Ben’s Super Heavy Naga Druid - Episode 89

News Chat

• Un’Goro is in full affect! Be on the lookout for all the details as we get closer to Mid-April.
  • March 23-26
  • More cards are coming… Still unsure about exact timeframe, but they mentioned on stream there could be new cards each day, and definitely cards coming at HCT
  • Possibly more streams
  • Definitely more cards
• New cards
  • Nether Portal - 5 mana - Open a permanent portal that summons 3/2 Imps - (Token says: At the end of your turn, summon 2 3/2 imps) (Token is untargetable with no way of removing it)
  • Sherazin, Seed - When you play 4 cards in a turn, revive this minion (token is not targetable)
  • Lakarri Sacrifice - 1 mana Warlock Legendary Quest Spell - Quest: Discard 6 cards, Reward: Nether Portal
  • Sherazin, Corpse Flower - 4 mana legendary Rogue minion - 5/3 Deathrattle: Go dormant. Play 4 cards in a turn to revive this minion.

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

• Zerotio’s Weird Reno Mage
• Episode 86
• Has 1 out of 3 wins to get in the Hall of Fame

 

The Challenger's Deck

The Theme

• • Naga Sea Witch - The most underrated card in hearthstone
  • Started with the question - If you could play any 2 cards in hearthstone on the same turn, which would you choose?
  • Answer- GO ABSOLUTELY HAM

 

• Theme - Go nuts with legendaries

 

 

How It Wins

• • Cheating out insane amounts of value by some sick card combos. Huge Threats on top of Huge Threats

 

• Best win condition comes from being able to add +10/+10 to a minion already on board for lethal

 

 

The Key Cards

• Naga Sea Witch
• Aviana
• Kun
• Arch-Thief Rafaam
• Fight promoter

 

The Duel

 

• Reminder of the defending deck

• Trash talk

 

• Best of 3 series

• We'll be right back.

 

The Aftermath

• Who won
• How close was it?
• What were important moments?
• What went wrong/right for the challenger deck?
• Was this a good representation of the challenger deck's strengths?
• Congratulate the winner

Community

The Dust Bowl

 

• Andrew

 

• • Card to keep - Rat Pack
  • Card to dust - Hidden Cache
• Ben
  • Card to keep - Counterfeit coin
  • Card to dust - Streetwise investigator

 

Question

None this week. Send yours in to thehappyhearthstone@gmail.com

 

iTunes Review

None this week.

Card of the Week

Elise the Trailblazer