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| 942s | i i didn't even see that that's insane |
| 945s | what the heck |
| 946s | that is incredible that's every minute |
| 948s | destroyed |
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| 955s | the bless that's just lethal right |
| 957s | bless the pope joseph's like he's still |
| 959s | going oh i can't imagine this doesn't |
| 961s | end up being lethal at some point |
| 964s | it's just dead on turn five just he just |
| 967s | played a rod and then fell over |
| 970s | which he got to do this entire game |
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| 983s | hello everyone and welcome to masters |
| 986s | tour voyage to the sunken city i'm raven |
| 989s | and joining me to kick off day number |
| 990s | one is subtle welcome my friend are you |
| 993s | ready to get into another huge master |
| 995s | store i really um masters tours are |
| 999s | always incredibly exciting whenever they |
| 1001s | come around but i feel like this one |
| 1002s | just has an extra couple of layers of |
| 1004s | spice thrown in there |
| 1006s | we have seasonal championships questions |
| 1008s | to answer we have grandmaster's last |
| 1010s | call questions to answer and we also are |
| 1013s | fresh off the back of not just a balance |
| 1016s | patch or an expansion which does tend to |
| 1017s | come up fairly often with these big |
| 1019s | tournaments but an entire set rotation |
| 1022s | which means that lots of players have |
| 1024s | had to make lots of difficult decisions |
| 1026s | very very quickly coming into this |
| 1028s | tournament to try and maximize their |
| 1030s | odds of doing well |
| 1031s | yeah it's going to be a pretty exciting |
| 1033s | weekend as you said there's a lot of |
| 1034s | different factors coming into this |
| 1036s | weekend for player preparation and just |
| 1038s | what's on the line as well and let's |
| 1040s | take a look at the schedule overall and |
| 1041s | see what we've got coming up there we've |
| 1043s | got as usual upwards of 400 players are |
| 1047s | going to be battling it out across the |
| 1048s | whole weekend we're going to have two |
| 1050s | days of swiss |
| 1051s | four rounds on each day of course so |
| 1053s | four rounds today four rounds tomorrow |
| 1055s | and then after that the top 16 cut will |
| 1058s | be played out on sunday in that single |
| 1060s | elimination format so you know these |
| 1063s | players not only have to do great in the |
| 1064s | swiss to even have a chance at making |
| 1066s | top 16 but once they do get to sunday |
| 1069s | every single match is going to be that |
| 1071s | single elimination so it sort of starts |
| 1074s | again almost with everything on the line |
| 1076s | for each match that's played out on |
| 1078s | sunday so exciting stuff we've had the |
| 1080s | last few masters tours of this year have |
| 1082s | been really exciting with some really |
| 1084s | crazy outcomes as well and some players |
| 1086s | uh showing their consistency especially |
| 1088s | some of the uk players like really |
| 1090s | making deep runs already meaning that |
| 1093s | when you talk about the summer |
| 1094s | championships when we talk about |
| 1096s | potential last call there are players |
| 1098s | who are already in a good spot where it |
| 1100s | feels likely these so some of these |
| 1102s | players only need a decent performance |
| 1104s | uh to in this masters tour to actually |
| 1106s | be in with a good chance yeah absolutely |
| 1109s | and you can see here |
| 1110s | 367 being our final number for this one |
| 1113s | players all vying for that title of |
| 1116s | masters tour champion as i alluded to |
| 1119s | earlier there are various other things |
| 1120s | on the line because we are now in the |
| 1122s | third masters tour of a set of three |
| 1124s | that will count towards qualification |
| 1126s | for the summer championships later in |
| 1128s | the year there is also uh grand masters |
| 1130s | last call slots available which there's |
| 1132s | now a direct route through |
| 1133s | from overall performance in masters tour |
| 1135s | as well if you become one of those top |
| 1137s | performers not to mention obviously that |
| 1140s | 250 thousand dollar prize pool uh that |
| 1144s | is going to be split among our top |
| 1145s | performers over the weekend so this |
| 1148s | really is an upped level of stakes in |
| 1151s | the masters tour from what we're used to |
| 1152s | seeing just because the way the system |
| 1154s | works this year as we reach the the kind |
| 1156s | of the halfway point of the masters tour |
| 1158s | circuit for the year it means that every |
| 1161s | single game every single win every |
| 1163s | single point that comes with each win is |
| 1166s | going to be massively important for all |
| 1167s | of these players and of course as the |
| 1169s | weekend continues we will keep you up to |
| 1171s | date on all of these factors don't worry |
| 1173s | we'll have it covered and we'll keep an |
| 1175s | eye on again who's going to be |
| 1177s | qualifying for the summer championship |
| 1178s | who's looking likely to go to last call |
| 1181s | and so on and so on but here you can |
| 1182s | take a look at the prize pool for this |
| 1184s | weekend with the first place being 14 |
| 1186s | 000 and then moving down |
| 1188s | throughout top 16 and below |
| 1191s | but yeah overall it's just a huge |
| 1193s | tournament for all these players and uh |
| 1194s | i'm excited to really get going honestly |
| 1197s | so i think that with so many factors |
| 1199s | going into this one tournament there's |
| 1201s | so many different things so many players |
| 1203s | to keep an eye on that we just simply |
| 1205s | don't know what's going to happen are we |
| 1206s | going to see |
| 1207s | some more incredible runs by the likes |
| 1209s | of gabby for example who must be feeling |
| 1211s | great going into this one or we're going |
| 1213s | to see some big surprises in terms of |
| 1215s | lineups because as you mentioned we've |
| 1217s | had a whole set rotation for the year |
| 1220s | we've had an expansion that has shaken |
| 1222s | some things up we've just had a patch so |
| 1224s | players have only had a few days really |
| 1226s | to prepare in the current meta game |
| 1228s | there's a lot of questions that need to |
| 1230s | be answered this weekend that's for sure |
| 1232s | yeah and also interestingly i think this |
| 1234s | is a going to be a fun meta to watch in |
| 1236s | a tournament format because i think |
| 1238s | there's a lot of decks right now that |
| 1240s | can actually punish you very hard for |
| 1242s | making mechanical mistakes which is |
| 1244s | somewhat unique when we get into this |
| 1246s | high of a level normally when we get to |
| 1248s | a tournament like this when we talk |
| 1249s | about mistakes or misplays that players |
| 1250s | are making they're kind of macro |
| 1252s | mistakes a lack of match up |
| 1254s | understanding you know choose like just |
| 1256s | playing a turn incorrectly which is kind |
| 1258s | of this nebulous point that you might be |
| 1260s | able to argue about right players will |
| 1262s | say no this was the line this was the |
| 1263s | line whatever else right now with you |
| 1265s | know naga mage uh damage distribution |
| 1268s | with demon hunter and you know lethals |
| 1270s | that come from multi-strike and so on |
| 1271s | and sequencing with that there's |
| 1273s | actually a lot of possibilities |
| 1275s | in the meta for straight up mechanical |
| 1278s | misplays um which could lead to some |
| 1280s | pretty interesting and unfortunate |
| 1281s | situations later on and of course we |
| 1284s | will be playing out conquest i know you |
| 1286s | touched on this in terms of just lineups |
| 1287s | and everything but it is going to be |
| 1289s | very important and i'm interested to see |
| 1291s | where for example the usual bands lie uh |
| 1294s | just glancing at all of the players |
| 1296s | posting their lineups for this |
| 1297s | tournament in the past you know 30 |
| 1299s | minutes or so and it has been |
| 1301s | interesting to see where actually the |
| 1303s | bands might not become that obvious |
| 1305s | because when you actually look in a a |
| 1307s | you know post patch world that we're in |
| 1309s | right now and the bands could really |
| 1312s | change things up a little bit i know |
| 1313s | druid has taken a hit in the patch but |
| 1316s | uh there are a lot of decks and lineups |
| 1318s | that appear to just have good matchups |
| 1320s | versus druid overall especially in its |
| 1322s | nerfed state right now um and then |
| 1324s | there's the question of |
| 1325s | the control warriors i think is |
| 1327s | something i'm looking forward to seeing |
| 1329s | sort of answered this weekend where is |
| 1331s | control as consistent against a lot of |
| 1333s | these aggro decks as it appears to be |
| 1336s | you know as players are relying on it |
| 1337s | being or is it going to be worth a ban |
| 1339s | is it going to be left up and it can |
| 1341s | just be beat anyway uh we'll have to |
| 1343s | find out but the the lineups were more |
| 1346s | varied at least just at a glance from |
| 1348s | what i've seen than i expected them to |
| 1350s | be so i'm really looking forward to |
| 1352s | getting going on this league and it's a |
| 1354s | huge risk going into conquest right in a |
| 1356s | brand new set and a brand new meta |
| 1358s | because of the way conquest works if you |
| 1361s | get one deck out of your four horribly |
| 1363s | wrong and you just end up bringing a bad |
| 1364s | deck to the tournament that massively |
| 1366s | underperforms |
| 1367s | you won't be able to win a series |
| 1369s | because the way conquest works you have |
| 1370s | to get a win with every single one of |
| 1372s | your decks so |
| 1373s | i i can kind of echo your sentiment |
| 1375s | where you didn't really feel like too |
| 1377s | many players were going to take massive |
| 1378s | risks on a fresh meta game a fresh |
| 1380s | balance patch a whole new set rotation |
| 1382s | because of that exact reason but i i |
| 1384s | echo what you say exactly just looking |
| 1386s | through deck lists as they appeared on |
| 1387s | twitter and then scrolling through |
| 1388s | decklist as quickly as we can before we |
| 1390s | go live when everything becomes public |
| 1392s | um there is a massive range of different |
| 1395s | decks and you know things coming from as |
| 1396s | far and wide as quest druid mech paladin |
| 1400s | various types of mages |
| 1402s | naga mage and naga ping mage thrown in |
| 1404s | there face hunters and quest hunters |
| 1406s | control warriors and pirate warriors |
| 1408s | different varieties of combo priest and |
| 1410s | combo warlock like there's so many |
| 1412s | random things that we're seeing uh |
| 1414s | thrown into this meta game that honestly |
| 1416s | your guess is as good as mine as to |
| 1417s | where this one pans out that's one of |
| 1419s | the few times you will admit to that i |
| 1421s | imagine um so that's uh good to hear uh |
| 1424s | but yeah i think there's just there's so |
| 1426s | much i'm just as always with tournaments |
| 1428s | like this these big open fields i'm |
| 1431s | really even though i really enjoyed the |
| 1433s | swiss stage i'm looking forward to |
| 1434s | seeing like what lineups even make top |
| 1436s | 16 because i think that shapes who you |
| 1439s | expect to get far you know maybe reach |
| 1441s | the finals maybe win the whole thing and |
| 1443s | there's always that chance at all and |
| 1444s | we've we've seen it right we've been |
| 1446s | doing this for a long time but there's |
| 1448s | that chance where a lineup just |
| 1450s | dominates and someone gets it so right |
| 1452s | you just think wow you know like you |
| 1454s | just know they're going to win and it |
| 1456s | doesn't happen super often but when it |
| 1458s | does it is pretty incredible well we |
| 1460s | almost wait for that moment right there |
| 1462s | is a little bit of a meta game that |
| 1464s | forms in masters talk qualifiers for |
| 1466s | example and other smaller online events |
| 1468s | but we almost hit this cycle |
| 1470s | persistently now where when a big change |
| 1472s | happens when an expansion mini set |
| 1474s | massive rotation in this case as we've |
| 1476s | seen |
| 1477s | people kind of wait for the first |
| 1478s | tournament obviously a lot of players |
| 1480s | don't have that luxury because they're |
| 1481s | the ones that have to be at the |
| 1482s | forefront actually building these |
| 1483s | lineups and playing in these tournaments |
| 1485s | but now after this event has happened |
| 1488s | we'll have the beginnings of a settled |
| 1490s | competitive meta we'll see which the you |
| 1492s | know what's what's the four good decks |
| 1494s | lineup right that's yeah question a that |
| 1497s | you need to answer before you get into |
| 1498s | conquest meta gaming and it sometimes |
| 1500s | takes a giant tournament like this with |
| 1502s | the world's elite players to answer that |
| 1504s | question initially so that's one of the |
| 1506s | big things that we're going to be |
| 1507s | answering is what exactly does the |
| 1510s | tournament meta game look like for this |
| 1511s | expansion yeah and as i mentioned uh we |
| 1514s | have the joy of kicking off the day |
| 1516s | kicking off the swiss and what a match |
| 1518s | we have settled for our first on stream |
| 1520s | match in case you knew the master tour |
| 1522s | broadcast uh the general flow is that we |
| 1525s | will cast a full match uh at the start |
| 1527s | of each round and then while we're |
| 1529s | waiting for the rounds to finish because |
| 1530s | we can't move on until everyone has |
| 1532s | finished their matches and we will be |
| 1534s | covering more matches going forward as |
| 1536s | well to make sure there's plenty of |
| 1538s | hearthstone for you guys at home to |
| 1539s | watch so i'm looking forward to that but |
| 1541s | to kick it off subtle meaty versus gabby |
| 1545s | i am very okay with this being match one |
| 1547s | of the tournament |
| 1548s | yeah on one side we have one of the |
| 1550s | world's greatest players a multi-time |
| 1553s | masters tour winner player who came into |
| 1555s | grand masters and took it absolutely by |
| 1557s | storm a player who is right towards the |
| 1560s | top of the masters tour standings in |
| 1562s | terms of being able to re-qualify back |
| 1563s | to grand masters last call through the |
| 1565s | masters tour rue a player who is widely |
| 1567s | regarded by his peers as one of the very |
| 1570s | best players in the world and on the |
| 1572s | other side we have meaty |
| 1575s | i was wondering where you were going i |
| 1577s | think you might golf lightly would just |
| 1578s | be with just that one but yeah meaty a |
| 1582s | very well-known player in the scene and |
| 1583s | a player who definitely uh likes to do |
| 1586s | his own thing has his very own strong |
| 1588s | opinions and you know there are a chunk |
| 1590s | of players that follow that and agree |
| 1592s | and of course there are a chunk of |
| 1593s | players that don't but either way you |
| 1595s | know meaty will look at just doing his |
| 1597s | own thing regardless whether it's in |
| 1598s | line up whether it's in play or anything |
| 1601s | else so looking forward to checking out |
| 1603s | this first match of the day and the |
| 1605s | lineups themselves are pretty |
| 1606s | interesting as well on one side and we |
| 1609s | do have gabby with |
| 1611s | the druid again we'll see the first |
| 1612s | foray of druid in masters tour after the |
| 1615s | nerfs and we do have the control warrior |
| 1617s | the ball priests that i believe will be |
| 1619s | seen fairly often throughout the weekend |
| 1621s | if you're a fan of that deck |
| 1623s | and then quest hunter so when you ask |
| 1625s | them what are the good you know like the |
| 1628s | four good decks i think this looks close |
| 1631s | to it i would have to of course question |
| 1633s | the lack of demon hunters for me the |
| 1636s | best deck in the game right now in |
| 1638s | isolation um but without that i you know |
| 1641s | when you talk about druid quest hunter |
| 1642s | especially and then you look at warrior |
| 1644s | priests you know i can see this is at |
| 1646s | least a a well-rounded line-up and |
| 1649s | nothing too crazy uh like you know all |
| 1652s | that this one deck is going to be a big |
| 1654s | question mark but just a solid four deck |
| 1656s | choice from gabby at least yeah and then |
| 1658s | on meaty side obviously that demon |
| 1660s | hunter comes in and the quest hunter |
| 1661s | goes out on the other side uh still the |
| 1664s | druid uh different build of druid though |
| 1666s | with um primordial drakes being thrown |
| 1668s | into the list and on the lung the |
| 1670s | alignment druid style primordial drake |
| 1673s | kind of a card that's come in there of |
| 1675s | course with the |
| 1676s | change to kazakhstan to now require some |
| 1678s | sort of dragon synergy in your deck uh |
| 1682s | some people have chosen to go as gabby |
| 1683s | do by just throwing two amalgams in your |
| 1685s | deck and then going from there with the |
| 1686s | ray boss onyxia right and then that is |
| 1688s | fulfilling your your condition and then |
| 1690s | the other method is to actually play |
| 1691s | around with some additional dragons |
| 1693s | malagas alexstrasza primordial drake in |
| 1695s | the case of meaty so i think that dragon |
| 1698s | sorry that druid dynamic of those two |
| 1699s | decks going up against each other will |
| 1701s | be very interesting but |
| 1703s | we are kicking things off raven with |
| 1705s | what i am going to hope does not set a |
| 1708s | trend for the entire tournament the |
| 1710s | control warrior is gonna come out to |
| 1713s | play |
| 1714s | yes and again if you're not too used to |
| 1716s | this list there you can see some of the |
| 1718s | key cards that of course in any matter |
| 1720s | where there are sort of deck defining |
| 1723s | cards or minions specifically mutants is |
| 1726s | going to be a factor as long as mutants |
| 1728s | is in the game and you see kazakhstan on |
| 1730s | the right changed to if you played four |
| 1732s | other dragons this game then you get to |
| 1734s | craft a deck of treasures |
| 1736s | but the big factor for me really is just |
| 1739s | how much |
| 1741s | reliable access to removal there is in |
| 1744s | this warrior uh less so when you talk |
| 1746s | about the control warrior mirror for |
| 1747s | example but controller in general is |
| 1750s | being brought i believe to just deal |
| 1752s | with the aggro lineups right and i do |
| 1754s | think um cards such as uh schoolteacher |
| 1757s | is a big one i think that i've said this |
| 1760s | many times before i think after less |
| 1761s | than a day of playing the expansion i |
| 1763s | was like if anyone puts this card in |
| 1765s | literally any deck i will never really |
| 1768s | argue with it because the card's just so |
| 1769s | strong by itself um but other than that |
| 1772s | it is just how consistent this removal |
| 1774s | can be uh obtained by the warrior but we |
| 1777s | are not going to get a controller mirror |
| 1779s | at least to start off this series we are |
| 1781s | going to see gabby on this ramp druid in |
| 1784s | at least from your experience subtle how |
| 1787s | how much more difficult or or reliable |
| 1789s | is this uh kazakhstan package right now |
| 1793s | the kazakhstan package specifically is a |
| 1796s | lot more awkward right i think it is |
| 1798s | kind of fulfilling the role it's |
| 1800s | supposed to in a little bit of a more |
| 1801s | fair manner at this point because you do |
| 1803s | have to get close to the end of your |
| 1806s | deck particularly with this build when |
| 1807s | you're relying on ray boss onyxia and |
| 1811s | potentially amalgam actually discovering |
| 1813s | you extra dragons to fulfill the |
| 1814s | kazakhstan wing condition that's not |
| 1816s | going to happen very often before the |
| 1818s | end of your deck whereas previously you |
| 1820s | know the druid was still capable of |
| 1822s | those incredibly rapid just on curve on |
| 1824s | druid curve kazakhstan's right which |
| 1826s | just blew you out of the game and |
| 1828s | wildly unfair however the rest of the |
| 1832s | deck and everything that it can do |
| 1833s | around that i don't think has been |
| 1835s | changed significantly just with the |
| 1837s | little slap on the wrist and miracle |
| 1838s | growth um so in terms of the match ups |
| 1841s | where it can just get work done it's |
| 1842s | still very much off to the races but |
| 1845s | this is the control warrior match up |
| 1847s | right like this is one of the match-ups |
| 1848s | that was specifically targeted by trying |
| 1850s | to stop druid also having the ultimate |
| 1853s | late-game wing condition with kazakhstan |
| 1855s | in their deck alongside everything else |
| 1857s | and potentially |
| 1859s | giving the ability for other control |
| 1861s | decks to exhaust them but the druid |
| 1862s | players have just gone no like we're |
| 1864s | going to play kazakhstan you can't stop |
| 1867s | us it doesn't matter if it's going to |
| 1868s | take us longer um you're going to have |
| 1870s | to find a way from stopping that from |
| 1872s | happening i think you see there from |
| 1873s | metis straight away mutinous in the |
| 1876s | opening hand kept in the mulligan that |
| 1879s | is going to be the key break point in |
| 1882s | this matchup yeah and weirdly enough as |
| 1884s | well as we you know getting to the start |
| 1886s | of the game here that mutinous doesn't |
| 1888s | actually have to hit kazakhstan right if |
| 1891s | it hits yes raid boss and amalgam then |
| 1894s | that |
| 1895s | gets close to doing the same thing as |
| 1897s | hitting kazakhstan now anyway so yeah |
| 1900s | the power level of that card has |
| 1902s | dramatically jumped up but so far a bit |
| 1905s | of a clunky opening from gabby does have |
| 1907s | the innervate now uh but nothing too |
| 1910s | much in hand that you would want at this |
| 1912s | early stage especially against the |
| 1914s | control warrior |
| 1916s | that definitely helps though yeah |
| 1919s | yeah i could pick up to get things going |
| 1920s | finds that nourish of course sets him up |
| 1922s | now nicely for last turn uh for next |
| 1924s | term we'll preserve that innovate he |
| 1926s | obviously had the ability to draw five |
| 1927s | drops off the top this turn and go |
| 1929s | straight in with the vape uh but now |
| 1930s | he'll be able to hold on to that for |
| 1932s | some extra mana later on small downside |
| 1934s | of course in playing small minions early |
| 1936s | against control warriors that you do |
| 1938s | feed the axe which is something that |
| 1939s | you're trying not to do but druid is a |
| 1942s | very solitary deck and it will largely |
| 1944s | ignore its opponents win conditions in |
| 1946s | terms of doing its own most powerful |
| 1948s | thing the one exception to that as |
| 1950s | already highlighted in this matchup is |
| 1952s | that mutinous i do think gabby will do |
| 1955s | absolutely everything he can which is |
| 1957s | holding as many minions in hand as he |
| 1960s | possibly can to play around that |
| 1961s | scenario but that |
| 1963s | is a huge dredge from meaty |
| 1968s | it really is and like |
| 1970s | it's just the card itself is so strong |
| 1973s | and we'll just have to see what he picks |
| 1975s | here but i i struggle to ever not pick |
| 1978s | nelly when it's on offer because |
| 1981s | especially reduced the card just seems |
| 1983s | so strong in itself that you just build |
| 1986s | a board and then can build another board |
| 1989s | if your first one's answered and it can |
| 1991s | just really change the pace of the game |
| 1994s | and i think it's one of the few cards |
| 1996s | that really alters the way control |
| 1997s | warrior can play a match up |
| 2003s | yeah i totally agree it opens up kind of |
| 2004s | a weird alternate wing condition against |
| 2006s | druid where you could just potentially |
| 2008s | get through tempo if they're missing on |
| 2010s | the scale of a knicks here on the other |
| 2011s | side potentially don't have the tools to |
| 2013s | take you out on the other side meaty |
| 2014s | really going down to the rope on this |
| 2016s | one |
| 2020s | in case players are joining us and |
| 2022s | aren't familiar with the new expansion |
| 2023s | since this is the first time we've seen |
| 2025s | it you want to give us a quick dredge |
| 2026s | primer raven |
| 2028s | uh sure dredge is a mechanic that you we |
| 2031s | see on spells minions and uh and the |
| 2034s | like and basically it will look at the |
| 2036s | bottom three cards of your deck and then |
| 2039s | you get to pick one and then that card |
| 2042s | will appear at the top of your deck so |
| 2044s | it will be your next draw and on top of |
| 2046s | that of course if you wondered why for |
| 2048s | example meaty had the the mana cost of |
| 2050s | those cards is reduced uh dredge does |
| 2054s | not do that that is a different effect |
| 2056s | so that for example cards don't only |
| 2058s | dredge a lot of them do other things |
| 2060s | like dredge and then draw the card off |
| 2062s | for example here you can see reduce the |
| 2064s | cost of the bottom five cards uh by |
| 2066s | three and then dredge so |
| 2069s | looks like meeting now actually picked |
| 2071s | rakara which |
| 2073s | i'll be honest all i'm a little bit |
| 2074s | surprised it take the recaro yeah and |
| 2077s | it's why i kind of wanted you to go |
| 2078s | through that because it makes the point |
| 2080s | that makes that decision difficult is |
| 2082s | that with dredge right it's not just |
| 2084s | like a normal discover where if you rip |
| 2086s | a normal discoverer and you're given |
| 2087s | three great options you're like |
| 2089s | fantastic those are three great options |
| 2091s | i'm going to pick the best one with |
| 2093s | dredge picking one of the cards leaves |
| 2095s | the other two on the bottom yes right |
| 2098s | which is something that you do have to |
| 2099s | consider as to whether or not you're |
| 2101s | going to hit additional dredges over the |
| 2103s | uh the course of the game but nelly to |
| 2105s | me looked powerful |
| 2107s | uh for sure in that position but metis |
| 2109s | just choosing to go with the recaro here |
| 2111s | instead |
| 2114s | this is the |
| 2116s | the thing that makes this matchup a |
| 2117s | little bit difficult especially now |
| 2119s | is |
| 2120s | gabby's gonna play the naga giant and |
| 2122s | actually discover out naga which |
| 2123s | unfortunately now we cannot see uh there |
| 2126s | we go okay got school teacher that's a |
| 2127s | good pick up what was that what was i |
| 2128s | saying before about school school |
| 2129s | teachers all um but uh |
| 2132s | i think it's fair to say gabby just |
| 2135s | will probably expect this board to just |
| 2137s | die because again that's kind of what |
| 2139s | you expect versus control warrior right |
| 2141s | especially the first wave of relevant |
| 2142s | minions at this point in the game i |
| 2145s | think the assumption is that they're |
| 2146s | going to get cleaned up probably pretty |
| 2148s | easily |
| 2150s | yeah and this is uh |
| 2151s | almost immediately an interesting |
| 2152s | diversion from gabby right because this |
| 2154s | is almost abandoning the plan against |
| 2157s | mutinous almost entirely right he's |
| 2159s | saying that mutants is a thing that can |
| 2160s | shut me down anyway so he's playing very |
| 2162s | aggressively by using an amalgam here to |
| 2164s | discover a naga and not a dragon he's |
| 2167s | actually massively handicapping his own |
| 2169s | ability to even get that kazakhstan |
| 2171s | online so it feels like gabby is just |
| 2173s | going to try and play a whole bunch of |
| 2175s | threats here and see if he can get there |
| 2176s | that way against the world |
| 2188s | oh feral rage out from the nagaling |
| 2194s | i know if miracle growth gonna be played |
| 2196s | and again it's uh building a solid board |
| 2198s | gaining a good amount of armor |
| 2201s | as usual i think it's just worth a |
| 2205s | it's just going to be expected that this |
| 2206s | can is going to get cleaned up the |
| 2208s | interesting fact to hear now is i wonder |
| 2210s | sol if mutinous plus finley is going to |
| 2213s | be looking pretty good because now he |
| 2214s | knows he can get that cheap nelly he can |
| 2216s | get the other option i'll confess i |
| 2218s | can't remember and then two other cards |
| 2221s | that are going to be or at least one |
| 2222s | other card that's going to be cheaper |
| 2223s | right |
| 2224s | yeah very true had the option even to |
| 2226s | still uh throw in the shield slam with |
| 2229s | that as well to be able to clear up the |
| 2230s | 11-11 which he has done so immediately |
| 2235s | it looks like he's leaning towards |
| 2236s | tradable here instead |
| 2253s | of course one and nixian drake into his |
| 2256s | own progression on the other side |
| 2268s | there's a nice little interaction |
| 2270s | something that you may not think about |
| 2272s | at first glance with the amalgam is that |
| 2274s | uh the scale of course can then hit just |
| 2277s | any of these whelp tokens whether it's |
| 2279s | from raid boss onyxia whether it's from |
| 2281s | scale and help with that |
| 2283s | dragon generation it's not like you need |
| 2286s | to play like ray boss and nixie and then |
| 2287s | an amalgam exactly on it or anything |
| 2290s | weird like that |
| 2291s | and here is the diversion what i'm |
| 2294s | seeing now it's going to be bran coin |
| 2296s | mutinous here from meaty insta |
| 2299s | kazakhstan number one but then oracle |
| 2301s | number two |
| 2302s | means that gabby does still have a live |
| 2305s | kazakhstan win condition here |
| 2312s | actually i misspoke earlier because i |
| 2313s | forgot he uh he discovered an extra copy |
| 2316s | of the amalgam off the |
| 2317s | moonlight guidance was it that he found |
| 2319s | so that gave him the ability to actually |
| 2321s | drop one on the naga early in the game |
| 2323s | still have the dragon count remaining |
| 2325s | which i did miss initially um so yeah |
| 2328s | gabby is still looking okay |
| 2331s | a big draw a big play with the raid boss |
| 2333s | as well being able to clear up that |
| 2334s | mutedness because that was the other |
| 2336s | problem right is that |
| 2337s | yes he still has the cars but mutants |
| 2340s | just hits hard right uh meaty is gonna |
| 2343s | use forged in flame |
| 2345s | uh to be able to draw a million cards |
| 2348s | with that weapon so basically draw five |
| 2350s | it's based off the attack of the weapon |
| 2352s | draw that many cards it's gonna drop now |
| 2354s | the new finley which is a fantastic card |
| 2356s | especially in his diamond form and |
| 2358s | there's that cheap nelly there's a cheap |
| 2360s | amalgam and the value just goes |
| 2365s | and another from the depths as well so |
| 2367s | he can make at least the majority of the |
| 2370s | rest of his deck he has |
| 2371s | even cheaper and there is a mr smite the |
| 2374s | absolute key number one card you were |
| 2377s | looking for to pilot that |
| 2380s | yeah an absolutely gross outcome when it |
| 2383s | happens and it happens 46 of the time |
| 2387s | raven so it's not even uncommon that you |
| 2389s | get to charge all of your one mana |
| 2391s | pirates uh from the ship at your |
| 2393s | opponent's face so couple of huge huge |
| 2395s | turns from meaty just to break down kind |
| 2398s | of the game plan as we've now seen it |
| 2399s | from meaty uh you and i i think we're a |
| 2401s | little bit more focused on going tempo |
| 2404s | heavy with the nelly early on and that |
| 2406s | was even possible with the brand that he |
| 2408s | ended up using right because he had the |
| 2410s | brand nelly available um throughout the |
| 2412s | no wait because uh colossal right |
| 2414s | colossals aren't battle cries is that |
| 2416s | right |
| 2417s | uh yeah sorry yeah it just some it |
| 2419s | creates the other part so that wouldn't |
| 2421s | have worked correct yes um but even in |
| 2424s | that case you could see what his game |
| 2426s | plan was where he really held onto that |
| 2428s | brand and the mutinous even going past |
| 2430s | the turn with the uh the shield slam |
| 2433s | coin finley play that you're talking |
| 2434s | about before he was very very tunneled |
| 2437s | on that idea of bran mutanus going into |
| 2439s | that follow-up and then just knowing |
| 2441s | that he can get down to those cheap |
| 2442s | cards at the bottom of his deck to use |
| 2444s | as finishers hopefully when he's been |
| 2446s | disruptive enough to what gabby was |
| 2447s | doing on the other side |
| 2449s | shows my natural aggro tendencies is |
| 2451s | that i would have just gone nearly early |
| 2453s | versus probably the just better play uh |
| 2456s | with the mutinous |
| 2461s | do the front nargling with this hand |
| 2464s | that anything |
| 2468s | pick me |
| 2469s | doing this fair enough |
| 2474s | respect this i mean this whole deck |
| 2476s | costs nothing at this point more or less |
| 2478s | anyway yeah exactly |
| 2482s | look at the value that's there both |
| 2483s | players have a ton of armor of course |
| 2486s | but |
| 2486s | already this is looking rough especially |
| 2488s | because we know uh what's in the uh you |
| 2490s | know we saw the choices from nelly as |
| 2493s | well but |
| 2495s | there's so much value left because bear |
| 2497s | in mind we've talked a lot about gabby's |
| 2499s | because i concerned the fact he has a |
| 2501s | spare uh which you know one get eaten by |
| 2503s | the mutants there's one that's still at |
| 2504s | hand gabi's still got to get to that |
| 2506s | whereas meaty has a much easier uh way |
| 2510s | to just get his own cads live right so |
| 2512s | it's not as if |
| 2513s | meaty has to defend against the kaz all |
| 2516s | game he has his own to actually pile on |
| 2517s | pressure with himself |
| 2519s | and there you see the final gambit from |
| 2522s | gabby uh because he played his raid boss |
| 2524s | onyxia earlier that was the last like |
| 2526s | natural dragon that he played in his |
| 2528s | deck it did not stick to the board so |
| 2530s | that hang on |
| 2531s | mr smite's coming out to play |
| 2534s | but that was the last natural dragon |
| 2536s | that he had so he would have been out of |
| 2537s | amalgam value to find dragons if he was |
| 2540s | not for that trick you were talking |
| 2541s | about earlier with the scale of onixia |
| 2543s | but now |
| 2544s | meaty is just pumping these pirates out |
| 2548s | tons of damage 42 health is the only |
| 2550s | blessing in disguise right now for gabby |
| 2552s | i think with the amount of damage that's |
| 2553s | coming down here yeah i just love this |
| 2555s | interaction |
| 2559s | finds the board space |
| 2561s | find more pirates yeah pick mr smite so |
| 2564s | it knows what you want |
| 2567s | i would like one of those points to |
| 2570s | smite |
| 2572s | you can make space again and still play |
| 2574s | this as well right |
| 2578s | that's another dredge |
| 2583s | oh probably the dragon i imagine |
| 2589s | what a card nelly is |
| 2592s | yes it is |
| 2595s | again i think people assumed it's like |
| 2597s | oh okay new colossal nearly okay makes |
| 2599s | sense pirate warrior yeah it does pirate |
| 2602s | things okay and then the more you'd use |
| 2605s | the card you're like this card is just |
| 2607s | good like it's just flat good |
| 2612s | i'm so on gabby to try and defend here |
| 2614s | he does have 16 mana as he is guff of |
| 2617s | course does have a spammy arcanist as |
| 2618s | well that you can maybe make something |
| 2620s | work with and if anyone can quickly work |
| 2623s | out the arcanist it's gabby |
| 2625s | yep |
| 2627s | nice play there honestly |
| 2629s | yep uh |
| 2630s | initial redirection initially i was like |
| 2632s | okay drew to the reef trade it into the |
| 2634s | four health minion then you go off but |
| 2636s | if you do it that way there's no bridge |
| 2637s | from the three to the five so all you do |
| 2640s | is you just play the druid of the reef |
| 2641s | on the board and do absolutely nothing |
| 2642s | with it and then that's your one health |
| 2644s | minion to kick things off you don't have |
| 2645s | to make the initial trade gabby spots it |
| 2647s | immediately clears up the board with the |
| 2649s | spammy arcanist takes control and now |
| 2652s | this looks like it might just be |
| 2654s | resolving down to a kazakhstan battle |
| 2656s | because these raid boss and nyxias are |
| 2658s | largely going to bounce off each other |
| 2660s | yeah |
| 2662s | it's a really big deal though that uh |
| 2664s | it's more true in the mirror in my |
| 2666s | experience |
| 2667s | but raid bossing first is normally way |
| 2670s | weaker right because you get to do the |
| 2672s | trade and make the positive trade with |
| 2674s | your own raid boss |
| 2675s | if you want to go in that way but you |
| 2677s | are right that kazakhstan is live for |
| 2679s | gabby so he does have that as an option |
| 2690s | bulk up for the onyxian drake sure |
| 2699s | weirdly if he wants to play the drake he |
| 2701s | does have the uh |
| 2704s | will overkill not that he's overly |
| 2705s | worried about the actual shield slam |
| 2708s | ability right now he gets to keep it |
| 2709s | well of course but i think it's more |
| 2711s | about get the dragons played get another |
| 2713s | big minion on board and pile on even |
| 2715s | more pressure |
| 2716s | yeah agreed really big deal as well and |
| 2718s | just in terms of how it breaks uh |
| 2720s | affects break points into a raid boss |
| 2723s | iniquity on the other side spammy |
| 2725s | arcanist obviously |
| 2726s | you would would not be necessarily |
| 2728s | playing around as much um it turns out |
| 2730s | gabby has both obviously this is a |
| 2732s | discovered extra copy of ray boss onyxia |
| 2735s | but it is such a premium choice off |
| 2737s | those discovers that it would be the |
| 2738s | number one thing that you are expecting |
| 2740s | i'm sure uh but thanks to infinite mana |
| 2743s | thanks guff you've always got our back |
| 2746s | uh gabby is able to take care of what |
| 2748s | looked like a pretty ridiculous board |
| 2750s | state with relative ease |
| 2752s | yeah and just looking right now at the |
| 2756s | state of the game meaty does get to land |
| 2758s | his cast first |
| 2760s | and i think |
| 2762s | no i was going to say luckily for me |
| 2763s | he's not look because he's chosen not to |
| 2765s | play the cards but the two heavy plates |
| 2768s | in hand and the viper of course are like |
| 2770s | the saving grace right now because |
| 2772s | otherwise |
| 2773s | the problem with wario is they draw one |
| 2775s | treasure a turn normally and that's kind |
| 2777s | of it |
| 2778s | which can be which can be a little bit |
| 2780s | slow when you're in like a treasure |
| 2781s | mirror right whereas druid can draw |
| 2783s | multiple treasures there's moonlit |
| 2785s | guidance you can see in gabi's hand as |
| 2786s | well |
| 2787s | massively help out with the power level |
| 2789s | uh after he's played kaz |
| 2791s | but the triple tradables in hand for |
| 2794s | meaty will massively help him like at |
| 2796s | least try and keep up uh in the the |
| 2798s | cat's treasure war |
| 2800s | there were some beautiful looking |
| 2802s | options there for meaty and crucially he |
| 2804s | now has a ton of pressure on the |
| 2806s | opponent he has hunter hero power to |
| 2809s | back it all up and that means gabby here |
| 2812s | is going to have to rip something |
| 2813s | spectacular immediately off this |
| 2816s | kazakhstan |
| 2817s | things look good there's embers as well |
| 2823s | because like his removal |
| 2825s | yeah gabby's got to walk the line here |
| 2827s | between |
| 2828s | not dying next turn and also having a |
| 2831s | way to win right but i think the embers |
| 2833s | was a a big deal there |
| 2837s | yes but he is going to need to draw a |
| 2839s | card and find something playable here |
| 2841s | which he does do immediately with the |
| 2842s | moonlight guidance vampiric fangs is |
| 2844s | absolutely perfect i think that was |
| 2847s | going to be a snap pick off the first |
| 2849s | choice there just because of how |
| 2850s | beautifully it would deal with the board |
| 2852s | state the rest of the decisions i think |
| 2854s | from that point come down to whether you |
| 2856s | want to say okay here's what's going to |
| 2858s | happen i picked vampiric fang's first |
| 2859s | choice i'm going to discover that |
| 2862s | exactly with my moonlit guidance and |
| 2864s | then i don't need any more of those |
| 2866s | cards for the rest of the game right and |
| 2867s | i'm going to focus on pressure and |
| 2869s | killing my opponent or whether you |
| 2871s | wanted to hedge your bets with |
| 2872s | additional removal cards uh to try and |
| 2875s | more guarantee that you were going to |
| 2877s | find a solution to that board state on |
| 2878s | the other side and this is exactly what |
| 2880s | i mean as well when i was talking about |
| 2881s | the warriors uh normal lack of ability |
| 2884s | to draw a lot of cards like imagine if |
| 2886s | he didn't have these trader balls he |
| 2888s | would just have an ancient he would have |
| 2890s | to like ancient reflections brawl right |
| 2893s | would be that maybe wouldn't this early |
| 2895s | because he's got a lot of health but |
| 2897s | against the treasures in druid you never |
| 2899s | know and he has that to resort to just |
| 2901s | playing a bubba instead |
| 2904s | and gabby giving the nod almost okay i |
| 2906s | can deal with a bubba bubba's fine |
| 2908s | you're allowed to have dogs in your deck |
| 2910s | we can deal with that |
| 2911s | wax rager being picked up now one of |
| 2914s | obviously the absolute best anti-warrior |
| 2916s | cards in the entire game and gabby |
| 2919s | absolutely ripped through his deck rager |
| 2922s | ancient reflections available now |
| 2925s | absolutely insane board state to throw |
| 2928s | up against warrior |
| 2930s | yeah look at that the the embers and the |
| 2932s | pure cold make up so much damage just |
| 2935s | rips hello to face take some of that |
| 2938s | hello excuse me |
| 2941s | just lost an 88 for no reason just one |
| 2944s | entire 88 down the toilet |
| 2947s | okay book of the dead not terrible |
| 2956s | trader was coming out again obviously |
| 2958s | this is the downside of using tradables |
| 2959s | as a card draw when you are fishing for |
| 2961s | kazakhstan treasures is that you then |
| 2963s | pollute all of those treasures with |
| 2965s | those tradables it does mean that later |
| 2967s | in the game when you're talking about |
| 2969s | that one card per turn draw effect for |
| 2971s | warrior doesn't mean sometimes that one |
| 2973s | card per turn can be a tradable which |
| 2975s | you then trade into another tradable and |
| 2976s | then trade into another tradable and |
| 2978s | have a very very bad time indeed |
| 2982s | also a lot of these options like weirdly |
| 2985s | enough feel defensive there's ancient |
| 2987s | reflections which |
| 2988s | at this state |
| 2991s | is is not great of course and then |
| 2993s | there's obviously staff of scales |
| 2995s | effort for meaty as well but |
| 2998s | i think he needs just |
| 2999s | something like just at least one other |
| 3001s | treasure that's aggressive we know |
| 3003s | there's a bubba number two in there as |
| 3004s | well |
| 3009s | and now things are getting awkward |
| 3011s | because i think gabby is developing a |
| 3013s | read at this point honestly i think he |
| 3015s | might have had it last time he is going |
| 3017s | to pull the trigger now with the wax |
| 3019s | rager ancient reflections but the |
| 3021s | problem is he's seen meaty drawing dead |
| 3023s | cards unplayable treasures right |
| 3025s | multiples of them which i think is why |
| 3027s | he went for the straight up damage win |
| 3029s | condition there instead did not do the |
| 3031s | wax rager ancient reflections on the |
| 3033s | previous turn just tried to go for |
| 3034s | embers into embers because if he plays |
| 3037s | anything obviously he knows his opponent |
| 3038s | can respond in kind if his opponent |
| 3040s | responds in kind with ancient |
| 3042s | reflections on wax ragers well good luck |
| 3044s | getting embers to go face then right |
| 3046s | you're going to be in serious serious |
| 3048s | trouble with making that happen so gabby |
| 3050s | waited as long as he possibly could to |
| 3052s | go for straight up damage but just ended |
| 3053s | up not being enough that's what's |
| 3055s | interesting to me as well knowing |
| 3057s | there's a bubba and there's a fear of |
| 3059s | ancient reflections uh |
| 3062s | what was the reason to actually just not |
| 3063s | rip embers that turn because he he's |
| 3065s | druid he had the mana that's true lena |
| 3068s | is a very very good point indeed |
| 3073s | because if a bubba was played |
| 3075s | the dogs like |
| 3077s | would only ever trade the once right you |
| 3079s | know like it would make one trade and |
| 3080s | then they would still be alive which |
| 3081s | would help against embers |
| 3088s | yeah i think if i was gabby i would have |
| 3089s | liked to just dunk those embers to face |
| 3091s | because there's still 16 damage from the |
| 3092s | two pure cold as well |
| 3102s | your power going to the face makes |
| 3104s | absolute sense if he hit literally any |
| 3106s | other minion it would either equal the |
| 3108s | damage or increase the damage on the |
| 3110s | board sir |
| 3116s | that's 11. |
| 3119s | what do you have had lethal if you just |
| 3120s | embed last turn |
| 3122s | uh so what minus 24 he would have been |
| 3125s | on 21. |
| 3127s | he's got 11 this turns who would have |
| 3129s | been on 10 two people |
| 3132s | yeah |
| 3134s | gotta ask the question |
| 3139s | i think for me like the the biggest uh |
| 3141s | confusion on my well actually |
| 3144s | i'm not sure well so some of that damage |
| 3145s | wouldn't have been real right because |
| 3147s | there was the |
| 3148s | frozen buckler effect happening so five |
| 3150s | armor was being taken away anyway but i |
| 3152s | think it would still be lethal through |
| 3153s | that anyway regardless just making sure |
| 3155s | the numbers do end up accurate it's like |
| 3157s | other than |
| 3159s | oh wow forgot the name the clockwork |
| 3161s | dude right which you would imagine |
| 3163s | embers would not kill anyway at this |
| 3165s | point in the game i'm not sure what as |
| 3168s | saving embers was actually going to |
| 3170s | fight against right i guess that's my |
| 3172s | question because i think all the other |
| 3174s | treasures are either token stuff the |
| 3176s | annoyo board which again embers is |
| 3178s | terrible against |
| 3179s | kind of a rough one here gabby is going |
| 3181s | to dramatically increase his damage |
| 3183s | though by killing off as many of these |
| 3185s | wax rages as possible whilst keeping |
| 3187s | meatys at one ones which is again just a |
| 3190s | very nice play and maximizing his own |
| 3193s | damage and not letting me to just return |
| 3195s | swing for lethal of course |
| 3199s | yes it's currently 11 damage plus the |
| 3201s | hero power on the other side plus the |
| 3202s | fatigue draw for gabby so a little bit |
| 3205s | short for meaty |
| 3207s | no sign of damage cards from the |
| 3209s | kazakhstan treasures as far as gabby has |
| 3211s | seen so far |
| 3213s | yeah it's also like a weird kind of |
| 3214s | checkmate play right because the problem |
| 3216s | with reflections and wax rages is in |
| 3220s | almost every circumstance you've got no |
| 3222s | way to play anything else on board |
| 3225s | and the way gabby set this up like well |
| 3227s | all of his do five every turn now |
| 3230s | whereas metis don't like can he |
| 3231s | realistically win that |
| 3235s | race the risk it's a huge risk right all |
| 3237s | it takes is one damage card from the |
| 3239s | kazakhstan treasures at this point and |
| 3241s | gabby would just be straight up dead but |
| 3242s | in the position he found himself in yeah |
| 3245s | this absolutely looks like the best |
| 3246s | player i think the big question to ask |
| 3247s | is just rewinding to that previous |
| 3249s | embers of ragnaros which is probably |
| 3251s | going to end the uh the game stuck in |
| 3253s | hand for gabby |
| 3255s | yeah because uh metis book right in the |
| 3257s | deck he has one more book |
| 3259s | that would have been huge the book would |
| 3260s | have just won yeah that's crazy gabby |
| 3264s | does take the game but i at least from |
| 3266s | where i'm looking if i feel like he |
| 3268s | might have made it a little bit more |
| 3269s | difficult and dicey than it needed to be |
| 3272s | but regardless he takes the victory as |
| 3275s | druid against warrior and i think it's |
| 3277s | fair to say that that's one of those i |
| 3280s | would say big wins in this matchup |
| 3282s | already because druid against warrior |
| 3284s | you know a lot of with the patch and the |
| 3286s | changes to the decks that warrior |
| 3289s | generally feels like it does well |
| 3290s | against druid it can kill so many of the |
| 3292s | threats uh sometimes you can overpower |
| 3295s | it before it actually comes down to like |
| 3297s | a slow kazakus war where warrior starts |
| 3300s | to drift off a little bit uh but yeah |
| 3302s | really big win there for gabby and i |
| 3304s | think you see already it's game one from |
| 3307s | match one and gabby already raised his |
| 3309s | hands up in victory because i think he |
| 3310s | realized that that could have very |
| 3312s | easily been a loss |
| 3314s | yeah for sure i think that situation |
| 3317s | again accounting for that uh book of the |
| 3318s | dead that i'd forgotten about that is a |
| 3320s | huge spot to be able to dig yourself out |
| 3322s | of once you've got there we see some of |
| 3324s | the highlights the brand mutants play of |
| 3326s | course from meaty uh which did with a |
| 3329s | little bit it did e take kazakhstan but |
| 3331s | it was an extra discovered copy of |
| 3333s | kazakhstan which didn't really end up |
| 3334s | having a massive effect uh he did hear |
| 3337s | of course the mr smite off the nelly but |
| 3338s | the |
| 3339s | phenomenal amount of armor on the other |
| 3341s | side for gabby which to give him credit |
| 3344s | he was very quick to set up at the start |
| 3346s | of the game like almost the first things |
| 3349s | he did was play two massive minions and |
| 3351s | play his two urban scales on them to put |
| 3353s | himself in that position where he just |
| 3354s | couldn't get scammed by random boat um |
| 3357s | which is something to his credit and |
| 3359s | good matchup knowledge on his part but |
| 3361s | certainly uh fascinating watching that |
| 3363s | matchup being played out at a a high |
| 3365s | level this early into the meta game with |
| 3367s | obviously a rapidly evolving list on the |
| 3370s | druid side and certainly i do think the |
| 3372s | warrior has more game in that match up |
| 3375s | now because they can actually |
| 3377s | get kazakhstan online in a reasonable |
| 3379s | time frame in comparison to the druid as |
| 3381s | you saw in that match-up um you know |
| 3384s | whether or not i would go as far as to |
| 3385s | say that it's supposed to do well in |
| 3387s | that matchup i'm not sure but certainly |
| 3390s | meaty very smartly engineered himself |
| 3392s | into a potentially winning position uh |
| 3395s | but in the end i suppose it comes down |
| 3396s | to that tradable factor again right his |
| 3398s | his deck size which should have been |
| 3400s | down to perhaps three or four cards at |
| 3403s | that point if he was using actual card |
| 3404s | draw instead of tradable and failed to |
| 3407s | reward him with that book of the dead |
| 3409s | that he absolutely needed off the top at |
| 3410s | the end and they were just uh checking |
| 3412s | out meaty's next list he's gonna cue |
| 3414s | which is gonna be the boar priest very |
| 3417s | interesting and one that i think |
| 3419s | has very much gone from a bit of a meme |
| 3422s | deck right you know like |
| 3424s | basically you kill seven balls you get |
| 3426s | the sword of a thousand truths hit your |
| 3428s | point in the face a few times and they |
| 3430s | have one manner for the rest of the game |
| 3431s | and that's it but it's gone from a meme |
| 3433s | deck to like with the support and just |
| 3435s | with the way the game has played out now |
| 3437s | uh with the expansion the rotation it is |
| 3439s | a real threatening deck and it gets |
| 3441s | those balls done consistently it turns |
| 3444s | into effectively a combo deck |
| 3446s | with those amulets so i'll be very |
| 3448s | interested to see for its first time on |
| 3451s | stream in this masters tour and going up |
| 3453s | against that is gabby on this quest |
| 3455s | hunter which again is a deck believe it |
| 3458s | or not subtle i've played a fair amount |
| 3460s | of |
| 3461s | no |
| 3462s | you shock me with your out of character |
| 3464s | behavior raven uh yeah quest hunter |
| 3467s | really started to shine i think towards |
| 3469s | the end of the previous expansion and |
| 3472s | now even with the rotation coming |
| 3474s | through it still has |
| 3476s | all the tools it needs even getting a |
| 3478s | couple of very nice new toys such as |
| 3480s | barb nets to play with and of course the |
| 3482s | addition of some of these spell synergy |
| 3484s | nagas that we are seeing as well which |
| 3486s | really round out the deck to |
| 3488s | sometimes be a pretty impressive and |
| 3490s | aggressive board-based deck as well with |
| 3492s | uh some of the particular builds |
| 3494s | although i do like this sort of slimmed |
| 3496s | down minion package that uh gabby is |
| 3498s | going with it |
| 3499s | yeah weirdly enough and it's something i |
| 3501s | did not expect but the addition of a few |
| 3504s | minions to quest hunter i feel has |
| 3506s | helped it even more uh obviously quest |
| 3508s | hunter was good before the rotation but |
| 3510s | now i think that |
| 3512s | the minions you get they just take all |
| 3514s | the boxes and actually weirdly help you |
| 3516s | progress quest a lot of the time even |
| 3518s | though them themselves aren't spells |
| 3520s | that deal damage which is what your |
| 3522s | quest requires uh so we'll see how this |
| 3524s | goes as we get into game number two |
| 3527s | between meaty and gabby gary gabby |
| 3530s | currently leading 1-0 |
| 3532s | and getting off to a decent start but |
| 3534s | this match up in itself subtle um |
| 3537s | does the priest have the time to do the |
| 3540s | thing to get the combo off does it have |
| 3542s | enough heel to sustain itself through |
| 3544s | the average quest until opening do you |
| 3546s | think it certainly can do yeah there's a |
| 3548s | lot packed in there um with the gifts |
| 3552s | and the desperate prayer and of course |
| 3554s | just the natural presence of the hero |
| 3556s | power um i think the the bigger downside |
| 3559s | is if you're spending too much mana |
| 3560s | having to panic heal and maybe you know |
| 3562s | drop down zyrella to actually clear a |
| 3564s | drekthar board on the other time if |
| 3566s | you're fully occupied on being defensive |
| 3568s | you sometimes don't have enough time to |
| 3571s | actually get to your win condition as |
| 3573s | well um which is a a bigger problem |
| 3576s | because you do need to you know spend |
| 3578s | mana on trading those amulets get them |
| 3580s | juiced up playing the balls doing all |
| 3582s | that good stuff playing handmaidens |
| 3583s | drawing cards there's a lot of things |
| 3585s | that you need to do over the course of |
| 3587s | the game so the answer to can you just |
| 3589s | heal for a long time and stay alive |
| 3591s | absolutely yes but then where's the mana |
| 3594s | coming from that you need to actually |
| 3595s | spend on your win condition on those |
| 3596s | turns as well |
| 3603s | illuminate i think uh one of the more |
| 3606s | difficult cards to use well in this deck |
| 3609s | uh it looks like it should just be oh |
| 3611s | just throw it out there and you know |
| 3612s | just just pick something it does have |
| 3614s | that dredge effect um |
| 3616s | on it of course as well but one you |
| 3619s | really want to hit a spell but then |
| 3622s | a lot of the time you really want to hit |
| 3623s | certain spells as well i think the best |
| 3626s | one if you are going to illuminate early |
| 3628s | does feel like it is that a switcheroo |
| 3630s | right to just get a zero mana switcheroo |
| 3633s | draw two cards and then progress the |
| 3634s | game plan from there |
| 3636s | yeah switcheroo is great to hear just |
| 3638s | for early curve reasons especially if |
| 3640s | you have like handmaiden in hand for |
| 3642s | example and you're able to get it out |
| 3644s | super quickly just with you know coin |
| 3646s | switcheroo drop handmade and absolutely |
| 3648s | turbo draw |
| 3650s | surprisingly even though you spend most |
| 3652s | of the game trading it the other really |
| 3654s | powerful option in certain lists is just |
| 3656s | to |
| 3658s | discount amulet of undying itself |
| 3660s | because then on your eventual pyro turns |
| 3662s | when you're doing the combo you might |
| 3664s | not have to allocate an entire turn to |
| 3667s | doing it you might be able to do it at |
| 3668s | the end of a term where you've already |
| 3670s | played |
| 3670s | handmaiden or north she cleric and drawn |
| 3673s | a bunch of cards right and even though |
| 3674s | you have very little mana left at the |
| 3675s | end of the turn because you have zero |
| 3677s | mana amulets in your deck you can |
| 3678s | actually pop off very quickly with very |
| 3681s | little manas potentially save yourself a |
| 3683s | whole turn |
| 3690s | the most threatening sight you can see |
| 3692s | across the board |
| 3693s | you angry pigs |
| 3698s | one thing that really i i found when |
| 3700s | i've been playing priests really helps |
| 3702s | the deck is the fact that |
| 3705s | there's |
| 3706s | pretty much no transformation right so |
| 3708s | these balls can just be thrown out |
| 3710s | whenever you have the mana right as long |
| 3712s | as they die that's great and |
| 3715s | they just will die because a lot of the |
| 3717s | time you can even force the death |
| 3719s | through with a wild pyromancer uh but |
| 3721s | yeah i just playing them out is |
| 3723s | absolutely fine get them in the death |
| 3725s | row pool and then you don't have to |
| 3727s | think about them for the rest of the |
| 3729s | game i think it's a |
| 3731s | if you had to hold them and try and do |
| 3733s | specific things with them you know and |
| 3734s | do make it a little bit weird the deck |
| 3736s | would get significantly more difficult |
| 3738s | to actually pull off yeah even if for |
| 3741s | example you had to allocate a pyro to |
| 3743s | killing your own bores because you had |
| 3745s | to play around transform effects right |
| 3747s | yeah then that's one pyro you're then |
| 3749s | down for the entire game so you then |
| 3751s | have one pyro left to a clear a board |
| 3754s | from your opponent b do a cleric combo |
| 3757s | where you might want to draw a bunch of |
| 3758s | cards with the combination and then c |
| 3760s | also have a pyro left at the end of the |
| 3762s | game to do the final combo to blow up |
| 3765s | all the last balls at the end so |
| 3767s | just that ability as you mentioned just |
| 3769s | to throw it out there because transform |
| 3770s | just isn't really in the meta right now |
| 3773s | it just doesn't really exist let alone |
| 3776s | um against the particular decks that |
| 3777s | people are playing against so is for |
| 3780s | sure a big big advantage of the deck |
| 3782s | right now |
| 3790s | a double restaurant definitely not what |
| 3792s | gabby's looking for here as well because |
| 3794s | playing minions against priest is |
| 3797s | unless your deck is obviously a minion |
| 3799s | focused deck right with where therefore |
| 3801s | you kind of have to play the minions |
| 3803s | like playing these vipers could |
| 3804s | potentially just feed meaty cards with |
| 3806s | the help of northshire cleric gift of |
| 3808s | the narrow you know big heels and the |
| 3810s | cycle could be huge and speaking of that |
| 3813s | it looks like meat is going for some |
| 3814s | card drawing this is gonna be one pyro |
| 3817s | down basically for the game but the card |
| 3820s | draws important because even the usage |
| 3822s | of the coin and the gift of the naru |
| 3824s | means that i'm not hundred percent yet |
| 3826s | but i'm assuming this handmaiden is |
| 3828s | either ready to go or one spell off and |
| 3831s | handmaiden again another like backbone |
| 3834s | of the deck three man a minion draw |
| 3836s | three absolutely huge i love just the |
| 3839s | immediate response from gabby just like |
| 3841s | yeah all right cool cool story bro i am |
| 3843s | just going to continue to smack you in |
| 3845s | the face |
| 3849s | i think i mean the cards are lining up |
| 3851s | right aim shot dragon bane a little bit |
| 3854s | um |
| 3855s | unfortunate that there's no way to cycle |
| 3858s | the dragon bane |
| 3864s | gabby is going to clear up though looks |
| 3865s | like he's going to take care of the |
| 3866s | cleric as well try and limit that card |
| 3868s | draw so was the equation right the more |
| 3871s | time killing the cleric gives you more |
| 3872s | time takes longer for meaty to get |
| 3874s | towards the bottom of the deck and then |
| 3876s | more time equals more turns and then |
| 3878s | those more turns turn into more damage |
| 3880s | for quest hunter |
| 3882s | yeah and and i think you can see now the |
| 3884s | power of the previous turn from meaty |
| 3887s | right look at his hand he has access to |
| 3889s | heal he's got the time to trade away the |
| 3892s | amulet and start stacking that effect as |
| 3894s | well does have that proc time made and |
| 3896s | ready to go if and when uh |
| 3899s | it's it's looking really good for me to |
| 3901s | honestly is |
| 3902s | probably feeling quite safe right now |
| 3909s | that is a very nothing turn though it |
| 3911s | has to be said and nothing turns are not |
| 3914s | really something you can afford to have |
| 3915s | too many of against quest hunter |
| 3919s | especially starting from right about now |
| 3923s | where things are gonna start getting a |
| 3924s | little spicy |
| 3926s | [Music] |
| 3938s | presumably |
| 3940s | the xyrella is going to come down this |
| 3942s | time |
| 3944s | yeah it makes sense right and again it's |
| 3947s | one of the i guess bonuses of this match |
| 3950s | up |
| 3951s | is that |
| 3953s | a problem ball priest can have sometimes |
| 3955s | is it can be difficult to clear multiple |
| 3958s | uh waves of boards because really you |
| 3960s | have a light bomb you have a xyrella and |
| 3962s | then you have like a pyro turn right |
| 3965s | like that's normally the amount of |
| 3967s | removal you have overall um but the fact |
| 3970s | that |
| 3970s | these minions from gabby are few and far |
| 3973s | between means that meaty can sustain |
| 3975s | through a lot of the air the minion |
| 3976s | pressure at least and here you see the |
| 3978s | big pop-off turn of the deck if you've |
| 3981s | played uh shellfish priest you might be |
| 3982s | a little bit more familiar with seeing |
| 3984s | this being done as the actual wing |
| 3985s | condition and this from meaty it could |
| 3988s | just end up being a very similar story |
| 3991s | this is what i was talking about a |
| 3992s | little bit earlier when i was saying |
| 3993s | having discounted amulets can be huge in |
| 3995s | this spot because this is the kind of |
| 3996s | turn that could just end up being |
| 3997s | strange yeah |
| 3999s | lethal right now if you have cheap |
| 4001s | ambulance board space allowing but you |
| 4004s | can still see that due to that brand |
| 4007s | turn as i was saying the zyrella was |
| 4008s | going to come down there was so much |
| 4010s | more that was possible there because |
| 4011s | meaty had it calculated dumping space in |
| 4014s | hand with the devourers and the |
| 4016s | desperate prayer first filling up the |
| 4018s | hand again with the handmaiden hitting |
| 4019s | the zola getting another priestess and |
| 4021s | then going all the way back up to having |
| 4023s | enough mana to be |
| 4025s | still be able to throw out that xyrella |
| 4027s | which even though it was only on heel |
| 4029s | five still had that bran effect to be |
| 4031s | able to clear up the board on the other |
| 4032s | side |
| 4035s | nice use of dragon bait here as well of |
| 4037s | course gabby has the explosive trap but |
| 4039s | a lot of those minions could have been |
| 4040s | healed up right and then survived the |
| 4042s | hit so it's gonna clear everything but |
| 4044s | the one ones which will almost certainly |
| 4046s | die from an explosive trap attack and |
| 4049s | gets to just pile a good amount of |
| 4051s | damage in as well the problem that |
| 4053s | gabby's probably feeling right now is |
| 4055s | just time meat is down to five cards |
| 4058s | this handmaiden looks like it's gonna |
| 4059s | come down now draw another three |
| 4062s | has to uh sorry gabby has to assume that |
| 4064s | the combo is coming out in the very very |
| 4067s | near future |
| 4069s | yes and exactly as you said that you saw |
| 4071s | the shake of the head coming out from |
| 4072s | gabby i think he knows he is running out |
| 4074s | of time in this one |
| 4077s | don't think meaty has quite enough juice |
| 4079s | in the amulets yet you need a two and a |
| 4081s | three as a bare minimum and i uh believe |
| 4084s | that meaty has not fulfilled that yet |
| 4086s | that amulet that he's just traded in |
| 4088s | will now be a resurrect three balls |
| 4090s | amulet yeah i think the zero mana is a |
| 4093s | two and he just uh which makes sense |
| 4096s | right he keeps the zero mana one as a |
| 4097s | two that's done and then shuffles the |
| 4099s | other one to get the three |
| 4102s | so he's had two balls die so far he will |
| 4104s | go pyro into the amulet the summons two |
| 4106s | they will die immediately at which point |
| 4108s | he's had four amul uh four balls die uh |
| 4110s | the second amulet will then be able to |
| 4113s | summon three because more than three |
| 4114s | balls have actually died at that point |
| 4115s | and that will fulfill the seven |
| 4117s | for the sword of a thousand truths |
| 4125s | yeah and uh sitting at 29. things have |
| 4127s | just gone well here for meaty just kept |
| 4129s | control the game didn't get burst down |
