	this that the shaman can actually clear
28409s	up some of the sports so even though you
28412s	is applying some of this pressure early
28414s	the rest of the hand might be a little
28416s	slow at this point maybe the posix
28419s	sticks around and applies some pressure
28421s	but also things like the lightning storm
28424s	that has now been picked up a crash of
28426s	Thunder being discovered all of those
28428s	are kind of already in the game plan
28431s	already that's set up for Shaman and
28434s	being able to kind of do things that's
28436s	already in your game plan and clear the
28438s	board at the same time is always
28439s	something that's very very nice but this
28442s	is an interesting choice here as well uh
28444s	we've talked in a lot of the other games
28445s	about not wanting to take chip damage
28448s	especially in like the mirror but in
28451s	this situation pocket train just says I
28452s	actually want to keep bored so makes the
28455s	value trade with the Rush Minion and
28457s	takes extra damage to his face and I
28460s	think that's pretty significant yeah
28462s	it could be obviously we're not talking
28464s	about Arcane Hunter here which has all
28466s	the burst damage in the world so it's
28467s	going to be some time before you can
28469s	stick together enough damage but
28471s	that could be the difference between
28473s	just the faithful companion pulling a
28475s	king Crush for lethal
28477s	or not right like yeah that that extra
28480s	damage that he took now it's going to
28482s	get to connect base again could even be
28485s	like Lord thermar on seven into faithful
28487s	companion on eight like that's a world
28490s	that that we're in right now and also
28493s	has the Hound so goo is setting up for a
28496s	situation here where he could just so
28497s	Connie ignore the board
28499s	and go face Maybe throw a banana in
28502s	there
28503s	um that five damage alone would put him
28505s	put uh pocket train down to 16 which
28508s	would set up
28509s	for the single King Crush lethal with
28511s	King northamar
28514s	yeah
28517s	uh this this has to feel like it's just
28521s	a really tough situation here for you he
28525s	does not seem thrilled about this hand
28527s	right now and maybe the game can't go
28529s	that long maybe you can get to that war
28530s	through Mar and pull off the faithful
28532s	companions but I think there still is
28535s	that that slight uh worry that always
28539s	kind of has to be in the back of your
28540s	mind with the shaman but as you
28542s	mentioned the akani can come down and
28544s	try to just stall things up a little bit
28547s	and that is exactly why we see pocket
28549s	Train play that coin out first uh but
28552s	yeah crash of Thunder just for the full
28554s	Mana here just to get this board out of
28557s	here uh
28559s	now things are looking a little bit
28561s	better to get towards that later game
28564s	but Crush comes in the hand
28568s	it's always crushing hand when you when
28570s	he wants Laura thermar
28585s	that's brutal
28588s	okay though I I guess the alternative is
28591s	still maybe lore from our next turn
28594s	follow up with the faithful Companions
28596s	and
28597s	go for a big monkey or another hound and
28602s	get some healing but
28605s	the healing the farther you go in the
28608s	game against Shaman it seems still very
28610s	likely that they're just gonna have the
28612s	damage to get there anyway so the the
28614s	healing doesn't seem quite as relevant
28616s	as maybe the huge uh like a moocula body
28620s	or something like that uh is
28623s	is that going to be the game plan from
28625s	here on out for you
28629s	I honestly don't know from this
28632s	standpoint it's gonna be a pretty easy
28637s	uh Titan here for pocket train does have
28639s	to think about what he wants to go for
28641s	he could go for draw and lightning storm
28644s	14 after like is
28649s	how healthy enough question mark like
28653s	has to make the decision whether or not
28655s	to go for the heel is going to go for
28656s	the draw and then it's likely just going
28658s	to follow this up with a lightning storm
28660s	to clear things off so I like that just
28662s	to get deeper in the deck but now the
28663s	pressure's on goo
28666s	um will most likely just have to go for
28668s	a faithful companion here just to get
28670s	the uh the mooc loud
28672s	to kill this Titan like it's
