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The longest running Hearthstone podcast in the history of space and time and cards. Join GuyGrumpy and a rotating host of guests from The Happy Hearthstone community as they help you get better at the game and have a blast doing it.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
News Chat
- Choose a champion - Global Games - https://battle.net/hearthstone/en/esports/tournament/hgg-finals-2017/choose-your-champion
- Arena kerfuffle - http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/3270-server-patch-this-week-for-missing-cards-in-arena
- Iksar comments on state of Druid - TLDR, it’s not as bad as you think, but they’re watching it. https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6uxh0d/new_record_druid_surpasses_in_popularity_the/dlwf5my/
REVIEW TIME
http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/j4ckiechans-kft-mill-druid-august-2017-season-41/
Druid
- Malfurion the Pestilent - 5/5
- Hadronox - 3/1
- Fatespinner - 2/3
- Ultimate Infestation - 5/5
- Druid of the Swarm - 3/3
- Spreading Plague - 5/5
- Strongshell Scavenger - 4/2
- Crypt Lord - 4/3
- Gnash - 2/4
- Webweave - 1/3
Paladin
- Uther of the Ebon Blade - 5/5
- Bolvar, Fireblood - 2/2
- Blackguard - 3/2
- Light’s Sorrow - 1/1
- Desperate Stand - 2/3
- Arrogant Crusader - 1/3
- Howling Commander - 3/2
- Chillblade Champion - 4/4
- Dark Conviction - 2/4
- Righteous Protector - 5/5
Warlock
- Bloodreaver Gul’Dan - 5/5
- Blood Queen Lana’thel - 3/3
- Gnomeferatu - 2/3
- Treachery - 2/0
- Despicable Dreadlord - 4/5
- Unwilling Sacrifice - 3/3
- Sanguine Reveler - 3/3
- Drain Soul - 3/4
- Howlfiend - 3/3
Warrior
- Scourgelord Garrosh - 3/3
- Rotface - 3/3
- Bring It On! - 2/2
- Dead Man’s Hand - 5/1
- Mountainfire Armor - 4/4
- Val’kyr Soulclaimer - 2/2
- Death Revenant - 1/1
- Animated Berserker - 2/2
- Blood Razor - 5/5
- Forge of Souls - 4/4
Neutral Legendary
- The Lich King - 4/5
- Arfus - 2/4
Neutral Epic
- Deathaxe Punisher - 2/1
- Drakkari Enchanter - 2/1
- Furnacefire Colossus - 1/3
- Rattling Rascal - 4/3
Neutral Rare:
- Bone Drake - 4/5
- Happy Ghoul - 4/4
- Keening Banshee - 1/3
- Saronite Chain Gang - 4/4
Neutral Common:
- Acherus Veteran - 3/5
- Bloodworm - 1/4
- Deadscale Knight - 1/2
- Grave Shambler - 1/3
- Hyldnir Frostrider - 1/4
- Necrotic Geist - 1/4
- Night Howler - 1/3
- Skelemancer - 4/3
- Spellweaver - 1/1
- Tainted Zealot - 4/3
- Tuskarr Fisherman - 1/3
- Venomancer - 1/4
- Vryghoul - 1/3
- Wicked Skeleton - 1/1
- Wretched Tiller - 2/3
- Grim Necromancer - 4/5
Card of the Week:
- Defile - 5/5
iTunes Review:
Can't Wait To Listen Each Week by Garrfreakinett - 5 stars
I look forward to this podcast each week. It's very informative and helpful!
Feedback
As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes.
