[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Fall Championship | Day 1 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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946s	absolutely disgusting if he even needed
949s	it the last card was forged in flame as
952s	well which is like the next best card if
954s	you didn't literally have like 15 over
956s	lethal
959s	thank you
964s	I'm gonna call it too soon but yeah
966s	there we go that's the big moment there
968s	for Abu gabu he can't believe you're
970s	still counting comes back takes the
974s	Victory and Habu gabu is your summer
977s	champion
989s	foreign
990s	to the Hearthstone fall Championship one
994s	of two seasonal championships this year
996s	to find out who will be going through to
999s	the world championship and boy oh boy
1002s	Lorinda I know worlds is looking stacked
1005s	already something very much to look
1007s	forward to but based on this tournament
1009s	alone it's gonna get even more stacked
1011s	because the caliber of player that we
1014s	have qualified through from the master
1015s	tour system to this full championships
1018s	is uh something the likes of which
1020s	Hearthstone is not seen for quite a long
1022s	time yeah and it's a product of the
1024s	system right the system says hey if you
1026s	win things we'll give you more things to
1028s	win so it's it spirals into this um
1030s	situation where we get better and better
1032s	players filtering out the the mediocre
1034s	players as we go um obviously filter out
1036s	some good players along the way as well
1038s	as is the nature of hearthstone uh but
1040s	yeah we have got the situation now where
1041s	we could have a player win both
1043s	championships and the world championship
1045s	is a possibility uh we can also have a
1047s	situation where players who we didn't
1049s	see much of but who did he come
1050s	consistently well get to Worlds and
1053s	either way I think that's a win for all
1054s	of us here is as you see on the screen
1056s	though how we're going to do it four
1058s	groups of four great players 16 players
1060s	knock them down to eight knock them down
1062s	to four those four go to the World
1063s	Championships that's right yeah starting
1065s	with 16 ending with four going to Worlds
1068s	and we will of course still Crown a
1070s	Masters Tour oh sorry a masters full
1072s	champion at the end of it all uh in
1074s	order to have uh a Victor for the
1078s	previous uh seasonal championship in the
1082s	summer Championship Was Won of course by
1084s	Abu gabu got himself a huge amount of
1086s	Fame and recognition because you know up
1088s	until this year he was a very well-known
1090s	well-respected Community as a streamer
1093s	and a deck builder but as a competitive
1095s	player not quite so much but after this
1097s	year winning that summer championships
1099s	he is very much regarded as one of the
1101s	best players in the world and with a
1103s	potential to get another win at this
1105s	seasonal Championship with happy gabu
1107s	having qualified again uh it's going to
1109s	be very very cool to see how we can form
1111s	or whether one of our other competitors
1112s	can take this down and get themselves a
1115s	little bit more respect as well as that
1117s	spot at the World Championships but I
1120s	mean we'll get into it a little bit
1121s	later on but for Abu gabu he may have a
1123s	bit of a hard time because he has a
1124s	little bit of a wacky lineup even by his
1127s	standards and he is of course gonna have
1129s	to win with every single one of his
1130s	decks because we are playing Conquest
1131s	Lorinda where you bring four decks and
1135s	you ban each one deck from your opponent
1137s	and then you have to win one match with
1139s	all of your three remaining picks pretty
1142s	much the Evergreen format now even we
1144s	move away from it we tend to come back
1146s	to it last year we're standing gets a
1147s	look in but as I think TJ usually says
1150s	if you've watched any Hearthstone at all
1151s	in the last three or four years you have
1153s	seen Conquest played and it's the it's
1156s	the format that makes the most logical
1157s	sense you bring sort of three decks and
1160s	you have to win with them all it kind of
1161s	works really I know you bring foreign
1164s	so you can't bring anything bad which
1166s	does allow Force strategies where
1169s	um people will Target one of your debts
1171s	if they can guess what you're going to
1172s	bring and I've been lucky enough to hang
1175s	out in one of the play test groups this
1176s	time around as is always the case
1178s	because everybody loves casters so much
1181s	um and this time around in particular
1184s	the talk was lineup lineup lineup even
1187s	more than usual it wasn't play test
1188s	learn the matchups because people kind
1190s	of know the matchups the the matchups
1192s	haven't changed that much there's some
1193s	new tech there's some bits and Bobs
1195s	there's one or two new decks it was
1196s	lineup lineup lineup and can we get the
1199s	lineup absolutely right because it's
1201s	going to make a huge difference even
1203s	more than usual the players believe in
1204s	this tournament
1207s	taking a look at the prize pool
1209s	breakdown though we can see that
1210s	everyone just for having qualified
1212s	through to the full Championship is
1213s	going to walk away with two thousand
1215s	dollars not bad even if you do bottom
1217s	out O2 out of your respective group uh
1221s	but where things really start rising up
1223s	is of course those top four spots with a
1225s	handy Mana Crystal beside it to
1227s	demonstrate uh that all these players
1229s	will be going through to the world
1230s	championship and will therefore
1231s	substantially boost the amount of prize
1233s	money that they are getting their hands
1236s	on and again as I said that first place
1238s	spot really does just get you so much
1240s	Fame and recognition which for some of
1243s	our players is you know really cementing
1245s	themselves as a
1248s	a player who still got what it takes to
1250s	win a tournament I suppose because
1252s	there's a couple of players in here who
1253s	I have a huge amount of respect for but
1255s	haven't necessarily been taking down
1257s	tournaments as of late whereas on the
1259s	other hand there's some players who are
1261s	you know really trying to make a name
1262s	for themselves now they do not have a
1264s	huge amount of tournament experience
1265s	tournament wins uh any of that good
1267s	stuff whereas a win here could put any
1270s	qualms any questions that we may have
1272s	about their Hearthstone capabilities to
1274s	rest if it hasn't been done so already
1276s	just by qualifying it yeah it is nice to
1279s	have more tournaments for players to win
1282s	in strong Fields other than the six
1284s	Masters touring worlds
1286s	um back when we were sort of doing the
1288s	tour or even before that when there were
1289s	invitationals lots of third-party
1291s	invitationals you could say oh the
1293s	so-and-so has won three tournaments this
1294s	year this player has won three
1296s	tournaments in a row or whatever and
1298s	with six Masters tours of 400 players
1299s	that's not quite been possible but we
1302s	are getting these repeat winners of
1304s	Masters tours and they're sprinkle it in
1306s	with some wins in these 16 play a
1309s	championship event and we are going to
1310s	kick off with group number a as usual
1314s	and look at this group damn it what an
1316s	absolutely stacked lineup to start off
1318s	the tournament yeah it's a real
1321s	um a barn burner of a group a as one
1324s	might say with Fury hunter in a Habu
1326s	Gabba I think standing out for me as two
1328s	of the most dominant players we've seen
1330s	over the Master's tour system and of
1331s	course the seasonal championships as
1333s	well this whole year plastic is very
1336s	much the player that comes in as an
1338s	unknown entity very little social media
1340s	presence not much uh experience at the
1344s	top level of play and even though he's
1346s	just tweeted out I think I saw he's
1348s	coming in feeling not too favored I'm
1350s	assuming he's basing that on lineup
1352s	rather than uh play necessarily but you
1355s	know those questions have to be asked as
1356s	well he is up against Abu gabu he has an
1359s	incredibly High bar to pass in terms of
1362s	his play capability if he wants to win
1364s	we'll see if he can get it done but for
1366s	that first match again shall buy up
1368s	against Fury Hunter a player who has had
1371s	a decent qualification period you know
1374s	he went Ito in the last Masters Tour
1376s	very impressive indeed but his other
1378s	results this year and leading up to the
1380s	have been an I will say nothing stand
1383s	out so far from xiaobai as he firmly
1386s	fits into that camper player who we know
1388s	he's got what it takes he is a Masters
1390s	Tour winner but it's been quite a while
1392s	back now we need to see if he's got what
1393s	it takes in the current meta game as
1395s	well uh to reaffirm himself as a top
1397s	tier Hardware yeah and Theory Hunter is
1400s	the player to beat at the moment for me
1402s	if you are going to do that if you're
1403s	going to get your name out there because
1405s	really Fury Hunter is absolutely on fire
1409s	right now he's got confidence which he
1411s	didn't usually have much of and one of
1413s	the very best players and confident
1415s	that's going to be scary moving on to
1416s	Group B which we'll see later in the day
1419s	standout players all around once again
1421s	Glory obviously former world champion
1423s	tan Soco recent Masters Tour winner
1426s	pocket train at recent months to win a
1428s	gaboon absolutely solid solid
1430s	performances all the way through the
1433s	last several events not just the last
1434s	three I believe another tough group I'm
1437s	looking forward to seeing how pocket
1439s	train does in this one because he's
1441s	British
1443s	he is I'm not sure if you're implying
1445s	that means you want him to do well or
1447s	it's a massive handicap in terms of his
1448s	play good point yeah both can be true
1450s	you know it doesn't have to be mutually
1452s	exclusive uh but I agree obviously I'm
1454s	rooting for pocket train as well he is
1456s	uh our fellow Countryman and has just
1458s	been playing some fantastic Hearthstone
1461s	as well like he he's getting the
1463s	recognition I think he deserves but you
1466s	know to an extent he is still falling uh
1469s	behind the extreme
1472s	um
1472s	prowess that we've seen from Fury Hunter
1474s	and habugabu being a long-term practice
1476s	partner of both having won a Masters
1478s	Tour put some of that to rest and I do
1480s	like that he's getting the praise he
1481s	gets especially on the boar priest which
1483s	we know him for as a signature deck I
1485s	believe he's bringing it to this Masters
1486s	uh sorry to this seasonal Championship
1487s	as well which will be fantastic to see
1490s	as always but for me the main one is
1492s	just that Glory tansoku rematch the
1494s	finals of a master's tour and it's the
1496s	first game uh that they are playing both
1499s	of them in this seasonal Championship
1500s	which is super cool to see but then
1503s	moving on over to group C right up there
1505s	at the top bunny hopper in uh in my
1508s	opinion some of the best form of his
1510s	Hearthstone career at the moment how is
1513s	he not qualified for the World
1515s	Championships why is this man not there
1518s	um again it's hard when we watch these
1521s	players week after week not to be
1523s	slightly biased after a while but if
1525s	Bernie Hopper doesn't make it to World
1526s	Championships this year it's going to be
1528s	sad for everybody concerned apart from
1530s	maybe his opponents because he is
1533s	somebody that has
1535s	just done so well not just in the master
1538s	stores that we've seen but in the
1539s	Chinese tournaments as well
1541s	and yeah it would be a travesty if he
1544s	doesn't get to another world
1544s	championships but it's going to be
1546s	another tough group maybe not quite the
1548s	big names we saw in the first two groups
1550s	but love storm has done incredibly well
1553s	in Masters tours and apparently he made
1555s	a bit of a cheeky comment about us as
1556s	well Derek not about me and you but
1558s	about the the tournaments the Master's
1560s	tours really
1567s	his form in China wasn't so good as his
1570s	form over here right
1572s	um he was asked why that was and he said
1575s	well doesn't have to play against
1575s	Chinese players when he plays in Masters
1577s	tours
1578s	and not quite so many of them at least
1580s	and uh I mean you can see what he he's
1583s	talking about they've been on an
1584s	incredible form recently dominating top
1586s	16s of Masters tours and then losing
1589s	every single game in the top 16 uh
1592s	leading up to another Fury Hunter win uh
1594s	but Group D to close us out definitely I
1596s	think the group that has the least
1600s	household names at least in the the
1602s	Western uh Hearthstone scene as I'm sure
1604s	uh spring and xmg are in their own right
1608s	very well known in the Chinese
1609s	Hearthstone scene but a little bit less
1611s	so uh here on the English broadcast and
1614s	gregoriusil and ustia CMD two names that
1617s	we're gonna have to quickly come up with
1618s	some uh shortened versions for I don't
1622s	know what we'll do with Greg oreosil
1624s	yeah yeah I can't call him Oreo all day
1627s	that's just gonna get so weird
1630s	uh but yeah it was just a player who
1632s	we've given uh we've had a couple of
1634s	pointers as to who he is as a
1636s	Hearthstone player uh definitely behind
1638s	the scenes of the uh
1642s	um from the Eastern European practice
1643s	groups that we've seen but uh yet to
1646s	come into the Forefront of his own
1649s	ornament prowess it's fair to say uh but
1652s	we'll see what he's got probably for me
1655s	the least known player and with the most
1657s	to prove coming into this tournament
1658s	yeah absolutely or you could say they've
1661s	got nothing to prove because just by
1662s	getting here they proved they're in the
1664s	top 16 of the last three Masters tours
1666s	which is a pretty good result that's I
1669s	haven't checked the numbers this morning
1670s	I'm sorry because it's stupid o'clock in
1671s	the morning but either 17 or 18 wins
1673s	required over the tournament over three
1675s	tournaments to get in here uh so you're
1677s	averaging basically six wins per Masters
1679s	Tour for three so just by getting here
1680s	you have done well but yep let's get
1683s	into some action it's going to be shall
1684s	buy versus Fury Hunter kicking it off
1686s	how we mean to go on with top level
1689s	players and I don't know it's a great
1692s	one but Fury Hunter
1695s	also somehow not qualified yet
1698s	yeah I mean that was the real story for
1700s	me of the last summer Championship is
1702s	even though we were very happy for all
1704s	the players who did qualify through uh
1707s	uh in the previous
1709s	um summer Championship you know dead
1710s	draw Abu Gabba all these really really
1712s	great wins they played really well to
1714s	get Levick as well being the surprise
1716s	the fact that uh Fury did not qualify
1718s	coming one match away from doing so was
1721s	the real upset because everyone expected
1724s	him to do so
1725s	but unable to do so in the end we'll see
1727s	if he can right that wrong here up
1729s	against xiaobai who as I said you know
1732s	had a pretty good year last year all
1734s	things considered with getting a win at
1736s	ironforge top eight in the world
1738s	championship as well a very impressive
1740s	resume but again this year I just want
1742s	to see him continue build on that
1745s	success and a top four here getting
1748s	through to Worlds would more than
1749s	silence any qualms I may have yeah and
1752s	58 is a fantastic win rate but when you
1755s	look through how this is going to look
1757s	compared to some of the other players in
1759s	this tournament it's going to suddenly
1760s	look like a small number it is not 58
1762s	against the top 300 top 400 is really
1765s	really good but as you'll see later
1768s	maybe he's still got Derek's doubts in
1771s	mind a little bit
1773s	um because he's gonna have to boost
1774s	numbers if he's going to keep up with
1776s	the other players around starting off
1778s	with the Naga priest uh a very popular
1781s	bring in fact all of his lineup is a
1783s	very popular bring to this tournament it
1785s	turns out that
1786s	when you go through the matchups things
1788s	like Druid kind of drop out unless
1790s	you're willing to bring a full Paladin
1792s	Druid oof of a lineup
1795s	yeah Druid is in a very very interesting
1797s	spot right now because before the last
1799s	Masters Tour I was very much saying that
1801s	it feels like the deck right now it's
1803s	still even with the Guff Nerf I felt uh
1806s	doing very consistent Mana ramp The
1808s	Comeback mechanisms felt more than
1809s	strong enough quite clearly that's
1811s	proven to uh not be the case what do you
1814s	know my opinion being wrong as per usual
1816s	as a lot of these Decks that fight for
1818s	the early game board are just a little
1819s	bit too explosive now as we're seeing
1822s	the rise of coin Rogue so what we're
1825s	gonna call it which one the miracle kind
1828s	of version of the deck well there's the
1830s	mailbox dancer Vogue and then there's
1832s	shark Rogue I'm going to use those names
1834s	to split because fair enough that's true
1836s	okay we'll go with mailbox dancer Rogue
1838s	that day can just get on the board way
1839s	too quickly uh for Drew to have any
1842s	chance of answering whatsoever and even
1844s	if you're going for the uh
1848s	uh the Maestra version as well sorry
1850s	that uh shall Buy has gone for still a
1853s	lot of explosive potential which I'm
1855s	sure we shall see in the end uh but here
1859s	for Fury Hunter you know he has been
1861s	undeniably the player of the year so far
1864s	maybe habu-gabu can hold a candle to
1867s	that but with his second win in a
1869s	Masters Tour just this year as well I
1871s	think Fury is undeniably the best player
1873s	in the world right now yep and he was
1876s	one of those players I was talking about
1877s	sort of really struggling to get a
1878s	lineup together for this tournament just
1880s	changed his mind over and over again but
1882s	did settle on this Demon Hunter in the
1884s	end
1885s	um it was a very late decision I believe
1887s	to play this but it's just a good deck
1891s	it's one of those Decks that the top
1892s	players hate to play because you either
1896s	draw the stuff or you don't uh there is
1898s	obviously a lot of skill involved as
1900s	with any deck but really it's about
1902s	those Relic cards and the um the
1904s	location and if it's got the word Relic
1906s	on it you want it early in your hand if
1908s	it hasn't you don't and that is what the
1909s	stats say and it's it is that
1911s	straightforward
1912s	yeah I don't know I don't know if this
1915s	is a fair criticism but to me it kind of
1917s	feels like a hearthstone deck that wants
1918s	one more expansion uh in order to really
1921s	work because there's a few cards in here
1923s	that I'm like
1924s	venomous scorpid school teacher like I
1927s	get that they're good with brown and you
1929s	can discount them with the relic of
1930s	Dimensions but are these
1932s	rods we want to be playing
1934s	Our Deck I agree no again the relics
1937s	work very well with school teacher
1938s	because you can get the the extinction
1940s	and phantasms off of the uh the Battle
1942s	Cry effect but I just feel like there's
1945s	a chance to purify this deck a little
1947s	bit more get down to what in its Essence
1949s	it does best which is huge amounts of
1952s	burst damage with all the Fel spells
1953s	plus Jace and popping off with these
1957s	Relic combos as well yeah it's a massive
1959s	board to be made and I mean you
1961s	highlighted the card that
1963s	um I I listened to a conversation where
1965s	somebody said so we want a second
1967s	scorpid then and I'm like oh my what is
1969s	this that was the moment of Revelation
1971s	that this this is it this is we're
1973s	putting more scorpions in because the
1975s	other cards are worse okay
1980s	all right out the gate for Shelby on the
1984s	uh the Naga priest handmaiden a pretty
1986s	obvious keep in any deck that runs it uh
1989s	as pretty much every version of priest
1991s	right now be it ball buff uh or Boone
1995s	priest I guess as you would call it or
1996s	the Naga version as the three premiere
1998s	Decks that run handmaiden uh in terms of
2001s	priest they all just want to
2003s	Corral a lot of cards in hand at once
2005s	then go for one big pop-off turn I think
2008s	that's been the real big Revelation for
2010s	me when playing this deck a little bit
2011s	more is that while Naga priest
2015s	to be very much a curved deck it does
2018s	feel like with the most recent list it's
2019s	transitioned over to more of a combo
2021s	based deck
2023s	yeah it's it's very interesting to me
2025s	because it's a deck I've struggled with
2027s	mightily even though everybody around me
2029s	says how easy it is to play
2031s	um but planning the pop-off is is
2034s	something that's kind of awkward and
2036s	with that in mind Fury Hunter there had
2038s	a long dwell up on keeping this relic of
2040s	fantastic or not because it is the one
2043s	that it barely makes an impact other
2045s	than buffing your other relics early on
2047s	summoning two three threes or four or
2050s	two twos and a one one so four between
2053s	them yeah isn't going to make that much
2055s	difference but if you don't start
2056s	playing your relics early then you're
2058s	not going to get your other relics doing
2059s	things and get your board clears so he
2061s	had a long thing about keeping this it
2063s	is the the worst one early on
2066s	I think that's fair yeah but it does
2068s	lead up into the potential still for him
2071s	to go activate your location and relic
2074s	of dimensions on turn five he needs to
2076s	draw it first of all of course uh but
2079s	he's got that mechanism set up to
2081s	Discount by three and then four if he
2083s	should draw it and he's got a couple of
2085s	turns to do so as well with a potential
2087s	sigil plus second relic of phantasms
2090s	next turn uh it's a lot of pressure the
2093s	kind of board that really does demand a
2096s	samurai honestly for xiaobai to be able
2098s	to answer
2100s	yeah but you don't obviously don't
2102s	understand about this board because what
2103s	if the next board comes along so first
2105s	of all just making a thing
2107s	and the problem is also if you do answer
2109s	the second relic of phantasms course
2111s	they're so small
2113s	this Tech doesn't have much else until
2114s	tonight
2116s	it has a lot of clear a lot of ways I'm
2118s	not dying but the phantasms are kind of
2120s	your win condition to some degree
2123s	yeah an interesting decision there
2125s	actually for xiaobai I think he made the
2127s	right call of going for the shadow of
2130s	devour before he played the uh amalgam
2134s	but it does mean that whatever Naga he
2136s	discovers won't have uh its spell uh
2140s	being played while in hand but of course
2143s	it means he has no two Health Minions on
2144s	the board which is probably worth it
2146s	forcing your opponent to play the hero
2148s	power as well in order to kill anything
2149s	off but uh as you uh
2153s	emoted to the that is a fantastic draw
2157s	for Fury Hunter
2158s	right this is where the deck isn't
2161s	completely straightforward he has
2162s	choices here for the school teacher
2164s	predation into Dimensions into phantasms
2167s	or he can just go phantasms Dimensions
2169s	uh which doesn't feel to me to
2172s	necessarily get there but Fury disagrees
2174s	he wants that huge relic of Dimensions
2176s	next turn with the location I understand
2178s	this makes sense yeah I fully agree with
2182s	this play like school teacher plus
2184s	predation kills off the same amount of
2186s	stuff as this play because you can't fit
2188s	in the hero power with that line and the
2190s	two attack minion wouldn't have killed
2192s	off anything by itself so with this way
2194s	it's the same amount of power off the
2195s	board more or less and you get an
2197s	upgraded the maximum possible relic of
2200s	Dimensions next turn and that is the
2202s	winning play this is where this deck
2204s	truly comes into its own and we will
2206s	start to see what makes it such a meta
2208s	breaker right now yep the only thing
2212s	um against that play would have been the
2214s	possibility of now your your phantasms
2216s	aren't there so you have got to draw
2217s	another way to win the game but like you
2219s	say you're going to draw so many cards
2221s	here they're going to be so cheap you
2223s	should get there very easily let's have
2225s	a look
2226s	it's cool PID much bad much more lined
2229s	by the casters already
2232s	okay well all playable not necessarily
2235s	the amount of discount you would be like
2237s	there we go like haven't got a zymox
2239s	down to three or four Mana would be a
2242s	little bit better but we'll take this
2244s	it's not bad
2246s	yeah he's gonna have to
2248s	survive for a couple of turns that's
2250s	kind of where all the other cards in
2252s	your deck do that don't have the word
2253s	Relic on them it's just stop you from
2255s	dying that's where the Scorpion ends up
2256s	in here right it's just a way to kill
2258s	something and keep a bit of cards going
2260s	on like yeah
2262s	does what it says on the tin
2274s	hey
2280s	yeah unfortunately The Spectator seems
2282s	to be not quite working right now as to
2284s	see the Discover option but after that
2285s	should be pretty simple turn yeah I'm
2287s	just staring at it thinking what's
2288s	happening why why isn't he doing the
2290s	things yeah I forgot that there's a
2291s	discovery in progress okay that explains
2293s	a lot
2295s	all right Keen reflex I believe that
2298s	says uh what you deal one damage yeah
2300s	deal one damage for minions honorable
2302s	kill game plus one attack this turn so
2305s	you know there's some potential there
2307s	that he could get a little bit of an
2308s	attack buff but for the most part that
2310s	is uh pretty big whiff on the old spell
2313s	front
2315s	okay bye now the one having to plan
2316s	ahead he knows that he doesn't have much
2318s	time obviously with dearly like to hang
2320s	on to this for a bit longer draw some
2322s	more cards because there's not much else
2323s	going on in this hand but he knows now
2324s	that Fury Hunters next play which won't
2327s	cost him much Mana is going to be pretty
2330s	devastating as it happens it might not
2333s	be but he doesn't know that
2337s	oh it's just such it's so difficult to
2340s	deal with this scorpion like having to
2342s	go for this line where you just play an
2344s	essentially useless shadow of devour
2347s	really does hurt because that can be one
2348s	of your major health buffing mechanisms
2351s	as opposed to a removal spelling this
2353s	matchup where your opponent goes wide
2355s	with a bunch of the relic of phantasms
2357s	or you know school teacher brand
2359s	whatever all that nonsense and you can
2362s	just suck up all the health player Bliss
2363s	and get a surprise lethal it's looking
2366s	like less and less of a possibility now
2368s	as all Fury Hunter needs to do is lock
2371s	down this board one final time and I
2374s	think this game will just be slipping
2375s	away from Shelby yeah with relic of
2378s	extension in hand it's already been
2379s	buffed three times four times yep
2383s	five times with yeah with location in
2386s	hand just in case that isn't enough so
2388s	it can clear a board at will
2390s	obviously discovering right now but also
2393s	deciding whether this is the board he
2394s	needs to clear
2396s	another predation in the Noggin okay
2400s	right and that means he doesn't have to
2402s	use his Extinction which he would love
2404s	to you know if an accident happens
2405s	because next turn he hasn't got much to
2407s	do he can just clear basically anything
2409s	next to her and then go into the
2411s	artifice to turn on turn eight and he
2412s	should be in a good spot
2414s	I guess the one thing to say for Fury
2415s	Hunter for the next few turns is
2418s	he has all the pieces but not
2420s	necessarily the fuel to make them work
2423s	right now because he has a xymox in hand
2426s	but it's not infused he has a Jace in
2428s	hand but not that many fell spells
2430s	played he has very little card draw and
2433s	you know you don't want to play Finley
2435s	to get rid of zymox and Chase because
2437s	those are your game-winning cards you're
2439s	gonna want to play those sometime in the
2441s	future uh
2442s	so arguably as a way back in for xiaobai
2445s	into this game Fury Hunter does have a
2447s	couple of pretty weak turns in terms of
2449s	proactive development which maybe gives
2452s	him that window to draw into the
2456s	um the radiant Elemental the the serpent
2459s	wigs the tools he needs to pop off in a
2461s	major way yeah yeah this sort of goes
2463s	back to what I was trying to say about
2464s	the early play of the relic of phantasms
2467s	it definitely was okay but that's why if
2469s	you're going to spent so long on a
2471s	keeping it and B playing it early
2472s	because now the phantasms is kind of
2474s	your win condition or your earlier win
2477s	condition not your only win condition
2478s	the only way you just go to five fives
2481s	good luck
2483s	um so yeah he's gonna have to stall it
2485s	out a little bit now
2486s	is the the consequence of those actions
2490s	which you can do for some time
2500s	yeah it's really just a
2502s	a matter of trying to stall out this
2504s	relic of extinctions as long as possible
2506s	and you know even though I said you
2508s	don't want to play Finley you can still
2511s	play it you don't have to hold on to
2513s	this hand because you could very well
2514s	win without the uh the zymox and the
2517s	Jace like just locking down this board
2519s	getting brand plus scorpid plus school
2522s	teacher that's kind of a win condition
2524s	on its own when you're there when it's
2526s	looking this good in the match up but I
2528s	do still think even though this ends up
2530s	an incredibly high amount of Mana
2532s	floated on this turn it's still just
2535s	about worth it for Fury Hunter to hold
2536s	on to this hand because the power spike
2538s	in you know two three turns time is so
2542s	high yeah interesting they're like less
2545s	Immortal would launch the barrage in
2547s	case you want to Jace next turn but Fury
2548s	is very low on removal so he's kept as
2551s	much on the board as possible he's kept
2552s	the fell barrage in hand as much damage
2555s	and for one last push in his hand as as
2557s	possible so he doesn't have to use that
2559s	as a zymox if he can get away with it
2563s	oh man but for sure but it's just a
2565s	disaster of a hand right still no
2567s	Radiance still no serpent wig none of
2570s	these pop-off mechanisms that you need
2571s	he's just playing Arena right now with
2574s	no spells to go alongside it it's just a
2576s	you know an 11 win Arena deck
2580s	11 win I mean I love that he's like yep
2583s	you're not getting 12 with this son just
2585s	11.
2588s	but not quite good enough yeah yeah I
2591s	mean he's only got 10 cards left and
2594s	hasn't drawn any of the stuff you're
2595s	talking about it's quite bizarre yikes
2600s	also um Advantage is always a filling Us
2603s	in on the players shall I has been known
2605s	to sort of struggle with tilt
2607s	occasionally if things go wrong and this
2609s	is game one of the day where things
2612s	aren't going his way so he's gonna have
2613s	to control that if he doesn't end up
2615s	getting the win in this one because of
2616s	his bad draw as well
2618s	this is a matchup he would expect early
2620s	on
2621s	okay well well you could definitely look
2624s	at the uninfused zymox on this turn
2628s	Loki I'm kind of looking at just like
2631s	Bell barrage yeah scary Fury maybe even
2634s	a keen reflex tossed in there just for
2636s	plus one damage like you just kill them
2639s	next turn with the JS the difference is
2641s	he's probably gonna do that but he's
2642s	going to count it first to make sure
2644s	it's lethal where it's me and you're
2646s	just like that looks like a lot of
2647s	damage just play it
2650s	okay he doesn't on the zymox fair enough
2653s	it did look like a lot of damage I was I
2655s	was absolutely on board with you there
2659s	you know it was a lot of damage there's
2660s	an eight eight
2661s	is and a whole bunch of stuff oh that's
2667s	the juice that is the juice right there
2669s	zero manners see like
2671s	obviously no board space right now
2674s	I'm limited I will say you could still
2676s	play it technically but
2682s	ah
2684s	now there's a tape that needs dealing
2686s	with otherwise the game will end in the
2688s	in the Jace fashion to which we were
2690s	talking about with
2693s	yeah four few of these and a barrage in
2696s	the same turn
2698s	yeah you should have traded to the one
2699s	one in which is why he's yeah it's just
2701s	irritated
2706s	good I like it it's very appropriate for
2708s	Fury Hunter playing from within an
2710s	elevator you know and they're like
2712s	having an impression of someone squeezed
2714s	in uh into an elevator only being able
2716s	to fit in two tentacles
2719s	that's because there's this stupid
2722s	person who should have got off at the
2723s	previous floor
2728s	all the buttons
2730s	somebody's child yeah exactly
2734s	is lethal next turn for Fury in the
2737s	situation where there's no heel here for
2738s	sure by though with the um Fury Fury
2740s	Jason's a lot of damage
2743s	there's a fair bow eyes in that Jace as
2745s	well yeah I think there's a chaos strike
2746s	too right maybe it's yeah for very early
2748s	on yeah yeah
2750s	which is just you know straight up 12
2753s	damage guarantee and if anything goes
2756s	based on the fell barrage lethal yep
2760s	uh but Shelby obviously finding the
2762s	clear with the bless as well should give
2764s	him full
2765s	lyrics very easily doesn't even have to
2767s	tank the zombies
2770s	uh uh however I think that just gives
2775s	you guaranteed lethal because you go
2776s	very Fury Jace and then the fell barrage
2779s	will hit the 3-2 and then
2782s	in the face oh it depends on the order
2785s	maybe oh no yeah because you'd have to
2787s	say the chaos strike as well so I think
2788s	it's 14 anyway
2791s	all right well let's see Fury Hunters
2793s	figured out
2798s	oh there you go okay okay well yeah I
2800s	think it was just lethal anyway he's
2801s	figured it out of course uh right from
2803s	the congratulations to Fury Hunter on
2806s	that well deserved win a very you know
2808s	cleanly played I think his early turns
2809s	were thought through
2811s	um very well it was pretty simple he got
2813s	dealt a very very good hand but he again
2815s	doubled down on what this deck does best
2817s	which in this instance was The Relic
2819s	half of it uh whereas for Xiao by very
2822s	little he could have done he just missed
2824s	out on all the good cards both of the
2827s	good cards that's usually my joke but in
2828s	this deck it is just the two cards that
2831s	you really need to make it work just
2832s	weren't there so given that the rest of
2835s	stuff is just stuff to use those cards
2837s	on
2838s	um he'll have to cue that again doesn't
2840s	have a cue it immediately of course uh
2842s	but Fury Hunter now down to two very
2845s	powerful decks if you thought Demon
2847s	Hunter was good uh the Warlock is so
2849s	solid right now it's so hard to really
2852s	destroy that Warlock deck with anything
2853s	and the mailbox Rogue which personally
2857s	had some disaster with it but
2859s	um a lot of good players are saying very
2861s	good things about this deck and you can
2862s	see why it can just pop off in the most
2864s	spectacular fashion
2866s	yeah it just doubles down on what we saw
2868s	in some way had to be broken as soon as
2871s	the most recent expansion came out right
2873s	in that you have since Stone graveyard
2874s	you have necro Lord draca these are both
2877s	objectively busted cards you just have
2880s	to build the right framework to allow
2882s	them to reach their true potential and
2884s	this is taking that to an almost absurd
2886s	degree with the amount of cards you can
2888s	play in a single turn with the frost
2890s	wall Master the stenographer as well
2892s	which is just such a gorgeous addition
2894s	to this deck I find so much Synergy with
2897s	the shadow step in this deck whether you
2899s	play it on the mailbox dancer for huge
2901s	amounts of extra cards played the
2903s	stenographer for incredible amounts of
2905s	board clear as well it's a deck that I
2907s	think has lots and lots of potential
2910s	however
2912s	Lorinda when I am playing this 30 card
2914s	Mage which I have been jamming quite a
2916s	bit on ladder ever since Fury Hunters
2918s	dominance with this deck at the previous
2920s	Masters Tour not bring it this time
2922s	though instead by his opponent uh
2924s	whenever I'm queue this on ladder I'm
2925s	very happy to see this particular build
2927s	of Rogue on the other side because I
2930s	think it just plays into exactly what
2932s	this Mage is Tech to deal with freezing
2935s	as an archetype generally is good
2937s	against few very big creatures rather
2940s	than lots of small creatures and the
2943s	Rogue on the other side specializes in
2946s	exactly that with just these huge
2947s	minions coming down off of the locations
2950s	you have ways to freeze the face to
2952s	prepare uh to counteract the uh the
2955s	weapon that can come from draca as well
2957s	you have solid Alibi so many annoying
2960s	tools the the frost mechanics in general
2962s	in my opinion just kind of hard
2964s	countering this rope deck yeah and it's
2967s	Sneaky fast as well isn't it when you
2968s	look at the list of this mage deck it's
2969s	like it's got some eight drops and stuff
2971s	and it's going to take a while to kill
2972s	you but it can just kill you pretty
2974s	quickly while it's well if you're not
2976s	responding to it while it's freezing
2978s	your boards it will just get you killed
2980s	so let's see if you feel you can find a
2982s	way to
2983s	work around it this is definitely the
2986s	bad matchup for the deck I agree
2987s	entirely with you here
2989s	I don't like this I've agreed with you
2991s	way too much today
2992s	haha
2994s	trout I do agree being kept uh as the
2997s	soul keep in this deck while prep is
2999s	nice of course is one of the most
3002s	classic combo activators or pop-off turn
3004s	activators in Rogue you need more
3007s	specific tools with this deck you want
3009s	to be finding the location obviously
3011s	draca mailbox dancer as well climbs very
3014s	high up for priority list too
3016s	yeah uh the the interesting with the
3018s	mailbox dancers of course when to use it
3021s	um giving your opponent a coin is is
3023s	pretty catastrophic at times especially
3025s	against the deck again that can counter
3026s	everything you do
3029s	um
3030s	so far he's just building towards a
3032s	Sprint because nothing else is going
3033s	well here at all for Fury and it's very
3035s	slow I gotta say as well I did not think
3038s	I'd live to see the day where Chef scabs
3041s	would be outclassed in the kitchen but
3043s	Reno currently the
3046s	the top dog in the kitchen look at that
3048s	skin
3049s	he's really nice does he like the fire
3052s	by just like breathing on it with his
3054s	dragon breath or oh yeah yeah
3060s	but overall she's sweet just a really
3063s	nice start for xiaobai right with
3065s	spending his manner every single turn so
3067s	far no sign of that slowing down at all
3069s	whatsoever and holding on to that zero
3072s	amount of ping like it's gold dust which
3074s	in this matchup it basically is in order
3076s	to stop a swing from the Draco weapon
3080s	all right time start counting graveyard
3083s	potential
3084s	prep potential
3089s	I mean like the pick is obviously
3091s	graveyard
3092s	but I'm getting in there's no way to
3096s	start this combo right now there right
3098s	you need a shadow step to go with this
3100s	mailbox dancer it's close like as I said
3103s	one Shadow step you can pick graveyard
3105s	and top deck Shadow step you're just
3107s	gonna explode on the next turn but
3110s	that's too much of a risk and therefore
3111s	I fully understand him going for the
3113s	prep here because that widens up his
3115s	draw potential so heavily to just get
3118s	that pop off next turn
3119s	yeah and he's gonna have to because this
3121s	is the the sneaky cheeky damage I was
3124s	talking about starting to accumulate on
3125s	the other side it is now time you don't
3127s	have that much removal in this Rogue it
3129s	is time to just go
3131s	one more turn you can push it one more
3133s	turn
3135s	but then what are you doing what are you
3137s	doing yeah lay Edwin you need to play
3140s	another card lest you overdraw it could
3142s	be a prep door obviously the best card
3145s	off of that being Shadow step but I
3148s	don't know gone fishing could work as
3150s	well I think it's worth it to go on this
3152s	turn
3156s	foreign
3158s	[Music]
3160s	yeah it feels like you're reaching the
3163s	uh the necessary amount of cards being
3165s	played here
3167s	and the dropper as well there we go
3173s	yeah not ideal but it's okay
3176s	from the spot he was in
3178s	and that means the race begins in
3180s	Earnest now Fury Hunter making his first
3182s	real play of the game and he has the
3185s	damage he needs to close this out you
3187s	know 27 from the weapon alone is usually
3189s	more than enough against the 30 Health
3192s	opponent but here come in these Trixie
3195s	plays that we were talking about all
3196s	these Frost spells uh with the solid
3199s	Alibi being so big the foreheld from the
3201s	Cold Case huge this freeze to face on
3204s	the Ping is enormous as well uh all
3207s	xiaobai needs to do is make sure that
3209s	while he's delaying he's also getting
3211s	that damage face in order to get some
3213s	counter lethal at the same time yeah
3215s	because he is going to run out of stuff
3217s	eventually it doesn't feel like it when
3219s	you're playing against it sometime but
3220s	he is eventually going to run out of the
3222s	stuff so
3224s	like you say just need to make sure he
3226s	finds a way to keep some tempo of his
3227s	own on the board the Rogue will keep
3229s	coming at you you've seen Fury Hunter
3232s	have a bit of a weird turn right you're
3234s	not quite sure what this means it's it's
3236s	a obviously a very strong term but it's
3238s	not it's not got a location it's the
3240s	main thing going on here
3243s	and I mean I think you have a pretty
3245s	obvious play as what would be my first
3248s	thinking which is just Apprentice you
3250s	get yourself a coin and then you go coin
3252s	coin location freeze both the minions
3255s	and then ping face skeleton face start
3258s	killing them yeah
3265s	wow farden on this turn really
3270s	that is not what I expected
3276s	there's the full freeze
3280s	Alibi coming up soon as well
3288s	so Fury's plan
3290s	the obvious looking plan is to to
3293s	immediately Sprint yeah
3296s	and just set up for an Edward next turn
3297s	now get some nice easy clear here as
3300s	well and I don't know it just means that
3302s	by comparison sharbie has
3304s	four less power on the board this turn
3306s	with two less skeletons uh surviving the
3308s	turn or having been created at all and
3312s	this is just the problem because you you
3313s	put it perfectly you can't go forever
3315s	with this plan of stalling out it's a
3318s	store it's not a solution that's what
3320s	these Mage spells do which generally in
3322s	this matchup as I said is good enough
3324s	because you get the damage phase as you
3325s	go but he needs to make sure that damage
3328s	is actually going face along the way
3331s	and look how much damage is presented
3333s	here 19 Fury has available obviously
3336s	that can be dealt with but the more cars
3339s	you deal with and again you've got to
3341s	get rid of that got to get rid of them
3342s	at some point as well there's more
3343s	coming that Edwin is ready to go the
3345s	Sprint's ready to go at some point if he
3346s	wants to set it up for one more turn and
3348s	with a lack of pressure being presented
3350s	by Xiao by Fury might just go to Sprint
3352s	again next turn wow he plays the AI wow
3357s	this is greedy he's saying you can't
3360s	kill me I don't care about your Sprints
3361s	and edwins and your 19 damage on the
3364s	board you you can't kill me let alone me
3366s	not killing you I'll kill you over time
3368s	is his strategy his what he's saying
3371s	yeah and I I get what he's going for now
3374s	with the top deck of dawn grass the game
3376s	plan does have to be re-evaluated pretty
3378s	heavily of course and so playing The
3381s	Alibi on this turn makes sense you've
3383s	then played two Frost spells I Believe
3385s	In Cold Case and solid Alibi uh and then
3388s	on the following turn with Dawn grasp
3389s	you have a 50 50 to either play Alibi or
3392s	the cold case and if you miss on that
3394s	alibi you can go coin coin Alibi
3396s	afterwards but then Xiao by disciplines
3398s	with that once again with coin coin
3401s	Apprentice after the Wildfire is top
3403s	deck
3408s	yeah absolutely
3411s	and again for the third time today we're
3413s	ready I'm on team direct for this one
3415s	but here we go for Fury
3417s	what is this chain this Edwin's popping
3419s	off you can just play it again
3425s	backstab bone Spike perfect keep the
3428s	draw train going
3429s	down to 85 cars left in deck though
3433s	that's true
3436s	oh the dancer too oh my goodness you can
3439s	go dancer draw another card coin
3442s	graveyard
3444s	yeah I think he needs to do that right
3446s	because the problem
3447s	the problem isn't making the big minion
3450s	to win the game with it's making you
3451s	enough things that you can actually get
3452s	one of them through
3454s	again the graveyard down does make sense
3468s	job done
3470s	[Applause]
3473s	so now for shall buy Dawn grasp is just
3476s	not an option on this turn without solid
3479s	Alibi having been played even with the
3481s	cold case that comes alongside it you
3483s	cannot tank this Knight in damage and
3484s	expect to win the game I don't
3487s	think okay no sorry I'll take that back
3489s	as long as you survive the term because
3490s	you have solid Alibi you can consider it
3492s	but I feel like it's way too risky of an
3495s	approach
3497s	I mean you know what damage maximum
3498s	there is available so
3501s	you can work it out
3503s	yeah I think you're supposed to go Alibi
3505s	to get it in the pool for Dawn grasp
3509s	and
3510s	then you play Dawn grass next turn and I
3512s	hope to get another solid alibi
3516s	but the problem of course is you're not
3518s	doing anything
3520s	you're still not killing them you know
3522s	you don't have more dress in hand you
3524s	don't have Frozen touches in hand your
3526s	hero power is going to be dealing
3528s	five a turn after that point which is
3530s	good you know but it's not killing them
3532s	in one burst turn there's an intellect
3535s	in the pool right
3536s	there is yeah yeah I mean great who
3539s	cares but yeah it's helpful
3546s	okay
3549s	yeah just hoping to get some chip damage
3551s	please yes surprising amount of damage
3553s	like we was talking about earlier
3555s	coming through here
3566s	and at the end of it all Fury just left
3568s	without a way to answer this really big
3570s	problem
3577s	yeah and that's it for the deck as I
3579s	don't know what the last card is if I'm
3580s	honest but
3584s	it's it's not a huge one I don't think
3586s	there aren't any huge ones huge all in
3588s	play
3590s	it wasn't actually currently have any
3592s	way to
3593s	answer this Edwin it's only a 50 50 for
3596s	solid alibi
3598s	OT yeah
3602s	that is so big this coming down to a 50
3605s	50 in the end for
3607s	kind of the game actually right yeah the
3610s	nine three but the weapon and the Edwin
3611s	would have just closed this one out so
3614s	things yeah yeah really getting away
3617s	with something here
3629s	uh and that will just be game with uh
3632s	five damage ping Frozen touch plus the
3634s	one from
3635s	uh fatigue
3639s	what a game shall I navigate to get with
3643s	confidence to be fair
3645s	um worth pointing out as well that the
3647s	players didn't have much time to
3649s	practice normally you know your lineups
3650s	and your opponents early in the week
3652s	they knew the opponents this time around
3654s	but the the decks were not announced
3656s	until half an hour before uh call time
3658s	so they had like an hour hour and a half
3660s	look at the the lineup so you can't just
3663s	sort of practice this magical week and
3665s	go hey yeah I know everything about Mage
3667s	versus the the mailbox Rogue he did have
3670s	to to some degree have put in the prep
3671s	before this happened not an impossible
3674s	prediction to know hey this deck's
3676s	coming out he'll have tried his own
3677s	mailbox Rogue of course yeah and known
3679s	that how Mage beats it but even so nice
3681s	to see how he navigated that did come
3684s	down to that 50 50 but he did have a
3685s	plan for the matchup and gets the win
3687s	because of it it does yeah I I will say
3691s	my Spidey senses are very much tingling
3693s	in the fact that I don't think that had
3695s	to come down to a 50 50. I think there
3696s	were some pretty strong ways that
3697s	xiaobai could have lowered that chance
3699s	earlier on in the game like his use of
3702s	coins was very liberal in those turns
3704s	leading up to it and he uh like I said
3707s	the Turnberry played farden earlier on
3709s	could have just been a clear on most of
3711s	the board freeze the rest of it get some
3713s	damage get some chip damage and then at
3715s	that point you're really cooking if
3717s	you're using solid Alibi while your
3718s	minions are going face that's when
3720s	you're locking out the game 100
3722s	but you know his line of play still gave
3725s	him a chance and uh that chance got the
3728s	win for him yeah I guess you're right
3730s	like a massively favored matchup coming
3732s	down to a 50 50s kind of scary so yeah
3735s	agreed
3736s	um but it is out of the way Sophia is
3739s	still with those two powerful decks we
3740s	talked about shall buy with I guess two
3742s	powerful decks of his own because the
3744s	priest the Warlock also very strong we
3747s	are going to see a lot of priests
3748s	Warlock and Rogue I've only checked
3749s	today's groups but I assume that is
3752s	repeated in group C and D as well
3756s	uh yes yeah I think warlock we're seeing
3758s	a tremendous amount with pretty much
3761s	everyone just going with the curse in
3762s	hybrid
3764s	as it's just proven to be the best
3766s	version without really much of a shadow
3767s	of a doubt but this does come down to I
3769s	think four shall buy I I criticized him
3771s	on his play but I think overall the main
3773s	thing is that I really like his choice
3775s	to bring Mage overall I think it's a
3777s	fantastic deck given the way that this
3780s	tournament has shaped up in my opinion
3782s	the deck it was the dexit has really
3784s	struggled against on ladder is Paladin
3787s	number one is a disastrous matchup for
3790s	the Mage which there's very little of in
3792s	the tournament
3793s	do warlock being ubiquitous we can argue
3796s	as a as a reason to not bring the Mage
3798s	as the the curses just work so horribly
3800s	against the mage deck but I don't think
3803s	the matchup is that bad it's very
3805s	winnable from the Mage both as an aggro
3807s	and control standpoint you can take and
3809s	so four shall Buy
3811s	that instant win he gets on the Mage
3813s	even with some play that I think could
3815s	be shaped up slightly is going to be a
3817s	recurring theme in my opinion as the
3818s	tournament progresses uh given just how
3821s	uh well I believe it to be suited in
3823s	this meta game
3824s	yeah and we're going to see a lot of
3826s	Rogue but the reason we didn't put that
3827s	in there necessarily that discussion is
3829s	we there's so many different Rogues you
3831s	can bring right now and my argument for
3833s	this particular deck not being the one
3835s	to bring on a personal level is I think
3837s	there's better Rogue decks out there I
3838s	think the other the the shark Rogue and
3840s	just Straight Up Tempo Road both sort of
3842s	do the job but better I'm not saying
3844s	this is a bad deck I just think
3846s	it's limited in its options
3849s	and talk you've limited is options any
3851s	rogue deck would be limited by this
3852s	starting play from Shabbat he's in a
3854s	great spot on turn one just go directly
3858s	to jail Shelby this is the most illegal
3861s	hand I have ever seen Fandango priest
3864s	and by the looks of it it's pretty much
3866s	the most illegal hand that Fury Hunter
3868s	has seen it as well you you could not
3870s	construct a better starting hand than
3873s	this one if you could pick the pieces
3874s	yourself wait till you see the next turn
3876s	fury
3878s	it's it's not a stopping
3883s	just dying he needs like mailbox dancing
3885s	next card for there to be any chance of
3888s	him taking this game down I think yeah
3890s	and even then like with the double
3891s	taunts that will be in play by then yeah
3894s	like the rest of the deck might just get
3896s	there even the taunts are irritating for
3898s	this deck so
3905s	we're trying to concoct some sort of
3908s	plan
3910s	ah playing the location here okay this
3914s	is very very spicy in the world where he
3918s	gets the stenographer to do something
3920s	next turn he's got five damage because
3922s	of it right
3926s	and he's got like trade plus bone Spike
3928s	this does open up a lot of clear
3930s	potentials doesn't it
3933s	unfortunately a lot of yeah a lot of at
3935s	least killing something yeah full clear
3937s	not so much but yeah killing some stuff
3939s	exactly it potentially activates the the
3942s	bone Spike which is the main thing that
3944s	was not happening with this line that
3946s	keeps that possibility alive as there is
3949s	now
3951s	backstab trade bone Spike
3956s	Frost wolf
3959s	air box up
3961s	what should possible Shadow step Frost
3963s	wolf yeah exactly that's kind of where
3966s	you're at you get to the stenographer in
3967s	the end yeah yeah it wasn't quite
3970s	working was it you need to save the
3971s	pop-up turn for the next turn and so
3973s	even though using bone Spike here sucks
3975s	big time because that is one of your big
3977s	combo tools I agree it's worth it to get
3980s	the Edwin down as uh Fury Hunter is just
3982s	purely on damage control right now
3985s	and he's doing an admittedly good job of
3987s	that given how terrible the situation is
3996s	my blood boils for war yeah he's
4000s	miscountered now I think I think he
4001s	thought he should get the sonographer
4002s	down
4004s	perhaps yeah basically plays the first
4006s	wolf and Shadow steps out and said the
4007s	edge when he gets it down but then he
4009s	then he doesn't have a play which is
4010s	what you pointed out that he doesn't
4011s	have an Edwin anymore so oh and Edwin
4014s	turn
4016s	s yeah I mean it it could not matter
4019s	less yeah you're right he just got
4022s	connected yeah numbers go up I'm gonna
4025s	I'm Gonna Save the criticism if there
4027s	was any to be made until it matters
4029s	because yeah this one is just over Xiao
4032s	by showing us how you play priest not
4034s	unlike that first game of the series
4036s	where he was you know drawing the uh the
4039s	wig and the radiant at the bottom of the
4040s	deck he's just uh flipped it upside down
4043s	put them on the top instead and uh
4046s	because of it he's drawn the 20 cars for
4049s	the first game just left them on the
4051s	side left
4052s	on the table just used for his deck in
4055s	the next game that's almost exactly
4058s	what's going on there so 2-1 and down to
4062s	his own warlock which we haven't seen
4065s	played yet right that's right yeah
4068s	very powerful deck um it started off as
4072s	not particularly powerful I think
4073s	because of how the metal was when it was
4074s	first made it was a bit of an ambitious
4077s	deck but the way the meta has since gone
4079s	the fact you can play so many different
4081s	ways with this deck it's so versatile
4083s	now has led it to be possibly the best
4086s	deck of your whole meta now
4088s	yeah I do agree that this is the
4089s	meta-defining deck at the moment uh I I
4094s	think at the start yes the meta was less
4098s	conducive to this deck but I think you
4100s	know I wasn't alone in misunderstanding
4102s	what this deck is supposed to do because
4104s	as I've said my journey with this deck
4106s	going from hating it to begrudgingly
4108s	accepting it was seeing it as a zoo Deck
4111s	with curses to a curse Deck with Zoo
4114s	elements like right at the heart of this
4116s	deck is you get off to a decent start
4119s	you deal like
4121s	you know ideally 10 chip damage
4124s	somewhere in that range a little bit
4125s	more a little bit less uh depending on
4127s	how well and poorly the game goes you
4129s	draw a million cards within pen and
4131s	catastrophe and then you do what the
4133s	deck really does which is just curse
4134s	curse curse curse curse and it's
4136s	brutally powerful this lady dark vein
4139s	combo with Abyssal wave dark vein kill
4141s	off one of the the Shadows uh or the
4144s	shades sorry that are created by it
4145s	there are very very few decks in the
4148s	metagame that can stand up to all that
4150s	damage uh which is why again as I said I
4152s	I do believe this to just be the
4154s	meta-defining deck right now yeah the
4156s	thing I missed when I I had the same
4157s	definition as you is that if you don't
4160s	get that early chip damage start your
4162s	imps sort of double up as a bad card
4165s	draw engine like if you enjoy it all in
4167s	the wrong order and everything's gone
4169s	horribly just not where you want to be
4170s	attorney 11 Circle catastrophe it's sure
4175s	it's not perfect but hey pull my hand
4176s	back up and just get more curses to do
4179s	the 10 damage I missed early is a way
4181s	you can still make it works so
4184s	um these mismatch decks tend not to work
4186s	but the fact that your early damage does
4188s	double up as doing something when it
4190s	misses is is key to this step being
4192s	strong I think
4194s	however if we want to look at its
4195s	defensive capabilities in terms of taunt
4199s	uh more crucially but also life gain
4202s	it's pretty limited actually against the
4205s	likes of Rogue which I believe is what
4208s	he's going to be facing Fury Hunter
4209s	trying this mailbox dancer Rogue for the
4212s	third time in a row because you know yes
4215s	there is touch of the math reason but
4217s	there's not necessarily too many ways
4219s	you can activate a consistent
4220s	consistently yes there's a cool to heal
4223s	up but are you going to be spending five
4226s	mana on a card that heals you for like
4227s	two or three that's really not uh not
4230s	enough to be able to stand up against
4231s	all the damage from a huge dracker
4234s	weapon and then once the huge minions
4236s	come down off of the location there's no
4239s	way for this deck to deal with a 99 in
4241s	stealth whatsoever so I do think for
4243s	shall Buy we're gonna need to see an
4246s	incredibly aggressive start definitely
4247s	leaning into the zoo portion of this
4249s	deck because I just don't think that's
4251s	really the time mostly uh to be able to
4254s	get these big curse combos online around
4256s	turns six or seven if agree entirely of
4259s	course you can just do that I mean
4261s	circling your opening hand can do a lot
4263s	of damage especially if your opponent
4266s	um something that Rogue always struggles
4268s	with and this version of Rogue struggles
4269s	with even more if you've got six
4271s	millions on the board it's picking them
4273s	off one at a time and either becomes a
4275s	race does their 14-14 beat your six two
4278s	twos or the Rogue ends up flailing
4281s	around if you've got the location of the
4282s	road has to trade their big thing into
4284s	your one big imp and then slows them
4286s	down but let's see how it pans out
4288s	flaming obviously a crucial part of the
4291s	opener for xiaobai but the circle's a
4293s	bit I'm looking for
4294s	yeah I think just any way to proactively
4297s	spend your manner in the first few turns
4299s	we will happily gobble up uh as shall by
4301s	uh but for Fury again the Mulligan with
4304s	this deck is something I'm still very
4305s	much unsure on because I know the key
4308s	Power Cards you're looking for like
4310s	Cutlass you're keeping to reduce the
4311s	cost of your spells obviously shroud
4313s	obviously location all these big ones
4315s	but all these
4317s	combo enablers like
4320s	mailbox dancer plus Shadow step is kind
4323s	of the biggest combo enabler you have
4326s	that gives you so many extra cards
4328s	played for draca plus the location
4331s	but with neither drakka the northern
4332s	location in hand are you allowed to keep
4335s	it or do you just have to full toss
4337s	everything by the Cutlass to try and
4339s	find uh as I said the actual combo cards
4343s	themselves Fury Hunters taking the risk
4345s	on holding the dancer plus the shadow
4347s	step and he could get quite the Boogie
4351s	going on here but he needs to find those
4353s	combo cards to go with it yeah the look
4356s	on his face says it all it's like this
4357s	either wins really easily or dies in
4360s	horrible flames and you hear what Derek
4362s	thinks of that draw
4364s	uh such a sick draw I mean I I was
4366s	anticipating that he'd trade the weapon
4367s	and play the Shroud on two because
4369s	that's what my uh my rogue brain has
4371s	been conditioned into doing as the uh
4374s	the nuts play uh but he takes an
4376s	objective look at it and I think very
4377s	correctly comes away with a plan of
4379s	going for killing the Imp as now despite
4383s	having played this weapon on two
4387s	it can get rid of it with a Tracker
4390s	weapon here right how big would it be
4392s	right one it'd be huge it would be
4395s	enormous it's ten
4403s	he's double checking that's one two
4406s	three four coins you can play it I don't
4408s	think he can shroud as well though
4410s	that's what he's checking right I think
4411s	no no you definitely can't shout as well
4413s	no no
4414s	and he's not far off when you say
4416s	definitely I think he is only like one
4418s	coin off incredibly
4421s	okay holding off one extra turn I
4423s	respect this because if you can find the
4425s	stenographer the the frost wolf as well
4427s	then you can really start popping off in
4429s	a major way
4435s	oh
4437s	can you do it on this turn oh my God you
4440s	can wow yep it's so much matter this is
4445s	pressing buttons there's things flying
4447s	around everywhere
4452s	everyone's had plenty of practice of
4453s	course loads of coins and edwins because
4456s	um yeah shark exists as well oh look at
4460s	it and The Spectator is so far behind
4463s	where Fury is actually finished this
4464s	down about five minutes ago
4471s	that is a warlock killer right there bam
4475s	do you hear that sizzle
4479s	as he hits him for ten
4481s	ah because the vote
4483s	yeah I don't think he's hearing anything
4486s	I think shop I heard this is oh my
4488s	goodness straight to the face that'll
4490s	definitely make your brain sizzle
4493s	uh that's yeah that's just lethal man
4495s	this last couple of games it's just both
4497s	players drawing the nuts back to back
4499s	like this it's fun to watch of course
4501s	but it's not really much you can say on
4502s	either side like
4504s	we can talk about Fury Hunters Mulligan
4506s	and the fact that it was a very very
4508s	risky Gamble and it paid off you know
4511s	drastically in this instance uh but for
4514s	xiaobai on the other side
4516s	you can't say anything at all he just
4517s	got rogued he's just looking at this I
4520s	think um quite probably just working out
4522s	what he's gonna do next game getting
4523s	himself in the right favorite mind for
4525s	it so
4528s	it's always uh it's always a trade-off
4531s	for me larinda because the one half of
4532s	my brain is thinking oh this is quite
4534s	difficult to cast and make this seem
4535s	like there were interesting decisions
4536s	for both players the other half of my
4538s	brain is saying oh this is going to be a
4540s	nice easy top five just juicy plays
4543s	active activate don't have to think
4545s	about a thing they just show this match
4547s	and that is it that's your top five
4548s	plays yeah look at this
4553s	TT
4555s	yeah but that'll do it
4557s	absolutely nothing a shower bite to be
4559s	doing in that one as we move to game
4561s	five once again the loser of this match
4564s	will not be knocked out of the
4565s	tournament these are double elimination
4567s	groups of four that we are playing so
4570s	the loser will be going on to face the
4573s	loser of habug versus plastic as the
4575s	other two players in the group uh but
4578s	honestly you know if you're losing this
4580s	match and say by you know an opposite
4582s	you face Habu gabu in the losers bracket
4584s	match I've kind of seen that as a death
4586s	sentence anyway in terms of your
4587s	tournament likelihood of winning
4590s	yeah absolutely
4591s	um curse versus curse warlock coming in
4593s	uh we're probably going to see quite a
4595s	lot of this and this is quite a delicate
4598s	matchup right you quite often have to
4599s	make sure your counting is absolutely on
4602s	point I know that counting shouldn't be
4603s	difficult for grown adults who are
4606s	playing a card game but you've got a
4609s	definitely at all times be aware of
4610s	which curses have been and haven't been
4612s	removed from your opponent's hand and
4613s	that sort of thing because he can just
4614s	come down to knowing exactly how much
4617s	damage you can do with your cursors and
4618s	exactly how much they're taking
4620s	that is true yeah absolutely if it does
4622s	come down to the the cursed portion of
4624s	the deck
4625s	as is always the case you know you are
4628s	trying to go for draw the Imp portion
4630s	first then the curse portion afterwards
4632s	uh of the deck but I do think in this
4634s	particular deck it's much more important
4635s	to get that early chip damage with the
4637s	imps if you can pull ahead at the start
4639s	and your opponent just whiffs on any of
4640s	these early drawers yeah getting in that
4642s	10 ship damage at the start is just
4644s	makes such a difference because again
4646s	that's what you need to constantly
4650s	reorganize in your mind like uh
4653s	review how you look at the deck is it's
4656s	not the importion or the curse portion
4659s	in a game it's kind of both or neither
4662s	you usually end up saying because if you
4663s	hit the powerful imp star and playing
4665s	pending catastrophe that doesn't weaken
4667s	the curse portion of your deck because
4669s	you've drawn all the impart it bolsters
4671s	it because you've drawn so many cards
4673s	off the impending catastrophe that you
4674s	end up with more curse cards afterwards
4676s	whereas if you miss on the portion of
4678s	the deck uh you know you have less curse
4680s	cards overall so again it's a cop-out
4683s	answer because it's the same in most
4684s	matchups but hitting that early start is
4687s	so so important in this deck because
4689s	while there are catch-up mechanisms in
4691s	the form of Abyssal wave and tamzin turn
4693s	six is pretty late in this yeah I was
4696s	gonna say sometimes um the chip thing
4698s	isn't 10 it's 30 as well but you
4700s	sometimes in the mirror you play a flame
4703s	imp and they remove it with a touch and
4705s	then you play a location your opponent
4708s	draws a card and then you just go circle
4709s	make a five five imp and they don't do
4712s	much and then eventually they kill it
4714s	and you play three mischievous they just
4715s	never catch up you just keep hitting
4716s	them a wave after wave of minions uh
4719s	doesn't happen very often but it happens
4720s	often enough to be we're going to see
4723s	somebody do it this weekend for sure
4726s	well you just cannot get ahead in the
4728s	mirror
4730s	or cannot catch up in the mirror
4731s	sometimes yeah I don't
4734s	even quite see any differences in the
4736s	lists either like it is a pretty
4738s	solidified 30 cards at this point but
4742s	it's trying to catch any tech cards you
4744s	know we have seen some tech cards making
4746s	their way back into the meta game uh a
4749s	sparse amount of rust brought Viper kind
4751s	of creeping its way back in mainly in
4753s	the Mages in order to fight back against
4755s	the Rogues and the paladins but
4758s	it's just interesting to see because it
4760s	feels like for a while now tech cards
4762s	have just been kind of non-existent uh
4764s	in Hearthstone like roster or Viper's
4766s	not there with the Nerf to starfish
4768s	that's Fallen by the wayside spammy
4770s	Arcanist uh losing popularity as well
4773s	but it's starting to come back in a
4775s	small way I'm laughing because both
4777s	players got the same look on their face
4778s	of oh this is kind of good but what do I
4781s	keep yeah yeah because they've both got
4782s	hands with decisions to make it's like
4785s	am I going for it this way really
4788s	yeah I think the only card I would
4789s	consider for Fury is the vile library
4791s	and even then that one's
4794s	well probably correct a tough one
4796s	because you're going first you really
4799s	really want that one drop and uh
4801s	thankfully for him he does find it yeah
4803s	bye took a little bit of a chance there
4805s	keeping the farm if he draws any sort of
4807s	imp to back this imp up he is absolutely
4809s	flying later on
4812s	yeah that's what Fury did not want to
4814s	see however because with the Nerf to
4816s	vile Library it only gives plus one plus
4818s	one for imps you have on the board
4820s	uh so you cannot just give plus one plus
4824s	ones take a value trade here however as
4826s	disastrous as this star is in terms of
4828s	the VT the flame imp is getting the
4830s	backup is very strong for Fury yeah
4833s	during that sir that's what I was
4834s	laughing because halfway through you
4836s	were talking about how his hand isn't
4837s	going anywhere blah blah blah quite
4838s	correctly as well and then the fiendish
4839s	circle just appears to make everything
4841s	you said still makes sense but like
4844s	suddenly there's just this five five and
4845s	a bunch of one ones coming next turn
4849s	by Will fear the circle thinking you may
4852s	be in hand already
4853s	um a few of his hand if he can fill out
4856s	turn four could be absolutely
4858s	Crazy by the way
4861s	that were Farm ready to go
4866s	and with the reform on the other side we
4868s	do kind of need to think how it
4870s	looks in the context of this game the
4873s	shall buy do we start tapping to try and
4875s	find specifically fiendish Circle as Far
4877s	and Away the best card to play on turn
4879s	three
4880s	or do you just keep playing for Tempo
4882s	try and just drip feed your way through
4885s	the game until you can get a big lady
4887s	dark vein perhaps
4889s	yes
4891s	at the moment I think he has to tap but
4894s	Fury is keeping enough pressure on that
4896s	he's stopping shadowby can be able to
4897s	tap this is kind of
4899s	trying to generate the situation I was
4901s	talking about in the intro where Fury
4903s	there had a chance to play the cultist
4905s	which would have allowed for much better
4906s	imps into dark vein into the farm
4909s	but it would have allowed Xiao by the
4911s	time to do the tapping which you were
4913s	talking about there whereas doing it
4915s	this way around now shall I sort of if
4917s	you trade into the five five loses board
4919s	and Taps he could be in a world of
4921s	trouble next turn facing a mystery
4923s	mischievous or something
4927s	yeah I guess trade touch tap is
4931s	cleanest way you have with the Flaming
4933s	plus the touch taking out the five five
4938s	well the other alternative we can look
4940s	at is even though it's terribly
4941s	inefficient uh dragged below just
4943s	because it sets up for coin dark Vein on
4945s	the following turn which while I know
4947s	it's not as strong as
4951s	the Abyssal wave with lady from dark
4953s	vein it's still potentially a lot of
4955s	curses and actually quite a lot of board
4956s	clear because even though drag below
4958s	doesn't necessarily Target opponents
4960s	minions uh if there are a lot more of
4964s	their minions than yours then it could
4965s	still get the job done with Lady Gaga
4968s	yeah it's like that
4976s	I had rough turns for both players hey
4978s	yeah this this turn four they've both
4981s	got very very similar hands obviously
4983s	let's turn four
4985s	it was going to be an issue for both for
4986s	some turn off and now
4989s	I think Theory's plan was just to play
4990s	the cultist this turn
4997s	but then he's stuck into playing a dark
4998s	vein early which you don't really want
5000s	to do on five in fact you just don't
5003s	want to do on five
5008s	you don't yeah and I think few times
5010s	would do most anything except playing
5011s	Dark Vein on turn five especially when
5014s	you're having Abyssal wave in the hand
5015s	uh impking reform will be infused anyway
5018s	I think just with the number of imps
5020s	that have died
5021s	after he trades them away yeah by the
5023s	time he gets there for sure yeah
5027s	but a very very interesting topic there
5030s	for sure bye
5033s	okay
5037s	and even holding back on the coin
5039s	location it looks like both players it
5040s	is all in on an imp King reform game
5042s	plan
5043s	yeah and in which case it's who does it
5045s	first there's the one that's going to be
5047s	um happiest
5051s	as with most things in Hearthstone I
5052s	guess right so currently one minion has
5056s	died for
5058s	thou Buy
5060s	just the flame imprite just the flame
5062s	him
5064s	yes in which case if he trades away here
5066s	that's two
5067s	and well basically what I'm getting at
5070s	is as long as Fury doesn't play any
5071s	minions or remove anything from the
5073s	board the opposing impking reform will
5077s	not be used I I don't know how much of a
5080s	read you can make on that necessarily uh
5082s	but it's definitely something to bear in
5085s	mind
5086s	yeah he's got the wave as backup I guess
5089s	for most of the farm situations here
5091s	anyway
5093s	does put you a long way behind Tempo
5095s	wise but oh man
5097s	you have to play that right you can't
5099s	not play it
5101s	yeah he started talking with the dark
5103s	man I'm like wait what oh no stuff to
5106s	play it but yeah yeah like even if you
5108s	knew your opponent's hand was a farm
5110s	you'd still very possibly make this play
5121s	and this is where the game I mean you
5122s	can see already that there's quite a lot
5124s	of intricate play here this has been
5125s	quite straightforward you can see what's
5126s	coming is going to be pretty tasty
5129s	no I mean I yeah like I said even if you
5132s	could see you'd still make this play and
5133s	I think that does hold true because Fury
5134s	hunter say we get the obvious play of
5137s	all the one one imps trade into each
5139s	other on this turn and it's coin reform
5141s	you get most likely a bunch of three
5143s	threes on the other side
5145s	Yuri does not have to play as him king
5147s	or a farm he could just go Abyssal wave
5149s	and then he's got dark vein the turn
5150s	after with the Abyssal wave with some
5152s	chip damage as well I think Fury Hunter
5155s	just has the initiative a little bit too
5158s	heavily uh in this game that one turn
5160s	where he hit the location and then the
5162s	fiendish circle gave him just that
5165s	little bit tick too much Tempo I mean I
5167s	agree with you for the next two or three
5169s	turns and I think that's probably gonna
5170s	be enough I think there's six goes to
5172s	face at some point here for Fury Hunter
5173s	which is exactly
5176s	um but after the wave the reload for
5178s	shabbai is there with the mischief and
5180s	the library I feel he's gonna have to
5182s	deal with that I think he can just play
5184s	his own farm and not die but he's gonna
5185s	have to just make sure do some counting
5187s	um
5189s	but I imagine if you had to get there
5196s	foreign
5200s	yeah I agree seven goes face you give
5203s	him curse number two uh with a Bissell
5206s	wave
5207s	ATV doesn't get rid of it whatever he
5210s	does you're on 23
5212s	and then you've got your own reform they
5214s	have to clear up
5216s	yeah Fury should be okay you could
5218s	definitely go wrong he could definitely
5219s	lose this game like this is not a
5221s	foregone conclusion but he is in a very
5223s	strong situation here
5225s	foreign
5232s	needs some way to actually kill off the
5235s	lady dark vein Shades however if you
5237s	want for the clear on the same turn
5239s	which is a very big difference because
5241s	if xiaobai was to load up the board
5243s	again with Say mischievous him or dark
5246s	vein or whatever uh Fury Hunter would
5248s	ideally like to get a clear on the same
5250s	turn
5251s	so this was um
5253s	quite brave from fury because there's a
5256s	lot of ways for shabbai to do two damage
5258s	in this deck to the not a lot of ways
5259s	but enough ways with all the card draw
5261s	to do two damage and keep his owner Farm
5262s	up so there's a key one about counting
5265s	which sounds really basic but if you're
5267s	under making sure he gets there here
5268s	because he's going to take six extra
5269s	damage
5270s	doing it this way
5272s	and he's just relying that Shelby can't
5274s	afford not to trade into it if he has no
5277s	way to remove it
5281s	so he got the six damage there nicely
5292s	okay still no answer to actually kill
5295s	off this lady dark vein which means that
5297s	if he wants to just go in king or a farm
5300s	he's gonna tank 12 at minimum on the
5303s	other side
5307s	I think he probably allowed for this in
5309s	his calculations last time he's given me
5310s	more than 12 because there's the
5312s	location as well ready to obviously
5313s	buffed sorry yeah it's closed
5316s	yeah exactly okay
5319s	which means that there are outs for his
5321s	opponent I think but they're pretty
5323s	Limited
5325s	yes it's one of those that's really hard
5327s	to cast sometimes because it's obvious
5328s	you jamming a farm here but that's
5330s	because we can see both hands
5332s	he hasn't got that Advantage he has to
5334s	work out how he can go wrong well having
5336s	said that oh they're actually out like
5339s	uh can you get Darth Vader curse to
5342s	death for 11.
