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| 49s | thank you |
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| 122s | Ed here by a mighty the winner of 80 |
| 125s | Pack season one earlier in the year and |
| 128s | mighty it's great to have you here |
| 129s | earlier in the year when you won aipac |
| 132s | you were interviewed you were incredibly |
| 133s | excited |
| 134s | um has that lasted it's a long time ago |
| 136s | are you still as excited as you were all |
| 138s | the way |
| 139s | yes I am I'm actually more excited than |
| 141s | that I'm after all it's the world |
| 143s | championships this is the ultimate |
| 145s | competition this is what |
| 146s | we had been qualifying for like what we |
| 149s | had been fighting for so yeah super |
| 150s | excited good to go I'm gonna give it my |
| 153s | all |
| 154s | and you said I'm going into last call |
| 157s | when you you had already qualified so |
| 158s | obviously |
| 160s | you know you weren't necessarily at your |
| 162s | best but you said that you felt that the |
| 164s | the other players might be too good for |
| 166s | you |
| 167s | um is that something you've now overcome |
| 169s | over the year yeah sort of so it's not |
| 172s | as that I think the other players are |
| 175s | like might be too much for me it's more |
| 177s | than when I look at the other place they |
| 179s | are professional players they do this |
| 180s | full-time they are streamers and I am |
| 182s | someone who plays Hearthstone as a hobby |
| 184s | I have another full-time job and this is |
| 187s | like something I do part-time so the |
| 190s | difference just comes there so yeah and |
| 192s | when like I had already qualified |
| 193s | forward so I had been focusing on some |
| 195s | other things in my life around the time |
| 197s | last call came around so I did not give |
| 198s | it my full attention but this is the |
| 200s | words I'm giving it more |
| 202s | yeah and I was going to ask that next |
| 204s | actually that that means you're fully |
| 205s | motivated fully ready to go and you set |
| 208s | around the corner you that will be by |
| 210s | the time people see this that will be |
| 211s | released are you you excited for all of |
| 213s | these things as well |
| 214s | yes I am I'm very very excited and |
| 218s | I've been excited for the entire year |
| 220s | like building up to this moment and this |
| 222s | finally here like it feels overwhelming |
| 224s | but yeah |
| 226s | just gotta keep my nerves in |
| 229s | and also you've got so many interests |
| 231s | like I read through your Twitter and |
| 233s | you're talking about something different |
| 234s | every day you're going for 15 kilometer |
| 236s | runs you're you're working full-time |
| 238s | you're you're reading you're watching |
| 240s | football you're you're doing so many |
| 242s | things how how do you make time for all |
| 244s | of this stuff alongside Hearthstone as |
| 246s | well |
| 246s | I just have been doing all of this since |
| 249s | I was |
| 251s | very little I mean I've been a jack of |
| 253s | all trades like uh I'm into sports I |
| 256s | play I've played like at least four |
| 257s | Sports competitively at some point in my |
| 260s | life |
| 261s | um I'm into Cinema I'm into reading I |
| 263s | just like pick up things and like I pick |
| 266s | I I pick things up very fast and like I |
| 269s | it takes me time to master those things |
| 271s | but like I can do a little bit of |
| 273s | everything that kind of stuff and yeah I |
| 276s | just enjoy a lot of things |
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| 282s | foreign |
| 283s | [Music] |
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| 296s | picking things up very quickly when |
| 299s | you've got two weeks to learn a whole |
| 300s | new expansion one that's going to change |
| 303s | Hearthstone as well that's is that yeah |
| 305s | plus that's going to be on your side you |
| 307s | think |
| 308s | yeah I think uh creative deck building |
| 311s | and you know figuring out tech cards and |
| 313s | you know figuring out strategies is one |
| 316s | of my strongest suits as a husband |
| 317s | player so yeah I think I can like use |
| 320s | that to my advantage going into the |
| 322s | championship and do you have like |
| 324s | friends you're play testing with during |
| 326s | that as well are you gonna have to go it |
| 327s | alone or do you have some strong players |
| 329s | around to to bounce ideas off yeah I |
| 333s | have been working with some other |
| 334s | players for right now we are just like |
| 335s | I'm just mostly playing on ladder to you |
| 338s | know just keep myself in the zone you |
| 340s | know just like not get out of touch with |
| 341s | the game but like come the expansion we |
| 344s | are gonna go full time I have a couple |
| 346s | of people who are going to help me and |
| 347s | yeah I've taken a whole week off from |
| 349s | work so yeah it's gonna be fun |
| 351s | excellent I look forward to that and |
| 354s | finally um anything you would like to |
| 356s | say anyone you would like to shout out |
| 357s | anything you'd like to talk about we've |
| 358s | got a couple of minutes |
| 360s | um anything flow is yours |
| 362s | uh just uh again like very glad to be a |
| 367s | part of this whole constant Community |
| 369s | like this has been an incredible journey |
| 371s | for me uh like one and a half years ago |
| 374s | when I qualified for my first master |
| 376s | store uh like I wouldn't have even |
| 379s | imagined that I'd be on the stage and |
| 381s | being here now I'm just grateful and |
| 384s | like the Hassan Community has been very |
| 385s | welcoming and very friendly and I've met |
| 388s | so many cool people and just yeah uh |
| 390s | glad to have had this part uh in my life |
| 394s | and like I don't know if I'll be |
| 396s | competing |
| 397s | going forward next year I still don't |
| 399s | know but yeah I'll always cherish this |
| 402s | time in my life yeah and uh I think you |
| 405s | can see you won a lot of fans and people |
| 407s | meeting you for the first time today |
| 408s | watching this will probably win you a |
| 410s | lot more fans it's been fantastic to |
| 412s | talk to you and good luck in the |
| 414s | Championships thank you Lorinda thank |
| 416s | you so much |
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| 435s | hello everyone I'm Raven and joining me |
| 438s | is Habu gabu ready to talk about some |
| 440s | Hearthstone and the world championship |
| 442s | so first how about welcome |
| 444s | um how are you feeling about going to |
| 447s | the World Championship oh I'm I'm very |
| 450s | excited |
| 451s | um |
| 452s | as I said after the summer summer |
| 454s | Championship |
| 456s | um I never expected to get there |
| 458s | honestly well you you're well known for |
| 461s | creating some of the sort of highest |
| 463s | impact meta decks uh that we've seen and |
| 466s | some real surprises I just wanted to ask |
| 469s | you if you could talk about how you |
| 470s | actually come up with these decks you |
| 472s | know is there anything you particularly |
| 474s | try to find out or try to um you know |
| 477s | like create a certain style of deck or |
| 479s | do you just test things out and see how |
| 481s | they go the secret is I use data and |
| 484s | more data and then a bit more data |
| 488s | um and the gaps in the data I try to |
| 491s | feel with my knowledge of the game but |
| 493s | it's almost always just using data and |
| 496s | putting in the best cards you know |
| 498s | speaking of using the date we've heard |
| 499s | of other players you know that do talk |
| 501s | about well actually I just play the best |
| 503s | cards make the best decks because the |
| 505s | data tells me what those are but do you |
| 507s | think that's a rarity at top level |
| 510s | Hearthstone do you think that not enough |
| 511s | players are actually just trusting what |
| 514s | the numbers say and they're actually |
| 515s | going with more sort of gut feeling as |
| 517s | opposed to the actual raw numbers well I |
| 520s | think |
| 521s | um like the bass line for high-level |
| 524s | Hearthstone is use data and then there |
| 527s | are some overconfident players who think |
| 529s | they know better than the data but then |
| 531s | at the very top you have again some |
| 534s | people who just believe in the stats |
| 536s | okay well it does seem to work like I |
| 538s | said there are you as well as one or two |
| 540s | other players who do talk about the the |
| 542s | uh the numbers a lot and actually have |
| 545s | some great success but now I just want |
| 547s | to switch gears just a little bit you've |
| 549s | had a ton of success when I say in |
| 552s | Hearthstone I'm not even talking about |
| 554s | just standard right we talk about |
| 555s | Battlegrounds which is when I think one |
| 558s | of the earlier times that I saw your |
| 559s | name really pop up and and then of |
| 562s | course you know we've talked about in |
| 563s | the past about mercenaries you just |
| 565s | dominated mercenaries just out of |
| 567s | nowhere and I'll tell you it annoys me a |
| 569s | little bit because I was playing a lot |
| 570s | of mercenaries and then I turn your |
| 573s | stream on and you're just playing random |
| 575s | Heroes as far as I was concerned at top |
| 577s | of the ladder so you know how are you |
| 579s | feeling about Hearthstone constructed at |
| 581s | the moment is this where all of your |
| 583s | focus is are we gonna see you you know |
| 586s | jump over to Battlegrounds at some point |
| 588s | again you know play some mercenaries or |
| 590s | is it standard all the way for now for |
| 592s | now it's it's just standard at one point |
| 594s | I thought maybe I could do both |
| 596s | Battlegrounds and standard uh |
| 599s | competitively but it it just turns out |
| 602s | that it's too much too much effort that |
| 604s | you have to put in |
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| 623s | hello everybody my name is TJ and today |
| 626s | I am joined by the reigning Hearthstone |
| 628s | world champion possessing |
| 631s | but let's say hello how are you doing |
| 632s | today |
| 633s | yes |
| 635s | hi so you're coming into the world |
| 638s | championship obviously as we all know uh |
| 642s | having won last year |
| 644s | have you thought yet about what it would |
| 647s | feel like to win twice in a row because |
| 650s | nobody's ever done it before |
| 653s | um |
| 665s | foreign |
| 686s | it's funny because glorious also |
| 690s | participating this year in the world |
| 692s | championship and he still looks like |
| 694s | he's pretty good |
| 696s | um have you thought about what it might |
| 698s | be like |
| 699s | to uh you know potentially make the |
| 702s | finals again against Glory this year |
| 706s | then it would be like the ultimate test |
| 708s | of who's who's the actual you know |
| 711s | better Hearthstone player over the in |
| 713s | recent history |
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| 723s | um |
| 733s | foreign |
| 755s | going into the world championship this |
| 758s | year right there's a gonna be a new |
| 760s | expansion with an entirely new class |
| 764s | are you are you nervous are you afraid |
| 767s | that things are going to change |
| 769s | so much uh going into the world |
| 771s | championship with the game |
| 777s | um |
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| 806s | hello everyone I'm here with xmg one of |
| 810s | our finalists for the Hearthstone World |
| 813s | Championship thank you so much for |
| 815s | sitting down with me and giving us some |
| 817s | of your valuable time I just wanted to |
| 819s | ask first of all how you are feeling |
| 821s | having done this very impressive feat of |
| 823s | qualifying to the World Championships |
| 827s | um |
| 841s | as you should be yeah it's very very |
| 843s | impressive uh but for some of our |
| 846s | English-speaking audience who may not |
| 847s | know you quite so well uh I wanted to |
| 850s | ask you what your preferred style of |
| 853s | play is within Hearthstone and maybe |
| 855s | what your uh your favorite deck of the |
| 857s | last year has been so we can get an idea |
| 859s | of who you are as a Hearthstone player |
| 861s | uh |
| 871s | um |
| 880s | foreign |
| 893s | rate in Masters tours is very very |
| 896s | impressive you've won a lot of games in |
| 898s | Masters tours I believe you're one of |
| 900s | the few players in the world |
| 901s | championships who hasn't reached the top |
| 903s | eight of a tournament of a Masters Tour |
| 906s | uh do you uh do you tend to struggle |
| 909s | under the pressure when it gets to those |
| 911s | high-stakes situations and will that |
| 913s | maybe be a problem at the world |
| 915s | championship when the stakes are so high |
| 917s | example |
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| 977s | is up two to zero |
| 985s | foreign |
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| 1000s | Hearthstone Grand Masters world champion |
| 1014s | greetings and well met everyone you are |
| 1017s | watching the 2022 Hearthstone world |
| 1020s | championship and it's day two which |
| 1022s | means we have half of our players locked |
| 1024s | in for the quarterfinals and today we're |
| 1027s | running all the way through groups C and |
| 1029s | D to find out who those latter half of |
| 1032s | players joining them shall be and |
| 1034s | speaking of Latter halfs joining me on |
| 1037s | the casting desk is Gia for another |
| 1039s | exciting day of action how are you doing |
| 1041s | doing great dark this is actually my |
| 1045s | last day casting so I'm gonna give it my |
| 1047s | all happy to be kicking it off with the |
| 1050s | person I've spent most of APAC Grand |
| 1052s | Masters casting with and we do have an |
| 1055s | APAC Grand Master in the very first |
| 1057s | match of the day |
| 1059s | yeah that's exactly right we've got our |
| 1061s | boy Mighty who uh it's been said time |
| 1064s | and again and we'll get into it a little |
| 1066s | bit more later on that he is feeling |
| 1067s | like a little bit of an underdog coming |
| 1069s | in against the caliber of players in |
| 1071s | this tournament and uh we'll see whether |
| 1073s | he can get the job done in our first |
| 1074s | match of the day but the style of |
| 1077s | tournament that he is going to be |
| 1078s | playing is double elimination group |
| 1081s | bracket so we're starting off the group |
| 1083s | with our two initial matches and then |
| 1085s | moving on to the winners bracket match |
| 1087s | and then knocking people out slowly as |
| 1089s | well before we head to a single |
| 1091s | elimination final bracket in the top |
| 1093s | eight winner obviously becoming 2022 |
| 1095s | World Champion and uh the best of five |
| 1098s | four deck Conquest format as we have |
| 1100s | often seen is still what we're working |
| 1102s | with here but I think it's led to if not |
| 1106s | necessarily a wide variety of classes at |
| 1108s | least a wide variety of strategies |
| 1110s | within those uh dominant classes |
| 1112s | absolutely within Conquest throughout |
| 1115s | the many different tournaments and |
| 1117s | bigger scale tournaments that we've seen |
| 1119s | at 10 to if you want to boil it down to |
| 1121s | the most Simplicity you come down to a |
| 1124s | sort of rock paper scissors relationship |
| 1126s | between the lineups because even though |
| 1129s | within one lineup you could be going for |
| 1131s | very similar strategies the what ends up |
| 1134s | being the four best decks will then have |
| 1136s | the anti-4 best deck strategy and then |
| 1138s | you can go two levels above that and do |
| 1141s | the Andy Andy and be weak to the main |
| 1142s | strategy once again and there's all |
| 1144s | these sorts of Mind Games going on |
| 1146s | trying to predict the field and when you |
| 1148s | have a field that is very much pared |
| 1150s | down and even segmented into groups as |
| 1152s | we do in the world championship it |
| 1155s | cannot be stressed enough that the |
| 1156s | lineup preparation and the read on the |
| 1158s | people around you is most important |
| 1161s | and important it be because our players |
| 1164s | who can uh do well here and finish right |
| 1167s | at the top that first place is going to |
| 1169s | be 100 |
| 1170s | 000 and even though we're usually in |
| 1173s | these tournaments uh pride ourselves on |
| 1175s | a much more flat prize distribution I |
| 1177s | think here for the World Championships |
| 1179s | it's uh good that we're bumping up the |
| 1181s | prize pool 10 times when you go into |
| 1183s | first place as opposed to a 16th Place |
| 1186s | uh sorry third through 16th Place |
| 1188s | players who we saw a couple of yesterday |
| 1191s | you know some unfortunate losses Buys in |
| 1193s | particular really does kind of stick in |
| 1195s | my uh my throat as uh an unfortunate |
| 1198s | loss to see on day one after so much |
| 1200s | passion from him uh but with so many |
| 1203s | strong players having already gone |
| 1204s | through having their sights set on that |
| 1206s | one hundred thousand dollars it's uh for |
| 1209s | a lot of our players probably their uh |
| 1211s | their last shot at the world |
| 1212s | championship we know for the Chinese |
| 1214s | players in particular with the |
| 1216s | unfortunate change to uh them not being |
| 1219s | able to play in Hearthstone Esports next |
| 1221s | year but uh bly's you know already |
| 1223s | announcing his retirement from |
| 1224s | Hearthstone as well uh it's the last |
| 1227s | chance to loot for a lot of our players |
| 1228s | which is why for yui and dead draw out |
| 1230s | of group a the dream is still alive here |
| 1233s | to become that world champion all right |
| 1236s | you you sort of emblematic of the Old |
| 1238s | Guard of hearthstone really having that |
| 1240s | uh great year in 2018 in the old tour |
| 1243s | stop system and making a big comeback |
| 1246s | here in 2022 and then Dedra who is the |
| 1248s | poster child for consistency throughout |
| 1251s | many different systems of hearthstone |
| 1253s | Esports uh unfortunately never being |
| 1256s | able to get into Grand Masters the |
| 1258s | system sort of betraying him in that |
| 1260s | regard but I think a lot of people |
| 1262s | looking forward to seeing great results |
| 1263s | from him here at this Championship |
| 1265s | because feels like he has long deserved |
| 1267s | one of these big wins but over here in |
| 1270s | group b we have yet another two names |
| 1273s | who have long deserved to have the title |
| 1275s | of the very best in the world you could |
| 1277s | argue that at any point maybe they had |
| 1279s | already achieved this and just did |
| 1281s | didn't have that formal championship |
| 1283s | title to back it up but shouty the |
| 1285s | probably most famous overall player out |
| 1288s | of China in the Hearthstone system |
| 1290s | because he is just one and done well in |
| 1293s | so many tournaments throughout the year |
| 1294s | and then yarla making several World |
| 1297s | Championship appearances and taking down |
| 1299s | Glory the rematch of the world |
| 1302s | championship from 2020 now coming down |
| 1305s | in yarla's favor |
| 1308s | it feels insane to even say it but I |
| 1311s | kind of feel like the best players made |
| 1314s | out of the group here like it's so |
| 1316s | ridiculously razor thing when you're |
| 1317s | talking about Glory being a literal |
| 1319s | world champion uh at that point as well |
| 1322s | but I just think uh yala is always his |
| 1325s | deck preparation in small field |
| 1328s | tournaments when you're playing against |
| 1329s | specific opponents rather than against |
| 1332s | the field just feels unmatched his Tech |
| 1334s | decisions always uh completely |
| 1337s | unparalleled and that's why I'm happy he |
| 1339s | was able to claw his way through in the |
| 1341s | elimination and decider matches uh but |
| 1344s | first we'll take a look at group a for |
| 1346s | bly's it was just a bit of a rough day |
| 1348s | of things he came so close time after |
| 1350s | time but the Rogue letting him down a |
| 1353s | bit looking just to be honest a bit |
| 1354s | weaker than the other versions of death |
| 1356s | rattle Rogue be it with the ghoul |
| 1358s | variant or the mine version that we're |
| 1361s | seeing as well from a couple players and |
| 1364s | in particular that Druid for him just |
| 1365s | really not picking up the wins or the |
| 1367s | match-ups it wanted that's right on the |
| 1369s | opposite end of that though Demon Hunter |
| 1370s | was real Contender we're seeing why the |
| 1373s | vast majority of the pool has brought |
| 1375s | Demon Hunter and all of which are the |
| 1377s | same archetype did not end up panning |
| 1380s | out well for XC who also kind of had a |
| 1383s | rough go of things I genuinely hope he |
| 1385s | is feeling better and has fully |
| 1387s | recovered but in the end it is of course |
| 1390s | dead draw and you who made it through |
| 1392s | here taking a look at the elimination |
| 1394s | match where we did see that heartbreak |
| 1397s | from bly's just getting a terrible Druid |
| 1399s | hand and it if anything the series is |
| 1402s | probably going to make other Druid |
| 1404s | players in the tournament feeling a bit |
| 1408s | nervous because it just doesn't quite |
| 1410s | line up quite well against the other |
| 1412s | expected decks in The Meta |
| 1415s | yeah it really depends who you are up |
| 1417s | against like some players I believe dead |
| 1418s | draw has been Banning through it when |
| 1420s | it's popped up against him because of |
| 1422s | his slightly more controlling lineup |
| 1423s | with Mage in there as well but you're |
| 1425s | absolutely right you know if you run to |
| 1426s | the likes of Glory before he was |
| 1428s | eliminated your Druid could be in big |
| 1430s | trouble but having said that that was |
| 1431s | the first deck that shouty won with |
| 1433s | which we'll get a look at a little bit |
| 1435s | later on uh but for the first game of |
| 1437s | Group B Glory was able to get that win |
| 1440s | with his aggro quote-unquote lineup with |
| 1443s | of course this Demon Hunter slotted in |
| 1445s | as a proxy aggro deck given how quickly |
| 1448s | it can kill its opponent before shouty |
| 1450s | was just able to squeeze out a reverse |
| 1453s | sweep versus yala in an absolutely |
| 1456s | world-class played series of Hearthstone |
| 1459s | through completely clean Place OT never |
| 1461s | does anything too flashy with his duck |
| 1464s | choices and lineup building and even |
| 1466s | Tech decisions but it's always the clean |
| 1469s | play and polish on every single line |
| 1471s | that allows him to get these |
| 1473s | consistently good results uh with this |
| 1476s | Rogue against the Demon Hunter we got to |
| 1479s | sorry against the Druid we got to see a |
| 1481s | little flash of Death Knight with that |
| 1484s | cards generated from a jackpot for a bit |
| 1488s | of Splash of new cards here and then |
| 1490s | Glory versus yarla the big rematch from |
| 1493s | the 2020 World Championship final coming |
| 1496s | out in erla's favor this time with that |
| 1499s | very clean an ubercon set up here with |
| 1502s | that astador lethal yarla had a bit of a |
| 1505s | stressful day you know doing very well |
| 1507s | at the beginning of his first series but |
| 1509s | then having to win out from the |
| 1511s | elimination match later and make it |
| 1513s | through |
| 1514s | that's right yeah he had a turn that I |
| 1517s | said we didn't get to see there where he |
| 1519s | dealt 24 25 damage in a single turn from |
| 1523s | one draca weapon which was just like an |
| 1526s | absolutely world-class here uh play a |
| 1529s | turn of hearthstone I've uh for a player |
| 1531s | who's renowned for being incredibly slow |
| 1534s | uh yala can move uh when the situation |
| 1536s | calls for it but it's interesting |
| 1538s | interesting to see again there at the |
| 1540s | end Drew getting another win versus |
| 1541s | aggro it feels like it's kind of in |
| 1543s | topsy-turvyland here where it's losing |
| 1545s | to the Decks that it initially was |
| 1547s | hypothesized to be good against like the |
| 1549s | Demon Hunter because of all the armor |
| 1551s | it's able to get up and the uh the mine |
| 1553s | Rogue as well but it's beating the aggro |
| 1555s | decks weirdly enough just able to ramp |
| 1557s | up and do its board controlling things |
| 1559s | so we'll have to keep an eye on how |
| 1561s | Druid is going as the tournament |
| 1562s | progresses uh but it's not going to be |
| 1565s | present in our first series of the day |
| 1568s | here between Mighty and Habu gabu who |
| 1571s | have some very interesting lineups here |
| 1575s | from them I guess we'll run through |
| 1576s | group C first before we take a look at |
| 1578s | the list but when we get to it it's a |
| 1579s | Habu Gabby's style of uh series here |
| 1586s | the most incredible record throughout |
| 1588s | the Swiss portions of Masters tours I |
| 1591s | always feel like he's actually won a |
| 1593s | master's tour but I don't think that is |
| 1595s | the case he won the |
| 1597s | um summer Championship which is the |
| 1599s | culmination of the first half of Master |
| 1601s | tours and then the second place finish |
| 1604s | at the fall Championship also was an |
| 1607s | incredible result just making it to both |
| 1609s | of those events within the same year is |
| 1611s | unprecedented and he's had just an |
| 1614s | incredible run of things a top four |
| 1616s | appearance in a master's tour I believe |
| 1617s | and is widely considered just one of the |
| 1621s | best deck builders one of the best |
| 1623s | Hearthstone players if not the best of |
| 1625s | the entire year whereas Mighty he had an |
| 1628s | amazing run in the first season of APAC |
| 1632s | Grand Masters this year he got his |
| 1634s | qualification through there and ended up |
| 1636s | with the best win rate an APAC out of |
| 1639s | everybody because he only was in for one |
| 1641s | season but obviously is a big Underdog |
| 1644s | in this series has a lot to prove move |
| 1646s | but you know he has that APAC spirit |
| 1649s | that we loved Eric |
| 1650s | indeed yeah speaking of underdogs though |
| 1653s | for possessing a world champion could |
| 1655s | not be further from the truth verse xmg |
| 1658s | though I will say a little bit of an |
| 1660s | underdog he's got a decent uh what a |
| 1662s | pretty good Master's tour record overall |
| 1664s | at 1747 as I have it in terms of wins |
| 1667s | and losses uh but one of the few players |
| 1669s | don't have a top eight uh at a master's |
| 1672s | tour made top 16 in the most recent one |
| 1674s | which is impressive of course uh but |
| 1676s | hasn't been able to really get a |
| 1679s | properly Deep Run in a tournament as of |
| 1682s | yet and we'll have to see whether the |
| 1684s | nerves can be kept in check when you're |
| 1687s | playing against such high caliber |
| 1689s | opponents uh could be a tough spot for |
| 1692s | him but then heading over to the final |
| 1694s | group that we will be playing here I've |
| 1696s | heard Rumblings from amongst uh some of |
| 1699s | the other viewers and casters that this |
| 1701s | is maybe the uh the weakest group in the |
| 1704s | tournament compared to again the |
| 1706s | extremely high levels but I really have |
| 1708s | to take issue with that like Levick may |
| 1711s | not be the most well known of |
| 1714s | hearthstone players to the |
| 1716s | English-speaking Community specifically |
| 1718s | but he is just an absolute ladder demon |
| 1721s | you really should not underestimate |
| 1723s | Levick and even within the Masters Tour |
| 1725s | system he has put forward consistently |
| 1728s | great results and he I think has a good |
| 1731s | grasp of tech choices he has a bit |
| 1733s | different build of Demon Hunter than |
| 1735s | what we're seeing from some of the |
| 1737s | others which I think puts him in a |
| 1738s | pretty good spot here then we have |
| 1740s | xiaobai who has you know it's a second |
| 1742s | world's appearance I feel like a lot of |
| 1744s | people don't give him a credit for that |
| 1746s | and even though last time he did not |
| 1749s | quite so well because of the Tilt I feel |
| 1751s | like he's back with a vengeance and then |
| 1752s | of course to close out the day of |
| 1754s | initial matches at least we have bunny |
| 1756s | Hopper versus Pasqua both very famous |
| 1759s | players within their own regions and we |
| 1763s | could be in for a bit of a long one |
| 1764s | there but we are of course going to |
| 1766s | start off with Mighty versus Habu gabu |
| 1770s | where we can find finally got down to |
| 1771s | the nitty-gritty of the lineup Stark we |
| 1774s | can indeed and it that means it's time |
| 1776s | for our favorite game as uh APAC Casters |
| 1779s | Of what is mighty thinking uh in this |
| 1783s | week's episode Geo why don't you run us |
| 1785s | through our best guess as to what our |
| 1787s | good friend Mighty could be thinking |
| 1789s | this time sure |
| 1791s | um he has brought uh pingmage 40 cards a |
| 1795s | control priest 40 cards a control |
| 1797s | Paladin is my best estimation of what we |
| 1800s | call the stack 40 cards also no Jailer |
| 1802s | so I'm not calling it Jailer Paladin and |
| 1804s | then a uh jackpot Rogue also 40 cards |
| 1808s | which |
| 1810s | oh that is not supposed to be a quest |
| 1812s | Mage I screwed up something |
| 1816s | data input there sorry let's just say |
| 1818s | this is all XL |
| 1821s | um he has had no Master's tour |
| 1823s | appearances that is true actually he |
| 1826s | qualified to APAC uh Grand Masters via |
| 1830s | just a good overall win rate in the |
| 1834s | Masters tours I think two years ago or |
| 1837s | or was it last year I'm so sorry about |
| 1839s | that but uh he actually never made it to |
| 1842s | a stream match just kind of very subtly |
| 1845s | wormed his way into Grand Masters and |
| 1847s | then won the whole thing I was talking |
| 1848s | about how this was somewhat reminiscent |
| 1850s | of Bank Yugi's run last year where |
| 1853s | really nobody expected this new cover |
| 1855s | necessarily to do that well but they |
| 1857s | proved it within one season that they |
| 1859s | have got this stuff it might be one |
| 1862s | thing I remember about him is that he's |
| 1863s | always been a bit partial to aggressive |
| 1865s | decks so now that he's going for a full |
| 1868s | control lineup it feels a bit different |
| 1871s | than what I'm used to but overall it |
| 1874s | feels that his |
| 1876s | um strategy is to try and prey on |
| 1877s | anybody who did end up going for agaroso |
| 1880s | player in the likes of Glory but I don't |
| 1882s | think MIT has hit the mark with the meta |
| 1885s | read uh yeah I would not say either I do |
| 1887s | just have to take this opportunity now |
| 1889s | that you've brought a bank Yuki's name |
| 1890s | to bring up the hilarious interaction I |
| 1892s | had with him the other day because given |
| 1894s | that he is the loveliest human on the |
| 1896s | face of the Earth he sometimes messages |
| 1897s | me uh you know saying he misses me or he |
| 1900s | wants us to hang out again sometime soon |
| 1901s | oh he's so lovely but he's a die-hard |
| 1904s | Leicester city fan of uh Premier League |
| 1906s | football and uh it's very cute we're |
| 1909s | talking about football a little bit |
| 1910s | England at the World Cup and uh he was |
| 1912s | asking me about Leicester which I've |
| 1914s | worked a little bit there before for |
| 1915s | Hearthstone and I had to break his |
| 1917s | little heart when I had to say that it's |
| 1918s | not the my favorite place to uh to visit |
| 1921s | in the entire world it's not a Sunny |
| 1922s | Vista that he might be used to from |
| 1925s | living in gorgeous Thailand but yeah it |
| 1928s | was just funny breaking a man's heart to |
| 1929s | tell him that |
| 1930s | Lester's all right I guess it's fine |
| 1933s | yeah but anyway moving aside uh from |
| 1935s | mighty's decks I agree he has maybe got |
| 1937s | himself in a bit of a tough position |
| 1939s | here hasn't hit the aggro that he's |
| 1941s | looking to and against the likes of |
| 1942s | Demon Hunter which he's had to ban away |
| 1944s | here even against the likes of Rogue I |
| 1946s | think he could start to struggle |
| 1948s | potentially because his decks don't |
| 1950s | necessarily feel fine-tuned to be able |
| 1952s | to answer those popular meta decks right |
| 1955s | now uh but if you want to go aside from |
| 1958s | like the contrast here between zero on |
| 1960s | stream appearances in Masters Tour let's |
| 1962s | go up to 16 for Abu gabu who has been |
| 1965s | absolutely tearing apart the Masters |
| 1968s | Tour system this year three consecutive |
| 1971s | top eight in a row for a total of four |
| 1974s | and an above 60 almost 65 win rate in |
| 1977s | Masters tours with uh you know a couple |
| 1980s | of real Duds in there as well which I |
| 1983s | know you factor into an overall win rate |
| 1985s | but it just goes to show that when he |
| 1986s | does well he is truly Unstoppable it |
| 1989s | feels like even though as you say he |
| 1991s | hasn't actually won one yet but a real |
| 1994s | innovator often the real driving force |
| 1997s | behind change in any given meta game uh |
| 2000s | a real Authority on what the best decks |
| 2003s | are in a specific method game that is |
| 2006s | right and going into this world |
| 2008s | championship where we are fresh off the |
| 2010s | heels of the new expansion I was |
| 2012s | expecting how Bugaboo to have come up |
| 2014s | with something that nobody necessarily |
| 2016s | expected or even had the time to |
| 2018s | experiment with and just be confident |
| 2020s | enough to bring it he has done so before |
| 2023s | with Mage with uh enraged Warrior more |
| 2026s | in more recent memory and he has ended |
| 2028s | up with a lineup where even though |
| 2031s | um the Demon Hunter the Rogue and the |
| 2033s | priest were all brings to be expected he |
| 2036s | does also have a Jailer Paladin which is |
| 2038s | by no means a new archetype that he's |
| 2040s | invented but it is one that very few |
| 2043s | people are bringing to the tournament |
| 2045s | and I am so curious to see if it pans |
| 2047s | out well for him just yesterday we saw |
| 2049s | the effectiveness of jailer in Druid by |
| 2052s | xiaote even in an aggressive matchup and |
| 2055s | uh combining that with the uh long |
| 2059s | lasting power you can get from Carol I |
| 2061s | feel like the Paladin has a place in The |
| 2064s | Meta the Jailer being the main wind |
| 2066s | condition whereas for Mighty the Paladin |
| 2068s | not necessarily sure has the game |
| 2071s | closing potential |
| 2073s | yeah and again all this is leading into |
| 2076s | what you I'm sure could pick up on its |
| 2078s | own is that Mighty does have an uphill |
| 2080s | climb he's he's an anomaly in this |
| 2083s | tournament you know and I think he will |
| 2084s | happily admit this I'm not saying that |
| 2086s | because uh he's not a strong player I'm |
| 2089s | saying it because he doesn't have the |
| 2090s | pedigree to back it up every other |
| 2092s | player here feels like they have a long |
| 2094s | and illustrious career in competitive |
| 2096s | Hearthstone whereas Mighty Azul you know |
| 2098s | happily tell you it was a bit of a |
| 2100s | surprise honestly for him to make it |
| 2101s | through to Grand Masters well deserved |
| 2104s | of course based on his play in the |
| 2105s | Masters Tour system but a surprise |
| 2107s | nonetheless and it means he's gonna have |
| 2109s | to be playing out of his mind not |
| 2111s | letting those nerves get to him which we |
| 2113s | did start to see towards the end of his |
| 2115s | run in Grand Masters when he was able to |
| 2117s | take down that season uh those can't be |
| 2119s | creeping in because in APAC Grand |
| 2121s | Masters yeah you know you have a little |
| 2123s | bit of wiggle room I suppose sometimes |
| 2124s | in terms of the play but in the world |
| 2127s | championships that is not so so I'm |
| 2129s | hoping for a fantastic match here as uh |
| 2131s | I do believe like I said even though |
| 2132s | it's a tough one of Mighty has |
| 2134s | absolutely got what it takes to take |
| 2137s | down Habu gabu |
| 2139s | we're starting off with the Ping Mage |
| 2142s | versus the Draka Rogue and the uh build |
| 2146s | of Draco Rogue that habugabu has opted |
| 2148s | for was one of the earlier builds I want |
| 2151s | to say that has the Edwin in there and |
| 2154s | now augmented by the potion package |
| 2156s | potion belt concoctor and of course |
| 2158s | putric side himself which allows for |
| 2161s | either extra reach or card draw most |
| 2165s | importantly in the mid game leading up |
| 2166s | to Draka I think the potion package has |
| 2169s | led to the Sprint version being pushed |
| 2173s | out a little bit although we still see |
| 2174s | that list from some of the other players |
| 2176s | whereas for Mighty the Ping Mage is very |
| 2180s | similar to the old builds just has |
| 2182s | astelor slotted in there and he's opted |
| 2185s | for a build with double Mass polymarth I |
| 2187s | think which is a very good metaphor for |
| 2189s | the Draka Rogues and Bhutan priests that |
| 2192s | you might expect |
| 2193s | I actually really like this full keep as |
| 2196s | well from Habu gabu With You Know The |
| 2198s | Spectator to betray us and that's |
| 2199s | actually what happened because you just |
| 2201s | got a really nice expected curve here if |
| 2203s | no other spells come a long way to |
| 2205s | distract from the expected Panna of this |
| 2207s | hand you've got trade play the potion |
| 2210s | belt on two trade again to give yourself |
| 2211s | a two Mana potion instead of the three |
| 2214s | Mana potion and then you'll be able to |
| 2216s | of course draw two cards very likely uh |
| 2219s | and maybe even you know add another |
| 2221s | cheap card from another class to your |
| 2223s | hand maybe get yourself some removal if |
| 2225s | they're going for a nice early board and |
| 2227s | set up very likely to draw all the tools |
| 2229s | you need to pop off with that big |
| 2231s | tracker yeah looks very nice indeed |
| 2234s | potion Belt being perhaps the most |
| 2237s | powerful individual generator in the |
| 2239s | deck because you do get a mixed |
| 2241s | concoction immediately uh my D here |
| 2244s | debating whether he wants to go for |
| 2246s | astalar without the man of thirst value |
| 2248s | or Wildfire ping you'd have to imagine |
| 2250s | the other option he opts for the board |
| 2254s | presence though which I think is very |
| 2256s | reasonable |
| 2265s | foreign |
| 2267s | okay gleaming for sure a good one |
| 2273s | um |
| 2277s | now I'm looking at it hazy feels like it |
| 2279s | might fill up too much hand space |
| 2282s | yeah |
| 2284s | it goes for slimy instead going for a |
| 2287s | bit of board presence himself |
| 2291s | and there's habu's astralar picked up |
| 2293s | here |
| 2294s | yeah and ask the law is a very |
| 2296s | interesting Prospect in Rogue because I |
| 2297s | haven't played this specific build of |
| 2300s | Rogue for a little while I've been |
| 2302s | focusing mainly on the death battle |
| 2303s | variants and the Miracle version with |
| 2306s | the mailbox dances as well for the |
| 2308s | bigger pop-off potential but it really |
| 2310s | cannot be underestimated how powerful as |
| 2313s | the law is with Shadow step in this deck |
| 2315s | it offers you a truly absurd amount of |
| 2318s | damage against control decks later on |
| 2320s | which you could very arguably classify |
| 2322s | this may jazz job's done we'll have a |
| 2326s | going for a very early Draka Juiced up |
| 2329s | to the upper echelons of damage that |
| 2331s | we've seen from other players but just |
| 2333s | the size of an ashbringer right now is |
| 2335s | the dagger and I think this is paying |
| 2338s | respect to the potential for an |
| 2341s | amplified snow flurry eventually and |
| 2343s | other freeze effects stopping him from |
| 2345s | getting a big dagger swing on a more |
| 2347s | crucial turn I'll be taking a mid-range |
| 2349s | approach to the matchup and maybe trying |
| 2351s | to close out with ask the Lord later on |
| 2354s | that's exactly right yeah it just pays |
| 2356s | respect to how the deck should be played |
| 2358s | now his game plan I think pretty heavily |
| 2360s | is find Shadow step because while he |
| 2364s | could afford to just throw down ask the |
| 2366s | law and go you know two Mana asked the |
| 2368s | law five mana and then wait up for 10 |
| 2370s | later on uh I think more likely it comes |
| 2374s | in the form of like concocter gone |
| 2375s | fishing ghostly strike you know the |
| 2377s | Rogue stuff uh to cycle through your |
| 2379s | deck as quick as possible and find as I |
| 2382s | said the shadow step which now just |
| 2383s | becomes pretty much the win condition |
| 2384s | alongside astal |
| 2386s | to see the cleverness of how Habu |
| 2392s | for um yeah |
| 2396s | full Tempo yeah yeah it's not as though |
| 2401s | the shadow step was necessary right I |
| 2403s | think between all this board presence |
| 2405s | and that last swing of the weapon and |
| 2406s | the fact that he has some other reach in |
| 2408s | the deck from either potions ghostly |
| 2410s | strike uh we can stab so on and so forth |
| 2413s | oh sorry there's no stab in the list but |
| 2415s | there is still plenty of reach being the |
| 2417s | main point |
| 2419s | um it's very much pain Credence to the |
| 2421s | fact that Mages disruption slash stall |
| 2423s | is geared towards big chunks of damage |
| 2426s | all at once right they would rather |
| 2428s | freeze face so they can't get a big |
| 2430s | Draka dagger going through |
| 2432s | um you would rather play solid Alibi so |
| 2435s | these big Sandstone graveyards only |
| 2437s | clock face for one but one thing that |
| 2439s | plays against solid Alibi and doesn't |
| 2441s | get Frozen is final form of astalar from |
| 2445s | hand the damage is dealt one at a time |
| 2447s | and if Habu can just get Mighty down to |
| 2449s | a break point where that um 8 to 16 |
| 2451s | damage is enough then that's a more |
| 2454s | reliable way of getting lethal than |
| 2455s | getting to the that huge draca dagger |
| 2458s | and saving all of this stuff for later |
| 2460s | on |
| 2461s | I guess it's just something that I have |
| 2464s | uh had beaten out of me by losing to |
| 2466s | Renault opponents who have every answer |
| 2468s | every turn they could possibly need it |
| 2470s | is that in actuality a lot of the time |
| 2473s | they just don't so force them to have |
| 2475s | this answer which they probably don't |
| 2476s | there is the blizzard in hand for Mighty |
| 2478s | plus the parrot which is pretty good in |
| 2481s | terms of a stalling mechanism uh but for |
| 2483s | Abu gabu you know a lot of the time |
| 2485s | that's not there and even when it is |
| 2487s | he's still pushing a really good amount |
| 2488s | of damage |
| 2490s | except gleaming as well from the |
| 2492s | concoctor which is nice probably the |
| 2494s | best outcome at the moment uh from this |
| 2498s | on fission though Edwin is also somewhat |
| 2501s | tempting but Habu has to have his eyes |
| 2503s | on the prize right which is just kind of |
| 2505s | surviving until he can get to astador |
| 2507s | flamebringer it feels like that's the |
| 2509s | main wind condition so whichever is the |
| 2511s | least greedy option and allows him to |
| 2513s | save as much health on himself as |
| 2515s | possible I feel is also reasonable and |
| 2517s | that is wild Paul Noel you'd have to |
| 2520s | assume |
| 2522s | foreign |
| 2526s | that was such a tough choice I guess you |
| 2528s | have so much card draw in hand that like |
| 2531s | you say Edwin is not a uh a necessity at |
| 2533s | all |
| 2535s | that was a really tough choice |
| 2539s | oh nice draw absolutely have that |
| 2543s | gleaming concoction mixed with another |
| 2545s | one |
| 2548s | oh man this is just damage damage damage |
| 2556s | I think you can think about holding on |
| 2559s | to for I was gonna say objection but |
| 2561s | it's not in by G's list yeah I think |
| 2564s | it's more so that he wants to be able to |
| 2566s | combine with his first half of the |
| 2568s | potion a good second half to the potion |
| 2571s | right whereas if he goes concocter he |
| 2573s | might just get destroy minion which |
| 2575s | becomes useless at that point whereas |
| 2576s | this he can get another gleaming there |
| 2579s | we go and completely refill his hand |
| 2581s | the uh discover option from potion well |
| 2585s | versus concoctor which is completely |
| 2587s | random adds a whole different layer of |
| 2591s | viability to that card |
| 2594s | all right Edwin decide oh never mind |
| 2597s | it's great this time and Habu is just |
| 2599s | gonna continue with the tempo game plan |
| 2601s | saving the concoctions for when they're |
| 2604s | absolutely necessary but while he still |
| 2606s | has board presence and while he is still |
| 2607s | able to push this chip damage against |
| 2610s | mighties going completely for board |
| 2612s | presence |
| 2618s | it's very clever |
| 2620s | forcing Mighty onto |
| 2623s | a replay of blizzard |
| 2634s | now the mixed concoction is sorry the |
| 2637s | yellow and purple one looking pretty |
| 2639s | good |
| 2648s | oh that prep is interesting now yeah you |
| 2653s | could prep the Double Draw one or the |
| 2656s | control one and then play another |
| 2657s | quadruple draw technically |
| 2664s | if necessary probably not |
| 2670s | and yeah playing the cut list just to |
| 2672s | continue chipping away I really really |
| 2674s | like the approach from Mikey's |
| 2676s | perspective |
| 2677s | um any concoction following up could |
| 2679s | also just be additional damage and |
| 2681s | increments of three which is very scary |
| 2683s | but he at least knows that the current |
| 2685s | uh the ones that had been generated |
| 2687s | previously have all been used and they |
| 2689s | were not damaged so now my D is thinking |
| 2693s | about how to survive here and |
| 2696s | flamebringer is not active with the Mana |
| 2698s | thirst yet so it doesn't have the option |
| 2700s | of clearing the board |
| 2708s | and it looks like he's forced to just |
| 2709s | take this four from the stealth minion |
| 2712s | does feel like yeah if he wasn't willing |
| 2714s | to commit the last law uh |
| 2717s | gotta be getting close to that uh |
| 2721s | more dress now |
| 2728s | not playing the Wildfire certainly |
| 2729s | doesn't help |
| 2733s | was I huge decision that he passed up on |
| 2736s | right because while it did have decent |
| 2739s | odds of clearing the board with just the |
| 2740s | ape damage wait holding out till the 16 |
| 2743s | feels like a realistic win condition for |
| 2745s | Mikey here because he hasn't had that |
| 2747s | sort of opening hand that allowed him to |
| 2749s | Ping so much No Reckless Apprentice so |
| 2751s | that murder is not going to be active |
| 2753s | for a while but boy is he playing with |
| 2755s | fire |
| 2758s | oh my goodness man this starts to get |
| 2760s | really complicated now because obviously |
| 2762s | you want to get astronaut down because |
| 2764s | for Abu Gabby that also becomes his |
| 2766s | Premier win condition most likely with |
| 2769s | there being limited burn in the deck and |
| 2771s | draca already having been played uh but |
| 2774s | he has the potential to get |
| 2776s | pretty respectable amount of |
| 2779s | potions |
| 2780s | right or concoction sorry in hand now |
| 2782s | with the double Alchemist as well |
| 2784s | there's a potential for a pretty big |
| 2785s | pop-up down there right I feel like it |
| 2787s | might not be Aston lore at all it feels |
| 2790s | like he could just go for all of these |
| 2793s | discounted potions and generated potions |
| 2795s | and then press the location button and |
| 2797s | that huge stealth minion in a lot of |
| 2799s | instances should be enough to close out |
| 2800s | the game |
| 2802s | um not quite as strong against solid |
| 2804s | Alibi though so maybe there's an |
| 2806s | in-between play where he does get the |
| 2807s | ash the Lord down but still gets uh very |
| 2810s | respectively sized stealth |
| 2813s | okay and here we see the grand plan |
| 2815s | coming together it was uh Shadow |
| 2817s | stepping Aston all along but rather than |
| 2820s | what you would usually like to do Shadow |
| 2822s | stepping the two Mana version uh Shadow |
| 2824s | Staffing the five Mana version for two |
| 2826s | more flamebringers in hand plus 10 armor |
| 2828s | which is not to be sniffed at at all in |
| 2830s | this matchup when mordresh and opposing |
| 2833s | asteroids can come into play this now |
| 2835s | comes into full focus of how bugaboo's |
| 2838s | master plan |
| 2840s | right |
| 2841s | research part replaying blizzard is |
| 2844s | potentially a turn off for Mighty but |
| 2849s | um as it happens the Mana thirst is only |
| 2852s | one more turn away for Bugaboo |
| 2855s | foreign |
| 2860s | she's actually just exhausted the deck |
| 2863s | yeah it's kind of insane he managed to |
| 2865s | draw this first |
| 2868s | I feel it's quite reasonable to just |
| 2871s | play one of the ocelots without Mana |
| 2873s | thirst |
| 2874s | plenty of damage and the next one should |
| 2876s | be able to get the job done in most |
| 2879s | instances |
| 2883s | yeah as you said given that the |
| 2885s | interaction between uh solid Alibi and |
| 2888s | asteroid does not work in the Alibis |
| 2890s | favor |
| 2892s | it's gonna be even if there was a full |
| 2894s | board freeze plus plus sorry plus an |
| 2897s | alibi uh still going to be game in favor |
| 2899s | of Habu |
| 2901s | and mighty knows that there is a second |
| 2903s | flamebringer in hand with the Mana |
| 2906s | thirst active next turn so |
| 2908s | there's I think he can do to stop that I |
| 2912s | mean he could |
| 2914s | put |
| 2915s | how much maximum stats on board |
| 2918s | 16 including his health exactly I don't |
| 2923s | know foreign |
| 2927s | doesn't get anything relevant back I |
| 2930s | don't think |
| 2933s | oh he's so brutally close |
| 2935s | yeah I mean there's the the weapon as |
| 2937s | well actually so we'd have to get up to |
| 2938s | like 19 effective stats again including |
| 2941s | his health on board uh just to be able |
| 2943s | to survive |
| 2946s | which even with ping more dress is not |
| 2948s | happening so this uh this rope this very |
| 2952s | unique road which is interesting because |
| 2953s | it is probably the most classic of the |
| 2956s | Rogue variants being brought here uh is |
| 2958s | getting the job done for Habu nothing |
| 2960s | flashy no 25 attack tracker weapons no |
| 2963s | 15 15 uh ghosts on turn two or three but |
| 2968s | just decent stats every turn spending |
| 2970s | his mana and in the most habu-gabu |
| 2973s | fashion he doesn't really seem to do |
| 2974s | anything makes it look easy and he's |
| 2976s | just won a game of hearthstone right I |
| 2978s | think this variant of the Draco Rogue |
| 2980s | allows for so much flexibility just |
| 2982s | because of the potion package in there |
| 2984s | and Habu really showcasing the different |
| 2987s | ways that you can approach this deck |
| 2989s | we're used to seeing as you said the |
| 2990s | huge flashy daggers for big uh combo |
| 2994s | potential but to play around Mage |
| 2995s | specifically where they have solid Alibi |
| 2998s | they have the capability of piecing your |
| 2999s | face going for a more mid-range approach |
| 3002s | and then just closing out with the other |
| 3005s | damage options you have from that one |
| 3007s | card as the Lord is a huge Advantage for |
| 3011s | the road |
| 3015s | moving on now to with the Rogue having |
| 3018s | been ticked off we're getting closer and |
| 3020s | closer to this Paladin mirror or the |
| 3023s | paladins coming into play which I have |
| 3026s | an absolute stream of Discord messages |
| 3028s | from Hunter Ace saying that it's just |
| 3030s | Giga Chad Paladin everyone else is |
| 3032s | fighting fighting for third and fourth |
| 3034s | this is going to be first and second |
| 3036s | place between Mighty and Abu Gabba it's |
| 3038s | over already he's a True Believer in |
| 3040s | Paladin as is Abu gabu he's really put |
| 3043s | his name to this deck in the J levariant |
| 3046s | specifically whereas hunt race has been |
| 3049s | devote devoted to a carrierless 30 card |
| 3052s | version instead well I grow very yeah I |
| 3055s | know it's uh |
| 3057s | it's interesting is the the phrase that |
| 3059s | we would use to describe that deck |
| 3060s | absolutely uh but I I see why where how |
| 3063s | big I was coming from here It suffers |
| 3066s | from a lot of the classic |
| 3068s | Paladin problems which is to say |
| 3071s | inflexibility in the early game |
| 3073s | specifically the answers are very few |
| 3075s | and far between to kill off individual |
| 3077s | small minions uh and just kind of again |
| 3081s | overall inflexibility in the the late |
| 3083s | game as well you could argue where most |
| 3085s | of the time just dropping one or two big |
| 3086s | minions but if you give it the time to |
| 3089s | get rolling get that Order in the Court |
| 3091s | down and get Jayla down it's an |
| 3093s | absolutely back-breakingly powerful deck |
| 3096s | in terms of what it can pull off |
| 3097s | that is true the Reno slotted in there |
| 3100s | as well to account for your post Jailer |
| 3104s | healing game plan |
| 3106s | um but we can see in mighty's opening |
| 3108s | hand but the restaurant Viper already |
| 3110s | some very important counter play to |
| 3113s | carry out here so Habu the timing of |
| 3115s | when he chooses to go for these |
| 3117s | show-stopping top end cards will be very |
| 3120s | important indeed just because he gets to |
| 3122s | build a board of immune minions doesn't |
| 3124s | mean that he can just set up a two-term |
| 3127s | lethal against Mage very easily because |
| 3129s | uh Frieza effects are still active on |
| 3133s | well if it's blizzard for example on |
| 3135s | those immune minions and then there's |
| 3137s | solid Alibi it actually still has quite |
| 3140s | a lot of game damage in a post Jailer |
| 3142s | world |
| 3144s | it's not too heavy |
| 3147s | oh okay nice little uh hand buff to get |
| 3151s | things going the Paladin despite being |
| 3154s | you know often touted as a control deck |
| 3156s | or I guess a mid-range deck uh does want |
| 3159s | to get a head on board at the start of |
| 3161s | the game if at all possible and that |
| 3164s | looks very possible with this starting |
| 3166s | hand scorpid is just going to be a |
| 3168s | nightmare for Mighty to deal with and |
| 3170s | then with just strong follow-up after |
| 3171s | strong follow-up maximum Mana |
| 3173s | utilization to every turn with buffed up |
| 3175s | stats I'm feeling good for Abu gabu in |
| 3178s | this game because if he can have a |
| 3180s | decent mid game there's a lot of draws |
| 3183s | in the mid game that Skyrocket his win |
| 3185s | percentage chances carry all obviously |
| 3188s | number one major is going to struggle to |
| 3189s | deal with him after that comes down and |
| 3191s | then of course uh just Order in the |
| 3193s | Court as well at any point just |
| 3195s | guarantees that consistency in your late |
| 3197s | game that you need |
| 3199s | meanwhile for Mighty he does freeze that |
| 3202s | minion with the location instead of |
| 3204s | pinging it off I like the Mana |
| 3205s | utilization there but also it takes a |
| 3207s | pretty disciplined trade instead of just |
| 3209s | saying oh I can go face something has |
| 3210s | been frozen because he knows that his |
| 3213s | turn for is locked up by playing deep |
| 3215s | water evoker the location will also be |
| 3217s | on cooldown so I think he just wants to |
| 3218s | make sure he is as in control of the |
| 3221s | board as possible |
| 3225s | oh man this is old school flame on |
| 3229s | steroids with Divine Shield as well that |
| 3231s | just makes you feel good |
| 3235s | is an outcome from the evoker |
| 3238s | and it's another spell into the sivara |
| 3241s | pool right now she only has the wildfire |
| 3244s | in her but that is a pretty good option |
| 3246s | to copy |
| 3249s | oh very |
| 3251s | into dredge all of these stats exactly |
| 3254s | as the perfect the perfect train that |
| 3256s | you always want to see on the Savior and |
| 3259s | I think it was Leviathan on the bottom |
| 3260s | of the deck as well which uh |
| 3264s | I don't know you've got a lot of plays |
| 3266s | in the mid game that feels like a nice |
| 3267s | one for turn seven uh but ends up on the |
| 3269s | holy night I believe they're instead |
| 3271s | interestingly or train alive yeah sign |
| 3274s | me up for a one Mana six six I feel like |
| 3276s | that I guess so it's like a lot of mid |
| 3280s | game Tempo once again |
| 3283s | yeah the stats on the smaller minions |
| 3285s | often a lot more relevant I can see that |
| 3289s | the awkward turn in terms of Mana |
| 3292s | expenditure for Mighty I don't think he |
| 3295s | wants to play the restaurant Viper as |
| 3297s | it's right or because that's kind of |
| 3299s | bookmarked for Carol he does have two |
| 3301s | copies of it but even just as a34 it's |
| 3303s | not particularly impressive on the board |
| 3306s | um he does have location active to |
| 3309s | freeze away the five five for now maybe |
| 3311s | just play Cold Case alongside that |
| 3317s | oh face the worst outcome |
| 3322s | to go |
| 3323s | no flurry plus ask the law and hold on |
| 3326s | to the location return |
| 3329s | um or I guess Bank the uh the hero power |
| 3331s | as well also very bad |
| 3337s | we'll go for it wait right now man this |
| 3339s | is a scrappy mid-game battle uh it's not |
| 3342s | the kind of game you expect to see in |
| 3343s | this meta where it just feels like every |
| 3345s | deck is a Powerhouse you know Ultra draw |
| 3348s | combo Deck with the death rattle Rogue |
| 3351s | and the Demon Hunter but it's just |
| 3353s | dense minion battle now |
| 3356s | lots of trades on board and careful |
| 3359s | decisions as to the breakpoints of |
| 3360s | Health you leave on the minions Habu |
| 3363s | here with pretty clean night of |
| 3366s | annoyment plus of honey turn even though |
| 3368s | okay is technically dead on board it |
| 3370s | takes a lot of good value trades |
| 3376s | ooh Apprentice |
| 3378s | But Mighty doesn't know if he picked |
| 3381s | Minion or spell |
| 3382s | that's the annoying part The Apprentice |
| 3385s | is so good here if Habu had picked spell |
| 3390s | oh I think you just have to trade it |
| 3393s | away first right either is just too back |
| 3395s | breaking here |
| 3397s | and it's not that expensive to do so to |
| 3399s | be fair especially especially with that |
| 3401s | yeah |
| 3407s | another question is is The Reckless |
| 3409s | still necessary in this spot it allows |
| 3412s | him to clear off the 66 and the tutu |
| 3415s | and maintain a 2-3 on board |
| 3422s | I thought it was |
| 3426s | time runs out on me so reasonable though |
| 3429s | he can use the Ping On the tutu instead |
| 3432s | although it's kind of a spot where the |
| 3434s | value trade with the 2-3 is very nice |
| 3436s | Abu doesn't really run many from hand |
| 3439s | damage effects there is City attacks uh |
| 3442s | and I guess you could say spammy |
| 3443s | Arcanist but the spammy isn't good for |
| 3445s | Abu side of the board either in that |
| 3447s | situation |
| 3450s | okay there it is the the most |
| 3453s | frustrating part of this deck I think |
| 3455s | it's fair to say because whenever Jayla |
| 3456s | comes down you always feel like oh maybe |
| 3458s | I can fatigue them they don't have much |
| 3460s | defensive capabilities that is all out |
| 3462s | on killing me and then once the deck is |
| 3464s | destroyed Reno comes down in that |
| 3466s | classically annoying effect is that you |
| 3468s | don't actually have to build a Reno |
| 3470s | effect a Reno deck necessarily in order |
| 3472s | to get the Reno effect |
| 3474s | yep |
| 3475s | it's like old kazaka-san as well |
| 3479s | um oh yeah creation looking somewhat |
| 3481s | tempting given mighty's board State and |
| 3484s | also paired with the equality and |
| 3485s | habusan but it just doesn't fit the curb |
| 3487s | for this turn very nicely I wouldn't I |
| 3489s | was gonna say would not be surprised to |
| 3492s | see service Bell taken and played out |
| 3493s | here but how we're gonna go for the |
| 3495s | long-term investment of the concept |
| 3500s | the point you bring up about Reno is |
| 3502s | even more Salient I would say uh when it |
| 3504s | comes to the Mage matchup because Mage |
| 3506s | tends to build up their damage over |
| 3509s | several turns right deal increments with |
| 3511s | the Ping and you know try to put you in |
| 3514s | Lethal range over two turns for the more |
| 3516s | Josh so on and so forth but Reno can |
| 3518s | undo all of that work if it is timed |
| 3521s | poorly so my idea has to be very careful |
| 3523s | indeed |
| 3525s | Mighty is able to walk away with a |
| 3527s | pretty nice |
| 3528s | Apprentice here though having saved it |
| 3530s | last turn his board's still intact given |
| 3532s | that happened there we obviously decided |
| 3534s | to launch everything face instead uh and |
| 3537s | you know while hubby will be able to |
| 3539s | respond |
| 3540s | appropriately be it with a quality |
| 3542s | consecration maybe just a consecration |
| 3544s | after some of these trades come through |
| 3545s | uh it's starting to lose a little bit of |
| 3549s | that power on the board having to rely |
| 3552s | on flight of the bronze here to solve |
| 3555s | those Mana expenditure issues in the |
| 3557s | next few turns |
| 3560s | Frankie's trade order oh okay he's |
| 3562s | getting very unlucky with the death |
| 3564s | rattles but I'm not sure if that was the |
| 3566s | ideal trade order I think if the plan |
| 3568s | was to eventually kill off by 2-2 and |
| 3570s | the 6-4 I feel like one of the skeletons |
| 3572s | have should have frustrated into a 6'4 |
| 3575s | and then you have three you know minion |
| 3578s | targets as opposed to one board |
| 3585s | oh wrestling not bad crazy good against |
| 3589s | skeletons |
| 3592s | yeah even just for more damaged face |
| 3594s | like you can kind of feel he's hoping to |
| 3597s | end this game with just swings face from |
| 3599s | carry all later on as well |
| 3602s | and isn't really shaping upright he has |
| 3604s | low value he hasn't found murder in the |
| 3607s | court |
| 3608s | um foreign |
| 3615s | still has plenty of resources especially |
| 3618s | now the sevara is active with this AI |
| 3620s | played |
| 3623s | foreign |
| 3625s | coming together you know he's got draw |
| 3627s | he's got ways to spend his manner |
| 3629s | importantly uh really just looking for |
| 3632s | Barden the hero card I think to be able |
| 3635s | to uh make this a winnable game for him |
| 3647s | achal year old but he is all in on the |
| 3650s | board presence now maybe trying to bait |
| 3653s | Mighty into playing a big board of his |
| 3655s | own to which Habu can respond with brass |
| 3658s | Wing but for unleash Phil there was brat |
| 3660s | swing |
| 3676s | you need to chill out |
| 3682s | I just wait to get back ahead on board |
| 3684s | uh |
| 3686s | sorry the Savannah would have been nine |
| 3688s | cards so one actually still viable yeah |
| 3691s | uh and as long as the sport is frozen |
| 3693s | and his isn't being cleared off he can |
| 3695s | find a way to deal with the five five |
| 3697s | torn next turn and then just get more |
| 3699s | damage phase because I say for Mighty |
| 3701s | that it needs to be a Varden game plan |
| 3704s | not necessarily here right he's got a |
| 3707s | lot of damage from astal or potentially |
| 3708s | on the following turn as well and with |
| 3710s | not that many stats on the board |
| 3712s | this could theoretically ended Eternal |
| 3715s | too From mighty's perspective at least |
| 3724s | pretty good Heroes here I was gonna say |
| 3727s | if nothing |
| 3728s | good came off of the school teacher Habu |
| 3732s | technically had a full clear including |
| 3734s | his side of the board with school |
| 3735s | teacher into spammy that turned but |
| 3737s | obviously it feels terrible with this |
| 3740s | healing expended I think he can feel a |
| 3742s | bit safer even leaving up a potential 10 |
| 3744s | damage to face |
| 3750s | oh definitely the kind of matchup where |
| 3753s | mutemous feels at its best uh but I'd |
| 3757s | have to guess it has to wait a turn here |
| 3758s | right this feels like such a prime as |
| 3761s | the law opportunity |
| 3765s | I don't know if I love the trade |
| 3768s | first |
| 3769s | I guess there is quite a lot of Health |
| 3771s | on board you're unlikely to clear that |
| 3773s | much yeah I like the trade order this |
| 3776s | time and it works out perfectly the Ping |
| 3779s | oh yeah figuring off the rest of that |
| 3781s | Drake there have a solidly ahead on |
| 3784s | board and not able to get much value |
| 3786s | from wrestling who knows hard |
| 3791s | um it was a snap kick both times from |
| 3794s | the Discover jargon spell |
| 3796s | um there was the option for a doctor |
| 3797s | notice on the first one but at the time |
| 3799s | brass Wing looked a bit better but now |
| 3801s | there's no question that you would |
| 3802s | rather send the board two turns into the |
| 3805s | future |
| 3806s | oh it's just one of those cards isn't it |
| 3808s | you can tell that you know the card text |
| 3811s | On It originally Jackie would have been |
| 3812s | like it should say remove them from the |
| 3815s | board for two turns and someone was like |
| 3817s | nah nah nah probably Cora was like nah |
| 3820s | send him into the future |
| 3822s | yeah yeah |
| 3825s | I am not going to make a comment on this |
| 3828s | it's not on the team at the time this |
| 3831s | card was created I won't force you to |
| 3834s | rat out into office politics |
| 3839s | big jump though |
| 3840s | big Chomp |
| 3846s | not that the brass Wing was particularly |
| 3848s | good for Harbor in terms of board |
| 3850s | steering potential or event lifesteal |
| 3852s | but just the stats on it being able to |
| 3854s | challenge the Nocturnals is a big deal |
| 3856s | Habu is running out of resources |
| 3860s | blessed Goods he needs an answer now |
| 3866s | yeah he does I was going to say seafloor |
| 3868s | savior because it can guarantee you the |
| 3871s | Leviathan for the following turn but |
| 3872s | like you say he needs something now |
| 3875s | Ford he is just saying |
| 3877s | two tons enough to save me even though |
| 3879s | my Detective |
| 3881s | tech board |
| 3885s | in the savara there is while the fire |
| 3887s | Cold Case Arcane intellect none of which |
| 3889s | really helped the broadering taunts game |
| 3892s | plan at the moment so it's gonna be in |
| 3894s | poker |
| 3897s | not a blizzard |
| 3900s | oh man |
| 3903s | a flurry isn't bad though yeah it's fine |
| 3905s | survive the turn |
| 3908s | and play Cold Case as well |
| 3919s | when thinking about board clear options |
| 3921s | from Habu they're only a really good one |
| 3924s | that deals with this huge mutinous given |
| 3927s | that it will be frozen by flurry is the |
| 3930s | natural anachronose in the dark |
| 3933s | so I think Mighty is out on me fine to |
| 3936s | take greedier trades here uh if the |
| 3939s | three four goes into the 2-4 I'm |
| 3941s | wondering if there's a spammy out for |
| 3943s | Abu probably still not enough damage to |
| 3945s | get through mutants but this trade feels |
| 3947s | safer overall |
| 3950s | yeah I like this line a lot just get the |
| 3952s | perfect three Minions on board my head |
| 3953s | was initially thinking you |
| 3955s | hang up one one and that could have left |
| 3957s | you a Renault still alive but you know |
| 3960s | you have to chew through the talk one |
| 3962s | way or the other and this feels uh like |
| 3964s | a decent enough way there come back the |
| 3967s | minions the future has arrived and |
| 3970s | habogaboo is well and truly dead |
| 3973s | that's right |
| 3975s | I forgot about all the Minions returning |
| 3978s | from the future if Mighty had taken the |
| 3980s | trade of mutinous into the 5-5 instead I |
| 3982s | actually think spammy Arcanist would |
| 3984s | have cleared if not the entire board put |
| 3987s | a lot of damage into the mutinous so |
| 3989s | mighty I think heavily rewarded for that |
| 3991s | last trade decision he took here taking |
| 3995s | his first loss uh it was a pretty |
| 3998s | unfortunate mid-game Paladin draw I want |
| 4000s | to say but that is just what happens |
| 4002s | sometimes when you're running runneth |
| 4004s | all and the early game was very solid |
| 4006s | for him |
| 4011s | the victory meaning that we could be |
| 4014s | getting closer to that Paladin mirror |
| 4016s | not quite yet as it's going to be |
| 4017s | nonsense of a slightly different order |
| 4019s | here with the the jackpot Rogue for |
| 4022s | Mighty uh again a deck that worked well |
| 4025s | for uh dead draw was it yesterday that |
| 4027s | we saw mainly piloting this one and uh |
| 4031s | he's got the double vile Apothecary in |
| 4034s | there which is a card that I didn't |
| 4035s | necessarily expect to see all too much |
| 4037s | more of because it became pretty clear |
| 4039s | after a day or two of testing the |
| 4041s | concoction builds of Rogue that is Far |
| 4043s | and Away the weakest of the concoction |
| 4046s | Synergy cards |
| 4048s | right in terms of generation it probably |
| 4051s | only gives you one and it costs three as |
| 4054s | opposed to concoctor costing one it's |
| 4055s | also random not a discover so I |
| 4058s | understand why a lot of people have cut |
| 4059s | it but it is value One Way or Another |
| 4062s | and that could be necessarily necessary |
| 4066s | to go Toe to Toe against the Paladin |
| 4068s | habu's starting hand with the Knight of |
| 4071s | anointment is looking pretty solid uh |
| 4074s | there's the option to keep carry out if |
| 4076s | he wants but most instances you will see |
| 4078s | her anyway just by playing order in the |
| 4080s | cart later on so I don't mind tossing it |
| 4085s | foreign |
| 4096s | [Music] |
| 4107s | combination but starting with the |
| 4110s | Warlock hero power is amazing for the |
| 4112s | matchup |
| 4114s | yeah he does I mean he's okay for the |
| 4117s | moment but he does need to pay some |
| 4118s | amount of attention to uh board control |
| 4120s | you can't just keep tapping and trading |
| 4122s | away for the entire early game Because |
| 4124s | unless you find nulls uh it can be a |
| 4126s | little bit difficult to pull things back |
| 4128s | uh but given this is a relatively slow |
| 4131s | start uh from habagabu mighty should be |
| 4134s | just fine |
| 4136s | you can always keep tapping in my book |
| 4142s | well |
| 4144s | I do still think he can afford one more |
| 4147s | tap here |
| 4148s | but he disagrees just going to trade |
| 4150s | away and I guess played jackpot |
| 4153s | um The Jig Is up he's a rogue |
| 4156s | and another alignment why is that I was |
| 4159s | coming off of jackpot these games |
| 4162s | Blood Plus not bad though just as a |
| 4164s | surprise big burst of damage that can |
| 4166s | come sometimes catch a paladin of God |
| 4169s | absolutely there's quite a lot of good |
| 4171s | outcomes from Recon colossals from |
| 4174s | azshara that synergize well with |
| 4176s | bloodlust as well too heavy yeah |
| 4179s | oh there he is |
| 4183s | and honestly it's a decent hand to just |
| 4185s | let rip with the Jailer a little bit |
| 4188s | later on right |
| 4190s | alignment this turn no shot |
| 4194s | no shot |
| 4197s | huh |
| 4199s | about it I mean obviously it makes |
| 4201s | future stashes pretty weird but |
| 4205s | I could technically go for bone Spike no |
| 4211s | that's not that good yeah don't mind me |
| 4214s | you're not just go jackpot again like |
| 4217s | this hand is screaming for a good big |
| 4220s | spell |
| 4223s | ow okay |
| 4226s | is there a handspace concern if you had |
| 4227s | got another jackpot I don't know |
| 4230s | oh gigafen though |
| 4233s | yeah making another appearance and it |
| 4235s | it's always gonna be good it's just a |
| 4237s | snap pick and the vast majority of |
| 4239s | instances |
| 4240s | this is so filthy generating this |
| 4247s | seven moves I mean even if it's just for |
| 4250s | the uh sorry for the hyper late game |
| 4252s | right that's now a contingency planned |
| 4253s | verse uh jailer exactly in the current |
| 4256s | weather you're either a duck that is |
| 4258s | very much reliant on a couple big |
| 4261s | threats on board or a deck that does |
| 4263s | Combos and this Paladin is super reliant |
| 4266s | on board presence actually you got the |
| 4268s | win and so it follows prey to mutinous |
| 4272s | quite heavily |
| 4274s | is backbreaking though for Mighty having |
| 4276s | to take a turn off of active minion |
| 4280s | development here gets The Alchemist |
| 4283s | through it as a nice investment for a |
| 4285s | future potion not a big deal for now |
| 4288s | yeah it's a little slow a little clunky |
| 4291s | in terms of the expenditure for Mighty |
| 4293s | but to be fair the benefit of holding on |
| 4295s | to that shadow of demise and not using |
| 4297s | it for jackpot even if it slows him down |
| 4299s | doesn't give him that High Roll |
| 4301s | potential of hitting the perfect big |
| 4302s | spell for the trickster means he can go |
| 4305s | azshara with the prep he could play the |
| 4307s | horn on the same turn now that Smooths |
| 4310s | things over very nicely and then he can |
| 4312s | go for a second horn into a second |
| 4313s | colossal well along the way |
| 4317s | dry smile from Habu seeing the gigafen |
| 4320s | here obviously it's not for max value at |
| 4323s | this turn but I think it's totally |
| 4324s | reasonable for a mighty to use it at |
| 4327s | this instance you can |
| 4329s | um just follow up with Contraband stash |
| 4332s | for a replayed one even without the |
| 4333s | Battle Cry value it's just getting quite |
| 4336s | a lot of Borg presence |
| 4339s | you do however sometimes forget that |
| 4341s | there is actually a death rattle on |
| 4343s | gigapin given that so often players just |
| 4345s | can see as soon as it comes down but |
| 4347s | here we get to see it got to be the horn |
| 4350s | here gotta be the prep and then who |
| 4352s | knows maybe gigafin number two |
| 4361s | stuff you don't mind getting back from |
| 4363s | Contraband stash |
| 4366s | is a bloodlust fuel for sure |
| 4371s | [Laughter] |
| 4374s | AIDS |
| 4375s | probably runneth all trade |
| 4378s | I'll never go over that all the |
| 4380s | colossals have these awesome extra limbs |
| 4382s | and stuff and for KO like it's just his |
| 4384s | butt sticking out behind it's so |
| 4386s | unfortunate |
| 4389s | hey that butt gives him immune |
| 4396s | all right we have quality but no City |
| 4398s | talks or consecration to go with it so |
| 4401s | best next option is then |
| 4408s | I need to trade into the ghoul not ideal |
| 4412s | yeah |
| 4415s | you're not wrong there's not much else |
| 4420s | better break points on for Quality loss |
| 4425s | I mean you have coin |
| 4427s | Varian does that overdraw you |
| 4430s | uh one next turn |
| 4436s | I feel like the Leviathan is clean |
| 4437s | enough here okay let's move quickly |
| 4446s | not ideal of the damage break points but |
| 4451s | I have to do for an okay oh there we go |
| 4456s | Samurai not bad either yeah that's a |
| 4459s | proc |
| 4466s | ESS all right Mighty has quite a bit of |
| 4470s | a scary board to stare down but his |
| 4473s | Contraband stash is getting him two |
| 4475s | colossals at the moment |
| 4479s | correct |
| 4481s | we could reapply immunity to this Cola |
| 4484s | kind of |
| 4485s | think that does anything especially |
| 4488s | useful right now not particularly going |
| 4490s | to go ahead with the horn |
| 4492s | get another colossal and potentially |
| 4494s | Replay that immediately with Hunter van |
| 4497s | stash but that is a neutral |
| 4502s | yeah that's pretty bad |
| 4504s | I always have to take a second I know I |
| 4507s | always forget exactly how ozomat works |
| 4509s | I'm like okay it destroys something do |
| 4511s | you have to destroy the tentacles |
| 4512s | destroy the body shallow step it but |
| 4515s | yeah no with no way to immediately clear |
| 4517s | off the board with that it does just |
| 4519s | kind of suck I mean it's something right |
| 4521s | it's still a ton of your presence and he |
| 4529s | probably will not spoilers |
| 4538s | but just be stash honestly |
| 4542s | very weak to equality at that point but |
| 4544s | so is every other play |
| 4548s | man really unsure |
| 4550s | new Colac new gigafin |
| 4557s | all going to be wiped away |
| 4564s | can you ever get away with four |
| 4567s | Quelf the last and uh |
| 4572s | and Samurai |
| 4574s | hmm almost |
| 4577s | yeah it's just awkward because you have |
| 4579s | to then trade eight damage on the on the |
| 4583s | bus first before cleaning up whereas the |
| 4587s | quality you only need to trade on okanie |
| 4589s | in |
| 4594s | hmm |
| 4597s | Abu was leaning playing Samurai first |
| 4599s | though it looks like which means it |
| 4601s | could just be a call to loss angle |
| 4604s | yeah I guess starting with the dredge |
| 4605s | because you can then draw immediately |
| 4607s | whatever you get |
| 4612s | wow yes found it okay |
| 4615s | [Music] |
| 4621s | so now that you mentioned it the |
| 4622s | breakpoints are not awkward at all |
| 4624s | yeah pretty clean a bit of damaged face |
| 4626s | but I think that is fine for Habu |
| 4631s | oh bronze flight as well absolutely |
| 4633s | fantastic |
| 4635s | he just needs to accrue value right he's |
| 4637s | got Carol he's got Jayla now it's just |
| 4640s | about drawing the cards in his deck as |
| 4643s | quickly as possible with the variance |
| 4644s | soon as well and then you just probably |
| 4646s | let rip with the Jailer now that you've |
| 4648s | seen gigafin it's uh it's gonna be tough |
| 4651s | for him to get the Battle Cry active on |
| 4654s | the same turn right like it's possible |
| 4657s | with Contraband stash step it back as |
| 4660s | well but to do it on the same turn you |
| 4661s | need to prep somewhere in there |
| 4666s | armor Smith |
| 4671s | owes him up yeah but so much damage left |
| 4674s | on board and another draw to be had from |
| 4677s | the Leviathan |
| 4683s | yeah |
| 4686s | I guarantee he's just reading the color |
| 4689s | text over and over and again on azimat |
| 4691s | and like come on this card isn't that |
| 4693s | bad surely there has to be a mistake |
| 4696s | foreign |
| 4705s | I wonder if he was thinking about you |
| 4707s | know having played future side and that |
| 4710s | Grimace was because he destroyed the |
| 4711s | minion before playing |
| 4719s | right Habu has 20 damage on board |
| 4724s | uh mighty at 38 |
| 4736s | it's just annoying because there's a |
| 4737s | certain amount of uh |
| 4739s | unknown information for habogabu whereby |
| 4742s | equality plus uh what is the quality |
| 4746s | into a clear would usually be like fine |
| 4748s | for him because Roe can't deal small |
| 4750s | iterations of damage but there's uh |
| 4752s | unknown spells in hand that could be |
| 4755s | some way to deal with a low Health Board |
| 4759s | oh wow |
| 4760s | wow wow I have to imagine that drones is |
| 4765s | better than Deathwing yeah our hardships |
| 4767s | I mean with Jailer as well then acronos |
| 4770s | is actually kind of sick right you can |
| 4772s | just send them into the future Jailer |
| 4774s | and then get them all back Invincible oh |
| 4776s | that's a combo |
| 4781s | oh how we paying full Credence to board |
| 4783s | control here |
| 4786s | making sure that ozamat doesn't get |
| 4789s | anything from its death rattle giving up |
| 4791s | quite a lot of face damage here but he |
| 4794s | has gotten the read that Mighty just |
| 4796s | doesn't have good board control options |
| 4799s | best he has is putress side potentially |
| 4803s | oh that's not a gigafen |
| 4811s | ing |
| 4813s | yeah almost material and bloodlust in |
| 4816s | 2022 this is like a museum |
| 4822s | there's a reason not to play the |
| 4823s | armorsmith in that spot it's free but |
| 4826s | yeah sure getting your one armor |
| 4829s | oh no what's blue and red I don't know |
| 4832s | the colors that well of the concoctions |
| 4834s | yet I think that's deal three and add |
| 4836s | one to your hand and it costs three less |
| 4838s | okay |
| 4839s | is not bad |
| 4841s | it gets him another potion yeah that's |
| 4844s | another deal three |
| 4847s | choose two |
| 4849s | so the mixed one on the samurai first oh |
| 4853s | Tyrion |
| 4856s | put your faith in the light |
| 4863s | so bad order here in terms of missed |
| 4866s | armor but I still think it's correct to |
| 4868s | have played the armor Smith eventually |
| 4877s | so now it's like big picture time for |
| 4879s | Abu Gabby right because there's lots of |
| 4881s | good plays in a generic sense here with |
| 4884s | just uh Varian is fine like playing two |
| 4887s | Astor laws is fine I don't know school |
| 4889s | teacher carry all right you can you can |
| 4890s | do whatever you want in terms of |
| 4891s | spending your stats but is this going to |
| 4894s | be a Jailer game and if so how do we |
| 4896s | best set up for that is I guess the big |
| 4898s | question right |
| 4900s | I kind of thought it looked decent just |
| 4903s | to play it down here |
| 4905s | he has Reno he is currently Carol and |
| 4908s | how does Rogue deal with oh like this |
| 4911s | board outside of another generated |
| 4913s | gigafen it's not as though a gigafen |
| 4915s | replayed by Tess or Contraband stash |
| 4918s | would actually clear the board |
| 4920s | true I'm running out of time I guess |
| 4923s | it's just something is yeah yeah scabs |
| 4926s | is scary and he's winning |
| 4928s | regardless so heavily right now he |
| 4930s | doesn't need to I would say so heavily |
| 4932s | but he's winning right now so there's no |
| 4933s | need to take uh these uh fairly |
| 4935s | unnecessary risks |
| 4941s | oh where's the order |
| 4952s | all right |
| 4955s | second next concoction is d03 and summon |
| 4958s | correct |
| 4960s | man snapping the two so let's see what |
| 4963s | we can get out of this |
| 4965s | [Music] |
| 4966s | I guess okay getting that in the pool is |
| 4969s | not bad right to be able to potentially |
| 4971s | answer like Jayla again later on because |
| 4975s | that does work right even though it's a |
| 4976s | targeted spell and targeted spells can't |
| 4979s | Target Invincible minions if it's random |
| 4981s | I think it can I'm pretty sure |
| 4987s | but not 100 |
| 4998s | not great Generations from idea here he |
| 5001s | is slowly but surely running out of |
| 5003s | value and that is exactly what abu's |
| 5006s | game plan revolves around uh conscious |
| 5008s | consciously passing up on Jailer means |
| 5010s | that Habu intends to win just bye |
| 5014s | and that is a very reasonable game plan |
| 5017s | here |
| 5019s | close to exhausting Mighty and even |
| 5021s | though Habu doesn't know what came off |
| 5023s | of that first jackpot feel like he can |
| 5025s | have a decent read that it's nothing |
| 5027s | relevant if it's if it's been this many |
| 5029s | turns of both the cards being stuck in |
| 5031s | hand |
| 5035s | and now things really just come to an |
| 5037s | absolute grinding hope for mighty |
| 5042s | no car draw offered |
| 5044s | no real good card off of the hazy |
| 5048s | concoction either |
| 5051s | oh man this hurts |
| 5055s | okay |
| 5058s | outcome sure yeah |
| 5064s | uh but then equality |
| 5068s | ask that Laura is that just lethal wow |
| 5071s | it is yeah |
| 5074s | tight isn't it but it'll do it Paladin |
| 5076s | getting over the line wow |
| 5080s | exact as well a real Rocky game that you |
| 5086s | know Mighty seemed to have a pretty |
| 5087s | decent opener building up a lot of |
| 5089s | resources using that warlock hero power |
| 5091s | but still couldn't go toe-to-toe with |
| 5094s | the generations from Paladin and the |
| 5096s | quality of the card draw from Habu as I |
| 5099s | forget to have my life and a very |
| 5102s | professional nice job Gia |
| 5105s | it's all right we're doing the the best |
| 5107s | of hits of apag GM for getting to turn |
| 5110s | your lights back on Mighty having an |
| 5112s | absolute mayor of a game of hearthstone |
| 5113s | the hill inevitably end up winning in |
| 5115s | the long run anyway it's all the good |
| 5117s | stuff |
| 5118s | you just need to start the next match |
| 5120s | muted Derek don't forget hey come on I'm |
| 5124s | so good one time we're just calling it |
| 5127s | Apex best hits yeah yeah yeah okay well |
| 5130s | I mean I will just offer nothing of |
| 5131s | value for the entire broadcast |
| 5135s | oh come on don't sell yourself short |
| 5137s | dark it's my last cast I'm not gonna be |
| 5139s | a bully I'm gonna say whatever |
| 5143s | thank you thank you all of this peer |
| 5145s | pressure from the other casters to give |
| 5147s | my co-caster insults consistency it's |
| 5150s | not me I'm done |
| 5153s | I'm nice |
| 5155s | all right game four coming in now with |
| 5158s | habugabu only having the priest left uh |
| 5162s | with which to win uh and uh got bad news |
| 5166s | for all involved it is the quest priest |
| 5168s | which I've managed to avoid thus far but |
| 5171s | in terms of How It's stacking up against |
| 5173s | the rest of the decks here we've got |
| 5175s | Paladin for Mighty which is going to be |
| 5177s | a very interesting matchup and then the |
| 5178s | Rogue as well which is uh |
| 5181s | you actually I would say fairly |
| 5183s | difficult matchups to predict given that |
| 5186s | like Rogue is innately very |
| 5189s | unpredictable with the amount of random |
| 5190s | spells that are being generated it can |
| 5192s | be incredibly high value or quite low |
| 5194s | value depending on how the game goes |
| 5196s | through and this control Paladin |
| 5199s | also quite difficult because it's not |
| 5202s | the traditional build right with the |
| 5205s | Jailer in there as well |
| 5207s | right it has a kazaka-san wind condition |
| 5210s | that with the |
| 5212s | um heavy Dragon package here a lot of |
| 5214s | the new cards featuring number well |
