Coin Concede - Episode 146
“Sound Bytes (Feat Bytes)”

Kenny * Hat * Botticus * Appa/Cora* Guest*

Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 146 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

And from the Maelstrom, Louisiana, it’s Appa!

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

And from Karazhan, California it’s Botticus!

Our guest this week - joining us from Grim Batol, CA, we have Bytes!

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Guest intro -

• Hey Bytes!
• So for those of you who might not know you, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself?
• How did you get into Hearthstone/ Blizzard gaming in general?
• How did you get into Hearthstone esports & being a TO?
• What can you tell us about the upcoming pre releases?
• Why did you decide to cosplay as the Innkeeper
• There’s this event you’re running soon called “The Innkeeper’s Quest” Can you tell us a bit about that?
• How can people participate who are not able to attend the live event?
• Where can people go to find out more information about this event/other events you are hosting/you?
• What’s it like killing Hat for exact lethal with Argent Horserider off of Barnes?
• But seriously, generally you’re all about playing… meme decks? Hipster decks? Why is that? Because it seems great to focus on finding the fun in Hearthstone :)

Ladder?

Hat -

Appa - Legend on NA with Odd Paladin. Went undefeated from 2.1 -> Legend. Rank 2 on EU. Been laddering with miracle rogue, but the Paladins and Hunters just wanna keep me down

Botticus - Had a nice break from playing.  Not sure what August looks like in terms of tryharding but the end of the year should be packed.

Guest- Legend in 2 days with Spell Hunter

News (~15min) -

• Hearthside Chat with Peter Whalen: Welcome to Boom Labs (PlayHearthstone)

• Wanted to do a science expansion
• Dr. Boom main character
• 9 labs 1 for each class

• Mage - Astronomer
• Shaman - Meteorologist
• Warlock - Soul Researcher
• Druid - Biologist
• Paladin - Mechanic?
• Hunter - Explosives?
• Rogue - Poisons/Alechemist
• Priest - Cloning

• Developer Insights: 12.0 Game Mechanic Update (PlayHearthstone)

• Ghostly Charger no longer a beast
• Ixlid, Fungal Lord no longer an elemental
• The following cards could have been changed but weren’t

• Kingly Grandmother
• Arcane Giant +Arcane Golem
• Bogshaper

• Lots of changes to the way cards retain/lose enchantments

• Deck > Hand / Hand > Play / Deck > Play keep enchantments
• Play -> Hand, Hand -> Deck, Play -> Deck, Play/Hand/Deck -> Graveyard and Graveyard -> Play/Hand/Deck), it loses enchantments

• Transform cards will now lose enchantments when they transform
• Shadowboxer combo was removed because of Ziliax

• Hearthstone Digital Comic - Dr. Boom: Lowering the Boom (PlayHearthstone)
• The Boomsday Project: Lab Logs Part 2 (PlayHearthstone)
• Pro Team Standings Update (PlayHearthstone)

• 1st - F2K
• 2nd - Tempo Storm
• 3rd - Nordavind

• Off-Meta Report (PlayHearthstone)

• Control Paladin
• Quest Priest
• Zoo Cube Warlock

• Enter Boom Labs - Part 3 (PlayHearthstone)
• Watch Well Played: Seoul’s Memorable Moments (PlayHearthstone)

• Saiyan highrolls twice

• Midgame Week: When the Plan Falls Apart with “AKAWonder” (PlayHearthstone)
• Midgame Week: Playing to Your Outs with “DrJikiniki” (PlayHearthstone)

Tournament Results (~15min) -

High Level Recap

Light tournament week - Global Games and ESL Premiership just started, but no major events.

Let’s take a second to make sure we talk about the HGG format.

In this standard format tournament, each team prepares all 9 classes with open lists. Both teams then go through a pick-and-ban process and end up with 5 classes, pick the order that each deck will be played in secret, and then play it out until one of the teams has won 3 games! It’s an interesting and diverse format that shows off a variety of decks. Keep in mind that a predictable meta is much harder to come by here, especially with the 9-deck and fixed-order nature of the matches - the decks you see here are unlikely to translate well to success on the ladder or in most tournaments.

Current standings:

Tournament Meta

We don’t have decklists right now, and the tournaments are… unusually formatted.

Games To Watch

GER vs NL -

These two teams are full of streamer and tournament stars. Germany has Seiko, Viper, Sintolol, and reigning HCT Summer champ Bunnyhoppor. Meanwhile, The Netherlands have Tyler, Mitsuhide, Theo, and ThijsNL. When the two teams come together to fight, there are bound to be some fireworks!