28676s	okay I drawed on no I drawed I wasn't
28679s	even clear on its own so it's got to be
28681s	the uh the mukla
28683s	and uh
28685s	see if that's gonna stick pocket train
28686s	has to acknowledge it there's a speaker
28688s	stomper picked up as well
28690s	so it could be speaker stomper next turn
28692s	to block the potential of lethal and
28694s	then King Crush for
28696s	maybe lethal if there's some damage that
28698s	sticks in the meantime
28700s	but it's just a vanilla old 88 King
28703s	Crush nothing special
28710s	if pocket train also knows that there is
28713s	that additional last banana sitting in
28716s	hand as well I would be very curious
28718s	just to hear his thoughts like on this
28720s	turn and kind of how he's recognizing
28722s	what cards might be in hand at this
28725s	point just based on how Q has been
28727s	flying uh We're not gonna get that but
28729s	man this has been one of those very
28732s	interesting games where
28734s	they're also kind of hasn't been some of
28737s	the the pieces that you want as Shaman
28739s	come into hand yet either like where
28741s	where the flash of lightnings crash of
28744s	Thunder earlier had to be played for
28745s	full Mana like this does not feel like a
28748s	normal nature Shaman game but
28752s	it's so interesting how pocket train has
28756s	just kind of been able to keep stalling
28758s	things a little bit and now it almost
28761s	feels as if the tables have turned yet
28763s	again you was looking maybe a little
28767s	stressed out and now has kind of gotten
28769s	to that later point in the game that
28771s	even though that Crush came into hand
28773s	still found a way to push this uh
28776s	threatening lethal damage
28778s	yeah the pickup of the hydraulic almost
28781s	actually huge because otherwise you
28783s	would have had no way to threaten this
28785s	turn to try and solidify the speaker
28787s	pocket train just picked up nothing
28790s	like absolutely nothing
28795s	yeah his face right now what overload
28799s	tradable into overload
28802s	the overdraft why why repeated overdraft
28806s	into overdraft that's absolutely a
28809s	terrible feeling and the odds of that
28811s	happening with that many cards still in
28814s	deck uh seem very very slim
28818s	yeah it's
28820s	pretty brutal just nothing to interact
28823s	with the board whatsoever or cycle
28826s	through the deck had to go for the feral
28827s	spirits but yeah yeah even with the ton
28830s	tournaments enough to push through with
28831s	the crush that means we're going to game
28832s	five I haven't I
28836s	don't think I've cast a single match so
28838s	far this weekend that hasn't gone to a
28840s	game five I think every single match
28842s	I've cast all six matches I've cast I've
28844s	gone to a game five
28846s	I cannot say the same uh yesterday was
28852s	was definitely the quite opposite of
28854s	that for my casting experience but I I'm
28857s	always glad to see a game number five in
28860s	the grand finals but man I don't know I
28863s	just I think the draws for that Shaman
28865s	for pocket train just
28867s	were pretty atrocious for most of that
28871s	game he was really like it was smooth
28873s	yeah the early game was incredibly
28875s	smooth like early game into Titan was
28878s	just like a perfect answers to just
28882s	about everything Deku is doing obviously
28884s	pocket train was taken more damage
28887s	which you know we could look at that
28888s	game and say if you hadn't taken that
28890s	extra damage you know you had two over
28892s	at the end right
28894s	if he had played a little bit more
28895s	conservatively good things have changed
28897s	probably not because you would have
28899s	likely been a little bit further ahead
28900s	on the board
28902s	um or pocket trade or yeah Q would have
28905s	been a little bit further ahead on board
28906s	may have stuck that extra damage down
28908s	the line anyway
28909s	but it's little things like that that
28910s	you look at
28911s	and I I think there were so many draws
28915s	in the deck that could have bailed him
28916s	out of this situation uh lightning
28918s	reflexes being one of them even crash of
28920s	Thunder would have blocked a lot like
28923s	second crash of Thunder you just maybe
28925s	throw a lightning bolt into the
28926s	hydraulidon crash of thunder
28929s	um and then try and set up for the big
28932s	lightning reflexes later on with flash