5344s	well there's only one curse that's been
5345s	played so far of a shall buy so two
5347s	curses are gonna deal two and then three
5348s	he needs to go 11 extra damage I
5351s	don't actually think there are outs uh
5354s	the question for Fury Hunter is less
5356s	like how do you not die this turn it's
5358s	how do we kill them next turn which
5361s	obviously at first glance appears to be
5363s	reformed but we need to start thinking
5365s	whether it was some kind of card draw
5366s	play was the correct way to go about it
5369s	because you could have got an impending
5370s	catastrophe and basically tried to draw
5373s	through to either touch of the naturism
5375s	or ideally drag below in order to kill
5378s	off this uh lady dark vein shade yeah
5381s	there's also um do I play my flame imp
5384s	or not but I think the worlds where
5387s	it goes wrong with the world's where he
5389s	gets it waved anyway so you don't play
5391s	The Flame imp
5393s	but he's just making sure that if you
5395s	play the flame it wasn't going to cost
5397s	him a lethal opportunity
5400s	is a fantastic top deck as well being
5403s	able to do it one of the three threes
5405s	into a farm you Abyssal wave everything
5407s	else goes face
5413s	to kill off the dog vein really does
5418s	that's not it
5420s	you can tap for touch with an aphrosium
5422s	and still hit lethal you can imp
5424s	catastrophe if he wants to that won't be
5426s	lethal that would just keep him alive
5427s	but give him a lot of cards but he
5430s	wouldn't actually be lethal even then
5433s	there will be three and then four I
5434s	think for Fury Hunter uh yeah I think
5437s	he's looking to not die here and win the
5438s	turn after honestly right
5441s	or he can just go brand Dart vein now
5443s	and close his eyes
5448s	that would be very very bold
5452s	which means we now
5453s	do have an out
5455s	or shall buy if he can find a way to
5457s	kill off his lady dark Vein on this turn
5459s	he could win the game he was just a face
5461s	attack a dark vein and then kill off one
5463s	of the shades for three and then four
5464s	but it's not there both players have
5467s	this ultimate combo with Brand Plus lady
5469s	dogs mate but no one has a way to kill
5472s	off the shades this is so tense it's
5475s	absolutely ridiculous and yeah shabby
5477s	does have the luxury being in so much
5479s	trouble that he might as well brand up
5481s	Ryan here
5483s	solution of men's
5486s	can't believe it
5488s	oh my goodness this was unbelievably
5491s	close oh no wait but oh you trade and
5493s	then oh this is such a sick play I
5496s	missed it yeah on Fury dies first just
5498s	oh what a sick spot from Shelby
5502s	yeah I'd miss that that's another one
5504s	for your plays though that was a
5506s	fantastic play
5507s	that is so clever
5512s	oh what a heartbreak of fury like who
5514s	knew that the line for xiaobai was to
5516s	accept the curses but obviously to do it
5518s	on his turn so that it waits until the
5520s	start of his next turn in order for the
5522s	uh the curse to actually activate it's
5524s	just one of those things you don't often
5525s	see because curses are you know usually
5527s	added during your opponent's turn uh to
5530s	your hand rather than your own turn uh
5532s	but such a clever line by Shall buy to
5535s	find the lethal out there yeah
5536s	absolutely and we've covered every other
5538s	option but that one was um slipped
5540s	through and ciao by didn't slip through
5542s	showing something you said at the very
5544s	very start of the show he's gonna have
5545s	to show us sort of that he's here get
5547s	his name out there and show us that he's
5549s	still got what it takes
5550s	um despite having an 8-0 in the previous
5552s	Masters Tour so we've been a little bit
5553s	harsh there but yeah showing absolutely
5555s	with the way he wrapped this up how to
5558s	get through their Fury seemed to think
5560s	he'd win there for a moment as well and
5563s	yeah bye
5565s	working it out getting it done and going
5567s	through to the upper bracket final one
5569s	win away from going to those
5570s	quarterfinals yeah and when I say chubby
5573s	still has something to prove I am
5574s	judging him on the the level of full
5576s	Championship yeah yeah one of the the
5578s	toughest tournaments in Hearthstone
5579s	history not on the level
5582s	he's obviously cleared that bar
5585s	um but I agree I think after that
5587s	potential shaky game we saw at the start
5590s	on the Mage which I did disagree with uh
5592s	moving on from that I think he's just
5594s	been playing some very very strong
5595s	Hearts though like you know those couple
5596s	in the Middle with the priest on one
5598s	side the Rogue on the other both players
5600s	just got dumpstered one way and then the
5602s	other very little decision making there
5603s	but that uh was just a nice way to close
5606s	out the series for xiaobai who does now
5609s	go up to the winners match of group a
5613s	Fades uh waiting to face either Habib or
5616s	plastic which
5618s	you know if we want to look at it in
5620s	terms of notoriety in terms of the skill
5623s	we know these players have is one of the
5625s	most one-sided match-ups in the
5626s	tournament uh but plastic again I I
5630s	would have said that Fury Hunter was the
5631s	favorite going into that match and Xiao
5633s	by taking the win so who knows plastic
5635s	could be going up to the winners bracket
5637s	match and then in the first elimination
5640s	match of the tournament we could have
5642s	Fury vs Habu gabu which just seems
5644s	absurd right out the gate yeah that
5647s	would be yeah it's just a way to start
5649s	the tournament just kick out one of the
5651s	players we've been talking about all
5652s	year but there's a long way to go before
5655s	that happened so let's get those players
5657s	set up back to you in about three
5659s	minutes with more action you know from
5661s	the four championships
5671s	thank you
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5849s	foreign
5856s	foreign
5859s	and welcome back to the fall
5861s	Championship I'm Raven and joining me is
5863s	subtle and we'll be bringing you the
5864s	next match from group a and what a what
5866s	a way we've just seen kicking off the uh
5868s	the whole tournaments are very close
5870s	series pretty much coming down to the
5871s	wire and honestly a really good display
5874s	of what the meta looks in like Prime
5877s	condition right some of those decks were
5879s	really popping off in that previous
5881s	Series so definitely uh probably a look
5883s	at what's to come this weekend yes the
5887s	meta game that we have is incredibly
5889s	explosive I referred to in the previous
5892s	metador as a pressure meta game which
5894s	for me is the best way to describe it
5896s	you do have you know decks with slow
5898s	scaling win conditions you do have combo
5900s	decks you do have some ball based aggro
5902s	decks but they're all trying to pressure
5903s	the opponent in one way or the other
5905s	right either it's board and Tempo and
5908s	constant pressure in the way that's more
5909s	conventional people will understand or
5911s	there's the pressure of that ticking
5913s	clock that your deck has right whether
5915s	that is a skeleton Mage or whatever else
5917s	where damage adds up over time time hero
5919s	powers that up over time or whether
5921s	that's a deck like ball priest with a
5923s	true conventional combo Wing condition
5924s	there is a ridiculous amount of pressure
5927s	both on the board and on the players
5930s	individually because of what's at stake
5932s	here and I I really liked the way that
5934s	Derek ended that off as saying
5937s	we have to hold these players to high
5939s	standards now because it's important to
5941s	look at and it's sometimes difficult to
5943s	get the point across when we're doing
5945s	these events you know we're all sat here
5947s	in our offices in our bedrooms the
5948s	players are playing from home it's
5950s	sometimes hard to communicate the scale
5952s	the the increasing intensity that these
5955s	tournaments are having throughout the
5956s	year the standard of player that we now
5959s	have here and the stakes that are
5961s	involved in this tournament are enormous
5963s	so what we're seeing is a very tricky
5966s	very explosive meta game trying to be
5968s	handled by some of the very very best
5970s	players in the world and we are staring
5973s	at one of those people right now looking
5976s	into those beautiful eyes Raven Habu
5979s	gabu has been perhaps the player of
5982s	2022. yeah I agree and just one of the
5985s	best just players of hearthstone in
5987s	every form right and well in
5989s	Battlegrounds to very one mercenaries
5990s	and is not only good at playing the game
5994s	but also the creative side of habu-gabu
5997s	really kicks in I mean see that in this
5999s	lineup as you can see aggro Demon Hunter
6002s	enrage Warrior and then of course Tempo
6004s	Rogue and Naga priest definitely Dex we
6006s	are a little bit more familiar with but
6008s	having not afraid to do his own thing
6010s	and honestly right now Sol as you can
6013s	see and if anyone should be confident uh
6016s	I think Abu gabu is one of those people
6018s	right in terms of just going with what
6020s	they think is good Erica almost
6022s	regardless of what the general meta says
6024s	but talked about this in Rage Warrior
6026s	not a deck yeah we've seen too often in
6029s	competitive play or even high on ladder
6031s	for that matter well as always Raven is
6034s	you know going on what seven years of
6036s	experience will give you at this point
6038s	the question is perfectly synergistic
6040s	because what you were talking about
6041s	before
6042s	Hobby's Off the Wall deck building his
6044s	Innovation and how he should feel
6046s	confident ties exactly in from his
6049s	perspective at the very least to this
6051s	deck because he tweeted this morning
6053s	saying yup nailed it I predicted what my
6056s	group was going to do and my lineup is
6058s	great and looking at the way the lineups
6061s	are panned out you know I think there
6062s	are a couple of decks in particular but
6065s	that ubiquitous curse in warlock that
6067s	Derek and Lorinda were talking about in
6069s	the previous series I think is one of
6071s	those Decks that is causing Habu to want
6073s	to go with this Warrior it does have a
6076s	reasonable matchup against it on ladder
6078s	one of the the few Decks that really you
6080s	know stands toe-to-toe with with cursimp
6083s	and I do think harbugabe's lineup in
6085s	general this is something that he does
6087s	not to the degree that let's say like a
6089s	super fake or fled was doing in Grand
6090s	Masters where it was hard counters every
6093s	week but Habu always looks for that
6096s	little Edge in deck building and that
6098s	has been the Cornerstone of his success
6101s	throughout this year which has been
6102s	incredible for him but on the other side
6104s	we do have the person that we have to
6106s	fairly describe as the underdog in this
6109s	matchup and perhaps one of The Underdogs
6110s	and Dark Horses of the tournament the
6112s	plastic has had a fantastic record
6114s	himself this year in particular that
6117s	last start at the bottom is the one that
6119s	we really need to focus in on here
6120s	eighteen and six record in Master's
6124s	tours throughout the year which got him
6125s	here that is a five three a six two and
6128s	a seven one in the last three months
6130s	tours to get to this point so that shows
6133s	that he is a player that is comfortable
6135s	in the I say this meta because they can
6138s	all roughly be grounded in this meta
6141s	that we have now those last three
6142s	Masters tours have been played to some
6145s	degree with existing Decks that we are
6147s	still seeing in the current meta games
6148s	the plastic is showing that he is very
6151s	very comfortable at the moment on top of
6153s	his game as far as Hearthstone is uh as
6155s	far as Hearthstone is concerned and
6157s	peaking at the right time right if you
6159s	want to get into form this is the time
6161s	you want to do it 100 and regardless of
6163s	where you think Plastics the underdog in
6165s	the tournament I would say he is pretty
6167s	uh rightly the underdog in this group at
6169s	least but we've seen Fury Hunter fall
6171s	already in this in his initial match uh
6174s	take a look at this matchup though it's
6175s	going to be the warrior versus the
6176s	jackpot Rogue and actually been sat Jam
6178s	in Jackpot Rogue since the early hours
6181s	of this morning because I got up extra
6183s	early like an idiot
6185s	um but it the deck's kind of interesting
6187s	right because it has two halves to it
6189s	there's of course all the generation
6191s	that you use uh you know how well
6194s	jackpot can you know give you some
6195s	answers to the puzzles the game gives
6198s	you but also the the secret package
6200s	actually I feel is much more of course
6203s	reliable and not powerful because of
6206s	course you can high roll the jackpot but
6208s	just like consistent parts of the deck
6210s	right the secrets draw you cards
6212s	generate secrets and the cards you use
6214s	to activate those secrets are pretty
6216s	solid as well so uh from what I've had
6218s	from uh you know putting some games in
6220s	on this list it's definitely tricky you
6222s	are relying on having a way to actually
6224s	end the game which I think is the
6226s	hardest bit but I do think it's one of
6228s	the Decks that plastic has that does
6230s	have game versus the likes of this
6232s	Warrior and the aggro Demon Hunter and
6235s	such that Abu gabou has because it has
6237s	it's pretty solid early game tools
6239s	actually you can actually be quite
6240s	defensive if you need to
6242s	yeah that's absolutely true I did
6245s	personally expect to see more of the
6247s	miracle style Rogues if you want to
6249s	describe them that way you know the the
6251s	Draco location lots of coins whatever
6253s	method you're going with to make that
6254s	happen I expected that to be a more
6257s	popular strategy overall but I would
6258s	also have expected to see at least a
6260s	couple of jackpot roads jackpot roads uh
6263s	jackpot Rogues in the tournament overall
6266s	and that's kind of exactly where we
6267s	panned out and obviously that speaks to
6270s	different strategies in your lineup as a
6272s	whole and what you're going to end up
6273s	being targeting but jackpot Rogue in
6276s	general is you know some people would
6279s	say inconsistent some people would say
6281s	flexible right you do
6283s	expense if you're winning or not exactly
6285s	yeah you do open a lot of boxes uh via
6289s	the deck which can you know to some
6291s	people reduce the feeling of agency make
6293s	it a frustrating experience a lot of
6295s	people want to play more uh
6297s	straightforward consistent decks where
6298s	you control everything which is
6299s	generally what like combo style decks
6301s	like the other form of rogue right it's
6303s	very few RNG effects in the deck overall
6306s	it's very straightforward you can argue
6308s	draw energy or whatever else but to some
6311s	people they find a lot of skill
6313s	expression they find a lot of edge in
6315s	the ability to open those boxes and then
6317s	adapt to the game plan that's being
6319s	presented to them and that is really the
6322s	difference between someone who's playing
6323s	jackpot Rogue for fun on ladder and
6326s	someone who is bringing it to a high
6327s	level right like this well let's get
6330s	into it game one it's the second match
6332s	of the day still an initial match from
6334s	group a of course it's going to be this
6335s	in range worry from Abu gabu on the top
6337s	going up against plastic on this jackpot
6340s	Rogue and again just already and this is
6343s	one of the phase as well that you have
6345s	when playing uh jackpot Rogue is your
6347s	opening hand really dictates the pace of
6351s	the game because right now looking
6352s	extremely slow here for plastic which is
6355s	normally okay in a lot of matchups but
6359s	not necessarily against us in Rage
6360s	Warrior because outside of the bone
6362s	Spike
6363s	there's not a lot of answers available
6366s	in the deck or at least consistent ones
6368s	and you really do need those secrets to
6370s	start drawing through the deck and
6371s	giving you other secrets to actually
6373s	sort of fight back versus aggro
6376s	yes indeed Cutlass found Cutlass traded
6380s	uh obviously in some situations we saw
6382s	it in the previous series actually in
6385s	agro-based matchups you will just go
6387s	ahead and use that Cutlass to be able to
6388s	attack the board State directly plastic
6391s	doing no such rubbish here trading it
6393s	away and actually choosing to hold on to
6395s	the Bone Spike you always have the
6397s	option right that the weapon was never
6399s	going to be equipped because you had the
6401s	almost guaranteed situation of being
6403s	able to Discount the bone Spike with the
6405s	trade anyway and then be able to deal
6407s	with the trog if you really want to but
6408s	plastic just says no not interested at
6410s	all just gonna leave it hanging around
6414s	yeah this um
6416s	the ghastly Gravedigger that's in hand
6418s	now for plastic is one of the more
6420s	powerful cards in the deck and again
6421s	part of that reliable package I was
6424s	talking about uh three Mana four three
6426s	that basically just puts a card from
6427s	your phone's hand back in the deck if
6429s	you have a secret active of course it's
6432s	super powerful because it just removes a
6434s	card there's no trade-off like field
6436s	tile where you swap cards or anything
6437s	like that right you do just reduce your
6440s	opponent's hand size down by one which
6441s	is pretty powerful and unfortunately
6443s	though for plastic As I said without
6445s	those early game secret proc effects and
6448s	not really a great plan for it but my
6450s	question is so is this just a drop the
6452s	Grave Digger anyway kind of play because
6454s	it does challenge the one for and it
6456s	that is actually a very uh powerful card
6458s	in gabu's deck arguably one of the most
6462s	powerful cards in this in regulatory
6463s	yeah sometimes it is as simple as just
6466s	play your Arena numbers right like get
6468s	the serrated bone spike out there deal
6469s	with the minion but four three against
6471s	one four yeah you will absolutely take
6473s	that every day of the week but this
6476s	curve from habugabu is very aggressive
6479s	early on had location had early curve
6481s	and you see just again it seems like a
6483s	while since we've seen rakara doing
6485s	rakara things in Hearthstone but there
6487s	you have it you know that is a very mid
6490s	rakara in general right like one minion
6493s	on the board and the rakara trades
6494s	itself off immediately but it's just
6496s	such a massive Tempo swing immediately
6498s	solves the problem of the bad Arena
6500s	trade on the other side and then just
6502s	gets to consolidate the animal extract a
6504s	really really smooth opening so far for
6507s	Harbor and like I said I am sure plastic
6509s	is worried now because not only was his
6511s	uh an extra Contraband stash and
6513s	obviously not good right now because his
6516s	whole hand achieves nothing but like I
6518s	said the one card you don't want to just
6521s	sit around on your own side of the board
6523s	is that um animal extractor because it
6526s	it's just gonna get value all of the
6528s	time the locations there for Habu as
6530s	well he can um build the board up now
6532s	again habu's hand looks relatively weak
6535s	but with thinly and playable cards I
6538s	think the big question now it solves
6540s	yeah Habu has cards and his opponent
6542s	does not is that just enough yeah you've
6545s	spotted it right but playable cards yeah
6547s	I've heard that's pretty good can I
6550s	interest you in playing some cards this
6552s	time and habu's one like live tap away
6556s	from a good time right now
6560s	it's a bingo
6562s	oh tooth is have to do work but you
6566s	can't actually get anything low enough
6567s	right
6572s	yeah break points just they really are
6575s	not there in another Arena card sold by
6577s	the name of Queen ashara
6580s	well see you know it's been a while
6582s	since I played a lot of Arena but you
6585s	know four three into one four oh yeah
6587s	that tickles my fancy five five into a
6590s	six six
6591s	significantly less good I think what's
6593s	even worse is five five and two just
6595s	ignore the five five yes and just killed
6598s	them seems reasonable too you're
6600s	absolutely right
6601s	um going back to Hobby Lobby's previous
6604s	turn though he was quite deliberate in
6606s	the order of which he damaged his
6608s	minions and played his cards which uh
6610s	could have ended up playing into that uh
6612s	tooth of nefarian breakpoint that we
6614s	were talking about following so you know
6616s	even though he is Miles Ahead in this
6618s	situation is just making sure he's
6620s	taking care of the little things where
6621s	appropriate
6622s	and those little things are adding up
6624s	very quickly into one huge early win as
6628s	it is looking right now and I'm staring
6631s	at plastic's hand trying to make
6632s	something happen it does not look
6635s	particularly likely yeah and it is a
6637s	drawback of this deck right you are
6639s	running so many cards that rely on other
6642s	good things happening first that you can
6645s	get stuck whereas like I said as you've
6648s	seen like none of this is the early you
6650s	know the secret package part of the deck
6652s	which is the part of the deck I enjoy
6655s	um so yeah plastic's just been sat
6657s	around not really had the best options
6658s	given to him here does have tiny toys
6661s	with this Trickster
6663s	I'm trying to think if there's anything
6665s	like truly mind-blowing that can come
6666s	out of this
6667s	it's the only out for sure out of those
6670s	options the other option was just to
6673s	take alter a fire and just burn some
6675s	cards to make yourself feel better and
6676s	then concede but this is the one that
6678s	theoretically could have had at least a
6681s	small chance of it out in this situation
6683s	but thanks to that Hunter hero power or
6685s	with the location waking up anyway Abu
6688s	gabu there is that smile like it's
6692s	always in Rage Warrior you idiots what
6695s	are you doing why do you not have enrage
6698s	warrior in your lineup
6699s	yeah imagine not bringing a deck that
6702s	you see maybe once every two weeks on
6704s	ladder
6705s	it's just habugabu 101 is the he has
6709s	this ability to show so you compare him
6713s	to like John Bray right I think it's a
6715s	fairly obvious comparison for people who
6716s	are familiar with Jamboree where it
6719s	seems for a while with both of them that
6723s	they're the only one capable of playing
6725s	their own decks right like when Naga
6727s	Mage first appears no one else was
6729s	winning with Naga Mage except Abu garbu
6732s	right the difference and this is you
6734s	know not trying to be cruel to jamb Ray
6735s	jombre has created some meta decks but
6739s	with habugabu everyone else then catches
6742s	up and goes oh Habu was actually bright
6743s	now that I've learned to play this deck
6745s	to the level that Abu gabu has this is
6747s	actually the best deck in the game but
6750s	hobby just seems to consistently be that
6752s	one or two steps ahead of everyone else
6753s	with deck building in in this year in
6756s	particular he just has seemed to be able
6759s	to see the Matrix when it comes to both
6761s	ladder decks and tournament decks in
6763s	this instance obviously very small
6766s	sample size at this point and he doesn't
6768s	always get it right abugabu brought
6770s	pirate Warrior a few tournaments ago
6772s	that would like I know I'm still not on
6775s	board with that one by any regards but
6777s	generally a lot more hits than misses in
6779s	Abu dhabi's case yeah next up we are
6781s	going to have this aggro Demon Hunter
6782s	again
6783s	uh you generally see The Relic version
6785s	we saw in the previous series a lot more
6788s	often in The Meta in general but the
6791s	taco demon again it's not like a
6792s	completely random deck right I would
6795s	argue it's more common than uh you see
6797s	something along these lines and you'd
6798s	see in Rage Warrior and it just still
6801s	has the good tools right it still has
6803s	those good early game cards with the
6805s	addition of some of the newer ones to
6806s	help out with just going even more
6808s	aggressive not really going for that uh
6811s	it's an aggro deck but here's my late
6813s	game stuff as well it's just nope I just
6816s	kill them quick and again looking at the
6818s	lineup the Warlock can fall to that the
6821s	um the Rogue as we've seen can easily
6823s	fall to that kind of aggression and
6825s	honestly because it's so many early game
6827s	minions and so much pressure the wallet
6829s	can trip over too so it's gonna be the
6831s	wallet matchup we see subtle but where
6834s	would you put this at least for plastic
6835s	in terms of is it a good is it not good
6838s	but better match up for the against the
6841s	Demon Hunter or is it one of his lesser
6843s	matchups that he's got it's not great I
6845s	would say overall I think in general
6847s	like as I said habugabe's strategy uh
6850s	was just yeah you're all being really
6852s	obvious you're gonna bring curse Warlock
6854s	and I'm gonna beat curse warlock a bunch
6857s	um and actually you know I was talking
6858s	about how the warrior has a decent
6861s	matchup against the Warlock and kind of
6862s	highlighting that a because it's the
6863s	deck we're dealing with and B because
6865s	it's the weirdest deck in the lineup to
6867s	talk about uh this one I think even has
6869s	a stronger matchup against the the
6872s	Warlock overall than the warrior does so
6874s	I do think the Warlock is going to be a
6877s	problem for plastic I think the in
6878s	warlock is going to be a problem for
6880s	most of babugabu's opponents throughout
6883s	this tournament which you know overall
6885s	puts Habu in a pretty good position when
6888s	you look at the amount of warlock that
6890s	we are seeing from his potential
6892s	opponents yeah and it is interesting
6894s	just looking at a lot of these decks
6895s	where um at least the aggro Decks that
6897s	Harbor chosen bring that there's none of
6901s	that like so many decks right now is
6903s	saying oh I'll play aggro but I'll Chuck
6905s	like dinathrius and a couple of late
6907s	game cards in the deck right just to try
6909s	and play out that kind of scenario yeah
6911s	but with haboo he's like nope kurtius is
6914s	as high as I'm gonna go here because
6915s	Curtis is there is damn it in
6917s	agriculture anyway so and that's it so
6920s	even this full Mulligan he's had to
6921s	commit to the likelihood of him getting
6924s	just a decent curve is so high with this
6926s	deck I think even the full Mulligan he
6929s	was like yeah it's probably going to be
6930s	okay and as we can see it's looking okay
6932s	oh vanquished
6937s	that dispose by the way
6940s	monstrous yeah or off the top uh he had
6944s	both of the killer two drops in hand you
6947s	generally when playing aggro Demon
6948s	Hunter really really really want to hit
6951s	one of those two drops uh either as the
6954s	play we saw from Harvard or the
6955s	bibliomite Habu had both but because
6958s	again I feel like we've been talking
6959s	about Arena trades a lot already because
6962s	there was three two against one three on
6964s	board you didn't want to pass your term
6965s	without playing a spell because it gave
6967s	your opponent too much Tempo in terms of
6968s	Trades going back the other way so yeah
6970s	zero Mana three attack off the top for a
6972s	card away that works out pretty
6975s	perfectly from Harvey's perspective on
6977s	that turn and plastic plastic with the
6980s	coin and fiendish circle gonna have to
6983s	hold off because he can just see his
6985s	whole the whole all the imps would just
6986s	get farmed anyway normally a very strong
6988s	option for this Warlock deck to be able
6990s	to coin out those imps and take control
6992s	it's just going downhill now he does
6995s	have fiendish Circle and grimoire but
6997s	that still puts him you know no I
7000s	wouldn't say behind but doesn't put him
7002s	ahead
7003s	I think behind is a very fair assessment
7006s	of the situation he finds himself in uh
7008s	on the board at least obviously these
7011s	drawers are gonna have to hit here for
7012s	hobbykaru that's fine that's absolutely
7016s	fine clears the board pushes another
7018s	seven to face limiting the live Taps
7020s	from the opponent making life just a
7022s	little bit difficult but he is going to
7024s	need some gas off the top over the next
7026s	couple of turns or just even the armor
7029s	from dreadlich tamzin might be able to
7031s	uh drag plastic back into the equation
7032s	at this point yeah let's see what Habu
7035s	draws but I do think this is suddenly a
7037s	race uh you know to kill him in turn
7039s	five oh
7042s	goodness there's plastic with the thumbs
7044s	up while playing what a draw
7050s	absolutely revolting in the prediction
7053s	as well
7055s	pushing extra damage with that Naga even
7057s	if it's just one but now we're looking
7059s	at chaos strike fell barrage and like I
7061s	said plastic has to get to turn six
7064s	safely and they simply cannot and in the
7066s	blink of an eye and a double thumbs up
7068s	from haboo that's gonna be two games to
7071s	zero Soul oh is haboo just a genius
7075s	sometimes you just you roll out of bed
7078s	in the morning you play some Hearthstone
7080s	and you're just harbugabu and in habu's
7082s	perspective you don't even have far to
7084s	go look out like he barely has to travel
7086s	after rolling out of bed
7088s	and then playing some Hearthstone
7091s	absolutely ridiculous I said he was
7095s	gonna need some heat off the top there
7097s	aren't so much dead drawers in a
7101s	outright aggro deck like this it's kind
7102s	of finely tuned for most cards that you
7104s	draw to be useful because that's how
7106s	Acro decks work you're sometimes quite
7108s	limited on card draw as you see you
7110s	spend your hand you have mechanics that
7112s	reduce the size of your hand overall so
7114s	you do tune your deck and its way where
7115s	most drawers off the top are useful but
7118s	there are a lot of cards in the deck
7119s	that weren't useful in that specific
7121s	situation any minion that's just stats
7123s	on the board I think would start to get
7126s	over contested and dealt with by plastic
7127s	he needed to draw damage specifically or
7131s	just an enormous amount of resources in
7133s	one term which then gives him all the
7135s	damage that he needed which is exactly
7136s	what happened in that situation this
7139s	could not be going better for harbugabu
7143s	at this point this is the absolute dream
7145s	start so far for the player of course in
7148s	this tournament who is already qualified
7150s	for the world championship this isn't
7153s	even necessary Harper's just flexing on
7156s	fools at this point
7157s	yeah and that does add to the confidence
7160s	we were talking about earlier Habu would
7163s	have probably done something like this
7164s	anyway even if he was fighting for a
7166s	world spot but the fact that he's
7168s	already got it locked up like this is
7170s	just a joy for him he is now going to be
7172s	going on a you know Tempo slash Draco
7174s	Rogue uh this isn't the one with like
7176s	all the crazy coins and everything this
7179s	is uh close enough to like the previous
7182s	metas one like pre uh mini set right uh
7185s	the one that we a lot of players were
7186s	jumping into just right at the end there
7188s	and he just said you know what this is
7190s	good enough and he's going to be lining
7192s	up against this uh Rogue from plastic
7194s	which once again is of course that
7196s	jackpot and again so I just asked the
7198s	question yeah yes the secrets are good
7200s	and plastic actually has null and
7203s	secrets available or at least a secret
7204s	available for now but
7207s	if happy just makes a board or you know
7209s	the the big push in one way or another
7212s	it's not that great ways to answer it
7214s	honestly so plastic has to just find
7218s	something that will actually uh stop
7220s	haboo getting away with this
7222s	okay plastic has picked up visually a
7226s	little bit here but I I feel like
7228s	plastic has gone through like the last
7230s	four years of my life just in terms in a
7234s	few camera Cuts back and forth to us and
7236s	back to here he started off he was
7238s	youthful he was optimistic he was
7240s	excited about the future and then fast
7242s	forward four years your jaded miserable
7245s	which is honestly it's been a tough few
7250s	minutes really because that's all we can
7252s	describe the period of time that's
7254s	passed as for plastic at this point but
7256s	yeah he is still capable of winning this
7259s	series and even if this series was
7261s	continue to will continue to be
7263s	completely cursed for him he can still
7266s	get a spot out worlds due to the format
7268s	of the tournament this will not be over
7270s	here by any regard no matter what the
7273s	outcome yeah the winner does go on to
7275s	play xiaobai and the loser goes on to
7277s	play fury hunter in the elimination
7279s	match so uh we're gonna be going through
7281s	all the group a and Group B today so
7282s	make sure to stay tuned throughout the
7284s	day to see all the results but for now
7286s	really is on plastic to try and fight
7288s	back get something done one of the your
7292s	very powerful things that you can get is
7295s	actually when you get to discover and
7297s	activate a secret from a different class
7298s	like objection for me seems to be by far
7301s	the most powerful one to get because you
7304s	just say no to a minion
7306s	um or set that up on the turn you're
7308s	playing on actually going wide on board
7310s	anyway so
7312s	I saw the reaction from Habu and I knew
7316s	it had to be good I was assuming zero
7318s	Mana spell I just guessed the wrong one
7320s	preparation ending up being the draw
7322s	that comes out here for Habu this is
7326s	again a revolting looking hand
7330s	and this is
7332s	pretty filthy like Abu can do whatever
7335s	he wants he's going to pop the library
7336s	early of course so he can bone Spike and
7340s	gets to play Air
7342s	pretty much all the cards in his hand
7346s	can I interest you Raven in playable
7348s	cards you know what so you can always
7351s	interest me in playable cards they're my
7352s	favorite kind of cards and even though
7355s	it's only a essay only a seven damage
7358s	Weapon It's the pressure on board there
7361s	is the snake there for plastic and I
7363s	believe that is their Oasis right Oasis
7365s	so
7369s	something he does get to kill off the
7371s	Draco with the snake
7373s	but
7374s	cool that's about it yeah that's what I
7378s	mean I mean honestly real talk is just
7382s	start with jackpot and see what you're
7383s	offered because I feel like that's what
7384s	plastic will need yeah I mean
7387s	attacking that from the other side is
7390s	where's your manner going otherwise if
7393s	you don't end up doing that this turn uh
7396s	you may just feel pressured into using
7397s	the null here instead which is a think
7399s	what's going to happen so you can drop
7401s	the dagger and take care of a little bit
7402s	more of the board
7403s	fully respect this as well and Habu now
7407s	really in a very similar position to
7409s	where we saw him in the previous game
7411s	he's miles ahead but he just needs a
7414s	little bit of gas to get himself over
7416s	the line here
7418s	oh no he's got a choice of three
7429s	kind of interesting right like I'm not
7431s	sure what his numbers are on shroud to
7433s	get Van Cleef
7435s	stenographers one no and the Edwin I
7438s	think are remains yeah okay
7443s	the Forgotten minion always yeah the
7446s	minion that's you know no one really
7447s	wants there but you have to invite them
7450s	sounds like you are speaking from
7452s	experience for Evan
7453s	yep
7456s	oh that's so disarming you should have
7459s	tried that years ago like sounding
7461s	genuinely upset about things that I say
7463s	to you
7464s	I didn't think it would last long though
7466s	that's the problem it won't no I'll feel
7468s	sorry for you one turn one haboo gabu
7471s	game of hearthstone later yeah
7476s	[Music]
7481s	you can't always trust
7485s	here is this to be just looking at prep
7488s	Polly here if something big comes out as
7490s	a potential answer and still having
7491s	Sprint available if plastic needs it
7493s	next to it
7497s	could end up just being for the Sprint
7500s	itself as well right just recognizing
7502s	that he needs to draw options and draw
7504s	them cheaply so that him still has Mana
7506s	to spend but yeah I think the fear of
7508s	the board is coming down on the other
7510s	side will dictate that uh a polymorph
7513s	will be required here but it's still
7514s	just not necessarily going to be good
7516s	enough right chunk of damage left on the
7519s	board yeah that's the problem right prep
7521s	Mass polymorph
7523s	killed two of them there's still two
7526s	very dangerous looking sheep on that
7528s	board and uh plastic cannot ignore it at
7531s	all but this is the problem right what's
7533s	the draw even looking for at this point
7535s	there is now stranger so we could
7537s	actually get hold of an ice barrier
7539s	which would help out a lot
7546s	where you followed
7549s	it's the shadow step if he oh okay gets
7551s	the barrier
7553s	it actually shadow step and still go for
7555s	a paladin Secret
7557s	oh
7561s	I mean it's defensive yes it can prevent
7564s	some damage it might stop lethal this
7566s	term but it's not addressing the board
7568s	state is it that's the real problem
7571s	I think for this turn there's nothing
7573s	else left to do right the other options
7575s	to use with this hand don't really exist
7577s	then Revenge not really the one you were
7580s	looking for but okay
7585s	I would imagine now habu's got a
7587s	reasonable or at least a rough idea of
7589s	what these secrets are
7592s	oh plastic I'm so sorry this is not how
7597s	anyone wanted it to go I'm sure least of
7600s	all you but that is gonna be a
7603s	disgusting a rapid a blink and you will
7608s	miss it three zero and my heart goes out
7612s	honestly like I was already a habugabu
7615s	fan going into this but I think it's
7617s	impossible after seeing that from
7618s	plastic like basically a zero agency
7621s	loss in that situation right like very
7624s	little that you can do about that I now
7626s	find myself being a plastic fan as well
7629s	like every man city fan in the country I
7631s	am now a plastic fan
7633s	um so I really really hope and look
7637s	forward to seeing the Redemption Arc
7640s	begin now for plastic As We progress
7641s	through this tournament yeah and I think
7643s	the big deal here at least for
7645s	specifically plastic from maybe even a a
7648s	mental point but uh he must really hope
7650s	habit wins his next match right because
7653s	he does win right you just would not
7656s	want to play that match again uh really
7659s	impressive performance from haboo and of
7662s	course you know his decks did him some
7664s	favors in that series but also
7667s	he was looking good regardless right
7669s	like that as you said the lineup did its
7672s	job
7673s	um to an extreme level of course but yes
7676s	you can see why Habu brought what he
7677s	brought even without the I guess sort of
7680s	you know
7681s	fortunate draws at certain points in the
7684s	game well that that's what the deck does
7686s	like we talk about the Demon Hunter is
7687s	well yeah he drew probably the best card
7690s	he could have drawn but any of the draws
7692s	in his deck would have progressed his
7694s	plan right would have dealt damage in
7696s	that matchup would have pressured and
7697s	then guess what his next draw would have
7699s	probably dealt damage and put some
7700s	pressure on so a really heads up play
7702s	there from Abu gabu again unfortunate
7704s	for plastic but what a series song
7706s	blinkable yeah and I do think that is an
7709s	important point to look at because when
7710s	you said he'll be hoping he doesn't have
7713s	to play Habu gabu again I thought like
7715s	personal mentality I would almost quite
7717s	like to play Habu again because I feel
7719s	like if you got that Revenge got over
7721s	that hump and then progressed through
7722s	the tournament mentally that sets you up
7725s	the best right to have slain that demon
7727s	immediately the problem is yes that is
7730s	you know a top one percent outcome for
7733s	habugabu overall but just lineup wise in
7736s	a vacuum I don't think you want to face
7739s	that match up again if you're if you're
7741s	plastic in general
7743s	um so yes that was bad luck but you do
7745s	also have to focus on the deck building
7747s	from Harbor you do literally have to
7749s	it's impossible to ignore he'll tell you
7752s	about it if nothing else you know like
7753s	he'll he'll get you there
7755s	um so I think you know fantastic
7757s	performance from Pablo but once again
7758s	commiserations that's not how anyone
7760s	wants to see this tournament go for one
7762s	of the players that very much deserves
7763s	to be here so being fingers crossed for
7765s	plastic going forward yeah of course
7767s	plastic not out he'll face Fury hunter
7770s	in the lower bracket match but we're
7772s	gonna go to a quick break just like that
7773s	was a whole series and you might have
7775s	missed it uh but we are gonna go to a
7777s	break while we set up the next match
7779s	don't go anywhere we'll be right back
7792s	thank you
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8397s	hello everybody and welcome back to the
8400s	fall Championship my name is TJ I'm
8402s	joined by Neil AKA Lorinda AKA Bond and
8405s	we have the pleasure of bringing you the
8407s	winners match for group a which is going
8409s	to be a shout by versus Habu gabu who um
8414s	if you want like 20 minutes Neil yeah
8417s	absolutely ridiculous I I have um both
8419s	sort of the match in progress and the
8421s	the feed the slightly delayed feed on
8423s	the delay feed was still going when Abu
8425s	government won this so
8427s	um yeah spoilers to those of you who are
8429s	in the future of to what would happen in
8431s	the past or something yeah absolutely
8433s	flew through with that Warrior deck
8436s	um once again Habu just being tempted to
8440s	bring the the deck that nobody else
8442s	would bring and this time so far going
8444s	really well with it
8445s	yeah
8447s	um it's uh uh pretty impressive and
8451s	um the one thing that I want I do want
8453s	to know I don't want to note this
8454s	because
8456s	like I was
8458s	I was going to talk about like habugabu
8460s	and how he's had a heck of a year but he
8464s	just won
8465s	like the intro to the previous match
8467s	where saddle and Raven talked about this
8469s	was like literally 25 minutes ago and
8471s	then no one listens to them so do it
8474s	again
8474s	I don't want to though it was too recent
8477s	just know this he's had a heck of a
8480s	Hearthstone he has had a year put it
8482s	that way
8483s	an absolute Hearthstone yeah whereas
8487s	xiaobai coming off uh a barn burner
8490s	against Fury Hunter to start things off
8494s	um and was barely able to take the win
8497s	uh in that warlock matchup so we're
8499s	gonna see if he's going to be able to
8500s	stand up to what's a little bit more of
8502s	an aggressive lineup from habugabu and
8505s	xiaobai going to be opening with the
8508s	temple Rogue yep shot by um we are yeah
8511s	we understand he's a confidence player
8513s	plays a lot better when things are going
8515s	his way and the spotting that lethal in
8518s	the first match will definitely have
8519s	done a lot for his confidence and of
8522s	course playing the whole group in the
8523s	day will also help that if you're in a
8525s	good mood you're playing a whole group
8526s	in the day I think last time around we
8528s	had a cut off sort of halfway through
8529s	the day and they played it again one of
8530s	the groups two days later or something
8532s	and today you just get it all done nice
8534s	and clean and shall bye he's going to
8538s	stand up to it is my point whether his
8540s	lineup can stand up to it I think Habu
8541s	is very happy with the lineup he has
8543s	brought different matter but shabbai is
8545s	definitely showing that he personally is
8548s	going to stand up very well today
8550s	yeah and you start the bands on your
8552s	screen are pretty expected right uh the
8555s	pre-spanned away from habukabu and the
8557s	Mage being away from ciao by the Mage
8561s	does seem like the deck that it's just
8563s	the hardest to kill with anything that
8566s	relies on board right yeah or even you
8570s	know just combo-centric stuff because
8572s	they have so many ways to disrupt to
8575s	free sports to gain life so makes sense
8578s	to get that out of the way so we're
8579s	gonna see the Rogue first the aggro
8581s	Demon Hunter yeah start things off
8583s	bibliomite MVP I'm ashamed that it's not
8588s	in the key cards
8589s	I mean it should have been but there was
8592s	there were things happening
8594s	cards up here these are some pretty good
8597s	key cards
8598s	um especially the sightless magistry uh
8602s	it you know it's a it's a medical card
8604s	right
8605s	um if you're playing against these uh
8607s	kind of slow more control oriented decks
8611s	that this magistrate is just absolutely
8613s	nuts it's a good body for uh for a a
8616s	great effect against other Decks that
8619s	tend to hold cards in their hand and
8622s	also has Synergy with bibliomite as you
8624s	can see there in those key cards because
8627s	again dispose of evidence that you get
8630s	rid of yeah so you know we were close I
8632s	don't know whether to go with Miss click
8633s	tired or stupid as my excuse but it's
8635s	one of those three things as to why
8637s	these key cards just make no sense I
8639s	mean metamorphin is pretty important
8642s	right
8645s	um because sometimes it's only a want to
8647s	sometimes it's three four so I feel like
8649s	that's a big deal something that we
8651s	can't ignore mine uh
8654s	you've always had my back I appreciate
8656s	it yeah that you're you're welcome all
8658s	right Shabbat does have the Shroud in
8660s	the opening hand good Trader bones bike
8662s	also good null probably good also uh
8665s	maybe a tradable to look for just to
8668s	have a turn one play but other than that
8671s	I'm happy uh against the tempo deck
8673s	especially serrated bone Spike shroud is
8675s	almost always a keep null depending on
8678s	whether you keep shot or not but it
8680s	would guarantee that with the Shroud you
8683s	could play the Knoll for Tempo looks
8684s	like a three keep from my perspective
8686s	yeah the nose gonna be annoying into the
8689s	biblio mighty did that come up because
8690s	obviously it doesn't really do anything
8693s	um which goes back to a point I made it
8696s	earlier in the day about the submission
8698s	for these this tournament normally these
8700s	16 player tournaments they have a day or
8702s	two to look over their opponents oh here
8704s	he comes all the time it's unkillable
8707s	know that
8709s	um but today Shelby may not even had a
8712s	chance to ever test this matchup like
8714s	they learned their matchups 30 minutes
8716s	or an hour before the tournament started
8718s	and I mean lots of people have tested
8721s	against Relic Demon Hunter I don't know
8722s	how many would have tested it's pure
8723s	aggro though what do you think well
8725s	purely for making out of the group
8727s	standpoint they call that Abu garbage it
8729s	was actually incredible right knowing
8731s	that you know dexa mission is so close
8733s	to actual play time knowing that your
8734s	opponents can't really test against what
8736s	you're going to bring bring something
8738s	that you know you're you're specifically
8740s	targeting uh a certain kind of lineup
8743s	that's also goes against the grain a
8745s	little bit right it's a good call you
8748s	know once we move into Sunday if Abu
8750s	gabu does make it out of this group it's
8752s	going to be a little bit of a different
8753s	story because uh players will have a
8754s	chance to uh test against the lineup and
8757s	and see it in action uh but for now
8762s	yeah feels five
8764s	just just trusting himself which is the
8767s	thing if you have a gabby it's a bit
8769s	easier to do but it's the thing that he
8771s	does best I think is just go okay well I
8773s	think this is the answer therefore this
8775s	is the answer therefore I'm just going
8776s	to do it and he's done that time and
8778s	time again
8780s	oh my gosh
8784s	do I need this multi-strike for anything
8786s	or can I just wedge it into the face
8788s	that's like multi-strike in uh in Glebe
8791s	I guess you've got multi-sec strike
8795s	it's just wait yeah there we go
8798s	this is the no I don't know I want to
8801s	say it's the right way to do it right
8802s	because you sacrificed one damage to
8804s	base to hold on to an extra charger
8805s	versus labor it's not that big of a deal
8807s	because you're gonna get that one deal
8808s	shall I already down to 15. he's role
8812s	play when he takes damage in the game
8814s	he's taking the damage in real life like
8816s	he's he's feasibly moving backwards
8819s	every time he gets hit for these fives
8821s	literally can't kill the biblio Knight
8823s	it's dealt 10 points of damage it's
8827s	going to deal 15.