| 5216s | banachronos uh daring Drake and time |
| 5219s | Warden plenty of ways to make sure the |
| 5221s | kazaka-san is activated and then Order |
| 5224s | in the Court to make sure that it is |
| 5226s | found alongside Caryl in a timely |
| 5228s | fashion and it's interesting how this |
| 5231s | lines up against Quest priest in |
| 5232s | particular because there's this other |
| 5234s | question of what type of control priest |
| 5236s | do you bring to the tournament some |
| 5237s | people are not running the quest some |
| 5239s | people are I feel like the quest is |
| 5241s | overall not so bad it's a bit harder to |
| 5244s | activate with the newer builds of |
| 5246s | priests where you don't generally want |
| 5248s | to play your cards all on curve but in |
| 5250s | very particular matchups having the |
| 5252s | purified Shard as a win condition is |
| 5255s | very very useful and one of those I |
| 5257s | would say is these other control Decks |
| 5259s | that are very slow don't have a lot of |
| 5261s | pressure and don't have a lot of ways to |
| 5263s | kill you early and the only form of |
| 5265s | disruption that I'm seeing from the |
| 5267s | palace is the atar Mad Duke so I feel |
| 5271s | like Habu having the quest in this list |
| 5274s | is a huge deal to help his chances in |
| 5277s | the matchup |
| 5278s | okay fair enough it'll be interesting to |
| 5281s | see I mean it's been a while since |
| 5284s | we've seen kazakasan at all uh come into |
| 5287s | play uh and you know while we remember |
| 5290s | some of the the big hitters uh that |
| 5292s | you're trying to hit uh obviously no |
| 5294s | longer the what uh locusts they took |
| 5299s | that outright that was the the big one |
| 5300s | back in the day but uh Rod still being |
| 5303s | incredibly powerful indeed |
| 5305s | um I think the main thing that I forget |
| 5306s | is just how quickly it can kill your |
| 5309s | opponent right because this deck does |
| 5311s | not have that much disruption for the |
| 5314s | quest priest yes there's the ataram |
| 5316s | mutinous but there's a lot of minions in |
| 5317s | the Paladin so it's not necessarily that |
| 5319s | likely that you'd be able to snipe off |
| 5321s | kazakazan or the other key rewards from |
| 5323s | kazakasan and so Habu Gabi does need to |
| 5326s | get moving pretty quickly I I want to |
| 5329s | say with the quest portion of this deck |
| 5331s | in order to close it out as soon as |
| 5333s | possible I will argue there is still one |
| 5336s | other main piece of disruption in Mr |
| 5338s | plague spreader himself good point this |
| 5342s | one is something that you can replay the |
| 5345s | effect of with zirella if you're running |
| 5348s | amulet as well |
| 5350s | don't think Habu is but even just one or |
| 5353s | two effects of these if it hits a dragon |
| 5355s | it might mean that the kazakazan is not |
| 5357s | altogether active for Mighty in the end |
| 5359s | even if you don't hit itself |
| 5362s | yeah it's just overall a much less |
| 5365s | greedy build of |
| 5368s | the quest priest right not running the |
| 5370s | uh the new legendary which the Name |
| 5372s | Escapes Me of allowing you infinite |
| 5374s | Shadow spells not running the amulets as |
| 5376s | you say as well |
| 5377s | um how dare you not recognize sister as |
| 5380s | well now that's the only deck I played |
| 5381s | on day one was the radius |
| 5385s | I don't know how you pronounce it but no |
| 5387s | no I trust you yeah |
| 5391s | it's a good card in a bad deck which I |
| 5395s | played all of day one but when you say |
| 5398s | it's a good card I think you mean it's |
| 5400s | not a good card |
| 5403s | infinite value though |
| 5405s | oh man Trump is quaking in his wee boots |
| 5408s | at the thought of it |
| 5411s | all right opening hand for Habu not the |
| 5416s | worst he has Cathedral and tries to |
| 5418s | continue cycling through the deck but |
| 5419s | mighties is looking more promising with |
| 5421s | that astralar nice and early the |
| 5424s | Bannerman and perhaps most importantly |
| 5426s | Order in the Court to guarantee that he |
| 5428s | will see Caril and kazaka-san really and |
| 5431s | straight away right we talk about Quest |
| 5433s | progression coming quickly being the |
| 5435s | main win condition here for Habu does it |
| 5438s | come in the form of Shadowood ruin on |
| 5440s | curve here it's like it's a really quick |
| 5443s | Quest completion but boy is that a |
| 5446s | powerful card that you're just throwing |
| 5448s | into the wind here |
| 5450s | yeah I mean against Paladin if they |
| 5453s | haven't gotten a huge hand buff start I |
| 5455s | don't actually think the ruin is |
| 5457s | particularly powerful that card is very |
| 5459s | much in the deck to deal with Boone |
| 5461s | priest dropper Rogue Etc so I think it's |
| 5464s | even though painful to play for Mana do |
| 5467s | nothing progressing the quest is the |
| 5469s | main uh priority for Habu here lets him |
| 5473s | get to Spirit Guide which continues to |
| 5475s | progress even further he has the 567 and |
| 5479s | uh just needs to survive a bit longer |
| 5482s | until he can get to Blackwater be human |
| 5484s | and stabilize oh my God I mean this is |
| 5487s | another Banger on now that's what I call |
| 5489s | APAC Grand Masters because you just said |
| 5491s | how priest players don't necessarily |
| 5493s | want to play on curve anymore and then |
| 5496s | the very next game happy just goes one |
| 5499s | through eight one card a turn perfect |
| 5502s | Mana expenditure into xirella on turn |
| 5505s | nine this is literally as fast as it's |
| 5507s | possible to complete the priest Quest |
| 5509s | but it's not as though he'll be |
| 5512s | uninterrupted right time being true |
| 5514s | quite a lot of pressure that mighty's |
| 5516s | putting forward even to the point where |
| 5517s | he is willing to aggressively the |
| 5520s | equality to push all of this damage |
| 5524s | and yeah there's no condemn in habu's |
| 5528s | list so not too many punishes for |
| 5530s | actually self-equality and |
| 5534s | Salama theater surely |
| 5544s | power zarella cop out I don't know |
| 5551s | what knowledge his opponent did |
| 5554s | something this game smooth |
| 5560s | and the Amber welp's still not active |
| 5562s | for mighty No Other dragons in hand but |
| 5566s | even if he's just to play two other |
| 5568s | three drops this turn it's board |
| 5570s | presence |
| 5582s | catcher I'd rather play that than a |
| 5585s | Viper this turn |
| 5588s | hmm |
| 5591s | would you rather play a |
| 5592s | indicator though what's he got left in |
| 5595s | his deck is it just |
| 5597s | oh no it's water quality and one Order |
| 5600s | in the Court okay because if you could |
| 5601s | guarantee order in the core I'd consider |
| 5604s | that very heavily |
| 5605s | um |
| 5606s | oh yeah this does activate the world |
| 5609s | oh true that's cute |
| 5612s | not that the wealth is particularly good |
| 5615s | this turn lacks more particularly cute |
| 5618s | yeah |
| 5620s | kind of disgusting |
| 5630s | and now |
| 5632s | is perhaps the theater turn |
| 5635s | it's the progress Quest |
| 5637s | I think I'm eyeing up that Behemoth here |
| 5640s | it feels like a really nice Tempo swing |
| 5643s | hmm |
| 5650s | but the quests |
| 5652s | Holly of course is five and then six |
| 5655s | nine seven and eight yeah sorry I I |
| 5656s | forgot it's okay in that case I agree |
| 5662s | sure |
| 5667s | and that's a proactive eight in case he |
| 5669s | didn't want to go for a Whirlpool |
| 5673s | well the pike spread is Juicy but |
| 5675s | desperate prayer gives him so much |
| 5677s | breathing room yeah I think I agree with |
| 5679s | this yeah |
| 5682s | I'm in the near future to play plague |
| 5684s | spreader |
| 5685s | true |
| 5688s | I had Loki it's like kind of good for |
| 5690s | his opponent to be able to play his own |
| 5692s | plague spreader afterwards and start |
| 5693s | destroying the ask the Lord this is |
| 5696s | potentially in his hand as well |
| 5700s | not a fan of plague people in this game |
| 5706s | um |
| 5707s | what can Mighty get from sketchy |
| 5709s | stranger an objection |
| 5711s | can that help I mean It's gotta be good |
| 5713s | against Quest priest right |
| 5716s | where you followed |
| 5720s | perjury can get an objection |
| 5724s | uh there's something so cursed about |
| 5725s | playing sketchy Stranger in Paladin I |
| 5727s | don't know exactly why but not seeing a |
| 5729s | paladin secret offered it's just not |
| 5731s | right |
| 5734s | it's something sketchy |
| 5737s | yeah true |
| 5740s | all right it's time the deck has been |
| 5742s | ordered kazaka-san can appear not active |
| 5746s | though not even close |
| 5749s | you know I'm actually I've been thinking |
| 5751s | about this for the last few minutes I'm |
| 5752s | drawing a complete blank what did |
| 5754s | kazakhan's effect used to be I know what |
| 5756s | it is now but I've just forgotten like |
| 5758s | if your deck has no dragon so if your |
| 5760s | deck was empty it functions oh it was no |
| 5763s | dragons okay |
| 5765s | or sorry if also if your Ducks minions |
| 5768s | remaining are only dragons oh yeah that |
| 5772s | was it okay okay uh but yeah that |
| 5776s | affected it in such a way where if your |
| 5778s | deck is empty then |
| 5780s | somehow all your minions yeah yeah yeah |
| 5782s | yeah girl I don't know |
| 5784s | normally you just have to draw your |
| 5786s | entire deck but I was like was it the |
| 5787s | Reno effect so I can't remember but yeah |
| 5790s | now four dragons does seem a lot more |
| 5792s | sensible |
| 5801s | and that's the quest done for Habu |
| 5804s | insanely fast right because I'm not |
| 5807s | active carry all doing a whole load of |
| 5809s | nothing for Mighty and so for Habu it's |
| 5813s | a matter of can he get to the purified |
| 5816s | shard in a timely fashion he has thrive |
| 5818s | in the shadows to try and watch for it |
| 5820s | at least one tradable |
| 5822s | and can potentially get more card draw |
| 5824s | from Identity Theft |
| 5827s | no uh no theater as well for Mighty is |
| 5829s | just straight up not in the list no |
| 5831s | mutinous either |
| 5833s | you must be sick if you got like the |
| 5836s | Holy Night from identity theft and that |
| 5839s | Drew the fear of my chart |
| 5842s | oh yeah that would be a cool interaction |
| 5853s | good oh my God this is disgusting this |
| 5858s | is like the best possible hand |
| 5860s | it just goes fishing every which way |
| 5864s | okay that's a whiff |
| 5866s | yeah lighted Burns not gonna scoff at |
| 5868s | that though |
| 5871s | okay he is not gonna offend me here I |
| 5873s | think probably gonna try with the |
| 5875s | identity thefts first basically exhaust |
| 5877s | this hand of all its options for a card |
| 5879s | draw before he goes for the Finley |
| 5886s | Kazakhstan doesn't have any disruption |
| 5888s | right there's no |
| 5890s | anybody palette and spell you can get |
| 5893s | off of uh |
| 5894s | cool teacher either |
| 5896s | there's a natural theater in the deck |
| 5899s | but that's not doing anything anymore |
| 5900s | post zyrana |
| 5903s | is there oh okay oh sorry there is one |
| 5906s | theater the deck track was being weird I |
| 5909s | guess it could do something if habuz met |
| 5911s | with a turn where he has to end with the |
| 5913s | Chardon hand but not play it |
| 5916s | that's Carol okay another family |
| 5920s | probably the car |
| 5926s | all these spells for priests |
| 5929s | uh purified child go |
| 5939s | oh |
| 5939s | [Music] |
| 5945s | that just kind of adds insult to injury |
| 5947s | probably spin condition is set he |
| 5949s | doesn't need to disrupt Mighty that much |
| 5950s | more right yeah is mighty's still what's |
| 5954s | it one dragon off of playing Kazakhstan |
| 5956s | and all these minions oh my God from the |
| 5959s | past |
| 5961s | oh sorry the cause is active my bad our |
| 5963s | hardships finally yeah |
| 5975s | oh yeah spygloss does a copyright it |
| 5977s | doesn't steal the original card |
| 5980s | of kazakazan |
| 5985s | yeah there really is nothing |
| 5989s | perjury for counter spell for the shark |
| 5992s | oh okay now we're talking |
| 5996s | [Music] |
| 5998s | even though there's a desperate prayer |
| 6000s | literally in hand but yeah that would be |
| 6003s | sick |
| 6004s | another eight pack classic of racking |
| 6006s | our brains for whatever ridiculous hour |
| 6009s | either player |
| 6012s | not very true |
| 6018s | Shard created uh this could still be |
| 6022s | kidnap sack from Hubble's perspective so |
| 6025s | not good enough |
| 6029s | foreign |
| 6035s | because I thought he would go |
| 6038s | um |
| 6039s | bicker into Finley but potentially |
| 6041s | habu's just completely playing around |
| 6043s | theater by not leaving any instance |
| 6046s | where The Shard could end in his hand |
| 6048s | unplayed which right exactly create that |
| 6051s | situation |
| 6052s | yeah that's a good point |
| 6054s | but after he sees because surely he |
| 6057s | knows he doesn't have horses in time |
| 6059s | right or does he because he's curiel now |
| 6063s | oh Spyglass I mean it doesn't steal the |
| 6067s | purified shot but it could get it if for |
| 6070s | whatever reason they don't play it for a |
| 6073s | turn I don't know I don't know man I'm |
| 6075s | just trying to think of it anything |
| 6077s | pretty garbage so sure yeah true |
| 6081s | distant not good |
| 6084s | and these are bad these are terrible |
| 6087s | wax rager that's never gonna be relevant |
| 6092s | putting on it there are any of these |
| 6094s | running out of time |
| 6096s | what is going on this card sucks |
| 6102s | are you sure this was the matter a few |
| 6104s | months ago |
| 6106s | oh God I remember it well |
| 6112s | yeah miserable options for mighty pretty |
| 6115s | much a Sitting Duck and the best he has |
| 6119s | is |
| 6120s | all of these Treasures right not even |
| 6122s | the option to find theater anymore the |
| 6124s | deck has been replaced |
| 6126s | so little does Habu know he could safely |
| 6128s | end with the purified shard in hand |
| 6136s | Goods |
| 6142s | let's cover a secret weapon or Divine |
| 6145s | Shield meaning okay so Habu is a paladin |
| 6147s | now technically as well right so he's |
| 6150s | back on discovering Paladin stuff |
| 6156s | swap in with anything else but |
| 6159s | yeah |
| 6160s | is there a secret that helps him draw |
| 6163s | not quite |
| 6171s | it looks like Habu is determined to |
| 6173s | naturally Outlast all of the kazaka-san |
| 6176s | treasures though he's not gonna fish for |
| 6178s | purified Shard with Finley because from |
| 6180s | his perspective there could still be a |
| 6182s | theater in mighty's hand and that's the |
| 6183s | one way he loses |
| 6186s | but technically as Carol |
| 6189s | and with all of these removable options |
| 6191s | in hand I don't think there is any |
| 6193s | combination of treasures that Habu could |
| 6195s | theoretically lose things |
| 6198s | except for Army of orcas go |
| 6208s | and this is awfully unimpressive |
| 6211s | it's so bad |
| 6214s | yeah even if Mighty had the Assistant |
| 6216s | Plus uh that four Mana Spell combination |
| 6220s | in hand yeah yeah yeah it just gets |
| 6222s | Whirlpool or shadow regruent |
| 6226s | well I haven't stopped teasing us come |
| 6229s | on |
| 6230s | get spindly with the Finley |
| 6233s | you will never do it if he hasn't done |
| 6235s | it by this yeah I know |
| 6243s | um for Hubble I guess the one thing he's |
| 6245s | thinking about also is whether he can |
| 6247s | safely slot in a mutinous turn which if |
| 6250s | it does Chomp |
| 6252s | from his perspective a theater then that |
| 6254s | would signal he's safer to go for Finley |
| 6256s | but the priority first is just clearing |
| 6259s | the board every single turn which the |
| 6261s | another Drake does nicely |
| 6264s | let's see let's see what's up |
| 6267s | toying with the finale I saw it light up |
| 6274s | there |
| 6277s | oh Army of plague spreaders |
| 6281s | get him pyromancer plague spreader come |
| 6284s | on that's just a cool play oh |
| 6287s | oh uh okay legendaries |
| 6290s | the reflections oh how do you make it |
| 6293s | work |
| 6295s | can't quite do it right you just tank |
| 6297s | the damage yeah yeah you're carry out |
| 6300s | it's okay oh my God this is hilarious |
| 6307s | playing people |
| 6316s | still nada |
| 6318s | was this not a Whirlpool oh okay |
| 6321s | well now he knows the full contents of |
| 6323s | mighty's hand |
| 6324s | oh no you don't want to Whirlpool right |
| 6326s | that gives them a board of legendaries |
| 6335s | oh |
| 6336s | my not remembering what Whirlpool does |
| 6339s | oh yeah sorry sorry for some reason it's |
| 6342s | not plague of death yeah it's not plague |
| 6344s | of death sorry yeah |
| 6347s | um |
| 6350s | light guide you could take a charge of |
| 6352s | his own pretty funny |
| 6355s | I mean I'm looking at just |
| 6356s | reflectionings those uh |
| 6358s | death rattled plague spreaders with the |
| 6360s | jars inside them already |
| 6363s | oh sneeze |
| 6366s | I mean they get big now though right |
| 6368s | news now playing your own canopic jars |
| 6371s | this day |
| 6372s | true true it's still pretty cute |
| 6377s | you get bigger but they don't have the |
| 6380s | legendary death battle |
| 6383s | oh |
| 6384s | Fork Master General whatever that card's |
| 6386s | name is you can steal your opponent's |
| 6388s | cards from them right |
| 6393s | foreign |
| 6408s | oh this is so ridiculous |
| 6412s | all face says mighty |
| 6414s | detour |
| 6419s | or saying Habu to go for Whirlpool slash |
| 6422s | Shadow word ruin yeah |
| 6427s | or drawing a card on his turn |
| 6430s | on he knows theater isn't a thing yeah |
| 6432s | yeah it's eliminated even if the turn is |
| 6435s | Naru all face Whirlpool Finlay yep that |
| 6440s | works is here |
| 6445s | but what if the shot is the next card in |
| 6447s | his deck |
| 6464s | it's taking notes making sure there is |
| 6466s | literally no way he can lose at this |
| 6468s | point remembering all the treasures |
| 6472s | doing his due diligence this is |
| 6474s | something that we've seen so many times |
| 6476s | from Habu right thinking of ways that he |
| 6479s | can lose that nobody else would think of |
| 6481s | he tries to make sure that |
| 6484s | 0.0001 percent itself doesn't exist yeah |
| 6488s | I think there's like one treasure he |
| 6489s | hasn't seen up until this point which I |
| 6492s | mean hey there you go an army of wax |
| 6494s | rages |
| 6496s | pretty cool uh |
| 6499s | |
| 6500s | they can also just be silenced away oh |
| 6505s | silence plus ruin is uh finally Finley |
| 6512s | I mean obviously I think you should but |
| 6514s | I've been saying that for a while like |
| 6516s | habaga is surely seeing something that |
| 6519s | we're not right probably won't fit me |
| 6522s | until the number of cards in his hand is |
| 6524s | equal to what's left in his deck so it |
| 6526s | is your risk of it you know what if it |
| 6528s | was the next card in the deck that's |
| 6530s | fair yeah because then you've got to |
| 6533s | work through all the other cards here |
| 6534s | it's weird |
| 6542s | just miserable for Mighty here nothing |
| 6545s | he can do even with the relatively early |
| 6548s | kazakasan there's just not much the fact |
| 6551s | that Habu picked up Carol for himself |
| 6553s | meant that he had so much free reign to |
| 6555s | play as safely as possible throughout |
| 6558s | the game play around theater play around |
| 6560s | every single treasure and not even see |
| 6563s | the purified Shard as mighty throws it |
| 6565s | down yeah finally says enough is enough |
| 6568s | with what Spyglass canopic jars and Dr |
| 6570s | boom's Boombox like |
| 6573s | uh I don't know with Spyglass I want to |
| 6575s | say there's like there's a 0.01 chance |
| 6579s | for your opponent to just be an idiot |
| 6581s | like maybe you have a gabu uh starts |
| 6584s | drawing cards too soon I guess that's |
| 6586s | the other thing that can happen is if |
| 6587s | you |
| 6588s | draw cards on your turn if he still had |
| 6590s | spy glass you could lose to that |
| 6593s | right is the one way that they get Shard |
| 6595s | which is another reason why Abigail is |
| 6597s | not drawing cards on his turn and not |
| 6599s | playing Finley quite wisely uh just you |
| 6603s | know as you said it's classic Abu Gabby |
| 6605s | who thinks of these Niche outs that can |
| 6606s | possibly happen and he turns a 90 game |
| 6609s | into a 99 game into a 100 game as we see |
| 6613s | him take the win there that is right so |
| 6616s | for the first series of the day habugabu |
| 6619s | is going to move on to the winners match |
| 6621s | while it Mighty unfortunately drops down |
| 6623s | to the elimination match and we will |
| 6627s | soon see who is joining Habu in the |
| 6629s | winners match and from there find out |
| 6632s | who is booking their first ticket from |
| 6633s | today through to the quarter finals |
| 6636s | tomorrow things are proceeding very |
| 6638s | nicely darek we have already sent four |
| 6641s | people through to the quarterfinals |
| 6643s | can't wait to see who rounds out that |
| 6645s | latter half |
| 6646s | yep I haven't gotta be looking like a |
| 6648s | very strong Contender to do so right now |
| 6650s | his play |
| 6652s | as is always the case looking absolutely |
| 6654s | spot on Mighty I will say I think his |
| 6656s | play for the most part was looking uh |
| 6658s | fine there in that game uh you know no |
| 6661s | real big mistakes that we couldn't pick |
| 6664s | up on I don't think it's really just his |
| 6666s | decks felt like they let him down to be |
| 6667s | perfectly honest the Paladin really |
| 6669s | looking underwhelming uh and the Rogue |
| 6672s | admittedly was not a great draw like |
| 6674s | we've seen that this build of Rogue is a |
| 6675s | good deck so I'm not going to rag on him |
| 6677s | for that one |
| 6678s | um but yeah an unfortunate result for |
| 6680s | Mighty needs to turn things around in |
| 6682s | the elimination match against either xmg |
| 6684s | or possessy |
| 6686s | oh man this is turning out to be a |
| 6689s | fantastic group |
| 6690s | absolutely very much looking forward to |
| 6692s | watching xmg versus possessive possessy |
| 6695s | being in this tournament at all is just |
| 6697s | such a huge Story one of the few people |
| 6700s | who has ever had even the chance of |
| 6702s | getting a back-to-back World |
| 6704s | Championship win and he is very much in |
| 6707s | contention to make history yet again |
| 6709s | looking forward to it for sure |
| 6712s | all right well with that said and done |
| 6714s | we're going to go to the second initial |
| 6715s | match of Group C after this short break |
| 6718s | we'll be back with xmg first possessing |
| 6724s | [Music] |
| 6729s | thank you |
| 6736s | [Music] |
| 6739s | cats or dogs ah dogs |
| 6744s | messy or tidy |
| 6747s | Missy |
| 6748s | call or text |
| 6752s | fixed |
| 6754s | roller coasters or bumper cars |
| 6757s | roller coasters every time |
| 6759s | scary movie or funny movie |
| 6763s | funny movie |
| 6764s | snowball fight or water balloon fight |
| 6768s | snowball fight |
| 6771s | [Music] |
| 6783s | [Music] |
| 6788s | would you rather fight a horse or a |
| 6792s | hundred ducks |
| 6795s | a hundred Ducks okay pasta or rice |
| 6800s | okay and a non-biased one because of |
| 6803s | who's asking Raven or subtle |
| 6807s | that's a tough one um |
| 6810s | I'm afraid I have to say subtle |
| 6814s | uh strawberry ice cream or chocolate ice |
| 6816s | cream |
| 6817s | not a big fan of either but if I had to |
| 6820s | pick one it would be strawberry |
| 6822s | okay uh social time or alone time |
| 6828s | a long time okay winter or summer |
| 6833s | winter |
| 6836s | [Music] |
| 6852s | [Music] |
| 6859s | [Music] |
| 6867s | foreign |
| 6870s | [Music] |
| 6910s | foreign |
| 6914s | [Music] |
| 6923s | Hello everybody welcome back to the |
| 6924s | Hearthstone World Championship my name |
| 6926s | is TJ I'm joined by Neil lemon de Bond |
| 6928s | AKA Neil Lorinda |
| 6931s | Bond yeah how you doing today buddy |
| 6934s | doing great had some sleep managed to |
| 6936s | get to sleep over the excitement of |
| 6938s | yesterday's long but really really |
| 6940s | interesting show and ready for a lot |
| 6943s | more of it today can't wait to get the |
| 6945s | world champion entering The Fray which |
| 6948s | is obviously what you want in any type |
| 6950s | of competitive game or sport |
| 6952s | that's right yeah we have X and G versus |
| 6955s | possessi the second initial match of |
| 6957s | Group C |
| 6959s | possessing coming in as the reigning |
| 6961s | world champion uh second year in a row |
| 6964s | where the reigning world champion has |
| 6966s | had an opportunity |
| 6968s | to defend his title butthole Neil I'm a |
| 6973s | little bit afraid for possessing this |
| 6975s | one possess the opting to bring a druid |
| 6977s | uh which has been a weak point of a few |
| 6979s | few players lineups |
| 6981s | um we did see like yarla go through |
| 6984s | yesterday but it was it was tough |
| 6987s | and was a little bit different of a deck |
| 6989s | right the 30 card more consistent |
| 6991s | variation of the sort of armor uh combo |
| 6995s | Druid but xmg is running the |
| 6997s | counter yeah I think so I think that's |
| 7000s | what it feels like yeah |
| 7003s | um yeah going into this tournament there |
| 7004s | were only |
| 7006s | four really obviously viable classes |
| 7010s | there's lots of decks available in those |
| 7011s | classes though and uh priest |
| 7019s | another jacket Priest No I'm done that's |
| 7024s | it in the broadcast we've done for the |
| 7026s | day we'll start again tomorrow for the |
| 7027s | finals |
| 7028s | um they're only four really really |
| 7030s | strong classes obviously people have |
| 7033s | brought Paladin especially in this group |
| 7034s | and and it was predictable that you |
| 7037s | could Target the Druid I think and this |
| 7039s | is what xmg's trying to take advantage |
| 7040s | well he's been a little bit unlucky in |
| 7042s | the group overall but this first match |
| 7045s | he has got a fantastic chance of just |
| 7048s | going straight through possessions Druid |
| 7049s | and not having to worry about the other |
| 7050s | games it's never as simple as it sounds |
| 7053s | especially with Druid Druid can just go |
| 7055s | ramp into very quick scales clear your |
| 7059s | board and then the game changes on its |
| 7060s | head instantly when they make all their |
| 7062s | armor but xmg who is an aggro player as |
| 7065s | it said in that cap in there with |
| 7067s | reliably informed that that is has sort |
| 7069s | of been what he has always done |
| 7072s | um yeah he's just bringing this stuff |
| 7075s | Tuttle would love this decklist it only |
| 7077s | fills one half of the board that's |
| 7078s | that's just a thing for subtle to talk |
| 7080s | about later I'm sure |
| 7083s | yeah |
| 7085s | I mean maybe if he gets to cast it we'll |
| 7087s | see uh X and G would have to win |
| 7090s | the winners match next which is almost |
| 7091s | casting uh which you know it's looking |
| 7094s | pretty good so |
| 7096s | um he's got the uh the pure Paladin |
| 7098s | which is just a board-based Agri deck |
| 7100s | he's got this aggreg which is a |
| 7101s | board-based aggro deck |
| 7103s | um and this is pretty standard drew the |
| 7107s | lingering zombie is thrown in there |
| 7108s | which I think is a great inclusion uh |
| 7111s | lingering zombie is it's small but it's |
| 7114s | almost impossible to get off the board |
| 7118s | it summoned to another 1-1 that has a |
| 7121s | death rattle which is a summon another |
| 7123s | one one so you have to have three |
| 7124s | separate attacks in order to fully clear |
| 7126s | it which aggro Druid just relies on |
| 7128s | having things on board even one having |
| 7131s | one minion on board can be uh a massive |
| 7134s | uh difference so we'll see I I don't |
| 7137s | have too much faith in this deck outside |
| 7139s | of a couple specific matchups but as we |
| 7143s | talked about X and G doesn't really care |
| 7146s | about too many of the other matchups |
| 7147s | because if you look at his decks across |
| 7149s | the board he's got like a 70 spread |
| 7152s | against Druid which is uh pretty insane |
| 7155s | now one thing to notice because he does |
| 7158s | have a druid with a little bit more |
| 7160s | early game than some of the other Druids |
| 7162s | we've seen in the field still runs true |
| 7164s | root of the reef still runs Planet |
| 7165s | evidence two copies of both which could |
| 7168s | be incredibly helpful in dealing with |
| 7170s | some of that early game stuff but I mean |
| 7172s | those are four cards in a 40 card deck |
| 7175s | yeah but so uh it's gonna be tough but |
| 7178s | but |
| 7179s | there's a possesses lineup overall it |
| 7181s | just seems like a pretty well-rounded uh |
| 7184s | there's not a clear like game plan going |
| 7190s | on just four of the strongest decks uh |
| 7193s | in the game right now in the lineup yeah |
| 7196s | this is the lineup I was sort of talking |
| 7197s | about or alluding to it's like if you've |
| 7199s | played tested a lot if you've watched a |
| 7201s | lot of the first week of this meta these |
| 7204s | are the four classes and again there's a |
| 7205s | little bit of you know wriggle room |
| 7207s | within those classes what you bring but |
| 7209s | these are the four classes that would be |
| 7211s | your starting point for play testing and |
| 7213s | were very hard to beat which is why |
| 7214s | we've seen multiple players being |
| 7216s | exactly these four classes in the |
| 7218s | lineups uh we have seen a few people |
| 7220s | particularly today we will see them |
| 7222s | bring Paladin and we've seen a couple of |
| 7224s | big spell Majors or ping Majors sorry uh |
| 7228s | to to try and combat particularly the |
| 7231s | Druid in general but overall this is |
| 7234s | your starting point and a lot of people |
| 7236s | just didn't go further than the starting |
| 7237s | point because it's pretty powerful yeah |
| 7239s | there's three paladins in this group all |
| 7242s | different archetypes which is uh very |
| 7246s | bizarre uh yes considering the metagame |
| 7249s | coming into it uh but also cool because |
| 7252s | we're getting to see a lot more |
| 7253s | diversity in this group uh than you |
| 7255s | would expect looking at the overall |
| 7257s | field of decks but uh possessive going |
| 7259s | to be queuing up the quest felt Demon |
| 7260s | Hunter uh first of all and should be no |
| 7264s | stranger to anybody that tuned in even |
| 7266s | for a second yesterday because it was |
| 7268s | played a lot |
| 7269s | uh and |
| 7272s | um essentially everybody's lineup so |
| 7274s | nothing really changed about this one |
| 7276s | it's just the argument of Mark of scorn |
| 7278s | and need for green need for green |
| 7281s | Green's on the brain I'll definitely |
| 7284s | changed the matchup but yeah |
| 7288s | um yeah so markip's gone seems to be the |
| 7291s | popular one to leave out I think we did |
| 7293s | see somebody leave out a chaos strike |
| 7294s | yesterday as well but the two you're |
| 7297s | talking about are the usual two and I |
| 7300s | like this lineup I think this is the |
| 7301s | best the best build for the deck the |
| 7303s | mark of scorn |
| 7305s | you do sometimes miss the damage you do |
| 7307s | sometimes miss the car draw but overall |
| 7309s | neither of them are enough uh we saw |
| 7312s | yala miss out the second Mark of scorn |
| 7313s | and that did seem to possibly be having |
| 7316s | a small a slightly bigger impact but I |
| 7319s | think you can drop the one card for the |
| 7320s | the extra Arcanist is what went in for |
| 7323s | those of you who are three days out of |
| 7324s | date uh and still playing one Arcanist |
| 7326s | in your lineup |
| 7335s | lingering zombie it's gonna be I mean |
| 7337s | you just don't remove it |
| 7339s | this position you don't spend time hero |
| 7341s | powering with this deck very often so |
| 7342s | this zombie is just going to do as much |
| 7345s | damage as there are turns |
| 7351s | potentially even more |
| 7353s | potentially even more damage than there |
| 7355s | are turns yes because it might get |
| 7357s | buffed that's the point right |
| 7359s | that's the whole point |
| 7362s | all right |
| 7364s | I'm sure what possesses I guess he's |
| 7367s | considering keeping the Unleashed fell |
| 7368s | just to blow up some very early stuff |
| 7371s | looking at the decklist checking how |
| 7372s | many one-half things he's against |
| 7375s | I want to keep the Unleashed Phil yeah |
| 7378s | so do I I think |
| 7381s | because if you killed two boards you win |
| 7382s | I I guess a couple things right |
| 7386s | um |
| 7387s | if you throw it away you're missing out |
| 7388s | on potential card draw |
| 7391s | and |
| 7393s | you |
| 7396s | you'd much rather draw into it and have |
| 7398s | it reduced so you can combo with |
| 7400s | Arcanist earlier or in a turn with more |
| 7402s | things going on that's also in a prime |
| 7405s | position right in Outcast position post |
| 7408s | Quest that could be a spectral site uh |
| 7411s | to be able to draw even more and you're |
| 7413s | also not guaranteed to pick up the spell |
| 7416s | damage with it you're gonna have to draw |
| 7418s | cards anyway to find the spell damage |
| 7420s | gets it back anyway so |
| 7423s | yeah that's the other danger you might |
| 7424s | draw the second one which does become a |
| 7426s | bit messy but I I like keeping it so be |
| 7428s | interesting to see how that works out |
| 7430s | uh I mean with four spell damage cars |
| 7432s | your deck and uh sigil in your opening |
| 7434s | hand you had a good chance of drawing a |
| 7435s | bit there's more to it than that you do |
| 7437s | have to actually win the game but I |
| 7438s | think you win the game if you clear |
| 7439s | twice |
| 7441s | I guess you don't take much damage until |
| 7444s | sort of turn four or five it comes in |
| 7447s | pretty quick at that point but maybe he |
| 7449s | feels he had the time to throw it away |
| 7452s | be with scraps |
| 7458s | looking pretty good for him actually |
| 7462s | yeah the leaf agreed on turn four |
| 7465s | could he taste it if he wants to go that |
| 7467s | way |
| 7473s | that's not a great social card just rip |
| 7478s | it |
| 7480s | yeah |
| 7482s | you can clear so you have to think |
| 7484s | production in cost on The Arcanist yeah |
| 7488s | going into next turn |
| 7490s | and xg's like wow my opponent's got good |
| 7492s | stuff I'm gonna hit him very hard |
| 7496s | doesn't have a health buff for his |
| 7497s | minions which means that next turn it's |
| 7499s | all going to get wiped out and possesses |
| 7500s | he's going to go back to full health |
| 7501s | give or take |
| 7503s | well he does have the herald of nature |
| 7506s | yeah and Castle nature spelled last turn |
| 7509s | with the one two trees |
| 7513s | yeah |
| 7515s | I think the few of these required though |
| 7517s | right |
| 7518s | the health buff isn't enough to get you |
| 7520s | out of spell damage range |
| 7526s | yeah is it a tree yeah |
| 7534s | so it is |
| 7536s | yeah I could just on these film now |
| 7539s | obviously it's only three Mana so it's |
| 7541s | not uh Mana thirsted but Health isn't |
| 7545s | too worrying for the time being anyway |
| 7547s | and not taking the damage now or at |
| 7550s | least getting the health within a |
| 7552s | reasonable range |
| 7553s | is perfectly fine and xmgcs only fell so |
| 7557s | this is a good opportunity to reload |
| 7559s | curious how far he wants to go I |
| 7561s | wouldn't even mind like Mark of the wild |
| 7562s | plus uh |
| 7564s | cook yeah keep it narrow get some cards |
| 7567s | also we said that this zombie is never |
| 7569s | going to get killed if he wanted to |
| 7572s | which I don't think he will want to |
| 7573s | because there might not be enough stuff |
| 7574s | because this he could kill it off |
| 7575s | forever next turn cheers what we know |
| 7581s | this is a good board this is hard to |
| 7583s | remove |
| 7585s | yeah it's annoying that's for sure |
| 7589s | oh never mind |
| 7591s | oh it's a weird amount of health or the |
| 7594s | extinction to remove |
| 7596s | yeah you'd have to mix it up with a |
| 7597s | silver moon and your second Unleashed |
| 7599s | fell which is kind of scary |
| 7602s | yeah I want to kind of do it in between |
| 7604s | if you go something like |
| 7609s | or chaos strike hero power bump bolt |
| 7613s | Extinction |
| 7615s | yeah I think that that gets rid of |
| 7617s | basically everything there'll be |
| 7619s | something left I can't work out what but |
| 7621s | there'll be something it'll either be |
| 7623s | there could be two things left there |
| 7625s | could be the cook at one Health I grow |
| 7627s | impatient or the cook dead and the |
| 7629s | zombie up with its death rattle intact |
| 7632s | because you're dealing three damage to |
| 7633s | the Sentry yeah |
| 7636s | or you could just |
| 7638s | um yeah |
| 7645s | thank you |
| 7649s | this will be a clear with uh the hero |
| 7652s | power |
| 7659s | I'm gonna go ahead |
| 7662s | uh the Sigel out instead |
| 7665s | but this is I mean this is still a very |
| 7668s | good position uh for possessy still has |
| 7671s | a good amount of draw left in hand even |
| 7673s | if the need for greed just has to be |
| 7674s | casted uh by itself just yeah he's got |
| 7677s | the unleash Phil and he will have spell |
| 7680s | damage almost certainly not next turn |
| 7683s | necessarily but by the turn after for |
| 7685s | sure |
| 7685s | yeah and then everything gets removed |
| 7688s | and heels back up to full again that's |
| 7690s | what the deck does and then it just |
| 7691s | kills you because you'll have time to |
| 7692s | find things after that |
| 7694s | yep not over because you can miss stuff |
| 7697s | can be at the bottom of the deck and so |
| 7699s | on but it's looking really nice for |
| 7701s | possessing in game one here and let's |
| 7702s | face it it needs to because his Druid is |
| 7704s | going to need every opportunity to get |
| 7707s | out of here |
| 7708s | yeah well it's not over yet could still |
| 7710s | whiff on our on a lot of things |
| 7713s | um |
| 7715s | but I don't think xmg has a good way to |
| 7718s | set up a two-term lethal here he's |
| 7720s | thinking of whether or not to use so the |
| 7722s | soil for an extra minion Herald of |
| 7723s | nature then trade or to just use the |
| 7725s | grasping Roots kill off the arcaness |
| 7729s | there you go it is just gonna be |
| 7731s | grasping Roots now we have what nine |
| 7735s | damage on board probably represent |
| 7736s | another four plus eight thirteen and |
| 7739s | then so the soil would represent another |
| 7740s | four |
| 7742s | Seventeen Seventeen yeah |
| 7750s | Relic next turn can't realistically |
| 7752s | Relic this turn because the vault's |
| 7755s | closed |
| 7767s | but he could just |
| 7768s | um zero power |
| 7772s | he can |
| 7774s | Unleashed you can unleash and fell |
| 7776s | barrage yeah and then clear off one more |
| 7778s | so he'd leave one minion on board and |
| 7781s | just say this wins because I've got |
| 7782s | Relic Vault relative dimensions need the |
| 7784s | Green in my hand and I've got two turns |
| 7786s | to do it yeah and if that's the case he |
| 7788s | can uh trade away the need for greed |
| 7790s | first yeah as if he picks up a relic of |
| 7793s | Extinction uh it's a clear with the |
| 7795s | second Relic balls short it's a skill |
| 7798s | Traders bait don't don't fall for it yep |
| 7802s | keep the board in check do the pillage |
| 7805s | first so you might have to trade into |
| 7806s | the 3-2 with your face |
| 7808s | you see it so you have to take over your |
| 7810s | face lovely turn |
| 7812s | yeah and now you're in trust me all |
| 7814s | right just trust that your Relic Vault |
| 7817s | um so your Dimensions next turn with two |
| 7819s | mana and four cards is just enough to |
| 7822s | get you there yeah |
| 7825s | a lot of the damage stuff has been used |
| 7827s | though |
| 7827s | um one fell barrage built on these Fells |
| 7831s | this is quite a big board |
| 7833s | but his Dimensions it probably doesn't |
| 7837s | kill you next turn then Extinction |
| 7839s | picked up his last card nope phantasms |
| 7841s | fantastic |
| 7844s | 22 power on board cool yeah sorry 25 |
| 7848s | power-up board |
| 7852s | is there anything he's gonna get two |
| 7854s | draws |
| 7855s | with chaos do I can hand so it's lethal |
| 7858s | yeah two drawers |
| 7860s | complainted evidence is there anything |
| 7866s | convoke but nowhere near enough Mana |
| 7872s | it's all of the forest but too late |
| 7877s | I mean he's not dead on board right |
| 7880s | he knows he's dead he knows how the deck |
| 7881s | functions but you know in his mind he's |
| 7883s | got to play the turnout because he's not |
| 7884s | dead on board |
| 7886s | yeah he needs two damage |
| 7890s | three damage because he's gonna hear a |
| 7892s | power too because of the reduction |
| 7895s | chip it all face and I hope they don't |
| 7897s | have anything yep and that's that's |
| 7900s | about it yeah chaos like hero power is |
| 7902s | the three Ricardo there's one extra for |
| 7903s | the armor hang on he does need a damage |
| 7905s | yeah just need one damage with a free |
| 7908s | need for greed I I think he's all right |
| 7911s | I think he'll be okay |
| 7913s | there it is there you go |
| 7917s | one zero two possession again |
| 7920s | reiterating he does need this start |
| 7923s | because he has got this Druid that is |
| 7925s | being pretty hard targeted across the |
| 7927s | board so gonna need to give that his |
| 7929s | full three chances to get get out of |
| 7931s | here yep |
| 7935s | I mean |
| 7937s | I feel like that was close right |
| 7941s | I think it was |
| 7946s | there anything for Planet evidence that |
| 7948s | was even |
| 7949s | [Music] |
| 7950s | got to be right |
| 7953s | I can't think of anything off the top of |
| 7954s | my head but it's got to be |
| 7958s | how in the wild is that still a thing |
| 7959s | that exists |
| 7961s | yeah but that would have been half |
| 7964s | that still would have been uh 16 6 |
| 7967s | damage off there was three Minions on |
| 7969s | board |
| 7970s | and uh |
| 7974s | right because he dealt nine |
| 7976s | all right he put him down yeah okay so |
| 7978s | he's gonna need cards draw into double |
| 7981s | something |
| 7983s | newly guidance into |
| 7988s | the guidance into powerwild store to the |
| 7990s | other planted evidence |
| 7992s | in the guidance Gardens into the other |
| 7995s | planet evidence |
| 7997s | and and uh you don't have enough Mana |
| 8001s | that you have got enough Mana oh no you |
| 8003s | you might right |
| 8004s | and then one of the planet evidence hits |
| 8006s | uh |
| 8008s | uh moonlit guidance one hits power of |
| 8011s | the Wild |
| 8013s | and then your your |
| 8015s | no because you don't even play power of |
| 8017s | the wall |
| 8018s | but one of them hits you don't even play |
| 8020s | innovate you can't even cheat |
| 8022s | yeah he he doesn't even play power of |
| 8024s | the wild we need guidance into moonlit |
| 8026s | guidance into your planted evidence get |
| 8029s | an innovate |
| 8031s | that doesn't work I can't think of a |
| 8033s | cheat there must be a way somebody |
| 8034s | somebody will put the guidance into |
| 8038s | aquatic form into I don't know |
| 8046s | it was it was difficult it was |
| 8048s | definitely difficult there's got to be |
| 8050s | like a new a new Drew card that I'm |
| 8052s | missing I'm sure Sato will pipe up at |
| 8054s | some point same apparently you guys are |
| 8056s | this is the card the best you won't know |
| 8058s | the name though who just call it you |
| 8060s | know added Mana man or something and |
| 8064s | wasn't that a singer anyway |
| 8069s | ghoulish Alchemists in the the Rogue |
| 8072s | Edwin in no Sprint I say Edwin because I |
| 8075s | don't play Edwin in this deck because |
| 8077s | I'm like all in person I don't need |
| 8079s | anything extra cards I'm just going to |
| 8081s | draw the stuff but anyway makes sense uh |
| 8083s | ghoulish Alchemist really does allow |
| 8085s | those big pop-off turns to be even |
| 8087s | bigger very early in the game sometimes |
| 8096s | I'm still looking still looking at all |
| 8099s | the all the Druid cards that are in |
| 8100s | existence |
| 8102s | what we got |
| 8104s | look at the cheap ones was there an |
| 8106s | undead on board |
| 8108s | might have been some way to get older it |
| 8110s | was a linguing zombie that must be |
| 8111s | Undead right it's a zombie that must be |
| 8113s | Undead yeah it is |
| 8116s | um that would have |
| 8117s | uh it would have to be get Elder nadox |
| 8120s | and then also get three damage to like |
| 8123s | power the wild or sow the soil and then |
| 8126s | Elder nadox I don't even know if there's |
| 8127s | a way for you to get a random minion |
| 8129s | though |
| 8129s | because it's not a choose one just a |
| 8132s | Battle Cry |
| 8134s | um |
| 8140s | it's fine it definitely missed lethal |
| 8143s | there somehow I don't know I was I'll |
| 8146s | try trying to find if there was any way |
| 8148s | for him to like win that game |
| 8149s | Hearthstone the puzzling |
| 8153s | right |
| 8155s | possesses ramp this is the deck we've |
| 8157s | been talking about since the start of |
| 8159s | the this part of the broadcast |
| 8162s | um needs to get away with this you need |
| 8164s | to get away with all three with dicks we |
| 8165s | know that is the rules of the game but |
| 8167s | this particular deck has been hard |
| 8169s | targeted by xmg here |
| 8172s | um hard targeting Hearthstone still |
| 8174s | means you're probably favored to |
| 8179s | to get one through eventually 375 or |
| 8182s | whatever still means your favorite or |
| 8183s | three twenty five percent to be your |
| 8184s | favorite but that's just your other |
| 8186s | decks are zero percent right |
| 8191s | which they're not which they're not so |
| 8193s | it's not a disaster but it is often the |
| 8196s | case you hard target something like this |
| 8198s | blah blah blah let's see crazy looking |
| 8200s | start by the way |
| 8203s | oh extension for possessive not the best |
| 8207s | um |
| 8209s | has double under King and Miracle growth |
| 8213s | with no ramp |
| 8214s | in the opener |
| 8216s | actually this is like one of my favorite |
| 8218s | versions of the uh the Rogue just |
| 8221s | because it's so |
| 8224s | what's even the word |
| 8226s | um messy I don't know it's dumb I love |
| 8229s | it I love this version it's so stupid |
| 8234s | at some point in the game even though |
| 8236s | like you say it's a little bit |
| 8240s | uncoordinated |
| 8242s | yeah there you go uncoordinated sure |
| 8245s | what you're looking for |
| 8248s | but then it all gells together supremely |
| 8251s | look at this it's going to get Potion |
| 8252s | Number Two |
| 8254s | and then on the next turn he's gonna |
| 8255s | play Zero and a potion |
| 8258s | ghoul zoom and a potion stuff it's just |
| 8262s | it's gonna go nutty |
| 8264s | yeah he does need a graveyard really to |
| 8266s | make it all come together but Rogue |
| 8269s | doors graveyard is what it does here we |
| 8271s | go oh my God |
| 8274s | gleaming I think I think he needs the |
| 8275s | cars to try and hit graveyards and more |
| 8277s | zeros yeah there we go |
| 8284s | uh it's a little bit of a weird one |
| 8285s | though right |
| 8287s | um just because |
| 8292s | played the uh concoctor first so you get |
| 8294s | a random one so you're not choosing it |
| 8296s | got destroyed or uh destroyed a minion |
| 8300s | um destroy a random minion right which |
| 8302s | isn't gonna be that good early against |
| 8303s | Druid and then when you play the potion |
| 8305s | belt |
| 8307s | it it combines the the random one with |
| 8310s | the first one you choose |
| 8313s | yes yeah |
| 8316s | but xmg does have the potential for a |
| 8320s | pretty big uh card next turn |
| 8324s | we'll see if he opts to go for it |
| 8327s | I think he may wait one more turn but |
| 8331s | he's gonna get rid of the |
| 8333s | uh ghoulish Alchemist |
| 8335s | yeah before we get Shadow stepped and |
| 8337s | does even more damage can beat on a |
| 8339s | shadow step it's interesting too though |
| 8341s | like |
| 8343s | there's just so much card draw oh my |
| 8345s | goodness yeah this version of the deck |
| 8347s | really goes through the deck fast which |
| 8350s | is why you don't need the Sprint and not |
| 8353s | necessarily the Edwin as well because |
| 8354s | the potions just draw you so many cards |
| 8357s | in their own right here we go |
| 8361s | so he's going to be able to get handmade |
| 8363s | and draw because there's going to be |
| 8364s | three and then one of the potions is |
| 8366s | going to be free |
| 8367s | so this is the this is like the deck |
| 8369s | yeah this is like the whole deck's gonna |
| 8372s | be drawn |
| 8374s | uh this is why I don't like Edwin in the |
| 8377s | day |
| 8378s | because I'm crazy |
| 8384s | too the Draco weapon's actually gonna be |
| 8387s | pretty big and there's a lot of reload |
| 8389s | as well here we go it's just a seven |
| 8392s | yeah but for this deck I feel like |
| 8395s | that's pretty big right |
| 8397s | um this is not this is not like mailbox |
| 8400s | dancer uh sure deck |
| 8405s | there's no problems here actually |
| 8406s | because he hasn't drawn the graveyard |
| 8408s | I know that he's got a 7-2 weapon in |
| 8411s | play but he is against Druid this is the |
| 8413s | turn where he gets to insert damage into |
| 8414s | the face but without the graveyard not |
| 8417s | there's not much follow-up because |
| 8418s | there's a stabs in hand |
| 8420s | the druid's nearly ready that's the |
| 8422s | problem |
| 8423s | I mean this is this lethal right bit 17 |
| 8427s | plus 8 25 27 is one damage off |
| 8436s | oh |
| 8442s | okay he's looking now you go graveyard |
| 8444s | goes destroyed yep |
| 8449s | and then you tap the graveyard and |
| 8451s | you're very close to lito |
| 8455s | yeah |
| 8458s | and this one from the stats I've looked |
| 8461s | at at the start of the tour at the start |
| 8462s | of the day this is the druid's best |
| 8464s | chance |
| 8467s | yikes |
| 8468s | I mean they're all they're all bad right |
| 8470s | and they can all be one as well but this |
| 8471s | is the Druid sort of sometimes the Rogue |
| 8474s | misses and you beat them |
| 8475s | yeah |
| 8478s | so |
| 8479s | I I think the most health here would be |
| 8484s | under King and Earthen scales right |
| 8487s | King Earthen scale seems decent |
| 8491s | there's no clear oh dear clear and hope |
| 8494s | to stay alive |
| 8495s | and you clear how much armor though you |
| 8497s | can't kill the 4-4 |
| 8499s | yeah you'd kill one of the three fours |
| 8502s | hmm |
| 8504s | and then you do have |
| 8506s | um a trading on the other king next turn |
| 8507s | plus raid boss next year |
| 8510s | yeah |
| 8511s | you gain what 13 armor so you go up to |
| 8514s | 22. |
| 8516s | I hope they don't have hand damage oh |
| 8518s | looks like it's going to be Miracle |
| 8519s | growth plus certain skills I guess |
| 8521s | that's technically more immediate health |
| 8523s | game right that's assuming that there's |
| 8526s | not a damage a random or uh |
| 8529s | destroy a random enemy minion uh potions |
| 8533s | to the left but he already saw one that |
| 8534s | was the damaged enemy Minion or destroy |
| 8537s | an enemy minion I was copying the stab |
| 8539s | this is a million okay my bad yes okay |
| 8542s | sure yeah purple yeah it's not a million |
| 8544s | it's two million no it it's weird the |
| 8547s | destroy a random enemy minion potion is |
| 8549s | the only one that like changes color a |
| 8551s | lot when it goes from the yes uh |
| 8556s | um normal potion to the combined potion |
| 8560s | all the other ones say the same color |
| 8561s | but destroy ninja minion goes from like |
| 8563s | a dark blue like a bluish black to |
| 8566s | purple |
| 8569s | I see I didn't realize that okay yeah I |
| 8572s | thought they had like a priority list so |
| 8574s | that the top one was yellow so it's |
| 8576s | always yellow to draw a card and works |
| 8578s | its way down but yeah yeah so it splits |
| 8580s | the the top part is the is the first |
| 8582s | potion that's combined the bottom part |
| 8583s | is the second portion that's confined |
| 8585s | but if you look at the potions |
| 8586s | individually the concoctions |
| 8588s | individually the destroy a random enemy |
| 8590s | minion one when it's in your hand as of |
| 8593s | Standalone potion before it's combined |
| 8595s | it's like black and blue and then once |
| 8598s | it combines its color turns into purple |
| 8600s | whereas draw cards is always yellow deal |
| 8602s | damage is always red |
| 8604s | got it so it's a confusing one |
| 8609s | yep I think confusing about that Victory |
| 8611s | though it's gone to one a piece and |
| 8613s | you're seeing now or you'll see soon |
| 8615s | probably why this Paladin is in this |
| 8617s | lineup there's just the attempt to |
| 8619s | destroy all Druids |
| 8622s | uh I assuming they're bringing the ramp |
| 8624s | Druid assuming they're bringing the 40 |
| 8626s | card version because the 30 card version |
| 8627s | can race some of these decks a little |
| 8629s | bit |
| 8631s | but the 40 Carter as you said the start |
| 8635s | it's got four cards it wants to do to |
| 8636s | help itself out of the star out of 40. |
| 8638s | not ideal |
| 8640s | if he goes back to it |
| 8644s | all right another another shot |
| 8647s | this is this is the toughest this is |
| 8650s | this is |
| 8651s | the Paladin might be the toughest I |
| 8654s | don't know the Paladin one just seems |
| 8656s | impossible |
| 8657s | the Paladin ones you can hope that they |
| 8659s | get terrible draws yes yeah |
| 8663s | it's true I don't know if this exact |
| 8665s | version doesn't count now but |
| 8666s | yesterday's one had 18 one drops in here |
| 8671s | oh this is a great opening hand for |
| 8673s | possessing honestly because of actually |
| 8677s | if there's a trog you have |
| 8681s | due to the reef |
| 8684s | I don't know I think I want to even |
| 8686s | though you don't get the discount on the |
| 8688s | spell |
| 8689s | I I want to spend them in on a planet |
| 8691s | evidence now |
| 8695s | but I guess this deals with the truck |
| 8697s | too if you put it into taunt and then |
| 8698s | you can just hear a power next turn |
| 8700s | but the problem is xmg can go trog and |
| 8704s | then |
| 8705s | coin Drew to the reef and kill this well |
| 8708s | and we can see that's almost the end of |
| 8711s | the game if he does that which is |
| 8712s | ridiculous |
| 8713s | obviously there's double plant is |
| 8715s | evidence to try and change that we've |
| 8716s | already gone through a planted evidence |
| 8718s | conversation earlier how crazy it can be |
| 8721s | yeah but the thing is like the planet |
| 8723s | evidence will summon another drug it's |
| 8726s | like me yeah so it's got to be |
| 8727s | absolutely nutty like he's basically |
| 8729s | this is basically a um |
| 8733s | I I want to not say a win but it's so |
| 8736s | close to just a win |
| 8749s | the the data has this is an 86 matchup |
| 8753s | yeah |
| 8754s | this is why I wanted to Planet evidence |
| 8757s | and like dig for a natural causes last |
| 8759s | turn and then hold on to the Drew of the |
| 8761s | club because it possessively doesn't |
| 8762s | Drew to the claw there |
| 8765s | does xmg coin it out I guess he does in |
| 8767s | fear of the Druid of the claw |
| 8769s | but it's certainly |
| 8771s | um puts possessed to you he's managed to |
| 8773s | play a planted evidence he might have |
| 8774s | been able to do something with the card |
| 8776s | he got from planted evidence to kill the |
| 8778s | truck from behind the drill to the claw |
| 8784s | so Thorn growth century is yeah |
| 8788s | Elder nature seems good |
| 8791s | yeah it seems perfect right you just sit |
| 8793s | there and you chill yeah I mean you can |
| 8796s | even take it a step further than that |
| 8797s | yeah |
| 8802s | you're probably gonna be getting more |
| 8803s | trogs mutinous completely dead drop |
| 8807s | that will never be played |
| 8810s | I mean I know we had this conversation |
| 8812s | yesterday we agreed but semantics |
| 8814s | stopped us from agreeing like I think |
| 8816s | drugs just insanely good right now in |
| 8819s | this matter for this exact reason we're |
| 8821s | seeing it play out |
| 8823s | your your point was it's always been |
| 8825s | very good |
| 8830s | oh yeah |
| 8832s | has the nature spell already with the |
| 8834s | living Roots lined up for the second |
| 8836s | buff also oh |
| 8838s | yeah I've always wondered if the play |
| 8841s | there was to play double planted |
| 8842s | evidence plus one of the cards |
| 8844s | fill the board up with trogs and they |
| 8847s | just hope they don't have quite fuel |
| 8849s | because then they can't do anything |
| 8852s | and you get two or three turns to draw |
| 8853s | yourself into the game it hit you for |
| 8855s | seven every turn yeah but you're Druid |
| 8858s | like you can bounce back from that right |
| 8859s | if you get to turn seven and they |
| 8861s | haven't got the the buff |
| 8864s | and then just trade into all the two |
| 8865s | health things I think that might be your |
| 8867s | best chance because remember it's an 86 |
| 8869s | matchup it's not like a 50 50 you're |
| 8871s | throwing away you're looking for that 14 |
| 8873s | percenter |
| 8891s | ah |
| 8894s | good talk |
| 8897s | born growth centuries is the only one |
| 8902s | I'm struggling defensive enough yeah |
| 8907s | okay Hearth and scale is fine |
| 8910s | show oh it's still not good |
| 8915s | you could best in Sheldon and Earth and |
| 8918s | scales the best in Shell or I guess he |
| 8920s | yeah because the Earth and scales is not |
| 8922s | going to be free next turn |
| 8923s | so you can't pair it with the miracle |
| 8925s | growth |
| 8928s | called Mark |
| 8935s | what oh Detroit people like Mr Spike's |
| 8938s | show is Mark's bike show and so on |
| 8939s | they're all called Mark now he's Mark of |
| 8942s | the spike shell |
| 8944s | bike shell tribe exactly |
| 8948s | so I just thought that was important he |
| 8950s | knew best of shells are going to save |
| 8952s | him yeah you can see this one for the |
| 8954s | draw the cycle |
| 8956s | [Music] |
| 8959s | such a disaster |
| 8965s | that really interesting first game is |
| 8967s | suddenly looking completely relevant |
| 8969s | yeah it's just dead yep |
| 8974s | I mean he won't be surprised right he's |
| 8976s | he saw the lineups when we did sort of |
| 8978s | yesterday morning it'd be like oh okay |
| 8980s | this is going to be a bit of a tough |
| 8982s | first round |
| 8984s | but it is double elimination and he's |
| 8985s | not lost yet either |
| 8988s | do it |
| 8989s | now let's take off the Paladin he |
| 8990s | doesn't have to play the Druid yet but |
| 8991s | it's gonna have to at some point if it's |
| 8993s | gonna get through and possessive might |
| 8994s | just take the the line of least |
| 8996s | resistance here cue the Druid and get |
| 8998s | some rest of his next match if he goes |
| 9000s | wrong |
| 9001s | I'm excited for the Paladin I'll be |
| 9003s | honest with you are you |
| 9006s | yeah it's pretty cool |
| 9009s | um it can ramp up in stats quite quickly |
| 9012s | but then sometimes it has these draws |
| 9014s | where it's like |
| 9017s | like how do I how do I win like you just |
| 9021s | draw like uh all of your your small |
| 9024s | stuff and you just hit it for like five |
| 9027s | a turn and that's it the Seal of blood |
| 9030s | the deck isn't it let's face it |
| 9033s | kind of yeah |
| 9035s | but everything else just days if you |
| 9036s | don't seal of blood something really |
| 9038s | early on you have just got the worst |
| 9041s | cards in Hearthstone for no reason |
| 9043s | [Music] |
| 9044s | there we go g has put it first as well |
| 9047s | and Gia makes these cards or some of |
| 9049s | them or something like them or adjacent |
| 9051s | cards to them anyway so she knows what |
| 9053s | to put first yeah |
| 9055s | it's a it's a board-based |
| 9058s | it feels weird calling it an aggro deck |
| 9060s | but it kind of is |
| 9062s | it's close to a mid-range deck as we're |
| 9064s | going to get the power on the board |
| 9066s | continues to ramp up pretty consistently |
| 9068s | throughout the game |
| 9069s | and it doesn't necessarily it has it |
| 9073s | doesn't go quite as fast as aggreg but |
| 9076s | it has way more reload potential uh than |
| 9078s | aggregate |
| 9080s | um |
| 9081s | specifically with like you know the |
| 9083s | buffet biggin |
| 9085s | and even like light rays as well |
| 9090s | because they get pretty cheap early |
| 9091s | because every card in the deck is a |
| 9093s | paladin card simplest puts more Paladin |
| 9097s | cards in your hand |
| 9100s | oh you can get that pretty cheap pretty |
| 9102s | quickly and then even if it gets |
| 9104s | completely shut out on board it still |
| 9108s | has the Countess and the Countess is not |
| 9110s | super reliable |
| 9112s | but it can be pretty big |
| 9115s | yeah it's been surprisingly good against |
| 9117s | me one of the few times I have faced it |
| 9119s | to be fair |
| 9120s | I can't claim to having been um someone |
| 9123s | who's played a lot of this deck because |
| 9124s | it's Paladin that's my excuse |
| 9136s | there we go see the blood the deck a |
| 9139s | little seal of blood with uh liadren as |
| 9141s | well oh |
| 9143s | easier to draw like yeah if you get a |
| 9145s | seal put on the address like every |
| 9147s | minion in your deck has Russian Divine |
| 9149s | Shield yeah which is really irritating |
| 9152s | for any deck to deal with but a |
| 9153s | particularly Druid with who has a Jerry |
| 9156s | V Carpenter |
| 9158s | poor possessy |
| 9160s | because this has got to get Scrappy with |
| 9163s | scraps right now or he's getting out of |
| 9165s | this game |
| 9166s | uh |
| 9167s | oh |
| 9175s | dear |
| 9176s | you thought banana man was Strong by |
| 9178s | itself wait till it has rush and divine |
| 9181s | Shield yeah this is what happens with |
| 9183s | banana man eats a banana |
| 9187s | Powers right up |
| 9191s | banana Shield his Divine Shield is |
| 9195s | uh yellow |
| 9196s | written out of Shield |
| 9199s | I call that my peel |
| 9210s | all right what's the what's the game |
| 9211s | plan here |
| 9212s | um I don't know |
| 9217s | you've got to put something on the board |
| 9218s | do you have a favorite though I just |
| 9220s | admit that the reasons in your deck is |
| 9221s | to be a three four spider tank |
| 9225s | I mean it's just gonna get traded over |
| 9227s | by the rush Divine Shield minions I |
| 9229s | think you have to come up with something |
| 9230s | better |
| 9232s | um don't bring to it |
| 9236s | yeah you're right he's hunting for |
| 9240s | coin goth next turn into |
| 9244s | yeah coin knowledge next turn into |
| 9247s | Underpants to turn after I just hope for |
| 9249s | the best |
| 9251s | he's in so much trouble Underpants under |
| 9254s | King I don't know something like that |
| 9260s | banana |
| 9261s | 's this is bananas ah blood Crusaders |
| 9265s | Matt |
| 9276s | um |
| 9278s | well then go |
| 9281s | th Ah that's too slow |
| 9284s | yeah I think |
| 9286s | by the five armor it just impacts on the |
| 9289s | surface really you've got to get the |
| 9290s | Mana and then under King this was |
| 9292s | talking about what I was talking about |
| 9293s | Underpants |
| 9294s | can you hear a power and then look for a |
| 9297s | scale with Planet evidence next turn or |
| 9299s | something |
| 9300s | if you don't hit Planet evidence by |
| 9302s | itself |
| 9304s | you need to block more damage by playing |
| 9306s | true to the reef it looks like that's |
| 9307s | gonna be it okay natural causes |
| 9310s | could also Mark up the spike shell on |
| 9316s | the sea turtle form of the tree of the |
| 9320s | reef okay gonna get rid of the Divine |
| 9322s | Shield setting up for under King next |
| 9324s | turn to be able to uh uh gain the 12. |
| 9328s | oh no |
| 9331s | wait nope it's gonna be bananas |
| 9334s | really it's not too heavy |
| 9339s | initializing descent oh savior |
| 9344s | mg doing what he does best at the moment |
| 9347s | play to your strengths if there's enough |
| 9348s | decks to support it |
| 9359s | um |
| 9360s | he's trying to work out which one is the |
| 9362s | most useful in the situation where |
| 9364s | something goes wrong right because the |
| 9366s | sermon is the obvious good card right |
| 9367s | now but it doesn't matter he's won if |
| 9369s | the things aren't removed anyway |
| 9372s | though if you go for the sea floor |
| 9373s | savior it's kind of a Reload if things |
| 9376s | are going bad you know he doesn't need |
| 9378s | that right now |
| 9382s | uh I like this sermon regardless just |
| 9384s | because of blood Crusader next turn |
| 9388s | um but |
| 9392s | this is a lot of armor gain and |
| 9394s | possesses going into |
| 9397s | like a potential big turn with a |
| 9399s | nubrecon |
| 9400s | yep |
| 9402s | and like you could flood the board with |
| 9405s | an ubercon |
| 9408s | and astolore so yeah the Crusader would |
| 9410s | have been a really big like you're |
| 9412s | saying it would have been a big |
| 9413s | um bump with the plus one plus ones |
| 9419s | well to be able to play Everything an |
| 9421s | ubercon Plus |
| 9423s | under King and ask the Lord plus the |
| 9432s | um is it enough to play the the enough |
| 9435s | armor to play the other Aster lore |
| 9438s | so that costs five seven |
| 9446s | should be oh and the |
| 9449s | um |
| 9451s | as well I'm looking costs costs you a um |
| 9455s | actually one armor yeah |
| 9463s | oh but he can trade it into the six six |
| 9468s | kill it off okay so that's plus five |
| 9470s | yeah so you can |
| 9474s | uh under King and then Astor the six six |
| 9480s | and then trade in the under King yeah |
| 9489s | and then you have Divine Shield poking |
| 9492s | us below |
| 9495s | yeah and you still have enough Mana to |
| 9496s | play renithal too |
| 9498s | sure |
| 9500s | enough armor Mana but if you do play |
| 9502s | these you are dead on board if asalo |
| 9504s | misses |
| 9507s | okay |
| 9509s | I'm just gonna hold there |
| 9515s | it's 8 14 15 16. |
| 9520s | so close too off |
| 9525s | you still do it I think you do |
| 9526s | everything I think you have to but not |
| 9528s | kidding Druid is a bad thing to do right |
| 9531s | they're turning the corner because he's |
| 9533s | got a chance of turning the corner in |
| 9535s | some worlds I think here |
| 9545s | foreign |
| 9557s | okay |
| 9560s | one thing this does is it means that the |
| 9562s | astrolor just does nothing it doesn't |
| 9564s | give possession a chance to ask the Lord |
| 9565s | pick his own trades |
| 9568s | oh |
| 9570s | oh |
| 9576s | that's not the card he needed right now |
| 9579s | 26 board |
| 9582s | is locked can you get up that amount |
| 9587s | Guff would be slightly off |
| 9589s | and you've got no follow-up play with |
| 9591s | Guff yeah |
| 9594s | you just do a card and it's got across |
| 9595s | two or less |
| 9601s | draw for playing the gulf might save you |
| 9603s | but there's nothing in there that cheap |
| 9608s | foreign yeah he's dead |
| 9615s | ah he was close |
| 9617s | it was yeah |
| 9619s | um I think xmg did well here to trade it |
| 9621s | didn't feel like a trading board right |
| 9623s | but actually if you picture this board |
| 9625s | now |
| 9626s | obviously possessively have less help |
| 9628s | but if he plays the aslaw proxim shields |
| 9630s | take some value trades |
| 9631s | maybe it can go wrong if that slow sort |
| 9634s | of does really good hits but the way he |
| 9635s | played it kind of locked it out so yeah |
| 9638s | easy to say LOL he just put things on |
| 9640s | the board and hit the opponent to the |
| 9642s | face but I think he picked good spots to |
| 9643s | trade and good spots to face there xmg |
| 9646s | going through with his Target Druid |
| 9648s | strategy killing the Druid three times |
| 9651s | yeah it seems pretty simple when you put |
| 9654s | it that way it was like the the one |
| 9656s | non-drued game possessing just you know |
| 9659s | kind of close game but not really with |
| 9661s | the Demon Hunter |
| 9663s | and then uh as soon as the Druid came |
| 9665s | out to play |
| 9667s | xmg had his day so |
| 9671s | um possessity is going to be hoping that |
| 9674s | xmg goes right through into the |
| 9677s | quarterfinals uh yeah match |
| 9681s | um which is |
| 9682s | gonna be against Abu gabu and |
| 9687s | ah |
| 9689s | I can see |
| 9693s | um |
| 9693s | that one's gonna be tough |
| 9696s | yahabu with the uh the full not total |
| 9699s | but basically the control lineup right |
| 9701s | if I remember correctly yeah the the one |
| 9703s | week for Abu Gaba will probably be the |
| 9705s | Paladin |
| 9707s | uh that'd be my guess uh going into that |
| 9709s | matchup |
| 9711s | um |
| 9712s | human Hunter obviously doll what that's |
| 9714s | capable of the control priest is you |
| 9718s | know |
| 9720s | tough is going to be regardless control |
| 9722s | priests might be the one that gets |
| 9724s | banned |
| 9725s | and yeah |
| 9728s | I don't know the xmg like have an |
| 9729s | Infinity going on his hand when he took |
| 9731s | that picture and it's been removed so |
| 9733s | it's just his hand like in the air |
| 9735s | not achieving anything |
| 9738s | yeah he was actually uh having some |
| 9741s | wrist pain because he was playing aggro |
| 9744s | so quickly |
| 9745s | um |
| 9747s | and they snapped the picture |
| 9748s | accidentally but um they realized that |
| 9750s | it actually is a cool pose so they they |
| 9752s | threw it up there as the uh the official |
| 9754s | one |
| 9755s | uh his normal pose obviously was |
| 9759s | this one |
| 9761s | yeah the standard Sports pose it has to |
| 9764s | look slightly awkward as well so I've |
| 9765s | got it slightly awkward yeah just |
| 9767s | nothing new yeah and you have to have |
| 9768s | like one thing out like you know your |
| 9770s | fingers sticking up like this oh yeah |
| 9771s | yeah |
| 9774s | there you go back Neil you are an |
| 9776s | Esports athlete |
| 9778s | Bonafide what that was |
| 9781s | um but yeah that's the initial match uh |
| 9783s | initial matches done for Group C still |
| 9786s | got eight matches left on the day so we |
| 9789s | are just getting started here at the |
| 9791s | world championship coming up next we are |
| 9792s | going to have the winners match for |
| 9794s | Group C which is going to be between Abu |
| 9796s | gabu and xmg uh should be a fun one uh |
| 9800s | double Paladin once again |
| 9802s | which is weird considering the field but |
| 9804s | uh should be a cool one so don't go |
| 9805s | anywhere more Hearthstone action right |
| 9807s | after this |
| 9810s | [Music] |
| 9820s | [Music] |
| 9825s | so xmg oceans or mountains |
| 9829s | hiya |
| 9830s | good answer big parties or small |
| 9833s | gatherings |
| 9834s | showed you Hood |
| 9836s | baths or showers |
| 9838s | puzzle |
| 9840s | uh prefer to be a passenger or a driver |
| 9846s | City or Countryside |
| 9849s | prefer to work hard or play hard |
| 9853s | [Music] |
| 9869s | [Music] |
| 9875s | cats or dogs yeah |
| 9878s | messy or tidy tidy call or text thanks |
| 9886s | I feel like anybody under the age of 40 |
| 9889s | is gonna say text scary movie or funny |
| 9893s | movie funny movie |
| 9896s | snowball fight or water balloon fight |
| 9900s | snowboard |
| 9903s | [Music] |
| 9913s | [Music] |
| 9920s | if you find something for worlds |
| 9924s | are you going to just keep a complete |
| 9925s | secret are you just going to keep it |
| 9927s | full head and not stream it because of |
| 9928s | course you do stream but not stream it |
| 9930s | not reveal it outside of you know closed |
| 9933s | door practice groups or anything or are |
| 9935s | you going to just take the approach if |
| 9936s | I'll just tell everyone about it and win |
| 9938s | anyway |
| 9941s | um uh the the former I'm actually right |
| 9944s | now my plan is to uh after the expansion |
| 9947s | comes out in December uh whatever that |
| 9949s | may be uh I will just you know keep |
| 9954s | complete radio silence not one word is |
| 9957s | coming out of my mouth uh about like |
| 9960s | Hearthstone and the state of the |
| 9961s | metagame so |
| 9963s | like not not even to practice groups or |
| 9966s | anything oh really yeah I actually I'm |
| 9969s | even thinking that uh I'm not going to |
| 9972s | play a single game of ladder with |
| 9975s | anything that I find remotely original |
| 9978s | and just sort of extend on top of that |
| 9980s | is do you mean like you is there anyone |
| 9983s | you will practice with uh whether |
| 9984s | they're playing in Worlds or not is |
| 9986s | there anyone you're going to trust with |
| 9987s | this secret you're gonna make them sign |
| 9989s | an NDA or something uh maybe a couple |
| 9993s | people but uh you know most of my |
| 9996s | practice for matchups and such I do |
| 9998s | against myself when another account |
| 10000s | these days as well brilliant the only |
| 10002s | person who can beat Habu is himself uh |
| 10005s | that's where we've got from that |
| 10007s | um and I do just want to ask you about |
| 10008s | the players there you know that are |
| 10010s | qualified at least at the moment or just |
| 10011s | you know any players in general and but |
| 10014s | who do you think is actually your |
| 10015s | biggest competition at Worlds because I |
| 10017s | think it's safe to say uh even early |
| 10020s | stages of initial qualifiers that this |
| 10023s | could just be one of the hardest world's |
| 10025s | hearthstones ever seen at least in my |
| 10027s | opinion yeah I I agree |
| 10030s | um |
| 10031s | especially if Fury Hunter manages to |
| 10034s | make it the world that's what I'm afraid |
| 10036s | of then I won't feel so confident |
| 10037s | anymore |
| 10038s | so it's the only fiori that's that's the |
| 10040s | problem for you would you say not only |
| 10043s | Fury but I think he's definitely at the |
| 10046s | top and just uh to finally ask you a bit |
| 10049s | of a non-harstone question obviously you |
| 10051s | know you put a lot of time into the game |
| 10053s | I think anyone who's you know as good as |
| 10056s | you are especially you know Brewing |
| 10057s | decks you've got to put a good amount of |
| 10058s | time in but what you do in your off |
| 10060s | hours do you have off hours do you do |
| 10062s | anything else to sort of when you're not |
| 10064s | playing or are you fully consumed by |
| 10066s | Hearthstone |
| 10067s | I'm supposed to be studying anyway I did |
| 10070s | study a lot at the start of the year at |
| 10072s | least but then the competitive |
| 10074s | Hearthstone kind of to cover it's not |
| 10076s | like it takes up all my time I just uh |
| 10079s | well I haven't really been doing that |
| 10081s | much other stuff alongside it except you |
| 10083s | know just blazing around I mean it's |
| 10087s | good to relax in between practice |
| 10088s | sessions right you do need your energy |
| 10090s | but no that's going to be it from us |
| 10092s | again uh how about thanks a lot for |
| 10094s | spending your time to sit down and talk |
| 10095s | to me I appreciate it thank you as well |
| 10099s | [Music] |
| 10102s | foreign |
| 10103s | [Music] |
| 10110s | [Music] |
| 10117s | 's Swiss record in the first three |
| 10122s | Masters Tour of the year A |
| 10125s | 17-7 B fifteen and six C 19 and 5 or D |
| 10133s | 20 and 4. B B |
| 10139s | ooh raw we would see see |
| 10146s | question two |
| 10148s | in how many seasons of European GM did |
| 10153s | bunny Hopper have a negative win rate |
| 10157s | a zero |
| 10160s | be one |
| 10162s | C two or D 3 C I don't know |
| 10171s | two you think two |
| 10175s | nope B only one there was only one |
| 10179s | season that he had a negative win rate |
| 10183s | and that was season five which was uh |
| 10186s | 2021 season one question three |
| 10191s | how many matches did dead raw win in |
| 10195s | Masters tours |
| 10197s | in 2019 and 2020 combined it's like how |
| 10201s | many matches did he win and all of the |
| 10203s | Masters tours in 2019 and 2020. |
| 10206s | hey 52 |
| 10210s | b-55 c58 or D 61. |
| 10215s | d |
| 10216s | 61. |
| 10218s | close but no |
| 10221s | c58 oh I understand though why you went |
| 10226s | with 61 because it felt like he won a |
| 10228s | lot so I would have picked |
| 10231s | if I wasn't staring at the answers I |
| 10233s | would have also picked the highest |
| 10234s | number |
| 10235s | to be fair to you question four which |
| 10239s | player had the highest all-time win |
| 10242s | percentage in APAC Grand Masters |
| 10246s | highest all-time win percentage a Mighty |
| 10250s | B surrender |
| 10253s | C posesi or D Glory |
| 10258s | a |
| 10260s | mighty mighty that's right |
| 10265s | he only played one season and he went 11 |
| 10267s | and four so a 73.3 percent win rate last |
| 10272s | at attack question |
| 10273s | this one's about you |
| 10276s | um what is possesses match win rate in |
| 10281s | Masters tours |
| 10283s | a |
| 10285s | 57.2 percent B |
| 10288s | 59.2 percent |
| 10290s | C |
| 10291s | ixty one point two percent or D |
| 10296s | 63.2 percent |
| 10299s | B |
| 10300s | nope |
| 10303s | C 61.2 come on you're better than you |
| 10309s | thought thank you |
| 10313s | uh so uh you only got one right one out |
| 10318s | of five |
| 10319s | um |
| 10320s | not great but I feel like you were close |
| 10324s | on a lot so |
| 10327s | you you pass you're you're allowed to |
| 10329s | compete at the World Championship uh if |
| 10332s | you got all of them wrong we would just |
| 10334s | not let you play |
| 10337s | [Music] |
| 10338s | all right uh well that does it for style |
| 10341s | attack Posse thanks for playing along |
| 10344s | and uh good luck at the world |
| 10346s | championship |
| 10348s | [Music] |
| 10350s | foreign |
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| 10381s | foreign |
| 10384s | [Music] |
| 10409s | foreign |
| 10411s | [Music] |
| 10420s | [Music] |
| 10433s | versus xmg the winner moves on out of |
| 10437s | group C I've never been so insulted in |
| 10439s | my life what is This Disaster it's |
| 10441s | honestly I'm 50 50 on this choice for me |
| 10444s | actually you did say yesterday that if |
| 10446s | you could be anyone you would be TJ |
| 10448s | Sanders so they're just making a wish |
| 10450s | come true my end not having any of it |
| 10453s | um but Neil what do you think about |
| 10454s | boats |
| 10456s | oh oh I love about me I'm uh Mr boat |
| 10460s | enjoyer I love boats they'll buy that |
| 10462s | boat for 50 schmackles |
| 10464s | okay well uh getting out of just |
| 10466s | pretending to be someone else for just a |
| 10468s | second these are the players we do have |
| 10469s | this Abu Dhabi versus xmg matchup uh two |
| 10472s | pretty different lineups as well and |
| 10474s | we're actually gonna see the Paladin |
| 10476s | band away from Abu gabu and then it's |
| 10480s | going to be the priest to band away from |
| 10482s | xmg so we've just got a I'm gonna say a |
| 10485s | bit of a mess but in a good way subtle |
| 10487s | as in both players have piled in but |
| 10489s | only one's banned then you know the one |
| 10491s | priest is gone but Habu still has now |
| 10493s | control priest and so on like what would |
| 10495s | you make of just this matchup in general |
| 10497s | when we talk about lineups because it |
| 10499s | does feel a little bit everywhere it |
| 10501s | does yeah and one thing is for sure xmg |
| 10504s | I think is going to have a more |
| 10505s | difficult time in this series than he |
| 10507s | did in the last one |
| 10509s | um he I think this is the group that is |
| 10511s | probably the most skewed on match-up |
| 10516s | concerns we have seen a fairly |
| 10518s | homogeneous lineups you know maybe with |
| 10520s | one control Breeze player thrown in in |
| 10522s | some of the groups that we've seen so |
| 10524s | far whereas this time around you look at |
| 10526s | like the two opening matchups for xmg |
| 10527s | and the first one he has a massive |
| 10529s | lineup advantage and say now he runs |
| 10531s | into habugabu and suddenly has a lineup |
| 10532s | disadvantage which flips everything on |
| 10535s | its head Banning away the Paladin is |
| 10537s | also super interesting because |
| 10539s | um I think |
| 10541s | that TJ was saying that he felt like the |
| 10543s | Paladin might even be the weak link |
| 10545s | overall for Abu gabu in this series and |
| 10548s | I wouldn't necessarily disagree with |
| 10550s | that from what I've seen from it overall |
| 10553s | but you know clearly xmg would have put |
| 10556s | more uh time into this in this one |
| 10558s | specific group he only has you know |
| 10560s | three players to prep for we have to |
| 10561s | prep for all of them so the players |
| 10563s | naturally have deeper understanding of |
| 10566s | what they're going to come up against in |
| 10567s | the group stages so I will trust xmg's |
| 10569s | opinion on this one absolutely but I |
| 10572s | believe it is now time for our Quest |
| 10574s | priest debut of the World Championships |
| 10577s | I think every both of the other pairs |
| 10578s | have |
| 10580s | had their turn so far so now it's over |
| 10582s | to us Raven yeah good news bad news here |
| 10585s | uh bad news it's Quest priest and we |
| 10588s | have to deal with that good news it's |
| 10590s | going to be lining up against xmg's |
| 10592s | aggro Druid here so gonna be very |
| 10594s | interesting matchup because I don't |
| 10597s | think we're going to be seeing too many |
| 10598s | purifying shards in this game Raven |
| 10602s | uh yes I would generally agree with that |
| 10605s | um it's pretty interesting matchup as |
| 10607s | well because on the surface there is a |
| 10611s | lot of AOE removal right in this priest |
| 10613s | deck like that's something we've seen |
| 10615s | whether it's this form of quest priest |
| 10617s | or previous versions but I think the big |
| 10619s | difficulty in the big question is can |
| 10621s | Habu get hold of enough removal at the |
| 10625s | right times to actually hang on because |
| 10626s | Druid is more than capable of like okay |
| 10629s | will you cleared the board once you |
| 10632s | clear it again and then if not you're |
| 10634s | probably dead yeah I think obviously we |
| 10636s | saw habu's game in the previous series |
| 10638s | against Mighty and Habu basically just |
| 10641s | went one two three four five I think had |
| 10643s | to skip six to actually do a little bit |
| 10645s | of removal and then just went 678 |
| 10647s | completed Quest um didn't actually end |
| 10649s | up being relevant |
| 10650s | um but just even the added Tempo from |
| 10652s | just a five Mana seven seven torn um was |
| 10654s | very very helpful |
| 10656s | not really a thing you're likely to be |
| 10658s | able to do against aggro Druid or that |
| 10660s | you would even want to do against aggro |
| 10662s | Druid this isn't even really a quest |
| 10664s | based matchup in fact you could go as so |
| 10667s | far as to expect Harbor gabu to even |
| 10668s | throw away the quest here and just play |
| 10670s | as a straight up uh aggro aggro |
| 10673s | anti-aggro deck |
| 10675s | um using the silences that you have |
| 10676s | using the aoes that you have just to be |
| 10678s | able to clear up the ball because once |
| 10679s | you run them out of resources you run |
| 10681s | them out of resources and that does not |
| 10683s | take very long when it comes down just a |
| 10686s | couple of clutch removals a couple of |
| 10687s | clutch moments so we'll see yeah it's |
| 10689s | going to be a big one as well because I |
| 10690s | do think you know we've seen control |
| 10693s | freestyle Quest priests from a few |
| 10694s | players so far this weekend but I do |
| 10696s | think it's one at least maybe I'm giving |
| 10699s | it a hard time but I never really go in |
| 10701s | thinking oh yeah your quest priest is |
| 10704s | going to be fine it'll get a win because |
| 10705s | it has struggled just a little bit over |
| 10708s | the course of the weekend but for now |
| 10709s | we'll take a look at the aggro Druid |
| 10712s | here from xmg and it's pretty much what |
| 10714s | you would expect from aggro Druid right |
| 10715s | very clean list that'll make you very |
| 10717s | happy subtle of course and one that's |
| 10720s | just really narrowly focused there's no |
| 10722s | like oh it's aggro Druid but with |
| 10724s | denaturis in it right or you know any of |
| 10727s | that |
| 10727s | sometimes you get like these aggro decks |
| 10730s | but then there's like later game Tech in |
| 10732s | there yeah it never really feels correct |
| 10735s | even though a lot of players do try it |
| 10736s | I've actually Raven I figured it out |
| 10738s | I've solved the meta so you play aggro |
| 10740s | Druid |
| 10741s | um but you just cut three cards for |
| 10744s | brand new brecon astalor done game over |
| 10747s | what about cutting some of the aggro |
| 10749s | decks for more aggro cards for more card |
| 10751s | draw oh oh that sounds really good |
| 10754s | actually maybe we're on to something |
| 10755s | rare but you wouldn't go as far as to |
| 10757s | put renothal in it right you'd still |
| 10758s | want only 30 cards so you just drew |
| 10761s | cards gained armor and then hit your |
| 10763s | combo really quickly every game I see |
| 10765s | you that sounds good someone someone |
| 10766s | should try that actually yeah okay well |
| 10769s | jumping in to game number one next mg |
| 10773s | off to about was an aggressive start as |
| 10774s | you could try with the three one didn't |
| 10775s | get the trog and uh Abu actually did |
| 10779s | keep the quest what do you think of this |
| 10780s | song sounds kind of witty on the discard |
| 10782s | discard well throw away that option yeah |
| 10785s | I mean I will confess uh my experience |
| 10787s | in this matters version of quest priest |
| 10790s | versus aggro Druid is zero |
| 10793s | um but certainly with Quest priest this |
| 10795s | was a thing that you could do very |
| 10796s | regularly the quest isn't a strict |
| 10798s | downside as it is with lots of other |
| 10800s | Quest decks when they're just purely |
| 10801s | playing anti-aggro uh because by |
| 10805s | completing those early quest steps you |