We aren’t going to go into every single game here, but this is a great series worth watching - with the skillful navigation leading to a crazy roll to close out game 1 to the return of Corridor Creeper in the odd paladin mirror match in game 2. Game 3, on the other hand, is a case study in the constant back and forth between midrange and control. Theo from the Netherlands is playing Mind Blast Priest, a control deck that has faded away in the current meta on ladder but is still seeing some representation in tournaments. Meanwhile, Viper is playing the new hotness in Cube Hunter with Devilsaur Eggs scrambling the opponent’s board clears. You can tell right away that Theo knows how dangerous those Eggs are, especially with Terrorscale Stalker and Play Dead present in the list - so much so that a turn 2 coined out Egg is immediately popped by Acidic Swamp Ooze! Theo would rather face a 5/5 than let Viper make all the 5/5s he wants, and a second egg on turn 3 gets popped again by Scaleworm, leading to a suddenly even board state despite Viper being given two 5/5s by his opponent.

At this point, Theo starts to do what Priest is best at - nothing! Viper’s hand is awkward enough that he needs to Carnivorous Cube a Leokk, while Theo has to decide if he hero powers himself or his opponent. Still, Hunter can amass pressure quickly, and even when Mass Dispelled, a board of a Cube, Fire Fly, and Prince Keleseth applies enough pressure that Theo needs to start responding before his life total drops even further into the danger zone. A Psychic Scream into a Duskbreaker and Twilight Drake later, and it seems like Theo may be finally starting to stabilize… and when Viper decides he has to Carnivorous Cube a Fire Fly (!) into a Primordial Drake, it seems as though the door is all but shut.

Still… Viper has a Houndmaster Shaw in play and a King Krush in hand, and Theo has the board now but doesn’t have any guarantee he’s going to keep it. Now, that King Krush comes down next turn, and Theo has Twilight Acolyte into Cabal Shadow Priest… but he doesn’t have a dragon to steal the giant dinosaur! He does topdeck a Shadowreaper Anduin, though, and next turn the death knight ushers in the extinction of the King. Psychic Scream follows and all seems to be over… until the German team celebrates as Viper topdecks Deathstalker Rexxar. We’ve got a ballgame, especially with Theo down to 8 and Viper at 35!

That first roll of Rexxar gets a 7/7 stealthed Zombeast… and with a Candleshot up, that’s exactly 8. Theo has 17 showing thanks to an offensive Alexstrasza, but Viper’s at 20. And with that, the game ends suddenly despite a very hard battle from the Priest to come so close to stabilization and fall so far.

Game 4 is great to watch too, and we recommend you watch this whole series if you can!

Coming Soon

HCT Tokyo - July 27-28

Seatstory Cup IX this weekend - 7/28-29

Thank yous and bridge (~2 min)

RAFFLE RIGHT MEOW

• Mattjanzz!!!

Decksplanations: NEW CARDS

• Supercollider

• 5 mana Epic Warrior weapon, 1/3
  After you attack a minion, force it to attack one of its neighbors.        

• Flobbidinous Floop

• 4 mana Legendary Druid minion, 3/4
  While in your hand, this is a 3/4 copy of the last minion you played.
• Hat
• Bott

• Whizbang the Wonderful

• 4 mana Legendary Neutral minion, 4/5
  You start the game with one of Whizbang's Wonderful Decks! (The 18 deck recipes that will start with Boomsday)
• No animation, 1 card “10th class”
• Tournament logistic implications
• Hat

• Talk about next 3 cards together? yes
• Dendrologist

• 2 mana Rare Druid minion, 2/3
  Battlecry: If you control a Treant, Discover a spell.        

• Landscaping

• 3 mana Common Druid spell
  Summon two 2/2 Treants.

• Mulchmuncher

• 10 mana Rare Druid minion, 8/8
  Rush. Costs (1) less for each friendly Treant that died this game.
• Living mana counts!
• Hat wants to talk about the above three together
• Bott

• Autodefense Matrix

• 1 mana Common Paladin secret
  Secret: When one of your minions is attacked, give it Divine Shield.        
• Appa - MRGRLRL

• Kangor’s Endless Army

• 7 mana Legendary Paladin spell
  Resurrect 3 friendly Mechs. They keep any Magnetic upgrades.
• Bott        

• Next two together
• Dead Ringer

• 2 mana Common Priest minion, 2/1
  Deathrattle: Draw a Deathrattle minion from your deck.        

• Reckless Experimenter

• 5 mana Epic Priest minion, 4/6
  Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at the end of the turn.
• Bott        

• Faithful Lumi

• 1 mana Common Neutral minion, 1/1
  Battlecry: Give a friendly Mech +1/+1.        
• Hat thinks this is adorable but has nothing more to add
• This wins the Snowflipper Penguin award for this set

• Omega Agent

• 5 mana Epic Warlock minion, 4/5
  Battlecry: If you have 10 Mana Crystals, summon 2 copies of this minion.        
• Hat wants to clarify that Omega cards do not cost 10, they just check how many crystals you have

• Lab Recruiter

• 2 mana Common Rogue minion, 3/2
  Battlecry: Shuffle 3 copies of a friendly minion into your deck.        
• Hat
• Bott

• Weaponized Pinata

• 4 mana Epic Neutral minion, 4/3
  Deathrattle: Add a random Legendary minion to your hand.        