- Google+ Happy Hearthstone
- Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs
- Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com
Guest Plugs
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
News Chat
- Comes out August 10th--Released in weeks
- Arthas rap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KU-_-CtJw)
- PSA: Make sure you open your packs before you play the prologue
REVIEW TIME
Off Curve Crafting Episode: http://www.multiball.net/off-curve/2017/8/2/6-arts-of-crafts
Priest
- Shadowreaper Anduin - 5/5
- Archbishop Benedictus - 1/1
- Obsidian Statue - 5/5
- Embrace Darkness - 2/3
- Devour Mind - 3/4
- Eternal Servitude - 5/4
- Shadow Essence - 4/4
- Acolyte of Agony - 3/4
- Shadow Ascendent - 2/5
- Spirit Lash - 3/4
Mage
- Frost Lich Jaina - 4/4
- Sindragosa - 3/4
- Glacial Mysteries - 1/0
- Simulacrum - 4/3
- Doomed Apprentice - 3/2
- Ice Walker - 1/1
- Ghastly Conjurer - 2/3
- Breath of Sindragosa - 4/4
- Coldwraith - 3/3
- Frozen Clone - 2/2
Hunter
- Deathstalker Rexxar - 3/5
- Professor Putricide - 4/4
- Abominable Bowman - 4/3
- Toxic Arrow - 4/4
- Corpse Widow - 4/3
- Exploding Bloatbat - 2/4
- Venomstrike Trap - 3/4
- Play Dead - 1/1
- Stitched Tracker - 5/4
Rogue
- Valeera the Hollow - 4/5
- Lilian Voss - 4/3
- Doomerang - 4/2
- Spectral Pillager - 3/3
- Roll the Bones - 2/1
- Runeforge Haunter - 3/3
- Shadowblade - 5/5
- Plague Scientist - 1/4
- Bone Baron - 2/4
- Leeching Poison - 2/2
Shaman
- Thrall, Deathseer - 5/5
- Moorabi - 3/1
- Cryostasis - 2/2
- Snowfury Giant - 2/1
- Ice Breaker - 2/1
- Voodoo Hexxer - 5/5
- Avalanche - 2/4
- Brrloc - 3/3
- Drakkari Defender - 1/1
- Ice Fishing - 2/1
Neutrals
- Prince Keleseth - 1/1
- Prince Talderam - 1/1
- Prince Valanar - 1/1
- Nerubian Unraveler - 3/2
- Meat Wagon - 1/1
- Corpsetaker - 4/2
- Tomb Lurker - 3/2
- Skulking Geist - 3/1
- Shallow Gravedigger - 2/4
- Ticking Abomination - 1/1
- Phantom Freebooter - 2/1
- Mindbreaker - 2/3
- Corpse Raiser - 3/2
- Snowflipper Penguin - 1/1
- Bonemare - 2/5
- Necrotic Geist - 1/1
- Cobalt Scalebane - 3/4
- Sunborne Val’kyr - 2/4
- Deathspeaker - 2/3
- Fallen Sun Cleric - 2/5
Card of the Week:
Bearshark! - 4/5
Feedback
As always, we’d love to know what you thought of the show and what you’d like to see added to the show for future episodes.
- Google+ Happy Hearthstone
- Twitter @andrewisliving, @thehappyhs
- Email thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com
Guest Plugs
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017
News Chat
- Frost Festival
- Free Arena run each week
- Start with a win
- Reward Frozen Knight pack for 3 games
- Ice Cream Citadel
- Special merch
- ‘Villain-illa’ and ‘Scourgeberry Sorbet.’
Arena Tips
- Know your classes!
- Not always best to go with your “favorite” as some classes are just better than others in arena
- Mage and Paladin are always solid choices
- Know the cards that are just good in arena ( I suggest http://thelightforge.com/TierList)
- Daring Reporter
- Stormwind Champion
- Know the tricky cards to play around
- Against Paladin - Any buff cards, those 1/1’s are not to be treated lightly
- Against Priest - Mind Control (Can tell my story of losing a Daring Reporter buffed by Spikeridged Steed
How to Win in Arena 2017
- Watch out for AOEs - Mages (Volanic Potion, Meteor, Blizzard), Paladin (Consecration, Equality), Priest (Dragonfire, Holy Nova), Shaman (Volcano, Maelstrom, Lightning). They will have them - and likely more of them than you think.
- Weapon Remove is really good to have. Weapons generate so much value for mana cost. Getting oozes helps - weapon offering rates was boosted in June/early July.