| 10807s | do get to discover answers from your |
| 10809s | deck which is great right if you're able |
| 10810s | to discover a shot of the Naru or |
| 10813s | whatever other option you need to be |
| 10814s | able to clear the board you know |
| 10815s | discover a zirella discover a uh a |
| 10818s | healing card when you have the zirella |
| 10819s | in hand that kind of thing so there is |
| 10820s | still upside to it |
| 10822s | um part we might have even just |
| 10823s | evaluated that the first step of the |
| 10825s | quest was actually quite simple with the |
| 10827s | Mulligan that he had and then held on to |
| 10828s | it based on that just for the extra |
| 10829s | discover there's a few ways about it you |
| 10831s | can go well so far boxes are being |
| 10833s | ticked here for xmg very solid opening |
| 10836s | some Buffs to make things not just insta |
| 10838s | die to you know a sort of trickle of AOE |
| 10840s | and now Prides fury on curve Dodge in |
| 10843s | the draw of with The Watchtower as well |
| 10846s | so |
| 10847s | have to go for it because he does have |
| 10849s | planted evidence does have beaming |
| 10850s | sidekick now off the top to go with this |
| 10852s | Herald of nature but just the fact that |
| 10854s | there are like multiple good options |
| 10857s | this turn with a board pre-bill is |
| 10859s | exactly where you want to be as an aggro |
| 10861s | Druid yeah I think I like sidekick |
| 10864s | Herald a little more just because |
| 10867s | it's more resistant to |
| 10870s | um specifically the silence right you |
| 10872s | actually you add more power to the board |
| 10873s | that isn't silentable in that situation |
| 10875s | then you can just go straight with the |
| 10877s | prize Theory afterwards this does add a |
| 10879s | ton of Health though which makes you |
| 10880s | resistant to let's say xirella clears |
| 10883s | which playing The Herald of nature |
| 10884s | wouldn't |
| 10886s | um so there are arguments to be had |
| 10887s | either way for sure yeah definitely a |
| 10889s | picky poison kind of moment isn't it |
| 10891s | where you just say well I'll go for one |
| 10893s | hope they don't have the other one and |
| 10895s | then see if it works out here Habu gonna |
| 10897s | be playing the uh the plague person and |
| 10901s | uh |
| 10903s | probably gonna go for the heel there |
| 10905s | yeah |
| 10908s | I'm gonna end the term with coining the |
| 10910s | silence |
| 10912s | was an option there just to take uh |
| 10914s | light it burns and just kill a 4-4 and |
| 10916s | hold on to the silence for later I think |
| 10918s | obviously that shot of the daru is |
| 10920s | probably your singular best card in this |
| 10923s | matchup in terms of being able to deal |
| 10925s | with what the opponent's doing yeah also |
| 10927s | tricky as well because they're using the |
| 10929s | coin now shuts off light shower next |
| 10931s | turn shuts off light bombs |
| 10933s | so you know definitely a a decision |
| 10935s | habu's gonna have to live with I mean it |
| 10937s | looks fine for now but just having a bit |
| 10940s | of a floating turn next turn is not what |
| 10942s | habit will want to happen |
| 10948s | what does wither do |
| 10950s | uh so you choose a minion with it and |
| 10952s | then each friendly Undead that steals |
| 10954s | one attack and health from it zero and |
| 10956s | dead yeah not gonna do much here |
| 10959s | yeah I know I know I was just I was just |
| 10961s | looking at I was trying to work out I |
| 10962s | couldn't remember what minions are on |
| 10964s | board it's like are any of these new |
| 10965s | ones Undead for Druid but yeah I mean |
| 10967s | you have the lingering zombie right but |
| 10969s | it's yeah that you have enough to |
| 10971s | actually get any real value out of that |
| 10972s | it's because it's just obviously kind of |
| 10974s | like a shadow word devour and Habu just |
| 10977s | played a six five right so it's like hmm |
| 10981s | foreign |
| 10989s | able to use and just improve the quality |
| 10992s | of minions in his own hand yeah |
| 10998s | and also of course in this matchup if |
| 11001s | xmg's plague spreader dies |
| 11004s | that can likely just help him out when |
| 11006s | it hits haboo's cards right because it |
| 11009s | can just change some of the reactive |
| 11011s | cards |
| 11013s | foreign |
| 11021s | showing 12 with the hero power of course |
| 11027s | a real way to add attack which is I |
| 11029s | think what yeah the mostly looking for |
| 11032s | here even if it wasn't lethal |
| 11033s | immediately you want to add attack to us |
| 11036s | in a significant amount of damage this |
| 11037s | turn because |
| 11039s | um you know their turn six plays are the |
| 11041s | ones that hurt you a lot of the time |
| 11043s | right Habu has both of them light bomb |
| 11045s | and light shower Elemental so right now |
| 11047s | you'd look at the situation oh how much |
| 11049s | power do I get to keep against a light |
| 11051s | bomb only four can I put my opponent to |
| 11053s | four no oh unlucky you know like you you |
| 11055s | don't have that situation where you can |
| 11056s | actually set up good lethals kind of |
| 11058s | interesting right because although this |
| 11060s | uh the health went on to the Druid yeah |
| 11064s | I would have actually just played as a |
| 11065s | four six as well but this is still |
| 11067s | playing around light bulb like what is |
| 11068s | whichever way you slice it right yeah it |
| 11070s | does find it with the beaming sidekick |
| 11071s | creating an extra four or five means |
| 11073s | that now light bomb would leave eight |
| 11075s | power on board and so without a zero man |
| 11078s | heal you would have lethal through light |
| 11080s | bomb I guess that's the point as well I |
| 11082s | I for some reason I was just looking at |
| 11084s | the one two with the plague spreader but |
| 11087s | then like I said if the plague spreader |
| 11090s | dies well that maybe removes a good card |
| 11092s | from habu's hand right which is like a |
| 11095s | bonus in itself that's right |
| 11099s | also yeah I mean same reason it's along |
| 11101s | the same lines but also have the other |
| 11103s | big disruptive play on turn six comes |
| 11105s | down light shower Elemental you can then |
| 11106s | use the plague spreader to train just go |
| 11108s | in yeah exactly yeah yeah it's a weird |
| 11111s | thing to be like okay for the biggest |
| 11114s | minion you have to die right it's a very |
| 11116s | odd mindset to it right oh so yeah I'll |
| 11120s | be forced to use the location proc to go |
| 11122s | alongside the light bomb |
| 11124s | very close to a sheesh so that would |
| 11127s | have been two for two days |
| 11130s | back of the wild I believe is gonna be |
| 11133s | enough right five on boards yep |
| 11136s | yep think so wow like I said it was a |
| 11139s | good news bad news moment here depending |
| 11141s | on what you think of the uh Quest priest |
| 11143s | but just like that xmg has the druided |
| 11146s | over the line and that was it just such |
| 11148s | a strong opening and such they're just |
| 11150s | well played for xmg I think there's |
| 11152s | nothing genius level but just solid |
| 11154s | Basics right of just saying well what |
| 11156s | are my problems on this turn six light |
| 11159s | bulb or a taunt okay let's go and I |
| 11163s | think the lack of zirella for um for Abu |
| 11165s | gabu was the biggest problem because |
| 11167s | zyrel is always the one that can cheat |
| 11169s | the AOE numbers right it's like oh play |
| 11172s | around zyrella |
| 11173s | you can't most of the time if as long as |
| 11176s | the priest has been damaged of course |
| 11177s | you're going to potentially take a lot |
| 11180s | yeah a couple of tricky turns uh one was |
| 11182s | the turn six which we talked a lot about |
| 11184s | which ended up |
| 11185s | um forcing the location proc from Habu |
| 11188s | in order to to use the light bomb |
| 11189s | secondly was the turn four option right |
| 11193s | where it was either prize Fury first |
| 11195s | into Herald or Herald first Enterprise |
| 11197s | Fury |
| 11198s | um which I'm not a hundred percent sure |
| 11201s | about it's probably quite 50 50 in terms |
| 11203s | of what plays about around what |
| 11205s | obviously adding more Health to the |
| 11207s | board immediately and plays around one |
| 11209s | thing |
| 11210s | um adding more vanilla stats in just |
| 11212s | terms of individual minions plays around |
| 11214s | the silence a little bit better it |
| 11215s | turned out being the silence that came |
| 11217s | down but in the scenario xmg was in he |
| 11219s | had enough gas to keep on going anyway |
| 11221s | um also I have to go back and revisit |
| 11223s | the quest right like the quest did help |
| 11225s | our boot to an extent because the first |
| 11227s | step of the quest was completed largely |
| 11229s | with cards that hobby was happy to be |
| 11231s | playing so no significant drawback there |
| 11233s | and then discovered a gift of the Naru |
| 11236s | which did cycle a little bit provided a |
| 11238s | little bit of healing but of course just |
| 11240s | discovering one card from your first |
| 11242s | step is not that much better than just |
| 11246s | mulliganing that slot in it's like a |
| 11247s | card for a card to index yes to a close |
| 11250s | extent right yeah it's certainly a thing |
| 11252s | that I have seen even people who play |
| 11254s | Quest priest a lot which I do not uh |
| 11256s | disagree on in which matchups it's it's |
| 11258s | acceptable and as I said very little |
| 11261s | experience with this iteration of that |
| 11263s | particular matchup but I know in the |
| 11264s | past it has been a point of deliberation |
| 11267s | as to whether the quest is necessary or |
| 11268s | not yeah and and now we run into another |
| 11271s | matchup that I'll confess I've not run |
| 11273s | into a lot on ladder which is a pure |
| 11276s | Paladin versus this uh Draka Rogue and |
| 11279s | again I think a lot of this is going to |
| 11281s | revolve around how xmg can approach it |
| 11284s | you do have ways to deal with them some |
| 11287s | of the early Rogue plays but a lot of it |
| 11289s | just relies on you being ahead and |
| 11291s | basically xmg not like really wanting to |
| 11295s | avoid taboo you know really popping off |
| 11296s | like within you turn three turn four |
| 11300s | wounds |
| 11303s | um so about that Raven |
| 11306s | hey look I don't mind Saul I'm here I'm |
| 11308s | even in this it's uh by xmg |
| 11314s | nice aggressive opening though for xmg |
| 11316s | on the other side |
| 11318s | yeah that's it right xmg just wants to |
| 11320s | do stuff every single turn and then |
| 11322s | there are ways that you can uh |
| 11326s | sort of cheese out some of the answers |
| 11329s | right to hobby whether that's through uh |
| 11331s | generating a taunt uh through you know |
| 11334s | healing up a little bit more as well |
| 11335s | through some discovered spells and such |
| 11337s | so yeah definitely going to be a tricky |
| 11339s | one |
| 11345s | oh all right super aggressive opening |
| 11348s | and harbor actually goes for the full |
| 11349s | Mulligan as well deciding that all in on |
| 11352s | a single tracker is not going to be good |
| 11353s | enough in that position which I do find |
| 11355s | particularly interesting like even if |
| 11358s | you're not going all in on Draco which |
| 11359s | is an argument I could get behind trout |
| 11362s | of concealment is still shroud of |
| 11363s | concealment you know like that feels |
| 11365s | like a card that you want to have in |
| 11366s | almost every circumstance |
| 11369s | yeah that I'm kind of with you on that I |
| 11371s | think that was a tricky one but I think |
| 11372s | for me I still would have kept |
| 11374s | everything because you just had prep |
| 11375s | shroud and it's like well even if you |
| 11377s | end up playing Draco is a little bit |
| 11379s | smaller you know not like a straight |
| 11380s | game winning the idea might be to just |
| 11382s | take overboard |
| 11385s | yeah because obviously you know you're |
| 11387s | playing a very anti-agro Focus matchup |
| 11389s | so the idea of you know find Muller |
| 11391s | getting full removal and for nulls in |
| 11393s | particular like sure I can get behind |
| 11395s | that but shroud of concealment is it |
| 11397s | does it oh no than a lot of other cards |
| 11400s | in your deck are you know so |
| 11403s | well |
| 11405s | what do I know |
| 11406s | just draw it again it's fine |
| 11416s | or if it destroy as well with the potion |
| 11419s | right yeah bubbling Destroyer yeah yeah |
| 11422s | because always an interesting choice |
| 11423s | when you're against a deck like this |
| 11424s | because destroy is still very strong |
| 11426s | three Mana right I'm never gonna argue |
| 11428s | that but this power theme doesn't |
| 11431s | necessarily always give you good options |
| 11432s | to hit destroy on anyway |
| 11440s | that's fine no but just a little bit shy |
| 11443s | of it being relevant in the current |
| 11445s | situation |
| 11451s | there's also a Aster law with Shadow |
| 11454s | steps as well which is something you |
| 11456s | have to bear in mind again it very |
| 11457s | heavily relies on where Habu thinks he |
| 11460s | is at any given point in the game |
| 11462s | whether he needs to hold on to these |
| 11464s | shadow steps for more value but if it's |
| 11466s | pushing xmg off board I'm normally okay |
| 11469s | with it in this matchup |
| 11473s | ordering the core means light rays on |
| 11476s | top uh followed by Countess in xmg's |
| 11480s | version of the deck |
| 11483s | and a blood Crusader as well a very |
| 11487s | interesting card might allow again xmg |
| 11489s | to just really pressure the board |
| 11493s | it's good Synergy right for the very |
| 11496s | very early Order in the Court because |
| 11497s | one of the problems with super early |
| 11499s | Order in the Court is that you don't get |
| 11500s | to play the first few cards that you |
| 11502s | draw right right |
| 11503s | um but so just picking up blood Crusader |
| 11505s | at least as soon as you get sick to be |
| 11507s | able to play the blood Crusader you can |
| 11508s | then dump for example the Countess that |
| 11510s | you've picked up in this instance and |
| 11511s | you know different for different |
| 11513s | versions of the deck |
| 11515s | um but certainly the uh the sort of |
| 11516s | intended strategy if you do get the |
| 11518s | early curve into order of the court in |
| 11520s | this version and at this point do you |
| 11521s | think Habu does have to start just using |
| 11524s | resources to defend because it |
| 11526s | getting punched in the face a little bit |
| 11528s | here and there's nothing that clear |
| 11529s | that's going to make this tight a tidy |
| 11532s | removal outside of that potion yeah |
| 11534s | yeah with |
| 11536s | sting and why this sort of strategy is |
| 11537s | balanced on both sides is you know |
| 11540s | normally in a card game if you can |
| 11542s | guarantee 100 consistency of strategy |
| 11544s | that will be too strong but it's then |
| 11546s | balanced by the fact that your opponent |
| 11548s | also knows exactly what you're going to |
| 11550s | do every single turn as well |
| 11552s | um so in this instance you know the fact |
| 11554s | that he's willing to clear up here uh he |
| 11557s | can then plan for the following turn |
| 11558s | he's expecting uh to be seeing a light |
| 11561s | Ray specifically come down on the |
| 11563s | following turn because the he knows the |
| 11565s | five fives at the very least will be in |
| 11566s | the turn sorry B in the hand yeah but |
| 11569s | because of the uh the echo spell he |
| 11571s | knows he will have the ability to deal |
| 11573s | with that anyway xmg does end up going a |
| 11575s | little bit different because of one of |
| 11577s | the pieces of concealed information that |
| 11579s | Habu didn't know about the uh the banana |
| 11581s | man that xmg had in hand which you know |
| 11584s | is allowing him for set to sit up for a |
| 11585s | little bit of a two-term punch here |
| 11586s | instead |
| 11589s | symptoms |
| 11591s | how more concoctions here for Habu |
| 11608s | we like that push from xmg just going a |
| 11610s | little bit wider as well |
| 11613s | definitely make some of the potions a |
| 11615s | bit worse |
| 11619s | I'll be aware you can thought here you |
| 11622s | go for putro side then yeah okay yeah I |
| 11624s | think so |
| 11626s | I guess it just works with this turn |
| 11629s | exactly right I think the future side is |
| 11631s | necessarily the go-to choice but this |
| 11634s | exact turn where Habu can kill a few |
| 11636s | things seems good to me |
| 11640s | I'm gonna use the shadow step on the |
| 11642s | asteroid |
| 11649s | [Music] |
| 11658s | as the blood Crusader can drop it down |
| 11660s | with Countess and the light rays as well |
| 11662s | yes indeed this is the big pop-off turn |
| 11664s | uh but Habu now has what's that that's |
| 11667s | draw to destroy and draw to deal three |
| 11670s | that he has in hand currently so he is |
| 11672s | still able to deal with a significant |
| 11674s | amount of this board while picking up |
| 11676s | more concoctions along the way because |
| 11678s | the future side's sticking |
| 11685s | so he gets scary with these invitations |
| 11687s | though uh games can really fall off as |
| 11690s | soon as these invitations start getting |
| 11691s | opened but this is very strong from Habu |
| 11695s | that is let's destroy the two lowest |
| 11699s | Health minions though |
| 11701s | the two taunts |
| 11703s | yeah |
| 11710s | I think if you gave him the option he'd |
| 11711s | rather be killing the eight eight than |
| 11713s | the taunt though considering he is |
| 11714s | really not that far away from dying in |
| 11716s | this instance yeah so is xmg though I I |
| 11719s | a part of me uh the as you could |
| 11722s | probably guess I'll the face player in |
| 11724s | me uh very much enjoys the thoughts |
| 11726s | being dead and push damage to face see |
| 11728s | if they kill you next turn |
| 11732s | uh Corva steals damage We're Going For |
| 11735s | the Kill right now right surely for |
| 11737s | anything else even weirdly enough just |
| 11739s | has lifesteal as well which might be |
| 11741s | important if xmg Can't Go For The Kill |
| 11750s | uh face Naga yes |
| 11754s | okay get that plate next that's it right |
| 11756s | because he has for kale with us as well |
| 11758s | however you say it yeah |
| 11767s | what a finish not too often you open |
| 11770s | your invitations and take a couple of |
| 11772s | two drops that are over the moon about |
| 11774s | it but there you go that is the |
| 11775s | exception right there absolutely huge |
| 11778s | and like I said I've seen games like |
| 11781s | this where you go okay you know it kind |
| 11783s | of what you're expecting with Paladin as |
| 11785s | you said especially with Order in the |
| 11786s | Court right you you can almost just tell |
| 11788s | your opponent yep you're gonna play this |
| 11790s | into this into this but those |
| 11791s | invitations they can really change the |
| 11794s | pace of a game and xmg I would say not |
| 11797s | stealing in a bad way like he shouldn't |
| 11799s | have won that game but those invitations |
| 11801s | were very very clutch indeed what a game |
| 11805s | and what a moment so because xmg went |
| 11807s | from just being okay you know one zero |
| 11809s | up solid start but nothing too crazy so |
| 11811s | now one game away from just going |
| 11814s | straight through to tomorrow |
| 11816s | yes indeed and like if you really want |
| 11820s | to get deep into the tank as to how |
| 11822s | unlucky that is for Abu garbu like you |
| 11825s | can go back and factor in the you know |
| 11827s | the two the eight eight didn't die to |
| 11829s | either of the random shots as well which |
| 11830s | left the maximum amount of damage on the |
| 11832s | board uh Habu did make take the option |
| 11835s | of just being aggressive and pushing |
| 11836s | which is sort of the point of agency |
| 11838s | that he did have in that but I think in |
| 11840s | the spot that he was in that was valid |
| 11842s | because he had damage concoctions and |
| 11844s | stuff building up in hand on top of that |
| 11845s | as well would probably be able to pick |
| 11847s | up more from the future side even if he |
| 11849s | did have to trade so I think being |
| 11850s | aggressive was valid in his position |
| 11854s | um but in the end just a really really |
| 11856s | ridiculous outcome for xmg to be able to |
| 11859s | get over the line and habugabu will be |
| 11861s | moving on to the fell Demon Hunter and |
| 11863s | much like our good friend yala habu-gabu |
| 11867s | has an individual minion that he feels |
| 11869s | is good enough to make the cup |
| 11871s | yes uh Enchanted as you can see there in |
| 11874s | the key cards yet another potential Tech |
| 11876s | card that's available here and I'm |
| 11878s | really interested in this one because |
| 11879s | logically if you look at it enemy |
| 11881s | minions take double damage uh during |
| 11883s | your turn that's fantastic for the AOE |
| 11885s | for the lifesteal especially if you're |
| 11887s | expecting aggro and just to clear some |
| 11889s | of the scary boards we know Demon Hunter |
| 11892s | has the ability to clear big boards but |
| 11894s | it normally you normally pay for it |
| 11896s | right something like oh two of these |
| 11897s | removal spells like oh maybe this can |
| 11899s | help it be one removal spell and you can |
| 11902s | hold some damage for later |
| 11904s | um I don't know where I'm up with it |
| 11905s | because I'll be honest I've not exactly |
| 11907s | played like 100 games of enchanter in my |
| 11909s | in a Demon Hunter but it's definitely a |
| 11911s | tech I can get behind and if Habu is |
| 11914s | bringing it you know he's a fairly well |
| 11916s | known for doing strange things and |
| 11918s | making them standard things because |
| 11920s | that's just the kind of player he is |
| 11921s | yeah well I I actually have played with |
| 11924s | this card in the deck a little like this |
| 11926s | is actually an idea that I had as well |
| 11927s | just when I first started playing the |
| 11929s | deck which was around the point where |
| 11932s | herocardris was dropped and it became |
| 11934s | for spell damage minions |
| 11936s | um I started playing the deck and I was |
| 11938s | really enjoying it so I was toying with |
| 11939s | a few different builds you know all the |
| 11941s | kind of things that you're seeing in |
| 11942s | this tournament what does one chaos |
| 11943s | strike look like what does one need for |
| 11945s | greed look like what does two uh two |
| 11948s | marks look like instead and then starts |
| 11950s | playing with some more uh different |
| 11951s | ideas as well the enchanter is an |
| 11954s | interesting choice because what it |
| 11955s | allows you to do is clear boards without |
| 11959s | using any of your spell damage minions |
| 11961s | so it kind of functions as spell damage |
| 11963s | minion number five in some yeah yeah |
| 11964s | which is really interesting because a |
| 11967s | lot of the times one of the elements of |
| 11969s | agency that you do have against this |
| 11971s | deck is put enough pressure on them so |
| 11973s | that that two Mana spell damage Minion |
| 11976s | or that zero Mana spell damage minion |
| 11977s | that they have in their hand that they |
| 11979s | want to save for combo they have to use |
| 11981s | it for clear or for lifesteal in order |
| 11983s | to stay alive and then enchanter just |
| 11985s | gives you an extra minion that you can |
| 11987s | do that with that has no impact on how |
| 11989s | much damage to face you're going to do |
| 11991s | with your end combo at the end of the |
| 11993s | game in most scenarios so it is an |
| 11995s | interesting choice um I also believe |
| 11997s | habu's not cutting any of the other |
| 11999s | one-offs that we usually talk about to |
| 12001s | make room for it he's cut the Viper |
| 12004s | right to in order to to fit it in which |
| 12006s | is another very interesting choice |
| 12008s | yeah we'll have to see how it plays out |
| 12010s | as we jump into game number three xmg |
| 12012s | off to a pretty decent star I would say |
| 12015s | has the shroud of concealment on the |
| 12017s | coin for a little bit of extra juice uh |
| 12019s | whereas Habu has Dimensions but that's |
| 12023s | about it I guess the guild trade is not |
| 12025s | bad right you know having a tradable in |
| 12026s | your opening hand is never too upsetting |
| 12028s | but the rest of it is just not quality |
| 12030s | needs for now oh okay oh well never mind |
| 12034s | it's fantastic yeah recovery achieved |
| 12037s | yeah |
| 12039s | not the match up the do nothing play |
| 12042s | location do nothing play relic of |
| 12044s | Dimensions necessarily always wins |
| 12047s | though sometimes you do need to pick up |
| 12049s | that those spell damage and removal |
| 12051s | pieces uh earlier than that to be able |
| 12053s | to resist the initial push that they |
| 12055s | have against you but unless the relative |
| 12058s | dimensions completely bricks you do |
| 12060s | still normally have a little bit of a |
| 12062s | window to come back even if they do have |
| 12064s | a fast pop-off |
| 12065s | |
| 12074s | okay well discoveries there for xmg |
| 12080s | they'll still have that shroud again |
| 12081s | doesn't need to go crazy doesn't need to |
| 12084s | you know be upset about not having a |
| 12086s | huge dragger pop off in like turn two |
| 12088s | and he will start to gather some of |
| 12089s | these cards here just doesn't really |
| 12091s | have the ones that are gonna uh stack |
| 12093s | anything right like no preps no Shadow |
| 12096s | steps none of the the cheaper cards in |
| 12098s | the hand right now with two of those |
| 12100s | concoctions but overall not looking too |
| 12102s | bad and I think |
| 12104s | there's still that window right as long |
| 12106s | as you can track her or do something big |
| 12109s | eventually uh like before the demon is |
| 12112s | really dug deep into the deck then |
| 12114s | you're still feeling okay it's just how |
| 12117s | terrifying how terrified xmg is going to |
| 12119s | be once it's going to be location into |
| 12121s | relative dimensions for haboo oh there's |
| 12123s | Draka yep I think this is a tougher |
| 12126s | choice on habu's term than it might have |
| 12128s | looked like as well because having drawn |
| 12131s | the three Mana play on turn three you |
| 12132s | think okay great jam it that's juicing |
| 12134s | my relic of dimensions a little bit |
| 12136s | perfect uh the problem with this line |
| 12138s | comes though is that what if you draw |
| 12140s | spectral site need for greed and I |
| 12143s | suppose need for greed specifically |
| 12144s | spectral site would still work although |
| 12146s | you can still somewhat run into problems |
| 12149s | essentially the better way of saying |
| 12151s | this is if you spent that turn three |
| 12152s | just playing your Relic ball which is |
| 12154s | the thing that you absolutely wanted to |
| 12156s | do you can then draw cards on turn four |
| 12158s | which would allow you to do a quest step |
| 12159s | completion on that turn right whereas |
| 12161s | doing it this way there's no real way |
| 12164s | you spend the two mana on The Relic bolt |
| 12166s | that you're basically forced to do |
| 12168s | before you go into turn five and also |
| 12170s | complete a quest step on this turn so if |
| 12172s | you drew card draw or need for greed the |
| 12175s | most you would probably regret playing |
| 12177s | two one ones on an earlier turn yeah |
| 12180s | what is xmg going to do here it's going |
| 12183s | to go for the |
| 12184s | big plays and go with this Van Cleef |
| 12186s | double coin okay |
| 12191s | laughs |
| 12193s | ah I'm gonna go this way around that she |
| 12196s | looks like going for Draka now right |
| 12197s | yeah this looks like a draca turn to me |
| 12199s | starting with the card draw just in case |
| 12201s | he comes into any Shadow step |
| 12204s | uh type of business muscle just gets |
| 12207s | funky as well I always have to do |
| 12209s | exactly what xmg did and it's like well |
| 12211s | when you've got prep bone Spike and |
| 12214s | minions to kill are the Draco to play |
| 12216s | just hold on a second and let me work |
| 12219s | this ordering out because it's very easy |
| 12221s | to slip up for the xmg gonna call it a |
| 12223s | day there at eight damage and just say |
| 12225s | you know what |
| 12226s | could be enough |
| 12227s | yeah important in that instance to get |
| 12229s | the Astor law down on board first you |
| 12231s | end up killing a slightly smaller minion |
| 12232s | with the bone Spike as opposed to |
| 12234s | killing the 3-2 |
| 12235s | good stuff |
| 12237s | Jesus happens in the air |
| 12240s | no don't hit it just don't hit the knots |
| 12244s | except he very much does care |
| 12251s | unfortunately for xmg fans the nuts has |
| 12254s | very much been hit here |
| 12256s | yeah the spell damage is there he's like |
| 12260s | put that card back in your hand taboo |
| 12266s | he gave the thumbs up but he thought it |
| 12268s | was over it's not over it is very much |
| 12271s | not over my friend there is plenty |
| 12276s | the chaos strike came out and he was |
| 12278s | like okay camera strike yeah that's fine |
| 12279s | totally fine I win the game amazing this |
| 12281s | is over nope this is far from over I |
| 12284s | love that they were like it was like a |
| 12286s | three layers as well it was the cow |
| 12288s | strike okay fine then it was the clear |
| 12290s | with the heel it's like oh no and it's |
| 12292s | like oh and two four fours it's like |
| 12294s | come on I don't need this extra |
| 12298s | oh how does xmg dig himself out of this |
| 12301s | step one he's been able to kill the |
| 12303s | spell damage which is the single most |
| 12306s | important thing if you get your board |
| 12307s | cleared by Demon Hunter and you cannot |
| 12309s | kill the the spell damage minion on the |
| 12310s | other side just call it a day play it |
| 12312s | play a different game |
| 12314s | uh get out okay gone fishing as well |
| 12322s | and he's still got 16 damage right he's |
| 12324s | still got a very very good amount of |
| 12327s | damage in hand there is another |
| 12328s | Unleashed fell for Habu but as sold just |
| 12331s | said without spell damage |
| 12333s | although it's better than nothing it's |
| 12335s | not not by much when you look at these |
| 12337s | kind of damage numbers coming out of xmg |
| 12339s | yeah and also very importantly this is |
| 12341s | weapon damage unleash fell does not beat |
| 12345s | weapon damage it beats board-based aggro |
| 12348s | decks uh so if xmg can find a way to do |
| 12351s | this while having very few minions in |
| 12353s | play which the current situation this is |
| 12354s | perfect right one big minion one big |
| 12357s | weapon this is not a problem that |
| 12359s | unleash fell really solves |
| 12361s | yeah and even it's a bit pitiful but |
| 12364s | even just having a Cutlass available |
| 12366s | right it's like well that's still two |
| 12368s | damage a turn for a couple of turns even |
| 12370s | if it just needs it for the last little |
| 12371s | push like it's something extra for xmg |
| 12374s | to go after this final swing if he |
| 12376s | doesn't already end the game as it is uh |
| 12378s | Habu digging and digging but with three |
| 12381s | Mana left I mean he gets to kill the Van |
| 12383s | Cleef for free anyway with the four |
| 12385s | fours but |
| 12386s | progression plan doesn't feel so great |
| 12388s | does he have to just go spectral sigil |
| 12390s | like probably this turn I think you're |
| 12392s | relicking this turn right Extinction |
| 12394s | kills the 88 as well so that way you |
| 12396s | just get to push a bunch of damage oh |
| 12397s | it's sorry is it was it up to four oh |
| 12399s | okay well there are two four fours on |
| 12401s | the board there's a good dead giveaway |
| 12402s | yeah yeah yeah that makes sense |
| 12408s | so focus on card draw that I wasn't even |
| 12410s | looking at Relic just because there are |
| 12412s | two four fours on the board yeah eight |
| 12413s | eight on the other side I'm like yeah |
| 12415s | what that just adds up this is smart |
| 12418s | from Habu though just gaining the two |
| 12420s | this does change some break points and |
| 12422s | not quite the break point the xmg has to |
| 12424s | be able to do enough to deal to deal |
| 12426s | this 18 now even with the double mixed |
| 12430s | concoction double red the concoction in |
| 12432s | hand for xmg yeah also |
| 12437s | uh setting up lethal there for Habu as |
| 12439s | well right with double Fury hero power |
| 12441s | in hand and then a couple of outcomes of |
| 12443s | course from xmg |
| 12445s | foreign |
| 12455s | he's just going |
| 12458s | oh |
| 12462s | wow what a game what a series from xmg |
| 12468s | he turned up and just got it done and |
| 12471s | just like that quick win over possessi |
| 12473s | followed by a quick win over Habu gabu |
| 12477s | that is the smoothest progression |
| 12479s | through a group I think I've seen all |
| 12481s | weekend subtle because that looked clean |
| 12483s | yeah and it's something about it when we |
| 12486s | get those close-ups of xmg I think you |
| 12488s | know maybe slightly poor internet |
| 12489s | connection slightly poor camera slightly |
| 12491s | bad lighting on the green screen it just |
| 12493s | looks like like he's a holographic |
| 12495s | projection of himself and he's still |
| 12497s | winning so imagine when the real xmg |
| 12499s | shows up to this tournament how well |
| 12501s | he's going to be doing throughout the |
| 12502s | rest of it but that was a incredibly |
| 12505s | solid performance uh TJ said the xmg was |
| 12508s | going to have a harder time in this one |
| 12509s | I agreed I said xmg was going to have a |
| 12511s | harder time in this one but we both |
| 12513s | would have got the bands wrong based on |
| 12515s | our perception of what was going on |
| 12517s | um xmg three zeroing really in reality |
| 12520s | had an easier time in this series that |
| 12522s | he had in the previous one where he had |
| 12524s | The Druids to deal with so really really |
| 12527s | bucking expectations and finding his way |
| 12529s | straight through and out of the group |
| 12531s | congratulations to xmg you can now see |
| 12534s | the uh the confirmation that if you |
| 12537s | don't pull the generic Esports pose that |
| 12540s | is how you would Group C very very true |
| 12542s | and also just what a confidence boost |
| 12545s | going into tomorrow right like no you |
| 12548s | know yeah you know xmg played well but |
| 12550s | just the fact that he went 3-1 and then |
| 12553s | 3-0 to go through his group against two |
| 12556s | incredibly strong players that is |
| 12558s | exactly what you want to enter the last |
| 12560s | day of Worlds uh with like that kind of |
| 12562s | attitude that comes from just winning |
| 12564s | that well as you can see now though we |
| 12566s | do have the rest of group C2 finish up |
| 12569s | of course we have the elimination match |
| 12570s | coming up next between Mighty and |
| 12572s | possessi and then the Winner's gonna go |
| 12573s | on to play against Abu gabu subtle |
| 12576s | there's a world that possesses and Habu |
| 12579s | are going to be out already |
| 12582s | that is indeed a world and I think you |
| 12584s | know most long time viewers of you know |
| 12587s | Grand Masters and the Western circuit |
| 12590s | the the circuit that generally excludes |
| 12591s | China for most of the year would |
| 12594s | consider that an upset I think people |
| 12596s | who are familiar with the China scene |
| 12597s | would argue that xmg is absolutely right |
| 12600s | up there and you know the the players |
| 12602s | who have qualified from China who are |
| 12604s | here are absolutely here on Merit |
| 12607s | um you know I've spoke to dead drawer in |
| 12609s | an interview which I'm not sure has been |
| 12611s | shown on the broadcast at any point yet |
| 12612s | today in the breaks where I was asking |
| 12614s | dead draw about you know what the |
| 12616s | experience was like of the players who |
| 12617s | do get to play in the China scene |
| 12618s | there's not very many of them right |
| 12620s | bunny Hopper dead draw of the players |
| 12621s | that are here that China scene is |
| 12625s | relentlessly competitive like they play |
| 12628s | top level competitive tournaments year |
| 12630s | round for the entire year like it's |
| 12632s | there's a big reason why China have gone |
| 12635s | up to the level of Europe being |
| 12637s | competitive Hearthstone over the last |
| 12638s | year or so and it's just you know iron |
| 12640s | sharpens iron they been grinding they've |
| 12643s | been high level competitors for a very |
| 12645s | very long time and they're continuing to |
| 12647s | make each other better by playing in |
| 12649s | those high-level tournaments all the |
| 12650s | time so yes that might look like an |
| 12652s | upset but I think xmg is showing that |
| 12654s | the China region is absolutely here to |
| 12657s | play for the world championship this |
| 12658s | year yeah really exciting and looking |
| 12660s | forward to seeing xmg play tomorrow but |
| 12663s | for now we do have those other matches |
| 12664s | to set up we're going to go to a quick |
| 12666s | break while we get them ready so make |
| 12667s | sure you don't go anywhere and we'll be |
| 12669s | right back with some more Hearthstone |
| 12670s | World Championship |
| 12673s | [Music] |
| 12681s | foreign |
| 12685s | [Music] |
| 12689s | 's Swiss record in the first three |
| 12692s | Masters Tour of this year |
| 12694s | 17-7 |
| 12697s | 18-6 |
| 12699s | 19-5 |
| 12701s | or 20 and 4. |
| 12703s | 18 and six |
| 12707s | nineteen five two sixes and a seven |
| 12711s | okay in all of European Grand Masters in |
| 12715s | how many seasons did Buddy Hopper have a |
| 12718s | negative win rate |
| 12720s | zero |
| 12721s | one |
| 12723s | two or three |
| 12726s | one |
| 12728s | correct got one |
| 12730s | okay how many matches did Deadpool win |
| 12734s | in Masters tours in 2019 and 2020 |
| 12738s | combined |
| 12740s | 52 55 |
| 12745s | 58 |
| 12747s | 61. I have no idea but I'm gonna go with |
| 12750s | 55. oh so close was 58. |
| 12755s | [Music] |
| 12756s | which player had the highest all-time |
| 12759s | win percentage in APAC Grand Masters |
| 12762s | mighty |
| 12764s | surrender |
| 12766s | possessy |
| 12767s | Or Glory |
| 12769s | I'm gonna go with me |
| 12773s | good answer it was you one season 11 and |
| 12776s | four yeah |
| 12779s | um and everybody else gets these |
| 12780s | questions as well so that's why that's |
| 12781s | in there there's one for everybody and |
| 12784s | finally |
| 12785s | what is possesses match win rate in |
| 12788s | Masters tours |
| 12789s | the 57.2 percent |
| 12792s | 59.2 percent |
| 12795s | 61.2 percent or 63.2 percent |
| 12800s | I'll go with 61.2 I think he's above 60. |
| 12804s | yeah yeah nice work got that one right |
| 12806s | and that's that's that done |
| 12808s | well done |
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| 12870s | welcome back everybody you are watching |
| 12872s | the 2022 Hearthstone world championship |
| 12874s | and if you have been watching then you |
| 12877s | will have just watched a pretty big |
| 12880s | upset I think it's fair to say not |
| 12881s | necessarily on the caliber of player but |
| 12884s | the lineup with xmg taking a pretty |
| 12886s | lucky but very well played as well |
| 12888s | playing to his outs 3-0 sweep over Habu |
| 12892s | gabu meaning that Habu is going to be |
| 12893s | waiting in the decider match for the |
| 12895s | winner of our first elimination match of |
| 12898s | the day Gia and as we've been talking |
| 12901s | about the greatest hits of Apec GM it |
| 12904s | doesn't really get much more APAC than |
| 12906s | this does it |
| 12907s | definitely not we have Mighty versus |
| 12910s | possessing yet another Underdog Story |
| 12913s | where Mighty after having faced one of |
| 12916s | the best in the world is facing now the |
| 12919s | current world champion in possessi in |
| 12922s | the elimination match Mighty of course |
| 12924s | having won the APAC Grand Masters season |
| 12927s | this year booked his qualification that |
| 12930s | we were as possessive had a very |
| 12932s | consistent year in the Masters Tour |
| 12933s | system proving that he hasn't slacked |
| 12936s | off at all since last year |
| 12938s | absolutely yeah his win rate still |
| 12941s | continues to Dazzle anyone who cares to |
| 12944s | peruse through them but the strategy |
| 12946s | that we have here is pretty interesting |
| 12948s | and it speaks to how Mighty has an |
| 12950s | unconventional lineup compared to the |
| 12952s | rest of the players because of what has |
| 12953s | been banned from his lineup rather than |
| 12956s | necessarily the other way around Mighty |
| 12958s | has been consistent bad Demon Hunter |
| 12960s | versus habugabu Banning Demon Hunter |
| 12962s | again but for possessy the Mage is |
| 12965s | apparently the biggest sticking point |
| 12967s | for him which uh I'm honestly pretty |
| 12969s | staggered to see a mage ban at any point |
| 12972s | in this series because it really doesn't |
| 12974s | feel like the top deck right now for me |
| 12976s | in any lineup yeah it doesn't quite feel |
| 12979s | that way especially given that |
| 12981s | possessive has a druid which I feel like |
| 12984s | is a good matchup and it's a mage in my |
| 12986s | opinion uh But Mighty Banning away the |
| 12989s | Demon Hunter is at least consistent and |
| 12991s | to be expected because Mighty is running |
| 12993s | a very control heavy lineup which we saw |
| 12996s | already at the beginning of the day but |
| 12999s | I mean seeing how the group has found |
| 13001s | out it's just quite unlucky from idea |
| 13002s | that he never faced xmg at any point I |
| 13005s | feel like that's the player that he was |
| 13006s | most favored against in the entire |
| 13008s | tournament and even within a group he |
| 13011s | couldn't hit him and xmg meanwhile just |
| 13014s | sailed straight away with only one game |
| 13016s | loss in the entire day through to the |
| 13019s | quarter finals uh we are going to start |
| 13022s | off with no to be the priest mirror |
| 13026s | Derek so good Buckle in for quite a long |
| 13031s | and leisurely game to start us off here |
| 13033s | oh Soul call keep getting away with it |
| 13036s | how does this happen I know it's after |
| 13039s | you know casting yala and Warrior |
| 13041s | controllers and we're APAC you can stop |
| 13043s | screaming at me down the the mic that I |
| 13046s | can't hear subtle |
| 13047s | um but come on he gets a 3-0 aggro sweep |
| 13050s | and we get control priest mirror uh |
| 13052s | either way it'll be interesting to see |
| 13054s | the differences in the lineups here as |
| 13056s | already I think we can start to see some |
| 13058s | pretty big advantages right possessy |
| 13061s | with as I learned thanks to you earlier |
| 13064s | on in the day sister svalner as it's |
| 13066s | called in the list plus double ambulated |
| 13069s | and undying he has got a significantly |
| 13073s | greedier list here than his opponent |
| 13075s | which right out of the gate surely this |
| 13077s | puts him a major advantage |
| 13080s | yeah in theory it should the thing going |
| 13083s | from mighty though is that he is running |
| 13085s | the quest which possessi is not so in |
| 13089s | terms of inevitability if my D can avoid |
| 13092s | his quest reward well if he can get his |
| 13095s | quest reward in the first place if his |
| 13096s | entire curve isn't turned into plague |
| 13098s | spreaders uh and then on top of that |
| 13101s | avoid zarella herself getting |
| 13102s | transformed and maybe in the quest |
| 13105s | reward getting stolen if he can jump |
| 13107s | through all of these hoops that he does |
| 13109s | have inevitability on his side but |
| 13111s | possessive certainly has a lot of |
| 13114s | disruption available from that plague |
| 13117s | spreader plus |
| 13120s | serial of the debauchery playing all of |
| 13123s | these transform effects in mighty's hand |
| 13126s | I mean I've got to say right out the |
| 13128s | gate Mighty can you please close the |
| 13129s | window to the tavern you're letting a |
| 13131s | snowstorm in uh on the right hand side |
| 13136s | yeah hopefully for his sake not quite as |
| 13139s | cold where he is as it currently is for |
| 13141s | you dark |
| 13144s | hopefully |
| 13145s | uh but right out the gate really nice |
| 13148s | starting hand here for |
| 13150s | possessing uh with the svalner alone |
| 13153s | being a really nice draw uh Cathedral of |
| 13156s | atonement is an interesting one uh |
| 13159s | because we did see uh obviously it can |
| 13162s | be an active detriment to your game plan |
| 13165s | if it does go to fatigue drawing cards |
| 13167s | Works obviously against that and in the |
| 13169s | matchup between dead draw and |
| 13173s | uh it wasn't XC was it uh |
| 13177s | I forget who exactly but in a dead raw |
| 13179s | series |
| 13180s | uh they ended up just taking up a board |
| 13182s | space and they still didn't want to proc |
| 13185s | it at all but given that possessive is |
| 13186s | so far ahead in terms of value I |
| 13188s | honestly wouldn't be surprised to see |
| 13189s | him draw a couple of cards uh along the |
| 13191s | way for sure I also think that he can't |
| 13194s | afford to just try and win through |
| 13195s | fatigue because maybe has the quest so |
| 13198s | there is not really a world where |
| 13200s | possess you can just sit pretty and |
| 13202s | eventually hope to fatigue the game out |
| 13206s | um I think possessive should be focused |
| 13208s | on drawing his disruption tools of which |
| 13210s | there is already theater in hand so |
| 13212s | looking for plague spreader sooner |
| 13214s | rather than later and trying to double |
| 13216s | up on its death rattle effects seems |
| 13218s | like his best bet at taking the match up |
| 13221s | from Ideo looking through the thrive in |
| 13224s | the shadows hits another four drop which |
| 13228s | isn't I mean both of them are AOE that |
| 13231s | he could eventually use later but it |
| 13233s | feels like the shadow word ruin is a bit |
| 13236s | more situational than Zara and he could |
| 13239s | probably throw that away just to |
| 13241s | progress the quest exactly yeah that's |
| 13243s | the the real name of the game here for |
| 13245s | mighty |
| 13249s | well I guess actually the the other |
| 13250s | thing here right that uh I maybe didn't |
| 13252s | even highlight upon is the the quest |
| 13254s | differential right that really shakes |
| 13256s | things up as you said with the Quest for |
| 13258s | Mighty maybe that counteracts all the |
| 13260s | value that possessi has access to uh |
| 13262s | we'll have to see whether he can disrupt |
| 13264s | it along the way |
| 13265s | right |
| 13268s | well now the ruin actually has a target |
| 13270s | for my days so not bad whatsoever |
| 13274s | that will finish quest stage one pretty |
| 13278s | fortunate firm ID to pick up the uh run |
| 13281s | of all actually at all |
| 13285s | I hardly ever thought I would say it's |
| 13287s | like drawing patches but in the case of |
| 13290s | this one deck it's one of the few three |
| 13292s | jobs that he has access to |
| 13296s | mutinous is a seven drop that he didn't |
| 13299s | already have yeah over this lining up |
| 13302s | real perfect for mighty yeah indeed |
| 13305s | having to play a little bit off curve |
| 13307s | unfortunately with uh him having fallen |
| 13309s | one turn behind but |
| 13311s | perfectly happy with that outcome uh the |
| 13315s | real problem is of course going to be |
| 13317s | playing sorry completing the quest and |
| 13320s | then hoping to be able to play cirella |
| 13323s | on the same turn or at least hoping that |
| 13326s | it can't be disrupted for a turn because |
| 13327s | it is going to be stuck there which is I |
| 13329s | think what possessed you will of course |
| 13330s | be holding on greedily for this theater |
| 13333s | to hopefully be able to interact with |
| 13336s | that right uh the nature of Equestria's |
| 13339s | priest being on the last condition is |
| 13344s | minimum a seven Mana card having to be |
| 13346s | played in means it's impossible to get |
| 13348s | to play the quest reward on that same |
| 13350s | turn as well so best Mighty can do to |
| 13353s | play around it is keep as full a hand as |
| 13355s | possible to minimize the odds of theater |
| 13358s | actually getting the quest reward from |
| 13360s | his hand and as for possessive looking |
| 13364s | through the list real quick he's not |
| 13367s | running brand or anything like that to |
| 13369s | try and get multiple blocks from theater |
| 13371s | so it's just the fact that it's in hand |
| 13374s | right now is as threatening as it's |
| 13376s | gonna be |
| 13379s | ten full cars which means Savannah |
| 13384s | probably not the player I guess you just |
| 13386s | end up on middle instead |
| 13389s | yeah I'd agree |
| 13391s | Point Behemoth is also a bit better |
| 13393s | Tempo if you would like that's true |
| 13399s | the two Spirit guides |
| 13401s | are generally very important to actually |
| 13404s | get Cycles through another good winter |
| 13407s | resurrect with amulet but it's just not |
| 13410s | the situation for it |
| 13412s | like spreader is another thing possessy |
| 13414s | could look for in case somehow the |
| 13416s | theater uh |
| 13418s | plan means if it didn't work out or he |
| 13422s | had to play it a bit earlier maybe if he |
| 13424s | could get a plague spreader on board and |
| 13426s | snipe it |
| 13427s | uh to try and get the zarella quest |
| 13430s | reward that also seems like an alternate |
| 13433s | game plan but it's even less likely to |
| 13435s | hit the root Target |
| 13438s | gorgeous turns to draw the silence as |
| 13440s | well there for Mighty just to deny the |
| 13442s | death rattle any surprise spikes of |
| 13444s | tempo from his opponent is of course the |
| 13446s | last thing you want to see when you have |
| 13447s | the inevitability of the quest |
| 13450s | firmly on your side |
| 13462s | represents two cards in hand you could |
| 13465s | argue the location represents even more |
| 13467s | but it takes quite a while |
| 13469s | to pay for itself in value |
| 13476s | meanwhile for possessive |
| 13480s | biggest thing play the behemoth |
| 13483s | uh-huh |
| 13488s | and a trade amulet so I guess he's going |
| 13491s | light shower instead |
| 13493s | oh would you ever play amulet for |
| 13496s | meter |
| 13499s | doesn't seem good enough |
| 13502s | yeah I guess but but playing that plus |
| 13506s | point of the spirit guide I thought it |
| 13510s | was maybe enough Comfort to justify the |
| 13512s | play but as he is just going for a pure |
| 13515s | Mida game plan which is you know a very |
| 13518s | tough minion for a mighty to deal with |
| 13520s | doesn't fall within uh the range of |
| 13523s | Shadow word ruin it does fall within the |
| 13525s | range of uh infused clean cuisine |
| 13528s | maybe I'm gonna go ahead and Whirlpool |
| 13531s | that which is mainly just to progress |
| 13534s | request because the nature of mina is |
| 13536s | that there's a shard in the deck not |
| 13538s | amida itself so it's not super weak to |
| 13540s | whirlpool |
| 13544s | I don't think really can do |
| 13548s | I mean you know playing the meter there |
| 13549s | was a bit strange not to just play the |
| 13551s | biggest minion but I'm trying to think |
| 13552s | what he might be trying to play around |
| 13553s | here from his opponent uh again in terms |
| 13556s | of disruption I don't think you have the |
| 13557s | Liberty to play theater you would much |
| 13560s | rather just save that for the potential |
| 13563s | of sniping the zirella from the hero |
| 13566s | sorry from the quest reward and so again |
| 13569s | if it was up to me I would just be |
| 13570s | slamming the biggest minion absolutely |
| 13573s | I guess there's also the reverse no |
| 13575s | potential of the mutinous chomping the |
| 13577s | theater and if possessio is very true |
| 13579s | yeah yeah |
| 13581s | good for him to not play a minion last |
| 13583s | term but Dennis does come down and eat a |
| 13586s | spirit guide which is |
| 13589s | you know something of a relief for |
| 13591s | possessive but also oh yeah he's in big |
| 13592s | trouble that's the zarella quest reward |
| 13594s | in hand and mighty has plenty of other |
| 13597s | cards to buffer against the atars so |
| 13599s | possessy needs to hit big just like that |
| 13601s | he does this is Far and Away the most |
| 13604s | important turn of the game uh here for |
| 13606s | possessy as mighty was considering the |
| 13609s | kidnap sack but as we know the biggest |
| 13611s | weakness of the sack is it still allows |
| 13615s | battle cries to go up which means the |
| 13617s | guitar is still waiting to Chomp up the |
| 13620s | or sorry to swap the zarella rather |
| 13622s | that's mutinous job and so I do think he |
| 13624s | just wants to keep maximum hand size on |
| 13627s | this turn if he can keep this and play |
| 13629s | it |
| 13630s | he's looking very solid for this game |
| 13634s | and so in terms of options that replace |
| 13637s | himself in hand Thrive or trading the |
| 13640s | restaurant vipers decent to close out |
| 13643s | the rest of his Mana probably wants to |
| 13645s | save Thrive for post zarella though so |
| 13647s | probably just straight away the Viper |
| 13650s | [Music] |
| 13652s | okay here we go |
| 13656s | it's the play |
| 13658s | it's all you got as far as I see |
| 13673s | oh he's so good at Hearthstone oh my god |
| 13676s | oh poor Mighty hands together and prayer |
| 13679s | as possessive peruses the second option |
| 13682s | as if it matters at this yeah uh |
| 13687s | I |
| 13688s | think that's it right mighty's deeper in |
| 13691s | fatigue his deck is infinitely lower in |
| 13693s | value overall |
| 13696s | well if Mighty top decks his theater |
| 13700s | next turn and gets it back |
| 13705s | oh mighty |
| 13708s | you poor poor soul yep |
| 13719s | Ford as well |
| 13721s | okay |
| 13721s | [Music] |
| 13722s | um |
| 13723s | trade Viper |
| 13725s | Cathedral two shots to find his own |
| 13728s | theater |
| 13730s | but he's also kind of dying on board if |
| 13732s | he just does that yeah |
| 13737s | you're absolutely right it's uh it's |
| 13739s | theater robust and it has to be this |
| 13741s | very turn |
| 13746s | that's a miss |
| 13749s | treatable |
| 13756s | that's another Miss |
| 13759s | and that's all his card draw |
| 13761s | that's so painful |
| 13766s | all the hard work that Mighty put in |
| 13768s | running the quest in the first place |
| 13770s | completing it only to have it all stolen |
| 13773s | away by one match |
| 13777s | oh okay what about kidnap sack because |
| 13781s | Essie plays zarella into the sack it |
| 13784s | adds it back to hand right |
| 13786s | and then you get to theater later on in |
| 13788s | the game |
| 13790s | huh okay |
| 13793s | buying it I'm fine |
| 13796s | good because I'm not |
| 13800s | well played |
| 13804s | okay |
| 13805s | um there's Fringe out still if my D can |
| 13809s | get a generated identity theft and |
| 13813s | discover The Shard from pizzazzi's deck |
| 13816s | yeah are you buying yeah I'm buying I'm |
| 13819s | buying anything I can get my hands on |
| 13825s | and just uh as a reminder for those of |
| 13828s | you who haven't been able to sit through |
| 13830s | an entire Quest priest game awake this |
| 13833s | is what the purified shot does this is |
| 13835s | why it's such an important factor in |
| 13838s | this game and with another theater |
| 13840s | having been founded the mighty oh my |
| 13843s | Lord |
| 13846s | and I guess that's the other problem for |
| 13848s | for Mighty just to make matters worse is |
| 13850s | he doesn't run identity theft in the |
| 13855s | first place it generated somehow |
| 13858s | um how to generate it |
| 13861s | let's have a look |
| 13863s | and he has gangsters |
| 13866s | that's what's in the list |
| 13868s | um |
| 13869s | yeah that's not gonna help |
| 13873s | yo how can he generate it does it have |
| 13879s | um |
| 13880s | he has to steal something with theater |
| 13882s | like there's no generation in his deck |
| 13884s | apart from that yeah |
| 13886s | I've got you for a secret |
| 13892s | oh yeah |
| 13894s | and obviously everything we're doing |
| 13896s | right now Mighty is doing probably 10 |
| 13898s | times faster but just rattling through |
| 13900s | any of the win conditions that he could |
| 13903s | possibly scrounge together in this game |
| 13908s | um |
| 13909s | is there any hope him to win on board |
| 13912s | instead perhaps |
| 13917s | not quite I'm looking at Double |
| 13920s | Whirlpool for possession yeah exactly |
| 13923s | clean |
| 13925s | Health total |
| 13927s | well possessed his hand has better |
| 13929s | removal and better board development |
| 13932s | right now it's just got everything |
| 13938s | okay so because Mighty has to do |
| 13941s | something incredibly cheesy I feel like |
| 13943s | kidnap sack is a necessity to even open |
| 13946s | the first |
| 13949s | possibility towards generating a win |
| 13952s | condition |
| 13954s | uh so if you're setting the two Mana |
| 13956s | aside the rest can be spent on a |
| 13958s | behemoth I suppose |
| 13961s | or you could just leave oh yeah that's a |
| 13965s | disconnect that's not just full-lorn uh |
| 13968s | mighty yeah that's unfortunate we did |
| 13971s | get word earlier on in the day that |
| 13973s | there was a little delay to the start of |
| 13975s | the day because uh of some internet |
| 13977s | issues that he had he had been happening |
| 13979s | hopefully that won't be a factor but I |
| 13983s | want to say that no matter what happens |
| 13984s | with this game hopefully we can get it |
| 13985s | reconnected and he can join back in |
| 13988s | um that it's probably over like there is |
| 13992s | extremely slim chances that he can get |
| 13994s | back in this game now |
| 13995s | I wouldn't agree we went over all the |
| 13999s | possibilities for Mighty and slim is |
| 14003s | already an overstatement uh possessive |
| 14007s | has removal for any sort of board |
| 14009s | options that Mighty could go for he has |
| 14013s | um decent Card Draw slash fishing |
| 14016s | options with Finley and Thrive and the |
| 14019s | sisters fall now generating him that uh |
| 14022s | permanent vision of Darkness means that |
| 14024s | he would never run out of value |
| 14026s | theoretically either |
| 14028s | I need to remember when I'm trying to |
| 14030s | look up specific Hearthstone cards as |
| 14032s | there we go Mighty throws it down |
| 14034s | um but you can't just Google Hearthstone |
| 14036s | words like Googling identity theft it |
| 14038s | turns out doesn't get you the |
| 14039s | Hearthstone card just takes you to high |
| 14041s | density theft hotlines which uh I'm all |
| 14044s | right if I'm on any list now I'm I'm |
| 14046s | fine uh But Mighty probably a little bit |
| 14048s | less fine because that is gonna be a |
| 14051s | tilter in a double pronged attack right |
| 14054s | losing the game to a theater like that |
| 14056s | and then having a disconnect at the end |
| 14059s | like these things really do start to |
| 14061s | Rattle you as a pro player right even |
| 14064s | starting off the day with disconnect |
| 14065s | issues can definitely stress one out and |
| 14069s | it's worlds you want to have any problem |
| 14073s | but |
| 14075s | um just the game itself completely out |
| 14077s | of your mind so I really hope that |
| 14078s | Mighty can get everything sorted and try |
| 14082s | to put all of that behind him whereas |
| 14085s | for possessive man |
| 14087s | um |
| 14088s | well let's hope he doesn't get quite so |
| 14091s | lucky with you at our average time |
| 14092s | because that does not even fair yeah it |
| 14097s | uh it rarely does I mean today has just |
| 14099s | felt kind of unfair for everyone who's |
| 14101s | lost I mean like yesterday we had yala |
| 14103s | getting some disastrous Demon Hunter |
| 14104s | draws thankfully he was able to make it |
| 14106s | out of the group in the end but perhaps |
| 14107s | We Gather in that last series like what |
| 14109s | even was that his opponent getting exact |
| 14111s | lethal on the invitations there and then |
| 14114s | just managing to get exact lethal every |
| 14116s | single game afterwards it's a truly |
| 14119s | absurd but in terms of the rest of the |
| 14122s | series that we now have for possessy |
| 14125s | he's lining up his own Druid now which |
| 14130s | against the control version of the |
| 14134s | priest as opposed to the quest version |
| 14136s | um I don't want to say he's probably in |
| 14138s | a really good spot there is the |
| 14140s | potential for something like what |
| 14141s | happened in the previous game to happen |
| 14143s | versus Druid and to work uh but most of |
| 14146s | the time I want to say Druid is a little |
| 14148s | bit too quick in doing what it wants to |
| 14150s | do and while priest does undeniably have |
| 14152s | strong answers |
| 14155s | um the the combos that you have access |
| 14156s | to with a new brick on and astral blood |
| 14159s | sworn if they come down anytime soon |
| 14161s | priest does struggle to build up a |
| 14163s | strong enough defense to survive that |
| 14164s | completely agree and I just don't think |
| 14166s | there's enough disruption in mighty's |
| 14168s | list he's not running plague spreader |
| 14171s | it's only in the form of Theodore and |
| 14173s | mutinous that he can mess with some of |
| 14175s | the combo pieces from possessy and the |
| 14177s | thing with Druid is there's so much |
| 14179s | redundancy in the threats here if you |
| 14182s | get rid of their astalar they still have |
| 14186s | um dinatrios in most of this I want to |
| 14188s | say but because as he's actually cut |
| 14189s | that so can actually be a big deal but |
| 14191s | then there's just a nubricant plus |
| 14196s | um brand sort of shenanigans can be |
| 14199s | enough to deal with that and then the |
| 14201s | fact that possessive is running the |
| 14202s | disruption of his own with mutinous and |
| 14205s | theater |
| 14211s | oh okay reasonable hands for both |
| 14214s | players here actually as long as the |
| 14217s | sketchy can offer a mage secret then the |
| 14222s | curve is looking pretty clean uh of |
| 14224s | course I've cursed Mighty there |
| 14226s | apologies my friend uh |
| 14229s | that's really bad that's a real bummer |
| 14234s | specialist kidnap sack |
| 14237s | it's like almost actively bad against |
| 14239s | Druid they would happily replay any of |
| 14242s | their minions later on with a strong |
| 14243s | Battle Cry like two topios sign me up |
| 14245s | uh-huh |
| 14249s | foreign |
| 14253s | trap |
| 14256s | yeah I guess spend the Mana |
| 14260s | and you know this this is what I have to |
| 14263s | you know I was coming back to is that |
| 14265s | for Mighty does have to resist the till |
| 14268s | because he is absolutely justified in |
| 14271s | being annoyed right now he's getting |
| 14273s | unlucky but that doesn't matter you |
| 14276s | can't let it get to you or you will just |
| 14277s | start playing worse right there's a |
| 14280s | three drop down and yes he's off curve |
| 14283s | but it does mean Quest progression is |
| 14285s | back on the table here |
| 14291s | foreign |
| 14293s | oh man this hand is so good |
| 14302s | yeah if that was a mage secret I would |
| 14304s | agree with this line but for Hunter |
| 14308s | nothing goes wrong if you just play a |
| 14310s | minion |
| 14311s | yeah agreed |
| 14318s | especially knowing that in the hunter |
| 14321s | pool there is a secret that just stops |
| 14323s | the in its tracks but uh possessi does |
| 14326s | have more options in hand right now |
| 14329s | Thrive for Mighty to close out the turn |
| 14332s | light it burns can get rid of the 88 |
| 14334s | pretty nicely but Gift of the Night |
| 14337s | represents some pretty sorely lacking |
| 14340s | cycle |
| 14343s | foreign |
| 14347s | cycle but |
| 14351s | I think that's maybe not necessary |
| 14352s | you're just going to run through the |
| 14354s | five six eight and hope to draw a seven |
| 14357s | uh in the next couple turns |
| 14360s | it's true |
| 14363s | and I think the survivability of the |
| 14365s | light it burns is worth a little bit |
| 14367s | more uh in this instance than the uh the |
| 14371s | cycle would be as possessive is this was |
| 14374s | a dredge right uh yes so you're not |
| 14376s | picking a Nexia I mean I think it's |
| 14379s | theater anyway again oh my God could you |
| 14382s | imagine again |
| 14387s | it just ends up denying Mighty of his |
| 14390s | WinCo in this battle oh |
| 14393s | I mean it's it's not ridiculous as well |
| 14396s | either for possessing to get himself in |
| 14397s | a situation where he could play both |
| 14399s | theater and mutants on the same turn |
| 14402s | after the |
| 14404s | the quest is completed as long as he can |
| 14405s | find goth in the next couple turns |
| 14410s | hey yeah |
| 14411s | is right |
| 14414s | well at least it's a decent light bomb |
| 14415s | for my duke |
| 14418s | yeah it's very good |
| 14420s | and now we're probably gonna see the |
| 14423s | Topia turn |
| 14427s | possessive heat just kind of wants to |
| 14429s | clear hand space honestly |
| 14431s | so we might see a pretty aggressive |
| 14433s | Earthen scales just to get it out the |
| 14435s | way and then follow up next turn with |
| 14438s | the Jerry rig |
| 14441s | yeah absolutely agree |
| 14444s | there is the option to go for an |
| 14446s | aggressive mutinous if he wants to say |
| 14449s | oh let me just deny you of your seven |
| 14451s | drop |
| 14454s | if he thinks it's in hand both of the |
| 14457s | seven drop options for my Dr minions |
| 14459s | that's true actually yeah and you know I |
| 14462s | I said it's possible that you're going |
| 14464s | to get to play mutinous and theater on |
| 14465s | the same turn it's not looking likely |
| 14467s | right now that that will be the case uh |
| 14469s | and therefore playing the mutinous now |
| 14472s | even if it doesn't hit a key minion as |
| 14474s | you said like one of the seven drops it |
| 14476s | makes their hands smaller for when you |
| 14478s | do go for the theater later on |
| 14481s | the more I talk about it the actually |
| 14482s | the more I like commuting us here |
| 14487s | and honestly a little |
| 14490s | fish finger snack here is not bad for |
| 14493s | possessing at all |
| 14496s | and Sir Finley reduced to a fish finger |
| 14499s | snap |
| 14504s | all right clean the scene finish his |
| 14506s | quest stage two and because the mutant |
| 14508s | has only had a tiny little snack still |
| 14512s | gets caught in that |
| 14516s | foreign |
| 14521s | drop is mighty doesn't it |
| 14525s | a shortest cycle control |
| 14532s | okay not a bad hand again like he's got |
| 14535s | a bit more draw he's got the removal in |
| 14537s | case there's an explosion of tempo from |
| 14539s | possessy |
| 14545s | chance at finding Guff through moonlit |
| 14548s | guidance yeah bran as well would be |
| 14550s | enormous right |
| 14553s | even if he doesn't find it spending the |
| 14555s | rest of the Mana on oh oh my goodness oh |
| 14560s | that's so good |
| 14562s | not like this my |
| 14564s | oh |
| 14568s | do you |
| 14569s | I mean I know it's giving information to |
| 14571s | them if you play it I guess you just |
| 14573s | play top you're right you don't mess |
| 14575s | around with brown on this title I was |
| 14576s | thinking like you could try and set up |
| 14577s | for bran and then play topio the next |
| 14579s | turn if it survives but that's getting a |
| 14582s | bit fancy I think yeah it really doesn't |
| 14584s | need to |
| 14585s | um I'm actually even looking at Renault |
| 14587s | welt Jerry rig just to get the highest |
| 14590s | quantity of cards out of his hand oh |
| 14592s | okay |
| 14593s | okay spammy plus runathol is a similar |
| 14596s | principle |
| 14602s | that's a lovely draw in meeting us |
| 14606s | very much so can it Chomp the theater |
| 14610s | seven right down the middle |
| 14613s | yeah I mean you've got one in seven |
| 14615s | fantastic |
| 14617s | another one in seven in brown for decent |
| 14625s | I think he's got to do it |
| 14628s | oh |
| 14635s | I feel like a lucky Theo begets a lucky |
| 14638s | mutinous |
| 14639s | Karma works right |
| 14648s | would be more Mana efficient for now |
| 14650s | fair enough |
| 14653s | and possessy could |
| 14656s | um empty the hand quite a bit of minions |
| 14659s | here so maybe next has a better shot of |
| 14663s | getting that theater |
| 14667s | yeah |
| 14668s | I I don't know I kind of just feel like |
| 14670s | you wanna getting stats on the board now |
| 14674s | like pressure them a little bit along |
| 14676s | the way I |
| 14678s | because you know in the instance that |
| 14680s | you do Miss with theater it's still |
| 14682s | possible even if you have a brand |
| 14683s | alongside it you want to have a strong |
| 14686s | backup plan of just killing them in the |
| 14688s | two or three turns you're likely to have |
| 14690s | after zarella comes down |
| 14694s | wow that is something that Druid could |
| 14698s | uh sorry priest could aim for in the |
| 14700s | world where they haven't seen |
| 14703s | a topiar hit the board not much |
| 14706s | development as well |
| 14709s | as a new broken maybe that's one of the |
| 14712s | cards he was looking for to do like a |
| 14714s | big |
| 14715s | brand theater roll at once kind of a |
| 14717s | deal |
| 14718s | but he had that anyway really and |
| 14721s | there's not much else you can pile all |
| 14722s | alongside that that makes a big |
| 14723s | difference but here it is |
| 14726s | oh he hit |
| 14729s | it's big okay |
| 14733s | mighty's win condition is well and truly |
| 14736s | alive at the moment and now it's a |
| 14739s | question of whether he can survive the |
| 14742s | combos from possessive which it's |
| 14744s | looking pretty good for now because |
| 14746s | there's no Guff but Sylvanas could steal |
| 14748s | this huge mutinous oh I mean this could |
| 14751s | be such a big turn if he wants it he's |
| 14753s | got like brand uh nubricon a Devourer |
| 14757s | all at once like for a massive swing |
| 14758s | turn but I think quite clearly at this |
| 14760s | point now the the theater plan has |
| 14762s | fallen apart he's looking for Aston law |
| 14765s | because he's got most of the combo ready |
| 14766s | to go right now just needs to find ask |
| 14769s | the law to truly unlock it right this |
| 14771s | innervate is such a key part of that it |
| 14774s | means that Guff is not necessary I want |
| 14778s | to say I haven't done all the math on |
| 14780s | how much armor possess he can get up to |
| 14782s | without |
| 14783s | um much natural manner before that but |
| 14786s | I was gonna say I thought he would hold |
| 14788s | on to innervate for that possibility but |
| 14790s | he is just gonna go for clearing the |
| 14792s | mutinous this turn making some hand |
| 14795s | space and trying to find that go by |
| 14797s | other means |
| 14800s | nitrate but I don't |
| 14802s | think he's doing enough here and feral |
| 14804s | Ridge because it's uncastable on this |
| 14806s | turn even though the extra armor is nice |
| 14808s | to go alongside an ubercon |
| 14811s | I think it has taken the mark as the |
| 14813s | best individual card yes agreed |
| 14817s | him |
| 14818s | plenty of shrubs to push through this |
| 14821s | mutinous |
| 14823s | buddy a respectable amount of board |
| 14825s | presents as well |
| 14828s | [Applause] |
| 14831s | Jerry have good stats for the cost |
| 14836s | [Music] |
| 14842s | oh Fearless thrive |
| 14845s | oh it's a miss |
| 14848s | oh the mighty just so wanted to not have |
| 14850s | to think anymore he was like oh come on |
| 14853s | I just wanted one time in an easy Shard |
| 14856s | next turn to close out the game |
| 14859s | they're all kind of |
| 14863s | meh I mean light bomb is a conditional |
| 14866s | clear but yeah Shadow spells to fulfill |
| 14869s | the other requirement on like one |
| 14871s | another drink |
| 14878s | while he wasn't able to steal the |
| 14879s | zarella Via theater but he could steal |
| 14882s | it via Sylvanas |
| 14884s | that's true |
| 14887s | oh having absolutely zero card draw |
| 14890s | though is |
| 14891s | actually quite unlikely at this stage in |
| 14894s | the game |
| 14897s | yeah even after having played both |
| 14899s | halves of a nourish yeah and a miracle |
| 14902s | growth as well like he's drawn a lot but |
| 14905s | it's just all Goth second Miracle growth |
| 14907s | nourish all stuff down at the bottom uh |
| 14910s | which means |
| 14911s | plan a at the moment I guess is just |
| 14915s | apply as much pressure |
| 14916s | as possible in Sylvanas to steal that |
| 14919s | and send everything else faced |
| 14924s | there's a lot of damage 17 on board you |
| 14926s | could have even a hero power and even if |
| 14930s | he expects the sport to get cleared |
| 14932s | either by a light bomb Shadow or Drew in |
| 14934s | or Whirlpool there is the alternate |
| 14936s | option of refilling the board with some |
| 14941s | combo pieces but uh he is Gonna Save the |
| 14944s | Sylvanas for now |
| 14947s | I thought Devourer infused |
| 14952s | and while possessing maybe expecting to |
| 14954s | just be dead here |
| 14956s | at the moment he's alive there's one |
| 14958s | last chance to take the draw I think you |
| 14960s | target the Jerry rig with the the |
| 14962s | cathedral right in order to give a clean |
| 14964s | kill on everything with light bomb and |
| 14967s | of course one final draw at the purified |
| 14969s | shard |
| 14973s | right way to start the turn |
| 14978s | guess that is unless you want to play |
| 14979s | spirit guide on this turn to tutor |
| 14982s | another holy spell okay |
| 14984s | this makes sense too |
| 14988s | then how's he killing the Jerry |
| 14990s | double-lighted friends I guess he's just |
| 14993s | not killing it but just doesn't it's |
| 14995s | kind of scary at 16 health |
| 14997s | I think you're okay you could light it |
| 15000s | burns the top you're on a 3-3 uh that |
| 15003s | takes off a bit more damage right yes so |
| 15006s | then heal yourself like I'd be surprised |
| 15009s | if you're dead especially as the deck |
| 15011s | doesn't run |
| 15014s | wait what's going on what |
| 15017s | he wants to draw immediate oh he's |
| 15018s | looking for shadow or Gruen okay hits I |
| 15021s | guess it was closely guaranteed by that |
| 15023s | point |
| 15023s | oh he stopped playing it okay now I'm |
| 15025s | lost um |
| 15028s | wow I did not expect that okay okay so |
| 15031s | it's been silenced was there any silence |
| 15033s | in the deck oh there is a starfish okay |
| 15038s | I Had A Shard of the Naru and traded it |
| 15039s | back |
| 15043s | I mean mighty's just right but it's |
| 15045s | terrible draw and he never dies from |
| 15049s | this position I'm not sure that |
| 15051s | statement is true if there were an |
| 15053s | oscillar in hand I I mean it's never the |
| 15056s | final stage and it's not Guff yet so I |
| 15059s | guess not |
| 15060s | but like not indeed no bran oh yeah |
| 15064s | stage one bran ask the Lord doesn't work |
| 15066s | because the manothers doesn't get |
| 15068s | augmented by a brand until stage three |
| 15070s | okay |
| 15071s | [Music] |
| 15075s | all right one location proc |
| 15078s | ESS I mean now you're drawing off the |
| 15080s | Jerry a hundred percent yeah yes |
| 15084s | oh it's still not bad |
| 15089s | um so what's it light bomb gangster hero |
| 15094s | power |
| 15095s | oh yeah gangster's pretty cool right it |
| 15097s | does play around |
| 15099s | bran yeah like part of the turn Brian |
| 15103s | asked the law is just a |
| 15106s | I guess you'd heal up so it wouldn't |
| 15107s | that you wouldn't be in range for that |
| 15109s | anyway |
| 15115s | but it's a it's a card it's something |
| 15117s | yes |
| 15121s | all right ask the law for the game here |
| 15123s | for possessy |
| 15126s | that's not it oh my God there's just one |
| 15129s | card that both players care about in |
| 15131s | their deck and it's like the only card |
| 15132s | that matters behind the player |
| 15137s | this is unwatchable the tension is too |
| 15140s | much |
| 15146s | trouble but at the same time you just |
| 15148s | cannot take your eyes away |
| 15150s | oh it's a goddamn snake get out of here |
| 15154s | okay here's another location proc |
| 15158s | uh-huh the thing is okay another jigs |
| 15162s | are active so we drew a Holy Spirit the |
| 15164s | holy spirit is not |
| 15166s | screenshot |
| 15172s | there he goes face and then another jig |
| 15174s | and then trade The Shard back one |
| 15175s | probably just play |
| 15178s | light shower instead but okay ah these |
| 15182s | are not the shards he's looking for |
| 15184s | Finley come back why did you leave us |
| 15189s | oh my gosh |
| 15192s | do you play theater at this point is |
| 15195s | that like I don't know you're dying I |
| 15196s | guess right you have to you're the board |
| 15198s | yes you have to clear the board yeah |
| 15200s | kills his own gangster but but that's he |
| 15203s | looks like he's in pain as well yeah for |
| 15206s | real |
| 15209s | come on |
| 15211s | all right once again one card for |
| 15213s | possessi to end the game ask the law |
| 15215s | right now |
| 15221s | uh oh |
| 15225s | what is this War I saw the legendary |
| 15228s | border from behind and I was like oh |
| 15230s | that's it that's the one |
| 15233s | he misses again |
| 15234s | that is crazy |
| 15238s | okay is this the draw |
| 15242s | I can see that's the law |
| 15246s | what's going on it must be theater Trump |
| 15249s | no it has to be theater time right yeah |
| 15252s | he has to sense that he's just one card |
| 15254s | of dying right and he has no further |
| 15256s | draw options here so |
| 15259s | I mean the location sure |
| 15262s | oh that's a draw option is he gonna play |
| 15266s | that instead I mean it's not guaranteed |
| 15268s | but if it doesn't draw a purified shot |
| 15270s | it gets him shot of the nauru yeah |
| 15275s | which he can then just trade back |
| 15278s | but I |
| 15280s | oh it's so hard to get a read on this |
| 15282s | hand yeah playing it means that it's not |
| 15285s | necessarily dead the next turn so I |
| 15287s | don't think it's particularly helpful |
| 15289s | like Mighty could kill it off with |
| 15292s | um Shadow word ruin but that spends too |
| 15294s | much Mana for him to be able to play the |
| 15296s | purified chart on the next turn |
| 15298s | oh my God he's not playing the theater |
| 15300s | I'm still not feel really oh my gosh |
| 15304s | is that she's still in this |
| 15306s | |
| 15309s | for one more draw |
| 15313s | ah |
| 15319s | nourish okay |
| 15321s | is there a nourish in the deck there is |
| 15323s | right there's one left I think so |
| 15328s | I really want to steal that uh |
| 15331s | a spirit guide |
| 15334s | oh but then you really want to play |
| 15336s | nourish as well |
| 15339s | priorities |
| 15343s | I guess if he doesn't leave enough |
| 15345s | attack on board he can't |
| 15347s | kill it and he can't afford to spend a |
| 15349s | single manner on killing it off himself |
| 15350s | or he can't play The Shard true |
| 15354s | it's also fills his hand up where the |
| 15357s | Atari I guess is less effective true or |
| 15360s | Mighty but yeah the only really crucial |
| 15364s | card in hand is a new Barack |
| 15367s | oh |
| 15369s | this is the most uncomfortable I've been |
| 15372s | watching a Hearthstone game it's like oh |
| 15374s | is nobody drawing |
| 15378s | he misses as well this is he can take |
| 15381s | golf which is I guess kind of a big deal |
| 15385s | because it's card draw but and you can |
| 15388s | then trade next turn and still hit The |
| 15390s | Shard right because you'll have 11 or 12 |
| 15392s | Mana but oh no he doesn't have enough |
| 15394s | left to play it so he has to wait a |
| 15396s | whole extra turn |
| 15399s | I mean I'm in so much pain I Sam Sam you |
| 15403s | could shadow where Drew and this turned |
| 15404s | to kill off his own spirit guide after |
| 15405s | uh-huh yeah you want to do that before |
| 15408s | they silence right they still have a |
| 15410s | starfish starfish in the deck |
| 15416s | imagine |
| 15421s | he has enough armor to do it right even |
| 15423s | without God |
| 15425s | he's trading instead oh my God it's |
| 15428s | still not there |
| 15431s | oh |
| 15434s | I want to nude for possess you |
| 15437s | still |
| 15439s | is there any card draw what's the lowest |
| 15441s | cost spelling this deck oh it's not as |
| 15443s | the Lord's Drew to The Reef I was gonna |
| 15444s | say you could get cold tooth |
| 15446s | yeah |
| 15447s | but he could still hit |
| 15450s | moonlit guidance off of that planted |
| 15453s | right |
| 15454s | and that would do it he would have had |
| 15457s | to start with it fast enough yeah |
| 15460s | cover up the spirits oh my God what |
| 15464s | surely not that |
| 15466s | being seed is he running double starfish |
| 15469s | no |
| 15470s | I'm the king is Undead right yeah |
| 15473s | there's no more beasts right |
| 15475s | um it's just natural causes then I guess |
| 15478s | yeah |
| 15481s | protect his armor total best he can |
| 15483s | yeah how is this so excruciating I |
| 15487s | cannot believe this |
| 15490s | for No One |
| 15492s | foreign |
| 15496s | on board right because if that gets |
| 15498s | Whirlpool then deletes the brown from |
| 15499s | behind yes exactly it could be a bit of |
| 15502s | a disaster |
| 15504s | oh it's still not it's goddamn gangster |
| 15510s | oh no |
| 15512s | yeah you gotta golf on this turn because |
| 15515s | you still have two purified shards and a |
| 15517s | roster of Viper that one extra Mana |
| 15519s | makes all the difference in the world |
| 15520s | next turn |
| 15524s | foreign |
| 15528s | it's like impossible that he doesn't |
| 15532s | Emmy in |
| 15534s | yeah true okay okay there it is |
| 15540s | so this really is it now for possessing |
| 15542s | this is the last turn I still are robust |
| 15550s | oh |
| 15551s | my God we're good oh my God that's the |
| 15556s | lore a nubrecon he goes to 22 armor |
| 15558s | Brown for second stage at the lore and |
| 15562s | then the third stage it fits on board |
| 15567s | oh my goodness you might do with the |
| 15570s | headset off but how can you blame him |
| 15572s | this game was incredibly stressful even |
| 15575s | just for us watching it |
| 15578s | and I know I said at the start Mighty |
| 15580s | could not let himself get tilted |
| 15583s | but that is just impossible after this |
| 15586s | like I'm tilted for him this is |
| 15589s | unbelievably unlucky |
| 15592s | oh possessing Mr ishibashi you |
| 15596s | disgusting man that is filthy |
| 15601s | just the way everything panned out were |
| 15604s | both players were caused endless delays |
| 15607s | endless disruption and had to wait till |
| 15610s | the very very last turn and mighty was |
| 15613s | like like the victory was dangled right |
| 15615s | in front of him it entered his hand all |
| 15617s | he had to do was survive one more turn |
| 15619s | but then that's when asalar decided to |
| 15621s | show up for Mr ishibashi as you put it |
| 15627s | the series is not even over I don't know |
| 15630s | if I have anything left in me Derek oh I |
| 15632s | know and like I obviously it being so |
| 15635s | deep in the deck is incredibly unlucky |
| 15637s | but like he did hit the theater with the |
| 15640s | mutinous which was like a one in six at |
| 15642s | that point I think right which if he |
| 15644s | hadn't the game would essentially have |
| 15646s | just ended on the spot because it was |
| 15648s | extremely likely that the zarella gets |
| 15651s | eaten with bran plus uh |
| 15653s | the theater as well but I mean that |
| 15656s | that's like when you're in this |
| 15658s | headspace from mighty when you're at the |
| 15659s | end of the game that's all in the past |
| 15660s | the only thing that matters to you is |
| 15663s | that you've just gone almost your entire |
| 15665s | deck traded back and forth like five or |
| 15667s | six times and still you had no lethal |
| 15670s | the one turn you hit the purified Shard |
| 15672s | is when they draw the one and six as the |
| 15674s | Lord like oh my God yeah I mean at that |
| 15678s | point thinking back to the theater lucky |
| 15682s | chomp from mutinous it's like it's just |
| 15685s | so cruel right because let's give it |
| 15688s | false hope you let the game extend |
| 15691s | um far longer than it should have only |
| 15693s | to still lose in the end |
| 15696s | possesses when Khan being one spot |
| 15699s | higher in the deck than mighty's own and |
| 15702s | all of that leads us now to possesses |
| 15704s | last deck that he needs to get a win |
| 15707s | with if he hopes to progress to the |
| 15709s | decider match against Habu gabu it's the |
| 15712s | Draco Rogue which is is of a very |
| 15715s | classic build I want to say where there |
| 15718s | is the Edwin in there and also |
| 15719s | scribbling stenographer and also Sprint |
| 15722s | heavy heavy heavy on the card draw and |
| 15725s | one potion belt no future side no |
| 15728s | concoctor it's just one guaranteed mixed |
| 15731s | concoction at some point |
| 15733s | yeah I do respect this build at the deck |
| 15735s | if you are going to play double frostful |
| 15736s | four master I think Sprint is Justified |
| 15740s | uh in the list like the there's really |
| 15742s | so many different ways that you can |
| 15744s | fine-tune this particular list you can |
| 15746s | go uh to one extreme where you cut back |
| 15749s | quite heavily on the Miracle package |
| 15750s | like abugabu did where you don't have |
| 15753s | the uh the mailbox dances anymore and |
| 15756s | you play it accordingly you make a on |
| 15758s | what turn four I think it was or maybe |
| 15760s | turn three you make a five attack dagger |
| 15762s | with draca and that's appropriate for |
| 15764s | that play style with this one you're |
| 15766s | looking for much bigger not quite as big |
| 15769s | as what we saw from yala with his shark |