• Demonic Project

• 2 mana Common Warlock spell
  Each player transforms a random minion in their hand into a Demon.
• Bott        

• Unexpected Results

• 4 mana Epic Mage spell
  Summon two random 2-Cost minions (improved by Spell Damage).        
• Hat

• Dr Boom, Mad Genius

• 7 mana Legendary Warlock hero card, 7 armor
  Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Mechs have Rush.        
  5 rotating hero powers: Summon 3 1/1 microbots, Deal 3 damage, Gain 7 Armor, Deal 1 damage to all enemies, and Discover a Mech. Swaps randomly each
• Bott

• Omega Medic

• Priest - 3 mana 3/4 - Battlecry: If you have 10 mana crystals, restore 10 health to your hero.
• Hat

• Astromancer

• Mage - 7 mana 5/5 - Summon a random minion with cost equal to your hand size
• bott

• Celestial Emissary

• Mage - 2 Mana 2/1 elemental - Battlecry: Your next spell this turn has Spell Damage +2

• Cloning Device

• Priest - 2 mana spell - Discover a copy of a minion in your opponent’s deck

• Giggling Inventor

• Neutral - 5 Mana 2/1 - Battlecry: Summon two 1/2 mechs with taunt and divine shield.
• Appa
• Hat

• Zerek’s Cloning Gallery

• Priest - Legendary Spell - Summon a 1/1 Copy of each minion in your deck
• Hat thinks someone smarter than him will break this card but has no witty commentary

• Blightnozzle Crawler 

• Rogue - 4 mana 2/4 mech - Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Ooze with Poisonous and Rush.
• Hat is sad

• Star Aligner

• Neutral - 7 mana 7/7 - Battlecry: If you control 3 minions with 7 health, deal 7 damage to all enemies
• Hat says lolololol

• Cybertech Chip

• Hunter - 2 mana Spell - Give your minions “Deathrattle: add a random mech to your hand.”
• Bott

• Pogo-Hopper

• Rogue - 2 mana 1/1 - Gain +2/+2 for each other Pogo-Hopper you played this game.
• Hat

• Omega Assembly

• Warrior - 1 mana spell: Discover a mech. If you have 10 mana crystals, keep all 3 cards.

• Gloop Sprayer

• Druid - 8 Mana 4/4. Battlecry: Summon a copy of each Adjacent Minion.

• Crystology

• Paladin  - 2 Mana Spell: Draw two 1-attack minions from your deck
• Hat

• Boommaster Flark

• Hunter - 7 mana 5/5 Legendary. Battlecry: Summon 4 0/2 Goblin Bombs
• Goblin Bombs are 0/2s that leper gnome when they die
• ...well Hat guesses we’re back to Hunter getting legendaries that are more weird than powerful

• Eternium Rover

• Warrior - 1 mana 1/3 Common Mech. When this minion takes damage, gain 2 armor.

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Emails/Questions: (remaining time up to ~85 min)
DISCORD DISCUSSIONS

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Outro (~5min)

Thanks!

-Thanks to Stéphane L. for letting us use his cover. Check him out on his channel linked on our show notes. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jtEailO_LSFMikTj6eukg 

-Big thanks to Hearthstonetopdecks.com and Beerbrick.com for decklists and Hearthstone Tournaments on youtube for tournament VODs.

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BTW, bonus episode format!

Coin Concedes:

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Hat- Hylung (for his article https://www.intothewildhs.com/blog/2018/7/21/consistency-and-changing-card-tribes), 1600 Dust for their show this week and Chris for his new series, everyone who likes engaging with discussion on twitter!

Botticus- Bytes

Appa - Serious_Talk in Discord for letting me vent today. Kept me from losing my mind at work today

Guest-

Contact Info:

Botticus, where can people find you?

Follow me on Twitter @BotticusHS

Follow me on Twitch: Twitch.tv/Botticus

Appa, where can people find you?

Follow me on Twitter @appa_hs

Follow me on Twitch: Twitch.tv/appahs

RidiculousHat, where can people find you?

Follow me on Twitter: @RidiculousHat

Follow me on Twitch: twitch.tv/RidiculousHat

Keep Calm and Rogue On.

And if you see us on ladder…

“Coin Concede” Hat

“Coin Concede” Appa

“Coin Concede” Bott

“Coin, concede!” Guest