Coin Concede - Episode 486 “Esports Awakens”

Edelweiss* WickedGood* Magesa*

Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 486 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

It is Thursday, February 27th, 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,  Waalou, Jeremy T, bottlecaps, GrumpyMonk, TheBurgerClub, KercReagan, ChrizzleyBear, Mae, SSJ5GOKU, and Nykiwi, and by our Patrons of the Week, Rastiken and The Grand Arcanum! You can go to patreon.com/coinconcede to get perks like a thank you at the top of the show, 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 -

Wickedgood - Still trying to play warrior, still flailing around 2500 3000

Magesa - Aggro Protoss Priest still doing well for me! Also I had a saga with my cat

News Highlights -  

Patch 36.1.2 - https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24180850/31-6-2-patch-notes

• Balance Patch Preview

• Terran and Zerg
• “Other older cards and decks that we expect will be too powerful”
• Powerful neutral legendaries with harsh play patterns (Bob and Zilliax)
• Raza the Resealed (due to interaction with Priest imbue power)

• Battlegrounds adjustments
• Bug fixes

• Removed bugged copies of Dragonqueen Alexstrasza and Dinotamer Brann, with signature frames and regular art, that a small number of players got from packs; will be replaced with random Wild Signature cards by an upcoming grant

Shop updates

• Mythic Ragnaros portraits back in the store

Tournaments

Esports! - https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24180851/hearthstone-esports-is-back-in-2025

• Qualification periods: Spring (March/April), Summer (June/July), Last Chance(Sept/Oct)
• Ladder points for top 100 finishes
• Open Qualifier events

• One per month per server
• Top 4 finish qualifies for Masters Tour Playoffs
• First event takes place March 21-23

• Masters Tour Playoffs

• Top 50 eligible ladder point earners plus open qualifier finishers
• Top 2 players from each region move on to Masters Tour Championship

• Masters Tour Championships

• 6 Playoffs qualifiers plus 10 top point earners
• Top 4 qualify for Worlds

• Last Chance Qualifier

• Top 50 points earners across all qualifying periods
• All top 4 finishers from Last Chance Open Qualifiers
• All players who qualified for a previous Masters Tour Championship not already qualified for Worlds

• Worlds

Decksplanations

Into the Emerald Dream

PS: for theorycrafting, we recommend hsguru’s deckbuilder; it has workarounds for Malorne and Naralex being in the collection, and it has updated Core cards. (Do note that the stats for Malorne and for core cards that are changing are not correct yet.)

• Misc class cards

• Toreth the Unbreaking (Paladin)

• Druid

• Imbue/Nature Spells

• Hamuul Runetotem
• Dreambound Disciple
• Horn of Plenty
• Grove Shaper
• Ward of Earth
• Photosynthesis
• Reforestation
• Symbiosis

• Misc

• Forest Lord Cenarius
• Evergreen Stag

• Ramp

• Nope!

• Warrior

• Enrage

• Eggbasher
• Tortolla
• Afflicted Devastator

• Dragons

• Ysondre
• Succumb to Madness
• Clutch of Corruption
• Brood Keeper
• Darkrider

• Misc

• Siphoning Growth
• Ominous Nightmares

• Shaman

• Topdecking?

• Ohn’ahra
• Beanstalk Brute
• Emerald Bounty

• Imbue/Evolve

• Aspect’s Embrace
• Glowroot Lure
• Plucky Podling
• Living Garden
• Merithra

• Misc

• Spirits of the Forest
• Typhoon

• (Time Permitting): Remaining Neutrals

• Ancient of Yore
• Daydreaming Pixie
• Curious Cumulus
• Critter Caretaker
• Scorching Observer
• Anything else?

Outro (~5min) - Thanks and contact!

We have many folks we'd like to thank - check out our THANKS! section on the website at www.coinconcede.com, where you can also find our contact info, our show notes, and our Patreon information!

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Coin Concedes (Shout Outs):

CHEERS -

RAIDS -

SUBS -

WickedGood -

Edelweiss -

Magesa - The people at the vet, d0nkey

Keep Calm and…

And if you see us on ladder…

“Coin Concede” WickedGood

“Coin Concede” Edelweiss

“Coin Concede” Magesa