| 15770s | death rattle package where you can get |
| 15772s | up to like 25 30 damage on a dagger but |
| 15775s | definitely 10 11 12 is what you're |
| 15777s | looking to hit with the kind of pop-offs |
| 15779s | potential here as uh possessing getting |
| 15783s | off to a really a nice start already |
| 15785s | with the location with a way to tutor |
| 15787s | some of the minions from his deck as |
| 15789s | well really we just need the uh the |
| 15792s | mailbox dancer and this is is going to |
| 15793s | start popping off heavily |
| 15795s | yes it is indeed and if we were to |
| 15798s | parallel possesses build up the Dr Habu |
| 15801s | kabus possesses definitely does not lend |
| 15803s | itself to a mid-range game plan that we |
| 15805s | saw |
| 15806s | pilot very well at the beginning of the |
| 15809s | day but it does have higher ceiling for |
| 15813s | the damage that you can reach on a Draka |
| 15815s | dagger which is definitely the main |
| 15817s | condition here for possessive getting |
| 15819s | the dagger is going to be of utmost |
| 15823s | importance because huge location minions |
| 15826s | can still fall prey to the likes of |
| 15829s | shadowward Ruin Whirlpool Etc |
| 15832s | to be fair to Mighty this uh this |
| 15834s | gangster |
| 15836s | if we kind of compare it as a rough |
| 15839s | simulacrum of objection against Rogue it |
| 15843s | works pretty nicely here actually we can |
| 15845s | imagine if the mailbox dancer was drawn |
| 15847s | off of this shroud it wouldn't then be |
| 15849s | playable on the following term |
| 15852s | um but you'd have to imagine against |
| 15854s | Demon Hunter it starts to feel an awful |
| 15855s | lot worse as Mark of scorn or fell |
| 15860s | barrage could quite easily deal with it |
| 15862s | but nonetheless it's a it's a cool Tech |
| 15864s | inclusion that I haven't actually seen |
| 15866s | before |
| 15868s | that is true it was we were just kind of |
| 15870s | meming on it on the previous game but it |
| 15872s | certainly will serve a purpose in this |
| 15874s | matchup because I see going for the |
| 15877s | tradable here instead of shroud was a |
| 15880s | bit surprising at first but if you look |
| 15882s | at the only two outcomes for the |
| 15883s | discounts being either shout itself |
| 15885s | which he could still play if it was hit |
| 15887s | or Sprint meaning he could play it next |
| 15889s | turn then I think this was very |
| 15891s | Justified |
| 15893s | especially as he's got himself now |
| 15895s | doobler Shadow step that uh one mailbox |
| 15899s | dancer truly all he needs uh to start |
| 15902s | going into overdrive |
| 15904s | The Oasis Ally has the highest potential |
| 15907s | for disruption later on it's a bit |
| 15909s | difficult to activate the condition but |
| 15911s | given that possessi does run double |
| 15913s | scribbling stenographer I don't think |
| 15915s | it's out of the question that one of |
| 15917s | mighty's minions gets attacked but he is |
| 15919s | just gonna go for Reckoning instead |
| 15922s | especially given he has restaurant Viper |
| 15925s | to progress Quest although I guess Quest |
| 15928s | progression is not the priority here |
| 15930s | it's just getting rid of all the threats |
| 15932s | what a handle |
| 15935s | but man this gangster is really annoying |
| 15939s | actually like possessy just wins if it's |
| 15941s | not there oh I guess not actually there |
| 15944s | is a Viper in the hand to counteract |
| 15945s | this someone but he's looking very very |
| 15947s | good if it's not there uh now that it is |
| 15949s | however |
| 15952s | he has to wait at least one more turn |
| 15954s | before he pops off now |
| 15957s | even noticed that Mighty Mulligan away |
| 15959s | the quest my bad let's come back and no |
| 15962s | reason not to play it at this point but |
| 15964s | here we go posasi is starting the train |
| 15969s | yeah it's of course possible that he |
| 15971s | still pops off in this turn he could |
| 15972s | have hit uh you know uh concoction or |
| 15975s | the other mailbox dancer and then you |
| 15977s | still just keep going off anyway now |
| 15979s | that he has hit the other mailbox dancer |
| 15981s | it would be coin up to two and then |
| 15984s | three more coins |
| 15987s | it gets complicated doesn't get to play |
| 15990s | Draka through all that because right |
| 15992s | yeah |
| 15993s | so it's gonna be the lead a little bit |
| 15995s | more and every turn that possessive |
| 15997s | delays from his perspective is higher |
| 15999s | likelihood that Mighty has hit a |
| 16001s | restaurant Viper by that point right he |
| 16004s | already has it so technically has the |
| 16007s | tools he needs the dagger itself but he |
| 16010s | doesn't have the necessary tools to get |
| 16013s | rid of a location menu |
| 16017s | yeah he's still got the coin so |
| 16018s | Whirlpool will be available |
| 16020s | turns after but those couple turns after |
| 16023s | could be your demise unfortunately |
| 16028s | does he cashing out with one of the |
| 16030s | minions already fair enough |
| 16033s | well it's not a bad card |
| 16040s | yeah you have to make do like you can't |
| 16043s | trade the Viper |
| 16045s | you can't play the coin I don't think |
| 16047s | because you want to save that for |
| 16048s | Whirlpool one turn earlier like maybe |
| 16050s | you can just hobble along until then and |
| 16054s | so the question is whether you play ask |
| 16055s | the law or nether Drake on this turn uh |
| 16059s | despite it being a fair bit more Mana |
| 16061s | inefficient I think I would like to have |
| 16063s | asked the Lord The Protector in hand uh |
| 16067s | because turn six could potentially just |
| 16069s | be uh oh no it won't give you armor on |
| 16072s | turn six or will it that was gonna be my |
| 16074s | reasoning with the Naru and the |
| 16076s | desperate prayer I was thinking as the |
| 16079s | Lord pointed at pizzassi's face then |
| 16081s | allows my D to play gift of the narrow |
| 16083s | and actually oh that's true good point |
| 16085s | which I don't know if Mighty values the |
| 16089s | full three healing from the gift on |
| 16090s | himself later on but I felt like the |
| 16092s | draw was a more important factor getting |
| 16094s | closer to Shadow work ruin |
| 16098s | such and such |
| 16102s | her Posse though in a world where Viper |
| 16105s | is unexpected possibility I wonder if he |
| 16109s | ever saves a shadow step for his own |
| 16111s | Draka oh that's an interesting point |
| 16115s | oh |
| 16116s | it feels like you can go so all in here |
| 16119s | and if they go |
| 16120s | I guess the the disaster scenario is if |
| 16123s | they have specifically Viper coin |
| 16126s | Shadowood ruin that's how you lose this |
| 16128s | game if you go all in but I think if I'm |
| 16132s | possessing I'm willing to bet that they |
| 16134s | don't have that exact combination of two |
| 16135s | cards and I think if they don't have |
| 16137s | exactly those two you win the game |
| 16140s | it's on cooldown right now so oh that's |
| 16143s | true |
| 16144s | sorry yeah yeah okay that does change |
| 16145s | things heavily |
| 16150s | there's also the board itself so the |
| 16152s | combination to actually clear everything |
| 16154s | up then becomes clean this scene which |
| 16158s | is just not possible even with the coin |
| 16160s | in hand |
| 16162s | foreign |
| 16171s | 15 to the Dome doesn't commit the bone |
| 16174s | Spike for one extra damage because he |
| 16177s | knows that the board is valuable in this |
| 16178s | position and he is absolutely right yeah |
| 16181s | indeed you don't want to give them like |
| 16183s | coin coin Whirlpool as well or anything |
| 16185s | like that another Jake is not active |
| 16192s | thank you |
| 16195s | really interesting I thought that might |
| 16197s | be like an Astor law I guess you can |
| 16200s | still ask Lord the three two instead of |
| 16201s | the 4-2 uh alongside the restaurant |
| 16203s | Viper |
| 16209s | and that leaves 14 damage on board |
| 16214s | still well within the realm of |
| 16216s | possibility for pizzazzy to burst so |
| 16220s | mighty is gonna commit a desperate |
| 16222s | prayer I completely agree with that |
| 16225s | [Music] |
| 16227s | yeah not uh too much in terms of damage |
| 16232s | uh left over in this list however for |
| 16234s | possessing that one potion belt uh could |
| 16238s | come in pretty clutch |
| 16241s | that's a drawer window |
| 16248s | I mean there's a lot of good drawers off |
| 16250s | of Edwin if you can hit |
| 16252s | prep |
| 16253s | uh you can get pretty much anything down |
| 16256s | with bone Spike as well like even |
| 16257s | frostwolf War Master is |
| 16260s | acceptable |
| 16262s | we're heading into coin whirlpool |
| 16266s | yeah yeah with the board should be the |
| 16268s | priority for possessive |
| 16270s | yeah I guess you save Edwin for the one |
| 16273s | final turn of follow-up |
| 16276s | the Sprint to build up resources after |
| 16280s | he expects his board to be cleared and |
| 16282s | then use these resources for a big |
| 16284s | location proc on the next turn seems |
| 16287s | reasonable to me |
| 16290s | soon |
| 16292s | but no doubt all of these minions are |
| 16294s | headed straight to the Dome |
| 16296s | and then |
| 16298s | oh bone spike your own |
| 16302s | mailbox dancer after it goes face you |
| 16304s | could go bone Spike potion belt and then |
| 16306s | end with the frost Wolf Wall master I |
| 16309s | feel like he's not playing these |
| 16312s | things |
| 16316s | nope |
| 16317s | I think he meant to yeah based off his |
| 16319s | body language |
| 16325s | well Whirlpool is the board clear but he |
| 16329s | does not get to heal it oh he actually |
| 16331s | can he has the coin he can play after |
| 16333s | the narrow and even if he didn't |
| 16337s | Mighty is almost never dead in this |
| 16340s | situation it has to be |
| 16343s | ocean belt for double damage and double |
| 16346s | ghostly strike |
| 16350s | there's also the one |
| 16352s | um shadow of demise |
| 16354s | which if it copies a good potion could |
| 16356s | be the reach that possessing needs but |
| 16358s | he does not have all these resources I |
| 16361s | think the next turn has to be Edwin for |
| 16363s | him |
| 16364s | which means Mighty will have another |
| 16366s | turn to potentially heal up |
| 16369s | foreign |
| 16375s | demise as soon as possible so that we |
| 16377s | can uh play it alongside either the |
| 16380s | potion belt or the concoction that comes |
| 16382s | off of it |
| 16384s | even without it this is a respectable |
| 16387s | board rebuild with double that's true |
| 16393s | motion belt time |
| 16396s | ah that does that is not playable yeah |
| 16400s | does that draw you another card I don't |
| 16401s | actually know okay stopping at four |
| 16403s | fours as well this is pretty cool to |
| 16405s | play around the ruin of course |
| 16410s | oh it does retain the aura it does look |
| 16413s | like though that's cool |
| 16416s | prep that out I guess oh wait no no no |
| 16418s | no sorry that's numb we cannot decide |
| 16421s | um |
| 16424s | yeah I feel like I'd rather do another |
| 16427s | potion belt than copy this oh Is |
| 16429s | possessing doing the thing that I |
| 16431s | suggested that is dumb or is it done |
| 16434s | looks like he's gonna prep concoction |
| 16435s | instead I hope anyway all it is very |
| 16438s | dumb |
| 16443s | but I guess I mean yeah he wants to be a |
| 16446s | little bit more manner in a manner |
| 16448s | efficient sorry and this is not a bad |
| 16450s | concoction to copyright an extra spell |
| 16452s | or an extra card sorry uh plus three |
| 16454s | damage is fairly threatening as mighty |
| 16458s | digs for zyrella a shadow spell I guess |
| 16462s | or I guess even just a holy spell for |
| 16463s | that matter because these uh Drakes are |
| 16466s | completely inactive right |
| 16473s | here |
| 16474s | it's also a light bomb angle true |
| 16481s | that's nice |
| 16486s | that's the juice though |
| 16488s | so now possessive only has these |
| 16491s | concoctions and a ghostly strike let's |
| 16495s | try and close out the game but my DS |
| 16497s | picked up a desperate prayer as well |
| 16504s | double mixed concoction |
| 16509s | that's literally nothing |
| 16516s | oh |
| 16522s | it goes oh |
| 16524s | that's terrible yeah deviate the light |
| 16528s | transforms minions he has literally no |
| 16529s | minions left |
| 16533s | gonna be it he needed that that's End of |
| 16535s | the Road cover something but yeah even |
| 16538s | that wouldn't have been enough Valiant |
| 16540s | effort yeah finally Mighty got someone |
| 16543s | on the board we could maybe have got a |
| 16545s | jackpot as well uh or uh yeah some way |
| 16549s | to discover a bigger spell but that's |
| 16551s | not gonna do it because as he throws it |
| 16553s | down and finally a win on the board for |
| 16554s | Mighty clawing his way back into this |
| 16557s | series with his third attempts in a row |
| 16560s | on the priest finally ticked off and |
| 16563s | possessi has to move over to his oh |
| 16566s | sorry possess he stays on his Rogue and |
| 16568s | mighty has to move on over to his |
| 16569s | Paladin and his Rogue left remaining |
| 16572s | which against a rogue on the other side |
| 16575s | some explosive matchups |
| 16581s | frog |
| 16586s | for a matchup into the Joker Rogue that |
| 16589s | is especially the streamlined version |
| 16590s | which is more geared towards getting the |
| 16592s | big daggers online immediately uh |
| 16595s | jackpot Rogue doesn't have much |
| 16597s | protection against that not even any |
| 16598s | natural pot minions in the death no |
| 16601s | healing it all has to be generated |
| 16603s | whereas the Paladin can hide behind a |
| 16606s | couple taunts in the mid game but the |
| 16609s | healing does not really |
| 16611s | um |
| 16612s | I think lined up well with the type of |
| 16614s | damage that the Joker Rogue wants to put |
| 16617s | forward it's more preventative in the |
| 16619s | form of Carol which doesn't come till |
| 16620s | much later in the game so we'll see if |
| 16624s | Mighty can get there he is of course |
| 16626s | starting with the uh all too crucial 40 |
| 16629s | Health from brendenthal and still |
| 16630s | running double rust Rod Viper so in that |
| 16633s | regard he has answers for Draka but |
| 16635s | whether or not he can draw equality plus |
| 16638s | a clear to get rid of sinstone graveyard |
| 16641s | minions is another matter altogether and |
| 16644s | I think to be fair we are starting to |
| 16646s | get a proper idea of what Mighty was |
| 16649s | looking for in this tournament with his |
| 16652s | lineup double rust Viper in almost every |
| 16655s | deck uh it does just give him a very |
| 16657s | strong count of Earth Rogue gangster as |
| 16659s | well as we talked about not so good |
| 16661s | versus Demon Hunter which he's Banning |
| 16663s | to his credit very good against Rogue |
| 16665s | forced a full extra turn before there |
| 16667s | could be a pop-up there from possessi |
| 16669s | which may have been the Difference Maker |
| 16670s | in the end that allowed him to see it |
| 16672s | through and he has hit the kind of rogue |
| 16675s | deck that his roster of vipertex should |
| 16678s | prey on the most heavily if he was |
| 16680s | against death rattle rods it might be a |
| 16682s | little bit tougher if he was against |
| 16683s | astal or Rogue that we saw from Habu |
| 16685s | gabu again it might be a little bit |
| 16686s | tougher but the porridge is just right |
| 16689s | here against Posse and I think he may be |
| 16692s | able to have a good chance at reverse |
| 16695s | sweeping the Rogue |
| 16697s | definitely I assume within mighty's prep |
| 16700s | the Rogue had to be on his radar for The |
| 16703s | Meta read and he has those vipers in |
| 16705s | there to try and beat them although I do |
| 16707s | still think the overall lineup |
| 16708s | construction was more a targeting aggro |
| 16711s | and okay people that were targeting |
| 16713s | Rogue themselves but it happens to be |
| 16716s | able to catch a decent matchup against a |
| 16719s | rogue |
| 16720s | um in the crossfire |
| 16723s | opening handle for Mighty probably just |
| 16726s | a better man keep |
| 16734s | two or more minions yeah that's probably |
| 16735s | not gonna happen anytime soon or be |
| 16737s | relevant when it does |
| 16741s | agreed |
| 16745s | things my dear wants to see are Viper |
| 16748s | Viper Viper okay maybe equality |
| 16754s | damn I mean I guess if as you're saying |
| 16756s | they're very very specific cards you |
| 16758s | want to see this could even end up being |
| 16760s | Finley on one right I don't think it |
| 16763s | would be absurd with this hand not doing |
| 16764s | much for him for that game plan as he |
| 16767s | said |
| 16769s | the time Warden into any dragon is a |
| 16773s | cute little double turn combo to get a |
| 16776s | taunt in the way but that's probably not |
| 16779s | super relevant even if it has Divine |
| 16781s | Shield |
| 16783s | um because possessy is running the |
| 16785s | stenographers right it's the version of |
| 16786s | the list that has removal against hunt |
| 16793s | seal of blood |
| 16800s | I don't think the others are |
| 16802s | particularly useful |
| 16805s | I agree |
| 16809s | actually I was going to say like |
| 16811s | consecration |
| 16813s | does what city tax does anyway uh and |
| 16816s | city tax does it better but you could |
| 16819s | potentially use them in combination with |
| 16821s | each other for three damage of AOE like |
| 16823s | that could end up being relevant later |
| 16825s | on and uh to be fair it's unlikely that |
| 16828s | the extra damage in Divine Shield |
| 16829s | becomes especially relevant as he's |
| 16831s | going in now with the Cincinnati |
| 16834s | graveyard turn because this |
| 16836s | um warlord is going to be free oh my |
| 16838s | goodness he's gonna get another War |
| 16840s | Master as well |
| 16844s | it gets a bit weird now because he's |
| 16845s | drawn Draka and he's gone all in on the |
| 16847s | board and stuff right I guess you just |
| 16849s | give up on Draka played the entire rest |
| 16851s | of this town it's three minions plus the |
| 16854s | graveyard this is just it's big |
| 16857s | crazy |
| 16863s | hello oh this is so all in possessive |
| 16867s | Almighty just needs one equality one |
| 16869s | time |
| 16872s | [Music] |
| 16874s | 19 stats just two-term lethal that's a |
| 16878s | way to draw it |
| 16883s | May the light |
| 16889s | that's it |
| 16890s | reporting for Judy leave it for next |
| 16893s | turn with City talks okay |
| 16897s | he's in with a real shot I I oh wins the |
| 16900s | game off the back of this he is so far |
| 16903s | in the lead yeah because this has got |
| 16906s | nothing he needs to hit Sprint or Edwin |
| 16909s | I guess yeah Sprint Edwin maybe you |
| 16911s | could get away with potion belt |
| 16914s | for them for the moment |
| 16919s | answer is there possessive |
| 16922s | unfazed |
| 16927s | yeah all right Delayed Reaction I guess |
| 16931s | it was kind of expected or not expected |
| 16934s | but you know not an unreasonable thing |
| 16936s | to have occurred uh by this point in the |
| 16938s | game it is a 40 card deck so this is a |
| 16941s | bit of a tilter but |
| 16942s | this is what Mighty has set out to do |
| 16945s | beat up on this Rogue |
| 16947s | and now he has free reign to develop the |
| 16949s | board time warden in yeah Drake pretty |
| 16953s | nice |
| 16958s | and a whole load of nothing for |
| 16959s | possessing |
| 16963s | okay I appreciate that he is uh holding |
| 16966s | off for the moment |
| 16968s | he does need something else to happen oh |
| 16971s | just join the Draka oh I don't know |
| 16974s | Mighty probably thinks that the hand |
| 16977s | from possessive is bad right now I don't |
| 16979s | know if he'd ever read on |
| 16981s | there being a threat at all because if |
| 16983s | there were Sprinter admin had probably |
| 16984s | been played already but it does hit the |
| 16986s | Draka and with it possesses remaining |
| 16990s | hopes of winning the game |
| 16992s | yeah this is almost guaranteed over I |
| 16997s | want to say there's a smidgen of Hope |
| 16999s | from hazy concoction uh or just he hits |
| 17002s | the mother of all turns with uh draw a |
| 17007s | bunch of cards being played massive |
| 17009s | minion and there's somehow no answer |
| 17011s | because given the the uh the warden was |
| 17015s | not made use of |
| 17017s | uh by Mighty he doesn't have any taunts |
| 17020s | in play right now and therefore there's |
| 17022s | no real answer to a massive minion if it |
| 17024s | comes down this turn specifically |
| 17030s | however Mighty is on the verge of lethal |
| 17033s | himself indeed 15 on board 17 with |
| 17037s | Consecration and then Draco that's |
| 17039s | lethal yeah |
| 17042s | consecration Draka that's sick |
| 17048s | so he has to backstab to stop that okay |
| 17051s | he makes the read if not specifically |
| 17054s | that some form of lethal |
| 17060s | uh they're not kernels as well that has |
| 17063s | to seal the deal right because as soon |
| 17066s | as a big board is made |
| 17068s | just send that send them all into |
| 17071s | Tuesday and worry about it then |
| 17075s | to know that two turns in the future |
| 17076s | equals Tuesday |
| 17079s | [Music] |
| 17082s | Ariel as well yeah we're going to game |
| 17085s | five Derek |
| 17088s | foreign |
| 17094s | to go for a very very early all-in play |
| 17097s | he obviously started doing it before he |
| 17099s | had the tracker in hand right which |
| 17101s | would definitely have uh changed the way |
| 17103s | he played it if he uh if he had seen |
| 17107s | that before he started going all in if |
| 17108s | it was already in hand but it makes |
| 17110s | sense that he's starting to adapt a |
| 17112s | little bit right because again all of |
| 17114s | these decks from mighty have two |
| 17115s | rostrock vipers in them that he is quite |
| 17117s | clearly full mulliganing for every |
| 17119s | single game against this Rogue and so |
| 17121s | instead trying to just trip him up full |
| 17123s | mulliganing for Viper means he maybe |
| 17125s | doesn't have the necessary removal |
| 17127s | pieces there were no cards left in his |
| 17129s | hand from pre-mulligan so I think again |
| 17131s | as I said it was more likely than not |
| 17133s | that it wasn't there for Mighty it was a |
| 17135s | little bit unlucky for possessing it the |
| 17136s | perfect removal was there and I can |
| 17138s | respect going all in on one very early |
| 17140s | Gambit yeah I absolutely think that was |
| 17143s | the correct line from places I see very |
| 17146s | unlikely that Paladin has the four Mana |
| 17149s | removal by turn for itself and if even |
| 17152s | if the equality had been one turn later |
| 17153s | possessy just gets so much damage set up |
| 17157s | but uh good on Mighty for going for the |
| 17160s | full Mulligan to find those few relevant |
| 17162s | cards in the deck and he has gotten |
| 17164s | himself past some incredibly bad luck |
| 17168s | and tilting moments now to a game five |
| 17171s | can he take it can the Underdog Story |
| 17174s | continue here with the jackpot Rogue |
| 17177s | versus The Joker Rogue |
| 17180s | we shall have to see once again double |
| 17182s | Ross wrote Viper any other spicy Tech |
| 17185s | inclusions that uh I mean vile |
| 17187s | Apothecary that I've said already I |
| 17189s | don't particularly uh like in the list I |
| 17192s | think it's just it was a slightly more |
| 17194s | optimal card that you'd rather play even |
| 17197s | in a 40 card list but even a theater you |
| 17200s | know it's sort of be good in that |
| 17201s | previous game could come around here |
| 17203s | again as the uh the often seen culprits |
| 17207s | will come into play again you know |
| 17209s | reconnaissance into |
| 17212s | crash often ends up being a big one yeah |
| 17214s | gigafin can be huge as well to deal with |
| 17217s | those big minions uh all the culprits |
| 17220s | that we've seen many times already so |
| 17222s | far this weekend |
| 17224s | and then all the shenanigans that can be |
| 17227s | found from jackpot itself it's so |
| 17230s | difficult to really evaluate any of |
| 17233s | these jackpots Thief Rogue matchups |
| 17235s | because every pan out of their games is |
| 17237s | just so different from iteration to |
| 17239s | iteration and even more so now with the |
| 17242s | inclusion of the potion package |
| 17245s | different concoctions can lead to |
| 17249s | um other class cards being added to your |
| 17251s | hand which then get compounded by |
| 17252s | Contraband stash tests etc etc but the |
| 17256s | Joker Rogues game plan remains very |
| 17257s | consistent and it's on Mighty to find |
| 17259s | ways to disrupt those huge minions and |
| 17263s | the big dagger damage coming through |
| 17265s | all right here we go the final game of |
| 17267s | the series the final game that Mighty |
| 17269s | needs to win to complete the reverse |
| 17271s | sweep and he lets us know there just one |
| 17273s | more come on one more game and then |
| 17276s | three more and then three more and then |
| 17278s | three more and he's golden |
| 17281s | one step at a time oh that is a Viper |
| 17284s | which man it feels so painful to not |
| 17287s | trade this because that's pretty much |
| 17289s | everything you want to be doing in the |
| 17290s | early game as any of my Esther Rogue |
| 17292s | trade trade trade you got your wildfall |
| 17293s | novels down to zero but it's just too |
| 17296s | crucial to disrupt the Draka |
| 17300s | no jackpot but that's something he can |
| 17304s | pray for on the next turn to have some |
| 17307s | benefit to the trickster |
| 17309s | yeah as is so often the case with uh |
| 17312s | Charmin when you randomly turn into it |
| 17314s | it's just better to not press the hero |
| 17316s | power than to bother at all because it |
| 17318s | just enables your opponent's pop-up |
| 17319s | turns which I do think is absolutely |
| 17321s | correct uh also not trading the |
| 17323s | restaurant Viper even though as you said |
| 17325s | you want to find jackpot as soon as |
| 17326s | possible it's just too important and |
| 17329s | will continue to be so here as it's |
| 17331s | another draca game for possessing and |
| 17333s | another viper game for mighty |
| 17336s | a whole lot of hero power passing for |
| 17339s | possessive whereas they're straight up |
| 17341s | passing for Mighty is going to pull the |
| 17343s | trigger now on turning back into Rogue |
| 17346s | gets a damage concoction |
| 17351s | not the best |
| 17354s | oh he's getting down the queen azshara |
| 17356s | okay that's pretty cool |
| 17358s | I like this a lot great spot using the |
| 17361s | bone Spike this way means he has access |
| 17363s | to Horn into a colossal extern already |
| 17368s | foreign |
| 17376s | there is |
| 17378s | also just a pop-off |
| 17380s | on this term with obviously backstab |
| 17383s | s |
| 17384s | actually he can save the prep right he |
| 17386s | can backstab serrated bones Fagan's |
| 17388s | friend that way instead that's true yeah |
| 17391s | yeah okay |
| 17393s | um |
| 17396s | yes that's a bit better |
| 17398s | I don't know if it strictly is because |
| 17400s | actually backstabs seem |
| 17404s | um more flexible in your Draka turn than |
| 17406s | right by itself |
| 17408s | yeah kind of you need something good for |
| 17411s | two Mana to play afterwards |
| 17417s | uh |
| 17420s | if he goes prep shroud he's guaranteed |
| 17424s | one of these Minions that go down and |
| 17425s | cost right yeah or even two of them |
| 17431s | and so backstab bone Spike yeah it |
| 17434s | definitely looks like a good Draka setup |
| 17437s | because of that is good here it's |
| 17440s | actually pretty good yeah |
| 17444s | it is killable importantly |
| 17446s | huh |
| 17447s | and it's a really nice Target to hit |
| 17449s | with the backstab serrated |
| 17456s | okay so backstab bone Spike |
| 17459s | warlord dancer |
| 17463s | you want to go dancer right because the |
| 17465s | Warlock is zero anyway true my bad |
| 17469s | um and that means he can then go |
| 17474s | the other mailbox dancer as well then he |
| 17477s | can double coin up the Draka after |
| 17478s | playing the Zero costumes I think he'd |
| 17481s | be one Mana off if he did that because |
| 17483s | dance is minus one manner |
| 17490s | true true |
| 17492s | yeah the heart is still the same |
| 17496s | please |
| 17499s | and it's got to be said overall even if |
| 17503s | there wasn't a Viper there |
| 17505s | this is not that impressive necessarily |
| 17509s | from possessing especially as he feels |
| 17511s | forced into trading with this weapon |
| 17514s | yeah |
| 17515s | oh my goodness this doesn't feel good |
| 17519s | oh Viper ghoulish bubbling concoction |
| 17522s | it's so good |
| 17525s | at the same time |
| 17528s | possessy still has I want to say |
| 17532s | a bit more of a board Presence at least |
| 17534s | going into the immediate turn yeah he's |
| 17537s | got a better hand |
| 17542s | But Mighty is now the aggressor it feels |
| 17545s | like I don't want to trade any of these |
| 17547s | one threes |
| 17548s | oh you can't face |
| 17553s | it's really tempting |
| 17556s | I think the coin I suppose gets him one |
| 17558s | turn closer to scabs but a scabs even |
| 17560s | good for him yeah I actually like this |
| 17563s | just to play around Shadow step right if |
| 17564s | they go Sprint or concoction into Shadow |
| 17567s | step plus graveyard you're in a much |
| 17570s | bigger problem than you would be |
| 17571s | otherwise fair enough |
| 17574s | well Sprint number two for possession's |
| 17578s | warranted unless it's Edwin so many |
| 17581s | options I've seen double prep already |
| 17584s | right I think that's a |
| 17586s | unlikely to work out anywhere near as |
| 17589s | well as Sprint in terms of immediate |
| 17590s | card draw |
| 17592s | but I wonder if he values just the body |
| 17595s | of Edwin even if you only play like one |
| 17597s | cards off of it yeah that is a good |
| 17599s | point |
| 17606s | Lee Cutlass |
| 17608s | oh I wonder if you actually go gone |
| 17610s | fishing just to specifically try and hit |
| 17612s | Shadow step field tracker could just go |
| 17616s | again |
| 17621s | oh I hit the conversation anyway you can |
| 17623s | still go for it I think it's worth it |
| 17627s | is darker them in wincon here though I |
| 17630s | feel like he needs oh maybe it's not |
| 17633s | yeah |
| 17634s | yeah but he goes all face wow |
| 17637s | that's Brave very much so |
| 17640s | but thankfully for him Mighty is drawing |
| 17642s | pretty dead on this turn actually |
| 17646s | scabs next turn |
| 17648s | yeah exactly that's the big one |
| 17651s | and even if it would delete mighty's own |
| 17654s | bar that puts two fortunes that |
| 17655s | possessing cannot interact with on board |
| 17657s | because as he is |
| 17660s | he appears to be quickly dying but |
| 17662s | mighty's taking trades for him I don't |
| 17664s | know I felt like Mighty was in a |
| 17666s | position where he could go face and be |
| 17667s | the aggressor but |
| 17669s | have to evaluate yeah draca I can |
| 17672s | respect again because of the threat of |
| 17673s | Shadow step but I do fully agree that uh |
| 17676s | it was a little bit too cautious to kill |
| 17678s | off the wall Master there |
| 17681s | nice cards being found here though |
| 17684s | she is just gonna go all in on location |
| 17686s | here but he is going to be met with the |
| 17688s | coin scabs |
| 17692s | that's the real Heartbreaker here yeah |
| 17695s | approaching the end of his back |
| 17699s | means that there isn't that much fuel to |
| 17701s | go again with the second location next |
| 17704s | turn |
| 17705s | oh that's right |
| 17707s | oh it's such a good turn for this |
| 17710s | portion of the game for this deck |
| 17713s | but it just specifically loses to this |
| 17716s | one card in hand from mighty yep |
| 17719s | oh okay actually I won't say necessarily |
| 17722s | loses two because you can replay |
| 17728s | the Minions from the location but |
| 17730s | they're gonna be the full 10 mana on |
| 17732s | this right and the four twos that stick |
| 17735s | like possessed you can't really do much |
| 17737s | about that right that's true yeah |
| 17740s | hook oh yay |
| 17748s | [Laughter] |
| 17750s | no scams prayer for no scabs one time |
| 17756s | yeah |
| 17757s | but here it is coin then possessive |
| 17760s | knows what's coming |
| 17762s | oh |
| 17765s | I think possessing might be gearing up |
| 17767s | to say it's goodbyes because |
| 17769s | this is gonna be brutally difficult to |
| 17771s | come back from |
| 17773s | ocean belt there is hope there is hope |
| 17776s | this isn't this game is not over yet |
| 17779s | he has another location still |
| 17786s | like it is say he gets destroy three oh |
| 17789s | sorry destroy one |
| 17791s | add a card to your hand uh or it gets a |
| 17794s | really good three drop I don't know |
| 17795s | something like that mainly I think it |
| 17796s | comes from hazy concoction here with the |
| 17798s | shadow of demise still in hand as well |
| 17804s | there's a bunch of things and gets at |
| 17806s | least the warlord down to zero yeah |
| 17808s | exactly we're talking |
| 17810s | destroying hazy those are the good ones |
| 17813s | yeah |
| 17820s | and if he gets a card that costs zero |
| 17824s | that's not one that costs zero and I |
| 17827s | guess he has to now play the other |
| 17829s | concoction to get rid of the stealth |
| 17831s | minion oh |
| 17833s | yeah I guess and you just don't play the |
| 17836s | frostable forward and all that stuff |
| 17837s | this turn okay fair enough |
| 17840s | weird but it foreign |
| 17846s | yeah exactly this is still not over what |
| 17849s | is going on what a crazy game |
| 17857s | oh that's really good |
| 17865s | oh that's maybe really good maybe is he |
| 17871s | not pushing the button first okay excuse |
| 17874s | for Bad Manners |
| 17878s | is absolutely insane right |
| 17881s | oh but it's so useless for possessing |
| 17888s | wait I mean sure but Mighty just needs |
| 17891s | resources at this point I guess I can't |
| 17894s | just deny the location and let possessy |
| 17896s | get on board with all the other minions |
| 17898s | I don't know that's what I would |
| 17900s | consider here is that maybe you take the |
| 17901s | graveyard because it stops him going all |
| 17903s | in like you know there's a mailbox |
| 17904s | dancer a warlord a stenographer that's |
| 17907s | going to be at least the six six on the |
| 17909s | following turn |
| 17911s | that's true oh my goodness ah |
| 17914s | but but Mighty is even in scabs mode |
| 17917s | like how can you not take an edge |
| 17921s | all great questions |
| 17924s | oh he takes the graveyard oh my God |
| 17927s | what's going on |
| 17932s | okay |
| 17935s | but there's no way is possessy just |
| 17937s | winning now I feel like he's just |
| 17938s | winning |
| 17940s | it kind of feels like that okay how do |
| 17942s | we structure this term mailbox dancer uh |
| 17945s | coin leaves you with |
| 17947s | eight yeah he can go ghostly strike he |
| 17951s | can go |
| 17952s | Inquisitor |
| 17954s | the last card is Cutlass yeah okay yeah |
| 17957s | oh my God oh my God |
| 17962s | this is so nuts oh Almighty he's like |
| 17966s | what the heck and how can you blame him |
| 17968s | that is such an amazing outcome |
| 17974s | oh |
| 17975s | it all comes down to this draw from |
| 17978s | mighty he has potion Master Putra side |
| 17980s | which could maybe dig him out of this as |
| 17982s | well with a trade into the uh answer the |
| 17986s | dancer next turn concoctions immediately |
| 17988s | yeah yeah |
| 17991s | he says he wondering if he's supposed to |
| 17993s | trade The Inquisitor or the stenographer |
| 17996s | in here I think it's meant to be The |
| 17999s | Inquisitor right force them to find an |
| 18001s | answer |
| 18002s | so too oh wow okay he's valuing that |
| 18005s | high |
| 18008s | the warlord |
| 18009s | I think he's trying to play around tooth |
| 18010s | and nefarian |
| 18012s | oh true |
| 18014s | okay okay |
| 18016s | four concoctions and a dream could be |
| 18019s | even more than that if he gets the |
| 18020s | destroy opinion but that's not one of |
| 18022s | them that's no destroy but it's straw |
| 18026s | it's really good still it's really |
| 18028s | really good he misses destroy again how |
| 18034s | ow I'm floored by this okay okay |
| 18037s | concoctions from future side |
| 18039s | I think it's supposed to take hazy here |
| 18041s | because you can trade into the uh the |
| 18043s | 3-2 okay |
| 18046s | he has the aura of a |
| 18051s | that's still no destroy what |
| 18056s | that's unbelievable |
| 18059s | there's only five concoction outcomes so |
| 18061s | to miss it on all of those roles is yeah |
| 18066s | uh oh I can't remember he got also mad |
| 18068s | earlier on right that's useless it |
| 18071s | doesn't even get anything what |
| 18076s | I he has to tooth his own Minion if it's |
| 18079s | killable what what is that even it's |
| 18081s | like the oh wait he can get the |
| 18083s | Inquisitor but it has to die it has to |
| 18086s | die is there time that does nothing oh |
| 18090s | my God there's no way how did possessive |
| 18094s | do it |
| 18095s | that's unbelievable |
| 18098s | that's absolutely unbelievable |
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| 18103s | I'm lost for words |
| 18105s | possessing |
| 18106s | [Music] |
| 18110s | what is this oh my God for us to even |
| 18113s | have gotten to this position right |
| 18118s | to recap that entire game start to |
| 18120s | finish right at least he had you know a |
| 18123s | great hand the Draka he had the location |
| 18126s | he did all the things Mighty kept Viper |
| 18129s | he you know dealt with the board he got |
| 18133s | rid of the threats he had an early |
| 18135s | azshara play very cool he was aggressive |
| 18137s | and then had the scabs to deal with the |
| 18140s | second round of things but then it was |
| 18142s | the one of potion belt for possess he |
| 18144s | copied by a shadow of demise giving him |
| 18148s | a shot at well several shots at a good |
| 18151s | generated minion he hits illidari |
| 18152s | Inquisitor and the fact that it's stuck |
| 18154s | on board because Mighty missed every |
| 18157s | single shot at the Disco |
| 18161s | two discovers and two random effects |
| 18163s | it's just what in the world yeah and I |
| 18167s | gotta say from righty like |
| 18170s | uh I said it many times try not to get |
| 18173s | tilted I think he did a fantastic job of |
| 18175s | that given that was one of the most |
| 18176s | tiltingly unlucky series of hearthstone |
| 18178s | I have ever seen like his lineup was |
| 18181s | doing what it was supposed to do he beat |
| 18184s | the Rogue twice convincingly in those |
| 18187s | games three and four game five he was |
| 18190s | supposed to do it as well he drew all |
| 18192s | the right cards yeah |
| 18194s | oops he had the Viper possessive |
| 18195s | close to just waving goodbye and |
| 18198s | honestly I think conceding at that point |
| 18200s | but he stuck it through and with an |
| 18202s | Inquisitor that after your opponent |
| 18204s | missed a three out of five into a four |
| 18206s | out of five on the concoction because |
| 18208s | potion belt can't give the same potion |
| 18210s | twice |
| 18212s | unbelievable like possessi is just an |
| 18216s | absolute Hearthstone demon there's no |
| 18218s | other ways to say it |
| 18219s | yeah yeah and no no arguments there I |
| 18223s | just I I hope my D's okay |
| 18226s | okay me too that was brutal poor poor |
| 18229s | man okay |
| 18230s | well uh trying to move on from that |
| 18233s | absolute roller coaster of a series it |
| 18236s | now means we are heading into our |
| 18238s | decider match for Group C figure out |
| 18240s | who's joining xmg uh through this group |
| 18244s | through to the quarterfinals and boy oh |
| 18247s | boy possessive versus habugabu best |
| 18250s | player of last year versus quite |
| 18252s | arguably best player of this year |
| 18255s | how is this even a decider match how are |
| 18257s | they not just the two who are through in |
| 18260s | the group |
| 18261s | how is this not the host of finals you |
| 18263s | know what I'm asking for a ruling let's |
| 18265s | make this the finals and just eliminate |
| 18267s | anyone else uh obviously a better Fair |
| 18270s | given that we still have Group D to go |
| 18271s | through with uh with some fantastic |
| 18273s | players in their own right once we get |
| 18276s | to that point uh so let's give Gia and |
| 18278s | myself a chance to uh recoup and of |
| 18281s | course possessy as well as the real man |
| 18283s | of the hour going through to the decider |
| 18285s | match first Habu gabu he will need a |
| 18288s | chance to catch his breath and to repair |
| 18289s | his room as it looked like his green |
| 18291s | screen was collapsing around him |
| 18292s | throughout the course of that series uh |
| 18295s | in true possessive possessive fashion so |
| 18297s | when we come back from this break we'll |
| 18299s | bring you to decider match between Abu |
| 18301s | gabu and possessi of Group D |
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| 18308s | foreign |
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| 18321s | for some stat attack where I'm going to |
| 18323s | ask kabu some questions and see how well |
| 18326s | he knows not only his own stuff but the |
| 18328s | other players as well so first off Habu |
| 18330s | which player has had the most match wins |
| 18333s | in all Masters Tour events you've got a |
| 18336s | hunter Ace B Fury Hunter b c |
| 18342s | let's go see Ali Teemu and D bunny |
| 18344s | Hopper but yes you got it it's B Fury |
| 18346s | Hunter no problem at all next question |
| 18349s | uh what was yala's win percentage across |
| 18353s | all Grandmaster matches ever was it 55.3 |
| 18358s | which is a b |
| 18361s | 57.2 percent C 60.1 percent or D |
| 18366s | 64.3 percent |
| 18370s | well it is the yard so I would guess one |
| 18372s | of either C or D but 64 sounds |
| 18376s | a bit too high in Grand Master so I'm |
| 18379s | gonna go with c |
| 18381s | it is C oh okay two for two so far |
| 18385s | um this is gonna be a very interesting |
| 18386s | one |
| 18387s | and uh here we go what was Habu gabu's |
| 18390s | Swiss record in the second third and |
| 18394s | fourth Masters Tour of the Year combined |
| 18397s | a 20 and 4 B 21 and 3 C 22 and 2 and D |
| 18406s | 23 and one I hope you know this Abu |
| 18409s | since it's your results |
| 18411s | uh hang on wait so do you want me to |
| 18415s | repeat just in Swiss or or also the top |
| 18419s | 16. with record in the second I guess |
| 18422s | it's just Swiss taboo but I did not |
| 18424s | write these answers all questions so in |
| 18427s | in Swiss I |
| 18430s | wait could you repeat them I'll repeat |
| 18432s | them but I need an answer you can't |
| 18434s | think about it twenty and four is a 21 |
| 18438s | and 3 is B 22 and 2 is C and 23 and one |
| 18444s | is d |
| 18446s | uh 22 and two see it is correct 22 and |
| 18450s | two okay you recovered I was worried for |
| 18452s | a second and next question uh what was |
| 18455s | dead draw's record at Masters Tour Las |
| 18458s | Vegas |
| 18460s | was it one and four and drop was it |
| 18463s | seven and five was it eight and four or |
| 18467s | was it nine and three |
| 18470s | oh that's a tough one it's uh I didn't |
| 18473s | play the first two Master stores so I |
| 18475s | don't really remember but |
| 18478s | um |
| 18480s | I'm gonna go with B |
| 18483s | seven and five |
| 18485s | yes that's wrong it's one and four drop |
| 18488s | in in the uh Las Vegas yeah so no not |
| 18492s | the best one from dead draw but we've |
| 18494s | seen a lot better from him of course and |
| 18496s | finally |
| 18497s | how many turns did pascoa rope when he |
| 18501s | played against Plies in last call |
| 18505s | zero is a |
| 18507s | probably not against that one |
| 18509s | um |
| 18509s | B25 |
| 18511s | C 40 or D 65. |
| 18517s | well considering it was all of them I'm |
| 18521s | gonna go with the 65. |
| 18523s | and logic that is correct so |
| 18525s | congratulations you only got one wrong |
| 18527s | that's pretty impressive so great job |
| 18528s | all right |
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| 18604s | thank you |
| 18625s | my |
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| 18712s | thank you |
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| 18923s | hello everybody and welcome back to the |
| 18925s | Hearthstone World Championship I'm tjf |
| 18928s | course joined by the one the only that's |
| 18931s | right it's Neil Aranda Bond yeah we got |
| 18934s | a good one coming up we got a real good |
| 18936s | one coming up we really have the world |
| 18938s | champion versus the the people's world |
| 18941s | champion the person who made the most |
| 18944s | impact this year Theory Hunter might |
| 18946s | have had his thing to say about that but |
| 18947s | just couldn't get over the line in three |
| 18950s | really close attempts uh so Abu gabu is |
| 18953s | the kind of the player of the year I |
| 18955s | think but possessing the world champion |
| 18957s | is not going to give up that Crown |
| 18959s | easily we just saw that in that |
| 18961s | incredible |
| 18962s | um elimination match a moment ago |
| 18966s | yeah it was uh that was a match |
| 18969s | a match to end all matches |
| 18972s | um but now we have another match and |
| 18974s | this one could end all matches at least |
| 18976s | for the year for one of these players |
| 18979s | abugabu and possessi |
| 18981s | and uh we got some interesting lineups |
| 18984s | on both sides I will say |
| 18986s | um we got a variation of control |
| 18988s | produced on both sides that are being |
| 18989s | left up |
| 18991s | um |
| 18992s | we have uh two uh Rogue decks |
| 18995s | I feel like every rogue deck in the |
| 18997s | entire tournament differs yeah it's |
| 18999s | always two players they're similar |
| 19002s | enough they both run Draka they're both |
| 19003s | classified as draca Rogue but possesses |
| 19006s | sort of all in on the Draka with the |
| 19008s | mailbox dancers the sonographers |
| 19011s | um and uh abugabu has sort of the I |
| 19015s | don't know if I so I want to call it |
| 19016s | more well-rounded like it's not as all |
| 19019s | in on Draka it has the full concoction |
| 19021s | uh yes no it's not more well-rounded |
| 19024s | it's more just more stuff going on yeah |
| 19028s | it's just more which you know some |
| 19030s | people would call that well-rounded |
| 19033s | but it could be less rounded it's like |
| 19035s | more Square |
| 19038s | put the things over here and over there |
| 19040s | around a sort of a nice Circle it all |
| 19041s | fits together but yeah kind of a square |
| 19044s | where there's things on different |
| 19045s | Corners Hubble goblers Is Like Us us I |
| 19049s | know possesses sorry it's a straight |
| 19050s | line right it does one thing it goes |
| 19053s | bloop in a straight line yeah um whereas |
| 19057s | habugabu is sort of uh it's a straight |
| 19059s | line for a little bit and then like it |
| 19061s | veers left whoosh and then boom another |
| 19063s | line appears boom that one beer is right |
| 19065s | and then |
| 19067s | um like slowly as these crazy fast lines |
| 19071s | are are moving from the center line the |
| 19073s | center line is still creeping forward |
| 19075s | and that's the Draka |
| 19077s | um yeah I mean that's that's as simple |
| 19080s | as I can explain it that's I think that |
| 19083s | was incredibly well explained I think |
| 19084s | everybody will have a very good of the |
| 19087s | um situation now |
| 19090s | Jailer Paladin for the first game not a |
| 19095s | deck can I just stop there you can just |
| 19098s | stop there I was going to say more but a |
| 19101s | deck |
| 19102s | there you go that's the analysis part |
| 19104s | done of this broadcast it's not a deck |
| 19106s | not a deck that I was expecting to see |
| 19108s | my job not a deck that I really felt fit |
| 19111s | very well into this better but Habu gabu |
| 19112s | has always backed himself and his |
| 19115s | choices and his decisions and has done |
| 19117s | incredibly well doing that so he's here |
| 19120s | with a chance to reach the top eight |
| 19122s | let's see if it works out for him |
| 19127s | oh yeah we got the goods right off the |
| 19129s | bat |
| 19132s | the XL control priest uh it's not the |
| 19135s | quest version this is just you know good |
| 19137s | old-fashioned control priest |
| 19140s | um |
| 19141s | I mean |
| 19144s | how do you beat trailer Paladin outside |
| 19146s | of turning it into a plague spreader I |
| 19148s | mean I'll go the other way how does the |
| 19150s | Paladin beat you because it hasn't got |
| 19152s | enough stuff to beat you with because |
| 19153s | you just turn it all into play people |
| 19155s | right yeah I I guess like plague |
| 19158s | spreader is the card |
| 19160s | because there's not really any way for |
| 19162s | you to avoid it as the Paladin |
| 19164s | but you have to find your plate |
| 19166s | spreaders before the Jailer is played |
| 19168s | and for a Bugaboo it's going to be about |
| 19171s | just |
| 19172s | windmill slamming the Jailer onto the |
| 19174s | board ASAP because just doesn't really |
| 19177s | have a response for it but if it goes |
| 19179s | into a match then um sister Savannah |
| 19181s | will just win the game |
| 19183s | that will win the game yes they're the |
| 19186s | uh you're not playing like you know |
| 19189s | Countess or anything like that in order |
| 19191s | to try and give you like these crazy win |
| 19193s | conditions uh in the Paladin it is just |
| 19196s | what it is I guess one way to play |
| 19199s | around plague spreaders too |
| 19201s | just leave it on board don't play any |
| 19203s | minions then anachronose it yeah just |
| 19206s | off you go into the future give yourself |
| 19209s | down before that happens uh before |
| 19213s | before it comes back |
| 19215s | just sort out the man bear pig and deal |
| 19217s | with it later it'll be absolutely fine |
| 19219s | what could go wrong yeah |
| 19226s | oh here we go this is so weird when you |
| 19228s | play against oh my opponent's gonna like |
| 19230s | just beat me up in three turns and then |
| 19232s | you realize it's just Jayla Paladin and |
| 19234s | they're gonna do no such thing |
| 19238s | foreign |
| 19243s | Flight of The Bronze into a kazakhan and |
| 19247s | have it be active |
| 19252s | you're asking the tough ones today TJ |
| 19254s | not too heavy |
| 19261s | um |
| 19262s | can you get the Fourth Dragon somewhere |
| 19268s | Maybe |
| 19270s | uh yeah you can |
| 19273s | with uh muckborn servant uh oh yeah |
| 19276s | during Drake or Amber Watcher |
| 19279s | um that could be a thing |
| 19283s | like that's some value that's some |
| 19286s | infinite value going on sure yeah |
| 19289s | so that is I mean there's some crazy |
| 19291s | stuff that can happen but |
| 19293s | um you know first things first we got to |
| 19296s | get through this early game and Abu God |
| 19298s | was going to do his best to uh to try |
| 19300s | and apply some pressure make things |
| 19302s | awkward but |
| 19305s | uh |
| 19307s | already to clean the scene for next turn |
| 19313s | no plague person yet |
| 19315s | I know they're called plague Spinners by |
| 19316s | the way to the people who did ask yes I |
| 19318s | know that's not what I call them though |
| 19319s | and I'm casting so I can call them what |
| 19321s | I like right |
| 19323s | yeah |
| 19324s | that I have done for many years it's |
| 19327s | just different on this occasion I |
| 19328s | actually do know the real name usually |
| 19330s | just because I like because I haven't |
| 19331s | got a clue what they're called |
| 19334s | uh |
| 19336s | the light bulb is an option now I assume |
| 19340s | that possessive will try and hold on to |
| 19341s | it a lot of damage if he does try to |
| 19345s | hold on to it |
| 19347s | we'll kill the loss |
| 19349s | that's some damage right there |
| 19361s | look at if you shoot the Divine shield |
| 19362s | for full clear |
| 19367s | ly with what yeah |
| 19370s | foreign |
| 19382s | exactly right |
| 19383s | I I he could use it just to draw a card |
| 19385s | with the intention of like bombing |
| 19387s | anyway |
| 19388s | that's a thing |
| 19391s | um |
| 19394s | I guess as I realized the other option |
| 19395s | right |
| 19397s | yeah but it doesn't fall clear |
| 19401s | oh yeah I like the light bomb |
| 19404s | makes sense to me I'm still too still |
| 19407s | two charges of the cathedral there we go |
| 19410s | words there you go that's how you do it |
| 19413s | we got that |
| 19415s | dragon |
| 19421s | uh |
| 19423s | uh and it's the only one that really |
| 19426s | makes any sense |
| 19429s | yes |
| 19431s | it's just the right size and Mana cost |
| 19433s | for where we are in the game right yeah |
| 19442s | you don't have any mechs yep |
| 19445s | um |
| 19448s | all right |
| 19449s | order already |
| 19452s | and we're off |
| 19454s | you have Max's little Leviathan |
| 19459s | um I want to say yes |
| 19463s | give me three or four questions I had no |
| 19466s | idea the answer to I've got them all |
| 19467s | right |
| 19468s | let me go there you go |
| 19474s | uh what's the seven |
| 19476s | the behemoths next right |
| 19482s | oh look at all this removal how does it |
| 19483s | ever get there wait but he Paladin |
| 19488s | the Leviathan the card that I just said |
| 19492s | yes are you you okay Neil no the |
| 19496s | Leviathan I've got four deck lifts |
| 19498s | openers only two of the ones being |
| 19500s | played because that's the only way I can |
| 19501s | organize it on my screen and it's |
| 19503s | driving me nutty just saying words |
| 19506s | semi-random now |
| 19507s | yeah okay |
| 19511s | could be anachronose as well |
| 19524s | when I set up something |
| 19528s | okay this works yeah empties cards from |
| 19532s | the hand too which is |
| 19533s | amazing interesting proposition |
| 19537s | and yeah it looks like Habu gobble is in |
| 19539s | uh |
| 19540s | lamb coin Jailer territory right now has |
| 19544s | everything necessary I feel |
| 19547s | um which is Jailer astalor in Reno like |
| 19555s | to be honest really like dude |
| 19558s | that's it oh no we we saw Carol up |
| 19561s | there's no there we're not the seven |
| 19563s | seal |
| 19568s | well even baited me |
| 19573s | oh yeah so now we have to go because I |
| 19575s | was looking at the wrong list that's why |
| 19576s | yeah now we have everything uh we need |
| 19582s | apart from time |
| 19584s | uh I mean you got plenty of time |
| 19591s | no plague people so that's what |
| 19594s | possessive you could have really done |
| 19595s | with |
| 19595s | [Applause] |
| 19606s | are you sure he's got plenty of time |
| 19610s | okay |
| 19617s | that's your final answer |
| 19619s | yeah maybe not |
| 19621s | there's a lot of damage out on that |
| 19623s | board yeah there is |
| 19625s | the reason I saw the equality I was like |
| 19627s | there's a clear here but there's we're |
| 19630s | still a long ways away |
| 19632s | from uh from city tax |
| 19636s | yeah just a bit yeah just just a few |
| 19638s | turns |
| 19639s | yeah |
| 19641s | we need to get through what |
| 19644s | uh entrance theater Sylvanas spammy one |
| 19648s | school teacher Carol rahome akani |
| 19651s | scorpids two of them |
| 19653s | renithal one muck board servant one |
| 19655s | Bannerman |
| 19657s | and then |
| 19659s | from there |
| 19660s | that's 14 cards and then there's this |
| 19664s | whole a bunch of twos that could pop up |
| 19667s | before city tax so |
| 19669s | uh gotta buy some time |
| 19675s | 93 cards later just got to buy some time |
| 19678s | against this priest deck that's just |
| 19680s | putting down a six six every turn for |
| 19682s | fun |
| 19684s | uh he's just gonna go |
| 19686s | slowly but surely through his wind |
| 19688s | conditions here |
| 19697s | he's gonna get to stick something it's a |
| 19699s | one one but hey |
| 19702s | yep |
| 19711s | God possessing must be absolutely tired |
| 19714s | out like that last series was so |
| 19716s | stressful and here he is again |
| 19718s | yeah |
| 19721s | and this one's not easy right exactly |
| 19727s | hoping to get a priest win right off the |
| 19729s | bat so he doesn't have to worry about a |
| 19732s | potential priest mirror because those |
| 19733s | are mind-bending |
| 19736s | yeah blind bendingly difficult I'm also |
| 19739s | hoping he gets a win here I don't mind |
| 19741s | who wins the match I like both players |
| 19742s | they're both great but I am hoping for |
| 19744s | possessing 1-0 lead |
| 19748s | gonna say it |
| 19751s | pure honesty here on this broadcast |
| 19755s | but if we get another free spirit we |
| 19757s | know we're a bit better with this time |
| 19758s | around to talk about it I think |
| 19760s | yeah I had a lot of um |
| 19762s | interactions we learned yesterday yep |
| 19766s | drawer card play it |
| 19768s | you know that sort of thing |
| 19772s | yeah and pushing some damage |
| 19775s | a little bit more yeah it happens just |
| 19777s | and again keeping up 12 Health on the |
| 19779s | board again habers just sort of almost |
| 19781s | locked in this situation now |
| 19784s | yes |
| 19789s | um |
| 19791s | but again possessing has you know |
| 19795s | um removal plus light shower next turn |
| 19798s | there's the kazakasan |
| 19802s | and uh conditions will have been met at |
| 19806s | the uh at the uh |
| 19809s | he's thinking about it that's the end of |
| 19812s | this game the one thing though it would |
| 19814s | require the second uh Flight of the |
| 19817s | bronze dragon in order to uh |
| 19821s | so you don't want to play kazaka's until |
| 19823s | you've empty your deck anyway you'll be |
| 19825s | okay ah no you can right |
| 19829s | once you still need one more |
| 19832s | I don't think so |
| 19834s | um an equinox |
| 19840s | oh |
| 19841s | yeah |
| 19843s | it would have to be like second Muck |
| 19845s | born serving or something |
| 19848s | did you have anachronos you have the |
| 19850s | whatever this card is the bronze yeah |
| 19853s | yeah flighty person |
| 19856s | yeah the actual flight of the bronze |
| 19859s | dragon that summons does not count |
| 19861s | towards kazakazan because it's if you've |
| 19862s | played |
| 19863s | other dragons this game |
| 19867s | so yeah there must be one more somewhere |
| 19873s | oh yeah it's about born like you said so |
| 19876s | he'll get there he'll be okay yeah I got |
| 19879s | a long way until the mod porn though |
| 19880s | like |
| 19882s | it has to be a dragon from mukbourne |
| 19887s | yeah yeah which is not particularly |
| 19889s | likely but then you can get a flight of |
| 19891s | the bronze from it |
| 19904s | it's actually really tense isn't it it's |
| 19905s | really close like tent sport state is |
| 19907s | what I'm trying to say not tense game |
| 19913s | um |
| 19916s | I mean you could just ask the Lord now |
| 19919s | to try and clean things up the problem |
| 19920s | is if |
| 19922s | if you |
| 19925s | you only get to do it at once and then |
| 19927s | you've got to do it two turns time right |
| 19931s | oh no that's 18 so I'm bored |
| 19936s | yeah it's got to be an acronyms here |
| 19940s | I mean this letter |
| 19942s | there's not much minion pressure like oh |
| 19945s | I say that but |
| 19949s | a whopping behemoth |
| 19952s | you could also a quality ask the Lord at |
| 19954s | any point in order to clear |
| 19959s | okay |
| 19961s | hmm |
| 19964s | in fact possesses got to be wary of the |
| 19968s | life total two because of that |
| 19973s | because if you float like you know 12 |
| 19975s | health and half or 14 health and have |
| 19977s | two Minions on board with high Health it |
| 19979s | doesn't matter yes with alcohol diastole |
| 19981s | or that would still be lethal I must |
| 19982s | consider |
| 19985s | such an expensive hand for Mama God |
| 19987s | there's still so many cards left in the |
| 19989s | deck I know right it's 40 card nonsense |
| 19995s | not too quickly |
| 20000s | all right we're gonna get his divisions |
| 20002s | pretty soon |
| 20004s | oh you think you're Finley |
| 20009s | then your vision goes away it's |
| 20011s | permanent but at the same time it's not |
| 20013s | permanent all right another Shadow would |
| 20014s | ruin |
| 20016s | very good yeah Brown is fantastic |
| 20021s | oh God he's just yeah it is because it |
| 20023s | doesn't yeah he's chipping away through |
| 20027s | the good cards of haboo right there's |
| 20029s | not many more to go now so he's just |
| 20031s | making sure he could deal with the next |
| 20032s | two or three and then |
| 20034s | it's then it's sailing when he gets into |
| 20036s | the four and three drops he's just won |
| 20037s | the game |
| 20038s | yeah there's a theater still to come or |
| 20041s | there it is in fact yeah |
| 20046s | we got theater next door is going to be |
| 20047s | spammy and then it's over oh then |
| 20050s | there's the teachers I guess |
| 20053s | the teachers |
| 20056s | I'm losing it it's a teacher oh the |
| 20059s | school teacher yeah I'm not losing it go |
| 20062s | get me TJ I'm having a bad one don't |
| 20064s | don't make it worse |
| 20068s | they both have played yeah they both |
| 20070s | haven't played okay spammy it's spammy |
| 20072s | than a Connie those are next to unless |
| 20075s | of course Leviathan comes down and picks |
| 20077s | up what like Flight of The Bronze from |
| 20079s | Leviathan is probably what you'd pick |
| 20080s | because the bottom three is going to be |
| 20082s | night of annoyment by the bronze single |
| 20085s | soldier he's gonna go with astalor here |
| 20088s | the one thing that this does do is |
| 20091s | forces possessing to remove this from |
| 20094s | the board or worry about life total in |
| 20096s | some way |
| 20097s | yeah which |
| 20098s | which end but obviously Habu knows he's |
| 20100s | up against it so just hope that |
| 20102s | possesses he can't |
| 20103s | the time has come |
| 20105s | ah I was taking a quality hospital it |
| 20108s | was going to be necessary for clear |
| 20109s | because the minions are going to come |
| 20110s | back right now |
| 20117s | spammy was an X draw |
| 20119s | so we have one two |
| 20122s | not a natural clear so it does have to |
| 20124s | use the equality |
| 20127s | [Music] |
| 20128s | sure |
| 20130s | what possesses removal |
| 20132s | yeah but removals |
| 20137s | well removal is just stopping the Jailer |
| 20139s | from being jammed isn't it let's face it |
| 20141s | sure but |
| 20144s | habug is planned for the long game here |
| 20151s | with the kazakasan |
| 20153s | yep |
| 20156s | not guaranteed though |
| 20158s | I love it we played for a long game that |
| 20161s | might not even happen but it's the right |
| 20163s | thing to do yeah so here you're you're |
| 20166s | looking for Flight of the bronze |
| 20169s | and then |
| 20170s | oh no it |
| 20173s | there would still need to be one more |
| 20175s | right there's two dragons that still |
| 20178s | need to be played before |
| 20180s | and there's the board servants that |
| 20183s | and find things |
| 20187s | right that's where we're at unless there |
| 20189s | was one earlier found yeah I think he |
| 20191s | might have been hoping for the |
| 20193s | um bronze Explorer and try and get |
| 20196s | another dragon |
| 20199s | uh |
| 20202s | that was probably the plan |
| 20206s | because it's a pretty limited pool of |
| 20208s | dragons and |
| 20210s | you have |
| 20213s | yeah project Explorer would have met the |
| 20215s | requirement because she'd be able to |
| 20216s | pick another dragon |
| 20218s | honestly don't know either these which |
| 20220s | one's the right call it looks like it's |
| 20221s | going to be an acronyms just to buy more |
| 20223s | time |
| 20223s | it's only that's not all he needs but |
| 20225s | time is the major thing that he needs |
| 20227s | right now |
| 20228s | yeah both of them really because |
| 20229s | obviously we say about possessing |
| 20231s | eventually the vision will just be |
| 20233s | taking over the game but there's a long |
| 20236s | way to go before that happens |
| 20245s | I wonder |
| 20258s | gotta make sure you own an okay spot |
| 20262s | to try and keep delivering lethal here |
| 20264s | for possessing I must consider |
| 20274s | aha |
| 20279s | plague people have arrived |
| 20291s | just take eight Shadowood devours and |
| 20294s | that sorts everything out |
| 20296s | foreign |
| 20305s | ERS it could just be stolen by the |
| 20308s | Sylvanas |
| 20309s | yeah like I think that might actually be |
| 20313s | worth it uh because all these cards in |
| 20316s | hand have so much value especially if |
| 20318s | like the ultimate game plan is going to |
| 20320s | be |
| 20321s | um |
| 20325s | right because you can't afford to have |
| 20327s | candy dragons yeah and even then it's |
| 20330s | still not guaranteed like |
| 20335s | okay counter minion I like this there's |
| 20338s | a very limited set of minions and then |
| 20340s | power afterwards to make sure the |
| 20342s | economy's not hit so it can't be like |
| 20344s | swept up by uh |
| 20345s | Shadow would ruin because Shadowood |
| 20347s | ruins are more likely now because the |
| 20349s | Visions uh can give shadow where to run |
| 20351s | because it's a shadow spell |
| 20354s | uh amulet has that been traded at all |
| 20357s | no he had one on it so not particularly |
| 20361s | exciting amuleta |
| 20363s | I don't even think there's many death |
| 20364s | rattles that have died |
| 20366s | this is infinitely for many reasons one |
| 20368s | it's the minion things to I don't think |
| 20370s | you've mind shuffling some of this away |
| 20372s | now |
| 20375s | you lose the Visions you lose the drown |
| 20377s | you lose the ruins like I think you just |
| 20379s | gotta |
| 20381s | fight it out okay yeah |
| 20385s | the Visions is way too important to |
| 20387s | shuffle back in the in the deck what |
| 20388s | would you even be looking for is the |
| 20390s | biggest question at this okay |
| 20393s | um let's have a quick look and there's |
| 20395s | yeah okay there's not a lot to be fair |
| 20398s | yeah there actually isn't a lot |
| 20400s | Whirlpool Maybe |
| 20403s | number two quickly |
| 20410s | oh I'm gonna steal the The Da Bita |
| 20416s | media |
| 20420s | Ida |
| 20425s | can we have a style guide please and how |
| 20427s | to say this |
| 20431s | if there's only one consonant between |
| 20433s | the vowels |
| 20436s | the thing they teach you is if there's |
| 20439s | one concept between the vowels in it's |
| 20440s | the long vowel so maida |
| 20444s | would make logical sense |
| 20446s | also makes logical sense |
| 20448s | that um this board's really difficult to |
| 20451s | deal with yep you are |
| 20457s | you considering drowning the opposing |
| 20460s | Rider |
| 20468s | putting stuff in the way yeah just |
| 20470s | making it impossible to Jada that's been |
| 20472s | his plan over and over and over again |
| 20473s | hasn't it turn after turn yep |
| 20484s | also give a |
| 20490s | nope fly the bronze it's not a Holy |
| 20492s | Spirit |
| 20508s | and now we're back to ordering which |
| 20511s | gives the fragment first and then a |
| 20513s | Renaissance I believe oh sorry Bannerman |
| 20523s | go on |
| 20525s | thanks better fan |
| 20530s | or ruined but he possessing just get |
| 20533s | more ruins like |
| 20539s | and you gotta hurry because it may be a |
| 20541s | difficult choice of what you're gonna |
| 20542s | give |
| 20544s | yeah I guess not |
| 20548s | oh man I gotta now I gotta start |
| 20550s | completely over with the spells that I'm |
| 20552s | thinking about from Battle Victory yeah |
| 20553s | discover a holy spell it's not discover |
| 20555s | a paladin thing oh okay well unlucky |
| 20563s | and just continuing to push |
| 20571s | so the Bannerman will pull the |
| 20575s | uh it's just a minion the next minion |
| 20578s | just oh no yeah it's just a minion isn't |
| 20583s | it yeah making me read the cards TJ but |
| 20585s | it is just a minion pretty sure yeah I |
| 20588s | was gonna say it could get the muckborn |
| 20589s | servant but |
| 20592s | uh there's not even let's see anachronos |
| 20594s | again |
| 20598s | oh |
| 20600s | really need to charge me at these points |
| 20602s | in your life don't you and you've got |
| 20603s | carrier in play |
| 20605s | buff it up to 29.29 those were the days |
| 20609s | that's where the days uh just simplified |
| 20612s | things right yeah |
| 20615s | none of this thinking business right |
| 20618s | yeah |
| 20620s | this would be the third dragon |
| 20623s | I mean at this point I don't think |
| 20625s | possesses even gonna give like a chance |
| 20628s | to play kazakazan like |
| 20633s | you need like a holy Mackie roll or |
| 20634s | something yeah that's what I mean that's |
| 20636s | it's kind of by default the same thing |
| 20638s | as the Jailer isn't it just don't give |
| 20640s | them a chance to play they're kind of |
| 20642s | the same in a way |
| 20644s | yeah just never give them a chance by |
| 20646s | making sure you've constantly got stuff |
| 20648s | can you get the plague person on the |
| 20649s | board |
| 20650s | now that is gone |
| 20652s | I think |
| 20654s | he wants to zarella I think so too of |
| 20657s | course we love build the deck with |
| 20658s | miters |
| 20665s | he's already not made her out last round |
| 20670s | here we go loads of stuff |
| 20678s | oh the caress of death is not gentle |
| 20684s | it's so silly |
| 20690s | I know where the priest takes like 17 |
| 20692s | turns or something to do this and Rogue |
| 20694s | just doesn't turn two |
| 20700s | in one turn aren't I a clever Little |
| 20702s | Priest |
| 20709s | [Music] |
| 20713s | it's it's a lethal setup as well big |
| 20715s | time |
| 20717s | multiple ways |
| 20723s | and |
| 20727s | oh this has been a miserable game for |
| 20729s | happy right he's trying to generate |
| 20732s | something interesting to happen but |
| 20734s | every turn boils down to play the |
| 20736s | biggest thing in your hand it's kind of |
| 20737s | been like that I've got nine turns in a |
| 20739s | row |
| 20740s | jeez |
| 20745s | so he's desperately spending his time |
| 20747s | trying to think of something |
| 20751s | and yeah he didn't get any um |
| 20754s | Dragon generation here |
| 20761s | uh Well Service Bell |
| 20765s | running out of time could get mock born |
| 20768s | servant sure why not yeah that's that's |
| 20771s | I think that's where he's at |
| 20774s | uh please |
| 20780s | he's dead |
| 20781s | yeah he could trade over the sister and |
| 20784s | even Feast your family if he wants but I |
| 20786s | don't think so |
| 20787s | it's lethal what it's just lethal |
| 20790s | uh yes it is power 402 I believe that's |
| 20793s | it uh not exacties a little over |
| 20796s | exacties but yeah I mean that's tough |
| 20799s | right |
| 20800s | you have to find the long-term win |
| 20803s | condition |
| 20806s | yeah that's what he's trying |
| 20808s | yeah |
| 20810s | and kazakasan was the long-term win |
| 20812s | condition |
| 20814s | but it's so hard to activate in the deck |
| 20817s | because |
| 20818s | you don't play enough natural dragons |
| 20820s | even if you count all of the dragons or |
| 20823s | uh the two dragons from Flight of The |
| 20826s | Bronze one of those has to be kazakasan |
| 20829s | though I made the mistake of counting |
| 20831s | that second dragon as a kazakazan |
| 20833s | activator right so you have to find two |
| 20836s | additional dragons from the rest of your |
| 20839s | deck |
| 20841s | um which if you just hit |
| 20843s | um from one of the Flight of The bronza |
| 20845s | Bronze Explorer |
| 20847s | that already covers two right and then |
| 20849s | you just need to find the other one from |
| 20851s | the fly the bronze plus same acronose |
| 20853s | and you're good |
| 20856s | um but that's like a really long term |
| 20858s | game plan especially with Order in the |
| 20859s | Court you have to find a way to tour out |
| 20861s | all these things or get them early from |
| 20863s | mock porn serving I don't know it just |
| 20865s | seems impossible but you can see I mean |
| 20867s | he has to get yourself you can see how |
| 20868s | miserable a matchup it was like possessy |
| 20870s | there was one or two turns sort of |
| 20872s | around the time that the order of the |
| 20874s | Court was played that maybe possessed he |
| 20876s | could get caught if he didn't have |
| 20878s | removal yeah |
| 20879s | if you place cards gathered to the |
| 20881s | bottom of your deck but |
| 20884s | from that point on hobby was stuck |
| 20886s | either he's trying to make that happen |
| 20887s | with the spare Mano each turn each turn |
| 20889s | was just play a big thing so I don't die |
| 20891s | or so I threaten my opponent |
| 20893s | and that big thing cost most of my money |
| 20895s | for the turn so I can't do anything else |
| 20896s | and that was kind of just it |
| 20899s | yeah there's your pace for him now |
| 20900s | though just gonna hit you with some |
| 20902s | Rogue cards yep |
| 20905s | and this is the still Draco Rogue still |
| 20907s | classified Striker Rogue but different |
| 20909s | than some of the other drug rugs we've |
| 20910s | seen as we mentioned |
| 20912s | you have the full concoction Suite of |
| 20915s | cards with concoctor goulish Alchemist |
| 20918s | potion belt putracide |
| 20921s | um I guess it's not the full Suite |
| 20922s | because you're not playing the |
| 20925s | the knot one full the 12th of Curry |
| 20928s | whatever it's called yeah the three Mana |
| 20930s | two four that puts a concoction in your |
| 20932s | hand at the end of the turn uh because |
| 20934s | so so bad yeah I it can have uses |
| 20938s | sometimes like it can be pretty good at |
| 20940s | times |
| 20941s | um but it would have to be like a really |
| 20943s | greedy slow meta because you're not |
| 20944s | getting to pick |
| 20946s | yeah in 40 Rogue that isn't jackpot I |
| 20950s | think you could play that card as one of |
| 20952s | your next 10 but why would you play 40 |
| 20954s | cards when you're trying to make a turn |
| 20956s | to win the game tracker but yeah |
| 20959s | I can see that being a card later on |
| 20961s | lady has it in his money has two vile |
| 20964s | path carries had TJ had that's right had |
| 20968s | two bar apothecaries in Israel and he |
| 20969s | won with it so |
| 20973s | oh he didn't win with it hard teaching |
| 20976s | yo he almost won with it in that crazy |
| 20979s | game by the way if you haven't seen that |
| 20981s | game you should watch that game yeah |
| 20982s | there's the one just before this one |
| 20984s | so watch this one and then in the break |
| 20986s | between this group and the next group go |
| 20988s | back and watch the last game that got us |
| 20990s | to this point and then you'll be the |
| 20992s | halfway point of the halfway point |
| 20995s | of the World Championships yep and |
| 20998s | here's the other version for a second I |
| 21001s | thought that we would have shown the |
| 21002s | same decklist and I was like when did |
| 21004s | Abu Gabba put mailbox dancers in |
| 21007s | this is sort of the all-in version of |
| 21009s | the Draco rope with one potion belt |
| 21013s | you know yeah it's for for safety |
| 21018s | yeah you definitely shouldn't |
| 21021s | Batman never does |
| 21023s | and I would say that just the faster |
| 21029s | uh dracher Rogue should have an |
| 21031s | advantage because you just get a bigger |
| 21034s | weapon faster |
| 21037s | uh-huh |
| 21039s | there's the potion belt |
| 21043s | wow we're we're currently looking at |
| 21046s | every potion belt in the game |
| 21049s | that's a lot neither player has a shadow |
| 21053s | of demise in their hand |
| 21056s | right |
| 21058s | dual cards |
| 21060s | two more cards okay |
| 21062s | um |
| 21063s | yep draw cards and add a card that |
| 21066s | is very likely to be a free card because |
| 21069s | there's so many cards that cost through |
| 21071s | your license in the game one thing I |
| 21073s | like to look for in the what is |
| 21075s | basically I'm going to call the mirror |
| 21077s | for the sake of getting everything wrong |
| 21080s | um is kill a random enemy because you |
| 21083s | quite often just use that to kill a |
| 21084s | giant ghost |
| 21088s | I think that happens they graveyard out |
| 21090s | a 13-13 ghost and you just blow it up |
| 21092s | because it gets through stealth |
| 21094s | yep but |
| 21096s | obviously Harry's playing Knowles and |
| 21098s | things so it's a bit harder because |
| 21100s | they've always got back up minions so |
| 21101s | you end up relying on a one in three or |
| 21103s | something and then it all falls apart |
| 21109s | oh no secret Soldier |
| 21115s | it's free |
| 21118s | but it's not very big |
| 21121s | and it damages you I said If he if he |
| 21125s | plays the sanguine soldier in this game |
| 21128s | every player in this group would have |
| 21130s | played a paladin card |
| 21132s | at some point |
| 21136s | whoa dick |
| 21141s | in fact I think every player in the |
| 21143s | group would have played a sanguine |
| 21144s | soldier at some point |
| 21148s | oh okay so we have an interesting |
| 21150s | decision here |
| 21152s | Abu gabu |
| 21156s | you could null now and just press the |
| 21159s | button |
| 21164s | for like some mid-sized tempo right yeah |
| 21167s | or you could hold the Knoll |
| 21170s | and pair it with the grave the second |
| 21173s | graveyard next turn I would rather do |
| 21176s | that for some big pressure |
| 21178s | a lot of the time I know we'll bump into |
| 21180s | something on its travels and the extra |
| 21183s | three damage to pleasure isn't much but |
| 21185s | double graveyard is another plus one |
| 21186s | plus one |
| 21187s | yeah I like it a lot |
| 21193s | the hold |
| 21198s | next Zone could be absolutely gigantic |
| 21200s | as long as Habu doesn't just have to |
| 21202s | respond to whatever this is from |
| 21204s | possessing this turn I don't think it's |
| 21206s | that huge but it's getting there |
| 21209s | oh it's getting there oh it's big it's |
| 21213s | real big oh TJ |
| 21216s | because Jesse absolutely having a turn |
| 21220s | yeah it's just minions but they are big |
| 21223s | minions and they have stealth yeah this |
| 21227s | one won't have stealth but it's going to |
| 21228s | be used to kill something it'll be fine |
| 21230s | nine nine |
| 21234s | Abu needs to set up lethal with these |
| 21236s | two graveyards is it possible it |
| 21237s | probably is they need to be 12 12s a |
| 21240s | dracar as well |
| 21242s | uh they only because they're that big |
| 21244s | because you can always find lethal with |
| 21245s | the potion belt next turn true |
| 21251s | and I don't think get even close to what |
| 21253s | I'm sort of talking about really but |
| 21260s | who moves enough |
| 21263s | he might be able to make it so even yeah |
| 21266s | even something half decent enough |
| 21271s | yep six six and five five okay |
| 21275s | at the very least these can trade back |
| 21277s | on the other side of the board because |
| 21278s | abugaba should know that possesses |
| 21281s | um turn theoretically should be weak |
| 21286s | because Jesse has a really interesting |
| 21287s | decision to make here actually about |
| 21289s | this mailbox dancer I think he has to go |
| 21291s | for it but yeah |
| 21294s | giving the coin to the other side with |
| 21295s | draca might just kill you is kind of |
| 21298s | scary |
| 21298s | but I think he has to do it I don't |
| 21300s | think I don't think happy can |
| 21302s | realistically |
| 21304s | even though he's playing The Alchemist |
| 21307s | and the belts Etc |
| 21311s | foreign |
| 21322s | to me you can't you can't hurt me |
| 21325s | because you need to trade into this |
| 21326s | massive Board of things because you're |
| 21327s | so a lot of Health |
| 21334s | considering the juicy value trade of |
| 21336s | course and also the value of the 4-4 |
| 21341s | versus the three three |
| 21344s | I guess that's just too juicy to turn |
| 21346s | down |
| 21352s | okay |
| 21353s | oh |
| 21354s | step there's a lot here Alchemist yes |
| 21358s | death of The Alchemist two zero Mana |
| 21359s | potions is a lot but that's a coin as |
| 21363s | well |
| 21367s | how big is this gonna be oh they got it |
| 21370s | got destroyed as well so |
| 21373s | that's another potion another concoction |
| 21378s | he plays the free concoction he destroys |
| 21381s | a thing which gets him another |
| 21382s | concoction side is that double destroy |
| 21387s | it will be now there's a destroy there |
| 21389s | as well |
| 21390s | you can play them both so he's fine |
| 21393s | that's damaged oh this is perfect and |
| 21395s | now you step and then go for the the |
| 21398s | other concoction oh my God that's |
| 21400s | disgusting I say these destroyers |
| 21402s | they're absolutely disgraceful teams |
| 21405s | she's so good |
| 21407s | Bonkers oh |
| 21410s | and he hit it three times it just |
| 21412s | obviously makes it somewhat better but |
| 21413s | yeah |
| 21416s | it just replaces itself in the hand yeah |
| 21424s | yeah very different to the last round |
| 21426s | where it just couldn't be found by |
| 21428s | mighty |
| 21429s | ah I possess he has the potential for |
| 21432s | some big stuff next to him though it's |
| 21433s | not lethal being represented on boards |
| 21435s | only 15 damage |
| 21438s | um |
| 21439s | so many options it's also a lack of |
| 21442s | board space |
| 21444s | is he counting now whether to save the |
| 21446s | fishing for next turn because it's a one |
| 21448s | Mana card uh |
| 21456s | uh prep for next turn what minions does |
| 21458s | he have left |
| 21462s | Edwin |
| 21464s | just Edwin |
| 21465s | said one what worth is it |
| 21468s | yeah so I there might be shadow of |
| 21471s | demise Shadow for doubles bone Spike |
| 21473s | yeah |
| 21476s | or prep just because more Mana is good |
| 21480s | because you need to find the world's |
| 21481s | biggest thing okay yeah shout out demise |
| 21484s | I think uh in order to have lethal |
| 21488s | you you need to hit like Shadow step off |
| 21490s | the top and then you can like dance |
| 21491s | mailbox dancer Shadow step mailbox |
| 21493s | dancer shout out to my shadow step yes |
| 21496s | that sounds lethally |
| 21499s | yeah |
| 21501s | well I was just gonna make some potions |
| 21503s | and throw them at you |
| 21506s | I I think you need to start with |
| 21513s | he can kill the 3-3 if he decides hang |
| 21516s | on is that is 13 verses 16 important to |
| 21519s | me right now for lethal next turn |
| 21523s | like killing the 3-3 does that rule out |
| 21526s | drag that's so much more I think it |
| 21528s | might do I think it might be a big |
| 21529s | factor |
| 21532s | yeah so he's gonna open a board Space by |
| 21535s | parking the graveyard to the full board |
| 21536s | which doesn't summon the ghost and get |
| 21538s | through the graveyard so |
| 21540s | oh |
| 21546s | yeah |
| 21548s | okay so right now this is not lethal but |
| 21553s | the drop the Top could make it |
| 21556s | without it but yeah if it's Shadows dead |
| 21565s | yeah it's one two three it's four right |
| 21569s | it's only four |
| 21572s | yeah I recognize this play this is the |
| 21574s | possessy uh think I've lost but checking |
| 21577s | my deck play we've seen this before |
| 21582s | Kenny you know he can't generate Mana |
| 21584s | anyway |
| 21585s | nope |
| 21588s | if if uh the uh cup if the Cutlass |
| 21593s | had hit |
| 21595s | [Music] |
| 21596s | the bone Spike |
| 21599s | and you could bone Spike |
| 21601s | mailbox dancer Shadow step mailbox |
| 21605s | dancer shadow of demise Shadow step |
| 21606s | mailbox dancer you still don't have |
| 21609s | enough Mana to play Draka |
| 21612s | yeah |
| 21613s | so and it's going to be large as well so |
| 21616s | it would have I mean at that point it |
| 21618s | would have been huge at that point it |
| 21619s | would have been monstrous I guess |
| 21621s | mailbox Shadow step just suit so much |
| 21623s | stuff to be fair yeah because there was |
| 21626s | also a second bone Spike |
| 21628s | okay |
| 21631s | that was a game that was brutal both |
| 21634s | players going out of those those |
| 21635s | concoctions when they get rolling with |
| 21636s | putrecide |
| 21638s | I've been there a few times have I |
| 21639s | played that versus it quite a lot and |
| 21641s | it's absolutely nutty as you saw that |
| 21643s | that wasn't a rare event from habit |
| 21646s | uh it's just not so common you always |
| 21648s | get the puticide down and get rolling |
| 21650s | but when you do get rolling |
| 21653s | one a piece but he still has Paladin |
| 21657s | yep it's actually going to the druid |
| 21663s | yep the version that I don't like so |
| 21668s | much I don't think I'm alone here the 40 |
| 21670s | card version which |
| 21672s | dilutes the combo |
| 21675s | uh the as we saw earlier right |
| 21680s | the benefit of surviving longer |
| 21684s | but if you for me and I've seen both |
| 21686s | versions I played both versions now |
| 21689s | if you're surviving longer but drawing |
| 21691s | bad cards you need to survive even |
| 21693s | longer than the 10 Health buys you in |
| 21695s | this matter because |
| 21697s | 10 Health isn't a lot to give somebody |
| 21699s | this better you just get hit for so much |
| 21700s | damage by Demon Hunter and a couple of |
| 21702s | the other decks Rogue that you're buying |
| 21705s | yourself one turn and you're dilated |
| 21707s | looting your deck by 10 cards I know |
| 21709s | that's a little bit reductive and that |
| 21711s | this deck can do other things you've got |
| 21712s | the Topia as we see here now as well |
| 21714s | that is added in to give yourself a bit |
| 21716s | more |
| 21717s | I Thief but I do think of this matter |
| 21719s | just play the third card deck like yala |
| 21721s | was and just try and kill them just race |
| 21723s | them and I think it gets there more |
| 21725s | often than the safety nets |
| 21728s | yeah the curio is nearly useless because |
| 21731s | of |
| 21733s | um the wink condition that is this deck |
| 21735s | which is the astalor which just deals |
| 21737s | damage in ones anyway |
| 21740s | um |
| 21744s | which is then halved to 0.5 but then |
| 21747s | rounded up to one |
| 21751s | check the stats for this earlier this |
| 21753s | matchup's like 50 50 on the nose |