8830s	points of damage
8832s	ah
8835s	yeah
8837s	I can't I can't even count that high
8839s	that's how much damage this is shaking
8841s	it's a lot of numbers TJ I don't know
8842s	how many numbers there are between 1 and
8844s	15 but there are a lot of them at this
8846s	point like okay finds the backstab
8850s	so that's good however a lot of
8853s	resources expended that's going to be
8855s	resources that could have been a Draka
8856s	and Rogue someone really have a way to
8858s	defend themselves their way to defend
8859s	themselves is to be more aggressive
8861s	right is to outrace their opponents to
8863s	get those big weapons those big ghosts
8865s	and the burn
8867s	throw it at the face faster than their
8869s	opponent can throw stuff at their face
8871s	yeah it's a little bit scary yeah
8874s	stuff's just getting thrown right at the
8876s	face here from all directions by Hobby
8879s	yeah not the best curve for this
8881s	particular turn of Hearthstone
8885s	dude I just like in this face I
8887s	don't think there's any reason to kill
8888s	off Astra got magnifying glaive plus
8891s	dispose of evidence and hand for a nice
8893s	little chunky six uh going through the
8896s	next turn seems pretty good why does
8898s	this game look so stupidly easy wait
8902s	we got a step step Knoll that's going to
8905s	be pushing three Sinister strike's gonna
8906s	be another three Draco rep weapon as
8908s	well
8909s	will xiaobai win the race
8912s	I mean he's in the race now that there
8914s	is a race
8916s	yep that's another five so we got 14 17
8920s	on board slash hand
8923s	what
8928s	has that even happened
8931s	this is lethal represented for xiaobai
8935s	oh my what a turnaround you said that's
8938s	how they defend themselves
8941s	oh hero powered oh no hero power
8945s	Powers you can predation though
8947s	oh yep predation that'll be 11 14 points
8951s	of damage
8954s	I mean xiaobai needs three ah from the
8958s	board you gotta kill something yep
8959s	there's gonna be the predation
8961s	whether or not shot by can find two
8964s	points of damage two damage any damage
8967s	and how about he's actually annoyed at
8969s	himself for making that decision not
8970s	annoyed but he's like yeah I had to do
8972s	it just in case he doesn't really think
8974s	his opponent's got this into strike
8976s	um he was like shaking his head because
8977s	he wanted to put shadowby down to one
8979s	just to be sure but yeah this is fine
8983s	yeah
8984s	EG I'll buy it's gonna say
8988s	this is what I got
8993s	it and that'll do it
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8996s	knows that just the weapon is enough and
8998s	uh that was actually surprisingly uh
9001s	Surprise close at least on how that
9003s	early game went Biblia might dealt 15
9006s	damage and uh that was a turned out to
9010s	be a pretty big deal
9012s	yeah I mean when a minion just comes
9014s	down and just starts smacking you for
9016s	five and you can't deal with it I'll say
9017s	it's a big deal
9018s	let's see what the power of your
9019s	opponent's damage that's a really big
9022s	deal TJ that's pretty big actually this
9024s	is correct it's a pretty big deal
9026s	because this is day one very early in
9028s	the day and if you set the bar too high
9030s	and then a bigger deal comes along we
9033s	will run out of ways to describe the
9034s	deal so yeah it's a pretty big deal yeah
9037s	it's a pretty big yeah this has happened
9038s	on Sunday yeah
9039s	but the deal yeah we want a temper
9042s	expectations here right because we know
9045s	that there's huge deals in the works for
9048s	these players so this is just game one
9050s	also even just in this series there's
9053s	more deals to be had so
9055s	uh abugabu picks up a woman with the
9057s	aggro Demon Hunter
9058s	who's going to be next it could be the
9060s	enraged Warrior
9062s	on Deck it's kind of difficult to play
9064s	honestly
9065s	um
9066s	I mean draw the cards that say damage on
9070s	them
9071s	and and hope that's most of them in the
9073s	right order it's most of the cards in
9075s	the deck to be honest it is actually
9076s	yeah it's just play card draw card and
9079s	when a good player does that and when
9080s	you get the right draw it looks really
9081s	easy just like hit you play a card draw
9083s	a card hit you when it goes the other
9085s	way though I don't know if it even has a
9087s	plan B I think that might be why it's
9088s	hard to play I think sometimes it just
9090s	doesn't do the thing
9093s	and it feels like it's hard to play but
9095s	actually it isn't hard to play it's just
9097s	not playable
9101s	first he's going with the Rogue a more
9104s	normal looking rogue deck you could not
9106s	hope to see
9110s	18 I have 30 cards in the deck
9113s	rival God will have the word damage on
9115s	them in the original Warrior it's over
9116s	half the deck literally say damage on
9119s	the card that's just filtered by damage
9122s	okay accounted you counted it of course
9125s	you did that's why you were quiet for 30
9127s	seconds just let me waffle away while
9129s	you're doing the hard yards behind the
9131s	behind the scenes I counted them but
9133s	we're not going to see it yet hang on
9135s	you said you could encounter 15 minute
9137s	ago now you're counting to 18. what's
9138s	going on yeah so that should uh tell you
9140s	that you shouldn't trust my math
9142s	I definitely shouldn't trust something
9144s	all right we've got the graveyard we've
9147s	got the Drucker
9149s	here we go
9153s	probably not the Scribbler sharks
9157s	that's what I'm surprised by so far at
9158s	least in the groups I've looked at I
9160s	haven't seen a Sharky Rogue
9162s	um this has been well it's been played
9165s	on a Europe server
9167s	yes
9168s	Lindsay does make a difference when
9170s	you're playing shark world if you're
9171s	playing on a server that's not your Home
9172s	Server that makes sense for the players
9174s	that aren't playing on Europe okay
9175s	that's fair you got to make actions
9180s	yeah a lot of actions
9182s	foreign
9186s	shroud uses the coin for this so we're
9188s	gonna uh but this matchup's like about
9190s	going faster it's about getting one step
9192s	ahead
9193s	of your opponent
9195s	you want to get the damage in before
9196s	they get the damage in you want to force
9198s	them to react to you in certain
9200s	circumstances right sometimes you
9202s	forcing your opponent to react to you
9204s	gives them targets for like
9207s	um spells that they otherwise wouldn't
9208s	be able to use that beef up their
9210s	graveyards in their they're Draka no
9213s	it's a fine line you know
9215s	on a very very small deal fine line a
9218s	small deal we're going to be measuring
9220s	the deals as we go
9223s	nobody's got the best deals anywhere yet
9225s	though that's what I want to see
9231s	oh another
9232s	so much stuff
9239s	time to fight back Harrow which is of
9242s	course what Rogue does
9244s	uh but it's like
9248s	a great of a fight back you know
9252s	a small fight back for now he's setting
9255s	up the big Shadow step fight back yeah
9258s	but
9260s	tooth has to get something like good and
9262s	cheap oh snap freeze
9266s	oh immortalizing Stone nah it's too too
9268s	expensive is it very very cool card
9270s	though because it does well against what
9273s	Rogue wants to do himself
9276s	right because it yeah it has large
9279s	singular sources of damage
9282s	a bunch of medium-sized deals going on
9285s	medium-sized deals all right I haven't
9288s	been ready to go next turn with the um
9289s	Edwin Shadow step potential bye
9294s	I feel like is it gone fishing away from
9297s	having a good turn this turn
9303s	let's have a gone fishing that's what I
9305s	mean yeah that's a good gun fishing away
9307s	if he gets a good gun fishing
9310s	this is a turn but he might just choose
9312s	to wait
9316s	I'll tell you
9319s	yeah the waiting turns aren't great here
9322s	right
9323s	like play your teardrop Player gone
9325s	fishing see what happens
9330s	kind of feel you want to draw that card
9331s	that extra card right now though one way
9333s	or another just to
9335s	find your second thing to do alongside
9337s	your tracker because a whole bunch of
9339s	preps and back stabs just to make one
9340s	big truck who isn't getting there yeah
9343s	ship it yeah graveyard nope
9347s	yep no
9351s	yeah but it's probably still step
9357s	oh Dominion yeah this is the term I had
9359s	in mind I didn't trust myself but this
9362s	is the time I had in mind
9365s	oh
9367s	okay and then you hold the Knoll
9375s	oof
9380s	wow
9381s	how are you going to set up here
9385s	and chill now depending on what this
9388s	Edwin draws
9391s	bless you
9395s	I know all the steps all right he's good
9398s	to go next turn most likely
9404s	to just block damage
9407s	yeah right that everyone's got to be big
9409s	though but a lot of like the expensive
9411s	cards have already been drawn like all
9413s	the the one cost perhaps
9416s	I didn't want that please get anywhere
9419s	I'm sorry get this out of here but this
9422s	is straight up damage right this is
9423s	gonna be the whole hand expended yeah uh
9426s	what 10 damage pushed with an old this
9428s	turn plus however much the weapon is was
9430s	gonna be five and uh
9433s	yes
9439s	oh yeah because he's yeah
9442s	I don't even know where the seventh one
9444s	came from but whatever got three damage
9446s	though that had been stopped last time
9447s	with the threes could come in handy here
9449s	oh yeah the weapons on seven he's gonna
9452s	have a turn
9455s	it's unlikely to matter these minions
9458s	can do it from hand actually
9461s	ah you're making this end one as big as
9464s	possible
9465s	yep
9468s	um sonographer would not be cheap enough
9471s	right
9473s	that's uh one two three null would be
9477s	four I think so I'm very bad at counting
9481s	up to five but I think you're right oh
9483s	prep
9484s	okay keep going
9486s	keep going fishing
9488s	unless you want to stab
9493s	yeah just keep him going gotta win next
9496s	turn if there is a next turn and time's
9499s	a ticking
9500s	oh yeah there's the sonographer and then
9503s	boom giant minion all right ciao by
9505s	needs to draw damage when this game is
9506s	over yep and it's down to that freeze
9509s	that haboo made
9510s	the random looking I may have saved that
9513s	to keep the one drop in my hands
9516s	oh God the suspense
9518s	it's not yet so again God the suspense
9521s	oh no it's a shadow step oh disaster
9526s	that's two games in a row
9530s	oh
9531s	[Music]
9534s	that was nutty
9537s	I'm not surprised what was that game
9539s	[Music]
9542s	I mean that was like the difference in
9543s	both players hands right like xiaobai
9546s	had
9547s	the I go all in madraka hand and
9549s	habogabo had the weight and make a giant
9551s	Edwin hand
9553s	um
9554s	that's a bummer for Shout by but still a
9558s	chance in this series maybe I'm
9560s	incorrected in my evaluation here but I
9562s	do feel like the enraged Warrior is
9564s	probably the easiest deck to sweep in
9566s	the lineup I agree yeah it doesn't have
9569s	quite as as a high of a Hyrule potential
9572s	as the Demon Hunter or the Rogue
9575s	um and there's a little bit more room
9577s	for air
9579s	but yeah there's a reason it's not in
9581s	every lineup right
9583s	yeah
9585s	so we'll probably see that at some point
9588s	but he's only gonna get that one win
9590s	with it and what happens like subtle
9592s	talks about you know your habogaboo you
9593s	wake out of bed and sometimes you roll
9595s	out of bed you play some Hearthstone
9597s	that's what he's doing what happens when
9599s	you've Abu Gabby with everybody in an
9601s	hour and you've got a whole day to fill
9603s	do you watch the rest of the Hearthstone
9604s	do you roll back into bed what do you do
9606s	watch the rest of the Hearthstone then
9608s	you roll back into bed maybe you queue
9610s	up a couple other games you know play
9611s	something that's not in your lineup just
9613s	to keep your mind refreshed
9615s	foreign
9618s	because his lineup is not normal decks
9621s	he could just queue up you know some
9623s	good old-fashioned curse wall up play
9625s	that for seven or eight hours yeah you
9628s	just walk around and just
9630s	down the street
9632s	yeah sign a few autographs
9634s	yep
9636s	because he's a he's a medium he's a he's
9638s	a pretty big deal in his street
9640s	maybe get a sandwich
9643s	[Music]
9644s	sort of sandwiches what would you eat if
9646s	you were happy
9648s	I don't know probably a hoagie
9650s	[Music]
9652s	it's another name for a sandwich okay
9654s	they went back Googling americanism
9658s	not that I don't know them all of course
9659s	myself being obviously a fellow American
9661s	wants a sandwich that's made with like a
9663s	raw
9665s	oh like a batch
9667s	[Music]
9672s	the exact definition of the whole years
9674s	a bread roll sandwich
9676s	bread roll sandwich okay piled high with
9679s	deli meats cheese fixing oh yeah okay
9683s	that's not a batch that's uh usually at
9686s	least six inches long usually not always
9689s	you could have a mini hoagie
9692s	mm-hmm
9694s	they're delicious
9695s	as are most sandwiches
9699s	nrhage Warrior TJ
9701s	car derailing our cast as always I don't
9704s	know I can't bring him anywhere
9707s	never mind all right here's to derail
9709s	the cast to be honest
9711s	all three of those cards in the key card
9714s	have the word damage in them somewhere
9716s	as do yeah 15 other counts or Sohan boys
9720s	single dabs cool Taskmaster craze wrench
9722s	anime extractor crooked cook injured
9725s	tolbeer
9726s	imbued ax
9729s	all have the word damage to them uh old
9732s	girl has damage in it rolling combatant
9734s	has the word damage in it in
9737s	inevitability
9740s	and most of these like own goals do you
9742s	see all these cards have the word damage
9744s	written on them
9748s	up shall buys cards had it
9751s	yeah
9753s	that's that's not how it works
9757s	the Synergy of all the damagings that
9759s	makes it worth it
9761s	this car doesn't have the word damage on
9764s	it and he throws it out there on turn
9765s	one so that's my entire
9768s	um plan for this cast out of the window
9770s	ruined
9773s	don't know where to go now
9777s	oh yeah
9781s	yeah cool Taskmaster in 2022
9784s	actually that's the thing about this one
9786s	though
9790s	yeah I think it's still cruelty oh wow
9794s	just to have a more resilient minion on
9798s	the board
9800s	um
9801s	honestly if shabby doesn't have just a
9805s	straight up minion
9807s	imp
9809s	yeah the uh trogs could still be more
9813s	difficult to clear right right because
9816s	the a lot of the amps are some from
9817s	spells whether it's Phoenix Circle
9818s	Wicked shipment
9820s	also these live their next turn that's
9823s	just card tools begin
9828s	and how about we made that wreath
9830s	because flame imp theoretically could
9833s	have been a better play on turn one to
9835s	just play into that trog they need to
9838s	come off the top because librarian
9839s	obviously would have been uh traded over
9841s	with uh one of the other Minions on
9843s	board ruined
9844s	but now xiaobai is just going in
9848s	it's like what I'm the one drop deck how
9850s	can you have all this stuff
9853s	yeah this is gonna be awkward
9855s	not impossible but definitely awkward
9861s	but the pew pew some things from around
9863s	here
9870s	oh yeah draw a card okay
9879s	I love how Smoky he looks every time he
9881s	does anything it's like yeah I drew a
9883s	card
9884s	you didn't know that car did that
9886s	all right looking for a whirling
9888s	combatant here would be ideal uh for Abu
9892s	gabu
9893s	that's assuming that shot by value
9895s	trades but he's gonna think about this
9896s	because Willy combatin would be a pretty
9898s	big
9900s	uh swing here
9902s	um
9904s	if it did come out because then uh the
9907s	Battle Cry would take out the two
9909s	minions and then you wouldn't have a
9912s	good way to get rid of like the frenzy
9913s	and your other two minions would be in
9914s	one Health as well
9916s	so because of that it's
9920s	oh 30 card deck oh man
9923s	yeah people can actually draw the cards
9925s	they want but they don't have any health
9926s	it's weird so weird they introduced this
9929s	mechanic where you only have 30 cards
9931s	and 30 houses such a interesting change
9933s	in recent times
9936s	the game's so much faster than those the
9939s	original 40 card version of the game
9941s	yeah yeah
9944s	so much faster
9950s	risky risky let's see
9954s	no that's not it
9959s	so it's got to be just like what weapons
9961s	Expert Plus
9963s	side kick I guess yeah
9968s	all right like normally I'll be saying
9970s	that's the problem with this sort of
9971s	deck that's when it doesn't work it
9972s	doesn't work or this specific deck but
9975s	there's not a whole lot going on the
9976s	other side of the board at the moment so
9977s	he's okay for a bit
9979s	oh no
9983s	slow turn here yeah
9989s	but a lot of damage being pushed and
9992s	double Abyssal wave in hand so the
9993s	curses have a chance to kind of ramp up
9995s	here
9998s	but this will be an opportunity for Abu
9999s	Gaba to dig back the board which is uh
10001s	the bigger of deals yeah I mean he
10004s	doesn't know how good an opportunity it
10006s	is but obviously he's going to populate
10008s	the board as big as he can anyway so it
10010s	doesn't matter that he doesn't know
10020s	these are the sort of turns where I
10022s	struggle with this deck you're saying
10023s	it's a hard deck playing I'll sort of
10024s	jokingly saying no it's not but yeah
10025s	these terms are tough
10027s	it's probably just a
10030s	um uh craze wretch location is that
10034s	trade in budax
10038s	the hard part is knowing which words to
10040s	ignore
10041s	that makes any sense like do I want to
10043s	give my minions my hand plus one Health
10045s	yes but do I have the time not so sure
10047s	and so on and you have to ignore the
10049s	text of one of your cards to play
10051s	optimally with this day which is kind of
10052s	weird
10057s	oh actually it's just going for great at
10061s	Palance board yeah see I would have
10063s	messed that turned up however this is
10065s	scary because a fiendish circle kills
10067s	you
10068s	yeah
10070s	but you lose that anyway
10073s	but yeah you're right obviously it's
10074s	terrifying
10076s	yeah but I mean this is still gonna be
10078s	very difficult for Harbor Goblin to uh
10082s	uh to come out on top of this is curse
10085s	and then we have a three three and a
10088s	four in hand for the Abyssal wave so
10092s	yeah you can't really get weave in
10094s	either
10095s	no ah he can weave foreign
10099s	double trade into this librarian arm
10102s	armor up and then uh viewed
10106s	oh okay
10110s	he's leaving
10114s	playing around the Abyssal wave because
10115s	of the Taps no that makes sense
10120s	Auto would have put it on the Abyssal
10121s	wave anyway because it would have gotten
10123s	the ambutax on the uh
10125s	crazy Rich so
10132s	this is weird because your Abyss away
10133s	feels like it does precisely nothing
10135s	here because of the armor but yeah
10136s	you've got to Chip Away somehow
10138s	kill one minion off yeah he's taking his
10141s	time to see if there's anything better
10143s	and you damage the crazed wretch are you
10146s	worried about it too much because it's
10147s	gonna be three so I hope it has to get
10149s	rid of the curse and has to hero power
10150s	every turn yeah it's a lot of matter and
10153s	you have the cool so all right well
10156s	that's a good pickup because now you can
10158s	damage with the location swing with
10160s	index get the curse out and armor up
10162s	with an in but ax
10164s	in hand a lot of damage
10167s	it is
10170s	it is
10173s	oh are we really gonna be my one again
10175s	that's four damage
10178s	oh we're really in this spot again oh my
10180s	gosh
10181s	is this just a series with one Health
10184s	would have made all the difference in
10185s	every game oh my goodness
10189s	Subway's like really
10191s	you're kidding me
10194s	oh this is a four damage curse so could
10196s	go for this is a cool nope can't
10199s	and you can't see that to exactly 12
10201s	which is obviously also a Bissell wave
10204s	and hope there's no damage basically
10206s	yeah I think you're right
10208s	uh I can't believe look at these cheeky
10210s	little face
10212s	so excited he knows he's doing silly
10216s	things out there the grease wrench off
10218s	the top was just literally the perfect
10220s	draw if that book I was like wait what
10223s	he just won I won every game I want a
10227s	house mum every game by one hell that's
10230s	amazing that's amazing
10233s	what what is that yeah
10236s	is going to be going over that series
10238s	like where could I have maximize like
10240s	one damage ah I just don't think there
10243s	was a there was a spot that's crazy
10245s	uh an insane series another like Abu
10249s	gabou just won two series of hearthstone
10251s	in an hour with a 10 minute break
10254s	like that that's what just happened
10257s	303060 to make it out of the group and
10260s	move into the corner finals uh on Sunday
10262s	very impressive performance a lineup
10265s	that probably a lot of players didn't
10267s	really expect but it's working I mean
10269s	it's barely working but it's working
10272s	it's a bit greedy don't you think he's
10274s	already qualified for worlds he's just
10275s	out of here just destroying people with
10278s	his silliness
10279s	I mean that makes our Sunday more
10282s	interesting if we definitely they're the
10283s	30 qualified for worlds because we could
10286s	have a spot for worlds being decided
10287s	like
10289s	in this yeah right so uh yeah I'll get
10293s	into that later because there's I'm not
10295s	100 sure what the ruling is there we'll
10296s	check that one out
10300s	yeah
10302s	wins good
10304s	which
10305s	is about an hour ago less than that I
10308s	think
10309s	is what it's nice easy day uh a smooth
10313s	day at the office
10315s	and uh xiaobai not eliminated
10318s	um did win that first series against
10319s	Fury Hunters we'll move down to the
10320s	cider match to base off against either
10322s	fear hunter or plastic whoever comes out
10325s	on top
10326s	and uh you know it was a close Series
10328s	against Fury Anderson I know shop by
10330s	wants to go through that again uh maybe
10332s	wants a new opponent in plastic
10334s	uh it's uh but we'll we'll we'll see
10337s	we'll cross that bridge
10339s	uh when we get to it somebody needs to
10342s	do the death knocking on the door mean
10343s	with just habu's face paste on it like
10346s	just going through these lineups just
10347s	his smug smile right like
10352s	what else that's all I need
10355s	all right
10357s	um but we've already have a winner for
10358s	group a uh two and a half hours into the
10360s	broadcast uh easy peasy so
10363s	um we do have two more matches left for
10364s	group a and then we're gonna move into
10366s	Group B before the day is done and play
10368s	through that so even though these
10370s	matches happen quick we still got a lot
10372s	more Hearthstone uh to get through today
10374s	so it should be a fun one uh before we
10376s	jump into that uh lower the elimination
10379s	match we're gonna have to go to a quick
10380s	break but don't go anywhere more action
10382s	here from the fall Championship right
10383s	after this
10386s	foreign
10407s	[Music]
10412s	[Music]
10420s	[Music]
10421s	foreign
10448s	[Music]
10456s	foreign
10461s	[Music]
10475s	[Music]
10487s	[Music]
10507s	foreign
10514s	[Music]
10522s	[Music]
10531s	[Music]
10538s	[Music]
10543s	thank you
10546s	[Music]
10558s	all right
10562s	[Music]
10567s	[Applause]
10569s	thank you
10580s	welcome back everyone to the Hearthstone
10581s	Fall Championships I had to eat a much
10584s	speedier breakfast than I first
10586s	anticipated there in the other two
10588s	series that I had off with Abu gabu beam
10592s	rolling all the competition through to a
10594s	6-0 victory one I did not think you
10596s	would get for most of those last few
10598s	games there uh but just uh
10601s	I'm saying making it look easy because
10603s	it was for him like I mean I said it in
10605s	the Discord I kind of don't even think
10606s	he's good at Hearthstone anymore like he
10609s	didn't have to do anything like what was
10612s	that
10613s	I have no idea I think like the best way
10617s	to approach it is just to kind of bask
10619s	in the glory of what happened but yeah
10621s	yeah if you were trying to break it down
10623s	and make any sense of it like
10625s	yes this is again I said this before
10627s	this is a one percent outlier of the
10629s	instance that we're seeing but it is the
10631s	benefit you get from being willing to
10634s	take risks with lineups right is
10635s	sometimes you just get a lot of free
10637s	matchups you get a lot of really good
10639s	matchups if you get that read right Habu
10642s	is definitely benefiting from that but
10644s	it would be ridiculous not to suggest
10646s	that you know he also just drew the
10648s	absolute nuts for six games in a row but
10651s	we now of course have the not
10654s	insignificant matter of dealing with
10656s	Fury Hunter versus plastic plastic of
10659s	course given the I would say slightly
10662s	more intense of the two beatdowns by uh
10664s	Abu garbu in those last two series Fury
10666s	Hunter having a much closer series
10667s	against Xiao Bai earlier on but we are
10670s	now in win or go home territory and
10673s	these are two players that are hunting
10675s	for a world championship spot and it is
10677s	now the Last Chance Saloon for both of
10680s	these players as they find themselves in
10682s	the elimination bracket that's exactly
10684s	right three series is in a row needing
10687s	to be won to get to the World
10688s	Championships which as difficult as that
10691s	is against this caliber of player that
10692s	they are up against is the best shot
10694s	that a lot of these players are going to
10696s	get for probably a good long while maybe
10699s	not Fury I'm sure he'll be back uh the
10701s	next seasonal champ so as if there was
10703s	no difference uh whatsoever but to get
10705s	things going here we have the bands of
10708s	Rogue from plastic uh having been gotten
10710s	rid of and fury Hunter's priest has been
10713s	banned away uh which is a little
10715s	interesting for me because again plastic
10718s	does have Mage on his side which is a
10721s	pretty big warping in your band strategy
10724s	and priest being a deck that I thought
10726s	Mage would be pretty good against pretty
10729s	happy to face I would have expected
10730s	maybe a warlock or even a Demon Hunter
10732s	band potentially
10735s	yeah very possible indeed are looking at
10738s	Plastics lineup like there's not the the
10741s	lean that hobby gobby's lineup has for
10743s	example where cursing warlock just isn't
10746s	really a problem so you could certainly
10747s	see that being a valid ban overall
10750s	um I think the biggest tilting matchup
10752s	well the biggest tilting matchups was
10754s	the three that you had to play in his
10755s	previous series against fear Hunter but
10757s	the the match-up that he has or the deck
10759s	that he has that warps his matchups the
10761s	most is probably the fact that he's
10762s	playing jackpot Rogue over some of the
10764s	the faster more combo based variants of
10766s	road that we've seen I think that
10767s	probably has the biggest effect on his
10770s	overall Target and band strategy
10771s	compared to what we're seeing from the
10772s	other players in the group uh but he is
10774s	going to kick things off with that curse
10776s	warlock which has already kind of become
10778s	the talking point of the day both from
10781s	the initial matchup where we had that
10783s	incredibly impactful ending of the the
10786s	symmetrical curses from uh Fury and
10789s	gerbai in the opening and then of course
10791s	habu's lineup in general just being
10792s	heavily tuned to deal with the pretty
10794s	much this deck in particular I do think
10797s	this deck is going to continue to be a
10798s	big talking point throughout this
10800s	tournament quite fittingly because it's
10802s	been a big talking point since its
10804s	Inception really oh yeah it's had to
10806s	prove itself to a few people my
10809s	co-caster included along the way now
10812s	widely accepted as one of the strongest
10813s	decks in the game a lot of you know
10816s	high-level players really putting a lot
10817s	of stock in it and that is no different
10820s	in this tournament where it is very very
10822s	well represented indeed
10824s	I'm doubling back down I'm regressing
10827s	this deck sucks again I'm forgetting
10829s	everything I've learned the hard way
10838s	Fury we saw that early on in his
10841s	previous matchup as well it's not the
10844s	immediate game winner uh it can be later
10846s	on if you really juice those relics up
10848s	heavily but still just relics to beget
10851s	more relics is generally the uh the in
10853s	the order of business that you're in for
10854s	as well as that location that you're
10856s	looking for of course but on the other
10858s	side for plastique that is looking
10860s	pretty promising you would say
10863s	yeah it's a weird spot that this Demon
10866s	Hunter ends up in now because when I was
10868s	reviewing the relics the the biggest
10870s	problem I had at the time was that Demon
10872s	Hunter had basically no
10875s	catch-up mechanisms if they fell behind
10877s	or very very weak ones like the days of
10879s	moag plus fell scream blast and you know
10882s	uh immolation or whatever it is all
10883s	these very very powerful removal tools
10885s	were long gone and so if you didn't get
10887s	a head on board and stay ahead on board
10888s	you weren't necessarily going to catch
10890s	up uh players tried to solve that by
10894s	putting in the uh
10896s	uh what's the dredge uh Popple removal
10900s	spell topple the idle yes sorry in order
10902s	to clear off the board which made sense
10904s	at first I'm also in a 40 card deck uh
10907s	but now Fury Hunter kind of in a weird
10908s	spot where if your opponent's deck is
10910s	slower than yours you do incredibly
10913s	powerful stuff and you just stay ahead
10915s	on board but you really don't have much
10916s	time at all you have to stay ahead
10919s	against the likes of this imp warlock
10922s	yeah and while Derek was doing his 2022
10925s	routine of forgetting card names uh Fury
10928s	had a theory had a really interesting
10932s	decision on the other side uh off the
10934s	sigil he drew discounted scorpid and
10937s	Relic Vault and I think you saw his
10939s	reaction on the camera of just you know
10942s	that was a tricky decision because
10943s	slamming vol 1 2 is usually very
10947s	beneficial for you obviously he has
10948s	phantasms in hand so he can pay that off
10950s	immediately but just the threat of the
10953s	minion on the other side I think just
10955s	LED Fury to go for this scorpid instead
10958s	and actually look to to reduce some of
10960s	that damage just recognizing we saw what
10962s	a five attack minion that gets to attack
10964s	several times over the course of the
10966s	game can do to a person in the previous
10968s	series Fury Hunter doesn't want to deal
10970s	with any of that nonsense here but it
10971s	does slow down some of his uh
10974s	explosivity over the coming terms
10978s	obviously if Fury hunter or Habu gabu
10981s	here he would instantly play The Relic
10983s	before he takes the trade on the uh the
10986s	librarian but in this instance I do
10988s	think it would be prudent to trade away
10990s	the Scorpion first to guarantee yourself
10992s	a full clear in the end though he's
10994s	saying right let's just uh hope for the
10996s	best here
11001s	almost
11006s	I do think this was the good order
11007s	though right because you see this which
11010s	is a fairly median outcome I would say
11012s	right and you actually give yourself
11014s	really good value trade possibilities
11016s	that's fair give yourself a lot of
11018s	options so I I do think overall this
11019s	what probably was the smart way of going
11021s	about it Fury sees the second fiendish
11024s	Circle has a bad time did have the
11026s	opportunity to of course take the two
11027s	health value trade there instead chose
11029s	to take the one Health and kind of gets
11031s	punished for it there with the second
11032s	Phoenix Circle which remember was a the
11034s	third kept card in the opening hand for
11036s	the opponent
11038s	yeah I'm not terribly unlikely there at
11041s	all as oh insta Snipes with the lady
11044s	stina as well let's take down the
11046s	librarian keeping the board at parity
11048s	here which uh you know as I was talking
11050s	about for Fury Hunter is
11051s	really all he needs to do for these
11054s	early turns because uh activate the
11057s	location plus relic of phantasms next
11059s	turn into curtress is way more powerful
11062s	than anything plastic can be doing in
11064s	terms of board control so it's really
11066s	just about trying to transition as
11068s	heavily as possible over to the curse
11072s	portion of the game
11073s	which
11075s	you know you could take a Gamble and say
11077s	your opponent's hand is bad and just
11079s	keep going with a kind of
11080s	middle of the road sort of game plan
11083s	where you go I don't know tams in double
11085s	grimoire to clear the board or just play
11087s	the Syracuse or you could try and tap
11090s	for specifically impending catastrophe
11092s	as your last real turn to get a lot of
11094s	card draw
11100s	s go for the tap doesn't hit it it's
11102s	just gonna drop Library here instead and
11106s	I think you know almost no matter what
11108s	like even if you were to tap into uh
11110s	catastrophe there could you really leave
11112s	the steno up on the other side of the
11114s	board in terms of just the amount of
11116s	tempo and damage that were pushed on the
11118s	other side I feel like that was a
11120s	problem that was gonna need to be dealt
11121s	with regardless maybe uh I mean again
11125s	you do still have the convert tams in
11127s	double
11128s	yeah true Renoir if you just have a one
11130s	drop to go alongside it that is a four
11132s	damage AOE even if it's pretty
11133s	inefficient turn and I mean hey that
11136s	might be what he has to end up going for
11137s	on this turn anyway with uh no real
11139s	alternatives
11142s	yeah I think plastic is fine so far and
11145s	how this matchup has gone like you said
11147s	he's behind on board he doesn't want to
11149s	be in that position for sure uh but
11151s	those couple of five damage attacks that
11153s	he got through from the one drop are a
11155s	big deal because it does at least give
11157s	him that out in the long term I'm sure
11159s	plastic will feel like okay well I can
11160s	clear up most of this board State here
11162s	and then if my opponent does not have a
11164s	huge refill then I'm probably going to
11166s	be able to reset from this point
11168s	unfortunately there is a pretty huge
11171s	refill on the other side of the board in
11172s	the form of demon render kertras
11177s	that is assuming of course that the
11179s	clear is going to be the play here from
11181s	plastic and there is an amount of
11182s	hesitation that's making me doubted
11186s	you just have to right you're not
11188s	tanking uh or even is that like 14 on
11192s	that turn
11195s	by their hand is trash that's how you
11196s	win this game it's not demon ridiculous
11204s	and hey even then you know he could
11206s	still top deck uh
11209s	the Abyssal wave
11211s	in order to clear off the board yet
11213s	again even Tamsin is not terrible to
11215s	just buy him a little bit of extra time
11217s	and start hitting those curses
11222s	are actually represent yeah I was going
11225s	to say the school teacher drawer
11226s	actually creates some interesting
11227s	possibility to he is just gonna go for
11230s	it
11234s	and now with Fury production in hand
11237s	dispose of evidence is somewhat tempting
11240s	at the very least
11244s	foreign
11248s	if you ever take the card draw but I
11251s	don't think it's likely your opponent
11253s	plays big enough minions for the fell
11254s	bats to trade into uh even though car
11258s	draw is definitely a premium here for
11260s	for Fury in order to find Jace
11277s	thank you
11278s	sequencing riot here choosing to attack
11281s	first to juice the bats was not required
11285s	as you can see they are now five fours
11288s	instead of four fours but just valuing
11290s	the uh two extra attack on the board
11291s	over one extra attack going face this
11293s	time
11295s	and he is well rewarded because there is
11298s	no wave no tams in no nothing to clear
11301s	off these bats the best being
11303s	imp plus sacrifice to just develop a
11306s	three three ugh
11315s	and again as is often the case with hero
11318s	cards it's that five armor as well
11320s	that's coming on the other side because
11322s	without that suddenly just a little bit
11324s	of survival you know don't die for one
11326s	or two turns find some curse cards you
11328s	might be able to make something happen
11329s	to cut through 16 Health 21 seems like a
11333s	much more difficult proposition in that
11335s	spot
11336s	and this is just Mega lethal Now with an
11339s	additional nine in hand yeah yeah it is
11342s	indeed
11344s	again you predicted that sort of the the
11346s	Warlock really looking like a struggle
11348s	point for these players
11350s	um admittedly we haven't seen like any
11352s	impending catastrophes I think come down
11354s	uh at all the transition from early game
11357s	to late game has been really The Missing
11359s	Link I think here because we've seen
11362s	many times fast starts with this warlock
11365s	they're hitting the One Drops hitting
11366s	the circle in order to pull ahead in the
11369s	early game it's just closing it out
11371s	which is the problem and it's playing
11373s	more like the traditional version of imp
11376s	warlock which was looking very weak up
11378s	until now that didn't have strong
11379s	finishes but it's even worse than that
11381s	because you sometimes draw like you know
11382s	doubles a grimoire sacrifices we saw
11384s	there that doesn't do anything to
11386s	proliferate your own game plan and so
11388s	it's really just been the worst of Both
11390s	Worlds uh for Warlock and plastic in
11392s	general so far yeah and this was always
11395s	the fear with the deck right and you'll
11397s	be able to speak to this more than most
11399s	is that you know if this was a pure
11402s	aggro deck you'd cut out all of this
11403s	curse nonsense you've had more
11405s	consistent uh you know aggro curves or
11407s	you're playing minions every turn you're
11409s	filling out the board you're being
11410s	aggressive with imps if it was a combo
11412s	deck that tried to ramp up curses and
11414s	kill people with curses then suddenly
11416s	there'd be more removal more healing
11418s	more stability more card draw whatever
11420s	it is that you need to fill that out
11422s	because it is this hybrid style of deck
11425s	there is sometimes that danger of the
11426s	transition not quite happening but I
11429s	still do still stand by the idea that
11431s	this deck over time has proven that on
11434s	average that is more of a the
11437s	flexibility of those options is more of
11439s	a benefit than the inconsistency is a
11441s	detriment and so it's not a criticism of
11444s	the deck whatsoever but you know
11446s	sometimes you just have to say what you
11447s	see and that has certainly in the small
11450s	sample size of games that we've seen so
11451s	far uh been a recurring theme for the
11453s	deck but we now see if Fury Hunter Falls
11456s	victim to the same curse well one of
11459s	them's gonna have to walk away with a
11460s	win on the deck because it is the the
11462s	full-on mirror that we have here the
11463s	matchup that was the the undoing for
11465s	Fury hunter in his first series of the
11467s	day up against xiaobai falling in game
11469s	five to that very very cool combo with
11472s	the dark vein into dark vein into
11474s	blowing up the entire board 50 times in
11476s	a little interaction I hadn't seen
11478s	before but I do still stand by the fact
11481s	that you want all these uh early game
11485s	board tools not removal but just
11488s	developing your own board as much as
11489s	possible probably in the form of keeping
11491s	the VAR Library it's really only the Imp
11493s	that I would consider maybe keeping or
11496s	not for plastic
11498s	wow but not even the location
11511s	[Music]
11516s	laughs
11521s	oh heading up getting it back anyway as
11524s	we enter an interesting little board
11527s	state where both players have powerful
11529s	hands in their own right
11531s	but with very different timings on the
11534s	power spikes they have access to
11543s	yeah and the flustered librarian off the
11546s	top for Fury has certainly curved this
11548s	out beautifully any kind of token star
11551s	into mischievous imp uh usually in the
11554s	most simple form of just fiendish circle
11555s	is the number one way to do it here but
11557s	Fury you know piecing together cards to
11558s	do it instead but without that draw he's
11562s	still going to be a little bit light on
11563s	pressure he'd be floating some Mana
11565s	things would just be a little bit
11566s	imperfect for him now he has multitudes
11570s	of options next turn to be able to
11572s	actually fill out this curve with
11574s	drawers off the top or just tap plus one
11576s	drop if things can happen there as well
11579s	or I look at this hand for plastic or
11581s	I'm leaning towards tapping as horrible
11584s	as it looks uh when compared to the vial
11586s	Library
11587s	I was not considering coin Sarah Cass I
11590s	have to be honest uh just because I my
11593s	main thought process was this hand kind
11594s	of needs fiendish Circle in order to
11596s	really do anything and I know that's a
11598s	lot better if you've played the vile
11600s	library but I just want to maximize my
11602s	chances of finding it to activate this
11603s	for a farm and give myself a turn five
11605s	turn six back to back swing
11610s	yeah and I think the fear is the
11612s	flustered Librarian On The Other Side
11615s	um but there's always this pug of War
11617s	when playing this matchup and I think
11618s	it's at its most interesting in the
11621s	mirror as well where you want to kill
11623s	your opponent's minions because you
11625s	don't want them to continuously hit you
11627s	over and over again and get you in range
11628s	of lethal and at the same time you don't
11631s	want your opponent's minions to die
11633s	because that allows them to make more
11635s	powerful plays with the Infuse cards
11636s	they have you might have noticed Eric
11638s	that's the same thing I've just said it
11640s	in two different ways so somewhere you
11643s	have to find a balancing act of how many
11645s	minions you actually kill or enable your
11647s	opponent to kill by playing Minions on
11648s	the board you saw their plastic
11650s	throughout a 3-4 to contest the 3-3 on
11652s	the other side and fury went thanks that
11655s	plays perfectly into my game plan thank
11657s	you very much I'll trade this stuff off
11658s	don't buy mischievous in Pawn board and
11661s	this worked out just horrendously for
11663s	plastic because this deck is chock full
11665s	of power plays on turn six very few on
11668s	turn five especially when you're behind
11670s	on board and with the coin already
11672s	haven't been used Abyssal wave out the
11673s	equation reform out of the equation for
11676s	now these one ones can be cleared off
11678s	before the catastrophe can come down and
11681s	you know we can talk back and forth
11682s	about whether or not it's the right play
11684s	to go with the cultist but for right now
11686s	he just has nothing he can do
11689s	oh I'm just
11691s	looking into plastic's eyes and he's
11694s	putting a brave face on it but you can
11696s	see how much this day is hurting right
11698s	now he uh obviously made a great run
11701s	through the Masters tours I was checking
11702s	out some of his recent tweets as well
11703s	very very excited to have this
11705s	opportunity to make it to the world
11706s	championship and you know you don't
11709s	necessarily expect everything to go your
11711s	way do you expect to draw some playable
11713s	Hearthstone cards over the course of
11715s	what five games of hearthstone now this
11718s	is uh so so ugly for plastic so far
11725s	I think that means he's just dead I mean
11727s	he probably knows it of course but
11730s	Abyssal wave and then the curse damage
11733s	two turns in a row plus the new one that
11734s	Fury will give him
11738s	oh no sorry not quite guaranteed yet
11740s	because lady dark vein doesn't have a
11742s	shadow spell in it
11746s	so a little bit of time to make miracles
11748s	happen
11750s	but that is the category that we are in
11753s	right now right
11760s	the obvious play for Fury is wave dark
11764s	vein plus Grim I think always gives you
11766s	lethal in two turns time
11769s	the question is just if you can ever die
11771s	or if they can ever heal out of range of
11773s	that damage that you are putting in
11775s	their hand they go down to three on this
11776s	turn and then take at least a guaranteed
11778s	seven the turn after
11781s	if they go tams in
11785s	they die because the curse damage
11787s	remaining
11790s	yeah I don't think there's any way out
11792s	of this I think this is just a locked
11794s	win for Fury yeah of course the call is
11796s	the the one card that was gonna need to
11798s	be present in almost any circumstance to
11801s	give plastic a way out of this but of
11804s	course that means that the uh the minion
11806s	on the other side of the board is not
11807s	being dealt with so the damage kind of
11809s	pays for itself almost immediately in
11811s	that kind of situation
11814s	okay now he has found a way to survive
11817s	this is only
11821s	damage you can do if you've played the
11823s	Imp as well for plus one
11827s	on the librarian but it's it's as near
11829s	as makes no difference
11831s	yeah it's to throw away the curse as
11833s	well from hand has enough floating
11834s	manner to be able to do that
11838s	plays the board resets and is asking his
11841s	opponent to deal 12 here
11853s	obviously I was trying not to call this
11855s	one too early having seen how bugabi's
11857s	last series where he survived on one I
11859s	think every single game of the series
11861s	more or less but in this instance yeah I
11864s	do not see it I wonder
11872s	and it really just for me this game
11874s	comes down to as it often does with the
11878s	Warlock hero power
11880s	what risk do you want to take because
11883s	tapping and not tapping are both risks
11885s	in their own way like you could say Okay
11888s	location on Two And I have to get
11890s	fiendish circle on the next turn or I
11892s	lose the game you're losing the game
11894s	anyway so is it worth it to take a big
11896s	risk like that or do you want to take a
11898s	higher chance at a slightly less
11900s	powerful play by tapping and then just
11902s	going fiendish Circle and turn three yes
11904s	in the end plastic went for kind of the
11907s	safest route possible with coins
11910s	Syracuse cultist in order to just get
11912s	something on the board instead of taking
11914s	damage gambling on the fact that your
11916s	opponent has a weak hand in this
11918s	instance it turned out to not be a
11919s	winning play at all I don't know if the
11922s	other lines were winning at all but it
11924s	felt like maybe going location into the
11926s	top deck fiendish Circle which I know is
11929s	incredibly unlucky unlikely was a more
11932s	likely way to win the game because as
11933s	soon as he coined out that cultist you
11935s	just had nothing to do yeah like
11937s	furthermore I think decision is even
11939s	more interesting than that because you
11941s	know you're kind of looking at it almost
11942s	from the Solitaire perspective of like
11944s	what's the best play for me right am I
11947s	better having a three four on board or
11948s	am I better tapping to find better
11949s	options specifically finished Circle or
11951s	whatever else you end up looking for but
11953s	as I was mentioning at the time that
11956s	balance between playing minions to fight
11959s	for board and not allowing your opponent
11961s	to infuse their minions by killing their
11963s	own stuff if need be it's quite
11964s	difficult to manage as well because if
11967s	plastic had made that play against a
11968s	hand from Fury hunter that wasn't imps
11971s	and reform for example like infused cars
11973s	that would pay that off but was instead
11975s	very curse heavy that damage that he
11977s	saves from playing the 3-4 might
11979s	actually end up being crucial because
11980s	the curse based hand from Fury then
11983s	doesn't necessarily have the damage to
11984s	get there while he wins board as it
11987s	happens through it out got hit with the
11989s	infused curve straight away and that
11991s	mischievous imp just bodied him
11993s	essentially just too much damage too
11995s	quickly even though he got so far ahead
11998s	of the curve on the The Curse ramping
12000s	early on in that one so I think that
12003s	mirror is very very difficult to play
12005s	it's a match up that I am not super
12008s	comfortable in myself at this point it's
12010s	not something that I ever feel like I'm
12012s	100 sure what the lines are in certain
12015s	spots just because the matchups can go
12016s	in so many different directions but
12018s	certainly debates to be had uh on that
12022s	game that we just witnessed but now
12024s	plastic has to avert disaster you do not
12030s	want to be remembered or perhaps not
12032s	remembered as the player who's six
12035s	zeroed out in less than an hour at this
12038s	point it would have to be if these if
12040s	this game goes down very quickly to a
12042s	good Rogue hand from Fury Hunter but
12045s	also that is the point right sometimes
12048s	when things are going against you this
12050s	way you queue into a deck like Rogue you
12053s	know full well there are hands that
12056s	Rogue draws that you have no chance
12059s	against it can just happen you just lose
12062s	plastic knows that because it happened
12064s	to him about 45 minutes so if he sees
12068s	another one of those nightmare scenarios
12070s	this could spell disaster for our hero
12073s	it could but finally here we have a very
12077s	aggressive hand perfect man utilization
12079s	for the first four turns at least
12081s	possibly uh an infused mischievous him
12085s	but even if it's not just six attack for
12087s	four Mana is more than threatening
12089s	enough burst the likes of this road and
12092s	on the other side unless we see
12094s	something turn around very quickly Fury
12096s	Hunter a shadow step I don't know maybe
12099s	a next turn you have time for a shroud
12102s	something very quickly he's just getting
12104s	steamrolled
12106s	currently that is the case yes but it is
12108s	the hand if it finds the right pieces
12110s	can turn the corner fairly quickly that
12113s	is not one of the pieces that is needed
12115s	however uh with your Melbourne dancer
12118s	draca and stenographer in hand already
12120s	if you do start finding preps and
12124s	various other tools backstab already in
12126s	hand Shadow step as you mentioned you
12128s	can create a very nice swing turn out of
12131s	this hand but you do need a little bit
12133s	of favor from your deck and fury did not
12136s	really get it there it's the kind of
12139s	draw now that makes Fury have to plan
12140s	for kind of a piecemeal kind of tempo
12144s	plan over the next two or three turns
12146s	here
12147s	um but it's not looking like it's going
12148s	to be particularly effective against the
12151s	power curve that plastic has on the
12152s	other hand
12153s	oh wow dancer okay I was gonna say I
12156s	thought it would be location plus
12157s	Abyssal curse because then you can
12161s	um set up for a shadow step top deck
12163s	next turn to bounce this mailbox dancer
12165s	a couple times I think that would allow
12167s	him to play his full hand but most
12169s	importantly it means that you're not
12170s	killing any Minions on the board because
12172s	if he didn't play this mailbox dancer I
12174s	think it was a very high chance he
12175s	doesn't kill anything because this is
12177s	the third minion that's died this was
12178s	the activator for mischievous imp
12181s	turns out there's something even
12182s	stronger than that with just a while
12184s	Library punched them for a million uh
12186s	but uh not the way I necessarily would
12189s	have anticipated it being played maybe
12191s	it gives Fury Hunter a couple of other
12192s	outs he can draw to to get a big bunch
12194s	of first
12201s	oh it's the step oh no way
12205s	oh sorry and he is willing that mailbox
12209s	dancer back into his hand but it is long
12212s	deceased at this point and I think Fury
12215s	now sees the last real chance of
12218s	actually finding his way out of this
12220s	matchup just creeping away from him
12226s	oh God shall I stepping the ghost oh
12230s	it's quite a lot worse than Shadow
12232s	stepping a mailbox dancer I don't know
12234s	if you're trying to
12237s	cross my mind
12243s	[Music]
12244s	it has to go no real Choice here Fury
12247s	plays the hand
12250s	seven attack weapon but this is not it's
12253s	it's a small difference you know we saw
12254s	this happening on turn three turn four
12256s	earlier now it's happening on turn five
12258s	but in this kind of match up precisely
12260s	that one or two turn difference is just
12263s	night and day and now plastic will
12266s	surely feel like he has plenty of time
12268s	to still get this one over the line
12270s	okay this is a little uh interesting
12273s	though I because the first instinct is
12275s	in mischievous in all face uh but they
12279s	do have 16 damage which means a top deck
12281s	of oh are they playing Wicked stab oh no
12285s	wicked stuff for Fury okay that's in
12287s	Happy's list uh so I guess you did
12290s	technically have the ability to just go
12292s	mischievous in full face and I don't
12294s	think you ever died from there
12298s	maybe with some Edwin you know prep
12300s	tooth prep tooth but realistically
12302s	you're always going to survive there
12303s	right
12305s	uh but he does take the tap which does
12307s	mean he is forced to trade if he wants
12310s	to make sure there are no outs to his
12311s	opponent within reason
12332s	well
12340s	oh yeah that's the only play you can
12343s	make to survive
12352s	oh but it's yeah it doesn't even survive
12354s	location waking up it's just lethal on
12356s	board anyway nothing really the fury
12358s	could do about that in the end and boy
12361s	oh boy these are some games today Derek
12363s	absolute you juggernauts of decks going
12366s	up against each other these it's
12368s	Unstoppable just running through walls
12371s	talking in disgraceful accents you know
12374s	everything that we know and love about
12376s	juggernauts yeah I I feel like I might
12379s	have used this analogy before but it
12381s	really does feel like you know what they
12384s	talk about boxing was like before
12385s	someone thought hey you can actually
12387s	Dodge punches like Victorian boxing
12390s	where you just stand there and punch the
12391s	other person until someone just Falls
12393s	over uh because that's really it's about
12396s	the movie version of boxing exactly yeah
12399s	whale on each other 10 straight minutes
12403s	uh
12405s	[Music]
12406s	all right but the relics even under here
12408s	for plastic they're pretty much standard
12411s	list that we are seeing for the most
12412s	part here Queen azshara sorted in which
12415s	is I think a difference uh from
12418s	uh Fury's list uh we have seen for
12421s	plastic so far today uh Queen nashara
12424s	has not been looking the spiciest uh
12426s	more specifically in the Rogue I think
12427s	than in the Demon Hunter but it can get
12431s	the job done of course with plenty of
12432s	cheap spells alongside the predation as
12434s	well I I like the thought of putting it
12436s	in the deck
12437s	foreign
12446s	once today Theory keeping Shadow step
12449s	mailbox dancer I'd be curious to know
12451s	how much that is a desperation keep
12454s	against a unfavorable matchup where your
12457s	opponent is playing Super aggressive and
12459s	how much he sees it as just kind of the
12461s	cards you're looking for uh with this
12463s	deck overall and I think I'm starting to
12465s	get a pretty good answer with that
12466s	Mulligan yet again
12471s	yeah it does seem that way more and more
12474s	for Fury Hunter and I do think mailbox
12476s	dancer is the key to a lot of pieces
12479s	mailbox dancer on its own I think is
12481s	kind of a mid-tier mulligan in terms of
12483s	my recollection of the stats fairly
12485s	middle of the road but this is something
12488s	that you pick up more over time and
12490s	through experience and just through
12491s	being a high-level Hearthstone player is
12493s	combinations of cards that inflate
12496s	Mulligan win rates right it's when you
12498s	see Mulligan guides written by top
12500s	players who put care and attention into
12503s	making their guides good and useful when
12506s	you see the Mulligan guide for it it
12507s	will be keep X if Y A lot of the time
12510s	right like keep keep this card if you
12513s	have this other card to go with it keep
12515s	this if you have this already keep this
12517s	for Synergy if you already have this the
12519s	best card in the deck you can start to
12520s	keep some tier two cards in the in the
12522s	Mulligan as well all those kinds of
12523s	things and I do think the combination
12525s	specifically of mailbox dancer and
12528s	Shadow step is a devastating one
12530s	but subtle the stats don't lie
12536s	I don't
12538s	you know there's data and then there's
12539s	data analysis you know those are two
12541s	different things and you need both of
12542s	them
12544s	I grow impatient well plastic can be
12547s	feeling pretty sad here they decided to
12549s	just shoot his opponent in the face
12550s	before last turn instead of playing The
12553s	Relic Vault because now
12555s	you know
12556s	playing The Relic of phantasms is
12558s	obviously pretty Dreadful Here Without
12560s	The Relic to go alongside it very very
12562s	low pressure indeed but I can fully
12564s	understand why he sees it as being
12566s	necessary just the most Mana efficient
12568s	play
12569s	and over off oh
12575s	yep Fury gonna chill for one turn and
12578s	then next turn is utterly revolting uh
12583s	just about everything he wants to do is
12585s	possible on the following TurnKey get
12587s	location down mailbox dancer down three
12588s	coins then available stenographer as
12590s	well will be playable for free because
12592s	of all the cards being played yeah back
12594s	at the end of all of that as well
12596s	and there are even drawers off the top
12598s	that could potentially make things even
12600s	more disgusting
12603s	okay however if from plastic we see
12606s	meltronics it could delay the pain for a
12610s	single turn
12612s	uh he's holding back on it I think
12613s	because this sets up
12615s	azshara whereas maltronics would not
12617s	have done uh but
12620s	well I can understand what he's going
12622s	for it's just not even going to be close
12624s	to enough now
12626s	I suppose you have to ask right mailbox
12628s	dancer played mailbox dancer stepped
12630s	shroud shroud played you have a lot of
12634s	information about at least the
12636s	percentage chance that your opponent has
12638s	the hand that basically kills you this
12641s	turn in hand so whether or not the
12644s	disruption was more valuable there than
12647s	the alternative I think is certainly a
12648s	debate worth having but regardless it's
12650s	the world we live in now plastic has
12652s	gone for more setting up his own game
12654s	plan as opposed to disrupting his
12655s	opponents and oh my goodness this deck
12659s	just makes you sick sometimes Derek look
12662s	at that turn yeah he is just dead
12667s	simply defeated
12671s	and it's a rough road through the full
12673s	championships for plastic you know he
12675s	came in here as the underdog as we've
12678s	said him and uh usja in particular the
12680s	two players that we are by far the least
12682s	familiar with had a lot to prove but you
12685s	said it he had a great run through the
12686s	Masters tours just getting here is a
12688s	testament to his capabilities in its own
12691s	right
12692s	and you know it it it's hard to say that
12696s	that was a bad performance from him at
12698s	all because that first series against
12699s	Abu gabu just did not really count he
12701s	didn't get to do anything at all that
12703s	one against Fury was a little bit closer
12705s	there are definitely some plays that we
12707s	can talk about there that could have
12708s	been debatable but for the most part he
12711s	just got hit with the two top players in
12713s	the world back to back yeah and again
12716s	you know I have a lot of sympathy for
12718s	plastic in this position I do think this
12720s	is important people who have been
12722s	watching a lot of our tournaments
12724s	throughout the year will probably be
12725s	sick to death at this tirade from me but
12727s	I do just want to to remind everyone for
12730s	plastic to get here you have to be a
12733s	legend Hearthstone player which is
12734s	already a small percentage of the
12736s	population you then have to finish in
12737s	the top of ladder uh or get through
12740s	qualifiers to find your way into a
12742s	Masters Tour which is then a fraction of
12743s	that fraction of top percent of players
12745s	you then have to perform well in those
12747s	Masters tours again Masters Tour four
12750s	seven and one record Masters Tour five
12751s	six and two record Master tour six five
12754s	and three record to then be one of the
12757s	top performing players in the second
12759s	half of the Masters Tour Circuit of the
12761s	entire year so of that fraction of a
12763s	percent that makes it to Masters tours
12765s	you then have to be the fraction of a
12766s	percent again to even get to this
12769s	position to then show up and get
12772s	absolutely rolled by two of the best
12774s	players in the world it's a miserable
12776s	ending but try not to focus on that last
12779s	bit anyone can get rolled by two of the
12781s	best players in the world plastic made
12783s	it here and that is something that he
12785s	deserves enormous Commendation for here
12787s	here and I wish him the best of luck in
12790s	his Endeavors uh next year if he
12793s	continues to try four worlds again I
12795s	think he's got a very good shot of doing
12797s	so but for the next series it is going
12799s	to be Fury Hunter still in with a Chance
12802s	of making it through to Worlds after the
12804s	Heartbreak of Summer Champs all will be
12806s	forgotten if he can just get himself two
12808s	more wins first against xiaobai and then
12810s	against whoever he sees in the quarter
12812s	fight final so we're going to go to a
12814s	break before the final match of group a
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13433s	and welcome back to the fall
13435s	Championship I'm Raven joined by TJ this
13438s	time as we bring you the final match
13440s	from group a it's going to be Fury
13441s	Hunter versus xiaobai and it's going to
13444s	be effectively a rematch TJ
13446s	yep rematch from the first series of the
13449s	day where xiaobai was able to take that
13451s	series uh three to two very close to
13453s	thinnest of margins uh that you could
13457s	possibly imagine so hoping that we're
13459s	gonna get the same because other than
13461s	that this group has just been three O's
13462s	like just just straight through
13465s	um so we need a little bit of uh of
13467s	tension in order to you know Defuse The
13470s	Situation a little bit
13472s	um Fury Hunter coming off a big win and
13474s	xiaobai coming off a very devastating
13477s	loss so momentum's gotta be in Fury's
13479s	favor even though he lost their first
13481s	matchup yeah and just checking out this
13484s	now the um both players have actually
13486s	banned the same classes once again so no
13488s	crazy strategy you know backflips or
13490s	anything going on uh both players happy
13493s	with their overall game plans because
13494s	like you said right it was an extremely
13496s	close series uh it could have you know
13498s	swapped to one very very easily indeed
13500s	but just look at this overall our first
13503s	matchup TJ is going to be that warlock
13505s	versus Demon Hunter and again just
13507s	before we get into it final reminder the
13509s	loser of this is just done and dusted
13511s	for the fall championship and does not
13513s	have a shot at going to the World
13515s	Championship a little bit later on
13517s	yeah pretty big deal pretty big deal
13519s	shop by going to be opening with the
13520s	curse Warlock
13522s	and pretty standard stuff nothing really
13526s	interesting going on here
13528s	um and we saw the basically the final
13531s	game right it was the final game came
13532s	down to the Warlock mirror previously so
13535s	yeah it's something we've seen a lot
13537s	recently as well like before the Nerfs
13540s	um when Hunter was dominant in the
13541s	previous Masters Tour we saw a lot of
13543s	matchups going down to can you know
13545s	witch hunter wins basically because
13547s	that's what happens where even though
13549s	there's a dominant deck in the scene
13550s	like on ladder for example yes the
13552s	deck's very strong like that's not an
13554s	argument but when people are you know so
13556s	heavily expecting it it is easier to
13559s	then say well my lineup doesn't have to
13561s	be good on ladder my lineup has to beat
13563s	certain decks or stop my opponent
13565s	winning with certain decks so we'll have
13567s	to see how this one plays out and maybe
13568s	just how warlock actually does over the
13571s	course of the whole weekend but the
13572s	Warlock is going to be going up against
13574s	this Relic Demon Hunter TJ and what do
13576s	you think of this matchup because to me
13578s	Demon Hunter at least this version
13580s	definitely feels like it it never looks
13582s	like it's doing a lot until it wins
13585s	until it does yeah yeah it's very odd
13588s	deck to actually watch because they kind
13590s	of meander around but do you think
13591s	versus curse warlock specifically it's
13593s	got game or do you think it's maybe just
13595s	a little bit too slot I think it has
13597s	game you do have some removal and as
13600s	long as you can hit one point in the
13602s	game where you're sort of
13604s	um you know getting ahead right where
13606s	you're swinging the tempo the late game
13608s	of this deck is just so incredibly
13610s	powerful there are some awkward
13612s	situations where you're like barely
13613s	trying to stabilize and
13616s	[Applause]
13618s	the infused minions just keep coming out
13621s	right mischievous right into M King
13622s	reform and then you can't keep up with
13624s	the tempo because you know usually
13626s	you're you're clearing on a relic ball
13629s	relic of Extinction turn or you're
13631s	clearing on a lady's steno turn but you
13633s	can't do those things twice in a row so
13635s	uh you usually have sort of like a big
13637s	turn than a ramp turn then a big turn
13639s	then a ramp turn so
13641s	um well we shall
13644s	I could have sworn we had key cards for
13646s	this earlier yeah I was something I
13647s	started at this like where did the cards
13649s	go uh but yes uh I agree what do you
13653s	think uh or at least I think the
13654s	Mulligan from Fury Hunter is gonna
13656s	really set the path for this game right
13658s	because this Demon Hunter has the
13661s	ability to have a very trash Mulligan if
13664s	you hit some of those High acoustic
13665s	cards specifically in this matchup if
13667s	xiaobai gets that sort of early imp push
13669s	so let's see how it goes quick full
13671s	Mulligan there from xiaobai fiori
13674s	that considering do you think he's just
13676s	looking at the sigil for a keeper or do
13678s	you think it's uh Throwing It All Away
13680s	and it looked for look to sigil for a
13684s	keep I mean you're you're otherwise only
13687s	here apparent on turn one so right you
13689s	never keep in Dimensions right
13692s	not in this matchup yeah yeah yeah maybe
13695s	if you had
13697s	if you were like on the coin and had
13700s	vaults plus okay whatever we're doing it
13704s	well this was sort of where I was
13707s	leading to with the question was it's
13709s	the most powerful single card in the
13712s	deck right
13713s	but it does require at least a a nudge
13717s	of setup to be truly you know god-like
13719s	power so we'll have to see how this pays
13721s	off but I I kind of respect Fury for
13724s	this because it is the best card in the
13725s	day why we just got a forecast one even
13727s	better and if something's gonna snap him
13730s	into the game like even if he's falling
13732s	behind a little bit at the start like a
13735s	huge Relic could just completely flip
13737s	the game
13738s	sure I I don't know I'd much rather try
13740s	and look for like the tempo relics
13745s	um or even like Relic Vault some early
13750s	game removal like chaos strike fell
13751s	barrage right
13753s	uh
13756s	we'll see we'll see it I mean it's like
13758s	a middling Mulligan win rate no matter
13760s	how you look at it it's like always like
13761s	six fifth six or seven right across
13764s	almost every matchup
13766s	um and obviously did have the sigil
13770s	uh in the opening hand uh which is
13772s	always just generally good I think
13773s	especially on the play but um
13776s	yeah it is a risk but it's gonna be able
13778s	to
13779s	clear up a little bit of stuff here
13781s	we'll see what shot by decides to go
13784s	um okay
13785s	it's either damage or Draw in this
13787s	instance so is gonna go and cash in on
13790s	damage uh first does that mischievous
13792s	into Falling Up The Board gets cleaned
13794s	up so I like this you can draw cards
13796s	later yeah save the drawers for later
13798s	you need to punch opponent in the face
13800s	first yes there's more pressing tasks at
13803s	hand
13804s	well Fury does have now another cheap
13807s	Relic to play out it's not going to be
13809s	Mega impactful but it will help the
13812s	overall game plan
13814s	it's just not a terrible drawer either
13818s	yeah I kind of just like the school
13820s	teacher can test the 4-4 that's on board
13822s	on a non-library turn you might be able
13825s	to find something that can help you
13826s	clean up next turn
13828s	um relic of Dimensions is
13832s	pretty good for a setup turn I guess
13835s	because it's already cast the extinction
13837s	so it's a you know slightly improved oh
13840s	oh
13842s	that is solid uh do you think he has she
13845s	waits
13846s	and tries to go like Relic Relic Relic
13849s	plus you know whatever next turn so
13851s	right now it's at three so one shot
13856s	won't kill the 4-4 right so I think you
13859s	can wait to next turn and go Phantasm
13861s	then Extinction depending on like what's
13863s	on the board
13864s	and like go super wide on the board
13866s	because those phantasms are already
13867s	starting to get pretty big right
13870s	um still has the fiori as well if he
13872s	needs to you know kill off something
13874s	else yeah like average outcome there is
13876s	you take off two power right like right
13878s	it's gonna split the the three the four
13880s	four or you know something like that so
13883s	I think waiting oh my goodness oh my
13886s	goodness all right so now just a relic
13889s	of Extinction first so you can go relic
13891s	of Extinction Relic vault
13894s	Phantasm Relic Vault Phantasm and have a
13897s	giant board
13899s	does it clear enough doing it that way
13902s	though
13903s	uh
13905s	like to die
13908s	I mean because you'd have scary you'd
13911s	have in that instance you'd have two
13913s	four fours two five fives two six sixes
13919s	and he'd clear off
13921s	on average what like four power if you
13924s	think it's gonna hit one like one three
13925s	three one one one the extinction
13933s	okay yeah I just that's why I was
13935s	thinking like with this hand is it's
13937s	just relentful Extinction just so much
13940s	stronger ah you please have so much more
13943s	power
13945s	28 power on board
13948s	if you did the other way
13950s	as opposed to what is this 18 man
13956s	you say 28. yeah you'd have 28 because
13959s	he would have kept he would have cast
13960s	the extinction then he would have uh
13962s	Relic vaulted the
13964s	nope even more it'd be 8 plus 10 18 plus
13968s	12 would be thirty be thirty well if you
13971s	were just dead wait he was just dead
13973s	though right
13974s	it depends on what you hit with the
13976s	initial Extinction I guess but those the
13978s	location pops this turn so there's so
13980s	many cards that he would have just been
13981s	dead to
13983s	yeah fine yeah I think this this was the
13987s	play that just kept Fury in it more
13989s	times than setting up the the lethal
13992s	laws
13994s	you gotta risk it for the biscuit I I
13997s	genuinely agree with you actually TJ you
13999s	might have just been dead on board and
14001s	then no there's no risk involved it's
14003s	strictly yeah I think the fair was that
14007s	the location was still there right
14009s	so there are actually just so many cards
14011s	that prove a big problem
14016s	25 damage
14025s	in Lee doesn't
14028s	really help him out we're looking for a
14030s	field of strife I-beam
14034s	oh I've been very good actually yeah
14036s	that doesn't look half bad does it
14039s	I imagine that was an I-beam pick yep
14043s	a little bit annoying he just doesn't
14045s	quite have that one damage right yeah
14048s	everything's just after he will have to
14050s	try to stick six into the big imp but I
14053s	can't get a value trade on the librarian
14055s	which is nice with the uh hero power
14057s	onto one of these one ones
14059s	and then push the six I wonder if he's
14061s	gonna think about actually trading off
14063s	the ones yeah and just in case the
14064s	second location is in hand yeah um you
14067s	don't want to take that little bit extra
14068s	damage but now this lines up perfectly
14069s	in the shop buys M King reform however
14073s	fear is at 11. nah I was gonna say you
14076s	get a missile wave and clear up a lot of
14077s	stuff and roll into the cool but the
14079s	curse aren't big enough I mean there's
14081s	still a big draw right
14084s	what does she like there oh yeah oh this
14088s	is the juice oh yeah buy seven it's all
14092s	free now
14096s	okay
14098s	oh my gosh
14101s	is that lethal I three plus Fury will
14105s	know an extra seven
14107s	that'll be 14.
