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#377 - The Angry Chicken: “Rated M for Mozaki”

08/05/2020

• Garrett • Jocelyn

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Intro

Welcome to The Angry Chicken!

Top of the Show Topic: Expansion Eve! What will you try out first?

Paladin!

Same answer as before Ashes of Outland, right here at the end Libram has finally found a footing. I think it’s really close to being a top tier archetype and it’s getting some strong support with Scholomance.

Vicious Syndicate’s Alura Pure Paladin

Added:

First Day of School, Argent Braggart, Goody Two-Shields, Salhet’s Pride, Kings, Alura, Blessing of Authority, & Devout Pupil.

Removed:

Shotbot, Bronze Explorer, Consecration (makes sense with Alura), Angling Rod (no need for random Murlocs now), Amber Watcher, Libram of Justice, Lightforged Crusader

Note: Lightforged Zealot is the only Pure payoff left in this list. And yet, it still looks very powerful.

  • Trying Day 1

  • Getting a permanent deck slot.

  • Trying Day 1

  • Getting a permanent deck slot.

  • Getting a permanent deck slot.

  • Trying Day 1

  • Trying Day 1

  • Trying Day 1

  • Expensive, and not a Libram but you will get it back with Liadrin.

  • W&S: Huge variance.
  • Won’t be punished for having non-Pally cards in hand.

 

Honorable mention to Totem Shaman

Soul Handlock

Handlock has been around since basically Day 1 Hearthstone, now it’s back again with some new tools and twists. Includes traditional Handlock things like Twilight Drake, but then some AOE removal and hand size tools from previous sets like Abyssal Summoner and Valdris Felgorge alongside dual class Scholomance cards.  

  • Soul Fragments and Nether breath not only heal you up after tapping, but also change your health, discounting this guy even faster

  • Great removal on a body, easy enough to activate (Tour Guide gives you your next hero power for free so you can use this on curve)

  • Most of your earlier cards are putting fragments in your deck, so this will likely be active on curve

  • I mean, it’s shared with Demon Hunter so it’s OP, right?

  • 1 / 3 on 1 is solid, and this makes the deck go

  • This is a maybe for me, something I might try slotting in if I’m running out of threats often but have a lot of health
  • Gives you back some resources, and another way to activate your destroyer for free

Mozaki Mage

Super low cost spells, with a Mana Cyclone/Evocation core including Mana Giants, designed to go off around the new legendary. Sorcerer’s Apprentice makes the 1 mana spells free (magic trick, studies, ray of frost), you draw as much as you can with Cram Session, then cast more free spells, finishing with Arcane Missiles on steroids (2 natural copies, plus Violet Spellwing copies, plus any randomly generated).

  • Wait and see the meta. If big buffed things are around, this is a good way to reduce the opponent’s health on board so more missiles go face

  • Won’t be discounted by SA, but could be more directed spell damage if you’ve got some extra mana

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News

18.0 Patch

Faster Animations

Free Class Legendary & Launch Quests

Starting August 6, players will receive a random Scholomance Academy Legendary class card just for logging in, and can complete a chain of Legendary Quests to earn a total of six Scholomance Academy card packs!** Quests will be initially available on the following dates:

Links

New Free Decks for New/Returning Players

*Limited one per account. A returning player is defined as one who has not logged into Hearthstone for 120 consecutive days. If you’re returning to Hearthstone on 7/30/2020, your last login needs to be before 4/1/2020 to qualify.

Decks

YOKAD!

First sad, then happy, then OMG YOKAD IS REAL!!!

Links

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Battlegrounds

NEW HERO

Bigglesworth Battlegrounds Hero Power is called Kelthuzads kitty. Its passive and reads when a player dies, discover a minion from their warband. it keeps and enchantments

Mr. Bigglesworth

NEW MINIONS

Menagerie Mug is a tier 2 battlegrounds minion with 2 attack and 2 health battlecry give 3 random friendly minions of different types +1 +1

Menagerie Mug Golden has 4 attack 4 health battlecry give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +2 +2

Menagerie Jug is a tier 4 Battlegrounds minion with 3 attack and 3 health battlecry give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +2 +2

Menagerie Jug golden has 6 attack 6 health battlecry give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +4 +4

REMOVED MINIONS

Emails

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Brenton

Psst, Provoked Peeps!,

(cuz baby marshmallow chickens)

I play a lot of Wild, more than Standard these days. While I do sometimes see a decent variety of decks, I feel the power level of a small handful of powerful decks keep a lot of decks that have been lost to the sands of time from getting a chance. Many decks that were viable during their 2-year Standard spotlight have simply fizzled away when up against Wild's current top decks.

I realize not everyone plays Wild, but plenty do and many of these players have put in a lot of time and money since the game's launch. I propose the idea of Wild Mini Expansions. The focus would be to create new cards that give an extra push to decks that were once viable, but can no longer quite make it when up against today's top Wild decks. These new cards could also be created to assist decks that had promise during their 2 Standard years, but were always a card or 2 away from being viable.

These Wild Mini Expansions could take place between Standard expansions, maybe once per year or so. They could be a couple cards per class plus some neutrals, maybe the size of the old adventures.

Along similar lines, I would also love to see buffs to cards in Wild that had fun, unique ideas, but never quite became competitive. I know Blizzard largely doesn't touch old cards because they want players focusing on the new shiny thing, but the point here is that we already earned and/or paid for these cards once upon a time, and never really got to use them.

What are your thoughts on Wild Mini Expansions?

What decks or strategies that no longer have representation or never quite made the cut would you like to see get some help?

Btw, Resurrect Priest can burn in hell. $&@# that deck, I'm tired of it. Anyhooooo...thank you for the fun distractions during a difficult time. I hope you and yours are staying healthy!

(Joce has provided the Reaper Report for current Wild meta: https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/wild-vs-data-reaper-report-23/) Her thoughts -> Undertaker Hunter, Patron Warrior, Mech Mage… Iconic, but not currently playable.

Outro

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