| 21757s | I mean this is a a reasonable opening |
| 21760s | hand for habugabu obviously the |
| 21762s | variant's not good right now but just |
| 21764s | curving right just curving out which is |
| 21767s | uh pretty good it's a |
| 21769s | a buffed school teacher buff battle |
| 21772s | vicar |
| 21774s | you have Order in the Court |
| 21776s | yeah it's all the stuff that Druid hates |
| 21778s | right drew it just has never liked you |
| 21780s | just doing something every turn that |
| 21782s | puts something on the board every turn |
| 21784s | kind of within reason doesn't matter |
| 21786s | what the something is as long as it hits |
| 21788s | the board and has numbers on it |
| 21791s | yeah oh that's an interesting trade |
| 21793s | maybe for nourish druided The Reef next |
| 21795s | turn |
| 21798s | your buddy |
| 21800s | foreign |
| 21803s | [Music] |
| 21804s | shield attack thing |
| 21813s | that I mean does it help the spammy |
| 21815s | he's just doing what you're saying |
| 21817s | setting up this um trade here |
| 21821s | net more Health long term |
| 21825s | if you're going to be playing uh troxor |
| 21830s | remember troxor |
| 21833s | do you deal of blood |
| 21836s | sure hit that druid |
| 21843s | what about immortalized in stone that's |
| 21845s | a lot of Health |
| 21848s | on the board Kevin |
| 21850s | now I want to see you |
| 21856s | it's my seal and I need it now |
| 21859s | exactly |
| 21860s | the third member of flipper friends |
| 21866s | it's another seals but the nagaling also |
| 21870s | adds attack as well but the Divine |
| 21872s | Shield is |
| 21874s | hold the bridge that's what the card's |
| 21875s | called forgot for a moment |
| 21880s | hey we're holding the bridge |
| 21883s | yeah |
| 21885s | Abby's holding the four |
| 21891s | really old also |
| 21893s | I like the target here with the hold the |
| 21895s | bridge because |
| 21897s | everything's an odd number except yeah |
| 21900s | big scale of annexia really awkward |
| 21903s | no very important it stops so much if |
| 21906s | you can make them trade three things |
| 21908s | just to kill a four three yeah yeah and |
| 21911s | two already have to go into the |
| 21913s | righteous protector |
| 21914s | like this this overseal of blood is so |
| 21917s | much better in terms of uh resiliency |
| 21920s | against scale of inyxia and even the |
| 21923s | target for the uh hold the bridge yeah |
| 21926s | this put down five whelp killings yeah |
| 21930s | stuff there's the seal would have put |
| 21932s | down possibly even just two yeah spammy |
| 21936s | would do a good amount on this board but |
| 21937s | not enough |
| 21938s | it would reduce the health of |
| 21941s | it would kill the |
| 21943s | righteous protector plus the two one |
| 21945s | ones and then deal three damage to the |
| 21947s | all the other minions yeah you set up |
| 21949s | your next spammy a treat wouldn't it |
| 21951s | yeah that you haven't got so I think |
| 21954s | because of that yeah he's not gonna coin |
| 21957s | out Earthen skills because there's just |
| 21958s | no reason for it |
| 21960s | and now habug draws to spamming so now |
| 21962s | he'll be reminded oh wait my opponent |
| 21963s | has one of these yeah that's exactly how |
| 21965s | it works for players of Abu gabri's |
| 21967s | skill it might work like that way for me |
| 21970s | I like this |
| 21972s | all odd numbers the high all numbers |
| 21975s | keeping the high Health minions High and |
| 21976s | the low Health minions low |
| 21978s | play around spammy |
| 21980s | and possesses at six |
| 21983s | yep |
| 21984s | double irkin scales though |
| 21987s | all right so that should be a clear |
| 21991s | bammy double double scales |
| 21996s | D1 yeah it's a clear for sure okay trust |
| 22000s | you |
| 22001s | you have to trade in the Topia or the |
| 22005s | foreign |
| 22006s | [Applause] |
| 22019s | so close |
| 22023s | I I actually liked |
| 22026s | I don't I I liked going for |
| 22029s | topior |
| 22031s | yep |
| 22032s | uh then you spam me yep |
| 22037s | oh no because then you don't get the |
| 22038s | scales right because the the uh yeah |
| 22044s | the spammy just procs three times |
| 22047s | yes and then you double Earthen scales |
| 22049s | on the I'll use the Tokyo bits yeah it's |
| 22053s | the same your left you're left with the |
| 22054s | spammy the board is clear |
| 22056s | but you you get you gave more armor |
| 22059s | because our uh the scales on the Tope or |
| 22062s | on both of them so you're getting what |
| 22064s | three more armor |
| 22065s | yeah I like that better |
| 22068s | what's the Huff or what uh just a devour |
| 22071s | reminding me that there's a Devourer in |
| 22073s | the deck oh okay |
| 22075s | do you see what effect from the |
| 22077s | Leviathan or was it just draw |
| 22079s | did he just attack with the draw |
| 22082s | no he didn't I yeah he does attack with |
| 22084s | the dog because he drew the attack all |
| 22085s | right |
| 22086s | we're good thank you flip your friends |
| 22089s | no seals in there just just |
| 22091s | otters and Hawkers |
| 22098s | [Applause] |
| 22100s | its own tread |
| 22102s | getting close to stabilization but not |
| 22105s | quite there yet |
| 22109s | as soon as you get to do those Mass |
| 22112s | trades this can get so much easier for |
| 22114s | the druid |
| 22131s | still 24 cards left in The Druids deck |
| 22134s | honestly that's so silly only guidance |
| 22137s | can help a lot with that multiple Good |
| 22139s | Hits yep |
| 22142s | um |
| 22144s | take a look Miracle growth |
| 22147s | uh actually aquatic form |
| 22150s | Circle Grove |
| 22152s | going through super fast |
| 22162s | the guitar okay |
| 22166s | just everything just just pulled |
| 22168s | everything of those three cards just |
| 22171s | expensive and no combo kill but |
| 22174s | everything else basically causes are so |
| 22176s | good too it's a nice even uh kill on |
| 22179s | with these rushers |
| 22181s | even get to push a nice three gear |
| 22184s | a nice three |
| 22187s | yeah solid three |
| 22192s | now what Carol Flight of The Bronze |
| 22196s | all right I guess that |
| 22199s | takes two attacks |
| 22203s | okay oh nothing okay |
| 22206s | oh goth oh man this is just powerful |
| 22209s | stuff just yeah it's just earn after |
| 22211s | turn possessy played ordering the court |
| 22214s | first is how it's looking it's not |
| 22215s | actually what happened but |
| 22220s | in all the stuff |
| 22223s | apart from you know the stuff he needs |
| 22225s | to win the game but that's on the way |
| 22233s | is he not even going to look for he's |
| 22234s | just a brand for some stuff |
| 22240s | brand theater |
| 22242s | oh geez okay |
| 22250s | for Bad Manners |
| 22253s | the guitar |
| 22255s | they do to get a next turn oh no okay |
| 22261s | Miracle growth yeah that's impossible |
| 22262s | probably going to play there's Jailer |
| 22264s | and seedsman cool |
| 22268s | got that's got some good stuff there |
| 22275s | uh |
| 22278s | a lot of damage on board coming in |
| 22281s | have you can't really afford to Theo |
| 22283s | back but he's just too slow |
| 22298s | I want to look out if there's any way |
| 22299s | you can |
| 22301s | quality spare me |
| 22303s | yeah but then the |
| 22306s | Jailer comes down |
| 22310s | yeah I think he's trying to avoid doing |
| 22311s | it but |
| 22318s | I don't know if uh possessing can afford |
| 22321s | to jail her right |
| 22324s | 12 12 health |
| 22329s | I think he only took it to stop having |
| 22330s | from doing it maybe I'm wrong |
| 22335s | and here we are to do it in Eternal to |
| 22336s | himself because he'll Yeah well yeah he |
| 22339s | doesn't need to unless he thinks he's |
| 22340s | going to win the game on like the next |
| 22341s | turn |
| 22342s | but I was thinking if like if that |
| 22345s | board's stuck right and because he was |
| 22347s | at higher health I think he slammed the |
| 22349s | Jailer because that's just enough |
| 22351s | because you have devour to |
| 22353s | get rid of whatever board comes out from |
| 22355s | the other side and then you just win the |
| 22357s | game from there even with half damage |
| 22361s | to try to work out how he gets out of |
| 22364s | this he's only a large number of healths |
| 22365s | but you know Deathwing yeah |
| 22370s | and try and take back the |
| 22374s | Bad Manners oh |
| 22380s | what about guidance |
| 22382s | can guidance get anything cool |
| 22385s | it's a paladin deck is there anything |
| 22386s | cool in there |
| 22387s | yeah fire the bronze |
| 22390s | I mean it's cool but um |
| 22397s | get the seeds in the back |
| 22401s | was that the trade that was made last |
| 22403s | time no the seedsman was given for the |
| 22405s | Jailer I think this looks like me at |
| 22407s | school when they're like picking teams |
| 22408s | for football like who's gonna pick Neil |
| 22412s | you can have him no we don't want him |
| 22414s | you have him |
| 22418s | okay |
| 22421s | let's see here |
| 22424s | um |
| 22432s | the bran is gone right that wasn't a |
| 22434s | copied brand that was a that was actual |
| 22437s | brand I'm pretty sure yeah that was |
| 22446s | because that was an aquatic forms brand |
| 22448s | I believe okay wasn't it I also think so |
| 22451s | but I'm not |
| 22452s | so |
| 22457s | and a brand does not show in the deck on |
| 22459s | the deck tracker and the other moonlit |
| 22461s | fetch the Aquatic form right so yep |
| 22464s | there you go then so no it was the |
| 22466s | original one and only |
| 22468s | starting Quran |
| 22475s | all right |
| 22478s | getting there honestly deal mode I think |
| 22487s | I was actually got quite a few good |
| 22488s | options this turn send them all back |
| 22490s | steal some stuff blow stuff up |
| 22494s | all backed up by hit you with for two |
| 22497s | which you know |
| 22499s | isn't the best backup |
| 22505s | you could growth |
| 22513s | growth |
| 22516s | mistakes of the past |
| 22524s | if it's simple |
| 22527s | that hit the Deathwing this does |
| 22531s | Sylvanas have or does um Sylvanas have |
| 22534s | one more Infuse left |
| 22537s | one two three |
| 22540s | I'm going with yes but I again it's so |
| 22543s | hard to track |
| 22544s | oh geez it's been in the hand for so |
| 22547s | long it's it's been pumped so many times |
| 22549s | the thing that's died you know yeah |
| 22553s | um |
| 22553s | because if possessive plays insatiable |
| 22556s | devour and it |
| 22558s | it's stolen by the Sylvanas then is |
| 22563s | out of answers oh okay unless Sylvanas |
| 22567s | is actually |
| 22568s | pretty good here I think definitely I've |
| 22571s | done this in a few matches where you you |
| 22572s | set up your own Devourer into Sylvanas |
| 22576s | as a backup plan you're hoping to keep |
| 22578s | the thing or you know advising to |
| 22581s | develop both ways all right let's see |
| 22583s | the views on the Sylvanas |
| 22585s | he's worried about it but yeah the |
| 22587s | Sylvanas is a backup plan in that case |
| 22589s | he's not being fused but |
| 22594s | yeah did you it's like like you say it's |
| 22596s | just a backup plan like oh mutinous |
| 22599s | okay I need to carry on and the Carol's |
| 22602s | not that big it did not hit any Buffs so |
| 22606s | let's see |
| 22607s | nope it wasn't the full Infuse on the |
| 22609s | Sylvanas so it's |
| 22611s | still kind of waste I guess all right |
| 22614s | and then he gets eaten yeah is this |
| 22616s | miracle growth turn |
| 22618s | is it death ringtone you've just seen |
| 22620s | your opponent sort of fiddle around uh |
| 22623s | he want he want these cards though I |
| 22625s | know but you want to win the game and |
| 22626s | you might only have one more shot at it |
| 22628s | yeah that's true it might be yeah he |
| 22631s | might be right like don't think it is |
| 22634s | but |
| 22635s | there's definitely worlds where you just |
| 22636s | slam the death wing and hope they don't |
| 22638s | beat you next turn right |
| 22644s | if he goes for it because everything |
| 22646s | else looks kind of mediocre because |
| 22648s | possess these damages severely capped |
| 22651s | right like what about the brand in the |
| 22654s | deck you don't have access to the double |
| 22655s | last level or you don't have access to |
| 22657s | the double damage |
| 22659s | uh from the ask the Lord so it's just |
| 22662s | yeah okay Miracle growth |
| 22664s | and you know we're starting to get down |
| 22667s | towards the bottom but |
| 22669s | like we're we're not that close yeah 14 |
| 22673s | cards left to the deck and the next |
| 22675s | couple draws are like muck board |
| 22676s | servants uh venomous scorpids like this |
| 22680s | is going to be a piece together win |
| 22681s | condition for Abu Gaba does have the |
| 22684s | death Wing as as an emergency button |
| 22688s | um and there's no Viper in this deck so |
| 22690s | like he's gonna take half damage for the |
| 22692s | remainder of the game |
| 22694s | [Applause] |
| 22695s | he might see both developers at some |
| 22698s | point as well be able to do it then with |
| 22699s | very little panic |
| 22704s | but he's taking a lot of damage and I |
| 22705s | know that like you say the damage is |
| 22707s | capped but it's still coming in in his |
| 22710s | little sixes and sevens it's |
| 22713s | still pretty quick |
| 22720s | and there's really no reason to hold the |
| 22723s | afterwards yeah |
| 22726s | making no chances for the reason you |
| 22729s | gave like he's just trying to break Habu |
| 22731s | and he will win if needed I forgot about |
| 22734s | those |
| 22735s | oh yeah that's another reason to clear |
| 22737s | that they're back oh from the future |
| 22742s | we're in the future so they're just |
| 22744s | there |
| 22749s | okay |
| 22754s | pretty tidy yeah not bad |
| 22763s | oh |
| 22770s | two devout I'm tempted just a Slammer |
| 22772s | Devourer here because I've got another |
| 22774s | one but that's because I'm |
| 22776s | wasteful |
| 22779s | hey that's fine I don't mind that |
| 22784s | just wonder if there's ever going to be |
| 22786s | a better chance to get a scale off like |
| 22788s | this might be all right as well |
| 22796s | oh there's a bits and pieces turn like |
| 22798s | play your renothal as well and just just |
| 22800s | play your |
| 22802s | your stuff out of your hand you don't |
| 22803s | really want that might win |
| 22811s | this does set up for weasel once again |
| 22814s | and slow damage is done one at a time |
| 22816s | right if I remember correctly as well |
| 22818s | yep |
| 22820s | the carrier just doesn't like it very |
| 22822s | much |
| 22830s | just attack the ass lore and then |
| 22831s | Deathwing I don't know |
| 22834s | getting tough now |
| 22840s | there's a buff Deathwing again remember |
| 22842s | so |
| 22844s | not the easiest thing to remove |
| 22848s | because scale only does 14 so 16 is |
| 22850s | important |
| 22859s | anybody |
| 22863s | instantly hits the brooms this game |
| 22866s | yeah but fire the bronze |
| 22870s | uh will not have the Panthers they'll |
| 22872s | just be discovered Dragon I believe when |
| 22873s | it's casting |
| 22875s | yeah it was just the um he spent the |
| 22877s | whole game looking for that and it just |
| 22879s | when he doesn't want it there it is |
| 22880s | straight away |
| 22886s | okay |
| 22890s | oh it does summon it okay |
| 22894s | I was wrong with that interaction oh the |
| 22896s | amount of first interaction yeah |
| 22899s | and there's the other |
| 22902s | so now there's asthma |
| 22907s | exactes |
| 22911s | all right well |
| 22914s | that was a |
| 22916s | that was a game |
| 22918s | that was possessing took the risk with |
| 22922s | the brand |
| 22923s | because if you use bran there |
| 22926s | and you don't hit the Jailer you know |
| 22928s | jail is in the hand uh because the The |
| 22930s | Order in the Court that was played |
| 22932s | um so if you |
| 22934s | play Brand there then you don't hit the |
| 22937s | Jailer then you don't have brand then |
| 22938s | for the combo later in the game |
| 22941s | um but possessive figured I need the |
| 22944s | double chance to hit the Jailer because |
| 22946s | uh I know it's in the hand and if it |
| 22949s | comes down I don't have the gas |
| 22951s | that deal with it right so it doesn't |
| 22954s | matter if I have the brand from the end |
| 22955s | of the game and no new without the jail |
| 22957s | or that he could just continue to remove |
| 22959s | Port after board after board because |
| 22961s | devourers are still active because Ray |
| 22963s | Boston nixia because scale of nixia and |
| 22965s | Paladin just doesn't really have these |
| 22967s | combat mechanics right you you have |
| 22970s | these discovers but they're expensive |
| 22973s | right muckboard servant venomous scorpid |
| 22975s | school teacher it's so much of your turn |
| 22977s | that's already |
| 22979s | uh I that's already done once you even |
| 22983s | discover the cards let alone the ability |
| 22985s | to clear so |
| 22987s | um I think possessing played that pretty |
| 22989s | well from from the spot that he was in |
| 22992s | and yeah and habogabo did end the game |
| 22995s | with the Deathwing at hand but |
| 22997s | realized that as long as there was |
| 22999s | another Devourer |
| 23003s | in the hands you can't play the |
| 23005s | Deathwing because then the Devourer |
| 23006s | comes down you don't have an answer you |
| 23008s | no longer have an answer to it so |
| 23010s | yeah there were a couple of terms where |
| 23011s | maybe he could have taken a chance if he |
| 23013s | just decided okay |
| 23015s | if this situation is such that I can |
| 23017s | only win this where I should jam it but |
| 23018s | then he him being Habu gabu worked out |
| 23022s | other ways to win the game that involved |
| 23023s | not taking the chance of just dumping a |
| 23025s | Deathwing on the board and actually |
| 23026s | trying to fight for the board instead |
| 23027s | and yeah I think he I think he played |
| 23030s | that fine I just |
| 23032s | possessing like you said with a band |
| 23034s | play |
| 23035s | which looked awkward at the time |
| 23037s | especially at the choice for some nice |
| 23039s | things like brand Gough on the same turn |
| 23041s | if you wanted them uh did you just to |
| 23044s | rip the Jailer and that proved to be a |
| 23046s | really smart move |
| 23047s | yep now we move on to the quest priest |
| 23052s | wake people |
| 23054s | still has a paladin in the back pocket |
| 23056s | that needs to find a win with |
| 23058s | and |
| 23059s | last deck for possessi is the old Rogue |
| 23063s | yeah |
| 23065s | um |
| 23066s | and uh watch |
| 23069s | it's still winnable for having very |
| 23071s | winnable for Habu here yeah there's no |
| 23075s | Viper in the list |
| 23079s | um that's what worries me far watch post |
| 23081s | though |
| 23082s | is quite good |
| 23086s | is going to keep the quest |
| 23088s | the argument for throwing away but is |
| 23091s | going to need to own specific cards I |
| 23093s | feel and already has a two |
| 23095s | what's possessive thinking there's a |
| 23097s | little sort of smirk came across his |
| 23099s | face there so he's thinking something |
| 23100s | weird like keeping Sprint or something |
| 23102s | yeah good yeah without Viper you just |
| 23106s | have like the world is your oyster like |
| 23109s | I see you just get greedy |
| 23114s | mailbox person |
| 23118s | look at his hand |
| 23125s | not even that good but what else can you |
| 23127s | do here we go |
| 23130s | watch posters online |
| 23133s | but for long |
| 23137s | watch posters offline TJ |
| 23140s | well I suppose is offline |
| 23142s | and it made the Cutlass more expensive |
| 23144s | the card used to go back to reduce the |
| 23147s | cost |
| 23148s | amazing |
| 23151s | so good astolore |
| 23155s | graveyard with all this lot |
| 23158s | trying to find a real card okay I said |
| 23160s | that counts as a real card in the |
| 23162s | current year |
| 23164s | play graveyard and then next turn |
| 23167s | just boogie on down right |
| 23169s | no not yet |
| 23172s | no you don't have anything to use these |
| 23174s | preps on |
| 23177s | now you do |
| 23180s | yeah |
| 23183s | that's just stuff |
| 23187s | to do the minion that isn't Drucker I |
| 23189s | guess |
| 23191s | there it is oh oh the game just ended |
| 23197s | [Music] |
| 23198s | I'm gonna empty the hand real quick |
| 23201s | yeah |
| 23203s | let's hit some draw cards too because we |
| 23205s | have some extra Mana to spend with these |
| 23207s | mailbox dancers draw cards there you go |
| 23210s | he's concoction there we go oh this game |
| 23213s | is over it's just done so isn't it so |
| 23216s | over yeah Harry knows it as well this is |
| 23219s | Habu leaving the world championship if |
| 23221s | this does go the way it looks it's |
| 23223s | obviously not 100 over but it's |
| 23225s | absolutely massive chunk of this is |
| 23227s | looks like the way it ends for Habu |
| 23229s | there's nothing he can do about it uh |
| 23232s | we've seen this a million times play |
| 23233s | loads of cards the weapon will be in the |
| 23236s | region of 13 to 15 usually on these sort |
| 23239s | of turns without actually bothering to |
| 23241s | count it because I'm talking about Habu |
| 23243s | and possessive he looks like he's going |
| 23245s | to the top eight it's not quite over |
| 23246s | have it is a priest he has got desperate |
| 23248s | prayer maybe he'll wear the storm if he |
| 23251s | finds it clear he's got the shadow word |
| 23253s | ruined but okay it's 12. |
| 23257s | manageable |
| 23260s | [Applause] |
| 23263s | the healing he's got the very little |
| 23264s | astolore he killed a mailbox dancer |
| 23267s | then you point out the shadow work ruin |
| 23270s | okay |
| 23274s | now next turn |
| 23276s | that's a lot to get through but next |
| 23279s | turn you heal as much as you dare and |
| 23281s | then they turn after you play behemoth |
| 23285s | if there is a next turn oh okay |
| 23291s | not good pickups |
| 23298s | can he get out of range combination of |
| 23300s | healing and killing some stuff because |
| 23302s | if he can the Behemoth comes down and |
| 23304s | runs out really is the draw |
| 23309s | but he's facing 12 16 22. |
| 23319s | yes I really was the draw |
| 23324s | he's going to show him yeah he's going |
| 23325s | to try and start into it |
| 23335s | that's where prayer heal brings you up |
| 23337s | to 17. |
| 23340s | got a Finley and go for zarella yeah and |
| 23343s | habogaba didn't hit it based on his body |
| 23345s | language |
| 23346s | it looks like that's gonna be the end of |
| 23348s | the road |
| 23352s | yeah absolutely one of the best players |
| 23355s | of the Year probably the best player of |
| 23357s | the year sends out well played |
| 23358s | possessive goes through to the top eight |
| 23360s | the world champion still in |
| 23363s | um but it's a shame to see how big would |
| 23365s | go it's always going to be the case |
| 23366s | today we've got a couple of groups where |
| 23367s | it's going to be a shame to see the |
| 23368s | players go |
| 23370s | uh but this demanding when he went he |
| 23372s | had no control over that except for the |
| 23374s | lineup okay there's always an except in |
| 23377s | Hearthstone Conquest he did bring that |
| 23380s | palette in deck it looked a little bit |
| 23381s | awkward at times there but the final |
| 23384s | game |
| 23385s | nothing he could do |
| 23387s | yeah yeah it was draw zarella or a bus |
| 23390s | even then it would have had to find a |
| 23393s | way |
| 23395s | to get through that like I I guess that |
| 23398s | rela plus desperate prayer that was like |
| 23400s | the last bit of damage then it was |
| 23402s | Behemoth so I don't know zarola would |
| 23404s | have been the draw but unfortunately it |
| 23406s | was not there for him there you go Group |
| 23407s | C uh X and G and possessive one thing we |
| 23410s | do need to note is the dream for |
| 23412s | possessy of winning back-to-back World |
| 23415s | Championships |
| 23416s | is still alive |
| 23418s | and oh yeah that would I it's history in |
| 23423s | the making honestly |
| 23425s | um we're very close last year |
| 23427s | with Glory make it to the finals and |
| 23430s | possessing was the one to beat him yeah |
| 23432s | how possessed he has the chance |
| 23434s | to go all the way and do it he just |
| 23436s | blocks Glory from doing it and then does |
| 23439s | it himself the next year he's like I was |
| 23442s | first to win two by not only just doing |
| 23444s | it but also by stopping the other one |
| 23446s | from doing it that would be amazing |
| 23449s | um and yeah he's well and truly earned |
| 23451s | that he is going to have a well-deserved |
| 23453s | rest for the rest of the day because he |
| 23456s | has had a long long long old early |
| 23458s | afternoon over there in Japan I think so |
| 23460s | yeah |
| 23463s | it's kind of funny that our top eight |
| 23465s | for the world championship is shaping up |
| 23467s | to be exactly like all of our top eights |
| 23469s | for Masters tours which is uh uh half |
| 23473s | Chinese players half European players |
| 23475s | and possessi like yeah yeah that's what |
| 23478s | it's uh that's what it seemed to be uh |
| 23481s | thus far |
| 23483s | we have what uh Monsanto equivalent yeah |
| 23487s | it used to be Monsanto now it's pascoa |
| 23489s | uh yeah because that that concludes |
| 23491s | Group C and coming up next we have our |
| 23493s | final Group which is going to be group d |
| 23494s | uh which features yes that's right |
| 23497s | features the one and only player from |
| 23500s | the Americas region in pascala he's |
| 23502s | going to be looking to uh |
| 23504s | uh the dream of having the first |
| 23507s | America's world champion since since uh |
| 23510s | wanted fire Batwing eight years ago |
| 23512s | 2014. eight years ago in my back natosis |
| 23516s | back to back and no America's Regional |
| 23518s | presence in eight years so that's what |
| 23521s | we have to look forward to but before |
| 23522s | then uh before we jump to Group D we are |
| 23524s | going to have to take a quick break so |
| 23526s | don't go anywhere more action here from |
| 23528s | the Hearthstone World Championship right |
| 23529s | after this |
| 23532s | [Music] |
| 23533s | thank you |
| 23539s | [Music] |
| 23547s | coming into the world championship |
| 23549s | you're you're probably one of the uh |
| 23552s | lesser known uh players right there's a |
| 23555s | lot of like these names A lot of people |
| 23556s | that have been there multiple times a |
| 23559s | lot of players that have been in massive |
| 23561s | tournaments since like 2016 right |
| 23566s | um do you think sort of being lesser |
| 23567s | known |
| 23569s | mix it so there's less pressure on you |
| 23573s | to win or do you think the opposite like |
| 23576s | you put pressure on yourself because you |
| 23579s | want to like win on on a big stage |
| 23583s | I think I I don't |
| 23586s | make any pressure on myself at all at |
| 23589s | least I try to uh |
| 23592s | uh and uh I think all the other players |
| 23596s | at least at the world's annoy me pretty |
| 23599s | well |
| 23600s | uh even the Chinese all guys so we play |
| 23603s | like um multiple times each day against |
| 23606s | each other so yeah I I can't be not that |
| 23610s | well known for the viewers uh but I'm |
| 23613s | pretty sure that uh all the players uh |
| 23616s | on on walls know each other really well |
| 23620s | so who would you say uh besides yourself |
| 23623s | okay so you can't answer yourself who do |
| 23627s | you would you say is the the best player |
| 23629s | competing at Worlds |
| 23631s | money for sure bunny for sure that was |
| 23634s | quick that was quick why |
| 23637s | I don't know it's it's always like the |
| 23640s | next level of difficulty to play against |
| 23642s | Bonnie I think I won only one |
| 23645s | competitive much against buying when it |
| 23649s | felt like he didn't really pay enough |
| 23652s | attention to the game or come I don't |
| 23655s | know at the game it didn't mean anything |
| 23658s | to him and I didn't feel like fully as |
| 23661s | fully I satisfied uh with that win in |
| 23665s | one of the I I think that was the last |
| 23669s | week of a chance and all the other |
| 23672s | matches between us uh I was completely |
| 23675s | destroyed by him uh so I don't know why |
| 23678s | but it always it feels like bunny is uh |
| 23683s | somewhere on the other level |
| 23685s | and it's always extremely difficult for |
| 23688s | me to compete against him |
| 23690s | would you say that you have a a rivalry |
| 23693s | with any player that's competing at |
| 23696s | Worlds |
| 23697s | uh or |
| 23699s | or if not |
| 23701s | who would you choose |
| 23704s | to have a rivalry rivalry rip with |
| 23708s | maybe with trouble |
| 23710s | and then we've played a lot of games |
| 23713s | against each other too and these games |
| 23716s | were |
| 23718s | I don't know what |
| 23721s | maybe more fire |
| 23722s | and sometimes I've been and sometimes |
| 23724s | humans and they and there were a lot of |
| 23728s | highlights from other games |
| 23730s | from our games so |
| 23734s | [Music] |
| 23744s | [Music] |
| 23751s | you know the world championship is |
| 23753s | obviously like bigger this year more |
| 23754s | more players it's longer |
| 23757s | um but it also just means like more like |
| 23760s | really good players |
| 23761s | uh this is a question that I've always |
| 23764s | been curious about and especially since |
| 23766s | you know we haven't gotten to chat much |
| 23768s | over the years |
| 23770s | how big |
| 23771s | do you think the Gap is |
| 23774s | between like the best of the best in |
| 23777s | Hearthstone like players that |
| 23779s | consistently win tournaments that |
| 23781s | qualify to Worlds that win Masters tours |
| 23784s | and like players that |
| 23787s | you know just you know get top 50 top |
| 23791s | 100 on ladder consistently but can never |
| 23794s | you know translate that into a |
| 23796s | tournament win uh do you think there's |
| 23798s | like a really big gap there or do you |
| 23801s | think that |
| 23802s | it's just bad beats and those players |
| 23804s | could win on a good day how like how how |
| 23807s | much of a of a skill difference is there |
| 23811s | uh I feel like the difference between |
| 23813s | the top of the top players and the like |
| 23816s | the uh maybe semi-professional Fighters |
| 23820s | or you you're gonna call you can call it |
| 23823s | however if you want so the difference is |
| 23827s | more like uh in their heads I don't know |
| 23830s | in like psychology or in the mentality |
| 23834s | so it's uh always very difficult to play |
| 23838s | Under the pressure it's always difficult |
| 23840s | to like 20 a universe uh |
| 23845s | so yeah I I |
| 23848s | um most of the time when I uh win |
| 23850s | against uh like less experienced players |
| 23853s | I feel like they made a stupid mistake |
| 23858s | that they wouldn't make on ladder uh but |
| 23861s | uh they somehow uh felt maybe too |
| 23865s | nervous or I don't know so yeah uh in in |
| 23869s | terms of uh |
| 23871s | like pure according skills the Gap is |
| 23875s | not that big |
| 23877s | it exists but I I can't say that it |
| 23882s | decides a lot of the games |
| 23884s | do you |
| 23885s | you see yourself as already having made |
| 23888s | that jump because you've been you know |
| 23891s | you you have Tournament results for a |
| 23893s | long time like five years |
| 23895s | um like back in like what was it SGL |
| 23899s | uh that was until 18 2017 something like |
| 23904s | that it was a while ago |
| 23906s | um and then you really started to like |
| 23907s | have a ton of success in like Master's |
| 23910s | tours over like just the past two years |
| 23912s | um |
| 23913s | is did you see yourself |
| 23916s | dealing better with nerves and stuff |
| 23919s | like that or was that always easy for |
| 23921s | you and it was just catching up in play |
| 23923s | that was always a big problem for me so |
| 23927s | I paid a lot of attention uh to the |
| 23930s | problem and I think at some point I |
| 23932s | managed to solve it uh I can't say it to |
| 23935s | what exactly Point uh I did it but uh I |
| 23939s | think when I started competing really |
| 23942s | seriously uh |
| 23944s | in as I said in Bucharest that was I |
| 23949s | would say my first big |
| 23951s | tournament uh I think I was extremely |
| 23955s | calm and I uh didn't uh |
| 23959s | I I wasn't affected by others at all so |
| 23964s | yeah I think I I was for the last two |
| 23969s | years at least I was on the |
| 23972s | stage as you told |
| 23976s | are you going to win the World |
| 23977s | Championship for sure |
| 23979s | for sure okay I like the confidence I |
| 23981s | like the confidence well Levick uh |
| 23983s | thanks for uh thanks for the interview |
| 23985s | and and good luck at the world |
| 23987s | championship not that you need it |
| 23988s | because you're gonna for sure win |
| 23990s | thanks a lot I think I'll still be the |
| 23993s | Vlog |
| 23995s | [Music] |
| 24006s | [Music] |
| 24013s | hey everyone I'm Raven and joining me |
| 24015s | now is xiaobai to talk about uh some of |
| 24018s | his chances at the world championship so |
| 24020s | first of all uh welcome I just want to |
| 24023s | ask with the World Championships coming |
| 24025s | up so close after an expansions coming |
| 24028s | out are you feeling very confident |
| 24030s | playing in a new meta game |
| 24037s | foreign nice and I just want to ask you |
| 24040s | about your preparation as well how do |
| 24043s | you go about preparing for a tournament |
| 24045s | like this do you play or practice with a |
| 24048s | large group of players or do you try and |
| 24050s | just play with a couple of you know |
| 24052s | close friends or close practice partners |
| 24058s | um |
| 24067s | uh do you want to just uh confirm who |
| 24069s | those teammates are that you'd practice |
| 24071s | with for this tournament |
| 24072s | oh just uh |
| 24077s | and next up I just want to ask you as a |
| 24080s | returning World Championship player how |
| 24082s | much of an advantage do you think that |
| 24084s | gives you because you're used to the |
| 24086s | pressure you've done it all before |
| 24088s | whereas we have other players who have |
| 24090s | never competed at Worlds before watching |
| 24093s | us or whatever |
| 24097s | foreign |
| 24107s | who do you think is the strongest player |
| 24109s | that's qualified |
| 24111s | um from China |
| 24114s | Anna is there anyone you're afraid of |
| 24116s | not from China is there anyone you're |
| 24118s | afraid of actually running into is there |
| 24120s | anyone you would rather not play against |
| 24122s | from the rest of the world |
| 24126s | oh that's good I like the confidence and |
| 24129s | then just finally just uh any final |
| 24132s | thoughts or anything you'd like to say |
| 24133s | to any of you fans before you go into |
| 24135s | the world championship truly is |
| 24146s | foreign |
| 24150s | [Music] |
| 24158s | thanks a lot for taking the time good |
| 24160s | luck |
| 24164s | [Music] |
| 24186s | thank you |
| 24192s | [Music] |
| 24200s | [Music] |
| 24209s | hello everyone welcome back we are ready |
| 24211s | to start a new group and the final group |
| 24214s | of Worlds here is going to be Group D |
| 24216s | kicking it off with Levick versus |
| 24218s | xiaobai again just one more group left |
| 24221s | subtle very very soon we have our final |
| 24224s | selection of players for tomorrow |
| 24226s | yes at the very least uh after this |
| 24229s | match and the next one we will have seen |
| 24231s | what everyone has had to offer we would |
| 24233s | have been able to evaluate what people's |
| 24235s | mental stay and stress levels coming |
| 24237s | into this tournament are how the lineups |
| 24238s | are looking against each other all of |
| 24240s | those kind of things uh we have already |
| 24242s | lost a few players of course we already |
| 24244s | have a few players through two top eight |
| 24245s | of course and now we are finding the |
| 24249s | final few names that are going to go on |
| 24251s | each of those lists starting off with |
| 24253s | what we are going to cover which is |
| 24255s | Levick versus xiaobai and then moving on |
| 24257s | a little bit later to what could be the |
| 24261s | uh the Epic of the day the Epic of the |
| 24264s | tournament perhaps as bunny Hopper and |
| 24266s | Pasqua two reputation two players with a |
| 24269s | reputation at the very least to uphold |
| 24272s | for taking their sweet damn time and but |
| 24275s | we will get to that when we get there at |
| 24277s | Levick versus jail by is a game I'm |
| 24279s | super interested in because to me and I |
| 24281s | know it's a sentiment that you've echoed |
| 24283s | in fact in a rare occasion of foresight |
| 24286s | you might might have even been there |
| 24287s | before me for the first time in your |
| 24289s | entire life Raven levick's a player |
| 24291s | that's really impressed me the more and |
| 24293s | more I've seen him play yeah and again |
| 24295s | that is definitely true I was ahead of |
| 24298s | the curve on this one and I just let |
| 24300s | subtle think he's ahead all the time let |
| 24303s | him take the glory because it's fine you |
| 24305s | know it's okay but yeah these two |
| 24308s | players are going to be looking at |
| 24309s | pretty good here I'm excited to see how |
| 24311s | these lineups play out as well because |
| 24312s | again we have the sort of difference of |
| 24315s | opinion right with the Mage and then the |
| 24317s | Druid on the other side as well I don't |
| 24320s | know where you fall here I know you were |
| 24321s | talking that you weren't too confident |
| 24324s | about Druid just in general but then we |
| 24327s | did see the 30 card list from yala look |
| 24329s | pretty good as far as I could tell but |
| 24332s | then on the other side of that I'm |
| 24334s | actually quite a fan of this magebring I |
| 24336s | think the magebring was pretty decent |
| 24337s | it's looked okay as far as I can see so |
| 24340s | where would you fall there if we bring |
| 24341s | it just all the way down forget the |
| 24343s | different archetypes of Rogue or priest |
| 24345s | or whatever but just Mage versus Druid |
| 24347s | is the almost definite fourth decade |
| 24350s | subtle yeah |
| 24351s | if I just had to pick one of those |
| 24353s | classes probably Mage if I get to |
| 24356s | specify like when I made the statements |
| 24357s | about Druid earlier it's kind of the |
| 24359s | common 40 card Renault grid that most |
| 24362s | people are playing |
| 24363s | um yala's deck which is a deck that I've |
| 24366s | played a decent amount myself I know |
| 24368s | Lorinda put a lot of testing into that |
| 24370s | deck kind of assuming that was the |
| 24371s | default version as Lorinda sometimes |
| 24373s | does as well and in this case I think |
| 24375s | got the right end of the stick I think |
| 24377s | that particular deck |
| 24379s | overcomes the deck's weaknesses by just |
| 24381s | being able to race better in certain |
| 24383s | situations but I did wonder if Mage was |
| 24386s | a bit of a sleeper coming into this with |
| 24387s | a couple of decks that were available uh |
| 24390s | to go with both sort of semi-freeze Mage |
| 24393s | style decks and the classic ping Mage |
| 24395s | Decks that we were seeing |
| 24396s | um and also had a sort of sneaking |
| 24399s | suspicion that we might see warlock |
| 24401s | appear in some sort of like utterly |
| 24405s | ridiculous sticky recursive board full |
| 24408s | lineup right with like death row warlock |
| 24410s | death rail Rogue Etc et cetera like that |
| 24412s | kind of lineup but that didn't end up |
| 24414s | happening so yeah I'm kind of with you |
| 24416s | as well I think Mages fine the position |
| 24418s | it finds itself in in the tournament |
| 24420s | where it's not one of the common classes |
| 24422s | but it's the class that sort of pops up |
| 24423s | every now and again in every third |
| 24425s | series or something that seems to be |
| 24427s | about right for where that deck land |
| 24428s | yeah better I think I'll check it out |
| 24430s | here lavik is going to start on his |
| 24432s | jackpot Rogue and while we were talking |
| 24433s | about Mage versus Druid we saw Levick |
| 24436s | stats but I think the big thing that |
| 24437s | jumped out to me straight way after you |
| 24439s | know the first time really seen him |
| 24441s | playing a master's tour I was like oh |
| 24443s | regardless of stats he just plays well |
| 24445s | it just just turn by turn gameplay very |
| 24447s | very clean indeed and that's something |
| 24449s | he's going to need when you know we're |
| 24451s | looking at a deck like this right just |
| 24453s | so many different decision points coming |
| 24455s | out here from the uh the jackpot Rogue |
| 24458s | they're just keeping the play clean |
| 24460s | building those plans sort of as you go |
| 24463s | is going to be very very important |
| 24465s | indeed it does look like it's going to |
| 24467s | be the jackpot Rogue against the Druid |
| 24469s | from xiaobai subtle |
| 24471s | okay I mean it's a good way to kick |
| 24473s | things off as we now look at xiaobai |
| 24476s | Fantastic Masters Masters for record |
| 24477s | overall has pushed towards that 60 win |
| 24481s | rate which is kind of the elite level I |
| 24483s | would say the players with 60 and above |
| 24484s | are the absolute creme de La Creme |
| 24486s | giaobai of course has a win under his |
| 24489s | belt as well at ironforge and has World |
| 24492s | Championship experience uh as I believe |
| 24494s | you were talking to him about in the in |
| 24496s | the interview previously |
| 24497s | um so I think he's in good stead for |
| 24499s | this one I think as I mentioned in the |
| 24501s | previous series we cast it's almost |
| 24504s | feels like time now right for the the |
| 24506s | China world champion just based on their |
| 24509s | um continually increasing power level in |
| 24511s | terms of uh their results against the |
| 24513s | rest of the field when they've come |
| 24515s | through in Masters tours and everything |
| 24516s | else I think Xiao Bai is very very |
| 24519s | capable of ascending to those Heights |
| 24521s | and and even though I know for example |
| 24522s | like shout tea is a favorite of yours |
| 24525s | subtle but I do feel like going into |
| 24528s | this tournament it's not as if we like |
| 24530s | oh eggs exactly xiaobai has the chance |
| 24533s | to win I feel like all of the players |
| 24535s | from China look incredible and it is |
| 24538s | just yep any one of them could have |
| 24540s | taken it coming into this tournament so |
| 24541s | I am definitely with you that it may |
| 24543s | well be just about time and listen like |
| 24545s | you know me I'm not the person that has |
| 24548s | just decided that Xiao buys the special |
| 24550s | one because he's the one in front of us |
| 24551s | right now was you know some commentators |
| 24554s | may feel the need to do like if you were |
| 24556s | to ask me to break down the China |
| 24557s | players chances of winning worlds I |
| 24559s | would have xiaote first XC second and |
| 24561s | then jail by Third probably in that list |
| 24564s | but that's not a slight on jail by I |
| 24567s | still think jailbaai is well within that |
| 24568s | capability of being a world championship |
| 24570s | Contender that's just the strength of |
| 24572s | the field that China sent to this world |
| 24574s | championship across the board it's like |
| 24576s | well someone asked me to rank them so I |
| 24578s | had to yeah you got to put them |
| 24580s | somewhere I asked myself to rank them |
| 24583s | and I always keep promises to myself |
| 24586s | right down by gonna be on the bottom on |
| 24588s | the Druid here with the opening hand |
| 24590s | with wild grow both so a bit of ramp but |
| 24593s | also that Celestial alignment sat there |
| 24596s | for maybe a little bit later on at |
| 24598s | Levick on the other hand nothing too |
| 24600s | crazy but honestly with this rogue deck |
| 24603s | there aren't that many opening hands |
| 24605s | that you would say were crazy right it's |
| 24607s | one of the decks in The Meta right now |
| 24608s | that doesn't really just have oh this is |
| 24611s | the perfect open hand that they just win |
| 24613s | kind of approach to it yeah |
| 24615s | yeah which I think honestly is I talked |
| 24617s | about this before but why a lot of |
| 24620s | let's say considered players like Barney |
| 24623s | Hopper really favor this version of |
| 24624s | Rogue over the all in versions of Rogue |
| 24627s | because they feel like they don't just |
| 24630s | Mulligan look at their opening hand and |
| 24632s | then can figure out how the game's gonna |
| 24633s | go you know they have to continue to |
| 24635s | make incremental decisions throughout |
| 24637s | the game so to them that feels like that |
| 24639s | they have more long-term agency and they |
| 24641s | can express their skill as a player |
| 24643s | throughout the game |
| 24647s | [Music] |
| 24649s | foreign |
| 24651s | to know as well uh no um theater |
| 24656s | in levick's list and just to throw it |
| 24658s | out there it's something we do have to |
| 24659s | talk about if we're going to bring up |
| 24661s | this Druid combo and the fact that |
| 24663s | Brand's already in the hand so it's |
| 24665s | something to consider just there and |
| 24667s | then but there are still ways as we have |
| 24668s | seen many times already that Rogue can |
| 24671s | mess with combo plays we saw it |
| 24674s | um the days are melding into one but we |
| 24676s | saw it with a yala holding the Jerry rig |
| 24678s | of course to just give him some wiggle |
| 24680s | room playing into potential objections |
| 24682s | as well |
| 24685s | it's a fairly large Renault is |
| 24691s | example I think I'm gonna be really nice |
| 24694s | here for Levick as well just starting |
| 24695s | out the five seven I don't think I've |
| 24697s | ever seen that before concoctions giving |
| 24699s | locations it's just kind of a like it |
| 24702s | like in my head like locations are just |
| 24704s | their own things separate Factor they |
| 24707s | don't go that shouldn't go into the pool |
| 24709s | of other things but of course there's |
| 24710s | nothing there's no disallowing text on |
| 24712s | the card that says that can't happen you |
| 24714s | know so yeah I've just never seen it |
| 24715s | before so when you realize the |
| 24717s | difference between like three cost cards |
| 24719s | three cost minion and stuff like that |
| 24720s | right it's like hang on a minute |
| 24725s | it feels like you know because the |
| 24727s | location goes on the board and then |
| 24728s | isn't a minion you sort of classify it |
| 24731s | mentally as something else I guess even |
| 24732s | though it is clearly a card like this |
| 24734s | there's nothing disallowing it from |
| 24736s | being a card |
| 24738s | when there's a card not a card yeah the |
| 24742s | location procs in the woods and there's |
| 24744s | no one there to see it is it still on |
| 24746s | cooldown |
| 24748s | is it a card |
| 24751s | what |
| 24752s | um yeah we are going to see the jackpot |
| 24754s | and it's uh party up again for the Live |
| 24758s | Oak here and |
| 24760s | ah yes of course beetlemancy card I |
| 24764s | think Eric was talking about I don't |
| 24766s | know whether that was on stream or off |
| 24768s | stream but he definitely talked about |
| 24769s | Beetle Manson |
| 24771s | uh on stream he was protesting that |
| 24774s | blizzard have decided that Beatles |
| 24775s | aren't part of nature just because of |
| 24777s | the spell School naming oh I mean |
| 24781s | it's on the beetle I guess |
| 24787s | oh these gravediggers are doing the work |
| 24792s | here |
| 24796s | foreign |
| 24806s | information that he didn't learn on that |
| 24809s | turn which is quite sad although I |
| 24811s | definitely agree with the miracle growth |
| 24813s | over the brand right if you just look at |
| 24815s | them it's like well now there's three |
| 24816s | cards in hand yep I could just give them |
| 24819s | a miracle growth which isn't great or |
| 24822s | you can just let them have a brand and |
| 24824s | again as you mentioned not specifically |
| 24827s | confirmed in the nubica |
| 24833s | and even so again we haven't really |
| 24835s | talked about this like this is a lineman |
| 24837s | Druid which is |
| 24838s | functionally the same thing in most |
| 24841s | regards as the slower version of the |
| 24843s | combo Druid |
| 24844s | um you just have the extra way to cheat |
| 24846s | minions and cheat armor by making |
| 24847s | everything cost one when you end up |
| 24849s | doing your big combo |
| 24851s | um so by that regard like even if you |
| 24853s | let them play one Mana anubricant one |
| 24856s | Mana brand whatever else like they start |
| 24857s | getting the combo going they're only as |
| 24860s | good as how many cards they have in |
| 24861s | their hand to they continue to be able |
| 24863s | to spam after that right unless they |
| 24864s | specifically have that full combo in |
| 24866s | their hand so |
| 24869s | looks like it's going to be has to laugh |
| 24871s | for Levick |
| 24874s | sit and think about board space I know |
| 24876s | this is still fine pressure don't get me |
| 24878s | wrong but it's you're just gonna think |
| 24880s | okay is there any weirdness that can |
| 24882s | happen that me not being able to play |
| 24884s | anything else is actually going to cause |
| 24886s | trouble here |
| 24889s | this needs to be an incredible amount of |
| 24892s | card draw immediately and it is not not |
| 24895s | that well it is an incredible amount of |
| 24897s | card drawer it's just that it's the |
| 24899s | incredible amount is zero |
| 24904s | wow very philosophical |
| 24906s | I like it |
| 24910s | what does shall I even do just |
| 24912s | yeah |
| 24914s | Place stuff 5 7 10 12 16 19 damage on |
| 24918s | board and two mystery cards right yeah |
| 24921s | no immediate necessity to do anything |
| 24925s | yeah yeah especially when fact did it oh |
| 24929s | no no you would die right because one of |
| 24931s | the board spaces is a one proc location |
| 24934s | so you can use that to clear and you |
| 24936s | know that there's a lot 8 in hand |
| 24942s | y oh as yeah but if you do the location |
| 24948s | that's true I think it creates a tutu it |
| 24951s | does create a tutu okay I think I'm |
| 24954s | gonna now that I think about it that is |
| 24955s | the way that makes sense in my head I |
| 24957s | was just not uh factoring in the |
| 24959s | skeleton |
| 24964s | it does end up going for the anubricant |
| 24966s | though |
| 24972s | it's gonna effectively just give some |
| 24975s | board space as well for lavik to play |
| 24977s | around with well more removal |
| 24980s | blizzard and then what's the Heidi pinky |
| 24983s | purple card hiding the uh deal eight |
| 24985s | Mega minion |
| 24987s | um one sec uh Arcane overflow of course |
| 24990s | okay something yeah I was honestly just |
| 24991s | gonna say beats or Nancy again |
| 24995s | it's just Beetle Nancy |
| 24998s | but pink |
| 25000s | is that actually looked golden Arcane |
| 25002s | overflow looks like oh yeah because it's |
| 25003s | got the big purple Cloud exploding in it |
| 25005s | doesn't it yeah yeah |
| 25013s | well so visually that skeleton spawned |
| 25016s | first I still don't trust it |
| 25021s | interesting |
| 25023s | interesting yeah |
| 25031s | you can't always trust what you see |
| 25036s | foreign |
| 25043s | what have you got this time shall Buy |
| 25046s | oh |
| 25047s | well well the goose is loose what are |
| 25052s | you doing here |
| 25058s | what honestly Soul at this point what |
| 25060s | are the cards ciao by actually even |
| 25062s | needs to draw if we're even talking |
| 25063s | perfect world |
| 25066s | yeah looking at the deck list |
| 25069s | it's not amazing is it I mean the |
| 25072s | initial definitely helps scales will |
| 25074s | help and you'll need the board space |
| 25075s | back he also has the miracle growth in |
| 25078s | there as well right which you can use up |
| 25080s | a bit the other scales |
| 25082s | for some armor of course yup sure |
| 25086s | well no yep yep cool wow |
| 25091s | a lot of scales |
| 25094s | weigh the options |
| 25104s | which will leave up what seven |
| 25110s | seems like pretty decent going to me |
| 25113s | but Levick can pretty much now just |
| 25116s | reset to control strategy if he really |
| 25118s | wants to because he has infinitely |
| 25120s | recurring blizzard when it comes down to |
| 25123s | it now at this point which is pretty |
| 25125s | good |
| 25125s | obviously not truly infinite but you |
| 25128s | know shorthand for he gets to cast |
| 25129s | blizzard an awful lot for the rest of |
| 25131s | this game now I was even looking at what |
| 25133s | the scabs actually achieves but the |
| 25136s | problem is it would give xiaobai a new |
| 25138s | Barack back right |
| 25140s | and and kill the other two yeah true it |
| 25143s | was just up yeah okay did it in any |
| 25145s | other order I think you would at least |
| 25147s | sit and consider you know killing their |
| 25149s | new Barack and then just pushing |
| 25150s | everything back yeah |
| 25167s | by of course still does have the uh |
| 25170s | Jailer and some devourers somewhere in |
| 25172s | the deck as well as plenty of armaged |
| 25174s | still it does have the um Theodore of |
| 25177s | his own as well and starts to have the |
| 25179s | Mana where |
| 25180s | things are actually playable if you |
| 25182s | wanted to swap a card with lavik |
| 25185s | darfish fantastic here as well gets to |
| 25187s | play at this turn and get the extra copy |
| 25189s | if he would like to |
| 25195s | and this way you know he's quite clearly |
| 25198s | telling Levick okay those blizzards are |
| 25200s | not going to cut it anymore because you |
| 25203s | know I've got another starfish in my |
| 25204s | hand |
| 25213s | [Applause] |
| 25215s | takes a trade here I think if he's |
| 25218s | really really tuned in for what you were |
| 25222s | talking about with previous with perfect |
| 25224s | information on the previous turn about |
| 25225s | this bouncing this trade plays around |
| 25228s | scabs because it would allow him to get |
| 25230s | the anubicon back and that is much |
| 25232s | better recognition from jail by than it |
| 25234s | is from a Caster in this position oh |
| 25237s | yeah yeah |
| 25245s | now the problem is lavik does have these |
| 25248s | uh you know blizzards floating around |
| 25250s | obviously but |
| 25254s | it has to win the game right like he |
| 25256s | starts to make sure he can get there |
| 25258s | somehow |
| 25259s | yeah and also now he knows for sure that |
| 25261s | even if he were to get hold of a |
| 25262s | blizzard generator now Blizzard's in the |
| 25264s | pool he saw his opponent go moonlit |
| 25266s | guide and starfish on the previous turn |
| 25268s | so he knows that starfish would just be |
| 25269s | coming straight back again |
| 25273s | so Levick is in incredible amounts of |
| 25277s | trouble mister again cannot scabs |
| 25280s | because if he scabs the anubricant goes |
| 25282s | back to hand he's seen bran so he died |
| 25285s | he's if he does that like he knows for |
| 25287s | sure |
| 25292s | the problem as well is with those Shadow |
| 25293s | steps it really just is a hindrance to |
| 25297s | this uh uh to the astalor sorry in the |
| 25301s | hand for Levick you can't even go okay |
| 25302s | well what if I asked the last step after |
| 25304s | last step you know like try and do stuff |
| 25306s | to not only clear the board but put on |
| 25308s | some pressure as well and he's just like |
| 25309s | this an absolute ton of damage here |
| 25311s | though for xiaobai I do like this though |
| 25314s | the the beetle man C kind of delays the |
| 25315s | problem for one turn right which is very |
| 25317s | useful allows you to tank most of this |
| 25319s | damage and then you spend what what else |
| 25321s | you have that turn on just dropping the |
| 25324s | uh the Arcane overflow on the lubricant |
| 25326s | and that way you're free to scabs |
| 25328s | whenever you want really from this oh |
| 25329s | and honestly as soon as a Jailer comes |
| 25332s | down like |
| 25333s | things are looking dicey yep |
| 25339s | that's what it's about now for xiaobai |
| 25341s | turn down the Jailer on the previous |
| 25343s | discover from the Moonlight guidance to |
| 25345s | pick up the starfish instead so it's now |
| 25347s | hyper cycling through the deck to try |
| 25349s | which I I completely agree with of |
| 25351s | course it's just uh yeah still wants |
| 25354s | that trailer to come down but he's still |
| 25355s | looking good now what's this uh 35 |
| 25359s | elf pressure in lavik now and it does |
| 25362s | feel like the window is closing very |
| 25364s | very quickly on Levick to grab a win |
| 25367s | here he is going to use the scabs and |
| 25369s | the Pioneer which is the mass |
| 25371s | destruction here |
| 25374s | the brand dies for sure right yeah it's |
| 25377s | the two biggest |
| 25378s | because it was an Uber raid boss and |
| 25381s | malagos right at one point |
| 25388s | because even Levick must be sat there |
| 25390s | thinking well I needed to do that but I |
| 25393s | hope I care |
| 25412s | in the dark the light shines okay |
| 25419s | got us up set up |
| 25422s | but if you can find what maybe two turns |
| 25424s | without Jailer on the other side he |
| 25426s | might now have a chance with the Aston |
| 25427s | law |
| 25428s | oh okay fishing for something else |
| 25437s | so I guess maybe fishing for the actual |
| 25440s | Thief Rogue stuff to be able to uh |
| 25443s | okay all right big deal big big deal |
| 25448s | it's weird though right it's a big deal |
| 25450s | but it's less of a deal because the |
| 25452s | shadow step was used anyway yeah |
| 25457s | it does still now mean that like Levick |
| 25461s | has the opportunity to deal with gel |
| 25463s | buys board for the rest of the game if |
| 25465s | he's able to find a way to right which |
| 25467s | would not be an option if Jayla came |
| 25469s | down |
| 25482s | hmm I wonder |
| 25486s | taking a quick look at what job I |
| 25488s | actually has left here because with the |
| 25491s | like the combo gone he does have to |
| 25493s | actually make something work of course |
| 25494s | two devour is still left in the deck so |
| 25496s | we've got a moonlit guidance and uh you |
| 25499s | know his own Aster law to do as well I |
| 25501s | think moonlit guidance in toaster law is |
| 25503s | probably the strongest thing he can do |
| 25505s | right now if he could just pick |
| 25510s | there goes that plan yep |
| 25513s | does get topio down though finally which |
| 25516s | is a good chunk of extra value over the |
| 25517s | course of the game |
| 25519s | not much of that game remaining though |
| 25520s | not nearly as much as xiaobai would like |
| 25522s | to be able to get out of it although to |
| 25524s | be fair what he would have liked to have |
| 25525s | done is just done the combo about six |
| 25527s | turns ago and murdered his opponents yes |
| 25530s | just a little fieldwork cool |
| 25534s | nuts |
| 25538s | yeah Joe bides reacting to the snap pick |
| 25540s | he knows already |
| 25543s | absolute disaster |
| 25546s | and does lavik commit the shadow Step At |
| 25550s | All |
| 25553s | I'm not |
| 25554s | oh I don't think so how is it dealt with |
| 25559s | by generalized deck |
| 25564s | evidence |
| 25572s | maybe right I think you just leave it |
| 25574s | there right |
| 25576s | I think you're under any great threat |
| 25578s | yeah maybe I was staring at the board |
| 25579s | and just thinking that's terrifying okay |
| 25581s | because if it does die somehow then what |
| 25584s | does laughing do you know so actually I |
| 25586s | think what this is more about is not |
| 25588s | like protecting this initial gigafin |
| 25591s | it's just like it waits to win yeah he |
| 25594s | just it's just stats okay no I'm wrong |
| 25597s | okay I was about to say like he wants to |
| 25598s | just have another gigafin available for |
| 25601s | later but in fact he was just thinking |
| 25603s | play it to get an extra four seven right |
| 25605s | now |
| 25606s | fair enough |
| 25607s | yeah to be fair this does do a decent |
| 25609s | job of protecting the four twos as well |
| 25611s | yep |
| 25616s | okay and the plan is to get some kind of |
| 25618s | push here to peel that armor off and |
| 25620s | then have the astalar available |
| 25624s | I'm free |
| 25627s | of course because we are in utter |
| 25628s | nonsense land uh xiaobai is able to just |
| 25631s | fully juice devourers in the same turn |
| 25635s | and play them |
| 25638s | Infuse them and play two devourers seems |
| 25642s | good yeah look he's trying to keep them |
| 25644s | alive he's like right what do I actually |
| 25646s | need to do here |
| 25651s | obviously we want to get Max stats here |
| 25652s | and not just fully trading and kill off |
| 25654s | more minions than he needs to probably |
| 25656s | holds one Devourer now right |
| 25660s | yeah you would expect so yeah just oh |
| 25663s | interesting what do you think they hold |
| 25666s | on the astolores for |
| 25675s | it's a good is that still first stage |
| 25677s | you've asked the law it's very confusing |
| 25678s | because they all cost one I think it's |
| 25680s | basic asteroid |
| 25682s | oh let's muddy the waters |
| 25686s | I could be wrong yeah it's because it's |
| 25688s | a b right that's a little blood sworn is |
| 25690s | the initial one so yeah it should be |
| 25691s | right |
| 25692s | uh let me oh yeah sorry sorry |
| 25695s | on the uh the tracker we've got subtle I |
| 25698s | was looking at the wrong player sorry I |
| 25701s | was like oh does it just show the a drop |
| 25702s | all the time |
| 25711s | you can clear this if he wants right |
| 25715s | at the cost of 19 Health yeah he's gonna |
| 25719s | take it anyway |
| 25722s | so get it off the board |
| 25725s | foreign |
| 25728s | still have a secret oh I hope it's good |
| 25731s | the great question I've actually just |
| 25734s | forgot oh that's gonna setting up all |
| 25736s | games yeah so that's what the |
| 25738s | astrologers was about on the previous |
| 25739s | time |
| 25741s | we got there as a team just afk'd on the |
| 25744s | secret being there because it's been |
| 25745s | unprot for so long |
| 25747s | it's been there for the majority of the |
| 25749s | game |
| 25755s | and to work out what happens here right |
| 25758s | if he just goes silence ask the law |
| 25763s | oh he's not gonna make it anyway right |
| 25772s | okay now we need to start playing |
| 25774s | because obviously the all the aster laws |
| 25776s | don't just they're not randomly One |
| 25778s | Drops right like they're they're a full |
| 25780s | cast so we need to actually cycle this |
| 25782s | to get the final version ready to go |
| 25787s | oh the theater is very funny |
| 25791s | actually as we can see not terrible yeah |
| 25796s | take the azshara |
| 25799s | give them a Celestial life if there's |
| 25801s | the alignment yeah enjoy |
| 25806s | oh oh that is big mind render Alicia |
| 25810s | Vibes right there just like hey my |
| 25812s | deck's so bad that when I give it to you |
| 25814s | you immediately lose |
| 25818s | although there is a that blizzard but |
| 25821s | again as you mentioned earlier Levick is |
| 25823s | just aware right that there's a starfish |
| 25826s | so he knows that blizzard doesn't cut it |
| 25829s | unless the blizzard is dealing enough |
| 25830s | damage to clear up the board |
| 25833s | yep I don't |
| 25836s | think there's anything what would it |
| 25838s | have to be like party up into all taunts |
| 25842s | yeah party up with taunts or rush and |
| 25844s | then you also have the Arcane overflow |
| 25846s | and the beetlemancy right so maybe |
| 25848s | there's some tiny fraction of a percent |
| 25851s | combination of everything going |
| 25853s | perfectly you definitely have to take a |
| 25855s | look at it |
| 25858s | oh yeah it does have the Giga fins too |
| 25860s | for taunts |
| 25862s | that's not it |
| 25865s | and it doesn't look like that's good |
| 25866s | enough to me |
| 25868s | not for Levick at least shall buy I'm |
| 25871s | gonna be able to take the first game in |
| 25874s | this series and that was a tricky one |
| 25875s | that was very very back and forth but I |
| 25878s | love it was in control for the majority |
| 25880s | there but shall buy even using an |
| 25882s | earlier new pecan uh getting the brand |
| 25885s | used up quite early as well losing the |
| 25887s | combo still managed to keep it together |
| 25889s | and play out that long game and you see |
| 25891s | there we've been talking a lot about the |
| 25893s | 30 card version and I'm not going to |
| 25895s | talk about whether that would have just |
| 25896s | done things better and faster but you |
| 25898s | can see the benefits in that one of |
| 25900s | having alternate plans right if you were |
| 25903s | forced into doing some weird stuff and |
| 25905s | getting that out of your combo |
| 25906s | Dabba was like yeah it's fine I have the |
| 25909s | devourers I have a nyxia I have all |
| 25911s | sorts of stuff to still win the game |
| 25912s | with and in these kind of match-ups that |
| 25915s | is very very important yeah for sure I |
| 25917s | think you know even though I am a fan of |
| 25919s | the 30 card fast version I think that's |
| 25921s | a game the 30 car version probably loses |
| 25923s | because it's just it gets the the core |
| 25925s | plan disrupted and then it just does not |
| 25927s | have anywhere near this level of uh |
| 25930s | improv improvisational ability I suppose |
| 25933s | that this deck has where xiaobai just |
| 25935s | kind of piece something together lost |
| 25936s | the primary win condition of the armor |
| 25938s | combo and then lost the secondary win |
| 25940s | condition of the Jailer and then still |
| 25942s | we just had more than enough to go over |
| 25944s | the line at the end so just absolutely |
| 25947s | stacked you can fit so many win |
| 25949s | conditions into this bad boy uh slaps |
| 25952s | roof I guess um but in the end Levick |
| 25954s | was just a little bit frustrated thought |
| 25957s | I would imagine at several points that |
| 25959s | maybe he was just getting there against |
| 25960s | a matchup that was starting out quite |
| 25962s | miserable for him but he's gonna have to |
| 25965s | go back to the well now in doing so with |
| 25966s | the pink Mage yeah and I it's this is a |
| 25970s | deck I quite like still I liked it |
| 25972s | before the expansion I like it now just |
| 25975s | a play style I enjoy and I think just |
| 25977s | having a secondary and third glance at |
| 25980s | this that this is pretty much just a |
| 25983s | pre-expansion pink page right like |
| 25985s | there's nothing extra I can see unless |
| 25987s | you're gonna point something out so |
| 25988s | there is the shattering blast in there |
| 25990s | as a one of uh still two frozen touch in |
| 25993s | the list which became much more common |
| 25994s | towards the end of the last meta but |
| 25997s | yeah that just looks like a clean |
| 25998s | straightforward list to me the word |
| 26000s | tertiary not make it up north |
| 26003s | what |
| 26004s | he said if I take take a secondary or |
| 26007s | third look at this |
| 26009s | look |
| 26011s | had enough a tertiary in specialist |
| 26012s | format subtle I never want to ah yeah |
| 26015s | yeah good point that is very traumatic I |
| 26018s | I genuinely believe that is Mo when most |
| 26020s | people in Hearthstone learned what the |
| 26022s | word tertiary would never use that word |
| 26025s | in my life and then used it way too many |
| 26027s | times in a short period of time yeah |
| 26029s | never use that word again yeah fair |
| 26031s | enough third array or something I'll |
| 26033s | find something to use instead yeah I |
| 26037s | like this just straightforward don't |
| 26039s | mess it around it does what Ping Mage |
| 26040s | wants to do |
| 26042s | yeah I think it is still has the |
| 26045s | potential to struggle as I think any |
| 26048s | essentially any deck that you bring like |
| 26050s | this outside of say the established four |
| 26053s | is going to be a risk and actually I |
| 26055s | don't really think there's an |
| 26056s | established four I think there's an |
| 26057s | established three and then I'd file |
| 26059s | Druid in the risk category as well if |
| 26061s | you're going to end up bringing that |
| 26063s | um priest Rogue Demon Hunter those to me |
| 26065s | are the safer decks if you bring |
| 26066s | anything outside that and you have to |
| 26068s | bring at least one thing outside that |
| 26070s | you are risking at the very least match |
| 26074s | up RNG in terms of just not you know |
| 26077s | giving your opponent too many wins to |
| 26079s | come back in a series or you know being |
| 26082s | hard targeted by just having the |
| 26084s | sub-optimal deck that just can't get a |
| 26085s | win in a particular series against |
| 26087s | someone so anything that you bring in |
| 26089s | Mages included in that is going to have |
| 26090s | its drawbacks and the way that the meta |
| 26092s | is panning out right now |
| 26093s | um but let's just say I have much |
| 26095s | stronger criticisms of some of the decks |
| 26098s | brought in this tournament than I do |
| 26099s | with ping Mage yeah well going it's a |
| 26101s | boon priest options that as xiaobai will |
| 26104s | have to deal with that is the |
| 26106s | combination of the uh the sort of ice |
| 26108s | block style Alibi that moves good |
| 26111s | probably gonna have access to the |
| 26112s | freezes and of course that that |
| 26114s | shattering blast Dimension saw could be |
| 26116s | very very useful and maybe even in there |
| 26119s | for this exact matchup right if levick's |
| 26122s | not going to ban priests why not have |
| 26124s | some tech to just insta destroy minions |
| 26126s | regardless of health so I'm really |
| 26128s | excited to see how this one goes so |
| 26130s | let's kick it off xiaobai versus Levick |
| 26132s | game number two |
| 26142s | is it fair to say subtle that with the |
| 26145s | uh this newer version of the Boon priest |
| 26148s | that The Mulligans are basically the |
| 26151s | same as anything nothing's really |
| 26152s | changed right |
| 26154s | uh not particularly no not that I'm |
| 26157s | aware of Switcheroo raiding Elemental uh |
| 26160s | handmaiden with particular hands are |
| 26162s | still the king of the Mulligan as far as |
| 26164s | I am aware I don't think anything has |
| 26165s | particularly changed on that front and |
| 26169s | uh xiaobai seems to be on that train as |
| 26172s | well just holding on to the radiant |
| 26173s | Elemental yeah such a big difference the |
| 26176s | uh the animate dead obviously akaji not |
| 26178s | Mulligan for of course but just such a |
| 26180s | big difference that having that card |
| 26182s | makes right because you can just play |
| 26184s | the elemental if it sticks fantastic if |
| 26188s | it doesn't just res it again only a very |
| 26192s | pedantic and semantic person would argue |
| 26194s | with that statement that you just made |
| 26195s | Raven but once again hello my name is |
| 26197s | Soso nice to meet you um anime dead I |
| 26200s | think is it will probably be a very high |
| 26203s | win rate kept card but it's probably |
| 26205s | only kept when you already have the |
| 26208s | radius yes yes if you looked it up I |
| 26210s | would suspect low kept rate high win |
| 26212s | rate in terms of Mulligan stats so if |
| 26214s | you do have a radiant Elementor in your |
| 26216s | hand I Mark I would argue that you |
| 26218s | probably are kind of mulliganing for an |
| 26220s | anime dead when you throw the rest of |
| 26222s | the cards away |
| 26223s | yeah someone if not you would definitely |
| 26226s | point out well actually Raven yeah anime |
| 26229s | dead is a very high Mulligan win rate |
| 26231s | but right okay |
| 26234s | here though you watch it just be at like |
| 26236s | 45 win right now that I've said that as |
| 26238s | well somehow a minus a percent win stuck |
| 26242s | my neck out without even looking at the |
| 26244s | stats I just made a very bold statement |
| 26246s | while contradicting you which may be |
| 26247s | embarrassingly wrong but it makes sense |
| 26250s | in my head it's a win-win either way |
| 26252s | yeah true if either said something smart |
| 26254s | or made me look cool yeah |
| 26257s | although Levick has got some freeze |
| 26259s | already on board like preemptive freeze |
| 26261s | in the form of the two little minions |
| 26264s | I just have to think about how to deal |
| 26266s | with this of course a Shadowood devour |
| 26268s | is the normal go-to to not have to worry |
| 26270s | about these but doesn't have one so got |
| 26272s | to work out whether he takes a turn off |
| 26274s | here |
| 26284s | oh we always will always be tall |
| 26288s | all right starting your turn when the |
| 26289s | Rope appears but well make the elemental |
| 26291s | and then pause and it's like surely your |
| 26295s | plan went past make the elemental yeah I |
| 26297s | see like it's a little bit worried but |
| 26299s | have I got hold of the Shadow word |
| 26301s | devour and off he goes there's the turn |
| 26304s | done and dusted with the Boon air on air |
| 26307s | as well and Levick now just knows what |
| 26309s | he needs to do but with flurry |
| 26311s | shattering blast yup seems good five |
| 26315s | Mana as well ping shattering blast get |
| 26319s | it out |
| 26322s | leave |
| 26324s | you may leave now |
| 26329s | I definitely looked like had one of |
| 26331s | those moments where like if your hero |
| 26333s | takes damage you take damage in real |
| 26335s | life |
| 26337s | I respect the plan though right I mean |
| 26339s | it's the most the most likely term for |
| 26342s | them not to have shattering blast is |
| 26344s | right now the next most likely is the |
| 26346s | next turn |
| 26346s | it continues to get more likely that |
| 26349s | they have it the longer you wait so I |
| 26351s | respect the all in he did all the little |
| 26353s | things right that turn as well you know |
| 26354s | recognizing that he could get the |
| 26356s | Sorceress down as well in the same turn |
| 26358s | because it discounted the Boon which is |
| 26360s | the most expensive spell in his hand you |
| 26361s | know he won't have I imagine much prior |
| 26364s | experience with playing that card in his |
| 26366s | Boon priest deck but was still able to |
| 26368s | optimize it on the fly so he did |
| 26370s | everything he could do I think in that |
| 26371s | spot made the right decision lost the |
| 26373s | game because of it half Stone B like |
| 26375s | that sometimes yeah and it's also just |
| 26378s | that deck as well like sometimes you you |
| 26380s | go in and there is the answer and well |
| 26383s | yeah you were still supposed to go in |
| 26384s | it's just that now 11 exactly taking |
| 26386s | control of the board has not only did he |
| 26390s | have the initial answer but as all the |
| 26392s | backup in the world decide both players |
| 26394s | are top decking and xiaobai just need |
| 26396s | it's the card draw to get going like |
| 26398s | Levitt can just sit back now and after |
| 26400s | how close the previous game was he can |
| 26402s | at least then maybe relax just a little |
| 26404s | bit as this looks like he's uh still in |
| 26406s | a very very strong position |
| 26408s | in case you needed any further |
| 26410s | confirmation of how much the world |
| 26412s | championship means to these players |
| 26414s | xiaobai is still playing this game yes |
| 26420s | even after the like |
| 26422s | sure you got hit with the wide |
| 26424s | shattering blast you had no cards in |
| 26425s | your hand fine keep playing go for some |
| 26428s | sort of sunwell out or some utter |
| 26430s | nonsense Right Down the Line you then |
| 26433s | saw savara get played to just refill |
| 26435s | that exact same combo straight back into |
| 26437s | your opponent's hand and you are still |
| 26440s | playing this game and I fully respect it |
| 26445s | foreign |
| 26453s | [Music] |
| 26457s | The Alibi is coming down here but I |
| 26459s | think it's just a juice the handmade |
| 26460s | yeah this is xiaobai's last commitment |
| 26462s | to saying okay I need to not only make a |
| 26465s | board this turn I need to make a board |
| 26466s | so wide that I have a chance of High |
| 26469s | rolling against the shattering blast on |
| 26470s | the other side three full Board of |
| 26473s | Minions that can trade |
| 26476s | um |
| 26481s | do you have enough Mana no no |
| 26485s | no okay so you saw the tilt of the heads |
| 26487s | right as xiaomi could see it he was like |
| 26489s | oh maybe just maybe but it was not meant |
| 26492s | to be Levick responds with a quick win |
| 26495s | of his own and that is exactly what |
| 26498s | you'd love to see if you're in Lubbock |
| 26500s | shoes right now very tough and like we |
| 26502s | said very close first game and then you |
| 26505s | lose but second game you just have the |
| 26507s | nuts and Sarah just insta win on the |
| 26510s | spot as we saw so really really well |
| 26512s | played there from Levick and again I |
| 26515s | mentioned the deck right not only we |
| 26517s | could talk about solid Alibi and the |
| 26519s | merits of pingmates just in the meta |
| 26520s | overall but if you're leaving priest up |
| 26522s | you've got at least give it a nod and I |
| 26524s | think that shattering blast there |
| 26526s | clearly and conveniently showed us in |
| 26528s | that game why it's going to be pretty |
| 26530s | useful in the deck yeah and honestly |
| 26532s | because I'm a sadist I would like to |
| 26535s | have seen the instance where xiaobai |
| 26538s | just pulls out the turn of his absolute |
| 26541s | life there and gets six or seven Minions |
| 26543s | on board and it's like okay please |
| 26545s | please just dodge the showering they'll |
| 26547s | Dodge the flurry just please one time |
| 26550s | and then it's you know double flurry and |
| 26553s | a generated like blizzard and everything |
| 26555s | like and the zero zero manner pain to |
| 26557s | freeze something else yeah exactly |
| 26559s | there's just Board gets deleted anyway |
| 26561s | just for maximum heartbreak but in the |
| 26565s | end credit goes to xiaobai for staying |
| 26567s | in the game for as long as he did after |
| 26568s | all that xiaobai goes okay just one more |
| 26571s | turn worth of Jaws |
| 26575s | drill shot of the narrow ooh tradable |
| 26577s | okay let's go |
| 26578s | let's pop off and next up though of |
| 26581s | course as we can see levick's going to |
| 26583s | be jumping over to that Quest fell Demon |
| 26585s | Hunter and we've talked a lot about this |
| 26587s | deck overall but so guess what there's a |
| 26590s | new one-off in town it's persistent |
| 26592s | Peddler I'm I am actually very much |
| 26596s | enjoying this uh fell Demon Hunter game |
| 26598s | where it's just what what what one are |
| 26600s | they bringing today |
| 26602s | I respect this as an option this is not |
| 26607s | something that I tried |
| 26609s | I'm not entirely sure why you would go |
| 26612s | persistent Peddler over say a second |
| 26614s | restaurant Viper but the idea of inst |
| 26618s | like dodging the two Mana spell dance |
| 26620s | all together and just putting another |
| 26623s | one manager card in there instead is |
| 26625s | something I can get behind again not |
| 26627s | something I've tried and I've tried a |
| 26629s | lot of different 29th and 30th cards in |
| 26631s | this deck |
| 26632s | um because some of those early turns you |
| 26635s | know sometimes you start a turn with |
| 26638s | spectral sight and you have to hit a |
| 26641s | tradable right to secure the quest you |
| 26643s | can't spend any more mana on anything |
| 26645s | else particularly |
| 26647s | um much like those turn threes that |
| 26648s | we've seen a couple of times where turn |
| 26650s | three completion comes pretty much |
| 26652s | exclusively from top deck need for greed |
| 26655s | that turn or spectral site Plus tradable |
| 26657s | on on turn three right so or on turn two |
| 26659s | with the coin so having that extra |
| 26661s | tradable in there I mean I can respect |
| 26663s | it I can get on board yeah and on the |
| 26665s | other hand here we're going to have the |
| 26666s | draca Rogue another staple of the |
| 26669s | tournament this this weekend it does |
| 26671s | have that Sprint in there as well for |
| 26672s | xiaobai as something you don't |
| 26674s | necessarily see every player bring but |
| 26676s | really the plan is still the same pop |
| 26679s | off and hit your opponent very very hard |
| 26681s | and it's one of those instances we |
| 26683s | talked about how good shattering blast |
| 26685s | is in the previous matchup but you said |
| 26687s | oh well you'd probably just bring two |
| 26689s | vipers if you wanted extra tradables |
| 26691s | well two vipers in this one looks quite |
| 26694s | good to me as well in this matchup if |
| 26697s | their lavik did have all of it so we'll |
| 26699s | have to see how this one goes do you |
| 26701s | have a particular favorite in this |
| 26703s | matchup because they both kind of try |
| 26705s | and do the same thing yeah I favor the |
| 26708s | Demon Hunter overall obviously this is a |
| 26711s | little bit different list with the the |
| 26714s | test uh persistent Peddler but if |
| 26717s | anything |
| 26718s | that feels like it should make the |
| 26721s | drawers a little bit more consistent |
| 26724s | um and the cards that you want in the |
| 26726s | match up are still there like obviously |
| 26729s | you want your win condition cards that |
| 26730s | doesn't change throughout basically |
| 26731s | every match up but it's not like you're |
| 26733s | cutting uh fell barrage or relic of |
| 26736s | Extinction to make room for these cards |
| 26737s | right which are the then clearing Power |
| 26739s | Cards that you need on the other side so |
| 26741s | um I would expect |
| 26743s | they're still to be Demon Hunter favored |
| 26746s | and I do believe that uh you know |
| 26748s | generic ladder lists going up against |
| 26749s | each other that is Demon Hunter favored |
| 26751s | look at the game plan coming together |
| 26752s | this little toss person persistent |
| 26754s | Peddler we've gone back a year or so |
| 26757s | um in time and I'm here for it |
| 26760s | either on the bottom for shall Buy |
| 26762s | mailbox dancer and then shroud with step |
| 26765s | and double bone Spike like |
| 26768s | that hand is just waiting for a draca |
| 26772s | I wonder |
| 26785s | the dagger keep it simple for now I was |
| 26787s | gonna mention like even though the |
| 26789s | mailbox dancer obviously is just a |
| 26790s | natural on curve play you don't |
| 26792s | necessarily need it to be right in this |
| 26794s | deck like as long as you can fit it in |
| 26796s | later and that it helps you out more |
| 26798s | later on I think it's absolutely fine to |
| 26800s | keep hold of it that's right |
| 26805s | I need for grade |
| 26811s | what is one of those moments where |
| 26813s | however many times need for greed really |
| 26815s | whiffs for you you then appreciate it |
| 26817s | again right |
| 26819s | oh yeah every time immediately give it |
| 26822s | yeah yeah it's like having a |
| 26825s | particularly cute animal as a pet right |
| 26827s | and it can it can tear up your sofa and |
| 26830s | like wheel over the floor whatever it |
| 26832s | does and then that one tie just gives |
| 26833s | you the look you know you're like oh you |
| 26835s | are actually adorable and I cannot be |
| 26837s | mad at you I love you forever that's |
| 26838s | that's drawing need for greed on turn |
| 26841s | two or turn three that's bagel |
| 26848s | well that's Draco as well |
| 26852s | nobody can start to really set this |
| 26855s | planet up Shadow step with the two |
| 26857s | mailbox dances |
| 26860s | the unfortunate thing for xiaobai at the |
| 26862s | moment is nothing to Bone Spike |
| 26865s | the doubly unfortunate thing for xiaobai |
| 26867s | is that the restaurant Viper was not one |
| 26870s | of the cuts to make room for The Peddler |
| 26872s | package |
| 26875s | I am already starting to get weirdly |
| 26877s | obsessed with this list because to the |
| 26880s | cuts of the theories which |
| 26882s | all the worst cards in the deck I would |
| 26885s | argue a lot that like a lot of the time |
| 26886s | they're the cards you throw away because |
| 26888s | they cost zero in your hand and you need |
| 26890s | to make space to draw more cards the |
| 26892s | next turn right |
| 26894s | um not that many occasions does the |
| 26897s | extra six to twelve damage that you get |
| 26898s | from Furies make the difference as to |
| 26900s | whether you're you know 70 damage Jace |
| 26903s | actually ends the game or not so turning |
| 26906s | those Furies into extra consistency with |
| 26908s | card draw on Quest completion I think |
| 26910s | it's a it's certainly worth trying and |
| 26913s | I'm glad that Levick is because I'm very |
| 26915s | happy to be watching it right now no |
| 26916s | one's going to look at it and go that's |
| 26918s | a ridiculous idea someone has definitely |
| 26921s | already doing that right now no one |
| 26923s | sensible is going to look at it and say |
| 26925s | that's a ridiculous idea whereas if you |
| 26927s | well if you people watching want |
| 26929s | ridiculous ideas I can get to work on a |
| 26931s | necklace and I will find the tech okay |
| 26934s | and you will not be ready for it no |
| 26937s | father I love it just getting the job |
| 26939s | done the reductions on there are on the |
| 26942s | damage spells there still reductions on |
| 26944s | spell damage all the boxes are being |
| 26946s | ticked |
| 26948s | and the biggest one as you mentioned |
| 26950s | who cares about reductions just having |
| 26953s | the snake |
| 26957s | this reminds me of that clip is it the |
| 26959s | Vin's clip |
| 26961s | it's not the same because it's turned |
| 26963s | five or whatever but that clip tickled |
| 26966s | me |
| 26969s | when gameplay transcends language |
| 26971s | [Music] |
| 26978s | people translated it for me and I will |
| 26980s | say now knowing I agree slightly less |
| 26982s | but |
| 26984s | I stand by it |
| 26987s | oh levick's just sat there going yes yes |
| 26991s | yes you have your phone oh what's that |