14109s	it's one off
14115s	is that seven there's 14 on board four
14118s	no sleep though right Fury Fury can't
14121s	strike
14123s	oh yeah no you're right you're right he
14125s	recast wait
14127s	that's fine
14129s	that's 14 there's 14 on board it's 28.
14134s	I'm being dumb okay thank you
14137s	you made me second guess myself I did
14138s	that math perfectly
14142s	he's got to make all of the trades I
14145s	mean this is still solid though because
14147s	look at his hands going forward right
14155s	so he's
14157s	dead to two curses but yeah not to one
14159s	curse
14162s	and that's not one curse oh there's one
14164s	manner off being able to zackle and bran
14166s	oh jeez
14170s	e
14170s	you still just you push five you you
14175s	trade wave push five
14179s	or no you push eight then grimoire then
14181s	wave
14184s	yes I like that a lot because then
14186s	you're down to one and then you have
14187s	that cool next turn yeah with bran right
14189s	yeah or you draw oh
14194s	oh uh um
14199s	library was uh lethal a library plus an
14203s	Impulse lethal right B plus three plus
14206s	three one or three damage
14208s	yes but I thought the setup you talked
14210s	about was way better in general right
14212s	you clear the whole board you push um
14215s	some damage with the first curse and
14216s	then you have bran zaku
14223s	I mean this still does the job to
14225s	sometimes it as well with these touches
14226s	to heal up a tiny bit
14228s	yeah preserves the board still pushes
14231s	the eight
14232s	it's a grimoire in hand
14235s	still not bad
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14237s	okay what are those
14240s	uh
14242s	hives are they fives
14246s	are they five I thought
14253s	hmm there might be some reason for some
14255s	reason I think that's smaller but I
14256s	might be wrong it's attacked at least
14258s	three times
14260s	TJ you're on fire today friend you know
14263s	your numbers
14266s	big fan of numbers
14267s	love numbers
14270s	was this just locking in hero powers
14274s	I think right just do the double trade
14276s	with the hero Powers maximize that
14277s	damage there's still double fell barrage
14280s	still G lag in hand as well
14284s	there's no relics left in the deck at
14286s	all right
14288s	um you know what I can check
14290s	yeah no there's artificer one school
14293s	teacher one brand one sefno two
14296s	predations and an al-tracky War blades
14298s	TJ
14300s	we'd be playing a different game if
14302s	there are Jackie wall blades have been
14303s	drawn yeah a very very different game
14307s	all right so last Shadow spell cast was
14310s	the touch
14318s	so the options here uh for xiaobai to
14320s	just wave this
14322s	I think I just like wave I'm just yeah
14325s	wave to set up for uh Dart vein next
14327s	turn actually or brands are cool but the
14329s	problem is with brands are cool he won't
14331s	heal for as much as this bat is hitting
14334s	him for
14335s	so I think that's just not Secrets
14338s	brands are cool is uh three four right
14341s	it's one damage off oh he's on three
14343s	four oh sorry sorry I thought it was
14345s	lower
14346s	uh maybe you're right on this one
14349s	you know you've got to be right you know
14352s	your numbers today TJ I've already told
14353s	you
14355s	nope oh it's one two okay I thought it
14357s	was one two I was thinking what curses
14359s	have been played this game
14363s	yeah it does clear off the brand to
14365s	actually kill the five one so that
14367s	cleans up I realized that uh I think we
14369s	both use the same dashboard number so I
14371s	got booted out
14372s	oh sorry
14375s	the answer is here I don't know where I
14378s	came up with that yeah he hasn't had
14380s	time to play curses at all it's because
14382s	every single turn since turn six I've
14384s	considered Abyssal wave as an option and
14387s	so when I consider it as an option it
14389s	just means that it's been cast already
14393s	and fury dude something here with Finley
14399s	yeah because like I said he has our
14402s	draki he has two predations
14409s	and Steno as well yeah
14412s	so if you get something out yeah there's
14414s	there it is guaranteed because yeah yeah
14415s	yeah because you swallowed seven cards
14417s	seven cards
14422s	that's what sex and predation these are
14425s	cool that's the tunnel cleans that up
14428s	that's the wall blades yep
14433s	I mean it is wall blades heel I think
14435s	you really want heal okay good
14437s	the rope's burning TJ and players are
14440s	looking slow-ish and it scares me
14445s	got the damage in
14449s	hugely important TJ the wave was not
14452s	played on one of the 20 turns you
14454s	suggested it be played which means again
14456s	lady dark vein is not really active
14459s	right
14460s	it is active but for touch yeah not in
14464s	the way you want it to be basically yeah
14466s	so you can lady dark vein
14469s	he's just dead
14470s	yeah I was gonna say touch and then it
14473s	touches the other one that one touches
14477s	but flame imp is just the exact same
14479s	amount of healing damage and healing so
14483s	foreign
14487s	for the top
14489s	and that is not it nope not enough
14494s	it's gonna go for it
14496s	something even though I'm oh no it's
14498s	grimoire okay I was wrong oh is it
14500s	Graham okay oh yeah because he Grim the
14502s	brand after this are cool
14509s	okay school teacher
14516s	oh
14520s	Big Win there for game one for fiori
14523s	Hunter the last time these two played a
14524s	little bit early today to kick off the
14526s	show it was a very close series but
14528s	xiaobai was the winner Fury Hunter
14530s	getting off to a good start but that
14532s	again TJ an incredibly close game and
14535s	it's one of those games that no doubt
14537s	you could rewind and just say well what
14540s	if this happened right because we talked
14542s	about the waves so often it meant the
14544s	dark vein wasn't stuck in the curses you
14547s	do understand it to an extent because as
14548s	we saw without the wave he played zero
14551s	curses all game so it's not like three
14553s	waves would have done a million damage
14555s	right it would have done a good chunk
14557s	but not tons but really difficult match
14559s	up there to air navigate but Fury gets
14562s	it done with their the relic of
14564s	Dimensions keep even though it didn't
14565s	really come into play TJ oh I mean it
14569s	did like he was able to draw a lot of
14570s	cards
14572s	the four Mana one was a little bit more
14574s	useful than the five yeah yeah
14577s	but you know it's the uh the butterfly
14580s	effect if you hadn't kept the radical
14581s	Dimensions the other relative dimensions
14583s	would have been one card closer to the
14585s	top so it wouldn't have actually right
14587s	uh yep by the sigil so then it would
14589s	have been full cost
14592s	and then exactly how it works yep yep so
14595s	we got the Warlock and the Rogue left
14598s	for Fury Hunter
14600s	um
14602s	The Relic Demon Hunter ah I don't know
14605s	it's hard for me to evaluate like which
14606s	is the toughest deck
14608s	to get across in this situation right
14612s	um like my Common Sense would tell me
14615s	the Rogue
14617s	just because you can't High Roll every
14619s	game right like
14621s	yeah right but he's only had a sample
14625s	size of two with the deck so you know
14627s	maybe the next four games he plays with
14629s	it he's just gonna have dead draws but
14631s	TJ 100 is 100 no matter which way you
14633s	slice it
14635s	um next match up though it's gonna be
14637s	fioriana jumping over to his Warlock and
14639s	xiaoba is going to be on this priest in
14641s	there again a very tricky matchup I feel
14644s	like a lot of these matchups versus
14646s	Warlock the opponent unless you're
14648s	playing like a hard counter the opponent
14651s	does have to just be you know not make a
14653s	misstep right because I've played this
14655s	matchup a lot as the priest and although
14657s	you can just demolish the Warlock if you
14659s	pop off early you'll create a big enough
14661s	minion that can't be dealt with but the
14663s	games where you just don't get that
14665s	handed to you you can get pushed really
14667s	hard early on and a lot of the time even
14670s	though Shadowood devour is one of the
14672s	best cards you can get early a lot of
14674s	the time it's not enough because it
14675s	doesn't actually kill a lot of the
14677s	target she needed to kill yeah yeah
14682s	I had cards earlier too
14685s	yeah well don't look at me TJ and and it
14689s	actually has the archetype listed that's
14690s	weird yeah the technology is not there
14695s	yet names but yeah really cool matchup
14699s	that I play a decent chunk of Naga
14701s	priests so I definitely like to see
14703s	players who are much better than me
14704s	pilot it says instead because you've got
14707s	so many options on how to approach
14708s	certain matchups it's a super fun to
14711s	watch and look cards TJ we have them in
14713s	this video that's what we're like one
14716s	deck does one day it doesn't I don't
14718s	know I play I play every deck Raven and
14721s	by I play every deck I mean I only play
14723s	seafrogue
14724s	and by proxy I play every deck so
14728s	you play every Deck with secrets
14731s	yeah
14732s	every secret class and then every class
14734s	that has a spell that costs five or more
14736s	and then I Shadow set my theater twice
14738s	so I steal three of your cards in your
14739s	one condition
14741s	it's not the only it's not about how you
14742s	win I don't play Rogue I play everything
14744s	easy
14747s	what do you think what do you think
14748s	about this matchup is it like how
14750s	favored do you think it is to the
14752s	Warlock oh the priests
14754s	I uh think this one hinges entirely upon
14757s	like the first four turns right
14762s	it's hard to go over the top with curses
14764s	unless you stick a considerable amount
14766s	of early game damage against knock
14767s	Caprice because if you let them have a
14769s	turn of a big minion that minion is
14770s	going to kill you
14772s	um so I think that
14775s	it's an it's entirely dependent on who
14777s	can get that
14779s	that early lead right if you can have a
14781s	big swing turn earlier on the game with
14783s	the Naga priest with like a shadow or
14784s	devour or something along those lines
14786s	it's really easy to just keep the board
14788s	paired down from there and uh you like I
14792s	said the curse thread is a little bit
14794s	more limited in this matchup because
14796s	right if you start falling behind on
14798s	board it's going to ramp up super fast
14801s	yeah I think a lot of the time here you
14803s	as the Warlock you really do just want
14804s	to have the full minion opening and
14806s	almost just not draw the curse cards at
14809s	all unless you can count you know Siri
14811s	cast is fine as an uncurved play if
14813s	that's something fiorianto wants to
14815s	consider yeah outside of that you don't
14818s	want any of the fancy stuff you really
14819s	want to just build the board with uh
14822s	imps get the library down so you can
14824s	make them or at least make a one or two
14826s	of them not die to a single Devourer and
14828s	then and then go on from there because
14831s	then Shelby will be forced into playing
14833s	that sort of uh Naga priest game where
14835s	you have to hold back for a while uh to
14837s	be able to pull off something big but
14839s	Fury unset
14841s	are we not literally with this my next
14844s	point was going to be
14846s	even with the curse package the the
14849s	Warlock does early game stuff way more
14852s	consistently uh than the Naga priests or
14855s	as early as you need it right right and
14858s	so you know I think that the Warlock is
14860s	a favorite in in the in the
14864s	uh not a favorite no no I'm gonna go
14867s	back to my original point
14870s	I feel like you're taking on the role of
14871s	the Warlock TJ and actually cursing Fury
14874s	Hunter here because this Mulligan is not
14877s	great fiendish circle the second is the
14879s	shadow word Devourer here I I don't want
14882s	to call it early but this is hard to
14885s	recover from this is exactly what you
14888s	want to uh position to be in as the
14891s	priest here for xiaobai because you
14892s	landed a minion early the Warlock did
14894s	not you bought the minion the Walla
14897s	continued to not do stuff then beams
14899s	come out and you eat them all up with
14901s	Shadowood devour and it all goes wrong
14903s	the anchor player Boone and yeah Fury
14906s	under is laughing because he's like well
14908s	I couldn't lose this game harder yeah
14911s	basically if you go into turn four and
14912s	the Naga priest has the board you lose
14914s	like that
14916s	it's that almost that cut and dry
14920s	there's very little comeback mechanics
14922s	that'll be able to hit the the health
14924s	total that Naga priests have has if they
14927s	have the board they win and you know the
14929s	inauga priests sometimes they can whiff
14931s	they don't have wig or they don't have
14932s	an early game Minion
14934s	um all it takes is the one one swing
14937s	turn and there you go I think it's okay
14940s	it's okay if fiori Hunter
14944s	can put each minion into the taunts and
14947s	then somehow manage to Abyss a wave dark
14949s	vein pop the dark vein a bit of waves
14952s	clear the board TJ that's if he had a
14955s	magical stopwatch that stopped time
14957s	yeah I think he might be dead before
14959s	that I mean the the standard M4 lock
14963s	without the cursed package is like
14964s	slightly more favored in the match-up
14967s	but still not still you know 60 40 right
14970s	here for obnox but
14972s	it's it all comes down to those first
14975s	four turns and with Shadow devour being
14978s	a card
14979s	uh it can be sometimes difficult for you
14982s	to actually get a foothold in the game
14983s	before they run out of control I think
14985s	as well a lot of that was that was the
14988s	opening you want as the priest from
14989s	xiaobai and that was the opening you
14992s	don't want on the Mulligan you don't
14993s	want as fiery Hunter right you got all
14995s	the worst cards like all the cards we
14997s	talked about not even wanting to see all
15000s	game never mind in your opening hand and
15003s	uh xiaobai like I said just played the
15005s	curve out and got ahead on board and as
15006s	you said by turn four especially if you
15008s	have Boone locked and loaded ready to go
15009s	it's gonna be very very difficult to
15011s	come back so just like that in the blink
15013s	of an eye Fury orienta's lead goes away
15015s	and it is now evened up at one and one
15018s	it looks like fiori is going to be
15020s	playing the Warlock once again and then
15022s	I'm waiting to see what xiaoba is gonna
15024s	look in
15025s	got a couple of uh uh better matchups
15029s	lined up uh with their just a straight
15031s	up mirror match
15033s	um and then against the Mage I think you
15035s	know looking at the spreads across
15036s	pretty much every player in this group
15038s	warlock on paper should be the deck that
15041s	struggles right yeah um so it just
15045s	seemed like a lot of players shot away
15047s	from the Decks that imperf warlock does
15049s	does well against you know some of the
15051s	slower decks
15053s	um I'm gonna say Obviously but maybe it
15057s	wasn't so obvious given
15060s	you know the style of tournament that
15063s	says right and how important it is
15065s	there's a lack of Druid which is where
15068s	curse warlock finds a lot of its power
15070s	as well
15072s	yeah it's like a mage in this group
15073s	which is interesting yes I mean speaking
15076s	about that that's why I did want to
15077s	bring up xiaobai is going to be playing
15079s	the Warlock so it's going to be a mirror
15080s	for the next match but I think xiaobai's
15083s	in that same spot where if he gets
15085s	warlock across the line his Mage going
15087s	up against Rogue or warlock I think
15089s	that's absolutely fine you know I think
15091s	that's a great position for xiaobai to
15093s	be in because I do think uh Mage
15095s	generally does okay enough to get a win
15098s	through there somehow so yeah okay
15100s	enough yeah yeah no I'm not saying it's
15103s	an easy easy win but I think when you've
15106s	got Rogue let's say Java wins this right
15108s	if you've got Rogue and warlock to play
15111s	Mage against like I think you're feeling
15113s	pretty okay I don't think it's in you
15115s	know a steamroll but I think it's okay
15119s	um here though TJ I think this might
15121s	become a theme throughout the weekend
15122s	and let's have a guy who's playing but
15125s	we're going over wall-up mirror and I
15126s	think this wallet mirror might decide a
15128s	lot of this series
15132s	well it would be playing out exactly how
15133s	the uh previous Series played out uh
15136s	just in sort of different matchups that
15138s	I each deck was breaking but it gave it
15141s	was game five the first time that these
15142s	two players met in the initial match of
15144s	the day
15144s	uh they had the Warlock mirror and job I
15147s	took it and took the series
15149s	but it was like back and forth wins with
15151s	with uh uh
15154s	Demon Hunter than Mage then priest and
15156s	Rogue yeah and we kind of had the same
15159s	like
15160s	the Mage beat the Rogue right so it's
15163s	like yeah I mean the big problem it's
15165s	gonna be similar
15166s	yeah Fury took three goals to win it
15169s	with the Rogue right like that was the
15170s	big problem uh with the Mage and priest
15172s	beating the Rogan series one but let's
15175s	see how this one plays out Fury did hold
15177s	on to the grimoire to be able to have
15179s	some level of potential counter to his
15180s	opponent like dropping flame him so I'll
15182s	just imps in general at the library
15184s	after the one ones coming down first
15188s	this looks like two different decks
15192s	it's the same deck
15197s	honestly I think it's just a tap
15201s	they Define more options stuff to do
15204s	yeah Fury does have a potentially strong
15207s	turn next turn
15209s	right because he has tamzing coin touch
15213s	which is quite powerful and we can see
15216s	there's double flaming if xiaobai wants
15218s	it but with double flame imp without
15221s	having Library active he does have to be
15223s	a little bit worried about Grandma
15225s	yeah especially with how this early game
15227s	has gone
15228s	yeah fiori one kept and hasn't played
15231s	anything yet like it played the card
15233s	that he kept
15246s	there are limits as to what cards he was
15248s	actually Gonna Keep
15249s	yeah
15252s	uh to be quite honest this might just be
15254s	Tams and coin grimoire
15258s	oh you think
15260s	uh
15262s	Thompson his time's in touch touched a
15264s	bit of a risk
15266s	you just leave the Imp up on the other
15268s	side right
15271s	that's true but you have dry fiber
15276s	and also xiaobai would need like an imp
15279s	to follow up right to actually kill the
15281s	Tamsin true and if the tamzin lives well
15285s	then you're just having a great day
15290s	I don't have another
15292s	you don't have an extra grimoire Target
15294s	in hand currently
15297s	friend easy
15299s	yeah we should just Temple brain yeah
15302s	Temple brand
15303s	I think this plus touch is better
15307s	because I don't think one imp on the
15309s	board is going to be the difference next
15311s	turn between we're not losing the game
15312s	but the second there isn't enough of
15314s	above for this uh imp to kill the tamzin
15317s	if the tamzin lives like that is a huge
15319s	turnaround because uh Fury has dragged
15321s	Below in hand yeah you can see of course
15323s	that there's nobody's track below there
15326s	is another M and so on so
15331s	I think Japan does have to drag below
15333s	this right
15336s	I mean it's plus two plus two on the amp
15338s	so you could trade over and just play a
15340s	cultist
15344s	but if you play Jack blow it goes into
15347s	the lady dark vein you could just play
15348s	it on curve yeah
15351s	I kind of like it
15355s	maybe that's giving up Bob potentially
15357s	giving a board too early
15364s	foreign
15376s	yeah none of these seem good hmm
15380s	play a Mischief an uninfused mischievous
15383s	simp I don't know just doesn't line up
15384s	well enough on the board yeah
15386s	I think Drive below and then leave the
15388s	two Health in case that fiori could
15391s	actually use the square mile at some
15393s	point yeah oh was that cool on curve oh
15397s	it's so good
15399s	normally this feels way more powerful
15401s	when you do it with bran but if you're a
15403s	head on board and you just drop this on
15404s	curve against nothing it's a six five
15407s	like it hits pretty hard if it's not
15410s	killed and currently fiori has no way to
15414s	kill this he has his own Circle to like
15416s	try and heal
15424s	Ed this feels terrible
15426s	yeah this is just pain isn't it maybe
15429s	Fiori's just thinking oh I just need to
15432s	get to turn a to like brands that call
15434s	or something he needs exactly wave he
15437s	needs exactly wave this turn right yeah
15440s	yeah and even even then yeah I was gonna
15443s	say
15444s	quick shot bite just drag below your own
15446s	Minion yeah okay it's it's lethal
15448s	guaranteed for for job by next turn
15451s	because it goes lady darkbean drags
15453s	below the minion
15465s	oh there's a card he would have liked
15467s	about 10 years ago
15469s	wow that's just gonna be game number
15471s	three just like that TJ going to show by
15474s	and it just shows like the polar
15477s	opposite sides of the deck right xiaobai
15480s	got the earlier it's got the curve out
15481s	and uh Fury just could not even really
15484s	fight for the board yes he didn't just
15486s	pass every turn but it was never a fight
15489s	it was okay oh okay I have to spend this
15491s	one car to deal with this there you go
15493s	no problem so tough one and uh fioriant
15496s	is now only one game away from being
15498s	eliminated which uh at least for me TJ
15500s	would be an absolutely huge upset
15502s	because I think the general Hearthstone
15504s	Community uh is in agreement that Fury
15507s	Hunter is the if not one of the best
15510s	players in the world right now so it
15512s	would be uh such a shame to see him go
15514s	out so early but losing to xiaobai twice
15517s	in a row well twice in the same group I
15519s	guess uh is a tough one
15522s	yeah has to try to Target this age now
15524s	right last deck remaining for xiaobai
15526s	two
15528s	one reasonable matchup and then one
15532s	I have no faith in Rogue hey Matt job
15535s	yeah yeah I mean this is the one this is
15538s	like the middle ground right uh the
15540s	mailbox dancer version is like the
15545s	um
15545s	[Music]
15547s	slightly extra pop-off version right but
15552s	it also relies more on Minion damage
15555s	because it doesn't run like Wicked stab
15558s	right uh so you
15561s	can get frozen out of the game a lot
15564s	easier
15565s	with this deck obviously you can make
15567s	like bigger things earlier because the
15570s	mail like mailbox answer Shadow step you
15572s	get extra access to the coin uh it's
15575s	just another Target in the deck
15578s	yeah but you uh like a flurry hurts more
15582s	because you don't have the reach that
15584s	you would with Wicked stab in the deck
15586s	yeah I mean we're gonna see the Mage Cup
15589s	against the wall lock first but I do
15591s	think in the Mage Rogue matchup that we
15593s	might see next game
15594s	um
15595s	Fury would basically have to go all in
15598s	on the dagger right I think that's the
15601s	by far the best way to deal with Mage
15603s	but first things first we've got Mage
15605s	versus Warlock and much more more
15608s	reasonable matchup for Fury air if not a
15611s	good matchup actually uh the ability for
15613s	the curses to just
15614s	not care about a lot of what the Mage is
15617s	doing
15619s	um also conveniently Dodges solid Alibi
15621s	which is a huge strength of the deck and
15624s	also just the healing Factor that's
15625s	available is actually super frustrating
15627s	combined with the recent-ish made Nerfs
15631s	yeah
15634s	it's um
15637s	it's got everything you want right it's
15638s	got the pressure early before the major
15640s	is really able to get online with some
15642s	of the more powerful cards
15644s	and like you said the over the top that
15646s	bypass is solid Alibi because it's on
15648s	their turn and not your turn
15650s	um
15652s	ah this opening from xiaobai is not the
15655s	greatest actually Thruway nightclub
15657s	sanctum but
15659s	uh does find like a cold case which is
15661s	just so General to get a card
15664s	um
15665s	but that Health total is gonna go away
15667s	uh
15670s	pretty quickly once again though not
15672s	much in the ways of
15677s	pressure pressure yeah there's the
15679s	mischievous in but it won't be infused
15681s	and shall buy wisely it's just going to
15683s	take out this imp yeah and I think I
15686s	like the nightclub sanctum throw which
15688s	sounds ridiculous but against this if
15691s	they go wide with imps okay you can
15693s	freeze like the four four five five or
15695s	six six but all the others still hit you
15697s	right and then you do nothing to turn
15700s	after and you've spent three Mana to
15702s	just freeze and make a tutu and often
15704s	that's not enough if the uh if the
15706s	Warlock actually pressures I do like the
15708s	Brandon curve though from fiori this is
15710s	just good
15711s	yep they should be sip it's gonna spawn
15714s	the uh the extra imp so
15719s	I'm gonna be able to
15721s	buff up this brand
15724s	not a lot a lot but it'll put it at a
15727s	range this kind of stuff what are you
15730s	thinking about if it's worth it it's not
15733s	worth it you got to get brand value
15734s	right well I'm actually thinking does he
15737s	play mischievous imp and not play the
15739s	nightclub
15741s	okay oh he's gonna do this I was
15743s	thinking uh I'm saying nightclub now
15745s	because we've talked about the Mage one
15746s	sorry vial Library I was wondering
15748s	whether he trades with the brand
15751s	uh well plays the trades with the brown
15753s	obstacles face and then saves the
15755s	location for next turn when you can do a
15757s	circle but decided to go this way around
15760s	all those imps are gonna go bye-bye but
15762s	it is going to infuse the imprint yeah
15765s	and there's a chance that there's nope
15770s	but like you said still infuses so
15773s	oh okay
15775s	I'm seeing pretty good pickup definitely
15776s	a matchup where you can happily just
15778s	tams in on six and not worry if you you
15781s	know you maybe kill your own import too
15787s	the savara in hand when the Cold Case
15790s	was played
15792s	I don't know maybe not super relevant
15794s	all right so shabbai has a decision to
15796s	make here uh libraries uh coming next
15799s	turn so
15801s	could just be a Varden burn
15804s	um who do you think that's outside of
15806s	that it can be greedy I think it's just
15808s	talking intellect
15811s	yeah I guess you can hit like flurry
15813s	test I'm Wildfire right so pink would
15817s	have killed it
15829s	bye so far doing a really good job of
15831s	just keeping control of the board still
15834s	on 27 so plenty of Health still has the
15837s	bar than in hand now has a flurry in
15839s	that savara which is very important
15842s	exit air once it's active makes it
15845s	survival much more of like a Tempo play
15847s	as opposed to a value play right because
15849s	in the early game you do just want to
15851s	just freeze as much as possible
15853s	yeah
15856s	okay
15857s	it's tough one I think this could be a
15860s	tampon turn though
15861s	um
15865s	all right I was I was with you I thought
15868s	this was uh sort of you know cut your
15870s	losses say you know what I lose two imps
15873s	by clear the board
15874s	play times in and then just start work
15877s	next to it
15878s	yeah I don't think he wants to let
15880s	xiaobai have a proactive turn I think
15882s	that's the biggest thing right because
15884s	if he tamps in there and let's say you
15885s	don't get an imp
15888s	Dubai literally just gets to do whatever
15891s	he wants I guess so but now you're kind
15894s	of back in the same spot right no it
15896s	looks like about it doesn't have any
15897s	proactive turns and only had reactive
15899s	turns then right now I was mainly
15903s	thinking like tams in into the turn they
15905s	want to Dawn grass like
15908s	the dawn grass Plaza what 50 50 of Cold
15911s	Case and freeze chlorine so like is that
15915s	that bad right
15917s	okay
15919s	yeah uh Fury Hunter though
15923s	you know tossed a little bit of a bolt
15926s	there because uh mortis is going to come
15927s	out and clean this board up anyway
15929s	and savara now has uh Arcane elect
15932s	flurry and
15936s	gotta be cold case right on a wildfire
15939s	yeah Wildfire right because they played
15941s	it last turn yeah
15944s	oh wait oh yeah because he didn't they
15946s	didn't play The Curse right okay yeah
15950s	yeah what if this is just a hold mode
15952s	rash
15956s	that Madness it might be Madness because
15958s	that means you don't have an AA on board
15963s	is big
15965s	just think like what if you just play
15967s	savara Flory
15969s	either ping face or Cold Case doesn't
15971s	matter to me
15973s	and then just have the board wipe next
15975s	turn
15982s	and just let Fury commit more into the
15984s	board
15985s	yeah because I I think even though it's
15988s	good and you could argue though Motors
15989s	just wins anyway I think wait oh it
15992s	doesn't have a flurry it wasn't flurry
15995s	well this is so I'll change my opinion
15997s	of the turn never mind yeah it's still
15999s	draw flurry here
16004s	wasn't entered oh okay
16011s	well now we've simply got the game of
16013s	Hearthstone
16014s	yeah to the face wave
16017s	face-to-face wave touch yep
16020s	and then next turn you have what lady
16023s	dark vein plus grimoire
16026s	and then it's a cool plus Sarah cash
16029s	and that pretty
16032s	oh wait no it's not going to be wave is
16033s	it
16037s	I was gonna just leave the three up okay
16038s	yeah because he wants the wave to be in
16040s	the lady dark vein this makes a lot of
16041s	sense yeah yeah and the tapestry I
16043s	didn't even see what was burned almost
16044s	burned
16053s	well now it might have to be mode
16054s	addressed just for the um
16058s	the race right yeah
16063s	oh is this faster gonna finish on mode
16065s	Rush okay
16068s	this also might be a lethal setup it's
16070s	not gonna wait I'm gonna multicaster and
16072s	not pink I'm just gonna fill this hand
16074s	up
16075s	that's what he's gonna do oh does that
16077s	does that Max him
16078s	yeah oh okay okay
16084s	big brain please
16093s	let's have a think here fiori Hunter
16095s	could still play zakul right because he
16097s	would still get the heel off the curse
16099s	it's actually still in hand
16104s	this is not enough or like it's what
16106s	it's a two
16110s	so
16116s	could this ever be like what
16120s	touch then wave
16125s	unless you're you think that you
16127s	absolutely need the healing
16129s	I think the problem here is though how
16131s	does Fury Holden has set up a board
16133s	because let's be honest xiaobai is very
16136s	likely to be able to just ping every
16138s	turn and keep his hand full
16140s	yeah this is a tough situation to
16142s	maneuver okay so he's gonna go for lady
16145s	darkbean
16147s	um this is like maximum healing it still
16149s	ramps the curses yeah is the big thing
16153s	they did not go to the hand right yeah
16155s	so so if xiaobai plays cards that one
16158s	has a more space in his hand uh fiorenta
16161s	now has the ability to go zakul saracas
16163s	and the only deal a chunk of damage but
16165s	also heal a lot as well
16176s	there's no way to either for a shot by
16178s	to go for like a guaranteed two-turn
16180s	lethal setup could be because just a
16182s	ping plus a more dress would be
16187s	that's 13 and then the next one would be
16189s	an extra three so it would be a little
16191s	bit of dim but wait no Frozen touch
16193s	maybe wait what about
16195s	ping Cold Case Cold Case
16200s	with flurry and then
16205s	next turn there's more Trish King he
16207s	doesn't want to he wants to keep his
16208s	hand empty I mean I I guess but that's
16212s	just not possible Right
16214s	[Music]
16218s	below that doesn't drag below any
16221s	numbers of curses right
16225s	but he needs to heal surely surely he
16227s	thinks he's dead next turn
16230s	yeah but he can't heal and remove
16234s	small
16237s	the curse is healing for more than eight
16244s	I I mean I must do I might just shall I
16247s	just win from this situation right
16248s	because you just keep your hand full and
16250s	you just ping every turn
16255s	I think yeah yeah yeah he only gets one
16257s	curse through right
16259s	yeah and it's this this turn
16262s	and it's it's not enough
16283s	really really tricky game yeah really
16286s	rough game there for Fury Hunter well
16288s	played from both players I think they
16289s	did go for the right approach but
16291s	xiaobai knowing exactly what they needed
16294s	to do to Stave off those curses
16297s	congratulations to xiaobai as he does
16299s	move on uh out of group a uh
16302s	commiserations to Fury Hunter so close
16305s	like I said still no questions one of
16308s	the best players in the world but it
16311s	just wasn't meant to be this time TJ
16312s	really rough series uh but I do think uh
16315s	Zhao blah etch and xiaobly and Zhao
16317s	blinds I might just make up names now
16319s	and xiaobai played that especially at
16321s	the end very very well making sure that
16323s	there was no way he was going to give
16325s	Fury onto any kind of curse out and then
16328s	obviously the minions themselves well
16330s	that's the easy bit for mage to control
16332s	yeah that was just a really well played
16334s	game I think from from xiaobai just
16336s	limiting the amount of curses
16337s	understanding that that was the only way
16339s	that Fury could find a win condition
16341s	because if Yuri decides to go for like a
16343s	board game plan got my head every which
16346s	way to answer it right Alibis freeze
16349s	whatever you want yeah holding on to the
16351s	more dress until it was basically the uh
16353s	the Checkmate turn right right
16356s	um was uh you know just the the biggest
16359s	of deals
16362s	um the only turn that you could go back
16363s	to I think would maybe be like the the
16367s	Thompson on turn six instead of it being
16370s	on turn seven right
16373s	uh he was just hoping that xiaobai
16375s	wouldn't have a way to react uh to a
16379s	massive board that he was building
16382s	um but he he did right and it was a lot
16385s	of ways that it it could have been
16386s	reacted to right even just a solid Alibi
16388s	would have been a lot and uh he would
16390s	have had to play dreadless Champion
16391s	anyway so I thought getting it out of
16393s	the way earlier might have been uh
16395s	slightly better but honestly the way he
16398s	went about it putting on the pressure
16399s	again like I said forcing xiaobai to not
16402s	be able to be proactive turns out he was
16404s	just able to do both right he was able
16406s	to be proactive yeah yeah because of the
16408s	way his hand was
16409s	and and honestly it's looking
16411s	interesting for these warlocks because
16412s	so far today we walk that's five matches
16415s	in as we see Habu gabu and gel by the uh
16417s	winners out of group a to get through uh
16420s	to later on in the tournament uh I think
16423s	one player a little bit more of a winner
16424s	than the other because uh Abu gabu had
16426s	his day's work done in about a total of
16428s	10 minutes so very impressive overall
16430s	from there but I just want to highlight
16431s	uh if my notes are correct warlock has
16435s	only won a single game that was not a
16439s	mirror and that was against Rogue I
16441s	believe that was a plastic against Fury
16443s	Hunter with warlock beating Rogue that's
16446s	it all the rest at warlocks either lost
16448s	or it's won a mirror which well yeah
16451s	warlock has to win a wallet mirror so
16452s	what looks looking spicy and honestly TJ
16455s	for one of the players who doesn't need
16457s	to qualify for worlds because they
16459s	already are Abu gabu's read seems to be
16461s	looking very very good so far quite good
16464s	I would say quite good and we'll see how
16467s	the rest of the groups play out but uh
16470s	this little uh nugget of a group was uh
16472s	pretty cool to see uh unfold uh just
16476s	because of you know how out of left
16478s	field Abu gabu's lineup was and just
16481s	much different from what I expected
16482s	coming in so
16485s	um yeah big congratulations to Abu gabu
16487s	and xiaobai we'll be seeing them on
16489s	Sunday yeah yep that's group a done for
16491s	the day but we've got one more group
16492s	left it's gonna be Group B and I believe
16494s	the first match is gonna be pocket train
16496s	versus gabumi and that's coming up right
16498s	after the break don't go anywhere
16506s	thank you
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16661s	thank you
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16693s	foreign
16697s	which means we are halfway through
16699s	today's action but still plenty more as
16701s	we move on to group number B and we need
16704s	to help take that apart is going to be
16706s	Simon sottle Welch how's it going Simon
16710s	it is going great all the better to be
16713s	casting with you Lorinda you lip
16716s	smacking Little Flower Pot you and I am
16718s	looking forward to getting in to one of
16721s	my favorite times of the day and that is
16723s	the time of the day where you get to
16725s	kick back and watch pocket Train play
16727s	some pocket train decks because that is
16729s	very often a sight to behold in and of
16732s	itself uh pocket train here will be
16734s	taking on gabum who is you know kind of
16737s	in the position that we perhaps saw
16739s	plastic in in the previous group where
16742s	he's a player with perhaps the lack of
16745s	reputation outside of the French scene
16747s	where he is very well known but in the
16749s	wider Hearthstone Universe I think
16751s	pocket train because of that ball priest
16753s	expertise that he's known for as well as
16755s	the Masters Tour result so probably the
16757s	bigger of these two names right now
16758s	right but what you've said has led to an
16761s	interesting situation here because
16762s	everybody knows a Pockets vein plays
16765s	boar priest and gaboom is a player with
16767s	nothing to lose so what better thing to
16770s	do when you've got nothing to lose and
16772s	you know you're playing pocket train
16773s	then bring a lineup that really really
16776s	hurts balls
16778s	yeah and some debate to be had on that
16780s	front there was a little exchange that I
16783s	caught on Twitter earlier where
16785s	pockettrain tweeted his lineup and said
16787s	literally Go On Target this if you
16789s	really want to try and then someone
16791s	responded and were with a meme of
16793s	essentially well you know gaboom's got
16794s	you covered and pocket train in the
16797s	quintessential combo player fashion
16799s	replies with he's not even favored which
16802s	is you know that is just so combo player
16805s	energy where it doesn't matter that most
16808s	of most sane people would agree 99 of
16811s	the community think that X matchup is
16813s	favored against your combo deck the
16815s	combo deck player will always say nah
16817s	I'm good fam and pocket train in
16820s	particular with boar priest in
16821s	particular is one of those people that's
16823s	been screaming for the rooftops for
16825s	quite some time that war priest does not
16827s	have bad matchups yeah and I mean I've
16830s	said this at every tournament he's
16831s	played in but it Bears saying again for
16833s	those who haven't heard me say it people
16835s	in Pocket Change testing group no longer
16837s	taking his numbers for combo debt for
16840s	that they have to do their own numbers
16841s	because he'll just say you know 70 in
16844s	this 50 50 in this 60 matchup like you
16848s	just can't trust him in terms of how you
16850s	would play it but those are his numbers
16852s	that is how good he is at this deck that
16853s	he has played bajillions of times
16856s	yes indeed and you start to see some of
16860s	this unconventional lineup that gaboom
16862s	has going for himself the big spell Mage
16864s	is being highlighted here there is also
16866s	a slow curse warlock there's The Relic
16868s	Demon Hunter and there is a alignment
16871s	ramp Druid thrown into that as well
16875s	um so yes like quite clearly I think and
16878s	I have not spoken to Kaboom to get this
16880s	information first hand but it seems
16882s	quite clear that you see a certain
16884s	player in your group and you go well
16886s	okay fair enough I know how I'm going to
16888s	attack this and the go for the bore
16890s	priest angle whether or not boar priest
16892s	can find its way out well there is not a
16895s	player who has a better chance of doing
16898s	so than this person you are looking at
16900s	right here uh Master tour Victory under
16904s	the belt of course in vashir great
16906s	overall record in Masters tours but yes
16908s	Lorinda as you have highlighted at the
16910s	bottom we've mentioned it several times
16912s	already we will mention it as many more
16915s	times as it takes probably depending on
16917s	how this first matchup goes as to
16919s	whether the bore priest gets out
16920s	immediately this is going to be the Crux
16923s	of the series the best ball priest
16925s	player in the world has been a try to be
16929s	counted by a player who's bought a
16930s	lineup to specifically be boar priest
16933s	yeah and we're going to see how that
16935s	goes there is a problem here in the
16939s	mathematics in that outside of alignment
16941s	games ball piece just does its thing on
16944s	turn seven or turn eight so it's never
16946s	that terrible a matchup like 30 40 that
16951s	sort of thing it's always going to have
16952s	a base decent chance of getting out of
16955s	there and if it rolls one of those good
16957s	games if it rolls out of there you've
16959s	got a lineup full of garbage Decks that
16960s	don't just have to beat this disc but
16962s	you've got to be another player to get
16964s	through and sure if it's a buy into the
16967s	final you take it and you play your your
16969s	less strong decks but it's not a buy
16971s	into the final so for me this is an
16974s	interesting strategy but like I said in
16976s	the intro Kaboom one of the players with
16978s	a little bit less to lose than some of
16980s	these absolutely massive names in this
16982s	tournament so I don't blame him with the
16983s	slightest for trying it on no and of
16985s	course if you if you do want to dig as
16987s	far into that debate as possible right
16989s	it's not we've seen the strategy from
16991s	like frozen right like that's the queen
16993s	to say essential example of the
16995s	ridiculous Hard Target strategy where it
16997s	was an anti-control Warrior strategy
16998s	where legitimately the decks had about a
17000s	10 win rate against every other deck in
17002s	Hearthstone and if you didn't get
17003s	control worry you didn't Hard Target
17005s	control Warrior you weren't going to win
17007s	the series yes what gaboom is playing
17009s	isn't necessarily the optimal highest
17012s	win rate Decks that a lot of the other
17013s	players are going for but they're not
17015s	going to have much worse than 45 40
17017s	matchups against everything else so if
17019s	you can go favored against the ball
17021s	priest if you can go two and one against
17023s	bore priest you're still then probably
17025s	mathematically favored against the rest
17027s	of the field but we will see how it pans
17029s	out in a macro sense get a little bit
17031s	more into the minutia of this game and
17034s	immediately that Amplified snow flurry
17036s	in hand is an interesting talking point
17038s	for Kaboom uh two game plans really here
17042s	for the Mage number one do big stuff
17045s	soon and just try it try and get there
17048s	with a board that the the priest can't
17050s	remove on the other side do so as
17051s	quickly as possible but then plan B is
17054s	disruption and disruption is far
17056s	reaching in this deck right watch post
17058s	is disruption but also weirdly Amplified
17061s	snow flurry is disruption because the
17063s	way that card works the ability to hold
17065s	a hero power for extended number of
17067s	turns you can actually buy yourself a
17070s	turn in the late game with the applied
17073s	snow flurry by getting that clutch
17075s	freeze on the target which can just
17077s	allow you that one extra turn that you
17079s	might need to go counter lethal which
17081s	you know it's something that we're
17082s	seeing very very early on in the opening
17083s	hand for Kaboom so it might not pan out
17085s	that way but I do think it's an
17086s	interesting point about the match-up
17088s	first illuminated to me by bunny Hopper
17091s	I believe who did it during Grand
17092s	Masters at some point and found a win
17094s	with Mage in a position that was looking
17096s	very challenging using that strategy
17098s	yeah it makes a lot of sense actually
17100s	when you put it that way we're talking
17101s	in terms of turn seven turn eight B when
17103s	the priest does its thing yeah I've got
17105s	my eyes on this
17107s	um turn 1780s piece does its thing if
17109s	you can just give them one plus one on
17111s	all those numbers that's a huge amount
17113s	of time as is 15 seconds disconnect Yeah
17116s	because crucially sometimes when you get
17117s	down to that point right you you have
17119s	your term where you do your amulets and
17121s	you get the weapon and we sometimes you
17124s	know describe that turn as lethal right
17126s	because you you generally stop your
17127s	opponent from doing anything for the
17128s	rest of the game but if you leave a
17130s	couple of minions up on your opponent's
17131s	board and they have a zero Mana hero
17133s	power that can stop you from attacking
17135s	for one turn those couple of Minions
17137s	that they might have not been able to
17138s	clear on that while pyromancer turn or
17140s	whatever else it was might just end up
17142s	being that the the turn that they need
17145s	to get that lethal damage going back the
17146s	other way I do hope that this clears up
17149s	sooner rather than later for both
17151s	players involved and of course our dear
17153s	viewers at home we are of course as you
17155s	can see having some momentary connection
17157s	issues hopefully things will clear up
17160s	and we can get into this game
17162s	yeah and it's gonna be um a tough one
17165s	already for pocket train nothing you can
17167s	really do about this watch post so
17170s	um it'll be eager to get on with it as
17172s	much as anybody if you especially don't
17174s	want to sit there staring at a hand that
17175s	can't do anything for a while he has got
17176s	ways out obviously with the privates so
17183s	Barbara pocket train is throwing out the
17186s	round of applause already
17189s	hits the one out of spell as well hits
17191s	the gift as well which was probably the
17194s	worst outcome pocket Train's hand is
17196s	doing nothing right now but before that
17199s	specific spell switch happened he was
17202s	still a cleric away from a good time
17203s	right because he had pyro he had cleric
17206s	all the playable amounts of mana and he
17207s	had the gift for one in hand now that
17210s	gift costs ten he's probably two or
17213s	three Runner drawers off the top away
17216s	from actually being able to do anything
17217s	super relevant in this situation yeah
17219s	talk of doing something super relevant
17221s	this is really awkward I'm gonna talk
17224s	for a moment while we wait for this to
17225s	clear up about pocket train actually he
17228s	has followed the line of people like
17231s	frozen Muzzy
17234s	um one other there's one other but I
17235s	can't hear it is I'm gonna carry on
17236s	before him which is really really
17238s	powerful ladder player but could only
17240s	play one deck at a time
17243s	um into kind of okay in his first few
17246s	tournaments into suddenly top eight
17248s	first first first first like he had the
17250s	first time he really saw him do anything
17252s	was it dreamhack Beyond like a year ago
17255s	yep and since then he's just looked not
17258s	Unstoppable there's people like Fury
17260s	Hunter and Bunny Hopper and haboo gabou
17262s	out there but
17263s	he's up there with those those muzzies
17265s	and foes of the world who's just
17267s	following that exact same trajectory so
17269s	if he doesn't win the World Championship
17270s	this year next year could be an amazing
17273s	year for pocket train I think
17279s	gaboon gets back for long enough to dump
17282s	these dragons on the board especially
17284s	frustrating I'm sure for pocket trainers
17286s	he 100 knew what the term was going to
17288s	be this turn it was going to be big
17289s	dragons coming down because he has a 10
17291s	cost spell in his hand and that's what
17292s	that means
17294s	he was just kind of waiting for those
17295s	disconnect issues to uh to pass by so he
17298s	could get the inevitable conclusion but
17301s	uh yeah 12 Health eight health huge
17303s	amounts of attack on the other side of
17304s	the board not currently enough even
17307s	injured damage to be able to get up to
17309s	the level of clear you would need for a
17311s	zirella uh pocket train has got an
17314s	enormous amount of work to do here yeah
17316s	if there's any if there's anybody else
17318s	if there's anybody else but me casting
17320s	I'd be saying hey this game's over but I
17322s	know my record with four pieces are a
17324s	little bit sketchy so put my eyes on it
17326s	but how long ago was it because I still
17329s	hear you saying like oh my mmr's still
17331s	in trouble from that ball priest
17333s	incident I'm pretty sure
17335s	six months possibly but it's at least
17337s	four months I like I'm still facing
17340s	people playing Reno Paladin and things
17342s	on ladder to this day because of it
17345s	ah
17348s	if you're the person I play playing Vino
17350s	palette the other day good for you I
17352s	hope you enjoyed yourself
17355s	I did
17356s	I'm pretty sure they did they won that's
17358s	a good time in my book
17361s	all right now she's putting the damage
17363s	because there's so much of it
17366s	turns out quite a lot if only the watch
17369s	posts could get involved in the party as
17372s	well the game would be over by the
17375s	shouting or including the shouting
17377s	actually I suppose how that idiom works
17379s	but now the Wildfire he could have
17381s	buffed he killed his own skeleton and
17383s	then played the starfish
17384s	huh that's what you're saying sure yeah
17387s	it makes sense
17390s	your pocket train gives the nod he went
17392s	for the out with the wild pyromancer
17393s	with the devour but the skeleton uh got
17395s	the work done that was needed very very
17398s	quick no enormous conclusions to be
17402s	drawn from that opening game I would say
17403s	uh yeah Mage beat ball priest uh Mage is
17407s	argued by most people again we we have
17410s	to put so many Clauses and caveats in
17412s	this when the pocket train is involved
17414s	but conventionally known as a good
17416s	matchup and whether you agree with that
17418s	or not at ball priest being played at
17420s	the highest level like let's say if are
17422s	you favored versus pocket train ball
17424s	priest if you have a good match up
17425s	against a deck and then that deck draws
