Whispers of the old gods

Nerfs Hit the Standard Cards, Finally.

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When Blizzard announced that they were coming out with a Standard format, in which the Basic and Classic sets would always be available, they said that there were a few cards that they would tweak before Standard went live,...

Potential Decks for Old Gods

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With Whispers of the Old Gods coming out in just over a week, we’ve seen quite a few cards released, and it’s clear that Blizzard is pushing for several new decks to exist after the expansion launches. With so...

This Week in Hearthstone – The Gods are Dead

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All the Old Gods have been revealed, but there are still many cards to be revealed. The reveals continue this week, and for the most part the quality continues to be impressive! I shouldn’t have made this the first card...

This Week in Hearthstone – RNGesus Himself!

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The cards continue to roll out, and this week we received the final Old God. Boy is he a doozey. Three weeks remain until the new set is launched, and so far the cards look pretty great. This week’s...

The Problem of Limited Design Space in Hearthstone

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Coming off of the discussion about Power Creep in Hearthstone, here’s another designer issue which can cause issues when developing cards. Limited design space is when a card that creates an unbalance effect when used with other cards is...

This Week in Hearthstone – New Cards and Old Gods

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New Cards Everywhere! This week had a ton of new cards, so this week’s installment will be just put towards addressing them all. Without further ado: This is a great card if Beast Druid ever becomes a thing. It’s basically a...

This Week in Hearthstone – New Cards and EU Championship

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European Championship Following Amnesiac’s victory in the America’s Winter Championships last week, this week had the European Winter Championship, and a new victor. Known for his Hunter play, the winner was Naiman, defeating DrHippi in the finals using his own...

This Week in Hearthstone: Week One

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This was an eventful week for Hearthstone. At the start of the week we had the new expansions reveal along with six new cards, which can be found here. The rest of the week has involved a series of...

Hearthstone Reveal of the Old Gods

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The long awaited Blizzard announcement took place today, finally giving us some new information on the upcoming content. First, next week (Monday March 14) will be bringing a new UI designed around having both a Wild and Standard format,...