28934s	of lightning so also flash lightning
28937s	picked up at any point he had double
28938s	bioluminescence Radiance double feral
28940s	Spirits Nava zapper like
28943s	it could have found a way to lethal
28945s	regardless if he had just had a little
28946s	bit more Mana to work with well I mean
28949s	at that
28951s	find something but uh it was overdraft
28954s	into overdraft into overdraft so I don't
28956s	know what happened there but the uh the
28958s	deck said no you you really want
28960s	overdrafts I promise
28962s	yeah which he didn't but uh now it is
28965s	going to be that game number five and
28968s	that's uh interesting in Rage Warrior uh
28971s	coming in for geo now and this Shaman
28974s	again for pocket train this looks like a
28977s	much better hand or at least if he can
28980s	continue through and keep the momentum
28983s	going this is looking like a really good
28985s	starting hand for pocket train
28987s	oh no
28991s	you on the other hand uh uh not the
28994s	perfect hands what's not
28997s	yeah I think Nava zapper into Flow Rider
28999s	here is a fantastic way to kick things
29001s	off
29004s	um
29005s	you expect Flow Rider on the other side
29007s	but you really hope that there's not
29009s	just a clean lightning bolt to deal with
29010s	this enema extractor
29016s	oh I could make a case for all three of
29018s	these yeah in this situation
29024s	this might come down to
29026s	just looking at what exactly he wants to
29028s	do next turn to actually answer this
29029s	extractor here is schooling the answer
29032s	to that maybe it's maybe it's tides
29036s	I think just the on curve play of Tides
29039s	is worth a little bit more
29041s	yeah
29043s	okay sanguine depths picked up
29046s	so he was gonna be able to fight back a
29050s	little bit more in terms of tempo but
29053s	I don't even know what you do in this
29055s	situation if you just play fully for
29058s	curve like for Tempo and just uh dump
29061s	out this end for your Champion as well
29063s	but looks like he is just going to get
29065s	rid of the novice zapper
29073s	I mean the sun Fury Champion can be
29076s	pretty good here in the future as long
29079s	as there's some additional pickups but
29081s	a couple of Buffs from the enema
29084s	extractor maybe that's enough for
29086s	additional uh on curve fly here but
29088s	right now the thori velor are going to
29090s	come out make a you know quick trade and
29093s	just call it good for this turn four
29095s	there does need to be a little bit more
29098s	here for the sun Fury Champion I think
29100s	even not only just a fire spell but also
29103s	things like the imbued X could certainly
29106s	help with some of those Sun Fury
29108s	Champion boards and we just saw that
29111s	discover for pocket train uh gonna go
29113s	for the schooling not opting for a
29115s	second bioluminescence which I think
29117s	makes sense but uh
29121s	that second flash of lightning in hands
29124s	all right
29127s	ah
29129s	so solid flash of lightning
29132s	[Music]
29134s	but it's not going to be a kill but he
29136s	could just speaker stomper here to block
29137s	a turn and just create some tempo
29141s	um other option would be to send Fury
29143s	champion in like jam session session
29146s	which would Resurrect The Story belowor
29149s	but it would also overload but I don't
29152s	know if Olga would really be the play
29154s	next turn unless it's like specifically
29155s	feral spirits that comes down
29158s	that's tough speaker Stompers are such
29161s	high value in this matchup uh just
29164s	usually want to use it to protect a
29167s	board you build up a big board and then
29169s	you speaker Stomper would the board be
29171s	big enough if you're just like playing
29172s	down some for your champion and speaker
29174s	stopping right now
29176s	hard to say
29178s	it's also very
29181s	lightning is in hand for pocket train
29184s	too and okay if the speaker stomper
29186s	comes down this turn I would imagine
29188s	pocket probably just wants to go for
29190s	that second flash of lightning now we
29192s	are going to see that come down here so
29194s	I'd imagine it kind of just is a repeat
29197s	right okay well I'll play the second
29199s	flash of lightning and you have to
29201s	answer the next turn then when I'm gonna
29204s	have cheap spells and even more Mana uh
29208s	and I definitely don't think that there