| 4132s | too quickly there wasn't as much minion |
| 4134s | pressure uh that you can see sometimes |
| 4138s | from this quest hunter and it's just not |
| 4140s | going to be enough gabby is going to be |
| 4141s | able to push a ton of damage which again |
| 4145s | a lot of matchups in a lot of games even |
| 4147s | at you know the the low to mid teens of |
| 4150s | health you can just die |
| 4153s | from quest hunter but yeah it's just not |
| 4154s | going to be enough |
| 4158s | and now |
| 4159s | hopefully as long as meaty has not |
| 4161s | committed the cardinal sin of emptying |
| 4163s | his deck before he's done all the trades |
| 4165s | he needs to do which we're pretty sure |
| 4167s | he has not yep there's the two yeah and |
| 4170s | that's on the initial sense and then the |
| 4172s | three is going to come down afterwards |
| 4173s | important there to trade first as well |
| 4175s | into the one five torn so that means he |
| 4178s | will be able to get this weapon swing to |
| 4179s | go through the face at the end does take |
| 4181s | the explosive trap damage but absolutely |
| 4184s | no shot gabby is getting anywhere near |
| 4187s | this |
| 4187s | now you can have all the zero mana hero |
| 4189s | powers in the world if you've only got |
| 4190s | one mana to refresh it you're not going |
| 4193s | to be getting the job done and that was |
| 4195s | a excellent |
| 4196s | debut performance for the ball priest on |
| 4199s | the masters tour stream yeah it was just |
| 4202s | clean right and that's the type of game |
| 4204s | that you want like sometimes and maybe |
| 4207s | against the list you can get overrun |
| 4208s | sometimes the draws are really bad like |
| 4210s | i really know if i've had draws with the |
| 4212s | priest that and none of the draw cards |
| 4215s | and always like just heals |
| 4217s | and a pyro or something which might |
| 4219s | sound good great you won't die but |
| 4221s | without cycling through you're in |
| 4223s | massive problems if you don't hit |
| 4225s | handmade and if you don't hit a um you |
| 4227s | know switcheroo for example or a way to |
| 4229s | get switcheroo you can be stuck just |
| 4231s | hero power passing for a good amount of |
| 4234s | time uh but you know luckily for me to |
| 4236s | there that was not the case i think this |
| 4238s | was the turn that started it all right |
| 4239s | he got the cleric pyro turn with that |
| 4242s | pyro he was allowed to use because he |
| 4244s | still had one more in the deck this |
| 4246s | started off a lot of card draw which |
| 4248s | also then |
| 4249s | helped activate the handmaiden that was |
| 4251s | on the far left of his hand on that turn |
| 4253s | which then gets more card draw and once |
| 4255s | you start rolling with that card draw it |
| 4257s | doesn't really stop for the majority of |
| 4259s | the game in most cases |
| 4260s | yeah and then following that up very |
| 4262s | quickly with the bran handmaiden |
| 4265s | priestess zola yadda yadda yadda yadda |
| 4268s | turn that tends to come out over the |
| 4270s | course of the game sometimes as long as |
| 4272s | you are playing the branzola list there |
| 4275s | are a lot of divergent lists with boar |
| 4278s | priest uh some not playing the xyrella |
| 4280s | so i'm not playing the zola so i'm not |
| 4282s | playing the brand so i'm playing two of |
| 4283s | those cards but not the others i'm |
| 4284s | playing one of those cards but not the |
| 4286s | other two there's a few variations |
| 4288s | flying around but this is slowly i would |
| 4290s | say becoming the dominant list because |
| 4292s | of that ability as you're seeing uh to |
| 4294s | just have those huge pop-off turns and |
| 4296s | even sometimes in difficult matchups |
| 4299s | when you're in a worse position than |
| 4302s | meaty was there you'll see kind of that |
| 4304s | bran handmaiden priestess pop-off turn |
| 4306s | just used as a way to push tempo and |
| 4309s | just take the board and win board and |
| 4311s | buy yourself a little bit of time which |
| 4312s | is a great utility to have as well and i |
| 4314s | think |
| 4315s | really understanding the utility and the |
| 4317s | mechanics of how all those turns are |
| 4318s | possible is very much key to success |
| 4320s | with the deck what's that we're going to |
| 4322s | be checking in with gabby's control |
| 4323s | warrior list now coming up next uh it |
| 4325s | does have that gorlok ravager in there |
| 4328s | and you might be quite confused is this |
| 4330s | not a murloc deck card uh well kind of |
| 4334s | but also the your deck runs mutinous and |
| 4336s | we saw in the game earlier on in this |
| 4338s | series how impactful mutants can be a |
| 4342s | yes |
| 4343s | a copied kazakh kazakhstan but still |
| 4346s | just the fact that bran mutinis is |
| 4348s | available in this meta is a very very |
| 4351s | big deal indeed and the golok ravager |
| 4354s | helps to just cycle that and again i do |
| 4356s | think the games where warrior can |
| 4358s | struggle a lot are the games where the |
| 4361s | card draw just isn't there but |
| 4363s | unfortunately subtle |
| 4365s | we've run into the mirror |
| 4369s | indeed we |
| 4370s | have |
| 4372s | oh my god what is going on |
| 4377s | well uh hopefully we can get whatever's |
| 4380s | going on up there cleared up |
| 4388s | oh wait that's just the coin right the |
| 4390s | coin is invisible oh yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| 4393s | i just realized because neither of them |
| 4394s | what |
| 4398s | imagine here we go imagine trying to put |
| 4400s | that in the bank uh i'm here to put this |
| 4401s | money in i don't see it you can't just |
| 4403s | put fake money in it's like oh yeah |
| 4406s | probably your eyes snap your fingers |
| 4407s | boom there it goes appeared out of |
| 4408s | nowhere |
| 4410s | i have a heart |
| 4411s | magicians are not allowed at this bank |
| 4413s | it is a hard rule |
| 4429s | your teacher on curve for both players |
| 4432s | which is pretty much where the curve |
| 4434s | starts |
| 4435s | uh the interaction between uh |
| 4438s | schoolteacher the narglings they |
| 4439s | discover and the onyxian drake so kind |
| 4441s | of what the battle for early tempo what |
| 4444s | little there is of it in this matchup is |
| 4446s | tends to be about |
| 4447s | and it is quite important because if you |
| 4450s | can land you know if you can just be one |
| 4451s | whole chill with yeti ahead of the play |
| 4454s | that does allow you to dictate a lot of |
| 4456s | questions in terms of limiting your |
| 4458s | opponent's armor total making them use |
| 4460s | their uh removal a little bit more |
| 4461s | liberally or that kind of thing not |
| 4463s | spending all of their man on just |
| 4464s | setting up dredges and finding win |
| 4466s | conditions but honestly you would tend |
| 4468s | to do that anyway even if you are under |
| 4471s | a small amount of pressure from the |
| 4472s | warrior on the other side because you |
| 4473s | know they don't really have the |
| 4475s | consistent basis to back that up yeah |
| 4478s | these hands look so mirrored right now |
| 4479s | like both finley's available uh the mute |
| 4482s | to this being the drawers for both |
| 4484s | players off the top there |
| 4486s | it's gonna be pretty spicy indeed meaty |
| 4488s | does have access to uh the coin mutinus |
| 4491s | as well to potentially help him out |
| 4503s | what do you like here sol because the |
| 4504s | second from the depths is kind of |
| 4506s | hilarious |
| 4512s | although maybe more tempting if the |
| 4514s | other two visible options were a little |
| 4517s | bit better |
| 4519s | what is going on today |
| 4521s | invisible coins floating cards |
| 4527s | he's gonna do it though |
| 4530s | he has the second depth now |
| 4532s | yeah i kind of liked doing it this way |
| 4534s | right it's just the other cards weren't |
| 4536s | particularly appealing um but yeah doing |
| 4539s | it this way going for the finley and |
| 4541s | then having the other from the depths to |
| 4543s | just rediscount some other cards that |
| 4546s | you've just put back in your deck |
| 4547s | because the cards you're drawing there |
| 4548s | of the first one are just kind of cheap |
| 4549s | enough already at that point right so i |
| 4551s | do think doing it this way round makes a |
| 4552s | lot of sense |
| 4566s | yeah definitely interesting as well that |
| 4568s | meaty i understand why he did it of |
| 4570s | course but the finley swap |
| 4574s | then never mind i was going to say it's |
| 4575s | tough because he did throw away the |
| 4577s | mutinous in doing so right because the |
| 4579s | mutants was in his hand but he has just |
| 4581s | got it back right now which again is |
| 4584s | well because he knew |
| 4585s | he he knew that off the first finley he |
| 4587s | was gonna pull the dredge card back into |
| 4590s | his hand so he would then have an |
| 4591s | opportunity to go looking on the bottom |
| 4593s | of the deck for the cards that he's just |
| 4594s | swapped back in there with the finley |
| 4596s | anyway there was a |
| 4598s | decent percentage chance that this would |
| 4600s | be available to happen anyway it's true |
| 4602s | that's how it turned out |
| 4603s | yeah it would scare me so much missing |
| 4605s | it though right because it was not like |
| 4607s | finley was a small finley in the amount |
| 4610s | of cards shuffled back in right |
| 4612s | placed back in |
| 4616s | yeah gotta be careful with the word |
| 4617s | shuffle i know that's what i just |
| 4618s | realized yeah placed back in the deck |
| 4622s | delicately placed with the utmost care |
| 4625s | into a precise position in the deck |
| 4639s | seems reasonable yep good card i'd play |
| 4641s | that |
| 4643s | you know what i would put that warrior |
| 4645s | card in hunter that's how good it is |
| 4647s | yeah |
| 4648s | one mana deal five seems good |
| 4653s | no force on azeroth can stop me well one |
| 4656s | idiot imagine paying seven entire manner |
| 4659s | for your cara |
| 4660s | pathetic it's kind of cringe to be |
| 4662s | honest |
| 4665s | i think saying cringe is cringe songs |
| 4667s | i agree that's why you say it that's |
| 4669s | probably the point |
| 4673s | we're hearthstone casters raven our |
| 4675s | existence is cringe |
| 4677s | wait are we not the coolest people have |
| 4679s | i uh lived |
| 4681s | all my life did you think you had a cool |
| 4683s | job all this time raven is that what's |
| 4685s | happening i well i did and now i don't |
| 4688s | now you question making me question all |
| 4689s | my life decisions to get to this point |
| 4693s | where i get up at 3am to prepare for |
| 4696s | casting the children's card game |
| 4698s | you ever go through a conversation with |
| 4700s | like anyone you know like friends kids |
| 4703s | or you know just anytime you talk to |
| 4705s | someone like under the age of 14 or so |
| 4707s | um you're like oh yeah i commentate |
| 4709s | video games for a living and for like a |
| 4710s | brief window you're the coolest person |
| 4712s | they've ever met and then they ask you |
| 4714s | what game and they're just a hearthstone |
| 4716s | what's that what's going on what are you |
| 4718s | talking about i have had those |
| 4721s | conversations in the past so uh going |
| 4723s | forward when people ask me a lot of the |
| 4725s | time i just lie |
| 4728s | is it not about what game but what i do |
| 4730s | for a living because explaining it is |
| 4732s | difficult |
| 4733s | fair enough |
| 4738s | yeah there's just a two mana kazakh |
| 4741s | kazakhstan and a zero mana brand in hand |
| 4744s | these are the worlds we're living in |
| 4746s | right now |
| 4748s | oh bran mutant is available next turn |
| 4750s | now for meaty |
| 4753s | and that has to be the plan right that |
| 4755s | has to be priority number one next turn |
| 4761s | very much looking that way yes |
| 4768s | i know that like the nostalgia dopamine |
| 4771s | has been a big theme of this rotation so |
| 4773s | far with like a lot of old favorites |
| 4775s | coming back into the game i'm just |
| 4776s | staring at meaty's hand right now and |
| 4778s | thinking |
| 4779s | boy this hand has had like six ticks of |
| 4781s | emperor thorazon on it |
| 4785s | yeah why was thoreson just alive for so |
| 4787s | long what's going on yeah |
| 4791s | we'd load that back so we can use the |
| 4793s | sweet diamond version that exists now |
| 4803s | i know this could be a huge problem for |
| 4805s | gabby |
| 4808s | because he's obviously not going to play |
| 4810s | cars |
| 4811s | and because of the shape of his hand |
| 4813s | he's not really going to play bran |
| 4814s | either and like |
| 4816s | is |
| 4817s | is this game ending subtle if the br the |
| 4820s | brandon mutinous from meaty comes out |
| 4822s | and just eats the kazakhstan |
| 4825s | i mean you hesitate to say that the game |
| 4827s | will be immediately over but i would not |
| 4829s | be surprised |
| 4831s | even if that happened gabby just scoops |
| 4833s | out the game right he's that kind of |
| 4835s | player that sort of knows when his wing |
| 4836s | condition is up but it would be huge |
| 4839s | ah |
| 4840s | yeah i'm trying to think i guess there's |
| 4842s | still amalgam in the deck right there is |
| 4844s | yeah she could get another kazakhstan |
| 4846s | but yeah you you look at gabby's |
| 4848s | response there goes bran |
| 4850s | and there goes kaz wow |
| 4852s | oh that's so brutal |
| 4855s | because even even with the kazakhstan |
| 4857s | gone right like if you're gonna go |
| 4858s | fishing for amalgam win conditions you |
| 4860s | want bran want to still have your brand |
| 4863s | at that point to maximize your outs of |
| 4865s | finding your way out of that spot so not |
| 4867s | only is that now a massive mutants on |
| 4869s | the other side that is the two straight |
| 4871s | up best wing conditions in the deck gone |
| 4873s | down for gabby and he is gonna have to |
| 4876s | get very fortunate to find his way out |
| 4878s | of this one |
| 4879s | yeah and the problem is in a lot of |
| 4881s | matchups |
| 4883s | i would say okay you have raid boss at |
| 4885s | nixia okay you have nelly like those two |
| 4888s | cards can win games right |
| 4890s | but |
| 4891s | not in the mirror because the remote as |
| 4893s | you've noticed that both players just |
| 4895s | have almost free access to removal |
| 4897s | whenever they want right the game is |
| 4899s | much more about resource management and |
| 4902s | threat management than it is about just |
| 4905s | oh can i kill this minion because yes |
| 4907s | it's control warrior it almost certainly |
| 4908s | can kill this minion but even nelly off |
| 4911s | the top for gabby i put a lot of stock |
| 4913s | in how strong that card is and just |
| 4915s | potentially being able to win our games |
| 4917s | but in this |
| 4918s | against the mirror i just don't think |
| 4921s | it's good enough even if there's a smite |
| 4923s | and a couple of other good pirates |
| 4929s | he's just weighing up the options here |
| 4931s | he's going to choose to use the brawl |
| 4933s | uh obviously even if the onixia wins |
| 4935s | here he has the shield slam to be able |
| 4937s | to |
| 4938s | deal with it |
| 4939s | uh you immune is a |
| 4941s | tricky key word to get your head around |
| 4943s | it doesn't mean the minion can't be |
| 4944s | destroyed as you witness there it does |
| 4946s | however mean that the minion can't be |
| 4948s | targeted even if the thing you're trying |
| 4949s | to target it with doesn't actually try |
| 4952s | and do any damage to it it's a |
| 4954s | fascinating little keyword which hasn't |
| 4956s | really been super relevant in the game |
| 4958s | up until uh rayboss and nyxia are really |
| 4960s | having such a huge impact |
| 4961s | if you tried to target it with a hug it |
| 4963s | would just not let you exactly no no no |
| 4965s | you targeted me it's like yeah but i'm |
| 4967s | not doing anything bad much like me |
| 4970s | yeah that's true |
| 4975s | but again it's just |
| 4977s | slippery slope at this point here |
| 4979s | because i was talking a lot about the |
| 4981s | lack of power from nelly in this matchup |
| 4984s | when we talk about in ways to just win |
| 4986s | the game for you to an extent and but |
| 4989s | meaty winning on paper and getting to |
| 4992s | play nelly first is again just another |
| 4995s | nail in the coffin right i think as a |
| 4997s | support tool in this matchup it's very |
| 4999s | strong |
| 5002s | and also funnily enough protection |
| 5003s | against your opponents mutinous a lot of |
| 5005s | the time too |
| 5020s | that's kind of funny isn't it like |
| 5021s | that's the win condition for gabby |
| 5027s | nelly into this pirate and then hit meet |
| 5030s | his kazakhstan |
| 5034s | sure yeah i can get on board |
| 5036s | that that's the thing that can happen |
| 5038s | yeah i mean obviously he does still have |
| 5040s | dragons of his own and the amalgams it's |
| 5042s | just that he doesn't have the extra |
| 5043s | shots with bran with that being eaten |
| 5045s | previously so he does still have ways to |
| 5047s | get back into this but he is |
| 5050s | miles behind now on the ability he is |
| 5053s | going to need some fortune outcomes at |
| 5055s | the very least to find his way back into |
| 5057s | this |
| 5060s | yeah i i feel like he has to hit it now |
| 5062s | and his treasures have to be good right |
| 5064s | like yesterday this turn kaz next turn |
| 5067s | and the treasures have to be a good |
| 5069s | solid set of treasures |
| 5075s | one thing at least for the second in |
| 5077s | time that is going for gabby is that zai |
| 5079s | meaty has like 30 armor right like you |
| 5082s | know 16 is very manageable uh to |
| 5085s | actually be able to beat it's not like |
| 5086s | it's one of those games where the |
| 5088s | warriors manage to stack like you know |
| 5090s | 20 30 plus armor |
| 5097s | does now have shield slam from the nixon |
| 5100s | drake into amalgam amalgam |
| 5103s | oh for the mutant |
| 5110s | there's a little nargling and there is |
| 5113s | the little nargling that was a card that |
| 5115s | was picked held thrown back onto the |
| 5118s | bottom of the deck and then picked up |
| 5119s | again from metis over the course of the |
| 5121s | game so very nicely done oh no actually |
| 5123s | is that the one that he picked up from |
| 5124s | the other south season it's the one you |
| 5125s | just played yeah the other knuckling |
| 5127s | still down there i believe right yes we |
| 5129s | just saw it in the other dredge yeah |
| 5130s | that's right |
| 5139s | also what's kind of i didn't really |
| 5141s | overly think about until now |
| 5143s | is gabby needs to find the cars |
| 5147s | and if he doesn't |
| 5149s | he can just let fatigue do the work |
| 5151s | right gabby's got one card left |
| 5155s | and there is the kazakhstan drawn the |
| 5157s | turn after the mutants |
| 5159s | and now gabby is just gonna play go fish |
| 5164s | there it is immediately the kazakhstan |
| 5166s | picked up snap pick |
| 5169s | no second one okay that's your drake go |
| 5172s | draws a cup |
| 5173s | yeah yeah i mean |
| 5174s | although i probably said it in a silly |
| 5176s | way it's kind of important right we |
| 5177s | talked about how important card draw is |
| 5179s | for warrior playing cards because it's |
| 5180s | not as powerful as the likes of druids |
| 5183s | so yeah i'll take it |
| 5196s | feel weird that kazakhstan got nerfed |
| 5198s | and we've seen it like |
| 5200s | we've seen like five you've seen it |
| 5202s | every day in like |
| 5204s | in less than a series of hearthstone yep |
| 5208s | i've decided i thought how many have we |
| 5209s | seen |
| 5214s | i mean that's the weird dynamic right is |
| 5216s | that taking it away from druid to be |
| 5219s | able to do it on like turn six turn |
| 5221s | seven turn eight really consistently has |
| 5223s | then opened it up to be allowed to be |
| 5226s | used in slower decks who are actually |
| 5228s | kind of using it for the intended win |
| 5230s | condition as a late game finisher right |
| 5231s | which is what we're now seeing with a |
| 5233s | lot of control warrior coming out |
| 5252s | gabby has expended all of his uh cheap |
| 5255s | dredged cards this game however which |
| 5257s | means that he is going to have to spend |
| 5259s | some turns dealing with the board state |
| 5261s | he can really just freely play a |
| 5264s | kazakhstan and you know throw out shield |
| 5266s | slams or whatever else whatever other |
| 5268s | discounted cards come alongside that |
| 5269s | from the dredges |
| 5271s | uh but fairly soon meaty is going to run |
| 5274s | out of ways to generate new threats |
| 5276s | although |
| 5277s | that amalgam of the deep might go some |
| 5279s | way to answering this question okay |
| 5282s | okay |
| 5283s | second kazakhstan on the other side |
| 5286s | official request here we need a kaz |
| 5288s | counter |
| 5289s | on the overlay |
| 5291s | just to see how many we actually see in |
| 5292s | one series of pasta |
| 5296s | especially when you consider two of the |
| 5298s | decks we've seen don't run it |
| 5300s | i still feel like we've seen a hundred |
| 5302s | yep that's a good point |
| 5307s | meaty doing a good job and this is like |
| 5309s | back to basics hearthstone to an extent |
| 5311s | where you know your opponent wants to |
| 5313s | play cars |
| 5314s | so put as a threatening board as |
| 5317s | possible down every single turn to make |
| 5319s | them you know they are going to play at |
| 5321s | some point but to just punish them as |
| 5323s | much as possible for it right |
| 5339s | a clockwork was picked up only at 12 12 |
| 5341s | but still |
| 5342s | reasonable amount jars as well so gabby |
| 5345s | going there full value town right now |
| 5348s | isn't he in terms of just how much |
| 5349s | pressure he can put on how sticky can |
| 5351s | make the board as well my back's against |
| 5353s | the wall |
| 5356s | jill blocked first meaty trying to uh |
| 5358s | get as many resources as he can again |
| 5360s | picking up those tradables that we saw |
| 5362s | in the previous game was offered embers |
| 5364s | off the first |
| 5365s | wax rager off the second which we've |
| 5367s | already seen kind of the double-edged |
| 5369s | sword of wax rager when you are |
| 5370s | specifically playing against warrior |
| 5372s | regardless of whether you are a warrior |
| 5374s | yourself |
| 5375s | so in that note do you like puzzle box |
| 5377s | here is like a attack against the likes |
| 5380s | of jars wax rager and agent reflections |
| 5384s | yeah it's a little weird if you have |
| 5386s | already picked the wax rager right but |
| 5389s | um because you are probably looking for |
| 5390s | wax rage ancient reflections because you |
| 5392s | are in that warrior match up but |
| 5394s | certainly puzzle box is a useful tech |
| 5396s | card to have in the kazakhstan wars |
| 5407s | it's also a a small argument for meaty |
| 5410s | to play more |
| 5412s | defensive options because he has a |
| 5415s | second cousin hand right like he will |
| 5417s | win the longer game |
| 5419s | so as long as he doesn't die he will |
| 5421s | just factor in a whole extra 10 cards |
| 5424s | yes i do think that like unless you're |
| 5427s | specifically hitting wand |
| 5429s | the other defensive options do just lose |
| 5432s | over time to the offensive options on |
| 5434s | the other side right like wand is the |
| 5436s | only one that really competes with how |
| 5438s | good the offensive cards are yeah um and |
| 5440s | even then if the offensive cards being |
| 5442s | chosen are just embers of ragnaros a |
| 5444s | bunch of times then you don't really |
| 5446s | have that much weight to play around |
| 5448s | that apart from making boards of your |
| 5449s | own um so quite often making boards with |
| 5452s | the kazakhstan cards is even more |
| 5454s | defensive than taking removals in |
| 5456s | positions like this so i do just tend to |
| 5458s | go um in most situations for just the uh |
| 5461s | the the best impactful tempo cards that |
| 5464s | you can off kazakusam most of the time |
| 5466s | but picking up a couple of answers is |
| 5467s | always going to be useful to throw in |
| 5468s | there as well |
| 5470s | clockwork assistant a pirate because |
| 5472s | that could be important right now |
| 5476s | i'm going to go with no on that one |
| 5478s | well people have been more surprised at |
| 5480s | certain cards being pirates so true |
| 5492s | look at the amount of damage meat he can |
| 5494s | then push here right he has the other |
| 5496s | and nixon drake to effectively shield |
| 5499s | slam through the 2 6 if he wants to |
| 5503s | or now he can just make clean trades and |
| 5507s | this |
| 5517s | it's still like the just the slam |
| 5525s | clam push 17 19 with the hero power |
| 5537s | the problem with the puzzle box is if he |
| 5539s | wants to remove the pirate game from |
| 5541s | gabby he also removes his ability to |
| 5544s | attack this turn yeah it's a big deal |
| 5546s | seems like a big waste i'd rather let my |
| 5549s | opponent have pirates honestly |
| 5550s | particularly when you have the embers in |
| 5552s | hand to back that up as well yeah |
| 5556s | i did pick the weapon as well that's |
| 5558s | kind of what i was looking at when i was |
| 5559s | asking you about defensive options being |
| 5561s | more okay for me like the weapon you |
| 5564s | know like swing four times over the |
| 5566s | course of this game to insta kill seems |
| 5568s | pretty strong as well |
| 5570s | also this play is not bad because like |
| 5573s | it beat the smite pirate turn well meaty |
| 5576s | has two taunts on the board now right |
| 5578s | which is very very strong as well |
| 5587s | one for me |
| 5589s | gabby did get the clockwork reflections |
| 5591s | as well it's a big deal |
| 5602s | clockwork reflections as if it was a |
| 5604s | single card then |
| 5605s | feels like it when i play against it |
| 5608s | where there's one there is the other |
| 5617s | went fishing with the south sea |
| 5618s | obviously that is another huge utility |
| 5620s | we uh we went through a meta where it |
| 5622s | was controlled priests smashing into |
| 5625s | each other with southeast councils at |
| 5626s | one point |
| 5627s | where there was various wing conditions |
| 5629s | that could be stolen back and forth in |
| 5630s | this case we talked about the ability to |
| 5632s | find a mutinous find a kazakhstan from |
| 5634s | your opponent using that card when you |
| 5636s | discover it but in this case it is just |
| 5638s | a matter |
| 5640s | of uh |
| 5641s | picking up extra kazakhstan treasures |
| 5643s | from the opponent's deck instead but |
| 5645s | gabby here dumping this ancient |
| 5647s | reflections canopic jars as quickly as |
| 5649s | he can here using this ability of |
| 5651s | rushing minions |
| 5653s | to immediately generate a huge board |
| 5656s | stay here try and be as oppressive as |
| 5657s | possible to the opponent |
| 5660s | and more value with the sarah cards |
| 5664s | other than that lackluster at best |
| 5672s | he just has 20 right now right |
| 5675s | yeah 20 showing just gonna play embers |
| 5680s | [Applause] |
| 5682s | he has double shield chatter as well to |
| 5683s | go with it right oh yeah he's got the |
| 5685s | second one yeah yeah okay so this is |
| 5687s | extremely likely to uh to work here |
| 5690s | plenty of armor keeping those at zero |
| 5693s | mana and just like that meaty takes game |
| 5696s | number three goes up to a 2-1 lead |
| 5698s | meaning he only needs one more victory |
| 5700s | to get off to the best possible start |
| 5703s | because i'll tell you right now if |
| 5705s | there's someone i would want to beat in |
| 5706s | early rounds of swiss it would probably |
| 5708s | be gabby i will take that as a round one |
| 5711s | win |
| 5712s | yeah not the player that you perhaps |
| 5713s | want to see that you're facing in round |
| 5716s | one of swiss but certainly a player that |
| 5718s | you would like to take the scalp of if |
| 5719s | you are uh thrown up against them early |
| 5722s | on uh yeah really strong performance |
| 5724s | yeah again from meaty he looks very very |
| 5726s | comfortable with the control warrior |
| 5729s | which you know might seem a little bit |
| 5730s | strange to say because he's gone |
| 5731s | one-on-one with the deck in this series |
| 5733s | so far um but even in the previous match |
| 5735s | up against druid i think the plans that |
| 5737s | he had the way he had things set up it |
| 5739s | kind of it gave him good odds of putting |
| 5741s | himself in a good position it's just the |
| 5743s | cards ran against him a little bit which |
| 5745s | hey it's card games that happens |
| 5746s | sometimes but i think you can see |
| 5747s | consistently he has very clean very |
| 5750s | strong game plans on how to execute win |
| 5753s | conditions in certain matchups and quite |
| 5754s | honestly a lot of the time the answer to |
| 5756s | that question is one certain fishy boy |
| 5761s | yeah and that's just fair right i think |
| 5763s | like again when you watch it he he |
| 5765s | clearly looks like he knows how he wants |
| 5767s | to win the games and he goes for it it |
| 5769s | does mean his last deck is going to be |
| 5771s | that demon hunter and this |
| 5773s | is the place you don't want to be in if |
| 5775s | you gabby i think or at least for me uh |
| 5777s | like you need to win your next two games |
| 5780s | against what i think is just simply the |
| 5782s | best deck in the game right now and i |
| 5784s | don't even mean it does the most |
| 5786s | singular powerful thing but i just think |
| 5788s | it's the best deck against every other |
| 5790s | deck in the game right if you just look |
| 5792s | at the whole spread i think the most |
| 5794s | likely to win is well |
| 5797s | well before we get carried away |
| 5800s | if you're gonna make statements |
| 5802s | if you're going to make statements like |
| 5804s | that raven |
| 5805s | we do have to point out obviously one of |
| 5807s | the remaining decks for gabby is the |
| 5809s | control warrior right which when you say |
| 5812s | when you |
| 5813s | when you say demon hunter is the best |
| 5815s | deck against every deck in the game i |
| 5818s | think asterisk except control warrior |
| 5820s | has to be thrown in there because i |
| 5822s | think a large part of why control |
| 5824s | warrior even started existing in large |
| 5827s | numbers in this meta game is because |
| 5829s | people needed to find an answer to these |
| 5831s | aggro demon hunter variants that were |
| 5832s | popping up left right and center so |
| 5835s | yes i agree with you if you give me any |
| 5837s | series of hearthstone and the only and |
| 5838s | you say you're in a position and the |
| 5840s | only deck you have to win with in this |
| 5841s | meta game is naga demon hunter i will |
| 5843s | bite your hand off but i do think this |
| 5846s | series is closer to 2-2 than it looks on |
| 5849s | the surface because of the control |
| 5850s | warrior remaining on the other side we |
| 5852s | are going to see gabby cue that warrior |
| 5854s | to try and even up the series first and |
| 5857s | then of course he will have uh what does |
| 5859s | he have left is his priest yes it's his |
| 5862s | priestess oh no he's hunter sorry his |
| 5864s | priest was banned apologies |
| 5866s | oh that's right the hunter lost to the |
| 5867s | priest yes that was it yeah i was |
| 5869s | getting confused as to who played |
| 5871s | priests because that's what we've |
| 5872s | already spoken about this subtle but the |
| 5873s | druid ban on one side and the priest ban |
| 5876s | on the other is pretty interesting too |
| 5877s | right we're already seeing a you know a |
| 5879s | few of these bands sprinkled around this |
| 5881s | early |
| 5887s | look at the opening those are |
| 5890s | i think that's the strongest |
| 5894s | uh thing about this demon on the deck is |
| 5896s | it feels very difficult to have a bad |
| 5899s | hand at any point of any game at least |
| 5902s | from my experience like that the deck |
| 5904s | feels so well like streamlined and |
| 5907s | optimized that just every single draw |
| 5910s | just feels like yeah this is good great |
| 5911s | okay perfect if it's not for this turn |
| 5913s | it's going to be great next turn and so |
| 5915s | on like obviously the dex curve is very |
| 5917s | low in general which helps with that of |
| 5919s | course but |
| 5920s | just this this how powerful each card is |
| 5922s | and how well they actually mesh together |
| 5925s | means almost no matter what your board |
| 5927s | state looks like your drawers aren't |
| 5928s | going to just help oh |
| 5930s | oh no i'm going to have to deal with |
| 5932s | smug raven aren't i no |
| 5935s | i'm a disaster |
| 5939s | uh yeah the meaty just going all the way |
| 5942s | in here with uh battleborn vanguard |
| 5943s | straight away um obviously this is a |
| 5946s | card that can be punished very heavily |
| 5948s | by the card ranker coming out from |
| 5950s | warrior which is only a single copy in |
| 5952s | gabby's version of the deck but |
| 5954s | usually if the ranker isn't there there |
| 5956s | is a weapon there's a shield chatter |
| 5958s | there is some way of being able to pick |
| 5961s | apart these early boards generally the |
| 5964s | warriors opening hand is not exactly six |
| 5967s | minions which is what gabby has |
| 5968s | unfortunately been faced with |
| 5970s | interestingly enough |
| 5972s | these choices are kind of weird right |
| 5973s | from the nagalang the um |
| 5976s | and the cannons looks fine right but |
| 5979s | then is men the cannons good enough |
| 5982s | or is this a i need to activate a frozen |
| 5985s | buckler and then |
| 5987s | draw shield chatter next turn you know |
| 5989s | like that kind of plan |
| 5991s | yeah i can see it a bit of a difficult |
| 5993s | call |
| 5998s | speaking of difficult i think that's the |
| 6000s | category we filed this turn under now |
| 6002s | for meaty |
| 6004s | he wants to play drekthar for example he |
| 6007s | has to take a bunch of trades into the |
| 6009s | 5-4 which he can't afford to do it's |
| 6010s | essentially just a bunch of 1-1 token |
| 6012s | minions that he got for free anyway |
| 6014s | however in doing so i think you would |
| 6016s | perhaps feel like you are over |
| 6018s | committing into a shield shatter combo |
| 6020s | or a brawl and so i kind of like where |
| 6022s | meaty's head's at right now he's like |
| 6023s | okay you have one rancor in your deck |
| 6025s | you didn't play it on curve therefore |
| 6027s | i'm going to assume that you didn't have |
| 6028s | it so i'm gonna keep pressuring you with |
| 6031s | my one drop and my two drop and not play |
| 6034s | anything else for the rest of the game |
| 6036s | and that's going to be enough because |
| 6037s | that's just how good my cards are |
| 6040s | it'd pick man the cannon so he does get |
| 6042s | to clear up a a good chunk of this but |
| 6045s | without rancor because one of the other |
| 6047s | problems now is if direct tha comes down |
| 6050s | it's no it's nowhere near as powerful a |
| 6053s | potential response from gabby right |
| 6055s | because |
| 6056s | it's likely the minions are a little bit |
| 6058s | bigger unless the other two two comes |
| 6060s | down of |
| 6063s | fist course well |
| 6066s | take one more idiot right now |
| 6074s | sorry do air horns go off when papa fish |
| 6076s | does the damage |
| 6084s | oh shield shatter being drawn far too |
| 6086s | late and in a blink of an eye me to get |
| 6089s | to the victory i think nearly flies out |
| 6091s | of his chair to see if there's anyone to |
| 6093s | celebrate with behind him hey hey stop |
| 6095s | the washing up i won come on let's go |
| 6097s | let's party did you see did you see |
| 6100s | um but now congratulations to me too i |
| 6102s | was doing household chores i was doing |
| 6105s | serious things while you were playing |
| 6107s | cards all right come on |
| 6110s | but yeah it was a win with the demon |
| 6111s | hunter just like i said it would be |
| 6113s | subtle does have to deal with smug raven |
| 6115s | and that's just the way it is uh but |
| 6117s | yeah |
| 6118s | seriously |
| 6119s | tough one for gabby and maybe this one |
| 6122s | game is reflecting my experience with iq |
| 6125s | control warrior when i just don't draw |
| 6127s | the removal and get laughed at by my |
| 6129s | opponent |
| 6130s | but still meaty off to a great start so |
| 6134s | far in round one of swiss getting a |
| 6136s | victory uh not only that but getting a |
| 6138s | victory over gabby great way to start |
| 6140s | the day for him and i think he's going |
| 6142s | to be pretty happy with this |
| 6144s | yeah and obviously we're having our fun |
| 6145s | with it at the end of the series but you |
| 6147s | can see how frustrated gabby is and just |
| 6149s | to contextualize the reasons for that of |
| 6151s | course like he is a masters tour winner |
| 6154s | you would feel like he kind of feels |
| 6155s | like job done in terms of the program |
| 6158s | and seasonal championships or whatever |
| 6159s | but there is still grand master's last |
| 6162s | call to play for and gabby had a |
| 6164s | disappointing final season in grand |
| 6166s | masters and that's the standards he sets |
| 6168s | for himself where if he falls short in |
| 6170s | anything he then immediately feels the |
| 6172s | need to compensate for that so he needs |
| 6174s | a good performance in this masters tour |
| 6177s | to back up his even his previous victory |
| 6180s | just to be able to secure that potential |
| 6182s | position back into grand master's last |
| 6184s | call later in the year so you can see |
| 6185s | still even with everything he's achieved |
| 6187s | at such a young age everything that he |
| 6189s | has going for him how much it still |
| 6191s | means just to lose one series in round |
| 6194s | one on the opening day of a swiss in a |
| 6197s | tournament that's why gabby's gabby |
| 6200s | because he cares that much yeah and i |
| 6202s | think you mentioned it and i think it's |
| 6204s | a big deal that it's probably a surprise |
| 6206s | to many if you've not been keeping up |
| 6208s | or i've just forgotten about who's |
| 6210s | qualified to last call gabby is not one |
| 6213s | of those players which is it you know |
| 6215s | you would say if you ask me at the start |
| 6216s | of the year oh who makes last call gabby |
| 6219s | would be on that list just instantly for |
| 6220s | i think many many people but he didn't |
| 6223s | make it as you said didn't have a great |
| 6224s | season and i paid for it so he is on his |
| 6227s | run to change the outcome of his fate |
| 6230s | for now at least but that was just our |
| 6232s | first match of the day in round one we |
| 6235s | are gonna check out some more matches |
| 6237s | from round one uh just until we are |
| 6239s | ready to move on but we're going to go |
| 6241s | to a quick break while we get those |
| 6242s | matches ready so don't go anywhere and |
| 6244s | we'll be right back with some more |
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| 6444s | hello everybody welcome back to masters |
| 6445s | tour voyage to the sunken city my name |
| 6448s | is tj i'm joined by neil larinda bond |
| 6451s | excuse me and uh we're not having that |
| 6453s | carry on |
| 6457s | itself out it's broken |
| 6459s | live on air everyone |
| 6461s | i didn't know oh my goodness stop it |
| 6465s | wrong way neil the wrong way |
| 6468s | there we go |
| 6469s | it's actually broken is that better it's |
| 6471s | better we'll leave it |
| 6473s | it's just |
| 6474s | don't play |
| 6476s | i'm tj that's neil |
| 6479s | and uh we have some more round one |
| 6482s | action uh coming at you here third |
| 6484s | mattress tour of the year we're actually |
| 6486s | going to jump into |
| 6488s | um |
| 6489s | the beginning of a match |
| 6491s | this match still could be in progress |
| 6494s | it's still part of round one it's going |
| 6495s | to be between high three and |
| 6497s | mcbanterface |
| 6500s | two players that if you've been tuning |
| 6501s | into any mixture of mattress tours and |
| 6503s | grandmasters |
| 6504s | you should know |
| 6505s | yep high three uh made a fairly flying |
| 6508s | visit to grand masters to be fair uh |
| 6510s | came in and out of the system but very |
| 6512s | much deserved at the time i'm at banter |
| 6514s | he's just went straight into the system |
| 6516s | and won |
| 6517s | immediately um his first season got |
| 6520s | himself to the world championships got |
| 6521s | that top four finish |
| 6523s | and impressed a lot of people along the |
| 6524s | way before and since so |
| 6527s | looking forward to see how he does in |
| 6528s | masters tours where to be fair he hasn't |
| 6530s | had particularly great results yet |
| 6534s | uh yeah that's right um and looking at |
| 6537s | the lineups as you just saw momentarily |
| 6540s | on your screen pretty similar |
| 6542s | uh we have uh you know a couple of |
| 6544s | mirror decks a mirrored class and druid |
| 6547s | and then the the big place where they |
| 6549s | differ is uh in sort of that fourth deck |
| 6552s | where high threes decided to bring the |
| 6553s | pirate rogue |
| 6555s | uh and uh mcbannerface has decided to |
| 6557s | bring that control war here so |
| 6560s | um their druids differ slightly well not |
| 6563s | slightly |
| 6564s | uh their druids differ a good amount |
| 6567s | with high the three playing uh celestial |
| 6569s | druid and i'm a barefoot face playing |
| 6572s | more of the traditional ram druid |
| 6575s | but |
| 6576s | it looks like we're going to be seeing a |
| 6578s | quest hunter mirror to start things off |
| 6584s | yeah and these are the decks that i was |
| 6585s | really expecting |
| 6587s | um to see the rogue i thought we'd see |
| 6589s | more of that doesn't seem to be that |
| 6590s | much when i flipped through twitter this |
| 6592s | morning |
| 6593s | um the hunter as well and obviously the |
| 6595s | demon hunt on the other side because |
| 6597s | this warrior |
| 6598s | is going to be incredibly strong in this |
| 6600s | tournament in my opinion due to the |
| 6601s | prominence of demon hunter |
| 6603s | but |
| 6604s | it's also quite good against a lot of |
| 6606s | the outsider decks it wipes out a lot of |
| 6608s | the |
| 6609s | sort of mediocre |
| 6611s | decks that you might bring to target |
| 6612s | things and what play testing groups were |
| 6614s | finding at least the ones i hung around |
| 6615s | with |
| 6616s | were that it was really difficult to |
| 6618s | find a target something lineup which |
| 6622s | means if you're going to target warrior |
| 6624s | for instance you really don't have that |
| 6626s | option to have four decks at it um so |
| 6628s | you sort of bring a mixture of stuff |
| 6631s | and we've ended up with a mixture of |
| 6632s | stuff here just the good stuff and i |
| 6634s | think we're gonna see the good stuff all |
| 6635s | day but high three is going to try that |
| 6638s | rogue out see how that goes for him |
| 6641s | yeah i |
| 6644s | think it's a little bit too early you |
| 6646s | know we're in round one um |
| 6648s | i haven't had a chance to look through |
| 6651s | all |
| 6653s | thousand plus decks |
| 6655s | so we'll start to see which decks are |
| 6657s | kind of uh |
| 6658s | breaking out and having good |
| 6659s | performances you know going into |
| 6662s | uh day two i think we can all you know |
| 6665s | take a guess right with uh demonstrator |
| 6667s | druid warrior uh maybe some hunter |
| 6670s | thrown in there being those top classes |
| 6673s | but i do think that rogue has the |
| 6674s | potential to perform pretty well even |
| 6676s | though not that many players are |
| 6677s | bringing it |
| 6678s | um but |
| 6679s | we are going to see the quest hunter |
| 6680s | mirror as i said starting things off |
| 6682s | maybe on her face |
| 6683s | uh these players do differ a little bit |
| 6685s | in their uh choices uh we see like |
| 6688s | double doggie biscuit |
| 6689s | uh in the list for high three |
| 6692s | um as well as a like a harpoon gun |
| 6697s | um whereas maybe interface |
| 6699s | has uh one copy of uh the candle shot |
| 6703s | and |
| 6705s | it's like three four cards different uh |
| 6708s | not that big of a deal um |
| 6711s | but this matchup is |
| 6713s | uh tends to get very snowbally where the |
| 6715s | first player to finish that quest just |
| 6716s | has a huge leg up |
| 6719s | yeah i think that the doggie biscuit's |
| 6721s | really interesting it wasn't in many |
| 6723s | decks then it was in then it was out |
| 6724s | then it was in |
| 6725s | and really whether you bring it or not |
| 6727s | is totally dependent on what you think |
| 6729s | you're going to be up against if you |
| 6731s | think you're going to be up against the |
| 6732s | the slower decks then it's very nice you |
| 6734s | actually get to use it sometimes |
| 6736s | but losing that candle shot means that |
| 6739s | your minion removal is affected more |
| 6742s | substantially than you might think the |
| 6743s | extra one damage from the candle shot |
| 6745s | quite often enables you to |
| 6748s | you get exact kills get heroic kills on |
| 6750s | the |
| 6752s | other minions so that makes a huge |
| 6754s | difference |
| 6756s | uh which means that the players who |
| 6757s | bring that weren't expecting the |
| 6759s | aggressive decks is how i would read it |
| 6761s | and again with high three bringing the |
| 6763s | rogue in his lineup that kind of is |
| 6765s | another nod towards that's what he was |
| 6766s | trying to get up against |
| 6768s | yeah |
| 6770s | and ho if ever doggie biscuited a |
| 6773s | treasure guard you're missing out on |
| 6776s | a lot of things |
| 6777s | in life |
| 6781s | yeah three damage and uh that thing's |
| 6783s | not going anywhere and if it does go |
| 6785s | anywhere hey you get a card out of it |
| 6786s | right uh just makes sense |
| 6789s | um but both players |
| 6791s | just i i mean this is how the matchup |
| 6793s | goes right like |
| 6795s | sometimes it feels like you don't even |
| 6797s | want to play minions until you have to |
| 6799s | um just because you give your opponent |
| 6802s | more ways to |
| 6804s | progress their quest in this situation |
| 6807s | mcbainerface doesn't really have |
| 6808s | anything else to do he could just aim |
| 6810s | shot but |
| 6811s | i think getting the treasure guard out |
| 6812s | there getting more stuff in his hand |
| 6814s | problem with the treasure guard is i3 |
| 6816s | doesn't need to kill it he doesn't even |
| 6818s | need to acknowledge it he can use it to |
| 6820s | uh |
| 6821s | you know get spells that can't be |
| 6823s | directly targeted to face and get quest |
| 6826s | progress but it's only hidden for one a |
| 6828s | turn mcbanner face doesn't play doggy |
| 6829s | biscuits so it's not gonna really be |
| 6832s | that much pressure on him |
| 6835s | but he will i mean he should it doesn't |
| 6837s | like he will be but he should be always |
| 6839s | slightly behind by virtue of going |
| 6841s | second which a very big deal in this |
| 6843s | matchup quite often is the case in |
| 6844s | mirror matchups of course |
| 6846s | and so especially when the quest |
| 6848s | completion is so important for |
| 6851s | often the final part of the kill you |
| 6853s | don't always have to complete |
| 6855s | to to win the game of course you can |
| 6857s | just keep fighting away |
| 6859s | which is what they're doing right now |
| 6862s | and we're about to face the moment |
| 6863s | nowhere for that piercing shot to go |
| 6865s | that he's just picked up so |
| 6867s | could end up being a dead card he had |
| 6868s | his whole hand could end up being really |
| 6870s | awkward he's got no targets at all for |
| 6872s | any of those cards |
| 6874s | yeah um |
| 6876s | it's pretty awkward and going back to |
| 6877s | the coin versus not coin situation um |
| 6880s | sometimes |
| 6881s | in this matchup in particular |
| 6883s | because tempo isn't really that big of a |
| 6885s | deal |
| 6887s | like the extra card can be incredibly |
| 6889s | useful because that's one extra spell |
| 6891s | that you could potentially have to |
| 6893s | progress the quest |
| 6894s | um and you know if you're just going for |
| 6897s | as fast quest completion as possible you |
| 6899s | don't have to be concerned with the |
| 6901s | board |
| 6902s | then |
| 6903s | being able to have enough spells that |
| 6906s | deal damage in order to complete the |
| 6907s | quest oftentimes is uh even better and |
| 6909s | uh now high three is going to be able to |
| 6911s | complete it |
| 6912s | so it will give mcvaynerface a target |
| 6914s | for these things but i thought he's |
| 6916s | going to be able to start weaving in |
| 6917s | here powers oh drexar is uh quite a good |
| 6921s | pickup because now this |
| 6922s | uh high three is only only 11 health he |
| 6925s | can't really afford to play tavis here |
| 6927s | because |
| 6928s | he'll just die on the backswing |
| 6930s | yeah gonna have to clear these up and |
| 6932s | try and set up lethal in the process |
| 6935s | um |
| 6937s | yeah the piercing shot now has a target |
| 6938s | so he can't take some sort of risk and |
| 6940s | just kill one minion and hope to get |
| 6942s | away with it uh he must know that |
| 6944s | banterface's hand is a little bit clunky |
| 6946s | from the way that he's been floating |
| 6947s | mana but |
| 6948s | really needs to clear as much of this as |
| 6950s | he dares take a risk on whatever key |
| 6952s | number he thinks is um |
| 6954s | most likely to be safe sort of six or |
| 6956s | something |
| 6957s | and maybe leave up some minions and hope |
| 6958s | for the best |
| 6960s | yeah |
| 6962s | so rajashan is probably |
| 6966s | the kill target i think this hero power |
| 6968s | is buffed by aim shot |
| 6970s | as well so he can clear off director |
| 6974s | so he can yeah this is this is the |
| 6976s | sensible play |
| 6978s | yep |
| 6979s | these six is a key number which could be |
| 6981s | awkward to do in some worlds |
| 6994s | oh this is one of those worlds |
| 7003s | he's got three to face put some high |
| 7005s | three down to eight and he's got another |
| 7007s | two for the piercing shot puts into six |
| 7009s | and he's got the hero power puts him to |
| 7011s | four |
| 7012s | in his four |
| 7019s | that ain't it |
| 7022s | no it's not |
| 7025s | uh |
| 7027s | yeah because barb nets is not going to |
| 7028s | be active |
| 7034s | i wonder |
| 7036s | if |
| 7037s | barbara nuts was active he could target |
| 7039s | minion target face and then piercing |
| 7040s | shot minion and that'd be the four |
| 7041s | damage that you'd need got it got it |
| 7046s | um |
| 7047s | do you have a meeting |
| 7049s | dragon ball shot shoot his own minion or |
| 7051s | something to get more cars i don't think |
| 7053s | that works |
| 7059s | it's |
| 7059s | just |
| 7060s | piercing shot hero power and then |
| 7063s | probably just under use the dragon |
| 7064s | league shot since you're so close yep |
| 7067s | and then just hope and high three needs |
| 7069s | a spell that costs one or |
| 7074s | something that deals |
| 7076s | like a quick shot somebody deals three |
| 7077s | different yeah |
| 7080s | which is j it's just quick shot |
| 7085s | okay oh it's the same shot |
| 7088s | that works as well yeah |
| 7091s | that'll be seven all right high three |
| 7093s | takes the quest hunter mirror |
| 7095s | and uh no quest means even played and |
| 7098s | sometimes the match-up just works out |
| 7100s | like that |
| 7101s | um usually you're you're playing in |
| 7104s | quest center mirrors you're playing |
| 7105s | tavish on |
| 7106s | like the turn you're killing your |
| 7108s | opponent or you know the turn right |
| 7110s | before you're killing your opponent or |
| 7112s | in cases like that you know you just |
| 7113s | draw the direct damage in your deck you |
| 7115s | don't even need to play it at all so |
| 7116s | yeah |
| 7118s | they both did a good job there of making |
| 7120s | sure the opponent had the |
| 7122s | the exact problem to go one more turn uh |
| 7125s | which is what it's all about it doesn't |
| 7126s | matter if you overkill your opponent of |
| 7127s | course just try to force them to have to |
| 7129s | take one extra turn to kill you and they |
| 7131s | both managed to make that go further |
| 7133s | but in the end high three was the one |
| 7135s | who had the the best of it obviously |
| 7137s | mcmahon to face stuck there with that |
| 7138s | hand you see there of all the four drops |
| 7140s | which |
| 7141s | in the mirror where you've got no |
| 7142s | targets sometimes it's very very |
| 7144s | difficult and just falling short on that |
| 7147s | tracking |
| 7148s | yep |
| 7151s | but now we're gonna move on to game two |
| 7154s | uh |
| 7155s | taking a look at the vans it looks like |
| 7158s | uh it was |
| 7161s | drew a demon hunter band away |
| 7164s | um |
| 7167s | with the demon hunter being banned away |
| 7169s | from mcbannerface and druid being banned |
| 7172s | away from high three |
| 7174s | um so high three still has access to |
| 7176s | demon hunter and the pirate rogue uh |
| 7178s | demon hunter obviously just in |
| 7180s | incredibly strong obviously banner faces |
| 7182s | accounted for it has brought the warrior |
| 7184s | but we saw in the first series of the |
| 7186s | day |
| 7188s | yeah sometimes it doesn't even matter |
| 7192s | and here is that demon hunter the the |
| 7194s | terror of the ladder particularly |
| 7196s | straight after oh straight before the |
| 7198s | nerfs um still probably the strongest |
| 7201s | deck in the game but does have some big |
| 7203s | weaknesses warrior being one of them uh |
| 7206s | always looking to see which weapon |
| 7207s | they've chosen to go with |
| 7210s | gone for one bone glaive |
| 7213s | yep so |
| 7215s | a little bit more minion heavy in that |
| 7216s | regard |
| 7217s | and you just just |
| 7219s | it's just a lot of damage |
| 7221s | just like a reaper |
| 7225s | who cares about the dredge it's an |
| 7227s | arcana reaper |
| 7228s | the dread |
| 7230s | joking aside the dredge is really |
| 7232s | powerful on that bone glare because you |
| 7233s | play it with the intention of killing |
| 7235s | your opponent and quite often you just |
| 7237s | need to find a tiny bit more damage like |
| 7239s | something ridiculous like a puffer fist |
| 7240s | just to back it up on the second swing |
| 7244s | yeah but yeah it's still just an |
| 7245s | arcanite reaper it's still just |
| 7249s | and how can i reap her in a deck that |
| 7253s | didn't even need an arcanine reaper to |
| 7255s | be quite honest |
| 7257s | yeah they had no no problems dealing |
| 7259s | damage already |
| 7261s | um |
| 7262s | but |
| 7264s | uh my batter face uh didn't see what |
| 7267s | he's gonna he could just run back the |
| 7269s | same thing |
| 7271s | but if he expects demon hunters gonna be |
| 7274s | the next deck which it certainly is |
| 7276s | yup he's gonna switch to |
| 7278s | control |
| 7280s | warrior there it is yeah and this |
| 7283s | match-up in theory |
| 7285s | as we saw not in the first match of the |
| 7287s | day is really favorite for the warrior |
| 7290s | um the demon hunter sort of has to close |
| 7291s | their eyes and go for it they do have |
| 7293s | some other options they can |
| 7295s | just set up the swing |
| 7298s | much much later on for million damage |
| 7300s | um using their lady whatever she's |
| 7302s | called slino |
| 7304s | steno how do you say that i don't know |
| 7307s | um and that can do a lot of damage you |
| 7309s | can |
| 7310s | get the multi-strike in on a glaive and |
| 7313s | just do a lot of damage if the warrior |
| 7315s | ends up having to play a minion which |
| 7316s | they do at some point and you can just |
| 7318s | lethal them |
| 7319s | but yeah in general we saw how meaty |
| 7322s | went about it just play the minions hope |
| 7323s | there's no vancouver and shut your eyes |
| 7327s | yep |
| 7331s | oh curious to see what he keeps here for |
| 7333s | high three uh ladies there now seems |
| 7335s | like an auto keep director seems like an |
| 7337s | auto keep |
| 7338s | how do you want to use the other two |
| 7340s | cards |
| 7349s | ah well you definitely want cheaper |
| 7351s | stuff |
| 7354s | you want to look for battleborn vanguard |
| 7358s | the |
| 7359s | naga the |
| 7361s | slitherspear um |
| 7370s | like coin three into three here isn't |
| 7371s | that great just because |
| 7374s | there it's not a huge fault there we go |
| 7376s | that's good good good good |
| 7378s | yeah you want to go one two coin into |
| 7380s | four and then thano and start playing |
| 7382s | your spells is what i would like to do |
| 7384s | at least here i think |
| 7385s | yep |
| 7387s | also just looking at that lineup choice |
| 7389s | he has put the man kick in his deck one |
| 7390s | of the cards that floats in and out of |
| 7392s | this demon hunter and just once again |
| 7394s | highlighting the nod that he is |
| 7396s | expecting a control meta just that extra |
| 7399s | little bit of damage from the man cook |
| 7400s | there |
| 7401s | control plus druid when i say control |
| 7404s | yep |
| 7406s | the interface uh kept the shield shatter |
| 7409s | and uh from the depths so really now |
| 7412s | it's just looking for |
| 7414s | a way to gain armor |
| 7417s | uh |
| 7419s | these ain't it |
| 7420s | two men a brawl though quite good |
| 7424s | python were to go wide which uh we can |
| 7426s | see that |
| 7428s | he is going wide |
| 7429s | which is wide i think it's wider than |
| 7431s | this |
| 7432s | oh yeah |
| 7434s | this is as |
| 7435s | wide as it gets |
| 7436s | oh look how wide he is |
| 7442s | two mana ball what a card |
| 7445s | [Applause] |
| 7446s | okay |
| 7447s | puffer fist |
| 7448s | yeah |
| 7449s | pretty good |
| 7451s | maybe even the no not the best i could |
| 7453s | construct |
| 7454s | the best outcome but still get the man |
| 7456s | creek fit in the hero power push the |
| 7458s | extra damage with the puffer fist and uh |
| 7461s | arcanite reaper loaded up ready in hand |
| 7463s | curtrice |
| 7465s | ready to go as well hi |
| 7468s | you know those two cards he didn't want |
| 7469s | in his mulligan |
| 7470s | here they are |
| 7472s | they're back nobody |
| 7474s | get him a banter face in the face |
| 7477s | oh jeez |
| 7479s | can't just |
| 7480s | can't find any armor game |
| 7483s | if only i had an amalgam in my deck in |
| 7485s | my hand then i could play shiver their |
| 7487s | timbers |
| 7491s | yeah but then he wouldn't be doing |
| 7492s | anything else there's so many ways now |
| 7494s | um with a shield block coming back into |
| 7497s | uh |
| 7498s | corset um |
| 7501s | in the early game to actually activate |
| 7504s | the shield shatter or at least you know |
| 7506s | maybe not in shield blocks case since |
| 7508s | it's just five but |
| 7510s | bank the armor in order to do it |
| 7512s | yeah um because you have the frozen |
| 7514s | bucklers heavy plate and shield block |
| 7516s | and uh just pushing on everything |
| 7519s | uh |
| 7521s | i made the mistake the other day |
| 7523s | of comparing shield block to guff so you |
| 7525s | got three mana game five armor draw a |
| 7528s | card |
| 7529s | if a two more mana |
| 7531s | you get guff you get an extra manuka so |
| 7534s | you get that power for the rest of the |
| 7536s | game |
| 7540s | oh |
| 7541s | no |
| 7543s | bam oh no |
| 7546s | disaster |
| 7549s | is raven just god |
| 7555s | um chaos strike seems pretty good |
| 7557s | what does this stand |
| 7560s | yeah just |
| 7563s | oh god |
| 7565s | it hurts tj |
| 7568s | and i split garrison is actually dealing |
| 7571s | damage to make banner phases minions as |
| 7573s | well |
| 7573s | he's just dead |
| 7575s | all right let's see |
| 7577s | uh still has the discounts |
| 7582s | to keep in mind |
| 7584s | anything good |
| 7585s | anything good good okay all right well |
| 7590s | vancouver |
| 7591s | he's got the trade into the three seven |
| 7595s | yeah training three seven right just |
| 7597s | play it all literally do everything |
| 7602s | yeah this looks like a pretty good state |
| 7604s | of affairs right |
| 7606s | uh ah |
| 7608s | i mean you have no cards left |
| 7611s | any cards it's a card game dealing |
| 7613s | you're dealing one damage to your |
| 7615s | minions for the next two turns but you |
| 7617s | know he needs me |
| 7621s | get some armor kill some things |
| 7624s | i've got to hear him how to get more |
| 7625s | armor that's two a turn what could go |
| 7627s | wrong |
| 7628s | yeah maybe you don't even play the nixie |
| 7631s | and drake and amalgam |
| 7635s | uh because the mayor is going to die to |
| 7637s | i split garrison |
| 7639s | um |
| 7641s | but you |
| 7642s | uh okay |
| 7643s | i was gonna say but you also want to |
| 7645s | protect yourself from the five damage |
| 7648s | potentially more from the bone glaive so |
| 7651s | this is fine |
| 7654s | accepted won't be |
| 7658s | except here's some more stuff |
| 7666s | i love need for greed in this deck it |
| 7667s | looks so useless most of the time and |
| 7669s | then when it's good it's so good |
| 7672s | those are buckley |
| 7677s | oh |
| 7679s | oh dear |
| 7683s | all right well he's still there he can |
| 7685s | clear boards for a while i'm not sure |
| 7687s | what he's gonna do about getting on the |
| 7688s | board maybe draw nelly |
| 7691s | that's a good way of getting on the |
| 7692s | board |
| 7693s | yeah um |
| 7697s | yeah that's about it that's about it |
| 7705s | it's gonna |
| 7706s | play the amalgam |
| 7708s | not really anything that he could even |
| 7709s | use it on in the next turn unless he |
| 7712s | picks up |
| 7716s | uh |
| 7717s | another amalgam yeah the second |
| 7721s | nixian drake |
| 7722s | because like newton is |
| 7726s | onyxia can be played or they can but not |
| 7729s | with amalgam |
| 7733s | i3's main decision here is whether it's |
| 7734s | just make this a steno turn whether he |
| 7736s | wants to be even greedy with her |
| 7740s | the little awkward |
| 7743s | because of the amalgam in the way |
| 7747s | um |
| 7750s | to be quite honest with you |
| 7753s | i wouldn't even hate just |
| 7755s | slamming need for greed but i guess |
| 7757s | getting memes on the board for the hero |
| 7758s | power reset works as well |
| 7760s | yeah i like the idea of neither agreed |
| 7761s | for a second there too just to go for so |
| 7763s | much damage next turn but he's already |
| 7766s | got so much damage next turn to be fair |
| 7768s | three one drops multi-strike that'll do |
| 7776s | this |
| 7777s | shield slamming their opponents |
| 7783s | so the aggro deck has five cards in hand |
| 7785s | and the control deck has drawn extra |
| 7788s | cards |
| 7790s | for extra looks and is out of cards |
| 7797s | again perhaps raven was right all along |
| 7803s | how much damage is this it's not enough |
| 7807s | sure you just go in now first of all |
| 7808s | your opponent's actually got to draw a |
| 7809s | counter and secondly you'll still have |
| 7811s | cards in the hand at the end of it for |
| 7812s | high three but he's gonna be patient |
| 7813s | again |
| 7821s | like you mentioned just getting these |
| 7823s | minions on board for the |
| 7825s | the extra damages |
| 7827s | it's worthwhile |
| 7833s | lose some of this armor as well it's |
| 7834s | being this turn pretty much needs nelly |
| 7836s | right now or |
| 7838s | okay |
| 7842s | and i'm not counting it tj but that has |
| 7844s | to be lethal |
| 7846s | double fury multi strikes then oh |
| 7849s | yeah this is why you thought i'm telling |
| 7851s | you now i'm not counting it i just know |
| 7855s | oh you you think got the predation as |
| 7857s | well yeah yeah i've i got this right |
| 7860s | hey i predict mick paladin's gonna do |
| 7862s | one of this tournament let's see how |
| 7863s | that one goes |
| 7865s | there is no measure too much how much |
| 7868s | damage is this |
| 7871s | so much |
| 7872s | [Applause] |
| 7876s | it's a little bit over lethal just a |
| 7878s | little bit over lethal just keep pushing |
| 7880s | that button |
| 7882s | just 10 damage |
| 7885s | all right |
| 7886s | high three up two zero now only deck |
| 7888s | remain remaining is the uh pirate rogue |
| 7892s | right um so we'll get to see the pirate |
| 7895s | rogue in action see if it's a deck that |
| 7897s | uh |
| 7900s | i don't know |
| 7901s | what's what's a good way to put this i |
| 7903s | was about to say it can stand the test |
| 7904s | of time but can do its job |
| 7908s | this is |
| 7910s | it's um |
| 7913s | from the testing i saw the vogue is |
| 7915s | mainly useful and it's got some uses |
| 7917s | it's not a terrible deck but the real |
| 7920s | reason to bring it is because of warrior |
| 7922s | and it doesn't even seem that great |
| 7924s | against warriors some of the time so |
| 7926s | this is definitely the iffy deck of the |
| 7928s | the match and the tournament for me i |
| 7931s | think that |
| 7932s | it's a decent deck i think it does its |
| 7933s | job okay |
| 7935s | but it's certainly a fourth deck if you |
| 7937s | bring it in every lineup you bring it in |
| 7940s | yeah they can have those games where it |
| 7942s | snowballs it can have the has have those |
| 7945s | games where you get like |
| 7947s | a sharon vessel into |
| 7951s | uh dredge and then mr smite the next |
| 7953s | turn on the |
| 7955s | the the two parts that spawn from the |
| 7957s | vessel |
| 7958s | um |
| 7960s | you can you can do some |
| 7963s | sneaky stuff against |
| 7965s | control decks with the hook tusk right |
| 7969s | yep |
| 7970s | um |
| 7971s | so there's |
| 7972s | there's a good amount of stuff it can do |
| 7974s | but it also has those hands where |
| 7977s | you know you have a mixture of like |
| 7979s | shadow steps and preps and amalgams and |
| 7983s | you're not really you're just playing |
| 7985s | out |
| 7987s | like average static minions on curve |
| 7989s | that are just getting killed |
| 7991s | and you never really reach that power |
| 7992s | spike |
| 7993s | so |
| 7995s | yeah if you're bored of like these just |
| 7996s | gets wiped out by a brawl or one of the |
| 7999s | many other ways that warrior in |
| 8001s | particular can just deal with that board |
| 8004s | it hurts like there's often not a |
| 8006s | comeback from it but if you just get to |
| 8007s | the curve you were talking about |
| 8009s | game can be over in a quick quick moment |
| 8012s | but it's not against the warrior it is |
| 8013s | against the |
| 8014s | hunter which is a matchup i know far |
| 8016s | less about but |
| 8018s | uh with the stealth involved i'd imagine |
| 8019s | that the hunter struggles a little bit |
| 8021s | in this |
| 8023s | um i don't know they can usually deal |
| 8025s | with the early early board states uh |
| 8027s | quite well and then initiate a race |
| 8029s | outside the mr smith there's not a lot |
| 8031s | of burst um |
| 8034s | but it's it's close |
| 8036s | at least from my experience i don't |
| 8037s | think we have enough data yet to |
| 8040s | oh that was that was definitely i would |