- Staying “on the board” is important. Arena is more about pushing minions to face to win than constructed can be. Having minions on the board gives you options.
- Curving out is important, so is card draw/cycling.
- When comparing cards in draft, first ignore card text. If the card’s still good it’s worth drafting.
- Discover Cards are VERY powerful. Getting to add a card to your hand that you choose during the game can often setup or just win you a game. Though saving discovers until deeper in the game if possible - more information about matchup and what you need the better
Community
Question
None
iTunes Review
None
Card of the Week
Charged Devilsaur
Guest Plugs
- Twitch.tv/mageadeath - Stream Mon-Wed-Fri 8 pm CT
- @mage-a-death - talking mostly hearthstone and other stuff
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
News Chat
- Midsummer Fire Festival is going on! If you haven’t logged in, you have more reason to grind out your quests than ever before. Double gold on all quests. No strings. How great is that! And it’ll last one more week, I believe.
- Also if you played last week’s brawl, you have some fun fireworks for your Wow emote and a Midsummer Fire Festival greeting!
- Fun to see them do things like this.
- Knights of the Frozen Throne!!! - New expansion has been announced and is, as predicted, all about the Lich King and his cronies with a twist: What if everyone was dead??
- Deathstalker Rexxar (6 mana) - Adds 5 armor to your hero, Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions
- You will discover twice from 3 random beasts. Your two choices will be combined - mana cost, attack, health, and effects - and be added as 1 horrific additional minion to your hand
- Dream scenarios??
- Bittertide Hydra + Stranglethorn Tiger
- Charged Devilsaur (or King Krush) + Angry Chicken
- Jungle Panther + Dispatch Kodo
- New hero power: Build-a-Beast - 2 mana - Craft a custom Zombeast
- They did confirm that alternate heroes will still transform into whomever the card is for (ie. Alleria will be Deathstalker Rexxar, not her own Death Knight version) :’(
- Spirit Lash: common Priest spell. 2 mana, Lifesteal, Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions
- Chillblade Champion: common Paladin minion. 4 mana, 3 attack, 2 health, Charge, Lifesteal
- The premise is around everyone becoming a death knight, so with that, there’s a new card type: Hero cards! Similar to Quests, this is another legendary for each class that will come with the next expansion. And they function similarly to Lord Jaraxxus when he’s played. They will replace your hero portrait, hero power, and do some other helpful things.
- New mechanic: Lifesteal! We’ve seen this before in cards like Mistress of Pain and Wickerflame Burnbristle, but now it will be just a single word on the card. Whatever amount of damage is done is also restored to your hero.
- Deathstalker Rexxar (6 mana) - Adds 5 armor to your hero, Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions
- Also, MISSIONS! You’ll fight your way to the top of Icecrown Citadel against many bosses you remember from that part of WoW. Best part is that these missions are completely free to everyone!
- There are 3 wings, followed by a fight against the Lich King
- You’ll earn 1 pack for each wing completed
- There will also be a prologue mission that rewards you a legendary card (some report it will be a random hero card!)
- Preorder is available now: $49.99 in US for 50 packs and a icy cardback
- Andrew noticed… 4 mana 5/1 Warlock minion.. Aaaaand Shark Bear.
Topic
Deck battle!
What are Deck Battles?
- We do these Deck battle episodes once a month.
- Guest hosts bring on their favorite deck onto the show, and break it down for you.
- What cards, how it works, and why they like playing it.
- Best of 3 battle against me, live on the show.
- Twist: I always use the current Reigning Champion Deck of the show
- The last deck a guest host brought onto this show and won with.
The Happy Hearthstone Hall of Fame!
- Decks that have beaten 3 challengers in a row!