29210s	is enough damage or threatening uh
29213s	minions here from you that pocket train
29215s	is going to be worried about you closing
29217s	out the game next turn
29220s	yeah definitely not
29230s	okay older it is yeah
29234s	Captain Hamilton while you can it's not
29237s	the best it's
29238s	only games that plus one attack but
29241s	still pushes a little bit of damage and
29243s	still puts things in the way of pocket
29245s	train
29246s	yeah we didn't see that flash of
29249s	lightning come down in that uh previous
29251s	turn there from pocket train saving that
29254s	flash of lightning here but this
29256s	schooling being picked up here gonna be
29258s	able to clear some of this up pretty
29260s	nicely with a couple of the piranhas and
29263s	lightning storm I think pretty decent
29266s	again pocket train kind of in that
29268s	responsive role but nothing to trade
29272s	into for the ramornia so it's not going
29274s	to turn into a weapon but okay Dodge the
29278s	lightning reflexes I was really worried
29280s	about the lightning reflexes for the
29281s	potential of a hex but he's confident
29284s	enough just to throw it down I mean this
29285s	represents so much extra damage
29288s	um in fact
29289s	it represents lethal damage yeah these
29293s	verse riffs being picked up on top of
29295s	that additional Jam sessions already
29297s	been in hand and the location waiting to
29300s	be used as well just so much damage
29304s	does need one additional damage like a
29307s	sanguine depths to get past double gym
29309s	how about that
29311s	that's it right oh no it's not quite
29315s	oh yeah it is because the rush yeah they
29318s	can use the sanguine depths to kill off
29320s	the additional feral spirit
29321s	so that's both and that's enough damage
29323s	to push the attack and the weapon
29325s	through to the face
29327s	oh the pocket train you could just see
29331s	his demeanor completely change she is
29333s	just disappearing off camera oh my gosh
29337s	yeah there it is even though it was
29339s	looking a little roughness not
29341s	necessarily completely rough but uh not
29344s	the cards you necessarily want as the
29346s	warrior
29347s	um but he made it work and he got there
29350s	in game number five you is the Masters
29354s	Tour summer Champion final grand
29357s	champion
29359s	well done Q within rage Warrior of all
29362s	things coming in clutch in the last game
29365s	of the day
29366s	just playing on curve like yeah you you
29369s	can hold on to these tools forever the
29371s	ogre and the uh ramonia to try and go
29374s	for those big swings but he recognized
29376s	an opportunity pocket train was
29378s	overloaded ramoni is in hand it's buffed
29381s	he has so much extra damage to Beef It
29383s	Up uh the next turn with the jam the uh
29386s	jam session
29388s	uh with the uh the activation of the
29391s	sink with depth so he knew that it was
29394s	pretty much a guaranteed lethal setup
29396s	outside a very specific uh Tom
29399s	maintenance being played which would
29400s	have been the second feral spirits but
29401s	uh found out the puzzle at the very end
29404s	of the day to push through it and was
29406s	able to get the win so I I honestly was
29409s	scared as soon as I saw the opening him
29410s	from Geo I'm like
29412s	does this compete like does this hand
29414s	compete with nature one of the strong
29415s	sex in the game and it did
29417s	and the opening hand from pocket train
29419s	on the other side looked very good right
29422s	it was almost a repeat of the previous
29424s	game where the opening hand for pocket
29426s	train on that nature Shaman looked very
29428s	good it looked very very solid and then
29431s	kind of as the game progressed the hand
29433s	just became very clunky and kind of
29436s	didn't do a whole lot and that meant
29438s	that the Hound Hunter and that enraged
29440s	Warrior kind just got
29442s	we're gonna do and also the draws
29445s	started going pretty decently for you as
29448s	well uh here we can see that replay of
29452s	this ramonia just absolutely demolishing
29456s	pocket train and just the devastational
29458s	pocket train space this was the final
29461s	game so no more chances after this
29464s	and and the difference between making it
29467s	or not to the uh 2023 World Championship
29471s	which now that does mean q has qualified
29474s	for along with Levick from the spring
29477s	championship