| 26993s | no location oops |
| 27001s | I did take a big hit but he just has the |
| 27003s | spell damage and has the heel right |
| 27006s | uh yeah spell damage double heal weapon |
| 27009s | just jam it all this turn and then say |
| 27011s | how do I possibly lose |
| 27018s | the best part easy can then just coin |
| 27021s | Jace next turn with everything still on |
| 27023s | the board |
| 27027s | well I was even thinking |
| 27029s | wouldn't you double I play both all the |
| 27032s | spell damage |
| 27035s | like coin coin Viper okay yeah |
| 27039s | right like it's just Ultra safe yeah |
| 27043s | it's a lot safer in the sense that you |
| 27045s | gain a lot more actually do you because |
| 27048s | if you only play one spell damage both |
| 27051s | of the things hit a minion |
| 27053s | so I don't think you ever play both of |
| 27055s | them if you're doing yeah okay so this |
| 27056s | is fine just holds yeah okay you play |
| 27058s | you got one spell damage and both |
| 27059s | unleashes or you play both spell damages |
| 27061s | and one unleashes like the doing all of |
| 27063s | it is nonsense |
| 27064s | um the reason why I kind of liked |
| 27066s | holding on to the coins is you then |
| 27069s | threatened counter lethal against some |
| 27071s | miracle comeback from the opponent the |
| 27074s | next turn because you're able to like |
| 27075s | fell barrage coin whatever else uh or |
| 27078s | just coin Jace or whatever you needed to |
| 27079s | do but I don't think the miracle |
| 27082s | comeback exists if you just do |
| 27084s | everything on that turn so levix line |
| 27087s | and your line is probably uh very |
| 27088s | reasonable yeah I like it a lot and Xiao |
| 27091s | by once again just did what he had to do |
| 27094s | right if you get off at that hand you do |
| 27096s | the draca turn and hope they don't have |
| 27098s | the Viper Levick had it and |
| 27100s | unfortunately that's just the way it |
| 27101s | goes just as much as as if see I didn't |
| 27104s | see the graveyard was the next card as |
| 27107s | well like the difference on that turn of |
| 27109s | like having an extra attention to come |
| 27111s | down on the board like oh huge the |
| 27113s | reason I argue that matchup's so good |
| 27115s | for Demon Hunter is that Demon Hunter is |
| 27116s | one of the few decks in the game that |
| 27117s | can still beat that like turn four or |
| 27120s | five ten like double digits dagger plus |
| 27123s | double digits Minions on the same turn |
| 27125s | Demon Hunter actually has the tools to |
| 27127s | be able to deal with that on the other |
| 27128s | side and very few other decks do but |
| 27130s | you're asking much bigger questions if |
| 27133s | you're doing both and just asking them |
| 27135s | to just have the Viper is not that big a |
| 27137s | deal and levick's you know pretty cool |
| 27139s | calm collected kind of person as we've |
| 27141s | seen on camera but I think that's what |
| 27143s | he was waiting for on that turn as the |
| 27145s | mailbox Santa's starting it's just wait |
| 27146s | wait wait oh just draca okay boom done |
| 27151s | so really really good win there for |
| 27152s | Levick and that means he's going to be |
| 27154s | on his Rogue once again and the deck he |
| 27156s | started the series on and lost the first |
| 27158s | game versus the Druid from xiaobai but |
| 27161s | it is going to be that Rogue once more |
| 27163s | and we are going to jump into a mirror |
| 27165s | in class alone subtle |
| 27168s | indeed yeah wildly different |
| 27172s | in terms of play style in terms of game |
| 27175s | length when you're playing against other |
| 27177s | people but both high quality decks with |
| 27180s | high win rate |
| 27182s | choosing to hold on to the sketchy |
| 27184s | stranger for a bit of disruption here |
| 27185s | makes sense the ability to pick up |
| 27188s | several very disruptive Secrets it's |
| 27191s | definitely almost certainly me just |
| 27194s | being bad but when I've played this |
| 27196s | jackpot Rogue I really like just holding |
| 27199s | in in the Mulligan holding on stuff to |
| 27201s | just do early right or at least |
| 27203s | something because I maybe I've just been |
| 27206s | burned too many times but there are a |
| 27208s | lot of Mulligans that are like full |
| 27210s | whiffs in this deck because you just |
| 27213s | have to pass for like three or four |
| 27214s | turns and I feel like you're in trouble |
| 27216s | especially in this current matter of you |
| 27218s | know Demon Hunter and Draco Rogue being |
| 27220s | so popular so I do like holding on to |
| 27222s | some of this and now love it's going to |
| 27224s | be rewarded with a counter spell next |
| 27226s | turn if he wants it |
| 27228s | counter spell very very nice indeed |
| 27231s | did you actually ever goes prep so he |
| 27233s | can Grave Digger |
| 27236s | I think he might well do that yeah it's |
| 27238s | a bit of a commitment with the coin as |
| 27239s | well but |
| 27240s | if you Grave Digger and see you know a |
| 27243s | draca or a uh you know anything |
| 27245s | reasonably strong you're gonna feel |
| 27247s | pretty happy about it |
| 27250s | it's a bit of extra tempo right now as |
| 27251s | well like I don't think the line of |
| 27254s | saving coin for tests and scabs yes |
| 27257s | necessarily the business you're |
| 27259s | interested in Levick is debating it |
| 27261s | though like I I think this is the D.A |
| 27262s | okay you literally saw it right picked |
| 27265s | up counter spell put it back picked up |
| 27266s | prep this is very clearly the debate |
| 27268s | that's going through his mind right now |
| 27275s | you can't hold your coin right in this |
| 27278s | in this matchup especially with this |
| 27279s | opening it's already quite aggressive |
| 27283s | but the Sprint makes sense yep and the |
| 27286s | other reason I like this as well is |
| 27287s | because your opponent did a little mini |
| 27288s | pop on the previous turn they had |
| 27290s | exactly three cards in hand so you get |
| 27292s | to play the game with 90 perfect |
| 27294s | information for a couple of turns which |
| 27296s | is like that has value of itself just |
| 27298s | knowing exactly what your opponent can |
| 27300s | do |
| 27308s | and now he's also done in the way that |
| 27310s | with the asteroid pickup the |
| 27313s | and it was just uh back part and then |
| 27317s | asked the law next turn right like as an |
| 27318s | absolute worst case scenario the |
| 27321s | knowledge with the count spell just |
| 27322s | gonna burn that coin |
| 27327s | um |
| 27333s | [Music] |
| 27335s | I'm honestly stuck |
| 27339s | is it the middle Shadow step or the left |
| 27341s | Shadow step yeah I do think it is Shadow |
| 27345s | step though it's kind of it okay you're |
| 27348s | gonna take one back now sure I was gonna |
| 27349s | say it's kind of a disaster if you do |
| 27351s | just get both of your mailbox dancers |
| 27353s | killed next time |
| 27354s | he's just gonna hold on to it replay and |
| 27357s | drop the stood up yep yep yeah sure |
| 27359s | hence |
| 27361s | okay so I would |
| 27363s | where your graveyard is up again next |
| 27366s | turn so wanting to actually do something |
| 27367s | significant with the graveyard on the |
| 27369s | following turn but xiaobai is just |
| 27371s | staying Max Tempo and saying he's going |
| 27373s | to draw that Sprint back next turn that |
| 27374s | got shuffled into the deck so yeah fine |
| 27377s | I'll buy in the situation where once |
| 27380s | again I I don't want to say he's all in |
| 27381s | but he's kind of all in and he just has |
| 27384s | to hope it's gonna be enough |
| 27386s | next draw is going to be huge |
| 27390s | okay it's card draw |
| 27394s | needs card draw okay there it is yep |
| 27397s | card draw and generation big deal |
| 27406s | though okay yeah we'll take we'll take a |
| 27408s | thing fine yeah |
| 27411s | and is this prep doorway as well |
| 27414s | uh the doorway will get infused right |
| 27417s | which when you're this low on resources |
| 27420s | might just be something you're |
| 27421s | considering it but it's what if you just |
| 27422s | make a big exactly yeah the argument is |
| 27425s | click the location now and make it big |
| 27427s | right that's the other way of looking at |
| 27428s | it |
| 27432s | yep gotta go for it |
| 27441s | but all the considerations there or am I |
| 27444s | being stupid |
| 27446s | uh for what throwing the card first |
| 27453s | drawing what card first |
| 27455s | with dark shadows |
| 27457s | before playing the thick hide yeah yeah |
| 27458s | just because it was one manner right I |
| 27461s | don't think it's a big deal I don't I |
| 27462s | think he was always playing the three |
| 27463s | five anyway but yeah I was just sat like |
| 27465s | am I missing something that he couldn't |
| 27466s | have played the code though if he drew |
| 27468s | first I was just yeah I think it's just |
| 27470s | one of those things where like the thick |
| 27471s | hide was always getting played yeah |
| 27473s | necessarily always prep thingy but yeah |
| 27476s | sure technically you should make that |
| 27478s | decision before you play it it was more |
| 27480s | of a check against myself in case I was |
| 27482s | missing some kind of interaction I |
| 27484s | wasn't aware of I was like what |
| 27486s | as usual the objection pick up here you |
| 27489s | so often with this deck you see there's |
| 27491s | more objections in Rogue than in a mage |
| 27495s | well |
| 27497s | one of those jackpot games isn't it yeah |
| 27500s | I mean you've put it in your deck |
| 27503s | really |
| 27506s | really |
| 27510s | I suppose no cards that the seven either |
| 27513s | the seven trades into it or you start |
| 27516s | value trading with it yeah I suppose |
| 27518s | actually slowing down and looking at |
| 27520s | this you still get to play your five |
| 27524s | drop spell on the same turn technically |
| 27526s | right if that's what it comes down to at |
| 27529s | this point so I think it's reasonable |
| 27531s | just to have an extra five five on the |
| 27533s | board it's not it's not like you're |
| 27534s | gonna check jackpot and get to play a |
| 27536s | spell on the same turn if you didn't do |
| 27538s | this this turn right whereas you might |
| 27539s | still get to do that with the coin |
| 27544s | this seems okay |
| 27549s | it's gonna need this chat |
| 27551s | it's a trickster that manner looks quite |
| 27555s | solid |
| 27556s | oh it's just gonna bounce now right yeah |
| 27559s | I'm an idiot oh this is so good yeah I |
| 27562s | hadn't even thought about this this is |
| 27563s | fantastic I had not even considered this |
| 27566s | along back as well |
| 27571s | yeah yeah which makes the play on the |
| 27573s | previous turn of the Aston law 5 even |
| 27575s | better I had not even looked at the |
| 27578s | Double coin Line This is brilliant so I |
| 27580s | want to cast your mind back subtle |
| 27582s | remember when we were saying that |
| 27583s | Lubbock's pretty good yeah yeah yeah |
| 27587s | and Levick now knows like this what |
| 27589s | reasonably this mailbox dances just |
| 27591s | doesn't exist yeah because of objection |
| 27594s | this is given Levick a lot of wiggle |
| 27597s | room and actually a great way for him to |
| 27599s | progress through the game look at that |
| 27600s | best in Shell there isn't as well the |
| 27602s | asteroid will gain five armor like oh |
| 27606s | and then best in Shell with the um but |
| 27609s | obviously the deck's ability to just |
| 27611s | keep generating the same cards over and |
| 27613s | over again |
| 27614s | good |
| 27618s | tooth is the only new piece of |
| 27621s | information there gel by knew he was |
| 27622s | looking at Shadow step graveyard |
| 27624s | otherwise and yeah a new piece of |
| 27626s | information is what it's going to be |
| 27627s | because he needs something special but I |
| 27629s | think if he could see the contents of |
| 27632s | the opponent's hand here he would know |
| 27634s | that even that is not good enough |
| 27636s | because this is best in shell and five |
| 27639s | more armor this turn coming down |
| 27641s | and this is looking like Levick is going |
| 27645s | to clean this one up from this point but |
| 27648s | can xiaobai find a miracle with the |
| 27652s | tooth of navarion |
| 27654s | this is it right 18 health I think I |
| 27656s | think they asked a lot of balance was |
| 27658s | absolutely huge because 18 Health |
| 27661s | suddenly we remove The Usual Suspects oh |
| 27664s | you know like do something to generate a |
| 27667s | pyroblast right you know like the usual |
| 27669s | Shenanigans but also the fact that |
| 27672s | greymane is just in hand is that okay |
| 27675s | well if you have to resort to more big |
| 27676s | stealth minions greyman two more two |
| 27679s | seven taunts thank you you know what I |
| 27681s | mean so this is oh this is really really |
| 27685s | slipping away from xiaobai |
| 27689s | would you like a basic totem oh yeah |
| 27695s | we've got that zero two taunt It's Gonna |
| 27697s | Save the Day okay there's the tracker |
| 27705s | so the t7 to be worrying about though |
| 27708s | yeah and it's just it's just 13 damage |
| 27710s | as well |
| 27711s | yep |
| 27715s | this is probably just make the trades |
| 27717s | and play tests just a little field work |
| 27722s | all damage |
| 27725s | it's like trade trade tests |
| 27729s | yeah I love it just just pile on the |
| 27731s | pressure put another wall of taunts up |
| 27733s | there's the counter spell from earlier |
| 27736s | from way back when so basically now |
| 27738s | xiaobai is just limited with his spells |
| 27740s | as well as just saying well okay what a |
| 27742s | Minions going to do against three taunts |
| 27747s | the answer is not a lot |
| 27749s | I think a shake of the head shall buy |
| 27751s | nose |
| 27752s | slip too far behind |
| 27755s | pasta dump six into account as well oh |
| 27760s | have any kind of chance Levick cleans it |
| 27764s | up such a good performer seriously from |
| 27768s | the moment of coin coin scabs he has |
| 27772s | given off the biggest chat energy you've |
| 27774s | ever seen in your life he just sat back |
| 27776s | he was drinking water he was big |
| 27778s | chilling the whole way through and |
| 27780s | deservedly so it's a clean game he |
| 27782s | outplayed his opponent he outplayed me |
| 27784s | like I would have lost two of those |
| 27786s | games probably like the way the way |
| 27788s | Levick was playing them like again we |
| 27789s | set it up at the start he's a player |
| 27791s | that every time we see him we're like |
| 27792s | yeah it's kid's impressive you know he |
| 27794s | knows what he's doing and is very much a |
| 27797s | thinking contention to make a very very |
| 27799s | deep run in this tournament it wouldn't |
| 27801s | surprise me at all because you know it |
| 27803s | might not be the flashiest player in the |
| 27806s | world but every time he plays every time |
| 27808s | I watch him I just think he's just good |
| 27811s | it's just that simple just simply good |
| 27813s | at the game I'm not seeing him might |
| 27815s | mess up and we've seen players there you |
| 27817s | know that if we we've been casting for |
| 27819s | years mess up on stream which is fine |
| 27821s | but it's just crazy when you see someone |
| 27823s | with at least at the surface level less |
| 27825s | experience just plays so well in the |
| 27828s | highest Stakes tournament that exists in |
| 27831s | Hearthstone so congratulations to Levick |
| 27833s | on the win there Jean by of course not |
| 27835s | out though he will be playing the |
| 27837s | elimination match a little bit later on |
| 27839s | but next up Saul we've got bunny Hopper |
| 27842s | versus Pascua |
| 27843s | um very quickly before we hand it off to |
| 27845s | the other casters uh uh who would you |
| 27848s | who would you say who's going to take it |
| 27851s | I mean I find it hard to root against |
| 27853s | bunny Hopper both emotionally and |
| 27856s | logically obviously he's a good friend |
| 27858s | of the both of ours uh we both love just |
| 27860s | from a biased perspective to see him do |
| 27862s | very well he's also a representative of |
| 27864s | Europe which means you know if he beats |
| 27866s | the one and only America's player we get |
| 27868s | to have a lot of fun at the expense of |
| 27870s | TJ when we go back and talk to him in a |
| 27872s | second but also logically he's bunny |
| 27875s | Hopper like he's one of the all-time |
| 27877s | greats of hearthstone you know one of |
| 27879s | the few who has collected the stamp on |
| 27882s | the card for basically every single |
| 27885s | System since we switched to the idea of |
| 27887s | you know what if you're good you can |
| 27889s | just qualify for things and then you get |
| 27891s | you will get a chance to play ever since |
| 27893s | we made that switch Barney Hopper has |
| 27895s | been up there literally he was in the |
| 27898s | very first tournament where that was a |
| 27900s | thing a high level so bunnies Bunny's a |
| 27903s | freak he's incredibly good at this game |
| 27905s | I do not want to root against him but I |
| 27908s | think the most important Point here is |
| 27910s | this is a series |
| 27911s | don't want to miss and don't worry |
| 27913s | because I don't think it's possible to |
| 27916s | miss it go do whatever you want and then |
| 27918s | come back it'll still be going on no |
| 27920s | just kidding stay right over right a |
| 27922s | short novel we'll be right back after |
| 27924s | this break |
| 27928s | [Music] |
| 27935s | [Music] |
| 27942s | okay now we are ready with some stat |
| 27945s | attacks so question one how many matches |
| 27948s | has xmg won in Masters tours is it a 40 |
| 27954s | B 50 c 60 or d70 |
| 27960s | diosoba so it was d70 uh close though |
| 27964s | next question uh how many times has Tian |
| 27968s | Ming been in the top 32 of a Masters |
| 27972s | Tour |
| 27972s | seven |
| 27974s | eight |
| 27975s | nine or ten |
| 27979s | oh who's actually seven you really got a |
| 27983s | lot of respect for timing there it was |
| 27984s | only seven |
| 27986s | um the next one is going to be who did |
| 27988s | XC beat in the finals of Masters Tour |
| 27992s | Madrid the Aloo Timo surrender Glory or |
| 27997s | give please |
| 28000s | that's right yeah got it right that was |
| 28003s | good you got that one next up yuyi has |
| 28007s | played 16 Masters tours in how many did |
| 28011s | he have a losing record |
| 28014s | one |
| 28015s | three |
| 28016s | five or seven |
| 28022s | oh five is right good job so that's two |
| 28025s | right so far |
| 28027s | next one which player beat Xiao T TW |
| 28032s | twice in the 2019 World Championships |
| 28035s | was it you Ying Jing |
| 28039s | Omega zero or Jason Joe |
| 28042s | I don't know yeah |
| 28044s | lrp |
| 28048s | okay last question |
| 28052s | this should be an easy one |
| 28055s | who did xiaobai beat in the finals of |
| 28058s | Masters Tour ironforge was it wyra Floki |
| 28061s | baby bear or Maverick |
| 28068s | yeah Mavericks yes very good yeah that |
| 28071s | was an easy one so congratulations uh |
| 28074s | you got I think you got three there |
| 28076s | which is really good so a great job on |
| 28078s | that and uh thanks for playing with us |
| 28081s | [Music] |
| 28084s | foreign |
| 28085s | [Music] |
| 28098s | [Music] |
| 28102s | [Applause] |
| 28104s | [Music] |
| 28126s | welcome back everyone to the 2022 |
| 28128s | Hearthstone World Championship a nice |
| 28131s | win there for Levick to see him through |
| 28133s | to the winners bracket match but now |
| 28135s | it's time to find out who his opponent |
| 28137s | shall be and uh Gia in case you were |
| 28141s | feeling perhaps a little Melancholy |
| 28143s | about this almost being our last cast |
| 28145s | together fear not because it shall go |
| 28147s | into 2024 uh with the pace of these two |
| 28150s | players so I think we're all right uh I |
| 28154s | guess it makes me feel a bit better but |
| 28156s | Derek with our second to the last cast |
| 28157s | together we have one more after this oh |
| 28160s | yes extra bang for your buck and we are |
| 28164s | of course casting bunny Hopper versus |
| 28167s | Pasqua for this one our very last |
| 28169s | initial match of the last group of the |
| 28172s | day these two have been waiting the |
| 28174s | entire weekend to get their first worlds |
| 28178s | match underway and finally it is here we |
| 28181s | are seeing lineups that are of course |
| 28183s | Very emblematic of the current meta |
| 28186s | Rogan priest on either side but notably |
| 28189s | Pascua is not bringing Demon Hunter |
| 28192s | yeah instead am I right in saying trying |
| 28195s | to kind of Target Demon Hunter in his |
| 28197s | own weird sort of way |
| 28200s | I'd say there is something of the logic |
| 28203s | like that up here uh there is of course |
| 28206s | the death rattle Rogue which when it |
| 28210s | works in a way that you don't draw |
| 28213s | you're invincible and other such |
| 28215s | important cards it can be very very |
| 28218s | strong on board and resilient against |
| 28220s | Demon Hunter because as we know Demon |
| 28222s | Hunter has access to really strong |
| 28224s | removal but not necessarily through |
| 28226s | several layers of reborn that Invincible |
| 28229s | can provide but taking a step back and |
| 28232s | looking at our player profiles first we |
| 28235s | of course have bunny Hopper first who |
| 28237s | has 20 master store appearances pretty |
| 28240s | much throughout the entire history of |
| 28242s | the master store format and far before |
| 28245s | that as well has cemented his name as |
| 28247s | one of the best Hearthstone players in |
| 28249s | the world it's great to see that he's |
| 28250s | made something of a Resurgence here in |
| 28253s | this year 2022. yeah absolutely I |
| 28256s | remember right back to 2018 talking to a |
| 28259s | couple of the producers who I I believe |
| 28261s | just come into working on competitive |
| 28263s | Hearthstone that year and for them it |
| 28265s | just wasn't even close that anyone else |
| 28267s | could be considered the best player in |
| 28268s | the world like bunny Hopper was just |
| 28269s | undeniably on the absolute top of his |
| 28271s | game and it seems like that hasn't |
| 28274s | really slowed down at all as he is still |
| 28276s | at the absolute top of competitive |
| 28278s | Hearthstone both in terms of results and |
| 28280s | I believe play as well also bringing a |
| 28283s | lineup that is very emblematic of his |
| 28285s | style of play soccer was talking about |
| 28288s | how he's a really big fan of jackpot |
| 28290s | Rogue because of the uh adaptive nature |
| 28293s | of its play and the length of its |
| 28295s | players or you know it's not just hopes |
| 28297s | to draw the good cards don't mess up the |
| 28298s | combo and then it wins or it doesn't |
| 28301s | very slow subtle sort of deck that can |
| 28305s | have these explosive drawers but for the |
| 28306s | most part is a lot slower and more |
| 28308s | Meandering in how it gets there kind of |
| 28310s | similar to pigmage which is another deck |
| 28312s | that Bonnie Hopper has been messing with |
| 28313s | for the longest time time be it ping |
| 28316s | Mage big Mage 30 card 40 card he's |
| 28319s | played them all and I really think he |
| 28321s | has become a master of those two decks |
| 28324s | in particular uh thankfully one deck |
| 28327s | that I believe is also very strong on is |
| 28328s | the quest priest but we're not going to |
| 28330s | be seeing that one because it has been |
| 28332s | banned Away by uh by Pasco are on the |
| 28335s | other side that's right and speaking of |
| 28338s | Pascual he's had 12 Master star |
| 28340s | appearances and he of course won |
| 28343s | America's Grand Masters earlier this |
| 28345s | year which is how he booked his ticket |
| 28346s | through to the world championship he is |
| 28349s | known for methodical meta-analysis |
| 28352s | always one to dive deep into the |
| 28354s | spreadsheets and figure out very uh by a |
| 28358s | very data driven thought process what is |
| 28361s | the lineup that will take down the field |
| 28363s | and more recently has also been known |
| 28366s | for uh roping out quite a bit whether it |
| 28369s | is to calm himself down or to tilt his |
| 28372s | opponent in any very different opinions |
| 28375s | exist but with two players with a |
| 28378s | reputation for taking their time and |
| 28380s | having considered play we could be in |
| 28383s | for a lot of hearthstone action later we |
| 28387s | do have pasquatch starting off with pure |
| 28389s | Paladin which is a deck that we saw take |
| 28392s | a lot of wins are quick wins just off |
| 28396s | the back of xfg a while ago |
| 28398s | this Countess of course is one that can |
| 28402s | really come up with very interesting |
| 28405s | outcomes of invitations and it can be |
| 28408s | played earlier using blood Crusader and |
| 28410s | of course tutored out into the hand |
| 28412s | essentially by playing Order in the |
| 28414s | Court |
| 28416s | that's right and while you know |
| 28419s | pasculars maybe led to some of the less |
| 28421s | explosive moments in uh Hearthstone |
| 28423s | Esports history as you said with his |
| 28425s | wave play that makes him feel more |
| 28427s | comfortable one player who's been out of |
| 28430s | their curly little mind with excitement |
| 28432s | to watch this game is Hunters who is of |
| 28435s | course huge fan of this particular build |
| 28436s | of the pure Paladin he's asked me to |
| 28439s | change his name to gigachad Paladin if |
| 28440s | it does continue to do well which we'll |
| 28442s | have to see whether or not it can |
| 28445s | continue to put up these strong results |
| 28446s | but you can see why I think it got a lot |
| 28449s | of new tools one of the Decks that |
| 28452s | existed before the expansion that had |
| 28454s | the biggest upgrade since the expansion |
| 28457s | I think it's fair to say because a lot |
| 28458s | of these self-damaging Paladin cards the |
| 28461s | blood Paladin cards I guess you would |
| 28462s | put them as are just so brutally |
| 28465s | powerful the sanguine Soldier seal of |
| 28467s | blood and blood Crusader as well despite |
| 28470s | only being a one-off because it's a |
| 28472s | tight list you can't really afford to |
| 28473s | play too much top end it's just so |
| 28476s | absurdly powerful in this deck I I |
| 28478s | really love it as an inclusion and I |
| 28481s | think Pascua is going to be in a good |
| 28483s | spot with this deck I believe in it uh |
| 28485s | it's one real weakness I find is that it |
| 28487s | can run out of value quite easily |
| 28490s | against a deck with a lot of control |
| 28491s | like Quest priests for example but with |
| 28494s | that out of the way I think bunny Hopper |
| 28495s | will potentially struggle against this |
| 28497s | deck |
| 28499s | um Paladin throughout the past few years |
| 28501s | has always just been known as the curve |
| 28504s | deck and this I feel is the best |
| 28506s | iteration of its curve that we've seen |
| 28508s | in a recent memory it has quite a lot of |
| 28511s | card draw between Panorama and a night |
| 28514s | of anointment and Order in the Court at |
| 28517s | least the last one making sure that you |
| 28519s | get to the real meat of the deck in a |
| 28521s | timely fashion and the prevalence of |
| 28523s | divine Shields there is a problem for |
| 28525s | both Rogue and Demon Hunter to deal with |
| 28527s | so I can definitely see the meta call |
| 28529s | for Pasqua working out here but we'll |
| 28532s | see as you said bunny Hopper is very |
| 28534s | comfortable on decks with an Adaptive |
| 28536s | nature Decks that have a big focus on |
| 28538s | Discover and card generation because it |
| 28541s | allows him to evaluate what is best in |
| 28544s | every situation and it's going to be |
| 28547s | necessary I think to dig through the |
| 28550s | entire toolkit for rogue to deal with |
| 28552s | this Paladin because the base deck |
| 28554s | doesn't deal quite so well against the |
| 28556s | types of Minions that Paladin puts for |
| 28558s | right |
| 28560s | we can see that Pasco are taking a deep |
| 28562s | breath steadying his nerves before the |
| 28564s | game and I think it's going to be a |
| 28566s | rallying cry from everyone on the |
| 28568s | Caster's desk that he can do this I know |
| 28570s | his opponents are strong it's an uphill |
| 28572s | struggle the only Americans player in |
| 28575s | the tournament |
| 28576s | but just one of the most lovely guys in |
| 28578s | competitive Hearthstone and uh |
| 28581s | despite how much I love bunny Hopper as |
| 28583s | well I can't help but root for Pasco in |
| 28584s | this one |
| 28586s | ah announcing bias Derek how |
| 28590s | unprofessional I would never I hope both |
| 28593s | players have a great time playing this |
| 28595s | wonderful game we call Hearthstone oh |
| 28598s | that's a very Gia answer now you're |
| 28600s | doing this |
| 28602s | cough it out left and right all right so |
| 28605s | bunny Hopper is starting as Warrior from |
| 28608s | Maestra which is not one of the greatest |
| 28609s | doesn't afford him any additional value |
| 28611s | or even damage which is pretty important |
| 28615s | against this type of Paladin doesn't |
| 28616s | necessarily have the healing that old |
| 28620s | liberum Paladin used to roll with Pascua |
| 28623s | with a big smile starting off I don't |
| 28626s | know whether it's because he is scheming |
| 28629s | about the Rope or not but first things |
| 28631s | first calm yourself down |
| 28634s | figure out the pace that you want to go |
| 28638s | with yeah Uther himself is saying let me |
| 28640s | think |
| 28643s | I don't mean this is saying I must move |
| 28644s | quickly so yeah yeah time to get moving |
| 28647s | uh but here's what's saying that despite |
| 28649s | Pascal being pretty much a household |
| 28651s | name at this point for competitive |
| 28652s | Hearthstone fans it's |
| 28654s | been a while since it's been like top uh |
| 28658s | you know the end of top level |
| 28659s | tournaments for him he's really made his |
| 28662s | name for himself for the most part as |
| 28665s | yes a strong ladder player and |
| 28666s | tournament player but a practice partner |
| 28668s | to the starts uh he has helped a lot of |
| 28670s | the best players in the world in their |
| 28673s | their practice their lineup building and |
| 28676s | we know that he has the theory of |
| 28677s | hearthstone absolutely down no question |
| 28679s | about that it's just about putting into |
| 28681s | practice that uh even already he's |
| 28684s | having to steady himself and make sure |
| 28686s | he doesn't flub anything up |
| 28689s | off of Bunny's first discover option the |
| 28692s | slimy I was gonna say look pretty |
| 28695s | interesting to get himself an early |
| 28697s | advantage on board but takes the damage |
| 28699s | one uh to clear off any early minions |
| 28702s | here |
| 28705s | [Music] |
| 28712s | or for Pasco looking decent if he wants |
| 28714s | to coin Vindicator |
| 28718s | could also just immediately go for the |
| 28720s | Seal of blood and make this sinful sous |
| 28723s | chef that's difficult to remove as |
| 28724s | possible yeah I mean you have a chance |
| 28727s | of hitting that anyway off of the uh The |
| 28731s | Vindicator but the question is if you |
| 28732s | play Vindicator and hit Order in the |
| 28734s | Court are you happy are you going to |
| 28736s | play that and the answer is quickly yeah |
| 28739s | kind of right I mean you have decent |
| 28742s | plays for the next few turns with my |
| 28743s | point you have a two on this turn three |
| 28745s | next turn a buffet bigen is not terrible |
| 28747s | on the following turns and then as soon |
| 28749s | as you hit turn six you are guaranteed |
| 28751s | to have that play of the uh the blood |
| 28754s | Knight or sorry blood Crusader uh plus |
| 28757s | the Countess as well |
| 28759s | so I kind of like it I guess so I mean |
| 28762s | it was the turn five that was the |
| 28764s | concern for me |
| 28766s | um because as you did line up the turns |
| 28768s | it does work out that by turn six he |
| 28770s | will have had six draws already but I |
| 28773s | don't know if Knight of an ointment plus |
| 28775s | sermon is good enough to justify the |
| 28777s | immediate Order in the Court here I kind |
| 28779s | of like seal of blood and then the Stone |
| 28781s | Hearth and just delete the order by one |
| 28783s | more turn but uh pascoa disagrees just |
| 28786s | gonna go for it immediately and Bunny |
| 28788s | here is going to respond with the |
| 28790s | removal and let's see what his first |
| 28792s | card generation is Herald of nature not |
| 28794s | amazing unless you can generate a nature |
| 28797s | spell yeah it's more just a zero Mana |
| 28799s | minion |
| 28800s | [Music] |
| 28800s | um |
| 28804s | trying to think how much of a read he |
| 28806s | can have on seal of blood like if it was |
| 28809s | in hand would you have played it last |
| 28811s | turn not necessarily because bunny |
| 28813s | Hopper might have picked up Destroyer |
| 28814s | Minion from the concoction |
| 28820s | I think either way you're supposed to |
| 28822s | just play it and pray that they don't |
| 28823s | have anything so that you can start |
| 28825s | fighting back the board |
| 28827s | I like it okay |
| 28832s | you definitely had a read on there being |
| 28834s | a three drop to follow up the coin play |
| 28837s | so whether it was seal of blood or a |
| 28840s | second Stone Hearth Vindicator |
| 28843s | um |
| 28844s | The Herald doesn't line up pretty well |
| 28847s | into either of those place |
| 28852s | I have such a strong card plus three |
| 28854s | plus three Divine Shield is absolutely |
| 28857s | ludicrous |
| 28860s | Dexter Sprint jumping out as a Premiere |
| 28863s | option here |
| 28865s | um alternatively when you could go for a |
| 28868s | sketchy stranger maybe even two of them |
| 28870s | and uh figure out if he who wants any of |
| 28874s | those secrets to be played straight away |
| 28875s | and to guess the gravedigger next turn |
| 28877s | Shuffle back what he knows is likely the |
| 28882s | Countess by next turn because it's the |
| 28884s | third turn that Order in the Court is in |
| 28886s | effect yeah exactly he knows the |
| 28889s | Countess will be in hand won't be |
| 28890s | guaranteed to hit it |
| 28893s | oh that's actually a really interesting |
| 28894s | point because he is going to be starting |
| 28896s | to lose Tempo quite heavily |
| 28898s | but if Countess does come down on turn |
| 28901s | six as at that point he knows it would |
| 28904s | be able to |
| 28906s | he really doesn't have an answer to that |
| 28908s | at all he will just be absolutely |
| 28910s | flooded onto the board if I |
| 28913s | weirdly think I do actually agree with |
| 28915s | this line to just get the sketches down |
| 28919s | is probably the best secret for the |
| 28921s | situation but a freezing trap would have |
| 28923s | been ideal to fill out the amount of her |
| 28925s | next turn I still don't think he wants |
| 28928s | Maneuvers these counter spelling said |
| 28930s | sure |
| 28933s | foreign |
| 28949s | the invigorating sermon for the value |
| 28952s | later on to the buff uh the buff to the |
| 28955s | minions in your deck in hand it doesn't |
| 28956s | feel that relevant compared to just |
| 28958s | immediate stats on board even if it's |
| 28961s | unenfused |
| 28963s | uninfused is quite awkward though |
| 28966s | because of the statlines of what bunny |
| 28969s | has on party could pretty easily value |
| 28971s | trade the recruits |
| 28979s | but as you said the sermon is not really |
| 28982s | an enticing alternative here if he goes |
| 28985s | night of anointment no good guarantees |
| 28988s | that he will get a good way to spend the |
| 28991s | rest of his Mana it just takes something |
| 28994s | and I appreciate the invigorating some |
| 28995s | would be relevant next turn but I even |
| 28999s | if it's just like playing a four Mana |
| 29000s | 2-4 here I'd almost rather just that |
| 29003s | almost done |
| 29007s | this is up to turn five now so bunny |
| 29009s | knows that the blood Crusader into |
| 29011s | account test is still not a possibility |
| 29013s | so he is not forced into going for a |
| 29016s | ghastly Gravedigger this turn which is |
| 29017s | good because uh Galloping into |
| 29019s | Gravedigger is not a good use of his |
| 29022s | Mana |
| 29029s | at the same time just drawing cards |
| 29031s | feels awfully slow at this point and |
| 29034s | it's nice to get the secrets down |
| 29036s | because they start juicing up the |
| 29037s | Contraband stash a little bit |
| 29043s | it's tough like if you play Galloping |
| 29045s | savior uh alongside Swift scale plus |
| 29048s | Sprint as well as the other thing I'm |
| 29049s | considering would you be happy if it got |
| 29052s | Crocs like yes you get a three four but |
| 29055s | you wouldn't then necessarily be able to |
| 29057s | play the the Digger which we've been |
| 29059s | talking about is such a crucial turn to |
| 29061s | deny that counter |
| 29064s | very close I think |
| 29067s | which is huge for board presents later |
| 29070s | on but I'm pretty sure he'll have to |
| 29072s | hold off a turn to get that Gravedigger |
| 29075s | down |
| 29079s | I also love the decision from oh sorry I |
| 29082s | love the decision from Bonnie Hopper I |
| 29083s | just wanted to point out to not double |
| 29084s | trade into the sinful sous chef because |
| 29088s | you know that there's two light rays in |
| 29090s | hand and you don't want to give them |
| 29091s | more pallets and cards which the the |
| 29093s | tokens are and so I think it's just |
| 29095s | better to try and make their turn a |
| 29097s | little bit more Awkward as we see him |
| 29098s | able to do here yeah absolutely value |
| 29100s | trades also awkward for a pascal to deal |
| 29103s | with with an early order in the cart |
| 29104s | it's less and less likely that they have |
| 29108s | um appropriately sized removal to get |
| 29110s | rid of the two ones and Bunny also knows |
| 29113s | he has plenty of Health to work with can |
| 29115s | use it as a resource for now |
| 29117s | I think that limits money down to |
| 29120s | exactly |
| 29122s | Galloping savior at this point he knows |
| 29124s | it's not get down avenge |
| 29126s | Judgment of Justice yeah Judgment of |
| 29129s | Justice or the Reckoning |
| 29134s | all right double serrated bone Spike |
| 29136s | looking pretty good here that is juicy |
| 29141s | you can clear the board entirely and get |
| 29143s | down the gravedigger however the order |
| 29145s | of things means that he would probably |
| 29148s | want to play the other bone Spike after |
| 29150s | Gravedigger or you could just go for one |
| 29154s | foreign |
| 29162s | yeah you're right you |
| 29165s | ideally don't want to add this back to |
| 29167s | the hand |
| 29176s | s |
| 29178s | that's looking pretty good that's really |
| 29181s | good |
| 29182s | oh Mrs on Countess but can delay it for |
| 29185s | a turn |
| 29186s | big difference |
| 29192s | all right let Crusader back in |
| 29199s | [Music] |
| 29203s | class action lawyer is a card that I not |
| 29206s | sure we were seeing in other lists but |
| 29208s | certainly useful when you are behind on |
| 29211s | board or just to protect the sous chef a |
| 29214s | little bit more from this four three |
| 29216s | mm-hmm |
| 29218s | does of course mean again uh just for |
| 29221s | well myself you may have forgotten that |
| 29223s | that does reshuffle the order of the |
| 29225s | deck just so I can uh recontextualize |
| 29228s | but yes as you say a really nice Tempo |
| 29230s | swing with the the lawyer |
| 29242s | let me think |
| 29244s | if he commits both light rays that will |
| 29247s | trigger the Galloping savior but I don't |
| 29249s | think that's too bad for Pascua in this |
| 29251s | instance like the three four doesn't |
| 29253s | drink very well against those taunts |
| 29258s | I'm just making the biggest |
| 29261s | for once I can with that seal of blood |
| 29263s | as well |
| 29267s | he has seen one Gravedigger so going all |
| 29271s | in on a minion doesn't feel quite as bad |
| 29274s | in this spot |
| 29276s | do you even hear a power though fair |
| 29278s | enough the board is threatening as it is |
| 29281s | kravator though for bunny plus these two |
| 29284s | ones is looking pretty juicy |
| 29289s | crab trade attack |
| 29292s | yeah it is pretty good isn't it |
| 29300s | just trying to wonder if there's any way |
| 29301s | you can get Queen ajara in here but that |
| 29303s | that is just way too greedy just because |
| 29305s | you have the |
| 29306s | um |
| 29307s | Contraband stash as well so getting that |
| 29310s | colossal horn is uh a very important |
| 29313s | thing here at this point but not as |
| 29315s | important as just deleting their entire |
| 29317s | board swinging things way back in your |
| 29319s | favor and saying you know what play your |
| 29321s | seven Mana seven seven just see what |
| 29323s | happens |
| 29325s | very important to have as heavy a |
| 29329s | control on the board as possible leading |
| 29331s | into the contest turn because from that |
| 29333s | point bunny has very little agency over |
| 29336s | what sorts of Tricks Pascual could pull |
| 29345s | so two options here I think either send |
| 29347s | the three four face and trade the one |
| 29348s | one into one one or double trade into |
| 29350s | the three four but I like that first |
| 29352s | option because |
| 29354s | um Pasco if he's dedicating his entire |
| 29356s | turn to playing counters still cannot |
| 29359s | get through the 3-4 and Bunny pushes |
| 29361s | additional face damage |
| 29364s | and Pasco obviously does not have any |
| 29366s | choice he is now kind of just losing |
| 29369s | this game the disruption was too much in |
| 29371s | the form of the ghastly Gravedigger so |
| 29373s | we need to see the uh the boys of this |
| 29376s | invitation we need to see craguar uh |
| 29379s | grommash is a huge one a lot of the time |
| 29382s | as well |
| 29383s | I can't wait for a message in 30 minutes |
| 29385s | from Hunter is telling me all the best |
| 29386s | ones that I've missed but |
| 29392s | if he even gets to that point currently |
| 29394s | bunny |
| 29395s | is seven off lethal can he discover |
| 29398s | anything |
| 29399s | booth |
| 29403s | no honorable kill targets but |
| 29407s | even if you were to just |
| 29410s | counterspell |
| 29412s | concoction |
| 29414s | yeah I really want to get that |
| 29416s | concoction down on this turn |
| 29420s | probably with Queen ashara I |
| 29423s | think that's a slightly maybe a slightly |
| 29427s | more important use than counterspell |
| 29429s | so is he sending the weapon into the 340 |
| 29432s | guarantee the Destroyer on Countess or |
| 29435s | just taking a 50 50 and pushing all the |
| 29437s | damage phase |
| 29441s | I think given that that turn is very |
| 29442s | likely unreactive in the form of just |
| 29445s | big legendaries you can you just clear |
| 29448s | the board right you don't give them any |
| 29449s | trading power at all and then you should |
| 29451s | be able to recoup their damage very |
| 29452s | easily next time |
| 29457s | that's an insane minion it didn't have |
| 29460s | Battle Cry die it just lived it just |
| 29463s | kept going |
| 29465s | proud of you Trooper |
| 29467s | all right oh calories |
| 29470s | all right he is going for maximum |
| 29472s | disruption |
| 29474s | um this board is definitely enough to |
| 29476s | get there if Pasco doesn't generate a |
| 29477s | legendary that can deal with it and he |
| 29480s | is minus one from the counter spell |
| 29484s | oh |
| 29484s | [Music] |
| 29486s | are there guys |
| 29488s | no I don't think so uh no yeah |
| 29494s | invitations back |
| 29496s | oh yeah not enough though yeah |
| 29501s | okay all right this needs to be the |
| 29503s | miracle one |
| 29508s | yeah that's not it nice try oh |
| 29514s | disruption gets there complimented by a |
| 29516s | good curve and just trades on board it |
| 29519s | cannot be overstated how much work the |
| 29522s | sketchy strangers did they're taking |
| 29524s | their value trades and then |
| 29525s | complementing pravator to actually kill |
| 29527s | off those six sixes and make sure that |
| 29529s | bunny was in a position where he could |
| 29531s | heavily punish a turn that was just |
| 29533s | playing the contest from Pascal |
| 29536s | exactly right yeah that's the the |
| 29538s | problem with |
| 29540s | this deck uh the pallets of deck it's |
| 29542s | like a it's a train right it goes very |
| 29545s | fast it's very hard to stop but it only |
| 29547s | works on tracks you can't deviate your |
| 29550s | uh your plan too heavily and when the |
| 29553s | penny on the rails in the form of the |
| 29555s | gravedigger comes along it's very hard |
| 29556s | to get the train back on those tracks as |
| 29559s | we saw there as my analogy starts to |
| 29561s | break down uh but bunny Hopper getting |
| 29563s | the win yeah with the uh the Rogue means |
| 29567s | he's just got the the Demon Hunter |
| 29568s | fantastic for most players at least in |
| 29570s | most series and the Mage left over and I |
| 29574s | think the Mage you know maybe I no |
| 29577s | you're right the first time production |
| 29578s | good job uh the Mage functions |
| 29580s | relatively similar to this rope deck a |
| 29583s | lot of the time it has like similar |
| 29584s | levels of removal similar levels of late |
| 29587s | game closing power as well |
| 29590s | yeah but I want to call out a big |
| 29593s | difference from what we've been seeing |
| 29594s | usually from bunny Hoppers made just |
| 29596s | throughout the year where it's not big |
| 29598s | spell Mage it still has roon of the |
| 29600s | archmage because of course it does but |
| 29603s | um he is not running uh the heavier |
| 29606s | Reliance on Belinda and uh the barbaric |
| 29611s | sorceress because feels like sorceress |
| 29613s | is just not quite as good in the current |
| 29616s | meta or comes a bit too late in the face |
| 29618s | of a bunch of combo decks wildfire and |
| 29621s | access to more consistent Freeze from |
| 29623s | flurry and blizzard and being able to |
| 29626s | replay that with Grace age pirate seems |
| 29629s | more appropriate of a medical going into |
| 29632s | this new expansion and the additional |
| 29635s | armor he can get from deep water voker |
| 29637s | evoker will be deeply appreciated |
| 29640s | against Paladin if Pascal chooses to |
| 29642s | line that up again |
| 29645s | um that's a good point yeah I think that |
| 29647s | like you say it's just about out lasting |
| 29649s | and any tool you have to do that goes a |
| 29651s | very long way uh the invitations are |
| 29654s | fickle at best as we saw there sometimes |
| 29657s | they're fantastic sometimes you get an |
| 29658s | absolute load of garbage uh like we saw |
| 29660s | from those two invitations from pass Goa |
| 29663s | who is going to be going over to his |
| 29666s | death rattle Rogue a list that |
| 29669s | I think TJ during the break was kind of |
| 29671s | uh ogling and being like what on Earth |
| 29674s | is this deck which uh somewhat surprised |
| 29677s | me because this feels like the very much |
| 29678s | standard version of death rattle Rogue |
| 29680s | that has been surprisingly lacking for |
| 29682s | me in the tournament thus far of the two |
| 29685s | major variants of death rattle Rogue in |
| 29687s | the jambre I suppose variant as we're |
| 29689s | calling it with masked revelers and this |
| 29691s | more traditional one that I think I saw |
| 29695s | briarthorne was the first person to make |
| 29697s | this list uh exactly which I'm sure will |
| 29702s | uh by TJ finds it so utterly perplexing |
| 29705s | such a a mystery to him indeed uh but a |
| 29709s | deck that I like overall basically is |
| 29710s | what I'm leading up to I've had a lot of |
| 29712s | success with this on ladder and I think |
| 29713s | it just has a really good amount of uh |
| 29716s | Power overall and a bit more flexibility |
| 29718s | than the other variant of death wrestle |
| 29720s | Rogue yeah just endlessly sticky on |
| 29722s | board if it hits the Infectious school |
| 29725s | and Invincible combo and oftentimes that |
| 29729s | comes off the back of finding your |
| 29731s | Scourge Illusionist as the only |
| 29733s | deathrattle menu that's pullable by uh |
| 29736s | sketchy information with this variant |
| 29738s | right no Minds to be found so it's more |
| 29741s | consistent in that regard but it can |
| 29743s | still fall prey to the problems of |
| 29745s | drawing Invincible in the early hand etc |
| 29748s | etc but it has a lot of staying power |
| 29750s | against Stephen hunter in particular I |
| 29752s | think Pascua was expecting bunny to |
| 29753s | queue that up which is why he switched |
| 29755s | off of the Paladin for now but if all |
| 29758s | goes according to plan for Pascal the Q |
| 29760s | order shouldn't matter too much Mage has |
| 29763s | capability of freezing these sticky |
| 29766s | minions but cannot do so forever because |
| 29769s | the Infectious school is a pretty tough |
| 29771s | one to clear off once it starts |
| 29773s | multiplying from snowfall graveyard |
| 29775s | absolutely yeah which is I think why we |
| 29778s | see from Bonnie Hopper already the name |
| 29780s | of the game kind of laid out there with |
| 29782s | a keep of sorceress obviously uh and |
| 29785s | blizzard is a pretty expensive card it's |
| 29788s | not going to be clearing many Rogue |
| 29789s | boards but it's going to be delaying any |
| 29791s | Rogue board that you can throw down |
| 29799s | uh smokescreen in hand but no Swift |
| 29803s | scale trickster earliest he can play it |
| 29806s | with this hand is potentially a turn |
| 29809s | three actually because if he trades the |
| 29812s | Cutlass and discount smokescreen again |
| 29814s | he can coin prep |
| 29816s | the smoke screen |
| 29818s | [Music] |
| 29820s | yeah that could still end up working out |
| 29824s | well for pescua |
| 29827s | now |
| 29829s | things are getting spicy I mean if you |
| 29831s | discount the smoke screen again |
| 29833s | she didn't uh he could have got the |
| 29835s | graveyard down and then as he said coin |
| 29837s | prep smokescreen but sketchy information |
| 29839s | or discounting that is kind of just even |
| 29842s | better because now next turn you have |
| 29844s | graveyard prep sketchy and then coin out |
| 29848s | a ghoul or an acolyte which costs one |
| 29851s | after The Illusionist proc them from the |
| 29853s | sketchy |
| 29857s | uh basically I think because of the prep |
| 29859s | you have in hand and the reduction in |
| 29861s | your spells you don't have to go prep |
| 29864s | graveyard on this turn necessarily yeah |
| 29868s | I agree he's still able to get the |
| 29870s | relevant procs off by nextard and maybe |
| 29873s | save one turn of procs but he is just |
| 29875s | gonna go for maximum Mana efficiency |
| 29877s | here maybe hoping to save the coin for |
| 29879s | an earlier smoke screen on the follow-up |
| 29884s | right and this does mean he gets to go |
| 29886s | coin double one cost death rattle which |
| 29889s | he is guaranteed to have in hand next |
| 29891s | turn given that he's drawn Invincible as |
| 29893s | the only other death rattle card in the |
| 29895s | deck |
| 29895s | that's another really bad draw |
| 29898s | um but basically what I'm leading up to |
| 29900s | it is I don't know if this is quite |
| 29902s | strong enough with the turns of death |
| 29905s | rattles because you're going to struggle |
| 29906s | to kill these minions off the four fours |
| 29908s | they're not one ones you can't just sack |
| 29909s | them in and so I struggle to see if the |
| 29912s | graveyard actually gets the necessary |
| 29913s | affected |
| 29916s | Frozen theoretically a bunny right |
| 29919s | maybe not on this turn but on the next |
| 29921s | with blizzard because as you said |
| 29923s | they're not dead on board and this |
| 29925s | version of death rattle Rogue doesn't |
| 29926s | run the teeth or the wicked stabs or the |
| 29930s | extortions to kill off your own minions |
| 29937s | touch annoying for bunny Hopper that he |
| 29939s | can't make it so blizzard |
| 29941s | doesn't kill them next turn because he |
| 29943s | can freeze one with the snow flurry ping |
| 29946s | fine it's only down to three |
| 29948s | but one of them is inevitably going to |
| 29950s | trade into a 2-3 |
| 29952s | on the following turn I don't see any |
| 29955s | way to stop that I mean you could trade |
| 29958s | with the one ones and freeze them that |
| 29959s | way oh right yeah of course yeah I think |
| 29962s | that's that's good actually right just |
| 29964s | to deny the death rattles I think you |
| 29966s | end up with a fair bit more damaged face |
| 29970s | but also if he doesn't trade them here |
| 29972s | and Pascal decides to trade over the two |
| 29974s | threes then the one ones well at least |
| 29977s | one of them will survive uh given a |
| 29979s | dagger can only have one you can freeze |
| 29981s | it then on the next turn but oh yeah and |
| 29984s | if you're freeze face there's no dagger |
| 29986s | so |
| 29987s | fair enough |
| 29989s | I always forget how annoying those |
| 29991s | snowballs can be |
| 29996s | yeah I like it too now that I see it |
| 29998s | yeah last turn of graveyard activity |
| 30004s | yeah |
| 30007s | this is kind of for me one of the |
| 30009s | biggest learning curves I went on with |
| 30011s | this deck is that with shark Rogue back |
| 30014s | in the day you would throw down |
| 30016s | graveyard as quickly as you possibly |
| 30018s | could because you just needed one turn |
| 30020s | of graveyard activation to go uh sharks |
| 30023s | you'd kill it off with your own Wicked |
| 30024s | stabs or the shamblers anyway to just |
| 30028s | get those coins in hand and then you won |
| 30029s | the game with the dragon next turn this |
| 30031s | deck really likes to have those full |
| 30034s | three turns of death rattle activation |
| 30036s | and I think for me I I certainly would |
| 30039s | have played it differently myself and I |
| 30041s | think maybe just not quite |
| 30045s | optimistic enough with how he could try |
| 30047s | and use that death rattle for the full |
| 30048s | three turns |
| 30050s | and he's starting with the AI indicates |
| 30052s | that he had the Amplified snowflurry |
| 30054s | bookmarked for the rest of the turn |
| 30056s | which once again allows him to fully |
| 30058s | freeze the board trading the one ones in |
| 30060s | if he so desires or he could go all face |
| 30063s | because even if possible does activate |
| 30065s | some death rattles but he has blizzard |
| 30068s | into Grace age pirate and another |
| 30070s | blizzard in hand and a savara so lots of |
| 30073s | activations for the near foreseeable |
| 30076s | future the tricky part is when you add |
| 30079s | infectious ghoul into the equation |
| 30081s | Invincible to a certain extent with The |
| 30084s | kobold Illusionist on board but |
| 30086s | thankfully for bunny the death rattles |
| 30089s | from the accolades are demons not Undead |
| 30091s | so Invincible can't buff them up uh the |
| 30094s | tricky part with Google though once it |
| 30096s | hits the board is how can bunny clear |
| 30098s | the board all together at once it's |
| 30101s | oftentimes very very difficult which is |
| 30104s | why the ghoul is such a staple of the |
| 30107s | deck |
| 30108s | I mean to be honest I think the question |
| 30110s | becomes does bunny care about ever |
| 30112s | clearing the board because as long as he |
| 30115s | doesn't get himself in a situation where |
| 30117s | blizzard kills the Minions that he's |
| 30119s | freezing instead of just freezing them |
| 30122s | which can get a bit sketchy with you |
| 30124s | know summoning the the five eggs off the |
| 30127s | burning blade acolyte as long as that |
| 30128s | doesn't happen he just has blizzard |
| 30130s | blizzard Grace H parrot savara blizzard |
| 30133s | blizzard with pings all the way along |
| 30135s | with a wildfire as well it feels like |
| 30138s | with any kind of a reasonable draw uh |
| 30140s | like more dress or astral or he can very |
| 30143s | happily close out this game just through |
| 30144s | burn |
| 30146s | yeah you can definitely see the |
| 30148s | potential for that he also has that zero |
| 30151s | amount of paying banked because he |
| 30153s | didn't immediately freeze off The |
| 30154s | Illusionist which I think was smart |
| 30156s | because again the previous board didn't |
| 30158s | have any minions of high enough attack |
| 30160s | for The Illusionist to immediately kill |
| 30162s | itself off uh the blizzard back-to-back |
| 30166s | game plan is solid but I don't think he |
| 30168s | can quite weave in that many things |
| 30170s | because it's taking up a lot of his Mana |
| 30173s | in the near future |
| 30174s | also doesn't have the time to weave in |
| 30178s | Wildfire unless he goes the five Banner |
| 30181s | blizzard this turn but really not a fan |
| 30183s | of that when it's just putting forth |
| 30185s | more 5 8 on this turn |
| 30194s | okay blizzard on the second half of |
| 30196s | things makes a lot more sense to me |
| 30198s | yeah this is the other thing I was |
| 30200s | considering like it was either you do |
| 30202s | this which is I think correct or you |
| 30203s | freeze |
| 30205s | what you trade blizzard you leave one |
| 30208s | five eight on the board to attack face |
| 30209s | which is not the end of the world and |
| 30211s | the next turn you go |
| 30213s | Grace H para Wildfire then play your |
| 30216s | zero Mana ping and then blizzard ping |
| 30218s | and then you know the the train keeps on |
| 30220s | going and going and going uh but now uh |
| 30223s | he like you said has within a little bit |
| 30225s | less damage but his opponent's board is |
| 30228s | really just not threatening him at all |
| 30230s | anytime soon it's very difficult to make |
| 30232s | any kind of death rattle Synergy pop |
| 30234s | here for pascular right |
| 30237s | Costco's priority should be in sticking |
| 30241s | an undead on this turn and he can end |
| 30244s | with shadow shambler in order to make |
| 30246s | Invincible cost seven for next turn |
| 30249s | and immediately give a huge buff |
| 30252s | um matters are Complicated by the fact |
| 30255s | that Great Sage parrot is a threat from |
| 30257s | this point onwards so even if you were |
| 30260s | to stick an undone minion |
| 30262s | could just never be able to attack face |
| 30270s | sir okay |
| 30272s | nice it is very nice to have as well I |
| 30274s | will say a burning blade acolyte at two |
| 30277s | Health uh after the Forsaken Lieutenant |
| 30280s | comes down because that means that |
| 30281s | blizzard is much less powerful overall |
| 30286s | that's right |
| 30288s | and because of the asymmetrical Health |
| 30290s | on things the ghoul could die first and |
| 30293s | give it to a throttle to one of these |
| 30294s | minions and continue to make a full |
| 30297s | removal game plan as awkward for bunny |
| 30299s | as possible but whether or not removal |
| 30302s | is his game plan |
| 30305s | remains to be seen I think as you said |
| 30307s | the Ping face and just try install the |
| 30310s | board sort of approach is very |
| 30313s | reasonable here |
| 30314s | but how many things can you actually |
| 30316s | weave in |
| 30318s | that's the hard bit because if you want |
| 30319s | to get in Wildfire first it would have |
| 30321s | to be like para Wildfire this turn and |
| 30323s | then blizzard ping next turn |
| 30328s | looks like he's just gonna try and tank |
| 30330s | the damage on this turn wow okay |
| 30335s | killing off the only Undead Insight at |
| 30338s | the moment and if this test rather lands |
| 30341s | anywhere but the tutu Lieutenant then |
| 30343s | there was no target for invincible and |
| 30345s | also whatever Target it would have |
| 30348s | buffed |
| 30349s | would not have been immediately able to |
| 30351s | attack so |
| 30353s | I think the line is reasonable for bunny |
| 30357s | well looks like a complete Miss on the |
| 30359s | death rattles there I think there's only |
| 30361s | two burning blade acolytes left as the |
| 30365s | uh the last two minions all others |
| 30366s | having been cheated out by a Scourge |
| 30368s | Illusionist |
| 30371s | but he can go again he doesn't draw |
| 30374s | anything right correct |
| 30383s | such an awkward spot it really is |
| 30389s | those death rattles as well on the |
| 30391s | skeletons are potentially very worrying |
| 30393s | because you do not want this too too |
| 30397s | acolyte specifically to die you want to |
| 30400s | leave that in the death rattle form to |
| 30402s | deny the power of Blizzard from your |
| 30403s | opponent right |
| 30409s | well still no graveyard man |
| 30415s | I'm sure to get I don't even know it |
| 30419s | that throttled proc is good in this |
| 30421s | instance cool again oh yeah |
| 30426s | it does end up trading the five eight |
| 30428s | but as it happens the other burning |
| 30430s | blade Accolade is now at 4-2 so there's |
| 30432s | still a little bit of insurance against |
| 30434s | blizzard yeah right |
| 30439s | so the last big spell is still blizzard |
| 30442s | so obviously uh parrot ping is available |
| 30445s | on this turn you could ping first if you |
| 30447s | want to stop any damage coming through |
| 30449s | like he's okay for the moment as long as |
| 30451s | he doesn't leave any undeads |
| 30454s | unfrozen on the board for invincible to |
| 30457s | come along and really start causing a |
| 30458s | panic right and the gold death rattle is |
| 30460s | on the shadow shambler so it's fine to |
| 30463s | do this |
| 30465s | in the sevara pool I believe there's the |
| 30468s | original six Mana blizzard uh Cold Case |
| 30471s | and a wildfire great |
| 30482s | ah |
| 30486s | and now the the problem for pasquer |
| 30489s | really starts to come through and what |
| 30491s | are you actually spending your manner to |
| 30492s | proactively do because his board is |
| 30494s | there his board is not going anywhere |
| 30496s | for the most part uh this game unless |
| 30498s | more dress specifically can come along |
| 30500s | to wipe it up and so for the most part I |
| 30504s | think needs to come in the form of |
| 30505s | invincible Buffs because everything else |
| 30507s | is just filling up more board slots |
| 30509s | which is the one thing he doesn't have a |
| 30511s | lot of in this game but with no ability |
| 30514s | to kill off your own invincible and no |
| 30516s | graveyard yet either either even if he |
| 30520s | had an undead minion on the board it's |
| 30522s | not doing anything right now because |
| 30525s | there's no way to continually prop that |
| 30527s | Invincible for a big burst of damage |
| 30529s | right so maybe it's a better his chances |
| 30532s | of sticking on Undead infectious school |
| 30534s | can come down this turn maybe with the |
| 30537s | counterfeit blade has been me but he is |
| 30539s | going Scourge Illusionist instead |
| 30541s | immediately gets an Accolade |
| 30545s | but she knew |
| 30547s | indeed |
| 30550s | a |
| 30552s | cool deathrattle landed on the |
| 30555s | uh sorry oh no it's not proced yet my |
| 30558s | bad it's when the counterfeit blade |
| 30560s | itself is destroyed |
| 30565s | okay |
| 30567s | another go on the merry round |
| 30569s | Merry-Go-Round with the power |
| 30573s | yeah great draw for Bunny All Things |
| 30575s | Considered |
| 30577s | I wonder if you would rather go for |
| 30579s | blizzard plus azshara now get the ajara |
| 30583s | in hand |
| 30585s | oh that's true yeah good point |
| 30589s | just in terms of meta efficiency seems |
| 30592s | pretty good like we keep talking about |
| 30594s | weaving in pings but there's no clear |
| 30596s | end in sight for bunny just yet where he |
| 30599s | can really map out he needs this amount |
| 30601s | of things to get the game done because |
| 30602s | he doesn't have more Josh but with the |
| 30605s | Reckless Apprentice things are looking |
| 30607s | up a little bit |
| 30610s | again always playing around uh those |
| 30613s | Undead Minions on the board never |
| 30615s | leaving an unfrozen Undead on the board |
| 30617s | because Invincible can wreak havoc with |
| 30619s | you then with like a prep graveyard |
| 30622s | shatter shambler Invincible then you're |
| 30624s | potentially getting in trouble |
| 30627s | really is the type |
| 30631s | when you're facing it it feels so |
| 30633s | powerful because you don't quite know |
| 30635s | what to do to play around all of its |
| 30638s | energies but after practice |
| 30640s | as funny as so clearly demonstrating it |
| 30643s | is possible to pick it apart here |
| 30645s | especially with Mages toolkit it's very |
| 30648s | possible I mean it's I won't necessarily |
| 30650s | call it honest this death rattle Rogue |
| 30652s | but it is purely a board-based deck |
| 30654s | that's the only way it ever achieves its |
| 30655s | win condition |
| 30658s | which is always targetable in |
| 30660s | Hearthstone especially when Mage is |
| 30662s | concerned |
| 30669s | board locked now is pascala |
| 30672s | hoping to not see a virgin dot grasp |
| 30681s | well now if I was burning up I would |
| 30683s | most certainly like to get my hands back |
| 30685s | on that other Wildfire with a Apprentice |
| 30689s | in hand as well and so savara five Mana |
| 30693s | blizzard plus the wildfire |
| 30697s | yeah this blizzard is expensive though |
| 30701s | it is prox2 burning blade acolytes and a |
| 30704s | ghoul |
| 30706s | so it might be Apprentice blizzard |
| 30708s | instead to not take any damage |
| 30710s | okay okay |
| 30713s | uh this also allows him to push the base |
| 30715s | damage right |
| 30718s | with one pirate |
| 30721s | um oh wait no sorry there's new 5A it's |
| 30724s | popping out yeah yeah |
| 30732s | there's a lot to keep track of |
| 30734s | good place for the cool the throttle to |
| 30737s | end up |
| 30741s | hahaha okay |
| 30744s | there's the graveyard but again the |
| 30748s | problem remains |
| 30750s | he doesn't have an unfrozen Undead if he |
| 30752s | did then we could very possibly be |
| 30753s | looking at lethal here uh cards |
| 30756s | remaining that he can hit with the door |
| 30759s | prep is pretty good |
| 30763s | yeah |
| 30765s | let him play graveyard with Invincible |
| 30769s | this turn and weave in a bone Spike if |
| 30771s | you want yeah |
| 30773s | and if you weave in a bone spike it |
| 30775s | means you can weave enough forsaken |
| 30777s | Lieutenant but goes for the trade |
| 30780s | instead okay |
| 30782s | I'm almost out of car |
| 30786s | okay |
| 30788s | get the death where I was going you |
| 30789s | could hit your own |
| 30791s | guy with the bone Spike does that do |
| 30794s | anything |
| 30796s | not really particularly if he's scared |
| 30798s | of another blizzard replay from exactly |
| 30800s | sevara I think is the last method for |
| 30802s | that to happen sure and it's not looking |
| 30805s | too good running through Bunny's list |
| 30808s | again |
| 30810s | there's also these double Mass |
| 30812s | polymorphs to be very concerned about |
| 30815s | you could go forsaken Lieutenant then |
| 30820s | then go |
| 30822s | um |
| 30823s | it's I mean this all comes back to |
| 30826s | hoping they don't have a blizzard if |
| 30828s | they have another one you remain in big |
| 30830s | trouble |
| 30833s | lizard can only come at this point |
| 30835s | Paulie is a huge red wrench in the works |
| 30851s | a |
| 30853s | a much more stalk and Bunny afford |
| 30855s | because those who are a blizzard is one |
| 30858s | more turn of respite yeah doesn't have |
| 30860s | any guaranteed full board freeze after |
| 30862s | that uh what savara does though is fill |
| 30865s | up the hand with some other spells and |
| 30867s | gives bunny a better shot of blending |
| 30869s | Mass poly from Finley on the next turn |
| 30871s | or more dress true |
| 30877s | yeah uh as you say Mass poly a solid |
| 30880s | Alibi is not terrible either just to |
| 30882s | keep stalling out until you find mode |
| 30889s | my bird |
| 30891s | are bad our bad yeah |
| 30895s | still though the blizzard is the |
| 30897s | relevant |
| 30902s | locked |
| 30907s | and attack with 12 damage but not quite |
| 30910s | enough |
| 30912s | and the fatigue is also quite relevant |
| 30914s | in a more dressed world |
| 30923s | hmm all you can do is equip the Cutlass |
| 30926s | and swing face |
| 30928s | but it's feeling pretty hopeless for |
| 30930s | Pascal here but he has so many good hits |
| 30932s | from the Finley or the natural drawing |
| 30934s | and stuff |
| 30936s | does |
| 30938s | but he hasn't hit them yet |
| 30941s | uh what does that allow flurry |
| 30947s | you'd have to trade into the bigger |
| 30949s | minions because all the smaller ones |
| 30951s | have |
| 30952s | typical death rattle attached |
| 30955s | oh that's confusing is that even |
| 30957s | relevant the flurry |
| 30960s | the thing is even if bunny were two up |
| 30962s | to five that's Polly here yes he |
| 30966s | survives at one Health from the board |
| 30971s | yeah all right he's digging more trash |
| 30974s | number one obviously for I think |
| 30976s | instantly filled with the amount of |
| 30977s | pings he's put through |
| 30979s | oh but that mass Polly is not bad either |
| 30985s | oh how much does brand Reckless do with |
| 30988s | wildfire |
| 30990s | and the natural thing okay we can't fit |
| 30994s | in the Ping as well though |
| 30998s | oh man |
| 31000s | I think he's just going Mouse poly I |
| 31003s | think so this always gets there right he |
| 31004s | knows exactly what cards are left here |
| 31006s | and there's just not enough damage for |
| 31008s | Costco especially with the face Frozen |
| 31010s | and then bunny should be able to |
| 31015s | was it out given the fatigue next turn |
| 31018s | with Wildfire brand and Reckless |
| 31021s | Apprentice yeah I think that's enough |
| 31024s | damage isn't it |
| 31025s | it's cool I mean This is Gonna Fill the |
| 31028s | board with ghouls |
| 31031s | flashy but not quite enough that's cool |
| 31034s | of course going for it though from his |
| 31036s | perspective he doesn't know if bunny has |
| 31038s | the damage of fat necessary to close out |
| 31040s | the game but it was calculated |
| 31047s | oh yeah there you go okay |
| 31052s | you know just taking the quicker route |
| 31054s | as we're going to be in the series long |
| 31055s | enough as it is with Pasco going down |
| 31058s | again two grindy games two frustrating |
| 31061s | games I'm sure for Pascal to play |
| 31063s | because these decks from his opponent |
| 31064s | that have just not really allowed him to |
| 31066s | do what the deck wants to do game one |
| 31068s | shuffling back that blood Crusader |
| 31070s | disrupting his plan game two he did what |
| 31072s | death rattle Rogue is supposed to do he |
| 31074s | filled up the board with those death |
| 31075s | rattles and even though I was |
| 31078s | criticizing him for his use of the |
| 31079s | snowfall graveyard maybe using it a bit |
| 31081s | too early I think we can see in that |
| 31083s | particular instance that wasn't the main |
| 31086s | contributing factor that led to his loss |
| 31088s | it was just bunny having every freeze in |
| 31090s | the deck that allowed him to stall out |
| 31092s | the game that long |
| 31093s | is right the mass poly coming at the |
| 31096s | very last second but uh bunny finding |
| 31099s | the right opportunities to play around |
| 31101s | with the fact that the Rogue just |
| 31102s | doesn't have any reach outside of the |
| 31105s | board and I guess cutless if you want to |
| 31107s | be generous about it and uh led to him |
| 31110s | going for a very calculated lethal setup |
| 31113s | over multiple turns I think it was very |
| 31115s | cleanly played pretty frustrating to be |
| 31117s | Pascal in that one but I think now |
| 31119s | pascoa should be feeling confident even |
| 31122s | though he only has one death left to |
| 31125s | Prey Upon I do think this is the deck |
| 31127s | that he was trying to Target with his |
| 31128s | lineup |
| 31131s | do it I can see that I can definitely |
| 31135s | see that trying to think through all the |
| 31137s | uh the tech conclusions that could slow |
| 31139s | him down because we've we've heard that |
| 31142s | the uh we've heard second hand that this |
| 31144s | is kind of his game plan but if we start |
| 31146s | to run through the deck list there's uh |
| 31150s | I don't know what do you think if you |
| 31152s | had to run us through the main |
| 31153s | contributing factors that do lead it to |
| 31155s | being a Demon Hunter counter |
| 31157s | of the Rogas certainly doing that |
| 31161s | because it creates layers of minions we |
| 31163s | know that a Demon Hunter is able to |
| 31166s | clear one layer of minions with even |
| 31169s | very very high Health but they need |
| 31171s | multiple spells with the spell damage to |
| 31173s | get through |
| 31175s | um Minions that have deathrattle summon |
| 31177s | a five eight someone a five four on them |
| 31179s | and or if they're reborn because they're |
| 31181s | invincible and such uh it's pretty |
| 31184s | difficult I would say for Demon Hunter |
| 31186s | to deal with that and it's hard for them |
| 31189s | to line up damage face because there's |
| 31191s | always these small Minions on board that |
| 31194s | want to eat a mark of scoring and fell |
| 31196s | barrage damage so the Rogue I feel is in |
| 31199s | a very good spot in this matchup as for |
| 31202s | the rest of pasqua's lineup though he |
| 31204s | does also have Boone priest which I |
| 31207s | think is a great matchup into FAL Demon |
| 31209s | Hunter I know this is a contentious |
| 31211s | opinion but I feel like in most |
| 31212s | instances Boone priest should still come |
| 31215s | out ahead in the face of all of that |
| 31217s | removal and then there's a paladin which |
| 31219s | in theory I think should do well against |
| 31222s | c100 too because of the presence of |
| 31224s | divine Shields |
| 31226s | I think I can see that as well uh the |
| 31228s | weird thing for me in this matchup of |
| 31230s | death rattle Rogue versus The Demon |
| 31232s | Hunter is I don't necessarily feel that |
| 31236s | I should be winning the games that I am |
| 31238s | winning I just rely on making boards |
| 31240s | that are too confusing for my opponent |
| 31243s | to hear even if they are technically |
| 31245s | clearable you just have a bunch of ghoul |
| 31247s | death rattles acolyte death rattles uh |
| 31249s | Invincible death rattles and you just |
| 31252s | rely on their brain being too small to |
| 31254s | actually be able to do it but given that |
| 31256s | bunny Hopper has a brain the size of a |
| 31259s | small watermelon I think that might not |
| 31261s | necessarily be the case with Pascua even |
| 31264s | though he is lining up his uh his wig |
| 31266s | priest first of all |
| 31267s | yeah I don't know if he's meant to take |
| 31269s | that as a compliment sir you have a |
| 31271s | brain the size of a small watermelon how |
| 31274s | are you supposed to react to that |
| 31276s | watermelon's a big dude they're really |
| 31278s | big but how small is a small one |
| 31283s | I don't know I'm not a watermelon farmer |
| 31285s | but I'm gonna say based on the ones I've |
| 31287s | seen in my watermelon experience the |
| 31290s | smallest one I've seen is probably still |
| 31292s | the smallest fully grown one I've seen |
| 31293s | is bigger than |
| 31297s | biggest brain I've seen |
| 31300s | Fair okay sure sure |
| 31304s | so what you're saying is bunny Hopper |
| 31306s | has the biggest brain you've ever seen |
| 31309s | definitely that |
| 31312s | okay yeah |
| 31314s | exactly transitivity quite right |
| 31319s | Switcheroo in the opener |
| 31322s | always happy to see that if you are a |
| 31325s | Pasco fan |
| 31328s | whereas for bunny keeping double |
| 31330s | tradable is |
| 31332s | reasonable we've seen people do that |
| 31334s | just to get the request progression |
| 31335s | online but I wonder if that should be |
| 31337s | the priority against Boone priest I feel |
| 31339s | like it is more important to find relics |
| 31343s | and Relic Vault so that you can get your |
| 31346s | relic of Extinction nice and buffed up |
| 31348s | so I'm gonna toss those and just keep |
| 31350s | the quest |
| 31359s | nice little handful obviously with a |
| 31361s | switch through the identity theft |
| 31363s | occurred I like very much in this |
| 31366s | matchup to get a value at some of the |
| 31368s | reductions that your opponent is likely |
| 31370s | to throw down even just the coin in |
| 31372s | these starting turns is really not a bad |
| 31374s | card to copy as well if not some card |
| 31376s | draw to supplicate your own yeah I don't |
| 31380s | often see people keeping that but I can |
| 31382s | definitely understand the reasoning for |
| 31384s | this matchup in particular the Priestess |
| 31386s | Village keep is also very much warranted |
| 31389s | this is the car that allows Boone priest |
| 31391s | to pop off one or two turns earlier than |
| 31393s | they normally would without it and with |
| 31395s | the pickup of handmaiden things are |
| 31397s | looking up for Pasco other resources |
| 31399s | should not be stopping anytime soon he's |
| 31402s | likely to pick up a radiant from |
| 31404s | Switcheroo which he could just throw out |
| 31406s | early a few likes because of the |
| 31407s | presence of anime dead in the deck |
| 31413s | okay taking the opportunity to trade uh |
| 31415s | it's a debate that seems to rage back |
| 31418s | and forth between the casters as to |
| 31420s | whether they are not you're supposed to |
| 31421s | save your tradables or in order to |
| 31424s | complete a layer of quest or trade them |
| 31426s | to draw the good cards and propagate |
| 31429s | your own game plan in a more effective |
| 31430s | manner I |
| 31432s | think in that instance I might have held |
| 31434s | on to it for one more turn but then |
| 31436s | again he is only playing one spectral |
| 31438s | site which would be the main card to |
| 31440s | hope to draw as a high roll off the top |
| 31442s | and be able to complete your quest for |
| 31444s | three Mana |
| 31446s | so it is a relic heavy hand for bunny |
| 31449s | but no capability to double up on these |
| 31452s | nor the one Relic that gets him more |
| 31454s | resources so not ideal |
| 31458s | gradient plus identity theft looking |
| 31460s | great for Pascua absolutely he's done |
| 31464s | one spell away like a coin from playing |
| 31466s | handmaiden |
| 31469s | ah these are not good cards for a priest |
| 31473s | they're all cheap |
| 31475s | they all proc the handmaidens so you |
| 31478s | take those |
| 31480s | I'm inclined to say what oh please |
| 31484s | because next her nephew plays handmaiden |
| 31487s | there might be some hand space issues he |
| 31490s | could coin and play both of them |
| 31492s | potentially |
| 31494s | I think I want Relic I'd like to have |
| 31497s | some way of being able to answer a spell |
| 31499s | damage minion |
| 31501s | that's played proactively perhaps or |
| 31504s | like is played in one big turn I I just |
| 31508s | think there's enough codes that you can |
| 31509s | hit up like the second part of this but |
| 31511s | make that a good |
| 31513s | card and given that it most of the time |
| 31515s | is going to cost zero anyway either from |
| 31518s | their reduction or on your term uh it |
| 31521s | made it worth it to me but he's just |
| 31523s | playing it straight away uh which I |
| 31525s | guess it's also a decent reason |
| 31527s | yeah while the radiant is alive because |
| 31529s | he doesn't really have anime dead yet to |
| 31532s | guarantee that it comes back |
| 31540s | uh there's the Vault for bunny |
| 31544s | good are your reactive hand but |
| 31548s | um is it gonna be enough |
| 31551s | my God is no without spell damage |
| 31554s | minions |
| 31557s | as it stands for kind of looking at a |
| 31559s | turn six pop-off for Pascal I want to |
| 31561s | say |
| 31564s | it depends if he gets himself a |
| 31567s | uh anime reanimate dead sorry uh in |
| 31571s | order to be able to |
| 31573s | oh there we go uh pop up on this turn |
| 31576s | with a radiant Elemental but even then I |
| 31578s | agree he'd need a pretty specific hand |
| 31579s | to get going |
| 31581s | but he thinks he's got it |
| 31584s | oh yeah with double radiant you can do |
| 31587s | quite a lot here with the village |
| 31588s | definitely can get the Boon of the |
| 31590s | ascended down and the earlier you can |
| 31592s | pop off against Demon Hunter the better |
| 31595s | give them as little opportunities to |
| 31598s | stock up spell damage and Relic Buffs as |
| 31601s | possible |
| 31604s | all right that's the full Mana |
| 31608s | fish |
| 31610s | wig handmaiden wig again |
| 31614s | or he could go double boon |
| 31620s | what do you get 12 14. yeah I think I |
| 31623s | actually like just getting rid of the |
| 31626s | serpent wig you don't need to get |
| 31627s | repeated value on it with this deck like |
| 31629s | with full-on Naga priest |
| 31631s | and it's just really really difficult to |
| 31633s | clear and you can bless even before |
| 31635s | playing either of them exactly all of |
| 31637s | the minions have a threatening attack |
| 31639s | stat line on them and having seen no |
| 31642s | reductions from bunny yet this is like |
| 31645s | very difficult to clear on five Mana |
| 31653s | your purpose |
| 31656s | yeah I'm funny off his face saying about |
| 31659s | everything that you need to know even as |
| 31661s | the turn he draws the relic of |
| 31665s | Dimensions it's probably the best draw |
| 31668s | but man he's gonna need some specific |
| 31671s | cards in order to be able to make it |
| 31673s | good enough for a clear all this spell |
| 31676s | damage minions then how much does |
| 31677s | unleash fell do |
| 31679s | or not that not that bad not bad okay |
| 31684s | um yeah unlucky |
| 31691s | Moon priest there you have it there you |
| 31694s | have it indeed and step one of Pascal's |
| 31696s | master plan slotting nicely into place |
| 31700s | with a win over the Demon Hunter now |
| 31702s | just needs to do it two more times like |
| 31704s | we have seen these kind of Target |
| 31706s | strategies already today in the already |
| 31710s | I think it's fair to say infinite uh |
| 31712s | Infamous match sorry between Mighty and |
| 31714s | possessy where the Rogue was almost |
| 31716s | reverse swept but at the final hurdle |
| 31719s | just anybody get the most absurd win I |
| 31721s | think I've ever seen But for Pasco are |
| 31724s | here it does feel like a very well |
| 31725s | thought out strategy and as long as he |
| 31727s | can keep a cool head with this Paladin |
| 31730s | that is deceptively tricky to play I |
| 31733s | will say compared to most powers index |
| 31734s | uh he should be still in a decent |
| 31737s | position |
| 31738s | right it's only on theory that I feel |
| 31740s | that Paladin has a pretty good matchup |
| 31743s | into the Demon Hunter admittedly have |
| 31745s | not seen it in practice very often but |
| 31749s | we do have also the roguela for Pasco |
| 31751s | which could potentially get a lot of |
| 31754s | work done he of course has to win with |
| 31756s | both of them so whether he chooses to |
| 31758s | line up a matchup he feels more |
| 31759s | comfortable with first doesn't matter |
| 31762s | whatsoever but it's good to see that |
| 31764s | Pasco has hit his stride here he did |
| 31767s | mention to me that he expected to be |
| 31769s | roping a lot of turns just to calm his |
| 31771s | nerves down but um I think he's been |
| 31773s | taking an appropriate appropriate amount |
| 31776s | of time to consider and has been uh |
| 31779s | getting the good results so far |
| 31785s | we sit in Pascagoula keep the Cutlass in |
| 31787s | the previous game which uh do you think |
| 31790s | I just about agree with it's just I |
| 31792s | think a little interesting because it's |
| 31793s | not that high up for mulligan win rate |
| 31795s | compared to what you'd expect from |
| 31798s | Cutlass I guess just there's |
| 31801s | fewer spells that you'd like to Discount |
| 31802s | in the traditional Rogue Decks that |
| 31804s | would run it right Cutlass is almost a |
| 31807s | muscle memory thing to keep when you've |
| 31809s | got many iterations of my astrotype |
| 31812s | Rogues before and you're like oh this |
| 31813s | discount's my null but here it's |
| 31815s | specifically meant to get a graveyard |
| 31817s | sketchy or a smoke screen down a notch |
| 31821s | in a manner of which graveyard and |
| 31824s | sketchy are way more relevant because |
| 31826s | smokescreen is so high up there that you |
| 31828s | would rather just save a trickster for |
| 31830s | it ideally |
| 31835s | oh |
| 31837s | interesting hands for both players where |
| 31839s | they do have like pieces of powerful |
| 31842s | combos but not right |
| 31845s | yeah the room is the |
| 31849s | I think at the moment though bunny |
| 31851s | Hopper a little bit more helpless |
| 31854s | overall uh like you could argue there's |
| 31857s | more cards he wants to see in his deck |
| 31859s | uh overall given that any card draw is |
| 31862s | decent but it's really just the |
| 31864s | dimensions that sends this hand into uh |
| 31866s | being a winning hand really |
| 31870s | dark is sketchy not bad at all of her |
| 31873s | Pascua that can pick him up the scourge |
| 31875s | Illusionist and start the train of death |
| 31877s | rattles rolling uh the one awkward part |
| 31881s | of this matchup for rogue is that they |
| 31883s | can't necessarily they just can't play |
| 31885s | down a forsaken lieutenant and have that |
| 31888s | banked for later because it is pretty to |
| 31890s | fell barrage and Mark of scoring |
| 31899s | laughs |
| 31903s | foreign |
| 31905s | what a great draw but the the sketchy |
| 31908s | coming down just in time before the next |
| 31910s | one comes up the top |
| 31913s | what about an invincible |
| 31917s | that's interesting crazy real quickly |
| 31919s | yeah like it's not |
| 31922s | good it's not what you want to see You'd |
| 31924s | much rather have uh the ghoul or the |
| 31927s | acolyte to go with the Forsaken |
| 31928s | Lieutenant right now but if he picks up |
| 31930s | a prep to be able to go like |
| 31933s | prep burn Spike Lieutenant plus |
| 31936s | Invincible assuming there's even |
| 31937s | something you can hit a lot of ifs |