| 8042s | problem for people the data |
| 8044s | yeah i would say that quest hunters is |
| 8047s | is favored um |
| 8049s | but i don't think i wouldn't say it's by |
| 8051s | that much |
| 8054s | and face just keeping the lot |
| 8057s | double viper |
| 8058s | um figuring that maybe that's one of the |
| 8060s | ways that you're getting on board but |
| 8062s | also dealing with those pesky swordfish |
| 8064s | which |
| 8065s | is |
| 8066s | definitely reasonable to assume is going |
| 8068s | to be one of your problems in this game |
| 8081s | well |
| 8084s | i |
| 8085s | wouldn't mind a coin restaurant viper |
| 8087s | here |
| 8089s | just to get something on the board |
| 8092s | yo you've got another one um you're not |
| 8094s | winning in a hurry with this current |
| 8096s | hand are you it's not got the full |
| 8098s | quest completion vibe to it |
| 8101s | oh maybe he will save the coin for |
| 8102s | tavish |
| 8104s | yeah |
| 8106s | try and race that way |
| 8108s | sure |
| 8117s | well well well |
| 8120s | do you want to push damage or do you |
| 8121s | want to draw cards |
| 8124s | no no question |
| 8126s | this curve doesn't look terrible |
| 8133s | however pops |
| 8135s | yeah the courier also is just |
| 8139s | you know more stats |
| 8141s | more health harder to kill |
| 8146s | yeah five health is significant so |
| 8149s | also even though the curve doesn't look |
| 8150s | terrible when you actually look there i |
| 8152s | think it's pretty slow |
| 8154s | you're talking about three four five as |
| 8156s | well rather than putting two things down |
| 8157s | at once the hunter |
| 8160s | yeah i don't think damage gets there |
| 8161s | unless you go for slightly better cards |
| 8164s | and you've currently got that's a better |
| 8165s | card than he's currently got |
| 8175s | okay |
| 8180s | it'd be very interesting to see how this |
| 8182s | um choice not to play the viper on turn |
| 8184s | two works out from about to face |
| 8189s | oh yeah good point |
| 8195s | the deck still plays like uh |
| 8197s | you know |
| 8199s | treasure guard raja jean drekhthar |
| 8203s | but those are pretty expensive for what |
| 8206s | they do |
| 8207s | and |
| 8208s | you don't have a good way to just eat it |
| 8210s | up you would have to just throw damage |
| 8212s | in it to kill it |
| 8215s | um i think he chose spell which |
| 8218s | maybe he's banking on the coin being a |
| 8220s | big deal here banter face has chosen not |
| 8222s | to use it so what's he saving it for |
| 8225s | yeah |
| 8226s | their face also has to respect |
| 8228s | has to respect both though he wouldn't |
| 8230s | be playing the viper in this scenario |
| 8231s | anyway so |
| 8234s | um i guess you just start with the coin |
| 8237s | because you can't really kill it |
| 8242s | she'll play if you play the viper and |
| 8244s | then it gets counted |
| 8249s | yeah you you die |
| 8252s | play as you die i mean he does have the |
| 8254s | arcane shot and the nets at that point i |
| 8256s | guess |
| 8264s | toughy |
| 8266s | quickly |
| 8269s | yeah still no progress on the quest |
| 8275s | okay so really likes the coin |
| 8279s | yep |
| 8281s | it was spell |
| 8285s | and kind of see why he picked spell look |
| 8287s | how much |
| 8288s | banter faces have to put into this |
| 8290s | because of the extra spell needed just |
| 8292s | to get rid of it so much mana a whole |
| 8294s | turn just give it a one two six |
| 8296s | and not get any damage done progresses |
| 8299s | the quest but it's a little bit slow |
| 8302s | yep |
| 8303s | whoa |
| 8305s | okay |
| 8308s | draw two pirates if he wants it |
| 8312s | but he is sort of on a clock here so you |
| 8314s | do want to try to be a little bit more |
| 8316s | aggressive but |
| 8319s | i |
| 8321s | guess you could go puffer fist and |
| 8322s | attack and take the three |
| 8325s | and uh preserve the health on the |
| 8328s | courier |
| 8330s | doesn't seem terrible either |
| 8334s | yeah i think this time you've really got |
| 8336s | to look at getting on with doing some |
| 8338s | damage |
| 8339s | like last time i didn't mind trying to |
| 8341s | find you know something a bit smaller to |
| 8343s | do on this turn or on your six drop term |
| 8345s | maybe you have the chance to play two |
| 8346s | things |
| 8348s | uh but now i think you you don't have so |
| 8350s | much future planning you've got to get |
| 8352s | on with it |
| 8353s | go through play i think |
| 8364s | okay |
| 8371s | gonna have a lot of pirates |
| 8377s | cheap pirates oh yeah |
| 8383s | and then this is the play that make |
| 8385s | interface was |
| 8387s | that's just setting up for for most of |
| 8388s | the game as soon as he saw the tavish |
| 8393s | looks like improved explosive |
| 8396s | and |
| 8405s | yeah so you can't bank them in your hand |
| 8408s | right he wants this for smite but |
| 8410s | there's a minion on board already that |
| 8411s | isn't doing much |
| 8415s | [Music] |
| 8418s | okay |
| 8432s | no explosive for you |
| 8437s | testing for ice trap as well |
| 8444s | oh this has been a really slow |
| 8447s | game in the |
| 8448s | context of what they're up against you |
| 8450s | want both trying to hit each other as |
| 8452s | fast and hard as possible and |
| 8454s | the banter face has gone for this |
| 8455s | controlling option which is working for |
| 8457s | him so far but yeah as a result he's not |
| 8460s | gonna fight minions with minions |
| 8468s | and the order |
| 8469s | on tavish secrets is a little bit weird |
| 8472s | right |
| 8473s | it's like backwards of what it normally |
| 8474s | is |
| 8476s | that's why the explosive one off first |
| 8478s | even though it was chosen first we're |
| 8480s | usually the one that was chosen |
| 8483s | most recent |
| 8485s | is the one that goes off first maybe i'm |
| 8487s | mistaken but um you might be mistaken on |
| 8489s | that i always thought you thought that |
| 8490s | when you played first went off first but |
| 8492s | i think it may have gone through various |
| 8494s | iterations and bugs and various things i |
| 8496s | think it may change |
| 8501s | [Music] |
| 8507s | there's the candle shot instead of the |
| 8508s | dog you're basically gonna keep |
| 8509s | highlighting that these little choices |
| 8511s | the players are making their lineups |
| 8513s | indicating what sort of field they're |
| 8515s | expecting to be facing |
| 8517s | and the candle shots there for this sort |
| 8519s | of deck |
| 8522s | not looking particularly good right now |
| 8524s | though |
| 8525s | maybe interface is struggling to find |
| 8527s | ways to uh just keep the board under |
| 8530s | control |
| 8531s | um there is no dredge |
| 8535s | in the hand for high three so he can't |
| 8538s | go uh |
| 8540s | searching for the the vessel |
| 8543s | for the additional pirates |
| 8550s | you know okay he's gonna have smart |
| 8552s | shutter steps smite at some point if the |
| 8554s | game goes too long um |
| 8557s | but banter also now still hasn't |
| 8559s | completed |
| 8562s | all the quests right so |
| 8565s | yeah |
| 8567s | i think he's one one spell away from |
| 8570s | zero mana hero power i think socially |
| 8573s | the uh the game shot |
| 8576s | it was close |
| 8577s | we'll be able to get it with the mark |
| 8578s | shot next turn but |
| 8581s | you know we're still a ways away and now |
| 8582s | the hero power doesn't really help with |
| 8585s | cleaning up the board as |
| 8586s | much as |
| 8587s | he would like |
| 8590s | yeah no amount of hovers trades into |
| 8592s | this or races this right so |
| 8595s | i mean technically we have seven hovers |
| 8596s | yes that would race it but you know what |
| 8598s | i mean tj |
| 8607s | do i know |
| 8609s | yeah i usually do |
| 8610s | you're very good at pretending you know |
| 8612s | what i mean |
| 8613s | yeah |
| 8615s | right |
| 8617s | exactly what you mean |
| 8619s | all the time and have done since |
| 8636s | big choice here |
| 8639s | does that matter |
| 8641s | i guess for sure this is a horrible |
| 8642s | combo right |
| 8646s | somewhere along the line |
| 8648s | yeah |
| 8650s | all right well quest complete tavis in |
| 8652s | here but is it too late |
| 8656s | it's already looking at nine damage on |
| 8658s | the board |
| 8659s | uh mr smite would be |
| 8662s | 16 |
| 8666s | and then |
| 8667s | amalgam 1718 shadowstep |
| 8671s | 1920 |
| 8676s | if he |
| 8678s | attacks and with the courier draws into |
| 8681s | the second |
| 8684s | fillet fighter |
| 8687s | that's lethal |
| 8693s | or you can just hook tusk |
| 8695s | yeah |
| 8697s | take his cart |
| 8698s | yeah pick the tavish there it is have |
| 8700s | that one |
| 8703s | and there's the conceit yeah |
| 8705s | [Music] |
| 8709s | even if he didn't hit tavish there i |
| 8712s | guess hook tusk is |
| 8713s | [Music] |
| 8715s | probably just |
| 8716s | best anyway because you could take the |
| 8718s | spells that would be able to reset his |
| 8720s | hero power and it's still a lot of |
| 8723s | power on board so |
| 8725s | uh but the interface in that series just |
| 8727s | couldn't get anything going in all of |
| 8729s | the games it just felt like uh |
| 8731s | uh he was just getting steamrolled |
| 8733s | obviously the quest hunter mirror was |
| 8734s | close but you know by nature that |
| 8736s | matchup |
| 8737s | should be pretty close because that deck |
| 8739s | is |
| 8740s | pretty consistent in uh in doing what it |
| 8742s | does but |
| 8743s | in these last two games it you know |
| 8746s | just felt like he was behind from the |
| 8748s | get-go and uh couldn't get his footing |
| 8750s | and that's a 3-0 |
| 8752s | from high three |
| 8753s | pretty painful loss for a bear face to |
| 8755s | take in round one |
| 8757s | absolutely yeah great win for high three |
| 8760s | and that last game you know i'm not |
| 8761s | gonna be critical i'm sure he's play |
| 8762s | tested a lot but that last game |
| 8764s | was his decision to go for the tavis not |
| 8767s | the double viper for instance where |
| 8769s | as it turned out the way that the game |
| 8771s | panned out on that occasion |
| 8773s | it looked like the double viper may have |
| 8775s | worked out better for him but then if |
| 8777s | his opponent goes just swordfish into |
| 8779s | swordfish he looks like a genius and |
| 8781s | beats him up with vipers so |
| 8783s | just just a hard decision there at the |
| 8785s | start which altered the outcome possibly |
| 8787s | to some degree |
| 8788s | but no takeaway from high three the |
| 8790s | lineup did what it was meant to do here |
| 8792s | the the warrior was kept out of it the |
| 8794s | road got through anyway |
| 8797s | and a nice early start 3-0 so nice for |
| 8800s | him because he'll be comfortable in that |
| 8801s | lineup bringing rogue was definitely a |
| 8803s | risky choice that'll settle him down |
| 8806s | yeah |
| 8807s | definitely risky bring but the right |
| 8809s | choice 100 win rate |
| 8811s | on stream here |
| 8813s | for pirate rogue the sky's the limit for |
| 8815s | this deck neil i'm telling you this |
| 8817s | guy's the limit i'm not going to just go |
| 8819s | into the the sea |
| 8821s | the sea expansion tj |
| 8823s | um |
| 8824s | what happens when you go up from the sea |
| 8828s | you don't you go down and go to the |
| 8830s | sunken city is at the bottom of the sea |
| 8832s | not in the sky |
| 8833s | but how it works |
| 8835s | okay we've got three days to work on |
| 8837s | this |
| 8838s | the angler fish is |
| 8840s | the limit |
| 8842s | because that's the fish that goes the |
| 8844s | deepest |
| 8845s | is the ocean okay anglerfish |
| 8848s | that's the thing with the lantern on its |
| 8850s | head |
| 8850s | [Music] |
| 8852s | kind of looks like you can see where |
| 8853s | it's going in the dark |
| 8855s | much smaller okay uh round one is over |
| 8857s | neil so uh |
| 8859s | you know they're they're cueing the |
| 8860s | music to uh to get us out of here so |
| 8863s | um that is just round one though a |
| 8866s | little bit long one so could be in for a |
| 8868s | long day of match which is fun because |
| 8869s | we get to watch more hearthstone |
| 8871s | and uh neil and i get to cast |
| 8873s | more hearthstone um before we jump into |
| 8876s | round two we're gonna have to go to a |
| 8877s | break to get everything set up but don't |
| 8879s | go anywhere more masters tour voyage to |
| 8882s | the sunken city where the sky's the |
| 8884s | limit |
| 8885s | right after this |
| 8889s | [Music] |
| 8894s | [Music] |
| 8937s | ah |
| 8939s | [Music] |
| 8959s | [Music] |
| 8976s | [Applause] |
| 8977s | [Music] |
| 9035s | [Music] |
| 9052s | so |
| 9054s | [Music] |
| 9081s | welcome back everyone to masters tour |
| 9084s | voyage to the sunken city we are just |
| 9086s | entering round two and i am joined by |
| 9089s | gia who is making her first appearance |
| 9091s | for the day on the stream gia what did |
| 9092s | you make of round one |
| 9095s | yeah not too many surprises i would say |
| 9097s | in terms of the length of the broadcast |
| 9099s | as soon as we saw people tweeting out |
| 9101s | their lineups there was quite a large |
| 9103s | penchant for control which i would say |
| 9105s | is a natural reaction to the prevalence |
| 9107s | of demon hunter but overall i do think |
| 9110s | that what you brought up with raven at |
| 9112s | the beginning where there is a lot of |
| 9113s | room for just mechanical error to happen |
| 9115s | has come into play not quite so much |
| 9118s | with the first couple decks we've been |
| 9120s | seeing but for this upcoming series we |
| 9122s | have a lot of these decks that have |
| 9123s | these small traps laid in them |
| 9126s | we do indeed it's a very interesting |
| 9129s | series to break down we are going to be |
| 9131s | dealing with mango versus youth for our |
| 9134s | round two featured match-up uh mango a |
| 9137s | player that was featured quite heavily i |
| 9139s | believe in the previous masters tour |
| 9141s | with a fairly straightforward overall |
| 9144s | quad aggro lineup which i would suspect |
| 9147s | is a hard target druid kind of strategy |
| 9150s | overall which we might be able to break |
| 9151s | down a little bit overall later on |
| 9154s | however on the other side there is no |
| 9155s | druid from youth and youth has gone with |
| 9159s | something well multiple things in fact |
| 9161s | just a little bit off the wall here |
| 9163s | that's right the one that absolutely |
| 9165s | jumps out at us of course is just the |
| 9167s | fact that there is a warlock and then |
| 9168s | you ask okay what's warlock from this |
| 9170s | expansion is it curse warlock um well |
| 9173s | that is the only one that is purely from |
| 9174s | this expansion but it turns out that |
| 9177s | some sort of phylactery warlock is not |
| 9179s | completely unplayable owl is also still |
| 9181s | in the game but people have moved over |
| 9183s | to either playing naval mine which is a |
| 9186s | two drop with death rattle deal four to |
| 9188s | an enemy |
| 9190s | or the selfish shellfish which is a mill |
| 9192s | version and for youth here he has gone |
| 9194s | over with the naval mine version he also |
| 9197s | has explosive sheep in there which is |
| 9199s | you know something that doesn't |
| 9201s | necessarily mess with the phylactery as |
| 9203s | long as you don't have more than three |
| 9204s | total death throttles in your pool you |
| 9206s | should be able to pick the one you need |
| 9208s | at the right moment with phylactery but |
| 9211s | it is at its core very much a control |
| 9213s | deck so that is going to be i'd assume |
| 9216s | kind of difficult for mago to get |
| 9218s | through because he has a very aggressive |
| 9220s | lineup here um the demon hunter as we |
| 9223s | know can still get there versus control |
| 9225s | especially if there's not that much |
| 9226s | healing but in particular the um aggro |
| 9230s | druid i feel could struggle in his |
| 9231s | lineup against youth in particular |
| 9234s | yeah please i'm already traumatized by |
| 9236s | the fact that raven said that demon |
| 9237s | hunter beats warrior and now demon hunt |
| 9239s | is already 2-0 against warrior on stream |
| 9242s | stop stop saying it i can't cope uh but |
| 9245s | we are gonna be dealing straight away |
| 9247s | with some face hunter by maggot this is |
| 9249s | not the quest hunter that we've been |
| 9250s | seeing so far not the quest hunter that |
| 9252s | is probably the more prevalent hunter |
| 9254s | deck in the tournament this is straight |
| 9256s | ahead face hunter and as i was saying |
| 9258s | just a little bit earlier it does look |
| 9260s | like margot is trying to prey on that uh |
| 9264s | perceived a little bit of weakness in |
| 9265s | druid he's making the read to say |
| 9268s | players are still gonna trust through it |
| 9269s | they're still gonna bring druid but i do |
| 9270s | think it's a little bit weaker and a |
| 9271s | little bit more targetable now so we're |
| 9273s | seeing face hunter we're seeing a very |
| 9276s | aggressive version of uh naga mage with |
| 9278s | even watch post thrown in there four |
| 9280s | post thrown in there which is a famously |
| 9282s | anti-druid card and then his druid is |
| 9285s | just an aggro beast druid instead of the |
| 9287s | uh more ramp-based druid instead so we |
| 9290s | will kind of be seeing a fairly classic |
| 9292s | aggro verse control series overall i |
| 9295s | think because outside of that warlock |
| 9297s | from youth which he is very kindly |
| 9299s | obliging and throwing straight into the |
| 9301s | mix and knowing that this is the deck we |
| 9303s | are going to be interested in watching |
| 9304s | he does also have a charge warrior which |
| 9306s | is largely a control warrior variant |
| 9309s | moved in there as well |
| 9310s | that's right i'm really glad that we got |
| 9312s | to see this series because it feels like |
| 9314s | we are taking a full tour of the entire |
| 9316s | meta game between round one and round |
| 9318s | two where we had the perhaps more |
| 9320s | standard control and combo based lineup |
| 9322s | now facing up into the most aggressive |
| 9325s | lineup that you can see from mago |
| 9327s | because i think a lot of people going |
| 9329s | into this tournament were thinking okay |
| 9331s | if you do build an aggro lineup to build |
| 9333s | uh to beat druid you play demon hunter |
| 9335s | and then what are the other three some |
| 9336s | people landed on mech paladin we have |
| 9338s | mago landing on face hunter which i |
| 9341s | admit i have not even seen the cards |
| 9343s | naga the card called naga pride played |
| 9346s | naga's pride played here but um it does |
| 9348s | seem like a pretty good board |
| 9350s | development tool merck water scribe is |
| 9351s | another one that has not really seen |
| 9353s | play on many other lists but you'd be |
| 9355s | familiar with discovering it if you play |
| 9357s | a bit of naga mage youth over here with |
| 9360s | the double drains will keep makes a lot |
| 9361s | of sense though if this is anywhere |
| 9364s | anywhere comparable to old |
| 9366s | al warlock it's gonna be very much the |
| 9368s | game plan of just remove things until |
| 9370s | you can safely get down your rune metro |
| 9372s | rod and go from there |
| 9374s | yeah and that combination that you |
| 9376s | called out specifically um merc will |
| 9378s | describe naga's pride is the perfect |
| 9381s | opening when you are on coin as well so |
| 9384s | oh well hello |
| 9387s | nice to see you here uh which i think |
| 9389s | would be the mulligan that margot went |
| 9390s | for quite aggressively uh keeping the |
| 9393s | scribe and then because he was on coin |
| 9394s | obviously he's able to play that curve |
| 9396s | but he has been blessed with multiple |
| 9398s | options with the way this is coming |
| 9400s | through because he mulliganed into the |
| 9402s | spear doggie biscuit which of course is |
| 9404s | one of the other most impressive |
| 9406s | openings that you can come up with |
| 9408s | true but a lot of that is messed with by |
| 9410s | just the fact that youth picked up that |
| 9412s | mistress of mixtures on turn one perfect |
| 9415s | um to challenge anything early on and he |
| 9417s | can even tap first so he gets some value |
| 9419s | from the healing as well |
| 9421s | yeah mistress of mixtures i think a card |
| 9423s | that a lot of people a lot of control |
| 9424s | players in particular were quite happy |
| 9426s | to see coming back into the game it's |
| 9428s | just a very very nice one drop that you |
| 9430s | can slot into basically any slow control |
| 9433s | strategy challenge boards early make |
| 9436s | sure that the snowballing one drops and |
| 9437s | two drops that exist in the game |
| 9439s | specifically in demon hunter as well |
| 9441s | don't just run over the board very very |
| 9443s | nice card to have in the control toolkit |
| 9446s | coming into this expansion but now you |
| 9449s | see the pressure starting to ramp up a |
| 9451s | little exponentially and now youth has a |
| 9453s | decision to make right trust in the |
| 9455s | damage which he is going to do here just |
| 9456s | playing out the mine because now with |
| 9458s | that hellfire in hand he will be able to |
| 9460s | likely clear up any board that comes |
| 9462s | down here but there is doggie biscuit to |
| 9464s | consider on the other side yeah that's |
| 9466s | right i think youth it makes a lot of |
| 9468s | sense for him to skip the tap here |
| 9469s | because he does have the face up clear |
| 9471s | in hellfire but the amount of buffing |
| 9474s | possible from mago does make the |
| 9476s | hellfire kind of awkward the next turn |
| 9478s | where double drain sole wouldn't clear |
| 9480s | the full board either i very much expect |
| 9482s | mago to play that alongside perhaps the |
| 9484s | vicious litter spear just to get the |
| 9486s | mana spent out of the way also worth |
| 9488s | noting that mago has absolutely zero |
| 9490s | reason to trade into the navel mine as i |
| 9492s | look at the deck there's no way for |
| 9494s | youth to actually buff this in fact |
| 9496s | youth has to find some method to kill it |
| 9498s | by himself to actually get that death |
| 9499s | rattle in the pool for philactery at |
| 9501s | some point but that's definitely not a |
| 9503s | tough thing to accomplish because he has |
| 9505s | grimoire hellfire and of course dredlich |
| 9507s | thompson |
| 9508s | still has to be hellfire right yeah |
| 9510s | youth agrees the very least softens this |
| 9513s | up into drain cell range for the |
| 9514s | following turn youth i'm sure will be |
| 9517s | praying that there is no follow-up buff |
| 9520s | to land on this minion |
| 9521s | he is going to get his wish at the very |
| 9523s | least so he will start to claw his way |
| 9525s | back into this but already going into |
| 9528s | youth's turn five he finds himself down |
| 9530s | eleven health |
| 9534s | pretty good dredge options for mago here |
| 9536s | i think the naga's pride is where my |
| 9538s | head would be at just because it makes |
| 9539s | for a pretty clean turn with glow scale |
| 9541s | into that spell but he just wants even |
| 9544s | further spell damage he is just |
| 9545s | completely morphing away from the board |
| 9548s | game plan just to get the maximum amount |
| 9550s | of burst i guess he's gonna look at just |
| 9553s | going face again then re-equip harpoon |
| 9554s | gun with hero power the next turn and |
| 9556s | not give youth any targets for the drain |
| 9558s | souls that he kept |
| 9563s | job's done he's squeezing in the tap |
| 9566s | here as well trying to get as greedy as |
| 9568s | possible with that health total does |
| 9570s | find the uh the touch which will help |
| 9573s | him out but as you said if margot just |
| 9575s | goes for a straight up board |
| 9577s | sorry opposite of that straight up burn |
| 9579s | based strategy here not presenting those |
| 9580s | targets he might just be able to get |
| 9582s | there with straight up damage especially |
| 9585s | now as he finds raj on the right hand |
| 9588s | side yeah insta pick there from the |
| 9590s | dredge very very nicely set up now over |
| 9592s | the coming |
| 9593s | possibly three turns if youth can really |
| 9596s | squeeze this out but more than likely |
| 9598s | looking like a very very clean one or |
| 9600s | two turn lethal setup from here |
| 9602s | yeah looks nice to me it's just such a |
| 9604s | big deal that mago put youth under |
| 9606s | enough pressure that you did not have |
| 9608s | the liberty to just go for roon mithril |
| 9610s | rod that is the difference maker if you |
| 9612s | allow the warlock that one window to get |
| 9614s | that card down suddenly their power |
| 9616s | ceiling goes all the way up uh mago here |
| 9618s | just re-equipping the harpoon gun it's |
| 9620s | different from bone glaive it is not a |
| 9622s | battle cry dredge it's after your hero |
| 9624s | attack so there's no messing with |
| 9626s | drawing the rajna jean on the next turn |
| 9630s | oh spice bread huge that is the card |
| 9634s | that youth would have been looking for |
| 9635s | here |
| 9637s | absolutely he is going to go up to the |
| 9639s | full 10 cards as well so he can get max |
| 9641s | value from it but the next dredge the |
| 9643s | only new card that mago is seeing here |
| 9646s | is the ramming mountain that doesn't |
| 9647s | really help |
| 9649s | his game plan these are not burst cards |
| 9652s | they're all board based uh he's |
| 9654s | definitely hoping to find his aimed shot |
| 9656s | or quick shot sooner rather than later |
| 9658s | because he has these double glow scales |
| 9660s | and the raj in hand |
| 9671s | his head |
| 9672s | scared of healing and healing there will |
| 9674s | be but it depends how much youth wants |
| 9677s | to go for is he going to for example |
| 9679s | also just touch away his baker as soon |
| 9681s | as he plays it maybe not now there's |
| 9683s | another target on board two of them even |
| 9687s | yeah there's a couple of considerations |
| 9688s | there right whether you want to put the |
| 9690s | targets out for the healing on the other |
| 9691s | side but also how much value you can get |
| 9693s | from this spell damage at some point but |
| 9696s | this is kind of the luxury that dredge |
| 9698s | provides you right is not only do you |
| 9699s | get to go fishing for cards that you |
| 9701s | wouldn't have drawn over the course of |
| 9702s | the game but you also get to very |
| 9704s | succinctly plan your sequence of turns |
| 9706s | because you know what your next draws |
| 9708s | are going to be and i think these spell |
| 9710s | damage minions are just surplus to |
| 9712s | requirements at this point because uh |
| 9714s | mago has a fairly clean setup with this |
| 9716s | raj and the ramming mount over the |
| 9718s | coming turns |
| 9720s | it is interesting whether he wants to |
| 9722s | float a mana here to play raj with |
| 9724s | piercing shot which is getting the most |
| 9726s | immediate damage from raj because it's a |
| 9728s | more expensive spell and also making use |
| 9730s | of the spell damage on his glow scale |
| 9732s | while it's still on board |
| 9734s | the other option is to i guess ramming |
| 9737s | mount hero power there's also a line |
| 9738s | where you don't play the raj at all but |
| 9740s | i feel like that might be a bit too |
| 9741s | greedy |
| 9742s | it's not a guarantee that mago will even |
| 9744s | have a good piercing shot target in the |
| 9746s | near future so i am just looking at the |
| 9748s | raj piercing |
| 9749s | i have been curious if there was any |
| 9751s | point in development where raj and steno |
| 9754s | were switched and like were vice versa |
| 9757s | as demon hunter and hunter cards because |
| 9759s | the idea of like uh steno coming down |
| 9761s | and then you can actually buff it with |
| 9762s | doggie biscuit and ramming mount to make |
| 9764s | it bigger for the attacks that it's |
| 9766s | sending into other things might have |
| 9768s | just ended up being too toxic at the |
| 9769s | time but |
| 9774s | yeah mago definitely at the crossroads |
| 9777s | here and the end goes for ramming mounts |
| 9779s | and holds the piercing shot so this is |
| 9782s | another line altogether where he does |
| 9784s | manage to find a window where he can get |
| 9786s | damage from the ramming mount which |
| 9788s | wouldn't have been guaranteed because he |
| 9789s | was not necessarily gonna have a minion |
| 9791s | that can attack next turn but he still |
| 9793s | holds on to raj piercing shot which is |
| 9795s | the max amount of damage you can get |
| 9796s | from raj from one spell |
| 9799s | yeah and also finds |
| 9802s | uh barbed nets off the dredge that time |
| 9804s | which for the first time does provide |
| 9805s | him what he was looking for with the |
| 9807s | extra damage |
| 9808s | shuffle off |
| 9814s | able to be touched for youth here |
| 9820s | i've heard of it |
| 9823s | but unfortunately |
| 9825s | i think this play whichever way you |
| 9827s | slice it from here is going to leave |
| 9828s | these one health minions hanging around |
| 9830s | on board |
| 9833s | which means piercing shot plus raj is |
| 9836s | nine damage and barb nets is going to be |
| 9840s | another |
| 9841s | three damage |
| 9844s | taste |
| 9846s | so is he one off actually |
| 9848s | yep |
| 9856s | i mean i was thinking he might have |
| 9857s | lethal because he looked so excited |
| 9858s | there but um i guess raj piercing was |
| 9861s | going to happen no matter what |
| 9865s | and you probably just hero power at this |
| 9868s | point right because barb nuts |
| 9871s | is still just going to deal to the next |
| 9873s | turn you assume your raj is dead but by |
| 9875s | that point across two turns you get more |
| 9878s | value by weaving in a hero power as |
| 9880s | opposed to playing barb nuts while raj |
| 9881s | is unborn |
| 9883s | yeah i think so too right you miss one |
| 9885s | this turn by missing out on the raj |
| 9887s | synergy but you missed two by missing |
| 9888s | out on your once per turn ability of |
| 9890s | pressing your hero power so yeah |
| 9894s | there is an argument as to whether he |
| 9895s | wants to remove a minion on board as |
| 9897s | well which is something barb nuts can do |
| 9899s | but i really don't think actually mago's |
| 9901s | concern he is very much just hoping to |
| 9904s | not |
| 9905s | uh run into too much healing from youth |
| 9907s | here |
| 9909s | of course mr derrick brown who is not |
| 9911s | working this master's tour pops into our |
| 9913s | discord to drop the contribution of just |
| 9915s | choose face twice thank you thank you |
| 9917s | derek |
| 9918s | very helpful as always taking so long |
| 9921s | oh how i wish you could do that with |
| 9923s | multi-strike too |
| 9924s | yeah |
| 9927s | so right now in the phylactery pool |
| 9929s | there is just one naval mine and |
| 9931s | uh not quite lethal yet but zero healing |
| 9936s | wait is it |
| 9938s | the scent of death oh mistress i see |
| 9943s | i forgot about this |
| 9946s | cute interaction for sure |
| 9948s | thank you for your service grimoire as |
| 9950s | well for another mistress to go off just |
| 9952s | banking the healing now this is a very |
| 9954s | very cute way of going about it that's |
| 9956s | an m shot though |
| 9959s | and he is one off again |
| 9969s | just holding his hands outside why don't |
| 9971s | these numbers work |
| 9973s | just die |
| 9975s | just die |
| 9977s | and the funny thing is youth can't quite |
| 9979s | kill him either because youth needs to |
| 9981s | keep activating mistress to heal up and |
| 9983s | mistress also heals mango |
| 9985s | oh but that's a bread baker that's got |
| 9987s | to seal the game yeah forget about it i |
| 9989s | think that's just going to be enough |
| 9990s | health to allow youth to win on board |
| 9993s | these are three attack minions that are |
| 9994s | now getting to go face |
| 9996s | thank you for your service |
| 10005s | now if anything margot has to play |
| 10006s | control hunter and cash out the healing |
| 10009s | from all of these mistress of mixtures |
| 10011s | on the other side oh there's no way |
| 10014s | what's even in the director like scribes |
| 10025s | yeah we have hit a very weird crossroads |
| 10028s | though but youth has azshara now and |
| 10030s | that |
| 10031s | like one way or another should be able |
| 10032s | to close the game because at 12 and with |
| 10035s | zero cards for mago like as long as |
| 10037s | youth clears the majority of the board |
| 10039s | and he's even hiding behind taunts he |
| 10041s | simply cannot die to a top deck like the |
| 10043s | best is quick shot into aim shot which |
| 10044s | is 10. |
| 10045s | is it even weapon lethal and it must |
| 10047s | have been a little bit short right five |
| 10049s | charges 10 damage max wouldn't have got |
| 10056s | yeah i imagine |
| 10059s | just for extra security these void |
| 10061s | walkers will still get traded in for a |
| 10063s | little bit of mistress value |
| 10065s | sure |
| 10067s | yeah um |
| 10068s | i can't quite recall if both piercing |
| 10070s | shots have been played but it also just |
| 10071s | makes sense to not leave anything at too |
| 10073s | low health take the healing while you |
| 10075s | can |
| 10077s | although arguably again because mistress |
| 10079s | is symmetrical maybe you do just want to |
| 10081s | spare the health on the other side since |
| 10083s | you are pushing for your own lethal but |
| 10084s | honestly like this just feels fine at |
| 10087s | this point you are so far ahead you're |
| 10089s | back up at 20 you have an insurmountable |
| 10091s | board |
| 10092s | mistress of mixtures making a free debut |
| 10097s | on the competitive hearthstone circuit |
| 10099s | and making an enormous splash a naval |
| 10102s | mine warlock picking up game number one |
| 10105s | of round two |
| 10106s | pretty high i would say a solid a plus |
| 10110s | here on statements i did not think i |
| 10112s | would be saying during this masters tour |
| 10114s | but that is a a very good performance |
| 10117s | for the deck yeah absolutely i just did |
| 10119s | not realize that the reintroduction of |
| 10121s | mistress of mixtures adds a whole new |
| 10123s | dimension to what phylactery can do like |
| 10125s | previously this deck you know wasn't |
| 10127s | terrible against aggro to begin with |
| 10129s | because you have tons of removal and a |
| 10130s | fair amount of healing but now with the |
| 10132s | double bakers and the reassurance that |
| 10135s | you have mistress to just give you an |
| 10137s | entirely board-based game plan against |
| 10139s | these heavy aggro decks means you can go |
| 10141s | either way with that card and when |
| 10143s | necessary you can take the naval mine |
| 10145s | instead i am definitely looking forward |
| 10148s | to seeing more from this mine warlock |
| 10150s | but unfortunately for this series that |
| 10152s | is the end of it uh we do have nago |
| 10155s | switching away from his space hunter |
| 10156s | though to naga mage which i'm very very |
| 10158s | happy to see |
| 10160s | i was gonna say if you are sad that this |
| 10162s | is the end of warlock i'm sure you will |
| 10164s | take the consolation prize the naga mage |
| 10167s | which uh yesterday you told me was your |
| 10168s | deck of the expansion so far why is that |
| 10171s | it's just so fun subtle it's not good i |
| 10174s | mean it can be good right i feel like |
| 10176s | i'm underselling it because i'm |
| 10178s | definitely not the best naga mage player |
| 10180s | out there but it just feels like this |
| 10181s | pop-off turn there's something about it |
| 10183s | that's so satisfying compared to others |
| 10186s | um because you can just keep feeling the |
| 10189s | turn with spell coiler like there's so |
| 10191s | many cards that just synergize so well |
| 10193s | with the deck the coiler being a spell |
| 10195s | and a minion all-in-one the um |
| 10199s | little nagaling from school teacher able |
| 10201s | to discover you a spell that can often |
| 10203s | get more spells into your hand like if |
| 10205s | it's run or or first flame and being |
| 10208s | able to count up your mana go up and |
| 10210s | down up and down is very fun indeed |
| 10212s | however this deck can struggle against |
| 10215s | decks that are very good at removing one |
| 10217s | big board which is generally the main |
| 10219s | win condition of naga mage is to have |
| 10220s | one big board around turn four turn five |
| 10223s | and it gases out a little bit after that |
| 10226s | this version from mago though is a bit |
| 10228s | interesting in that it runs double |
| 10229s | fireball in the place of the two ignites |
| 10231s | so it has a lot more immediate damage |
| 10234s | potential but loses some long-term |
| 10237s | damage prospects and then also as you |
| 10239s | mentioned the one post |
| 10243s | yeah indeed and i do really think it is |
| 10245s | kind of a bespoke build to deal with |
| 10246s | druid right this kind of makes sense you |
| 10249s | make your one huge board on your initial |
| 10251s | spite lash pop-off turn um if you're |
| 10253s | able to get your mana back up to four |
| 10255s | which is not that difficult in a lot of |
| 10257s | situations you can then drop crossroads |
| 10258s | watch post at the end of it all and then |
| 10261s | forget messing about with multicasters |
| 10263s | and ignite and all that stuff at the end |
| 10264s | of the game just drop a fireball or two |
| 10266s | after that to kill the druid immediately |
| 10269s | right based off that one board state |
| 10270s | that comes down i think the build makes |
| 10272s | a lot of sense if that's what you have |
| 10273s | in mind |
| 10274s | but |
| 10275s | that's not the story of this series |
| 10277s | because youth has a very off-the-wall |
| 10279s | lineup on the other side no druid to be |
| 10282s | found and instead this quest hunter is |
| 10284s | going to come out to play but still this |
| 10286s | is arguably another match-up where the |
| 10289s | crossroads watch post could come into |
| 10290s | play |
| 10291s | that's true you know even without watch |
| 10294s | post i kind of favored naga mage a |
| 10296s | little bit in the match-up but it is of |
| 10297s | course very dependent on hitting early |
| 10300s | spite lash siren but what you do against |
| 10302s | hunter i find as mage is you don't even |
| 10305s | go for early curve necessarily like if |
| 10307s | you have a slither spear you want to |
| 10308s | save it as the first activator for your |
| 10310s | siren in this matchup and then build one |
| 10313s | huge board because if you kind of meter |
| 10316s | out your threats turn by turn on curve |
| 10318s | that's exactly what hunter wants to see |
| 10319s | right they can deal with that very |
| 10320s | easily but if it all comes down in one |
| 10322s | fell swoop outside of some very |
| 10325s | complicated explosive trap into ex |
| 10327s | improved explosive trap setup it's so |
| 10330s | tough for hunter to deal with it and |
| 10332s | there's no um urchin spell for youth |
| 10335s | either |
| 10336s | and that candle shot in hand for youth |
| 10338s | is incredibly clutch i think in this |
| 10340s | match-up perhaps more so than any other |
| 10343s | candle shot might seem like a little bit |
| 10344s | of a weird inclusion in the deck but if |
| 10346s | you |
| 10347s | tore around the metagame these days you |
| 10349s | will find a lot of three health minions |
| 10352s | that need killing and so the combination |
| 10354s | specifically of candleshot and |
| 10355s | dragonbane uh can essentially clear up |
| 10358s | entire boards single-handedly over the |
| 10360s | course of multiple turns just for the |
| 10362s | cost of one card |
| 10364s | and your weapon charges and i think naga |
| 10366s | mage in particular there's a big old |
| 10368s | pile of two threes that this deck wants |
| 10369s | to play a lot of the time in the early |
| 10371s | game the one three as well um but i |
| 10373s | think you are right in your assessment |
| 10375s | in that you should not really be playing |
| 10376s | those cards out one by one in the early |
| 10378s | game instead there you go greedy |
| 10381s | mulligan find the spite lash and instead |
| 10383s | set up for that big pop-off turn yeah i |
| 10385s | think this shows great understanding |
| 10387s | from mago in the match-up where a lot of |
| 10388s | the time you see vicious slither spear |
| 10391s | you're on play absolutely that's the |
| 10392s | best one drop you can play but it is |
| 10394s | just not the win condition against quest |
| 10396s | hunter like that damage does not ramp up |
| 10398s | fast enough if you expect to play it on |
| 10400s | curve you just want to hit the big spide |
| 10402s | lash pop-off treasure guard i think is |
| 10405s | a reasonable hedge though because it is |
| 10407s | of a health total where it's kind of |
| 10408s | tough for a hunter to deal with it and |
| 10410s | one fell swoop and also it just cycles |
| 10412s | you further towards that spite lash but |
| 10415s | mago will be very happy to see it's |
| 10416s | already in hand for uh youth though very |
| 10419s | big deal that he's hit the director |
| 10421s | because that is how hunter can sort of |
| 10423s | play around the spite lash is to just |
| 10426s | get on board before them and suddenly |
| 10428s | there might be too much pressure on the |
| 10429s | other side that despite last turn if |
| 10431s | they don't hit removal alongside the |
| 10434s | train of spells then it could be a bit |
| 10436s | dicey cleverer |
| 10439s | you see same story on turn two from |
| 10441s | mango as well had the spell coiler |
| 10443s | turned it down just hero powered again |
| 10445s | no reason to put that minion on board to |
| 10447s | be a target can get more value from that |
| 10449s | later on anyway but |
| 10451s | the slow development has just opened a |
| 10453s | little crack that youth is now sneaking |
| 10455s | through to just get significantly ahead |
| 10458s | on board as quest hunter which is the |
| 10460s | nightmare scenario and now still |
| 10463s | without the slither spear in hand |
| 10466s | uh marco is still a couple of turns away |
| 10468s | from being able to do anything relevant |
| 10470s | with spitelash summoner and this is one |
| 10472s | of i think the biggest weaknesses of |
| 10474s | naga mage |
| 10476s | is the slow start can be cashed into |
| 10479s | enormous amounts of damage by a face |
| 10481s | hunter a demon hunter quest hunter in |
| 10483s | this case and then you do your pretty |
| 10485s | little naga spell naga spell naga spell |
| 10487s | for as long as you want you're still at |
| 10489s | 12 and you are still dead at that point |
| 10492s | you know it's very very difficult to |
| 10494s | recover from that position especially |
| 10496s | with the opening hand from mago which is |
| 10498s | completely devoid of removal spells no |
| 10500s | first flame and he doesn't have flurry |
| 10501s | the hot streak is something that can |
| 10504s | actually gain him mana in the spite lash |
| 10507s | turn because like ignite for example |
| 10509s | just refreshes the two that you spend on |
| 10510s | it so it's like a free ignite but |
| 10512s | playing a zero cost spell actually gains |
| 10514s | humana going into the naga turn but |
| 10516s | spitlash starts on naga for the |
| 10518s | activation so without a one cause naga |
| 10521s | he's not able to do anything until turn |
| 10523s | six minimum and he missed the school |
| 10524s | teacher on turn four so that's just |
| 10527s | non-negotiable he needs to survive this |
| 10529s | wave of threats and perhaps whatever |
| 10531s | damage comes out next turn as well which |
| 10533s | is not looking great for mago |
| 10535s | has to be slither spear right now and it |
| 10538s | isn't it just isn't and i think this is |
| 10541s | going to be the exact scenario i just |
| 10542s | described |
| 10544s | where even if margot gets control of |
| 10546s | this board there is just too much damage |
| 10548s | taken already to possibly recover this |
| 10552s | position against a hunter |
| 10554s | yeah um the crucial thing about naga |
| 10556s | mage is that even though you can |
| 10558s | generate ice barrier there's no other |
| 10561s | form of healing and none that gets you |
| 10563s | through non-attack based damage so just |
| 10566s | the hero powers the dragon bane shots |
| 10568s | aim shots from youth even if this board |
| 10570s | were to somehow be cleared i think would |
| 10571s | still get there for youth in the end and |
| 10573s | mago with the fireball build does not |
| 10576s | necessarily have the tools to get |
| 10578s | through this entire board |
| 10580s | spoiler can find him flurry maybe |
| 10583s | are you okay |
| 10588s | i think he has to take barrier but it's |
| 10591s | obviously not gonna heal for as much |
| 10593s | damage as youth is gonna pile on it's |
| 10595s | already like just negative because |
| 10597s | there's nine on board and then the rajna |
| 10599s | john can get even more work done |
| 10602s | yeah and even just to pick up this ice |
| 10604s | barrier you've played a three health |
| 10606s | minion into a board with plus one spell |
| 10608s | damage when your opponent cast dragon |
| 10609s | bane shot on the previous turn which is |
| 10611s | almost |
| 10612s | counterintuitive with the face nagar on |
| 10615s | board as well like you are immediately |
| 10617s | hemorrhaging all of that health that |
| 10619s | you've picked up from the ice barrier |
| 10622s | youth testing counterspell first sees |
| 10624s | that it is not there and that means |
| 10627s | there is simply no other secret that |
| 10629s | would be annoying he would never try and |
| 10632s | proc oasis ally at this point and |
| 10634s | explosive runes not relevant whatsoever |
| 10639s | we can get everything done that's going |
| 10641s | to happen here and just check out what |
| 10642s | the break points are i like the |
| 10644s | sequencing from youth finds out that |
| 10645s | it's the ice barrier ships all the |
| 10647s | damaged face and because at this point |
| 10649s | you might even just be considering well |
| 10650s | what if this dragon bank just ends up |
| 10652s | going face right and i don't waste the |
| 10654s | time throwing it at the minion just to |
| 10656s | refresh it |
| 10657s | yeah i love this use the barbed nut to |
| 10658s | get rid of the opinion instead |
| 10663s | and that means that mago is going to |
| 10666s | finally get his fight last turn but |
| 10668s | whether it's going to be enough is |
| 10670s | highly questionable |
| 10675s | next time you will be different nope |
| 10678s | he's not even going to go for it i just |
| 10679s | like the card come on |
| 10683s | it's fine you just hid his shame as he |
| 10685s | had to concede so we didn't we didn't |
| 10687s | look at him as he pressed the button you |
| 10688s | just covered him up with a spider siren |
| 10691s | instead but that was a clean 2-0 |
| 10693s | performance now from youth and naga mage |
| 10696s | not hitting the heights as you said i |
| 10698s | think in certain match-ups um hunters |
| 10700s | and demon hunters specifically you |
| 10702s | really need that clean start right where |
| 10705s | not only do you have to secure the the |
| 10707s | early uh spy lash you also |
| 10710s | need to have the first flames and the |
| 10712s | rune dorbz to be able to make sure that |
| 10714s | you're picking apart the boards on the |
| 10715s | other side um more so generally against |
| 10718s | face hunter and demon hunter than |
| 10719s | against the uh the quest hunter but in |
| 10722s | this case just the director coming down |
| 10724s | single-handedly because mango had kept |
| 10726s | such a greedy hand or mulligan for such |
| 10728s | a greedy hand uh he was stuck in a |
| 10730s | position where just that amount of |
| 10732s | minion presence was too too much to deal |
| 10734s | with |
| 10735s | right oh yeah now that i'm looking at it |
| 10737s | again he had to play the spell coil |
| 10739s | right so then you have a two cost naga |
| 10741s | to start that's true |
| 10743s | that's so sad had to be a turn seven |
| 10746s | minimum spidey lash and obviously he was |
| 10748s | already truly dead before that and i |
| 10752s | will say that does feel like a bit of an |
| 10754s | outlier in the match-up because |
| 10756s | generally the mage won't be pressured |
| 10757s | that heavily on board by quest hunter |
| 10759s | outside of exactly drakthar um but mago |
| 10762s | still has um the ability to play any |
| 10766s | deck he wants to he's just switching and |
| 10768s | showing us the entire tour of his lineup |
| 10771s | including the aggro druid featuring |
| 10773s | three bottom feeders thank you raven |
| 10776s | hmm three bottom feeders indeed very |
| 10778s | very possible over the course of the |
| 10779s | game they won't be three one three |
| 10781s | bottom feeders though because that's |
| 10783s | just not how the card works uh it's a |
| 10785s | deck that i played around with a little |
| 10787s | bit in the very early days of the |
| 10788s | expansion uh it does seem even back then |
| 10792s | um with the much more oppressive version |
| 10795s | of druid hanging around this felt like |
| 10796s | one of the best matchups you could |
| 10798s | possibly get into an opposing druid uh |
| 10801s | just the ability to stick boards uh |
| 10803s | ridiculously quickly composting just |
| 10805s | landing on any number of minions that |
| 10807s | you want having the trunks thrown in |
| 10809s | there as well of course the lack of |
| 10811s | arbor up meant that sometimes if they |
| 10813s | have the absolute perfect hand and it's |
| 10816s | just like 11 11 torn into 11 11 taunt |
| 10819s | that can sometimes get you in trouble |
| 10822s | but generally this seemed very very good |
| 10824s | at just getting ridiculous board states |
| 10826s | that druid couldn't deal with but once |
| 10827s | again keep banging this drum as to how |
| 10830s | good mango's lineup is against druid |
| 10832s | that's all for nothing if your opponent |
| 10834s | is going to do something a little bit |
| 10835s | off meta and that is the case although |
| 10838s | we are going to probably the most normal |
| 10840s | of the decks that youth has at his |
| 10842s | disposal and that is the naga demon |
| 10844s | hunter probably the star of the show in |
| 10846s | the metagame so far |
| 10848s | that's right even accompanied by decks |
| 10851s | that seem a lot more anti-aggro i mean |
| 10853s | naga demon hunter just checks all those |
| 10855s | boxes where it's good against the other |
| 10856s | aggro decks too because you are running |
| 10859s | so much removal in terms of weapon and |
| 10861s | multi-strike which is all you need |
| 10863s | essentially and you can get much wider |
| 10865s | on board than a lot of the other decks |
| 10867s | can because of the synergy with |
| 10869s | multi-strike and the vanguard because |
| 10871s | you are running drakthar and then for |
| 10874s | other matchups you can also just get |
| 10875s | over the top with your damage with that |
| 10878s | one of bone glaive in there and of |
| 10880s | course lady steno the deck is just so |
| 10882s | flexible has a lot of cool little lethal |
| 10885s | puzzles and overall the power level is |
| 10887s | very very high so i wouldn't fault |
| 10889s | anyone for including this in their |
| 10890s | lineup even if it doesn't necessarily |
| 10892s | gel with the rest of the decks into |
| 10894s | aggro druid i expect the demon hunter to |
| 10896s | have a very fine time in the matchup |
| 10898s | because their hero power is just so |
| 10900s | effective against the majority of |
| 10902s | threats that druid wants to put forward |
| 10906s | interesting mulligans on both side here |
| 10910s | maggot having squirrels into moonlit |
| 10912s | guidance and asharan gardens into sir |
| 10914s | finley those are kind of two different |
| 10916s | halves of two different combos choosing |
| 10919s | to go with the finley combination and |
| 10920s | even the man crick was the question i |
| 10922s | was going to ask as to whether that is |
| 10924s | perhaps even a tiny bit too slow in a |
| 10927s | match up that is going to explode onto |
| 10929s | board incredibly fast but the card that |
| 10931s | i was going to call out that i'd like to |
| 10933s | mulligan for a lot more aggressively is |
| 10935s | that battle-worn vanguard that youth has |
| 10937s | now picked up so best of both worlds it |
| 10939s | looks like |
| 10940s | it does but the vanguard is very awkward |
| 10943s | to activate if you don't have the dread |
| 10944s | prison glaive on turn one which means |
| 10946s | that vanguard on turn two is just a tutu |
| 10949s | and if you want to play mancrack on turn |
| 10951s | three you're still not getting the extra |
| 10953s | one ones uh this fury |
| 10956s | is interesting because it allows youth |
| 10958s | to get rid of a big drug at the cost of |
| 10960s | generating a small drug |
| 10963s | but without anything else to spend his |
| 10965s | mana on unless he wants to play a naked |
| 10966s | vanguard |
| 10968s | it's not unreasonable uh |
| 10972s | because he's all about just making sure |
| 10974s | the man craig can come down safely on |
| 10976s | curve the next turn right so he is just |
| 10978s | gonna throw out the vanguard to be trogg |
| 10981s | fodder apparently |
| 10983s | i don't hate this it means if for |
| 10986s | example he were to pick up another two |
| 10989s | drop off the top he can at least just |
| 10990s | hear her power into the trunk to finish |
| 10992s | it off if not then he just plays the |
| 10993s | curve of his minions uh but i think he |
| 10995s | knows that with the way this star is |
| 10998s | working out already for his opponent |
| 11000s | that uh he is likely to be in trouble |
| 11002s | here because this is getting real big |
| 11005s | real quick oh that would have been the |
| 11007s | perfect drawer if it wasn't for the buff |
| 11009s | as well |
| 11012s | i mean for mago the early garden start |
| 11015s | is exactly what you want to see against |
| 11017s | demon hunter because without any buffs |
| 11019s | on the minions they feel far too |
| 11020s | vulnerable to just multi-strike even |
| 11023s | without a weapon right uh but now at |
| 11025s | these health totals they're kind of safe |
| 11027s | from the range of puffer fist |
| 11029s | multi-strike even and they are not |
| 11031s | easily traded by um youth here |
| 11036s | i think you can see already a look of |
| 11038s | relief on margot's face almost like okay |
| 11040s | there's one we've done it we've won a |
| 11042s | game of hearthstone i'm feeling good |
| 11044s | about this we can get into the series |
| 11045s | but there is still some way to go i do |
| 11048s | think the resiliency of this demon |
| 11049s | hunter is one of its more underrated |
| 11051s | traits as you were talking about the the |
| 11054s | amount of aoe and board clear that you |
| 11055s | can actually push out |
| 11057s | with pufferfist multi-strike steno and |
| 11060s | predation and all of these other various |
| 11062s | tools that can come in you know when you |
| 11064s | were saying that uh youth has got a very |
| 11066s | controlled lineup and then a demon |
| 11068s | hunter thrown in there i almost wanted |
| 11069s | to counter like no no demon hunter is a |
| 11071s | control deck as well it has some of the |
| 11073s | best removal tools in the entire game |
| 11075s | okay like put some respect on its name |
| 11079s | all right mago with the moonlit is a |
| 11081s | very clutch pickup here because he was |
| 11082s | gassed out but now he can get like the |
| 11085s | pack mule immediately if he wants to |
| 11087s | composting on two minions is reasonable |
| 11091s | but i'm not quite sure if he has the |
| 11093s | liberty to go for that just yet i do |
| 11095s | prefer the pac-mule especially with the |
| 11097s | buff he can get rid of the battle sworn |
| 11100s | and |
| 11100s | probably man creek as well |
| 11106s | just to make sure that the pack mule |
| 11107s | isn't dead on board yeah i thought these |
| 11109s | days were behind us chia |
| 11112s | nope wherever we go the mule follows |
| 11115s | with his back turned to us |
| 11119s | uh huh |
| 11121s | bone glaive allows a clear on everything |
| 11123s | except the bottom feeder and demon |
| 11125s | render kurtros for the next turn this |
| 11128s | still looks very winnable for youth |
| 11131s | i'm sure there's really important |
| 11132s | hearthstone going on right now and what |
| 11133s | you're saying is very smart but all i |
| 11135s | have now is a mental image of a mule |
| 11138s | moon walking following me down a path |
| 11140s | and i just cannot get past that |
| 11143s | and then when he turns around he has |
| 11144s | that expression |
| 11146s | [Laughter] |
| 11152s | well i hope our spectators and observers |
| 11154s | are ready |
| 11158s | is it mule time or is it not mule time |
| 11161s | it's definitely some kind of mule time |
| 11163s | but is it backwards mule time |
| 11166s | is it moonwalking mule time that's the |
| 11168s | reason of course it is of course it is |
| 11170s | you always play the broken one |
| 11173s | there's two three fours on board and i |
| 11175s | think youth has had enough attacks where |
| 11177s | the bats from kurtris can value trade |
| 11180s | them both so actually he should end up |
| 11182s | ahead on board when we're back here |
| 11184s | right he attacked on one he didn't |
| 11186s | attack on two because he played the two |
| 11187s | two he didn't attack on three because he |
| 11189s | played the three four |
| 11192s | oh |
| 11193s | okay maybe |
| 11195s | they might they might be three fours |
| 11197s | they're either three fours or four fours |
| 11199s | not entirely sure can't really remember |
| 11201s | what happened on turn four exactly |
| 11204s | but even if they are just three fours he |
| 11206s | can still attack first and then just |
| 11207s | double trade them and clear the bottom |
| 11209s | feeder as well so i think it's gonna end |
| 11211s | up well for you just casting based off |
| 11214s | of mago's expression i think he already |
| 11216s | saw the kurds happen |
| 11218s | but we will get back into it as soon as |
| 11221s | possible apologies for the mule |
| 11223s | moonwalking all over our stream |
| 11231s | he certainly does look less confident |
| 11234s | than he did a mere two minutes or so ago |
| 11236s | up there in the uh the top webcam |
| 11239s | yep oh man the spectral sight's getting |
| 11241s | played we are so far behind |
| 11247s | but just imagining a board state where |
| 11249s | like youth |
| 11250s | got the armor he took three damage and |
| 11253s | he had two x1 bats on board and a one |
| 11256s | one like mako the best he can do to |
| 11258s | clear that is having to hero power every |
| 11260s | turn i guess the claw fury can help a |
| 11262s | little bit but it still leaves other |
| 11264s | minions that are very awkward for him to |
| 11265s | trade and from there it feels like youth |
| 11267s | can very easily run away with the game |
| 11271s | is he just winning he's playing fellow |
| 11272s | barrage already he is playing fell |
| 11274s | barrage which could be being used as a |
| 11276s | removal spell still but |
| 11278s | yeah like mango's minions are big for |
| 11280s | sure but if he's having to develop that |
| 11282s | into minions that value traded on the |
| 11284s | other side as we are hypothesizing |
| 11286s | because apologies hypothesizing is the |
| 11288s | best we have right now um and that's not |
| 11292s | that's still going to be a big issue |
| 11293s | right because the minions all have about |
| 11295s | four or five health in the deck now with |
| 11296s | the buffs that they've received so |
| 11298s | they'll still be difficult to develop |
| 11300s | into those bats that value traded on the |
| 11302s | other side so |
| 11304s | it remains to be seen where this has |
| 11307s | gone since we were departed with the |
| 11309s | mule bug |
| 11312s | and it feels like we are just role |
| 11313s | role-playing demon hunters they're all |
| 11314s | wearing blindfolds here so we have no |
| 11317s | idea what is going on okay i have some |
| 11320s | idea of what is going on and that is |
| 11323s | youth winning very very hard |
| 11327s | i can't win them all and you just won |
| 11330s | cool |
| 11331s | okay well i mean we came back just in |
| 11333s | time to see the 3-0 victory margot |
| 11337s | taking a hard exit moon walking out of |
| 11341s | the webcam just like his pack mule did |
| 11343s | all over the broadcast and it is going |
| 11344s | to be youth with a 3-0 victory picking |
| 11348s | up a super clean one uh stark contrast |
| 11351s | honestly to the series that i cast in |
| 11353s | the opening round of the day in the main |
| 11355s | feed um in every regard really lineups |
| 11358s | uh length overall result but uh both |
| 11361s | equally enjoyable in their own way but i |
| 11364s | love seeing these kind of weird spicy |
| 11366s | takes in the uh the opening rounds of a |
| 11369s | swiss in this kind of tournament this |
| 11371s | fresh into a meta game this is what we |
| 11372s | want to see right people taking risks |
| 11374s | and getting rewarded for it for sure i |
| 11376s | mean my takeaway is that mine warlock |
| 11379s | has a 100 win rate in this tournament |
| 11382s | maybe somebody else brought it but |
| 11384s | something makes me feel like youth is |
| 11387s | quite unique indeed and i'm very happy |
| 11389s | to see that he's been rewarded for it |
| 11390s | but i don't think it's an exaggeration |
| 11392s | to say that he hit a lineup that he |
| 11394s | would have been very happy to see just |
| 11396s | going down the deck list and looking |
| 11397s | like okay i have a warrior i have a |
| 11399s | warlock i have quest hunter these are |
| 11401s | all quite good into these aggressive |
| 11403s | decks the story could change a little |
| 11405s | bit later on but perhaps we get to see |
| 11407s | youth again a little bit later with the |
| 11409s | mind warlock going for |
| 11411s | the actual mine off of phylactery and is |
| 11414s | that enough to get there against the |
| 11415s | warriors of this metagame we shall see |
| 11419s | gia i'm gonna put you on the spot while |
| 11421s | i have you here i want you to put the |
| 11423s | full power of your incredible analytical |
| 11426s | brain and of your famously accurate |
| 11429s | predictions |
| 11430s | do the test with two entire rounds of |
| 11433s | data under your belt i want you to say |
| 11435s | what the standout deck of this masters |
| 11436s | tour is going to be |
| 11438s | uh subtle i cheated i already looked at |
| 11441s | the stats as round one was on |
| 11444s | and the highest win rate duck was demon |
| 11446s | hunter or class i should say but that |
| 11448s | pretty much only has two ducks |
| 11451s | i mean that is hardly a bold prediction |
| 11453s | i would say that demon hunter is going |
| 11455s | to do well in this tournament but for |
| 11457s | sure i think that is a fine way of |
| 11459s | looking at it but as we |
| 11462s | reach the end of round two i'm sure |
| 11464s | since that was a quick series we're |
| 11465s | actually not that close to the end at |
| 11467s | all and there is plenty more action that |
| 11469s | our fellow casters will be able to bring |
| 11471s | you from around the tavern so do not go |
| 11474s | anywhere everyone will be right back |
| 11475s | very shortly with some more follow-up |
| 11477s | round two action from this master storm |
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| 11490s | so |
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| 11523s | foreign |
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| 11638s | [Music] |
| 11674s | hello everyone welcome back we have more |
| 11676s | matches for you to cover from round |
| 11678s | number two |
| 11679s | i'm raven and joining me for this one is |
| 11681s | tj and hopefully for tj's sake i am a |
| 11684s | reasonable distance away from the camera |
| 11687s | you are you're actually the perfect dis |
| 11689s | you're you're so well cropped into your |
| 11692s | screen it is unbelievable it's perfect |
| 11695s | you're right in the middle of the |
| 11696s | seaweed |
| 11698s | it's it's fantastic i couldn't be |
| 11700s | happier |
| 11701s | for where you're positioned in your |
| 11703s | camera great job raven that makes me |
| 11705s | very happy that you're happy tj we will |
| 11708s | be covering some more matches as i said |
| 11710s | from round number two and i believe we |
| 11711s | are going to start with the beginning of |
| 11713s | a series between dragon man and adair uh |
| 11716s | dragon man a previous grandmaster in the |
| 11718s | asia pacific region of course and a dare |
| 11720s | i think a relatively unknown player but |
| 11722s | someone who i've spoken to and it will |
| 11724s | be no doubt excited to learn that he |
| 11726s | will be on stream uh because uh they |
| 11729s | messaged me actually saying like you |
| 11731s | know you know i'd love to be on stream |
| 11732s | it's my first masters tour i'm pretty |
| 11734s | sure it is so uh a great start i think |
| 11737s | uh for them already and apparently the |
| 11739s | best dad well i think tj would like to |
| 11743s | question that statement |
| 11745s | oh no they're not my cats they're my |
| 11746s | wife's cats oh okay |
| 11749s | they just happen to |
| 11751s | uh also be living in the same house as |
| 11753s | me and i also have to take care of them |
| 11755s | from time to time |
| 11757s | but they're not mine |
| 11759s | in fact |
| 11760s | nothing in this house is mine |
| 11762s | you just happen to live in this space |
| 11765s | i do yep i do um |
| 11768s | but uh |
| 11770s | dragon man is a player who |
| 11772s | i have just |
| 11774s | loved |
| 11775s | watching |
| 11776s | over the past uh |
| 11779s | how's it been |
| 11781s | three months |
| 11783s | i don't know how long you've watched |
| 11784s | dragon man for |
| 11787s | for 11 years dragon man has been my |
| 11790s | favorite |
| 11790s | player to watch |
| 11792s | um just so emotive |
| 11795s | uh and expressive those things mean the |
| 11797s | same thing but you know sometimes you |
| 11799s | gotta use emotive expressive |
| 11803s | emotional that's got any more just those |
| 11807s | and expressively |
| 11810s | doing his thing |
| 11811s | playing hearthstone |
| 11813s | and uh has some wacky decks but |
| 11816s | uh not today uh not this weekend |
| 11820s | just got great i think you'll be very |
| 11821s | happy to hear your high praise of him so |
| 11824s | i'm sure you'll enjoy that later on and |
| 11826s | we do see there is a double druid ban uh |
| 11829s | so we're going to see the hunter piled |
| 11831s | in warrior up against the mage demon |
| 11833s | hunter and hunter so a bit of a mixed |
| 11836s | bag in terms of how these lineups will |
| 11838s | clash but what do you think of some of |
| 11840s | these decks i think especially tj this |
| 11842s | uh dragon control paladin from dragon |
| 11846s | man i mean it makes sense when you look |
| 11848s | at it |
