W2W 1561 - How to Prepare for a New Expansion

After some April 1st joke updates, we have actual honest real Balance Changes! and I play End-of-turn-adin on the ladder. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Righteous Protector # 2x (1) Twilight Egg # 2x (2) Acceleration Aura # 2x (2) Inspiring Maul # 2x (2) Past Gnomeregan # 2x (2) Violet Treasuregill # 2x (3) Sandfury Aura # 2x (4) Flight Maneuvers # 2x (4) Manifested Timeways # 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius # 2x (4) Spearheart Sentry # 2x (5) Chronological Aura # 1x (5) Nozdormu, Bronze Aspect # 1x (5) Toreth the Unbreaking # 2x (6) Scalebreaker Bulwark # 1x (8) Gelbin of Tomorrow # 1x (4) Gnomish Aura # 1x (5) Mekkatorque's Aura #  AAECAamaBgbw/gbDgwfuqAfvqAfwqAflwQcMyaAEupYHy6kHxK4H9a8HvrIH4sEH6MEH6sEH9sEHg8IHq8YHAAA=

I discuss the thing that tilts me the most, before playing Sinestra Rogue on the ladder! You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (0) Preparation # 1x (0) Shadow of Demise # 2x (1) Agent of the Old Ones # 2x (1) Glacial Shard # 2x (2) Flashback # 2x (2) Foxy Fraud # 2x (2) Rite of Twilight # 2x (3) Maniacal Follower # 1x (4) Elise the Navigator # 2x (4) Fast Forward # 1x (4) Garona Halforcen # 1x (2) The Kingslayers # 1x (3) King Llane # 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius # 1x (6) Opu the Unseen # 1x (6) Sinestra # 1x (6) Ultraxion # 1x (7) Naralex, Herald of the Flights # 1x (8) Shaladrassil # 2x (9) Twilight Mistress # 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker #  AAECAfahBwyhgQeSgwfDgweCmAfspQeGqAeHqAeIqAfQvweK1Aeb1AeI2QcJ958E054GjK0H2a8HtrIHtMEHwMEHncUH1cUHAAA=

Following on from yesterday, I discuss 5 more Cataclysm cards that have proved to be surprisingly good! before playing Quest Mage on the ladder. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Scrappy Scavenger # 2x (1) Spark of Life # 1x (1) The Forbidden Sequence # 2x (1) Winterspring Whelp # 2x (2) Creature of Madness # 1x (2) Khadgar # 2x (2) Runed Orb # 2x (2) Shadowed Informant # 1x (3) Q'onzu # 2x (3) Stonehill Defender # 2x (3) Storage Scuffle # 2x (3) Vault Breaker # 2x (4) Alter Time # 1x (4) Morchie # 2x (4) Treacherous Tormentor # 2x (7) Relic of Kings # 2x (7) Techysaurus #  AAECAfCKBwTv/Aanmwfysgf/3wcNm/IGnvkGtfoG8ZEHsJsH+psH1Z0H2J4H0aYHhq4H+cMHhsQHhuAHAAA=

I discuss my top 5 surprise Cataclysm cards before playing Herald Dragon Warrior. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Carrier Whelp # 2x (1) Darkrider # 2x (1) Eternal Toil # 2x (2) Brood Keeper # 2x (2) Petal Peddler # 2x (2) Precursory Strike # 1x (2) Shadowed Informant # 2x (2) Shadowflame Suffusion # 2x (3) Cataclysmic War Axe # 2x (3) Darkscale Broodmother # 2x (4) Scorching Ravager # 1x (4) Stadium Announcer # 1x (6) Ultraxion # 2x (7) Prescient Slitherdrake # 1x (8) Ragnaros, the Great Fire # 1x (8) The Great Dracorex # 2x (8) Windpeak Wyrm # 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker #  AAECAfm1BwaEnQe3rQfQvwf5wwfOyQeb1AcMqvwGq/wG94MH6IcH0pcHj7EH0LIH7LIHhL0HtcAHr8EHoMUHAAA=

I talk about the Herald Shaman deck I climbed to Legend with, before recounting my final boss fight! You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (0) Static Shock # 2x (1) Carrier Whelp # 1x (1) Glacial Shard # 2x (1) Twilight Egg # 2x (2) Ritual of Power # 2x (2) Skywall Sentinel # 2x (3) Flight of the Firehawk # 2x (3) Healing Rain # 2x (3) Hex # 2x (3) Whelp of the Infinite # 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius # 2x (5) Envoy of the End # 1x (5) Muradin, High King # 1x (6) High King's Hammer # 1x (3) Avatar Form # 1x (6) Ultraxion # 1x (8) Al'Akir, Lord of Storms # 2x (9) Muradin's Last Stand # 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker #  AAECAfGKBwjTngbDgwfbpgffpgflpgfQvweC1Aeb1AcLr58E5pYHmLAHvLEHj74HtcAHw8AHycAH98AH9sEH7+MHAAA=

Two days into the Cataclysm Meta and it's clear that Druid is better than everything else! and I play Imbue Druid on the ladder. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (0) Innervate # 2x (1) Charred Chameleon # 2x (1) Living Roots # 2x (1) Symbiosis # 2x (1) Waveshaping # 2x (2) Bitterbloom Knight # 2x (2) Ebb and Flow # 2x (2) Felwood Treant # 2x (2) Horn of Plenty # 2x (3) Dreambound Disciple # 2x (3) Photosynthesis # 2x (4) Flutterwing Guardian # 1x (5) Amirdrassil # 1x (5) Hamuul Runetotem # 2x (5) Hybridization # 1x (8) Malorne the Waywatcher # 1x (8) Shaladrassil #  AAECAe+KBwSqgQeSgwfygwevhwcNrp8EgdQE1voG4IEH4oEH94EHiIMHsIcHpIkHmJcHqq8HrK8H18AHAAA=