17427s	badly right you are going to win and
17430s	that's kind of what we saw in that
17431s	situation where pocket just did not get
17433s	a good draw still no cleric in the hand
17435s	come I believe turns seven at the end
17437s	there uh which means yeah you're gonna
17439s	have a bad time and Kaboom with an
17441s	incredibly straightforward game number
17443s	one
17444s	um I would suggest you know pocket train
17446s	a little bit better than I do before we
17449s	reveal this next graphic is he a
17452s	jamboard priest three times gamer do you
17454s	think
17456s	if you don't start before the much
17457s	started I've said no and I haven't
17459s	looked at what's coming next I'm going
17460s	to say he's going to jam it three times
17461s	because why not save energy
17464s	like if your opponent's targeting your
17466s	board priest and it's probably going to
17468s	beat it three times why not just play
17470s	your ball please lose three times then
17472s	get on prepare for your next match
17475s	but if you get your ball piece out of
17477s	there and then you go into the
17478s	Hearthstone fight that ensues afterwards
17480s	then it's worth spending that energy
17483s	but why why spend the energy on the
17486s	Hearthstone fight when you've got to do
17487s	the poor priest afterwards if yeah find
17490s	out what your ball fish is going to do I
17492s	think it's cool
17493s	and you're right congratulations you win
17497s	a cuddly toy yay awesome Hamlet kept in
17501s	the opening hand Mulligans into double
17504s	Shard which is not looking like the
17506s	winning hand right now again a pretty uh
17509s	subpar opener for pocket train uh I
17511s	believe that was desperate prayer coming
17513s	into the hand as well okay in massively
17515s	improved immediately by the pickup of
17517s	Switcheroo uh but with the lack of
17519s	quality in the rest of the hand he's
17522s	probably gonna need that Switcheroo to
17524s	hit a cleric immediately and then
17526s	perhaps use the tradables on the shards
17528s	who find his way to a big card draw town
17532s	why weren't cuddly toys giving out its
17534s	prizes so regularly
17538s	no you have no idea what we're talking
17540s	about you actually win cuddly toys on
17542s	game shows yeah if you're not enjoying
17544s	this generation game reference based
17546s	commentary then I'm not sure what's
17547s	wrong with you yeah except we're having
17550s	a good time
17552s	okay well on with the game
17556s	yeah so this is a particularly weird
17559s	warlock that we didn't talk about much
17561s	uh it's not that weird it's just curse
17563s	lock but it's very labored and long
17566s	version of curse lock it's not the curse
17568s	lock we've now grown to to know and love
17570s	yeah a little bit slower uh there's a
17574s	few weird tech cards thrown in there as
17575s	well there's a demonic assault there is
17577s	an altar of fire what are those cards in
17579s	there for well let's puzzle this out
17581s	what have we said about
17583s	kaboom's lineup well he is just trying
17586s	to lean everything very very hard
17588s	towards ball pre so yeah vulture of Fire
17590s	Hits a key piece of win condition then
17591s	you can just win the game on the spot
17593s	demonic assault substitute basically
17596s	everything that I said previously about
17598s	uh Amplified snow flurry and reduce the
17601s	severity by a good 40 because I think
17603s	demonic assault is a lot more countable
17605s	but just having that ability to find
17607s	small taunts can buy you time against
17610s	that massive damage weapon that can come
17611s	down in the late game
17613s	um so you know gaboon is is very all in
17615s	on this strategy again not to that
17617s	Frozen 90 against warrior 10 against
17620s	everything else level that we've seen in
17621s	the past but he is he's going hard on
17624s	the ball pre strategy yeah don't blame
17627s	him to be fair like he's it's the
17629s	correct call it worked out well
17631s	um Ulta fire has I assume a great
17635s	unusual chance of hitting against poor
17637s	pieces it would against any other
17638s	similar combo deck just because you're
17640s	constantly putting the amulets back in
17642s	the deck well so here's the thing are
17645s	you because here's one of the things
17648s	that great ball priest players can
17650s	exploit whether you have the ability to
17652s	steal a card from their hand or from
17654s	their deck whether it be theater whether
17656s	it be ultra fire whatever other method
17658s	you have from from stealing cards
17659s	because it's a tradable you have nearly
17663s	full control of where it is at any given
17666s	point right if you draw it you can
17667s	choose to put it back you can choose to
17669s	hold it in your hand so you can choose
17670s	to play around whatever win condition
17671s	you want
17673s	if you choose to hard commit to keeping
17676s	the card in your hand to not having it
17677s	blown up by Ultra fire there are ways
17679s	that you can do that by having full
17681s	pop-off turns you know as early as eight
17683s	or nine Mana abusing illuminates to you
17687s	know shuffle the car back in your deck
17688s	illuminate put it back out ping it back
17690s	put it out again get it for zero and
17692s	then cheat mana on those terms by
17694s	immediately turning your three Mana
17695s	spell into a zero Mana spell drawing it
17697s	again and getting everything done in one
17699s	turn you can absolutely do that they say
17702s	you pocket train can absolutely do that
17705s	most people cannot so there are options
17708s	but I think even higher level than that
17711s	and something the pocket train is
17712s	phenomenal at with this deck something
17714s	that Fury Hunter is phenomenal at with
17716s	this deck sometimes you just shut your
17718s	eyes and say they don't have it and
17720s	that's the correct way to define it and
17722s	pocket trains analysis of those
17724s	situations and how often he's right in
17726s	those situations is freakish
17729s	yeah absolutely
17731s	um here man for you they actually
17732s	discussed that sort of thing like when
17734s	is it right to to do this when is it
17736s	wrong to do this yeah um it's not just
17738s	like some sort of gut instinct there's a
17740s	lot of gut instinct and playing a lot of
17742s	hearthstone involved but also there's
17743s	quite a lot of method in their Madness
17744s	as well
17746s	um very interesting how these top
17748s	players prepare because
17752s	if you play a hundred games more than
17753s	another top player you probably won't
17755s	learn that much but these guys play
17757s	thousands of games more than other top
17760s	players it turns out that every 0.1 you
17763s	gain soon adds up into multiple seasonal
17765s	championships who would have thought it
17769s	I can switch a roux very very useful
17772s	draw here of course finding those balls
17775s	and getting them secured in hand before
17777s	any potential altar of fire can come
17778s	down is very very relevant as well of
17780s	course worth mentioning the simple fact
17782s	that this is a 40 card deck on the other
17786s	side and that the ultrafire is a one-off
17788s	so that factor of shut your eyes say
17790s	they don't have it it becomes more
17793s	relevant in that situation but still
17795s	that that ever creeping fear of having
17798s	to play around that disruption card is
17800s	something that will nag in the back of
17801s	your mind
17802s	especially if it's you because they'll
17805s	always have it
17807s	oh if you want to increase your
17810s	likelihood of drawing good Cards Against
17811s	Me take one copy out of your deck that's
17813s	just that's just how it works just just
17816s	for the uninitiated which will be
17817s	everybody even regular viewers subtle is
17820s	still bitter about a Hearthstone match
17822s	from 2015 where somebody played one
17823s	zombie against him yep they put one
17826s	Zombie Chow in a deck that was
17828s	ludicrously greedy and said oh it's
17830s	antiaggro now it has one Zombie Chow in
17832s	it and then proceeded to draw that one
17833s	zombie shell every single game I'm still
17836s	mad and it's funny because it is
17838s	genuinely all true yeah he was mad
17841s	before he when he saw it he knew it was
17843s	going to happen and then it did it was
17844s	the best thing ever I was obviously
17846s	amused by it to this day to say whether
17848s	he's still like hated by it this day
17851s	all right pocket Train's still trying to
17853s	do something about this board and
17858s	getting somewhere but not fast enough it
17861s	feels it does I mean that is something
17863s	being done about that board but there is
17865s	still the uh
17867s	significant matter of the seven attack
17869s	minion on the other board on which is a
17872s	real real nightmare to be dealing with
17874s	he's also got nine cards in hand which
17876s	isn't fun because if he gets given a
17878s	curse now he just gets to burn a card
17880s	true yeah
17884s	which given Kaboom has turned up with
17886s	alter fire in his deck I don't think I
17888s	missed a chance to burn an opponent's
17890s	card
17898s	yep there we go
17907s	okay
17908s	[Music]
17916s	deliberately buffing up the opposing
17918s	minion making the the trade happen
17921s	and yes the burn relatively
17923s	insignificant in that point
17925s	yeah I mean it's insignificant the fact
17927s	that he didn't lose the game on the spot
17928s	right it's still something you want but
17930s	yeah not losing the game on the spot you
17932s	take it right now
17935s	yeah appreciate your turns right yeah
17937s	and crucially the board is empty which
17939s	gives pocket trains some Freedom here is
17941s	to largely do whatever he wants
17951s	has got those amulet trades going I
17953s	think will feel very secure at this
17955s	point that he's not about to be ultra
17957s	fired so I don't think playing around
17958s	alter will be a primary concern for him
17960s	right now I think he is just kind of
17962s	setting up the more Solitaire on
17964s	interactable win condition as he can hmm
17968s	yeah that's the decision he's just
17971s	making sure he's got it right right now
17972s	with my opponent have done it last turn
17973s	yes I think they would
17979s	we've got everything intact in hand
17983s	this time you keep the curse in your
17985s	hand you don't play it out so that way
17986s	you've got protection against your
17987s	opponent filling your hand with curses
17989s	because that gets discarded first and
17990s	you actually draw your card
17992s	yeah especially since you can spend that
17994s	manner on weaving the heel in any way
17996s	which largely mitigates what the curse
17998s	damage does anyway
18005s	and kaboom
18007s	not a lot going on this turn
18021s	wow
18032s	okay
18035s	doing it a lot
18037s	he's not going to get to denethius land
18039s	is he he's dead before that ever happens
18043s	you'd have to believe so um yeah or he's
18045s	won sorry that being the other option
18053s	you see the uh or at least my presumed
18055s	reason as to why this dread Steed ended
18057s	up on the other side of the board is
18058s	that he wanted to ensure potential
18060s	targets for uh curses if at all possible
18063s	also board space being a concern on the
18066s	other side if you can start to get
18067s	multiple dread speeds going on on the
18068s	other side then that can potentially
18070s	disrupt the uh the combo at the end
18072s	and if I'm doing it and I'm not pocket
18074s	training it also disrupts how long you
18076s	have
18079s	because it's a really slow animation
18089s	it is actually becoming really awkward
18094s	you see now the dreadsy coming back from
18096s	the amulet Kaboom will be delighted to
18099s	see
18101s	yeah
18104s	you would ideally want to find some way
18106s	here of uh like using Shadowood devour
18109s	even on the dread seeds themselves you
18111s	can kill as many balls as possible
18112s	without killing the dread seeds
18115s	okay
18118s	but without that being available it
18120s	looks like all this additional
18121s	disruption from gaboom is going to have
18124s	got there because pocket train is in
18127s	trouble currently
18129s	yeah he's trying to work out anyway this
18131s	can work now next turn or this turn
18133s	would normally be the term that he just
18134s	got it done but he's got to find a way
18137s	through all this and I'm not quite sure
18138s	how you do that with the Fairly limited
18140s	resources you're given
18142s	also a reminder we said this a lot
18144s	earlier and it is Group B so it's
18146s	slightly less important now but the
18147s	players didn't know the lineups until
18149s	half an hour or so before the start of
18152s	play today
18153s	and so when your opponent just decides
18155s	to turn your things into dread stage you
18157s	haven't got a whole lot of practice
18158s	against that over the course of the week
18162s	you've got to work it out on the you
18164s	know you'll know roughly how to deal
18165s	with it you'll face it eight before at
18166s	some point but you've got to work out
18168s	how to deal with it optimally quickly
18170s	you don't get to play test it all day
18179s	laughs
18183s	trading it back reason being like
18186s	normally pocket train would be at the
18187s	point in the matchup where he has enough
18189s	juice in the trades like two on one
18191s	three on the other is the the magic
18192s	setup that you want along with the two
18194s	natural boars but because of the
18196s	position he's in with the dread speeds
18198s	being gifted to him I say gifted uh I
18200s	suppose these are the real curses in
18202s	this matchup right the uh The Dread
18203s	seeds being cursed to him by gaboon on
18206s	the other side he wants to juice this
18208s	amulet as much as humanly possible to
18211s	make sure that he is getting full value
18213s	from his pigs maximizing those odds and
18215s	potentially making it certainty if he
18217s	can find the board space but it's just
18219s	not looking like it's going to happen
18221s	yeah those things are going to be
18222s	re-gifted tomorrow they're going to be
18224s	out on sale somewhere
18225s	discount in the back of somebody's car
18227s	boot didn't want him anyway
18230s	and I believe Saya dinathrius will now
18234s	come down near juicy 15 damage and so
18237s	you start to see it we ended up focusing
18239s	on the wrong Tech card uh Ultra fire is
18242s	the one that we gave a lot of attention
18243s	to but in the end you can see how
18245s	disruptive those dread speeds end up
18247s	being being gifted to the opponent
18249s	initially limiting board space then
18252s	ruining the pool of the Amulet of
18254s	undying this is the recurring theme
18257s	running throughout it's good matchups
18260s	against bore priest teched in the way
18262s	that is as disruptive as possible so we
18265s	can see that as well in the remaining
18267s	decks like it's not just Druid for
18269s	example that's being played it's not
18270s	just Ram Druid which you know again
18271s	arguably debasively depending on builds
18274s	depending on player depending on pilot
18276s	depending on pocket train might maybe
18279s	sometimes have a good match up against
18281s	four priest was that that wishy-washy
18282s	enough do you think I'll get away with
18283s	that one yeah yeah you you got that
18285s	you've got some clarifications in there
18287s	however if you also like have the a
18290s	potential pop-off turns that come from
18292s	Celestial alignment early then it can
18294s	just become way too disgusting way too
18296s	quickly obviously the opposing
18299s	disruption that did almost immediately
18301s	win the game with uh Celestial alignment
18303s	is not necessarily the factor anymore
18304s	there can still be a huge advantage in
18307s	terms of just disgusting things you can
18309s	do incredibly early with your own hand
18311s	yeah and
18313s	um obviously pocket trains also got
18315s	alignment in his Druid so in the world
18317s	where you don't get your bore priest
18318s	targeted because that's all we have
18319s	talked about because it is the Crux of
18321s	this particular match
18322s	what are the advantages disadvantages of
18324s	having an alignment in your Druid decks
18326s	it's based it's functionally the same
18328s	deck give or take three or four cards
18330s	and personally it's not something that I
18332s	have a satisfying answer to myself as to
18335s	what the real upsides of celestial
18336s	alignment are I haven't played an awful
18339s	lot of Druid recently since the Nerf
18341s	Hammer came down I haven't really spent
18343s	too much time with like Jailer builds of
18345s	Druid in general
18347s	um so the advantage of celestial
18349s	alignment when it is you know
18351s	non-symmetrical now it is something that
18353s	I do struggle with personally so it's
18356s	something I'm a little bit I I'm less
18358s	surprised to see it perhaps from Kaboom
18360s	side from pocket train side but it
18361s	wasn't something that I was expecting to
18362s	see a great deal of coming into this
18364s	tournament yeah my understanding is that
18366s	it's better against sort of the slower
18367s	decks and in this lineup that pocket
18369s	trains brought is
18372s	um pretty weak against aggro anyway so
18374s	why not just go all in and just have
18376s	have the thing that's better against the
18378s	control decks anyway because you're the
18379s	one who can abuse the let's say the
18381s	asymmetrical side of it with the Druid
18383s	but against the aggro decks you haven't
18385s	got the time to be messing around with
18386s	alignments and stuff course you're just
18388s	gonna die so this is his meta to read I
18391s	believe I don't know if it's a ladder
18393s	playable deck particularly I I guess
18396s	that's also depends what you think of
18398s	the metal on the ladder but yeah that's
18400s	my understanding whether my
18401s	understanding is correct or not I
18402s	wouldn't like to completely get behind
18404s	but I think I think that's roughly where
18405s	we're at with this
18406s	well roughly where we are at with this
18408s	series is that pocket train is up
18411s	against the wall here and we have
18412s	confirmed that pocket train is a jam
18414s	ball priest three times gamer as if
18416s	there was ever going to be any doubt he
18419s	must win this individual game of ball
18422s	priests and just looking down the
18425s	lineups looking at what gabboom has on
18428s	the other side I would fancy that this
18431s	is the match-up maybe that you have the
18434s	most wiggle room in
18436s	um having now give the Warlock even more
18438s	credit because obviously I mean as you
18439s	all heard until we saw it playing out in
18441s	that matchup I had not even considered
18443s	the Dred Steed interaction until it was
18445s	plain plain as they in front of me so
18447s	with that now factored in as well into
18448s	the Warlock build I think that can be an
18451s	incredibly disruptive matchup so this
18453s	one on the other hand yes there's a few
18455s	disruption cards yes you have the
18457s	powerful to just do absolutely stinky
18459s	things straight away but I don't think
18462s	the absolute disruption is as powerful
18465s	as it is in some of the other decks how
18466s	however what you can do is just curve
18470s	out which is what Kaboom is doing
18472s	incredibly well up until this point
18474s	location on two Relic on three school
18477s	teacher on 4 for the dormant turn on the
18479s	location and then the perfect curve into
18483s	relic of Dimensions to follow that all
18485s	up and yeah pocket train having a
18487s	chuckle this has been the day so far
18490s	larinda like for everybody yeah not just
18493s	pocket trains just been
18494s	my deck kills you your deck kills me
18497s	repeat yeah kills the other one the most
18500s	it has been one of the most lineup
18503s	warping tournaments so far the day ones
18505s	of a tournament whatever you want to
18507s	call it that I can remember seeing in
18509s	quite a long time like people are just
18511s	turning up with the bad match up and the
18513s	good matchups are winning easily that is
18515s	what we are seeing so far throughout
18517s	this tournament I did feel that this
18519s	time around I did say this at the start
18520s	of the day so I'm not just saying hey
18521s	look what's happening it may still be
18522s	wrong it's only Group B game one but the
18526s	the players there was this air amongst
18527s	the players of really got to get this
18529s	lineup right like more than usually
18531s	always like obviously it's a game where
18533s	you build decks and play them against
18535s	people as sort of mooing about their
18537s	hands choosing to not look it's
18540s	terrified
18544s	um and this time around I think the
18546s	players were far more worried about
18548s	getting the right line up than even than
18549s	usual just because they there was this
18552s	sort of sense that this might happen I
18553s	think
18555s	get it wrong you lose and try to
18558s	continue to pay attention to the small
18559s	details of pocket train on the other
18560s	hand he's obviously frustrated but I do
18562s	still think he's playing to his outs as
18563s	best he can it's one of those turns with
18566s	bore priest you have to recognize your
18568s	hand is not doing anything you must draw
18570s	cards this turn right like you
18572s	absolutely have to do it the Expendable
18574s	card in your hand is that cleric uh gift
18577s	for example as well although that would
18579s	potentially draw a card as well if you
18581s	could set it up in certain situations
18582s	perhaps not this one gift is essential
18585s	for that pyromancer combo if the
18587s	pyromancer combo is going to appear but
18588s	with a second cleric in hand cleric is
18591s	the card that can be thrown away from
18592s	the draw however none of those cards in
18595s	the middle of the hand are now playable
18597s	so uh good luck have fun my friends
18600s	pyromancer still gets him out doesn't it
18603s	how could she just play it from the
18606s	right and you play everything from the
18608s	left in order I think you might still
18609s	get there
18612s	maybe you're one man of short to kill
18614s	the six sixes you might be right
18616s	actually yeah I mean you don't have to
18618s	clear the ball if you can get a pyro
18620s	turn that draws you five six cards
18622s	you'll take that you know like that that
18624s	will absolutely tick the boxes yeah for
18627s	a pocket train at this point he doesn't
18628s	absolutely have to clear the board
18633s	so you know that was the end of that
18635s	discussion
18640s	okay nope
18650s	there it is
18651s	[Laughter]
18655s	well what's your other choice if you
18657s	don't take this
18660s	I mean they're they're both non-choices
18662s	right because they're not keeping you
18664s	alive
18667s	yes that's correct
18671s	[Music]
18672s	unless how many spells have actually
18674s	been cast
18676s	just been tradables primarily right
18678s	apart from YouTube one one or two okay
18684s	the Everlasting Theory there's always
18686s	one more than you think it is when
18687s	you're casting
18691s	he's trying
18695s	with anybody else's too like we keep
18696s	saying it's not gonna get that I think
18698s	you can't play these cards I complete
18700s	these cards
18704s	he's back to 30s alive on board somehow
18713s	wow Bill how much damage is this coming
18715s	back yeah all of it it's all of the
18717s	damage yeah predation weapon swing
18720s	everything that you possibly need and
18723s	that is gonna be yet again another 3-0 I
18727s	was looking forward to this tournament
18728s	Lorinda and I feel like I've barely got
18730s	to do anything so far and this is my
18733s	third series
18735s	absolutely outrageous the first series
18738s	of the day was actually a really good
18740s	series especially the ending um the
18742s	final the final play of the finals of
18744s	the first series if you weren't around
18745s	for that one that was actually a really
18746s	good game this one's a bit different
18748s	because gaboom set out to do this
18750s	everyone sets out to three other
18752s	opponents but he set out specifically
18754s	for this to happen in this way so this
18757s	one's a little bit different to some of
18758s	the others I feel where yeah he just got
18760s	the lineup not only right but put the
18762s	tech cards in it's gonna be interesting
18763s	to see how he gets on when he has to
18765s	play against other people that haven't
18767s	got four priests that's that's going to
18769s	be the big test for gaboon but obviously
18770s	starting off basically for free on the
18772s	final by the look of things yeah pretty
18774s	good spot to be in
18776s	lastly now of course we have pocket
18779s	train to look forward to playing against
18781s	other people's lineups that aren't
18782s	gaboon but the way this could pan out is
18785s	this could now be double jeopardy and we
18787s	could end up seeing this match up again
18788s	and that's you know we talked a lot
18791s	about you know the mathematics involved
18793s	in this kind of hard target strategy
18794s	what then happens if you have to beat
18796s	another player you don't always have to
18799s	be another player it is very very
18801s	possible that you can just get out by
18804s	beating pocket train twice so if that's
18806s	the way that Kaboom has to go about it
18808s	I'm sure he'll be delighted if that's
18809s	the way it happens to pocket train I'm
18810s	sure he'll be absolutely fuming
18813s	um but it is another 3-0 it is another
18815s	fast series and it's going to be glory
18818s	versus tansoku now to take down the
18820s	remainder of this group
18822s	yeah and which one of these counts as
18824s	the OG like yeah you know katsoka was
18828s	there before Glory but Glory's the world
18830s	champion of two years ago
18832s	yeah I mean I would probably give it to
18834s	tansoku in terms of you know if you want
18836s	to say which one is the the OG in the
18839s	scene but certainly it has been eclipsed
18842s	in recent memory by the likes of
18846s	um of Glory of possessive ala temu right
18849s	this new wave of players that have
18851s	really taken APAC and Japan in
18854s	particular to new heights in Hearthstone
18856s	so this is a stacked group honestly you
18859s	know particularly now gaboom is showing
18861s	what he's throwing into the mix and
18863s	really playing his part in this
18865s	particular group and expertly doing so
18867s	it must be said so I think this one
18869s	could be a very very spicy watch for the
18872s	rest of the day absolutely well enough
18874s	of me and subtle at least for now we'll
18876s	have some more later I'm sure let's take
18878s	that break let's get them set up and
18880s	let's get on with the second match of
18881s	Group B right after this
18884s	foreign
18891s	[Music]
18899s	[Music]
18905s	[Music]
18917s	foreign
18921s	[Music]
18965s	thank you
18973s	[Music]
18997s	foreign
18998s	[Music]
19052s	thank you
19060s	[Music]
19079s	hello everybody and welcome back to the
19081s	fall Championship my name is TJ I'm
19083s	joined by Derek Brown the one and only
19085s	Derek Brown Derek Brown himself Derek in
19091s	the flesh
19092s	Brown It's Flamingo Friday here Friday
19095s	championship
19096s	and uh we're rocking it how you doing
19098s	Derek
19099s	Feeling Good Feeling pink healthy and
19103s	hail ready to uh to cause some hot stone
19107s	um ah what is it that flamingos eat it's
19109s	not Krill that's whales
19111s	prawns okay
19113s	prawns is it prawns did you say prawns
19115s	is that what you said yeah isn't it
19117s	prawns
19121s	it's a great question it's one that
19123s	we'll have to put on pause right now
19124s	because we got some players to introduce
19126s	we got Glory verse tonsoku
19128s	two of the greatest players
19131s	ever come out of Japan one of them my
19133s	second favorite Hearthstone player of
19136s	all time the other
19138s	in the top 15.
19142s	definitely takes the cake for my
19144s	favorite uh picture that he submitted
19146s	because his head just looks like
19147s	someone's Photoshopped it to move it
19149s	like half a centimeter to the left just
19151s	offset from his body ever so slightly so
19154s	it's very disconcerting
19156s	yeah Angeles tonsoku in general is just
19160s	he's just fun to watch and not in the
19162s	fun to watch like you know Gabby or
19165s	bly's kind of way but fun to watch in
19167s	the oh
19169s	you know the oh it's tonsoku
19173s	that that kind of fun to watch so um yes
19177s	uh I'm definitely looking forward to
19180s	seeing what he's got in store for us but
19183s	first we're going to talk about Glory a
19186s	brave brave soul bringing ramp Druid to
19190s	the fall Championship if you had asked
19192s	me that a day ago I'd be I'd be like
19194s	yeah why wouldn't you
19196s	um you know it's a good competitive deck
19199s	you have open decklist so you know what
19201s	to play around uh you have uh some some
19204s	a lot of options and how you can build
19206s	the deck and Tech it you asked me today
19208s	I'm like nope get me out
19210s	yeah I mean there's a couple things to
19212s	say like the Guff nerve has been much
19214s	more substantial than I at first
19216s	anticipated it's so much harder to fit
19219s	in that hero power when it actually uses
19221s	up a full two Mana uh rather than just
19223s	kind of the one manner you usually ended
19225s	up using up
19227s	um and also like even though the power
19228s	level I think is still there for Druid
19230s	it's place in the metagame is just so
19233s	precarious right now like every deck
19235s	feels like it has a strong
19237s	match up against Druid when played well
19239s	like the Demon Hunter you're just
19241s	putting too many stats online you have
19243s	so much burst damage these Rogues put so
19245s	many stats online way more than the
19247s	Druid can answer most of the time even
19249s	the Mages I would argue when played
19251s	correctly have a very very good shot
19253s	against Druid with all the burst damage
19255s	they have you can very often even
19257s	counteract double Earth and scales on
19259s	like a massive dinathrius or whatever it
19261s	is later on
19262s	um so I do agree that glory is going to
19264s	be in a bit of a tough position because
19265s	of that uh and we'll have to see whether
19269s	he can take a win maybe against the
19271s	likes of this Demon Hunter is one of the
19272s	better decks to do so because it can be
19274s	a little slow getting off the starting
19276s	line if it doesn't hit an early relic of
19278s	phantasms
19280s	yeah but we've seen that that just
19282s	hasn't been the case
19286s	uh that's just the way hearthstone's
19288s	been playing out today you know uh it's
19290s	just everybody has all the things that
19292s	are good
19293s	um uh which is sometimes exciting but
19297s	right now you know we're kind of at the
19298s	height of a metagame right things are
19300s	not solved but uh definitely in a place
19303s	where
19304s	um decks are refined because they've
19307s	been around for uh quite some time so if
19310s	you have a high power level deck that
19311s	hits its curve you have games like we've
19313s	seen today
19316s	hey
19320s	uh yeah uh they've been some interesting
19323s	ones like obviously the players at the
19325s	getting the business end of the stick uh
19327s	in plastic in particular I've been
19330s	having a bit of a rough time of it uh
19331s	but hopefully we'll see some more
19333s	interactive games in glory vs tan soccer
19335s	this is of course a repeat of Masters
19338s	Tour Castle mathria or or murderer
19341s	Castle nathria
19343s	um with those two being locked in in the
19345s	finals we were guaranteed our first APAC
19347s	winner of a Masters Tour but tansoka was
19350s	able to take it down and be crowned with
19353s	that especially impressive achievement
19355s	one that G and I were very very happy to
19358s	see
19359s	and it would be obviously a huge boost
19362s	to his career to be getting a win here
19364s	or a top forward going through to the
19366s	world championship as you know like uh
19368s	subtle and Lorinda was saying he's been
19370s	here right from the start of competitive
19372s	Hearthstone still plugging away which is
19374s	something very impressive to see
19376s	however I gotta say that for Glory the
19378s	back to back to back World Championships
19381s	would be an unbelievable performance it
19384s	would it would
19386s	um
19387s	uh it's been quite the rare sight in
19390s	competitive Hearthstone and we got some
19392s	history behind us now uh the Naga priest
19395s	Naga priest versus Relic
19398s	Demon Hunter remember when rally Demon
19402s	Hunter was a meme
19403s	shall bring victory
19406s	not anymore
19410s	well said
19414s	that's the statement
19417s	I don't want to gross them up too
19418s	heavily but backstage Soul has been
19421s	talking some serious smack talk about uh
19424s	handmaiden being kept in the Mulligan
19426s	saying it's the literal worst card to
19428s	keep literally 100 of the time and uh be
19433s	interested to see here where the tansoku
19435s	agrees with him
19438s	okay
19441s	oh he's a learned man he knows it that's
19443s	do we have the Scribe too
19446s	um which is uh
19449s	I guess a a little more interesting in
19452s	terms of
19454s	Mulligan decisions than the handmaiden
19457s	yeah on agreement that handmade is just
19459s	the absolute worst card to keep all the
19462s	time even on the coin even with the
19464s	perfect hand yeah when I draw it I can
19467s	see it out of principle yeah just to
19470s	lower its win rate it's drawn win rate
19474s	oh
19475s	this is just a massive conspiracy
19478s	all right nice little opening from Glory
19481s	gets the discounted scorpid which is
19483s	just good to have on board to contest
19484s	tonsoku it's going to put him you know
19487s	behind just a tiny bit in terms of
19488s	trying to ramp things up this isn't the
19491s	mo this isn't like a terrible hand for
19493s	tonsoku has some spells to be able to
19496s	use the handmade has blademaster Samurai
19497s	to be able to deal with the phantasms uh
19500s	if it were to come out early right to
19502s	deal with that burst push
19504s	I must consider
19511s	who knows what Secrets but what about
19515s	the tempo brand oh this is what I like
19519s	to see from Glory the one thing I was
19520s	kind of wondering if I agree on or not
19522s	was like the Abyssal depths or the the
19525s	I-beam both had uh their Merit but this
19527s	just getting stuff on board I fully
19530s	agree with the priest has
19531s	almost no answer to this on the other
19534s	side
19536s	um wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
19537s	wait never mind
19540s	radiant uh-huh Shadow word devour uh-huh
19546s	nope
19548s	trying to make Samurai work
19551s	you can't you can't
19553s	um he has three Mana he has three Mana
19555s	yeah handmaiden boom
19559s	radiant Shadow or devour
19562s	bless coin
19564s	Priestess handmaiden shadowboard devour
19567s	again
19569s	concede
19571s	there it is I found the line he's got it
19575s	oh
19578s	this is so good Lori on the other side
19581s	hitting the absolute juice another
19582s	choice between I-beam or Abyssal depth
19585s	wait again it's actually kind of a close
19587s	Choice what about sigil
19590s	uh I don't
19593s	think he's going that wide on board
19595s	right
19596s	the Sigil of Silence
19598s	oh silence oh sorry I thought that was
19600s	the uh now the central location sorry
19603s	okay lock up the board right before a
19606s	pop-off turn yeah yeah place down on
19608s	Central silence I mean it doesn't really
19610s	do much against Boone but it blocks the
19612s	taunt right it'll get rid of the taunt
19614s	limits time so because options I don't
19616s	know just a thought
19617s	it's fair I think it's reasonable for
19619s	him to expect this board to stick though
19621s	and so I think I'd rather choose one
19622s	that has a little bit more Synergy with
19624s	bran uh like it's a very limited hand
19628s	and hit in order to be able to clear
19631s	this board yeah
19634s	the woman is again why I was looking at
19636s	a business Abyssal depth honestly to
19638s	just draw your hand yeah your deck even
19641s	quicker yeah yeah well that makes sense
19645s	that's a major pop-up turn here
19648s	uh comparative to how weak the hand was
19650s	looking
19659s	oh yeah and it's a really really big
19663s	deal that this brand dies as well
19666s	I think this is what this is exactly the
19668s	play that I said last time yeah exactly
19671s	just uh possible
19677s	okay so we got I-beam and what is that
19679s	multi-strike
19682s	and to be fair to you TJ that's digital
19684s	silence would be looking real juicy
19686s	right now
19688s	that's what I'm saying right you get you
19691s	get two of them you get a second
19692s	noggling
19693s	obviously it doesn't the Battle Cry
19695s	doesn't do anything right but your
19697s	Brand's probably not sticking maybe it
19698s	sticks I think it was probably sticking
19700s	though
19702s	why this was a very specific hand to be
19704s	able to clear off the the brand sure
19706s	yeah I used every card but one literally
19711s	apart from the unplayable card in his
19713s	hand yeah the one that's you know 26
19716s	Mulligan win rate
19719s	rounding up yeah
19736s	this whole premise it there's the fix
19742s	well it does set up for the clear next
19743s	turn
19744s	just about yeah you just take a smooth
19748s	14 you know
19750s	nice and clean yeah
19767s	I'd much rather get the hair power in
19769s	the trade here obviously Gloria was
19771s	setting up for something yeah
19775s	if this sticks you have a
19779s	decent shot of just winning the game
19780s	next turn so
19782s	that is the juice right there
19788s	you've got chaos strike take down the
19791s	okay that opens up in some more that's
19793s	just a clear now if you want it with
19795s	chaos strike Relic uh Extinction I
19797s	believe because extinction's up to six
19799s	damage it will deal yep
19802s	oh sorry not care strike fell barrage oh
19804s	barrage yeah yeah plus The Relic it's
19806s	nice and clean you can just fit into
19808s	hero power afterwards and yeah yeah push
19811s	the two damage to base I was obviously
19813s	love to be able to uh use the vault
19816s	with a relic but now has a bunch of
19819s	great top decks with the other relics
19822s	which are going to be good at any given
19823s	point yeah that's right relic of uh
19827s	phantasms if he gets it next turn that's
19829s	pretty close to a guaranteed win uh in
19832s	all honesty just because with Samurai
19834s	already having been played there's very
19836s	little chance that tansoku can develop a
19839s	big enough board yeah
19841s	here
19846s	yeah nothing else to do with the man I
19848s	guess you could trade away The Shard and
19850s	just see what happens but
19852s	just putting a couple four sixes on the
19854s	board especially with the handmade in
19856s	hand trying to Juice It Up exactly yeah
19858s	that's what you're trying to move
19859s	towards here get the handmaiden played
19861s	draw
19862s	be
19864s	remaining radiant in your deck draw a
19866s	school teacher draw a
19869s	amalgam as well and just start popping
19871s	off with these wigs as much as possible
19872s	yep
19878s	foreign
19881s	LY mean that one million sticks on the
19883s	board here for Tan soku which is scary
19886s	even with the oh hellatrix there and
19890s	that's quite a draw
19892s	yeah yeah
19895s	would have to
19896s	dump the serpent week though right
19899s	because it's unactivated right now or
19901s	obviously yeah play the handmaiden first
19903s	but I think I would let the serpent wig
19905s	go here
19912s	yeah I think you gotta just keep the
19914s	pressure upright get the car draw out of
19916s	the way
19917s	it's just the follow-up's probably not
19919s	going to be good because you're only
19920s	going to be able to play uh
19922s	I guess you could trade away The Shard
19926s	play the slitherspier trade The Shard
19928s	Thrive for no I wouldn't separate with
19931s	one plus three Mana you'd have to play
19933s	the shot I'm closer to playing the
19935s	shortage oh yeah playing the shards get
19937s	out yeah
19939s	I wonder yeah play The Shard then Thrive
19942s	for the serpent wig exactly vicious so
19945s	there's beer and serpent week yeah
19946s	that's that I think that was that's the
19948s	line
19950s	oh because now we're oh wait let's have
19955s	a blessed we'd much rather have played
19957s	that I think and done an additional five
19959s	yeah
19962s	uh but then you know I was talking about
19964s	how Glory could lock down the board if
19965s	he got a relic of phantasms last turn uh
19968s	he hasn't found it and with now the best
19970s	being an unenfused zymox and no way to
19974s	infuse it because even if it's at four
19977s	he can't trade in the meltronics and so
19980s	if he takes extinctions he can clear off
19985s	but hopefully the two smaller minions
19989s	or I guess hopefully the big minion
19991s	because it's a four but that's a little
19993s	unlikely
19996s	okay
19998s	that's from where he's at a potentially
20000s	good outcome but from where we're sat we
20002s	can see lethal in game one
20006s	and uh pretty
20008s	in game
20009s	this is one win it's like oh
20013s	this is my heart
20017s	oh yeah you gotta love the tonsoku pop
20019s	off just for a game one win uh so stoic
20022s	the the uh the rest of the game though
20025s	um but a nice little uh win in the books
20028s	good swing turn uh with the blade Master
20031s	camera and that's just what let it
20032s	happen obviously Glory didn't have the
20035s	the greatest of hands right that had
20038s	reactive tools to be able to deal with
20040s	some of the boards but
20041s	you know with how Relic uh Demon Hunter
20043s	works you know you have to put on
20045s	pressure at some point and it was just a
20047s	little bit too late in the game needed
20050s	that A phantasma Relic Dimensions early
20052s	to go along with that Relic ball in
20053s	order to make it happen
20055s	yeah he did lose out on card draw at the
20058s	end of the game I will say he was
20059s	offered twice um both off the Scorpion
20063s	and off the school teacher Abyssal depth
20065s	which would have drawn him the two
20066s	lowest cost uh minions in his deck which
20069s	were what is that in Demon Hunter
20072s	uh
20074s	not many at the bottom end like what
20075s	lady said you know bran yeah like these
20078s	are decent cars almost already played so
20080s	it would have been like yeah yeah and
20082s	and you know in scorpion yeah that's
20083s	good that's good value that's good ways
20085s	to lock down the board as well and I
20087s	totally get what he was going for in
20089s	choosing the uh I-beam on both occasions
20093s	when it was off a term because it gave
20094s	him a little bit more clear potential
20095s	but I do think he was maybe relying a
20097s	little bit too much on the top deck
20099s	potential of his deck which is a little
20101s	bit dubious with this deck if you miss
20103s	the relic of Dimensions it's really uh
20107s	not not very heavy on the card draw
20109s	dubious bro yeah
20112s	I knew it as soon as I said it was like
20120s	ah Kirsten poor locked
20125s	you dubious deck
20127s	dubious deck to ever do it
20131s	you'd be his deck David Dooby Dooby Doo
20137s	I still don't know what that voice is
20138s	like is this
20141s	I don't know it's it's my colleague
20143s	what's an American Voice
20148s	that's what it is up my DP dudes
20159s	unbelievable
20164s	that I could ever be an American
20166s	Yes actually
20172s	well how are we looking about this one
20174s	it's a very very cursed half of the deck
20176s	for tansoku uh so yeah I appreciate the
20180s	full model and instead finding all of
20183s	this goodness that's the juice
20188s	and Gloria
20191s	[Music]
20193s	not the best early game but
20195s	has I mean I guess just rolling of
20199s	Extinction is decent it'll deal with
20201s	this flame up unless Tom soku decides to
20203s	coin another one but it's not going to
20206s	yeah I fully agree with it it's a
20208s	mulligan for Glory just uh yeah a
20211s	guaranteed player against either flaming
20213s	pool Wicked shipment and then juice up
20216s	his
20216s	Extinction uh his phantasms and of
20219s	course the relic of Dimensions which
20222s	he's picked up now which if he can find
20224s	himself the location before then he's
20226s	looking absolutely fantastic of course
20228s	uh but even without that this is a slow
20231s	hand for sure uh but the kind of hand
20234s	that can do very very well as long as
20236s	tan soku doesn't get off to two of an
20238s	explosive uh too explosive of a couple
20241s	turns here
20242s	yeah but tansoku has
20245s	quite the good curve oh yeah
20248s	and go cultist next turn I played the
20251s	circle instead of the cult to this turn
20252s	obviously because one is just more power
20254s	present on board two it's a higher
20256s	upside if you do draw a library off the
20258s	top
20259s	um you know order of play it helps
20262s	Infuse the mischievous M2 so
20264s	everything working out but now Gloria is
20266s	going to start to hit uh his curves it's
20269s	just you know is it too late at this
20271s	point is the only
20273s	only question
20277s	blade Master Samurai is certainly
20281s	tempting here because if you're
20283s	expecting mischievous imp as the the big
20285s	play it does activate it
20288s	but they'd have to trade everything in
20290s	uh in order to be able to play it
20292s	assuming you choose Minion or I mean you
20294s	could choose whatever they'll have to
20295s	trade in anyway if they want to play the
20298s	Imp and that saves you a lot of Health
20300s	in the meantime and maybe gives you that
20302s	time to find the location to go with
20305s	this Extinction now for a full board
20306s	clip or at least closer to a football
20308s	player yeah
20314s	foreign
20326s	just basically a six health field there
20328s	knowing that it can die on board but
20331s	setting up
20335s	oh my goodness this is an expensive hand
20337s	for Glory
20342s	okay okay
20345s	it's not bad
20348s	it's just a question of whether or not
20350s	it will stabilize uh because now it's so
20354s	cool as well is not only getting the
20356s	minion chip damage but the curse damage
20358s	as well which where things get so scary
20360s	for Glory yeah
20365s	and are these four fours from kertress
20371s	three attacks three threes right
20374s	oh from Katra sorry I thought you meant
20376s	from the on the relics oh no from Curtis
20381s	I don't know if the relics are good
20384s	enough I'm just wondering if with the
20387s	Fel barrage
20389s	uh not quite
20392s	awkward numbers yeah very awkward
20396s	that are up to hey you can only get them
20398s	up to four he just needs the location
20401s	here to be able to go double relic of
20402s	Extinction and then maybe we could talk
20417s	I will teach her into another relic of
20420s	Extinction
20421s	should I get it done either
20426s	all right
20432s	one damage off from tonsoka's
20434s	perspective
20436s	again
20440s	but I mean yeah yeah it's I think you
20443s	still do it the only play you can make
20446s	here yep
20448s	forces glory to have to play The Curse
20450s	from hand as well
20452s	uh
20454s	two of his Mana the following turn
20457s	I guess with curtress not so much
20459s	exactly what happens if they play
20461s	kartra's next turn is the question
20462s	because you get them down to one up to
20465s	six they take three more from the curse
20468s	so unless you hit another curse on the
20469s	following turn you're not actually
20470s	killing them and you would then not be
20473s	killing the fell bats uh with the tams
20475s	in afterwards as opposed to the Abyssal
20477s	wave okay
20480s	so I can actually respect this line
20483s	all right
20486s	a little bit more conservative
20490s	because this means if kurtius comes down
20492s	here you know if they don't have coaches
20494s	you win the game anyway because you just
20495s	cursed them again next turn if they do
20497s	have purchase you have an actual clear
20498s	to all of these Minions on the other
20500s	side yep big difference
20511s	oh
20515s	very very close
20523s	you're thinking about whether or not to
20524s	bank the heel from the touch
20527s	I wonder I don't
20531s	think you would do that it removes lady
20533s	dark vein as an owl which is a pretty
20535s	big deal but
20538s	I guess maybe I'm thinking a little bit
20539s	too niche
20548s	oh yo yo the damage really starting to
20551s	ramp up now uh for Glory
20562s	we have a fury fell barrage
20574s	eye marks then
20576s	I think you've got to play the Abyssal
20578s	uh the curse here right
20581s	you can't put yourself in that lethal
20583s	range anybody
20587s	okay chaos leech is nice for some heal
20593s	uh but it's a little awkward in terms of
20595s	the numbers because you really want to
20597s	play curse plus fell barrage
20601s	uh in order to get the fell barrage in
20603s	the pool for Jace on the following term
20604s	yeah
20606s	give them hell though he's not taking
20609s	the heel on this turn which means
20611s	there's a coupler out here dragged below
20614s	being one of them soaking as the
20616s	Townsend plus drags is exactly enough to
20619s	close out the game all right we're still
20620s	Hop Off
20623s	there it is oh there's a mini one but it
20626s	was there
20631s	I mean how many Hearthstone players you
20633s	know that do a jig when they win the
20634s	game that's truly special yeah when they
20637s	win a game not even yeah it's just a
20639s	straight up game
20640s	Firestone and then straight back to
20644s	imposed
20645s	composed on Sogo
20649s	um
20649s	yeah okay just even harder left for
20651s	tonsoku it is the aggressive uh Demon
20655s	Hunter not The Relic variation so right
20659s	um a little bit of bibliomite action
20663s	oh it's just impossible to kill
20667s	it actually is it literally Never Dies
20671s	pushes 15 every game
20675s	honestly succubus wishes
20678s	or whatever succubus is now didn't they
20680s	change it into like a weird dog thing
20687s	yes the fell fell Hound
20692s	bless sound
20694s	the
20698s	Bell Beast
20702s	and I do think that this deck being the
20705s	remaining one for tanzok who works very
20707s	nicely for him as glory is going to be
20708s	lining up his own Demon Hunter for the
20710s	third game in a row
20712s	this is the problem with this version of
20715s	Demon Hunter The Relic one sorry is it
20718s	does not have that comeback mechanism
20719s	that I was talking about as the original
20721s	weakness with
20723s	relics is you spend the whole game
20725s	slowly juicing them up getting more and
20727s	more powerful setting up for a big zymox
20729s	or a big relic of Dimensions to draw all
20731s	your deck and get huge discounts but
20734s	then how are you winning the board back
20736s	it's relative extinctions pretty much
20738s	exclusively that you have now that
20740s	topple the idol has been cut from the
20742s	list and therefore when you're up
20744s	against decks like Naga priest imp
20746s	warlock aggro Demon Hunter oh hey the
20749s	three car the three decks in tanzok is
20751s	lineup you're gonna struggle because you
20753s	just can't pull back the board once
20755s	they've won it uh turns one through four
20762s	ladies Dental can sometimes be comeback
20764s	mechanism but sure yeah oh geez it's a
20768s	bibliomite oh no I want bubbly in my ear
20771s	it's unkillable
20775s	it does actually just live forever
20777s	doesn't it do you coin it out I guess
20779s	you did it's just the most amount of
20781s	damage isn't it oh no okay double
20782s	slitherspoon yes a little bit of Spears
20785s	on board and then
20788s	then you hit him with the uh the biblio
20791s	the biblioteca
20793s	take them to the tecca
20799s	oh okay that's
20803s	not a guaranteed full clear it's a 50
20806s	50.