| 11850s | he doesn't have mr smite in there |
| 11852s | he doesn't need mr smite when he has |
| 11854s | dragons he's not pirate man tj |
| 11857s | if you're playing |
| 11858s | cario you play mr smite |
| 11863s | but then look that's |
| 11865s | a pirate man |
| 11866s | those are the rules |
| 11869s | you have to do what am i supposed to |
| 11870s | talk about then when he's out of cards |
| 11872s | and has carol |
| 11873s | this text's not gonna run out of cards |
| 11875s | his emotional reactions |
| 11878s | what you have to talk about |
| 11880s | his express |
| 11883s | ex |
| 11884s | expressiveness |
| 11887s | yes that is what we will talk about |
| 11890s | these bring in the is that the word |
| 11892s | though that that was where the question |
| 11894s | mark not |
| 11895s | expressionality |
| 11897s | thing |
| 11900s | expressed |
| 11904s | yes yeah |
| 11905s | it doesn't like it |
| 11906s | it doesn't like he is starting with this |
| 11909s | control paladin though but i guess |
| 11911s | control piloting might even be a bit of |
| 11912s | a loose term i should have had it |
| 11914s | because i did these key cards i should |
| 11916s | have added a new archetype here because |
| 11918s | i do think that although it's got a lot |
| 11920s | of the control piled in elements it also |
| 11922s | has a lot of additional elements that |
| 11924s | the control panel doesn't normally run |
| 11926s | like for example it's not running a |
| 11927s | garden's grace right so there's those |
| 11929s | big buffs aren't really in the deck but |
| 11931s | it is running as you can see a large |
| 11934s | amount of dragons |
| 11936s | yeah and uh it does have that |
| 11939s | you know |
| 11940s | kazakhstan |
| 11942s | win condition and now you're sort of |
| 11944s | forced to play |
| 11945s | dragons when you're playing |
| 11947s | uh kazakhstan so any deck with |
| 11950s | kazakhstan's almost automatically a uh |
| 11953s | a dragon deck |
| 11955s | but yeah um |
| 11957s | it should be interesting to see how it's |
| 11958s | gonna perform |
| 11960s | um just because |
| 11962s | you know while you |
| 11964s | you do have |
| 11967s | some |
| 11968s | like longevity in games because of |
| 11971s | carryall and to an extent like i don't |
| 11973s | know |
| 11974s | holy mackey roll |
| 11979s | holy m |
| 11980s | holy mackerel |
| 11982s | um only |
| 11984s | macaroni |
| 11987s | don't you dare |
| 11989s | um it it doesn't have like as much |
| 11991s | defensive capability as uh |
| 11994s | state control warrior |
| 11995s | um so |
| 11997s | i'm curious to see if the dragons are |
| 11999s | going to be able to uh push it over the |
| 12001s | edge |
| 12002s | um but |
| 12003s | we shall see in due time adair is going |
| 12006s | to be opening with the naga demon hunter |
| 12008s | i think we've seen a ton of and |
| 12011s | you know |
| 12012s | probably the best deck in the game yeah |
| 12014s | and |
| 12015s | probably not that close surprise we're |
| 12018s | not seeing more bands on it but i i i |
| 12021s | think a lot of the players are on the |
| 12023s | i have warrior in my lineup |
| 12025s | so i'm good how's that been going for |
| 12027s | them tj |
| 12029s | because on stream i'm pretty sure demon |
| 12030s | hunter is undefeated |
| 12032s | uh against warriors so |
| 12035s | while raven if only the only matches |
| 12037s | that were played in a master tour were |
| 12039s | the ones we showed on stream |
| 12040s | wait they're not |
| 12043s | no i thought it was just like five or |
| 12045s | six players or so just playing yeah |
| 12047s | it's just like you know |
| 12050s | how how many matches have we brought |
| 12052s | we broadcast eight rounds of swiss it's |
| 12054s | just 16 players that play in a random |
| 12056s | order and yeah that's just the way it is |
| 12059s | the format is something that makes the |
| 12060s | show is a lie |
| 12062s | yeah some of them don't |
| 12064s | and if we decide that they don't we just |
| 12066s | take a bunch of other random players and |
| 12068s | put them in the top 16. |
| 12070s | yeah it's just whoever we feel like at |
| 12071s | the time |
| 12073s | i will say though something that is |
| 12075s | pretty interesting about this build that |
| 12076s | adair has is he does have the uh the |
| 12078s | silence effect right the aoe silence |
| 12081s | which weirdly enough against this exact |
| 12084s | paladin might not be as strong as |
| 12086s | against the normal control paladins uh |
| 12089s | but still it's a tool that we don't see |
| 12091s | too commonly in the demon hunter list so |
| 12093s | that is something to to keep in mind if |
| 12096s | anything gets made or any sort of |
| 12098s | defensive players get created for dragon |
| 12100s | man and the silence could open the door |
| 12102s | for like the final attack from this |
| 12104s | demon hunter |
| 12106s | yeah |
| 12107s | already right like you see it's so crazy |
| 12110s | an opening like this is just as strong |
| 12112s | as it is there's just not a lot that |
| 12113s | actually |
| 12114s | deals with a board this wide dragon man |
| 12117s | does get the city tax down and helps |
| 12119s | clear but there's still a head right and |
| 12121s | he's probably going to stay ahead for |
| 12123s | the foreseeable future |
| 12124s | oh yeah |
| 12129s | got some dude stuff in hand just can |
| 12131s | keep pushing damage we'll see what these |
| 12133s | school teachers can find though |
| 12136s | uh |
| 12137s | noble sign |
| 12139s | i |
| 12141s | guess but |
| 12144s | demon hunter always just has the one |
| 12145s | mana hero power to be able to get rid of |
| 12147s | it pretty quite quickly |
| 12149s | um |
| 12150s | [Music] |
| 12152s | aim me out |
| 12153s | got a plan but |
| 12155s | bronze explorer needs to be drawn yeah |
| 12158s | and the ring of courage from the |
| 12160s | nargling |
| 12162s | there you go |
| 12163s | there you go nailed it you nailed it |
| 12166s | shout out to dragon man as well uh |
| 12167s | running strictly the best piled in |
| 12169s | portrait in the game |
| 12174s | what's it called |
| 12176s | leroy jenkins |
| 12178s | or do you mean like the actual name of |
| 12180s | the portrait i'm not sure i assume leroy |
| 12182s | jenkins |
| 12185s | i don't think it's just leroy jenkins is |
| 12186s | it |
| 12188s | we need to get a fact check on this i'm |
| 12189s | actually not sure |
| 12192s | like leroy jenkins chicken wielder or |
| 12194s | something |
| 12198s | wielder of chicken |
| 12201s | i'm i'm checking hold on no it is just |
| 12204s | leroy jenkins oh see easy |
| 12209s | i did not expect that all right back to |
| 12211s | the game i believe it was galloping |
| 12212s | savior picked |
| 12214s | right |
| 12215s | uh from the school teacher which |
| 12217s | galloping savior can like interrupt |
| 12221s | ladies then i guess |
| 12223s | all right so they start playing spells |
| 12225s | and then all of a sudden the gal big |
| 12226s | savior pops out it's now the lowest |
| 12227s | health target yeah |
| 12229s | um weirdly enough |
| 12232s | um |
| 12233s | but |
| 12234s | they said i was already played onto the |
| 12236s | board |
| 12237s | no way to remove it though |
| 12239s | quite like noble mount is a choice here |
| 12243s | especially with lady on board right |
| 12247s | that's really gonna mess with it yeah |
| 12249s | kills the minion then pops out a one one |
| 12251s | divine shield that's two more attacks if |
| 12253s | it's not clear |
| 12254s | i think this is just i think dragon man |
| 12256s | just has to stick something on board to |
| 12258s | try and fight back right at the moment |
| 12260s | he does not have a quality pyro so he |
| 12263s | can't guarantee a board clay in that way |
| 12266s | so i think he has to just not fall |
| 12267s | behind |
| 12274s | this is an awkward target like the i |
| 12276s | still surprised me that school teacher |
| 12278s | still has the stat line it does right |
| 12281s | the card is so strong it's four minor |
| 12283s | five four and then it creates the one |
| 12285s | one with a spell like |
| 12287s | crazy |
| 12290s | there are a lot of uh |
| 12292s | garbage spells and very many classes |
| 12295s | currently |
| 12296s | but |
| 12299s | you're bound to get an okay one and just |
| 12301s | the value that you get from like five |
| 12302s | mana even if you get a |
| 12305s | pretty poor spell still |
| 12307s | incredible |
| 12309s | and yeah this is making it incredibly |
| 12311s | awkward |
| 12312s | uh for a dare to get value at the ladies |
| 12314s | then oh just |
| 12315s | how things are going so |
| 12318s | gonna put the treasure guard in the way |
| 12320s | push some damaged face |
| 12322s | call today |
| 12326s | well another day call it a turn |
| 12328s | yeah and i think now |
| 12331s | even though it was i wouldn't call that |
| 12333s | a weak turn from a dare but it wasn't as |
| 12335s | strong as it say could have been if this |
| 12337s | school teacher wasn't in the way but i |
| 12339s | now wonder if like just the amber |
| 12340s | watcher plus snaggling is just super |
| 12342s | strong right he's actually convincingly |
| 12344s | winning on board at least stat wise now |
| 12347s | it was the galloping save it as you |
| 12349s | mentioned so there's actually just a lot |
| 12351s | of stats on board now that ada has to |
| 12354s | get through curtis helps but |
| 12356s | what size are these right now are they |
| 12358s | fours or fours yeah |
| 12362s | it's still okay it it does the job right |
| 12365s | yeah |
| 12368s | he could wait a turn and fit in two more |
| 12371s | attacks |
| 12373s | um |
| 12374s | but that's at the risk of his board |
| 12377s | being completely cleared up |
| 12381s | but uh he could do a lot here with |
| 12384s | like a puffer fist |
| 12387s | the weapon and a fury |
| 12393s | plus a hero power |
| 12395s | five |
| 12400s | yeah i think |
| 12401s | the problem with |
| 12403s | not courtesy now |
| 12406s | is i feel like it locks him into curtras |
| 12409s | next turn but if he can clear the board |
| 12411s | i guess that's fine because the board |
| 12413s | without doing curtras |
| 12415s | yeah |
| 12416s | cause that's the important part right if |
| 12418s | you wait to get a better curtrus but |
| 12420s | then your opponent's board is now wider |
| 12422s | because because of that then that's the |
| 12425s | the big issue right so |
| 12427s | i get the attack in first and just play |
| 12429s | the uh |
| 12431s | of the fifth as a three three |
| 12437s | ah didn't think about galloping save it |
| 12440s | yeah and that's |
| 12442s | also still just better to play the |
| 12443s | puffer fist first right under mine |
| 12446s | because scalping favorite perhaps that |
| 12447s | was unwise |
| 12454s | and now there's a lot of trades and a |
| 12456s | lot of actual heal onto the minions that |
| 12458s | dragon man can do right double flash of |
| 12460s | light |
| 12461s | he wants draw two healed both minions |
| 12464s | back up again he can kill off like |
| 12466s | pretty much all the threats that there |
| 12467s | are |
| 12477s | i dare didn't seem happy with that last |
| 12479s | turn and i'm still trying to figure out |
| 12481s | why like his orders seem correct because |
| 12483s | if he plays the puffer fist first it |
| 12484s | goes into galloping savior |
| 12489s | i think he might have just held |
| 12492s | the minion right i think he just didn't |
| 12494s | think about galloping savior even though |
| 12496s | he knew it was because nargling tells |
| 12498s | you what secret was cast |
| 12500s | yeah |
| 12501s | i think this was really interesting |
| 12502s | ordering right like was this ordering |
| 12505s | from dragon man only ever correct if he |
| 12507s | drew exactly samuro |
| 12513s | because if he ever trades |
| 12516s | he most likely plays double flash of |
| 12518s | light |
| 12519s | which means as you can see now he's got |
| 12521s | two minions that aren't buffed from the |
| 12523s | bannermen |
| 12524s | yeah |
| 12525s | i think it was if samurai exactly was |
| 12528s | drawn it was fine but other than that i |
| 12531s | think maybe you know maybe that's |
| 12532s | exactly what he's going for which is |
| 12533s | okay but it's just it feels bad now |
| 12535s | right that two minions now just don't |
| 12537s | have the swamp as well |
| 12558s | maybe not |
| 12559s | yeah i'm pretty good and again this is |
| 12562s | like |
| 12562s | almost outside of i guess otk demon |
| 12566s | hunter back in the day this is just the |
| 12568s | weakness of demon hunter uh it almost |
| 12571s | has been forever when you can just land |
| 12572s | big minions right like the first dragon |
| 12575s | being the four six just is still just |
| 12577s | sitting around now he's got five seven |
| 12579s | down as well |
| 12581s | like the divine shield minion uh the um |
| 12583s | noble mount has actually still helped |
| 12585s | being just an extra minion on board |
| 12587s | especially now there's equality |
| 12592s | i don't really see a |
| 12594s | great way back in this |
| 12597s | and |
| 12598s | then |
| 12599s | and curtris |
| 12601s | yeah swing |
| 12603s | you can hear a power swing into the two |
| 12605s | two |
| 12607s | which pushes the two damage to face and |
| 12608s | then the crochet demons are a seven |
| 12611s | attack so he can clear off the two |
| 12613s | bigger minions oh he can mul he can |
| 12615s | multi-strike hero power right |
| 12618s | yeah but then |
| 12619s | uh then kill the 4-4 as well oh and then |
| 12622s | kill the four-four and that'll add two |
| 12624s | more charges or two more attack should i |
| 12626s | say to the kurdras rush |
| 12635s | maybe he wants to save health |
| 12637s | oh i i guess this is doing it |
| 12639s | yeah i guess to be fair if they're |
| 12641s | already seven now |
| 12643s | then they would be eight and still die |
| 12646s | but you would save for health |
| 12648s | yeah |
| 12656s | yeah the did just seem that he's |
| 12660s | quite worried about |
| 12662s | his life total and also |
| 12665s | um |
| 12666s | like having him |
| 12668s | a minion |
| 12670s | stick on the board because the he would |
| 12672s | have one demon to play that's at a seven |
| 12673s | two it would still get traded in on the |
| 12675s | board |
| 12676s | right |
| 12678s | oh i know whereas this has three health |
| 12681s | the so this bear has three health so |
| 12683s | that could possibly stick |
| 12685s | but dragon man will not stand for it |
| 12688s | nothing sticks |
| 12691s | and there's just no good way back right |
| 12694s | it's just |
| 12695s | the cards just don't exist there is |
| 12697s | double fel barrage which is okay |
| 12701s | but when you realize you're doing double |
| 12703s | fel brush to mainly kill some one ones |
| 12705s | [Music] |
| 12712s | my hunch goes on |
| 12715s | go wide and clear up as much stuff as |
| 12718s | possible i guess |
| 12722s | he needs to go wide because in order for |
| 12725s | him to win the game he's gonna need to |
| 12726s | get like those hero power resets |
| 12729s | yeah does he just place the starfish as |
| 12732s | well |
| 12738s | it does remove the unless he's got a |
| 12740s | multi-strike i guess it just depends |
| 12742s | what he wants to do but i think he just |
| 12743s | needs to just play stuff and the only |
| 12745s | stuff he's got like i don't think he |
| 12747s | should play the viper and then suddenly |
| 12749s | it's just battle one and starfish are |
| 12750s | the two actual minion base options |
| 12755s | oh this is good now he gets to |
| 12758s | multi-strike |
| 12760s | get another |
| 12762s | glaive honorable kill |
| 12765s | to the face |
| 12769s | and then hero power |
| 12773s | and get even more damage to the face |
| 12775s | down to 12 and he's gonna unleash a |
| 12777s | double fell brush so he's gonna put |
| 12779s | another 10. |
| 12780s | that's pretty good that's a take a solid |
| 12783s | turn yeah yeah and i'll be honest i |
| 12785s | didn't even look at that honestly like |
| 12787s | that that turn was way better and he's |
| 12789s | oh |
| 12790s | okay carol's not coming down this turn i |
| 12792s | did just see that he just |
| 12794s | threw away the viper and then carriel's |
| 12796s | in hand now holy mackerel plus the |
| 12799s | healing from the drake uh again i think |
| 12802s | dragon man just |
| 12804s | ha this piled in is just not a fun |
| 12806s | matchup is it for the demon hunter on |
| 12807s | their side because there's so much |
| 12809s | healing but dragon man's actually with |
| 12811s | this dragon package |
| 12813s | like whether on purpose or not for this |
| 12815s | match up specifically has the double |
| 12817s | benefit of well the things giving him |
| 12819s | the heels are also relevantly big or |
| 12822s | annoying minions |
| 12827s | hyper |
| 12830s | um |
| 12832s | i i know we can see carryol and |
| 12834s | obviously that cannot but still |
| 12842s | i only questions like he has card draw |
| 12844s | with spectral sight |
| 12846s | i |
| 12847s | i know it's going to be a long game but |
| 12849s | this uh bone glove hits very hard indeed |
| 12853s | i just wondered if like just |
| 12854s | guaranteeing a piper i mean to be fair |
| 12855s | he's on like what four cards now so he's |
| 12858s | gonna get to the viper very soon anyway |
| 12860s | yeah |
| 12861s | this might just be uh i should be |
| 12863s | getting milled here tj |
| 12866s | yeah there's |
| 12869s | not much left |
| 12872s | yeah there's another mackie roll in hand |
| 12874s | now for dragon man there's carryall of |
| 12876s | course but there's also just kazakhstan |
| 12878s | now |
| 12881s | and you can |
| 12883s | oh |
| 12884s | let me think |
| 12886s | there's going to be two attacks minimum |
| 12888s | if you place because that yeah because i |
| 12890s | could sound right |
| 12891s | yeah but |
| 12894s | kario you're not really doing much and |
| 12896s | then |
| 12897s | like as you mentioned |
| 12898s | there will only be three cards left in |
| 12900s | the dares deck |
| 12902s | going into the next turn so the viper's |
| 12904s | probably still there |
| 12905s | that's kind of my |
| 12907s | point right it's like carrio does clear |
| 12909s | the board for this turn though |
| 12912s | true because my the the problem is like |
| 12915s | again it's difficult when you know |
| 12917s | viper's there he does have the mackie |
| 12919s | roll which he could play if he really |
| 12920s | wanted to this turn but my thought was |
| 12923s | just like well he has a bone glave right |
| 12925s | so that's five |
| 12926s | he has he'll have two left on board for |
| 12929s | seven |
| 12930s | each one of those will give plus two if |
| 12932s | he wants it as well for an extra four |
| 12933s | like |
| 12936s | i think he should backing roll right now |
| 12937s | because i think he could die i'm not |
| 12940s | saying he will but i think he could |
| 12942s | that's 15 damage 16 damage with puffer |
| 12946s | fist that's chaos strike as well |
| 12949s | chaos strike but |
| 12950s | last three cards are |
| 12953s | treasure guard |
| 12956s | viper |
| 12960s | do you want to play draco there |
| 12963s | is he just assuming carrio's bottom card |
| 12965s | i guess |
| 12967s | or he's just gonna push damage and hope |
| 12969s | that even if carriol is there that he |
| 12972s | has |
| 12973s | enough |
| 12974s | yeah it's fair he gets to save the cow |
| 12976s | strike this time as well |
| 12980s | yeah it's easy for next turn |
| 12983s | problem is lots of damage |
| 12986s | uh isn't he dead |
| 12991s | he's |
| 12993s | dead carol is just lethal |
| 12998s | our hardships |
| 12999s | there was also other ways right he could |
| 13001s | just forge in the taunt |
| 13004s | yeah folds in the taunt a million ways |
| 13006s | he didn't even need |
| 13007s | because you just carry all 4-1 oh 9-1 he |
| 13011s | was only at 11 health so but one of his |
| 13014s | cards left as well was predation like |
| 13016s | that |
| 13017s | that could have stacked up to a lot of |
| 13019s | damage i'm not saying it would have |
| 13020s | killed him but i'm sure there was a |
| 13022s | moment where dragon man thought about |
| 13024s | playing the mackie roll for plus four |
| 13026s | health because i think if you heal for |
| 13027s | four more you never die that turn but |
| 13030s | there was just that fact where it's like |
| 13032s | oh you could though couldn't you |
| 13034s | game one though going to dragon man and |
| 13036s | uh at least from what we've seen on |
| 13038s | stream so far gonna be happy with this |
| 13039s | deck he's already 1-0 up in swiss so he |
| 13042s | won in his previous round and he's |
| 13044s | already won now with the uh this sort of |
| 13045s | dragon control paladin so it's a deck |
| 13048s | i'll be honest i've never seen up until |
| 13050s | today before but it's clearly doing |
| 13052s | something right for me |
| 13055s | yeah |
| 13056s | it's got kind of a mixture of uh |
| 13059s | like pressure |
| 13061s | plus the |
| 13064s | classic i don't know classic control |
| 13066s | paladin tools like it it's a mixture of |
| 13070s | timelines |
| 13071s | when we're talking about it because you |
| 13073s | know there's like a city text thrown in |
| 13074s | there which |
| 13075s | depending on which way you want to look |
| 13076s | at classic |
| 13078s | with uh like wild apartments or quality |
| 13081s | you may not think city text belongs but |
| 13084s | um |
| 13085s | yeah it seemed |
| 13088s | quite good |
| 13089s | especially against that demon hunter so |
| 13091s | now we move on to the next control deck |
| 13093s | from dragon man which is going to be |
| 13096s | control warrior and this one uh looks |
| 13098s | pretty standard up and down |
| 13100s | it does yeah i am sort of just staring |
| 13103s | at the list there's always going to be |
| 13104s | the odd choice here and there uh for |
| 13107s | example i've seen some players run too |
| 13109s | forged in flame for example but it's |
| 13112s | just gonna be the one from dragon man |
| 13113s | but yeah it looks pretty standard as far |
| 13115s | as what standard is as of today uh so |
| 13118s | yeah we're excited to see and it's going |
| 13120s | to be going up against the demon hunter |
| 13122s | from ed which means that they're 100 |
| 13126s | takes this game as his extremely favored |
| 13128s | demon hunter matchup in my opinion |
| 13133s | oh |
| 13135s | i'm too old so far tj |
| 13137s | i know by the end of the weekend there's |
| 13138s | going to be a lot of people very mad at |
| 13140s | you |
| 13142s | wait why |
| 13144s | tell the truth |
| 13146s | i i hear something raven that's not what |
| 13148s | the data suggests |
| 13151s | i am the data tj |
| 13155s | just my experience alone is all that |
| 13157s | matters nothing else |
| 13161s | oh okay direct iron your hand on coin |
| 13164s | absolutely fine there for a dare |
| 13167s | dragon man on the other hand |
| 13169s | decided to keep the uh |
| 13171s | from the depths which is |
| 13173s | honestly one of the more powerful cards |
| 13175s | warrior got in this expansion it's it's |
| 13178s | kind of insane when you think about it |
| 13180s | it is quite good it's quite good um |
| 13184s | especially |
| 13186s | combined with uh |
| 13187s | sir finley |
| 13190s | because then you could just dump your |
| 13191s | whole hand and have no cards |
| 13195s | yeah sounds great but you know you have |
| 13197s | one very cheap card tj |
| 13200s | you have one very cheap card |
| 13202s | only if you watch it at the time because |
| 13204s | i know uh you know it's a weird time for |
| 13206s | you in the day but uh earlier on we |
| 13207s | sorry one mana recaro on offer which is |
| 13210s | you know not bad |
| 13212s | it's pretty good |
| 13214s | yeah no i haven't been here i've |
| 13216s | actually been sleeping for the last five |
| 13217s | hours |
| 13219s | i think i'll say five minutes then i was |
| 13220s | like one |
| 13222s | i don't know |
| 13223s | even when i was casting with neil i was |
| 13225s | just i was asleep |
| 13228s | oh really i would've thought if anything |
| 13229s | was gonna wake you up in a nightmarish |
| 13232s | way it would have been how your cast |
| 13233s | opened wouldn't you |
| 13237s | oh |
| 13238s | that's a i mean if finley's there that's |
| 13241s | a pretty solid cheap combo isn't it zero |
| 13243s | mana bran into a four mana mutinous just |
| 13247s | just destroy like everything relevant in |
| 13249s | the hand |
| 13251s | it's finley |
| 13254s | you actually take brawl there do you |
| 13256s | think |
| 13258s | um |
| 13259s | i didn't see it |
| 13262s | a brawl |
| 13264s | does seem good because while he has the |
| 13266s | frozen buckler doesn't have |
| 13268s | like the shield chatter to go alongside |
| 13269s | it doesn't have rancor either which is a |
| 13272s | big deal right so i like this because i |
| 13274s | also feel like unless you really value |
| 13277s | like tempo bran for example |
| 13279s | uh just to get it down for free and |
| 13281s | maybe play the nixon drake this turn as |
| 13283s | well uh the |
| 13285s | it's ridiculous that's ridiculous |
| 13288s | um i do think that just the the aoe is |
| 13292s | what dragon man's missing right like |
| 13294s | he's not no rank or no shield chatter as |
| 13296s | you mentioned so yeah just get the cheap |
| 13298s | brawl going |
| 13301s | and it'll be made even better very |
| 13303s | likely after this turn if adair uh |
| 13308s | swings and puts the two one once on the |
| 13310s | board |
| 13313s | his hand would suggest that he just go |
| 13315s | puffer fist into hero power but i think |
| 13318s | yeah i don't want to go too wide on |
| 13321s | board just to play around that a1 yeah a |
| 13323s | little bit |
| 13324s | oh |
| 13324s | special side hello |
| 13327s | yeah that was really good i think that |
| 13329s | adair was actually initially looking at |
| 13331s | the uh fel barrage |
| 13333s | right as the second card because it's |
| 13335s | just the one attack you make two extra |
| 13337s | one ones push four to face like that's |
| 13339s | just a good turn uh but now dragon man |
| 13342s | yeah almost certainly going to go for |
| 13344s | that brawl there to try and clear up the |
| 13346s | majority will really not want to see |
| 13348s | dreckfahr live |
| 13349s | okay just a one one it's as good as it's |
| 13351s | gonna get |
| 13352s | yep |
| 13354s | i imagine yeah he holds the zero mana |
| 13356s | shield block because now he has zero by |
| 13358s | the shield block and effectively three |
| 13360s | shield slams in hand |
| 13362s | yep |
| 13364s | but this is this is where the game and |
| 13366s | the white demons get so scary and |
| 13368s | there's it's almost like the face hunter |
| 13370s | style where like adaz done a large part |
| 13373s | of the minion part of his game and now |
| 13375s | he just has a bone glaive and he just |
| 13376s | hits for a million |
| 13380s | and it doesn't stop there |
| 13385s | um |
| 13386s | office |
| 13389s | i guess but |
| 13393s | just because it guarantees you to swing |
| 13396s | face again next turn if you want it |
| 13399s | yeah but there's not |
| 13401s | that much on six that you need the |
| 13403s | starfish for maybe if you're worried |
| 13408s | well the problem is though |
| 13412s | well bear in mind though there's been |
| 13413s | two uh |
| 13415s | uh |
| 13416s | what the word i'm looking for there's |
| 13418s | been two from the depths played remember |
| 13421s | so |
| 13422s | there could just be a cheap nelly in his |
| 13424s | hand or a cheap whatever |
| 13426s | true |
| 13427s | oh the whole thing |
| 13430s | just because the mana costs are kind of |
| 13432s | all over the show and he doesn't quite |
| 13434s | have the damage to end the game right |
| 13436s | now so i do think the uh the silence was |
| 13438s | a good option cases nelly and nixie and |
| 13441s | drake stuff like that right |
| 13455s | yo curtis makes |
| 13459s | could choose to attack first and have |
| 13460s | two bigger uh like harder hitting |
| 13463s | minions i think just pushing five to |
| 13465s | face is way stronger |
| 13467s | yep |
| 13469s | i would agree |
| 13472s | so a lot of damage in hand as well got |
| 13474s | the glade fury fell barrage |
| 13477s | predation yeah |
| 13479s | even the uh |
| 13481s | the puffer fist right is |
| 13483s | extra damage even though it doesn't |
| 13484s | sound like a lot |
| 13492s | now dragon man kind of better they're |
| 13494s | just |
| 13495s | not starved of things to do he can gain |
| 13497s | armor and shield slam this right that's |
| 13499s | fine but |
| 13502s | it doesn't feel like in his hand right |
| 13503s | now there's a lot of actual like game |
| 13505s | progression right like ways |
| 13507s | a clear way to win the game |
| 13514s | ooh |
| 13523s | the uh damage just |
| 13524s | doesn't |
| 13535s | [Music] |
| 13538s | oh now it works out so much damage oh |
| 13541s | now it works out fantastically |
| 13543s | yeah do you place a slither first |
| 13547s | no |
| 13549s | it'll just die |
| 13556s | would make it could right |
| 13560s | then that then it would attack the four |
| 13562s | five |
| 13563s | then he swings in pushes three and then |
| 13565s | he can predation face and push another |
| 13567s | six |
| 13568s | another eight |
| 13570s | well the |
| 13572s | yeah i guess |
| 13574s | i mean he doesn't have to don't get me |
| 13575s | wrong it's just that he could have |
| 13577s | played it that turn um |
| 13579s | and still pushed a ton of damage and got |
| 13581s | slithering value |
| 13583s | yeah it would only it would |
| 13586s | because he has fury predation next turn |
| 13588s | though and and dragon ball would have to |
| 13589s | have another minion which after both uh |
| 13592s | nixie and drake's are played |
| 13594s | i feel like it's more efficient to just |
| 13595s | wait a turn |
| 13597s | oh because it's very likely that it |
| 13599s | would die the next turn right |
| 13602s | two four's just not gonna just not gonna |
| 13604s | stick on the board |
| 13610s | like even though it doesn't die die |
| 13612s | like |
| 13613s | i guess two four feet |
| 13615s | awkward i don't know guess what all i |
| 13617s | was thinking was if you were doing it to |
| 13621s | play two spells with her anyway |
| 13624s | and would it have changed too much |
| 13626s | obviously now he has the |
| 13628s | which is a big deal and another |
| 13629s | predation |
| 13631s | oh |
| 13637s | you're gonna wait again now i'm just |
| 13639s | trying like max damage with the uh |
| 13644s | legendary |
| 13648s | my hunt goes on |
| 13652s | i know plus double predation fell broad |
| 13654s | fury yeah that's a lot of damage |
| 13657s | would you even play vanguard this turn |
| 13661s | uh in case of rancor |
| 13663s | yeah i i'll admit when i play demon |
| 13665s | under versus warrior i think i'm too |
| 13666s | scared of rancor but does he |
| 13669s | play it you know like i guess that's my |
| 13671s | question like does it did it need to |
| 13673s | come down this turn |
| 13675s | uh |
| 13676s | yeah you're right he does he did have to |
| 13678s | get rid of a card |
| 13680s | yeah |
| 13680s | maybe code just played a puffer face but |
| 13682s | then he loses the hero power so he would |
| 13684s | lose one damage in that instance |
| 13687s | yeah |
| 13688s | just wants to be efficient with damage |
| 13689s | rankers are one of so |
| 13691s | he's been through about half his deck |
| 13693s | it's a toss-up yeah it's there or not |
| 13695s | because not a card like i said i'm |
| 13697s | definitely i know in myself that i'm too |
| 13700s | afraid of franco you know what i mean |
| 13701s | like i know i've got that problem so i'm |
| 13704s | definitely biased a little bit but still |
| 13706s | this uh |
| 13707s | lady slither no plus all of these spells |
| 13710s | tj |
| 13711s | oh |
| 13714s | plus |
| 13716s | it's just lethal |
| 13718s | plus |
| 13726s | it just has it right it's just an insane |
| 13728s | amount of damage |
| 13735s | because he he's only like oh my god in |
| 13738s | four minutes so he gets two hero powers |
| 13740s | in this as well and look at dragon man |
| 13743s | this is some emoting we were talking |
| 13744s | about the shaking of the head he is |
| 13746s | upset at best |
| 13748s | it was 28 i think dragon ball was that |
| 13750s | 27 |
| 13753s | damages oh no |
| 13755s | way more right |
| 13757s | yeah oh god |
| 13760s | and yet again as expected |
| 13765s | demon hunter beats control warrior it's |
| 13768s | just not even a surprise at this point |
| 13770s | you know on stream like |
| 13772s | in every game you're like off |
| 13774s | demon hunters away from that the early |
| 13776s | board was removed they didn't push that |
| 13777s | much damage and then they just arcanite |
| 13779s | reaper you |
| 13780s | and then |
| 13781s | just damage |
| 13783s | from nowhere |
| 13785s | and |
| 13786s | that's all she wrote and i think that's |
| 13788s | such a big deal i actually maybe didn't |
| 13791s | respect uh ladies listener when you know |
| 13793s | it got announced but when you look at it |
| 13796s | so much of that made up damage was from |
| 13799s | that one minion right because that all |
| 13802s | stacking up is huge and gives you the |
| 13803s | ability to almost play like a backup |
| 13806s | combo style that you know exactly like |
| 13808s | we saw a dare do |
| 13810s | we raised multiple turns in which he |
| 13812s | could have played it and still got good |
| 13813s | value but he held it held it held it and |
| 13816s | then went you know double fury double |
| 13818s | prediction you know uh felbraj i think |
| 13820s | as well was in that turn and got insane |
| 13822s | levels of damage and value out of her so |
| 13824s | that was a really really good turn and |
| 13826s | uh i think a sort of cool calm and |
| 13828s | collected game plan there from ada |
| 13831s | yeah |
| 13833s | um in |
| 13835s | both the control matchups now even |
| 13836s | though he lost the paladin match up |
| 13838s | the use of |
| 13840s | the uh |
| 13843s | dread prison glaive and multi-strike |
| 13847s | has been |
| 13848s | like probably the most impressive it's |
| 13850s | just he's been able to squeeze in |
| 13853s | so many little efficiencies |
| 13856s | with that combo for damage in both those |
| 13858s | matches |
| 13859s | in order to get it done uh very cool |
| 13861s | little combos but now dragon man moving |
| 13864s | over to quest hunter |
| 13866s | remaining for a dare |
| 13868s | uh |
| 13869s | let me look at the pants real quick it's |
| 13872s | a mage hunter right |
| 13875s | i think the two are the two druids |
| 13878s | yeah yeah you're right you're right yeah |
| 13879s | it's the pink naga mage and the uh the |
| 13882s | face onto |
| 13884s | where you went there tj |
| 13886s | just came back to us |
| 13888s | someone stole tj quick put one of your |
| 13891s | cats on hold the dog i don't mind |
| 13897s | ah there we go uh it's it's gonna be the |
| 13900s | naga ping mage and i was talking about |
| 13901s | this i don't know if you're actually a |
| 13904s | around that early but before the show |
| 13907s | started we were chatting about uh ping |
| 13909s | mage uh well sorry naga mage and i was |
| 13911s | mentioning this version and |
| 13913s | maybe i've lost too many times to it on |
| 13915s | ladder and that's what's uh you know |
| 13917s | changing my opinion of the deck but i |
| 13919s | actually |
| 13920s | uh respect it more than i thought i |
| 13922s | would when i first saw it pop up i was |
| 13924s | like well why would you why'd you need |
| 13925s | to put these extra cards in naga mage |
| 13927s | but you know dawngrass pushing extra |
| 13929s | late game damage and moldresh i have |
| 13931s | died to a brand mode return which is |
| 13933s | upsetting um but what you know what do |
| 13935s | you think about this version and not |
| 13937s | just the the raw naga mage |
| 13940s | i feel like it does give you like that |
| 13943s | additional |
| 13944s | like longevity right um |
| 13947s | where you're not completely reliant on |
| 13950s | just like the big combos and you can |
| 13952s | just have persistent damage with dawn |
| 13954s | grasp later on in the game |
| 13957s | especially if you can |
| 13960s | like get the the ping up to uh |
| 13962s | a pretty large amount |
| 13964s | which there can right now |
| 13966s | with the double wide water open |
| 13971s | um it i feel like you're not like |
| 13973s | sacrificing that much |
| 13975s | in order to make that happen |
| 13977s | um |
| 13979s | it's not like you're putting a bunch of |
| 13980s | dead cards in in your deck |
| 13983s | right so |
| 13985s | i've been a fan of it ah who's that |
| 13986s | watching earlier |
| 13991s | beauty is smaller than scale indeed oh |
| 13993s | really no that fairies regardless though |
| 13997s | this is although the opening in |
| 13999s | in one way looks quite strong like ping |
| 14001s | to three |
| 14003s | uh this coin director that i imagine |
| 14005s | we're going to see this turn because i |
| 14007s | believe it is uh you get banned if you |
| 14009s | don't coin it out when you have it |
| 14011s | um |
| 14013s | i think this might already feel a little |
| 14015s | bit too strong like yes the two three |
| 14018s | can be pinged off there is a reckless |
| 14020s | apprentice but the reckless apprentice |
| 14022s | doesn't clear right there's still two |
| 14024s | minions still left alive yeah and if |
| 14026s | dragon man can actually just build on |
| 14028s | that now there's a nice healthy target |
| 14030s | for him to aim these spells out and |
| 14031s | start stacking uh the quest you know |
| 14034s | it's looking it's looking okay |
| 14036s | weirdly enough for dragon man right now |
| 14039s | yeah |
| 14043s | i was even thinking like first flame |
| 14044s | second flame ping there |
| 14046s | and then you leave the rush rod viper up |
| 14048s | as |
| 14049s | at full health right three four |
| 14051s | um |
| 14052s | but then i guess |
| 14054s | going into the next turn reckless |
| 14056s | apprentice just kind of gets worse |
| 14058s | because that's the most things you're |
| 14060s | ever going to hit with real surprise in |
| 14061s | this match yes |
| 14064s | and also |
| 14065s | you have a 3-5 which although i was |
| 14067s | mentioning it gives dragon man a good |
| 14069s | target you would still rather have |
| 14071s | something that maybe can test the board |
| 14073s | as opposed to literally nothing on board |
| 14076s | right so yeah they're kind of tricky |
| 14078s | because it's not like a dare's going to |
| 14079s | win this game without playing minions |
| 14081s | right most of his deck is minions so |
| 14083s | it's not like he can avoid and try and |
| 14085s | sort of play around quest hunter he has |
| 14088s | to just deal with it but now |
| 14090s | it was our first flame so he can sink |
| 14094s | two mana into clearing up the two real |
| 14095s | threats on board |
| 14097s | the follow-up after that is not great |
| 14099s | like i guess he just plays a |
| 14102s | vicious and gift |
| 14108s | oh he's gonna ping |
| 14111s | doesn't look like he wants to play a |
| 14112s | minion yet try and maybe stifle dragon |
| 14115s | man's |
| 14116s | quest progress for now |
| 14121s | that's the problem right it's like um |
| 14124s | been an almost uh ever-present |
| 14127s | back to in this matchup of hunter versus |
| 14129s | mage is like well if dragon if adair's |
| 14131s | not gonna progress himself fast enough |
| 14134s | dragon ball said okay i will just hero |
| 14136s | power you every time to face and yeah |
| 14139s | will die because you can't heal |
| 14141s | so you will just die and he's already |
| 14143s | what uh six health ahead and unless at |
| 14146s | their pings dragon man in the face this |
| 14148s | turn then he's gonna be even further |
| 14151s | ahead in the following turns right so at |
| 14153s | this stage i think it's very it feels |
| 14155s | difficult for dare to get back in the |
| 14157s | game maybe the dawn grasp helps a lot |
| 14159s | because he does have the already buffed |
| 14161s | hero power and will gain the armor from |
| 14163s | dawn grasp and will rebuff |
| 14166s | or potentially rebuff the hero power |
| 14168s | again if he doesn't hit the first one |
| 14171s | yeah |
| 14181s | but the damage is not stopping oh |
| 14185s | did he just ain't |
| 14187s | i ain't surprised if he uses |
| 14190s | facing shot here |
| 14191s | i would much rather see track your name |
| 14193s | shot face hero power phase |
| 14196s | depending on what the tracking offers of |
| 14197s | course what about |
| 14198s | hero power |
| 14200s | dragon being shot |
| 14202s | on the minion |
| 14204s | yeah |
| 14205s | why just kill him |
| 14208s | this is |
| 14209s | fine |
| 14210s | i just feel like |
| 14212s | if a dad doesn't play a lower health |
| 14214s | minion next turn |
| 14217s | then |
| 14218s | four |
| 14219s | when you win anyway i just think like |
| 14221s | getting the aim shot like this is still |
| 14223s | fine i just thought you could just push |
| 14224s | more damage and it all does rely on what |
| 14226s | the tracking would have offered as well |
| 14227s | but but still |
| 14231s | was talking about |
| 14232s | i just said dawngrass comes down but |
| 14235s | does it matter |
| 14241s | armageddon |
| 14243s | yeah |
| 14247s | you'd get wildfire as well so this hero |
| 14249s | power is hitting |
| 14251s | hard what is that five i think yep |
| 14261s | oh wait that puck's |
| 14263s | the final quest |
| 14265s | yeah so you guys oh perfect one mana |
| 14267s | damage |
| 14269s | perfect yep |
| 14271s | yep |
| 14272s | and now aim shot at a bare minimum next |
| 14276s | turn |
| 14284s | it's like nine at an absolute minimum i |
| 14287s | guess 10 with the candle shot |
| 14289s | if that's if both of these minions are |
| 14291s | dealt with as well |
| 14295s | pop off i didn't see what they are okay |
| 14297s | they're not going got ice barrier kind |
| 14299s | of pointless of this |
| 14301s | again |
| 14303s | but still |
| 14307s | okay it's not freeze is just |
| 14309s | free mana after the slither spears |
| 14311s | played |
| 14321s | just double checking |
| 14324s | yeah okay |
| 14326s | dragon man doesn't play any minion buffs |
| 14329s | in this list |
| 14331s | so |
| 14333s | i dare with the ice barrier is safe from |
| 14334s | the minions i mean this doesn't matter |
| 14336s | anyway this sets up for lethal next time |
| 14337s | with mordresh yeah his own mega buffed |
| 14340s | but the arcane shot tj |
| 14342s | oh and face nog |
| 14345s | all right |
| 14346s | yeah |
| 14348s | he threw up his hands he's like well i |
| 14349s | tried that was a really cool turn right |
| 14352s | it was a great effort |
| 14354s | just mousing over reckless apprentice |
| 14356s | then realized wait a second |
| 14359s | uh |
| 14360s | i could just go in with siren here and |
| 14362s | got a lot done |
| 14364s | um the reckless apprentice there at the |
| 14366s | end |
| 14367s | uh because of the |
| 14369s | uh the ordering of the minions got |
| 14371s | honorable kill on the treasure guard and |
| 14373s | then honorable kill again |
| 14375s | on the uh tavish to go to nine damage |
| 14378s | i was able to ping down so a lot of |
| 14381s | potential damage |
| 14382s | lined up but unfortunately for a dare |
| 14386s | dragon man just |
| 14388s | uh he had the goods had the goods |
| 14390s | yeah it was really close game there uh |
| 14393s | again it's it's difficult one |
| 14396s | youtu is hiding from me again um once |
| 14398s | hunter |
| 14399s | oh god i'll tell you after |
| 14401s | once hunter gets rolling your |
| 14403s | hearthstone things raven stop |
| 14405s | interrupting me then |
| 14406s | once hunter gets rolling uh with the |
| 14408s | damage and starts getting very very |
| 14410s | ahead uh without popping off a little |
| 14413s | bit early |
| 14414s | a little bit earlier |
| 14416s | um it's difficult for mage to come back |
| 14419s | just like tj's just come back now what's |
| 14422s | that thing is it a jack-in-the-box is |
| 14424s | that what it's called yeah |
| 14426s | the creepy music |
| 14428s | yeah |
| 14428s | music can you |
| 14431s | wind the crank in there the weird thing |
| 14434s | is you're trying to be that but you're |
| 14435s | the one winding me up right now so yeah |
| 14437s | i don't know what's going on |
| 14441s | what's up |
| 14442s | it's a |
| 14446s | jack on the box |
| 14449s | good good job smooth |
| 14452s | jack outside the box |
| 14455s | for execution tj |
| 14457s | which is what adair will need in this |
| 14459s | matchup as he's going to be queueing the |
| 14461s | naga mage once again |
| 14463s | oh he's going to be up against the |
| 14464s | control area now dragon man's last deck |
| 14467s | to win with to take the series and go |
| 14469s | 2-0 in the swiss so get off to as good |
| 14472s | as star as is humanly possible |
| 14479s | all right |
| 14481s | i think |
| 14482s | would you agree that this is a match-up |
| 14483s | that where the the ping element of the |
| 14485s | mage helps out a lot |
| 14488s | oh yeah because |
| 14491s | you can |
| 14492s | you actually have that longevity in the |
| 14494s | game like |
| 14496s | you don't get your ball played once |
| 14498s | massive |
| 14500s | it can still get big enough to where |
| 14503s | you're putting a clock on the warrior |
| 14505s | every single turn |
| 14508s | oh uh |
| 14512s | tempo bran |
| 14517s | no it's difficult because it's the type |
| 14520s | of match up |
| 14521s | where |
| 14522s | you could |
| 14524s | in some worlds like do a weird like |
| 14526s | brand mode dress or something crazy um |
| 14530s | or even just getting value from brand |
| 14532s | school teacher brandon maligan things |
| 14534s | like that |
| 14541s | anybody |
| 14544s | who discovers dare doesn't like him i |
| 14547s | know that there's something for free |
| 14549s | there's not an ignite in that discover |
| 14552s | all right what is it |
| 14556s | i stare really hard at that noggling |
| 14558s | i'll know what the spell is |
| 14567s | mega defensive here just playing the |
| 14569s | heavy play shield slamming naturally |
| 14571s | likely to have the armor to shield slam |
| 14573s | uh with the anixio drake's next turn |
| 14577s | honestly i'm staring at that four man of |
| 14578s | mutants and just thinking like yeah you |
| 14580s | know there's a nargling in the hand but |
| 14582s | you know there's a lot of other good |
| 14584s | cards probably in the hand too and most |
| 14585s | of them are minions |
| 14593s | oh |
| 14594s | oh okay |
| 14597s | now we're cooking |
| 14600s | and jaggerman's already annoyed |
| 14607s | a potential cough or sneeze dab to try |
| 14610s | and uh |
| 14611s | upper dares onslaught |
| 14617s | here that two left on a commander |
| 14633s | where it ends though i think it's gonna |
| 14634s | be a ping |
| 14635s | obviously depending on what the gnarling |
| 14637s | spell was but again having the one mana |
| 14640s | naga in hand for the second spite lash |
| 14642s | is a a big deal as well so yeah not |
| 14644s | surprised to see it there hold that |
| 14647s | yeah he mounts it off the end it's two |
| 14648s | left |
| 14650s | okay |
| 14657s | there is big mo |
| 14662s | [Music] |
| 14673s | let's see if they'll see these ones |
| 14675s | yeah you just need to school teachers |
| 14677s | like i can interact right |
| 14679s | anybody |
| 14687s | did you see on the animation of the card |
| 14689s | flying across the screen |
| 14692s | no get your binoculars out for that one |
| 14700s | just get to push six zone peel the armor |
| 14703s | dragon man so not bad so far and getting |
| 14706s | those pings in as well which is |
| 14707s | important you know just ten from hand |
| 14710s | it adds up right it's a good amount of |
| 14712s | damage and can clear a bit of a |
| 14714s | threatening board too |
| 14717s | um |
| 14724s | it's garrison just madness |
| 14728s | i'm staring at it tj it's just too |
| 14731s | delayed |
| 14742s | would be good if dragon man gets exactly |
| 14745s | rancor in the next turn or two |
| 14750s | yes |
| 14752s | i was wondering like garrison yeah is |
| 14754s | slow it's more expensive but shiver is |
| 14756s | just |
| 14757s | most of the time |
| 14759s | feel |
| 14759s | too right i guess that's okay |
| 14770s | i'd have even looked at finley there on |
| 14772s | this thing |
| 14773s | yeah |
| 14774s | does have frozen buckler and a nixie and |
| 14776s | drake though which might be the reason |
| 14778s | why dragon man's held onto the hand for |
| 14780s | now |
| 14784s | i still didn't see it |
| 14787s | i didn't register it oh build a snowman |
| 14790s | there we go |
| 14791s | do you see the other one |
| 14793s | build a snowman oh oh okay good value |
| 14796s | players then |
| 14797s | yeah |
| 14799s | i'll say ignite's probably in this |
| 14802s | matchup one of the number you know like |
| 14804s | top two top three picks or something |
| 14806s | maybe the top one pick |
| 14808s | yeah |
| 14814s | i think the big question is |
| 14816s | do you want to build a snowman |
| 14818s | do you want a brand ignite |
| 14821s | my question |
| 14828s | have hated it |
| 14838s | pump jump from mutinous oh |
| 14845s | didn't get bran like does that brand uh |
| 14848s | savara as well |
| 14849s | yeah |
| 14852s | all right yeah he goes finley |
| 14855s | and these cards should be reduced or at |
| 14857s | least some of them right well instant |
| 14858s | shield chatter okay |
| 14861s | oh cheap nelly as well |
| 14870s | i like spell coiler still that's sort of |
| 14873s | surprised about some of these decks |
| 14874s | right especially in naga mage is just |
| 14876s | the sheer value |
| 14878s | is insane and like the amount of just |
| 14880s | stuff you make obviously the narglings |
| 14882s | help the brand helps a lot with that too |
| 14884s | but you kind of forget that it's like a |
| 14886s | lot of these decks now aren't like old |
| 14888s | aggro decks where you play six turns of |
| 14890s | the game and you've know whether you've |
| 14892s | lost or not whereas now it's like you |
| 14894s | can go into fatigue with these aggro |
| 14896s | decks it's kind of ridiculous |
| 14898s | yeah you always have a chance yeah same |
| 14900s | with like mech mage and mech powered in |
| 14903s | stuff like that right the decks that can |
| 14905s | just go on and on and on and on |
| 14907s | yep |
| 14912s | what to do |
| 14913s | what to do still discovering a spell |
| 14915s | here |
| 14918s | also the savara will have intellect now |
| 14921s | right as well |
| 14925s | important for just more of that air |
| 14926s | cycling through the list especially with |
| 14928s | ignition |
| 14932s | pick me |
| 14934s | choose to build a snowman get that hero |
| 14935s | power in makes sense |
| 14937s | put c mutinous in a sort of negative |
| 14940s | trade situation |
| 14944s | and also stacks that modresh |
| 14955s | yeah all right attacks |
| 14957s | good pickup needs to keep cycling and |
| 14959s | obviously a four man and nelly is always |
| 14962s | a welcome sight |
| 14964s | dad all right what do we |
| 14967s | got uh |
| 14971s | mystery card |
| 14973s | was the last one |
| 14975s | mr mystery the pirate |
| 14987s | [Laughter] |
| 14992s | where was that on the naga link earlier |
| 14998s | again the motres |
| 15000s | an instant replay |
| 15002s | [Music] |
| 15004s | what to do the tj special replay pops up |
| 15008s | in the corner that'd be perfect you just |
| 15009s | need to sponsor the tournament tj |
| 15014s | dj play the game go to tj's play of the |
| 15017s | game is |
| 15018s | my empty chair but then me popping up |
| 15020s | like a jack-in-the-box |
| 15022s | with a thumbs up |
| 15024s | yep what to do |
| 15026s | what to do |
| 15030s | all right arkan election gifts from our |
| 15033s | arcane |
| 15034s | i think there was also another roon door |
| 15036s | played at some time |
| 15037s | or don grasp i dare might be thinking |
| 15040s | he was looking at modric initially but |
| 15043s | then he probably realized well if i mow |
| 15045s | dress and like pass effectively then i |
| 15047s | just give my opponent |
| 15050s | a turn next turn right just give some |
| 15052s | three one cost pirates next turn uh |
| 15055s | which might make the board worse and |
| 15057s | might be what adair wants to keep modres |
| 15059s | for |
| 15060s | i actually quite like this i'd uh well |
| 15062s | maybe not this exactly i was looking at |
| 15064s | what dawngrass does |
| 15065s | this turn |
| 15068s | because it's like some of the lowest |
| 15069s | amount of damage is probably going to |
| 15070s | take all game |
| 15071s | yeah |
| 15074s | because this in a similar fashion |
| 15077s | still gives dragon man the pirates |
| 15079s | but what what a dez doing he's kept more |
| 15082s | dressed to just kill all of the pirates |
| 15084s | that i played anyway yeah just a slight |
| 15086s | spectator swift disconnect i believe |
| 15088s | they are just |
| 15090s | they just getting the |
| 15091s | clear spectator issues fixed although i |
| 15093s | feel we will lose our enhanced |
| 15095s | capabilities tj after this which is a |
| 15097s | shame |
| 15098s | or maybe they'll just be enhanced it |
| 15100s | could just be a pixel and we'll be like |
| 15102s | too much too much |
| 15109s | yeah if you just look at the quality of |
| 15111s | the hands right now it does seem like |
| 15115s | a dare just has |
| 15116s | straight up gas |
| 15118s | yeah |
| 15121s | unleaded |
| 15135s | also |
| 15136s | what feels like infinite value right |
| 15138s | with like bran |
| 15140s | devara zola |
| 15145s | and then stack ignites |
| 15147s | doesn't even have |
| 15149s | hand space oh i know he couldn't do it |
| 15151s | now i'm just saying |
| 15153s | the overall hand is just like |
| 15155s | never going to have hand space he will |
| 15159s | game goes long enough tj |
| 15161s | why is this brand being played for |
| 15166s | um |
| 15168s | dawn grasp |
| 15171s | yes |
| 15172s | doesn't have hand space |
| 15176s | uh i guess he did play a gifts which |
| 15178s | would only be one card for arcane but |
| 15181s | also put an arcane intellect |
| 15184s | i wouldn't mind just a plain dawn |
| 15186s | grasping just hero power |
| 15192s | okay |
| 15193s | just hope that |
| 15195s | just whatever about the hand space like |
| 15197s | assume you don't overdraw |
| 15200s | it's not a guaranteed overdraw right |
| 15202s | it's a potential overdraw |
| 15204s | yeah the hero power would be four right |
| 15207s | uh yeah maybe five right |
| 15210s | because if it yeah there you go she |
| 15211s | plays a wild play |
| 15215s | or has he not played both this game i |
| 15217s | actually can't remember now |
| 15219s | okay i did get the overdraw okay |
| 15223s | uh didn't do anything with that three |
| 15225s | mana |
| 15226s | however |
| 15229s | mind games |
| 15234s | yeah you could definitely tell there was |
| 15235s | a little bit unsure |
| 15237s | throughout that whole turn right he was |
| 15239s | looking at bran it's look at this boy |
| 15241s | thought about the potential overdraw |
| 15243s | and they just didn't get the hero power |
| 15245s | or you know the whatever played that |
| 15247s | turn yeah i was looking at more dress |
| 15250s | too that looked like yeah something he |
| 15252s | was thinking about for you know a good |
| 15253s | 10 15 seconds |
| 15257s | the tough turn because the hand did make |
| 15259s | it quite awkward just pick up breakfast |
| 15261s | apprentice though |
| 15263s | which will |
| 15264s | let them clear off all this small stuff |
| 15281s | i mean this one four mana reckless |
| 15283s | apprentice just decimating almost any |
| 15286s | board right now is actually pretty huge |
| 15288s | isn't it |
| 15297s | i was gonna say i wouldn't mind zola |
| 15299s | with the reckless apprentice either |
| 15301s | i think like it's it does hit the point |
| 15304s | where he's almost holding too much value |
| 15307s | right look at what he's got in his hand |
| 15308s | there's still the savara which hasn't |
| 15310s | been played yet which has another three |
| 15312s | spells in it |
| 15315s | yes he's just gonna go i mean this is |
| 15317s | just good board control good damage to |
| 15320s | face |
| 15321s | right this will level up to six now yeah |
| 15324s | yep |
| 15330s | now he just gets two more right and also |
| 15333s | there's the side bonus if there's a |
| 15335s | cheeky brand that gets to live then mojo |
| 15337s | she's just gonna deal 20. |
| 15339s | yep |
| 15341s | i doubt it will though cause it's not |
| 15343s | like this is a surprise for dragon man |
| 15345s | that mulder she's likely to be in here |
| 15358s | okay i will say tj this has been the |
| 15360s | least naga |
| 15362s | gaga mage i've i think i've ever seen |
| 15365s | how can you even call it naga mage at |
| 15367s | that point |
| 15368s | i think this is still naga mage it runs |
| 15370s | spite last right |
| 15373s | yeah i mean the majority of the cards in |
| 15374s | the deck are spells or naga it's just |
| 15377s | there's a couple that are |
| 15380s | [Music] |
| 15381s | all of them |
| 15385s | face can still play savara and is that |
| 15388s | full hand again |
| 15391s | yep i |
| 15393s | let's just |
| 15394s | play wildfire this is just a shame like |
| 15397s | i said there's almost too much value |
| 15399s | because it's gonna overdraw there's an |
| 15401s | ignite in the deck |
| 15403s | ah yeah |
| 15405s | but i think you're taking the six damage |
| 15407s | that's a fireball for two mana |
| 15412s | yeah that's the thing that's what i was |
| 15413s | gonna say is that it's frustrating that |
| 15415s | the hand is so full because he has to |
| 15417s | decide between burning cards or pinging |
| 15419s | which is never a fun decision to make |
| 15424s | gonna be cass coming down for dragon man |
| 15426s | and i feel like he really does need a |
| 15428s | lot of help from these treasures because |
| 15430s | he's just slowly getting melted here |
| 15434s | yeah they need to be real good |
| 15438s | um |
| 15443s | okay embers maybe |
| 15446s | noir horn |
| 15450s | hilt of quel's alarm |
| 15454s | puzzle box |
| 15458s | i don't know |
| 15462s | they're okay |
| 15466s | i mean there was an embers right so if |
| 15467s | there's an embers and you're not |
| 15468s | strictly dead to turn after you're in an |
| 15471s | okay spot like that it's never a bad |
| 15473s | treasure run when there's ambassador |
| 15476s | what's that a casual 16 |
| 15480s | yep and that does set up for lethal next |
| 15482s | turn |
| 15485s | there could go |
| 15486s | uh wildfire hero power reckless |
| 15489s | apprentice |
| 15491s | runed orb |
| 15492s | i'll just be i'll just pyro and be one |
| 15494s | off |
| 15497s | what i just said is uh deals |
| 15505s | oh |
| 15507s | it'll be enough tj |
| 15509s | can't hero power the modresh |
| 15512s | and activate the ability to gain the |
| 15513s | extra armor |
| 15522s | double treasure guard i respect it but |
| 15524s | it is not going to be enough |
| 15530s | wonderful |
| 15531s | just wonderful oh |
| 15533s | hey somebody plays the the emote game |
| 15536s | right |
| 15538s | okay |
| 15539s | for some reason in my head i was like oh |
| 15541s | more just died |
| 15543s | no he needs to play wildfire first no |
| 15545s | it's nope it's still there |
| 15548s | yep that is in fact an 8-8 that can |
| 15550s | attack and win the game adair |
| 15553s | evens up the series |
| 15555s | the only thing is he does have to just |
| 15558s | uh i would say refocus |
| 15561s | uh it's a an interesting game plan to |
| 15564s | emote your opponent at the end of a game |
| 15566s | where you just floated three man and |
| 15568s | didn't ping face for no good reason so |
| 15570s | um we'll see if that pays off or not but |
| 15573s | it is something to bear in mind to say i |
| 15575s | was going to be careful with bragging |
| 15577s | winner if you can't really back it up |
| 15579s | often and we'll see how it goes though |
| 15581s | there is going to even up the series and |
| 15583s | i believe tj that means we have |
| 15586s | warrior of course from dragon man versus |
| 15588s | the uh |
| 15589s | the quest hunter from ada |
| 15592s | that's right |
| 15593s | quest hunter |
| 15597s | and um |
| 15601s | i don't even want to call any quest |
| 15602s | understand because it seems like |
| 15604s | literally everyone has built their quest |
| 15606s | hunter differently |
| 15607s | you've seen |
| 15609s | um |
| 15610s | there's like a core like 24 cards that |
| 15613s | you put in the deck and then |
| 15615s | i think this is very close to what i |
| 15618s | would call a standard list at the one |
| 15620s | candle shot although not i would say not |
| 15622s | technically standard i feel will become |
| 15624s | standard very quickly and |
| 15627s | the tavis again is always a question |
| 15629s | mark as to you know whether you want to |
| 15631s | run tavis for whatever matter or not and |
| 15633s | there's one mark shot in there as well |
| 15635s | uh which again is is fine i see it often |
| 15638s | but it's not guaranteed outside of that |
| 15640s | though looks fairly solid and just a |
| 15642s | general go-to list a rainbow glow scale |
| 15644s | i guess are the probably the biggest |
| 15646s | questions for me |
| 15647s | uh if they make it in the list or not |
| 15650s | but what do you think about the match up |
| 15651s | tj because |
| 15653s | i feel like this is really |
| 15654s | polarizing and not in the match up like |
| 15657s | percentage but in i feel like hunter |
| 15660s | either decimates or never looks like |
| 15662s | it's gonna win the game there's no close |
| 15664s | games in this matchup i feel at least |
| 15667s | yeah i agree either you get super fast |
| 15670s | quest completion just by throwing a |
| 15672s | bunch of bird spells at the face and you |
| 15674s | blow your opponent out of the water |
| 15676s | um or you slowly get grinded out of the |
| 15679s | game |
| 15680s | and uh you're right it doesn't feel like |
| 15682s | it's any in between i do think the match |
| 15684s | was very close |
| 15685s | yeah yeah i would just call it a 50 50. |
| 15688s | um but |
| 15690s | it's a an astute observation |
| 15694s | that it |
| 15695s | rarely uh becomes super close |
| 15699s | yep |
| 15700s | i think from very early on at least from |
| 15703s | the hunter perspective because that's |
| 15704s | you know guess what the one i've played |
| 15706s | the most um |
| 15708s | you get a really good eye early on as to |
| 15710s | whether you you're feeling good in the |
| 15711s | game or not and if you feel like you've |
| 15713s | got some problems uh we might see a dare |
| 15716s | move over to the tavish game plan uh the |
| 15719s | b stalker tavish game plan |
| 15721s | because |
| 15722s | i think that's the only way you claw |
| 15724s | back games that you are losing in this |
| 15726s | matchup |
| 15729s | yeah |
| 15732s | by a million huffers |
| 15734s | yeah i mean you probably heard it cause |
| 15736s | i've complained about like two days but |
| 15738s | i played as pressing control warrior i |
| 15740s | ran into a quest hunter and fair play to |
| 15742s | the player who did this to me it annoyed |
| 15744s | me though |
| 15746s | i on paper like felt like i should have |
| 15748s | just you know i'm winning right like |
| 15750s | they've got nothing no real cards or |
| 15752s | anything they only had they were the |
| 15753s | tavish hero and had a dragon bane |
| 15757s | and they rolled off her about nine out |
| 15760s | of ten times and kept dragon bane in it |
| 15762s | to roll another hover and the dragon |
| 15764s | painting rolling the |
| 15766s | and |
| 15767s | i lost and i was very upset |
| 15772s | sounds about right |
| 15774s | it was me |
| 15777s | damn you tj |
| 15783s | okay furious howl is a nice pick up here |
| 15786s | from adele especially because he can |
| 15788s | quite easily get to it right he's got |
| 15790s | nothing too expensive most importantly |
| 15792s | there's no tavis in his hand uh so |
| 15794s | that's not clogging up the space |
| 15798s | i'm curious how now |
| 15800s | i'm gonna draw two now instead of |
| 15801s | potentially waiting and getting the full |
| 15803s | value which i don't mind |
| 15810s | oh |
| 15815s | probably a nets i think |
| 15819s | job's done |
| 15823s | viper also kind of just counts as a |
| 15825s | re-roll right |
| 15826s | yeah |
| 15828s | if he's not satisfied with the |
| 15835s | i nets no time for games |
| 15843s | writing something down |
| 15854s | if this is the pick i wonder if it's one |
| 15855s | of those games where |
| 15857s | he saw two mana cars and was like what |
| 15859s | if i just play a two mana 88 next turn |
| 15864s | i wouldn't hate it honestly |
| 15866s | if he's got the help to work with sure |
| 15868s | yeah |
| 15869s | yeah i mean that's just one of the ways |
| 15871s | you can race right just play a big |
| 15874s | minion and say okay you might be able to |
| 15876s | kill it but all those spells you're |
| 15878s | putting into it aren't going face and |
| 15880s | then he has recaro for the turn after |
| 15881s | like i don't know |
| 15884s | yeah |
| 15886s | ah things are working out pretty well |
| 15891s | i think this type of game obviously |
| 15893s | right now there's probably feeling very |
| 15895s | confident quick shot and a piercing shot |
| 15897s | in hand with three minions alive |
| 15901s | oh i went for shield chat okay |
| 15907s | still a lot of health to get through |
| 15910s | yeah i think |
| 15912s | i could see playing the heavy plate this |
| 15914s | turn just to spend that mana and get it |
| 15916s | out the way and bank the a-armor |
| 15920s | go outrider axe so gives him some wiggle |
| 15923s | room as to whether he has to play ricara |
| 15925s | next turn or not maybe he wants to get |
| 15927s | some more time pressing that armor hero |
| 15929s | power instead which i can understand |
| 15931s | again uh they're being on more or less |
| 15933s | full health means that side the two |
| 15935s | swings and two hero powers from ricar is |
| 15937s | going to end the game |
| 15953s | oh |
| 15954s | the old bran ricara play |
| 15964s | and |
| 15965s | i'm gonna go shield block okay you're |
| 15967s | gonna hold off on the minion has a |
| 15968s | natural shield slam if he wants it |
| 15970s | decides to keep it does not care for a |
| 15972s | one five hitting him in the face that's |
| 15974s | absolutely fine |
| 15975s | and now suddenly |
| 15978s | looking a little bit worse for there |
| 15981s | yeah |
| 15983s | i could draw with room prey though |
| 15985s | the problem wait what question uh tick |
| 15987s | is he on right now oh it's not zero he's |
| 15989s | got plenty of time yeah it's one one out |
| 15991s | of two |
| 15993s | yeah so he can wound prey piercing shot |
| 15996s | this turn |
| 15997s | and then he has quick shot or mark shot |
| 16001s | uh |
| 16002s | and tavis right |
| 16004s | yeah and then he's now vulnerable to |
| 16005s | mutinous |
| 16007s | if he does that play so it works out |
| 16008s | quite well yeah you |
| 16010s | you literally just cannot hold tavish in |
| 16013s | hand |
