Brontoforumus

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa wrote:"So far while playing Hearthstone I've already been paired against two MTG pros who would probably be playing MTGO instead if it was better.."

(For reference, if you're unfamiliar with the name: Mr. PVDDR is a member of the Magic: The Gathering hall of fame.)

The more things change...

Official confirmation of incoming nerfs.

rip hunter/miracle rogue

but my backspace rogue uguu

that's okay, i can still double cold blood a southsea deckhand

Arena paladin mirror.

Opponent plays Venture Co.
I follow ze rules.
He wants to suicide it but I also play a low attack taunt the same turn.
Next turn I freeze Venture Co.
Next turn I freeze Venture Co. again.
Enemy ragequits.

Admittedly Paladin has quickly become the most frustrating class to play against. Most classes have their hilarious asshole moves but there's something about follow ze rules / humility / repentence / equality all existing in the same deck AND having incredibly low mana costs that just makes it tedious to play against them. This may have something to do with how while I can enjoy zoo for what it is (a straight ticket to single digit ranking town), Crusher Shaman is the true path to my heart. I like big stompy minions. My Paladin deck with now is actually a Handadin, and while it is nowhere near as effective as a Handlock, it sure is fun when it does work. I can honestly retire happy from Hearthstone at any time for having once pulled the Holy Wrath into Molten Giant trick on an opponent with exactly 20 HP.

Freeze mage is still the worst.

Paladins are an amazing pain in the ass that have too many ways to get out of shit, and Ice Mages will blow your shit up? Guess they did a good job of mirroring WoW PVP.

The only thing that keeps Freeze Mage from being as bad in my mind is that I barely run into them anymore. They are a scourge upon this Earth.

Sitting on 1300 gold, I decide to open packs until I get a whatever epic. No epics through six packs.

The seventh pack had Tirion Fordring. Badmouthing Paladins pays off I guess.

FOR KEL'THUZAD

you can now play with the new cards in arena

also anyone who logs in between Dec. 4 and Dec. 8 gets a free arena run

Note that you cannot win GvG packs from Arena in runs begun prior to Dec. 8, so if you've been saving your gold, it's wise to only play your free run this weekend and continue to save.

Of course, if you still want vanilla packs, you'll only be able to get those with gold after Dec. 8, so arena like crazy in that situation.

Also, you can complete your free arena run and just hold onto the key until December 8th to get a GvG pack out of it.