20808s	because the first two have to hit
20809s	different minions
20810s	I'm taking it
20820s	okay pretty big outcome for tansoku
20824s	all the magistrate that's so sick
20828s	well hey
20832s	maybe it'll be
20836s	still because the military will come out
20838s	before the magistrate I don't know
20840s	uh you're gonna play fury next turn I'd
20842s	be surprised okay yeah
20848s	all of a sudden looking white winnable
20850s	actually for for Glory
20853s	with a couple of good top decks a bit of
20855s	card drawn like a a relic of dimensions
20857s	on turn five and he is laughing
20865s	oh
20874s	biblio mic can't turn left
20887s	okay gotta respect the uh
20891s	there's a full clear
20897s	as TJ teaches his sons every day you
20900s	gotta respect the bib
20901s	I am not blind
20908s	that's so good it's actually not
20911s	terrible for Glory either yeah that's a
20913s	huge turnaround for Glory now right yeah
20919s	he's got miltronics Relic uh which is
20923s	probably the most disruptive play he can
20925s	make and it does of course lead uh Leaf
20929s	setheno Plus
20932s	the predation in hand which means
20934s	there's still some pretty strong clear
20935s	potential it's not like he places one
20937s	good removal option
20941s	but he Gloria is still very much relying
20943s	on some good top decks here this hand
20945s	keeps him alive at the moment but it
20947s	certain does not win in the game yeah
20949s	yeah
20952s	[Music]
20956s	foreign
20959s	[Music]
20971s	could have been used if meltronics had
20973s	come down to like get rid of the Jace
20974s	from the hand and then unlock the uh the
20977s	rest of it there
20982s	theoretically
20984s	right now all about Theory
20987s	foreign
20989s	no relic of Dimensions unlucky
20995s	uh
21000s	this nothing feels great
21004s	yeah you can't afford really to go
21006s	meltronics plus fell barrage because I
21009s	mean pulling off one ones
21011s	the bran hero power fell barrage to
21014s	clear the board is that where we're at
21021s	I know it's literally just stats but
21022s	bran isn't doing anything with this hand
21024s	anyway so I'd rather use it to soak up
21026s	some damage
21027s	[Music]
21031s	yep
21034s	uh just Holding On by the skin of his
21037s	teeth like a single good top deck for
21039s	glorion this all turns around
21045s	but damage is gonna start piling in
21046s	katsuki does have to finish her with
21048s	this load it up and ready to go I feel
21051s	like it's got to be this turned for for
21054s	I guess phantasms would work too just
21056s	because it's a lot of stats on the board
21058s	but
21060s	oh wait
21063s	okay yeah never mind I thought he had
21065s	one Mana left I was like oh that's a
21067s	juicy three four I don't know
21070s	get rid of that Jace I'll see you later
21072s	buddy
21073s	oh man it's close isn't it it gets the
21076s	clear I guess you can get chased down
21079s	next turn
21080s	I could really see it going either way
21082s	still
21088s	probably creeping in the favor of Glory
21090s	now I think his own Chase next turn gets
21093s	him very close to lethal actually yeah
21097s	oh
21107s	this is like
21111s	well players just have a Jason hand and
21113s	nothing to do while they wait
21131s	price to hair power the location like
21134s	maybe no one's tried this before
21138s	hold on
21141s	I'll be the first
21150s	really so Chase okay not Juiced up
21153s	enough I guess or with no board to clear
21156s	I guess it would be a little dangerous
21157s	to start flinging around predations with
21160s	uh no real Target yeah
21175s	but even so it doesn't clear the board
21182s	okay yeah I was like Phil brush it was
21184s	like the obvious voice but like what if
21187s	your wings of Heap just to put more
21188s	stuff on the board
21192s	I guess Jace wouldn't matter there's
21193s	enough stuff on board already to
21195s	so
21197s	I mean was there even a foul barrage
21204s	all right play it and pray yeah
21208s	pretty sure it doesn't do enough but
21210s	you never know
21219s	hmm
21231s	I mean it does more than
21233s	metamorphin plus Vanguard
21237s	yeah unless he's thinking he's out is to
21239s	survive the turn because your opponent
21241s	doesn't have base in hand or anything
21243s	really and then you top deck fury on the
21246s	next turn which would bolster your
21248s	damage quite heavily like again I'll be
21250s	honest I'm not entirely sure of the
21251s	exact amount of damage that tan circle
21253s	is going to deal here but I'm sure he's
21254s	been keeping closer track and will have
21258s	come to the conclusion that this gives
21259s	him one extra out
21261s	I'm assuming yeah
21268s	right now
21273s	foreign
21284s	this does admittedly feel like it's not
21286s	guaranteed lethal uh with the way the
21289s	order could work out like if you get
21291s	fellow barrage first
21294s	and then you know your predation doesn't
21296s	hit face then yeah things could go wrong
21303s	this is good enough though assuming that
21306s	yeah it would just be wouldn't would
21309s	Fury be enough nope it's a chaos strike
21314s	yeah I'm gonna go ahead and guess this
21316s	Chase is not Juiced up enough to to do
21319s	it yeah yeah I don't think it's nearly
21321s	Juiced up enough it was a lot of just
21322s	minion curve early on in the game didn't
21324s	did play like one fear earlier but gory
21326s	is going to get a win on the board
21329s	uh so we're not gonna have another
21330s	blowout series
21332s	uh like we uh have seen for much of the
21335s	day today it's literally just Fury
21337s	Hunter and xiaobai they're two matches
21340s	uh that haven't been three O's today the
21343s	only two players have actually seen more
21346s	than three games in a series though
21349s	at least we have that to be thankful for
21351s	but the rolling theme across the board
21353s	is actually a pretty big deal still
21355s	incredibly worried about the druid
21358s	uh-huh
21360s	um but
21363s	one Bridge has been crossed
21367s	indeed and
21370s	I will say this is not an overly greedy
21372s	build of Druid from Glory here there's
21375s	double spammy Arc and it's a fantastic
21378s	card against aggro Demon Hunter
21379s	especially with the battleborn Vanguard
21381s	playing such a key part in those early
21383s	turns there's sir Finley for if you need
21386s	a little bit of you know just a redo on
21388s	your hand if you've drawn the bad half
21390s	of your deck double Druid of the reef uh
21393s	there's the Eternia Moore as well which
21395s	can be useful just as an early Play Even
21398s	though there's not many good silence
21399s	targets basically just it's a dreadless
21402s	that can beat the Demon Hunter I believe
21404s	uh with some of these tech cards in
21406s	addition to just the traditional ramp up
21409s	play a huge minion hit it with Earth and
21411s	scales GG
21413s	yeah
21417s	oh well here we go see him if how much
21421s	of a beating this could uh potentially
21423s	be
21424s	but two eyes are full it isn't over
21427s	between us brother oh my God biblio my
21430s	how does this deck even deal with
21431s	bibliomite
21432s	it does not
21436s	uh
21440s	Planet evidence into natural causes
21443s	Planet evidence into natural causes boom
21447s	and plus that simple as that
21453s	I think Gloria's got the right idea of
21454s	it though instead of trying to answer
21455s	this board you just go as uh
21458s	aggressively as you can on the ramp and
21461s	he has got himself admittedly a really
21462s	nice little hand uh for this matchup
21465s	with plenty of ramp and as I said that
21467s	spammy Arc and this which can be such a
21469s	crucial card
21477s	he's one of the
21480s	metamorphins and then go Vanguard
21483s	multi-strike metamorphin on turn three
21486s	yeah I think that makes sense
21490s	allows you to fill out your curb to
21491s	clean it
21495s	yep
21499s	so double metamorphin at any point could
21503s	be really good but it there's no it's
21506s	not happening for at least a few turns
21507s	yeah
21512s	oh each star before it's getting real
21515s	scary for Glory
21517s	yeah
21519s	uh but again he's ramping up into the
21521s	cards that deal with it with spammys
21524s	like the the stabilization later on in
21526s	the game can be really good especially
21528s	with that ramp like it just takes a you
21531s	know a single turn with a giant Earthen
21533s	scales or you know a swing turn
21535s	you're gonna be right back in it
21538s	however uh yeah this is a lot
21543s	yeah I do really like to play uh tansoka
21546s	even though it was tempting to get the
21547s	fossil fnatic down on this term for some
21549s	media card draw uh the fact that a
21551s	minion has been played Jump at that
21554s	opportunity because if they don't have
21555s	specifically spammy organist here they
21558s	are Omega dead
21563s	I make this look easy
21567s	and even if they do it's still far from
21570s	guaranteed the glory will be able to
21572s	stabilize
21578s	what a find and really intact
21581s	as tansoka is almost getting himself to
21584s	the point where he's lower on health and
21586s	Glory just by bashing his head into
21588s	every minion that comes down
21593s	all right
21601s	stabilization we shall find kind of sick
21604s	like he's rewarded for putting two of
21607s	them in the deck it's very very often a
21609s	one-off uh as a tech card but I really
21611s	like the list that does run double
21613s	spammy Alchemist if you're gonna bring
21615s	Druid I think there are a few decks
21617s	right now that are
21619s	very weak uh to the spammy yeah
21623s	I grew I think I'm louder like one
21626s	spammy it is probably enough but in an
21630s	internment play Maybe
21632s	it's uh
21634s	you just want the consistent drop that's
21635s	the The Meta read that you're going with
21639s	boys just sending it face as well my man
21643s	I mean what else are you gonna do right
21646s	yeah yeah I mean
21649s	trade is not doing much but now the
21651s	stabilization coming in for Glory these
21654s	turns back to back to back spammy spammy
21656s	ivis Miracle grows to follow after as
21659s	well it's a disaster for tansoku and now
21662s	he gets the glaive after both of the uh
21666s	the multi-strikes have already been
21667s	played
21668s	why was I even worried about this druid
21671s	Bible it might just stood no chance
21674s	whatsoever There You Go Thomas was going
21676s	to concede we're going to game five
21677s	uh and it is going to come down to
21682s	um the Demon Hunter once again for
21683s	tonsoku that has struggled a little bit
21686s	and the Warlock from Glory which uh
21690s	not much faith in warlock after the
21693s	beating we've seen it take thus far
21695s	today I think Raven said it's only taken
21697s	one win that wasn't against another
21699s	warlock oh really um well two wins now
21703s	because tonsoku won with uh the Warlock
21706s	at the beginning of this series but
21707s	across the whole day with a lot of
21709s	warlock games played I think you're
21711s	right
21712s	um well I'm not right Ravens right 102
21715s	sorry this that's the this will be the
21716s	third one if Gloria is to if Gloria is
21719s	the fourth one it would be the fourth
21720s	one of course but very few considering
21723s	played there have been
21727s	two previous wins for warlock against
21729s	non-wall components but yeah so this
21731s	would be number three
21734s	if Glory wins
21736s	oh because tanzok has already won with
21738s	his warlock against the opposing yeah I
21739s	know that was number two that was number
21741s	five I wasn't I wasn't counting uh
21743s	gaboom's warlock oh okay why because
21747s	it's different oh okay okay fair enough
21752s	slightly different okay it's different
21753s	enough I guess
21755s	[Music]
21760s	uh uh well do you have little faith in
21763s	this import look against the aggro DH
21765s	however TJ
21768s	yeah you can just get blasted
21772s	kind of true do you see a dread Persian
21775s	glaive and you're you're done
21780s	bibliomite how do you ever kill it
21783s	right below four health
21787s	[Music]
21788s	comes out before drag below
21793s	I know and I
21795s	well they saved the coin but yes I see
21797s	your point I see your point and I do
21799s	agree with you mostly is that this is a
21800s	a rough matchup for the Warlock you have
21802s	to get ahead and stay ahead because
21805s	those turn six board clears in tams in
21807s	an Abyssal wave are just way too slow
21809s	against this dick yeah
21812s	oh just gonna start okay yeah this it'll
21815s	this saves the coin that makes sense
21817s	awesome just gonna start honorable
21819s	killing
21821s	uh but with the Vanguard and wanting to
21824s	save the coin for you know potentially
21826s	like just an extra damage with Lady
21827s	Steno
21829s	does make sense
21830s	instead of just using the hero power
21832s	spin the Mana now oh and uh what is this
21834s	you know what I said about winning the
21836s	board yeah that's over that is not
21839s	happening anymore
21842s	right now the double touch however
21849s	oh okay that's a good draw it's a good
21852s	draw with times in
21857s	go tap touch I guess just to use it to
21860s	gain a bit of Health yeah
21863s	actually I think there's argument both
21866s	ways but I would probably end up on
21867s	using the top
21871s	before
21873s	not tapping at all oh tap wow I was just
21877s	saying this is good enough yeah I can
21880s	stop here
21881s	well but I mean it kind of is though
21882s	right you guys see where it's coming
21884s	whatever next turn and then you just a
21886s	cool on five and tampson on six and you
21889s	know your plays are spoken for
21893s	um demons demons
21898s	I'll take it Tiff's gonna draw your
21900s	cards anyway the other Thompson the
21902s	other other tamson
21904s	the Forgotten times in
21909s	I think the quest reward is the
21911s	Forgotten Tamsin now that's true that
21912s	was tams in number one for the longest
21915s	time oh yeah well
21918s	except when you consider when there was
21920s	only one tamson
21923s	yo G Tamsin yeah
21926s	[Music]
21929s	what's the most forgotten of the
21931s	mercenaries in any form
21935s	of Minion hero or Quest
21939s	uh
21943s	not recara
21945s	not tamson
21947s	Quest goth that's a very rarely spotted
21950s	one
21951s	ah yeah it was played for a little bit
21953s	but oh actually Quest carry all It's
21955s	gotta be right that's that's not oh yeah
21958s	quest carial for sure who even is she
21961s	I I don't even know just something with
21964s	the hero power but I don't even know
21966s	exactly what it is yeah me neither it
21968s	Buffs them in some way yeah exactly does
21970s	it make two of them or give them stuff
21974s	both probably who knows it doesn't
21977s	matter yeah
21980s	but the other carrier the other other
21983s	character cereal and the other carrier
21985s	are very good they're definitely in in
21988s	like you know top three
21991s	agreed
21993s	oh yeah gets another touch and another
21995s	grimoire this is a good good cleanup
21998s	Glory honestly
21999s	this might even be better than the
22002s	alternative of actually having a board
22006s	kazoku's just has this dread Persian
22008s	Glade in this multi-strike like please
22009s	play minions yeah it's just not doing
22011s	anything is it
22013s	yeah
22016s	coin fell barrage magistrate ugh
22021s	was Steno gone
22024s	um this is okay a four manify for draw
22027s	twos
22028s	yeah I mean that's a lot of damage
22030s	especially if Glory gives something to
22032s	kill with multi-strike this is a lot if
22034s	he throws the thano this is
22036s	oh sorry sorry my bad yeah
22041s	even without snow it's still
22044s	really good but feel good Corey's at
22047s	just a
22048s	a nice smooth 29.
22051s	I think straight up control warlock here
22061s	I guess you could play slitherspoon and
22063s	then just pass once again you yeah it's
22066s	got to be it you really want them to
22069s	play a minion so you can smack into it
22071s	with the the multi-strike yeah if they
22074s	place the cool or reform or anything
22077s	with like five six Health that's just
22080s	straight up extra damage that you've
22082s	gained equal to the amount of Health
22084s	though if you're Glory here
22088s	just drag below file Library tap call it
22092s	a day
22096s	yikes
22100s	got brands of cool next turn
22107s	I agree Brown's all cool
22109s	yeah
22117s	don't miss yourself
22121s	oh my goodness
22124s	um
22127s	this is
22129s	fine and all and with dispose evidence
22132s	and get rid of the curse
22136s	I don't know
22137s	I really don't know you know there's a
22140s	grimoire of sacrificing hands so you
22142s	don't really want to go wide on the
22143s	board that's the issue right yeah yeah
22145s	but do you just pass again like your
22147s	opponent is gonna smell that something
22148s	is up with this weapon because like half
22150s	the combo is staring them in the face
22152s	The Dread prison glaive is already
22153s	equipped and if they just don't play
22155s	anything you're just gonna take six a
22157s	turn until you die yeah I grow impatient
22160s	gonna send something's up hmm I wonder
22163s	what this deck that only plays damage
22165s	holding on the cards for
22169s	that's okay like I'll never tell
22175s	I think he might be trying to pull off
22176s	some type of combo
22198s	second multi-strike really I guess the
22201s	second multi-strike let him push the
22202s	five to face that's what that was for
22205s	like it might have had more potential
22207s	though
22211s	oh really for fun I thought that would
22213s	be brands are cool as well
22215s	it's big it's not that big actually it's
22219s	pretty big with the locations here yeah
22230s	one of the scary things here for tonsoku
22233s	is uh
22234s	I don't know how well he's gonna fare
22236s	against pocket trains lineup
22240s	oh really you're not liking it
22244s	uh
22246s	I guess it's fine
22249s	I know that Fury Hunter won uh sorry
22251s	lost literally zero games with his boar
22254s	priest during his entire last Mt run I
22256s	still just kind of don't believe in the
22257s	deck like after seeing pocket train get
22259s	dumpstered on it felt like he was
22262s	running into like not hard counters but
22264s	nearly right yeah semi-hard counters
22267s	that were teched
22269s	I agree that is like
22278s	so all in all we have 13 damage that we
22281s	can Levy face on this turn but if you do
22283s	that
22283s	he's just dead
22286s	so we need to send everything face and
22287s	pray for Jace off the top
22290s	uh but I think as we can see that's not
22293s	going to be a possibility because
22295s	there's just straight up 15 plus a
22297s	couple of curses available with brands
22299s	of cool
22300s	and then Glory's taking it in a reverse
22302s	sweep against the Demon Hunter Demon
22304s	Hunter lost every game this series oh
22307s	geez apart from the mirror in which it
22311s	also still lost
22314s	foreign
22315s	that's a lot of losses
22318s	adding up for Demon Hunter almost
22320s	surpassing warlock but not quite
22324s	in terms of uh the award for worst deck
22327s	so far in day one of the Fall
22328s	Championship but
22330s	Gloria is Gonna Take It
22332s	[Music]
22334s	no more pop-offs for tonsoku
22337s	at least for now
22339s	but now still not out of the tournament
22340s	as this was only the the second initial
22343s	match for Group B we still have uh both
22347s	the the Witness match and then the
22348s	elimination plus decider left to go uh
22352s	so plenty more Hearthstone yet to be
22354s	coming but for Glory he's not a little
22355s	bit closer to his third back to back
22358s	world after reaching first place second
22360s	place I mean hopefully it's not a
22362s	continuing Trend and he just ends up in
22364s	fourth but you know it's not a bad Trend
22366s	to have I'd take that
22368s	yeah
22371s	and actually uh tonsoko on second
22373s	thought
22375s	pocket trains lineup is actually very
22376s	similar to worries it's just the uh
22379s	War priests thrown in there but cursive
22382s	lock Relic Demon Hunter Druid the
22383s	druid's just different it's Celestial
22385s	it's alignment Druid
22388s	um
22389s	just more combo stuff right but the
22391s	Relic Demon Hunter at least is exactly
22393s	the same and that was a big struggle
22395s	point
22396s	uh for Glory in this matchup so could be
22400s	for pocket train
22401s	later on too we shall see I imagine the
22404s	board priest is probably even just going
22406s	to get banned so we're going to be
22407s	looking at almost the exact same series
22409s	the lower bracket just with a slightly
22411s	different variation of Druid I say
22413s	slightly different but I guess Celestial
22415s	alignment has
22417s	uh at least in the later stage of the
22420s	game pretty differing play pattern than
22421s	just the ram chair itself but there you
22424s	have it Gloria's going to be facing
22425s	gaboom
22426s	in the winners match which will be
22428s	coming up next and then uh later on
22431s	we're going to have pocket train facing
22432s	off tensoku for elimination and then the
22436s	decider match and then we're gonna be
22437s	done with day one I feel like uh I was
22440s	expecting this weekend to come in and
22442s	have like you know 14-hour days 10 best
22445s	of fives of hearthstone I thought we're
22447s	going to see a lot more slower decks
22448s	yeah fear Hunter even scared us and said
22451s	that Quest priest was going to be in his
22452s	lineup I expected more of along the
22455s	lines of that but it ended up going the
22457s	other way with uh many players bringing
22460s	faster aggressive lineups a lot more
22463s	Tempo Rogue than I expected a lot more
22464s	aggro Demon Hunter than I expected so
22467s	there you have it we're uh we're moving
22469s	along quite quickly but uh we still have
22472s	uh three more matches left on the day
22475s	here for day number one we're gonna wrap
22476s	up Group B before we head into Group C
22477s	and D tomorrow we're gonna have to go to
22479s	a quick break before we jump into
22480s	winners match of Group B so don't go
22482s	anywhere more fall Championship action
22486s	right after this
22509s	thank you
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22645s	thank you
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22676s	thank you
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22684s	foreign
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22722s	thank you
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22747s	foreign
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22779s	foreign
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22811s	foreign
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22926s	foreign
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22968s	thank you
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22990s	foreign
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23045s	thank you
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23083s	thank you
23087s	[Music]
23102s	hello everyone and welcome back to the
23104s	fall Championship I'm Raven and joining
23106s	me this time is Lorinda and we've been
23108s	another match for you it's going to be
23109s	the upper match from Group B it's going
23111s	to be Kaboom versus glory and it's going
23114s	to be a spicy one because we slowly
23116s	getting to that point Lorinda where
23117s	we're starting to see okay who's making
23119s	it through to Sunday as the winner of
23122s	this match we'll also join the winners
23125s	of group a to get through those being of
23127s	course xiaobai and Habu gabu yeah can
23131s	you imagine if Glory makes it to the
23133s	World Championships again again this was
23137s	just book him a regular seat yeah that'd
23139s	be absolutely nutty if she gets the
23141s	final again little long way to go first
23143s	but we are going to get to look now at
23145s	gabooms decks operating in the wild as
23149s	opposed to just directly targeting his
23151s	opponent and it's going to be
23154s	interesting to see how they get on
23155s	because they were built with a specific
23156s	job in mind which is to beat pocket
23158s	train they've done that specific job and
23161s	now we're gonna get to see how this
23163s	lineup does against a normal functioning
23166s	lineup as opposed to a ball priest one
23167s	yeah I mean I can see the big spell Mage
23170s	first I think generally most players
23173s	have moved over to like the pink Mage we
23175s	saw a little bit early on in the day and
23177s	but nothing wrong with this deck it
23179s	still does its job all right does have
23181s	the benefit as you can see here of
23183s	running those smothering starfish which
23185s	what was once a very very common Tech
23188s	card in the meta has gone out since the
23190s	Nerf and I guess science is just not as
23192s	powerful as it used to be but yeah
23194s	running a double figure boom here so
23196s	again very interesting how this lineup
23198s	does as you said once it starts to get
23200s	to the point where where you aren't
23201s	facing an expected opponent you're
23204s	actually facing more of the wider field
23206s	in this tournament so far a good thing
23208s	though for Kaboom is because this is a
23210s	winners match the loser does not get
23212s	knocked out they just drop down to face
23213s	the winner of the lower match so still
23215s	plenty of time left for gaboon but of
23218s	course his opponent a player that is
23219s	there well known and one of the top
23221s	stars of APAC which is of course Glory
23224s	been around for a long time now and as
23226s	you mentioned has been doing very very
23228s	well for a long time but there is a
23231s	title he has not got yet and uh
23232s	definitely once
23234s	uh what's that like you've got all the
23236s	titles Raven he hasn't got the title of
23238s	champion of
23240s	2022. yeah more titles okay
23244s	he's got the world
23246s	yeah but you could get back to back
23248s	that's what I was a loser
23250s	that isn't that the ultimate because
23253s	whenever we've spoke to world champions
23255s	Lorinda it's always what now and then
23259s	it's it's there the easy follow-up is
23261s	win it again because no one's there
23265s	that is very fair just just an amusing
23268s	way of putting it I mean I know Pavel in
23270s	particular the year he won because of
23271s	babbling brook and all that it was like
23273s	well what are you gonna do now so I'm
23275s	going to win everything and he basically
23277s	did just to prove that it wasn't you
23279s	know particularly just a piece of luck
23281s	that won him it I mean as we take a look
23283s	at this Jackpot Road from Gloria I just
23284s	want to sort of carry on the
23285s	conversation but it's generally the case
23287s	right where a lot of the times uh you
23290s	look at all winners of Worlds throughout
23293s	the years it's it's like even more
23295s	pressure it's stacked on after they win
23298s	right because it's like well what do
23300s	they do now if they lose are they just
23303s	rubbish you know what I mean it's like a
23305s	lot of the pressure is stacked on
23306s	afterwards so I do think that's
23309s	something that a lot of people chase
23310s	because one you can't really argue with
23312s	any of the world champions we've had in
23314s	Hearthstone that them being at least in
23316s	their Prime at that time of winning but
23319s	if you go twice right no one can ever
23323s	even suggest a discussion at that point
23326s	right it is just the final nail you need
23328s	and then there may be one day Lorinda
23330s	fast forward a few years we'll be
23331s	talking about someone being up for it
23332s	three times who knows it could possibly
23335s	happen but let's get back to the actual
23337s	matchup here between these two players
23339s	of course Glory going to bring it well I
23341s	know we could talk forever about stuff
23342s	like this but Glory going up against who
23345s	do you think's got the better end of the
23347s	state because both decks are very sort
23349s	of um box heavy I'll say uh is do you
23353s	think anyone particularly has an
23354s	advantage over the other or is it just
23356s	going to be who can get hold of the
23358s	better resources quicker yeah I mean it
23360s	is difficult to say because of this
23362s	gaboom lineup not being necessarily I
23364s	mean it is a very coherent lineup it did
23366s	its job incredibly well but it is an
23370s	assortment of decks which means some
23371s	good matchups and some bad matchups
23375s	um as opposed to
23376s	necessarily having big weak spots or or
23379s	big targets that it's doing itself
23381s	um glory on the other hand has just
23383s	brought a largely come controlling light
23386s	up so it has more of a place it'll
23389s	actually control it actually I'm looking
23390s	through it's not that controlly
23394s	so I'm just going to change my mind mid
23396s	that's okay pretty aggressive line it
23399s	with Druid in it he just bought the good
23401s	stuff so
23403s	yeah you'll have to wait and see how
23404s	that turns out
23409s	yeah looking at this Mulligan so far
23413s	boom deep in thought
23416s	what's going to go on here like it does
23418s	have nightclub sanctum but again versus
23419s	this deck is that like
23421s	duper important right like it's not like
23425s	you're expecting tons of tempo coming
23427s	out from this Rogue it's designed to
23429s	keep it and so probably going to the
23431s	point of like yes these are the good
23433s	cards right just to keep hold of just
23435s	the the regular go-to's as opposed to
23437s	anything overly fancy so just click keep
23440s	the sanctum is still sitting on that
23442s	coin in hand and does have the barbaric
23444s	sorcerer so a lot could go very very
23446s	right here for Kaboom as we get into
23448s	this game yeah I think it's just a
23450s	decent card it's going to play nicely on
23452s	curve either at the start of your curve
23454s	or at the end of your curve depending
23455s	what the other cards you draw are so I
23458s	think it's just going to do a three drop
23460s	fits nicely into this that you run a
23462s	danger of just doing very little if
23464s	you're not careful for the first million
23466s	turns so just keeping something that is
23468s	relatively cheap I think in Europa makes
23470s	a lot of sense without it totally
23472s	disrupting your hand
23477s	oh
23482s	imagine a rogue with this many cards
23485s	early
23489s	one of the the small things with the
23491s	jackpot vote for me is
23493s	when you don't do a jackpot and you just
23495s	draw a bunch of stuff but if you're
23497s	gonna get all these cards early on then
23498s	you should get there pretty okay
23504s	stack and it did just have all of the
23508s	jackpot effects or payoff cards without
23511s	having jackpot and then none of the
23513s	actual secrets and again a lot of the
23515s	time the secret package in and of itself
23517s	get you to that mid to late game where
23520s	you start to get hold of all these big
23521s	payoff cards and you know some of these
23524s	secrets are enough obviously Glory will
23526s	want to draw more and more cards which
23527s	he will be able to and we can see here
23529s	just look at that from the Sprint he's
23531s	actually got a very solid curve coming
23533s	up with krabatoa you know even though
23535s	Tempo Rogue isn't super super common
23538s	krabatoa will never not be a good road
23540s	card
23541s	yeah and when you're playing 40 cards
23544s	you just want to you've got the Liberty
23546s	to just put in anything that you start
23549s	your deck here is a good card here is
23550s	not a good card you put all the things
23552s	that are here is a good card they just
23553s	go in because that's your 10 extra cards
23556s	and then you can look at what deck
23557s	you're going to build and you end up
23558s	with this
23559s	um so why would you not play krabatora
23562s	especially you can say it's bad now if
23563s	you want subtle's not listening but even
23565s	so yeah it is just one of the best cards
23567s	in Hearthstone
23569s	oh this is nice found the uh Fang bound
23572s	I was looking at the Rush Minion but of
23573s	course the Fang bound is going to help
23575s	reduce down krabato if it's killed and
23578s	even though that krabatoa could be
23579s	played next turn from Glory anyway where
23582s	you'd rather play it for cheaper right
23583s	especially when there's that serrated
23584s	bone spike in hand so
23586s	we'll see if Gloria can make this work
23588s	but Glory now he knows what's coming and
23591s	there is I mean there's nothing bad it's
23594s	either two or zero yes zero though he's
23597s	so nutty right now it's almost time
23599s	ending oh hang on he's gone for the
23601s	Belinda
23603s	okay never mind I thought he was gonna
23605s	go for the Sorceress that turn yeah yeah
23606s	it's gonna go for blender instead and
23608s	gets the Rune and the um the Drake fire
23610s	amulet so still I blame Glory
23614s	uh I mean you understand right why right
23616s	you see it you see coin on turn five
23618s	against this mate oh no especially like
23621s	I said because they um with just the
23623s	shadow step and this bone Spike that
23625s	could have gone very very wrong indeed
23627s	and it still could he needs to work out
23629s	now does he think that the other one's
23631s	there for the follow-up or or what is is
23634s	this just coin Belinda because
23636s	like does he jump is he going to dump
23639s	the shadow step he's going to dump the
23640s	the two Mana cards some of those will
23642s	dump themselves which is nice jackpot
23644s	will kind of dump itself but yeah
23647s	a lot to do here for Glory
23651s	today by the way as well
23654s	yeah looking focused I mean Focus from
23656s	both players there's a lot to play for
23657s	right you know what I mean sometimes
23659s	Glory seems to have uh days where he
23661s	just turns up and sort of he just he
23662s	just glories about winds anyway today
23664s	he's looking absolutely up for it today
23666s	yeah I think we're at the stage where if
23668s	it's a spot of the world championship
23669s	you uh you take it you're probably a
23672s	full Focus yeah I don't even mean it in
23674s	a a controllable way so I don't think
23676s	it's like deliberate he just seems to
23678s	have good days and bad days
23680s	but he seems to have the good days at
23682s	the right time so you're probably right
23683s	there Raven
23686s	I did go for freezing trap because of
23689s	course the Belinda is on board and
23691s	there's not a lot you can really do
23692s	about this
23696s	wow really good theater swap flipper
23700s	Flint just always makes me laugh it's
23702s	just such a there's something about it
23704s	that makes me think it's just such a
23705s	stupid card I don't mean it's bad or
23707s	good it's just it's just silly what's
23709s	the name of that color in The Flipper
23711s	friends okay
23713s	I I heard like I said well it
23716s	noises is probably the the great
23719s	question to that question yeah
23721s	um I thought you had like some uh sort
23723s	of a pet name for it but nope it's uh I
23726s	mustn't have been listening Lauren it
23727s	was my fault yeah because I speak
23729s	perfect English at all times it's
23731s	definitely I'm definitely not my fault
23733s	so even though it was a good swap there
23736s	from
23737s	leotard there's still a good follow-up
23739s	here from kaboom
23744s	does he attack
23746s	now is its own to secret and let's be
23748s	honest
23749s	there's only really one I think any Mage
23752s	secret beats any other Hunter Secret in
23755s	this situation that isn't exactly a
23757s	freezing track
23762s	right
23764s	time to slow all this down somehow
23771s	always having the time of his life
23773s	this is why I played this deck so I can
23776s	play even sillier cards so let's see
23778s	what's gonna happen oh
23780s	let's see what's gonna happen
23782s	best sort of Hearthstone
23787s	I don't want to control what happens to
23789s	me I just want to see what happens to me
23796s	okay he can tooth
23802s	get rid of the raid boss
23805s	he really wanted to do he could actually
23807s	like
23808s	tooth null into the blender to clear the
23813s	raid boss as well
23818s	foreign
23826s	it's just gonna set it up yeah
23829s	and this is where the Rogue is so strong
23831s	right because the simple version is it
23834s	can do two things a turn and the Mage
23836s	can do one thing to turn
23837s	yeah well the problem now is that just
23839s	the fact that roon of the archmage is in
23841s	the Contraband stash right like yeah
23843s	he's got a lot Glory's basically doing
23845s	what gaboon wants to do with this deck
23847s	except Glory can do other stuff as well
23850s	yeah exactly what I mean yeah yeah he's
23852s	doing two things but one of the things
23853s	is the same as his opponent is what
23855s	you're adding to it yeah and something
23857s	else on top
23859s	nutty it's gonna have to be pretty nutty
23861s	though because look at the state of this
23862s	board now
23865s	it's there if the Rogue misses a beat
23867s	it's gonna take a lot of damage
23871s	yeah suddenly the freezing trap isn't
23873s	looking quite as strong
23876s	not really
23877s	tons of great AOE could go for the um
23881s	uh flipper friends there we go thanks to
23884s	say that appreciate it no no it was more
23886s	so you can't reverse and laugh at me for
23888s	how I said it so I had to put full focus
23890s	into that one uh he could do that and
23892s	Rush with the Otters and then
23895s	out the AOE from the Belinda oh he's
23898s	just gonna never we're just gonna open
23900s	more boxes never mind how dare I suggest
23903s	anything else
23905s	oh my
23906s	god well there we go
23908s	who Mana krabatoa seems uh reasonable
23911s	yeah there's a card I play
23913s	gotta admit
23915s	board gone
23918s	and Rogue doing the Rogue thing except
23921s	we made cards where it clears your board
23923s	and then makes tempo of its own
23928s	okay
23930s	oh
23932s	I'm gonna throw away the pirate so
23934s	there's no recast of uh Drake fire
23936s	amulet I was interested to see actually
23938s	whether this was going to be a theater
23939s	because I felt that there were enough
23942s	cards in hand be okay passing something
23945s	over
23949s	I think the whole right side of Glory's
23951s	hand was okay to swap
23953s	even the pirate blast honestly
23956s	yeah the piroblast is unlikely to be
23959s	particularly relevant in this game right
23960s	right the person who wins is going to be
23962s	the one who has an overwhelming board
23963s	Advantage for one or two turns where
23965s	they just get to do a huge amount of
23966s	damage sure the 10 might matter at some
23969s	point but it doesn't feel like that's
23970s	the way the games
23971s	going to pan out
23976s	I'm saying nope
23978s	I need a new hand
23980s	definitely to help with that
23984s	yeah okay there it is there's Dawn grasp
23988s	and slower nowadays than they used to be
23990s	but still
23992s	absolutely needed
23996s	Strong Grass but just just like us
23998s	Lorinda getting older in slightly slower
24000s	at things yeah hey you speak for
24002s	yourself I'm not getting older
24004s	just me then that's fine this is the
24006s	great thing about starting off old is
24008s	I'm still old so I'm engaged in age
24010s	that's how that works yeah you just
24012s	don't progress past the stage of old
24014s	yeah exactly that guy's old yeah and
24017s	then five years later that guy's old
24018s	yeah okay same age escorted all right
24022s	here comes the two Mana krabatoa
24027s	planned it all along
24031s	well I must call it krabatua
24034s	uh-huh that works
24037s	just but I'll give you I'll take it I'll
24040s	take just
24042s	second test wait what am I doing
24046s	yeah yeah this is Toyota right so he's
24049s	gonna swap away like I said that the
24051s	pyroblast at this stage in the game just
24054s	Kaboom plays pyroblast
24056s	not really going to make a big
24058s	difference Glory's sitting on 37 feeling
24059s	pretty good about things taking the dawn
24062s	grass though like I said I think like
24065s	just slowly removing a wind conditions
24069s	Kaboom now has his own theater though so
24071s	he will be able to potentially steal
24073s	that Dawn grass back
24075s	um and he does have a lot of rubbish to
24077s	give it to give Glory right if it's any
24079s	of the starfish that's fine yeah any any
24082s	of those cards at all basically yeah and
24084s	it's going to go brand yeah he really
24086s	needs this Dawn grass bag
24088s	bad gardeners yeah
24091s	won't be impressed to see the test but
24093s	what can he do
24094s	when you're playing in the back seat of
24095s	a taxi that's all you can you know get
24098s	on with
24101s	I've seen this way a taxi I thought he's
24103s	paying for me it was one of those boat
24106s	houses
24108s	now he's just being driven around in a
24110s	limo like while he plays okay
24113s	and it's stuck at the lights because
24114s	it's in Paris where the traffic's really
24116s	slow
24120s	and well there's the freezing trap
24121s	finally going off after
24123s	yes at this point I've been active
24129s	10 16 first really chunky hit
24135s	no lethal available
24139s	I have to say reasonable just like
24142s	I decides whether whether Glory wants to
24145s	Silverleaf
24146s	end swing or swing hero power Silverleaf
24150s	for extra draws and imagine with a
24152s	flipper friends I think imagine if he
24154s	hadn't given away his pyroblast
24158s	simply lethal
24161s	uh I'll say you were funny
24171s	I decide now of course it's going to be
24173s	tempting to actually swing into this
24175s	brand
24176s	really want to leave that sitting on
24178s	board
24179s	yeah it's got to decide about the Silver
24182s	Leaf
24186s	okay
24193s	then get the main decision with the
24195s	brand was whether to use the starfish
24197s	now or save it for something even more
24198s	important because there isn't much
24200s	that's more important than starfish but
24202s	it might be used to unfree something or
24204s	something later right
24206s	this board gets blizzard Frozen for
24207s	instance
24211s	um multiple random boxes
24214s	Okay so
24218s	19 20 damage with the dagger swing
24221s	oh kaboom's quite dead gotta make a
24225s	decision now whether he thinks go on
24227s	grasp
24228s	plus dragons that can maybe taunt or do
24231s	something is enough
24234s	or whether he has to uh
24236s	don't grasp yeah
24240s	throw them dices
24242s	the problem as well is he's been given a
24245s	starfish but he obviously doesn't know
24248s	that exactly the second one's in hand so
24250s	obviously the four men are dong has to
24252s	freeze the board wouldn't actually
24253s	achieve anything right just be straight
24255s	left
24256s	has it on and that goes back to Gloria's
24258s	previous turn where he chose to take
24260s	tank the four not not starfish the brand
24262s	which made sense anyway but it was
24263s	damaged that he could have put face if
24265s	he wanted to yeah I think that is
24268s	especially with the avenge
24270s	simply lethal although of course the
24272s	Avengers will get silenced right it's
24275s	still enough six it's 12 18 19 18. yeah
24280s	18 I think plenty points yeah Glory
24283s	takes game number one and a I think like
24286s	a really good game to win just for the
24288s	mindset because again as we've seen with
24290s	Glory as the Rogue playing multiple
24293s	copies of gabooms Rune of the archmage
24298s	um that that match up specifically can
24300s	get a little bit wild with the amount of
24302s	crazy things that can happen so winning
24304s	it is a great start not only putting you
24306s	know one score on the board so to speak
24308s	but also just saying like Okay here was
24310s	a matchup that let's be honest
24313s	field play comes into it but things can
24315s	just happen if you open enough boxes
24317s	regardless and there yeah Glory taking
24320s	game number one looking pretty good
24321s	there's the Rogue done and yeah just did
24324s	yep boxes are opened and shut case here
24327s	and gonna move on to the next deck which
24331s	is oh no why did I start that sentence
24334s	knowing that I couldn't be finished
24335s	human Hunter for Kaboom it's gonna
24337s	switch off the Mage I'll save you a
24338s	little bit Redbox history on our screen
24341s	yeah
24343s	yeah well Gloria either has his own
24345s	Demon Hunter or his Druid to uh to play
24348s	out with as he has had his Warlock band
24350s	away the Druid is the oh yeah it's not
24353s	him playing astral alignment right okay
24355s	we'll get to that in a minute Kaboom is
24357s	on the Demon Hunter anyway which is The
24359s	Relic build very little in the way of
24361s	tech in there just to prosecute so I
24363s	guess but that's in a lot of the builds
24365s	so and it is going to be the Druid for
24368s	Glory
24370s	okay so it's a good first guest for me
24372s	but yeah this um this Relic Demon Hunter
24374s	again it's a it's a really interesting
24377s	list because I said this to TJ but it
24379s	kind of floats for the first few turns
24381s	and then if it gets relative dimensions
24383s	uh at least for me the best card in the
24386s	deck by yeah
24387s	um then things can get very very silly
24389s	indeed they can draw so many cards with
24392s	such a huge Banner reduction that they
24394s	can really do um powerful things in any
24396s	given turn but yeah it's going to be
24397s	interesting to see whether
24399s	that power level of potentially using
24402s	the location with the minion Relic to
24405s	actually summon huge boards it's
24406s	actually going to be faster than this
24409s	Druid Deck which is of course the ramp
24410s	Joy does have the Jailer and the top end
24413s	there but most importantly just has ramp
24416s	and the good stuff right like the usual
24418s	things Druid runs Topia to keep all
24420s	control raid Bossa next year the
24423s	devourers as well if anything gets too
24425s	spicy if the Demon Hunter builds those
24427s	huge boards with the relics and the
24430s	devour is active well it just Chomps
24431s	them all anyway so it doesn't really
24433s	matter so looks to me Lorinda like it
24436s	could be a bit of a tricky one for The
24437s	Old Demon Hunter yeah yeah the Demon
24439s	Hunter is very hard to assess because
24441s	you look at the Mulligan win rates and
24444s	it's literally just if it says Relic on
24445s	it you keep it if it doesn't you don't
24447s	basically with the exception of if it's
24450s	got draw cardboard on it I think you
24451s	keep it as well right and that means you
24453s	get quite a lot of polarized things
24455s	happening
24456s	um you draw two or three Reddit cards
24458s	you just beat anything you don't get any
24460s	you sort of lose to anything
24462s	and it reminds me a little bit of when
24463s	we first have cars like York Savon or
24465s	whatever it takes a long time to
24467s	evaluate is this good like because when
24470s	it wins it just looks unbeatable when it
24472s	loses it looks garbage right and I don't
24474s	think we've yet reached the stage where
24476s	it's that easy to decide how good this
24479s	deck is other than it's quite often
24481s	quite good yeah I think at surface level
24484s	it you could say both decks ramp right
24487s	yeah yeah they need to ramp up the
24489s	relics and then play Dimensions which
24492s	then acts as ramp because it's
24493s	effectively creating Mana for you and I
24498s	don't I would not agree with the point
24500s	of this Demon Hunter ramps better than
24504s	ramp Druid you know what I mean sure and
24507s	I think the payoff for the Druid has
24509s	been really narrowed down to just the
24512s	best cards at this point and maybe we
24514s	can argue that the Jailer whether the
24516s	jail is the best card to fit in that
24518s	deck or not uh because it's still you
24520s	know fairly fresh but when you look at
24522s	the General top end dinathrius Ray
24524s	bottinexia devourers the miracle growth
24527s	of course scale of inyxia zentopia like
24530s	I don't see much end game looking better
24533s	than that right better than those
24535s	options especially when The Druids
24537s	generally get in there faster than most
24539s	other decks yeah um I think I agree with
24542s	that to be fair
24544s	um we will see of course the one of the
24546s	relics in hand for gaboon
24548s	and for potential four
24551s	yeah and I advocated for a relic keep
24553s	when Fury hunt was playing earlier on
24555s	against the Warlock so if I advocated
24558s	for that playing it against a sort of
24560s	you know the curse
24561s	then I definitely advocate for it now if
24564s	you're gonna keep it against anything
24566s	you keep that card against ramp druid
24569s	yeah I mean your your whole aim is get
24571s	the location which he has failed to do
24573s	get three or four activations draw some
24575s	cards play them all in one turn and hope
24577s	they don't have blasters and you're good
24578s	to go but unfortunately do it like you
24581s	have already described several times
24582s	does have blasters and usually
24585s	it doesn't matter your cards cost not
24588s	because The Druids might as well
24590s	yeah and I think the big thing with the
24592s	Mulligan for this Demon Hunter it's not
24594s	like some other slower demon Hunters
24596s	where you can actually Mulligan for the
24597s	aggro portion of your deck against Druid
24600s	because this deck doesn't really have an
24603s	aggro section right like the early game
24605s	cards like fell barrage it's like well
24607s	that's gonna do nothing against the 40
24609s	Ultra Druid and then the first uh let me
24611s	check yeah the first actual minion is
24613s	bran and lady sofano so it's like well
24617s	Yep they're not going to do anything
24618s	either so yeah got to keep all those
24620s	relics yeah if you don't draw location
24622s	of relics then
24625s	just get out so much work to do yeah
24629s	what's this gonna do it's there no yes
24631s	might do eight damage next turn if it's
24632s	not dealt with but oh no who cares
24636s	yeah I mean Glory just has Topia next
24639s	turn yeah
24641s	which is why he's putting in the one
24642s	damage there as well putting it in a
24644s	Topia range basically and by that I
24647s	don't mean the actual card I mean all
24649s	the three threes it can sum up instead
24652s	you will be able to do
24657s	I think
24659s	yeah I got planted evidence there
24666s	it's been a really fast game turn five
24668s	already and like nobody's really stuck
24671s	for Thought until this moment hmm
24677s	I actually quite like the Devourer here
24679s	like as an insurance policy like I'm
24682s	going to win in my hand and if I don't
24683s	devour them make sure that I do
24686s	Cristiana I obviously don't mind the
24688s	other Aquatic because well he knows two
24690s	of the three cards he'll be offered when
24691s	he uses that one and he can use it to do
24693s	davara next turn but my point is well
24696s	he's going to play Topia this turn
24698s	that summons minions for the rest of the
24700s	game get that Devourer active and then
24702s	even the big Relic pop-offs aren't that
24705s	much of a problem because you just
24706s	played devour and eat them and you only
24708s	have to worry about two Relic pop-offs
24710s	or sorry three Relic pop-offs and
24713s	one or two other cars and you're pretty
24714s	much done so yeah being able to eat them
24717s	all a big board once is absolutely
24719s	plenty
24728s	sure the look of the city We Roll
24732s	I think city was the best as well oh and
24734s	Chaos okay
24736s	I guess killing a five five is Handy
24743s	yeah it's fine
24745s	try to fight for this board oh my
24747s	goodness
24750s	yeah I'm gonna get it down absolutely
24754s	as you thought they can just put to the
24756s	bottom knowing it's there Jayla as well
24757s	oh my
24763s	it's looking start getting out of
24766s	control yeah
24769s	because even at this point you have to
24770s	ask the question
24772s	does kaboom
24774s	even beat Jayla into dinathrius
24780s	I'm honestly struggling to know what he
24782s	beats at this point like yeah but I just
24784s	mean just those two cards right like
24787s	right does Kaboom beat those two cards
24791s	I don't think so and I think you've
24793s	mentioned a couple of times but mainly
24795s	because there's just no location right
24797s	yeah
24798s	no Relic fault means that there's just
24801s	this relative dimensions is just can't
24804s	do enough work to recover from this and
24807s	this was kind of my point going into the
24808s	match where of the game where well look
24811s	Glory's got about to have 10 Mana
24815s	kaboom's on six and Glory basically has
24819s	like upwards of three win conditions in
24821s	his hand and can play them next turn so
24824s	I'll start to play them next turn
24826s	yeah yeah I think you're right um would
24830s	have liked to see The Relic Vault played
24832s	on turn two and then see how that
24834s	changed things would be a lot more
24836s	pressure coming from the other side if
24837s	it was but it wasn't that's why we play
24839s	the game
24840s	there is the option to theater here and
24842s	take away one of those wind conditions
24843s	but does it just do anything but delay
24845s	the inevitable
24846s	yeah and the big problem is oh great you
24849s	steal one of the big cars you can't play
24852s	for the foreseeable yeah and then your
24855s	opponent just plays a different one and
24857s	then you cry
24859s	yeah yeah Kaboom doing what he can are
24861s	you interested to see what Glory goes
24863s	for I would yes okay he's with me I
24866s	would just absolutely slam the Jailer
24868s	right there and say you know what let's
24869s	go because like I said as soon as this
24872s	dinathurist hits the board it's it's all
24874s	over
24877s	it's not exactly as stacked dinathrius
24880s	but it just has the lifesteal right
24884s	I don't know if it can be outpaced okay
24888s	let's see 36 is a lot there
24893s	35.