| 16014s | at this point in the game you just can't |
| 16019s | but the fact that he has two props to go |
| 16020s | into now we can just won't play piercing |
| 16022s | shot |
| 16023s | and then set up tabish next turn is good |
| 16029s | does he think he needs to |
| 16031s | hold is |
| 16032s | just hold it for tavish but if you hold |
| 16035s | your cabinet how do you get um |
| 16039s | oh i don't know |
| 16041s | what if he just never draws it yeah i |
| 16042s | don't think you can now well you just |
| 16044s | never draw it and you like but i've got |
| 16046s | all these spells ready |
| 16048s | well he could like give himself one turn |
| 16051s | to draw it and then |
| 16054s | if he doesn't draw exactly tavish next |
| 16056s | turn then go for it |
| 16060s | oh yeah |
| 16070s | i think as well dragon man can just hold |
| 16073s | off for the recaro play right |
| 16075s | with bran |
| 16077s | yeah because |
| 16080s | why not |
| 16097s | the fact he just has two frozen bucklers |
| 16099s | just chilling in hand is actually such a |
| 16102s | big deal right now he's so much armor |
| 16104s | that he's not felt the need to even use |
| 16106s | right now |
| 16108s | oh alex |
| 16111s | that is a big big deal you can go on the |
| 16113s | offensive with this |
| 16120s | okay so it looks like it's going to |
| 16121s | quick shot tavish |
| 16124s | they hear a power dragon being shot to |
| 16126s | get it back in hand |
| 16129s | right near |
| 16131s | what |
| 16132s | yeah okay i was talking about just |
| 16134s | whether he wanted to use this and |
| 16135s | whether he could just go like mark shot |
| 16138s | the two three and play tavish |
| 16141s | and just have more burn for the face |
| 16143s | right |
| 16150s | you'll need to run faster than that |
| 16152s | look at the mad damage though |
| 16160s | it's all loaded up |
| 16164s | i don't even know what he's crossing his |
| 16165s | fingers for |
| 16168s | no more armor |
| 16169s | just a pass turn from dragon |
| 16180s | coming down now with the old shield slam |
| 16182s | gets rid of the tavis no problem what's |
| 16184s | that 26 from dragon man with a further |
| 16188s | kind of 20 armor in hand as well |
| 16192s | you to this alex to make up an extra |
| 16194s | eight |
| 16197s | also there's an |
| 16198s | intro okay less so now with tha |
| 16201s | but there's a |
| 16203s | potential that bran actually ends up |
| 16205s | sticking |
| 16206s | as well if dragon man plays it next turn |
| 16212s | and even if bran doesn't stick like |
| 16216s | well that's just damage soaked right |
| 16218s | there that isn't your face so |
| 16221s | we'll see how it goes up |
| 16224s | big deal |
| 16226s | yep get that hero power first yeah okay |
| 16228s | good |
| 16230s | these situations you need to stay calm |
| 16231s | and maximize damage don't miss a trick |
| 16233s | because |
| 16235s | the big game round number two last game |
| 16237s | of this series winner goes up to 2-0 |
| 16240s | loser sits at one one and feels a lot |
| 16243s | worse about their chances making that |
| 16244s | top 16. |
| 16247s | yeah how it works out with eight rounds |
| 16249s | of swiss it's essentially double |
| 16250s | elimination there's not many players |
| 16252s | that get that two losses especially |
| 16254s | early on in the tournament |
| 16256s | and uh actually make it so it's a big |
| 16260s | difference |
| 16261s | you feel the pressure to win out |
| 16263s | when you lose a a match |
| 16266s | this early in the rounds |
| 16268s | because if you don't win out then you're |
| 16270s | probably not going to make it because |
| 16272s | that means your losses came early and |
| 16273s | your tiebreakers are going to be much |
| 16274s | worse |
| 16275s | yeah spoiler alert maybe but i believe |
| 16278s | gabby actually went 0-2 and just dropped |
| 16281s | so |
| 16283s | wow all right |
| 16286s | well it's anybody's game now |
| 16290s | someone else is allowed to win |
| 16297s | yeah it's just oh |
| 16299s | the game is actually so close it's just |
| 16301s | this other frozen booklet and potential |
| 16304s | like alex straza as well probably makes |
| 16306s | up the difference but look at the amount |
| 16308s | of damage you can actually pump out even |
| 16310s | at this stage |
| 16311s | uh aim shot still ends up being more |
| 16314s | damage |
| 16315s | wait |
| 16316s | no they're both five |
| 16318s | aim shots cheaper |
| 16320s | right |
| 16322s | oh you'd much rather draw aim shot later |
| 16325s | than piercing shot |
| 16327s | i guess yeah i guess this guarantees the |
| 16329s | person going for five if you assume the |
| 16331s | game's going wrong okay that's fine yeah |
| 16333s | yep that's probably that's probably what |
| 16335s | splits it right |
| 16336s | yep |
| 16338s | dragon man's just zoned in |
| 16344s | taking tips from larinder at this point |
| 16346s | yeah i know |
| 16348s | but if you just see his hand reach up |
| 16350s | and then it just zooms even further in |
| 16355s | [Music] |
| 16360s | whatever he gets to play heavy plate |
| 16362s | twice |
| 16368s | free plate breaker that's what it said |
| 16372s | always a risk |
| 16375s | pick me |
| 16376s | not |
| 16377s | not supposed to hold up written words |
| 16379s | but |
| 16380s | yeah |
| 16382s | i'm guessing that there might be uh |
| 16383s | having words spoken to him about that |
| 16385s | now they you know the best part is that |
| 16387s | they really wanted to be on stream |
| 16389s | for this master's tour and uh that might |
| 16391s | be his downfall at this point so uh |
| 16393s | we'll see what happens with that there |
| 16394s | we go |
| 16397s | [Music] |
| 16403s | that has to be on stream and then break |
| 16405s | the rules tj that's not sporting is it |
| 16408s | uh mostly held up a sign i'm telling |
| 16413s | most importantly here though |
| 16415s | a days on the last ditch attempt |
| 16417s | the sheer amount of armor dragon man got |
| 16421s | from the combo of bran school teacher |
| 16424s | and the nargling effectively giving the |
| 16426s | spells |
| 16427s | yeah double effect from bran as well so |
| 16429s | much armor we can see they're still on |
| 16431s | alex strazza and i think most |
| 16432s | importantly tj that looks like the turn |
| 16435s | is going to end on 16 health believe |
| 16439s | alex has it does eight |
| 16441s | helps double that |
| 16444s | oh yeah |
| 16445s | my mathematics correct |
| 16447s | yes great math |
| 16450s | raven thank you great maths and honestly |
| 16453s | yeah |
| 16454s | honestly what a series tj because i |
| 16456s | think dragon man especially across |
| 16459s | multiple points in that series was |
| 16462s | probably feeling like he was bound to |
| 16464s | lose because that warrior had a rough |
| 16466s | time right it looked like the warrior |
| 16468s | was struggling time and time again loses |
| 16471s | the demon hunter match up losing mage |
| 16473s | matchup it was just a a huge problem but |
| 16476s | he got there in the end and i think |
| 16478s | there was some uh some good play overall |
| 16481s | especially in that last game where it |
| 16483s | was |
| 16484s | it was just enough right he was doing |
| 16486s | just enough each turn |
| 16488s | to be be relatively safe like playing a |
| 16491s | game this deep with two frozen butlers |
| 16494s | in hand when you are on or past turn 10 |
| 16497s | is an accomplishment that should be an |
| 16499s | achievement in itself because normally |
| 16500s | those frozen bucklers have to be used up |
| 16503s | very very early indeed when hunter's |
| 16505s | been pressuring |
| 16506s | yeah |
| 16508s | i was just able to uh buy this time |
| 16510s | withstand the pressure and |
| 16512s | i mean the deer i guess he had one |
| 16514s | frozen buckle up in here but they're |
| 16516s | kind of down to uh |
| 16517s | we're getting really low |
| 16519s | pretty low life um |
| 16521s | just wasn't able to get that |
| 16523s | uh that the final bits of damage in |
| 16526s | and you know maybe if the uh tavish hero |
| 16528s | was picked up early we could see a |
| 16530s | different it changes the dynamic of it |
| 16532s | oh it completely changes yeah yeah 100 |
| 16537s | um but you're sort of at the mercy of |
| 16540s | your deck and if you can just find |
| 16542s | enough raw damage if you don't hit the |
| 16545s | tavis hero and just have to rely on the |
| 16547s | two damage here power reset and |
| 16549s | against warrior these days |
| 16552s | with shield blocks heavy plates bakara |
| 16556s | frozen buckler cool teacher |
| 16558s | school teacher that was the big one |
| 16560s | amateur yeah 16 armored that turn that's |
| 16563s | massive yeah the difference between win |
| 16565s | or lose and i think |
| 16566s | yeah even like bash |
| 16569s | like |
| 16570s | it it's some armor |
| 16572s | um so uh technically armor that is |
| 16576s | correct yeah on a technicality though |
| 16579s | uh because if it's not five or more it's |
| 16581s | it's it's only |
| 16583s | technically armor yes that is the the |
| 16585s | correct wording of how it works but uh |
| 16588s | that is gonna be round two done now |
| 16590s | we're gonna go to a quick break while we |
| 16592s | set up our first initial match of round |
| 16594s | number three tj has already gone for his |
| 16596s | break i'm left alone as always but we'll |
| 16598s | be right back with some our hearthstone |
| 16600s | masters tour |
| 16604s | [Music] |
| 16653s | oh |
| 16657s | [Music] |
| 16675s | [Music] |
| 16692s | [Applause] |
| 16693s | [Music] |
| 16747s | [Music] |
| 16776s | so |
| 16785s | [Music] |
| 16800s | welcome back everybody to continued |
| 16802s | coverage here at masters tour sunken |
| 16804s | city and with me for round number three |
| 16807s | is jia dear um how is the meta going |
| 16811s | compared to how you expected it to go so |
| 16813s | far |
| 16814s | it is going pretty similar to what i |
| 16816s | expected honestly at least for the |
| 16817s | majority of the games we were seeing a |
| 16819s | lot of demon hunter and a lot of control |
| 16821s | warrior which have been the two most |
| 16823s | popular decks on ladder and we also have |
| 16825s | druids sort of popping out of the |
| 16826s | woodwork even post nerfs to complete the |
| 16829s | triangle of rock paper scissors there |
| 16832s | are quite a few other decks that enter |
| 16833s | the mix though we've seen a bit of mage |
| 16836s | which i'm very happy about we saw even a |
| 16838s | little warlock a while ago and now we |
| 16840s | are entering even more uncharted |
| 16843s | territory with the classes because there |
| 16845s | is a rogue in the mix now lorenda |
| 16848s | there is indeed a rogue in the mix |
| 16851s | for the second time actually we saw one |
| 16852s | earlier today it's going to be in a few |
| 16854s | of the anti-control lineups which is a |
| 16857s | shame for him because this isn't a |
| 16858s | control line that he's up against a very |
| 16860s | wobbly deck in my opinion but you do |
| 16862s | have to play a fourth deck and i'm also |
| 16864s | excited on my side to see the mech |
| 16867s | paladin something i tweeted at the start |
| 16869s | of the day that i think will be a big |
| 16870s | factor in this tournament but i imagine |
| 16872s | you're excited as well dear because we |
| 16873s | have the mage the mage that you have |
| 16876s | played some games that's right it is |
| 16878s | naga mage which is very similar to the |
| 16880s | list that i've had the most reps on no |
| 16882s | fireball like we were seeing from mago |
| 16884s | and no ping package that we saw just |
| 16886s | from the previous series |
| 16888s | however i'm not necessarily sure of its |
| 16891s | overall power level in these matchups |
| 16894s | that habukabu will face against super |
| 16896s | chicken avogaboo of course for sure the |
| 16898s | more well-known name of the two although |
| 16900s | super chicken has been making waves in |
| 16902s | masters tours previous ones throughout |
| 16904s | past couple years habugabu is |
| 16907s | very much a household name and |
| 16908s | hearthstone honestly just constantly |
| 16910s | streaming at the top ranks coming up |
| 16912s | with innovative decklists and being |
| 16914s | talented at whatever game mode he |
| 16917s | chooses to focus on at any given point |
| 16920s | uh super chicken here is running |
| 16922s | celestial druid though accompanying that |
| 16924s | mech paladin demon hunter and pirate |
| 16927s | rogue that we were talking about so |
| 16928s | overall i feel he has a lineup that is |
| 16930s | quite well suited to beat ramp druid |
| 16932s | which is exactly what habugabu has |
| 16935s | yeah that's going to be an issue for him |
| 16937s | to be sure not much else too bad for |
| 16939s | habugabu in this one though i must point |
| 16942s | out as well the super chicken even |
| 16943s | though habigal became top eight |
| 16946s | at master store outer act um super |
| 16948s | chicken has 11 points by virtue of the |
| 16950s | five wins the six wins abu gabriel went |
| 16952s | 0 and 3 in onyxia's layer so only has |
| 16955s | the eight points coming into this event |
| 16957s | so super chicken is right on the edge of |
| 16959s | being in that chance of getting into the |
| 16961s | seasonal as well habibu's got a long way |
| 16964s | to go he probably needs to go |
| 16966s | very high up maybe semi-finals to reach |
| 16967s | there himself despite that one good |
| 16969s | finish so something that might be a bit |
| 16971s | surprising to the viewers who who follow |
| 16972s | these regularly |
| 16975s | oh that is a very good point you bring |
| 16977s | up lorenda because it is all about those |
| 16979s | consistency in the first three masters |
| 16981s | tour of the year to make it through to |
| 16984s | that |
| 16984s | seasonal championship even though you |
| 16986s | have a very deep run and one master's |
| 16988s | tour it doesn't necessarily guarantee |
| 16990s | you qualification unless you win the |
| 16992s | whole thing |
| 16994s | definitely still has quite a lot ahead |
| 16996s | of him here especially as a mage enjoyer |
| 16999s | because we are an oppressed kind loren |
| 17002s | the naga mage not the highest overall |
| 17004s | power level deck but one that has its |
| 17007s | stance here and there |
| 17008s | yeah he would tell you otherwise i mean |
| 17010s | he got that rank one legend with this |
| 17012s | mage almost exclusively i believe and |
| 17014s | he's just been beating people with it |
| 17016s | ever since so |
| 17017s | maybe he can teach everybody something |
| 17019s | we don't already know just by |
| 17021s | beating some decks that he shouldn't |
| 17023s | with it but nobody else seems to have |
| 17025s | really jumped on that bandwagon people |
| 17027s | have brought mage tend to bring it as |
| 17029s | their fourth deck i'm not saying he |
| 17030s | didn't himself but i think he had no |
| 17032s | choice given his position in the |
| 17033s | community but to bring the mage to this |
| 17035s | tournament and he's 2-0 with it already |
| 17038s | but he's going to be opening up with |
| 17039s | this quest hunter a deck that seems to |
| 17042s | have no really obvious weaknesses at the |
| 17045s | moment it can deal with aggro it can |
| 17046s | deal with control and it just seems to |
| 17048s | be like a really well-rounded deck now |
| 17051s | yeah that's right it is very good at |
| 17052s | dealing with aggro just by virtue of the |
| 17055s | quest and all of the removal spells you |
| 17056s | run in order to progress that quest and |
| 17058s | by taking in the hero card b stalker |
| 17061s | tavish at the top and you give yourself |
| 17062s | a lot more |
| 17064s | game plan versus control wire in the |
| 17067s | long run because you are able to get |
| 17069s | consistent value with the generation of |
| 17071s | animal companions and of course having |
| 17073s | drachthar in any deck gives you that |
| 17075s | hyrule potential getting that on board |
| 17076s | super early allows you to scan match-ups |
| 17079s | even against decks that want to get um |
| 17082s | generally too big of a board for you to |
| 17084s | deal with like for example naga mage but |
| 17085s | habugabu will not have to face that with |
| 17087s | his quest hunter instead he'll be be |
| 17090s | dealing with |
| 17092s | other board base decks that tend to get |
| 17093s | there more in a curved fashion i feel |
| 17096s | that his hunter overall is in a pretty |
| 17098s | good position against super chicken's |
| 17100s | lineup but again it's more habukabu's |
| 17102s | druid that i'm worried about so |
| 17104s | whether this hunter runs up into demon |
| 17107s | hunter or rogue i think it has a very |
| 17109s | good chance although i'm pretty curious |
| 17111s | how it lines up against mech paladin in |
| 17113s | particular because that's a deck that |
| 17114s | has so many divine shields and quest |
| 17117s | hunter the condition on the quest says |
| 17119s | you have to deal damage with your spells |
| 17121s | so if you're using for example a wound |
| 17122s | prey to ping off a shield that is not |
| 17124s | progressing your quest |
| 17126s | yeah and i think that is one of the |
| 17127s | reasons it's not the only reason where |
| 17129s | the mech paladin came into play today |
| 17131s | also the warrior has similar issues |
| 17133s | clearing up divine shield boards but |
| 17136s | talking about this matchup coming up um |
| 17138s | habukabu has got the doggie biscuit in |
| 17140s | this hunter against the druids do you |
| 17142s | think that makes a big difference taking |
| 17143s | out the the candle shot largely here |
| 17146s | absolutely candle shot not too useful |
| 17148s | whatsoever against druid but um the |
| 17150s | doggie biscuit in order to give any |
| 17153s | minion honestly that you stick a lot |
| 17155s | more um durability and just potential to |
| 17158s | keep pushing damage is a very big deal i |
| 17161s | wouldn't say it's as important in quest |
| 17163s | hunter as it is in pace hunter against |
| 17165s | druid but it can consolidate a director |
| 17167s | board to the point where if they don't |
| 17169s | have exactly scale of anexia you can be |
| 17171s | dealing lethal through board even |
| 17173s | without the support of spells in hand |
| 17175s | but here we are jumping into the game |
| 17177s | and super chicken does have access to |
| 17179s | doomsayer in his druid which is an |
| 17181s | interesting one because |
| 17183s | you're not really sure which half of the |
| 17185s | deck you're facing up against in quest |
| 17186s | hunter if they have the minions start |
| 17188s | you're very happy to have doomsayer but |
| 17190s | if their hand is mostly just burn spells |
| 17192s | then it feels kind of useless |
| 17194s | yeah with that said though sometimes you |
| 17196s | do have just two manner lying around i |
| 17197s | know it is a card but on the coin and |
| 17200s | with you being druid cards should be |
| 17202s | easily to come by so maybe he can afford |
| 17204s | to just keep it and take the gamble that |
| 17206s | it works out uh does have to think about |
| 17208s | the cut the curve though with the wild |
| 17209s | growth in hand now maybe he won't want |
| 17211s | to keep it because maybe he doesn't do |
| 17213s | anything on turn two really got to plan |
| 17215s | out what he's going to do looking at |
| 17217s | this opening hand already yeah that's |
| 17219s | right the doomsdayer did look reasonable |
| 17221s | leading up into just a clean wild growth |
| 17223s | turn but if he doesn't hit the nourish |
| 17225s | to immediately follow up the wild growth |
| 17227s | it might not be too useful so in the end |
| 17229s | super chicken is just gonna toss that |
| 17231s | dooms here ends up with a guff in hand |
| 17233s | which is huge he has rampant to ramp and |
| 17236s | gets the doomsayer back for his troubles |
| 17238s | so even if habugabu were to have let's |
| 17240s | say like the rainbow glow scale to start |
| 17242s | with there's a decent answer here |
| 17243s | although now that i'm looking at it |
| 17245s | again hawugu doesn't even run that two |
| 17247s | drop the only two mana minion in his |
| 17249s | deck |
| 17251s | and already |
| 17253s | a good sign for super chicken with habit |
| 17255s | having to cycle away the doggy biscuit |
| 17257s | that tells super chicken some very good |
| 17259s | news indeed |
| 17261s | uh that happy is likely to not have |
| 17263s | anything good going on in the first |
| 17264s | couple of turns and as you can see |
| 17266s | haber's hand at the moment |
| 17269s | is a little bit slow although aim shots |
| 17271s | do add up really rapidly if you're not |
| 17272s | careful |
| 17274s | right |
| 17275s | so interesting turn for super chicken |
| 17277s | where he could preempt a board |
| 17278s | development by just playing doomsayer |
| 17280s | and say okay you can't do anything |
| 17282s | except damage my face here and then i |
| 17283s | get to play wild growth but it's really |
| 17285s | not scary what hunter quest hunter can |
| 17287s | do on turn three right you're most |
| 17290s | scared of their turn four which is when |
| 17291s | drakthar is available so it doesn't |
| 17293s | quite work out super nicely the timing |
| 17295s | for doomsayer no matter what super |
| 17297s | chicken does because he wants to |
| 17298s | allocate this turn to play wild growth |
| 17300s | and say okay if you have the drekthar |
| 17303s | then i need to come up with an alternate |
| 17305s | plan which probably involves dredging |
| 17307s | scale from this aquatic form |
| 17310s | yeah hubba is going to get as much |
| 17312s | damage into face as he can right now |
| 17316s | super chicken as you say is down to that |
| 17318s | sort of |
| 17319s | the draw situation here in a couple of |
| 17321s | turns but with guff that will soon be |
| 17323s | fixed of course |
| 17325s | and you know habibu's hero power very |
| 17328s | soon is going to cost a lot of mana |
| 17331s | yeah the gulf is excellent he hasn't |
| 17333s | seen |
| 17334s | drexthar so he just doesn't have to be |
| 17336s | bothered about clearing the board this |
| 17338s | turn just going to get the guff online |
| 17339s | he can ramp further because of the coin |
| 17342s | and the innervate that are still in hand |
| 17344s | and starting next turn he will have |
| 17346s | access to you know it's not in hand but |
| 17348s | potentially playing scale of inexia or |
| 17350s | miracle growth and with the aquatic form |
| 17353s | able to dredge one of those it's looking |
| 17355s | very good for him indeed it is annoying |
| 17357s | to have to leave rajna zhan on board |
| 17359s | that long but honestly like the scariest |
| 17361s | skills from uh spells from raj are mark |
| 17364s | shot and piercing shot of which there |
| 17366s | are no other targets than raj itself so |
| 17368s | super chicken is fine |
| 17370s | at what point will he just jam an |
| 17372s | alignment to slow this down when will he |
| 17373s | be looking to do that he's got the gup |
| 17375s | online already he can recover quickly |
| 17378s | um |
| 17379s | i would say after he's dealt with the |
| 17381s | board i don't even necessarily think |
| 17382s | alignment is like a big win condition |
| 17386s | here but if you are going to play it you |
| 17388s | definitely want to have played it before |
| 17390s | the tavish quest reward has entered the |
| 17392s | hand so that it means that whenever |
| 17394s | hawukabu does get it in hand he's |
| 17395s | starting from one mana all the way back |
| 17397s | up waiting to five to play the tavish |
| 17399s | itself |
| 17401s | yeah i thought he might he's just gonna |
| 17403s | jam it all the spells cost one now who |
| 17405s | cares |
| 17406s | and here's a giant to just beat you up |
| 17408s | with |
| 17409s | yeah |
| 17412s | and be cleared with piercing shot trade |
| 17414s | but it is ugly oh |
| 17417s | does this make the uh hero power go down |
| 17419s | to zero if it doesn't just piercing shot |
| 17421s | hero power can work but |
| 17424s | um he's playing i think it does |
| 17426s | did a cycle |
| 17428s | i don't think he does either no it's on |
| 17429s | zero |
| 17431s | yikes in which case hagogavu might just |
| 17434s | you know pray that there is no |
| 17437s | miracle growth but in the end he's just |
| 17440s | gonna go for the marked shot |
| 17443s | uh |
| 17444s | he can get another rush back in hand |
| 17447s | with the barracks firm but i don't think |
| 17449s | that's too hard |
| 17451s | yeah he's committed to the race that he |
| 17453s | knows he's probably losing here it's his |
| 17455s | only real out i think |
| 17458s | jumping back up is super chicken he can |
| 17462s | jerry rig to get the |
| 17464s | other nourish because one came from |
| 17466s | moonlit right um he has earthen scales |
| 17469s | to heal for nine |
| 17472s | galagos to draw everything it's just |
| 17475s | very quickly slipping away from havocabu |
| 17478s | yeah the nine is an absolute monstrous |
| 17480s | amount of extra armor here it usually is |
| 17484s | but you know when you're yeah he's seen |
| 17486s | enough exactly no more of that thank you |
| 17488s | very much perfect curve from super |
| 17490s | chicken |
| 17491s | um showing that throwing away that |
| 17492s | doomsayer was absolutely the right thing |
| 17494s | to do as well as he never got to play it |
| 17496s | and a very quick 1-0 lead |
| 17499s | yeah yes indeed i was very much mistaken |
| 17502s | about you know how necessary alignment |
| 17504s | was um as long as it happens before |
| 17507s | tavis i think the druid is in a good |
| 17508s | spot but having it happen when you're |
| 17511s | sure you're never gonna die the next |
| 17512s | turn and have a follow-up that good was |
| 17514s | very well identified by super chicken |
| 17516s | just getting the naga giant down to zero |
| 17519s | it functions the same way as flush |
| 17521s | giants did back in the day when you're |
| 17523s | playing alignment druid versus warlock |
| 17525s | which is why it was considered like not |
| 17526s | the greatest matchup for the druid but |
| 17528s | now the druid itself gets to benefit |
| 17530s | from those giants and keep buffing them |
| 17532s | up with scale and quickly outpace the |
| 17535s | quest hunter so that is a quick victory |
| 17537s | for super chicken uh not even |
| 17539s | necessarily against the deck that i feel |
| 17541s | he's trying to prey upon the most which |
| 17542s | is the rap druid on the other side but |
| 17545s | that's the beauty of his lineup right |
| 17547s | the other decks that he's running don't |
| 17548s | only beat druid they have other good |
| 17551s | matchups paladin for example uh can be |
| 17553s | good into druid and also is quite good |
| 17555s | against warrior and i hypothesize quest |
| 17557s | hunter |
| 17559s | yeah he's gonna have to find a way to |
| 17562s | um no he's not i'm looking at the wrong |
| 17564s | thing absolutely |
| 17565s | i have a rogue written down here yeah |
| 17567s | there is a vogue there i'm going crazy |
| 17569s | yeah he's gonna find a way to get it |
| 17570s | done with the rogue at this point that's |
| 17572s | that's kind of where we're looking i |
| 17573s | think that the paladin is likely to get |
| 17575s | through this lineup |
| 17576s | reasonably easily although you know the |
| 17578s | mage can take down the paladin those |
| 17580s | divine shields don't last long against |
| 17582s | sharks |
| 17583s | it's the other mage but it doesn't as |
| 17585s | long as it's a wide board either |
| 17587s | um but the rogue is going to be a series |
| 17590s | of |
| 17591s | awkward games nothing too terrible with |
| 17593s | three goes that it should get it through |
| 17595s | but he's going to go first with the mech |
| 17597s | paladin gear |
| 17598s | yes and this deck |
| 17600s | oh you're finally getting to see it i |
| 17602s | played a ton of mech paladin at the very |
| 17605s | beginning of the expansion uh and then |
| 17608s | not that much after three days into the |
| 17610s | expansion because it did seem to be very |
| 17613s | very linear of a deck like we can see |
| 17615s | the highlighted cards are a curve um and |
| 17618s | it's not able to do the things that mech |
| 17620s | mage can do for example if they're |
| 17622s | falling behind which is save up a bunch |
| 17624s | of those mecha sharks like you were |
| 17625s | alluding to in order to come back on |
| 17628s | board uh there is a couple comeback |
| 17630s | mechanisms for the paladin which is of |
| 17632s | course caryal um leviathan and |
| 17635s | mothership sort of because they have |
| 17637s | rush but mainly the blade master samuro |
| 17639s | if they are up against a more aggressive |
| 17641s | deck like a demon hunter on the other |
| 17643s | side |
| 17643s | the samurai however is quite conditional |
| 17646s | to buff a lot of it relies on getting |
| 17648s | procs from the prismatic jewel kit but |
| 17651s | again having the jewel kit proc is also |
| 17653s | reliant on having divine shields so a |
| 17655s | lot of moving parts to this paladin but |
| 17657s | the main thing is curving out and we'll |
| 17660s | see just how greedily super chicken |
| 17662s | wants to go for that because anoitron is |
| 17664s | a very decent turn too and bannerman can |
| 17666s | follow that up but it can get better |
| 17668s | right it's not click clacker it's not |
| 17670s | like jewel kit plus a radar detector to |
| 17673s | buff a hand of five extra mechs |
| 17676s | yeah it's actually an um |
| 17678s | so two things about this deck first of |
| 17679s | all it's not a very good deck but it |
| 17681s | just highlights tournament play because |
| 17683s | it just happens to be a good deck |
| 17685s | against control warrior quest hunter and |
| 17687s | the druids which is kind of where people |
| 17689s | were thinking it was going to go which |
| 17691s | is why mech paladin is making a showing |
| 17693s | if it's just on power level alone this |
| 17695s | isn't really a deck you want to be |
| 17696s | running |
| 17697s | secondly it's actually quite a hard deck |
| 17700s | to play optimally i mean it's an easy |
| 17702s | enough deck to beat warrior with |
| 17704s | anywhere you just play on curve and shut |
| 17706s | your eyes and press the buttons |
| 17708s | but choosing when to buff your hand |
| 17711s | versus choosing when to get on board |
| 17713s | it's not always straightforward because |
| 17715s | the buffs are big a buff to your whole |
| 17716s | hand is a big deal when you've got all |
| 17718s | these divine shields minions that make |
| 17720s | other minions and so on so it's very |
| 17722s | much a balancing act to play optimally |
| 17723s | and i'm very curious to see how the best |
| 17725s | players play it |
| 17726s | i do love how habugabu started off the |
| 17728s | match up though not quest on one but |
| 17730s | coining rajna because he recognizes that |
| 17732s | there's just no answers from the paladin |
| 17735s | this early right all of their threats |
| 17737s | come from being on board at first and |
| 17740s | all the rush minions come down much |
| 17742s | later than that so coining rajnajian |
| 17744s | into quest plus one drop spell is a |
| 17745s | perfect way to start off the curve and |
| 17748s | be ahead on board however we have seen |
| 17750s | the first divine shield minion hit the |
| 17752s | board the azshara moon catcher which |
| 17753s | shuffles the sunken moon catcher to the |
| 17755s | bottom and that's just this times two |
| 17758s | which is going to be very problematic |
| 17760s | for habukabu because again if he ships |
| 17762s | any spells at these they will not |
| 17765s | progress his quest and so he is going to |
| 17767s | ignore them |
| 17768s | fight for board turn one and the rest go |
| 17771s | in face i think that's a very reasonable |
| 17772s | game reasonable game plan because super |
| 17775s | chicken is not going to be able to heal |
| 17777s | until carryall which is turned seven |
| 17779s | yeah and listening to the logic there in |
| 17781s | real time it made a lot of sense right |
| 17782s | it's like well i can't hit this shield |
| 17784s | don't really want to lose my thing |
| 17785s | that's doing the damage how do we get |
| 17787s | around that i know we just ignore it hit |
| 17788s | them in the face |
| 17790s | as you as you were reasoning it through |
| 17792s | and that's exactly what we saw it's |
| 17794s | forced the trade from super chicken |
| 17796s | which is um again slowing him down and |
| 17798s | now no divine shields the game begins |
| 17801s | properly with 30 versus 18 health |
| 17803s | that's right habugabu can go back to |
| 17806s | clearing the board now and if he wants |
| 17808s | to get the hero power down to zero so |
| 17811s | like quick shot on the 4-2 or a quick |
| 17812s | shot face even and then wound pray and |
| 17814s | trade in the 4-2 and the hero power goes |
| 17816s | down to zero costs so right now with the |
| 17818s | aim shot buff it can also take down the |
| 17820s | gorilla bot but |
| 17821s | there is a very real argument for just |
| 17823s | shipping everything to face it's just a |
| 17825s | matter of whether he thinks he can kill |
| 17827s | before cariel comes online and that is a |
| 17830s | matter of what he gets from this |
| 17831s | tracking uh the furious hal is quite |
| 17834s | tempting to me here because again he can |
| 17836s | play quick shot wound pray he can trade |
| 17837s | away the viper and the furious hell |
| 17838s | might draw him at least two cards uh but |
| 17841s | in the end he takes marked shot |
| 17843s | yeah mark shot a bit of car shot at a |
| 17845s | bit of card advantage plus he could keep |
| 17847s | the board in check while he's doing that |
| 17849s | damage to face |
| 17851s | um it's |
| 17853s | it was touch and go but i think this |
| 17854s | might be the right play he hasn't got |
| 17856s | much ammunition going forward right so |
| 17859s | relying on the mark shot to do a good |
| 17861s | discover job and clear up the |
| 17863s | spot next turn |
| 17866s | i think because |
| 17867s | has decided to fight for board more the |
| 17870s | mark shot makes sense it progresses his |
| 17872s | quest and makes sure he's not taking any |
| 17873s | damage i was looking at furious how |
| 17875s | because i thought he would go for the |
| 17876s | all-face game plan but again it's a bit |
| 17878s | flimsy it really depends on whether you |
| 17880s | can hit piercing shot sooner rather than |
| 17882s | later and for now though that creates a |
| 17885s | small window for super chicken to get |
| 17887s | online again security automaton is a |
| 17889s | card that can snowball very quickly if |
| 17891s | left unchecked and i think this is |
| 17893s | another reason why habugabu coined out |
| 17894s | the raj as early as turn one because it |
| 17897s | preempts a security automaton hitting |
| 17899s | the board and doesn't allow it to keep |
| 17901s | getting buffed by mechs |
| 17903s | from this choice |
| 17905s | aimshot i agree |
| 17907s | i think he's back on the face game plan |
| 17911s | yeah and look at the patient he is |
| 17913s | displaying here dear like he's kept the |
| 17915s | viper in hand despite getting super |
| 17917s | chicken down to 18 really quickly |
| 17919s | um with the game plan of okay well i'm |
| 17921s | not going to let you have a carryall i'm |
| 17922s | going to play the game slowly enough |
| 17924s | that that is a factor in this game |
| 17926s | so i'm just going to keep the viper i'm |
| 17927s | not going to cycle it and try and find |
| 17928s | five more damage or anything like that |
| 17930s | i'm going to keep both options open the |
| 17933s | the early kill but also |
| 17935s | just the viper which was very tempting |
| 17937s | to put onto an empty board there because |
| 17938s | probably was going to come in for three |
| 17940s | or even six damage and just just kept |
| 17942s | his patience it's going to be rewarded |
| 17944s | quite likely |
| 17945s | yeah i love that you pointed that out |
| 17947s | it's all the long-term game plan that |
| 17949s | habukabu had set from the beginning when |
| 17952s | he decided to clear the board it's |
| 17954s | because of that viper like you said |
| 17955s | giving him the insurance to be able to |
| 17957s | get there even through carryall because |
| 17958s | there's simply no other healing |
| 17960s | available for super chicken he is not |
| 17963s | running catacomb guard which is |
| 17965s | something i've seen floating around in |
| 17967s | some mech paladin list but i'm not a |
| 17969s | huge fan of because again it requires |
| 17971s | you to buff it with prismatic jewel kit |
| 17973s | to get any sort of relevant lifesteal |
| 17975s | going through |
| 17978s | yeah now a bunch of divine shields are a |
| 17980s | bunch of taunts but it's almost too late |
| 17982s | for those things |
| 17984s | and very much thinking time for super |
| 17986s | chicken he knows that card on the |
| 17987s | left-hand side hasn't moved all game |
| 17990s | there's been floated mana what could it |
| 17991s | be |
| 17993s | and then also does he have a choice and |
| 17995s | hovering over the leviathan makes him |
| 17997s | think he has got a choice |
| 17999s | he does i mean |
| 18001s | the thing is even if he plays carol here |
| 18003s | it doesn't feel like a winning play into |
| 18005s | a duck that runs double viper because if |
| 18007s | he plays carol he ends up having to |
| 18009s | trade the 5'3 anyway and then he's only |
| 18012s | pushing six face and if he gets vipered |
| 18014s | then he is very much losing that race as |
| 18016s | well so i'm not really sure what the |
| 18019s | game plan should be for super chicken |
| 18020s | here because you can make the counter |
| 18021s | argument that if you play leviathan then |
| 18024s | your 11 health is almost certainly not |
| 18027s | going to hold up as lethal the next turn |
| 18028s | so you can see here maybe the carriage |
| 18030s | lets him survive one more turn but i |
| 18032s | think habukabu has the checkmate over |
| 18034s | two turns instead |
| 18036s | yeah i think we'll see the nod here from |
| 18037s | super chicken yeah the sort of shrug i |
| 18039s | guess but he made the decision on the |
| 18041s | caviar i don't i think he's discovered |
| 18043s | that both lines were probably losing and |
| 18046s | just went with well maybe my read on |
| 18048s | vipe is not right i know my read is |
| 18050s | right i'm pretty sure i'm right but if |
| 18051s | i'm wrong that's a route to victory |
| 18054s | better than the two choices i had in |
| 18055s | front of me |
| 18058s | just king |
| 18060s | due diligence on the minion as well even |
| 18062s | though it's not a whole lot of damage |
| 18064s | with the piercing shot he knows he is |
| 18065s | very likely to get there with aim shot |
| 18067s | hero power already representing seven |
| 18069s | and then he can trade into another spell |
| 18071s | that deals damage um he just wanted to |
| 18074s | make sure there was no chance of being |
| 18075s | cheesed out a lethal with like a smite |
| 18077s | in hand plus leaving minions on board |
| 18080s | and he does absolutely get there with |
| 18082s | the barb nuts that is going to be a |
| 18084s | quick evening up of the series and the |
| 18087s | quest hunter out of the way for habukabu |
| 18090s | yep one game a piece and i think |
| 18093s | still very much in the balance both of |
| 18095s | those two decks were quite likely to get |
| 18097s | wins the way it stacks up so i don't |
| 18099s | think we've necessarily lost much yet |
| 18100s | the hunter could have been a problem i |
| 18102s | think for haber |
| 18104s | with a lineup he's facing but |
| 18106s | now we have the mage and the druid |
| 18107s | versus paladin and rogue and i don't |
| 18110s | think many people expected me to say |
| 18111s | that at any point today |
| 18113s | that is true |
| 18115s | paladin and rogue not too popular mage |
| 18117s | also not too popular but you mentioned |
| 18119s | druid somewhere there i think a lot of |
| 18120s | people could have expected that to be in |
| 18122s | the mix somewhere and again we come back |
| 18124s | to that point of druid for habukabu is |
| 18127s | it going to be able to hold up against |
| 18129s | mech paladin a very aggressively curving |
| 18132s | deck that i mean especially these days |
| 18134s | druid just doesn't have the room to run |
| 18138s | wrath or single target removal they have |
| 18140s | either druid of the wreath or dosing |
| 18142s | kelp keeper for habukabu's version he |
| 18144s | has double druid of the reef but that |
| 18146s | might not necessarily be good enough to |
| 18149s | remove all of the threats from paladin |
| 18150s | and any minion sticking can just uh get |
| 18154s | out of control right um more so if they |
| 18156s | stick in hand in the early game honestly |
| 18158s | and there's a prismatic jewel kit and |
| 18160s | then you get so many buffs um and you |
| 18163s | just have refill after refill on the |
| 18165s | board a giant mooncatcher and the sunken |
| 18167s | moon catcher being some of the most |
| 18169s | annoying minions to deal with |
| 18171s | it's gonna be quite a lot for the juror |
| 18173s | to get through but i am seeing the one |
| 18175s | smothering starfish tucked in for |
| 18177s | habukabu there and that can come in very |
| 18179s | clutch versus mech paladin but super |
| 18181s | chicken is gonna go for the pirate rogue |
| 18183s | first |
| 18185s | yeah and i'm interested to see if this |
| 18186s | comes up against the mage here because |
| 18189s | if it does |
| 18190s | it's |
| 18191s | it's not the decider it's the best of |
| 18192s | five but that's very much one of the |
| 18194s | most important games i think of this |
| 18196s | particular match the the weaker links in |
| 18199s | both lineups coming up against each |
| 18201s | other so i'd like to go up against the |
| 18203s | mage and see what happens there |
| 18205s | um well while we're waiting to see what |
| 18207s | he is up against i just want to mention |
| 18209s | gia aloutemu battling to get a hundred |
| 18212s | wins |
| 18213s | after two rounds is oh and two |
| 18220s | other people are catching up i think |
| 18221s | fury hunters 97 now oh my gosh no way |
| 18225s | the race to 100 wins cannot end in |
| 18228s | anyone's favor except aloo tammuz i will |
| 18230s | not accept it |
| 18232s | uh i believe i believe he'll get a win |
| 18234s | this time but thank you for the quick |
| 18236s | intermission |
| 18237s | uh |
| 18239s | moving back to this year have you have |
| 18241s | you played much against i know you've |
| 18243s | played the mage yourself have you played |
| 18245s | against the vogue much it's not much of |
| 18246s | a ladder deck |
| 18247s | not so much honestly because like the |
| 18250s | the the |
| 18252s | period in the meta game at which i |
| 18254s | jumped onto the naga mage train was |
| 18256s | later than most people did and that was |
| 18258s | already when rogue was kind of falling |
| 18259s | off because people realized that demon |
| 18261s | hunter was almost strictly better as an |
| 18263s | aggro deck like it just did everything |
| 18265s | rogue did outside of hook test things |
| 18267s | more efficiently |
| 18269s | however i'd wager that the mage would |
| 18271s | struggle for similar reasons that it |
| 18273s | struggles against demon hunter which is |
| 18275s | the early game minions mage would um |
| 18278s | take damage from very often uh and then |
| 18281s | there's just burst at the top and mr |
| 18283s | smite there's wicked stab so even after |
| 18284s | the mage has done their big pop off turn |
| 18286s | and grab the board there's a chance they |
| 18288s | just die because they're at 12 health by |
| 18291s | the time they stabilize |
| 18292s | perhaps it's not as consistently |
| 18294s | aggressive as demon hunter so mage can |
| 18297s | try and prey on rogue in that regard but |
| 18300s | i |
| 18301s | would think that habukabu is gonna |
| 18304s | mulligan very aggressively for um first |
| 18306s | flame in particular just ways to |
| 18308s | stabilize until he gets to that all too |
| 18310s | important spite lash siren that's |
| 18312s | already in the hand |
| 18314s | got all the good cards but no early |
| 18316s | games so very curious to see how he |
| 18319s | mulligans here |
| 18322s | you're always tempted to keep school |
| 18323s | teacher with spite lash because oh it |
| 18325s | gives you your one one naga and that |
| 18327s | lets the train go off quickly but that |
| 18329s | would entail not playing anything until |
| 18331s | turn four and your turn four is just a |
| 18333s | five four which feels awfully slow |
| 18335s | against rogue so i would be tempted to |
| 18337s | only keep siren here look for first |
| 18339s | flame look for slither spear look for a |
| 18341s | rundarb even anything that can help him |
| 18343s | remove the early buccaneers filet |
| 18346s | fighters um tuscar trawlers and the 33s |
| 18349s | from dussel |
| 18350s | as soon as they're unstealth that thing |
| 18352s | that the likes of those i think will be |
| 18354s | top of habugabu's mine |
| 18357s | there you go you called it he doesn't |
| 18359s | fall for the coin into forward to |
| 18361s | fortrevic he is going to look for that |
| 18362s | early removal and let the deck do its |
| 18365s | job for the rest of it |
| 18367s | super chicken also quite an interesting |
| 18369s | early start here because |
| 18370s | three ones in your hand when you're |
| 18372s | trying to be aggressive early seems so |
| 18374s | tempting but actually two of them don't |
| 18376s | do much so yeah it just just keeps the |
| 18378s | minion power |
| 18380s | right he does get buccaneer which i do |
| 18382s | agree with as a keep when you are on the |
| 18384s | play because if mage is going to deal |
| 18386s | with this you have to coin something |
| 18389s | coin ping |
| 18390s | um not the end of the world again for |
| 18392s | habu gabu because |
| 18394s | as it happens with spite lash siren a |
| 18395s | lot of the time you don't have the |
| 18397s | luxury to save coin for the post siren |
| 18400s | pop-off like you have to use it to |
| 18402s | activate that last extra mana so you |
| 18404s | then can play the naga and get the train |
| 18406s | started um saving it for like spite lash |
| 18409s | then one drop then coin doesn't happen |
| 18411s | very often in these aggressive matchups |
| 18413s | so i think habu is right to just play as |
| 18416s | um conservatively as possible here oh my |
| 18419s | gosh that's a prep vessel off the top |
| 18421s | and then he has these swordfish for the |
| 18424s | dredge obviously the swordfish is not |
| 18425s | gonna get buffed because he's not |
| 18426s | judging a pirate but who cares he gets |
| 18428s | more three threes |
| 18431s | yeah and that's pretty good right now um |
| 18434s | that pop-off turn coming up for habu is |
| 18437s | going to be two turns away at least |
| 18439s | right now two turns away precisely in |
| 18440s | fact right now |
| 18442s | um and he's gonna take a lot of damage |
| 18444s | in the meantime |
| 18446s | great um |
| 18448s | goldfish is so nutty |
| 18450s | it really is |
| 18453s | duncan vessel into trade the cutlass |
| 18456s | which means you get the three threes |
| 18458s | right now that is |
| 18460s | not what habu wanted to see way too |
| 18462s | quick super chicken even going to |
| 18464s | respect the crush claw enforcer here |
| 18465s | honestly i was expecting all of this to |
| 18467s | go face but fair enough it just prevents |
| 18469s | a value trade from the 3 4 and habu is |
| 18473s | running out of time shooting star |
| 18475s | without the rainbow glow scale is |
| 18478s | looking a bit lackluster here |
| 18482s | yeah i think with the stab in hand um |
| 18484s | and have one exactly 22 i think that's |
| 18486s | probably fine he can afford to lose one |
| 18488s | of these three threes |
| 18490s | um if he hadn't had the stab it might |
| 18491s | have been a bit harder to decide what to |
| 18493s | do in terms of the damage |
| 18497s | so hubble here this means that he's got |
| 18498s | enough |
| 18500s | uh hubble can clear two of these right |
| 18504s | ruined orb and the shooting star and he |
| 18505s | can even fit in a slither spear if he |
| 18508s | wants but the most important thing is |
| 18510s | that he holds one slither spear in hand |
| 18512s | for next turn at least because that's |
| 18514s | going to start the train with the spider |
| 18516s | siren um the fire sail on paper looked |
| 18519s | okay on that board but like again he |
| 18521s | doesn't have the time to play at this |
| 18522s | turn and he knows he's shooting starring |
| 18524s | two of them so i like that he just takes |
| 18525s | a cheap spell so he can again save as |
| 18528s | much mana as possible holds on to |
| 18529s | scissor spear so he can |
| 18531s | ramp up as much as possible with despite |
| 18534s | lash |
| 18536s | uh trolls he does have the ability to |
| 18538s | play the trawler and another card this |
| 18540s | turn right |
| 18542s | confessor don't worry his card was made |
| 18545s | yeah |
| 18547s | uh no i also don't we're too busy |
| 18549s | watching the the sunken just coming into |
| 18551s | play |
| 18551s | right so gone fishing cutlass and |
| 18554s | courier i'd be interested in gone |
| 18556s | fishing just to cycle a little bit more |
| 18558s | because i think super chicken can smell |
| 18560s | that the pop-off turn is going to start |
| 18562s | already next turn for abu gabu so it's |
| 18564s | all about trying to find your other |
| 18566s | wicked stab at that point i believe and |
| 18569s | just |
| 18570s | get damaged from hand because your board |
| 18572s | will then be very flimsy against the |
| 18574s | duck that plays first flame flurry et |
| 18576s | cetera et cetera |
| 18581s | how's his hand lining up for happen has |
| 18583s | he actually got enough cards draw to get |
| 18585s | any removal |
| 18587s | uh he has gifts that's something yeah it |
| 18590s | will depend what comes off of the gifts |
| 18592s | but here we go fight |
| 18600s | this is going a lot better than it does |
| 18602s | on ladder doesn't it naga |
| 18606s | well okay so he's played one cost spells |
| 18608s | and one cost naga so all of those are |
| 18610s | actually gaining him mana because |
| 18612s | everyone you play refreshes two so it's |
| 18614s | like plus three on the end |
| 18616s | um |
| 18618s | yeah |
| 18619s | including star |
| 18620s | sure now play |
| 18625s | because it's the cheapest |
| 18627s | nope he takes crush claw |
| 18630s | okay so gifts just hoping to cycle |
| 18634s | through to a first flame a flurry |
| 18637s | something he just cannot afford to take |
| 18639s | any more damage from this board but at |
| 18641s | the moment it's a little bit short of |
| 18642s | clearing everything |
| 18644s | hot streak gains him mana but he doesn't |
| 18648s | have any cheap knockouts left actually |
| 18651s | because he's gonna go to two mana after |
| 18653s | this and he cannot afford to play zola |
| 18657s | and |
| 18658s | that kinda means the train is just done |
| 18660s | like he'll have to just ignite a minion |
| 18662s | i think and that's it |
| 18664s | okay no lethal at the moment yeah |
| 18667s | i honestly feel like this might be a bit |
| 18670s | of a punish for picking the crush club |
| 18671s | but i hesitate to say that because |
| 18674s | is a very very good naga mage player and |
| 18675s | i jumped onto the train a bit late but |
| 18678s | um |
| 18679s | yeah this could be the difference maker |
| 18682s | having that one amalgam stick on board |
| 18685s | because i don't necessarily know if habu |
| 18687s | can kill super chicken right away on the |
| 18689s | backswing i don't think he can |
| 18691s | i think it's 23 on board not counting |
| 18694s | spells and pings |
| 18696s | but the uh southern spears are going |
| 18698s | back to one attack on the next one so |
| 18701s | also true |
| 18702s | yeah very far from lethal however he is |
| 18706s | at six so even a wicked stop top deck is |
| 18709s | oh wait yeah super chicken saved the |
| 18711s | buccaneer so wicked stab off the top for |
| 18713s | him would amount to lethal however |
| 18715s | havogabu has still a lot of work ahead |
| 18717s | of him clearing the board and |
| 18719s | discovering an ice barrier or something |
| 18721s | like that |
| 18723s | his uh spite lash right now is on naga |
| 18726s | to refresh so he can play the school |
| 18727s | teacher and go back up to three mana |
| 18731s | anybody um |
| 18733s | floor does he still have an amalgam left |
| 18738s | we'll see |
| 18739s | i don't know if i'm honest |
| 18743s | but he's on spell right now so he's just |
| 18744s | creating some board space i think he's |
| 18746s | going to ignite his own 3-4 yeah oh uh |
| 18749s | i honestly don't know i think he needs |
| 18751s | the board space to keep the train going |
| 18753s | but |
| 18756s | it trades fire sale first |
| 18761s | i don't know |
| 18762s | okay |
| 18764s | maybe he is just going to clear the full |
| 18766s | board and pray he's not dead to exactly |
| 18768s | wicked stab buccaneer that's very |
| 18770s | reasonable and set up a lethal for the |
| 18772s | next turn which i think is |
| 18774s | very doable to get the siphon man a very |
| 18776s | sad no spells and had that it's going to |
| 18779s | discount but that's not |
| 18781s | the big deal here it's just about |
| 18783s | survival for habu |
| 18785s | yeah and did manage to survive very well |
| 18788s | lethal basically set up i don't think |
| 18790s | it's actually set up but yeah |
| 18792s | is he alive |
| 18795s | whoa |
| 18796s | okay oh no oh my gosh i think habu gets |
| 18799s | there super chicken just can't do |
| 18802s | anything about this you can dagger one |
| 18804s | down but that's essentially the same as |
| 18806s | going face on the next turn |
| 18808s | i don't know you can make the argument |
| 18810s | for killing a 2-1 but i think habu has |
| 18812s | this |
| 18813s | 8-9-12 argument for keeping it board |
| 18816s | locked there as well maybe |
| 18817s | true |
| 18819s | wait maybe he doesn't have this there's |
| 18821s | no spells in hand hello |
| 18824s | yeah he ran out a couple of turns ago |
| 18826s | and he's been struggling since |
| 18827s | and there's no board space either i |
| 18829s | think he has to trade fire sale and pray |
| 18831s | for like a rune door burst oh my god |
| 18833s | what |
| 18835s | okay so he can't buff the slither spears |
| 18838s | any further he can make some room to |
| 18840s | play multicaster |
| 18842s | but he'll only have one mana remaining |
| 18844s | because multicaster is a pirate it's not |
| 18846s | a naga it's not a spell that doesn't |
| 18848s | have any synergy with the spider siren |
| 18852s | now he has to close his eyes for one |
| 18854s | more turn how many outs are there in the |
| 18856s | rogue deck |
| 18857s | right and we're not many |
| 18860s | i forgot about smite but yeah it's just |
| 18862s | those two i believe uh pufferfist is one |
| 18864s | off |
| 18867s | oh no there might be some v-draws as |
| 18869s | well with set up with card draw |
| 18872s | oh no |
| 18873s | he doesn't have it |
| 18876s | slowly gets there in the end that was |
| 18879s | rough for super chicken honestly he had |
| 18880s | like the dream opener in terms of |
| 18883s | aggressive potential but the card draw |
| 18885s | at the end there just was not enough to |
| 18887s | find him that very last chunk of damage |
| 18889s | like his outs there were double puffer |
| 18891s | fist smite and the second wicked stab |
| 18894s | and like you said a couple of redraws so |
| 18896s | not particularly likely but the fact |
| 18897s | that he whipped on them for three turns |
| 18899s | in a row is pretty |
| 18901s | rough yeah and he was picking the the |
| 18903s | shooting star which was the the best |
| 18906s | card in the opening pick that really set |
| 18907s | everything going here allowed that |
| 18909s | double kill |
| 18910s | early in the game which took a lot of |
| 18912s | damage off the board more than it was |
| 18913s | expected i think in super chicken's |
| 18915s | calculations that was probably not a |
| 18917s | thing he expected to see happen |
| 18919s | and yeah from that point on despite the |
| 18920s | fact that things actually go back to one |
| 18922s | one they'd be quite good if they didn't |
| 18924s | um |
| 18925s | get over the line |
| 18927s | [Laughter] |
| 18929s | super manner worm |
| 18931s | and yeah takes it to two one and is just |
| 18935s | left with this ramp druid which |
| 18938s | still has to get it done against the |
| 18939s | paladin and the rogue and i think we'll |
| 18941s | see the palette in first gear because |
| 18942s | people like to queue especially on |
| 18944s | stream the more favorable deck |
| 18946s | i agree with you that the paladin does |
| 18948s | get there more consistently than rogue |
| 18950s | because like we saw rogue can gas out |
| 18952s | pretty often if you're not able to get |
| 18954s | multiple attacks with cutlass career |
| 18957s | it just does not necessarily have as |
| 18960s | many resources available to it |
| 18962s | compared to |
| 18964s | rogue decks of old that had almost |
| 18966s | always a full hand back when you were |
| 18967s | playing field contact but it's a very |
| 18969s | different beast right now there's still |
| 18971s | the hook tusk which can be a big deal to |
| 18973s | look at a bit later uh but oh yeah he is |
| 18976s | going rogue and not paladin so we will |
| 18978s | have to see how this plays out the okani |
| 18982s | is a very big one against druid |
| 18983s | especially if druid is off coin like |
| 18985s | playing okani on curve to deny spell |
| 18988s | can often |
| 18989s | mess with the expected nourish turn from |
| 18991s | your opponent that has already played |
| 18993s | wild growth |
| 18997s | okay then this is um getting this one |
| 18999s | through |
| 19001s | oh how much of this do you keep |
| 19006s | three third one |
| 19010s | okay he keeps one nourish which is |
| 19013s | you know the main win condition i |
| 19015s | perhaps i'm paying too much credence to |
| 19017s | the rogue's aggressive potential and |
| 19020s | even then |
| 19021s | like you still need to nourish at some |
| 19023s | point as druid to get there so |
| 19029s | question is does he rush down a 3-1 i |
| 19032s | think yes even though it feels like a |
| 19033s | waste of damage |
| 19037s | yeah it's it's not so much the damage |
| 19039s | it's about the not dying early right so |
| 19041s | far |
| 19044s | we're fun turn two for super chicken he |
| 19046s | does not have prep for the vessel but |
| 19048s | one more turn tonight oh we draw it and |
| 19050s | that is a wild growth for habu gabu and |
| 19053s | he has the vape for nourish next turn |
| 19056s | super chicken is already in danger |
| 19060s | yep that's why |
| 19062s | you keep the noise |
| 19064s | okay |
| 19066s | so he did take the pirate here to get |
| 19068s | the buff on the pirate and the weapon |
| 19070s | but i was honestly tempted by the prep |
| 19072s | just to play vessel into vessel over two |
| 19074s | turns but maybe that's not good enough |
| 19079s | the chicken shaking his head and |
| 19081s | understandably so |
| 19083s | but it you know it wasn't the guff |
| 19085s | any worse what do i take |
| 19089s | happy thoughts |
| 19092s | okay |
| 19093s | i know i know |
| 19096s | well although we doesn't have the big |
| 19098s | payoff cards |
| 19101s | never mind he has a big payoff |
| 19106s | nice to see that your short foray to |
| 19108s | predicting things correctly has come to |
| 19110s | a swift end |
| 19112s | i mean i mean the scale there isn't that |
| 19114s | good into puffer fist though so he is |
| 19116s | going ivis instead i like this |
| 19122s | yeah really tempted to play druid first |
| 19123s | right but wanted the max value on this |
| 19131s | i do like that holding on to the druid |
| 19133s | of the reef like you said |
| 19135s | uh |
| 19137s | yep |
| 19138s | it was up to 29 but honestly like the |
| 19140s | rest of the turn is what is |
| 19143s | like confusing me do you play the scale |
| 19145s | preemptively and accept that you lose a |
| 19147s | ton of value if they have puffer fist or |
| 19149s | do you end up floating the rest of this |
| 19151s | mana because he cannot starfish with an |
| 19153s | iva's board and druid of the reef isn't |
| 19155s | particularly good against these stealth |
| 19157s | minions either |
| 19160s | i i think it might be scales but not |
| 19163s | scale |
| 19168s | gaels but not scale yep that's cool we |
| 19170s | have so many mess-ups trying to word |
| 19172s | that correctly to people |
| 19174s | um |
| 19175s | any any conversation i've had i mean |
| 19178s | that's not a surprise to anybody right |
| 19179s | but yeah here's the puff fish as you |
| 19181s | called and all this damage just goes |
| 19183s | away |
| 19185s | all this health |
| 19188s | big spell |
| 19189s | because he did like play around the |
| 19191s | puffer fist |
| 19200s | and he has a second scale now as well |
| 19202s | um |
| 19206s | yeah 26 health how does smite get there |
| 19209s | i think the answer is it doesn't but i'm |
| 19210s | looking for ways |
| 19213s | i don't think it does get there and |
| 19215s | super chicken is just dying himself he's |
| 19217s | at 11 and six on board super chicken |
| 19220s | looking for a miracle gets a second |
| 19222s | pufferfist okay that's a miracle |
| 19225s | uh there is second scale which can clear |
| 19228s | up all of this alongside either hero |
| 19230s | power or druid of the reef but two for |
| 19232s | chicken we'll worry about that later |
| 19236s | yeah okay so it's gonna be mr smite |
| 19238s | versus a starfish and the rest of it's |
| 19240s | just gonna be off the top of the decks |
| 19242s | and in theory you'd think the druid |
| 19244s | would be equipped for that but he's |
| 19245s | whiffed |
| 19246s | yeah |
| 19247s | innervate probably the worst draw on his |
| 19249s | deck right now |
| 19251s | um |
| 19252s | there's a couple of other whiffs very |
| 19254s | few but a couple like um |
| 19257s | sammy arcanus wouldn't be particularly |
| 19259s | good oracle of elune either on its own |
| 19261s | wouldn't be good he's looking for karjo |
| 19263s | more than anything habukabu |
| 19265s | but right now super chicken also doesn't |
| 19268s | have very much just a smite and a dream |
| 19272s | and |
| 19273s | he kind of has to play it |
| 19278s | probably dagger's down a 2-1 so the |
| 19279s | smite isn't dead on board to these two |
| 19282s | plus hero power |
| 19284s | uh-huh yeah okay i like this |
| 19286s | you know he has lethal outs |
| 19290s | sami does not clear no matter what he |
| 19294s | does i think don't think so |
| 19296s | oh wait no no if you trade the two one |
| 19298s | into the smite and hero power it it's |
| 19301s | down to two health and then you can |
| 19302s | spammy them both away but you tanked six |
| 19305s | so that is not great |
| 19307s | you're taking six next turn if you don't |
| 19309s | kill it so you might as well do it now |
| 19310s | and |
| 19311s | yeah but your spammy is the only minion |
| 19313s | on board |
| 19315s | you're still dead to wicked stab but i |
| 19316s | agree like if you don't do it now you |
| 19318s | just take 12 over two turns instead so |
| 19320s | he has to kill it and you probably |
| 19322s | tamper with starfish as well i don't |
| 19323s | know |
| 19325s | i think you have to yeah absolutely |
| 19331s | yeah he's got the same sort of look on |
| 19332s | his face that with how we're talking |
| 19335s | he's like well this is ridiculous but |
| 19336s | there's nothing better |
| 19338s | he's just whipped i've never seen this |
| 19339s | from druid where they have the perfect |
| 19340s | ramp and then nothing like he had scale |
| 19342s | scale which is awesome but just zero |
| 19344s | card draw after that crazy so arguments |
| 19347s | for saving starfish i don't think there |
| 19349s | are because you've seen double vessel |
| 19351s | right so you don't even have things to |
| 19352s | unstealth just tempo |
| 19355s | that is a world where your opponent |
| 19357s | makes something you need to kill okay if |
| 19359s | there's a wicked stop at the bottom it's |
| 19360s | just gg |
| 19363s | uh but it's new vessel okay crabber toa |
| 19367s | is it clear |
| 19367s | [Music] |
| 19369s | it's large and it's a clear |
| 19372s | you have the vessel is i win next turn |
| 19379s | like you clear this board you have a 6'5 |
| 19381s | and you have four to face and are |
| 19384s | replenishing four to face because you |
| 19386s | trade one weapon phase then trade the |
| 19388s | other and you have a new weapon |
| 19392s | okay and hubble gabby's outs are miracle |
| 19394s | growth and |
| 19396s | stuff |
| 19397s | stuff |
| 19398s | coffee stuff all right it's it's |
| 19400s | vegetables |
| 19401s | needs to work out if he wants to armor |
| 19403s | first |
| 19405s | uh |
| 19406s | so it seems to not matter |
| 19409s | yeah i don't think there's a relevant |
| 19410s | break point that i'm thinking of |
| 19413s | if you go now you have |
| 19416s | five mana left and one draw |
| 19420s | you can't even vape into |
| 19422s | another |
| 19424s | like |
| 19429s | i there's got to be something right if |
| 19430s | you get moon lit i just feel like it's |
| 19432s | better to have as much mana left as |
| 19434s | possible even if i can't think of the |
| 19435s | exact thing right now and he has the |
| 19437s | hero power as well |
| 19439s | oh no he died he died |
| 19442s | how did this happen |
| 19445s | no idea at all but it's gone to two two |
| 19449s | and now super chicken is left with the |
| 19452s | paladin |
| 19453s | against the druid and from what looks |
| 19456s | like a head shaking moment with the |
| 19457s | novice on very early in the game |
| 19460s | he's gone to a massive favorite in the |
| 19462s | match-up habigaboo just |
| 19464s | missed after miss and that's impossible |
| 19466s | withdrew to whiffs that many times but |
| 19468s | he did i agree i've just never seen that |
| 19471s | i mean it looked perfect he had growth |
| 19473s | up top intivate nourish into scale which |
| 19476s | is exactly what you expect from druid |
| 19478s | second scale sure but after that it was |
| 19480s | just whiff with with it's insane that he |
| 19483s | got no further card draw it just hardly |
| 19486s | ever happens on ladder but um it |
| 19489s | happened here i guess it's sort of just |
| 19491s | desserts because super chicken also |
| 19493s | whipped quite a lot on his lethal outs |
| 19495s | in the previous game but it does come |
| 19498s | down to a head-to-head between matt |
| 19499s | paladin and druid like what you were |
| 19501s | saying lorenda and as the resident back |
| 19504s | paladin enthusiast why would you say the |
| 19507s | paladin comes out on top against you |
| 19510s | it's i mean yeah it's just stuff against |
| 19513s | a druid very hard to clear stuff against |
| 19515s | their limited removal um it sits there |
| 19518s | it kills them you don't you don't have |
| 19520s | to think to be druid but you do have to |