Cataclysm is live, and we have the beginnings of a meta! and I play Herald Shaman on the ladder. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (0) Static Shock # 2x (1) Twilight Egg # 2x (1) Wailing Vapor # 2x (2) Primordial Overseer # 2x (2) Ritual of Power # 2x (2) Skywall Sentinel # 2x (3) Crackling Cloudstrider # 2x (3) Flight of the Firehawk # 1x (3) Hex # 1x (3) Lightning Storm # 1x (4) Ceremonial Clash # 1x (4) Elise the Navigator # 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius # 1x (5) Envoy of the End # 1x (5) Muradin, High King # 1x (3) Avatar Form # 1x (6) High King's Hammer # 1x (6) Ultraxion # 1x (8) Al'Akir, Lord of Storms # 2x (9) Muradin's Last Stand # 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker #  AAECAfGKBwyvnwT9nwTDgweCmAfbpgffpgflpgePvgfQvwf5wAeC1Aeb1AcJ5pYH9awHsbAHvLEHw8AHxsAHycAH98AH9sEHAAA=

I talk through the three decks I used to get five back to back Cataclysm Tavern Brawl wins! You can find the deck import codes below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. ### Token Druid # Cost: 2800 # Format: Standard 2x (1) Crystalspine Cub 2x (1) Fire Fly 2x (1) Living Roots 2x (1) Twilight Egg 2x (1) Vibrant Squirrel 2x (1) Waveshaping 2x (2) Felwood Treant 2x (2) Forest's Gift 2x (2) Mossbinding 2x (2) Power of the Wild 2x (2) Press the Advantage 2x (2) Prize Vendor 2x (3) Wildwood Circle 2x (5) Iridescent Flitterwing 1x (5) Taelan Fordring 1x (6) Wickerfang AAECAZICAqiKBODABw7ZnwSB1ATt5gbJrAftrAeqrwfosQfWwAfXwAfawAfbwAfswAePwQf2wQcAAA== ### Herald Warrior # Cost: 6000 # Format: Wild 2x (1) Eternal Toil 2x (1) Slam 2x (1) Torch 2x (2) Bash 2x (2) Precursory Strike 2x (2) Searing Fissure 2x (2) Shield Block 2x (3) Cataclysmic War Axe 2x (3) Portal Vanguard 2x (4) Scorching Ravager 2x (5) Brawl 2x (5) Envoy of the End 2x (5) For Glory! 1x (6) Gnomelia, S.A.F.E. Pilot 1x (6) Ultraxion 1x (8) Ragnaros, the Great Fire 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker AAEBAQcE4esG0L8HzskHm9QHDYagBIigBI7UBJDUBJKkB/yvB4+xB9CyB4++B6/BB5XCB5zCB6DFBwAA ### Burn Mage # Cost: 5360 # Format: Wild 2x (1) Flame Geyser 2x (1) Sands of Time 2x (1) Sleet Storm 2x (1) Violet Spellwing 2x (1) Winterspring Whelp 1x (2) Bloodmage Thalnos 2x (2) Primordial Glyph 2x (2) Raincaller 2x (3) Arcane Barrage 1x (3) Conjuration Specialist 1x (3) Eternal Firebolt 2x (4) Alter Time 2x (4) Arcane Flow 1x (4) Archmage Kalec 2x (4) Unstable Spellcaster 1x (6) Gnomelia, S.A.F.E. Pilot 1x (7) Vulcanos 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance AAEBAf0EBpegBOHrBuSyB4i+B5HGB8jHBwyyngaG5gbopQfRpgeLsQfLtgfWvAfXwweGxAeSxAebxAesxgcAAA==

They've banned a bunch of cards in the Cataclysm Prerelease Tavern Brawl! and I play Token Druid in the Brawl at 4-1. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Crystalspine Cub # 2x (1) Fire Fly # 2x (1) Living Roots # 2x (1) Twilight Egg # 2x (1) Vibrant Squirrel # 2x (1) Waveshaping # 2x (2) Felwood Treant # 2x (2) Forest's Gift # 2x (2) Mossbinding # 2x (2) Power of the Wild # 2x (2) Press the Advantage # 2x (2) Prize Vendor # 2x (3) Wildwood Circle # 2x (5) Iridescent Flitterwing # 1x (5) Taelan Fordring # 1x (6) Wickerfang #  AAECAe+KBwKoigTgwAcO2Z8EgdQE7eYGyawH7awHqq8H6LEH1sAH18AH2sAH28AH7MAHj8EH9sEHAAA=

The Cataclysm Prerelease has started! I got over my pack openings before playing Dragon Herald Warrior in the Prerelease Brawl! You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Carrier Whelp # 2x (1) Eternal Toil # 2x (1) Sanguine Depths # 2x (1) Twilight Egg # 2x (2) Precursory Strike # 2x (3) Acolyte of Pain # 2x (3) Cataclysmic War Axe # 2x (3) Darkscale Broodmother # 2x (3) Portal Vanguard # 2x (3) Whelp of the Infinite # 2x (4) Scorching Ravager # 2x (5) Envoy of the End # 1x (6) Ultraxion # 2x (7) Prescient Slitherdrake # 1x (8) Grommash Hellscream # 1x (8) Ragnaros, the Great Fire # 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker #  AAECAfm1BwSLoATQvwfOyQeb1AcNnNQE4+YGkqQHmLAHj7EH0LIH7LIHhL0Hj74HtcAHr8EH9sEHoMUHAAA=