24895s	I guess yeah
24898s	hey
24900s	that will delay things because Glory
24902s	will certainly want to not have to play
24906s	cards on the left
24910s	okay
24913s	you gotta be Scrappy with scratch
24917s	who knows wow okay
24922s	this seems good nice little combo there
24926s	I love Glory's confidence as well
24927s	because whenever I play Jailer in a
24929s	situation like this I stare at my hand
24931s	stare at the board spaces then stare at
24935s	my hand again and I'm like don't you do
24937s	it again because I always run out of
24939s	board space backs and right I just sat
24941s	there with a denaturis in my hand like
24942s	an absolute idiot
24945s	blurry of course a slightly better
24947s	Hearthstone player than me I mean you'll
24949s	be more confident you've been with him
24951s	every step of the way to be fair where
24953s	glory is gone you've been there Raven I
24955s	think you know so you're
24957s	not the same the same career path
24963s	oh
24966s	it needs to be lethal right now
24971s	narrator it's not
24976s	play
24977s	the hair right so you can gain armor
24983s	which
24984s	Legend you may not keep him alive but he
24986s	might do a better job of keeping him
24987s	alive than being literally dead on board
24991s	yes is he running out tracky in this
24994s	lesson
24995s	oh yeah he has he has two in this list
24999s	who hasn't gotten hold of any of them
25001s	which is a shame for for gaboom since he
25003s	does have that fiori does have chaos
25005s	strike you know he would have had enough
25007s	to actually make it worthwhile well
25009s	there's cards have been played in all
25011s	sorts of positions here yeah there's the
25013s	see what happened there's the our dry
25014s	key but it's just too little too late
25016s	because that's just leaf on board right
25018s	yep I think yeah yeah 17 without the
25022s	hero power yeah rough one I think he was
25024s	really just going for the uh our Dracula
25026s	War player too
25028s	so much just
25030s	it's just not fair yeah really rough
25034s	game there rough game for Kaboom but
25036s	again I think that matchup's just hard
25039s	because unless you really go off early
25041s	as a Demon Hunter the Druid just does
25044s	your your deck but better right like
25047s	yeah ramp up get to the big end game
25049s	conditions because as we sell even if
25051s	the hotel came down and stole Jayla
25054s	let's say dinathrius that wasn't even
25056s	played like does it matter because then
25058s	the jury just plays the other big thing
25060s	they have and you still in a tough spot
25062s	of course Jayla being the best one to be
25065s	able to actually play from Glory because
25066s	it's Unstoppable at that point right but
25069s	there yeah good effort from gaboon but
25070s	not enough and suddenly Lorinda glory is
25072s	just very swiftly to zero up is it
25075s	another 3-0 on the menu today I mean in
25079s	theory right he's down to his own Demon
25081s	Hunter so it shouldn't be having seen
25083s	what's happening going back the other
25084s	way but it's got that smell of a 3-0
25086s	about it hasn't it it's it's just got
25089s	this now that this demon Hunter's going
25090s	to draw it makes no a logical sense but
25093s	it's just got that feeling he's going to
25094s	draw a relic Vault he's going to play
25095s	Infinite relics in the first five turns
25097s	the game's just going to end it's not
25099s	how it should be necessarily this
25100s	warlock is obviously just a really good
25102s	deck but I don't know I think he's going
25103s	to end I think gory's going to beat him
25104s	this this game how do you feel like this
25107s	deck's actually going to cope against
25108s	Demon Hunter for example or anything
25111s	else because it is so heavily teched in
25114s	a certain way right from gaboon we see
25116s	altar of fire in there and we see the
25118s	double dreaded mount in there uh even
25121s	the void Walkers like not all lists are
25123s	running void workers for example right
25125s	as well as that um uh demonic assault
25129s	that's the the words I was looking for
25130s	in there so it's not the uh sort of
25133s	streamlined version of curse lock that
25136s	we've been used to to the extent where
25138s	we almost don't talk about the list when
25139s	it's on screen because it's 30 you know
25141s	the card for card list everyone runs but
25144s	Kaboom definitely doing something
25145s	different so do you think this is going
25147s	to be a hindrance in the rest of his run
25148s	I mean obviously it's not ideal to have
25152s	all those tech cards in but I've always
25153s	felt that if you want to put a bunch of
25155s	junkie tech cards in a deck or in a
25158s	class put it in warlock uh as you do
25160s	often sit there with sort of spare cards
25162s	in hand that you don't get to cast
25163s	anyway
25165s	um but clearly yeah if you're not
25166s	running the optimal cards you're running
25168s	it's it's going to hurt you but yeah
25170s	with it being warlock with some of those
25173s	cards still fitting the curve with them
25175s	sort of making sense
25177s	uh
25179s	I think we still won't take off as many
25182s	percentage points as maybe you'd expect
25183s	just because yeah what what's too bad
25186s	about playing a turn one one three that
25188s	isn't normally in the deck Etc I think I
25190s	think you'll be okay but I don't know
25192s	this this game just has the air of Glory
25194s	stops it whatever you do about it so far
25196s	well as usual a lot of this uh in this
25199s	better at least for the a lot of the
25201s	decks the players are choosing to bring
25203s	then Mulligan seems to be king here
25205s	right uh we can judge the games based on
25208s	the Mulligan at least in some part and
25211s	Glory once again seems to be an ongoing
25213s	theme for demon Hunters this air today
25215s	relic of dimensions in the opening hand
25218s	key card whereas for government
25220s	gabumon I'm just named I I'm literally
25224s	naming Digimon at this point because I
25226s	just like I read gabu and gabo and then
25229s	just made up the rest of the name gaboon
25231s	sorry
25232s	um it has a much more varied hand that
25235s	you may want to toss
25237s	Gabby man that was last year all right
25240s	uh yeah he has actually tossed the oil
25243s	what if he'd keep the shipment but did
25244s	not and Glory has also missed and we've
25248s	talked about it already a lot if Demon
25250s	Hunter misses early on he's missed on
25253s	his top deck on turn one as well you saw
25254s	there it doesn't do anything and you
25257s	lose quite quickly so my my Into The
25260s	Ether gut instinct oddly enough turned
25263s	out not to be correct
25265s	there's still time for The Relic
25268s	now I'm done mate
25270s	okay well unfortunate here for Glory
25274s	still though he does have the
25275s	ever-present Demon Hunter hero power and
25278s	this will at least be juicing the
25280s	curtress right like if we're going if
25282s	we're looking for a silver lining
25286s	I am
25288s	uh
25292s	yeah he's gonna have an option next to
25294s	him just playing the brand because
25295s	that's all he can do
25298s	that's not ideal
25308s	yeah and then when you don't get the
25310s	start with a Demon Hunter basically any
25312s	Curve will do
25325s	yeah it's not looking too good it might
25327s	be the old Brandon curve here for Glory
25329s	and hope they just a couple of Trades
25333s	okay so if he is going to win this he
25336s	draws the location off the top plays a
25339s	relative extension to
25341s	kind of clear
25343s	I'm not all there is anything to clear
25344s	now
25348s	not happening
25352s	fell beverage Maybe
25357s	digital to try and hit location that's
25359s	the other choice yeah at this point just
25362s	wanting to just hit the one one yeah
25364s	kills the empath
25367s	and Glory definitely just trying to hold
25371s	on
25372s	but this is where the tech cards are
25374s	gonna so yes Kaboom some points here
25377s	because this is a quite a weak to and
25379s	fall compared to what it could have been
25381s	right in in other lists so relic of
25384s	Dimensions pretty weak only reducing by
25386s	two not the best no not at all this is a
25390s	term where he'd love to just be able to
25391s	take away the 3-3 while waiting and
25394s	the top show now the bartender is going
25397s	to shadily just do so much damage
25402s	and I think Chloe can't come back from
25404s	this oh hang on
25406s	yeah the amount of recount where he's
25409s	never gonna financially recover from
25411s	this there's the concede and it's not
25414s	going to be a 3-0 sweep Glory gets run
25417s	over by the Warlock from gaboon and
25419s	again understandable we've spoke about
25421s	it a lot today I am sure this
25423s	conversation will continue into the
25424s	weekend but the Demon Hunter can be
25427s	extremely powerful but if you miss that
25430s	early game and it's what I was talking
25431s	about even way back this morning yeah
25434s	this morning when um when we were
25436s	talking about Abu gabu's lineup right
25438s	when he's bringing the Demon Hunter he's
25439s	bringing the warrior the good thing is
25441s	when you're against decks like warlock
25443s	well even if your Mulligan's not perfect
25446s	it's almost never going to be a disaster
25448s	because your whole decks curve is low
25451s	right you're not going to sit with a
25452s	Jace in your hand or you know uh you
25455s	know Jace and artificer in your hand
25456s	like you can see here for Glory you know
25458s	you're gonna hit like something
25460s	proactive to do almost all of the time
25462s	so definitely a benefit that kind of
25464s	lineup has but of course when we can see
25466s	Glory still have his demon to the left
25468s	he's still got Mage and the mirror match
25470s	to play so he's still got plenty of game
25471s	and again surely he'll get hold of Relic
25474s	vault in the early game in one of these
25476s	matchups we've got coming up here you
25479s	would think so but obviously as always
25480s	As Time ticks down you start becoming
25482s	more and more concerned about it um
25486s	but he doesn't have a favorable plus a
25489s	50 50 to come so obviously in a
25492s	fantastic situation you know maths wise
25494s	I guess uh firewatch post a nice start
25497s	here for gaboom I guess yeah
25502s	yeah in most matchups right if you're
25504s	playing Far watch post you may as well
25506s	keep it in the Mulligan especially in
25508s	this Demon Hunter because you you just
25510s	want to slow them down even more than
25512s	they already are is again gaboom is not
25516s	running the pink Mage she's running the
25518s	big spell Mage so not exactly a rapid
25520s	fire deck of itself and it's happening
25523s	here Raven I think chaos is right to
25525s	draw cards if he doesn't hit the
25526s	location next turn already played a
25528s	relic
25530s	it's it's on the way
25533s	okay
25540s	another watch post where that one came
25542s	from and there's chaos strike here in
25543s	power where that came from as well when
25545s	you see that Relic played in that kind
25548s	of scenario you sit back and think wow
25550s	that card's actually pretty good right
25552s	you know in that just I must kill minion
25554s	scenario it's just you never see it in
25557s	that snow like because that's kind of
25558s	weirdly clearing your opponent's board
25560s	with a really powerful card isn't the
25562s	point of that in this deck yes yeah
25566s	you're gonna be calling narrow power oh
25571s	no yeah I thought it's gonna hear a
25573s	podcast strike that's that was the
25575s	instinctive play right and I looked at
25576s	that and thought that's what he was
25577s	going to do too but he wanted to avoid
25579s	getting the extra card with the being
25583s	more expensive so he can kill this with
25584s	a Naga now and then draw the card of the
25586s	castle and then the first card he draws
25587s	gets buff gets more expensive got
25591s	anywhere yeah I mean this just got a 4-4
25594s	on board right which is fine uh if it
25596s	was gonna draw a card to increase its
25598s	cost by one that happens regardless
25600s	whereas this gets a four four and lets
25602s	him beat the chaos strike so it's fine
25604s	uh we didn't know what was going to come
25605s	out from the Naga link of course as well
25607s	so that could have dramatically changed
25609s	uh what Gloria's plan was going to be
25611s	but now he really needs that Relic Vault
25614s	because you don't really want to play
25615s	relative dimensions without it being
25617s	doubled because that's kind of the point
25620s	you might have closer too
25624s	and
25627s	I think he could take a turn off
25629s	his tail strikes he weighs out yeah
25632s	because again I don't know if it's
25636s	I'm not sure how fast Glory actually
25639s	needs to go here but obviously he
25641s	doesn't want to go too slow
25643s	because then Kaboom will just build up a
25645s	huge board and even with a big Relic
25647s	Vault he won't be able to clear it
25649s	yeah on the other side of that it's like
25651s	well let's oh does he have to play both
25653s	the zeros now to get them out of his
25654s	hand he does right otherwise he just
25656s	loses to all sorts of stuff yeah
25659s	and why not right fell barrage isn't
25662s	getting any better targets you may as
25664s	well make the four fours just to put
25665s	pressure on and this Dodges as you said
25668s	the potential worst case scenario
25670s	we're gonna see gaboon once again
25673s	if I say on curve I think the other game
25676s	he coined it but still close enough
25678s	that's that's about as I'm curve as you
25679s	can get right the barbarican hand that
25682s	again classes on curve because you you
25684s	played two sixes on turns five and six
25686s	oh my who needs Relic Vault well you can
25688s	just draw all your relics and get really
25690s	annoyed
25693s	Glory that's who
25697s	the trouble is he wants to play Curtis
25699s	next turn so not playing the relative
25701s	dimensions now
25703s	would lead to him not really clearing
25704s	much no very much he has to play it
25706s	right he can't just sit there and do
25709s	nothing with this Belinda
25712s	where is it seemingly what he's going to
25714s	do because this turn is surmounted to a
25717s	total sum of nothing in my opinion yeah
25720s	just nothing absolute straight nothing
25723s	happened I'm just gonna get hit
25727s	foreign
25734s	look at this lot hitting him
25737s	oh interesting
25743s	[Music]
25744s	what numbers I want all the numbers now
25746s	this is tough out yeah okay fair enough
25753s	I mean it's the same amount of numbers
25757s	I mean there's two numbers on each yeah
25761s	once he made 16 and 16. is that what
25765s	you're talking about yeah
25767s	because there's also the same amount of
25769s	numbers means there's just two numbers
25770s	right
25772s	how many numbers there are yeah
25773s	everything's right nothing wow I'm
25775s	getting facetious at this time
25779s	that's just some sort of clear please
25780s	okay then next turn play your fail
25783s	spells and they turn out to play with
25784s	Jason hope you kill your opponent except
25786s	if you're a good player you calculated
25787s	or not yeah and to be fair this is only
25791s	six damage seven with a ping from gaboom
25793s	now for Glory so roughly the amount of
25796s	armor he just gained he's gonna take
25797s	this turn as a minimum but it's not too
25799s	bad yeah but look at these yeah it's
25801s	getting worse though it is getting worse
25806s	I'm gonna get dragon
25811s	let's use both existing machines right
25814s	so
25815s	now
25817s	he's in trouble he'll be going to a game
25819s	five even though it hasn't even go for
25821s	like 15 minutes yeah he's just done done
25824s	and dusted suddenly for the 2-2 scores
25826s	we get ready to go into game five uh
25829s	gaboon brought it back and when the
25831s	scenario once again and it's very easy
25833s	for me to say at this point but I have
25836s	been genuinely surprised when I saw the
25837s	deck list actually come out this morning
25838s	that so many players brought this Relic
25841s	Demon Hunter because we've seen it do
25843s	very powerful things do not get me wrong
25845s	right like we've seen it pop off and do
25847s	all the great things with the Relic uh
25849s	The Relic Vault sorry but um but for a
25852s	deck that feels like it relies so
25854s	heavily on the drawing exactly one
25856s	certain card uh it doesn't feel like a
25860s	deck that should make it into your you
25862s	know your four decks for the format but
25864s	again these players much better than me
25866s	of course it is just one of those decks
25869s	where I understand warlock struggling
25870s	because warlock's very strong you feel
25873s	that you should take it and yes it can
25875s	be targeted or at least ignore knowledge
25877s	when players are building their lineups
25879s	but Relic Demon Hunter I I don't know I
25882s	feel like it's
25883s	balances on such a knife's edge that it
25886s	either dominates or gets crushed is that
25889s	really how people are sort of you know
25891s	gambling their world championship spot
25893s	on it's just where the Demon Hunter can
25895s	grab a win or not I don't know
25897s	you've got to evaluate that in terms of
25898s	is it better than your fourth best deck
25900s	not is it better than the best deck oh
25903s	and when you get to that exact
25905s	discussion you just oh my goodness well
25907s	Gloria's in a good spot here when you
25909s	get to that exact discussion you just
25910s	had of hang on if this is my worst deck
25913s	and it's let's say it's 50 50 against
25915s	everything just just to simplify the
25917s	numbers it's not there's good and bad
25918s	matchups but basically you either draw
25920s	The Relic Vault or you don't right
25922s	really being reductive here just to make
25924s	the point well if it's 50 50 roughly
25927s	speaking
25928s	then that's better than your worst deck
25929s	right because your worst deck probably
25931s	your worst deck it's probably not going
25932s	to have a 50 win rate what if your worst
25935s	deck is in Rage Warrior though
25937s	oh that's I mean that's definitely you
25939s	just get out of the fridge you do what
25941s	you like
25942s	you qualify for worlds twice in the same
25944s	year you know
25946s	yeah
25947s	but here more seriously not only does
25951s	glory have the Relic vault already
25953s	but he's also got the good setup right
25956s	like he's got close to everything he
25958s	needs apart from the dimensions which is
25961s	what he's after very very uh soon but
25963s	with sigil as well gonna help him out
25965s	with even more card draw it's not
25967s	looking quite good
25969s	yeah he'll be able to take his time a
25973s	little bit he doesn't know exactly
25974s	what's going to happen on the other side
25975s	except there's no there's no Vault so he
25976s	knows he's ahead
25978s	um but he will be able to take the time
25979s	maybe to even draw some more cars to
25980s	even get to that Dimensions or he can
25982s	just start you know
25984s	making Relic go big
25991s	I like the idea of just playing school
25992s	teacher oh and now I don't know like the
25994s	idea of killing that
25996s	like the idea of making my opponent not
25999s	have that minion
26000s	yeah and he's just doing the job right
26003s	yeah you've got to start stacking these
26005s	relics
26008s	Jackie these relics sounds like a really
26010s	boring archaeologist's job you've gone
26013s	to the Dig and you just found a whole
26015s	bunch of old copper coins you've seen a
26017s	million times before and yeah yeah
26019s	they're training I can't stack those
26021s	relics of the window I'm like oh come on
26022s	where is something Relic stacker sounds
26025s	like an early 90s video game Relic
26028s	stacker yeah it's in a library
26032s	in the library yeah slash museum museum
26036s	I like Museum better yeah
26039s	yeah one of those handheld ones with the
26041s	two buttons one on the other side the
26042s	relics are falling out the sky and you
26044s	have to catch them in the crate
26045s	and it's just a ripoff of uh Donkey Kong
26049s	yeah
26051s	relics falling from the sky
26053s	yeah
26055s	now relic's falling from the sky sounds
26056s	like an 80s song
26060s	and there are relics falling from the
26063s	sky in this game as Glory
26065s	not only keeping control of the game but
26067s	also is a long way ahead in The Relic
26070s	count
26071s	but missing Dimensions though he is and
26074s	Kaboom does have kind of all the wing
26076s	conditions apart from The Relic vault in
26077s	hand
26080s	we better keep an eye on it I guess
26083s	yeah that's our job
26085s	where he really needs to get the tape
26087s	measure out
26090s	what's he measuring
26092s	he needs the dimensions I see I should
26095s	have worked that out I thought I thought
26097s	that was a good one for you Lorinda but
26099s	clearly not
26101s	disappointed myself I'm lost you
26103s	disappointed Yourself by overestimating
26105s	me yeah yeah still pointing to myself I
26109s	shouldn't have overestimated you like
26110s	that thanks Global Vault now of course
26113s	uh Kaboom already used their uh
26115s	Dimensions to get to that point but
26117s	double Vault one costing zero in hand
26119s	for Kaboom now like things could turn
26122s	around yeah and he has the good cards in
26125s	hand as well they're expensive to play
26128s	like the 678 is pretty tasty yep
26132s	foreign
26136s	rips the dimensions like immediately but
26138s	yeah it's about to hit the point where
26140s	gaboon
26142s	might be in an okay spot he's gotta deal
26143s	with this which he should be able to do
26145s	no he shouldn't because he hasn't got
26146s	Extinction
26148s	okay yeah I wonder if this is actually
26150s	just um
26155s	what if he just plays the hero because
26158s	even if he goes six seven he doesn't he
26160s	doesn't have to play uh she lag of
26162s	course but even if he does he does that
26165s	zero cost Relic Vault so even if he
26166s	doesn't get double Relic Vault and then
26168s	something off right he still has the
26170s	zero cost one to sort of whip into a
26172s	turn and then decide later if he needs
26174s	it the courtress looks good enough
26178s	well I'll be honest I'm not 100 sure
26180s	what the uh opinions attack is at right
26183s	now and also we're biased we can see
26185s	that Glory's hand is running out of gas
26187s	like gaboon has a lot more concerns than
26190s	that when he's looking at this massive
26191s	board plus unknown cards in his
26193s	opponent's hand but yeah he is going to
26194s	go for it
26198s	that like
26200s	value trade the threes
26203s	[Music]
26211s	okay
26213s	that's scary
26220s	I don't know a lot of Health on both
26222s	sides
26222s	[Music]
26225s	pick me pick me perfect looking really
26228s	nice here from the nagaling glory does
26230s	get to follow up with the sigil as well
26231s	let's keep that card draw going because
26233s	he is falling behind in overall value
26235s	that we can see obviously uh he won't be
26237s	fully aware of that but I mean we're
26240s	just staring at the two Relic vaults
26241s	that can really go crazy
26244s	they need to
26246s	Glory now just about at the Finishing
26248s	Line he's currently got lethal next turn
26250s	but it's obviously it will never happen
26252s	but
26254s	he has it there ready to go so something
26257s	has to be done which will sloga boom
26259s	down
26264s	there's always two damage in hand he
26266s	can't he can't just take it right
26267s	there's always something
26269s	there's enough direct damage I'm trying
26271s	wary
26273s	goals with this turn because he could
26275s	just okay yep do this
26279s	and then go wall blades right heels for
26282s	full okay that doesn't mean he's Out Of
26284s	Reach right
26287s	yeah draw the damage yeah you get those
26290s	two drawers as well
26292s	with the sigil
26294s	yeah so he of course he doesn't know
26296s	there's one in a hand but Fury has a
26300s	massive chance to just win this now
26302s	13 on board that we can see another
26305s	three in hand that we can see hero
26307s	Powers one at 17 he needs just another
26310s	few he just needs three more
26313s	and there it is if he orders it right
26315s	right
26318s	no not quite I think so uh yes it is
26321s	because you're Extinction in the middle
26322s	of it somewhere as well uh what's in the
26325s	now going
26327s	oh it's got multi-strike
26330s	matter though uh I think so because you
26333s	can just kill him yeah but the barrage
26336s	gets there anyway that's what I was
26337s	thinking Extinction oh I see yeah either
26340s	way doesn't matter Glory takes the
26343s	victory it looks spicy for a minute as
26346s	Glory went from being 2-0 up to Kaboom
26350s	bringing this series all the way to 2-2
26352s	into that final game but it's glory that
26354s	wins the Demon Hunter mirror after three
26356s	goals on Demon Hunter he gets there and
26359s	he's extremely happy with that victory
26362s	of course because it does mean that
26364s	glory is going to be moving on to Sunday
26366s	Lorinda like I said it could happen we
26369s	could be having Glory at Worlds yet
26371s	again one match away when he got there
26375s	last year we're saying how amazing it
26376s	was that the same player had got to the
26378s	World Championships two years running
26381s	one match from doing it three years
26383s	running in a slightly harder system for
26386s	him this time around as well because it
26388s	is basically over I know he had the you
26390s	know the the Grand Master season one
26391s	attempt but it is basically a tougher
26393s	season for him this time around than it
26395s	was last year so yeah three in a row
26397s	would be absolutely nutty
26399s	and there's one match from doing it yeah
26402s	it would be brilliant absolutely huge
26404s	there I know there's a lot of Glory fans
26407s	out there watching so congratulations to
26409s	him but of course Kaboom is not knocked
26412s	out yet still has a chance to make it
26413s	through group b along with Glory but he
26416s	will sit and wait now in that decider
26418s	match to face the winner of pocket train
26421s	versus tonsoku that's coming up next so
26423s	a big match coming up next Lorinda and
26426s	not only just in general of course
26428s	because it's for the players lives in
26430s	the tournament but also just for the two
26432s	players we have tonsoku a player who's
26434s	been around a long long time I think one
26437s	of the first uh names I saw often from
26441s	the Apex scene way back when uh doing
26444s	well and then pocket train of course a
26446s	bit of a home crowd favorite for us so
26450s	yeah any uh quick predictions as to
26451s	who's going to win the next match before
26452s	we go no prediction but I am looking
26454s	forward to see
26455s	um how pocket trains lineup works when
26458s	it's not just being hard targeted so
26460s	yeah let's see how that gets on okay
26462s	looking forward to that one and you guys
26463s	will not have to wait too long we're
26465s	gonna go to a quick break while we set
26466s	that one up don't go anywhere and we'll
26468s	be right back
26490s	[Music]
26497s	foreign
26504s	[Music]
26526s	foreign
26531s	[Music]
26544s	[Music]
26558s	foreign
26560s	[Music]
26571s	[Music]
26586s	[Music]
26597s	[Music]
26601s	foreign
26605s	[Music]
26615s	[Music]
26621s	[Music]
26629s	[Music]
26645s	[Music]
26657s	thank you
26663s	welcome back everyone to the Hearthstone
26665s	Fall Championships we've sent another
26668s	player through to the quarterfinals with
26670s	glory having taken a very narrow win
26673s	over gaboon but now unfortunately we
26676s	have the uh less uplifting job I suppose
26679s	you could say if sending one of the
26680s	players home in group b but also of
26684s	course sending one of the players that
26685s	little bit closer through in the decider
26688s	match so very very much on the line for
26690s	all of our competitors and what do we
26692s	got here subtle with pocket train and
26695s	and soku well we've got take two of what
26698s	I attempted as take one a little bit
26699s	earlier which was getting everyone super
26701s	hyped up to see pocket train playing
26703s	pocket train decks and I guess we did do
26706s	that earlier pocket train did play three
26707s	games of ball priest but describing them
26710s	as games would I think be quite generous
26712s	to what the actual reality was so you
26714s	would hope for pocket Train's sake and
26717s	of course for the UK's sake as well as
26719s	we are 100 biased I am sure that pocket
26723s	train is a able to get back into things
26724s	although having said that Derek he's
26726s	going up against an APAC player here
26728s	we're all big fans of tan Circle where
26730s	exactly does Your Allegiance lie on this
26732s	particular day because we never really
26733s	know do we we'll have to see depends
26736s	who's winning most of the time
26738s	um but yeah I I will just say I think
26740s	the UK could could use a dub at this
26742s	point so I'm rooting for uh for pocket
26745s	trade uh to at least get a little bit
26747s	more of a series on the table here
26749s	because as you said that was just
26750s	nothing I'm rooting for pocket train to
26752s	be the new prime minister of the Country
26756s	Born priest for everyone for the length
26760s	of that series he just had earlier
26764s	uh we are going to kick things off we
26766s	only saw the ball priest as mentioned
26768s	previously we only saw ball priest from
26770s	pocket train that time around he's going
26771s	to mix things up a little bit here
26772s	primarily because the priest is actually
26775s	banned in this series this time around
26778s	which you know I'd imagine a part of
26780s	that is respect man of course we have
26782s	seen this historically a little bit
26783s	between with actual real deck
26785s	Specialists of sometimes they would get
26787s	that deck banned in situations where
26788s	it's not particularly optimal but also
26790s	just going through tansoku's lineup I
26792s	think pocket trains lineup is very
26794s	unconventional he was sort of alluding
26795s	to this himself when he made his like
26797s	Target this tweet when he posted his
26799s	lineup and then gaboom kind of did do
26801s	that so not the greatest look uh things
26805s	that have aged poorly very rapidly but
26807s	my point being tansoku probably looks at
26810s	this lineup from a pocket train like I
26812s	didn't really plan for this you know
26814s	this doesn't really fit into my normal
26816s	match-up Matrix of what I'm supposed to
26818s	be banning or targeting here so just
26820s	getting rid of the bore priest in
26821s	general I think is a fairly logical
26823s	decision
26824s	and I do think at the end of it all
26826s	tansoka ends up with regards to his
26828s	pre-specifically a pretty good set of
26830s	matchups against the Demon Hunter the
26832s	Warlock and the Druid I think I would
26833s	favor the priest against pretty much all
26835s	of those especially for this particular
26837s	game given that uh I believe the Demon
26841s	Hunter has gone six losses in a row if
26844s	we exclude mirrors uh without picking up
26846s	a single win it's just looks absolutely
26848s	atrocious in the previous two series and
26852s	I don't especially see that slowing down
26855s	now
26856s	uh given that I would favor the priest
26858s	in this matchup but
26859s	a pretty good draw for pocket train with
26862s	plenty of ways to proactively spend his
26863s	Manner and tansoku lacking the the usual
26868s	tools you would need wig I am alluding
26870s	to there to make this handle work yeah
26873s	but I do want to just pick up on
26875s	something that did happen in the
26876s	Mulligan it's something that I think was
26878s	it me you and Lorinda were discussing a
26880s	little bit
26881s	um in the the virtual Green Room between
26882s	games uh tansoku uh hand made an opening
26885s	hand threw it away in the opener as well
26887s	which is something that I was advocating
26889s	for
26890s	um I do think handmaiden is overrated in
26893s	general terms of Mulligan keeps with
26895s	this deck
26896s	um wig in particular radiant Elemental I
26898s	often Thrive a lot of the time as well
26900s	as a much more important car to have in
26902s	the early game so tan soku does go for
26903s	the aggressive Mulligan throwing the
26905s	handmaiden away and I think he's
26906s	rewarded with a slightly improved hand
26908s	having the radiant Elemental already
26911s	foreign
26914s	being able to proactively spend his man
26916s	on two which is often a dead turn for
26919s	the Relic Demon Hunter in order to get
26921s	the the score pit down can just trade
26923s	beautifully here against this uh this
26926s	three six
26929s	in fact the trade is done for him in the
26932s	end with tansoku just happy to make the
26934s	trade happen get the card draw and
26936s	pocket train is just going to march on
26937s	with the relics here and yeah I mean
26941s	very interested to see how this deck is
26943s	going to perform long term again we're
26945s	on day one we have a very small sample
26947s	size but it does see apart from that you
26949s	know perfect draw uh well you know not
26952s	perfect but very strong draw and a very
26954s	reasonable matchup that we've seen early
26956s	on from the deck it has seemed to
26958s	struggle overall and be the problem in
26961s	general for the players that have had it
26964s	man no one does gentle disgust quite
26967s	like the British hey that face from
26970s	pocket train saying it all
26973s	right we have a lot of practice of
26974s	things to be disgusted about yeah that's
26977s	true
26979s	mostly things put on toast indeed yes
26985s	or uh things that particular members of
26988s	the casting team think is an eligible
26990s	sandwich
26994s	uh I mean I'm only one generation
26997s	removed I can't judge my mum would run
27000s	home from school for a sugar sandwich
27001s	[Laughter]
27008s	all right Cathedral number two coming
27011s	down tansoka actually committing with
27014s	the raiding Elemental on this term which
27015s	does give him a very very strong initial
27018s	pop-off turn
27020s	and finds the village as well I was
27023s	gonna say not the full dump your entire
27025s	hand pop off because he's going to be a
27027s	little bit of short to get out to the
27029s	real Power Cards in his hand but now
27030s	with that recess release available the
27033s	world is his oyster yeah we'd have to
27036s	dismantle the serpent wig like use it
27038s	before he plays Felicia if he wanted to
27039s	get the Boon down on this turn uh which
27042s	is why I fully agree with this line
27044s	where he doesn't get maybe quite so many
27048s	stats online immediately but honestly
27050s	it's not actually far off and it's a I
27053s	would say very unlikely that this board
27055s	ends up dying
27057s	uh even though we could have fit in a
27060s	bless as well if he wanted to on that
27062s	turn which is yes debatable if you would
27065s	want to yeah I mean not necessarily an
27067s	improvement on the turn right on Minions
27069s	that are not immediately attacking there
27071s	is definitely value to holding on to
27072s	that until you actually have a minion
27074s	with with functional charge I suppose if
27076s	you want to look at it that way
27082s	pocket train wondering if next game
27084s	he'll be allowed to play some
27086s	Hearthstone
27089s	I know this is such a horrible
27091s	mischaracterization but whenever I see
27092s	pocket train playing a different deck
27094s	like he's going through picking up all
27095s	of his individual cards it's also like
27097s	which one of these where's my pyro
27098s	where's my North chickler I don't
27101s	understand what's happening why don't
27102s	any of these cards do anything I have to
27105s	clear the board and then draw cards
27109s	[Music]
27115s	uh so out that we could
27118s	theoretically think of like there's no
27121s	real big board please you can generate
27123s	on school teacher very limited
27125s	generation of the rest of the deck so
27127s	maybe location off the top with the
27130s	Relic
27131s	and then you get
27133s	distinction Extinction something like
27136s	that yeah
27139s	we are definitely in the world of you
27142s	know compounding small percentage
27144s	outcomes one after the other at this
27146s	point from pocket train agreed
27158s	a little bit of a tough turn though for
27159s	Tan soku it is actually
27166s	hmm I think the big split in the turn is
27170s	school teacher or boot like which one of
27172s	those two you want to generally end up
27174s	with
27175s	obviously everything else is cheap
27176s	enough to be thrown in
27179s	ending up on the Boon here
27182s	yeah but if you've gone the other way
27184s	for example you could have gone you know
27185s	school teacher with Naga wig Etc and not
27188s	had the other additional big minion but
27190s	had a bigger one million and a five four
27193s	instead of this 14-16 which you know
27195s	arguably comparable but I think uh just
27198s	the nature of the deck that you're
27200s	playing up against having the huge torn
27202s	which limits so many options in terms of
27204s	their face attacks being able to go
27205s	through big advantage and this just
27207s	being straight up more stats on board I
27209s	think this makes the most sense
27211s	yeah another schedule of Reckoning off
27214s	it and another one passed away as pocket
27217s	train goes down oh one the Demon Hunter
27218s	again looking to struggle but
27221s	Ray of uh Sunshine through these stormy
27225s	clouds of pocket train that was the
27227s	priest that got the win which as I laid
27228s	out the Stars pretty obviously the best
27230s	deck for tansoku uh going into the rest
27233s	of the series ticked off already
27236s	it's indeed so then we get into the rest
27238s	of the series here which is the more
27240s	conventional imp curse warlock from
27243s	tansoku as opposed to that mess that we
27245s	saw on the other side from gaboon the
27248s	perfect eaten mess however to be able to
27250s	pick apart our pocket trains boar priest
27252s	in that particular game but I think
27254s	pocket train will be a little more at
27257s	home if uh not necessarily comfortable
27260s	with playing against imperf Warlock and
27263s	uh then from there it's wait sorry was
27265s	it Demon Hunter on the Rogue the band
27266s	I've literally written it down and then
27268s	lost where I've written it down on uh
27270s	rogue rogue okay so there is still that
27273s	Demon Hunter to come on the other side
27275s	um more aggressive versions just
27277s	straight up fell Demon Hunter on the
27278s	other side for tansoku so I agree with
27280s	you I do think the priest was generally
27283s	going to be getting a win at it seems
27285s	weird because I think we've gone through
27286s	long periods of time arguing over how
27289s	consistent how high a win rate whether
27291s	these kind of Naga priests builds
27293s	blessed priest builds have been the
27295s	bring to tour tournament but coming into
27297s	this when I look at these decks in
27299s	people's lineups they generally feel
27301s	like one of the Decks that I'm most
27303s	secure are going to do okay for them
27305s	throughout the tournament and that was
27307s	also kind of borne out I believe in the
27308s	previous Masters Tour as well in terms
27310s	of the overall win rate of these priest
27312s	decks so uh continuing to form there for
27315s	tansoku and it's actually going to be
27316s	pocket train switching over to the uh
27318s	the implok as well
27321s	yeah going against the preferred
27323s	strategy today of just a very salterly
27326s	queuing up the deck you just lost with
27328s	over and over again until something
27329s	different happens uh which I can respect
27332s	does mean that we're ending up on the
27334s	the mirror between the two warlocks I
27336s	believe no differences in the list as
27338s	I've said a couple times already it's
27340s	just a very cemented 30 cards that we
27343s	have in the Imp curse version of the
27346s	deck
27347s	um
27348s	I mean any specific uh strategies you've
27351s	seen that have looked spicy any Mulligan
27353s	keeps that you have hot takes about in
27355s	this matchup that could upset the uh
27357s	traditional cards we're expecting to see
27359s	kept yeah I was talking about it
27362s	um with Raven a little bit in the
27364s	previous cast like I think this
27366s	particular mirror like curse and warlock
27368s	is a deck I feel fine on the mirror I
27371s	feel is one of my weakest matchups in
27373s	the game and I don't know whether that's
27375s	just because I'm doing things wrong or
27376s	whether the matchup is particularly hard
27378s	but there's so many little points of
27380s	stress in the matchup just in terms of
27383s	decisions you make from a solitaire
27384s	perspective like you know Tempo or value
27386s	Tempo resources like am I just supposed
27388s	to play my minions should I tap to look
27390s	for the power cards that kind of thing
27392s	which is kind of level one then also the
27394s	way you interact with your opponent is
27396s	super interesting because committing to
27399s	board then allows your opponent to trade
27400s	minions for example and if they're
27402s	trading minions they might get to be
27403s	infusing Power Cards in their own hand
27405s	that they wouldn't have been able to do
27406s	if you didn't necessarily commit to the
27408s	ball board that's sort of the base level
27410s	of the interaction to the two decks all
27412s	the way up to the top level of
27413s	interaction between the two decks which
27415s	is the ending that you saw in your
27417s	opening Series
27419s	um from from the uh the fury Hunter
27421s	Series where you know just having this
27422s	board State suddenly allowed for your
27425s	opponent to generate curses on you that
27427s	they wouldn't have been able to
27428s	otherwise so there's so much like
27430s	crunchy minutia in the the matchup in
27433s	general that I feel like is something
27434s	that I I still personally have a lot to
27436s	learn about
27440s	very interesting starting hand though
27442s	for both players here where obviously
27444s	looks like the better hand is pocket
27446s	trains right now uh but you know I will
27450s	say that tansuku has some of the tools
27451s	to pick that apart with a pretty nice
27454s	grimoire against a fiendish circle
27457s	um and being able to go in pending
27458s	catastrophe plus the grimoire next turn
27460s	depending on how pocket trades this
27462s	could end up pretty well this is already
27465s	well into the realm of that initial
27467s	debate I brought up of you know Tempo
27469s	versus value is tansoko choosing to
27471s	throw out a flame imp fluid Flute one
27473s	Mana as opposed to just going for the
27475s	live tap uh you actually saw if you were
27477s	paying attention to pocket Train's
27478s	camera he mailed the words come on
27481s	please tap during tantoku's turn but
27484s	then when the flame imp came down he
27486s	almost feels like he preferred that
27488s	outcome to the tap I don't think you
27490s	know Tempo flame imp was the play that
27491s	he didn't want to see on that turn yeah
27494s	he was begging for the live chat from
27495s	the opponent but I think also than
27497s	anything else for pocket train if he's
27499s	pleading for anything it's just to play
27501s	a game of hearthstone today up until
27504s	this point it's really not been going
27506s	for him oh and that again is such a
27510s	spicy draw because this turn was pretty
27512s	obviously just going to be catastrophe
27514s	plus Grimmer I think to take your two
27516s	cards while you can
27518s	uh and you know deny it from your
27519s	opponent as well but now being able to
27522s	draw four cards now maybe three cards in
27525s	a turn or two
27526s	this gets Tighter and Tighter
27531s	[Music]
27535s	huh
27537s	and tansoku fully committing to Tempo
27540s	which I do think is one of the biggest
27541s	lessons to take again I think the worst
27543s	thing you can do with all of those
27545s	debates that I was talking about earlier
27546s	is get caught halfway in between them
27549s	you need to pick a direction and commit
27550s	to it as hard as you can for as long as
27552s	you can so I like that tansoko after
27554s	committing to Tempo early continued to
27557s	do that you know using the AOE is
27559s	opposed to the impending catastrophe
27560s	yeah throwing less cards than he could
27562s	have done but significantly increasing
27565s	the amount of damage he's uh he's
27567s	pushing and sorry let me fix my face
27569s	drawing just as many cards as he could
27571s	have done on this turn by hitting the
27573s	second catastrophe oh my God and look at
27576s	this it's just curse curse curse curse
27578s	curse curse and then your opponent dies
27582s	yeah big ball twink for pocket train
27584s	though he is the first person to land
27586s	one of the big avenge cards in this
27588s	matchup which normally consolidates some
27592s	kind of tempo for you these boards don't
27594s	necessarily win the game straight away
27596s	because of the the presence of Abyssal
27598s	wave and so on but it's rare that if you
27600s	play one of the big avenge bombs that
27603s	your opponent can deal with that and
27605s	come out ahead on the following turn a
27606s	lot of the time especially without
27608s	location already being active but as you
27611s	said early damage massively in favor of
27614s	tansoku and now with that backed up by
27616s	all of these curses he can just almost
27618s	play removal now at this point and that
27620s	removal will double up as those extra
27622s	few points of damage you'll need to go
27624s	over the line
27630s	yeah I really only need to consider how
27632s	can this go disastrously wrong which is
27635s	why I do think your post play defensive
27637s	as possible this still gets curses in
27640s	his opponent's hand uh does I will say
27644s	use up a cheap dark vein activator which
27647s	is potentially a big deal stops him from
27649s	going Abyssal wave dark vein plus the uh
27653s	touch of the naturalism to get the
27654s	Abyssal wave online but I still fully
27656s	endorse this play just because he is so
27658s	far in the lead now just needs to stop
27660s	his opponent from killing him with some
27661s	crazy push of board control
27664s	foreign
27671s	is helping his opponent all along with
27674s	the Flaming plate as well
27678s	if you just touch your flame him now
27681s	that's just net positive you know
27687s	perpetual motion machine right there
27688s	that's it
27698s	what do you even do
27700s	even say at this point pocket train
27703s	plastic before him as well a couple of
27706s	players today who've just you know
27707s	rolled up with hopes and dreams of World
27709s	Championships and have just not had the
27713s	run of the cards at all still a long way
27716s	to go in this series of course for
27717s	pocket train but it does look like
27718s	there's a long way to go to get back
27720s	into this game individually let alone
27723s	this series and this tournament as a
27725s	whole
27731s	so many possibilities
27735s	I mean they still have a curse in hand
27737s	right like you just got a Bissell wave
27739s	here and then they take so much more
27740s	damage
27742s	I think so
27747s	I don't know if he's afraid of like in
27749s	feeding
27751s	the reform that could theoretically be
27754s	in hand
27755s	yeah true this does the same thing as
27757s	well I mean to be honest dog vein kind
27760s	of stacks more curses anyway perhaps
27763s	over two turns because pocket train
27765s	probably can't make any attempt at
27769s	winning this game without playing
27770s	Minions on board from this point bro
27771s	those are always going to be available
27773s	so over the course of two turns this
27775s	probably does push more damage with the
27777s	kerstacks
27779s	can make the pretty cool play Here by
27781s	pocket train to clear the board though
27782s	right and then no curses are added to
27784s	hand which I think tansoku just realized
27788s	um which is a pretty big blunder
27796s	train just shaking the head tansoku
27799s	doing the same yes with it specifically
27802s	uh being dragged below you do need that
27805s	Target to be able to hear and tansoku
27807s	has ended up missing out on a ton of
27809s	damage in that situation
27816s	and this is what you play for as pocket
27819s	train right like you've been getting
27820s	rolled all day but eventually you hope
27822s	that you can outplay your opponent in
27825s	some regard and it looks like he's been
27826s	given the first glimmer of maybe being
27828s	able to do so
27831s	Yeah by no means out of the woods yet
27833s	though oh no
27838s	I would say pretty far behind
27847s	again stuck in that very awkward
27849s	position if he wants to commit to
27850s	clearing this board he's gonna have to
27852s	hold that curse for another turn one
27854s	Mana short of the break point of being
27855s	able to for example Abyssal wave and
27857s	dump the curse which means he's gonna be
27859s	creeping ever closer into that lethal
27862s	range
27863s	ruined
27865s	[Music]
27875s	okay the next turn they're going to be
27877s	taking the
27880s	ooh is that from the curse in hand plus
27882s	the three you could give them with wave
27883s	plus play your own curse bring them down
27886s	to five
27888s	um but should they play the one in the
27889s	hand they're still not actually dead on
27891s	the following turn is the problem once
27892s	again so the numbers all just not quite
27895s	working cleanly yet for tansoku
27899s	yeah right now you kind of have to hope
27901s	for two more turns past this point so
27903s	that you can play all of the curse cards
27905s	you currently have in hand which you do
27907s	need to get the lethal from this point
27910s	um unless you were to for example draw
27911s	bran off the top on the following turn
27913s	but I don't see any other real way to
27916s	effectively be spending Mana here but
27917s	tansoka you can see on his face this
27920s	game should be over by now under most
27923s	rightful circumstances and based on that
27926s	reaction from pocket train that is one
27930s	of the drawers the other would be the
27932s	cool in order to get that little burst
27934s	of Health that pocket train might need
27936s	to stabilize here
27941s	but either hey
27957s	gotta be the curse right surely yeah
27961s	with no other healing so ambitious
27966s	oh my Lord he's playing risky
27974s	oh okay I'll take it back
27978s	what a genius
27984s	oh actually survives the Abyssal wave
27987s	now as well
27995s	you're looking to fill up his hand on
27997s	the next turn as well
28004s	Maybe
28005s	kind of doable you might have to leave a
28007s	curse and there's one of them
28014s	uh but yeah I mean it's worth saying
28016s	that poker train can win board and keep
28019s	his hand full and that's a very
28021s	realistic way of getting the win which
28023s	may have been what led him to tap on the
28025s	previous turn just to set up for that
28026s	even if it's in two turns time yeah it's
28029s	a great point
28035s	patsoku now needs to beware of decision
28038s	paralysis they are I totally appreciate
28040s	what he's doing here does not want to
28042s	make any decision quickly particularly
28044s	when we're uh you know he's he's under
28047s	the impression that he made a pretty
28048s	catastrophic mistake on the earlier
28050s	turns it just wants to make sure he is
28052s	doing things the right way
28058s	oh really
28060s	it's enough
28061s	four five six you say if it's four five
28063s	six that's 21.
28067s	four five six boom Oh twenty one exactly
28071s	coming out from pocket train and that
28074s	Derek is what we have been wanting to
28077s	see all day wouldn't have mattered if it
28079s	was plastic if it were if it was pocket
28081s	train you know one of these players that
28083s	has been getting rolled the entire day
28085s	doing as Competitive Gaming is intended
28088s	and capitalizing on a mistake from the
28090s	opponent to actually find their way back
28092s	into the series and that single moment
28095s	could be pivotal not only in this series
28097s	but in this tournament and have lasting
28100s	effects going forward to the world
28102s	championship as well that's the fine
28104s	details that you have to have and I
28106s	think you mentioned it very early on and
28108s	I picked up on it I believe in the first
28109s	couple of series of the day that we have
28113s	to expect the highest possible standards
28115s	now the level of where we are in the
28118s	progression of the circuit this year you
28121s	have to be absolutely on top of your
28122s	game
28123s	that's right and this is what pocket
28126s	Train's been waiting for if you play
28127s	perfectly you definitely don't win every
28129s	game of hearthstone you play but
28131s	eventually your opponent will mess up as
28132s	we saw Tanto could do here with a pretty
28134s	big punt and pocket train more than
28137s	happy to pick up the ball and run with
28139s	it if that made sense I don't watch
28142s	American football at all
28144s	um but it does mean that with the
28146s	Warlock out of the way that's a pretty
28147s	big hindrance for a lot of players as it
28149s	has been the Warlock ticked off the uh
28152s	the list really just need to see I want
28155s	to save the Demon Hunter take the win
28156s	now the Druid I have actually a pretty
28158s	reasonable amount of faith in to be able
28160s	to win one of these two games it's the
28162s	Demon Hunter that's really been
28163s	struggling for our players today
28166s	how how do you feel about Druid in
28167s	general in position obviously you just
28169s	said you feel okay with it to get a
28170s	series but it's not a deck that I've put
28172s	a lot of time in to personally since you
28174s	know Nerfs on Nerfs on Nerfs first
28176s	alignment then Guff and then blah blah
28178s	going down the line
28179s	um does it still work as a as a ladder
28181s	deck is it a deck that you were
28182s	expecting to see as a bring to the
28184s	tournament from from more people than we
28185s	have done I was yeah I mean I definitely
28188s	overestimate Druid because it's in
28190s	pretty much every meta game the deck I
28192s	do best with
28193s	um when I'm playing on ladder but I do
28195s	think personally that the
28198s	if you think the meta is right then the
28200s	Giants version can do well but for me
28201s	this super heavy nature spell version uh
28205s	with the planted evidence obviously in
28208s	the early game the natural causes as
28210s	well living Roots as well as a card that
28212s	I can be fond of as well just gives you
28214s	so much survivability against these
28215s	early decks and then still even with the
28218s	Nerf to Gulf like you are doing more
28220s	powerful late game stuff than the vast
28222s	majority of decks right now so I do
28225s	think it can be strong but having said
28228s	that with specifically this tournament
28230s	the prevalence of warlocks the
28231s	prevalence of coin Rogues as well Druid
28234s	can suffer against the uh the high burst
28236s	of stats on one turn
28238s	yeah I think that's my fear and when I
28241s	was doing you know Shadow prep for this
28243s	tournament or whatever you want to call
28245s	it I looked at Druid I was like I'll put
28247s	some time into Druid and then when
28249s	looking at the lineups I was devising
28250s	like every lineup I was devising had
28252s	some combination of warlock Rogue priest
28255s	you know all of these decks here I'm
28256s	like how do you make a Druid Deck that
28258s	competes with all these Decks that are
28260s	just pumping out ten tens on turn three
28262s	and turn four you know like it just
28264s	seems so difficult to do and really put
28265s	me off the idea but here we are enough
28268s	Druid talk because we have a warlock and
28270s	a Demon Hunter this time around and tan
28272s	soku this time has picked up the early
28274s	location that was missing in the
28276s	previous game pockets trains hand
28278s	looking a little slow overall uh the
28282s	left-hand side of the hand the kept
28283s	cards in the Mulligan fairly reasonable
28286s	I would say but the hand does not really
28288s	improve significantly since then
28290s	although the the pickup of the kerchrist
28292s	does at least have a long-term plan to
28295s	move towards
28296s	yeah I mean the only real decision here
28297s	for me is whether or not you play Fel
28299s	barrage for it to go face because this
28302s	hand could do some major tomahi with the
28305s	safino predation plus fury on the
28307s	following turn coin out the curtress as
28309s	well or maybe the zillag like this
28312s	really does start to get there
28317s	preemptive buff from tansoku which I
28320s	think is wise we that has implications
28322s	against prediction it has implications
28324s	against Fury potentially with the hero
28327s	power as well as well as the fell
28329s	barrage that Derek was just talking
28330s	about as it happens Steno Fury I mean
28333s	that's a standard protection sorry
28335s	coming down here being able to do the
28336s	perfect five but that's a two card combo
28338s	that you're then asking for from your
28339s	opponent as opposed to just the
28341s	predation being able to deal with it
28343s	otherwise
28344s	yeah kind of awkward no matter how you
28347s	slice the final card or cards play on
28350s	the final turn because relative
28351s	Extinction you don't want to play that
28353s	with the location hand coin fell barrage
28355s	you don't want to do well you have
28356s	curtress in hand and the fury obviously
28358s	un-upgraded means you
28361s	I have to sync a little bit more into
28362s	the minion but uh with all that said and
28365s	done the headline still is safino
28367s	sticking on the board which was a pretty
28370s	big deal doesn't often happen
28372s	and leading up into some just really
28375s	really powerful plays for pocket train
28377s	yeah and suddenly this little piecemeal
28380s	packet of spells that pocket train had
28382s	from the period after the Mulligan is
28385s	going to be incredibly effective here
28387s	with the fell barrage of the coin sigila
28389s	valak team being picked up here as well
28390s	very nice indeed
28394s	foreign
28400s	dealing one less damage face with this
28403s	line as he could have hero powered the
28404s	minion and taking a three extra and I
28407s	think he knows yeah it would have been
28408s	slightly more Optical let's do it the
28409s	other way around he does feel like the
28411s	aggressor right now
28413s	agreed yes
28416s	but it's just surviving again
28420s	just out here living Derek
28425s	foreign
28428s	off the pole from the Battle Cry
28432s	you think it's a discounted brand from
28435s	the city of alacrity but I think he is
28438s	very much in the business of just
28440s	dumping stats on this board and being as
28442s	aggressive as possible and I fully
28444s	support it yeah I've forced them to have
28447s	one of these answers they probably
28450s	don't have a Bissell wave or they would
28452s	have played it last turn
28454s	uh but it is available now I
28456s	I think I'm still looking at the
28458s	grimoire on this turn will leave the
28460s	zillag in place for the moment
28463s	but yeah Big drawers big drawers for
28465s	tansoku nonetheless as picking up more
28467s	and more of these curses is definitely
28469s	where his head will be at right now
28474s	oh
28478s	blame impair feels like you're spending
28480s	one too many man on minions for my
28483s	liking
28487s	thank you for your service
28490s	now I would rather draw a million Fatima
28497s	yeah drawing four instead of five
28498s	deliberately here for overdrawal
28501s	purposes
28507s	oh hello hello beautiful
28514s	oh it's Gotta Be Right a two Mana brand
28516s	left over to fill out the remaining two
28518s	Mana there's so many cards that can
28519s	synergize with really curtress
28524s	well I mean the ultimate argument is
28527s	that's not going anywhere right you're
28529s	under no pressure to use your Relic
28532s	charge this turn
28533s	so making the aggressive push between uh
28536s	to clearing up you know the nine seven
28537s	that's on the board which is a pretty
28539s	significant problem I think pocket train
28541s	is just feeling he'll be in a more
28543s	secure position for the pop-up turn next
28545s	turn okay fair enough
28551s	oh there we go
28554s	expenses
28560s	never get a body trade right now
28574s	so in terms of curses available next
28576s	term we can be fairly efficient with
28578s	bran Syracuse Syracuse for four curses
28582s	so we could just go for the Abyssal wave
28585s	on this turn and then and so could fill
28589s	out the rest with like I don't know just
28591s	flame him just tap maybe you accept the
28593s	overdraw at that point for the chance at
28596s	an imp
28600s	yeah I think from tansoku's position
28603s	he'll be feeling like he has a great
28605s	chance of beating everything that isn't
28607s	relative dimensions right from this
28608s	point
28610s	um so just resisting damage for as long
28612s	as possible like you know you probably
28614s	don't beat relative dimensions you're
28615s	like okay let's make sure I'm able to be
28617s	a Jace for example let's make sure I
28619s	just beat a handful of damage so I think
28621s	clearing of the board up as efficiently
28622s	as possible getting the healing in here
28624s	as well does make some sense
28629s	they're in a counter swing with the
28631s	curses instead of clearing up the three
28633s	three
28639s	foreign
28642s	Big Boy plays coming through for pocket
28644s	train how do you saying now come on give
28646s	me the juice let's make something work
28649s	no back in the deck
28651s	wrong juice
28654s	okay this is pretty good
28661s	oh okay oh yeah now we're talking now we
28665s	are indeed talking
28668s	oh so close
28673s	what was the discount on the second one
28675s	six
28678s	I think so yeah
28691s	yeah
28694s	and if nothing else just getting a bunch
28696s	and fell spells play for Chase
28699s	spell
28701s	shocking anybody Relic
28706s	deportation maybe didn't even really get
28707s	to see what those ones were they picked
28709s	at lightning speed
28716s	actually I'm going to grade the
28719s	handspace as well it looks like
28721s	and cards right yeah
28723s	no curses can be added but he won't
28725s	overdraw either because those two curses
28727s	will disappear next turn
28729s	super clean
28732s	very very clean he's basically in
28734s	control of his own destiny here in terms
28735s	of how much damage he's taking because
28736s	of the curses that are in hand can't
28738s	have any more more impactful ones added
28741s	which really gives tansoku nothing to do
28745s	this turn and it's kind of doubly so
28747s	that he'd made a board that was super
28748s	juicy for a Bissell wave right and then
28750s	forcing that Abyssal wave out from the
28752s	opponent and denying the curse value
28755s	very very cleanly done in the end of
28757s	pocket train a lot of things to keep
28759s	track of honestly like with Relic into
28761s	Relic being cast and then having brand
28765s	double generator to go along with that
28766s	at the end like to get all that planned
28768s	out and executed and get the break
28770s	points right on the trades on the other
28771s	side and end on perfectly 10 cards
28773s	without overthrowing any of your value
28775s	very nicely oh look at that as well the
28778s	self-predation to activate zymox that's
28780s	just sick
28784s	eight eights eight Eights
28793s	logo
28796s	oh
28803s	all right that's a kill next turn
28808s	and I don't see a way for tanzuka to get
28811s	the counter kill preemptively
28815s	[Music]
28818s	foreign
28836s	which I believe does still buff up the
28839s	curse number even if it didn't go into
28841s	your opponent's hand
28843s	yeah and crucially like that's the go-to
28845s	draw in terms of the AOE as well and
28848s	right just being able to clear with the
28849s	board first and foremost
28851s	is the drawer in the deck for sure on
28854s	this turn
28857s	one off
28859s	clearing right
28861s	before and four and two it's exactly 10
28863s	AOE thank you for yourself oh man
28873s	there's nothing else to tap into did you
28877s	get touched the nathrazim to survive
28880s	on board for sure yeah
28883s	yeah you're flaming impending for two
28886s	shots of it yeah okay we're back in the
28889s	perpetual motion machine Derek
28894s	oh yeah not gonna be happening it's
28896s	pocket trade sneaking another win which
28898s	if I had to imagine in uh tansoku's head
28902s	he has to be thinking this one is
28903s	basically just a director so the first
28905s	one uh that he wasn't able to get over
28907s	the Finish Line then with his previous
28909s	uh warlock game just uh one that's
28912s	seemingly minor mistake can have massive
28915s	consequences over the course the entire
28917s	series as pocket train is up in the
28919s	series when it was looking like he was
28921s	going to get clean swept at the start
28923s	yeah and I do think a very nicely played
28926s	game overall both in terms of you know
28929s	decision making and actual mechanics
28930s	that we saw you know that brand term
28932s	with double relative dimensions was
28934s	fantastic but also I think the delay on
28936s	that relic of Dimensions pop off using
28938s	that kertras for the one turn as well
28940s	just you know it hard to reconcile
28944s	exactly how much damage that saves on an
28946s	average outcome because obviously you
28948s	could rip relative dimensions twice that
28950s	turn and hit the perfect stuff that
28952s	clears the board anyway right like of
28953s	course that can happen but on average
28955s	you probably leave some amount of damage
28957s	on board with that play that you don't
28958s	by going with kertras and you know 18
28961s	Health at the end with then the dark
28963s	vein double Abyssal wave play coming out
28965s	at the end you know there might have
28966s	been fine margins in terms of there
28968s	being a lethal out for tansoku on the
28970s	other side so I do really like the way
28971s	that pocket Train played it uh but to me
28974s	you know I've been kind of building up
28975s	to it Druid is not a deck that I have a
28977s	massive amount of faith in in this
28979s	tournament yeah specifically because of
28982s	the kind of decks that other people
28983s	people are bringing up against it so for
28987s	me this is a big question Celestial
28989s	alignment of course thrown in there as
28991s	well which continues to persevere it is
28994s	the card that just will not die no one
28997s	likes you alignment go home please you
29000s	had your time but still popping out here
29002s	in at least a couple of players lineups
29004s	in this tournament
29006s	oh my goodness for tatsoku just look at
29009s	this hand like the mischievous if even
29011s	though it's very very unlikely to be
29013s	infused on turn three who cares just six
29015s	damage for four Mana more stats you're
29018s	just throwing onto them
29020s	and they're a farm too oh this is your
29023s	money dude Eric all aboard the infused
29027s	train
29031s	not a uh not a terrible hand though
29033s	however for pocket trains scale of
29035s	annexia is the comeback mechanism that
29038s	you have
29039s	yeah I've only cast with Raven for the
29042s	entire time that scale of a next year
29043s	has been in the game I haven't heard
29045s	enough about how good that card is and
29046s	how it beats everything and it's an
29048s	unbeatable Hearthstone card and you
29049s	might as well concede as soon as your
29051s	opponent plays it
29053s	all right sorry I said anything
29055s	[Laughter]
29059s	so much seething resentment of Raven
29061s	though you actually you actually just
29063s	get second hand shade for you nothing to
29065s	do with the situation
29074s	even greeting the uh the activation on
29078s	the location
29080s	uh for a turn which obviously makes
29081s	sense he wouldn't be attacking with
29083s	anything and he can bolster it up to the
29085s	full
29087s	plus six plus six on this done and smack
29090s	face with it as well
29091s	we're even just go double library for
29093s	plus ten plus ten my God
29097s	yup
29101s	that looks like the play to me
29103s	like number one concern this turn just
29105s	don't do something dumb that gets you
29107s	spammied off the face of the planet
29109s	right which is honestly pretty hard to
29111s	do in this position
29113s	um so yeah one massive minion rest of
29115s	the board very small and wide is
29117s	probably the way
29129s	giving us the uh four-year-old taken to
29132s	see a mall Santa for the first time
