Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 280 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

It is Thu 02/25/2021 in the evening!

Joining us from Gadgetzan, New York, it’s RidiculousHat!

Also joining us - from Karazhan, California it’s Botticus!

And joining us from Undercity, Pennsylvania, it's Edelweiss!

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ONE HUNDRED PATRONS

bear1417

Snowpack newest producer!

Thanks for reviews

How's life and ladder? -

Hat -

Botticus - Hit legend blah blah blah lets talk about the core set

Edelweiss - MTGA but Core Set

News Highlights - (~30 min)

Core set is entire episode so this is stuff that is not core set
Social media tidbits - Huge reversions coming https://twitter.com/IksarHS/status/1365028250351673344
Cards that are changed for core are permanently changed - https://twitter.com/IksarHS/status/1365029009587802114

Zephrys will get the changed versions as they are in 20.0

Probably getting a balance patch before MT in the next two weeks https://twitter.com/GW_Alec/status/1364795739679850498
AMA recap for those interested (https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2702-dean-ayalas-community-qa-7-alliance-classic-modes-future-potential-secrets-in-other-classes)

Tournaments and the meta -

Bemmie Stuff

Hey Bemmie! You can type stuff here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPEawSoamyhY33NmkUs-I_iv-Wp1nKAyVtak2yoFh_I/edit?usp=sharing

Grandmasters 2021! https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23607343

"Dual tournaments" (not Duels tournaments) will happen for 7 weeks, April 9th through May 30th, excepting the weekend of Apr 30th for MT Orgrimmar.
All 16 players in each region will compete against each other off-broadcast in Dual Tournament Group play on Thursday. On Friday, the 4 Decider Matches will be played to determine who joins the Top 8 per region, live on YouTube. The Top 8 players compete in a single elimination tournament on Saturday, with the Top 4 advancing to Sunday.
Week 1, 2, 7: Conquest. Week 3 and 4: Specialist. Week 5 and 6: LHS.
Week 8 playoffs - Top 8 players per region advance, 9-12 are safe, 13-16 are relegated.
Each playoff winner goes to worlds, except if you won season 1 and got relegated in season 2 your invite instead gets passed down to the next eligible player. https://noproshere.com/2021/02/10/heres-whats-wrong-with-the-new-rule-in-heathstone-grandmasters/

Kali Anderson leaving HS Esports

Decksplanations - COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE

OKAY LET'S TALK BIG PICTURE FIRST
Number of cards? (Long term, once all sets have mini-sets)

143 Basic + 240 Classic = 383
10 Basic/class + 15 Classic/class = 25/class
235 Core + (35/mini-set) = 375/410/445 (depending on 4/5/6 sets in standard)
16 Core/class + 12/15/18 mini-set/class per year*** (speculation based on DMR)

What is the core set and what is it NOT?

Basically no build-arounds
Way less burn
Way fewer total crap cards
If you are looking for core to define what your class will be doing for the next year, you should not look here
The important part of core is what it means to the game - for designers and for economic reasons
Classic had to be its own game in 2013/2014, Core does not have to be its own game in 2021
Note about demon hunter weirdness

Using Steve's sheet, follow along on the "Per Change Category" page

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qz1EPRKNM-EhnfE_r_NRrGSoCekED4JL6CjTMuCgkSI/edit#gid=1702269023

WHAT'S GONE
WHAT'S STAYING (quick)
WHAT'S COMING BACK
WHAT'S BEEN CHANGED

https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2706-all-51-returning-cards-that-received-buffs-and-changes-in-hearthstones-new-core-set

NEW CARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDS

https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2705-all-the-new-core-set-cards-coming-to-hearthstone-in-year-of-the-gryphon-full-235-cards-reveal

Outro (~5min)

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Edelweiss -

Keep Calm and

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