| 31939s | there's a potentially very powerful |
| 31941s | board that can come in the form of |
| 31943s | Lieutenant plus invincible |
| 31949s | yeah even if he's forced into a position |
| 31951s | where the only target for invincible is |
| 31953s | the lieutenant itself which feels weird |
| 31955s | because it's going to transform back |
| 31956s | it's still a board with double |
| 31958s | Invincible which is pretty difficult to |
| 31961s | clear for the Demon Hunter without |
| 31963s | giving the Buffs because they both have |
| 31965s | reborn on them |
| 31968s | I think the location always happens here |
| 31970s | for bunny it's just whether or not you |
| 31971s | play The Fury uh which is underwhelming |
| 31975s | of course at rank one you're like |
| 31977s | potentially missing out on two extra |
| 31978s | damage when compared to rank two uh but |
| 31980s | I do actually really like playing it |
| 31982s | here just to get it down and then have |
| 31986s | it banked for Jace because Manor is |
| 31988s | looking to be very tight for him the |
| 31989s | next few turns green his turn four is |
| 31992s | well and truly spoken for with the relic |
| 31994s | of Dimensions |
| 31998s | gonna start with a Scourge Illusionist |
| 32000s | which if it sticks is a target for |
| 32003s | invincible |
| 32005s | true |
| 32012s | Pasco knows what's going on |
| 32015s | it's the problem we're trying to Target |
| 32017s | the top deck in any given meta game |
| 32018s | sometimes it just does what the deck is |
| 32021s | supposed to do |
| 32027s | okay |
| 32029s | to your strategy is your target doing |
| 32032s | what it's supposed to do maybe that |
| 32035s | strategy is worth rethinking yeah yeah I |
| 32038s | mean obviously most of the time the |
| 32040s | Demon Hunter does part of what it's |
| 32041s | supposed to do but not all of what it's |
| 32043s | supposed to do here it's looking more |
| 32045s | like it's doing |
| 32047s | part rather than all it was a good |
| 32049s | starting hand but discounting no fell |
| 32051s | barrages no unleash fell most |
| 32054s | importantly none of the spell damages |
| 32056s | either Jace sitting there in hand at the |
| 32058s | full eight Mana this is still extremely |
| 32060s | winnable for pascular |
| 32062s | question is how he wants to meter out |
| 32065s | the threats is he meant to be greedy and |
| 32067s | hold out for a snowfall graveyard before |
| 32069s | going Invincible or just take the big |
| 32072s | buff this turn uh |
| 32075s | even though he can get this Scourge |
| 32078s | Illusionist nice and aggressive seeing |
| 32081s | all those reductions from the relic of |
| 32083s | Dimensions it's not outside the realm of |
| 32085s | possibility that bunny can still clear |
| 32087s | that board |
| 32090s | you just need to dump cards right like |
| 32093s | Invincible shatter shambler is not |
| 32095s | that bad |
| 32098s | let's go shots |
| 32103s | oh wow interesting so we'd rather have |
| 32105s | the immediate |
| 32107s | plus five plus five than a stickier body |
| 32109s | I can see that I guess |
| 32112s | yeah |
| 32114s | I was a lot of damage considering |
| 32117s | delaying the Invincible one more turn |
| 32119s | just so he could get Lieutenant down |
| 32121s | alongside it but uh if he had done that |
| 32124s | there was no guarantee that an undead |
| 32126s | would be left on the board in the first |
| 32128s | place to buff so let's go going for a |
| 32130s | non-greedy play still has some decent |
| 32132s | follow-up with all of these death rattle |
| 32135s | cards in hand and the smoke screen |
| 32138s | so I think this uh location plus sigil |
| 32141s | has 14 |
| 32144s | power worth of clear in it which means |
| 32146s | uh were bunny Hopper to start with a |
| 32149s | Unleashed felt this |
| 32152s | uh oh yeah of course you get the buff |
| 32154s | the second bar from invincible so not |
| 32155s | necessarily a full clear right quite yet |
| 32159s | down to 13 up to 18. I think it's like |
| 32163s | one off a full clear assuming Mark of |
| 32166s | scorn hits |
| 32170s | really close yeah if it's one off then |
| 32174s | bunny is just looking kind of dead not |
| 32178s | sure I mean he will get the lifesteal |
| 32180s | right but the other plus five plus five |
| 32182s | from this last death rattle |
| 32184s | is a huge problem |
| 32190s | oh of course the the shot chamber |
| 32192s | doesn't even die to the |
| 32194s | Unleashed Bell sorry |
| 32198s | let's see if your bath is right with the |
| 32200s | extinction it looks like bunny was able |
| 32202s | to point this attack face oh sorry four |
| 32205s | four five five yeah because he's able to |
| 32207s | play the |
| 32208s | uh phantasms first that's very nice |
| 32211s | right that's major |
| 32213s | not having to take this damage means |
| 32215s | bunny is very much in control of the |
| 32217s | game again pascoa is back to square one |
| 32220s | in terms of building the board but bunny |
| 32222s | has expended quite a few resources into |
| 32225s | clearing this turn |
| 32227s | it was just such a sick turn from Bonnie |
| 32229s | Hopper really really well calculated to |
| 32231s | clear everything off exactly uh Pasco |
| 32233s | are now with a useless sketchy drone |
| 32237s | with the other Scourge Illusionist |
| 32239s | sitting in hand |
| 32241s | I guess just has to go for yeah the |
| 32244s | Swift scale plus uh |
| 32247s | smoke screen as well for which there's a |
| 32250s | lot of the good death rattles already |
| 32252s | drawn it's got to be said |
| 32254s | yeah it's really only Accolade left I |
| 32256s | think that's useful in this spot |
| 32259s | um he can lead with forsaken Lieutenant |
| 32263s | if he likes oh no there's not enough |
| 32265s | Mana to also Play Burning blade and then |
| 32267s | the trickster so looks like it is just |
| 32269s | going to start off with the trickster |
| 32277s | okay that's really nice |
| 32282s | oh prep graveyard is huge as well |
| 32284s | absolutely |
| 32286s | very respectable rebuild of the board |
| 32289s | here okay Annie has Lieutenant plus bit |
| 32292s | uh acolyte next turn again to |
| 32294s | immediately get some more stats online |
| 32296s | bunny Hopper needs to back up this |
| 32299s | strong start with a strong mid game at |
| 32301s | the relic of Dimensions perfectly timed |
| 32304s | is just the absolute perfect card |
| 32308s | with kind of got the perfect discounts |
| 32310s | one Unleashed felt already committed and |
| 32313s | one of the spell damage minions drawn |
| 32314s | prior to the discounts is a bit awkward |
| 32317s | but |
| 32318s | still think he has to go for the Relic |
| 32321s | oh there's just so many hits left though |
| 32323s | right you've got uh either fell barrage |
| 32326s | Unleashed fell obviously the spell |
| 32328s | damages as well |
| 32332s | see if there's a barrage but is that |
| 32334s | okay it's okay yeah it's okay |
| 32338s | problem is this trickster eating up |
| 32340s | one of the charges of fell barrage right |
| 32343s | unless he starts with Mark of scorn |
| 32345s | there's still two Guild traders in the |
| 32348s | deck though so it might miss |
| 32350s | yeah it's got a decent chance of doing |
| 32352s | so uh I guess the thing to bear in mind |
| 32354s | is that he does not actually have to |
| 32355s | clear on this turn with no Undead minion |
| 32359s | on the board I don't think he's ever |
| 32361s | dead in this situation |
| 32364s | uh even if he leaves up the full amount |
| 32366s | of damage so it could instead be like a |
| 32369s | trading turn or a card draw turn more to |
| 32371s | the point with Mark of scorm in order to |
| 32374s | try and set up for a big ball to play |
| 32375s | next turn and then lethal on eight with |
| 32378s | Chase great |
| 32379s | and even if it's |
| 32382s | um not an entire clear he can get a ton |
| 32385s | of lifesteal from Unleashed fell yeah |
| 32387s | that's right |
| 32392s | and even though Pasco can have five |
| 32394s | eights for days and months given this |
| 32398s | snowfall graveyard in effect that's all |
| 32401s | not too effective in the face of all the |
| 32403s | spell damage |
| 32412s | yeah the opius play remains |
| 32415s | Lieutenant plus acolyte but then you'd |
| 32418s | have to figure out how many of these |
| 32419s | you're trading in versus how many you're |
| 32421s | leaving as the original acolyte with the |
| 32424s | death rattle intact |
| 32427s | there's also consideration for ghoul as |
| 32430s | well if it hits the acolyte you could |
| 32433s | then sacrifice that off and fill your |
| 32434s | board up with ghouls and ghoul death |
| 32436s | rattles |
| 32438s | yeah I feel like that is a bit too risky |
| 32442s | compared to the taunts because there's |
| 32443s | also just the problem of these eight |
| 32444s | Eights on the board great point you |
| 32446s | can't quite deal with the ghouls don't |
| 32448s | represent taunt and if Bunny's able to |
| 32451s | get through just a couple it he very |
| 32453s | likely has teeth also as we're going to |
| 32456s | go and trade them down so they're not at |
| 32459s | a health total |
| 32461s | that is very safe to get through |
| 32464s | uh but surely bunny has some sort of |
| 32467s | lethal setup here right |
| 32470s | with access to plus six Dell spell |
| 32473s | damage the Unleashed felt is just a |
| 32475s | little bit short of really cleanly |
| 32478s | getting through this |
| 32479s | yeah not quite enough |
| 32481s | Mana either to fit all of that in |
| 32484s | um but he could |
| 32486s | the question is just really can you get |
| 32488s | away with not playing Mizer amount of |
| 32489s | Silver Moon Alchemist here and I don't |
| 32491s | think you quite can so I do like that |
| 32494s | he's starting off with this here |
| 32495s | uh |
| 32498s | well barrage |
| 32500s | burst no I don't think so you'd rather |
| 32503s | get the unleash fell initially right |
| 32507s | let's see |
| 32512s | uh |
| 32514s | so it'll be Guild shooter unleash and |
| 32518s | then fell barrage keeps them alive on |
| 32521s | board for sure |
| 32525s | okay tank that down you're gonna heal |
| 32527s | back up to fools that self damage |
| 32529s | doesn't matter five AOE makes it perfect |
| 32531s | to clear that off |
| 32536s | thank you |
| 32540s | trade there you go trade yeah |
| 32544s | singular five eight on board not |
| 32547s | threatening whatsoever and the Jace |
| 32549s | cleanly set up for the next turn |
| 32551s | that's right but we do need to question |
| 32553s | whether Jace will in fact be lethal |
| 32556s | because he's got one |
| 32558s | three damage one two damage |
| 32561s | uh in terms of the theories that's five |
| 32564s | two chaos strikes up to nine two more |
| 32567s | fell uh Unleashed Fells up to 11 and |
| 32570s | then assuming it's a clear board which |
| 32571s | is not a safe assumption at all you then |
| 32573s | get |
| 32574s | four more face up to 15 so I don't think |
| 32578s | in any world it's lethal next turn for |
| 32579s | Bonnie |
| 32582s | but even if it isn't if you can get the |
| 32584s | 15 face and then just play Fel barrage |
| 32586s | the next turn he seems okay so for |
| 32589s | basketball though in order of business |
| 32591s | is clearing these spell damage minions |
| 32594s | which he can with this rushing |
| 32596s | lieutenant |
| 32598s | and the Cutlass very nicely spotted he |
| 32602s | is down to 15 but he has plenty of |
| 32604s | minions in the way for Felder to be |
| 32606s | played by Chase |
| 32609s | so there is one Extinction left in the |
| 32613s | deck very importantly for bunny Hopper |
| 32616s | which is |
| 32618s | I uh always a full board clears if you |
| 32621s | can clear off that one one first which |
| 32623s | he can do in the form of fell barrage |
| 32629s | and he also can play curtress to shuffle |
| 32632s | back the guild Trader and have the |
| 32636s | opportunity to actually play that on the |
| 32637s | same turn as Jace later on |
| 32640s | hyper |
| 32642s | only one trade left to find the |
| 32644s | extinction it's a huge 50 50 here |
| 32649s | oh wait sorry he can it's gonna cost |
| 32650s | zero yeah yeah |
| 32652s | so he had two trades left but hits on |
| 32654s | the first one |
| 32656s | yeah it's a bit of a sad 50 50 of the |
| 32660s | initial way round because he could have |
| 32662s | played Fel barrage first for a full |
| 32664s | board clear |
| 32666s | ly this still gets there right |
| 32670s | uh well no because he can't clear up the |
| 32673s | the one one first right still be a five |
| 32674s | eight uh but he doesn't need a full |
| 32677s | board clear no no no yeah it's not a |
| 32680s | huge difference it just might make it a |
| 32681s | little bit easier to get the damage from |
| 32683s | Jace face on the following turn or you |
| 32685s | know the fell barrage isn't distracted |
| 32687s | so easily as well so I do think this |
| 32689s | ends up in a little bit less damage |
| 32691s | potentially |
| 32692s | I think Bunny's still fine he'll have |
| 32694s | the cheap Guild Trader by next turn as |
| 32697s | well so |
| 32706s | now no more graveyards uh in hand or no |
| 32710s | more graveyard effect available to |
| 32712s | Pascua |
| 32714s | there are a lot of things in this list |
| 32716s | that are not supposed to be in the list |
| 32718s | though yeah yeah sorry maybe that wasn't |
| 32721s | as useful as I thought it would be the |
| 32723s | Forsaken Lieutenant seems to be a little |
| 32724s | bit bugged |
| 32727s | uh |
| 32731s | uh what's the stickiest board he can |
| 32733s | build into an expected Chase is the |
| 32735s | Salient question here |
| 32738s | with your Minions that feels so Dreadful |
| 32741s | yeah |
| 32744s | no other choice though |
| 32749s | he left a fish for |
| 32752s | yeah maybe I can put graveyard so that |
| 32756s | he could like kill this off and it |
| 32758s | doesn't really make sense |
| 32762s | all right I'm gonna take the value trade |
| 32764s | but this should always be game |
| 32771s | it was guaranteed with the trade to hit |
| 32773s | Guild Trader does that cost zero or two |
| 32775s | oh wait I can actually remember right |
| 32778s | it's not zero yet I think from trading |
| 32781s | on the last turn he put back a Viper |
| 32784s | and only the guild Trader once so |
| 32786s | actually |
| 32788s | right yeah |
| 32790s | and he hasn't played the other fell |
| 32792s | barrage but you know he could take a |
| 32794s | decent set up to her and this could be |
| 32795s | uh Arcanist fell barrage uh trade trade |
| 32799s | obviously to get the guild Trader back |
| 32801s | down to zero guaranteed for next turn |
| 32802s | hero power to take out the five one that |
| 32806s | would be left over at that point and |
| 32808s | send the rest of the damage face I think |
| 32811s | is always good enough |
| 32815s | the J is replaying only a single fell |
| 32817s | barrage is annoying |
| 32822s | right but if you play it next at this |
| 32824s | turn the next turn it would guaranteed |
| 32826s | do so yeah |
| 32828s | okay |
| 32829s | just getting the guild Trader down to |
| 32831s | zero Mana for the guaranteed Chase kill |
| 32833s | on the next turn Mark in a spell barrage |
| 32837s | send the Curtis face |
| 32840s | I think this locks out the game because |
| 32843s | it's only invincibles left in the decks |
| 32845s | there's no more acolytes for taunts |
| 32847s | available to Pasqua |
| 32850s | has to just hope that Invincible |
| 32851s | Invincible is enough but |
| 32853s | I guess you get torn from the Invincible |
| 32855s | don't you so not sorry not actually |
| 32857s | necessarily A Lot quite yet |
| 32860s | oh man this is going to get complicated |
| 32862s | wait isn't it a lot |
| 32871s | trade in |
| 32873s | [Music] |
| 32874s | so the JS replays |
| 32877s | two foul barrages one of which will |
| 32880s | first hit the Invincible but then yeah |
| 32883s | one like Pascal's own health will be |
| 32885s | lower than the surviving Invincible by |
| 32887s | that yeah yeah yeah yeah no you're right |
| 32890s | oh |
| 32893s | that's not even accounting for the |
| 32895s | various Unleashed fell |
| 32901s | on the attack buffing spells are not |
| 32905s | relevant here but I'm pretty sure this |
| 32907s | still just gets there |
| 32909s | funny thinking about whether he should |
| 32911s | trade first does that help the |
| 32913s | celebration I don't think |
| 32915s | so |
| 32918s | this is just getting way too complicated |
| 32919s | because you have to factor in that Fel |
| 32921s | barrage might not be the first spell |
| 32922s | plate it might be Unleashed fell in |
| 32924s | which case it would like prop the two |
| 32926s | Health one then but not the four Health |
| 32927s | one because it's gonna do three at that |
| 32929s | point yeah oh my head okay that's a good |
| 32934s | order |
| 32936s | always gets there now |
| 32940s | yes it does yeah |
| 32949s | and it's a close game a well-fought |
| 32952s | effort from Pascua to try and take down |
| 32954s | this Demon Hunter but unable to do so as |
| 32957s | this Rogue was uh again looking clunky |
| 32961s | right the death rattle Synergy not quite |
| 32963s | coming together in the way that you |
| 32964s | would look for struggles to kill off its |
| 32966s | own minions being I think one of the |
| 32967s | real problems with the deck in order to |
| 32969s | get value out of the uh the graveyards |
| 32972s | on the turns that it's actually active |
| 32973s | for and Bunny Hopper was able to just |
| 32976s | with a bitterly pretty good hand in the |
| 32979s | form of the the double dimensions in a |
| 32981s | timely fashion uh just pulled way into |
| 32983s | the lead and the target for Pascal does |
| 32985s | not work sending him down to the |
| 32987s | elimination match all right bunny had a |
| 32991s | very calculated approach start to finish |
| 32993s | in that last game the clear on the 18 |
| 32996s | Health buff minion by Invincible I think |
| 33000s | was the highlight of the mid game |
| 33002s | they're finding that relica phantasms |
| 33004s | just to buff the extinction one |
| 33006s | additional step to get that full clear |
| 33008s | was what allowed bunny the opportunity |
| 33011s | to even let the game last this long and |
| 33013s | it really went down to every last |
| 33015s | resource every last removal spell Guild |
| 33018s | Trader and Chase for the win there and |
| 33021s | it was a valiant effort from Pasco but |
| 33023s | he will have to fight it out from the |
| 33025s | elimination bracket now instead versus |
| 33027s | ciao Bai where we do have some happier |
| 33030s | news in the winners group Levick versus |
| 33032s | bunny Hopper to decide who is going |
| 33035s | through to the quarterfinals |
| 33038s | going to be an absolutely fantastic |
| 33040s | match there can't wait to see how that |
| 33042s | one shakes out bunnyhopper looking as |
| 33044s | predicted on Tip-Top form I think that |
| 33046s | was a very difficult match to play out |
| 33048s | correctly but a very Bonnie Hopper style |
| 33050s | of game all these slow multi-turn |
| 33053s | considerations that need to be brought |
| 33055s | in as to how you're going to sequence |
| 33057s | all your freeze all your removal all |
| 33059s | your development as the Rogue whatever |
| 33061s | it may be I think was just a beautifully |
| 33063s | thought through so as uh will be a |
| 33066s | surprise to no one I do think bunny |
| 33067s | Hopper remains a favorite for the |
| 33069s | tournament going through uh wishing the |
| 33072s | best of luck in his game against Levick |
| 33073s | which is going to happen right after |
| 33075s | this game before we then head down to |
| 33078s | the elimination match and then the |
| 33079s | decided match to close out the day here |
| 33082s | in group D getting closer and closer to |
| 33084s | those quarterfinal matches on Sunday so |
| 33087s | for now we're gonna go to a quick break |
| 33088s | when we come back Levick vs bunny hopper |
| 33090s | for the winners brackets match |
| 33095s | foreign |
| 33096s | [Music] |
| 33103s | [Music] |
| 33111s | and joining me is bunny Hopper and I got |
| 33115s | plenty of time to ask him some questions |
| 33116s | about world so first off bunny Hopper |
| 33118s | welcome thanks for making the time I |
| 33121s | just want to start off we just ask how |
| 33123s | are you feeling going into the world |
| 33125s | championship with not only a new meta |
| 33127s | but also just a completely new class |
| 33129s | that will be in the game |
| 33132s | um at this point I'm kind of used to |
| 33133s | this |
| 33134s | um I played the world championship |
| 33135s | before where we had uh even less crunch |
| 33139s | time then we have this this time around |
| 33141s | with the whole rotation coming on top of |
| 33143s | it |
| 33144s | um that was honestly quite brutal |
| 33146s | physically as well and |
| 33149s | um |
| 33149s | but this time around I think just having |
| 33152s | new meta having new decks uh for about |
| 33155s | two weeks before deck submission not |
| 33158s | quite but like 10 days that should be |
| 33161s | all right |
| 33162s | um especially if you have help from |
| 33164s | other people that are like |
| 33166s | um |
| 33167s | that are helping you build some Decks |
| 33169s | that are helping you test some stuff |
| 33171s | as you mentioned you've done this before |
| 33173s | you've obviously been competing at high |
| 33175s | level for a long time now do you think |
| 33177s | that's going to give you any level of |
| 33179s | Advantage actually going into Worlds |
| 33181s | because you've done it before you've |
| 33183s | competed at this higher level where some |
| 33185s | of the players actually at Worlds and |
| 33186s | nowhere near as experienced as you |
| 33189s | um on the one hand I guess I do have an |
| 33191s | advantage because it seems everybody |
| 33193s | makes a big mistake in the first big |
| 33197s | tournament they play |
| 33199s | whenever that is and I feel like I've |
| 33202s | got the mind out of the way and |
| 33206s | well some of the people have got to play |
| 33207s | some championships or like seasonals |
| 33209s | before now so they probably already have |
| 33211s | their like big stage Jitters out of the |
| 33214s | way as well |
| 33215s | um but I might have a little bit of an |
| 33217s | advantage even though I personally still |
| 33219s | get quite nervous to this day when I |
| 33221s | play |
| 33222s | Big Stake tournaments but I think that's |
| 33225s | that's okay I might just have a little |
| 33227s | bit more of an advantage in terms of |
| 33229s | like time management and being able to |
| 33231s | set expectations for for the tournament |
| 33235s | itself |
| 33238s | [Music] |
| 33240s | foreign |
| 33242s | [Music] |
| 33247s | [Music] |
| 33255s | your group this year have been |
| 33258s | performing incredibly well like |
| 33262s | basically when everything give or take |
| 33263s | when when the Chinese players haven't |
| 33265s | won something's got in the way |
| 33267s | um and every single time without fail |
| 33269s | they credit you with spreadsheets and |
| 33272s | play testing now I know you don't leave |
| 33274s | too much away that's fair enough but |
| 33276s | what is it you do there's so much Magic |
| 33278s | on those spreadsheets that helps |
| 33279s | everybody roughly speaking I I really |
| 33282s | like studying in general uh I've always |
| 33285s | liked studying ever since I was a kid |
| 33287s | and I'm right now a computer science |
| 33290s | student uh at a very good University |
| 33292s | here in Brazil |
| 33294s | and I just always love studying about |
| 33297s | different things I study a bit of poker |
| 33300s | game theory they studied a bit of just |
| 33302s | game theory in general |
| 33304s | and using all these techniques with |
| 33307s | programming and with like some some |
| 33309s | things that resemble neural networks but |
| 33312s | have nothing to do with it I just |
| 33313s | combine a lot of these strengths and |
| 33316s | just made like some software to help |
| 33318s | analyze stuff |
| 33320s | and the spreadsheets a lot like it was |
| 33323s | just a combination of everything I |
| 33325s | learned in the last seven years |
| 33326s | basically it's very like uh White like |
| 33330s | the |
| 33332s | it's a lot of things in general that uh |
| 33335s | went to this |
| 33336s | but uh |
| 33338s | yeah I can't give the details away but |
| 33340s | no definitely don't don't I understand |
| 33342s | yeah yeah but I'm really happy with the |
| 33345s | end result like usually when I follow |
| 33348s | what the software gives me I do better |
| 33352s | than when I don't so yeah |
| 33354s | that's great you just put the numbers in |
| 33356s | the box and it tells you what to do sort |
| 33358s | of how I live my life I just asked my |
| 33360s | fiance and that's okay |
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| 33365s | you're you're in Brazil you talked about |
| 33367s | that a little bit there in the the |
| 33368s | University |
| 33369s | you have a very passionate Community the |
| 33372s | whole latam community in Hearthstone has |
| 33374s | been very passionate for a very long |
| 33376s | time |
| 33377s | um does that pressure like make things |
| 33381s | harder or is it easier because you know |
| 33383s | you've got those people supporting you |
| 33385s | sometimes things are really hard |
| 33387s | in the Hearthstone community in general |
| 33389s | like there are a lot of things that can |
| 33393s | make life difficult |
| 33394s | and the help from the community is just |
| 33396s | amazing like uh and very close friends |
| 33400s | with the casters from Brazil |
| 33402s | uh all of them they're amazing like they |
| 33404s | do a really really amazing great job |
| 33408s | and because of them the community also |
| 33411s | uh like usually the community resembles |
| 33413s | what the casters say as well a lot right |
| 33415s | and |
| 33417s | I feel like they just help spread the |
| 33419s | word for like uh for doing good and |
| 33422s | stuff like that you're just good person |
| 33424s | good people in general |
| 33426s | and I don't know I feel like because of |
| 33428s | them |
| 33429s | it's just so much easier you know like |
| 33431s | yeah it wouldn't be nearly uh as as easy |
| 33434s | to to get here |
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| 33454s | and obviously one more question which I |
| 33457s | know you're really looking forward to |
| 33459s | being brought up it's got to be asked |
| 33461s | um when you're playing against Plies |
| 33463s | you you roped a few times |
| 33466s | um was that like a strategy or was there |
| 33468s | yeah did you have a problem with blies |
| 33470s | or something like that let's clear the |
| 33472s | air on that one I mean I've always been |
| 33474s | a Roper in general uh I think my match |
| 33476s | against bunny Hopper was one of the |
| 33478s | longest gym matches ever or something |
| 33479s | like that I don't know |
| 33481s | uh I just I really focus a lot better |
| 33485s | when I'm taking things low |
| 33488s | and whenever my opponent plays quicker |
| 33491s | uh it usually uh like gets in the way a |
| 33494s | bit of my thinking because I usually use |
| 33497s | my opponent's time in the turn so I also |
| 33499s | think so obligence is a guy that plays |
| 33501s | really quickly it does happen like I |
| 33504s | remember I played against life coach at |
| 33506s | um insomnia one time and I'm an |
| 33508s | incredibly slow player it takes me a |
| 33509s | long time to process does anyone who's |
| 33511s | listened to me will know |
| 33513s | um and we delayed the whole round by an |
| 33515s | hour and the match was only 3-1 imagine |
| 33518s | if I'd taken two games off him how long |
| 33520s | that would have gone so |
| 33523s | um people who need time to think need |
| 33524s | time to think like you say flies isn't |
| 33526s | giving it you've got to find a way to |
| 33527s | get that time and I think that's a |
| 33529s | perfectly valid answer I've got to admit |
| 33532s | yeah and hopefully you can play against |
| 33534s | him again because I don't know I don't |
| 33537s | think he's one of the I mean he's a good |
| 33539s | player but comparing to the rest of the |
| 33541s | field |
| 33542s | I'm more scared of other players let's |
| 33544s | just put it that way |
| 33545s | it's an incredibly strong field and with |
| 33548s | that I'd like to say um thank you for |
| 33550s | spending the time for a very interesting |
| 33552s | chat it's been very nice of you to to |
| 33555s | give your time for this interview so uh |
| 33557s | any shout outs or anything before we say |
| 33558s | goodbye |
| 33560s | uh I mean bucket trained Fury Hunter are |
| 33564s | just amazing people that I just been |
| 33566s | prepping together with them for over a |
| 33569s | year now a year and a half or something |
| 33570s | like that they're just amazing |
| 33573s | all my friends here in Brazil like |
| 33577s | everyone that's been supporting me |
| 33579s | throughout the the last seven years |
| 33581s | they're just amazing like the casters |
| 33584s | the community everyone my mom my |
| 33588s | girlfriend everyone like they're just so |
| 33590s | amazing my dad as well |
| 33591s | and uh |
| 33593s | yeah I'm just really happy to be |
| 33595s | privileged to the point that I was able |
| 33598s | to focus so much of my life to get |
| 33600s | through here and it's been an amazing |
| 33603s | experience it's been life-changing for |
| 33605s | me in a lot of ways |
| 33607s | and especially emotionally as I said |
| 33610s | before yeah and |
| 33613s | yeah I'm just very happy to be here and |
| 33616s | I'm gonna do my best to |
| 33618s | uh to play my best to not let this |
| 33621s | opportunity go to waste not in the sense |
| 33623s | of winning but in the sense of playing |
| 33624s | well and |
| 33625s | I mean practicing which is all I can do |
| 33628s | right |
| 33628s | absolutely and I should be trying to |
| 33631s | keep a little bit of an eye on how you |
| 33632s | get on there in those practice sessions |
| 33634s | but thank you so much for spending that |
| 33636s | time with us and all the best in the |
| 33638s | tournament I hope you do well |
| 33640s | thank you see ya |
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| 33675s | foreign |
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| 33708s | thank you |
| 33714s | Hello everybody welcome back to the |
| 33716s | Hearthstone World Championship I'm TJ |
| 33719s | this is Neil Lorinda Bond |
| 33722s | it's time to get into another match of |
| 33724s | Group D our final group |
| 33727s | not only of the day |
| 33728s | of the week of the weekend of the the |
| 33733s | year TJ the final group of the year |
| 33737s | yep |
| 33741s | there you go but Neil I want more groups |
| 33745s | I want more groups as well tjp you have |
| 33747s | to wait for more groups but we have got |
| 33750s | Levick and Bunny Hopper so maybe just |
| 33753s | maybe with bunny Hopper and Pascal are |
| 33755s | taking forever over every turn this |
| 33757s | group will go into next year we'll have |
| 33758s | to wait and see but it should be a great |
| 33761s | one the winner gets through to that top |
| 33762s | eight the more and more stacked looking |
| 33764s | top eight by the minute and it looks |
| 33767s | like a mirror when you look at those |
| 33768s | classes but the the mirror breaker was |
| 33772s | the priests with Levick bringing the the |
| 33775s | Boon priest and Buddy Hopper bringing |
| 33777s | the control priest and that's made a |
| 33779s | difference in the band because when |
| 33781s | those decks go head to head the boom |
| 33782s | priest gets murdered and that's broke in |
| 33784s | the mirror and now we don't have a |
| 33785s | mirror anymore |
| 33787s | no longer have a mirror that's right |
| 33791s | um and we have some |
| 33792s | interesting lineups on both sides with |
| 33797s | both players having something that sort |
| 33799s | of goes against the grain uh as compared |
| 33802s | to the rest of the field |
| 33805s | um well a couple because both players |
| 33807s | have deep frog |
| 33809s | or jackpot row whatever you want to call |
| 33812s | it uh coke with yeah yeah here's a look |
| 33815s | at levix Levick does have a copy of the |
| 33817s | sunwell |
| 33819s | uh in the deck which is very interesting |
| 33822s | you're not guaranteed to get spells |
| 33826s | um from you're not guaranteed to get |
| 33828s | spells that's it I was about to say |
| 33830s | you're not guaranteed to get spells from |
| 33832s | other classes that are going to be |
| 33833s | recasted but uh you you tend to get a |
| 33836s | lot of value out of it |
| 33839s | um |
| 33839s | it's just random spells so you could |
| 33841s | just get all Rogue spells that is a |
| 33843s | possibility in which case you get no |
| 33846s | value from like tests and Contraband |
| 33848s | stash but you could get very high value |
| 33850s | spells from other classes |
| 33853s | yeah and obviously there's however many |
| 33855s | classes there are now ten and a half or |
| 33857s | something so if you're getting more and |
| 33859s | more spells from those classes you're |
| 33861s | unlucky if you get Rogue spells let's |
| 33863s | face it |
| 33864s | yeah I would say so there's some Rogue |
| 33867s | spells that can be pretty good right |
| 33869s | obviously you put a bunch of Rogue |
| 33870s | spells in the deck you created |
| 33873s | you wouldn't put them in your deck |
| 33874s | unless they were good enough to go in a |
| 33876s | deck that's been competing at the world |
| 33878s | championship so some spells will be good |
| 33880s | potion belt great jackpot great you're |
| 33882s | already playing those in your deck |
| 33884s | um cartridge band stash cool because |
| 33886s | that just lets you recast all the other |
| 33888s | spells that you're getting from the Sun |
| 33889s | wall so you just have to talk to your |
| 33890s | son well before you play the games like |
| 33892s | sunwell it's the World Championships |
| 33894s | Only the Good spells you know the good |
| 33897s | spell we're not on ladder today we're |
| 33898s | not we're not putting lorinda's deck at |
| 33899s | rank five bajillion or whatever Lavender |
| 33902s | is today we're in the world |
| 33903s | championships gotta be good spells and |
| 33905s | sunwell just goes Zing good spell pew |
| 33908s | pew pew pew pew pew and yeah they're |
| 33911s | called sunwell not Sun rubbish so |
| 33913s | they're going to be good it's going to |
| 33915s | do it well yeah those spells are going |
| 33917s | to be very well in other news here's a |
| 33920s | Demon Hunter deck but moving back to the |
| 33922s | rogue deck um yeah |
| 33924s | yeah this Demon Hunter deck in my |
| 33926s | opinion Far and Away |
| 33929s | the best deck in the metagame |
| 33931s | yes I agree and I would say the best |
| 33934s | deck that's ever existed in the history |
| 33938s | of Hearthstone |
| 33940s | no |
| 33942s | what that would be visaka's priest |
| 33945s | no this deck would crush that deck |
| 33948s | yeah but I don't know some rubbish would |
| 33951s | crush this thing I'm not I'm not doing |
| 33952s | that silly thing where it's like whoa |
| 33954s | you have to think about how good it was |
| 33956s | against the other decks in its era no I |
| 33958s | don't care I don't care about power |
| 33960s | creep I don't care about the fact that |
| 33962s | things have gotten stronger since then |
| 33965s | this deck would crush those decks |
| 33968s | sleep |
| 33969s | this is the best deck in the history of |
| 33972s | hearthstone all right well buddy |
| 33973s | Hopper's been here for the history of |
| 33974s | hearthstone we should ask him what the |
| 33976s | best in the history of hearthstone is |
| 33977s | and it might matter whether he wins the |
| 33979s | tournament or not uh one thing he has |
| 33981s | done he only has the one with a spectral |
| 33983s | site with double Mark of a scorn |
| 33986s | which is unique I think yeah |
| 33989s | um so |
| 33990s | the second spectral site is redundant |
| 33994s | in my opinion you almost never Outcast |
| 33997s | it however the first spectral site |
| 34000s | having it in the Mulligan where it's the |
| 34002s | easiest to get into Outcast position |
| 34005s | is important so you kind of have to |
| 34007s | weigh things there right so you you cut |
| 34010s | the second one from your deck but you |
| 34012s | keep the first one |
| 34014s | yeah so I I understand I let me rephrase |
| 34017s | that I understand why it's cut because |
| 34019s | the second one almost never draws two |
| 34021s | cards because you have hand space issues |
| 34023s | you start to be holding on these comma |
| 34026s | pieces like reduce spell damage and Jace |
| 34029s | um and so it's really hard to get into |
| 34031s | Outcast position and a lot of times you |
| 34033s | don't want to draw two cards later in |
| 34035s | the game you'd rather those two cards be |
| 34037s | drawn from relative dimensions and be |
| 34039s | reduced right so it's almost always cat |
| 34043s | not almost always much of the time |
| 34046s | it's only cast for a single card so like |
| 34050s | it's it's cuttable you'd rather have |
| 34052s | something that draws one card but has |
| 34053s | another effect like markup scorn |
| 34055s | sometimes deals three or more damage if |
| 34058s | you have spell damage chaos strike |
| 34060s | the same costs cost two but you get to |
| 34062s | attack and it also gets recast uh by |
| 34065s | Jace so it's extra damage |
| 34068s | um it's worth |
| 34070s | it okay how much would it be worth |
| 34074s | he's castrate is worth |
| 34077s | like three point |
| 34079s | eight six damage because almost always |
| 34081s | both gastrics are cast before |
| 34083s | Jace so they're almost always four |
| 34085s | damage but sometimes they're not because |
| 34086s | you don't cast them before you cast days |
| 34088s | till three point something yeah eight |
| 34090s | six sounds I was thinking oh here we go |
| 34092s | he needs to hit the relic of Dimensions |
| 34094s | he hit it |
| 34096s | did you um did you notice that bunny |
| 34098s | Hopper was not at all surprised when |
| 34100s | Levitt wasn't a hunter |
| 34103s | okay |
| 34107s | I was amazed like I thought that it was |
| 34108s | a hunter and then then he wasn't it's |
| 34110s | like wow I've been through this uh |
| 34113s | schtick before here oh have we okay I |
| 34115s | don't think we have but if we have we'll |
| 34118s | do it again now if he was a boat that'd |
| 34120s | be a different story then we would never |
| 34122s | have done it before absolutely yeah |
| 34126s | rocks up into the game it's just a boat |
| 34129s | be crazy |
| 34131s | so many people out there right now are |
| 34132s | like what are they talking about I know |
| 34136s | only only 90s kids America's |
| 34139s | Grandmasters kids would get it yeah |
| 34144s | the serious stuff at the end of all the |
| 34146s | Casual gameplay that everyone else cast |
| 34148s | before we get going and anchor the show |
| 34150s | you know oh the sun well |
| 34153s | did he go |
| 34157s | there and it's ready to do good things |
| 34159s | because it's a world championship |
| 34161s | performing sunwell we know this |
| 34163s | meanwhile buddies absolutely struggling |
| 34166s | on the other side |
| 34168s | you know what do you do really well to |
| 34169s | draw right about now is his one spectral |
| 34172s | site |
| 34173s | yeah let's get a relative dimensions but |
| 34175s | there's no roller to pass so far there's |
| 34177s | no Relic Vault it's horrible yeah it's |
| 34181s | horrible as five minutes or two lavik's |
| 34183s | just |
| 34184s | doesn't even use the second Gravedigger |
| 34187s | because he just threw a relic of |
| 34188s | Dimensions back so yeah it's not going |
| 34191s | to use the second one because he expects |
| 34194s | there to be |
| 34197s | no relative dimensions however there is |
| 34199s | a relative dimensions but it's still no |
| 34200s | Quest completion okay I mean it's a |
| 34204s | discounted Arcanist |
| 34206s | but it's discounted by one so yeah |
| 34209s | but something's gonna get thrown back |
| 34211s | yeah not the best uh perjury secret |
| 34214s | actually I guess they're fine perjury |
| 34216s | Secrets iceberry is a little bit |
| 34218s | additional Health pretty sure that's |
| 34219s | explosive runes correct |
| 34222s | I think so which in a lot of cases is |
| 34225s | just as good as objection |
| 34229s | just looking at what Levick did there he |
| 34231s | gets a tiny bit of extra value by |
| 34232s | resetting the or had a chance to get |
| 34235s | extra value by resetting the Mana on one |
| 34237s | of the quest cards |
| 34240s | how he did it |
| 34242s | as well just ripping the second one |
| 34248s | he's out of draw where he's got mark |
| 34252s | with three minions already if he uses |
| 34255s | the mark and it hits |
| 34259s | this is the market it hits Guild Trader |
| 34262s | this is going to be |
| 34264s | brutal |
| 34271s | oh this is like the worst |
| 34273s | you've got to play the phantasms and |
| 34275s | Trust in drawing dimensions and external |
| 34277s | Extinction right |
| 34279s | I mean you can trade the Viper first if |
| 34282s | you want |
| 34286s | but you just gotta trust the deck now so |
| 34288s | just get your relics going challenge the |
| 34290s | board to some degree and |
| 34292s | I hope they don't have blasters |
| 34301s | could go puticide here |
| 34306s | yeah too much more value from Putra side |
| 34308s | also have the ability to uh coin ashara |
| 34311s | but keeping it simple yeah it allowed |
| 34315s | him to straight to do the thing |
| 34319s | oh yeah keeping it simple |
| 34323s | it'll be a little bit concerned because |
| 34324s | you can't see Bunny's hand he's seen |
| 34326s | bits of it of course because he's made |
| 34328s | very little progress in six turns |
| 34332s | but the fact that bunny had to play a |
| 34333s | Dimensions is a clue that he's |
| 34336s | struggling |
| 34340s | We Go Peep side as well |
| 34342s | I actually really like the future side |
| 34344s | here because it's going to be a very |
| 34346s | difficult card to use |
| 34348s | um as this game progresses because |
| 34349s | there's just gonna be that many men in |
| 34351s | skill |
| 34352s | the other Relic ah but |
| 34355s | I don't even |
| 34358s | well you've got to judge how long you |
| 34360s | think you have right if you're a bunny |
| 34361s | Hopper here you've got to work out how |
| 34363s | many turns you have |
| 34366s | and it's not many so impatient |
| 34370s | if it's cycled the Viper last turn and |
| 34372s | it had hit the location he'd be an okay |
| 34374s | spot The Relic Vault yeah but I didn't |
| 34377s | want to cycle the Viper because I think |
| 34379s | he wanted to make sure that he had an |
| 34380s | additional draw this turn yes |
| 34383s | um just in case yeah he's gonna have to |
| 34385s | cast it got to do it right you've got to |
| 34387s | start that chain of draw and hope for |
| 34389s | the best so he has got removal for next |
| 34391s | Zone Health game from that but |
| 34394s | who |
| 34398s | so next turn you're looking to play the |
| 34401s | expensive Arcanist barrage |
| 34403s | and fell and then you're hoping to stick |
| 34406s | the Jace with the zero Mana Trader and |
| 34409s | just hope Jace gets there to 37. |
| 34413s | we've got a long way to go it hasn't |
| 34415s | really tested for |
| 34417s | any secrets okay test for icebury but |
| 34420s | there's still the explosions is going to |
| 34422s | get eaten up |
| 34423s | yeah now he's gonna do 43 damages as |
| 34425s | well |
| 34426s | which isn't normally a lot but it is |
| 34429s | because the spot he's in with no car |
| 34430s | draw |
| 34435s | Lubbock I feel has a pretty good |
| 34437s | concoction for this situation even |
| 34438s | though it was random |
| 34440s | the draw plus the summon |
| 34444s | I guess summon's not that really big of |
| 34446s | a deal because you expect it to just uh |
| 34449s | I think that's the thing though on board |
| 34451s | to just be swept up concoctions just |
| 34453s | work well with Rogue I mean the road |
| 34455s | cards so they would but |
| 34457s | oh there's only five options they're all |
| 34459s | pretty much decent like the worst thing |
| 34461s | is generate some Tempo there's a couple |
| 34463s | of those options that's that's like the |
| 34464s | worst thing you can get well |
| 34466s | Destroyer minion deal 3D image |
| 34470s | I don't think that'd be super relevant |
| 34472s | for this situation yeah okay worse yet |
| 34474s | double destroy you know but destroy gets |
| 34477s | you another concoction at the very least |
| 34478s | I guess anyway we've got a one manner |
| 34482s | nonsense going on so this is fine this |
| 34484s | is definitely we can agree doing its job |
| 34487s | yeah |
| 34490s | and Bunny now has to clear the best he |
| 34492s | can which you can do he can play double |
| 34494s | spell damage and |
| 34497s | rip through this board but like you've |
| 34499s | already suggested several times he's |
| 34500s | going to end up losing the whole of his |
| 34502s | board assuming anything he plays out |
| 34504s | there gets killed which is a fair |
| 34505s | assumption usually |
| 34509s | you can clearly go back to 30 that's not |
| 34511s | the issue the issue is he's going to |
| 34512s | lose one of these three |
| 34514s | the spell he's going to then lose the |
| 34517s | other two by putting them on the board |
| 34518s | and he's got nothing left |
| 34519s | we straight up here build |
| 34534s | future size so so so silly it's just |
| 34537s | incredible |
| 34541s | serrated is on the other side so |
| 34545s | but he correctly trying to keep the 3-4 |
| 34549s | on the board not the three three that |
| 34550s | worked okay |
| 34551s | also in the world where the minion |
| 34553s | wasn't exploded would have had the |
| 34556s | tradable ability if he wanted it or they |
| 34558s | would have just kept it to him on a |
| 34559s | guild Trader more likely yeah and here |
| 34562s | we are if these minions get killed but |
| 34564s | he doesn't have that much damage in the |
| 34565s | chase |
| 34576s | played one Fury right earlier |
| 34582s | I think let me check I believe he's |
| 34584s | played both yeah he's played both uh |
| 34587s | rank two |
| 34588s | okay so he's got a little bit more of |
| 34589s | the Jace that I thought |
| 34593s | he's not a lot though he's got a lot |
| 34595s | he's got both both barrages |
| 34599s | um |
| 34601s | one Unleashed fell |
| 34606s | uh two Furies with no spell damage there |
| 34610s | they're not going to be doing 26 bases |
| 34612s | where I'm coming from |
| 34616s | yeah not 26. still one guilt in the deck |
| 34623s | and this board is actually really |
| 34626s | annoying because it defends the the fell |
| 34627s | barrage as well |
| 34629s | okay |
| 34633s | he hasn't even played a chaos to it |
| 34635s | right no this is so this doesn't even |
| 34637s | draw anything yeah |
| 34640s | um it just deals a bunch of damage |
| 34642s | but that's it that's your damage dealt |
| 34648s | demons |
| 34652s | oh you've got a turtle I feel like you |
| 34654s | can wait one turn if you're bunny here |
| 34656s | and try and hit chaos strike and then |
| 34657s | Jace Maybe |
| 34660s | but then yeah |
| 34664s | yeah |
| 34666s | and he's going face as well which is |
| 34668s | interesting because he he knows he can |
| 34670s | clear |
| 34671s | he has one spell left as well he's in so |
| 34673s | much trouble |
| 34674s | oh jackpot no spell damage I mean |
| 34677s | yeah double jackpot too |
| 34684s | if he doesn't like the first one oh |
| 34686s | purple jackpot |
| 34696s | very close to lethal |
| 34703s | foreign |
| 34711s | now do you have to rip the chase because |
| 34713s | you've got card drawer next turn I just |
| 34715s | hope to draw |
| 34716s | great things |
| 34720s | oh it's going to be three damage to face |
| 34723s | with the Unleashed Fells right the first |
| 34725s | one that's cast then both that are |
| 34726s | recasts one fell barrage depending on |
| 34729s | the order we can assume that one fell |
| 34731s | barrage will be cast before the |
| 34732s | Unleashed fell so that's another six |
| 34733s | damage to face |
| 34735s | after the enthusiastic Banker is killed |
| 34738s | and then another six |
| 34739s | and the Furies |
| 34741s | not nearly enough no close so it's not |
| 34745s | even close it's not worth it |
| 34748s | um but yeah we are looking at a |
| 34750s | significant amount of damage because |
| 34752s | Lubbock can hero uh use the |
| 34754s | metamorphosis of your power dagger up |
| 34757s | swing use the metamorphosier power again |
| 34759s | and push nine damage this turn plus a |
| 34761s | six on board |
| 34762s | you know I'm actually surprised here |
| 34765s | that Levick isn't going face |
| 34768s | um and then playing the scabs just to |
| 34770s | get the five armor and redo everything |
| 34772s | and this is the dagger in between |
| 34775s | oh that's why this is still |
| 34777s | metamorphosis so he gets to do this |
| 34778s | twice so this is this is either lethal |
| 34780s | incredibly close to it that makes more |
| 34782s | sense now |
| 34783s | you missed he I guess he wanted to spend |
| 34785s | the extra man on the other stuff |
| 34787s | yeah all right |
| 34790s | yeah okay that's fine I just thought |
| 34792s | he'd order it but as he hasn't got |
| 34793s | lethal playing scabs this turn but |
| 34795s | otherwise doing the same thing just to |
| 34797s | get the five extra armor because you can |
| 34798s | see that bunny hasn't got the damage to |
| 34800s | win |
| 34802s | and still do the same things you usually |
| 34805s | have two four twos instead of the six |
| 34806s | other attack on the board it'd be |
| 34807s | basically the same thing |
| 34810s | and then do all the other stuff next |
| 34812s | turn |
| 34823s | just not doing it is it demons |
| 34827s | demons all right deal four damages so it |
| 34831s | could go unleash felt Extinction than |
| 34833s | phantasms |
| 34835s | the phantasms connect |
| 34840s | next turn |
| 34842s | oh yeah hello sir |
| 34845s | uh next turn huh the next turn of Dreams |
| 34851s | yeah I mean |
| 34856s | the others felt does give him some life |
| 34859s | to work with but sure all right so is it |
| 34863s | 20 is the question |
| 34866s | well if the four fours connect |
| 34869s | took the five fives |
| 34871s | well if the pipe app can connect yes |
| 34872s | it's easy yeah yeah but if the five |
| 34875s | fives get removed but everything else |
| 34877s | stays the same is it enough |
| 34879s | um if anything love it could just scabs |
| 34881s | uh would need to make sure that he hero |
| 34884s | Powers first |
| 34885s | uh with the metamorphosis hero power so |
| 34888s | it doesn't get replaced by scabs |
| 34890s | and the great thing with scabs it heats |
| 34892s | up some of that damage depending on |
| 34894s | ordering as well gives you a good chance |
| 34896s | of it eating up some damage it's also |
| 34899s | like an out for lethal uh if you hear |
| 34903s | uh hero power |
| 34905s | or equip the Black Water Cutlass yep |
| 34909s | ocean belt for double damage in hero |
| 34912s | power yeah |
| 34913s | but only one in 25 or it's not a one in |
| 34916s | 25 but whatever it is one in 25. |
| 34920s | three and five three and five nine and |
| 34923s | twenty five |
| 34925s | all right this is just sensible yeah if |
| 34929s | they couldn't kill you last turn they |
| 34930s | probably can't kill you next turn right |
| 34932s | because you're gained five armor money |
| 34934s | Hopper is gonna have to Jace here |
| 34935s | because he needs to kill off these four |
| 34936s | twos and Jace is the only way that's |
| 34938s | left in this deck that he can actually |
| 34939s | do that |
| 34942s | okay I was gonna say do you like playing |
| 34943s | this down but Levick has returned it |
| 34946s | back to hand because you don't want to |
| 34947s | heal them for any more than you have to |
| 34948s | so yeah keeping them in your back in |
| 34950s | hand and just chilling I think is going |
| 34951s | to be the order of the day I don't think |
| 34952s | he'll replay it okay cool |
| 34954s | nice up chaos strike so now we have |
| 34958s | um two cow Strokes recast two Furies |
| 34961s | recasts |
| 34962s | that's 10 that's 10 damage |
| 34966s | yeah we have double Unleashed fell |
| 34969s | that's 12 and then if both fell back go |
| 34972s | to phase |
| 34973s | that's 20. it's the other Unleashed |
| 34975s | before the fell barrage |
| 34977s | nope rip |
| 34981s | if everything went perfectly it was it |
| 34983s | still wasn't lethal |
| 34985s | he's back to 11 though |
| 34988s | yeah |
| 34989s | but has just zero damage left in the |
| 34992s | deck yeah zero damage that's going to |
| 34994s | outline one mark of scorn |
| 34998s | where are you from that's it |
| 35001s | so Levitt desperately looking for ways |
| 35003s | to stop all this ice barrier will do |
| 35006s | yeah double sack |
| 35008s | probably will also oh motion deny is |
| 35011s | also tempting actually |
| 35013s | uh he's out of damage I don't think he |
| 35015s | really care just kill him |
| 35017s | yeah like you just need to survive the |
| 35020s | last little bit and there's steel three |
| 35022s | damage I'm killer minion just in case |
| 35030s | what's your three drop |
| 35033s | that |
| 35034s | a blind heartbeat is that what that is |
| 35037s | probably I mean I'm trusting you I |
| 35039s | always trust your name CJ you know |
| 35041s | that's your job |
| 35045s | a job |
| 35049s | I love the players and you actually the |
| 35051s | game that's how this works before and |
| 35053s | you just believe me anyway so yeah I do |
| 35056s | I believe everything you say I never |
| 35058s | watched the vods to make sure you've got |
| 35059s | you know when chat says I love it I |
| 35061s | believe TJ again haha what a noob I just |
| 35063s | trust you implicitly |
| 35067s | yeah there's just nothing left |
| 35070s | last five cards are double Relic Vault |
| 35073s | unlucky Mark of scorn relic of |
| 35076s | Extinction and need for greed so there's |
| 35078s | a mark of scoring left |
| 35079s | but |
| 35081s | there's no way to get there |
| 35084s | I guess you can |
| 35086s | get cultures and opa 77 gets there like |
| 35090s | Relic fault relative extension clear the |
| 35092s | board |
| 35096s | yeah there's Relic ball |
| 35099s | that was the second part part of the |
| 35101s | quest oh my gosh two cards left in the |
| 35104s | deck yeah no spectral that's what I'm |
| 35107s | blaming you on because obviously sample |
| 35109s | size and one versus somebody who's got |
| 35112s | this bunny hop a pedigree I'll |
| 35114s | definitely be correct right |
| 35119s | this Viper that he kept in hand for a |
| 35121s | long time earlier |
| 35123s | didn't seem to do a lot |
| 35132s | hey there's an ice barrier up a |
| 35135s | reckoning Judgment of Justice okay good |
| 35139s | luck it just yeah there's just a mark of |
| 35141s | scoring left for damage and hero powers |
| 35144s | under King all right cool again five |
| 35148s | armor yeah bunny doesn't want any of |
| 35150s | that nonsense he's had enough of that |
| 35151s | rubbish it goes to 1-0 to livik |
| 35155s | um |
| 35156s | and you can always tell who's won a game |
| 35158s | of hearthstone by which one picks up |
| 35160s | their drink it's always the same every |
| 35161s | time oh it's the same you're right I |
| 35164s | think we've said it for years and No One |
| 35166s | Believes Me but it's what happens the |
| 35168s | winner always gets to the water first |
| 35170s | oh |
| 35172s | see even works on a casting desk I'm the |
| 35176s | winner |
| 35177s | I mean I'm the opposite so fair enough |
| 35182s | but yeah um |
| 35183s | I don't know if that was levick's deck |
| 35186s | firing on all cylinders |
| 35188s | as much as it was bunny Hopper's dick |
| 35191s | just failing yeah we're still under |
| 35193s | failing |
| 35195s | um |
| 35199s | early to get rid of the uh the the |
| 35203s | dimensions was kind of big but then |
| 35205s | bunny Hopper Drew both dimensions on |
| 35207s | time anyway it was The Relic vaults that |
| 35210s | were at the bottom of the deck that was |
| 35213s | the the big deal for bunny Hopper he |
| 35216s | didn't even complete the second part of |
| 35217s | the quest until he had two cards |
| 35220s | remaining in the deck which is just |
| 35222s | absolutely brutal uh not being able to |
| 35225s | build up the Big Board of phantasms or |
| 35227s | get the extra draw |
| 35228s | from the dimensions with the Relic bolts |
| 35230s | being down there it's just uh not what |
| 35233s | the deck's supposed to do I'll be uh |
| 35234s | quite honest with you so bunny Hopper is |
| 35237s | going to be operating from a deficit |
| 35238s | here levick's going to move over to the |
| 35240s | Boon priest |
| 35241s | and this has been the standard list |
| 35244s | um nowadays I don't think any of the |
| 35246s | players have deviated from this specific |
| 35248s | list it's got a good mix of |
| 35250s | uh obviously that the crazy Boon turns |
| 35254s | but it also has a little bit of extra |
| 35257s | depth with sunwell plus identity theft |
| 35261s | um and Anime dead which lets you uh get |
| 35265s | the rating Elementals out on the board |
| 35267s | early to do some other stuff and still |
| 35270s | be able to have access to them uh later |
| 35272s | on the game when you do your Boon turns |
| 35273s | so |
| 35275s | um it's got a little bit of a Fail-Safe |
| 35277s | I would say in it as opposed to the old |
| 35279s | days where he better hope you draw your |
| 35282s | stuff or you lose |
| 35284s | and by bringing this instead of bringing |
| 35286s | the control deck that bunny Hopper |
| 35288s | brought levix put himself in a bad |
| 35289s | position in the matchup because these |
| 35292s | lineups both want to ban Demon Hunter |
| 35295s | and because of bunny having the control |
| 35297s | priest Levick wasn't able to ban the |
| 35299s | Demon Hunter which means he he's he's |
| 35301s | negated the problem now by beating the |
| 35303s | Demon Hunter at least once so cool good |
| 35306s | good talk it's all worked out okay for |
| 35308s | him but now he's having to play this |
| 35309s | boom priest deck |
| 35311s | um in a lineup That Contra that really |
| 35313s | has pretty good matchups against it |
| 35315s | oddly enough apart from the Demon Hunter |
| 35317s | which he beat which is now still there |
| 35319s | so |
| 35320s | it's also that first game is what I'm |
| 35322s | saying that first game has snowballed |
| 35323s | Levick from a fairly disadvantageous |
| 35324s | position after the band to being in a |
| 35326s | really good spot |
| 35329s | now about these players like bunny |
| 35332s | Hopper is one of those players where I |
| 35333s | look at Jackpot Rogue and I'm like yeah |
| 35335s | bunny Hopper can beat anybody with this |
| 35337s | thing yeah whereas when I look at any |
| 35339s | other player playing this deck |
| 35341s | I'm like how does this deck ever win a |
| 35343s | game yeah the cards just look better |
| 35345s | because you know that Bunny Hop is |
| 35346s | playing like the jackpot's just two five |
| 35348s | cards that do good things and even if |
| 35350s | they're bad cards he'll make them work |
| 35353s | and if you watch me play this deck |
| 35354s | you'll be like oh no what are you doing |
| 35356s | what are these cards yeah however Levick |
| 35359s | has really impressed me |
| 35361s | with his uh jackpot Rogue play thus far |
| 35364s | I haven't seen too much of it but |
| 35367s | uh he's won both times that he's played |
| 35369s | the deck |
| 35370s | so far today in the in the group stage |
| 35373s | and just looks clean right Levy is just |
| 35377s | a super good house in his eyes and |
| 35379s | darkness tees |
| 35381s | why is he cursing his eyes |
| 35385s | oh |
| 35387s | too many concoctions yeah there's a lot |
| 35390s | of concoctions |
| 35392s | all right that looks like a hand for |
| 35393s | Buddy Hopper |
| 35395s | how much of that do you want |
| 35398s | to get too stranger yes |
| 35402s | the Lord |
| 35404s | I don't really care about in this |
| 35405s | matchup as much |
| 35408s | um |
| 35411s | tooth either |
| 35413s | yeah it depends how much PPU you want to |
| 35415s | keep doesn't it against the the priest |
| 35420s | I don't think any I think you want your |
| 35422s | sort of utility disruption cards I think |
| 35425s | you'd rather have |
| 35426s | a while keeps tooth and Shadow of demise |
| 35429s | did not expect the tooth that of demise |
| 35432s | is almost always good because it'll just |
| 35434s | turn into whatever you get from the |
| 35435s | other stuff yep |
| 35437s | um |
| 35438s | just in case they go really I think |
| 35440s | Queen ashar is just so good in a lot of |
| 35442s | situations |
| 35445s | they go off early you can get a cake of |
| 35446s | Finn |
| 35449s | or it doesn't go into sketchy this is |
| 35451s | why I'm so bad at Rogue |
| 35455s | you want to coin it start hitting them |
| 35456s | for two |
| 35459s | you might want to tap yeah exactly uh |
| 35465s | where you followed ah it's just a lot of |
| 35468s | Mana to be spent I feel kidnap |
| 35471s | it in a sack |
| 35474s | so what we've learned today TJ right is |
| 35477s | that if you take my extreme the one side |
| 35479s | of just going all in on turn one and |
| 35482s | your extreme of being a patient sensible |
| 35484s | person and you know just go down the |
| 35487s | middle of those two things would be the |
| 35488s | best class 10 players in the world you |
| 35491s | know I feel like that's a bad |
| 35492s | combination I feel it could be the worst |
| 35493s | star or something because it would be so |
| 35496s | indecisive all the time |
| 35498s | we just have like yeah Our Deck would be |
| 35501s | like seven or eight two Ops and then the |
| 35504s | message has been random one-offs like |
| 35506s | the two of us we've agreed and yeah turn |
| 35508s | one you've got to have this and then the |
| 35509s | middle cards just be all complete trash |
| 35513s | look at our Tech choices yep we have a |
| 35516s | Viper and a royal librarian you know |
| 35518s | Demon Hunter |
| 35519s | were you followed all right so yeah it's |
| 35523s | gotta be a second sketchy stranger here |
| 35524s | I was leaning towards the kidnap Zach |
| 35526s | just because yeah that's the reading |
| 35529s | Elemental yeah but Judgment of Justice I |
| 35533s | feel is just way better |
| 35535s | um because if uh on levick's pop-off |
| 35537s | turn you can just isolate the the small |
| 35539s | stuff which you usually have little bits |
| 35541s | of PPU to do that if there's small stuff |
| 35543s | left on the board |
| 35544s | and then uh the big stuff uh at least |
| 35547s | one of them whether it be the Boon or |
| 35549s | the the rating Elemental that gets |
| 35550s | buffed uh would eat the Judgment of |
| 35553s | Justice though |
| 35557s | I like that |
| 35562s | stick's so weird as well it just feels |
| 35564s | like there's no pressure and then |
| 35565s | suddenly You've Won |
| 35570s | which one I feel like that could be set |
| 35572s | for both these days the the the Warlock |
| 35574s | deck this is actually a rogue deck in |
| 35577s | case you weren't paying attention yeah |
| 35578s | that's the that's a I was leaning more |
| 35581s | towards the priest when you said that |
| 35582s | well the priest |
| 35584s | but this deck sort of at least where the |
| 35588s | pre-state wins it's done something but |
| 35589s | you can watch the whole jackpot game and |
| 35591s | it still hasn't done anything after it's |
| 35593s | won like Levick just did what did it do |
| 35597s | how did It win it just played a few bits |
| 35599s | and pieces and then it's won it didn't |
| 35601s | explode into life like Demon Hunter or |
| 35603s | like priest it just |
| 35605s | dribbles along and then suddenly it's |
| 35607s | one yeah like the tortoise and the hair |
| 35610s | like how does the tortoise win every |
| 35612s | time |
| 35613s | because the hair falls asleep |
| 35616s | uh-huh |
| 35617s | exactly |
| 35622s | exactly see you made my point before me |
| 35626s | and everybody understands what I mean |
| 35627s | now |
| 35628s | dare I alright so buddy Hopper knows |
| 35631s | there's a gift of narrow in the hand he |
| 35632s | saw it so wouldn't be surprised if he |
| 35635s | held onto this attack and he will very |
| 35637s | wise he didn't see the handmaiden I feel |
| 35639s | like that would have been the car that |
| 35640s | that was thrown back the most yeah |
| 35644s | um but getting the Priestess out at |
| 35646s | least buddy Hopper knows that for some |
| 35648s | time he's safe from like a super early |
| 35651s | pop-up turn like he doesn't know the |
| 35653s | rest of the cards that are in the hand |
| 35655s | okay plan B |
| 35658s | yeah I feel like he bone spiked first |
| 35660s | yeah yeah it's an extra spell uh well |
| 35663s | now yeah you both back first you want to |
| 35665s | stop taking the damage yeah okay they |
| 35667s | care from this jackpot Plan B oh geez |
| 35670s | collateral damage hello that's a lot of |
| 35674s | damage as well isn't it |
| 35676s | sometimes |
| 35680s | to uple the idol who |
| 35683s | um |
| 35685s | I mean it could remove some small stuff |
| 35687s | from the board if it hit something a |
| 35689s | little bit more expensive in the deck |
| 35692s | I mean if it hits sunwell or powered |
| 35694s | fortitude holy moly that's a board clear |
| 35698s | [Laughter] |
| 35702s | uh save that for a while |
| 35712s | [Music] |
| 35712s | um |
| 35713s | definitely not the critics do you ever |
| 35715s | get to cook this land I don't think you |
| 35717s | do ever |
| 35718s | I'm gonna go for a oh well these have |
| 35720s | Synergy with each other |
| 35727s | the Ram plus the saber yep get the old |
| 35730s | zero minor Beast out |
| 35735s | but we've drawn |
| 35737s | we drew in |
| 35738s | know what my son well yep you get one |
| 35741s | spell |
| 35744s | what's the optimal number of spells to |
| 35747s | get here from the sunwell like three or |
| 35749s | four |
| 35750s | I don't know I don't think there is one |
| 35752s | they're random |
| 35754s | now that you can balance Mana versus |
| 35756s | spells gained right so it must be a |
| 35762s | a middle point |
| 35767s | there is a middle point |
| 35769s | four and a half |
| 35771s | but is that the optimal point |
| 35773s | I don't think there is an optimal point |
| 35775s | because you don't know what you're going |
| 35776s | to get if you knew what you were going |
| 35777s | to get there'd probably be an Optimum |
| 35778s | point you could work out the value you |
| 35781s | might get but if you cast it for zero |
| 35783s | and get the best spell on the game then |
| 35785s | that's worth it okay do that then |
| 35788s | or if you cast it for you know seven |
| 35791s | yeah a bunch of |
| 35797s | like really cheap good spells yeah it's |
| 35800s | worth it for there |
| 35802s | oh |
| 35806s | there's some corpses gotta work well any |
| 35809s | toys |
| 35811s | uh is tiny toys any good without any |
| 35814s | Sherman he goes I know there's a space |
| 35816s | where it did look good |
| 35817s | a little while ago but |
| 35820s | well protect me in it I think tiny toys |
| 35823s | is the best being recasted |
| 35825s | okay that's fair |
| 35827s | and there's some pretty good |
| 35834s | new |
| 35836s | pretty good Minions that you can get |
| 35838s | trying to remember the uh |
| 35841s | the name of that one that might look six |
| 35842s | Mana |
| 35845s | yeah I already said to see the Tony toys |
| 35847s | menus for like half a second before they |
| 35849s | will get involved |
| 35851s | in this is that is that a card a five |
| 35854s | five cost card the uh Shaman one that is |
| 35859s | a 2-2 but death rattles for a six six |
| 35862s | taunt |
| 35863s | that sounds like a shaman card |
| 35866s | it is a shaman card |
| 35872s | but I can't remember if that's a pop |
| 35874s | Crosser or six cars just put the |
| 35876s | Priestess back in the deck Again by the |
| 35878s | way here that's what's gonna happen |
| 35882s | yeah I see ya |
| 35885s | Buddy's Scouts |
| 35888s | collateral damage there too |
| 35891s | oh |
| 35894s | I've told you already please just get |
| 35896s | out of this hand |
| 35898s | bunny Hopper is just always do he's not |
| 35902s | doing anything except collecting things |
| 35904s | that can mess with Levick |
| 35910s | [Music] |
| 35911s | jackpot Rogue in a nutshell |
| 35913s | mess with your opponent until they just |
| 35915s | don't want to play anymore |
| 35918s | off it goes |
| 35920s | yeah it's about time buddy I'm actually |
| 35922s | sort of made some progress isn't it |
| 35923s | because at some point you can't keep |
| 35926s | there's just not weight of mess |
| 35930s | the mess will overtake you |
| 35932s | trust me in my room |
| 35941s | the card I was talking about it is a |
| 35942s | hearkener of dread |
| 35945s | takes us how much six it's five so it |
| 35948s | would have been |
| 35951s | would have been |
| 35953s | uh good for Jack hexen okay spoon priest |
| 35960s | I mean lyrics Just |
| 35964s | can't find anything |
| 35968s | boom look at Neil press it button yeah I |
| 35972s | got the button |
| 35973s | nice I don't know how to get rid of it |
| 35976s | there we go |
| 35977s | let me just forget about the gift |
| 35984s | uh possibly |
| 35989s | well maybe he's decided he has to |
| 35991s | actually try and win the game of |
| 35992s | hearthstone now because he's run out of |
| 35994s | she wants to get get the show on the |
| 35996s | road |
| 35997s | also he's got the no Jack so maybe it's |
| 35999s | bait |
| 36002s | it's like go on then noob |
| 36009s | see what you can do okay |
| 36012s | because say hello to all the the Levick |
| 36014s | fans who've been in chat for the last |
| 36016s | two days cheering on their boy |
| 36019s | a lot of them |
| 36023s | so hello there you go |
| 36027s | it's the only minion left |
| 36033s | yeah princess just wouldn't stay out of |
| 36035s | the hand |
| 36036s | maid |
| 36038s | no board space |
| 36042s | he doesn't have any more card draw |
| 36047s | so what's buddy he's gonna split this |
| 36050s | somehow |
| 36054s | but he's just gonna steal one of these |
| 36057s | at the end of it all okay there's a |
| 36059s | Devourer |
| 36065s | but how does Levitt get through |
| 36071s | done well |
| 36072s | yeah sure so the optimal number is all |
| 36076s | of them yeah |
| 36077s | these are only four attacks |
| 36080s | that's the problem right that's what I |
| 36082s | say how does he get through |
| 36084s | or 20. |
| 36087s | awesome |
| 36089s | foreign |
| 36097s | yeah always destroy here although deal |
| 36100s | three if you want to kill somebody just |
| 36102s | destroy he's join cards okay destroy |
| 36105s | bunny Hopper destroy |
| 36111s | yeah clear off some of the small stuff |
| 36114s | here |
| 36116s | take the 50 50. |
| 36119s | for the what good versus bad |
| 36123s | play the noble sacrifice just to mess |
| 36126s | with your opponent as you call it yeah |
| 36129s | but if you hit something good and then |
| 36131s | you larger cakes in one of the other |
| 36132s | ones yeah that's the best one and then |
| 36135s | you Shadow step it |
| 36141s | and take the other one |
| 36145s | and Bunny instigated this by going phase |
| 36147s | last turn |
| 36150s | like you're saying something about the |
| 36151s | damage it allowed Levick to play it |
| 36154s | to draw cards to make this happen |
| 36157s | ing because I want you to go now so I |
| 36160s | can get my no Jack going |
| 36162s | yeah yeah sunwell time and while still |
| 36165s | there |
| 36167s | I don't think I want to silence yeah I |
| 36170s | think you just leave the chart in the |
| 36171s | hand because I think you want a chance |
| 36173s | to get one of your |
| 36175s | your minions back oh my goodness |
| 36179s | um so there's an Arcane overflow which |
| 36180s | can kill the magic hexen next turn |
| 36182s | I mean there's no other Shadow step |
| 36185s | uh Noble stack feral rage heart of the |
| 36189s | wild I don't know but he just took the |
| 36192s | water the whole sacrifice |
| 36194s | uh |
| 36196s | uh ice |
| 36197s | we know who's won because buddy drank |
| 36200s | the water and that's the rules |
| 36203s | yeah I have to drink the water You've |
| 36204s | Won |
| 36205s | this is a whole lot of |
| 36208s | stuff what is that spell the second from |
| 36211s | the left |
| 36212s | the blue one yeah |
| 36215s | now that's the um |
| 36218s | I don't know two men are blue spell |
| 36222s | I've seen that everything we're trying |
| 36224s | to do is broken bracing cold |
| 36228s | no |
| 36231s | it's the other one |
| 36234s | murder accusation |
| 36237s | better accusation okay |
| 36241s | choose a minion just do it after another |
| 36242s | enemy minion dies that might actually be |
| 36244s | quite reasonable with the nut Jack or |
| 36246s | whatever yeah you can murder accusation |
| 36249s | the uh Big Top minion that was |
| 36253s | permanently stolen |
| 36255s | yep |
| 36258s | oh what |
| 36260s | [Music] |
| 36263s | yeah you're supposed to murder |
| 36264s | accusation the other 417. assuming I've |
| 36267s | got the right card but I think I have |
| 36271s | pretty sure you're right yeah you're |
| 36272s | supposed to murder accusation the other |
| 36274s | 417. yeah |
| 36280s | and then do all this |
| 36282s | I think then the 417 would be dead you'd |
| 36284s | have a 724 on the board |
| 36289s | imagine not knowing what all these cards |
| 36291s | did in a Split Second |
| 36293s | well it's not like he couldn't just read |
| 36296s | them it's true |
| 36306s | it is one of those cards to be fair I |
| 36309s | mean he's playing for the world |
| 36310s | championship he shouldn't miss that |
| 36312s | unless we've missed something but I |
| 36313s | think he's missed it |
| 36315s | um |
| 36317s | but it is one of those cards you just |
| 36318s | glaze over when you see it go there's |
| 36320s | the blue card and just ignore it because |
| 36321s | you should |
| 36329s | but it's quite a |
| 36331s | it looks like quite a mistake to me |
| 36333s | right now |
| 36334s | yeah that thing will just be gone yeah |
| 36337s | exactly and then you look at hitting |
| 36338s | your opponent for 12 a turn |
| 36343s | I stole children justice so and there's |
| 36347s | the queen of Shara and I think no matter |
| 36349s | which |
| 36353s | colossal minion you get |
| 36357s | unless he's got a |
| 36360s | another planet Stone just go full |
| 36364s | jackpot |
| 36366s | okay now |
| 36368s | here oh Nelly okay |
| 36377s | Ellie's one of the worst yeah it really |
| 36379s | is because it can |
| 36383s | be sharted away |
| 36392s | this is my it's Miss just my |
| 36395s | there we go |
| 36409s | he's got eight cards left in his deck |
| 36410s | bunny what did you expect |
| 36415s | um how much damage is this eel plus |
| 36418s | bless is 28 that's lethal |
| 36423s | with feral rage |
| 36425s | right uh 26 30. yeah exactly because |
| 36432s | yeah it's including the secrets uh you |
| 36434s | could heart of the wild T8 it's wild |
| 36436s | bless Fair Rage that's exactly 32 right |
| 36438s | it is |
| 36440s | oh my goodness no way no way hey son |
| 36446s | well commented clutch oh my gosh |
| 36451s | absolutely absurd Levick takes a 2-0 |
| 36456s | lead didn't need the murder accusation |
| 36459s | because he's the one doing the murdering |
| 36461s | right now it's down to just one deck |
| 36464s | left buddy Hopper queued up an attack on |
| 36469s | his big minion |
| 36471s | to the uh the big taunt and roped out |
| 36474s | the turn |
| 36476s | if that attack had gone off that minion |
| 36479s | would have four less health |
| 36480s | yeah and it would not have been lethal |
| 36484s | though he took too long on deciding if |
| 36487s | he wanted bring a tide SEC or the uh the |
| 36490s | horn |
| 36491s | which I understand but |
| 36497s | I think he needed to make the read that |
| 36499s | he needed to get that attack off and |
| 36500s | didn't quite get the attack off right at |
| 36502s | the end so |
| 36504s | um and that is gonna end up costing him |
| 36506s | because that would have been for Less |
| 36508s | health |
| 36509s | on that minion so it would have been |
| 36511s | slightly off for Levick |
| 36514s | stop just pointed out that the losing |
| 36516s | player had a sip of drink there that's |
| 36518s | the first time ever that's happened so |
| 36520s | you know or maybe you know the the water |
| 36523s | is not who the players think is going to |
| 36525s | win it's who the game thinks should win |
| 36528s | somehow gives a signal to the players |
| 36530s | drink water and maybe bunny Hopper |
| 36532s | should have won that one so that's why |
| 36534s | he drank the water but then also got it |
| 36536s | yep |
| 36537s | that's definitely how it works the water |
| 36540s | knows all the beverage it knows all |
| 36542s | knows everything you all seeing beverage |
| 36546s | it's not about whether you win or lose |
| 36548s | it's about the beverage you meet along |
| 36549s | the way that's right |
| 36551s | as they say that for years |
| 36555s | we call them that for years all right |
| 36557s | all right it's the Ping Mage uh which |
| 36559s | they've both got so basically if it's |
| 36561s | guaranteed to 50 50 at the end of all |
| 36563s | this if he doesn't get through the Rogue |
| 36565s | and the Demon Hunter |
| 36570s | and that's a hand |
| 36573s | oh yeah |
| 36576s | I just like these cards I just want this |
| 36578s | lot |
| 36582s | who will the beverage decide we haven't |
| 36584s | seen levick's hand because it's not |
| 36586s | there |
| 36595s | The Gamers decided that Levick should |
| 36597s | have lost the last games it's just |
| 36598s | giving him no cards |
| 36601s | I love Powell |
| 36605s | so far in this series every time you've |
| 36607s | said you'd like you'd like to hand the |
| 36609s | players yep |
| 36613s | actually |
| 36615s | um with a lot of modern decks it's very |
| 36617s | hard I find when I pick up a new deck to |
| 36620s | Mulligan hard enough because all the |
| 36622s | cards look so good |
| 36623s | and you're supposed to just go for the |
| 36625s | best cards within reason because your |
| 36627s | decks easily really well tuned because |
| 36628s | it's just Mulligan hard for the good |
| 36630s | stuff and you look at the handle |
| 36631s | especially with the Rogue especially |
| 36633s | with Rogue it's like I just want it all |
| 36636s | it's just so nice it's so shiny |
| 36639s | oh remember I want to play everything on |
| 36642s | curve always because that's how I play |
| 36652s | double sank them |
| 36655s | what's the best use for the double |
| 36657s | sanctum I mean obviously get them off on |
| 36659s | different turns so you're constantly |
| 36660s | freezing the biggest thing but |
| 36662s | I mean this is dirty card ping Mage so |
| 36666s | you're playing them on curve you're |
| 36667s | pressing the button every turn you're |
| 36669s | shipping everything face that's the game |
| 36672s | plan |
| 36676s | especially with a frozen touch in hand |
| 36680s | one of many infuses and minions to die |
| 36682s | as much damage to go to the base spot as |
| 36684s | possible |
| 36687s | what you want |
| 36690s | but you can't always get what you want |
| 36694s | good to want things TJ |
| 36698s | would anybody taught me that in a |
| 36701s | Cupboard movie |
| 36705s | night I'm not quite sure myself I've got |
| 36707s | an idea |
| 36710s | all right sanctum ping go face next turn |
| 36720s | this is the other half of the deck that |
| 36722s | you sometimes get as Rogue right it's |
| 36723s | just all the stashes and recasts but no |
| 36725s | actual stuff |
| 36727s | let's go reconnaissance yeah |
| 36732s | okay |
| 36734s | one of the current stand that actually |
| 36736s | does give you stuff and he was like no |
| 36738s | no I don't want it |
| 36741s | foreign |
| 36744s | [Music] |
| 36782s | I mean if it's that good yeah sure |
| 36785s | thingy I think it is that good I think |
| 36787s | you do see what if this hits first no |
| 36789s | both one face perfect for Levick Bam Bam |
| 36792s | was hoping he'd have a card and he's |
| 36794s | hoping that this card would tell him |
| 36795s | which card to play |
| 36802s | all right |
| 36804s | uh there we go all right play the |
| 36806s | Judgment of Justice |
| 36808s | it is the chosen one |
| 36813s | is it though I don't think it is TJ the |
| 36817s | chosen one |
| 36819s | what an awful hand |
| 36821s | apart from you know the reconnaissance |
| 36825s | there we go oh yeah that card's good |
| 36828s | it's actually a good card yep |
| 36831s | I mean it's a death note card right we |
| 36833s | haven't done this yet by the way so gear |
| 36835s | and Derek did it first and subtle and |
| 36837s | Raven copied them and we've got a copy |
| 36838s | subtle and Raven |
| 36840s | look death knight card something joke |
| 36842s | woohoo it's so crazy if you look at |
| 36845s | every death net card like individually |
| 36848s | it's like just a better version of |
| 36851s | another class's card yes it is yeah |
| 36854s | but then you look at them as a cohesive |
| 36856s | unit and you're like okay |
| 36858s | because you're only allowed to play a |
| 36860s | third of them |
| 36863s | Baron is just like Arcane intellect but |
| 36867s | sicker because it's a tutu yeah what do |
| 36869s | they say Arcane intellect on a stick |
| 36872s | yeah |
| 36874s | on a dead stick |
| 36876s | yeah I'm a popsicle oh sorry not dead |
| 36880s | Undead |
| 36882s | yeah it was dead now it's Undead it's |
| 36886s | got undeaded |
| 36887s | what happens when they die again are |
| 36889s | they then Undead or they just dead then |
| 36892s | they're risen Corpses |
| 36894s | when they're dead dead not alive Dead |
| 36897s | killing things dead not animals because |
| 36900s | they're alive and they're dead then |
| 36903s | they're Undead yeah and there are risen |
| 36905s | corpse and risen Corpses |
| 36908s | disintegrate |
| 36910s | were they just dust |
| 36912s | okay yeah |
| 36916s | Eternal your corpses into risen |
| 36920s | Undead Vision whatever |
| 36922s | and then when they die you can carve new |
| 36924s | cars out okay I like that |
| 36927s | monetary says something that'll go down |
| 36928s | well |
| 36938s | it's done |
| 36939s | Bernie is getting to the point now where |
| 36941s | he is going to start getting some stuff |
| 36943s | to do things with jackpot has appeared |
| 36947s | Contraband stash ready to go |
| 36952s | uh there is one double cross one perjury |
| 36954s | left in the deck so Private Eyes active |
| 36957s | death death porn |
| 36963s | Midway |
| 36966s | total however |
| 36969s | that's a pretty dead draw for Levick |
| 36974s | is so smart |
| 36976s | he named himself after something we say |
| 36978s | all the time |
| 36979s | uh-huh |
| 36981s | but we say living in Bunny Hop all the |
| 36983s | time too because they're good |
| 36990s | yeah but not in like natural |
| 36991s | conversation you know like nobody says |
| 36995s | I was bunny hopping my way to the store |
| 36997s | today |
| 36999s | um you'll never believe what I saw |
| 37001s | uh-huh |
| 37003s | a wild Levick running through the forest |
| 37007s | Pasco anymore |
| 37015s | it's actually playing thinly because why |
| 37018s | not |
| 37023s | getting rid of the Frozen touches |
| 37027s | huh |
| 37028s | just looking for |
| 37031s | Magister |
| 37033s | all right |
| 37036s | I'd be very careful which don't grasp I |
| 37039s | mentioned them before before mess he was |
| 37041s | like he was like close with the Frozen |
| 37042s | touches I don't know |
| 37046s | I guess he's out of it he's like out of |
| 37048s | infuses kind of right yeah exactly |
| 37052s | um without the sanctums so they've kind |
| 37053s | of run their course but it's still six |
| 37055s | damage but I guess he can make up that |
| 37056s | six damage by finding like wildfires |
| 37058s | Reckless Apprentice that that kind of |
| 37060s | thing there was a lot of stuff he could |
| 37062s | find I think that was just going to be |
| 37065s | more repeated damage I guess to what |
| 37067s | he's going to get out of this |
| 37069s | yeah with bunny down to 14. |
| 37072s | rather than limping around trying to |
| 37074s | find a couple of spells like just just |
| 37075s | get on with it get the repeated damage |
| 37077s | now and I mean rip the nuts with the |
| 37079s | Magister Dawn grasp oh |
| 37085s | bunny here |
| 37089s | deathborne seems fine you bump and then |
| 37092s | death born and |
| 37094s | um |
| 37096s | you draw if you draw a card you get |
| 37098s | three skellies but it looks like bunnies |
| 37101s | looking elsewhere |
| 37110s | there's a lot of like weird small stuff |
| 37113s | that yeah I played ice trap Judgment of |
| 37116s | justice and then the two death battle |
| 37118s | meetings from the double reconnaissance |
| 37119s | people put straw cards the other of |
| 37122s | which tells you what card to play which |
| 37123s | is great |
| 37124s | it tells you what card to play |
| 37130s | tells you not to play it it's weird it |
| 37133s | looks like the shadow animation so it's |
| 37134s | like |
| 37135s | that card's fake you know |
| 37137s | it's not big it's real it's really |
| 37140s | really real |
| 37143s | okay a lot a lot of frost spells cast so |
| 37145s | far this game and it's gonna be a frozen |
| 37147s | touch probably hoping for Cold Case |
| 37150s | but it isn't freeze Frozen touch so it |
| 37152s | does get one back not that it's gonna be |
| 37154s | that valuable |
| 37155s | it's up to you yeah right being the hero |
| 37158s | power |
| 37161s | and he's on 37 so Bunny's gonna have to |
| 37163s | find a way through this pretty rapidly |
| 37165s | unless he can find his own heel of |
| 37167s | course |
| 37169s | and back in the olden days we said oh |
| 37171s | Rogue has no way to heal bloody bloody |
| 37173s | blah but who knows what it has these |
| 37176s | days it just has every card in |
| 37177s | Hearthstone |
| 37180s | I wonder including scabs which is a way |
| 37183s | to heal that's in his hand kinda |
| 37187s | huh |
| 37189s | I never noticed |
| 37196s | the thing is wrong |
| 37199s | which I think there's so many things uh |
| 37202s | yeah it's wrong |
| 37204s | okay it's it works as in it doesn't work |
| 37206s | as written anymore they just didn't |
| 37208s | change the text when they nerfed it |
| 37212s | there's another one that's wrong as well |
| 37213s | that another three weeks ago whatever |
| 37217s | there's another hero power that's wrong |
| 37218s | as well because when I was testing my I |
| 37220s | said to my chat I thought this was an |