- Dan Patriss' Beastmaster Hunter Deck (Mar 2014)
- My Very Own Warlock Demon Zoo Deck (Mar 2016)
- Craig's Dragon Priest (Sep 2016)
Defending Champion Deck
- Ben’s Super Heavy Naga Druid
- Episode 89
- Copy this code to build the deck in Hearthstone: AAEBAZICCiT2AqIJhRDoFewVlBeprQLPsQLguwIKQF/EBuQI6xHeFr6uAsu8Aqm9At7EAgA=
Full Guide
1x Smuggler's Run - A nice turn one buff or a nice way to round out your mana on a later turn.
1x Dirty Rat - A tech card that helps with quest rogue or exodia mage. Also a strong early game taunt against aggro decks.
1x Equality - A combo card to clear the board with your Primordial Drake.
2x Faerie Dragon - A dragon activator for Historian or Book Wyrm. A strong early game card against mage or rogue.
2x Grimestreet Outfitter - This card also helps you round out your mana on later turns and give those minions in your hand a quick buff before playing them.
2x Hydrologist - Discovering a paladin secret can do wonders for you in the late game. Picking a getaway kodo will allow you to bounce all those value cards back and use them again.
2x Netherspite Historian - Discover a dragon. Use this to pick up those end game minions and seal the game.
2x Aldor Peacekeeper - All around a great card for Paladin. Can combo with Book Wyrm on turn 9 for instant removal and board development.
2x Stonehill Defender - You always need 2 of these the taunt minions in Paladin are just too strong. Having 2 or 3 Tirion Fordring’s will almost always win you the game.
1x Wickerflame Burnbristle - Works great with the buff mechanic as he will heal more the more damage he deals. Also a strong card to absorb removal early so late game cards will stick longer.
2x Truesilver Champion - Best Paladin weapon hands down. Use this to gain back tempo and clear some of those midgame minions.
1x Twilight Drake - A 4 mana slot dragon. Not 100% needed in the deck but with the lack of 4 mana cards an extra dragon is nice to have.
2x Grimestreet Enforcer - Another buff card as well as a great tool to absorb more removal because if he stays on the board the opponent is going to regret it.
2x Book Wyrm - Great for dealing with taunt warriors since most of their minions have low attack. As well as a combo card with Aldor.
2x Ivory Knight - Your sustain. This card will not only heal you but give you some options of paladin spells that you are missing in this deck.
1x The Black Knight - A tech card that I love to have but can easily be swapped out for something else depending on what you are running into on ladder. Ex. Harrison Jones or Hungry Crab
1x Lay on Hands - Late game card draw and a nice heal. Can be swapped out if but I find the healing very good to have in a pinch.
2x Primordial Drake - Your only AoE as well as another activator for your dragon cards.
1x Tirion Fordring - Because it’s Tirion fricken Fordring!
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To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
The Challenger's Deck
The Theme
- Shopping with Dragons
How It Wins
- Getting a ton of value off discover cards and buffing minions to force trades with strong taunts.
The Key Cards
- Stonehill Defender, Netherspite Historian, Murloc Hydrologist
The Duel
- Reminder of the defending deck
- Trash talk
- Best of 3 series
- Watch on MMOReporter.com
- We'll be right back.
The Aftermath
- Who won
- How close was it?
- What were important moments?
- Deathwing in the first game
- Ragnaros in the second game
- What went wrong/right for the challenger deck?
- Was this a good representation of the challenger deck's strengths?
- Congratulate the winner
Community
Question
No questions :’(
iTunes Review
5 stars from Odium_Infinitus
The best Hearthstone podcast
I started listening to this podcast during the Hearthstone Beta. Josh was so nice to listen to. He was friendly and positive about having fun with the game. I took a break from Hearthstone but when I came back the first thing I did was download this podcast. While not as hardcore as other Hearthstone podcasts this one is my favorite. The guests are great and Andrew has done a wonderful job in taking over from Josh.
Card of the Week
Wickerflame Burnbristle
Guest Plugs
- Icedgecko#1977 on Battle.net
Tuesday Jun 27, 2017
Tuesday Jun 27, 2017
News Chat
- Packs!
- No more duplicate Legendary cards. Once you've crafted or obtained a certain card (gold or normal), it isn't possible to obtain again until you've earned all the legendaries from a set.
