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The Best Quest Decks in Journey to Un’Goro
The Journey to Un’Goro expansion has been out just long enough for us to start getting a good idea about the upcoming meta, and it's clear that Quest decks are a bit hit. Of course, things are still settling,...
Journey to Un’Goro: Are Hearthstone Cards Too Expensive?
It's no secret that Hearthstone hasn’t been in a great place for the last year or so. Shaman has dominated the meta, RNG has run rampant, and decks have gotten faster and less fun. Power creep has decimated many of...
The Best New Combos in Journey to Un’Goro
With every new set of Hearthstone cards, Blizzard introduces powerful combos. Some of these are obvious, and others not so much. This time around, Quests are responsible for bringing us a massive new arsenal of combos--the Druid and Mage Quests...
Final Journey to Un’Goro Quests: Druid, Mage, and Warrior
The cat is finally out of the bag, friends--the entire Journey to Un’Goro set has been revealed. This, of course, includes the legendary Quests for each class. For those who don’t know, Quests are one mana cards that start in...
Journey to Un’Goro: The Final Two Neutral Legendaries
The entire Journey to Un’Goro expansion has finally been revealed, and we've even got a release date on our hands: April 6th. Expect to see a ton of content over the next couple weeks, friends. Today, we’re going to cover...
Hearthstone: New Legendaries for Warrior and Druid
Blizzard continues to tease out information about the upcoming Journey to Un'Goro expansion, and we've finally seen the new legendaries for Warrior and Druid. Both of them are massive freaking dinosaurs, which is good, because dinosaurs are pretty cool. Warrior's new...
Blizzard Reveals New Paladin Quest and Neutral Legendary
The Paladin Quest in Journey to Un'Goro has finally been revealed. We've seen seven of the nine Quests so far, and the expansion's release is right around the corner. In case you're catching up on Hearthstone news, Quests are one...
Understanding Hearthstone Mechanics: What Is Adapt?
Adapt is one of the new mechanics coming to Hearthstone in the Journey to Un’Goro expansion. From what we've seen, the Adapt mechanic seems exclusive to Beasts, which makes sense--the dinosaurs in Un'Goro all have the ‘Beast’ tag, and all...
Quests: Making Hearthstone Great Again
Hearthstone's Journey to Un’Goro expansion will be launching in the next week or so. It will bring many changes with it, including a Standard rotation and 135 new cards. One of the new card types that Blizzard is introducing are Quests....
Hearthstone: New Hunter Quest and Warlock Legendary
The release of the Hunter quest for Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion is the fifth we've seen so far, which means there's only four to go. The new Hunter quest is one of my favorites, mostly because of the...
Hearthstone: New Rogue Quest and Paladin Legendary
We've seen three quests from Journey to Un’Goro so far. Keep in mind there will be one for each class. Priest’s quest seems amazing, offering deathrattle synergies and massive health gain. Shaman’s quest just might enable a new aggressive...
Game Development 101: Designing Hearthstone Cards
Last week, Blizzard hosted a live stream where they revealed eleven of the new Journey to Un’Goro cards. The stream was presented by Peter Whalen, a senior game designer, and Day9, a popular streamer and caster. Day9, who recently launched a...