29134s	expression it's all just a bit
29135s	overwhelmed
29146s	right a lot of odd numbers here which
29149s	scale of anixia does not like at all
29153s	foreign
29159s	two three four five six all but one can
29162s	be cleared off which means uh assuming
29165s	there's no M king or a farm pocket
29168s	Train's looking fine
29175s	yeah yeah you see the prayer hands
29178s	coming out Derek is spot on that is
29180s	exactly what this is about
29183s	pocket train Moment by moment seeing
29186s	where this card is coming from he knows
29187s	that if that called isra Farm it is
29190s	infused that's what that reaction is
29192s	about and there it is hits the board
29195s	damage also hits the board and that
29198s	means 13 more going face with a
29201s	unassailable board State on the other
29204s	side
29207s	pretty sure there are absolutely no
29209s	Druid discovers that can say this one
29211s	not even the legendary scale of annexia
29213s	is digging him out here oh Raven would
29216s	love it if it was legendary because then
29217s	you could only play one in the deck he
29218s	wouldn't have to deal with it
29222s	foreign
29234s	[Applause]
29235s	and that means we are all square in the
29240s	series both of these players fighting
29242s	for their lives as is their one again if
29244s	you're just joining us both these
29245s	players lost their opening round matches
29247s	find themselves down in the lower
29249s	bracket there are spots at the world
29251s	championship on the line directly
29253s	through making top four in this
29255s	tournament so both of these players are
29256s	now on their last lives for the year to
29260s	be making it to the World Championship
29263s	he's trying to make a serious point that
29266s	was not the moment for that edit okay
29268s	come on please work with me here I'm
29270s	sorry it wasn't you I mean yeah I'm
29273s	shouting the editor Morse I couldn't
29274s	help it yeah no I mean it's just
29276s	objectively funny can't really play me
29278s	uh yeah you see as they got to the end
29281s	of this like I don't think a druid in
29284s	the history of hearthstone has beaten
29286s	double location fiendish Circle win this
29288s	matchup you know I just don't think it's
29289s	a thing that ever really happens with
29291s	that huge minion coming down early on
29294s	having said that you know having joked
29296s	about scale of inyxia it is such a
29299s	powerful card that it did almost
29301s	single-handedly get pocket trained back
29302s	into that game but the inkingra farm in
29304s	the end the uh the one two three punch
29307s	of tokens into Infuse into Infuse is
29310s	enough to get tansoku back up Square in
29314s	this series and it is going to come down
29316s	to Demon Hunter versus Druid for all of
29318s	the marbles
29320s	that is right he is uh he has had a bit
29323s	of a rough ride though I will say with
29325s	the Demon Hunter losing three times in a
29326s	row with it but uh Glory sorry earlier
29329s	on in the day where it was just unable
29332s	to capitalize on its very dominant early
29335s	starts uh because the the top decking
29338s	potential was just atrocious as you
29340s	would expect with this deck that
29342s	discards half the cards in its hand
29343s	anyway uh you have to hit some very very
29346s	specific top decks if you want any kind
29349s	of gas past turn four or five however
29352s	even against the 40 Health opponent I
29355s	want to say that this caliber of a
29357s	starting hand can put in more than
29359s	enough starting damage first druid
29362s	double planted evidence does offer some
29365s	flexibility for removal in the early
29367s	game pocket train sees no reason to play
29369s	it on one and I agree but my reaction to
29371s	the Mulligans and pocket trains reaction
29374s	as well is that bibliomite that is the
29378s	card I would say against Druid
29381s	imprisoned felmore who like this is ju
29384s	it's just there we don't have to wait
29386s	for a 5'4 to wake up God the idiots were
29390s	playing in their deck for way too long
29392s	it's just Master five four it's already
29395s	there hitting people
29396s	I'm picking up so much second-hand anger
29399s	in this series I can't take it anymore
29401s	man please see a therapist
29405s	oh what are you my wife jeez
29408s	not her as well I'm sorry
29413s	well I mean you talk about removal
29415s	options these are some fantastic options
29417s	off the planted evidence so much so the
29420s	natural causes isn't even the best card
29422s	which is like the best anti-aggro card
29424s	that Druid can get off of it as he gets
29427s	ramped off the nourish which if he can
29430s	get another one off the top that's raid
29432s	boss and nixier in just a couple turns
29434s	time it is indeed yeah and I do think
29437s	it's good recognition from pocket train
29439s	just to play to the strengths of a his
29441s	deck and B his hand you know a lot of
29443s	people in that situation would be
29444s	tempted to just try and piece by piece
29447s	pick apart the board fight reduce damage
29449s	early this is the luxury of A40 Health
29452s	Renault deck right as you can afford to
29454s	be greedy in situations like this that
29455s	you couldn't otherwise and if you can
29457s	get to that position where it is raid
29459s	box uh raid box raid boss anixia or and
29462s	then infusing that uh Devourer after the
29465s	factors as well
29467s	then that means you'll be able to make
29469s	massive swings on the boards of the
29471s	aggregation enough to deal with
29473s	that does open up some big time draws
29476s	off the top for pocket train uh Miracle
29478s	growth just playable nourish obviously
29481s	still a fantastic card to get down this
29483s	raid boss inyxia and just any of those
29485s	cheap nature spells that you could find
29486s	uh for a bit more flexibility on your
29489s	play
29490s	does of course beg the question for
29492s	tansoku now as to whether you clear it
29495s	or not it's a clean kill if you want it
29498s	with just chaos strike Fury but that's
29500s	so much damage to sink into a minion
29502s	that kind of isn't doing much to your
29505s	board
29507s	that's the question though how much is
29510s	it doing to your board because the draw
29513s	of just the three seven off the top that
29515s	pocket train was able to slam and the
29517s	fact that tansoku has no more real
29519s	minion development in hand means that
29522s	pocket train is just kind of winning the
29525s	board as it stands so unless tansoku
29527s	thinks he can't just ship absolutely
29529s	everything phase for the rest of the
29531s	game and get there which is incredibly
29533s	dangerous against the big torn Earth and
29536s	scales deck then I think you might just
29538s	have to fight for The Horde it looked
29541s	like just from the direction of that
29542s	arrow that tansoku might disagree no
29544s	that was just the Minion Attack and the
29546s	face is gonna take care of the anacondra
29548s	I really thought he would end up going
29550s	face there because
29554s	like oh my god
29556s	um
29557s	even if the anacondra survives say it
29558s	trades into the the Slither speed it's
29560s	then not killing off the bibliomite
29562s	which means that can go face the turn
29563s	after as well you know if they use the
29565s	two minions to kill off the biblomite
29567s	the Slither spear can survive as well
29569s	like it
29571s	felt to me like that was maybe your best
29573s	chance of getting the win just pray your
29574s	opponent has a really bad hand and get
29577s	all the damaged face you possibly can
29581s	yeah yeah I mean I do think you have to
29583s	factor in that your opponent also gets
29585s	to play cards along with the trade that
29586s	they get to make right and I think even
29589s	having the three seven on board makes
29590s	for perfect spammy Arcanist clears as
29592s	well so like tansoka I think was just
29594s	fighting for his five four as incred as
29596s	hard as he possibly could I don't hate
29598s	it I think it's one of those situations
29599s	where if you make that play and you win
29601s	you're gonna talk about being a genius
29602s	and if you make that play and you lose
29604s	your practice group is going to rinse
29606s	you for the next six months about that
29607s	seven damage that you missed in that
29609s	situation you know so it's a tough one
29612s	oh and this is now so so close
29615s	golfing uh offered here off of the
29620s	the moonlit guidance I do think probably
29623s	has to beat the play over the goldshire
29625s	Knoll but you're kind of ending up on
29626s	the same amount of Health
29631s	oh
29636s	yup that's it that is it oh
29640s	count it as many times as you want maybe
29643s	as sure as you need to be in this
29645s	situation
29647s	laughs
29653s	can't fault it five plus three plus five
29656s	Chuck that curtress back in the deck we
29658s	don't need that where we're going and
29661s	where we're going is the decider match
29662s	in this group and unfortunately for
29665s	pocket trainers he gives the very
29667s	sporting wave goodbye that does mean
29670s	that is the end of his world
29671s	championship hopes tansoku stuttered
29675s	blundered early on but recovered very
29677s	nicely to be able to scramble over the
29679s	line in the end in the series it was
29680s	beginning to look quite straightforward
29682s	he did make the incline a little steeper
29686s	than perhaps it needed to be for himself
29687s	the guy's mental game back on track I
29690s	think should be commended for that in
29692s	the end and tansoku is going to advance
29694s	pocket train is going to be eliminated
29696s	the Druid just not getting there in the
29699s	end
29700s	yeah absolutely right and I want to
29702s	commend pocket train because I really
29705s	can't think of any
29706s	obvious mistakes he made uh over the
29709s	course of that uh game like uh what he
29712s	missed one damage where he could have
29713s	hero powered a minion and got safino to
29715s	go base for one extras like the either
29717s	that is like questionable
29719s	yeah yeah right exactly it was just
29722s	probably not the uh the optimal play uh
29725s	so even though he does go down O2 out of
29727s	groups of course I have to give big
29729s	props to my boy because uh he has been
29731s	preparing like an absolute madman for
29734s	this tournament we both know how much it
29736s	meant to him and while it's a
29738s	heartbreaker that he does end up going
29740s	down in the uh the elimination match it
29743s	does make way for tansoku who is as TJ
29747s	talked about such an infectiously joyous
29749s	play watch play Hearthstone it's just so
29751s	heartwarming to see how much it means to
29753s	him in as I said such a joyous Manner
29755s	and after his win in the Masters Tour
29757s	the first APAC player to do so really
29760s	putting himself back on the map in terms
29762s	of competitive Hearthstone play I uh I
29765s	can't help but root for him I would love
29767s	to see him get through to Worlds if you
29769s	can just win two more series of
29771s	hearthstone yeah yeah absolutely I think
29772s	another thing that has to put a little
29774s	bit of a smile on your face at the very
29775s	least is that we get into this group now
29778s	with two high-profile APAC
29780s	representatives and they are both doing
29781s	extremely well both have now the
29783s	opportunity to take down the two spaces
29785s	coming out of the group
29787s	um yeah I think we might have questions
29788s	of the overall strength of the APAC
29790s	region in comparison to Europe and China
29792s	which I think are unequivocally one and
29794s	two you can argue about the order but I
29796s	think if you have arguments about those
29797s	being the top two you're just wrong but
29800s	the very best APAC players I think are
29803s	now showing that they are up there with
29805s	the very best players in the world we're
29806s	seeing that in the recent World
29808s	Championship results we're seeing that
29810s	in the uh ending of the Season as we're
29813s	seeing a lot of those high profile
29815s	players the performances of the likes of
29816s	Alo temu and the rest of the Japanese
29818s	contingent in Grand Masters as well if
29820s	only we'd see it just a little bit more
29822s	often in Masters tours Derek
29824s	if only they give us just the amount we
29827s	need though the little bit of spice to
29829s	keep us coming back uh as that is uh I
29833s	believe subtle night all done for the
29834s	day one more match yet to come today to
29836s	close out Group B to get our one final
29838s	spot in the quarter finals we're gonna
29841s	have gaboon vs tansoku for the final
29844s	match of the day after this
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30463s	welcome back everyone we've got our last
30465s	match of the day and he's going to be
30467s	deciding who joins glory to make it out
30469s	of group b and make it to Sunday
30472s	EJ
30473s	it's Kaboom versus tonsoku and I know
30476s	you're rocking around in your chair but
30478s	just look at the Players just look at
30479s	the lineups who do you think's got the
30481s	advantage
30483s	casted some gabumi with pagulli oh God
30487s	last match of the day with TJ when he's
30489s	been awake all night oh I love it oh you
30492s	hate it yeah
30496s	um honestly it's hard to evaluate
30498s	because Kaboom has uh some interesting
30502s	uh attacks sprinkled throughout his
30505s	decks I do think that the Druid could
30508s	struggle right tansoku bring in a pretty
30510s	aggressive lineup Druid is you know I'm
30515s	a little on the fence about it I thought
30516s	we were going to see more of it but then
30518s	I also thought we were going to see just
30520s	less aggro overall
30522s	this is the deck that sort of has that
30524s	the the weird Tech I guess
30529s	just makes sense against a certain
30531s	opponent in this group right extends
30533s	against a certain opponent in this group
30535s	sure but against every other opponent
30537s	I'm not so sure the altar fire and
30539s	dreaded Mount probably not going to be
30542s	uh quite as good though the rest of the
30544s	core package of the deck is still there
30547s	and having 40 health
30548s	uh to work with this being a
30551s	cursive warlock with redithal
30554s	changes things a little bit so
30557s	it I think that on paper if you took
30561s	like the normal lineups
30563s	the boom would be in a fine position but
30566s	just like the little bit of extra
30568s	nonsense in the Warlock just makes me
30572s	maybe put a slight Edge towards tonsoku
30575s	yeah I think tonesoka's lineup is
30577s	actually super interesting isn't it
30578s	because we go take a look at the Rogue
30580s	which is what we're going to start with
30582s	actually I've been playing a little bit
30583s	of this list I do quite like it actually
30586s	it feels really bad against certain
30588s	matchups when we talk about the likes of
30590s	like Mage for example that can just
30592s	freeze stuff out but um
30594s	you don't run into a couple of those
30596s	awkward ones it feels very solid and it
30598s	actually feels less I'll use the term
30601s	High rolly then it looks right it looks
30604s	like oh you're just going to get all
30606s	this stuff and then pop off and hope it
30607s	works but you're in a lot of card draw
30610s	you run a lot of cards that give you
30612s	more cards that then help with these big
30615s	turns and you you can really make two
30617s	big pushes uh very roughly per game
30619s	you've just got to make them work but
30621s	across this lineup overall he is
30623s	bringing the um the implicus Warlock
30626s	himself but then the Naga priest the
30629s	sort of aggro Demon Hunter and this
30631s	Rogue like not quite going as far as
30634s	habugabu for example but the idea is
30636s	there and I actually think I really like
30638s	it from tansoku so we'll see how this
30641s	one goes though it's gonna be the
30642s	Warlock versus the Rogue of course
30643s	starting off and I do think warlock um
30646s	as long as the Warlock doesn't just
30650s	yeah all the imps early and all the
30651s	Buffs the location and everything I
30653s	think the Rogue has a pretty solid
30655s	chance
30656s	yeah I would say so the this deck um
30659s	uh feels sort of like a mixture a
30663s	halfway point between like the shark
30664s	Rogue and the old Tempo rope right
30668s	um where you're you're Focus focusing
30671s	more on your pop-off turns
30673s	but you're sacrificing a little bit of
30675s	tempo to do that but you're not all in
30677s	right
30679s	step you don't play Maestro so
30682s	um you end up with dead hands I think
30685s	like dead dead hands like far less
30688s	you're always going to be able to do
30689s	something it's just will that be the
30691s	most powerful thing right yeah um so
30694s	like are you just gonna spam the board
30696s	with four fours and three threes or are
30698s	you actually gonna get a draca down you
30700s	know like that those different that that
30702s	that difference that's the fun part TJ
30704s	both
30706s	um the yeah I think for me I was very
30708s	question questionable about the uh wall
30711s	Masters in the list I was like this card
30713s	just doesn't seem good but really it's
30716s	just a card that's cost zero right like
30719s	that's kind of the point of it yeah a
30721s	three three is something on board but
30724s	it's definitely just that extra card to
30726s	help proc with your combos whether
30727s	that's a necro Lord or um all the
30730s	locations of course but already Kaboom
30732s	is actually gone off to a pretty quick
30735s	start right flame imp into uh the circle
30738s	is very very strong indeed
30741s	yeah
30743s	and this is where Rogue constructed a
30745s	little bit because they can kill one or
30747s	two minions pretty easily but what is
30749s	that six plus it's uh pretty scary this
30753s	demonic assault that one of those tech
30755s	cards we were talking about uh mate
30756s	actually be a little bit frustrating for
30758s	tanzoka as well yeah you have no way to
30760s	like just straight up defend yourself
30763s	um which is the big the the biggest deal
30766s	but uh tansoku does have the opportunity
30768s	for a counter push here
30771s	um
30773s	uh you go mailbox dancer or you can
30776s	start out with prepped uh prep tooth
30778s	and then you can go mailbox dancer coin
30781s	coin bone Spike
30783s	Rocca yeah oh but I mean bone Spike
30786s	altering as long as you kill something
30787s	doesn't overly matter sure do it last
30790s	right so yeah I'm gonna go prep bone
30792s	Spike then tooth but it works out the
30794s	same yeah
30797s	uh
30803s	yeah I was looking at troll I was
30805s	looking at rats just as an extra thing I
30809s	don't know it's kind of tricky
30813s	go for Rich for those who doesn't have a
30815s	silence if something gets buffed from
30816s	the location
30822s	dancer
30831s	I'll Griffin and then stop right
30835s	I was just gonna okay yeah just lock in
30837s	the coin for the uh location I guess
30840s	okay okay fine I didn't know whether we
30843s	wanted to hold the coin purely because
30844s	he has a Van Cleef in hand yeah he might
30846s	just help out with a draw but some
30848s	soccer deciding that no killing every
30850s	possible MP can is uh certainly
30853s	important and I wouldn't argue with that
30854s	I think that's a fair play by all means
30857s	yeah that was a a little bit of a
30860s	deviation from what I thought was going
30862s	to happen at the beginning of the term
30863s	but it makes sense to go for more board
30864s	presents uh right obviously could have
30867s	had to drop it down with quite a big
30868s	weapon but that would have meant two
30871s	less minions killed right if I'm not
30874s	mistaken because I don't think the
30875s	stenographer at that point would have
30876s	cost zero actually no it might have
30878s	caused zero
30879s	um but the dagger hit on one of the one
30881s	ones would not have happened
30883s	so you're getting an eight eight so
30885s	you're still pressuring and fighting for
30886s	board but not quite as much as you like
30889s	recurring damage as you would have gone
30891s	for Draka but tansoku just trying to
30892s	limiting just trying to limit the amount
30896s	of power on the board because every
30897s	Health Point is gonna matter yeah down
30899s	to 13 like if he was maybe late teens of
30904s	Health like get in that angry phase
30908s	um I uh I think he would have gone for
30910s	the Draka and because then you've got
30912s	the time to work the daggers in but I do
30914s	think both presence is a must and you
30915s	can see now foul Library coming down yes
30918s	it's only a plus two plus two but it's a
30920s	huge chunk of tansanku's uh tonsoku
30923s	sorry is actually remaining Health right
30925s	even just that extra two damage could be
30927s	the difference
30929s	yeah and uh now things are starting to
30932s	get awkward basically the the most
30934s	expensive cards in the deck you know
30935s	outside of like the stenographer that's
30937s	undiscounted don't don't catch me there
30940s	on a technicality
30942s	um
30944s	it's and nothing really Tempo oriented
30948s	to go for you could Edwin and pray
30950s	that's an option
30953s	what about just Sprint try not to die
30956s	and then do something next to him I know
30958s	it's a long shot but is it the only way
30960s	tonsoku actually wins the game yeah you
30962s	just gotta hope that what the Warlock
30965s	just has kind of a dead hand it's more
30966s	likely that it happens with gabooms uh a
30970s	deck right because he does have some
30972s	cards that just aren't really relevant
30973s	in the matchup
30975s	um
30976s	so maybe you do just Sprint and then
30978s	hope that you yeah well he hasn't really
30980s	backstops yet there we go so we can
30982s	backstab dagger the one three and trade
30984s	into the three three now right okay but
30987s	I like this because he had both back
30988s	subs left in the deck draws a lot of
30990s	cards like I think it's just his best
30992s	out right yeah
30996s	boom
30998s	okay it's gonna have to slow down
31002s	I think whichever way you look at it
31004s	unless he goes for a tap
31006s	is effectively going to be you know a
31008s	bit of a past turn right like not tons
31010s	of pressure being put down so yeah kind
31012s	of the dreadlich times in just so you
31014s	know what I'll take the turn off lower
31015s	the health on this uh shadow on the
31018s	other side and draw some cards I and I
31021s	like it it's not what Kaboom would want
31022s	to do you probably want to start
31023s	throwing out curses if he could but
31025s	we've done in hand not what he can do
31027s	about it
31029s	still kind of a rift or an imp and it's
31033s	30 cars left in the deck yeah that's
31035s	insane not too bad and I imagine we're
31038s	gonna see a coin librarian come out here
31041s	I don't think it's worth it for the
31043s	altar because there's nothing really
31045s	you're specifically looking to get rid
31046s	of
31047s	it's just so there's more than one
31049s	Target on the board right is the key
31051s	thing here so tonsoku has to react
31053s	because he basically can't take any more
31056s	damage for the rest of the game uh
31058s	otherwise they're like a couple of
31060s	curses will actually finish him off so
31061s	tonsoku once again forced to react here
31065s	but because of that spring we've got
31067s	backstab a bone Spike the um uh War
31070s	master in hand draca you know I think
31074s	this was the exact turn tansoku needed
31076s	right just get that Sprint off have a
31078s	rough turn luckily got away with it
31079s	because Kaboom didn't have anything
31080s	proactive to do and maybe oh
31084s	the high beam as well
31090s	look at that seaweed strike there but
31092s	that's not good
31095s	even the name doesn't sound like it's
31097s	that good does it
31099s	strike you with some seaweed
31101s	at least it's not a sword you hold the
31104s	things in the Hearthstone universe
31109s	and warmaster coming down you could
31112s	argue in the wrong order but of course
31113s	it wouldn't have cut it would have cost
31115s	one
31116s	your post but uh still bold presence is
31119s	King here for tonsoku yeah
31127s	looking
31128s	spicy because kaboons is really good
31131s	adorable
31133s	um drag below to Clay Lucas yeah there
31137s	is that I-beam it's gonna negate at
31140s	least the damage that those two curses
31142s	initially do
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31149s	the problem is though there's just no
31150s	damage left is there I kind of forgot
31152s	that tonsoku's weapon was only four I
31155s	expected at least six yeah no it's
31158s	pretty small and now not much health to
31160s	work with kind of needs to get rid of
31162s	these curses at the same time
31167s	a lot going wrong here for tonsoku
31170s	and there's no shortage of power for
31172s	Kaboom with him King reform
31176s	and Lady dark Fame because that does
31177s	have a drag Below in it the ordering
31180s	last turn
31181s	with the touch
31184s	yeah and the problem for tonsoku is his
31188s	deck like does not consist of that much
31192s	honestly yeah nothing that's going to
31195s	make huge impacts right if you look
31197s	Sprint well his name in the deck and
31199s	doesn't have five Mana to spare he's
31201s	obviously missed out on Shadow steps
31202s	this game but there they are
31210s	big problem for me though TJ's just not
31214s	getting to this I-beam because those
31215s	curses
31222s	okay
31225s	neat oh he needs to draw like um I don't
31228s	know a stenographer or something let's
31230s	try and just get rid of these shadow
31231s	steps yeah
31238s	I guess you could just keep edwining
31240s	over and over again just to draw a card
31242s	I mean it's just
31245s	over
31248s	wait
31250s	and brand dark vein and then touch right
31255s	that is feels like it's enough a lot of
31258s	the time so it'll be three and four the
31260s	curses well even Marx is already cursing
31262s	hand
31266s	is the odds on them hitting a 2-1 is
31268s	doubled because
31269s	all two ones right with this play yeah
31275s	good to me
31278s	and even if it doesn't work is tonsoku
31281s	going to deal 29 teams right and if it
31284s	doesn't work like I don't know there's
31286s	no there's no direct damage in the deck
31288s	barely yeah I mean maybe there could be
31291s	direct damage from the tooth but not
31292s	nearly enough to get it done oh there we
31295s	go one Curtis
31296s	and there it is
31299s	and that's gonna be enough I believe he
31301s	just dies to the curses now as that'll
31303s	be one three four yep there we go Kaboom
31306s	takes game number one with the Warlock
31308s	and again uh I'm not saying Kabooms
31310s	build a warlock is bad but it was very
31312s	tech for pocket train in the group and I
31316s	do think him getting that that warlock
31318s	over the line instantly there's gotta be
31320s	at least an element of relief right
31322s	because he didn't draw like the dreads
31324s	Deeds for example which would do nothing
31328s	really against the Rogue except be a
31330s	little bit annoying but very expensive
31332s	to play so he again I'm trying to be
31335s	negative about the list but I feel like
31337s	he really got away with it this game
31339s	right he got the imps out early
31341s	fantastic didn't really draw any of the
31343s	tech apart from you know the altar of
31344s	fire that's one of the bad tech cards I
31346s	guess and and managed to just paddling
31349s	the pressure and tonsoku fair play
31351s	there's a good effort to try and come
31352s	back but it just wasn't quite good
31353s	enough
31355s	yeah I mean you can see sort of the
31358s	uh the wheels uh turn in there for
31362s	kansoku of trying to like solve the
31365s	puzzle on board but
31367s	when the M4 lock gets off to like that
31369s	quick of a start and you're on the back
31371s	foot the whole game that goes directly
31373s	against what Rogue wants to do usually
31376s	you need to look for one
31379s	a distinct swing turn and then try and
31382s	use that but uh just wasn't able to find
31385s	it
31386s	yeah next up though we do have Kaboom on
31389s	the Druid which is the alignment Druid
31391s	and it's going to be a very interesting
31393s	matchup as well because uh unlike the
31395s	Warlock matcher we just saw I feel like
31397s	tonsoku has a much greater chance to get
31400s	this Rogue over the line against this
31401s	Druid because there are some early game
31403s	pop-ups you can do with a good chunk of
31405s	minions and Kaboom might be limited in
31408s	response right because it's the
31410s	alignment version there's just not quite
31413s	as strong and anti-aggro or at least
31416s	anti-aggro options available in the
31417s	early game as some other versions of
31419s	like ramp style Druids actually run so
31422s	this is one that's looking a little bit
31424s	better for tonsoku going into this
31425s	especially when he has a shroud of
31427s	concealment already locked in
31430s	yep pretty much in any Tempo Road deck
31433s	the shot of concealment is uh
31437s	one of the best if not the best
31440s	card to have in the Mulligan
31443s	oh early Sandstone as well okay that's
31446s	the potential style of sandstone on to
31448s	concealment on three and then maybe go
31451s	big on 405
31454s	we'll just be hoping that there's no
31455s	like Mass ramp coming out from gaboon
31463s	a couple of preps would go down pretty
31465s	well I think for tatsoku in the near
31467s	future with those double Sprint in hand
31469s	yeah
31471s	especially because bone spikes a lot
31473s	harder to get off versus the uh and most
31475s	of the classes
31481s	oh this is just like oh my gosh
31484s	the entire deck is in the hand I'm just
31487s	gonna take a lot of manage I just don't
31489s	see it yet to find it yeah you just
31491s	don't see it yet it's actually so fast
31494s	you cannot comprehend it
31497s	yeah
31498s	nice little wild growth there I saw
31500s	topior I wanted to pick tobior but well
31503s	girl just would make more sense with
31505s	this type of hand
31506s	yeah as salt and Derek were talking
31508s	about if gaboon gets to that scale of an
31510s	X here it's all over
31511s	Game ending card yep
31518s	[Music]
31520s	okay decent bone Spike Target
31526s	not
31528s	is there enough do you
31530s	use turn TJ if you're the Rogue
31534s	because you've just seen a lot of ramp
31535s	from Europe Odin so I'd be like oh no
31539s	you just say I have to go now
31542s	ah no you're you're not getting the
31545s	stenographer down I think you you wait
31548s	one more turn
31562s	right to tonsoku
31565s	wait can you go this then shroud like
31568s	just no Draka no Sprint wow okay
31576s	I guess this is
31581s	kind of okay
31583s	oh well actually oh he gets that right
31586s	everything being able to be yeah yeah
31589s	exactly yeah except tracker which is
31592s	like the big one
31593s	but it's still solid still solid yeah
31597s	you gonna prep
31599s	I'm gonna call it a day okay
31602s	yeah it's still a big board right
31606s	oh oh goof
31621s	I mean honestly the scale of the next
31623s	year just
31624s	it's the Devourer active pretty soon
31626s	right
31627s	so scale down this turn maybe null or
31631s	something to turn after and then have
31632s	Devourer available the other way is to
31634s	actually go golf take the damage scale
31636s	next turn and then I think you could do
31640s	the ramp to get a Devourer plus
31644s	um kind of like
31647s	um
31648s	Guff this turn and go for draw
31652s	the next turn the null cost two so you
31656s	can scale and null
31659s	okay
31662s	how many worry is do you
31664s	necessarily need to do that because it's
31667s	not like Rogue plays a ton of minions
31669s	right you only need to kill like four
31671s	minions
31674s	I think get into a potential Devourer
31677s	and Earthen scales will be good enough
31680s	like a boom here
31682s	yeah sure
31686s	if you can get into Devourer with two
31688s	Earthen scales well that's just twice as
31691s	good
31693s	how the maths work
31699s	okay so dancer Shadow step dancer coin
31702s	coin Draka is an option you're playing
31705s	it off the graveyard turn but that's
31709s	right feel the groove the Van Cleef for
31712s	next turn right for the graveyard to
31713s	potentially yeah
31715s	I mean I think when you've seen your
31717s	opponent ramp this hard you almost fully
31720s	commit every turn you can right
31721s	especially with the weapon
31723s	[Music]
31728s	what is that and is that going to be a
31730s	nine in death
31734s	was close
31739s	[Applause]
31750s	29
31752s	on soku showing
31757s	plenty yeah
31760s	he put devour innervate fails nah I
31766s	think this is still fine right okay
31767s	scale this turn
31770s	because again uh I'm just gonna triple
31773s	check so I'm not being completely stupid
31775s	but tonsoku doesn't actually run damage
31778s	from hand outside of tooth right so as
31780s	long as Kaboom make sure he's not dead
31782s	to
31784s	who saw two teeth I guess
31786s	as well as the whatever's on board he
31789s	knows he can't die yeah if he just does
31792s	this and then next turn he has Devourer
31795s	also as well if this goes into a
31797s	potentially large Van Cleef like Kaboom
31798s	should be absolutely fine here
31805s	if anything in it and not that it
31807s	matters but in a weird way tonsoku needs
31809s	to like
31811s	have a big turn
31812s	or end the turn with only the AAA
31815s	stealth on board
31817s	so it can't be devoured
31825s	and happen right if he like trades or
31829s	Go's face and then uses bone Spike on
31833s	his three three
31834s	yeah
31836s	like gun fishing still door of Shadows
31838s	bone Spike
31840s	backstab as well now
31843s	but the problem is we're talk well I'm
31845s	talking about this with the full noise
31846s	that devour is in hand tansoku doesn't
31848s	know this so it's not like if he doesn't
31851s	play around that it's a terrible line
31853s	it's just he's got to do what he's got
31854s	to do but from our view that we know
31856s	what's going to happen he really needs
31859s	that stealth minion to to not be
31861s	killable
31862s	and that means making sure there's no
31865s	target thanks to it
31869s	debit oh yeah you could step now that
31871s	he's drawn you
31877s	want a play from tonsoku I know what a
31880s	play because honestly
31882s	I like I was saying then I wouldn't have
31884s	blamed him in the slightest
31887s	if he you know just played stuff on
31890s	board that turn but purposely playing
31892s	around exactly Devourer knowing that it
31895s	would be an absolute disaster if
31897s	Devourer jumped got big and then got
31898s	Earth and scaled like really really good
31902s	play there honestly
31904s	I mean there's a potential pop-up here
31907s	uh we'll survive on board just with the
31909s	Earth and scales but not by much
31912s	but this might be all
31916s	in order to get there
31919s	was like stop but nope let's go oh yeah
31924s	and the problem now is is that one tooth
31929s	left in the deck yeah there's one tooth
31932s	that's the only damage
31934s	that's like from hand in the whole deck
31936s	now a single tooth
31943s	well Sprint is very likely right because
31946s	a tooth is all that's needed three
31947s	damage off lethal currently right
31950s	I mean he has to go for it right you
31954s	could cut this first okay
31958s	just gets it
31961s	water play that was so sick from tonsoku
31964s	yeah yeah that was so like playing
31966s	around the Devourer was clutch and if he
31970s	did anything else that turn he would
31973s	lose because as you can see that was all
31976s	the damage he had for the game and it
31978s	was exactly though fair play what a game
31981s	yeah could have made like a giant Edwin
31984s	maybe but it would have just gotten
31986s	eaten by the Devourer there was no more
31988s	stealth and then a million armor to hide
31990s	yeah yeah so it's uh yeah it was
31995s	masterful play
31997s	from tonsoku as we've come to expect
32002s	and uh you know there's not when you get
32005s	to those late game situations against
32008s	the Druid there's really only a couple
32010s	removal options that you consider
32012s	outside of like really crazy stuff with
32014s	uh like lady antacontra all right being
32017s	able to just cheat a whole bunch of Mana
32020s	like Planet evidence and things like
32021s	that so uh just making sure that he
32025s	always had the Devourer on his mind
32028s	knew that he didn't need that 3-3 just
32031s	calculated the damage
32033s	was able to get it done and gabooms I
32035s	mean there was two cards left in deck so
32037s	you know yeah it was very likely had
32039s	other options as well uh could have like
32041s	hit a one in a a 50 50 with one of the
32046s	cutlasses and then it would be a 50 50
32048s	to hit the tooth if it was in the bottom
32050s	two and those three spells that had
32053s	costs in hand I think or two spells that
32055s	cost enhanced and then it would have
32056s	been like a 50 50 or one and three yeah
32058s	that's actually hit the discount because
32060s	he would have only one Mana left but
32062s	I think there was even a shot at Van
32064s	Cleef because I think like three of the
32065s	spells in the deck or three of the cards
32067s	in the deck cost zero so like there was
32069s	even a shot to go that way around to get
32071s	the tooth but regardless tansoku took
32073s	the win and now we are jumping in to
32075s	game number three and it's gonna be the
32076s	Demon Hunter from gaboom going up
32079s	against the wall lock and again we've
32081s	seen this this feels like the um a
32083s	matchup we've seen quite a lot over the
32085s	course of uh the day so far or at least
32088s	yeah maybe I have but um
32090s	but it seems like such a strange matchup
32092s	doesn't it it seems like whoever wins
32094s	feels like they win by a large margin
32097s	because they've just got to do their
32099s	thing first and I do think that
32101s	generally leans into the favor of the uh
32103s	the Warlock at least from what I've seen
32105s	yeah I'll go ahead and agree with you on
32107s	that one
32109s	um a lot of times The Relic uh Demon
32111s	Hunter doesn't really do anything until
32113s	I like to remember three or four
32116s	um obviously they can have little like
32118s	piecemeal removal with bell barrage with
32121s	relic of Extinction uh predation
32124s	sometimes with like lady steno but
32127s	usually you're waiting for you know that
32130s	turn five to get the the big Power plays
32132s	like the uh Shield my people
32135s	the draw Relic I mentions Dimensions I
32139s	was thinking directions in my head I was
32141s	like I mean directions Mayo tomato right
32144s	same thing yeah
32146s	phantasms Dimensions extinctions
32150s	yep a lot of Inns going yeah and nothing
32153s	with ends
32155s	Well for now we're on the Mulligans
32158s	yeah
32160s	all right tonsoka is going to keep the
32162s	ink
32163s	rafan and I think this sums up the way
32166s	the two decks interact very very well is
32169s	at surface level
32171s	but Kaboom you could think well my
32173s	Approach playing warlock plays out a lot
32175s	of small minions early
32176s	he just threw away two fell barrage in
32179s	his hand right because he knows that
32182s	doesn't actually win him the game
32184s	killing a few imps in the first two
32185s	turns of the game doesn't make him win
32188s	so yeah really good air heads up play
32189s	there from the Mulligan and ends up with
32191s	two of the phantasms you know and so
32193s	again not the best to just play out on
32196s	curve but definitely solid for stacking
32199s	up those Relic procs especially if you
32201s	can get the location soon
32203s	yeah
32206s	I'm not the best hand though like in
32208s	King reform plus all of the like curse
32212s	asses yeah what you want to see oh geez
32214s	not even getting any better wait kill
32217s	the circus
32218s	yeah that's stuck in there they're
32221s	infused yeah but was hoping to be able
32223s	to go into turn five with the ability to
32225s	coin and Infused in king or bomb but
32227s	that's not going to be the case and wow
32229s	okay now this is starting to be a pretty
32231s	good hand for the boom just needs the
32233s	relic of directions
32236s	uh to give him some directions
32239s	the relic of ask for directions because
32241s	you lost him
32244s	all right below just gonna have to be
32246s	thrown out tonsoku's gonna work with
32248s	what he's got here let's try and reduce
32249s	some of this pressure
32251s	yeah I mean that's both relic of uh
32254s	phantasms gone so you don't have to
32256s	worry about like that big board refill
32257s	later on with the exception of
32260s	uh artificial zymox potentially
32264s	but oh wow okay the boom picks up that
32267s	cartridge so this is a uh aggro demon
32270s	set this is a go sign right now yeah
32277s	and how many attractive warblades is
32279s	actually quite good with how tonsoku's
32281s	game has been playing out
32285s	yeah basically nullifying the curse is
32287s	right or the damage from the curses
32289s	should I say yeah finally some imps for
32292s	tonsoku but simply has to use them to
32294s	draw cards with impending catastrophe
32297s	ill
32299s	oh cool and coin it out that was
32301s	actually huge
32303s	something that can actually
32306s	you don't want to get reform infused
32310s	yeah I'm doing the thing where I look at
32312s	both players hands and I think of them
32314s	given what Kaboom has and
32316s	uh because cartridge is going to be
32318s	played here
32319s	um oh maybe not but yeah maybe probably
32321s	gonna be played I think this is still
32323s	good that's most likely going to be the
32325s	play next turn I mean that's still okay
32327s	right because that still kills your imps
32329s	regardless of let's say gaboon for some
32331s	reason ignored you're in so you still
32332s	just wave away put an extra curse in and
32335s	have a farm available so I think I still
32336s	think it's fine
32339s	again you don't ever want to put
32341s	pressure on too slowly but Abyss away of
32344s	this turn into reform the turn after
32346s	with the librarian
32348s	seems okay
32352s	I'm so good thinking about it now though
32354s	actually because he does have still have
32355s	two imps on board
32358s	the weighing up the option to whether he
32360s	just plays or a farm now so many uh you
32363s	play reform and you trade over the two
32367s	four two imps yeah
32370s	um
32372s	I don't hate it
32374s	it's a more proactive turn than just
32376s	playing wave and passing sure
32380s	slightly frustrating because there'll be
32382s	one minion that can attack which means
32384s	Kaboom gets to at least hero power twice
32387s	that's six damage plus the three from
32389s	the minion
32390s	that's a potentially nine damage just
32392s	like for free for gaboon going face next
32395s	turn but
32398s	maybe the wave is just too small
32402s	[Music]
32410s	oh
32414s	has to be Dimensions right it's got
32417s	directions sorry directions yeah the
32419s	relic of directions
32422s	uh reduced by four right yep reduced by
32425s	four could be some big hits got a brand
32432s	I mean the free brand could be good
32435s	later but as for right now if there is a
32437s	later I think it's the key question
32438s	right
32439s	a lot of damage
32442s	yeah he's just saying you know what I
32444s	can't trade go face
32446s	curses are only at three
32450s	so we're still looking at a few turns I
32454s	have 18 though right quite healthy look
32456s	at 210 South yeah
32462s	you can still just uh drag below this so
32464s	we can push alt Max damage oh
32469s	I'm gone
32471s	Real Talk TJ
32473s	is this so cool now to just really hope
32477s	you don't die or do you push face drag
32480s	below the three two and then brand
32481s	zackle next turn boom hasn't showed any
32484s	ability to answer this board right it
32487s	would have to be like Relic ball into
32488s	Extinction and that doesn't even clear
32490s	the entire board
32491s	but I think you just take the health
32493s	while you can
32499s	because you're setting up a teacher
32500s	unusual regardless yeah it's a six five
32502s	on board as well right
32504s	I assume a trade happens then right
32506s	because he's not just taking three no we
32509s	nobody will be on nine now you think you
32511s	can use a grimoire here it's perfectly
32512s	reasonable okay
32516s	I'll allow it
32518s	yeah you push three more damage you have
32520s	another grimoire in hand
32524s	basically turning this Square more into
32526s	a three damage spell old holy Smite plus
32529s	one oh is he just swapping spell damage
32533s	it is on the library
32541s	all right
32546s	well
32551s	hang on
32553s	wait
32555s	what that's not good enough right
32560s	close
32561s	seven damage
32570s	oh he's gonna draw
32575s	and look for an outs because these are
32577s	uh five discount
32585s	seven discounts
32588s	so uh Jace still isn't playable
32596s	oh imagine if you got Relic earlier uh
32598s	the The Relic fall in the first roll no
32601s	that's not going to be enough it was a
32603s	good effort from gaboom I respect it but
32605s	tonsoku super happy with that win he
32608s	knows that one was close because that
32611s	was not an easy start for him at all he
32612s	had to basically they almost swapped
32614s	roles right where tonsoku almost did
32616s	nothing for the first like you know half
32618s	of the game arguably and had to react
32620s	and uh gaboon was actually on the
32623s	offensive so it was kind of weird that
32624s	they swap roles in that one but tonsoku
32627s	doing just enough and uh I really like
32630s	the reform play and just you know just
32631s	get it out there don't wave and pile on
32634s	the board pressure because Demon Hunter
32635s	does actually have very few two a few
32638s	tools to kill wide boards right nowadays
32641s	it's much like I can kill a couple of
32643s	things
32644s	yeah it's um
32647s	relic of Extinction is basically it yeah
32650s	and you know the tiny bits of removal
32653s	you have along the way lady Steno plus a
32655s	bunch of cheap spells is really the only
32656s	way you have to clear like a super wide
32658s	board so
32660s	um but yeah that was incredibly close I
32663s	thought at the end there oh what if Jace
32664s	comes out but the discounts were seven
32668s	though even if Jace was drawn it still
32670s	would have been playable because Kaboom
32672s	only had didn't have any Mana left
32673s	trying to be a bunch of free nonsense in
32677s	order to get the the job done but now
32679s	tansaku is going to move over to the
32681s	aggro Demon Hunter
32683s	a little bit of bibliomite going on here
32687s	yeah I like it honestly um and do you
32690s	think this is fast enough to just get
32692s	under the demon uh the Demon Hunter from
32694s	Kaboom because he's going to be queuing
32695s	that once again so he's on the Relic uh
32697s	because again we've talked about it
32700s	there is certain levels of removal
32702s	available when you look at the fell
32703s	barrage the predations obviously the
32705s	extensions as well but that's like
32708s	resource after resource after resource
32710s	to just kill like an average card in
32713s	tonsoku's aggro deck now right because
32715s	it's not like I only have these amount
32716s	of threats like nearly every card in the
32718s	deck is a threat so it'll be very
32720s	interesting to see if uh uh gaboon can
32723s	actually fight back so I'll be honest TJ
32725s	I don't know about you but I've not seen
32726s	this matchup play out too many times
32730s	no me neither uh I've seen a lot of
32732s	relative in her anger team and Hunter
32733s	not so much
32736s	um tansoku went for a full Mulligan but
32738s	didn't really hit much of anything in
32740s	terms of dirty game Power oh never mind
32742s	we're okay back in the game yes kidding
32746s	uh Kaboom actually you can deal with
32748s	this
32749s	um yeah interestingly enough with uh the
32751s	fury plus relic of Extinction
32754s	um
32756s	only problem is that's like all their
32758s	all fell barrage oh it's so clean
32766s	not even close not even close baby
32773s	a leather jacket just really uh
32775s	puts an emphasis on
32777s	every emotion
32782s	are you gonna say on how cool he looks
32788s	again if he's uh wiping sweat off his
32790s	brow maybe take the leather jacket off
32792s	yeah it's not open if you're sweating is
32794s	it not the most breathable
32802s	pretty much been pushed back early on
32804s	gaboon does have
32806s	the school teacher as well which is so
32809s	great to play in this kind of situation
32811s	you push an aggro deck off board to an
32813s	extent and you just have a four four for
32815s	four that gives you a very flexible card
32818s	going forward
32821s	anybody
32826s	oh I-beam oh fell barrage yeah felbridge
32830s	is looking good too but wait field of
32832s	strife whoa
32835s	okay return soccer's got curtress which
32839s	is the when games aren't going great
32841s	this is what you want
32844s	yep
32847s	however
32850s	whatever Raven
32855s	there's never Theodore come on come on
32859s	PJ playing his little game where he
32862s	knows both hands
32864s	yeah
32866s	oh went Relic okay
32869s	are gonna be tutus trying to fight back
32872s	a little bit here
32874s	biblio is this biblio throw the zero
32878s	cost and Vanguard right
32882s	you can think or you could Vanguard
32884s	throw the
32885s	biblio
32889s	hmm really what you want to do
32892s	probably not but okay I'm glad we talked
32895s	about it but okay I mean you have more
32897s	Mana to play the cards that you drew
32901s	foreign
32905s	rather have three damage now or five
32908s	damage later
32909s	five damage layer because it's a bigger
32912s	number
32914s	is it though
32917s	I don't know they teach you over in the
32919s	uh the old States TJ but wow okay just
32922s	gets rid of curtress why not both
32925s	it's three damage for no downside I'll
32928s	be honest TJ this was the last thing I
32930s	expected to happen yeah it really needs
32934s	an upside that's an extra card draw
32938s	that's one more card that's really it
32941s	look at this damage damage damage
32947s	this is the fell Branch count in this
32949s	scenario Maybe
32953s	I mean
32956s	I'll just trust tansoku's process here
32959s	it is a lot of damage and I respect face
32961s	damage above all else but that was
32964s	courtress on curve and he tonsarko's
32967s	attacked a fair few times this game so
32970s	the minions themselves weren't uh
32971s	insignificant
32973s	smells blood
32976s	imagine spending all of your money
32978s	around one card in this aggro deck oh my
32981s	gosh this is so much healing too
32988s	just full clear and just Jam a million
32990s	damage to face with lifesteal
32992s	not full clear but
32996s	how you dare you disrespect to one one
32998s	demon
33007s	tonsoku which is the head coaches for
33010s	next turn now
33010s	[Music]
33015s	damage
33018s	the game is like now I'm the aggro deck
33020s	whoa
33024s	how about that okay that's right
33029s	oh
33031s	hey that's kinda like killing two things
33034s	ghoul teacher and a bit of your
33036s	opponent's face
33042s	account damage you want to take four
33044s	damage
33048s	well you're gonna take it anyway
33051s	either you're gonna take it how are you
33054s	gonna take it yeah
33056s	so is it just red prison
33062s	I don't even know if I want a fell
33063s	barrage
33065s	hi
33068s	it feels icky the minions aren't going
33071s	anywhere you can't put the hero below
33073s	one hell to make failbranch Target it
33076s	because you'll have already won
33080s	it's got to be
33083s	all right how much damage we got next
33084s	year we have six seven eight
33087s	at least AJ
33091s	all right can we multi-strike
33096s	only strike would actually be insane
33098s	lethal right because okay so it would be
33101s	uh six plus
33106s	nine seven
33108s	eight nine ten because you can hear them
33110s	sorry yeah yeah
33113s	X plus 10 to be 16. it would be
33115s	multi-strike would be lethal
33118s	yeah because uh Kaboom can't hear hero
33120s	power so he can't heal for more than two
33122s	yeah oh
33125s	however he wants to swing and honestly
33127s	I'd understand if he didn't he has Fury
33129s	and yeah or chaos strike into
33132s	multi-strike
33135s	call this TG
33138s	yeah Shrek in the multi-strike the break
33140s	points still work
33144s	I don't think that works though
33156s	I'm missing some
33158s	no he's dead
33162s	demons
33164s	demons at the outs all the lines
33169s	in a draw but there's just nothing
33181s	hmm
33184s	time grows short tournament life on the
33187s	line though so gonna make sure he thinks
33189s	oh yeah
33191s	I'm just trying to think if like again
33193s	with perfect knowledge
33196s	didn't spend the Fury's last turn
33198s	because of the attack right to go into
33200s	the school teacher if he was taking the
33202s	damage anyway
33204s	again in a perfect world I'm not saying
33206s	tonsoku you know messed up rather than
33208s	but should he have just used the furies
33210s	and just gone face for Max damage if he
33212s	was planning on saying well I need to
33214s	two turn them anyway uh very interesting
33217s	turn there but yeah not quite going to
33219s	be good enough there for tonsoku and
33221s	some more surprising plays because he
33223s	decided to throw away the curtress but
33224s	the plan became clear didn't it
33228s	yeah kill his opponent yeah that's the
33231s	plan I'm thinking like that right the
33234s	next question if he push the double
33236s	fiori and just went face
33239s	and there was like a slim chance right
33243s	I think it was just as much chance of
33246s	drawing a single multi-strike also you
33248s	know so
33250s	because he didn't have the knowledge
33251s	that he would pick up prison oh of
33253s	course yeah yeah of course but it all
33256s	comes down to this
33259s	yeah and a much better match up for
33262s	tonsoku again talked about it before
33265s	where kaboom's Druid doesn't quite have
33268s	the early game resistance that some
33270s	other ramp dudes have had in the past
33272s	but
33273s	I'm just gonna try and ramp up and uh
33275s	out armor the damage but tonsoku as we
33278s	have seen TJ
33280s	plays fast and loose with this deck and
33282s	will sacrifice all plans for more damage
33285s	to the face
33292s	as that pesky characterist tonsoku is
33294s	already trying to find a card that can
33297s	throw that coaches away he wants the
33298s	biblio mate on turn two
33302s	biblio
33311s	close
33314s	hey
33316s	for a second I was like oh we can't play
33318s	the Vanguard because hero power kills it
33320s	and I was like oh wait no it doesn't
33322s	that got buffed again it's a tutu never
33325s	mind
33331s	okay if you aquatic form and don't hit a
33335s	playable card
33336s	your nose are further away
33340s	you just gotta hear a par
33344s	where
33347s	anywhere just roll your mouse in a
33349s	circle and then wherever it lands
33351s	my face imagine if you could uh they put
33354s	it in the game where you could actually
33355s	accidentally Target yourself with your
33356s	own hero power like this like an attack
33359s	hero power
33360s	I would do that all the time
33362s	circle around the board let go it's like
33364s	oh
33366s	like what would it The Druids would bite
33368s	themselves I don't know
33371s	taking the one sign up for the scale
33375s	over next year
33379s	gonna do it again this courtes is gone
33382s	yeah tanzoku is playing this dispose of
33385s	evidence he can wait till next turn and
33388s	then just get rid of whatever is drawn
33390s	right
33391s	I'm already just he wants to keep the
33393s	creatures there's no reason to play it
33394s	right now there's no reason to keep the
33396s	curtress TJ not important you know
33400s	you're right sometimes he's right yep
33410s	baits and growths
33413s	the problem with this is what if he does
33415s	he run double dispose
33417s	yeah what if he draws the other dispose
33422s	then you just get rid of the others
33429s	just play one
33431s	of the dispose magistrate I think you
33433s	get rid of the curtress and the
33434s	magistrate and just play double dispose
33436s	Max to face
33440s	yeah you can get rid of fossil fnatic
33443s	now he's getting rid of that Beatrice
33448s	there's no way
33450s	every day of the week I told you I told
33453s	you
33454s	oh my gosh who needs it
33458s	didn't even mean to submit it that's why
33461s	he doesn't play with it he's like
33462s	actually oh I didn't put that cards
33466s	oh I hope I I hope
33468s	just draws it again and just gets to
33471s	just say nope I'm just gonna play
33472s	dispose everything the rest of the
33475s	tournament oh this is the best deck ever
33479s	curtress is just a target for these
33481s	discard effects on shuffle effects
33484s	unless he picks up kertress on curve
33487s	it's back in the deck like yeah trash
33490s	card
33494s	why don't these minions have charge
33497s	lady anacondra
33499s	I also have scale available as early as
33501s	next turn right
33504s	I mean almost certainly saving coin for
33506s	that right
33510s	not really calling out anything else
33512s	except for wild growth oh I guess which
33514s	will be fine if he plays no coin growth
33525s	um ooh
33530s	wanted evidence just to try and get a uh
33535s	try and get scales
33536s	unless you want to
33539s	pick nourish go scale next turn
33543s	that's gotta be yeah going wild growth
33547s	and get that ramp
33551s	yep
33552s	four five six seven eight damage on
33556s	board
33558s	but a lot more potentially
33563s	oh yeah
33566s	appointment of this turn you can just
33569s	hire hand and soku didn't draw the uh
33573s	Curtis to them biblio my it back
33577s	um demons
33579s	demons
33590s	and to work out here whether he wants
33592s	fossil fam
33594s	uh or the biblio markdown maybe there's
33598s	more power
33600s	starts later
33602s	yeah but
33605s	I mean true but he could just draw more
33607s	cards now and try and just stack more
33610s	damage right for like a final swing he's
33611s	doing a lot of damage at the moment
33613s	already
33616s	fine what a fine and very intact
33623s	I guess going into the turn second
33624s	potential as well
33627s	oh
33638s	what's that is that 10 from hand without
33640s	the minions
33641s	and from here yeah I told you TJ the
33644s	attack on the uh setting up the scales
33649s	boom plays that heads up
33654s	would have left a 1-1 on board otherwise
33658s	wait
33661s	one
33663s	four five six seven eight nine ten
33666s	eleven twelve wait
33668s	12. oh no it's one man off needs seven
33671s	Mana to do all that demons
33675s	demons
33677s	yeah because you need the dread person
33678s	oh it's 11 yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
33683s	come on
33685s	are you just dread prison glaive and
33688s	hero power
33691s	maybe throw in one multi-strike so you
33694s	have Mana to play something next turn if
33696s	you just play everything it's a
33698s	dominance
33700s	I set my opponent to one yeah now they
33704s	have to hear him narrow on the dead yeah
33706s	well now what your hero literally has a
33709s	deal one hero power what how how much
33711s	more simple could it be
33714s	yeah I think just you unload one
33716s	multi-strike and a hero power that way
33719s	next turn you can use multi-strike to
33723s	kill a minion if necessary
33727s	and you keep all the weapon Buffs in
33729s	hand so you can maybe maneuver around
33731s	different sized minions
33734s	the only problem with this is it's very
33736s	suspicious isn't it what four cards this
33739s	whole deck is suspicious it's all
33741s	damaged what four cards would tonsoku
33743s	not play this too Derek say the same
33745s	thing he's like yeah but hold on to a
33747s	bunch of cards I mean you're letting
33749s	your opponent know what you're gonna do
33749s	there's only one thing that you're doing
33752s	hmm
33754s	the deck all it does is deal damage
33758s	the old four cards in his hand I wonder
33760s	what they could do hmm bibliomite
33763s	doesn't deal damage
33765s	Elijah may as well oh right very loose
33768s	terms you use here TJ yeah we have two
33772s	five six seven eight nine ten damage so
33776s	Guff would be
33779s	thriving
33782s	what are we looking for here
33788s	oh just more damage it's fine
33792s	and he's gonna draw 100 of the time
33794s	because apparently every single card in
33795s	the deck
33802s	that sounds so cool I was blown off his
33804s	chair by that reaction oh geez
33810s	hey he's gonna bibliomite it away I hope
33814s	so oh you know what I will fight for
33817s	tonsoku to get a world spot
33820s	regardless of whether he wins or loses
33822s	if he bibliomites discourages this turn
33831s	with that biblio mate again I dare you
33838s	demons
33840s	he's doing the maths
33844s	I appreciate the Esther TJ
33847s	oh yeah
33850s	better than scales
33854s	oh a lot you can do about this because
33857s	this ash Falls floor at ashfallen's
33859s	flurry uh Fury hero power is actually
33862s	gonna make a huge difference in how easy
33864s	it is to push this damage I actually
33866s	know the name
33869s	imagine
33875s	no malagos it has to be the innovate
33878s	first right
33881s	and actually innovate I know I think you
33884s	huh
33886s	isn't it innovate living roots
33889s	I don't think he won a living roots why
33892s	the uh Anna
33895s	a what though
33899s	landed evidence
33902s	I'm just thinking he's looking purely
33903s	further than scales
33905s	yeah but he could he could earn skills
33907s	for one additional armor on the null if
33910s	he holds if he holds the living room
33911s	because it will cost one
33914s	but he draws one last card oh they are
33918s	so less likely to hit the scales
33922s	how about we draw just with the here
33924s	what about that oh okay and he's dead
33927s	yeah
33931s	this possibly work what about if he just
33934s	loses the game
33936s	let's triple check this
33939s	one damage three times I checked it okay
33942s	lethal it's been job done just don't
33946s	play the dispose first
33948s	and you're good play the biblio mic for
33952s	Good Times try and discard curtress
33954s	again and regardless though
33956s	that looks like enough damage to me and
33959s	tonsoku yeah
33961s	and moves on to Sunday what a huge win
33965s	uh commiserations of course for gaboon I
33968s	think he brought a pretty cool lineup
33969s	especially to deal with pockets
33973s	yes he was just rubbing his belly
33979s	[Music]
33981s	don't let me finish the show before I
33983s	break
33983s	um
33986s	DJ is trying to break me anyway uh yeah
33989s	a shame for Kaboom I think he did play
33990s	well and brought a cool line up but I
33992s	think tonsoku really showed that he
33995s	knows his decks very well with this
33997s	aggro lineup I remember way back when
33999s	when we first started seeing tonsoku
34001s	Play he was starting to be known for his
34003s	just aggro overall I grow style and
34005s	that's continued to this day and I think
34007s	we've seen not only with this deck with
34009s	the Rogue with all this whole line that
34011s	we've seen so far that is that execution
34013s	has been very very good indeed
34016s	yeah and uh you know funnily enough
34019s	moving out of this group uh both the
34021s	players from Japan yeah right Japan
34023s	continuing uh dominance
34025s	in uh in competitive Hearthstone you
34028s	know carrying the APAC region in many
34030s	different ways if you look at like the
34032s	top players for me packing Master
34034s	towards wins and historical results
34036s	within Hearthstone Grand Masters
34038s	historical results within World
34040s	Championships yep it's all coming up
34042s	Japan and uh Gloria has a chance to make
34045s	his third in a row tonsoku has a chance
34046s	to be the next Japanese player in line
34049s	to win the World Championship right yeah
34052s	they just I guess they just queue up now
34054s	and that's how it works yeah very
34056s	politely Japanese play it yeah get in
34058s	the queue you'll win a world it's like
34060s	no problem just just wait but yeah I
34062s	think it was impressive as well is that
34064s	these two players we've seen a lot of
34066s	new Bloods like new faces over the last
34069s	couple of years you look at Players like
34071s	lies for example Gabby uh come up and
34074s	sort of rock the scene and be super
34076s	impressive but when you look at Players
34078s	like Glory like tonsoku who have been
34081s	around
34082s	and so I started casting I think which
34084s	was many years ago now and they just
34087s	keep working keep improving and like you
34089s	said just Japan as a region have been
34092s	dominating not only just the APAC say
34094s	Grandmaster Seasons but also just the
34096s	world so yeah super impressive really
34098s	glad to see these two players make it
34100s	out especially because they're bringing
34101s	two they're pretty different lineups as
34103s	well
34104s	yeah it's uh I feel like we're headed
34106s	straight for the uh the Unstoppable
34109s	force with the immovable object the
34111s	Unstoppable Force being kabu gobble
34113s	gobble
34117s	hey it's almost Thanksgiving here yeah
34123s	just Japanese Hearthstone players like
34126s	they're they're gonna meet head to head
34128s	at some point and uh
34131s	I don't know who's going to come out on
34132s	top nobody is uh they're just going to
34134s	keep tying over and over again and we're
34136s	just gonna have to keep you know what
34137s	remaking the game we'll come out on top
34139s	TJ because we'll get to custom great
34141s	Halls down so that's all that matters
34143s	yeah well I will say like uh and I I can
34146s	be honest here because it's the last
34147s	match of the day right uh
34150s	a lot of today's Hearthstone not in
34153s	terms of play but in terms of like
34154s	one-sided matches left a lot to be
34156s	desired uh to be quite honest
34159s	um we got two fresh groups coming up
34161s	tomorrow with Group C and group d uh I'm
34164s	wondering if warlock's gonna continue to
34166s	struggle as much as it did I'm wondering
34168s	if we're gonna get to see some uh
34171s	um
34172s	uh some interesting lineups Prevail more
34174s	aggro perhaps we do have
34177s	I mean we're literally tomorrow we're
34179s	kicking off with probably like the
34181s	Highlight match of the group stage
34183s	yeah it's pretty sure it's Bunny Hop
34185s	reverse lovestorm tomorrow yeah right
34186s	off the bat right that's like that's
34189s	like Peak Hearthstone that's like Peak
34191s	entertainment because they are Polar
34193s	Opposites yeah money Hopper is like you
34195s	know buy the books uh you know deep in
34198s	the tank that you know takes his time
34200s	even though he told me he's trying not
34202s	to rope as much
34203s	um he's been working on it and then love
34205s	Storm's like play as fast as I can like
34208s	brute DH no matter what
34210s	whatever I'm gonna pick a random combo
34213s	deck put it in my lineup and win anyway
34216s	that's that's love storm in a nutshell
34218s	so yeah and even in a smaller nutshell
34221s	love storm is just a love storm that's
34222s	all you really need to know the name
34224s	says it all uh whereas bunny up you know
34226s	considered player as you said so yeah
34228s	TJ's just uh giving you guys what the
34230s	first match of the day is going to be
34231s	tomorrow uh if you've just you know been
34233s	watching the back end of today or
34234s	whatever tomorrow's basically going to
34236s	be the same as the format as we had
34238s	today but it's going to be Group C and D
34240s	so make sure you tune in to watch those
34242s	play out and see who joins the players
34244s	we qualified through to Sunday today
34246s	gonna be tomorrow so looking forward to
34248s	that but TJ thanks for wrapping up the
34250s	day with me I appreciate appreciate you
34252s	guys for watching hope you had a great
34253s	time and we'll see you tomorrow
34256s	foreign
34271s	[Music]
34277s	[Music]
34284s	wow
34291s	[Music]
34297s	[Music]
34298s	foreign
34307s	[Music]
34323s	[Music]
34336s	foreign
34343s	[Music]
34354s	[Music]
34361s	[Music]
34370s	[Music]
34374s	foreign
34386s	[Music]
34392s	[Music]
34403s	[Music]
34409s	[Music]
34414s	foreign
34416s	[Music]
34426s	[Applause]
34429s	[Music]
34440s	over lethal
34444s	[Music]
34449s	I'm gonna call it too soon but yeah
34451s	there we go that's the big moment there
34453s	for Abu gabu he can't believe you're
34455s	still counting comes back takes the
34459s	Victory and Habu gabu is your summer
34462s	champion
34475s	[Music]
34482s	[Music]
34489s	[Music]
34496s	foreign
34500s	[Music]

[2022] 2022 Hearthstone Fall Championship | Day 1

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