| 19522s | think to do it the most percentage of |
| 19523s | the time we'll see some decisions |
| 19525s | about tempo about making your hand |
| 19527s | bigger and you can even sometimes win if |
| 19530s | the druid gets established as an |
| 19531s | important point so your board gets |
| 19533s | cleared but you start pumping out nine |
| 19535s | nines of your own or nine tens of your |
| 19537s | own and so the game isn't over like it |
| 19540s | is with other aggro decks when you are |
| 19542s | cleared because you're still in there |
| 19544s | putting out more stuff the druid can't |
| 19546s | just beat you down with their things |
| 19547s | they have to actually keep trading for a |
| 19548s | while and so yes you try and win the |
| 19551s | normal aggro versus druid way hit them |
| 19553s | early hit them hard but there's just a |
| 19555s | little bit of late game that allows you |
| 19557s | to keep going after that if it does go |
| 19559s | wrong |
| 19560s | i would say that if it were for example |
| 19563s | scale of enyxia that got nerfed instead |
| 19565s | of miracle growth that would be a much |
| 19567s | bigger boon to paladin because i feel |
| 19569s | like having scale as early as possible |
| 19572s | is the most important thing druid can do |
| 19574s | in this matchup to stabilize against |
| 19576s | those big boards you are talking about |
| 19578s | that paladin tends to get ahead on in |
| 19580s | the early game uh but the fact that |
| 19582s | scale can come down early and stabilize |
| 19584s | is still fine for druid they can |
| 19586s | eventually get to kazakhstan but that's |
| 19590s | not necessarily even the win condition |
| 19591s | because i find that druid as soon as |
| 19594s | they get to a position where they're not |
| 19595s | dead on board and they can play what two |
| 19598s | three naga giants all at once maybe even |
| 19601s | four depends how many oracles you have |
| 19603s | left um then they can just set up a |
| 19606s | board state where paladin is dead in one |
| 19608s | turn if uh one or two turns um cario can |
| 19612s | delay a little bit but it's not quite as |
| 19614s | effective in mech paladin as it is |
| 19618s | in uh control paladin i would say where |
| 19620s | you have a lot more um control over what |
| 19623s | minion it is in hand that you buff in |
| 19624s | mac paladin you have so many minions |
| 19626s | that it's hard to get kariel to zero in |
| 19628s | with the buff on smite |
| 19631s | super interesting mulligan there from |
| 19634s | habu as well i was looking at it saying |
| 19636s | well you want all three of these cards |
| 19638s | but you can't keep all three because of |
| 19640s | how the curve works out on your guff |
| 19642s | nope he kept all three um all three very |
| 19644s | strong cards against the paladin and he |
| 19647s | thought about it long and hard and did |
| 19648s | keep them all |
| 19650s | uh valuing well i'll get to guff in the |
| 19652s | end if i'm not dead so whatever and |
| 19654s | actually i'm just a god soldier or wild |
| 19656s | growth anyway |
| 19658s | pretty good bannerman for a super |
| 19660s | chicken he's not going to get greedy |
| 19661s | with playing second banner mendo which i |
| 19663s | like i i do um like going for automaton |
| 19666s | plus the click clocker because it's |
| 19669s | relevant stats on board like again |
| 19671s | automaton one of the most threatening |
| 19673s | minions in the early game across the |
| 19674s | board and also he finally gets a divine |
| 19676s | shield online so there's a chance to get |
| 19678s | value from the prismatic jewel kids |
| 19683s | but as you saw there from haber the the |
| 19685s | reason he was so excited about the way |
| 19687s | things are turning out he's got this |
| 19689s | starfish in hand that he kept |
| 19691s | um again not necessarily an easy choice |
| 19694s | right because |
| 19695s | it looks fantastic but then you're |
| 19696s | slowing down the rest of your deck he |
| 19697s | did keep it and now he is going to |
| 19701s | really put the brakes on super chicken |
| 19703s | for the foreseeable future |
| 19705s | i say foreseeable future i mean about |
| 19706s | two turns before it all gets going once |
| 19708s | again with the radar etcetera |
| 19710s | i think jewel kit still goes off even if |
| 19713s | the divine shield minions get silenced |
| 19714s | like this is an interaction that was |
| 19716s | from many metas ago and i i'm still not |
| 19719s | sure if it's intended or not but uh yeah |
| 19721s | the silence happened there's still a |
| 19723s | double bump happening on super chicken's |
| 19725s | hand which might be relevant here |
| 19727s | seafloor savior of course gives its |
| 19728s | stats to the minion it judges so giving |
| 19731s | plus four plus four instead of plus two |
| 19732s | plus two very big deal |
| 19735s | yeah it does say when it loses divine |
| 19736s | shield not when the divine shield is |
| 19738s | damaged i just checked the exact wording |
| 19740s | so that would make sense so it's |
| 19741s | probably intended |
| 19742s | okay |
| 19745s | it's always been a little bit jarring to |
| 19747s | see silence do something yeah |
| 19751s | yeah i wouldn't have got that right if |
| 19752s | you hadn't told me i must confess |
| 19754s | yeah no worries um the radar detector is |
| 19757s | a bit sad to play that after you get the |
| 19760s | big pop off with the divine shields uh |
| 19763s | but it's still very tempting to get all |
| 19765s | of that value |
| 19767s | however the bigger concern is dealing |
| 19770s | with the oracle of the loon which he |
| 19772s | just cannot right now he only has three |
| 19774s | damage on board and that could represent |
| 19777s | multiple druid of the reef naga giant |
| 19779s | not quite playable yet but |
| 19782s | havoc has it set up where even if his |
| 19784s | illume dies he just goes anexia if the |
| 19786s | elune doesn't die he can maybe find some |
| 19787s | way to get value off of it from the |
| 19789s | moonlit guidance so super chicken just |
| 19791s | going for the |
| 19793s | big draw right here |
| 19795s | uh gets the sunken moon catcher which is |
| 19797s | guaranteed from that first azsharan moon |
| 19800s | cash where he played |
| 19804s | and habu can |
| 19805s | honestly sack his oracle of elune just |
| 19808s | create full board space with the two two |
| 19810s | fours and then go annexia and there is |
| 19812s | very little that super chicken can do to |
| 19814s | answer it outside of samurai and even |
| 19815s | then that wouldn't deal with the anexia |
| 19817s | body |
| 19821s | yeah he could have um played the other |
| 19822s | way around last time i played the oracle |
| 19824s | first but i didn't think he wanted it to |
| 19825s | get silenced but |
| 19827s | yeah |
| 19829s | but i think he sort of gave a bit of a |
| 19830s | shrug afterwards if say well if it's |
| 19831s | going to not be here for long anyway |
| 19833s | maybe i should have but you know |
| 19835s | he has now got control of the board |
| 19836s | because he had the onixia in hand so |
| 19839s | an interesting tool there but it's still |
| 19841s | active now because of it |
| 19844s | i think i like this order as well i was |
| 19845s | initially looking at trading off the two |
| 19847s | fours to get maximum welps but i think |
| 19849s | it would have come down to a similar |
| 19850s | board state or like because the two ones |
| 19853s | would have traded into one once and they |
| 19855s | don't value trade anyway so it's just |
| 19856s | better from hakugabu to have like |
| 19859s | actual oracle sticking on board instead |
| 19861s | of a two one even though it's |
| 19862s | technically less protection for enyxia |
| 19864s | as long as one whelp is on board he's |
| 19866s | pretty much safe because the only threat |
| 19867s | to deal with all the things is samuro |
| 19870s | anyway |
| 19872s | uh |
| 19873s | the first part of two done right for |
| 19874s | habu he's got control of the board in |
| 19876s | pretty convincing style now it's about |
| 19878s | can he deal with all the the second wave |
| 19881s | of big stuff if he can |
| 19883s | yeah and maybe he's in good shape true |
| 19886s | sorry to call you out like samurai being |
| 19888s | dredged there from the seafloor savior |
| 19890s | is huge it's going up to seven attack |
| 19893s | which |
| 19894s | you know with a little bit more help can |
| 19896s | deal with even miracle growth and |
| 19898s | actually with this hand size from |
| 19899s | habugabu it can deal with miracle growth |
| 19903s | um it's like one short of being able to |
| 19905s | deal with naga giants which is a little |
| 19906s | bit awkward but you still take a big |
| 19909s | board sweeping potential which is not |
| 19911s | normally available to paladin where you |
| 19913s | can |
| 19916s | you can work out this spammy arcanist |
| 19918s | for the future |
| 19919s | is it going to be useful later |
| 19922s | later maybe |
| 19926s | yeah it's too good right it fills up the |
| 19928s | hand |
| 19929s | you know just by playing it because it |
| 19931s | draws two from the nourish um so he can |
| 19933s | miracle growth this turn or he can |
| 19935s | nourish first and then miracle growth |
| 19937s | but i do think it's very great either |
| 19938s | way |
| 19944s | there is a nourish left in decade i'm |
| 19946s | sorry |
| 19947s | i think so |
| 19949s | he did this a slow way at the start i |
| 19951s | don't remember him going crazy on manor |
| 19952s | right he got the guff the just one two |
| 19954s | three four five where he got a wild |
| 19955s | growth but yeah |
| 19961s | okay cool it is the jury rig sorry he |
| 19963s | didn't have mana to play miracle growth |
| 19965s | of course it's been nerfed here |
| 19968s | it's fine |
| 19970s | yeah he had the easy decision to the |
| 19971s | hard decision we could just say yeah you |
| 19973s | can't do the spammy but he had to |
| 19974s | actually calculate the spammy |
| 19979s | and he's tying something out here |
| 19981s | i think this may have been a choice to |
| 19983s | go for taunt because he was on the rope |
| 19985s | here and maybe couldn't get the rush |
| 19986s | trades in but rush had to be better |
| 19988s | there if he had more time |
| 19993s | yeah butt did you get the elixir |
| 19995s | attacking at all he did he did on a |
| 19997s | enough six six or a five five |
| 19999s | okay |
| 20000s | yeah yeah |
| 20002s | enormous here and the |
| 20005s | not clearing of the six three is coming |
| 20007s | back to bite habugabu here a little bit |
| 20014s | and get 11 health back |
| 20018s | and play another naga giant |
| 20023s | just huge minions slapping into each |
| 20026s | other here |
| 20027s | avu looks stressed i think kind of |
| 20029s | kicking himself for having to make a |
| 20031s | rope play last turn |
| 20033s | [Music] |
| 20034s | it's such a huge difference |
| 20040s | that's all this is the ramp through two |
| 20042s | more giants and the 11 health but |
| 20045s | this is creating a very scary situation |
| 20048s | normally bubble butt would look super |
| 20050s | scary here but only two of these minions |
| 20052s | are actually mex still decent though |
| 20057s | yeah i saw another player having a chat |
| 20059s | um earlier and they were saying they |
| 20060s | missed five damage in a play just by not |
| 20062s | attacking basically on the vote with a |
| 20064s | minion that could attack and it cost |
| 20065s | them the match as well so |
| 20067s | um |
| 20068s | really gotta i think soto made the point |
| 20070s | very well earlier on that in this matter |
| 20072s | not only have you got to know what |
| 20073s | you're doing |
| 20074s | like with the long game but you've got |
| 20075s | to be mechanically very very careful as |
| 20077s | well there's so many little intricate |
| 20079s | things that can go wrong if you're not a |
| 20081s | hundred percent on it |
| 20083s | this turn is quite awkward for super |
| 20085s | chicken though he has so little mana to |
| 20086s | deal with compared with habukabu i am |
| 20089s | looking at like bubble bot trade |
| 20091s | um |
| 20092s | five six and six three and the eleven |
| 20094s | and then three three into an eight eight |
| 20096s | and then bubble but again so you then |
| 20098s | re-protect your amalgam and the three |
| 20100s | three and then samurai to finish off the |
| 20102s | eight eight uh but uh super chicken has |
| 20105s | other plans in mind oh the mother ship |
| 20107s | is an 11 10 sorry i did not account for |
| 20109s | that that is super clean |
| 20112s | oh yeah it's a little bit difficult |
| 20114s | casting this deck from the the other |
| 20115s | side right we've got a kind of |
| 20117s | we're not ever going to remember every |
| 20118s | number sorry for that we've got a rough |
| 20120s | idea how big they are but yeah surprise |
| 20122s | mothership appears |
| 20123s | yeah and all of this is shipped faced |
| 20125s | because habugabu is not running |
| 20127s | battlegrounds battlemaster as you may |
| 20129s | have seen in other druids there is no |
| 20130s | way for him to get additional damage |
| 20132s | from these eight eights he can heal off |
| 20135s | of them but super chicken is just |
| 20136s | capitalizing off of abu gabu having very |
| 20139s | little board clear potential left in |
| 20141s | fact the eight eights are taking up |
| 20143s | board space from the scales of anexia |
| 20145s | now |
| 20146s | now there is potentially working out |
| 20149s | but i can't see the fight |
| 20152s | so there's a one health and a two health |
| 20154s | with shields on you can scale into those |
| 20157s | can you generate a three health there's |
| 20158s | one already can you make a four health |
| 20160s | minion |
| 20161s | uh you don't need to actually you just |
| 20163s | yeah you don't i think |
| 20166s | so you can definitely clear very easily |
| 20167s | here can you do it while your 8 8 |
| 20169s | survive is a bigger question |
| 20172s | i don't |
| 20173s | no because i feel like 188 going into |
| 20175s | samurai creates a one health minion so |
| 20177s | you don't even need to play scale of |
| 20179s | anexia at that point |
| 20180s | uh |
| 20182s | and then like okay the other eight eight |
| 20184s | can go in this one |
| 20186s | okay i i'm not sure honestly i think |
| 20189s | he's got it i think he's got it yeah |
| 20192s | he's got it this is it |
| 20194s | this is it where's the one health minion |
| 20196s | yeah he plays the jb to get the one okay |
| 20198s | yeah very clean |
| 20200s | and now he's got two eight-eighths on |
| 20202s | the board and we're 88-99 going face and |
| 20204s | clears the board sets up lethal for next |
| 20207s | turn but it's not over yet there's a |
| 20208s | carryall in hand on the other side which |
| 20210s | will get rid of both of these |
| 20212s | and that's the bare minimum |
| 20216s | how big is this mate i don't know i'm |
| 20218s | sorry |
| 20219s | it's large smite man |
| 20221s | large nightmare okay |
| 20223s | it's not 16 i can tell you that much if |
| 20226s | it's not lethal spite man then it's |
| 20227s | cario |
| 20230s | and probably a button |
| 20237s | that was really well spotted by habuka |
| 20239s | the last time by the way i i cannot |
| 20240s | stress enough how difficult it is to |
| 20243s | figure out situations like that on |
| 20245s | spammy arkanis while under pressure like |
| 20247s | the play i was looking at would have |
| 20249s | left both of his eight eights dead and |
| 20250s | he would have just had a couple whelps |
| 20252s | on board instead |
| 20254s | same i was even looking at earth and |
| 20255s | scaling the welp at some point to gain |
| 20257s | an extra one where i couldn't find the |
| 20259s | thing to fix it right so i'd be like a |
| 20262s | million health down right now i'd have |
| 20264s | cleared and i'd have my 88s but i'd have |
| 20266s | like wasted a zillion health in the |
| 20268s | process |
| 20271s | zach is still not |
| 20273s | active that is right um |
| 20276s | played amalgam onyxia |
| 20279s | but other amalgams are still in the deck |
| 20287s | ivos |
| 20289s | [Music] |
| 20292s | and i agree he gets to scale it |
| 20297s | suddenly he is back up to higher than |
| 20299s | starting health because druid |
| 20303s | what a game so far this has been even |
| 20305s | though he feels he's made a mistake why |
| 20306s | he did make a mistake um |
| 20309s | he's got himself together |
| 20311s | and this is something we've seen in the |
| 20312s | development of habu as well the the |
| 20314s | desire to win tournaments is so much |
| 20316s | higher than it was when he first started |
| 20317s | playing when he just realized he was |
| 20318s | good |
| 20319s | absolutely |
| 20321s | question is is there any mech that super |
| 20323s | chicken could discover to get through |
| 20324s | this 2020 and no i mean the best you |
| 20327s | could get is mothership maybe |
| 20330s | but |
| 20332s | he has to kill this the hard way |
| 20335s | and |
| 20336s | perhaps |
| 20337s | all these divine shields can help a bit |
| 20339s | because you can refresh the shield on |
| 20341s | the 86 with bubble bot but the uh scale |
| 20344s | of anexia is going to make quick work of |
| 20346s | all the threatening minions here even |
| 20348s | though the ivas is only effectively |
| 20349s | dealing 10 it's gonna be enough over two |
| 20351s | turns and that's just an additional raid |
| 20353s | boss anexia that he can play this turn |
| 20356s | because druid |
| 20358s | because why not who wants 19 mana anyway |
| 20362s | yeah |
| 20365s | 19 mana |
| 20367s | imagine playing back paladin |
| 20369s | no that's not fair imagine whoa |
| 20371s | no no that's all |
| 20373s | you've got two days to eat those words |
| 20375s | two whole days year we've only just |
| 20377s | begun |
| 20378s | okay you'll see |
| 20380s | you'll all see all of you |
| 20382s | i'm not insane it's everybody else |
| 20386s | old man shouts at clouds you'll see |
| 20388s | you're young |
| 20391s | i'll show you with my little mix |
| 20399s | radar what is naming random groups now |
| 20403s | i love drawing cards |
| 20405s | uh-huh well super chicken drew a lot of |
| 20408s | them but did not get that done habugabu |
| 20411s | finds a way to go three and zero |
| 20414s | starting to |
| 20415s | bit by bit putting himself in the |
| 20417s | seasonal championships discussion but he |
| 20420s | has started with only eight points so |
| 20422s | he's effectively starting the day here |
| 20424s | in terms of that but in terms of this |
| 20425s | tournament just win it and you're in and |
| 20427s | he's looking like he's fully intending |
| 20430s | to do so |
| 20431s | very impressive stuff from habukabu that |
| 20433s | um spammy arcana's turn definitely going |
| 20436s | in my highlights for the tournament um |
| 20438s | super chicken also put up a very good |
| 20440s | fight honestly so back and forth the |
| 20443s | druid game and the rogue game the first |
| 20444s | one for each of them where they just |
| 20446s | could not find that last bit of damage |
| 20449s | to find lethal were absolute nail-biters |
| 20451s | and i am hoping for a super chicken to |
| 20454s | you know pick it up from here because |
| 20455s | like you said he is still in contention |
| 20457s | to be one of the players to make it |
| 20459s | through to uh the seasonal championship |
| 20462s | based on how many masters tours wins |
| 20463s | he's had so far but in terms of |
| 20465s | implications for the aggro players here |
| 20468s | who are leaving up ramp druid it's not |
| 20470s | looking good lorenda because the players |
| 20472s | who are still bringing ram druid i think |
| 20474s | a lot of them are aware that this is a |
| 20477s | targetable deck and they have tech |
| 20478s | accordingly spammy arcanist is a huge |
| 20481s | one to be able to deal with these boards |
| 20484s | yep and as long as you can work it out |
| 20488s | because that was not easy but yeah uh he |
| 20490s | nearly he remember he nearly took it |
| 20492s | early on he realized how important that |
| 20493s | was going to be when he thought long and |
| 20495s | hard i don't think he nearly took it but |
| 20497s | he was making sure it wasn't to take |
| 20498s | when he took the the jerry rig into |
| 20500s | noish as well so even that far back he |
| 20503s | was aware this is my v-set this is my |
| 20505s | win condition in this match-up and yeah |
| 20508s | proved that absolutely that it was |
| 20510s | worthwhile but obviously he had to |
| 20511s | redraw it with the nourish which made |
| 20513s | far more sense |
| 20515s | three and zero habigabu and |
| 20518s | i'm excited i'm excited to see how far |
| 20520s | he can go in this tournament |
| 20522s | damn it i'm exhausted |
| 20524s | yeah as a lot of you guys are over in |
| 20526s | the uk and america so sorry about that |
| 20529s | this was supposed to be your time zone |
| 20532s | um but i'm sure you are so sorry about |
| 20534s | that says the person who has had |
| 20536s | repeated 6 a.m finishes |
| 20543s | but that is just our first match for |
| 20545s | round three isn't that we still have |
| 20546s | some coverage and then the last round of |
| 20548s | the day if we are feeling tired how much |
| 20551s | more do the players have to get through |
| 20553s | fatigue is a very very real thing and |
| 20555s | those who are the most able to endure it |
| 20559s | through all of it will be able to get |
| 20561s | some additional wins under their belt i |
| 20563s | think |
| 20565s | absolutely so without further ado let's |
| 20568s | get on with the rest of the tournament |
| 20570s | you don't hear me waffling on you don't |
| 20571s | want to see me zooming in my face what |
| 20573s | you want to see is some more round three |
| 20575s | action so we'll be back immediately |
| 20577s | after this |
| 20579s | [Music] |
| 20673s | [Music] |
| 20679s | [Music] |
| 20690s | [Applause] |
| 20692s | [Music] |
| 20693s | [Applause] |
| 20707s | [Music] |
| 20714s | [Music] |
| 20734s | [Music] |
| 20778s | hello everybody welcome back to master |
| 20780s | store voyage to the sunken city my name |
| 20783s | is tj i'm joined by saddle for some |
| 20784s | round three continued coverage |
| 20788s | tala how you doing buddy |
| 20790s | i'm doing great tj you've you've been |
| 20792s | honestly on a campaign for the best part |
| 20795s | of five or six years at this point to |
| 20797s | try and break me on broadcast and you |
| 20799s | usually fail miserably for i am a |
| 20802s | consummate professional uh on this |
| 20804s | occasion though yes fair enough well |
| 20806s | played that was very funny i am amused |
| 20809s | let's move on |
| 20810s | it's it's honestly stuck like this |
| 20815s | all right whole intro like this oh yeah |
| 20818s | this is just it's just who i am now |
| 20821s | i've embraced the big |
| 20824s | let's put it that way |
| 20826s | uh well we're uh jumping into another |
| 20829s | match uh in round number three it's |
| 20830s | gonna be ruby versus boom crack |
| 20833s | and i've been promising some guff stuff |
| 20834s | here subtle |
| 20836s | yeah guff stuff but perhaps not of the |
| 20839s | variety of stuff of guff that we are |
| 20841s | used to seeing uh there is a real life |
| 20845s | quest druid |
| 20846s | in this match |
| 20847s | uh on the side of boom crack and just |
| 20850s | going through this is if there's one |
| 20851s | thing i can say about this deck it is |
| 20853s | there is a collection of hearthstone |
| 20856s | cards um there is all sorts of madness |
| 20859s | in there of course lost in the park the |
| 20860s | actual druid quest there's a starfish |
| 20863s | squeezed in here as well there's uh |
| 20865s | ambassador phalen thrown in on top of |
| 20868s | everything else just to try and chuck |
| 20869s | some colossals at the bottom of your |
| 20870s | deck there is all sorts of nonsense |
| 20873s | going on in this deck outside of that |
| 20875s | and we are dealing with more of the |
| 20877s | stuff that we've seen throughout the |
| 20878s | tournament so far we've got some control |
| 20880s | paladin we've got the quest hunter going |
| 20882s | on and then from ruby's side uh kind of |
| 20884s | similar to the uh lineup that we saw in |
| 20886s | the print a couple in the previous |
| 20888s | series kind of a hybrid of habu gabi's |
| 20890s | lineup and super chickens line up as we |
| 20891s | see naga mage pirate rogue and a control |
| 20894s | warrior coming out |
| 20897s | [Music] |
| 20903s | well said subtle |
| 20905s | thank you well said |
| 20908s | uh |
| 20909s | the naga mage banned away and |
| 20912s | it only works once you can't just keep |
| 20914s | doing the same thing and expect it to |
| 20916s | keep working i'm going to move past it |
| 20920s | i |
| 20922s | i can't it's |
| 20924s | i'm not doing it on purpose anymore |
| 20928s | it was supposed to be over by now |
| 20932s | uh |
| 20933s | i was supposed to be back to normal and |
| 20934s | be able to get on track |
| 20936s | and just to make sure i had it right in |
| 20938s | the first place i have all these |
| 20939s | previews open so now it's just my face |
| 20941s | all over all my monitors |
| 20944s | it's incredibly distracting i don't know |
| 20946s | how you do it |
| 20948s | oh all right here we go it's a charge |
| 20951s | warrior it is a charge warrior yeah um |
| 20954s | which i believe |
| 20957s | if the uh |
| 20959s | if the |
| 20960s | tracking sheet is to be believed we'll |
| 20961s | be going up against that quest druid in |
| 20963s | our first matchup |
| 20967s | all right |
| 20968s | okay |
| 20969s | okay fine that's good i'm on board |
| 20973s | that's very funny |
| 20977s | hey |
| 20978s | how's it going what's it like being |
| 20980s | really big |
| 20983s | i don't know i could ask you the same |
| 20985s | question |
| 20986s | it's just it's great honestly you ever |
| 20988s | just hit your face on doorways because |
| 20990s | your entire head just can't fit through |
| 20993s | we're getting uh up close and personal |
| 20996s | uh for this cast i love it |
| 20998s | oh there it is |
| 21001s | how have we reached the point where our |
| 21003s | real-life professional production team |
| 21005s | are willing to join in with tj being an |
| 21008s | idiot that's what i want to know that |
| 21009s | wasn't me dear viewers at home i did not |
| 21012s | do that that was a pretty |
| 21015s | sure |
| 21018s | can we cast some hearthstone tj is that |
| 21021s | too much to ask |
| 21023s | this is the absolute perfect decklist to |
| 21026s | show after these shenanigans it really |
| 21028s | is yeah yeah you're quite right |
| 21030s | ah we didn't even have a chance to talk |
| 21032s | about it |
| 21033s | um but yeah that's |
| 21035s | that's a quest in druid i actually |
| 21038s | played against the stick a few times |
| 21040s | even just the past |
| 21041s | like 12 hours |
| 21045s | uh wait really not this exactly how many |
| 21047s | how many how many digits do you have in |
| 21048s | your legend |
| 21051s | in order to uh unlock |
| 21054s | playing against |
| 21055s | questions on ladder you have to collect |
| 21058s | quite a few legend points let me just |
| 21060s | put it that way |
| 21062s | yeah gia actually renamed it for us |
| 21064s | earlier uh full credit to her it's no |
| 21066s | longer called dumpster legend it's now |
| 21068s | dredge legend that's what we're calling |
| 21070s | it from now on which i just think is |
| 21073s | beautiful well done cheers |
| 21076s | i'm i'm just |
| 21078s | waiting to be dredged |
| 21080s | exactly |
| 21081s | just bring you right back up into the |
| 21083s | real ranks yeah place me at at the top |
| 21086s | of legend |
| 21088s | right at number two |
| 21091s | all right |
| 21092s | we can proceed |
| 21094s | you're not getting in |
| 21099s | so this on your extensive experience |
| 21102s | against quest druid which is clearly |
| 21104s | more exhaustive than mine uh how do you |
| 21105s | think it does in this matchup against |
| 21107s | chargeboard |
| 21109s | i don't know because i wasn't playing |
| 21110s | charge warrior the three times that i |
| 21112s | faced it |
| 21115s | um probably pretty good because you have |
| 21117s | a just a lot of |
| 21120s | just raw damage |
| 21122s | and you have some longevity in the form |
| 21124s | of uh ambassador phelan |
| 21127s | just three colossal minions |
| 21132s | just like our heads |
| 21139s | that's the real challenge for production |
| 21141s | if they're able to uh on the fly when |
| 21143s | those colossal minions are drawn just |
| 21145s | put our heads on them |
| 21149s | oh please no i don't know what i was |
| 21152s | expecting coming into this cast tj but |
| 21155s | it was not this i can tell you that much |
| 21159s | new experience for me seeing feral rage |
| 21162s | get split up by the jerry rig car |
| 21163s | continue |
| 21164s | i know that's uh kind of bizarre |
| 21168s | um but |
| 21170s | boom crack just sort of collecting |
| 21171s | resources for the time being really not |
| 21173s | a huge rush |
| 21175s | on the uh |
| 21176s | on the quest completion it's got plenty |
| 21178s | of time left |
| 21180s | in this game |
| 21182s | uh |
| 21184s | that looked like sir finley you take |
| 21186s | finley yeah this is kind of the absolute |
| 21188s | dream scenario where he got to double |
| 21191s | discount the dredge and sir finley is in |
| 21194s | his dredge choices so you just pick sir |
| 21196s | spindly you chuckle this rubbish back in |
| 21198s | your deck you pick up all these |
| 21199s | discounted cards from the bottom and |
| 21201s | from here you can probably |
| 21204s | just turbo tempo your opponent with uh |
| 21207s | with nelly and whatever else |
| 21211s | brand |
| 21214s | oh okay |
| 21215s | well that's the perfect way to refill |
| 21219s | um and i imagine |
| 21221s | oh no okay |
| 21224s | we're just gonna |
| 21226s | yeah i like it right i did misspeak |
| 21228s | earlier by the way obviously the the you |
| 21230s | go through three stages of uh battle cry |
| 21233s | synergy with colossals star the |
| 21235s | expansion you think it works because it |
| 21237s | feels like a battle cry then you learn |
| 21239s | that it isn't a battle cry and then the |
| 21241s | galaxy brain level is that you realize |
| 21242s | that nelly does actually also have a |
| 21244s | battle cry on it that isn't the colossal |
| 21246s | effect that gets affected by bran um but |
| 21249s | in this case like just a five five and a |
| 21251s | two six in play now i'd still take that |
| 21254s | over just a little bit of extra value |
| 21256s | that you get from the brand like if |
| 21257s | you're needing value you have brand |
| 21259s | double amalgam in your hand anyway right |
| 21261s | like you're not going to be short of |
| 21262s | value it's just whether those extra |
| 21264s | cheap pirates turn into more tempo in |
| 21266s | the long term i guess is the argument |
| 21268s | which i would argue yes |
| 21274s | pirates are sick |
| 21276s | um what's your favorite pirate in |
| 21278s | hearthstone tj and there is an |
| 21280s | objectively correct answer to this |
| 21281s | question from you specifically |
| 21284s | uh |
| 21286s | defiance leper boom thank you |
| 21289s | very good |
| 21291s | nailed it next question |
| 21294s | uh next question what is this collection |
| 21296s | of garbage that's coming off this brand |
| 21298s | amalgam |
| 21299s | what is |
| 21301s | defies leper there we go very good |
| 21309s | all right that's an improvement oh |
| 21312s | okay |
| 21314s | um |
| 21321s | that's not bad |
| 21323s | i mean this is just an absurd amount of |
| 21325s | tempo just by itself |
| 21331s | this is a |
| 21332s | i mean that's a pretty good pickup |
| 21335s | the starfish however it doesn't answer |
| 21338s | the |
| 21339s | the size of the minions on board |
| 21345s | [Music] |
| 21346s | anything that |
| 21348s | guidance can pick up here |
| 21351s | um not |
| 21353s | really that can make an impact on the |
| 21356s | board |
| 21357s | that's the one problem with quest druid |
| 21359s | is |
| 21361s | it's pretty one-dimensional |
| 21365s | all right your uh your claim here is |
| 21366s | that there's only one problem with |
| 21368s | questions |
| 21371s | um |
| 21371s | one of the problems with quest druid |
| 21375s | yep |
| 21376s | is that it's one-dimensional |
| 21378s | and all of the other problems stem from |
| 21381s | that problem |
| 21388s | boom crack making an honest effort |
| 21390s | though this samuro is still going to be |
| 21392s | some way away from being able to clear |
| 21394s | this up ruby's going to keep the gas |
| 21395s | going |
| 21402s | and at this point it's just it's just an |
| 21404s | arena hand and not a very good one at |
| 21406s | that just coming down just playing stuff |
| 21409s | listen arena you kidding me |
| 21412s | this is the goods our writer's accenture |
| 21415s | oh |
| 21417s | are you drafting many direwolf alpha |
| 21419s | jungle panther decks in arena tj |
| 21422s | actually yes |
| 21423s | oh really okay |
| 21424s | yeah because they're offered quite a bit |
| 21427s | these are neutral comments |
| 21429s | [Music] |
| 21432s | darwin's off is quite good jungle |
| 21434s | panthers like when you when you have |
| 21438s | terrible options next to it but this |
| 21441s | must be the way |
| 21447s | amaro mark of the wild does things |
| 21452s | yes |
| 21454s | this is correct |
| 21459s | clears almost the entire board |
| 21461s | yeah going to the 36 and then just the |
| 21463s | brands left remaining you have pounce as |
| 21465s | well |
| 21470s | molly's |
| 21471s | weathered this storm |
| 21473s | i mean |
| 21476s | now he just has to get through all the |
| 21479s | controller stuff and has to know that |
| 21482s | mutantness is a possibility uh i it |
| 21485s | just it's played naturally in the deck |
| 21487s | so |
| 21488s | um |
| 21490s | i want to wait until |
| 21493s | play |
| 21494s | golf in the same turn because now he |
| 21496s | sees that that's one of the discovered |
| 21498s | muteness |
| 21499s | and if ruby's just wouldn't fill it out |
| 21500s | there willy-nilly now he definitely |
| 21502s | knows that |
| 21503s | uh the natural mutantness is a |
| 21505s | possibility |
| 21507s | a raid negotiator |
| 21516s | only it's like a |
| 21517s | mark of the spike shell or something |
| 21520s | right |
| 21529s | guff tough |
| 21534s | there's so many different layers of guff |
| 21536s | stuff going on in this game right now tj |
| 21539s | i know to compromise |
| 21554s | the nostalgia ping in my brain just |
| 21556s | wants to pink engine of lore every time |
| 21557s | i see it i know it just feels so good i |
| 21561s | guess feral rage |
| 21564s | boomkin is kind |
| 21566s | i i guess feral rage is just for quest |
| 21568s | right |
| 21569s | yep this makes sense i think |
| 21581s | [Music] |
| 21585s | oh my gosh |
| 21590s | [Laughter] |
| 21595s | and uh boom cracks hair just |
| 21597s | truck a few millimeters |
| 21599s | of course famously uh murloc beats bear |
| 21602s | in a game of murloc bear jungle panther |
| 21608s | as we all know |
| 21610s | you're not getting in this way |
| 21613s | we all know the rules |
| 21614s | this is aquatic |
| 21617s | yeah it foreign |
| 21620s | all right |
| 21621s | okay there it is |
| 21624s | the ambassador phelan |
| 21628s | the win condition |
| 21630s | yes i think appropriately named for its |
| 21633s | chances of success in this situation |
| 21640s | in multiple ways if you get what i'm |
| 21642s | saying on a dangerous voyage |
| 21656s | those minions were so big |
| 21661s | it caused him to disconnect |
| 21664s | all right |
| 21665s | well |
| 21667s | still needs a way to actually |
| 21669s | get to |
| 21671s | those minions |
| 21674s | um |
| 21676s | i believe both capture cold tooth mines |
| 21678s | have been used |
| 21682s | okay |
| 21683s | which could be a way |
| 21685s | i think there's only been one moonlit |
| 21687s | guidance |
| 21691s | but it's possible but that was really |
| 21693s | the only play to be made there wasn't |
| 21695s | really anything else that boom crack |
| 21696s | could have done that turn so |
| 21699s | um that's |
| 21701s | lethal yeah 22 damage she's at 21. so |
| 21705s | uh none of the fun guff stuff we didn't |
| 21707s | even get to see well the |
| 21709s | the card guff |
| 21711s | the quest reward guff played didn't even |
| 21714s | get to see what the colossal minions |
| 21715s | were for ambassador phelan |
| 21718s | though |
| 21719s | yeah all in all |
| 21721s | a win for ruby but a very |
| 21724s | god |
| 21725s | very |
| 21726s | anticlimactic showing |
| 21729s | from question |
| 21731s | [Music] |
| 21734s | at what point does regret sit in tj like |
| 21736s | are you still are you still happy with |
| 21738s | the decisions you've made going into |
| 21739s | this broadcast or it was near immediate |
| 21743s | [Laughter] |
| 21746s | i'll just say that |
| 21750s | almost instantaneous |
| 21752s | yeah and i would |
| 21754s | if i was being cruel i would say the |
| 21756s | same about boom cracks decision to bring |
| 21758s | quest to it but that would be unfair and |
| 21760s | unkind because just by being at this |
| 21762s | point boom crack is 2-0 so you know we |
| 21766s | get into these situations sometimes |
| 21767s | where it's like oh cool the players off |
| 21769s | to a really good start let's follow |
| 21770s | along with them they've got an |
| 21771s | interesting lineup it's a new player we |
| 21773s | can see how they're doing and then |
| 21774s | immediately just the the new fun deck |
| 21777s | just gets dumpstered on stream right |
| 21778s | it's it's a story as old as time in uh |
| 21782s | masters tours so as much as we were |
| 21784s | having fun at the expense of the deck a |
| 21786s | little bit at least i was i think tj was |
| 21788s | genuinely enjoying himself um obviously |
| 21791s | it has been doing something right in |
| 21792s | this tournament so far for boom crack |
| 21795s | it's a cool deck |
| 21797s | i think it's got some potential right |
| 21800s | it's just hard to uh |
| 21802s | find the exact right pieces |
| 21806s | to surround guff the tough with |
| 21809s | in order to uh make them shine |
| 21812s | but ruby's gonna move over to the uh |
| 21814s | naga demon hunter |
| 21816s | and uh |
| 21818s | seemingly no bad matchups |
| 21820s | am i right |
| 21824s | with uh demon hunter no there's none i |
| 21826s | can't think of a single bad matchup for |
| 21828s | this deck in hearthstone as we have |
| 21830s | established throughout the tournament uh |
| 21832s | even control warrior is just a myth |
| 21834s | actually the control warrior beats demon |
| 21836s | hunter as uh as the great prophet of our |
| 21838s | time alexander raven bagooli informed us |
| 21841s | early on |
| 21842s | demon hunter actually just straight up |
| 21844s | beats control warrior |
| 21847s | i mean it's done quite well today what |
| 21849s | if i move back |
| 21858s | how about and here's a novel idea you've |
| 21861s | made your bed and you now lie in it and |
| 21863s | you do your job and cast some |
| 21864s | hearthstone how about that |
| 21869s | it's hard when you're struggling with |
| 21871s | technical difficulties |
| 21873s | [Music] |
| 21874s | i wouldn't know anything about that |
| 21877s | i know i know all right control paladin |
| 21881s | for boom crack |
| 21883s | and uh got the shatter hunter vol jin in |
| 21885s | here |
| 21886s | uh with the kazakhstan plus dragons |
| 21891s | so similar uh to what we saw from dragon |
| 21894s | man |
| 21896s | earlier in the day all the way back in |
| 21898s | round two |
| 21903s | which felt like so long ago but it |
| 21905s | really wasn't |
| 21907s | it actually wasn't no i think the |
| 21909s | first round or at least the opening |
| 21911s | match in the first round kind of set a |
| 21912s | precedent as to how things were going to |
| 21914s | be but since then i think the pace has |
| 21916s | picked up quite significantly you know |
| 21918s | that opening series of meaty versus |
| 21920s | gabby had the control warrior mirror |
| 21921s | multiple games of control warrior going |
| 21923s | around and we thought oh is this going |
| 21924s | to be the story of the masters tour but |
| 21926s | honestly we've seen a ton of aggro |
| 21928s | coming out since then and even outside |
| 21930s | of the pure agro decks we've been seeing |
| 21932s | uh you know even rapid kills from quest |
| 21934s | hunter on like turn six turn seven uh |
| 21937s | this is an interesting keep here from |
| 21939s | boom crack by the way um myself gia and |
| 21942s | i think lorinda were talking about this |
| 21944s | and just spectating one of the previous |
| 21945s | series when i think you were casting |
| 21948s | um |
| 21949s | where a player threw away a light forged |
| 21952s | carriage from the opening hand against |
| 21953s | demon hunter because it was a double |
| 21955s | viper deck or at least a single viper |
| 21957s | deck on the other side and so then they |
| 21959s | just went much more aggressively into |
| 21961s | winning board early on but i think in |
| 21963s | this case as far as i can see in |
| 21965s | ruby's deck no ruby does play a single |
| 21967s | viper in there as well so this time to |
| 21969s | the contrary boom crack is deciding to |
| 21972s | just hinge his bets more heavily on the |
| 21974s | idea that viper just won't be there |
| 21976s | because i totally agree if you know for |
| 21978s | a fact your opponent isn't playing viper |
| 21980s | play some play six cards before you get |
| 21983s | to carrier and then play carrier and you |
| 21984s | probably win the game right but the |
| 21986s | threat of keeping it and you know |
| 21989s | nerfing your |
| 21990s | your |
| 21991s | your smooth curve early on just to get |
| 21993s | vipered later on uh could be potentially |
| 21996s | detrimental since you end up taking a |
| 21998s | little bit of extra damage on average by |
| 22000s | keeping a seven drop in europe |
| 22003s | yep |
| 22006s | which did find a pretty good curve to |
| 22008s | fill things out at least in the ways of |
| 22010s | uh |
| 22010s | trying to stop some damage |
| 22012s | bannermen into double treasure guard uh |
| 22016s | is |
| 22018s | just a lot of health for ruby to have to |
| 22020s | chew through before he's able to push |
| 22022s | some |
| 22024s | meaningful face damage |
| 22027s | ah the |
| 22028s | puffer fist |
| 22034s | they're just a rank one fury still right |
| 22037s | now makes these break points |
| 22040s | ever so slightly awkward |
| 22043s | yeah |
| 22045s | could go just rank one fury hero power |
| 22048s | and then trade in |
| 22050s | i think this is better right just go |
| 22052s | fist and predation and then you just use |
| 22054s | the hero power |
| 22056s | gets through perfectly |
| 22060s | yeah |
| 22061s | and mana efficiently reserves the fury |
| 22063s | for rank two |
| 22065s | perfectly is arguable |
| 22067s | sure you don't get the |
| 22069s | marvel kill |
| 22070s | off the glaive but |
| 22073s | i'll allow it |
| 22081s | and already |
| 22083s | is a |
| 22084s | fairly monstrous looking board state |
| 22086s | that boom cracks facing down on the |
| 22088s | other side |
| 22090s | yeah |
| 22091s | still a good amount to do in the ways of |
| 22093s | defense playmaster samurai |
| 22096s | will be able to take off one but it |
| 22097s | would soften up the other so any spell |
| 22099s | picked up next turn alongside wild |
| 22101s | pyromancer could help clean up the rest |
| 22102s | of the board |
| 22104s | um |
| 22105s | also amber watcher |
| 22107s | just |
| 22110s | a good amount of heal |
| 22112s | just divide some time again to get to |
| 22114s | that light forged carriage |
| 22121s | could just go like samurai amber watcher |
| 22123s | into |
| 22124s | bronze explorer treasure guard right |
| 22127s | curve |
| 22129s | makes sense put stuff in the way |
| 22134s | yeah do you think this makes the most |
| 22136s | sense |
| 22138s | gotta hop on again though about that |
| 22139s | carry or keep because once again i think |
| 22141s | standards would not be criticizing this |
| 22143s | whatsoever i think it's the best keep in |
| 22145s | the deck a lot of the time against just |
| 22146s | about any aggro deck but it's this kind |
| 22148s | of situation right like transform that |
| 22150s | light forged carryall into any spell |
| 22152s | right and you suddenly you're in a |
| 22153s | situation where maybe pyromancer could |
| 22155s | be clearing this up maybe you have an |
| 22156s | equality in your hand already and you're |
| 22158s | off to the races as it stands ruby has |
| 22161s | just played a few minions and they have |
| 22163s | done a colossal amount of damage to boom |
| 22165s | crack already |
| 22166s | yep okay |
| 22175s | unfortunately |
| 22176s | as good as that mackie roll is to go |
| 22179s | along with the pyromancer here it would |
| 22181s | not be killing the steno on the other |
| 22183s | side |
| 22184s | means leaving that alive |
| 22187s | is a real real problem perhaps not so |
| 22189s | much when your opponent only has one |
| 22191s | card in hand currently |
| 22193s | yeah |
| 22195s | there's no way to actually kill it |
| 22197s | though so i think that's just the best |
| 22199s | play given the circumstances regardless |
| 22203s | yep double roll pyro roll |
| 22206s | yep this makes sense to me |
| 22214s | we're almost there |
| 22217s | almost to carol territory |
| 22219s | this is gonna be a lot of pressure |
| 22223s | and |
| 22225s | ah there's just nothing |
| 22233s | it is just |
| 22234s | not there |
| 22238s | contorted treasure guard can heal with |
| 22240s | amber watcher but neither of them are |
| 22242s | going to be good enough here i don't |
| 22244s | think |
| 22249s | hello |
| 22256s | but putting treasure guard in the way |
| 22258s | that be |
| 22264s | well you're looking at 14 damage at the |
| 22266s | very least |
| 22269s | because you |
| 22270s | you're a power sink a 6'4 into it |
| 22273s | your power again attack face repair |
| 22276s | again |
| 22277s | any any spell |
| 22280s | i mean it's kind of irrelevant because |
| 22281s | the spells all deal damage anyway but |
| 22283s | any spell that just makes then attack |
| 22285s | again would still be lethal because that |
| 22287s | re-procks the hero power |
| 22289s | it's 16 on board right because you get |
| 22291s | the origin initial hero power plus three |
| 22293s | at three resets |
| 22295s | isn't that just 16 you're pushing eight |
| 22297s | to face |
| 22301s | yes oh yeah you're absolutely right |
| 22303s | it's |
| 22304s | yeah no you're absolutely right |
| 22306s | yeah as it stands of course because ruby |
| 22308s | also has cards in his hand on top of |
| 22311s | this it can be expected that this is |
| 22312s | going to be massively overkill i think |
| 22315s | in the end though i i do believe it was |
| 22317s | just lethal on board with that parades |
| 22320s | but i think boom cracks idea there was |
| 22322s | just to play the live steal dragon hope |
| 22324s | ruby messes up right but even then the |
| 22327s | uh the then oh if it attacks it has a |
| 22329s | mean while attacking right so it |
| 22331s | wouldn't even necessarily be doing the |
| 22332s | same deal into the bronze explorer on |
| 22335s | the other side but there's no such |
| 22336s | mistake from ruby coming out who cleans |
| 22339s | it up nice and sound solid mechanical |
| 22341s | play as i've been talking about all day |
| 22343s | so far and that is a nice and easy 2-0 |
| 22346s | at that point for ruby uh against a |
| 22350s | couple of slightly unusual decks i will |
| 22352s | say control pardon isn't the most |
| 22354s | off-the-wall thing in the meta game in |
| 22356s | this tournament uh but this build of it |
| 22358s | is ever so slightly unusual in |
| 22360s | comparison to what i'm used to seeing um |
| 22362s | but honestly demon hunter gonna demon |
| 22364s | hunter in this meta that's what it does |
| 22366s | um and if you cannot find the answers |
| 22369s | demon hunter is like the number one |
| 22371s | threat check deck in the meta right now |
| 22373s | you must have the right cards to answer |
| 22375s | what they're doing because they are |
| 22377s | going to do something very similar every |
| 22379s | single game and it is up to you to stop |
| 22381s | it and boom crack just could not stop it |
| 22385s | [Music] |
| 22386s | and now we move to ruby's |
| 22389s | last deck remaining in the lineup which |
| 22391s | is going to be the |
| 22392s | pirate rogue |
| 22395s | uh which |
| 22397s | has been doing quite well i feel um the |
| 22400s | times have seen it it's been competitive |
| 22401s | in every game that we've watched it in |
| 22404s | um and i know that |
| 22407s | looking at the beginning of the day i |
| 22408s | didn't see many but it feels like as we |
| 22410s | get further along into the rounds the |
| 22413s | more players that are having success |
| 22415s | that are at 2-0 going into round three |
| 22418s | do have that |
| 22419s | pirate rogue in their lineup |
| 22421s | we'll see if ruby is going to be able to |
| 22423s | have |
| 22424s | that same level of success also |
| 22427s | relatively |
| 22429s | standard list i know |
| 22431s | there's some |
| 22433s | wiggle room like fox sale free booters |
| 22435s | not included in every single one |
| 22436s | blademaster connie is not included in |
| 22439s | in uh all the lists |
| 22441s | um restaurant viper as well but that's |
| 22444s | more of a tournament call than anything |
| 22445s | right not something you're going to see |
| 22447s | on ladder as often most of the time so |
| 22450s | um i like pirate row i think it's a |
| 22454s | a cool deck |
| 22456s | yeah i'm not 100 sure how i feel about |
| 22459s | it i did think when i was sort of |
| 22461s | building up the aggro lineup that pirate |
| 22463s | rogue was the deck i was least happy |
| 22465s | with in that lineup it's |
| 22467s | the deck that seems to lose to the other |
| 22469s | aggro decks quite consistently and it's |
| 22471s | also the deck that i felt was the most |
| 22473s | fragile in the druid matchup right if |
| 22475s | you're trying to build like a quad aggro |
| 22476s | target druid lineup uh rogue seems to be |
| 22479s | the one that would struggle a little bit |
| 22481s | there we saw a taster of that in uh |
| 22484s | super chicken versus habu gabi which i |
| 22486s | don't really know how i feel about that |
| 22487s | game because |
| 22489s | yes rogue one |
| 22490s | uh but the druid had a massive outlier |
| 22493s | of a game right where they just drew |
| 22494s | zero gas the absolute entire game but at |
| 22498s | the same time the rogue only in my |
| 22499s | opinion seemed to struggle because uh |
| 22501s | super chicken picked a prep instead of |
| 22503s | crabatoa which could have been in play |
| 22505s | like three turns earlier than it was um |
| 22508s | so i don't know like how i feel about |
| 22509s | how that match-up should have panned out |
| 22511s | but certainly it's a it's a tiny sample |
| 22514s | so far in terms of what the tournament |
| 22515s | is as a whole uh just having looked |
| 22518s | rogue sitting at 49 win rate in the |
| 22520s | tournament right now so it is performing |
| 22522s | ever so slightly below average um a |
| 22525s | enormous chunk of that win rate by the |
| 22527s | way has come against priests |
| 22529s | specifically where it has a 93 win rate |
| 22532s | out of 14 games against priests so far |
| 22534s | in the tournament nice |
| 22539s | yeah we've only seen one pretty son our |
| 22541s | broadcast matches today i believe |
| 22544s | et in the opener |
| 22546s | uh yeah i think that was the only one |
| 22549s | once i zoned out during another one |
| 22551s | apparently highly possible |
| 22561s | low ish start from the rogue here which |
| 22563s | by which i mean there is no prep vessel |
| 22566s | or swordfish available right now those |
| 22568s | are my kind of standards for fast rogue |
| 22570s | start with this deck |
| 22572s | but buccaneer into weapon on two into |
| 22574s | pufferfish is a |
| 22576s | incredibly acceptable curve |
| 22579s | and boom cracks curve is |
| 22583s | not too hot |
| 22584s | uh nothing to even remove |
| 22587s | this buccaneer needs to hold onto the |
| 22589s | coin in order to be able to coin out the |
| 22591s | drekthar |
| 22592s | and pointing out drekhthar with a puffer |
| 22594s | fist on board |
| 22597s | knowing that everything's going to be |
| 22599s | softened up a little bit |
| 22602s | not the greatest feeling but still |
| 22603s | incredibly powerful turn |
| 22606s | you |
| 22611s | oh |
| 22612s | you know when the break points just work |
| 22615s | tj and it just feels good |
| 22617s | and everything just lines up real nice |
| 22620s | yeah oh yeah |
| 22624s | three attack goes into the full health |
| 22625s | minion and you then create a lovely |
| 22628s | looking two health minion on the board |
| 22629s | that you can trade into and then you |
| 22631s | close your eyes and forget the other one |
| 22632s | isn't there and go face obviously |
| 22636s | yeah |
| 22637s | 17 just feels so much lower than 20. |
| 22642s | all right fine like jokes aside i do |
| 22645s | kind of respect this because i think the |
| 22647s | one danger for ruby in this position is |
| 22649s | that he just absolutely breaks from this |
| 22651s | position which rogue can do all rogues |
| 22653s | can do it right when you play with these |
| 22655s | various cards like uh your preparations |
| 22657s | and so on in your deck it can always |
| 22659s | happen so i think you know giving your |
| 22662s | uh your 258 chance of surviving is at |
| 22665s | least worth the shout here but i would |
| 22667s | still present the argument |
| 22668s | the hunter will probably kill it if they |
| 22670s | really want to anyway because that's |
| 22672s | largely what their deck does |
| 22674s | but no reason not to make life a little |
| 22675s | bit more difficult i suppose |
| 22680s | i don't think boom crack really wants |
| 22682s | his life to be more difficult right now |
| 22684s | because his hand is |
| 22688s | awkward |
| 22689s | with a capital w |
| 22695s | wow that is awkward |
| 22699s | here's your shot spend your whole turn |
| 22702s | getting one per quest progression and |
| 22704s | killing a minion |
| 22706s | not something you really want to be |
| 22707s | doing never bring us up gone fishing |
| 22711s | it was going to be a big pickup |
| 22714s | uh |
| 22715s | oh |
| 22718s | can get the vessel out now |
| 22721s | yeah there was |
| 22723s | many options there um basically all of |
| 22726s | those cards would have been able to |
| 22728s | chain into each other in some way or the |
| 22729s | other it was just how immediately you |
| 22731s | wanted maximum tempo and this is the way |
| 22733s | to immediately get maximum tempo which i |
| 22736s | think on the surface is probably the |
| 22737s | right way of doing it |
| 22745s | and again the banana just works out |
| 22748s | so awkwardly double furious howl in hand |
| 22751s | on five mana three three |
| 22754s | drops in hand this is |
| 22760s | yeah i guess it's gotta be treasure |
| 22761s | guard try and block some damage and then |
| 22763s | throw a arcane shot at the uh |
| 22767s | the filet |
| 22771s | pirate |
| 22773s | filet pride |
| 22774s | pirate |
| 22777s | yep that's it you got it |
| 22782s | is it filet fighter is that what we're |
| 22784s | going for because i just want to call it |
| 22786s | fighter i just want to call it philip |
| 22788s | fighter am i is that just me being |
| 22790s | extensively british |
| 22793s | who's philip and why does he want to |
| 22795s | fight him |
| 22805s | like is it actually filet-o-fish is that |
| 22807s | a thing people actually say |
| 22808s | people just say fill it don't they |
| 22811s | uh |
| 22812s | no |
| 22814s | really |
| 22816s | i don't think i've ever heard someone |
| 22820s | actually say fillet when referring to |
| 22824s | fish in my entire life |
| 22826s | well anyway it's all irrelevant now |
| 22827s | because now i'm calling it philip |
| 22829s | forever so that that argue that that |
| 22832s | points moot moving on |
| 22838s | um |
| 22844s | there's no weapon equipped currently |
| 22848s | the courier goes down in value |
| 22854s | oh i'm gonna push the six |
| 22857s | yep i respect this |
| 22860s | maximum damage efficiency preserves full |
| 22862s | health on his minions uh crucially |
| 22864s | avoiding trading any of the three health |
| 22866s | minions into the one five boom right |
| 22868s | there plays around that card |
| 22870s | dragon bane which means that now |
| 22874s | uh what would have been a very very easy |
| 22876s | board clear for boom crack if ruby had |
| 22878s | chosen to trade with the three threes uh |
| 22881s | suddenly becomes exponentially more |
| 22883s | difficult |
| 22887s | yeah it feels like the train being shot |
| 22889s | just |
| 22890s | didn't even make the turn any easier uh |
| 22892s | what could help here |
| 22895s | uh |
| 22897s | i |
| 22899s | does arcane shot help i guess it's just |
| 22901s | a cheap way to progress to quest but |
| 22906s | still so far behind in the uh damage |
| 22908s | category |
| 22909s | uh one swordfish at this point will just |
| 22914s | unless it completely whiffs |
| 22917s | on pirates |
| 22918s | in the |
| 22919s | dredge yeah the real bad news is that |
| 22921s | the way this game pans out is that even |
| 22923s | if boom crack does stabilize gets |
| 22926s | control of the game gets close to his |
| 22927s | quest completion |
| 22929s | uh hook tusk is just going to come down |
| 22930s | and steal those two furious howls from |
| 22932s | his hand and then he's just going to be |
| 22934s | completely out of cards or even worse |
| 22936s | just straight up jack the quest reward |
| 22938s | potentially as well so even though boom |
| 22940s | crack is doing the right thing here and |
| 22942s | valiantly trying to survive even if he |
| 22944s | gets through this next wave of minions |
| 22946s | which is probably the last wave of |
| 22948s | minions having said that picks up the |
| 22949s | second cutlass courier which will mean |
| 22951s | that there are many more waves to come |
| 22954s | but even if boom crack had been able to |
| 22956s | get through this i do think that uh hook |
| 22958s | tusk would have been able to clutch out |
| 22959s | the game at the very end |
| 22961s | yeah |
| 22962s | i would agree |
| 22964s | and i don't think this hand gets there |
| 22971s | like a |
| 22973s | dragon beam shot barbed nets but no |
| 22976s | nagas in hand |
| 22978s | could have found |
| 22980s | explosive trap maybe and then arcane i |
| 22983s | still would have been i think one damage |
| 22985s | off putting everything to two with the |
| 22987s | hero power in the arcane shot |
| 22989s | yep |
| 22998s | i wonder |
| 23002s | if they want to use the harpoon gun |
| 23004s | because taking damage does exactly what |
| 23006s | ruby wants them to do |
| 23010s | hey yay quickly |
| 23016s | i'm lost crack i don't know |
| 23028s | it's the best he's got |
| 23030s | remove damage quest reward in hand |
| 23033s | but now we might see it the last hurrah |
| 23037s | havish is he gonna switch sides |
| 23042s | not that it would matter because you |
| 23043s | can't even deal with an 88 |
| 23047s | even if you were able to play tavis like |
| 23049s | what's he gonna do to an 88 it's the |
| 23051s | psychological damage that your friend |
| 23053s | deserted you in your hour of need that's |
| 23055s | what really matters |
| 23062s | ruby also has the option of just going |
| 23063s | wide um |
| 23066s | or maybe thinking about any lethal |
| 23067s | potential with amalgam but |
| 23072s | i mean |
| 23073s | i'm playing i'm playing the 88 for yoink |
| 23075s | every time here right like it's 50 50 50 |
| 23077s | to steal the actual quest reward if you |
| 23079s | don't steal the quest uh you don't steal |
| 23081s | the tavish then you know your opponent's |
| 23084s | hand is a five mana seven seven and then |
| 23087s | one other card and that doesn't deal |
| 23089s | with an eight eight ever so you're going |
| 23091s | to hit them in the face with your 88. |
| 23094s | if you could just akani |
| 23096s | for a minion |
| 23098s | true yeah i know that is also very fair |
| 23103s | okay |
| 23104s | fine |
| 23106s | it's one of those positions where we're |
| 23107s | gonna argue over a one game and it's |
| 23109s | borderline irrelevant either way i know |
| 23114s | it was like pretty much as long as ruby |
| 23118s | spent eight mana this turn yes |
| 23121s | he went |
| 23122s | that's that's about it |
| 23128s | there it is concede from boom crack ruby |
| 23130s | 3-0 |
| 23133s | not only in game score but also now in |
| 23135s | match score after three rounds |
| 23137s | of swiss and uh you know props to boom |
| 23140s | crack for |
| 23142s | uh bringing something unique and having |
| 23145s | success with it thus far |
| 23147s | but it'll be back to the drawing board |
| 23149s | for round four to see if he can |
| 23151s | uh try and mount to come back and |
| 23153s | actually make it into that top 16 cut |
| 23156s | 2-1 still not bad |
| 23158s | yeah but uh just another real clean |
| 23160s | performance for the aggro lineup which |
| 23163s | again i think a lot of people called out |
| 23165s | that |
| 23165s | some form of lineup with multiple |
| 23168s | aggressive decks would be very powerful |
| 23169s | this isn't a pure aggro lineup for ruby |
| 23172s | because there is the control warrior |
| 23173s | thrown in there um which i think you |
| 23176s | know when you it's kind of the the tech |
| 23178s | to win the mirror lineup i suppose it's |
| 23180s | you're playing the aggro decks but you |
| 23182s | also have the control warrior thrown in |
| 23184s | there so if you come up against an |
| 23185s | opponent who's also packing demon hunter |
| 23187s | and broke whatever else up against you |
| 23189s | you have the answer to that potentially |
| 23190s | with the control warrior or you force |
| 23192s | your opponent to ban that control |
| 23194s | warrior and then you get to run riot |
| 23195s | with all of your decks whereas you get a |
| 23197s | more premium ban against what your |
| 23199s | opponent's doing just by packing that |
| 23201s | control warrior in there so i like what |
| 23202s | it's doing i think the lineup does make |
| 23204s | a lot of sense i think ruby played that |
| 23206s | series very nicely honestly even though |
| 23209s | being dismissive about the play at the |
| 23210s | end i think |
| 23212s | optimal |
| 23213s | optimally what he did was correct |
| 23215s | because not only did he present the |
| 23217s | board by going buccaneer dagger in the |
| 23219s | same turn as well he then had a two |
| 23221s | damage dagger with his opponent at two |
| 23223s | health that just straight up ended the |
| 23225s | game as well so he was creating you know |
| 23227s | the multi-layered threat of being able |
| 23228s | to end the game in every scenario which |
| 23230s | yep sure that absolutely makes sense to |
| 23232s | me so overall a very very strong |
| 23234s | performance but i echo your sentiments |
| 23236s | on boom crack you know we had a lot of |
| 23237s | fun with his lineup and all he needs to |
| 23240s | do is put a few more wins on the board |
| 23242s | from this point and we will be seeing |
| 23243s | him again towards the end of day two and |
| 23245s | perhaps in that top 16 but it is a long |
| 23248s | unbeaten road from here to top 16 when |
| 23251s | you fall down to 2-1 |
| 23254s | yes it is |
| 23255s | and uh the earlier you take those losses |
| 23258s | the harder it is for you to get the |
| 23260s | tiebreakers necessary even if you uh |
| 23263s | uh end up winning out or take another |
| 23264s | loss if you win out obviously you're in |
| 23266s | but |
| 23267s | how many six twos did we have in the top |
| 23269s | 16 in in the last two matches tours was |
| 23272s | it |
| 23272s | we had two |
| 23274s | i think it's been two i think it's gone |
| 23276s | like two zero one or something like that |
| 23279s | but i seem to remember that being a zero |
| 23280s | in a masters tour recently but i might |
| 23282s | be making that up |
| 23284s | i think you are okay you are making it |
| 23286s | up |
| 23287s | um |
| 23289s | but uh it's been the the players on the |
| 23292s | very edge you can a lot of players |
| 23294s | consider this to be sort of double |
| 23296s | elimination for top 16. obviously we're |
| 23298s | in a year a world where everyone counts |
| 23301s | right you get the point for a win |
| 23303s | so we're seeing players fight you know |
| 23305s | tooth and nail to try and get everyone |
| 23307s | possible |
| 23308s | not dropping |
| 23311s | as they would in the past when they get |
| 23313s | to like that 03 just because you know |
| 23315s | getting that 5 3 finish is huge |
| 23317s | um |
| 23318s | but |
| 23319s | it you consider a double elimination and |
| 23322s | then some players get uh dignity bonus |
| 23328s | top 16 |
| 23330s | and that's it |
| 23333s | that's what it is |
| 23334s | [Music] |
| 23339s | letting that hang there just let her |
| 23340s | just letting that whole moment speak for |
| 23342s | itself it needed no follow-up |
| 23346s | all right well |
| 23348s | sal and i are gonna get out of here |
| 23350s | that's round three over um and we have |
| 23353s | one more round left on the day before we |
| 23355s | close things out and look forward uh |
| 23357s | today number two uh before we go into |
| 23360s | round number four we are gonna have to |
| 23361s | uh get a second set up and go to a quick |
| 23364s | break but don't go anywhere more action |
| 23366s | to come here from masters tour board to |
| 23368s | the sunken city don't go anywhere |
| 23370s | [Music] |
| 23423s | oh |
| 23427s | [Music] |
| 23445s | [Music] |
| 23461s | [Applause] |
| 23463s | [Music] |
| 23517s | [Music] |
| 23566s | hello everyone and welcome back we are |
| 23568s | ready with some um more round four for |
| 23571s | you guys here as we're kicking off the |
| 23573s | final round of the day i am very excited |
| 23575s | and ready to get in this we've had a |
| 23576s | pretty crazy day honestly for day one uh |
| 23579s | joining me of course as you can see is |
| 23581s | gia have you been enjoying the day so |
| 23583s | far geo there's been a lot of lineups |
| 23585s | and a lot of decks there being played |
| 23586s | out on stream at least |
| 23588s | i very much enjoyed day raven i am also |
| 23590s | surprised that my ship has apparently |
| 23593s | been leaking since the very first series |
| 23595s | of the day but i have not drowned just |
| 23597s | yet still ready to bring everybody some |
| 23600s | more action and we do have a banger of a |
| 23602s | series for the next one here um one of |
| 23605s | these players definitely a fan favorite |
| 23607s | in orange who has been one of the most |
| 23610s | stalwart members of the community since |
| 23612s | as far back as i can remember |
| 23615s | yeah and i do think that orange |
| 23616s | especially when a new meta appears you |
| 23619s | know we've just had a patch just other |
