Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 444 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

It is Friday, April 26th, 2024 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.

Thanks for reviews

How's life and ladder? -

Edelweiss - Some truly peak bad luck games

Wickedgood - I played spell mage and didn’t lose every game

Magesa - Some Zarimi, but also just wedding planning and making a magical boarding school in the Sims; since the patch, 2 different overheal priests (5 Aman’Thuls, 19 turns, and no hedanis)

News Highlights -

No BlizzCon 2024: https://twitter.com/Blizzard_Ent/status/1783542697602461739

From PCGamer: In a statement provided to PC Gamer, however, Blizzard said the call to drop BlizzCon in 2024 was not handed down by Microsoft. “This is a Blizzard decision,” a representative said. “We have explored different event formats in the past and this isn't the first time we're skipping BlizzCon or trying something new. While we have great things to share in 2024, the timing just doesn’t line up for one single event at the end of the year. Instead we want to focus on highlighting individual games and their moments—Warcrafts’ multiple anniversaries, the upcoming releases of World of Warcraft: The War Within and Diablo 4's first expansion, Vessel of Hatred in particular.”

Brief update on what’s being said re: quests

https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1c7xdkh/i_see_so_many_comments_like_i_only_play_because/l0awhc0/?share_id=98XKzsPCsvuWrMGLqj9yF

29.2.2

Overall balance goals and design philosophy

Also, the pros and cons of balance changes again so soon — and so extensive

Standard Nerfs

Reno, Lone Ranger: 8 mana -> 9 mana
Zilliax Deluxe 3000 (Virus Module): Remove stealth
Gaslight Gatekeeper: 3 mana -> 4 mana
Snake Oil: 0 mana -> 1 mana
Wheel of DEATH!!!: Now ticks at start of turn instead of end of turn
Forge of Wills: 3 mana -> 4 mana
Imprisoned Horror: 5/5 -> 4/4
Timewinder Zarimi: Summoned 5 dragons -> summoned 8 dragons
Threads of Despair: 1 mana -> 2 mana
Sickly Grimewalker: 3 mana 2/4 -> 4 mana 3/5
Sanitize: 5 mana, Forge gain 3 armor -> 6 mana, Forge gain 4 armor
Trial by Fire: 6 mana -> 7 mana
Boomboss Tho’grun: Shuffles into opponent’s deck, can’t blow up opponent’s TNTs
Flash of Lightning: 2 mana -> 3 mana
Crash of Thunder: 5 mana -> 6 mana
Jungle Gym: 3 durability -> 2 durability

Wild Nerfs

Time Warp (from Open the Waygate): Adds “once per game”

Don’t threaten Aleco please

Floop’s Glorious Gloop: gain a mana crystal -> refresh a mana crystal
Snowfall Graveyard: 3 mana -> 5 mana

Buffs

All Badlands highlander cards check starting deck
Manufacturing Error: 6 mana -> 5 mana
Sunset Volley: 10 mana -> 9 mana
Mes’Adune the Fractured: 6 mana -> 5 mana
Woodland Wonders: 1/5 beetles -> 2/5 beetles
Zok Frogsnout: 7 mana -> 6 mana
Chia Drake: 2/4 -> 3/5
Hagatha the Fabled: 5 mana 4/4 -> 4 mana 4/3
Aftershocks: 5 mana, costs (2) less if you cast a spell last turn -> 4 mana, costs (2) less if you cast a spell last turn
Botface: 3/9 -> 4/12
Toyrannosaurus: 7/6, Deathrattle deals 5 -> 7/7, deathrattle deals 7
Shoplifter Goldbeard: 6 mana -> 5 mana
Crystal Cove: Next minion is 4/4 -> Next minion is 5/5
Crane Game: 9 mana -> 8 mana
Fly off the Shelves: 4 mana -> 3 mana
Papercraft Angel: 3 mana 2/5 -> 2 mana 2/3
Treasure Distributor: Also buffs itself
Splendiferous Whizbang: All decks except Demon Hunter, Warlock and Mage are now more Splendiferous

Tournaments

Nope

Decksplanations

Requested topic for the podcast (from AriGreenberg): What to do when your deck gets nerfed?

I've been playing Zarimi priest exclusively this season and am now around 1700 Legend. I want to continue playing Hearthstone and shoot for 11 stars, but I don't know what deck to play. Do people recommend playing casual for the time being until a deck appears that I find interesting, and then once I know what deck I want to learn, do I play it on ladder and risk tanking my rank that I've worked so hard at all season?

Bonus question: Should you craft anything right now?

Outro (~5min) - Thanks and contact!

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Coin Concedes (Shout Outs):

CHEERS -

RAIDS -

SUBS - Tyleniphe, d3xy_h, Beyond_hs, SSJ5GOKU

WickedGood - Mattatarms

Edelweiss - Aleco

Magesa - Also Mattatarms, the Sims modders who make the game way better, and my AP CSA student

Keep Calm and…

And if you see us on ladder…

“Coin Concede” WickedGood

“Coin Concede” Edelweiss

“Coin Concede” Magesa