- You will get a guaranteed Legendary within the first 10 card packs of a new set.
- It will not longer be possible to open more than 2 of a Common, Rare, or Epic card out of a single card pack. You can still obtain dupes in other packs of course.
- Additionally, a special promotion is going to be run starting soon which will increase the number of packs you will receive when purchasing Un'Goro Packs.
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Original Pack Bundles |
Special Pack Bundles |
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7 packs |
+2 packs = 9 packs total |
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15 packs |
+5 packs = 20 packs total |
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40 packs |
+12 packs = 52 packs total |
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60 packs* |
+18 packs = 78 packs |
- Twitch Prime Deal
- As the first part of this landmark license deal, Blizzard is licensing third-party streaming-platform rights to Twitch for a range of Hearthstone®, Heroes of the Storm®, World of Warcraft®, StarCraft® II, and Overwatch® esports content.
- Twitch Prime Deal
- Starting on June 20 and running through August 10, current and new Twitch Prime members will receive a Golden Loot Box for Overwatch, containing a guaranteed legendary item for one of the game’s heroes along with three additional in-game items, such as emotes, voice lines, or character skins. Over the coming months, Twitch Prime members will receive 10 additional Overwatch loot boxes containing more in-game content. Overwatch players can learn more at https://twitch.amazon.com/overwatch. Similar promotions will begin later this year for Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone players.
Potluck!
- Quest Ideas - There are different gold amounts depending on the quest you complete it ranges from 40 gold to 100 gold or even a card pack. One tip would be if you get a 40 gold quest to hit the X on it and it will reroll the quest and possibly give you a quest that is worth more gold.
- 2nd tip on quests to complete them the quickest you could try making a deck of all battlecry minions if you get the play 20 battlecry minions or 75 battlecry minions if you believe the deck will not win many game you could play it in casual mode or tavern brawl or even standard or wild depending if you're trying to achieve a certain rank that current month
- I am one of those Timmy/Johnny type players in other words I want to gather every card in the game and make my own decks. So I enjoy when I am playing against someone if I see a cool card that they play and maybe I have the card maybe I don’t but an idea jumps into my head of how to abuse the card in a combo or just in a certain type of deck. So if you would like to also try doing this and you don’t want to lose rank try it in casual mode.
- I would also suggest swapping over to Wild or Standard (whichever you don’t play typically) and getting quests done there! The benefit is that you can still work towards your 500 ranked wins for a hero. And if you lose, you won’t be upset about losing towards your rank.
- Tavern Brawl - When there is the type of tavern brawl that causes you to make a deck it give you the opportunity to try any hair brained idea you might have depending on the tavern brawl rules. For example “Gift Exchange” was a tavern brawl where there was gifts that spawned on your opponent's side and your side I made a warlock deck that I focused on killing both the gifts on my side and my opponent’s side and with the gifts they gave you amazing cards. My point was all you need to do is win one game to get your pack so try your idea even if it might be terrible.
- Filters - On the pc there will be a book in the bottom left corner of your collection it will show standard cards or all cards or any set you click on. There will also be a filter that you can use for the specific mana cost that you want to filter 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7+
- Interface - I wanted to start with talking about card backs. You can set a different card back to each deck you have in your collection to do that on the pc you goto my collection open one of your decks or start a new deck and there will be a tab you click on with your mouse that looks like a card it will open your card backs you have unlocked left click on the card back you want to use and it will change the one that specific deck uses. There is also another tab that looks like a human it will show your Heroes you have unlocked by purchasing them or unlocking them thru an achievements if you're currently editing a deck it will only show the heroes of your deck type if you're not editing a deck under your collection then it will show all the heroes you have.
- Searching - You can type the specific name of a card if you remember it and it will take you straight to that card or you can use keywords for example deathrattle, battlecry, heal using the keywords will either filter out the cards with the keyword in their name or their abilities.
Community
Question
None this week
iTunes Review
None this week
Card of the Week
Lightwell
Guest Plugs