| 23620s | expansion just had rotation |
| 23622s | i think this is where he really shines |
| 23624s | because i think especially though |
| 23626s | lately he's been really diving into just |
| 23628s | optimizing decks finding the decks that |
| 23631s | he believes are the best |
| 23633s | whether other people agree with him or |
| 23635s | not and one of the standout ones for |
| 23637s | orange specifically in the lineup for |
| 23639s | this masters tour is the naga mage which |
| 23641s | i believe he's put you know a lot of |
| 23644s | time into practicing into sort of |
| 23645s | finding the right 30 cards for the list |
| 23648s | as well so i'm pretty excited to uh to |
| 23650s | see what he can do where the rest of his |
| 23652s | lineup looks fairly straightforward or |
| 23655s | at least expected we see double demon |
| 23657s | hunter bands across the board as well |
| 23659s | but his opponent erusino a player who |
| 23661s | you know we don't know as much about as |
| 23663s | orange but honestly the majority of |
| 23665s | players we don't know as well as orange |
| 23667s | by now so that's pretty fair to say uh |
| 23669s | but his lineup is looking a little bit |
| 23671s | different as well much more generally |
| 23673s | aggressive with inclusions of uh not |
| 23676s | only the hunter and the demon hunter |
| 23677s | which i think is very expected so far in |
| 23680s | this masters tour but also the mech |
| 23682s | paladin and the actual aggro druid uh |
| 23684s | being the two classes there which again |
| 23686s | is probably another nod as to why |
| 23688s | specifically the druid isn't going to be |
| 23689s | banned out here |
| 23691s | yeah it is very much an aggressive |
| 23693s | lineup with that face hunter rounding |
| 23695s | things out as well and uh the last time |
| 23697s | i cast this lineup was at the beginning |
| 23700s | of the day where it didn't work out too |
| 23702s | well for imago but i think that was um |
| 23705s | because he was forced to ban away |
| 23707s | warrior whereas that is not something |
| 23709s | available to orange even though he has |
| 23711s | been baiting people into playing warrior |
| 23714s | with that new murloc card as well it did |
| 23716s | not make his final lineup and that means |
| 23718s | that rosenhoe has a lot more flexibility |
| 23720s | with his band taking away the demon |
| 23722s | hunter instead from orange and probably |
| 23724s | leaves rusenhoe with a very good chance |
| 23727s | of sweeping the druid from orange and |
| 23729s | also the naga mage is not particularly |
| 23732s | good at fending off aggro in fact it's |
| 23734s | most vulnerable in the turns leading up |
| 23736s | to the big spide lash combo turn so i |
| 23738s | think orange is going to have an uphill |
| 23741s | battle here |
| 23742s | yeah it will be very interesting as well |
| 23744s | because as we check out the list that |
| 23746s | orange is starting with of course this |
| 23748s | naga mage we've seen it throughout the |
| 23749s | day and i do enjoy is i know you've been |
| 23752s | playing a lot of the deck of course so |
| 23754s | you know you'll have a greater grasp |
| 23755s | than i uh but i i enjoyed playing it and |
| 23758s | i enjoy watching it i just |
| 23760s | can't quite push myself to believe it's |
| 23763s | like a really top-tier deck when you |
| 23765s | talk about ladder play at least but |
| 23767s | obviously in tournament play |
| 23769s | everything changes because you get to |
| 23771s | ban and also there's the estimation of |
| 23772s | what your opponent's lineups are going |
| 23774s | to be but |
| 23776s | now that you've seen it both in the |
| 23777s | masters tour and obviously your own |
| 23778s | experience how are you feeling about |
| 23780s | naga mage do you think it you know it |
| 23781s | can rock with the best decks at the |
| 23783s | moment or do you think it is just a |
| 23785s | decent say tier 2 list |
| 23788s | i would still place it around tier 2 |
| 23790s | because i agree with your assessment |
| 23792s | that for ladder it is not particularly |
| 23794s | good because ladder is absolutely |
| 23795s | infested with demon hunters which are |
| 23797s | just too aggressive for mage to try and |
| 23800s | beat |
| 23801s | there's also warrior that's quite |
| 23803s | prevalent on ladder which is i would say |
| 23804s | a lot of a closer match up and kind of |
| 23807s | build dependent on naga mage but i still |
| 23808s | lean slightly that it's warrior favored |
| 23811s | at least for a warrior player that knows |
| 23812s | what they're doing but um perhaps i'm |
| 23814s | just not one of the best naga mage |
| 23816s | players because i see people with a lot |
| 23818s | of experience on this feeling like their |
| 23819s | favorite against warrior especially when |
| 23821s | they have the double ignite list but one |
| 23823s | thing that i think most people can agree |
| 23826s | that naga mage does well is beat up on |
| 23828s | druids ram druid in particular because |
| 23830s | they are able to build that one big |
| 23832s | board super consistently that scale |
| 23834s | cannot necessarily even clear all of it |
| 23837s | but against this aggressive lineup from |
| 23839s | rusen ho i think orange will struggle |
| 23842s | quite a bit it's all about whether he |
| 23844s | can |
| 23844s | find the early first flames or rune orbs |
| 23847s | even discovering removal enough uh and |
| 23850s | if he doesn't get there though he might |
| 23852s | have taken too much damage even by the |
| 23854s | time the pop off turn happens |
| 23856s | yeah and this is something that's really |
| 23858s | interesting for me that i am you know |
| 23860s | happy to see right now is this actual |
| 23862s | like face hunter on your naga face |
| 23864s | hunter even to a certain extent uh with |
| 23867s | rusinho's build he he isn't playing the |
| 23869s | quest version i believe is you know the |
| 23871s | general version you would expect to see |
| 23873s | uh and |
| 23875s | my question i guess for you is that the |
| 23877s | not only the naga mage expert between |
| 23878s | the two of us but also the mulligan |
| 23880s | expert is should orange be keeping the |
| 23883s | likes of first flame um against face |
| 23886s | hunter and if so how much of a detriment |
| 23889s | will that be on his ability to actually |
| 23891s | make a big board and you know have the |
| 23893s | cards to make a big board uh hopefully |
| 23895s | for him in the near future |
| 23897s | i'll absolutely think he should keep it |
| 23899s | mainly because there's frogs in this |
| 23900s | deck and you do have to play spells at |
| 23902s | some point to stabilize and just making |
| 23904s | sure that they don't multiply out of |
| 23906s | control is a huge deal and it will be a |
| 23909s | detriment in the sense that you lose one |
| 23912s | of your cheap spells to completely pop |
| 23914s | off but you don't need to do like the |
| 23916s | biggest pop-off in the world and draw a |
| 23918s | million cards against face hunter it's |
| 23919s | all about just making sure that you can |
| 23921s | stabilize and do enough of a pop-off |
| 23923s | where you can get siren maybe three or |
| 23926s | four other minions on board and that |
| 23928s | should be enough to win you the game if |
| 23930s | you haven't taken too much damage by |
| 23931s | that point so um even though it is |
| 23934s | taking up some hand space for orange he |
| 23935s | has plenty of time still before he even |
| 23938s | hopes to pop off which is like turn five |
| 23940s | minimum uh with the spite lash siren and |
| 23942s | a one-cost naga so i don't think it's |
| 23945s | going to hurt his long-term potential |
| 23947s | whatsoever to keep firstly |
| 23949s | okay well we are going to see him |
| 23950s | rewarded for this keep as you mentioned |
| 23952s | the uh the key factor being troggs being |
| 23954s | a little bit annoying and just a solid |
| 23956s | one drop for russian ho coming down but |
| 23958s | also the overall hand i mean i think |
| 23961s | roussinho will be looking for just |
| 23963s | something next turn that isn't exactly |
| 23965s | amalgam but i think as long as he can |
| 23967s | just play out a curve he'll be feeling |
| 23969s | okay especially if he knew what orange's |
| 23971s | hand looked like with double multicaster |
| 23974s | a little bit early in the day i think |
| 23976s | for orange here as he does manage to |
| 23978s | kill off the truck no problem |
| 23980s | reason hoe even though we don't know |
| 23982s | quite so much about him we did a little |
| 23984s | bit of digging prior to the series this |
| 23986s | is i believe his seventh master's tour |
| 23988s | that he's qualified to um he is from |
| 23990s | argentina making him part of the latin |
| 23994s | american legion as they like to call |
| 23995s | themselves a very very strong and |
| 23997s | passionate group of hearthstone players |
| 24000s | and he also |
| 24002s | beat dreadeye earlier on in the swiss |
| 24004s | today like you mentioned raven very |
| 24005s | impressive stuff means he's no stranger |
| 24007s | to taking down grand masters |
| 24010s | yeah and looking at this as well the |
| 24012s | vicious leather spare was a great pickup |
| 24014s | because it's allowed routine hoe to uh |
| 24017s | not only as i said if he had to play the |
| 24019s | amalgam it's not great obviously you |
| 24020s | don't get the discover but it's fine |
| 24022s | it's a two three on two keep up the |
| 24024s | pressure but now that he's actually |
| 24025s | managed to get the benefit of this by uh |
| 24028s | discovering the additional naga he has |
| 24030s | even more options going forward so |
| 24032s | already orange is to an extent on the |
| 24035s | back foot but he does have a pretty |
| 24037s | solid three drop that he got to activate |
| 24039s | a little bit earlier on as well so three |
| 24041s | mana three four draw a naga uh that's |
| 24043s | just a good card |
| 24045s | right he did keep the crush claw |
| 24046s | enforcer which doesn't seem especially |
| 24049s | intuitive when you're being defensive |
| 24051s | here but orange recognized that he is |
| 24053s | going to play first flame almost |
| 24054s | certainly on turn two and that just |
| 24056s | leads up into a decent turn three where |
| 24059s | it is kind of awkward if your turn three |
| 24062s | is just second flame ping it might be a |
| 24063s | little bit too slow so he does have some |
| 24067s | way to challenge rusinho here and as it |
| 24069s | happens rusenhoe doesn't have a straight |
| 24071s | up clear on the 3-4 without trading his |
| 24073s | own minions which he would rather not do |
| 24075s | um he probably even ignores it just goes |
| 24078s | for wound prey and then murk waterscribe |
| 24080s | bank that discount for the piercing shot |
| 24082s | instead |
| 24084s | it's kind of interesting as well because |
| 24086s | yeah depending on obviously depends on |
| 24088s | how orange's turn plays out but there's |
| 24090s | a chance that this actually just makes |
| 24092s | the piercing shot itself super strong |
| 24094s | next turn if for example the crush chord |
| 24096s | air claw trades into the uh one of the |
| 24098s | two threes or even maybe even the three |
| 24100s | two it just makes the uh potential |
| 24102s | damage output insane |
| 24105s | orange's hand is very clunky though |
| 24107s | double multicaster and no spidlash in |
| 24109s | sight so um he doesn't even have the |
| 24111s | incentive to hold on to the vicious |
| 24113s | slither spear here although you're very |
| 24115s | sad if you like top deck despite last |
| 24117s | next turn and you already played your |
| 24118s | vicious this turn uh i do think i'd lean |
| 24121s | towards him playing it and just go |
| 24122s | second flame ignite but he has other |
| 24125s | plans orange wants to go for a bigger |
| 24128s | pop off just cycling here and going to |
| 24130s | play the second flame and trade into the |
| 24133s | vicious slider spear i suppose that |
| 24135s | means that shivara sivara at the moment |
| 24137s | only has |
| 24138s | ai and second flame in her right now |
| 24141s | yeah i think that is going to be pretty |
| 24143s | important especially if he can get |
| 24145s | you know like he does play two first |
| 24147s | flames right |
| 24149s | yeah he does so if he if he can just |
| 24150s | pick up another first flame and he can |
| 24152s | load savara with first flame second |
| 24154s | flame ai like that's going to be a |
| 24156s | pretty solid survivor to be able to play |
| 24158s | right just because it refills the the |
| 24159s | little small removal tools as well as a |
| 24162s | couple of uh bits of card drawer as well |
| 24164s | it does but savara without a flurry i |
| 24167s | often feel this too slow i mean at this |
| 24169s | point he is entering five mana but he |
| 24171s | has to spend one more mana to activate |
| 24172s | it right so if your turn is sevara |
| 24174s | without actually clearing or freezing |
| 24176s | any further minions that can just be a |
| 24178s | bit too much damage that's a hot streak |
| 24180s | though so he can actually play hot |
| 24181s | streaks of our um second flame and |
| 24185s | or rather |
| 24186s | hot streak sevara ignites and second |
| 24189s | flame |
| 24190s | although that doesn't necessarily let |
| 24192s | him clear the whole board |
| 24195s | it doesn't quite go together as nice as |
| 24197s | you'd like it to does it |
| 24199s | yeah but he can play like also the first |
| 24202s | flame because he will get back a hot |
| 24204s | streak so if he wants he can fit in the |
| 24206s | vicious leather spear and just play as |
| 24209s | hard of a tempo turn as you possibly can |
| 24211s | but that is |
| 24212s | a little bit scary using that many |
| 24214s | resources because if he picks up spite |
| 24216s | lash siren he will not have a cheap naga |
| 24219s | remaining in hand yeah he won't have |
| 24221s | first flame right you'll only have |
| 24222s | second |
| 24223s | right so i'm saying hot street ignites |
| 24225s | and then uh |
| 24227s | yeah |
| 24229s | and to be fair you know silvera is a |
| 24232s | three-five right it's a reasonably |
| 24234s | static minion so that it's still going |
| 24236s | to sit around on board for a while even |
| 24239s | if the clear isn't absolutely perfect |
| 24242s | orange struggling with whether he wanted |
| 24244s | to play the vicious leather sphere if he |
| 24246s | was going to play slither spear then the |
| 24248s | order was slightly wrong he should have |
| 24249s | started with it so in the end he's |
| 24251s | actually not going to play it holding on |
| 24252s | to hot streak and first flame which is |
| 24254s | hedging his bets if he does draw despite |
| 24257s | last tire and his hand is so much better |
| 24259s | by holding on to the slither spear even |
| 24261s | though he's a bit weaker on board right |
| 24263s | now uh reason host still has the aura of |
| 24265s | the terror coil intact here piercing |
| 24268s | shot doubling that up doesn't work |
| 24270s | though right |
| 24272s | i believe not no but we'll find out |
| 24274s | shortly i'm just looking at pissing shot |
| 24276s | anyway and then getting biscuit down on |
| 24278s | the uh on the hyena and just pushing a |
| 24280s | good amount of damage like it looks |
| 24282s | pretty solid i think the uh the biscuit |
| 24284s | was probably one of his best draws for |
| 24286s | this exact turn on the sleeve oh okay |
| 24289s | maybe we don't know how this works he is |
| 24290s | gonna piercing |
| 24294s | oh it just does it just looks like that |
| 24295s | okay i think i didn't i've never used it |
| 24298s | with piercing shot but i didn't know if |
| 24299s | it would kind of like just act like it |
| 24301s | did nothing because it doesn't like you |
| 24303s | know right feel the damage but yeah it's |
| 24305s | right that is just simply an insane |
| 24307s | amount of damage honestly not even |
| 24309s | bothering about leaving savara because |
| 24311s | obviously if he'd piercing shot survive |
| 24313s | would have dealt decent damage but it |
| 24314s | wouldn't have dealt that much |
| 24317s | oh absolutely it would have dealt one |
| 24319s | and then six as opposed to five and then |
| 24321s | six |
| 24322s | i mean this is my first time seeing that |
| 24323s | interaction i confess but that just |
| 24326s | looks absolutely insane |
| 24330s | okay there's this fight lash however |
| 24332s | orange is one mana short of being able |
| 24334s | to fill up the board this turn which |
| 24336s | pretty much spells disaster for him |
| 24338s | because rosenthal can just go barracuda |
| 24340s | bane plus barb nets puts orange down to |
| 24343s | six there's no way that orange kills |
| 24344s | rusenhoe the next turn and by then |
| 24347s | roosevelt will have drawn |
| 24348s | his |
| 24349s | uh aim shot right |
| 24352s | hey |
| 24353s | yes |
| 24355s | yeah i'm just checking what's available |
| 24357s | and it's because it's a little bit |
| 24358s | different right because uh so used to |
| 24360s | casting quest hunter recently uh it's |
| 24363s | not as simple to be like oh well they'll |
| 24364s | draw some spells and it will definitely |
| 24366s | be lethal so it will just be a little |
| 24369s | bit tricky but i do think with uh |
| 24371s | kodobane let me see |
| 24375s | there is naga's pride in the deck |
| 24378s | oh true not guaranteed yeah i was going |
| 24379s | to say i i knew there was something |
| 24381s | telling me that it wasn't guaranteed |
| 24383s | oh yeah it's a little bit tricky i do |
| 24386s | think he's guaranteed quick shot though |
| 24387s | because these are both doggy biscuits in |
| 24389s | hand now yep so |
| 24391s | if he goes barb nets plus kodo bin |
| 24394s | then orange is down to six and then |
| 24396s | quick shot hero power is one off of |
| 24398s | lethal i i still think he should go for |
| 24401s | codo vane uh i think he'll get the other |
| 24405s | wound prey as well |
| 24407s | oh okay he doesn't run tracking so i |
| 24409s | think it's wound prey and bob nets are |
| 24411s | the one drops okay spell wise so i i |
| 24414s | think yeah i think you are right in the |
| 24416s | end where this |
| 24417s | it will just be enough damage but yeah |
| 24420s | okay and ramming mount i didn't mention |
| 24421s | ramen then |
| 24423s | all right so clearly we are not all too |
| 24426s | used to the pool of spells but damage is |
| 24428s | damaged and this is enough um rosenho |
| 24431s | even able to |
| 24434s | preempt one barb nuts here and for |
| 24436s | orange there is simply no way to gain |
| 24438s | health uh ice very dependent on attacks |
| 24440s | which ruzino will not give him and even |
| 24442s | if orange can somehow generate a counter |
| 24444s | spell this turn which does not look |
| 24446s | particularly likely uh rosenho can |
| 24449s | trigger that with bard nuts sorry with |
| 24451s | um ramming mounts or doggie biscuit and |
| 24454s | then go bar net quick shot hero power it |
| 24456s | is just never getting there for orange |
| 24458s | unfortunately for him |
| 24460s | yeah rousseau just got too far ahead |
| 24462s | even though orange did have a |
| 24465s | half decent opening mainly saying he had |
| 24467s | an answer to trog on one i do think as |
| 24469s | we just now see one of the two |
| 24472s | multicasters he had in hand from more or |
| 24474s | less the start of the game i think that |
| 24476s | really was the drawback it it took too |
| 24479s | long to really grab the board and in |
| 24482s | that time with the help of a twin bow |
| 24484s | terror coil of course uh rousseau |
| 24486s | managed to just push a ridiculous amount |
| 24488s | of damage and that looks like a smooth |
| 24491s | game one win there perusing |
| 24494s | very very nicely done i think face |
| 24496s | hunter is a real threat now especially |
| 24498s | looking at that synergy between the |
| 24499s | terror coil and piercing shot that's 11 |
| 24502s | damage almost out of nowhere that orange |
| 24504s | can't really play around right as long |
| 24506s | as there is a wound prey available for |
| 24509s | rusenho to generate his own target uh |
| 24511s | simply not much that naga mage can do if |
| 24514s | they are doing the big pop pop-off turn |
| 24515s | on turn seven that is far too late |
| 24517s | against hunter i would say turn five has |
| 24520s | to happen for them to be comfortably |
| 24521s | winning and turn six is already pushing |
| 24523s | it uh but rusenhoe knew that he was just |
| 24525s | far too fast there and that means that |
| 24527s | he gets a swift victory with the hunter |
| 24530s | and now has two other aggro decks |
| 24532s | remaining although i would argue that |
| 24533s | paladin is slightly more mid-range |
| 24536s | yeah |
| 24538s | the meg paladin's a weird one i'll be |
| 24540s | honest i played mack paladin at the very |
| 24541s | beginning of the expansion and then |
| 24543s | didn't and i've been jamming games for |
| 24545s | most of the day with it i'll be honest |
| 24547s | so uh the thing i found is you do have |
| 24550s | those games where i i think i would |
| 24552s | still probably call it an aggro deck |
| 24554s | it's just an aggro date that can like |
| 24556s | flip and decide to go late game or you |
| 24558s | know like if it wants to but there are a |
| 24561s | lot of games at least that i you know |
| 24562s | i've played today where um |
| 24565s | you do get to just go one two three four |
| 24567s | five dead and that's just the way it is |
| 24569s | because a lot of decks really struggle |
| 24571s | with divine shield at the moment i think |
| 24573s | that's a huge deal and especially if you |
| 24575s | can land weapon on one and then you have |
| 24576s | some divine shield to follow up with |
| 24578s | your hand gets really out of control not |
| 24581s | even in just hand size because of radar |
| 24583s | but the actual um stats on the minions |
| 24585s | gets really really silly indeed so yeah |
| 24588s | i'm i'm interested to see some more |
| 24589s | paddling because i know lorinda was |
| 24591s | hyping up uh mech piled him before we |
| 24593s | even started the show today and i'll be |
| 24595s | honest i didn't really see it coming but |
| 24597s | the more i've been playing it in like i |
| 24598s | guess this meta right now and the more |
| 24601s | i've been impressed by it by especially |
| 24602s | these three cards we see on the key |
| 24604s | cards |
| 24605s | yeah that's right the jewel kit with the |
| 24607s | radar detector just has so much synergy |
| 24609s | if you manage to draw all those mechs |
| 24610s | and then buff them all with the jewel |
| 24612s | kit proc that is far too many stats for |
| 24615s | your average deck to deal with but if it |
| 24618s | is the naga mage that orange is gonna |
| 24619s | queue up again i feel like this would be |
| 24621s | a very interesting matchup indeed |
| 24623s | because i feel like |
| 24624s | even though the paladin will get a head |
| 24626s | on board in the early game it's not |
| 24627s | quite so oppressive as hunter and once |
| 24630s | the naga mage does pop off if they |
| 24632s | manage to clear and freeze everything |
| 24634s | paladin kind of runs out of damage like |
| 24636s | all they don't have the burst that's |
| 24638s | available to face hunter so if orange |
| 24640s | can keep a grip on the board and safely |
| 24642s | arrive at that splash siren turn i think |
| 24644s | he is very much able to win the match up |
| 24646s | but he's on the play once again here i'm |
| 24649s | glad you said that |
| 24650s | i'm glad you said it doesn't have the |
| 24652s | burst uh with me and not with tj or |
| 24654s | lorinda because uh they would no doubt |
| 24656s | point out that mr smite and lightforged |
| 24658s | carryall are in this list so |
| 24661s | i'm sure they talk a lot about how many |
| 24662s | times you can buff that uh but yes the |
| 24665s | um the the burst if you have an |
| 24668s | attacking board as in not frozen uh is |
| 24671s | there in the form of a battlegrounds |
| 24674s | battlemaster |
| 24675s | but yeah you are completely right it's a |
| 24677s | very sort of specific scenario but this |
| 24680s | opening is |
| 24681s | in itself uh weirdly enough i found |
| 24683s | myself um like throwing radar detector |
| 24687s | early on in the game uh which might not |
| 24689s | look right but to me like you definitely |
| 24691s | want that later when you have especially |
| 24693s | the moon catchers uh in the bottom of |
| 24695s | the deck so you can uh summon you know |
| 24698s | the double three drops basically for the |
| 24700s | cost of just three mana i found that to |
| 24701s | be very very strong indeed i also find |
| 24703s | myself tossing the uh radar very often |
| 24706s | because you run a stonehearth vindicator |
| 24708s | which it's the only spell in the deck |
| 24710s | that it will draw so you would rather |
| 24712s | get that through the vindicator rather |
| 24714s | than you know drawing vindicator later |
| 24716s | and it doesn't do anything um rizenho |
| 24719s | starts off with a pretty decent curve |
| 24721s | though already the option of starting |
| 24722s | joule kit or starting righteous |
| 24724s | protector and he actually goes jewel kit |
| 24726s | first because he doesn't want to risk |
| 24728s | orange like pinging off the shield |
| 24730s | before the jewel kit even happens as |
| 24732s | soon as joule kit happens i don't think |
| 24734s | there's a way that orange can deny |
| 24737s | the jewel kit procs while also killing |
| 24740s | the protector like he has to go through |
| 24742s | it one way or another |
| 24745s | and here i was thinking about whether |
| 24747s | the coin was worth but the more i look |
| 24749s | at it with c4 at seat floor savior um |
| 24752s | and just the cards he already has in |
| 24754s | hand it feels very likely that he'll |
| 24757s | fish something to to get exactly to play |
| 24759s | on on curve next turn or the turn after |
| 24761s | should i say so i do actually like this |
| 24763s | just get the divine shield down now get |
| 24765s | those buffs stacking and also start |
| 24767s | pushing some damage right start building |
| 24769s | up the board |
| 24770s | yeah that's right it also had the upside |
| 24772s | of if orange decided to remove the |
| 24774s | shield either with ping or like first |
| 24776s | flame second flame uh then rosenhoe |
| 24778s | would immediately get the buff on the |
| 24780s | seafloor savior which then gives a |
| 24782s | further buff to the minion that he'll be |
| 24783s | dredging speaking of which |
| 24786s | these options are not particularly great |
| 24788s | because leviathan is a long way off from |
| 24790s | being playable and the other two are not |
| 24792s | on curve going into turn three |
| 24794s | i wonder if he ever takes protector just |
| 24797s | to fit in a hero power as well and he |
| 24799s | does |
| 24802s | uh but for orange like i didn't even |
| 24804s | know that he played gifts of azshara |
| 24806s | unbuffed on turn two which i think even |
| 24808s | though it's a bit painful to do that was |
| 24809s | the correct play just to make sure that |
| 24811s | he does get value from the crush claw on |
| 24814s | turn four because right now he has |
| 24817s | the goods right he has school teacher to |
| 24818s | give him the one cost snuggling which |
| 24820s | means he can pop off on turn five and |
| 24822s | maintaining the flurries means that he's |
| 24824s | even able to fit in a multicaster on |
| 24826s | that turn gifts is an arcane spell in |
| 24828s | the pool and flurry will be frost so |
| 24830s | he has minimum two draws from |
| 24832s | multicaster if he wants it and |
| 24833s | continuing the train with the spell |
| 24835s | coiler like this could get out of |
| 24837s | control very quickly and rusen ho has to |
| 24839s | do something major but it's just not it |
| 24842s | with this hand yeah honestly i can see |
| 24846s | i mean it might not happen because the |
| 24847s | flurries but i think the way roosevelt |
| 24849s | right now might think he wins uh is well |
| 24853s | one this is a reasonable size minion but |
| 24855s | also just the fact that he might have to |
| 24857s | like play mothership it not die and then |
| 24860s | play any on it |
| 24862s | just to create the big board swing that |
| 24864s | you know double mothership potentially |
| 24866s | dying is capable of because outside of |
| 24868s | that it's that all have like the god |
| 24870s | draws off the top for the next two to |
| 24872s | three turns right because |
| 24874s | it's gonna be uh out valued i think very |
| 24876s | very quickly |
| 24878s | anybody oh motherflurry |
| 24881s | would you just take snap at this point |
| 24883s | it is very tempting but the key thing to |
| 24886s | note is that orange wants to pop off on |
| 24888s | the very next turn right which means |
| 24890s | that after spite lash the very first |
| 24892s | thing you play is the nagaling so snap |
| 24894s | freeze wouldn't quite destroy something |
| 24896s | with fleury unless you want to play a |
| 24897s | flurry and not get the mana from it |
| 24899s | which i feel is sketchy so i was |
| 24900s | actually looking at oasis alley but i'm |
| 24903s | not sure what orange took honestly |
| 24907s | because yeah it's kind of tough right |
| 24909s | like |
| 24910s | i find it hard now because at this point |
| 24913s | it's tough to judge whether orange will |
| 24915s | feel like he needs to really pop off |
| 24917s | because he has double flurry like could |
| 24919s | he ever wait a turn and like use |
| 24921s | multicaster or something you know like |
| 24923s | to try and do it that way or try and |
| 24925s | work in the roon dog first and things |
| 24926s | like that to just try and progress and |
| 24928s | maybe give him a little bit more mana |
| 24930s | for a bigger pop-off turn later but |
| 24933s | normally you are in the most trouble |
| 24934s | against mage when they do it as early as |
| 24936s | possible right and i honestly think he |
| 24939s | doesn't need like he has all the mana in |
| 24941s | the world by virtue of having double |
| 24943s | flurry right those are |
| 24945s | zero those are lightning blooms in a |
| 24947s | naga turn oh don't say that word to me |
| 24949s | ever again i thought we'd go |
| 24951s | it's better it doesn't have overload |
| 24955s | okay uh gorilla bot options |
| 24958s | um |
| 24960s | maybe leviathan just because it kind of |
| 24962s | fits the curve if he wants to go any |
| 24963s | into mother into leviathan but he takes |
| 24965s | security automaton for a bit more |
| 24967s | flexibility which i can definitely get |
| 24970s | behind as well |
| 24971s | that buffs when mothership procs its |
| 24973s | deathrattle as well it's summoned not |
| 24975s | played oh here we |
| 24977s | go is going to pop off and i imagine |
| 24980s | yeah if he's playing the night yeah yeah |
| 24982s | it's going to be oasis ally makes |
| 24983s | absolute sense as you mentioned |
| 24985s | and then the turn begins but will it end |
| 24988s | that's my normal question when a naga |
| 24990s | mage player starts popping off odd |
| 24992s | streak as well but here's the awkward |
| 24995s | part for orange his only card draw comes |
| 24997s | from multicaster right now and the |
| 24999s | spider siren is currently on naga to |
| 25001s | refresh so if he goes multicaster that's |
| 25004s | actually the end of the turn he cannot |
| 25006s | refresh any more mana here the upside |
| 25008s | though is that he can freeze the entire |
| 25011s | board from rusinho and make it so that |
| 25013s | this fight last siren is almost 100 to |
| 25015s | survive the next turn and pop off again |
| 25019s | oh wait wait wait wait wait look at the |
| 25020s | drawers though oh my bad it must have |
| 25022s | been unspelted refreshed yeah |
| 25024s | i didn't chant that as my mistake oh |
| 25026s | yeah that |
| 25027s | spell |
| 25030s | yeah this is a tough one and the problem |
| 25033s | is this mech piled in |
| 25035s | like i said earlier like other than |
| 25037s | exactly mothership for a turn and then |
| 25039s | it's somehow living and then continuing |
| 25042s | it doesn't really have a great way to |
| 25044s | fight back on board when it's this far |
| 25046s | behind right there's no equality aoe |
| 25049s | there's there's nothing like that and |
| 25051s | there's not really any chance at big |
| 25053s | taunts unless you make a wide board and |
| 25055s | then use bubble bot so |
| 25058s | it already looks like routine hoes just |
| 25060s | being pushed out of the game this early |
| 25063s | he doesn't even run samurai and even |
| 25065s | then samurai would have had to have been |
| 25067s | buffed by the |
| 25068s | uh prismatic jewel kit to get anything |
| 25071s | relevant done here the best he can do is |
| 25073s | ini a frozen minion does not feel good |
| 25077s | and here we go just ending the turn as |
| 25079s | soon as possible to give orange the |
| 25081s | least time to prepare but orange is a |
| 25082s | pro he took the ai from the nagaling i |
| 25085s | could not tell you whether he's on naga |
| 25087s | or spell to refresh right now but i |
| 25089s | think it doesn't matter |
| 25095s | yeah i think |
| 25096s | honestly if exactly the second flurry |
| 25099s | wasn't there i'd still think okay well |
| 25101s | you know russian has got a lot of stats |
| 25103s | on board they probably have to be |
| 25105s | answered you know maybe there's a chance |
| 25107s | but i think with the second flurry |
| 25109s | orange has all of the time in the world |
| 25112s | right |
| 25114s | even first blaming his own minion here |
| 25116s | he's confident that he will have enough |
| 25118s | to be able to deal with this board but i |
| 25121s | feel like some of it's going to trade in |
| 25122s | anyway so i thought he would start with |
| 25124s | first flame on a minion but it's very |
| 25125s | very trivial here as long as you can |
| 25128s | deal with this board remove everything |
| 25130s | keep the siren intact and protect it |
| 25133s | with a treasure guard to be safe against |
| 25135s | mothership then this is a huge success |
| 25137s | of a turn yeah and also |
| 25140s | he's going to keep going |
| 25143s | this is my lack of experience with this |
| 25145s | deck on you know like the the real |
| 25146s | pop-off turns yeah okay so he just |
| 25148s | traded to do that and i was just looking |
| 25150s | because i think he was gonna push 13 |
| 25152s | with a ping if he didn't trade and he's |
| 25155s | pushing a little bit less now but again |
| 25157s | he's still in a great spot he's i doubt |
| 25159s | it's gonna make the difference between |
| 25161s | winning or losing at all it's just |
| 25163s | interesting to see where people draw the |
| 25165s | line right because he could have easily |
| 25167s | have just not done that last play |
| 25169s | frozen and then just pushed and been |
| 25172s | okay but he just chose not to and i |
| 25174s | guess that's where the how flexible the |
| 25176s | deck is and how different players |
| 25177s | approach it but yeah like i said bruce |
| 25179s | you know you're not going to come back |
| 25181s | from that he quits out and it is now 1-1 |
| 25183s | again very quickly and very smoothly i |
| 25186s | would say both players have taken a win |
| 25188s | each so far |
| 25190s | yeah very nicely done on both sides |
| 25192s | showing the full power level when both |
| 25194s | decks are given the absolute tools they |
| 25197s | need to pop off you can do those nuts |
| 25199s | combos on face hunter with the terror |
| 25201s | coil and you can do the very famous |
| 25203s | fight lash siren pop off turns from |
| 25205s | orange i really love the way he |
| 25206s | approached this and that last little |
| 25209s | sort of flourish at the end of creating |
| 25211s | board space to play treasure guards so |
| 25213s | he can protect his spider siren even |
| 25215s | from a mother ship even though my mother |
| 25217s | syrup for roosevelt even if it had just |
| 25219s | been that to kill the siren i think |
| 25221s | orange was still winning it's just a |
| 25223s | hundred percent locking out the game in |
| 25224s | orange's favor very very nicely done and |
| 25228s | that means that both players now have |
| 25231s | access to their druids |
| 25234s | or rather they have to take one so the |
| 25236s | druids gonna be further in the mind |
| 25238s | right now and then the paladin from |
| 25240s | rusen ho has to take a win against that |
| 25243s | druid or the quest hunter from orange |
| 25246s | which a while ago we did see a quest |
| 25248s | hunter take that match up when habukabu |
| 25250s | was piloting it even though i thought it |
| 25252s | would be kind of difficult for hunter |
| 25254s | with all those divine shields |
| 25255s | yeah it's very difficult to judge |
| 25258s | anything based on watching habugabu play |
| 25261s | because i feel like he could win any |
| 25262s | game with any deck against anybody and |
| 25265s | so it's always difficult how good is |
| 25267s | this deck caboose playing okay well |
| 25268s | let's try and forget he's the one |
| 25270s | playing it because his uh his record of |
| 25273s | just taking whatever and winning games |
| 25275s | is kind of ridiculous so yeah we'll have |
| 25277s | to see how that one plays out bar and |
| 25279s | just going to jump over to his ramp |
| 25281s | druid now uh with the queen ashara and |
| 25284s | battleground the battlemaster so you |
| 25286s | know yet one of the hundreds of takes |
| 25288s | we've seen on new versions of druid |
| 25290s | since the patch and have you found any |
| 25293s | for eugea that specifically feel like |
| 25295s | the best list at least in your opinion |
| 25298s | um |
| 25300s | it really depends on what kind of |
| 25301s | matchups you're trying to face right the |
| 25303s | azara and bgbm are a very big deal if |
| 25306s | you're trying to beat the mirror for |
| 25308s | example i think the battlegrounds |
| 25309s | battlemaster can just let you lock out |
| 25311s | games quite quickly if you're able to |
| 25313s | just you know get extra attacks from the |
| 25315s | giants and then azshara can be used to |
| 25318s | copy treasures from kazakhstan |
| 25322s | i found out the hard way that solar |
| 25324s | eclipse embers of ragnaros has been |
| 25326s | replaced by embers into ring embers |
| 25331s | so that is something to consider |
| 25333s | although i think azshara is not |
| 25335s | particularly strong in most other |
| 25336s | matchups definitely a greedier card |
| 25338s | alongside that bgbm right well let's see |
| 25341s | how it goes versus the paladin and again |
| 25344s | uh |
| 25345s | even with these different druid builds |
| 25347s | it's hard to just keep saying the |
| 25348s | general rules when druids are running |
| 25350s | druid of the reef for example which |
| 25352s | isn't just your typical ramp druid card |
| 25355s | at least historically but if rusinho can |
| 25358s | just curve out pretty well with this uh |
| 25360s | mech paladin again the divine shields |
| 25362s | are going to be a bit of a nightmare for |
| 25364s | orange and i think that is as usual plan |
| 25367s | a to go up against druid play minions on |
| 25369s | curve and beat them up before they can |
| 25371s | start doing their silly overpowered |
| 25373s | things |
| 25374s | right |
| 25375s | and i apologize orange is not running |
| 25377s | kazakhstan so the azshara is in there |
| 25379s | for some other purpose it can still you |
| 25382s | know get a lot of value from ring if you |
| 25383s | copy and nourish or |
| 25385s | a miracle growth for example but um it's |
| 25388s | flexible that's the beauty of azshara |
| 25390s | you can take a colossal if need be you |
| 25392s | can take it to shuffle random things in |
| 25393s | your deck if you need some miracle out |
| 25396s | um i feel like the xalatas is gonna be |
| 25399s | least priority for orange in this |
| 25401s | matchup in particular but who knows |
| 25403s | maybe it'll be lethal |
| 25406s | oh yikes can't even kill the automaton |
| 25409s | yeah that is very very scary especially |
| 25413s | because we could see rusinho has two one |
| 25415s | drops so it's not as if this is gonna |
| 25417s | get buffed by just one time uh he's |
| 25420s | gonna almost certainly play the click |
| 25422s | clocker and the righteous protector uh |
| 25424s | so the protector gets to protect it |
| 25426s | anyway from more hero powers and then |
| 25428s | the click clock is going to uh buff it |
| 25430s | uh just by that one extra as well so |
| 25432s | it's going to be pretty nice in general |
| 25434s | here |
| 25436s | also john the moon catcher for the |
| 25438s | perfect place to follow up and if he |
| 25441s | gets i mean he already has seafloor |
| 25443s | savior so you can dredge the sunken moon |
| 25445s | catcher as well it's just it's so huge |
| 25448s | yeah |
| 25451s | orange yet again |
| 25453s | this spammy arcanist might be saving |
| 25455s | grace or at least the only shot he's got |
| 25457s | right now true |
| 25459s | but for this turn he can attempt to |
| 25462s | dredge wild growth from the aquatic |
| 25465s | form |
| 25467s | okay just gonna cash in the hero power |
| 25470s | though because he knows that this |
| 25472s | automaton is not gonna stay at one |
| 25474s | health so therefore he needs to create a |
| 25475s | one health target for the spammy to then |
| 25478s | scale up |
| 25485s | oh the moon catcher actually dodges this |
| 25487s | right because the divine shield |
| 25490s | yeah technically a four health minion |
| 25491s | here yeah that's a big deal if that |
| 25493s | wasn't buffed like that is a huge huge |
| 25496s | deal because yeah orange would actually |
| 25497s | get to clear the board with that play if |
| 25500s | not |
| 25502s | but here's the catch if he doesn't play |
| 25504s | spammy now |
| 25505s | it's |
| 25506s | very possible that rusen ho just builds |
| 25509s | more minions that are not going to be |
| 25511s | within grasp of spammy but it is |
| 25512s | difficult to predict because right now |
| 25515s | the board state essentially for roose |
| 25516s | and ho is one one health two two health |
| 25518s | and one for health the second he plays |
| 25520s | another minion the automaton will go to |
| 25522s | a three health as long as it's in back |
| 25524s | right and that can |
| 25526s | make roussenho weaker |
| 25528s | to arcanist and i don't know if he's |
| 25530s | thinking about specifically that because |
| 25532s | it's only a one of an oranges deck as |
| 25534s | well so it kind of depends on how much |
| 25537s | orange wants to bait rosenhoe because he |
| 25539s | could just go for a guff play here and |
| 25541s | hope that ruseno hands him a better |
| 25544s | arcanist board or orange can play more |
| 25546s | conservative conservatively play the |
| 25548s | arcanist now and be awkwardly left with |
| 25551s | a five one on the other side |
| 25555s | yeah i think the arcanist is probably |
| 25559s | at least for me it feels |
| 25562s | a weird word safer because now if the |
| 25564s | five one doesn't trade there has to be |
| 25566s | exactly a taunt to keep this five one |
| 25568s | alive uh but then there is still guff |
| 25570s | into uh you know scale of iniquity as |
| 25573s | well potentially soon to help clear the |
| 25576s | board yet again and i think that's what |
| 25577s | orange has to rely on honestly is just |
| 25579s | getting to scale of inixia and then |
| 25581s | being able to just |
| 25583s | win off the back of that right clear the |
| 25585s | board once and then hope that the refill |
| 25587s | isn't as strong |
| 25589s | right |
| 25591s | so the question is |
| 25593s | does he start with aquatic form to find |
| 25595s | nourish potentially |
| 25597s | and if i mean he already had one in hand |
| 25600s | but would he ever nourish over guff to |
| 25603s | be able to fit in a hero power here |
| 25605s | because it still allows him to go scale |
| 25607s | next turn and the hero power is pretty |
| 25609s | relevant because it means he can kill |
| 25610s | the taunt right now |
| 25617s | it's tricky actually isn't it |
| 25620s | not often i turn down a guff on curve |
| 25622s | but technically guff floats the mana |
| 25624s | here and doesn't ramp as much |
| 25626s | immediately as nourish |
| 25629s | it does draw a card though which could |
| 25632s | be important right these are all the uh |
| 25634s | the benefits and negatives i guess on |
| 25636s | both sides it looks like orange has |
| 25638s | decided to land on nourish now uh |
| 25640s | preferring the hero power getting rid of |
| 25642s | the annoyatron |
| 25648s | robbie just wants taunts off the board |
| 25650s | right just so there's no witch |
| 25651s | shenanigans that can happen with any for |
| 25653s | example |
| 25654s | i like this also because it potentially |
| 25656s | allows his spammy to trade first and |
| 25658s | then he can play scales so he gets the |
| 25661s | full amount of scales rather than just |
| 25663s | six |
| 25669s | whereas if there were an annoyatron left |
| 25671s | on board that might not have been |
| 25672s | possible |
| 25674s | now we count |
| 25676s | each moon catcher takes three scales to |
| 25679s | deal with |
| 25680s | not ideal there's gonna be a moon |
| 25682s | catcher alive on two health if every |
| 25684s | trade is made i think if my quick |
| 25687s | counting worked |
| 25688s | um he could have an amalgam left on |
| 25690s | three health as well if he trades the |
| 25692s | arcanist into the five one |
| 25695s | or a shield |
| 25699s | uh huh |
| 25701s | mixie a loon here yeah i just think |
| 25704s | potentially killing the three health |
| 25705s | minion |
| 25707s | uh |
| 25708s | could be better |
| 25709s | for example if another scale is drawn |
| 25711s | right because then all the numbers are |
| 25713s | flat but he's gonna kill the five one |
| 25715s | he said thirteen though i don't wanna |
| 25717s | leave that much attack on board |
| 25724s | definitely can't fault orange for this |
| 25726s | he has a smite staring him down in hand |
| 25730s | here |
| 25731s | maybe it's not going to be played though |
| 25732s | like bubble butt decent give divine |
| 25735s | shield to this amalgam really i i love |
| 25736s | the smite here i think this is great |
| 25738s | you've just seen a scale just play smart |
| 25740s | go face big minion go |
| 25743s | it's true he's also seen druid of the |
| 25744s | reef so it's actually very hard for |
| 25746s | orange to deal with this you're right |
| 25751s | oh yeah yeah so miracle growth is an |
| 25754s | eight eight right no it's a seven seven |
| 25756s | right evan yeah i think yeah |
| 25758s | oh |
| 25759s | he has two he's gonna get yeah praise he |
| 25761s | finds earthen scales from one of these |
| 25763s | three draws as well |
| 25766s | well moon touched |
| 25770s | can't do anything with it now but it can |
| 25772s | help him fish for something next turn if |
| 25774s | he really needs it maybe another scale |
| 25778s | because uh now that smite is |
| 25781s | like on board and been played by russian |
| 25783s | ho there i believe there is only carry |
| 25785s | all right that can actually do from hand |
| 25787s | damage in this deck |
| 25789s | but he can get rush minions to kill the |
| 25791s | like mothership plus the trade of the |
| 25793s | two three yeah let's might go through |
| 25795s | there's a handful of outs |
| 25797s | not too many you're absolutely right |
| 25800s | and that is not necessarily one of them |
| 25802s | is there any mech that gets him out of |
| 25804s | it or it can be any minion with a type |
| 25806s | if he targets the amalgam it could |
| 25808s | literally be anything |
| 25812s | it's always i'm sorry i'm sorry i |
| 25814s | thought it was so welcome |
| 25816s | it does get it did surprise me early |
| 25818s | when i was playing the list |
| 25820s | and it wasn't a big deal but like i |
| 25821s | played an amalgam and a gorilla on the |
| 25823s | same turn and then the gorilla discover |
| 25826s | just popped up i was like wait a minute |
| 25827s | i didn't target anything i was like oh |
| 25829s | wait yeah that's not every discover is |
| 25831s | it i'm just just playing too much |
| 25832s | amalgam over the past couple of weeks |
| 25835s | okay bubble bot is nice though |
| 25837s | bandshield and taunt |
| 25839s | makes this just a little bit of a more |
| 25840s | awkward board for orange to deal with |
| 25843s | still no earthen scales and the question |
| 25846s | is does he go for guff with oracle and |
| 25850s | and giants and just say okay i'm at 10. |
| 25853s | you couldn't kill me last turn and |
| 25855s | technically there's only nine on board |
| 25858s | and have that big board right now or |
| 25860s | does he nourish to have the maximum |
| 25862s | chance at finding earthen scales could |
| 25863s | do both right because guff will gain him |
| 25865s | a mana then he nourishes for draw |
| 25869s | and he can still play naga giant |
| 25871s | and and earthen scales if he draws it |
| 25873s | true but not the oracle |
| 25876s | yeah he can't do the oracle as well yes |
| 25877s | yep correct |
| 25879s | it's just it would give him four draws |
| 25880s | for one right |
| 25882s | uh-huh wait still no earthen skills |
| 25887s | um i he just has to guff right |
| 25891s | because guff also makes him not dead on |
| 25894s | board he would have to be exactly |
| 25896s | carrier |
| 25897s | right |
| 25899s | he still has that he'll still gain the |
| 25901s | mana from earthen scales if he gets it |
| 25903s | now all moon touched |
| 25905s | that is unfortunate at best |
| 25909s | crazy both of them in the bottom 10. |
| 25912s | that gets radar |
| 25916s | however he can just go leviathan for |
| 25919s | more stats right |
| 25921s | yeah because i think that's the bonus |
| 25922s | right he russian hoe gets to push orange |
| 25925s | down to one health and he kills the 88 |
| 25927s | to make the potential earthen scales |
| 25930s | more difficult to do |
| 25935s | it is quite crazy to wrap your head |
| 25937s | around that paladin these days you don't |
| 25939s | really have to worry about buff spells |
| 25941s | they just don't play them all the buffs |
| 25943s | happen while the minions are in hand so |
| 25945s | orange after having seen the smite |
| 25947s | you're right there is just nothing to |
| 25949s | worry about other than exactly kariel |
| 25951s | for immediate damage or at least mech |
| 25952s | piled in because control powder plays |
| 25954s | god's grace right pretty true |
| 25957s | i guess there was battlegrounds |
| 25958s | battlemaster as well as an out for us in |
| 25960s | ho but again not too many cards oh okay |
| 25963s | not bad |
| 25967s | eenie miney |
| 25969s | leviathan |
| 25974s | i i think i would have picked amalgam |
| 25977s | there i think he might have picked the |
| 25978s | bot right oh really |
| 25982s | i think with his hand the leviathan's |
| 25984s | probably |
| 25985s | another leviathan might be a bit |
| 25987s | overkill right now |
| 25989s | he does have you need to copy leviathan |
| 25992s | if it sticks which would also give you a |
| 25994s | new appendage when you copy colossal |
| 25997s | minions to get as many limbs as there is |
| 25999s | space for as well |
| 26001s | and |
| 26002s | with a i mean there isn't the man i was |
| 26004s | looking at you if a raid boss plus |
| 26006s | silence does anything here uh i don't |
| 26008s | think it would be enough anyway |
| 26011s | uh six i'll be there'd be a one-one left |
| 26015s | right which would be funny with the |
| 26016s | science but yeah not enough mana |
| 26019s | so azshara for the |
| 26022s | shuffle and draw two |
| 26028s | unless he really thinks he is good and |
| 26031s | can get gigafin well if he gets the |
| 26033s | druid colossal as well does that help |
| 26035s | him |
| 26036s | is that enough i don't know oh but |
| 26038s | that's a lag that's terrible |
| 26040s | i think he was hoping for gigafin |
| 26042s | did not get it and moonlit |
| 26046s | i don't think there's anything you can |
| 26047s | get |
| 26049s | the small oh there it is what a slap in |
| 26051s | the |
| 26055s | the lag face |
| 26058s | plus six plus seven right yeah and still |
| 26061s | dead |
| 26062s | yeah not good enough and russian oh very |
| 26065s | happy with that win and i don't blame |
| 26067s | him going one game away from taking |
| 26070s | round four which is a big deal right you |
| 26072s | start day one like or end day one should |
| 26074s | i say with four wins out of four it's |
| 26076s | exactly how you want the swiss |
| 26077s | tournament to go but strong win for the |
| 26079s | mech paladin we saw throughout the game |
| 26081s | although you can say yes orange arguably |
| 26084s | got unlucky with not finding these |
| 26085s | scales early enough but outside of that |
| 26088s | you see the pressure that mech piled in |
| 26090s | just piles on and it's just relentless |
| 26092s | because of like the natural card drawer |
| 26094s | effects discover effects |
| 26096s | radar of course it's just endless damage |
| 26098s | and it feels like a very very consistent |
| 26101s | sort of aggro or mid-range deck right |
| 26103s | now |
| 26104s | absolutely that combination of getting |
| 26107s | the seafloor savior to buff your dredged |
| 26110s | um |
| 26111s | sunken moon catcher is so much stats and |
| 26113s | the divine shield always makes it so |
| 26115s | awkward for druid to deal with like each |
| 26116s | one of those minions takes three scales |
| 26119s | or three two ones to have to deal with |
| 26121s | and that is just far too much orange |
| 26124s | didn't have the resources nor did he |
| 26125s | have the stabilization from earthen |
| 26128s | scales so he couldn't quite get there in |
| 26130s | the end and that means now that rusenhau |
| 26132s | only needs to take a win with his own |
| 26134s | druid but it's a very very different |
| 26136s | variant indeed |
| 26138s | it is yes it's going to be the aggro |
| 26140s | druid still has uh some of the newer |
| 26142s | cards with aquatic form uh |
| 26144s | azhar and gardens as well which can be i |
| 26147s | think on surface level didn't look that |
| 26150s | strong but when i've seen it played it |
| 26151s | does seem to get the job done uh but |
| 26154s | first we are going to take a look at one |
| 26155s | of orange's list he has left which is |
| 26157s | going to be the quest hunter and they're |
| 26160s | just going to quickly stare at this |
| 26162s | build for a second see if anything |
| 26163s | really sticks out uh biggest thing for |
| 26166s | me right now is the double marked shot |
| 26169s | and no candle shot |
| 26170s | i think is the |
| 26172s | biggest difference to what we've been |
| 26173s | seeing mostly on stream so far at least |
| 26176s | i was really hoping that after rotation |
| 26178s | maybe hunter would get some cards that |
| 26180s | don't confuse me you know they've lost |
| 26182s | bola shot but nope they added another |
| 26183s | card called shot into the deck back in |
| 26186s | its place mark shot now taking that spot |
| 26189s | but yeah the overall spirit of the deck |
| 26192s | very much intact compared to last meta |
| 26194s | as well the drekthar being a huge deal |
| 26197s | as always double viper very standard as |
| 26200s | well to give them more chances against |
| 26202s | uh paladin especially |
| 26205s | um but against the aggro druid i feel |
| 26207s | like the base deck even without any |
| 26209s | draktar shenanigans just gets there so |
| 26211s | consistently they have tons of removal |
| 26214s | they even have b stalker tavish so if |
| 26216s | need be you can have that three damage |
| 26218s | explosive trap which is very very |
| 26220s | difficult for the aggro druid to come |
| 26223s | back from 800 is i think the fear factor |
| 26226s | as the hunter against the druid is if |
| 26229s | the jury just gets one of those |
| 26231s | lightning starts just gets to pop off |
| 26233s | early and if there's a composting as |
| 26235s | well available for them i think that's |
| 26237s | like the dreaded combo of things that |
| 26239s | will put you behind because although you |
| 26241s | do you know your removal lines up fairly |
| 26244s | well it's not perfect with a lot of |
| 26245s | three health minions from the druid but |
| 26247s | it lines up fine but you don't have |
| 26249s | infinite removal right that's the |
| 26251s | problem like i feel like a lot of the |
| 26253s | time true it can put out more minions |
| 26255s | than removal you have access to on any |
| 26257s | given turn so that's like that what |
| 26259s | roussino will really be trying to do i |
| 26261s | imagine is just go wide and then dodge |
| 26264s | the |
| 26265s | uh the potential i mean there's no |
| 26267s | natural explosive trap in the list so if |
| 26269s | he goes wide enough there just isn't |
| 26272s | normally enough removal to actually keep |
| 26274s | clearing the board right |
| 26277s | the sort of difference between aggro |
| 26279s | druid this meta and last is that the |
| 26281s | buff effects at least from this version |
| 26283s | are all from hand right they're not |
| 26286s | running uh pride's fury which is in |
| 26288s | standard and arbor up is out of standard |
| 26290s | so the azure and gardens has to get its |
| 26292s | work done while you have more value |
| 26295s | in hand which is why pacmule is in the |
| 26298s | list probably not going to be keeping |
| 26299s | them because you would rather draw it |
| 26301s | back and have it multiply and break the |
| 26303s | stream and the spectator |
| 26305s | you also have ram commander which can |
| 26307s | refill the hand and get you even more |
| 26309s | value from the azure and gardens so it |
| 26312s | is going to be a full toss for roosevelt |
| 26314s | here yeah i was interested to see if the |
| 26316s | peasant was going to be kept or not just |
| 26318s | because uh brazil is on the play and you |
| 26320s | are against a quest hunter so it would |
| 26322s | require like uh quest coin you know |
| 26325s | whatever to remove it which is a you |
| 26327s | know decent of half both players kind of |
| 26329s | win in that scenario but yeah it does |
| 26331s | toss it all against the squirrel which |
| 26332s | again is a really good pick up early |
| 26335s | because when the squirrels are or the |
| 26337s | nuts start popping out it's difficult |
| 26339s | for the hunter to actually keep up with |
| 26341s | just oh an extra million oh an extra |
| 26343s | minion again you know this spot removal |
| 26345s | does start to run out it's a pretty side |
| 26347s | opening so far for russian huh |
| 26350s | is deceiving me both these mules are |
| 26351s | facing forward did we did we beat the |
| 26354s | bug |
| 26356s | don't talk about it |
| 26357s | okay just if you don't talk about it it |
| 26359s | won't come back |
| 26361s | interesting pick from the amalgam though |
| 26363s | like i would look at dire frostwolf just |
| 26366s | because |
| 26367s | it's a very decent card on curve but it |
| 26370s | takes bottom feeder to fill out the |
| 26372s | upcoming turn which actually was lacking |
| 26374s | one mana to be spent so fair enough |
| 26377s | yeah and also the deck naturally runs um |
| 26381s | reg anyway |
| 26382s | so |
| 26383s | you know it's not it's not a bad sort of |
| 26385s | 31st card right i know some players are |
| 26388s | playing aggro druid with bottom feeder i |
| 26390s | think we saw on stream a little bit |
| 26391s | earlier today but uh it's just a solid |
| 26393s | sort of card to fill out anyway there's |
| 26395s | a direct thar and there is a coin |
| 26399s | i believe |
| 26401s | an honorable hunter player and |
| 26404s | i believe orange owns diamond direct |
| 26406s | fire on his actual account it is the |
| 26408s | only pick you are |
| 26410s | legally binded to pick that and play it |
| 26412s | on turn three every time yep he has paid |
| 26415s | for this privilege with three thousand |
| 26416s | gold or real money i don't know |
| 26419s | but barb nuts going to come out here no |
| 26422s | naga played so it's only one target but |
| 26424s | fair enough it would have removed the |
| 26425s | same amount of damage if he had two |
| 26427s | targets anyway |
| 26431s | oh does russian hoe now dodge the the |
| 26433s | only thing is amalgam |
| 26435s | amalgam discover enough amalgam is just |
| 26437s | pure havoc |
| 26440s | the first time i did it i was like oh |
| 26442s | that makes sense and then i went to do |
| 26444s | about three or four more times when i |
| 26445s | didn't have to and i was like why do i |
| 26447s | keep giving like making myself go |
| 26449s | through this pain |
| 26450s | it's fun |
| 26453s | um |
| 26455s | it is going to be trump |
| 26456s | which you know at least disincentivizes |
| 26459s | coins slightly but it is a question of |
| 26461s | which to drop the play and in the end he |
| 26463s | goes for not pure havoc with the |
| 26466s | discovery yeah makes sense because he |
| 26468s | just has bottom feeder with it next turn |
| 26469s | he has just a you know a two drop with |
| 26471s | it next turn like whatever it's tough |
| 26473s | though i think um |
| 26475s | racine hill might not know it but that |
| 26477s | trog was clutch right now because orange |
| 26480s | might still coin directly and say well |
| 26481s | you get an extra one two but i get a |
| 26484s | million stats on board which is |
| 26486s | absolutely fair |
| 26488s | but the troggs made it just a little bit |
| 26490s | worse |
| 26493s | because the second you leave the troggs |
| 26496s | on board that means that you have to |
| 26498s | manually kill one before you play a |
| 26501s | spell to kill other otherwise you know |
| 26503s | the other chunk will multiply |
| 26504s | uh but the drakthar like you said is |
| 26507s | just too much stats and orange is saying |
| 26508s | yeah if i play draxar i will be able to |
| 26510s | manually kill one trog or even both of |
| 26513s | them uh without even playing a spell and |
| 26515s | that makes a lot of sense because like |
| 26516s | we were saying at the beginning druid |
| 26518s | doesn't or this version from rosenho is |
| 26520s | not playing cards that buff a board that |
| 26523s | has already been played they are buffs |
| 26525s | from hand there is no pride fury to |
| 26527s | punish this there's not even so the soil |
| 26530s | so he's just claw fiori though which is |
| 26534s | going to help a lot but you completely |
| 26536s | right the buffs are few and far between |
| 26541s | law fury here it does allow him to trade |
| 26544s | down |
| 26545s | the treasure guard and |
| 26548s | then push three face because i don't |
| 26550s | think he wants to use troggs as trading |
| 26551s | tools |
| 26553s | yeah i think if he trades down the taunt |
| 26554s | and then plays the other pack mule to |
| 26557s | put two taunts in the way of the the |
| 26559s | drekthar and the viper |
| 26564s | there's also clawfury hero power which |
| 26566s | then gives malfurion two attack total |
| 26569s | which could let him kill drachtar but |
| 26571s | you would have to kill off a minion |
| 26573s | still oh this can be a good plan as well |
| 26576s | right get the rush minions and then have |
| 26577s | claw fiori with the two one drop brushes |
| 26580s | next turn yeah like that's a pretty |
| 26582s | solid sort of snapback mechanic |
| 26585s | you like this |
| 26586s | oh |
| 26587s | phil gets the thon in the way to protect |
| 26589s | both troggs |
| 26597s | that is painful isn't it because he just |
| 26599s | can't do anything i was looking at what |
| 26601s | if he does this and what if he shoots |
| 26602s | this it's like nope i think does he have |
| 26605s | to just |
| 26606s | like dragon |
| 26607s | bane the 2-2 trade the 2-3 |
| 26611s | if he |
| 26612s | and then then start trading the troggs |
| 26614s | even though it's still kind of bad |
| 26617s | i mean because there's no way to fully |
| 26619s | clear the trunks i am looking at |
| 26622s | um |
| 26623s | potentially |
| 26626s | marked shot instead and then trade off |
| 26629s | the pack mules |
| 26630s | uh but it's so it's so awkward right |
| 26635s | because the spell will resolve and then |
| 26636s | the trunks will multiply so you're |
| 26638s | actually even making space for rosenhold |
| 26640s | by going dragon main but there's no way |
| 26642s | to avoid that is there |
| 26644s | is there any way he can trade everything |
| 26646s | that aren't drugs and just try and fill |
| 26648s | the board with drugs does that help him |
| 26650s | in any way |
| 26652s | because the the low attack they they can |
| 26655s | be buffed but i think most importantly |
| 26656s | if he fills the board as much as |
| 26658s | possible with troggs it means that the |
| 26661s | tavish in the near future will be able |
| 26663s | to kill them all if he gets improved |
| 26665s | explosive that is true |
| 26668s | the only scary thing here is composting |
| 26670s | which is not an hand for using hoe so |
| 26673s | it's a good spot that you and orange |
| 26675s | came up with here um |
| 26678s | these are just trunks they're not |
| 26680s | getting buffed |
| 26683s | orange is a big picture |
| 26688s | claw fury big deal though |
| 26698s | we'll trade one trog and then go ram and |
| 26701s | claw fury |
| 26703s | and then he can use his |
| 26706s | oh okay |
| 26710s | okay i was thinking he would use just |
| 26712s | the attack on his hero to kill the three |
| 26714s | one and then |
| 26716s | maintain one ramen hand and end with |
| 26718s | bottom feeder but this way he still gets |
| 26720s | a full clear |
| 26722s | and |
| 26723s | doesn't take any damage on his hero and |
| 26725s | gets to push the malfurion damaged face |
| 26727s | yeah this is nice |
| 26731s | and the problem is i mentioned tavish |
| 26733s | but that is still a whole turn away and |
| 26735s | orange has to hit the trap as well it's |
| 26737s | very likely but you know you can miss |
| 26742s | and even though these are just frogs |
| 26745s | they still represent four damage total |
| 26747s | plus the other five damage that's on |
| 26749s | board |
| 26754s | and this is the problem i was mentioning |
| 26755s | right like hunter can get on top of this |
| 26758s | sort of druid game plan but when they |
| 26760s | fall behind it gets so difficult because |
| 26763s | the cards just don't exist really or |
| 26765s | realistically exist in your hand at the |
| 26768s | right time to actually just kill seven |
| 26770s | minions |
| 26772s | and especially those being troggs it |
| 26773s | gets more and more difficult i do think |
| 26775s | this the trogg draw especially at the |
| 26777s | time every single drew it was |
| 26780s | insane this game |
| 26782s | so |
| 26783s | strong the way he capitalized was huge |
| 26785s | as well just prioritizing getting taunts |
| 26787s | down in the post-direct return because |
| 26789s | orange was saying okay most worlds i can |
| 26791s | still kill a trog manually even if i let |
| 26793s | it multiply but rosenhold punished him |
| 26796s | for not playing dragon bane shot that |
| 26798s | turn |
| 26800s | orange was digging for something with |
| 26801s | the tracking but i honestly don't know |
| 26803s | what it was because he's not running |
