Old Guardian's Articles
The Emerging Meta After the Paladin Nerfs Is Actually Pretty Good?
We are now two days into the balance patch that nerfed Paladin and Lady S'theno, and it looks like Blizzard was able to hit most of their goals for the patch. The dominance of Pure Paladin has been ended with nerfs to The Purator, Feast and Famine, and Disco Maul. Spell Demon Hunter has been […]
Warrior Is Back And More New Audiopocalypse Mini-Set Decks!
Audiopocalypse looks like a fairly strong mini-set so far. It has especially boosted Warrior with multiple cards that fit into Enrage Warrior and Menagerie Warrior. The set also includes a powerful Neutral Legendary card, Magatha, Bane of Music that will undoubtedly see play in many minion-based decks for the next two years. […]
Discover Is More Common Than Ever – Is the Mechanic Still Good for Hearthstone?
The Discover mechanic was added to Hearthstone in November 2015 in the League of Explorers adventure. The mechanic immediately became a fan favorite and one of the cornerstones of the game. With Discover, the player chooses one of three cards from a pre-determined pool of options that is then usually added to their hand, unless […]
The Menagerie Is Open – The Best Festival of Legends Menagerie Decks
Hearthstone’s Festival of Legends expansion attempted to bring numerous new archetypes to the game, but many of them have proved too weak to stand up to the top-tier meta decks. The buff patch was a minor remedy that improved meta diversity but did not make most of the brand-new archetypes viable. There are some exceptions. […]
The Winners and Losers of the Big Festival of Legends Buff Balance Patch
Was there a balance patch? One that nerfed Death Knight and buffed several other classes? If you paid no attention to the news, you might as well have missed that something changed. For the first two days of the new patch, life has carried on as usual. There are lots of Blood Death Knights. There […]