29478s	yeah it's uh I I love the stories of
29481s	both Lubbock and goo who have both made
29483s	like sort of this big push in their
29485s	competitive Hearthstone careers
29487s	basically just in the past year or two
29488s	uh being the players to qualify for the
29490s	World Championship and to be honest
29492s	pocket train
29495s	this meant a lot to him in the sense
29497s	that he would get to avoid the grind for
29499s	the rest of the year to try and qualify
29501s	to the World Championship on points he
29503s	is in a very good position to do so but
29507s	it would have been nice just to get that
29508s	world's qualification out of the way
29510s	right now in uh by winning this finals
29513s	but pocket train I think had a heck of a
29516s	tournament uh got we got to see him
29518s	showcase the Naga Mage time and time
29521s	again which is always a pleasure to
29522s	watch high-level players uh play that
29524s	deck well
29526s	um and quite obviously will not be the
29530s	last time uh we see pocket train in a
29533s	high level tournament this year so
29534s	looking forward to seeing more but
29536s	um you coming in with the lineup I'm
29539s	pretty sure nobody uh well
29542s	um we did have
29544s	Hemlock with
29548s	the the same lineup as well but both of
29551s	them had very interesting lineups
29552s	Hemlock did did go pretty far made out
29554s	of groups
29556s	um so that lineup was working
29559s	um but very cool to see in Rage War come
29562s	out of nowhere and win a tournament
29563s	don't think anybody expected that I
29565s	think if you ask players like two decks
29567s	like what two decks they probably least
29570s	expect in lineups this weekend in Rage
29573s	Warrior and Outcast Demon Hunter would
29575s	probably be up there and they were both
29576s	representing the finals yeah yeah
29578s	absolutely it was great to see that
29580s	varying representation in the classes
29582s	and in the uh kind of region that these
29585s	players are from right uh pocket train
29587s	being from EU and Geo representing
29591s	America's so pretty cool to kind of see
29594s	that that was what we had for our grand
29598s	finals and it going all the way to game
29600s	five but definitely we hope to see
29602s	pocket train back in the next Masters
29604s	Tour I'm sure he's gonna continue
29606s	grinding those ladder games and trying
29608s	to qualify via points if he doesn't land
29611s	that uh fall Championship
29613s	Masters win right yeah I I
29619s	I uh
29621s	I don't know if you're going super in on
29623s	the bit because Q I called him an
29626s	honorary American
29628s	but he's from Korea
29631s	who's actually Pacific but it's bullet
29634s	on the bit everybody who's not from
29636s	Europe isn't is an honorary American
29639s	because we're going in both Asia Pacific
29641s	and Americas both have to
29644s	fight against Europe who's been dominant
29646s	in Hearthstone so long just forget about
29648s	the world champion like the previous
29649s	world champions they're from Asia
29651s	Pacific overall win rate uh Europe just
29654s	dominates these tournaments but you will
29656s	still is will still be an on-american
29657s	honorary American in my heart just like
29661s	uh Lorinda is
29663s	um even though he might have been
29664s	rooting for pocket train because they're
29666s	both from the UK
29668s	um but right at least dread I made it
29670s	far right us America's fans have to say
29673s	that at least dread I made it pretty far
29674s	so did we Cube so we can't complain too
29677s	much but great job Q great job Q yeah
29680s	absolutely so that does mean that Levick
29683s	from the spring championship and you
29685s	from this summer Championship have
29687s	qualified for our world championship but
29690s	we still have to see that fall
29692s	Championship coming later this year so
29695s	that is going to wrap it up from myself
29698s	from TJ and the rest of our casting crew
29701s	from this weekend thank you so much for
29703s	joining us and we will see you later
29706s	this year for the Hearthstone Masters
29709s	Tour fall championship
29735s	[Music]
29741s	[Music]
29742s	foreign
29745s	[Music]
29755s	[Music]
29771s	[Music]
29794s	[Music]
29819s	[Music]
29842s	thank you
29845s	thank you
29848s	[Music]
29875s	thank you
29878s	[Music]
29902s	thank you
29908s	[Music]
29921s	foreign
29922s	[Music]

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