| 26805s | natural explosive trap rinlings rifle |
| 26807s | not in the game right now |
| 26809s | yeah i mean i think |
| 26811s | it's tough because |
| 26813s | if anything does he actually kill |
| 26815s | anything i don't think he does right |
| 26817s | because it would make space for another |
| 26819s | another board buff right |
| 26821s | i think he has to just skip |
| 26824s | and the plan is simple play tavish get |
| 26827s | explosive done |
| 26829s | yep |
| 26832s | and is it even truly done don because |
| 26834s | yes it would clear the board but he'd be |
| 26837s | in |
| 26838s | quite a low health total armor helps |
| 26840s | yeah there would be insta refill which |
| 26842s | is the the the benefit for roosting hole |
| 26844s | for doing this but russian was worried |
| 26846s | he knows what turn he's going into |
| 26848s | there's the tavish |
| 26849s | let's see |
| 26851s | oh straight away now that is what you |
| 26852s | want to see |
| 26855s | orange hesitating to bluff i don't even |
| 26857s | know if it matters because i mean |
| 26859s | there's no world in yeah there's no |
| 26860s | world in which bruce knows not attacking |
| 26862s | face next turn um |
| 26864s | i think most importantly or what what's |
| 26867s | interesting to me is okay it's not |
| 26869s | offered i think ice trap was super |
| 26872s | interesting there |
| 26874s | uh |
| 26875s | if it was offered it now i think you |
| 26876s | would get it instantly |
| 26878s | ice trap the only thing it would prevent |
| 26882s | is |
| 26882s | aquatic farm and azsharan gardens right |
| 26885s | oh composting |
| 26886s | yeah that's the big one because |
| 26888s | composting and then push is you either |
| 26890s | win or it's explosive trap and you |
| 26892s | refill your hand right i think that is |
| 26894s | the scariest outcome for orange right |
| 26896s | now if exactly composting was drawn oh |
| 26899s | and it's not there oh asharan's not |
| 26902s | terrible though buffs four minions in |
| 26904s | hand |
| 26907s | i am looking at matriarch but i honestly |
| 26910s | don't know how much it costs right now |
| 26911s | just because |
| 26912s | like rosen ho |
| 26914s | is going to just refill this turn but |
| 26917s | double azsharan very very reasonable as |
| 26920s | well |
| 26921s | yeah double asharan's quite nice |
| 26927s | this is scary now |
| 26930s | i think he's thinking about ice trap |
| 26931s | right |
| 26933s | i mean he just played moonlit so he |
| 26934s | knows it's not sorry sorry yeah he's |
| 26936s | fine he's fine he's fine |
| 26937s | yeah because this trade always happens |
| 26939s | you never hold there's no reason to |
| 26941s | especially his quest until |
| 26945s | i was wondering if he could ever hold |
| 26947s | out for composting but |
| 26949s | probably doesn't work out in his favor |
| 26951s | in the long run because |
| 26953s | like he has no guarantee of getting |
| 26955s | composting on the very next turn so just |
| 26957s | making the very best refill that he can |
| 26959s | this turn |
| 26961s | is the compromise he's going for but man |
| 26963s | these minions look like peanuts |
| 26965s | in comparison to how much damage orange |
| 26967s | can do in the next turn plus that |
| 26969s | explosive even proc the second layer of |
| 26971s | quest so orange gets the zero cost hero |
| 26974s | power |
| 26978s | he's on zero out of two now is that |
| 26980s | right i think so |
| 26982s | we can still actually go uh one cast one |
| 26985s | cast tavish this turn |
| 26988s | but i don't think that's the priority it |
| 26990s | is possible but absolutely just gonna |
| 26992s | focus on clearing these minions |
| 26996s | i think he got um did he get maneuvers |
| 27000s | that makes sense if he's playing |
| 27001s | treasure guard right |
| 27004s | i guess so |
| 27005s | i honestly didn't catch it i'm also |
| 27007s | going off the fact that the secret isn't |
| 27008s | showing on the overlay and i think that |
| 27010s | that's bugging it so um |
| 27012s | i'm gonna assume it's uh |
| 27014s | maneuvers |
| 27017s | very nice usage of |
| 27022s | barb nuts plus quick shot to clear |
| 27024s | everything doesn't even need to sack his |
| 27026s | two one |
| 27039s | that means now that rusen ho |
| 27042s | is just losing i don't know if he has a |
| 27045s | comeback mechanism that's good enough |
| 27047s | i mean |
| 27048s | there's always discovers right he can |
| 27051s | destroy all right a beast let's see what |
| 27052s | it is is it going to be a |
| 27054s | beast |
| 27055s | shellfish let's go |
| 27057s | oh it's a beast okay yeah yeah |
| 27060s | never noticed |
| 27065s | that's not hydraulic done |
| 27067s | okay he's gonna use the uh direwolf |
| 27070s | alpha |
| 27071s | along with these two one ones not |
| 27073s | necessarily this turn of course but |
| 27074s | again it's a game plan right it's |
| 27077s | something yeah it's your budget flame |
| 27079s | tongue totem |
| 27081s | he doesn't need tons of damage to get |
| 27083s | through right orange is on 11 yes |
| 27085s | there's loads of removal but if orange |
| 27087s | wants to really |
| 27088s | uh start accelerating this game which he |
| 27090s | does the tavis needs to be played which |
| 27092s | is five mana right like he just needs to |
| 27095s | hope for no misha's and no huffers it |
| 27097s | has to be all lyoks |
| 27099s | all the way down |
| 27101s | yeah gonna see what's in the hero power |
| 27104s | first but honestly |
| 27106s | if you tavish here can you clear the |
| 27108s | whole board is the question |
| 27112s | and not necessarily if you don't get |
| 27114s | huffer |
| 27115s | you'll need to run faster |
| 27117s | but he does get like |
| 27119s | um make a big misha with the biscuit |
| 27122s | right |
| 27124s | oh he's gonna cycle |
| 27126s | he gets the trade on the tabish or misha |
| 27128s | which is cute |
| 27130s | i mean the rush on it |
| 27135s | so he now can clear the whole board |
| 27137s | while also getting the tavish down which |
| 27139s | essentially sets up lethal it doesn't |
| 27141s | matter at what health total ruseo is at |
| 27144s | if there's that much damage and that |
| 27145s | many companions that can be summoned it |
| 27148s | is setting up lethal and there is simply |
| 27150s | no way out of this for reason huh yeah |
| 27152s | the bodyguard misha's are a bit too much |
| 27154s | from there and i'm not surprised to see |
| 27156s | you concede orange evens it up that |
| 27159s | must have been feeling a little bit |
| 27161s | terrifying for orange just before that |
| 27163s | tavis turn he effectively had to pass |
| 27165s | the turn five and just say well |
| 27168s | i need to tavish into exactly explosive |
| 27170s | or i lose uh but he did get it as i said |
| 27173s | the secrets are to with two discovers |
| 27175s | it's very likely you'll get whatever |
| 27177s | secret you want but it's not guaranteed |
| 27179s | right like there is a chance you can |
| 27181s | whiff uh but orange means it's gonna be |
| 27183s | down to druid on druid for the final |
| 27185s | game but two very different archetypes |
| 27187s | the ramp on one side for orange versus |
| 27190s | the aggro from rusinho um do you have |
| 27192s | any favorites going through this last |
| 27195s | game jia |
| 27196s | i'll admit i have played |
| 27198s | no aggro druid since the expansion drop |
| 27200s | but i feel like if you are gonna bring |
| 27202s | this deck the reason for it has to be |
| 27204s | beating up on druid right |
| 27207s | i just cannot see a reason for bringing |
| 27209s | acro druid if it can't even do this as a |
| 27211s | favorable so i will say that reason i |
| 27214s | was in the lead here but orange can do |
| 27216s | you know similar things to what he did |
| 27218s | last game just creatively recognizing |
| 27220s | that if the board is full of drugs and |
| 27222s | they can't buff it sure i'll let you |
| 27224s | have a free turn let me just ramp and |
| 27226s | then i'll clear everything with scale |
| 27227s | the next turn essentially like explosive |
| 27229s | drop or even spammy arcanist should not |
| 27231s | be too difficult for orange to set that |
| 27233s | up so i think this is definitely still |
| 27235s | very winnable for orange and rusino |
| 27237s | needs a lightning fast start to put |
| 27240s | together the pressure to actually |
| 27242s | prevent orange from ramping |
| 27244s | yeah it was a that was a tough one there |
| 27246s | i think it's important at times like |
| 27247s | that because he knew when tavish got |
| 27249s | played he was like oh no okay well this |
| 27251s | might be a loss but now it's just push |
| 27253s | it out of your mind move on with the |
| 27255s | next game and we are getting into it |
| 27257s | already |
| 27258s | not the best initial mulligan there from |
| 27261s | lucy no so i'm guessing he's gonna just |
| 27262s | chuck it away and then try again uh |
| 27265s | orange in the meantime is smothering |
| 27267s | starfish something he actually wants to |
| 27269s | keep as even at worst and on curved play |
| 27273s | um |
| 27275s | i mean it could be a huge deal to deny a |
| 27277s | composting board but given that orange |
| 27280s | is on the plate and can already just get |
| 27282s | ahead with druid of the reef i would |
| 27284s | favor just tossing those keep the druid |
| 27286s | of the reef and use the tempo you get |
| 27288s | from that to hopefully ramp safely |
| 27290s | through to a big scale which is the real |
| 27293s | win condition later on |
| 27297s | thinking about it though |
| 27300s | oh |
| 27310s | after he did the mulligan there multiple |
| 27312s | one drops |
| 27313s | straight into claw fury and it has the |
| 27316s | aquatic form especially if he gets the |
| 27317s | gardens quickly as well |
| 27320s | oh we can pick up here |
| 27322s | yeah |
| 27326s | otherwise a21 would have just been value |
| 27330s | traded by the one three |
| 27337s | this removes the uh power level of the |
| 27339s | hero power as well of course brazino |
| 27341s | could have made the 3-1 version and then |
| 27343s | just traded them away but then that |
| 27345s | would not protect the peasant and it's |
| 27347s | extremely likely orange would have just |
| 27349s | hero powered this turn for the peasant |
| 27351s | of course |
| 27353s | so again knowing that the only buffs on |
| 27356s | board for reason oh that can happen is |
| 27359s | uh clawfury adapt orange has to think |
| 27362s | about |
| 27363s | how he wants to distribute the damage is |
| 27365s | it worth trading the one three i'm |
| 27367s | almost certain like that he can hero |
| 27370s | power the one three on the other side |
| 27372s | safely but does he ever even scales for |
| 27374s | example |
| 27376s | i don't think so |
| 27380s | yeah i |
| 27382s | i think it's too weak right to actually |
| 27385s | just scales this |
| 27387s | okay |
| 27390s | or not |
| 27391s | what do i know |
| 27394s | yeah i'm honestly surprised by this as |
| 27396s | well |
| 27398s | the coffee area makes it so that |
| 27399s | rosenhold can even keep his peasant this |
| 27402s | turn |
| 27403s | raid 2-1 and the malfurion hero power |
| 27406s | not here power just attack going in |
| 27413s | um |
| 27415s | alternatively |
| 27417s | just play another taunt and |
| 27419s | let the peasant go off for another turn |
| 27421s | almost certainly |
| 27428s | okay wild growth spammy arcanist |
| 27430s | interesting |
| 27433s | i have to do it right now he could take |
| 27435s | a turn off and not you know assume he |
| 27436s | doesn't need spammy exactly next turn |
| 27439s | but but wild growth's hard to to pass up |
| 27441s | right it's not only about the spammy |
| 27443s | arcanist it's the fact that he has |
| 27444s | miracle growth in hand it's the fact |
| 27446s | that especially going into five mana it |
| 27448s | opens up so many more options whether |
| 27450s | it's nourish whether it's guff and so on |
| 27452s | so |
| 27455s | yeah definitely like the ramp over the |
| 27456s | starfish our fish even loses him stats |
| 27459s | in that in that scenario so not worth |
| 27461s | just removing one draw from peasant |
| 27468s | oh no |
| 27469s | mystery discover go |
| 27476s | okay jungle panther |
| 27479s | kind of weak to spammy not gonna lie |
| 27483s | but not this turn like roussen hoe did |
| 27486s | build a board which has something |
| 27488s | survived to spammy uh however i think |
| 27490s | it's still spammy for orange yeah |
| 27495s | he could starfish if he wants to deny |
| 27498s | the acorns but |
| 27503s | it's so hard to say because like the |
| 27505s | quality of spammy as a card is highly |
| 27507s | dependent on |
| 27509s | how well your opponent plays around it |
| 27511s | right like a lot of the time they can |
| 27514s | willfully build a board that is not weak |
| 27516s | to spammy and because this is tournament |
| 27518s | with open duct lists like they will have |
| 27520s | it on their mind so maybe you are meant |
| 27522s | to just take a middling spammy while |
| 27524s | it's available and the problem is |
| 27527s | if double gardens are played |
| 27529s | then that can really mess with the um if |
| 27531s | like the gardens and then the dredge |
| 27532s | gardens are played that can really mess |
| 27534s | with the the state of the board for |
| 27536s | spammy arcanist |
| 27544s | wow |
| 27545s | i really cannot get a read on orange at |
| 27548s | all here clearly he is thinking |
| 27550s | something that we are not um |
| 27565s | don't play it don't play it don't play |
| 27566s | it |
| 27569s | so if he dredges here he can get another |
| 27572s | school teacher |
| 27575s | uh |
| 27576s | i'd imagine composting is top of mind |
| 27579s | even though he does have quite a lot of |
| 27580s | resources already having seen the |
| 27582s | starfish makes you feel a lot more |
| 27584s | confident about composting being |
| 27588s | you know actually able to get value no |
| 27590s | he played it quick |
| 27592s | help |
| 27597s | spectator change |
| 27599s | go |
| 27600s | oh i tried to time it perfectly it just |
| 27602s | was not even close |
| 27604s | so the board state is currently two one |
| 27606s | two one two three and then two more two |
| 27608s | threes with taunt |
| 27609s | so |
| 27610s | even discounting orange's next draw he |
| 27613s | can get a spammy clear right just by |
| 27614s | trading the starfish it'll become a 2-2 |
| 27617s | so that means there's one health two |
| 27619s | health and three health on board and |
| 27620s | spammy can clear everything up |
| 27625s | i think because there's no played two |
| 27627s | encumbered pack mules right |
| 27630s | yeah it looks like spammy's been played |
| 27631s | and rusinho i don't know whether that |
| 27633s | was he's happier oh there we go happy |
| 27635s | about something or |
| 27637s | not i think |
| 27640s | i mean he's seen the spammy and he has |
| 27642s | quite good refills so can't be too mad i |
| 27645s | think he'll |
| 27646s | i wonder who's gonna dredge first for |
| 27648s | gardens |
| 27649s | that's a big deal right it's a shame for |
| 27652s | him he's not already had it because then |
| 27653s | he can just dredge for the second part |
| 27656s | which is even stronger |
| 27659s | but |
| 27660s | one guardians here is still pretty |
| 27661s | strong because he could go like gardens |
| 27664s | panther trog and saber |
| 27672s | i mean squirrel's fine potentially as |
| 27674s | well |
| 27674s | uh just to |
| 27677s | again put more because the acorns |
| 27679s | weren't shuffled in right because they |
| 27680s | were silenced so you could just like get |
| 27682s | the squirrel to just try and get more |
| 27684s | acorns in |
| 27685s | yeah |
| 27686s | i like that natural refill just feels |
| 27688s | strong when you talk about the likes of |
| 27691s | claw fiori gardens composting you know |
| 27693s | there's a lot of things that are so |
| 27695s | strong with this list that you know rely |
| 27697s | on you already having that board but |
| 27698s | he's gonna go peasant instead and looks |
| 27701s | like he's gonna rely on the taunts to to |
| 27703s | help this peasant draw |
| 27708s | part of this is |
| 27710s | being able to fit in the pack mule i |
| 27712s | guess because right now the thing reason |
| 27714s | hoe is most worried about is scale of |
| 27716s | onyxia and if that is played the trunk |
| 27719s | will multiply |
| 27722s | oh it's still able to clear everything |
| 27724s | honestly no easily no way to play around |
| 27726s | it because of the alchemist right does |
| 27728s | so much extra damage |
| 27732s | i don't know how many spells azshara is |
| 27735s | at right now |
| 27737s | but bgbm doesn't look particularly good |
| 27740s | here so i guess orange starts with |
| 27741s | moonlit |
| 27744s | irish |
| 27745s | yes |
| 27746s | there's also like |
| 27748s | moonlit again weirdly enough oh i don't |
| 27751s | know is okay |
| 27753s | okay just gonna rely on it doing |
| 27755s | something if he plays it now he has a |
| 27757s | what effectively a seven times i i this |
| 27759s | next turn |
| 27761s | or if he plays it now it's like a |
| 27763s | three-three most of the time right |
| 27765s | with all the things so yeah |
| 27766s | [Music] |
| 27770s | oh five oh oh it misses mine shield wait |
| 27773s | that's perfect for orange that lines up |
| 27775s | even better for the matriarch because it |
| 27777s | missed |
| 27777s | a keyword like obviously the best |
| 27779s | outcome is missing taunt but you'll take |
| 27782s | this for sure just kidding kill the |
| 27784s | thing yeah it's amazing yeah |
| 27786s | oh okay |
| 27791s | well there's oracle druid of the uh reef |
| 27794s | claw fiori here if he really wants it |
| 27798s | looks good to me |
| 27802s | i think recently can maybe have a decent |
| 27804s | read on no scale there because scale |
| 27807s | would have cleared the board and left as |
| 27808s | spammy alive |
| 27810s | and so if you're reading |
| 27812s | there's still no scale in hand |
| 27814s | then going white again just makes sense |
| 27816s | to me and also it puts two two threes a |
| 27819s | two four and |
| 27821s | you know i guess the choice in druid as |
| 27823s | well so like you can make some you know |
| 27826s | unfun shapes for scale of elixir as well |
| 27828s | and he would need to trade one of the |
| 27830s | minions away too just to make the |
| 27833s | maximum space |
| 27839s | i'd imagine that would be a trog i think |
| 27841s | the peasant's probably worth more than |
| 27842s | one trunk right now |
| 27844s | oh school teacher in the end all right |
| 27846s | oh the soil |
| 27850s | is |
| 27852s | like it's so weird to take like the |
| 27853s | lowest mana cost |
| 27856s | from nagaland because you feel like |
| 27857s | you're losing value but it just feels a |
| 27859s | lot more relevant here than anything |
| 27860s | else resentful really |
| 27863s | um oh no he missed two attacks yikes oh |
| 27868s | oh on this scale as well |
| 27872s | he was really stressed about that |
| 27873s | decision i think he was between using |
| 27875s | the elune and the druid of the reef for |
| 27877s | like not great value just to get enough |
| 27880s | tempo this turn or holding on to it for |
| 27882s | finding eventually second matriarch and |
| 27885s | that hesitation cost him quite a bit of |
| 27887s | damage here |
| 27895s | so |
| 27896s | obviously scale is a full clear |
| 27899s | but it does take every single trade |
| 27902s | right because the trunks will multiply |
| 27903s | yeah i was even trying to look at like |
| 27905s | what are the odds on orange looking at |
| 27907s | miracle growth that turn like it's not |
| 27909s | the best but you would assume you're |
| 27911s | probably not dead and then you can maybe |
| 27913s | just refill your hand try and get |
| 27915s | something a little bit stronger going |
| 27917s | forward i guess it's probably better to |
| 27919s | do it this way around |
| 27920s | okay |
| 27921s | composting is huge |
| 27929s | oil composting |
| 27932s | which one does it cast the same one |
| 27933s | every time |
| 27935s | i honestly do not know |
| 27940s | a strong turn that was probably that was |
| 27942s | exactly what rossignol needed to really |
| 27945s | stay in this game in any way shape or |
| 27946s | form right without that i think this |
| 27949s | would have been his final board or you |
| 27950s | know more or less and |
| 27952s | orange probably just beat even if he |
| 27954s | just played ivers he'd probably be |
| 27956s | feeling pretty comfortable |
| 27959s | orange can go miracle growth for an 88 |
| 27962s | n2 |
| 27963s | naga giant and very likely earthen |
| 27965s | scales as well i guess not super likely |
| 27966s | he did play one on turn two i forgot oh |
| 27969s | but he got it |
| 27971s | okay |
| 27975s | it's a huge board push because again |
| 27976s | this board from rusenho not particularly |
| 27979s | threatening it will draw him a ton of |
| 27980s | cards but |
| 27982s | not many of those cards synergize with a |
| 27985s | board already being played out can't |
| 27987s | really capitalize and gain attack the |
| 27989s | way arbor up would |
| 27992s | wow good pickup as well from mercy know |
| 27994s | so far there's gardens |
| 27999s | [Music] |
| 28004s | double compost |
| 28006s | i mean i was actually wondering whether |
| 28008s | he should have played gardens first |
| 28011s | and then tried to get the other one |
| 28015s | uh |
| 28018s | it doesn't feel super worth it with only |
| 28020s | two minions in hand right but the the |
| 28022s | other one buffs the board right so i was |
| 28024s | just wondering whether i didn't know |
| 28025s | whether it would change the trades or |
| 28027s | not so i didn't get to look at it |
| 28029s | because the the dredge version actually |
| 28031s | gives the buff to the board as well so |
| 28034s | good point |
| 28035s | i often overlook that fact |
| 28049s | that's cute that lets him clear oh wait |
| 28051s | he already didn't have space my bad |
| 28057s | little solid though |
| 28059s | all these where cheap minions aren't |
| 28061s | going to be buffed so even though this |
| 28062s | board is already full well having buffs |
| 28064s | is better than not having buffs at this |
| 28066s | point |
| 28068s | it's another big board for orange to |
| 28070s | deal with exactly getting the matriarchs |
| 28073s | down is such a big deal here |
| 28077s | so once again we are on scale check it |
| 28080s | lets him kill the two five sixes and |
| 28083s | have the 99 go into the oracle at worst |
| 28086s | now we look for something better |
| 28089s | there's always a loon ivas to look at |
| 28091s | with the innervate |
| 28095s | so |
| 28096s | he has eight mana ivas which means |
| 28099s | oh man my mouth on this is so slow you |
| 28102s | have seven mana to spend on the things |
| 28103s | three of them |
| 28104s | it's probably a nine-nine i think |
| 28110s | find out |
| 28113s | ivers higher or lower |
| 28114s | okay we got there |
| 28117s | yeah pretty solid and |
| 28120s | gonna be tough to come back from |
| 28124s | it's simply just a lot of stats right |
| 28127s | and it's at that strange point that |
| 28128s | happens in matchups like this where |
| 28130s | druids focus on defensive plays and then |
| 28133s | you blink and realize they just have a |
| 28135s | board that's going to kill you next turn |
| 28137s | right it's like very very sudden where |
| 28138s | the defensive players end up being the |
| 28141s | aggressive players it's kind of crazy |
| 28142s | gets rid of the oracle makes perfect |
| 28145s | sense instead of pushing nine face |
| 28147s | doesn't need to just wants to reduce the |
| 28149s | chance of this this board getting crazy |
| 28151s | again |
| 28152s | right even though orange has seen both |
| 28154s | matriarchs he hasn't seen the discovered |
| 28155s | things from amalgams which could be |
| 28158s | beasts for all he knows that can get |
| 28159s | value from the |
| 28161s | uh |
| 28162s | oracle being left on board so i like |
| 28164s | that he pays respect to it |
| 28169s | these are pretty sick |
| 28174s | but it's not enough is it |
| 28179s | the two matriarch was too natural |
| 28181s | matriarch right |
| 28183s | i think so yeah so he can't like talon |
| 28187s | composting trade trade try and draw more |
| 28189s | taunts right i don't think he can do |
| 28192s | that |
| 28192s | i don't think so either |
| 28194s | but the thing is i think it's still part |
| 28196s | of the play at this point just to see |
| 28198s | what you can get but |
| 28199s | yes the talon and i don't know if it's |
| 28202s | round commander or composing after this |
| 28204s | but sure like um |
| 28206s | trade some squirrels first because it's |
| 28209s | so hard to get the order on this because |
| 28211s | you want more nuts in the deck but you |
| 28213s | also want there to be space when you |
| 28214s | draw yeah |
| 28216s | you want to have options right |
| 28220s | but at the end |
| 28221s | too late |
| 28222s | he doesn't even have the damage to kill |
| 28224s | both of the nine-nines so he is just |
| 28226s | dead |
| 28228s | what a comeback there honestly yeah for |
| 28230s | the last few games i thought roosevelt |
| 28232s | was in a great spot but um orange you |
| 28234s | know managed to keep his cool and |
| 28236s | actually uh just finish out this series |
| 28238s | and start this orange okay |
| 28242s | okay right it was just a pause i'm like |
| 28244s | orange he's dead |
| 28246s | just dealing with it um but yeah okay he |
| 28248s | wanted to play the battleground that's |
| 28249s | fine uh but yeah good win there for |
| 28251s | orange kept is cool and it's things we |
| 28254s | expect from orange right he's been in |
| 28255s | the game a long time he's been in tough |
| 28257s | spots in in countless tournaments and um |
| 28259s | yeah he he won the series and he's gonna |
| 28262s | end day one at a 4-0 score and that's |
| 28265s | guess what about as good as you're gonna |
| 28266s | get so a great day one for orange so far |
| 28270s | absolutely love to see it we are of |
| 28272s | course big orange fans here but i am |
| 28274s | also pretty impressed with what we've |
| 28276s | seen from rozenho of course he did have |
| 28277s | a couple trip ups with the rope here but |
| 28279s | just the boldness and willingness to go |
| 28282s | for a lineup that is completely off the |
| 28284s | wall like this i'm honestly hopeful that |
| 28286s | some version of aggro druid can come out |
| 28289s | of the woodwork here because i see that |
| 28291s | the deck has tons of potential not sure |
| 28294s | if this is the most refined list yet but |
| 28296s | it feels like it definitely has the |
| 28297s | tools to keep building wave after wave |
| 28299s | of resilient board which does get there |
| 28301s | in plenty of matchups but maybe versions |
| 28304s | that run a bit more board buffing |
| 28306s | effects could get there who knows the |
| 28309s | meta is still relatively young and this |
| 28311s | tournament is still relatively young as |
| 28313s | well or even it's just day one in the |
| 28316s | books |
| 28319s | might have a couple more matches i'm not |
| 28320s | quite sure |
| 28322s | yeah important to know as well rusinho |
| 28323s | yes he lost that match but it's only his |
| 28325s | first loss he's still 3-1 in this swiss |
| 28327s | he is still more than capable of having |
| 28330s | a good day tomorrow and making it to |
| 28331s | that top 16 cut but you are right i do |
| 28334s | believe we have some more matches for |
| 28335s | you guys following up but we are going |
| 28337s | to be done for the day at least for i |
| 28339s | believe no me actually you're on next |
| 28341s | right i think so um i'm going to be done |
| 28343s | for the day anyway but yeah we've got |
| 28345s | plenty more matches coming up don't go |
| 28346s | anywhere we'll be right back with some |
| 28347s | more master stuff |
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| 28542s | welcome back for some more coverage of |
| 28544s | round four here at the masters tour i |
| 28547s | just want to comment there on orange's |
| 28549s | win he's in contention now for both the |
| 28551s | last call and the seasonal championships |
| 28553s | despite |
| 28555s | an 03 start in the first tournament of |
| 28558s | the year um fighting back to 4-4 in that |
| 28561s | one and racking up the points ever since |
| 28563s | so orange that lasts toughing out |
| 28565s | another point i think he might get their |
| 28567s | gear but it's always hard to say of |
| 28569s | course how's it going after that long |
| 28570s | shift |
| 28571s | uh it's been going well because i am an |
| 28573s | orange fan just like you it i definitely |
| 28576s | don't want to jinx anything by calling |
| 28577s | it too early but i just want to say it's |
| 28579s | very impressive that he has that |
| 28581s | attitude to keep on going even after 0-3 |
| 28584s | losses as long as there's something to |
| 28586s | play for orange will have that work |
| 28588s | ethic you'd love to see it and two other |
| 28590s | players who have some incredible work |
| 28592s | ethic are coming up in our match uh fury |
| 28595s | hunter of course already a masters tour |
| 28598s | winner and he has a very spicy lineup |
| 28601s | indeed facing up against moyan who is |
| 28604s | another one of these long time veteran |
| 28605s | players |
| 28607s | absolutely fury hunter i know for a fact |
| 28609s | puts in hours and hours and hours into |
| 28612s | this game |
| 28613s | moyne i know a little bit less around |
| 28614s | but has been around for a long time as |
| 28616s | you can see 1-0 ahead in this one i |
| 28618s | believe both players are three and zero |
| 28620s | as well so looking to get that four zero |
| 28623s | start before we get into that jia um |
| 28625s | kayfim in chat who has been watching |
| 28628s | every minute i've ever been in chat kfim |
| 28630s | is in chat wants to check if you're okay |
| 28632s | with all that water leaking in behind |
| 28633s | you |
| 28634s | ah i'm fine i'm not drowning |
| 28638s | i just wanted to check up on you i've |
| 28640s | checked up g is fine everybody it's good |
| 28642s | we can get on with the cast good um |
| 28644s | let's have a look at fiori hunter's deck |
| 28645s | gear what is this what on earth is |
| 28647s | happening |
| 28649s | silence freeze |
| 28650s | i thought this deck was a meme i heard |
| 28653s | about it before the tournament started |
| 28655s | and some people are saying oh it just |
| 28657s | kind of wins you know if you play the |
| 28659s | razor leaf and then you you know silence |
| 28661s | and then bless it boom you just have a |
| 28663s | huge minion you can have a 13 13 on turn |
| 28666s | four or something that seems good but it |
| 28668s | just seemed very |
| 28670s | like incredibly hard to pull off i |
| 28672s | thought but i haven't played the deck |
| 28674s | maybe fury knows that it's not as hard |
| 28675s | as i think switcheroo is a card you can |
| 28678s | get those stats on things that don't |
| 28680s | even have can't attack on them to begin |
| 28683s | with and a jar in ritual can let you |
| 28685s | copy all of these things just very cool |
| 28687s | stuff yeah i'm surprised to see somebody |
| 28690s | like fury hunter playing this just |
| 28691s | because it feels like a lot of it's sort |
| 28693s | of in the lap of the gods it's like you |
| 28694s | get it or you don't i'm sure there's |
| 28696s | infinitely more to it than that because |
| 28699s | uh my own experiences with with ball |
| 28700s | priest have shown that you can't just |
| 28702s | pick up cards and just drop them on the |
| 28704s | board |
| 28705s | but it does seem to be quite |
| 28706s | straightforward in terms of the game |
| 28708s | plan and |
| 28709s | i'm interested to see how much agency he |
| 28711s | actually has over the game when things |
| 28713s | don't go the way you want when they do |
| 28715s | go the way you want anyone can play this |
| 28716s | deck right but there's like fury hunters |
| 28718s | to bring it makes me think that there's |
| 28720s | more to this than meets the eye |
| 28722s | perhaps or perhaps he simply believes |
| 28725s | drachthar is a good card |
| 28728s | i would agree |
| 28729s | yeah he's not wrong it's a pretty |
| 28731s | reasonable hearthstone card it does have |
| 28733s | all the fetch of course required in this |
| 28735s | deck and the deck logically makes sense |
| 28739s | uh presumably fury if it is fairly |
| 28742s | straightforward just believes that this |
| 28743s | is the deck that just it wins often |
| 28745s | enough it doesn't matter if it's not |
| 28747s | complicated if it gets the job done and |
| 28750s | so far three and zero no complaints so |
| 28752s | far |
| 28752s | that's right i mean if the deck does |
| 28755s | what it's supposed to do which is build |
| 28757s | big minions in the early game |
| 28758s | then it should be favored against druid |
| 28761s | it should be favored against quest |
| 28763s | hunter because those minions should have |
| 28765s | too much health on them to be killed by |
| 28767s | the petty removal spells that hunter has |
| 28770s | access to that early on and it shouldn't |
| 28772s | be too terrible against warrior either i |
| 28774s | feel maybe their armor hasn't stacked |
| 28776s | high enough to simply shield slam it |
| 28778s | away i don't really know but if it |
| 28780s | checks all those boxes then on paper yes |
| 28782s | it is a good bring to this empty because |
| 28784s | those are some of the most common decks |
| 28787s | to watch out for |
| 28789s | is going to start with that druid so we |
| 28790s | are going to see if fury hunter can pass |
| 28793s | the test with the silence freeze he has |
| 28795s | done it at least three times so far |
| 28797s | already |
| 28798s | yep and that's what matters what matters |
| 28800s | on stream doesn't matter if he goes six |
| 28801s | and one if he loses on stream the deck's |
| 28803s | rubbish if he wins on stream the deck's |
| 28805s | great nothing else matters of course all |
| 28807s | these hundreds of games going on all |
| 28809s | around us all across the world none of |
| 28811s | those matter it's just the ones we see |
| 28813s | of course um talking of games that don't |
| 28815s | matter finally i know you know this but |
| 28818s | congratulations to alicia the first |
| 28820s | player to get a hundred masters tour |
| 28823s | wins |
| 28824s | incredible stuff aloo tambo is truly |
| 28828s | one of the greatest i mean |
| 28830s | just i think he's played every masters |
| 28832s | tour ever and just the people who have |
| 28834s | the willingness to do that is a separate |
| 28836s | group entirely and then having a whole |
| 28839s | amazing win rate on top of that very |
| 28842s | very impressive stuff |
| 28844s | yuri with the keep of humongous razor |
| 28847s | leaf and bless you already know that he |
| 28849s | has one thing on his mind only and that |
| 28852s | is making the razor leaf even more |
| 28854s | humongous but of course you need to |
| 28856s | silence it somehow before you bless it |
| 28858s | up because you don't want to do that in |
| 28860s | the other order otherwise you lose the |
| 28862s | extra stats so focused well is a huge |
| 28864s | one here he is going to have a 13 13 on |
| 28868s | turn four |
| 28869s | yep good luck druid um druid does have |
| 28872s | coin innovate in hand i guess and scale |
| 28875s | adds up to 14. i guess you should keep |
| 28877s | an eye on that but |
| 28878s | it's looking |
| 28880s | um very good for your fury hunter |
| 28882s | although when you're playing against |
| 28883s | druid everything happens so slowly it's |
| 28885s | like i want to do my cards now before |
| 28886s | they have 27 mana exactly |
| 28891s | and at the moment |
| 28894s | like even though fury hunter has this |
| 28897s | good start like |
| 28899s | moyan has access to the ramp off of |
| 28901s | nourish right now which means he's |
| 28903s | working with six mana already next turn |
| 28905s | if he picks up another innervate the |
| 28907s | scale can happen straight away |
| 28910s | oh my goodness yeah fury hunter rolling |
| 28912s | his eyes it's like really you're gonna |
| 28914s | do this now |
| 28918s | um obviously moyne has decisions to make |
| 28920s | here does he want to take damage bumping |
| 28921s | into this thing just to to lower how big |
| 28924s | it's going to get |
| 28925s | that used to be the play in the olden |
| 28927s | days that's all i know i have no idea |
| 28928s | how it works these days if i'm perfectly |
| 28930s | honest |
| 28931s | yeah i mean it is something you can |
| 28933s | consider but i guess moyan's thinking |
| 28936s | that might even give fury hunter |
| 28938s | something to do for example if he |
| 28939s | doesn't have anything more than focus |
| 28941s | well then okay you can just heal it up |
| 28942s | with hero power and focus well but we |
| 28944s | are in the spot where focus will and oh |
| 28948s | azhar ritual though |
| 28951s | okay |
| 28952s | that'll be better right because it |
| 28953s | technically puts more health on board |
| 28955s | and it's more resilient against scale |
| 28960s | like this and they can attack |
| 28962s | already there's only four right oh he |
| 28964s | actually got the innervate oh my there's |
| 28966s | a cherry rig on board it is a full clear |
| 28970s | right |
| 28971s | 14 scales and the two from the jerry rig |
| 28973s | oh my goodness |
| 28977s | not impressed |
| 28984s | hard to not get upset by that and wait |
| 28986s | till he sees the second scale because |
| 28988s | yeah second he has second razer leaf and |
| 28990s | he has focused well for it or or told |
| 28993s | you are sure but second |
| 28996s | oh no because there's no more minions |
| 28998s | after this one 14 more |
| 29001s | he's absolutely losing his mind and |
| 29004s | moyan |
| 29005s | doesn't even look excited look at him oh |
| 29008s | a little knot of the head 2-0 ahead |
| 29012s | oh my god that's just a game right i |
| 29014s | mean oh nevermind |
| 29016s | off the top |
| 29017s | wait 12 year and |
| 29019s | treasure guard okay okay |
| 29021s | obviously not amazing it's not huge |
| 29024s | health on it but this can still get |
| 29025s | there |
| 29028s | in theory |
| 29029s | this is guff |
| 29030s | i don't know if that's the right play it |
| 29031s | probably isn't |
| 29033s | can he set up a spammy that's always the |
| 29034s | first question we have jia |
| 29036s | i don't think so everything has too much |
| 29039s | health so i think dredge first look for |
| 29042s | miracle growth |
| 29044s | oh |
| 29045s | but i was |
| 29049s | okay he does take the miracle girl i was |
| 29051s | honestly super tempted by the ibis |
| 29053s | because he could goff and ramp and like |
| 29054s | then he has a loon with ivers |
| 29058s | okay |
| 29061s | i think he probably feels if he clears |
| 29063s | this one more board it's just about over |
| 29065s | but sure it really is that would also |
| 29067s | make sense |
| 29068s | i mean |
| 29069s | after this board literally the only |
| 29071s | minion left for fury hunter is the other |
| 29073s | treasure card |
| 29076s | right philly hunter settled himself down |
| 29077s | which he does incredibly quickly it's |
| 29079s | something that's um |
| 29081s | one of the reasons he is a master's tour |
| 29082s | winner you can't play one of these |
| 29084s | tournaments without having to run a bad |
| 29085s | luck it's um it's about how you react to |
| 29088s | it mentally that matters doesn't matter |
| 29089s | how you show you're reacting it's what |
| 29091s | you actually do that matters and yeah |
| 29093s | he's back in the zone straight away |
| 29095s | wyoming taking the preemptive trade on |
| 29097s | the highest health minion i think makes |
| 29099s | a lot of sense here |
| 29102s | just respecting any possibility for the |
| 29104s | 888 to get value traded that's the scary |
| 29106s | thing right if if it dies the 8-8 dies |
| 29110s | and there's still a big minion on the |
| 29111s | way for fury hunter that can be quite |
| 29114s | awkward indeed for moyan |
| 29116s | uh |
| 29118s | so |
| 29120s | focused will |
| 29121s | plus okay never mind he's not going to |
| 29123s | just bless this it's a 10-10 heal it |
| 29126s | back up |
| 29129s | sorry it's a 12-12 |
| 29130s | yep count |
| 29132s | spine |
| 29133s | counting's tough |
| 29137s | trades heals it back to six health |
| 29140s | and |
| 29141s | both sales |
| 29144s | also seen both innervate so raid boss oh |
| 29148s | not technically be playable right |
| 29150s | yeah i guess he's looking at the |
| 29151s | potential of um actually focus willing |
| 29153s | the opponent's minion and just going |
| 29155s | face for a million there |
| 29156s | ah |
| 29157s | that's what the pause may have been |
| 29166s | so i looked at i was before but drew it |
| 29168s | of the reef this turn with oracle and |
| 29171s | two like two druids of the reef that's |
| 29173s | kind of good that's basically just a |
| 29176s | third scale right at that point yeah i |
| 29178s | mean |
| 29179s | i'm just charging three ones or rushing |
| 29181s | three ones yeah he can fit in the dosing |
| 29183s | kelp keeper as well and then wake them |
| 29185s | up with enrich the next turn but that's |
| 29186s | probably not even necessary because he |
| 29188s | has |
| 29191s | onyxia yeah you don't have to i mean you |
| 29194s | have to go through more minions than you |
| 29195s | expect we're seeing that already when |
| 29196s | we're asking the start isn't it a bit |
| 29198s | fragile well fury hunters generated |
| 29200s | three boards that druid normally would |
| 29202s | fold after the second |
| 29204s | uh but in this particular game moyne's |
| 29206s | had all the answers |
| 29207s | but we are seeing why the priest is |
| 29209s | decent already |
| 29212s | i think he was trying to work out if if |
| 29214s | he took ives and then went |
| 29215s | oracle then drew it of the reef then |
| 29218s | ivas is that better than going for a |
| 29220s | double druid of the reef and |
| 29222s | in the end all of it pales in comparison |
| 29224s | to just getting guffed down as well so |
| 29226s | fair enough |
| 29228s | yep |
| 29234s | oh no he goes |
| 29236s | that can clear okay i thought it would |
| 29237s | be kelp keeper here but sure just |
| 29239s | narrowing down the targets making sure |
| 29241s | that onyxia can do |
| 29243s | as much as possible on the next turn |
| 29247s | yeah and where does fury go from here |
| 29254s | [Music] |
| 29255s | i've drawn two |
| 29257s | yeah |
| 29258s | you want things it makes things that's |
| 29260s | why it's |
| 29263s | whether or not those things are good |
| 29265s | enough we do not talk about that |
| 29268s | yeah they're the only things you've got |
| 29270s | so you've got to make them work |
| 29273s | and now it's nyxia and i think at this |
| 29274s | point fury hunter might well just hit |
| 29276s | the end game button yeah |
| 29281s | you mean the concealed mother |
| 29283s | yep there you go end game button has |
| 29285s | been pressed the game has ended |
| 29287s | and fury hunter concedes it's 2-0 to a |
| 29290s | very calm looking moyen |
| 29293s | yeah i mean nobody's under any illusions |
| 29295s | there i think moyan himself included he |
| 29297s | got the absolute dream hand against the |
| 29300s | silence priest duck ramp into ramp into |
| 29302s | scale into scale it's just perfect like |
| 29304s | fury hunter could not stick any relevant |
| 29307s | minion but if any one of those single |
| 29310s | pieces for moyen was missing at the |
| 29312s | beginning of the game he could have just |
| 29313s | been staring at taking 13 every turn |
| 29318s | for like two turns until he dies |
| 29320s | because 13 to turn into 30 26 it's the |
| 29323s | same thing as 30. there'll be four from |
| 29325s | somewhere |
| 29326s | but now moyan |
| 29328s | is going to play |
| 29329s | boar priest now the reason i say like |
| 29331s | that is because my visit to dredge |
| 29334s | legend as jia named it and subtle kindly |
| 29336s | called out on stream earlier was at the |
| 29339s | hands of the boar priest there's so many |
| 29341s | mechanical things you can do wrongly |
| 29343s | even after you've got the basic idea |
| 29345s | down that yeah the dredge legend |
| 29347s | happened and i'd like to see somebody |
| 29349s | good play this deck so let's have a look |
| 29350s | how it turns out |
| 29352s | oh let them dredge us back up from the |
| 29354s | bottom three players in legend all the |
| 29356s | way back to being their next draw i |
| 29358s | suppose the deck is incredibly difficult |
| 29362s | i |
| 29363s | i i've spoken to you about this like |
| 29366s | before the broadcaster i feel like every |
| 29368s | border priest player needs to go through |
| 29370s | like their first game where they realize |
| 29372s | oh i was supposed to let both boards die |
| 29375s | before i play an amulet and then their |
| 29377s | second game they realize oh i cannot |
| 29379s | trade an amulet when my deck is empty |
| 29381s | and they realize this the hard way or |
| 29383s | perhaps that's just exactly what |
| 29384s | happened to me and i'm projecting it on |
| 29386s | everyone else but there are sounds |
| 29388s | reasonable so many tiny traps that you |
| 29391s | can fall into and that's not even |
| 29392s | accounting for the overall game plan of |
| 29396s | how do you time your bores how do you |
| 29398s | survive till you get to the bottom of |
| 29399s | your deck how do you pop off with |
| 29401s | valeesh do you even run the version with |
| 29404s | zola and bran or do you not like we're |
| 29406s | seeing from wayan here who has cut those |
| 29408s | and is instead going for double clerics |
| 29410s | and using that as the main card draw |
| 29412s | engine |
| 29413s | yeah and i think we're even at zola and |
| 29415s | or brand now as well you can take the |
| 29417s | brand out and just play the zola for |
| 29418s | some extra sort of card draw handmaidens |
| 29420s | maybe an exorcist you can play just the |
| 29423s | brand but i think that's less common for |
| 29424s | extra card draw from the handmaidens so |
| 29426s | you can you can mix and match those |
| 29428s | cards as well but this is the the |
| 29430s | cleaner version |
| 29431s | um the version where you don't get |
| 29433s | messed up with roping because the branzy |
| 29435s | bella version the brand zola version is |
| 29438s | incredibly tough on |
| 29440s | on the on the brain at some points but |
| 29442s | also on the rope uh you quite often have |
| 29444s | what you can clearly see is a one |
| 29446s | position and this isn't just me |
| 29448s | projecting my boominess but |
| 29451s | you could just not do it in the time at |
| 29453s | some times even though you can see a win |
| 29455s | so maureen's cut all that out and i |
| 29456s | think that's probably a smart move for |
| 29458s | the masters tour for anybody |
| 29460s | got a great opening hand as well with |
| 29462s | coin switcheroo available and also |
| 29464s | handmaiden but the handmaiden cannot |
| 29465s | follow straight away after that because |
| 29467s | it'll only have two spells in here so |
| 29470s | there is a way that a possibility that |
| 29472s | mayan goes thrive instead first and then |
| 29475s | switcheroo and then figures out how he |
| 29477s | wants to activate the handmaiden later |
| 29480s | yeah might be looking for some silence |
| 29482s | of his own it's quite a difficult choice |
| 29484s | before you know what's you know happened |
| 29486s | on the other side but you know that the |
| 29487s | one thing that beats you is then making |
| 29488s | a huge thing |
| 29489s | as we imagine some discovers i'll take |
| 29492s | the middle one yep thought he would |
| 29495s | great imagination lorenzo |
| 29498s | oh yeah you did mention the |
| 29501s | the silence that's available to moyan |
| 29503s | which is the two shard of the naaru |
| 29504s | which is a very big deal in this matchup |
| 29506s | in particular because again you can say |
| 29509s | okay they've made a ten-ten that can |
| 29510s | attack i can silence that but then it |
| 29512s | just goes back to four foray which they |
| 29514s | can then |
| 29515s | put back up to tendon or like even |
| 29517s | further with blesses so i think fury |
| 29519s | hunter has to like be very careful about |
| 29522s | putting all his eggs in one basket just |
| 29524s | um metering out the threats a bit more |
| 29528s | evenly would make a lot of sense in this |
| 29529s | matchup and also just keeping these as 4 |
| 29532s | 8 is quite threatening for moyan as well |
| 29534s | because once they get up to symmetrical |
| 29536s | stats care of a bless they are within |
| 29538s | range of light bomb |
| 29540s | yep so the thing that's going to clear |
| 29542s | these if anything is not going to be a |
| 29544s | wild pyro most likely it would end up |
| 29546s | being just the one xyrella in the deck |
| 29550s | uh currently not available and gonna die |
| 29552s | pretty fast so |
| 29553s | time to make some space and go hunting |
| 29555s | for that sobel i would say |
| 29559s | currently |
| 29560s | uh two spells on the handmaiden he can |
| 29563s | get it to be active by coining it but he |
| 29565s | doesn't quite have the hand space |
| 29568s | nor does he have the hand space to just |
| 29570s | go switcheroo here so we could see moyan |
| 29572s | i don't know dump a gift |
| 29576s | it's so difficult because he has too |
| 29578s | much card draw almost where every single |
| 29580s | card here can function as um card draw |
| 29583s | to a certain extent um outside of the |
| 29586s | leash and zarella but like gift plus |
| 29588s | pyro plus north shore cleric it's a ton |
| 29589s | of draw two hand maidens tons of draw |
| 29591s | switcheroo further draw and switcheroo |
| 29593s | right now is only going to get |
| 29596s | like |
| 29597s | the other pyro either of the two boards |
| 29599s | or xyrella all the other minions are in |
| 29601s | hand okay so that would be handy for him |
| 29603s | to know and i think next turn he is |
| 29605s | dumping the north shore on top of this |
| 29606s | handmaiden just to get him out of hand |
| 29608s | make some space |
| 29609s | um potentially use a pyro for draw but i |
| 29611s | think you're right that's switcheroo |
| 29613s | that's why you have to keep the gift |
| 29614s | right he needs to heal for eight at some |
| 29616s | point |
| 29618s | three plus lots of fives is eight |
| 29620s | as in lots of fives available to him so |
| 29624s | that's if they stay at eight that's the |
| 29626s | problem |
| 29627s | yeah they could get bigger than that and |
| 29629s | so finding light bomb also could be a |
| 29631s | very big deal depending on whether fury |
| 29634s | hunter blesses these up |
| 29636s | uh |
| 29637s | which to be fair if bless has not |
| 29638s | happened they're not particularly |
| 29640s | threatening in terms of attack so that |
| 29642s | can be um sort of the |
| 29645s | alert that moyan will look out for |
| 29647s | before he needs to absolutely find the |
| 29649s | light bomb very disciplined of him to |
| 29652s | just throw out a han maiden like that |
| 29653s | you often feel terrible parting with |
| 29656s | this if it doesn't get any draw but he |
| 29658s | recognizes that there is well enough |
| 29659s | redundancy in this hand to draw him |
| 29661s | through |
| 29663s | will fury hunter even attack face his |
| 29665s | turn |
| 29666s | i think so |
| 29667s | he might not |
| 29670s | yeah he's going to just just wondering |
| 29672s | about the the eight healthy eight heels |
| 29674s | novella so |
| 29676s | um wasn't sure if he would actually do |
| 29678s | that just keep them large |
| 29682s | oh we don't get to see the dredge either |
| 29683s | that's such valuable information though |
| 29685s | for moya |
| 29687s | okay looks like maureen's gonna draw a |
| 29688s | million cards |
| 29690s | probably more like five but you know |
| 29692s | he's going to |
| 29694s | it's one of those many options that you |
| 29696s | described that's available to him here |
| 29698s | so cleric naru will draw him five |
| 29701s | i know so four four four because he |
| 29704s | ordered it with the cleric |
| 29705s | before the coin okay so this is |
| 29707s | deliberate he could have drawn more if |
| 29709s | he wanted to |
| 29711s | but there is always the fear of leaving |
| 29714s | up your own cleric in the priest mirror |
| 29717s | because your opponent can force you to |
| 29719s | overdraw if they have their own gift |
| 29721s | which fury is indeed running |
| 29725s | so i think |
| 29728s | ryan has to kill his own cleric here |
| 29729s | which can |
| 29731s | with like |
| 29732s | prayer valish and switcheroo again |
| 29736s | yeah |
| 29737s | uh |
| 29741s | yeah sorry sorry you can't kill the |
| 29742s | cleric because the pyro died before that |
| 29744s | happened i thought the fire would have |
| 29745s | enough health |
| 29746s | uh so |
| 29748s | this is scary right fury can potentially |
| 29751s | overdraw moyan if he gets |
| 29753s | gift |
| 29755s | yeah there's not that much to overdraw |
| 29757s | him with though he's looking for the |
| 29758s | other amulet that will be the amulets |
| 29760s | actually set up at that point there'll |
| 29762s | be a three and a two |
| 29765s | oh yeah now that i look at it again like |
| 29767s | moyen set up a board state where |
| 29769s | everything |
| 29770s | well almost everything is at one health |
| 29772s | right so there can't actually be that |
| 29773s | many damage minions fury doesn't have a |
| 29775s | pyro of his own and moyan left himself |
| 29778s | at six cards so even if there were a |
| 29780s | gift to happen here moyan would only |
| 29781s | draw for three it's just very cleanly |
| 29784s | spotted |
| 29785s | uh |
| 29787s | yuri though probably looking for one of |
| 29790s | his blesses |
| 29793s | wait he has one so he can |
| 29795s | like focus well and bless and that would |
| 29797s | create an 11 |
| 29799s | attack minion |
| 29802s | maybe not good enough |
| 29804s | yeah it's difficult isn't |
| 29807s | it he's probably thinking if he doesn't |
| 29810s | create a minion that deals lethal |
| 29812s | immediately |
| 29814s | it's maybe not even worth damaging moyan |
| 29816s | for that much in the first place |
| 29819s | yeah that's what i was um not sure about |
| 29821s | a few minutes ago as well is it's |
| 29823s | difficult to know |
| 29825s | if you haven't played the match up at |
| 29826s | all |
| 29827s | how it impacts it but yeah four seems a |
| 29829s | reasonable number either way |
| 29832s | cyrella though super clean with gift she |
| 29834s | does deal with everything right |
| 29839s | yeah |
| 29841s | plenty of healing here |
| 29843s | uh but director in hand for fury hunter |
| 29845s | so this is the first board cleared but |
| 29847s | we'll have another go |
| 29849s | with the pyro gone with his xyrella gone |
| 29855s | now he gets more of a shot at it right |
| 29856s | the zoella has been lured out |
| 29860s | but moya's killed off two pigs already |
| 29862s | and he's |
| 29864s | done the necessary on both amulets or if |
| 29866s | he draws the other amulet he's got |
| 29867s | unnecessary damage there's only eight |
| 29868s | cards left in his deck he's pretty |
| 29870s | pretty close himself |
| 29871s | yeah |
| 29872s | i think he's very much in the driver's |
| 29874s | seat here he's just deciding whether |
| 29875s | it's worth it to play the amulet now and |
| 29876s | i honestly don't see any downsides like |
| 29879s | even if the boars get silenced doesn't |
| 29882s | matter as long as the final bore has its |
| 29885s | death rattle intact right you just need |
| 29887s | them to die at some point |
| 29895s | that's our treasure guard going to be |
| 29898s | pulled here yeah because the other |
| 29900s | humongous races |
| 29902s | were already played or are in hand |
| 29910s | okay |
| 29915s | with no bran in the deck there's no |
| 29916s | reason to hold on to handmaidens there |
| 29918s | wouldn't be any way with seven cards i |
| 29919s | don't think but yeah |
| 29922s | i think the |
| 29924s | sort of trap that mine can fall into is |
| 29926s | leaving too many minions on board |
| 29928s | because that can generate more targets |
| 29931s | for shadow or devour which equals more |
| 29933s | health on the razer leaf which equals |
| 29935s | more damage with less |
| 29937s | yep so he just needs to be careful he |
| 29939s | can leave some of this on board without |
| 29940s | dying i'm pretty sure because he's still |
| 29943s | so healthy |
| 29946s | but the question is how to |
| 29948s | maximize his draws i think he can get to |
| 29950s | the bottom of his deck here with |
| 29952s | handmade and then a couple flash heels |
| 29954s | this is kind of a five in six just to |
| 29956s | get the the last amulet right because |
| 29957s | he's looked at the bottom three one's on |
| 29958s | the top now he draws two more cards |
| 29960s | that's five of the six he will look at |
| 29962s | this term |
| 29965s | all right and |
| 29966s | okay that's sharon huge |
| 29968s | also if he gets the amulet and it's |
| 29971s | cheap enough to play this turn right it |
| 29972s | would allow him to potentially go face |
| 29975s | with the sort of a thousand |
| 29976s | truths |
| 29977s | if that silence is there and it is |
| 29980s | doesn't find amulet so now he's just |
| 29982s | going to trade away some stuff i imagine |
| 29985s | the cleric gets some more draws but okay |
| 29987s | he doesn't go for it |
| 29989s | does that mean he's out of here |
| 29992s | yeah he's got the amulet but he's out of |
| 29993s | mana |
| 29995s | you only have two mana left |
| 29998s | so even if he doesn't play at that turn |
| 30000s | i'm saying maybe just draw more with the |
| 30002s | cleric so you guaranteed have it or is |
| 30005s | it the very next card are you saying i |
| 30006s | don't know he's got it in hand |
| 30009s | oh oh my god i'm so sorry yeah you're |
| 30011s | right he had he had he had two mana left |
| 30013s | and couldn't play it that was the |
| 30014s | problem oh my god i'm so sorry you're |
| 30016s | absolutely |
| 30022s | good attempt but yeah i got this i got |
| 30024s | this i can count to seven balls now i |
| 30026s | got it |
| 30028s | got that in the end after only 30 |
| 30029s | straight losses it's fine |
| 30031s | okay |
| 30033s | all right so it |
| 30036s | is |
| 30038s | quite expensive but it's his best way of |
| 30040s | gaining more damage here which i think |
| 30042s | he needs to |
| 30044s | because |
| 30045s | one thing you can do going into a board |
| 30048s | turn is |
| 30049s | like have a minion big enough that's |
| 30051s | like even if they are able to swing the |
| 30054s | sword if you can still just attack with |
| 30055s | this minion twice doesn't matter if you |
| 30057s | only have one |
| 30059s | mana look at the healing that moyne's |
| 30061s | got available even if you get a fairly |
| 30063s | big minion here |
| 30065s | um |
| 30066s | yeah that's going to be an issue too |
| 30068s | just to go back to the point that if if |
| 30070s | he didn't have the amulet in hand that |
| 30071s | the next draw would be the only card he |
| 30074s | didn't look at last term so it would be |
| 30075s | the top card anyway i think which is |
| 30077s | what you were trying to work out |
| 30081s | but fury did set up a board that |
| 30084s | threatens lethal |
| 30087s | and so |
| 30089s | uh |
| 30093s | you got enough healing |
| 30095s | i mean that's what i'm trying to work |
| 30096s | out there is |
| 30098s | 25 on board |
| 30100s | uh-huh he needs to like just be above 25 |
| 30103s | right because if fury's at one mana he |
| 30106s | literally cannot do anything to heal |
| 30109s | i guess he could heal if he drew like |
| 30111s | gift of the naaru |
| 30112s | and then |
| 30114s | you need to be able to kill in two turn |
| 30117s | in three turns instead of just two |
| 30120s | so the safest thing for moyan would be |
| 30122s | able would be to clear the board but he |
| 30124s | can't like the best he can do is light |
| 30126s | bomb |
| 30128s | um which is probably fine with a |
| 30130s | desperate pair as well |
| 30135s | this just works |
| 30143s | and now he just plays all of the healing |
| 30145s | he saved the man of the way he did this |
| 30146s | right how i would have done it somehow |
| 30148s | goes up to 29 so he's not that on board |
| 30154s | so |
| 30157s | is he ever killing a minion here |
| 30160s | that's what he's working out |
| 30163s | all right i mean it's so hard to see |
| 30165s | oh he's nearly ropes this i know he's |
| 30167s | not going to he's very calm he's worked |
| 30168s | it all out but he's got this done |
| 30173s | it doesn't kill the minions it's like |
| 30176s | one damage short but fury needs healing |
| 30180s | on one mana and does he get |
| 30184s | no doesn't even run desperate prayer so |
| 30186s | he's just dead |
| 30187s | oh man |
| 30192s | the bits i understood of that game were |
| 30193s | great yeah |
| 30195s | same |
| 30196s | i think i understood less bits of it |
| 30197s | than you but they were indeed amazing |
| 30201s | um but yeah moyan doing all the |
| 30202s | calculations there at the end fury |
| 30204s | hunter went through phases as well he |
| 30207s | set up a taunt to slow down the sword as |
| 30209s | well so that he could get minions behind |
| 30211s | the taunt so if the balls went off if |
| 30213s | the sword sword was made |
| 30214s | he'll be able to have the two turn |
| 30216s | lethal because he would have the |
| 30216s | advantage because moyne would have to |
| 30218s | kill the taunted minion but moyan |
| 30221s | as far as me with my untrained eye and i |
| 30223s | hate to admit that on this particular |
| 30224s | matchup um did seem to calculate it |
| 30227s | incredibly well as well so |
| 30230s | taking it down 3-0 |
| 30232s | there and going on to four and oh moyan |
| 30235s | has been performing very well in these |
| 30236s | tournaments as of late and other |
| 30238s | tournaments back in the day |
| 30240s | and we should definitely pay more |
| 30241s | attention to him tomorrow uh fiori |
| 30244s | hunter |
| 30245s | three-in-one almost feels like a bad day |
| 30247s | for fury hunter these days but it's |
| 30248s | still absolutely in the hunt |
| 30251s | that is right i mean a bit unfortunate |
| 30253s | for him that his silence priest went |
| 30254s | down like that in its first showcase on |
| 30257s | stream it was unfortunate to lose to |
| 30259s | druid like that but in terms of borah |
| 30261s | priest i feel like moyan just had such a |
| 30263s | strong grip on the deck he clearly knows |
| 30265s | it inside and out he knew all of his win |
| 30268s | conditions and that i feel like is |
| 30270s | potentially one of the strongest decks |
| 30271s | of this tournament it's just that not |
| 30273s | many people brought it because i don't |
| 30275s | think many people are confident in it |
| 30277s | and for good reason it's just really |
| 30279s | really difficult i put it up there with |
| 30280s | garage rogue in terms of most difficult |
| 30282s | decks to pilot optimally even though you |
| 30284s | know like the base win conditions |
| 30287s | oh yeah i mean watching even some of the |
| 30288s | better players playing it |
| 30290s | every time it's like i could have saved |
| 30292s | this one spell to do this later even |
| 30294s | though i use it now yeah it doesn't make |
| 30295s | much difference in that game they've |
| 30297s | worked out they'd won or lost but then |
| 30299s | they find oh yeah but next time i can |
| 30300s | save one mana in six turns time by doing |
| 30303s | this like okay you do that enjoy your |
| 30305s | one mana me i'll just try and play some |
| 30307s | balls on curve |
| 30309s | yeah and me i will forget how many |
| 30311s | amulets have been played |
| 30313s | it's fine |
| 30314s | so |
| 30315s | that was the day that was um any |
| 30318s | comments so far while we wait for |
| 30321s | potentially this this is what i was |
| 30322s | waiting for you're saved the 4 and 0 |
| 30326s | any names you want to pick out of that |
| 30327s | lot |
| 30329s | absolutely i mean bunnyhopper is |
| 30331s | standing out to me here because we see |
| 30333s | his picture actually and uh we have |
| 30336s | definitely seen a lot of bunnyhopper's |
| 30339s | best results throughout the years but it |
| 30341s | feels like it's been a while since he's |
| 30342s | had a truly deep run in a masters tour |
| 30344s | so happy to see that havogabu also and |
| 30346s | of course moyan just joining them here |
| 30348s | um europe coming in strong as usual we |
| 30353s | also have letta on the left side here um |
| 30356s | very very strong player as well but i |
| 30358s | have to admit a lot of these people on |
| 30360s | the left column i'm not super familiar |
| 30362s | with which is exciting because there's a |
| 30363s | lot of new blood coming into this master |
| 30365s | store yeah cheese has been around |
| 30367s | forever i believe if it's the same |
| 30369s | cheese um certainly i've seen this |
| 30371s | cheesy around for a while devil matt's |
| 30372s | been around on and off a little bit on |
| 30374s | the right hand side uh burrow was a |
| 30376s | dreamhack winner trahison we both |
| 30378s | managed to miss there hi to his good |
| 30380s | luck oh true |
| 30381s | and there's a few more bubbling under |
| 30383s | oranges not on that list lucas diem is |
| 30385s | not on our list |
| 30387s | cursed is not on that list curse name |
| 30390s | from way back |
| 30392s | um fibs |
| 30394s | wubin and meaty and the viper 94 all not |
| 30398s | on that list there but all four and zero |
| 30400s | as well |
| 30401s | so this is looking like i i try not to |
| 30404s | say this every time but recently it's |
| 30405s | just been like it it is looking like it |
| 30408s | could be an amazing day tomorrow already |
| 30411s | definitely so that is going to be us |
| 30414s | wrapped up for day one though lorenda i |
| 30416s | have survived um my leaking ship this |
| 30419s | entire day somehow it will work water |
| 30421s | level has stayed |
| 30423s | low this entire time |
| 30426s | but yeah that is day one in the books |
| 30428s | we'll be back tomorrow at the same time |
| 30431s | for rounds five through to eight to find |
| 30433s | out who our top 16 is going to be you |
| 30435s | won't want to miss it we are going to |
| 30437s | decide so many things to do with |
| 30438s | seasonal championships to do with last |
| 30440s | call which is all feeding into the world |
| 30442s | champs so make sure you don't miss it |
| 30444s | we'll see you tomorrow |
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| 30579s | heck |
| 30580s | that is incredible that's every minute |
| 30582s | destroyed |
| 30589s | the bless that's just lethal right |
| 30592s | potentiosis like he's still going oh i |
| 30594s | can't imagine this doesn't end up being |
| 30596s | lethal at some point |
| 30598s | he's just dead on turn five just he just |
| 30601s | played a rod and then fell over |
| 30604s | gucci got to do this entire game |
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