| 37221s | earth they're like yeah yeah you're just |
| 37222s | you're just dumb |
| 37224s | it's just written wrong oh okay sorry |
| 37227s | for reading the car |
| 37233s | but I can't remember what the other one |
| 37234s | is but we'll we'll see it at some point |
| 37236s | of this tournament |
| 37240s | did not get the attack ah didn't dagger |
| 37244s | oh bunny Hopper I didn't want to dagger |
| 37248s | okay well he obviously didn't pick |
| 37252s | don't think he wanted her exist that |
| 37254s | situation |
| 37257s | uh that did rope out but just roped out |
| 37259s | the choice of reconnaissance oh Guff is |
| 37262s | the other one thank you subtle for the |
| 37264s | Discord mentioned guppy's the other one |
| 37266s | here with power that isn't updated |
| 37267s | correctly |
| 37269s | yeah |
| 37271s | all right up to four on the pingometer |
| 37285s | I'm starting to play deathborn but I |
| 37287s | don't agree again |
| 37290s | per the deathball was the card of the |
| 37292s | year so you should definitely play it |
| 37301s | emptying some space to make more things |
| 37303s | happen |
| 37319s | force of nature I don't know okay scabs |
| 37322s | it is |
| 37323s | so let him play uh asler again |
| 37336s | he's making progress or not |
| 37339s | oh Bonnie yeah |
| 37341s | I mean this is a lot of sort of is |
| 37344s | right like yeah if all you factor in is |
| 37347s | The Life Game from |
| 37349s | the middle |
| 37351s | the Oscar Wars protective more drish |
| 37357s | slightly off there's an ice trap still |
| 37359s | up so |
| 37361s | but double as the law just gained 10. |
| 37365s | take 12 return after huh |
| 37368s | yeah I I kind of do want to just cast a |
| 37370s | solid Alibi because he knows that it's |
| 37372s | an ice trap I'm pretty sure he knows |
| 37374s | that it's a nice trap I don't think |
| 37375s | there's been any other ones that were |
| 37377s | actually picked and played |
| 37380s | I think the there was a I believe there |
| 37382s | was an explosive trap that was picked |
| 37384s | from |
| 37386s | um |
| 37386s | a perjury Maybe |
| 37389s | that could have been in explosive runes |
| 37391s | you know this is cast in and |
| 37399s | you okay there TJ |
| 37401s | ouchies |
| 37403s | ouchies |
| 37406s | let me thinks he's winning he's testing |
| 37408s | the water telling you who's gonna win |
| 37410s | the game |
| 37416s | oh he can't lose |
| 37418s | I mean buddy hope I did last game and he |
| 37419s | lost so you know |
| 37421s | yeah |
| 37422s | I feel like this has got to be jackpot |
| 37424s | find something to answer this more dress |
| 37427s | with and I think so too |
| 37431s | um |
| 37433s | actually Contraband stash |
| 37436s | has a judgment of Justice |
| 37440s | yes |
| 37443s | armagain which technically wouldn't be |
| 37446s | dead but they're not going to get you |
| 37447s | there |
| 37449s | command of neptulon all right |
| 37453s | that's an answer |
| 37458s | but he's just creeping along getting the |
| 37461s | answer laws |
| 37465s | Divine toll also an answer sometimes |
| 37469s | I I think Contraband sash is just better |
| 37472s | in this instance because you get back |
| 37473s | Judgment of Justice |
| 37476s | ice trap and then the two minions and I |
| 37479s | believe that's all the stuff extra stuff |
| 37482s | that was played |
| 37483s | and I think wanted to make sure that the |
| 37486s | Contraband status would get back this |
| 37488s | Suite of stuff |
| 37493s | but you know |
| 37498s | oh yeah it's infused all right and |
| 37500s | that'll do it |
| 37502s | Levick takes the series a 3-0 over bunny |
| 37507s | Hopper |
| 37508s | I don't know if that was expected to |
| 37510s | begin with oh well I do know it wasn't |
| 37512s | expected yeah to begin with but Levick |
| 37515s | has looked Colleen |
| 37979s | [Music] |
| 37986s | thank you |
| 37993s | [Music] |
| 38004s | foreign |
| 38010s | [Music] |
| 38017s | [Music] |
| 38033s | [Music] |
| 38037s | foreign |
| 38041s | [Music] |
| 38048s | [Music] |
| 38056s | [Music] |
| 38063s | [Music] |
| 38075s | welcome back I want it all to a |
| 38077s | monumentous match here at the 2022 |
| 38079s | Hearthstone World Championship not only |
| 38082s | the elimination match between Pasqual |
| 38085s | and Xiao by fighting for their lives in |
| 38088s | the world championship for that one |
| 38090s | single world champion title it is also I |
| 38094s | believe very likely geod's last cast |
| 38099s | it is uh Derek we don't need to bring it |
| 38102s | up this is world's let's not focus on me |
| 38105s | um we can just do what we do best right |
| 38108s | talk about some good old Hearthstone we |
| 38111s | have xiaobai versus Pascua in the final |
| 38114s | elimination match of the group stages |
| 38117s | and I did have the privilege of talking |
| 38119s | to Pascual before the tournament had |
| 38122s | started and he did mention that bunny |
| 38124s | Hopper was the one matchup in his group |
| 38126s | that he felt like he was about even to |
| 38128s | slightly unfavored with whereas |
| 38130s | everybody else in the group he felt he |
| 38132s | had a pretty good shot against so that |
| 38134s | includes ciao Bai so um based on |
| 38136s | pasqual's assessment he should be |
| 38138s | feeling pretty good here especially now |
| 38140s | that we have the mutual priest bands |
| 38142s | locked in |
| 38143s | that's right yes Xiao by having as well |
| 38147s | the uh Boon version of priest and with |
| 38150s | those both gone out of the way we are |
| 38152s | left with a bit of an interesting series |
| 38154s | The |
| 38155s | the ruid how are we feeling about that |
| 38157s | one Hicks Pasco has again a very unique |
| 38159s | lineup but he does have a decent amount |
| 38162s | of you know board-based attack here |
| 38164s | which Druid does obviously traditionally |
| 38166s | struggle against |
| 38168s | yeah I think the past question should be |
| 38170s | in a pretty good spot overall the |
| 38173s | Paladin in particular curving out and |
| 38176s | having Divine Shields is something that |
| 38177s | Druid has traditionally struggled |
| 38179s | against being able to cheat out big |
| 38181s | minions with that blood Crusader could |
| 38183s | also be a bit of a problem for xiaobai |
| 38185s | to have to deal with but classical is |
| 38187s | going to start off with the death rattle |
| 38189s | Rogue and as a board-based deck this is |
| 38191s | druid's worst nightmare you'd have to |
| 38193s | imagine right because not only do they |
| 38195s | lack removal they are not running any |
| 38198s | silence or transform effects to deal |
| 38200s | with the endless waves of death rattles |
| 38202s | that's available to this version of |
| 38204s | rogue |
| 38205s | I would definitely agree with that uh |
| 38208s | the |
| 38209s | Druids I do think if it can ramp up into |
| 38212s | that late game does have against certain |
| 38214s | Rogue boards the necessary removal to |
| 38217s | clean this up obviously with as I keep |
| 38220s | bringing up the devourers being a huge |
| 38222s | way to deal with the the five eights |
| 38225s | that come from the burning blade |
| 38226s | acolytes Sylvanas can be enormous as |
| 38228s | well to just steal a big Invincible or a |
| 38231s | big ghoul that's been buffed up by the |
| 38233s | Invincible as well but I think for the |
| 38235s | most part you're absolutely spot on the |
| 38237s | only real uh trouble that you can run |
| 38239s | into with this death rattle Rogue |
| 38241s | against the Druid is your minions don't |
| 38244s | die again as we've seen so far today |
| 38246s | already you struggle to kill off your |
| 38247s | own minions because you're not playing |
| 38249s | tooth you're not playing ghostly strike |
| 38251s | you're not playing Wicked stab and so |
| 38253s | after you've set up this uh snowfall |
| 38256s | graveyard you actually need to be able |
| 38257s | to kill off your own minions and we'll |
| 38259s | see if Pascua can do this as Gia we |
| 38263s | watch potentially our last Druid High |
| 38266s | Roll together thinking back to the good |
| 38268s | old day days of fungal fortunes Vape |
| 38272s | glowfly swarm oh the good stuff don't do |
| 38276s | this to me |
| 38278s | and the slight PTSD and cringe coming |
| 38281s | back in waves all together |
| 38284s | um yeah definitely some room for High |
| 38286s | rolling here Xiao Bai definitely another |
| 38288s | one of the underdogs in the tournament |
| 38290s | he is of course a repeat world's |
| 38293s | appearance uh player which is something |
| 38296s | that not many can attest to in the |
| 38298s | tournament but as far as his own |
| 38300s | accolades not too many so hoping that |
| 38303s | his recent improvements and recent |
| 38306s | Improvement on mental as well can get |
| 38309s | him to avoid the Tilt that he may have |
| 38311s | run into last World Championship great |
| 38313s | opening hand for him with that Jerry rig |
| 38316s | and the wild growth and the anacondra we |
| 38319s | have seen our fair share of alignments |
| 38321s | in APAC as well and even though it's |
| 38323s | changed form to the point where it's not |
| 38325s | necessarily disrupting your opponent |
| 38327s | anymore it's still very very potential |
| 38329s | and in the hands of anubra conference |
| 38332s | and we're getting a proper look at |
| 38334s | Pascal's Joker origin story here as he |
| 38336s | realizes this game is a comedy it's not |
| 38339s | a tragedy getting |
| 38340s | close to the worst hand you could get |
| 38343s | like there is just absolutely nothing |
| 38345s | happening here whatsoever until he can |
| 38348s | find the trickster maybe a graveyard |
| 38351s | maybe a shot of shambler uh this hand is |
| 38355s | doing a whole lot of nothing yeah he |
| 38357s | does at least get to play the Accolade |
| 38359s | and have it immediately get killed off |
| 38361s | by the shattered next turn this is the |
| 38363s | one Premiere way to kill off your own |
| 38366s | minions as death rattle Rogue and I |
| 38368s | guess the serrated bone spike a bit more |
| 38370s | conditionally but yeah it is all about |
| 38372s | finding that Trickster |
| 38374s | to truly get this hand to start popping |
| 38376s | off |
| 38379s | a lot of synergy is kind of technically |
| 38382s | there you're playing a four Mana five |
| 38384s | eight here which you know obviously |
| 38386s | above stats uh but if that's all you're |
| 38389s | really doing by turn forward Druid can |
| 38391s | so happily answer this as shall buy I |
| 38394s | mean we talk about Druid Hyrule this is |
| 38397s | the cocoa nuts |
| 38401s | Stone Cold cocoa nuts |
| 38404s | I mean rampant growth and to play |
| 38407s | astalor got the five cost version in |
| 38410s | hand sure you can go ahead and just play |
| 38412s | Aquatic form here although I don't know |
| 38414s | if there was any rush to do that over |
| 38416s | next turn after he has a great banana |
| 38418s | available to him |
| 38421s | yeah golf maybe like you'd rather save |
| 38424s | the rampant growth until after and he |
| 38427s | could have then gone like |
| 38428s | goth and the next turn coin out the |
| 38430s | celestial alignment instead |
| 38432s | maybe uh but I agree I I think I would |
| 38436s | rather have had the opportunity to just |
| 38437s | hit Miracle growth uh on turn eight |
| 38440s | fading between moonlit and the astalar |
| 38442s | Jerry rig looking like a pretty good |
| 38445s | pickup here just to make sure that he |
| 38447s | can hit the second nourish for post |
| 38449s | alignment ramp |
| 38453s | Gonna Be Free as well because anacondra |
| 38455s | is in hand to make all these nature |
| 38457s | spells cost zero post alignment |
| 38461s | this has got to be Jerry right to just |
| 38464s | pull out the second nourish |
| 38467s | uh another shutter shambler |
| 38470s | oh |
| 38473s | not looking good for Pascua even though |
| 38475s | the Invincible can come out a turn |
| 38477s | sooner it's still a completely dead turn |
| 38479s | six and no Undead on board even to |
| 38482s | Target for its buff |
| 38483s | meanwhile xiaobai plenty of Health to |
| 38486s | work with to just get a clean alignment |
| 38489s | down oh my God the jailers was so sick |
| 38494s | yeah fitting that in well he can the |
| 38496s | coin is going to be useless afterwards |
| 38498s | so I guess you may as well yeah you can |
| 38501s | take force of Nature and then just put |
| 38503s | it down to zero cost next turn versus |
| 38505s | Celestial with the celestial alignment |
| 38507s | but going for taunt instead I guess is |
| 38511s | pretty |
| 38513s | well informed given his situation where |
| 38515s | he just needs to not get too greedy and |
| 38517s | he has all the ingredients to win the |
| 38520s | game |
| 38520s | okay that dies which means if he can get |
| 38523s | ghoul we could maybe start rolling with |
| 38525s | the Invincible gets the acolyte instead |
| 38527s | which is sure stats on board it's |
| 38531s | something |
| 38533s | but xavai has a whole lot more something |
| 38536s | something's coming up right now uh yeah |
| 38541s | he does have to take |
| 38543s | one turn off here I think with no ramp |
| 38546s | in hand uh |
| 38548s | yeah pop up next turn obviously with the |
| 38550s | Jerry plus the |
| 38553s | um the anacondra but yeah right now one |
| 38557s | last final turn of breathing room for |
| 38558s | Pasqua |
| 38561s | oh man |
| 38565s | The Scourge Illusionist just played the |
| 38567s | bone Spike because |
| 38569s | it protects the five two I guess |
| 38573s | [Music] |
| 38576s | it's miserable |
| 38582s | yeah it's Mega miserable scheduling you |
| 38587s | know it's a |
| 38588s | okay draw I guess it obviously means |
| 38591s | that your uh sketches from here on in |
| 38593s | are useless but it's an undead for a |
| 38596s | potential Invincible next turn and even |
| 38599s | though I struggle to see a world where |
| 38602s | your opponent doesn't dominate the board |
| 38603s | next to her and they're not going to |
| 38604s | play the alignment unless they have the |
| 38606s | tools to make it work |
| 38608s | it's the best hope you go |
| 38612s | choosing to hold on to the Bone spikes |
| 38615s | potentially to kill off any death |
| 38616s | rattles later on if necessary but boy |
| 38619s | will killing off his own minions be the |
| 38622s | least of his problems if this turn has |
| 38623s | anything to say about it |
| 38625s | [Music] |
| 38626s | Brad as well come on let's get the |
| 38629s | anubra let's get lethal on this turn |
| 38632s | certainly possible |
| 38635s | I guess six draws to work with |
| 38638s | oh no wait he has two Mana uh it doesn't |
| 38641s | do anything |
| 38643s | foreign |
| 38649s | oh yeah oh yeah |
| 38652s | this is the stuff |
| 38656s | it's a lot of stuff |
| 38658s | it's endless stuff yeah no scabs either |
| 38661s | for passwords I think you just have full |
| 38664s | rain to slam down the Jailer at the end |
| 38666s | of this to fully solidify this board |
| 38673s | got no scabs in the list |
| 38676s | completely safe time waits for no one |
| 38681s | sunwell never ends |
| 38688s | now we are just watching fireworks go |
| 38690s | off as we so often have done an APAC |
| 38693s | Grand Masters |
| 38694s | [Laughter] |
| 38702s | I'll make do with this |
| 38710s | yeah nothing can placate in this |
| 38714s | situation though |
| 38716s | it's just a complete role yeah this is |
| 38721s | the probably I think the biggest |
| 38722s | non-game of the tournament so far and |
| 38725s | there have been some non-games believe |
| 38727s | you me this was yeah |
| 38730s | nothing to say he got stumped |
| 38732s | indeed believe me you |
| 38740s | know is that a weird thing to say |
| 38742s | in the grand scheme of weird things I |
| 38745s | say that's not that weird oh it's |
| 38746s | definitely not I just wanted to repeat |
| 38748s | it okay it sounded cool |
| 38754s | I give up there we go |
| 38762s | yeah Pasco apps as we saw at the start |
| 38764s | kind of just taking a deep breath trying |
| 38767s | to calm himself when he sees that hand |
| 38768s | breaking down into laughter because what |
| 38770s | else can you really do in that situation |
| 38772s | and uh now with the Druid out of the way |
| 38775s | things uh start to look a little scarier |
| 38777s | for Pascua but it's not like he had a |
| 38780s | hard |
| 38780s | counter versus the Druid he didn't have |
| 38783s | Agra Druid of his own the Paladin I |
| 38785s | think was a good matchup he'll be sad to |
| 38787s | lose that one but not a disaster win he |
| 38790s | still has that kind of soft target on |
| 38792s | the Demon Hunter or medium Target I'll |
| 38794s | say and be generous uh that he's hoping |
| 38796s | to pick up a couple wins on that is |
| 38799s | right and I do think that is his best |
| 38801s | shot here not necessarily well aligned |
| 38804s | against the Drucker Rogue I mean the |
| 38806s | death battle Rogue does have some game |
| 38808s | against it if he can land this sort of |
| 38809s | hand again with lots of procs on the |
| 38811s | burning blade alkaline chakra |
| 38813s | traditionally struggles a bit against |
| 38815s | huge walls of taunts but it can also get |
| 38819s | online a little bit faster than some of |
| 38822s | Pascal's own combo potential so we'll |
| 38825s | see if it does have to come down once |
| 38827s | again to an attempt on a reverse sweep |
| 38828s | of the Demon Hunter but Pascual has his |
| 38831s | choice of what he wants to try and beat |
| 38835s | up on this Rogue first |
| 38839s | and it is pretty much as all in |
| 38844s | as you can go I guess uh omitting the uh |
| 38847s | the Warlords from like the true |
| 38848s | possessive a million cards combo version |
| 38851s | of the deck with just a little bit more |
| 38853s | of the concoction package slotted in for |
| 38857s | more game post your pop-off but for the |
| 38860s | most part still as we said just very |
| 38862s | much all in on the tracker I don't think |
| 38863s | pascara is heavy on the Vipers right in |
| 38867s | any of his decks uh unlike Mighty as we |
| 38871s | see instead going for a stronger uh |
| 38873s | counter of the Demon Hunter than for the |
| 38875s | Rogue so I do think xiaobai again |
| 38877s | is probably going to be left in a good |
| 38880s | spot here right we've seen the draca |
| 38883s | Rogues when they are left without any |
| 38885s | counters |
| 38886s | I have honestly just been looking like |
| 38888s | some of the best decks in the game like |
| 38890s | unless you hear as I said the exact |
| 38892s | counter tech cards against them or they |
| 38895s | get the unlikely outcome of just drawing |
| 38897s | completely dead there's nothing that can |
| 38899s | quite stack up to the power of the |
| 38901s | graveyard plus The Trackers that is true |
| 38904s | even though there are taunts available |
| 38906s | in pasco's remaining that righteous |
| 38909s | protector you could say is a good |
| 38911s | counter to the dagger from Draka but |
| 38913s | they're still the double ghostly strike |
| 38915s | in the list which is something that |
| 38917s | xiaobai would happily throw out to get |
| 38919s | rid of the taunts in the way light rays |
| 38921s | take a while to get online so Pascal is |
| 38924s | actually going to go for his Celestial |
| 38926s | Druid first which is not a good matchup |
| 38929s | at all into Drucker Rogue but you know |
| 38931s | maybe he can get to his own Celestial |
| 38934s | very quickly maybe Xiao by straw is a |
| 38937s | bit less potent than it was on the |
| 38939s | previous game and perhaps tuscua can do |
| 38943s | a bit of Jailer uh strategies himself |
| 38948s | yeah true as |
| 38951s | it's kind of weird right because the |
| 38953s | Druid again does have the tools you need |
| 38956s | to deal with these big boards there have |
| 38958s | been times in hearthstone's history |
| 38959s | after naturalized bit the dust when |
| 38961s | Druid just had literally no strong |
| 38964s | removal they could not answer big |
| 38965s | minions Now with uh nixia uh and the |
| 38969s | scale of enixia the devour is the |
| 38971s | Sylvanas as well uh it can get there and |
| 38973s | in terms of the draca you can counteract |
| 38975s | that as well uh with all the armor gain |
| 38978s | that you have access to plus a few of |
| 38980s | the taunts that you can throw away uh |
| 38982s | sorry throw in there as well the problem |
| 38984s | is doing both at once that takes so much |
| 38987s | Mana to be able to do so which of course |
| 38990s | means hit the ramp or hit the alignment |
| 38992s | very very quickly and it's certainly |
| 38996s | winnable for pasquer even if he does |
| 38997s | have a slightly greedier build of the |
| 38999s | deck with the dinathrius and Jailer in |
| 39002s | the top end as well yeah that's right he |
| 39004s | will need to hit a very early ramp curve |
| 39007s | something along the lines of exactly |
| 39009s | what xiaobai had last game and then |
| 39011s | hopefully stabilize against the |
| 39014s | Sandstone minions with insatiable |
| 39016s | Devourer but xiaobai also can be |
| 39019s | conscientious of how he plays that out |
| 39021s | if it's the only minion on board and it |
| 39023s | has stealth the Devourer can't actually |
| 39025s | Target it |
| 39028s | one dancer in Draco feels like a |
| 39031s | sensible keep there I don't think both |
| 39033s | mailbox dancers are necessary at all |
| 39036s | you'd much rather get one and a couple |
| 39038s | Shadow steps than hit both the mailbox |
| 39040s | dancers overall |
| 39042s | uh for Pasqual though |
| 39044s | are we holding on to nourish yeah not a |
| 39047s | college you want but you know it is that |
| 39050s | bridge between five and eight to try and |
| 39051s | hit the alignment Eternal two earlier |
| 39054s | it is but I've just ended up on Never |
| 39058s | Keeping nourish when I run Jerry rig in |
| 39060s | the deck and that's the only choose one |
| 39061s | spell I feel like the Druid needs to |
| 39064s | shoot for a big Hyrule to win the |
| 39066s | matchup in |
| 39067s | first place so I like the Mulligan from |
| 39070s | Pasco ends up with wild growth not too |
| 39072s | bad at all |
| 39078s | okay decent little hand for Pascal a lot |
| 39082s | of drawers that turn this into a hand |
| 39085s | that can stay in the game basically uh |
| 39088s | even if right now things are not looking |
| 39089s | great because xiaobai is picking up a |
| 39092s | scary looking hand this is Draco this |
| 39095s | turn if he wants it cool shadow step |
| 39099s | uh play mailbox dancer then play the |
| 39101s | shadow of demise Shadow stuff |
| 39104s | play the mailbox again and four coins |
| 39107s | into Draka |
| 39108s | I think he's doing it if you play it |
| 39110s | this turn it's because you're going in |
| 39111s | oh my gosh |
| 39116s | it is very all in but this is at a point |
| 39119s | in the game where not only does Pascua |
| 39122s | have no armor stacked up he also doesn't |
| 39125s | have access to removal just to the 3-2 |
| 39128s | and the three four complementing the |
| 39130s | tracker yeah yeah for real the blood fan |
| 39133s | Raptor alone is like putting in work |
| 39135s | here as the 20 body is going to be |
| 39137s | difficult for Pascal to answer |
| 39140s | um does have the under King to pull up |
| 39141s | after a wild growth so if he can pick up |
| 39143s | a another innovate a nourish a goth a |
| 39147s | lot of good draws again as we said the |
| 39150s | nubricant is not bad he just needs to |
| 39152s | bridge the gap to get there as shall buy |
| 39155s | is absolutely pounding on the gates yeah |
| 39158s | it is just a lethal setup it's 16 next |
| 39161s | turn not even accounting for the damage |
| 39163s | in hand Sylvanas is able to remove draca |
| 39167s | maybe actually the 3-2 so that he |
| 39169s | retains a coin for under King next turn |
| 39171s | but we can see that there is still tooth |
| 39174s | and ghostly strike for xiaobai for the |
| 39177s | lethal unbelievable it's turn four |
| 39181s | oh |
| 39184s | [Applause] |
| 39187s | again pass Squad two games in a row not |
| 39191s | getting to play Hearthstone here is ciao |
| 39192s | by I think made the absolutely correct |
| 39195s | call to go in on turn two with the |
| 39198s | mailbox dancer plus four coins in order |
| 39201s | to get back up to Draka nonsense of |
| 39203s | course as you would expect from |
| 39204s | jirenai's final cast we are cursing this |
| 39207s | game 100 uh so I don't know who you paid |
| 39210s | off to write this script to get it over |
| 39212s | with me a little bit quicker but it's |
| 39213s | it's working right now oh I can't afford |
| 39216s | that Dirk |
| 39219s | okay Xiao have I left only on the Demon |
| 39221s | Hunter now in the blink of an eye and |
| 39224s | this is the deck that we were |
| 39226s | hypothesizing Pascal had a soft target |
| 39228s | on didn't quite work out in his first |
| 39230s | series of the day against bunny Hopper a |
| 39232s | while ago but he has a very solid shot |
| 39235s | at trying again this time all of his |
| 39238s | decks with a decent matchup I want to |
| 39239s | say into that Demon Hunter |
| 39242s | yeah it's the same situation he was in |
| 39244s | against Bonnie Hopper he lost his first |
| 39246s | two games against the non-demon hunter |
| 39248s | decks he won the third but then as we |
| 39250s | remember Bonnie Hawk was able to get the |
| 39252s | pretty much not draw on the Demon Hunter |
| 39255s | which uh Pascal could not stand up |
| 39258s | against here though uh I again I to |
| 39263s | understand the theory of his lineup I |
| 39265s | don't necessarily see it working in |
| 39268s | practice so far but I trust him as a |
| 39270s | player that he's done the research done |
| 39272s | the practice and if it was going to do |
| 39274s | anything it should do this as the the |
| 39276s | Druid the alignment Druid that he has is |
| 39279s | uh supposed to be good in this |
| 39281s | particular matchup against the quest |
| 39283s | fell DH |
| 39284s | I do think in theory it should work out |
| 39286s | well and in most instances death rattle |
| 39288s | Rogue as well however the Sigil of |
| 39291s | Silence tucked in there for xiaobai |
| 39293s | could throw a huge spanner into the |
| 39295s | works of the death rattle Rogue which |
| 39297s | Pascual will have the queue up at some |
| 39299s | point it's also quite good against |
| 39300s | Paladin which really relies on Buffs and |
| 39303s | divine Shields to stack up their damage |
| 39306s | and try and beat up on the Demon Hunter |
| 39308s | that way so not looking great for |
| 39311s | Pasqual unfortunately he's got the hopes |
| 39315s | of all of that all of the Americas |
| 39317s | region as a whole on his shoulders right |
| 39319s | now and he's going to have to have an |
| 39322s | uphill climb to try and make it further |
| 39326s | in this world championship tournament |
| 39330s | or potentially the last shot here for |
| 39332s | Pasco the last game of the tournament |
| 39334s | potentially the last game for America's |
| 39337s | here as well as they have one final shot |
| 39339s | one hope in Pasqua to get another |
| 39343s | America's world champion ever since fire |
| 39346s | but way back in 2014 a different era |
| 39352s | man we're old |
| 39354s | I was 48 years ago oh my God |
| 39363s | note we can discuss the opening hands |
| 39366s | for both of our players here Pascua with |
| 39369s | Jerry Rigg innervate and Guff this is |
| 39371s | looking pretty promising res for Xiao |
| 39373s | Bai it is guaranteed Quest progression |
| 39376s | either on turn two or turn three |
| 39378s | depending on whether he wants to use the |
| 39380s | coin with that spectral site at |
| 39382s | tradables |
| 39386s | gorgeous hand here though for Pascual |
| 39388s | it's got to be said making up for the |
| 39390s | absolute disaster he's out of the first |
| 39392s | two games uh I'm honestly unsure about |
| 39395s | what the be Scrappy best way to play |
| 39397s | this is like the obvious one is |
| 39401s | um Jerry Eric wild growth nourish and |
| 39403s | then Guff when you can use the hero |
| 39405s | power on the same turn but you know |
| 39407s | another innovate being found could find |
| 39409s | an even Superior way to play this up |
| 39411s | yeah potentially if the innervate is |
| 39414s | found by the five Mana turn for Pascua |
| 39417s | then I could definitely see Guff being |
| 39419s | played over the nourish so that he can |
| 39422s | get that uh once per Turn Around from |
| 39425s | the hero power online for shall buy |
| 39427s | though that is a discounted relic of |
| 39429s | Dimensions looking very powerful indeed |
| 39431s | but that's the alignment for Pascua wow |
| 39435s | you have a real game on our hands this |
| 39437s | time we really do uh I do agree that you |
| 39441s | start with a guild Trader because you |
| 39442s | could hit the Relic Vault uh that you |
| 39445s | would absolutely want to play on this |
| 39446s | turn going spectrals like afterwards oh |
| 39448s | one card too deep uh I do like going for |
| 39451s | it here as well because Quest completion |
| 39452s | is secondary to finding the rolling hole |
| 39455s | and getting this relic of Dimensions |
| 39457s | moving |
| 39459s | I'm not ready for Pasqua as well the |
| 39461s | pieces are starting to come together |
| 39465s | um |
| 39466s | but this is just such a classic geoderic |
| 39469s | cast isn't it just absolutely nuts being |
| 39472s | drawn back and forth zero decisions for |
| 39475s | the winning player at all |
| 39478s | wouldn't have it any other way |
| 39482s | all right |
| 39483s | decision for xiaobai which by your |
| 39485s | metric means he's not the winning player |
| 39489s | if you have to think you've already lost |
| 39492s | chaos strike or Mark of scorn |
| 39496s | um |
| 39496s | I think or even just dump a different |
| 39498s | card to make the handspace for the relic |
| 39500s | of dimensions |
| 39502s | yeah I almost always just prefer |
| 39504s | throwing away chaos strike because the |
| 39506s | mark can be improved by spell damage and |
| 39508s | Chaos strike is a fell spell so it |
| 39511s | improves Jace later on when Mana is |
| 39514s | looking to be very tight in these next |
| 39516s | few turns |
| 39518s | Hunter always not bothering to clear |
| 39520s | minions with their attacks always |
| 39523s | assuming that they get swept up by |
| 39525s | unleash fell later on I think that is |
| 39527s | the correct approach going to invest the |
| 39529s | central of Silence mainly as a hand dump |
| 39531s | I would say |
| 39535s | oh my God |
| 39537s | no way |
| 39540s | Druid had to end all Druid hands oh |
| 39545s | this is the classic it's literally Jerry |
| 39548s | rig into wild growth into nourish oh |
| 39551s | sorry goth and then alignment and then |
| 39554s | Alexandra nourish what is going on it's |
| 39558s | honestly difficult to craft a better |
| 39561s | styling handbook for it to be perfectly |
| 39563s | honest as uh Pasco seemed to be storing |
| 39566s | nuts away for the winter having |
| 39567s | disastrous hands two games in a row and |
| 39570s | now he's gorging |
| 39572s | winter has arrived yeah |
| 39577s | foreign |
| 39584s | respectable board development from |
| 39586s | xiaobai but pascua's actions are |
| 39588s | starting even as The Spectator lags |
| 39590s | behind on xiaobai's turn here we go he's |
| 39594s | already finished |
| 39598s | every minion in his deck costs one armor |
| 39602s | at the moment nothing I mean isn't this |
| 39604s | just the ultimate irony where I'm about |
| 39606s | to say pascular slow down please we |
| 39609s | can't keep up |
| 39613s | like Brad Alexander oh it's just like a |
| 39616s | mega pyroblast as well yeah |
| 39621s | the car draw stops here but |
| 39624s | who |
| 39626s | just have a board of a hundred stats |
| 39635s | well that was quite strong |
| 39641s | kid |
| 39646s | spell damage spell damage unleash fell |
| 39648s | is five AOE you heal heal all the way |
| 39651s | back up to 30 and then you are dead |
| 39655s | you can uh spell barrage to clear seven |
| 39659s | seven and three seven so yes he is still |
| 39662s | dead yeah |
| 39664s | seven seven three seven yeah |
| 39668s | oh it's close but it's just too much |
| 39670s | that |
| 39675s | alignment Druid two games in a row |
| 39679s | how did they do this they just threw |
| 39681s | both players just through |
| 39683s | alignment anacondra how |
| 39687s | another don't ask me man I have quite |
| 39689s | clearly demonstrated my inability to do |
| 39691s | this |
| 39696s | big same |
| 39699s | well that is step one for Pasqua and the |
| 39702s | soft target against fell Demon Hunter |
| 39705s | achieved |
| 39707s | and the relic of Dimensions doing I'm |
| 39709s | out of Extinction do enough here |
| 39711s | one thing I might leave him alive if it |
| 39716s | hits the two leftmost minions |
| 39719s | true yeah he's dead oh |
| 39723s | he's alive at one |
| 39726s | oh you're right it's one off okay he |
| 39729s | found the line to survive that's |
| 39731s | honestly super impressive true |
| 39734s | still alive |
| 39736s | I mean he's lost the game still he has |
| 39737s | zero percent chance of winning I want to |
| 39739s | say but very impressive nonetheless |
| 39742s | live yes in that instance absolutely |
| 39752s | uh-huh |
| 39754s | more stats |
| 39756s | oh that's perfect |
| 39758s | that would go down a treat |
| 39765s | it's D5 health |
| 39767s | [Applause] |
| 39771s | 36 attack on board I meant to say those |
| 39773s | two numbers next to each other but I had |
| 39775s | to do the math in between and there was |
| 39778s | a long pause unfortunate |
| 39781s | oh if this spell damage was playable |
| 39786s | it still wouldn't be enough he needed |
| 39787s | like three spell damage and then he |
| 39789s | could maybe clear up the board you know |
| 39791s | it's it's a lot of the ifs and thoughts |
| 39793s | but |
| 39794s | um |
| 39799s | yeah only a hundred thousand miles |
| 39803s | [Music] |
| 39804s | yeah as pascular takes his first win of |
| 39808s | the elimination match |
| 39810s | well played I guess we'll see in that |
| 39815s | instance I'm not wrong I don't think he |
| 39817s | made any mistakes not big ones that |
| 39820s | mattered at all as yeah he just drew the |
| 39822s | absolute nuts moves on to his |
| 39825s | Rogue which is again the death rattle |
| 39828s | Rogue which despite me having sung its |
| 39831s | Praises over the course of the last |
| 39832s | couple days has not been looking good uh |
| 39834s | it's got to be said It felt very very |
| 39836s | weak for Pasquale with |
| 39839s | just the the one-dimensionality of the |
| 39842s | deck because I think really been the |
| 39844s | sticking point because all the versions |
| 39846s | of Rogue that run draca and the |
| 39849s | locations be they death rattle package |
| 39852s | ons with sharks like uh for uh yala bibe |
| 39856s | Abu gabu's ones which run more of a |
| 39858s | concoction package possesses ones with |
| 39860s | the war Masters as well so many |
| 39861s | different ways you can go they all have |
| 39863s | a double-pronged attack they are bored |
| 39864s | and damage from hand with the draca as |
| 39866s | well whereas this death rattle rope for |
| 39868s | pascala has been purely simply board |
| 39871s | control and a lot of decks can deal with |
| 39873s | that in this meta game Mage can stall |
| 39875s | Demon Hunter as powerful removal the |
| 39877s | priest just gets too big too quickly for |
| 39879s | you to be able to compete a lot of the |
| 39881s | time and uh hopefully for Passover that |
| 39884s | does turn around now against the Demon |
| 39887s | Hunter because I do believe that to be a |
| 39889s | close matchup and very arguably favored |
| 39891s | for the Rogue just because of how sticky |
| 39894s | those boards can become in the right |
| 39896s | circumstances that's right well you |
| 39899s | think a lot of death rattle Rogues or at |
| 39902s | least this iteration of it its win rate |
| 39904s | on ladder is due to a lot of opponents |
| 39906s | being unfamiliar with actually how to |
| 39908s | approach the deck and play around |
| 39910s | invincible and infectious school I still |
| 39912s | think in principle the deck has a lot of |
| 39915s | game against Demon Hunter and I think |
| 39917s | it's worth noting that pascala this thus |
| 39919s | far hasn't had the absolute nuts of a |
| 39921s | draw true on this deck just yet which is |
| 39925s | still a possibility right hitting the |
| 39926s | early snowfall graveyard into all the 5 |
| 39928s | 8 into Invincible if necessary we shall |
| 39933s | see |
| 39935s | sketchy obviously a fantastic starting |
| 39937s | card Lieutenant as you correctly talked |
| 39940s | about first Demon Hunter is usually |
| 39943s | maybe not a toss but not a play on curb |
| 39946s | is the important thing because they have |
| 39947s | too many ways of dealing with it I think |
| 39949s | here with the prep as well though |
| 39952s | I'm of two minds in one sense I like |
| 39955s | keeping it |
| 39957s | because it works well to just copy on |
| 39960s | turn four a nice cheap Minion or |
| 39963s | potentially even turn three actually uh |
| 39965s | but in the on another hand it's not |
| 39967s | graveyard which is the only card I would |
| 39969s | care about to really boost this hand |
| 39971s | yeah I was actually expecting the |
| 39973s | lieutenant to be taught just prep and |
| 39975s | sketchy kept for that graveyard |
| 39977s | potential |
| 39979s | um Scourge illusion is being drawn is |
| 39981s | quite unfortunate for Pascal it means |
| 39982s | his second sketchy is not really going |
| 39985s | to get much done but at least the first |
| 39987s | one goes off and gets the burning blade |
| 39989s | Accolade which means as soon as turn two |
| 39992s | Pascual can play that alongside forsaken |
| 39995s | lieutenant and copy |
| 39997s | um the death rattle |
| 40000s | oh it is close though isn't it I wonder |
| 40002s | if you ever take the risk of just |
| 40004s | playing Lieutenant on two |
| 40007s | and then you have of course the backup |
| 40008s | of Lieutenant plus Acolyte and if they |
| 40010s | don't kill it because you know they |
| 40014s | might just want to go phantasms or |
| 40016s | complete quest uh with a spectrosite |
| 40018s | plus a trade you get such a threatening |
| 40021s | board right out the gate yeah |
| 40024s | definitely close shall buy there with a |
| 40026s | not straightforward decision either as |
| 40028s | to whether he wanted to go oh that's a |
| 40029s | graveyard |
| 40031s | um as to whether he wanted to go Vault |
| 40034s | or spectral site in Outcast position if |
| 40036s | he had gone involved it was still quite |
| 40038s | some time before he could Outcast the |
| 40039s | spectral so I don't fault him for going |
| 40041s | for this |
| 40044s | um Pascua is going to take the immediate |
| 40047s | copy though playing around fell barrage |
| 40049s | and Mark of garden best he can and can |
| 40052s | still follow up with snowfall graveyard |
| 40054s | meaning that whenever these acolytes are |
| 40056s | killed if at all they're going to pop |
| 40058s | out a ton of stats |
| 40062s | very much awkward draws over the last |
| 40064s | couple turns for Shelby we didn't really |
| 40066s | talk about it because we were mainly |
| 40067s | focusing on past was very spicy looking |
| 40069s | hand uh but choosing to play the |
| 40071s | spectral site which was drawn on the |
| 40073s | right hand side on that turn on turn two |
| 40075s | was a very marked decision because he |
| 40078s | could have gone uh relicable into |
| 40081s | phantasms into unleash fell plus the |
| 40084s | Spectra site from the left-hand side |
| 40086s | Outcast and then at that point he has a |
| 40088s | decent shot of having found a tradable |
| 40089s | to complete that first layer of quest |
| 40091s | and then into turn five hope that by |
| 40094s | that point you've drawn the the relic of |
| 40095s | Dimensions to go with then reopened |
| 40098s | Relic Vault uh he didn't do that he went |
| 40100s | with the spectral site on turn two just |
| 40102s | to try and immediately maximize his card |
| 40104s | draw find The Relic Vault 100 sorry find |
| 40107s | the relic of Dimensions 100 for turn |
| 40109s | five uh the downside uh here however is |
| 40114s | that he has not completed Quest stage |
| 40116s | one has no dimensions and has to take a |
| 40119s | pretty unimpressive looking turn with |
| 40122s | the phantasms instead that's right I |
| 40125s | think the big factor that put xiaobai |
| 40127s | off of playing Relic wall and turn two |
| 40129s | was that if he were to just go for that |
| 40132s | play to eventually Outcast the spectral |
| 40134s | side it means playing unleash fell on a |
| 40136s | sub-optimal situation I feel that card |
| 40138s | is very very important when paired would |
| 40141s | spell damage minions later on to clear |
| 40142s | off these sticky death rattle Rogue |
| 40145s | boards having that AOE to clear things |
| 40149s | symmetrically all at once is very |
| 40150s | effective against infectious School |
| 40152s | death rattles as well so we'll see if it |
| 40156s | pays off for shall buy the patience for |
| 40159s | now though pascoa with the option to go |
| 40161s | snowfall graveyard but no immediate way |
| 40163s | to kill off his accolades I wonder if |
| 40166s | he'll go for a dagger instead |
| 40171s | oh okay |
| 40174s | doctor |
| 40176s | copy The Scourge Illusionist then yeah |
| 40182s | I'm also saying if you have Fel brush |
| 40184s | you have to then proc |
| 40186s | the death rattle |
| 40189s | um or take a funky looking 50 50 with a |
| 40191s | double trade into the the four four |
| 40194s | oh one out of three I suppose |
| 40202s | yeah the line makes sense to me |
| 40205s | and shall by while he does have the fell |
| 40208s | barrage it's not looking particularly |
| 40210s | helpful in this spot it feels like he |
| 40213s | needs to get the Relic Vault down |
| 40215s | especially now with the dimensions |
| 40217s | guaranteed for next turn |
| 40220s | and now we're talking |
| 40223s | why is this Arrow pointed at a stealth |
| 40225s | minion please explain |
| 40233s | surely he just goes face now right yeah |
| 40236s | I don't see any reason why he wouldn't |
| 40237s | like if you have a |
| 40240s | I don't know some kind of a mega read |
| 40242s | that they have graveyard in hand you'd |
| 40244s | proc it now but that |
| 40246s | seems sensible to me I don't think you |
| 40248s | could have that read and even if you |
| 40250s | could I don't know that it's better |
| 40252s | yeah agreed |
| 40256s | all right ciao by continuing to take a |
| 40259s | beating turn after turn from these |
| 40262s | sticky death rattle minions but he has |
| 40264s | the dimensions now |
| 40266s | to try and pull back let's see if |
| 40268s | Pascual can capitalize this turn |
| 40271s | the graveyard even though it's at two |
| 40273s | Mana it's just so awkward to play |
| 40275s | yeah it really is |
| 40277s | I like what's happening here though this |
| 40279s | is more what I've been trying to |
| 40280s | maneuver to happen in my games like this |
| 40283s | is what I was critical of the first time |
| 40285s | we saw this deck from Pasqua which was |
| 40287s | he played the snowfall graveyard very |
| 40289s | early didn't get much use out of it |
| 40291s | aside from the sketchy that he played |
| 40293s | from his hand whereas here you get the |
| 40295s | death rattles down first against a deck |
| 40297s | that doesn't really want to clear them |
| 40299s | until it's forced into doing so in order |
| 40301s | to allow them to go face so you get them |
| 40303s | down then you play the graveyard with |
| 40306s | this death rattles already in play and |
| 40308s | you proc them thereafter uh like you say |
| 40310s | it's a little cumbersome to play it with |
| 40312s | the Mana restrictions available but when |
| 40314s | it does come down I believe this is |
| 40316s | going to be truthfully powerful |
| 40319s | it is looking like a Scourge Illusionist |
| 40321s | turn for Ronaldo so probably yeah trade |
| 40323s | the lieutenant and then transform it |
| 40325s | then Rush that version of it sends its |
| 40329s | damage face and he has altogether a very |
| 40331s | annoying board to deal with From |
| 40333s | xiaobai's perspective |
| 40338s | oh that's so sick |
| 40342s | and that kind of forces Pascal to proc |
| 40344s | whatever he can on his own turn |
| 40345s | otherwise all these death rattles are |
| 40347s | for not not to mention the Buffs on the |
| 40350s | burning blade acolytes yeah |
| 40352s | how does he proc there's like there's |
| 40354s | nothing that |
| 40356s | does that he has even bone spikes in his |
| 40359s | deck yeah that's it |
| 40362s | uh |
| 40365s | and meanwhile Shelby is discounting some |
| 40368s | absolutely amazing cards there the relic |
| 40371s | of Dimensions is not a combo card in its |
| 40374s | own right but it gives you so much |
| 40375s | fluidity when you play that in a couple |
| 40377s | turns time and obviously the Fel barrage |
| 40379s | plus The Arcanist are the absolute nuts |
| 40382s | yep I score just barely shy of lethal |
| 40387s | here too |
| 40388s | it all turns around on this next turn |
| 40391s | because not only is the board getting |
| 40392s | silenced there is the AOE with lifesteal |
| 40395s | from that Unleashed fell and Silver Moon |
| 40398s | Arcanist and |
| 40400s | I hate to call it this early but I don't |
| 40402s | know how pascala comes back after that I |
| 40405s | do not see it either |
| 40409s | of Silence was so clutch |
| 40413s | if you have one more manner is this just |
| 40415s | lethal |
| 40416s | I think it is |
| 40419s | oh no wait |
| 40421s | it is just lethal right now |
| 40426s | oh my God what a play what a game from |
| 40429s | shower boy has again from Pascal on both |
| 40432s | this series our exact copies of each |
| 40434s | other he loses the first two games demon |
| 40437s | Hunt is all that's left over he manages |
| 40439s | to take one win but then in the end in |
| 40442s | game four his opponent gets a naughty |
| 40444s | draw on the Demon Hunter as we saw there |
| 40446s | almost the perfect draw a Pasqua |
| 40448s | unfortunately comes to the end of his |
| 40451s | run at the World Championships America's |
| 40454s | hopes uh squandered for another year but |
| 40458s | I have to say I really like the way he |
| 40460s | approached this tournament even though |
| 40461s | in practice his dick did or his lineup |
| 40463s | did not achieve what it wanted to it was |
| 40465s | a very unique take on the current meta |
| 40468s | game and I'm glad we got to see a little |
| 40470s | bit of Spice from Pascual today |
| 40472s | absolutely always willing to bring a |
| 40475s | lineup that is fearless if the data |
| 40477s | supports it and definitely put in a lot |
| 40480s | of hard work throughout the year just to |
| 40481s | get to this moment he can exit the |
| 40484s | tournament with his head held high but |
| 40485s | for now now the spotlight is of course |
| 40487s | on Shout by man of the hour second world |
| 40490s | championship in as many years and he is |
| 40494s | now off to a decider match against bunny |
| 40496s | Hopper to find out who is the last |
| 40499s | person rounding out the quarterfinals |
| 40501s | tomorrow |
| 40502s | and that is a a matchup that I cannot |
| 40505s | wait to watch from the sidelines bunny |
| 40508s | Hopper uh a player that I still just |
| 40511s | love to see I think this meta game suits |
| 40513s | him to a team and these Decks that he |
| 40514s | seems to love so much in the Mage in the |
| 40517s | Rogue are a delight to get to watch so |
| 40520s | uh of course good luck to both of our |
| 40522s | players there as that will be our final |
| 40523s | eighth spot in the quarter-finals right |
| 40526s | that's the the final game left to play |
| 40529s | before we go to the the quarterfinals |
| 40531s | tomorrow but unfortunately as I gather |
| 40533s | you will not be joining us there Gia |
| 40537s | yeah so sorry that I couldn't make it |
| 40540s | for the last day but that's right I'm |
| 40542s | retiring from casting now and I couldn't |
| 40544s | have asked for a better way to go out |
| 40547s | with yet another world championship that |
| 40549s | I feel very very lucky to be a part of |
| 40551s | can't wait to see who is rounding out |
| 40554s | the top eight in this last match of the |
| 40557s | day and I will be watching very |
| 40560s | excitedly to see who is the 2022 |
| 40562s | Hearthstone world champion tomorrow |
| 40565s | as will I yeah it's going to be a |
| 40567s | fantastic day of action hopefully I'll |
| 40569s | be casting some of it as well who knows |
| 40571s | though as we say uh Gigi's to Pasco good |
| 40575s | luck ciao bye in the remaining match and |
| 40577s | of course thank you to Gia for carrying |
| 40579s | me for so many years I think people have |
| 40582s | cottoned on to the fact yet that I know |
| 40584s | nothing about Hearthstone or maybe you |
| 40587s | brought it into stark contrast Eric you |
| 40591s | are selling yourself short I'm gonna be |
| 40592s | honest now I've given you a lot of mean |
| 40595s | words just for entertainment throughout |
| 40598s | the years but you know a lot more than |
| 40600s | you say you do and you've carried me |
| 40602s | quite a lot as well I'm gonna miscasting |
| 40604s | with you and everybody else it's been a |
| 40607s | great run thank you so much everyone |
| 40610s | thank you Gia we all love you everyone |
| 40612s | in chat loves you and uh we wish you the |
| 40615s | best of luck on the design team |
| 40617s | don't screw it up |
| 40620s | I know you've already designed cards |
| 40622s | though |
| 40624s | [Laughter] |
| 40627s | all right yeah so none of this that |
| 40628s | happens over the weekend is GS4 at least |
| 40631s | you have that uh Indemnity I suppose but |
| 40634s | again thank you so much and uh one final |
| 40636s | game yet to come today shall bite versus |
| 40638s | bunny hopper for the decider match of |
| 40641s | Group D we'll be right back |
| 40643s | [Music] |
| 40645s | foreign |
| 40646s | [Music] |
| 40662s | here and I'm ready to ask him some |
| 40664s | questions to see how knowledgeable he is |
| 40666s | on so is a competitive Hearthstone so |
| 40669s | first off Bunny at what was levick's |
| 40672s | Swiss record in the first three Masters |
| 40675s | tours of the year was it a 17-7 |
| 40679s | B eighteen and six C nineteen and five |
| 40685s | or D 20 and 4. |
| 40688s | [Music] |
| 40691s | so I have no idea |
| 40694s | um but okay Levick Swiss record so he |
| 40697s | did make playoffs so I mean obviously it |
| 40700s | has to be 17 or better I think |
| 40702s | tiebreakers were at 17. did Levick play |
| 40705s | tiebreakers tons of people play |
| 40706s | tiebreakers |
| 40709s | um |
| 40714s | I don't think he played tiebreakers I'm |
| 40716s | gonna say I'm gonna say 18 points |
| 40719s | oh it was saying 19 and five across |
| 40722s | three Masters tours very very close uh |
| 40725s | okay next question |
| 40727s | um this is a good one in how many |
| 40729s | seasons of the European Grand Masters |
| 40731s | did bunny Hopper have a negative win |
| 40734s | rate was it a zero B one C two or D3 |
| 40742s | so how many seasons did you have |
| 40745s | negative win rate zero one two or three |
| 40747s | I really get it once red so I must have |
| 40749s | had a negative win rate in that one |
| 40751s | um what did I do I made players playoffs |
| 40757s | relegated |
| 40759s | and then there was the one |
| 40762s | where I actually had to go on tiebreaker |
| 40764s | matches |
| 40765s | but that one was like two-tiered they're |
| 40768s | they're I think in the first part I did |
| 40770s | find and then the second part I went |
| 40771s | three and four so I think the answer is |
| 40773s | I uh two I went negative and two of them |
| 40776s | I think too too harsh on yourself bunny |
| 40778s | the answer was B one it was only one |
| 40781s | season you went negative overall |
| 40783s | apparently overall I think but there's |
| 40786s | like this there was this thing where we |
| 40788s | and we had two tiers where we went first |
| 40790s | and upper and lower Division and then I |
| 40792s | think in the second part where I got |
| 40794s | into the lower Division and the upper |
| 40796s | division there I was negative that part |
| 40798s | of the season but the overall season I |
| 40799s | was positive anyway you can find you can |
| 40802s | file any complaints over to Lorinda for |
| 40805s | any of these questions or answers anyway |
| 40806s | moving on next question how many matches |
| 40810s | did dead draw win in Masters tours in |
| 40813s | 2019 and 2020 combined |
| 40818s | 52 |
| 40820s | 55 |
| 40821s | 58 or 61. |
| 40825s | dead dragon |
| 40828s | um |
| 40829s | well obviously no idea uh |
| 40833s | he didn't so what was it 2020 in 2021 |
| 40836s | right that's what they like 2019 and |
| 40839s | 2020. oh 2019 and 20. it was the the |
| 40843s | sort of the year he did well and missed |
| 40845s | right yeah but we also had that was also |
| 40847s | the years where we applied best of three |
| 40849s | Specialists with 10 rounds per |
| 40852s | tournament so that's not actually |
| 40854s | directly it doesn't matter bunny the |
| 40857s | format doesn't matter yeah yeah but it's |
| 40859s | like likely it's more likely you get |
| 40861s | more wins then it just makes more sense |
| 40862s | I'm gonna say 58. it's actually 58 yeah |
| 40866s | c58 congratulations that was a good |
| 40868s | answer I would not have guessed that |
| 40869s | myself I didn't already know okay well |
| 40871s | that's one point for you so far bunny |
| 40873s | the next question which player had the |
| 40876s | highest all-time win percentage in APAC |
| 40880s | Grand Masters was it Mighty surrender |
| 40884s | possessy Or Glory |
| 40889s | in APAC Grand Masters yeah Heist |
| 40892s | all-time win percentage |
| 40895s | like |
| 40898s | including playoffs and everything just |
| 40900s | everything I've read the question yeah |
| 40903s | yeah okay I understand it's just me it's |
| 40907s | so funny if it's mighty |
| 40909s | but I'm just not gonna believe that one |
| 40912s | um wow shade Throne I mean we have two |
| 40916s | world champions there and surrender |
| 40919s | um like that's not disrespect to my team |
| 40921s | but comparing yourself to Two World |
| 40923s | Champs and surrender |
| 40926s | [Music] |
| 40926s | um |
| 40929s | yeah I'm just going to say surrender |
| 40930s | because he used to own he used to own so |
| 40933s | hard the first three seasons of GM he |
| 40935s | just stomped everybody it made him look |
| 40938s | like complete Noobs I'm gonna say |
| 40940s | surrender |
| 40941s | I agree with you as that those |
| 40944s | statements are true but it's actually |
| 40946s | Mighty because it's win rate and those |
| 40948s | three players have played a lot of GM |
| 40950s | matches Mighty went 11 and 4 I believe |
| 40953s | for a 73 win rate so because it was when |
| 40957s | percentages are not games played it's |
| 40959s | where that one falls down just a little |
| 40961s | bit and finally Bunny and for the last |
| 40964s | question what is possesses match win |
| 40967s | rate in Masters tours |
| 40971s | 57.2 percent |
| 40974s | 59.2 percent |
| 40977s | 61.2 or 63.2 percent |
| 40983s | hmm |
| 40985s | [Music] |
| 40990s | and again it was just match win rate in |
| 40992s | Masters tours full stop yeah like all |
| 40995s | the time |
| 40997s | um |
| 41000s | it's win rate isn't like I think it's |
| 41002s | like not under the top top uh Masters to |
| 41006s | win rate players |
| 41007s | but |
| 41010s | I'm just gonna say 59 because I think |
| 41015s | it |
| 41016s | seems seems reasonable I know the top |
| 41019s | top performers |
| 41021s | um were XC and Lee |
| 41024s | um but yeah that is completely |
| 41026s | irrelevant to this question okay well |
| 41029s | the correct answer is actually |
| 41031s | 61.2 without I believe a 93 to 59 uh |
| 41036s | winter loss so um uh really impressive |
| 41039s | uh score over the overall for possessive |
| 41042s | uh Bunny Hop unfortunately got one |
| 41043s | question right but honestly these |
| 41046s | questions were really hard so regardless |
| 41049s | uh thanks a lot for your time and I wish |
| 41050s | you best luck at Worlds thank you |
| 41054s | [Music] |
| 41066s | [Music] |
| 41072s | cats or dogs |
| 41076s | good man messy or tidy |
| 41080s | can I see yeah yeah |
| 41083s | call or text |
| 41087s | everyone's gonna say text |
| 41090s | uh roller coasters or bumper cars for |
| 41094s | all the posters okay |
| 41097s | scary movie or funny movie scary |
| 41100s | wow my first my first scary movie answer |
| 41103s | nice |
| 41105s | snowball fight or water balloon fight |
| 41113s | [Music] |
| 41133s | [Music] |
| 41144s | [Music] |
| 41150s | [Music] |
| 41180s | [Music] |
| 41188s | you will served |
| 41193s | words |
| 41207s | mine |
| 41209s | [Music] |
| 41217s | [Music] |
| 41223s | [Music] |
| 41227s | thank you |
| 41232s | [Music] |
| 41235s | foreign |
| 41239s | [Music] |
| 41254s | foreign |
| 41256s | [Music] |
| 41262s | and welcome back we are at that point |
| 41265s | subtle where it's the last match not |
| 41267s | only of the day but of the group stage |
| 41269s | overall final match of Group D we're |
| 41272s | going to find out who's going to be the |
| 41273s | last player to join us for tomorrow the |
| 41276s | last and final day of the Hearthstone |
| 41278s | World Championship is it going to be |
| 41280s | xiaobai or is it going to be bunny |
| 41282s | Hopper two players who honestly neither |
| 41284s | of them would look out of place in the |
| 41286s | top cut subtle at all but who do you |
| 41289s | think is looking favored here oh it's |
| 41292s | it's a very good question it's of course |
| 41295s | the question that you are going to ask |
| 41297s | but it still was not prepared regardless |
| 41300s | a very good question |
| 41303s | um you know you asked me very similar |
| 41304s | earlier and I went off on a long |
| 41305s | diatribe about how awesome bunny Hopper |
| 41307s | is |
| 41309s | um that still all stands and I would |
| 41311s | like to give you the answer bunny Hopper |
| 41313s | we also explain that we are both |
| 41315s | extraordinarily biased towards bunny |
| 41317s | Hopper however |
| 41319s | Diablo's lineup has been doing stuff you |
| 41321s | know like it actually has felt like the |
| 41324s | alignment Druid has been putting in work |
| 41326s | it's even picking up their ban in this |
| 41328s | series now from bunny |
| 41330s | um it just seems to have kind of found |
| 41331s | the the glitch in The Matrix with just |
| 41334s | these few little tweaks and changes he |
| 41336s | has from what seemed to be a fairly |
| 41338s | standard lineup yesterday |
| 41340s | um so I it's it's very very close and |
| 41343s | only to avoid saying it's too close to |
| 41346s | cool and sitting on the fence which as |
| 41347s | we all know I hate I'm gonna say xiaobai |
| 41350s | is going to take it okay well I can't |
| 41352s | believe you've uh you know um uh what's |
| 41356s | the word I'm looking for I can't believe |
| 41357s | you become a traitor to bunny Hopper |
| 41359s | here I'm just gonna go against you and |
| 41360s | say bunny hop is going to take it and |
| 41362s | once we do take a look at this Excel |
| 41364s | ping Mage a little bit different from |
| 41366s | the version we saw from Levick earlier |
| 41367s | on levica much more slimmed down sort of |
| 41370s | straightforward list but this is an |
| 41372s | interesting one this is one I played the |
| 41373s | most when we were preparing |
| 41375s | um with those like double Mass polymorph |
| 41377s | in there as the main things and then of |
| 41379s | course the Rune of the archmage for just |
| 41381s | uh you know those types of games where |
| 41383s | you just need something to happen and um |
| 41386s | yeah I do think it's an interesting list |
| 41388s | a little bit slower like I said a little |
| 41390s | bit lesser consistent as far as I was |
| 41392s | concerned but one that can definitely |
| 41394s | get some work done uh just important to |
| 41397s | point out though that it does not have |
| 41399s | some of the uh oh okay it does have some |
| 41401s | direct like Unstoppable removal but it's |
| 41405s | much later in the form of that mass |
| 41406s | polymorph versus the um the options |
| 41409s | Levick had that we saw play out earlier |
| 41412s | yeah a little bit to I mean in the gift |
| 41415s | Levick had played the game that we |
| 41417s | watched sorry if bunny had played the |
| 41419s | game that we watched and the mass |
| 41420s | polymer morph would have been too slow |
| 41422s | for the timing of uh the shattering |
| 41424s | Blast coming down that we saw in that |
| 41426s | instance so yeah |
| 41429s | um very different animal but obviously |
| 41432s | as soon as you get one Mass polymorph uh |
| 41434s | polymorph cast sorry I was a polymorph |
| 41437s | cost whatever those sounds would be uh |
| 41440s | you then get to repeat that with gray |
| 41441s | Sage parrot which is something that you |
| 41443s | don't get to do with shattering blaster |
| 41444s | in terms of like long time sustained |
| 41447s | removal |
| 41448s | um this deck might be able to go longer |
| 41449s | in terms of denying boards being made |
| 41452s | um but isn't able to answer the |
| 41454s | incredibly fast pop-offs as an exchange |
| 41456s | and also just add on top of that even |
| 41457s | before the volume off there's the |
| 41458s | blizzard that you can put in the parrot |
| 41460s | as well right so like that still it |
| 41462s | doesn't do the same job but it stalls |
| 41464s | out a priest right which is what pretty |
| 41465s | much you want to do what did you do with |
| 41468s | your weekend I put a blizzard in a |
| 41469s | parrot sorry what a police there's |
| 41472s | there's a very strange person I thought |
| 41474s | those weird noises you were making |
| 41475s | before was just the magic phrase you |
| 41477s | have to do to make that happen yeah hang |
| 41480s | it backwards |
| 41482s | um |
| 41483s | forbidden incantation that puts the |
| 41486s | blizzard in the parrot how dare you |
| 41489s | so am I going to be on of course the |
| 41492s | boom priest and we saw this get |
| 41493s | destroyed earlier versus Levick which is |
| 41495s | what we were talking about with the uh |
| 41497s | and the earlier removal that Levick ran |
| 41500s | but still extremely powerful list and I |
| 41502s | think that's been one of the interesting |
| 41505s | things about this tournament so far is |
| 41507s | because there is almost like a Triforce |
| 41510s | of strong decks right now especially in |
| 41513s | this specific tournament it's really |
| 41515s | interesting to see where the bands go |
| 41516s | right because for me it's like oh do I |
| 41518s | ban Demon Hunter or Boon priest well |
| 41521s | they're both extremely strong and it |
| 41524s | really does rely on what that fourth |
| 41526s | deck is which leads you to where your |
| 41528s | band goes |
| 41529s | yeah absolutely |
| 41531s | um but this is the matchup that I think |
| 41533s | we would have been looking to see I |
| 41535s | think it's the most interesting matchup |
| 41537s | to test based on the different Dynamics |
| 41539s | between the decks right because that |
| 41541s | consistent blizzard and mass polymorph |
| 41543s | stuff we were just talking about versus |
| 41544s | the speed of the shattering blast that |
| 41546s | we saw from levik this is the exact |
| 41548s | matchup that's really going to make that |
| 41550s | tell so I'm kind of pleased this is the |
| 41551s | one that we're going into |
| 41553s | we're getting into it game number one |
| 41555s | again just to remind you in case you're |
| 41556s | joining us quite late into the day uh |
| 41559s | the winner will move on to tomorrow and |
| 41561s | the loser out of these two is just done |
| 41563s | obviously had a fantastic effort to get |
| 41565s | this far but uh it will be the end of |
| 41567s | the day for one of these players and |
| 41570s | Bunny Hop is starting off with that |
| 41571s | wildfire in hand Knight clock sanctum |
| 41573s | and frost weaved engineer I don't hate a |
| 41576s | full keep Soul even off coin |
| 41579s | yeah definitely reasonable again made |
| 41583s | more so by the fact that bunny doesn't |
| 41584s | really have as many of those |
| 41586s | game-winning options to just you know |
| 41588s | hard Mulligan for in the early games not |
| 41589s | like you can just look for uh Lorry |
| 41592s | shattering blast and win the game off |
| 41594s | that |
| 41597s | it's been a wildfire back anyway decided |
| 41599s | to say well you know what yes I wouldn't |
| 41602s | have anything necessary to do on one but |
| 41604s | he would just rather have the different |
| 41606s | card right obviously ended up with a |
| 41608s | wildfire anyway but still the thought |
| 41610s | yeah the wildfires seemed the most |
| 41611s | likely Mulligan to me I think I found |
| 41614s | the location a little bit more |
| 41615s | surprising to throw away I wouldn't sit |
| 41619s | down and argue about it but it seems |
| 41621s | that you know yes the location will you |
| 41625s | can replace it and draw one more card |
| 41626s | but it feels like just I suppose there's |
| 41628s | a reasonable summation having a location |
| 41631s | on the board will buy you an extra card |
| 41633s | or two's worth of time while you freeze |
| 41635s | Minions on the board you know yeah I |
| 41637s | wonder if because of the frost Swift |
| 41638s | engineer of course you end up with like |
| 41640s | two freeze minions which is very strong |
| 41642s | true yeah I I do wonder if bunny just |
| 41645s | did not want to Stack threes right and |
| 41647s | just say well frostweave is my turn |
| 41649s | three by that point I will have turn |
| 41652s | four options uh but on the other side |
| 41655s | for xiaobai Switcheroo and all already |
| 41657s | double handmaiden with coin yeah and the |
| 41660s | Boon uh he's set up to draw his deck |
| 41664s | basically at this point yep these are |
| 41667s | indeed some resources still of course |
| 41671s | gonna need to get towards that raid in |
| 41672s | Elemental sooner rather than later but |
| 41674s | that's the power of specifically |
| 41676s | Switcheroo out of all these card draw |
| 41677s | options if it was just handmaidens then |
| 41679s | we can talk about the position of the |
| 41680s | radiance in the deck but when you have a |
| 41682s | Switcheroo on top of that as well |
| 41684s | and because of double handmaiden is this |
| 41687s | ever relevant for xiaobai to coin out |
| 41689s | the switcheroo here or do you think you |
| 41691s | can just end up doing that next turn or |
| 41692s | you know the turn after anyway I don't |
| 41694s | think so no because there's three of |
| 41696s | them right you have two handmaidens and |
| 41698s | a Switcheroo that you want to cast so |
| 41699s | it's not like you know it's not like |
| 41700s | you're gonna have three Mana three turns |
| 41702s | in a row by coining one of them out now |
| 41703s | right like I think you have plenty of |
| 41705s | time just to be able to curve through |
| 41706s | this |
| 41707s | um and look towards the sort of turn |
| 41709s | six-ish pop off depending on how these |
| 41711s | things go |
| 41712s | everybody got the icicles on board as |
| 41714s | well so so good as good as it was going |
| 41716s | to get for him although I say that Drew |
| 41719s | death bond which is probably the low |
| 41721s | roll in the freeze spells right yes |
| 41725s | yeah you would think so |
| 41727s | it'll be a little careful uh with these |
| 41729s | freeze minions as well you know you |
| 41730s | talked about them in terms of an upside |
| 41733s | but there is of course the potential |
| 41735s | downside of Shadowood devour coming out |
| 41737s | from the opponent and just suddenly all |
| 41739s | you did was summon two extra Minions |
| 41741s | that gave one of your opponents minions |
| 41742s | two extra health because you best |
| 41744s | believe they didn't pay any Mana for |
| 41745s | that shadow word devour when they cast |
| 41747s | it |
| 41751s | ever fine as well because for me if |
| 41753s | there's like the two cards you want in |
| 41755s | your hand yeah |
| 41758s | is going to be the uh the Double |
| 41760s | handmade and right because xiaobai will |
| 41763s | never have to worry about blocking these |
| 41764s | at all |
| 41766s | uh this is how you know you've reached |
| 41769s | bunny Hopper levels of gameplay yeah oh |
| 41772s | cool I I got the things wait I don't |
| 41774s | want the things yeah so just covering |
| 41777s | all the stuff that's really confusing |
| 41779s | that turn uh didn't attack with anything |
| 41782s | except that single one one because he |
| 41785s | only wants the priest to be injured by |
| 41787s | three any more than that you give them |
| 41789s | the option to draw cards uh with gifted |
| 41791s | the Naru pinging the own one one for the |
| 41794s | reason I just brought up having |
| 41795s | individual small wide minions across the |
| 41797s | board is just food for your opponent |
| 41799s | Shadow word devour which then makes |
| 41801s | their minions bigger and bigger minions |
| 41803s | are not only harder to clear they also |
| 41806s | turn into more damage going face when |
| 41808s | they then get blessed so they can |
| 41810s | threaten lethal by having more Health as |
| 41811s | well |
| 41813s | all right |
| 41816s | anything coming down here from xiaobai |
| 41820s | as |
| 41822s | sickly all the money he could ever want |
| 41825s | this turn |
| 41826s | yeah I'm gonna drop one radio one hand |
| 41828s | made in here |
| 41834s | looks like he picked up triple spell so |
| 41836s | was able to drop the fortitude |
| 41847s | nice as well with the wig going on the |
| 41848s | handmade and it means the the although a |
| 41851s | trade pink is available that's two Mana |
| 41853s | from bunny Hopper and also the trade |
| 41856s | ping going into not the radiant |
| 41858s | Elemental which I think is actually |
| 41862s | and if that if something does go into |
| 41864s | the elemental it means that the 404 |
| 41865s | might be able to stick around |
| 41871s | yeah I think the best way to think about |
| 41874s | playing uh bless priest boom priest |
| 41876s | whatever you want to call it is that you |
| 41879s | want to start the turn with a live |
| 41881s | attacking minion on the board right so |
| 41884s | you don't care too much I mean you care |
| 41886s | but you don't care too much whether it's |
| 41888s | the raiding Elemental or the handmade in |
| 41890s | here so make both of them annoying to |
| 41893s | kill don't just let one of them die to |
| 41894s | for free and then you know location |
| 41896s | freeze can deal with the other one and |
| 41898s | then you suddenly you just don't have |
| 41899s | anything to use as a base |
| 41906s | foreign |
| 41910s | there wasn't much there especially that |
| 41912s | deathborn drawer right and was not |
| 41915s | looking too great this though subtle is |
| 41917s | looking uh quite okay Cold Case got |
| 41921s | double nightclub sanction next turn |
| 41927s | yeah these minions are about to get big |
| 41929s | though they are I think the oh |
| 41933s | if Bonnie gets hold of a polymorph |
| 41936s | though song well one's on the bottom of |
| 41938s | the deck we know that for sure it just |
| 41941s | could be huge right because |
| 41943s | no they're about to be huge if he gets |
| 41946s | the polymorph it'll be small |
| 41949s | you know what I mean |
| 41957s | oh what a hand as well that that's you |
| 41960s | know what you know I asked you about |
| 41961s | some well uh either earlier today or |
| 41963s | yesterday it's all kind of holding into |
| 41965s | one right now |
| 41966s | um yeah I think it's because of turns |
| 41968s | like this where you just look at the |
| 41969s | hand and go where do I even start |
| 41971s | because you have to keep in mind so many |
| 41974s | different things when look you can see |
| 41976s | okay get the spells out of the hand fine |
| 41978s | but then some will cost more do I want |
| 41980s | to play some well if I play some well |
| 41982s | now you know do I want this many spells |
| 41984s | there's many things that many things |
| 41985s | like not that job I did anything with it |
| 41988s | this turn but just the fact that it |
| 41989s | offers you like the ever branching paths |
| 41992s | but every single card you play it gets |
| 41994s | so tricky but it's quite powerful but |
| 41996s | definitely difficult to manage |
| 42000s | foreign |
| 42004s | going at least one sanctum here I was |
| 42006s | wondering whether it was ever worth |
| 42008s | double trading skeletons first just to |
| 42011s | see if you hit like a one in 16 to kill |
| 42013s | the 4-4 and whether that would then |
| 42015s | change your mind on what you're doing if |
| 42016s | anything |
| 42017s | but it seems not |
| 42021s | sure it does change anything even if |
| 42024s | that outcome does happen |
| 42029s | well here it is the first live attacking |
| 42032s | minion of the game |
| 42034s | foreign |
| 42037s | [Music] |
| 42043s | would be removing from the board |
| 42050s | I think it's getting cycled though yeah |
| 42053s | yeah I agree with this |
| 42061s | can get a drawer off the gift but only |
| 42064s | after attacking |
| 42073s | that's not true theoretically if you |
| 42075s | double devour there's a good chance that |
| 42077s | you can then draw off gift after that |
| 42079s | right kill all the skeletons let the |
| 42080s | death rattles go off |
| 42089s | oh here we go |
| 42093s | uh |
| 42095s | are those super imp Alibi just because |
| 42098s | it's cheap and you know might stop a |
| 42101s | mode rash hitting you for 10 you know |
| 42104s | oh just drops the gift in the end just |
| 42106s | to make the hand space interesting |
| 42111s | saw the hand as well so knows |
| 42113s | essentially that his board isn't |
| 42115s | actually under threat which I think was |
| 42116s | the defining Factor on why he just chose |
| 42119s | to pass it out there knew he didn't |
| 42120s | really have to do any more because he |
| 42121s | got the information he needed from the |
| 42123s | The Scouting party from Identity Theft |
| 42125s | question for now |
| 42129s | it was burning up when I get an alibi in |
| 42131s | there before Dawn grass or is this just |
| 42133s | don't grasp and go I think is Alibi |
| 42136s | though the turn is pretty rough yeah if |
| 42139s | it's Alibi that is the turn we're done |
| 42141s | do a trade and Reckless right |
| 42144s | would you ever consider trade Reckless |
| 42146s | here |
| 42148s | clear the three to an absolute bare |
| 42151s | minimum okay |
| 42153s | I don't hate it what else are you doing |
| 42154s | with that Reckless right like well yes |
| 42157s | you know in the dream world where you're |
| 42159s | winning this game you are going to be |
| 42160s | Barden for a few turns |
| 42163s | um so maybe The Reckless Apprentice can |
| 42165s | make some magic happen at the very very |
| 42166s | least uh it causes your opponent to at |
| 42169s | least have another factor to think about |
| 42171s | because they know you have the reckless |
| 42172s | in hand and they know that that hero |
| 42174s | power gets very complicated when you |
| 42175s | have that here at the reckless in hand |
| 42178s | [Music] |
| 42180s | might just confuse your opponent to the |
| 42182s | point where their brain explodes |
| 42184s | when he didn't go for the dream |
| 42193s | on another identity theft oh and there's |
| 42197s | still just for leash in hand |
| 42199s | Switcheroo does nothing just dumping it |
| 42201s | from the hand to make room for the ID |
| 42202s | theft |
| 42203s | Al gets the much worse news that there |
| 42206s | is an answer coming eventually in the |
| 42207s | form of the Rune of the archmage |
| 42209s | potentially |
| 42212s | oh it's an answer Raven |
| 42214s | maybe it's an answer to a question no |
| 42216s | one's asking that's the problem yeah |
| 42219s | if a rune of the archmage asks a |
| 42220s | question in the woods that no one |
| 42222s | answers |
| 42225s | does anyone care yes |
| 42236s | Oh by now has like that again that once |
| 42239s | again weird turn where because of The |
| 42241s | Alibi obviously hitting face does almost |
| 42244s | nothing |
| 42246s | you also can't clear off these skeletons |
| 42248s | in a reasonable manner either which has |
| 42250s | got to be a little bit frustrating |
| 42256s | nice if that turned yeah it's one of |
| 42259s | those turns where I don't want to say |
| 42261s | none of it really mattered |
| 42265s | it felt like none of it really mattered |
| 42270s | in terms of the trades |
| 42275s | got to be Magister right |
| 42280s | yep |
| 42285s | bend the Mana now |
| 42290s | hey not that phone call case instead |
| 42305s | that's what never got cast did it didn't |
| 42307s | it just get shuffled back into the deck |
| 42308s | with Finley oh sorry yeah yeah yeah of |
| 42311s | course of course I'm being stupid yeah |
| 42314s | and so many skeletons I just assume |
| 42316s | death bomb was cast yeah |
| 42318s | yeah |
| 42318s | um losing track a little bit of where |
| 42320s | each of these cards in jail by his hand |
| 42321s | came from but I believe it was The |
| 42323s | Reckless Apprentice that was picked off |
| 42324s | ID theft over the deathborne is that |
| 42326s | correct but how because the Reckless |
| 42329s | Apprentice wasn't the card in the hand |
| 42331s | at the time that the ID clip was used |
| 42334s | I was just kind of |
| 42336s | interested at the time because again |
| 42338s | Jabba has so much information here and |
| 42340s | apologies this is a lot to keep track of |
| 42342s | but like he played the ID theft he then |
| 42345s | sees that there is the Magister Dawn |
| 42347s | grasp in his opponent's hand so he knows |
| 42349s | that's getting played and summoning |
| 42351s | presumably Cold Case skeletons there's |
| 42354s | two locations on the board that are |
| 42355s | summoning skeletons and he chose not to |
| 42358s | take a deathborn which is you know |
| 42360s | essentially a full board swing and back |
| 42362s | the other way to create potentially |
| 42364s | large amount of damage remember |
| 42366s | Perpetual Flame the deck so I do |
| 42368s | remember Perpetual flame in the deck yes |
| 42371s | good pickup actually it's gonna overload |
| 42373s | xiaobai but the shop I care |
| 42376s | overload's a very loose thing in this |
| 42379s | priest because you don't really spend |
| 42380s | much manner anyway less right yep just |
| 42383s | want to go fishing for the blast takes |
| 42384s | the bless |
| 42385s | shoots the minions and now unless |
| 42388s | something magical happens I mean bunny |
| 42389s | might choose to stretch it out with one |
| 42391s | more solid Alibi but we are approaching |
| 42394s | roon of the archmage country very |
| 42396s | rapidly when he's calling in the clouds |
| 42400s | send in the clowns |
| 42404s | is that two days in a row you've talked |
| 42407s | about singing to me on stream people |
| 42409s | talk about singing yeah |
| 42411s | that was actually singing well debatable |
| 42413s | depending on well attempting thinking |
| 42416s | that stream I don't know yeah |
| 42420s | hey well there is Father extra freeze |
| 42427s | could choose to Alibi |
| 42429s | instead because Varden is only ever |
| 42432s | going to freeze more right or the same |
| 42438s | on the other side of that bunny just has |
| 42440s | four mana and is more likely to have two |
| 42443s | men are knocking around than four On Any |
| 42444s | Given turn yeah |
| 42453s | yeah probably |
| 42455s | I was wondering when it gets used but |
| 42458s | they're really aren't too many more |
| 42461s | minion boards that you are generating |
| 42462s | this game right so I feel like so the |
| 42464s | forest for a couple of tutus is about as |
| 42466s | good as it's gonna get I think he's just |
| 42468s | sat working out what exactly Village |
| 42470s | lets him do this turn as well I think |
| 42472s | that's worth just a quick glance just in |
| 42475s | case |
| 42476s | but yeah I do agree I think it's just |
| 42478s | below the forest yeah nothing right if |
| 42481s | you had two zero Mana spells and a and |
| 42486s | the volition you could like zero zero |
| 42488s | velish Dawn grasp or something like that |
| 42490s | yeah yeah |
| 42499s | all right we're back here again |
| 42501s | waiting room okay the clowns have been |
| 42504s | summoned |
| 42507s | Ace that's believe it or not the good |
| 42510s | outcome |
| 42513s | oh |
| 42517s | my God |
| 42519s | is that it that's it okay I think I |
| 42522s | think if you're shall buy you probably |
| 42524s | take those |
| 42527s | if I do test for the Trap and then die |
| 42537s | well |
| 42548s | [Laughter] |
| 42550s | oh wait okay |
| 42553s | man as The Alibi right yeah yeah yeah |
| 42557s | yeah we weren't born yesterday at the |
| 42559s | World Championships well we lose time |
| 42563s | right now yeah |
| 42570s | that much difference it's |
| 42573s | it's a large problem |
| 42576s | s |
| 42578s | wait wait wait oh no no no no |
| 42581s | you need silence right yep |
| 42584s | was traded back into the deck I realize |
| 42587s | it's not a spell school is it |
| 42589s | [Music] |
| 42590s | shot yeah don't think so I was just |
| 42594s | thinking Don grass bro |
| 42599s | god of the nauru oh no it is it's holy |
| 42602s | yeah oh |
| 42605s | but it hasn't again it hasn't been cast |
| 42606s | right it's just been used as a tradable |
| 42608s | that's what I mean so like I was just |
| 42609s | working out like if he gets it and then |
| 42611s | can you know maybe if he needs a second |
| 42613s | one after the Rune of the art Mage I'm |
| 42615s | just trying to think of what Dawn grasp |
| 42617s | could play for xiaobai going forward |
| 42621s | it's going to be useful of course |
| 42628s | take it down right yeah |
| 42634s | I'll show what it's up to oh |
| 42636s | yeah |
| 42638s | [Music] |
| 42641s | now the tree ends gonna be able to kill |
| 42642s | the 18-2 |
| 42644s | why is it that's a good trade right |
| 42646s | there job tree |
| 42652s | and the mate first |
| 42657s | xiaobai looks extremely frustrated with |
| 42661s | the way this game has ended up |
| 42665s | yes |
| 42668s | we've seen this though time and time |
| 42671s | again right this matchup |
| 42673s | the priest makes the big minions but it |
| 42676s | never really just stops there does it |
| 42678s | okay like the Mage seems to just always |
| 42680s | create multiple layers of problems and |
| 42683s | stalls and then suddenly the priest just |
| 42685s | takes a lot of damage of course this |
| 42686s | ventral Visage was a little bit of a |
| 42688s | different way and we see it this way |
| 42690s | that well but a lot of the time like |
| 42692s | Mage has so much game in just stalling |
| 42695s | these minions out |
| 42696s | nature holy |
| 42703s | Frost |
| 42705s | set fire |
| 42708s | and by our powers combined we are |
| 42711s | Captain Planet |
| 42713s | both me and Saul showing our age |
| 42717s | since I imagine I'll take a random guess |
| 42720s | that the majority of uh people watching |
| 42722s | have not seen Captain Planet yeah I |
| 42725s | don't think Americans have Captain |
| 42726s | Planet either maybe I'm wrong but like |
| 42729s | they always talk about like I think it |
| 42732s | is but I don't think like it's so bad |
| 42735s | we don't even want it I'm not saying it |
| 42737s | doesn't exist there but I think like in |
| 42739s | the UK when there's like a go when if |
| 42741s | you're asked to like name like a go-to |
| 42742s | mascot for like you know teaching kids |
| 42744s | about recycling or whatever we go to |
| 42746s | Captain Planet whereas they just have |
| 42747s | like random bears in top hats and things |
| 42750s | that were at summer camps that everyone |
| 42751s | went to you know yeah I'm we cyclono |
| 42756s | I don't know why a bear would be called |
| 42759s | recyclonal but clone bear apparently or |
| 42762s | just some kind of cyborg bear Maybe |
| 42766s | well meanwhile as we were talking about |
| 42769s | clearly infinitely more important things |
| 42771s | uh bunny has put his opponent to one |
| 42774s | and so I was like okay we're both |
| 42777s | playing this game are we |
| 42779s | box go |
| 42792s | played around it mate oh yep yep okay |
| 42797s | so we've actually played around |
| 42801s | on ironically played around solid Alibi |
| 42805s | from roon of the archmage |
| 42807s | wow |
| 42808s | what a game one for this series subtle |
| 42812s | bunny Hopper the ghost |
| 42814s | himself or buddy up at the chair the |
| 42817s | real player in this Duo it's like a |
| 42819s | Ratatouille style where the chair's |
| 42821s | really controlling bunny is the Victor |
| 42824s | in game one but plenty more where that |
| 42826s | came from and yet again yeah it's easy |
| 42829s | to say now like oh yeah you know a said |
| 42831s | Mage was looking good for this |
| 42832s | tournament but we've seen this just this |
| 42834s | one match up really be a pain for priest |
| 42837s | at least from what I've you know been |
| 42839s | watching on stream so I wonder if that's |
| 42841s | going to continue into tomorrow because |
| 42842s | if you know the Mage players are |
| 42845s | probably going to line up against |
| 42846s | priests at some point so we'll have to |
| 42847s | see how it goes yeah it seems that you |
| 42850s | know |
| 42851s | you can have various different choices |
| 42853s | of the way you're building the deck but |
| 42855s | after a while whether it's the |
| 42856s | shattering blast whether it's blizzards |
| 42858s | whether it's Mass polymorph whether it's |
| 42859s | just recurring freezes from locations |
| 42862s | then you'd pick up savara and whichever |
| 42865s | combination of those you've used have |
| 42866s | just gone back in the savara and you're |
| 42868s | doing it again like you can stall for so |
| 42870s | long with the deck throw in the solid |
| 42872s | Alibis as well that you only have to |
| 42874s | find one scam once and you have 10 11 |
| 42877s | turns to be able to do it a lot of the |
| 42879s | time you know like it's it's it the maze |
| 42881s | just seems to be getting there very very |
| 42882s | consistent and I think the important |
| 42884s | part as well is the things the Mage |
| 42887s | needs to hit |
| 42888s | don't care about what the Minions look |
| 42891s | like right because like it say you've |
| 42894s | got 10 12 turns you'd think well hang on |
| 42895s | doesn't the priest just draw their deck |
| 42897s | and then win well no because them |
| 42899s | drawing their deck doesn't often |