Coin Concede - Episode 499 TBD

Edelweiss* WickedGood* Magesa*

Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 499 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

It is Friday, May 30th, 2025 in the evening!

Coming to you from Gnomeregan, Ohio, it's me, Edelweiss!

From Northrend, Massachusetts, we have WickedGood!

From Teldrassil, California, we have Magesa!

And from all around the world we have you, dear listeners.

This week's episode is brought to you by our producers nmbrthry, Kresh, Beefsquatch, David P,  Jeremy T, bottlecaps, GrumpyMonk, TheBurgerClub, KercReagan, Mae, SSJ5GOKU, and Nykiwi, and by our Patrons of the Week, Wadeo and Zachary LeBarron! You can go to patreon.com/coinconcede to get perks like a thank you at the top of the show, bonus post-show content, early access to new episodes, one on one coaching sessions, and help support the show in the process!

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How's life and ladder? -

Edelweiss - Top 1k with Blax’s BBU Leech DK

Wickedgood -

Magesa - Aggro imbue priest mainly

News Highlights -  

Arena revamp - https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24208800/hearthstone-arena-expands-with-new-underground-mode

• Moving back to the main menu (replacing Tavern Brawl)
• First card replaced with “Legendary groups”

• Legendary card and a bucket of support cards that come with it

• Two modes - The Arena and Underground
• The Arena

• One ticket to enter
• 5 win cap
• One pack from newest set guaranteed - second pack possible at 3+ wins
• No gold rewards
• 5 wins gets a tavern ticket for a free run

• Arena Underground

• Two tickets to enter
• 12 win cap
• Chance at two tickets at 6 wins, two tickets guaranteed at 7 wins
• Chance at 2000 gold from 6 wins up
• Re-draft on loss

• Draft 5 more cards, choose 5 cards to cut

• Magesa calculated the rewards

New 2025 Arena Rewards vs Previous Arena Rewards

Patch 32.4

• Lost City of Un’goro
• Free cards:

• Endbringer Umbra at login
• 2x Blob of Tar in shop

• Secrets of Ungoro in-game event

• 2 Sharp Eyed Lookout epic cards (regular than golden), 2 Dissolving Ooze common cards (Regular than golden), 4 expansion packs, 2 tavern tickets

• Collection update: Diamond and Signature

• Several signature cards that could not be disenchanted now can be
• If you can buy a card in the shop or open it in a pack, you will be able to disenchant it
• Things you can’t disenchant: Rewards track cards, cards earned from achievements, and diamond cards granted from golden mini sets

• Bug fixes:

• Everburning Phoenix is now an elemental and a beast
• Various bugs around dormant

• Important consequence: Ancient of Yore that is given reborn by eternal layover and then goes dormant will wake up at 1 health

• Toreth the Unbreaking and divine shield minions empowered by it would come back from Anachronos without divine shields
• Ohn’ahra’s effect now triggers before returning to the deck from Cliff Dive
• Illusory Greenwing’s illusions can now be played if added to your hand and not cast when drawn (discover, Spinley, etc)
• Tidepool Pupil now counts different Mixologist Specials distinctly
• Terrible Chef no longer destroys the minion his egg was transformed into
• Smoldering cards’ effects are no longer visible in opponents’ hands
• Griftah Amulets and Gorgonzormu cheese no longer revealed to opponent if drawn

New job postings at Blizzard - https://bsky.app/profile/benhearthstone.bsky.social/post/3lqewiqublc2m

Shop Updates - https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/shop-update-may-27-2025/ 

• Return to Wild Bundle (4000 Runestones or $40) – 3 Random Legendaries from a curated pool + 20 Caverns of Time card packs + 20 United in Stormwind card packs + 20 Fractured in Alterac Valley card packs.
• Golden Return to Wild Bundle (6000 Runestones or $60) – Signature Dinotamer Brann + 2 Random Signature Legendaries from a curated pool + 5 Golden Wild card packs.

Tournaments

Decksplanations

Lost City of Ungoro

• Releases July 8th, 145 cards
• Insert lore here
• Quests are back

• Reanimate the Terror/Tyrax, Bone Terror/Terror’s Grave

• Keyword: Kindred

• Gain a bonus effect if you played a card of the same minion type or spell school on your previous turn
• Gravedown Voidbulb

• Callbacks to OG Ungoro characters and mechanics

• Elise the Navigator

• Stories

• Seven cards that call back to OG Ungoro quests
• Story of Carnassa

• Maps

• Six cards in the set
• Discover a card of a given pool, if you play it this turn, choose one of the cards you didn’t pick
• Cultist Map

Outro (~5min) - Thanks and contact!

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Coin Concedes (Shout Outs):

CHEERS -

RAIDS -

SUBS -

WickedGood -

Edelweiss -

Magesa - Sage

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Keep Calm and…

And if you see us on ladder…

“Coin Concede” WickedGood

“Coin Concede” Edelweiss

“Coin Concede” Magesa